InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Two Hearts-Two Beings-One Love ❯ Chapter 2

Kaori: OMG! OMG! OMG! I lost the disk that had chapter 6 of my Sess/Kag fic on it! GAH! Oh well, I'll post it when I finds it…so I'll just keep goin' with this fic without interruptions until I find the disk! Enjoy!

 

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Two Hearts-Two Beings-One Love

Chapter 2

 

 

“Oh…my gods!” Riana nearly danced her way around the front of the shrine as soon as she and Kagome walked up over the stairs leading to the property. “You grew up here? It's…beautiful!” she grabbed Kagome's hands and jumped up and down in excitement. “I can't believe you haven't brought me here before! If I was you I would have never left!”

 

“Memories like the ones I have here would make anyone want to leave.” Kagome said as her eyes drifted over to the well house.

 

“Screw the memories!” Riana spun around. “I would have LOVED to keep the family tradition alive! I would have fought off all of the memories and stayed…this place is so beautiful!” her eyes suddenly landed on the God Tree and her mouth dropped open. “That's the tree…isn't it?” she ran over to it and put her hands on the place where the bark was worn away. “And this was where the hanyou was pinned to the tree wasn't it? ...Kagome?”

 

Kagome heard her, she just couldn't answer. Her eyes were glued to the spot on the tree in question; she took a step forward and put her hand on the bare circle of the tree. A surge went through her body, the old feeling she had that let her knew she was connected to the feudal era had come pouring back into her system. Her eyes widened, how could this be? All the shards were back in the feudal era with who ever has possession of them, she couldn't be sure who had the shards anymore. She then gasped, could it be? She recalled throwing the shards at Inuyasha…but what if she didn't get them all.

 

Her stomach started to hurt, what if that was the case? She closed her eyes and tried to sense the shard, gritting her teeth for the simple fact that she hadn't used her shard detecting powers in ten years. There it was! In the shrine! “Riana…” she trembled as she opened her eyes and took her hand away from the bark.

 

“What?” Riana looked Kagome in the eyes. “What Kagome, what's wrong?”

 

“Come with me…” she grabbed Riana's hand and dragged her to the house. “I don't know why I'm going to let you know I sense this but…” she opened the front door. “There's still a shard here in the shrine somewhere…”

 

“What, are you serious!?” Riana almost exploded for the millionth time that day. “where is it? Where!?”

 

“Riana shut up!” Kagome hushed her noisy friend as they entered the house. “If I'm right and there really is a shard I'm going to have to bring it back to the feudal era. So you won't be able to come.”

 

“Aw…that sucks.” Riana pouted. “So you aren't really sure if there really IS a shard here or not?”

 

Kagome sighed and started to lead Riana to her old room, of course she wasn't sure. “I haven't felt this in years, Riana…I could be a little rusty you know. But I have to check and make sure.”

 

Riana noticed a family photo hanging on the wall on their way to Kagome's room. “Wow, you haven't changed much sense you were sixteen, Kagome.” She smiled. “Got a tad bit prettier but…”

 

“Thanks for the vote of confidence, Riana.” Kagome rolled her eyes as she opened the door to her old room. She sighed. “Wow…just as I remember it…” she looked around the room carefully, focusing all her powers into one large ball inside herself. `Its here…I know for sure now it's in here somewhere…' her eyes then focused on her large yellow bag. “It couldn't be…”

 

She let go of Riana and stooped down in front of her old backpack, carefully she opened up one of the small pouches on front of the bag and placed her hand on the inside. She felt it…it was there…the pointy shard nearly stuck into her hand as she wrapped her fist around it and took it out of the pouch. She held the tiny pink shard between her index finger and thumb as she held it up. “Oh gods…”

 

“That's a shard?” Riana asked. “Wow…so this means you can go back to the feudal era, ne?” she grinned. “You'll get to see all your friends again!”

 

“No…I'm going to go back…climb out of the well, throw the shard into the forest and then come right back…” Kagome said as she put the shard in her pocket. “But I'll do it after I do my yoga…”

 

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Kagome lay back on a mat; she was wearing a baggy black and pink kimono. Yoga clears her mind, and after the workout she had just given herself she was ready to think all over again. `Just go back for a couple seconds…' she sighed. `It'll be different…but it has to be done I guess.'

 

“I think you should go back for a few days.” Riana said from the door. “You owe it to this good luck to take a chance and see your friends again.” She crossed her arms. “Give them a little surprise…see if they'll recognize you.”

 

Kagome sat up and made a fist around the shard. “I guess you're right but…” she looked at her engagement ring.

 

“Here.” Riana walked over to the miko and took the ring off her finger; she shoved it into her pocket. “I'll hold onto this…you take your bow and arrows and get into that well!” she smiled. “I'll stall Hojo if he calls for you…don't worry.”

 

Kagome sighed and put on her sandals. “I guess your right…” she stood up and tied her hair back into a bun before picking up her bow and arrows. She tucked the shard in her kimono sash. “But if I come back early don't ask any questions…”

 

“Promise.” Riana said as she watched Kagome make her way to the well house. “Tell everyone hi from me!”

 

Kagome gripped her bow until her knuckles turned white. She opened the door to the well house and held her breath, could she really do this? She didn't know if she still had the nerve.

 

`Just keep telling yourself that you'll be getting to see your friends again…' she said as she swung her legs over the side of the well. `…oh please…let this work…' she fell into the well and let out a little cry. The familiar blue aura surrounded her…she was going back…

 

Another cry escaped her lips as her feet touched the ground and the blue aura disappeared. She heard birds chirping above, she was in the feudal era, the realization drifted through her body slowly, making her tremble slightly. She hung her bow around her shoulder and climbed up the familiar vine ladder she had always used when she was sixteen.

 

Her head peeked up over the side, she looked round, the forest was just as lush and green as what she had left it. Tears welled in her eyes, she was finally back…after ten years. `I guess I should go to the village…' she held her breath. `I wonder if anyone will remember me…' she laughed a little to herself as she slowly made her way towards the village. `I bet they won't even recognize me.'

 

A teenaged boy came running through the forest with a little girl up in his arms, he had a fluffy tail and small ears sticking out through his thick orange hair. `Is that...Shippo?' Kagome thought as her eyes landed on the boy's face, which was frozen with fear. Yes, it was Shippo…no mistaking it.

 

“L-lady! Run!” Shippo yelled as he and the little girl closed in on Kagome. “There's an out of control youkai chasing us! You gotta get out of here!”

 

“Youkai?” Kagome looked up and saw a large eagle youkai swoop over head. “Get back…kid!” she yelled as she armed her bow with an arrow. “Shut your eyes this could be gruesome!” she waited until both Shippo and the little girl had their eyes covered before she shot at the youkai. The lilac aura surrounded it as it soared through the air. “Hit the mark…” Kagome whispered right before the arrow flew through the eagles chest, making it break apart and blow away with the wind. “Ok, kid…you can look now.”

 

Shippo put the little girl down on the ground and looked at Kagome. “I'm not a kid, I'm sixteen. And my name is Shippo.” He crossed his arms. “And this is Mika.” He bowed his head and made Mika bow hers. “Thank you for saving us, lady.”

 

“Nice to meet you…” Kagome looked at Mika and smiled. `She looks like Sango…she couldn't be…' she was, she had to be…Sango and Miroku must have had a kid after all; Mika looked just like the two of them…beautiful.

 

“Lady you must come to our village and meet her parents…they will want to meet the person who saved their daughter from the eagle youkai that had been terrorizing our village for the past few months.” Shippo grinned. “Not even our most skilled fighters could take her down. Mika's mother is the best youkai hunter in the land, and we have a hanyou who fights as well…but he can't fight like he used to be able to.”

 

Kagome looked at Shippo, trying not to show the threatening feeling of guilt that had flowed through her heart. “Why not?” She had to ask, even though she might not like the response.

 

“Mama told me about this.” Mika said with a small smile. “Mama and Papa had a friend who used to travel between times…she left five years before I was born and ever sense then the hanyou Inuyasha hasn't been able to fight. They say he loved her so much and feels so bad that he couldn't clear a wrong up with her before she left.”

 

“Oh really, how sad.” Kagome said.

 

“Well…enough of this…lets go to the village.” Shippo said. “You will love it there.”

 

Kagome followed the children to the village, when they arrived to the village the first people she saw was Sango and Miroku. As her eyes met with Sango's, the youkai slayer seemed to weaken, did she know her?

 

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Kaori: …oooooh….cliffy…lol…don't hurt me :p