Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Pursuit of Power ❯ The Two Who Overcame Time ( Chapter 3 )

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Inuyasha returns through the well to find Kagome in the middle of a fight between a demon and a human boy. What will he do when they find out that anyone can go through the well?

Anime/Manga: Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Adventure / Action | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 06.12.2006 | Pages: 8 | Words: 6.5K | Visits: 695 | Status: Work In Progress

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The Pursuit of Power

Chapter Three - The Two Who Overcame Time

Inuyasha leapt into the well and saw the swirl of bright colour envelope him as he made the journey five hundred years into the future. As he made the familiar journey he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong, different. As if something was missing. He couldn't place his finger on it and the journey went too quickly and he was in the future. His senses were swiftly overloaded with the smells and sounds of Kagome's time.

Inuyasha leapt out of the well, his keen ears picking up the sounds of a battle. Immediately his legs urged him to rush outside and into the thick of it. Kagome…

A youkai was poised over a young man with dark hair, her fangs elongating at the thought of an upcoming meal. The youkai's golden hair flared out behind her as she raised herself up. Her serpentine body began to coil around the human, who seemed frozen beneath her grasp.

Inuyasha sighed, he couldn't see Kagome around which meant that she was thankfully out of danger. However Kagome wouldn't be too happy though if she found out that Inuyasha had stood idly by while a human was killed on her family property…stupid humans.

He took a step closer, his hand on Tetsusaiga when the boy shook his head and punched the snake youkai in the chest. Inuyasha raised his eyebrow as he felt a powerful battle aura rise up from the human; it felt almost demonic in its strength, yet not. Whoever this young man was he certainly was no ordinary human.

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Ranma shook his head, recovering from the shock of what looked like a large snake with a girl for a head surging up behind Happosai and throwing the old man aside like some rag doll. He was barely conscious of the fact that the snake girl was trying to squeeze the life out of him as he lashed out with a fierce punch knocking it clear across the yard from him.

She hissed, barring her fangs at him as she prepared to strike again. Gracefully, Ranma stepped to one side and delivered a kick to the creature's side as she lunged for him.

“I don't know what you want from me lady, but if it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll get!” Ranma grinned and lashed out at the creature with his Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken, his hands moving inhumanly fast thanks to the training with the roasting chestnuts

Happosai groaned as he gingerly felt the bump his head, he shook his head and his bleary gaze focused on Ranma fighting the demon he had summoned. “That's it! Defeat him for me!”

The snake youkai hissed, momentarily turning her attention to Happosai. “I do not fight for you human!” She moved to strike him but was deterred when Ranma launched himself at her back and held her off.

“Ranma my boy! I didn't know you cared!” Happosai clutched at his chest, teary-eyed at the thought of his disciple's loyalty and devotion.

“Oi! Old man! Don't just stand there! I can't hold her off forever!” Ranma grunted as it took all of his strength to hold onto the snake demon.

“Hold me? Hold me! Impudent human!” Ido reared and with one powerful swipe of her arm sent Happosai flying again. She shook Ranma off and pinned him down to the ground with her body.

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Now the foolish human belonged to her. She was so hungry! It had been so long since she tasted flesh, warm blood trickling down her throat as she ate. This boy was so strong, so delectable. She smirked as she watched him struggle, trying to dislodge her. Stupid human.

She bent over him, licking her lips in anticipation…

It was then that she felt the searing pain. It was like fire, burning her, starting from her chest and rapidly moving outwards in licks of heat. Screaming, she looked down and saw an arrow buried within her chest. She looked up, eyes wildly searching for the one that dared…

Her hair was long and dark and she stood there, already notching another arrow in her bow and she was frightening.

Her eyes blurred as she fought to focus on the dark-haired priestess with the frightening eyes.

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Kagome was running, she could hear the crashes and explosions from miles away and the sounds seemed to be coming from her house! Because she was so intent on her destination she didn't see the girls before she barrelled into them.

“Ooof! Hey watch it…oh Kagome!”

Kagome felt hands steady her and she looked up into Yuka's concerned gaze. “Yuka! I'm so sorry! I'm in a bit of a rush; something seems to be going on at the shrine!”

Yuka gasped dramatically, “Oh we know Kagome! An old man snatched up all of our underwear and we were chasing him when this really cute guy came and rescued us!”

Eri clutched at Kagome's other arm, “He chased the pervert all the way to your shrine.”

Kagome shook them off, barely registering what they were saying. Who in their right mind stole underwear anyway? “I'm really sorry guys, I gotta go!”

“Kagome! Wait! It could be dangerous!”

She ignored Ayumi and sprinted up the stairs. When she reached the top she felt as if her heart had almost stopped.

The boy who helped her at the Tendou dojo was there and he seemed to be fighting a youkai! She paused to admire his skill, he really was a great martial artist, but no matter how great he was, there was no way he could stand up to a full youkai!

Kagome ran into the house, going straight for the closet where she kept her bow and arrow. For once she was glad that she had carted her weapons into the future with her. It was certainly not intentional. She had simply forgotten that she still held them in her anger with Inuyasha.

Running back outside, Kagome notched the arrow and took aim. Please, please it had to find the mark. She couldn't let that boy die!

The arrow flew straight and true, hitting the youkai straight in the chest. As it roared in agony, Kagome reached for another arrow and took aim again.

The youkai, in pained agony, reared, aiming straight for Kagome. Panicked, not understanding why it didn't simply dissolve into ash then and there, Kagome fired the arrow and…missed.

This time it really felt like her heart stopped, right in her throat as she stared at the youkai which was coming straight for her, fangs dripping poison…

“Sankon-tetsusou!”

Her heart started to beat again.

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Inuyasha couldn't help but be impressed with the way the human fought. He was fast, damned fast and strong. Briefly he entertained the notion of the boy possessing a shard of the Shikon jewel.

A whiff of a familiar scent caught his nose; before he could blink he spotted her, running out of the safety of her house, bow and arrow in hand.

Inuyasha watched with pride as his miko took aim and took the demon down. Except it didn't stay down.

It seemed as if the beat of the world slowed as the demon went for Kagome. He could see every failed fumble for an arrow. Saw the fear in her eyes. Without hesitation, he took the demon out.

As flesh began to pound on the cold, hard floor, and dissipate into dust, he grabbed Kagome, sweeping her out of the way.

Setting her down, he glared at her. “Wench! How dare you put yourself in danger! I could've handled it!”

But she wasn't listening to him at all.

Kagome was staring at the human boy who lay a few feet away from them. “Ranma…”

Getting to her feet, Kagome ran to the boy's side. She remembered his name now, Ranma. Ranma from the Tendou dojo. What in the world was he doing here?

She touched his arm, “Ranma, are you okay?”

Ranma rubbed at his chest where the snake demon had pinned him and he slowly sat up, gingerly feeling his head for bumps. “Yeah, yeah. Took harder beatings then that from my old man.”

Inuyasha fumed. Who the heck was this guy? Why in the world did Kagome look so concerned? Did she really have to touch him?

Furious with himself and in particular, furious at where his thoughts had turned to, he walked over to her side. “Kagome?”

She looked up, “Oh Inuyasha, sorry, this is Ranma…”

The boy shook his head again, “Ranma Saotome of the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts. Hey there.”

“Ranma, this is Inuyasha…”

“Inuyasha?” What a strange name. It was at that moment that Ranma chose to look up.

What he saw was the strangest thing he had ever seen. A young man with waist length silver hair, dressed in a red, dress thing. That was strange enough, but the guy also had dog ears. “Whoa…”

Kagome began to sweat as she realised that Inuyasha had nothing to cover his ears. “I can explain!”

Ranma shook his head, “No need. Kagome right? I'm not really a stranger to this.” He gestured to Inuyasha's ears. “Heck, I'm one too.”

Inuyasha raised his eyebrow again. He was one too? Did he mean that he was hanyou like him? Surely not, the boy smelled human enough, a little strange, as if though he wasn't quite normal. Maybe he had a hanyou ancestor or two?

Inuyasha nodded, clearing his throat, “You know you really should've known better then to take her on.”

Ranma cocked an eyebrow. “Who? The snake lady? Please, I could beat her up with one hand behind my back!”

Inuyasha smirked, “If I recall correctly, Kagome had to save your skinny ass.”

Ranma bristled, “Like I needed her to!”

Kagome could see that this was going no where good, so she reached out to touch Ranma's arm. She figured it would be easier to calm the pig-tailed boy down then Inuyasha.

“Ranma!!”

An angry yell, drew all of their attentions to the blue-haired girl who was charging up the stairs. “Where the heck have you been? Kasumi sends you out on a little errand and you end up in another town? What is wrong with you?”

Ranma rolled his eyes, “Oh geeze Akane! I didn't go all the way here on my own you know? I was looking for the old goat!” It was then that he remembered, “Oh crap, Happosai…”

Ranma turned to see Happosai still knocked out cold. He turned to Kagome and Inuyasha who were glaring at each other, “Say that snake lady was pretty strong and you are too. Care to tell me what kind of martial arts you study?”

“Study?” Inuyasha frowned, not entirely sure what the boy was asking.

The blue haired girl, Akane, threw up her hands in frustration. “Oh no, not now! Kasumi is worried sick and we really should get grandfather Happosai to Dr. Tofou.” Akane went to Happosai but hesitated to carry him, fearful that the lecherous pig would wake and take advantage of Akane's kindness, “Come on Ranma!”

Ranma rolled his eyes and went to pick up Happosai, “Hey Kagome, I gotta go now, but I'll come back later okay?”

Kagome simply nodded, bemused as Akane started to berate Ranma again, who simply told her to shut up.

When they were out of sight, she turned to find Inuyasha with a strange look on his face. “Inuyasha? I'm ready to go back with you now.”

Inuyasha frowned and looked down at her. “Who the heck was that guy Kagome?”

Kagome shook her head, confused, “What do you mean? He introduced himself; he said his name was Ranma.”

Inuyasha waved that away, “Okay fine, how do you know this Ranma? He seemed to know you pretty well; he's not wearing the uniform that Hobo wears. The girl was wearing one though, but it's different from yours.” His frown deepened. “How do you know them?”

Kagome glared at him. “The name is Hojou, not Hobo! And I don't know who that girl was; she goes to a different school from me.”

If ever, Inuyasha's frown simply deepened until his forehead looked riddled with creases, “There's more then one of these school things you go to?”

Kagome sighed and bent to retrieve the arrow that pierced the youkai. She shook it free from dust. “Yeah Inuyasha, there are tons of schools all over Japan, all over the world.”

Inuyasha tried to picture more schools, but failed to see why there was need for as many as Kagome implied. She was already walking towards the well when he was struck by something. Sneaky wench. “Oi! You didn't answer my question! How do you know this Ranma?”

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Akane looked at Ranma from beneath lowered lashes. What was the matter with him? He was gone practically the whole day, and then she finds him with another girl? Baka, probably another one of his infinite fiancées. It wasn't like she cared. Ranma's fiancées were constantly coming out of the woodwork, what was another one?

Still, she couldn't stop herself from asking. “So, who was that?”

Ranma shifted Happosai from his back, “Hmm? The guy with the weird hair? I think Kagome said his name was `Inuyasha' or something, weird name ne? What Jusenkyo spring do you think the poor guy fell into? Young-man-carrying-his-granny-and-dog perhaps? Well I guess it isn't bad as Pantyhose-Taro, what did he fall into again? Yenti-riding-ox-holding-eel-and-crane?”

Akane blinked, momentarily confused, “What?”

Ranma glanced at her, “You think it's something else? Maybe it's the other way around? Old-woman-clutching-young-man-holding-dog?”

It was then that Akane realised what Ranma was babbling about, “Not the guy! Who cares about him? I want to know about the girl who was all over you!”

Ranma blinked, stopping in his tracks, “All over me? You think Kagome was all over me?”

Akane stopped too, spinning around to face him, her hands on her hips, “Kagome heh? So that's her name? So who is she Ranma, another one of your fiancées?”

Ranma shook his head vehemently, “You got it all wrong Akane! I just met her today when she came to the dojo.”

Akane's glare turned fiercer, “What? You just met and she was all over you?”

“Hey, now wait a minute! Kagome wasn't all over me! She's not that type of girl!” Ranma shook his finger accusingly at Akane, “I think you're just jealous.”

Akane could feel her face heating up as she continued to glare, “What? Please! Don't flatter yourself!”

In the argument, Ranma had forgotten all about Happosai and his grip had slackened on the old man until finally Happosai fell onto the ground. “Ooooh…my head!”

Startled by the crash, Ranma and Akane turned to peer down at Happosai. “Hey old man, why'd you jump off for?”

Happosai glared at Ranma, fire all but sparking out of his eyes. “I didn't jump, you moron! You dropped me! If you can't take care of a poor old man, well I just better care for myself!”

With another glare, Happosai took to the roofs, sprinting away from them.

Ranma sighed, “Well he couldn't have been too badly injured if he could run around like that.” He brightened, “Hey, now that I don't have to take that old coot to Dr. Tofou, I can ask that Inuyasha guy what spring he fell into.”

With an excited chuckle, Ranma took off towards the direction of the Higurashi shrine again, leaving Akane in the dust.

“Huh, what…Ranma! Kasumi will be really upset if you miss dinner!” She might as well have been talking to the lamp post. “Don't you think it's kinda rude to just ask?? Ranma!” With a sigh, she chased after him.

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Souta walked up the stairs, just in time to see Inuyasha and Kagome disappearing into the well house. He sighed; it really wasn't fair that only Kagome could go to the Sengoku Judai. Though he adored Inuyasha, he also felt a tiny twinge of resentment towards the hanyou who kept taking his sister away. He would never admit it to her, but he really did miss her when she went.

Walking into the house, the first thing Souta saw was Kagome's giant backpack. Grabbing it, Souta ran towards the well, hoping that he could catch them. Souta grimaced as he felt the weight of it, how the heck did Kagome lug it around everywhere? Pausing to get a better grip on the bag by winding his hand around the strap, Souta lugged it into the well house and down the steps.

Heaving the backpack onto the lip of the well, he peered in. Nope, gone. Well, he could just leave it here; Kagome wouldn't be gone for long without her backpack.

The backpack was incredibly heavy and as Souta leaned into the well, the bag shifted and began to fall. Because his hand was tangled in the strap, Souta fell into the well…and was immediately greeted by a swirl of bright colours. Surprised, Souta shielded his eyes, and just like that the swirling colours were gone, but replaced with the soft light of the sun streaming in from above.

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Ranma could hear Akane yelling at him from behind, but chose to ignore her. Meeting another Jusenkyo-cursed person was always a good thing, they could share stories, and perhaps this new person might know of a cure.

But there was another pressing reason why Ranma wanted to talk to the silver-haired dog boy. He had seen the way he took that snake lady down, with one move! Ranma just had to learn his secret.

Ranma cleared the steps just in time to see a young boy running into the well house, Ranma followed, hoping the boy could tell him where Kagome and Inuyasha were. However he got there just in time to see the boy fall into the well.

“Hey kid! You need help?” Peering into the well, Ranma could barely make out the bottom, it was a deep well, “Well, I'm coming to get you okay? Hang on.”

Lightly, he sprang to the lip of the well and was preparing to jump when Akane burst through the door. “Ranma! What the heck are you doing now?”

Ranma looked up at her, “A kid fell in there, and I'm going to get him out dummy.” Shaking his head, he leapt in, leaving Akane to mumble beneath her breath.

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Souta shook his head, staring up. He had the backpack beside him, but he was certain that wherever he was, he wasn't in the dark well house. He must be….

He must be in the Sengoku Judai with Inuyasha and Kagome! Excited he sprang to his feet, but was quickly discouraged when he surveyed the high walls around him. New found respect for his sister began to well up inside Souta as he eyed the walls. To think, she climbed this all the time, with that monstrous backpack…

Before he could fill his lungs with sufficient air to yell for his sister, light began to shimmer around him again. When the lights faded, Souta saw a guy sitting on the floor next to Kagome's backpack.

“Wha…what the heck…must've hurt my head more then I thought…” The young man looked up at Souta. “Hey kid, what's the big idea, falling into this well like that?”

Souta rolled his eyes, “Yeah, like I chose to fall…who are you anyway?”

“I'm Ranma, I'm looking for Kagome. Do you know her?”

Souta grinned, “Know her? She's my sister, I can probably take you to her, but we're stuck in this well…”

Ranma shrugged, “No problem kid.” He snatched up the bag and Souta before leaping out of the well in one powerful movement.

Ranma set the bag and the kid down, “So, where's Kagome and the dog boy?”

“Who the heck are you calling `dog boy'?”

Kagome and Inuyasha stood in the clearing, staring at them. “Souta? How did you…?”

“Onee-san! Inuyasha!” Souta ran to them, leaving Ranma to stare at his surroundings.

“What the heck…weren't we in a building? What the heck am I doing here?”

Inuyasha advanced on Ranma, “That's a good question, what are you and the kid doing here?”

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AN: For those who don't know the attacks -

Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken: Ranma's Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.

Sankon-tetsusou - Iron Reaver, Soul Stealer, Inuyasha's claw attack