Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Circumstances ❯ meetings ( Chapter 2 )

Disclamier: I do not own inuyasha or yu yu hakusho

Woo hoo! Another chapter up~! Hope you guys enjoy!

Ch.2

Inhaling a lot of air, kagome got ready to introduce everyone. "Everyone this is hiei, he was sent by the ruler of the spirit world (enter confused looks) to help us with collecting the shards. Hiei, the one with the boomerang strapped to her back is Sango, the neko is Kirara, Miroku is the one with the staff, you've already met inuyasha, and the fox is my kit Shippo. Sango is a demon exterminator and Miroku is a monk." She gasped for air after saying that long introduction.

Everyone bowed and said their greetings.

Kaede interrupted. "Perhaps ye would like to continue inside?"

"That would be a good idea!" kagome said smiling.

Picking up Shippo, she led the way inside.

Once everyone was settled down, Inuyasha broke the silence. "So shorty, what can you do?" In an instant, Inuyasha had a katana by his throat.

"I'd be careful what you say hanyou" he said in a deadly tone.

Everyone in the room got on guard, Miroku held his staff, and Sango clutched her boomerang. Inuyasha growled, and put his hand on tetsaiga.

"Now, now! Settle down everyone! We're going to be working together, so at least try to get along." Kagome pleaded.

Reluctantly, Hiei put his katana away, and sat back down, glaring at anyone who dared to look at him.

Sighing, Kagome looked outside. The sun was starting to set. `Is it that late already?' Shaking her head, she started taking about a big pot and lots of ramen packets. Grabbing a pot she got up. "I'm going to get some water for the ramen. Don't start any fights!" she said in a commanding tone while shaking her index finger.

Hiei just `hned' and jumped into a tree, hidden by the shadows of the branches and leaves.

Inuyasha just sat back down, with his arms crossed. With a mischievous glint in his eye, Shippo transformed into a big pink blob and bit inuyasha in the head. Eye twitching, inuyasha swung a clawed hand at shippo, thus starting another fight.

Hiei watched from the tree in mild interest. `Why do I always get teamed up with the idiots?'

~With Kagome~

On her way walking to the river, kagome began to think about their new teammate. `He seems kind of closed off from everyone. Kind of like how inuyasha used to be.' Sighing, she realized she was in the clearing of the river. `I should stop spacing out' She said with a shake of her head.

As she gathered some water in the pot, she stared at her own reflection in the water. Did she really look that much like Kikyo? She had to admit, they had some features that were the same, but they weren't identical.

She sighed heavily. She didn't really hate Kikyo, she actually felt sorry for her. Her life was cut short because of Naraku's evil schemes. She never got to live a full life.

Shaking her head to rid those thoughts, she stood up and made her way back towards the village. On her way back, she noticed a tree with beautiful red flowers blooming from it.

She walked closer and touched its trunk. A flower gracefully fluttered from the tree, into her hand. "Ah! A haruna…kirei.." she said as she smelled it and put it behind her hair.

Looking back at the vase, she quickly withdrew her hand and hurried back to kaede's hut.

Dinner went smoothly. Hiei rejected the ramen ("keh, more ramen for me") and stayed in his tree, and there were no more fights (other then the pranks Shippo played).

After cleaning up, she looked at the moon. `It's getting late' she thought to herself. Rolling out her sleeping back, she tucked the half-asleep shippo in. "I'm not sleepy Kagome.." he said as he yawned. She smiled softly at him. "Good night sweetie."

As she left the room, she sat outside on the grass, staring at the stars. Bad mistake. In the distance she saw a glowing object. `Soul catchers. Meaning Kikyo's nearby.' She tilted her head towards inuyasha's direction to see if he had picked up on her scent. Sure enough, his nose was pointed towards the forest.

"I'm going for a walk." And with that, he disappeared into the forest.

Everyone in the room gave Kagome a sympathetic look. She faced them all with a cheery face. "I'm going to go for a walk too."

Getting up, she walked the opposite way inuyasha went.

She went down the same path to the river, and went to the Haruna tree. Lying down next to the tree with her head in her hands, she pondered her thoughts about inuyasha. `Sure I like him, but he'll never return those feelings' She lifted a hand to wipe away the tears that threatened to spill. `But it still hurts when he sees her.'

Hiei read her thoughts. `So she likes the hanyou. Hn.' He had gotten curious to why she acted that way when inuyasha left. What puzzled him more was what he smelled from the direction inuyasha disappeared too. Dirt and ashes.

Jumping down in front of her, she gasped and rubbed the tears away quickly. She pushed herself up from the ground so she was standing.

With a hand scratching the back of her head nervously, she looked at him with a fake smile. "Ah, didn't hear you there. What brings you here?"

He gave her a look of indifference. "The exterminator was getting worried about you."

Her features softened. "Ok, can you tell her I'll be back in a little while?"

"Hn." As he was about to leave, he turned around and asked her a question. "Where did the hanyou go" he asked, keeping the curiosity out of his voice.

Her eyes flickered with sadness. But then she smiled. "Uh.. his old girlfriend, Kikyo."

He noted her reactions to his question. `Kikyo? Isn't she dead?' His curiosity got the better of him. "Didn't she die?" he said in a monotone voice.

Her hands fidgeted nervously. "Yes, she did. I'm glad someone was paying attention to their history lessons!" she said while laughing softly. "She did die, but someone brought her back to life. Now she's only a clay pot and lives off of woman's souls."

`So both the hanyou and the dead priestess are from the legend..' Letting the information soak in he left with a `Hn'.

Settling down once more, kagome sat back down and took in the calmness she felt from the tree.

When she got back, Inuyasha was perched in a tree diagonal from the one Hiei was in. "Where'd you go wench?"

"I was taking a walk," she said coolly.

Frowning at her he continued. "Well, anyways, I've heard some rumors of the shikon jewel coming from the south… we'll head out next thing in the morning." With that he closed his eyes and tried to get to sleep.

Shaking her head, she went inside the hut. Sango was in one corner, petting kirara who was in her lap, and miroku was meditating in another. Shippo was still asleep in the sleeping bag.

"Sango, Miroku." They both looked up at her. "Inuyasha said there was a rumor from the south about the jewel. We'll be leaving in the morning."

Nodding Miroku went back to meditating. Sango kept staring at her. "Do you think he got the information from Kikyo?" she asked softly.

"Hm, probably." Walking over to the sleeping bag, kagome got in and cuddled Shippo.

"Hey guys, do you know anything about a Haruna tree around here?"

Opening his eyes, Miroku put his hand to his chin and started thinking. "I do believe there is a tragic story about a haruna tree. There was once a tree spirit who took form of a human. One day the tree spirit got attacked by a bear youkai, and right when the bear was going to slice her with it's claws, a young man saved her. She instantly fell in love with him, he with her. The tree spirit had a wonderful voice. So when they would meet up, the young man would play the violin while the tree spirit sang. But one day their happiness ended. He had to go away to fight in a war. He promised her that he would come back so they could make beautiful music together. So she waited and waited until one day she was re-absorbed by the haruna tree."

"Such a tragic story…"

"Indeed Lady Kagome. They say her spirit waits in the tree for her true love to come back to her."

Inuyasha's voice interrupted the serene moment. "Whatever monk! Go to sleep! We're going to leave early tomorrow!"

"I'll be turning in now. Good night."

"Night."

"Good night."

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In the middle of the night, Kagome woke up. `I have this strange feeling…' quietly getting up from the sleeping back, she tiptoed out of the room, hoping she wouldn't wake up anyone.

`Now to get past the guard dog…' Keeping an eye on inuyasha, she slowly walked past him, holding her breath. She watched as his doggy ears twitched and swiveled towards any sound being made.

When she was finally a safe distance away, she breathed in some much needed air.

She walked down the path that led to the river. Turning, the haruna tree came into view. The flowers seemed to glow in the moonlight, almost like fireflies.

Stepping closer towards the tree, she heard a soft violin playing. She gasped, covering her mouth. It was just like Miroku's story! Walking up to the tree, a young man came into view. He wore the same clothes the villagers did, and he had long black hair, pulled up in a ponytail.

He looked up and met her eyes and stopped playing. Giving her a gentle smile, he waved her over.

Kagome nervously walked over. Sitting down next to him, she relaxed. The musical notes soothed her soul. Out of no where she began singing.

"One soundless mid-day,

the wind was so cheerful.

Flower petals sway in the breeze

As if they were sleepy.

This serene feeling…

Tell me, what's the word people use for it?

Tell me a story that's locked away

In the white-sand moon.

Let me hear it

As gently as light shining down…

Will the time come? When you will know the pain in my heart?

Then you'd be able to be gentler than you are now.

Such a warm feeling…

Tell me, what' s the name that people give to it?

Softly, let me hear

Of the distant future,

So bright it can't be seen,

Like a white-sand moon"

She blinked. `Where did that song come from?' A bright light from behind her broke her from her thoughts. The tree pulsed with energy and glowed. Soon, a figure came out of the tree.

It was a beautiful woman with dark green hair, and large brown eyes. She wore a nice white kimono with red haruna flowers on it.

The young man and the woman embraced. Turning around, the woman faced Kagome. "Dear child, your beautiful voice has freed me from the tree. I will grant you one wish that you desire."

Poor kagome was stupefied. Her eyes were bulging out of her head, and her mouth was wide open. `AIE YA?! THE STORY WAS REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL?!'

The woman (now identified as the tree spirit) giggled. "So, what is your wish?"

Kagome came out of her stupor and thought for a moment. Memories of how Inuyasha called her weak, and had to save her on numerous occasions. Balling her fists she said, "I wish to become stronger."

Nodding, the tree spirit threw petals over kagome's head. "You now have the spirits of a panther and wolf. You will have the agility of a cat and the strength of a wolf. Use your new body well."

When the petals touched kagome, her body started to glow.

And with that, the couple turned into spirits and flew towards the moon. Unknown to kagome, a little fire demon had followed her and seen the whole thing.

Nya, the song was `hiru no tsuki'. The 1st ending theme song for Outlaw star, translated into English. And haruna means camellia (a type of flower yes?). I think.