Chapter Twenty-One: Return to the Past Now
Sango let go of her stomach and she looked at the others. They were all in stance for anything sudden. It seemed like time had frozen them, they didn't make any movements, both waiting for the other to attack.
Shippo looked back at them although he couldn't see them,"I don't hear them fighting"
Kagome gasped,"You don't think-"
"No, I don't smell death or even that much blood,"He furrowed his brow,"Stay here, I'll see what they're doing." He ran off towards them.
Kagome steadied Miroku on her shoulder,"Do you think we should follow and try to help?" She gazed into the darkness that Shippo and disapeared into.
Miroku leaned on Kagome and his staff,"I think we should listen to Shippo and stay here. We can't fight and we just might get in the way. I think they can handle Adeth, she's trying to toy with them." He put his hand over his broken ribs, they were still very sore.
Kagome looked into the darkness. The scariest place known to man was darkness. In darkness was the unknown. In the darkness her friends and lover were fighting. What was happening, is the unknown and it scared Kagome not to see or help them any.
Adeth's eyes shot at Shippo who was running towards them. "Iron reever soul stealer!" She bareley dodged Inuyasha's attack. They both landed on the ground glaring daggers at eachother. "Hiraikotsu!" The giant boomerang came hurdling at Adeth, but she ducked from it. She growled at Sango before something struck her hard in the back. She had forgotten the boomerang and it came back and struck her.
"Dammit!" She hissed. A giant wall of fox fire enclosed her. On the other side Shippo had his hands up controling it.
"Inuyasha! Both of you! I have an idea!" Both Inuyashas looked at him,"When I release the fire, I want you both to hit her with a wind scar!" Adeth slashed at the fire wall, but Shippo made the blue blaze stronger holding her in,"Ready?"
"Hold on,"Kagome called out. She put her hands up like she was holding an invisible bow. The younger Inuyasha blinked at her. Then he saw that her arms were glowing and a bow had appeared that seemed to be made out of pure energy. Her hands were the arrow and it seemed that her other hand was pulling back the energy string like she did with a regular bow,"Im gonna hit her with everything I got! Inuyashas, get ready for the wind scar!"
Inuyasha shook his head from surprise and steadied his sword,"We're ready!"
Shippo nodded and he put down his hands and the wall disapeared. Adeth was about to attack him, but Shippo shouted,"Now!"
"Wind Scar!" Both Inuyashas brought thier blades down with the burst of energy straight at Adeth. Kagome let go of the illuminating bow and the energy arrow shot straight at Adeth. All three attacks covered her and her flesh was ripping apart.
"No! I cannot be defeated! How can this happen! I am undefeatable! No!" Her voice trailed away as she exploded into nothing. Before any of them took a breath, the white light showered them and they were gone.
Shippo sighed. Dawn was approaching over the horizon. Pink and orange showered them all and he looked up at the sky,"C'mon guys, what's taking you..." He looked back at Kenta who was still sleeping like a baby. Shippo was starting to get worried until a ball of light showed up and it disappeared and left eleven puzzled people. He blinked realizing that he was seeing double and that only meant that-"Kenta! It's them! It's your parents!"
The mother Sango blinked at them and then her gaze fell to Kenta. Kenta rubbed his eyes and blinked at Sango,"Mommy!"
He ran up to her and she picked him up and hugged him tightly. "Oh my baby boy! I was so worried about you!" She began to kiss hiss cheek and his forehead. She balanced him on her hip and wiped her eyes and smiled,"You were such a big boy, listening to Mazuki and not panicing. Im so proud of you!" Kenta blushed a little.
The other Sango was watching with sparkling eyes. It was all a happy ending. She saw the little Shippo's face of surprise. He pointed a finger at his older and taller double,"Is that who I think it is?"
Kagome laughed a little and picked him up. The back of her school uniform ahd a hole and the blood was dry. She pointed to the older Shippo,"Shippo, I would like for you to meet the older you."
Shippo's eyes were huge and glistening,"Whoa...I am so cool!" They all laughed.
Priestess Kagome stepped foreward,"I think it's time for all of you to return to your own time. Just you being here can change the entire future. We're gonna have to erase all this from you're minds."
"But you can't do that!" shouted Inuyasha,"Alot has happened!" He moved ahead of her,"You cant just make it like it never happened"
"I have no choice, Inuyasha, it has to be done." She looked at the floor,"You have seen way too much, so to keep this future I must erase it. Im sorry." Before Inuyasha could say another thing the other Kagome grabbed his sleeve. He looked at her.
"Inuyasha, I think she's right. We have seen too much and we shouldn't altar time." Inuyasha looked down at her.
"You do it all the time,"he said raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, but this is our future. It's only a few years apart not five hundred."she looked at him,"It's for the best." She grabbed her bag and
Sango and Miroku walked over to them. "We're ready."
Kagome nodded. "With this chant and with this rhyme, I send you to your own time. I send you through time and space, with your memories now erased."
White light sparkled around them and they disapeared. Naori looked up at her mother,"Is everything normal again?"
Kagome smiled and rubbed the top of her head,"Yep, everything is normal again." Inuyasha grabbed her by the collar of her shirt and pulled her onto his shoulders.
"That was so cool! The way you were like pow! And bam!" she made punches in the air.
"Not as cool and your iron reever! I've never seen it that strong before! And the way Mazuki handled the hiraikotsu!" Said Inuyasha playfully. They walked to the road, deciding to continue thier journey. They talked and laughed a little about what happened.
Kagome was packing everything in her bag. Sango was petting Kilala and Miroku was laying down with his hands above his head. "Kagome are you done yet?"Inuyasha asked jumping off the roof of Kaede's hut.
"Hold on Inuyasha,"Kagome didn't look up at him. They didn't remember anything. Not of Naori, Mazuki, or Kenta. It was like it never happened. Kagome pulled her pack over her shoulder and walked out the door. A piece of paper fell out and caught her eye. She picked it up and stuffed it back in her bag, not looking at it.
They walked for several hours until dusk came and they were setting up camp. Kagome pulled a blanket out for a picnic and she saw the paper that fell out earlier. She picked it up and stared at it. Immediantly she knew it was a photograph. She stared at it for a while. It was them, but they look different. There were two extra kids in it and Sango and Miroku were real personal. Then Kagome gasped.
It was like her head was hit with a boulder. She snapped her eyes closed as visions poured her head. The little hanyou girl was Naori and she was her daughter. The older one that looked so much like Sango was Mazuki and her younger brother Kenta. She remembered it all. Adeth, Death, Naori and the rest and even how they got there and how they came back. She gripped the photo tighter with her eyes wide in shock.
"Kagome, are you okay?"Sango asked.
Kagome jumped. Everyone was watching her. She put up the photo and nodded,"Uh, yeah, I just remembered an exam that I thought I forgot. Then I remembered it was next week. Im fine." She stuffed the photo back in her bag.
After awhile of eating Kagome and Sango went to a hot spring and they were soaking up the steaming water. Sango looked up at Kagome,"Are you sure you're okay?"
"Hm? Oh yes, Im fine,"Kagome gave her a smile,"I just got a lot on my mind about my school."
"You seem really pale. Im just worried."Sango was frowning and did indeed look worry.
"Sango, do you remember anything strange?" Kagome asked without looking at her.
Sango blinked and then brought her knees to her chest,"I had a dream."
Kagome looked at her,"What do you mean?"
Sango bit her lip and looked over at the boys who were around the fire and in deep conversation. She motioned for her to come closer and Kagome sat next to her. "I had a dream about Miroku."
Kagome blinked,"Miro-"
Sango covered her mouth and pressed a finger to her lips. She bent closer,"Kagome...promise not to tell?" Kagome nodded. Sango drew a breath,"I had a sex dream about him." She said in an urgent whisper.
Kagome's eyes were big. She didn't know that it was real. She thought it was a dream, but she could remember that one part of it. Did the others remember too? Kagome did a mental gasp, What if Inuyasha remembers! Kagome didn't know what to say so she just did with a "Whoa."
Sango bit her lip,"Kagome...I think I might be in love with him"
Kagome's shocked face became a huge grin and she punched the air,"I knew it! Woohoo!"
"What's all the commotion! Are you girls okay!"Miroku and Inuyasha both ran to the spring.
They all stared at eachother for a second or two before,"Aaagh! Inuyasha sit!" Inuyasha slammed into the ground.
"Pervert! Get lost!" Sango chucked a huge rock at Miroku and kept wailing at him until they both ran off muttering thier sorries and groaning from the soreness. Sango and Kagome looked at eachother, both were redder than Inuyasha's haori.
Inuyasha and Miroku sat down infront of the fire with thier backs to the spring,"Dammit! I hate it when she does that." He didn't want to, but he was also blushing.
Miroku was smirking,"Yes, but it was all worth it." Inuyasha shot him a look and looked back at the fire and threw more peices into it.
Was it real? Did it really happen? That was on everybody's mind. Kagome and Sango came back and couldn't even look at them. Shippo looked between them and raised an eyebrow but said nothing with the others.
Naori and Inuyasha were outside gathering wood for the fire. She climbed a tree and hung upside down from her knees. Inuyasha laughed and walked up to her,"You do know that if we don't get wood the fire will die out."
Naori smiled as Inuyasha picked her up and carried her on her back. She gripped the sleeves of his kimono and took in his scent."Im happy we are together again."
Inuyasha smiled,"Im happy too." They walked through the woods. He could feel his daughter's body against his. He smiled at her.
Naori laid her head against his back and smiled more. She yawned and her eyes became sleepy,"I love you Daddy." She muttered.
"I love you too Naori." She fell asleep on his back as he carried her back to the campsite.
The End
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