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A Wrinkle in Time	By : Demonized Category: InuYasha Crossovers > Het - Male/Female Views: 1436 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-One
- 2-Two
- 3-Three
- 4-Four
- 5-Five
- 6-Six
- 7-Seven
- 8-Eight
- 9-Nine
- 10-Ten
- 11-Eleven
- 12-Twelve
- 13-Thirteen
- 14-Fourteen
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Once they are out of the tomb exhaustion finally sets in for Kagome. The last half hour or so feels like it has been much longer, and she is quite certain that the sun is starting to rise. Since she wobbles, more than a bit according to Kurama, she acquiesces to having him carry her back to Kaede's village. She briefly wonders why he doesn't seem to be tired at all, then chalks it up to him being a yōkai, and from what she can tell he is as strong as Sesshōmaru, if not stronger.
"Go ahead and rest, Kagome-san," Kurama says softly. His voice is a pleasant and soothing rumble that she can't help but obey.
Kagome's eyelids droop heavily and she sighs as she rests her head on Kurama's shoulder. She dozes the entire way back to the village, slipping in and out of consciousness while being vaguely aware of birds chirping and singing their morning greetings. She's teetering on the verge of sleep when she's slightly jostled as Kurama sets her down on what feels like a soft cloud. Her eyes creep open and she recognizes the inside of Kaede's hut.
"My apologies, Kagome-san. I didn't mean to wake you," Kurama states softly as he draws away from her.
"I wasn't asleep." Kagome sits up with a wide yawn and rubs at her eyes. She's still tired, swaying slightly where she sits as she fights to keep her eyes open.
"You need to get some sleep," InuYasha snaps from the opposite side of the hut. Despite his tone, there's a distinct lack of anger in the inu hanyō's countenance and aura. It is a marked improvement compared to earlier.
Kagome looks from Kurama to InuYasha, a faint scowl tugging at her lips. She wants to argue, if only because she is being told what she needs to do, but on the offhand, she is rather tired. With a rather forced sigh, she lays down and pulls the thin blanket over her body. Within a matter of seconds, she falls asleep, both her body and energy exhausted.
Kaede comes in mere minutes later, her gaze scanning the occupants of her hut. She holds her tongue when she spies Kagome fast asleep on the bedroll and turns her attention to Kurama. "She has exhausted her reiki," she notes in a low tone, her gaze slightly accusatory.
"Ah… We ran into Sesshōmaru-sama and a Mu-onna under his employ." Kurama ignores the slight huff from InuYasha on the other side of the hut, his gaze steadily meeting Kaede's.
The old miko looks away after a long moment and bustles over to the hearth at the center of her hut. She hefts a crude pot of water over the hearth and hangs it to boil before she returns her attention to Kurama. "This level of exhaustion is not from a mere encounter."
"You are incredibly astute, Kaede-sama. Kagome helped me remove a spell the Mu-onna had put on us. She also managed to free the Tessaiga and got it to transform." Which was quite a curious thing to witness.
"Did she now?" the elderly miko muses, her gaze straying to Kagome.
"Yeah, and it pissed Sesshōmaru off," InuYasha chimes in.
"From what I understand of the Tessaiga humans should not be able to make it transform, though she was able to free it because she is human," another voice speaks and a tiny black speck hops up onto Kurama's forearm.
"Bite me, flea, and you will regret it," Kurama warns in a low tone, his honey-toned eyes flashing.
"I had no such intention." Myōga fidgets a bit nervously then hops to the safety of the floor. "As for the Tessaiga, Lady Kagome should not have been able to make it transform. She does not have yōki."
"Would it have been possible that some of my yōki remained with her from when we undid the Mu-onna's spell?" It is the only possible and plausible explanation because any other scenario does not make any sense.
Kaede looks between him and Kagome for a moment, studying them more intently than before. "She most certainly has a small fraction of your yōki mixed in with her reiki, and it is the same for you, Yōko-san. This has never happened before to my knowledge, but I suspect that you would now be able to withstand most attacks from other miko." There seems to be something Kaede is leaving out, and InuYasha seems to realize it as he gets up and stomps out of the hut. The elderly miko sighs and gives a slight shake of her head. "Kagome is a very special girl, Yōko-san. Not even my sister, who loved InuYasha, would have done something like this. It was considered taboo, and while most other miko still consider it a forbidden thing I see it as a step towards a better future."
"I must admit that I would not have agreed with that for the longest time. It wasn't until the human mother of the body I had possessed risked her safety for mine did my mindset change. Even then, my eyes hadn't been fully opened until I met Kagome's cousin." Kurama smiles a little wistfully as he recalls the sacrifice he had been willing to make and Yūsuke's interference.
"It sounds like Lady Kagome's family is special indeed," Myōga comments with a thoughtful tone. "That aside, the sword cannot be transformed unless the wielder has affection for and the desire to protect humans."
"And you aren't mentioning this due to Kagome using the Tessaiga, I hope, but for InuYasha's sake?" Kurama pins the flea yōkai with a flat expression.
"Of course it's for InuYasha's sake." Yet Myōga's tone seems rather nervous.
Kurama doesn't press the issue, however, so he looks to the entrance of the hut where he knows InuYasha is lingering. "I'll be back, Kaede-san." He gets up and quietly leaves the elderly miko to watch over Kagome. InuYasha is outside, ears flattened against his hair while he sits against the trunk of a nearby tree and glares down at the sheathed Tessaiga on his lap.
"You ain't gonna gripe at me, are ya?" The inu hanyō looks up at him, his mouth drawn into a frown while his ears twitch slightly then flick upright. "All the shit I've given Kagome, and then she goes and does all this when she doesn't even really know me."
"While it has been a thought as of late there isn't a need for me to gripe at you right now." Kurama manages a faint smile then sits down in front of the hanyō. "If you are going to stick around, however, which I think you will then you need to understand that it is Kagome who is in charge."
InuYasha opens his mouth then quickly closes it with an audible click, his frown deepening. After a moment that seems to stretch on forever, he looks down at the Tessaiga on his lap. "You're strange for a yōkai, yielding to a human, let alone a female. Guess I'm strange too."
Kurama blinks then his smile widens slightly. "I expected more of an argument from you, to be honest."
"There ain't no point in arguing with you, especially if you're as strong as that bastard I happen to be related to. Then there's Shorty, who is also just as strong, and no doubt agrees." InuYasha's ears flick back for a second then he finally looks up at Kurama. "You and Shorty are from the same time as Kagome, right? How'd you get pulled into this mess?"
"We are indeed from the same time as Kagome, and our help was requested by someone who has a vested interest in Kagome succeeding. I cannot reveal who made the request since it would only complicate things, and our concentration needs to be on piecing the Shikon no Tama back together." Kurama glances up at the tree InuYasha is sitting against and spies Hiei in the upper branches. The apparition has a rather unimpressed scowl on his face. "If you would like a sparring partner to hone your swordsmanship then I'm sure Hiei would be happy to assist you."
InuYasha glances up as well and catches sight of Hiei, whose gaze narrows before he leaps away. "Uh, I…"
"You aren't the first person to give him a nickname that insults his height so don't worry about it. The last person who insulted his height is still alive and well." Though that is likely because Yukina, Hiei's twin sister, is in love with Kuwabara. Then again, Hiei doesn't seem sensitive about his height.
"I'll consider it," InuYasha says after a long moment, his tone less than confident.
"That is all I ask, InuYasha." Kurama smiles again and gets up while InuYasha remains seated. "Though there is one more thing I would like for you to consider. Kagome is not an ordinary human, nor is she an ordinary miko. She is…" His thinks got to the future Kagome, the miko-kitsune who had asked them to join her past human self on this curious journey.
"She's something else," InuYasha finishes for him, a faint and wry grin on his face. "I get it. No ordinary miko could do what she does, even if we don't necessarily deserve her kindness." His voice softens and he tightens his grasp on Tessaiga. "Guess I need to go find Shorty."
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