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Evolution
By : Macx
Category: InuYasha > Yaoi - Male/Male
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Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha, nor make money from this story.
Chapter List
- 1-Evolution
- 2-part 2
- 3-part 3
- 4-part 4
- 5-part 5
- 6-part 6
- 7-part 7
- 8-part 8
- 9-part 9
- 10-part 10
- 11-part 11
- 12-part 12
- 13-part 13
- 2
- 3
- 4
Kaede stood at the well, her face drawn up in a frown as she
studied the ancient construct. Inuyasha was pacing near-by, looking angry,
furious, worried... all in one and more. Miroku had joined the old miko,
waiting for her verdict. He hadn't found anything amiss with the well,
even after Inuyasha had climbed out, frantic with the need to know why
he couldn't travel through. Nothing they had tried had yielded any result.
The well was closed.
"It has closed," Kaede finally said.
"No!" Inuyasha cried. "It can't be closed! Why should it close?!" he
demanded.
"Kagome came here because of you, because of the Shikon no Tama in her
body, because of Fate, and because the Powers wanted her here. She changed
the world and was a key factor in the destruction of Naraku. Her task is
now complete."
Kaede's voice was serene, even, final.
"NO!" Inuyasha roared. "It's not complete! We still need her!"
The old woman gazed calmly at him. "What for? The Shikon was completed,
Naraku is dead, and you and your bonded found each other, hanyou. There
is nothing left for her to do."
Inuyasha was trembling with mixed-up emotions, unable to accept that
he wouldn't see the girl who had changed not just the world but him ever
again.
"No..."
Miroku walked over to him, touching one shaking shoulder. There was
nothing he could do and he knew that the weeks to come would weight heavily
on his lover.
"Maybe she can still come here..." Inuyasha whispered.
"The well has closed," Kaede repeated. "On both sides." Her eyes were
drawn to the object of their talk. "You won't see her again in this time,
Inuyasha."
Miroku's brows drew together and he looked at the miko. "This time?"
he queried.
An odd smile cracked the wrinkled features. "You are bonded, Miroku.
Think what it means?"
"We share the same life energy..." he started, then trailed off.
She nodded. "Yours is his, his is yours. It's a never-ending cycle.
You replenish the other. No beginning, no end. You're not just part of
Inuyasha's life, you are both one life now. A life that has no beginning,
no end."
Miroku stared at her, aware of Inuyasha's confused rumble at his side,
but his mind was too busy processing the implications. They were one life,
true. First he had thought that when Aiko had revealed it to them, he would
grow as old as Inuyasha because a hanyou had a much different life expectancy.
Then Aiko had said something about the energy cycle coursing through them,
making them one.
"Kagome can't be a part of this time any more because she has done what
she was sent here to do," Kaede continued. "But you can be part of her
time."
Inuyasha made another sound and Miroku was aware of the clawed fingers
touching his back as he stumbled a little. The implications were getting
clearer.
"Miroku?" Inuyasha asked, sounding a bit worried.
"We're one, koishii," he murmured. "One life, no beginning, no end.
We can see Kagome again. In her time. In five hundred years." His voice
was almost monotonous as it hit him like a brick wall.
Inuyasha stared at his lover, wide-eyed, disbelieving. Kaede smiled,
then nodded and left, going back to the village.
Miroku turned to the hanyou at his side, trembling himself now. "Five
hundred years," he repeated.
"She means we can...?" Inuyasha started, then broke off.
The monk nodded.
"Impossible."
"No beginning, no end...." Miroku laughed giddily. "How old do youkai
get?" he asked, almost giggling.
"I have no idea... why?"
"We're not the only ones to continue into her time. Sesshoumaru... Sango...
they're bonded by the same means. They'll be there, too. As for Shippo
and Kouga... how old do youkai get?" he wanted to know again.
Inuyasha stared at him, shocked, not yet able to understand the full
impact of the revelation.
"Most get killed..." he whispered. "Some are ancient... Ryuukossei...
he was thousands of years old... My father..." He broke off, suddenly sinking
to the ground.
Miroku followed, his own legs refusing to keep him upright any more.
No end...
He fell back against the wooden wall of the well, staring up into the
sky. Clouds rode the wind and birds cold be seen here or there.
No end...
Inuyasha suddenly settled over his outstretched legs, placing his hands
against the lip of the well, intense amber eyes staring at him. His face
was drawn, serious, and slightly too pale. He was as shocked as the monk
and trying just as badly to work through it.
"We'll meet her again," he said, voice firm.
"Five hundred years isn't that much of a long stretch," Miroku joked
weakly, his stomach somersaulting.
Five hundred years. No end... His own life had been laughingly short
so far. Just a fraction of the time they would have to pass till they saw
their friend again. Just a blink of the eye of what could be.
Inuyasha touched his face, drawing him out of his stupor. "I love you,
koishii. I want to spend this time, all the time we have, with you," he
whispered, voice shaking. "More than time than I ever hoped we could have.
More than a life time."
Miroku flung his arms around the slightly sturdier form, hugging him
close.
More than a life time, yes. More than he could imagine. All the things
to come, to see. A whole world out there, not just this little piece of
the land. So much...
"Me, too," he replied shakily.
They remained like this, locked together, huddled against the well,
clinging to each other as the shock spread again, realization fighting
to settle, but it was too early to understand it all.
Two people sharing one life.
* * *
The sound of the school bell had never been so sweet, so liberating
and so final. Kagome left the school building with her friends, who were
chattering excitedly about the finals, what they had written down as answers,
and their expected grades. Kagome was sure she had passed, but her grades
would be somewhat... medium to near-failure. But she had participated,
she had studied hard, and she had a good feeling. For the next weeks, she
would be free of school and after that, she would get her finals back.
After that, well she had really no plans. Eri, Ayumi and Yuka were dreaming
about universities abroad, about possible scholarships, about their future
lives. Kagome herself was thinking about returning to the feudal time,
look in on her friends, see how they were faring...
"Wow, will you look at that?"
She was drawn out of her thoughts by the excited exclamation and her
eyes swept over the street to find the source of the obvious excitement
in her friends' voices.
There was a black limousine parked across the street of the school.
The windows were tinted and the driver, in uniform, stood next to the car,
apparently waiting for someone. As the girls stood and gaped, the man pushed
away from the car and approached them. He was tall, maybe in his mid-twenties,
with a shock of black hair and unusually blue eyes. He was definitely not
from around here, Kagome mused.
"Higurashi Kagome?" he asked, his voice a soft, pleasant timbre.
The girls stared at her, wide-eyed.
"That's me," Kagome answered.
The man handed over a letter. "I was sent to give you this and wait
for your answer."
Kagome was confused, but she took the letter. It was a cream colored
envelope with just her name on it. In the top left corner was a company
logo. It was a three-dimensional picture of a globe or ball, and in clear,
black letters the name 'Shikon Enterprises'.
Something nagged at her.
"Open it!" Eri urged, clearly excited.
And Kagome opened the letter.
Her eyes widened as she read the words.
She looked up, stunned, staring at the messenger.
"What's your answer?" he wanted to know.
"I..."
"What's it say, Kagome?" Ayumi demanded and plucked the letter from
her hands. A squeal escaped her. "Scholarship?"
The others grouped around her.
"What?" - "Kagome?" - "No way!"
Kagome stared at the driver and the strange feeling she had had increased.
Something about him was... off. She just couldn't put her finger on it.
"That's an invitation to see the boss of Shikon Enterprises about it,
too!" Eri cried. "Kagome, you've gotta go! That's incredible!"
"I..."
The driver looked patiently at her.
"Now?" she whispered.
"Fukushima-san is awaiting you."
"I heard about Shikon Enterprise from my Dad," Yuka said, awed. "They're
world-wide and it's really, really hard to get a place there. I think it's
close to impossible! Kagome, what did you do to get this letter? From the
man in charge, too!"
She looked helplessly at her friends. "I don't know..."
It couldn't be her grades. She wasn't a good student, even though she
had been, but spending all that time in the other world had put a dent
into her study plans.
"Why me?" she asked the driver.
"I was only told to deliver the message, Higurashi-san."
Again she had this strange feeling and for a moment she thought something
was shifting around the man, that she saw purple eyes and cream colored
skin, light gray hair and four-fingered hands. But it was so brief, she
was sure it was just her confusion and surprise making her see things.
The driver bowed slightly and made an inviting gesture toward the car.
"Go," Ayumi whispered. "If it were me, I'd do it! This is your chance,
Kagome!"
The others nodded vigorously.
Kagome went. She got into the limousine and leaned back into the expensive
leather seats. The driver took his place and the car rolled down the street,
almost no noise from the outside penetrating into the lush interior.
Shikon Enterprises.
The name niggled at her mind and suddenly something struck her.
Shikon.
Shikon no Tama....
No.... no way! It was coincidence. Right?
The car glided through the streets, past shops and office buildings,
until it reached its address, a rather inconspicuous building, older than
the others, but blending perfectly into the background of so many glass
and steel towers.
The car stopped at the main entrance and the door was opened. Clutching
her backpack, Kagome got out.
"You're awaited inside," the driver said, smiling. "Just go to reception
and tell them your name."
The image shifted again, this time for about three seconds and Kagome
had the same feeling around the man she had had around... Shiori and Jinenji....
And Inuyasha.
Hanyou.
But... here? Today? In Tokyo?
Shikon Enterprises...
She walked through the revolving doors and found herself in a large,
airy and very open hall. The reception desk was manned by a young woman
who gave her a welcoming smile.
"How may I help you?"
"Uhm, my name is Higurashi Kagome... I was told to come here... I think
I've got an appointment."
The woman typed her name into the computer and a mild look of surprise
crossed her smooth, young features. "Higurashi Kagome," she said, nodding.
"Fukushima-san is awaiting you. He asked to be notified immediately when
you arrived."
A door opened and a man in a dark suit came out, giving her a respectful
nod. Kagome was confused. The receptionist's attitude had changed as well.
She looked almost... awed...
"Please, follow me."
Still unsure about what was going on here, Kagome followed. They took
an elevator all the way to the top floor, which was only accessible with
a special key the man used, then she was ushered into a large office at
the end of the corridor.
The room was expensively furnished, but it was still kind of sparse.
There was a large desk with a black table top, holding a flatscreen computer,
some thin folders, nothing else. A large plant sat to one side of the floor
to ceiling windows that showed an impressive view of the office towers
around this building. The floor was covered in light gray carpet and there
were two visitor chairs in front of the desk, behind which was a large,
black, high-back chair, currently turned away from her.
The man who had brought her here left quietly after a brief bow.
"Higurashi Kagome."
The voice startled her.
Soft, low, a baritone that reminded her of someone.
"Uh, yes..." she began, but then the chair turned.
Kagome's eyes widened and she gasped, automatically taking two steps
back. Images clashed and she blinked several times, trying to clear her
eyes as two people seemed to take in the place of one.
Tall, slender, dressed in a dark business suit. Brown eyes, long, silvery-white
hair, bound back into a tail.
And the other; equally tall and slender, still wearing a business suit,
but the face was marked by red stripes over his cheek bones, a blue crescent
on his forehead, the eyes were a golden amber, and he had pointed ears.
The hair was still silvery-white, though.
"Sesshoumaru!" she blurted.

tbc...
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Evolution	By : Macx Category: InuYasha > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 2806 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha, nor make money from this story.

Evolution