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Tomorrow is Another Day	By : cahepyp Category: InuYasha Crossovers > General Views: 3513 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: Disclaimer- I is but a humble fan that owns nothing but my imagination. Fan==NO OWNIE Tenchi or Inuyasha. I also do NOT own the “Happy Birthday” song. I make no money off these writings.

Chapter List
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"blah blah" = talking

blah blah= thoughts (since perspectives change I do try to make it more obvious who is thinking what but if you get confused it will follow the same rules as spoken dialogue.)

WARNING – Foul language

Chapter 5 – Found then Lost Again

She was getting a weird feeling. Someone was following her. Ryoko knew it. Ayeka can’t be here… Who is it? She started walking just a bit faster and headed outside the park towards a seedy looking market.

Meow? Ryo-Oki questioned silently.

We’re being followed now, let’s lose them in that market. Ryoko replied as they milled into the herd of wives and merchants. I’ve got to get a look at who it is, I don’t want to get caught in this city by some half assed bounty hunter wanna-be. I’ll get blamed for anything they blow up.

Ryoko moved into an even more crowed alley and ducked into a tent. Finding it nearly empty she headed for the back and phased into the wall and up to the roof where she could watch the street without being seen.

It didn’t go quite as she planned… She’d picked such a busy street that there was no way for her to tell which of the hundred or so heads milling down there was the person she was looking for. Still she watched the tent for anyone who might go in and then come out looking frustrated.

It only took about half a minute for a young couple to show up. They stood out anyway because of the young man’s hair and outfit. Who wears THAT in the city? And what’s with the silver hair and the sword? I don't wanna be nearby when he gets arrested for carrying THAT around the city. Even before they entered the tent Ryoko was pretty sure he was the noob bounty hunter she’d been feeling. The young woman with him seemed pretty normal, except that she was looking around in an odd fashion and once nearly looked right at her. Ryoko found that irritating.

When they approached the tent they whispered something and the male clenched his sword hilt. The female put a hand on his arm and he relaxed slightly but they still entered the tent with a posture of caution. So they do have some idea that I’m dangerous, too bad caution didn’t send them down a better career path. Still, they don’t seem like much of a threat.

Ryoko smiled a bit. It might have been fun to play around with them, but I’ve got to lose them and get back to shopping. My Tenchi is waiting and that spoiled brat of a princess has to have thought of something by now.

So she jumped over a few roofs and landed in an alley a few blocks over. She made her way out onto the street with a bag that now held nothing but a fat cabbit who had taken advantage of the down time on the roof to crawl into the bag and eat more than her share of the tempura.

* * *

As they ran out of the park it took Kagome and Inuyasha a minute to get back on the trail. The vender had safely gotten away from the greedy mob, but now they were behind.

“Kagome, throw that bag away!” Inuyasha whined. “It stinks and I can’t find the trail of that woman.”

Instead Kagome opened it to find a double family sized serving of fried carrot tempura.

“This is Souta’s favorite. It’d be a shame to waste it especially since there is so much.” Kagome focused for a second and found that the Jewel was still moving slowly but had moved to one of the markets nearby. “Anyway come on, she went this way.” Kagome started a determined walk towards the maze of tents and people.

As they headed in Inuyasha lagged more and more behind.

“What’s the matter?”

“Meh, it stinks in here.” His face was flushed and for a minute Kagome thought he looked slightly green but he stopped and seemed to focus for a second. When he opened his eyes he seemed to be alright though so they kept moving.

Eventually they came to a tent and Inuyasha stopped. Kagome stood next to him and peered inside. It was a shop that sold dried squid. There didn’t seem to be any customers.

“The trail leads in there.”

“I can feel the jewel nearby” Kagome looked around, “But I can’t see it.”

“You could always see it before.”

“I know, but now that we are so close to it, it definitely feels just a little different that it did before.”

“Keh… Lets go” Inuyasha clutched his sword but released it quickly when Kagome laid a reproachful hand on his arm.

“Not in the city.” Even so Kagome tensed slightly to ready herself for whatever was in the shop. Then they walked in as casually as they could.

The inside of the tent was filled with red light that filtered in through the canvas. Kagome had tried the treat a few times but she deemed it too salty for regular consumption. She was unaware that anything was amiss until she was roughly shoved from behind. Kagome regained her balance pretty fast and turning found Inuyasha passed out on the floor of the tent.

It wasn’t too hard to figure out what was wrong. The summer sun had heated the air within the tent and the squid in the tent was in full fragrance. The owner of the tent came running over.

“Is everything alright?” The tall shopkeeper looked down at Inuyasha with concern. Internally Kagome sighed and tried to think of a viable lie.

“Um… He just has a bit of sun stroke. Sorry to bother you but can I have a glass of water for him?” The shop owner nodded and hurried away. Kagome pulled Inuyasha out of the main walkway and sat him up in the corner.

She could feel the Jewel getting farther and farther away. Her mind was full of questions. What is that woman? And why does she have the jewel? Inuyasha said she doesn’t smell like a demon… but how was she able to move so fast before? Why does the Shikon feel so different now?

Now Kagome really wished she’d had time to get a better look at her when they came close to her in the park. Though the trail had led into this shop it was fairly obvious that the woman had found a way to escape and with Inuyasha down for the count the chase would have to wait for another day.

She was interrupted from her thoughts when the shop owner came back with a tall glass of water. Thanking her Kagome smiled and the woman gave them one last glance before going back to her post behind a counter.

Kagome pulled a handkerchief out of her pocket and got it wet with some of the water. Gently dabbing at his face she tried to rouse him. This gave her ample time to examine his face. During the last year she hadn’t had that much time to spend in the past. Her high school studies had really taken up most of her time and she could only make it back to visit about once or twice a month.

Inuyasha still came to visit her regularly and he’d made sure that none of the boys at her school even remotely thought of her as “available”. Even the stalwart Hojo-kun had been disparaged. Still their relationship had been at a near stand still since the defeat of Naraku.

Kagome sighed. Once she’d thought that with Kikyo out of the way there’d be nothing to stop her from moving past friendship. But even with the priestess fully dead and finally reburied in the past, it seemed Inuyasha’s thoughts still ran to her just as often as they always had.

Sighing again she remembered how she had tried to get Inuyasha to come to her school dance. That had turned out to be a disaster. With all his refusal to even think about it she had resorted to “If you won’t dance with me, Hojo will!”.

The statement had inspired a very large jealousy attack with two results. Hojo though unharmed was then-after unwilling to come near the family shrine. Also Kagome ended up spending the night of the dance in the past while her friends put on a party of their own. Inuyasha sat watch the whole night in his tree and every once and a while a stubborn “keh.” would echo down.

She was once again roused from her thoughts when Inuyasha began to stir. Thinking about her friend Sango’s mask she tied the wet handkerchief around Inuyasha’s face in the hopes it would help. It works for smoke and miasma, why not stinky squid?

Kagome’s idea seemed to be good as Inuyasha came to and looked around. Clenching his sword he looked at her and the question in his eyes needed no vocalization.

“She got away,” Kagome said looking at the door of the tent. He shifted slightly and then began to get up. Kagome pulled one of his arms over her shoulder and helped the still dizzy hanyou to his feet.

“Keh! Which way is the jewel?”

“We’ll have to look for it some other day. Momma told me earlier that she needs us home before three.”

“What for?” They were out of the tent by now and he was beginning to walk a little better.

“We are driving over to another shrine where my uncle Nobaiyuki and his family now live.”

“Eh? So it’s just some boring family trip. Skip it and we’ll go hunt for the jewel.”

“I can’t, I already promised Momma we’d be home. Besides my cousin Tenchi will be there and I haven’t seen him in years.”

“This is about the Jewel Kagome, we can’t just put it off.”

“I sensed the Jewel wandering around for a while but then it retreated and it was heading in that direction.” They had reached the park now and they were resting under a large tree. “Momma says we’ll be spending the night so tomorrow we can head out from there and see what we find.”

She heard a “Keh.” But she saw Inuyasha give a small nod as he pulled her handkerchief off. “This was a good idea.” Kagome beamed at the complement but then a thought came to her.

“How did you manage to get inside the tent without noticing the smell?” Inuyasha looked at her then turned his gaze to his sword.

“I used Tessiaga.” At her look of confusion he went on, “I discovered that with Tessiaga’s help I can control a little of my demonic senses… Totosai said I should have figured it out much sooner but that damn old man never says shit about important stuff unless you beat it out of him.” Kagome let out a small giggle. “Tessaiga dulled my sense of smell but the reek in that damn tent was just too strong!”

Kagome nodded, it made a certain sense. Tessaiga was created to help him control his demonic blood. It protected him, and so a little thing like dulling he sense of smell when it was about to overwhelm him was within its limits.

“Keh. If we are gonna keep that promise to your mom, we’d better get a move on.”

He squatted down so she could climb on for the run home. She climbed on and they went racing across the rooftops back to the shrine.

* * *

Ryoko was well on her way back to her respective shrine. After she ditched that young pair of bounty hunters she wandered around for a while. She bought Ayeka the buns she promised starting another unnoticed mobbing. She walked away with a slightly cruel laugh as she remembered the roots of that little joke.

Several months ago Ayeka had discovered the food and had quite uncharacteristically made a pig of herself. Sasami never could figure out where the plate of snacks she left on the table had gone to and it was a good for a raise anytime Ryoko brought it up.

Ryoko whistled to herself as she strolled through the market looking for the perfect gift for Tenchi. Eventually, after about 30 minutes, she got bored and picked a random store. It turned out to be a store that sold wooden miniatures. As she browsed around one in particular caught her eye.

It stood not even five inches high but she knew this was perfect. The figure was that of a swordsman in the middle of a great pose. His sword held high with a steady arm and he looked like he could run right off his little wooden base. He wore long hair and clothes that were faintly similar to some old Juraian styles especially with the strange markings on his facebut unlike anything she had seen on Earth.

She tracked down the shop’s grandmotherly owner and left the store while the old woman was sitting down looking at the pile of money with joy and tears on her face. Ryoko stepped out into the sun and looked for a good place to phase to the roof without being seen.

Do you think you can transform with your shields on? Ryoko silently asked her partner.

Meow~ Ryoko took that as a yes and pulled Ryo-Oki out the bag where she’d stayed even after emptying it and then tossed the cabbit into the air.

Mrooooow! As she flew Ryo-Oki expanded into a ball of light that very shortly disappeared. When she was sure the ship was ready Ryoko fazed herself onto the bridge.

Lets head home!

Meow! was the response as the spaceship began to move.

Sitting back in her chair Ryoko watched the countryside blur they moved home. They were almost home before she noticed the message sent by Washu.

“Please watch for the source of the weird energy signal I’ve been tracking. It should be somewhere near you.”

I didn’t have time to do that between chasing Ryo-Oki, getting away from those bounty hunters and finding a present… Ryoko sighed She’ll just have to live without it.

With that thought she relaxed for the rest of the ride staring at the little man. She hadn’t noticed before but the man had silver hair. Odd, it reminds me of that bounty hunter, she mused but then pushed that thought away to focus on how happy Tenchi would be when he saw it.
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