InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Glimpse of the Future ❯ Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I own… NOTHING!! The only name that I actually had to use my brain for is Taisho. Kai is what Sesshoumaru names Kagome when she loses her memory in "Untitled Fic" by Rymsie, Juro is actually the name of Sess' and Kag's son in Circles of Destiny by Tea, and Kaedo is the name InuTaisho calls himself while trying to convince Kagome to return to the past in End of Sorrow by Tamysan. I liked all those names, though, so here ya go! (And keep that in mind, cuz I don't feel like writing it all out again!)

Glimpse of the Future

Ch 1 The Arrival

Kai looked up and around her. She smiled and looked at the other three passengers, each one grumpier than the last at the 4-hour drive. "Well, guys, we're here! The Higurashi shrine in Tokyo!" This declaration seemed to finally interest the boys enough to actually get out of the car. Kai couldn't help but laugh when she noticed that her youngest brother had been sitting on his tail.

"Um… Kai?" Kai turned to look at her twin brother, Juro, taking in his stance (so much like his father's). "Are you sure this is a good idea? I mean, sure Inuyasha and Kagome finally told each other they loved each other, but still… I don't wanna be the one who screws up the past."

Kai couldn't help but laugh. Their plans were to meet up with Kagome and Inuyasha when they came out of the well. The couple had finally admitted their feelings, and agreed to be together. What they didn't know, though, was that Kagome would get trapped in the past with Inuyasha, and therefore, her children would be born during the Feudal Era. Kai grinned as she looked around.

"I'm positive. Let's just hope they don't have a heart attack when they see us. Especially you, Taisho. You're enough to give anyone a heart attack." Taisho narrowed his golden eyes at her. Golden eyes that only Juro, their uncle, and their father possessed. Kai and Kaedo had both inherited their mother's blue eyes, which Kai didn't mind, since it looked good with her silvery-white hair. She smiled again at her three brothers, and began to walk towards the well. "Come on, we'll meet them when they get out. Although it might be better to let them see Kaedo first. It might shock them to see all of us..."

Kaedo grinned up at his eldest sibling. "Yeah, that and your stripes are distracting." Kaedo reached up and brushed his fingertips against his own stripes, 2 red lines on each cheek, like his uncle and grandfather. He and his brothers each had them. But Kai was different. Kai was the eldest, but also the only girl. She alone had inherited their mother's powers. Therefore, she had 3 stripes on her cheeks and arms, but instead of red, they were a lovely shade of blue, matching her eyes.

Kai blushed and nodded. She remembered the odd looks she got sometimes, when she wore a shirt that showed her arms to the world. But she didn't care. She and her family were proud of their youkai heritage. Even if the humans thought they were just tattoos on some punk kid's arms.

A noise in the direction of the well drew everyone's attention, and the 3 elder children hid to the sides of the building, while Kaedo waited in front of the door for the two people who would one day be his parents.

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"Dammit, Kagome! Why do you have to go now? I thought you had all weekend, too." Inuyasha grumbled as he leapt out of the well, Kagome still on his back. They were coming back early, on a Friday night for reasons other than school, and he just couldn't figure it out.

"Because, Inuyasha, my mother asked me to watch Souta this weekend. It's not my fault! Grampa and Mom had to go visit one of my cousins, and Souta couldn't go because one of his stupid clubs at school has a meeting this weekend that he can't miss. It's not like I had a say in this!" Kagome sighed as Inuyasha set her down, and then noticed that Inuyasha had become completely still, his nose in the air. "What??"

"Youkai," he muttered, staring at the door. "There's youkai nearby." Kagome glanced at the door nervously. Were they good or bad, she wondered. She sighed again. Only one way to find out, I guess.

She looked at Inuyasha, who was preparing for a fight, his hand resting on the hilt of the Tetsusaiga.

Inuyasha motioned for her to get behind him, and then he climbed the stairs to the door, and slid it open.

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