Hanyo of Snow

Ch4 A day in the village

(Y/N) POV

It was the mourning after Mukade J?r?'s defeat and Inuko's awakening and the villagers were busy rebuilding from the ?mukade's attack. I was currently in Kaede's home with her and Kagome right now.

"Y/N can you please be careful, that needle is cold." Kagome said while shivering.

"Sorry about that, but it isn't that easy to sew with one hand." I appoligized whist I continued to repair her uniform with an ice needle. It should be an easy fix if I used both arms, but sadly I couldn't right now.

As a result from our battles last night we were pretry battered up.

The worst Kagome got was bruises and some cuts when she stopped my fall. Thy were treated by Kaede along with the wound I sealed shut.

I however, wasn't doing too well.

Most of my body was covered in bandages due to the punture wounds and my right arm bound in a sling.

However they were mostly healed by the time Kaede treated them.

Perjlks of being a hanyo I suppose. However what stun the most was the gash on my face caused by Inuko.

It would have taken my eye if it was about 3 inches higher.

Still according to Kaede, I should be able to remove the sling tonight and the rest of the bandages could come off in a few days. Which was a good thing.

Sadly I could say the same thing about my school uniform.

It was completly torn to ribbons and unable to be worn ever again. Thankfully my mother's scarf.was undamaged. Still the only things that could be salvaged was a pen, my wallet, and my phone.

Sadly I can't exactly call anyone for the next near 440 some years, although strangly this place has one bar. At least I have my music, Chrono Trigger, and my camera.

That last one came in handy during a certain incident last night. I just hope Inuko never finds out about that.

Anyway with my previous clothes destoyed, I got some new ones and I actually think that these are pretty cool.

It was a dark biue gi with black outlinings, black hakama pants, and some straw sandles. Combine that with my sword and my mother's scarf, I kind of looked like someone out of an old samurai story that dad used to tell me before bed.

Speaking if clothing.

"It's done." I said as I dispelled the needle.

"Thank you Y/N."

"It's no problem."

A minute later Kaede returned from checking the villager's progress and started to brew tea. After a few minites of silence she decided to speak.

"This does not bode well at all." Kaede said as she pointed at Kahome's hand, which held the Shikon Jewel. "Now that the jewel has reappeared there will be others who seek to posses it."

"Like yesterday with Inuko and Mukade J?r??" Kagome asked, getting the priestess to nod

"Correct, but not just yokai. Humans with evil in their hearts also seek it. For with all of the violence going on in the world it follows that there will be those who seeks the jewel's power to realize their greedly ambitions." She said, getting the both of us to nod.

"Speaking of which." Kagome said, before glaring at the other occupant in the room. "Why are you here?!"

Inuko just glared back back at her.

"Give me the Shikon Jewel."

"No."

I could only sigh at this, they have been doing it for quite a while after all.

Inuko haf barrged in here mid-mourning in another attempt to take the Shikon Jewel. A simple osuwari put an end to that and she has been lougining ariund us ever since, glaring at Kagome who returned it everytime.

The glares were understandable. Inuko did try to kill us both and Kagome did send here crashing into a river and had a spell that would cause her to faceplant with a single word.

"It seems that the holding power of the rosary is quite effective." Kaede said, breaking the girls out of their glaring contest. "Even if she were to get close to the Shikon Jewel we have nothing to worry about."

I know that I would't go after the jewel if I had the rosary on with Kagome capable to have me to taste the ground with a single word. She can be quite merciless when she was angry.

"Why do you want the Shikon Jewel anyway?" Kagome questioned Inuko. "You're awefully strong right now. You don't really need it's power anyway, do you?"

Kagome does have a point, but there is one reason that Inuko would want it.

"It's because that she is a hanyo like me?" I asked Kaede, getting everyone's attention.

"That is correct. Inuko came after the jewel un the firat place in order to become a full yokai." She confirmed.

It would make sense. Since hanyos like us are usually discriminated by both human and yokai due to our heritage.

So if there was an item like the Shikon Jewel that could turn a hanyo into either fully human or fully yokai, most would be seeking it.

But for what purpose for wanting that kind of changed had me worried, because some would use it to end the discrimination while others would us it for power.

However I was broken out of my musings when Inuko punched a hole clean through the floor.

"You old hag!" She said to Kaede while giving her a spitful glare. "Who do you think you are, anyway. Don't talk as if you know all about me!"

At this the old miko could only sigh.

"Don't you understand?" She questioned Inuko, only to get a confused expression and silence in return. "I guess it can't be helped." She sighed out as she walked over to the fireplace. "I'm Kikyo's younger sister, Kaede."

"Kaede?" Inuko said uncertainly while removing her hand from the floor. She gained a thoughtful look before speaking again.

"So...you're that kid?"

Kaede nodded as she picked up a piece of tinder.

"Fifty years have passed and I have grown old." She replied.

"And that means..." Inuko said whist thinking before she developed a smirk. "Kikyo must be really old now, too. Humans age so easily. That is the way it goes."

"My sister Kikyo died." Kaede said as she threw the tinder into the fire.

Inuko's expression tuened cold and her golden eyes were filled with sadness before vanishing in the next moment. The change was so instantaneous that I barely noticed that it.

"On the same day that she shot that spellbound arrow at you." Kaede continued as she added some more tinder into the fighter.

"Ah, so that's how it went. She kicked the bucket, huh." Inuko said happily as she laid down. "What a relief."

"Inuko, it is too eaely to beeath out a sigh of relief." Kaede said.

"And why is that?" She asked.

"Is it because that Kagome is Kikyo's reincarnation, isn't it?" I asked the old miko, getting her to nod.

"What?!" Both Kagome and Inuko shouted.

"Well think about it. Kagome you had the Shikon Jewel within your body.

It was destroyed when Kikyo had herself cremated with it over 50 years ago.

So it shouldn't exist right now, unless Kikyo took it with her to the afterlife and she eventually reincarnated into you.

" I said getting them both to nod in understanding.

"You are correct, Y/N." Kaede said as she gathered some cups for the tea. "Not only did Kagome had the Shikon Jewel inside her, but she also resembles and has the same spiritual prowess as my sister."

She came back with cups and a necklace, which she handed to Kagome.

"This is for the Shikon Jewel. As you are the only one who can handle it's power, you must protect it." Kaede said as she started to pour tea for us. Inuko got up and began to walk away.

"Were are you going?" Kagome asked her.

"Anywhere but here." She replied.

"Don't you want any tea?" I asked her.

"Why would I want tea?" Inuko questioned back.

"You haven't had anything to drink in 50 years." I said simply.

Inuko paused for a few moments before moving to sit next to me.

"Okay that is a good point. A quick cup of tea then I'm out of here." She said, to which I nodded as we started to drink the tea.

It was some good tea.

(Later)

After having tea and Inuko left, me and Kagome decided to take a walk around the village.

It was not everyday you get to walk around a village during the Sengoku Jidal, you know.

We were walking around the village while I was taking pictures with my free hand. These would make some great picturea when we get back. Maybe even some good paintings too.

"She asks me to protect this jewel, isn't that a little rediculous." Kagome said while inspecting the jewel.

"Maybe it is Kagome, but we've seen what it could do in the wrong hands. Besides I believe that if anyone could hand it's power it would you." I said honesty, causing Kagome to blush a bit.

"Thank you Y/N, but I would believe that you would be better suited to protect it then me." She replied.

"I'm glade you think that, but how aboit this. The both of us protect the jewel alright." I said with a smile, which Kagome returned.

"I can agree to that." She said, before her smile faded. "Still how are we going to get home?"

"I can think of one thing, but with this arm in sling I don't think the both of us will make it back. So how about we try to make it back home tomorrow, okay?" I asked her.

After a few minutes of thought Kagome made her decision.

"I suppose your right, but first thing we do tomorrow is find away back home." She sighed out. I nodded in agreement and we continued our walk.

3rd Pov

As Kagome and Y/N continued their walk, botg were unaware of a group of villagers watching them.

"She's High Priestess Kikyo's reincarnation?" One of them questioned.

"When you think about it she does seem to be quite saintly. In fact even the hanyo with her seems a little saintly." An eldery villager said.

"Speaking of which,are you sure that we should be able to trust him. The last time we trusted a hanyo Inuko stole the Shikon Jewel from us." Anther villager said, getting nods from a few others.

"Maybe you are right, but think about this.

That hanyo not only helped us and protected Lady Kagome against the ?mukade, but also protected her from Inuko until we arrived.

Along with Lady Kaede confirming that he has no desire for the jewel and that Lady Kagome treats him like an equal, then he should be trusted.

" The elderly villager said, getting the whole crowd to agree with him.

"I guess your're right about that."

"What's going on?" A woman called out as several more villagers crowded around.

"The girl over there is the reincarnation of Lady Kikyo and the boy is a hanyo. But don't worry I believe that he has more then earned our trust." A villager carrying crops said.

"Watch your language. Show the young lady and the hanyo their proper respect!" The eldery villager said.

(Y/N) POV

We were continuing our walk when Kagome suddenly stopped in her tracks.

"Hey what's wrong Kagome?"

"They're worshipping us."

I looked to see that a group of villagers were praying to us.

"I think they are mainly doing it for you." I told Kagome.

"How come?" She asked.

"Simple, you are the reincarnation of their priestess and I'm a hanyo."

"Good point."

We stood there for a few moments, unsure on what to do.

"You want to check this out." I asked her.

"Sure why not." Kagome said while shrugging.

We changed our course and began to walk over to the villagers.

(Later)

Inuko POV

"She is really dead." I whispered out from my perch. It hasn't changed one bit over the last 50 years. Which was a good thing as this was one of my favorite places in the village.

I had come up here to comtiplate the news of Kikyo's death.

I had wanted to kill her so badly for what she did to me, but the day after I was freed I not only found out that had Kikyo died.

I should be happy that she died, but I wasn't.

I felt angry at her for what she did. Although it had been 50 years, to me it was literally yesterday that she had betrayed me.

She had lied to me during all our time together!

After everything that happen to us, she was lying to me the whole time!

From the moment we met, to the incident on Horaijima island, and finally the day of her promise and the night before. She was lying to me the entire time just to kill me! She didn't have to be so cruel and put me through all of this and should've just killed me when we first met.

I hope that bitch got what she deserved in the end.

But no, she is still torturing me from beyond the grave!

Her reincarnation, Kagome has the Shikon Jewel and I can't take it from her without tasting dirt.

Even now long after her death, it seems like her life goal is to see me suffer.

Speaking of which I can smell her and Y/N coming towards me. I saw them carrying some leeks and pears with them.

"What's with all of the food?" I asked.

"These are offerings from the village." Kagome said. "There is a bit too much for the both of us to split, so we figured it would be best to share some with you. So do you mind coming down from there."

This could be a trick, but I haven't eaten in over 50 years...

Alrigh I'll eat, but I'm not trusting her. Y/N on the other hand, I know that unless I attack Kagome, he will be civil to me. He did try to pull me back up after I had fallen through the bridge while I was trying to kill him.

Speaking of which, I should apologize for that.

After lunch of course.

(Later)

Y/N POV

Me and Kagome were eating some peaches under the tree while Inuko was glaring at her with a leek in her lap.

"You are up to something. I know it." She said.

"Am not." Kagome said simlpy. "Only that you do hate me, right?"

"You have no idea how much I hate you." Inuko said, with venom dripping of each and ever word.

Both me and Kagome said at this. The both of us kinded of expected this to happen. Considering that she was killed and strung up in a tree for 50 years, I can understand why she would be angry.

"Look the woman you hate isn't me, but this lady named Kikyo." Kagome said. Inuko just huffed and jumped back up to her perch.

"Honestly I saw that coming." I said while grabbing another peach. With a quick puff of mist, it was now lightly frosted. I took a bite out of it while Kagome sent me a light glare, before she focused her attention back on Inuko.

"I'm Kagome!" She shouted up to her. "I'm not Kikyo! So won't you be a little nicer to me?"

"Are you stupid or what?!" Inuko called down to her. "I don't care who you are! In order to get the Shikon Jewel, I have to be merciless!"

"I see." Kagome said before taking another bite out of her peach. "In case you should decide to go violent again, then all I have to do is say "osuwari" and-." Before I could even warn her, the spell activated and Inuko landed face first into the dirt right next to me.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean it!" She pleaded. Inuko pulled herself up from the ground. She growled at Kagome before taking off somewhere.

"I kind of expected that to happen." She sighed out.

"True." I said.

We just continued sit there under the tree finishing our lunch, while also enjoying the view from here.

(Later)

'It's a shame you can't see the sky like this anymore.' I thought while looking at the night sky from outside Kaede's house.

It was late at night and Kagome had fallen asleep while I couldn't. So I decided to get some fresh air and look at the night sky.

It was much clearer then what it would be in about 460 some years.

You couldn't see a good number of these stars in Tokyo now a days, which is a shame since this is a pretty nice view.

Still I will miss this place when we head back to the modern era tomorrow. As much as I would like to stay here a little longer, it has been two days qnd everyone must be worried about us.

Still hopefully I might be able to come back here sometime in the future. This is nice little village, so I hope that me and Kagome could one day visit this place again.

"Do you know how long I've waited to talk to you alone?"

I turned to see Inuko was not that far away from me.

"You know if you wanted to talk with me you could have done it earlier, but I take it that you weren't willing to talk around Kagome after what happened." I said.

"Your right about that." She scoffed. "I but she did it on purpose."

"Nope." I said simply. "I've been around her long enough to know when she would do something like that. This was a simple accident." After I finished, I couldn't help but shiver a bit. I still remeber what someone did when they kept messing with me and sent Kagome into Tsundere mode.

It wasn't pretty.

I could still hear the tounge lashing that she gave that guy for a full week. After that I never saw him again, except in science glass. Even then he never came near me again.

"Really now, then how well do you truly know her?" Inuko said inquisitivly.

"We know each other since we were both 2. So we are pretty close, though we have some secrets to each other. Still we are.best friends after all." I said honestly. Inuko kept an inquisitive look as she studied me.

"Secrets like what." She asked.

"Like when we change into a human." I said, getting her to nod.

"That is understandable." She sighed out, crossing her arms under her impressive bust. "So it really was an accident."

"It was." I said.

We stood there in silence for a few moments, unable to fidgure out what to say to each other.

"I'm not going to be nicer to Kagome, incase you asked that." Inuko said, causing me to sigh at that.

"I wasn't going to ask that, but can you at least think it over." I asked her.

She thought it over for a few moments before sighing.

"I'll consider it, but I won't make any promises." She said with a huff before her face turned serious. "Anyway there was something I wanted to say earlier."

"And what was that?" I asked.

"I'm sorry for trying to kill you on that bridge last night. You were just trying to pull me up when I tried to slash your arm off. So I'm sorry for that." Inuko said while facing away from me.

"You are forgiven." I said honestly.

"I was expecting th- wait! Did you said you fogave me!" She said, eyes wide with shock.

"Of course I do. However I still haven't completly forgiven you for trying to kill us yesterday." I said.

"While I saw that part coming." She said, before the sounds of crows cawing in yhe background caused her to frown. "Damn, I thought I got rid of those pests."

"What pests?" I inquired.

"Nothing more then a flock of Shibugarasu, that are after the Shikon Jewel. I thought I killed them all, but looks like I missed some of them." She said.

A flock of Shibgarasu here, it would make sense that they were thriving here. Dad did tell me about this particular nasty species of yokai once.

That they would nest in the corpses of human and humanoid yokak alike.

They would either use the corpse to breed and raise offspring in, or use them as a puppet to attack others.

He said that they were common during the Fedual Era, but went into decline afterwards.

Eventually they became extinct in most of the Japanese Archipelago during the early years of thenCold War, nesting and thriving on only a few remote islands in the modern era.

"Alright, thanks for telling me. I'll tell Kagome, if I can wake her up that is." I said while stretching. I might not be able to tell her at all, because I might just fall asleep myself.

"Well I'm not going to let those flying rats take the jewel before me if I have anything to say about it." She said while smirking.

"I kind of guessed you would say something like that." I said while yawning. "Well it was nice talking to you Inuko." I continued with a smile.

"Actually it was kind of refreshing, but don't get used to it." She said.

"If you say so." I said while continuing to smile. "Anyway night Inuko."

"Night Y/N." Inuko said with a small smirk. After she said that, she toke off into the direction where all of the cawing was coming from.

After that I entered Kaede's house and fell asleep.

It had been a nice day today. But itn actuallity, it was the calm before the chaotic atorm that was tomorrow.

(Chapter 4 end)