Holding Kagome’s eye for a beat, Inuyasha nodded. She could see that he believed this, too.
Or rather, that he believed in her.
He always had. Through thick and through thin, he had never lost faith in her. Even now, after all that had come to pass between them. To see this unwavering belief in his eyes warmed Kagome’s heart and hurt it all at once.
As her eyes misted again, he said gruffly, “I’ll find out what I can to help you. Maybe what you’ve told me will jog somebody’s brain.”
Kagome nodded, blinking back her tears. “That’s what I’m hoping. And maybe even,” she said, glancing off toward the west, “maybe I’ll receive another sign from Sesshoumaru soon. Maybe whatever’s been holding him captive is beginning to lose its grip on him.”
Inuyasha snorted. “Might be. It’s hard for me to picture him not fighting back tooth and nail against it, whatever it is.” Ears dipping, he said, “‘Course it’s hard for me to picture him getting stuck like that in the first place. I mean, we’re talking about Sesshoumaru here.” Inuyasha shrugged a shoulder. “What the hell out there could be that much stronger than him?”
Eyes straying west again, Kagome frowned.
“You got anything to add, up there?” Inuyasha barked out suddenly, turning on his heel back toward the house. “Or you just gonna keep listening in on the sly?”
Following Inuyasha’s line of sight, Kagome watched as a black-haired head peeped out over the rooftop at them, followed by a pair of bright blue eyes, and a sheepishly smiling face. Shin must’ve taken the long way round on his way back home from the dojo. In order to creep up on them from behind like this, he must’ve also used his reiki to conceal his presence—
Not well enough, though, apparently.
Busted, he swung down like a monkey from the eaves, phasing into his hanyou form as he did. With his ‘practice sword’ swung over his shoulder, he sauntered over, his green eyes alight.
“I know your scent,” Shin said, grinning up at Inuyasha with a glint of fang. “You’re my uncle Inuyasha, my dad’s little brother. You’re a hanyou, just like me.”
“That right?” Inuyasha said flatly.
Shin nodded. “Yeah, ‘course you are. I know all about you. You’re the hanyou warrior who fought alongside my mom in the battle for the Shikon no Tama. You’re the guy she was with before she got with my dad.”
Inuyasha’s ears went flat. “Some hello,” he muttered, glancing aside at Kagome, who crooked a smile and shrugged, as Inuyasha glanced back down to Shin. “Is this how you always talk to people, kid? Just so you know, I—hey, are you listening?”
Ogling Tessaiga, sheathed at Inuyasha’s hip, Shin burst out, clearly not listening whatsoever, “Whoa, that’s a cool sword—can I see it?”
Inuyasha © Rumiko Takahashi
So Shin doesn’t remember Inuyasha and is no one going to tell him? I’m still not sure about this whole Inuyasha and Sango thing…seems a little odd being as Sango was just waiting in the wings. I think Inuyasha and Sango was close BEFORE Miroku died! I believe with all the worries Miroku had with keeping Kagome’s little secrets and probably suspecting something was going on with Inuyasha and Sango was enough to take him out. I wouldn’t of wanted a friend like Sango because if you did want to try and work things out you couldn’t because she was there taking Kagome’s left overs. Kagome made the right decision wanting Sesshoumaru but now what in the world is Sesshoumaru really doing? Maybe you should do 2 side stories about Sesshoumaru and the other about Sango and Inuyasha. Well glad you updated just wanted to hope and ask when will we know more about Sesshoumaru?
OMGGGGG LET PLEASE LET HIM BE ABLE TO WEILD TESSIAGA 🥹🥹🥹🥹
I was re-reading The Pact this week, and a few chapters after Sesshomaru vanishes for good, Kagome dreams:
“You’ve come back,” she gasped, running over to him. “You’ve come back to us.” Kagome halted at the roots, hunching over and hugging herself around the middle. “…Thank the gods.”
“No.”
Kagome straightened. She blinked up at him in confusion. Then she noticed belatedly that her surroundings had changed—
Gone was the clearing of Goshinboku. She stood on the summit of a ***MOUNTAIN RANGE*** she didn’t know—only she sensed in her heart that it was very far away. As her face fell, she gazed up at Sesshoumaru.
“You’re not coming back, are you?”
“No,” he said, again.
😭😭😭😭😭 she was dreaming of him and the mountain he’s skewered under even back then!!!
SHIN, that was no introduction 😂 You skipped the opening cutscene, speed-scrolled through Inuyasha’s character profile, then mashed the ‘X’ button to Equip Tetsusaiga. Your stats aren’t even high enough to use it, buddy. That sword will drain your baby youki dry.
“‘Course it’s hard for me to picture him getting stuck like that in the first place. I mean, we’re talking about Sesshoumaru here.” Inuyasha shrugged a shoulder. “What the hell out there could be that much stronger than him?”
The question on everybody’s mind!! Who could’ve toppled the Great Dog General who even surpassed the previous Mighty Dog General? His father’s old enemies?
Whoever it is, what happened must’ve been an ambush. During a time when he was distracted and vulnerable, even if it was for a small window of a second. It must’ve been right after he left Kagome.
Another theory floating around in my head is that Sess did this to himself, but I do believe that if he WANTED to destroy himself after their argument, well… he would’ve succeeded 🥲 Also why would he trap himself? Judging from the vision, his position seemed more like he was attacked.
I’m sure this is as farfetched as it could get, but either Sess picked a fight with Zeus and he got smashed underneath Olympus, or, since Kagome keeps looking to the West, maybe Sess!mom might know something?
Source: I was reading about Prometheus and it just reminded me of him 🤣 Could Sesshoumaru’s entrapment be a punishment?
hahaha shin’s intro is the complete opposite of kaori’s 😂😂 basically saying “i know who you are and i know who i am to you” without even speaking his own name aloud. he revealed nothing else about himself.
does he flippantly assume inuyasha knows ~everything~ there is to know about him too so he doesn’t even bother? that would be such a little kid thing to do.
Shin’s got all the confidence of a little prince alright 😂😂😂
Is this what Touga was like as a mini me? It’s so cuuuuuttteeee 💕 Something tells me his little grin is all grandpa. Neither of the inu brothers smile so charmingly. They’re either 👺 or 👿 kekekekeke