190 5.79 Meet Kikyo And Inuyasha in Tokyo. Drastic Change In Storyline (1/2)
At daybreak, every one was ready for breakfast at the tavern. We had plain steam dumplings and green tea. Hiko-sama reached into the sleeve of his kimono and brought out a bottle of chunky peanut butter and placed it in the table and began to take a chopstick and took out a dollop of it and began to spread the insides of his steam dumpling.
”Eh, Sensei... I thought this was for Hoshi-sama's friends later? How come it's with you? I thought I had packed three.”
”Hahaha... This is my private stash. It is better to eat this when the dumpling is still hot. It melts in your mouth. I love the chunky ones, you can practically chew the gritty nuts. Nom ... Nom ... Nom...”
Hoshi-sama had not seen our products or visited our corporation and was abit left in the dark about it. He picked up the bottle and it looked like a drinking mug and saw the imprint at the sides. He was helped by Kohaku who used a chopstick and use it to spread the chunky peanut butter into a steam dumpling and handed it to Hoshi-sama.
”Hmmm... Oishi...!!! I never knew peanut can be used to serve as breakfast fillings...! Who taught of this idea? Normally we would have either red or green beans inside them but never had this ingredient before... And the drinking mug used as a container is innovative...!”
”Hoshi-sama, you should visit our corporation soon after we had reached Kitakata. You had been cooped up in the monastery for so long that you had lost track of the development of our village, right Sensei?”
”Hmm... Very true. One needs to venture out even to the town to find out what had happening and what's going to happen.”
Sango and Kohaku soon took the pinaatsubata and stuffed it into their dumplings. Kirara wanted to have a taste but somehow the dumpling with the pinaatsubata fillings got stuck at the top of its mouth and it became angry for a little while since it began to claw at it to dislodge it.
Kohaku was laughing at Kirara and made it into a ball instead and it ate happily with one gulp. The pinaatsubata made it stuck on top of its mouth cavity and not because of the dumpling. Kirara ate several balls and decided not to have it anymore as it seemed to be full.
We finished our breakfast, paid up and take our mounts ad we headed to the main gates of Tokyo. Even if we had no choice, we would be getting into a bed and breakfast tavern since it was costlier than the neighbouring cities or settlements.
We ride for a while and reached Hoshi-sama's destination and he soon dismounted and went ahead to look for his friends. We too dismounted and let the horses graze among the fields. I took two bottles of pinaatsubata and when Hoshi-sama's friends came, they pointed to the place where the Bone Eater's Well was near a village with a lot of willow trees and rice fields.
We thanked Hoshi-sama's friends and handed 2 of the pinaatsubata bottles and Hoshi-sama explained that these are best eaten with dumplings for breakfast or tea. They thanked us and mounted our horses and head towards our final destination.
We had reached a village, not so remote but we could see not many residents milling around. Maybe they were busy tending to their farms or their other daily tasks. We rode slowly until we reached a small hut where a small girl was examining some leaves and roots in her possession and mashing it up with a molar and pestle.
”Hmm, this little girl is kinda familiar... Maybe I should ask about a Miko here.” I thought to myself and dismounted.
”Hmm... Excuse me, little girl, may I know if there's a Miko in this village?”
”A Miko like my Oneesama? Oh... She would be returning soon, she had gone to treat someone. I am here making the herbs, you see...”
Authors Note:
Kikyo existed in the 15th Century during the Sengoku Jidai and we are in the 19th Century. Just a minor twist to make things surreal.
I looked at her and I knew her name was Kaede, the younger sister of Kikyo. So it seems that that damn Naraku had not entered this series yet...Hmm, so it means that Inuyasha would be around and Kagome Higurashi would not even exist in this series. Too bad for a female protagonist in an anime though.
”Hello there, do you need any help?” I heard a female voice from beyond. ”Omeesama, these people are here to see you.” said little Kaede. ”Oh hello Miko-sama, my name is Himura and this is Hiko-sama, Hoshi-sama, Sango-Chan, Kohaku and Kiara. We came from Kitakata Village in Fukushima and wished to have an attendance with you and your friend.”
Kikyo raised her eyebrows but managed to maintain a straight face when she heard about meeting her friend. No one knows she has a friend, not officially though.” Oh, are you all Youkai Taijiya? The Jewel of Four Souls that you guys had sent in, had been purified by me and is in the temple.”
Oh no... That is the Shikon No Tama that would enhance a youkai's prowess many hundreds of times fold when they possessed it! Damn... The time that we had right now is too close to averting an incident from happening.
”Sango and Kohaku are youkai taijiya, I am Hitokiri with a reed pen and my Sensei here is the Hiko Seijuro the 12th. Could I ask if your 'friend' has attempted to steal the Shikon No Tama before and you spared his life?”
I had no choice but dive straight in to find out more from her. If its the second time Inuyasha tries to steal the Shikon No Tama, it means that Naraku would be involved pretty soon. Damn it!
”Himura-kun, how do you know that my friend ever tried to steal the Shikon No Tama?”
I noticed that Kikyo had colour on her lips and she smelled pretty nice due to an incense perfume that she kits when she does her meditation and so on.
”Miko-sama, could you please call your friend so that we all could have a private conversation? It's concerning the future as well as the status of the Shikon No Tama. If would be best kept with you at all times just like my Sensei here.”
”His sleeve in his kimono is magical, whatever he stuffs down there would magically disappear and appear when he wants it. Are your kimono the same too?”. I spoke with clenched teeth and I gripped my fists so hard that my knuckles turned white. Hiko-sama saw me and places a gentle hand in my shoulder to calm me.
”No, I do have a common kimono. It doesn't have any special features as your Sensei does. The only special thing is the arrows I carry in this quiver.”
”If you wish to meet my friend, let's head over to the stream at the end of the village. I will call him over. And by the way, I'm still wondering how you would know about my friend who tried to steal the Shikon No Tama.”.
”Please hurry. We do not have much time left. Everyone's life is at stake right now and it will include my Sensei and me as well and I don't know what would happen when it does.”
Looking at my hurried and panicky look, Kikyo leads us to the stream about 10 minutes of brisk walking. We had left the horses at Kikyo's house to graze and drink the water from the nearby small pond.
”Inuyasha! Please come. There are people who want to meet you, urgently.” Kikyo called out and I knew Inuyasha has sharp hearing and could hear her voice over great distances. Soon, a figure with outstretched arms came running and jumped up on the tree and sat on his haunches like a dog on top of a branch.
”Kikyo... What do these people want? They looked so troublesome! Especially the two kids here... And a Monk, a nekomata and a man which looked so angry right now, plus a girl with a hiraikotsu, on her back...”
Damn this Inuyasha... Always have the same attitude as I've noticed before. His speech, however, speaks differently from his heart. His tongue may be not as sharp as mine, but as he was just in his early 20s like Kikyo and Hiko-sama, I should be able to tackle this.
”Damn you, Inuyasha! Stop putting on airs and get down here so I would like to talk to you too, since you have the intention to turn into a full youkai, right?” I was too impatient with snobbish children that I had to set a trap for Inuyasha.
”Baka! Why should I listen to you? Kikyo, did you tell them about my intentions to you before? I wanted to become a full youkai just like my father, but I also wanted to be a full human-like my mother.”
”Look here Inuyasha, your kimono and hakama was made from Fire Rat material and is fireproof. It was worn by your mother and when she died, your father gave the robes to you instead. Do you know why your mother died? It's because of jealousy when your father a full youkai marries a normal human being!”