The Red String of Connection by Kittylin

Is it FATE?

I was having a little writers block on Just like Sesshoumaru so I decided to work on an old idea I had. It was suppose to be a one shot but I am incapable of writing one.

Finally edited it so its easier to read and not missing words and spaces. Why didn't anyone comment on how clumped it was. The site was down yesterday for almost all day so I just posted it without even reading it over...

anyways my story is going to have to be put on hold till next week because it is the long Thanks Giving weekend. Can't wait to eat all that food.

  The Red String of Connection

 Is it FATE?

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The area of the forest was empty of all life forms except for one. If you could even consider her to be alive.

Kikyo was tired of wondering this plain of the earth alone and wished for Inuyasha to join her and be around always. So when she had come across this spell in an old scroll at a shrine, she knew she had found her answer.

She read it over many times before walking deep into the forest to perform her spell. Thinking that all she had to do was imagine her and Inuyasha together. Kikyo spoke the magic words before saying who she wanted to be attached together.

 “…the Shikon Miko and the Dog Demon.” Kikyo waited with her eyes closed.

She didn’t feel any different so she opened them back up. “Nothing happened?” Kikyo looked around but there was no sign that her spell had worked. Not even a flash of light that is a sure indicator of success.

She decided she must’ve done the spell wrong and found it best to return to the shrine to read the scroll over. Little did she know not too far off in the distance her spell had taken affect. Because of the non-specific wording Kikyo had used; the spell had not worked on her but on her reincarnation instead and one other.

***

Kagome was following a path with the rest of the shard hunters when all a sudden she was surrounded by a light that was so bright everyone had to cover their eyes or risk being blinded by it.

As the light faded it slowly dissipated until it was only concentrated on Kagome’s right hand. The light turned red and thinned into a string that tied one end to her pinky finger. The other end hovered in the air for a second before shooting off into the distance.

The group could only look off in the direction the string had shot off in shock until they noticed it had stopped moving forward away from them and had started to reel back in their direction. Kagome had only begun to see something off in the distance but couldn’t make out what it was until it was only a couple meters away and it was too late to avoid their collision.

Sesshoumaru had crashed into Kagome along with Rin who had grabbed unto him when he had been pulled from their camp and into the sky.

This had happened in an amount of time that was too short for anyone to even process what had just happened.

Sesshoumaru and Kagome were knocked unconscious by the crash but Rin managed to be cushioned by Sesshoumaru’s body. Rin started to get up and rub her head. Sango was the first to snap out of her shock and ran to help. “Are you ok?” The demon slayer asked as she reached down to help the little girl up.

“I’m ok. Just confused about what happened.” Rin said while looking back at Sesshoumaru in worry.

“You and me both.” Sango said before looking in the Miko and demon lord’s direction.

Half of Kagome’s body was being covered by Sesshoumaru’s. Sango didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary until when she tried to move them apart from each other. They wouldn’t separate. She was confused as of why until she looked down to only see…the other end of the red string tied to Sesshoumaru’s left pinky. ‘Well that’s a problem.’

"I think we should set up camp. Inuyasha, carry Kagome and Sesshoumaru to the clearing over there.” Sango pointed a little distance off the path into the forest.

“No way!" I’ll carry Kagome but I am not going to carry my brother. Let Miroku carry him.” Inuyasha declared with a small pout of stubbornness.

“To carry Kagome you’re going to have to also carry Sesshoumaru at the moment.” Sango pointed out the string attaching the pair by putting her finger under it.

***

“You can put them down over there.” Sango pointed in the direction of a shaded tree to Inuyasha as he entered their new camp site. With Kagome over his left, and Sesshoumaru over his right shoulders.

“I can’t believe this. How come Kagome always manages attracts such weird situations. We’re going to have to waste the rest of our day when we could be looking for jewel shards.” Inuyasha mumbled as he walked to the area pointed out to him.

“Well we would have wasted less time if it didn’t take you so long to except the situation.” Pointed out Miroku.

Inuyasha let Kagome carefully slip off his shoulder as he reached the tree, so as not to hurt her while he just dropped Sesshoumaru right to the ground. *thump

 “Be careful Inuyasha.” Sango ran over to rearrange Sesshoumaru in a more comfortable position. But before she was even able to touch him he made a moaning sound before opening his eyes and sitting up.

“You’re finally awake.” Inuyasha said to his confused older half brother. Since Naraku’s appearance they had come into an unstable alliance together.

“I had a strange suspicion this had something to do with you.” Sesshoumaru gave Inuyasha a suspicious glare while he rubbed the bump on his head and observed his surroundings. He noticed something strange on his hand and followed it with his eyes until he reached the other end.

‘What? There must be something wrong with my eyes.’ Having just woken up he must’ve been a little disoriented. There surely wasn’t a red string attaching him to the Miko that travels with his half brother. Surely not, right?

“Not so much to do with me but with her.” Inuyasha pointed to the left of Sesshoumaru and he froze after finally becoming fully awake and realizing the red string tied to his pinky attaching him to his brother’s Miko was actually there and wasn’t just a figment of his imagination.

***

Kagome awoke to a world of confusion not too long after. The last thing she could remember was a flash of light, then wham.

*Aww

Her field of view was suddenly filled by her group members faces. “You’re awake. How do you feel?” Sango asked.

“I feel like I was just hit by a truck. What happened?” Everyone backed off as she tried to stand up to only be pulled backwards by an invisible force into someone’s lap. Kagome was just about to say ‘sorry’ and be done with it thinking it was Miroku. To only look up and be shocked to see a face she wasn’t expecting. *eek

Kagome tried to get off of Sesshoumaru in a fit of embarrassment to only be pulled back down again. Sango placed a hand on her shoulder to still her movement.“Kagome calm down. What was the last thing you remember?”

Kagome took a deep breath before answering.“We were walking on a path together when suddenly a light appeared and when it disappeared there was a red string attached to my finger that shot off into the distance. The last thing I saw before I was knocked out was Sesshoumaru flying at me.” She looked at Sango for confirmation.

“The collision managed to knock both of you unconscious. You’ve only been out for an hour since then but Sesshoumaru’s been awake for about 45 minutes.” Sango explain as she helped Kagome out of Sesshoumaru’s lap to sit beside him.

Sesshoumaru said nothing during this whole situation. Inuyasha was a little surprised to his brother’s nonchalant reaction to having a girl suddenly fall into his lap. He didn’t even yell at her.

“What do you think we should do about this little problem?” Asked Kagome. Looking from her end of the string to Sesshoumaru’s. She was trying to keep as much distance from Sesshoumaru as the string would allow. Unfortunately the string was only about half a foot long, she couldn’t get very far.

“Well, it doesn’t look very sturdy so why don’t we just cut it. It’s annoying and can be dangerous if you or someone else gets caught in it.” Sango suggested as she pulled out her katana from its sheath.

 Everyone agreed but Kagome made a little suggestion. “But can we use my scissors. Your Katana cutting so close to me is making me nervous.”

Sango put her sword away and fetched Kagome’s scissors from her back pack. She leaned down and grabbed the middle of the string to make her cut. “They aren’t working!” Sango made her point by opening and closing the scissors a couple more times in frustration.

“Maybe they need sharpening.” Kagome was left with no choice but to give in. “…Use your Katana.”

Sango unsheathed her sword again as Kagome and Sesshoumaru pulled the string tight so it would be easier to cut and they wouldn’t get caught in the path of the blade. Sango swung at the string only…To feel like she hit a brick wall (or stone because they didn’t have brick in the Feudal era).“It won’t cut. I was sure I just sharpened it recently.” Sango looked at her sword in confussion.

Inuyasha was watching this all from a distance and finally decided to step in. He unsheathed Tetsusaiga and stormed over.“Let’s try a real blade.” Inuyasha suggested looking very menacing with the giant demon blade pointed in their direction.

“No, no! I think it’ll be fine if we are careful.” Kagome tried to ward Inuyasha off the idea of using his sword on them. She would rather be attached to Sesshoumaru than be dead.

 “I don’t trust your sword man ship skills, either.” Spoke Sesshoumaru.

Inuyasha was just about to re-sheath Tetsusaiga in disappointment when Shippo got caught in the string in his re-entrance to camp from fetching water. Spilling it every where. “See it’s dangerous.” Inuyasha made his point by jabbing his sword in their direction.

Kagome had to agree as she tried to untangle Shippo before he suffocated. “Ok. You can cut the string with your sword but you can’t just go swinging away like you normally would.” Kagome looked up after freeing Shippo already to see the blade coming towards her. She curled up into the fetal position.

The sword dug into the ground as it hit and made a loud *clank noise. “Am I still alive?” Asked Kagome to herself as she unfurled from her protective position.

"See it worked.” Inuyasha proudly stated his accomplishment as he removed the sword from the ground. He striked a victorious pose.

“Not quite.” Spoke Sesshoumaru in a haughty voice like he was enjoying pointing out his half brother’s failing even though it involved his own freedom.

Inuyasha was confused until he looked down only… to see the string still intact. “How the hell is that possible. Tetsaiga always works.”

Miroku made a sound like he figured something out. *Hmmm

“Hmmm, what do you mean by, hmmm?” Asked Kagome in an anxious voice. She was beginning to become very worried about her situation. Would she be stuck tied to Sesshoumaru for the rest of her life?

“It’s just that I’ve only heard of one thing that matches this situation…” Miroku stopped speaking to stroke his chin making everyone else impatient to hear what he’s going to say.

Of course Inuyasha broke first under the pressure.“And that thing would be what?!”

“An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet,

regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle,

but it will never break."

“What are you referring to?” Asked Sango.

"…The red string of fate. There is said to be a spell that can make it visible.” Explained Miroku.

 “But the red string of fate is a tale about two people who are destined to be lovers, regardless of time place or circumstance?” Questioned Sango. They all gave Kagome and Sesshoumaru a thoughtful look.

“But if the spell really did work that would mean that Sesshoumaru and I are meant to be together.” Stated an almost hysteric Kagome.

“I seriously doubt that.” Said an unbelieving Sesshoumaru.

“Yeah, you two are as different as the sun and moon.” Inuyasha agreed with his older brother for once.

“You two are right. What was I thinking?” Miroku changed his mind but still wasn‘t fully convinced that it wasn‘t the red thread of fate. The fact that it wouldn’t cut was a major factor.

“How bout we go back to Kaede’s until we can figure this out. It’s not like we’re going to get any shard hunting done today and Edo isn’t that far from her. Kaede might even be able to fix our problem.” Suggested Sango.

 “That’s a great idea. Kaede also has a vast knowledge of spells and curses. It’s just past noon and we have the whole rest of the day to get there.” Agreed Inuyasha.

Everyone prepared to leave and pack up camp except for Kagome and Sesshoumaru.

‘That means I have to always be around Sesshoumaru today.’ Kagome nervously looked at the demon lord out of the corner of her eyes.

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Hopefully I found all the spelling mistakes. If I missed any leave a review under that chapter.