A New Power
Disclaimer: Do I really have to say it? Fine I don't own any Inu-Yasha! Characters…However I do own Mae. Also I don't own the song lyrics to "crawling" by Linkin Park (Though I wish I did!)
A/N: Yay! First Fan Fic ever!
Chapter 1 Awakening
-Mae-
Mae sighed and looked up to the clouded, overcast sky, which perfectly matched the turbulent look in her green eyes.
'Why did I even agree to this trip?' she thought glumly, 'I don't fit in here…Hell! I don't seem to fit in anywhere!'
Her time in Japan had barely even started and already she had lost what little self-confidence she had retained through her dismal life…
'I haven't even started school yet!' she mentally cried. Feeling frustrated a song began to escape from her lips, revealing feelings that had lain hidden under her calm façade…
"Crawling in my skin
Consuming all I feel
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real…
There's something inside me that flows beneath the surface
Consuming/Confusing
This lack of self-control I fear is never-ending
Controlling/ I can't seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
Without a sense of confidence and I'm convinced that there's too much pressure to take
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting, reacting
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection
It's haunting how I can't seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
Without a sense of confidence and I'm convinced there's just too much pressure to take
I've felt this way before
So insecure…"
Mae felt as if the wind that blew was carrying her song to some one, anyone that could help rid her of these morose feelings.
'Heh…You wish, but you know from experience that wishes or dreams never come true…' a mocking voice in her head added, 'At least not for you anyway…'
Tears burnt her eyes, tears which, were hastily swiped away as she heard someone approach the tree she was perched in…
-Meanwhile-
'Made it!' Kagome thought as she quickly scrambled out of the old well, struggling to haul out her trusty yet bothersome pack, 'I don't think he saw me…' She sighed walking out into the light and smiling to herself, "Its good to be home…"
She had almost reached the door when she heard a yell, no a bellow, coming from the direction of the well house. Kagome sighed, 'Well at least I tried, but if he thinks I'm coming back with him, he's in for a nasty surprise!'
"KAGOME!" She heard him yell, "WHO SAID YOU COULD GO HOME!"
A minute later she was greeted by the sight of a very pissed off Inuyasha stomping towards her, 'Kami!' Kagome sighed again, 'why me?'
Inuyasha towered over her, she called almost see a vein popping out of his head and had to stifle a laugh, he looked so comical!
"Well!" he snarled, Kagome blinked.
"Well what?" she asked, feigning ignorance just to rile him up more, she wasn't disappointed…
If Inuyasha had been a bomb the explosion could've wiped out Tokyo, such was the force of his anger, "I SAID," he shouted, instantly giving her a headache, "WHO SAID YOU COULD GO HOME!"
But he wasn't done yet, "Kami you are stupid! Kikyo would never be such a BAKA!"
Kagome lost her smile, and became angry, "I am sick of you comparing me to that clay pot Kikyo! I'm not the baka you are, for believing that Kikyo still loves you! She's DEAD! And all she wants is to take you down with her!"
Facing each other, both had murderous looks in their eyes…
Back to Mae
"Mae! Would you be a dear and run a message to the Higurashi shrine for me?" Mrs. Yamamoto called, Mae let out another sigh, before leaping swiftly from her comfy branch, landing directly in front of her temporary old, guardian.
"Hai, Koko-sama?" Mae answered, bowing slightly, the old lady smiled.
"My aren't you learning quickly, anyway I need you to tell the old codger over at the shrine that I won't be able to help out tomorrow." Yoko drifted off, "I can't believe you've learnt so much in just two weeks time…"
Mae nodded, before setting off in the direction of the shrine, 'Two weeks! Has it really been that long since I left Australia?'
She was so caught up in thought that she failed to notice the two guys tailing her in the shadows, 'till she was shoved against a wall with a knife pressed to her throat.
Mae couldn't understand a word they said, but by the tone of their voices, and the look in the eyes of the man closest to her, their intentions were crystal clear…
Fear surged through Mae's veins, then suddenly something inside her twigged, and a glowing pink light surrounded her; it was so bright that Mae had to shut her eyes against it.
Strange sensations of power flowed down her right arm, instinct told her what to do, and soon what looked to be sakura petals began to appear. They dance on an invisible wind that she alone could control, when the said petals came into contact with her attackers they burnt causing the men to scream out in sheer agony, thus giving Mae the chance to escape…
As she ran towards the shrine Mae could still hear their cries, bouncing through her head like some evil echo.
'What have I done?' Mae screamed in her mind, 'I could have killed those guys! What the hell is wrong with me?'
She'd reached the steps of the shrine, and was now running as if shi itself was on her heels…
Mae was so confused and disoriented, that she didn't notice a raven-haired girl, and a guy with long silver hair wearing red, 'till she ran into them. Even then she didn't really get a good look at the pair because, for some unknown reason, she blacked out…
-Kagome-
Kagome was on the verge of sitting Inuyasha big time for being the bossy, arrogant, jerk that he was, when a strange presence distracted her. Looking towards the shrine entrance she noticed a girl, her oak brown hair flying about as she ran, very fast, towards them.
They had no time to avoid her as she sped closer, and now Kagome could clearly see the terror in her green eyes…
"WHAT THE HELL!" Inuyasha yelped as the crazed girl smashed into him, Kagome was also knocked down. Jumping back up, Kagome noticed a couple of things about this girl:
1)She was out cold, and 2) Her aura felt suspiciously like that of a youkai, plus she had the ears, and tail of a silver kitsune.
'What the hell is she…?' Kagome wondered…
A/N: Sorry if this chapter seems short but I'm new to this. There will be more if Inu gang in the next chapter and I'm thinking of making this a crossover so any suggestions of any other anime series' to cross with would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. I don't really have a title for this yet so I'm hoping you readers out there could help me decide.
Shi means death
-Arigato! Read & Review-
-Sakura Dragonwolf-