Inuyasha: Three Hearts, One Love Chapter 1, an inuyasha fanfic

Hello! My name is Michaela and this is my story on Inuyasha and Kagome, it's based after the anime and is quite long but please tell me what you think! It's my first story.

Note: -----X----- That means we're either changing the story to another person different time in the story. Sorry just needed to say...

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Inuyasha impatiently stood next to the tree; his arms folded and face serious... How long was Kagome going to take? Just before Inuyasha was about to burst a foot stepped out of a nearby hut and Kagome smiled as she walked to Inuyasha. In her hand was a large yellow backpack and as usual she was wearing her uniform. When she reached him Inuyasha spoke.

"How long do you take?!" he asked.

"I wasn't that long..." Kagome replied half smiling, half pouting.

"Hmph..." was all Inuyasha replied and as he again stretched his patience to the limit waiting for the others Kagome sat down beside him against the tree.

All of the gang had stayed in Lady Kaede's village for some time now as Kagome had kept going through the well to her era, when Inuyasha had complained she had argued with him that her exams were coming up and she needed to study. In the end Inuyasha had given in and waited.

Inuyasha sighed and tired of standing sat down like Kagome and kept his arms crossed, glancing to Kagome who was looking through her backpack he asked, "Have you got the shard?"

Kagome turned around and smiled, "Yes for the last time..." her hand pulled out a small jar hung around her neck containing the one shikon fragment which emitted a pink glow. Since Naraku only needed that one piece to complete the shikon jewel Inuyasha and the others had to be careful and were even more determined to defeat Naraku and get back the jewel shards.

Inuyasha continued to say that he only wanted the jewel so he could become a full demon but although he didn't tell the others he sometimes questioned himself of what would happen with his relationship and Kagome.

As Inuyasha again pondered on this Kagome suddenly stood up beside him and waved, Inuyasha looked in her direction to see Shippou, Miroku and Sango who was holding Kiara heading towards them. Judging from the red mark on Miroku's cheek and the annoyed expression on Sango's face the two of them guessed that he had again been perverted against Sango.

"Hi guys." Kagome greeted when they reached the two.

Inuyasha stood up, "So let's go then." the others nodded and as they walked to the end of the village, all the townsfolk came to bid them farewell and give them supplies for their journey. All of them happily accepted except Inuyasha who just ignored then and continued. Lady Kaede too came to say goodbye and as Kagome quickly went fetch her bike which was lying on the grass she got her backpack and placed it on the end of her bicycle.

When the lot of them had finally exited the village Inuyasha stretched his arms out wide and yawned, "Finally we're away..."

Kagome smiled as she was happy to be with Inuyasha and the others, as she pushed her bike along she looked around and enjoyed the scenery. She often thought back to the time when she had had a normal life back in her era and how crazy it would have seemed back then to think of herself back in time. Taking a big breathe of fresh air in she suddenly heard a loud smack and looked to her side to see Miroku rubbing his sore check and Sango turning her head away from him. Kagome smiled slightly at her friend's and as they made their journey thanked above for allowing her to be friend's with such people.

----X----

Meanwhile at the same far off a young woman was walking along a path with many children surrounding her and following her playfully. Her black hair blew about and as she looked up her face went serious as she sensed something...

"What's wrong Lady Kikyo?" a young girl asked.

Kikyo looked down to the girl who had spoken who was looking at her through leafy eyes.

"Nothing Aya, don't worry." she replied smiling gently, all the children smiled and laughed back.

Kikyo looked forward again and continued to walk with the children following her, as she returned to the village all the people living their greeted her. Whenever she stopped by a village the people there who greet her and the children would always follow her.

That night as Kikyo stood by the river she felt the cool wind blowing and thought to herself about the recent happenings. Naraku now had all but one shard of the jewel which the reincarnation of herself was in possession of. Every now and again Kikyo would sense Naraku nearby like she had done so this morning. Suddenly for no apparent reason Inuyasha flashed in her thoughts and Kikyo wondered what was to become of him and her and her other self.

Standing back up she walked away and disappeared from the village as she had no more reason to be there. It was now time to move on as fate took it's toll...

----X----

Again in another place with an evil aura Naraku stood in one of his rooms by himself, it was almost time and soon the shikon jewel would be complete...

A small grin swept across his face and as he turned the spider mark on his back became visible in the moonlight entering the window. Naraku took a few steps forward and stared at the half-naked woman who was kneeling before him. Her long black hair covered her face as she bowed her head, and her skin was pale and white.

Naraku flashed a smile and gestured for her to stand, as she stood the similar spider mark on her back showed itself clearly.

"Go Akoisa and do what is expected of you." he said sternly.

The woman nodded and her red eyes flashed as she grinned, "Of course..."

----X----

Sesshoumaru silently paced along the field, at the same time listening to Rin as she talked endlessly to Jaken. The full moon ahead of glowed brightly and as they all walked onwards Rin came and ran to Sesshoumaru side.

"Lord Sesshoumaru where are we heading?" Rin asked.

Jaken came up on the other side, "Don't ask such stupid questions Rin, we're obviously going... erm... ur..." Jaken stuttered, "Where are we going Lord?"

"Away from all this unneeded battle."

"Battle Lord?" Jaken repeated.

Sesshoumaru continued walking on.

"Oh please tell us more my Lord!" Rin exclaimed.

"Don't be stupid Rin, Sesshoumaru would never tell you, you should know by now that he likes to keep all things unknown because if we know less than him then that makes him seem wise and—" Jaken suddenly cut off when he bumped into Sesshoumaru's legs who had now stopped walking. Jaken slowly looked up to see Sesshoumaru staring at him and whispered "Me and my big mouth..."

Sesshoumaru continued walking with Rin beside him whilst Jaken lay on the floor with several bumps on his head...

Now I know during the part above it's been switching between characters, but now that's over with and we won't be changing just as rapidly. Anyway you now know where each character is in the story...

Meanwhile Inuyasha (in his human form) and the others all sat around a fire on the edge of a wood near a stream.

Inuyasha lay slumped against a tree whilst the others kept pestering him.

"Inuyasha..." Kagome started, "If you knew it was a full moon then we shouldn't have left Kaede's village, we should have stayed one more night."

"No we shouldn't!" Inuyasha shouted back now impatient, "At least we're finally on our way to getting Naraku unlike before when we've just kept lying around doing nothing whilst you were back in your time..."

"You know I had exams." Kagome protested back.

"Whatever..." Inuyasha replied.

Sango and Miroku stayed silent and Shippo lay further off asleep with Kiara curled up near him.

"We should all get some sleep if we're to get up early..." Miroku stated.

"Miroku's right." Sango continued.

Kagome nodded and within a few minutes (after Miroku had again tried to touch Sango on the breast and she had once again punched him for it...) all were asleep except Inuyasha who laid watching guard.

Hours later just before the sun was raising Inuyasha suddenly woke up from his sleep and looked around and heard nothing but the stream. Guessing he'd imagined it, Inuyasha closed his eyes once more but as soon as he did saw something from the corner of his eye. Inuyasha stood up and reached for his Tetseiga and then saw for certain a soul collector far away over the trees, Inuyasha's thoughts immediately went to Kikyo and he quickly rushed into the forest till he came into a clearing. His eyes widened when he saw the well that he and Kagome used to pass between eras. Inuyasha had been unaware how close he was to it and wondered if Kagome knew about it.

From behind the tree's a pair of red eyes watched Inuyasha and was about to step out when a voice called Inuyasha and from the trees appeared a girl in a skimpy suit.

Inuyasha turned to see Kagome who was staring at him, "I thought you were asleep..." he said.

Kagome walked forward and leant backwards against the well, "I was but I woke up and saw you'd gone so I came here..." Kagome paused for a moment, "What are you doing here anyway?"

Inuyasha thought it best to not tell Kagome of the soul-collectors and for a moment wondered if he really and seen them as he couldn't see any trace of Kikyo... "Nothing I just thought I heard something was all..."

"Oh..." was all Kagome replied, for a moment they were both silent till Kagome turned and leant over the well, "We've talked a few times near here haven't we Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha thought to all the moments and nodded and as they stood together, he cursed himself for the feelings he had whilst he was in human form and thought it all the better when he was able to become a full demon with the shikon jewel.

"Inuyasha..." Kagome whispered, "If we manage to get the entire shikon jewel what will you do?"
Inuyasha looked at her surprised as it was as if she was able to read his mind, shrugging he replied "What I always planned on, I'll use it to become a full demon."

Kagome stayed silent and their was an awkward silence, as Inuyasha stood the sun peaked it's rays over the horizon and Inuyasha turned once more into his half-demon form. Kagome didn't look over as she was use to it by now.

"I'm sorry." Kagome suddenly stated when Inuyasha had fully transformed, Inuyasha stared, "That I forgot about your human form, I didn't realise it was a full moon..."

"Keh!" Inuyasha replied leaning against a tree, (behind this tree was where someone had been watching, they had now gone...) "Like I care!"

Kagome stared for a moment and then nodded.

Inuyasha walked over to Kagome and grabbed her arm and began walking away with her.

"I...Inuyasha?"

"I'm not gonna stay around here forever you know! Let's get back to the others..."

Kagome merely followed, a gently smile on her face as Inuyasha held her arm.

----X----

The next day whilst Inuyasha and the others continued north Kikyo and her soul collectors were crossing a river. Kikyo felt the cold water splash against her feet as she crossed the stream, another collector came and brought another soul to Kikyo and instantly she felt more energy. However she couldn't enjoy it long as suddenly from behind her she heard a twig snap, as she turned around an arrow whipped past her and barely just missed her face, grabbing her bow and arrow she shot back into the trees and heard a cry of pain as it hit its target.

Walking to where she heard the cry Kikyo came across an injured man lying in agony on the ground, at the sight of Kikyo his eyes widened in fear and he put his arm in front of him in defence.

"P...please don't kill me!" he cried.

Kikyo stared at him and saw the arrow was in his right leg and he was badly injured, "Why did you attack me?" she asked.

"I... I thought you were an animals and since I haven't eaten for ages I was hoping to capture something and at long last eat something..." the man replied.

Looking upon him Kikyo saw him to be in his mid-twenties and realised how skinny he was, kneeling down to look at the wound the man panicked and tried to move backwards and cried out in pain as his wound let out more blood.

"Don't worry... I won't hurt you." Kikyo stated.

The man gulped and nodded and Kikyo then looked upon the wound, the arrow hadn't gone too deep and it wasn't serious and if treated right the man would be able to walk.

A soul collector came to Kikyo and she whispered something and it flew off, Kikyo then looked back to the man who was staring.

"W...what are you?" he asked in fear.

Kikyo hesitated for a moment and just stared which seemed to make the man even more panicky until Kikyo finally replied, "I'm a female priestess."

The man looked into Kikyo's eyes for a moment as if looking for any evidence of lying.

Suddenly the soul collector came back and Kikyo took what was in its limbs and felt it brush along her hand as it went off elsewhere. She turned her attention once more to the man on the ground and knelt down.

"This may sting but it will help." Kikyo explained and then she took the leaves of the plant in her hands and placed them on the wound, instantly the man cried out in agony but then clenched his teeth.

After some time Kikyo bandaged up the wound with some cloth and helped the man stand on a stick which acted as a crutch for him.

"Thank you." the man said.

"It's no problem." Kikyo replied.

Kikyo turned back to the river she was previously crossing and noticed the sun was now further across the sky and guessed it was now mid-afternoon.

"What is your name?" the man suddenly asked.

Kikyo turned around to see the man staring at her.

"Kikyo..."

"I see..." the man bowed his head, "Thank you Priestess Kikyo, my name is Kotaru and I am in debt to you." he then raised his head, "If you would accept my offer I would very much like to follow you until I've repayed your kindness."

Kikyo nodded, "Very well."

As Kotaru limped over Kikyo watched him and then turned her head to look to the horizon. Many things were coming towards her and although she didn't know what, she only knew it had something to do with Naraku.

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Inuyasha and the others run into danger when they meet paths with Akoisa, one will lose, one will win and one will fall...