Summary: Kagome has never understood Kikyou, but when they are both in danger can that change? Will InuYasha get to them on time? Inu & Kag
Hello! This is my first fanfic. I am very new to InuYasha and I have watched under 70 episodes so I apologize ahead of time for any mistakes stemming from that. It is not my intention to copy anybody else's fic in anyway so if you find something bordering on plagiarism let me know and I will see what I can do.
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Thoughts will be in italics as well as single quotation marks throughout this chapter.
To Understand A Miko
Chapter 1
Kagome glanced down at InuYasha and subconsciously tightened her grip on his shoulders as he carried her. They had been tracking Naraku for days, and the group was running on their last bits of energy. Even InuYasha was showing signs of weakening. Abruptly, her thoughts were pulled to a halt as InuYasha suddenly stopped moving. His stopping would not have been a problem if he had not also forgotten that she was on his back. She was unprepared when he suddenly let go of her, and she squealed as she fell onto the road. Dust flew up from the spot Kagome landed on, temporarily covering her facial features. However, when the dust settled her facials were clearly visible, and they were dripping with venom.
Miroku had stepped forward to help Kagome stand, but when he saw her face he stepped back and waited for the coming explosion. He did not have long to wait.
"INUYASHA!" Kagome yelled.
InuYasha turned around and looked down at her. A curious expression lined his face when he saw her lying on the ground. "Eh?" he muttered.
Kagome clenched and unclenched her fists. Fury darkened her tone,"SIT!"
InuYasha crashed to the ground beside her. The dust rose once more then settled on top of the red cloaked figure that had disturbed it. A deep throated growl rose from the newly formed chasm in the center of the road.
"Ka-go-me," InuYasha's angrily wheezed out his words.
Miroku glanced between the miko and the hanyou. Noticing that Kagome was still on the ground, he nudged Sango and whispered, "Sango, get Kagome off the ground; she is not going to want to be sitting there when InuYasha starts to move." Bravely he squared his shoulders, "I will stay here and guard Shippo and Kirara."
Sango rolled her eyes and went to help her friend. Kagome rose shakily to her feet and thanked Sango, but she never took her eyes of InuYasha.
InuYasha loosened his head and yelled, "What did you do that for?"
She looked at him as one would look at a raving lunatic, "You dropped me!"
InuYasha looked surprised, "Well, next time hold on."
"I didn't know you were going to stop," she said, annoyance lacing her tone.
"I didn't either," he mumbled to himself.
Miroku finally spoke up,"Then why did you stop?"
InuYasha hesitated. He attempted to move one of his arms. Finding that he could move again, he stood to his feet and turned his eyes to the ground. "I just thought I smelt something weird."
Shippo looked at InuYasha sceptically, "What do you mean weird? I didn't smell anything."
InuYasha glanced scornfully at Shippo, "The kid is full youkai, but he has a broken nose."
"InuYasha," Kagome said in warning. Shippo raced to her, climbed on her back, and glared down at InuYasha.
"Feh," InuYasha huffed. Then he glanced away from all of them. "I don't know what it was," he lied. "But I didn't like the smell of it."
Sango stepped forward, "Is it Naraku?"
InuYasha shook his head and began to walk towards the direction of the scent, "Nah, it wasn't him. His stench is unmistakable."
Everyone fell in line behind InuYasha. Kagome walked slightly behind him; she had had her fill of riding on his back. Thirty minutes later the group stopped for the night. It was still early, but everyone was tired. Kagome pulled out the ramen from inside her backpack, and the rest of the group sprang into action. Miroku and InuYasha went in search of firewood, and Sango moved to help Kagome prepare the evening meal. In just a short time, the fire was blazing and the ramen was being served. InuYasha dug into the ramen voraciously, but from time to time he would appear to be distracted. Kagome watched him as he ate. She could sense his tenseness and wondered at its cause.
Abruptly InuYasha rose to his feet. "I am going to go look around and make sure no youkai are in the area." He darted off before anyone was able to comment.
'Perhaps that was why he was so tense earlier. The scent he smelt earlier must be closer,' Kagome reasoned with herself.
She glanced back down at her half-eaten food and picked up her chopsticks. Then a solitary stream of blue crossed her peripheral vision and caused her to pause with her chopsticks poised over her food.
She gasped, "Kikyou."
Instantly, she began to berate herself for her stupidity. "How could I have been so stupid. I should have known that was what his problem was. I should be grateful that the only thing he did was drop me. He probably wanted to just leave me sitting there." She growled in the back of her throat, causing everyone else to stop eating. She glanced down at Shippo who was perched on the ground beside her. She handed him her bowl of half-eaten ramen, leaned back against a fallen log, closed her eyes, and waited for InuYasha's return.
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InuYasha guiltily slunk back into camp. Kagome opened her eyes and glared at him.
InuYasha could feel Kagome's glare burning a huge hole into his back. He turned towards her but refused to meet her gaze. "I didn't find any youkai."
Kagome snorted, that was all she needed to hear. She leaped to her feet, slung her backpack over her shoulder, picked up her bow and arrows, and started walking towards the woods. "Then if there is no danger out there, I am going for a walk," she said bitterly.
Sango started to get up from her place by the fire.
"I'm going by myself." Then in a gentler voice Kagome spoke again, "I'll be fine Sango. There is still some daylight left. I'm glad somebody cares," she muttered.
A weak "keh" was heard in the background.
"That reminds me, InuYasha. Sit, SIT, SIT!"
InuYasha flew several feet into the ground. Kagome promptly walked around the hole his face had dug and walked purposely towards the woods.
She paused only once to yell, "InuYasha, don't even bother to come after me. If you do, I will sit you so many times your ears will be mountains on the other side of the world."
For a few long minutes, the only sound that could be heard was InuYasha's groans and the slight crunch of vegetation under Kagome's feet as she walked away.
InuYasha's head finally peeked over the rim of crater his face had made. "Keh, what was she all upset about?" He said angrily, forcing the guilt out of his voice.
Then InuYasha sweat dropped; from the look on Sango's face, he was about to find out.
Sango whacked him hard-- hard enough that he met the bottom of the crater once again.
"You IDIOT! She saw you go off to be with Kikyou, and you wonder why she is upset?"
InuYasha huffed and crawled out of the hole once more. Then he sat down and crossed his arms over his chest. Several long moments of silence passed.
Finally, Sango spoke again, "Well, aren't you going after her?"
InuYasha glanced meaningfully back at the hole he had just managed to crawl out of. Then he turned back to Sango. The incredulous look on his face showed that he clearly believed Sango had lost her mind.
"Did you not hear what she said she would do to me?" He turned his head away from Sango, closed his eyes and stuck his nose up slightly in the air. "Anyway, she said she wanted to be by herself."
Then he glanced up at the now sinking sun. Then in a voice barely above a whisper he spoke, "Besides, I would never be able to find her."
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author's note: I will be trying to address some of the complicated feelings that Kikyou has towards InuYasha and Kagome.
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