Inuyasha: The Eternal conflict
Chapter 1
Kagome looks out the window day dreaming about the
man she is secretly
in love with, in her mind he stood 5'11, with a short
cut of white
hair, and bright shining yellow eyes, the boy's name
was Ryo Inusuke,
or "Inu" as he was referred to by his classmates.
Sadly the Inu in
Kagome's mind wasn't exactly what she had encountered
in reality, the
real Inu was what Kagome had envisioned, at least in
physical
appearance, but as anyone who attended Kyoto Jr. High
knew Inu was one
of the nastiest street punks around. It's been said
that Inu has
fought against dogs, wolves, even Yakuza, and it was
this combative
nature which earned him the nick name "Inu" which is
Japanese for dog.
Kagome saw though Inu's tough guy facade. She knew
that he was a
defender of weaker classmates, a lover of animals and
a superior
martial artist. These are the traits of Inu which
Kagome found so
endearing about Inu, but as luck would have it
Kagome's twin sister
Kikyo had also noticed these traits and had been
romantically involved
with Inu for over a year. At times kagome would
become insanely
jealous, but these bouts of jealousy were always short
lived, for as
much as Kagome loved Inu, that love was surpassed by
her loyalty
towards family, Kagome would never dream of destroying
Kikyo's
happiness, and so Kagome continued to dream.
Without warning Kagome felt a hand "caressing" her
backside, it was
the lecherous hand of Miroku Ishikawa, the most
perverted young man in
all of Kyoto Jr. High. Miroku was no ordinary lecher
though, her was
also a shinto priest in training , and oddly enough
his family tree
consisted of priest who were quit perverted, so one
would assume that
his actions were less then frowned upon.
After unleashing a melee of slaps to Miroku's face
Kagome rushed out of
the classroom turning red with embarrassment.
"The nerve of that pervert," she thought, "when Sango
finds out, he
won't even be able to look at a girl's ass without
crying in pain!"
Blinded with frustration, she bumped into Sango;
Sango Ayumi was
captain of the Kyoto Jr. High Karate club, a student
of Ninpo, and
Kagome's best friend. However, Sango had a crush on
Miroku, lechery
not withstanding, the two were childhood friends, and
whenever Miroku
tried to cop a feel on any girl she would become
insanely jealous, and
put him through unspeakable pain. Hearing what
happened, Sango took
Kagome's hand and hurried back to her classroom. Upon
spotting Miroku,
Sango drop-kicked him in the crotch, and then grabbed
two chalk board
erasers to which she pummeled his face with.
"Damned pervert," Sango said.
Later that day, Kagome and Kikyo had archer practice
after school, it
was a warm spring day, the wind blew softly and Inu
was watching the
girl's archery club practice. Inu said nothing , but
smiled gently at
the twins, who were the clubs captains, Kikyo smiled
back and continued
her drills, while Kagome's heart sunk into her chest
causing her to be
off target with every shot, seeing how much of a
distraction he was,
Inu walked off.
Hours later, Inu was at a ramen cart enjoying some
savory miso ramen
when he heard an annoying little voice, Shippo Kimiya;
Inu's part time
disciple, full time burden. Inu had saved him from a
pack of wild dogs
and to this day Shippo had sworn his undying
allegiance to Inu, wishing
to become as strong and as cool as him.
"Yo Sempai" Shippo shouted to Inu, "Lets spar!"
Inu, just lit his cigarette, paid his bill and
casually walked off.
Naturally, Shippo tailed his would-be mentor.
Inu's aimless wandering, lead him down an alley in
downtown Kyoto, an
area notorious for Yakuza activity. A normal person
would be terrified
of what might to them treading on Yakuza territory,
but not Inu, who
had encountered various Yakuza syndicates and had
always emerged
victorious, in fact he considered his daily "romps"
though the alley
ways of down town Kyoto part of his daily workout
routine, due to the
difference in strength. This time there was something
different about
his "workout", Inu felt an ominous presence
surrounding his opponents
as they approached him, but before Inu could take a
stance, the ring
leader had shown himself. He stood 5'11, witch long
black hair and
streak of sliver, he was a classmate of Inu's, but
also his most hated
rival and a Yakuza boss, and his name was Naraku
Onigumo.
"Well, if it isn't Inu-Chan," Naraku said smugly,
"How ya been buddy,
care to give my boys a workout?"
"Sure," Inu laughed "I need to work off this ramen
anyway"
As Shippo cheered him on from a far, Inu went to work
on Naraku's
goons. Inu took down three of the ten thugs with one
roundhouse kick,
the other seven when down with the flurries of punches
he unleashed.
With all his men lying unconscious, Naraku just
laughed.
"What's so damn funny?" Inu asked.
"That was just the opening act, Inu-Chan" Naraku
replied.
Just then, the unconscious Yakuza transformed into
two giant wolf-like
demons, as the two demons towered over Inu, all he
could do was stand
his ground as the two demons mauled him. Inu used
every once of
strength on him to hold the demons at bay, but he was
no match for two
wolf demons, who each took turns sinking their fangs
into Inu's
shoulders.
Naraku stood over Inu's bruised, bloodied and
battered body, grabbed
him by his hair and asked "well now Inu-chan, isn't it
time you bared
your fangs?"
Just then Inu's eyes started to glow fiery red, his
teeth transformed
into dog fangs and his fingernails became claws, thus
revealing Inu's
best kept secret, he was a hanyou or half demon.
Inu's demon heritage
was something that took him many years to come to
terms with, as a
child he told a few people but the result always ended
up having him
and his mother being ran out of town, he swore never
to trust another
living soul with that secret once he moved to Kyoto.
However, being of
demonic origin himself, Naruku knew how to push Inu's
bottons, and now
he had Inu in a state of confusion, incapable of any
form of human
reasoning. Naruku delighted over the carnage Inu
caused, both to his
henchmen and the surrounding area.
"And now with Inu-chan out of the way" Naruku
though, "It's time for
his little girlfriend to come out and play."
Back at school, Kagome and Kikyo has just got out of
archery practice,
Kikyo decides she wants to pay her boyfriend a
surprise visit, "you go
home Kagome," she says "tell mom and dad I went
grocery shopping and
then over to Inu's house."
"Sure thing," Kagome replied, "just be careful, you
know how dangerous
downtown Kyoto can be."
As she hugged her sister, Kagome suddenly felt a
chill go up her
spine, but this time it wasn't Miroku, it was a
feeling of impending
doom surrounding Kikyo. Afraid what might happen if
she let Kikyo walk
off by herself Kagome followed her from a distance
just to be safe.
Kikyo took a short cut through an alleyway so she
could get to the
store before it closed, but waiting for her at the end
of the alleyway
was Naraku's younger sister, Kagura Onigumo; standing
5'7, with long
black pigtails, sporting a black school girls uniform,
Kagura was the
most feared girl in all of Kyoto Jr high.
, Everything she learned about fighting she learned
from her big brother
Naraku, so one would think that no girl would ever
dare go up against
but there was one...Kikyo Higarashi. It was one
year ago, Kagura
much like Kagome, had strong feelings for Inu, but was
much more vocal
and had advanced very strongly, which only caused to
drive him away,
but when she'd discovered that Kikyo had won his
heart, she became
enraged with jealousy and immediately went to confront
her, there were
no words, just a 30 second fight, the shortest in the
history of Kyoto
Jr. High, Kikyo caught Kagura's kick and then slammed
her to the
ground, knocking her out in the process. Now Kagura
was about to exact
her revenge, and before Kikyo could take a stance,
Kagura shot a
poisonous blow dart into her neck paralyzing her
instantly, but
after wards she commenced to stomping on Kikyo's
paralyzed body until
she was unconscious and bleeding internally.
"Sorry bitch," Kagura said to her "I can't kill you just
yet, Naraku still
needs you alive!"
After relishing over the defeat of her most hated
rival Kagura caught
wind of Kagome's presence, so she pulled out her
Wakazashi or short
sword, preparing to slit her throat, but before Kagura
could draw her
blade she knocked down from behind by a young man with
long black hair
wearing a black school boy uniform, and moving at an
unheard speed.
This young man was Koga Watanabe, Captain of the
Kyoto Jr. High Boys'
track and field team, and Kagome's one true love, at
least in his own
mind, Kago was jogging through the city when he got a
bad feeling that
"his woman" was in danger, so being one to follow his
instincts, Kago
fell upon the alley where Kikyo had been attacked, and
without
hesitation he rescued Kagome from certain death.
"Kagome, are you hurt?" Koga asked "I'll take you
somewhere safe."
"Koga, we have to go to the police" Kagome said while
trying to catch
her breath
"No way in hell," Koga replied "the Onigumo family
has the Kyoto
police department on their payroll, I'll call an
ambulance once we get
you home."
Once they arrived to the Higurashi house hold, there
was an old women
wearing an eye patch and a shinto priest outfit
sitting on the front
porch, it was Kagome's grandmother Kaede, paying her
'favorite' archery
student a visit, but unlike many before this time it
was casual.
"Pack your things" Kaede said to Kagome, "it's no
longer safe here"
"This is no time for a road trip grandmother," Kagome
shouted in tears
"Kikyo's going to die, if we don't hurry!"
"Fear not, Kagome" Kaede replied, "I sensed that her
life was in
danger, and I've rushed my assistants to her aid, but
right now we have
to hurry to the family shrine, there are things I need
to show you."
Kagome reluctantly accompanied her grandmother to the
Higarashi family
shrine; the Higarashi shrine was considered by all you
visited to be a
national treasure, the most distinctive feature of the
shrine was the 20
foot tree which was said to have been planted to
conceal the souls of
100 demons a millennium ago. Upon their arrival to the
Higarashi shrine
, Kaede presented her granddaughter with a bow and
arrow.
"Touch the bow and all will become clear" Kaede said.
As Kagome touched the bow, she felt a strong force of
energy surge
through her body causing her to collapse, after being
unconscious for
an hour, Kagome awoke surrounded by her parents,
grandmother, various
shrine attendants, which included Kaede's adopted
grandson Shippo who
had rushed to the shrine to get help for Inu, who soon
after his siege
through downtown Kyoto was arrested for several counts
of vandalism.