Broken Vows
by : chiisana kagome
Chapter 1 - The Fire of Departing
" Inu-Yasha watch out!! " Shippou calls out as a claw swipes inches away from Inu-Yasha's face. With out a moment to hesitate another claw swipes down knocking Inu-Yasha to the ground. Shippou let out a little gasp in fear of Inu-Yasha being hurt. Miroku watched concern for him; Sango grasped the handle of her boomerang in case help became needed, Myoga, who was sitting on Miroku's left shoulder, shuttered at the thought of defeat. Inu-Yasha took a step back then lunged at the demon with the transformed Tetsaiga, slicing off the demon's right arm, the demon let out a high pitch scream. Inu-Yasha smirked at the demon as it let out a scream and then aimed to slice the demon in half, but the demon fled into the old dry well, the very well where Kagome could travel from her era to feudal Japan and back. The place where Kagome and her family lived.
" Oh no you don't!" Inu-Yasha hollered as he hoped down the well in chased of the demon. Miroku, Sango, and Shippou ran up to the well and peered down as the site of Inu-Yasha became so dim, none of them could go after him for they didn't have a piece of the sacred Shikon-No-Tama shard. They all stared down the well in hope that Inu-Yasha would return safely, and small sigh came from Sango.
When Inu-Yasha and the demon came out of the well the demon immediately ran into the Higurashi house. Inu-Yasha chased it, in hope of finding Kagome near by for a need of help. Finally the demon spoke up, and when it did it had such a voice that echoed in such a way that it sounded like the sound of death.
"Where are the Shikon-No-Tama shards, I can feel it, they are near by" the demon spoke. Inu-Yasha glared at the demon and knew that he had to hold it back and keep it from reaching Kagome. For if that demon got a hold of Kagome and the Shikon-No-Tama shards, Kagome's life would be in grave danger. "I know you know where it is, so just tell me!" the demon demanded this time, "Tell me now or I will kill you!!"
Inu-Yasha smirked "You kill me, Ha!" Inu-Yasha hurled the giant sword at the demon, which was easily avoided. The demon fled back into the shrine, but Inu-Yasha continued to chase it with the Tetsaiga swung over his back. When inside the shrine again, the demon backed up into a corner looking as if he was trapped, with a irritated look on his face. The demon then flailed out in a temper as if it knew it had no where to run, while flailing the demon knocked over a lite candle stand, shattering it to the ground, setting all that it touched on fire. The demon the backed away horrified by the fire and hoped back down the dry well. Inu-Yasha could only watch the demon flee for he knew before the fire spread anymore that he needed to save Kagome's family. Inu-Yasha dashed into the house coming across Sota, he picked the young boy up and threw him over his shoulder without even explaining, the ran through the rest of the house flinging the other family members, over his shoulder, but he held Kagome's cat gently in his arms, for he had come to a liking with her cat. Inu-Yasha then put everyone down safely on the ground and stared motionlessly at the fire. Kagome's mother then stood up, thanked Inu-Yasha and walked across the street to the neighbors to call Kagome to come home.
Meanwhile at Kagome's school
"Miss Kagome Higurashi" a woman from the office called in from the door. Kagome stood to her feet in fear of she was in trouble or something.
"Y-Yes" Kagome spoke in a nervous voice.
" Your family called, they want you to come home immediately" she recalled. Kagome's face went blank, in fear of someone being hurt, or even one of her family members dead. Kagome packed up her backpack with all her books and notes and proceeded to walk out of the classroom, she turned back to look at her class, her classmates looked slightly worried for what the problem could be. Kagome then sighed and walked out of the room. As she walked home the thought of her family injured or even dead frightened her. As she walked closer to her home she could see smoke and fire rising from the shrine, she then ran the rest of the way home eager to find what had happened. She ran up the steps to her house and the first person she saw was Inu-Yasha. She ran up to him and asked in a terrified voice;
"Inu-Yasha what happened?!"
Inu-Yasha looked at her relieved that she was ok, and the looked back at the shrine and sighed "I'm sorry" Kagome had never heard Inu-Yasha speak those words often and when he did it gave her chills for a strange reason. Inu-Yasha then continued " A demon from feudal Japan went down the dry well, it said it was looking for the Shikon-No-Tama shards, it became frightened when I backed it up into a corner and it lost it's temper and knocked over a candle, setting everything on fire." Kagome stared wide-eyed at Inu-Yasha and without a word she ran to the dry well. She covered her face from the fire and made her way down the stairs to the dry well. Inu- Yasha followed her, standing close to her to protect her from the fire with his kimono. Kagome covered her eyes from the heat as she looked at the well.
"Inu-Yasha you have to go back to feudal Japan!!" Kagome ordered him. Inu-Yasha stared at her then looked back at the well. Kagome then dragged Inu-Yasha to the well; Inu-Yasha resisted by grabbing onto the sides of the well.
" Kagome stop! You have to come and help collect the shards" Inu- Yasha barks as he claws onto the sides of the well deeper.
Kagome then took a deep breath, put her hands to her hip and commanded " SIT" when these words came from her mouth Inu-Yasha was pulled down by the cursed bead necklace, Inu-Yasha only had time to look up for a quick glance, the last glance that he saw of Kagome. As he took the short glance he caught her face expression precisely, In her eyes were tears and her eyes glazed with sorrow, by just her eyes you could tell that they meant by ' I promise to find a way back to you', and with that last glance Inu-Yasha was back in feudal Japan. He awoke on the bottom of the well with a headache, never in his life had he fallen to the bottom of the well, maybe it was because he was so busy looking at Kagome's expression that he lost his attention for everything else. Inu-Yasha put his hand on his forehead and closed his eyes.
' She was crying wasn't she...? ' He managed to mummer out.
" Inu-Yasha!?" Shippou hollered down the well to him. Inu-Yasha looked up slightly shock to see that they were still there when he left. Sango, Miroku, Myoga, and Shippou looked down relieved that he was all right. But the Shippou disrupted the silence " Inu-Yasha what happened to the demon, did u kill it?" Inu-Yasha nodded and Shippou eyes widened and he smiled. To see a little fox demon like Shippou smiling made Inu-Yasha smile a bit himself. Inu-Yasha then leaped out of the well and dusted himself off.
Miroku cleared his throat and asked " Inu-Yasha where is Kagome?"
Inu-Yasha turned around at looked to the sky, and then spoke up " She's staying with her family for the moment. She said she needed to spent more time with them." Miroku looked puzzled by Inu-Yasha's word, they didn't seem to convince him much, but he shrugged and decided to accept this story, for the time being. Sango didn't think that was much like Kagome at all, Shippou let out a little cry for he knew Kagome would be gone for more than just a day. Inu-Yasha ignored he's cries and looked out to the horizon to the setting sun, and as the cool breeze blew his hair to his cheeks he held it back and closed his eyes in thought. ' Was Kagome really crying or was it that I was seeing things? '
Meanwhile in Present Japan
As the fire dies down Kagome walks up to the dry well, putting her hands on the rim of the well. " Maybe I can still get there" and with that she jump down the well onto the warm debre that cultured the ground. Kagome knelt there for a moment and then got up from that spot " Maybe I can't go back now." Kagome crawled back out of the well and walked into the bathroom. ' How will I ever get back..? ' She turned on the faucet to the tube and took her clothes off then sat in the tube thinking ' But why cant I go back, the well its self wasn't destroyed, only the base..'
Sota knocked on the door and called in " Kagome are you going to feudal Japan tomorrow?"
Kagome sighed and sank lower into the tube " No Sota. I'm staying here for the weekend.."
" Oh ok, then I guess I don't have to inform you about the test you'll be having tomorrow"
Kagome stood up in the tube " WHAT!?! "
" Don't worry, I was only kidding, chill out Kagome"
" OOO! I hate you Sota!! Don't do that, you really had me worried!"
" Ok ok, I'm sorry" Sota began to walk off then turned back " Oh yah Kagome, dinner's ready" then walked off.
by : chiisana kagome
Chapter 1 - The Fire of Departing
" Inu-Yasha watch out!! " Shippou calls out as a claw swipes inches away from Inu-Yasha's face. With out a moment to hesitate another claw swipes down knocking Inu-Yasha to the ground. Shippou let out a little gasp in fear of Inu-Yasha being hurt. Miroku watched concern for him; Sango grasped the handle of her boomerang in case help became needed, Myoga, who was sitting on Miroku's left shoulder, shuttered at the thought of defeat. Inu-Yasha took a step back then lunged at the demon with the transformed Tetsaiga, slicing off the demon's right arm, the demon let out a high pitch scream. Inu-Yasha smirked at the demon as it let out a scream and then aimed to slice the demon in half, but the demon fled into the old dry well, the very well where Kagome could travel from her era to feudal Japan and back. The place where Kagome and her family lived.
" Oh no you don't!" Inu-Yasha hollered as he hoped down the well in chased of the demon. Miroku, Sango, and Shippou ran up to the well and peered down as the site of Inu-Yasha became so dim, none of them could go after him for they didn't have a piece of the sacred Shikon-No-Tama shard. They all stared down the well in hope that Inu-Yasha would return safely, and small sigh came from Sango.
When Inu-Yasha and the demon came out of the well the demon immediately ran into the Higurashi house. Inu-Yasha chased it, in hope of finding Kagome near by for a need of help. Finally the demon spoke up, and when it did it had such a voice that echoed in such a way that it sounded like the sound of death.
"Where are the Shikon-No-Tama shards, I can feel it, they are near by" the demon spoke. Inu-Yasha glared at the demon and knew that he had to hold it back and keep it from reaching Kagome. For if that demon got a hold of Kagome and the Shikon-No-Tama shards, Kagome's life would be in grave danger. "I know you know where it is, so just tell me!" the demon demanded this time, "Tell me now or I will kill you!!"
Inu-Yasha smirked "You kill me, Ha!" Inu-Yasha hurled the giant sword at the demon, which was easily avoided. The demon fled back into the shrine, but Inu-Yasha continued to chase it with the Tetsaiga swung over his back. When inside the shrine again, the demon backed up into a corner looking as if he was trapped, with a irritated look on his face. The demon then flailed out in a temper as if it knew it had no where to run, while flailing the demon knocked over a lite candle stand, shattering it to the ground, setting all that it touched on fire. The demon the backed away horrified by the fire and hoped back down the dry well. Inu-Yasha could only watch the demon flee for he knew before the fire spread anymore that he needed to save Kagome's family. Inu-Yasha dashed into the house coming across Sota, he picked the young boy up and threw him over his shoulder without even explaining, the ran through the rest of the house flinging the other family members, over his shoulder, but he held Kagome's cat gently in his arms, for he had come to a liking with her cat. Inu-Yasha then put everyone down safely on the ground and stared motionlessly at the fire. Kagome's mother then stood up, thanked Inu-Yasha and walked across the street to the neighbors to call Kagome to come home.
Meanwhile at Kagome's school
"Miss Kagome Higurashi" a woman from the office called in from the door. Kagome stood to her feet in fear of she was in trouble or something.
"Y-Yes" Kagome spoke in a nervous voice.
" Your family called, they want you to come home immediately" she recalled. Kagome's face went blank, in fear of someone being hurt, or even one of her family members dead. Kagome packed up her backpack with all her books and notes and proceeded to walk out of the classroom, she turned back to look at her class, her classmates looked slightly worried for what the problem could be. Kagome then sighed and walked out of the room. As she walked home the thought of her family injured or even dead frightened her. As she walked closer to her home she could see smoke and fire rising from the shrine, she then ran the rest of the way home eager to find what had happened. She ran up the steps to her house and the first person she saw was Inu-Yasha. She ran up to him and asked in a terrified voice;
"Inu-Yasha what happened?!"
Inu-Yasha looked at her relieved that she was ok, and the looked back at the shrine and sighed "I'm sorry" Kagome had never heard Inu-Yasha speak those words often and when he did it gave her chills for a strange reason. Inu-Yasha then continued " A demon from feudal Japan went down the dry well, it said it was looking for the Shikon-No-Tama shards, it became frightened when I backed it up into a corner and it lost it's temper and knocked over a candle, setting everything on fire." Kagome stared wide-eyed at Inu-Yasha and without a word she ran to the dry well. She covered her face from the fire and made her way down the stairs to the dry well. Inu- Yasha followed her, standing close to her to protect her from the fire with his kimono. Kagome covered her eyes from the heat as she looked at the well.
"Inu-Yasha you have to go back to feudal Japan!!" Kagome ordered him. Inu-Yasha stared at her then looked back at the well. Kagome then dragged Inu-Yasha to the well; Inu-Yasha resisted by grabbing onto the sides of the well.
" Kagome stop! You have to come and help collect the shards" Inu- Yasha barks as he claws onto the sides of the well deeper.
Kagome then took a deep breath, put her hands to her hip and commanded " SIT" when these words came from her mouth Inu-Yasha was pulled down by the cursed bead necklace, Inu-Yasha only had time to look up for a quick glance, the last glance that he saw of Kagome. As he took the short glance he caught her face expression precisely, In her eyes were tears and her eyes glazed with sorrow, by just her eyes you could tell that they meant by ' I promise to find a way back to you', and with that last glance Inu-Yasha was back in feudal Japan. He awoke on the bottom of the well with a headache, never in his life had he fallen to the bottom of the well, maybe it was because he was so busy looking at Kagome's expression that he lost his attention for everything else. Inu-Yasha put his hand on his forehead and closed his eyes.
' She was crying wasn't she...? ' He managed to mummer out.
" Inu-Yasha!?" Shippou hollered down the well to him. Inu-Yasha looked up slightly shock to see that they were still there when he left. Sango, Miroku, Myoga, and Shippou looked down relieved that he was all right. But the Shippou disrupted the silence " Inu-Yasha what happened to the demon, did u kill it?" Inu-Yasha nodded and Shippou eyes widened and he smiled. To see a little fox demon like Shippou smiling made Inu-Yasha smile a bit himself. Inu-Yasha then leaped out of the well and dusted himself off.
Miroku cleared his throat and asked " Inu-Yasha where is Kagome?"
Inu-Yasha turned around at looked to the sky, and then spoke up " She's staying with her family for the moment. She said she needed to spent more time with them." Miroku looked puzzled by Inu-Yasha's word, they didn't seem to convince him much, but he shrugged and decided to accept this story, for the time being. Sango didn't think that was much like Kagome at all, Shippou let out a little cry for he knew Kagome would be gone for more than just a day. Inu-Yasha ignored he's cries and looked out to the horizon to the setting sun, and as the cool breeze blew his hair to his cheeks he held it back and closed his eyes in thought. ' Was Kagome really crying or was it that I was seeing things? '
Meanwhile in Present Japan
As the fire dies down Kagome walks up to the dry well, putting her hands on the rim of the well. " Maybe I can still get there" and with that she jump down the well onto the warm debre that cultured the ground. Kagome knelt there for a moment and then got up from that spot " Maybe I can't go back now." Kagome crawled back out of the well and walked into the bathroom. ' How will I ever get back..? ' She turned on the faucet to the tube and took her clothes off then sat in the tube thinking ' But why cant I go back, the well its self wasn't destroyed, only the base..'
Sota knocked on the door and called in " Kagome are you going to feudal Japan tomorrow?"
Kagome sighed and sank lower into the tube " No Sota. I'm staying here for the weekend.."
" Oh ok, then I guess I don't have to inform you about the test you'll be having tomorrow"
Kagome stood up in the tube " WHAT!?! "
" Don't worry, I was only kidding, chill out Kagome"
" OOO! I hate you Sota!! Don't do that, you really had me worried!"
" Ok ok, I'm sorry" Sota began to walk off then turned back " Oh yah Kagome, dinner's ready" then walked off.