'Belong'
Cha. 1 Searching
A/N: This is going to be a kind of a oneshot.
Enjoy!
I do not own Inuyasha & co.
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Heavy breathing and the sound of feet pounding the ground grew harder and faster. Snapping of twigs and crumbling of leaves became louder. Something was bothersome and completely unnerving. Shouting could be heard from above causing the sound of heavy breathing to increase.
"There she is! Get her!" yelled an angry male voice.
'Oh No!' the figure being chased thought. 'I need to hide.'
The figure consentrated her will to find something, somewhere she could escape.
'There!' she thought, running toward a sorce of large running water. She jumped in and dove under the water to allow the water flow to carry her down stream. Her plan had worked, for when she rose to the surface, she was so far that she was in a part of the forest no one would dare search for her. The water had dragged her to sprite territory. Many sprites were known to be gentle creatures, not much bigger than fairies, but the sprites in this part of the forest were evil. They loved the joy of a good kill, especially fairies.
The girl slipped out of the water cautiously. Sprites were well known to transform into various plants such as baby trees, flowers, and even some kinds of bushes. Only in rare occasions, when they were in danger, a sprite would turn into a rock or an old fallen log. In order for this small figure to keep from getting killed, she perked her pointed ears, closed her eyes and with her sensitive hearing, listened for any signs of a heartbeat or movement. When nothing was heard, she continued to walk along the sidelines of the river bank in case she would have to jump in once again.
As the girl walked, she felt depressed and alone. The girl was silent and stuck in horrible memories. Her name was Kagome. She was an outcast, an unwanted being. Kagome was from a protected rose patch that cascaded up one of the largest trees in the forest. It was a kingdom ruled by fairies. She was hated by them all. Kagome was special in a way that other fairies didn't want to understand. Kagome wasn't birthed by a mother and lived in a red rose. She was born from a rare white rose with pink tips that had grown amongst the red roses. She didn't have colorful butterfly like wings like other faries. Kagome looked like a thumb sized elf.
She was constantly accused of being a sprite due to her hair was black and her eyes were a shimmering light earthy green, much like that of a sprite's would be. Yet, Kagome was far to small to have been a sprite for they were around the size of a full human size hand. At first, the other fairies had just taunted her to make her leave their kingdom, but she refused. When she did, they resorted to warnings and threats, yet she still would not budge. At last, the faries had become agressive and chased her from the rose patch to kill her off. She ran for her life and from the only home she has ever known.
'What am I? Why would they dislike me so much? I've done nothing wrong.' Kagome thought sadly.
She continued to walk, her bare feet becoming sore. Since fairies flew, they had no need for foot wear. They only wore colorful clothing that usually matched their wings. Being that Kagome had no wings, she made her clothing to match the rose she was born from. Her flowing dress was thigh length with the bottom white fading into pink toward the chest area and ending where it tied at. Right at the moment though, her dress was wet and slightly dirty.
The sun was begining to set on the horizon. Kagome new she would have to find some sort of shelter for the night. It was far to dangerous to sleep out in the open. She would surely be killed by a sprite or worse, by a goblen or ogre. They loved eating living creatures, magical or not.
Finally, Kagome came upon a hole in a tree covered by massive amounts of ivy vines. Obviously the hole had not been lived in by any creature in quite some time. It would be the perfect shelter for the night.
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'badoom'
Thunder clashed in the night sky. A large thunder storm had rolled over the chanted forest some hours after darkness fell over the lands. A figure stalked through the rain looking for shelter to get dried off. A hole in a tree with ivy growing over it came into sight. The figure stomped into the hole huffing in annoyance and dripping with water.
"Stupid rain!" the figure grumbled.
'shuff,,,shuffle'
"What the? Who's there?" asked the male figure.
Kagome woke afraid after hearing an annoyed voice.
"Are you going to answer me or not?" the tone became somewhat angered.
"S-sorry if I invaded your home. I thought this hole was empty. Just please, please don't kill me." Kagome said fearfully.
"Keh! As if such a pittifull hole like this would be my home. And I'm not gonna kill you. Pixies don't kill for fun, only defence so don't get all scared of me. I'm just trying to get out of the rain so I can return to my home after the storm has passed. Which I dought it will anytime soon." the male pixie spoke in an annoyed tone.
"Oh, I'm sorry..." she trailed off not knowing his name.
"Inuyasha." he informed.
"I'm sorry Inuyasha, for jumping to conclusions. My name is Kagome by the way." she told him, voice laced with dullness.
Inuyasha caught the depressed tone and decided to ask, "So, why are you in this tree hole all alone? And what are you, a pixie, fairy, or gremlin?"
"I'll answer the second first. I know for sure I'm not a gremlin, but I can't exactly say what I am." she said sadly.
"Why can't you say?" he inquired.
"Because, I don't know what I am. I was born in a fairy kingdom, but not from a fairy." she answered.
"How else can you be born? You must have a mother." he said quizically.
Kagome shook her head saying, "No, I don't. I was born from a white and pink rose." she paused. "Now for your question as to why I'm here alone, I was to be put to death this day. From the day I bloomed from a rose, the fairies accused me of being a sprite or some evil creature. I had been given warnings and threats, but I would not leave from my precious rose. So, today the fairy councel decided to kill me since I would not leave. I did nothing wrong. They just hated me because I'm different."
The memory of the days events brought fresh tears to Kagome's eyes. Yet, she was more afraid that Inuyasha would also hate her after hearing her tale. She remained quiet, waiting to be scorned by the pixie as well. It never came.
"You really got it tuff don't you? Although, I still don't understand how you came to be born by a rose." Inuyasha said simply. 'How could a pure and beautiful girl be hated so much?" he thought.
Kagome looked through the dark at the dark figure of the male pixie. She couldn't quite understand why he wasn't calling her names and beating her till she wouldn't be able to move.
"Why are you not against me as well?" she asked curiously.
"Well, first off, I already told you pixies don't kill and nor do they torment unfortunate creatures. Besides, I have no idea what you look like that can cause someone to think your evil." he explained.
"I...I will show you." Kagome said softly. Inuyasha went to ask what, but he was cut off even before he spoke. Kagome had formed a ball of pink light in her hands. The entire hole filled with the dim light. Her figure was now clearly seen as well as Inuyasha's.
Inuyasha saw nothing at first that could be wrong with this girl. She looked like she could have been a fairy or even a pixie. Her eyes were downcast leaving them look black in this lighting. Of course black hair was a bit odd to see on pixies or fairies, but it didn't give her an evil look. Then he caught sight of something out of place, or rather no where to be seen.
"You don't have wings! Now I see what you meant not knowing what you are." Inuyasha stated.
Kagome looked up, her soft green eyes staring into golden. She studied his figure which was that of a well built body. Male pixies were usually well built. Silver hair tucked behind pointed ears, fell to his waist. His muscles twitched every now and then showing the fine cuts of a six packed stomach. He was built but, he was not overly large, more like average. When she looked down, she had expected to see the usual loin cloth, but instead she was met with a pair of baggy red kimono pants. At that moment she realized she had been staring. She blushed a light red and shot her eyes back up to meet with his deep golden orbs once again. Inuyasha was gorgeous.It would have been hard not to stare.
Inuyasha looked curiously at the girl as she looked him up and down, gathering the details of his figure. A smirk played on his lips allowing a small sharp fang to peek out, a thing only male pixies had. He then noticed the girl blush once she realized she had been staring far too long and shot her eyes back up to his. Inuyasha was half expecting black or even brown eyes, but the idea of such beautiful green eyes was not what he had expected.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to stare. Forgive me!" Kagome appologized.
"No need for you to appologize. It's no big deal. Where I'm from, the girl pixies do worse. They usually jump me and ask me to have their hand in marriage."he paused as she giggled lightly, noticing how beautiful she had sounded. "Oh, by the way, I've never seen eyes such as yours before. They rather suit you. Their beauty nearly mimics jade." Inuyasha concluded.
"Thank you for your kind words! Since I was born, no one has ever been so kind. Also, you know, you have quite lovely eyes as well and your hair looks like that of fine silk." she paused to yawn. "I'm sorry, but if you don't mind, I need to rest for I have a long journey in the morning to find a new home. Good night Inuyasha!" she said and lay back down on the moss that covered the bottom of the hole and slipped into her dream world.
"Good night!" Inuyasha said, laying down as well. 'She is so beautiful! How could the fairies think her to be a foul creature? In the morning, I'll bring her to my home and give her shelter. Maybe we could become close one day.' he thought as he drifted to sleep himself.
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'Kagome's DREAM'
"So, we found you at last! Thought you could escape for long? You will die today you vile creature!" a large warrior fairy threatened.
"No, please leave me be! I did nothing wrong, please!" Kagome cried in terror.
"Too bad wench. You were destined for death. Now DIE!!" the male fairy yelled holding a black sword in the air ready to strike.
"STOP! You will not harm her. Go back to your lands. This girl belongs here now, so leave at once." a male spoke dangerously.
"And who do you think you are pixie? You can't get in the way of this girls destiny." the fairy retorted not dropping the sword once.
"I am the younger prince of this kingdom. You would do well to heed my warning. As for this girls destiny, you are not the judge. Only our great and powerful Kami is control of that. Tell your people they are not welcome here. And do not search out this girl ever again. If I find she has been harmed, a war will be pronounced in her defence. Do you understand?" the pixie demanded.
"Yes, your majesty. I had no idea it was you. I shall do as you wish." the fairy said in fear as he turned to leave.
The prince turned to Kagome, seeing her slumped with her arms wrapped around her legs and her face hidden behind her knees. He reached out to place a hand on her shoulder...
'end dream'
"Kagome, wake up!" a familliar voice said as he shook her shoulder with one hand.
Her eyes fluttered open and stared into the pixie's golden ones and spoke, "What's up Inuyasha? Is there danger here?"
"No! But the sun is coming up and I need to return home. I've decided to take you along. At least there you could have a home where you'd be treated fairly. I'm assuming that's what your looking for, ne?" Inuyasha questioned.
"Hai, thank you so much! I really am greatful." Kagome smiled sleepily.
"You have a wonderful smile. You should do it more often. Now, let's be on our way." he said stepping out of the hole and started to flutter his clear red wings but stopped. "Oh, I forgot. It's to dangerous for you to walk in this part of the forest, so I'll fly you if that's okay?"
"Sure, but how?" she asked.
"I'll carry you." he said as he lifted her up in a bridal style and took off.
With in half an hour they arrived at the tallest and widest tree in the enchanted forest. The tree was known as Goshinboku or the God Tree. Many wild flowers grew around the base of the tree. Kagome looked around. She couldn't see sign of a kingdom anywhere. She thought that maybe they just stopped for a break since Inuyasha had carried her all this time and he may have grown tired.
"We're here! Follow me." Inuyasha instructed.
"Here where?" she asked.
"My home, of course!" he informed.
"But I don't see..." Kagome was cut off.
"You'll see soon. Trust me?" he said waiting for her to grab his outstreched hand. She nodded and took his hand in hers and began to walk toward the tree once again.
When they got close enough to Goshinboku, Kagome became even more curious. The tree looked normal. She was half expecting that the wild flowers were the homes of the pixies, but saw no one in sight. So where was this pixie kingdom? Then they finally came to a stop at the very base of the god tree. Inuyasha took his free hand and placed it on some small inscriptions carved into the bark. His hand started to glow red with his power. All of the sudden a doorway appeared. It was an illusional barrier to make passerby's think the tree was nothing special.
The two walked into a gem lit tunnel. Once they reached the end deep under ground, a grand kingdom came into view. The city alone must have been larger in diameter then Goshinboku's trunk base. A massive castle was built in the middle of many wooden huts. Pixies weren't like fairies and lived in flowers. They were more advanced and paticularly smarter when it came to safety.
"Before I take you to my home, I'm going to take you to the village elder. She is the oldest and wisest, so she may have some idea as to what you are. Okay?" Inuyasha asked patiently.
"Sure, no problem." she answered.
They came up to one of huts closest to the tunnel. The simple structure had petals and other plants hanging to most likely dry to be made into herbal remedies or magical spells. Inuyasha tapped the door frame before lifting up the mat that served as a door and entering. Once inside, an old woman came into view. Her white hair hung inbetween her clear forest green wings in a single thick braid. Her dark green eyes focused on the pot of herbs boiling as she stirred. The old pixie's long ruffled dress spread around her form as she sat on a small stool.
"Hello again Inuyasha! What brings ye here?" her scratchy voice rang out.
"I need your wisdom on a very impotant subject." he stated bluntly.
Her dark eyes looked up to search out Inuyasha's gold.
"I would be glad to help ye. Now, what be yer question?" she inquired.
"This is my question." he paused moving aside to show Kagome to the old woman. "This is Kagome. She doesn't quiet know what she is. She told me that she was birthed from a rare white and pink rose. We need to find out what is her origin. Can you help, Kaede?"
Kaede thought for a moment.
"Come her child. Let me look ye over." she commanded Kagome kindly.
Kagome did as she was told. Kaede stood and studied Kagome's complete figure. After noting all her features, the old pixie returned to her seat.
"Child, there is nothing wrong with ye. I've only heard about a case like yours twice in my long life. Both were male though." the woman began.
"What happened to them? What were they?" Kagome asked, hoping to finally recieve an answer.
"One became a king. His name was Hiroshima. He was born from a blue rose and had no wings. Yet, he did after he risked his life for a fairy he fell in love with. He became king, for his power was far greater than others. As for the other male, he was called Jakotsu. He wandered, looking to find out what he was and why he was hated. He kept running into ungratefull fairies and was murdered." Kaede finished.
"So, does that mean I'll become a fairy?" Kagome questioned sadly.
"No, child. Ye become what yer heart desires, but only after ye complete a selfless act." came Kaede's answer.
"Thank you Kaede! We must be on our way. Father is probably going to be mad at me the way it is for not coming home last night. See ya later!" Inuyasha cut in.
"Ai, be on yer way. And ye be welcome. Nice to have met ye Kagome-sama!" Kaede waved them off.
"Nice to have met you as well lady Kaede! Bye!" Kagome yelled back as she followed in step behing Inuyasha.
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A/N: Okay! I'm gonna stop here for now. Hope you enjoy so far! Review please and tell me what you think. You may give some ideas as well and I might just use them and credit the name of whoever gives a great idea. Later!!