"Kira!"
The raven-haired girl looked up from the rice she was putting in a basket, to see her friend running towards her. "What?"
Suki reached her saying, "Shouldn't you be heading back to your house? It'll take you a while to get there."
Kira laughed. "I don't have to be there till dark."
Suki shuddered. "Yeah, but didn't your dad say to get home as soon as you could? Inuyasha-sama is scary when he's angry."
"My mom can take care of him."
"Yeah, I guess so. Kagome-sama is my hero. She's always able to calm your dad down with her strong will."
"And threatening him with the 'sit' command doesn't hurt either."
Both girls giggled.
Kira sighed. "But you're probably right, I do need to be heading home now. I'll see you tommorow Suki!" She grabbed her basket and ran off, waving.
"Bye Kira!" Suki shouted after her.
"Was that Kira-sama?" Takida popped up behind Suki.
"Uh, maybe..." Suki stuttered, not wanting to betray her friend to the slime-ball. He had been pursuing Kira for months, trying to woo her. Kira always answered him with a slap across the face and some harsh words to go with it. She really did not like Takida.
"I must follow her, for she will be my bride someday!" Takida was about to sprint after Kira, but Suki tripped him.
"Leave Kira alone! She doesn't like you, and neither do I!" she said, knocking him out with her wooden geta.
Kira whistled to herself, gazing at the small meadow to her right. The Sumire violets were blooming, and a few small butterflies were flitting about. Up ahead, the view became noticeably less beautiful, where a rocky range of small mountains and forests loomed. The only path through it was small, and only allowed for two travelers at the same time. But this was the way Kira had to go. The village lay beyond the small mountains, and slightly apart and beyond the village lay her home.
As she got closer, Kira adjusted the basket of rice on her back and touched her small furry ears on top of her head - a nervous habit. Everyone said she looked like her mother, Kagome, with her dark hair and bangs, but she had her father's dog-demon blood in her as well. She had inherited Inuyasha's dog-ears, but instead of being white like his, hers were black, like her hair.
She also had his claw-like nails, which could be lethal weapons with her personalized Sankon Tesso and Hijin Kesso, and highly developed senses and speed.
About halfway through the mountain range, Kira's ears twitched. She stopped abruptly, sniffing the air around her. A demon was nearby, and Kira heard it racing towards her through the trees.
She turned to her left, just in time to see a giant lizard-like demon burst through the tree fringe. It barreled into her, knocking her against the rock face behind her.
Kira recovered quickly, and dropping her rice basket, she side-stepped to avoid the demon's giant swishing tail. She sprang into the air, slashing with her claws, and yelling, "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!"
The lizard-demon was torn apart by her attack, instantly killing it. But as the halves tumbled to the ground, the tail whipped into the air, catching Kira's leg with it's sharp barb it threw her against the mountain side. She slid to the ground.
Kira winced at the red wound on her leg. It would heal quickly, but she hated to think how her father would react when he saw it.
"Hey, you! What the **** gives?"
A tall, well-built, man was standing by the lizard-demon pieces. His arms were crossed, but one hand held a large sword. He smelled like a wolf-demon.
"Excuse me?" Kira said.
"Are you the one who killed this demon?"
Kira looked at the slain yokai as if seeing it for the first time. "Uh, yeah."
"That demon was MY quarry. And you just butt in here and kill it! Who do you think you are?" He strode over to her, and since Kira was sitting, she suddenly found herself looking up into the face of a very angry man.
"Uh, he almost killed me." Kira's tongue seemed to be lost at the moment.
"So?" The man stared coldly down at her.
All of the sudden, Kira found her tongue, and got very, very mad.
"So? So, I had to defend myself! If I hadn't done anything, I'd be dead right now! What's your problem?"
Something in the man's expression faltered, and he blinked, stuttering, "Well, I was hunting it, and you - you killed it, but I was going to-"
"I don't care about your lame excuses, it's your "I-rule-the-world" attitude that ticks me off! I killed the demon, get over it!"
She tried to stand up to shout at him better, but when she put her weight on her wounded leg, an intense and agonizing pain shot through her.
Kira fell back to the ground with a gasp.
"What's the matter with you?" The man asked, still irritated.
"When I killed YOUR demon, it's tail smashed me against this rock. I think it broke my leg, but I didn't notice it until now." Kira said, after examining her leg
He sniggered. "How can you not notice a broken leg?"
She glared at him. "Maybe it's because a certain wolf-boy was distracting me with his bad attitude!"
That stopped him laughing. He sighed in resignation, and squatted down to Kira's level. "Here, let me look at it,"
Kira jerked back from him. "Thanks, but no thanks. I've got to get home, if you don't mind." She hauled herself up, using the rocks behind her as a support.
"Hey, what are you doing? You can't walk on that leg!"
"Don't tell me what to do! I can and I will! I have to get this rice home before dark." Kira shouldered the basket and braced herself. She held her head high and stepped down on her wounded leg - and promptly collapsed with a cry of pain.
Aykono shook his head. "I told you so. Sheesh, you're so dumb."
When Kira didn't answer, he bent down and shook her shoulder. "Hey, you ok?"
Her eyes were closed, and even after he shook her harder, she didn't respond.
Aykono groaned. "Oh great, she knocked herself out with the pain. I gotta get her off this path."
Emily, Tzarmina of Tokyo: hey guys! this is the first chapter of my absolutely first fanfic ever! eeee! oops, pardon my fangirl shriek, but i am very very excited! so, in case you haven't noticed it's a story about Kagome and Inuyasha's daughter Kira, and - oops, i can't tell you who Aykono is, but you may have guessed who he is already. i've been wanting to write this for a long time, so i'll try to write the chapters as fast as i can.
Aykono: Hey, why did you put asterisks in my opening line?
ETT: because you swore.
A: So?
ETT: i don't allow swearing in my stories.
A: It's the way I talk!
ETT: it's not a very nice way to talk...
Kira: Aykono! You behave youself and listen to our author!
ETT: oh ya, i'm the author... *ahem* so, Aykono, stop swearing in my stories! that's the end of this.
A: No, it's not!
ETT: "If you wanna be somebody, if you wanna go somewhere, you better shut up and pay attention!"
A: What's that supposed to mean, Sister Mary Clarence?
ETT: if you wanna stay in the story, shut up and stop swearing!
A: You can't take me out of the story!
ETT: yes i can
A: You wouldn't dare...
ETT: oh really? then why is my finger hovering over the DELETE button, huh?
A: Ok, ok! I'll be good! *runs off quickly*
K: You were bluffing, weren't you?
ETT: duh. i can't take him out of the story. *adds quickly,* but don't tell HIM that.
K: I wouldn't dream of it. *laughs*
I don't own Inuyasha or Kagome or Sankon Tesso or Hijin Kesso or Iron Reaver Soul Stealer. Rumiko Takahashi is the brilliant mind behind those things.
The only things I own are Kira, Aykono, Suki and Takida. And this story!
Review if you don't want to be attacked my fluffy black cat minions from Tokyo! Just kidding... Or am I?