Okay, so like first attempt at an Inuyasha story...yup. Well, maybe not my first. This is the first Inuyasha fic I've posted here, I'm currently working on another as well that I have decided won't go up until I've finished it. Please R&R
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha...though I would be so loaded if I did. Lols.
Prolouge
The girl had come running into the village at the crack of dawn, dirt covered and hectic almost on the verge of insanity from her fright. The village priestesses came out of their huts, grabbing bows and medical supplies. A group of them went to the girl and took her into instant care. The dogs were cowaring at their chains, ears back, talis between their legs. Likewise the priestesses could feel the tension in the air. What had happened?
"Sister..." One of the priestesses began, her midnight hair spilling over her shoulder as she leaned down to her. Though the priestess herself was still very young she had a motherly preseance about her. The girl nodded, acknowledging her.
"Yes." She answered rather breathlessly.
"What happened to you?" Now that she was close she could tell that this girl was also a priestess, her bow had been snapped in half, but she still held it close to her.
"A fellow priestess and I were out in the woods, we had to gather herbs for a wounded man in our village...a demon...it just attacked us." She told her, tears welling up in her eyes.
"And what of the other priestess?" She asked, fear gripping her heart.
"He killed her." She said, bursting into tears once more. She gathered the girl close and stroked her head as she cried into her kimono, soaking it through.
"What is your name sister?" She asked her, still rocking her as she wept for her friend.
"Ta-Taka." She stuttered through her grief.
"I am Kikyou." She introduced herself. She held the child away from her and looked her in the eyes.
"I swear to you that I will find this demon and destroy him." She told her.
She stood, taking her own bow in hand. The girl seemed stunned and she had stopped her weeping to look up at her in what seemed to be awe.
"The one that bears...the Shikon no Tama?" She asked. Kikyou sighed but nodded.
"The same." She answered.
She turned back to the other priestesses. "Take her inside and guard her lest the demon attempt to track her down, I will take some of our sisters with me in search of the one who did this." The other priestesses bowed and helped the girl up, leading her into one of the huts.
"Wait! Lady Kiykou!" She turned and looked back at her. "He has white hair...and, and ears!" She told her. She nodded and bowed in thanks and then turned to her small squad of women and motioned for them to follow. They melted into the forest like shadows.