Prologue
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Kagome stood back near the edge of the hot spring. She looked over at the clearing, where Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were battling it out. Again. It seemed like at least once a week they would run into Sesshoumaru, Jaken, and Rin, and Sesshoumaru would always say something that would irritate Inuyasha and spur him into attacking. Couldn't they just grow up?
A small hand touched Kagome's. She looked down and saw Rin staring wide-eyed at the fight.
"Don't worry, Rin, Everything will be okay." She smiled at the little girl. Kagome cast a look over Rin's head to where Jaken was standing. "Weren't you supposed to keep her away from here, so she wouldn't see this?"
Jaken scowled at her and didn't reply.
Kagome sighed, and peered over at the fighting again. A sharp pain suddenly came from the center of Kagome's back. She felt herself falling forward from the force of whatever had struck her, but was caught before hitting the ground. Kagome's vision clouded, but she could hear Rin and Jaken struggling with their unknown assailants. She tried to cry out, to call for help, but her throat had gone dry. Kagome felt the object that had hit her being wrenched from her back, and then felt the rush of wind against her face just before she lost consciousness.
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Inuyasha swung his sword at Sesshoumaru again, and again cut nothing but the air. This was frustrating him to no end. "Can't you stop running and fight me?!"
Sesshoumaru just looked at him with his usual, emotionless face. "You have no talent to use that sword, nor do you deserve it. I would rather see it destroyed than in your hands."
Inuyasha opened his mouth angrily, ready to throw a nasty reply at Sesshoumaru, but the soft plunk in the spring made him glance over to where Kagome had been standing. Inuyasha froze. Gone. She was gone. And there was something long and thin floating in the lake. Ignoring his brother, Inuyasha made his way quickly to were she had been standing.
Smelling the air, Inuyasha could smell, Kagome, Rin, and Jaken. There was a faint smell of someone else, but it was too weak to tell who or what it was. He looked at the object in the water. He swore loudly as he picked it up. An arrow.
By now, Miroku, Sango, Shippou, and Sesshoumaru had all come over. "Inuyasha, what is it? Where's Kagome?" asked Sango.
Inuyasha growled low. He sniffed the point of the arrow and cursed. That was Kagome's blood. "She's gone. And so is the girl and that smelly little toad. Someone took them." But who, thought Inuyasha?
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Short, I know, but it is only the prologue after all. ^___^ You people are going to hate me after you read Part 1. LoL Authors perogotive. R/R please. ~_~
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Kagome stood back near the edge of the hot spring. She looked over at the clearing, where Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were battling it out. Again. It seemed like at least once a week they would run into Sesshoumaru, Jaken, and Rin, and Sesshoumaru would always say something that would irritate Inuyasha and spur him into attacking. Couldn't they just grow up?
A small hand touched Kagome's. She looked down and saw Rin staring wide-eyed at the fight.
"Don't worry, Rin, Everything will be okay." She smiled at the little girl. Kagome cast a look over Rin's head to where Jaken was standing. "Weren't you supposed to keep her away from here, so she wouldn't see this?"
Jaken scowled at her and didn't reply.
Kagome sighed, and peered over at the fighting again. A sharp pain suddenly came from the center of Kagome's back. She felt herself falling forward from the force of whatever had struck her, but was caught before hitting the ground. Kagome's vision clouded, but she could hear Rin and Jaken struggling with their unknown assailants. She tried to cry out, to call for help, but her throat had gone dry. Kagome felt the object that had hit her being wrenched from her back, and then felt the rush of wind against her face just before she lost consciousness.
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Inuyasha swung his sword at Sesshoumaru again, and again cut nothing but the air. This was frustrating him to no end. "Can't you stop running and fight me?!"
Sesshoumaru just looked at him with his usual, emotionless face. "You have no talent to use that sword, nor do you deserve it. I would rather see it destroyed than in your hands."
Inuyasha opened his mouth angrily, ready to throw a nasty reply at Sesshoumaru, but the soft plunk in the spring made him glance over to where Kagome had been standing. Inuyasha froze. Gone. She was gone. And there was something long and thin floating in the lake. Ignoring his brother, Inuyasha made his way quickly to were she had been standing.
Smelling the air, Inuyasha could smell, Kagome, Rin, and Jaken. There was a faint smell of someone else, but it was too weak to tell who or what it was. He looked at the object in the water. He swore loudly as he picked it up. An arrow.
By now, Miroku, Sango, Shippou, and Sesshoumaru had all come over. "Inuyasha, what is it? Where's Kagome?" asked Sango.
Inuyasha growled low. He sniffed the point of the arrow and cursed. That was Kagome's blood. "She's gone. And so is the girl and that smelly little toad. Someone took them." But who, thought Inuyasha?
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Short, I know, but it is only the prologue after all. ^___^ You people are going to hate me after you read Part 1. LoL Authors perogotive. R/R please. ~_~
