Alright you guys, I haven't written an Inuyasha story in a while especially since I've changed my account so...don't go to hard on me. I've worked very hard on this chapter and I sure hope you like it and be honest when your writing reviews, tell me what's wrong so that I can change it for future chapters, just don't kill me with hatred! Alright, get readin...
I do not own any of the Inuyasha characters, which is why I go to bed crying every night...they all belong to Rumiko Takahashi...except for Sora...she's mine...
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The Mixed Tape
Prolouge
The Girl of his Dreams
A female dog demon jumped angrily out of the trees smiling and laughing. There was something in her hand and she smiled as she looked at it. Immediately, thousands of arrows shot at her and noticing them, she was able to dodge every one of them. "That demon has the jewel! Don't let her get away!" She landed on the ground and looked back at the many humans who were running after her. In the dog demon's hand was the Shikon Jewel. She smiled back angrily at them.
"Don't be so pathetic, you stupid humans. You really think you can out power a demon!" The demon raised her hands into the air and dark clouds immediately formed above her making all the humans stop. The clouds began sheding lightning every where and a strong lightning bolt shot out directly and hit the demon. The lightning seemed to give the demon power, because the demon began to glow a deep purple and her eyes began to glow a dark crimson. The dog in her seemed to come out as she began to growl and snarl. Slowly the villagers seemed to step back at the strange sight they were seeing.
"Everyone, we need to leave! Run for shelter! Hurry!" One of the villagers said and immediately everyone ran back to the village. Slowly she transformed into her true nature, a dog demon. Her clothes slowly shredded as beautiful silver fur grew all over her body. Her two arms transformed into front legs and a tail poked out of her back end. The demon's face stretch and her nose popped out of her head. Her eyes stretched back and her fangs seemed to grow larger so that they stood out of her mouth. Drool immediately fell from her mouth as she raised her head and gave a powerful howl at the moon that seemed to echo through the clouds and shake the earth. The villagers stopped dead in their tracks as they looked back in fear at the demon. She started to bite playfully which made the villagers scream as she chuckled to herself and the villagers started back as fast as they could towards the village.
"Do you really think that you can out run a demon!?" The dog demon sprang as her feet never touched the ground as she began to catch up to the paniking villagers. A small boy tripped out of the pack and fell to his knees. He reluctantly shook his head trying to get the dust and rocks out of his hair. He slowly turned around and saw the enormous dog demon running straight for him. Closer and closer she got as the child was frozen in fear. One of the village elders stopped and ran back for the boy. The demon chuckled to herself as the old man finally grabbed the boy and cradled him in his arms. "You're mine!" The demon opened her jaws as she got within range. Immediately, an arrow shot out of the corner of her eye and hit directly on the demons shoulder, forcing the demon down and transforming back to her human form. A red blur jumped out of the trees, and without making himself noticable, carried the old man and child to safety. He smiled as he let them go and they started back towards the village. He heard the demon growl in pain as she got irritated.
"Sora!" He cried out jumping back to her. "Calm down, Sora."
"Inuyasha, get away from her, she's dangerous!" A voice called from behind him. Inuyasha turned and saw Kikyo with her bow still extended with a new arrow in position. "Now move, so that I can slay this demon."
"No, she's not really like this, she's my friend." Inuyasha heard the demon chuckle from behind him.
"Sadly the Sora you knew is no longer here, during this time of the month, she belongs to me!" Sora's claws sharpened as she leaped towards Inuyasha and she stabbed her claws into his shoulder. Inuyasha cried out in pain as he fell back. Sora stood silently and looked up at the priestess. "What are you waiting for, wench? If you're going to shoot me with that arrow, then do it." With a short flinch, Sora pulled out the arrow that was still stuck in her shoulder.
"Sora..." Inuyasha said painfully.
"Stay out of this, half-breed!" Sora snapped. "Are you taking a nap, shoot me already, so that you may run out of arrows and I can kill you!" Kikyo stood angrily ready to let go of the arrow but knew that if she did, Inuyasha would be in danger.
"Kikyo, don't do it..." Inuyasha said flinching in pain. "She's not...really like this..." Hearing this, Kikyo slowly lowered her bow.
"Wrong choice..." Sora said, leaping towards the priestess. Kikyo made no movement and stood and watched as the demon got closer to her. Inuyasha used all his strength to stand up and save the woman he loved.
"Kikyo!" Inuyasha cried out, jumping towards his crazed friend and knocking her out of the air. Inuyasha pinned the demon to the ground as she squirmed. Inuyasha used all the strength he had left to keep her down. "Sora, you have to listen to me! You need to snap out of it!"
"Stop right there, demons!" A voice said. Inuyasha looked up to see some of the villagers aiming arrows right at them.
"No, you don't understand, she's not really like this!" Inuyasha tried to explain. Sora finally regained her right arm and immediately threw her claw into Inuyasha's chest. Her hand pierced right through his skin. Inuyasha gasped for air as he passed out. Sora kicked him off of her and stood up with blood all over her hand and shirt. The villagers kept their aim on her with now shaky hands.
"Well..." Sora teased. The villagers were too scared to shoot their arrows. "That's what I thought, there's not a brave soul among you. You don't deserve to live another day!" Once more, Sora sprang towards them and Kikyo ran to Inuyasha's side.
"Inuyasha!" Kikyo cried. Sora started killing man after man until Kikyo finally had enough. She pulled the arrow back in her bow.
"Friend or not, you must be taken care of!" Kikyo let go and the arrow struck her heart. Sora fell to the ground gasping for air. Kikyo fell to her knees and looked over at Inuyasha who had finally started to gain some conciousness back. Inuyasha looked up and saw Sora on the ground.
"What...did you...do to her..." Inuyasha flinched in pain.
"She's not dead...I put her under a spell that will knock her out until I get her somewhere safe."
"She'll...be back to...her old self by...tomorrow..."
"Shhh..." Kikyo placed her finger gently over his mouth. "Get some rest, your wounds will take time to heal." Inuyasha smiled and gently closed his eyes.
"Take...care of her..." Inuyasha said painfully as he drifted off to sleep. Kikyo stood and turned to the villagers.
"Take Inuyasha back to the shrine, make sure that he's taken care of." Kikyo said handing the jewel back to one of the villagers.
"What about the other demon?" A villager said.
"I will take care of her..."
"Do you need someone to come with you?"
"No...I can handle it on my own. I can't risk anyone else's safety." Some of the village men picked Inuyasha up and began to carry him towards the village. Kikyo painfully picked up Sora and carried her off in the other direction. Inuyasha's eyes opened slowly and he watched as Kikyo carried off Sora.
"Take...care of her..." Inuyasha whispered. Kikyo struggled to hold Sora as she staggered through the rocks. She finally reached a small cavern where she had wanted to go all along. It was a cave distant enough to save the villagers, but close enough for her to find it. She laid the dog demon down on the ground and walked back outside.
"If Inuyasha is telling the truth, you'll be different in the morning." Kikyo closed her eyes and pulled her hands together in front of her. She started to mouth some sort of spell and a wall seemed to close up the cavern. With all her energy, she put the spell up to hold until morning and she made it go away. Finally, Kikyo collapsed and passed out.
the next morning
Footsteps were heard in the forests as a certain dog demon kept his ears and nose open. As always, Inuyasha followed his nose towards the scent of Kikyo and Sora. Inuyasha then smelled something that made him stop, it was the smell of blood. Human blood, Kikyo's blood. Inuyasha immediately darted towards the smell as it became stronger. Inuyasha slowed down when he saw the priestess on the ground still bleeding from the night before. "Kikyo!" Inuyasha fell to his knees and tried to prop her up. "Kikyo, can you hear me? Kikyo!" Inuyasha looked around for someone to help him, but no one was around. He soon realized there was some sort of wall that was covering the cavern nearby and he saw someone on the floor in there too. "Sora..." Inuyasha gasped. Inuyasha laid Kikyo down gently and stood up. He barely touched the wall, but it pushed him back. "Sora! Wake up, I need your help!" Hearing her name, Sora's little dog ears twitched, but she didn't move. "If anyone could help Kikyo, it'd be you, so wake up! Sora!!" Inuyasha screamed loudly making Sora jolt up and look around suddenly.
"What? Who? Where? Ow, my head..." Sora finally realized.
"Sora!" Inuyasha said happily. Sora tried to open her eyes.
"Inu...yasha...?" Sora grabbed her shoulder where blood still dripped. "Why am I...oh, not again..." Sora's head drooped low. "What have I done this time?" Sora looked down at her hands and shirt which were still drenched with human and demon blood.
"Sora, Kikyo's gonna die if you don't figure a way to get out of there..."
"Kikyo? Who's..."
"Sora, I need your help..." Sora stood up and tried to walk out of the cavern, but the wall pushed her back.
"What the...?" Sora gently placed her hands on the wall. She closed her eyes and concentrated hard, slowly the spell wore off and the wall dissappeared. "Good thing I was back to normal, the demon inside of me would've never thought about that."
"Can you help her?" Inuyasha asked hopeful.
"Can pigs fly?" Sora said laughing and then stopped. "Well actually, they can't, of course there was that..."
"Sora! This is no time for one of your deep thinking sessions, will you help Kikyo or not?"
"Of course I can, but it would be really kooky if pigs could fly, eh?" Inuyasha slapped his hand to his head. Sora knelt down beside Kikyo, laid her hands on her and concentrated hard. Slowly the wounds on Kikyo seemed to disappear and after a few seconds, Kikyo's eyes opened slowly.
"It's...you...?" Kikyo said recognizing the demon.
"In the flesh..." Sora stood up after realizing she was ok now.
"I told you she wasn't really like that..." Inuyasha said folding his arms.
"But she...attacked us..." Kikyo thought out loud.
"Yeah...about that..." Sora started as she stroked the back of her head apologetically. "I'm really sorry, I can't control my actions during a few days of the month and my full demon nature tends to come out and take over my body." Sora laughed.
"Kikyo, you need your rest, let me take you back to the village." Inuyasha said scooping the young priestess in his arms and walking towards the village with Sora following him silently. When they finally reached the village, Sora's head hung lower as the villagers stared at her in anger and in silence.
"Not again..." Sora said. Inuyasha glanced back at her sadly. Inuyasha laid Kikyo down on her bed in the shrine and then turned to Sora. He grabbed her hand and pulled her to the door.
"Come on..." Inuyasha said softly. Sora did as she was told trying not to get him upset she let herself be dragged by her weary dog demon friend. Slowly the two dog demons walked away from the village.
"Inu...yasha...?"
"Be quiet..." Inuyasha ordered and Sora immediately shut her mouth. She hated seeing Inuyasha upset and so she did as he asked. Suddenly, a sound came to Sora's attention and her ears tweaked.
"That sounds like...water?"
"I thought I told you to shut up, do you want to get spotted?" Inuyasha said looking at her and getting angry. Obediently, Sora clasped the hand that was free over her mouth to keep herself quiet. They walked for another mile before they finally got to a waterfall. It was one of the biggest waterfall she's ever seen, she stood in amazement as the sun made the water sparkle and shimmer. The water seemed to dance and swirl as it fell and every drop seemed to sing as it hit the water below. Sora had seen many waterfalls, but there was something about this one, something special about it. "I often come here to think and get away from everyone...Nobody knows about it, but me and you..." Inuyasha finally said breaking the silence.
"It's beautiful..." Inuyasha smiled at her as she continued to gaze at it. "but...why are you sharing your secret place with me?"
"You seemed to need some place to go and I'm offering this place." Sora smiled lovingly at him.
"Thank you for saving me last night, when everyone was trying to kill me..."
"I thought you said you couldn't..."
"I said, I couldn't control my body, I didn't say that I couldn't see and hear what everyone else was doing..." Inuyasha's face seemed to droop as he looked up at his favorite spot.
"Something wrong, you know you can always tell me anything..." Sora said with a hopeful gleam in her eye.
"It's nothing..."
"Nothing...? Oh please, I know you too well for you to look like that and it be nothing. What's wrong?"
"It's...Kikyo..." Sora's smile immediately turned.
"Really..." Sora looked at the ground sadly.
"The other day she asked me if I would turn human for her so that she could become a normal woman..."
"Well...are you...?"
"I don't know..."
"Do you want to become human?"
"No, I want to become a full demon..."
"Then she's asking to much of you..."
"But, I convinced myself that I would do anything for her...even if it risked my own dreams..." Sora seemed hurt, but just like any demon, she hid it from him...If...the person you loved asked you to turn human for him...would you do it?" Inuyasha looked at her, hoping to finally settle this...
"Heck no, if he doesn't love me exactly the way I am, then I'm out." Sora said in a funny, snappy way.
"She's the only person I've ever loved..." This made Sora's heart sink.
"Look...Inuyasha...if she doesn't love you for yourself, then she has no business gaining your attention..."
"But still..." Ignoring him, Sora walked over to the river that poured from the waterfall, sat down and stuck her feet in it. She looked up at Inuyasha and patted the ground beside her. After a moment's hesitation, Inuyasha sat next to her and for the first time in her life, she saw him with a helpless expression.
"Inuyasha, I hate seeing you like this...If you love her that much then maybe you should turn human, but...you'll lose all your hopes and dreams in the process. If you really love her, then you'll be ok with that." Inuyasha looked up at his friend and smiled and Sora smiled back. "Trust me, I know these things...See now isn't talking like this a lot better when your not all hard headed and stuffy?" Inuyasha didn't answer, instead he threw himself back on the ground and looked up at the sky. Sora smiled at him for a moment and then looked down in the water. "Inu...yasha...can I ask you something...?"
"What is it?" Sora blushed deeply.
"Have you ever...thought...that you and me...could..." Inuyasha looked at her strangely. Sora was cut off by a scream. The two sat up suddenly and Inuyasha stood up.
"That was Kikyo!" Inuyasha sprang back towards the village and Sora sighed as she looked back into the water sadly. Inuyasha ran as fast as he could towards the village and when he finally got there, he saw a huge demon with Kikyo in his hand. "Kikyo!!" Inuyasha claws sharpened immediately. "You let her go, you stupid demon! Iron Rever Soul Stealer!" Inuyasha's claws ran from head to toe and sawed him completely in half. Kikyo fell into Inuyasha's arms and off in the distance was Sora.
"He really does love her..." A tear rolled down her face as she tried to hide herself. "I have to do something before that stupid human messes up his entire life..." Sora ran off into the woods. "When she's gone, then I'll tell Inuyasha how I feel and we can be together forever..."
the next morning
Sora ran up near the tree and looked around with a gleam of hope in her eyes. "Inuyasha!" She called out. "Where are you?" She saw someone standing on top of a hill. "Is that...Kikyo...?"
"Inuyasha!!" An arrow shot out of Kikyo's bow and landed right in Inuyasha's chest pinning him to the Sacred Tree. The Shikon Jewel fell from Inuyasha grasp and it fell to the ground.
"Inuyasha!!!" Sora cried as she ran towards the Sacred Tree with Inuyasha now attached to it.
"Kikyo...I thought..."
"I told you I'd take care of her for you..." said a voice from behind Sora forcing her to stop. She looked behind her and a tall demon with long black hair looked at her smiling.
"I asked you to get Kikyo away from the village, not kill Inuyasha..." Tears streamed down her face.
"But I am taking Kikyo away from the village, you see, she's dying..." The black haired man said smiling.
"Inuyasha!!!" Sora tore from the man's grasp and started running towards Inuyasha.
"I'm done with you...for now..." The man said as he swung his hand across towards the girl and his finger nails grew and slashed at Sora. Sora gasped for air as his nails pierced through her skin.
"Inuyasha...I-I'm sorry..." Sora fell down lifeless. Inuyasha watched as Sora fell to the ground. He tried to speak but for some reason he couldn't. Finally, Inuyasha's head dropped and Kikyo staggered to where the Sacred Jewel fell and she dropped to one knee.
"Sister Kikyo..." Kaede said as she fell to her sister's feet.
"Kaede, take this jewel and burn it with my body...I will take it with to the other world...so that no evil ever taints it again..." Kikyo clenched the jewel in pain and her lifeless body fell to the ground.
"Sister Kikyo!!!!" Kaede screamed.
"That was the last I saw of Inuyasha, the great half-demon that I had the great privilege of knowing. I don't know if he's still alive or not...but one day I'll find him...I swore to him...One day, Inuyasha, I will find you..."
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Well what did you guys think? Pretty cool huh? Sorry it was kinda slow, I had to write this part first or else nothing else afterwards will make any sense...Please review, I need the encouragement...If I get enough reviews I'll keep updating, but even then It'll take me a while to update because this story takes a lot of thinking and patiece which I have little of unfortunately and school just makes it worse. I sure hope you guys liked it!
-fullmetaldemon
Chapter 1:
The Girl Seen Through His Eyes
Inuyasha can't get that moment out of his head and blames it all on himself.
All the quietness gets Kagome and the others a little worried.
But when a girl gets injured, Inuyasha spaces out more.
Can Kagome stop him before he falls for her again?
Or will the love triangle grow bigger?