What Does Not Kill You Only Makes You Stronger
Disclaimer: We do not own InuYasha.
Chapter One: The Boy
The forest came into view as the fog dissipated. I looked around to see if the guy I had ran into was still following. I never even got his name.
I had found him pinned to a tree with an arrow through his heart. He had white dog ears and long beautiful silver hair. Something about him had drawn me to him. That was why I pulled the blasted arrow from his chest. I wanted to see what we would look like if he wasn't asleep and pinned to a tree. What I got was a mangy, rude, ungrateful half-demon.
I shivered as the fresh memory came to mind.
oOo Flashback oOo
I stumbled out of the well and looked wildly around me.
Where the hell am I? Where are Grandpa and Souta? Am I even in the same town or city?
"Grandpa? Stop playing around! Where are you?" I yelled and started walking around and looking behind the strange looking bushes and trees that I had never seen before.
I screamed and jerked my hand back from a snake that crawled out of an especially creepy plant. It looked up at me and flicked its tongue at me. Smelling me, I shivered, but kept my control in check.
Snakes only attack movement. One false move and I could be a goner. I really, really don't want to die from a poisonous snake bite.
The snake continued on its way and I let my breath out. I had been holding it the entire time. I absolutely hated snakes. They were gross and vile. The way they slithered their scaly body's across the surface of the earth. Ugh. Disgusting.
I looked around and a tall tree caught my eye.
"The tree!" I exclaimed. It was the tree that had been on my family's shrine for god knows how long.
I would know where I was if only I could get to the tree. Maybe Grandpa and Souta are waiting for me there.
I ran towards the tree and passed insects and strange animals that were larger then what I remembered them to be. Some of the bugs I remember were ten times their normal size. It gave me the royal creeps.
I yelped when something grabbed my arm and spun me around. I screamed when I saw two fangs come towards me. I pushed my hand in front of me and watched the thing flee from me. I gasped for air and panted heavily.
"What was that?" I asked myself.
I put a hand over my heart and looked up. I was at the tree. I was home.
I ran my eyes down the tree and they fell upon a boy in a red costume of some sort. I gasped and took a step back, tripping over something that hissed and shrieked as it ran away. I screamed and got back to my feet. I ran to the boy.
Maybe he can help me if I wake him up. Maybe he can get me out of this hellhole. I want to go home. I want to see Grandpa and Souta. I want my mom.
I grasped the boy's kimono (if that's what you call it) and roughly shook him. He didn't wake. I frowned and noticed, then, that he had an arrow sticking out of his chest. I shrieked in terror and fell backwards. I landed on the hard earth and stared up at the boy.
Was the boy dead? Did I hurt him even more by shaking him? Was he already dead before I shook him? Who killed him? Was it that fang person? Did it kill the boy? What am I to do?
"Oh god," I whispered as I got back on my feet and stared closely at the arrow. It wasn't fake and it wasn't just in by an inch. It went all the way through him.
"I have to help him," I mumbled to myself and walked back up to him.
I grabbed a hold of the arrow and looked at the boy, praying to god that he wouldn't wake up and scare the crap out of me. That was just my luck to get scared and jam the arrow further through him.
My hand grasped the arrow as I cautiously watched the boy. He seemed to still be asleep, but I wasn't sure. It was difficult to determine when his chest wasn't moving and his skin was cold to the touch.
Well, I can't just leave him out here to die. But what if he's already dead?
My hand began to shake as the thought swam around in my head. I closed my eyes and tried to push the thought away. I tried my best to focus on the arrow and pulling it from the boy's body.
"One," my heartbeat quickened, "two," I could now feel my blood rushing through my veins, "three!" I felt my pulse pound in my head as I yanked the arrow from the boy's chest as hard as I could.
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Well, that was chapter one. I really, really hope you guys liked it. It took me and my friend a while to think of it, but I think it's done its justice. Don't you think? Oh by the way, just in case I didn't mention this, this story is by Dee Zuki and Kikyohater90 combined to be known as KikyoHaterz. Obviously we don't like Kikyo. Sorry, just had to let you know what was up. I didn't want to leave you hanging and wonder why the heck it says "we" in some places throughout our story. Well, please send us your oh-so wonderful reviews. We love them you know. Cookies for all who read. Thanks and love yas.