A/n: OMG! I'm so sorry to all my readers who have read my other story Shadow Hyrule, but I've had a really bad writer's block on it. This story came to me though so I hope you like it. It's only my second fanfiction so...yeah XD
Disclaimer: I am doing this ONCE so hear goes. I do not own Inuyasha or anything associated with it. They belong to Rumiko Takahashi. Though i wish I owned Sesshy! -cryface- But i DO own Akako and Medari :D
Hiding from this wretched hanyou that was chasing after me was NOT sitting well with me at the moment. One, I had no weapons. Zippo. Nada. Two, I had no idea why the hell he was chasing me in the first place! Apparently I had gotten to close to his "Kagome", whatever the hell that was. So now I was running for my life to find a suitable weapon to turn around and kick his ass with. Trees flew past in a blur as I ran onward and sometimes I was thankful I was a youkai. If I was a human and going at this rate of speed, I would have already been smashed flat against a tree. Nothing bad against humans, I was one of the few youkai who could actually stand humans and not have a bad thing to say about them. Well, except for the fact that they actually DID stink quite a bit.
Finally reaching my hideaway where my weapons were stored I decided on my favorite katana which I had affectionately nicknamed Oriyuu. Laugh all you want but this sword was deadly. Not that I really had time to be thinking of this because I heard that damn hanyou yelling. Again. "Get out here you wench!" he shouted furiously. 'Ahaha yeah. Right. You asked for it buddy', I thought to myself with an evil smirk. Stepping out into the open I raised my hands in what seemed like surrender. "Before you kill me, may I at least know my killer's name?" I asked sickly sweet. I watched as he gave me a 'Is she crazy?' look but I ignored it. For now.
"Keh, the name's Inuyasha, a name you'll be taking to the grave with ya! Kaze no Kizu!" he shouted. 'Inuyasha? Now where have I heard that name before?' I thought as I automatically jumped high into the air and ducking as the hanyou came up trying to slice my head off. I hadn't even bothered to unsheathe Oriyuu yet. What was the point when this hanyou was being so reckless that I could take him out in less than a minute if I so chose to? This guy was getting nowhere in his one-sided fight with me. My patience was wearing thin, as I had somewhere to be right now and instead I was wasting time fooling with a hanyou whelp.
"I'm so sorry to cut this little 'fight' of yours short, Inuyasha, but I'm needed elsewhere at the moment so goodbye," I stated coldly as I unleashed one of Oriyuu's lesser attacks," Kaji no Kirei!" I leaped high into the air as I released the attack and watched as Inuyasha was consumed by the beautiful flames, though I knew they weren't permanent or even fatal for that matter. Breaking off into a sprint as I touched down to land I laughed as I could still clearly hear his cursing me for escaping him. Such an odd hanyou. Now back to the well and Edo.
I arrived in Edo about two hours later, if my calculation of the sun's position in the sky was correct. Not that it really mattered. As per usual the villagers ran screaming at the tops of their lungs the moment they saw me until one of the 'warriors' recognized me. "Ahh it's you Akako! CALM DOWN EVERYONE! IT IS ONLY LADY AKAKO!" he yelled so the rest of them could hear. They finally settled down and the children who had been hiding behind their mothers came forth and ran to me to give me hugs. Ah such was the norm for this village. Now where in the Kami knows where is Kaede? And feeling stupid for only asking that in my head, I turned to the nearest child," Excuse me, but do you know where Lady Kaede is?" The boy nodded and proceeded to drag me off til we were outside her hut. "Thank you little one," I smiled thankfully and patted him on the head as he just smiled in reply and ran off to join his friends.
Walking into the hut I was not surprised to see Kaede concocting yet ANOTHER herbal mixture of hers. Honestly does she never tire of doing that? Mixing herbs in all her old age? Well old age as far as humans were concerned. "At it again, are we old friend?""Indeed, Akako, ye know me so well!" she smiled a toothy grin as she set down the bowl and clasped her hands in her lap, "but what brings ye here?" And so I explained to her about Medari, a young traveling companion I had, and her current condition. Thankfully Kaede new just what to do about this.
I left her hut after giving her a warm hug and was almost at the edge of the village when I heard the villagers gasp, some in delight. Unfortunately for me, I had no time to look because something, or someone rather, slammed into me. Backflipping and landing perfectly on my feet, I glared at my attacker. I was surprised to see Inuyasha, and even more surprised to see a miko, taijiya, monk, fire neko, and young kitsune demon with him. "Why you wench! What the hell do you think you're doing here!" Inuyasha hollered. Well damn, you'd think the guy thought I was deaf. However, I ignored him completely and jumped over him to stand in front of his friends.
"Please tell me yoru little friend here isn't always like this?" I asked them. I stood there taking in their appearances. The miko wore strange clothes: a short green skirt, white blouse with a red tie thing and green over her shoulders too. Her hair was black and her eyes were brown and she wore funny shoes with white socks. The taijiya wore her youkai slaying outfit, it was black andk pinkish red with a wakezashi in the belt. She also had a giant boomerang on her back. The monk wore a purple robe and had a glove-like part over his right hand with prayer beads. He also held a staff with him. All three were staring at me though the miko had for some reason decided to come closer. I raised and eyebrow but made no further movement and continued to examine the little group. The fire neko seemed to have a special bond to the taijiya and the kitsune seemed to have a special bond with the miko.
"So you're who Inuyasha was fighting earlier and who set him on fire? Thanks! Anyway, my name is Kagome, my friends are Sango the Demon Slayer, Miroku the Perverted Monk (HEY!-Miroku), Kirara the Two-Tailed Fire Cat, and Shippou the Fox Demon," she grinned as she infromed me of who they were. Such a peculiar group they were. They seemed nice enough though. Except for that annoying hanyou brat Inuyasha. As it was, I nodded my head in acknowledgement to show that I heard her. Knowing her next question would be what my name was, I answered her in one word. "Akako." I heard Inuyasha come up behind me and then splutter as I revealed my name. "Akako? But thats impossible! Well not really but I didn't think I would actually meet you! You're the demoness who got rid of those huge demons in the north!" he exclaimed with wide eyes. Instead of really answering him I gave a short nod and sighed inaudibly. It seemed that many had heard of my accomplishments in the north.
"Indeed, but I must go now. See you around Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Kirara, Shippou, and Miroku," I said with little to no emotion as I walked away. I had to get to Medari. She was a two-tailed neko like Kirara but she was a darkness neko. While Kirara was cream-colored with orange fire, Medari was black and had blood red flames. I missed my little friend dearly and I knew she needed this medicine that Kaede had kindly fixed up for me.
Twenty minutes later found me at where I had stowed Medari away to keep her safe. "Medari?" I called out quietly. No answer. Not that I had expected an answer but she should have at least mewled or something, right? Something felt a bit off though, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. This cave I had stowed her in was pretty deep though. Worried that something had happened to her, I unblocked my senses and flared my aura to see if anyone was there. And someone was there. I just didn't know who. I cautiously stepped further into the cave and went in far enough to see the shadow of flames dancing on the far wall with Medari curled comfortably in the corner. But I hadn't set a fire. So who had? "Who are you and what are you doing here?" asked a voice as cold as ice, making my eyes widen in almost fear as I turned around and recognized the person in front of me.
A/N: If you guys see errors in punctuation or a "c" missing in some words, please inform me! the "c" key on my laptop came off so i have to press the little thingy to get it to type the letter. Sorry for mistakes! please hit the review button but pleeeaasse no flames. They hurt. DX