A note to readers. Inu-Yasha: The Fallen Goddess takes place in the manga,
after Inu-Yasha's fight with Kikyo's body of Earth and Bones, and her soul
of hatred. I have changed a few things, because as you know the Goddess is
not supposed to be there and it would be plagiarism. Enjoy, this is my
first Fan Fiction story.
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Inu-Yasha: The Fallen Goddess
Chapter One: Lost, Found, and Confused.
"Urgh... Oh my head."
She rises from the small bed she was sleeping in. She sat there for a few minutes, waiting for the pain in her head to calm down. Her eyes started to come into focus, and she looked around.
"This isn't band class. Where am I?"
Her heartbeat started to speed up. She threw off the blanket, "These aren't my clothes!"
Her heart started to pump faster. She got up, ran to the door, open it, and ran out. She ran as fast as she could. Hoping she could wake up from this dream, and everything would be okay. She tripped on a stone and fell hitting her head hard. She felt her head; it was bleeding, but she didn't care. She now new this was no dream. She heard voices behind her. It sounded like people rushing towards her yelling, "Demon!!"
Sure enough the people from the village that she was trying to run from, were now chasing her. This scared her more. She felt trapped, and the only way to leave was to run, run away. She got up and started to run again, but then she notices that her feet were no longer hitting the ground, but instead she was flying a few feet above the ground. She turned her head, and to her surprise saw gray, dragon like wings carrying her across the grass. Then all of a sudden, Bang! She hit something...
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She heard the faint sounds of water splash. Then heard a scream and then loud voices. She couldn't make out what they were saying. She opened her eyes to see the starry skies above. She sat up and touched her head; it was bandaged. She looked around to see a boy with dog-like ears mumbling and a bump on his head. He didn't seem to notice she was up. She noticed a little fox-like creature come running up to her.
"She's up! She's up!" he yelled, and jumped into her lap.
She didn't move, but stared at the little fox, confused. She heard someone get out of water somewhere nearby, and the dog-like boy snort. A young girl, with a green colored uniform, and wet, black hair appeared from the forest around them.
"Who are you people?" the girl whispered.
The young girl stopped in her tracks and said, "I'm Kagome, this is Inu- Yasha, and that little guy on your lap is Shippo. What's your name?" She picked Shippo up and placed him next to her on the ground.
'My name?' she thought. For an odd reason the name 'Raven' came to mind.
"My name is Raven."
Kagome started to brush her hair. "That's an unusual name." Shippo said, thinking aloud.
Raven looked over at Shippo, to Kagome, and finally to Inu-Yasha. Feeling an odd aura around him she asked, "Inu-Yasha, are you... demon?"
Inu-Yasha looked at her. "I've heard stories that the most powerful demons, are the ones in human form. I was just wondering. Is Shippo one, too?"
Kagome started to speck, but Inu-Yasha spoke first, "No, I'm not demon. I'm only half demon, and Shippo is demon."
There was silence before Raven spoke in a quiet voice. "It must be hard to be half." Inu-Yasha snorted, "What could a human, like you, understand anything about me."
Raven looked down at the blanket around her, feeling sorry she said anything. The fact is, she some how knew how it felt to be torn two ways.
She thought about what Inu-Yasha said. The word 'human' seemed to have made her a bit mad. She sure didn't feel human. 'But am I human? Or something else?' she thought. She didn't know why, but then she remembered the gray, dragon-like wings on her back, and those villagers calling her 'demon'. She turned her head to the side to look. Nothing was there, and even the clothes she was wearing were now different. She was getting even more confused. 'How did I get here? Why am I with demons? Is this Earth?' she asked her self.
"Raven, would you like to take a dip in the hot spring?" Raven looked at Kagome, breaking her thoughts. "Yeah, sure."
Kagome lead her to the nearby spring. Raven looked back behind her to make sure Inu-Yasha or Shippo had not followed. Kagome seemed to know what she was thinking, "Inu-Yasha won't look, I'll sit him if he does, I promise, and Shippo is just a little boy."
Raven smiled with relief, and got undressed. She didn't know what she meant by '...I'll sit him if he does...'. She stepped into the spring feeling much better. Kagome sat nearby, still brushing her hair. Raven felt relaxed for the first time. She closed her eyes to take deep breath, and open them only to see something on the other end of the spring of someone's shadow disappear. She tensed up hoping that whatever it was would just be her imagination.
After a few minutes she didn't see anything more and relaxed for a little while longer. "Kagome, your not from time are you?" Raven asked, turning around to look at Kagome.
"No. I came here through a well. Um... What were you running from?" She replied.
This question hit Raven like a hard rock. "I don't know. I just woke up in a strange place. I got scared and ran from those villagers calling me 'demon'. I don't remember anything before that. Like someone took my memories, or hide them from me. I'm not from this time either, and all I want is to go home." Raven said quietly, holding back the tears.
"I wonder why those villagers would call you demon. Inu-Yasha said you smelled like a human. "
"What is Inu-Yasha? I know he's a demon, but what type?"
Kagome seemed to take a little time answering. "He's a dog-demon. He may look demon, but he's got the heart, and soul of a human."
Raven got out of the spring, and grabbed the towel that was near by. "Are there more demons?"
"Yes. A lot more." Kagome replied nervously.
"Is this Earth?" she asked again. Kagome gave her a questionable look and then replied with a nodded, yes.
Raven now had more of her questions answered, but she still felt confused, scared, and lost. Yet, she like how quiet and peaceful it was. She thought about the good side, instead of the bad side. She thought about having no more school, no nagging mom, no annoying little brother, and she could start a whole new life that she was always afraid to do, since she was always a good girl. Kagome realized she was smiling, and asked her what's up, but she just replied with a nothing. Kagome lend her a pair of her pajamas when they got back to camp, and she changed in the bushes nearby. They fit perfectly. It was getting late; she lay down under a blanket on the ground, and watched the stars fade away.
She was waken by Kagome's voice, "Raven get up. We've got to get going."
Raven got up, changed to into her fresh, clean clothes, folded her blanket, and put it inside Kagome's bag. "Kagome." She started trying to find the right words to say. "Uh... Thank you."
Kagome looked up and smiled, "Your welcome." She helped pack up Kagome's bag before she asked any more questions.
"Does this mean I'm stuck with you?" she asked, "I'm not trying to be rude or anything. It's just that, I must have been a burden for you over the last few days of me being unconscious. I mean with Kikyo and all."
There was a bit of silence before anyone talked. "How do you know about Kikyo?" Inu-Yasha asked, who now seemed to have been listening to their conversation.
"I-I-I..." Raven started. Inu-Yasha jumped down from the tree he was sitting in, and was ready to fight Raven with his claws. Inu-Yasha walked closer to her. "Tell me how you know about Kikyo!!" Inu-Yasha's face getting more angrier then usual and was about to grab Raven, but Kagome yelled, "SIT!!"
Inu-Yasha fell straight to the ground. Raven now catching her breath, fell to her knees feeling beaten. She now know what she meant by 'sitting' him.
"What'd you do that for, wench?!" Inu-Yasha shouted into Kagome's face.
"You were about the hurt her!!" Kagome shouted back.
Inu-Yasha's arms dropped to his sides, his jaw dropped open, and his pupils got very small. "I wasn't going to hurt her!!" Inu-Yasha exclaimed.
"Here they go again." Shippo sighed, as they started to shout back and forth at each other. Raven sat for a moment listening to them argue, then said in a quiet voice said, "I was... listening."
Kagome and Inu-Yasha stop arguing, and stared at her. "How could you be listening if you were unconscious?" Kagome asked.
Raven tried to think of an answer. "I don't know. Somehow I was conscious through the whole thing, but I couldn't move. All I could do was listen, and think."
Shippo had a confused face. "What did you hear?" Inu-Yasha's face seemed to get a gentle, sad look.
"From when you started to call Kikyo's name, to when you couldn't save her." Raven said gently, trying to sound innocent.
There was more silence as they packed the last of their things. Inu-Yasha seemed to be in deep thought, and Kagome didn't seem to know what to say. Raven couldn't stand the silence, but she didn't want to say more. She didn't want to mess with Inu-Yasha's emotions or feels, and she had felt guilty making him think of her. She had a feeling that Inu-Yasha loved her, but most of all, she didn't like how Kagome had saved her. She rather died, than knowing that she was saved by a girl who looked like she was never in a really fight. She was having a bad start with this trio. Her only thought was that should leave when her chance came.
They were finally all packed up. Shippo jumped into the basket in front of the bike, Inu-Yasha put the heavy bag on the back of the bike, and Kagome started to lead the way. Inu-Yasha followed, and asked, "Are you coming, Raven?"
Raven was shocked to heard Inu-Yasha ask her. 'Is he still mad at me? Or has he forgiving me?' she thought. Raven thought about it for a few seconds. Some instincts told her not to, but they were always wrong. So she decided to follow, but behind everyone else.
They walked for a while longer. Inu-Yasha and Kagome were talking about some 'Shikon Jewel shards', while Raven regretted what she had said. They followed the winding trail, until they got to a cliff ledge.
"Inu-Yasha, she not a bad person! All she wants is to find a way home!" she heard Kagome yell at Inu-Yasha.
"How do you know she doesn't want the shards?!" Inu-Yasha continued.
She knew they were talking about her. Inu-Yasha seemed to be flustered, he stopped abruptly looking at Raven, but she knew he wanted to say more. They walked in silence on the ledge until they heard a rumbling sound from the cliffs above them.
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Inu-Yasha: The Fallen Goddess
Chapter One: Lost, Found, and Confused.
"Urgh... Oh my head."
She rises from the small bed she was sleeping in. She sat there for a few minutes, waiting for the pain in her head to calm down. Her eyes started to come into focus, and she looked around.
"This isn't band class. Where am I?"
Her heartbeat started to speed up. She threw off the blanket, "These aren't my clothes!"
Her heart started to pump faster. She got up, ran to the door, open it, and ran out. She ran as fast as she could. Hoping she could wake up from this dream, and everything would be okay. She tripped on a stone and fell hitting her head hard. She felt her head; it was bleeding, but she didn't care. She now new this was no dream. She heard voices behind her. It sounded like people rushing towards her yelling, "Demon!!"
Sure enough the people from the village that she was trying to run from, were now chasing her. This scared her more. She felt trapped, and the only way to leave was to run, run away. She got up and started to run again, but then she notices that her feet were no longer hitting the ground, but instead she was flying a few feet above the ground. She turned her head, and to her surprise saw gray, dragon like wings carrying her across the grass. Then all of a sudden, Bang! She hit something...
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She heard the faint sounds of water splash. Then heard a scream and then loud voices. She couldn't make out what they were saying. She opened her eyes to see the starry skies above. She sat up and touched her head; it was bandaged. She looked around to see a boy with dog-like ears mumbling and a bump on his head. He didn't seem to notice she was up. She noticed a little fox-like creature come running up to her.
"She's up! She's up!" he yelled, and jumped into her lap.
She didn't move, but stared at the little fox, confused. She heard someone get out of water somewhere nearby, and the dog-like boy snort. A young girl, with a green colored uniform, and wet, black hair appeared from the forest around them.
"Who are you people?" the girl whispered.
The young girl stopped in her tracks and said, "I'm Kagome, this is Inu- Yasha, and that little guy on your lap is Shippo. What's your name?" She picked Shippo up and placed him next to her on the ground.
'My name?' she thought. For an odd reason the name 'Raven' came to mind.
"My name is Raven."
Kagome started to brush her hair. "That's an unusual name." Shippo said, thinking aloud.
Raven looked over at Shippo, to Kagome, and finally to Inu-Yasha. Feeling an odd aura around him she asked, "Inu-Yasha, are you... demon?"
Inu-Yasha looked at her. "I've heard stories that the most powerful demons, are the ones in human form. I was just wondering. Is Shippo one, too?"
Kagome started to speck, but Inu-Yasha spoke first, "No, I'm not demon. I'm only half demon, and Shippo is demon."
There was silence before Raven spoke in a quiet voice. "It must be hard to be half." Inu-Yasha snorted, "What could a human, like you, understand anything about me."
Raven looked down at the blanket around her, feeling sorry she said anything. The fact is, she some how knew how it felt to be torn two ways.
She thought about what Inu-Yasha said. The word 'human' seemed to have made her a bit mad. She sure didn't feel human. 'But am I human? Or something else?' she thought. She didn't know why, but then she remembered the gray, dragon-like wings on her back, and those villagers calling her 'demon'. She turned her head to the side to look. Nothing was there, and even the clothes she was wearing were now different. She was getting even more confused. 'How did I get here? Why am I with demons? Is this Earth?' she asked her self.
"Raven, would you like to take a dip in the hot spring?" Raven looked at Kagome, breaking her thoughts. "Yeah, sure."
Kagome lead her to the nearby spring. Raven looked back behind her to make sure Inu-Yasha or Shippo had not followed. Kagome seemed to know what she was thinking, "Inu-Yasha won't look, I'll sit him if he does, I promise, and Shippo is just a little boy."
Raven smiled with relief, and got undressed. She didn't know what she meant by '...I'll sit him if he does...'. She stepped into the spring feeling much better. Kagome sat nearby, still brushing her hair. Raven felt relaxed for the first time. She closed her eyes to take deep breath, and open them only to see something on the other end of the spring of someone's shadow disappear. She tensed up hoping that whatever it was would just be her imagination.
After a few minutes she didn't see anything more and relaxed for a little while longer. "Kagome, your not from time are you?" Raven asked, turning around to look at Kagome.
"No. I came here through a well. Um... What were you running from?" She replied.
This question hit Raven like a hard rock. "I don't know. I just woke up in a strange place. I got scared and ran from those villagers calling me 'demon'. I don't remember anything before that. Like someone took my memories, or hide them from me. I'm not from this time either, and all I want is to go home." Raven said quietly, holding back the tears.
"I wonder why those villagers would call you demon. Inu-Yasha said you smelled like a human. "
"What is Inu-Yasha? I know he's a demon, but what type?"
Kagome seemed to take a little time answering. "He's a dog-demon. He may look demon, but he's got the heart, and soul of a human."
Raven got out of the spring, and grabbed the towel that was near by. "Are there more demons?"
"Yes. A lot more." Kagome replied nervously.
"Is this Earth?" she asked again. Kagome gave her a questionable look and then replied with a nodded, yes.
Raven now had more of her questions answered, but she still felt confused, scared, and lost. Yet, she like how quiet and peaceful it was. She thought about the good side, instead of the bad side. She thought about having no more school, no nagging mom, no annoying little brother, and she could start a whole new life that she was always afraid to do, since she was always a good girl. Kagome realized she was smiling, and asked her what's up, but she just replied with a nothing. Kagome lend her a pair of her pajamas when they got back to camp, and she changed in the bushes nearby. They fit perfectly. It was getting late; she lay down under a blanket on the ground, and watched the stars fade away.
She was waken by Kagome's voice, "Raven get up. We've got to get going."
Raven got up, changed to into her fresh, clean clothes, folded her blanket, and put it inside Kagome's bag. "Kagome." She started trying to find the right words to say. "Uh... Thank you."
Kagome looked up and smiled, "Your welcome." She helped pack up Kagome's bag before she asked any more questions.
"Does this mean I'm stuck with you?" she asked, "I'm not trying to be rude or anything. It's just that, I must have been a burden for you over the last few days of me being unconscious. I mean with Kikyo and all."
There was a bit of silence before anyone talked. "How do you know about Kikyo?" Inu-Yasha asked, who now seemed to have been listening to their conversation.
"I-I-I..." Raven started. Inu-Yasha jumped down from the tree he was sitting in, and was ready to fight Raven with his claws. Inu-Yasha walked closer to her. "Tell me how you know about Kikyo!!" Inu-Yasha's face getting more angrier then usual and was about to grab Raven, but Kagome yelled, "SIT!!"
Inu-Yasha fell straight to the ground. Raven now catching her breath, fell to her knees feeling beaten. She now know what she meant by 'sitting' him.
"What'd you do that for, wench?!" Inu-Yasha shouted into Kagome's face.
"You were about the hurt her!!" Kagome shouted back.
Inu-Yasha's arms dropped to his sides, his jaw dropped open, and his pupils got very small. "I wasn't going to hurt her!!" Inu-Yasha exclaimed.
"Here they go again." Shippo sighed, as they started to shout back and forth at each other. Raven sat for a moment listening to them argue, then said in a quiet voice said, "I was... listening."
Kagome and Inu-Yasha stop arguing, and stared at her. "How could you be listening if you were unconscious?" Kagome asked.
Raven tried to think of an answer. "I don't know. Somehow I was conscious through the whole thing, but I couldn't move. All I could do was listen, and think."
Shippo had a confused face. "What did you hear?" Inu-Yasha's face seemed to get a gentle, sad look.
"From when you started to call Kikyo's name, to when you couldn't save her." Raven said gently, trying to sound innocent.
There was more silence as they packed the last of their things. Inu-Yasha seemed to be in deep thought, and Kagome didn't seem to know what to say. Raven couldn't stand the silence, but she didn't want to say more. She didn't want to mess with Inu-Yasha's emotions or feels, and she had felt guilty making him think of her. She had a feeling that Inu-Yasha loved her, but most of all, she didn't like how Kagome had saved her. She rather died, than knowing that she was saved by a girl who looked like she was never in a really fight. She was having a bad start with this trio. Her only thought was that should leave when her chance came.
They were finally all packed up. Shippo jumped into the basket in front of the bike, Inu-Yasha put the heavy bag on the back of the bike, and Kagome started to lead the way. Inu-Yasha followed, and asked, "Are you coming, Raven?"
Raven was shocked to heard Inu-Yasha ask her. 'Is he still mad at me? Or has he forgiving me?' she thought. Raven thought about it for a few seconds. Some instincts told her not to, but they were always wrong. So she decided to follow, but behind everyone else.
They walked for a while longer. Inu-Yasha and Kagome were talking about some 'Shikon Jewel shards', while Raven regretted what she had said. They followed the winding trail, until they got to a cliff ledge.
"Inu-Yasha, she not a bad person! All she wants is to find a way home!" she heard Kagome yell at Inu-Yasha.
"How do you know she doesn't want the shards?!" Inu-Yasha continued.
She knew they were talking about her. Inu-Yasha seemed to be flustered, he stopped abruptly looking at Raven, but she knew he wanted to say more. They walked in silence on the ledge until they heard a rumbling sound from the cliffs above them.