Author's Note: Hello everyone, this is my first published story and I hope you all really like it. I am not writing this to get the most reviews, but they are greatly appreciated. If you have any ideas, don't be shy! I want to create a great story, and the more help the Merrier! Now this story may seem very similar to a couple of stories posted, and I mean no offense! I read these stories and I fell in love with the plot, and I wanted to write a similar story with a few twists and turns added into the mix. This story may take a while, I want to finish this within 15 chapters, but if it gets longer, then so be it. I really want this story to grab your attention and make you to fall in love with it and read it over and over!
Summary: Kagome has had it with Inuyasha, if he wants Kikyo, he can keep her. She sets out on her own to find the shards, but what else will she find lurking in the trees to snatch her away. Hurt, Tragedy, Comfort, & True love? Will she finally find the one who will complete her and keep her safe?
Warning: This story is rated M for language, violence, nudity, cat fights and future Lemons.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the other characters, cause if I did Kikyo would have stayed dead, Inuyasha wouldn't be a douche and with Kagome, Miroku and Sango would be popping out babies, Jaken would get his ass handed to him by Rin, and I would drag Sesshomaru and Naraku into a dark and comfy room to have may way with them and show them the benefits of the female population!
~Destined to Be?~
Chapter 1: The Great Divide, or more like The Great Hot Springs!
Heat,
Hot steamy heat,
Billowing clouds of hot goodness...
'Gosh this feels so good' Kagome was sitting in a natural hot springs, surrounded by nature and wildlife.
"This is definitely the best stress relief invented!" She slunk in deeper into the cloudy waters. As the water started to seep through her pores, she recounted the events of the previous day.
~Previous Day, Around Noon, On a Forest Path~
"Wench! Hurry up, we need to hurry or we'll lose the shards, and at this rate we might as well kiss them goodbye!"
The group of shard hunters was lagging due to the fact that they had traveled non-stop since dawn. They were all exhausted and hungry, all except for Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha, we need to rest, what do you not get that we are human-"
"Hey!"
"Sorry Shippou, we are mostly human, and we can't trek the whole country side without a break."
"Hmph... weaklings, can't even make it a day without complaining about this and that. You don't see Kikyo complaining, now do you!"
"Why would she be complaining, you have carried her this whole time!"
"At least she is useful and doesn't weigh us down as some people I know!"
"Well Fine! Then you can keep the emotionless pot and find the shards on your own!"
Inuyasha advances towards Kagome, and glares. "That's fine by me Wench, just don't come crying to me when the big nasty demons come to get you!"
She puffs her chest out and glares at him too. "Fine!"
He yells right back at her, "Fine!"
They glare at each other for five seconds, then they both turn around and head their own separate ways. Leaving behind their sad and confused companions, not knowing whether they should follow or give them some space.
~Now, Evening, Hot Springs surrounded by Forest~
'Ahhh... no more yelling, or nagging, or that clay bitch."
Kagome rested her head on the smooth rock platform behind her. "This is what the doctor ordered."
As she drifted off into La La Land, she never noticed the pair of red, glowing eyes following her every movement.
~Naraku~
He was sitting on a tree branch, hiding behind his impenetrable shield, watching a distracted miko in the warm waters.
'Kami, she will be the death of me!' His gaze was riveted to the beads of water clinging to her skin.
'Soon my little miko, soon you will be mine and only mine.' Naraku shortly left to start his grand scheme.
"Let The Games Begin."
~Sango, Miroku, Shippou~
Sango was pacing back and forth, worried about her best friend and adopted sister.
"Do you think she will be ok by herself? She is probably crying her eyes out because of that stupid, insensitive jerk! And what if she gets lost and then surrounded by demons that will eat her or rape her. What if it is already too late and she is dead now! We can't just leave her out there when anything could happen. What if-"
"Sango, calm yourself. She will be fine. She is strong, courageous, and a very good miko; and besides, she needs her space now, this is very stressful and upsetting for her. She will make her decision and then we will get back to shard hunting."
"I'm sorry, your right. She is a very capable women but I still worry about her."
"Trust in her Sango, she is very smart and needs time to cool down and think things through."
"Is momma gonna come back?" Shippou was sad for his momma. She was always getting hurt by that jerk, and she always forgave him. His momma was one of a kind and one of the most soft-women known.
"Yes Shippou, she will come back especially for you."
They started to set up camp as the last rays of the sun were slowly but surely fading.
~Kikyo~
She was walking between the trees with her soul demons following close behind her. She had left Inuyasha sleeping in a tree while she went for a stroll.
Her plan was working, soon Kagome will no longer be in her way of taking what was rightfully hers. All she had to do was wait and fill her part of the bargain and Kagome will be no more.
~Previously~
"I wish to make a deal with you, and if you agree I will grant you what ever you wish."
"And what will this deal be that you speak of?"
Kikyo steps out from the forest to stare at Naraku.
"I want you to get rid of her."
"Dear Kikyo, who ever do you mean?"
"Kagome"
Author's note: So what do you think? Does it sound like a good start? I thinks so anyway. And how is it that Kagome always finds a freakin hot spring?! If I go into a thick forest, I always find a hungry blood-thirsty bear or wild animal! I would be yelling and running around like a chicken with its head cut off, while being chased by a stampede of hungry animals.