Destination: Destiny
Summary:
Kagome, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha must work through their problems and learn to work together or Naraku will prevail.
I do not own the Inuyasha manga, or any of Rumiko Takahashi's characters or story line. I only own my story.
A/N: This is my first fanfic. I'm trying to keep all characters as close to true as I can. Also, I have read and or watched a lot of the series but have not yet made it through all. If I get an event, reference, preference,spelling, or character information wrong please let me know and I will attempt to rectify my mistake if at all possible.
If some one would like to assist as my beta to get the kinks out, I would greatly appreciate it.
And now what you've all been waiting for, on to the story.
Chapter 1. Prologue
My name is Kagome Higurashi. At 14 I was a normal kid. I went to school, hung out with my best friends and helped my mom and grandfather at the family owned shrine. Then I turned 15. I was helping my mom one day and she told me to fetch the cat. My cat, Buyo, had gotten stuck in the well house that was near the shrine. I opened the door and walked in to find him. The next thing I knew a monster came out of the well and dragged me into it. I was surrounded by blue light. When the blue light faded I saw a blue sky, not the well house roof. While in the fight with what I later learned to be a centipede demon I was pinned to a familiar tree, the Goshinboku, I pulled an arrow out of another demon. This was Inuyasha. He fought and killed the centipede demon. I learned a lot that day, about demons, about me, and about destiny. I was the possessor and protector of a jewel known as the Shikon no Tama, I was a miko, I was a reincarnation, and I was approximately 500 years in the past. Well to make life even better a crow demon stole the jewel from me and to get it back I shot the demon with an arrow. Unfortunately I also broke the jewel in many pieces that disappeared to the four corners of Japan. I then had to start on a mission to find these shards, accompanied by a unwilling partner, Inuyasha.
While on my mission to retrieve said shards I made many friends, allies, and enemies. I met Miroku , a perverted holy monk, Sango, a demon slayer, and Shippo, an orphaned kitsune pup (fox demon child). They became my friends on my travels around Japan. I met Kikyo, whose goal was Inuyasha. I met Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's half brother, who tried to kill me, I met Rin, a human girl who followed Lord Sesshomaru, Jaken, a toad demon, Sesshomarus loyal attendant, and Ah-Un, Sesshomaru's two headed dragon demon. Also, Kouga, can't miss him, he comes by in a whirlwind asks how "his woman" is, fights with Inuyasha, ands leaves again.
Alas while I am on my mission to locate and purify all shards someone else was also working to gather them. He wants them for evil purposes and so we are enemies. Naraku, a half demon with a spider mark on his back. He has many incarnations that do his bidding, mainly though he uses two, Kanna of the void, her mirror can scry events from afar or can take your soul, and Kagura, a wind witch.
It has now been 4 years since I first came through the well. I no long believe that I fell into a fairy tale, the friendships, heart break and battles have been all to real. We now have about half of the jewel; Naraku has most of the other half. We are only missing a few shards. Kouga has two, Kohaku has one, and there are a few still unaccounted for.
My powers have grown, I can now shoot holy power, make barriers, imbue arrows, and heal. My archery has improved, I hardly ever miss now. All my companions have improved their skills with the nearly constant demon fighting that we engage in.
When I first came to this era I fell in love with Inuyasha. About a year ago I finally realized that he will never love me. I realized that I would always remind him of his Kikyo and that I needed to get over him. I now think of him as a brother of sorts. He still has feelings for Kikyo, and has not yet realized that he will not have me just because I am her reincarnation. I am me, not a replacement.
Sesshomaru, the Great Lord of the West, has been around more and more often lately, probably to keep an eye on us so that when we gather the last of the loose shards he can be around to take the glory of killing Naraku when he comes. Naraku has been hiding and only sending Kagura or his lesser demons to antagonize us. Since no one seems to be able to locate him and I can't feel his chunk of the jewel, we are working on the premise that when the loose shards are located, he will seek us out.
For now I get to deal with Inuyahsas temper tantrums, Sesshomaru taunting Inuyasha, and whatever random demons come around.
A/N: Please read and review. Please let me know what needs fixed, what needs improvement and what I can do to make it flow better. Flames will be blatantly ignored. Thank you for reading this story.