Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. Or Kagome, Sesshoumaru, Sango, or anybody else for that matter. Sigh...(This goes for the whole story: I do not own any characters in the chapters, unless I state that I do.)
-A/N- I finally changed the 'youki' to 'youkai' in chapters 1 & 2 for you guys who keep bugging me about that :P
-- This story is very OOC, so please, if you don't like anything to do with OOC-ness, especially Sess, then don't read it. You would be wasting your time, literally. Thanks :) --
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Chapter 1: Peeping Eyes
"KAGOME!" The sound of Inuyasha's voice rang through the village. "HURRY UP!" Kagome paid no mind to the screaming hanyou, she was busy taking her bath, her only one in a week. He was not going to ruin her only chance of taking a bath for another week. Sango was bathing with her, relaxed and happy, but she cringed when she heard the sound of Inuyasha.
"Don't you think we should get back to Inuyasha, Kagome? I don't like to see him mad..." Sango was pleading with Kagome, but with no avail. She really did hate it when Inuyasha was angry, and Kagome never listened. It always turned out to be bad. "No, he can wait. I'm sure he'd agree that I stunk too, so I'm taking my time." Kagome sighed. Why did she even bother? He was so mean to her...the only thing that kept her with him was the jewel shards. Well, and her friends, too. But, she had to fulfill her duty first.
Sango stood up out of the water. It was nearing dawn, and she knew that they needed to continue their search for the jewel shards. Sango was hesitant on going back to the village without Kagome, but she wanted to grab something to eat before they left. She sighed, dried herself off, and got dressed.
"Ok, well, im going to go back to the village...meet you there." Sango's voice was barely heard in Kagome's ears. "Mmmkay," Kagome said under her breath, but was slightly heard by Sango. She gathered her things, and left Kagome in the water.
'Why do I even bother? I know he leaves every now and then to go to Kikyo...can't she sense the jewel shards too? Inuyasha doesn't need me...maybe I should just leave...but I can't leave my friends with that arrogant prick...' Kagome was lost in her thoughts, and didn't hear the sounds of a youkai approaching. A bear demon, to be exact. It was hiding in the dense forest that surrounded Kagome, and it pounced out of the forest, toward the nude and vulnerable miko.
Kagome looked up and saw the bear youkai that was heading straight for her. Her eyes went wide. What was she to do? She was sitting in the water, naked, and she couldn't do anything to protect herself against it! She attempted to scream, and it was only to be stopped by the bear's huge paw, it's claws scratching her face in the process. It picked her up out of the water by her head, and looked her up and down. "Mmmmm...what's a pretty lady like you doing here in these waters, unprotected? Just in time for breakfast, too." The bear youkai opened its mouth, but closed it and dropped Kagome when he felt a strong slice cut open his arm. It was Inuyasha, there to save Kagome once again.
"KAGOME! I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO HURRY UP! NOW LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU IDIOT!" Inuyasha yelled, startling Kagome. She was about to be killed, and he yelled at her? There was no 'are you ok,' or 'hurry up and get out of here,' just a 'I thought I told you to hurry up?' and calling her an idiot? This had hurt her deeply. She had realized now, there was no point in staying, She would find the jewel shards on her own, and Inuyasha would use his dead love. Just as the tears threatened to fall, she ran.
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Inuyasha was too busy fighting the bear youkai to notice that Kagome ran away. If he would have been there 1 second late, she would be dead. His Kagome would be dead. Now, he wasn't going to let that happen. Not to his Kagome. Just as he finished off the nuisance bear with one final swipe of his sword to his head, he felt something wrong. 'What could be wrong at a time like this?' He thought. He shrugged, and walked casually back to the village, to his awaiting friends.
Just as he got back to the village, he noticed that his friends were looking at him strangely. Shippo ran up and jumped on Miroku's shoulder, looking around the unknowing hanyou with big eyes, almost as if he were looking for something. Had they thought that the bear hurt him? Feh, of course it didn't. "Its ok, you guys. It was a simple bear youkai," Inuyasha bragged, but noticed the drain of color in Sango's face. "What's wrong, Sango? The youkai is dead, so there's nothing to worry about." Sango's eyes closed, and she slowly opened her mouth. "So, Inuyasha, if everything is ok, then where is Kagome?"
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Kagome was running as fast as she could, away from Inuyasha. Why did he hurt her all of the time? Did he even notice? No, he was too stuck up his ass to notice. Why would he care? She was just his mimic of that bitch Kikyo. She meant nothing to him. So why would she waste her time with that ass anyway? All of these thoughts were causing her a headache, and making her short of breath. She had to keep running though. She was still too close to Inuyasha. She had to get far from him. She wanted to see him no more. 'Maybe I'm over exaggerating? No, even Sango knew how I felt...' she thought, but a sharp fall to the ground ended her thoughts. She stepped on something sharp, causing a huge gash to appear on her foot, that was now filling with blood. 'Hold on, where's my shoes? I shouldn't have felt that. Why did I- OH MY GOD!"
Kagome was screaming in her thoughts. She had ran away, completely forgetting to get dressed! Now she was vulnerable once again, to weapons, no protection, no clothes. Oh, how was she embarrassed! She scrambled to her feet, and looked around her. 'Maybe I can find my way back to the village?' she thought, but sighed in defeat. She would never find her way back. It was too far, and she had changed her direction too many times to even find the waters. 'This is all Inuyasha's fault! He made me run away naked, just so he could laugh at me when I came back kissing his feet! Well, I wont do it!' She stomped the ground in anger, but regret it when she felt the sharp pain again. Why did this happen to her?
Kagome's thoughts were once again interrupted by a sound in the dense forest behind her. It was a rustling sound, almost like something was watching her. She realized once again that she was naked, and her hands flew up to protect and hide her breasts. Well, at least her whole wasn't showing. Was it a demon? She hoped so. Maybe they could end her life, so she wouldn't have to face Inuyasha like this. Even though she didn't plan on it, anyway.
She stood still, as the sound was made again. Were they trying to look at her? Well, it was strange that a naked miko was standing out in the middle of nowhere, but that didn't give them the reason to take a peek! The rustling sound was made again. Were they ever going to come out of there? Or were they going to make her wait, sucking in every ounce of her dignity? She was guessing the second choice, because they just weren't coming out of there.
Just as the sound was made again, she bolted away. She couldn't just stand there, and wait to be killed. She had to do something. She stopped a few yards away, and realized that whatever was in those bushes wasn't following her. Or so she hoped. She sighed, and looked ahead of herself. Well, she needed some kind of clothing. It was a good thing her mother taught her how to make clothes out of various things. 'You never know when you will be stuck in a jungle, and you need to find a new source of clothing,' she heard her mom say in her head. She always thought it was stupid. Now, she thanked the God's that her mother had taught her those things. She sighed, and made her way to the closest tree.
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The youkai watched the young miko with interest. What was she doing out here, in the middle of nowhere, in the nude? Was she wanting herself to be raped by the youkai passer-byers that were in heat? She knew that he was there, watching her, but she didn't do anything about it. She even tried to run a few feet away from him, but she apparently knew that her attempts were worthless. He saw that she had blood coming from the bottom of her foot, and she had scratches on her face. Had she ran from something, or had been attacked while bathing?
That seemed like a reasonable explanation, but he was sure no other youki wanted to hear that story. They just wanted the girl, either to eat her or to rape her. 'Ugh...' he thought. He hated the youkai that didn't follow tradition, and were only to mate but once. Only the high-class youkai followed these traditions, or ones that were made to. He looked over at the girl. She was looking in the direction of him, holding her breasts. Her fear was radiating off of her. She was scared that she was going to be killed, by him specifically.
He didn't plan on killing the young miko anyway. She just seemed so familiar, though, like he'd seen her somewhere before. Where had he seen her? He'd just have to show himself and ask her, but only if she found herself something to cover her body, and it seemed she was doing just that. He wasn't going to let the girl know that he was watching a human with interest. No, that would ruin him.
He would just wait. He watched her tense form settle down a little, and she started to grab a few leaves from the tree, and gather sap from the tree trunk. Well, she apparently knew what she was doing. Well, that was until a shrill scream was heard from the girl. He growled at the pitch, but made no move to attack. He watched her scramble away from what it seemed to be a very large beetle, and smirked. She wasn't afraid to walk around in the nude, but was afraid of a harmless beetle? 'This could prove to be interesting...' he thought. He sat down, and found himself a comfortable position on the forest ground, leaned up against a tree trunk, and continued to watch the girl with interest.
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Well, that's my first fic. Please read and review, and tell me what ya think!
