Faceoff

A/N: Okay! I'm sorry :'(. I was supposed to get a new story up awhile ago. But the thing is Blame, my first fanfic, was easy to write. The ideas just came to me and I didn't need to think about it too much because my mind kind of structured it itself. Then after I finished I couldn't for the life of me think of a decent original idea. Even when I got this one it took me ages to think through what I was going to do with it. Eventually I just kind of went stuff it and not keep you waiting, which is actually what I'm doing right now so I should probably stop annoying you now. Okay! Onto the story!

One last thing:

Kagome's POV for whole story

Italics = Thoughts

DISCLAIMER:
I still don't own Inuyasha. Take all the credit Rumiko Takahashi! I don't want it anyway! *sulks in a corner*

Chapter One:

Another Evil Plan

I heaved myself up and out of the well. I wiped the sweat from my forehead.

Note to self: The weight of my bag is not good for my back when trying to climb out of deep wells.

My thoughts were interrupted by a rapid furry projectile launching itself at me. Instinctively, I outstretched my hands to catch the thing and ended up with a grinning Shippo in my arms. "Kagome, you're back! Did you bring our yummy ninja treats?" He asked bouncing in my arms with excitement. I chuckled at the little fox and answered, "Of course I did. I even got you some new crayons and a colouring book."

"Yippee!" He squealed and launched himself out of my arms and dashed towards the village. Laughing, I adjusted my bag on my back and started towards the village.

I walked into Kaede's house and greeted everyone, "Hi guys!"

"Kagome! Welcome back." Sango said smiling.

"Ah Kagome, you have returned. How was your family?" Miroku said.

Grrr, that hand again.

"They are fine, Miroku. But I would appreciate if you keep that hand to yourself." I growled. He laughed and retracted his wandering hand.

"Of course." He said. Sango and I exchanged glances, rolling our eyes.

"Hey, you said you'd be back in two days!" A familiar voice called.

Well, I know who that is.

"Sorry Inuyasha, I had a project to finish." I said, hoping he would just leave it. I didn't want a fight when I first showed up.

"Meh, whatever." He said.

Good enough for me.

I sat down and started giving out my gifts to everyone. I unpacked the crayons and colouring book for Shippo, a few cans of soft drink for Miroku, a box of chocolates for Sango, some cat treats for Kirara and then a gigantic bag of potato chips for Inuyasha. Everyone accepted gratefully and everyone dug into their gifts. I lifted my bag and was thankful it lost a bit of weight. I wasn't too keen on being a cripple in my teens because of the ridiculous weight of my bag. "Ah, ye are back Kagome." Lady Kaede appeared in the doorway smiling at me. I returned the smile and dug in my bag for my present. I pulled out some modern medicine and gave it to her. "Those are some new bandages for you Kaede; I noticed you were running low on the ones I gave you last time."

"Thank you, child." She said and turned to leave. I returned my attention to my friends and asked, "So anything new going on?"

"Not especially." Sango replied. The others nodded in agreement.

"I see." I murmured.

Naraku hasn't shown his face in awhile.

Suddenly, I sensed a jewel shard. It wasn't Naraku, Koga or Kohaku. It was probably another demon.

"Inuyasha, I sense a jewel shard." I told him. We all got up and collected our things.

We burst into a clearing in the forest and there stood a huge bear demon. It had a jewel shard embedded in its forehead. It roared and swung a giant fist at us and we all scattered. Kirara growled and leapt at the demon, claws out. The demon countered, a strong punch connecting with Kirara and she was flung backwards. Sango, now mad, swung her Hiraikotsu. It cut through the demon's arm, slicing it clean off. The demon roared in rage and it charged towards Sango but it didn't make it there because I fired my arrow and it connected right where the shard was. The shard burst from the demon and Inuyasha killed it with his Wind Scar. I went and got the shard, purifying it and putting it in my glass bottle with the rest. "Well done guys!" I cheered. They smiled; Inuyasha smirked and bragged, "Please, I could have killed the demon in my sleep, piece of cake." We all rolled our eyes and decided we might as well continue our search for Naraku. We chose a direction and began travelling through the forest.

It wasn't long before night fell, diminishing the light of day. We found a decent spot to set up camp. I made ramen; the journey tired me out so I didn't feel up to cooking anything complicated. Not that Inuyasha minded, he attacked the food like it he had never eaten. Ever. Sango and I stared at the inhuman speed of Inuyasha inhaling his food, shaking our heads before starting on our own. "I wonder when Naraku will show his face." Miroku asked seriously.

"Soon, I think. There aren't many more shards. Eventually he's going to try getting ours." I replied.

"When he does show his ugly face, I'll kill him for sure." Inuyasha added, gripping Tetsusaiga. "Not without us you won't." Sango said confidently.

"Please, I could kill him fine on my own." He said with a new air of arrogance.

"Mmhm, you keep thinking that dog-boy." I said, patting him on the head.

"Hey! Stop patting me like a dog!" He complained, swiping away my hand as everyone burst into laughter. "Besides, it's true. I don't need any help from you guys." We all rolled our eyes and laughed. Then Inuyasha even started laughing. We spent the rest of the night just talking. Eventually we all climbed into our sleeping bags and said goodnight. I fell into a dreamless sleep.

A/N:

Thanks for reading the first chapter of Faceoff. The actual plot will begin soon, I just thought a little introductory chapter would be nice instead of leaping right into it. Anyway,

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