Okay, so I know I haven't finished Maybe, (my other Inuyasha fanfic dedicated to Kikyo x Inuyasha,) but this going to be like a mirror image fiction to that one, where Kagome is the main heroine.

Before I start, this goes for the entire story: I do not own Inuyasha or its characters.


"Subjugate him!"

What!? What do I say? It's all very well telling me to 'subjugate' him, but that could mean anything..!
"SIT!" I shouted.
He crashed to the ground, necklace first.
"Wha..?"
It worked! I hadn't expected it to work- but it did!

Inuyasha attempted to get to his feet once more, a heavy scowl twisting his features into an angry scramble.
"Sit!" I commanded.

Once again, he smashed into the wooden bridge. Lifting his head, he wrinkled his nose in anger, and bared his teeth, growling like a wild hound.
"Sit." I said, this time controlled.

Rather than just collapsing to the floor, as he had the previous times, this time the flimsy wooden planks gave way, and the half-demon was flung through the air to splash violently into the rapids below.
I hope he's okay… I thought, concerned.
Then I shook the thought from my head- why should I worry about him? He had just tried to kill me!

absent-mindedly, I plucked the shikon jewel from its spot on the slat of the bridge where just ten seconds ago Inuyasha had been, and, avoiding the chasm that now threatened to send me to my doom, walked carefully back to Kaede and the other villagers. As I approached the crowd of spectators, a stab of pain dug at my waist and I remembered for the first time, the gash I had received from the centipede-demon. Pressing a hand tight to my wound to staunch the flow of blood, whilst keeping a tight grip on the sacred jewel with my other, I staggered away from the bridge.

An hour later, I was sat in Kaede's hut once more, grimacing from the pain of the antiseptic cream the priestess was applying to the bloody slash on my side where the sacred jewel had been lodged.
Why was it inside me? I wondered, not for the first time.

I glanced over to the door at the sound of someone entering, and saw, to my surprise, Inuyasha pushing his way past the roughly attached flap designed to act as a door until Kaede's home could be properly repaired. Since the centipede's attack on the village a few hours ago, men from every home had been working hard to fix the damages, starting with the most affected houses. Kaede watched Inuyasha enter with an element of curiosity, before chuckling to herself.

"What?" he grouched.
"It seems the holding power of the rosary is quite effective." She chuckled.
It must have a stay command imbedded as well. I thought, smirking.

Scowling, Inuyasha huffed to the floor and lay on his side, facing away from us. It was then that I realized I had been sat with my whole upper body exposed the entire time, due to Kaede's wrapping of thin bandages around my middle. I blushed. Was that why he had sat facing away from us? I wondered to myself. Although he doesn't seem the gentlemanly type… Inuyasha seems the sort who would sit and gawk if a girl was sat topless in the same room… Then a worse thought struck me: what if he just doesn't want to see? Maybe he just doesn't find me appealing, and would rather face away than watch me?

I shook my head to clear the thoughts- why did it matter anyway? Inuyasha was the bad one in all of this- he was only sticking around in order to get his hands on the sacred jewel, regardless of whether I was there or not!
"All done." Kaede announced, handing me back my school top.

I pulled the familiar material on quickly, glad to be covered up again. To my chagrin, it was then that Inuyasha decided to roll over and face us again. So it was me. He lay staring at us for some time, his eyes flicking to the pouch where the shikon jewel was kept every few seconds, until Kaede finally sighed and got up to tend the stew.

For a while, we sat in silence. Then, in a quiet, ominous voice, Kaede murmured:
"This does not bode well."
I looked up.
"Now that the sacred jewel has reappeared, there will be others who seek to possess it. And not just demons, but also humans who have evil in their hearts. With all the violence in the world, it figures that there will be those who seek the jewel's power to realize their greedy ambitions."

I paused for a moment to absorb Kaede's words, before looking over to Inuyasha once more.

"Hey, why are you here anyway?" I asked, coldly.
"Give me the sacred jewel." He said, in the least forceful voice I have ever heard, or shall ever hear.
"Why do you want the sacred jewel? You're awfully strong without it!"

"He is only a Hanyō." Kaede interjected casually.

At her words, Inuyasha flexed his fist and punched a hole straight through the wooden floorboards of the priestess' hut.
"You old hag! Who do you think you are anyway? Don't talk as if you know all about me!"

"Don't you understand?" she asked, just as calmly as if there was no hole in her floor. "I am the younger sister of Kikyo, the one who put the spell on you. I am Kaede."

A brief flicker of some unreadable emotion flashed across Inuyasha's face, but it was gone before I could identify what it was.
"Oh, you're that kid…" he muttered, leaning back on his arms nonchalantly.
"Fifty years have passed, and I have grown old." She said, by way of explanation.
"And that means that Kikyo must be really old now too." He stated wistfully.

"My sister Kikyo died." Kaede said bluntly, piling logs onto the hearty fire that burned.

Again, something about Inuyasha's demeanor wavered for a split second, but just as before, I had not the chance to probe deeper into the emotion before it was replaced by his usual cold self.
"Ah, so that's how it went- she kicked the bucket did she?" he slouched back onto his side. "What a relief!"

"Inuyasha, it is too early to breathe a sigh of relief. Kagome is the reincarnation of my sister Kikyo…"


Okay, thanks for reading the first chapter, I know it wasn't that interesting but it will get better:) And I also know that it was basically a rewrite of episodes 1 and 2, but I just wanted to get a feel for this story before I dive into the 'real' storyline...

Anyway, please review and tell me what you think:D