Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, or any of the characters. I might add an OC, you never know.
A/N- I'm not really sure what's going to happen with this story, but bear with me as I go. The summary will appear at the beginning of each chapter, getting better as I know more. There is, however, no summary for this chapter. Just read to get this jist.
Note: Characters may be a little OOC, tell me if they are and I'll work on it. I am writing Kags eyes as blue, because I like the idea now. :)
Helpful bits:
'Thoughts'
'Demonic beast thoughts'
"Taking"
"Demonic beast talking"
~~~~~~Changing POV~~~~~~
Chapter One – A Miko, a demon and a crescent moon.
Let the story begin. . .
Somewhere in the middle of feudal Japan, a strangely dressed miko wanders through the thick forest, ignoring the darkness looming all around, and the seemingly ever-lasting storm washing down from the skies.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Miko's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The rain soaked me through, drenching me from head to toe and as the cold set in a violent shiver raked through my body, but somehow I just couldn't find the sense to care. I was sure to get seriously ill from this little adventure that was if I didn't die while out here, but yet the fear of neither my looming illness, nor my possible death rose within me. I remained steadfast and unwavering in my decision, I would see this through.
I marched onward, ignoring the droplets that covered my being, pushing past the branches which stood ahead of me and receiving cuts from the ones I missed, but even the sharp sting of this scrapes and cuts didn't deter me, I was going to do this, I would not go back until I was satisfied, until I got a chance to think clearly on this, calm down and find a reason to return, to him, find a reason why I'd want to.
Slowing as the ominous glow from what was obviously a camp fire, fear hit me, what was I doing? I could run into any number of oogly booglys out here, and no one would be here to save me, I'd be on my own. Deciding immediately that I didn't need anyone to save me, I shook my head to calm my panicked thoughts. 'Besides, if it's a camp fire, they're obviously civilised.' I told myself reassuringly.
Obviously my mind had other ideas and reasoned that just because they're 'civilised' doesn't mean they're safe. Agreed on that factor, I began to search for any sort of weapon, although I had now learnt to control my miko powers, I still felt safer with something to channel the energy into, rather than just shooting raw energy at enemies. I used the powers I had just learnt to control only a mere week ago to enhance my vision, swearing under my breath when I realised I could have done this sooner to prevent the scrapes I've already received from ever happening. 'Idiot!' I hissed at myself harshly in my mind.
Now with the added enhancement I could see clearly in the shadowed forest that surrounded me, making the job of finding both what I was looking for and a weapon easier by ten-fold. After searching for just 10 minutes I found a nice curved stick, thin enough to bend, but also thick enough so as not to break too easily. I also recovered some thinner sticks and some stones. 'This would do perfectly!' I thought triumphantly, glancing around for any string-like material and perhaps a knife in-case of a closer attack.
After another 10 minutes of searching I almost gave up when the light from the fire was noticed again, closer than before, brighter. Deciding that I would check out the camp and maybe 'borrow' a knife and string I ran off, using my miko enhanced abilities to sprint soundlessly through the foliage and make it to a slightly more open field where the camp fire lay in the middle of an obviously human camp-site, obvious except for the fact that there was a stunningly ethereal demon sitting in the camp site. The silver haired dog demon sat leaned against a tree, looking at peace with the world, yet dangerous to that very world all the same.
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The sneaking miko gasped silently before covering her mouth, eyes widening in fear at being discovered by the majestic looking demon just beyond the trees in which she hid. Said demon did not notice her however, merely sat there, unmoving. Breathing an internal sigh of relief, she wondered what to do next.
'Well I obviously can't go through with it, stealing from him would be suicide. 'Sides I'd never get past his senses, and there's no way I could defend myself against him.' She thought miserably.
'Now wait, wasn't I just saying before that I wasn't weak. Yeah! Screw it! I don't care who he is, I am going to go through with what I planned!' Resolve settling in, she nodded her head, certain now that she could do it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Demon's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'Hn. What is that human doing?' I pondered internally at the strange behaviour of the seemingly human woman sneaking around the edges of my camp. 'This human is quite skilled, for a human, that is. We barely heard her; if not for that gasp we would not have noticed her. Clever.' With a snort of disgust at his beasts' line of thought the demon glared at his beast. 'Fool. She did gasp, she made a mistake.'
The woman in question was scouting around his camp, seemingly trying to view all that was in it, as if searching for something. 'But what?' He thought to himself as he watched from beneath lidded eyes as the human crept through the shadows, slowly weaving through trees and bushes, steadily getting closer to where his ward was set up. 'This will not do, if she gets any closer, it will be her life.' He thought resolutely. 'Can we play a little first master?' He beast spoke up, hungry for a good rush. Contemplating this for a mere moment, he nodded to his beast in agreement. 'Indeed we shall.'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Miko's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I was slowly weaving my way through trees and bushes, soundlessly sneaking closer to the camp. I had spotted a rope and knife near the dragon demon that slept calmly next to the small child resting at its feet. 'So far, so good. He hasn't even noticed my presence it seems.' I whispered victoriously inside my mind.
Steadily moving closer to the dragon demon, ever watchful of the ethereal being resting beneath the tree on the other side of the small camp, I kept my plan in mind as I snuck up into the tree closet to the sleeping pair, minding the shadows so I kept my cover. 'Don't want him spotting me now that I am so close.'
Sweeping down at inhuman speed I leapt over the sleeping duo and reached for the knife and rope, ready to sprint away in a blur as soon as my fingers would reach my prize, and my feet would hit the ground; at least that was the plan.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Demon's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'What the-?' My mind questioned as I watched the supposed human female leap gracefully into the tree closest to my ward and dragon and hide relatively well beneath the given shadows. I was shocked once more as I watched her sweep gently down at an inhuman speed towards my ward and dragon, all I could gather from the blur speeding downwards was a flash of blue eyes, filled with victorious and mischievous glee.
Realising that my ward was in possible danger, from what I thought at first to be a harmless human woman, but now was obviously a demoness; I swept forward elegantly to stop it from happening.
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With the miko moving forward to grab her prize, she failed to notice the demons movements until she was staring at his shoes, which were effectively trapping the knife and rope to the ground.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Miko's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Staring at the boots that were directly in front of me, two emotions raced through me at once. First there was anger at being stopped from grabbing the items I had wanted, then there was fear as I realised just why I was stopped. He found me out. 'Gulp.'
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'Intriguing.' The woman's scent is blocked, sniffing discretely when I had reached her I realised she had no scent, other than her emotions, which also intrigued me. Although she smelt like nothing but thin air, her emotions were not blocked at this close range, giving me a whiff of anger, which shocked me, then the usual fear swept into the air.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Miko's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Swallowing at my suddenly dry throat I chanced a look up at the demon in front of me. When reaching his face his golden eyes were wide in shock, showing more emotion than I have ever seen on his usually impassive face. Then all of a sudden his icy mask was back in place, as if nothing had ever been there before.
I have no idea why, but this made me mad. 'Emotionless pompous ass thinks he can do whatever he wants cause he is who he is. Pfft! Well, screw him!' Narrowing my eyes slightly I kicked him swiftly in the knees, watching for a moment as he went backwards, satisfied at catching him off-guard I grinned smugly before grabbing what I came for a rushing off in a blur.
'Goodbye Sesshomaru, I thought smugly as I dashed out into the cover of the night.'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sesshomaru's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The demoness beneath me slowly glanced up, and when I got a look at her face, I was shocked, my mask slipped and my eyes widened in astonishment. She had made a mistake, so I assumed her to be a foolish human, and then she moved so swiftly that I thought her to be a demoness, but those shockingly blue eyes that stared at me now made me realise how very wrong I was. She was neither; she was a miko, the very same miko who traipsed around the country-side with his worthless hanyou brother.
Slipping my mask back in place I pondered over her being here. 'What was her name again, this Sesshomaru knows he has heard it.' He thought as he stared, now impassively into those bright sapphire eyes in front of him. 'Kagome. That's her name. Kagome.'
Just as her name entered my mind I saw her eyes narrow, darkening slightly to the colour of a sky before a slight storm. 'Hn. Anger, strange child.' But before I could ponder on her ever-changing emotions, I was being kicked back, releasing the items she was attempting to get to. Not expecting the attack in the least I fell flat on my back, looking up at a smug looking miko, before she leaned down, grabbed the items she was attempting to steal and disappeared into the night.
'Kagome. Hn.' He thought, remaining on the ground staring up at the sky, which was scattered with stars that surrounded the crescent moon. 'Hn.' His mind repeated lazily, before returning to his place beneath the tree he sat under before the miko's interference. 'Interestingmaster, very interesting.'Thought his beast, grinning slightly that his master had been put to the ground tonight, by a woman no less.
"Indeed it is." Sesshomaru's baritone voice whispered into the night.
A/N – Ok, that's it for this chapter.I tend to switch from first person to third person a lot, so if I did it again I really am sorry. I don't really have anyone to check over this stuff for me, and I am fairly incompetent when it comes to noticing this stuff. Lol.
Anyways, review and I'll write more. Hehe.
Yours truly,
A Stranger.