Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, although I sometimes wish that I do.
Chapter 1: The Capture
"Inuyasha?!" Kagome yelled desperately, searching wonderously through the woods. "I wonder why he ran off on me like that. I just asked him about his parents. I wonder what happened to his parents anyway. He never talks about them, and why does he always run off like that when he doesn't feel like talking about it? He's probably mad at me." Kagome sighed, taking in the thoughts of what had happened.
She was deep in thought and didn't notice the roots stretching out in front of her. Bam! as Kagome fell hard onto the ground. "Great, add more bruises to my body," she said with a sigh. She stammered back up on her feet again and began to feel pain in her back. She didn't let that keep her down though, and began to call out his name again.
Then out of nowhere, a sudden movement brushed among the leaves, but she didn't notice it fast enough. She didn't even feel the blow to the back of her neck. She crumples to the floor and lets a single word escape her mouth… "Inu…yasha…" and she lied still, as darkness engulfed her. A menacing laughter echoed throughout the silence as a figure carried Kagome and disappeared into the woods.
Inuyasha, pissed as ever, ran off into the woods, leaving a very confused Miko behind. He ran with all of his energy; trying to leave his sorrow behind. A flashback of his mother dying was a great grief to him. The memory was locked away for all this year, but a 5 minute conversation brought back all this pain and misery he felt so very long ago. He stops dead in his track as he felt a sudden chill run down his body. He knew something had happened, something bad, and to make it worse, he knew it was about Kagome. Although he couldn't pinpoint to where she was exactly, he knew he had to do everything to protect her.
He ran back to the campsite, to find it as empty as ever. Cursing at himself for leaving Kagome, he raced around the woods, hunting down Kagome's scent.
An hour had passed, and still no progress had been made. A feeling, a feeling he didn't understand, told him to keep on searching. His heart ached for her, and he felt like he was gonna die without her. He didn't know what the feeling was, and he wouldn't admit that he loved her. I mean, she's an insolent clumsy fool. He was deep in thought, fighting with his self conscience, whether he really loved her or not.
Then out of nowhere, a piercing scream rang through the forest, and Inuyasha instantly knew that it was Kagome's. He didn't hesitate for a minute, and raced toward the screaming. He finally got to where he thought the screaming was, but she was nowhere to be found. He didn't give up and kept on searching, but it was too late, her scent had disappeared, as if she had never existed in the first place.
Kagome woke up with her head pounding and her heart throbbing, and she wondered if someone had managed to tie a knot in her neck. She became aware that her face was against a hard, dusty wooden floor. She opened up her eyes, but she closed them back again, due to the blinding white light. She waited a few seconds to try to open them up again and using all her effort to hold herself up in a straight position.
"You're a prisoner, and you should be dead, but yet you're alive child," came a cruel and horrible voice. From inside the shadows, a distributing figure crept out silently.
Kagome felt something moving, and quickly turned around to see a figure standing over her. He had a menacing look on his face and not a single flicker of hope or light shone in his eyes. She could feel that he had pieces of the shikon shard in him.
"Who are you?" Kagome asked, stammering. She was shivering from the coldness in what looked to be a cave. She was scared, and she knew it. Her heart beated faster by the second and her heart longed for Inuyasha. She was screaming Inuyasha over and over again in her head, wondering where he was, and why hadn't he come to save her yet.
"I'm not important right now. You have something I need and I need you for that certain reason," came a cold hearted voice.
"What do you want from me?" Kagome said stammering. Millions of thoughts entered her head; what is he planning to do with me? Where's Inuyasha? Did he really abandon me? Kagome just sat there, wondering and wondering, until a little voice in the back of her head told her that Inuyasha would never abandon her.
Kagome was too deep into her thoughts that she didn't notice a second figure creep through the wall.
"Hello Kagome," came a voice she hated so very much. It was Kikyou, and she was holding something…
"No!" yelled a scared Kagome, "Don't!" but it was too late, an arrow whizzed through the air and into her chest.
Kagome fell down hard onto the ground, gripping her chest which held the arrow. Kikyou walked to Kagome, smiling brightly, and in a second, she yanked out the arrow. Kagome screamed in pain as she blacked out, leaving two wicked people laughing and smiling.
"Damn it," Inuyasha cursed fiercely. "I thought I had her, she was right here, I know that for sure. Where are you Kagome?" Inuyasha said to no one in particular.
"Inu…yas…ha…" he faintly heard it, but due to his doggie ears, he heard it, and was perfectly sure it was Kagome.
"Where are you Kagome!?!?!" Inuyasha shouted into the air.
Hey, hope you enjoyed that. Sorry for leaving it as a cliffhanger. R&R and tell me what you think, doesn't have to be a good one, and if no one reviews, I'm not posting a new chapter.
-Kim.