Another chapter of 'The Mixed Tape,' yay! I hope you guys like it, this chapter took longer than the prolouge. Well...most of the encouragement I've gotten probably comes from my other writing friends, since some ideas come from them...Well I hope you like this chapter.
I do not own any of the Inuyasha characters, which is why I go to bed crying every night...they all belong to Rumiko Takahashi...except for Sora...she's mine...
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The Mixed Tape
Chapter 1
The girl seen through his eyes
Everything that had happened seemed like a blur to him now. Every minute he spent with her seems like just a fraction of a second, even though he spent almost his entire life with her. Inuyasha sat up in a tree alone with his thoughts. He thought about that day. The day that Kikyo pinned him to the Sacred Tree, the day Kikyo died, the day that Sora...Was she really gone... It had been 50 years since that moment, if whatever tried to kill her didn't, age would have. Inuyasha sighed as he looked up into the sky and thought about the advice she gave him at the waterfall. If he could've just spent one more day with her, everything would've been different. Instead of fighting...he just sat there pinned to the tree. She was right there. Right in front of him and just...
"Inuyasha!" A voice interrupted his thoughts. He ears tweaked hearing his name and immediately recognized her smell. It was Kagome. The closest friend he has out of all of the travelers they had gathered. Inuyasha smiled and closed his eyes and he took in her smell. "Inuyasha?" She called again. "Miroku? Sango? Shippo? I'm back! Wonder where they could've gone...Inuyasha's usually here waiting for me..."
"I'm up here, stupid..." Inuyasha said.
"There you are...what are you doing up there all by yourself?" Kagome smiled as she set her backpack down.
"Nothing...I just wanted to be alone..."
"Oh...well, where are the others?"
"How should I know? I'm not their sitter..." Inuyasha huffed. That comment made Kagome angry.
"Inuyasha...sit..." Kagome said calmly as the enchanted beads around Inuyasha's neck pulled him to the ground with a huge 'bang'.
"Hey, whatd'ya do that for!?"
"You're getting a real attitude..." Kagome threw her backpack over her shoulder and started through the forest. After a few seconds, Inuyasha stood up and followed her mumbling to himself the entire way. Finally the two got to a clearing where Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Myoga were.
"Oh, you're back." Miroku said smiling.
"Hi everyone, I brought lunch."
"Great!" Sango said. Inuyasha stayed behind and looked at the group of travelers he had picked up through this journey. He thought deeper than he had ever thought before. What will happen to all of them once they defeat Naraku and the Shikon Jewel is whole again? What will Kagome do...? The thought of her going back to her own time forever made a shiver run down his spine. They'll all go back to what they were doing before he met them...he'll be alone...again...Inuyasha sighed at the thought and turned around and started to walk away.
"Inuyasha, aren't you going to eat with us? I brought some Ramen for you...Inuyasha?" Kagome said a little worried.
"I'll be back later..." Inuyasha mumbled walking away.
"Is he ok?" Kagome asked.
"I don't know, he's been like this all day..." Miroku said.
"Well, whatever it is, someone better snap him out of it, cuz it's getting really irritating..." Shippo said grabbing some food and stuffing it in his mouth. Inuyasha walked off to a cliff and looked sadly up at the clouds.
'When the jewel is whole again...What will I do? At first I was only trying to get the jewel to become stronger for Sora...but she's gone now...Should I become a full demon like I wanted to do all along?'
flashback
A young Inuyasha ran from the village with tears running down his face. "So it was her fault...why did Mother do this to me? She's the reason why no one likes me...the reason why I'm only a half-demon..." Inuyasha shut his eyes tight as he continued running up towards the Sacred Tree. He breathed heavily and he tripped on a rock and fell to the ground. He looked at the rock. "Stupid rock..." Inuyasha muttered.
"Inuyasha...Inuyasha!" His mother called from the village. Inuyasha stood up and ran the other way.
"I can't let her find me...I won't go back to her..." Determined, Inuyasha continued up the hill and stopped when he saw a strange man standing on the top.
"You're pathetic..." The man said.
"What'd you say!?" Inuyasha said angrily, clenching his fists tight.
"You're only half-demon...and that makes you pathetic..."
"Stop talking down to me like I'm some little kid!" The small half-demon shouted. The man laughed almost evil like.
"Though I suppose I should pity you..."
"Huh?"
"You have such a terrible life ahead of you..."
"What the heck are you talking about!?"
"Hated by humans for your demon blood and looked down upon by demons for having that pathetic human blood running through those veins of yours..." Inuyasha's head dropped and he looked at the ground sadly.
"It's not my fault..."
"I should put you out of your pain...before it gets too bad..." The man's innocent face shredded and a large snake demon jumped out of the body, leaving it to fall lifelessly to the ground. Young Inuyasha stood in fear as the demon flew towards him. "I will devour your heart!" Closer and closer the demon got and Inuyasha was helpless (he's still a little kid remember).
"Mother...I'm sorry..." Inuyasha accepted his fate and watched the snake demon as it flung its tail and hit Inuyasha to the ground. Inuyasha's face, where the demons tail had hit started to bleed. The snake bit Inuyasha hard on the shoulder and he flinched in pain.
"That was a very strong venom that I just injected into you. In a matter of seconds, I will devour you alive. Inuyasha's vision began to get blurry and sweat fell from his head. The demon flung back its head and opened its large mouth in an attempt to eat Inuyasha whole. A blur ran to the snake demon and took hold of him. It bit him right below the head and held on as tight as it could. The snake demon stopped and growled in pain. The snake demon swung its head back and forth, but the small demon kept its hold, refusing to let go. Finally, the snake demon threw its head up, sending the small demon flying into the air. Blood poured from the snake demons head and it began to breath deeply, gasping for air. The small demon landed on all four of its small legs and it stood up. It was a girl!
"Don't you worry, half-demon, I gotcha covered." The small demon laughed. "My Daddy taught me how to fight and I can take on this over-grown handbag." With that, the small demon jumped toward the snake demon and sharpened her claws. The snake demon growled and laughed at the size of its new opponent.
"A little small to be fighting..."
"Ha, we'll just see about that!" The small demon swung its claws out and struck him right in the eye. She took a firm hold of its head as it roared back in pain. The small demon began to glow a deep purple and her eyes turned a bright red color. "We'll just see what happens when you think that size is all that matters..." The small demon laughed. The clouds swirled around her above her head as though they were summoned there. The clouds swirled faster and faster and lightning started to strike. The small demon girl roared as she summoned a lightning bolt, and lightning shot down from the clouds and struck her and the snake demon. The snake demon screamed in pain and fell to the ground. The clouds started to go back to their original state and the girl slowly stood up. She ran to the unconscious half-demon and knelt down by his side. "I have to get you somewhere safe..." The girl ran to his head and picked him up and began dragging him by his arms and shoulders. Struggling, she pulled him to the most healing place she knew, The Sacred Tree. Inuyasha's eyes slowly opened to see the girl looking down at him. She put a wet cloth to his head to wipe off the blood and sweat. "Hey, you ok?" She asked gently.
"I-I think so...who...who are you?" The girl smiled, glad to see he was well enough to talk.
"My name's Sora and who are you?"
"Inuyasha..."
"You're lucky I came when I did, or you'd be in that snake's belly. I just gave you an antidote to that venom he injected so you may be out for a while."
"Are you a half-demon?" Inuyasha asked, his eyes barely open. The girl looked in shock at such a strange question and then looked sadly at her hand.
"Yeah..."
"So I'm not the only one..." At this, Inuyasha smiled as he drifted off to sleep. The girl's small dog-ears tweaked hearing this and looked at him strangely.
"What a strange half-demon you are..." The girl said smiling as she brushed his hair out of his face.
flashback ends
'Its been such a long time...but it still seems like it was yesterday...' Inuyasha thought.
"Inuyasha?" A voice said from behind him. Inuyasha turned around to see Kagome.
"What do you want..." Inuyasha snapped turning back around. Smiling, Kagome walked up and stood beside him.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah, why?"
"The others said that you've been acting weird all day..."
"It's nothing you have to worry about..." Inuyasha trailed off looking back up to the clouds. Miroku, Sango and Shippo walked up to them.
"We better get going, you two, Kaede will be wondering where we are..." Miroku said.
"Right." Inuyasha turned and started walking down towards a small hill. The three walked closely behind and just stared at him. After a minute, Inuyasha looked at them, "There a problem?"
"Master Inuyasha, are you sure you're alright? You seem troubled." Myoga said from Kagome's shoulder.
"I told you I'm fine."
"Then why do you seem so down?" Shippo asked.
"I'm just having an off day, so just drop it, ok?" Inuyasha sighed.
at Naraku's Castle
Sora ran as fast as she could from a large castle. "She's escaping..." Kagura said.
"Let her...I have no use for her now...Besides, I'll call her when I need her." Naraku said smiling evilly. She breathed heavily as she ran into the forest and jumped up into the trees. She jumped from branch to branch, constantly looking behind her, making sure no one was following.
"Sora!" A voice called out to her from below. The voice startled her, causing her to miss the next branch and fall to the ground straight on her face. She landed next to a small fire and sitting in front of it was Kohaku.
"W-who are you?"
"Don't you recognize me? It's me Kohaku..."
"Kohaku?"
"I was with you when you first woke up yesterday. I'm really sorry...I didn't know he was actually going to do it...You should probably get going, before Naraku sends someone after you." Sora still looked a little confused, but she nodded as she jumped back up into the trees and continued to jump from branch to branch.
Kaede's village
Kaede and Kagome walked out of Kaede's house and into the rain. "...and he's been acting weird all day..." Kagome continued.
"My, that is a problem...
"I don't know what to do...He says there's nothing wrong, but he looks depressed...I don't know how, but I just know that something's wrong..." Inuyasha sat up on the highest branch on the tallest tree, looking up at the sky. Kagome looked up at him worried. "Huh?" Kagome felt a strange feeling running through her body, almost as if something was calling to her.
"What is it, child?"
"It's faint, but I think I sense a Sacred Jewel shard nearby."
"Are ye sure?"
"I'm positive." Kagome nodded. "Inuyasha." Inuyasha's ears tweaked at the sound of his name and turned slightly.
"Yeah, what is it?" Inuyasha said with a snappy attitude.
"There's a jewel shard nearby, I can sense it!"
"What?" Inuyasha jumped down in front of her. "Where is it?" Kagome pointed out towards the trees.
"It's coming from over there, in the forest."
"Get on." Inuyasha ordered, bending down and Kagome climbed up on Inuyasha's back. Inuyasha darted towards the forest. He knew he needed to concentrate on getting the jewel shard, but his thoughts were blurred and they always kept going to Sora. A girl screamed as a large demon threw her behind Inuyasha and Kagome and Inuyasha skidded to a stop. "Is that the demon with the shard?"
"Yeah that's him." Kagome said getting off Inuyasha's back. "It's in his horn, on his head!" Kagome said running back to see if she could help the girl.
"Alright." Inuyasha jumped up with his claws open. "Iron Rever Soul Stealer!" The demon's horn lit up as a huge beam of light hit Inuyasha and sent him flying.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed standing up. She took the bow off her back and pulled out an arrow. She set it up and aimed it for the demon's head. The demon jumped up getting ready to finish off Inuyasha, by punching him into the ground. Kagome let go of the arrow and the arrow flew towards the demon and shot right past his shoulder.
"You missed him!" Inuyasha said jumping up.
"I realize that, give me a break!"
"Now it's my turn." Inuyasha unsheathed the Tetsusaiga and it transformed. "Wind Scar!" Inuyasha threw the Tetsusaiga to the ground and the Wind Scar headed straight for the demon and split him up into thousands of pieces. The jewel shard fell into Inuyasha's hand and he smiled. "Here." Inuyasha walked over to Kagome and gently placed the jewel shard in her hand.
"Thanks..." The second the jewel shard hit Kagome's hand, it was purified.
"Inu...yasha..." A voice said from behind them. Inuyasha turned to see Sora. He looked at her in shock.
"S-Sora?" Inuyasha finally pushed her name out of his mouth and just stared at her. Sora felt a shock of pain flow through her left arm and she grasped it tightly. Sora fell to the ground...unmoving...
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I sure hope that chapter was better than the last one...this chapter took me forever and is why it took me so long to add on to it. Well, I hope you liked the chapter enough to leave some reviews and keep me going. Until next chapter!
Well, good luck trying to figure out what's going to happen before it happens
-fullmetaldemon
Chapter 2:
The Past Becomes the Present
She's back...
But how? Inuyasha said she died...
How is she standing right there, if she's dead...
And what does Naraku want with her?
So many questions...