Hola people! So this is the first chapter of my very first Inuyasha fanfiction. Please be nice people! I'm not very experience in these things so please understand.
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'Thoughts'
"Speaking here…"
Chapter I:
Instincts
'There has to be some sort of mistake here. I know my name is Higurashi Kagome but seriously? Falling down a well from our shrine and climbing out only to see that you're not where you're supposed to be? Now that's just…too much reference. I hope Rumiko doesn't sue me for having a life eerily similar to one of her created characters…' and whatever nonsense was all Kagome could think of at the moment. Or rather, those were the only thoughts she permitted herself to think. She had a nagging feeling that should she dwell on what is currently happening to her, she would wind up in an insane asylum sooner than she expected.
The trees were extremely tall, she could hardly even see the sky and Kagome briefly wondered if it was going to rain. If it was, then it was just not her day today. There was just one little problem though, the forest was quiet—way too quiet for comfort. But she decided that she had bigger problems than just a little rain.
Kagome shook her head, 'Well, if what's going to happen is what I think is going to happen—then I have a pretty messed up path right ahead of me.' She felt like selecting one out of the many trees in the forest she found herself lost in and banging her head against its bark until she passes out from blood loss or just dies on the spot, anything sounded better than being stuck in her situation right now. Heck if by chance Naraku came in the picture too early she'll probably beg him to just kill her.
'When I wished for a little thrill in my life I didn't mean something that could potentially drive me to a road trip to the asylum.'
And so she did the only logical thing she could think of, find a river and follow it down stream. It's the best thing to do when you've lost your way, or so she remembered one of the facilitators during her outbound adventures in grade school. Unfortunately for her, the river doesn't seem intent on being found any time soon. She couldn't even hear the flow of the river anywhere near her. It was decided, the fates had something against her or maybe they were just so very fond of her that they wanted to shower her with their undivided attention and giving her a taste of their twisted humor.
'How do I get myself into these situations again?'
She was pulled out of her sulking when she caught sight of something red and white. Now she really wanted to laugh at herself, 'You cannot be serious. I must have been crazier than people thought.'
True enough to her suspicion, when she approached the object of her curiosity—or person rather—she wanted to laugh like a madman—madwoman, she corrected herself, that she was sure she'd become, 'Or maybe I've always been crazy and I'm only realizing it now…'
She shook her head, let out a sigh of frustration, and focused on that which had caught her attention, "This is way too much Inuyasha reference. I should be sued for this."
There, right in front of her, is a "man" that looked exactly like Inuyasha—complete with matching dog ears, long white hair and red hakama. He probably even has the height right. There was one problem though…this guy doesn't have an arrow in his chest… And he also looked as if he was just…sleeping? Well, he did look like he just ran a marathon at top speed without stopping with how battered he looked. Dust and dirt covered his clothes and most of the visible parts of his skin, his breathing was heavy and exhausted and his hair was such a complete mess if would make any hair stylist cry in anguish.
Allowing her curiosity cloud her better judgment once again and since she always wanted to try it since watching Inuyasha; she reached out to the dog ears over his head and rubbed them.
The reaction was instantaneous. The "man's" eyes flew open and she wanted to shoot herself when she saw his amber eyes. He grabbed her arms and dashed to…wherever he was headed.
"We have to get out of here Kikyo! He's coming! I can smell him!"
Now Kagome wanted to commit suicide, 'Did he just call me what I think he called me? If whatever's happening to me is food, I would definitely choke.' She didn't bother struggling. Now don't get her wrong, under normal circumstances she would be fighting him tooth and nail for her freedom and rant at him until his ears began to bleed, but if it wasn't obvious already, the situation she was in isn't exactly normal—not to mention she was a little distracted when she looked ahead of her and saw a figure that had mixed her emotions like the halo-halo[1] dessert she had in the Philippines during her visit there. She didn't know whether to be relieved and happy, or creeped out and scared. Steeling her wits and for the sake of her ever dwindling sanity—or what's left of it anyway—she focused on feeling the former.
"Excuse me bro, but I'm not Kikyo. I think Kikyo is that girl over there," Kagome said as she pointed at the figure that caused her mixed emotions.
His grip on her loosened and gently laid her down to stare at the girl before him and at her, then back again, as if only realizing now that he made a grab for the wrong girl. How…ironic—for the lack of a better term. A few second later and he finally spoke, "Kikyo… I thought Kaede was your only sister."
The woman who was obviously Kikyo looked curiously at Kagome, her state didn't seem to be much better than Inuyasha-lookalike, then she spoke, "Yes, I have believed so all this time as well, Inuyasha," so he wasn't an Inuyasha lookalike after all…somehow that little fact made it all the more disturbing.
More disturbing, isn't Kikyo supposed to be dead, hence the reason Kagome was dragged—well, fell really, but she would rather not lower her already nonexistent pride by admitting that out loud—in the well that led to 500 years in the past?
'Okay, some things aren't right here—but then again, this whole thing was never really right to begin with…'
Before Kagome process any coherent words to say, there was a loud roar that filled the air and literally shook the ground they were standing on.
Inuyasha frowned, "Bastard just doesn't know when to give up! Let's get out of here before—"
Oh no, just no. This wasn't supposed to happen so soon! Wasn't there supposed to be a few more episodes before he comes in the picture? Now, now, Kagome loves every single character in the anime and yes that includes Naraku, but she had no intentions of being on the receiving end of the poisoned claws! There had to be some sort of mistake here. And shouldn't they be in the Inu no Taisho's grave for this?!
Finally having collected her thoughts properly to construct a humane sentence, she forced out her question from her throat, "You don't happen to have an older half-brother who's a full fledged daiyoukai and wants to eradicate your existence simply because you're a hanyou and he wants a sword that your father happened to leave behind for you and not him, do you?" she dreaded the answer she was sure to get.
Inuyasha and Kikyo looked at her strangely, "Yeah, how do you know about that?" the golden eyed hanyou asked.
The younger woman gave out a nervous laugh, "Ahahaha, we're screwed, we're screwed oh we are so screwed…"
The instant the words left her lips, the trees surrounding them were knocked down by a gigantic white paw followed by a heart stopping growl. Inuyasha grabbed Kikyo, who had held Kagome in her arms after the blast—the younger woman's face buried in her chest to shield her from the flying dust surrounding them, and rushed away from whatever it was that was attacking them, though Kagome can bet her life that she knew just who it was, towards anywhere that they could find temporary shelter in.
'Okay, this is a definitely different than what really happened. The Fluff of the West shouldn't be appearing just yet! And for that matter, so does Kikyo—not to mention that she should be dead—but not that I'm complaining…as long as I'm alive all is well. I need all the feminine support I can get right now until Sango makes an appearance.'
When they landed, Kikyo held the smaller girl in her arms tightly, the young lass obviously has no experience in battles and she would damn herself to hell before she allows an innocent get caught up in this…brotherly feud. She didn't know why but she felt a strange connection to the young woman in her arms. It was almost as if she knew her from somewhere, but she doubted that. It was impossible. If she did, she would have remembered her. After all, it was the first time Kikyo had ever seen such beautiful, breathtaking eyes that looked like the sky itself had given it. Not to mention their uncanny resemblance to each other that was bordering from unsettling to downright disturbing. She looked down at the smaller woman, "You are unhurt, yes?"
Kagome nodded and lifted her head from Kikyo's chest, "Yeah, I'll live don't worry about me. The real problem is that guy," she turned to the direction of where she, even with her human ears, could hear snarls from. Then she turned to face Inuyasha and Kikyo, "Confront him."
The two looked at her as if she just sprouted a second head. And heaven forbid it if Inuyasha wasn't the first to speak, "Are you insane wench? Do you want to rush to your death so early?" The wench comment earned him a glare from Kikyo and he tried and failed to ignore it. He shifted away from the chocolate eyed priestess, one thing he learned for the past few days, and angry Kikyo was not a good Kikyo. And a not good Kikyo usually meant him having a sore hide.
"Think about it, if you confront him now, the less damage he will make. He won't go shaving the forest bald to look for you and innocent people could be saved."
Kikyo looked thoughtful before she turned to Inuyasha as well, "She rises a valid point."
Inuyasha pouted, obviously not wanting to go against Kikyo in anything since he already knows he'll lose. But that didn't mean he can't make any side comments, "People who look alike tend to think the same way…never thought I'd see it…"
And so, confront his brother he did.
"OI SESSHOMARU! YOU WANT ME THEN COME AND GET ME YOU BASTARD!"
And of course he had to do it in the most irritating fashion that was just so…so…Inuyasha…
An ear splitting roar was the response given and Kagome had to cover her ears. Not a few seconds later were they once again greeted by the very familiar paws from earlier.
Kagome stared up slowly as a giant inuyoukai stood in front of her in all of its true formed glory, 'Whoever said that Sesshomaru's true form was cute can go rot in hell…' was all her brain could process at the sight before her. This thing could swallow her whole without even chewing. And the snarl his face was set it didn't help in making him look friendly.
Before Kagome could process anything, the fight was already taking place. Or rather, Sesshomaru attacks and Inuyasha tried to not get hit, which he was doing a pretty good job so far, but for how long? She didn't even know when it was that Sesshoumaru decided to revert back to semi-human form. And only now did she realize that she and Kikyo were encased within a barrier. Looking at the older woman, Kagome could tell she desperately wanted to help Inuyasha. And who was she to stop her?
"Go."
Kikyo's head snapped in her direction, "I cannot do that. I cannot—"
Kagome shook her head and steeled her voice, "Go and help him. You know you want to. I'll be just fine on my own. Trust me. If you don't go there I'll jump in the middle of those two just before their blades cross."
Kikyo sighed and smiled sadly at the girl. Somehow, she just knew she couldn't win against this girl; she probably just might do anything that was asked of her—absurd as some of it may sound, "If you insist. But I beg of you to please stay within the protection of my barrier. It would put my heart at ease if you were to do so."
And off she went.
Kagome watched on as Inuyasha and Kikyo struggled to keep each other from getting fatally wounded while trying to look for an opening the daiyoukai would hopefully give—which sadly, her wasn't. She had to do something. She needed to do something, anything. Her conscience won't be able to let her sleep at night should she do nothing and something happened to the two.
'But what?' What can she do? She ran her hands all over her body, looking for at least something that could be of use. And then she felt it when her hand came to her pocket. Something she thought she would never have to use.
'Well, it's worth a shot.'
Feeling a little guilty to disobey Kikyo, she rushed out of the barrier's protection and headed as fast as she can to the fight. She just knew this would work, 'After all, anime Sesshomaru himself said that he has superior sense of smell right? Well, time to put that to the test.'
As quietly as she could, she snuck crept nearer and nearer to the battle field, fearing her heart would suddenly jump out of her chest due to sheer anxiety. She knew that this could very well cause her her own life, 'Bah, who cares? Everyone else seem to like doing it so why not just go with the flow right?'
A loud crash brought her out of her thoughts and she saw Inuyasha flying across the field with Kikyo in his arms. Her mind and body temporarily froze before snapping when she saw Sesshomaru walk closer to the two people struggling to be on their feet once more, 'Alright how long was I out of it?' Because there was simply no way that they would look that battered after only a few minutes. She knew Sesshomaru was powerful but this was an entirely different level.
'The anime never showed this much gore!'
Inuyasha felt like his entire body was ready to fall apart any moment now. Never had his half-brother been this aggressive in a fight before. He must really want this sword, that, or he really just wanted to kill him. Inuyasha had a feeling it was a majority of both… And Kikyo wasn't exactly faring well either.
The two felt their blood freeze when they heard the telltale sound of light, almost inaudible footsteps headed towards them.
"You should have surrendered earlier, little brother," the acid dripping from his tone made both flinch, "your death would have been swift."
Kikyo's heart froze, but not because of what the daiyoukai said, it was because of the fast and heavy footsteps separate from the former that reached her ears. Her head snapped to the left, "What are you doing?! Do not forfeit your short life, girl!"
Kagome stopped running directly in front of the two, shielding them from the Western Lord's cold eyes as much as her small frame can. She steeled herself for whatever consequences she may face in interfering, gripping in her right hand her only means of saving herself and the two behind her.
Before she could think of anything of significance to say, the collar of her shirt was seized and before she knew it she was face to face with the 'Killing Perfection' himself. Or rather, as much as face-to-face came with him holding her that high above the ground anyway.
"Leave her out of this you bastard!" Came Inuyasha's shout.
"Pathetic hanyou, 'tis already a shame that you are being protected by women, but being protected by two ningen women is sordid. You are weak. And the weak deserves not to walk the realm of the living."
That was when Kagome's restraint finally snapped. She drew her eyes down to the being whose beauty was only limited to his physical appearance, "If memory serves me correctly, only weak people go after those who are weaker than them you bullying ass! And how dare you call him disgusting when your attitude smells more nauseating than last year's garbage!"
And so she took off the lid, aimed directly at Sesshomaru's face, and down went her index finder.
'Pepper sprays are overrated, I have a mini-teargas you son of a bitch! Okaa-san's probably gonna kill me for cursing but hey! He technically, he pretty much is a son of a bitch. So that doesn't count!'
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[1] Halo-halo - . /-FRI898VxZxQ/UHoMJrfy9nI/AAAAAAAABjc/WjSI8U61UyQ/ s1600/Hal+
When you go to the Philippines during summer you should definitely try it.
And that's chapter 1 for you ^^'
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PS: I need a beta for this... seriously...