Now onto the first chapter of To Be at Peace. Normally I would have a recap of that happened in the last chapter but this is the first chapter and the prologue was a recap of the first part of the story, Number One. So…..I'm just gonna disclaim now.
Disclaimer: I still don't own Inuyasha guys =D
Chapter 1: A New Adventure
This is it. The final one, all or nothing, the winner gets it all. A bead of sweat trickled down the side of my face as I locked eyes with my opponent. I had to somehow read his thoughts but I knew I didn't have time to think too hard about it.
"Rock!" Sango shouted out. I had to pick!
"Paper!" Miroku joined in. What was I going to do?!
"Scissors!" Shippo yelled. Just do something!
I flashed my hand out and it took me a moment to process that I used a paper and Inuyasha used a rock. I gasped and covered his rock with my paper.
"Yes! I win!" I shrieked in joy. I jumped around in a circle before punching the air. "Ha! I am the Rock, Paper, Scissors Champion!"
"Pft, like I care anyway," Inuyasha scoffed, putting his arms inside his sleeves and rolling his eyes. "It's just a stupid game."
"Oh don't be a soar loser Inuyasha," I snickered. "You're just mad that you didn't win is all."
"It's true," Shippo agreed. "You were gloating it up when you beat Miroku and me."
"Well it's over now," Kagome sighed, "can we please do something else?"
"She's just angry that she was the first one to lose," Sango whispered to me, not very quietly.
She frowned and put her hands on her hips. "No, I'm just saying that it's been almost a month since we've found any jewel shards."
"So? We have way more than half of the jewel, Kohaku has one in his back, Koga has two in his legs, so there has to be only three or four shards left. We can handle any demon that gets hold of all four. We're in no rush."
Sango glanced at him warily.
Kagome's head perked up. "Speak of the devil."
Inuyasha lowered his ears and put his arm around my shoulder protectively as a strong wind blew through the trees, towards us.
I knew what this meant. I groaned and knew that even though I was the Champion of Rock, Paper, Scissors, that wouldn't help me none with the young wolf demon. Even though I've been with Inuyasha for six months now, Koga still isn't getting the hint that he has no chance. He tried going back to Kagome but she didn't like being someone's second choice. I guess that sort of applied to Inuyasha too. But Koga flipped back to me, not believing that we were one hundred percent committed. He's expecting Inuyasha to run after another girl. I use to be worried about the same thing but the longer I spend with him the more I know that won't happen.
Then Koga stood in front of me and grabbed my hands. This was far too familiar. "Hello again Midori, how are you this morning?"
I took my hands back and sighed, "Hello Koga. What are you doing here?"
"Can't I just drop by and say hi to my fiancée?"
Inuyasha raised his fist but I pushed him back. "Koga, we are not engaged. I. Am. With. Inuyasha. How many times must I tell you that?"
Koga burst out laughing. "Sorry Midori but that ungrateful mutt flips in between girls every once and a while."
"And you're any different?" I questioned. "Just get out of here Koga before you get me angry."
"Or worse, before you get me angry," Inuyasha growled, cracking his knuckles. "My patience is running thin with you."
Koga smirked. "I would consider a fight to finally finish this off dog face, but I didn't just come here to flirt with my one and only. There's this demon princess off to the east of the stray demons. She's been pretty quiet for a really long time, according to my elders, but apparently she's coming back to get shards. Just a warning to you," he narrowed his eyes at Inuyasha, "watch over Midori or it will be more than my pleasure to end you."
Inuyasha glanced down at me and I stared right back up at him. "This…Princess of the Stray Demons, why would she be a threat?" he asked.
"Inuyasha don't you remember the rumors about her when we were younger?" I asked, recalling stories of her. "Princess Akki completely dominated the east in her youth but after a big fight she was forced into hiding. That's probably why she's after the shards now, to regain her power."
"I remember such stories as well," Miroku added. "People have been waiting for her to come back. She's supposed to be very beautiful. Hmm."
Sango smacked him without hesitation. "Pull yourself together."
"I'm sure Grandpa knows a thing or two about Princess Akki," Kagome added. "He know more about this time than the one he was born into."
"Sounds like you all are good off here." Koga winked at me. "See ya 'round Midori."
Once he was gone Inuyasha couldn't wait to go on his rants about how he was a 'damn idiot' and how he 'has a lot of nerve'. I admit, I think he's cute when he gets angry with his ears twitching around but I knew it was my job to calm him down. Kagome sure as hell wouldn't jump at the opportunity to get in her old spot, or what she believed was her old spot so I had to be supportive.
"Don't let him get to you Inuyasha," I smirked. "That's what he wants to happen."
"No, what he wants to happen is steal you out from under me. Probably while I'm not looking so he can stab me in the back too." I took a hold of his hand and forced him to start walking like we were before we stopped by the river to rest, and have our match. "I better keep a close eye on you then huh?"
"I guess you should. But Koga would have to get me while I'm kicking and screaming. And biting. And punching. And probably using my fan."
He chuckled at the mental image. "I doubt he'll get that far."
"Jeez, I hope so." I hugged his arm. "So now we're going up after Princess Akki. Seems like just yesterday we got rid of Naraku."
Inuyasha glanced back at the rest of the group, that was following us at a respectable distance. "To be honest, I'm surprised Sango and Miroku are still here."
"Huh? Why wouldn't they be?"
"They had their reasons to go after Naraku, but not to go after the rest of the jewel shards. I thought they would have settled down by now."
He's right, they have no reason to be following us around anymore. I'm sure Inuyasha, Shippo, Kagome, and I can handle getting the rest of the shards in a safe place. Then again…leaving Shippo to deal with the three of us, more importantly Kagome and Inuyasha, even I wouldn't want to be in that position.
It's been six months and Kagome still hates my guts. I haven't gotten on her case about it yet but with the dirty looks she keeps on throwing at me, she's getting there pretty quick. I could feel her glare as I held his hand.
