The Enchanted Forest
By: Sakurascorpion19
A/N: Sorry it took so long to update, I was gone on vacation with my friend for 3 weeks. When I got back and typed this up as fast as I could! Now, enjoy...any comments would be wonderful!
Chapter 4: A Stubborn Hanyo and Dangerous Paths
He awoke to see a flame in his sight. The fire danced around happily. Bits of red, orange and yellow moved and swayed. It was beautiful to Inuyasha. Magical…
He shot up from the ground. Keh…I mean…damn! Fucking forest!
Inuyasha looked around. He was near the same place he had fallen into darkness, but a few feet west, underneath a tree. How the hell…? He looked around. All that was there was the fire burning with glee and a small pack. Now where has that girl gone?
He sniffed for her scent. Ah ha, I smell you…now you are right over…
"Inuyasha!" The girl jumped onto the hanyo. "You're awake!"
"What the…get off me!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Oh I was so worried…I wrapped up your wound…oh, I'm so happy you are awake…I made you some food too…oh Inuyasha…"
"Okay, okay! Now get off!" He whined.
"Oh," Kagome jumped off of him. "Sorry…I just got a bit excited…" She giggled.
Inuyasha looked at her with a puzzled face. "You are honestly the strangest human I ever met…"
Kagome just shrugged her shoulders and walked over to the fire. She picked something up and brought it over to Inuyasha.
"What's this?" He questioned her.
"Food…" She said with a smile.
Inuyasha took it and looked it over in curiosity. Keh…so she made me something to eat…how sweet…I mean…that was nice of her…damn! I mean…fuck…
He sniffed it. What the hell is this?
Inuyasha grimaced from the odor. "What is this?"
"If you don't want it, fine…" Kagome let out her hand to take the food back.
"No…no…I'll eat it." Inuyasha was too hungry to care. She did take the time to make it for me too…
He took a bite, waiting for the food's odor to sting at his taste buds, but it had the opposite effect. This is delicious…
Inuyasha gladly finished his meal. He handed Kagome the container with a smile. "Th…th…thanks…" He added.
Kagome smiled back.
Inuyasha stood up and stretched. His arm was still a bit sore from the wound he had received from his battle with the scorpion, but he would never admit to it. I hope we get out of this damn forest soon…it's starting to annoy the crap out of me…
"Inuyasha?" Kagome called out his name.
Keh…what does she want now? Always calling out my name…of course, she says it so…I could get used to that voice…what? What I mean is that…you've got to be kidding me…if my father saw me getting all love struck like this…love struck? Is that was this is? Am I falling in…in…in…no…NO! I'm not…I'm just helping a poor defenseless girl…yeah, that's it…nothing more…nothing…nothing…nothing…something…it's something…I wouldn't be thinking about it if it was nothing. Damn! What is she doing to me? I've never…no…I can't be in…no…no…no…no…maybe…maybe? But how? How?
Inuyasha let out a sigh. Do I love you? Kagome…Kagome…
He turned to look at her. Kagome…do I…
"Kagome?"
She was gone. "Kagome! Kagome!"
Her scent was drifting south along with something else. "Fuck!" Inuyasha grabbed his Tessaiga and began running after the scent. I'm coming Kagome…hold on…I'm coming…
He ran faster and faster and faster. Looking forward. He could smell her more clearly now. Just a little bit farther.
Inuyasha stopped when he saw her standing on the top of a large cliff. Kagome…
He began to jump up the side of the cliff until he finally reached the top. "Kagome…how the hell did you get here?" Inuyasha questioned.
Kagome pointed upward into the sky. "That…" She said in fear.
He looked up to see a small bird flying just over his head. A little bird? What the fuck? That thing brought Kagome here?
Inuyasha laughed. "Keh, Kagome…you're kidding me right?"
She shook her head.
"But…how did it…?"
The bird let out a loud screech.
Inuyasha covered his ears from the agonizing noise.
Kagome fell to her knees holding her hands against her ears in pain.
Keh…damn bird…
Inuyasha pulled out his Tessaiga and pointed it directly at the bird. "If you don't stop asshole, I'll cut you in half!"
The bird stopped, but then laughed at Inuyasha's words.
"Keh…" Inuyasha stated in annoyance.
"You think you can defeat me, half-demon?" The bird laughed.
Inuyasha looked at the tiny bird in confusion. This bird can't be serious? Keh…I'll just kill it since it's pissing me off…
Inuyasha made one sharp move to destroy the bird and successfully cut it in half.
"Keh…"
Inuyasha made his way over to Kagome. "Are you alright?"
"Mmhmm."
Inuyasha helped Kagome off the rocky ground. "That's good…"
Kagome looked into Inuyasha's eyes and smiled. She began to bring herself closer to him until they both heard laughing again.
Inuyasha pushed Kagome behind him as they looked up to see two small birds. "What the hell is going on?"
The birds laughed and spoke in unison. "You cannot defeat me…" The two birds then began to grow. They grew larger and larger. The birds then finally expanded to their largest forms. Their long glowing tails began to sparkle with a deep orange color and their wings were on fire.
"Keh…I forgot that phoenix bird's look like that in their smaller forms…shit…" Inuyasha said.
The birds laughed. "You are a fool for challenging me. Now you pay the price with your life!" The two birds flew forward to attack.
"Keh…" Inuyasha ran toward them. Like I've never killed a phoenix before…
Inuyasha stuck his Tessaiga straight into the heart of one of the birds. The bird cried out and fell to the ground dead.
"You will pay for that half-demon!" The other bird yelled out.
The phoenix flew up and blew fire down at Inuyasha. He shielded himself with the Tessaiga.
"Keh…you have to do better than that!"
The bird screeched. It came down at top speed at Inuyasha.
"Keh…come and get it…" Inuyasha was pushed down hard onto the cliff's surface.
The bird began to engulf Inuyasha in flames.
Inuyasha cried out in pain. The heat was slowly taking it's toll.
The bird laughed. "I told you that you couldn't defeat me…"
This is it…this is how it ends…
The bird let out a cry and fell over.
Inuyasha slowly got up in pain. His body was gradually healing the burns from the phoenix. He looked up to see who had killed the bird.
"Kagome?"
She held a small knife in her hand. "Inuyasha…"
He walked over to her. "Thank you…"
She gave him a smile.
He returned the gesture before he fell to the ground.
"Inuyasha…" She went to his side. "Inuyasha!"
Kagome placed his head in her lap and began to stroke his long, soft white hair. "Inuyasha…wake up…" She bent down to kiss him. She was almost to his lips before she heard him call out.
"No, Kagome…I…you…"
A/N: Yeah, I know that was kind of evil, but it was fun to do it anyway. I'll update as soon as I can!
Thanks for reading!
Your loyal author: Sakurascorpion19