White Snow

I do not own InuYasha. Thanks to my friend ashleyjanelie for proof reading my previous chapter and this one. And a thanks to my first reviewer who gave me the suggestion of rewriting my summary!

Chapter 4: Stalked Snow

The snow continued to fall to the awaiting ground below. The snow transcended into her thoughts. It would seem to everyone in the village that winter was her favorite season. How wrong they have thought for it was the exact opposite. She did not like the winter months but, she did like the snow. It was something about snow that made her free from the bullying and teasing.

Even though Kikyo left some time ago, she can still vaguely remember her. Kikyo had skills that she felt she will never achieve. To say she was a master at archery by vigorous training. She was also skilled in the ways of a priestess. The more she pondered on Kikyo's skill the more insignificant she felt. She felt like there was someone watching her and following her, but, when she turned around she saw nothing. So, she ignored the feeling like a mother would a child. She walked further away from the snow covered school and towards the woods in the back of it. Little did she know she was being followed and they are not following her to ask her out.

Kikyo walked through the woods almost sadly as the snow continued its soft fall to the frozen ground. As though the snow itself had a mind of its own it seemed to beckon her. But where was it trying to get her to go?

'The snow feels as if it's calling to me. No, I shouldn't think that way-I am beginning to act like her.' she mused to herself.

Turning around Kikyo mad a silent swift step in the direction she had just come from. Then everything seemed to pause except the snow. There was no sound, no movement except for the gentle fall of the snow.

The scream reached to even where Kikyo stood miles away. It stilled the waters that were not frozen by the brutal awakening of winter and silenced all noises.
Kikyo quickly turned around and dashed forward towards the voice.

'Judging by where it came from it's too far from the village nearby to hear and yet it feels so far from me as well' Kikyo ran as fast as if the world depended on it.

A huge demon of unknown origins stood over A black haired girl. The demon looming over her like a grandfather clock and was a disgrace to nature. Even the snow avoided him, not even landing on him AS IF fearing that they would become tainted. She scrambled to get away from the atrocious youkai. But the snow was not in her favor as she slipped and fell brutally on the precious white covered ground. The youkai picked her up by one leg and hung her upside down.

The moment thrown to the frozen wind, she quickly and efficiently pulled down her kimono to hide her legs from his starving wolf eyes. At that moment something happened so fast that she didn't realize what happened. She was flipping in the air and the demon fell to the ground making it and the snow cry in agony. The black haired young teen descended and was caught with extreme care by two pairs of arms. She held her eyes shut the entire time trying to make herself believe that she fell asleep in winters grasp somewhere.

Silence. That's all it was, almost like a winter seen in a painting. At first she thought it was InuYasha until she felt his aura. And something else, there was something else about this teen. Kikyo never meet him before but it was something about him that made him different from everyone else. Other than the fact that the snow descended and fell onto him like a fated attraction.

Kikyo hid behind a tree and watch the scene play out.

"You should not be out here alone human." he said calmly and quietly as if to not disturb the snows fall.

"Arigatoo gozaimasu." she whispered as she opened her scared eyes to see her savior. Her eyes looked at him carefully, trying to remember ...something.
Then it hit her like the cold winters air. It was HIM. She realized as he sat her on her feet the man with air of snow and eyes that out ranked gold in every aspect.

"What is your name?" she heard his voice again.

'Delicate as snow and as strong as a winter storm.' she thought to herself.

"K-Kagome" she replied as soft as the fall of the snow surrounding them. Just as he left last time he picked her up and calmly walked towards the village and towards her home. Leaving Kikyo idly standing their with InuYasha now standing behind her.

"Kikyo we should leave." InuYasha spoke silently turning around to head back.

'He saved her. And did she say her name was Kagome?" Kikyo wondered.