Lost
By Usako Hashiba
Note
I'm back. Sorry for the wait, I got the dreaded writer's block and whatever I wrote for this story keep being pure junk. Oh, in the coming chapters be prepared to see a character from another of my favorite anime series. It's just an idea that entered my little brain when the writer's block lost it's hold.
Disclaimer
Inu-yasha and its characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi. I only own the characters that I created in this story.
Chapter Seven - Back to Work
The trio had returned to the Sengoku Jidai only to discover that Sango and Miroku had no leads to the next jewel shard. Which meant they had to wait. Which also meant a certain hanyou's impatient streak was going to rear it's ugly head. Especially when another week passed with nothing.
Inuyasha crept through the underbrush, silently stalking his dinner. Granted Kagome had brought ramen back with her but he wanted a little meat with it. A rabbit or something like that would be just prefect. He needed something to do anyway before he lost his mind.
Inuyasha was in position to pounce on the unsuspecting rabbit when a scent broke his concentration. The scent of youkai and close by too. Another scent filtered into his nose too - the scent of human blood. Inuyasha growled and speed off.
* * * * * * * * * * *
"Hiraikotsu!"
The giant boomerang slide through demon flesh easily as Miroku expertly wielded his shakujo against his opponents on the ground. The others were fighting their opponents with practiced ease.
Kagome had just notched an arrow when something sharp stabbed her side. She gave out a pained gasp as she went down.
"Kagome!" Shippou cried from his position. Forgetting his fear and inexperience, he sped toward the injured girl. Shori, Sango, and Miroku also tried to move but were cut off by the attacking demons.
Kagome's eyes widen in fear as the demon above her grinned cruelly and raised his blade to loop off her head. 'Inuyasha!' her panicked mind screamed.
A furious snarl was the only warning before the aforementioned inu youkai burst from the brushes and killed the demon with a single swipe. He then assumed a stance in front of Kagome that would allow him to easily protect her.
Inuyasha held his position in front of Kagome, growling threatening at the demons. His rage was obvious to the dumbest person in the world.
'He really cares for her,' Shori absently noted as she took out another demon. 'I've never seen him more angry.'
Shori's nose twitched as a scent reached it, at the same time she spied a female figure just on the outskirts of the fighting. She was dressed in a kimono, had black hair and cruel red eyes. Her aura was that of a demon's and she seemed to be in charge of the force attacking them.
"Inuyasha!" Shori called to him and pointed to the strange she-demon.
"Kagura!" Inuyasha snarled. Thinking quickly, Shori made her way to Inuyasha.
"Take care of her, I'll protect Kagome," she told him as soon as she was close.
Inuyasha looked torn. Everything in his instincts told him to stay with Kagome, with his injured mate. 'Mate?' he thought confused. 'Since when do I consider Kagome my anything?'
He didn't have time to argue with either himself or Shori before Kagura smirked and called out.
"Fuujin no Mai!"
Shori grabbed Kagome and pulled her out of way, turning in such a way to shield the human's body with her own. She winced as one connected but she ignored it, glaring at her brother, "Go!"
Inuyasha unsheathed Tetsusaiga and charged the demoness while Shori hefted Kagome on her back.
"Hang on!"
With no further warning, the hanyou took over, taking to the air. Kagome held on with practiced ease.
'I hope Inuyasha doesn't get hurt,' she fretted. Kagura was a hard opponent but Shori's decision to take her away from the battle was a good one. She was hurt and couldn't fight. Inuyasha and the others didn't need the distraction.
She was so deep in though that she didn't notice Shori had come to stop.
"Kagome-san?"
"Huh?" Kagome blinked before realizing they were stationary. She slid off the female hanyou's back, wincing as her wound throbbed in pain.
"Let me see," Shori requested, pushing against the cloth of Kagome's school uniform. Carefully checking the wound she determined it wasn't too bad. It wasn't deep and the demon didn't appear to have used poison in that attack. She ripped off a piece of her inner yukata and bond the wound.
"You're pretty good at that," Kagome remarked with a grateful smile at the hanyou.
"Inuyasha and I got hurt a lot when we were little. I got pretty good at dressing his wounds," Shori waved off her compliment before adopting a sheepish look. "Of course, he got pretty good at dressing mine."
Kagome laughed through Shori's words bothered her a bit. How many times had either one of those been close to death? Beaten to a bloody pulp by some demon or human? Shori looked over her wound and dressed with an ease that spoke of practice, perhaps too much practice.
Inuyasha's childhood was a big mystery to her. She knew that both his parents died when he was young but that was roughly it. Shori seemed more willing to talk about their past, what little she remembered about it.
"Kagome-san, how do you feel about my brother?" Shori's question pulled her out of her musing.
"What?" Kagome sputtered, her face going tomato red in three seconds flat.
Shori grinned mischievously, "I've seen the way you look at him. You love him, don't you?"
"I-I," was only she could say. Was she that obvious?
Shori giggled but her mirth was cut short when something caught her attention. She sniffed at the scent. It was strange - similar to Kagome's scent but different with a dusty overtone. Like something buried or made in dirt or ashes. The owner was watching them.
"Come out!" she snarled, her eyes gleaming in the late afternoon light dangerously.
There was a bark of laughter before the figure came into view. It was girl of around 18 dressed in the white and red kimono of a Miko. She looked remarkably like Kagome but her face was colder.
"Shori, never thought I see you again," the Miko said. "Though after your fight with Inuyasha, you never wanted to see him or me for that matter ever again."
"Kikyou," both Shori and Kagome said in unison.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Kino was getting frustrated. He had been searching for Shori for over a week now with no luck. Predictably Shori had avoided contact with humans and youkai so there was no one to ask if they had seen her. Since she had left a month before he had started looking, her scent trail had long ago been covered by other smells or was washed away. Which meant he would have to guess.
'Perhaps it's time to seek some assistance,' Kino mused. He needed a little help to locate his elusive hanyou and knew exactly who could help him. He could only hope the damn fox wasn't hiding out in some Kami forsaken place that no one ever heard of after one of his 'constitutionals'.
To be continued . . .
Can you guess who Kino is referring to? How is this little meeting between Kikyou, Shori, and Kagome going turn out? Good? Bad? Ugly? Wait and see.
Coming soon . . . Chapter Eight - Meetings
By Usako Hashiba
Note
I'm back. Sorry for the wait, I got the dreaded writer's block and whatever I wrote for this story keep being pure junk. Oh, in the coming chapters be prepared to see a character from another of my favorite anime series. It's just an idea that entered my little brain when the writer's block lost it's hold.
Disclaimer
Inu-yasha and its characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi. I only own the characters that I created in this story.
Chapter Seven - Back to Work
The trio had returned to the Sengoku Jidai only to discover that Sango and Miroku had no leads to the next jewel shard. Which meant they had to wait. Which also meant a certain hanyou's impatient streak was going to rear it's ugly head. Especially when another week passed with nothing.
Inuyasha crept through the underbrush, silently stalking his dinner. Granted Kagome had brought ramen back with her but he wanted a little meat with it. A rabbit or something like that would be just prefect. He needed something to do anyway before he lost his mind.
Inuyasha was in position to pounce on the unsuspecting rabbit when a scent broke his concentration. The scent of youkai and close by too. Another scent filtered into his nose too - the scent of human blood. Inuyasha growled and speed off.
* * * * * * * * * * *
"Hiraikotsu!"
The giant boomerang slide through demon flesh easily as Miroku expertly wielded his shakujo against his opponents on the ground. The others were fighting their opponents with practiced ease.
Kagome had just notched an arrow when something sharp stabbed her side. She gave out a pained gasp as she went down.
"Kagome!" Shippou cried from his position. Forgetting his fear and inexperience, he sped toward the injured girl. Shori, Sango, and Miroku also tried to move but were cut off by the attacking demons.
Kagome's eyes widen in fear as the demon above her grinned cruelly and raised his blade to loop off her head. 'Inuyasha!' her panicked mind screamed.
A furious snarl was the only warning before the aforementioned inu youkai burst from the brushes and killed the demon with a single swipe. He then assumed a stance in front of Kagome that would allow him to easily protect her.
Inuyasha held his position in front of Kagome, growling threatening at the demons. His rage was obvious to the dumbest person in the world.
'He really cares for her,' Shori absently noted as she took out another demon. 'I've never seen him more angry.'
Shori's nose twitched as a scent reached it, at the same time she spied a female figure just on the outskirts of the fighting. She was dressed in a kimono, had black hair and cruel red eyes. Her aura was that of a demon's and she seemed to be in charge of the force attacking them.
"Inuyasha!" Shori called to him and pointed to the strange she-demon.
"Kagura!" Inuyasha snarled. Thinking quickly, Shori made her way to Inuyasha.
"Take care of her, I'll protect Kagome," she told him as soon as she was close.
Inuyasha looked torn. Everything in his instincts told him to stay with Kagome, with his injured mate. 'Mate?' he thought confused. 'Since when do I consider Kagome my anything?'
He didn't have time to argue with either himself or Shori before Kagura smirked and called out.
"Fuujin no Mai!"
Shori grabbed Kagome and pulled her out of way, turning in such a way to shield the human's body with her own. She winced as one connected but she ignored it, glaring at her brother, "Go!"
Inuyasha unsheathed Tetsusaiga and charged the demoness while Shori hefted Kagome on her back.
"Hang on!"
With no further warning, the hanyou took over, taking to the air. Kagome held on with practiced ease.
'I hope Inuyasha doesn't get hurt,' she fretted. Kagura was a hard opponent but Shori's decision to take her away from the battle was a good one. She was hurt and couldn't fight. Inuyasha and the others didn't need the distraction.
She was so deep in though that she didn't notice Shori had come to stop.
"Kagome-san?"
"Huh?" Kagome blinked before realizing they were stationary. She slid off the female hanyou's back, wincing as her wound throbbed in pain.
"Let me see," Shori requested, pushing against the cloth of Kagome's school uniform. Carefully checking the wound she determined it wasn't too bad. It wasn't deep and the demon didn't appear to have used poison in that attack. She ripped off a piece of her inner yukata and bond the wound.
"You're pretty good at that," Kagome remarked with a grateful smile at the hanyou.
"Inuyasha and I got hurt a lot when we were little. I got pretty good at dressing his wounds," Shori waved off her compliment before adopting a sheepish look. "Of course, he got pretty good at dressing mine."
Kagome laughed through Shori's words bothered her a bit. How many times had either one of those been close to death? Beaten to a bloody pulp by some demon or human? Shori looked over her wound and dressed with an ease that spoke of practice, perhaps too much practice.
Inuyasha's childhood was a big mystery to her. She knew that both his parents died when he was young but that was roughly it. Shori seemed more willing to talk about their past, what little she remembered about it.
"Kagome-san, how do you feel about my brother?" Shori's question pulled her out of her musing.
"What?" Kagome sputtered, her face going tomato red in three seconds flat.
Shori grinned mischievously, "I've seen the way you look at him. You love him, don't you?"
"I-I," was only she could say. Was she that obvious?
Shori giggled but her mirth was cut short when something caught her attention. She sniffed at the scent. It was strange - similar to Kagome's scent but different with a dusty overtone. Like something buried or made in dirt or ashes. The owner was watching them.
"Come out!" she snarled, her eyes gleaming in the late afternoon light dangerously.
There was a bark of laughter before the figure came into view. It was girl of around 18 dressed in the white and red kimono of a Miko. She looked remarkably like Kagome but her face was colder.
"Shori, never thought I see you again," the Miko said. "Though after your fight with Inuyasha, you never wanted to see him or me for that matter ever again."
"Kikyou," both Shori and Kagome said in unison.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Kino was getting frustrated. He had been searching for Shori for over a week now with no luck. Predictably Shori had avoided contact with humans and youkai so there was no one to ask if they had seen her. Since she had left a month before he had started looking, her scent trail had long ago been covered by other smells or was washed away. Which meant he would have to guess.
'Perhaps it's time to seek some assistance,' Kino mused. He needed a little help to locate his elusive hanyou and knew exactly who could help him. He could only hope the damn fox wasn't hiding out in some Kami forsaken place that no one ever heard of after one of his 'constitutionals'.
To be continued . . .
Can you guess who Kino is referring to? How is this little meeting between Kikyou, Shori, and Kagome going turn out? Good? Bad? Ugly? Wait and see.
Coming soon . . . Chapter Eight - Meetings