A/N: Here's the next chappie of CotW! I just got back from my church camp.
I had an okay time, my boyfriend Sean went into Miroku-mode, as he does
every month. I was praying so hard that it wouldn't be this week, but it
was. Oh well. I kinda like his arm n my shoulders. Too bad the camp doesn't
allow kissing.
Last night was the best night of camp! He kept telling me, his friend Nicholas, and my friends Jessie and Kayla stories of vampires. In the middle of one story, Nicky got up and walked onto this one porch. We all followed him, wondering what was up. Jessie began to talk to him when he suddenly started chasing us! We all leapt, screaming, down the WHOLE flight of stairs and ran to a more populated area. I'll say that I screamed the loudest. Then we turned around to see Nicky rolling on the ground laughing. Sean ran over and tackled him. It was great.
Now, on to the story.
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Colors of the Wind
Ch. 2: Inuyasha
Kawaii Sango-chan 4 Eva
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The whole village was in turmoil. Everyone had gotten wind that a pack of wolf youkai were on the hunt.
Sango, the taijiya, and Miroku, the monk, ran to the edge of the forest, Sango gripping her Hiraikotsu, Miroku extending his arm out. The hanyou Inuyasha followed close behind them, his claws extended and ready for battle.
For several moments they stood there, silent, still, and waiting. Not one leaf stirred, the wind ceased to blow, time itself seemed to stand stock- still.
Sango and Miroku leapt forward when they saw Inuyasha's ear flick forward, a signal between them that meant they had arrived. Sango swung her Hiraikotsu in a wide circle, effectively having it come into contact with one of the youkai's bodies. It yelped in pain.
Miroku removed a cloth from his hand and a great wind began pulling the youkai towards his hand. The pack leader, Kouga, lifted a huge boulder and threw it towards Miroku before any of them died. The boy pulled it in and wrapped the cloth back around his hand. Something that large put him out of commission.
Inuyasha had disappeared somewhere. The taijiya and the monk had heard him yelling something out at them, but with their human hearing and the battle going on around them, they weren't able to understand his words.
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Kagome stood beside Ayame as the battle raged on. She was worried again, the last time that Kouga had come home after a battle he was unable to stand for a while.
She was grateful to have miko powers. She healed many of the pack after they came home injured. Normally they wouldn't have tolerated it, having a human in the pack, but Kouga found her intriguing, therefore he made her lead female.
So she stood, yet again, worried that Kouga would die. If he died, the other wolves would kill her, and not even Ginta, Hakkaku, and Ayame would be able to ward them away.
But Kouga wouldn't die. No, he was too strong for that. And stubborn. Kagome chuckled to herself.
She snapped out of her 'thinking mode' to noticed that the youkai who was helping the two humans had disappeared. She looked around nervously as she scooted closer to Ayame, her surrogate mother. To have a youkai disappear was bad news. He was a hanyou, that much was obvious to her, but his strength was greater than Ayame's, though she was full youkai. After all, the male's strength was always greater than the female's, no matter what.
She had heard from Ayame once, as she reached out to touch a beautiful black spider with an hourglass on its back, that when the female black widow was done mating, she would eat the male for dinner. Kagome, of course, had had her hand smacked so hard it rung from the impact. She knew from then on not to touch those spiders that could kill a human with a single well-placed bite. It would render a youkai unconscious.
The young miko was jerked from her memories when she felt a strong arm wrap around her waist and pull her towards an unfamiliar body. She gasped in fright and began to struggle. The arm tightened around her abdominal region, causing her to gasp harder for air. She discontinued struggling. Instead, she called for backup.
"AYAME!" She yelled out, hoping that her surrogate mother would hear her frightened pleas. "HELP ME!"
Sure enough, Ayame came out of nowhere, ready to tackle the challenger. When she saw that it was a male dog youkai, she immediately bowed down.
"Sess... Sesshoumaru-sama!" She breathed, standing up in amazement. Inuyasha cocked his head in a confused manner before a smirk found its way onto his lips.
'So she thinks I'm my brother, huh? Well, I'll play around on that idea.' Inuyasha thought evilly.
"I want this girl. She is human, she doesn't belong in your pack." He put on his brother's stoic expression. The color from Ayame's face drained as she stuttered to give a plausible explanation on why he shouldn't take her.
"But Sesshoumaru-sama! She is only a human! What importance could she possibly hold for you? We have others that you can take! Not humans, but we could capture some for you."
"No. I want her." Ayame grew more worried. She couldn't call Kouga from battle; she didn't want him to lose his life because of her.
She snarled angrily and ran at the inuyoukai. He easily sidestepped her.
"I wouldn't fight if I were you." He informed her, smirking. "You're well into your pregnancy. Wouldn't want to hurt the baby during battle! That's why you're not fighting now, isn't it?" He kicked at her rounded stomach, causing her to wrap her arms around it and leap away before it could make contact.
She snarled again, knowing that he was right, and sat down before she could cause the baby any damage from fighting.
Deciding that Kouga could stop the battle, she turned around.
"KOUGA-SAMA! WE NEED SOME HELP OVER HERE!" She yelled. When she turned back around, both Kagome and 'Sesshoumaru' were gone.
Ayame shouted into the sky. Her Kagome was gone.
"NOOOOOOO!" She screamed helplessly. She brought her hands flying up to her face, effectively burying it, and began crying.
Kouga arrived at that moment. When he saw her defeated figure, he motioned with his hand for the others to leave. They quickly obligated.
"Ayame-chan?" He questioned softly. "What's the matter?"
"Kagome!" She hiccuped sadly. "Sesshoumaru-sama kidnapped her!"
"You mean that dog youkai that I was fighting?" He questioned. She nodded slowly.
"That wasn't Sesshoumaru. That was his brother, Inuyasha." Kouga leapt away as Ayame punched the air around her.
"That little stupid idiotic son of a..." Kouga interrupted Ayame's ranting.
"Whoa, whoa Ayame! It's okay; we'll get her back. Do you want to howl with the group?" Ayame nodded slowly.
Kouga started the howl. It began as a low, melodious sound, but it rose higher with every second.
Ayame joined in next, hers beginning high and loud and become quieter and softer with every breath. Her howl was much sadder than Kouga's, though his was sad too.
Soon the whole pack joined in the singing. Their cries floated up, a melodious, beautiful sound. There was a full moon in the sky, some might have thought that they were singing to it, but their song was for Kagome.
The villagers could hear it from twenty miles away. It frightened them, not knowing what it meant.
It was the same village that Inuyasha was strolling through, Sango and Miroku following close behind, Kagome slung like a bag over his shoulder. She had long since stopped struggling against Inuyasha, accepting the fact that there was no way she would get free without her bow and arrows.
She had heard her wolf pack howling, and after close listening, understood that they were singing about her. She was able to pick up on Ayame's voice; it was by far the most upset and pained.
Kouga's voice was the loudest; he was lead male, after all.
Ginta and Hakkaku's were also louder than Ayame's, but her singing was the saddest thing Kagome had ever heard voiced since her last pups had perished by another youkai.
Ayame had gone on a rampage after finding their bodies. Kagome had never seen her cause so much destruction before. The angered female had caused Kouga extreme pain when he tried to stop her from searching for her dead pups. They had, of course, found the youkai that killed the pups. Ayame made him suffer badly. They sang that night and Ayame's cry was extremely mournful. Kouga later forgave her for trying to kill him.
The singing of the pack soon lulled her to sleep. Inuyasha felt her body relax against his shoulder and her breathing grew steady and calmer.
He was carrying her to Kaede's hut where he and his group lived. His group consisted of a taijiya named Sango, a perverted monk called Miroku, an orphaned kitsune youkai who went by Shippou, a fairly young miko called Kaede, another orphan, this one human and a girl, named Rin, and Sango's little brother Kohaku. He wanted her for one reason only.
She was the mirror image of the dead priestess Kikyou, Inuyasha's ex- girlfriend.
Kikyou had died fourteen years ago, and this girl looked to be about fourteen. So he decided maybe Kaede, Kikyou's younger sister, would know something. He wanted to know more about her... Kagami, or whatever they had called her.
He snorted. 'Who in their right mind would name their daughter 'mirror?' Maybe Kagami just sounded pretty to them.' He thought.
Kaede's hut came into view. Inuyasha sped off towards it, Sango and Miroku following close behind.
All of a sudden, several people burst out from the doorway. Rin, Kohaku, and Shippo tackled Inuyasha in a large hug. Kaede walked out of the hut at her own pace. Inuyasha detached the three children from his waist and legs and set Kagome on a pallet that Kaede had knitted a long time ago.
He reached down into her pack and pulled out an old blanket. It was torn beyond reasoning, dirty, and smelly. Inuyasha wrinkled his sensitive nose at the stench and guessed that it had not been washed for a long time.
He laid the blanket down and continued digging.
This time, he produced an old cloth doll. The colors on its clothes were well faded, it was ripped in places, and it had only a few strands of yarn left of its hair.
Inuyasha studied it hard, so hard that he didn't hear it when Miroku, Kohaku, and Rin walked in.
"Inuyasha," Miroku smirked, "Aren't you a little old to be playing with dolls?" Inuyasha threw the doll up in the air, startled, which was immediately caught by Rin.
"Arigatou, Inu-chan!" She grinned happily. "Rin likes dolls!" She ran in a different room to play with her new toy. Inuyasha turned to glare at Miroku, a glare so evil that Kohaku ran screaming from the room.
"I'm only going through her bag." He said, handing the monk the blanket. "Will you take this to Kaede and ask her to patch it up? It is also in need of a good washing." With the last comment, he wrinkled up his nose again. Miroku nodded and left the room, folding the quilt up as he went.
Inuyasha turned to see Kagome stirring awake. He watched as her eyes opened, wide bright turquoise orbs that returned his stare.
'Her eyes are prettier than Kikyou's.' He thought. 'Kikyou's were stormy- gray while her's are ocean blue.'
"So Kagami, you finally woke up." He said. "That's good." Kagome looked around the room, confusion clearly shown on her face. She and the Sesshoumaru guy were the only ones in the room. For a while she questioned his sanity.
"Wh... Who's Kagami?" She asked.
"You are." He stated. "Am I right?"
"No, my name is Kagome. KA-GO-ME. Not Kagami." She said. "Can I go back to Kouga onegai?"
"No. I need to know something, okay?" He stated, standing up. "You wait here." He marched off to find Kaede.
*
"She looks so much like Kikyou." Inuyasha said. Kaede nodded in agreement.
"She is my sister's reincarnation." Kaede informed him.
"That's what I thought." He said.
"Miroku gave me that quilt of hers, do you want me to redo the colors and patch the tears up? I will wash it." Inuyasha nodded yes to her question.
"I want to surprise her. I'm sure she'd love it." He smiled. Kaede pointed to her hut.
"Did you remember to bolt the door shut, Inuyasha?" She said, pointing to the door that was blowing in the breeze.
"Shit-" Inuyasha caught himself, seeing Rin staring up at him. "-Taki mushrooms. Where did you come from?" She grinned.
"Kagome-chan gave Rin a piece of candy!" She squealed, her high-pitched voice causing Inuyasha's ears to lay flat against his head.
"Why did she do that, Rin-chan?" Kaede asked softly. Rin looked up at the sky thoughtfully.
"Oh yeah! Rin showed her the trail leading out of the village to the wolf pack!" Inuyasha slapped his forehead.
"Fu-" He said, catching himself again. "-Kai mori!" He took off towards the trail. "I'll be back soon!" He yelled to Kaede, who was having trouble controlling Rin's use of the newfound word. She danced around the twenty- two year old miko saying 'shitaki.' He laughed.
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A/N: Chapter number 2 completed! I had fun writing it.
I think that Rin is so kawaii in this story! She's just so adorable, the way she calls herself 'Rin' instead of 'I' or 'me.'
I forgot to put the ages!
Inuyasha: 28
Kaede: 22
Kagome: 14
Sango: 15
Miroku: 16
Rin: 5
Kohaku: 9
Kouga: 29
Ayame: 28
Ginta: 25
Hakkaku: 24
I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I did! Please review!
-Akemi aka Kawaii Sango-chan 4 Eva
Last night was the best night of camp! He kept telling me, his friend Nicholas, and my friends Jessie and Kayla stories of vampires. In the middle of one story, Nicky got up and walked onto this one porch. We all followed him, wondering what was up. Jessie began to talk to him when he suddenly started chasing us! We all leapt, screaming, down the WHOLE flight of stairs and ran to a more populated area. I'll say that I screamed the loudest. Then we turned around to see Nicky rolling on the ground laughing. Sean ran over and tackled him. It was great.
Now, on to the story.
*
Colors of the Wind
Ch. 2: Inuyasha
Kawaii Sango-chan 4 Eva
*
The whole village was in turmoil. Everyone had gotten wind that a pack of wolf youkai were on the hunt.
Sango, the taijiya, and Miroku, the monk, ran to the edge of the forest, Sango gripping her Hiraikotsu, Miroku extending his arm out. The hanyou Inuyasha followed close behind them, his claws extended and ready for battle.
For several moments they stood there, silent, still, and waiting. Not one leaf stirred, the wind ceased to blow, time itself seemed to stand stock- still.
Sango and Miroku leapt forward when they saw Inuyasha's ear flick forward, a signal between them that meant they had arrived. Sango swung her Hiraikotsu in a wide circle, effectively having it come into contact with one of the youkai's bodies. It yelped in pain.
Miroku removed a cloth from his hand and a great wind began pulling the youkai towards his hand. The pack leader, Kouga, lifted a huge boulder and threw it towards Miroku before any of them died. The boy pulled it in and wrapped the cloth back around his hand. Something that large put him out of commission.
Inuyasha had disappeared somewhere. The taijiya and the monk had heard him yelling something out at them, but with their human hearing and the battle going on around them, they weren't able to understand his words.
*
Kagome stood beside Ayame as the battle raged on. She was worried again, the last time that Kouga had come home after a battle he was unable to stand for a while.
She was grateful to have miko powers. She healed many of the pack after they came home injured. Normally they wouldn't have tolerated it, having a human in the pack, but Kouga found her intriguing, therefore he made her lead female.
So she stood, yet again, worried that Kouga would die. If he died, the other wolves would kill her, and not even Ginta, Hakkaku, and Ayame would be able to ward them away.
But Kouga wouldn't die. No, he was too strong for that. And stubborn. Kagome chuckled to herself.
She snapped out of her 'thinking mode' to noticed that the youkai who was helping the two humans had disappeared. She looked around nervously as she scooted closer to Ayame, her surrogate mother. To have a youkai disappear was bad news. He was a hanyou, that much was obvious to her, but his strength was greater than Ayame's, though she was full youkai. After all, the male's strength was always greater than the female's, no matter what.
She had heard from Ayame once, as she reached out to touch a beautiful black spider with an hourglass on its back, that when the female black widow was done mating, she would eat the male for dinner. Kagome, of course, had had her hand smacked so hard it rung from the impact. She knew from then on not to touch those spiders that could kill a human with a single well-placed bite. It would render a youkai unconscious.
The young miko was jerked from her memories when she felt a strong arm wrap around her waist and pull her towards an unfamiliar body. She gasped in fright and began to struggle. The arm tightened around her abdominal region, causing her to gasp harder for air. She discontinued struggling. Instead, she called for backup.
"AYAME!" She yelled out, hoping that her surrogate mother would hear her frightened pleas. "HELP ME!"
Sure enough, Ayame came out of nowhere, ready to tackle the challenger. When she saw that it was a male dog youkai, she immediately bowed down.
"Sess... Sesshoumaru-sama!" She breathed, standing up in amazement. Inuyasha cocked his head in a confused manner before a smirk found its way onto his lips.
'So she thinks I'm my brother, huh? Well, I'll play around on that idea.' Inuyasha thought evilly.
"I want this girl. She is human, she doesn't belong in your pack." He put on his brother's stoic expression. The color from Ayame's face drained as she stuttered to give a plausible explanation on why he shouldn't take her.
"But Sesshoumaru-sama! She is only a human! What importance could she possibly hold for you? We have others that you can take! Not humans, but we could capture some for you."
"No. I want her." Ayame grew more worried. She couldn't call Kouga from battle; she didn't want him to lose his life because of her.
She snarled angrily and ran at the inuyoukai. He easily sidestepped her.
"I wouldn't fight if I were you." He informed her, smirking. "You're well into your pregnancy. Wouldn't want to hurt the baby during battle! That's why you're not fighting now, isn't it?" He kicked at her rounded stomach, causing her to wrap her arms around it and leap away before it could make contact.
She snarled again, knowing that he was right, and sat down before she could cause the baby any damage from fighting.
Deciding that Kouga could stop the battle, she turned around.
"KOUGA-SAMA! WE NEED SOME HELP OVER HERE!" She yelled. When she turned back around, both Kagome and 'Sesshoumaru' were gone.
Ayame shouted into the sky. Her Kagome was gone.
"NOOOOOOO!" She screamed helplessly. She brought her hands flying up to her face, effectively burying it, and began crying.
Kouga arrived at that moment. When he saw her defeated figure, he motioned with his hand for the others to leave. They quickly obligated.
"Ayame-chan?" He questioned softly. "What's the matter?"
"Kagome!" She hiccuped sadly. "Sesshoumaru-sama kidnapped her!"
"You mean that dog youkai that I was fighting?" He questioned. She nodded slowly.
"That wasn't Sesshoumaru. That was his brother, Inuyasha." Kouga leapt away as Ayame punched the air around her.
"That little stupid idiotic son of a..." Kouga interrupted Ayame's ranting.
"Whoa, whoa Ayame! It's okay; we'll get her back. Do you want to howl with the group?" Ayame nodded slowly.
Kouga started the howl. It began as a low, melodious sound, but it rose higher with every second.
Ayame joined in next, hers beginning high and loud and become quieter and softer with every breath. Her howl was much sadder than Kouga's, though his was sad too.
Soon the whole pack joined in the singing. Their cries floated up, a melodious, beautiful sound. There was a full moon in the sky, some might have thought that they were singing to it, but their song was for Kagome.
The villagers could hear it from twenty miles away. It frightened them, not knowing what it meant.
It was the same village that Inuyasha was strolling through, Sango and Miroku following close behind, Kagome slung like a bag over his shoulder. She had long since stopped struggling against Inuyasha, accepting the fact that there was no way she would get free without her bow and arrows.
She had heard her wolf pack howling, and after close listening, understood that they were singing about her. She was able to pick up on Ayame's voice; it was by far the most upset and pained.
Kouga's voice was the loudest; he was lead male, after all.
Ginta and Hakkaku's were also louder than Ayame's, but her singing was the saddest thing Kagome had ever heard voiced since her last pups had perished by another youkai.
Ayame had gone on a rampage after finding their bodies. Kagome had never seen her cause so much destruction before. The angered female had caused Kouga extreme pain when he tried to stop her from searching for her dead pups. They had, of course, found the youkai that killed the pups. Ayame made him suffer badly. They sang that night and Ayame's cry was extremely mournful. Kouga later forgave her for trying to kill him.
The singing of the pack soon lulled her to sleep. Inuyasha felt her body relax against his shoulder and her breathing grew steady and calmer.
He was carrying her to Kaede's hut where he and his group lived. His group consisted of a taijiya named Sango, a perverted monk called Miroku, an orphaned kitsune youkai who went by Shippou, a fairly young miko called Kaede, another orphan, this one human and a girl, named Rin, and Sango's little brother Kohaku. He wanted her for one reason only.
She was the mirror image of the dead priestess Kikyou, Inuyasha's ex- girlfriend.
Kikyou had died fourteen years ago, and this girl looked to be about fourteen. So he decided maybe Kaede, Kikyou's younger sister, would know something. He wanted to know more about her... Kagami, or whatever they had called her.
He snorted. 'Who in their right mind would name their daughter 'mirror?' Maybe Kagami just sounded pretty to them.' He thought.
Kaede's hut came into view. Inuyasha sped off towards it, Sango and Miroku following close behind.
All of a sudden, several people burst out from the doorway. Rin, Kohaku, and Shippo tackled Inuyasha in a large hug. Kaede walked out of the hut at her own pace. Inuyasha detached the three children from his waist and legs and set Kagome on a pallet that Kaede had knitted a long time ago.
He reached down into her pack and pulled out an old blanket. It was torn beyond reasoning, dirty, and smelly. Inuyasha wrinkled his sensitive nose at the stench and guessed that it had not been washed for a long time.
He laid the blanket down and continued digging.
This time, he produced an old cloth doll. The colors on its clothes were well faded, it was ripped in places, and it had only a few strands of yarn left of its hair.
Inuyasha studied it hard, so hard that he didn't hear it when Miroku, Kohaku, and Rin walked in.
"Inuyasha," Miroku smirked, "Aren't you a little old to be playing with dolls?" Inuyasha threw the doll up in the air, startled, which was immediately caught by Rin.
"Arigatou, Inu-chan!" She grinned happily. "Rin likes dolls!" She ran in a different room to play with her new toy. Inuyasha turned to glare at Miroku, a glare so evil that Kohaku ran screaming from the room.
"I'm only going through her bag." He said, handing the monk the blanket. "Will you take this to Kaede and ask her to patch it up? It is also in need of a good washing." With the last comment, he wrinkled up his nose again. Miroku nodded and left the room, folding the quilt up as he went.
Inuyasha turned to see Kagome stirring awake. He watched as her eyes opened, wide bright turquoise orbs that returned his stare.
'Her eyes are prettier than Kikyou's.' He thought. 'Kikyou's were stormy- gray while her's are ocean blue.'
"So Kagami, you finally woke up." He said. "That's good." Kagome looked around the room, confusion clearly shown on her face. She and the Sesshoumaru guy were the only ones in the room. For a while she questioned his sanity.
"Wh... Who's Kagami?" She asked.
"You are." He stated. "Am I right?"
"No, my name is Kagome. KA-GO-ME. Not Kagami." She said. "Can I go back to Kouga onegai?"
"No. I need to know something, okay?" He stated, standing up. "You wait here." He marched off to find Kaede.
*
"She looks so much like Kikyou." Inuyasha said. Kaede nodded in agreement.
"She is my sister's reincarnation." Kaede informed him.
"That's what I thought." He said.
"Miroku gave me that quilt of hers, do you want me to redo the colors and patch the tears up? I will wash it." Inuyasha nodded yes to her question.
"I want to surprise her. I'm sure she'd love it." He smiled. Kaede pointed to her hut.
"Did you remember to bolt the door shut, Inuyasha?" She said, pointing to the door that was blowing in the breeze.
"Shit-" Inuyasha caught himself, seeing Rin staring up at him. "-Taki mushrooms. Where did you come from?" She grinned.
"Kagome-chan gave Rin a piece of candy!" She squealed, her high-pitched voice causing Inuyasha's ears to lay flat against his head.
"Why did she do that, Rin-chan?" Kaede asked softly. Rin looked up at the sky thoughtfully.
"Oh yeah! Rin showed her the trail leading out of the village to the wolf pack!" Inuyasha slapped his forehead.
"Fu-" He said, catching himself again. "-Kai mori!" He took off towards the trail. "I'll be back soon!" He yelled to Kaede, who was having trouble controlling Rin's use of the newfound word. She danced around the twenty- two year old miko saying 'shitaki.' He laughed.
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A/N: Chapter number 2 completed! I had fun writing it.
I think that Rin is so kawaii in this story! She's just so adorable, the way she calls herself 'Rin' instead of 'I' or 'me.'
I forgot to put the ages!
Inuyasha: 28
Kaede: 22
Kagome: 14
Sango: 15
Miroku: 16
Rin: 5
Kohaku: 9
Kouga: 29
Ayame: 28
Ginta: 25
Hakkaku: 24
I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I did! Please review!
-Akemi aka Kawaii Sango-chan 4 Eva