Hey sorry that last one was so short, this one will be longer though- hope
you like it. WRITE REVIEWS!!! I like to know that people are reading this!
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Kagome tripped and fell in the mud, managing to catch herself before going down face first. Immediately Shippo was at her side, pulling at her arm to help her back up. As she struggled against sleepiness to stand up again, she saw something in the grass. She froze, staring at it. It was a piece of Inu Yasha's beautiful, long, silvery hair! Gingerly she lifted it from the ground, sitting back on her heels, weariness temporarily forgotten.
'What is it Kagome? What do you have?' Shippo jumped around her, trying to see what she had in her hands. When she didn't move, seeming not to even hear him, he climbed up her back and sat on her shoulder, peering down into her cupped palms. He recognized it at once, and fell silent for a moment. Then a fly landed on his nose, and he shook himself, breaking the tension and silence.
'See? See? I told you this was the way! Come on Kagome, hurry up! Mmph!' he grunted as he pulled on her hand to lead her onward. She smiled down at him.
'Oh, Shippo- yes you were right, Inu Yasha did come this way. Lead on.' They set off again. The footprints led on through the muddiest areas of the path, almost as if they wanted to be sure that no one would miss the deep-set imprints, there in the soft ground. They came to a large fallen tree and continued on the other side, into a small clearing. Shippo and Kagome walked quietly in, startled by a strange, eerie glow that did not come from the sun, which was blocked by the thick canopy of trees overhead. A dark outcropping of rocks loomed over the small meadow.
The footprints led directly to the rock wall- and to the source of the green light. Clearly illuminated in the dark shadows was Inu Yasha, surrounded by constantly moving, green bars of light that formed a cage around him. Kagome paused for a moment, stunned, then rushed forward.
'INU YASHA!!!' she cried, happy to see him- then she stopped herself before touching the cage. Inu Yasha looked up wearily from where he sat on the ground, raising his head from his knees. She could see a large bruise spreading all down one side of his face, which apparently continued down his arm, exposed by a rip in his haori.
'What do you want, wench?' he asked grumpily, trying to act his old self. Then he seemed to look over her shoulder, and she saw his eyes widen.
'RUN Kagome! Quick! And don't come back!' he yelled as he called upon unknown reserves of energy, jumping up from his seat and drawing Tetsusaiga, which already began to grow to its full size as Inu Yasha moved to protect the girl. Kagome stood there stupidly for a moment, then jumped to the side as Inu Yasha swung at someone who leapt at her from the shadows.
Or rather, Inu Yasha _would_ have swung at the attacker, had it not been for the sudden strengthening of the magical cage around him. Instead, Tetsusaiga collided with the now solid walls of harsh green light, and ricocheted off, flying backwards to the rocks, with Inu Yasha clinging to its grip in dismay.
'Kagome!' he cried, before he slammed into the wall and collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
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Well, what do you all think so far?
Inu Yasha: OW!!!
Miroku: poor Inu Yasha. . .
Gimme your thoughts in your reviews, I'll try to get the next chapter up tonight or tomorrow.
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Kagome tripped and fell in the mud, managing to catch herself before going down face first. Immediately Shippo was at her side, pulling at her arm to help her back up. As she struggled against sleepiness to stand up again, she saw something in the grass. She froze, staring at it. It was a piece of Inu Yasha's beautiful, long, silvery hair! Gingerly she lifted it from the ground, sitting back on her heels, weariness temporarily forgotten.
'What is it Kagome? What do you have?' Shippo jumped around her, trying to see what she had in her hands. When she didn't move, seeming not to even hear him, he climbed up her back and sat on her shoulder, peering down into her cupped palms. He recognized it at once, and fell silent for a moment. Then a fly landed on his nose, and he shook himself, breaking the tension and silence.
'See? See? I told you this was the way! Come on Kagome, hurry up! Mmph!' he grunted as he pulled on her hand to lead her onward. She smiled down at him.
'Oh, Shippo- yes you were right, Inu Yasha did come this way. Lead on.' They set off again. The footprints led on through the muddiest areas of the path, almost as if they wanted to be sure that no one would miss the deep-set imprints, there in the soft ground. They came to a large fallen tree and continued on the other side, into a small clearing. Shippo and Kagome walked quietly in, startled by a strange, eerie glow that did not come from the sun, which was blocked by the thick canopy of trees overhead. A dark outcropping of rocks loomed over the small meadow.
The footprints led directly to the rock wall- and to the source of the green light. Clearly illuminated in the dark shadows was Inu Yasha, surrounded by constantly moving, green bars of light that formed a cage around him. Kagome paused for a moment, stunned, then rushed forward.
'INU YASHA!!!' she cried, happy to see him- then she stopped herself before touching the cage. Inu Yasha looked up wearily from where he sat on the ground, raising his head from his knees. She could see a large bruise spreading all down one side of his face, which apparently continued down his arm, exposed by a rip in his haori.
'What do you want, wench?' he asked grumpily, trying to act his old self. Then he seemed to look over her shoulder, and she saw his eyes widen.
'RUN Kagome! Quick! And don't come back!' he yelled as he called upon unknown reserves of energy, jumping up from his seat and drawing Tetsusaiga, which already began to grow to its full size as Inu Yasha moved to protect the girl. Kagome stood there stupidly for a moment, then jumped to the side as Inu Yasha swung at someone who leapt at her from the shadows.
Or rather, Inu Yasha _would_ have swung at the attacker, had it not been for the sudden strengthening of the magical cage around him. Instead, Tetsusaiga collided with the now solid walls of harsh green light, and ricocheted off, flying backwards to the rocks, with Inu Yasha clinging to its grip in dismay.
'Kagome!' he cried, before he slammed into the wall and collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
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Well, what do you all think so far?
Inu Yasha: OW!!!
Miroku: poor Inu Yasha. . .
Gimme your thoughts in your reviews, I'll try to get the next chapter up tonight or tomorrow.