Author's Notes: ::sigh:: I still haven't posted.....oh, well
Title: Darkness and Light Author: KaBunny E-mail: Alexandra_Miyoko@yahoo.com Rating: PG-13
Chapter Three: Surprises
InuYasha had been glaring at Kagome out of the corners of his eyes for the last hour. He had been sitting with his arms crossed, an annoyed look on his face, and an occasional annoyed growl tumbling out of his mouth. It was starting to get a little irritating and Kagome wasn't sure what the hell his problem was.
She could take it no more. She opened her eyes and sat up off the tree she had been trying to sleep on since their little 'argument'. She glared at InuYasha and huffed in annoyance. "What is your problem?!"
The half-demon leaned in to mere inches from her face, his eyes speculating. "Why do you look so much like that Kikyo wench if you're not a princess?" he questioned, his ears giving a slight twitch.
"Shows how much you know," Kagome muttered, rolling her eyes in irritation. "I am a princess."
"Isn't it against the law for you to leave the castle, then?" he asked, sitting back calmly. He seemed to fall into a sincere manner.
Kagome gave him a questioning look, not sure whether or not he wanted to fight or truly just wanted to know out of curiosity. "Why do you ask?" she responded, an interested look on her face.
He didn't answer but instead glanced to the right quickly. He sniffed the air and growled before looking back at Kagome.
"What?" she asked, not sure of what he was smelling.
"Human blood and a lot of it," he answered, sniffing the air once more as if to make sure. "This way."
He then took off into the forest leaving Kagome with a fire still burning brightly and completely unprepared. She glanced at the fire, unsure, before grabbing her arrows and bow off the ground and heading off after him. She had no idea which way he had run. 'Man is he fast! How the hell am I supposed to follow him?' she thought, running with good human agility through the many trees, shrubs, and plants.
She had to stop to catch her breath. As she glanced around, she came to the conclusion that she had gotten lost, had no idea where InuYasha had gone or any idea how to get back to the camp. She sighed, slightly mad at the half-demon for leaving her and slightly mad at herself for not planning something like this out ahead of time.
"InuYasha!" she called, after catching her wind once more. She only heard the silence of the night answer back. "InuYasha!"
She heard a rustling of bushes and glanced to it. Since InuYasha had emerged from the bushes before, she expected it to be him this time, so she did not knock her bow. She felt a small twinge of pain on her cheek and reached up tentatively to touch it. As she looked at her hand, she saw the small splotches of red. She suddenly became confused and looked at the bushes again as they rustled.
"Huh?" she managed before a dagger flew out at her. She dodged enough to get a splice in her shoulder. After giving a small grunt and landing on the ground, she glanced up at the woman who seemed to float.
The woman gave a giggle as she landed lightly on the ground. The long dagger flew back into the woman's hand and Kagome finally spotted the long strands of something spreading across the dark forest. "What the....," she muttered, looking around.
She glared up at the woman before glancing at the bow that had flew off her shoulder in the fall. She had to get to it or else she would die. The woman seemed to know this and smiled evilly at Kagome who seemed trapped. She stepped over to stand above the bow and tilted her head, tauntingly. "Another pretty head of hair," she said, leaning forward. She would have touched Kagome's hair had the miko not titled backward to avoid the woman's touch.
An evil was emanating from the oddly dressed girl. 'She has to be a demon,' Kagome thought, wincing in pain as she tried sliding back a little farther.
"Now, now, girlie....I'm not going to hurt you," she murmured, a small smile still playing on her lips. She gave another small giggle as she took a step forward. "I just want that pretty head of yours with all your lovely hair."
Kagome put her injured arm up as if to shield herself from the woman's probing evil eyes. She winced in pain and tried to slide back a little more on the ground but slipped and nearly fell over. She closed her eyes away, hoping it would be quick and she would head on to the spiritual world peacefully.
She heard a loud whooshing noise and the wind of a large sword swinging close to her, but she felt no pain. She heard a growl and then a giggling. She opened her eyes and glanced up, surprised. There stood InuYasha with a large sword and oddly enough, he was protecting her. She was now really confused, but the time to think about it was not now.
The other demon giggled and hopped away into the forest. "Damn wench," InuYasha muttered before turning around. "What the hell was that?! I thought you were a trained archer by the way you pulled that bow on me. Apparently I just thought you knew what the hell you were doing!"
"I DO know what I'm doing!" she retorted, standing up and brushing herself off. She winced and gripped her shoulder when a pain ran down her arm. "Dammit," she whispered, the pain shooting up her arm again.
"I see," he murmured, brushing her hand away from the wound. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," she replied, stepping away from him, blushing. 'What the hell? He's such a jerk and then he's nice?' she pondered, staring at him.
He got an irritated look on his face, realizing that she was staring at him funny. "Would you stop staring, wench! It's giving me the creeps!" he answered, sheathing his sword.
"You're such a jerk!" she yelled, rolling her eyes and huffing angrily. She wandered over to her bow and picked it up off the ground. As she stood up she felt something slice her cheek again. She immediately put her hand up to cover the new wound, but InuYasha had already smelled more of her blood.
"What the hell?" he asked, glancing around as if not noticing the strand right infront of Kagome.
"It's hair," she whispered, staring at it curiously.
"What?!" he questioned, giving her an odd look.
"You can't see it?" she asked, receiving another odd look before InuYasha shook his head. "Did you find the village?"
"Yeah," he muttered, sinking into thought. "All the villagers were murdered, but I didn't find the culprit. It was as if the murderer disappeared into thin air. It did smell faintly like a demon, but the smell of the blood was covering it up."
"It must've been that woman," Kagome muttered, staring off in the direction where the demon had ran.
"I can't smell where she went," he responded, tilting his head back and sniffing the air once again. "There's another smell masking hers."
"Are you sure you can't see the hair?" she questioned, finally noticing that there were many strands and not just the one. "The strands of hairs are leading that way." She pointed in the opposite direction in which the demon had disappeared.
"What hairs?!" he growled, looking at her irritably.
Kagome stared at him for a moment before turning to the hair that had now cut her twice. She touch her finger tip to it gently, but still slicing it slightly. As the blood dripped off her finger tip like a leaky faucet, she closed her eyes and concentrated, causing an aura of light to appear around her. InuYasha saw the hair briefly as her miko powers coursed through the vein of hair for a moment. She then pulled her finger away from it and stuck it in her mouth.
"Oh, those hairs," he muttered, arching a brow curiously. "How come I can't see them?"
"They're inbedded with the power of darkness and a demon such as yourself is only sensitive to things of light, such as myself. Of course, your sensitive hearing, incredible nose, and dark power give you the protection you need from both the dark and light sides of nature," she explained, giving him a small knowledgeable smile. "I'm sure you know all about the balance of light and dark."
"Who gives a damn?! How the hell am I supposed to kill that demon if I can't follow her?" he questioned, stupidly. She gave him an incredulous look and insinuated the hair with her eyes. He, then, felt incredibly stupid for asking. "Wait....I can't see the hairs, so how does that work?"
Kagome shrugged. She hadn't thought that far ahead. She figured that he could at least think of something. "I can't help you," she murmured, plopping down on a rock.
"But, you can see the hairs! Why don't you guide me?" he asked, his mood switching suddenly again.
"The hairs would kill me," she replied, glancing up at him questioningly. 'There it is again....how does he change moods so quickly? Something's amiss,' she thought, staring up at him in curiosity. "Every wound I have is from those hairs, well, except my shoulder wound. That was from the demon's dagger."
The miko tilted her head down to stare at the ground. She didn't want to start fighting again for staring at him. It truly wasn't her fault that he was so weird. Maybe she was just crazy?
"Here," he said. She glanced back to him and he was holding out the upper part of his robes. She arched a brow in curiosity.
"How is that going to help?" she asked, her brow still arched.
"It's made out of fire rat, stupid!" he replied, annoyed. "Just put it on so we can go!"
"Alright," she answered, skeptically. He glared at her out of the corners of his eyes as she placed her arms in the sleeves and pulled the back of it up over her head. Kagome looked out at him from underneath the material and gave a small smile of nervousness. He just stared back at her as if waiting for something. Finally, she got tired of waiting. "Yes?"
"I'm waiting for you," he muttered, sighing in annoyance.
"I'm ready," she retorted, anger tinging her voice.
"Then get on my back so we can go!" he growled, rolling his eyes.
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That's that for that chapter! I hope ya like it! I still haven't posted any of these chapters yet.....I'm still afraid of what everyone would think ::blush:: ah, well.....
Stay Tune for Chapter Four: Yuna.....the first battle occurs! Something is amiss! Who is that monk? And those women traveling with him?! And why is there a strange glowing shard?!
Ja ne! ~KaBunny
Title: Darkness and Light Author: KaBunny E-mail: Alexandra_Miyoko@yahoo.com Rating: PG-13
Chapter Three: Surprises
InuYasha had been glaring at Kagome out of the corners of his eyes for the last hour. He had been sitting with his arms crossed, an annoyed look on his face, and an occasional annoyed growl tumbling out of his mouth. It was starting to get a little irritating and Kagome wasn't sure what the hell his problem was.
She could take it no more. She opened her eyes and sat up off the tree she had been trying to sleep on since their little 'argument'. She glared at InuYasha and huffed in annoyance. "What is your problem?!"
The half-demon leaned in to mere inches from her face, his eyes speculating. "Why do you look so much like that Kikyo wench if you're not a princess?" he questioned, his ears giving a slight twitch.
"Shows how much you know," Kagome muttered, rolling her eyes in irritation. "I am a princess."
"Isn't it against the law for you to leave the castle, then?" he asked, sitting back calmly. He seemed to fall into a sincere manner.
Kagome gave him a questioning look, not sure whether or not he wanted to fight or truly just wanted to know out of curiosity. "Why do you ask?" she responded, an interested look on her face.
He didn't answer but instead glanced to the right quickly. He sniffed the air and growled before looking back at Kagome.
"What?" she asked, not sure of what he was smelling.
"Human blood and a lot of it," he answered, sniffing the air once more as if to make sure. "This way."
He then took off into the forest leaving Kagome with a fire still burning brightly and completely unprepared. She glanced at the fire, unsure, before grabbing her arrows and bow off the ground and heading off after him. She had no idea which way he had run. 'Man is he fast! How the hell am I supposed to follow him?' she thought, running with good human agility through the many trees, shrubs, and plants.
She had to stop to catch her breath. As she glanced around, she came to the conclusion that she had gotten lost, had no idea where InuYasha had gone or any idea how to get back to the camp. She sighed, slightly mad at the half-demon for leaving her and slightly mad at herself for not planning something like this out ahead of time.
"InuYasha!" she called, after catching her wind once more. She only heard the silence of the night answer back. "InuYasha!"
She heard a rustling of bushes and glanced to it. Since InuYasha had emerged from the bushes before, she expected it to be him this time, so she did not knock her bow. She felt a small twinge of pain on her cheek and reached up tentatively to touch it. As she looked at her hand, she saw the small splotches of red. She suddenly became confused and looked at the bushes again as they rustled.
"Huh?" she managed before a dagger flew out at her. She dodged enough to get a splice in her shoulder. After giving a small grunt and landing on the ground, she glanced up at the woman who seemed to float.
The woman gave a giggle as she landed lightly on the ground. The long dagger flew back into the woman's hand and Kagome finally spotted the long strands of something spreading across the dark forest. "What the....," she muttered, looking around.
She glared up at the woman before glancing at the bow that had flew off her shoulder in the fall. She had to get to it or else she would die. The woman seemed to know this and smiled evilly at Kagome who seemed trapped. She stepped over to stand above the bow and tilted her head, tauntingly. "Another pretty head of hair," she said, leaning forward. She would have touched Kagome's hair had the miko not titled backward to avoid the woman's touch.
An evil was emanating from the oddly dressed girl. 'She has to be a demon,' Kagome thought, wincing in pain as she tried sliding back a little farther.
"Now, now, girlie....I'm not going to hurt you," she murmured, a small smile still playing on her lips. She gave another small giggle as she took a step forward. "I just want that pretty head of yours with all your lovely hair."
Kagome put her injured arm up as if to shield herself from the woman's probing evil eyes. She winced in pain and tried to slide back a little more on the ground but slipped and nearly fell over. She closed her eyes away, hoping it would be quick and she would head on to the spiritual world peacefully.
She heard a loud whooshing noise and the wind of a large sword swinging close to her, but she felt no pain. She heard a growl and then a giggling. She opened her eyes and glanced up, surprised. There stood InuYasha with a large sword and oddly enough, he was protecting her. She was now really confused, but the time to think about it was not now.
The other demon giggled and hopped away into the forest. "Damn wench," InuYasha muttered before turning around. "What the hell was that?! I thought you were a trained archer by the way you pulled that bow on me. Apparently I just thought you knew what the hell you were doing!"
"I DO know what I'm doing!" she retorted, standing up and brushing herself off. She winced and gripped her shoulder when a pain ran down her arm. "Dammit," she whispered, the pain shooting up her arm again.
"I see," he murmured, brushing her hand away from the wound. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," she replied, stepping away from him, blushing. 'What the hell? He's such a jerk and then he's nice?' she pondered, staring at him.
He got an irritated look on his face, realizing that she was staring at him funny. "Would you stop staring, wench! It's giving me the creeps!" he answered, sheathing his sword.
"You're such a jerk!" she yelled, rolling her eyes and huffing angrily. She wandered over to her bow and picked it up off the ground. As she stood up she felt something slice her cheek again. She immediately put her hand up to cover the new wound, but InuYasha had already smelled more of her blood.
"What the hell?" he asked, glancing around as if not noticing the strand right infront of Kagome.
"It's hair," she whispered, staring at it curiously.
"What?!" he questioned, giving her an odd look.
"You can't see it?" she asked, receiving another odd look before InuYasha shook his head. "Did you find the village?"
"Yeah," he muttered, sinking into thought. "All the villagers were murdered, but I didn't find the culprit. It was as if the murderer disappeared into thin air. It did smell faintly like a demon, but the smell of the blood was covering it up."
"It must've been that woman," Kagome muttered, staring off in the direction where the demon had ran.
"I can't smell where she went," he responded, tilting his head back and sniffing the air once again. "There's another smell masking hers."
"Are you sure you can't see the hair?" she questioned, finally noticing that there were many strands and not just the one. "The strands of hairs are leading that way." She pointed in the opposite direction in which the demon had disappeared.
"What hairs?!" he growled, looking at her irritably.
Kagome stared at him for a moment before turning to the hair that had now cut her twice. She touch her finger tip to it gently, but still slicing it slightly. As the blood dripped off her finger tip like a leaky faucet, she closed her eyes and concentrated, causing an aura of light to appear around her. InuYasha saw the hair briefly as her miko powers coursed through the vein of hair for a moment. She then pulled her finger away from it and stuck it in her mouth.
"Oh, those hairs," he muttered, arching a brow curiously. "How come I can't see them?"
"They're inbedded with the power of darkness and a demon such as yourself is only sensitive to things of light, such as myself. Of course, your sensitive hearing, incredible nose, and dark power give you the protection you need from both the dark and light sides of nature," she explained, giving him a small knowledgeable smile. "I'm sure you know all about the balance of light and dark."
"Who gives a damn?! How the hell am I supposed to kill that demon if I can't follow her?" he questioned, stupidly. She gave him an incredulous look and insinuated the hair with her eyes. He, then, felt incredibly stupid for asking. "Wait....I can't see the hairs, so how does that work?"
Kagome shrugged. She hadn't thought that far ahead. She figured that he could at least think of something. "I can't help you," she murmured, plopping down on a rock.
"But, you can see the hairs! Why don't you guide me?" he asked, his mood switching suddenly again.
"The hairs would kill me," she replied, glancing up at him questioningly. 'There it is again....how does he change moods so quickly? Something's amiss,' she thought, staring up at him in curiosity. "Every wound I have is from those hairs, well, except my shoulder wound. That was from the demon's dagger."
The miko tilted her head down to stare at the ground. She didn't want to start fighting again for staring at him. It truly wasn't her fault that he was so weird. Maybe she was just crazy?
"Here," he said. She glanced back to him and he was holding out the upper part of his robes. She arched a brow in curiosity.
"How is that going to help?" she asked, her brow still arched.
"It's made out of fire rat, stupid!" he replied, annoyed. "Just put it on so we can go!"
"Alright," she answered, skeptically. He glared at her out of the corners of his eyes as she placed her arms in the sleeves and pulled the back of it up over her head. Kagome looked out at him from underneath the material and gave a small smile of nervousness. He just stared back at her as if waiting for something. Finally, she got tired of waiting. "Yes?"
"I'm waiting for you," he muttered, sighing in annoyance.
"I'm ready," she retorted, anger tinging her voice.
"Then get on my back so we can go!" he growled, rolling his eyes.
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That's that for that chapter! I hope ya like it! I still haven't posted any of these chapters yet.....I'm still afraid of what everyone would think ::blush:: ah, well.....
Stay Tune for Chapter Four: Yuna.....the first battle occurs! Something is amiss! Who is that monk? And those women traveling with him?! And why is there a strange glowing shard?!
Ja ne! ~KaBunny