See No Evil Chapter 3
We rested at a village near the Shingo Domain. A local villager only had one room to spare for the two of us. So what? It's not like anything will happen.
The moon was barely there in the sky…but it was there, thank gods. We were lying down on the opposite sides of the room. I could hear her teeth slightly chattering. After a few minutes, I turned around to see her standing beside me.
"Inu-Yasha, the air is kinda cold," she said, hugging herself. "Can we share a futon? Please?"
The request took me by surprise. At first I didn't know what to say. Should I? Should I not? I shrugged. "Sure," I answered. "Just don't drool or kick."
She smiled and crawled under the sheets. "Thank you," she said. I turned me back to her, thinking she'll fall fast asleep. But, I felt her arm cross over my body. I turned to see her. The small lantern light gleamed on us. Her face was so beautiful, er… I mean…who am I kidding? It was. "Your body is so warm," she said.
I think I just got warmer. "Kagome, what are you—"
"I love you." Her words froze me. She loves me? She loves me? Could she really feel that for me? Does she think about me too like I think about her?
Then in one instant, she kissed me. I could feel the fire in her kiss. When I tried to recollect my thoughts, she released. The transition from kissing to not made my head spin. I wanted more. I pulled her in again, kissing her mouth. Fighting those demons, waiting for her to come back from her world…this was my reward. Her kiss. I rolled her over on her back and held her body tight. I took a deep breath, taking in her…
Scent? Her skin smelled like flowers and her hair had a hint of strawberries. At least, it's supposed to. No flowers or fruit. I couldn't smell her skin or her hair. Then her blood…her soul…her scent was different. She had none.
I quickly pulled her away. She looked surprised. "Inu-Yasha, what is it?"
"Where's Kagome?"
"But I'm right—"
"Who are you? And where is Kagome?"
She shook her head. "What…?"
"Witch! What did you do with Kagome?" I needed to know…what did this look-a-like do with her?
"Don't you lo—"
"Witch! What did you do to her?!"
Her face turned sour; trying to hold back tears. She got up and ran out the door. I gotta go after her. She could lead me to Kagome.
I tried crawling like a snail towards the jewel but I got so much scrapes and wounds I had to take a rest. Just then, someone came through the waterfall. It was that girl that looked like me. When she came in, it was as if she was running from something. She took deep breaths and…she was crying. Her face and eyes were all pink.
She knelt beside me. She had an annoyed face. "Why you? What's so special about you? I've known him longer than you!"
I was confused by her words. "You two know each other?"
She turned away. "He…I saw him about a year ago…I could sense his powers, even though he was put under that spell. Every evening, we would share a sunset…and we would stay together until the sun rose."
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. She stalked him while he was asleep?! That's just sick! "You were hanging out with a guy that was fast asleep for 50 years?!"
She glared at me. "You can make things very unromantic." She turned to the ground. "He was alone…all by himself…I grew up by myself. I thought he needed me. He intrigued me."
I looked into her eyes and it was only now I noticed it. She was human. However, she must have powers to change forms so her body was like a mutant but her soul was 100% human. Before my eyes, she switched back to her true form: her thin body, her long black and blue hair, and her white skin and eyes. "Excuse me?" I asked hesitantly. "What is your name?"
"So you were the voice I heard during my last year of entrapment."
I turned and saw Inu-Yasha standing there. My heart suddenly jumped! He's here! What the hell? Get a hold of yourself! He looked at me but when he saw I didn't have my clothes on, he turned away quickly. Pervert!
He glared at her, his eyes cold. "Miyu, right? I never thought I would hear from you."
She grabbed a sword from under her bed, pulled my hair back and placed the blade right next to my neck. I gasped and my body automatically froze. We all stayed silent for a moment until Miyu finally spoke.
"When I was growing up, I found my powers at an early age. I was declared a monster… a demon, even though my parents were human. They disowned me, and left me in the forests all alone. I grew up lonely, starving for someone that would care, because I was never acceptable for anyone. I wasn't completely human because of my shape-shifting abilities; I wasn't completely demon because I had the blood and soul of a human. A few years ago, I heard rumors, guarded rumors, of a ½ breed that fell under a sleep spell of this former lover, a priestess. It took me a while but I found you. You, Inu-Yasha, were all alone. I thought maybe I could help you ease the pain when you woke up. It helped ease my pain too…"
Inu-Yasha scratched his forehead in a manner as if he didn't care. Go figure. "Well, it's not like I cared about company. I mean, I was asleep…" he said in a simple tone.
She yanked on my hair again and I could feel a trickle of blood fall from my neck. My blood? Yah, it was. There was a slight sting from the open cut. "Inu-Yasha…why this girl? I have been loyal to you after all this time and this walking copy comes around. What is so good about her?" I saw her eyes turned angry to sad. "When I kissed you, you only kissed me back because you thought I was her…true?"
My eyes widened. They kissed?! Wait, he kissed her when she looked like me? What happened? And why is he blushing?!
Inu-Yasha just coughed. "Uh…"
"I thought you could help me, Inu-Yasha," Miyu dug her sword a little deeper into me. "I guess I have to get ready of some obstacles."
…to be continued
