Chapter 3
Kagome shrieked and fell to the ground, tensing every muscle in her body as she waited for the inevitable. She shut her eyes tightly, and whimpered slightly, every fibre of her being screaming at her to run, or fight, or do anything except just lie there uselessly. Silence. There was no feeling of gut wrenching pain, so sound of claw ripping through her flesh. Nothing. Tentatively she opened one eye, and blinked as she saw Inuyasha standing above her with tetsusaiga, every muscle in his body straining. The mighty sword was locked tightly with the claws of the beast trying to parry the great beasts attack.
"Inuyasha. He saved me?" thought Kagome her heart swimming "maybe. maybe he cares for me after all?"
"Get back you god dam wench!" Inuyasha snarled breathlessly before pushing off the giant paw and leaping in the air for an attack. The giant Yokai laughed cruelly, and reared up, batting Inuyasha out of the sky like an insect. The Hanyou landed hard on a pile of rocks and lay quite still, only his hair blowing softly in the wind.
Kagome was joined by Miroku and Sango, who stood defiantly beside her. Sango had her boomerang at the ready and Miroku had half-untied his rosary exposing the very edge of the air void on his hand. The demon advanced on the three with a cold smile on it's face, stretching its muscles and flexing its claws.
"Why did you kill the entire village?" Screamed Kagome, taking no notice of the fact that the demon could crush her right there and then. "You bastard!"
The demon's laughter was cruel, so cruel. "Foolish girl, you insult me even when you have seen my power. I will indulge your question. This village was always a peaceful place but a few months ago, three shards of the Shikon no Tama landed in the village. They were taken by a badger and they engorged its power to giant proportions. A massive battle followed...many men died, but finally it was defeated" Kagome looked nervously over to Inuyasha who was still lying in the same position "It was decided that the shards were too powerful and were entrusted to a local man who protected them" the demon said
"Unfortunately I grew jealous of the power I had witnessed and wanted the shards for myself so in the dead of night I stole into the mans hut and took them. A feeling of great power overtook my body and without knowing it I just kept killing and destroying feeling no remorse." The demon laughed "you have no way of knowing how liberating it is, not being able to feel remorse. I can do what I like!" and as if to emphasize the point the creature wiped away one half of the village with one sweep of its paw sending debris high into the air. "and now I will kill you" he said, and opened his mouth to reveal a pair of massive fangs. He swept his mouth down and clamped down over the trio. Sango flinched as she felt the mouth engulf her and then paused...puzzled. The great fangs were hovering inches from her face but were not actually biting her.
The great beast made a choking noise and gagged slightly. Puzzled Sango looked around at the others, they seemed just as confused as her. She frowned as she suddenly she caught a glimpse of metal high above her. Craning her neck she stared into the beast throat and recognised the dim shape of tetsusaiga, covered with blood. "Inuyasha must have stabbed him!" thought Sango "Quick! Come on you guys! This is our chance" she shouted and thrust her boomerang straight up into the beasts mouth
With a grunt the beast's mouth opened and they were thrown out onto the ground. They looked back to see the red form of Inuyasha perched on the beasts head with tetsusaiga driven to its hilt into the beasts head. "Feh! You useless worm" he shouted defiantly before pulling tetsusaiga out "NOW YOU WILL DIE" and with that he jumped and slashed. The beast literally exploded before their eyes and the turned away as they were pelted with hot red meat. When they turned back Inuyasha was walking slowly toward them, an arrogant grin on his face.
"Inuyasha!!" cried Kagome running toward him "I was so worried!"
"Why should you be WENCH? Did you really think that overgrown cat could defeat me?" he called callously
"Inuyasha?????" she said simply
"WHAT??" Inuyasha replied slightly annoyed
"OSSTRAAIIIII" she called and walked off
"DAMMM. he whispered, and flew towards the ground in a cloud of dust "DAMN you wench!!" he called as he got up and began following her.
Later that night Kagome called Inuyasha into a nearby hut, in the distant firelight and playful chatter of the nearby Shippou, Sango and Miroku she sat next to him and looked at him. "Inuyasha. I was really worried today, I thought you might be.. might be.. Dead" "what?? Don't be stupid Kagome it takes more than a little thing like that to take my life" and he pressed his palm to hers releasing the three shards. "I got them" he grinned but he stopped when he saw Kagome's face. "What NOW?" "I thought. that I might never see you again" and with that Kagome burst into tears and threw herself at Inuyasha. InuYasha blushed deeply, and grinned nervously. "Uh. there there." Inuyasha said awkwardly " I was worried about you too" Kagome sniffed "really?" "Yeah!" said Inuyasha relieved to have stopped her crying. He hugged her and felt something stir inside him. They looked at each other for a moment and the Inuyasha leaned in and kissed her. Kagome pulled back surprised and uncomfortably said "I've. got to go and purify the souls of the dead, Inuyasha" with that she left, her mind in turmoil.
"does Inuyasha love me?" she thought "maybe I love him too? I just don't know" she sighed and then snapped out of it "I've got to do what needs to be done before I can worry about Inuyasha" she turned to see Inuyasha watching her from the building. Kagome turned back and began the ritual trying to push Inuyasha from her mind.
"spirits from the underworld I call you ghosts that are lost I call you! Come to me! I CALL YOU! BE FREE!"
She reached for her bow and notched an arrow before firing it high into the air. An incredible light filled the sky and Kagome could make out the forms of children being sucked into the vortex the purifying arrow had created. Suddenly the light exploded and the sky was dark again. Kagome sat there blinking and suddenly spun round.
Inuyasha was sitting there about a foot away watching her "are the souls freed now?" he asked "yes..they are" she replied simply "look..Kagome about just now I wanted to" he was cut short by kagome "Inuyasha its all right. I know" she got up and went to him. She pressed her lips lightly to his before heading toward the warm glow of the fire and happy chatter of Shippou and the others. Tomorrow they would be on the road again looking for more shards but for now she would be content thinking about Inuyasha she felt in her pockets and picked out the three shards Inuyasha had given her. She smiled to herself. For once Inuyasha had entrusted them to her "maybe he finally trusts me" and with that she went to bed happy and content.
PHEW that's it for now PLEASE review as this is my VERY FIRST fic and I want to know what you think. Thank you for reading and I hope that you enjoyed it.
Kagome shrieked and fell to the ground, tensing every muscle in her body as she waited for the inevitable. She shut her eyes tightly, and whimpered slightly, every fibre of her being screaming at her to run, or fight, or do anything except just lie there uselessly. Silence. There was no feeling of gut wrenching pain, so sound of claw ripping through her flesh. Nothing. Tentatively she opened one eye, and blinked as she saw Inuyasha standing above her with tetsusaiga, every muscle in his body straining. The mighty sword was locked tightly with the claws of the beast trying to parry the great beasts attack.
"Inuyasha. He saved me?" thought Kagome her heart swimming "maybe. maybe he cares for me after all?"
"Get back you god dam wench!" Inuyasha snarled breathlessly before pushing off the giant paw and leaping in the air for an attack. The giant Yokai laughed cruelly, and reared up, batting Inuyasha out of the sky like an insect. The Hanyou landed hard on a pile of rocks and lay quite still, only his hair blowing softly in the wind.
Kagome was joined by Miroku and Sango, who stood defiantly beside her. Sango had her boomerang at the ready and Miroku had half-untied his rosary exposing the very edge of the air void on his hand. The demon advanced on the three with a cold smile on it's face, stretching its muscles and flexing its claws.
"Why did you kill the entire village?" Screamed Kagome, taking no notice of the fact that the demon could crush her right there and then. "You bastard!"
The demon's laughter was cruel, so cruel. "Foolish girl, you insult me even when you have seen my power. I will indulge your question. This village was always a peaceful place but a few months ago, three shards of the Shikon no Tama landed in the village. They were taken by a badger and they engorged its power to giant proportions. A massive battle followed...many men died, but finally it was defeated" Kagome looked nervously over to Inuyasha who was still lying in the same position "It was decided that the shards were too powerful and were entrusted to a local man who protected them" the demon said
"Unfortunately I grew jealous of the power I had witnessed and wanted the shards for myself so in the dead of night I stole into the mans hut and took them. A feeling of great power overtook my body and without knowing it I just kept killing and destroying feeling no remorse." The demon laughed "you have no way of knowing how liberating it is, not being able to feel remorse. I can do what I like!" and as if to emphasize the point the creature wiped away one half of the village with one sweep of its paw sending debris high into the air. "and now I will kill you" he said, and opened his mouth to reveal a pair of massive fangs. He swept his mouth down and clamped down over the trio. Sango flinched as she felt the mouth engulf her and then paused...puzzled. The great fangs were hovering inches from her face but were not actually biting her.
The great beast made a choking noise and gagged slightly. Puzzled Sango looked around at the others, they seemed just as confused as her. She frowned as she suddenly she caught a glimpse of metal high above her. Craning her neck she stared into the beast throat and recognised the dim shape of tetsusaiga, covered with blood. "Inuyasha must have stabbed him!" thought Sango "Quick! Come on you guys! This is our chance" she shouted and thrust her boomerang straight up into the beasts mouth
With a grunt the beast's mouth opened and they were thrown out onto the ground. They looked back to see the red form of Inuyasha perched on the beasts head with tetsusaiga driven to its hilt into the beasts head. "Feh! You useless worm" he shouted defiantly before pulling tetsusaiga out "NOW YOU WILL DIE" and with that he jumped and slashed. The beast literally exploded before their eyes and the turned away as they were pelted with hot red meat. When they turned back Inuyasha was walking slowly toward them, an arrogant grin on his face.
"Inuyasha!!" cried Kagome running toward him "I was so worried!"
"Why should you be WENCH? Did you really think that overgrown cat could defeat me?" he called callously
"Inuyasha?????" she said simply
"WHAT??" Inuyasha replied slightly annoyed
"OSSTRAAIIIII" she called and walked off
"DAMMM. he whispered, and flew towards the ground in a cloud of dust "DAMN you wench!!" he called as he got up and began following her.
Later that night Kagome called Inuyasha into a nearby hut, in the distant firelight and playful chatter of the nearby Shippou, Sango and Miroku she sat next to him and looked at him. "Inuyasha. I was really worried today, I thought you might be.. might be.. Dead" "what?? Don't be stupid Kagome it takes more than a little thing like that to take my life" and he pressed his palm to hers releasing the three shards. "I got them" he grinned but he stopped when he saw Kagome's face. "What NOW?" "I thought. that I might never see you again" and with that Kagome burst into tears and threw herself at Inuyasha. InuYasha blushed deeply, and grinned nervously. "Uh. there there." Inuyasha said awkwardly " I was worried about you too" Kagome sniffed "really?" "Yeah!" said Inuyasha relieved to have stopped her crying. He hugged her and felt something stir inside him. They looked at each other for a moment and the Inuyasha leaned in and kissed her. Kagome pulled back surprised and uncomfortably said "I've. got to go and purify the souls of the dead, Inuyasha" with that she left, her mind in turmoil.
"does Inuyasha love me?" she thought "maybe I love him too? I just don't know" she sighed and then snapped out of it "I've got to do what needs to be done before I can worry about Inuyasha" she turned to see Inuyasha watching her from the building. Kagome turned back and began the ritual trying to push Inuyasha from her mind.
"spirits from the underworld I call you ghosts that are lost I call you! Come to me! I CALL YOU! BE FREE!"
She reached for her bow and notched an arrow before firing it high into the air. An incredible light filled the sky and Kagome could make out the forms of children being sucked into the vortex the purifying arrow had created. Suddenly the light exploded and the sky was dark again. Kagome sat there blinking and suddenly spun round.
Inuyasha was sitting there about a foot away watching her "are the souls freed now?" he asked "yes..they are" she replied simply "look..Kagome about just now I wanted to" he was cut short by kagome "Inuyasha its all right. I know" she got up and went to him. She pressed her lips lightly to his before heading toward the warm glow of the fire and happy chatter of Shippou and the others. Tomorrow they would be on the road again looking for more shards but for now she would be content thinking about Inuyasha she felt in her pockets and picked out the three shards Inuyasha had given her. She smiled to herself. For once Inuyasha had entrusted them to her "maybe he finally trusts me" and with that she went to bed happy and content.
PHEW that's it for now PLEASE review as this is my VERY FIRST fic and I want to know what you think. Thank you for reading and I hope that you enjoyed it.