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Zero Chapter two ~ Steal Tiger Claws
Inu-Yasha sat by the fire that he and Zero had made. He was enjoying the taste of his catch. Even though it was fish, he was enjoying it. He was so hungry and he didn't care if it tasted good or not, he caught it and that was all that mattered to him. Zero sat on the other side of the fire staring into it as if it had a story to tell. Inu-Yasha just ignored her, he was hungry and all that mattered to him was that he was eating.
"So, what's your story?" She asked, not taking her eyes off of the fire.
"What do you mean 'my story'"
"I mean what happened to you? Where are your parents?" She noticed a sad look an his face when she asked him this.
"They. . .they're . . . dead. . ." Inu-Yasha looked away. Tears were threatening to form in his eyes, but he quickly wiped them away. There was no way he was going to cry in front of Zero.
"I'm sorry, but at least you know who you parents were. I don't even know who my parents are or were. I was found outside a village. They took me in until I was three. They all said that I was a worthless demon. A total zero. That's how I got my name. When I was three, a demon attacked the village, and I fought for it. Even though they all thought that I was worthless, I protected them. They were my family. And then when the fight was over, the whole village had been burnt to the ground, and I could do nothing about it. I was just too weak. And all of the villagers were dead. The only family I ever had, gone." She grabbed her knees, and a shiver ran down her spine, it scared her, just remembering it all happen. "I dunno why I told you that, maybe I just needed to tell someone."
"I'm sorry." Inu-Yasha didn't know what else to say, "Soooo, it seems like we are two of the same. Maybe we should stick together."
"R-really? You think that we should be friends?"
"Sure. Why not?" He wondered, "At least this way we won't be lonely."
The next thing he knew, Zero was giving him a hug. She quickly let go and went back to her side though. When he looked at her in the golden light of the fire, he could tell that she was bright red, and he couldn't help but smile, Zero was one weird demon.
Soon the sun started setting and a golden glow swept over everything. Zero climbed up a tree to think about what happened. And Inu-Yasha laid down on the ground, closed his eyes and . . .
"Hey Inu-Yasha! It's time to wake up!" Shippo yelled into Inu-Yasha's ear.
Inu-Yasha sat straight up, and he grabbed his ear, that had hurt! When Inu- Yasha sat up he flung Shippo to the ground. Shippo hit the hard ground with a thud.
"Hey! What was that for!?" Inu-Yasha asked/yelled at Shippo.
"I called you from down here, but you wouldn't wake up, so I came up there."
"Come on Inu-Yasha! Those Shikon shards aren't going to find themselves!" Kagome yelled up to him.
Inu-Yasha looked at his companions: Kagome was on her bike-thing, Shippo riding in it's basket. Miroku had a red hand imprint on his face, no doubt from Sango. Sango was doing her best not to look at Miroku as he sat down rubbing his sore face.
Inu-Yasha mumbled but came down from his perch in the tree to get going with the others. They all started toward the forest. Inu-Yasha remembered it as 'Zero's' forest. He wanted to meet her, but would she still be there after fifty years? She probolly thought that he was dead, no doubt that she saw him pinned to the tree shortly after he was 'killed'. Did she even care that he had been gone? What would he say if he saw her again after fifty years? She had been the one that first told him of the Shikon Jewel and warned hm that the keeper was very powerful. They had gone to find it, not because she wanted to, but because he wanted to. Then he fell in love with Kikyo and she left. She said that she needed to check her territory and make sure that no had claimed it while she was gone, and that was the last time he saw her. What would happen to her after fifty years ago? Would she have changed? Or would she have aged? Would she be . . . alive?
He walked along with them. They all knew that something was wrong. Inu- Yasha just didn't go this long without an insult to anybody with everything all right. He kept up with them, but he left his eyes on the ground. It seemed as if he was trying to memorize every rock, leaf, and mound of dirt. Then when Kagome looked at him, she could tell that his eyes were not focusing on the ground, it was as if he was looking far away, into something that no one else could see.
Kagome couldn't take it anymore. She needed to know if everything was all right, and she knew that the others were worried too.
"Hey Inu-Yasha, are you all right?" Kagome asked gently.
"Uh, huh." He focused on the ground. He looked at the rock and bushes that went past him, but his mind was not there. All he could think about was Zero. This was her territory, just like he remembered. The gentle stream to right, and the rabbit hole to his left, except this time, he had no want to bark in it. Everything seemed exactly the same. Except one thing. There was not even the smell of cat. This depressed him even more as he sighed and kept his eyes in the direction of the ground.
There was a rustle from above him and a catlike cry as a furry blur dropped down from the trees.
"YOU'RE IN MY TERRITORY! MEEEEEYYYYYYYOOOOOWWWWW!!!" it yelled at him as it dropped down. One thought passed through Inu-Yasha's head: ZERO!
The creature fell, elbow out, and aiming for Inu-Yasha's head. Inu-Yasha, too shocked to react and took the blow straight on his forehead. He instantly clutched his head in pain, and the creature did a back flip in mid air.
"This is my territory, how dare you enter it without permission, I will make you pay-." the creature looked up, "I-Inu-Yasha. . . ?"
Inu-Yasha stoped clutching his aching head and looked up at what had attacked him She had a human form with some likenesses of a cat. She had long pointy cat ears at the top her head, they were easily three times the size of Inu-Yasha's. She had snow-white fur streaked with black stripes, and a tail. Her nose, hands and feet were, too, were that of a cat's. She wore a black leotard with a thick belt around her waist. Her open sandles were plain that showed her cawed paws. She had pure white hair with black hairs streaked through it. And on her back was a long black pole.
"Zero. . . ?" She looked the same as the last day he say her, 15 years old, but that was to be expected, she was a demon after all.
"Inu . . . Yasha? No! It can't be! He died . . . You! How dare you take Inu-Yasha's form? How dare you mock me?! Me and Inu-Yasha were friends and you will pay for taking his form to try to trick me into letting you take over my territory!? You . . . will . . . PAY!" Zero lunged at him, claws fully extended. "I will get you!" In her anger her attacks were wild and predictable, so Inu-Yasha was easily able to dodge them, he just couldn't believe that she was attacking him! She thought that he was a fake and that he had died years ago, but he was only asleep!
Sango lifted her weapon, Kagome got her arrows ready, Miroku held his staff tight, and Shippo stood shakily on Kagome's shoulder. Who knew where Myoga was. They all were ready to fight, but Inu-Yasha shook his head, this was his fight.
He looked into her eyes, they were shining with determination and. . . hate. He could understand the determination, she was throwing everything at him, because she thought that he was a fake, and hate. Was she really that mad? Did she really care that much that someone would imitate him?
"Zero, it is me! I am Inu-Yasha!"
"Liar! Don't even try to trick me!"
"Zero, I promise you, I am not tricking you! It's me! I am Inu-Yasha!"
"Try that again, and you dead! STEAL TIGER CLAWS!" She rushed forward at him, her claw glowing silver, he remembered this attack, there was only one was to avoid this attack, and he knew how.
"CLAWS OF STEAL! STEAL CLAWS UNTIE AND DEPART!" His claws met with hers and for a second, his hand turned silver completely, and then just as fast as it had come, the silver was gone and he was thrown backwards, and the same happened to Zero. He hit the ground hard, dirt made its way into his mouth, and he slowly sat up and spit the dirt out. He looked over to Zero, She sat up, very slowly and looked at her paw, it was no longer silver, just an ordinary paw.
"Steal Claws Unite and depart . . . Only Inu-Yasha knew that . . . You are him, aren't you? You have to be . . . but how, it's impossible. . ."
"Feh. It's not impossible, nothing is. You should know that." Inu-Yasha replied.
End of Chapter 2
Zero Chapter two ~ Steal Tiger Claws
Inu-Yasha sat by the fire that he and Zero had made. He was enjoying the taste of his catch. Even though it was fish, he was enjoying it. He was so hungry and he didn't care if it tasted good or not, he caught it and that was all that mattered to him. Zero sat on the other side of the fire staring into it as if it had a story to tell. Inu-Yasha just ignored her, he was hungry and all that mattered to him was that he was eating.
"So, what's your story?" She asked, not taking her eyes off of the fire.
"What do you mean 'my story'"
"I mean what happened to you? Where are your parents?" She noticed a sad look an his face when she asked him this.
"They. . .they're . . . dead. . ." Inu-Yasha looked away. Tears were threatening to form in his eyes, but he quickly wiped them away. There was no way he was going to cry in front of Zero.
"I'm sorry, but at least you know who you parents were. I don't even know who my parents are or were. I was found outside a village. They took me in until I was three. They all said that I was a worthless demon. A total zero. That's how I got my name. When I was three, a demon attacked the village, and I fought for it. Even though they all thought that I was worthless, I protected them. They were my family. And then when the fight was over, the whole village had been burnt to the ground, and I could do nothing about it. I was just too weak. And all of the villagers were dead. The only family I ever had, gone." She grabbed her knees, and a shiver ran down her spine, it scared her, just remembering it all happen. "I dunno why I told you that, maybe I just needed to tell someone."
"I'm sorry." Inu-Yasha didn't know what else to say, "Soooo, it seems like we are two of the same. Maybe we should stick together."
"R-really? You think that we should be friends?"
"Sure. Why not?" He wondered, "At least this way we won't be lonely."
The next thing he knew, Zero was giving him a hug. She quickly let go and went back to her side though. When he looked at her in the golden light of the fire, he could tell that she was bright red, and he couldn't help but smile, Zero was one weird demon.
Soon the sun started setting and a golden glow swept over everything. Zero climbed up a tree to think about what happened. And Inu-Yasha laid down on the ground, closed his eyes and . . .
"Hey Inu-Yasha! It's time to wake up!" Shippo yelled into Inu-Yasha's ear.
Inu-Yasha sat straight up, and he grabbed his ear, that had hurt! When Inu- Yasha sat up he flung Shippo to the ground. Shippo hit the hard ground with a thud.
"Hey! What was that for!?" Inu-Yasha asked/yelled at Shippo.
"I called you from down here, but you wouldn't wake up, so I came up there."
"Come on Inu-Yasha! Those Shikon shards aren't going to find themselves!" Kagome yelled up to him.
Inu-Yasha looked at his companions: Kagome was on her bike-thing, Shippo riding in it's basket. Miroku had a red hand imprint on his face, no doubt from Sango. Sango was doing her best not to look at Miroku as he sat down rubbing his sore face.
Inu-Yasha mumbled but came down from his perch in the tree to get going with the others. They all started toward the forest. Inu-Yasha remembered it as 'Zero's' forest. He wanted to meet her, but would she still be there after fifty years? She probolly thought that he was dead, no doubt that she saw him pinned to the tree shortly after he was 'killed'. Did she even care that he had been gone? What would he say if he saw her again after fifty years? She had been the one that first told him of the Shikon Jewel and warned hm that the keeper was very powerful. They had gone to find it, not because she wanted to, but because he wanted to. Then he fell in love with Kikyo and she left. She said that she needed to check her territory and make sure that no had claimed it while she was gone, and that was the last time he saw her. What would happen to her after fifty years ago? Would she have changed? Or would she have aged? Would she be . . . alive?
He walked along with them. They all knew that something was wrong. Inu- Yasha just didn't go this long without an insult to anybody with everything all right. He kept up with them, but he left his eyes on the ground. It seemed as if he was trying to memorize every rock, leaf, and mound of dirt. Then when Kagome looked at him, she could tell that his eyes were not focusing on the ground, it was as if he was looking far away, into something that no one else could see.
Kagome couldn't take it anymore. She needed to know if everything was all right, and she knew that the others were worried too.
"Hey Inu-Yasha, are you all right?" Kagome asked gently.
"Uh, huh." He focused on the ground. He looked at the rock and bushes that went past him, but his mind was not there. All he could think about was Zero. This was her territory, just like he remembered. The gentle stream to right, and the rabbit hole to his left, except this time, he had no want to bark in it. Everything seemed exactly the same. Except one thing. There was not even the smell of cat. This depressed him even more as he sighed and kept his eyes in the direction of the ground.
There was a rustle from above him and a catlike cry as a furry blur dropped down from the trees.
"YOU'RE IN MY TERRITORY! MEEEEEYYYYYYYOOOOOWWWWW!!!" it yelled at him as it dropped down. One thought passed through Inu-Yasha's head: ZERO!
The creature fell, elbow out, and aiming for Inu-Yasha's head. Inu-Yasha, too shocked to react and took the blow straight on his forehead. He instantly clutched his head in pain, and the creature did a back flip in mid air.
"This is my territory, how dare you enter it without permission, I will make you pay-." the creature looked up, "I-Inu-Yasha. . . ?"
Inu-Yasha stoped clutching his aching head and looked up at what had attacked him She had a human form with some likenesses of a cat. She had long pointy cat ears at the top her head, they were easily three times the size of Inu-Yasha's. She had snow-white fur streaked with black stripes, and a tail. Her nose, hands and feet were, too, were that of a cat's. She wore a black leotard with a thick belt around her waist. Her open sandles were plain that showed her cawed paws. She had pure white hair with black hairs streaked through it. And on her back was a long black pole.
"Zero. . . ?" She looked the same as the last day he say her, 15 years old, but that was to be expected, she was a demon after all.
"Inu . . . Yasha? No! It can't be! He died . . . You! How dare you take Inu-Yasha's form? How dare you mock me?! Me and Inu-Yasha were friends and you will pay for taking his form to try to trick me into letting you take over my territory!? You . . . will . . . PAY!" Zero lunged at him, claws fully extended. "I will get you!" In her anger her attacks were wild and predictable, so Inu-Yasha was easily able to dodge them, he just couldn't believe that she was attacking him! She thought that he was a fake and that he had died years ago, but he was only asleep!
Sango lifted her weapon, Kagome got her arrows ready, Miroku held his staff tight, and Shippo stood shakily on Kagome's shoulder. Who knew where Myoga was. They all were ready to fight, but Inu-Yasha shook his head, this was his fight.
He looked into her eyes, they were shining with determination and. . . hate. He could understand the determination, she was throwing everything at him, because she thought that he was a fake, and hate. Was she really that mad? Did she really care that much that someone would imitate him?
"Zero, it is me! I am Inu-Yasha!"
"Liar! Don't even try to trick me!"
"Zero, I promise you, I am not tricking you! It's me! I am Inu-Yasha!"
"Try that again, and you dead! STEAL TIGER CLAWS!" She rushed forward at him, her claw glowing silver, he remembered this attack, there was only one was to avoid this attack, and he knew how.
"CLAWS OF STEAL! STEAL CLAWS UNTIE AND DEPART!" His claws met with hers and for a second, his hand turned silver completely, and then just as fast as it had come, the silver was gone and he was thrown backwards, and the same happened to Zero. He hit the ground hard, dirt made its way into his mouth, and he slowly sat up and spit the dirt out. He looked over to Zero, She sat up, very slowly and looked at her paw, it was no longer silver, just an ordinary paw.
"Steal Claws Unite and depart . . . Only Inu-Yasha knew that . . . You are him, aren't you? You have to be . . . but how, it's impossible. . ."
"Feh. It's not impossible, nothing is. You should know that." Inu-Yasha replied.
End of Chapter 2