Zero
Chapter three ~ Broken Trust
Zero was sitting on the ground crying. Inu-Yasha didn't know what to do, but he knew that he had to do something. He knelt down beside her and scratched her back, if he remembered right, that would calm her down.
"How can you be alive?" The cat-demon looked up at him, "How?"
"When I was pinned to the tree, Kikyo did not kill me. Kikyo did not kill me. I was just under a powerful spell that could not be broken. Then Kagome came and broke it. She is the reincarnation of Kikyo, that is how she was able to break it."
Zero stood up, she looked down at the ground, "I need to think." With that she jumped up into a tree.
"I don't get it, you said that you were always alone, but you had Zero." Kagome said.
"No, I started pushing myself away from her and she let me." He shook his head. "There was a fight over Zero's territory. This demon not only wanted to take her territory, but he also wanted to take her to be his slave. I tried to protect her, but my body was taken over and I attacked her. After that, I decided that it would be better if I stayed away from everyone." There was a look of sadness in his eyes. "I need to go think."
Inu-Yasha jumped into a tree on the other side of Zero's territory.
He sat in a tree, he watched as the sun went down and the stars came out. It was beautiful, but his mind went to the battle that day, he was thirteen.
They stood next to each other, they looked fierce standing there side by side, and they kept their guard up on every side and acted as one.
"Well, well, somebody else wants your territory, Zero, what do you say to that?" Inu-Yasha asked his companion.
"I say he has guts, but no strength to back it up." She smiled as she looked at the puny demon in front of them. His clothed were three sizes to big, he was all skin and bone, and in his hand was a flute.
He smiled, "Just try me."
Inu-Yasha looked at Zero and looked back. They didn't have to say anything. They just nodded and knew what to do.
"Meeeyyooooowwww!" Zero roared and Inu-Yasha darted to the demon's right and Zero to his left.
"Claws of Steal!"
"Steal Tiger Claws!"
The skinny demon easily avoided both attacks. "Nice try, my turn." He lifted the flute to his mouth and began to blow gently into it. The next thing that Inu-Yasha knew, a fog covered his vision, and he was throwing an attack at Zero. He couldn't stop the words coming out of his mouth, or his claws that cracked. He couldn't stop himself. "Claws of Steal!"
It was the worst thing that ever happened to him, he knew what was happening but had no power over any of it. He was afraid, he liked to be in control of things and he couldn't even control himself. He wanted to yell and scream at Zero, 'run you idiot!' But he had no control. Even his voice wasn't listening to him. He saw as his fingers cracked and his mouth opened. The girl in front of him stood terrified.
Zero stood staring at her friend. What was he doing? He was attacking her, but why? An evil smile crossed his face and his eyes; they were so cold, no feeling at all. The cat-demon shivered.
"Claws of Steal."
Zero barley managed to dodge it. Inu-Yasha smiled and cracked his claws again, what was she supposed to do? She couldn't hurt him! He was the only friend she had ever had. She just couldn't so; she got ready to dodge another attack, not knowing what to do.
"Claws of Steal."
This one hit. Claws sunk deep down into her flesh, Zero winced in pain. Instinct took over. Anger flashed through her eyes, "Steal Tiger Claws!" She cried.
Zero looked at the blood dripping from the dog-demon's shoulder. Had she done that? Whatever had possessed her to do something like that? How could she have done that to her friend? He may be attacking her, but he was still her friend that she could never hurt. She stood still for him, tears streamed from her eyes. If he wanted to kill her, it was by his claws she wanted to die. She looked at the ground and awaited her fate.
Cold, hard, alien, claws touched her face and pointed it upward to look at him. He smiled a cold smile. This wasn't her Inu-Yasha, she thought, it couldn't be. But at the same time she wanted to know, how could it be somebody else?
Inu-Yasha wanted to yell, 'It's not me! I swear! It is not me!' but was helpless. He may have his mind, but something else controlled his body.
A faint sound of a flute reached Zero's sensitive ears. Now she knew, she had to get the flute, which was what was controlling him. She broke out of her trance and ran at the man, claws outstretched.
"Steal Tiger Claws!" But there was Inu-Yasha. He had been faster than she had. He stood in front of the flute demon and protected him. It was to late for her to stop her attack and her claws sunk into the half-breed. She stood in horror as her friend's body fell to the ground. She then too dropped to her knees, "No. . ." She whispered.
"I shall now take you, too," The flute demon said.
"Zero. . . I am. . .sorry. . .it wasn't . . . me. . ." Inu-Yasha said before falling into a blackness. The demon had released him, to weak to do him any good.
"No, it was me." She whispered as the flute music started, she ran towards the demon, "Steal Tiger Claws!" Just then she was taken over, but the attack could not be stopped and the demon vanished into thin air.
She dropped beside Inu-Yasha, both of them too weak to move. She closed her eyes and fell into the blackness, when she woke up, she would tell Inu-Yasha how sorry she was.
Inu-Yasha fisted his hand; his claws poked themselves into his skin, drawing blood. It had been his entire fault that she was hurt, and he had decided that it was because he was weak. If he had more power, he could have been kept from being taken over, if he had been a full demon. He decided to go after the Shikon Jewel. That was the reason, he always sought power, he didn't want to hurt Zero anymore. That had been why the 'Steal Claws Unite and Depart' was made, so that if something ever happened to one of them, they couldn't hurt each other.
He looked around, he was in a tree, and it was a habit he remembered as being picked up by Zero. The sun was almost gone and the moon nearly out. He sighed as he remembered how he avoided her for the next two years, until he heard about the Shikon. He and her then went to get it.
Zero looked up at the almost night sky. Tears fell from her eyes. She was remembering that same day. He had wanted nothing to do with her after that day. She must have scared him into believing that she couldn't be trusted anymore. They still had been friends, but he stayed to himself a lot more after that, and always looked sad and lonely. Zero blamed herself, she betrayed him. She had hurt the only person that she ever cared about, the only person she had loved. . .
She told him about the Shikon Jewel, and how much power it had been rumored to give demons. She warned him about the priestess, but he still almost immediately left for the village of the Shikon.
They had been walking a long time now and barely said anything to each other. Inu-Yasha was not in a good mood; he had been mumbling something about why this village was so far away. She followed him, not listening and occasionally bopping him over the head for yelling at her.
"Hey! Is that the village?" Inu-Yasha asked and pointed toward a little group of houses clustered together to form a village.
"Uh, huh." Zero nodded.
"Finally!" He walked right into the village. All the people scattered from him as he walked into the village. He stood tall and called out to the villagers, "Where is the Shikon Jewel?" No one answered and he asked again, "Where is the Jewel?"
This time someone walked out of a hut, "I have it." A girl with long black hair stood in front of him. "And why do you want to know?" The girl asked him, keeping her ground.
"I need that Jewel, now give it to me." Inu-Yasha threatened.
"Do you plan to become a full human, or a full demon, half-breed?" She questioned.
"Demon, of course. Idiot." He whispered.
The girl raised her bow and arrows, "Go, leave, you are not welcome here."
"Not until I get the Jewel." That answer received an arrow in his shoulder. "What? What do think you are doing? Hand over the Jewel." She gave him another arrow, right next to the other.
"Leave." She pointed the arrow threateningly.
Inu-Yasha met back up with me full of arrows, Zero giggled at the memory. But then sighed, she remember the look on his face when he looked at her. He loved her from the first moment he saw her. I didn't have a chance. So I left, told Inu-Yasha I needed to watch over my territory. The priestess betrayed him. Killing him for around fifty years. Zero remembered how much she cried that day and how lonely she felt.
The thought alone brought tears to her eyes. By now it was dark and she heard voices from below.
Kagome, Shippo, Miroku, Sango, and Myoga sat around a fire. They were all deep in thought.
"So what do you think that meant?" Kagome asked.
"I have no idea." Sango said.
"Well, you'd think that after so long two friends would actually talk to one another." Shippo talk them.
"You would think that two love birds like those would be all lovey- dovey around each other." Miroku sighed.
"L-love-birds?" Kagome's voice shook and Miroku just nodded.
Sango hit him over the head with her boomerang bone. "Idiot."
Kagome didn't want to admit it, but she was worried. If he really loved Zero, would he stay here with her? Would he just leave her for the cat-demon?
Sango figured what Kagome was thinking. She put her hand on Kagome's shoulder. "Don't worry, he's not like that." Kagome nodded, but Sango saw the doubt in her eyes.
A twig snapped behind them. "Hey! What's that?" Shippo asked. He turned around to find Inu-Yasha's cat demon friend staring at them. Her eyes glowed a cat eye yellow in the moonlight and her fangs showed and she opened her mouth. She looked at Kagome.
"Listen. I don't want Inu-Yasha hurt again, especially by a Kikyo the second. I won't hurt you because you're his friend, but if you hurt him like Kikyo did, watch your back."
End of Chapter Three
Chapter three ~ Broken Trust
Zero was sitting on the ground crying. Inu-Yasha didn't know what to do, but he knew that he had to do something. He knelt down beside her and scratched her back, if he remembered right, that would calm her down.
"How can you be alive?" The cat-demon looked up at him, "How?"
"When I was pinned to the tree, Kikyo did not kill me. Kikyo did not kill me. I was just under a powerful spell that could not be broken. Then Kagome came and broke it. She is the reincarnation of Kikyo, that is how she was able to break it."
Zero stood up, she looked down at the ground, "I need to think." With that she jumped up into a tree.
"I don't get it, you said that you were always alone, but you had Zero." Kagome said.
"No, I started pushing myself away from her and she let me." He shook his head. "There was a fight over Zero's territory. This demon not only wanted to take her territory, but he also wanted to take her to be his slave. I tried to protect her, but my body was taken over and I attacked her. After that, I decided that it would be better if I stayed away from everyone." There was a look of sadness in his eyes. "I need to go think."
Inu-Yasha jumped into a tree on the other side of Zero's territory.
He sat in a tree, he watched as the sun went down and the stars came out. It was beautiful, but his mind went to the battle that day, he was thirteen.
They stood next to each other, they looked fierce standing there side by side, and they kept their guard up on every side and acted as one.
"Well, well, somebody else wants your territory, Zero, what do you say to that?" Inu-Yasha asked his companion.
"I say he has guts, but no strength to back it up." She smiled as she looked at the puny demon in front of them. His clothed were three sizes to big, he was all skin and bone, and in his hand was a flute.
He smiled, "Just try me."
Inu-Yasha looked at Zero and looked back. They didn't have to say anything. They just nodded and knew what to do.
"Meeeyyooooowwww!" Zero roared and Inu-Yasha darted to the demon's right and Zero to his left.
"Claws of Steal!"
"Steal Tiger Claws!"
The skinny demon easily avoided both attacks. "Nice try, my turn." He lifted the flute to his mouth and began to blow gently into it. The next thing that Inu-Yasha knew, a fog covered his vision, and he was throwing an attack at Zero. He couldn't stop the words coming out of his mouth, or his claws that cracked. He couldn't stop himself. "Claws of Steal!"
It was the worst thing that ever happened to him, he knew what was happening but had no power over any of it. He was afraid, he liked to be in control of things and he couldn't even control himself. He wanted to yell and scream at Zero, 'run you idiot!' But he had no control. Even his voice wasn't listening to him. He saw as his fingers cracked and his mouth opened. The girl in front of him stood terrified.
Zero stood staring at her friend. What was he doing? He was attacking her, but why? An evil smile crossed his face and his eyes; they were so cold, no feeling at all. The cat-demon shivered.
"Claws of Steal."
Zero barley managed to dodge it. Inu-Yasha smiled and cracked his claws again, what was she supposed to do? She couldn't hurt him! He was the only friend she had ever had. She just couldn't so; she got ready to dodge another attack, not knowing what to do.
"Claws of Steal."
This one hit. Claws sunk deep down into her flesh, Zero winced in pain. Instinct took over. Anger flashed through her eyes, "Steal Tiger Claws!" She cried.
Zero looked at the blood dripping from the dog-demon's shoulder. Had she done that? Whatever had possessed her to do something like that? How could she have done that to her friend? He may be attacking her, but he was still her friend that she could never hurt. She stood still for him, tears streamed from her eyes. If he wanted to kill her, it was by his claws she wanted to die. She looked at the ground and awaited her fate.
Cold, hard, alien, claws touched her face and pointed it upward to look at him. He smiled a cold smile. This wasn't her Inu-Yasha, she thought, it couldn't be. But at the same time she wanted to know, how could it be somebody else?
Inu-Yasha wanted to yell, 'It's not me! I swear! It is not me!' but was helpless. He may have his mind, but something else controlled his body.
A faint sound of a flute reached Zero's sensitive ears. Now she knew, she had to get the flute, which was what was controlling him. She broke out of her trance and ran at the man, claws outstretched.
"Steal Tiger Claws!" But there was Inu-Yasha. He had been faster than she had. He stood in front of the flute demon and protected him. It was to late for her to stop her attack and her claws sunk into the half-breed. She stood in horror as her friend's body fell to the ground. She then too dropped to her knees, "No. . ." She whispered.
"I shall now take you, too," The flute demon said.
"Zero. . . I am. . .sorry. . .it wasn't . . . me. . ." Inu-Yasha said before falling into a blackness. The demon had released him, to weak to do him any good.
"No, it was me." She whispered as the flute music started, she ran towards the demon, "Steal Tiger Claws!" Just then she was taken over, but the attack could not be stopped and the demon vanished into thin air.
She dropped beside Inu-Yasha, both of them too weak to move. She closed her eyes and fell into the blackness, when she woke up, she would tell Inu-Yasha how sorry she was.
Inu-Yasha fisted his hand; his claws poked themselves into his skin, drawing blood. It had been his entire fault that she was hurt, and he had decided that it was because he was weak. If he had more power, he could have been kept from being taken over, if he had been a full demon. He decided to go after the Shikon Jewel. That was the reason, he always sought power, he didn't want to hurt Zero anymore. That had been why the 'Steal Claws Unite and Depart' was made, so that if something ever happened to one of them, they couldn't hurt each other.
He looked around, he was in a tree, and it was a habit he remembered as being picked up by Zero. The sun was almost gone and the moon nearly out. He sighed as he remembered how he avoided her for the next two years, until he heard about the Shikon. He and her then went to get it.
Zero looked up at the almost night sky. Tears fell from her eyes. She was remembering that same day. He had wanted nothing to do with her after that day. She must have scared him into believing that she couldn't be trusted anymore. They still had been friends, but he stayed to himself a lot more after that, and always looked sad and lonely. Zero blamed herself, she betrayed him. She had hurt the only person that she ever cared about, the only person she had loved. . .
She told him about the Shikon Jewel, and how much power it had been rumored to give demons. She warned him about the priestess, but he still almost immediately left for the village of the Shikon.
They had been walking a long time now and barely said anything to each other. Inu-Yasha was not in a good mood; he had been mumbling something about why this village was so far away. She followed him, not listening and occasionally bopping him over the head for yelling at her.
"Hey! Is that the village?" Inu-Yasha asked and pointed toward a little group of houses clustered together to form a village.
"Uh, huh." Zero nodded.
"Finally!" He walked right into the village. All the people scattered from him as he walked into the village. He stood tall and called out to the villagers, "Where is the Shikon Jewel?" No one answered and he asked again, "Where is the Jewel?"
This time someone walked out of a hut, "I have it." A girl with long black hair stood in front of him. "And why do you want to know?" The girl asked him, keeping her ground.
"I need that Jewel, now give it to me." Inu-Yasha threatened.
"Do you plan to become a full human, or a full demon, half-breed?" She questioned.
"Demon, of course. Idiot." He whispered.
The girl raised her bow and arrows, "Go, leave, you are not welcome here."
"Not until I get the Jewel." That answer received an arrow in his shoulder. "What? What do think you are doing? Hand over the Jewel." She gave him another arrow, right next to the other.
"Leave." She pointed the arrow threateningly.
Inu-Yasha met back up with me full of arrows, Zero giggled at the memory. But then sighed, she remember the look on his face when he looked at her. He loved her from the first moment he saw her. I didn't have a chance. So I left, told Inu-Yasha I needed to watch over my territory. The priestess betrayed him. Killing him for around fifty years. Zero remembered how much she cried that day and how lonely she felt.
The thought alone brought tears to her eyes. By now it was dark and she heard voices from below.
Kagome, Shippo, Miroku, Sango, and Myoga sat around a fire. They were all deep in thought.
"So what do you think that meant?" Kagome asked.
"I have no idea." Sango said.
"Well, you'd think that after so long two friends would actually talk to one another." Shippo talk them.
"You would think that two love birds like those would be all lovey- dovey around each other." Miroku sighed.
"L-love-birds?" Kagome's voice shook and Miroku just nodded.
Sango hit him over the head with her boomerang bone. "Idiot."
Kagome didn't want to admit it, but she was worried. If he really loved Zero, would he stay here with her? Would he just leave her for the cat-demon?
Sango figured what Kagome was thinking. She put her hand on Kagome's shoulder. "Don't worry, he's not like that." Kagome nodded, but Sango saw the doubt in her eyes.
A twig snapped behind them. "Hey! What's that?" Shippo asked. He turned around to find Inu-Yasha's cat demon friend staring at them. Her eyes glowed a cat eye yellow in the moonlight and her fangs showed and she opened her mouth. She looked at Kagome.
"Listen. I don't want Inu-Yasha hurt again, especially by a Kikyo the second. I won't hurt you because you're his friend, but if you hurt him like Kikyo did, watch your back."
End of Chapter Three