Disclaimer: I'm only saying this once! I don't own Inuyasha or anyone
else belonging to Rumiko Takahashi!
I'm warning all of you! This is an angst fic! (with some romance and fighting action) If you don't like angst, go read your warm fluffy stories (^-^) but if you do, welcome! Please review after you're done reading this (it's not that hard!) it will help me with the next chapter! Please review? Okay ..on to the story!
Prologue to Slipping Out of My Reach
"No!"
"Oh please, Inuyasha?"
"You spend too much time already in your world. Most of the time you're going to school. Feh! Worthless! You belong HERE collecting shards for me!"
Here in feudal Japan, we find our favorite Shikon shard hunters in another fruitless argument next to the Bone Eaters Well.
"At least let me come with you!" "Why? So you can make sure I don't do anything stupid?" Kagome retorted angrily.
"I can make sure you don't waste time with stupid stuff so we can get back to shard hunting!"
"Inuyasha!!" Kagome cried angrily, "You can't just control my life like this! The only reason you want the shards is because YOU want to become all demon! You! You! You! You want to do this, you have to do that.it's all about you!! Just once in a while I'd like to see my family!! Just because you don't have one doesn't mean you can keep me from MINE!"
Instantly, Kagome regretted what she said. Granted, she was angry, but perhaps she had gone too far this time?
Sango and Miroku gasped lightly and looked towards Inuyasha. They braced themselves for the looming explosion.
Kagome looked into Inuyasha's eyes, and almost recoiled in guilt. The blank stare he gave her showed no emotion, yet everyone witnessing the scene noted how much pain they turned into. But, a few seconds later, they flashed with rage. His whole body shook with pain and anger.
"FINE!!!" he roared, "I don't care if you never come back you WORTHLESS wench! Go on! GO!"
Kagome would have apologized, but the dog demon was already gone. She should have felt happy that she won the fight, but she felt just the opposite. She sighed and hung her head.
"Now look what I've done." she said dejectedly.
"Don't worry," said Sango, trying her best to be comforting, "He had it coming. We'll cool him off until you get back."
Miroku nodded in agreement.
Kagome smiled sadly at her friends. "Thanks you guys."
They smiled back, and headed towards the general direction of Kaede's village. Kagome stood in front of the well for a few minutes longer. In the distance she heard Sango's angry yell and a loud THUNK. She smiled, but it faded quickly.
Maybe she should worry about the growing problem with Inuyasha when she got back.either way, it was going to be hard to get back on good terms with him. She stepped forward and let herself fall into the well.
As the swirling purple light engulfed her, she felt a shooting pain run up her leg and yelped. Her lower leg throbbed angrily, but it faded quickly, and in a few seconds, the pain was gone completely. "That's odd." She said to herself. 'What bit me? A snakebite would hurt more, and the pain would linger.but this.' She felt her feet touch solid ground at last.
"What was that?" She repeated as she examined the side of leg. There was an odd red dot about the size of a penny just above her ankle.
Kagome prodded the tender spot with her finger. Her leg had swelled slightly, but not very noticeably. "At least it doesn't hurt." She mumbled.
She shook off the chilly feeling that was running down her spine and began hauling her enormous yellow backpack up the ladder and out of the well house.
After much groaning and grunting, she set the backpack down out side the well house and wiped her forehead. 'I have got to remember to leave some of the heavy stuff behind!'
Suddenly, a noise sounded from her kitchen. Kagome looked up, shielding her eyes from the sunlight, and saw a figure peering out of the window.
Kagome smiled. "Mom! Hi!"
She walked swiftly towards the house. The figure shuffled and disappeared from the window.
A slight twinge of fear rang in her heart, and she had the ominous feeling that something bad happened. Now running towards the back door, the fear got worse. What could have happened? Her heart was racing, thumping wildly against her ribs. A robbery? ..Murder?
She reached the back door and stood there, her mind torn between two ideas. Open the door quickly to scare anyone in there Open the door slowly so she could get a good look (and the element of surprise) at the intruder. She shook her head at the second thought, because she noted that she had pretty much shattered her stealth when she yelled out. Kagome took a deep breath and braced herself for the worst. (a little dramatic eh?) Her hand latched onto the doorknob and her heart fluttered wildly.
She stopped and snorted at herself.
'Is this how weak I am? My god! No wonder Inuyasha teases me all the time!'
She scoffed at herself. 'A miko! Be afraid of a burglar?' She gulped.
'Or a murderer. or a...NO! I won't be scared!' she lied to herself. Her self-confidence suddenly disappeared with an annoying 'poof!'
'Arg.I should have let Inuyasha come.HA! No chance of that now." she thought sadly. Her mind flashed back to their most recent "discussion". As she remembered Inuyasha's face when she made the remark about his family, her eyes teared.
Kagome suddenly remembered the looming danger lying in wait behind that door.
"Here goes." she whispered.
"KYYYAAAAAA-" her scream was cut short as a clawed, scaly hand clapped over her mouth. She noticed her house was extremely dark and very empty. She didn't sense her family at all, so that means they must have gone away for awhile. At least they wouldn't be hurt. Too much time wasted on horror movies told Kagome that struggling and screaming just got the captor angry, so she stayed still and silent. 'hmm' she thought to herself 'I don't really feel all that scared..,'
That's when she noticed the bite mark on her leg began to throb again.
MWAHAHAHAAAAAAHA!! A cliffhanger eh? How delightfully evil! How did you like it? Should I continue? Answer in your much-needed reviews! (please?) I should be coming out with a new chapter sometime next week...and it will be a long one :D c-ya!
**the queen**
I'm warning all of you! This is an angst fic! (with some romance and fighting action) If you don't like angst, go read your warm fluffy stories (^-^) but if you do, welcome! Please review after you're done reading this (it's not that hard!) it will help me with the next chapter! Please review? Okay ..on to the story!
Prologue to Slipping Out of My Reach
"No!"
"Oh please, Inuyasha?"
"You spend too much time already in your world. Most of the time you're going to school. Feh! Worthless! You belong HERE collecting shards for me!"
Here in feudal Japan, we find our favorite Shikon shard hunters in another fruitless argument next to the Bone Eaters Well.
"At least let me come with you!" "Why? So you can make sure I don't do anything stupid?" Kagome retorted angrily.
"I can make sure you don't waste time with stupid stuff so we can get back to shard hunting!"
"Inuyasha!!" Kagome cried angrily, "You can't just control my life like this! The only reason you want the shards is because YOU want to become all demon! You! You! You! You want to do this, you have to do that.it's all about you!! Just once in a while I'd like to see my family!! Just because you don't have one doesn't mean you can keep me from MINE!"
Instantly, Kagome regretted what she said. Granted, she was angry, but perhaps she had gone too far this time?
Sango and Miroku gasped lightly and looked towards Inuyasha. They braced themselves for the looming explosion.
Kagome looked into Inuyasha's eyes, and almost recoiled in guilt. The blank stare he gave her showed no emotion, yet everyone witnessing the scene noted how much pain they turned into. But, a few seconds later, they flashed with rage. His whole body shook with pain and anger.
"FINE!!!" he roared, "I don't care if you never come back you WORTHLESS wench! Go on! GO!"
Kagome would have apologized, but the dog demon was already gone. She should have felt happy that she won the fight, but she felt just the opposite. She sighed and hung her head.
"Now look what I've done." she said dejectedly.
"Don't worry," said Sango, trying her best to be comforting, "He had it coming. We'll cool him off until you get back."
Miroku nodded in agreement.
Kagome smiled sadly at her friends. "Thanks you guys."
They smiled back, and headed towards the general direction of Kaede's village. Kagome stood in front of the well for a few minutes longer. In the distance she heard Sango's angry yell and a loud THUNK. She smiled, but it faded quickly.
Maybe she should worry about the growing problem with Inuyasha when she got back.either way, it was going to be hard to get back on good terms with him. She stepped forward and let herself fall into the well.
As the swirling purple light engulfed her, she felt a shooting pain run up her leg and yelped. Her lower leg throbbed angrily, but it faded quickly, and in a few seconds, the pain was gone completely. "That's odd." She said to herself. 'What bit me? A snakebite would hurt more, and the pain would linger.but this.' She felt her feet touch solid ground at last.
"What was that?" She repeated as she examined the side of leg. There was an odd red dot about the size of a penny just above her ankle.
Kagome prodded the tender spot with her finger. Her leg had swelled slightly, but not very noticeably. "At least it doesn't hurt." She mumbled.
She shook off the chilly feeling that was running down her spine and began hauling her enormous yellow backpack up the ladder and out of the well house.
After much groaning and grunting, she set the backpack down out side the well house and wiped her forehead. 'I have got to remember to leave some of the heavy stuff behind!'
Suddenly, a noise sounded from her kitchen. Kagome looked up, shielding her eyes from the sunlight, and saw a figure peering out of the window.
Kagome smiled. "Mom! Hi!"
She walked swiftly towards the house. The figure shuffled and disappeared from the window.
A slight twinge of fear rang in her heart, and she had the ominous feeling that something bad happened. Now running towards the back door, the fear got worse. What could have happened? Her heart was racing, thumping wildly against her ribs. A robbery? ..Murder?
She reached the back door and stood there, her mind torn between two ideas. Open the door quickly to scare anyone in there Open the door slowly so she could get a good look (and the element of surprise) at the intruder. She shook her head at the second thought, because she noted that she had pretty much shattered her stealth when she yelled out. Kagome took a deep breath and braced herself for the worst. (a little dramatic eh?) Her hand latched onto the doorknob and her heart fluttered wildly.
She stopped and snorted at herself.
'Is this how weak I am? My god! No wonder Inuyasha teases me all the time!'
She scoffed at herself. 'A miko! Be afraid of a burglar?' She gulped.
'Or a murderer. or a...NO! I won't be scared!' she lied to herself. Her self-confidence suddenly disappeared with an annoying 'poof!'
'Arg.I should have let Inuyasha come.HA! No chance of that now." she thought sadly. Her mind flashed back to their most recent "discussion". As she remembered Inuyasha's face when she made the remark about his family, her eyes teared.
Kagome suddenly remembered the looming danger lying in wait behind that door.
"Here goes." she whispered.
"KYYYAAAAAA-" her scream was cut short as a clawed, scaly hand clapped over her mouth. She noticed her house was extremely dark and very empty. She didn't sense her family at all, so that means they must have gone away for awhile. At least they wouldn't be hurt. Too much time wasted on horror movies told Kagome that struggling and screaming just got the captor angry, so she stayed still and silent. 'hmm' she thought to herself 'I don't really feel all that scared..,'
That's when she noticed the bite mark on her leg began to throb again.
MWAHAHAHAAAAAAHA!! A cliffhanger eh? How delightfully evil! How did you like it? Should I continue? Answer in your much-needed reviews! (please?) I should be coming out with a new chapter sometime next week...and it will be a long one :D c-ya!
**the queen**