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updating, just slower. Then afterward I can get to updating faster, k?
Well, anyways, here's the chapter and hope you like it! I will update as
soon as possible! Oh, and if that was a bit confusing, sorry. It was
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Disclaimer ~ I don't own Inu-Yasha and co. Never did. Never will. Wish I did. But that's too bad, now isn't it?
Dragon's Curse
Chapter Two ~ the past
"So, you going to tell me what happened yet?" Inu-Yasha questioned the dragon-girl in front of him. He leaned against a tree and the girl, whose name he learned was Kagome, sat uneasily before him. She seemed to be fighting off tears and shaking from fear at the same time. Inu-Yasha only hoped that she wasn't afraid of him.
He didn't know why he cared so much about this girl. He never gave a hoot about anyone but himself before. Could it be that she too was a half demon. That maybe she could understand him and not criticize him before she had even talked to him? That may be he wouldn't be alone anymore? He shook his head. What in the world was he thinking? He stayed to himself and it would stay that way. He didn't need any friends and no one understood him.
Kagome looked at her feet. Her DEMON feet, and sighed. She stared at the dirt intently as if it would tell her what to do. She started squeezing the dirt through her toes; she didn't know what else to do. She felt so sad, but she also felt scared and angry. She wanted to tell him, but she didn't know how. She was finally broken out of her daze with a, 'Hey! Are you going to answer me? Are you going to tell your story or not?'
She nodded, "Sorry. I was just . . . thinking."
"Okay, but come on. I don't want to wait all day for an answer." He closed his eyes and leaned against a tree. He had his hands behind his head and although he looked relaxed, his ears perked up to show that he was listening. They followed every sound, even if it was barely able to be heard. His ears missed nothing; he believed that he could rely on them more than his eye sight or any other of his senses. They were his life-line and although they cause him a lot of grief from humans, he still didn't know what he'd do without them.
"Right, well. I don't know where to start." She admitted her gaze still firmly locked on the ground. She felt weird being watched by the half demon in front of her, even if he wasn't really watching. He was only listening, but something about his presence unnerved her.
"I have an idea. How about you start at the beginning and end at the end? How's that?" He asked sarcastically, even though he never opened his eyes or moved, well, except his ears, they never seemed to stop twitching.
Kagome blushed. Now she felt stupid. "Right. Well, I was born into a respected family and they lived in village that was up north."
"Was?"
"Well, I am getting there." She told her inpatient listener. "I had a lot of friends in the village and-"
"You had a lot of friends, but you're a half demon. Humans despise half demons." She was once again cut off by Inu- Yasha.
"I wasn't half demon back then!" She yelled and looked up at him, and saw how he squeezed shut his eyes and his ears were pressed against his head. She immediately felt guilty. 'I guess he has sensitive hearing. I didn't mean to hurt him.' She thought.
"You don't have to be so loud!" He yelled at her and he showed his fangs a bit, not meaning to. He looked at her scared expression as she looked him in the eye. She really was scared of him and he felt terrible. Why would she be afraid of him? He then realized at how he had showed her his fangs. He knew they were sharp, he had seen them in his reflection in the water and he had bit his tongue or just rubbed it against his teeth, both ways he had drawn blood. He even thought that they were scary, and they were his fangs! He would never admit it, though.
"Sorry." She whispered.
"Feh. No, my fault. Continue with what you were saying." He told her and leaned against his tree and closed his eyes once more.
"Well, I was a miko in training." She looked up to see if he had anything to say. He obviously didn't and his face was expressionless, so there was no way to tell what he was thinking. So she just went on. "I was being trained under the miko Kiona. She said that I had great potential and that I would become a great miko. This, of course, made my parents happy, so when she asked if I could go to a village with her to help with some troubles they were having, they were eager to let me go. When I got there, it turned out to be a demon.
"It was taking control of the people and using them to do its bidding. We fought it, but Kiona wasn't strong enough to take it down. She used the last of her power to weaken it so that I could finish it off. I did the best I could and I defeated the demon, but not before it struck me with one of its claws. I blacked out right after my battle with it and when I woke up, the villagers were standing above me and they looked down at me.
"I'll never forget their faces. They all hated me. I knew they did. But then I didn't know why. When I stood up, they all backed away from me and someone threw a rock at me and others followed. I didn't know why they were throwing stones at me. I had just helped their village and I yelled at them asking them why they were acting so. They only threw more.
"I ran away from the village and into the woods. During the night I sneaked into the village to try to find Kiona. I found her, but she had died during the fight with the dragon. I went back into the woods and waited until day, when I started back home. By now I had figured out why they all hated me. I knew that I was half dragon. I still wasn't used to it, though.
"I went home to my mother and father. They recognized me, but they couldn't, or wouldn't believe what had happened. I stayed with them for a while. I had to hide, but when the villagers found out that a half demon was staying with my mother and father, they came in and threw me out of the village by force.
"It was the scariest thing that had ever happened to me. All my so-called friends were caring torches and they made me leave. When I wouldn't move they'd stick the torches so close to where I could feel the heat against my cool dragon-skin. I remember them having to hold my mother and father back from coming to my side. I wanted to rip them apart limb, from limb. But I couldn't, they had been my friends before.
"Then the next day, the village was attacked by demons. They were without any protection. They had no mikos left and I couldn't save them. That night the village went up in flames. No one was left alive." She kept her eyes on the ground and let her hair slide messily over her shoulders and over her face. She felt hot tears steam down her face, and her nose and eyes starting to turn red from crying. She had been crying for a while, ever since the part where Kiona died. She stuffed her hands into her face and let the tears flow freely.
Inu-Yasha looked at her, he knew she was crying. He could hear her muffled sniffs from behind her hands. He wanted to make her feel better, but he didn't know what to do. He shouldn't have made her tell him what was wrong. He felt really guilty now, making her remember things like that. He knew that if it was him he would have left stuff like that behind him. He would never have had told anybody what had happened to him or his family. He would have run away from his past. Wait, he did.
She was strong to have been able to tell him that and he knew it. He just didn't know what to do now that she was full of self pity. He wanted to tell her that it was alright and that it wasn't as bad as it seems, but the words never came. Instead he asked, "Do you want something to eat?"
Where had that come from? Out of all the things he was thinking, he asked, 'Do you want something to eat?' He mentally slapped himself on the forehead. He was so stupid! Well, he had to go along with it now. If she wanted something to eat, he would have to get it now. He waited a minuet, but she didn't answer. So he asked her again. "Do you want something to eat?"
This time he heard a muffled. "Sure." It wasn't a strong sure, just a plain, 'I-don't-care' sure. He didn't know what else to do so he started off into the forest to catch something to eat for them for dinner.
Kagome noticed that he left, but she didn't care. At the moment she really just wanted to be left alone. She looked at her hands. They weren't hands, they were claws. DEMON claws. She had scales on parts of her body, wings and a long tail. She was a demon. She had become a miko's worst enemy. She was her own worst enemy.
End of Chapter Two
Liger003 ~ Hey, I hope you liked it. If you did, Review! If you didn't, Review, but tell me what I did wrong. Don't just flame me, at least tell me what I could do to make it better. I promise that even though I won't be updating as soon because I am working on the others so that I can give this one most of my attention and update even faster afterward. But if you review, I'll update sooner! (NO! THIS STORY IS NOTDISCONTINUED! I WILL STILL BE WRITING! So don't even think it is!)
Disclaimer ~ I don't own Inu-Yasha and co. Never did. Never will. Wish I did. But that's too bad, now isn't it?
Dragon's Curse
Chapter Two ~ the past
"So, you going to tell me what happened yet?" Inu-Yasha questioned the dragon-girl in front of him. He leaned against a tree and the girl, whose name he learned was Kagome, sat uneasily before him. She seemed to be fighting off tears and shaking from fear at the same time. Inu-Yasha only hoped that she wasn't afraid of him.
He didn't know why he cared so much about this girl. He never gave a hoot about anyone but himself before. Could it be that she too was a half demon. That maybe she could understand him and not criticize him before she had even talked to him? That may be he wouldn't be alone anymore? He shook his head. What in the world was he thinking? He stayed to himself and it would stay that way. He didn't need any friends and no one understood him.
Kagome looked at her feet. Her DEMON feet, and sighed. She stared at the dirt intently as if it would tell her what to do. She started squeezing the dirt through her toes; she didn't know what else to do. She felt so sad, but she also felt scared and angry. She wanted to tell him, but she didn't know how. She was finally broken out of her daze with a, 'Hey! Are you going to answer me? Are you going to tell your story or not?'
She nodded, "Sorry. I was just . . . thinking."
"Okay, but come on. I don't want to wait all day for an answer." He closed his eyes and leaned against a tree. He had his hands behind his head and although he looked relaxed, his ears perked up to show that he was listening. They followed every sound, even if it was barely able to be heard. His ears missed nothing; he believed that he could rely on them more than his eye sight or any other of his senses. They were his life-line and although they cause him a lot of grief from humans, he still didn't know what he'd do without them.
"Right, well. I don't know where to start." She admitted her gaze still firmly locked on the ground. She felt weird being watched by the half demon in front of her, even if he wasn't really watching. He was only listening, but something about his presence unnerved her.
"I have an idea. How about you start at the beginning and end at the end? How's that?" He asked sarcastically, even though he never opened his eyes or moved, well, except his ears, they never seemed to stop twitching.
Kagome blushed. Now she felt stupid. "Right. Well, I was born into a respected family and they lived in village that was up north."
"Was?"
"Well, I am getting there." She told her inpatient listener. "I had a lot of friends in the village and-"
"You had a lot of friends, but you're a half demon. Humans despise half demons." She was once again cut off by Inu- Yasha.
"I wasn't half demon back then!" She yelled and looked up at him, and saw how he squeezed shut his eyes and his ears were pressed against his head. She immediately felt guilty. 'I guess he has sensitive hearing. I didn't mean to hurt him.' She thought.
"You don't have to be so loud!" He yelled at her and he showed his fangs a bit, not meaning to. He looked at her scared expression as she looked him in the eye. She really was scared of him and he felt terrible. Why would she be afraid of him? He then realized at how he had showed her his fangs. He knew they were sharp, he had seen them in his reflection in the water and he had bit his tongue or just rubbed it against his teeth, both ways he had drawn blood. He even thought that they were scary, and they were his fangs! He would never admit it, though.
"Sorry." She whispered.
"Feh. No, my fault. Continue with what you were saying." He told her and leaned against his tree and closed his eyes once more.
"Well, I was a miko in training." She looked up to see if he had anything to say. He obviously didn't and his face was expressionless, so there was no way to tell what he was thinking. So she just went on. "I was being trained under the miko Kiona. She said that I had great potential and that I would become a great miko. This, of course, made my parents happy, so when she asked if I could go to a village with her to help with some troubles they were having, they were eager to let me go. When I got there, it turned out to be a demon.
"It was taking control of the people and using them to do its bidding. We fought it, but Kiona wasn't strong enough to take it down. She used the last of her power to weaken it so that I could finish it off. I did the best I could and I defeated the demon, but not before it struck me with one of its claws. I blacked out right after my battle with it and when I woke up, the villagers were standing above me and they looked down at me.
"I'll never forget their faces. They all hated me. I knew they did. But then I didn't know why. When I stood up, they all backed away from me and someone threw a rock at me and others followed. I didn't know why they were throwing stones at me. I had just helped their village and I yelled at them asking them why they were acting so. They only threw more.
"I ran away from the village and into the woods. During the night I sneaked into the village to try to find Kiona. I found her, but she had died during the fight with the dragon. I went back into the woods and waited until day, when I started back home. By now I had figured out why they all hated me. I knew that I was half dragon. I still wasn't used to it, though.
"I went home to my mother and father. They recognized me, but they couldn't, or wouldn't believe what had happened. I stayed with them for a while. I had to hide, but when the villagers found out that a half demon was staying with my mother and father, they came in and threw me out of the village by force.
"It was the scariest thing that had ever happened to me. All my so-called friends were caring torches and they made me leave. When I wouldn't move they'd stick the torches so close to where I could feel the heat against my cool dragon-skin. I remember them having to hold my mother and father back from coming to my side. I wanted to rip them apart limb, from limb. But I couldn't, they had been my friends before.
"Then the next day, the village was attacked by demons. They were without any protection. They had no mikos left and I couldn't save them. That night the village went up in flames. No one was left alive." She kept her eyes on the ground and let her hair slide messily over her shoulders and over her face. She felt hot tears steam down her face, and her nose and eyes starting to turn red from crying. She had been crying for a while, ever since the part where Kiona died. She stuffed her hands into her face and let the tears flow freely.
Inu-Yasha looked at her, he knew she was crying. He could hear her muffled sniffs from behind her hands. He wanted to make her feel better, but he didn't know what to do. He shouldn't have made her tell him what was wrong. He felt really guilty now, making her remember things like that. He knew that if it was him he would have left stuff like that behind him. He would never have had told anybody what had happened to him or his family. He would have run away from his past. Wait, he did.
She was strong to have been able to tell him that and he knew it. He just didn't know what to do now that she was full of self pity. He wanted to tell her that it was alright and that it wasn't as bad as it seems, but the words never came. Instead he asked, "Do you want something to eat?"
Where had that come from? Out of all the things he was thinking, he asked, 'Do you want something to eat?' He mentally slapped himself on the forehead. He was so stupid! Well, he had to go along with it now. If she wanted something to eat, he would have to get it now. He waited a minuet, but she didn't answer. So he asked her again. "Do you want something to eat?"
This time he heard a muffled. "Sure." It wasn't a strong sure, just a plain, 'I-don't-care' sure. He didn't know what else to do so he started off into the forest to catch something to eat for them for dinner.
Kagome noticed that he left, but she didn't care. At the moment she really just wanted to be left alone. She looked at her hands. They weren't hands, they were claws. DEMON claws. She had scales on parts of her body, wings and a long tail. She was a demon. She had become a miko's worst enemy. She was her own worst enemy.
End of Chapter Two
Liger003 ~ Hey, I hope you liked it. If you did, Review! If you didn't, Review, but tell me what I did wrong. Don't just flame me, at least tell me what I could do to make it better. I promise that even though I won't be updating as soon because I am working on the others so that I can give this one most of my attention and update even faster afterward. But if you review, I'll update sooner! (NO! THIS STORY IS NOTDISCONTINUED! I WILL STILL BE WRITING! So don't even think it is!)