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I just wanted to thank all the people who read & review my story. So thank you. 2nd I want to say thanks to Merith for once again helping with my story. On with the story!!
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Chapter 2 The Truth Hurts
(In Kaede's Hut)
"Neko and Inuyasha will be in good hands, now please leave while I attended to their wounds." Kaede asks. "Wait Kagome and Sango" Kagome and Sango stop at the door way and turn to her. "I need you two to help with the removing of Neko's top. I'm growing old and I do not have the strength I had when I was young."
"But of course Kaede." Kagome says as they walk back in the room.
They both did their jobs in silence, after Neko's chest wound is clean and Inuyasha's wounds as well they left the hut to give them the peace they need to heal.
Neko began to open her eyes and found that she is a different place. She turns to her right to find Inuyasha by her side. 'I must be in the village where they kept returning too.' She sniffed the air and found that the others are outside. She sniffed again and found that Sesshoumaru is still here. 'He's here? But why?' She turns back to Inuyasha. "My dear brother, if I had listened to my heart earlier you wouldn't be in this hut, in pain."
"Neko, don't worry about me, what was done, was done. There wasn't anything you could have done different." Inuyasha says while he turns to face Neko.
"Inuyasha, I'm sorry for what happen to you and the one's you love. What I did was something I knew was wrong. I shouldn't have done the things I did." Neko says with tears forming in her eyes.
"Neko you got to stop blaming yourself for what happen. It happened for a reason. It was destiny, that's the only reason I can think of." Inuyasha said.
The laid there in silence for a while when Neko broke it.
"You know we're very lucky." Neko says
"What makes you say that?" Inuyasha asks with a grunt and growls.
"For it's a long time until the next new moon." She said with a little laugh.
"Yes you're right this way we should be healed in a day or two." Inuyasha says with a happier voice.
"Ah, I see you two are a wake, and how do ye feel?" Kaede says while entering the hut, followed by Kagome and Sango.
"I feel like I was trampled by a herd of horses." Inuyasha says
"Yes, and I'm having a hard time breathing." Neko says
"Ye will heal in good time, I would say by early night rise or midnight tomorrow." Kaede says while getting some herbs out. "Inuyasha I need for you to turn the other way for I must take the bandages off Neko's chest and clean it again."
"Not to worry Kaede I don't think he would want to see he's sister's chest." Neko's says with laughter to her voice.
All Inuyasha did was turn his face red, and said "Feh" then turn the other way. The others laughed at the action.
Later that night Neko was tossing and turning while she slept. She was reliving the nightmare she called life in her dreams.
(In Neko's Dreams)
'What I'm I to do? I have no where to go?' Neko says to herself while wiping the tears she shed for Azuza and the others. 'Before I do anything I must give her and the others a proper burial.' All day and most of the night Neko work tirelessly to buried the ones she loved.
After she had finish she took shelter in one of the remaining huts, and sat next to the fire. Through most of the night she looked into the fire and tried her hardest to forget the horror that she saw before and after the dog demon attacked. After drinking some tea and relax, she fell asleep. In the morning she got up and gathered as much material she could find for her leaving the only home she ever knew.
She began her journey to nowhere, and everywhere. She stop at villages hoping they would take her in. The villagers would find out after a day or two she is a hanyou and throw her right back out in the rain. Days became weeks, weeks became months, months became years and she still hasn't found a home. She had reached the age of 17, with no home to call her own. She was traveling along the woods, on a dirt room when she heard something behind her. She turns and found a youkai smiling at her.
"You're a young hanyou aren't you? Well let me ease your pain and kill you so you'll never see the horror of this world." The bird youkai, said with a smile on his face and started to attack Neko.
Neko jumped out of the way. That didn't helped out, for the evil raven youkai took a sharp turn and was flying towards Neko again. Neko thought to herself 'I'm going to die, I don't want to die. What can I do?' She then told herself that 'You're a hanyou, use it to your advantage.' She tore off the bonnet that she had on her head. Her ears took the upright position that her cat-like ears need to be. Next she ripped off the gloves covering her claw-like hands. She took a battled stance ready for the bird youkai's attack, when this power shot straight through her and the next thing she said was. "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" Her hand then hit the youkai bottom part of its beck and ripped it off all the way to the other end.
Neko stared at her left hand in awe and thought to herself, 'I just killed a living thing with one clean sweep of my hand.' She looked down and saw the bird youkai in two different places. Once she saw the blood, and the inner works of the youkai. She ran to the trees and threw up what little breakfast she had. When she finished, she wiped her mouth with her sleeve. She then once again looked at the dead youkai. The sight of the youkai causes her to past out.
Deep in the woods a dark figured stood and watch the whole battled played before him. 'She has the same attack as insolent hanyou? She even looks a little like him?' the shadowy figure walk though darkness and up to the fallen Neko. He picked her up and took off into the sun set.
(Back in the hut)
Kagome was sleeping next to Inuyasha when she was awaken by Neko's cries and grunts in her sleep. 'What could see be dreaming?' she got up and whet over Neko and tried to wake her up. She gently began to shake her. "Neko, Neko" she said with a low whisper. "Neko, wake up, Neko.!" She said with a more forceful voice.
Neko heard Kagome calling her on the other side and began to wake up. She first opens her eyes and saw the concerned look on Kagome's face.
"Kagome, what's the matter?" Neko says with a worry in her voice.
"You were having a nightmare, and have awoken me with your cries." Kagome says now sitting next to Neko. "While I'm up we might as well check your wound." Neko just laid there while Kagome lifted the blanket off her chest and check the bandages. "All seems well Neko. You might heal faster then we all first thought." She pulled the blanket up over Neko's chest. "Do you want to talk about it?" Kagome said.
"Talk about what Kagome?" Neko said
"Why, the nightmare you had." Kagome said
"It might do me some good to tell about it. It was about the aftermath of my village being destroyed, everyone I know and loved killed. I left the fallen village in hope to find another village to live in. But once they found out that I am a hanyou, they kick me right out of the village. It was years living on the road, living off the forest. That was something I never had to do. Something else I never had to do was defend myself. A youkai attacked me, and for a moment I thought that it was the end. Until I got this power, and I killed the youkai. I presume it's the same power I felt when fighting Naraku. And killed the youkai. I was so shocked that I killed something I past out. The next thing I woke up in Naraku castle."
"That's awful Neko, to live all alone for some many years." Kagome says with a simplistic voice.
"It was along time ago, nothing to worry about now. I can start a new life, hopefully with you all." Neko says
"But of course you can stay with us, it will be fun to have another female in the group." Kagome says to try and get Neko a little more on a happier note. "Well it's late and you really need your sleep. Goodnight Neko." Kagome gets up and walks back to the love of her life. She lies down and cuddles up next to him.
Inuyasha looks down at kagome with a smile. Then remembers all that he just heard. 'I had no idea Neko had that rough of a life. She had it worse than me. I think I'll be a little more easy on her from now on.' He kisses Kagome on the top of her head and fell back to sleep.
I just wanted to thank all the people who read & review my story. So thank you. 2nd I want to say thanks to Merith for once again helping with my story. On with the story!!
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Chapter 2 The Truth Hurts
(In Kaede's Hut)
"Neko and Inuyasha will be in good hands, now please leave while I attended to their wounds." Kaede asks. "Wait Kagome and Sango" Kagome and Sango stop at the door way and turn to her. "I need you two to help with the removing of Neko's top. I'm growing old and I do not have the strength I had when I was young."
"But of course Kaede." Kagome says as they walk back in the room.
They both did their jobs in silence, after Neko's chest wound is clean and Inuyasha's wounds as well they left the hut to give them the peace they need to heal.
Neko began to open her eyes and found that she is a different place. She turns to her right to find Inuyasha by her side. 'I must be in the village where they kept returning too.' She sniffed the air and found that the others are outside. She sniffed again and found that Sesshoumaru is still here. 'He's here? But why?' She turns back to Inuyasha. "My dear brother, if I had listened to my heart earlier you wouldn't be in this hut, in pain."
"Neko, don't worry about me, what was done, was done. There wasn't anything you could have done different." Inuyasha says while he turns to face Neko.
"Inuyasha, I'm sorry for what happen to you and the one's you love. What I did was something I knew was wrong. I shouldn't have done the things I did." Neko says with tears forming in her eyes.
"Neko you got to stop blaming yourself for what happen. It happened for a reason. It was destiny, that's the only reason I can think of." Inuyasha said.
The laid there in silence for a while when Neko broke it.
"You know we're very lucky." Neko says
"What makes you say that?" Inuyasha asks with a grunt and growls.
"For it's a long time until the next new moon." She said with a little laugh.
"Yes you're right this way we should be healed in a day or two." Inuyasha says with a happier voice.
"Ah, I see you two are a wake, and how do ye feel?" Kaede says while entering the hut, followed by Kagome and Sango.
"I feel like I was trampled by a herd of horses." Inuyasha says
"Yes, and I'm having a hard time breathing." Neko says
"Ye will heal in good time, I would say by early night rise or midnight tomorrow." Kaede says while getting some herbs out. "Inuyasha I need for you to turn the other way for I must take the bandages off Neko's chest and clean it again."
"Not to worry Kaede I don't think he would want to see he's sister's chest." Neko's says with laughter to her voice.
All Inuyasha did was turn his face red, and said "Feh" then turn the other way. The others laughed at the action.
Later that night Neko was tossing and turning while she slept. She was reliving the nightmare she called life in her dreams.
(In Neko's Dreams)
'What I'm I to do? I have no where to go?' Neko says to herself while wiping the tears she shed for Azuza and the others. 'Before I do anything I must give her and the others a proper burial.' All day and most of the night Neko work tirelessly to buried the ones she loved.
After she had finish she took shelter in one of the remaining huts, and sat next to the fire. Through most of the night she looked into the fire and tried her hardest to forget the horror that she saw before and after the dog demon attacked. After drinking some tea and relax, she fell asleep. In the morning she got up and gathered as much material she could find for her leaving the only home she ever knew.
She began her journey to nowhere, and everywhere. She stop at villages hoping they would take her in. The villagers would find out after a day or two she is a hanyou and throw her right back out in the rain. Days became weeks, weeks became months, months became years and she still hasn't found a home. She had reached the age of 17, with no home to call her own. She was traveling along the woods, on a dirt room when she heard something behind her. She turns and found a youkai smiling at her.
"You're a young hanyou aren't you? Well let me ease your pain and kill you so you'll never see the horror of this world." The bird youkai, said with a smile on his face and started to attack Neko.
Neko jumped out of the way. That didn't helped out, for the evil raven youkai took a sharp turn and was flying towards Neko again. Neko thought to herself 'I'm going to die, I don't want to die. What can I do?' She then told herself that 'You're a hanyou, use it to your advantage.' She tore off the bonnet that she had on her head. Her ears took the upright position that her cat-like ears need to be. Next she ripped off the gloves covering her claw-like hands. She took a battled stance ready for the bird youkai's attack, when this power shot straight through her and the next thing she said was. "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" Her hand then hit the youkai bottom part of its beck and ripped it off all the way to the other end.
Neko stared at her left hand in awe and thought to herself, 'I just killed a living thing with one clean sweep of my hand.' She looked down and saw the bird youkai in two different places. Once she saw the blood, and the inner works of the youkai. She ran to the trees and threw up what little breakfast she had. When she finished, she wiped her mouth with her sleeve. She then once again looked at the dead youkai. The sight of the youkai causes her to past out.
Deep in the woods a dark figured stood and watch the whole battled played before him. 'She has the same attack as insolent hanyou? She even looks a little like him?' the shadowy figure walk though darkness and up to the fallen Neko. He picked her up and took off into the sun set.
(Back in the hut)
Kagome was sleeping next to Inuyasha when she was awaken by Neko's cries and grunts in her sleep. 'What could see be dreaming?' she got up and whet over Neko and tried to wake her up. She gently began to shake her. "Neko, Neko" she said with a low whisper. "Neko, wake up, Neko.!" She said with a more forceful voice.
Neko heard Kagome calling her on the other side and began to wake up. She first opens her eyes and saw the concerned look on Kagome's face.
"Kagome, what's the matter?" Neko says with a worry in her voice.
"You were having a nightmare, and have awoken me with your cries." Kagome says now sitting next to Neko. "While I'm up we might as well check your wound." Neko just laid there while Kagome lifted the blanket off her chest and check the bandages. "All seems well Neko. You might heal faster then we all first thought." She pulled the blanket up over Neko's chest. "Do you want to talk about it?" Kagome said.
"Talk about what Kagome?" Neko said
"Why, the nightmare you had." Kagome said
"It might do me some good to tell about it. It was about the aftermath of my village being destroyed, everyone I know and loved killed. I left the fallen village in hope to find another village to live in. But once they found out that I am a hanyou, they kick me right out of the village. It was years living on the road, living off the forest. That was something I never had to do. Something else I never had to do was defend myself. A youkai attacked me, and for a moment I thought that it was the end. Until I got this power, and I killed the youkai. I presume it's the same power I felt when fighting Naraku. And killed the youkai. I was so shocked that I killed something I past out. The next thing I woke up in Naraku castle."
"That's awful Neko, to live all alone for some many years." Kagome says with a simplistic voice.
"It was along time ago, nothing to worry about now. I can start a new life, hopefully with you all." Neko says
"But of course you can stay with us, it will be fun to have another female in the group." Kagome says to try and get Neko a little more on a happier note. "Well it's late and you really need your sleep. Goodnight Neko." Kagome gets up and walks back to the love of her life. She lies down and cuddles up next to him.
Inuyasha looks down at kagome with a smile. Then remembers all that he just heard. 'I had no idea Neko had that rough of a life. She had it worse than me. I think I'll be a little more easy on her from now on.' He kisses Kagome on the top of her head and fell back to sleep.