Guide: (1). " " means talking out loud ( even if other characters don't hear ). (2). ' Italic ' means thinking. (3). " Italic " means emphasis. (4). * before paragraph means narration. (5). ____ means flashback. (6). " Bold " means yelled really loud. (7). a line of ~*~*~ means that there is an alteration between areas, or the end of the chapter.
Inu Yasha
A Past of Presents
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~ Chapter 1~
In to the Western Lands
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"Ahh! Damn it," said Inu Yasha to himself in a voice masked by annoyance as tried to hide his urgency.
"Did you say something?" Kagome asked. A hint of worry in her tone.
* The whole group seemed to be on edge as they traveled through the tangled forest underbrush. Inu Yasha and Miroku ran along the ground while Kagome, Sango, Myoga, and Shippou rode on Kirara's back. The seven travelers had been going at this worried pace for nearly a week as the moon continued to wane.
'This is bad,' thought Inu Yasha to himself,' I'd say there's about one, two days tops, before the new moon, and if I was a betting man I'd say we have even less time before Sesshomaru catches up to us again.'
* Sesshomaru had been following them off and on for nearly three weeks, in the hopes of finding the day that his brother would turn human. With the hanyou in his weakened state an attack would be like mere child's play. He also knew that fighting them in a state of exhaustion would aide him as well, not to mention the thrill he gained by chasing down his prey. Little did they know that this was no simple chase, like a wolf slowly cornering its victim, Sesshomaru was herding the group into his territory, the Western Lands.
"I wonder why Sesshomaru doesn't just fight us?" said Shippou. "I mean he's been tracking us like a dog for days now. This just isn't his stile. If he wanted to confront us he would have done it already. It's almost like he's waiting for something..."
"Urrrr... Didn't your mother ever tell you to keep your comments to your self!" yelled Inu Yasha over his shoulder.
"Inu Yasha!" Kagome said in an exasperated tone, "Don't we have enough to worry about without your bickering? Uhh... You know will have to rest soon anyway. Everyone's tired and your irritable to boot."
"Feh! You humans tired already? I could go on like this for days!" he said in an arrogant tone. "Hay, Miroku try talking some sense into those whelps will you!"
"Inu Yasha! I have to agree with Kagome on this one. We've been running like this for almost a week, and besides if Sesshomaru does show up wouldn't we fare better if we were rested rather than exhausted?" stated Miroku. "Besides", he added, "not even you can keep this for up much longer."
"Who ever said we were running?!" Inu Yasha said in an irritated tone.
"Humm.. something about this just doesn't seem right," Sango whispered as she leaned down to Kirara's ear, "it's almost like we're being pushed in this direction. I don't like it."
"Mermm," Kirara growled softly in reply.
"I'm warning you Inu Yasha!" Kagome called in an threatening, and irritated tone from the cat demons back, "If you don't agree to stop soon I'll Make You!"
"Feh.." said Inu Yasha.
"Maybe we should take a short rest Lord Inu Yasha," reasoned Myoga as he jumped onto the dog demon's shoulder, "Besides I have a strange feeling that I've been here before. This place seems quite familiar for some reason."
"Humph! How can you be tired you haven't been doing anything! Besides if we do stop you'll only takeoff again," Inu Yasha howled as the mutiny continued. "I'm surprised that you've stuck it out this long deserter!"
"Lord Inu Yasha I'm hurt that your faith in me is so little," Myoga sniffed.
"Well excuse me for not wanting to wuss out because a flea thinks he's seen a couple of trees before, and a winch," he yelled back in Kagome's direction, "wants to take a break from a little hard work!"
"SIT!! SIT!! SIT!! SIT!! SIT!!!!"
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Hi! Well how did you like it? This is my first fanfick and I hope to work on a matching manga this summer. Please review. I would really like to get feedback so this won't end up as a lost cause.
PS: I do not own Inu Yasha, but all original characters and incidents mentioned do belong to me. Thanks! Oh! Big thanks to my friends for beta-reading this!