A Gift From A Curse
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and its characters don't belong to me they belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
By Skye-Chan
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Chapter 1: The Curse
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In the middle of a forest away from any peoples prying eyes a young girl has been tending to a young pup for the past 2 days. She has become closer to that pup than any one else in the whole world. However her attempts to save the pups life were futile. "Please, try to hold on!" the young girl choked out. She held the small pup close in her arms. It was bandaged nearly head to toe.
The little girl lived in the near by village. She had been running away from the other girls in the village when she stumbled across a clearing with a brook running through the center. In a small patch of moss she had found the pup, half dead with wounds from a brutal beating.
She had been running from the girls because.. Well.. Have you ever heard the expression beauty can be a curse? Well that was the case for her. She was the prettiest, smartest, and the kindest girl any one had ever meet, and all of the young boys in the village were constantly flirting with her, doing lecherous things to her and trying to get alone with her. This had made all of the other girls in the pretty village jealous, so one day they all decided to get rid of her, but fortunately she still had friends among the mob, who warned her. So she ran. That was how she came to the injured pup.
She had bandaged the pup and gave it as much food as she could with out starving herself. And in return she pored her heart out to him. The pup seemed to always know when to comfort her. She often hoped that he would talk back to her and tell her all of his wishes and desires like she had to him.
Unfortunately, their peace could not last. The pup's wounds had not been treated soon enough and bacteria had set in to the wounds. The pup was already week from trying to heal the wounds, so it didn't take long for infection to set in and deform the pups' body, leaving him looking like nothing but a living skeleton.
Suddenly the puppy jerked and its breathing grew shallow until she couldn't even hear it any more
"NO!" she cried as she buried her face into its fur, which was covered in dry blood and matted with dirt, for she had been too afraid to wash him because of his critical condition.
"Its not fair!" She cried softly, "You weren't suppose to die."
Suddenly the pup's body disincarnated, turning into a sparking dust that that floated behind her. Suddenly a soft hand pressed onto her shoulder "yes, I was." A soft voice said behind her "Thank you."
She wiped her head around and gasped at what awaited her eyes. A young boy probably not much older then herself was standing before her. He had soft white hair that seemed to glow in the moonlight. He had claws on each of his fingers and as he smiled you could see he had short, white, fangs. And ears that where pointed at the end, like elves. On his face he had two red slit, type markings on both sides of his face and a small moon on his forehead.
* He must be a demon * she thought, "What do you mean he was suppose to die?" the girl asked silent tears still streaming down her face, "and why are you thanking me?" her voice was soft but not harsh or cold like you would expect it to be when a human was speaking to a demon (either harsh, or full of fear), because for some reason she felt that he meant her no harm.
The boy laughed lightly, "well actually I was that pup and, as you can see I'm not dead. When I was young my mother angered a miko, who cursed me to suffer as a mutt forever until a human female cared me, and me to care for them back. That is why I thank you. You were able to lift the curse"
The boy suddenly leaned forward and as did she and they kissed (not French of course! Don't be a pervert).
He pulled away and smiled at her as she blushed, "The curse does have a little kick in it, who ever frees me from it will be given a wish and I will be given a wish to. So far, no one has been able to lift that curse, and for it to be lifted from ME, well that is almost unthinkable."
"Why?" The girl asked, she herself had thought that the puppy was cute.
"Because.. Well.. I never really liked humans. I guess I always use to think that they were lower and weaker then I was so I.. well.. Lets just say I wasn't vary nice to them." The demon said looking embarrassed, "So for me to love a human, not because they could free me but because I truly loved her, and for her to love me was simply outrageous."
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"But after being in that accursed form for almost 60 years, you tend to change your opinions about someone, or in my case some species."
They sat there and talked for hours, he told her that his father was a great Inu lord of the Western Lands and his mother was a strong and beautiful demoness who, when he was changed, was banished because his father felt it was her fault. His father fell in love with a human and she gave him a son, his half brother, named InuYasha. When it came for her to tell about her family she had nothing to say. The farthest thing that she could remember was walking through a wood and coming across a small village that took her in. soon after that she realized how tired she was. She tried as hard as she could to keep her eyes open but she was fighting a losing battle.
The boy having noticed this said, "Lay down and sleep and remember that I will be with you."
The girl, to tired to protest curled down on the soft moss. "But it is too cold." She whimpered.
The boy looked lovingly at her as he sat down and picked her up and held her in his arms and covered her with his long tail and gently rocked her to sleep while singing softly.
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She woke up in the morning and sighed softly, * had it all been a dream?, I doesn't feel like it was * She thought. But all the same she was to afraid that if she opened her eyes that she would be in her small hut with all of the village boys waiting outside of her door waiting to swoon over her.
Slowly she opened her eyes and squealed with delight. There he was looking down at her with a wide smile across his face.
"Its about time you woke up, sleepy head!" He said playfully as he helped her stand up.
"I never asked your name last night." The young demon said
"Its Kagome." She said
"Mines Sesshomaru." He said smiling.
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and its characters don't belong to me they belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
By Skye-Chan
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Chapter 1: The Curse
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In the middle of a forest away from any peoples prying eyes a young girl has been tending to a young pup for the past 2 days. She has become closer to that pup than any one else in the whole world. However her attempts to save the pups life were futile. "Please, try to hold on!" the young girl choked out. She held the small pup close in her arms. It was bandaged nearly head to toe.
The little girl lived in the near by village. She had been running away from the other girls in the village when she stumbled across a clearing with a brook running through the center. In a small patch of moss she had found the pup, half dead with wounds from a brutal beating.
She had been running from the girls because.. Well.. Have you ever heard the expression beauty can be a curse? Well that was the case for her. She was the prettiest, smartest, and the kindest girl any one had ever meet, and all of the young boys in the village were constantly flirting with her, doing lecherous things to her and trying to get alone with her. This had made all of the other girls in the pretty village jealous, so one day they all decided to get rid of her, but fortunately she still had friends among the mob, who warned her. So she ran. That was how she came to the injured pup.
She had bandaged the pup and gave it as much food as she could with out starving herself. And in return she pored her heart out to him. The pup seemed to always know when to comfort her. She often hoped that he would talk back to her and tell her all of his wishes and desires like she had to him.
Unfortunately, their peace could not last. The pup's wounds had not been treated soon enough and bacteria had set in to the wounds. The pup was already week from trying to heal the wounds, so it didn't take long for infection to set in and deform the pups' body, leaving him looking like nothing but a living skeleton.
Suddenly the puppy jerked and its breathing grew shallow until she couldn't even hear it any more
"NO!" she cried as she buried her face into its fur, which was covered in dry blood and matted with dirt, for she had been too afraid to wash him because of his critical condition.
"Its not fair!" She cried softly, "You weren't suppose to die."
Suddenly the pup's body disincarnated, turning into a sparking dust that that floated behind her. Suddenly a soft hand pressed onto her shoulder "yes, I was." A soft voice said behind her "Thank you."
She wiped her head around and gasped at what awaited her eyes. A young boy probably not much older then herself was standing before her. He had soft white hair that seemed to glow in the moonlight. He had claws on each of his fingers and as he smiled you could see he had short, white, fangs. And ears that where pointed at the end, like elves. On his face he had two red slit, type markings on both sides of his face and a small moon on his forehead.
* He must be a demon * she thought, "What do you mean he was suppose to die?" the girl asked silent tears still streaming down her face, "and why are you thanking me?" her voice was soft but not harsh or cold like you would expect it to be when a human was speaking to a demon (either harsh, or full of fear), because for some reason she felt that he meant her no harm.
The boy laughed lightly, "well actually I was that pup and, as you can see I'm not dead. When I was young my mother angered a miko, who cursed me to suffer as a mutt forever until a human female cared me, and me to care for them back. That is why I thank you. You were able to lift the curse"
The boy suddenly leaned forward and as did she and they kissed (not French of course! Don't be a pervert).
He pulled away and smiled at her as she blushed, "The curse does have a little kick in it, who ever frees me from it will be given a wish and I will be given a wish to. So far, no one has been able to lift that curse, and for it to be lifted from ME, well that is almost unthinkable."
"Why?" The girl asked, she herself had thought that the puppy was cute.
"Because.. Well.. I never really liked humans. I guess I always use to think that they were lower and weaker then I was so I.. well.. Lets just say I wasn't vary nice to them." The demon said looking embarrassed, "So for me to love a human, not because they could free me but because I truly loved her, and for her to love me was simply outrageous."
".."
"But after being in that accursed form for almost 60 years, you tend to change your opinions about someone, or in my case some species."
They sat there and talked for hours, he told her that his father was a great Inu lord of the Western Lands and his mother was a strong and beautiful demoness who, when he was changed, was banished because his father felt it was her fault. His father fell in love with a human and she gave him a son, his half brother, named InuYasha. When it came for her to tell about her family she had nothing to say. The farthest thing that she could remember was walking through a wood and coming across a small village that took her in. soon after that she realized how tired she was. She tried as hard as she could to keep her eyes open but she was fighting a losing battle.
The boy having noticed this said, "Lay down and sleep and remember that I will be with you."
The girl, to tired to protest curled down on the soft moss. "But it is too cold." She whimpered.
The boy looked lovingly at her as he sat down and picked her up and held her in his arms and covered her with his long tail and gently rocked her to sleep while singing softly.
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She woke up in the morning and sighed softly, * had it all been a dream?, I doesn't feel like it was * She thought. But all the same she was to afraid that if she opened her eyes that she would be in her small hut with all of the village boys waiting outside of her door waiting to swoon over her.
Slowly she opened her eyes and squealed with delight. There he was looking down at her with a wide smile across his face.
"Its about time you woke up, sleepy head!" He said playfully as he helped her stand up.
"I never asked your name last night." The young demon said
"Its Kagome." She said
"Mines Sesshomaru." He said smiling.