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 8: Orphaned
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"So Shippo, do I need to be getting you back to your mother?" Kagome asked the thought of his mother thinking that he was dead after the fight with the centipede lady had been bugging her.
"No. My mommy died a ling time age." He said, he didn't look to pained, so it must have happened a long time ago and he had gotten over it.
"Oh my gosh!! I'm so sorry Shippo!" The thought that the Kitsune didn't have a mother never really occurred to her.
"Why are your sorry? Its not your fault she's gone." The Kitsune had never known a demon to care about anyone else's problems.
"I know that it isn't my fault but... you know that the chances that your father is alive are slim... and the fact that you don't have a mother, means you're an orphan. Like me." She said, saying the last part softly.
"You're an orphan?" Shippo asked curiously.
"I think that I am, I don't remember my parents. I grew up in a village not to far from here." Kagome told him.
"You lived IN a village!" Shippo's eyes were wide with shock, he knew that the girl was pretty, but NO One had ever really accepted demons and for a whole village to let one live with them seemed impossible, "With real people?!"
Kagome laughed lightly, knowing the reason why he was so shocked, "That was before I became a demon." She said, the edge in her voice made it clear that she didn't want to talk about it.
"Oh." Shippo said, he was rather confused, it was almost impossible for a human to become a demon, and yet this girl had just plainly said that she had lived in the village BEFORE she BECAME a demon. Her voice had made it obvious to him that she didn't want to talk about it, so he just dropped to subject.
"Do you know where Kaede is?" Shippo asked changing the subject.
"She went to help some one have their baby. She said that we shouldn't wonder around, people may not like the idea of two demon in their village." Kagome told him.
Shippo just nodded.
"If you want we can go and put the dead from the attack at rest." She said this quietly, her real reasons for saying this was she wanted to go see if Shippo's father was alive or dead and she had a feeling that the kit knew this, but he nodded in agreement.
"How are we going to get out of here with out people seeing us?" Shippo asked
Kagome just smiled. She stood and picked up Shippo and placed him in an embraced hold as she ran with her inhuman speed out the door and on to the ruff where she immediately jumped to the forest.
She smiled brightly at the look of joy on the Kitsune's face. But her joy was shattered when they came to the battlefield site. Her face was twisted in anger, how could ANYONE do something this horrible!
She and Shippo immediately started to work. They set the Demon bodies at one side of the field and the animal bodies on the other. It wasn't long before they came across a middle-aged looking fox demon. Seeing his father, Shippo burst out crying. He rushed over to his fathers and buried his head into his fur and cried softly into it. Kagome decided it was best if she left him alone, so she continued with her sorting.
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InuYasha had run from the village for one simple reason, the one who had pinned him to that tree called that place her home. The Demoness puzzled him, she obviously wasn't a fighter but how would she have been able to live to her teens without knowing how to fight.
He had attacked her because, besides the fact that she was a demon, she looked, and smelled, like the one who had pinned him to the tree
Kikyou
Just thinking of her name made him want to kill some thing.
After he had retreated to the forest, he still watched her. She was able to make it to one of the huts before she passed out. He watched as the person who lived there brought her in to the hut. He watched the hut all day, he saw the person leave to another hut and that night he saw a flash of red and white come from the hut and head into the forest. He smelled the air. It was her. She was with another demon, a Kitsune. He followed her to a battle field where she and the Kit where sorting the dead.
He watched as the Kit found what was probably his father, by the way he was acting. The demoness stopped her work and looked up at the Kit with sadness in her eyes. He was able to get a good look at her for the first time cense the night before. He snarled, it had to be her, he finally concluded. And with that he rushed out at her.
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Kagome didn't even know what hit her. All she saw was a flash of red before the pain hit her.
Her had automatically shot up and held her new wound that was bleeding all over her clothes.
She stumbled forward and hit the ground. She looked up and saw the boy who she had unpinned from the tree standing before her.
"So Kikyou, I though that you hated demons." He said his voice shaking in anger, "So how does it feel to be one?"
Kagome just gaped at the boy.
"What's the matter Kikyou, why don't you pin me to a tree like you did last time?" he said, anger still in his voice, his had reached out striking at her again.
Kagome turned away and readied herself for the blow, but it didn't come. She looked up and saw Shippo standing before her * He deflected the blow * she realized as she noticed the slash marks on the ground, inches away from her.
"Wait, Kikyou? What do you mean Kikyou?" Shippo yelled at the boy, "Her name is Kagome. Ka..go..me."
"What are you talking about stupid kit?" The boy said, irritated, "No one else can smell that disgusting except you!"
Suddenly he stopped and sniffed the air around her.
"Huh? You're not Kikyou." He said the look of shock and irritation that he was wrong showed on his face, "Kikyou is more feminine.. And beautiful." He muttered under her breath but they both heard it.
Kagome and Shippo looked exasperated and annoyed.
Suddenly he shot her a venomess glare, "Who gave you permission to look like her? Huh? You even smell like her! You B*ch!" He hurls himself at her.
Kagome, shock and angry with the boys actions slapped him across the face as he lunged at her.
He was forced to the ground from the force of the slap. He sat in shock, his hand tried to take away the pain of the slap.
Kagome took advantage to his state as she jumped up, grabbed Shippo and ran back to the village.
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and its characters don't belong to me they belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
By Skye-Chan
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Chapter 8: Orphaned
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"So Shippo, do I need to be getting you back to your mother?" Kagome asked the thought of his mother thinking that he was dead after the fight with the centipede lady had been bugging her.
"No. My mommy died a ling time age." He said, he didn't look to pained, so it must have happened a long time ago and he had gotten over it.
"Oh my gosh!! I'm so sorry Shippo!" The thought that the Kitsune didn't have a mother never really occurred to her.
"Why are your sorry? Its not your fault she's gone." The Kitsune had never known a demon to care about anyone else's problems.
"I know that it isn't my fault but... you know that the chances that your father is alive are slim... and the fact that you don't have a mother, means you're an orphan. Like me." She said, saying the last part softly.
"You're an orphan?" Shippo asked curiously.
"I think that I am, I don't remember my parents. I grew up in a village not to far from here." Kagome told him.
"You lived IN a village!" Shippo's eyes were wide with shock, he knew that the girl was pretty, but NO One had ever really accepted demons and for a whole village to let one live with them seemed impossible, "With real people?!"
Kagome laughed lightly, knowing the reason why he was so shocked, "That was before I became a demon." She said, the edge in her voice made it clear that she didn't want to talk about it.
"Oh." Shippo said, he was rather confused, it was almost impossible for a human to become a demon, and yet this girl had just plainly said that she had lived in the village BEFORE she BECAME a demon. Her voice had made it obvious to him that she didn't want to talk about it, so he just dropped to subject.
"Do you know where Kaede is?" Shippo asked changing the subject.
"She went to help some one have their baby. She said that we shouldn't wonder around, people may not like the idea of two demon in their village." Kagome told him.
Shippo just nodded.
"If you want we can go and put the dead from the attack at rest." She said this quietly, her real reasons for saying this was she wanted to go see if Shippo's father was alive or dead and she had a feeling that the kit knew this, but he nodded in agreement.
"How are we going to get out of here with out people seeing us?" Shippo asked
Kagome just smiled. She stood and picked up Shippo and placed him in an embraced hold as she ran with her inhuman speed out the door and on to the ruff where she immediately jumped to the forest.
She smiled brightly at the look of joy on the Kitsune's face. But her joy was shattered when they came to the battlefield site. Her face was twisted in anger, how could ANYONE do something this horrible!
She and Shippo immediately started to work. They set the Demon bodies at one side of the field and the animal bodies on the other. It wasn't long before they came across a middle-aged looking fox demon. Seeing his father, Shippo burst out crying. He rushed over to his fathers and buried his head into his fur and cried softly into it. Kagome decided it was best if she left him alone, so she continued with her sorting.
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InuYasha had run from the village for one simple reason, the one who had pinned him to that tree called that place her home. The Demoness puzzled him, she obviously wasn't a fighter but how would she have been able to live to her teens without knowing how to fight.
He had attacked her because, besides the fact that she was a demon, she looked, and smelled, like the one who had pinned him to the tree
Kikyou
Just thinking of her name made him want to kill some thing.
After he had retreated to the forest, he still watched her. She was able to make it to one of the huts before she passed out. He watched as the person who lived there brought her in to the hut. He watched the hut all day, he saw the person leave to another hut and that night he saw a flash of red and white come from the hut and head into the forest. He smelled the air. It was her. She was with another demon, a Kitsune. He followed her to a battle field where she and the Kit where sorting the dead.
He watched as the Kit found what was probably his father, by the way he was acting. The demoness stopped her work and looked up at the Kit with sadness in her eyes. He was able to get a good look at her for the first time cense the night before. He snarled, it had to be her, he finally concluded. And with that he rushed out at her.
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Kagome didn't even know what hit her. All she saw was a flash of red before the pain hit her.
Her had automatically shot up and held her new wound that was bleeding all over her clothes.
She stumbled forward and hit the ground. She looked up and saw the boy who she had unpinned from the tree standing before her.
"So Kikyou, I though that you hated demons." He said his voice shaking in anger, "So how does it feel to be one?"
Kagome just gaped at the boy.
"What's the matter Kikyou, why don't you pin me to a tree like you did last time?" he said, anger still in his voice, his had reached out striking at her again.
Kagome turned away and readied herself for the blow, but it didn't come. She looked up and saw Shippo standing before her * He deflected the blow * she realized as she noticed the slash marks on the ground, inches away from her.
"Wait, Kikyou? What do you mean Kikyou?" Shippo yelled at the boy, "Her name is Kagome. Ka..go..me."
"What are you talking about stupid kit?" The boy said, irritated, "No one else can smell that disgusting except you!"
Suddenly he stopped and sniffed the air around her.
"Huh? You're not Kikyou." He said the look of shock and irritation that he was wrong showed on his face, "Kikyou is more feminine.. And beautiful." He muttered under her breath but they both heard it.
Kagome and Shippo looked exasperated and annoyed.
Suddenly he shot her a venomess glare, "Who gave you permission to look like her? Huh? You even smell like her! You B*ch!" He hurls himself at her.
Kagome, shock and angry with the boys actions slapped him across the face as he lunged at her.
He was forced to the ground from the force of the slap. He sat in shock, his hand tried to take away the pain of the slap.
Kagome took advantage to his state as she jumped up, grabbed Shippo and ran back to the village.