A/n : This is the third chapter of the story... It's all going soo fast. And I only had 6 reviews last I checked. *sob* Noone's reading my story. Hey, if you have friends on fanfiction.net that you think might like this, please tell them to read and review; 'cause it makes me more motivated to write! ^-^ It's called blackmail, folks..... j/k! Even if it's a one word review. It makes me so happy. I squealed when I saw the first reviews! Isn't that embarrassing? Thanks so much to those first five reviewers... I'm not good with names... ArtemisMoon I believe was one of them. Sorry to all the rest of you! To answer one question, yes it will be a happy ending.... (I can't bear to write a fic with a sad one, I'm just as sappy as you!) eventually. There will be some sad parts in between the beginning and the end though. Or maybe I'll overcome my sappiness and..... be evil. Muahahaha! Inu Yasha' POV first.
Disclaimer : No matter what I say while on medication.... Inu Yasha is not mine. (Or off of meds for that matter.)
Regrets
Chapter 3
"Wha-?" I was shocked to say the least. A girl I had not ever seen nor met was challenging me, now of all times. It was infuriating. "I don't have the time to deal with you now, woman!" Turning to go get Sota, I heard that giant boomerang head towards me. On the path it was now, it would hit Sota! Cursing the woman in all her foolishness, I drew tetsusaiga and jumped into the path of the weapon. Out of the corner of my eye I sould see that she was suprised that I would put myself in the line of danger for a human child. The transformed blade met with the boomerang with a loud clash, and I was being pushed back by the force which the weapon produced.
"Call off your weapon! You'll hurt the boy!" I could tell that the thing was spelled to complete it's arc unless called off. This was why it did not bounce off the blade as I had expected. "Sota!" I called. the boy had frozen in fear. "Move Sota!" Shocked out of his paralysis, he ran towards the well. When he was out of the way, I let it slide off the blade. It went off it's original track, and upwards. The girl was looking at me as if I had just kissed her. (A/n : I would have said grown a third arm, but that's possible with youkai. :D )
"Why didn't you leave him and save yourself first?" She seemed as if she didn't know what to do now. Suddenly, I noticed Sota running up to her. I started towards him, intending to get him away from her. As she noticed me coming, though, she ran up to Sota and grabbed him protectively, as if I was coming to kill him. What she said next confirmed that thought. "You touch one hair on this boy's head Inu Yasha, and I swear you'll regret it for the rest of your short, painful life." However, Sota shocked her out of completing that thought.
"Don't you dare hurt Inu Yasha!" He pounded on her with balled fists. startled, she put him down and grabbed his shoulders.
"You're not running from him?" Sota looked at her as if she was crazy.
"OF COURSE NOT!" he cried, exasperated. "Inu Yasha is a hero! He's gonna save my sister from the monster! We have to go!" He began to cry again. "Otherwise, it'll be all my fault that shes dead!"
Looking from Sota to me, the girl must have seen the desperation in my face as I thought of how badly my Kagome was injured. She brought Sota over and placed him in my arms. As he sobbed into my clothing, I tried to comfort him as I had seen Kagome do before. I put an awkward hand on his back and murmured that everything would be alright. Though I felt uncomfortable doing so, it seemed the right thing to do. The girl looking at me with confused eyes, stated:
"Take him home and save his sister. He reminds me of my own little brother." Her eyes hardened again. "When you come back, however, you'd better find Sango - that's me - of the Western demon exterminating tribe. If I don't see you within a month, I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth."
Solemnly, I nodded. Then, I did something I think would've given her a heart attack had she not seen Sota's reaction to me. I thanked her.
Turning, she picked up her boomerang and walked into the forest.
Looking at her retreating back I thought I saw a Saimyoshou, but dismissed it when I saw no more movement. Holding Sota, I jumped into the well. *I'm coming, Kagome.*
* * * *
(Sango's POV)
None of what I had seen Inu Yasha do fitted the report I had been given. He was supposed to be a heartless murderer! He was responsible for the organized decimation of 14 villages. Or was he? The way that Sota had worshipped him. She could see the hope in the child's eyes as he spoke of saving his sister. For his sake, at least, I hope she's safe. What about Inu Yasha? The look in his eyes as Sota had spoken of his sister was desperate, pleading me to let him go. In a way, it frightened me. Youkai weren't supposed to care about humans. Even half youkai were heartless, as far as she knew. But... those eyes.
"I wish..." I cut off the words, but the thought continued on it's own.
*I wish that someone would worry about me like that.* I could feel the hurt welling up inside of me. Pushing my feelings back viciously, I bit my lip in frustration. *Get ahold of yourself Sango!*
I thought of my employer. Why would he have any reason to lie to me? I had seen the decimated villages. He surely wouldn't destroy them himself. A young lord like that needed all the support he could get. *Then why were you so anxious around him?* The thought was chilling. The reason I was the best hunter in the village was because of my 'sixth sense'. I had a sort of gut instinct that told me when I was in danger. Thinking, I recalled that I hadn't felt nervous at all around the hanyou. That young lord had given me the chills though. thinking back, I recalled our first meeting. He had summoned the top fighters in the village to go after several strong demons that had been terrorizing his lands.
If it had been a trap, wouldn't it have been wiser to just spring it when they had been in unfamiliar territory and not expecting an attack?
When I thought, though, it made an eerie kind of sense. Seperate the strongest warriors, with no hope of them getting to one another to help. Single fighters went down alot easier than in a group.
Nervous now, I started when I saw kirara. I had sent her with Kohaku. This would be his first hunt. Kirara came up to me and meowed piteously. I got chills.
Then, they attacked.
* * * *
(Kagome's POV)
Wearily, I opened my eyes. I felt like I had been through a meat grinder. And I had had the strangest dream... what had it been about?
Inu Yasha.... but all I remebered was that Sota had been with him, and he was coming to save me. *From what?* I thought tiredly.
My eyes adjusted to the gloom around me, and I remembered. Zenshou. He was there. But something was different. He was in a human form. I squinted to try and see, but I had to move my head a little, and the wound in my neck screamed, and reopened, bleeding sluggishly. I moaned.
Hearing my moan, Zenshou cackled.
"Awake are we?" His voice was somehow familiar. It wasn't the same voice I had heard when I had been fighting him. "It's time we began, my little jewel..." He sounded menacing. "You're going to make me rich, and powerful." My eyes were tired, so I closed them again. I didn't want to see his face, for some reason.
"Zenshou. You loser," I croaked. It hurt to talk. "Why don't you just kill me and get it over with." I filled my voice with contempt and anger, to hide the small thread of fear that was creeping down my spine. I wasn't afraid of his normal form anymore, but I was scared now. My wounds were closing supernaturally fast for a human though, I noticed now. Almost like Inu Yasha. still, it would probably take at least a few weeks for me to recover entirely. Was it because my miko powers had awakened?
"Oh no, sweetling," He purred, his voice filled with as much contempt as mine had. "You're not going to die. Not for a long time." I began to try and move and pain shot through me again. Gasping I registered the fact that I had manacles on my hands. Some kind of restriction on my ankles too. "You see, darling? I'm going to take everything I can from you that will be of use to me. And in between, I'll torture you. But since you dared to injure me during our little scuffle, I'd like to start with the torture." The smugness in his voice made me want to vomit.
"Yeah, right. If you do too much more injury to me, you know I'll die."
I scoffed, and was reminded of Inu Yasha. "I thought you were smarter than that."
"You can't be that naive, can you?" His tone was mocking, and again I felt like I should know that voice. "Not all torture is physical. The torture I'm going to give you, will be from your own head."
"What the heck are you talking about."
"While you were out, I took the liberty of rifling through your memories. I know you better than you know yourself Kagome. I can do things to your mind that will make you insane." I heard that smug tone again. Opening my eyes, I finally saw his face. A face that I hadn't seen since I was seven, and I whimpered in fear.
"Shall we begin?" my father asked.
End
Chapter 3
A/n : I am soooo terible, aren't I? My friend says I scare her sometimes, when I get into an 'evil' mood. Please don't kill me though.
I think that this is a longer chapter, and I know that you all wanted a long chapter. Just to reassure you, I usually write long chapters. I was a little uncomfortable releasing the first two because they were so short. they will get longer as we go. Another thing you are probably wondering. Where is the romance part of the story? It's coming.....
Chapter four will be really cool!
Disclaimer : No matter what I say while on medication.... Inu Yasha is not mine. (Or off of meds for that matter.)
Regrets
Chapter 3
"Wha-?" I was shocked to say the least. A girl I had not ever seen nor met was challenging me, now of all times. It was infuriating. "I don't have the time to deal with you now, woman!" Turning to go get Sota, I heard that giant boomerang head towards me. On the path it was now, it would hit Sota! Cursing the woman in all her foolishness, I drew tetsusaiga and jumped into the path of the weapon. Out of the corner of my eye I sould see that she was suprised that I would put myself in the line of danger for a human child. The transformed blade met with the boomerang with a loud clash, and I was being pushed back by the force which the weapon produced.
"Call off your weapon! You'll hurt the boy!" I could tell that the thing was spelled to complete it's arc unless called off. This was why it did not bounce off the blade as I had expected. "Sota!" I called. the boy had frozen in fear. "Move Sota!" Shocked out of his paralysis, he ran towards the well. When he was out of the way, I let it slide off the blade. It went off it's original track, and upwards. The girl was looking at me as if I had just kissed her. (A/n : I would have said grown a third arm, but that's possible with youkai. :D )
"Why didn't you leave him and save yourself first?" She seemed as if she didn't know what to do now. Suddenly, I noticed Sota running up to her. I started towards him, intending to get him away from her. As she noticed me coming, though, she ran up to Sota and grabbed him protectively, as if I was coming to kill him. What she said next confirmed that thought. "You touch one hair on this boy's head Inu Yasha, and I swear you'll regret it for the rest of your short, painful life." However, Sota shocked her out of completing that thought.
"Don't you dare hurt Inu Yasha!" He pounded on her with balled fists. startled, she put him down and grabbed his shoulders.
"You're not running from him?" Sota looked at her as if she was crazy.
"OF COURSE NOT!" he cried, exasperated. "Inu Yasha is a hero! He's gonna save my sister from the monster! We have to go!" He began to cry again. "Otherwise, it'll be all my fault that shes dead!"
Looking from Sota to me, the girl must have seen the desperation in my face as I thought of how badly my Kagome was injured. She brought Sota over and placed him in my arms. As he sobbed into my clothing, I tried to comfort him as I had seen Kagome do before. I put an awkward hand on his back and murmured that everything would be alright. Though I felt uncomfortable doing so, it seemed the right thing to do. The girl looking at me with confused eyes, stated:
"Take him home and save his sister. He reminds me of my own little brother." Her eyes hardened again. "When you come back, however, you'd better find Sango - that's me - of the Western demon exterminating tribe. If I don't see you within a month, I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth."
Solemnly, I nodded. Then, I did something I think would've given her a heart attack had she not seen Sota's reaction to me. I thanked her.
Turning, she picked up her boomerang and walked into the forest.
Looking at her retreating back I thought I saw a Saimyoshou, but dismissed it when I saw no more movement. Holding Sota, I jumped into the well. *I'm coming, Kagome.*
* * * *
(Sango's POV)
None of what I had seen Inu Yasha do fitted the report I had been given. He was supposed to be a heartless murderer! He was responsible for the organized decimation of 14 villages. Or was he? The way that Sota had worshipped him. She could see the hope in the child's eyes as he spoke of saving his sister. For his sake, at least, I hope she's safe. What about Inu Yasha? The look in his eyes as Sota had spoken of his sister was desperate, pleading me to let him go. In a way, it frightened me. Youkai weren't supposed to care about humans. Even half youkai were heartless, as far as she knew. But... those eyes.
"I wish..." I cut off the words, but the thought continued on it's own.
*I wish that someone would worry about me like that.* I could feel the hurt welling up inside of me. Pushing my feelings back viciously, I bit my lip in frustration. *Get ahold of yourself Sango!*
I thought of my employer. Why would he have any reason to lie to me? I had seen the decimated villages. He surely wouldn't destroy them himself. A young lord like that needed all the support he could get. *Then why were you so anxious around him?* The thought was chilling. The reason I was the best hunter in the village was because of my 'sixth sense'. I had a sort of gut instinct that told me when I was in danger. Thinking, I recalled that I hadn't felt nervous at all around the hanyou. That young lord had given me the chills though. thinking back, I recalled our first meeting. He had summoned the top fighters in the village to go after several strong demons that had been terrorizing his lands.
If it had been a trap, wouldn't it have been wiser to just spring it when they had been in unfamiliar territory and not expecting an attack?
When I thought, though, it made an eerie kind of sense. Seperate the strongest warriors, with no hope of them getting to one another to help. Single fighters went down alot easier than in a group.
Nervous now, I started when I saw kirara. I had sent her with Kohaku. This would be his first hunt. Kirara came up to me and meowed piteously. I got chills.
Then, they attacked.
* * * *
(Kagome's POV)
Wearily, I opened my eyes. I felt like I had been through a meat grinder. And I had had the strangest dream... what had it been about?
Inu Yasha.... but all I remebered was that Sota had been with him, and he was coming to save me. *From what?* I thought tiredly.
My eyes adjusted to the gloom around me, and I remembered. Zenshou. He was there. But something was different. He was in a human form. I squinted to try and see, but I had to move my head a little, and the wound in my neck screamed, and reopened, bleeding sluggishly. I moaned.
Hearing my moan, Zenshou cackled.
"Awake are we?" His voice was somehow familiar. It wasn't the same voice I had heard when I had been fighting him. "It's time we began, my little jewel..." He sounded menacing. "You're going to make me rich, and powerful." My eyes were tired, so I closed them again. I didn't want to see his face, for some reason.
"Zenshou. You loser," I croaked. It hurt to talk. "Why don't you just kill me and get it over with." I filled my voice with contempt and anger, to hide the small thread of fear that was creeping down my spine. I wasn't afraid of his normal form anymore, but I was scared now. My wounds were closing supernaturally fast for a human though, I noticed now. Almost like Inu Yasha. still, it would probably take at least a few weeks for me to recover entirely. Was it because my miko powers had awakened?
"Oh no, sweetling," He purred, his voice filled with as much contempt as mine had. "You're not going to die. Not for a long time." I began to try and move and pain shot through me again. Gasping I registered the fact that I had manacles on my hands. Some kind of restriction on my ankles too. "You see, darling? I'm going to take everything I can from you that will be of use to me. And in between, I'll torture you. But since you dared to injure me during our little scuffle, I'd like to start with the torture." The smugness in his voice made me want to vomit.
"Yeah, right. If you do too much more injury to me, you know I'll die."
I scoffed, and was reminded of Inu Yasha. "I thought you were smarter than that."
"You can't be that naive, can you?" His tone was mocking, and again I felt like I should know that voice. "Not all torture is physical. The torture I'm going to give you, will be from your own head."
"What the heck are you talking about."
"While you were out, I took the liberty of rifling through your memories. I know you better than you know yourself Kagome. I can do things to your mind that will make you insane." I heard that smug tone again. Opening my eyes, I finally saw his face. A face that I hadn't seen since I was seven, and I whimpered in fear.
"Shall we begin?" my father asked.
End
Chapter 3
A/n : I am soooo terible, aren't I? My friend says I scare her sometimes, when I get into an 'evil' mood. Please don't kill me though.
I think that this is a longer chapter, and I know that you all wanted a long chapter. Just to reassure you, I usually write long chapters. I was a little uncomfortable releasing the first two because they were so short. they will get longer as we go. Another thing you are probably wondering. Where is the romance part of the story? It's coming.....
Chapter four will be really cool!
