Disclaimer: No, I don't own any of these characters. Not in this lifetime, anyways….lol
Guardian of the Miko
That stupid mutt has gone too far.
I've never really liked him, you know- and not just because he's a dog, either. I can deal with that. Really. I like to think of myself as a… friendly sort. I don't care who you are; I'm not prejudice. But there was something about that damn hanyou that I didn't trust from the start.
I've heard about everything he's done to her; my Kagome, that is. She's told me how he's saved her time after time; of course, he's gotten her into a lot of situations she ordinarily wouldn't have encountered. So the score is settled there, in my opinion. But every time she's gotten hurt, or scared, or had her life threatened pales in comparison to how he's played with her heart. And now, he almost caused her death chasing after a dead thing.
So I've had it with him. She loves him so much, and all he'll ever do is cause her pain. She's too loyal, too stubborn, and too in love, to ever leave the pathetic creature. But I've made up my mind- this is the last time she'll ever cry herself to sleep because of him.
No, I'm not going to kill him; I know that would just cause her greater pain. It's a lot messier, too. No, I'm going to make her let him go. I'm going to show her that there's someone else out there, someone who'll take care of her, and respect her; someone worthier of her affection. Someone who won't take her heart, and rip it out- then act as if nothing happened. That's what she said, you know. That it felt like he tore her heart out and crushed her soul. I was so…so…so incensed when she told me that my claws ripped into the side of her pillow. Well, it's not going to happen anymore, not if I have anything to say about it.
This time, when she's ready to travel, I'm going with her. To find her a suitable mate- one that is strong enough to protect her, and worthy of her love. And goddamit, someone with a little honor!
That, my friends, is my mission.
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Kagome ran through the house, alternating between grabbing her things and glancing towards the front of the shrine. "Mom! Mom, where are you?" She suddenly found herself on the floor with a pained bottom; she'd run into the very person she was calling for.
Her mom smiled down at her. "Yes, dear?" Kagome grimaced as she took the hand offered her. "I've got a big problem." Just then, someone knocked on the door of the shrine.
Her mom helped pull her up, and off the floor. "In a minute, Kagome. There's someone at our door."
Kagome jumped in front of her mother, arms wide blocking her from moving towards the entrance. "NO, Mom! THAT'S my problem!" Her mother shot her a puzzled glance. Kagome sighed. "Hojo's at the door; one of my friends called and said he wants to ask me out today, but I'm supposed to be back in the Sengoku Jidai by now. Inuyasha's probably going to be coming for me any minute! If Hojo sees Inuyasha…or worse, Inuyasha sees him, we're going to have a big problem…"
Her mother furrowed her brows. "I see what you mean. We can't just let the poor boy keep knocking, though." Her face brightened. "Souta!" She called. Kagome's brother peeked his head around the corner. "Yeah, mom?"
Kagome quickly explained the situation to the boy. "Hey, allright! Can I watch as Inuyasha beats the crap outta him?" Kagome turned three shades of red with embarrassment. "Souta!" "Well, what do you want me to do?"
"Can you distract him long enough for me to make a dash to the well?"
"Distract him HOW?"
"I don't know, think of something!"
Souta plastered an evil grin on his face. "Okaaaaaay…"
She didn't ask. She really didn't want to know.
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Kagome landed at the bottom of the well without incident. Well, that is, until she looked up at a red blur falling at her…
She screamed. This jolted the impatient hanyou, who, realizing Kagome was back and he didn't have to retrieve her, reached out with his hands and feet and stopped himself (just barely) from falling on her head.
Kagome opened her eyes (when she realized she wasn't going to be crushed to death) to a sea of white hair. Looking up, she saw Inuyasha suspended above her; his hair hanging down, hands pushing on one side of the well and his feet on the other. She stood up, which placed her head between his arms facing him. He narrowed his yellow eyes. "You're late." he growled.
Kagome huffed. "I got here as quickly as I could." With Inuyasha still suspended in the middle of the well, Kagome began to climb on his back intending to use him as a step up to the top of the well.
"Take your bag off, take your bag off, take your bag OFF!"
Oops. "Sorry, Inuyasha." She took her bag off her back, and set it on the bottom of the well. Now she could use him as a step to the top of the well.
Once Kagome made it out of the well, Inuyasha jumped down, grabbed her bag, and followed her up. Neither one noticed the slight movement coming from the yellow pack.
---It's author time!---
Well, what did you think? Hope you liked it! This is my first Inu fanfic (my other fanfic was an Anita Blake one and they took the section down)