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disclaimer- look at the first chapter

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Forgotten Power

Chapter 1: The meeting

~Kagome~

They all, to put it lightly….. sucked.

I mean seriously, If these men were anything like the rest of the army……..we were screwed.

Smacking my gloved hand against my forehead, I watched from the sidelines as another group of men tried- key word hear- tried to hit the target that stood seven-feet away from with there arrows. If I hadn't wanted to get outnumbered by a bunch of pathetic men -no matter how strong I was or how bad they were- I would have been rolling on the floor, pointing at them and laughing my head off. But a man is not supposed to do that, though the guy over to my right hasn't figured that out yet. Crossing my arms over my chest, I peeked from underneath my hood, and winced as another barrage of arrows missed the targets.

An arrow whizzed by me and horse from behind my shrieked before a dull thud shook the ground. I grimaced. They'd already killed three horses, five chickens, a pig, and some animal I couldn't identify from underneath all the arrows that had impaled its poor defenseless body and still, no one had hit the targets that stood a couple of measly feet away like a ….well like a target.

And only twelve people had gone up to shoot.

I sighed again. This was going to be one hell of a long day.

"Will men from party C please step forward and take your places at the post?" A shout was heard above all the plucking of strings, fatal cries of animals, and laughing and I straightened from my slouched position on the wall, my hand already reaching back to clasp my bow.

Finally, it was my turn.

Walking over to the stand, passing by all the poor losers who where whining like babies, I stood by the fence and waited patiently as a bunch of drunk fellas stumbled, knocking each other over in the process, down the rows and pulled out there bows. The smell of alcohol stung the air and I turned to one of the drunken men, only to watch him fall over unconscious and land on one of those squawking chickens that had unfortunately been around to watch and die at this "little suicide" as I was starting to fondly call it. How could the castle take all this slaughter on their livestock from these stupid recruits?   

I had arrived at the castle yesterday, the cloak of my hood covering my face as I strode into the gates. The guards tried to stop me, but when I told them I was here to be recruited into the army, they started to laugh hysterically, which at first frightened the living daylights out of me. For a moment I thought my secret was already exploited and that they were going to throw me out into the morning sun, but instead the youkai guards wiped tears from there eyes and let me in, chuckling about how stupid I was for even trying to come here. After that I got angry, and I later found out they met an "unfortunate" end with some rampant cow on the loose.

Though it didn't kill them. Drat, it had been so close too.

And now I was starting to understand why they had been laughing like lunatics.

Drawing an arrow from the quiver on my back with a fluid motion, I set it on the string, my fingers tensed and yet steady. My eyes squinted slightly as my gaze narrowed towards the tiny little dot that lay right smack dab in the middle of the bright red target. A smirk crossed my lips as I pulled the arrow back, hearing the string stretch to the perfect length.

I'd show them what a woman's really made of.

And with a twang, my arrow flew.

~Inuyasha~

Wiping tears from my eyes, I watched the next pathetic group of both humans and youkai walk towards the stand, my laughter echoing through all the cawing, pounding and other noises that filled the courtyard.

They were all pathetic.

Clutching my sides, I breathed deeply, taking great big gulps of air into my lungs, before standing up on my feet. Miroku, who stood about five-feet away from me, whistled and pretended to look as though he didn't know me, until his eye caught the silk of a dress, and before I could say, "Miroku! Get your ass back here!" he already had three slaps on his cheeks and a huge perverted grin across his face. How does he do it?!

I stared at him dryly.

"You're a moron." Was all I said as I crossed my arms, ignoring the grass stains that littered my clothes. The back of my mind flinched as a picture of a woman wearing an apron with a huge boomerang flickered briefly, but I quickly pushed the thought away. I could always deal with it when it happened.

Miroku turned to me with a questioning eye. "And you think that rolling on the floor and laughing your small-unintelligent brain off isn't either?" I just growled at him. "Shut up."

Miroku's eyes suddenly lit up, which right there, put me on edge. Miroku and happy face, a big no-no. Whatever it was he was about to say would do no good for me.

"Oh! So Inuyasha, you….."

"Shut up monk before I personally help you."

But Inuyasha! I was just…."

"No! I don't want to hear……"

*thud* 

We both froze. Actually, the entire courtyard froze. Even the chickens stopped there squawking which momentarily distracted me, before my eyes landed on a black-cloaked figure, gloved hands peeking out from the cloth, still posed in stance. My eyes then trailed over towards the target, where an arrow had embedded so deeply into the wood that only the shaft could be seen protruding from the thick solid circular block. It still shook with force.

My eyes drifted back to the figure, who by now had let his arms fall to his sides, the bow still clutched in his hands. I stared.

Someone had actually hit the target. (never mind the fact that it hit dead center)

My hand instinctively gripped the stark wooden bow at my side and I smirked. Finally, a real challenge worthy enough for the Prince of Hokori.

Only later did I find just how hard that challenge was going to be.

I am such an idiot.

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Special shout-outs to Cattykit, Nina-Moon-Princess, and Alana Star for the wonderful reviews. *sniffle* you guys are my inspiration. I luv you guys! (no, not literally) Please review and tell me what you think! I welcome more reviews! ^.^ I know, short chapter, but it'll get better! I promise! Next chapter is going to be so fun to write! Kagome and Inuyasha's big fight when Inu thinks she's a guy! *starts to cackle* See you later! Oh yea! *smacks head* almost forgot. I need some tips. What do I need to work on? I'm trying all these different writings styles (though I'm a beginner and have horrible self-esteem. Bad self-esteem + non-reveiwed stories= deleted stories *sigh* I've done it WAY to much) and I want to catch my mistakes early. I don't have a beta reader! *starts to cry* Anyways, thanks for your time! I'm a horrible updater, but if I get the right motivation…. WAM! You get more chapters. So please review! I'll give you a cookie! Thankies and coolness and noogie!