Chapter 2:
Inu Yasha had left in a hurry. Kikyo was making him crazy! 'Is
marrage all she can think about? I know I love her. I know she
loves me. But its all she talks about!' he thought to himself
as his foot fell off the side of the tree branch. Looking over
his shoulder, he noticed the setting sun. Frowning, he jumped
from the tree and quickly made his way through the woods.
In a secret hiding place, a shaddowed figure watched with
interest. 'I wonder where he goes at sunset...' Making sure to
keep in the shadows, the figure skillfully followed the half
demon through the diffucult, wooded area.
Finally slowing, Inu Yasha cleared the woods. Knowing fully
well that he was being followed. And knowing fully well who
was followong him...
Beyond the clearing, lay the Bone Eaters Well. Walking up to
the well, Inu Yasha brushed a section of the vines away. Scratched
into the side of the well was something he would never forget.
~~~~~
*FlashBack*
"I am sorry, Inu Yasha, but I have tried for months. If she is
not dead, then she simply wishes to not be found." Kaedi stated
as gently as possible.
"She isn't dead. But why would she not want to be found?! It's
too dangerous for her to be in those woods by herself!" Inu Yasha
insisted angerily. He refused to think the worse. It just wasn't
possible...
Sango shuttered. "But Shippo's missing too! He must be with her!
If we can find him, surely we can find her also!" Kaedi placed
a wrinkled hand on Inu Yasha's shoulder. "Ye must put her behind
ye now.She is no longer with us, Inu Yasha." Shrugging the hand
off, Inu Yasha jumped up and ran from the small hut. He ran
straight to the Bone Eaters well. The same place he met Kagome
every time she came back to the Fudal era. The same place he bid
her fare well every time she went home.
~~about 5 year Later~~
"Kagome, I know you are still around. I just know it. But, for
the villagers sake, I will lay your memory to rest. But remember,
you will always be in my heart." Inu Yasha whispered as a tear
fell from his face. His eyes shaddowed by his silver hair. Roughly
brushing away the remaining tears, Inu Yasha stood from his sitting
position at the side of the well. With his long demon nails he
carved a message into the well. Backing up a few feet, Inu Yasha
examined his work. In scratchy, even letters, a message was etched
into the well, reading "Kagome, our memories of you are at rest,
but not forgotten."
With a final glance, Inu Yasha left. Never taking the chance to
look back atwhat he was told to forget..
*End FlashBack*
~~~~~
Turning back to the woods, Inu Yasha smiled softly. "I know you're
there. You might as well come out."
silence.
"Don't worry. I knew you would let your curiousity get the better
of you one day. I had actually thought it would have happened
sooner, Kikyo."
Leaves crunched under a new weight as the figure immurged from
the woods. Kikyo frowned. "I didn't mean to spy, Inu Yasha. I was
just curious. You never tell me where you go at sun set."
Slowly, Kikyo made her way to Inu Yasha. He smiled. But it wasn't
like his normal 'I - told - you - so ' smile. It was a friendly smile.
A welcomeing one. Kikyo's heart fluttered. Inu Yasha wraped his arms
around Kikyo's waist aand pulled her close. "I love you, Kikyo. And
me remembering Kagome will never change that." he whispered into her
hair. Kikyo sighed contently. "I love you too, Inu Yasha."
~~ElseWhere~~
As a girl lay bodily on the ground, she lifted her head to look
at a decapatated demon. Her blood stained face, swolled and bruised.
"A worthy adversary, Kitsune Demon. By the way, thanks for the
shard." the girl horsely whispered to the dark figure that grew
smaller and smaller. In the silence of the night, a meaningful voice
was heard. "Then, until next time, Inu Ka." Laughing softly, Inu Ka
watched as the fox demon disappeared into nothing. As soon as it was
gone, a small smirk appeared on her face as she slowly lifted a closed
fist into her view. Through the cracks of her fingers, a soft purple
light illuminated her face and under her breath, she whispered softly
"Only three more to go."
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sitting by the fire, Shippo roasted a chicken. He was waiting for
his mother and was beginning to get a little worried her absence.
Suddenly and without warning, the dark figure of a woman jumped from
the bushed and tackeled the young Kitsune Demon to the ground.With
expert speed, she pulled a knife to the youths throat.
Sighing in annoyance, Shippo growled. "I knew you would do this! I
just knew it! Why do you insist on doing this to me? Do you know how
tormenting it is? Do you even realize?" A snort was heard from the
woman and as a few loose strands of raven black hair fell into her
face, she slowly used her free hand and smoothed it back into place
at the top of her head. As her hand moves upward the moonlight shines
on it. A large pink scar ran from her knuckles to four or five inche
past her wrist. Carefully, she removed the knife from the boys neck
and stood from where she had been. Extending her scarred hand, she
helped her son up from the ground where he lay.
"All you need is practice. Don't be so hard on yourself, Shippo."
InuKa said as she sat near the fire. Shippo sighed. He was only
seventeen. 'But then again, I was only 15 when I started fighting
demons for the jewl shards that they had possession over. But, I
also had the spirit of a Miko in me.' she thought sadly as she
remembered her last day with Inu Yasha and the gang. Kikyo, the
undead Miko bitch had torn her life apart.. until she met KaTeshi,
an Inu demon.
~FlashBack~
"Shippo! Run Shippo. You will only be killed!" Kagome screamed as
she tried to scare the 12 year old Kitsune Demon from her side.
Blood was squirting from the lower part of her stomach where an
arrow had peirced her skin and possibly something important. "No
Kagome! I'll never leave your side!"
"You wish to stay by the dying girls side? Poor, dence, Kitsune.
I shall kill you both!" the evil looking woman stated feircely.
As the fingernails on her left hand grew, Kagome cried. Not for
herself but for the child beside her. "Please. Don't hurt him."
Kagome tried to persuade the evil demon. Shock filled the demons
eyes as she realization hit her. Kneeling down beside Kagome, the
demon placed Kagomes head in her lap. "You do know that you are
dying, do you not?" she asked Kagome seriously. As a tear rolled
down Kagomes face, she nodded. Shippo grasped the womans wrist.
"Please. Can you help her?" he asked as Kagome fell into an unconscious
state. With a thoughtful expression, and only seconds to spare,
the woman nodded. "But she will be Demon. For I will give her my
life." and that was when Shippo realized that the woman was indeed
a demon. Her soft fluffy white tail fell from under her coat as
she had knelt near Kagome. "You're a full blooded Inu demon..."
Shippo whispered in disbeleif. Numbly, the woman nodded. As she
placed her hand on Kagomes chest she whispered something into her
ear. "Let my name live on. You are now InuKa..." With that said,
the Inu demon fell forward. Dead.
Kagomes change was rapid and within mere hours, she had a long
fluffy black tail and black ears perched on her head. Her eyes
changed to a golden color and her hair grew longer. Her speed and
sence of smell along with her eyesight also improved. From then on,
she called herself InuKa, in honor of the woman that had saved her
life....
~End FlashBack~
"Come Shippo. We have only three shards left. Naraku has two and
Sesshoumoru has the last.Who should we go after first?" InuKa
asked in a semi-bored tone, breaking Shippo from his memories in
the process. Shippo shook his head and slouched his shoulders.
"It doesn't matter to me." he stated simply as he unrolled his
bedmat and blanket. InuKa sighed. Shippo was mad at her yet again.
'Honestly, I don't blame the poorthing. I'm really too hard on him.
And we never stay in one place for too long.He hasn't made a
single friend since he started traveling with me...' InuKa thought
sadly as she watched the young man crawl between his bed and blanket.
"Tomorrow I will leave you at the next village, shippo." InuKa stated
stifly. She knew that the boy wanted to collect the shards with her,
but he needed some stability in his life. And he certanily wasn't
getting it with her.. Shippo froze.
"What are you talking about?" he basicaly yelled as he jumped from
his nearly warm bed. "I'm not letting you ditch me now! We almost have
all of the shards! You can't just leave me with a village of strangers!"
he bellowed as he neared his 'mother'. True, InuKa was not his birth
mother, but she treated and cared for him as if he were her son. They
had both grown so much more closer since they left the gang at Kaide's
village.
InuKa smirked. "I knew you weren't going to let me just drop you
off some where, so last night I went scouting. The next village is a
worrior village. All Kitsune. I figured that if you were around your
own kind, your instincts might kick in a little more. You can honestly
learn alot from them, shippo. Please. Dont make this any more
difficult for me.." she said; a hint of sadness mingling in the air
between them. Shippo had calmed down, but he was still not happy about
the choice his mother had made. How could she just drop him like that?
Like he was a hindrance orsomething... It hurt him badly, but he would
never let her know that. Not yet at least...
Shippo was about to retort, but InuKa held out her hand and sighed
softly as a feeling of hurt and sorrow lingered around her body. "Please,
Shippo. Don't argue with me. I'm trying to give you a better life!"
Shippo ran to his mother and embraced her in a tight hug. "But this is
the life I want!" A tear rolled down his cheek..
"Shippo, I promise to come back for you... In exactly one year from
tomorrow, I'll return to the Kitsune village and we will continue
our adventures. I, myself, need to take more time to train. My powers
are overflowing. I need to lear how to controle them, and if you're
around, you might get hurt..."
Shippo sighed in defeat. She had won yet again. Pulling away just a
little, he llooked into his mothers eyes. "Promise you'll be back?"
A smile. Something that was very rare on the Inu Youkai's face. But
he wasn't immagining it. His mother was actually smiling.
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Near The Village
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"Come, Shippo! you're moving way too slow!" InuKa stated with a soft
chuckle. Shippo dragged his feet through the chest-high grass that
covered the hill side that they were climbing.
"How can you go sl quickly?!?" he asked in disbeleif as his mother ran
without visable hindrance from the offending grass. InuKa laughed full
heartedly. "Don't be such a welp, young one!" she laughed as she turned
in time to see the expresion of shock on her sons face.
Had she just called him a welp?
-Yes. But the real question is: What are you gunna do about it?
A small smirk graced his features as as he began to to run like a
wildKitsune. Shock filled InuKa's face for a very breif moment
before it vanished compleatly, leaving a very proud Inu demon
standing there instead.
Shippo laughed as he reached his mother in less than two seconds.
When he reached her, his arms flew around her waist as he turned to his
side, making them both tumble down the rather tall hill in a mess
of arms, legs and tails..
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Outside The Village
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Shippo, they dont like other breeds of demons... If you want me to
go inside with you, I can chane into Kagome..." InuKa asked as she and
Shippo stood outside the somewhat large Kitsune village. Shippo gulped.
"No. Thats alright, Ka." As Shippo stepped closer to the entrance of
the village, a tear formed in the Inu demons eyes. She would miss him
greatly. Without another word, InuKa left, running as fast as she could.
There was only one thing on her mind. Getting stronger so she could
defeat Naraku...
Inu Yasha had left in a hurry. Kikyo was making him crazy! 'Is
marrage all she can think about? I know I love her. I know she
loves me. But its all she talks about!' he thought to himself
as his foot fell off the side of the tree branch. Looking over
his shoulder, he noticed the setting sun. Frowning, he jumped
from the tree and quickly made his way through the woods.
In a secret hiding place, a shaddowed figure watched with
interest. 'I wonder where he goes at sunset...' Making sure to
keep in the shadows, the figure skillfully followed the half
demon through the diffucult, wooded area.
Finally slowing, Inu Yasha cleared the woods. Knowing fully
well that he was being followed. And knowing fully well who
was followong him...
Beyond the clearing, lay the Bone Eaters Well. Walking up to
the well, Inu Yasha brushed a section of the vines away. Scratched
into the side of the well was something he would never forget.
~~~~~
*FlashBack*
"I am sorry, Inu Yasha, but I have tried for months. If she is
not dead, then she simply wishes to not be found." Kaedi stated
as gently as possible.
"She isn't dead. But why would she not want to be found?! It's
too dangerous for her to be in those woods by herself!" Inu Yasha
insisted angerily. He refused to think the worse. It just wasn't
possible...
Sango shuttered. "But Shippo's missing too! He must be with her!
If we can find him, surely we can find her also!" Kaedi placed
a wrinkled hand on Inu Yasha's shoulder. "Ye must put her behind
ye now.She is no longer with us, Inu Yasha." Shrugging the hand
off, Inu Yasha jumped up and ran from the small hut. He ran
straight to the Bone Eaters well. The same place he met Kagome
every time she came back to the Fudal era. The same place he bid
her fare well every time she went home.
~~about 5 year Later~~
"Kagome, I know you are still around. I just know it. But, for
the villagers sake, I will lay your memory to rest. But remember,
you will always be in my heart." Inu Yasha whispered as a tear
fell from his face. His eyes shaddowed by his silver hair. Roughly
brushing away the remaining tears, Inu Yasha stood from his sitting
position at the side of the well. With his long demon nails he
carved a message into the well. Backing up a few feet, Inu Yasha
examined his work. In scratchy, even letters, a message was etched
into the well, reading "Kagome, our memories of you are at rest,
but not forgotten."
With a final glance, Inu Yasha left. Never taking the chance to
look back atwhat he was told to forget..
*End FlashBack*
~~~~~
Turning back to the woods, Inu Yasha smiled softly. "I know you're
there. You might as well come out."
silence.
"Don't worry. I knew you would let your curiousity get the better
of you one day. I had actually thought it would have happened
sooner, Kikyo."
Leaves crunched under a new weight as the figure immurged from
the woods. Kikyo frowned. "I didn't mean to spy, Inu Yasha. I was
just curious. You never tell me where you go at sun set."
Slowly, Kikyo made her way to Inu Yasha. He smiled. But it wasn't
like his normal 'I - told - you - so ' smile. It was a friendly smile.
A welcomeing one. Kikyo's heart fluttered. Inu Yasha wraped his arms
around Kikyo's waist aand pulled her close. "I love you, Kikyo. And
me remembering Kagome will never change that." he whispered into her
hair. Kikyo sighed contently. "I love you too, Inu Yasha."
~~ElseWhere~~
As a girl lay bodily on the ground, she lifted her head to look
at a decapatated demon. Her blood stained face, swolled and bruised.
"A worthy adversary, Kitsune Demon. By the way, thanks for the
shard." the girl horsely whispered to the dark figure that grew
smaller and smaller. In the silence of the night, a meaningful voice
was heard. "Then, until next time, Inu Ka." Laughing softly, Inu Ka
watched as the fox demon disappeared into nothing. As soon as it was
gone, a small smirk appeared on her face as she slowly lifted a closed
fist into her view. Through the cracks of her fingers, a soft purple
light illuminated her face and under her breath, she whispered softly
"Only three more to go."
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sitting by the fire, Shippo roasted a chicken. He was waiting for
his mother and was beginning to get a little worried her absence.
Suddenly and without warning, the dark figure of a woman jumped from
the bushed and tackeled the young Kitsune Demon to the ground.With
expert speed, she pulled a knife to the youths throat.
Sighing in annoyance, Shippo growled. "I knew you would do this! I
just knew it! Why do you insist on doing this to me? Do you know how
tormenting it is? Do you even realize?" A snort was heard from the
woman and as a few loose strands of raven black hair fell into her
face, she slowly used her free hand and smoothed it back into place
at the top of her head. As her hand moves upward the moonlight shines
on it. A large pink scar ran from her knuckles to four or five inche
past her wrist. Carefully, she removed the knife from the boys neck
and stood from where she had been. Extending her scarred hand, she
helped her son up from the ground where he lay.
"All you need is practice. Don't be so hard on yourself, Shippo."
InuKa said as she sat near the fire. Shippo sighed. He was only
seventeen. 'But then again, I was only 15 when I started fighting
demons for the jewl shards that they had possession over. But, I
also had the spirit of a Miko in me.' she thought sadly as she
remembered her last day with Inu Yasha and the gang. Kikyo, the
undead Miko bitch had torn her life apart.. until she met KaTeshi,
an Inu demon.
~FlashBack~
"Shippo! Run Shippo. You will only be killed!" Kagome screamed as
she tried to scare the 12 year old Kitsune Demon from her side.
Blood was squirting from the lower part of her stomach where an
arrow had peirced her skin and possibly something important. "No
Kagome! I'll never leave your side!"
"You wish to stay by the dying girls side? Poor, dence, Kitsune.
I shall kill you both!" the evil looking woman stated feircely.
As the fingernails on her left hand grew, Kagome cried. Not for
herself but for the child beside her. "Please. Don't hurt him."
Kagome tried to persuade the evil demon. Shock filled the demons
eyes as she realization hit her. Kneeling down beside Kagome, the
demon placed Kagomes head in her lap. "You do know that you are
dying, do you not?" she asked Kagome seriously. As a tear rolled
down Kagomes face, she nodded. Shippo grasped the womans wrist.
"Please. Can you help her?" he asked as Kagome fell into an unconscious
state. With a thoughtful expression, and only seconds to spare,
the woman nodded. "But she will be Demon. For I will give her my
life." and that was when Shippo realized that the woman was indeed
a demon. Her soft fluffy white tail fell from under her coat as
she had knelt near Kagome. "You're a full blooded Inu demon..."
Shippo whispered in disbeleif. Numbly, the woman nodded. As she
placed her hand on Kagomes chest she whispered something into her
ear. "Let my name live on. You are now InuKa..." With that said,
the Inu demon fell forward. Dead.
Kagomes change was rapid and within mere hours, she had a long
fluffy black tail and black ears perched on her head. Her eyes
changed to a golden color and her hair grew longer. Her speed and
sence of smell along with her eyesight also improved. From then on,
she called herself InuKa, in honor of the woman that had saved her
life....
~End FlashBack~
"Come Shippo. We have only three shards left. Naraku has two and
Sesshoumoru has the last.Who should we go after first?" InuKa
asked in a semi-bored tone, breaking Shippo from his memories in
the process. Shippo shook his head and slouched his shoulders.
"It doesn't matter to me." he stated simply as he unrolled his
bedmat and blanket. InuKa sighed. Shippo was mad at her yet again.
'Honestly, I don't blame the poorthing. I'm really too hard on him.
And we never stay in one place for too long.He hasn't made a
single friend since he started traveling with me...' InuKa thought
sadly as she watched the young man crawl between his bed and blanket.
"Tomorrow I will leave you at the next village, shippo." InuKa stated
stifly. She knew that the boy wanted to collect the shards with her,
but he needed some stability in his life. And he certanily wasn't
getting it with her.. Shippo froze.
"What are you talking about?" he basicaly yelled as he jumped from
his nearly warm bed. "I'm not letting you ditch me now! We almost have
all of the shards! You can't just leave me with a village of strangers!"
he bellowed as he neared his 'mother'. True, InuKa was not his birth
mother, but she treated and cared for him as if he were her son. They
had both grown so much more closer since they left the gang at Kaide's
village.
InuKa smirked. "I knew you weren't going to let me just drop you
off some where, so last night I went scouting. The next village is a
worrior village. All Kitsune. I figured that if you were around your
own kind, your instincts might kick in a little more. You can honestly
learn alot from them, shippo. Please. Dont make this any more
difficult for me.." she said; a hint of sadness mingling in the air
between them. Shippo had calmed down, but he was still not happy about
the choice his mother had made. How could she just drop him like that?
Like he was a hindrance orsomething... It hurt him badly, but he would
never let her know that. Not yet at least...
Shippo was about to retort, but InuKa held out her hand and sighed
softly as a feeling of hurt and sorrow lingered around her body. "Please,
Shippo. Don't argue with me. I'm trying to give you a better life!"
Shippo ran to his mother and embraced her in a tight hug. "But this is
the life I want!" A tear rolled down his cheek..
"Shippo, I promise to come back for you... In exactly one year from
tomorrow, I'll return to the Kitsune village and we will continue
our adventures. I, myself, need to take more time to train. My powers
are overflowing. I need to lear how to controle them, and if you're
around, you might get hurt..."
Shippo sighed in defeat. She had won yet again. Pulling away just a
little, he llooked into his mothers eyes. "Promise you'll be back?"
A smile. Something that was very rare on the Inu Youkai's face. But
he wasn't immagining it. His mother was actually smiling.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Near The Village
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Come, Shippo! you're moving way too slow!" InuKa stated with a soft
chuckle. Shippo dragged his feet through the chest-high grass that
covered the hill side that they were climbing.
"How can you go sl quickly?!?" he asked in disbeleif as his mother ran
without visable hindrance from the offending grass. InuKa laughed full
heartedly. "Don't be such a welp, young one!" she laughed as she turned
in time to see the expresion of shock on her sons face.
Had she just called him a welp?
-Yes. But the real question is: What are you gunna do about it?
A small smirk graced his features as as he began to to run like a
wildKitsune. Shock filled InuKa's face for a very breif moment
before it vanished compleatly, leaving a very proud Inu demon
standing there instead.
Shippo laughed as he reached his mother in less than two seconds.
When he reached her, his arms flew around her waist as he turned to his
side, making them both tumble down the rather tall hill in a mess
of arms, legs and tails..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Outside The Village
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Shippo, they dont like other breeds of demons... If you want me to
go inside with you, I can chane into Kagome..." InuKa asked as she and
Shippo stood outside the somewhat large Kitsune village. Shippo gulped.
"No. Thats alright, Ka." As Shippo stepped closer to the entrance of
the village, a tear formed in the Inu demons eyes. She would miss him
greatly. Without another word, InuKa left, running as fast as she could.
There was only one thing on her mind. Getting stronger so she could
defeat Naraku...