Disclaimer: Alas, I still don't own Inuyasha. A girl can dream though!
Chapter 2
"Set her over here by the fire," Kaede ordered, quickly grabbing clean cloth. "Shippo, go outside and fetch me some water". The little fox demons head only peaked through the door for a moment before running back outside as ordered. Inuyasha and Miroku set the demon down, Inuyasha then sat in a far corner of the hut as Miroku walked back over to the two girls holding a crying child.
"Shhh, it's all right, I've got you," Kagome cooed, rocking the distressed baby back and forth. The child thrashed its arms out from it's tattered blanket. A flash of glowing crimson caught Kagome's eye. "What is on your arm, sweetie".
Having also seen it, Sango lightly held the child's arm still, turning it palm upward to see fully. On the child's forearm was a marking of three stars forming a triangle, glowing a deep red. The child cried louder having its arm stilled.
"Oh, stop crying," Kagome lightly pleaded to the distraught child. Tears beginning to stream down its red cheeks.
"Here, let me try," Sango took the baby and bounced it up and down gently in her arms. The child continued its cries.
"Hmmm," Miroku took the child from Sango's arms only to have a louder scream emitted from the tiny mouth.
Kagome took back the baby and continued to rock it back and forth. The child continued to cry. Growling, Inuyasha stood up from his post in the corner and stomped over to the three trying to calm the noise. "If you don't shut up that thing it is going to attract every demon in the area!" Inuyasha stopped in front of Kagome, who was trying to hold onto the thrashing child. "Here, give that thing to me."
Kagome reluctantly gave the baby to Inuyasha who held the child out from him from under its arms. "Would you knock it off!!" Inuyasha sneered at the baby. The baby stopped its crying and starred at the half-demon. Kagome, Sango, and Miroku stared at the baby, waiting for another cry to begin. What happened made all three of their jaws drop. The baby giggled and grabbed a hold of Inuyasha's nose. Inuyasha's eyes went wide and even wider when the baby began to gurgle and babble to its new found toy attatched Inuyasha's face.
"Awww, he likes you!!!" Kagome and Sango squealed, finding Inuyasha's situation all to adorable.
Miroku let out a faint chuckle, "Well, well, well, Inuyasha. You are a natural father it would seem."
"Wha....Wha...What! No! Here, take it back!" Inuyasha shoved the child back into Kagome's arms as if it burned him. The babies eyes went wide as it looked up at Kagome. Finding it not to be Inuyasha's face it began to whimper once more.
"Inuyasha, he stopped crying with you. Here, just hold him. It's good for you!" Kagome put the child back into Inuyasha's arms. The baby looked back up to him and let out a coo. "hehehehe, I think you made a new friend," Kagome smiled at Inuyasha, who looked extremely panicked over the baby who seemed very occupied with grabbing onto his hair and trying to strike up a conversation with his dragontails.
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A shadowed figure snapped its head to the south. A very faint cry could be heard through the thickening trees. It jumped up to the nearest branch, pulling itself up as high as the limbs of the tree would allow. Through the stillness of the afternoon air, a baby's cry could be heard. To most ears it may have sounded no more than a whistle of the wind but the shadowed one could discern the difference. The baby's cries ceased. The figure jumped to the another limb, leaning further out trying to catch the soft noise once more. Nothing.
"It stopped. It is to the south!" it hissed as it jumped to the forest floor. It sprinted off into the darkness of the trees, towards the distant village from which the cries birthed.
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The demons eyes fluttered open. It focused upon a wooden ceiling with dancing shadows created from a nearby fire. It slowly turned its head to the sound a voice.
"I see ye are awake. How does ye feel?"
"Where is the child?" the demon breathed.
"The little one is with lady Kagome. I assure you the child is in caring hands," Kaede assured. "Tell me, why did ye come here?"
"I sensed a pure spirit." The demon turned its gaze back to the dance upon the ceiling.
Miroku and Sango entered the hut followed by Inuyasha and Kagome, who was hovering around the baby in Inuyasha's arms. Inuyasha looked slightly disheveled having been holding a giggling child in his arms all afternoon. All four sat by the fire. Miroku, Sango, and Kagome began to chuckle when the baby stood on Inuyasha's leg so it could grab hold of his ear.
The demon, having heard the baby's laughter, threw itself onto its knees, its eyes beginning to flare once more with life. "Is he all right!" begged the demon.
"Feh," grunted Inuyasha, trying to pull the child away from his head but it seemed to have a death grip on his scalp.
"He's fine," Kagome giggled.
Miroku broke off his humor on Inuyasha's predicament and turned his attention to the demon. "Let me introduce you," Miroku spoke, "My name is Miroku, a monk, beside me is the lovely Sango, next to her is lady Kagome, and this poor creature entertaining the baby you query on, is Inuyasha. Lady Kaede is the woman who brought back your health."
"Hey!"
"Ah, yes! This little guy is Shippo."
"Mew"
"And Kiara, Sango's companion."
"I see," the demon murmured, "You are Kagome?"
"Yes," replied Kagome.
"I have been searching for you."
"Me? Why me?" Kagome asked. The rest with equally confused looks as she.
"Let me explain myself," the demon brought itself to sit up, with its leg completely healed the demon was able to fold its legs beneath itself and sat with extreme composure. "My name is Aya. I am a fox demon who serves a dog demon lord to the north. This small child is his only son and heir, his name is Rune. During a siege of the castle the lord asked me to take the child, entrusting me with its life and the survival of his kingdom. I escaped with the child from the northern lands to keep it hidden from those who wish to see it dead. My lord told me the child holds something that is of great importance for which it holds the three stars and why my lord met his doom. I have been searching for one who can help us, a pure soul. I can not explain why for it is only what my lord told me. Find the pure soul and give what this child holds, it will ultimately save our kingdom. I know nothing further and I know not what the child has. I could find and see nothing.'
'With me was a warrior, one which protected us. We were attacked by a demon yesterday after sunset. My companion told me to run. I was wounded as I tried to escape and I fear that my companion fell in the battle. I feared all was lost until I finally sensed you, Kagome. My lord told me that I would find you by following the energy of fragments of the shikon jewel, that which all demons seek and how was able to find you. He told me that you would have the power to save us. To save this child."
"Me?" Kagome gasped. "Why me? What is it that I have to do?"
"I don't know. The warrior knew more than I. I worked as a nurse maid to the child," replied Aya.
"Interesting, yet the child is only half demon," Sango added.
"Yes," replied Aya, "The lord took a human woman for his mate. Against the advice of his advisors. She died in childbirth. Many around the castle were calling his birth an abomination and a curse upon the lord's lands."
Inuyasha growled; new kindling being thrown upon old memories of his childhood. Hearing this, Aya turned her attention to him.
"But he isn't an abomination. He quickly stole my heart the first moment I saw him. He is utterly important"
"Tell me, what manner of demon attacked you?" Miroku questioned.
Aya's eyes grew dark while she spoke, "One that I have seen before during the siege of the castle. A demon clothed in the pelt of a white baboon. He calls himself Naraku."
// // // // //
Upon hearing the name Naraku, Inuyasha ordered Aya to lead them to where she was attacked. The group set out that evening, Aya leading them through the hidden trails of the forest with little Rune tied to her bosom. Unnoticed by the travelers was a dark siluete shielded by the shadows, watching them. "Who are they?" hissed the dark.
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Done with Chapter 2. Chapter 3 will be up soon. Read and Review and all that jazz. Thanks!--Sorascry
Chapter 2
"Set her over here by the fire," Kaede ordered, quickly grabbing clean cloth. "Shippo, go outside and fetch me some water". The little fox demons head only peaked through the door for a moment before running back outside as ordered. Inuyasha and Miroku set the demon down, Inuyasha then sat in a far corner of the hut as Miroku walked back over to the two girls holding a crying child.
"Shhh, it's all right, I've got you," Kagome cooed, rocking the distressed baby back and forth. The child thrashed its arms out from it's tattered blanket. A flash of glowing crimson caught Kagome's eye. "What is on your arm, sweetie".
Having also seen it, Sango lightly held the child's arm still, turning it palm upward to see fully. On the child's forearm was a marking of three stars forming a triangle, glowing a deep red. The child cried louder having its arm stilled.
"Oh, stop crying," Kagome lightly pleaded to the distraught child. Tears beginning to stream down its red cheeks.
"Here, let me try," Sango took the baby and bounced it up and down gently in her arms. The child continued its cries.
"Hmmm," Miroku took the child from Sango's arms only to have a louder scream emitted from the tiny mouth.
Kagome took back the baby and continued to rock it back and forth. The child continued to cry. Growling, Inuyasha stood up from his post in the corner and stomped over to the three trying to calm the noise. "If you don't shut up that thing it is going to attract every demon in the area!" Inuyasha stopped in front of Kagome, who was trying to hold onto the thrashing child. "Here, give that thing to me."
Kagome reluctantly gave the baby to Inuyasha who held the child out from him from under its arms. "Would you knock it off!!" Inuyasha sneered at the baby. The baby stopped its crying and starred at the half-demon. Kagome, Sango, and Miroku stared at the baby, waiting for another cry to begin. What happened made all three of their jaws drop. The baby giggled and grabbed a hold of Inuyasha's nose. Inuyasha's eyes went wide and even wider when the baby began to gurgle and babble to its new found toy attatched Inuyasha's face.
"Awww, he likes you!!!" Kagome and Sango squealed, finding Inuyasha's situation all to adorable.
Miroku let out a faint chuckle, "Well, well, well, Inuyasha. You are a natural father it would seem."
"Wha....Wha...What! No! Here, take it back!" Inuyasha shoved the child back into Kagome's arms as if it burned him. The babies eyes went wide as it looked up at Kagome. Finding it not to be Inuyasha's face it began to whimper once more.
"Inuyasha, he stopped crying with you. Here, just hold him. It's good for you!" Kagome put the child back into Inuyasha's arms. The baby looked back up to him and let out a coo. "hehehehe, I think you made a new friend," Kagome smiled at Inuyasha, who looked extremely panicked over the baby who seemed very occupied with grabbing onto his hair and trying to strike up a conversation with his dragontails.
// // // // //
A shadowed figure snapped its head to the south. A very faint cry could be heard through the thickening trees. It jumped up to the nearest branch, pulling itself up as high as the limbs of the tree would allow. Through the stillness of the afternoon air, a baby's cry could be heard. To most ears it may have sounded no more than a whistle of the wind but the shadowed one could discern the difference. The baby's cries ceased. The figure jumped to the another limb, leaning further out trying to catch the soft noise once more. Nothing.
"It stopped. It is to the south!" it hissed as it jumped to the forest floor. It sprinted off into the darkness of the trees, towards the distant village from which the cries birthed.
// // // // //
The demons eyes fluttered open. It focused upon a wooden ceiling with dancing shadows created from a nearby fire. It slowly turned its head to the sound a voice.
"I see ye are awake. How does ye feel?"
"Where is the child?" the demon breathed.
"The little one is with lady Kagome. I assure you the child is in caring hands," Kaede assured. "Tell me, why did ye come here?"
"I sensed a pure spirit." The demon turned its gaze back to the dance upon the ceiling.
Miroku and Sango entered the hut followed by Inuyasha and Kagome, who was hovering around the baby in Inuyasha's arms. Inuyasha looked slightly disheveled having been holding a giggling child in his arms all afternoon. All four sat by the fire. Miroku, Sango, and Kagome began to chuckle when the baby stood on Inuyasha's leg so it could grab hold of his ear.
The demon, having heard the baby's laughter, threw itself onto its knees, its eyes beginning to flare once more with life. "Is he all right!" begged the demon.
"Feh," grunted Inuyasha, trying to pull the child away from his head but it seemed to have a death grip on his scalp.
"He's fine," Kagome giggled.
Miroku broke off his humor on Inuyasha's predicament and turned his attention to the demon. "Let me introduce you," Miroku spoke, "My name is Miroku, a monk, beside me is the lovely Sango, next to her is lady Kagome, and this poor creature entertaining the baby you query on, is Inuyasha. Lady Kaede is the woman who brought back your health."
"Hey!"
"Ah, yes! This little guy is Shippo."
"Mew"
"And Kiara, Sango's companion."
"I see," the demon murmured, "You are Kagome?"
"Yes," replied Kagome.
"I have been searching for you."
"Me? Why me?" Kagome asked. The rest with equally confused looks as she.
"Let me explain myself," the demon brought itself to sit up, with its leg completely healed the demon was able to fold its legs beneath itself and sat with extreme composure. "My name is Aya. I am a fox demon who serves a dog demon lord to the north. This small child is his only son and heir, his name is Rune. During a siege of the castle the lord asked me to take the child, entrusting me with its life and the survival of his kingdom. I escaped with the child from the northern lands to keep it hidden from those who wish to see it dead. My lord told me the child holds something that is of great importance for which it holds the three stars and why my lord met his doom. I have been searching for one who can help us, a pure soul. I can not explain why for it is only what my lord told me. Find the pure soul and give what this child holds, it will ultimately save our kingdom. I know nothing further and I know not what the child has. I could find and see nothing.'
'With me was a warrior, one which protected us. We were attacked by a demon yesterday after sunset. My companion told me to run. I was wounded as I tried to escape and I fear that my companion fell in the battle. I feared all was lost until I finally sensed you, Kagome. My lord told me that I would find you by following the energy of fragments of the shikon jewel, that which all demons seek and how was able to find you. He told me that you would have the power to save us. To save this child."
"Me?" Kagome gasped. "Why me? What is it that I have to do?"
"I don't know. The warrior knew more than I. I worked as a nurse maid to the child," replied Aya.
"Interesting, yet the child is only half demon," Sango added.
"Yes," replied Aya, "The lord took a human woman for his mate. Against the advice of his advisors. She died in childbirth. Many around the castle were calling his birth an abomination and a curse upon the lord's lands."
Inuyasha growled; new kindling being thrown upon old memories of his childhood. Hearing this, Aya turned her attention to him.
"But he isn't an abomination. He quickly stole my heart the first moment I saw him. He is utterly important"
"Tell me, what manner of demon attacked you?" Miroku questioned.
Aya's eyes grew dark while she spoke, "One that I have seen before during the siege of the castle. A demon clothed in the pelt of a white baboon. He calls himself Naraku."
// // // // //
Upon hearing the name Naraku, Inuyasha ordered Aya to lead them to where she was attacked. The group set out that evening, Aya leading them through the hidden trails of the forest with little Rune tied to her bosom. Unnoticed by the travelers was a dark siluete shielded by the shadows, watching them. "Who are they?" hissed the dark.
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Done with Chapter 2. Chapter 3 will be up soon. Read and Review and all that jazz. Thanks!--Sorascry