Tousan!
Chapter 2
"Its getting closer I can feel it." Said Kagome. She was holding onto Inu- Yasha as he flew from tree to tree, trying to locate the shard of the jewel that Kagome had felt earlier that morning. Inu-Yasha sniffed the air and Kagome eyed him suspiciously.
"What is it?" She whispered.
"Blood," He replied in a monotone voice. Inu-Yasha descended into the forest, closing in on the source of the smell. "There!" He called. Inu- Yasha leapt down from the canopy of trees landing a few feet away from the bodies of two men. "Humans" He sneered. Kagome ignored his rude remark as she approached the men cautiously.
"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome whispered urgently, "One of them is still breathing!" He stalked over to Kagome's side.
"So, what of it? Aren't we supposed to be finding the shard?"
"We can't just leave him here!" She retorted, the man groaned as Kagome propped him up against a tree that stood nearby. He had a deep gash across his temple; the man moaned again opening his eyes slightly. The man saw Kagome and a look of puzzlement crossed his face.
"Who? THE SHARD!" The mercenary sat up abruptly. Inu-Yasha who had been lazily dozing in another tree snapped back into reality and stared at the man,
"You know of the jewel?" he asked tentatively. The mercenary took one look at Inu-Yasha's ears and claws and he drew his sword.
"Get back girl! It's a demon!" The man pulled Kagome behind him in a pitiful attempt to protect her.
"Hehe well not technically a demon but ya know-"
"Stay back! I'll split you in two!"
"No really its all right he's a friend! Calm down please-" Inu-Yasha took two steps forward and using his claws sliced the blade. The point clattered to the forest floor.
"Now. What of the jewel?"
"It's all right he wont hurt you," the completely unconvinced mercenary stared at Kagome as she moved toward Inu-Yasha, "See." Kagome poked him in the ribs. Inu-Yasha jumped and side stepped away from Kagome.
"Don't touch me."
"See I told you he wouldn't hurt you!" Kagome assured him.
"Feh, what do you know! Stupid girl. If it wasn't for this damn necklace!" Inu-Yasha tried to pull it over his head, unsuccessfully.
"Your not helping!" Kagome replied in a whisper.
"Pfft," Inu-Yasha walked away and scrambled up the trunk of a nearby tree mumbling something about, "Stupid... humans. jewel.nap." After Inu-Yasha had disappeared from sight Kagome set to the task of calming the mercenary. Kagome had finally calmed him to a point where he could talk without stuttering.
"Can you tell me what you were doing all the way out here?" Kagome asked.
"I was on a mission from my lord. My captain and I were instructed to investigate the rumors of the Jewel of Four Souls' resurfacing and if the rumors were to be proven true, we were to collect it and bring it back to him. New later discovered that the jewel had been scattered and shards of it had been strewn all over the place." At this part of the explanation Kagome flinched noticeably. She recalled the morning the jewel had shattered and how the jewel had exploded in the sky causing that blinding light, "We had recovered a shard of the jewel by that time and my captain and were returning to our lord to present him with our finding when a girl, about your age maybe a little shorter than you, stole the jewel from us when we were asleep. We tracked her through the forest for days and we finally managed to catch up with her. We threatened her and tried to take the fragment from her but she was well armed and she struck me in the jaw, knocking me unconscious, and that is the last thing I remember." He looked over at his friend and smiled sadly," I am assuming that she has the shard now."
"Well obviously," Inu-Yasha retorted from the canopy of treetops," Or you wouldn't have been so beat up when we found you!" Kagome turned around to face him,
"Inu-Yasha?"
"Mnnnnnnnn"
"Sit boy!" The rosary beads Inu-Yasha's neck glowed purple as he was slammed face first into the ground. (SPLAT!!!!) *Grins mischievously*
"Is there anything we can do for you?" Kagome offered.
"No, I am going to return to my lord, maybe he has acquired some other fragments in my absence."
"I doubt it." Came the muffled reply from the dirt near Kagome's feet. The man got to his feet and bowed, thanking Kagome. The man walked down the dirt worn path to the body of his friend, he would need a proper burial. Kagome waved good-bye and turned around to see a very, very ticked dog demon. Inu-Yasha lay on the ground where he had fallen, head on his hand while the other drummed the ground impatiently.
"Are we all ready to go now?" Inu-Yasha asked mockingly. Kagome nodded as she climbed onto his back.
"I know where the jewel is headed, we need to travel east a ways though."
"Stupid girl." Inu-Yasha muttered.
"What did you say?" Kagome asked sarcastically, "Care to repeat? I didn't catch that." Inu-Yasha rolled his eyes and bounded into the treetops with Kagome.
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Rei rode through the trees, her horse Niesyrie weaving in and out if the trunks. Niesyrie stopped outside the entrance to a cave that led deep into the base of a mountain. Rei dismounted leading Niesyrie by the hackamore she wore around her muzzle (huggles Niesyrie *I luv horses*) The deeper into the cave they went the darker it became, Rei outstretched her hand into the unending blackness and whispered incoherently until a glow began to emit from her fingertips. She walked until she reached the back of her cave and sat down on the dirt floor next to a fire pit. She waved her hand over the pit and the wood that lay inside burst into flame. A warm glow spread from the fire all over cavern illuminating the beautiful crystallized walls. Rei pulled out her pouch from her belt loop opening it to reveal the seven shikon shards that she had been collecting for the past year. Rei heard an unusual thud outside echoing through the tunnel.
"SIT!!!"
"Argh!"(THUD) *Hehe we all know who that is!* Rei grabbed her naginata that lay beside her.
"Thieves" she sighed, marching ahead into the darkness.
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"I can feel the shard Inu-Yasha"
"Am I getting closer?"
"Yes, just up ahead" Kagome pulled out her bow and quiver of arrows, slinging it over her shoulder.
"What are you planning on doing with that?"
"Shooting things. What else?!" she asked sarcastically.
"Oh please! You. Actually hit something? That will be the day Miroku gets a girlfriend!" Kagome had finally had enough. Inu-Yasha had been mouthing off all morning.
"SIT!!!" She screamed. Inu-Yasha slammed into the ground burying him at least two inches in the dirt with a resounding THUD. Kagome "accidentally" stepped on him while making her way into the yawning maw of the cavern before her.
Kagome and Inu-Yasha walked side by side in the darkness, Kagome, bow drawn, and Inu-Yasha, Tetsuiga unsheathed. Kagome felt a sudden surge of energy in front of her and shrieked as someone grabbed her around the waist pushing a cold blade against her throat.
"INU-YASHA!" Kagome called out.
"KAGOME!" Inu-Yasha screamed, "Where are you?!"
"Here." A female replied. A faint aura of red outlined a figure slightly shorter than Kagome holding a sai. The girl had Kagome around the throat and was pressing the sai into the flesh of her throat. Kagome struggled against her captor but the girl's expression remained unchanged, "Move outside slowly." The girl said. Inu-Yasha's eyes widened in fear and he nodded, proceeding to side step in the direction of the cave opening.
"Lay down your sword." The shadow behind Kagome hissed.
"Not gonna happen!" growled Inu-Yasha. The girl pushed on the blade even harder and Kagome whimpered as the cold metal bit into her skin. Kagome saw Inu-Yasha's eyes flash in anger. He held the Tetsuiga by the hilt, he let his gaze roam over the dented and rusted blade before flipping it upside down and slamming it, point first, into the earth.
"Done!" He called, "Now release her!" he growled between clenched teeth.
"Not quite yet. Step outside, I would like a clear look at my opponent first." Inu-Yasha reluctantly moved into the sunlight, his eyes, shifting from the Tetsuiga to Kagome as if he was contemplating how long it would take to reach his sword if he needed it. The figure behind Kagome gasped.
"Tousan!" The shadow stepped back throwing Kagome straight into Inu-Yasha. Inu-Yasha looked dazed, holding Kagome in his arms. ((Awwww! *cat-calls ensue*)
"Father?" he said in a whisper.
"What? What did she call you?" Kagome asked. The shadowed form sprinted into the sunlight away from the two in a blur of red. A high pitched whistle issued from the direction the figure had retreated to and a jet black horse galloped from the mouth of the cave to follow the call of it's master.
"I don't think so!" Inu-Yasha hissed. He set Kagome on the ground as he pulled the Tetsuiga from its place in the earth and bounded after the shadow.
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Cliffhanger! haha I updated really fast this time but I cant promise it'll b like that every time! Hehe it's not as short as the first though I would appreciate it if you reviewed even if you don't like it I would like to know why at least. It will make the updates much faster! Thank you much!!!
~Rei-chan
Chapter 2
"Its getting closer I can feel it." Said Kagome. She was holding onto Inu- Yasha as he flew from tree to tree, trying to locate the shard of the jewel that Kagome had felt earlier that morning. Inu-Yasha sniffed the air and Kagome eyed him suspiciously.
"What is it?" She whispered.
"Blood," He replied in a monotone voice. Inu-Yasha descended into the forest, closing in on the source of the smell. "There!" He called. Inu- Yasha leapt down from the canopy of trees landing a few feet away from the bodies of two men. "Humans" He sneered. Kagome ignored his rude remark as she approached the men cautiously.
"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome whispered urgently, "One of them is still breathing!" He stalked over to Kagome's side.
"So, what of it? Aren't we supposed to be finding the shard?"
"We can't just leave him here!" She retorted, the man groaned as Kagome propped him up against a tree that stood nearby. He had a deep gash across his temple; the man moaned again opening his eyes slightly. The man saw Kagome and a look of puzzlement crossed his face.
"Who? THE SHARD!" The mercenary sat up abruptly. Inu-Yasha who had been lazily dozing in another tree snapped back into reality and stared at the man,
"You know of the jewel?" he asked tentatively. The mercenary took one look at Inu-Yasha's ears and claws and he drew his sword.
"Get back girl! It's a demon!" The man pulled Kagome behind him in a pitiful attempt to protect her.
"Hehe well not technically a demon but ya know-"
"Stay back! I'll split you in two!"
"No really its all right he's a friend! Calm down please-" Inu-Yasha took two steps forward and using his claws sliced the blade. The point clattered to the forest floor.
"Now. What of the jewel?"
"It's all right he wont hurt you," the completely unconvinced mercenary stared at Kagome as she moved toward Inu-Yasha, "See." Kagome poked him in the ribs. Inu-Yasha jumped and side stepped away from Kagome.
"Don't touch me."
"See I told you he wouldn't hurt you!" Kagome assured him.
"Feh, what do you know! Stupid girl. If it wasn't for this damn necklace!" Inu-Yasha tried to pull it over his head, unsuccessfully.
"Your not helping!" Kagome replied in a whisper.
"Pfft," Inu-Yasha walked away and scrambled up the trunk of a nearby tree mumbling something about, "Stupid... humans. jewel.nap." After Inu-Yasha had disappeared from sight Kagome set to the task of calming the mercenary. Kagome had finally calmed him to a point where he could talk without stuttering.
"Can you tell me what you were doing all the way out here?" Kagome asked.
"I was on a mission from my lord. My captain and I were instructed to investigate the rumors of the Jewel of Four Souls' resurfacing and if the rumors were to be proven true, we were to collect it and bring it back to him. New later discovered that the jewel had been scattered and shards of it had been strewn all over the place." At this part of the explanation Kagome flinched noticeably. She recalled the morning the jewel had shattered and how the jewel had exploded in the sky causing that blinding light, "We had recovered a shard of the jewel by that time and my captain and were returning to our lord to present him with our finding when a girl, about your age maybe a little shorter than you, stole the jewel from us when we were asleep. We tracked her through the forest for days and we finally managed to catch up with her. We threatened her and tried to take the fragment from her but she was well armed and she struck me in the jaw, knocking me unconscious, and that is the last thing I remember." He looked over at his friend and smiled sadly," I am assuming that she has the shard now."
"Well obviously," Inu-Yasha retorted from the canopy of treetops," Or you wouldn't have been so beat up when we found you!" Kagome turned around to face him,
"Inu-Yasha?"
"Mnnnnnnnn"
"Sit boy!" The rosary beads Inu-Yasha's neck glowed purple as he was slammed face first into the ground. (SPLAT!!!!) *Grins mischievously*
"Is there anything we can do for you?" Kagome offered.
"No, I am going to return to my lord, maybe he has acquired some other fragments in my absence."
"I doubt it." Came the muffled reply from the dirt near Kagome's feet. The man got to his feet and bowed, thanking Kagome. The man walked down the dirt worn path to the body of his friend, he would need a proper burial. Kagome waved good-bye and turned around to see a very, very ticked dog demon. Inu-Yasha lay on the ground where he had fallen, head on his hand while the other drummed the ground impatiently.
"Are we all ready to go now?" Inu-Yasha asked mockingly. Kagome nodded as she climbed onto his back.
"I know where the jewel is headed, we need to travel east a ways though."
"Stupid girl." Inu-Yasha muttered.
"What did you say?" Kagome asked sarcastically, "Care to repeat? I didn't catch that." Inu-Yasha rolled his eyes and bounded into the treetops with Kagome.
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Rei rode through the trees, her horse Niesyrie weaving in and out if the trunks. Niesyrie stopped outside the entrance to a cave that led deep into the base of a mountain. Rei dismounted leading Niesyrie by the hackamore she wore around her muzzle (huggles Niesyrie *I luv horses*) The deeper into the cave they went the darker it became, Rei outstretched her hand into the unending blackness and whispered incoherently until a glow began to emit from her fingertips. She walked until she reached the back of her cave and sat down on the dirt floor next to a fire pit. She waved her hand over the pit and the wood that lay inside burst into flame. A warm glow spread from the fire all over cavern illuminating the beautiful crystallized walls. Rei pulled out her pouch from her belt loop opening it to reveal the seven shikon shards that she had been collecting for the past year. Rei heard an unusual thud outside echoing through the tunnel.
"SIT!!!"
"Argh!"(THUD) *Hehe we all know who that is!* Rei grabbed her naginata that lay beside her.
"Thieves" she sighed, marching ahead into the darkness.
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"I can feel the shard Inu-Yasha"
"Am I getting closer?"
"Yes, just up ahead" Kagome pulled out her bow and quiver of arrows, slinging it over her shoulder.
"What are you planning on doing with that?"
"Shooting things. What else?!" she asked sarcastically.
"Oh please! You. Actually hit something? That will be the day Miroku gets a girlfriend!" Kagome had finally had enough. Inu-Yasha had been mouthing off all morning.
"SIT!!!" She screamed. Inu-Yasha slammed into the ground burying him at least two inches in the dirt with a resounding THUD. Kagome "accidentally" stepped on him while making her way into the yawning maw of the cavern before her.
Kagome and Inu-Yasha walked side by side in the darkness, Kagome, bow drawn, and Inu-Yasha, Tetsuiga unsheathed. Kagome felt a sudden surge of energy in front of her and shrieked as someone grabbed her around the waist pushing a cold blade against her throat.
"INU-YASHA!" Kagome called out.
"KAGOME!" Inu-Yasha screamed, "Where are you?!"
"Here." A female replied. A faint aura of red outlined a figure slightly shorter than Kagome holding a sai. The girl had Kagome around the throat and was pressing the sai into the flesh of her throat. Kagome struggled against her captor but the girl's expression remained unchanged, "Move outside slowly." The girl said. Inu-Yasha's eyes widened in fear and he nodded, proceeding to side step in the direction of the cave opening.
"Lay down your sword." The shadow behind Kagome hissed.
"Not gonna happen!" growled Inu-Yasha. The girl pushed on the blade even harder and Kagome whimpered as the cold metal bit into her skin. Kagome saw Inu-Yasha's eyes flash in anger. He held the Tetsuiga by the hilt, he let his gaze roam over the dented and rusted blade before flipping it upside down and slamming it, point first, into the earth.
"Done!" He called, "Now release her!" he growled between clenched teeth.
"Not quite yet. Step outside, I would like a clear look at my opponent first." Inu-Yasha reluctantly moved into the sunlight, his eyes, shifting from the Tetsuiga to Kagome as if he was contemplating how long it would take to reach his sword if he needed it. The figure behind Kagome gasped.
"Tousan!" The shadow stepped back throwing Kagome straight into Inu-Yasha. Inu-Yasha looked dazed, holding Kagome in his arms. ((Awwww! *cat-calls ensue*)
"Father?" he said in a whisper.
"What? What did she call you?" Kagome asked. The shadowed form sprinted into the sunlight away from the two in a blur of red. A high pitched whistle issued from the direction the figure had retreated to and a jet black horse galloped from the mouth of the cave to follow the call of it's master.
"I don't think so!" Inu-Yasha hissed. He set Kagome on the ground as he pulled the Tetsuiga from its place in the earth and bounded after the shadow.
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Cliffhanger! haha I updated really fast this time but I cant promise it'll b like that every time! Hehe it's not as short as the first though I would appreciate it if you reviewed even if you don't like it I would like to know why at least. It will make the updates much faster! Thank you much!!!
~Rei-chan