Writing-Angel18: Sup readers? I'm on a writer's rush right now. Some new ideas are just spilling outta my head. It's actually pretty cool. Getting back to business now, this chapter isn't going to be quite as serious as the previous two. I'm adding a little bit of humor. Just a teeny bit. Oh, and a little bit of things going on will be explained. Only a little. Why tell you everything now? That would make the rest of the story boring right? Of course it would. Okay, enough rambling. Here's chapter 3.
Disclaimer: No, InuYasha is not my creation! But this story and the new stuff are.
The Sacred Jewels
Chapter Three: Years Ago
"Here you go Akia. Eat it while it's still warm."
Akia accepted the cup of noodles from Kagome. It felt warm against her hands and smelled good. She stirred the noodles with the fork and pulled up some noodles. She took a bite and almost gagged. Nayru laughed.
"Um…Aki…it's hot."
Akia was fanning her mouth, but stopped to reply. "Gee, guess I should have guessed on my own that a food I've never tried before just might be extremely hot." She picked up her noodles again, but this time blew on it for a while. "What is this anyways?"
InuYasha spoke with his mouth full of noodles. "Ramen. Good stuff."
Sesshoumaru didn't accept Kagome's offer of food. "Enough of this. I want to know exactly what was happening in that temple."
Nayru looked at Akia. Both were thinking the same thing. Better to start from the beginning. Nayru stood up. She brushed the dirt from her long, dark blue dress. She brushed loose strands of hair from her face. Akia remained on the ground. She crossed her arms and closed her eyes. Everyone looked at the two, awaiting an answer.
Nayru looked into the fire that had been built. "We were on our way to retrieve a sword that Akia was getting repaired. It had been broken in a previous battle with Talon."
"After we got the sword, we were heading back to our village. That's when we noticed some people running from the temple." Akia made a low growling noise. "He was having a little fun torturing some locals who had been at the temple praying."
"Actually, I think he knew we were going to be passing by that temple and decided to lure us there."
"Whatever."
Kagome looked at the female demon. The demon had pointy ears similar to Sesshoumaru's. Blue stripes started at the corner of her eyes and ended close to her ears. Her long hair was now braided tightly and draped over her shoulder. A fury tail was wrapped around her waist. Her attitude was similar to InuYasha's in a way. But one thing surprised Kagome about the demon? She was at ease with humans. Her best friend was one. As far as Kagome knew, demons hated humans. Well, most demons. What kind of demon was she anyways? She'd ask later. Right now she needed to hear their story.
Nayru continued. "We went to the temple to investigate the disturbance we felt. That's when we encountered Talon and the fight began."
"But what about our blackout?" Akia opened her eyes to look at the woman. "One minute we're fighting, the next we're drifting off. Were we asleep?"
Nayru contemplated this. "I have an idea of what might have happened."
Everyone waited.
"The jewel put some sort of spell on us."
Miroku looked at her curiously. "What sort of spell?"
"One that caused us to sleep or something. Whatever it was caused us to be unconscious for a long time."
InuYasha was now confused. "How long?"
"Not sure. I know it had to be over many years."
Everyone was shocked.
Sesshoumaru spoke up first. "How can you know that if you were both unconscious?"
Akia came to a realization after remembering the look of the temple. "The temple had aged. It looked older."
Nayru nodded. "I don't know how we could have been in that place for so long and have nothing happen to us." She closed her eyes in thought. "That jewel he has is still a mystery. There's so much we still don't understand about it."
Akia finally stood. "That's why we need to get it back. You see what happens when it's in the wrong hands. No telling what else could happen the longer he has it. He could unlock some unknown power from it and doom us all."
Kagome looked thoughtful. "What exactly is this jewel your talking about?"
A voice from the forest answered them. "The Destiny Jewel."
Writing_Angel18: Whoa! Who could this voice belong to? Oh the suspense. Well, guess you'll have to wait till the next chapter. Just to let you know, there's gonna be some action in the next one. I've only done a couple of action scenes before so I'm not sure how good it'll be. Oh yeah…please review. Gotta know what people think. Bye for now.
P.S. I'm writing this along with an original story I've been working on little by little, which still has no title. All I'm gonna say is that it's a fantasy/magic type and it's turning out to be good. Well, gotta do chapter 4 now.