Disclaimers: I don't own Inuyasha, big surprise there.
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Chapter 1 Meet the Fox
"Stop! You won't get away demon!"
The demon stopped running abruptly, halting in a clearing of the forest he was running through. Time seemed to stop as an arrow flew straight for him. The arrow missed his face by a mere centimeter, but a small cut did form on his left cheek.
"Don't even try to escape, my next arrow won't miss." It was a female voice, though it hardly sounded feminine with a cold and indifferent tone to it. The voice belonged to a woman, no older than seventeen. She was wearing traditional priestess robes, a white haori and a red hakama. She held her bow upright, arrow in place, aimed for the demon.
The demon turned to face the woman. He smiled warmly, seductively. "Do you really want to kill me?" he asked in a deep and rich voice. He wore simple white garments and his silvery hair blew with the breeze. He would've seduced any other lady, demon or human, with his smile and voice, but not this one.
The priestess narrowed her eyes, gazing at the demon with utter dislike. Her eyes trailed above his hair, stopping at his large fox ears, before trailing to his silvery tail that swayed back and forth. "I know never to trust a kitsune," she tightened the bow string, "And I know you are one!"
She released the arrow, but the fox stepped aside quickly avoiding a direct hit. The cut on his cheek deepened and blood flowed. He wiped it away from his face using the back of his hand, and then licked it off his hand. He smiled at the woman again, blood glistening on his white fangs.
The priestess had another arrow in place already, but hesitated a second wondering if she should release it, and that was all the demon needed, that simple, short second. A large vine shot out from the ground and bound the woman in place. The vine's thorns ripped open a large section of flesh on her legs near the feet. She visibly cringed, but did not cry out.
"Sister Kikyou!" A small girl cried out, stepping out from behind a tree. "What have you done to her?" Her voice was filled with fear and this was something the fox lusted for. The scent of fear. The scent of overpowering fear that stopped the strongest of demons from moving. The fox couldn't help but smile and this scared the girl even more, as he walked closer to her.
"Kaede!" Kikyou yelled. The vines held her from moving, but she could still yell. "Kaede get away from here now!" Her voice demanded obedience and this impressed the kitsune. 'Such a strong-willed woman.'
The girl took one step back, but quivered and trembled in fear when the fox moved closer still. He was brilliant in his maneuvers, slowly descending upon the girl, knowing that she would not even try to escape, moving so slowly letting the girl's fear rise and climax.
Kaede took another step back. Her smell wasn't as satisfying now that she wasn't as scared. She took another step, but this time sideways. Then Kaede ran for Kikyou, as fast as her legs would carry her.
"Damn," the fox muttered under his breath when Kaede succeeded in freeing Kikyou with a small, sharpened, jagged dagger. The vines cut, Kikyou was now free to move once again. She stood straighter and retied her hair with a white ribbon.
"Do not underestimate our power," she said simply. The demon had no time to register what the woman meant because an arrow flew toward him right then, hitting him directly in the leg. It was Kaede's arrow. Another arrow flew toward him and hit him in the shoulder, this time from Kikyou. Both arrows were different from regular human arrows; they had successfully pierced his skin. The kitsune was even more impressed by the woman now. 'They overcame me. Together.'
The fox knew that he could not get away now. Not if he couldn't have full use of his legs anyways, but he tried anyway. He had only one leg to use though, and the one hit by the arrow was dragged along. There was no way he could escape like this, so he threw the small jewel to the priestess and walked away, hoping that they wouldn't pursue him. Luckily for him, they didn't, and walking away he heard the voice of Kaede, "Sister Kikyou, let us treat your wound now." And then he heard the most beautiful voice ever. "We should, shouldn't we?" The fox couldn't understand how such a voice could change, from the coldest to the warmest, nicest, most beautiful. He couldn't understand. Youko, the great thieving fox was defeated and stumped.
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A few days later
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Youko had healed and he was anxious, ready to attempt the grab the Shikon Jewel again. The last attempt hadn't gone to well, ending with two wounds and a damaged pride. He wanted to prove to Kikyou that he could steal the Shikon Jewel, but he also wanted to prove it to himself. His latest expeditions had resulted in nothing more than failure and this fox was sick of it. He wanted to prove mainly to himself that he wasn't getting rusty, that he was still just as good.
The silver kitsune smiled for no reason and raced out of his den. His speed astounded even him and he smiled bigger. This was it, he would not come back empty handed this time. As he approached the village he smelled fear which was strange since none of the villagers could possibly have sensed him yet. He found himself in chaos. The villagers were running from not him, but another demon. It was large and brown. That pretty much described it large and brown. It smelled really bad too. And had large extensions that shot from its body.
Kikyou was trying to fend it off, but the demon was immune to the arrows that flew, even the purple purifying ones. Kaede was helping the elders out of the village, letting them use her to lean on. Youko was amused as the seven year girl cringed under the weight of one particularly fat human. Kikyou had failed to find any weak spots in the demon, and the demon had already wounded her in many areas.
Youko had a sudden urge to help the human as the brown demon picked Kikyou up and threw her to the ground. Youko grabbed Kikyou saving her from another thrashing. Kikyou looked up into the fox's golden eyes. "You." She said, coughing up a bit of blood.
"Yea, It's me." Youko set her down near the edge of the village. He then turned to face the demon. Youko used his trademark Rosewhip and cut the demon into many pieces. The demon wasn't one demon; it was many smaller ones covered with mud and possibly some other smelly brown substance. Suddenly one of the smaller demons was purified into a purple goo. It was Kikyou's arrow; she was up again bow in hand, arrow in place. Youko helped her by cutting some of the demons up. Soon the demons were destroyed and the brown substances vanished with their bodies.
Youko strode back toward Kikyou who had fallen on her side and was lying in a fetal position, hugging her legs to her chest. "Leave me be, demon." She said struggling with the words, "I don't need your help."
"You obviously need someone's help," Youko said simply.
"I don't need yours."
"Stubborn human, you need help now, no matter whose it is." Youko picked Kikyou up. The priestess struggled to free herself from his arms but they held her strong. Youko started for his den.
"Sister Kikyou!" It was Kaede, back to see how her sister was doing. "What are you doing?" Her voice was filled with fear, but she continued to glare at Youko with an unwavering stare.
"She needs help and I'm here to give it to her." The fox answered simply before taking off top speed for his den.
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"You shouldn't be helping me." Kikyou's voice had her hard edge to it again, demanding to be set down by the kitsune. "Put me down now."
"Quiet wench, don't be stupid." Youko said entering his den. He set the priestess down on a pile of leaves, his bed, and pulled a large fur blanket over her. He picked a bowl up from the ground and held it to the priestess' mouth. "Drink." The woman eyed him warily. "It's not poison." Youko drank a bit from the bowl and once again held it to the woman.
He left the den, knowing that Kikyou was still too weak to get up, let alone leave his den. "I'll be back."
Kikyou stared up at the ceiling of the cave. She had been dragged here without her consent and she couldn't do anything about it. She hated been helpless, as powerful as she was, feeling weak was something that happened constantly. She didn't want to be helped by a demon, fed by a demon, because if she did then that would ruin her image as a powerful priestess who destroyed and purifyed demons.
She tried to sit up, but wounds in her side as well as her arm kept her from doing so. She cursed her wounds before lying back down. The bed was pretty comfortable, for a pile of leaves that is. The blanket was also pretty comfortable. Kikyou was about to drift off in sleep when a sudden pang of guilt struck her. All of her blood was going to get everywhere and stain everything! She scolded herself for thinking such a thought. She didn't even want to be here so why should she care if she was increasing the demon's laundry?
Kikyou had lost a lot of blood and she felt very faint and light-headed. She needed rest desperately, but she had the Shikon no Tama with her, which meant that the demon could take it if she was not conscious. After a while Kikyou's eyes closed and her breaths slowed, both sure signs of sleeping.
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Youko was making fast progress, raiding the village folk in three different villages already. He was trying to get some food and bandages for the woman, but every time something shiny would catch his eye and he would just have to steal it. This fox loved shiny things, whether they be swords or little scraps of metal. Youko soon had all that he went out for so he headed back hoping that the woman had fallen asleep.
Youko stepped carefully into his den to find the priestess asleep. He smiled before putting down his armload of stuff which included bandages, medicinal herbs, food, and shiny things. The sleeping draught had worked. The liquid he had fed her wasn't a poison, but a sleeping draught human bodies could not fight.
Youko grinded up the herbs and mixed them with water which turned it into a paste-like substance. He went over to the woman and applied it to her numerous wounds. He ripped the bandages with his teeth and wrapped them tightly around her wounds. He tied the bandages and satisfied, went to eat something.
The priestess needed new clothes. The brown demon thingy had ripped much of it and Youko had to, when trying to bandage some parts of her. He ate his fill of some raw fish and potatoes so he set off once again to go steal whatever he needed.
Kikyou stirred, just in time to see the body of the fox leaving the den again. She tried to cry out in protest, but her voice was hoarse and raspy; she needed some water. She reached for the bowl the demon had provided and found her arm was bandaged up. Her eyes widened as she realized that the bandages were everywhere, and where did her clothes go? First things first, she took a drink. Now then, WHERE DID HER CLOTHES GO?!?!
She sat up, wrapped the blanket around, and stood up. Kikyou looked like a bear, imagine that. She was about to take a step when she suddenly felt very drowsy. She checked her neck for the jewel and discovering that it was still there, lied down once again to be consumed by sleep.
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Chapter 1 A New School"Kagome!" cried a girl with long black hair, tied up high, with bangs framing her face, "Kagome! Wait up!"
It was a warm day, the sun was shining bright, and a few white clouds dotted the sky. Kagome looked back to see her best friend Sango running up to her. "Hey Sango. Ready for another year of school?" Kagome was cheery and excited; her voice proved it.
"No," Sango replied, "especially since we're not even going to the old school anymore."
"It'll be fun. A new school, new people, and the people we already know. It's not like we moving out of the country or out of town." They slowly made they're way down the road to the city.
"I still don't understand why they want such a big school. They should've left it as it was, two separate schools. Why the hell did they have to combine them?"
"Who knows? But they are tearing down both of the smaller schools." They reached the outskirts of the city.
"Not our old one. It was so picturesque." Sango looked a tiny bit sad. She spotted a boy walking toward them. "Oi! Kouga!" Sango brightened up immediately.
"Should I leave the little lovers alone?" she asked Kagome.
"Sango!" Kagome lightly shoved her friend onto the road.
"Hey. I don't wanna become road kill here." Sango stepped back onto the pedestrian path.
"Hey Kagome, baby. Sango." The boy caught up to them, winking toward Kagome. He also had long black hair, tied up like Sango's. He wore a headband to keep his hair in check and had beautiful blue eyes. It was strange for a human to have black hair and blue eyes, but not a demon. Kouga was a wolf demon. Demons did live in this time, but only a few and all of them resided in the same town, so that they could be watched easily.
Kagome stepped on Kouga's foot. "I am so not a baby. Especially not yours, wolf-boy." Sango laughed at Kouga's mock sadness. Kouga then smiled, and held out his arms. Kagome and Sango both took one and they walked toward the subway, laughing. The subway was now extremely crowded since all the kids who lived near Higurashi shrine had to take it to go to school.
Kagome, Sango, and Kouga showed their subway passes and found some seats near the window at the back. "So, girls, how's live treating you?"
"Same as always Kouga," Sango said in a bored manner.
"I'm excited. A new school and a whole new school of people, if you get what I'm saying." Kagome defiantly looked excited; her face was radiant with excitement.
"Gosh Kagome, calm down would you?" Sango yawned.
"Sango's right, baby. You need to chill," Kouga smiled at her. Kagome got up and stepped on Kouga's foot once again. "Ow!" Kagome and Sango looked at each other and burst out laughing. The subway stopped and more people, mainly kids since almost everyone at Kagome's old school lived near Higurashi shrine.
"My main dog." Kouga got up to greet another boy.
"Hey Inuyasha," Kagome said brightly.
"Man. It's crowded here." Inuyasha said standing near the back window.
"We know," Kagome and Sango said together.
Kouga yawned audibly. "What stop do we get off at?" The subway stopped and all the kids exited.
"Hard question, don't you think, wolfy?" Inuyasha started for the door, followed closely by Kouga, Kagome, and Sango.
"Someone's grumpy, don't you think, doggy?" Kouga mocked. Inuyasha was half dog demon. He had long white hair, and dog ears, cute little furry triangles sticking up on his head.
The school was still a five minute walk away and the group walked toward it, Kagome and Sango talking to each other, and Kouga and Inuyasha talking to each other. When they arrived all they could do was stare. The school was even bigger than the picture in the brochure gave away. It was very modern looking and had a giant bell, kind of like a mission. All in all, the school looked absolutely cool, amazing even.
They made their way up the stairs to the main doors. There a couple of teachers were assigning teachers and handing our schedules as well as maps. They all got in the shortest line and waited. The wait was going to be a long one. Students kept coming back, needing help to find their way to their assigned teachers. Everyone probably thought that nothing was going to be taught today, and with good reason.
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1 hour and 36 minutes later.
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"Name." The teacher didn't even bother with pleasantries.
"Kagome Higurashi."
"H…i…g…a…" the adult was muttering.
"Um… It's H-I-G-U."
"Oh. Ok. Found it. Kagome Higurashi." She pulled out a card, a schedule, and a map, handing them hastily toward Kagome. "Name." Kagome stepped aside, waiting to compare schedules with Kouga, Sango, and Inuyasha.
"Wolf demon classification." Kouga said slightly emphasizing the 'wolf' part. The woman pulled out another giant box. There were a lot of demons, and this was the only school they could go to in the world.
"W…o…" she looked up at Kouga. "Name."
"Kouga." The woman looked back down at the names.
"K…o…" She pulled out a card, a schedule, and a map. "There you go. Ok. Name…"
"Kouga. Lemme see." Kagome grabbed the schedule out of Kouga's hand. "No…yes…no…no...We have two classes out of seven together. History, and Art. Wait a second. Since when do you take Art?"
"Since my baby does." Kouga wrapped his arms around Kagome's waist earning him another sore foot.
"Kagome let me see yours." Sango ran up to Kagome, pushing Kouga out of the way. "Damn. No classes together, unless you count the lunch period."
"Look on the bright side." Kagome was the one optimistic person Sango knew, Miss look-on-the-bright-side. "All the same teachers. Same homework. Same tests."
"What do you mean I'm not there?!"
"Uh oh," Kouga said, "Inuyasha's pissed."
"Sorry your name is not under the dog demon classification." The woman was used to such outbreaks between demons. They bred much more loosely now, and half-breeds were common. "Are you half dog?"
"Yes"
"What's your other half? Wolf?"
"Human." Inuyasha was now going to sulk the whole day. He hated being only half demon. He didn't think it was fair.
"There you go. Name." The woman gave Inuyasha his stuff and went about her own business once again.
"Here let's compare." Kagome pulled out Inuyasha's schedule, and compared all four of them. "The Wolf and Dog got all the same classes except Art, which I still am going to kill Kouga for. Sango, Inuyasha, and Kouga all got second language together. Me and Wolf got Art and History. Inuyasha has History with me too. And that's basically all." Kagome handed back the schedules to their appropriate owner. "We all got the same homeroom teacher, too."
"Wonder where Miroku is," Sango said.
Kagome smiled mischievously, "Wonder where your love is?"
Sango blushed, and Kagome and Kouga laughed. Inuyasha smirked.
"All members of the Suuichi Minamino fan club assemble." The voice belonged to a girl. The girl was average looking and had on way too much perfume. Talk about toxic fumes.
"Ugh. Who uses that much perfume?" Inuyasha said scrunching up his nose. His dog demon genes gave him acute smell and hearing. "I think I'm feeling sick."
"Who would have a fan club with that many girls?" The voice belonged to Miroku, another one of their friends. He had short black hair, tied in the back. "He sure is lucky." Sango whacked him. Miroku fell over, Sango was fuming. "Oh, hi Sango. Err…just joking?"
"You know I agree with Miroku," Kagome said, "He must be some stuck up, snotty, rich pimp."
"He certainly has his bitches organized." Inuyasha noted as the girl with too much perfume red off Suuichi's schedule.
Everyone in the group agreed, nodding thoughtfully.
"I wanna meet him though." Kagome smiled, "Don't wanna judge people this year, like I did last year. Kagura is still mad at me. She even joined up with Naraku to bully me, just 'cause I thought her red eyes looked evil, and her sister looked half dead."
"You thought out loud, didn't you?" Sango asked laughing.
"Umm…no?"
"Don't deny it baby. I heard you say it……..OW!"
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Next chappie.
Kikyou slaps Youko. Kikyou gets new clothes. Kikyou and Youko kiss on accident.
Kagome and Suuichi meet. Homework load is way too big. Enter Kohaku. Kohaku, a thief?
Yeah blah blah blah.