Knight of the Round Table

By Sci-Fi Raptor

Chapter One: Return of the Shikon Jewel

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and all related trademarks.

I must thank Rogue Pryde for betaing (is that a word?) this fic. There were some parts that definitely needed some fine tuning, and this fic just wouldn't give the experience it could if it weren't for her.

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One dark stormy night, a bunch of teens went through the town cemetery. They all wore regular clothes, except one girl who wore robes.

"Remember Mel, if you can stay here one night, then you're in our club." One of the youths said.

"It's not that scary." The girl said, shivering as a cold breeze caressed her uncovered face. She wrapped the robe tighter around her body to keep warm.

"Well, it is just a graveyard. But there's this story that king Arthur was buried here. Clark said he saw it while he was doing his initiation. Didn't you, Clark?"

"Yeah. The legend goes that every full moon, like tonight, his knights come out of their grave and kill everyone that trespasses on this graveyard." The boy lowered his voice for effect.

"You mean like Z-Z-Zombies?" The girl asked in disbelief.

"But its just a myth." The leader said cruelly as the group started walking out, leaving the poor girl by herself. When they were out of sight and hearing distance, the group hid behind a building and opened some bags they had stashed there earlier.

"Man, were gonna get her so good!" One of them said excitedly.

"It might be better then the time Eric wet his pants!" Another laughed. The group exchanged grins at the memory as the boy in question blushed. Soon the group got dressed and took their positions around the initiate. When the wind stopped howling, they made their move.

"Ughh." The zombie knights moaned as they tightened their noose around the poor girl. When her mind registered what she was seeing, she gave a high-pitched shriek. The zombies closed in around her until she was within arms reach. She started praying.

"Please God, don't let me die now. I'll be a good girl and pay attention at church from now on." She whispered from her fetal position. The zombies closed in on their prey and than started laughing.

"Wait a minute . . ." The girls eyes narrowed, as she recognized the laughter.

"Man, you should have seen yourself!" One of them said removing his mask.

"You guys are such jerks!" She growled, standing up.

"It was so great I think it was better then Erics!" Another said, and the group laughed again. After a few seconds, the laughter dissipated and there was a dead silence. Suddenly a wolf howled and they became tense with fear.

"I think we should go now." The leader said nervously, as he started heading to the exit.

"Yeah, I think we've had enough fun for one night!" The girl said, still a little afraid of the darkness and mystery around her.

Than the hand came out of the ground.

~

One year later.

"Iron reaver soul stealer!!!" Inuyasha exclaimed as he slashed through the seemingly endless mass of demons. He continually ripped through the beasts until he finally found what he sought. "Cover me!" He yelled to the rest of the group as he drew Tetsaiga and enervated it. Not too far away, Miroku yelled,

"Wind Tunnel!" And started sucking in the monsters. Near him, Sango and Kirara fought off their share of demons. Safely away from the battle, Kagome fired shaft after shaft of her magic-tipped sacred arrows to provide long-range support; Shippo cowered behind her legs, hoping it would all end soon.

"Kagome! Where's the shard on this thing?" Inuyasha said as he tried to block the large, heavy paw that was aiming for his face. This wolf-demon is taking a lot out of me. He thought furiously. The wolf demon was easily six times his size and at least ten times heavier. Its mouth was large enough to swallow Inuyasha, and its canine teeth were as large as his arm. It howled in excitement and moved to strike him again, its burning red eyes showing the intensity of its bloodlust.

"Its right between its eyes!" Kagome yelled back, trying to be heard over the noise of the desperate battle. Unfortunately, her yell was drowned out by the sound of Miroku sucking in another pack of foaming demons.

"What was that?"

"BETWEEN THE EYES!"

"Took you long enough!" Inuyasha muttered, blocking another blow from the wolf-demon. "Iron reaver soul stealer!" Inuyasha hollered, using the attack to temporarily blind and confuse the demon. Now you're mine! Inuyasha thought to himself. He jumped back a little, landing on the head of a bear demon. Where is it? Inuyasha searched for the shaft of light that had made him one of the greatest swordsmen of his era. There it is! He thought when he finally saw the wind scar.

"Take this!!!" Inuyasha said, leaping towards the demon and slashing the beam of light. The shimmering shaft of light that protruded from the sword swiftly struck the beast right between the eyes and cleanly cut the monstrosity in half. Then the vicious battle stopped. All the minor demons stood where they were and started dissolving into nothing. Inuyasha stepped forward and claimed his prize.

"I got it!" Inuyasha said with enthusiasm. He ran to his friends and they all started to celebrate.

"I can't believe we've finally gotten this far." Sango said proudly.

"Yes. It seemed like our journey was endless, but we have finally come to its conclusion." Miroku added. Then he was promptly slapped across the face by Sango.

"Will you ever give up?" Sango said, trying to stop the stinging on her hand.

"It was worth the pain." Miroku said, rubbing his red cheek.

"Feh." Sango finally said in defeat. She started walking back to the trail they had used with Miroku close behind.

 "You know you want me."

"Congratulations Inuyasha, we finally got the last jewel shard!" Kagome said excitedly as she finally caught up to the group. She was running and jumped up to Inuyasha to give him a big hug.

"Hey! Hold your horses Kagome!" Inuyasha said, and pushed her off. He pushed her slightly harder then he intended and she fell on her butt.

"Hey! What was that for?!" Kogome said angrily.

"Not my fault you're so clumsy, wench."

"Baka!"

"Brat!"

"Sit Boy!"

"That's low."

"Will you two ever stop fighting?" Shippo finally said.

~

"So it is true, you kids have finally reclaimed the Shikon Jewel." Lady Kaede said. She held the complete Shikon Jewel in the palm of her hand and was preparing it to be laid to rest. Outside the hut, two people could be heard bellowing.

"Wench!"

"Sit boy!"

"I think those two came back from that walk they were having." Sango said.

"Indeed." Miroku said.

"You're such a jerk sometimes!" Kagome yelled at Inuyasha. "I can't stand you!"

"I cant stand you!" Inuyasha yelled back. "Youre so useless, and you always go home!" Inuyasha screamed at her. Now that the shard hunting was over, he knew that she couldn't just stay for him anymore.

"I have a life Inuyasha and you don't have to be a part of it!" Kagome said, nearly crying. Inuyasha paused.

Would she. . . I don't care.

 "I hate you Inuyasha! Why do I bother coming at all!!" Kagome screamed at Inuyasha, letting her tears run freely.

"Then don't come back!" Inuyasha said coldly. Kagome was shaking now as tears streamed down her face. Inuyasha suddenly wished he had never said that.

Kagome made a break for the forest, where she could jump into the well. Inuyasha made a grab for her. Kagome did the only thing she could, "SIT!" Inuyasha immediately ate dirt. "SIT!" Kagome screamed again.

"Wait Kagome!" Inuyasha said, but the necklace held him back as his body dug deeper into the dirt.

Kagome sobbed as she ran towards the well. He was such a jerk! Well he can be that way. . . I'll never come back!

She came to the well and pushed her bookbag over the side. She watched it pummel into darkness. She tuned around just in time to see Inuyasha come into the clearing and stop dead in his tracks.

"No," Inuyasha whispered, " NO Kagome!"

"Goodbye Inuyasha," Kagome said and leaned backward into the well, darkness surrounding her.

"That one sounded serious." Shippo said.

"They always make up. It's just a matter of time till Inuyasha goes back to her time to make amends."

~

"Hi Kagome!" Saota said as he saw his big sister climb out of the well. Then he noticed the dry tears on her face.

Kagome mumbled, making unintelligible noises.

"You two fought again?"

"Shut up!"

"Must be serious."

Kagome fumed. She made her way to her bathroom and took a nice long bath. He's such a jerk. Kagome thought. This time I'm really not going back to him. I don't have to anymore anyway. The only reason I took his harassment was because we had to find the shards. Rrr he makes me so mad! She pounded the surface of the bubbly pool of water, causing water and bubbles to splash everywhere.

"Kagome, are you all right dear?" Her mother asked when she heard all the noise.

"Yes mother. I'm okay." Said Kagome and moved the rest of her body under the effervescent water.

"Must be serious." She heard her mother say as she left.

Stupid Inuyasha. I swear if I see him again, Ill make him sit so much, that his face becomes as flat as a pancake. She thought, and then giggled at the idea of Inuyasha with a mouth full of dirt. He's so cute when he's mad. No, no, no! I won't go easy on him this time. This time I will stay mad at him, even when he comes after me. And there's no way I'm going back, cause its all his fault. I just wont go with him, and show him what its like to be dragged from your own time, and that's final!

~

Two days later

"Stupid girl stupid shards STUPID NECKLACE!" Inuyasha thought out loud as he tried to tear the magical decoration off his neck.

"You know, tearing that necklace off wont bring her back." Miroku said, catching Inuyasha off guard.

"DON'T DO THAT!" Inuyasha said, heart racing wildly. All Miroku did to respond was start laughing.

"What's so funny?!" Inuyasha demanded.

"Two days ago, you would have been able to sense me a mile from here. Now, you're so wrapped up with Kagome that you can't even sense the spider that has made a nest in your ear."

"Spider?! Get it off!" Inuyasha said, going out of his thoughts to remove the arachnid. When he was done, he saw Miroku staring at him pitifully.

"What? You have something to say?!" Inuyasha said defensively.

"You know what you have to do, Inuyasha. All that is left is to swallow your pride." Miroku said, as he stood to leave.

"Shows what you know. I was just thinking about how I was gonna steal the jewel for myself, now that its complete and all. So don't you go around telling me what to do!" He said to Miroku, but Miroku just kept on walking.

"That's right. You know that you're wrong, so you just stay silent. I TOLD YOU I WASN'T THINKING OF THAT WENCH!"

"Suit yourself Inuyasha." Miroku said as he entered Sangos tent. The prompt slap to the face never came though.

Maybe he's right. I didn't really mean all those things I said. Well, she's still a wench. But I was pretty mean to her. Well you might as well go and get her Inuyasha.

~

Three weeks later

Why hasn't Inuyasha come to get me? Kagome thought as she tried to study for her algebra test in her room.

A week after she had left Feudal Japan, her friends had noticed that she was very depressed and tried to comfort her. But for some reason, she wouldn't talk to anyone about it and was very distant. She tried to continue studying, but she couldn't focus. Thoughts of Inuyasha's last words kept on echoing in her mind and she finally gave up.

"That's it. I'll just wake up early and study for it." Kagome said in defeat. She set her alarm, and snuggled up in her bed.

"Kagome!" A familiar voice yelled from outside.

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A/N: The one year later was in Kagomes time. And for most of this story, anything thats in italics and in these is the subconscious talking. Also, most scenes happen simultaneously, so most of what you read is happening as another part of the chapter happens (in other words, Kagome and Inuyashas times are going on at the same time, unless noted otherwise)

I guess the only reason that I can think that I wrote this story is because I needed a break from my other Inuyasha fic, but Im done with this one, so Ill work on that really soon. R&R please! (I'll make a sequel if I get enough of a response. I have it all set up, but not the inspiration…)