DISCLAIMER: I do not own the characters of the Inuyasha series nor do I own the original storyline.
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Just a little information in case you don't understand how this plot is going
so far. Kagome, who was traveling with her father and maid to their new home,
came across bandits on the road and were attacked. Kagome's father and Maya
got killed in the process and just when Kagome was about to be beaten to death,
a Lord, named Takada, coincidentally arrived at the scene (with carriage and
guards) and rescued her. He brought the girl back to his mansion and eventually
adopted her as his own daughter, since he didn't have any children of himself.
Now, Kagome is living a pretty normal life in the city called Shiho and all
is well, except for the fact that she's convinced that she should be waiting
for someone, though not being able to remember who. Which Lord Takada isn't
quite happy with, since he truly wanted her to have a husband and start a family.
And that's where the quarrel between Kagome and Lord Takada (see previous chapter)
fit in.
This chapter is going to start with our perspective on the one who had desperately tried to find our female main character for the past 12 years. Enjoy reading!!!
Italic: thoughts or emphasized words
-- --: locations
"...": spoken words
~*~*~*~*~: time gap or change of perspective
*...* : noises
-by Kittymui-
The Autumn Festival
"You can't do this!!!" A loud growl echoed through the entire mansion.
"Yes I can, because I am your father and the Lord of this mansion," a calm and low voice replied, as the speaker sat down behind his huge desk.
He stomped on the red carpet as his eyes flamed with anger. "But I promised her!! I can't just__"
"For God's sake Inuyasha!!" the Taiyoukai cut him off. "You are 26 already!! We have already moved 8 times because of that promise you made to that girl!! So whether you want or not, we are going to stay here in this city and that's FINAL!!"
He clenched his fists of anger. "How am I supposed to find her now?!" he cried.
"I do not care! You can leave the household and go on a journey if you like. Just don't expect me to help you anymore. Your brother is tired of the changing environment and I am tired of having to move every 18 months. It's time to settle down Inuyasha."
"Fine!" he let out a growl before turning his back to his father.
"Why are you so worked up about some childhood promise anyway," the Taiyoukai sighed. "The girl probably already forgot about you and married someone else."
He paused and looked over his shoulder to his father. "She won't!" he growled and walked out of the room.
~*~
Inuyasha, fuming about the quarrel with his father, was just about to enter his bedroom until he was halted by a familiar voice.
"Hey Inuyasha!! I was already looking for you!!"
He turned to the voice and sighed slightly annoyed. "What do you want Miroku??"
Miroku was a classmate and friend of his. When he just moved here about a month ago, his father made him attend some sort of school and that's how they got to know each other. He had short black hair and dark gray eyes, and he was a couple of months older than himself.
A small scowl formed on his face, slightly taken aback by Inuyasha's tone. "Geez, what's eating you today??"
Inuyasha sighed and started explaining the whole happening and told him about the quarrel with his father a moment ago.
"Ah, no wonder you're still pissed," Miroku nodded understandingly until a question popped up in his mind and turned to his friend. "Is the girl you mentioned really THAT special that you don't mind spending your whole life searching for her?"
Inuyasha smirked. "Know this Miroku. If I had never met her, you wouldn't have possibly been able to approach me without any dislocated limbs, let alone being accepted as a friend."
Miroku grinned. "Wow, then that girl must have had a great influence on you."
"Yeah," he agreed. "She had."
As his anger subsided, Inuyasha finally realized that his friend was wearing some strange black robe. "Why the hell are you dressed like a monk??" he asked dumbfounded.
"Oh right! That's what I wanted to talk to you about," Miroku remembered. "It's the Autumn Festival today."
"So?" Inuyasha responded uninterestingly.
"So...I wanted to ask if you could accompany me."
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes as he remembered his friend's lecherous trait, which he always blamed his ancestors being responsible for it.
Miroku's eyes grew wide as he knew what his youkai friend was thinking about. "No no, it's nothing like that!!" he quickly defended, waving his hands. "I mean...you are quite new here and I'm sure you've never attended a festival before so I wanted to show you what the famous Autumn Festival of this city of Shiho is like."
"And hearing about your quarrel with your father, I guess you'll be staying here for a long time," he continued, emphasizing the 'long' word. "We hardly have any festivals here in Shiho and this one's only held once a year so it's really an opportunity for us to get acquainted with Shiho's culture."
Inuyasha mentally rolled his eyes, doubting his friend's definition of the concept 'culture'.
"Awww come on!! It'll be fun!! There will be a lot of people and stalls selling all kinds of trinkets!!" Miroku pleaded as he pulled the hanyou's sleeve.
Inuyasha thought for a moment. "Oh well, I guess some fresh air would do me good," he finally gave in.
"All right!!" Miroku clapped his hands together as he scanned his friend from head to toe. "But before that, don't you want to change into something more appropriate? It IS a festival you know?"
The hanyou shook his head. "Nope! This will do just fine!" he said as he smoothed out his red outfit and patted the katana-like sword that hung around his waist.
"If you say so," his friend grinned. "Let's go then!"
And the two of them walked down the hall and stairs to the exit of the building.
~*~
The Autumn Festival was held at the City Square at the center of Shiho and it was indeed very crowded. Every single street and alley was filled with stalls and merchants trying to sell their cultural objects. But the most eye-catching of all was the big area reserved for the main event of this year: the archery contest.
Next to the area stood a small stall with a wooden display board above it saying "Registration participants". And since the period of the registration had started several hours ago, no queue could be seen in front of the stall.
From afar, two girls could be seen running towards the stall mentioned before.
"Come on Sango!!" Kagome cried as she quickened her pace towards the counter.
"Hai hai..." Sango panted, running several meters behind her. The maid was now wearing a white yukata with red flowers instead of her black dress and white apron.
Just when she had almost reached Kagome, she already saw her turn around to her.
"Done!" Kagome smiled as she walked away from the stall with a piece of paper in her hand.
"That was fast..." Sango puffed. "What name have you used this time?" she asked, knowing that the Lord only allowed his daughter to participate under the condition that she won't use her real name.
"Maya, as usual," she replied. "Just because I can't use my real name, doesn't mean I don't want people to remember me."
Her maid smiled understandingly. "And? When are you up?" she asked.
Kagome looked at the piece of paper in her hand. "Let's see...wow...there are quite a lot of participants this year..." she said, scanning the list of names written on it. "It should be my turn soon."
Sango smirked. "Maybe someone would bode a challenge to you this time."
"We shall see about that. Let's go!" she responded with a grin and started walking in the direction of the entrance to the contest area.
The contest area was a long triangular shaped field in the open with a low tribune built around it for the audience. In the long field, four white lines were could be seen, dividing 5 contest lanes of equal widths. Each lane had one wooden target board standing at the far end, while at the other end a white circle could be seen on the floor, indicating the position of the participants. The targets were just simple flat, circular boards on a wooden support with a red dot drawn at the center and alternately black and white rings around the dot.
Kagome smiled confidently as she made her way to the first row of seats, which was especially reserved for the participants only, and sat down. Since the tribune was already filled with lots of spectators, it was fortunate for Sango to be able to find an unoccupied spot on the second row not too far away from her mistress.
Not long after that, a person appeared in the contest-area, causing all the
chatter of the audience to die down.
It was an old woman dressed in a white haori and red hakama, almost similar to the one Kagome was wearing, only in a red version. She had long grey hair tied in a low ponytail and an eye-patch could be seen, covering one of her wrinkled eyes.
"Ahum," she cleared her throat. "Ladies and gentlemen. First I would like to thank you all for coming to this fourth Autumn Archery Contest. Let me introduce myself. I am Kaede and I will be the hostess and the only judge of this competition.
Kagome grinned when she heard numerous gasps coming from the audience. She remembered herself giving the same reaction when she participated for the first time. After that contest she definitely knew better than to underestimate the quality of a judge just by him or her appearance and age. Although she had won back then, it was not without comments made by the judge. And ever since that day, during every interval between the contests, she would do her best to train and improve herself until no comments were made.
I wonder if she will give me comments again this year. she thought inwardly. Her thoughts were cut off when she heard her name.
"Will Maya please take her place on lane three?" the old woman announced clearly.
Kagome stood up and stole a glance back at Sango, who was smiling confidently at her, before walking towards her appointed spot in the middle.
After announcing 2 more contestants, the old woman walked to her seat on the patio-like area behind the contestants and sat down.
"Archers, prepare your arrows," she spoke clearly, after making sure
that all 5 contestants have reached their appointed positions.
Kagome took a deep breath and pulled an arrow out of the quiver on her back. She slowly put it on her bow and lowered the arrowhead towards the floor.
"Draw your bows."
She lifted her arms and bent her bow by drawing the string with all her might towards herself. Take a deep breath and focus...concentration will do the rest... she recited in her mind as she closed her eyes and calmed her hands that were shaking of the immense exertion she was putting on them by drawing her bow.
"Discharge arrows!"
Kagome's eyes shot open, with her pupils immediately adjusting to her target, which stood more than 100 meters away, and concentrating on the red dot. And together with all the other contestants, she discharged her arrow and let it fly swiftly through the air to its target.
*FFWWWWIIIISSHHHH*
Followed by the sound of five iron arrowheads synchronously hitting its wooden targets.
*TSJOKK*
A moment of silence took place, which was immediately broken by a wave of loud cheering coming from the tribune.
Although Kagome knew she had passed the first round as she saw her arrow flawlessly hit the red dot, she dared not to smile and claim her victory until the judge said so.
The cheering soon died down again when Kaede stood up and held up her hand. "The contestants of lane one, two...and four may take their seats on the tribune again."
Kagome let out a sight of relief and a smile appeared on her face as she glanced at Sango on the tribune, who was waving and mouthing the word "Ganbatte!" to her.
~*~
"You are truly unbelievable," Miroku pouted as he walked back and forth on a roof near the festival area.
"Keh! You know me longer than today," the hanyou spat as he laid down on the roof and settled the back of his head comfortably on top of his folded arms.
"I asked you to accompany me through the festival area and you just pull me up to a roof to take a nap?!?" hs friend argued, stopping near the edge.
"Well, now you can watch it from a higher perspective so you should be grateful!!" Inuyasha argued back.
Miroku opened his mouth to respond but became silent when his eyes traveled
to the streets below. "Hmm, now that you mention it, the view from above
is indeed magnificent," he grinned as his eyes caught a group of girls
standing near a stall below. "...truly magnificent." he repeated with
a content sigh.
Inuyasha sighed. "You just never learn do you?"
"Can't help it...it's in the genes..." his friend explained without taking his eyes off of the pretty creatures below.
"Yeah right," Inuyasha muttered and closed his eyes to take a nap.
In his mind, an image of his childhood friend appeared. Kagome...he sighed inwardly....where could she be...I wonder how she looks like now...His lips curled into a small grin. I bet she still has that scar...not that I really care about that...
His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by Miroku's loud voice. "WOW! LOOK AT THAT!!"
"What?" Inuyasha growled, annoyed that his friend had cut off his thoughts.
"A contest!!!! Oh man...look at those lovely archers!!" he cried enthusiastically.
"So what?! Do you mind!? I'm trying to take a nap here!!" he snapped and turned to his side with his back facing Miroku.
"Suit yourself then. I'm going to take a closer look, see ya!" Miroku chuckled and leaped to another roof into the direction of the contest.
"Keh!" Inuyasha spat out loud, closing his eyes again. What's so
interesting about a stupid contest!? he thought annoyed. And what's so
lovely about those stupid...a...archers...? Realization struck him when
he thought about the last word.
Suddenly an old conversation popped up inside his head.
"It took me a long time to convince my father but it was worth it, don't you agree?"
"Keh! Can you actually use them?"
"Well...no...but I can learn!"
"Aren't you a bit young to learn how to use weapons?"
"Euhm...no? I mean...I'm twelve...but the earlier, the easier, right? I'm sure I'll be able to master archery in no time!!"
His thoughts were cut off when the sound of arrows flying through the air and
hitting wood caught his sensitive ears.
He quickly sat up and looked at his sword that he carried around his waist. Archery...bows and arrows...maybe... he thought and immediately got to his feet. He scanned the environment until he found the contest area his friend was talking about a moment ago.
Without second thought, he started leaping over several roofs, following the sound of people cheering, until he got a perfect bird-view of the field and the contestants.
His eyes slowly traveled from one archer to another and stopped when he saw the one on the third lane.
Her long raven-black hair danced in the calm breezes together with her white haori and navy hakama, as she prepared another arrow and drew the string with her eyes closed.
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes as he waited for her to open them again.
"Discharge arrow!!" he heard the old judge speak with a loud and clear voice.
It was then that the raven-haired archer opened her eyes and aimed at her target before discharging her arrow.
*FFFWWIIISSHHH....TSSJOK*
For a moment, Inuyasha felt as though the arrow had hit his heart instead of the wooden target below as his heart had skipped a beat the moment he saw the navy blue eyes of the archer.
The image of the twelve-year-old Kagome appeared in his mind as he kept his eyes locked on the female contestant. With the combination of the hair- and eyecolor, the archer really reminded him of his long lost childhood (girl)friend. Other than these two features, they were probably two totally different individuals, since the one in his memory was twelve years younger. But there were still two other features that could prove her identity as his childhood friend: the scar on her left cheek and her name.
I guess I'll just have to wait until the contest ends huh? he concluded, realizing that he was watching it from an unhandy perspective. [AN: Meaning that he's standing on the wrong side of the area. He's watching the archers from their right side, so the left cheek of that one archer is out of sight for him.]
He could have just jumped his way around the field to find out about the scar but instead of doing that, he sat down on the roof and watched how the young woman gracefully discharged her arrows and beat her opponents one by one.
There was indeed something about her style of archery that appealed to him.
It was almost some kind of admiration. To put it bluntly, you could say that
he fell in love with her way of archery. He was really curious about what she
would be thinking every time she closed her eyes and waited for the signal to
discharge her arrow.
Amazed by her skill and how she managed to remain in the competition, he couldn't
help but remember how determined the young Kagome was when she said she would
master archery in no time.
He finally snapped out of his thoughts when a loud cheering echoed through the City Square. His gaze shifted back to the field again, only to find out that it was empty and that the audience was already starting to leave the tribune. Darn! he cursed inwardly and desperately started to search for the one that caught his attention before.
He raised an eyebrow when the crowd suddenly stepped aside near the entrance of the contest area and opened a path for two individuals. As he looked closer, he realized that one of them was actually the contestant of before. Apparently she had won the contest, since there were no other reasons for the crowd to open a path for her.
A part of him was really glad that he had found her again, but the other part was truly disappointed when he saw the smooth skin of her left cheek as she talked to her female companion. But he refused to give up, because he believed the possibility that the wound could have healed during those twelve long years. So, he continued his pursuit after the last evidence: her name.
With that decided, he jumped off the roof and landed on the floor at a distance from the two girls. He carefully followed them through the festival area and picked up every single word of their conversations.
~*~
After pursuing them for about an hour, they had almost reached the border of
the city. But until now, Inuyasha was only able to find out that the female
companion with the high ponytail was called Sango. As for the one he was interested
in, he wasn't able to find out anything useful since her companion didn't call
her by her name.
Doesn't she have a name or something!? Why is she always calling her 'milady'!?? he growled impatiently in his mind.
He snapped out of it when the two took a turn and disappeared around a corner. But when he was just about to continue his chase, a familiar scent caught his nose. He scanned his surroundings and widened his eyes when he saw his lecherous friend coming from behind a big wooden display-board in front of him and started heading towards the corner where the archer and her companion had taken a turn.
Inuyasha made a small leap in the air and landed in front of his black-haired friend with a wary look on his face.
Miroku abruptly stopped walking and clutched his heart with a shocked look on his face. "O-oh Inuyasha! It's you...you scared me!!"
"What the hell were you doing?" he demanded.
"Oh that! Haha, well...the girl's pretty... and I thought I could find out more about her...so I decided to follow__" he explained awkwardly but halted when he received a pair of narrowed eyes. "H-Hey! I wasn't planning on doing something inappropriate to them...honest!" he quickly added.
The hanyou raised one eyebrow as he only believed half of his friend's words but his attention was soon drawn as he picked up a faint shriek, which sounded like 'Leave us alone!!', and realized it had come from the direction where the two girls had long gone.
"What's wrong?" Miroku asked, having noticed the sudden change in expressions on his friend's face. But before he received a proper answer, the hanyou had already jumped onto a nearby roof. "Get some help!" he heard him shout to him before he leaped to another roof and disappearing out of sight. "Gotcha!" Miroku acknowledged and started running into the opposite direction.
There's no mistaking it, it must be the girl of before. Inuyasha thought as he jumped from roof to roof.
There she is! And he stopped leaping as he saw the girl in a small clearing near the border of the city. A scowl appeared on his face as he realized what caused the girl to shriek.
~*~
"What do you want Naraku?!" Sango snarled as she stood protectively before her mistress.
They were both on their way back home when they suddenly encountered Naraku and his creepy gang. Naraku was the son of a very rich lord, and because of that, he was a spoiled and a hateful person by how he treated other people. Ever since he laid his eyes upon Kagome, he had never ceased asking for her hand in marriage. And fortunately, her father kept refusing the offer until now.
"How rude," he chuckled as he flung back his long wavy black hair behind his shoulder. "Who do you actually think you are talking to...maid." he emphasized her identity.
He was dressed in a black hakama and haori with an expensive gold-colored sash around his waist. His depthless crimson eyes traveled from the maid to the dark blue ones behind her. "I just came to see my soon-to-be wife."
Kagome widened her eyes. "H-how dare you...I will never marry someone like you!" she snapped.
She and Sango took a step backwards as Naraku took a step closer. "I don't think that's something for you to decide, my sweet...Kagome," he smirked, licking his lips as he whispered out her name at the end. "Didn't your father tell you about the contest? He officially announced it to be held over three days. Everybody knows about it."
Kagome averted her gaze as she knew it was the truth what Naraku said about the contest.
Sango noticed this and shot a glare with disdain at Naraku. "Don't be so full of yourself bastard. What makes you think you will win?" she spat angrily.
The grin on Naraku's face dropped and he stepped forward until he was within arm-reach with Sango, but she didn't back away. Suddenly, without warning he slapped her very hard with the back of his hand and caused her to stumble aside to the floor. "Don't you dare talk to me as if you're an equal, bitch! You're just a MAID!!" he growled furiously.
Kagome gasped and prepared to run to her seemingly unconscious friend, only to be stopped by Naraku as he raised his arm and blocked her. "Leave us alone!!!" she cried out as she pushed him aside and knelt down beside Sango. "Sango! Are you okay? Sango!!" she cried out her name as she slightly shook her friend's shoulder.
When she suddenly saw several shadows looming over her own she lifted her gaze, only to find herself being surrounded by Naraku and his obedient followers. Before she could say or do anything, Naraku shot out his hand and grabbed her wrist.
"Hanashite!!" she cried as she tried to pry off his hand.
He ignored her feeble struggling and pulled her forcefully up to him, causing her to wince. "We'll get married sooner or later, so why don't you let me have a taste of you beforehand?" he grinned as he pulled her to his chest and wrapped his arms around her waist to keep her there.
"Hanashi___"
Before she could finish, a loud growl cut her off from a distance.
"LET HER GO!!"
All their gazes shifted to be the one who spoke on a nearby roof. His long silvery white hair floated temporarily above him as he jumped into the air and landed before them.
Naraku scowled. "Nosy aren't we? I suggest you stay out of this if you treasure your life," he warned, tightening his grip around Kagome's waist.
But Inuyasha didn't move an inch. "Sorry to bust your bubble but I am not going anywhere," he spat as he flexed his claws, narrowing his eyes when they saw Naraku's arms around the girl's waist.
Naraku's eyebrow twitched for a second before he eyed his men. "Get him." Naraku ordered and turned back to Inuyasha. "Then let's see how are you going to handle this."
And Naraku's men began to gather themselves between their boss and the hanyou, crackling their knuckles.
"Bring it on," Inuyasha grinned as he jumped into a fighting stance.
And the fight started as the men charged at him with their bare fists.
~*~
Who is he...? Kagome thought as she stared at the battle scene before
her. Her eyes were locked on the silver-haired one, who easily dodged the attacks
launched at him. Why is he helping me...?
The battle ended as Inuyasha punched his last conscious opponent in the stomach and sent him flying to the dirt next to Naraku and Kagome. He straightened his red clothes and turned to them. "I'd say I've handled it pretty well, don't you agree?" he grinned as he started walking their way.
Kagome shifted her gaze from the hanyou to Naraku and realized that he was starting to tremble and sweat drops were starting to appear on his forehead. She heard him utter a 'Kuso!'. And the next thing she knew was being pushed forward rather roughly and that she had started to topple forward to the floor.
But instead of hitting the earth, she bumped onto a firm chest instead. And when she looked up, she found herself looking into the most beautiful pair of eyes she had ever seen. The same pair of eyes was gazing back at hers as well. "Are you okay?" his low voice asked.
Suddenly Kagome realized the close proximity between them and quickly pushed herself away with a blush creeping up her cheeks. "W-where's Naraku?" she stammered.
"He fled, don't worry," the hanyou reassured her.
Kagome sighed in relief. "Arigatou...for helping me," she smiled and bowed gratefully.
Inuyasha returned a smile. "You're welcome."
And they just stood there, silently looking at each other until Kagome decided to speak again. "Ano...may I know your n__" she asked, wanting to know the name of her savior, but was cut off by the sound of approaching footsteps and voices.
Inuyasha's ears twitched as he realized what people were approaching and turned to the archer. "I should be going now, I'll get in trouble if I'm caught by those guys," he said before turning around and jumping onto a nearby roof.
Kagome raised her hand and wanted to halt him but stopped when the inu-youkai turned to look at her again and flashed her the most heartwarming smile she had ever seen. "I'll see you around!" she heard him say before he turned his back to her again and leaped away.
Although the hanyou was long gone, she kept staring at the roof where he stood a moment ago, endlessly pondering about who he might be.
"Miss? Miss, are you all right?" a male's voice sounded from beside her.
Kagome finally snapped out of it and turned to the voice, only to realize that a couple of guards had arrived at the small clearing and that one of them was standing right beside her with a worried look on his face.
The city-guards of Shiho could easily be recognized by their white haori's with black edges and their gray pleated hakama's. And there was always a white sash tied around their foreheads, with the two long ends hanging loosely from the knot on the back of their heads.
"I-I'm okay..." she replied with a small nod.
Then a guard suddenly approached them. "Sir! There's an injured female lying on the floor," he reported.
Kagome widened his eyes as she remembered her friend who got smacked unconscious by the arrogant bastard. "Sango!"
~*~
Inuyasha jumped from roof to roof and stopped when he believed to be far away enough from the clearing. Pfew...that was close... he thought relieved. Although he had done nothing wrong, his father would probably start nagging concerns and doubts again if he knew his son got involved in a street-fight.
But then he realized something and groaned as he smacked himself on the forehead. Damn!! he cursed inwardly. I forgot to ask her name!!
Liked it? Thanks for reading it! Please leave a small review behind, because they mean a lot to me! They're like a source of energy for me to continue this story (not that I'm going to stop writing, because I always finish what I've started) so please! Anyway, just wanted to say that in a week, I'll be having some tests and deadlines so there will be a little delay in my pace of updating the story. But do look forward to the next chapter ne?
Next chapter: The battle for the bride
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\\"You're absolutely worth fighting for Kagome. If only I was a male myself,"
she joked.//
\\She had to admit that her friend was right. Yet the prettier she found herself to be, the more frightened she became for the fact that her future husband would be chosen amongst those who are willing to fight for her hand in marriage.//
\\"I am Naraku and I'm definitely going to win this battle, so why don't we just stop this stupid contest since it will only be a waste of time?"//
\\Although she seemed composed on the outside; on the inside she desperately
prayed for someone to arrive who could defeat him. And she did not care who
it was, for she could not imagine anyone worse than Naraku himself.//
~*~
Vocabulary:
Taiyoukai: huge/large demon
youkai: demon
hanyou: halfdemon
hai: yes
ganbatte!: normally means 'go for it!' (in this context it would be something
like "good luck!")
hanashite!: let me go!
kuso: shit
ano: euhm
inu-youkai: dogdemon
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DarkAznMiko: Hahaha well she isn't going to remember him any time soon, that I can tell you ^-^. So I hope your heart is still whole by the time she does hehe.
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Lots of greets
~Kittymui~
Posted: 19 February 2004
Last Edited: 19 February 2004
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