Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Soul Calibur.
A/N: Yay! I got reviews for this story so I decided to update it. I really thought it was a great idea and I had hoped others would think so be too, and I'm glad someone did.
Chapter 2
Inuyasha growled. "Give us your jewel shard and I'll let you leave with your head on your shoulders!" The woman, who had long black hair pulled back into a high ponytail and large brown eyes, narrowed her eyes and reached slowly for a pouch that was tied to her arm. As she reached for it though, she flinched and clutched her shoulder, letting out a grunt of pain.
Kagome was instantly at her side. "Are you alright? Here let me help you," the school girl offered reaching into her yellow backpack and pulling out a first aid kit. "What are you doing, stupid? She just attacked us and you're gonna help her?!" Inuyasha exclaimed incredulously. "Well, she's hurt, if you didn't notice, Inuyasha," Kagome replied, pouring a bit of alcohol onto a piece of cloth.
"This'll sting a bit," Kagome said softly to the woman as the ninja stared wearily at the cloth in her hands. Kagome gently dabbed at the wound but jumped slightly when the woman on the ground flinched and jerked away. She spoke for the first time.
"Are you trying to poison me?" she accused, slowly crawling backwards away from the others. Kagome held up her hands. "No, no! It's just alcohol. It'll disinfect your wound, but it'll sting a little, like I said before!" she tried to convince.
"Feh!" Inuyasha began. "How bout I just put her out of her misery and chop her head off?" he suggested. Miroku and Sango both stepped further to the side of Inuyasha, giving him plenty of room as Kagome glared back at him.
"Sit boy!"
"Ahh!"
The ninja's eyes widened in surprise as the hanyou was easily subdued by this petite young girl. Kagome returned her attention to her. "Don't worry about Inuyasha, he can be a jerk sometimes," she explained, dabbing gently at her wound again. "By the way, I'm Kagome and that's Sango, Shippou, and Miroku," she introduced, pointing to each of them. She frowned, glancing down at Inuyasha's prone form on the ground. "And that's Inuyasha. We're traveling together searching for the shattered pieces of the Shikon Jewel. What's your name?"
The kunoichi let her gaze fall upon each member of the group, studying them thoroughly before she finally replied. "Taki."
Taki sat in camp, causally sipping a cup of tea. Inuyasha, in his usual perch in the branch of a tree, would glance down at her wearily from time to time. Sango and Kagome sat near her, already having warmed up to the ninja woman and Shippou sat contentedly in Kagome's lap eating pocky. Miroku was tending to the fire, also taking occasional glances up at the newcomer, though for different reasons than the hanyou.
It turned out that Taki had been traveling through a forest while following the trail of the shard of a sword she had been searching for, what sword she refused to mention, and had come across a well. The energy reading from the shard was coming from the well so she had jumped in and ended up here in Sengoku Jidai, where a myriad of youkai had attacked her. She had, obviously, defeated them all and that was when she had come across their group.
"So, Taki-sama," Miroku began and immediately Sango reached for her boomerang, anticipating what he was going to say. "Did you come from the future like Kagome-sama?" Sango blinked in surprise and relaxed, not expecting him to ask a normal question rather than his personal favorite.
The kunoichi raised an eyebrow. "Future?" she repeated. She glanced over at Kagome. "You are from the future?" Kagome nodded. "I use a well that connects my time, the future, with this time, which is the past, for me anyway," she replied.
Kagome suddenly lowered her gaze to the floor. "But earlier today, the well wasn't working, which is something that has not happened before. Not only that but I was attacked by some strange lizard youkai with swords and shields..."
Taki's eyes widened briefly and she set her cup down. "Swords and shields?" she repeated. Her eyes became clouded over for a moment, as if she was lost deep in thought. "Have you seen such creatures before, Taki- sama?" Miroku asked, disturbing her thoughts. Taki turned to him and nodded. "You must show me this well," she demanded.
"No way!" Inuyasha said, jumping off the tree branch and approaching them. Taki spared him a brief glance. "We're searchin' for jewel shards, there's no time to be going back to Kaede's village just to show this wench the well." Taki's eyes flashed for a quick moment with anger before her face returned to its usual emotionless mask.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome exclaimed, aghast. "What do you mean, 'there's no time'? We've been wasting time for several days now! And we're not that far from Kaede's village anyway!" Sango contradicted. The taijiya turned to Taki. "We can head back and show you the well tomorrow morning." Taki nodded.
"Who said you could give orders around here!? I'm the leader of this damn group, and I say we take her jewel shard, dump her off, and keep going!"
"Shut up, Inuyasha," Kagome said calmly, and the hanyou was slightly surprised he hadn't become closer friends with the ground yet. "Taki, we'll show you the well in the morning, like Sango said."
"Let us head to bed now so we can be well rested for our trip back to Kaede- sama's village," Miroku suggested. The other women and Shippou nodded in agreement, totally ignoring Inuyasha's tirade about him being the leader and that they were not going back.
A little on the short side but I wanted to put something up. As I started writing this shorty I started getting ideas on the plot. Originally, I had no idea what I was going to do with this story, but now I have an inkling of an idea. I'm gonna write them down before I forget.
Reviews are necessary for me updating, of course, so you know what that means.....
REVIEW ME!! Yay!!
-LunaRyuu
A/N: Yay! I got reviews for this story so I decided to update it. I really thought it was a great idea and I had hoped others would think so be too, and I'm glad someone did.
Chapter 2
Inuyasha growled. "Give us your jewel shard and I'll let you leave with your head on your shoulders!" The woman, who had long black hair pulled back into a high ponytail and large brown eyes, narrowed her eyes and reached slowly for a pouch that was tied to her arm. As she reached for it though, she flinched and clutched her shoulder, letting out a grunt of pain.
Kagome was instantly at her side. "Are you alright? Here let me help you," the school girl offered reaching into her yellow backpack and pulling out a first aid kit. "What are you doing, stupid? She just attacked us and you're gonna help her?!" Inuyasha exclaimed incredulously. "Well, she's hurt, if you didn't notice, Inuyasha," Kagome replied, pouring a bit of alcohol onto a piece of cloth.
"This'll sting a bit," Kagome said softly to the woman as the ninja stared wearily at the cloth in her hands. Kagome gently dabbed at the wound but jumped slightly when the woman on the ground flinched and jerked away. She spoke for the first time.
"Are you trying to poison me?" she accused, slowly crawling backwards away from the others. Kagome held up her hands. "No, no! It's just alcohol. It'll disinfect your wound, but it'll sting a little, like I said before!" she tried to convince.
"Feh!" Inuyasha began. "How bout I just put her out of her misery and chop her head off?" he suggested. Miroku and Sango both stepped further to the side of Inuyasha, giving him plenty of room as Kagome glared back at him.
"Sit boy!"
"Ahh!"
The ninja's eyes widened in surprise as the hanyou was easily subdued by this petite young girl. Kagome returned her attention to her. "Don't worry about Inuyasha, he can be a jerk sometimes," she explained, dabbing gently at her wound again. "By the way, I'm Kagome and that's Sango, Shippou, and Miroku," she introduced, pointing to each of them. She frowned, glancing down at Inuyasha's prone form on the ground. "And that's Inuyasha. We're traveling together searching for the shattered pieces of the Shikon Jewel. What's your name?"
The kunoichi let her gaze fall upon each member of the group, studying them thoroughly before she finally replied. "Taki."
Taki sat in camp, causally sipping a cup of tea. Inuyasha, in his usual perch in the branch of a tree, would glance down at her wearily from time to time. Sango and Kagome sat near her, already having warmed up to the ninja woman and Shippou sat contentedly in Kagome's lap eating pocky. Miroku was tending to the fire, also taking occasional glances up at the newcomer, though for different reasons than the hanyou.
It turned out that Taki had been traveling through a forest while following the trail of the shard of a sword she had been searching for, what sword she refused to mention, and had come across a well. The energy reading from the shard was coming from the well so she had jumped in and ended up here in Sengoku Jidai, where a myriad of youkai had attacked her. She had, obviously, defeated them all and that was when she had come across their group.
"So, Taki-sama," Miroku began and immediately Sango reached for her boomerang, anticipating what he was going to say. "Did you come from the future like Kagome-sama?" Sango blinked in surprise and relaxed, not expecting him to ask a normal question rather than his personal favorite.
The kunoichi raised an eyebrow. "Future?" she repeated. She glanced over at Kagome. "You are from the future?" Kagome nodded. "I use a well that connects my time, the future, with this time, which is the past, for me anyway," she replied.
Kagome suddenly lowered her gaze to the floor. "But earlier today, the well wasn't working, which is something that has not happened before. Not only that but I was attacked by some strange lizard youkai with swords and shields..."
Taki's eyes widened briefly and she set her cup down. "Swords and shields?" she repeated. Her eyes became clouded over for a moment, as if she was lost deep in thought. "Have you seen such creatures before, Taki- sama?" Miroku asked, disturbing her thoughts. Taki turned to him and nodded. "You must show me this well," she demanded.
"No way!" Inuyasha said, jumping off the tree branch and approaching them. Taki spared him a brief glance. "We're searchin' for jewel shards, there's no time to be going back to Kaede's village just to show this wench the well." Taki's eyes flashed for a quick moment with anger before her face returned to its usual emotionless mask.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome exclaimed, aghast. "What do you mean, 'there's no time'? We've been wasting time for several days now! And we're not that far from Kaede's village anyway!" Sango contradicted. The taijiya turned to Taki. "We can head back and show you the well tomorrow morning." Taki nodded.
"Who said you could give orders around here!? I'm the leader of this damn group, and I say we take her jewel shard, dump her off, and keep going!"
"Shut up, Inuyasha," Kagome said calmly, and the hanyou was slightly surprised he hadn't become closer friends with the ground yet. "Taki, we'll show you the well in the morning, like Sango said."
"Let us head to bed now so we can be well rested for our trip back to Kaede- sama's village," Miroku suggested. The other women and Shippou nodded in agreement, totally ignoring Inuyasha's tirade about him being the leader and that they were not going back.
A little on the short side but I wanted to put something up. As I started writing this shorty I started getting ideas on the plot. Originally, I had no idea what I was going to do with this story, but now I have an inkling of an idea. I'm gonna write them down before I forget.
Reviews are necessary for me updating, of course, so you know what that means.....
REVIEW ME!! Yay!!
-LunaRyuu