Summary: With only the final few shards evading her grasp, Kagome runs into
a course of unexpected events. Unexpected and unwelcome as she gets more
than she unintentionally bargained for.
Title: Inevitability
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: This is being said for this and every other chapter in this story. I do not own Inuyasha or YYH. They belong to their respectful owners, and all I own is their humble thanks for letting me use their creations for my pleasure.
Special thanks to EEevee, without her support and mind numbing minutes of beta-ing, this story would not have been possible ;) so read her work and give her your thanks!
"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
-Buddha
Chapter 1
Kagome was shocked and saddened at the sight in front of her. She watched Inuyasha and Kikyo in their lover's embrace. Kikyo's arms wrapped around Inuyasha, and his hands trailing up and down her body. She wanted to run away and hide until her heart no longer betrayed her. Alas, her feet were planted firmly on the ground with a will of their own. She couldn't move; couldn't breathe. She almost let out a sigh of relief when he pulled away. She was caught like a deer in a high beam of the headlight.
She watched his face. It was wide range of emotions: fear, loss, love, betrayal. It was only when he whispered her name on the night's air was the spell that held her captive broke. She did the only thing that was ingrained into the fiber of her being; she fled.
She ran back to the camp. Her silent tears fell leaving a trail of moisture on the forest ground. She thought her heart would hurt if she stopped. She didn't know if she could stop even if she wanted to. Shippo was the first one to see her and sense her presence. He could smell her tears, so he did the only thing he could think of, and he jumped into her arms. He silently poured all of his strength into her. Shippo was young by demon standards, but even he knew that Kagome's upset had Inuyasha written all over it.
Finally they released their embrace, and the small fox demon knew that she was going to go home, and he knew that there was no talking her out of it. So he did the only thing he could beside whine and take a temper tantrum: he gave her his approval.
Sango was a little confused over the whole ordeal, but Miroku explained that Inuyasha did something and now Kagome was leaving for a few days to rest and recover. Sango understood and lent her Kirara for a faster travel.
All Kagome could do was hold back her tears, and try her best to stay strong. She was so weak; she didn't need them to know that Inuyasha had really hurt her badly this time. She wanted to be strong, and seeing Shippo being so brave, she sucked in a deep breathe and gave them all a last hug. Part of her was saying goodbye; the other part of her would be going through a transformation.
Grabbing her yellow over sized backpack, and her bow and arrows she took off on Kirara. She could hear Inuyasha in the background yelling at the trio who demanded that he be released to go after her. She leant forward and gently asked Kirara to go faster. The fire cat obliged and stepped up her pace.
They had to cross the Western lands to make it back to the well. She did not need an encounter with Sesshomaru at this moment, and she wouldn't be in any state to handle his mind games. Kagome's body went ridged. She felt the presence of a jewel shard. She motioned for the fire cat to descend.
The sight she saw before her sickened her to the very core. There was a pair of demons tormenting a small demon. So it was possible that demons were no better than bullies. She couldn't stand around any longer and sit idly by while a small defenseless creature was being tormented, even if it was a demon. Somehow this reminded her of herself, and she wasn't about to sit around and be abused anymore.
Kirara landed behind the demons. Only one of them had a jewel shard and it was in the center of its forehead. Too bad the shard only increased power and not brains because these two were definitely lacking in that department. The pair quickly forgot about their prey and found Kagome a more amusing opponent. She gritted her teeth, and made a resolution then and there to never be weak again. She would train her powers, so that when another time like this came, she would be prepared and she could protect herself. No one was going to get the best of her again.
No longer would she depend on Inuyasha, Miroku, or Sango. She would take the proverbial bull by the horns and make herself a warrior that she would be proud of. She took a good look at the demons and noticed that they were cat demons. Cats are known to have super speed and grace. What was the expression, cat's always lands on their feet? Well Kagome was about to prove that theory.
She knocked her first arrow, and was preparing to shoot it when they attacked. She couldn't hit them both, so she went for the one with the shard. That one was easier to tell; she followed the jewel, and readied her weapon. She let the arrow fly. It whizzed through the air, she felt her purifying powers hit their mark, and the dust was evidence too that the demon was dead.
There on the ground was a jewel shard, covered in miasma. She walked over to it and picked it up. The jewel went from a blackish purple to its pink hue. She turned back to the other demon that stood there the whole time in shock, and its aura was saying that it was petrified. Kagome waved her hand in dismissal to the demon, who, for once, used its brains and turned tail and ran.
Kagome walked up to the small demon who was shivering out of fear. The demon shied away from her touch, but Kagome reassured the demon that she meant it no harm. She looked at the thing. It was so tiny; it could probably fit in the palm of her hand. She looked around to see if there were others of its kind hiding, but she didn't sense any.
The small creature passed out, and looked so vulnerable and helpless that she could not leave it there so that the cat demon could come back and torture the poor thing to death.
She climbed back on Kirara, and took the little guy with her. Seemed that her quest started. She had a thing for strays, and looked like this demon was her next mission. She wanted to keep an orphaned bear cub demon that the group had rescued, but Inuyasha refused and gave the cub to another bear demon to raise. But Inuyasha wasn't here, and Kagome wanted to make sure that the demon, whatever kind it was, would be safe. She didn't recognize this demon as being an animal, or demon from the mythology she has studied in class. Its blue colouring looked unnatural. There was no creature alive that was supposed to be that blue. Kagome wondered if it was sick. That thought just reinforced her decision to take it with her.
They took to the air again, and were almost at the end of Sesshomaru's border when she heard a loud fight that was underway on the ground. Again she told Kirara to land, but this time she held back and watched from the tree line. She was shocked when she realized who the combatants were. What would these two people have to fight over? They were like night and day, and yet here they are fighting, what looks like to the death over something. Whatever that was, it looked like it was important. Both were bleeding heavily, but Kouga was sustaining more injuries than Sesshomaru.
She couldn't take it any longer; she had to stop them. She did the only thing that came naturally to her from fighting so many battles with Inuyasha's older brother. She grabbed her bow and an arrow and shot it straight into Sesshomaru's sword. Both warriors jumped back and Kagome walked into the clearing.
Both looked shocked, but Sesshomaru held his stoic mask. Kouga rushed over towards her. The look of relief and pain filled his face. Kagome glared at both of them.
"Why are you two fighting Kouga?" Kagome's voice was harsher than she intended.
"The demon lord says that I have his ward, but I don't know what he's talking about." Kouga's chest was heaving, gaining the precious oxygen it needed.
"This wolf took what belongs to me, and I only intend to retrieve it."
"Couldn't you have tried diplomacy, before you went straight to the blood shed? What happens if he didn't have your ward?" Kagome finally clued in to who his ward was. "Rin's missing, and you think Kouga took her?" She turned her attention to the demon lord.
"That is what I am saying wench. If you are here then pray tell where is the half breed?" His eyes pierced into her brain.
"We will not talk about him. He is moot." Kagome finally turned back to Kouga. "Do you have a young child in your possession?"
Kouga's eyes lit up. "We captured a small girl that was collecting flowers in a field, why?"
"Kouga I think we better go and retrieve her before Sesshomaru loses his patience and tries to kill your whole tribe looking for her. She is the ward he is talking about." Kagome shook her head knowing deep down that this was going to get very ugly, very quickly.
"Yeah we could go and get her, and then you can come back and stay with me since you finally woke up and left that mutt face for good." Before Kagome would retort or make a squeak, he had her up in his whirlwind and back at his home.
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The wolves came out and greeted them, and some of the demons hugged her. She needed to get Rin back to Sesshomaru before any more damage was done.
Kouga lead her to the back of the cave, and to a prison type cell where Rin was curled up in a ball in the corner. Rin's eyes lit up when she saw Kagome. She ran over to her and hugged her. Kagome bent down and picked her up. The young child was shivering in fear. The poor child was afraid of wolves, and with good reason after all she was killed by them and this very pack.
Kagome scowled at Kouga and demanded that they return to Sesshomaru before he came looking for them. Kouga hesitantly agreed and left the cave. In the flash that they were gone and they had arrived back at the clearing of their battle.
"Kouga, it would be best now if you left. Before you say it, no, I will not be returning with you because I'm going home. You'd better leave now before Sesshomaru decides to kill you. I will be safe." Kagome placed her hand on his arm as a reassuring gesture.
Kouga's mouth kept opening and closing as she was answering his unasked questions. Solemnly he nodded his head and left. Once he was gone Kagome put Rin down. Immediately she ran over to Sesshomaru and hugged his leg. He patted her on the head.
Sesshomaru turned his attention to Kagome who was now walking back to Kirara and the little demon that was still unconscious. She put back on her backpack and was getting ready to leave when his question stopped her. "Why?"
Title: Inevitability
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: This is being said for this and every other chapter in this story. I do not own Inuyasha or YYH. They belong to their respectful owners, and all I own is their humble thanks for letting me use their creations for my pleasure.
Special thanks to EEevee, without her support and mind numbing minutes of beta-ing, this story would not have been possible ;) so read her work and give her your thanks!
"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
-Buddha
Chapter 1
Kagome was shocked and saddened at the sight in front of her. She watched Inuyasha and Kikyo in their lover's embrace. Kikyo's arms wrapped around Inuyasha, and his hands trailing up and down her body. She wanted to run away and hide until her heart no longer betrayed her. Alas, her feet were planted firmly on the ground with a will of their own. She couldn't move; couldn't breathe. She almost let out a sigh of relief when he pulled away. She was caught like a deer in a high beam of the headlight.
She watched his face. It was wide range of emotions: fear, loss, love, betrayal. It was only when he whispered her name on the night's air was the spell that held her captive broke. She did the only thing that was ingrained into the fiber of her being; she fled.
She ran back to the camp. Her silent tears fell leaving a trail of moisture on the forest ground. She thought her heart would hurt if she stopped. She didn't know if she could stop even if she wanted to. Shippo was the first one to see her and sense her presence. He could smell her tears, so he did the only thing he could think of, and he jumped into her arms. He silently poured all of his strength into her. Shippo was young by demon standards, but even he knew that Kagome's upset had Inuyasha written all over it.
Finally they released their embrace, and the small fox demon knew that she was going to go home, and he knew that there was no talking her out of it. So he did the only thing he could beside whine and take a temper tantrum: he gave her his approval.
Sango was a little confused over the whole ordeal, but Miroku explained that Inuyasha did something and now Kagome was leaving for a few days to rest and recover. Sango understood and lent her Kirara for a faster travel.
All Kagome could do was hold back her tears, and try her best to stay strong. She was so weak; she didn't need them to know that Inuyasha had really hurt her badly this time. She wanted to be strong, and seeing Shippo being so brave, she sucked in a deep breathe and gave them all a last hug. Part of her was saying goodbye; the other part of her would be going through a transformation.
Grabbing her yellow over sized backpack, and her bow and arrows she took off on Kirara. She could hear Inuyasha in the background yelling at the trio who demanded that he be released to go after her. She leant forward and gently asked Kirara to go faster. The fire cat obliged and stepped up her pace.
They had to cross the Western lands to make it back to the well. She did not need an encounter with Sesshomaru at this moment, and she wouldn't be in any state to handle his mind games. Kagome's body went ridged. She felt the presence of a jewel shard. She motioned for the fire cat to descend.
The sight she saw before her sickened her to the very core. There was a pair of demons tormenting a small demon. So it was possible that demons were no better than bullies. She couldn't stand around any longer and sit idly by while a small defenseless creature was being tormented, even if it was a demon. Somehow this reminded her of herself, and she wasn't about to sit around and be abused anymore.
Kirara landed behind the demons. Only one of them had a jewel shard and it was in the center of its forehead. Too bad the shard only increased power and not brains because these two were definitely lacking in that department. The pair quickly forgot about their prey and found Kagome a more amusing opponent. She gritted her teeth, and made a resolution then and there to never be weak again. She would train her powers, so that when another time like this came, she would be prepared and she could protect herself. No one was going to get the best of her again.
No longer would she depend on Inuyasha, Miroku, or Sango. She would take the proverbial bull by the horns and make herself a warrior that she would be proud of. She took a good look at the demons and noticed that they were cat demons. Cats are known to have super speed and grace. What was the expression, cat's always lands on their feet? Well Kagome was about to prove that theory.
She knocked her first arrow, and was preparing to shoot it when they attacked. She couldn't hit them both, so she went for the one with the shard. That one was easier to tell; she followed the jewel, and readied her weapon. She let the arrow fly. It whizzed through the air, she felt her purifying powers hit their mark, and the dust was evidence too that the demon was dead.
There on the ground was a jewel shard, covered in miasma. She walked over to it and picked it up. The jewel went from a blackish purple to its pink hue. She turned back to the other demon that stood there the whole time in shock, and its aura was saying that it was petrified. Kagome waved her hand in dismissal to the demon, who, for once, used its brains and turned tail and ran.
Kagome walked up to the small demon who was shivering out of fear. The demon shied away from her touch, but Kagome reassured the demon that she meant it no harm. She looked at the thing. It was so tiny; it could probably fit in the palm of her hand. She looked around to see if there were others of its kind hiding, but she didn't sense any.
The small creature passed out, and looked so vulnerable and helpless that she could not leave it there so that the cat demon could come back and torture the poor thing to death.
She climbed back on Kirara, and took the little guy with her. Seemed that her quest started. She had a thing for strays, and looked like this demon was her next mission. She wanted to keep an orphaned bear cub demon that the group had rescued, but Inuyasha refused and gave the cub to another bear demon to raise. But Inuyasha wasn't here, and Kagome wanted to make sure that the demon, whatever kind it was, would be safe. She didn't recognize this demon as being an animal, or demon from the mythology she has studied in class. Its blue colouring looked unnatural. There was no creature alive that was supposed to be that blue. Kagome wondered if it was sick. That thought just reinforced her decision to take it with her.
They took to the air again, and were almost at the end of Sesshomaru's border when she heard a loud fight that was underway on the ground. Again she told Kirara to land, but this time she held back and watched from the tree line. She was shocked when she realized who the combatants were. What would these two people have to fight over? They were like night and day, and yet here they are fighting, what looks like to the death over something. Whatever that was, it looked like it was important. Both were bleeding heavily, but Kouga was sustaining more injuries than Sesshomaru.
She couldn't take it any longer; she had to stop them. She did the only thing that came naturally to her from fighting so many battles with Inuyasha's older brother. She grabbed her bow and an arrow and shot it straight into Sesshomaru's sword. Both warriors jumped back and Kagome walked into the clearing.
Both looked shocked, but Sesshomaru held his stoic mask. Kouga rushed over towards her. The look of relief and pain filled his face. Kagome glared at both of them.
"Why are you two fighting Kouga?" Kagome's voice was harsher than she intended.
"The demon lord says that I have his ward, but I don't know what he's talking about." Kouga's chest was heaving, gaining the precious oxygen it needed.
"This wolf took what belongs to me, and I only intend to retrieve it."
"Couldn't you have tried diplomacy, before you went straight to the blood shed? What happens if he didn't have your ward?" Kagome finally clued in to who his ward was. "Rin's missing, and you think Kouga took her?" She turned her attention to the demon lord.
"That is what I am saying wench. If you are here then pray tell where is the half breed?" His eyes pierced into her brain.
"We will not talk about him. He is moot." Kagome finally turned back to Kouga. "Do you have a young child in your possession?"
Kouga's eyes lit up. "We captured a small girl that was collecting flowers in a field, why?"
"Kouga I think we better go and retrieve her before Sesshomaru loses his patience and tries to kill your whole tribe looking for her. She is the ward he is talking about." Kagome shook her head knowing deep down that this was going to get very ugly, very quickly.
"Yeah we could go and get her, and then you can come back and stay with me since you finally woke up and left that mutt face for good." Before Kagome would retort or make a squeak, he had her up in his whirlwind and back at his home.
_________
The wolves came out and greeted them, and some of the demons hugged her. She needed to get Rin back to Sesshomaru before any more damage was done.
Kouga lead her to the back of the cave, and to a prison type cell where Rin was curled up in a ball in the corner. Rin's eyes lit up when she saw Kagome. She ran over to her and hugged her. Kagome bent down and picked her up. The young child was shivering in fear. The poor child was afraid of wolves, and with good reason after all she was killed by them and this very pack.
Kagome scowled at Kouga and demanded that they return to Sesshomaru before he came looking for them. Kouga hesitantly agreed and left the cave. In the flash that they were gone and they had arrived back at the clearing of their battle.
"Kouga, it would be best now if you left. Before you say it, no, I will not be returning with you because I'm going home. You'd better leave now before Sesshomaru decides to kill you. I will be safe." Kagome placed her hand on his arm as a reassuring gesture.
Kouga's mouth kept opening and closing as she was answering his unasked questions. Solemnly he nodded his head and left. Once he was gone Kagome put Rin down. Immediately she ran over to Sesshomaru and hugged his leg. He patted her on the head.
Sesshomaru turned his attention to Kagome who was now walking back to Kirara and the little demon that was still unconscious. She put back on her backpack and was getting ready to leave when his question stopped her. "Why?"