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Disclaimer: I wonder. No, I do not own Inuyasha. Nor do I own many of the characters, but I own the plot. I WISH I OWNED IT ALL! But I dont...so sad...(sigh)

The Legend of Six
by Jack
Chapter 1: And in the beginning

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The road was dusty, and her feet were growing tired. Kagome's backpack was light, unhampered by the usual high amount of books. It was summer back in her time, and she didn't have to worry about school. She had passed her grade of course, but she would have to repeat math. But she was carefree, free to roam the past feudal era looking for a broken jewel with a half demon named Inuyasha.

Inuyasha...

She felt a hand inside her backpack.

"SIT"

He slammed face first into the ground, his hand wrenched out of her backpack, holding a pack of ramen.

"...stupid wench..." he grumbled as he pulled his head out of the dirt. She grabbed to food and shoved it back into her bookbag. She looked at him with an irritated look on her face. He jumped up, and brushed off his face.

"You can have ramen when we make camp okay?" she said. Him and his stupid ramon fetish.

"Feh."

She glared at him.

"Have you sensed any shards recently?"

"No. I sensed some a while ago but they're gone now."

There he goes again, using me as a damn shard detector. Can't he appreciate my kindness for once, to respond with kindness? It was always like this. So disrepectful and rude. So cold. He showed no feelings toward her except for her ability to see Shikon shards, likes she was a tool for him to use. He didn't show care for anyone...except Kikyou...

Inuyasha looked at her again. She looked away quickly. What was bothering her? She looked so sad...He hated when she looked that way. He couldn't tell anyone how much he cared for her. She...was the first person to ever show kindness to him, to ever trust him. And he was all ways doing his mean demon act, calling her names and putting her down. But whenever he did that, she looked so sad...Damn, is she crying? Yes, defiantly tears. He mentally kicked himself. 'OAF! YOURE THE REASON SHE IS CRYING! FIX IT! MAKE IT UP TO HER! DO IT NOW!' He shrugged. Worth a try at least. 'NO, don't think like that. There is no try, only do. Now DO IT!'

He stopped. She looked up from her tear soaked face at him.

"We'll stop here for the day."

She was confused. 'Huh?' They hadn't been walking two hours and now they stop? What is going on?

He looked around. 'Ah a stream over there. We'll make camp over there'

She started to walk toward him, a confused look on her face. "Inuyasha, why are we stoppi..."

She tripped on a tree root, and fell forward. She covered her face, expecting to hit hard ground.

It never came.

She then noticed she was in someone's arms. She opened her eyes. Someone with red clothes.

She looked up. Yep, Inuyasha's arms. She savored the moment. 'Kikyo, eat your heart out'. He spoke up.

"Kagome, you okay?"

She was momentarily surprised by him calling her by her name, not wench or bitch.

"Yea...just tripped."

She regained her balance and stood up, looking at him. His face shone with a caring she had never seen in him before. He stood fully up, and looked torward the stream.

"We'll camp over by the stream. And you can wash your face. It looks worse than some of the youkai we fought."

She giggled. So he had a good side somewhere in there, maybe even a sense of humor. She would eventually find a way to dig it out. Without a shovel hopefully. She thought for a second, and then grinned. 'Man, I'm so evil!' She was ready to try her plan. She daintily took a step forward and cried out in pain, falling to one side. She put a look of pain on her face. As predicted, she was caught by Inuyasha.

"Kagome, whats wrong?"

"I think I twisted my ankle." She let out a small cry.

He sat her down on the ground, and rubbed it tenderly. Her face went blood red, the blush was intense. Here, in front of her, was the all mighty Inuyasha, rubbing the ankle of a wench like her?

"Thanks, Inuyasha." She said softly.

He stood up quickly, quickly changing his look back to cold.

"C'mon wench."

He mentally kicked himself again. His instincts had came over and called her that again. He'd make it up, somehow.

She still had that tender smile on her face. Even when he had called her wench, she knew that he had good in him. She got up, and picked up her backpack where she had let it slip off her back. She walked toward the stream to wash off her eyes. He walked behind her. The stream was actually more of a small lake, quite deep in the center.

She washed her face, feeling the cool water wash away her worries. She noticed the dirt that covered her arms, and decided to take a bath in the lake.

"I'm going to take a bath. Don't you dare watch me changing."

"Like I'd want too."

She raised her nose at his reply. He was rude even when he was courteous!

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He sat in the tree, watching Kagome wash herself off in that 'bathing-suit' thing. He enjoyed tree's. They gave him a sense of serenity and peace. She washed her hair with that 'shampoo' stuff. Her hair had smelled nice when he had caught her. Well, she always smelled nice, no matter what he told her. The sun was high in the sky, sometimes darkened with clouds. Without him noticing, Kagome finished her bath, washed her clothes, and set them to dry. She then headed back behind her bush to change. He drifted back out of his thoughts. He looked down and saw no Kagome. He jumped up on the branch. Where was she?

"KAGOME!"

He heard a reply that sounded muffled like it was behind something. He jumped into the air toward it. He then saw her, hidden behind a bush.

With no shirt or skirt on.

A shriek followed by a 'SIT, BOY!' threw him headfirst into the water. Kagome grabbed her clothes and ran around the bush, putting it between her and Inuyasha. She put her skirt and Shirt on.

"PERVERT!"

*Author notes*: Time 2:03 Am. I got the late-night-Inuyasha-Fanfic-writing blues. This is just the first chapter, and it ain't really a AU yet, but it will be I promise. It ain't got much plot, but I don't have time to write any more. I'm working as hard as I can with school and all and now I'm doing a fic too? I'll find out a way to do it. This is the end of the message. And I quote someone I read somewhere, "Reviewing warms your heart". Until next time!