Nikko-chan: Well, I have finally decided to try and write this piece of crap again, so here ya go. It even has a new spiffy title.
Shiro Ookami: An InuYasha Fan-fiction
Ch.1: Nikkoryu, the Wolf Hanyou
It was a bright, sunny day, as birds chirped and sang, and the breeze blew lightly past the trees.
Sitting in the lower branches of a cherry blossom, was a young wolf hanyou, of about seventeen years of age.
Her dark violet kimono fluttered in the wind, rising and falling in little 'waves'.
Her thick, brown tail swished silently as she dozed, lightly brushing the branches below her.
The hanyou's pointed ears twitched slightly, alert and aware of her surroundings.
She yawned, ivory fangs warding off anyone who dared challenge her.
The girl had two katana at her sides, strapped to a belt around her waist.
In her lap rested a silver bow and quiver, which normally would be around her shoulder.
The hanyou's name? Nikkoryu.
She was alone, and for good reason.
No one wanted to be around someone who Naraku targeted, in fear of being killed themselves.
But so far, so good. At least, she wasn't dead yet anyway.
Besides, people stayed away from her.
Ningens feared her for being half-youkai, and youkai hated her for being half-ningen.
She sighed, thinking it a bit unfair that they treated her this way, after all it wasn't her fault her mother was human, and her father full demon.
Nikkoryu shook her head lightly, opening two violet eyes and staring at the ground. "That's the least of my worries right now, I should be focused on getting all the shards of the Shikon no Tama."
She pulled the necklace out from under the collar of her kimono, around which hung seven shards. "These weren't so easy to get, I'll have to figure out a better way of collecting shards." She said with finality, leaning back against the tree.
"But for now, I'll just rest... After all, Naraku isn't after me today, so I might as well jump on this opportunity to sleep." And with that the hanyou drifted back to unconsciousness.
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"Wow, it's so dark in this well sometimes... I can't even see my hand in front of my face!" The young miko remarked as she pulled herself out into the sunlight by the long vines.
The schoolgirl hefted her rather large backpack over the side of the Bone Eater's Well, collapsing down beside it. "I wonder where InuYasha and the others are..." she mused, chocolate colored eyes looking around.
"I hope they remembered I was coming back today..." Kagome smoothed out her uniform skirt, which had gotten a bit wrinkled as she climbed up the well.
Silently she sat, not really wanting to go into InuYasha's forest alone.
She remembered the last time she had tried that, and cringed, remembering how mad InuYasha had gotten at her. "It just proved that he cares for me..." She whispered.
Her eyes widened at what she just said, and she shook her head. "Uh, right. I'd better go look for them..." Kagome stood up, pausing.
Her head turned in the direction of a cherry blossom tree. "I sense jewel shards..." Curious at what she might find, the young miko hefted the large backpack on her back, and started off towards the tree.
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"Feh, where is that girl, she should be here by now..." The silver-haired inu hanyou growled to himself, as he paced back and forth by the river.
"Always late..."
The taijiya looked up from where she was sitting at the edge of the river. "Have patience, InuYasha. Kagome-chan keeps her promises..."
InuYasha gave another "Feh.", then hopped into a tree.
The taijiya sighed, turning to the houshi and kitsune that sat beside her.
Shippo was hopping up and down on the poor houshi's head, his little kitsune paws ruffling the monk's raven colored hair.
Sango smiled.
The houshi saw this and grinned. "What is it that makes you smile, Sango-chan?"
The taijiya shrugged. "Shippo's just being cute, I guess." She absently
stroked her firecat youkai, Kirara, not noticing the monk's wandering hand.
Well, not until he groped her, anyway.
A resounding smack echoed through the forest, and Miroku sat up, arms crossed and a slap mark on his face. "It was worth the pain."
Sango's face was a bright red, and all she managed to say was, "Foolish houshi-sama..."
This brought an amused grin to the hanyou's face, who was pretending to doze.
The taijiya picked up Hiraikotsu, the giant bone boomerang that was her weapon. "Come on, we should go to the well."
And with that, Kirara and Shippo hopped on her shoulders as she walked towards the Bone Eater's well.
The houshi used his staff to stand, and he soon followed after.
InuYasha stayed in the tree, and all he said was, "Feh."
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The miko put down her pack, cautiously walking up to the tree in which the wolf hanyou slept. 'There they are... I can sense at least seven!'
She pulled an arrow out of her quiver, just in case the hanyou was hostile. 'What would she want with the shards if she only wears them around her neck?'
Little did Kagome know that the hanyou was indeed awake, and warily eyeing her through barely open lids.
Nikkoryu's ears twitched, and sensing no others with the miko, she opened her eyes, hopping from the tree, and giving Kagome a good fright. "Who are you?" Said the half-demon in a low voice.
Kagome stepped backwards.
The hanyou was older than she, and those claws looked awful sharp.
"I-I-I'm Kagome..."
Nikkoryu smirked. "Well, I'm Nikkoryu, and you're in trouble..."
Kagome gulped.
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Cliffy-hanger