Of Dogs and Foxes
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Naruto
A/N: Just a warning for Inuyasha's potty mouth. Oh yes, and here are some answers to your questions:
Inori-Sakura: Thanks for the encouragement! I am going to stick with cannon pairings…meaning that there will be no pairings from the Naruto crew and the usual UST from Kagome and Inuyasha. I prefer not to write pairings into crossovers because then a great deal of people will feel uncomfortable while reading it (I know I personally like to steer clear of crossovers with pairings, I go to the single genre stories to get my romance fixes) …I am also not the best romantic writer. Sorry to disappoint you…
Place-you-name-here: Indeed, everything shall be explained in due course. But for the record…you could say this is more of a fusion than a crossover. So, Inuyasha hasn't really gone to another world…but that will be explained.
Jenniyah: Well…you're just gonna have to wait and see :P
Chapter Two:
"INUYASHA!" The dog boy's eyes widened and he whipped around,
"Damn it, Kagome! I told you to stay in the village!" It was then that the new arrival materialized from the thicket of trees. It was a girl with long black hair, wearing a yellow skirt and a white blouse. She had an angry glint in her eyes and a frown marred her pretty features,
"If I told you to stay put while I went who-knows-where to fight a blood-thirsty youkai, would you listen?!" The boy (now known to be 'Inuyasha') frowned as well and bared his teeth angrily,
"No! But there's a big difference here Kagome, I'm not a weak human wench!" It looked like steam would begin to pour out of Kagome's ears at any moment,
"Ooh…OSU-" She was cut off by an angry shout of Inuyasha's,
"Do you really want all of us to die here bitch!?" That seemed to put a reign on her temper. The four ninja present saw her take an arrow from the quiver on her back and place it in the bow, that up until now they had not noticed she was carrying. Sasuke looked at her as though she was insane,
"Does she really think that arrows are going to make any difference when our jutsus couldn't?!" However, his question was answered when Kagome let the arrow loose. At first it seemed like Sasuke was right, until the arrow gained a pinkish glow. But, that wasn't the most surprising thing. When the arrow lodged itself into the flesh of the moth youkai, he…exploded. Naruto was still gaping,
"What is she?!" She smiled triumphantly and turned to Inuyasha,
"What was that about me being a 'weak human wench'?" The hanyou had his nose in the air,
"Keh! You didn't do anything the last two times that we faced one of those bastards." Inuyasha sheathed his sword, while Kagome's face once again became red with anger,
"Maybe that was because the first time I wasn't with you, and the second time I was stuck in a ball of white goo!" Her face suddenly gained an evil expression, "And, I owe you one for before, so…OSUWARI!" Inuyasha plummeted head first into the earth below, landing with a sickening 'CRACK'.
Meanwhile, the ninja were still absorbing the events that had just taken place. A normal girl of chuunin age, with no village affiliation, had just blown up a monster that had almost (and probably would have) killed them if she and her dog-eared friend had not come to their aid. Them; a jounin, the top rookie, the smartest rookie and the loudest, most hyperactive ninja in Konoha. Naruto, being the most tactless as usual, decided to speak up,
"Who the hell are you guys?" Kagome and Inuyasha turned away from their argument to look at him. Kagome smiled and Inuyasha smirked,
"Hello, my name is Higura-"
"Why the fuck should we tell you who we are, brat?"
"Osuwari!"
"Bitch!"
"As I was saying, my name is Higurashi Kagome." She indicated to the now floored hanyou, "And this is Inuyasha, pleased to meet you." Kakashi's visible eye crinkled into a smile as well,
"I must thank you for saving us Kagome-san. Do you know what it is that attacked us?" Kagome's smile disappeared, replaced by a contemplative look,
"I think you were attacked by a moth youkai, they feed on human fears. If you had been caught in the cocoon that he was trying to weave around you, I think you would have come out moth youkai as well." Sakura made a disgusted face and Kakashi too gained a thoughtful expression,
"I was not aware that monsters could take on human forms." Kagome looked surprised, she did not think anyone from this time believed in youkai,
"Oh yes! In fact, it's often the human looking ones who are the worst, especially if they have separate beast forms. It requires much more power to retain a human form than just simply having a single beast form." She shivered slightly, seeming to have recalled an unpleasant memory, "I was once captured by two youkai brothers. At first I was more trusting of the one who looked more human…but he ended up killing his girlfriend in a fit of rage brought on by his little brother…who wanted to kill me, but at least he had a reason." Kakashi's interest had been sparked; this girl sounded like she had had many interesting adventures,
"And why was that, exactly?" Kagome appeared to be disturbed,
"He wanted to skin me…in order to make himself a hair tonic." All four ninja blinked disbelievingly at Kagome, while Inuyasha sent her a glare. Whatever it was that he meant to communicate with her seemed to get across, as Kagome proceeded to slap a hand across her mouth, her eyes wide. It was Inuyasha's turn to ask some questions,
"What are you guys anyway? I saw you try to perform some kind of seal with your hands." Naruto, once again, was the first to speak up,
"We're ninja from the hidden village of Konoha! I'm the next Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto," He indicated to Kakashi, "He's Kakashi-sensei," I jabbed a finger at Sasuke, "He's a bastard who wishes he was better than me, Uchiha Sasuke," The statement caused Sasuke's left eye to twitch in anger, but Naruto ignored it and proceeded to indicate to Sakura, "And this is my girlfriend, Haruno Sakura." Sakura's face went red with anger, and she hit Naruto hard on the head,
"I am not your girlfriend!" She looked over to Sasuke, whose eye was still twitching, "And Sasuke-kun does not wish that he was better than you!" Inuyasha looked at them suspiciously while Kagome giggled slightly at the children's antics,
"Ninja? There are still ninja around?" Kagome stopped giggling when what was said finally clicked in her mind,
"Wait a minute…there are such things as ninja?" Inuyasha nodded,
"Yeah, but they all live up here in the East. I think there used to be ninja in the West, but one of its lords decided to kick them out," And he added under his breath, so that only Kagome could hear, "Probably Sesshoumaru." Kagome nodded, and something suddenly made sense in her mind,
"I remember now! I heard that in the far Eastern parts of Japan the government still allows several small provinces a constitutional duchy." (1) She looked at Kakashi, "This is the Fire province, right?" Kakashi nodded slightly, while Kagome suddenly became aware that they were still in a mangled, foreboding forest,
"Eh, do you think you could get rid of the shield around the forest, Inuyasha?" Inuyasha merely gave a 'keh' and once again unsheathed his sword. He raised it into the air and shouted,
"KAZE NO KIZU!"
A/N: Well, I hope you liked it! As always, review with comments, criticisms and encouragements!
(1) For those of you who don't know, a constitutional duchy is when a 'lord' or 'lady' is still allowed to rule even though they have no power. A similar instance is a constitutional monarchy, an example of which would be found in England.