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A Promise Made is a Promise Kept
By: StarryNightSky17
Note: These next few chapters are going to be background information...a whole LOT of flashbacks...sorry if it gets long and confusing...and this is still one huge flashback, but with flashbacks in the huge flashback...technically we're still at the scene of the battle, but these are retrieved memories to explain background...and some more memories to explain background of some of the memories of the original background...so on with the story!
"talking" 'thoughts'
Remembering the Past: part 1
For years he had been shunned by people for being a "dirty half bread" and eventually he had come to accept it; he was socially undesirable; a hanyou; a freak. He hated everyone for treating him differently just because of his being an in between species. It wasn't his fault for being born a hanyou! It's not like he decided, ' I think I'll be a hanyou rather than a full demon or just a...human.' But then one day, all these things changed, his world was turned upside down...and all because of this one girl.
Flashback
A silver and red blur flew through the trees outside the small village. He kept gong until he found what he was looking for; the Shikon no Tama. But there was one problem, the young guardian. Sure at first Inuyasha saw the young girl and thought, 'Psh! That wench is the guardian of the jewel? How much easier could this get?' and with that the hanyou continued to stay out of sight and just watch her for a bit.
She held a comforting aura, he couldn't quite understand how she could seem so...pure, but he quickly shoved these thoughts from his mind.
The young girl, who he later learned from the village children calling out to her, named Kagome, seemed to hold a fire inside that Inuyasha wanted to see before he attempted to take the jewel. His opportunity arrived when a snake demon came along. What Inuyasha saw next surprised him; the young girl, Kagome, had sensed the demon before it even got within 100 ft of her and in the blink of an eye, shot her arrow glowing a light blue and purified it instantly. Then she continued about her daily chores as if nothing had happened. Inuyasha just sat there, slightly impressed with this guardian and decided to further investigate the mystery figure named Kagome. Days turned into weeks, and upon the beginning of the third week things began to change. Kagome was in a field searching for herbs and Inuyasha was watching her, as he had for the past two weeks, from a safe distance.
Kagome appeared to be humming to herself and then she stopped and said, "Hello. Why don't you come join me?" Now to any other person she would have appeared crazy, talking to herself, but our hanyou knew better; she was talking to him.
He sat a moment in shock that she found him, after two weeks of watching her and being so careful, she had found him. When Inuyasha shook himself out of his thoughts and looked up, stormy blue orbs met with golden ones.
Kagome smiled sweetly and said, "Won't you please join me? We can keep each other company."
Inuyasha was still in shock, partially from her finding out about him, but the other because for the first time, he got a clear view of what this girl looked like. She had a slender petite frame, fair skin, long raven tresses that were pulled back into a ponytail and fell to her mid back, and last but not least, those friendly stormy blue eyes and a warm smile. He slowly and cautiously got up and made his way to the young girl.
By the time he reached her, she had gone back to picking and sorting through her herbs and he just sat down next to her and watched her some more.
She finally broke the silence, "I know you've been around for at least two weeks. I was just curious as to why you've done nothing but lurk around the village and trying to stay out of sight." Her voice matched her seemingly warm and cheerful personality and then it hit him- she knew he was around before now, she already knew about him being around for the past two weeks!
He snapped out of his thoughts and instead of answering her question, asked one himself, "Hey wench, if you've known I've been here for two weeks, why did you choose now to talk to me? I know you've sensed me before today."
A slight frown graced Kagome's delicate features but left just as soon as it came when she replied,"I thought I'd give you time and you would talk when you wanted to. But today was such a nice day, so I figured why not initiate conversation with the curious hanyou."
He looked to her with shock briefly flashing through his eyes and asked, "You know I'm a hanyou? You're not gonna mock me, shun me from your village, and call me a 'dirty half breed'?"
Kagome looked to him, surprise visible in her eyes," Well of course I could sense you were a hanyou, what kind of miko would I be if I couldn't differentiate between a half demon and full demon? And secondly, why would I call you a 'dirty half breed'? There's nothing wrong with being different."
This girl had shocked him yet again, except this time he didn't let his emotions slide and instead said," Feh! Because half breeds are no good. We're neither one or the other. We don't belong, we're 'freaks'."
The he turned his back to her with his arms crossed over his chest. Kagome merely looked at him and smiled, this one wasn't going to be very easy to deal with.
She decided to pose another question, "What's your name?"
He smirked at this and said, "What's it to you?"
Kagome was taken aback, "Well, I was just curious, no need to be so rude about it!"
Her temper was beginning to rise, she was getting fed up with his attitude, she was just trying to be nice to him! Inuyasha could sense her temper rising and he smirked yet again because he knew he was getting on her nerves, plus she kind of looked cute when she was getting frustrated. 'Wait! Cute?! What? This wench cute?! What's wrong with me? Why would I think this?' While Inuyasha was battling with his own mind, Kagome took this opportunity to look him over. She had to admit, he was kind of cute, but when her eyes reached the top of his head, she gasped. She was looking at the cutest pair of dog ears ever! It took all of her strength to keep her from reaching up to rub the cute fuzzy triangles that sat atop his head. She couldn't take it anymore, and before Inuyasha could react, Kagome had began her rubbing of his ears and at first he yelped out of surprise and then...he purred, but after realizing what she was doing he growled and yanked himself out of her grasp.
"Oy wench! What do you think you're doing?!"
"I'm sorry, I couldn't help it! They're so cute!"
"Cute?! Cute?! Demons aren't cute!"
"Well I never said you were cute, I said your ears were!"
"Feh."
"I still didn't get your name."
"Well you ain't gettin' it anytime soon!"
"Fine, then I won't tell you mine!"
Inuyasha smirked at this and replied,"Feh. Like I care...Kagome..."
He watched her carefully for her reaction, her eyes told him everything. He smirked again as he saw her tense up and her eyes shone with shock and disbelief.
"How...how did you know my name?"
"Well, when you're the village miko and loved by everyone, people talk ya know...praise...stories...stuff like that...plus I saw you with a bunch of kids and they called you by name, Kagome." He said her name with emphasis to rub it in more that he knew her name but she still didn't know his.
Kagome sighed, then she thought of a plan, she glanced quickly to the hanyou next to her and then proceeded to pick and sort various herbs. The young miko's calm attitude made Inuyasha nervous because just a few seconds ago she was ready to blow steam out of her ears, but now she was sitting as calm as ever. Inuyasha began to fidget, not knowing what to do while she went about her business.
Soon Kagome just stood up and started walking back towards the village with Inuyasha following. When they reached the edge of the village Inuyasha began to hesitate. Kagome took notice of his hesitation, so she waited for him to catch up and when he got close enough she grabbed his hand and continued into the village. Inuyasha was a bit shocked at this gesture and a light pink tinged his cheek momentarily on contact, but since Kagome was facing forward she didn't see the blushing hanyou.
They finally reached a small hut and Kagome stopped and called out, "Kaede, I'm back. I've also brought back a guest."
Kaede walked out and said, "Ah, hello you two. Kagome, did ye manage to find anymore herbs?"
"Why yes, I did, as well as a new friend." and she smiled brightly. Kaede saw something else flicker through Kagome's eyes...mischief?
"Kaede, I'll go put these away and then I'll come back...you can try to talk with...him (points to Inuyasha) while I'm gone. Perhaps you can find out more than I could." and with that the miko went into the hut, leaving an awkward silence hanging between the old miko and young hanyou.
"So young one, what might ye name be? I believe Kagome forgot to properly introduce us."
"Feh. She didn't forget to tell you old hag. She didn't tell you because she doesn't know it."
"Hmmm...I see then," replied Kaede who was beginning to figure out what she had seen in Kagome's eyes and with that she heard slight murmurings form inside the hut.
Inuyasha's ears began to twitch, hearing the soft chanting and before he knew it, a blur shot towards him and before he could do anything the object hit his neck. He looked down to see a purple beaded necklace with white fangs hanging around his neck. The next moment when he looked up he saw the culprit who was responsible for the necklace, laughing in the doorway to the hut.
"Wench! What the hell are these?! Take them off now!"
Kagome walked over, amusement in her eyes, "I don't think so. You need to learn to be more polite. Now that we have that necklace on you I can repeat my question from earlier. What is your name?"
"Why would I tell you now if I wouldn't tell you before? Especially now that I have this damn necklace on! I was going to tell you, but now I think I won't."
Kagome pondered this a moment, "Hm, alright, your loss. I guess I'll have to sit and wait patiently for you to comply willingly." But Inuyasha didn't hear everything because halfway through he found his face meeting with the ground.
"Wench, what did you do?"
"Oh, nothing much. Name?"
"Bite me."
"No thank you, name?"
"Feh."
"Feh?"
"Oy, no stupid."
"Why don't you sit down."
"Ah! Wench!"
"I'm Kagome, I told you this before ah...I can't quite remember your name, what was it?"
"I never gave it stupid! Ain't gonna do it either."
"I'm growing tired with your stubbornness. I think I'll go sit with Kaede and we'll go sit somewhere and talk about some miko business...hmmm...why don't you sit down for a while until you're ready to talk." By this time there was a slight crater in the ground where the hanyou was.
"Wench! Stop whatever you're doing now!"
"Then just tell me your name! Is it that hard? Or did you forget it or something, or is it really so embarrassing that you can't tell me?"
"Hmph. Not like you care or nothin' and don't go sayin' bad things about my name, you don't even know it! No, it's not stupid or embarrassing! I just don't feel like telling you, Kagome."
"Argh! You're so frustrating! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT!" By the time Kagome was done, there was a good 17 ft deep hole where the hanyou was sitting.
"INUYASHA!"
"What?"
"INUYASHA! That's my name stupid wench! Just stop...whatever you're doing to me!"
"Oh...the 'sit' thing?"
"Argh! Yes! Stupid wench!" Inuyasha jumped out of his hole and came face to face with the miko.
Meanwhile, Kaede watched their interactions with amusement in her eyes. 'Aye, things should be quit interesting from now on.' and with that thought she left the two alone to sort through their differences.
End Flashback
Inuyasha remembered that first meeting with the miko and the dreaded "sit". He had unconsciously been grasping the cursed prayer beads around his neck as he also remembered how the jewel broke. When he thought about it, it was his fault. Though he would never admit it...
Note: Next chapter will begin with another flashback in this one long flashback...and plenty more to come!
A Promise Made is a Promise Kept
By: StarryNightSky17
Note: These next few chapters are going to be background information...a whole LOT of flashbacks...sorry if it gets long and confusing...and this is still one huge flashback, but with flashbacks in the huge flashback...technically we're still at the scene of the battle, but these are retrieved memories to explain background...and some more memories to explain background of some of the memories of the original background...so on with the story!
"talking" 'thoughts'
Remembering the Past: part 1
For years he had been shunned by people for being a "dirty half bread" and eventually he had come to accept it; he was socially undesirable; a hanyou; a freak. He hated everyone for treating him differently just because of his being an in between species. It wasn't his fault for being born a hanyou! It's not like he decided, ' I think I'll be a hanyou rather than a full demon or just a...human.' But then one day, all these things changed, his world was turned upside down...and all because of this one girl.
Flashback
A silver and red blur flew through the trees outside the small village. He kept gong until he found what he was looking for; the Shikon no Tama. But there was one problem, the young guardian. Sure at first Inuyasha saw the young girl and thought, 'Psh! That wench is the guardian of the jewel? How much easier could this get?' and with that the hanyou continued to stay out of sight and just watch her for a bit.
She held a comforting aura, he couldn't quite understand how she could seem so...pure, but he quickly shoved these thoughts from his mind.
The young girl, who he later learned from the village children calling out to her, named Kagome, seemed to hold a fire inside that Inuyasha wanted to see before he attempted to take the jewel. His opportunity arrived when a snake demon came along. What Inuyasha saw next surprised him; the young girl, Kagome, had sensed the demon before it even got within 100 ft of her and in the blink of an eye, shot her arrow glowing a light blue and purified it instantly. Then she continued about her daily chores as if nothing had happened. Inuyasha just sat there, slightly impressed with this guardian and decided to further investigate the mystery figure named Kagome. Days turned into weeks, and upon the beginning of the third week things began to change. Kagome was in a field searching for herbs and Inuyasha was watching her, as he had for the past two weeks, from a safe distance.
Kagome appeared to be humming to herself and then she stopped and said, "Hello. Why don't you come join me?" Now to any other person she would have appeared crazy, talking to herself, but our hanyou knew better; she was talking to him.
He sat a moment in shock that she found him, after two weeks of watching her and being so careful, she had found him. When Inuyasha shook himself out of his thoughts and looked up, stormy blue orbs met with golden ones.
Kagome smiled sweetly and said, "Won't you please join me? We can keep each other company."
Inuyasha was still in shock, partially from her finding out about him, but the other because for the first time, he got a clear view of what this girl looked like. She had a slender petite frame, fair skin, long raven tresses that were pulled back into a ponytail and fell to her mid back, and last but not least, those friendly stormy blue eyes and a warm smile. He slowly and cautiously got up and made his way to the young girl.
By the time he reached her, she had gone back to picking and sorting through her herbs and he just sat down next to her and watched her some more.
She finally broke the silence, "I know you've been around for at least two weeks. I was just curious as to why you've done nothing but lurk around the village and trying to stay out of sight." Her voice matched her seemingly warm and cheerful personality and then it hit him- she knew he was around before now, she already knew about him being around for the past two weeks!
He snapped out of his thoughts and instead of answering her question, asked one himself, "Hey wench, if you've known I've been here for two weeks, why did you choose now to talk to me? I know you've sensed me before today."
A slight frown graced Kagome's delicate features but left just as soon as it came when she replied,"I thought I'd give you time and you would talk when you wanted to. But today was such a nice day, so I figured why not initiate conversation with the curious hanyou."
He looked to her with shock briefly flashing through his eyes and asked, "You know I'm a hanyou? You're not gonna mock me, shun me from your village, and call me a 'dirty half breed'?"
Kagome looked to him, surprise visible in her eyes," Well of course I could sense you were a hanyou, what kind of miko would I be if I couldn't differentiate between a half demon and full demon? And secondly, why would I call you a 'dirty half breed'? There's nothing wrong with being different."
This girl had shocked him yet again, except this time he didn't let his emotions slide and instead said," Feh! Because half breeds are no good. We're neither one or the other. We don't belong, we're 'freaks'."
The he turned his back to her with his arms crossed over his chest. Kagome merely looked at him and smiled, this one wasn't going to be very easy to deal with.
She decided to pose another question, "What's your name?"
He smirked at this and said, "What's it to you?"
Kagome was taken aback, "Well, I was just curious, no need to be so rude about it!"
Her temper was beginning to rise, she was getting fed up with his attitude, she was just trying to be nice to him! Inuyasha could sense her temper rising and he smirked yet again because he knew he was getting on her nerves, plus she kind of looked cute when she was getting frustrated. 'Wait! Cute?! What? This wench cute?! What's wrong with me? Why would I think this?' While Inuyasha was battling with his own mind, Kagome took this opportunity to look him over. She had to admit, he was kind of cute, but when her eyes reached the top of his head, she gasped. She was looking at the cutest pair of dog ears ever! It took all of her strength to keep her from reaching up to rub the cute fuzzy triangles that sat atop his head. She couldn't take it anymore, and before Inuyasha could react, Kagome had began her rubbing of his ears and at first he yelped out of surprise and then...he purred, but after realizing what she was doing he growled and yanked himself out of her grasp.
"Oy wench! What do you think you're doing?!"
"I'm sorry, I couldn't help it! They're so cute!"
"Cute?! Cute?! Demons aren't cute!"
"Well I never said you were cute, I said your ears were!"
"Feh."
"I still didn't get your name."
"Well you ain't gettin' it anytime soon!"
"Fine, then I won't tell you mine!"
Inuyasha smirked at this and replied,"Feh. Like I care...Kagome..."
He watched her carefully for her reaction, her eyes told him everything. He smirked again as he saw her tense up and her eyes shone with shock and disbelief.
"How...how did you know my name?"
"Well, when you're the village miko and loved by everyone, people talk ya know...praise...stories...stuff like that...plus I saw you with a bunch of kids and they called you by name, Kagome." He said her name with emphasis to rub it in more that he knew her name but she still didn't know his.
Kagome sighed, then she thought of a plan, she glanced quickly to the hanyou next to her and then proceeded to pick and sort various herbs. The young miko's calm attitude made Inuyasha nervous because just a few seconds ago she was ready to blow steam out of her ears, but now she was sitting as calm as ever. Inuyasha began to fidget, not knowing what to do while she went about her business.
Soon Kagome just stood up and started walking back towards the village with Inuyasha following. When they reached the edge of the village Inuyasha began to hesitate. Kagome took notice of his hesitation, so she waited for him to catch up and when he got close enough she grabbed his hand and continued into the village. Inuyasha was a bit shocked at this gesture and a light pink tinged his cheek momentarily on contact, but since Kagome was facing forward she didn't see the blushing hanyou.
They finally reached a small hut and Kagome stopped and called out, "Kaede, I'm back. I've also brought back a guest."
Kaede walked out and said, "Ah, hello you two. Kagome, did ye manage to find anymore herbs?"
"Why yes, I did, as well as a new friend." and she smiled brightly. Kaede saw something else flicker through Kagome's eyes...mischief?
"Kaede, I'll go put these away and then I'll come back...you can try to talk with...him (points to Inuyasha) while I'm gone. Perhaps you can find out more than I could." and with that the miko went into the hut, leaving an awkward silence hanging between the old miko and young hanyou.
"So young one, what might ye name be? I believe Kagome forgot to properly introduce us."
"Feh. She didn't forget to tell you old hag. She didn't tell you because she doesn't know it."
"Hmmm...I see then," replied Kaede who was beginning to figure out what she had seen in Kagome's eyes and with that she heard slight murmurings form inside the hut.
Inuyasha's ears began to twitch, hearing the soft chanting and before he knew it, a blur shot towards him and before he could do anything the object hit his neck. He looked down to see a purple beaded necklace with white fangs hanging around his neck. The next moment when he looked up he saw the culprit who was responsible for the necklace, laughing in the doorway to the hut.
"Wench! What the hell are these?! Take them off now!"
Kagome walked over, amusement in her eyes, "I don't think so. You need to learn to be more polite. Now that we have that necklace on you I can repeat my question from earlier. What is your name?"
"Why would I tell you now if I wouldn't tell you before? Especially now that I have this damn necklace on! I was going to tell you, but now I think I won't."
Kagome pondered this a moment, "Hm, alright, your loss. I guess I'll have to sit and wait patiently for you to comply willingly." But Inuyasha didn't hear everything because halfway through he found his face meeting with the ground.
"Wench, what did you do?"
"Oh, nothing much. Name?"
"Bite me."
"No thank you, name?"
"Feh."
"Feh?"
"Oy, no stupid."
"Why don't you sit down."
"Ah! Wench!"
"I'm Kagome, I told you this before ah...I can't quite remember your name, what was it?"
"I never gave it stupid! Ain't gonna do it either."
"I'm growing tired with your stubbornness. I think I'll go sit with Kaede and we'll go sit somewhere and talk about some miko business...hmmm...why don't you sit down for a while until you're ready to talk." By this time there was a slight crater in the ground where the hanyou was.
"Wench! Stop whatever you're doing now!"
"Then just tell me your name! Is it that hard? Or did you forget it or something, or is it really so embarrassing that you can't tell me?"
"Hmph. Not like you care or nothin' and don't go sayin' bad things about my name, you don't even know it! No, it's not stupid or embarrassing! I just don't feel like telling you, Kagome."
"Argh! You're so frustrating! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT!" By the time Kagome was done, there was a good 17 ft deep hole where the hanyou was sitting.
"INUYASHA!"
"What?"
"INUYASHA! That's my name stupid wench! Just stop...whatever you're doing to me!"
"Oh...the 'sit' thing?"
"Argh! Yes! Stupid wench!" Inuyasha jumped out of his hole and came face to face with the miko.
Meanwhile, Kaede watched their interactions with amusement in her eyes. 'Aye, things should be quit interesting from now on.' and with that thought she left the two alone to sort through their differences.
End Flashback
Inuyasha remembered that first meeting with the miko and the dreaded "sit". He had unconsciously been grasping the cursed prayer beads around his neck as he also remembered how the jewel broke. When he thought about it, it was his fault. Though he would never admit it...
Note: Next chapter will begin with another flashback in this one long flashback...and plenty more to come!