Author The Chibi Hime
Disclaimer: Inuyasha does not belong to me... but my sister owns a great deal of Sesshoumaru, including a large portion of his free will and a quarter of the rights to his tail.
Author's Note:
Chibi: Sorry for the delay, Stella started a fight with me, and so I could not get this beta'd
Stella: *giving evil eye*
Chibi: I mean I was delayed... unavoidably.
Stella: *looks threatening*
Chibi: -_-' I mean it's all my fault, sorry!
Chapter Three :
The red eyes Comment had somewhat baffled Kagome, she too, whether she wanted to admit it or not, had actually begun to think that Inuyasha had been responsible for the mayhem, but that comment had certainly thrown her off.
The only time that Kagome had ever known Inuyasha to have red eyes was while he was in his Demonic form, but that was ridiculous, as long as he had his Sword, the Tetsusaiga, he was safe from becoming that horrible monster. This worried her as well, if somehow he had lost the Tetsusaiga, or even if it had been somehow taken away from him, he would be a danger to himself, and others. As long as he was in his demonic form, he would kill everything in his path, until he was killed himself.
'No, how could I even think something like that?' The voice in her head scolded her. 'There was no way... but then again...' She was confused, she didn't even know what to think about it anymore.
"Are you all right, Kagome?" Miroku asked her, shaking her out of her thoughts; she had forgotten for a moment where she was.
"Y-Yes" She replied, her voice quivering, "I'm fine, thank you".
With that, Miroku nodded, and turned to the small boy. " Do you have someone who takes care of you?" He asked, him, smiling slightly, trying to stop the flow of tears.
"My grandpa took care of me." The boy told him in between sobs, and gestured to the old man, lying, lifeless on the ground nearby.
"Do you have any family nearby?" Miroku still trying to smile a little, which seemed to work somewhat.
"Yes.." The boy seemed to be deep in thought, distracting him from his tears for a moment or two. "I have an Aunt in the village." He pointed in the direction they had come from.
"Would you like me to take you there?" Miroku asked. The boy simply nodded, and looked back at his grandfather once more, a sad longing look in his eyes.
"Come" Miroku gestured, "we can take you now; that would probably be best." The boy nodded and walked up next to Miroku, ready to the lead the way.
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Kagome looked back up at the large moon, deep in thought, this had, Indeed, been a very confusing situation for her, and try as she might, she could not get it off her mind. She was just about to turn back around, and follow behind Miroku and the boy, when something caught her eye. In the distance, in a small clearing, was a boy. Not a small boy, but one who looked about her age. She could make out long silver hair, and a red outfit, but that was all in the dim light.
'It's Inuyasha!' Was the first thought that had crossed Kagome's mind, and without saying anything to the others, she ran in that direction, excitement bubbling all over. As she neared, she was sure it was him, she could see the adorable dog ears on each side of his head, and his shining golden eyes. He looked oddly confused, as if he had no idea why he was there.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried out aloud, still running as fast as her legs would allow.
"What!?" He asked, as if he had no idea why she looked so excited. Before he could reject, Kagome ran right up, pulling him into a tight hug.
"I thought we'd never find you!' Kagome sobbed.
"Find me? What the heck are you talking about?" He said, as if Kagome had somehow finally gone off the deep end. She pulled away, a little embarrassed she had actually hugged him.
"Erm.. You don't know?" She looked surprised "Stop it, its not very funny you know!"
"Well than its a good thing I wasn't trying to be funny!" He replied in a mocking tone.
"Than what are you doing?" Kagome asked, putting her hands on her hips, and glaring at him.
"I Was--- I don't know..." He sighed, looking around.
Kagome was shocked 'He doesn't know?'.
"Come on, lets go tell the other's your ok." Kagome said as she turned and headed towards the destroyed camp.
Inuyasha awoke , lying on his back, staring straight up at the stars.
'Where am I?' He thought as he got to his feet; he felt winded for some reason. The area around him seemed quiet, and in the distance he could just make out the light of a campfire, which seemed to be the only real light in the forest around him.
The air reeked of human blood, and he didn't know why. The only thing he could remember before he awoke here, was going for a walk, after Kagome had come back, but no matter how much he picked his brain, he couldn't remember how he had gotten so far out into the forest.
He was examining the air around him, it was chilly and seemed so peaceful. He was so far into his thoughts, however, he didn't even notice a girl, about his age by the looks of it, come running towards him. He didn't even need to catch her scent to know who it was, it was Kagome, and she seemed oddly excited, calling out his name.
"What!?" he called back, He had no idea why she was so excited, she was getting close, and showing no sign of slowing down at all.
Before he could do anything, she came right up to him, and pulled him into a very tight hug, sobbing slightly.
"I Thought we'd never find you!" She sobbed, hugging him still.
'Find me? Was I missing?'
"Find me?" He repeated out loud. He stared at her, not knowing if she had gone crazy or not. She pulled out of the hug, a little red in the cheeks.
"Erm... you don't know?" She asked, a surprised look on her face. "Stop it, its not very funny ya know!"
"Well than its a good thing I wasn't trying to be funny!" He replied in a mocking tone, his anger starting to rise, Why would she think he would lie about that!?
She glared at him, putting her hands on her hips. "Than what were you doing then?"
"I was-- I don't know" He sighed.
'What was I supposed to say? I have no idea where I am, and apparently I have been missing... maybe I am going nuts!' Kagome just stared at him, tilting her head to the side a little, a shocked look on her face, before saying
"Come on, lets tell the others your ok" and turning around, to walk in the opposite direction towards where Inuyasha had spotted the fire light.
'That's where I smell the human blood..' He growled under his breath. 'I also smell that wolf cub, I bet he's behind this!' Inuyasha took one last look at the moon above him, and then walked slowly in the direction Kagome had gone.
'Something strange is going on'.