Ch 3 A new journey created by the end of an old

Disclaimer: Kvun doesn't own Inuyasha. He only takes the characters (which are very OOC) and creates his own new plot

Kvun: Hey there to all of those loyal fans and people I force read my stories. I really appreciated all this feed back and as a return, I wrote another story for your own amusement. Also, thanks for the update about Sesshomaru's dog and all. So now I know he doesn't exist, but he still makes a great character and I kinda need him later on. So for now, let's pretend that Sesshomaru has a pet dog okay? Oh and if I even have to refer to him... I'll just name him Ishotaru, just some randome name.

Kagome: And thanks to Koi King for the ice pack, really help and Sanctuary Angel for the Advil, the head ache was really killing me and the pain killers really helped. And I just love this teddy bear, it's so cuddly.

Kvun: Oh sure, you get stuff, what about the author? I worked much harder then you!

Kagome: Well, you got something too.

Kvun: Really? Where?

Kagome: It's actually a donation from Koi King since the whole budget thing wasn't really working.

Kvun: Oh wow! How much!

Kagome: Well... let's just say it's the thought that counts.

Kvun: Huh? But how much was it?

Kagome: Never mind! Let's just get on with the story!

In the forest...

Inuyasha stalked off from deeper into the forest abandoning his trusty sword which was now useless to him.

"I don't need them" he said aloud causing some birds to fly from a near by tree. I'm a full demon, friends only get in the way he convinced himself.

Friends are helpful said an inner voice.

Inuyasha slapped himself mentally. His inner voice was wrong. If he wanted to be pure and all powerful, it was to be done on his own.

But it was Kagome who captured the jewel to begin with said the voice

Inuyasha paused thinking of a come back.

But it was because of Kagome that the jewel was shattered to begin with he retorted remembering Kagome fight the crow demon.

Flash back...

"Kagome, you'll never hit the crow from that far away" shouted Inuyasha as Kagome took aim with the bow she borrowed from the villager. The crow demon was 50 feet away. There was no way anybody could've made that shot. Even Kikyo wouldn't have made that shot, and she was the best. There was a dull fling as Kagome released the arrow towards the crow. Silly girl, thought Inuyasha. The arrow swished pass with the crow's leg attached to it... headed straight for crow!

Now he understood. With the crow's claw attached to the arrow, it can't help but be attracted to the jewel within the crow's body almost assuring success. Not bad he thought... for an amateur.

There was a blinding flash of light as the arrow hit the crow dead on. There was a loud screech as crow was impaled by the dart. This beams of light projected through all directions from the core of the crow. The jewel! The beams of light shot all around the area going for miles away scattering across the land. It was almost like one giant firework display.

When finally the light died away, there was nothing left of the crow. Suddenly a tiny crystal shard flew from the sky and fell towards Kagome. She caught it in her palm and stared at it for a moment.

"I hope this isn't what I think it is" she said.

"What do you think it is?" asked Inuyasha. But suddenly the truth dawned on to him and hit him like a ton of bricks.

"Tell me that that's not a shard from the jewel" he said a little menacingly. Kagome gulped.

End flash back...

Inuyasha stopped walking. If it weren't for her, he would've had the Shikon jewel a long time ago...

Kagome awoke several hours later. She didn't know what woke her up first, the horrible head ache, the broken leg or the fact that her wrists were tied so tightly to a chair that she couldn't feel her hand anymore.

She opened her eyes trying to figure out where she was. The last thing that she remembered was Inuyasha picking up the Shikon jewel that had finally been reformed and him wishing he was pure. She blinked and tried to rub her aching eyes, but then remembered that she was tied to a chair. Wait! She was tied to a chair? How did she get here? She looked around and a chilling voice met her ears.

"Ah, I see that our guest has finally awoken" said Sesshomaru silkily. Kagome said nothing but continued to stare. Her gaze met the eyes of Sesshomaru's dog (a/n: just imagine that he's there ok?) who gave a loud bark. Kagome flinched.

"Ishotaru! That's no way to treat our little guest! Where are your manners?" snapped Sesshomaru with false shock.

"What do you want with me?" asked Kagome. Her voice sounded strangely high. Sesshomaru grinned and slowly walked towards where she was sitting without answering. Ishotaru beamed at his master with increasing interest.

"Hey! I asked you what you want with me?" repeated Kagome rather annoyed if his ignorance.

"Patience my dear" said Sesshomaru quietly as he leaned towards Kagome. She shuddered as he drew nearer. They were inches apart and she could feel his cold breath against her face.

"Get away from me" she protested but Sesshomaru ignored her. He slowly lifted his hand towards her face and gently caressed it. Kagome reacted. Her leg shot up kicking Sesshomaru with all her might... right in between his legs. He yelled like a little girl upon contact as he leaped away howling with pain squinting his eyes.

"You'll pay for that one" he mumbled as he stepped back.

"Ishotaru, make her pay! Slash her!" he commanded immediately. The dog bounded from where it lay as he heard the command from his master. He dashed towards Kagome barking its way towards her. Kagome screamed

"Stop! Get back! Down doggy down! SIT!" she yelled but nothing stopped it as it leaped towards her.

In the forest...

Inuyasha walked around. Now that no one was with him, he had no real direction. No goal... and no one to do anything with. He wandered around to a river stream and bent down. He caught his reflection in the water. He looked so different... His quest was finally over, and this was the result. An all powerful pure demon. Yet he couldn't help but feel guilty. Kagome was sacrificed. Sacrificed to create the new him. Was it worth it? He looked deeply into his reflection as though searching for an answer. Either way, it didn't matter. If Kagome was sacrificed, then she was gone now. The others were wasting their time looking for her.

Inuyasha didn't know how long he spent staring in the water. He was almost mesmerized by his own appearance (a/n: talk about self love). When all of a sudden he fell into the water.

He gasped as he returned to the surface of the river. He panted taking a long gulp of air.

"Gah! I hate water!" he protested splashing around trying not to get too wet. He tried to tread water avoiding another trip to the bottom. But that only made him soak in more. Water didn't go well with fur.

All of a sudden, a deer came talking by completely ignoring Inuyasha. It dipped its head into the river and drank for a while. It then stepped into the water. And walked across to the other side never sinking past its knee.

Inuyasha blink and stopped splashing around and stood up only to find that the water only went up to his knee. A gray owl in a near by tree hooted and flew away... a hoot that sounded strangely like a laugh. Inuyasha felt really stupid. His mind suddenly fell onto his fall. That was no ordinary fall. He didn't loose his balance or trip over a rock. No... he thought, something made him fall. He vaguely recognized it. It happened every time that...

"KAGOME!" he yelled suddenly. That was her command that made him sit. He began walking back now. But if he had just fallen into the river because of that... then that means...

He ran at top speed only pausing for a split second to realize the amazing swiftness he was running at. In a few seconds as he leaped from tree to tree he saw Shippo's little tail turn around the corner. With one last jump, he landed right in front of Sango who was leading the way.

"Kagome's alive!" He said panting, "We've got to go find her"

"Duh, that's what we're doing" replied Sango in a mocking voice.

"Then why are we standing here?" barked Inuyasha incredulously.

"We weren't, until you suddenly jumped us" squeaked Shippo.

"Fine then, let's go." Said Inuyasha, "we have to hurry, it's my fault that she's gone and now she's in some sort of trouble, I just know it".

"Ok then" said Miroku, "we're off"

"Just one more question" said Myouga

"What's that?" asked Inuyasha impatiently.

"Why are you wet?"

"I'll explain later"

Kvun: Wahoo! I'm done! I really like those reviews so keep them coming.

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-Kvun