Key:
" " - talking
' ' - thinking
italics - flashbacks
( ) - author's notes
Summary: They were friends long ago. Then she had to leave, but not before making a promise. Many years later, she fulfills that promise and they meet once again. But under what conditions?
"I...have to go..." Naomi said, looking down sadly. She had long black hair that was tied in a ponytail, yellow eyes, fangs, and claws. She also had black cat ears, and she was wearing a simple black kimono.
Inuyasha, who was sitting against a tree and was fifteen, didn't reply. He just stared up at the stars.
Naomi turned and started walking, tears threatening to fall. She held them in as best she could, trying to be strong. Then she felt a slight tug on her hair, which fell around her shoulders. She turned and saw that Inuyasha had taken the strip of black cloth that had tied her hair up.
"You said this one was your favorite," he said. "So you'll have to come back for it."
She looked at him a few seconds before smiling and nodding. "Yeah," she said. "I'll come back. I promise."Without another word, she turned and started walking again. Then she broke into a run.
Inuyasha watched her go, clutching the cloth tightly in his hand. "You better keep your promise..."
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Inuyasha(normal age) woke up with a start. He looked around and saw that the others were still asleep. He looked out Kaedae's hut's window and saw that it was the middle of the night. He looked again at the others. Shippou and Kagome were laying on the ground by the fire, Sango was sitting against the wall, Kilala was in her arms, Miroku was next to her, and they were all asleep.
Inuyasha stood up and walked outside. He jumped into his favorite tree and lay there, hands behind his head, looking at the crescent moon. It had been a crescent moon that night...
He sat up and shook his head. "She's gone!" he said. "She ain't comin' back! She lied! She forgot about her promise! She forgot about me!" He angrily brought out the cloth that he had taken all those years before. He glared at it, wondering why he had kept it all those years. A breeze blew.
'It would be so easy,' he thought, 'to let it go, to forget. So easy...'
But, somehow, he just couldn't do it. He couldn't just forget. She had been his only friend, the only one who truly knew what it felt like to be a "half breed".
He repocketed the cloth, angry at himself for not forgetting. He looked at the moon again, and slowly fell back to sleep.
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Naomi walked through the trees. She was older now, a lot older, though she only loked to be seventeen. Her black kimono had been replaced by black pants and a black shirt, and she now had a sword by her side. The hilt was black, as was the seathe it was in. Her hair swung loosely behind her. She had her hands behind her head and her eyes closed. She heard a sound in the bushes and instantly became alert. She drew her sword, pointing it in the direction of the bushes, the steel glinting in the moon light. "Who goes there?"
Kagura emerged. "Calm down," she said, slightly annoyed. "I have been sent by the demon Naraku to hire you."
Naomi loosened her grip on her sword, but kept it pointed at Kagura. "Oh? Tell me the job and the payment. Then I shall decide whether to take the job or not."
"You've heard of the half demon, Inuyasha, correct?"
"Yes. I've heard the rumors."
"Naraku wants you to kill him. Inuyasha has many jewel shards, and you may have them when he's dead."
"Very well. I except this mission," Naomi replied, finally seathing her sword. "Tell Naraku that Inuyasha will be dead by morning."
"Hmph," Kagura said, using one of her feathers to fly off. 'For a half demon, she's pretty cocky.'
Naomi watched her go, then looked at the crescent moon. "Inuyasha," she muttered. "That name... it seems... familiar..."
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