Inuyasha - Simple Complexities

By: Cara

Disclaimers: I do not own Inuyasha, or any of Rumiko Takahashi's characters. The only ones that I own are the ones I have created.

Authors Note: I'm going to start this in the middle of the series; I refuse to start from the very beginning because, well, we all know what happened and what would I need to change about it? However, there are a few things I would like you to know upon reading. I'm not starting from one specific point in this story, as I know a lot of complicated things happen towards the end of the series and I haven't seen them all (because my damn computer decided to mess up and I have to redownload a lot of stuff) and because, well, some things are irrelivant to my story in some ways. Anyways, yeah...I should probably shut up because I'll just confuse you even more! Just, enjoy the story, and note that it kinda starts in the middle of the story. Some characters in the series that you know, won't even show up (from the latter parts anyway...I'm making up my own). But yeah, that's about it. Enjoy the story!

Chapter 2: In Meduis Res

Bright yellow, gleaming in the sunlight, came a back seemingly thrown up from the bottom of a well. No, this was not an average sight. She girl pulled herself out of the well, taking a moment so whipe the sweat from her brow. She sat on the edge of the well for some time, gazing out to the small cleaing around the well before a dense thickening forest crept in along the sides. After doing this, she dusted herself off, shook her ebony locks of dust. Taking a moment to reach again into the well, she pulled out her bike. Though slightly busted, and worn, it was sturdy enough for her. She mounted, along with her bag, and hummed as she bagan to bike along.

Meanwhile, yelling, screaming, and sounds of war could be heard off in the distance. Huge crashing sounds, like a giant stompning on the earth, could be heard far off into the distance. It was now, that the wars of the fuedal era would begin in this afternoon. Kagome was oblivious to the hapenings of her friends, as she continue to ride on her bike whistling softly to herself.

"SANGO!" Miroku yelled in the far off distance, as she fell from Kirara.

"Don't touch me!" she yelled in responce, as Kirara dove down to save her from the blow of the huge lizard tail.

"How can a stupid lizard get to be a big dumbass lizard?" Inuyasha asked to no one in a frusterated manner.

In frustration, he growled and swung down hard at the beast. It's huge green-blue scales glinted off in the sunlight, as huge teeth jutted outward from its mouth. His claws where curled and sharper than a blade, and at the end of his tail held a huge spiked club tainted with toxin. However, that wasn't it's real threat. The tongue, which lashed out along with his tail from being hit by Inuyasha, elongated and wrapped itself around a huge bolder, picking it up off the ground. Kagome had yet to completely approach this situation. The huge lizard chucked the bolder at Inuyasha; dead-on.

"Damn...where the hell is the shard!" Inuyasha growled in complete disdain as he jumped in the air after the huge boulder,"Kaze no Kizu!"

White flashes of energy, a cracking sound. The boulder began to crack and then split, having a rain of bolders and stones pour down upon the land. Within all the commotion, Sango stood up on top of Kirara, using her strength and balance to hurl a boomerang at the beast. It was hit on the face, and it growled with displeasement. It was now angier than ever, with his talon-like claws gripping the surface of the earth. Manervering his body just so, his tail went back a bit before lashing forward, missing Sango by a fraction of a second.

"I wonder, if I brought enough food," Kagome muttered to herself, as she continued to ride her battered bike; riding the future in the past across fields and forests older than herself.

She was about to keep going, about her buisness, when she felt something, like an irritating lump, on her neck. It's probably a bug bite, she thought to herself, as she brought one hand up off her bike, making sure she was balanced first, and then proceeded to find the exact area on her neck where she felt the irritation. Right there, on the nape of her neck, one of the warmest spots, sat, or more approrilately having his feast, the wise and yellow bellied Myoga. Kagome, then picked him off her neck, and stopped the bike where she was, squishing him in her graps.

"Myoga-ji-chan?" Kagome asked casually.

"Ah...Kagome-sama..." he breathed, obviously from being squished.

Kagome got the notion, and placed him in the basket in front of her bike. He laid there, flattened out like a pancake for a bit of time, before straighting himself out, and dusting imaginary dust particles off his body. Kagome awaited an explination; he was here, and the others weren't, a sure sign of danger. She blinked, bending forward a bit to get a better view of the small youkai.

"What are you doing here?" Kagome asked questioningly.

"Ah, well, yes...Inuyasha-sama was in need of my assistance, of course, so I was just on my way..." he started to say, when Kagome gave him a skeptical look.

"You ran away again didn't you?" Kagome said not so enthusastically.

"Well, I wouldn't say run away, I tried to advise him," Myoga said, as he shifted his bags on his back, getting ready for a quick exit," so I woudn't reccomend heading over there!"

Kagome was about to ask where, when she saw part of a side of a mountain seem to explode then cave in, crumbling to the ground. She didn't need an explination. Whever there was chaos, there was Inuyasha. She looked down to where Myoga was, but her eyes only captured empty space. Sighing, she mounted her bike ready to take off toward the area, when she felt it. That small pulling, twinge inside her soul, almost magnetic. She could feel it growing inside of her, a small pain, as she sense the shard.

"Shikkon no tama....!?" Kagome said, and with more determination she pushed off the ground with her one foot sending her down the hillside towards the rockier area below.

Kagome cringed a bit, however, as she drew closer, the pain growing inside her heart more than usual whenever the shards where nearby. She couldn't explain it, but she couldn't allow herself to fall victom to it, no matter how many times she wanted to.

"Ugh...why does it hurt!" Kagome asked herself, annoyed, as she went forward down the hill.

"Inuyasha!"

He was lurched from his position from the place where he stood, as the giant lizard youkai pummled him into the rock wall with his enormous tail. His head hit a rock, smack in the back of his head, and he groaned from the impact it had. His body felt achy, and his head began to pound with each passing rock his body slid againts, until he landed on the ground with a thud. Taking a clawed hand, he brought it up to his head to try and ease the colors swarming around him. This is no time to be weak, with this youkai here, thought Inuyasha, as the blurry surroundings became clearer.

"Inuyasha!"

Who the bloody hell is yelling my god damned.... It was Kagome; he knew her scent anywhere. Almost like a switch, his body began to hurt less and less, as adrenaline pumped through his veins like he grew another heart from her mere presence being near. He needed to protect her, who cared about headaches in a time like this? His body began to move, gears like a machine turned, and he was on his feet as he saw Kagome riding into the area, like she often did, when they where in battle. It had happened before, and it would only repeat itself. Thus was history; ever repetitive.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled, as he ran towards her, forgetting he even had a headache, or that he was nearly crushed againts a wall.

"Inuyash....AH!!!" she yelled, ducking out of the way from a lashing tongue that nearly grabbed her for lunch.

"You stupid-ass Lizard!" Inuyasha yelled ,"Kaze no KIZU!"

Light struck the beast hard, as some of his body parts began to fall off, as well as another part of the mountain, the rocks climbing on top of him to make the area silent as it covered the body. With years of experience, however, they all knew better. The monster would awaken within the next minute. Kirara roared, her fire sizzling and crackling in the air, positing herself right near the moster before it would wake.

"Inuyasha...the shard....is in....his tongue..., right in the middle," Kagome breathed, as she kneeled down.

"Kagome! Did you get hurt!?" he growled, grabbing the backpack roughly off her back throwing it to the side.

"Hey! That...had food in it, and my study books," Kagome yelled, getting very frusterated.

"Kagome you...."

The rocks moved, and Kirara struck the beast right in the eyes as he appeared out of the debris. The thing roared, swaying its tail wrecklessly about with his tongue extending outward to try and get Kirara. Luckily, she was able to fly out of the way. Inuyasha growled, and ran towards the tongue. Right in the tongue...and I'll get him for hurting Kagome. He jumped on top of Kirara. Stupid ass lizard, you better die. Jumping off Kirara, he sliced down right at his tongue.

"Sango!" Inuyasha yelled, as a signal for her to slay the rest of the beast for now while Inuyasha sliced the tongue so the shard would fall out for Kagome.

Without a moment hesitation, the taijya threw the hiraikotsu towards the giant youkai, completely destroying it since being seperated from the shard. The body parts of the giant lizard, green and oozing of blood and scales, began twitching, calling, for the shard it so wholy depended on. Sticking his sword in the lizards tongue to seperate the foul smelling flesh, the shard lay. Kagome walked over, keeping her hand over her heart, as she peered down inside. Her eyes widened.

"Kagome?" Sango asked, walking foward as Kirara burst into flame, reverting back to her normal form.

Kagome didn't answer.

"Oi Kagome, just purify the shard already and lets go!" Inuyasha bellowed, aggravated that this was taking so much more time than it needed.

Kagome kneeled down on the ground in front of where she was standing. Now this grabbed the attention of everyone. Inuyasha's face changed from that of frusteration to concern in seconds flat. Miroku began walking over, as Shippou scrambled up on her shoulder to see what was so facinating.

"Kagome-chan, what's going on?" Shippou asked, however, her got his answer, eyes widening as well, "Ahhhh!!!"

"What the hell is going on here, this is getting so..." Inuyasha said, and he too was cut off.

"Kagome." Miroku said, as if a question within the statement.

"The...shard...it's...orange."

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Notes:

Well this is the "first" chapter completion for this tale! The other one was more of a prologue, and it is significant. Well, in a sense at least.Anyways, I might be writing another story along with this one, but maybe not until I get farther in this series. I am a junior in highschool, and so thus I also have to do homework and stuff so don't expect too many updates, but, I'll try to do them once in a while! Don't you just loooove those suspencful endings!??!

; Stay turned for "chapter 2" even though its really chapter 3. Bah, I think I would love to have a prologue featured added here o!