Chapter One: It All Started Here

Well…nothing much to say except enjoy this story about Inuyasha and Kikyo. I'm re-designing their story a little bit.


Chapter One

Kikyo walked across the grass field. It was an Autumn evening, and the dandelions were beginning to blow their seeds across as the breeze blew by. The protector of the Shikon Jewel stopped. In her hands was the Shikon Jewel glowing pink from her purification held by a silk string with impaled bird feathers through it. As she looked at the setting sun, Kikyo smiled waiting for her love to appear.

Once InuYasha has changed into a human, he will be accepted by the village…

Kikyo's heart filled with happiness as she waited for him while looking at the birds flying home across the sky. As she took a closer look, a few birds were flying in pairs.

Will we end up like those birds in the sky…?

Her answer was to come as a powerful blow hit across her right shoulder. As she fell, the grasp on the Shikon Jewel was lost. Her mind filled with confusion and darkness in her heart as her chin impacted on the hard ground, followed by her entire body.

Now which bastard demon has come to ruin my day…?

Kikyo stretched her hand out weakly to take hold of the Shikon Jewel which was only a few inches from her. As she took her hold on the sacred gem, a bare foot pressed against her hand, causing pain to her hand as her palm impacted against the hard texture of the precious item.

Inu…Inu…InuYasha…?!?

She looked up to see the half-demon with a dark look on his face. His visage depicted a sinister one, with a dark image on it. He gave an evil sniggle as he continued to press against her hurting palm which in turn pressed against the dense surface of the Shikon Jewel.

"Kikyo…no, I mean Kikyo the Priestess," he sniggled as he continued to give the style of hostility to her, making the darkness in her heart to grow continuously. "Do you know what this means?"

"InuYasha…Why?!" Kikyo questioned weakly but angrily as she continue to lie on the ground with her hand still stuck on the jewel. "Didn't you want to become a human?"

"Human??? Did I say that?" Came the sarcastic reply back to the priestess, which made her even more furious at the half-demon's betrayal. "I have all along wanted to be a demon."

"InuYasha, you jerk…" Kikyo responded angrily as his betrayal overwhelmed her. "I should have never trusted you…"

The half-demon in red only gave a sinister laugh in response as Kikyo fainted.

A giant centipede crawled its way up to a small wooden shrine whose façade was only that of tightly closed wooden doors. Surely, it was no doubt a youkai or demon from its large size. The surroundings were simply serene in the dead of night. It was the most perfect plan to steal the Shikon Jewel.

"At last," the youkai hissed softly to itself. "I can have the Shikon Jewel for myself."

Its joy was not to last, for a piercing arrow hit its heart just before it could open the wooden doors. It gave a scream before collapsing, signifying its tragic end. A lone figure high up in the trees observed as the centipede youkai met its finale. In the near distance stood a majestic girl who had released the arrow onto the intruder through her bow.

"Another intruder in our village again," the girl in white top and red hakama or Japanese pants. She gave a signal which beckoned the other villagers with sharp rakes and torches to take the dead centipede away from the shrine. "The power of the Shikon Jewel is really attractive to demons."

The archeress-cum-priestess looked around as the villagers showed signs of gratitude once again. "It is a honour for you to protect our village from demons once again," came the same words of flattery again. She gave another sigh again.

"It is late," said the priestess as she looked up at the starry night sky. "Discard the centipede's body in the bone-eaters' well, and please get a rest after that."

"Yes, Priestess Kikyo!"

Kikyo opened the wooden door to her small hut. Inside it, her little sister slept peacefully by the fire that had been started to ward off any youkai from the minute hut. Placing down her bow and arrow on the wooden floor, her sharp eyes caught a dark figure sneaking across a window hastily.

"Who's there?" she shouted as she took up her bow and arrow again. There was no response. The only sound Kikyo heard was that of her sister stirring from her slumber.

"Oneesan," she got up from her straw mattress. "What's going on?"

"Nothing, Kaede," her elder sister came over to her, stretching a hand to lay her little sibling down before tucking her in with a hemp blanket. "Now to go to sleep for it's late."

After tucking Kaede in, she moved to the other side of the hut. Sitting on the straw mattress, Kikyo stared at the starry night sky from the big window. It was certainly quiet; the rest of the villagers had probably gone to bed by now. Only the continuous sound of the crickets served to be the background music for the night. She closed her eyes.

Okaasan…I am all alone with Kaede…What should I do? I'm not treated equally too; the villagers see me as some invincible immortal…

Kikyo opened her eyes to look at the moon which lit the entire sky. It could only reply back the troubled priestess with its crescent shape.

I wonder when how long will I have to protect the Shikon Jewel…a decade? Two decades? Or a century? It is so uncertain…

The only thing she could do was to lie on her straw mattress and sink into a deep sleep.

Kikyo opened her eyes to see that morning light had fallen onto the wooden floor through the gaping holes of the windows of the hut. She turned her head left to see Kaede still sleeping. After getting up, Kikyo looked out through the window to watch the Shikon-Tama shrine as black crows flew past it and some perching themselves at the roof of it. It was going to be a perfect day for her without any demons attacking the shrine again. The priestess smiled to herself as she continued to tie her hair tirelessly.

Wait a minute…Wasn't one of the crows having an abnormal look?

She opened her eyes to reconfirm the normalness of the situation. No, there was an abnormal one which had just flew into the small holes of the wooden doors. Cursing the day once again, Kikyo took up her bow and arrows as she rushed to the shrine perched on the small hill.

A crow flew out of the door holes as it held a certain violet jewel in its beak. No doubt, it was a tori-youkai that wanted to use the Shikon Jewel to increase its powers, another common goal among the demons that had wanted to steal the holy gem.

Hastily as she could, Kikyo place the arrow before the bow as she held the bowstring back. The elastic string moved back with every pull she made as she held the arrow back. With her sharp eye, the priestess aimed it at the escaping crow demon as it flew across the azure sky. The arrow was released in a split second.

The flying youkai cried out as the arrow hit its target without fail. Impaled through its body, the crow dropped the Shikon Jewel as its beak opened, as it plunged to the ground from high heights.

Kumi walked across the dirt path as she carried her large baskets of produce to the next town. Little did she know that as she turned away to observe the flying butterflies, a tiny violet jewel fell into one basket which landed with a small plod sound without disturbing much of its surroundings.

At the village, almost every villager was searching high and low for the precious gem. Kikyo herself was searching the village too. The dark energy of the crow demon had such an effect on the jewel that it had blocked its detection from Kikyo. It had been a few hours since that had happened.

Kikyo looked up to suddenly find a glowing violet light in the direction of the nearest town. The jamming of the jewel's detection had worn off. Making no wastage of time, the miko took off with her bow and arrows into the depths of the dirt path that led to the next town.

The Shikon Jewel is in jeopardy if I do not retrieve it soon…

Kikyo panicked within her heart but continued to remain calm while rushing in the direction of where the precious stone was. Little would she know that a harmless human would be carrying the Shikon Jewel which would make the situation worse.


Well…I guess you enjoyed it. Review if you please. If you could give me suggestions and feedback, I would gladly take it and hope to incorporate into the story. D

Glossary:

Youkai – Every InuYasha fan knows it.

Tori – Bird

Oneesan – Big Sister

Okaasan – Mother

Shikon-Tama – The Shikon Jewel (I guess everyone must have guessed it.)

Oh well…I have no idea why I'm writing this section anyway. P See ya!