Chapter One
Nitsuki Appears
Kagome looked out the window. She was in her time, in another boring algebra class. 'I can't wait to get out of here,' she thought.
"Kagome! Pay attention!" the teacher said.
"Huh? Oh, sorry," she replied, snapping out of her daydream. After school, she walked with her friends to WacDonald's.
"So, how are you and your aggresive, possessive boyfriend doing?" Yuka said. 'She must be talking about InuYasha,' Kagome thought.
"We're doing fine."
"I really think you should dump that loser. Hojo's much better for you anyway," Ayumi suggested.
"I said we're doing fine," Kagome said in a demonic voice. Her friends were bunched up in a corner of the booth they were sitting at, apparently afraid of Kagome.
"O... kay..." Eri said in a wavering voice.
'That jerk corrupted Kagome!' she thought.
'They really need to break up,' Ayumi thought.
'It's nice that Kagome found someone she can relate to,' Yuki thought.
"Mom, I'm home!" Kagome yelled when she got home.
"Hi, Kagome dear," Mrs. Higurashi said. "Inu-," she started, but was cut off by InuYasha.
"What took you so long?" he said.
"InuYasha, what are you doing here? I only left last night," Kagome said.
"I know, but I missed you," InuYasha said as he embraced her. "I couldn't sleep last night without you, so I came to get you."
"Oh, InuYasha," she said, laying her head on his chest. "You're cute when you're worried about me." She reached up and gently caressed one of his ears. He 'contently growled' (A/N: I read somewhere that Inu calls purring 'contently growling').
"We should go now," Kagome said.
"Wait, just a little longer," InuYasha protested.
"Fine." She scratched his ears again.
"Okay, now we'll go," he said as he grabbed Kagome's bag. She jumped on his back and they went down the well. When they were back in the Feudal Era, they went to Kaede's village. Miroku, Sango, and Shippo were in Kaede's hut. Kaede was out collecting medicinal herbs. InuYasha and Kagome went into the hut.
"Hi, Kagome," they greeted.
"Hey everyone," she replied.
"Did you bring me anything?" Shippo asked anxiously as he jumped on her shoulder.
"Here," she said, reaching in her bag and pulling out a bar of chocolate.
"Thanks!" he said, grabbing it and going to a corner to eat it.
InuYasha's ears twitched as he sniffed the air. He had a serious look on his face, as did Miroku.
"What's wrong, InuYasha?" Kagome asked him.
"We've got company," he said as he went outside. The others picked up their weapons and followed him out.
Outside, there was a hanyou who looked human. He was handsome; he had long dark hair, amber eyes, pointed elfin ears, and a crescent moon marked on his forehead. He was wearing a blood red haori, a white hakama, and had two katanas.
"You must be InuYasha," he said in a cool voice as he looked at InuYasha.
"What's it to you?" he said, drawing Tetsusaiga from its sheath.
"Don't be so hostile. I'm not here to fight," the hanyou said, holding his hands up in defense. "I've come to warn you."
"About what?" InuYasha said, still on guard.
"I, like you, am a hanyou from the Inu clan. Sesshoumaru, Lord of the Western Lands, decided to dispose of all hanyous in the clan. I barely escaped with my life."
InuYasha sheathed Tetsusaiga. "Why are you telling me this?" he asked.
The hanyou had a questioning expression on his face. "Are you not a hanyou?" he asked.
"Yeah, but WHY are you doing it?" InuYasha meant.
"I don't want anyone else to die," the hanyou replied. Kagome was gazing at him for a while now. "What's your name, anyway?" InuYasha asked.
"Call me Nitsuki," he replied.
'Nitsuki...' Kagome absent-mindedly thought. Nitsuki looked directly into Kagome's eyes. She slightly gasped. 'He's looking at me,' she thought.
"I'll be seeing you," he said as he jumped on a nearby tree branch. He turned and leapt from tree to tree, disappearing in the forest. Kagome dropped the bow and quiver of arrows she was holding. InuYasha heard this and noticed Kagome was in a dream-like state of mind.
He went over to her and poked her. "Um... You okay?" he asked her.
"Huh?" she she said, snapping out of the daze. "Oh, yeah, I was just thinking of something." She blushed and picked up the bow and arrows she dropped. She went in the hut and was soon followed by the rest of them.
Please review...
