A/N: Well, this was a tough chapter to put out! First of all, my brother has been hogging the computer for the past weeks and then the chapter never came out well. My muse, nekoblue, and I have got the plot down and all, but nothing in between so I basically had to conjure up all of this. I hope the beginning of this chapter gives you an insight about this world.
Plus, I know not a lot of things are known about Kagome, but her past is mysterious and it's hard to figure her out. You won't learn about her past for another couple of chapter and to say the least, her past is very complicated and will take a couple of chapters as well! Well, if you have any questions, feel free to ask!
Note: Remember that the dorm floors are in a u shape. Plus, this wasn't checked by my beta, so if you find some grammar or spelling mistakes, inform me so I can fix it.
Disclaimer: Nope! I do not own Inuyasha! Though it doesn't keep me from trying!
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Return Of The Lost Soul
By: whiterose03 and nekoblue
Chapter 4: Cherished Memories
The Guardians. The Four Guardians. The Guardians are a form of higher beings. They are the protectors of the planet that is called Earth, but they fail to live up to their duties as "protectors".
They have been around ever since Earth was formed, each representing the elements of: Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water.
The problem that stops them from going about their duties as protectors is very simple. They never got along or have never reached an agreement. Their elemental differences come in between them working together. It always comes into account in who was or is more powerful than the others causing much argument and turmoil. Well, it seems they have never learned one of the most important concept one must learn.........there is no 'I' in TEAM!
However, in the end, it was the people who would suffer!
Those same people the guardians had sworn to protect!
But did those people say anything to the Guardians? NO!
WHY NOT?
The answer is straightforward.
The Guardians are the highest order, therefore, all people feared them and to this day fear them. They did not speak out. They let themselves suffer.
The Guardians to this day think highly of themselves and do not think it is any of their concern on what happens on Earth. They believe that the inhabitants of Earth are capable of solving their own problems.
In the end, the Guardians forgot about their duties to protect Earth.
The people suffered because they feared the Guardians.
The people misplaced their fear. Instead, they should have feared Naraku and asked for help from the Guardians.
But they didn't and now they all suffer by the hands of Naraku.
However, there has been a rumour of a fifth Guardians. The Guardian of Light, but it's just a rumour. This guardian is suppose to help them defeat the darkness, help them defeat Naraku.
Naraku.............a vile creature.
Naraku, the demon lord who has been around for hundreds of years. He pours death and destruction to cities around the world. He had wanted to gain control of the universe since day one and because of the lack of duties the Guardians do; he has been successful in eliminating many cities.
He unleashed bloodthirsty demons to torment and torture every living soul until they all obeyed Naraku and surrendered their soul to him and only him.
No one knows where Naraku resides as of today, but some believe he is near Tokyo where his greatest enemies live. After all, he is quite familiar with the old saying of you keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.
No one has been able to stop him. He has great power, but then again, there are those that try to stop him. None have succeeded yet.
No one knew what Naraku fears. Many people believe he doesn't fear anything, but all must fear something, it's in their nature, even vile creatures such as Naraku.
He does have a fear though.
Some twenty years ago, Naraku had learned of a prophecy from his most loyal servant, Kanna. He had vowed to find the GIRL and kill her before she reached her full powers. He knew..........he knew that once that girl, the ONE, reached her full potential, she would come after him and destroy him. He feared HER.
But he had taken care of that little problem, hadn't he?
All that concerned him was his greatest enemies.
The Four families.
Higurashi
Takesh
Shinjin
Kariudo
How Naraku loathes these family names. For centuries, these families had prevented Naraku to completely take control of all of Earth. They still continue to prevent him.
Naraku knows he is very close, close enough to taste it, but THEY stop him. Them and their academy that the most recent generation of these families created.
Yousai II Academy.
He has no clue where it stands, but, just like the first Yousai Academy, he will find it and crush it.
Yousai II Academy.
An Academy whose sole purpose is to train students and others to destroy Naraku. They train and become strong in hopes of demolishing Naraku and his rein on the world
After all, there is always hope.
There is always light in the darkness.
The late afternoon sun reflected onto the ebony haired young woman as she walked down the streets of Tokyo. She was off to the Academy again. This would be the third time she visited and she was nervous at was she was about to do. But she had to do it. She had to help all those other people.
Kagome slinked her way down the alley, blocking the sunlight from her. She discreetly made her way down the well-memorized maze of allies to the secret passageway. She walked and reflected on how her life in the past two days had taken 180 degrees turn from how it was before.
She had never had friends before, acquaintances, yes, but not friends.
It was strange. She would have never suspected that she would have become friends with Sango and Miroku, and especially not Inuyasha. But she felt strange.........she felt happy!
Happy? Happiness was always an issue with Kagome. Her past wouldn't be considered the best, especially her childhood. It was unusual for her to be truly happy. She was content, yes, but full blown out happy, rarely.
But would this happiness that she was feeling, get in the way of what she had to do? No! She wouldn't let herself. She had made a decision. Happiness never lasted long for her, it never did and it would never start. Not now or ever.
She had a job to do. It wasn't like she was going to stay with the Academy for long. She would stay for a week or two for the most part. Then she would be done. She had to help those that she cared for in life and no new temporary friends would stop her. It's not like they would be sadden by her leaving. They would forget about her.
Kagome walked up to the keypad and entered the password. It made a beeping noise and the door smoothly open up. The sunlight glared into the darken room and Kagome shut her eyes, not accommodated to the bright light. She waited and slowly opened her eyes, gradually becoming accustomed to the light. She made her way up the sidewalk until it met the large walkway that would lead her to the entrance of the Academy.
She set a determined face while making her way to the entrance. It was time to get started.
'Okay, it's time to get to business. I should start on what I need to do for the people I care about. They matter. They know me. They know what I've been through, well most of it. I have to make them happy. However, I must remember, I do not steal!' Kagome thought as she walked up the steps of the Academy and walked through the door.
Today she was wearing a worn out pair of black jeans that fit snugly to her hips and a red tank top. Over her tank top, she had on a white zippered sweater, which was zipped up. Unlike most of the time when one would see Kagome, she didn't have her hood up obstructing others from seeing her face.
Now, she wrote that little gesture off since people had already seen her face before, but that necessarily wasn't the case. Kagome didn't realize this, but she had come to trust her new found friends and with what she was doing, it might cause a little problem. After all, she can't trust them, she couldn't trust them, it would only lead to pain and hurt, especially when they would find out what she had done when she would leave. It would only cause them pain and her pain.
Kagome definatly didn't know what she was doing. Maybe she wouldn't realize it until it was too late, but then again, she did have two weeks.
As Kagome made her way to the main lobby of the Academy, she just realized that she had no idea where she was suppose to go. She didn't no where Sango or Miroku were.
'Maybe I should go to the North Wing and check the dorms or I could do that last. First, I should find Sango or Miroku.' Kagome thought. She heard someone calling her name. She turned to the sound and saw Izayoi Takesh heading her way to Kagome with Inutaishou by her side. Izayoi had on a light blue blouse with a black dress pants on. Her long black hair was pulled up in a bun. Inutaishou, as usual, was wearing business suit. It was beige and had a light blue collared shirt underneath.
Izayoi had a huge smile on her face and her lavender eyes danced in merriment at the sight of Kagome. She was glad that she had come here; it gave her a chance to welcome Kagome.
Kagome, on the other hand, couldn't help but notice Izayoi's lavender eyes. They had reminded her of someone in her life, someone from a long time ago, but she couldn't remember whom. She chastised herself from thinking about her past and turned to greet both of them properly.
"Izayoi-san, Inutaishou-san, hello!" She greeted them. Izayoi stopped in front of Kagome and blinked a couple of times, before remembering Kagome's strange greetings. Inutaishou came behind his wife with a smile on his face.
For Inutaishou, it was refreshing for someone not to bow to him (his friends and family didn't bow to him), every time he entered a room or saw them. He liked how Kagome didn't bow to anyone. It was like her way of telling everyone, that she's not inferior to anyone and he knew that Kagome didn't want anyone to think she was inferior. It was all in the way she carried herself. She didn't smile if she didn't want to and she would get mad at anyone, no matter who they are, if they pissed her off. It was quite clear when she did that to Kikyo and from what Sango told him, she even did that to Inuyasha. She didn't care that they belonged to the royal family and should be respected. His thoughts stopped as his wife, in front of him, began to talk to Kagome.
"Oh, what's with all the formalities? You know, you remind me of a daughter that I've never had," she told Kagome. A look of disbelief and curiosity graced both the faces of Lord Inutaishou and Kagome. Their eyes made contact and a look of understanding past between them about an unasked question that must be answered.
"How's that?" Inutaishou supplied to his wife. A look of mischief crossed his mate's face as she turned to him, bringing Kagome with her, so she was standing beside her. Her arm went around Kagome's shoulder as she smirked at her mate.
"Well, it's because she can beat my son up and she doesn't take any nonsense from anyone. That's what I always wanted my daughter to be like, if I had any." Izayoi said. A smirk pulled at Kagome's lips as she turned to Izayoi.
"Hey, I'm always up for female empowerment," she replied to her. Inutaishou had a blank look as he looked between his wife and Kagome. He opened his mouth to say something, but shut it, thinking it wasn't worth it, though he did try again. After a couple of times doing it, his mate let out a chuckle as she saw him opening and closing his mouth like a gapping fish. Kagome just shook her head and willed herself not to laugh with Izayoi.
"Hey, I think I missed something." A voiced echoed in the lobby. All three turned to the voice and saw Inuyasha making his way to them, Rin in hand, as they made their way out of the North Wing elevator. Kagome couldn't help but notice what he was wearing. He was wearing his signature colour, red. He was wearing a red muscle shirt, with a white button up shirt over it, though it was open, and a pair of blue baggy pants. His hair was pulled back in a loose ponytail and only his forelocks famed his face. Kagome than looked at Rin and noticed, that she had on a forest green kimono and her hair was the same as always. Her ginger eyes (amber from her dad and red from her mom mixed together, forming an orange or ginger colour) lit up as she saw Kagome.
As the duo made their way to them, Inuyasha noticed how his mother's arm was around Kagome and couldn't help, but question what was going on. He and Rin made their way to all three of them, and Inuyasha asked his question again. Inutaishou looked at his youngest son and put his arm around him. He put a grave face on before looking at him.
"Son, your mother is now degrading the male species and I think Kagome is going along with her," he told Inuyasha, in a hoarse voice like he was in pain. Inuyasha looked away from his delusional father and turned towards his laughing mother and a smiling Kagome. He caught Kagome's eyes and quirked one of his eyebrows at her. Rin had managed to slip past Inuyasha and bounded to her new best friend. Kagome clasped her hand around Rin, while the young girl beamed up at her. Kagome faced Inuyasha again, with a smirk.
"Hey, like I said before, I'm always up for female empowerment." Kagome said carelessly.
Inuyasha mirrored her smirk, though his looked more arrogant, and put his arm around his father.
"You know they can't do that." He told him. Lord Inutaishou caught on his son's game and played along and nodded his head.
"Yes I know. The male species have always been superior to the female species. We do not follow any female, they follow us." Inutaishou gloated. Inuyasha looked at the two women and released his hold on his father, carefully stepping away from his father and out of the range of his mother and Kagome's glare. He went around both of them and took Kagome and Rin away from his parents. He leaned over to Kagome's ears and whispered to her so he wouldn't interrupt his parents.
"My father tends to say things that may cross the line," Inuyasha whispered. Kagome released her glare and looked at him.
"Well, then I guess I now know where you get your inappropriate outbursts from." She commented casually with a smirk. Inuyasha was about to respond to that, but his mother's voice echoed throughout the empty lobby.
"Well than, you can sleep on the couch tonight and you don't have to follow me to our room," Izayoi said smoothly before gracefully leaving them and heading towards the middle elevator that lead to the top floor with a goodbye to Inuyasha, Rin and Kagome.
Inutaishou blankly looked at where his mate once stood and then where the trio stood off to the side. Inuyasha and Kagome shook their heads at him and Rin, though not quite knowing what was going on, copied her uncle and friend, and shook her head too. Inutaishou turned on his heels and made his way desperately to his wife in order to find a way to calm her down.
"Sweetie, you know I was only kidding," he said to salvage himself. Izayoi gave him a cold look, though Inuyasha and Kagome knew it was only a front and that she was acting, and stepped into the now opened elevator.
"Riiight.........." She said, as Inutaishou hurried onto the elevator with Izayoi before it closed, like a lost puppy to his master.
As they left, Kagome and Inuyasha looked at one another, not quite saying anything, considering that neither wanted to be the first to speak. Rin stood between them and hacked her brain for something to do that will interest both of them. Suddenly she had her epiphany.
"Uncy Inu, why don't you show Kagome-chan you sword that grandpa gave you, um..........tets - tetsi...gia.........your SWORD!" Rin told him. Kagome glanced at Inuyasha and was surprised to see him agreeing to it, but then again, no one can say no to Rin. They made their way to the North Wing and took the elevator to the top floor.
As they made their way to his dorm, Kagome couldn't help but ask where her friends were.
"Do you know where Sango and Miroku are?"
"Miroku, is in a shit pile of paper, filing out forms of the battle that happened when we first met you and Sango, I really don't know where she is, probably off helping Kohaku." Inuyasha informed her. Kagome nodded her head and before she could look further around his dorm room, a sword was thrust in front of her in its sheath. Kagome looked up at the person holding the sword. Inuyasha was looking indifferently at her while Rin beamed up at her beside her uncle.
"This is tet..........um........." she drew out looking at her uncle. He smiled at her before finishing of her sentence.
"Tetsusaiga," he told both of them.
"Ya, and it was made from one of my grandpa's fangs. It has a special power like my daddy's sword, ten........."
"Tenseiga," Inuyasha supplied before Rin continued.
"Ya, and it can bring back one hundred people with one swing. It's called the sword of healing," Rin said in awe. "But I don't know what this sword's power is and no one will tell me! All they say is that they'll tell me when I'm older," pouted Rin, crossing her arms in a huff.
Kagome intriguingly took the sword from Inuyasha's hands. She looked it over and felt a demonic aura flare before she blinked and it vanished. Kagome mentally shook her head to clear her head from thinking she felt a demonic aura; it wasn't like she had any holy powers!
She heard a rustling of clothes, before she sense Inuyasha's presence over her as he leaned towards her, his mouth very close to her right ear.
"It's the sword of destruction. It can kill one hundred lesser demons in one swing, if used properly." He whispered to her, his warm breath tickling her ear and skin as he made sure Rin didn't hear them. She nodded her head in understanding and she felt him shift away from her.
Kagome slowly unsheathed the sword and what she saw wasn't what she was expecting from a great sword as this. Tetsusiaga was all rusty and chipped in a couple of places. To say the least, the sword had seen better days. Kagome looked at Inuyasha with a puzzled expression.
"This sword is capable of what you told me it does? I mean look at it. Can't you fix it up a little?" She asked him in amusement. 'He can't be serious can he? I mean this looks like a piece of junk.' She thought as she looked at Inuyasha as a scowl marred his face. Rin, seeing as they weren't doing anything important went to go watch some TV.
'Maybe they'll start to like each other if they talk with each other by themselves.' The four-year old thought. She was a kid beyond her age, after all. Before she left them, she turned to see an amused Kagome and a scowling uncle. She just shrugged her shoulders and skipped towards the couch. 'Grown-ups are so weird.'
"It transforms," Inuyasha informed Kagome once Rin had settled herself with watching TV and not listening to them. Kagome quirked one of her delicate eyebrows and amusement shone out of her eyes.
"Let's see then,"
Inuyasha shuffled his feet and grimaced at the sword in Kagome's hands.
"I can't, not yet anyways. It's a demonic sword and I have to figure out the secret to make it transform." He mumbled out as he turned away from Kagome and walked into his room. Kagome followed closely behind him, sword in hand having sheathed it. She walked into the room and looked around. Surprisingly, she had expected it to be messy, but it wasn't. The bed was made, it crimson sheets glittering as the afternoon sun shone through the open window.
The walls were beige coloured and the bed was situated a little to the left of the doorway she was standing in, opposite the doorway of course. Night tables were placed on both sides of the bed and the window was right beside the bed on the left. A dresser was across the bed, on the wall with the doorway and a chair was situated by the bed. To the right of her on the wall, a closet was placed.
Kagome quietly walked into the room and placed the sword on the bed while Inuyasha walked to the closet, not knowing that Kagome had followed him into the room. He opened the closet door and Kagome found out why his room was so clean. Everything, it seemed, was stuffed inside the closet! When Inuyasha had opened the closet, everything came pouring over him. Kagome tried to stifle her laughter, but it became too much when Inuyasha's head popped out from the mountain of clothing and a scrunched up red shirt hung from one of his ears. Kagome burst out laughing and sat on the bed, her hands clutching her stomach as she laughed. Inuyasha grinned at her and stuffed the clothing back into the closet, but took out a pair of running shoes. He slipped them on after taking off his other shoes. He picked up the red shirt, before realization dawned upon the shirt he had found. He discreetly put the shirt into one of the dresser's drawers and turned to see if Kagome had seen him. Surprisingly, Kagome was still laughing, but was quieting down.
"Well, aren't you a messy, but sneaky dog," she teased him.
"Feh," he called out with a scowl, but a smirk grew as Kagome smiled at him. A knock filtered into the room and Inuyasha walked out of the room followed by Kagome and they both saw Rin trying to reach to open the door. Inuyasha went to help her out, though it seemed she could have managed it on her own, since it was only two days ago that she had unlocked the door and wondered around the North Wing.
Once the door was opened, Inuyasha and Rin came upon a smiling Kaede.
"Hello! I had met your parents and they told me that Kagome was with you two," she speculated. Kagome came behind Rin and Inuyasha to see what Keade wanted with her.
"Ya, she here." Inuyasha responded. He turned around and came face-to-face, well face to top of a head to Kagome, considering she came up to his chin. Kagome and him took a couple of steps back away from each other and then both turned to Kaede.
"Oh great! If it isn't so much trouble, but can I talk to Kagome for awhile?" Kaede asked. Kagome turned to Inuyasha who shrugged his shoulders and then to a disappointed Rin. She patted Rin's head and she looked up at her.
"I'll be back," she told both of them, before leaving them and following Kaede to her dorm.
Inuyasha closed the door and looked down at Rin. He shifted his eyes to his bedroom, where that red shirt lay in one of his drawers, the ripped shirt from a long time ago. He still remembered the dream he had last night and couldn't help himself that he was still trying to find her after all these years, though he had no idea where she was.
Before he could make his way to his room to retrieve the shirt and relive that day, a tugging on his pants shook him from his trance. He looked down and saw Rin looking up at him in curiosity.
"What are you thinking about Uncy Inu? I said your name five times and you didn't say anything," she asked him. Inuyasha took one of her small hands in his and led her to one of the couches to watch some television.
"It was nothing. Why don't we watch some TV while we wait for your mom and dad to come back," he told her and she nodded her head before turning to the now on television and getting lost in the current anime that was on.
Kagome walked into Kaede's dorm and it was just like Inuyasha's, with a living room, balcony, bathroom and a bedroom, though the dorm had a more feminine quality than Inuyasha's of course, considering Kaede was a woman and Inuyasha a male.
Kaede led her to her living room, with a plush maroon carpet and soft white sofas. She settled herself on a sofa that Kaede had indicated and Kaede settled herself on one opposite of Kagome.
"Well, I'm guessing that you're wondering why I asked you to come here, right?" Kaede asked the young woman in front of her.
"To put it plainly, yes, I am wondering that."
"Well, it has come to my notice, that you have met each of the Lord and Lady of the Takeshs, Shinjins, and the Kariudos, but you haven't met neither from the Higurashis. The reason for that is that my father, is currently away on some important business dealing with Naraku, but he'll be back in a week. My mother.........she's here, but you wouldn't be able to go see her." Kaede finished off softly. This piqued Kagome's curiosity, after all, she didn't know much about the Higurashis except that they came from a long line of mikos, that Kikyo was annoying, and Kaede, for the most part, was all right.
"Why can't I see her? All Sango told me was that she's sick," Kagome commented. Kaede sighed and looked at Kagome. Maybe Kaede was being silly, but for some reason, she felt that she could trust Kagome. Even though she met her a couple of days before, though officially only yesterday, but her presence calmed her. She had never told anybody about her mother, not many people, but Kagome could be trusted.
"Well, my mother, for the past twenty years hasn't talked, walked, or moved. The doctors can't find anything physically wrong with her, but I know it's something emotional and spiritual. It happened right after Kikyo was born. I remember my mother, before this happened. She was so carefree and happy, just like Lady Izayoi, but then after Kikyo was born, something happened, and she became like that. I know my father knows something, but he's keeping it a secret from us. I don't know what it is, but one day I'll find out. Well, I guess that's why we can't let you see her. Only family is allowed to see her." Kaede explained. Kagome took in the information and stored it into her head with all the other information of the four families.
'She must be traumatized from giving birth to Kikyo. I know I would be,' Kagome thought, though she didn't voice it aloud, knowing her joke wouldn't really help, so she just settled with nodding.
During Kaede's explanation, Kagome had a hard time to stay alert, which she usually was. She didn't know why exactly, but Kaede's presence calmed her down and she had to will herself not to relax.
She was brought out of her thought by a voice.
"Well then Kagome, do you have any questions that you want to discuss. Anything at all?" Kaede asked in a friendly manner. Kagome shook her head no, indicating that she didn't have any questions to ask.
"All right! I hope we'll get closer together as the days progress. You seem like a nice person, I mean usually people would be all nervous with talking to a member of the four families, but you aren't and I respect that." Kaede humbly replied. Kagome let out a small smile before standing up from the sofa. She called out a goodbye to Kaede before she left her dorm room.
Meanwhile, Inuyasha, bored out of his mind, made his way to Miroku's door. Sesshoumaru had came and picked up Rin not too long ago and it didn't take Inuyasha to become uninterested in watching television. He knocked on Miroku's door twice before a dishevelled looking Miroku answered the door in a pair of blue sweatpants and a white undershirt. His hair was out of its usual ponytail and fell free.
"Dude! What happened to you?" Inuyasha asked a tired, yet frustrated Miroku.
"I hate reports," he mumbled out, letting his hand flow through his loose hair.
"You're still doing those battle summary reports on the battle we had a couple of days ago?"
"It's like a never ending supply of useless and meaningless questions."
"Feh! Well then I guess you won't be joining me in finding something fun to do in this place?"
"Sorry man, but I got to have this done by tomorrow morning to give it to Sango's dad. I don't even want to think about what he'll do to me if I don't have it done." Miroku stated while shuddering. Inuyasha snorted at his behaviour.
"If you're afraid of Sango's dad, how the hell are you gonna get with Sango?" Inuyasha asked. Miroku stroked his chin in thought before giving Inuyasha a big grin.
"Well, my dear friend Inuyasha, since I'm so sexy and charming, Sango will fall for me and will tell her father that she will have no other man than me. So, that means I don't have to talk to her father," Miroku explained. Inuyasha gave his best friend a look that clearly stated, 'are you insane!' and left the doorway of Miroku's dorm, walking away from it and continuing down the hall. He heard Miroku call out a 'what did I say' before he heard him closing the door, but his thoughts were on the person coming out of another doorway.
Inuyasha saw Kagome walk out of Kaede's dorm and saw her walking down the hallway heading to the elevator. Since he had nothing better to do, Inuyasha followed after her, thinking he could get a rematch from yesterday's kendo match. Seeing as Kagome was much further ahead than he thought, he started to run to catch up to her, but an annoying voice made him freeze in his tracks.
"Well, well, well, look at what we have here? Kagome, you know you shouldn't be roaming around here by yourself. You could get hurt." Kouga's voice filtered into Inuyasha's head. He looked up ahead and saw that Kouga had came out of the elevators and had walked up to Kagome and taken her hands.
"I could get hurt in the Academy? With what? Is the wall going to attack me?" Kagome coldly stated, ripping her hand from Kouga's grasp. This didn't faze Kouga a bit and he kept a smile on his face as he answered the question.
"Not everyone can be trusted. Plus since I'm your boyfriend, I'll accompany you everywhere."
"Who said you are my boyfriend?"
"Nonsense! Anyways, my Kagome, what were you doing up here?"
"Not that it is any if your business, but I was up here with Inuyasha and Rin, then I was talking with Kaede." Kagome said through her clenched teeth. Kouga suddenly paled a little bit before composing himself. Kagome unclenched her teeth, wondering what she had said to make him pale so much.
"Rin? Um, she's not here anymore, right?" Kouga asked. Kagome almost laughed at that. Who would have imagined this? A full fledged wolf demon, afraid a four-year old girl. It was truly hilarious and Kagome managed to keep her laughter in.
"I think her parents picked her up, or she's still with Inuyasha."
"Dog-turd! Kagome, you shouldn't be with Inuyasha! He's one of those that can't be trusted." Kouga arrogantly said. Kagome clenched her fist to stop herself from throwing a punch at him.
Meanwhile with Inuyasha, he aggravatingly watched this all take place, his fist clenched by his side, almost drawing blood.
'Why am I so mad that Kouga's talking with Kagome. It's clear that she doesn't like him, but I'm still mad. I can't be jealous can I? No! I don't like Kagome in that way, I like her. She's the one I care about, not Kagome.' Inuyasha thought. He kept himself from pummelling Kouga, and almost laughed out loud when he found out that Kouga was afraid of his niece, but then when Kouga called him 'dog-turd' and that he couldn't be trusted, he had enough!
"Hey, wimpy wolf! What the hell are you doing?" He yelled out walking up to them. Kouga sneered at him before slipping his arm around Kagome's waist.
"Talking to my woman, Inuyasha. Now she knows not to trust you. After all, you can't trust a dog, right Kagome?" He asked. Kagome gave a small growl, surprising Inuyasha and Kouga. She ripped off Kouga's arm from her waist and slammed him to a nearby wall.
"I'm not your woman, got that?" Once Kouga nodded, she went on. "Good, now you'll leave." She finished before letting go. Kouga scrambled away and walked down the hall to his room, nervously looking back at Kagome.
Inuyasha looked at Kagome, one of his eyebrow quirked in amusement as she rubbed her temples. She placed her hands down and caught his looks. She gave him a scowl before pressing the down button for the elevator.
"The damn wolf is so annoying," she hissed out, with her back to him. Inuyasha gave a laugh and walked to stand beside her. Just as he as going to ask for a rematch, the elevator doors opened and Lord Inutaishou stepped out of it. He stopped in front of them and his worried look changed into a grin.
"Great I found you! Inuyasha, some of Naraku's demons are attacking the west end of Tokyo. There are only a couple, so can you go out and take some one with you. I know Miroku and Sango are busy, but take someone who can carry their own in battle." He hurriedly told his son. Inuyasha looked at his father before slowly nodding his head. He turned his head to Kagome and gave her a look. She gave him a smirk and nodded her head.
"I'm always up for giving an ass kicking," She said to him.
"Hell yeah!" Inuyasha said. Lord Inutaishou looked between the two in desperation.
"You two curse too much!" He mumbled out before stepping into the elevator and leaving the two alone. Inuyasha ran back to his room to retrieve his sword, before they both made their way out of the Academy and to the west side of Tokyo.
As they came upon the site, they discovered that the demons were destroying an already abandoned part of Tokyo, so it was safe to say that there weren't going to be any casualties.
There were a couple of low level demons roaming around with two higher-level demons obliterating streets and buildings.
Kagome and Inuyasha ran in opposite directions, first trying to get rid of the lower level demons that were slug demons. Inuyasha had swiftly got rid of the first one by clawing through it and got rid of the last two by destroying then with his 'Iron Reaver Soul Stealer'.
Kagome had bounded towards the two remaining slug demons. As she reached the first one, she threw a punch at it and a kick. Before it could come at her, she easily flipped over it and then fished out a small dagger that was enclosed underneath her jeans by her right foot, and brought it down into the demon's heart. It gave a painful lurch before dieing. She did the exact same thing to the other demon before joining Inuyasha by his side.
They stood side by side, as they face the two remaining demons, which were a higher level, since they had a humanoid shape. They looked to be bull demons and had the shape of a man except that there feet were hooves and their head was a bull's head. They both wore a red and gold armour with black hakama pants. They gave a snort as they shuffled their hooves.
Kagome looked between the two, before settling her eyes on the one in front of her. She narrowed her eyes as it started charging towards her. From the corner of her eyes, she saw the other doing the same thing, except it was charging towards Inuyasha.
As they charged down to the hanyou and the woman, they dodged them in humble grace. One of the bull demons went after Kagome who had dodged to her left, and the other went after Inuyasha who had dodged right.
As the bull demon came after Inuyasha, he pulled out his sword, though he still hadn't been able to figure out how it transferred, and took a swing at the bull. The demon flinched back giving Inuyasha a chance to land in a roundhouse kick and then a left punch, since he was currently holding the sword in his right hand. The demon recovered before landing a couple on nice punches of his own on Inuyasha. As it tried to land another punch, Inuyasha brought his sword up to block the attack. He then delivered a kick onto the demons stomach. It staggered back and Inuyasha took his left hand and plunged it into the demons stomach. It gave a rasp sound before it's molten scarlet eyes, rolled back into his head and he gave his final breath. It slumped over before crashing onto the cemented floor as Inuyasha took his hand out. He wiped his blood stained hand onto the pants of the demon and sheathed his sword, before turning his eyes to Kagome, who wasn't even a mere ten feet away from him.
To say the least, he was greatly impressed. Kagome was beating the bull demon with only using her hands and feet. She delivered kicks and punches, though she did receive her fair share as well, all without a weapon. As Inuyasha looked on, Kagome landed a good punch onto the demons head. It stepped back a couple of steps before slumping to the ground. Kagome gave a sigh before whipping off the sweat from her brow. She turned away from the demon and started walking back to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha was just about to shout a crude remark on how it took her so long before he saw movement behind her. He gave a gasp as he realized that the bull demon had tricked Kagome. If he didn't to something quick, Kagome most likely would be dead in a couple of seconds. He ran towards her and unsheathed his sword. He leaped over Kagome and felt Tetsusaiga give a couple of pulses. He looked up to see his sword transform into a huge fang. Without a thought in how the hell that happened, he brought it down on the bull demon, slicing it vertically. It fell in a clump of blood and skin.
Inuyasha staggered back as he looked over the transformed sword.
'How the hell did I do that? Was it that I was caught in the heat of battle, or did my anger to kill the demon fuel it. How the hell did it happen?' Inuyasha questioned himself. He felt Kagome coming to stand beside him. She mumbled a 'thank-you' as she too gazed at the sword. Kagome didn't really register that the words had came out of her mouth, since she rarely every said it. She was too busy wondering how the dingy rusted sword had transform into this amazing sword in front of her. Inuyasha, who was also in a daze, mumbled out a 'you're welcome'.
Suddenly with a flash of light and steam, the sword transformed back into it's original size. Inuyasha looked at it puzzlingly before placing it into its sheath. Kagome and Inuyasha, without a word to each other, turned away from the battleground, and started their track back to the Academy.
As they entered the Academy, Kagome was whisked away by Sango on wanting to know what happened in the battle, seeing as she was busy and missed out on a good fight. They two woman headed to the West Wing to the cafeteria, where dinner was being served. Kagome looked back at Inuyasha and gave him a half smile before stepping into the West Wing elevator. Inuyasha, who had a lot of brooding to do, made his way to the North Wing to his dorm room.
As he entered his dorm; he walked into his bedroom and settled his sword onto his bed. He sat on the edge and gazed at the sword for a while. After a couple of minutes, he came to a starting conclusion, that he didn't know how it transformed.
Inuyasha sighed as his gaze turned to his dresser, but more importantly, to one drawer. He stood up and made his way to that drawer, before pulling it open and taking out the old torn shirt that once fit a ten-year-old Inuyasha.
The hanyou settled himself back onto his bed, more comfortably now, and held out the shirt in front of him. The shirt had a rectangular piece missing from the bottom of the shirt
He still had that shirt after all these years. He had felt something, but he was always more emotional on his human days, but he had, in that short amount of time had really started to care for her. After all, she was the one who made him feel better when he was lost even though she was sad.
No one had ever done that to him.........it made him feel special.
To this day, he chastised himself everyday for not asking her name. He hadn't found her after all these years. He didn't know if she was even dead or alive.
But if she were dead, he would have somehow known. Plus, he had that dream after all these years. He hadn't dreamt of that day in a long time. What had triggered that dream? Inuyasha had no idea.
He remembered that following his finding his parents, he told them what happened to him and he told them about the girl. When they had gone back to see if she was still there, she wasn't. She had vanished into thin air; her scent was washed away in the rain that had come about, so they could trace her with her scent.
For a month, Inuyasha had returned with Sesshoumaru, but she never came back. Sesshoumaru had told Inuyasha when he was older, that she might have died. After all, a kid her age wouldn't have lived that long in that part of town. But he knew she was still alive, though he didn't know how, but she still was.
Call it a little boy's crush or even a man's – err hanyou's – love, but Inuyasha had never gotten over her and never would. He would find her some way. Besides, he had never felt about anyone like he felt about her. Maybe that was why he had never had a girlfriend?
He knew it then, while staring at the shirt; he was in love with that mysterious girl, who was now a grown woman.
He was brought back from his thoughts by a knock up on the door. He looked up at the door and saw his brother looking at him with the red shirt in his hands.
"Little brother?" Sesshoumaru asked, concern slightly showing in his voice. Though he never would openly show concern for his brother, he did care greatly for him. When he saw Inuyasha lost in thought staring at that old shirt, worry gnawed at him.
"Aniki?" Inuyasha answered back. Inuyasha rarely called him 'aniki' now, so when Sesshoumaru heard him call him that, he was right to worry so.
He walked towards his little brother and sat down beside him. He placed his hand on his brother's shoulder and gave a light squeeze. Inuyasha turned away from the shirt and looked to his older brother. He looked little the lost boy he had know so many years ago.
Sesshoumaru turned his gaze at the red shirt. He knew about the red shirt. He couldn't help but realize what that little girl meant to his younger brother. He knew that for Inuyasha, being a hanyou was hard and many people didn't give a chance to get to know him. But this girl did and even though Inuyasha was human, Sesshoumaru knew that the girl wouldn't care. He knew that Inuyasha was in love with the girl, though now she would be a grown woman. However, he was helpless to do anything. He didn't know anything about her; he hated feeling helpless. All he could do was comfort his brother.
"You'll find her someday," he told Inuyasha. Inuyasha nodded his head before sighing. He walked up to one of his dresser drawers and opened it and placed the shirt back into it. He sat down beside his older brother and pulled his sword onto his lap.
"No problem with the fight?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"Nope, but it transformed," Inuyasha said, taking out Tetsusaiga. Sesshoumaru's eyes widened slightly before he smirked at his little brother.
"How did that happen?" He asked, covering his amusement. Inuyasha was oblivious to his older brother's smirk and went on to answer the question.
"I was in the heat of battle and had taken down the last of the demons I was facing. I turned to watch Kagome fight. She took him down and then was walking towards me, but then I saw that the bull demon was faking and was going in for the kill on Kagome while she had her back to him. So then I charged at him and the sword transformed. I don't know how I did it; maybe I was angry and wanted to kill him. Do you know?" Inuyasha asked. Sesshoumaru looked at his brother in amusement.
'Brother, it transformed because you wanted to protect Kagome,' he thought.
"You have to figure it out for yourself, but don't tell mom or dad that it transformed."
"Why not?"
"Trust me, you don't want to tell them." Sesshoumaru replied. 'They might start playing matchmaker.' Inuyasha shrugged his shoulder, before placing his sword back onto the bed.
"I'll meet you for dinner in a little while. I have to go get Rin and Kagura." Sesshoumaru called before leaving.
Inuyasha stared at the sword and replayed the battle trying to figure out how it happened, but he got nothing. He heard the grumbling of his stomach and glared at it.
"Well, I guess it's time for dinner," he mumbled out before leaving his bedroom and then walking out of his dorm. He walked down the hallway and made his way to the elevators. As he reached the elevators, one of them opened up to reveal Kagome. She stepped out of the elevators and saw Inuyasha. The elevators remained opened, since Inuyasha was holding it open, considering he had moved to stand in between the elevator' door.
"Hey, did you find out how your sword transformed?" Kagome asked.
"Nope. I even talked to Sesshoumaru and he said I had to find out for myself," Inuyasha responded.
"That sucks," she commented while Inuyasha agreed.
"You know, you did good out there," he told her.
"Thanks" Kagome hesitantly said.
"After all, you are a girl." Inuyasha finished. Kagome fumed at him.
"Inuyasha, why do you always contradict yourself? You say one thing and then say another. Why can't you be yourself?!" She yelled out before walking off. Inuyasha dazedly walked into the elevator and pressed the button for the lobby of the North Wing.
"It's hard being yourself when you're a hanyou. You can't show a weakness," he mumbled to himself as the elevators door closed.
The elevator's door opened and Miroku distinctively heard the elevator's door of the elevator beside him closed. He stepped out, tray in hand containing his dinner, and started walking to his room to finish those reports. He saw Kagome ahead of him and called out to her. She stopped and turned around and waited for him to catch up to him. She offered him a smile but took in his rugged appearance.
"Those report things can't be that bad, can it?" She asked. Miroku scowled and nodded his head.
"Yes they can! I haven't even seen my Sango all day." He whined to Kagome. She gave a chuckle as they reached his dorm room. He gave a sigh before opening the door. "I may not be good company, but you can come in if you want?"
"No thanks, I have something to do, but I'll come back before I leave to see how you're doing."
"Okay, see you then," he called out to her.
"Don't fall asleep," she called out before the door shut. She walked down the hallway passing Kaede's dorm room. She considered going in to talk to her, but then she remembered she had stuff to do, so she continued walking. Up ahead, she could hear voices, so she followed to see what was happening, since one of the voices sounded familiar.
Kikyo walked out of her dorm room wearing red flip flops, a white short skirt and a white and red tank top. Her hair was pulled back into a loose ponytail and she began walking until she was stopped by a voice.
"Um, Kikyo did you want to study?" The voice asked. Kikyo turned to see Kai standing in front of her. He, in her opinion, would be considered a nerd. He was super smart and wore glasses covering his chocolate brown eyes, black dress pants and a navy blue polo shirt. He had short black hair as well.
She would have considered him cute, but she wasn't interested in geeks. She loved big tough guys, with muscles. She dated athletes, plain in simple. She thought Sesshoumaru , Inuyasha and Miroku were super hot, but she would never date them. One, Sesshoumaru was married and two Miroku was a pervert and in love with Sango. Inuyasha, he was the hottest above everyone, but he was more a friend than boyfriend material. Plus she had gotten a vibe that he was not interested in her. Actually, she had never seen him shown interest in any girl. She shrugged it off and took a look at Kai.
"Um no. Why would I want to hang around you?" She told him, before walking away. She passed a hidden Kagome and moments later Kai gave a sigh and followed after her though Kagome guessed that he was not going to see Kikyo. She gave a snort before leaving her hiding spot and continuing on her way.
"She doesn't even know what she has in front of her," She mumbled out as she walked on.
Inuyasha rubbed his full stomach as he entered his dorm. He walked into his bedroom, thinking he was ready for a long hot shower. As he entered the room, he saw his sword on the bed and picked it up. He turned to his dresser and was going to place his sword on it, but he pulled the sword out. He looked at the sword in puzzlement.
"Who polished my sword?" He asked himself. Sure the nicks were still there, but the rust was all gone. Someone had polished his sword, but he didn't know who. He sniffed the room, but all he could smell was those scent that were in his room, being Rin, Kagome and Sesshoumaru. He turned to his bed and just noticed that his blanket was missing.
"Idiot Sesshoumaru! Did he take my blanket again and polished my sword for it?" He growled out before smirking. He looked underneath his bed, and sure enough, wrapped in a plastic case, was an extra blanket. He pulled it out, after placing his polished sword back into its sheath and then onto the dresser, and took the blanket out and placing it out on his bed.
"Sucker!" He jeered before gabbing his towel and making his way to his shower right next to his bedroom, in the hallway that lead to the living room.
Kagome walked through the door of the foor room small house and saw Gran sitting by the fireplace in her rocking chair. It was a small humble house and it had seen better days. It had the living room and kitchen connected as one room, two bedrooms and a bathroom. The house was very plain, but the occupant was just glad to have a roof over her head.
"Hi Gran!" She called out. The old woman turned in her seat and looked at Kagome as she came up to her. She was an old woman, but not too old. She wore a simple pale blue dress and a granny sweater. Her glasses were pulled away from her eyes, so they were a little low on her nose.
"Oh hello Kagome. How was your day?" She asked.
"Good!" Kagome told her with a small smile.
"Did you eat? I have some leftovers." Gran asked.
"No, I already ate, but is it alright that I stay here for the night?" She asked.
"Of course. You know you're always welcome here. You're room is still the way you left it." Gran told her. She got out of her rocking chair and called out a good night to Kagome before making her way to her own room. Kagome sat down on the hard floor and stared into the fire, thinking about what an unusual her life had become.
She broke her gaze before getting up and putting out the fire. She walked into her room and changed into a pair of sweatpants that were too big on her and a tank top. She placed her other clothes away and put her sweatshirt on the chair by her bed. She slipped into her bed and instantly was lulled into sleep.
DREAM
I sat outside an alleyway, sitting on the edge of the sidewalk. I was seven years old and trying to comprehend what had occurred earlier. My knees were pulled to my chest as I ducked my head into my lap and my arms were encircling my knees as I cried.
I didn't notice a presence that was situated next to me until I heard the presence sobbing over mine.
I looked up from my self-huddle and saw a boy with long black hair wearing a red T-shirt and black shorts. The boy who was crying looked beside him and looked at me, taking in my appearance as well as my clothes consisting of a tattered butterfly shirt with ripped jeans. I looked at him through my red puffy eyes. I didn't know why, but I wanted to make him feel better.
"Umm, w-why are you crying?" I asked the little boy with sad eyes. He kept staring at me until my question seemed to register to him.
"I was shopping with my mommy and daddy and my older brother when I lost them and now I don't know where they are." He told her, his lavender eyes boring into my blue-grey eyes.
"I'm sure you'll find them or they'll find you. Just don't loose hope, okay?" I responded with a small smile. The little boy, who appeared to be eight or nine stopped crying and looked back at me.
"Umm, why are you crying?" He asked me. I started crying again with my small hands covering my eyes when I said my answer in a small whisper.
"I don't have any," I whispered, but I knew he didn't hear me and that was fine with me. I went back to crying.
I heard a ripping sound and a rectangular piece of cloth was pulled in front of my vision. The boy began to wipe away my tears. I looked at him in a shocked expression. He had tore his shirt for me, and to me, that was the sweetest thing anyone had ever done for me.
I smiled back at him, which I noticed, caused him to smile back in return. He gave me the red, now damp, piece and I took it and turned away from him and cleaned myself up more. I heard the shuffling of clothing and realized that he was doing the same thing.
By accident, we both turned around at the same time to face each other. It happened so suddenly and both our lips met for a brief second only for us to realize what had happened. I looked away blushing, I knew that we had kissed. It was my first kiss.
There was a brief moment of silence, before I turned back around to break the silence.
"Th-thank-you for your shirt, it was very nice of you," I stated. He turned around and looked at me.
"Umm, your welcome," he smiled at me. I noticed his blush and couldn't help but wonder, 'was that his first kiss too?' He looked at my now red tinted face.
"You have a pretty smile," he said. This only caused my blush to turn a tomato red and I looked away a bit. I was about to respond when I heard the boy cheer because he saw his family in the distance calling his name. I couldn't hear the name they were calling since he was cheering, but I was happy that he had found his family. He stood up with the biggest smile I had ever seen on his face. He looked back down at me with a smile.
"I see my family and they're looking for me. Thank-you for making me feel better." He said. And with that, he ran to his family in the distance.
I looked down realizing that I was alone again, but I didn't feel so sad anymore. Plus, I had a piece of the boy in a form of a small rectangular piece of cloth.
END DREAM SEQUENCE
Kagome woke up in a start, sweat drenching her. She pulled back the covers and quickly made her way to the chair beside her bed where her sweatshirt resided.
"It's always near me. I never leave without it," she mumbled as she fumbled through the pockets. Her fingers came in contact with a piece of cloth and Kagome delicately took out the red material. She went back to her bed and sat down, cradling the piece of material.
A real, genuine smile crossed her face, that no one had ever seen, and looked at the red material that once belong on a boy who had given her, her first kiss and who she greatly care about, even though she didn't know who he was.
"I'll find you one day." She mumbled out, while still staring at the red material, the picture of the boy still fresh in her mind as she drifted off to sleep clutching the material lightly in her hands.
A/N: o.O woW! 23 pages! Well, I guess I finally liked how it came out! Well, I guess, you know a little bit about Kagome, but not a lot to actually get into her mind, not now at least! Well, review and tell me how it is! Usually that makes me want to write the next chapter.
Preview for next chapter: What would happen when you get a group of people on a stormy night and a twisted game of charades? Let the games begin!
That so sounded like what someone would say at the Olympics!
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