Introduction:
Kagome is a human; Inuyasha, a hanyou. Both are young children who wound up orphaned by various reasons; both have 'adopted' the other as a sibling. They've known each other for so long that they can 'tell what the other says' through expressions while around others, and Kagome, who is an incredibly shy child, speaks only to Inuyasha.
One day, Kagome comes across the Shikon jewel, though neither she nor Inuyasha knows what it actually is, and keeps it. Naraku learns of its existance once again and sends demons after the two, hoping to regain the jewel from all those years ago and in the process kill them both.
Chapter 1:
"Inuyasha!" a young, black-haired girl called in a childishly-whining voice as she ran through the field, the still-wet grass from early morning coating the soles of her feet with dew, "Wait up!"
"Why should I, Kagome?" the young boy - Inuyasha, to be presumed - called back with a laugh, his silver hair flying back behind him as he sprinted ahead of her, the pair of silver-colored ears atop his head twitching in the wind. "We're playing tag, remember?"
"But you know I can't catch up to you!" The girl, Kagome, continued her protest. While Inuyasha was able to run with ease without stopping, Kagome was much slower. Especially when he was running full-out. Her bottom lip stuck out, quivering, as if she were about to burst into tears. "Please?"
Inuyasha slowed his pace unintentionally, turning in mid-step with his hands on his hips, a frown on his face. "You know I can't do that!" His response came running through the air. "That'd be cheating!"
As he said that, though, Kagome - who had added on speed as she saw him slow - came flying at him, catching him off-guard with a well-placed hand. "Ha!" she cried triumphantly with a laugh of her own, darting out of his reach and turning to look back at him. "Got you!" As she said that, she stuck her tongue out at him.
He looked back at her with surprise evident in his eyes. That, and the fact that his mouth was slightly agape."Kagome, that's not fair! You got me distracted!" he exclaimed, pouting.
A teasing smile appeared on her face immediately. "I know!" she reponded cheerfully, "But you're still it!" Laughing, she dashed off once again.
This time, it was Inuyasha doing the chasing. "Oi, Kagome, slow down!" he called, trying to see if the same trick she had pulled would work on her. He could easily catch up to her - he just wanted her to feel like she had a chance.
"But that would be cheating!" her singsong voice came calling back as he mocked his words from earlier.
His voice adopted a slightly whining tone of its own. "Aww...Figure out my plan already?" he half asked, half stated. Then his tone changed to one that showed it knew victory was near. "Well, just for that," he then began, grinning and adding a burst of speed on, "You're IT!" With that said, he tagged her shoulder.
"Not for long!" she said, turning just as he tagged her and touched him back, giving him the title of "It" once again. He, of course, returned the favor just as quickly with a laugh of his own. They were both laughing now, and Kagome finally plopped down to the ground with a happy sigh. "Want to stop for awhile?"
As she asked that, Inuyasha glanced up, his ears twitching as if they had heard something. "Doesn't matter, anyway," he responded with a smile, pointing in the direction he had been looking. "Lady Kaede's here." He offered a hand to Kagome and pulled her up when she took it.
"Kids, breakfast," they could hear the older woman calling. Both headed over with smiles on their faces, and gratefully accepted the bowls of rice that Kikyou - who had come with Kaede - handed them.
"Thank you, Lady Kikyou; Lady Kaede!" Inuyasha said happily for both himself and Kagome, who, for some reason, didn't ever talk to anyone except himself. She had told him that it was because she didn't feel comfortable doing so, but he didn't quite know what to make of that.
"No problem, Inuyasha," Kikyou was responding, ruffling his hair with a smile of her own on her face. "See you both tomorrow," she then said, as was their customary good-bye. She had seen the two children playing all that morning, and had little doubt that they wouldn't sleep most of the day after this.
"Goodbye," Inuyasha then said, with Kagome waving her own little farewell, before the two turned and headed back off towards the edge of the town where the villagers had set up a little shelter for the two, who hadn't wanted to stay inside the village grounds completely.
Kaede sighed as she and Kikyou watched the two leave. "They truly are sweet children, but I wish that little Kagome would talk," she commented aloud, "She is a strange girl."
Kikyou glanced towards the other woman, her gaze unwavering for a moment with a hint of a smile at the corner of her lips. "She will when the right time comes along," she responded in her own, simple manner.
Kaede returned the gaze, being the first to break it and look in the direction the two young ones had traveled. "I suppose you're right. After all, you do have a knack for these things." She then turned and began to shuffle back towards the village. "Let's go back to the house," was her offered advice to Kikyou.
"Of course," the younger said with a nod as she moved into step aside the older. They then walked back to their house in silence.
Inuyashaand Kagome took their breakfast over to the edge, where the village met the forest area surrounding it. This was where their shelter was set up, where they stayed. Both sat down against the base of one of the many trees and ate in silence for awhile, as they normally did. "Kagome, how is the food?" Inuyasha asked, glancing over to her to watch her eat, his own bowl already empty.
"It's good. Lady Kikyou always makes good food," Kagome responded with a smile. A sparkle lit her eyes after a moment of looking at him, and she laughed. "You've got some rice on your cheek." Inuyasha couldn't see it, but he trusted her when she said it was there, so he lifted a hand and tried to wipe it away. It was persistant, though, and remained in place. Another laugh left Kagome, and she reached over and picked it off his cheek.
A faint trace of red settled down across Inuyasha's face. "Thanks, Kagome," he mumbled, looking towards the ground until he could feel the blood leave his cheeks again.
After both had finished their meal and placed their bowls to the side, Kagome found herself yawning despite the early time of morning. Before she realized what she was doing, she rested her head against Inuyasha's shoulder, closing her eyes. Within moments her breathing evened out, and Inuyasha saw that she had fallen asleep. He soon found himself being drawn in to the depths of sleep as well, and his own head gently lay atop hers.
Extra:
Well, I'm back, after a really, really long time. >.> Sorry
people. And, I know that a few - a very few, that is - of you were
looking forward to an update. And I'd like to thank those few for
getting me to work on this again (Inugurl11 and Yami-Yugi-Girl). I'll
say this now, since these few questions were asked:
How are Inuyasha and Kagome related?
Well, I'm actually glad that I didn't answer this earlier, since
I've changed it now. You could say that this entire first chapter was
rewritten, and so was the plot. ( ;) I just couldn't bring myself to
continue writing as I had before, so I had to add more. Inuyasha and
Kagome aren't truly 'related' any longer. They were both orphaned -
that much remains the same - but had different parents and instead
'adopted each other'. (That should also have been answered in the very
beginning.)
How old are they?
Even I don't actually know the answer to that. Some age before 10?
7 or so? At least, that's what I made it in the beginning. I'm going to
assume that they're staying that way...
I don't know how long it will be until I update again, and I'll say sorry in advance for that. It's just that I don't really write 'fanfiction' any longer, and my ideas have changed even for the things that I AM writing - or in this case, rewriting. Needless to say, before any new chapter that's not rewritten comes out, the other chapters will all be rewritten first. (I WILL say, though, that a new chapter has been started!)
