INUYASHA
No clue what I was doing, but it was a decent length and not half bad as my writing goes, so I decided to add it in.
Camp Guardian
Inu-Yasha sank his teeth into the apple in his hands.
"Hey, you got one of those for me?" Kagome asked, looking up.
"Sure." Inu-Yasha said, tossing the second apple across the room. "I just happened to grab two. Now, what was this I heard about a demon on the campsite?"
Kagome looked back up from the computer, apple clenched in her teeth. She reached up and plucked the apple from her mouth, leaning back in her comfortable chair. "Well, there was a report of a man that came into the girl's cabin, and happened upon a room filled with a slumber party of girls. Room 16. Those girls said he had longer hair, but some said it was black and some said it was white and some said gray. They all said that his eyes glowed red, and he was kind of...glowing. Sort of a greeny-yellow glow.
"They could see his...long claws, and one or two said he had horns. Some noticed long fangs, and he was growling and screaming at the same time. He started destroying the beds with his claws, and attacked some of the girls' items, but for the most part left them alone.
"They said that one of the girls had said he was hurt, and had walked up to him. He had run then, and she'd followed. Now she's gone."
Inu-Yasha gulped. His face was suddenly grim. "What did she look like?" he asked.
Kagome went back to her computer, and clicked a few times. Then she motioned for Inu-Yasha to come closer and look at the screen. He did.
On the screen was a small file, opened. It had some information about the girl, but what caught Inu-Yasha's eyes first was her picture. It was of a child, with chocolatey brown hair. She was smiling, and she had brown eyes as well. After a few moments of staring at the image, he scanned her profile, looking for her name. There! Nakari, Rin.
"Damn." Inu-Yasha cursed, putting his own hand on the mouse, and dispite Kagome's cries of protest, leaned over so he could see the screen better, and ending up getting squished between Kagome's chest and her computer desk, but not noticing.
He flipped through her history, looking for something. He obviously didn't find it, because his hand went lax, and he began muttering to himself. "I don't see a relation...no connection...but...It has to be her! He wouldn't do it for anyone else!"
"Um, Inu-Yasha? What's going on?" Kagome asked from behind him. Inu-Yasha half turned around so that he could face her, but he didn't move.
"He did it again." Inu-Yasha said, as if that explained everything. "He came back for her. She looked just like this little girl, and her name was Rin, too. She was about eight...I'll never forget that. I never forgave him for killing her. She was so young..." He shook his head.
"Inu-Yasha..." Kagome said, face turning red both from a blush and anger. "Can I please have my personal space back?"
Inu-Yasha blinked, and then blushed, stepping back quickly. He cleared his throat, straightening his shirt and brushing some piece of invisible hair away.
"Well, back to this. What do you MEAN!" Kagome cried. "I DON'T UNDERSTAND! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!"
Inu-Yasha looked up, still confused. Then a light clicked behind his eyes, and he shook his head. "Oh yes, that's right, you weren't born yet. And you haven't ever met my brother. You better thank whatever gods you worship for that." he said.
"I think I'll thank god later. Now EXPLAIN."
"Well, I think we'd better leave the camp first." Inu-Yasha said, grabbing her wrist and dragging her out the door. Once they were outside, he picked her up in his arms, and went running off into the forest around them.
Quite a while later, he stopped, letting her back to the ground. She instantly fell to her knees, and Inu-Yasha dropped to a cross-legged position.
'What was that?' Kagome thought, her hand on her heart. 'I didn't know anyone could go so fast! And while he was carrying someone, too! ' She looked at Inu-Yasha in awe.
Inu-Yasha was watching her intently. Almost as if...almost as if he was waiting to hear her opinion of something. Something that was important to him.
"Yes?" she asked, wanting to know what was so important to him.
"Are you scared of me yet?" Inu-Yasha asked. Kagome winced at his voice. It sounded...almost scared, or maybe hurt. As soon as she moved, she regretted it, because she saw the wounded look that flickered behind Inu-Yasha's eyes. But it was gone in a second.
She didn't want him to feel that pain. She leaned forward and lifted her hand up to delicately touch his cheek. "Why would I ever be scared of you?" she asked, her voice clearly showing that she was speaking the truth.
Inu-Yasha looked away at her sincerety. 'I don't want to tell her...she'll just run away. But I want her to know, because somewhere deep down, I'm sure I still want to be accepted.' "Because of who I am."
Kagome laughed. "Unless you were some kind of evil assasin out to murder me, I don't think you could ever scare me. Not like that."
Inu-Yasha wanted that to be true, but..."I'm worse."
Kagome looked intently into his eyes. "Are you going to kill me?" she asked, still not really sounding scared. Not like she should be.
Inu-Yasha looked at her startled. "No, never! I wouldn't hurt you!"
"I know that, but you're acting like you would. Like you have to." Kagome smiled again.
"I wouldn't be smiling, Kagome." Inu-Yasha said sadly. "Because I could kill you. I could kill you so very easily."
Kagome's smile never faultered. "But you wouldn't." she stated. "As long as I know you won't, I don't care if you can. But really, I knew you could kill me already. Is that all you came out here to tell me?"
Inu-Yasha reared back a bit. "How...what..." he asked, unable to complete a sentance.
Kagome cocked her head to the side. "Something about the way you acted around me...You were always so very careful, almost like...you wanted to prove to someone that you didn't have to hurt me."
Inu-Yasha smiled. "You know too much." he said. Then his smile faded. "But not enough."
"Explain." Kagome said for probably the umpteenth time that day.
Inu-Yasha looked away. He closed his eyes, steeling himself for what had to be done. He pulled off his base-ball cap, and ruffled at his hair. He kept it spiked, so that even if someone stole his cap off his head, that wouldn't be able to see...
"Ohmigod." Kagome gasped. But she didn't sound scared, just...surprised. "Inu...Inu...yasha, you...You have dog ears on top of your head!"
