Summary: The much loved story of Inuyasha with a twist. Kagome meets Sesshomaru first. How much will this change the plot? The outcomes? Or even Kagome herself?
Rating: PG-13 for bad language and standard Inuyasha PG-13 rated parts. Any belief that the rating should change, please inform me and I'll do my best to change it.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Inuyasha. But I do own an Inuyasha Art Book.
Please Review and tell me what you think. Any questions, concerns, ideas, comments, or CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is welcomed. No 'you suck,' or 'worthless story.' Give me a reason why please.
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With a cruel, merciless laugh, Inuyasha jumped into the air. The Shikon-no-Tama, or the Jewel of Four Souls, glittered as it dangled from a necklace held in his clawed hand. His bright crimson outfit made him stand out even in the fires that engulfed the small farming village.
"This is only what you deserve!" Inuyasha yelled down to the fleeing, terrified villagers. "Just as I deserve the Jewel of Four Souls!" His wild and tangled mass of white hair and amber eyes, along with the height of his jumps and the two white dog ears atop his head plainly stated the simplest of facts.
He wasn't human.
Inuyasha, the half demon, dog demon to be truthful, was half dog demon and half human, a monstrosity for humans, and filth for demons. The purple and pink swirling colors of the Shikon seemed to pull light towards it and hold it. Young and old, child and adult, all fled from him in the burning village. They feared him as well as his powers, though not nearly that of full demons, were powerful enough to kill a strong mortal man in one fell swipe.
'With this!' Inuyasha thought. 'I can finally become a true demon!' He ran for a few steps to gain momentum then jumped again.
"INUYASHA!" A voice screamed out, full of fury, suffering, despair, pain, and sorrow. As Inuyasha turned his head, an arrow with a faint aura of pink pierced his heart, and pinned him to a tree behind him. The Shikon jewel fell out of his grasp and onto the ground before him.
The voice belonged to that of a woman. She was wearing the red hakamas and white haori of a miko. She grasped a bow in her hand with the string still vibrating from the force that launched the arrow. Blood stains marred the once pure white of her haori, the greater amounts seeming to come from a tear above her right shoulder. Blood trickled down her face. Her black hair, in the miko style of a low pony tail with two pieces on either side of the face gently pulled back into the rest, had blood in it as well, making the strands clump together in many places.
For a few moments a silence filled the air and the two, half demon and miko, looked at each other in the eyes. "Ki... Kikyo..." Inuyasha muttered. He reached out, as if to grab her, than let out the last of the air in his lungs. Inuyasha slumped around the arrow, his arm fell harmlessly to his side.
The woman now identified as Kikyo walked over to the jewel, then stumbled the last few steps. A growing trail of blood followed behind her and stained the string of her dropped bow. Falling to one knee, the injured woman picked up the jewel as her right arm just hung down, apparently too injured or painful for her to try and move. 'How dare you.' She thought, looking up at the still form of the half demon. She gazed down at the jewel still gleaming in the daylight. "The Jewel... for such a thing..."
Villagers who once fled and hid now ventured forth. A young man used a pole to hobble close to the miko. "Lady Kikyo..." He started. An elder man with a cut on his arm carefully reached out.
"Your wounds..." He stepped aside as a young girl raced towards them and dropped to her knees by the miko's side. A bandage over her right eye bled red showing it was a recent wound.
"Sister Kikyo!" The girl cried out. "Please sister. We have to take care of your wounds..." She was silenced when Kikyo looked at her with a pained expression. The blood over her face and from her shoulder flowed freely.
"I will not live." Kikyo simply said. She looked at her younger sister. "Listen well, Kaede." She held out her hand that had the Shikon-no-Tama. "Take this, and burn it with my remains. It must never... fall into the wrong hands again!" With a final simper of pain, the miko fell to the ground. 'I shall take this jewel with me to the world beyond,' was her final thought before she breathed no more.
Immediately a bonfire was created, with the remains of the miko Kikyo atop. In her hands, the Shikon-no-Tama was positioned to show it being burned with the miko who had protected it. As her body burned and the villagers cried, no one noticed the furious gleam coming from the jewel as it too disappeared in the inferno.
Only one did, and he stood on a tree branch staring down at the whole scene. His golden eyes watching, and silvery hair shifting in the wind. 'Foolish half breed.' He thought. Looking towards the still form of Inuyasha.
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So, what do you think? Go on? Leave it be? Next chapter will have Kagome come through the well, so be sure to come and check it out.
I will follow as much of the story line as I can, but with Sesshomaru in place of Inuyasha it will have to change. Do you really think Sesshomaru would just let Kagome travel with him? And just go search out the Jewel shards for any reason? Really people, you should know the high and mighty lord better then that!
Please Review and tell me what you think. Any questions, concerns, ideas, comments, or CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is welcomed. No 'you suck,' or 'worthless story.' Give me a reason why please.
Can you also send me Japanese names? And also tell me what they mean? If you do, I'd really appreciate it and could update faster...
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