A/N: I know, it's been a while since I updated. Well, I've been busy with horseback riding and karate. Thank you for all of the reviews! I really appreciate them.
My dear sick-in-the-head friend, Kirbi: thank you for reviewing every single chapter!
I write this story as I go along. Sometimes, believe it or not, I run out of ideas. I'll make my email address public soon, so you readers can give me suggestions. I do not open emails with excessive KB, so don't give me any pictures, not that I expect you to.
I think I'm going to add an OC, but I want him/her to be one of my readers OCs. So if you want to submit an OC, then send me an email titled The Great War: character's name here the OC. Please give me all information about the character that you think I will need, including name, age, appearance, history, their personality, etc. DO NOT make him/her related to a cannon character, or have already met them. I'll let you know if your OC is accepted or not. I'll do a kind of elimination process. Now, on with the war!
Chapter 4: Meeting
Kagome ran as fast as she could. Scrapes, cuts and bruises covered her body. Satoshi had decided to use a whip on the poor girl. She never looked back to see if the evil Lord was chasing her. The girl ran to the only place she knew Satoshi never dared to enter-The Forest of No Return. Why she was chosen as his object of beating, Kagome could never figure out. There was nothing special about her. She was just a normal human miko who had made friends with the princess of the Eastern Lands. 'I wonder if Sango noticed that I left.' Kagome thought as she kept running. She began to enter the Forest.
The hanyou's nose picked up a scent that he hoped to never smell in his whole entire life. 'I…I can smell Kagome's blood!' he thought as he picked up his speed. He was in the heart of the forest. InuYasha followed the scent until he finally found Kagome. He was shocked at what he saw. He knew that Kagome was verbally abused, but he never even thought about her being physically abused. "K-Kagome!" InuYasha cried. He caught her as he fell. "Kagome! Who the hell did this? Was it Satoshi again?" he asked.
Kagome looked and felt weak. She knew that she must have looked pretty bad. "Yeah. But it's nothing." she replied as she forced as smile. The girl felt safe in InuYasha's arms.
"Yes it is!" InuYasha argued. He didn't take someone abusing the woman that he loved lightly. "I'll kill the bastard." He said.
"You can't." Kagome said. "He's Sango's father. She loves him. You can't take someone's father away." Kagome didn't know about InuTaisho's death yet. The Eastern Lands' ruler probably didn't even give them details on the war. Satoshi probably only told his kingdom about their victories, and ignored their losses.
InuYasha hugged Kagome's body to his. "My… my father was killed a week ago, in a battle with Satoshi." He said.
Kagome was shocked. "But… What could kill your father! He's so powerful!" she exclaimed. She felt sad for InuYasha. He had lost his mother, and then his father.
"Satoshi imported a foreign weapon. It shoots out a huge exploding metal ball. It hit my father during the battle." InuYasha explained. He staggered. The poison was starting to affect his body.
Kagome spotted the gash on his arm. "InuYasha! You're bleeding!" she exclaimed worriedly. The cut had turned green with poison.
"Sesshomaru threw me out of my own home. I'm no longer welcome anywhere." InuYasha said sadly. It looked like he had given up on hope.
"You need help. I know! Let's go find a doctor! I hear there's one in the Southern Lands." Kagome suggested. The Southern Lands tended to stay out of wars. Nobody really bothered them. The taiyoukai of the land was unknown.
"Yeah… I can make it. The gash isn't too deep." InuYasha said. Kagome climbed onto his back. He began to run out of the forest, and headed in the direction of the Southern Lands.