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Little key thingy…
"…" speaking
'…' thinking
" '….' " Inuyasha mocking Kagome
:italics: memory
"Master Inuyasha." A small flea bounced up onto Inuyasha's shoulder just as he and Kagome were crawling out of the well.
"Oh, hey Myoga." Inuyasha said annoyed with him already.
"There have been some reported demon attacks occurring in a nearby village. Shippo and I left to investigate an-"
"Hold it!" Kagome shouted. "You took Shippo off to investigate a village being attacked by demons!"
"Well, if he had some one to watch him other than me, I would have left him here." Myoga answered.
Kagome growled slightly and looked at Inuyasha angrily. "Inuyasha! YOU LEFT SHIPPO HERE WITH YOUR FLEA!"
"Uhh…I didn't know Myoga was going to show up. Besides, why can't he look after Shippo? He looked after me and I turned out fine!" Inuyasha said putting his hands on his hips.
"Oh!" Kagome sighed loudly, showing her aggravation.
Myoga cleared his throat, "Anyway, we went to investigate and found these three children standing there, wearing rags of clothes. Their skin was pale and it looked like they had been dead for 200 years!" Myoga said.
"So, how's that any of our business? We're just trying to collect the jewel shard now that Naraku's dead." Inuyasha asked.
"Well, I believe they were dead corpses brought back to life with a jewel shard."
"Then how are they being controlled?" Kagome asked.
"Perhaps it is some one other than Naraku who possesses such an ability." Myoga said sitting down on Inuyasha's shoulder.
"Keh! As if anyone other than Naraku has that power!"
Kagome looked over at Inuyasha with a worried expression. "You don't think…"
"Guess we didn't finish him off." Inuyasha smirked. "Well, that's all good! I was planning on slicing him into bits before your stupid 'Miroku use your wind tunnel' plan! I knew it wouldn't finish him off!" Inuyasha said all too proud.
Kagome chuckled and grabbed his ear. "Even though it was your idea, not mine?"
"Who cares? Let's go!" Inuyasha barked and started to run off.
"Master Inuyasha. The village is that way." Myoga pointed to the woods. "It's a pretty obvious path, you can just follow that and you'll find your way!"
"Lead the way, Myoga!"
"Eh…I'd rather not lead you guys to danger. Go ahead and do it yourselves!" Myoga said bouncing away.
Kagome looked around. "Hey, Inuyasha, where's Shippo?"
Inuyasha shrugged. "How should I know?"
"You don't think Myoga left him there, do you?" Kagome asked worried.
"Eh, maybe he did, maybe he didn't."
Kagome's jaw dropped. "SHIPPO!" She called running off.
"Kagome! WAIT! There's-"
"AHHH"
"KAGOME!" Inuyasha chased after her.
Finally catching up to her, Inuyasha practically died on the spot at the sight before him.
"I found you, oh my gosh I was so worried, are you okay?" Kagome asked holding Shippo.
"I'm fine, Kagome." Shippo said giggling.
She sighed. "Alright then, let's go!"
oooooooooooooooooooooooo
They finally arrived at the village to see houses crumbled to the ground and red dirt, littered in dead bodies.
"Oh my…" Kagome started. "It looks like a tornado came through here." She began walking around a bit.
"Do you think Kagura did this, Inuyasha?" Shippo asked from his perch on Inuyasha's shoulder.
"Myoga said children were doing this…" Inuyasha said looking around. Not finding anyone, he growled and unsheathed the Tetsusaiga. "All right! Naraku, you bastard! I know you're behind this! Come out and fight!"
Kagome gasped. "Inuyasha, come here…"
"What?" He asked walking over to her. Shippo hopped off his shoulder and followed behind.
"Look." She pointed to a piece of paper. "Your name…it's written all over this."
Inuyasha grabbed the paper and looked over it. It was his name, written several times but neater as he reached the end of the paper. He gasped.
: Izayoi smiled. "Now Inuyasha…I want you to practice writing your name while I'm out in the garden, okay?"
Inuyasha smiled at her. Earlier that morning, he'd lost his first fang, and now had such an odd looking grin. Izayoi laughed as she walked out the door.
Inuyasha sighed once she was gone and grabbed a 'pen' to write with. "Inu…Ya…sha, Inu…ya..sha, Inu…ya…sha, Inu…ya…sha." He said quietly as each symbol was drawn on the paper. His concentration was lost when he heard some one enter the room. "Mother! I'm almost done!" He said turning to see a man with a sick and angry grin plastered on his face. He held up his sword covered in blood. Inuyasha's eyes became wide with fright as the smell hit his nostrils. Human blood. More specifically, her blood, Izayoi.
"Mo…mother!" Inuyasha screamed as the man tried to slice Inuyasha in half. Inuyasha dodged it and continued to cry for his mother.
'This man is a fellow villager. Why's he attacking me?' He thought.
"Time to end the half breed curse that came upon this village." The man sneered.
"Inuyasha!" Izayoi shouted grabbing the young half demon and taking him out of the hut. Her arm was completely wounded and her legs were about to fall out from under her. She ran with him as far from the hut as she could.
"Inuyasha, run to safety, okay?" She cupped his face in her hands and began to cry. "Don't worry, okay? Everything will be fine. Just run away, please!"
"But…" Inuyasha's tears finally fell from his eyes. He knew what she was doing. She was going to die at the hands of that man. "Mother!"
"Inuyasha, please g-" She was cut off. Inuyasha looked up in horror. That man had stabbed her back.
Inuyasha started crying and ran away as far as he could. Just before leaving the village, he heard them yell, "And don't ever come back you half breed!"
"Mother…" Inuyasha said softly before sitting under a tree and tucking his legs under his chin. Gentle sobs escaped his lips as the loneliness finally dawned on him. "Mother…" He whispered.:
"What is it, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked noticing his eyes getting a little teary.
"Leave me alone!" He shouted running away from them, hiding his eyes under his bangs. Kagome started to run after him but decided against it.
"Do you think this is the village Inuyasha lived in as a child?" Shippo asked now sitting on Kagome's shoulder.
She just nodded. "It must be hard for him to see it in ruins like this."
"Yeah…"
"Well, we can let him cool off. Let's look for clues on our own, Shippo."
"So, there's two kitsune then?" A girl asked catching up to Kagome and Shippo.
"Huh?" Kagome asked surprised. "Oh no…I'm not a demon."
"Yeah, nice try!" Sotaru unsheathed her sword and was ready to attack Kagome.
"Kagome! Look out!" Shippo used his foxfire to protect them.
The foxfire quickly died down and Sotaru cut Kagome's arm. "That'll teach you not to attack our village!" The girl shouted. She then made a big gash in Kagome's leg knocking her to the ground. "That's for disguising yourself as our children and attacking other villages. The girl lifted the sword and aimed for her heart. "This is for cursing me to live forever."
Kagome was confused but could feel her life was going to end here. "Ah…I…Inuyasha!"
The girl gasped. "What did you-" She was cut off as a flash of red and white knocked her to the ground.
Inuyasha sneered at the fallen girl. "Are one of the one's who's been possessed by Naraku? Why'd you try to kill Kagome?"
The girl was silent.
"ANSWER ME!" Inuyasha demanded. (He's just angry because he was thinking about his mom, Kagome was almost killed, and he might have found a way to get to Naraku)
Shippo and Kagome had started to bandage her wounds
The girl just stared at him. "You…you're alive." She said relieved.
"What!" Inuyasha asked.
The girl had tears in her eyes. "I KNEW YOU'D BE ALIVE!" She shot up and wrapped her arms around him.
Kagome started to get up slowly and growled to herself at the site before her. She gave a loud 'humph' before walking off.
Shippo was about to follow after her but just stood there instead.
'Who is this girl?' Inuyasha asked himself.