Inuyasha stole a quick last look at the castle. Unaware of his brother's watchful eyes, Inuyasha sped into the forest, not even stopping once. Inuyasha ran and ran, rushing through the vash forest. Whereas a mortal would take several weeks to cross that forest, Inuyasha took less than a day. In fact, he took just 1 hour.
Kagome walked slowly along the raging river. She has been walking for an hour now and is starting to get worn out. Then, she spotted a forest at the edge of the river. Signing happily, she quicken her footsteps and settled under a tree with outspreading branches. There, she slowly drifted off to a dreamless slumber.
The moon shone brightly, lighting the path for Inuyasha. Inuyasha, now speeding non-stop for two hours or so, is finally feeling the strain. Stopping to a slow trot, and finally to a walk, Inuyasha cupped his hands and put his hands into the river water. Drinking his fill, he sensed an evil presence in the air. Turning his head sharply, Inuyasha saw a pair of red glowing eyes. The eyes are looking at a young teen girl sleeping under a tree. Inuyasha bared his claws, and slashed at the demon hiding in the bushes. The demon gave a cry of horror and pain and fall to the ground, dead.
Kagome woke up with a start. She had have just heard the most horrific scream ever. Looking at her left, she saw a human with beautiful sliver hair. Looking closer, she saw a pair of white dog ears and clawed hands. A demon! "Ah!" Kagome shouted. "Get away from me NOW!" Kagome's heart was racing and she just stood there, frozen with fear.
Inuyasha stood there, with an irritated look on his face. "STOP SHOUTING WILL YOU!" he shouted. The woman just sat there, staring at him. Inuyasha hate it when people stare at him. The woman slowly stood up and walked over to him. Taking a big breath, she stood on tip-toe and put her hands to his ears. Slowly, she rubbed them and his ears went tweak, tweak... The woman broke into a wide smile. Extending her hands out and stepping backwords, she said cheerfully."Hi! My name's Kagome... What's yours?"
The demon in front of her looked bewildered and then later, suspicious. Kagome asked again,"Excuse me... What is your name?" The young demon just said,"Feh!" Then jumped to the top of the tree, and laid there, and closed his eyes. There, he slowly fell into a sleep. Kagome smiled and laid under the tree. Soon, she, too is asleep.
Inuyasha opened one eye and looked at the teen named Kagome. Inuyasha blushed, surprised at the reaction, and looked away. "Who is she anyway? She is the only one who... who treats me..." His voice trailed away.A low growl came. Inuyasha jumped down from the tree and looked around. Putting his nose to the air, he sniffed. A scent of blood-human's blood-tickled his nose. It is strong and another smell, one of a bear hung in the air...
Kagome moved in her sleep. Then, she sat up and rubbed her tired eyes. Looking around, she found that the young demon had left. Kagome frowned and stood up. Looking left and right, she saw two pairs of foot (and paw prints). Smiling happily, she picked up her bag and bow and arrowand followed the prints.
"Come on out! You can hide but you can't run!" Inuyasha gripped his sword tightly. Posing in a attacking position, he sniffed the air. The right? No... The left? Not there either... Am I surrounded already? His thoughts were disturbed by a growl that came from the left.
Kagome followed the tracks and she had figured out that the human like foot prints belonged to the slivered-hair demon, and the other set of tracks, belonged to what looked like a surprising BIG bear's paw prints. Walking along, she heard a tree crash. Grabbing her bow and bronze arrows, she ran to where the crash came from.
Inuyasha sliced the demon bear into half. But another demon bear immediately took its place. It was a few minutes when he had sliced all the bears up. He stood there panted, cocking his headto catch any sound.Then a loud crash can be heard as bear of giantic proportions stomped up. Inuyasha clanched his teeth and lunched forward, bringing his heavy sword down on the bear, determined to get the job done fast. Butr the bear swiped its big paw at Inuyasha and caused a big wound on Inuyasha's left shouder. Blood poured out of the wound, making Inuyasha feel faint. The smell was getting to his sensitive nose. He collasped, sticking his sword to the ground, and holding it to keep himself steady.
Kagome panted, she was out of breath, but she kept running. Her sweat dripped down her chin, and onto the grass on the forest ground. But still, she kept running, holding onto her weapons for dear life. She saw the bear lift up its paw, ready to deliver a fatal blow on Inuyasha. she aimed her arrow at the bear's heart."Please let it hit..." She muttered, "PLEASE!" and yelled the last word out, upon releasing the arrow.
Inuyasha turn his head to where the yell had came from. She saw the teen girl from just now. An arrow is fast approaching the bear. But the arrow is bathed in light, and felt... holy in some way. "That girl... can shoot holy arrows! Who is she anyway?" Inuyasha thought weakly. The bear froze and in a split second, the arrow hitits heart, piecing through his fur, skin, flesh then heart,and finally, out of the other end. The arrow kept on going, and upon hitting a tree, it's light disapeared, and as the smoke that arouse from it slowly faded from sight, all that remains was an ordinary arrow...
Kagome ran up to the injured Inuyasha. "Are you alright?" she asked, concerned. Inuyasha refused to reply. Using his sword as his stand, he stood up and kept his sword. Turning, he limped slowly out of the forest. His face showed no signs of pain. If not for the bleeding wound that is on his shoulder, you might think all this had never happened. Kagome smiled. "He's badly injured... I guess he's just acting tough. Oh yeah... I haven't asked him..." Kagome thought. "Hey... What's your name?" Kagome asked. "Inuyasha." came the reply. Kagome was taken aback. She didn't think that she would get his name so easily. "Wait up!", Kagome yelled after Inuyasha and ran after him.
Many struggles from Kagome later, Inuyasha unwillingly let Kagome dress his wounds. Inuyasha stared at Kagome while his wounds are being dressed. He did not know what to say. "Here! Its all better now is it?" Kagome mused and wiped sweat drops from her forehead, sighing. Afterwhat seem like a pause of hesitation, she raised her left hand and petted Inuyasha on the head. "Good boy. Good Boy..." She said, and giggled. Inuyasha just yelled,"Don't treat me like a dog!" Kagome burst out laughing, and tears ran down her cheeks. Inuyasha's pride was too great and she could not bring himself to say "Thanks". Kagome looked at him with irritated eyes and said coldy,"You're very welcome."
Kagome was annoyed at this 'Inuyasha' demon's bad manners. Inuyasha's eyes widen and slowly, he let a "Thank you." out. Kagome broke into a wide grin. "He isn't so bad than..." she thought to herself. Inuyasha stood up and walked towards the river, which marks the right border of the forest. "Wait up!"Kagome yelled after him. Quickly, she took her remaining arrows, her bow, and her bag andtook afterInuyasha. Inuyasha, however, had other ideas and had quickened his steps.