1 Not So Weak Ch. 1
I awoke at the smell of the ocean breeze and the squawk of seagulls.
"Stupid birds, waking me at this hour!" I said to noone in particular. I was yet again stuck at a fishing village, as I was awaiting my war axe to be fully repaired. It was such a pain to repair it myself.
I walked down the stairs to the inn pub and lobby.
"Warm sake please" The owner nodded and headed to a keg. She poured the clear, heavenly liquid into a kettle. When it was warm she laid the kettle in front of me and set a matching cup next to it and poured the sake in it.
"Thanks" She nodded her head in response.
As I sipped my cup I went over what happened over the last few months...
FLASHBACK
"InuYasha!" I yelled yet again, "Where could he be at this hour?"
As I entered a clearing I heard a woman moaning. Curious, as I usually was, I went to investigate. My breath stopped at what I heard next.
"Mm, InuYasha!"
"Kikyo"
"InuYasha?"
"Yes Koi?"
"Why do you keep that copy of me around? Does she mean something to you?"
"No, Koi! She is just a shard detector!"
"Good, but I want my soul back, Inu! Since she means nothing to you, kill her for me so we can be together forever!
"I'll do anything for you koi! I'll kill her when everyone is asleep tomorrow night."
"Now make love to me, Inu! Show me the man you really are!"
I felt so sick, sick at the scene and so disgusted at myself. I couldn't believe I actually trusted that bastard! I didn't know what to do, so I did the only thing I could do.
I ran.
I ran as fast as I could back to camp. I looked at all my friend's sleeping faces. Miroku and his perverted grin. Sango and her alert face. Shippo sucking his thumb lightly. I quickly wrote a note telling my second family not to worry about my disappearance, and it was InuYasha to blame. I kissed Shippo on his forehead. He sighed contently.
I gathered my things as fast as I could without alerting the group. I silently crept out of camp and headed to a nearby village, I could tell because we past by it before in our travels. A old black smith there told me if I ever needed to learn the art of the war axe I should become his apprentice. At the time I refused because I thought I was safe with my arrows, which I find now a piece of junk.
A day later
I finally arrived at the small village mostly consisting of different weapon specialists, for this was a place they retired and took in last minute brutes. I only hoped the old black smith was still alive.
I arrived at his hut a few minutes later. It was a quaint little thing, consisting of about two bedrooms and a bathing chamber with a mini hot spring. I knocked on his door and waited.
The door opened revealing an old man about 56 and strongly resembled my ji-chan.
"Yes, how may I help you?" he said with a rasp.
"I'm Kagome, you offered me an apprentice ship once for the battle axe, do you remember?"
"Ah! Yes the one with the perfect build for the weapon!"
I sweat dropped "I-I'm B-b-buff!"
"No, no you have the body to wield it with elegance and poise, not like some dumb brute!"
I sighed in relief. "So will you take me?"
"Yes. Yes Come in child."
FLASHBACK
That was 9 months ago. In about 6 of those months I trained hard. I quickly excelled and became a master. Master Kusanagi is still alive and well, and he says I was his best pupil. For the other 3 months I have been searching for the rest of the jewel shard, I have 3/5 of the jewel now, I can only hope Naraku has the other 2/5, or at least my ex-group does.
When I finished my sake I paid the owner for the drink and the room. I quickly exited and headed to the local black smith.
I walked into my shop and looked at the short bald smith.
"Hi, is my axe ready?"
"Yes ma'am, here it is good as new, I threw in a free polish for a pretty lady like you.." he said with a faint blush.
I smiled at him "Thank you, here is the gold I owe you, I must be on my way now." I said as I walked out the shop door.
"Come again!" came the faint call from the small shop.
Hmm... Now back to business, I've got shards to find.
2 Days later
My legs were sore and my arms were tired from slaying over 25 demons that were searching for the shards in 2 days without food or rest. I finally saw a village in the horizon. Ugh... Another fishing village, though this one looked as if it were involved in different trades like silk kimonos. Unconsciously I touched the pouch fastened at my waist.
"Damn, it has been a long time since I last treated myself to a luxury. Maybe I should buy myself a new comfy sleeping yukata or a new pair of greaves..." I said to myself as I headed to a ship that looked to my liking.
When I reached the ship, my senses tingled. That only meant one thing. A shikon shard. I quickly made my way to that shop kiosk. I Came upon a pretty big chunk of the shikon on a shiny thin elegant silver string.
"Sir, how much is this necklace?" I said addressing the kiosk owner.
"Oh, what would a pretty lady like you want with a stupid piece of rose quartz on a string? We have much more fine pieces of jewelry to accent your exotic features.." He said pointing to some huge ruby necklaces and star sapphire earrings.
"No Sir, I assure you I want that one" I said to the man, and then I heard it.
"InuYasha, I'm tired, the jewel shard should be over there somewhere.."came the annoying voice of no other then Kikyo
"Oh, I'm gonna put you on that cushioned bench over there, is that alright koi?" Jeez, that jerk never even offered that, let alone ask me if the accommodations were alright.
"I guess.. well its on one of those kiosks... I'm too tired to sense where.." She answered.
"That's alright koi, the group will spread out to find it." That bastard. I quickly turned back to the kiosk owner.
"How much is it?"
"About 10 gold coins, but those other customers might be interested as well.."
"I'll pay 25 gold coins if you give it to me now!" I said as I took out the amount.
"Sold to the lady in armor! Eh, I always wanted to say something like that.."
"Thanks" I said as I grabbed the necklace an quickly put it in a pouch with a concealing spell on it. I made my way to the deck of the ship trying not to alert the senses of either InuYasha or Shippo.
With the Inu group
"Jeez Houshi-sama, InuYasha never treated Kagome with that kind of courtesy, I wonder how she's doing..." Sango said to Miroku, who was currently scowling at InuYasha.
"Dog Face over there doesn't know what he gave up! Sango, when's Kagome coming back?" Shippo asked with pleading big eyes, and that's when he caught the scent of roses and a sweet sugary scent, that was no other than Kagome's, mixed in with the sea breeze. "Ka-Kagome? KAGOME!" He said as he ran towards his surrogate mother's scent
When he reached the source he was taken back at the owner's appearance. The woman in front of him was wearing tough looking armor that looked like it came from a spiked lizard demon's hide. Her cuirass looked as it was stitched together by strings of muscle. Her greaves and her boots matched in appearance, so you couldn't tell where on started or where one ended. She had a left pauldron on that looked like the lizard demon's skull. On the uncovered shoulder she had on a bandage and had many scars. She had a huge battle axe strapped onto her back. He couldn't tell who she was because she had her back facing him.
"Who are you and why do you smell like Kagome?" He asked the woman. He watched as she turned around and looked down at him. He watched as her lips moved saying his name, tears falling close to her lips.
"Sh-Shippo?" She said, "SHIPPO!" She bent down and hugged him. She planted butterfly kisses all over his now smiling face.
"Kagome, is that really you? You disappeared for such a long time, I really missed you! Are you going to travel with us again? What happened to you? You look like a warrior!" He said as he showered her with questions.
"Shippo, hun, one question at a time, you have to breath sometime you know? Well Yes, its really me, and I know I disappeared for a long time but I had it with InuYasha so I left to search for the jewels by myself. I really missed you too, sometimes I would cry at night for your warmth. I don't think I will be traveling with you again, but if you, Sango, and Miroku want, you can travel with me. I got training to be a master at the battle axe, which I could now teach you also. Does that answer all your questions?"
"Yeah, I guess, but Sango and Miroku will want to see you so come on!" He said as he dragged Kagome.
back 2 Kag's POV (Which will be most of the story)
I was being dragged by the cutest kid in the world to the friends I basically abandoned. Oh, how I missed them all. But... How will Inu act if I was all over him? I smirked evilly as I devised a plan that could make me be brutally murdered by Kikyo, but I didn't care, it would be too funny.
As I reached the group, minus Kikyo and Inu. I was showered buy hugs and a grope from Miroku. Once I felt the offending thing touch my ass, I quickly hit him with the side of my, may I add HUGE, axe.
"Ah, Kagome-sama, how have I missed you.!" He said with a lecherous, but loving grin. He then got another slap from Sango, she then turned to hug me again.
"Kagome-chan! I missed you! You don't know what we've been through from InuYasha and his dirt born lover!" She said then added, "You look so different! You could definitely pass for a demon slaying master! Tell me everything that happened from the night you disappeared till today!"
-insert story (I don't wanna type it)-
"That JERK!" Sango fumed. I then told her my plan. We both giggled. "You should go do it NOW! I can't wait to see the look on InuYasha's face!" So we all walked to where Inu and Kikyo were standing. I walked up behind InuYasha and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hello Inuyasha..." He swung around and looked at me, his eyes grew wide.
"Ka-Kagome?"
. Thanks for reading everyone! So how did I do? Bad, good? Would this be classified as a cliff hanger? This Is my first FF so please bear with me. Constructive critism is welcome. R&R Ja Ne!