Chapter 1 "Found at last"
½ a Year Later
Kagome was still running and she had not stopped but only one time and that was to eat. Kagome knew that the Demon Slayer Village was not far off now and was less than a days journey away, and Kagome was about to pass out from the lack of food and water.
That is exactly what she did.
When night fell, she was so tired she just collapsed out of nowhere. She was in deep sleep within a matter of moments. There when she was asleep she had a terrifying dream.
'"What do you want from me" Kagome screamed at the darkened figure. "What do I want from you? You surely are not that stupid now are you? Well what I want is the Shikon No Tama from inside you. But I see that you won't let me have it that easily." "What do you think that I'm stupid? Of course, I will not let you have the Shikon No Tama. Well that is if you don't let my mother free and leave these lands for the time that you live." "Well, you know that I won't let your mother free and that means that I will not leave this land either so… Blades of Blood!"
With that Kagome fell, not because she was too weak, it was because they had been at this for hours and she was too tired to evade the attack. Inuyasha walked over to the mostly dead body in front of him. He then ripped open her side ignoring the blood oozing out of the body, and took out the Shikon No Tama. "Thanks for the little gift."
Kagome was left there to die and a long death at that. The only thing that kept her alive was the jewel inside of her and now that it wasn't there anymore she died only a few minutes after Inuyasha left.'
Kagome then woke up, panting and covered with sweat. When she looked around, she was no longer in the forest where she collapsed. She was now in what it looked like to be a small hut. 'Did Inuyasha catch me? No I wouldn't be alive if he did.' Kagome heard voices outside of the hut, they were getting closer and closer, and then a kid around Kagome's age came in with an older man.
"I see that you are awake. Sango take our guest to the hot springs to get her cleaned up." "Yes father." Sango then walked up to Kagome and held out her hand.
"Um… sorry, but would you mind telling me where I am?" "Oh, you are in the Demon Slayers Village. I am Sango Taija and that is my father. Would you mind telling us who you are?"
"My name is Kagome… Kagome Higurashi. I was coming here under the word of my dead mother to come and seek aid so that I ca get the land that belongs to my family back from the half demon"
"Inuyasha." Sango cut in before Kagome could finish. "We heard the news, but we thought that everyone died. Yes, it was nearly a year and a half ago. Now let me take you to the hot springs so that you can get cleaned up."
"Sango forget that. You said that you came here so that you can seek aid. Well, will Inuyasha by any chance be coming after you?" The man that came in with Sango asked. "I think that he wouldn't come himself, but yes he will probably send a man after me." Kagome said casually. A bit too casually.
"Well in that case, Sango, take Kagome into the forest and keep her there until you think that it is safe to come back. But that wont be for another month or two."
"Yes father, I understand."
With that, Sango packed the stuff that they would need and left the village.
They walked about two days into the forest and set up the camp that they would be moving around every two to three days. The camp had a tent looking thing with two pieces of cloth for beds. Then there was a little whole that the dug in the ground to put the fire in so that it could not start a forest fire.
"Hey Kagome, do you want to go to the hot springs? There is one near by and it is the nicest one that I can think of. Then while we are there, you can tell me why the half demon Inuyasha is coming after you and why he wants you dead. Does that sound good to you?"
"Um… sure we can go to the hot springs and I will tell you why Inuyasha is coming after me and wants me dead."