Title: The Jigsaw Puzzle
A/N: This is my first fanfic so it might not be the best ever. I'll just make my way through with this story since I haven't made a plot whatsoever (unless you count the one I have in mind…which doesn't hold too promising...; ) Well..enough of my blabbering. Enjoy!
Oh yeah…one more thing..this is supposed to be an S/K story, but since I tend to be bipolar or I have short-term memory, it is unknown whether the plot of this story will change or whatnot. It might seem like I/K at first, but please, just bear with meh! I love you. Hehe.
(whew, that was no quick summary!Damn.)
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha nor will I ever come close to owning Inuyasha unless the great Rumiko Takahashi passes it down to me or I win the lottery and buy it all for myself. :sigh:
Quick Summary: Sesshoumaru has headed for the worst; he has intercepted a powerful goddess by making her angry therefore he must now face the consequences. His life would now be a living hell and his fate was doomed to eternal damnation as well. However, he was given an opportunity to swerve away from that destiny. He has to travel to different time periods in order to acquire the missing pieces of a….what's this? A jigsaw puzzle? On top of that, the goddess had chosen his bastard half-brother's wench to be his comrade and only confidante along this journey. Would it turn into an exciting adventure that could not only lead to Sesshoumaru learning compassion and respect, but also love? Would Kagome help him see the light at the end of the tunnel and lead him to the depths of his soul? Or would everything go upside down and have both Sesshoumaru and Kagome's fates be sealed with misery? Read and find out!
Symbols (what they mean)
Italic Text – either flashback, or what the person is thinking
Bold text – something important is being said/emphasize something
Normal text – currently speaking
Anything with : - action/something's being done
anything with ' ' - thoughts
anything with " " – currently being said
Chapter 1
Current Setting: Sengoku Jidai.
It was mid-morning in the time era known as Sengoku Jidai, in other words, The Warring States Period in Japan. In the middle of a clearing, there is something jutting out of the evergreen ground. From an outsider's view, one might say it's shaped like a rectangular box with a whole in the middle, nothing special, but to others who are knowledgeable of this….thing, it is referred to as the Bone-Eater's Well. Sure, it might not have the features of a modern well nor is it a well that holds water, but rather a well that connects the Sengoku Jidai to the present world: Modern-day Japan.
Soon this mysterious well emits a light blue-ish color from within and it is seconds later when we see a young girl—no, a teenage girl around the ages of 17 or older, stick her head out from the wooden well. She has ebony black hair that reaches down to the middle of her tiny back, cream colored skin, a curvaceous body, slender legs that are unusually exposed in daylight-- pretty much what one can expect from a model. However, there was just one aspect about her that distinguished her as being different from everybody else; something that brought out her beauty and served as windows to her soul—her azure eyes. This girl provokes many and most certainly does not fail to attract attention, especially from the guys. In fact, she's had most, if not all the guys back at her school falling for her beauty.
All except for one….or so she thought.
A silver-haired man with dog-like ears atop his head suddenly appeared out of the bushes and ran towards the god-given beauty resting upon the brims of the Bone-Eater's well. He was a boy of around the age of 17 as well, dressed in a fire red garment that was overly huge for his body type, yet still managed to fit him well. Aside from that, he also had a rusted sword that looks as if it would never survive another day, tucked securely by his side. His silver mane swayed merrily with the wind as he made his way through. It was clearly noted that this man wasn't looking very happy for some reason.
"Hey wench, what took you so long? Get your ass up and get going! We have shards to collect!"
The young girl was almost immediately taken out of her reverie and was not so quick to respond by this comment. 'Ugh. GREEEEAT. Just what I need.' she thought. Instead of getting furious, she just sat there with a blank look on her face, clearly bewildered.
However, the man failed to notice the look on the young girl's face as he continued to shout at her, commanding her to get moving.
"HEY!" yelled the silver-haired man "Are you def or something? I said get your lazy ass up and let's GO! We don't have all day to sit around, ya know!"
"I heard you the first time, Inuyasha. No need to yell at me again, JERK." said the girl rhetorically.
"Oh, really? Well if you heard me the first time, then why didn't you do something about it?" answered the silver-haired man also known as Inuyasha.
"UGH! Do I have to explain myself to you? What are you, my mother? Kami, why can't you leave someone alone to sit and enjoy her environment, huh Inuyasha?" yelled the very annoyed girl who was trying to control her anger, but failing miserably.
Covering his sensitive ears, Inuyasha was enraged to all limits. "Feh. I'm not the one who broke the jewel into a million pieces to begin with, y'know! Only stupid idiots like you do that. Kami, if Kikyo was here, I wouldn't be standing here yelling at a dimwit to move! In fact, we would've been on our way already! But no…instead I'm stuck here with your lazy ass listening to your pathetic excuse about nature and whatever. You're so pathetic. You'll never be Kikyo's equal. Not one bit."
And with that said, the girl known as Kagome remained still. Unable to move, she felt her tears welling up, threatening to spill right out. She tried desperately hard not to break down in front of him.
Inuyasha, noticing this sudden change in Kagome's behavior, mentally kicked himself upside the head for saying something he really didn't mean. 'Baka! You shouldn't stick your foot into your mouth next time! Look what you've done. Greeeeeat, more 'osuwari's for me today :sigh:' Apologize, you idiot!
"Kagome…I……."
"Just shut up, Inuyasha. SHUT UP!" said Kagome. Although her face tried to keep on a solid, nonchalant mask, her eyes betrayed her so. The once sky blue eyes of hers now turned into orbs of violent waves crashing upon rocks on a stormy night. Her eyes spoke for her emotions; anger, jealousy, hurt and betrayal.
Inuyasha, on the other hand, seemed rather perplexed. He was taken back by Kagome's sudden anger rising up. Had he offended her that bad?
'Well, there goes apologizing…'thought Inuyasha. However, another voice inside his head contradicted his previous thought. 'You idiot, why do you need to apologize? You didn't do anything wrong! You were just pointing out the facts!' This made Inuyasha's soft side vanish, replaced by more tantalizing words that came out of his mouth. "Don't you shut me up, you bitch! Just because you're Kik—"
Having heard enough from him, Kagome directly cut him off and gave him a piece of her mind. "I know I'll never be as good or as precious as your dearly beloved bitch, but that doesn't give you the right to just walk all over me like I'm a piece of dirt! Why can't you ever see that I try my hardest to meet those standards and when I do accomplished something, it's always overshadowed by your remarks saying Kikyo this Kikyo that…I'm tired of your bullshit, Inuyasha! OSUWARIIIIIIII!"
:boom:
Birds flew high in the air; squirrels ran for safety, and everything accumulated all at once until nothing was heard except the wind brushing against the leaves of the trees surrounding them.
"I wish you could understand.." Kagome choked out "I wish you could just see me, Ka-go-me, not someone as Kikyo's shadow.." and with that, she left the clearing, letting her tears silently escape the realm of her eyes and leaving the once aggravated Inuyasha who was now 6 inches below the ground.
Okay, there's the first chapter! Please R+R and tell me what you guys think. Tell me what I've done wrong and so on and so forth. You guys know the procedure!
Sayonara! Jessiez