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Chapter 2 Scratch and Sniff

Strange noise, padding footsteps and the occasional scream echoed and died in strange ways, like she was in a vast cavern riddled with tunnels and caves. At each noise, she cringed from the echo of it and her dog-ears flatten against her head.

'Am I dead?' She wondered to herself still not fully in the waking world. Her throat burned for some reason. Voice cluttered her mind making it difficult to process the words, but somewhere along she could hear an unmistakable sound of growling.

'Does god have a dog?'

The voices, to her dismay grew louder and she began to pick out their conversation.

"Old hag what did you put in that medicine? She been out for three days!"

' Is that god? God sounds kind of annoying and rude'

"Be at ease child, ye shall ruin me floor if ye continues to pace on it" the voice sounded ancient and with years of patience embroiders in her voice. With some difficulty she could pick up her scent. It smelt of herbs and rotting trees, in some small way it comforted her.

Each muscle burned and ached and her head was threatening to explode with pain. 'No not dead' she thought with good humor 'if I was dead it would not hurt this much'

The girl shifted uncomfortable hoping it will to single her awaken. With eyes still shut she pushed herself into a sitting position. It felt difficult to rise as if she were pulling herself up from the dirt. She slowly opened her eyes to adjust to the sunlight. Instead she found herself staring into golden eyes that stared right back.

Startled, she jumped away from the eye and crouched into a defensive position. Holding in a yelp of pain she tried to figure out what to do. She was in no position to fight so the most logical solution was to escape but the golden eyes boy blocked her path and even if she got past him their was an old women in front of the door. With no window in the small hut she waited for him to make the first move.

"Young girl," the elderly women spook as gently as possible treating her as if she was some fascinating dangerous animal "we mean ye no harm. Ye were gravely injured at the village gate and we wish to help you." The girl recognized the voice from earlier but only glare at her. She could feel the blood oozing from her wound but did not bother wiping it away she just continued to stare at them.

"Hey wench relax if I had wanted to kill you you'd be dead by now so don't bother attacking" shouted the golden eyed boy. His hair shone silver and reflected the bright sun. He stood stiff above her and did not step forward but didn't back down either.

"Do not threaten her boy! She is already frighten of us" The old women scolded not moving from her spot.

Sighing loudly he kneeled down a few feet from her and extended his hand towards her. "Look we're not going to hurt you, I swear. Calm down and let me help you."

The girl watched him carefully taking in his entire feature. Dog-ears, silver hair and the sharp claws that extended toward her she realized he must be a demon. Leaning forward, she surprised him by grasping his extend hand and pulling him closer to her. He let out a quick yelp of surprise as he lost his footing and stumbled towards her. His golden eyes widen as he tried to yank his hand back. The girl chooses to ignore him and with a strong grip on his wrist she brought his hand close to her nose and inhaled his scent. Shifting through the scents she could smell the pine woodland that surrounded this area and his own musky scent that combined with the scents of other humans and demons he has had contact with. Concentrating harder, she picked up the blood flow through his veins and discovered what she had been looking for.

He was also a hanyou.

Releasing her hold on him, the boy snatched back his hand as if she had bitten it. He let out a warning growl and glared sharply at her. But the girl either didn't hear him or decided to ignore it. She looked above his head and saw the old women bent over laughing with tears streaming down her face. The girl cocked her head and watched her curiously before standing up. She let out a breath of air when she felt the pain in her wound and gripped on to the wall for support.

'Oh shit that hurts' she thought to herself and created little half moon indents in the wall where her nails held.

The old women stopped laughing when she saw the girl's pain and gave her a concerned look. "Girl do not move. If ye are not aided your wounds will surly spread. Please allow me to help ye"

The girl didn't respond for a minute but looked in the old women's eyes for any sign of deception. Seeing nothing but sincerity she gave a quick nod and allowed the women to undress her bandages and apply a thick gooey substance that burned her skin.

"What is ye name child?' the old women asked while redressing the bandage. The girl opened her mouth as if to tell her but her eyes traveled over to the hanyou boy that now sat against the wall. Her teeth snapped together too loudly and shook her head violently and watched for the boy to make any movement. He did nothing but rub his hands together still mad about the hand sniffing business.

"Can ye not speak?" the women questioned then paused and moved so she was looking towards where the girl gazed "Or are ye not speaking for a different reason?"

The boy looked up as though he felt the stares.

"WHAT!"

The girl's eyes drifted back to the women and slowly shook her head from side to side then pointed at her throat.

"Ah I see" she said with a small smile on her face, she still doubted the young girl but decided that whatever the reason for her silence must be kept a secret. The old women held out her hand to help her up and this time the girl did not refuse it. "My name is Keade and I am the villages healer. And over there is Inuyasha he maintains the peace outside our wall"

The girl nod and bowed her in respect she looked over to were Inuyasha was and also bowed to him. Inuyasha looked he looked puzzled when she bowed and narrowed his eyes with distrust. The girl looked back to Keade and a thought suddenly struck the girl

'If she is the healer she must expect to be paid. What do I have that is of value?'

The girl checked her pockets but found nothing that she could risk but a stale piece of bread she had stolen weeks before. Feeling foolish she handed the bread over to the healer and gave her a weak look. Keade took the bread and looked confused for a moment but then gave her a soft smile. "I see ye wishes to repay me"

The girl nodded and blushed in embarrassment, she heard a snort and looked up to see the boy Inuyasha giving her a smirk. She could feel her blood boiling in anger and wish she could swipe that smirk off his face. Keade lightly tapped her on the shoulder to get her attention back. "If ye truly wishes there are a few things an old women like me could use help with"

"What are you talking about old hag? There's nothing she can do around here. I'm the one always doing everyone shit so there's no reason for her to stay," He looked at her with a scowl on his face "So leave."

The words had shocked her and she tilted her head so her bangs covered her eyes. 'What did you expect, a fricking welcome mat?' She thought to herself 'that he would be nicer because he a hanyou too? He just like the rest of them.' But it still hurt to be rejected so quickly. She smothered these thoughts and made eye contact with the boy, her eye's burned with rage and the boy took a half a step back in but then stopped and smirked. Keade's voice cut through her thoughts.

"Inuyasha! Do not be rude to my guest" she looked back at the troubled girl.

"Ignore what he says child he doesn't mean it. Ye are more then welcome here, Inuyasha is a bit of a idiot." The smirk disappeared from Inuyasha's face and reappeared on the girl. He growled a little and stalked out of the hut.

"Anyway I most certainly do need ye help are you up to it?" The girl watched her with a newfound respect and nodded her head. "Good I am so glad. Please rest for now and then I will explain what needs to be done"

Giving her a look of gratitude she nodded and lay on the floor. She tucked in her tail and curled herself into a tight ball. Keade gave a light smile and whispered "Goodnight then"

The girl looked up and silently thought to her 'Goodnight Keade'

Inside the hut a girl slept way past sunrise. Her light breathing could barley be heard even with demonic sense. Inuyasha sat by the girl and watched her like a hawk. His eyes soften and betrayed him when the girl shifted in pain but didn't make a sound.

"Why do I get stuck watching her" he silently grumbles to himself.

Inuyasha leaned against the wall and thought about his conversation with Keade.

Flashback

"What the hell do you think your doing letting her stay her?" He growled with frustration.

Keade looked up from her work in the garden. "Inuyasha ye must learn to be more aware of people feeling. She obviously stumbled upon this land by mistake after being wounded. Besides it is my duty of this village to help those in need and the hanyou was battling with death when ye found her. What kind of protector would I be to just cast her aside?"

Inuyasha couldn't decide if he should feel angry or worried about the hanyou girl. He picked angry due to the whole hand sniffing business. "That doesn't mean she isn't dangerous! How can you trust her so easily? She maybe a spy or plotting against us!"

" Inuyasha," stretching his name to its full extent, Keade gave a heavy sigh and stared annoying at him "ye are as aware as I of the spell cast on our village no one who doses not possess true heart and soul can pass the barrier."

Inuyasha gave a little snort "How do you explain how I can pass"

"I said true not pure. Inuyasha, did you notice something odd about her?"

"Yeah she has no respect for personal space." he sharply inserted.

"Well I agree she lacks certain social skills but what I meant was her aura. I believe she possessed miko blood as well as demon blood."

"She's a priestess?" He replied a little shocked.

Keade nodded simply "Yes and due to the mixing of the blood I believe a very powerful one at that. Do ye now see why it is important to keep her here"

Inuyasha continued to stare at her lost in his own thoughts

'If what Keade said is true why is she by herself. Even a dimwit knows how rare a miko is, so why is she alone? What kind of family would allow someone as powerful as her left to defend on her own' He watched her face pale uncomfortable and tighten into a smaller ball. Her bandages had been loosening during the night and he could see long scars on her pale flesh. 'She obviously hasn't been doing a good job of it.' Inuyasha stared at her a little longer and came to a decision. 'She'll stay.'

Omg that's a lot longer. Do you know how much it's killing me that I can't write out her name! I must have written the girl 30xs. For those who don't get it yet 'the girl' is Kagome and she can't speak because she is cursed. Duh. And the word of today is… ye (I hate old English)

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Preview for next chapter:

The girl's eyes flashed with anger and with a quick twist she drop kicked him making him lose his balance and fall to the floor. Inuyasha laid on the ground with a surprise look, the girl kneeled next to him and grasped the top of his jacket to he would have to stared at her straight in the eye. With a growl close to her lips but never releasing from her throat. She lip-synced to him,
'Never touch me!' She thought so hard she hoped he could hear it respond inside of his head over and over.