Hello there! I'm back and ready to go! This is a brand new story, all fresh for you to read. I think it's an original concept, but if it isn't, oh well! At least I tried. Heh. ; Well, I hope you like it and keep reading. I want you to READ! It's written in Kagome's first-person perspective. Just so you know.
Chapter One: Kagome's Mistake
I always felt sort of useless in these battles. The only one worse than me was Shippo, but he could get better with age. Not me. InuYasha has his claws and Tetsuiga. Sango has the Hiraikotsu, hidden weapons and Kirara. Miroku has his staff, sacred sutras and the Wind Tunnel... What do I have?
I have bow that people love to hit out of my hand and throw across the forest. Hell, that's happened too many times to count!
We were fighting a demon. He was a big ugly one with horrible fumes coming out of his skin where holes were. Those holes liked to spurt out pussy goo every so often, making a mess and dissolving plants and anything it touched. Did I say it smells really, really bad? Well, it smells bad. He also had tiny black eyes and slimy skin. And huge claws... But he's slow.
InuYasha took out his sword and tried to slice through the skin, but it didn't work! Stupid! Yeah, InuYasha cut through it, but it just re-grew because the skin was just a goopy mess! Yuck! Why did we have to fight all the nasty demons?
Sango tried to harm it with her giant boomerang, but it just got stuck and the demon ejected it back at Sango! "Sango-chan!" I yelled, starting to run over to my friend. If I couldn't fight I could still help my friends when they're hurt.
"Kagome! Look out!" InuYasha yelled. Maybe I couldn't help my friends out. InuYasha landed in front of me, his silky silver hair flowing behind him. It was slightly covered in blood, but it was still as beautiful as ever.
"Kagome!" I snapped out of my daze. "Quit day dreamin' and get out of here! Go get your bow!" InuYasha said, holding back the claws that were once heading towards me. I nodded and ran over to where the bow landed... But the place where it landed was in an area with really tall grass... Damn.
I searched for a while, every so often looking back to the battle raging behind me. Suddenly my finger hit something hard and I picked it up. Yay! The very thing I-- It's a rock...
I threw it behind me and it hit the ground with a thud as I continued to search for the bow. Soon I found it, jumping up and yelling out, "Yes!" I'm still amazed by how I could find it.
I ran over to the battle and held out my bow. I grabbed an arrow from my back and held it, getting ready to shoot. I just needed to align it just right. I could do it much faster, and I knew I was going to hit it anyway... I just needed to make sure. I pulled it back, hearing the sound of the string on the bow stretching. I poured my priestess energy into the arrow and I let go, the arrow cutting through the air and going through the demon's body. The demon instantly dissipated, but I gasped as I saw what was behind it.
Everything was a blur... I remember running, and a blood-curdling scream. My legs seemed to be moving in slow motion. Blood was on the ground... I know that because I kneeled in it.
I shot something...
More than that... I shot a man.
My hand was shaky as I reached out and touched his heart, knowing that it was still beating already. His chest moved up and down as he breathed, though it quivered as much as the hand that I reached out to him. The others seemed to just stand there, looking at him... My arrow stuck in his stomach... A wound I inflicted on him pouring out blood. Tears streamed down my face as I shouted to the others, not hearing my own voice.
A village was nearby. I know that because they hired us to destroy the demon that attacked their crops by night. InuYasha picked up the man and ran him to the village ahead of us, and I followed, running faster than I have ever ran before. Heck, I was pretty much keeping up with Kirara... But I'm not sure if they were slowing down for me... It didn't feel like it, though.
By the time I got to the village my legs burned. I couldn't remember the last time I ran that fast for such a distance. I've run a lot since I came to Feudal Japan, but not like that. I followed my instincts and managed to find the hut where InuYasha brought the man. Obviously InuYasha brought the man to the village healer, but I didn't know where she lived...
"Why did you take so long? Did you run the whole way or what?" InuYasha growled at me.
I could feel my face heat up. "Yes..." I muttered before looking at the man again. My arrow was still in his gut. My hands started shaking again and I looked at InuYasha. "How is he?"
"I don't think he's doing too well. He is having trouble breathing," InuYasha explained. I almost ran over to the man on the bed and I looked at him as he struggled for breath. Sweat formed on his face and fell down into his hair.
"Is there anything I can do to help?" I asked the healer, my hands shaking.
"Have you ever done anything like this before?" She sounded uncertain... I knew my voice was shaking a little bit too. I couldn't help it... I just shot a man! I could feel tears start to well up in my eyes and my vision started to distort around the bottom.
"Y-yes," I said, my voice shaking even more.
"You don't sound so certain," the healer said to me as I looked around and spotted my backpack. I suppose InuYasha brought it in here. Sometimes he was so considerate. Bringing my bag in here... But he probably brought it to make sure he would get his ramen. I'm almost positive that he did it for that reason.
"She was the one who shot him. The arrow went through the demon we were fighting and straight into his gut," InuYasha explained bluntly. He looked over to me as I cringed slightly at his words. "It was an accident, Kagome." InuYasha's voice was calm and kind. You could hear a bit of sympathy in his voice. He was being kind? He was actually sympathetic of me? How could he be? Not to be insensitive or anything, but he had killed before... Even humans. Not lately. No... Why was that? Had his human side started to take a toll on his feelings and actions? InuYasha pulled me out of my train of thought by saying, "I brought you your bag from the headman's house. You have everything you need to help this guy out. I'm going to go get some water to help."
Maybe InuYasha was being sympathetic...
I looked over to the man and my ability to think straight came back to me. I went over to my bag and dragged out my first-aid kit. I don't like the first-aid kit... It feels bulky and such. Oh well. It has helped us all more than once.
I rushed over to the man I had shot in the stomach and I looked at the arrow. I knew I had to take it out, but this was going to be the bad part. Who really wants to pull out an arrow? I moved the healer aside a bit and she went to get her herbs and stuff. You could see that she was obviously curious about my methods... I opened up the kit and set it on his legs. I knew that he would start bleeding more once I pulled my arrow out... But...
Too late! I already did it. I pulled off the harori and sprayed some disinfectant on the wound. He seemed to wince a bit, but I didn't look at his face. I was too occupied with wraping the wound up. I didn't notice that InuYasha had come back until I pushed some hair out of my eyes and heard him talking to the healer about my first-aid kit. I finished wraping the wound and put away the things in the kit.
"Are you done?" the healer asked as I went over to my backpack and shoved my kit inside. I nodded immediately, my head bobbing up and down like one of those giant bobber head things that you see in stores sometimes, but have no real purpose but to sit on your car dashboard and look stupid.
I knew the healer was going to give the man some herbs to help him get better, but I couldn't look at him now. I had to talk to InuYasha. It didn't really make sense that I walked outside, then, but I knew he would follow me. I walked towards the river, which was a small way outside of the village. I took off my shoes and socks and walked into the river and started washing my hands.
"InuYasha..." I said, my voice quiet. I was glad that the river was very quiet. I turned around and stood there in the river, waiting to see what he was going to do. He sat down on the bank and I walked over to him. I took my seat next to him and leaned against his shoulder. The tears started falling down before I was able to stop them. "I-I shot a p-p-person with my arrow! Y-you may n-not know it, b-but you've been so sup-portive..." I couldn't even see anymore and I kept hiccupping. InuYasha just looked at me. "D-d-do you think he's g-going to d-die?" My eyes were blurry and I couldn't see three feet in front of me.
InuYasha looked at me with a sad look... I couldn't see it though because of the tears that continued to stream down my cheeks and my eyes were looking towards the river. "No. I don't think he's going to die," InuYasha said. I wish I had known he could smell the scent of death coming from the man I had just helped. What if he lived? Would he forgive me?
I voiced my question and asked, "If he lives, do you think he will forgive me?"
"If he's not a mean jackass, then I'm sure he will," InuYasha told me. He made me smile and I hugged him around the waist.
"Thank you, InuYasha," I said quietly.
InuYasha put an arm around me and I wiped away the tears in my eyes. "Let's go see how he's doing... And find out where Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Kirara are."
InuYasha led me back towards the village and I felt good inside. What had gotten into him? He was acting so nice and supportive. He didn't even try and deny it!
InuYasha let go of me in the village and through my puffy red eyes I saw Sango and Miroku in the distance.
"Where the hell were you?" InuYasha yelled at them. Yes, he was back. I won't expect that supportive InuYasha again, but it would be nice. I smiled knowing that he was acting like himself again, tough and a bit insecure.
"We were getting our pay for defeating the demon!" Miroku answered. Sango sent him a glare. I smiled... I knew what those secret looks meant. She loved him, though. I can tell.
"Miroku! We went to make sure everyone was OK before we went to check on... him..." Sango said. Shippo popped up from behind Sango's shoulder and ran over to me, jumping up to my shoulder also. He looked at me sympathetically and snuggled into my shoulder.
"Kagome... Were you crying? I smell tears," Shippo said, looking at me carefully. I smiled at him and nodded slightly. I had no idea that he had such a good nose. I knew he could smell scents, but he didn't seem to smell things very often, or tell what he knows.
Miroku scratched the back of his head and looked at me. "Should we go check up on...?"
"The man I shot?" I looked up in the sky past everyone's head. No one looked at me then, except for InuYasha. I smiled slightly, but it wasn't real. I knew they could tell. I could tell it was a false smile. Shippo looked at me sadly and I knew what he was thinking. He was feeling bad for me.
InuYasha started to walk towards the healer's house and I followed him, Shippo sitting on my shoulder. We walked inside and I looked over to the person laying there, his wounds covered up by my first-aid stuff and those bandages.
Suddenly, as Sango and Miroku walked in, his eyes slowly opened. They were dark green, void of any emotion besides pain and fear. I stared into them, and he stared into mine... It felt like his eyes were digging into my mind... Into my soul. I felt cold. His eyes seemed to be holding death in them...
He stared at me for a little bit longer before saying, "Where am I?"
We stood still for a while before I couldn't stand it anymore. It was too tense! I stepped forward and looked at him carefully. "You're in a healer's hut. You were shot with my arrow."
Thank you for reading the first chapter, and I would like you to read the second one! Yay! I love writing. Please stay tuned and read the second chapter when I get it up! This chapter was sort of short. Heh. Oh well. I hope my next chapter will be longer, I hope.
Next Chapter: Will the wounds inflicted by Kagome's arrow cause more harm, or will she be able to help him with her modern medicine?