Chapter 1:
Falling
Kagome stood back away from the fight, wishing she could help. Though with Inuyasha bounding up and around the demon, she didn't want to chance hitting him with one of her arrows. Sango and Miroku were across the clearing, both clearly unconscious. They had been taken out early in the fight, the demons tusks easily throwing them into the trees. She cursed herself for not being able to go check on her friends, but Inuyasha had told her to stay put. Not one to take orders though, she waited for her chance.
When they first encountered the baby boar demon, they were surprised to find out he had two jewel shards imbedded in its' forehead. He was only a baby,and seemed to be very frightened, to which Kagome had insisted they not kill him. Inuyasha argued saying that if she was really worried about human lives that she would insist on him killing the baby demon.
"What in the world are you talking about? It's only a baby, what harm could he possibly do?" She was furious that Inuyasha had said that she didn't worry about human lives.
"Lady Kagome, I believe what Inuyasha is trying to say is that boars demons are very dangerous. In a few months this one here will most likely be attacking passerby's with out any trouble."
Sango spoke up at this point. She understood how Kagome felt. She and the other demon exterminators had to kill a family of demon boars once, and she had wondered how much harm they could really do. She knew if a wild boar was cornered or its babies were in danger it would attack, but demon boars were different. They attacked because they craved flesh. She told Kagome this, knowing she would get the point.
"Alright, I guess you guys are right." She was still saddened that they would have to kill a baby.
"Feh, of course we are." With that Inuyasha ran towards the demon, but was quickly stopped by Miroku's staff.
"Inuyasha, perhaps we should exercise some caution. The mother is sure to be close by."
"Feh, what's wrong monk, your not scared of a little demon are you?" With that he pushed the staff away intent on finally getting the shards.
The little boar quickly turned around and started running, squealing for all its worth. It was no match for Inuyasha's speed though, and was quickly killed. He picked up the head to take to Kagome, so she could get the jewel shards. He knew the girl would be skittish about the whole taking the jewel shards out of a severed head, but this was her duty and she would live up to it. He was half way across the clearing when Kagome yelled to him that there was more jewel shards coming quickly they're way. He knew it would be the mother, rushing to cries of the baby, and he knew she would be pissed. He threw the head at Kagome, to which she yelped in disgust as it rolled to her feet.
"Hey, what's your problem! You don't throw heads at people you know. It really rude, not to mention extremely gross." She yelled at him, getting ready to say the "s" word.
"Will you just get the damn shards! The mothers coming and she's very pissed off." Inuyasha unsheathed the tetsusaiga,
not sure what to expect. The demons aura indicated it was strong, and by the way the ground was shaking, she was also very big.
"Yeah, yeah. I would like to see you do this, this is so...so gross." She mumbled to herself. "Eww, I really don't want to touch a head. Inuyasha, you are going to owe me big time for this." She knew he could hear her with his demon hearing, and she didn't care one bit if this made her seem weak. After all, she was sure even the strongest of demons wouldn't want to touch a bloody, sticky, oozing head. Unless, of course, they were into that kind of stuff.
Sango and Miroku got into a fighting stance along with Inuyasha, knowing this would be a fight. An adult demon boar was bad, but one that lost her baby and had jewel shards, was really bad. Kagome, oblivious to what was going on around her, was turning a sickly green with the thoughts of how to get the shard out, possibly without touching the head. She knew it would be impossible, with the small tusks rounding their way up protecting the forehead, but a girl could try, right? Knowing what had to be done, she took an arrow from her quiver, picked up the head by the tusk, and started to pull the shards out.
It was at this time, when Kagome started poking and prodding the head with the arrow, that the demon boar pushed through the trees and foliage. The boar could smell her babies blood, which sent her into a rage. She looked straight at Kagome, the promise of death gleaming in her eyes.
Inuyasha knowing it would try to attack Kagome stepped in front of her, with Miroku and Sango following suit. Kilala quickly changed to her larger size to help her master and friends. Shippo, who had been silent up until this point, tapped Kagome on the shoulder. She had just got the last jewel shard out when she looked up to find the demon staring straight at her.
"Don't worry mama, I'll protect you." Shippo whispered in her ear. From the quiver in his voice she could tell he was scared though, so she told him to go hide until the fight was over. Not one to argue, he took off quickly. He knew Inuyasha would protect her, so he ran to the trees.
"Kagome, no matter what happens, I want you to stay put." She opened her mouth to argue with the hanyou, but thought better of it when she realized he was actually saying that he was worried for her. She smiled to herself, knowing that deep down he did care for her, at least as a friend.
Inuyasha made the first move, hoping that the windscar would take it down. He was sorely disappointed when the only thing it did was hit a shield. Something was really wrong with this picture, but they didn't have time to think about it. The thing charged at Inuyasha, intent on gutting him with her tusks, but he nimbly jumped away. Sango knew it was futile to attack while it had a shield, thought to distract the demon so Inuyasha could use the red tetsusaiga. She threw her boomerang hoping to get its attention. It worked, for as soon as it hit the barrier the boar demon turned around to unleash it's fury on her.
She knew it would charge, but wasn't expecting the speed which the demon had. Miroku, who knew she wouldn't be able to get out of the way in time, ran towards her, not caring if he was putting his own life in danger. He reached her with barely enough time to wrap his arms around her, accepting the brunt of the attack. For one split second they're eyes met, and Sango could feel the love radiating between them. Then everything went black.
Kagome screamed when she saw her friends swatted like flies into the tree. Inuyasha himself flew into a rage taking the red tetsusiaga and attacking. The barrier dropped, but the boar was still strong without it. Inuyasha hadn't noticed that the fight had gotten closer to Kagome, or the fact that she was eyeing her friends in the distance, he was focused only on killing the demon boar. He pulled back to release the windscar and Kagome saw her opening. She ran behind Inuyasha thinking the demon would be dead soon enough. She ran towards her friends, praying to the gods that they were okay.
"Kagome! Run!"
What happen next seemed to be in slow motion. She turned around and saw Inuyasha out the corner of her eye, but what caught her attention was the demon charging her. Only one thought entered her mind: RUN! She turned quickly away from where her friends were, after all she didn't want them trampled in the pursuit. She quickly ran for the densest part of the trees, hoping it would slow the demon down. Realizing she would have to be careful, because running at full speed while trying to dodge branches and vines wasn't easy, she still did not slow down. Death was at her heels, in the form of gigantic boar demon, she wasn't worried about bumps and scratches, but she did worry about a broken ankle. She could hear Inuyasha yelling to get down, at that moment she was happy she listened. He had used the windscar to tear into the boar but it also resulted in tearing into the trees. She flew to the ground, a giant tree branch narrowly missing her. Not missing a beat she got back to her feet and continued running. She wasn't sure if the boar was dead or not, but Kagome didn't want to stick around to find out she wasn't. She knew Inuyasha would find her, so she ran.
She was scared, sure that death would come today, and tears filled her eyes. She still ran, not thinking, tears blurring her vision, when she felt herself fall. She thought briefly that she was silly running like that, but the thoughts were cut short. Everything went black.
A.N. Okay I just want to say this is my very first story, and so I hope it's ok. Should this be continued or not. Another chapter will be up soon if I get positive reviews. If not then I still may post another chapter anyways.:)
