One last chance
Author: Yasmine1
Email: ebonysky1@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and gang. Kumiko is my own.
Summary: During a fight with another of Naraku's demons, a girl appears to help fight. Who is she? Why does she know everything about the gang? Is she friend or foe?
Chapter two (Angel sent from Heaven)
The old woman watched through the barely opened curtain at the tossing and turning woman that lie on the ground of her hut. Her white hair lay matted to her head, swishing around as she turned from her recent lying position. The scarp she came in with stayed firm against her forehead. Shaking her head she closed the curtain and turned to the group of six anxious people that she has grown to love dearly.
"Ye all have good reason to worry. Though I am sure that she is of no harm to you. Kagome, do ye sense any evil around that child?" Kaede had come to respect Kagome's sensation of evil entities since she has traveled to their time. Her miko powers having grown with each passing day in the Judo era.
"Kaede I don't sense anything but confusion and the occasional fear and anger. She seems ok to me." She really believed that the young woman was of no harm, though in her heart she couldn't explain why.
"You stupid wench! How can you say that? She could kill us at any time."
" Sit!"
Inuyasha's face connected with the ground, leaving a crater the size of his body in the dirt road that they stood on. Miroku looked down at Inuyasha before stepping over him and walking over to Kagome. He wasn't sure if he should tell everyone what he saw or if he should just tell Kagome and Kaede. He was sure that Kaede would have seen the ears, but for some reason she wasn't letting that fact go, he would need to talk to her in a private conversation.
"Are you sure that she can be trusted? She was willing to hit Inuyasha to get to Naraku. Can we trust someone that is willing to put our lives at risk to get that demon?" Miroku stared at everyone, but even longer on Inuyasha, who just got up off the ground and Kagome.
"I think Miroku has a good point. If we were to be in the position to get Naraku would we be able to take a shot that would kill anyone of us? I know that I for one could not take that shot. I want to kill Naraku as much as all of you, but I won't endanger any of you for that." Sango patted Kirara on his head, he purred in the palm of her hand.
"Well I think she is trying to do something. I mean we can't really trust new people. She could have been aiming for me the whole time and just told you that she was aiming for Naraku. I bet she is apart of Naraku. one that doesn't smell like him." Inuyasha sneered at the idea of a Naraku that is in disguise.
Shippou stood beside Kagome, his eyes taking in the state of seriousness. He hated it when they disagreed and looking at how they were standing on this subject they would be arguing for a while. So he walked into the hut that held the woman that the argument had been started over. His little feet carried him over to the sleeping girl.
She looked so innocent laying here; you would never think this is the girl that they are all serious about. Her white hair and black streaks lay flat against her face, though parted over her neck, which showed a scar. It looked like a long jagged slice over where her jugular was. Had she been attacked? Was it by Naraku? Was that why she was trying to kill him? Or maybe Naraku had killed her parents and she got away with only a scar. Shippou stared at that scar, it's pinkness stood out against the pale whiteness of her skin.
'Maybe she won't wake if I touch it. I wonder if it is hot? It seems to be calling to me.'
Shippou couldn't help himself as his fingers made their way over the jagged edged scar. The scar wasn't warm as he had imagined, but smooth and cool. He grazed the scar with his fingernail, feeling the scar tissue give under the slight pressure he had placed on it. Suddenly he felt her body jerk under his touch. He didn't know what to do, should he walk away or should he keep touching the scar that had placed an illusion of her background in his mind?
"You must really like it if you continue to touch it even though you know I'm awake."
Shippou admired the scar once more before he turned his eyes towards the young woman. Her eyes regarded him as a friend so he wasn't sure if he could trust her. He smiled at her and she smiled back. Something he thought he would only get from his friends that was outside yelling at that moment.
"Tell me your name and then tell me how you are to have found your way to these people. You can't have been born from them, because you are full youkai." Kumiko stared at the fox child for a bit, noticing his inner struggle to want to talk about his life but also not knowing if he should.
"Well my name is Shippou and yes I'm a full fox youkai." Shippou had decided on telling only a little in case she was an enemy. But her eyes showed no sign of hate or evil, what normal bad guy's eyes showed.
She gave off that kind of trust that you get when you are around your parents. The type of feeling that wraps you in security and protection. He had only got that feeling twice in his life, once with his parents and once with his dearest of friends; that warmth and security that he got when with Kagome. This girl made him feel the same way he felt when he was around Kagome and for that he trusted her and for that he told her his whole life story.
And the best part about it was she listened. She listened to his stories and about his adventures. She listened to the way he felt when in battle and his insecurities. She listened to what he wants to do when all this is over, how he wants to one day go back with Kagome and stay with her. How he wants to be friends with Inuyasha and relate to him with his youkai side. Sure he knew that Inuyasha was only Hanyou, but that was ok. He told her about his fears and how sometimes he has nightmares of seeing all his friends die and not being able to help them.
And through all of that she listened, her eyes glistening with tears when he couldn't hold his sobs inside any longer. And she held him, and comforted him and he liked that. He liked it so much that his exhausted body fell asleep and he enjoyed her soft arms around him, and the warmth her body provided for him.
He didn't know if she was bad or if she would turn on them, but at that moment, right before his friends came in and snatched him away from her arms, he felt like she had been sent to him and only him and he was grateful. She had been for one moment his Angel and he was glad Heaven sent her to him.
TBC
Author: Yasmine1
Email: ebonysky1@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and gang. Kumiko is my own.
Summary: During a fight with another of Naraku's demons, a girl appears to help fight. Who is she? Why does she know everything about the gang? Is she friend or foe?
Chapter two (Angel sent from Heaven)
The old woman watched through the barely opened curtain at the tossing and turning woman that lie on the ground of her hut. Her white hair lay matted to her head, swishing around as she turned from her recent lying position. The scarp she came in with stayed firm against her forehead. Shaking her head she closed the curtain and turned to the group of six anxious people that she has grown to love dearly.
"Ye all have good reason to worry. Though I am sure that she is of no harm to you. Kagome, do ye sense any evil around that child?" Kaede had come to respect Kagome's sensation of evil entities since she has traveled to their time. Her miko powers having grown with each passing day in the Judo era.
"Kaede I don't sense anything but confusion and the occasional fear and anger. She seems ok to me." She really believed that the young woman was of no harm, though in her heart she couldn't explain why.
"You stupid wench! How can you say that? She could kill us at any time."
" Sit!"
Inuyasha's face connected with the ground, leaving a crater the size of his body in the dirt road that they stood on. Miroku looked down at Inuyasha before stepping over him and walking over to Kagome. He wasn't sure if he should tell everyone what he saw or if he should just tell Kagome and Kaede. He was sure that Kaede would have seen the ears, but for some reason she wasn't letting that fact go, he would need to talk to her in a private conversation.
"Are you sure that she can be trusted? She was willing to hit Inuyasha to get to Naraku. Can we trust someone that is willing to put our lives at risk to get that demon?" Miroku stared at everyone, but even longer on Inuyasha, who just got up off the ground and Kagome.
"I think Miroku has a good point. If we were to be in the position to get Naraku would we be able to take a shot that would kill anyone of us? I know that I for one could not take that shot. I want to kill Naraku as much as all of you, but I won't endanger any of you for that." Sango patted Kirara on his head, he purred in the palm of her hand.
"Well I think she is trying to do something. I mean we can't really trust new people. She could have been aiming for me the whole time and just told you that she was aiming for Naraku. I bet she is apart of Naraku. one that doesn't smell like him." Inuyasha sneered at the idea of a Naraku that is in disguise.
Shippou stood beside Kagome, his eyes taking in the state of seriousness. He hated it when they disagreed and looking at how they were standing on this subject they would be arguing for a while. So he walked into the hut that held the woman that the argument had been started over. His little feet carried him over to the sleeping girl.
She looked so innocent laying here; you would never think this is the girl that they are all serious about. Her white hair and black streaks lay flat against her face, though parted over her neck, which showed a scar. It looked like a long jagged slice over where her jugular was. Had she been attacked? Was it by Naraku? Was that why she was trying to kill him? Or maybe Naraku had killed her parents and she got away with only a scar. Shippou stared at that scar, it's pinkness stood out against the pale whiteness of her skin.
'Maybe she won't wake if I touch it. I wonder if it is hot? It seems to be calling to me.'
Shippou couldn't help himself as his fingers made their way over the jagged edged scar. The scar wasn't warm as he had imagined, but smooth and cool. He grazed the scar with his fingernail, feeling the scar tissue give under the slight pressure he had placed on it. Suddenly he felt her body jerk under his touch. He didn't know what to do, should he walk away or should he keep touching the scar that had placed an illusion of her background in his mind?
"You must really like it if you continue to touch it even though you know I'm awake."
Shippou admired the scar once more before he turned his eyes towards the young woman. Her eyes regarded him as a friend so he wasn't sure if he could trust her. He smiled at her and she smiled back. Something he thought he would only get from his friends that was outside yelling at that moment.
"Tell me your name and then tell me how you are to have found your way to these people. You can't have been born from them, because you are full youkai." Kumiko stared at the fox child for a bit, noticing his inner struggle to want to talk about his life but also not knowing if he should.
"Well my name is Shippou and yes I'm a full fox youkai." Shippou had decided on telling only a little in case she was an enemy. But her eyes showed no sign of hate or evil, what normal bad guy's eyes showed.
She gave off that kind of trust that you get when you are around your parents. The type of feeling that wraps you in security and protection. He had only got that feeling twice in his life, once with his parents and once with his dearest of friends; that warmth and security that he got when with Kagome. This girl made him feel the same way he felt when he was around Kagome and for that he trusted her and for that he told her his whole life story.
And the best part about it was she listened. She listened to his stories and about his adventures. She listened to the way he felt when in battle and his insecurities. She listened to what he wants to do when all this is over, how he wants to one day go back with Kagome and stay with her. How he wants to be friends with Inuyasha and relate to him with his youkai side. Sure he knew that Inuyasha was only Hanyou, but that was ok. He told her about his fears and how sometimes he has nightmares of seeing all his friends die and not being able to help them.
And through all of that she listened, her eyes glistening with tears when he couldn't hold his sobs inside any longer. And she held him, and comforted him and he liked that. He liked it so much that his exhausted body fell asleep and he enjoyed her soft arms around him, and the warmth her body provided for him.
He didn't know if she was bad or if she would turn on them, but at that moment, right before his friends came in and snatched him away from her arms, he felt like she had been sent to him and only him and he was grateful. She had been for one moment his Angel and he was glad Heaven sent her to him.
TBC