Well here it is my first fan fic. Like it? Hate it? Let your opinion be heard through the art or read and review!

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Chapter 1

The Winds of Change.

It was the same as any other mid-summer afternoon in the feudal era of Japan if not slightly colder than a normal mid-July afternoon as a small band of travelers slowly made there way down the well beaten path, each lost in deep thought as to why they were traveling together. The answer was almost painfully obvious, to gather the shards of the sacred jewel.

The only thing that stood between them and that goal other then the hundreds of demons also looking for the shards was Naraku, who had caused pain and suffering beyond believe where ever he went, destroying entire villages and countless lives just to get his hands on a single shard. Of course that was the other thing that bound them together, they all had a claim on Naraku's head.

Miroku for the wind tunnel in his hand, Sango for the destruction of her entire village, Kagome for all the pain and suffering he has caused, and of course Inuyasha for the betrayal that led to him being bound to a tree for fifty years. They may have been a diverse group but it was their common goals that allowed them to look past their differences and function, if not awkwardly and tensely at times, as a group.

So lost were they in their thoughts they had hardly notice Kagome stop ahead of them until they had almost run into her. Miroku realized this just before colliding with her, and putting out a hand to stop Sango from doing the same he asked "What's wrong Kagome?" "Huh?" Inuyasha scoffed as he turned his head back in mild interest.

"I sense a jewel shard, and its getting closer." She said with mild concern in her voice.

"Feh, what are you worried about? It's not like there are any demons that can stand up to me and the Tetsusaiga" he gloated with an arrogant smile.

"So what about Sesshomaru?" Miroku questioned with an innocent smile.

"Shut it monk unless you want me to permanently remove that voice of yours. I could kill Sesshomaru anytime I wanted." Inuyasha growled, his temper beginning to flare.

Here he goes again Kagome thought with an inward sigh.

"Of course you could Inuyasha, you just don't feel like wasting the precious energy it would take to do so." Miroku stated flatly as a maniacal grin danced across his face.

"Well, uh.. Hey wait a minute!" Inuyasha bellowed, not wanting to lose any ground to the monk. "Don't try and use any of that damn 'psychology' crap on me Miroku!"

Inuyasha growled, stalking his way closer to Miroku, his anger clearly visible.

"Why Inuyasha whatever do you mean?" Miroku said with another innocent smile.

Just as he had lunged towards the monk the two words he hated the most had encompassed him. "Sit boy" Kagome said with a sigh as Inuyasha met the ground yet again.

"He never learns, does he?" heaved Sango with a sigh. "Nope" Shippo said with disappointment and crossed arms as he slowly shook his head.

"What the hell was that for?" Inuyasha growled as he heaved himself to his feet and dusted himself off.

"To get your attention back to the jewel shard" Kagome said with another sigh. He can be so dense sometimes she thought with another inward sigh.

"Oh, that" he growled with a slight blush, amazed that he had forgot about it. Damn, how the hell did I forget about that? He said as a slight frown crossed his face.

"What's wrong Inuyasha?" Kagome asked as she saw the frown on his face.

"Huh? Oh nothing, so where the hell is the jewel shard?" he said as his usual expression returned.

"I don't think you have to worry about that, its getting closer" she said as her hand went to the bow slung over her shoulder.

"Feh, looks like there making things easy for us, delivering the jewel shard and all" he said as another arrogant smile snuck onto his face. "Yes well, be that as it may it could be a trap, Inuyasha. Best be on our guard." Miroku stated with his usual reassuring calmness.

"Don't you think I know that monk? I'm not stupid enough to fall for something that obvious!" Inuyasha growled, his temper flaring once again. "Could have fouled me" Miroku said under his breath but Inuyasha's keen hearing still picked it up.

"What the hell did you say monk?" his temper almost to the breaking point. "Oh, nothing Inuyasha. Besides, you should ready yourself." But seeing the death glare in Inuyasha's eyes he hastily added "Not that you need to of course."

His usual calmness gone, he knew he had almost pushed Inuyasha over the edge and wasn't keen on a fight, especially not now when they would more then likely be needing his strength very soon.

Just as Inuyasha was about to retaliate a fierce wind picked up, seeming to come from the direction Kagome had indicated the jewel shard was in. It was no ordinary wind though for very soon it had increased ten fold and soon had swept them all of their feet and into the air. As Inuyasha was swept into the air he tried to keep an eye out for any sign of a demon but also follow his friends to try and make sure they didn't get themselves killed in this wind.

Soon though his eye caught sight of Kagome. Damn, if anything happens to her I'll never be able to live with my self. Without hesitation he tried to get her attention "KAGOME!" he yelled and the fact that she even heard him was surprising because of all the noise the wind was causing around them.

"INUYASHA, HELP!" she yelled in return. As he began to make his way towards her he called out to her with an outstretched arm. "KAGOME TAKE MY HAND!" he yelled, his face full of concern.

"INUYASHA I CAN'T REACH IT!" she yelled back, tears beginning to stream down her face. As he made his way closer he yelled again in the most soothing and reassuring voice he could. "YES YOU CAN!" and as she extend her hand towards his he managed to grab hold of it and pull her into a tight embrace.

"Don't worry Kagome everything will be fine" he whispered soothingly into her ear, trying to comfort her but all she could was weep into his haori. He wasn't going to let anything hurt her, no, he wasn't going to lose, he was going to protect her no matter what even if he died in the process if only she lived. "Don't worry Kagome" he started again "I won't let anything hurt you, Kagome I…" He couldn't exactly think how to put the words his heart had been dying to say for months.

"Kagome I…" he started again and decided to just say it before his resolve completely left him. "I love you Kagome." At those words Kagome managed to stifle her tears and look into his amber eyes. No way, did he really just say that he loved me? "Inuyasha do you…do you really mean it?" she said no louder than a whisper but he heard her and gave a slight nod, his face going almost as red as his haori.

She couldn't believe it, she had always thought her love towards him had been one sided what with Kikyo and all. Though she still was in shock at Inuyasha's confession of love she managed to whisper "I love you to, Inuyasha" and with that he caught her lips with his in a passionate kiss before pulling her into a tighter embrace as a blinding white light blocked everything else out around him.

There finished, and with a decent cliff hanger to.

Sorry if its short but it seemed so much longer in my notebook and I even added.

Well now you've read so review. Flame or praise I don't care just let me know what you think.

I need those reviews so I know what to do in chapter two, don't worry though, I already have it in a notebook but want to know what you think of chapter one so chapter two can be even better.

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed Chapter One of Assault of the Icy Wind