The Curse
Chapter 1: The new girlIt was a normal summer day, like any other for the InuGang. They had just left Kaede's village and were headed to a nearby village where an 'evil spirit' had been rumoured to be terrorising. InuYasha was getting vary impatient at the pace of the group, as they were merely walking. "Could you guys go any slower?" InuYasha asked, his patience wearing thinner and thinner by the second "As matter of fact we could, InuYasha, do you always have to be in a hurry?" Kagome asked. While walking slower, just as a joke InuYasha growled slightly, proving he was in no mood to joke. "While we're all walk at the pace of a snail demon, Naraku could get his hands on another shard! And may I remind you that this wouldn't have happened had you not broken it!" InuYasha retorted. "And may I remind you, InuYasha that you would still be pirrned to a tree had Kagome not come along" Miroku remarked nonchalantly "You wanna start something monk?" InuYasha snapped. "No I was merely pointing out the obvious!" Kagome sighed, and looked at her surroundings they were nearing the village, no doubt, the small forest in which they were travelling through was thinning out and a path was forming. It was a nice sunny day, and Kagome was cherishing it, she didn't like gloomy days very much it put her in a grumpy 'I-DON'T-WANT-TO-DO-ANYTHING' mood. Interrupting the group's thoughts and actions, a girl with long dark brown hair was running for her life. She was wearing a blue and green striped kimono, that looked much like InuYasha's, but instead of pants, she wore a long blue skirt, that ended just above her ankles. She was a bit per-occupied with her stalker that she hadn't been watching where she was going. "Ouch!" the girl said, while standing up, and looking at whom she had just collided with. "Eeep! I'm sorry! AH! Please don't hurt me!" apparently, she had run into InuYahsa, who seemed unfazed by the collision. Quickly the girl stood up, and cautiously looked around. Out of nowhere, a black blur had the girl pinned to a tree by the neck. "Wench give me that bag" the figure demanded. The girl just tried to shack her head and clutched the bag closer to her form. "Who are you? Let her go!" Sango demanded. The demon turned its head, but not letting go of the girl's neck. "Hey! InuYasha! They both have jewel shards!" Kagome shouted. "I can see them, I just can't sense them" The girls eyes widened, and the demon snickered. "Get out of here! NOW! You're only putting yourself in harms way!" the girl shouted. "Not without those shards! WIND SCAR!" InuYasha shouted, catching the demon off guard. "InuYasha! You could have killed the girl!" Shippo shouted. "I didn't kill her, runt." InuYasha stared he was right the girl was just in poor condition, quite a few bruises, cuts, a bruised neck and now unconscious, but not dead. Kagome rushed over to the slumped figure settled at the base of the tree, and checked her pulse the heart beat was faint but still there none the less. "Sango get me my first aid kit" Kagome demanded Sango was about to reach into Kagome's backpack but InuYasha put an arm out in front of her, blocking her way. "InuYasha what are you doing? Get out of my way!" Sango shouted InuYasha wouldn't budge, he stood there growling at first and as Sango persisted the mere growling fared into furious snarls. "Stop she'll be fine, leave her there!" InuYasha yelled at the demon slayer "InuYasha? InuYasha … SIT!" Kagome shouted Sango stepped over InuYasha, got the first aid kid and handed then it to Kagome, InuYasha got up, and tried once more to get Kagome to Cease her actions. "Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit!" Kagome screamed. That should keep InuYasha busy for a while I mean whom wouldn't be busy digging themselves out of seven-foot creator? As if on timing when Kagome was done dressing the strange girl's wounds, InuYasha sprang from his ever-growing crater. InuYasha at this point was transforming into a full-fledged demon. Kagome sat there frozen with fear InuYasha took a step towards her and luckily Sango and Miroku dragged Kagome back. This continued for about five paces until InuYasha was about to strike as if on cue the girl awoke from her state of uncorciousness and leapt in front of Kagome. Shielding her from InuYasha's claws the girl was having a hard time keeping in touch with reality at that second who wouldn't after you had just been stabbed all the way through your stomach. By some stranger you had met took everyone back except InuYasha who was seemingly enjoying this InuYasha withdrew his claws slowly obviously to make the girl suffer more. The girl shuddered and turned to Kagome "Hurry…get…his...Tesaiga…" the girl managed to croak out "But he has it?" Kagome said more than stated but gasping when she saw that InuYasha indeed did not have his sword with him. Kagome jumped out from hiding place in between Sango and Miroku and their new strange friend and ran to get InuYasha's favorite sword InuYasha with immense speed had her cornered in the matter of seconds. Kagome had two options give InuYasha the sword and hopefully he'd change back or hope he changes on his own Yeah like option two would do any good. "InuYasha! Take the sword! Please!" Kagome shouted very well on the verge of tears InuYasha hesitated and slowly reached out a clawed hand Kagome placed the sword in his palm and its hocked him pretty badly. InuYasha hissed and threw it to the ground Kagome gasped the sword had always been able to bring him back to normal. InuYasha who was still demon glared at Kagome and snarled at her he langed for her once more the girl took action once more and shielded Kagome with her battered body. The girl winced in pain and collapsed on to InuYasha's blood-covered hands.
