Hey! I'm really getting into this story! If anyone has read my other story, should I continue it? I'm not sure. Oh well. I'll worry later. Here's the next Chapter!
Chapter 2Kome walked through the dense forest, tired and hungry. 'I can't do this,' Kome said to herself. She dropped to the forest floor and leaned against an old tree. In no time, she was deep asleep.
"Help me, Kome!" Aki screamed. Kome turned and saw her friend being chased by village guards armed with clubs and whips. She was running towards her. Kome darted towards Aki, but right when she was about to grab her hand she was stopped by an invisible barrier keeping her from her best friend. "Aki!" Kome shouted. The guards caught up to Aki and forced her to the ground like last time. Kome ran in terror and tripped over a rock. She looked up and saw what looked like a half dog demon. He had silver hair that went down to the middle of his back. He had white dog ears on top of his head, and no tail. But, what really stood out were his brilliant amber eyes. What surprised Kome most was that he, in a way, resembled her. "I'm your brother," he said, "I can help you. All you have to do is find me,". "But where are you?" Kome asked, shocked. "I may be closer than you think," he answered. Before Kome could ask anymore, the strange hanyou who claimed to be her brother mysteriously vanished. Then she woke up. "It was a dream," she said aloud to herself. "Just a dream,". She picked herself up and started walking again. She felt more powerful than before. She started to think about that strange dream. Was it a dream or some sort of, prophecy? She shook her head as if to force the bad dream out of her thoughts.
Suddenly she sensed something strong. She had felt it before when she was in the presence of the lead demon at the slave village. She knew that feeling! It was the sacred jewel! Well, part of it anyway. Kome knew she would be no match for another demon who has had time to train. She jumped up into a nearby tree and tried to hide from whatever or whoever was coming. She waited and waited. Finally she decided to climb back down when she heard "Hey Kagome, where are we going?". It sounded like the voice of a little child. She looked down and saw a little fox demon on the shoulder of a girl in a strange type of clothing. Quickly she darted back up the tree and tried to cover herself with leaves. "Did anybody else see that?" the little kitsune said. "See what?" another one said. It was a demon slayer with a giant boomerang-like weapon and a tiny cat demon. "Oh crap," Kome whispered to herself. Quickly she clapped her hands over her mouth, realizing the little demon could've heard that. "Hey! I heard something!" the kitsune said, just like Kome predicted. "Yeah. Me too," someone else said this. She couldn't see who it was, but it sounded like a male. And even worse, it had to be another demon, because apparently he heard her. Kome decided to keep her mouth shut until they were gone.
"I think it came from that tree, Shippo," the unknown voice said. "I'll go look!" said the little one called Shippo. As he began to crawl up the tree, Kome thought fast and decided she should just jump down and try to make peace, somehow. So right before his outstretched arm touched her, she jumped backwards off the tree. "Ahhh!" Shippo yelled in surprise. "Inuyasha, Inuyasha! It's another demon!" He scrambled down the tree and jumped back on other girl's shoulder. "Oh yeah?" the voice said again. Kome heard footsteps running towards her. "Hey I don't want to-" Kome was interrupted when she saw a figure running towards her. "Iron reaper soul stealer!" Kome dodged the attack quite easily. "Hey! I'm not as weak as I thought!" Kome said to herself. She looked up, the same blurry figure racing towards her, but this time with a sword drawn. In an instant, Kome's head started to throb. She clutched it and closed her eyes. Surprisingly to her, she wasn't dead! Though she was standing in a different place then before. And was much closer to the ground. She looked down and saw something that wasn't there before! She saw paws! And when she looked behind she saw a fuzzy, white back! A wolf's back! She started circling herself amazed. 'I actually transformed!' Kome thought, delighted.
"What's it doing?" the girl in strange clothes asked. "I don't know?" answered Kome's attacker.
Suddenly, Kome was knocked to the ground, pinned by some one she never thought she'd actually see. Kome was on her back looking up into big amber eyes. "It's you," she whispered. "Huh!" her so called brother said surprised. He jumped off of her and stood with his sword at the ready. "Who are you?" he yelled angrily. Kome stood up and slowly started walking towards him. "It's actually you!" she repeated over and over, getting louder every time. "You asked for it!" he yelled. He jumped up high and swung at Kome. She was in too much of a daze to dodge it. Right before the giant sword sliced through her body, it turned small and very dull. Like it was just worn out. But that didn't stop it from hitting her. Kome fell to the ground, out cold. "What!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Why did it change?" Shippo asked and ran over to Kome. "Hey everybody! She's still alive!". "Don't worry," Inuyasha said, "I can fix that!" He started walking toward Kome when Kagome stood in his way. "Inuyasha! It doesn't seem like she's just another mindless demon," she turned on her heel to face Kome. "We're going to wait until it wakes up," she said with finality. "Now could you help me with it!" "I will," the monk named Miroku said. He bent down picked up Kome. "Wow!" Miroku said surprised. "This thing isn't too heavy. I think it's been wondering in the forest for a while,". They all started walking back in the direction they came.
"I'm not an 'it'," came a weak voice over Miroku's shoulder. "What?" he said stunned. "I have a name, it's Kome," she said and instantly fell back into her deep sleep.
Uh, sorry it took sooooo long for me to update! I hope you all haven't forgotten about Lost Brother. I'll try to get another chapter up before long!
PS: The keyword there is try my friends!
