Chapter 2
Kagome awoke the next morning before everyone else, cuddled up around something soft and furry. She opened her eyes slightly and saw the furry abject was black. Once she realized that the fluff wasn't Shippo she gave it a good yank, to get it out of ther sleeping bag quickly. The amount of force she used on the black fluffy object had sent her rolling from the sleeping bag. kagome reached behind herself to massage her now sore backside. Her hand came in contact with the furry mass and ahs pulled again. A sharp pain shot up her spine as she realized the long length of black fur was attached to her.
"I have a tail," she whispered quietly as she stroked her tail gently, it twitched a few times at her administration. 'Father did say the Kuro Inu women carry the youkai traits.' She then yelled her next words "I HAVE A TAIL!"
Her friends started to awaken at her sudden outburst, wondering what was going on.
Not wanting to face her friends yet, she stood and shouted to them as she darted fromt he campsite. "I'll be back in a few hours, see ya!" With that she raced for the well that was several miles off.
Sango rubbed some sleep from her eyes as she caught a brief glance of Kagome as she ran off. "Am I still sleeping or did Kagome have a tail?"
"If your asleep then we're having the same dream." Miroku stated as he slowly sat up and looked around the camp, "and I don't think it was a dream."
A quick rustle of leaves got everyones attention as they looked tot he side of the camp that Kagome was just on. A silver haired hanyou dressed in red stood staring at the path Kagome took in her haste. His eyes widened as he breathed in her scent.
"Somethings wrong." Inuyasha sniffed a few more times to be sure. "Her scent has changed, but why and why does she smell like a-"
"Inuyasha?" Shippo howlered at him, in hope of geting his attention he continued "Since when does Kagome have a sword?"
The innocent question caught everyone by surprise. they all looked over at the small fox as he reached out to pick up the sword. As his little hands neared it, he was hit with a few bolts of blue electicity. Shippo screamed in pain and surprise as he jumped back several feet.
Miroku then walked up and looked at the sword from a distance. "Looks like it has a barrier on it just like the Tetsusaiga. Where did Kagome get this?" He then bent down to pick it up only to be deflected by the same barrier as Shippo. He looked at the sword cautiously. "Thats odd. A barrier against Youkai and Humans!........Inuyasha........come pick up the sword." The monk watched intently as Inuyasha scoffed and called him 'weak' then walked up to the sword.
After hesitating for a moment he bent down and picked it up, with no problems. He then pulled the blade from the sheath and examined it. It looked identical to the Tetsusaiga except it wasn't chipped and worn out, plus this had a tassle dangling from the end, with a whitish stone and a moon and star dangling next to it. His eyes narrowed as they glanced over the blade. "Why do I have this sudden feeling of 'Deja vu'." He whispered to himself.
"Very interesting." Miroku watched as Inuyasha examined the sword. "Only hanyous can touch this sword, so how did Kagome come to posses this" Miroku continued to ponder over the sword that was obviously in Kagome's possession.
"Inuyasha........what are these?" The little fox youkai looked up at him as Inuyasha sheathed the sword and looked down at Shippo's inquiry. The child had his hands held up high exposing two pink and silver cylinders.
Inuyasha fell to the ground in shock. From his sitting, slightly reclined position on the ground, he eyed the small tubes that were large in the little youkai's hands. Inuyasha reached for them and looked at them, now in his hand. "Where.......where did you get these?" He asked Shippo with a very soft voice that surprised everyone.
Shippo blinked at him a few times in shock before speaking. "They were under Kagome's pillow........Inuyasha........what's wrong.......you look pale." Shippo asked him, with genuine concern. 'He looks like he's seen a ghost.' He watched as the hanyou delicatly played with the pink objects in his hand. "What are those anyway?"
"They're hair ornaments. I gave them to my betrothed when we were children." Inuyasha continued to look at the cylinders as if transfixed.
"BETROTHED!? Inuyasha your engaged!" the two humans said in unison obviously amazed by his response.
"Techniquely. Her father was the Great youkai of the East and a Kuro Inu. She was a hanyou just like me. Our fathers betrothed us before we were born. We were practicly inseperable. But shortly before my mother died her family was attacked,her, her mother, and infant brother dissappeared, and I heard her father died shortly after from the attack. I was only 6 when she vanished I can't even remember their names anymore." Inuyasha's voice was soft as he told them about the little girl that would have been his wife someday. He felt his heart constrict at a few memories of them playing. He remembered the last time he saw her. ~******~Flashback~******~
A small girl about 5 with long blackish blue hair and wide amber eyes ran through a field toward a silver haired boy about 6.
"Inu-chan.......I made this for you."
The girl placed a wreath of daisies on his head, looping around one of his fuzzy white dog ears.
The boy looked at her through slitted eyes as he gave her blackish blue tail a slight tug. "Am I suppose to be cute?"
"Uh huh!" The girl nodded happily as she smiled up at him.
"I'm a mighty warrior......I'm not suppose to be cute." The boy crossed his arms in front of him and puffed up his chest in order to make himself look bigger. He then fell over backwards and both children burst out laughing. ~******~End Flashback~******~
The soft look in his eyes didn't go unnoticed by Sango or Miroku. Everything about him softened as he spoke about his 'intended.' His voice, his eyes, his expression, even his grasp on the ornaments became gentle.
'Good thing Kagome isn't here, seeing Inuyasha this way would definatly wreak havoc with her heart.' Sango continued to watch her friend as he seemed lost in thought.
"So......any idea how Kagome got a hold of them. She didn't have them yesterday. Could they just be duplicates?" Miroku questioned as he went about packing up the camp site.
"NO.....they were specially made, no one else should have them.....unless......she's dead." Inuyasha said the last few words so quietly they almost escaped Sango's ears.
"Inuyash......"Sango started, but was cut off as Inuyasha jumped to his feet.
He tucked the ornaments into his haori and tied Kagome's sword to his waist next to the Tetsusaiga. "Can you guys handle the clean up. I'm going to go talk to Kagome. Meet back at Kaede's." He didn't wait for a reply as he bolted off in the same direction Kagome took. ~******~