Chapter One:
Kagome Hurt
"What do you mean, "clumsy, stupid and weak?!?"
"I mean that you cost us that Shikon shard back there! If you hadn't tripped right into the youkai's claws, I wouldn't have had to forgo the shard to save your sorry hide! I mean, even though she hates me, Kikyou is a better Miko than you, Kagome! Why the hell couldn't I get stuck with a stupid, USEFUL girl instead of a stupid, clumsy one?!"
With the gleam of tears at the back of her eyes, Kagome asks InuYasha one last thing. "Is she really a better Miko than me?"
Not noticing a thing, in the usual Takahashi style, InuYasha laughs. "Ha! Kikyou is dead, and she's more of a woman than you are! She's your better in every way!"
"Fine, then! Go to your precious Kikyou. I hope her arrows find their way into your heart! Oh, wait. You don't have one. I'm leaving!"
And with that, Kagome flees down the path they were once walking on toward Kaede's hut. InuYasha is a little nonplussed, but shrugs it off. "Pah, she'll go tell her woes to the dried up woman, and then we'll get back to hunting shards together."
InuYasha is of course ignoring the little stabbings in his heart. (He does have one by the way, folks) Rubbing his chest area, InuYasha first wonders what he ate that disagreed with him. Then he thinks about what had just transpired.
"Ha! At least the bitch didn't use that 'sit' thing! My day is getting better after losing that shard."
And so our clueless, lovable, stubborn idiot of a hanyou went on his merry way. Little did InuYasha know, Kagome ran with tears streaming, past the village, past Kaede's hut and in the direction of the BoneEater's Well.
InuYasha had hit Kagome's private fears with his dig about Kikyou. She thought that she wasn't needed, and that the dog demon would go back to the dead Miko, preferring a dead person that hated him-to her, a girl that loved him.
Kagome's tears blinded her to the slap of branches and twigs, the roots that sought to trip her, and the looming form of InuYasha's half-brother, Sesshoumaru.
With an 'oof' and a backwards sprawling motion, Kagome came to a stop at the feet of Sesshoumaru, the Youkai lord that seemed bound and determined to kill them all.
Surprisingly, she felt no fear at this new threat. She was too angry at InuYasha to be concerned about her own life.
Kagome's musings were interrupted by the cold, remote words issued from the form in front of her. "Where are you going?"
Sesshoumaru could not believe his luck. But then again, he had always had everything go his way before he became involved with his mongrel brother, why should now be any different? He now had a way to force InuYasha to give up Tetsusaiga once and for all.
Sesshoumaru knew that InuYasha had feelings for the human at his feet, and what better way of twisting the figurative dagger even further than to subvert her. But what she said next startled Sesshoumaru, not much mind you, but just a little.
"I'm going home!"
His automatic response to this tidbit of information was, "Where is home?"
Sesshoumaru figures that if he knew where the human lived, he could show up and (AN: *cough* *cough* *court*) torment Kagome any time he wanted at her home while InuYasha could not do a thing.
With Kagome's next words, Sesshoumaru saw all of his hopes dashed.
"Home is far away where nothing will ever hurt me again! Where that bastard you call a half-brother will never be able to find me, and where I'll never have to deal with this Kami forsaken land again!"
Wait, this wasn't supposed to happen?! How could he use Kagome as bait if she went so far away as to never have to deal with InuYasha again? This was unacceptable! Sesshoumaru had to do something or else all of his plans were to come to naught.
But beneath his determination to get the best of his half brother, Sesshoumaru was surprised.
He never thought that InuYasha's woman would run, nor had he thought that she would be this beautiful even in the midst of tears. Somehow they got to him, made him want to reach out and brush the crystalline drops away.
Kagome saw her chance to escape when the Inu-jerk's brother seemed suddenly preoccupied with his own thoughts. In a quick twisting motion, Kagome jerks out of his grip and makes a dash towards the well, which is only a few yards away.
Sesshoumaru, who was quite surprised by this move, blurred and appeared inches in front of his suddenly illusive quarry, who runs into his embrace.
With an 'oof' from her, Sesshoumaru picked up his light burden and sped off into the forest.
Trees whiz by as Sesshoumaru wondered what came over him. He never does things like this. Impulsiveness was his brother's department, not his own. But he did accomplish what he set out to do.
He now had something to hold over InuYasha, which was his wench. He knew that the mongrel 'liked' her, so maybe he would be willing to trade Tetsusaiga to get her back.
One never knew what the impulsiveness of youth would engender. He just might get his father's sword. He would write a letter to InuYasha, telling him of his demands, and they will just see who would get what.
(good place to end chapter one.)
"What do you mean, "clumsy, stupid and weak?!?"
"I mean that you cost us that Shikon shard back there! If you hadn't tripped right into the youkai's claws, I wouldn't have had to forgo the shard to save your sorry hide! I mean, even though she hates me, Kikyou is a better Miko than you, Kagome! Why the hell couldn't I get stuck with a stupid, USEFUL girl instead of a stupid, clumsy one?!"
With the gleam of tears at the back of her eyes, Kagome asks InuYasha one last thing. "Is she really a better Miko than me?"
Not noticing a thing, in the usual Takahashi style, InuYasha laughs. "Ha! Kikyou is dead, and she's more of a woman than you are! She's your better in every way!"
"Fine, then! Go to your precious Kikyou. I hope her arrows find their way into your heart! Oh, wait. You don't have one. I'm leaving!"
And with that, Kagome flees down the path they were once walking on toward Kaede's hut. InuYasha is a little nonplussed, but shrugs it off. "Pah, she'll go tell her woes to the dried up woman, and then we'll get back to hunting shards together."
InuYasha is of course ignoring the little stabbings in his heart. (He does have one by the way, folks) Rubbing his chest area, InuYasha first wonders what he ate that disagreed with him. Then he thinks about what had just transpired.
"Ha! At least the bitch didn't use that 'sit' thing! My day is getting better after losing that shard."
And so our clueless, lovable, stubborn idiot of a hanyou went on his merry way. Little did InuYasha know, Kagome ran with tears streaming, past the village, past Kaede's hut and in the direction of the BoneEater's Well.
InuYasha had hit Kagome's private fears with his dig about Kikyou. She thought that she wasn't needed, and that the dog demon would go back to the dead Miko, preferring a dead person that hated him-to her, a girl that loved him.
Kagome's tears blinded her to the slap of branches and twigs, the roots that sought to trip her, and the looming form of InuYasha's half-brother, Sesshoumaru.
With an 'oof' and a backwards sprawling motion, Kagome came to a stop at the feet of Sesshoumaru, the Youkai lord that seemed bound and determined to kill them all.
Surprisingly, she felt no fear at this new threat. She was too angry at InuYasha to be concerned about her own life.
Kagome's musings were interrupted by the cold, remote words issued from the form in front of her. "Where are you going?"
Sesshoumaru could not believe his luck. But then again, he had always had everything go his way before he became involved with his mongrel brother, why should now be any different? He now had a way to force InuYasha to give up Tetsusaiga once and for all.
Sesshoumaru knew that InuYasha had feelings for the human at his feet, and what better way of twisting the figurative dagger even further than to subvert her. But what she said next startled Sesshoumaru, not much mind you, but just a little.
"I'm going home!"
His automatic response to this tidbit of information was, "Where is home?"
Sesshoumaru figures that if he knew where the human lived, he could show up and (AN: *cough* *cough* *court*) torment Kagome any time he wanted at her home while InuYasha could not do a thing.
With Kagome's next words, Sesshoumaru saw all of his hopes dashed.
"Home is far away where nothing will ever hurt me again! Where that bastard you call a half-brother will never be able to find me, and where I'll never have to deal with this Kami forsaken land again!"
Wait, this wasn't supposed to happen?! How could he use Kagome as bait if she went so far away as to never have to deal with InuYasha again? This was unacceptable! Sesshoumaru had to do something or else all of his plans were to come to naught.
But beneath his determination to get the best of his half brother, Sesshoumaru was surprised.
He never thought that InuYasha's woman would run, nor had he thought that she would be this beautiful even in the midst of tears. Somehow they got to him, made him want to reach out and brush the crystalline drops away.
Kagome saw her chance to escape when the Inu-jerk's brother seemed suddenly preoccupied with his own thoughts. In a quick twisting motion, Kagome jerks out of his grip and makes a dash towards the well, which is only a few yards away.
Sesshoumaru, who was quite surprised by this move, blurred and appeared inches in front of his suddenly illusive quarry, who runs into his embrace.
With an 'oof' from her, Sesshoumaru picked up his light burden and sped off into the forest.
Trees whiz by as Sesshoumaru wondered what came over him. He never does things like this. Impulsiveness was his brother's department, not his own. But he did accomplish what he set out to do.
He now had something to hold over InuYasha, which was his wench. He knew that the mongrel 'liked' her, so maybe he would be willing to trade Tetsusaiga to get her back.
One never knew what the impulsiveness of youth would engender. He just might get his father's sword. He would write a letter to InuYasha, telling him of his demands, and they will just see who would get what.
(good place to end chapter one.)