HANYOU KAGOME!

Writer: Ark Angel HFB

CHAPTER 4: You Think So?

Sora crossed his arms staring at Kagome as she walked up to him. "Follow we shall go see this person." Sora turned walking towards the village. "With my luck the child went and found a mate not knowing she was already betrothed."

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Kagome couldn't help but look around as they walked. Everything seemed brighter and more clear. She also was starting to get used to every sound being ridiculously louder than expected. However, one thing was persisting in being a glaring problem, her tail.

Where it started was about where her skirt rested against her hips. Meaning it was uncomfortable to say the least as her skirt rubbed the base of the tail. It felt awkward, although it didn't really show anything more.

A more dire problem was that every few steps the natural motion of her walking and her tail swaying behind her would sync up and bring the accursed appendage ever so slightly within her peripheral vision. This resulted in a startled jerk of her head to look at it, every time earning a small laugh from her father.

"This is nuts... I'm never going to get used to this." Kagome whined. "Do all Inu from the south have a tail?" Kagome asked.

"No, most do not." Her father answered, grinning at her over his shoulder.

"aargh, Great I'm a freak." Kagome groaned, leaning her head back and putting her hands over her eyes which were starting to hurt. "How the heck does Inuyasha do this... everything is so detailed it hurts to look at it all. What is that rushing noise?"

Sora's smile vanished as he spun, pushing Kagome to the ground just as the blade reached her. "BACK!" Sora's other hand was already drawing his sword, an elegant looking blade with thematic blue highlights running in rune patterns down the blade. "Show yourself!"

"Are you always on guard Lord of the South?" An odd youkai with green scales like skin stood in a tree. "And who is the bitch you have with you? A new mate? A relative... would it hurt you to lose them?"

"You would have been a better assassin to flee after your failed attempt... or have aimed at me." Sora's voice was calm.

Kagome was breathing heavily as she realized the dagger had still connected with her shoulder. Her eyes were big as she crawled backwards until her back rested against a tree. Kagome's teeth gritted as blood poured down her arm. "I'm going to die... so much blood. This should hurt more..." Kagome whimpered as she tried to put pressure on the wound without making the blade shift.

The youkai with the green skin laughed brandishing another short dagger. "Oh you think s-." He didn't finish the comment.

Kagome could barely even follow the blur as her father swept his blade forward with no effort. What looked like ice burst from the sword's edge reaching the green youkai nearly instantly. For a moment time seemed to hang before the ice burst into shimmering particles.

Kagome stared in shock as the youkai and the limb it was standing on were split in half. The energy radiating from her father scared her. It felt the same as when Sesshomaru fought, raw, dangerous, and completely controlled. "fa... father?" She flinched, her hand still holding the wound.

Her father sheathed his blade nonchalantly, walking to her, avoiding stepping in the tail of blood she had left as she crawled. Without a single word he reached down, yanking the bladed clean from her shoulder. He ignored her scream, lifting the blade to his noise. "No poison..." He paused looking back down at his panicked daughter. "Stand."

"Are you insane! I'm dying here!" Kagome yelled at him, her eyes seeming to glow brighter and her hand gripping the wound. Her voice held a mix of fear and terrified anger. Her eyes widened as her father simply smiled, before reaching down grabbing her by her wound and her other shoulder and lifting her to her feet.

Sora ignored the growl as Kagome grabbed his hands trying to remove them. "Be silent."

"It hurts! Stop!" Kagome screamed.

Sora's face remained a smile. "Does it... You are sure? It is not all that deep a wound." Sora glared at her desperate eyes which were locked on him. "Breath... Focus on the pain, and tame it."

Kagome tried her best and oddly, as before by the small brook, the pain seemed to be pushed down by some great force and was barely a nagging ache. "How?" her voice was barely audible.

"Push it down... you can ignore pain, ignore the fear and the pain will fade. This is not the kind of wound that is a threat to you." Sora said, keeping eye contact.

Kagome's breathing slowed as she broke eye contact. The wound felt very warm. She looked at it to see it had stopped bleeding "I..."

"You are not weak." Sora smiled. "Do not move it very much or you may reopen it. It is only healed on the surface, it will take some time for it to heal completely, by nightfall perhaps..."

Kagome nodded, still unsure if he was telling the truth. "Ok..." her tail tucking around her legs as she rested on the tree behind her. "Oh man this crazy, I'm shaking all over..."

"This is why I sent you away in the first place by the way..." Sora turned, picking up Kagome's backpack. "If I had not, these kinds of attacks would have been constant, that kind of wound would have been more serious if you were younger."

Kagome slumped down the tree feeling shaky. "Can I just sit here for a bit?" Kagome pulled her knees to her chest resting her head on them. "Thank you."

Sora placed a hand on her head, gently rubbing a soft ear. "You are strong, I'm proud of you." his voice a soft growl that for some odd reason made Kagome feel safer.

"Yeah whatever..." Kagome muttered, hugging her legs and rocking slightly.

A/N: I hope the absurd amount of coffee I drank before writing this came through in the hectic mood. As always thanks to everyone who has read, reviewed, and supported my work.