(hey guys, since i am finally out for the summer, i am going to try to post a chapter every friday, the key phrase is 'try to'...and since my computer crashed, I now have to type this by memory from my last story...this is great!)
~Chapter 3 Start~
I felt something poking at my side. I figured it was my mother trying to wake me up, so I just groaned and rolled over to continued to sleep. I noticed the hard ground underneath me. I felt the dirt in my fingers as I balled my hands to sit up. I didnt bother to open my eyes as I sat up straight. I rubbed my eyes and wiped the dirt off my face. I took in some air and smelled the freshness of it. I just slowly opened my eyes to see two small creatures at my side. Dont get me wrong, I thought they were cute, I was just surprised by the fact that I was in the middle of no where with two small creature sitting next to me, looking at me like a was an attraction at a circus. I just paused fo a moment before a look of terror came across my face. I was still in the nightmare that is my kidnapping. I just yelled and scared the small creatures. I crawled backwards until my back hit a tree. I got a good look at the two small creatures, one kinda looked like a kitten, and the other looked like a small child, only, with the ears and the tail. In startling the kitten-like animal, it burst into flames and it was no longer small. I was muted by fear. Common sense had hit me a little too late as I rushed to my feet to run, but a sharp pain urked my leg. My cut had opened up, just great! My leg stung that I stopped in mid-run. I slid across an opening and crashed right into some bushes.
"Kirara stop, you are just scaring her!" was what I heard a small voice yell. I stayed perfectly still. "Why dont you go and get the others? They might be able to help." Help? With what? I hear this whooshing noise and I heard the child calling for me. "Hey, if you dont get that wound properly took care of, it will get worse!" How did he know about the cut on my leg? I just peeked out of my bush domain and spied the little boy-fox-child looking around until he looked directly at me. All I could think was 'Im dead, Im dead, Im dead'! He just came to where I sat and moved the bushes. He had a soft look in his eyes. "Its ok, I wont hurt you..." he started. I just sat there, not sure what to make of the situation, he kind of reminded me of Rin. There was a sudden commotion going on behind him. He ignored it and continued on. "...my name is Shippo, whats yours?" he said in an innocent tone. I just stared at him, still mute.
"Shippo!" A voice said, it sounded familiar, a young girl...I couldnt quiet put my finger on it. He then looked back at the direction the voice came from.
"Over here!" he yelled back. I peeked behind Shippo, all I saw was a school uniform, hey wait, my school uniform! I sat up more and saw that I knew that face...it was the sweet face of Kagome! Ignoring the throbbing in my leg, and the sting of my arm from sliding on the ground, and jumped Kagome. Kagome was surprised to see me too, but what happened next caught me off guard. I was tackled by the time I got within a foot of Kagome. I landed on the ground on my good arm, well, what use to be my good arm. Thats all I have done on this little adventure was to get hurt...how on earth will I explain to my mom about all of this? What ever took me down landed on me and pined me down.
"INUYASHA!" Kagome yelled at whatever was on me. I opened my eyes to see it was a boy in all red, he had long white hair and ears? I paused...really? It started out as a small smile, it grew into a chuckle, then into a full blown laugh. He just stared at me for a while, he began to look irratated.
"Whats so funny?" he barked in my face. I got a good look into his eyes, and noticed that they were almost the same gold as...I kicked my leg up and flung him over my head. He was rather shocked by this, or at least thats what I assumed from the noise that came out of his mouth. "Why you little-!" he began again, I just curled up into a little ball, braced for an impact. That when I heard the weirdest thing.
"SIT BOY!" Kagome said. I was confuzed why she said this, but before I knew it, the boy with ears came crashing to the ground. I ignored that and slowly began to crawl to Kagome, I was once again cut off, by a woman and another man...in a dress? Wait, did they see me as a threat? I just wanted to see Kagome! The pain came back in my leg, I glanced at it and saw that it had bleed through the bandages. The pain in my arm, which I didnt really feel until now suddenly came back. I sat there, examining my leg, and loosining my arm, letting all the tention off of it. I didnt even notice Kagome had pushed the two out of her way and knelled down to my level. I guess she was trying to comfirm if it was me or not. I just looked at her face and gave her a smile.
"Rare jungle sickness huh?" I said. She then smiled. She looked down at my leg and began to take her backpack off.
"What happened? We will start with that..." she asked. I just thought to myself. I didnt want to tell her about Sesshomaru, but why couldnt I do that?
"I, um, well..." I tripped over my words. "...I was walking, and I tripped..."
"Thats a lie," Kagome had caught me. I looked at her confused. "I just know, you are not a good liar, first, where did you get the bandages for this wound, and it looks too bad to be a scrap...more like a cut....now spill!" she demanded. Thats when I turned the tables.
"What about you?" I started. Kagome looked up at me as soon as she got a first aid kit out of her backpack.
"W-What?" she asked. Bingo!
"What should I tell everyone when I get back home, 'Oh, Kagome was never sick, she was out with a dog-man'!" I said in a mimic tone. At that point, the one called Inuyasha popped up and came toward me.
"You will tell nothing to anyone!" he growled angerly. I looked back at him and just gave a smug smile. I felt Kagome unwrap the blood stained bangade off of my leg. I looked at it and remembered how I got it.
"Fine, I wont tell anyone if it was suppost to be secret..." I admitted in defeat. Kagome began to staralize the cut with the spray that stings. I just looked at all of the people standing around. The woman now that I noticed had a large bomarange, and the man in a dress held a staff.
"That is Sango and Miroku, they are friends of mine..." Kagome said, noticing I was staring at everyone, "...and you have already met Shippo and Kirara." I looked at the little fox child. I smiled at him.
"Thank you," I said to him. He blushed and hid behind Kagome. Questions began to swirl in my head, and it got heavy. I looked at the sky and saw that it was daylight. Daylight? That means I fell asleep! As soon as Kagome finished wrapping the cut, I slowly stood up and began to walk toward the woods.
"Hey, where are you going? You still owe me an explanation!" she stated as she grabbed my arm that was sore. I winched at the sting and jerked my arm out of her grasp. Kagome looked at me funny. "Your arm too? What in the world happened?" she asked me again. I just turned to her with a seirous face.
"Yeah, falling down a flight of stairs will do that to ya," I said, Kagome began to loose her cool.
"Im serious! What are you doing here? And why are you all beaten up?" She was now louder. I just turned and took one step before I bumped into something. It was the man named Miroku. He held me, making sure I wouldnt escape easily.
"I do believe I would like to know too, besides, you cant move very far with that leg of yours..." I just looked up at him. He then let me go and stepped away from me. I just turned back at Kagome.
"If you want to know, I will just tell you the basicly what happened. I was kidnapped, I managed to escape and in my attempts, I got injured. Thats all." Kagome was surprised at how blunt I was after all of that lieing, or was she confused by something else? With that, I held my arm, and sat down on the ground. I felt the tenstion of the air, then I just looked into the woods. I felt like I should lighten the mood, so I said the only thing that came to mind. "...then I fell down a fight of stairs..." It was queit, then Kagome broke into laughter, she was the only one who got it I suppose.
"Well, you seem awfully calm to have been kidnapped." Sango said to me. I just stood back up, letting go of my arm.
"When you are a star's kid, it puts a big target on your back, you know for power or money, something like that..." I waved my hand at her, like I knew what I was talking about. Kagome just got a spark in her eye.
"Yeah, because her parents are famous BACK WHERE I LIVE." she said, with a weird emphasis on the 'where she lived' part. I was confused, but apperently everyone else knew what she was talking about, but oh well, I just let it roll off. "But still, it doesnt explain how you got here..." she said to me. I thought back to when I was in my bedroom.
"Ok see, I was at home, in my room, thats when I drank that weird water, then something stepped on my arm, then he stopped the guy, and took me to his place, and then I ran away!" I explained with hand motions, everyone looked at me confused, I was never good at explaining things. I just sheepishly smiled and rubbed the back of my head. Kagome just sighed.
"Well, doesnt matter now, I will take you back tomorrow." she said. Thats when Inuyasha spoke up.
"What? Cant you take her back later? We need to find the jewel sha-" was all he got out before Kagome splurted out.
"SIT!" and with that, Inuyasha crashed to the ground. I just stared at him. Kagome must have some power over him, or he was super whipped. I giggled at this thought. I came to a sudden stop. I had just rememberd something, from back when I was stuck in the room at Sesshomaru's castle. I remembered the first time I took my bandage off, and how Jaken said that Sesshomaru smelled my blood. My eyed widened at my next thought. Sesshomaru was not even in the room when I bandged my leg. I looked at my leg again, then glanced down at the bloody bandages. What if he could smell me from great distances? If so, what if he was tracking me down this instance? I shuddered, and quickly turned to head into the woods.
"No, I wouldnt want to inturrupt...whatever it is you are doing, I will just find my way back from here..." I began walking, I didnt want to get Kagome involved in my problems. Miroku got in my way again. I got frustrated.
"No, I dont mind, we were just..." Kagome started, but I just pivited out of the way of Miroku, and started running. I heard Kagome calling my name, but I just keep on running. I focused on where I ran. I didnt see anything else but the forest I had carelessly ran into. I was by myself for a minute, but before I knew it, Inuyasha was beside me, with Kagome on his back. At first, I was confused and shocked, so I stopped in mid-run. The two then sailed a good ten feet before stopping. I just began to run the opposite way, but Sango, Miroku, and Shippo were on the giant Kirara cutting me off. Inuyasha, with Kagome on back, came up behind me. "Whats wrong?" she had asked. I just panted and tried to think of a possible escape. "I never knew you could run that fast..." she started walking toward me. Thats when I felt something. I couldnt really describe it, but I knew exactly what was happening. he was coming, and he was coming fast. My blood was really flowing now, I guess the adrinoline was iching to be used. I shook in frustration.
"Why didnt you just let me go?" I whispered to myself. Kagome paused and looked at me funny.
"What do you mean?" She asked. I ignored her. He was closer, he would be angry to find me, since I ran away and all. I just looked to where I could feel he was coming from. I just let out a loud grunt. I felt like screaming profanities, but that wouldnt solve anything. I had started to jog again, but Kagome grabbed my arm. "Whats going on Jazz?" she asked once more. It was too late, Sesshomaru was here.
"We got company!" Inuyasha growled, "Sesshomaru..." he whispered as he grabbed his sword. I jerked Kagome's hand off of my arm and began running, but by the time I took two steps, my arm was grabbed again, and held up high in the air. I got caught...again. I looked up and saw that my arm was being held by the unfased Sesshomaru. He didnt look mad, or frustrated, he had that same expresstion on his face as the first time I had met him. I gave him a dirty look.
"There you are, I was looking for you," he paused and his eyes tightened, "You dont understand the gravity of your little stunt?" I could hear Kagome gasp of disbelief. I just closed my eyes and sighed.
"So what if I dont? Are you scared the police will arrest you?" I smarted off at him. He was unfased, as usual, and just lifted me off of the ground by my arm.
"Please, that would be the last of my worries..." he said before slinging me over his shoulder. I just felt stupid.
"No...stop...put me down..." I said sarcasticly, because I knew he would never do that.
"Sesshomaru!" I heard Inuyasha yell. I could only hear the conversation, on the account of the fact I was, well, stuck in my akward possition.
"Thank your human for keeping her in one spot for me...she caused me some trouble." Sesshomaru said before he leaped into the air. I freaked out. We were so high up! I found myself clinging onto Sesshomaru's clothes for dear life. I could only think, DONT DROP ME OR I SWEAR I WILL KILL YOU!!! We came to a sudden landing and he just grabbed the back of my kimono and flung me ontop of this three-headed...horse, dragon thing. I didnt move, I was still startled by the whole flying thing. As I ajusted to my surrondings once more, I spotted Rin on the ground, and Jaken standing beside her. Sesshomaru just gave a fierce look to me, and I froze. Chills went up my spine. He then gave a swift look to Jaken. "She stays here..." he ordered. Jaken knodded as Sesshomaru walked off. "I have to take care of that half-breed..." with that, he disappered. I wanted to follow him, but as I tried to step down, Jaken snapped at me.
"I dont think so!" He yelled in my face. He hopped on the back of the creature and so did Rin. I was confused up until he spat out orders for the beast we sat on. Like magic, we swiftly glided into the air and froze above the trees. Again, I clung to the creature. What the heck is with everyone and the flying? Where was I really? What in the world was really going on? Questions danced in my head, but they stopped when I saw Inuyasha and Sesshomaru fighting. All of my thoughts went to this fight. This just raised more questions, but it does not matter now. I just watched this fight. I then realized that I was in a whole new world. Thats why nothing really added up, all the secrets, the mystery of the place I was at. I felt all of these different emotions inside, fear, anger, and worry. Why did I worry? I watched at the two fought. I glanced down to see that Kagome was looking up at me. She motioned for me to jump down. There was no way I was getting off that thing unless it was on solid ground! I just shook my head furiously at her and continued watching the fight. Jaken saw this and made the creature go higher up into the air. I clung to the fur on the creature. No. Freakin'. Way. No way whats so ever would I ever consider even thinking of jumping off, yet Kagome just continued to beckon to me. The next thing I know, she was riding the LARGE kitty-thing right next to me. Her and Sango were more focused on the fight. I couldnt help but notice that Kagome and Inuyasha exchanged looks. My face made this courious look, and I watched as Kagome whipped out a bow, then an arrow. Wait, what was she a marksmen? What was she planning? She knows that an arrow shot from that distance cannot make it to...no. She couldnt. She wouldnt. I didnt really feel that Sesshomaru should be surprized attacked, especially in the back like that. I didnt need to worry, the arrow would never make it that far. I was wrong...horribly, horribly wrong. The arrow began to glow a purple tone. What the-? Kagome pulled her arm back, as if chanting to herself, 'ready, aim...'. I quickly got over the fact that Kagome was a witch and gasped at who she was aiming for. Without thinking, the adrenoline gave me perfect balance as I stood straight up on the creatures back. Sango watched me, as well as Rin, Jaken was too focused on the fight to notice me. I forgot the fact that I was so high up that all I saw of the battle was the occasional dodgeing by jumping above the trees. Thats when I figured the plan. Inuyasha would attack, Sesshomaru would dodge, and kagome would strike him while he was distracted. My eyes went wide when I saw Sesshomaru jump high. Sango must have figured what I was thinking, she slowly pulled Kirara away from me. The arrow was then let go, and time moved slow as my feet pushed off of the creature. My body was weightless, my hand cuffed arounf the purple glow. It burned my hand, so I let go, the arrow broke when I let go, and I could tell by the look on Kagome's face that the action I just pulled would cost me, and Time moved at its normal pace when I began to fall. Kagome tried to grab my hand, so did Sango. I heard Rin crying my name, but all I saw was everyone going up above me. I closed my eyes, bracing myself for death. Maybe in hinsight...that was not the smartest thing to do.