How Will I Know

Disclaimer: Wow... saw the InuYasha movie #1 yesterday... really inspired me to get InuYasha and Kagome back together. But, with the way this is going… :sigh: it'll be a miracle. I don't own InuYasha, but I do own this storyline. However, if VIZ or anyone would like to use it as an idea for some InuYasha episodes that'll air on TV… hehehe... feel free.

Chapter 11: Check Up on InuYasha

The forest blurred and shifted as it passed beneath the feet of a red-cloaked Hanyou. He was traveling at an extremely fast pace, almost enough to kill him if he ran into one of the numerous trees. There were some near misses, but nothing closer than that. The floor of the forest suddenly gave out, and InuYasha found himself flying through the air, tumbling downward. He saw the bottom of the pit fast approaching, and kicked off one of the sides. He leapt upward, and zigzagged out of the hole. When he got to the top, he looked down, and couldn't see the bottom at all. Naraku… he must know I'm coming.

(A/N- I'm going to make this short, sweet, and to the point, but mostly the first and latter. Sorry, but I have to go through this to get to the next chapter, where the demon id introduced! Hehehe…)

InuYasha bounded around, following the faint scent of Naraku's castle. When the smell began to fade, he backed up to where it had been strongest. He was on a bare mountainside. As he looked around, a demon appeared. It was tall, and appeared to be from somewhere far away. There was a woman sitting on the large spotted cat's back. She glanced around and spotted InuYasha. She snarled and pulled the cat's reins that were attached to a bit in its mouth. The cat in turn snarled and ran up to InuYasha in an instant.

"What are you doing here, half-demon? Make your explanation quick so I'll know if I have to kill you. I'm already on a mission to catch some runaway priestess girl in… strange clothing, something unlike priestess clothes."

"Well, you just answered my question, so I'll answer yours. I'm looking for that girl, so you better not harm her!" InuYasha drew Tetsusaiga and began performing the Wind Scar.

"Well, my quarrel is not with you, but if you interfere with that girl, I shall have to kill you. She has headed back to her human companions." The demon rider said, and then vanished.

InuYasha paused to consider this, and laughed to himself. So, Kagome got away, did she? Now all I have to do is find her scent, I guess… No, I'll find Miroku and Sango. I'd better head back and beat Kagome to them… unless I just have to beat the demon there. InuYasha laughed out loud, and it echoed forebodingly from the mountainside. He followed his trail back to the path and set out for Miroku and Sango.

Well, InuYasha's going to head back… and guess what? It was a cheetah demon. Isn't it great? I came up with the type of demon finally! But, that's bad news for Kagome, isn't it? Only maybe Koga could keep up with this demon… probably not. I wonder how it relates to this mystery demon in the next chapter?