Inevitable

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Chapter 2:

Kagome

Somewhere else not far away from Inuyasha, lie another young soul, resting in a tree. It was a girl- hanyou girl to be exact. She, going by the name of Kagome. Her ears twitched as she slowly pulled her knees to her chest and carefully wrapped her arms around them. Resting her head on her enclosed knees, she stared blankly forward, all conscious thought on what had brought her thus far. Her ears subconsciously twitched as recent memories flashed rapidly through her mind.

Flashback

A young girl sat alone at the base of a tree on the outskirts of a village. She smiled a tiny smile as she watched the "normal" village children play. Yes, normal. Something she'd never be, for she was a hanyou. Hanyou weren't accepted by either race. Her small smile curved down a little before quickly gaining its original shape. She stood up and started to walk towards the group of children who seemed to be playing a game with a ball and stick. She knew what would happen when she asked if she could play. Some would scream, a few would just leave- usually not without a couple of insults, while the others would pick on her mercilessly and beat upon her young, half-demon body. Her ears drooped slightly at the thought. She KNEW this would happen. It happened almost daily, but the girl of six wanted nothing more than to make a friend. Her smile became brighter as she made it to the group. The game stopped immediately and a few gasps echoed in her ever-twitching dog-ears.

"Can I play?" she asked, smile never dampening.

Immediately, four children waved their goodbyes, some grumbling. One girl muffled a scream and took off towards her hut. That left the three snickering older kids. Ears dropping just a little, she somewhat cheerily added a "Please?" This just sent the two boys and the girl into another fit of snickers. Regaining her composure, the older girl stepped up. 'Is she going to play with me!' Kagome thought happily. 'Maybe I'll finally have a friend!' Though, unfortunately to her dismay, the girl came over and roughly shoved her to the ground and spat upon her.

"What makes you think that we would want to play with the likes of you?" the elder girl sneered.

"I just wanted to be friends with you guys!" She piped up happily, though faint pain could be seen shimmering in her eyes from landing on a rock.

This just sent the boys into another fit of cruel laughter. They too walked up to her.

The eldest of the three turned to the elder girl "Hmmm…doesn't this seem familiar, Kikyou?"

"Why yes, it does Naraku," the girl now known as Kikyou answered.

They all turned towards Kagome. Fear sparked in her eyes before they were quickly shut tight. She clamped her ears down on her head, knowing what was coming next. The second boy, also the youngest of the three walked right over to her and sharply yanked on her sensitive ear. Her chocolate brown eyes flew open as she yelped in pain. Instinctively, she quickly pulled back, which resulted in yet another painful yelp. The boy -never letting go- hissed into her ear, "What did we tell you last time, half-breed?

"You tell 'er Onigumo!" Kikyou evilly cheered.

"Yes, mutt," Naraku spat. "What did we tell you last time and the time before that, hmm?"

She mumbled something incoherent while looking down at the ground. Kikyou, angry with this action kicked some dirt into her face. "What? I can't quite hear you, Mutt."

Her head was quickly snapped up when Onigumo gave another painfully sharp tug at her ear. She had to bite back a whimper, lest she'd get more of a beating than necessary.

"You were asked a question, Halfling! Now answer me clearly!"

Kagome's eyes glistened with unshed tears as she looked up at him. "You said that I am not to interact with other kids, that I'm not to mess up your games. I am nothing but bad luck because I am a half-breed. I am nature's most despised creation," she sniffed. "I will never be accepted by human or youkai, or among others like myself. For I am a cross between a miko and a youkai- something that only brings shame to all races with my tainted blood," she recited in a small voice, as a tear made a trek down her cheek.

"Well, if you know all of that, then why did you come over to play anyway?" Kikyou asked wickedly.

"Yes, Mutt. Why did you break the rules?"

"But! B-but I-…!" Kagome stuttered

"It's too late now. Guess we gotta give ya your punishment, huh?

Kagome opened her mouth to protest, but then closed it in submission. What was the use of talking back? It wouldn't help the situation, if not make it worse! She couldn't fight them because 1) She was untrained. 2) She was outnumbered. 3) It would make the villagers see her as an even larger threat, meaning that they would kick her and her mother out- or worse, kill them. Seeing no other option, she closed her eyes and her ears clamped down as they beat upon her tiny frame. She tried to think of something else in order to lessen the pain, but to no avail. So, there she lay, receiving blows from sticks and whatever else the three had. A semi-pleasant thought came to her mind then. At least with her demon blood, it wouldn't really hurt as much tomorrow…

And then it all went black.

She awoke sometime later to the smell of burning flesh and wood. She carefully, and painfully stood up, only halfway noticing that all the blood on her had dried and was caked to her skin. She turned and tried sniff out where the nauseating smell was coming from. … It was coming from the back area of the village. Then she heard an ear-piercing scream. Her ears immediately clamped shut as she winced at the pain laced within the desperate cry.

Wait…

She knew that voice.

It was the one voice that had always been there for her.

The one voice that sang her to sleep.

The one voice that told her that she wasn't a mutt, but a beautiful, young hanyou.

The one voice that she always trusted.

The one voice that she never wanted to be tainted with such pain.

That scream was the voice of…

"No," She whispered.

…her mother.

She ran as fast as her short, beat-up legs could towards her hut, only to see it engulfed in flames. She had been prepared to go look for her mother, when suddenly it felt as though and invisible thread in her heart had snapped. She could no longer sense or smell her mother- only burning wood…

…and death

Tears pouring down her cheek, she spotted something. It was the doll her mother had made for her. Holding it to her chest, she bounded off into the forest- away from the pain.

End Flashback

She sniffled, as yet more tears made its way out of her chocolate brown orbs. She hugged her knees to her chest tighter as she sobbed. Suddenly she heard a rustle in the bushes. Snatching up her doll she took off yet again. Not looking where she was going, she slammed into something hard.

"Owww…" Was all she could muster.

"Mmph!" she heard from underneath her.

Looking down to see what she ran into, she noticed it was a someone not a something that she had run into. The figure was clad in a rough, red material. Her gaze slowly moved upwards and she then noticed his fangs and golden eyes.

'Youkai!' was her first thought. Then she saw the twitching little dog-ears upon his head. She gasped. 'H-he's a-..a h-h-hanyou. Just like...

...me.'

Soooo…. That's all I got so far. I'm supposed to be doing my social studies project and my language essay, yet I am here writing this. It's 11:00 and I haven't even started on my homework! LOL. I KNOW Onigumo and Naraku are the same person, but for the sake of needing another "villain", I had to do that. So bear with me here, ok? Ok. You probably noticed the big difference in chapter sizes… yeah… I'm gonna go back and do the first one over again sometime during break. Questions? Comments? Flames of doom? Well, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW! Remember: Flames are used to toast Kikyou. flames self BURN KIKYOU! And good reviews get mo0fins!

Ja ne!

Naomi