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Chapter 11 Boy next door
The following morning Kagome woke up and went to go hunting. She had taken responsibility for the village, planning to return the kindness she was receiving from their decedents in Inuyasha's time.
The meat she handed out yesterday had gone in an instant. It had been barley enough to give everyone a mouthful. Originally she had, had Renia hand it out to the villagers just incase for she had feared that the villagers would discard the meat if they had found out that it was a demon that had caught it, thinking it to be tainted. However her fears were unfounded as it turns out that when Renia had told everyone who had caught the deer, the villagers could do nothing but shower her with gratitude. She was surprised no one argued! She had been to many villages, but there usually was that one person that didn't want a demon in their midst.
It was the same this morning. When she left the hut she was met again by almost all the village bowing.
If truth be told it was starting to make her uncomfortable and decided to say "Please don't bow to me I am not worthy, I was just trying to help." One of the village men stepped forward and said "You have protected us from a demon who would have destroyed are village and killed us all. Not only that, but you have also taken are miko and plan to train her and make her stronger. Which in itself causes you to risk your own life. And not to be forgotten, you healed one of our children and fed the whole village. To us you are Kami sent. So a simple bow is but the little we can do to show you our thanks." Kagome's eyes widen and she gave out a weak laugh while rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment. "I'm flattered, but bowing is too much. I'm used to trouble so it's almost instinct."
"Either way we are thankful such a beautiful lady as yourself has chosen to join our village ." Said the boy from yesterday with the scar. He stepped forward out of the crowed with a blush on his cheeks. Egger to avert the attention from herself she asked " You're the boy from yesterday right? I don't believe I got your name and I must say you are very skilled to be able to sneak up on a demon and hit her with an arrow." The boy turned bright red at that while looking at the dirt at his feet.
"My name is Yori my lady and I wish to apologize for yesterday in the forest." He managed to get out without showing just how flustered he really was while still looking at the ground.
Kagome gave a lazy wave of her hand to dismiss the apology and said "You have nothing to apologize about, in fact you should be proud you hit me." Kagome placed her hand on his shoulder to get him to look at her. "I was just about to go out and see what I can catch, would you like to join me? I'm sure Renia would love for you to join us." Yori nodded eagerly and ran off with great speed to get his bow and arrows. She had seen Renia glancing at the boy and the look of jealousy that washed over her face when he had complemented her. She knew what it was like to be over looked. Beside he looked a little young for her. As she pondered the thought she realized that she could never have a human mate. 'Not that I would really want one mind you. Once you compare the looks and thrill of a demon male compared to a human there's just no contest!' But that was not the point. The point was that they would age and die before her. It sadden Kagome when she thought about watching the people die around her. If she ever met Sango and Miroku again she would have to watch them die. Now that thought really hit home. Just thinking about them made her want to weep. With that last thought she went headed off to the hut to check up on Shippo.
When sh made it to the hut she saw that Shippo was not there so she decided to go look for him around the village. Just as she was rounding the corner of a hut she heard Shippo's laughter and saw him playing with some of the village kids. "Hey Shippo how are you feeling today?"
"Great kaa-san, I feel like brand new!" Shippo shouted in joy.
"I can see that. Have you seen Kirara anywhere around here?" Kagome asked with a bright smile.
" I think I saw her head off into the forest earlier, I haven't seen her since." Shippo says with a thoughtful expression.
"That's alright Shipp, I'm sure I'll find her soon enough. Any
way Renia and I are going hunting so while I'm gone I want you to be a good boy and not play any nasty tricks on the villagers. Don't think I don't know what you did in Kaede's village when Inuyasha and I was gone that one time." Kagome says in a genital yet scolding voice.
"Ye-yes ma'am." Shippo stuttered out, knowing that he would be in big trouble if he disobeyed.
"Good, well be back soon."Kagome said as she walk away, leaving to meet up with Renia and Yori at the edge of the forest.
She headed off to the east of the village where Renia and Yori were waiting. She didn't want to rush, she wanted to allow Renia time to talk to Yori and maybe start a relationship. She thought with a happy smile.
She came over the brow of the hill and smiled at the sight of the two teenagers talking and laughing with one another. Suddenly the spell was broken when Yori noticed her. Her smile became more and more false as the boy ran up to her. She could see over that over his shoulder Renia was fuming with jealousy, so much so that Kagome could almost see steam coming out of her ears. "Right, guys you should go east and see if you can find any meat for the village. Renia if you see any berries pick them." Kagome almost laughed as the pair seemed to instantaneously switch emotions. Yori's face dropped and Renia's bounced into a smile.
"But I thought we would be together!" Came Yori's glum exclamation.
Kagome grimaced at his voice, so she tried to explain to him. "I will likely run for a while before I actually start hunting. Plus I'm looking for my neko friend while I'm out here. So it would be best if you two sticked close together." She smiled and took a step towards him, both he and Renia went rigid as she leaned down towards his ear. "I need you to protect Renia and help her with her bow skills. Can you do this for me?" He nodded eyes wide. "Great!" Kagome said as she stood back up straight clapping her hands together. Renia gave a sigh when the inu miko winked at her and gave her a teasing look.
'SHE KNOWS!' Reina thought as she blushed at Kagome's face and started to walk off into the wood after Yori.
Well there you go! The next update will be coming very soon along with the first OC!
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