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I Do Not Own Inuyasha
"Talking"
7. Inuyasha's Betrayal & Kidnapped By Koga
Inuyasha sat in a Sakura tree, watching as the young miko practised her melee combat skills. Kaede had paid two travelling samurais to help train the young girl. Inuyasha didn't trust these men. There had been problems with travellers in the past. So he had taken it upon himself to secretly supervise the teachers and their student, waiting and ready for the worst.
They had had a conversation about Kaori's changing katanas earlier that day. Meoga had claimed that they were demonic weapons, changing to whatever weapon the wielder desires and needed the most. It had been a surprise that Kaori could wield such swords that, according to Meoga, were full of demonic and holly spiritual powers. She should have been possessed by the things.. but it seemed as though the powers didn't effect her.
"What do you think, Inuyasha-sama?" Meoga asked, sitting on his shoulder.
Kaori stood on the other side of the meadow, dressed in black cotton track pants, and a tight dark purple t-shirt. She wore her black sneakers, and her hair was tied back. She had refused to wear any kind of armour, claiming that Inuyasha didn't wear armour in combat, Kaede didn't wear armour in combat, and she would not put on even the smallest amount of armour in real combat, so she should learn how to do without it from the beginning.
Inuyasha was impressed by her dedication to become a better fighter, but angry that she would put all of her trust into wandering 'samurai'. They could kill her easily, they could injure her by accident if she moved the wrong way. He soon found himself mapping out every way they could kill or injure her, whether by accident or on purpose.
"I don't like them." Inuyasha replied, cynically after a moment.
Meoga shook his head ashamed and looked up at the pessimistic son of his lord. "I meant Koga, the new leader of the eastern tribe. I've been talking about it for over an hour, Inuyasha-sama. I would be pleased if you would listen once in a while."
"Oh.." He was quiet for a second, watching Kaori block the samurai's sword as it had thrust clumsily down upon her. "I don't like him either."
"But you haven't even met him, yet!" Shippo called, climbing up the tree to be on the same branch as them. "How do you know you don't like him if you don't even know him?"
"How would you know I don't know him!?" Inuyasha hissed, picking the kitsune up by his tail.
"You know the new leader, Inuyasha-sama?" Meoga asked, jumping to his feet. Inuyasha stared blankly at them for a second then rested is head on his hand and looked back toward Kaori.
"No.." He answered, surly. He looked back at Shippo, a questioning glare on his face. "Why the hell are you still here anyway!? I thought we destroyed the wench that killed your family!"
"I said he could stay!"
Everyone turned their gaze below them to see Kaori beaming up at them. Shippo wriggled from Inuyasha's grasp and jumped into her arms. "How come you're not training?"
"Oh.. That.." Kaori said with a nervous chuckle. "They said I was hopeless and went home."
"What!? Why? You were great, Kaori!" Shippo exclaimed. Kaori's cheeks flushed red and she smiled at him.
"Thanks.. but I don't think they were real samurais. They just wanted the damn money but they wouldn't run off right away because they knew you guys were in the trees." Kaori sighed and tapped Inuyasha's leg with one of her swords. "So I decided to train with Inuyasha instead."
"What!? Why me!?" Inuyasha shouted, staring down at her. In reality he had wanted her to train with him instead.. but why would he admit it? "I don't know anything about sword fighting!"
"He's right, Kaori-sama. Inuyasha only relies on his brute strength. You'd do better off with someone who's trained properly." Meoga said, jumping down onto Kaori's shoulder where it was safe from any upset hanyou.
"Oh.. Really? I guess that would be best. Inuyasha probably sucks anyways." Kaori smirked at the hanyou in the trees and started walking back toward the village.
Inuyasha growled and ran after her, his claws flexed. He wasn't going to hurt her, just.. surprise her. But Kaori was better than he thought. One moment he was behind her, the next he was on the ground, two silver points inches from his face.
"I'll warn you.." Kaori said, her eyes sparkling with amusement. "I'm better than you think."
Inuyasha's got to his feet and returned her smirk. "Same to you."
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Inuyasha walked into the village, the full moon gazing down upon them. Kaori had left early, unwillingly, to sleep at Kaede's hut. The training had made her tired, very tired, he wondered if she even made it to the village without falling unconscious.
He looked toward Kaede's hut, and stifled a laugh. Kaori lay, sprawled out on the floor, half way through the doorway. She was looked tired, exhausted, sleeping, half of her body outside. Kaede, Shippo and Meoga were trying to pull her inside, but neither of them was exactly strong enough to pick her up, either being to elderly, to young, or to small. The scene was comical.
"Inuyasha!" Shippo gasped, abandoning sleeping beauty to jump onto his shoulder. "We can't get Kaori to wake up, and we can't get her inside!"
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and quickened his pace. He got to the hut and inspected the monkey girl. Her face was peaceful and a slight smile played her lips. Her long light brown hair was let out, fanning out around her body. She breathed in slow steady breaths, falling into rhythm with her heart.
He rolled his eyes again and lifted her off the cold floor. She was warm, and light, so light it was like he wasn't carrying anything at all. He set her near the fire, on a futon Kaede had set out for her.
She started to mumble. Inuyasha started to panic, not having let go of her yet, she would freak if she woke up.
"Aishiteru..." She whispered so softly there was no chance that anyone else in the room could hear it. He froze, his face red, but her eyes were still closed and she was still sleeping. If she had awoken the rhythm of her breathing would have speed up but it didn't.
She was sleep talking.. dreaming about someone she loved, a boy by the sound of it. Inuyasha's sub-conscious made a decision as he tried to recover from the words she'd spoken. The boy she did love, would have to die.
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"Oh my god!"
"What?"
"It's horrible! Look!"
"What!?
"It's the most strangest thing I ever saw!"
"What!!"
"Oh my god, it's coming closer!"
"WHAT!!"
"Ahh, it's the thing!"
"WHAT THE HELL IS IT!?"
"It's you of course."
"..."
"What?" Kaori asked, sitting on the window sill, licking a ice cream cone she had stolen from her time, staring at Inuyasha who stood in front of her. He had a murderous look on his face, but Kaori didn't seem in the least fazed by it.
"WHY DO YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND BOTHERING PEOPLE, WHILE LOOKING SO INNOCENT SO YOU DON'T GET IN TROUBLE!!?" He shouted. Kaori continued licking her ice cream, seemingly oblivious to Inuyasha's screaming.
She threw the last bit of the cone into her mouth, and hopped off the window sill, patting his head. "You don't get it do you? I don't bother everyone.. only you." She then walked toward Kaede, who was doing laundry, and pulled her in the opposite direction.
"I hate her." Inuyasha muttered, watching monkey girl's retreating figure.
"No you don't!" Shippo exclaimed jumping onto his shoulder. "If you did then you wouldn't have let her get away with that."
"He does have a point, Inuyasha-sama." Meoga agreed, sitting on Shippo's shoulder.
"Yeah whatever, you guys don't know anything!" Inuyasha shouted, throwing the kitsune off him.
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I dragged my feet as I walked through the forest. Kaede had abandoned me, using an excuse for doing the laundry to get away. Stupid older sisters! With their responsibilities and.. and wrinkles. It wasn't fair! I wasn't aloud to help with the chores, but I wasn't aloud to have fun with other people.
"WHY DOES EVERYONE SUCK IN THIS ERA!!" I shouted, listening to the echoes it made. I sighed. I felt so alone right now.
"What do you mean, 'everyone sucks in this era'?"
I froze and slowly turned around, to come face to face with a very dangerous looking silver haired hanyou. "What the french toast?! Don't scare me like that!"
"What's French toast again?" He asked, distracted with my lame remark.
"Nothing, that you need to worry about." I sighed. I turned around and continued to walk through the trees, the dirt and branches showing no mercy toward my knee length white, coat, faux fur used as trim along the bottom and for the sleeves. A light brown scarf was loosely wrapped around my neck, a faux fur pompom at the ends. Black leather boots protected my feet from the cold, and white cotton mittens saved my hands from frost bite.
It was suddenly cold now. And it had rained a bit last night, but the cold had turned the water into tiny frozen crystals that covered the earth. Inuyasha walked silently behind me, and I could feel his eyes burning holes in my back.
"What do you want?" I sighed, hopping over a mossy log. He had been acting strange lately, ever since Meoga met up with us.. but the strange behaviour had done into over drive this morning. It was funny. I had a dream about him last night, about him acting strange and then suddenly he was. But there was another thing. Inuyasha seemed slightly different right now too.. It's just probably the light.
"You stupid girl.." He said forcing me to turn around.
"Inuyasha?" What was with him? He would never called me that for no reason. There was usually a reason.. like if he just wanted to bother me as he usually did..There was defiantly something wrong.
He grabbed onto my shoulders and pushed me against the tree. "You truly are a idiot. A weak, pathetic, trusting human girl." His hand grasped around my shikon shard and pulled the chain from around my neck.
"Inuyasha, what's-" My voice was shaking. What was happening!?
"Idiot. Did you honestly think I'd let you get in my way? The jewel is something to precious for someone such as you to hold in their possession. I'll be taking this.. and your life."
Suddenly pain shot through my arm and up my shoulder, and I fell to my knees. I held my arm where it hurt the most, and felt the thick warm liquid quickly soak my hand. My blood. I looked up. He was gone.. Injured me then left me to die. That.. wasn't Inuyasha.. but.. there was no one else he could be.
I stared into the darkness, half expecting, half hoping, he would come back.. that this all was a dream.. but he didn't and I didn't wake up. I stared at the spot where he disappeared, my hand free clenched into fists That wasn't.. that couldn't be.. Inuyasha. Where was the real Inuyasha!? He.. should have smelt my blood by now so.. why wasn't he here? Why..? Was it because.. that had.. been.. Inuyasha?
I watched silverly droplets of water fall down from the clouds above, a silvery cloud escaping my lips every time I exhaled. Did he finally snap? Had my antics this morning finally push him over the edge? What was going on?
Lighting flashed and thunder crashed above me. I screamed and clamped my hands over my ears. The thing that scared me the most was thunder and lighting. It was a stupid thing to be scared of, but no matter how many times I told myself that, my fear never subsided.
I yelped as the thunder roared over me again. The rain came down like ice cold bullets, soaking through my coat down to my bones. I was cold.. wet.. alone.. hurt.. and lost. Inuyasha wouldn't come for me. He did this to me so.. why should he save me after he tried to kill me?
"Are you alright, Kaori?"
I slowly looked up. His hair was long and black, tied back into a high pony-tail. His eyes were warm and pale blue, having tiny black slits for the pupil. His ears were pointed and elf-like. He had a dark brown tail, and his skin was tan. Several dark brown wolves prowled the ground at his feet, staring at me with hungry black eyes.
I tried to swallow the large lump in my throat, as I stared at the wolves. I was going to die.. and Inuyasha wouldn't come to save me. My silvered haired hanyou wouldn't care.. Wait my? When did I start calling him mine? Ugh now wasn't the time to be thinking about such useless things.
I struggled to stand up, the mud under my feet, and my injured shoulder making it extremely difficult. Once I finally got to my feet, thunder crashed above and I fell to my knees again. I was hopeless. There was no way in hell that I would be able to defend myself if I couldn't even stand.
Wait.. 'Are you alright, Kaori?' He had said my name, asked me if I was alright, or lost. This means that.. that he's not my enemy, right? That I could trust him.. Unless this was all a big trick so they can eat me later.
The largest wolf sauntered toward me, his teeth bared, growls rippling from the back of his throat. I scrambled backwards, ignoring my pain, until I hit my head on a tree. I was really going to die now.
The man amongst the wolves, jumped in front of me and pushed the wolf back. "I told you! She's not food, stupid!"
The wolf whined and ran back to the pack, his tail between his legs. A man who talks to wolves? He did have a tail, and he did have pointed ears.. so that meant he was a youkai!? But he just saved me, from being eaten, and he claims I'm not for food. That's a relief, but can I really trust this guy? I couldn't trust Inuyasha.. so what made him any different?
"H-how.." I stuttered. "How do you know my name?"
The wolf man turned toward me, shoving a other wolf back with his foot. "I am Koga, the new leader of the eastern wolf tribe, Kaori. There has been some rumours about you and this mutt named 'Inuyasha'. Your power to see the Shikon Jewel would be quite useful in my tribe."
I got to my feet, using my katanas to help me up, and glared at him. "Look. I don't know who the hell you think you are, buddy. But I am not helping anyone!"
"Why not?" He asked his tone bored, as if he already knew the outcome of this.
"I can barely help myself, let alone a whole tribe of wolves-!" I clapped my hands over my mouth before I could say anymore. I had just told this.. this youkai that I was weak! Now I was defiantly doomed!
"Hey! You stay away from Kaori!"
I turned my head, to see a huge floating gum bubble, with green eyes, coming down on us. Koga blinked at it, but did nothing, and looked back toward me. I poked the bubble. Shippo's voice was coming from this bubble gum bubble, but there was no resemblance.
The bubbles face suddenly, became stressed, like it was holding its breath. The bubble then burst with a pop, and Shippo came falling through the sky.
"Shippo!" I ran to catch him, not watching where I was going. He fell into my hands, upside down and facing away from me.
"TREE!" He screamed squirming in my hands.
"Huh!?" I looked forwards, to see a huge tree trunk coming forwards at an alarmingly fast pace. I stopped running, but I didn't stop moving, instead I slipped on the mud, dropping Shippo and ran into the tree.
I stumbled backwards, my face numb from the pain. "So.. embarrassing.." I whispered, falling backwards onto my butt.
Shippo ran into my lap and tugged on my sleeve. "Are you alright, Kaori!! Your bleeding!!"
"Yeah.. I know.." I groaned, rubbing my temples. "I think next time we'll work on hand-eye coordination."
I saw Koga reach down a hand, and I gladly took it with my good hand.. having no balance what-so-ever at this time. But instead of being lifted to my feet, I was lifted totally. Seconds later, I found myself wrapping my arm around his neck trying to keep myself from falling as he ran through the rain and forest, holding me bridal style. I watched panicked as the distance between me and the kitsune boy became larger with every step. Shippo..!
End Of Chapter 7
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