Childhood Remix

Disclaimer: This is an "Inuyasha" fanfiction. I have not stolen the idea and I have not taken claim to the show. It has not now nor has it ever been mine. Enjoy! 

Chapter 9: Assumptions led to a black pearl…

I'll show that little brat! How dare she yell at her elder sister!? Kikyou thought as she stormed away from the spot where Kagome and she were looking for Inuyasha. I'll find that stupid half-man on my own and then she'll owe me big time! Kikyou smirked as she continued to walk down the path. Her smirk faded when she felt a large demonic aura headed her way.

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"Onigumo, eh? And just what the hell are you doing in this cave, hm?" Inuyasha asked as he stared at the boy in front of him.

"I enjoy taking things that aren't mine, and no village is willing to accept me. Besides, it's not so bad down here," the boy said with a small smirk. "You can see all the disasters going on below you," he finished as his smirk became larger.

Inuyasha's nose crinkled in disgust. "You sicken me; I should've killed you when I first came upon you,"

"I suppose you should have, but what do intend on doing about it no-?" A shrill scream in the distance cut off Onigumo. He and Inuyasha went running outside only to see a woman lying on the ground. That woman! Onigumo thought as Inuyasha realized what they were seeing.

It was Kikyou.

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Kikyou turned around just in time to see a giant oni come barreling out of the brush. She reached for one of her many arrows and notched it quickly before letting it go with a bright gleam that purified part of the mythical being before her. Her stare was intense as she got another arrow ready. Also letting it loose with a purple light, she only missed by a hair. Damn! I still have so far to go before I am a Shikon priestess! She thought as tried to grab for another arrow. The oni came running toward her with surprising speed, however, provoking her to take a side step backwards. This was to her dismay as her foot only hit partial land and she slip suddenly. Letting out a piercing scream, she tumbled from the ledge above her and the ground hit hard and fast as her world went black.

So warm…is that…fire? Kikyou thought groggily as she tried to clear her head of the throbbing pain behind her eyes. What happened? Oh yeah, that ogre…I fell, from that cliff… she struggled to think as the pulse in her head got louder and the pain more severe.

"Are you awake?" she heard in what seemed to be a far off place. Too far off to care. "Kikyou?" Now this got her attention, where was she and who knew her name? She opened her eyes against her will as she tried to focus. For some reason, she couldn't recognize the voice, and she was unable to sit up, never mind speak. "Kikyou!" she heard the voice yell. Ow! Does he have to talk so lou- Inuyasha! I knew I recognized that voice! She fought against the fog that was threatening to take her over again.

"Mm?" she hummed in question to let him know that she was awake.

"Oh thank the Kami! You had me so worried for a moment! Are you alright?" Inuyasha asked trying to make his obvious worry unnoticeable.

Kikyou couldn't help the rough chuckle that came out of her throat. "Even though I despise you, you still find the feeling's not mutual," she stated with a cruel sort of amusement.

Inuyasha glared at Kikyou before standing up. "Onigumo, you watch the wench. I'll go get firewood and hunt down some food for her," Inuyasha stated stoically before bounding out into the forest.

Onigumo stared at Kikyou as an awkward silence filled the air. "Well?" the priestess asked after a while.

"Well," Onigumo replied simply.

With a roll of her eyes, Kikyou turned away from the young man. "Whatever," she shot out.

This woman, her hair, her eyes, she's so beautiful. However, her eyes, they're so strong and proud. I bet they would look even more beautiful if fear and helplessness covered them. I could manage that without that dog here to ruin it for me. I'll have to work quickly, though, while she's still weak and he is still gone. Onigumo thought as he looked at Kikyou with desire. He moved toward her and grabbed her shoulder, turning her toward him roughly.

"What the hell do you think you're-!?" Onigumo shoved his hand in front of her mouth to keep her from finishing her sentence.

"Be quiet bitch, I have use for you yet!" Onigumo laughed as he pushed her to the ground. She fought as hard as she could, but the fall had really done a number on her, and she couldn't escape from his grasp. He couldn't exactly hold her still at first, but, as she tossed and turned this way and that, eventually, he got her worn down to the point where he could easily hold her with one hand and tear at her garbs with the other. Onigumo barely had time to tear off her kimono before a very livid hanyou threw him across the cave, however.

"What the fuck is going on in here!?" Inuyasha snarled at the sick human in front of human.

"Kukuku, surprised? I'm more surprised at the fact that you could keep your hands to yourself. She is very desirable, and the look of fear she bestowed me with gave me shivers," Onigumo stated with a sickening smirk.

Inuyasha let out a dangerous growl spill from his throat as he went charging toward Onigumo. He threw him across the other way and landed right in front of him. That bandit pulled out a knife and lurched forward in order to smite Inuyasha, but the hanyou was too quick and dodged to the left. Onigumo close on his tail, Inuyasha grabbed a piece of wood from the almost dead fire he had originally went to get more firewood for, and threw it at the bandit. Onigumo turned away from the flame, but it caught a hold of the back of his clothes. Letting out a terrible shout of pain and throwing the kimono to the ground, he hissed in pain against the scorch mark on his back and glared and Inuyasha. "You'll pay for that!" he spat. "I can't believe I actually saved you!"

"Keh!" Inuyasha spat back. "And I can't believe that I didn't kill you!" he finished as he leapt forward again. He punched Onigumo square in the jaw before hitting the pressure point in the back of his neck hard to knock him out. Working efficiently, Inuyasha grabbed the now limp bandit by the scruff of his neck and looked at Kikyou. "Where should this swine go?" he asked as she tried to cover herself with her tattered shirt.

"Hm…somewhere far from the village, we don't need him getting loose in there," she said before thinking again. "Or perhaps inside the village?"

"Wha-?"

"We can turn him into the lord of the castle and have him locked away. That way, he can't harm others," Kikyou said with the wisdom everyone knew she possessed.

"Alright then, I'll take care of that and be right back, don't move,"

"Mhm," Kikyou agreed as Inuyasha went bolting off. She may not like the fact that her sister was getting involved with a half-demon, but she had to admit that he was loyal. No pun intended, she added on as an afterthought.

Before Kikyou could even find decent cover for herself, Inuyasha was back. "Now that that's taken care of, let's get something in your stomach and then head back," he said as he started another fir in place for the now burnt-out one. As he started adding kindling, he heard something behind him.

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Kagome was still looking for Inuyasha when she heard a loud cry of pain in the distance. It didn't sound familiar, but she wanted to check it out anyway, just to be sure. She headed off quickly to the source of the sound and it was a while before she came across anything interesting. A cave? I wonder how I never noticed that before, she thought as she started walking toward it. She could smell wood burning and hear the snapping of twigs, as she got closer. It wasn't until she got to the mouth of the cave that she felt the extreme anger and sadness. Kikyou and Inuyasha.

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Inuyasha heard something behind him, and an awful foreboding filled him when he saw who it was. Kagome. It's not what it looks like! He wanted to yell, but he knew she already thought what she thought. He was in a private place away from the village with Kikyou who didn't have a shirt on. It looked bad, and he didn't have time to explain before Kagome went running off blinded by tears. "Kagome!"

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Sesshomaru walked down a path feeling accomplished. His half-breed brother was gone. There was no one else to taint his bloodline. He would use this sword fully and learn every power it had. After all, his beloved father, idiotic as he may have been, had been the one who had left it for him. He didn't show even recognition of the low class youkai that came in front of his path. He simply pulled out Tensaiga and slashed strait through it. He smirked, yes, he could quite get used to this sword. His smirk began to fade as he heard the heartbeat of the demon in front of him continue and stand as if nothing had happened. "Ha! You think you can hurt me with a sword of healing!?" it teased the demon lord. Healing?

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Inuyasha ran after Kagome's scent as fast as his feet would carry him. He was not going to lose her over a misunderstanding like this. He knew it looked bad, but he didn't do anything, dammit!

Inuyasha was so busy in his thoughts, that he hadn't noticed the demon that was close on his trail until he was cut off from the path of his beloved's scent. Looking up, a large humanoid demon greeted Inuyasha. "What the hell do you want?" Inuyasha growled.

"Some dinner," the demon said.

"Keh, as if a weak youkai like you could defeat me!" Inuyasha said with a smug expression. I'll have to finish him off quick, less I'll lose Kagome's trail, Inuyasha thought as he sized up his opponent. Nothing too bad, he observed a small youki and only a thin sword as a weapon. Good, this'll be easy! He thought as he went charging head first into the battle ahead of him. Today hadn't been a good day, but he was sure glad to be fighting again. How he had missed it. Away in his musings, and thrown off by the large size, Inuyasha hadn't expected the demon to move so fast out of the way. He looked around and tried to find him, but had no luck. The youkai's youki was too small for him to sense anything, and he couldn't exactly see him either, not to mention the fact that the demon's scent was everywhere. He couldn't pinpoint it.

"Heh, heh," Inuyasha heard right before he saw the gleam of a sword for a split second before he felt shooting pain in his right eye. He let out a yelp as he fell to the ground. He wasn't the only thing he heard clatter to the ground, however. He looked up and saw a small black marble-looking object a few inches in front of him in a puddle of his blood. What in the world?

**Phew, that was an awful writer's block. Sorry it took so long to get out there, but I just couldn't think of what to happen next for the life of me. I was trying to go to bed one night, when I was like, "Oh my god, that's it!" but when I looked at my clock I realized it was two in the morning so I figured I'd write it after school that day. Then I forgot what I had had planned for the chapter for the first six periods of the day. When I finally remembered, I ended up not wanting to type it all, so that two days after getting through my writer's block I finally finished the chapter. So there's your explanation, I hope you all don't kill me, but I think the next chapter will be even longer coming out, but I'm done soccer now, so maybe not. Hm…I guess we'll find out. Alrighty then, leave your comments and I'll start thinking about the next chapter. 'Til next time!**