InuYasha Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Of Elves and Demon Mikos ❯ How it all started ( Chapter 3 )

I stood there frozen in shook. "I…"

`I can't!' I longed for those words to roll out of my tongue, and yet they didn't. "I…" A roll of sweat dropped from my brow.

"I… Yes." I stared blankly ahead. I just… offered to join them on their journey to where ever they were heading. `No.' My scream echoed hollowly inside my head, never leaving my mouth.

"Tis Wonderful!" One of the elves cheered. A second elf came up behind him and smacked the back of his head, non to gently.

"Trygon! (Dc: I'm just making up names. Don't kill me!) You have forgotten to introduce yourself!" Then he kneeled before me. Taking my hand he brought his lips to it. "I am Shamrock, and it is a pleasure to meet you milady." `Pleasure indeed!' I scoffed mentally `Now take your lips and hands off of mine!' He stood and aligned himself beside a tree.

"I am Trygon." The elf that cheered so enthusiastically kneeled and pecked my hand. My glance of disgust dropped to my hand, at this point, I wished I could burn it off with acid. "And it is an honor to make your acquaintance."

"The pleasure." I lied through my gritted teeth "is all mine." He stood and walked over to Shamrock.

"I am Jhenxu." The next elf, reluctantly knelt. About to rise up, Jhenxu caught a glimpse of the ferocious stare, the others sent him and quickly pecked my hand. He then rose to his height and positioned himself next to Trygon.

"I, Engujii, am charmed to meet you milady." I glared at him, charmed my butt. He stepped down and the `Legolas' guy walked up to me. If only looks could kill; God would have sent him pummeling towards the seventh layer of the underworld (I think that I'm finally getting control over my temper.) for dieing over and over and over again.

"I am Legolas Greenleaf." I made faces at the form of the bowing elf, composing myself when he set his gaze on me. "And I am glad to meet you milady." He bowed again and walked over to the others.

I nodded although I wasn't paying attention much. Suddenly I felt naked. I took one look at the blank stares headed my way and I felt like a little kid who was caught with his hand in a cookie jar before dinner. `I DIDN'T DO IT MOMMY! HONEST!' Did I just say that out loud? Oops… I guess I did by the look on their faces.

"WHAT?!" I snapped. "It's not my fault you decided to put the cookie jar in a place where I can reach it!" The confusion on their faces was priceless! Absolutely priceless!

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I sulked as they pulled my binds. This is a cruel and unusual punishment for acting weird/out of character and laughing at their confusion.

"Faster!" I grumbled sullenly and stuck my tongue at Jhenxu for rough handling me. I mumbled some things that didn't make sense to even me! "Stupid… Love to strangle… Must not kill… Rip apart… Murder… Stupid git… Dumb bumbo… (Dc: MY WORD! I OWN IT! DON'T STEAL! OR I'LL SIC DEMON, UNSTABLE, KAGOME ON YOU!) Lazy dog…" and so on.

I glowered as Jhenxu called me a wench. "Hasn't it been long enough?" I asked, impatiently tapping my foot. Legolas nodded and I brightened up. I mercilessly hacked away at the rope binning my hands together, painfully. `Die! Die evil rope!' As soon as I was free as a butterfly (Not a squished one!) a murderous glint flickered in my eye.

"Oh, Jhenxu!" I called, sweetly. I changed instantly when he got near. I forced him into a headlock and I spoke through my gritted teeth. "Never call me a wench again got that!"

"Girl! Let me go!" I tightened my lock on him. "My name is Kagome! Use it! Or you might not have a tongue to use it on!"

"Kagome!" Mr. I'm-Legolas-Greenleaf-and-I'm-a-stuck-up-snob called. "Let Jhenxu loose!" Grumbling about party poopers I let go of my grip on Jhenxu.

Now there was nothing fun let to do really… Bored! So bored! Then… an idea sprang into mind.

I poked Legolas in the back seeing as he was the closet to me. When he asked "What?" I began my game, and their torture…

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"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No." Short and clear… I should get the message but wheres the fun in that?

"Oh… okay." Then I opened my mouth again "Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Okay…" I counted to five in my mind then… "Are we there yet?"

Legolas turned around furiously and met me face to face. "For the last time… NO!" I fell silent. So it took around one hour to make him snap. Lets see how long before he snaps again.

"So… where are we heading?" It's an innocent question! "To visit the palace." Was the short reply I got from Legolas.

"Oooooo… a palace?"

"Yes!"

"Where is the palace?" This is one of my favorite games.

"In the Elven lands."

"Where are the Elven lands?"

"In Middle Earth."

"Oh… where is Middle Earth?"

"In the universe."

"Where is the universe?"

"In God's hands."

"Oh… where is God?"

"SHUT UP!" O_o… he's scary when he yells. I fell silent for a second time then… "Are we there yet?"

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Darkness was as far as the eye could see. Then a blurry figure reached out towards me and suddenly he wasn't blurry anymore.

"Kagome." He breathed.

He shook his head and rubbed his eyes as if he couldn't believe it. "K-Kagome." And he broke down. He ran faster then he had ever done before in battle and wrapped his arms around me. He buried his face into my hair and his embrace tightened. "Y-You're back! Kagome you're back." He froze for a moment but he continued. "I thought you were never going to come back!" He tightened his grip so that it was nearly impossible for me to escape. "Don't leave me ever again! Don't make me go through that again. Please. Stay by my side." The last part snapped me out of my trance and with all my strength I pulled away.

"Stay by your side." I echoed, hollowly and broken. I squeezed my eyes shut, not wanting to see him and wishing to stop the tears welling up in my eyes. "Stay by your side." All my efforts were in vain as a single tear slid down my cheek. "For years I stayed by you and all I got back from you was a broken heart and a deadly wound. I can't take this pain anymore. I can't!" Another tear slid down. "I can't." I sounded so much like a lost little girl. I sounded so broken… "Please…" I whispered, "Please don't hurt me again."

"No!" He snarled viciously. "I-I would never hurt you! I would never hurt you Kagome." He pulled me back into an embrace, but this time I resisted. As I slipped out of his grasp a second time I stated, defeated and lifeless. "It's too late. You have hurt me one too many times." Then I chuckled a cold laugh and soon it became tears. I looked at `him' with dead eyes and I whispered to him. "I can't live on like this. I can't."

Unexpectedly the world of darkness shook violently. "NO!" `He' hugged me to him. "I won't lose you a second time. I won't Kagome. I refuse to." But no matter how tightly he clung on; I was still ripped from him as I finally entered reality…

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I blinked furiously, trying to adjust to the sudden light. A pained groan escaped my lips as I sat up. "What happened?" I questioned myself. "Last thing I remember…"

"They say talking to one's self is a sign of insanity." My head turned to the owner of the voice. The owner whom caused the dream to start… Who knocked me out…

"Legolas." Even I was taken aback at how soft and cold I sounded. "Did you knock me out?"

"You were being aggravating and I had not a choice." He pointed out. I usually would have yelled, screamed even chase him, but I really was not in the mood, so I nodded understandingly.

He seemed genuinely surprised at my reply, as his orbs widened in astonishment. As he opened his mouth I rushed and said, "Please, not now, not now…" Legolas slowly agreed and informed me

"We have arrived." As our other companions made their presence known, we entered the marvelous castle and walked down the halls that seemed to never end, in silence. I was never one to bask in silence, but today was an exception. That dream had really shaken me up and that led me to the question, was that even a dream?

When I finally came back to reality I noticed an elven woman conversing with Legolas. "And so we are gathering at the… yes…. Right." I growled softly, not wanting them to hear it. `So they were keeping something from me…' I stepped backwards into the shadows and left. `But then again… I have only met them… and I wouldn't trust myself either…'

I walked down a long and narrow hall, paying no attention what so ever to the paintings and vases that stood out. No, I was too deep in thought to do anything but walk.

`Why was `he' in my dream? Why can't he leave me alone?' A tear splashed onto the cold marble ground. `Why can't he stop hurting me? Why? Didn't he wound my soul enough already?' Another tear fell and I hugged myself. Unbeknown to me, I was heading right to the place where my life would turn upside down.

With each step I took, the small murmuring that had begun to buzz grew stronger, and so did the dread in my gut. The tears had long stopped shedding for I had non-left to shed. `I won't let you hurt me anymore. You hear me? Never again! Never again…'

Not once did I notice the constant change in the surroundings or my feet dragging me towards the different halls. I was too wrapped up in my pain to take note of anything. I didn't notice it until it was too late.

"Oof." Someone grunted as I fell onto him. I scrambled up and brushed myself off. "Sorry." I apologized, "My fault."

"Nah, that was both our fault." He laughed. "My name's Pippin, good to meet you." It was then that I acknowledged his height. Pippin seemed to notice this and he quickly told me that he was a hobbit. Though I hadn't a clue what a hobbit was, I nodded understandingly. "I'm Kagome. Nice to meet you too." And for the first time that day, I smiled genuinely.

"Pippin!" I must have been really deep in thought not to notice TWO people.

"Merry!" Pippin responded cheerfully.

"Pippin! Be quite! You don't want them to find us do you?"

"Sorry Merry." He lowered his voice and introduced me.

"Merry, this is Kagome, Kagome, Merry." We both nodded absentmindedly. We stuck our heads enough out of the opening so that we could see but they couldn't see us.

A guy with a crown on his head stood up. "Strangers from distant lands; friends of old, you've been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor. Middle-Earth stands upon the brink of destruction. None can escape it. You will unite of your will fall. Each race is bound to his fate, this one doom. Bring forth the Ring Frodo"

A hobbit stood up from his chair, kind of hesitantly, and walked to the middle of the council. He placed a Ring on a gray stone podium.

"So it is true," A human said, awe visible in his voice. Frodo went back to his seat and sat down and heavily sighed. Everyone murmured amongst him or herself and looked shocked. Their eyes were wind and their jaws were almost to the ground. I could have sworn I heard the Ring whisper: The Doom of Man. "It is a gift. A gift to the foes of Mordor" He stood up. "Why not use this ring? Long has my father, the Steward of Gondor, kept the forces of Mordor at bay. By the blood of our people are you lands kept safe. Give Gondor the weapon of the enemy. Let us use it against him"

"You cannot wield it, none of us can. The One Ring answers to Sauron alone. It has no other master" Another human replied.

"And what would a ranger know of this matter" The first human barked, almost spitefully.

Legolas stood "He is no mere ranger. He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn. You owe him your allegiance"

"This is Isildur's heir?" The first human asked, looking uneasily.

"A heir to the throne of Gondor" Legolas admitted.

"Havo dad Legolas" Aragorn lightly ordered.

Legolas sat back down in his seat. "Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king" The first human grumbled, crossly.

An old man stood up. "Aragorn is right. We cannot use it"

"You have only one choice the Ring must be destroyed"

Everyone was silent for a minute, like they were thinking. Suddenly a dwarfish person stood up with his axe in hand. "Then what are we waiting for" He strutted over to the ring and tried to smash it. Needless to say it didn't failed miserably. His axe broke into more pieces then the shikon jewel before he landed on his backside. I stifled a laugh.

"The Ring cannot be destroyed Gimli, son of Glóin, by any craft we here possess. The Ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom. Only there can it be unmade. It must be taken deep into Mordor and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came. One of you must do this"

"One doesn't simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that doesn't sleep and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust. The very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with 10,000 men could you do this. It is folly." The first human said, with what looked like pain etched in his face.

Legolas spoke up, "Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond has just said? The Rings must be destroyed!"

"And I suppose you think you're the one to do it" Gimli's gruff voice echoed through the council.

"And if we fail what then? What happens when Sauron takes back what is his?" The first human shouted as he stood from his seat.

"I will be dead before I see the Ring in the hands of an Elf! Never trust an Elf!" Gimli shouted.

Legolas stood holding back the other Elves that are infuriated with Gimli's statement. Bickering and arguing broke out and it didn't look like it was going to end anytime soon.

"I will take it." Frodo stood up and said, boldly. No one heard him though for they were all bickering like little children. Then he straightened up and said it louder, and firmer. "I will take it. I will take the Ring to Mordor. Though…" He flattered for a moment, "I do not know the way." The old man that was sitting beside the elf with a crown on his head frowned and shook his head sadly. And the old man stood. "I will help you bar this burden Frodo Baggins, as long as it is yours to bear" He said, as he placed a hand on the young hobbit's shoulder.

Aragorn stood up and walked over to the hobbit. He placed one hand on his shoulder and said. ""If by my life or death I can protect you, I will. You have my sword"."

Legolas stood up and walked over to the hobbit. "And you have my bow."

"And my axe" A dwarfish man said with a smug look on his face. I think he just wanted to show Legolas up… You go girl! I mean man.

Legolas didn't look too happy. HA I LAUGH IN YOUR FACE! The first human stood and walked over to Frodo. "You carry the fate of us all, little one. If this is indeed the will of the council, then Gondor will see it done," Boromir said, hesitation showing in his voice.

"Hey! Mr. Frodo's not going anywhere with out me" ANOTHER hobbit shouted, jumping out of his hiding spot behind the plants. I mean really! I was quite tempted to look around to find any more hobbits.

"No, indeed it is hardly possible to separate you even when he is summoned to a secret council and you are not" The guy with the crown said with a hint of amusement in his voice as a smiled played on his lips.

Pippin and Merry run out from behind the columns we were hiding behind. "Wait, we're coming too! You'll have to send us home tied in a sack to stop us," Merry told them.

"Anyway, you need people of intelligence on this sort of mission…quest…thing" Pippin stated, head held up high.

"Well, that rules you out Pip" Merry said, his smile taking the sting out of the insult.

Amusement twinkling in the elf in the crown's eyes he asked "Is there more, whom are hiding their faces?"

"Yeah! Kago-" Merry slapped a hand over Pippin's mouth, and I slapped my hand to my forehead.

Knowing that even if I could hide it would be useless I hesitantly step out. I heard gasps and whispers breaking out like wild forest fire.

"What? Never seen a demon before?" I snapped this shut them up. As I passed Pippin I growled. I ran over to the others and grabbed their hands and shook them.

"Good luck! I hope that you won't die a horrible, ugly, disgusting death on your way." As they were too stupefied to respond, I crossed my arms in annoyance. "You guys are so boring!" I jumped and landed into an empty seat. I can really get used to this.

"Hey!" Pippin piped up, "Kagome why don't you join?" `Drat.'

"I… I couldn't…" I stammered nervously.

"Of course she couldn't!" The first human laughed. "She is but a woman! And they are defenseless!" I growled as a warning. "After all, women should be seen and not heard." I snapped. Fire burning in my eyes I extracted my claws and leapt at the man. Silver poison running through my veins I pressed my claws onto his neck. I pressed it so that any more weight on it, and it would snap.

"Never…" I whispered dangerously into his ear, "call me weak." With a fierce snarl I threw him onto the ground. He gently rubbed his neck and glowered at me.

The silence was broken as the elf in the crown stood and declared, "It is decided then you ten will be the fellowship of the ring. I froze then I pointed and counted the fellowship. "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine…" Suddenly what the elf in the crown meant dawned on me. "No way… no dratting way!"

And that's how it all started…

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