InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Taste Of Power ❯ To Make A Friend ( Prologue )

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Prologue: To Make A Friend

A man in a baboon cloak walked along a narrow ridge of firm ground in a marsh. Green light filtered down through the canopy and reflected gray on the mud and rotting plant life to either side of the path. It was a strange combination of bright living trees and moss, and dead and rotting grass and leaves. Life and death coexisting perfectly.

"What brings you here, vile creature?" a sweet feminine voice directed him to a small island where a beautiful demon perched gracefully on a large rock. A small beam of light almost made it through the dense foliage, casting a golden-green light on her. She wore a white toga with a gold pin at the shoulder and a gold belt round her waist. Her long black hair was put up in a golden band and allowed to fall in delicate curls back to her shoulders.

"I have come to offer you great power." Naraku said.

"Explain, what can you possibly do for me?" she asked, somewhat bored.

"I can offer you a shard of the Shikon No Tama, if you help me destroy some one." He explained.

"Who? Show me."

"Kanna." He ordered.

The nothing child lifted her mirror to the demon lady, in it she saw a group of travelers.

"A perverted monk, a youkia exterminator, a hanyou, and a naive miko?" she looked curious for the first time, "the one with the ears, he's the one?"

"Yes destroy him and you can keep the shard I'll give you to help in this task." Naraku said.

"I don't do hanyou." She said with disgust, "And I don't want your jewel shards…. Wait." She looked in the mirror again. "You have a young human in your power, do you not? Give him to me, after I'm finished you can reclaim his shard. It will be a little dirtier, and the hanyou will be utterly devastated."

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"We'll stop here for the night." InuYasha said. "Uh, … Kagome?"

Kagome slowed to a stop and slowly turned to face him, "Sure."

Once camp was made and dinner eaten, Kagome leaned against a tree and stared blankly at the fire.

"Kagome? Are you alright?" Sango asked, again.

Slowly Kagome's face turned to Sango, then her eyes followed. Once they had refocused on her she said, "Yes I'm fine." She smiled slightly and finished, "I'm just tired, that's all."

The others watched her worriedly. She had been just tired for a few days now, walking, talking and eating as if she was still asleep.