InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Call it fate ❯ First meeting ( Chapter 1 )

“Buyou!” A small raven-haired girl called out. Buyou, seven-ear-old Kagome Higurashi's cat, was missing again. Kagome had looked everywhere in the house and yard, she even searched her baby brother's nursery. Deciding there was nowhere else he could be, Kagome ran over to the old shine hut in the backyard. Though her Jii-chan always told her to stay out of there, she knew that's where her beloved koneko was. After staring at the hut for a moment -it was after all very scary looking to the seven-year-old- Kagome peeked inside and then fully entered the small shrine.

 

Letting out a small giggle, Kagome skipped down the stairs, all there was in there was a well, what could be scary about that? No longer fearful, Kagome continued her vigilant search for Buyou, finally coming to the edge of the well. “Maybe he fell?” She said to herself as she climbed onto the lip of the well. Never the graceful one, she lost her balance and fell into the old well, letting out a shriek of fright before she felt like she was floating.

 

Slowly opening one eye, Kagome gasped. She was floating along, she couldn't describe what it looked like, only that she was surrounded by blue. Suddenly the feeling disappeared and Kagome landed with a thud on the bottom of the well. Expecting to see the wooden ceiling of the shrine, Kagome let out a small `eek!' when she looked up and saw clear blue skies.

 

“Hey!” A voice called out from above her, it sounded like a young boy. “Daijobu ka?” It was a boy, he looked only a little older than Kagome with long silver hair, golden eyes, and two purple stripes on each cheek. “Daijobu, but I'm stuck.” She called up to the strange boy. He was silent a moment and then with a sudden leap, he had jumped into the well. Kagome pressed herself against the side of the well to make room for him and gave him a confused look as he landed gracefully. "“How did you do that?” She asked, amazed. He looked at her as though surprised she didn't know who he was, “Baka ningin, I'm a youkai.” He said with an air of superiority, crossing his arms and waiting for her reply.

 

“Honto, a youkai?!” Kagome exclaimed, an excited gleam in her grayish-blue eyes. Rolling his eyes, the young demon walked up to her. “You're hurting my ears, just grab onto me and I'll get you out of here.” He said in a bored voice. Nodding, Kagome wrapped her arms around one of his and he jumped into the air, landing gracefully in the grassy clearing surrounding the well.

 

“Arigato goziamasu…um...” “You'll address me as Sesshoumaru-sama.” He said, obviously irritated she didn't know who he was. “Sesshoumaru-sama, thank you for helping me.” She said, bowing her head to him.

 

“Aren't you going to run away, cry for your mother or something like the rest of your kind?” Sesshoumaru asked, apparently having expected a different response after helping her. That's how it worked as far as he could tell, whenever a ningin was in trouble, they'd ask you for help and be very kind until their problem was solved and then they'd take off without so such as a thank you. He had expected the girl to cry or scream, certainly not for her to show him gratitude and respect.

 

“Why would I do that?” Kagome asked, tilting her head in confusion and snapping Sesshoumaru out of his reverie. “Because that's how all you ningin are, as soon as you get what you want you disappear. Not that I need to explain it to you.” He said and began to walk away.

 

Panicking, Kagome ran after him. “Wait!” He stopped and turned his head to look at her so she'd know he was listening. “Please Sesshoumaru-sama, I don't know where I am or where my family is. Could I please come with you?” She asked desperately, her eyes pleading with him.

 

He couldn't leave a defenseless human child, a girl no less, alone in the forest, Sesshoumaru knew that. `Damn it, this is what I get for helping a ningin.' He thought before nodding his head curtly and continuing into the forest, ignoring the girl's squeal of delight as she followed after him.

 

 

It's short I know but that's how almost all my starting chapters are -.-;; But this fic is being written in response to Deadlyteardrops' challenge on Single Spark. All credit for the idea goes to deadly, I'm just writing it out.