InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Complicated ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Hi everyone! This chapter has been revised as may be obvious to my veteran readers. If you are new to this story, then you have great timing ^_^. The reason I am revising this story is because it was going in a totally different direction then I wanted to, hence the reason I haven't updated. Some chapters will be redone, some I'll just leave alone. Anyway, everything is basically the same with a few crucial changes here and there that won't really make any sense until later in the story. Hope you enjoy yourselves ^_^.

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Chapter 1

“SIT, INUYASHA! I'M NOT GOING HOME YET, GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK OVER-POSSESSIVE HEAD! I JUST WANT TO TAKE A DARN BATH! UGH!” Kagome stormed out of Kaede's hut with her bathing supplies and walked pass the curious faces peeping out of their own huts. She felt her cheeks burn in embarassment.

`I haven't gotten that angry in a long time. Oh my God, I bet the whole village heard me!' She looked up and indeed, every hut had a face peering out of it. She fought to keep her head up and her deep blush down. She knew she must've looked constipated.

`So what? He deserved it. Calling me irresponsible and comparing me to Kikyo. I'm my own person and if he doesn't realize that then... what will I do?'

She finally came to `her' hotspring and squealed in delight. The villagers thought she was weird because she loved baths. Sango wouldn't even take a bath with her everyday. She stripped and got in the steaming water and allowed it to relax her tense muscles. Whenever she argued with Inuyasha she always needed a bath.

`I know that I love him and that's not going to change, but it doesn't mean I have to take his crud.' She smiled at that. Piper still laughed at her because even at 18 she still couldn't curse. Inuyasha didn't know but she could take care of herself almost as well Sango. `Almost' being the operative word here. She still couldn't find that root she always tripped on. Other than that, her archery was better and because she took self- defense classes she was pretty good at hand-to-hand combat. She could also throw knives very good. She also had new powers such as teleporting, slight telekinesis, and the power to move things, not bad for an 18 year old shard detector. Fighting smarter and more powerful demons in her time taught her a few things. She had also grown a bit taller over the years standing not very tall but tall enough at 5'5”. Other than that she was the same Kagome except for the shooting star tattoo that wrapped aroung her right calf but no one knew about that except her sisters, Sango, and maybe Miroku. You never really know with him.

Soon after, she fell into a light sleep.

~ About an hour later~

Kagome awoke to the feeling that something just wasn't right. Her heart was pounding in a weird rhythm. The same way it always did when… “Kikyo.” Kagome whispered to herself. Whenever the corpse was around, it always spelled trouble for the rest of them. Kagome got dressed and ran in the direction of the village. Hopefully she wouldn't be to late to stop Inuyasha.

As she ran, she saw one of Kikyo's soul snatchers float in front of her and followed it. `I know it's probably a trap but Kikyo doesn't know what I can do now. She doesn't know that I can protect myself.'

`But you can't protect your heart, can you?' That little voice of doubt crept in and Kagome unconsciously slowed her run. `Really Kagome, is he really worth all of this pain, all of this disappointment?' Kagome chewed her lip pensively. Then she squared her shoulders and ran even faster but quietly.

`Love is worth anything.'

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A glow was in a clearing just ahead and soul snatchers were floating everywhere. Kagome slowed her step and was careful of any twigs and dry leaves. If Inuyasha wasn't there she didn't want to start anything with Kikyo. She stood behind the widest tree she could find and then peeked out. Inuyasha was holding Kikyo close and had his lips to her forehead and his eyes closed. Kikyo turned her head and spotted Kagome. Their eyes clashed and Kagome felt cold as she saw Kikyo's dead glossy eyes. All of a sudden, Kikyo smirked and lifted her head.

“Inuyasha, tell me you love me.” Kikyo said, her voice small and shaky.

“I love you, Kikyo. I could never love anyone else.” He replied. His eyes were still closed.

“What about my reincarnation? You two seem very close. Does she mean more to you than me?” When she said this, Inuyasha opened his eyes and looked strangely at her. He opened his mouth but no sound came out. “Inuyasha?”

`Answer the question, Inuyasha.' Kagome thought to herself. She was clutching the tree so tight that her knuckles had turned white and she could feel sweat forming on her forehead. She was so wrapped up in Inuyasha that she failed to notice that Kikyo's eyes had started glow and then abrubtly stop.

“Kagome is nothing, just a means to an end. I am the reason you are not alive now and I plan to fix that.” He said. Kagome was so upset that she didn't notice his voice sounded monotone.

Kagome turned on her heel and walked away slowly and calmly. She had seen and heard enough. When her sisters had learned of Inuyasha and what he had done to her many times over they told her to let him go but she always refused and went back to him. Now she was hurting and couldn't face him with trying to orb his balls to the Sahara Desert. Now that she thought of it, the idea was sounding better every second. It was starting to sound so good that she even turned on her heel to go back but then she remembered what Piper had once told her: `Using magic for personal gain has serous consequences. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT do it.' Piper had told her this after she had tried to conjure up a girlfriend for Hojo because she felt guilty for always leaving him hanging. That didn't work out the way she planned and now… well she didn't really want to think about it.

She went into the hut and everyone was still awake.

“Kagome, what is the matter?” Sango asked. For the first time Kagome realized she had been crying. “Nothing. I… just fell and hit my shoulder.” Kagome lied. She knew she was an awful lier. She could never keep still when she lied and now she was fidgeting… a lot. Shippo ran and tackled her in the stomach. She brushed his hair back from his face and kissed his forehead.

“I'm going back home for a little while. I'll be back soon I promise.” She added quickly when Shippo looked likely to protest. “Tell Inuyasha not to follow me please?” Sango nodded and Kagome realized that Miroku wasn't in the hut. “Sango, where is Miroku?”

Sango eyes fired up and she said angrily, “Probably trying to get the village girls to have his children.” Kagome held back her laugh. Everyone knew they loved each other. Hell, even Miroku knew, but Sango refused to see it.

Kagome gathered her things and said her goodbyes. She then walked to the well and jumped. She smiled when her feet hit solid ground. She inhaled. “Ah, the sweet smell of city life. I love being home.”

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