InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Demon Sense ❯ Right On Target ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters in this story. These characters are from InuYasha, created and owned by Rumiko Takahashi.

 

 

 

Demon Sense

By Ender_kb

 

Chapter 1: Right On Target

 

 

Hi! My name's Kagome. I'm just your average 18-year-old, if you call teenage life normal. Tokyo, Japan is always full of life and adventure, but living on temple grounds I tend to see the weird and boring part of it. I ended up having a daily routine of school, studying, and a little bit of friend time, but since I graduated high school things are getting a little stressful and crazy. College is no simple task, and neither are the things that seem to come along with it.

 

“I'm off to register for my classes, Mom!” Kagome yelled through the back door.

 

“Okay hon. I'll see you later.” She responded.

 

She walked towards the college campus grounds then noticed her friends up ahead.

“Hey! Wait up for me!” she yelled as she ran to catch up with her giggling friends.

 

“There you are Kagome.” Eri called back.

 

“We thought you were going to be late again so we thought we'd meet you on campus.” Ayumi said cheerfully.

 

“Hey, I'm not always late.” Kagome defended. Then she got those scolding looks. She just sighed and hung her head in shame as they laughed in amusement.

 

~

 

“College is so much cooler than high school. We all get to have the same classes together and we get to pick what time we want to go too.” Kagome screamed with excitement.

 

“Hey let's go to WacDonald's and grab something to eat.” Yuka suggested.

 

“I think I'm just gonna go home and crash. I'm tired.” Kagome said.

 

“Party pooper.” Eri said.

 

“Aw, c'mon guys. Mom wants me to help her with temple duties tonight while grandpa's gone. I wanna get a nap in before I have to start doing that.”

 

“Fine. Run along little priestess.” Eri quipped, jokingly.

 

“Thanks guys. See ya around.”

 

~

 

Kagome was almost home free when she saw him.

 

“Hey Kagome.” called a short lanky young man.

 

“Oh no,” she said under her breath. She turned to him, “Hi Koutatsu.”

 

“So did ya sign up for any art classes this semester?” Koutatsu probed.

 

“Of course. You know me, big art fanatic, heh, heh.” she said nervously. `He better not ask which one.'

 

“Maybe I can get in on a class with you. Just like old times.” He probed on.

 

“Yeah, sure. I might be changing my classes around though, so I don't know which one I'll be in for sure.”

 

“No big. I'll see ya later then.” He said as he left.

 

“Alright, bye.” she sighed and let out a small shiver. `What a creepy guy.”

 

~

 

“Mom, I'm home!” Kagome yelled as she trudged in the kitchen.

 

“How was registration?” Kagome's mom asked.

 

“It was great, until I ran into Koutatsu on my way home.” she shivered.

 

“Oh honey, don't worry about him. I just think he likes you.”

 

“That's what worries me.”

 

Kagome's mom giggled.

 

“I'm gonna take a nap then we can get started on those chores.” Kagome said as she started up the stairs.

 

“Sure dear.”

 

~

 

“Whew! I think I underestimated gramps and how much work he does around here.” Kagome said as they finished their work and entered the house, the sun setting at their backs and clouds rolling in.

 

“You have no idea how hard he tries to keep this temple looking good.”

 

“For sure. So what's for dinner?” she inquired innocently.

 

“I think I'll just make some ramen tonight. It's just us tonight since Sota's staying at a friend's house.”

 

“That's fine, mom. I think I'm gonna get some practice tonight after dinner.”

 

“What is your interest in that slingshot thingy anyway?”

 

“I like knowing that I can do something that hardly anyone else does.”

 

“You already do something like that, dear.”

 

“Yeah, but I can't tell anyone about that…much less show them.”

 

“Well, what about your art?”

 

“A lot of people can do that.”

 

“Well, alright dear. I just don't see any use for a skill like that, but if you like doing it…” Kagome's mom trailed off as she finished making the ramen.

 

They ate in a comfortable silence with the exception of the slurping of their noodles.

 

After they had finished Kagome grabbed her slingshot and went outside to the courtyard. She set up all of her targets along the fence in front of the God Tree just like she did almost every night. She looked up at the thickly clouded sky.

 

`Now if would just not rain for just twenty minutes' she thought hopefully.

 

Yet, the skies were not kind to her as the rain started to fall just five minutes into her slingshot practice. She decided to grab her long black raincoat and hat so she could keep practicing anyway. She was on a roll. She kept hitting her wooden targets just outside of the bull's-eye. The rain was trying its hardest to keep her vision blurred as she aimed her next tiny rock.

 

`This is it. It's going straight into the bull's-eye.” She thought just as she let go of the band and heard a faint crash in the distance.

 

`What was that?' She thought alarmed. She forgot all about where her rock had hit. She jogged to the source of the distraction trying to avoid any puddles that had accumulated from the heavy rain.

 

As she reached the edge of her property she noticed just two houses down that a clay flower pot had been knocked off of its fence. She peered through the darkness to see if any cats were around. She stopped when she caught movement in the bushes underneath of the front window of the house. She made out a young man hidden there.

 

`What is he doing?' She watched curiously. She kneeled down slightly as not to attract attention. She recognized him; he lived there, but why was he hiding? Then she saw two men rounding the house slowly, like they were looking for a place to enter.

 

`Oh no. If they keep going on that path they'll surely find him.' She thought quickly of something to do. Then she realized that the slingshot was in her hand. She bent down and picked up a small rock. She aimed it at a small pot at a nearby house across the street.

 

Bull's-eye!!

 

The noise caught the two men's attention as well as the young man's, but the two men started to look worried and fled the scene.

 

“Yes!” Kagome exclaimed, and a bit too loudly as she noticed she caught the young man's attention. She returned his gaze and nodded to him from underneath of her dark hat while the rain dripped heavily from it. Then she turned and walked calmly back to her courtyard.

 

Kagome was certainly curious as to why this scene had taken place, but she knew that this particular young man was not the sharing type. He liked to keep to himself and that was all she knew.

 

As she was taking down her targets a clearing of someone's throat startled her. She turned around to find the young man standing before her.

 

“You didn't have to do that.” He stated plainly.

 

“Well, I didn't want those guys snooping around anymore than you did.”

 

“I could've taken care of them easily.” He said as he turned his oversized head away.

 

Kagome narrowed her eyes at the tall dense man before her. “Hmph! You're welcome!” she spat nastily.

 

“Hey I didn't ask for your help. Besides, they'll be back again tomorrow.”

 

Kagome was snapped back to reality at this.

 

“What? Why?” she asked, concerned.

 

“Keh! Cause they're after me, that's why. I can't go back home now. They'll find me…eventually.” He said, his eyes gazing off into the distance.

 

“Isn't there someplace you could stay? Until it's safe for you to go back?”

 

“No, and it will never be safe for me to go back.” He turned and started to walk away.

 

“Why don't you stay here for the night? That way you could take some time to think about where you can go? What you can do?”

 

“I don't need you.”

 

“Of course you don't. Now come on.” She said ignoring his obvious refusal. The young man followed her anyway with a look of curiosity and skepticism.

 

~

 

Kagome handed him a towel to dry off his long black hair while she removed her hat and coat. She hung the dripping wet items on the coat rack. When she turned around she was met by the gaze of two violet eyes.

 

“What!?” she said startled.

 

“I'm hungry.” The man said simply.

 

~

 

Before Kagome handed him his ramen she asked, “What's your name? I'm letting you sleep in my house and I don't even know what to call you.”

 

“Well, what's your name?” he asked defensively.

 

“Kagome.” She said with a big smile on her face.

 

“InuYasha.” He mumbled.

 

“InuYasha?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“I like that.”

 

As InuYasha finished his ramen with a slurp Kagome placed a pillow and blanket in his arms and marched him up to her bedroom. She didn't want her mom waking up to a stranger on their couch.

 

InuYasha situated himself on the floor while Kagome plopped herself into her bed already changed into her pajamas. Both went to sleep without a word, but with heads full of questions.

 

~

 

Kagome awoke with a start when she realized that InuYasha was already awake.

 

“Do you want some breakfast? I make some killer omelettes.”

 

“Whatever.”

 

“Well, somebody woke up on the wrong side of the blanket. I'll be right back.”

 

Kagome went downstairs and found her mom reading the newspaper and Sota already home from his friend's house.

 

“Morning dear.” Her mom greeted, “would you like some breakfast?”

 

“I kinda wanted to make some omelettes.”

 

“Can you make me some too Kagome?” Sota chimed in.

 

“Ugh, fine.”

 

“Yeah!”

 

Kagome placed an omelette on Sota's plate while placing three on her own.

 

“Pig.” Sota said with a mouthful of omelette.

 

“Hey, so I'm extremely hungry today. Give me a break.” She defended as she slid a second set of chopsticks inside of some napkins without drawing attention.

 

~

 

“You know,” Kagome started as they finished their omelettes, “it may be better for you to stay here so you can keep an eye on your family. If those men come back like you say they will, your family might be in danger.”

 

“Keh, I already told you, they're after me, not my family. Besides, they can take care of themselves.” He muttered.

 

“Well, what about your sister?”

 

“How'd you know I had a sister?”

 

“I do pay attention to my neighbors. I've also had some classes with her in high school.”

 

“Yeah, well, she can take care of herself too. She's not even my sister anyways.” He mumbled the last part so low he was surprised she even heard it.

 

“What do you mean by that?”

 

“That's none of your business.”

 

“Well fine then Mr. Grumpy-pants.” She retorted, “You better fix that attitude if you think you're going to be staying here.”

 

“Hey, the only reason I'm accepting your invitation is because they'll least expect it.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Those guys will think I ran away, far away. They'll never guess that I'm just a few houses down from my own.” He spouted arrogantly.

 

“Hey, I guess your right.”

 

“'Course I am!” Then he yelped as a pillow struck the back of his head.

 

 

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Don't fret, more action to come in the next chapter. Please review and let me know what you think. This is my first fic so I may need a little constructive criticism.

 

Later!