InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Enemy Mine ❯ Chapter 1~The Beginning! ( Chapter 1 )

Enemy Mine By Mija

Disclaimer~Dont Own Inuyasha and Company.

A/N~This fic is AU, basicly in the same period of time but not the series or Manga..my spin on a story I like alot by Kate Silver. There will of course be alot of OOC in this just to let ya know K? Hope you all like it..much huggles and smiles Mija..:-)

Chapter 1~The Beginning!

~~~Fuck! He thought. Almost got away with the whole thing without being discovered and now? Well now Im running for my freaking life through the woods at night with a hole on my hip that is bubbling up with poison. And if that wasnt bad enough Im in human form damn it. My sense of sight and smell and hearing had returned but my rapid healing powers, my strength and my demon looks would not return till later. My looks would be the last to return when the spell finally wore off. I still dont know how I let my brother talk me into this. I mean sure I care about him and yes I would do anything to stop this damn war and make Ekki pay for killing my parents. But to trust a brother who is full demon and has not always been nice about the whole your a half demon thing, is a bit much. But what could I do really? Hes my brother and wether he approved of my mom, he always treated her well and respected her. He teased me alot but isnt that what big brothers do? There had also been times when he had defended me with a rage I only ever saw when he was truelly mad. He reminded me alot of dad when he looked like that.

~~~Ya I know my brother loves me and I love him, although Gods forbid we actually ever tell each other that, but we are guys right? But when Sesshoumaru asked me to give up my demon powers for a whole six months I thought he was crazy. Then he explained his plan to me and although I wasnt crazy about giving up my demon half, I would do it if it helped put an end to this war and stop Ekki. The only real bitch about the whole thing was that wether or not I liked it, my demon half would not return till the six months were up, parts would come back slowly before that I was told, but the full extent of them not till the exact six month period. Thats the way the old spell worked. A spell that had been in our family for generations but rarely if ever used. Maybe thats cause it was only good on hanyou's? And I just had to be the first in the Inu Clan from the Western Lands. At least as far as I knew. My mother had been the first human mate any of the family demon lords had ever taken and me the only half breed child born to said clan. I guess I should at least be gratefull that my father had been Lord of the Western Lands and a very powerfull one. Or else I might of never survived my childhood.

~~~The ancient spell Sesshoumaru had used on me sealed my demon half for a total of six cycles, meaning six months. During that time I would be me but totally mortal, total weakened and vulnerable. I hadnt liked that at all. But what could I do really? The war wasnt ending soon, and from the looks of it, if it did we as in the west, would probably not be victorious. Lord Sugimi, my dad had been fighting this war for a year before he was assasinated, along with my human mother. Back then my father had had the backing of several other lords who had respected him and feared him. But once father died and Sesshoumaru took the throne so to speak and became lord, the backing had stopped. Allies had withdrew thier support but promised not to support Ekki either. As they saw it, they had been indebted to Lord Sugimi and when he died so had thier previous alliances. If Sesshoumaru wanted thier aid and wished for the alliances to be reformed then he would have to prove himself as a true Lord, he would have to show them he was strong and wise enough to be the new Lord of the Western Lands. So with that, the tides of the war had changed. Ekki, Lord of the Eastern Lands had slowly begun to take over more and more of our lands around the borders of the Western Lands. Villages that had once been under the protection and rule of the West were now under the rule of Ekki.

~~~The plan, or at least the way it should of gone, was that I would become full human and inflitrate Ekki's army. Ekki's armies consisted of both demon and human soldiers, so in order for me to even get into the enemy camp I would have to hide my demon blood, lest I be discovered and killed. And we couldnt just cover it up or disguise it, nooooooo, it couldnt be that easy. The demons on Ekki's side would detect me no matter what, so my brother had used the spell, had made me full human so that I could be among the regular soldiers without alerting the demons to myself. And thats what I had done. It hadnt been hard really, since Ekki was taking any man young enough to fight by force or will to be in his armies. Not to mention that alot of the villages under Ekki's rule were suffering greatly cause of Ekki's lack of caring. It was no secret that Ekki cared little about the humans that lived in his land, to him they were cattle, beasts of burden to be used and tossed aside at his want. All Ekki cared about was wealth and power. He wanted land and all the spoils that came with being thee Lord of all Lords. He had stupidly chosen the west as his first target because its demon Lord had taken a human mate after his demon mate has passed away. This in his eyes and many other lords eyes, made the Inu Demon Lord weak. Funny, if his dad was still alive he would of crushed Ekki by now.

~~~So I had infiltrated Ekki's armies and did what I could to sabatoge it where I could, got word to my brother on stragedies and plans, let my brother know where certain key supply bases and such were, things like that. Hell I had even managed to help some of the prisoners Ekki had taken from my brother's armies, escape. Things had been going so well that funny enough I had even made a friend, I never really had any friends, especially human ones. A lecherous Monk by the name of Miroku, who detested fighting for Ekki but did what he was told to do, lest his life end prematurly. For a monk Miroku had been wise, a lech and drunkard at times but a good man. Things had been going so well for me that I was only a week shy before I had to leave and make my way back towards my brothers lands before the spell wore off. But just when I was sending my brother another message via one of his brothers falcons, I had been caught. Since I had done alot of damage already, the camps were on extra guard and on look out for the traitor they were sure was in thier midst. I wasnt sure how I had slipped up, maybe it had just been dumb luck on the part of Gotenmaru, a stupid moth demon with hopes of grandure. Before I could even do anything Gotenmaru had lashed out with his poisonous tongue and nicked me just below the hip.

~~~The pain had been and still was intense. But I had manganed to get away and was now making my way towards my brothers lands. But I had to be carefull. A bounty had been placed on my head, so if any villager came across me, even if said villager detested Ekki, the reward was insentive enough to capture me and turn me in, the war had taken a great toll on people and no doubt the size of the reward would help aid whomever caught me. I had been running for days now and I was soo tired and hungry. So weak. I had passed several villages already and in everyone one I had hoped to find, secretly of course, a healer that might be able to push back the poison and the pain long enough for my demon powers of healing to return. But the ones that had remained behind had been old and had died long ago, the younger healers had been forefully taken to serve in Ekki's armies. I had managed to put a basic healing poltice on, that my mother had taught me when I was a kid, but it was not for poisons and although it was helping a little, I knew if I didnt get help soon I would be dead before I reached my brothers lands or got my healing abilities back again. I needed to find help and soon. Wether the person was willing or not.

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~~~Kagome was tired. She had been at the village chiefs home tending to his sick wife. Her herbs and minstrations had helped alot and she would be well by morning. But it wasnt healing the woman that made her tired, it had been fighting off the advances of the chiefs eldest son Hojo. Hojo was a season older than her, but there was nothing about him Kagome found the least bit attractive. When he spoke he talked only of himself, of all the great things he was destined to do once he became the Cheif of the village. Not only that he made everything about himself. His mother was sick, so it effected him the most as her son, what would HE do without her, What would happen to HIM, if his mother didnt get better? Did he actually once say he worried about his mother? Wondered if she was feeling well or pain? If she was affraid? What of his father? His worry? His concerns? No all Hojo thought of was himself. And then there was the fact that he had wandering hands as well. When ever she had left the room to get something to help his mother, he had pounced on her, flattering her, flirting and accidentally brushing her in places that were not proper. It was all she could do not to slap his face, but she couldnt do that. Not only was he the chiefs son but she had been warned by her uncle not to shame the family, or he would not only beat her but toss her and her little brother Sota out in the cold with no where to go or stay.

~~~Kagome sighed. She and her little brother who was no more than 8 summers old had been living with thier uncle Gin for almost a year now. Thier parents had died when thier village had been attacked during one of Lord Ekki's raids, when he first started the war against the Western Lord. Before then they had lived in peace, Kagome had even begun training as the village healer under Lady Kaede, the village priestess. But all that had been ripped away from her when Ekki had come barging into thier village. Taking everything they could get their hands on, killing anyone who had tried to oppose him, punishing those who were loyal to thier Lord, who at that time had been Lord Sugimi of the Western Holdings. Lord Sugimi had been a good lord, a hard, strict lord, but caring and leniant. Although he was a Demon, a Dog Demon, he had cared about those he protected and served him among his lands. Untill Ekki that is. Lord Ekki had destroyed her village, killed her mother and father and even Lady Kaede. Only Kagome and Sota had managed to escape and only because they had been out in the forest looking for special herbs when the village was attacked. They had come back just as the last of Ekki's army was leaving with thier plunder, the village burning and in ruins in thier wake, people, her family and friends dead or dying on the streets, in thier homes.

~~~Kagome wiped away a falling tear and tried to wipe away the memories. She had done enough crying, right now she had to think about her and her little brother. As it was thier lives were still uncertain. Kagome had taken them to thier only living relative, thier fathers brother, a shrine priest in a large village not far from the boarder of the Western and Eastern Lands. At the moment it too was under Lord Ekki's rule. But right now all Kagome cared about was doing everything in her power to keep her uncle satisfied with her and her brother. For a priest her uncle was not a very nice man. Not nice where anyone could see that is, in front of others he was the wise, caring shrine priest the villagers adored. But when the villagers were not around he turned into something or someone different. He was strict, but it was his cruelty that she hated with a passion. He had often punished her and her brother by whipping them or sending them to bed without any food or drink all day. He also liked to lock them up in a tiny room when ever he deemed them bad and insolent.

~~~Kagome was not stupid, she knew that the things her uncle had deemed her or her brother bad or insolent were things not worthy of such harsh punishment. Once Sota had tripped and spilled some water on the floor, some droplets had splattered on Kikyo's robes and Sota was sent to the room to be punished for being clumsy. Kikyo was thier cousin, her uncles only child and the pride and joy of his life. He always went on and on how she would some day take his place as the shrine priestess or marry a rich nobleman who would treat her like the true princess she was. In her uncles eyes and in Kikyo's herself, she was meant for far better things in life. Basicly both Kikyo and thier uncle treated her and her brother like servants, slaves to be used however they saw fit, and to punish them if they thought they had not met with thier standards. Kagome did her best not to do anything to cause trouble, cause when she got in trouble it was her brother who was punished because of her, they had found that by hurting her brother they would hurt her more. And they hurt her when ever her brother did wrong, thus making him work extra hard to be good and not get his sister in any trouble. For both loved one another and would do anything for each other.

~~~Right now it was past sunset and all Kagome wanted to do was sleep. She was a bit hungy, she hadnt eaten since lunch when the village chief had given her a bit to eat as she tended to his wife. She really hoped Sota had eaten. She would go see him now if she could, but she was not allowed at the shrine, well in the main house where her uncle and Kikyo slept at the top of the shrine steps to the right of the shrine itself. She was only allowed up there when needed by either of them to do cleaning or other chores. She was allowed a room at the bottom of the stairs though, a room with a wooden door and lock and one small window high up on the wall. The room had once been used as storage space, but she didnt mind really. Yes it could get cold with its dirt floor and clay walls, and extremely hot during summer, but it was hers and she was gratefull for it. The storage room was actually two room in one. The larger one was her living quarters that had a small hey futon on the floor and a small table with a few old ratted pillows. The second room was a alot smaller and she used that one to keep her meager belongings and the herbs and stuff she dried and used to help heal others. She was lucky that her healing skills permitted her uncle to let her have her own garden where she could grow some of the more needed herbs. The others she found in the forest or traded with other villages. As far as she could tell there was no healers in any of the nearby villages, all had either died or had been taken by one of the many armies that served Lord Ekki. So alot of them came here to her to find remedies for illnesses or seek her advice in any knowledge she could provide. She was young and alot of them felt uncomfortable coming to her, but she was all they had.

~~~She had just finished locking her door and thanking the Gods that her uncle allowed Sota to sleep in the house on top of the steps with him, just in case he or Kikyo needed something during the night. But at least he was warm and safe in the larger home and down here all she had to worry about was herself. When she was about to turn around and light a candle she felt a strong arm snake around her waist and a hand come up from behind her to cover her mouth. Kagome screamed, but of course it was muffled and almost non existent cause of the large calloused and filthy hand on her face. It gripped her so tightly she felt her teeth dig into the flesh on the inside of her lip. The arm the gripped her waist was just as tight but to her surprise and utter fear she felt a hard tip press into her belly and knew without looking that it was a knife. Oh God, she thought. Im going to die.

A/N~Okies heres the first chap, hope you guys like it and hope to hear from you all, good or bad, and yes I know I still have other fics I should be working on instead of starting another but Im a bit stumped on those and I needed to write this one out since it was plaqueing my mind..lol..anyway you guys be good and well and talk to you soon, R&R please..much huggles and smiles Mija..:-)