InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Final Test ❯ Who the hell are you? ( Chapter 1 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha nor anything associated with Inuyasha. The plot line for this story came out of nowhere. I hope you guys like this as much as I’m going to like writing it. This is one of my best ideas yet!
Pairing: Inu/Kag
Rating: Mostly T, but there will be several lemon scenes toward the end.
Summary: Inuyasha grew too greedy when he was younger. He attempted to take the shikon no tama from its priestess. She ended up dying shortly after and Inuyasha was cursed to live in a land that was unattainable to all but him and one other. He is to live in solitude until he can learn to love unselfishly. How can he learn to love when he is alone? Will he ever be free?
Chapter 1: Where the hell am I and who the hell are you?
Kagome made her way down the road from her village. Her mother, brother, and grandfather were back at their hut and Kagome was going to meet them after her miko training. Her sensei, Kaede, had let her out early today and she was planning on taking advantage of this gift. Her miko robes fluttered in the breeze as she picked up her pace.
Kagome was a beautiful girl of 18 years. Her deep bluish black hair was pulled back in a low ponytail at the base of her neck; her bangs fluttering crazily in the wind. Her blue miko robes accented her blue eyes and melded perfectly to her curvaceous body. It was unbelievable for a girl her age, with her beauty, to be unmarried, but being a miko usually constituted a woman to be celibate. Plus, she had no real interest in any of the young men of their village, though many had their eye on her; her friend Akitoki in particular. He didn’t seem to understand that she didn’t want to marry him, not in this life time and surely not in the following lifetimes. Yet, she took this all in stride.
She was unprepared as a little puff ball can shooting towards her. As soon as he made contact, the little fox demon in her arms, Shippo was his name, started chattering to her uncontrollably.
“Kagome! I could smell you all the way from the village and I couldn’t believe you were coming already, you said you wouldn’t be back till later, but here you are! I can’t believe it! Guess what I did today? I tricked Souta into thinking I was your mom and I sent him into the corner of the hut for 15 minutes until your mom really came into the hut and asked him what he was doing. Then he chased me for a while and your mom asked us to go and get water from the river, so we did and then we started dinner and then I smelled you so I ran all the way here and now I’m in your arms and I’m telling you all about my day. Wasn’t it great! Why aren’t you talking?”
After her brain managed to actually process all that the little kitsune had told her, she started to chuckle at the thought of Souta being in time out for nothing. Her little kitsune was getting better at his illusions every day. Kagome had found the little guy when he was about 3 years old, only a little baby. His parents had been killed by some thunder demons in the area and Kagome had graciously taken the poor thing in as her own son. She couldn’t very well leave the little guy to his own devices when he didn’t know anything about the world and his parents were no longer around to teach him. That had been 4 years ago. Now the little scamp was running around and talking up a storm to anyone that would listen to him. The village had been wary of him at first, but since he was just a baby at the time he was brought there, the villagers had quickly learned to accept and even like her little kit. She loved him like her own flesh and blood and she couldn’t be happier that she wouldn’t be spending the rest of her life alone.
She finally realized that he was looking at her expectantly; waiting for her answer to his questions.
“Yes, that was very good Shippo, but you shouldn’t play jokes like that on Souta. That was mean to make him sit in the corner. Yet, if you were able to fool him, then you must be getting really good at your illusions! I’m very proud of you Shippo. I was just taking in all that you were telling me. Now, are you ready to head back home and get some dinner?”
“Yes okaa-san! I haven’t eaten anything since lunch!”
“Haha, I would hope not Ship, you better not be ruining your appetite for dinner.”
“Of course not okaa, I wouldn’t do that!”
He put on the most innocent puppy eyes he could and watched as her resolve crumbled.
“I believe you Ship, I just worry sometimes. Well, let’s hurry home and get ready for dinner with mama-baa-chan, Souta, and ji-chan.”
Kagome continued on her way home, Shippo in her arms, thinking about what was to happen tomorrow. Tomorrow was her final test. All mikos had to go threw several tests before they were allowed to preside over a village as the official miko. Kagome had already passed both of her beginning tests, each consisting of her having to defeat a youkai that was attacking their village. The final task was not allowed to be revealed until she was ready to take it. Tomorrow she would learn what her final test was, and she hoped that she was prepared to handle it. The penalty for failure was 2 more years of training and then she would have to perform all 3 tests again. Failure was not an option.
Kagome walked up the path that led to her family’s little hut on the edge of the village. Shippo continued to twitter about the aspects of his day, and she nodded and “ooo-ed and ahhh-ed” in the right places as she made her way into the hut.
“Kagome, dear, you’re home already! I thought you would still be at training, since your test is tomorrow.”
“Okaa, Kaede-sensei let me out early to rest up. I’m really nervous about tomorrow and I was loosing concentration so Kaede-sensei let me go. What are we having for dinner?”
“I’m making your favorite tonight, sweetie. Shippo, could you go and get Souta and Ji-chan?”
Simultaneous cries of “ODEN!” and “Yes Obaa-chan!” sounded through the hut as Kagome headed to her room to change into a more comfortable kimono and Shippo rushed off to get Souta and Ji-chan. The family convened at the dinner table and ate the oden through a string of conversation ranging from Kagome’s test the following day and Shippo’s joke on Souta, to Mama Higurashi’s day at the market and Ji-chan’s boring day of napping and talking with the other elder’s of the village.
When dinner was over with, Kagome headed to her room to meditate and then sleep. She knew that tomorrow was going to be the hardest day of her life so far. She just hoped to pass. It was humiliating for a priestess to fail her final test. Even if she retook the training and tests and passed, it would always hang over her head like a rainy cloud that she had failed the first time, and it would discredit her for the rest of her life. After several hours of meditating, she noticed that the sun had set and Shippo was curled into a ball on her futon. She got up and changed into her sleeping yukata and slid under the covers with her little kit.
The Next Day
Kagome dressed in her blue miko robes and bid her family good bye. They wished her luck as she treaded down the path to Kaede’s hut. There were butterflies in her stomach as she drew closer to the old miko’s hut. She knew that her entire life hinged on this one day, and how she did during her test. Kaede was waiting for her outside of her hut.
“Ahhh, Kagome. You have arrived. Are you ready to proceed with your final test?”
“Yes I am Kaede-sensei; when ever you wish to begin.”
“We shall begin now. You task is to make your way to Mount Hakurei. You are to live in the wilderness of that mountain for the next two weeks. This will not be an easy task. The mountain was once pure, but has now been tainted. No one is completely sure of what caused the taint and no one has ever come across any evidence to point to what the taint is. All we know is that the mountain was once pure and good; youkai were not allowed within so many feet of the mountain for fear of being purified. Yet, one day, about 500 years ago, the mountain was suddenly overrun with youkai. Holy men and priestesses were able to salvage much of the mountain, but there are still many youkai living there. You must live among them for the next two weeks and then return to this village in one piece. No one can help you and you are not to return until the two weeks are up. Do you understand and accept this task that has been given to you?”
“Yes Kaede-sensei. I understand and accept the task you have presented to me. I am afraid that I am not packed for such a trip.”
“Do not fret over that trivial matter. Your bags have already been packed and you are ready to proceed to Mt. Hakurei.”
“Thank you very much Kaede-sensei. I shall be taking my leave then. I shall see you in two weeks.”
“Yes, I shall see you in two weeks Kagome. You take care of yourself and good luck. I know you can do this. You are a very talented young woman. Come back to us safely.”
Kaede lead Kagome to where her bag had been packed for her and she then proceeded to make her way out of the village. She hadn’t done a whole lot of traveling in her life, only to the neighboring villages and back. Now she was being instructed to make her way to Mt. Hakurei? She wasn’t sure how long it would take to get there or what to expect when she actually did get there. This was a very unexpected task to be given.
Kagome made her way across feudal Japan as she continued her journey to Mt. Hakurei. It took her a day and a half of walking to actually get to the foot of the mountain. Once she got there, she wasn’t sure of where to camp. Kagome decided to make camp as far up the mountain as she could get. Kaede-sensei had been correct. There were many youkai here and many of them challenged her. ‘Why the hell can’t these youkai just leave me be? I’m not here to purify them. Stupid youkai.’ Kagome continued to mentally rant as she stalked up the mountain.
Near the top, Kagome was suddenly stopped by a shield that was set up around the top of the mountain. The entire top fourth of the mountain was behind this force. Kagome took a deeper look and realized that there was a miko barrier set up that was to keep everything out. She reached her hand up and brushed the barrier, surprised when her hand was not repelled as she had been several moments before. The barrier remained intact, but she was able to pass through, so she stepped her entire body through it. When she tried to step back through, though, the barrier refused to let her back out. It was then that Kagome realized that not only was the barrier up to keep things out, it was also meant to keep something in.
She tried for several minutes to push her way through the barrier, but was unsuccessful and she even received a mild zap for her efforts on her final try. She realized that she was stuck, and hopefully she would be able to find a way out within the next two weeks so that her family and friends did not worry about her.
The sound of a twig snapping, to her left, put Kagome on guard. She didn’t know what it was that this barrier kept in, and she wasn’t sure she was ready to find out. She quickly jumped up, bag on her back, and carefully made her way toward a cave she could see a few hundred feet about her. She climbed up until she was able to reach the cave. Her miko senses told her that there was nothing in the cave and so she decided to make her camp there, so that she would have shelter from the elements and possible youkai. Her movements in setting up the camp were sure and practiced, as camping was one of the aspects of her training. She moved around the little camp, setting up her bed and the fire, unaware of the watchful gaze that rested upon her.
When her camp was finally set, she decided to cook the last of the rabbit she had killed for lunch. With the rabbit roasting on a spit over the fire, Kagome decided to make use of the little hot spring she noticed in the back of the cave, several feet from her camp site. Her bath was enjoyable and relaxing as the water was not too hot and not too cold. It seemed as though it were just the way she liked it. She finally got out of the hot spring and dressed in her sleeping yukata. The rabbit was done and she sat down to eat her meal. This didn’t seem to be as bad as she had imagined it to be. The way Kaede-sensei had told of this test, she had imagined something a little more difficult, but who was she to question Kaede-sensei.
Kagome cleaned up after her dinner and decided to get in a little bit of meditation before she turned in for the evening. Just as she was sitting down to meditate; a twig snapping caused her to start. She grabbed her bow and quiver and made her way to the mouth of the cave. She looked around the clearing at the entrance, but she didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary. She waited a few seconds and was about to return to her fire and bed when a figure darted through the trees and jumped to land directly in front of her.
“Who the fuck are you and why the hell are you on my mountain!”
Wow everyone. This just came to me out of no where and I had to write it down. I hope you all like this; please review to let me know if I should continue! I hope everyone’s having a good day!
Pairing: Inu/Kag
Rating: Mostly T, but there will be several lemon scenes toward the end.
Summary: Inuyasha grew too greedy when he was younger. He attempted to take the shikon no tama from its priestess. She ended up dying shortly after and Inuyasha was cursed to live in a land that was unattainable to all but him and one other. He is to live in solitude until he can learn to love unselfishly. How can he learn to love when he is alone? Will he ever be free?
Chapter 1: Where the hell am I and who the hell are you?
Kagome made her way down the road from her village. Her mother, brother, and grandfather were back at their hut and Kagome was going to meet them after her miko training. Her sensei, Kaede, had let her out early today and she was planning on taking advantage of this gift. Her miko robes fluttered in the breeze as she picked up her pace.
Kagome was a beautiful girl of 18 years. Her deep bluish black hair was pulled back in a low ponytail at the base of her neck; her bangs fluttering crazily in the wind. Her blue miko robes accented her blue eyes and melded perfectly to her curvaceous body. It was unbelievable for a girl her age, with her beauty, to be unmarried, but being a miko usually constituted a woman to be celibate. Plus, she had no real interest in any of the young men of their village, though many had their eye on her; her friend Akitoki in particular. He didn’t seem to understand that she didn’t want to marry him, not in this life time and surely not in the following lifetimes. Yet, she took this all in stride.
She was unprepared as a little puff ball can shooting towards her. As soon as he made contact, the little fox demon in her arms, Shippo was his name, started chattering to her uncontrollably.
“Kagome! I could smell you all the way from the village and I couldn’t believe you were coming already, you said you wouldn’t be back till later, but here you are! I can’t believe it! Guess what I did today? I tricked Souta into thinking I was your mom and I sent him into the corner of the hut for 15 minutes until your mom really came into the hut and asked him what he was doing. Then he chased me for a while and your mom asked us to go and get water from the river, so we did and then we started dinner and then I smelled you so I ran all the way here and now I’m in your arms and I’m telling you all about my day. Wasn’t it great! Why aren’t you talking?”
After her brain managed to actually process all that the little kitsune had told her, she started to chuckle at the thought of Souta being in time out for nothing. Her little kitsune was getting better at his illusions every day. Kagome had found the little guy when he was about 3 years old, only a little baby. His parents had been killed by some thunder demons in the area and Kagome had graciously taken the poor thing in as her own son. She couldn’t very well leave the little guy to his own devices when he didn’t know anything about the world and his parents were no longer around to teach him. That had been 4 years ago. Now the little scamp was running around and talking up a storm to anyone that would listen to him. The village had been wary of him at first, but since he was just a baby at the time he was brought there, the villagers had quickly learned to accept and even like her little kit. She loved him like her own flesh and blood and she couldn’t be happier that she wouldn’t be spending the rest of her life alone.
She finally realized that he was looking at her expectantly; waiting for her answer to his questions.
“Yes, that was very good Shippo, but you shouldn’t play jokes like that on Souta. That was mean to make him sit in the corner. Yet, if you were able to fool him, then you must be getting really good at your illusions! I’m very proud of you Shippo. I was just taking in all that you were telling me. Now, are you ready to head back home and get some dinner?”
“Yes okaa-san! I haven’t eaten anything since lunch!”
“Haha, I would hope not Ship, you better not be ruining your appetite for dinner.”
“Of course not okaa, I wouldn’t do that!”
He put on the most innocent puppy eyes he could and watched as her resolve crumbled.
“I believe you Ship, I just worry sometimes. Well, let’s hurry home and get ready for dinner with mama-baa-chan, Souta, and ji-chan.”
Kagome continued on her way home, Shippo in her arms, thinking about what was to happen tomorrow. Tomorrow was her final test. All mikos had to go threw several tests before they were allowed to preside over a village as the official miko. Kagome had already passed both of her beginning tests, each consisting of her having to defeat a youkai that was attacking their village. The final task was not allowed to be revealed until she was ready to take it. Tomorrow she would learn what her final test was, and she hoped that she was prepared to handle it. The penalty for failure was 2 more years of training and then she would have to perform all 3 tests again. Failure was not an option.
Kagome walked up the path that led to her family’s little hut on the edge of the village. Shippo continued to twitter about the aspects of his day, and she nodded and “ooo-ed and ahhh-ed” in the right places as she made her way into the hut.
“Kagome, dear, you’re home already! I thought you would still be at training, since your test is tomorrow.”
“Okaa, Kaede-sensei let me out early to rest up. I’m really nervous about tomorrow and I was loosing concentration so Kaede-sensei let me go. What are we having for dinner?”
“I’m making your favorite tonight, sweetie. Shippo, could you go and get Souta and Ji-chan?”
Simultaneous cries of “ODEN!” and “Yes Obaa-chan!” sounded through the hut as Kagome headed to her room to change into a more comfortable kimono and Shippo rushed off to get Souta and Ji-chan. The family convened at the dinner table and ate the oden through a string of conversation ranging from Kagome’s test the following day and Shippo’s joke on Souta, to Mama Higurashi’s day at the market and Ji-chan’s boring day of napping and talking with the other elder’s of the village.
When dinner was over with, Kagome headed to her room to meditate and then sleep. She knew that tomorrow was going to be the hardest day of her life so far. She just hoped to pass. It was humiliating for a priestess to fail her final test. Even if she retook the training and tests and passed, it would always hang over her head like a rainy cloud that she had failed the first time, and it would discredit her for the rest of her life. After several hours of meditating, she noticed that the sun had set and Shippo was curled into a ball on her futon. She got up and changed into her sleeping yukata and slid under the covers with her little kit.
The Next Day
Kagome dressed in her blue miko robes and bid her family good bye. They wished her luck as she treaded down the path to Kaede’s hut. There were butterflies in her stomach as she drew closer to the old miko’s hut. She knew that her entire life hinged on this one day, and how she did during her test. Kaede was waiting for her outside of her hut.
“Ahhh, Kagome. You have arrived. Are you ready to proceed with your final test?”
“Yes I am Kaede-sensei; when ever you wish to begin.”
“We shall begin now. You task is to make your way to Mount Hakurei. You are to live in the wilderness of that mountain for the next two weeks. This will not be an easy task. The mountain was once pure, but has now been tainted. No one is completely sure of what caused the taint and no one has ever come across any evidence to point to what the taint is. All we know is that the mountain was once pure and good; youkai were not allowed within so many feet of the mountain for fear of being purified. Yet, one day, about 500 years ago, the mountain was suddenly overrun with youkai. Holy men and priestesses were able to salvage much of the mountain, but there are still many youkai living there. You must live among them for the next two weeks and then return to this village in one piece. No one can help you and you are not to return until the two weeks are up. Do you understand and accept this task that has been given to you?”
“Yes Kaede-sensei. I understand and accept the task you have presented to me. I am afraid that I am not packed for such a trip.”
“Do not fret over that trivial matter. Your bags have already been packed and you are ready to proceed to Mt. Hakurei.”
“Thank you very much Kaede-sensei. I shall be taking my leave then. I shall see you in two weeks.”
“Yes, I shall see you in two weeks Kagome. You take care of yourself and good luck. I know you can do this. You are a very talented young woman. Come back to us safely.”
Kaede lead Kagome to where her bag had been packed for her and she then proceeded to make her way out of the village. She hadn’t done a whole lot of traveling in her life, only to the neighboring villages and back. Now she was being instructed to make her way to Mt. Hakurei? She wasn’t sure how long it would take to get there or what to expect when she actually did get there. This was a very unexpected task to be given.
Kagome made her way across feudal Japan as she continued her journey to Mt. Hakurei. It took her a day and a half of walking to actually get to the foot of the mountain. Once she got there, she wasn’t sure of where to camp. Kagome decided to make camp as far up the mountain as she could get. Kaede-sensei had been correct. There were many youkai here and many of them challenged her. ‘Why the hell can’t these youkai just leave me be? I’m not here to purify them. Stupid youkai.’ Kagome continued to mentally rant as she stalked up the mountain.
Near the top, Kagome was suddenly stopped by a shield that was set up around the top of the mountain. The entire top fourth of the mountain was behind this force. Kagome took a deeper look and realized that there was a miko barrier set up that was to keep everything out. She reached her hand up and brushed the barrier, surprised when her hand was not repelled as she had been several moments before. The barrier remained intact, but she was able to pass through, so she stepped her entire body through it. When she tried to step back through, though, the barrier refused to let her back out. It was then that Kagome realized that not only was the barrier up to keep things out, it was also meant to keep something in.
She tried for several minutes to push her way through the barrier, but was unsuccessful and she even received a mild zap for her efforts on her final try. She realized that she was stuck, and hopefully she would be able to find a way out within the next two weeks so that her family and friends did not worry about her.
The sound of a twig snapping, to her left, put Kagome on guard. She didn’t know what it was that this barrier kept in, and she wasn’t sure she was ready to find out. She quickly jumped up, bag on her back, and carefully made her way toward a cave she could see a few hundred feet about her. She climbed up until she was able to reach the cave. Her miko senses told her that there was nothing in the cave and so she decided to make her camp there, so that she would have shelter from the elements and possible youkai. Her movements in setting up the camp were sure and practiced, as camping was one of the aspects of her training. She moved around the little camp, setting up her bed and the fire, unaware of the watchful gaze that rested upon her.
When her camp was finally set, she decided to cook the last of the rabbit she had killed for lunch. With the rabbit roasting on a spit over the fire, Kagome decided to make use of the little hot spring she noticed in the back of the cave, several feet from her camp site. Her bath was enjoyable and relaxing as the water was not too hot and not too cold. It seemed as though it were just the way she liked it. She finally got out of the hot spring and dressed in her sleeping yukata. The rabbit was done and she sat down to eat her meal. This didn’t seem to be as bad as she had imagined it to be. The way Kaede-sensei had told of this test, she had imagined something a little more difficult, but who was she to question Kaede-sensei.
Kagome cleaned up after her dinner and decided to get in a little bit of meditation before she turned in for the evening. Just as she was sitting down to meditate; a twig snapping caused her to start. She grabbed her bow and quiver and made her way to the mouth of the cave. She looked around the clearing at the entrance, but she didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary. She waited a few seconds and was about to return to her fire and bed when a figure darted through the trees and jumped to land directly in front of her.
“Who the fuck are you and why the hell are you on my mountain!”
Wow everyone. This just came to me out of no where and I had to write it down. I hope you all like this; please review to let me know if I should continue! I hope everyone’s having a good day!