InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fox Tale ❯ The Names Sly ( Chapter 1 )

Fox Tales

By: Ichigo(ff.net), Witch Child(mm.org), Sarah(anywhere else)

Summary: Kagome is upset by Inuyasha and makes a friend who helps her out.

Rating: (R) There will most likely be a lemon in a future chapter but if there is it will be at MediaMiner.org. I will let you know.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or the characters of Inuyasha. I DO own Sly. He is mine and I love him. :P

NOTES: I admit the beginning of this story may seem a bit cliche' and all but I swear it gets better. I tried to make it as non cliche' as possible but I'll let you be the judge of if I succeeded or not. Which is where my request for reviews come in. The more reviews I get the more inspired I am to write and if you don't like something I wont be able to take you words into account if you dont review. ^_^ So! I hope you enjoy the story. The pairing is NOT Kagome/Inuyasha but You can probably guess that after this first chapter. I warn you that Inuyasha is not a good guy in this story but hes not a bad guy either. Hes just confused. But by being confused he hurts Kagome. SO! I don't want any flames complaining about how I "made him so mean". I am a fan of happy endings and have never written anything with a bad ending....that I can think of at this moment. So don't worry. *grins* Now I'll shut up so you can read!

Chapter One:

Kagome ran blindly as tears tracked down her face. She had been hurt for the last time by Inuyasha and she couldn't handle it. She was breaking inside. The wind beat harshly against tree branches causing them to moaned in protest of the onslaught and the effect was quite eerie. Kagome pressed forward still.

She kept her arms in front of her keeping branches from striking at her face, her feet pounded against the ground as they passed over a well taken path. The bone eaters well was just in sight.

Unfortunately she realized all too late she was not alone in the clearing. A kitsune with striking emerald eyes and soft looking chestnut hair was sitting on the lips of the well. He looked about twenty or so and was quite handsome. He was dressed in robes similar to Sesshoumaru's, in colors of dark green and black with leaves weaving in and out as a pattern. His light auburn hair contrasted greatly to his outfit and hung down his back in a lose ponytail, reaching a little past his waist. He had his tail sitting in his lap as he lounged, apparently deep in thought.

Kagome thought he looked pleasant enough but wasn't about to take any chances. She slowly tried to slink back into the shadows the forest offered but was stopped by a voce.

Deep and musical, it rang through the air, "Come now," He turned eyes filled with amusement upon her, "You can't be afraid of little ol' me now, could you?"

'No of course not!' Kagome thought sarcastically, 'Your just a full blooded demon who I don't know and could kill me in a heartbeat but I think I'll prance up to you and see if you would like some tea.'

The kitsune laughed heartily, "I would love some tea! It's a nice night for tea don't you think?"

Kagome was startled, "I didn't think I had said that aloud...Who are you?" She still had tear streaks on her cheeks and was quite disheveled from her run through the forest.

"You didn't. So sorry! Where have my manners gone?" He grinned at her and moved to stand. Now at his full height she would barely reach his chin. "The name's Sly" He bowed slightly, keeping his eyes locked with hers.

Kagome was still a little nervous around him, hell, who wouldn't be? But She did a little dip and introduced herself as Kagome.

"Kagome. Such a pretty name. So what has caused tears to come to such a beautiful young woman?" Sly leaned back against well again and motioned for her to come sit by him. She looked nervously between him and the well and Sly sighed. "I'm not going to hurt you, come sit by me."

"I think I'll stand here, if you don't mind." Kagome said, her voice wavered a bit with her sorrow but she held her ground.

Sly gave her a wicked smile and all of a sudden disappeared. Kagome stepped back in surprise. 'Where did he go?' But as soon as the thought crossed her head a pair of arms snaked around her waist from behind her.

"I'm right here, little one." He answered her unspoken question. He picked her up, walked over to the well and sat down again, with her in his lap. "Now then!" He gave her a charming smile as if to prove he was not out to harm her. "Why the tears?"

Kagome looked up at him and sighed. 'Obviously I'm not going anywhere...*sigh* Might as well tell him. I mean if he wanted me dead, theres nothing I could do anyway.' She looked at her lap, willing back her tears, 'Inuyasha's right. I'm just a worthless, dirty, ningen.' Her teas came then. They fell from her eyes and down her cheeks leaving a silvery trail behind.

Sly looked at her sympathetically and held her closer, rocking her in his arms. "Shhhh...It'll be ok. And for what it's worth: Your not a worthless, dirty, ningen."

Her head shot up at that. "I didn't say that out loud. You can read thoughts can't you?" She looked him in the eyes and knew his answer before he even gave a nod of his head. "Why do you care why I'm crying anyway? What do you want from me?"

"So cynical, little one. I want nothing from you except the pleasure of seeing you smile again." He tapped her on the nose and she felt the urge to smile at him. But she didn't.

"Just leave me alone. I want to go home, talk to my mom, and cry. I don't want to smile." Kagome sighed tiredly, resting her head back against his chest.

"What has caused this?" Sly frowned. He was an empath* and could sense that the girl's sorrow ran deep. He brushed a stray tear from her face and pulled her closer to him.

"I fell in love. He doesn't love me though and if he ever did it was only because he saw my incarnate instead of me. He didn't come back to camp and I was worried and went looking for him. He was with his dead lover."

"Dead?" Sly made a disgusted face.

Kagome sighed. She might as well tell him the whole thing. "Let me start from the beginning. You see, I don't live here. I live in the future. This well is the portal to my time. It only works for me." She wasn't about to tell him it worked for whoever had a shikon shard because she still didn't trust him. "Well one day, about a year and a half ago, my cat wandered away. We found him by the well and as I was bending down to pick him up a centipede youkai attacked me. She came up from the well and dragged me down with her. I soon found out I was a miko when I blasted her with my powers. Unfortunately it wasn't enough. She slashed at me and got me in my side. That's when the shikon no tama fell out of my body."

Sly's eyes widened. He had heard stories of a young woman from another world who had the power of the shikon in her body. He couldn't believe it was this little thing sitting in his lap. He continued to listen to her story with interest. She told him how she met Inuyasha, and of his past with Kikyo. She told him how Naraku became a demon and how he made the two believe they had betrayed one another. She told him of the beads Inuyasha had around his neck and a word that she has come to love. He laughed with her when she told of their first meeting with Shippou and how he had trapped Inuyasha hands under a large statue with one of his tricks, and comforted her when she told of the witch resurrecting Kikyo and taking part of her soul. Once she had told him everything up until when she met him, she became very tired.

"Go to sleep little one. I will be here when you wake up and then I shall show you, that you are not a worthless ningen. You are so much more than Inuyasha could ever hope for. He is just too thickheaded to realize that." She fell asleep against him, a small smile tugging at her lips. "He always was a thickheaded pup."

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The morning came and Kagome woke up groggily. She felt warm and comfortable. She snuggled closer to her pillow and sighed. She was intent on getting a few extra hours of sleep when a voice rang through the forest loud enough to wake the dead.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING?!" Kagome winced and covered her ears.

'And he says I'm loud. Pch!' Kagome rubbed the sleep out of her eyes as they focused on the figure glaring at her. She looked at him for a second before ignoring him in favor of standing and stretching her back. She turned to her pillow and noticed he was still laying where she left him, glaring at Inuyasha.

"I see you have learned no manners since I last saw you. I had hoped Kikyo would straighten you out but it appears she only wants you dead now." Sly stood up, glancing at Kagome as she gasped.

"You know him?" Her eyes narrowed at him.

He smiled sheepishly at her, "Yea. Sorry I didn't tell you but you were so tired I thought I'd let you rest first."

"Tired from what? What have you been doing with him, Kagome? Is HE the reason you leave us so often at night?! IS HE?!" Inuyasha was working himself into a jealous rage.

"SIT! How dare you assume that I would stoop as low as you. I am not the one who runs off to join a lover at night. That would be you Inuyasha!" Sango, Miroku and Shippou had just ran into the clearing when they heard what Inuyasha had said to her.

"What are you talking about wench?! I have to stay up and guard your weak ass all night!" He shouted as soon as the spell had worn off.

"SIT! DO NOT LIE TO ME!" She shouted at him. She took a deep breath and continued in a much calmer voice, "I saw you. I knew you would sneak off to go see her but I was so naive I thought you were just making sure she was all right because of the guilt she holds over you. I never imagined you would betray me to go rut with a corpse. But don't worry Inuyasha! You no longer have me in your way to hold you in place. If you would rather go with her then go! I will be fine on my own."

"HA! Your just a weak, dirty, ningen! What could you do?!" Inuyasha taunted her.

Kagome was beginning to lose her temper. "This 'weak, dirty, ningen has the power to subdue your ass to hell. So if I were you I would watch my tongue and be a good little dog." Her eyes glowed for a moment before she turned her back to him.

"Bitch!" Inuyasha jumped up and leapt at her, claws ready to attack. He would have slashed her across the back if Sly had not interrupted.

He jumped in front of Kagome, protecting her from the enraged hanyou. "Attacking an opponent when their back is turned is a cowardly thing to do, Inuyasha. I would expect it from Naraku but I thought you were above that." He taunted Inuyasha and looked down upon him. The expression he used was so much like the one that Sesshoumaru would use when annoyed with him.

Inuyasha growled at him and attempted to attack him again. He jumped up and prepared to claw at him but he was too slow. Kagome knew he would not win for Sly was faster than Kouga was and he had shards in his legs! Sly moved out of the way at the last second and elbowed Inuyasha in the back, knocking him to the ground. He turned around swiftly and put his foot on the hanyou's back just as he was trying to get up. Sly was much stronger and he was able to hold him there.

He looked over to Kagome and her group of friends. Kagome's friends looked awed by him and Kagome looked very smug. He grinned at her and turned to look at her friends again. "I don't believe we've met before. The name's Sly." He grinned, flashing a set of pearly white fangs before again turning his attention to the pup beneath him.

"Now what should I do with you...." He tapped his chin with his finger as if deep in thought, "I can't kill you, father would be disappointed in me for that. Not to mention Kagome wouldn't like it either. She doesn't strike me as a vengeful person. I can't just let you go since you will probably just attack her again. So what to do with you..." He tapped his chin some more before snapping his fingers. "Aha!" He pulled a pouch out of his kimono and emptied the contents into his hand. He sprinkled it over Inuyasha form while chanting something under his breath. In an instant the hanyou was still.

"What did you do?" Kagome looked surprised and curious, cocking her head to the side in question.

Sly laughed at the cute image she made and walked over to her, "I've merely put him under a strong sleeping spell. I'll hand him over to Sesshoumaru later and-" He was cut off however by Kagome.

"You can't do that! He'll kill him!"

Sly looked at her as if she had grown another head. "Teach him a lesson or two but he would never kill him. What on earth gave you that idea?"

"He only comes every now and then demanding Inuyasha give him the Tensusaiga or die by his hands. I mean I don't know what I was thinking!" Kagome said sarcastically. Sango rolled her eyes and Miroku chuckled a bit.

"You silly girl!" Sly laughed, " Sesshoumaru could have easily killed Inuyasha had he wanted to. That pup is not so strong that he could defeat or even hold off the 'Great Taiyoukai of the West'!" His laugh turned into a chuckle, "If He had wanted Inuyasha dead, believe me, Inuyasha would have been dead. Sesshoumaru merely has his own way of training the pup. You see, Inuyasha has hated Sesshoumaru for the longest time, since his birth actually. Inuyasha hated the fact that Sesshoumaru was the one who got the western lands, while he himself only got a human mother and a few nasty comments that would forever hang over his head."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm sure you heard them before, 'Disgusting half-breed', 'tainted by human blood', 'mistake'. His mother may have loved him but she wasn't the nicest woman on earth. She told him horrible stories of his brother, twisting the truth to her liking. She wanted Inuyasha to be the heir but Inutaishou wouldn't have it. Sesshoumaru was his first son and a full-blooded youkai. He had told her that he could not have a hanyou as his heir. Of course she misunderstood and assumed that he despised the child. He only meant that the child would not be physically strong enough to take on the responsibilities. Besides, it is Sesshoumaru's born right. He was first. The wench ran away into the night and got herself killed." Sly shrugged, he had never liked the woman anyway. She was disrespectful, disobedient, and did not act as a lady should. She was a slut. "Sesshoumaru's father was in the northern lands discussing a treaty at the time and so Sesshoumaru took it as his responsibility to save her. He, however, did not get there in time. He found Inuyasha running about a couple of miles from his mothers body. He tried to pick the boy up and bring him to the castle but he refused, saying his didn't want any part of the western lands or his father. Since that day the crescent moon upon his brow began to fade until it was non existent. He denounced his right to the western lands and made it on his own. Of course he would have died in the first week were in not for Sesshoumaru and his father that looked out for him. The battles you have witnessed between the brothers is Sesshoumaru's way of training him. Does any of this make sense now?"

After Sly's story the group had various amounts of shock on their faces. "So how do you know all of this?" Miroku asked. He was wary of him for good reasons, as was Sango. Sly didn't blame them.

"Lets just say that I've known Sesshoumaru since he was born. I'm a decade older than him and we have practicly grown up together."

"There is something your not telling us..."

"Very observant, Sango. And that something will remain untold. It is of little importance anyway."

"At last hes honest..." Kagome tried, giggling nervously. Sly chuckled at her.

"COOL!" Shippou exclaimed. He had been wide eyed since the spell Sly had used on Inuyasha and all through his story. "Hey! Can you teach me to do that too?" He pointed to Inuyasha. "What else can you do? So you and Sesshoumaru-sama are friends? Can you do foxfire? I'm not very good at it but I can! Are you going to stay with us? Will you help us collect the shards? Hey! How did you get your tail so shiny and straight? Mine is always so bushy!"

The group laughed as Shippou's questions continued. "One at a time pup! One at a time!" Sly laughed.

Authors notes:

*Empath: I don't know if this is a word or not (It's not in the dictionary) But what else would you call a person who can do empathy, the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner.

And if that's confusing here it is in laymen's terms: The ability to feel ones emotions.

SO! Now that that is explained.....