InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lección ❯ Strike Again ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer: I don't own it! Everything except the plot!!! Happy?!

A/N: This is the result of me being so sad because at the second chapter of my first fic, DSYLM, 12 persons reviewed-and that made me soo happy, but now I'm a little bit of disappointed cause only one person reviewed my third chapter, and that was already posted for a week by now……………*sigh*

Warning: Angst……. Hey, I love angst--- but with a very happy ending! I don't like angst stories with a sad ending…….. that always made me wanna cry….. T_T

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`Lección'

by: kag-chan

Chapter 1: Strike again!

Another ordinary shard hunting day. Inuyasha was as usual, waiting for Kagome near the Bone Eater's well since it's the third day Kagome went back to her time. Her reason? Of course, those stupid tests again. He always hates it whenever she needs to goes back to her time to take that stupid, darn test. But of course he never admits it. It will turn out that he misses her. Yup, definitely that will ruin his image.

As he stood there, arms across his chest, all his senses were alert incase there will be an attack from those youkai who always chases them for the shards. His ears twitched when he heard a faint sound not far from the Goshinboku tree. He felt something familiar. `Really' familiar. Since he thought Kagome won't come until sunset, he decided to take a look.

He dashed to the tree or more like he flew to the tree `cause he looks like flying whenever he runs so fast. As he landed gracefully on the grass, his eyes looked at his left and right to locate where that `familiar' aura is. A white thing flew behind him. It looks like a milkfish floating around. Yup. Definitely. Your guess is right. That was Kikyou's shikigami. That fish-like thing floated at the direction behind the Goshinboku, carrying another innocent soul to feed its master. Its master or rather mistress steps out from her hiding place.

"Kikyou…….." Inuyasha gasped silently.

"So…… we meet again……" Kikyou stated, while the shikigami continues to supply souls in her body.

"Kikyou, I'm really sorry this happened to you…….. if you could just let me-

"What? Let you what? Protect me? Protect me from all the dangers? Protect me from Naraku? Inuyasha, I'm not as helpless as you thought." Kikyou looked straight at his eyes. Inuyasha was taken aback.

"But Kikyou, we both know that sooner or later, Naraku is going to attack and try to kill you!" At these words, Inuyasha started to walk towards her, hands aiming to hug her. Kikyou was cornered by the tree against her and Inuyasha in front of her. "And in that time, you'll need all the protection you can have!" Inuyasha, finally reached her and forcefully hugged her. At first, Kikyou was struggling against him. Then decided to just go with the flow and hugged him back.

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Kagome hurriedly grabbed all the supplies she needs back at the Feudal Era. From foods inside the refrigerator, to the extra medicinal supplies in their cabinet. She was late again due to the detention she received in her school. And she was sure, Inuyasha is already p*ssed off to her by now. She promised to come back before sunset, but the sun is already set!

"Ma! Grandpa! Souta! I'm going back at the well now! Bye!" she called out while running towards the well. "Goodbye to Buyo too!"

"Take care Kagome!" her mother called back too.

"Hai!"

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It was like a lightning struck Kagome's heart. At first, the moment she arrived, she was so worried when she didn't found Inuyasha that should be waiting for her near the well. She thought that maybe some youkai attacked him and he desperately needs some help. She quickly grabbed her bow and arrow and run towards the woods. She didn't know why but she just felt that Inuyasha was sure to be in the woods at that moment. She arrived at the Goshinboku tree, and she was right. Inuyasha is there. But no, he's not injured. As a matter of fact, he's in a very fine condition. Perfect condition, in some other words.

"But Kikyou, we both know that sooner or later, Naraku is going to attack and try to kill you!" At these words, Inuyasha started to walk towards her, hands aiming to hug her. Kikyou was cornered by the tree against her and Inuyasha in front of her. "And in that time, you'll need all the protection you can have!" Inuyasha finally reached her and forcefully hugged her. At first, Kikyou was struggling against him. Then decided to just go with the flow and hugged him back.

"Just please Kikyou, let me protect you. All this times, I never thought of anything, anyone, except you….." Inuyasha pressed Kikyou against him more tightly.

Kagome witnessed this before. Actually, she witnessed this numerous times. So why does she have to witness this again and again? She held a hand against her chest as she felt a familiar breath taking pain occurred inside of her. The feeling whenever she saw this scene. She didn't know why but she still watched the not-so-pretty scenery in front of her even though it was causing so much pain in her.

Kikyou pulled out from their tight embrace as she mentally commanded her shikigami to carry her away from that place. Inuyasha tried his best to stop her but her last few words did the thing to himself.

"Inuyasha…… it's too late for us. Too late to correct all the wrong things happened to us before. We could never turn back time." Those were the last few words escaped from her lips as she was carried away by her shikigamis and faded from the tall trees above. Inuyasha just stood there still staring far away. He's eyes held emotions of longing as he whispered his last words to Kikyou, "But Kikyou, I still love you. Can't that change this situation…?" He slowly lowered his head and his bangs covered his eyes as he stared on the ground. He then turned around to head at the well while saying his statement out loud, thinking no one could hear him, "I hate time. I hate this stupid time!" He then stopped dead on his track as his nose picked a familiar scent.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, looking directly at the tree were Kagome is hiding. Kagome didn't say a word, but tried to dry her tear stained face as quickly as she can. She then came out from her hiding place.

"H-hello………. I'm sorry if I walked in with your b-business. I-I tried my best not to disturb you…………. She didn't sense me, right? I-I didn't ruin anything, r-right?" Kagome tried to stop trembling but failed slightly to do so. Inuyasha isn't that stupid to not notice that she cried the whole time when that `scene' was happening. But being a stubborn idiot, in so many times he could choose to try and not be affected by a woman's tears, he chose this time. Plain stupid.

"It's your fault you witnessed it." He stated, not daring to look at Kagome's surprised eyes as he walked pass her. Inuyasha, him self, didn't understand why did he do that. He mentally slapped his self for being an idiot. He tried to turn around and say his first apology ever to Kagome but was abruptly stopped when he felt a light tap on his back.

"Yeah. You're right. Sorry again." Kagome smiled sweetly. But Inuyasha knew it was fake and that broke his heart. The smile Kagome showed him was one of those forceful kind that will rip your heart out. Kagome walked pass him heading towards the well. He just followed mindlessly as he stared at her retreating back. Kagome picked up her big yellow backpack and her pink bike as she headed towards the village. That's when he noticed that at that time in the woods, Kagome was carrying only her bow and arrow. He realized that she might have thought he was in some kind of trouble, and that was the reason that dragged her into the woods. She was so worried for him and that was her reward? That made his heart even more ripped out. And hey, this was the first time Kagome didn't run away back to her time. Is she trying to be careless and unaffected this time?

They were halfway walking down the path that heads towards the village when Inuyasha tried again to open a discussion.

"K-kagome………" Inuyasha called her but for the third time that moment, she tried the same getaway.

"Oh! Inuyasha look! The villager is holding some parade! Can we go there? Hm? Hm? The others will surely love going there too! Huh? Inuyasha? Pleeeeeeezzzzzeee???" Kagome tried her best puppy eyes and it sure did the whole work.

"Ummm……… s-sure." Now that reply surely isn't from our real favorite hanyou. Usually, Inuyasha will complain about `wasting time' and `it will be wiser to use our time in shard hunting instead of that crap'. This was noticed by our favorite flea, Myouga, but decided to just shut up for awhile.

"Inuyasha-samaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! Inuyasha-samaaaaaaaaaa!!!" Myouga called out, while jumping up and down towards their direction.

"What the hell do you want?!" Asked Inuyasha, annoyed.

"There's a hanyou lying over there. I think he really needs your help. He's badly injured!" Myouga looked thoughtfully at Inuyasha then desperately at Kagome.

"And when did you started to worry about other people?" Inuyasha looked at the flea on his hand.

"He was a good friend of mine and his father was a good friend of yours too, Inuyasha-sama!" Myouga stated, slightly frowning at Inuyasha's comment. Kagome leaned closer at the flea on Inuyasha's palm. And since his palm was dangerously close to his face, their faces were dangerously close at each other too. Inuyasha blushed in several shades of red but Kagome seems not to notice as she asked the old man. "Where is he, Myouga-jiji?"

"He's over there, Kagome-sama!" the flea hopped up and down on Inuyasha's palm as he pointed to the east direction.

Kagome walked while leading her bike to the direction the flea pointed but stopped by Inuyasha's voice.

"Where the hell are you going!?"

"To the injured hanyou, where else?" Kagome looked behind.

"And why is that?" Inuyasha asked.

"Didn't you hear Myouga-jiji? There's someone who needs our help." Kagome reasoned.

"And who said you could help that person?! And heck, I think you're the one who didn't hear what he said. He's not a person, he's a hanyou!" Inuyasha threw his hands on his side informing his statement.

"What's the matter if he's a hanyou? You're a hanyou too." Kagome put her hands on her hips, looking at him with furrowed eyebrows.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Sango spoke while walking towards them from the village. She was wearing her ordinary clothes, Hiraikotsu still hanging on her back. They could see Miroku behind her with Shippou on his right shoulder.

"Kagomeeeeee!!!" Shippou jumped off of Miroku's shoulder and wailed while running towards Kagome. Kagome hugged and cradled him in return.

"So what's happening? Your usual argument can be heard at the entrance of the village." Asked Sango.

"We were just about to head back to help an injured hanyou. Aren't we Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha just sulked. Confusion can be seen at every new arrivals' faces.

"A hanyou? But what if-"

"We've been through that Miroku. The hanyou is a good friend of Myouga-jiji and so were Inuyasha's father and his. So com'on!" Kagome put Shippou in her bike's basket and continued her pace. Every body just followed.

*"I think there's something happened to Kagome-chan and Inuyasha."* Sango whispered to the monk.

*"Me too."* Miroku whispered back. But he won't let the opportunity of Sango having a very close distance to him go into waste.

"HENTAI!!!!!!" <PAK!!!!>

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Luv,

kag-chan

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