InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Legends ❯ The Legend ( Chapter 1 )

"...At first glance, the small beach will look deserted. But, if you look closer, you might see a lone boy sitting among the rocks, the sun painting his long hair a burnt orange and changing the rocks' color to a rich red, the same color as the shirt he wears. If you watch him closely, you might discern two dog like ears flicking around on the top of his head, or notice the claws that tip his fingers. Now you might realize that this boy is actually a hanyou, but it is too late. He heard you come and he'll hear you when you try to leave. And when you do...kktt."

The brown-haired girl emphasized her point by dragging her pointer finger across her neck, causing several of the other girls to giggle nervously.

"What kind of story was that, Yuka?" One girl asked, glancing around.

"It's an urban legend I learned a while ago." The storyteller, Yuka, grinned at the response her tale had made.

All the girls were shifting uncomfortably and glancing over their shoulders into the surrounding forest; all...but one. Kagome was just sitting with her legs drawn up to her chest, staring into the campfire.

"What'cha thinking about, Kagome?"

The girl came out of her reverie and looked up. "I was just thinking of that hanyou, Yuka...how lonely he must feel after all this time. I wonder what he did to make everyone so mad..."

Yuka stared at her friend. "He ~killed~ people! That would be enough to make me mad."

"Yeah," Kagome agreed, "But what is he changed after all those years? Would people still hate him?"

Some of the other girls heard this and joined the conversation.

"Well, it ~is~ an urban legend."

"How do you know that the hanyou's even still alive, if he ever was? They were all wiped out hundreds of years with all the youkai."

Yuka saw this as an opening to add some more spice to her tale. "Well..." She started, gaining everyone's attention. "The beach where he's supposed to live ~is~ somewhere in this area...maybe we should go look for it!"

One of the braver girls, Sango, actually looked interested. "Sure! Let's all go exploring tomorrow! Everyone can look for beaches & try to prove their own version of the legend."

At first everyone was a little nervous, but soon the idea caught fire and all the girls were excited about the coming 'legend hunt'. They decided to split into groups of two, but were disappointed when Sango counted nine girls.

"Well, there'll have to be either a group of three, or one person exploring alone. How should we do this?" Yuka looked around and noticed that everyone was already in their groups. "Fine. I don't want to explore alone, and it was my story that started this, so I'll go with...Kagome and Sango."

Now that all of the exploring partners had been chosen, everyone headed to bed. Silence descended among the tents as the fire burned down and the girls fell asleep. No one heard the quiet pit-patter that entered the camp or the hissing of extinguished coals.

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AN: It's a short first chapter, but I want to see how people respond to this part before I decide what to do next. See, there are two ways I could go with this & I'm not quite sure which one I like more. I ~could~ also merge it with this other fic that's on the back burner, but that'd give them a whole different feel. So, tell me what you think of it so far!!

~Hawk