InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lonely No More ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

Jinx: *does groove* GO CINDY! GO CINDY!

Mike: what's up with her?

Cindy: *raises eyebrow* I have no clue?

Chapter 3

Inuyasha was traveling through the forest leaping from tree branch to tree branch following the scent that he had caught. He didn't want to follow on the ground because he didn't want to be seen by the settler's. He knew he was getting closer because the scent was becoming stronger; he was getting very excited, now he would finally get to see where that wonderful scent was coming from. As he was approaching his goal a big black wolf came out of the tree line, it had caught his scent and was following him. He didn't know why this wolf was following him but he had no intentions of getting caught by it. So he moved to the higher branches of the trees and watched as the wolf circled around trying to find him. (Jinx: I kick ass in this story! Mike: yeah that is a big change from the real world. Cindy: *laughs ass off*)

Just then he heard a loud yell, "JINX!!!!!!!!" The wolf ears perked up and headed toward the person that had summoned it with lighting fast speed. Inuyasha looked on with curiosity, `who has command over such a magnificent creature, that they could just call it and it would go without hesitation towards its master.' Inuyasha followed the wolf with interest. He saw the wolf come upon to two strange boys who held, what appeared to be a girl to the ground. He didn't know if it was a girl or not because she was dressed much like him only his clothes were red instead of blue. The wolf then leaped into the air and landed in front of the person that had apparently called for it. He took notice that as the wolf was driving away the threat the person started to get up and then that's when he noticed for the first time that it was indeed a girl and that the scent that he not to long ago was looking for was coming from her.

He looked closely at the girl, she was beautiful her eyes were as blue as the sky it's self, she looked just like a squaw not a settler, `what is she doing here?' He was so taken in by her beauty that he didn't see her start to leave. He tried to follow, to see where she was going but the wolf stopped dead in its tracks and sniffed the air. It had found him again, before the wolf could detect where he was he leaped in the other direction, down wind from the wolf, cursing under his breath as he began to go back towards his men that were probably waiting impatiently for the attack on the settlement.

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Kagome arrived at her house by way of the back door. She hated coming through the front they always found it funny to wait for her to come home and throw their rocks or food at her. As she entered her home she saw her mother standing in the kitchen preparing food. Kagome tried to approach her mother quietly but it failed miserably when she turned around and saw the state of her daughter. "Kagome!" she screeched, "What happened to you?" Said Mary with concern as she approached her daughter and hugged her tightly, knocking the wind out of Kagome. "I was attacked in the forest by two of the village boys, they were about to rape me when Jinx came and saved me." Said Kagome resting a hand on the big wolf's head gently scratching one of her ears. Jinx was in heaven as she began to purr at the attention that Kagome was giving to her ear; she loved how she did it she always knew how to make her feel as if in heaven. Kagome giggled at hearing Jinx purr, Mary took Kagome over by the table and seated her then she went to go get the first aid kit full of the medicine that would help her heal.

Mary was a doctor by trade she had learned her art by following in her fathers footsteps. But women doctors were not accepted in the city, they were only meant to be nurses and no one would let her treat their illnesses or injuries. She was even more of an outcast when they found out that she had married an Indian and was expecting their first child. She had to endure all of the hatred that those people felt for her husband. He had given up everything to be with her in the city. He was a powerful medicine man/spiritual leader in his tribe. He had started to show her all of his magic that came with healing the sick, she learned all that he had to offer and he was about to tell her his most deepest secret when one night when he had gone out to get some food for them he was attacked and killed. She missed her husband terribly, she wanted to save her daughter the humiliation of being hated for what she was but that was not meant to happen. Even here out in the middle of nowhere the hatred still followed. Her daughter was once again caught in the middle of the hate wars she would do anything to have her daughter be accepted once. (Jinx: *sob* Cindy: what's the matter with you? Mike: I think we should just walk away. *begins to back up* Cindy: but…. Mike: no, no, no just walk away.)

Mary sighed as she approached her daughter and set down all of the medicine. She had been teaching her daughter everything she knew plus all her father had taught her on how to heal the injured and cure the sick. She had taught her how to go out into the forest and find the healing plants that she would need. She wanted her daughter to be prepared in case she got hurt and she could no longer take care of her. Her daughter was smart, smarter then most kids her age, she most of all had the healing instinct imbedded in her soul. It was like second nature for her to recognize and use the different herbs needed to heal. Mary was very proud of her daughter for learning this so fast. It had taken her years of study to finally get it right and her daughter had only learned everything in months. Maybe it was the part of her father blood that flowed threw her veins that made her understand so quickly but she didn't care. She had the knowledge and that pleased her to no end, she at least passed on her husband's trade to his daughter, and she could feel that her daughter was destined for great things, yes great things indeed. (Mike: I'm set to do great things! Both Jinx and Cindy: *fall out of chair laughing*)

"Now Kagome can you tell me what I have brought here?" Mary asked. Kagome rolled her eyes in annoyance but answered her mother anyway, "you have brought antiseptic and gauze to dress my wounds." Mary smiled. "Correct, now what does antiseptic do?" Kagome sighed, "It helps prevent infections on the wound by not allowing the bacteria to grow." Mary's smile grew bigger at her daughter and then began to clean and dress her wounds. When she was done she put everything away and gathered her bag to go into town. Kagome frowned she didn't want her mother to leave her alone just yet. She had a bad feeling that something was going to happen and that she would be left alone never to see her again. "Mom, please don't go into town. I have a bad feeling that something is going to happen and I won't get to see you again." Mary laughed at her daughter, "Don't worry honey I will only be gone for a few minutes. I'll be back before you know it." Mary leaned forward and kissed her daughter on the forehead before she walked out the door. But before she left she turned around and said, "Kagome, promise me that you will stay here inside and not come after me. I want you to be safe, alright?" Kagome nodded and promised that she wouldn't go outside or after her mother. But the feeling of dread was still there, something big was about to happen and there was no way she could stop it.

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Inuyasha had arrived at the location where his men where waiting for him. He then proceeded to outline the plan for the attack on the village, everyone had their assigned duties and left for their prearranged location waiting for the signal to attack. Inuyasha then headed toward his area and watched for the right moment for the attack to begin. As he waited his thoughts were on the girl that he had seen earlier today. He couldn't get the image of her out of his mind. She was so beautiful; he had never felt like this before, and it was beginning to unnerve him. With a growl of annoyance he got back to the business at hand, they were there to get rid of these settler's from their land. Each member of the tribe had orders to take only the females that they wanted because they would be responsible for their welfare and safety for as long as they owned them.

He himself was not planning on taking any females he didn't want to bother with the crying, whinny females the whole way back to the main tribe. He valued his peace and quite and he was determined to keep it that way, but that strange squaw kept coming back into his mind. He didn't know what she was doing so close to the settlement, oh well he hoped that she had gotten away from this area before the attack happened, speaking of attacks it was time to get rid of these people from their land. A high-pitched howl signaled the attack on the settlement; it was now time to get rid of these invaders. He leaped from the tree with such grace barley bothering the earth where he landed, and charged to begin the attack on the settler's, careful not to hurt them but driving them from their homes and far away from their land.

As the Indians attacked you could hear the screams of the women and children as they ran to get out of the way. The men tried to defend their homes but arrows of fire flew through the air, landing on the empty houses preventing anyone from using them as a barricade. The village was a blazing heat of black smoke as fire was erupting everywhere. The crackling of wood could be heard as his men started weeding out the young females that they wanted. Pulling them to a holding area guarded by the first one's to get there with their captives. (Jinx: men are such pigs! *glares at mike* Mike: WHAT!? Cindy: *looks around* you sure do live like one. But we love ya anyway mike. Both Jinx and Cindy: *hug mike*)

Mary started running through the village of screaming people she had to get back to her daughter before something awful happened to her. She almost made it back to her house when a shot rang out from behind her; a bullet hit her in the back killing her instantly. She never got the chance to tell her daughter that she loved her before she left this world. (Jinx: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*sob* Cindy: *cry* Mike: It's just a story!)

Kagome started hearing the screaming and yelling coming from the village. She went to the window to see what was going on. Jinx had been right next to her as she saw her mother approaching their house. Kagome was happy to see that her mother was all right and heading her way when all of a sudden she heard a shot and Mary collapsed outside dead. Kagome yelled for her mother slamming her fists hard on the window sill yelling for her, trying whatever she could to make her get up. At that moment Jinx jumped up and knocked Kagome down just as another shot came through the air, mire inches from were Kagome had just been standing. Jinx lay on top of Kagome trying to protect her sister when she heard a noise come from the back door and ran to see whom the intruder was. Just then more arrows entered the house and everything caught fire. Kagome was cut off from Jinx who was currently located in the back of the house. Kagome tried to get up and leave but the fire was blocking her way out. She called for Jinx but there was no way that the wolf could get to her, she was alone and she knew that she would die. She screamed at the top of her lungs, tears streaming down her face, "HELP ME!!!!!" before passing out on the floor of her burning home.

Inuyasha and Miroku were walking through the village surveying the damage done by the fire. Some houses were still a blaze; others were burnt to the ground. The men had gone back to where the captive were being kept to get them ready to move. All of the settler's have been driven away from their land and this was good. Miroku had come to put up another barrier that would keep the settlers from coming back. He would have to make another trip in a few years to reinforce it for another period of time. Miroku was a powerful spiritual leader but his barriers were not strong. So he traveled with Inuyasha reinforcing the barriers to their land as they checked them.

They were approaching the end of the village when they heard "HELP ME!!!!!" come from one of the burning houses up ahead. They both looked at each other and ran to the house were the scream had come from. Miroku was the first to break the silence. "Inuyasha you must go in there and get the girl before she dies!" he huffed finally getting caught up with his friend. "Are you crazy!" he shouted, "I don't want anything to do with a weak female." Inuyasha said, crossing his arms over his chest in protest like a stubborn four year old. "Look I don't care about her being a weak female, but right now her life is in danger because of a fire we started and if you don't go in there and save her she will die." He yelled trying to get his point across. "No, I don't want the responsibility you know the rules just as well as I do. I touch her I would be responsible for taking care of her." Answered a very pissed off hanyou. (Jinx: that asshole better go get her! *glares at Inuyasha plushie* Mike: *sigh* Cindy: oooooooooo, plushie!)

Miroku had to keep his temper in check he knew that if he couldn't get him to go and get her she would die. "Inuyasha you can't let her die, you are responsible for your men actions if she dies then you will be responsible for her death. You would no longer be second in command if you let this happen!" Inuyasha looked at his friend with a death glare. Yes, he was responsible for his men, and yes they had set fire to the houses in the area, and yes if she died he would be responsible for her death. It was a no win situation for him. "If you're so worried about her dying then why, don't you go in there and save her yourself?" Inuyasha said to his friend, "Because you know that Sango will kill me the moment I get back with her. You know how her temper is and you know what she is capable of doing when she gets pissed, and I do want to live for a while longer!" Yelled his pissed off friend. He sighed then replied, "I'm not going to get away with just saving her and then leaving her, am I?" Inuyasha sighed. "No, you save her she has to come with us that is the rule." Miroku stated as calmly as he could. "Well it's a stupid rule couldn't we just forget it for just this one time?" Inuyasha tired to reason, "No, you know what would happen if we bend the rules for you then we would have to bend them for everyone." Inuyasha sighed again and then took off toward the burning house. (Jinx: YPPIY! Mike: *sigh* Cindy: *hugs Inuyasha plushie*)

As he approached the house he found some water in a bucket and he quickly poured it over his head getting wet from head to toe. This will allow him to get into the house without getting burned. He hit the door and it fell off its hinges, he quickly stepped inside looking for the girl. Inuyasha heard a very faint cough coming from his right, he quickly snapped his head around and made his way over to her. He picked her up and swung her over his shoulder as the roof started to collapse. Inuyasha ran out the door with the very unconscious girl over his shoulder. The roof finally gave out and collapsed right where he had been standing not mire moments ago. As he made his way over to Miroku he collapsed in front of him putting the girl down, coughing his lungs out. All of the smoke he had inhaled had done a number on him.

Miroku had gone over to the girl to see if she was still breathing. What he saw made all his lecherous feelings come back to life. These feelings had been locked away ever since he had met Sango over two years ago and he had sworn off groping any other females but her. But this girl was beautiful even though her face was covered with soot she was still gorgeous. He found his hand going automatically to the girls heaving chest as she tried to breathe clean air.

Inuyasha had just looked up in time to see what Miroku was trying to do. He jumped up pushing Miroku to the ground, causing him to lay flat on his back. Inuyasha had landed on top of him and was growling fiercely at his friend. "What the fuck do you think your doing? You are not, I repeat, are not going to touch her do I make myself clear? Or do I have to tell Sango that you have broken your promise to her." The color from Miroku face faded leaving him looking pale and sick. At the mention of his mate Miroku seemed to snap out of his lecherous trance and looked at his friend. He quickly said his apologies not knowing what had come over him and agreed to not touch the girl ever again. Satisfied that he was going to keep his word Inuyasha got off his friend and then turned his attention towards the girl.

It was the first time that he had gotten a good look at the girl since he got her out of the burning house, his mouth dropped open as he saw the squaw that he had seen earlier that day. She had been the one that he had saved, she had her face covered in soot but it was still clearly her. Now he knew why Miroku had acted the way he did. She was beautiful even more so when she was sleeping. He carefully picked her up bridle style and said, "We have to get back to the rest of the men. I want to leave this place as soon as possible." He started to walk away, talking over his shoulder. "You need to put up your barrier before we go so that these settlers won't come back and try to steal the land again." Miroku nodded his agreement and got busy setting up the barrier.

Inuyasha walked away and sat down on the grass behind Miroku, holding the girl in his arms as he stared at her features admiring her beauty. `What is wrong with me, I'm going crazy over this female for no reason. What is it about her that is making me feel this way?' he wondered, brushing a stray hair away from her face. `It's like she has something that is pulling me towards her.' Miroku had joined Inuyasha once he had set up the barriers and together they walked to where the rest of the men were waiting.

The trip would have normally taken one day to travel to where the main tribe was but because of all the females they had with them the trip would take an extra day, he sighed `this is going to be a long two days.' One thing kept coming back to Inuyasha's mind the first time he had seen this girl she was with a black wolf and now it was nowhere to be found, `I wonder where that black wolf went off to. I don't want to meet it during the night when I'm with the girl.' He put the girl over his shoulder and followed his men as they lead the crying women to the main tribe.

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Mike: I think I need to get new friends *watches as Jinx dances and Cindy hugs Inuyasha plushie*

Jinx: you don't need friends you've got us! *Continues dancing*

Cindy: yeah! What more could you ask for! *Continues hugging Inuyasha plushie*

Mike: *sigh*

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