InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lost Memories ❯ An Unwanted Mark ( Chapter 2 )

Author's Note: Well, so far so good I guess. Comments are always appreciated. Thank you all that review. The pairings will become kinda clear in this chapter, I hope. -_- I don't know yet. Read and Review!

 

 

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`…' = Thoughts

 

“…” = Spoken dialogue

 

(…) = Notes from me

 

 

 

 

Lost Memories

 

 

Chapter 2: An Unwanted Mark

 

 

I felt something nudge me and I reached out a hand to encounter soft fur. I opened my eyes immediately and sat up. I looked into large orange eyes and blinked rapidly. “Hello to you too.” I lifted a hand to stroke the large fire cat's head and it purred.

 

I heard a rustling and jumped to my feet. Out of the bushes came a black haired girl carrying a large boomerang. She was followed by another girl carrying a bow and a quiver of arrows, then a small fox demon, a half-breed dog demon, and then a monk. As soon as I saw the monk, I tensed. Chiko had told me to be wary of men of the cloth. I met his gaze warily and swallowed hard. His smile reminded me of Chiko. He looked a lot like Chiko.

 

I looked down at his right hand and my eyes widened. “The Wind Tunnel,” I whispered.

 

The monk's face hardened. “How do you know about the Wind Tunnel,” he demanded.

 

I flinched and backed up a step. “The villagers talked about you all the time. I don't have any jewel shards so leave me alone!” The large cat stepped in front of me and turned its head toward me. I lifted a hand to absently stroke its head and was rewarded with a loud purr.

 

“Leave her alone, Miroku,” the girl with the boomerang said. “Kirara is a good judge of character.” She walked over and smiled at me. “My name is Sango.”

 

“I'm called Kammie. Could you tell me where the village close to here is,” I asked her all the while watching the monk warily.

 

“We're going there ourselves,” the girl with the arrows commented. “Why don't you come with us?”

 

I looked down at Kirara and she nodded. “Okay. I'll go with you.” The small fox demon jumped on Kirara's back and peered up at me.

 

“My name's Shippo and I'm a fox demon. Inuyasha's only half demon.” I nodded to show I understood and followed Kirara as she started walking with Shippo still on her back talking.

 

By the time we'd gotten to the village, I knew the history of everyone in the group. I undid my hair and pulled the veil from it. I quickly wrapped it around my lower portion of my face and secured it. I avoided the strange looks I got and continued walking with Kirara by my side.

 

When we walked into the village, it was being attacked! I froze in my tracks as the demon turned to face us. It was Chiko! The big differences were that his long black hair flowed freely about his shoulders and his eyes were a blood red. I ran to him and skidded to a stop a few feet from him when he growled at me and crouched into his all to familiar fighting stance.

 

I pulled the veil from my face. “Chiko, it's me! Don't you remember me? It's Kammie!”

 

“K-Kammie?” Recognition flashed in his gaze and the red flickered for a second to show those familiar green eyes. I took a step toward him and he snarled, his eyes returning to their blood red.

 

“What happened to you, Chiko? What's wrong with you?” He smirked at me and I felt my heart wince at the familiar grin.

 

“There's nothing wrong with me. I'm as I've always been, a demon,” he stated in his low growly voice. I shook my head rapidly, tears coming to my eyes.

 

“You never used to be like this, Chiko. You taught me to not hurt humans just because they're weaker than us and wish to kill us. You taught me to run through the treetops before you left me six years ago. Don't you remember?” His bloodthirsty gaze became confused and his eyes flickered rapidly between red and the soft green gaze I remembered from so long ago.

 

I took a cautious step toward him. “It was raining, remember?” Another step. “You told me to be brave and not to cry.” I was now right in front of him, close enough to touch. “You said that we'd see each other someday, but I didn't think it would be like this.” I lifted a hand to touch his cheek and those blood red eyes jerked up to meet mine. He blinked slowly and gently pulled my hand away from his face to look at it in wonder.

 

His face jerked to the sky suddenly as if listening to a voice that was nonexistent to me. He looked back down at me and then back up at the sky. His clawed hand tightened on mine and I winced at his tight grip. He looked back down at me and lifted his other hand to touch my veil, which had come undone and was wrapped loosely around my neck.

 

He pulled it off and lifted it to his face. He sniffed it and then leaned into me to smell my hair. I stood stock-still as his claws traced my face and ran down my neck to lift the necklace to look at it. His eyes lifted to meet mine and he grinned. He lifted his hand and I felt him take two claws and make deep stripes on the right side of my face.

 

I gasped at the pain and went to lift a hand to it. He stopped me with his other hand and I watched in shock as he cut open those same two fingers with his thumbnail and lifted them to run over the marks he'd made so our blood mingled. He growled the word `Mine' before pushing me down to the ground and taking off into the sky.

 

I sat there in shock and lifted a hand to touch the claw marks. I brought my hand down and stared at the blood that tainted my fingers. The demon slayer Sango kneeled down in front of me and her dark eyes caught mine. “Are you okay?”

 

“He scratched me,” I said wonderingly. “He did it intentionally, not accidentally.” I felt unwanted tears well up into my eyes. “It hurt. He took my veil.”

 

“What he did was mark you,” the ignorant half demon said from my right. “He claimed you so no other can, now or ever.”

 

“But why would he…” I trailed off as tears trickled down my face. “He was so different, not my Chiko at all. He was so cold and unfeeling.” I swiped at the salty tracks that made there way down my cheeks.

 

Kagome leaned down next to me and I looked over at her. “You can come with us if you want,” she offered. There was a protesting sound from Inuyasha but he kept quiet at the glare Kagome shot him.

 

“If you don't mind, I would like to travel with you. I have no family nor tribe,” I admitted.

 

“It's settled then,” Kagome said with finality. I looked over at Sango to find Kirara had come to sit by her side, only she was a lot smaller. I got to my feet and without a word to any of them walked into the woods with my arms wrapped around myself.

 

I jumped into a tree that over looked the village and sat there with my arms wrapped around my legs as I watched the sun set over the village. I watched as the village people went into what houses were standing to sleep. I made sure to recognize which house my new comrades went into.

 

I sighed and pulled my long hair over my shoulder to braid it once more. I missed my mother's veil already. I absently lifted a hand to touch the new marks on my face.

 

“They're already healed,” a familiar voice grumbled. I looked up just in time to catch a piece of fruit I had no name for. I looked over to see Inuyasha sitting on the branch next to mine.

 

“Thanks,” I mumbled. I tossed it in the air and caught it with one hand. I looked up to see large yellow eyes looking back at me. I smiled at the small harmless demon and held the fruit up toward it. A furry paw came down cautiously to grab it and with a chattering sound, it was gone. I smiled despite myself and looked over to see Inuyasha was gone.

 

I looked over to see his red robe disappear into the hut. I stretched my legs out and with my hands folded fell into a light sleep.