InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love's path ❯ Love's Path ( Chapter 1 )

Day one

Five very different companions sat on a low hill watching as the stars blinked at them from the night sky. The land was peaceful and quiet as not a sound was made except for the light breathing of the five. Suddenly you could hear a resounding smack followed by an exclamation.

“Ow, that hurt!” a Monk exclaimed, an angry red handprint adorning the right side of his face.

“It serves you right you pervert; keep your hands to yourself!” an enraged Sango yelled as drawing her hand back to rest on the slightly damp grass.

“Miroku, don't you ever stop?” a young Miko questioned as she giggled at the sight of Miroku trying to grope her again.

“Hmm, there's nothing in this world that would change his perverted ways,” a silver-haired Hanyou said as sitting up in the grass and looking over his shoulder at the members he called his pack.

“I beg to differ Inuyasha, at least I tell women my feelings” Miroku said grinning with a mischevious gleam in his eyes.

“Shutup!”

“Just admit that you're in love with Kagome.”

“I don't love her,” Inuyasha said with an emphasis on love. Inuyasha looked over at Kagome who he thought would be enraged but watched as Kagome lay back down in the grass next to the surprised Hanyou.

`Inuyasha could never love me, all he cares about is Kikyo,' just at the thought of the dead priestess she could feel the tears well up behind her closed eyelids.

Inuyasha senescing that she was about to cry thinks, `does she have to cry; I can't stand it when she does that.' Before he realized what he was doing Inuyasha pulled Kagome into his strong embrace. He held her that way until her tears stopped flowing as he continued stroking her raven black hair.

“Inuyasha, you can let me go now.”

“Oh” he pulled away from her, embarrassment clearly on his face where twin blushes adorned his cheeks.

“Ha, I knew that you loved her Inuyasha” a grinning Monk said.

“I do not, I just didn't want her to start crying!” an even more embarrassed Hanyou yelled.

“Inuyasha, we should head back to Kaeda's hut so we can rest for tomorrow,” said Kagome.

 

 

“Inuyasha, I sense two Shikon Jewel shards coming this way,” Kagome said as running up to Inuyasha. The five companions had spent the night at Kaeda's, in the morning Inuyasha had sensed an ominous presence a short distance from the village. Arousing everyone from sleep Kagome on Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo on Kilala they departed to slay the demon before it could get to the village and wreck havoc.

Suddenly a very large bear demon came rushing towards the gang bearing its large fangs.

“Give me the sacred Jewel shards!” it hissed at Kagome.

“I don' t think so!” Inuyasha unsheathed his sword and began fighting the demon as another larger bear demon appeared behind Kagome. Before any of the others could react Kagome had been captured and swung carelessly over his shoulder and had seemingly vanished with her. Inuyasha looked behind him to see that Kagome was gone; with one final strike from his Wind Scar he killed the demon he had been fighting and collected the small pink jewel fragment that came from the demon's head.

“Kagome!” Inuyasha yelled leaping towards Miroku and grabbing him by the collar of his hakama, “Why didn't you protect her!” he yelled angry to Miroku not being able to save her like he had promised all those years ago.

“Inuyasha it couldn't be helped” said Sango as trying to release Miroku from Inuyasha's grasp.

“Let's go, she couldn't have got far!” Inuyasha released Miroku. Sniffing along the ground for scent of Kagome, he found it then began racing towards the path Kagome and the bear demon had taken hoping that the worthless wench as he called her, would not get herself killed by berating the demon. Not caring whether he left the others behind or not he picked up his pace knowing that if he lost Kagome then no one would be able to sense the Jewel fragments and restore it to it's original luster.