InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Of Miko Training and Duels ❯ chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

Of Miko Training and Duels

By: Nene-Chan (Neo Staff)

 

Summery: (starts out from Miko vs. Miko, but changes!) Kagome is kidnapped by Kikyo…for training?!?!? Yes, Kikyo is going to train Kagome to become a Miko…only to then challenger her to a duel to the death! What is wrong with this undead Miko??? Oh, well, who will keep their soul and who will not?

 

It was night and quiet. Nothing stirred. Well, nothing except one person. He jumped from one tree to another, silently, following a scent he knew. He had been woken in the middle of the night by one of her soul catchers and knew that she was near. Jumping out of the hut, he had run off into the trees, not knowing that he had been being watch by a pair of brown eyes.

 

`Inuyasha…' the girl with chocolate eyes thought. `Why? She is dead…why follow her?'

 

But, as this was only thought, Inuyasha never heard. Still running through the trees, though, he did know that Kagome, the chocolate eyed girl, would be hurt in the morning when she found him gone. But at the moment, that thought was not very prominent in his mind. Only Kikyo, the undead women that he was again searching for, was on his mind.

 

`She has to be close,' he thought, looking around in the trees as he jumped past them. `Her scent is stronger here…so where is she?'

 

“Kikyo!” Inuyasha called out as he entered a clearing. “Kikyo?” he called softer.

 

“Here, Inuyasha.” She said softly, appearing in a tree in front of him. “I knew that you would follow.”

 

“Kikyo…” Inuyasha said again, stepping closer to her. “Why did you bring me here?” he asked.

 

“To take you to hell of course.” She answered, also stepping closer and, unknown to Inuyasha, starting to rip a hole in the earth, providing a passage to hell. “It is time that you fulfill you promise to me and follow me to hell.”

 

Inuyasha stood motionless, wondering what to do. The last time this had happened, Kikyo had put a spell on him to keep him from leaving, and Kagome had been there to stop the whole thing. This time, though, Kikyo left him spelless…and Kagome was far away, asleep in her sleeping bag…or so they both thought.

 

“Kikyo…” Inuyasha said again, not moving this time. “Why now? We haven't defeated Naraku yet. Can't this wait till then?”

 

Kikyo laughed, a cold, mirthless laugh that sent a chill down Inuyasha, and another's, backs.

 

“No, Inuyasha, it cannot.” Kikyo said, again stepping closer to him. “You are getting to close to that Kagome child and I do not like that. What do you see in her, Inuyasha? She looks like me in almost every way, she is not as powerful as me, yet, but she could have been. If only you were not going to hell with me, she would have grown strong as she stayed by your side. But, as it is, that is not the case. She will wither and die, with no one to protect her!” and with that Kikyo closed the space between her and Inuyasha, opening the rift as she did.

 

“NO!” the cry broke through the air, just as the arrow did through Kikyo's sleeve. “You won't touch him!” came the voice again.

 

“And what are you to do, Kagome? Your aim is poor, you shall never strike me. And your powers? They are useless.” Kikyo again laughed, this time softly though.

 

“So?” Kagome shot back, stepping out of the trees. “I may not be able to now, but I will soon! All I need is training.”

 

Kikyo, who had grown silent, smiled now and stepped toward Kagome.

 

“Don't…” Inuyasha began, also turning. But he was stopped and silenced by Kikyo.

 

“You,” she said. “Will not interfere.”

 

Kagome glared at Kikyo, knowing she could do the same to her if she wanted to. Once Kikyo was only a few feet away from Kagome, she stopped.

 

“What makes you think,” she started. “That even with all of the training you could get, that you would ever be able to beat me?”

 

Kagome, who was by now more angry then she was scared, retorted, “Because, I am not an undead Miko who relies on the souls of the dead to live! And, unlike you, I…” she glanced at Inuyasha and blushed. “I love him more then you do.” She said and paused, letting out a small breath before she continued. “And I can still grow in power. You are stuck with what power you had before you died.”

 

Kikyo frowned. How had this…this…this…girl…know that? Kikyo had only thought that she and Naraku knew this. But another?

 

`She must be guessing…' Kikyo reasoned, and then she saw Kagome glance her over. `Yes, she is guessing. She doesn't know that she is right.'

 

“And what would you know?” Kikyo said. “You did not even know that you were a Miko until you were told. Your powers have been dormant for so long, they are still new even now.”

 

Kagome, who was, by now, absolutely confused, said, “Well it's not my fault that they were like that! It's not like I was the one to make that go that way!”

 

Kikyo laughed, again, and said, “No, but you are the one who did not awaken them. Or, should I say, that you did not mean to awaken them. You had to be put into a near death situation before they surfaced.”

 

Kagome knew that Kikyo was only going off topic to distract her. But from what? Then, as if on cue, Kikyo's Shikigammi came up behind Kagome and wrapped themselves around her.

 

“You think that you are better then me? Fine, we shall see.” Kikyo turned toward Inuyasha and said to him, “Do not think about following, you shall not find us.”

 

`Us?' Inuyasha thought. `What is she talking about?'

 

Kikyo then turned back to Kagome and her Shikigammi and said one word: “Come.” Before she headed off into the trees. The Shikigammi, still holding Kagome, followed their mistress, sliding through the air effortlessly.

 

“Inuyasha!” Kagome called. “Help me!” but Inuyasha was still frozen in place, unable to move or speak, only his eyes were moving, watching as Kagome slowly went from his view.

 

“I shall return with her, Inuyasha.” Came Kikyo's voice from the trees, seemingly not far from Inuyasha. “In one years time. But as of this moment on, you shall see neither of us, so do not try.”

 

And then he was released from whatever spell Kikyo had had on him.

 

“Kagome!” he called, starting to go into the direction he had seen her taken. But then he stopped, mid-step. What would Kikyo do if he came after her and Kagome? Would she hurt Kagome or just keep running? And why was she taking Kagome in the first place?

 

“Meow!” Inuyasha turned to find Kirara standing by the trees, waiting for him.

 

`I wondered how she followed me…' he thought, slowly making his way over to the neko.

 

“Let's go back Kirara. The others'll wanna know what happened.” Then he snorted and continued, “And we have to go after Kagome, no matter what Kikyo told me! Kagome might need help…and Kikyo might to…”

 

Kirara just stayed quiet, watching as Inuyasha shook his head and jumped into the trees. Sighing a very human sigh, something she had picked up from Sango, she jumped into the air and followed Inuyasha from high above.

 

 

“Inuyasha!” Sango called as she saw him through the trees. “Kirara!” she called again, waving her arms at the both of them.

 

“Why'd you move camp?” Inuyasha asked the second he had landed, more irritated then he usually was. “We might not have been able to find…”

 

“It's Kagome,” Sango cut him off. “She gone missing and we can't find her. What's wrong?” she asked, seeing that Inuyasha's face ha changed when she had said Kagome's name.

 

“It's Kagome,” Inuyasha said, and saw Miroku and Shippou rushing over to them. “She's been…”

 

“What did you do with Kagome, ass hold?” Shippou shouted, jumping right on top of Inuyasha head as he did.

 

“Ow! You little brat!” Inuyasha grabbed Shippou and threw him off, making the little kit hit the ground hard.

 

“Inuyasha! Shippou is only concerned for Kagome-sama's whereabouts!” he glanced at Sango and continued, “As we all are. Where is she?”

 

“Kidnapped, bozo! Just now! We have to go after her!” Inuyasha glared at both of them as they stood there motionless, shocked.

 

“Why didn't you go after her?” Sango asked. “Was it Naraku or who took her?”

 

Inuyasha turned away, not wanting to tell them that it had been Kikyo.

 

“Does it really matter?” He said instead. “All that matters is that she was kidnapped, so let's go find her!”

 

“It was Kikyo!” Shippou suddenly said, climbing onto Sango's shoulder. “I can smell her all over her! And that's all! It had to be her, there's no other scent!”

 

“Shut up, kit!” Inuyasha growled out, wanting to punch Shippou, but not wanting to hit Sango. “Ok, maybe it was her, but it still doesn't matter! Can we go and save her now?”

 

Miroku was the first one to recover from this new bit of news. “Why,” he stared. “Would Kikyo-sama take Kagome? Surely it might be that she wants her soul back?”

 

Inuyasha shook his head, now wanting to hit Miroku. Trying to control his temper, and wanting to laugh about that, he said, “No, she's taking Kagome for a year. It's not going to take her a year to get Kagome's soul…I just want to get Kagome back and question Kikyo!”

 

“She's taking Kagome for training.” Came another voice from the trees, making them all turn towards it. “With Kikyo-sama's training it will only take Kagome a year to awaken her powers further and control them.”

 

“Who's there?” Sango called, searching all of the shadows. “Come out!”

 

“You should treat an old women better,” Kaede said, stepping from the trees. “I'm not as young as I wish I was.”

 

“Kaede-sama!” Shippou yelled, jumping into her arms. “Kagome has been…”

 

“I know, Shippou, that's why I just said what I did.” She looked up at the other and said, “Let us go to the village, I am only out here as I sensed Kikyo's aura.” And she started to walk away, leaving the others to follow.

 

“So,” she said as the village came in site. “Kikyo is going to train Kagome. I would like to know why, she does not usually train for free.” She looked up at Inuyasha, who looked away. “Inuyasha, what are you not telling us?”

 

“Nothing, hag.” He sighed as they all glared at him. “I dunno, they got into a fight about who was better, and then Kikyo took her.”

 

“Ah,” Kaede said, her face growing sad. “She is taking Kagome to train her to become more powerful, we know this. The reason? So that she can fairly take her soul in the end. For, unless Kagome's soul is willing, she will not be able to take it.” Kaede sighed. They had reached the village and now entered her hut. “Anything else we should know, Inuyasha.”

 

“Only that Kikyo told me not to go after her.” He looked over at Kaede, hoping that she would not saying anything about this. No suck luck for him though.

 

“Then we shall go.” She said. “She only told you, Inuyasha, not to follow, not the rest of you. And I myself must go to keep my sister from doing something drastic.”

 

They all nodded, except Inuyasha who stood, ready to argue his way into coming. But it would have to wait as a shout of, “Kaede! Priestess Kaede! You must come quickly! White air snake demons are invading the village!” broke through the air.

 

A/N: RandR! So, how do you like it? I know the beginning is from Miko vs. Miko, but I had them both started from the same piece of work and I just altered them…w/e. Anyways, I hope you like this one to! I'll try and update the rest of my stories soon, but computer hates me and it might be a few hours/days/weeks, I dunno, until it's fixed.

 

Love ya alls lots lots!

 

Ja ne

 

Nene-Chan (Neo Staff)