InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ One by One ❯ The shard in the woods. ( Chapter 4 )
[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
By: Johnny Walker 
Kagome begins to sense something in the woods. Something with a shard. Her and InuYasha set off into the woods to find out what.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.22.2005 | Updated On: 02.22.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 240 | Status: Completed
Kagome begins to sense something in the woods. Something with a shard. Her and InuYasha set off into the woods to find out what.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.22.2005 | Updated On: 02.22.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 240 | Status: Completed
A/N: Uni, if you read this, yes I shamelessly stole your idea. I'm sorry, but it was too cool not to. Don't be pissed at me.
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It had been two weeks since Kaede had laid out her plan to recover the jewel. Kagome had seen InuYasha once or twice walking through town, but more often than not she caught sight of him in a tree, seemingly taking a nap or staring off into space.
She had asked once if he was ready to leave yet. "Not yet." he replied. "Goddamn nothin' in the classifieds." he added under his breath. Kagome didn't press the matter. She wasn't too anxious to start on their journey.
But, as the days wore on and Kagome had nothing to occupy her life with, the prospect of adventure and the unknown began to weigh in on her young mind. 'It won't be that bad. C'mon Kagome, you've always wanted to go on an adventure, see the boonies, save the world. You're not gonna get a chance to do that back home. This is once in a life time! Do you really wanna look back at this and wonder?'
'I wonder what else is out here in the boonies? Prolly a lot of towns like this one. And alot of forests. I wonder if we'll get to walk through the forest alot. I haven't done that in years. Man, the one out behind the house was so pretty.' She thought, idly strolling through town. By now the towns people had grown accustomed to her, and she had managed to learn a few of their names.
Bored, she wandered toward a hill over looking the forest about fifty yards out side of town. As she approached, she noticed InuYasha perched in a branch, staring out over the forest, cigarette between his lips.
InuYasha smelt the girl coming towards him. He didn't turn to look. Whatever she wanted, she would call up to him soon enough. Instead, he heard her light foot steps walk up to the tree and stop.
He looked down at her in curiosity. She was just standing there, looking out over the forest. A breeze blew in, ruffling her hair a bit. InuYasha shook his head and came to his senses. He turned his gaze back to the forest.
Kagome over looked the scenery. There was the lake, the river that ran along side town, and a couple clearings. There was something moving in one. It was too far to tell if it was a shadow or not. It was just a black dot. 'InuYasha has better eyes than me, he can see it.'
"InuYasha?" "What?" he asked grumpily. "Out in that clearing over there." she pointed. "What is that?" Above her, the half demon turned his eyes on the spot she indicated. "Nothing." "Are you sure?" "Yes I'm sure. You're seein' things." He answered just as irritably. "If you say so.."
That night, Kagome was in bed, but something kept her from sleeping. There was a small feeling in her head that there was something out there. Something worth investigating. 'Damn this is bugging me.'
She got up to get something to drink. On the way back from the kitchen area, she happened to glance out a window at the hill. 'There. What ever it is, it's in that direction. Enough of this.' She thought putting on her shoes.
By now it was one or two AM. The town was practically deserted. No one was awake at this hour. Kagome's light footsteps produced almost no noise. The moon sent down a silvery light.
As she left town, she saw a lone figure sitting on a branch. InuYasha was still there, sitting with his back to the town, right leg hanging striaght down, left bent so it was below the branch from the knee down only. She noticed some movement. 'Wonder what he's doing?' as she approached. She heard something. When she stopped to listen, she realized what it was.
She was surprised to say the least. She hadn't pegged the irritable half demon like that.
InuYasha stopped for a moment to light a cigarette and stare out over the forest. He was up wind of the village so only the smell of the forest reached him. Strange though, he thought he smelled some flowers that weren't in bloom yet. 'Well who cares, I ain't complainin'.'
He moved his fingers back over the fret board. He placed his finger on the second fret, fourth string and began to pluck at the strings. '5-4-2' he placed his middle finger on the first fret, second string, hit it once, and dropped it before picking up the strings from two.
Kagome made it all the way under the tree before he started playing again. 'Wow, InuYasha plays guitar. I never really thought he had any talents like that.' She sat down on the hill underneath and behind him.
'Now then, what's out here?' she thought, remembering her purpose. 'It's still there.. and it's definitely closer now.' InuYasha began the first verse. Kagome looked up him briefly. He hadn't seemed to notice her. Not that he ever did until she called out to him.
The song was low and quick. There were no words, the guitar was alone. InuYasha slid his fingers down to the fifth and fourth frets, now picking down the strings. 'I've felt this before, but where?' Kagome thought.
InuYasha beagn the second verse. 'What ever it is, it's moving. Where have I felt this before?' Above her, InuYasha moved his hand over to the second and fourth frets and began the second chorus.
Kagome focused on the feeling and managed to pinpoit an exact point on the compass. She didn't know how far away it was, but she knew where it was. InuYasha switched back to the verse. It was louder now. Kagome looked up. His movements were more animated, and he still seemed unaware of her presence.
She followed the thing with her eyes as it moved through the forest. InuYasha moved back into the chorus. He was really getting into it. 'Where have I felt this before? THINK! It's not everyday I sense things in the forest.'
She kept following it. It was approaching one of the clearings. 'Cmon, cmon, go through the clearing an- THERE!' Something black shot through the clearing. 'Was that the same thing from before? But still what was it?' InuYasha began the final verse. 'The jewel! That's where I felt it! That thing had a shard!'
Time to announce her self. "InuYasha! Something in the forest has a shard!" He didn't acknowledge her. Intsead he gazed out over the forest as he began the end of the song. By now he was playing loudly and with alot of movement.
The final notes rang through the air. "Alright, we'll go searching for it in the morning." He said, not looking down at her. Only he managed to say it with out sounding angry or annoyed.
The next day, after informing Kaede of the situation, the two set off into the woods in the direction Kagome sensed the shard. Kagome walked behind the silent half demon. She hadn't mentioned the last night since, and neither had he.
As they walked, they both remained silent. After about half an hour Kagome began to notice a lot of spider webs in the area. InuYasha ignored them.
As they walked the webs grew thicker. A couple passed over the road. Kagome noticed that the webs seemed to shine in the light, and that they had no pattern, just strands everywhere.
One hung especially low over the road. It brushed over InuYasha's shoulder. The strand didn't break, but bent around him before snapping back into place.
He turned around to look at her. "What do you want?" "What do you mean?" Kagome asked in confusion. "You just tapped my shoulder, what do you want?" Kagome stared at him. "You can't see that?" "See what?" "The web on the road!" "Web?" "Yes! The webs that are all over the forest!" She exclaimed in confusion. InuYasha looked at her like she was insane.
She stalked over to the thread and took it between her hands. "This! Right here!" "What are you talking about?" Kagome noticed it didn't feel like a spider web. It was too thin, too smooth. 'Maybe he really can't see it.'
"Here, hold out your hand." InuYasha looked at her suspiciously but complied. Kagome, still holding the thread in both hands, pressed it against his palm. "There, can you feel that?" InuYasha looked at his palm in surprise. There was nothing there, but it felt like there was a string pressing against his palm. "What the fuck? Aright, I believe ya." "They get denser toward the
shard." "Okay, then let's keep going, what ever it is, we'll find it."
They continued walking, and the strands continued to get more common. After fifteen more minutes the forest opened up into a clearing.
Kagome let out a gasp. The strands, they were.. hair!? And there was a whole mountian of it! And there was a woman standing on top of it all! What the hell?
At the sound of the gasp two large tendrils of hair shot toward them. InuYasha's ears picked up the sound of something rushing toward them. Something he couldn't see. He flicked his wrist and opened the switch blade, swinging at the sound. He felt the blade slice through something thin, almost wire.
Behind him he heard Kagome shriek. He turned to look. The girl was.. floating!? 'What the fuck!?' She was brought toward the ground, only to be launched through the air, screaming. 'SHIT!'
InuYasha immedatly leaped after the suddenly air borne girl. 'Jesus, she's really flying!' he thought racing along the treetops. She had to be at least forty feet up. And if that fragile human body of hers hit the deck.. InuYasha redoubled his efforts.
InuYasha pushed himself faster. The girl's body turned slowly in air. She had stopped screaming. She stopped gaining altitude. For a brief second, even though she was still hurtling through the sky, she seemed to freeze in space as InuYasha leaped and was level with her. She turned and was looking straight at him, appearing to actually be standing in mid air. InuYasha stared at her and saw the look of absolute terror on her face. 'Faster dammit, run faster!'
She began to fall. He was close now, only a few feet behind her. She was only a few feet above the tree line, if she fell through and he lost track of her..
'Now!' a voice in his head screamed, and he leaped as fast as he could straight forward. The girl grew bigger in his view. Her back was towards him, and she was sideways fallin'. He saw the wind pushing her hair and skirt skywards. She was a little bit above him. If he timed this right..
He did. He knew he did a second before he collided with the girl. He caught her and hooked an arm under her knees so she wouldn't fall on landing.
He continued running along the trees, losing momentum. When he had slowed enough, he dropped down to the forest floor, and let the girl slide off him. She leaned against him for a moment while she recovered her footing.
"Holy.. crap.." she panted, taking several deep breaths. InuYasha looked around and scowled. "Dammit. We're a long way from town."
-END-
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*taps bat in palm* That wasn't no suggestion.
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It had been two weeks since Kaede had laid out her plan to recover the jewel. Kagome had seen InuYasha once or twice walking through town, but more often than not she caught sight of him in a tree, seemingly taking a nap or staring off into space.
She had asked once if he was ready to leave yet. "Not yet." he replied. "Goddamn nothin' in the classifieds." he added under his breath. Kagome didn't press the matter. She wasn't too anxious to start on their journey.
But, as the days wore on and Kagome had nothing to occupy her life with, the prospect of adventure and the unknown began to weigh in on her young mind. 'It won't be that bad. C'mon Kagome, you've always wanted to go on an adventure, see the boonies, save the world. You're not gonna get a chance to do that back home. This is once in a life time! Do you really wanna look back at this and wonder?'
'I wonder what else is out here in the boonies? Prolly a lot of towns like this one. And alot of forests. I wonder if we'll get to walk through the forest alot. I haven't done that in years. Man, the one out behind the house was so pretty.' She thought, idly strolling through town. By now the towns people had grown accustomed to her, and she had managed to learn a few of their names.
Bored, she wandered toward a hill over looking the forest about fifty yards out side of town. As she approached, she noticed InuYasha perched in a branch, staring out over the forest, cigarette between his lips.
InuYasha smelt the girl coming towards him. He didn't turn to look. Whatever she wanted, she would call up to him soon enough. Instead, he heard her light foot steps walk up to the tree and stop.
He looked down at her in curiosity. She was just standing there, looking out over the forest. A breeze blew in, ruffling her hair a bit. InuYasha shook his head and came to his senses. He turned his gaze back to the forest.
Kagome over looked the scenery. There was the lake, the river that ran along side town, and a couple clearings. There was something moving in one. It was too far to tell if it was a shadow or not. It was just a black dot. 'InuYasha has better eyes than me, he can see it.'
"InuYasha?" "What?" he asked grumpily. "Out in that clearing over there." she pointed. "What is that?" Above her, the half demon turned his eyes on the spot she indicated. "Nothing." "Are you sure?" "Yes I'm sure. You're seein' things." He answered just as irritably. "If you say so.."
That night, Kagome was in bed, but something kept her from sleeping. There was a small feeling in her head that there was something out there. Something worth investigating. 'Damn this is bugging me.'
She got up to get something to drink. On the way back from the kitchen area, she happened to glance out a window at the hill. 'There. What ever it is, it's in that direction. Enough of this.' She thought putting on her shoes.
By now it was one or two AM. The town was practically deserted. No one was awake at this hour. Kagome's light footsteps produced almost no noise. The moon sent down a silvery light.
As she left town, she saw a lone figure sitting on a branch. InuYasha was still there, sitting with his back to the town, right leg hanging striaght down, left bent so it was below the branch from the knee down only. She noticed some movement. 'Wonder what he's doing?' as she approached. She heard something. When she stopped to listen, she realized what it was.
She was surprised to say the least. She hadn't pegged the irritable half demon like that.
InuYasha stopped for a moment to light a cigarette and stare out over the forest. He was up wind of the village so only the smell of the forest reached him. Strange though, he thought he smelled some flowers that weren't in bloom yet. 'Well who cares, I ain't complainin'.'
He moved his fingers back over the fret board. He placed his finger on the second fret, fourth string and began to pluck at the strings. '5-4-2' he placed his middle finger on the first fret, second string, hit it once, and dropped it before picking up the strings from two.
Kagome made it all the way under the tree before he started playing again. 'Wow, InuYasha plays guitar. I never really thought he had any talents like that.' She sat down on the hill underneath and behind him.
'Now then, what's out here?' she thought, remembering her purpose. 'It's still there.. and it's definitely closer now.' InuYasha began the first verse. Kagome looked up him briefly. He hadn't seemed to notice her. Not that he ever did until she called out to him.
The song was low and quick. There were no words, the guitar was alone. InuYasha slid his fingers down to the fifth and fourth frets, now picking down the strings. 'I've felt this before, but where?' Kagome thought.
InuYasha beagn the second verse. 'What ever it is, it's moving. Where have I felt this before?' Above her, InuYasha moved his hand over to the second and fourth frets and began the second chorus.
Kagome focused on the feeling and managed to pinpoit an exact point on the compass. She didn't know how far away it was, but she knew where it was. InuYasha switched back to the verse. It was louder now. Kagome looked up. His movements were more animated, and he still seemed unaware of her presence.
She followed the thing with her eyes as it moved through the forest. InuYasha moved back into the chorus. He was really getting into it. 'Where have I felt this before? THINK! It's not everyday I sense things in the forest.'
She kept following it. It was approaching one of the clearings. 'Cmon, cmon, go through the clearing an- THERE!' Something black shot through the clearing. 'Was that the same thing from before? But still what was it?' InuYasha began the final verse. 'The jewel! That's where I felt it! That thing had a shard!'
Time to announce her self. "InuYasha! Something in the forest has a shard!" He didn't acknowledge her. Intsead he gazed out over the forest as he began the end of the song. By now he was playing loudly and with alot of movement.
The final notes rang through the air. "Alright, we'll go searching for it in the morning." He said, not looking down at her. Only he managed to say it with out sounding angry or annoyed.
The next day, after informing Kaede of the situation, the two set off into the woods in the direction Kagome sensed the shard. Kagome walked behind the silent half demon. She hadn't mentioned the last night since, and neither had he.
As they walked, they both remained silent. After about half an hour Kagome began to notice a lot of spider webs in the area. InuYasha ignored them.
As they walked the webs grew thicker. A couple passed over the road. Kagome noticed that the webs seemed to shine in the light, and that they had no pattern, just strands everywhere.
One hung especially low over the road. It brushed over InuYasha's shoulder. The strand didn't break, but bent around him before snapping back into place.
He turned around to look at her. "What do you want?" "What do you mean?" Kagome asked in confusion. "You just tapped my shoulder, what do you want?" Kagome stared at him. "You can't see that?" "See what?" "The web on the road!" "Web?" "Yes! The webs that are all over the forest!" She exclaimed in confusion. InuYasha looked at her like she was insane.
She stalked over to the thread and took it between her hands. "This! Right here!" "What are you talking about?" Kagome noticed it didn't feel like a spider web. It was too thin, too smooth. 'Maybe he really can't see it.'
"Here, hold out your hand." InuYasha looked at her suspiciously but complied. Kagome, still holding the thread in both hands, pressed it against his palm. "There, can you feel that?" InuYasha looked at his palm in surprise. There was nothing there, but it felt like there was a string pressing against his palm. "What the fuck? Aright, I believe ya." "They get denser toward the
shard." "Okay, then let's keep going, what ever it is, we'll find it."
They continued walking, and the strands continued to get more common. After fifteen more minutes the forest opened up into a clearing.
Kagome let out a gasp. The strands, they were.. hair!? And there was a whole mountian of it! And there was a woman standing on top of it all! What the hell?
At the sound of the gasp two large tendrils of hair shot toward them. InuYasha's ears picked up the sound of something rushing toward them. Something he couldn't see. He flicked his wrist and opened the switch blade, swinging at the sound. He felt the blade slice through something thin, almost wire.
Behind him he heard Kagome shriek. He turned to look. The girl was.. floating!? 'What the fuck!?' She was brought toward the ground, only to be launched through the air, screaming. 'SHIT!'
InuYasha immedatly leaped after the suddenly air borne girl. 'Jesus, she's really flying!' he thought racing along the treetops. She had to be at least forty feet up. And if that fragile human body of hers hit the deck.. InuYasha redoubled his efforts.
InuYasha pushed himself faster. The girl's body turned slowly in air. She had stopped screaming. She stopped gaining altitude. For a brief second, even though she was still hurtling through the sky, she seemed to freeze in space as InuYasha leaped and was level with her. She turned and was looking straight at him, appearing to actually be standing in mid air. InuYasha stared at her and saw the look of absolute terror on her face. 'Faster dammit, run faster!'
She began to fall. He was close now, only a few feet behind her. She was only a few feet above the tree line, if she fell through and he lost track of her..
'Now!' a voice in his head screamed, and he leaped as fast as he could straight forward. The girl grew bigger in his view. Her back was towards him, and she was sideways fallin'. He saw the wind pushing her hair and skirt skywards. She was a little bit above him. If he timed this right..
He did. He knew he did a second before he collided with the girl. He caught her and hooked an arm under her knees so she wouldn't fall on landing.
He continued running along the trees, losing momentum. When he had slowed enough, he dropped down to the forest floor, and let the girl slide off him. She leaned against him for a moment while she recovered her footing.
"Holy.. crap.." she panted, taking several deep breaths. InuYasha looked around and scowled. "Dammit. We're a long way from town."
-END-
Remember, I can't hear you scream/laugh/curse my soul over the internet, leave a review.
*taps bat in palm* That wasn't no suggestion.