InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Prologue - A Test of Memory (The Coming of Rinkatsu) ❯ The Fox Demon ( Chapter 25 )

Shippo ran for his life. He was being hunted through the forests... and he didn't know why his head was wanted so much. But he couldn't contemplate a reason for that because he was too busy dodging trees as he ran past them trying to avoid the warriors who were looking for him. He noticed a hollow tree and decided to hide in it. He heard a 'poof' noise which was Miroku teleporting to a place nearby.

"Come out, come out, where ever you are!" called Miroku. Shippo whimpered. "You know that we will find you soon... hehe..."

Shippo shuddered in his hollow tree... he could only imagine this mysterious warrior finding him and saying 'time to die.' He tried to keep himself quiet, but his whimpers were too loud. Miroku heard one.

"Haha!" said Miroku as he cast a ball of fire from his hand towards the tree which housed Shippo. The tree shattered and all that was left was Shippo huddled into a ball crying.

"W..who are you? Please don't hurt me! Please!" Shippo cried.

"You should've thought about that before you refused our offer," said Miroku.

"What did I do! Wah!!!" Shippo cried.

Miroku didn't answer. He just pointed his evil-looking staff at him and said, "Time to die."

With one last spark of hope, Shippo gained some courage and lunged at Miroku's leg. He bit it.

"Gah!" yelled Miroku. Shippo jumped off his leg and sprinted away. "You little bastard! Come back here!"

But, obviously, Shippo had no intention of listening to him. He just kept running. Suddenly, he was out of the forest and only inches away from the forest boundary was a cliff. He didn't realize it until he was right at the edge. Little Shippo stopped just in time but was still balancing himself. He regained his balance and turned around. There stood two more of the warriors who hunted him... which unbeknownst to him were Kohaku and Sesshomaru.

"Boo," said Kohaku. Shippo stepped backwards in fear and fell off the cliff.

He was screaming, but at the same time thinking, I'm going to die... I'm going to die!

Then seconds later... he found himself resting in a girl's arms.... he didn't know how... facing death had blinded him of the past couple of seconds... he looked around and noticed another girl with a tiny cat-like creature in her hands and a white haired demon with funny looking ears. He wasn't looking happy either.

"Shippo!" said the girl holding him.

He just looked at her with tears and thought how do you know who I am?

"Shippo you're so lucky we were here... you fell on Inuyasha's head and he broke your fall!" said the girl.

Shippo looked at the other demon and figured this is why he was looking so angry... strangely... the name Inuyasha sounded familiar in his mind, but he didn't know why. Looking at the girl also brought back some memories... as well as the other girl with the cat-like creature.

He remembered who they were.

"Sango..." he said looking at Sango. "Inuyasha!" He looked at Inuyasha.

And then he looked up at Kagome... but something he saw coming down at him prevented him from expressing joy in saying her name.

"K-kagome!..." said Shippo pointing upward to the top of the cliff. They all looked and soaring down at them was a sword-drawn Sesshomaru.