InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Something Worth Protecting ❯ Electricity ( Chapter 2 )

A/N:  I think the reasoning for me taking so long to put out fics is that I don't like the crap that you find often in heavy frequented sections.  I am an Ernest Hemingway in respect that I scrutinize every sentence by rewriting them (though not ten times).  I'm in no way putting myself on the same level as the esteemed author, but it just serves as reasoning for my length of time it takes to put out stories.  Since I don't like the crap I find in fanfiction sections (and yes, people have to admit there are some stories that just waste your time), I make sure my stories are the best quality of my ability.  With that said, I'll try to be quicker with stories out, but college applications are due in month so I'm a little crunched on time.  I promise I'll be quicker with updating as soon as college apps finish.

Just to end this already too long author's note, I just wanted to thank Mika, s.l chanco, Pinayazngrl, KittySand Katie, AuroraMaiden, nannette, Elizabeth Busby, Keyo-Red Angel of Hope, and Shamanic Destiny from FF.N and shywaii_gurl, inu fan, Aewi, Tqo, wolfstar03, cow girl candy, lone-puppy, and theultimatedarkness from MM.org for all their reviews and support.  Thank you for taking your time for me.  If you're not here, that means you just reviewed after I made the list.  Also, I'd like to thank phantomoftheflame for her time to help me out with story.

I'm fed up with FF.N for not keeping my pretty scene change markers...

xxxxxxx- change from "real world" to the fairy tale world Kagome was creating.

xXxXxXx- change a scene within either the fairy tale world or real world,

Something Worth Protecting

Chapter 2:  Electricity

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"After a final hug and kiss on the cheek to her only child, with tears pouring from her eyes, she left.  She prayed that this was all for the best.  She kept on walking even when she heard her son sob for her to come back for him and quickened her pace when she heard him yell to her, 'Please, Mama!  Don't leave me!  I promise to be a good boy!'  She knew that if she gave in just a little to turn around to wave to him, she would never be able to leave him.

"As for the little boy, it was only the beginning.  He would never forget the day that he had been left with the royal Higurashi family to protect the newborn princess.  He swore that one day he would learn how to wield the Tessaiga and find his something worth protecting just for his mother."

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"Wow... if that were only true, I could almost feel sorry for InuYasha," Sango teased, glancing at the said "sleeping" hanyou.  She had woken up a little into the tale, but soon enough so that she had not missed anything.

InuYasha ignored the comment and continued to pretend that he was sleeping.  Sango just giggled a little because she knew, like everyone else, that he was listening to Kagome's tale.  She did not understand why he still put up the act.

"Yeah... 'almost' being the key word there," Miroku added sitting next to Sango.

Kagome could not help but giggle a little when she saw InuYasha's ear give the slightest twitch.  She knew that he was definitely listening.

"Kagome!  Continue, please!  I want to hear what comes next!"  Shippou pleaded.  The little fox youkai was sitting very attentively by the fire, waiting patiently to hear the rest of the tale.

"Aww... Okay, Shippou," Kagome replied, and then she cleared her throat to continue.  She began again in an airy tone:

"As the years went by, the Inu Kingdom did remain the strongest of the demon kingdoms, sacrifices aside.  However, the peaceful balance was on the verge of being disrupted by the subversive Naraku, the hanyou leader of an emerging kingdom named Kage.  Using the most guerilla of tactics, the Kage kingdom was conquering smaller, unstable kingdoms, and rumors revealed that his goal was the Shikon no Tama.  Rumors were rumors, but Naraku definitely a dangerous threat.  One that could not be ignored...

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"Your Highness, what do you think we should do?" the general's voice was professional, respectful, but it was easy to hear the edge of desperation.  "Naraku is making definite progress toward Shikon."

The king turned looked out the window with a look that could only be described as pensive.  The lines on his wise face stood out the most at times like these.  He knew it.  His tired eyes glanced down toward the garden where a scene of childish innocence was commencing, but that was not on his mind.  He was lost in his own deep thought.

He had feared this.  He knew that the demon king would be heading toward his kingdom.  At first, he thought that this was just a little distraction - a very annoying one.  But when some of his strongest allies were falling to this army... he knew that the Kagen army had to be formidable indeed.

The Shikon no Tama was his goal.  It must be.  After all, who could not want something that would promise the youkai holder unlimited power?  The jewel would be the cause of such senseless death.  Sometimes he wondered why his kingdom had to hold such a prized possession of the demons.  But the reason why made him worry even more...

For the first time in his entire rule, the Shikon king did not know what to do... what the right decision was.  It was a lose-lose situation... no matter what he decided nothing good would come of it.

Except for one thing...

An alliance, between a demon kingdom and his kingdom.  He was certain that there would be objections with some of the more conservative people on his cabinet, but that was the only solution.  He also knew how he would form this alliance.  He just hoped that it was enough.

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"Just as he promised mother, the little hanyou boy was a very loyal boy, despite the hard training he had to endure and the comments made by the other workers of the kingdom.  He grew to be a very strong warrior, which would become very useful since humans and demons were at war once again.  However, no matter how much he trained, he could not figure how to unlock the powers of his Tessaiga.  The sheath came in handy for protection, but the sword was useless.

"The boy however, as obedient as he was, he grew bitter with the world around him.  People treated him as if he were less than human, and because of that, he made himself a shell of bravado to protect him from people's comments and disapproval.  He allowed no one near his heart.

"Almost everyone, that is.  The princess Kagome grew to be best friends with her bodyguard.  Though they fought often, she was the only person who treated the boy as an equal, and because of that, she was the only one to see him with his guard down.  They were the best of friends, and nothing would ever change that..."

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"InuYasha, you get down here this minute!" the princess yelled, her cheeks puffed out in anger.

"Keh, why should I?" was all InuYasha responded.

Princess Kagome, the heir to the Shikon throne, high priestess, and keeper of the Shikon no Tama, now age fifteen, stood in the middle of the palace garden, glaring up a tree.  Her hands were on her hips in exasperation, and her face held a look of anger.  "Because I said so," she retorted.

The subject of her glare was sitting up in the tree.  InuYasha, her hanyou bodyguard and her best friend, was lying up in a tree.  He had his eyes clothes and his hands behind his head, like he could not care less about what she said.  "And that's a good enough reason for me to climb down from here?  You've got to be kidding yourself."

"I'm serious, InuYasha.  My father wants me to go see him.  He says it's important, and I want you to come with me for moral support," she yelled, with a hint of begging.

"I don't see how it concerns me.  Now if you don't mind, I'd like you to leave me alone," InuYasha replied and turned his back to her.

"Fine then.  Now if you don't mind, I'll come up there with you, then," Kagome countered smugly as she began climbing the tree.  This banter was quite typical of the two of them.

He bolted up to a crouched position at the speed of light.  "Oh no you don't, woman!  You get away from me now," he zinged back.

"You watch your manners!" Kagome scolded jokingly.  "I am a princess, mind you.  I deserve the respect of one.  Besides, you're the one who imposed the challenge."

"What are you talking about?" he exploded.  "I made nothing of the sort!  And as to the respecting you, you sure as hell don't act like a princess.  Why should I treat you as one?"

"I take offense to that!" she bantered playfully.  "And you did so!  When you told me that you wanted to be left alone.  Now I know that you really didn't mean that..."

As she started moving up the tree, he climbed up even higher than he already was.  "Did you not hear my words correctly?  I meant what I said!  Princesses do not climb trees.  Now get down, woman, before you hurt yourself."

"Hm... I suppose you're right.  But I did mean what I said.  I want you to come with me," Kagome acknowledged thoughtfully as she started climbing down.

"And I will not because I don't want to," InuYasha told her with a mocking tone.

"You will come with me because I said so," Kagome replied with a fake sweet tone in her voice.

"You can't make me," InuYasha mocked her tone.

"Yes, I can," Kagome's anger was starting to show in her voice.

"No, you can't!" InuYasha growled.  At this point, he was not even going to bother faking.  He was genuinely pissed off.

"Yes, I can!" Kagome yelled, matching InuYasha's tone.

"Make me, wench!" InuYasha spat back.

"Fine!  I think I will!" Kagome yelled.  She paused for a moment and started to walk away from the tree, and then she stopped abruptly.  Her expression was unreadable.  She just said one word:  "Osuwari."

With that, his rosary around his neck glowed, and he came tumbling down many feet from the branch upon which he was sitting and slammed to the ground.  After staying on the ground for a full minute, he got up with a groan of pain and look of anger on his face. 

"Why you little..." he said slowly.

"I told you I was serious," she interrupted, still angry about before.

He did not say anything else.  Instead, he tackled and pinned her to the ground.  At first she was scared... very scared, but then she saw the amused expression on his face, and all the fear melted away.  When she tried to wrestle out of his grasp, he only held her down harder.  When he tickled her, she laughed uncontrollably.  When he stopped, she grew nervous.

"InuYasha?" she tried hesitantly.  She could not move.  She looked into his amber eyes... her best friend's eyes.

She wondered if it was only her who felt the electricity.

"Your Highness?" a random servant inquired.

The two on the ground move quickly out of their conspicuous position.  Kagome could swear that her face was on fire.  "Yes?"

"The king has inquired as to what the delay was, Your Highness," the servant informed respectfully.

"Oh, right...  You may tell him that I will be with him shortly," Kagome told her, her facing feeling more flushed.  The servant bowed respectfully and then departed to inform the king.

Kagome watched the servant run back to report to her father.  She wondered if the servant would divulge what had commenced in the garden in the moments prior.  She glanced at InuYasha, but his back was turned towards her, which was fine with her because she could not meet his eye then either.

"We should go see the king," was all she said.

"Yeah..." was his reply.

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"The two walked toward the king's chamber in silence.  The air was awkward, but one thing was indeed evident to the princess.  Though he was trying to hide it by turning away from her, though he was embarrassed by it even more, the not-so-little-anymore hanyou was blushing.  And that fact was enough to make her smile."

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To be continued...

I'd like to apologize for the short chapter and the mistakes.  Even though I am on a writing kick at the moment, I wanted to get this out to you guys as soon as possible.  I want to apologize for the cheesiness (which I guess would be expected because it is a fairytale/fantasy setting...) and the shortness.  If I wrote more, then I think my plot would move too fast, and I'm no good at writing filler.  I want to also apologize in advance though for a late update for the next chapter... the eminent due dates of college apps are starting to scare me.  I'll probably edit this and buff it up before I even start writing the next chapter.  Constructive criticism is as always welcome, even more so than just praise.

Pichachu