InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Necromancer ❯ One ( Chapter 1 )

I don’t own them, it probably is a good thing I don’t. Grins wickedly.

Chapter 1

The firelight flickered across them, throwing shadows over their fatigue etched faces. "How's your leg?', Lin asked.

"I'll live, how's your arm?", Sophia asked.

She stretched it out, "It'll do." Then she stiffened, "Something's coming." Just as the English Mastiff picked his head up and looked into the woods.

Lin jumped up and pulled Sophia into some bushes, covering her with a black blanket. "Stay quiet.", she whispered a few more words and slipped away.

The Mastiff took off one way, while Lin circled the other. She kept an eye on the bushes where her adopted niece was concealed.

She found a spot to watch from and whispered the incantation to render her invisible.

This was a strange world they had fallen into and she became thankful for their powers again. Although, her suspicions were that their powers were the same reason that they were being stalked constantly, and those little shards she had.

She watched as a large man came into the small clearing. Lin looked him over realizing he wasn't human, she began praying that her spell was strong enough.

Her breath caught as he walked to the bush and looked around. He started to turn away, then she heard the small sneeze.

Sesshomaru came into the clearing and looked around. It looked like they left in a hurry. He had to catch up to them. A necromancer collecting jewel shards, if she were to manage to get the whole jewel it was feasible she could use it to raise hell to earth.

He wondered what kind of demon she was, to have eluded not only himself, but Inuyasha and his pack. He looked around and noticed the bushes seemed to have been disturbed. He investigated and found nothing untoward, he turned to leave, then heard the sneeze.

He spun back around, reaching toward the sound and felt a head. He reached down farther and grabbed her arm and pulled her out.

He looked down at the young woman. He couldn't believe it, she was a human. Straight, blond hair fell to her waist and clear blue eyes stared at his with abject terror. This was not what he searched for, and a necromancer wouldn't be caught near a human.

Suddenly, he hears, "Baka, oswuari!"

Then a thud and moan, "Bitch."

Kagome stormed into the clearing. She noticed the girl in Sesshomaru's hands, and that she was not Japanese.

"What did you find, Sesshomaru-sama?", she asked.

"I'm not quite sure. It smells human, but doesn't look Japanese.", he responded.

Kagome knew that, and realized that her secret was going to wind up exposed.

Lin waited until they were all in the clearing, then jumped up and grabbed Kagome from behind. She held her .357 to her head and looked Sesshomaru in the eye. Then her gaze went from Sophia to the girl she held and back.

Kagome tensed up and whispered to them, "Don't move, what she holds can kill me and all of you in seconds. Inuyasha, do you remember Souta's 007 game? The one with the guns? She holds a gun to my head. Tell them, she can kill us all. Sesshomaru included."

Inuyasha grew pale at her words and looked to his brother, "This time, trust her. I will explain all later, but believe her."

Kagome said a quick prayer, and looked at the blond. "My name is Kagome Higurashi.", she said in English.

The blond burst into tears and said, "Lin, she spoke ENGLISH."

"So I heard. It's not going to get us home again.", Lin responded.

"Where's home?", Kagome asked.

She chuckled, "Just tell him to let the girl go, and we will leave."

"You can't survive here, you don't know the language.", Kagome tried. She wanted to get answers.

She laughed again, "Looks like I've been doing pretty well. It's been three months and I still live. Please, just give him the message. I really don't want to get nasty."

Sesshomaru spoke and Kagome grew pale, "He said to tell you what makes think he would care if we all die? He says you can't possibly kill all of us at once with your weapon."

The woman laughed and looked at a spot behind him. The English Mastiff stepped out, he was a formidable animal. He was fawn colored, weighed about 220 pounds of muscle and teeth, around his neck a spiked color sat.

"I have ways of providing distractions while I take care of the others.", she grinned.

Sesshomaru was surprised, he didn't notice a scent from the dog. He looked at the woman, dark brown hair pulled back into a braid reaching her waist, brown eyes and delicate features. He could smell both human and demon blood on both, "Were they also hunting the necromancer?", he thought.

He looked at Kagome, "Ask her if they hunt the necromancer as well."

Kagome translated and the woman laughed harder, then grew quite calm. She gave them an icy smile, "I am the one you hunt, little boy." Then burst into laughter again, dropping the barrier she had in place.

As her barrier dropped and they felt the power her capable of, the four boar demons they had found dead earlier in the day, appeared out of the brush surrounding them.

"Yes, I am controlling them. I only need to perform the rite and I would be equal to, or maybe even surpass you.", she told Sesshomaru. Watching his face as Kagome translated.

She looked at the girl, "Come, Sophia. Let's go."

Sophia grinned at Lin, and the arm Sesshomaru held her by began to glow. He let go as if burnt, and she jumped away from him. Quickly she grabbed their bags and limped over to stand beside Lin.

She looked to the dog, and he backed to her. "I'm really sorry, but I can't let you hurt her. She's the next generation.", she grinned and they disappeared into the brush. The demons began closing in on them as they ran off.

Suddenly, they fell to the ground back to the dead again. Kagome heard her voice, and saw something fall to the ground. At her feet were four jewel shards, "A gift and an apology for using you."

Inuyasha watched as Kagome picked something up and then look at them. "She gave me jewel shards.", her surprise evident.

Sesshomaru snorted, "She doesn't need them, just as I have no use for them." He turned to follow her.

"Sesshomaru-sama, they aren't from this time. She has her place, where she is from.", Kagome spoke.

He stopped dead, "What do you mean?"

Kagome looked at Inuyasha, "I'm telling him. He needs to understand, she has to be here for a reason. He can't just kill her."

Inuyasha nodded, "She did give us shards, and hasn't harmed any who didn't deserve it."

"Sesshomaru-sama, judging from their clothing and the language they speak. I would say that those two are from a place known as America, five hundred years from now.", Kagome told him.

"How would you know that?", he demanded.

Kagome took a deep breath and looked Sesshomaru in the eye, "I am from the future. I travel between now and the year 2006. Take a good look at my clothing Sesshomaru-sama. Have you ever seen material such as this? Do you see anyone else who wears a skirt this short?"

"How?", a lot of his questions had been answered with those words.

"The bone eater's well, in Inuyasha's forest. I was first pulled through by a centipede demon. She was after the Shikon no tama that was embedded in my side.", she answered.

"How they came here I don't know, but they need help to get back.", Kagome continued.

The young girl that was with the woman, reappeared in the clearing. She looked at Kagome, "Please, we have to get her out of here. We need your help."

Kagome translated, and Sophia gave her a look. "I have a spell that would enable us to understand each other without your translation skills. Ask them if they would be agreeable.", she said.

Everyone nodded and she recited the words needed. "Did it work?", she asked.

"Yes.", Inuyasha answered.

"Where is the other?", Sesshomaru demanded.

"She left me.", she answered. He gave her a doubtful look.