InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Wanted ❯ On The Run ( Prologue )

Well this is my first onsite fic. I'm not really sure about how I write, I just know that I'm not great. But I want to improve. In other words—I appreciate constructive criticism much more than reviews that just say “Wow! Doin' great!” or “When are you going to update?” So, if you want to flame, criticize, or just plain ole review, anything is welcome, but I prefer advice. Domo arigatou! I hope you enjoy the fic!

-niwatori

 

Disclaimer: Wait a sec! The rules for fic writing didn't tell me that I had to have a disclaimer! HAHA! *lawyers throw the “rules” paper at niwatori, who looks at the bottom of the list* OI! Y'all wrote that rule on with a crayon! That's not official! *lawyers throw crayon boxes at niwatori* ITAI! OK! FINE! *growls*I don't own Inuyasha….well, maybe his ears….

 

 

 

 

 

“speech”

`thoughts'

flashback

 

 

 

 

 

Wanted

 

 

 

Ch.1—On The Run

 

“InuYasha!”

 

Kagome crept along the wall of her house, trying to stay hidden in the dark. The sirens rang on the far side, and gunshots could be heard. The police continued to fire, not knowing that InuYasha was long gone. As soon as he heard Kagome's urgent call he rushed off to find her.

 

`How could something so stupid turn into something so dangerous?,' thought Kagome as she waited for the hanyou. She was suddenly jarred from her thoughts as a clawed hand grabbed her.

 

“Kagome! Daijoubu ka?! What in all hells is going on?!”

 

Glowing golden eyes searched hers for answers.

 

Kagome checked him for bullet wounds while whispering, “I'll explain later. Just don't fight and stay hidden.” Slightly reassured that he wasn't bleeding, she started to stand and pull him up. “ We need to get to the well house without being seen. Can you do that? ,” she whispered, trying not to sound as scared as she really was.

 

 

InuYasha snorted. “ Mochiron. I'm not loud like…” He trailed off, his ears twitching. He tensed. “Kuso!”

 

A light burst onto the two, revealing cop cars and four police officers with guns trained on InuYasha. The hanyou grabbed Kagome by the waist, attempting to push her behind him.

 

The police held up a megaphone and yelled, “Stop right there! Let the girl go and don't move! If you attempt to run we will shoot!”

 

InuYasha reached for Tetsusaiga and drew the fang, snarling at the threat to himself and Kagome. “Like you bastards could actually hurt me!” he growled.

 

“Iie, InuYasha!” Kagome yelled, trying to push his sword-arm down.

 

An officer yelled out, “He's hostile! Fire at will!”

 

Several things happened at once.

 

Two guns were shot; Kagome's eyes widened as her thoughts raced. Her face hardened in resolution as she dodged in front of InuYasha, who had begun to swing his sword.

 

Time seemed to stop as the bullets hit Kagome's body. The police were shocked that they shot her, and InuYasha was shocked that she took, what seemed to him to be, a relatively non-fatal attack meant for him. But as Kagome coughed and began to fall, time rushed back all too quickly.

 

InuYasha sheathed Tetsusaiga and swooped her up. Before he could speak she rasped out quickly, “The well house! Ima! We can't let them catch you!”

 

He held her closer to himself and jumped up on the roof, using all of his speed to race to the well on the other side of the shrine.

 

“He's escaping!” yelled the police. “Chase him and shoot him down! Try not to injure the girl anymore!” They rushed off after the “criminal.”

 

InuYasha slid to a stop in front of the well house. As he slid the door open, there was a bang and something grazed his left arm. Snarling at the pain, he turned in the doorway to see the men running at them from the sides of the Higurashi home.

 

Kagome gasped and grabbed his haori sleeve. “Ignore them!” she said through clenched teeth. “Leave, now!” `Please don't be macho for once!' she thought. `You don't know what guns can do!'

 

 

As if hearing her pleading thoughts, he quickly turned and jumped down over the well house steps, and then down into the well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Emerging from the well in Sengoku Jidai, the hanyou kneeled in the grass with the bleeding miko in his arms.

 

“Kagome,” InuYasha said, his voice breaking as he glanced from the two bloody splotches on her torso to her pale, sweaty face. Kagome's breaths were choppy and painful. She squeezed his shoulder, trying to catch her breath through the pain so she could speak. InuYasha tried again. “What did they do to you?! How did they hurt you?!” He put a finger to one gun wound to check the damage.

 

“ITAI!”

 

Kagome pulled his hand away as she groaned in pain.

 

“Kagome why—“

 

“Kaede's!” Kagome said, wrapping her arms around his neck. “ We need to get the bullets out!”

 

InuYasha nodded and ran toward the village. As he raced along the path he asked, “How exactly were the wounds caused? There isn't poison, is there?”

 

Kagome tried to focus on his beat by her ear while she answered. “ Iie, no poison. Those men were holding weapons called guns, which shoot little metal pellets called bullets.” She winced as a wave of pain shot through her due to the bumpy ride. “Even though the bullets aren't sharp, they are shot at such high a speed that they can pierce flesh and break bones.”

 

“You'll be alright if we get those `bu-re-tsu' out, ne?” asked the boy, reaching the outskirts of the village.

 

Kagome closed her eyes tightly, desperately wanting to lie and say she would be fine. She let out a shaky breath.

 

“…I hope so.”

 

 

 

 

 

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InuYasha flung the mat to Kaede's doorway aside, sniffing to see if anyone was there to help.

 

“Damn!” he muttered, and walked to the back of the room to gently set Kagome down.

 

She whimpered quietly, “Where's Kaede?”

 

“ I don't know,” InuYasha said, scowling. “She might be fighting a demon in the forest somewhere.” He ran a hand through the girl's raven black hair. `But we need her now,' he thought darkly. `I'll have to clean the wounds myself until I can find Kaede and get her to use her tools for those `bu-re-tsu.'

 

“InuYasha,” Kagome called, breaking his train of thought. She linked her hand with the one still tangled in her hair and looked up at his worried eyes. “Can you help me?”

 

He squeezed her hand. “Mochiron. Let me get a sheet to cover you and some water. I'll clean the wounds until Kaede—“

 

“Iie!” the girl yelled as spots danced in front of her eyes. “Promise me you'll do what I say!”

 

InuYasha's eyes narrowed. “What do you—“

 

“There's no time, InuYasha!” she cut in, knowing that he wouldn't like what she would tell him to do. “Just promise!” she pleaded, crying silently from the pain. She locked a hard gaze onto him.

 

InuYasha stared back for a moment, uncertainty written in his sharp features before looking away.

“Keh. I promise, wench.”

 

Kagome reached up to stroke his ear and smiled weakly. “Ii yo. Now,” she said, blushing, “you have to take my shirt off.”

 

…………

 

Dead silence.

 

…………

 

Nothing happened.

 

“Maybe I'm not making myself clear,” said the miko in a pain filled voice, raising a bloody hand to point in the stunned ( and VERY red ) hanyou's face. “If you don't take off my shirt to find where the bullets are and GET THEM OUT, then I'm going to DIE!” she finished, yelling.

 

InuYasha blanched and gently picked the girl up and put her into his lap. Suddenly not shy at all, he worked the shirt over Kagome's head and looked at the wounds.

 

There was one above the scar from the Shikon no Tama, and one on the other side of her stomach right below the ribs. Kagome hissed as he gently touched them, and grabbed a hand to see his claws. InuYasha looked at her, confused.

 

Kagome looked up at him. “I trust that you can be very delicate, even with these very sharp claws,” she said with a sure look on her face.

 

“Kagome, no! We need Kaede's tools and medicines—“

 

Kagome pulled his hand toward the wound at her ribs and winced as she placed a claw at the entrance.

 

“I trust you,” she said simply. “This will work. We just need them out right now.”

 

InuYasha tensed and lowered his head.

 

“I don't want to hurt you.”

 

“You'll have to,” Kagome said faintly, getting more tired as the blood flowed out. “Now reach in until you touch metal, then clamp the tips of your claws on it and pull it out. Make sure not to leave any cloth inside from my shirt inside; it could get infected.”

 

Silently, InuYasha took his sleeve and shoved it into Kagome's mouth. He pulled one leg out from under her and wrapped it around her knees. As he raised both of her wrists above her head he leaned down close to her face and asked her, “Ready?”

 

She caught his eyes with hers and held a steady gaze, wordlessly asking that he not worry. She nodded and took a deep breath before his claws dove in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…kukukukuku… evil cliffys are fun…

I will update within three days. *mumbles * I have to or that beaver will beat me with melted, snotty, green tea pocky….*shivers*

Niwa-chan