Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Changed Miko ❯ Baka Hanyou ( Chapter 4 )

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Well, I was honestly expecting a little fire for the last chapter because of the lack of serious action and all I got was a slight growl from someone saying it was too short! I had honestly intended to make it longer, but my muse left me and my mind didn't want to stay awake. I would like to apologize though, for the previous chapter. It really didn't have much for action, but I like stories to be just that…stories. I think they should have storyline. I have read some fanfics that had great potential, but not really enough substance to them; however, if this becomes boring at any point in time, please do let me know…in a nice way!

 

I am also trying my hardest to make sure the characters aren't really too OOC. There will be a certain amount of OOC-ness in later chapters, but for very good reasons.

 

Thanks again to all who have reviewed. Without your lovin' I would have quit this fic.

 

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Hiei bounded through the trees with catlike grace and utmost stealth. He had only gotten about 4 blocks away from his original position when he felt an odd sort of magic. He slowed his pace and descended down the nearest tree. Once he was underneath the trees, Hiei noticed that he was at a shrine. Quietly, the fire youkai jumped down from the tree he was in and began to roam around. He felt the pull of magic coming from an old well house.

 

Walking up to the weathered building, he opened his Jagan and was confronted with nothing more than an ancient, but strong, energy signature. He thought it odd for a well house to covet such energy and was just about to investigate, when it hit him. That scent! He sniffed at the air lightly and caught the barest hint of the girl that had come upon the Spirit Detectives earlier that day. It was faint and old, but there nonetheless. Whether he wanted to admit it or not, that smell had been burned into his memory simply for its uniqueness.

 

Slowly making his way towards the back of the house, Hiei followed his nose that was lost in the scent of the girl. Once behind the residence, he bound up a tree that was close to an open window. Hiei quietly made his way across the roof to the open window. He briefly opened his senses to check the house and, finding that no one was home, made his way inside.

 

He hadn't really thought through his plan of action and was therefore surprised when the room he entered was saturated with the scent he had been following. He slowly walked around the room and stopped at a desk in the corner. Lifting up a notebook from the top, he thumbed through the pages. Finding nothing of help or interest, he almost closed the book when his fingers slipped over one more page. His ruby eyes caught something before it could close completely and when he flipped the page open fully, he realized he found what he wanted…her name.

 

`…Kagome…'

 

Hiei smiled inwardly. Her name was unusual…just as she obviously was and so it suited her perfectly. He closed the notebook and placed it back on the desk, careful to make sure it wasn't moved enough to be noticed. Hiei then made his way to her closet, which stood slightly ajar, and peered in. Deciding it was safe since the house was empty, he opened the door fully and was slightly shocked with what he found.

 

There, hanging on the inside of the closet door, was a beautiful box, a quiver of arrows and a finely made katana. He gently lifted the katana from its place and examined it. The blade was finely honed and razor sharp with the kanji for `Guardian' etched close to the hilt. An image of the girl whom this expertly crafted weapon belonged to, flashed across his mind and he wondered how well she could handle the blade.

 

Replacing the weapon to its resting place on the door and closing it slightly, Hiei went to the window and made his way into the night - back to the waiting fox a few blocks away.

 

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Kurama sighed heavily into the waning hours of the afternoon. He had been sitting on that Kami forsaken bench for entirely too long and was beginning to feel restless. Hiei had left almost an hour previous and had yet to return or report anything to him. The redhead wasn't worried really, just miffed. He knew that the fire demon wouldn't be taking so long unless he had found something and it irked both spirits of the fox that they hadn't heard anything.

 

`Pouting is not very becoming of you fox.'

 

The poor young man nearly fell of the bench at the sudden intrusion upon his own self-pity. He quickly regained his demeanor, and position upon said bench, and looked up into the tree that assumed Hiei to be in. “You know, you might have just taken a few years off of my life. Where have you been?”

 

`Hn. You will live. I have found where the miko resides and found some interesting things.'

 

Oooooh. Do tell! I hope you found some good interesting things!

 

Kurama looked up to the tree apologetically and gave the silent urge to continue.

 

The fire youkai then recounted all he had found, from the ancient magic surrounding the well house to the katana in her closet. He left out her name though, for reasons not entirely clear even to him.

 

The fox rolled the information over in his mind. The girl lived at a shrine, which would solidify their previous theory of her being a priestess. The well house and katana were definitely interesting parts to the story. Just as he was about to enter a deeper realm of thought processes, he felt a small tingling up his spine. The tingling of magic.

 

`Fox! The magic of the well! Follow me.' With that, Hiei was once again a blur of black and white. He wanted to hurry as much as possible to see what happened when the magic was activated, but he held himself back so he would not lose his partner. Hiei knew the fox was fast, or could be, but being in his human form held back much of his speed.

 

Hiei arrived at the shrine grounds scant seconds later and the fox was on his heels. As soon as their feet touched the ground, they felt the magic dissipate into nothingness. Immediately thereafter, both demons felt the presence of another…an inu hanyou. At the same time the half-breed made his presence known, a taxi pulled up at the front of the shrine and out stepped none other than the one they had been waiting for.

 

`…Kagome…'

 

Kurama shot a somewhat concerned look to his partner, “Shouldn't we go help her? What if that demon attacks her?”

 

`And what if he does? I would like to see if she can handle herself. Come. Let us get a better vantage point.' Hiei sent to Kurama and bounded into the trees, leading the way to a tree on the shrine grounds.

 

About five minutes later, they saw an exhausted priestess reach the top step and collapse in a heap. As soon as she hit the rocky ground, the inu hanyou stood before her.

 

The youkai in the tree tensed, not knowing what to expect.

 

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“Oi wench! What are you doing just sitting there? It can't be too comfortable. You take forever to make it up those stairs!” Inuyasha huffed. True, Kagome had only been gone two days, but he was bored and decided to go to the future and check up on his shard detector.

 

“Inuyasha” Kagome ground out, “Sit boy!” The effect was instantaneous and the hanyou once again met up with his old friend, the ground.

 

“Bitch. What was that for?” Inuyasha growled from his place on the ground.

 

“Where should I start? Let's see…” She began, ticking off her fingers one at a time. “I have only been gone two days and you are already here, and I am not going back yet.” One… “You could have come down and helped me with some of this stuff, since there is ramen in here and it is mostly for you.” Two… “And somehow, you seemed to have forgotten that my name is Kagome! Ka-go-me! Not wench, bitch or anything else!” Three…and she was pissed.

 

Inuyasha took one look at the girl from his place on the ground and visibly winced. His subjugation spell had long since worn off, but he could tell Kagome was mad and thought he might as well stay where he was. The hanyou began counting down in his head, 5…4…3…2…1…

 

“Sit boy! Sit, sit, sit, SIT!!!” Kagome screamed as she stood up, gathered her shopping bags and stormed in the house, mumbling something unintelligible about a `baka hanyou'.

 

The half-demon cringed as he felt his body driven into the ground; however he was somewhat relieved when she stopped before his back broke. He knew he should have kept his mouth shut, but hindsight is always 20/20. Inuyasha just lay there in the dog shaped crater and waited for the spell to wear off.

 

As soon as he could move again, Inuyasha jumped up and sped off towards the house. Reaching the front door, he carefully opened it and stepped inside. He sniffed at the air lightly and knew Kagome had gone to her room. The hanyou jumped up the stairs and made his way towards the bedroom which was Kagome's and waited outside her door.

 

“Come in Inuyasha. I know you're out there!” Kagome said tiredness and sorrow tinting her voice. She was completely exhausted from all the walking and shopping she had done and just wanted to take a long hot bath. The girl knew the hanyou wouldn't just leave, so she sighed with resignation, knowing she would have to take her bath with him waiting for her. She stood as the door to her room opened and made her way to the adjoining bathroom to start her tub filling.

 

Once she had the temperature set, Kagome added some lavender scented bath gel and stepped back into her room. She eyed the hanyou sitting on her bed warily before sitting down next to him and stretching across her bed.

 

Inuyasha cringed at the sadness that laced the girls' voice from the other side of the door and stepped through quietly only to see her standing from her bed and moving to her bathroom. He soon heard the water turn on and smelled the familiar scent of lavender wafting out with the steam of her bath. Inuyasha smiled to himself at the obsessions of the girl. She was the cleanest being - youkai, hanyou or human - that he had ever come across. He watched as she walked out of her bathroom and sat down next to him on her bed.

 

“Why are you here, Inuyasha?” Kagome asked. She honestly didn't care, but knew she had to find out. The sooner he got his talking over with, the sooner he would leave…or she would kick him out. Even she could smell the familiar scent of dirt, clay and death on him and it was making her sick.

 

“I just came here to check on you for Shippou. The little brat has done nothing but whine since you left and it was driving me crazy.” Inuyasha barked out. He hadn't intended it to sound so harsh, but that was how it came out anyway.

 

He had been with Kikyou earlier and was planning to visit her again upon seeing her soul catchers in the trees, when he was begged by a sad-eyed kitsune to check on Kagome. Normally, Inuyasha would have told him no and smacked him on the head, but Shippou was sitting on Kaede's shoulder and she was giving him a hard, one-eyed glare. Now, he just wanted to make it back in time to see his dead miko.

 

“Well you can tell Shippou I am fine and that I will see him in five days time. I know you are only here because you have to be and would much rather be back with Kikyou. Just leave, Inuyasha.” Kagome stated in a tired and broken way as she stood up and walked into her bathroom, closing and locking the door.

 

Inuyasha sat stock still. How was it, she always knew what was going through his head? It just wasn't fair and it was definitely eerie. He sighed heavily, stood and walked to her window. He eyed the outdoors suspiciously as if he felt something that shouldn't be there, but after a few test sniffs turned up nothing, he jumped out and headed for the well.

 

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