Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ First Love ❯ Chapter 7

First Love

 

Chapter Seven

 

Kagome's heart raced as her deep blue eyes met his gold. He was standing there…right in front of her, looking as cold as ever and glaring at her.

 

How was this possible? Why was he here? She remembered how he had disappeared right after he….

 

In her fright, she was the first to break the glare in favor of scanning the area, looking for a way out and maybe something she could use as a weapon if need be. Even though she knew a stick or rock was nothing to him, it would help her feel a little more comfortable.

 

But just a little was all she needed.

 

As she observed the surrounding area, Kagome noticed things that were oddly familiar…like the flowers that surrounded both her and Youko…and the tree she was leaning against.

 

She should have realized sooner that she was in the same spot that she loved to visit almost every day…the same spot where he had been the last time she had come here.

 

But, how did she get here? Hadn't she run away into unknown woods and fallen asleep there? Wouldn't she have woken up if he had carried her here? Was he that quiet and careful?

 

Under all of Kagome's fear at the moment, she felt a little frustrated.

 

Looking back up at Youko she asked him shakily, “Did you bring me here?” Her eyes were pleading with him to say anything.

 

He took a few steps forward, not answering her.

 

His action only made the sound of her heart beat ring louder in her ears. Images of her dream began to flash through her mind. The one that stayed the longest was when he pierced her through the chest with his hand uncaringly.

 

Kagome's mind was screaming at him. Stop…please stop!

 

But the words just would not come out.

 

Her eyes were glued to his face while her hand instinctively shifted at her side, desperately trying to grasp onto anything.

 

Her hand did hit something but not what she was looking for. Clutching her hand around one of the bags she hid it behind her back.

 

I'm sorry mom…but its either I get killed or this money…I know you'll understand!

 

Blocking out the pain as she pushed herself up the rough bark of the tree, Kagome glanced down at the other bag with rice with sadness. I am sorry.

 

She turned back to Youko and saw him watching her emotionlessly. Trying her best to narrow her eyes at him, Kagome's grip on the bag of money tightened before she screamed, “You jerk!” and whipped it at his face.

 

As soon as the bag left her hand, Kagome bolted to her left, not caring if he caught the bag or if it really did hit him in the face. If it did hit him in the face…good.

 

The only sound Kagome heard was her heart pounding in her ears. And the thought that she might escape him with her life was all she needed to think.

 

The sound of an arrow soaring through the air and piercing her in the shoulder did not register as she lost her footing and fell to the hard earth beneath her, eyes catching Youko's only for a moment before they closed.

 

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That damned human actually almost hit him with this…this pitiful amount of human money. His face lifted to look at her retreating form just as an arrow shot past his ear, connecting with the girls shoulder. He watched her lose her footing, sending her weak body falling limply to the ground.

 

His eyes widened a small fraction when their eyes met, but then returned to a cold golden. Dropping the worthless bag on the ground Youko elegantly pulled a red rose from beneath his long silver hair and formed the rose into one of his favorite weapons. He used the rose whip many times and never got tired of the thorn filled green whip. It always came in handy catching demons out of the air, which he planned to do with the one that was coming at him from above.

 

So, gripping the whip slightly, Youko sent it into the air to latch onto the attacking demons ankle and pulled down roughly, slamming it into the ground with little to no effort.

 

A cloud of dust sprung from the hole the demon made which was followed by a loud fit of coughing and curses. Everything happened in a matter of seconds.

 

Youko rested the whip at his side but still held it as he waited for his enemy to make its way out of the hole.

 

Once Youko was able to get a good look at what he was fighting, he scoffed. His action didn't go unnoticed by his foe. “I wouldn't act so tough if I were you.”

 

Youko raised his eyebrow. “Really? Then would you mind telling me why a disgusting half-breed like you is attacking me?” Youko watched as the half-breed dressed in red readied his sword.

 

“You reek of blood, demon. I could smell it from miles away and your scent was all over the dead boar carcass so I decided a good fight would do me a lot of good!” He drew his sword above his head. “I'm going to cut you down right where you stand demon!” wasting no time, he ran at Youko, not seeming to hold anything back.

 

Youko readied his rose whip once more. “That's hardly a reason to come and attack me but I'd like to see you try,” said Youko as he waited for the half-breed to get just to where he wanted him to be and then he attacked, wrapping his whip around the handle of his foe's sword and ripped it from the half-breeds grasp sending it flying through the air to land somewhere in the woods.

 

The moron didn't seem to notice anything until Youko grabbed him by his throat and squeezed. “Now tell me something, fool. Why-” He was cut off by someone behind him. The sound of an arrow being notched also caught his attention.

 

“Put him down demon!”

 

Youko slowly turned to see a woman dressed in white and red along with what looked to be some villagers standing behind him pointing arrows at him. He narrowed his eyes at her, silently debating whether or not to kill her in the back of his mind. Even all of them together would be no problem. Deciding he had had enough for the time being, he abruptly released himself from the half-breed.

 

“Are you alright InuYasha?” asked the woman, still eyeing Youko.

 

After another coughing fit, the half-breed InuYasha grunted from his spot on the ground and she took it as a yes.

 

“You should take responsibility,” Youko began as his eyes found Kagome on the ground, blood coming from the wound on her shoulder, “for those you have harmed.”

 

She seemed to flinch for a moment.

 

“Lady Kikyo, over here!”

 

Youko watched this Kikyo turn her eyes in the direction where one of the villagers was knelt down next to Kagome. He heard her gasp in surprise but she did not move. Guessing it was his time to leave, he turned and disappeared.

 

Once the demon was out of sight, Kikyo ran to the girl's side. “Please, step aside,” commanded Kikyo calmly, wasting no time at all kneeling down next to the fallen girl.

 

Quickly putting her hands to work, Kikyo ripped the shirt from the girls back. “InuYasha, get me some bandages and a needle and thread.” Working as fast as she could, Kikyo used the girls' shirt as a rag and wiped the oozing blood from around the arrow and some that had traveled down her back.

 

Out of the corner of her eye she noticed that some of the girls blood had gotten onto some of the pure flowers that surrounded them. The sight of this made her more dedicated to help save this girl.

 

Placing one hand on the girls skin around the arrow and the other on the base of the arrow, Kikyo tightened her grip and pushed down on her back while she pulled the arrow out. Blood came pouring out as expected and Kikyo temporarily plugged it with the bloody rag until InuYasha gave her the needle and threat at which she threw the rag aside and proceeded to stitch the girl as swiftly as possible.

 

When she was finished (and when InuYasha was not looking), they turned her over, never letting her back touch the ground thanks to a female villager that helped support her while Kikyo bandaged her.

 

After the bandages were secured into place and were almost impossible to move, Kikyo was able to get a good look at the injured girls face. Her heard dropped.

 

“Its…you…”

 

The innocent girl she had met at the rice fields who had been very friendly and kind to her. What was she doing here at a time like this?

 

“What was that Kikyo?” asked InuYasha, not daring to turn around yet.

 

Kikyo cleared her throat. “It's nothing.” She stood, holding the girl in her arms. “Come here InuYasha, I need you to carry her back to our village.”

 

InuYasha huffed, “Why me? I'm not the one who hurt her!”

 

Kikyo glared at him and he cringed. “Fine! I'll do it!”

 

Saying nothing more she placed Kagome on InuYasha's back before they set off back to their village.

 

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“—is it going to take before she wakes up?”

 

What?

 

“It could be a while yet but—“

 

“Wait, she's waking up Kikyo.”

 

As predicted, Kagome slowly opened her eyes to look at a familiar face. She seemed a little taken aback to see her again but she was able to at least say her name. It was hard to forget. “Kikyo?” She moved to get up but a sharp pain in her shoulder stopped her.

 

“Please do not move you need your rest.” She lightly touched Kagome's shoulder to emphasize her words.

 

“Yea, we wouldn't want you to open your wound and get this whole place bloody,” spoke InuYasha a little nastily.

 

“Be quiet InuYasha,” ordered Kikyo a harshly.

 

That's right. Kagome thought. I never left the forest…

 

Kagome's eyes wandered to this InuYasha that Kikyo was speaking to and almost had a heart attack.

 

He looked almost exactly like Youko, only he wore different clothes and he was a lot more talk-a-tive and arrogant, especially by the way he leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, not even looking at her when he spoke, which automatically drew her eyes to his face.

 

He…he had the same eyes and colored hair as Youko did…and he even had ears on the top of his head…but Kagome also noticed that even though they looked alike, she wasn't attracted to him at all.

 

Turning her gaze away from InuYasha, Kagome said, “You look a lot like him.”

 

InuYasha turned to her and regarded her a little coldly. “Like who? The asshole that was with you in the woods?”

 

Kagome nodded her head.

 

“I too noticed their similarities but there is one big difference between both of them,” said Kikyo. “InuYasha is a half demon while the one you speak of is a full demon.”

 

Kagome turned her head towards Kikyo. “Half demon?”

 

Kikyo nodded. “Yes. A half demon is brought into this world with one of their parents being a full blooded demon wile the other is fully human.”

 

Kagome's eyes returned to InuYasha, who was busy staring at a wall that was neither in Kagome's nor Kikyo's direction.

 

Deciding to change the subject Kagome asked, “Where am I?”

 

“You're in our village far beyond the mountain. You are safe here so there is nothing for you to worry about.”

 

Kagome nodded before realizing what Kikyo had just said. “Wait. Beyond the mountain? My village is on the mountain, both my mom and brother are there...and I heard that places around here are full of demons…”

 

“Calm down Kagome. You will stay here until you are better and in that time, InuYasha will go and inform your family that you are here. Our village is a very holy one and demons never venture close to here and InuYasha also helps take care of threatening demons that are headed our way. The demon who you were with told us to take responsibility and although I don't take orders from a demon, I will take care of you.”

 

Kagome looked up at Kikyo with surprise. “He said that?”

 

Kikyo slightly nodded her head.

 

Well that was a surprise. Youko was actually looking out for her?

 

Kagome blushed a bit but stopped once Kikyo cleared her throat.

 

“I want to apologize for my villagers mistake. He thought you were the demons accomplice and that is why he shot at you.” She bowed her head very low, meaning every word she said. “I hope you can forgive myself and our village for out horrible mistake.”

 

Kagome blinked. “Oh, uhh.”

 

“You do not have to forgive us right away, to make up for this, we will heal you and bring you back to your village.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

All fell silent until Kagome spoke up. “Can I ask why you were after him?”

 

Kikyo looked at her before her gaze went to the fire in the middle of the room. “InuYasha had picked up the strong scent of blood and he followed it, eventually leading us to both you and the demon. InuYasha got a little carried away and I also apologize for that. He could also smell some blood on you but it wasn't nearly as strong as the demons. That is also a reason why we thought you were his accomplice.”

 

Kagome turned her head to the side. “I see…”

 

Making her way to her feet, Kikyo stood and proceeded to the door, InuYasha not too far behind her. “We'll leave you to rest now. Please do not move around or you could open your wounds and we do not need you losing more blood.” Bowing her head again Kikyo and InuYasha left the small one roomed house to Kagome and moved out into the newly lit sky.

 

“Do you really think she is not in on all the killings Kikyo?” asked InuYasha once they were at Kikyo's one roomed house and well out of human earshot.

 

“I know for sure that Kagome had nothing to do with it. She might know that demon but I did not sense any evil in her.” Deciding to end their little conversation, Kikyo disappeared inside her home, leaving InuYasha to watch over the village.

 

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Soon after Kikyo and InuYasha left Kagome to herself, she fell asleep. The dream she had wasn't much different than the last one at first. She was surrounded in darkness but then it changed. This time, after waiting for a few moments, Kagome began to glow. Not because of her body, but because of the glowing flowers that seemed to be rapidly sprouting up from the dark on either side of her, making a clear path straight to him.

 

The flowers were like the ones in her favorite part of the forest and there were even some white and blue roses. It was a very calm and beautiful sight and it meant a lot to her even in her dreams.

 

Looking at Youko she noticed he had an earthly glow about him and the fireflies seemed to help in his appearance. He turned slightly back to look at her before she woke up.

 

“He's here…” spoke Kagome to herself in the dark.

 

Ever so slowly Kagome found herself able to stand, the pulling in her shoulder hurt badly, but her mind wouldn't let her stop. Clutching the blanket to her form with one hand while the other grasped whatever sturdy object there was around; she headed outside into the now cold night air.

 

I slept the whole day away?

 

It surprised her greatly how what seemed to be a one minute dream lasted hours.

 

Kagome let her feet take her up a small hill not too far from the village to sit a little lower from the top facing a beautiful flowing river.

 

Wow, the river I bathe in goes this far?

 

She glanced about; trying to find the mountain her village was on but was only able to see the top of it from where she was. “I really am far away from home…”

 

She let her head fall down and sighed. “I just have to work through this and then I'll be home soon mom.”

 

Saying those words to herself helped her feel a little determined and she raised her head a little higher than she usually would. A small light out of the corner of her eye caught her attention and realized it was a firefly. It was yet another thing that reminded her of Youko.

 

Her thought of him changed somewhat although she was still somewhat scared of him, he did tell Kikyo to take care of her in a way. She shook her head.

 

“I honestly don't know why I like him so much. I must be crazy.” Kagome moved her hand to rest on the ground but quickly pulled it back once it came into contact with something that wasn't a hard ground. She grimanced in pain for a moment from her fast reaction but it passed in seconds.

 

Instead, she had touched a blooming red flower. Kagome looked around and noticed that there weren't any other flowers around her, only grass. She watched the flower questioningly and almost jumped when it began to bloom right in front of her. Her eyes softened at the now fully bloomed red rose. “Only he could have done this.”

 

Only he could make me smile like this.

 

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I hope you all liked it! And I hope you all had a great holiday :) New Years is tomorrow and I have no idea what I am doing lol.

 

But in any case, tell me what you thought!

 

Until next time!

 

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