Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Inner Demons ❯ A True Miko ( Chapter 9 )
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By: Tijiya 
When Inuyasha questions Kagome's priorities when she can not seem to pinpoint the direction of a few shikon shards an arguments brews, one that does not end well.
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Romance / Adventure | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 06.03.2006 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.0K | Visits: 918 | Status: Completed
When Inuyasha questions Kagome's priorities when she can not seem to pinpoint the direction of a few shikon shards an arguments brews, one that does not end well.
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Romance / Adventure | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 06.03.2006 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.0K | Visits: 918 | Status: Completed
Chapter Nine
A True Miko
As Kaze had said, Kagome was waiting for them near the path. She was sitting on a boulder, head up towards the sky, and her eyes closed. Her quiver and bow rested on the ground nearby. She opened her eyes and waved at them before sliding off the boulder and gathering her weapons. Her smile vanished when she saw the condition they were in.
“What happened?” she asked as she looked each of them over making a mental list of the of the extent and seriousness of each wound.
“Just some youkai,” Inuyasha grumbled. Kagome threw a glare in his direction, some of these wounds were serious! She unbuckled the brown satchel from her waist and took out a small jar. Inuyasha crinkled his nose and found refuge in a tree knowing which medicinal cream was in that jar. Shippo backed up thankful that he had managed to escape with only a few scratches before jumping into the tree with Inuyasha. Miroku helped Sango off of Kirara and sat down near by.
“What's up with them?” Yusuke questioned. Sango chuckled a bit.
“It's the cream, it doesn't have a pleasant odor, but to a youkai it must be worse.”
“That's an understatement!” Both Shippo and Inuyasha exclaimed. Kagome worked on Sango first applying the cream, to which all youkai backed up considerably, then examined her wrist which seemed to be broken. Miroku took over from there and Kagome worked on each member in turn. Inuyasha refused to come down saying that he could heal himself. Needless to say, Yusuke's expression was the most comical when it came to the cream.
“It's not funny,” he grumbled when Kagome chuckled a bit.
“I know,” she said calmly. Finally she replaced the top and put it back in her satchel. “Inuyasha…”
“Forget it, as I said I can heal myself!” he huffed. “Let's just get going.” Kagome opened her mouth to protest, the others looked weary from battle, but was silenced by a hand on her shoulder.
“Don't worry,” Kurama smiled gently. “A fight between you two would just be unneeded stress among everyone especially yourselves. Dusk is almost upon us, he himself will probably want to stop soon.” Kagome nodded, although reluctantly. Kurama spoke the truth, there was no room for argument. Inuyasha took the lead in a random direction.
“So far,” Kagome paused to yawn. “there are no rumors of Shikon shards anywhere. At least not at the moment.”
“Which means Naraku must have the rest,” Inuyasha confirmed.
“Not necessarily, Kouga and Kohaku both have shards,” Miroku reminded him.
“Kaze also took a few back at the village from the youkai we fought,” Kuwabara added.
“See, Naraku doesn't have them all yet,” Kagome smiled. She halted causing everyone else to stop as well.
“What is it Kagome?” Sango asked.
“Shikon shards….five of them! They are faint, very faint, but I can sense them.”
“Are they together?”
“I'm not certain, they are in the same area…but all on one youkai? No, doubtful,” Kagome shook her head.
“Which direction?” Inuyasha asked.
“I don't know, it's hard to discern,” she replied with a sigh.
“Great, how are we supposed to get them before Naraku if you can't even tell what direction the shards are in?” Inuyasha grumbled.
“Well, I'm sorry that they're so far off!” Kagome huffed and turned her back.
“If your powers were actually trained then we wouldn't have this problem!” Shippo winced, when Inuyasha should have just dropped it…he didn't. Hey, no one ever said he was smart. Kagome slowly turned around suddenly looking very calm.
“Well, Inuyasha, I am sorry that my powers aren't up to your standards.” She said his name in such a way that they expected something to freeze over or burn up.
“You should spend less time at that `school' you like so much and spend more time training your powers! Tch, a true Miko wouldn't let her priorities get so screwed up,” he growled. Kagome's eyes instantly narrowed and her hands clenched into fists. She had been willing to let this argument slide by, but no he had to open his big mouth. She had been so kindly dragging him out of sight before sitting him so as to preserve his pride, but this was the last straw!
“Inuyasha,” she spat out his name venomously. His eyes widened knowing he was in for it now. Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and even Kirara shook their heads knowing that Inuyasha had done it now. He would deserve whatever he had coming. “OSWARI! OSWARI! OSWARI!” Birds flew out of their trees as Inuyasha slammed into the ground creating an Inuyasha sized crater that was a few feet deep. “I'm sorry I'm not a `True Miko',” she whispered before running off in a random direction. Shippo glared at Inuyasha heatedly wondering how he could say something like that! He was about to go after the hurt Miko until he saw that someone else was already doing so. Inuyasha pried himself from the ground to see that they were setting up camp, a choice few sending him heated glares and the others simply ignoring him.
“We're not stopping yet,” he said.
“Lady Kagome was hurt by your words Inuyasha, she went off on her own, but there will be no doubt that she will return here unless she chooses to go back to her time for a bit. Leave her be, far be it from me to drag her back here with you,” Miroku said coldly. Inuyasha growled before leaping into a high tree opposite Hiei. “Where's the punk and the blue bird?” he questioned.
“If, by saying `punk', you mean Yusuke he went after Kagome and Puu went with him,” Kurama replied coolly. “I do highly suggest you start using his correct name. If not for his sake, then your own well-being.”
“What happened?” she asked as she looked each of them over making a mental list of the of the extent and seriousness of each wound.
“Just some youkai,” Inuyasha grumbled. Kagome threw a glare in his direction, some of these wounds were serious! She unbuckled the brown satchel from her waist and took out a small jar. Inuyasha crinkled his nose and found refuge in a tree knowing which medicinal cream was in that jar. Shippo backed up thankful that he had managed to escape with only a few scratches before jumping into the tree with Inuyasha. Miroku helped Sango off of Kirara and sat down near by.
“What's up with them?” Yusuke questioned. Sango chuckled a bit.
“It's the cream, it doesn't have a pleasant odor, but to a youkai it must be worse.”
“That's an understatement!” Both Shippo and Inuyasha exclaimed. Kagome worked on Sango first applying the cream, to which all youkai backed up considerably, then examined her wrist which seemed to be broken. Miroku took over from there and Kagome worked on each member in turn. Inuyasha refused to come down saying that he could heal himself. Needless to say, Yusuke's expression was the most comical when it came to the cream.
“It's not funny,” he grumbled when Kagome chuckled a bit.
“I know,” she said calmly. Finally she replaced the top and put it back in her satchel. “Inuyasha…”
“Forget it, as I said I can heal myself!” he huffed. “Let's just get going.” Kagome opened her mouth to protest, the others looked weary from battle, but was silenced by a hand on her shoulder.
“Don't worry,” Kurama smiled gently. “A fight between you two would just be unneeded stress among everyone especially yourselves. Dusk is almost upon us, he himself will probably want to stop soon.” Kagome nodded, although reluctantly. Kurama spoke the truth, there was no room for argument. Inuyasha took the lead in a random direction.
“So far,” Kagome paused to yawn. “there are no rumors of Shikon shards anywhere. At least not at the moment.”
“Which means Naraku must have the rest,” Inuyasha confirmed.
“Not necessarily, Kouga and Kohaku both have shards,” Miroku reminded him.
“Kaze also took a few back at the village from the youkai we fought,” Kuwabara added.
“See, Naraku doesn't have them all yet,” Kagome smiled. She halted causing everyone else to stop as well.
“What is it Kagome?” Sango asked.
“Shikon shards….five of them! They are faint, very faint, but I can sense them.”
“Are they together?”
“I'm not certain, they are in the same area…but all on one youkai? No, doubtful,” Kagome shook her head.
“Which direction?” Inuyasha asked.
“I don't know, it's hard to discern,” she replied with a sigh.
“Great, how are we supposed to get them before Naraku if you can't even tell what direction the shards are in?” Inuyasha grumbled.
“Well, I'm sorry that they're so far off!” Kagome huffed and turned her back.
“If your powers were actually trained then we wouldn't have this problem!” Shippo winced, when Inuyasha should have just dropped it…he didn't. Hey, no one ever said he was smart. Kagome slowly turned around suddenly looking very calm.
“Well, Inuyasha, I am sorry that my powers aren't up to your standards.” She said his name in such a way that they expected something to freeze over or burn up.
“You should spend less time at that `school' you like so much and spend more time training your powers! Tch, a true Miko wouldn't let her priorities get so screwed up,” he growled. Kagome's eyes instantly narrowed and her hands clenched into fists. She had been willing to let this argument slide by, but no he had to open his big mouth. She had been so kindly dragging him out of sight before sitting him so as to preserve his pride, but this was the last straw!
“Inuyasha,” she spat out his name venomously. His eyes widened knowing he was in for it now. Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and even Kirara shook their heads knowing that Inuyasha had done it now. He would deserve whatever he had coming. “OSWARI! OSWARI! OSWARI!” Birds flew out of their trees as Inuyasha slammed into the ground creating an Inuyasha sized crater that was a few feet deep. “I'm sorry I'm not a `True Miko',” she whispered before running off in a random direction. Shippo glared at Inuyasha heatedly wondering how he could say something like that! He was about to go after the hurt Miko until he saw that someone else was already doing so. Inuyasha pried himself from the ground to see that they were setting up camp, a choice few sending him heated glares and the others simply ignoring him.
“We're not stopping yet,” he said.
“Lady Kagome was hurt by your words Inuyasha, she went off on her own, but there will be no doubt that she will return here unless she chooses to go back to her time for a bit. Leave her be, far be it from me to drag her back here with you,” Miroku said coldly. Inuyasha growled before leaping into a high tree opposite Hiei. “Where's the punk and the blue bird?” he questioned.
“If, by saying `punk', you mean Yusuke he went after Kagome and Puu went with him,” Kurama replied coolly. “I do highly suggest you start using his correct name. If not for his sake, then your own well-being.”
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After continuously running Kagome finally came to a stop near a river. She didn't know nor care how far she had run, just as long as Inuyasha didn't come after her she'd be fine. She kneeled down and looked at her reflection, if someone were to look at her they'd say she was a beautiful young woman. One suitable for staying at home with the children while her husband worked in the fields. She let out a choked sob before splashing at her reflection.
“Who am I kidding, I'm just a girl playing pretend,” she whispered. The water settled, but this time she wasn't the only one she saw there. She scrubbed furiously at her eyes trying to erase all traces that she had been crying. “How long have you been there?”
“Not long,” Yusuke replied coming to sit by her side. Puu perched on her shoulder and rubbed his cheek against hers earning a small smile.
“Why are you here, I thought you were with the others.”
“I just wanted to make sure you were all right,” he replied. He noticed she was staring at her reflection in the water. “What do you see?” Kagome looked at him wondering why in the world he asked her that question. She looked back at the water upon seeing that he really wanted her to answer.
“I see a girl that is playing pretend, a girl that thinks she can be…something she's obviously not,“ she whispered brokenly. Puu let out a low trilling sound.
“Wanna know what I see?”
“A useless girl?” she mumbled.
“No.” Kagome looked over at him, if he didn't see the useless pretending girl….what did he see? “I see someone willing to risk her life for her friends, someone willing to become stronger. I see a fighter,” he smiled. Kagome looked back into the water as if trying to see what he saw. “You think too little of yourself Kagome.”
“Puuuu!” It seemed that Puu agreed with Yusuke. Kagome sighed and shook her head.
“But he is right, my powers aren't half of what they should be at my age. Most Miko's were able to fend off three lower class youkai on their own by now….I can't even handle two.” Yusuke frowned, just what had caused her to think herself worthless? What could he possibly say? Puu lowered his head and the sounds that came from his mouth sounded foreign even to Yusuke and he had heard some pretty odd sounds in his life. Kagome closed her eyes and seemed almost at peace, her breathing had calmed greatly. Yusuke was sure he had heard a similar sound come from Puu before, but remembered that he had fallen asleep shortly after. When her breathing evened out Yusuke picked her up before she fell backwards. Yusuke felt something brush against his mind, he froze and looked around suddenly alert.
`She will be asleep until morning, not even a thunderstorm raging above will wake her now.' As soon as the feeling had come it had left, the words leaving Yusuke puzzled. He shrugged it off thinking maybe Hiei had done it. Why he had, well he would just ask. He headed back in the same direction he had come from.
A fire was roaring and a few of the group members were already asleep in random places. Kurama opened an eye before opening both and sitting up straighter.
“She'll be okay,” Yusuke said as he laid her near Shippo, who instantly curled up to her side. Yusuke settled beneath a tree and yawned. It had been a long eventful day, by the looks of it the day had taken its toll on everyone even Hiei. Kirara curled up near Sango keeping a watchful eye on Miroku, who was a little closer than necessary. Inuyasha and Hiei seemed perfectly comfortable in the large trees, how they found it comfortable no one knew. Kurama laid against a tree, it looked as if even the smallest of noise would wake the Kitsune. Puu curled up near Shippo and Kagome keeping an ever watchful eye over the pair while Inuyasha kept a watchful eye on him. Inuyasha wondered why the hell the bird was acting like that around Kagome while Kurama just smiled knowingly. If the hanyou ever found out the reason behind Puu's behavior there would be quite a fight on their hands. When the fire was extinguished silence fell over the camp along with a sense of peace, for the night at least.
“Who am I kidding, I'm just a girl playing pretend,” she whispered. The water settled, but this time she wasn't the only one she saw there. She scrubbed furiously at her eyes trying to erase all traces that she had been crying. “How long have you been there?”
“Not long,” Yusuke replied coming to sit by her side. Puu perched on her shoulder and rubbed his cheek against hers earning a small smile.
“Why are you here, I thought you were with the others.”
“I just wanted to make sure you were all right,” he replied. He noticed she was staring at her reflection in the water. “What do you see?” Kagome looked at him wondering why in the world he asked her that question. She looked back at the water upon seeing that he really wanted her to answer.
“I see a girl that is playing pretend, a girl that thinks she can be…something she's obviously not,“ she whispered brokenly. Puu let out a low trilling sound.
“Wanna know what I see?”
“A useless girl?” she mumbled.
“No.” Kagome looked over at him, if he didn't see the useless pretending girl….what did he see? “I see someone willing to risk her life for her friends, someone willing to become stronger. I see a fighter,” he smiled. Kagome looked back into the water as if trying to see what he saw. “You think too little of yourself Kagome.”
“Puuuu!” It seemed that Puu agreed with Yusuke. Kagome sighed and shook her head.
“But he is right, my powers aren't half of what they should be at my age. Most Miko's were able to fend off three lower class youkai on their own by now….I can't even handle two.” Yusuke frowned, just what had caused her to think herself worthless? What could he possibly say? Puu lowered his head and the sounds that came from his mouth sounded foreign even to Yusuke and he had heard some pretty odd sounds in his life. Kagome closed her eyes and seemed almost at peace, her breathing had calmed greatly. Yusuke was sure he had heard a similar sound come from Puu before, but remembered that he had fallen asleep shortly after. When her breathing evened out Yusuke picked her up before she fell backwards. Yusuke felt something brush against his mind, he froze and looked around suddenly alert.
`She will be asleep until morning, not even a thunderstorm raging above will wake her now.' As soon as the feeling had come it had left, the words leaving Yusuke puzzled. He shrugged it off thinking maybe Hiei had done it. Why he had, well he would just ask. He headed back in the same direction he had come from.
A fire was roaring and a few of the group members were already asleep in random places. Kurama opened an eye before opening both and sitting up straighter.
“She'll be okay,” Yusuke said as he laid her near Shippo, who instantly curled up to her side. Yusuke settled beneath a tree and yawned. It had been a long eventful day, by the looks of it the day had taken its toll on everyone even Hiei. Kirara curled up near Sango keeping a watchful eye on Miroku, who was a little closer than necessary. Inuyasha and Hiei seemed perfectly comfortable in the large trees, how they found it comfortable no one knew. Kurama laid against a tree, it looked as if even the smallest of noise would wake the Kitsune. Puu curled up near Shippo and Kagome keeping an ever watchful eye over the pair while Inuyasha kept a watchful eye on him. Inuyasha wondered why the hell the bird was acting like that around Kagome while Kurama just smiled knowingly. If the hanyou ever found out the reason behind Puu's behavior there would be quite a fight on their hands. When the fire was extinguished silence fell over the camp along with a sense of peace, for the night at least.
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Two chapters in one day, that's pretty good if I do say so myself! Now, suggestions for the next chapter would be much appreciated since I have no clue what to do now. I know where I want to go; I just don't know how to get there. Well, please review it'd be awesome!
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