InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Shadow Soul ❯ Chapter 1

Chapter One

“Augh! You are so hopeless! I can't believe you! You know I have to go back!”

“No you don't! You want to go back. And why would you?! Your time is so dirty and smelly and...” This was an argument Kagome had fought many times before, and she knew exactly what to say.

“Well, then you can just stay here. I'll be back in a few days, you know I will.”

“But...” Inu-Yasha could put up a long fight, but that was usually her angle. Once she got through the well, he would sit down and brood until she returned. And yelling at him as she walked helped to distract him from where she was headed.

“Well, but what?”

“Feh. You women are so stupid, you-“ He didn't even finish his sentence, and he was gone in a blur of red and silver. She assumed something was very wrong, since now he was moving faster than her human eyes could see.

“INU-YASHA?! WHERE ARE YOU?” Kagome looked around, trying her hardest to see just a glimpse of him. Then, just as suddenly as he'd disappeared, Inu-Yasha reappeared, crouched in the grass and panting. Directly in front of him and a few feet away was what looked like another demon: a small girl of about fourteen, with mellow-brown skin and a thick braid of black-silver hair. At the top of her head were two pitch-black little ears, barely visible because of the unruly mane.

“You're even slower than I thought you'd be, Inu-Yasha!” She taunted. This was by no means rare, but Kagome sensed a more playful tone in her voice than the usual demons (meaning she was stupid, insanely overconfident, or both). Her back was turned, so Kagome couldn't see her face, but something about her voice seemed very familiar.

“Oi! Who are you to just shoot out of trees like that?! Wait...” Inu-Yasha sniffed the air, and his lips curled into a snarl, “…You smell like you've eaten a hundred of humans! Even your blood reeks of them! Stupid bitch...if you knew about me then you should've known I'd kill you for that,” he growled. He brandished Tetsusaiga, then made an attempt to rush her.

“Men are so dumb...” She snickered a little, then the closest Kagome could tell she disappeared. After reappearing on the tip of a tree branch, she shouted down to Kagome, who was still standing dumbstruck against a nearby tree trunk, “How do you put up with him? Such a temper... And not much brains. Whoopsies!” She twisted her body to the right, creating just barely enough space for Tetsusaiga to fly past her and wedge itself in the tree's trunk. With his sword so firmly lodged in the tree, Inu-Yashahad no choice but to start throwing stones and pebbles at her, but it didn't matter much because she dodged them with grace. In hopes of distracting her long enough for Inu-Yasha to hit her with one, Kagome called up to her, “Why are you here? `Cause if you're after the shikon-no-tama you'll have to go through both of us!” The girl turned around to face Kagome, and she finally placed what seemed so familiar about her. Her face, save for the darker skin, was exactly like Inu-Yasha's.

“Hm? The shikon-said-whatta? Is that some kind of money or something?” Each stone Inu-Yasha threw at her hit the palm she was using as a shield and made a rather loud smack. At least she didn't want the jewel. Just then, Inu-Yasha picked up three stones and threw them all at once. Instead of trying to dodge them all, she jumped to a nearby tree. “Hey, that's cheating!”

“This isn't your sick little game! Stop all that!! Come face me head-on if you think you're so powerful!!” Inu-Yasha was obviously losing his temper.

“Fine, have it your way. We'll go hand to hand.” She leapt down to the ground, and landed with amazingly little sound. “Alright, come at me, then.” Inu-Yasha took her invitation, and ran at her, his right fist pulled back and ready to strike.

“Ho-ho, Not so high-and-mighty now, are we?” Kagome could hear her voice, but the girl had disappeared.

“Dammit!” Inu-Yasha couldn't see her either; he was looking all around in confusion with his fist still stretched out where her stomach should have been. Suddenly, she was on his shoulders and bent right over his face. He looked right through her eyes and snarled: “You can't run from me forever.” She let out what sounded like a giggle, and said:

“True, but I can run for much longer than you can chase me.” He started reaching for her and tried to shake her off, but he couldn't. She kept laughing, like this was some game that they played every day. Then, with lovely grace and a lack of speed that enabled Kagome to see her, she jumped from Inu-Yasha's shoulders and did a tight flip. As she landed only a foot or so in front of Inu-Yasha, she threw her arms around his waist and pulled herself into the fold of his haori. Of course, Kagome was stunned, but what Inu-Yasha heard her whisper paralyzed him.

“Oh, Aniki, I've finally found you!”