The Miko Youkai -

Chapter 1 –

Enough! -

Kagome -

"Osuwari!" Kagome yelled

'Jeez! Inconsiderable much!' Inu-Yasha was lying in a crater in front of a pissed Kagome

"Yes, I know I'm not as great as 'The Great and Mighty' Kikiyo, but do you have to say it every 10th minute?!" Kagome had her arms crossed, and radiated with pure frustration and anger

"You wench…" "Osuwari!" again Inu-Yasha was pulled down to the earth

"Not wench! Not pest! Not weakly human! KA-GO-ME! You baka! We have travelled together for 4 years now, it would be enough time to remember the name of your jewel shard detector!" she hissed furious

"And you know what!? Since Kikiyo is SO much better than me, then why don't you find miss clay pot and let her join your group? 'Cause I am leaving!" and with that, she grabbed her bag and went over to hug Sango

"I will go home for a while. Send Inu-Yasha if you actually need me. Take care" Kagome whispered. Sango nodded sadly. Kagome turned and hugged Miroku

"Do not keep your hands busy while I am away… Please look after Sango and Shippou" Miroku hugged her back, but kept his hands to himself

"Of course Lady Kagome, say hello to your family from us" Kagome smiled

"Will do" Kagome got on her knees and hugged Shippou tightly

"I will miss you Kagome… Please don't go" Shippou cried into her shoulder

"I have to, but I promise that we will see each other again one day" Shippou looked up at her with tear filled eyes

"Promise?" Kagome smiled reassuringly

"Promise" she answered, and with that said, she took off, not even saying goodbye to Inu-Yasha. She was still too pissed. When she almost reached the clearing with the well, she heard someone fighting. She got closer and hid behind a tree. She carefully looked behind the tree. She gasped in surprise. It was Sesshoumaru! He was fighting against two raccoon youkai, and they had jewel shards?! Why had she not been able to sense them? Was she really as useless as Inu-Yasha always claimed her to be?

'No! Stop thinking like that! That definitely will not help!' She hissed at herself. Kagome looked at them again and gasped. They were too close to the well

'They have to move or my only way home will get destroyed!' She had not taken her bow and arrows with her

'Damn! Nice, I AM USELESS!' Kagome began to panic. Sesshoumaru had a hard time with the youkai's, so she had to think of something. Suddenly something caught her eye behind the well. It was Rin and Jaken! They were hiding in safety behind the well! She had to get at least one of the youkai's attention, so Sesshoumaru easily could kill the other. It actually surprised her that he had such a hard time, but even the greatest of warriors have their bad days? Kagome looked around, and saw some hand seized stones on the ground

'Well, it is better than nothing!' she picked two up and tried to infuse them with her pure energy. It took a lot of concentration, but she had done it!

'Ha! Suck it Inu-Yasha!' Kagome then took one of the stones in her hand, and threw it with all her might, towards the closest youkai

'Please hit the mark for once!' Kagome thought panicking. They were moving closer to the well every second! The stone hit the youkai in the head, earning a loud hiss of pain. Kagome threw the last one before it could get the chance to turn around and go get her. It also hit, this time on its back. It hissed in pain again and then… ran away. Sesshoumaru who now only had one opponent attacked fierce, but the youkai had other ideas. In one quick move on the heels, it was standing in front of the well

"Rin move!" Sesshoumaru ordered. Kagome realized what he was about to do. He was going to make an attack that could destroy the well, as well as the youkai. Quickly, Kagome ran towards Sesshoumaru

"No!" she yelled, to try and make him stop or change tactics at least! Kagome stopped a bit from the well, and then… she felt Tokijin slice thru her, like she was butter. She gasped in surprised and pain. When she looked up at him, she saw his eyes was widen in surprise. She too had been surprised that he hadn't stopped sooner with his reflexes, but perhaps he really did dislike her and did not care if she lived or died. Why should he? She was after all… useless…

"Lady Kagome!" she heard Rin scream. She felt Tokijin leave her body, in one painless swing, before Sesshoumaru disappeared in a flash before her eyes, in time to decapitate the youkai, before it sliced Rin up, with its claws. Kagome collapsed to the ground. She was feeling so cold and… tired

'Great! I wanted to save the well so I could return home, and now I am going to die?' She felt so useless. She always had to be saved. She needed help to get the shards and kill Naraku, and she had barely any power, plus her aim was terrible. She could see her vision was getting cloudy

"Lady Kagome?" She felt small hands on her shoulders. She tried to look up, only to see a white blur before everything became black.

Sesshoumaru –

He was looking out in the distance, while Rin was plucking flowers and Jaken stood next to her. He suddenly smelt something, and sniffed the air. He could smell youkai's close

"Rin. Jaken. Hide" He ordered. Rin and Jaken ran and hid themselves behind the well. Soon after, two raccoon youkai's came out from the forest

"Leave this place at once, or die" Sesshoumaru demanded. One of the youkai's looked at Sesshoumaru

"We seek jewel shards. Do you know anything about it?" Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at them, he was specifically watching the silent youkai, who seemed to look over at the spot Rin and Jaken, were hiding.

"I do not care for the jewel shards. Now, leave" he ordered once again. The first youkai, who had talked, talked again. He seemed to be the leader

"We have been travelling for days, and have had smaller amount of food, so why don't you give us the girl, and we will be on our way" Sesshoumaru growled loudly at the trespassers. The leader smirked

"Then we will have to take her by force" and with that both youkai's attacked. Sesshoumaru had released Tokijin in one smooth swing and fought them. It was difficult for him to fight against these two, with only one arm. If he had his left arm, he could have used his poisons whip!

'Damn Inu-Yasha and his wench!' he hissed mentally

'I like her' his beast protested. Sesshoumaru growled. It was so not the time for a conversation like that, right now! He noticed that they were managing to get Sesshoumaru pushed back towards the well. Suddenly a pink flash was thrown out of the forest line, hitting the one to his right in the head. It backed off a bit, hissing in pain, only to be hit once more in the back. The other youkai tried to get a blow in, on Sesshoumaru, while the other ran away

'Coward' he growled. The youkai before him, then vanished in a flash, but because of his reflexes he saw the direction he ran off to. He quickly turned around to see the youkai standing in front of the well

'Rin!' Sesshoumaru panicked and flew towards the youkai with great speed, preparing to use his Tokijin in a massive attack

"Rin move!" he ordered. He had not heard her scream at him. He had not even seen her before his sword went thru her

'Where did she come from?'

"Lady Kagome!" Rin screamed. Sesshoumaru looked to see the youkai moving in on Rin. In one smooth move, he had pulled his sword out of the miko and in a flash he decapitated the youkai, before it got to touch Rin. Instead of Rin's praise after every savior or fight, Rin ran straight over to the miko, who was lying on the ground, bleeding heavily. He saw a pink flash in the corner of his eye and saw a jewel shard in the youkai's arm. He took it and hid it in his haori. He could always use it as leverage to Inu-Yasha. He then got over to Rin's side. It was Inu-Yasha's wench?!

'Why did she jump in, in front of my sword? Stupid human. She deserves to die for her stupidity' he growled mentally

'No she does not!' Sesshoumaru growled again. His beast was becoming irritating.

"Lady Kagome?" Rin asked panicking, with tears running fast down her cheeks.

"Lord Sesshoumaru! We have to save Lady Kagome! Please!" She looked pleading at Sesshoumaru. He sighed

"What is this miko to you Rin?" he asked curiously. He did not know, that Rin knew the infuriating miko

"Lady Kagome is like Rin's sister! Please save her Lord Sesshoumaru!" she cried out loud. Sesshoumaru just sighed again. This was becoming a bother

"Jaken, get Ah-Un, we will bring the miko to my palace" Jaken's eyes went wide open in surprise, then disgust

"But… Lord Sesshoumaru! It is Inu-Yasha's wench! Human wench Milord!" Sesshoumaru sent him a glare

"Jaken" he said as coolly and demanding he could muster at the moment. He was tired, and this situation was bothersome enough as it was. Jaken went pale

"Yes Milord! Right away Milord!" Jaken bowed a few times and then ran off to find Ah-Un. Sesshoumaru turned to Rin and tore his sleeve of and gave it to her, then turned to sit by a tree and wait. He crossed his legs, closed his eyes and relaxed. He sniffed in. Her blood was dominant in the air. It was surprisingly not as disgusting a scent as he thought it would be, since she was human. But it smelled… spiced… different from normal human blood, and it was mixed with her own scent of lilacs, and apples and… rain

'what am I thinking?! Unacceptable!" he was now getting impatient because of the intoxicating smell

'Where is Jaken?! I can never leave a job to…' just as he was thinking it, Jaken came with Ah-Un behind him. Sesshoumaru got up to his feet and helped Rin to get the injured miko up on Ah-Un, before Rin, placed herself next to the miko. With that done, they sat course towards his palace.