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Child of the Demon Sword

Ch. 1

Kagome looked down the well, and smiled. It was a wicked smile. She thought of all the times she had wanted to go back before, but this time was different. This time she was going back… for a little revenge.

"Kagome! You're nothing without me!" Inuyasha glared at the frightened girl.

Kagome's eyes were watering. She couldn't speak, and was chocking on her sobs.

"If it weren't for me we would still be in the same place and you'd be dead!" Inuyasha snarled.

Kagome glared at him gritting her teeth trying her best to keep the tears from falling. She knew what was coming next.

Inuyasha softened and looked at his feet, "you're nothing like Kikyo."

And the tears fell. Rain from a heart torn between the man she loved and her own happiness. Kagome looked him directly in the eyes, with her tears streaming down her face. She gave a sad smile. "I'll return." Then she glared, "you can bet your life on it!"

Kagome spun on her heal and ran toward the well. With nothing left in her she jumped down it.

Inuyasha sat in his tree thinking. It had been a year now, a year since he had last seen Kagome. She said that she would come back, but he was beginning to doubt it. The wind ruffled his hair, and suddenly he smelled a familiar scent.

Kagome looked around her, and she felt the clear breeze brush over her face. She smiled, and her heartbeat softened. No one was there to great her like before, but that was okay with her. She walked slowly from the well, into the Inuyasha forest.

Her hair had grown a lot in a year. It was put up in a high ponytail, but it still almost touched the ground slightly tickling her the backs of her knees as she walked. She wore a black denim skirt, and a black silk turtleneck with the sleeves ripped off. She had knee high combat boots, with lots of buckles on the way up. She carried a sword on her right, and a whip on her left. She had on a few black leather wristbands, some had spikes, and others just had red lettering.

She looked at the trees as she walked. She was looking for a particular tree on this bright beautiful day. She smiled remembering her plan, and all of the things she wanted to do to Inuyasha.

Her eyes gleamed when she caught her first sight of the tree. And there was a man dressed in red sitting in its branches staring at her. She chuckled a bit, but made herself walk right past him without even giving him a glance.

Inuyasha watched the girl in black walk by. She smelled awfully familiar, but he just couldn't place her. Her hair was extremely long and shinny, and he surprised himself by wanting to run his hands through it. He shook the thought from his head and jumped down from his perch.

He wanted to know who this strange intruder was, and so he decided to follow her.

Kagome knew that Inuyasha was following her, but she didn't mind. She wanted it that way. She flicked her hair a bit and chuckled. She made her way to Kaede's hut, from there she would start phase two.

She could sense a familiar demon in the area of the village. It was Kilala, and so that meant that Songo was nearby as well. She smiled, and wherever Songo was Miroku was sure to be.

She crossed the bridge over the river, and entered the streets of the village. There was a small tree growing at the side of the river, and Kagome remembered talking to Inuyasha about Tetsusaiga when he was sitting in that tree. She stopped and placed her hand on the tree, and closed her eyes.

Inuyasha watched the strange girl closely. She was standing next to the tree by the river with her eyes closed. She was obviously deep in thought, but Inuyasha didn't have any time to waist while she fooled around.

He walked up the young woman, and placed his hand on her shoulder. She didn't open her eyes at first, just smiled. "Can I help you?" The girl opened her eyes and turned to face him. Wicked smile was still carved on her face.

"Who are you? And what are you doing here?" Inuyasha isn't the type to beat around the bush.

"I'm looking for an old friend…" And with that the strange girl turned at walked toward Kaede's hut. Inuyasha fell into step beside her, "and who might that be?"

"The miko of this village, but I heard that she had left. I just came to check up on her."

"Oh… are you talking about Kaede?" Inuyasha said as he watched her stop in front of Kaede's hut.

She looked him in the eye and smiled, it was her now famous wicked smile. "Nope."

She opened up Kaede's door, and walked in leaving Inuyasha to gawk after her.

Kagome laughed as she entered the hut. Inuyasha was such a simple creature.

Kaede looked up from her stew pot and looked at Kagome. "Kaede?" Kagome questioned.

"Yes?"

"May I ask you a favor? As an old friend." Kagome watched as Kaede realized that who she was.

"Anything dear!" Kaede looked her up and down with a surprised expression.

"May I borrow your bow and arrows?"

"Sure!" Kaede twisted around and grabbed them.

Kagome grabbed them from her old friend. "Thanks, and something else. Please don't tell anyone I was here. Especially that baka hanyou." Kaede gave her a questioning glance, but shook her head in agreement. Kagome smiled and exited the hut.

Songo and Miroku were standing outside. She looked at them, and they looked at her. She smiled and raised an eyebrow, "Yes?"

Shippo and Kilala came running down the hill next to her. They ran right to Songo and Miroku's side, they joined in the staring. Kagome sighed and began to walk away, but a certain hanyou jumped in front of her.

"Oh… It's you again. What is it you want this time?" She mused.

Inuyasha glared at her, and drew out Tetsusaiga. "How do you know Kagome?"

The girl bowed her head, causing her long black hair to drape down one side. Her shoulders shook from her laughter. Inuyasha glared venomously down at her.

"Inuyasha…" She breathed out, and her head slowly rose to where she was looking directly at him.

"How did you know my name?" He took a defensive stance.

The girl drew an arrow and placed it in her bow, aimed it at Inuyasha. Songo and Miroku began to move after her, but were stopped by her words.

"Songo, Miroku, I would suggest that you leave this between me and my slave." The girl in black smiled at them over her shoulder.

"Wench!" Inuyasha cried out as he began to attack.

The girl laughed an evil laugh, "I get that a lot." As she watched Inuyasha approach her she let her arrow fly.

It wasn't exactly how Kagome had wanted it to turn out, but it would have to do.

The purple arrow wasn't aimed at Inuyasha at all, but the thief behind him taking off with a women's bundle of food. Inuyasha watched the arrow as it flew past him and puncture the hand of the thief and make him fly back into the nearest tree.

Inuyasha slowly turned his head toward the girl, his eyes wide.

Kagome gave him a smile, but this time it was an honest one.

She stuck out her hand like a gun and pretended to aim it at him, "you can bet your life on it."

She did a pretend bang, and Inuyasha dropped Tetsusaiga. She just watched him as he walked slowly up to her. He was so close she could feel his breath brush over her face. He shook slightly, but he grabbed her and pulled her into a warm embrace. She didn't hug him back, but she tolerated him for the time being.

"I'm…I… I'm sorry," he choked out.

Kagome remained silent, and just let him hold her. After awhile he backed away from her to look at her. Kagome just looked at her feet; for once she didn't know what to do.

"Kagome?" he questioned.

"Hm?" She replied not looking up at him.

"About what I said… I…"

"Forget it Inuyasha. I got over that thing a long time ago." She laughed a bit, and she began walking over toward the Tetsusaiga. "Besides, it's a little late for sorry. Don't you think?" She asked as she bent to pick up the massive sword.

Inuyasha just watched her silently.

"No, I don't want to cry… have you forgotten me here? Inuyasha? Can you hear me? I guess not… I'm just a tool to you, not something for you to love, you don't think of me as your friend, even though I've stood by you when everyone else abandoned you. But you don't know that do you? You just thought that you were alone… you're never alone… as long as you have me."

Kagome smiled. 'So, it does live.'

The sword shrank back down to its miniature size, and Kagome took it back over to Inuyasha. She hesitated a bit, but she finally gave it to him.

Inuyasha watched her, but didn't move. She was acting offily strange. Songo and Miroku just watched the scene in utter bewilderment. When they finally realized that it was Kagome they were speechless.

Kagome sighed and then looked at Shippo. "Is this the greeting I get after a year away?"

Shippo jerked as if awaking from a dream and ran up to Kagome giving her the biggest hug he could manage. Kagome hugged him back with much delight, and then Kilala joined in licking Kagome's face.

Later That Evening

"So what were you doing all of this time Kagome?" Songo asked over dinner.

Kagome raised a playful eyebrow, "wouldn't you like to know?"

Songo and Kagome laughed together, it was just like old times. Miroku watched the two women, and sighed. "You two act like children."

Kagome smiled, the perfect opportunity to pay Miroku back for all of his groping had arrived. "Oh, I'm sorry," she gave him a seductive smile, "do you want to come play with us?"

Miroku's, Songo's, and Inuyasha's eyes widened with shock.

Kagome gave an innocent smile, "what?" But everyone just shook their heads. Kagome's eyes suddenly narrowed, and she looked into the trees. Inuyasha was also looking into the forest.

Kikyo.