Speechless by Rose
Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, it rightfully belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, I'm just tampering with her genius.
And I can't wait anymore
Just don't let me wake up on the floor
She laughs the prodigal daughter
Cause home is where you hear the truth
Eddi Reader-Prodigal Daughter
Chapter 1
An orange ball emerged from the snow topped mountains, shedding light on the towering trees as it illustrated its hard brown edges as well the soft corners of the pink cherry blossoms dangling on the branches. The sun's light graces the villagers' crops and the tiny green sprouts emerge from the soil to meet the summer heat. Finally the daylight crawls into the huts, indicating another day of work and harvest. Women came out with baskets of dirty laundry, Men groggily stepped out from exhaustion of the previous day or heavy drinking, and children either ran out to avoid labor or to fetch the wagyu for the farming. Despite the normal routine, the villagers seemed to tip-toe around each other by avoiding small talk and eye contact; once or twice a brave villager would glance at the dojo sitting at the far end of the village.
Inside the dojo, an uncomfortable atmosphere of silence wafts the air only occasionally interrupted by a sound of swords clashing. Kikyo teasingly winks at Kagome when their wakizashi meets and her younger sister gives an irritated sigh as she leaps away from her.
"Sister you must be fierce, today do you think those demons will show mercy to you?"
"Well sister if you don't show mercy to me, I highly doubt those monsters will," Kagome sarcastically replied tired from their preparation training, she knew that Kikyo started this duel to shake the nerves out of her but it only seemed to make it worse.
"I'm sure the youkai would appreciate your sarcasm while they eat you," Kikyo nonchalantly said and Kagome become aware of her older sister standing by the opened shoji door impatiently tapping her foot.
She hated how fast Kikyo got ready for the slaying; it reminded Kagome of how soon she'd be running in the forest with her bow and sacred arrow thumping against her back feeling the tight material of her slayer outfit stretch. Most of all an image of her smiling older sister replays in her mind and it serves as a constant reminder of what she can lose if she makes a mistake.
Every time that shoji door opens, the villagers feel that they have a responsibility to stop whatever they're doing and look up with gratitude for the reason that they owe their lives to the Higurashi sisters. However on that summer day it was different, their gratitude was replaced by anxiety because the sisters were going after the same demons that've been devouring their wagyus and these demons weren't lesser youkai-they were inu-youkai.
Kagome and Kikyo slowly walked toward the forest that erupted at the opposite end of their dojo, its branches reached out to the open area of the village as if to threaten the humans to remain in their domain. Before entering the entrance of the forest, the sisters stop to acknowledge the villagers and to their surprise each villager with their hands on their shoulder reached out and clenched their fist signing the word courage. The sisters mimicked their actions and disappeared into the forest.
The older slayer preferred to attack from the high places so she moved swiftly from branch to branch seldom to stop only when she can't see Kagome from the ground, while her older sister was air-born Kagome enjoyed feeling the grass beneath her feet and was an exceptionally fast runner. Even though they look the same with their charcoal hair, chestnut eyes, and fair complexion; they were absolutely distinctive personality wise.
Kikyo is twenty years old; her age implies that she's a perfect candidate for marriage however slaying is the only thing on her mind and suitors are usually intimidated by her piercing stare. Kagome on the other hand is eighteen years old, while her older sister is calm and mature, Kagome is everything but that. She is brash and temperamental both in character and battle, whereas her older sister is calm and silent.
Suddenly the elder sister stops midst in her leap quickly glancing at what seems like piercing gold eyes hiding in a bush watching her sister jog by and immediately she screams, "Kagome watch out!"
Kagome didn't waste any time to run; of all the things she learned as a slayer, running was the most useful tool.
Always take your opponent to a setting most beneficial to you she almost heard her sister whisper to her and she scurried to an open field while reaching to her back grabbing her bow.
She made note of the scattered boulders which could do great for a shield and the grass that was tall enough to hide her, Kagome couldn't help but stare longingly at the forest waiting for Kikyo to help her.
I can't always depend on her, she thought shaking the doubts from her head then all of a sudden she felt the earth shake and to her alarm stands the tallest demon she's ever faced. It was dark blue, taller than the trees that surrounded the field, gold hungry eyes that searched its prey. One characteristic that strikes it different from the demons she's faced was the white crescent on its forehead with matching four stripes, two placed in opposite sides of its face.
"Come and get me demon!" Kagome yelled as she stood on the boulder holding back her bow preparing to strike as the youkai charged after her, quickly she shot and it found a place on its snout where the purified arrow caused it to bleed heavily.
She resisted giving a high pitched scream when the inu-youkai howled from pain and ran towards her with renewed viciousness, Kagome left the boulder and shot at the weak points. Ankle, spine, and chest she repeated although the youkai gradually weakened, she was down to her last arrow and she knows it's not enough to bring down the demon. Rapidly a paw hits her small body sending her flying towards a nearby tree, Kagome gets up wincing from her broken ribs and she feels herself slipping.
How long have I been fighting? She asks herself covering the wound on her stomach and right from there she lost all hope to fight back, she even started to imagine how far heaven was. Yet something triggered in Kagome, it was the distraught face of Kikyo when she discovers her body and she felt a pang of guilt that she didn't try hard enough to survive for her own sister.
Struggling to make a fighting stance she yells, "I'm not going down with a fight, hit the mark!"
What she saw wasn't clear; the battle fatigue must be heavily affecting her since she saw the arrow erupt with purification power instantly killing the youkai.
Unexpectedly the youkai transforms from a dog form to a human form and Kagome was taken aback by the abrupt change. The youkai appeared to be male with long dark blue hair and like the beast she killed; he had a white crescent on his forehead.
He's handsome! She felt guilty admitting this when she noticed his high cheek bones and perfect jaw. Kagome moved to feel his pulse on his neck then all of the sudden she became aware of an increasing demonic presence and saw at least ten inu-youkais surrounding the field.