How to train your dragon by Sophie

Chapter 1

Disclaimer: Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and 'How to train your dragon' is owned by Cressida Cowell and DreamWorks Animation 

CHAPTER 1

‘What a wonderful day’ thought Kagome as the huge dragon carried her away. She looked down at the moving earth, then up to her kidnapper. He was flying fast. She could only hope Inuyasha would be able to run as fast, or she’ll become dragon’s dinner.

The girl huffed. To think few days ago, she complained about being attacked because of the Shikon shards. Well, she got what she wanted. The dragon didn’t have Shikon shards on its mind.

Kagome sighed. Fate had very twisted sense of humor.

She looked up at her kidnapper. “You’re taking me so far. Why don’t you let me go and hunt something there? It would be less troublesome!”

The dragon looked down at her and roared.

She couldn’t understand dragon’s language, but Kagome was sure, that it said no. Giving up for a moment, she slumped in his claws, doing her best just to shield her face from the wind. In the distance, she could see the outline of the mountains. She suspected it was their destination.

The miko shivered. As much as she wanted to feel earth under her feet, she didn’t want to get to the lair where she will be eaten. ‘What a drama,’ she thought.

The dragon speeded lowering its trajectory. It slid into a mist, navigating between the rocks. Meanwhile, Kagome prayed it didn’t make mistake. If she had to die, she didn’t want to end as a wet spot on a rock.

Out of blue, the dragon dived then opened his claws. With a scream Kagome fell down, right on the ledge. Even though, the landing was hard, and the miko was sure her right side would be bruised for a month, she was happy. She lived, that’s all what mattered. Now she had to focus on maintaining this status.

However, before she could form any plan, the dragon landed right before her.

The girl had short fit of hysterics laughter.

The giant reptile watched her, cocking its head. When she managed to stop, it poked her stomach pushing her few feet away.

“No, no, wait, wait a minute,” said the miko, jumping to her feet. “Look I’m not tasty… and-and…”

The dragon roared, pushing her again. Kagome stood up, only to be pushed again.

“Okay I have enough!” she said, poking the giant head that was getting closer to her stomach. The dragon stepped back watching how the girl stood on her legs.

Kagome glared at the reptile. “I have enough do you hear me?”

The dragon snorted, then poked Kagome’s arms and ignoring her protesting turned her around.

“Oh!” she said noticing entrance to the cave. “You want me to go inside?”

The dragon nudged her forward. Not quite willing, but glad she wasn’t consumed so far, the young woman walked to the cave. She stopped at the entrance, looking around. Sensing the dragon was getting impatient, she turned to it.

“Give me a second, I have to adjust to the darkness.” She stood there a bit longer, before walking inside. She was surprised to see cave’s size and that it wasn’t as dark as she thought it would be.

When she was five feet from the entrance, the dragon rushed past her as if ignoring her presence. The miko wanted to take this chance and escape, but the dragon’s long tail caught her. It curled around her body, drugging her deeper inside. The miko growled in frustration.

The sound died however, when she was pushed right before her captor’s head. Cold chill ran down her back, when she saw her mirror image in the creature’s golden eyes.

“I wasn’t trying to escape,” she said.

The dragon snorted.

“Fine, I was. Can’t blame me for trying to stay alive.”

The dragon shook its head, putting the girl down. For a moment, the reptile watched her, then its head turned to the side, its tail disappeared in some dark corner, to come back holding blue egg.

Kagome shuddered. “You’re not trying to tell me, you’re going to make scrabbled egg with me as a beacon?”

The dragon shook his head, before nuzzling the egg.

“Oh!” the miko said, “it’s yours! You’re mommy.”

The creature nodded, before pushing the egg in her hands. Kagome took it, making sure it wouldn’t slip from her hands.

“Wow. It’s amazing,” she said, caressing its shell. The miko sighed, looking back at the reptile. “It’s nice you showed me this, but can you take me back now?” Kagome asked, trying to return the egg.

The dragon shook her head, pushing the egg back in her hands. The miko became confused.

“You want me to hold it? Why?”

At this moment, Kagome heard loud growl from outside. It vibrated inside the cave, sending another cold chills down her spin. She took a step back, drawing the egg close to her chest. She didn’t want to meet with whatever was outside. The dragoness seemed to share her opinion. The reptile seemed to bristle, her golden eyes ran from one side to another.

The roar sounded again, this time closer. A shadow fell on the entrance. The dragoness stepped forward, blocking the miko and an egg from the sight. Another roar, followed by the sound of steps. Something was coming. Something huge.

Kagome closed her eyes. She didn’t want to know what was it, but curiosity took hold of her, and she peeked from behind the dragoness. Oh God. Now she wished she hasn’t done that.

In the entrance stood black dragon with red eyes, his head was surrounded by sharp-looking horns. This dragon was here to kill. Kagome wanted to melt into the wall.

The dragon growled before breaking into ran. The dragoness met him half way, crushing against his throat. The dragon howled, bending down and biting her neck. His teeth sank deep into her skin. Then he threw her on the wall.

The dragoness collapsed. Her attacker jumped to her, trying to strike her, but she was faster. Her tail hit his jaw, and his teeth slipped over the scales. She jumped up, attacking with her tail again and pushing him on the wall.

The impact was so strong the ceiling started to shake, rocks fell on the fighting dragons. One of them hit Kagome’s shoulder. She bit her lip, not wanting to draw attention of the fighting creatures. She knew she had to get out of the cave. Now.

Step by step, she started her slow travel to the entrance. It wasn’t so easy carrying large egg, but the miko refused to leave without it. She felt it took years to get out. Then she ran to the edge of the ledge. There was no way she would be able to get down with the egg.

Sudden silence caught Kagome’s attention. Something happened inside. She didn’t feel it would be a good idea to check what.

Her heart beat fast. The woman looked from side to side, trying to find any way to escape. ‘Oh god, oh god, oh god,’ she chanted in her head.

An eerie sound came from the cave, followed by sound of steps. Kagome started to pray for  help.

To her relief, the dragoness came out. But she didn’t look like someone who just won. If possible, she looked even more frightened. Kagome knew it wasn’t over.

A roar came from the cave. Hearing it dragoness, caught miko in her claws, flying from the ledge. The girl focused on holding the egg. She heard swishing behind them. The dragon must have started the chase. ‘I wish Inuyasha was here,’ thought Kagome in despair.

If only she was a better miko, maybe then she would be able to help the dragoness. Her thoughts were cut when she was dropped on yet another ledge. The girl landed on her back, hissing in pain. She looked at the egg, which by some miracle managed to remain whole.

The dragoness hung over them for a moment, before flying straight up. It took two seconds before another dark shape followed her. Both dragons flew into a mist, disappearing from the sight.

Kagome stood below trying to decipher changing shadows. With beating heart, she waited for the outcome. Smell of burning hit her nose. In last possible moment, the girl ran away taking the egg with her. The column of fire hit the place she stood seconds before.

The girl hid behind some boulder, praying to survive and see the next day.

Loud screech filled the mountains. The rocky walls shook with its intensity. Kagome peeked to see one of the dragons falling into a precipice. She wasn’t sure which one was that. Another body fell down, landing on the edge of the boulder.

Leaving the precious egg under safety of the rock, she ran to the fallen reptile. Golden eyes looked at her. The miko sighed in relief. It was the mother.

“You’re okay,” she said, patting its head. The dragoness whined, moving a wing from her body. Kagome gasped in shock. Her body was ripped apart, it was a miracle she was still breathing.

The dragoness whined again, looking at the rock Kagome was hiding before. The girl ran there bringing egg with her.

“It’s okay,” the miko said her, “you protected it.”

The reptile nuzzled the egg. Kagome could see mist gathering in her eyes. The creature pushed the egg back into the girl’s hand. She felt tears gathering in her eyes.

“I’ll protect it,” she promised.

The dragoness growled. Her eyes closed. She let the breath out. Her head fell on the ground. She died.

Clutching blue egg to her chest, the young miko cried over the fallen mother.

That’s how her friends found her few hours later.

“Kagome! Get away from that monster,” yelled Inuyasha drawing his beloved sword.

“Sit,” said the miko, not even looking up. The hanyou hit the ground with a loud thud. Others shook their head at the boy before walking to their silent friend.

“Kagome,” said Sango, “are you okay?”

The miko shook her head, before looking up. “She died to protect her baby.”

The slayer looked at the dead body, then back at her friend. “Is that her egg?”

Kagome sighed. “Yes. She took me because of it. It’s strange, you know as if she knew she would die.” The miko brushed her tears away. “At least before the end she knew I would take care of her child.”

“We’re not taking that thing!” yelled Inuyasha who managed to scramble from the ground.

Miroku sighed. “I have to agree with Inuyasha, we can’t take that egg with us.”

Kagome looked at them with despair. “You’re not serious, we can’t leave it here. We can as well destroy it.”

Sango patted her friend. “I know, but it’s a dragon. They’re different from any other species. We shouldn’t interfere in their world. You have to leave the egg here Kagome. I’m sorry.”

“Why not?” cried Shippou who ran to the young miko and was clinging to the egg.

Inuyasha huffed. “You’re too young to understand.”

“But I promised her!” cried Kagome.

“No.”

The girl started to cry. Sango raised her friend while Miroku took the egg away, leaving it in the shadow.

“Don’t cry Kagome. There’s big possibility the dragon will live.”

Shippou jumped in the miko’s arms. She hugged him, kissing his cheek, whispering something into his ear. Inuyasha sighed.

“Come, its getting dark.”

The group left leaving the blue egg behind.

Two days later they left the last mountains miles away. For time to time, Kagome kept on looking back. Every time her blue eyes became sad. Sango sighed.

“I know how you feel Kagome,” she said patting her friend, “but it’s laws of the nature.”

“I understand. I’ll be fine Sango. Really.”

The brown-haired woman smiled, before joining her fiancée. They got into conversation, form time to time interrupted by Inuyasha’s remarks. Shippou crawled on the miko’s shoulder.

“You really okay Kagome?”

“Yes. Thank you for help.”

The little fox smiled patting the yellow backpack the girl was carrying. Kagome smiled.

“Be careful. It might be delicate.”

The boy giggled. “I can’t wait to see how the dragon will look like.”

“Me too. I’m just worried how others will react,” she said looking at the rest.

They turned to look at her.

“Are you coming?” said Inuyasha.

The girl smiled, joining the group. The blue egg was in her bag, and for now her secret was safe. For now, she wouldn’t worry.