Inu no Uragiri by Arolen Night

Chapter 1: And so he found them

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Chapter 1: And so he found them

Kagome pushed to lean against a tree to catch her breath. She looked around frantically to ensure that her pursuers were not near before pushing off and running again. Her lungs and legs were screaming but she knew if she stopped for too long she was dead. Her powers flared briefly so she could gauge the distance between herself and the others, and to ensure no surprises were coming at her.

Kagome didn't sense anything but she wasn't fooled. She herself knew how easy it was to hide reiki and youki if wanted. She came back to herself just in time to avoid the massive tree in front of herself before she burst into the clearing where a young girl was picking flowers.

"KAGOME-NEE-CHAN!!!!!" The young girl screamed when she came out of her startled stupor.

'No... she can't get hurt.' Kagome thought a split second before telling the girl, "Rin,  hide."

The younger girls brown eyes went wide at the fear and the state of her nee-chan. The bloody and torn kimono and bare feet speaking volumes as to the danger following. She hopped onto the back of her silent guardian dragon before it surged into the air, both heads looking around trying to see the danger chasing the older woman.

Kagome stilled and tensed in fear as she felt the auras of her pursuers close in on her. Silently she prayed the guardian of Rin to hurry before turning to face her personal nightmare.

"Well well well. Finally decided to stop running huh you fucking weak bitch?" asked the female who slid off of the back of the red clad male with her.

Rin's eyes widened and she shivered with fear upon realizing who was chasing down her nee-chan. She silently urgent Ah and Uhn higher while slipping off their muzzles just in case her nee-chan would need them to help her escape, or if the two attackers realized she was there.

Kagome shivered at the tone. She knew she wouldn't last long in combat without her arrows or the sword Sango had started training her with. She just had to stall enough to let Rin escape, though if she knew Rin she was waiting with Ah and Uhn to get her out of there. It was too dangerous to chance so she tried to appeal to her once-upon-a-time friend.

"InuYasha,  please don't do this. Please just turn back and let me be. I won't ever go back to Edo I swear it. Just please don't..."

"Silence you insufferable wench! I'm tired of your pathetic shit. Just give Kikyo your shards and I might let you live." He told her while drawing his father's fang.

'InuYasha, this isn't how it was supposed to be.... why can't you see what she's doing to you? Oh gods, Rin! Don't let her see Ah and Uhn!'

"I will never hand them to her. It is my responsibility." She told him grasping the bottle around her neck.

"So be it, I'll tell the others a stray oni killed you." He said before drawing back the fang and unleashing the Wind Scar.

Rin let out a silent scream of terror as Ah and Uhn looked upon the dying miko with pity. They knew she was beyond saving for the time being and took their charge higher in the air to protect her while she wept for the fallen one.

Once Kikyo and InuYasha left the clearing and were far enough away, Ah and Uhn went back to the ground and watched over Rin as she ran to what was left of Kagome. She closed her kimono as best she could and closed the wide frightened eyes before collapsing on the woman weeping.

This was how the inu lord found his ward and the Miko of the Shikon-no-Tama.