Kagome sighed as she leaned against a tree to rest. She had settled well into being an elf once given the chance to live in Middle Earth after her quest was over. 'And what am I doing now,' she thought irritated with herself and with a certain wizard. She looked out over the forest from the tallest tree she could find. She knew she was close to her mission when she could see the darkening of the forest only a few miles away and just a ways from that she could spot the forest of Mirkwood.

Gandalf had sent her on a mission. The spiders were spreading rapidly with little hope of stopping them. The Woodland Elves could kill them but they only slayed those that trespassed on their land. They did not seek out nests and kill them if they were beyond their borders. This is where she came in. She was sent to find nests and kill them. One small nest had already been found and now this would be her second.

She checked her supplies to make sure she had what she needed to kill them quickly and in large numbers. She had very thin silver ropes that were made to resemble the webs of the spider with metal hooks at the ends so the rope would attach to trees or whatever else she wanted it to. She also made sure her quiver was full of arrows and that her sword was secured to her back located under her quiver. There was also two blades with one attached to each leg. She also had a few daggers and senbon needles that she had personally crafted hidden on her person. There was thin wire laced through her braids that could be used as weapons as well.

'Well, I'm as prepared as I'll ever be' she thought and resumed her trek through the trees. She cursed as she looked up to see the sun beginning its descent. Her speed unconsciously picked up trying to beat the sun. Those spiders were much easier to pick off when they were not all awake. She could also tell that she had caught the attention of the Mirkwood elves, though she knew they probably wouldn't come after her unless she entered their lands. It was her plan to kill these spiders and be gone before sunrise and to hopefully avoid the elves.

She tended to confuse many elves since she was one of them and yet acted very differently. It amused Gandalf to no end when she interacted with other elves. It might also be why whenever he was with her they always ended up near others. She couldn't help but chuckle as she leapt to another branch. Elrond probably hated Gandalf for that as well since she had met the twins, Elladan and Elrohir. Most of Rivendell probably hated him for that as well.

Her reminiscing stopped as she landed quietly as possible on the next tree. She pushed herself against the tree as much as she could. It was time to put memories aside for a moment and be serious. The last of the sun was going down so she would get many of the spiders before the sun went down but not all of them.

She grabbed several rolls of her wires meant to look like spider webs. She slipped a few on her arms and then readied one in her hand. Swiftness of feet would be required of her. There was only one chance to do this. A quick survey of the area in front of her showed the nest and she found where she could land quickly and hide. She looked back quickly and found she was grateful for the sunset. It was at the exact spot that it cast a glow over the forest. If she was quick enough she could use that glow to hide in. The spiders of darkness would not look that way.

'Here goes nothing,' she thought just as the sunset was at its brightest. Swift feet carried her forward. She instantly began throwing the rope around. She spun from tree to tree hitting her targets silently. The spiders did not even know she was there yet. The darkness was closing in though and soon all of the spiders would be awake and moving around. A shadow moving to her right had her instantly stopping and hiding behind a tree. She looked out and watched the shadow keep moving right past her. It seems she had gone undetected. She looked at the tree she would need to aim at next once the shadow passed when she saw another shadow above her. It seems they were waking up quicker than she had hoped. No doubt the Mirkwood elves were watching more closely now as awake spiders were a threat to them as well.

'There' she thought. There was a space in between the shadows. She leapt to the next tree landing on one foot while she threw the rope to a tree a few hundred feet away. Once she saw that is stuck she was quick to move to the next tree and begin climbing up. Once at the very top of the tree and hidden by the large leaves she studied her handiwork and was pleased with what she saw. She had pretty much wrapped her ropes completely around the nest and all of the ropes touched at one point just like they were supposed to. She would throw this last rope from the top of the tree to hit the ground below and then it was time to make her move. It was only a few minutes she had to wait before she made her throw. The spiders seem to stop moving as if they heard something but after a minute resumed moving around. Most of them were still in the nest and only two or three of them had ventured outside of it.

She began chanting as she gathered her power to her. This spell would require her priestess powers and elf magic to succeed. Her elf eyes caught a small movement on the borders of Mirkwood. 'Damn' she thought as she just knew she had to have been spotted or she definitely will be in a minute once she lit up the whole forest.

'It has to be now.' She took off running, using the longer than normal branch as a spring board to jump up and into the air. Her bow and arrow was already pulled. When she hit the highest in the air she let loose an arrow to make an opening in the nest. She could hear the bows of elves and several of their swords being drawn even from this distance. It was likely they had never seen a show such as she was putting on. The blazing arrow cut the hole she wanted as she fell through the whole she could hear the screeching of the spiders. She didn't give them any time to react as she landed on her wires and activated her spell.

The light was bright enough to even make the Mirkwood elves look away. They couldn't see anything but they could hear the dying screeches of the spiders as the light eradicated them. Legolas was one of the first to look back up as the light died down. As the light continued to die down he moved to the very edge of the border. He could see the figure that had landed in the middle of the nest. He was shocked at what he saw. Almost all of the spiders were dead. There was only about two dozen left. He already had an arrow notched and ready to fire if they came their way. The guards at his back followed his lead and were armed even before they could see.

Kagome really hated this part. She could never seem to be as smooth as Sesshoumaru had been. 'He never got any blood on him,' she thought as the light died down. She already had an arrow notched so the first spider that charged went down quickly. She was able to take down three more with arrows before they got to close and then she drew her sword. What she didn't seem to realize was that they were backing her up. She was going straight into Mirkwood territory.

"Stupid spiders!" Individually they weren't so bad but five or six at a time was harder. She let loose an involuntary scream of pain as she was thrown to the ground, two of them riding her the whole way down. She sliced the fangs off the first was but wasn't quick enough to stop the second from sinking a fang into her leg. It quickly lost its head for its effort but the damage was done. A hiss of pain escaped her lips but she quickly got to her feet using the leg of a spider to throw herself up onto its back where she was able to quickly use her bow to kill three more before pulling her sword and driving it into the head of the one she was on.

The momentum of the spider carried her several feet before she leapt to the next one bringing her sword down before jumping to the next one. She was able to kill three of them this way before that last one had been able to throw her off. Luck wasn't on her side as she landed on a tree landing on her wounded leg. That allowed one of them to land on top of her. A brief struggle ensued and she ended up losing her sword. As she brought her hand back to strike it was taken from her hand by another spider. She was able to grab one of her daggers and thrust it up into the spider which created another problem.

The body of the dead spider landed heavily on top of her and her wounded leg. She tried to move but found she just didn't have the momentum to push the spider off and it was too heavy for her too wiggle out from under it. "Get off me you stupid spider," she continued to struggle but to no avail. She knew she could just purify the spider body but to purify the whole carcass off of her would take a lot of power and there were several more spiders out there.

She stilled when she heard the screeching but she couldn't see anything. She concentrated on her hearing and was finally able to make up the sounds of arrows being fired and elves moving amongst the trees. She was also able to finally tilt her head back and realized the trees around her were different than where she started. 'Which means…' she trailed off thinking as a pair of boots entered her vision followed by several more. She then went cross-eyed as an arrow was pointed at her.

"Drop your weapon," a voice said. She was quick to comply because if she was in Mirkwood then that meant all the spiders after her would have been killed and it wasn't like she was going to fight them and fleeing was out of the question with her wounded leg. As soon as her dagger hit the ground she found the spider lifted off of her and gave a deep breathe of relief. She sat up but went no further than that when she found more arrows pointed at her. She glanced over those present waiting to see what would happen and decided to take the initiative.

Before she could speak she found a blade at her throat. "Why are you here and do not think to lie to me," It was the voice from earlier. As she tilted her head back the blade followed her neck. She could feel it pressed tight against the flesh without actually breaking skin. He was skilled as she hadn't even heard him move.

'And hot' she thought while bringing her hands up in surrender. "My name is Kagome Higurashi and I did not mean to crossover into Mirkwood," she said.

"Then what was your purpose here?" the blonde-haired elf asked. He had seen her fight the spiders but that was it. He did not know her mission. Legolas had his sword out as he would take no chances with the safety of those around him with her strange powers still unknown. She looked like an elf but he did not know of any that had those powers.

'Do not be a smart ass. Do not be a smart ass' this was the mantra in her head. She took a deep breath before answering as she was actually struggling to concentrate now that the adrenaline of battle had faded and the wound on her leg was throbbing. She couldn't stop the reaction of her hand going to the wound.

Sorry that this first chapter is so short but I wanted to see how it would be taken first. The next chapter will hopefully be much longer. This is my first time in the crossover so please leave your reviews. They really are a great motivator.

Disclaimer: Don't own Inu or any Lord of the Ring or Hobbit characters