I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA ANYTHING. This is my first Fanfiction. Reviews appreciated

For Myself – A Kagome Story

Finally! The time has come. "I sense a jewel shard, and it's big!" shouted Kagome. "Naraku!" Inuyasha yelled. Suddenly, the winds picked up and dark, stormy clouds took over the sky, hiding the afternoon sun.

Flashback

The group had left Edo a week ago and headed southwest following a rumor about lower level demons disappearing. Since they had no other leads and had yet to come across Naraku in several weeks, they were growing anxious and decided to investigate the cause.

As they approached a village about 4 days travel from the Forest of Inuyasha, Kagome noticed how lush the green grass was as if fertilizer had already been developed, but she knew it was because there was a water source nearby, and so she asked Inuyasha to trek towards the water so that she could refill her canteen. With the stream in view, they had stumbled upon a woman and her child running from a demon. It was ugly to say the least with its' yellow eyes, deformed arms and lower limbs, and its body was green. Its face was full of bumps that looked like pus would ooze from it if you pricked it with a needle; and as creepy as those combination of features were, it was mortifying to see how quickly it moved towards its prey. "Run away," Miroku yelled as Sango followed up with "Hiraikotsu" to cut off the predator's path to the humans. As the demon halted to avoid the boomerangs strike, Inuyasha hit it with the "wind scar", not leaving a trace of the enemy.

"Are you ok?" Kagome asked the woman. She had brown eyes with shoulder length hair, fair features with curves that were made for supporting children. The child looked upon them, weary at first, but as Kagome kneeled down and smiled at her, she seemed to calm down and smile back. Her smile reminded her of the big toothy grin that Rin had shown her time and time again when she was missing a tooth. "Thank you so much for saving me and my precious Suri. I don't know what we would have done without you. How can I repay you?" And right on cue, Miroku follows thru with "It was our pleasure. My companions and I have been traveling for several days and could use a place to rest for the day. Also, we would appreciate any information you can provide about demons disappearing in the area as well."

"I will be happy to accommodate your group. My name is Sara and we live in the village over the hill. Please follow me" said the lady. "Sara, I must say that you are quite beautiful and I wanted to know if you would be interested in bearing my childr—""SMACK".

"Stupid Miroku" muttered Shippo. Kagome often thought that Miroku does that for Sango's attention. Speaking of attention, it's been awhile since she's felt Sesshomaru's presence. For the last 4 months, she had picked up on his aura at least once per week, courtesy of the training she had been doing with the priests a day's walk from Edo. Her powers have enhanced so much, that her stamina has increased by several times; she now carries a sword and have mastered the basics; she can create bows and arrows from her reiki, and lower level demons aren't a match anymore.

As they near Sara's home, several people nodded and some gave suspicious glances, which I'm sure are because of Inuyasha's cute puppy ears. Her home was a typical hut, slightly roomier than Kaede's hut with the main room large enough to accommodate the entire group and leave space. In no time, she whipped up some soup and passed around some bread whilst Sango and I assisted with handing out the meal.

"In regards to your question about the disappearance of demons" Sara started, "the villagers have begun talking about it lately. We have started drawing water and other essentials throughout the day to prevent traveling to the stream at night. A few of the men were speaking of it while I was in the Market saying that the demons are being eaten by another demon with the appearance of a Baboon. I've never physically seen this demon but one of the men survived thanks to that baboon eating the other demon."

"Naraku!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Calm down, Inuyasha. It is a good thing we decided to investigate this rumor. Would you mind pointing us in the direction of where this demon appeared, Sara?" Miroku asked humbly.

"I don't know if he will still be there, but I can tell you all are strong. I will show you the way when you all are ready. It is about an hour's travel to north, and from there you will head slightly west."

"Let's get going now! Come on, wench. We don't got all day and if we start now, we'll arrive before sundown." Inuyasha exclaimed.

"Inuyasha! Don't call me a wench. You either use my name or I am not going anywhere!" Kagome yelled back.

"We don't have time for you to be in your feelings about what I call you. Just do as I say!" Said Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha! Sit!" And with that, his face created a crater in front of Sara's hut.

"He never learns," said Sango.

"Can you use my name now, or will I have to S-I-T you again?"

After much teeth clenching and several grunts later, Inuyasha said "Fine. Let's go so that we can find Naraku, Kagome."

"I would love to" said Kagome in a sarcastic tone and a smile on her face.

The group started out on the path and waived their goodbyes. During this time, Kagome smugly thought about how she made Inuyasha use her name. At the end of the day, he is dog demon, and dogs need training, so clearly she needs to train him appropriately. Of course, she's not really going to attempt to do that. She had decided that she and Inuyasha would never be together about a year ago, since he can't see her for who she is, let alone his lack of respectful words.

As they near what they believed to be one hour worth of travel, they started heading westward as Sara suggested. Soon after, she felt it. The sun was approaching the horizon making the sky turn pink, purple and orange as a result. The temperature started to cool but felt wondrous against my skin.

"Inuyasha, pull out Tetsuiga!" Kagome yelled as she readied her bow and arrow.

"What are you talking about wench?" Inuyasha said.

She narrowed her eyes at his choice of words yet again, but then revealed the powerful barrier that was erected before them by placing her hands on it in an attempt to disrupt the flow of energy and purify it. Inuyasha noticed as it started to sway, and soon did as she asked, revealing the red Tetsuiga to break thru the barrier. When the barrier fell, a wave of miasma burst forth, deadening the lush green grass and the forest trees we traveled within. It was unbelievable really - when you consider the hatred and evilness of Naraku – that the barrier had no taint, nor feel of holiness. It just was. This was why they hadn't come across him, nor could they sense him. But now, they could feel him and every evil being within the surrounding area.

End Flashback