Rules of Seduction

Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or its characters...pouts

Cerulean orbs lazily watched as dawn's rosy tips grazed gently the wet earth below. The sun peeking shyly from behind the clouds, finally revealing its beautiful vibrant colors to the earth after nearly three days of rain. The soft, gentle breeze foreshadowing the coming of spring. Off to the horizon, you could see small dark birds flying through the gentle gust, forming a smooth "V" pattern. As if they'd often rehearsed it. Their soft wings dipped in the beautiful sun's rays, glistening. How lucky to be free and soar through the skies with no worries or obligations. With no remorse or hesitation. Unconditional freedom.

Thats what she'd always wanted. Freedom. Of course every thing changed that day she'd turned fifteen. Fifteen. How she cursed the year she turned fifteen. She loved it at the same time though.

Because it gave her the chance for her heart the opportunity to swell up and hold more love...different kind of loves. There was friendship love, motherly love, comeride love, and romance love. The love that you always dreamed about as a young naive child. But with the thing with love was, that it was always--unconditional always, accompanied by misery. They went hand in hand. Like lovers.

Such bitter sweet feelings. Of course she was tired. Tired of the promises left unspoken, and the love left uncorresponded. Wasn't she good enough? Was she so pathetic that a long dead woman would so easily overcome her. Her. Why is it that just when she was happy, finally gathering a small crumb of hope, it would be washed away? Was her destiny really and truly only to serve as a detector? Only a shadow of what once was a great source of power? The left overs?

But no more. She'd had enough. All those nights of longing, all those nights of watching him run off in search of a dead miko, were over. Those nights had made her stronger, had made her shield thicker, and made her smarter.

No more. Oh no, no more! She was not just going to relax and submit, she would start fighting back. She was not just another undecided teen, not just another love-struck pathetic girl. She was not just a jewel detector--and specially not someone's rebound excuse. She was a miko--guardian of the Shikon no Tama--as is by birthright. She was Kagome Higurashi--and she had had enough dammit!

Author's notes: Hey guys! What do you guys think? I know I know, I should be working on Destiny, but I just couldn't help myself! So, what do you guys think? I never can tell if you guys really do like a story or not since only so few review out of all the visitors I get. But, anyways, review!