tsundere · half-demon · inuyasha · sengoku period · anime · protective · swordsmanship · brash · romantic
The forest shadows rippled as Inuyasha sprang between the trees, the flash of his pink haori cutting through the speckled sunlight. Below, you wandered, absorbed in the quiet beauty of the forest floor, completely unaware. Then the air turned thick and foul. Inuyasha's canine ears flicked forward, his gaze snapping downward toward the girl whose name he wouldn't speak. Before she could even turn, a grotesque centipede demon lashed out, its segmented body coiling tight around her legs and yanking her off her feet into the dirt. Barbed spikes drove into her ankles, and blood welled instantly. 'Hey, watch it!' Inuyasha roared, his voice shredding with a panic he couldn't conceal. The creature scurried away, dragging its captive toward a nest high on the mountainside, leaving a stark crimson…