Disclaimer: I own neither Doctor Who nor Inuyasha. Sadly.
End Of The World
The Doctor turned to Kagome. "So, where do you want to go now?"
"Oh no. I wanna shower first and I'm sure Rose needs to rest a little.", Kagome said firmly.
The Doctor pouted. He didn't like it that he had to spent so much time alone. Kagome looked at him and sighed a little. She knew it was hard for him to spent time alone.
She turned to Rose, who was watching them with a strange knowing glint in her eyes. "How about I show you to your room?", she offered, linking their arms together.
"Great, I really could use a good nights rest before I try anymore running.", Rose joked, grinning at Kagome.
While they continued their chatting, the Doctor watched them go with dark eyes. He knew he was unhealthily possessive of Kagome, but she was HIS friend first, and he absolutely hated sharing her. Sometimes he thought she was the only thing holding his darkness in. God beware what would happen if he ever lost her. Or if she LEFT him.
He shook himself out of his dark thoughts as he felt her coming nearer. She was freshly showered, wearing cute pyjama shorts with teddy bears on them and a tight tank top - she was beautiful.
She grinned at him, rubbing her hair dry with a fluffy, white towel. She took his arm and began tugging him out of the console room.
"So, I thought we could watch a movie or something.", she suggested. He looked down at her, contemplating the idea.
"Sure, but it's my turn to choose.", he teased. She stuck her tongue out at him, pulling him into the movie room.
"We'll see."
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An hour and a half later, the Doctor was seated on the sofa, Kagome nest to him, her head on his shoulder and her eyes closed.
He was idly playing with her hair, not really thinking about anything, as she suddenly opened her eyes and looked up at him.
"What is troubling you, Doctor? I could feel it when Rose and I left you in the console room. Your aura turned all stormy.", she whispered, the hand in her hair stilled at the question.
"Nothing.", he said quickly, avoiding her eyes. She reached up and tugged a little on his ear.
"Do not lie to me. Not ever.", she said, glaring at him. He winced, hoping to avoid another outbreak of her temper.
"It's just... I can't lose you.", he said quietly, staring ahead quietly. Kagome lifted one of her hands against his cheek. He leaned into her touch.
"Doctor, in all these years I have known you, since I was just a little girl of seven years, I always knew that I would want to stay with you forever."
He made to interrupt but she laid a finger against his lips.
"I will alway stay with you. Until you throw me out anyway.", she teased to lighten the mood.
She was surprised by his fierce expression. "I will never throw you out. Never.", he swore, taking both of her hands in his.
She believed him.
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Rose was excited as she walked into the console room. Kagome and the Doctor were already there, bickering over a... banana?
"I told you Doctor, this is MY banana.", she growled, trying to reach the banana he was holding far above his head.
"Oh no.", he warned, shaking a finger at her, "You already ate the last cookie. This banana is MINE."
Kagome growled impressively and jumped on the Doctor, tackling him to the floor with her on top, straddling him.
The Doctor flushed a little, but he refused to admit defeat, damnit! They began wrestling a little, him rolling on top of her and pinned her arms above her head with one hand, the other holding a slightly disfigured banana.
They glared at eachother, both lightly flushed but unwilling to give up.
Rose just watched them open mouthed. "Uh... guys... how about SHARING the banana?", she suggested warily, as to not turn them on her.
Both of their heads shot around to look at her, blushing brightly. The Doctor quickly scrambled off Kagome and helped her up.
"How long have you been standing there?", asked Kagome, still flushed.
"Long enough to know that you both like bananas.", she said dryly. "But seriously, just share the bloody thing before someone gets hurts, yeah?"
The Doctor seemed to be contemplating that, before glancing at Kagome who nodded.
He peeled it quickly and broke it in half, giving her a piece.
"Hey, mine is smaller than yours!", she suddenly accused, pointing a finger at him dramatically.
The Doctor looked like a deer in the headlight and backed away, shielding his banana piece protectively.
"I have no idea what you are talking about.", he denied, backing away. Kagome just narrowed her eyes at him before suddenly calming and walking into the corridor.
"O-oi, where do you think you are going?", he asked, scared she was upset at him.
His fears were unneeded however, as she turned her head around to grin at him.
"I am going to the kitchen. I know where you keep your chocolate stash. And I'm going to eat it all.", she announced, ignoring his cry of outrage and dashed away.
The Doctor immedialty took chase, both of them completely forgetting the human girl in the console room.
"Oh boy", muttered Rose.
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Half an hour and a lot of arguing later, they had finally landed somewhere far in the future.
Kagome was excited, actually wearing a white summerdress with red swirls on it and white flats. The Doctor had stared at her for several minutes, not saying a word, just sputtering a little in his quest to tell her that she looked pretty.
"Where are we?", asked Rose breathless. She couldn't believe they had really travelled in time.
Kagome turned to the Doctor, curious as well. "Go have a look.", he offered, opening the doors.
They were floating in a ship or something similiar around the earth. It was beautiful, as they looked at it through the large windows.
"You lot, you spend all your time thinking about dying, like you're going to get killed by eggs or beef or global warming or asteroids. But you never take time to imagine the impossible, that maybe you survive. This is the year five point five slash apple slash twenty six. Five billion years in your future, and this is the day...", he stopped to glance at his watch, "Hold on-", he said and the sund flared a brilliant red colour. "...This is the day the Sun expands. Welcome to the end of the world."
Both girls gasped, Kagome leaning a little into the Doctor, seeking the comfort that only he had ever been able to give her.
Rose opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted.
"Shuttles five and six now docking. Guests are reminded that Platform One forbids the use of weapons, teleportation and religion. Earth Death is scheduled for fifteen thirty nine."
Rose looked over at Kagome and the Doctor, who were watching the earth silently.
"So, when it says guests, do they mean people?", she asked nervously.
"Depends what you mean by people.", the Doctor answered, looking at her in question.
"I mean people. What do you mean?", she asked, furrowing her brows.
"Aliens.", answered Kagome, smiling reassuringly at her. She still remembered her first time she saw a youkai, aliens weren't much different.
"What are they doing on board of this spaceship? What's it all for?", Rose asked.
" It's not really a spaceship, more like an observation deck. The great and the good are gathering to watch the planet burn.", he answered, pointing his sonic screwdriver at a wall.
"What for?", she asked confused, and Kagome sighed, already knowing the answer.
"Fun.", the Doctor said, grinning brightly at them.
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They had now moved to an area full with display cases and a magnificent view of the earth.
"Mind you, when I said the great and the good, what I mean is, the rich.", commented the Doctor, linking Kagomes arm with his the moment she moved close enough for him to do so.
"Who else?", snorted Kagome.
" But, hold on. They did this once on Newsround Extra. The sun expanding, that takes hundreds of years.", said Rose.
"Well, he did say we are in the year five billion something.", Kagome reminded her gently.
"Millions, but the planet's now property of the National Trust. They've been keeping it preserved. See down there? Gravity satellites holding back the sun.", the Doctor explained, agreeing privately with Kagome that the blonde seemed to have a habit of not listening.
"The planet looks the same as ever. I thought the continents shifted and things.", said blonde commented, watching the earth.
"They did, and the Trust shifted them back. That's a classic Earth. But now the money's run out, nature takes over.", he said cheerfully, making Kagome grin a little at him.
"Do you think we could visit my family after this is over?", she asked, looking up at him.
He grinned even wider. He really liked her family. Her mother was just as accepting as her daughter, letting him in her home with not even a single word of protest. She did try to feed him quite a lot, though. Her brother was the same, instantly accepting him as an alien and bombarding him with question about anything alien. Her grandfather was a little irritating at first, trying to banish him with his faulty sutras. Kagome and her mother scolded the old man though and made him apologize. He still tried to plaster one on him whenever he visited, but he was told he did that to everyone, really. All in all, no problem for him, for all that he hated anything domestic, for Kagome he would endure it.
"Sure, we can go as soon as the earth has exploded.", he promised.
Rose in the meanwhile had completely tuned them out, her mind reeling with the image before her.
"How long has it got?", she asked sadly.
The Doctor checked his watch, he and Kagome looking at the blonde.
"About half an hour. Then the planet gets roasted."
" Is that why we're here? I mean, is that what you do? Jump in at the last minute and save the Earth?", she asked hopefully, looking at them.
Kagome shook her head a bit sadly. She was aware that the earths time was up, she could feel it in the air around her.
"I'm not saving it. Time's up.", he said cheerfully, hoping to avoid a fight. He would not save the earth now, it's time was up. As a Time Lord he could feel such things.
"But what about the people?", asked Rose terrified.
"There a no people down there.", Kagome answered, able to tell that there was nothing alive on this planet anymore. It was sad, really.
"They are all gone.", the Doctor agreed, tugging Kagome back into his side as she had moved forward a bit. Kagome herself was getting a bit annoyed at his posssessivnes but was willing to let it go for now.
"Just me, then.", Rose mumbled. Kagome looked offended.
"Oi, what am I? Chopped liver?", she demanded of the blonde, who blushed.
"Sorry, you just down seem all that... human.", she offered, embarassed.
Kagome sniffed a little but accepted the apology, elbowing the Doctor when he glared at Rose a little.
Suddenly a very blue person with golden slit eyes strode towards them. Rose looked at him baffled, not even having considered that aliens might look different from humans.
The Doctor glanced at Kagome, hoping for any reaction to the new alien, really, but she just smiled her usual bright smile at him.
"Who the hell are you?", he sounded annoyed.
"Ohm that's nice.", snarked the Doctor, grinning away. Kagome just smiled brighter.
"But how did you get in? This is a maximum hospitality zone. The guests have disembarked. They're on their way any second now.", the blue guy sputtered.
"That's us. We are guests. Look, I've got an invitation. Look. There, you see? It's fine, you see? The Doctor and Kagome Higurashi plus one. I'm the Doctor, this is Kagome Higurashe and she is Rose Tyler. She's our plus one. Is that all right?", he said smugly, showing the man, apparently the steward, his psychic paper.
"Well, obviously. Apologies, et cetera. If you're on board, we'd better start. Enjoy.", he drawled, turning around and walking away.
"The paper's slightly psychic. It shows them whatever I want them to see. Saves a lot of time.", he explained to Rose who still looked baffled.
"He is blue.", was all she said to that. Kagome giggled into the Doctors arm, leaning against him. He beamed down at her before turning back to Rose.
"Yeah.", he said to her.
"OK.", Rose answered a little overwhelmed.
They followed the Steward into a room with other aliens.
They entered the room just as the Steward announced them.
"The Doctor and Kagome Higurashi and Rose Tyler.", he announced grandly. Kagome blushed a little. The way the man had introduced them made them sound like a married couple.
"Hurry, now, thank you. Quick as we can. Come along, come along. And now, might I introduce the next honoured guest? Representing the Forest of Cheam, we have trees, namely, Jabe, Lute and Coffa.", he announced.
Kagome smiled beatifcally, recognizing the species. She had encountered them once before and was pleased to note they were still around.
Rose was stunned, looking around her in confusion and bewilderment.
The Doctor just kept grinning at everyone, sneaking a glance at Kagome every few seconds.
He made sure to keep her by his side.
"There will be an exchange of gifts representing peace. If you could keep the room circulating, thank you. Next, from the solicitors Jolco and Jolco, we have the Moxx of Balhoon.", he continued, a little thing in a flying transport pod flying in.
Kagomes fingers twitched, the Doctor recognising the signs immedialty, wrapping his arm around her. Kagome wanted to cuddle the little alien, finding him to be cute.
"And next, from Financial Family Seven, we have the Adherents of the Repeated Meme.", the steward continued, creepy guys in robes coming in.
"The inventors of Hypo-slip Travel Systems, the brothers Hop Pyleen. Thank you.", he finished and fur clard reptilians entered the room.
They were soon approached by Jabe and her escorts. "The Gift of Peace. I bring you a cutting of my grandfather.", she said, offereing them a little sprug. The Doctor handed it to Kagome who examined it interestedly.
He began patting himself down, searching for a gift before glancing at Kagome for help. She grinned at him, before handing the cutting to Rose who took it gingerly.
Kagome reached into her pockets. She pulled out three little talismans, and made them glow a brilliant pink for a moment before handing them to the Doctor with a wink.
The Doctor coughed and turned back to an amused looking Jabe.
"Thank you. As a Gift of Peace I give you a talisman blessed by a miko.", he said, offering each tree one.
"Oh... a real miko? I am honored. I thought you kind died out ages ago.", Jabe said interestedly. Kagome smiled at her gently.
"I am indeed the last. I hope you will wear the talisman, for it will protect you of danger.", she said simply, leaning her head on the Doctors arm. He wound his arm back around her in a possessive gesture.
"Goodbye.", the Doctor said simply, eyes on the next alien waiting behind Jabe.
Jabe nodded and left.
"From the Silver Devastation, the sponsor of the main event, please welcome the Face of Boe.", the Steward once again announced as the Moxx of Balhoon approached them. The Doctor quickly made sure that Kagome was plastered to his side, so that she would not try to cuddle the alien.
" My felicitations on this historical happenstance. I give you the gift of bodily salivas.", with that the little blue guy spat accurately in Roses left eye. She sputtered, offended and Kagome dragged herself out of the Doctors grip to offer her a tissue. Rose took it thankfully, still slightly offended.
The Doctor was laughing, thanking the alien. Kagome poked him in the side.
"Be nice.", she whispered indulgently. He grinned at her, promptly pulling her back to him.
" Ah! The Adherents of the Repeated Meme. I bring you talismans blessed by a miko.", he said cheerfully to the creepy aliens. Kagome was frowning, not actually detecting any kind of aura from them. Huh, weird.
"A gift of peace in all good faith.", one of them said, offering them a silver ball which the Doctor immedialty handed to Rose.
The Steward was talking again now. "And last but not least, our very special guest. Ladies and gentlemen, and trees and multiforms, consider the Earth below. In memory of this dying world, we call forth the last Human. The Lady Cassandra O'Brien Dot Delta Seventeen."
Kagome felt kind of offended for human kind as a flat piece of skin looking like a trampoline was wheeled in. The things aura was rather twisted as well, spitting out feeling of disdain and hate at the other people in the room. She leaned a little further into the Doctor who responded by wrapping his second arm around her as well, her back now pressed to his front.
"Oh, now, don't stare. I know, I know it's shocking, isn't it? I've had my chin completely taken away and look at the difference. Look how thin I am. Thin and dainty. I don't look a day over two thousand. Moisturise me. Moisturise me.", Rose watched in fascinated horror as two guys began spraying her with water.
"Truly, I am the last Human. My father was a Texan, my mother was from the Arctic Desert. They were born on the Earth and were the last to be buried in its soil. I have come to honour them and say goodbye. Oh, no tears, no tears. I'm sorry. But behold, I bring gifts. From Earth itself, the last remaining ostrich egg. Legend says it had a wingspan of fifty feet and blew fire from its nostrils. Or was that my third husband? Oh, no. Oh, don't laugh. I'll get laughter lines. And here, another rarity.", Cassandra contiued to babble nonsense as a 50's juke box was wheeled in. Kagome face palmed a little at all the bullshit Cassandra was telling while Rose circled around Cassandra.
The Doctor kept chuckling into Kagomes hair, entirely amused at the display.
"According to the archives, this was called an iPod. It stores classical music from humanity's greatest composers. Play on!", she commanded and music started playing.
"Is that tainted love by soft cell?", Kagome deadpanned but immedialty started giggling as the Doctor began bobbing his head to the music.
"Refreshments will now be served. Earth Death in thirty minutes.", the steward announced.
Rose suddenly turned around, running out of the room at high speed.
Kagome tugged at the Doctors arm and made to follow her, but Jabe intercepted them, holding some strange device.
"Doctor? Lady Miko?", she asked, pointing it at them. There was a flash and she went away, thanking them.
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"Oi! Careful with that!", the Doctor barked, as the TARDIS was wheeled away.
Kagome pattet his arm to keep him calm, she was worried about Rose. The girl seemed so distressed when she ran away.
One of them scurries over and hands them a card saying 'Have A Nice Day'.
Kagome takes it carefully before shoving it into her bra since her dress had no pockets and she left her backpack in the TARDIS.
The Doctor swallowed and wondered if she did that on purpose. She looked up at him and he smiled, taking her hand.
"What?", she asked. "It's pretty."
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"Rose? Rose, are you in there?", Kagome callled, entering the room with the Doctor to see Rose sitting there.
"Aye, aye. So, what do you think?", the Doctor asked, swinging Kagomes hand back and forth.
"Great. Yeah, fine. Once you get past the slightly psychic paper. They're just so alien. The aliens are so alien. You look at 'em and they're alien.", she said lamely, unable to express herself.
"Good thing I didn't take you to the deep south.", the Doctor joked, making Kagome laugh a little and Rose give a weak smile.
"Where are you from?", she suddenly demanded. The Doctor stiffened immedialty and Kagome squeezed his hand tightly.
"Oh, from all over the place.", he answered evasively, clutching Kagomes hand like a lifeline.
"They all speak english.", she stated, kind of put out by that.
"No, you just hear English. It's a gift of the TARDIS. The telepathic field, gets inside your brain and translates.", he explained proudly.
Rose was horrified. "It's inside my brain?!", she demanded angrily.
"Well in a good way.", said Kagome, hoping to calm her. Rose turned her glare on Kagome, making the Doctor bristle.
"Your machine gets inside my head. It gets inside and it changes my mind, and you didn't even ask?!"
"I didn't think about it like that.", he said. He was confused, really. No one had ever reacted like that before. He felt Kagomes mind tentatively nudge his and beamed at that. She was getting better at controlling her mind, something he had taken to teaching her.
"No, you were too busy thinking up cheap shots about the Deep South. Who are you, then, Doctor? What are you called? What sort of alien are you?", Rose was furious now, for reasons no one really understood.
"I'm just the Doctor.", he stated defensively, stepping closer to Kagome, whose face kept going darker.
"From what planet?", she demanded. Who did this girl think she was, really? Demanding answers of him as if he owed her something.
"Well, it's not as if you will know where it is.", he defended.
"Where are you from?", she continued, not noticing that Kagome face kept getting even darker.
"What does it matter?", he growled angrily.
"Tell me who you ARE!", Rose demanded.
Kagome finally broke. "Shut it, Rose Tyler! What right do you have to demand answers off him, after knowing him for what? Not even a full day?", she hissed, blue eyes turning stormy and glowing a little pink around the edges.
The Doctor growled again before he tugged Kagome over to a window.
Rose sighed before following after them, a little ashamed now.
" All right. As my mate Shareen says, don't argue with the designated driver. Also, Kagome is really scary.", she said sheepishly, looking at them apologetic. Kagome nodded stiffly and the Doctor grinned in relief.
"Can't exactly call for a taxi. There's no signal. We're out of range. Just a bit.", she said, holding up her very pink cellphone.
"Tell you what.", the Doctor said, pulling out his screwdriver and taking the phone from her.
"With a bit of jiggery pokery...", he said, pulling the phone apart.
"Is that a technical term, jiggery pokery?", Rose asked teasingly, hoping to ease the tension a little more.
"Yeah, me and Kagome came first in jiggery pokery, what about you?", he joked, pleased when Kagome snorted quietly.
"Nah, I failed hullabaloo.", she grinned at them and was relieved when both of them grinned back.
While Rose phoned her mum, Kagome and the Doctor watched the earth. Kagome leaning against him, and him with an arm around her shoulders.
Rose finshed her talk and turned back to them. She watched them for a minute before sighing. She didn't stand a chance, right? Everybody could see that they were made for each other. Well, except them of course.
"That was five billion years ago. So, she's dead now. Dead.", she remarked.
"Bundle of laughs you are.", the Doctor said dryly.
Suddenly the space station starts shaking and the Doctor catches Kagome, who was thrown forward. Rose had the luch to remain standing.
"That's not supposed to happen.", the Doctor said, sounding delighted.
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"Indubitably, this is the Bad Wolf scenario. I find the inherent laxity of the on-going multiverse...", the Moxx of ballhoon was saying as they entered.
"That wasn't a gravity pocket. I know gravity pockets and they don't feel like that. What do you think, Jabe? Listened to the engines. They've pitched up about thirty Hertz. That dodgy or what?", he asked the tree lady. He was curious if she had picked anything up while they were away. He was disappointed, though.
"It's the sound of metal.", she stated tartly, "It doesn't make any sense to me."
"Where's the engine room?", he asked, hoping she knew at least that.
"I don't know, but the maintenance duct is just behind our guest suite, I could show you and your wives.", she said, calculatingly.
He looked disgusted. "SHE is not my wife.", he said, pointing at Rose. Kagome flushed when he didn't protest HER being called his wife. Her heart fluttered a little.
Rose just looked offended.
He felt his ears going red but determindedly ignored this.
"Partner?", Jabe asked, looking disappointed when the Doctor kept most of his attention on Kagome.
"No."
"Concubine?"
"Nope."
"...Prostitute?", she asked and Rose seemed to finally have met her limit.
"Whatever I am, it must be invisible. Do you mind? Tell you what, you three go and pollinate. I'm going to catch up with family. Quick word with Michael Jackson."
With that she huffed and stalked off to Cassandra.
The Doctor offered Kagome his arm. "I'm all yours.", he said charmingly and Kagome smiled brillantly at him.
He glanced at Jabe, ignoring her putt out expression. "Lead the way.", was all he said before turning around.
"AND I WANT YOU HOME BY MIDNIGHT!", Rose shouted after them, Kagome and the Doctor burst out laughing, waving at her.
"Earth death in fifteen minutes.", a computerized voice announced.
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The Doctor and Kagome followed behind Jabe, thinking about the problem at hand.
"Who's in charge of platform one? Is there a Captain or what?", the Doctor asked, hoping to gather more information.
Kagome eyed Jabe unsurely. She had noticed that Jabe was very taken by the Doctor, even if the man in question had no idea. He was just dense like that.
But she couldn't help feeling a little jealous, even if the Doctor seemed to be very disinterested, focusing most of his attention on the problem and the rest of it on herself, like usual.
"There's just the Steward and the staff. All the rest is controlled by the metal mind.", Jabe answered, interrupting Kagomes train of thought.
"You mean the computer? But who controls that?"
"The Corporation. They move Platform One from one artistic event to another.", Jabe supplied, surprised that they didn't know this.
"But there's no one from the Corporation on board.", the Doctor stated confusedly.
"They're not needed. This facility is purely automatic. It's the height of the Alpha class. Nothing can go wrong.", said Jabe.
Kagome frowned. "You shouldn't say that. You just jinxed us."
The Doctor was unhappy as well. "Unsinkable?", he snorted.
Jabe glowered a little at Kagome befoer answering the Doctor.
"If you like. The nautical metaphor is appropriate."
"You're telling me. I was on board another ship once. They said that was unsinkable. I ended up clinging to an iceberg. It wasn't half cold. So, what you're saying is, if we get in trouble there's no one to help us out?"
Before Jabe could answer Kagome tugged the Doctor to a stop.
"You were on the Titanic? I've got to hear this story. How come this one didn't come up?", she demanded. Kagome loved the movie Titanic and would love to know more about the original.
The Doctor scratched behind his ears. He knew exactly why he had never told her THAT story. It was really embarassing and he hated embarassing himself in front of Kagome.
While she didn't tease him too much, he wanted to be seen like someone to be admired by her, and not like a fool.
Jabe cleared her throat primly and they remembered her presence.
"Sorry.", Kagome mumbled and started walking again, the Doctor hurrying to take her hand again.
"To answer your earlier question: I'm afraid not.", said Jabe.
"Fantastic!", the Doctor cheered, twirling Kagome around a little, making her giggle.
"I don't understand. In what way is this fantastic?"
Jabe was confused.
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The next few minutes where spent with Jabe trying to pester the Doctor about his planet, offering her condolences and admitting that she scanned both of them, to confirm Kagomes species and discover his.
The Doctor disapproved and kept glaring at her when she tried to put her hand on his person. He disliked it when people snooped to much. Mostly when it concerned him.
After that they captured a metal spider, Jabe lassoing it with her liana. She glanced at the Doctor hopefully but he was distracted by Kagome who was asking a question about the spider robot.
They run along a corridor, coming up to a smoking door.
"Shouldn't the steward be in there?", wondered Jabe.
The Doctor looked grim. As did Kagome, her eyes shining a light pink in anger.
"You can smell him.", he said gravely, turning around and walking away, Kagome close at his side.
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They came upon a door, banging and screaming coming from within.
"Anybody in there?", Kagome called, while the Doctor worked on the door panel.
"LET ME OUT!", screamed a familiar voice.
"Oh. Well, it WOULD be you.", the Doctor said dryly, and Kagome began getting worried.
"OPEN THE DOOR!", ordered Rose, sounding panicked.
"Hold on. Give us two ticks.", he said calmly, continuing his work.
"Sunfilter descending. Sunfilter descending.", the computer said.
Kagome growled a little. She hated it when things went wrong at left people in danger.
"Sunfilter rising. Sunfilter rising.", said the computer, as if changing it's mind.
Everybody was relieved for all of ten seconds before the computer changed it's mind again.
"Sunfilter descending.", was heard by the people on platform one.
"Just what we need.", grumbled the Doctor, "The Computer is getting clever."
Kagome was getting restless, and focused her energe on feeling for Roses lifesigns.
She didn't need to as a second later the blonde had started yelling again.
"STOP MUCKING ABOUT!", she screeched, fearing for her life and pressing herself as close to the floor as possible.
"I'm not mucking about! The Computer is fighting back!", he responded, a little offended.
"OPEN THE DOOR!", she screeched again.
"I KNOW!", the Doctor roared back, fed up with her screeching.
"THE LOCK'S MELTED!", shouted Rose in full blown panic.
"Sunfilter descending. Sunfilter descending. Sunfilter rising. Sunfilter rising.", the computer declared, making everybody sag a little in relief.
"The whole thing's jammed. I can't open it. Stay there!", the Doctor informed Rose. Kagome rolled her eyes. Where should Rose go?
Rose shared her thoughts. "Where am I going to go? Ipswich?!", she shouted incredelously.
With that they went to join the other aliens once again.
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"The metal machine confirms. The spider devices have infiltrated the whole of Platform One.", informed Jabe as they entered the room.
"How's that possible? Our private rooms are protected by a code wall. Moisturise me, moisturise me.", Cassandra demanded. She was promptly sprayed with water by her... employees?
"Summon the steward.", the Moxx of Balhoon suggested.
"I'm afraid the steward is dead.", said Jabe, shaking her head sadly.
"Who killed him?!", demanded the Moxx of Balhoon.
"This whole event was sponsored by the Face of Boe. He invited us. Talk to the Face. Talk to the Face.", Cassandra accused, she probably would have pointed a finger at the Face of Boe too, if she had any fingers to point that is.
"Easy way of finding out. Someone bought their little pet on board. Let's send him back to master.", the Doctor said with a grin and set the little spider on the ground. Kagome leaned into him, watching the spider scurry away.
It first shuffles around Cassandra before making it's way to the creepiest aliens on board.
"The Adherents of the Repeated Meme. J'accuse!", said Cassandra dramatically.
"That's all very well, and really kind of obvious, but if you stop and think about it-", he tugged out of Kagomes hold and went over to them, pulling a arm off when one of them tried to hit him. The other aliens gasped and Kagome felt satisfied to know what she had felt before was right.
"-a Repeated Meme is just an idea. And that's all they are, an idea-", he continued, pulling wires out of them.
"Remote controlled Droids. Nice little cover for the real troublemaker. Go on, Jimbo. Go home.", he finished smugly, sending the spider on.
Cassandra looked caught when it went to her side.
"I bet you were the school swot and never got kissed. At arms!", Kagome was a little offended at that. If she thought the Doctor were interested in her like that, she would totally kiss him.
Cassandras employees aimed their spray guns at the Doctor, making him smile sarcastically at her.
"What are you going to do?", he mocked, "Moisturise me?"
Cassandra smiled icily back at him. "With acid. Oh, you're too late, anyway. My spiders have control of the mainframe. Oh, you all carried them as gifts, tax free, past every code wall. I'm not just as pretty face."
"What face?", Kagome mumbed under her breath. She could tell that the Doctor heard her, the corners of his mouth twitching.
"Sabotaging a ship while you're still inside it? How stupid's that?", the Doctor mocked.
"I'd hoped to manufacture a hostage situation with myself as one of the victims. The compensation would have been enormous.", she said simply, completely unabashed at her actions.
"Five billion years and it still comes down to money!", the Doctor growled. He himself had never understood how some people could do the thing they did for a bit of printed paper or metal.
"Do you think it's cheap, looking like this? Flatness costs a fortune. I am the last human, Doctor. Me. Not that freaky little kid of yours. Or the weird little priestess following you around.", she said. The Doctor was on the defensive as soon as she brought Kagome into this.
"Careful what you say.", he said in a calm, threatening manner, making Cassandra shiver in fear for a moment.
"Arrest her, the infidel!", the Moxx commanded, fidgeting in it's chair.
"Oh, shut it, pixie. I've still got my final option.", she said maliciously, shaking off the lingering fear of the Doctor.
"Earth death in three minutes.", the computer announced calmly. Everybody jumped a little, looking at each other in horror.
"And here it comes. You're just as useful dead, all of you. I have shares in your rival companies and they'll triple in price as soon as you're dead. My spiders are primed and ready to destroy the safety systems. How did that old Earth song go? Burn, baby, burn.", Cassandra sounded positively delighted, thought Kagome, disgusted with the woman, pink energy sparking around her in her anger.
She reeled it back in, deciding she needed to learn more control. The Doctor took her hand again, showing his support and continued glaring at Cassandra reproachfully.
"Then you'll burn with us.", said Jabe dramatically.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I know the use of teleportation is strictly forbidden, but I'm such a naughty thing. Spiders, activate.", a series of explosions rocked the platform, throwing some of them off their feet.
"Forcefields gone with the planet about to explode. At least it'll be quick. Just like my fifth husband. Oh, shame on me.", Cassandra giggled pleased.
"Safety systems failing.", announced the computer calmly.
"Bye, bye darlings. Bye, bye my darlings.", she called before vanishing with her employees, beaming them out.
"Heat levels rising.", the computer continued spreading bad news.
"Reset the computer!", Moxx suggested, looking at the Doctor who seemed to be the selected leader at the moment. Everyone else turned to him as well.
"Only the steward would know how.", protested Jabe.
"No. We can do it by hand. There must be a system restore switch. Kagome, come on. You lot, just chill. That goes for you as well, Jabe. You will burn if you get to close to the center. You are made of wood.", he said, leaving a sulking Jabe behind.
"Hurry.", Kagome urged, taking his hand and started running.
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"Heat levels critical.", the computer announced as they entered the engine room.
"Oh. And guess where the switch is.", he said dryly, seeing it on the other side of the turning, razor sharp fans.
"Heat levels rising. Heatlevels rising."
The Doctor pulls a lever and the fans slow, but they continued getting faster as soon as he let go of it.
"External temperature, 5000 degrees.", the computer informed them. Kagome went to pull down the lever.
"You can't. The heat is going to vent through this place.", he said horrified at what the heat would do to her.
"I know.", was her only answer.
"Kagome, your hand will burn. Badly.", he tried again.
She leaned forward to kiss his cheek.
"Then stop wasting time, Time Lord.", she said cheekily before pulling the lever down again, holding it there this time.
He nodded worried and made to do as she ordered.
He got past the first fan and looked back to see her panting heavily over the lever. His jaw clenched and he jumped past the next one, nearly tripping when he heard Kagome groan in pain.
"Planet explodes in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4...", the computer counted, the Doctor closing his eyes and stepping past the last fan. Realising he was alive, he ran at the switch.
"Raise shields! Raise shields!", he shouted.
He hurried back to Kagome, who had closed her eyes, silent tears streaming down.
He carefully pulled her hands from the lever and she looked up at him, her eyes dulled from the pain she was in.
"We did it.", he told her softly, stopping her as she tried to get up. He examined her hands, they looked like raw flesh, bloody and full of blisters, burned black on some places. It looked terrible. The worst was that he knew that while she could heal other peoples wounds, she couldn't heal her own.
"I'm fine.", she said and stood up, wobbling a little.
"You are not.", he said simply and lifted her into his arms, bridal style. She flushed, laying her head on his chest and closing her eyes a little.
"I can walk, you know.", she said. "I've had worse..."
The Doctor shushed her. He would take care of wounds as soon as Cassandra had been punished. No one was allowed to hurt Kagome. Not anymore.
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The Doctor enters the obversation gallery with Kagome in his arms. He stops in shock at the pink barriers around some of the guests.
He carefully let's Kagome down and looks at her in silent question.
"The talismans I gave them. I charged them with my power and they protected them.", she explained quietly and the barriers fell with a shake of her still badly burnt hand.
Rose hurried over and examined Kagomes hands with horror. She liked Kagome, for all that she felt a little jealous of her.
"Are you okay?", she asked worriedly, but it was the Doctor who answered, leaving Kagome with Rose for the time being.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm full of ideas, I'm bristling with them. Idea number one, teleportation through five thousand degrees needs some kind of feed. Idea number two, this feed must be hidden nearby.", he said grimly, white hot fury burning in his stomach at the reminder of Kagomes injury.
He smashed open the ostrich egg, revealing a strange device. "Idea number three, if you're as clever as me, then a teleportation feed can be reversed."
"Oh, you should have seen their little alien faces-", Cassandra was saying as she was beamed back in.
"Oh.", she looks around her in horror.
"The last human.", the Doctor sneered.
"So, you passed my little test. Bravo. This makes you eligible to join, er, the Human Club.", she said lamely, trying to get out of this situation.
"People have died Cassandra. You murdered them.", he said, thinking of the steward and the plumber that had died. He was sure that more would have died had Kagome not given everyone a talisman as peace gift.
"It depends on your definition of people, and that's enough of a technicality to keep your lawyers dizzy for centuries. Take me to court, then, Doctor, and watch me smile and cry and flutter.", she preened, not noticing that she was creaking.
"And creak?", asked the Doctor smugly.
"And what?", she asked dumbly.
"Creak. You're creaking.", he said in dark satisfaction. Nobody hurt Kagome and got away with it.
"What? Ah! I'm drying out! Oh, sweet heavens. Moisturise me, moisturise me! Where are my surgeons? My lovely boys! It's too hot!", she screeched in horror.
"YOU raised the temperature.", he pointed out, unbothered with her sreams.
"Have pity! Moisturise me! Oh, oh, Doctor. I'm sorry. I'll do anything.", she begged.
"Help her.", said Rose, visibly shaken.
The Doctor didn't even look at her as he answered.
"Everything has it's time and everything dies.", he said darkly.
"I'm too young!", was her last dramatic screech, before she exploded. He turned around to see why Kagome hadn't said anything and saw that she had fainted, he cursed and lifted her in his arms again.
With that he went back to the TARDIS, Rose running after him.
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Rose was long sleeping as the Doctor sat in the infirmary, watching Kagome sleep.
He had healed her hands as much as he could with his advanced medicines and then wrapped them up.
Stroking her hair he swore to never let her get hurt again.
She was his and he wanted to keep her for all eternity.
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Hi guys!
I will answer review every two chapters.
What do you think? I alway figured, that when the Doctor ever found someone he thought he could keep forever, he would be all kinds of possessive.
Please tell me your thoughts on this chapter for future reference!
Thank you very much!
Your MightyUnicorn.
Oh, just a quick question, how do you think Rose should behave? Should she be all jealous later on or be nice?
