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There were like 8 reviews this chapter and I'm too lazy at this moment to thank all of you personally, so thank you to everyone. You guys help me get outta bed in the morning when I'm ready to murder my alarm clock. :)
February 7th
I was shivering in my rain soaked clothes. Despite my little epiphany about five minutes ago, I mentally slapped myself for the millionth time that week. Why did I have these thoughts? Kagome was…Kagome. The girl who freed me from my eternal binding to the tree Kikyo had pinned me to fifty years ago. The girl who saved me from being alone the rest of my miserable life. But she was also the girl who deserved a shot at leading a normal life. She didn't ask for this- it just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, while also being the incarnation of the wrong person.
Kagome could have had a natural life: finish high school, got married, had kids, die happy with her loving husband. The world she was in now was unnatural, unjust, and dangerous. Everywhere she turned she got hurt, and tagging along with me only made things worse. I couldn't be there to protect her no matter how hard I tried, and I made more enemies than anyone I knew due to being a hanyou…
Just then, Miroku sat up slowly in his cot.
"Ah, Inuyasha, what a lovely surprise to see that we are alive!" He smiled.
"Miroku, what happened?" I asked, surprised he recovered consciousness so quickly. It had only been what, an hour since we had arrived at the village? But I didn't know how long we were in that clearing, passed out.
"Well, we were sitting around the camp fire quite peacefully, when we sensed Naraku near us. We got ready to leave as quickly as we could, and took off into the forest. We didn't have time to wait for you to come back from your little fit. I figured you would just find us and join us there. About half a minute before we reached Naraku, we heard you scream over and over again. I must say, Inuyasha, you gave poor Kagome over there quite a scare when we found you nearly bleeding to death on the ground. We put up our best fight, but I'm afraid that he got the best of us that time." He sighed.
"I didn't last very long either," I grumbled.
"We might have been able to take him down if we were all together, fighting. Separate we're not as good." He laid back down and closed his eyes.
"Agreed."
After a couple minutes, I realized he was asleep. Suddenly, my eye lids felt as if they weighed twenty pounds. Sleep sounded like a good idea.
I gazed towards Kagome, whose eyes were opening.
What?! She's awake? No, no! I'm not ready for this, shit! All of a sudden, I was wide awake.
Her eyes were fluttering open, looking around the room. I ducked quick, an instinct when I did not want to be seen. I ran as quiet as I could without being seen to the old healer, and whispered to her, "Can you give us some privacy?"
"Oh, sure, dear! Excuse me," she said in a loud voice that caused Kagome to look towards us. I could see the confusion on her face, and despite the obvious pain she must be in, she giggled. It must be a funny picture, I thought to myself. I was bent over whispering to an old lady, my face beet red, while she talked in her blaring voice and ushered herself out the door.
I cleared my throat. Kagome was now looking at me, with those bottomless brown eyes of hers…Dammit!
"How are you feeling, Kagome?" I asked her, my voice actually squeaking on the first word. Dammit, today was not my day. More blood flowed to my face as I looked at the curiosity on her face, and I thought of the realization I came to five minutes ago.
She tilted her head sideways and looked at me, like she didn't recognize me or something. For some reason, it scared me. Her eyes suddenly turned panicked, as if she was lost and didn't know what to do.
"Who are you?" She asked me.
Woah, I was totally not expecting that. It just came to me and I had to write it down. :) A couple of things, though. I know, I'm slacking. The last couple of chapters were very short. I'll attempt to write a long one next time. Second, sorry bout all the cliffies. I just realized I keep ending chapters like that. Oops…Three, I'll try to update sooner, okay?
Reviews help me type faster. :)
