Disclaimer: Now I know we've been through this more than once…
AN: Hoo ha! Another chap-ta!
Lovin' It
Purple Flowers
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Kagome stared at herself in the reflection of a flower shop's window staring like she's just met herself for the first time.
She was scared.
Shooting that arrow was just hard enough telling someone that when they asked if they look good when really they didn't.
She looked up at the baby blue sky expecting to see something interesting soaring through the clouds thinking of every scene she's seen so far at the incident the other night.
She closed her eyes for a couple of seconds and tried so hard to get the image out of her head.
Remembering the feeling of that bow and arrow.
She looked down at her right hand that was wrapped up pretty good and made her palm turn into a fist. She shook a little bit.
'It still hurts…'Kagome told herself.
She gave a little more thought into herself thinking what would of really happened if she didn't left the car.
Would Miroku and Inuyasha still be in there? Or if she just listened to Inuyasha, he would've come out okay along with Miroku?
And what about Inuyasha?
Inuyasha really dedicated himself for her and she made fun of him because she thought it was joke.
Was she seeing a different side of him that she never knew? He's starting not to act like that jerk he really was.
He was still a pain in the ass but sometimes he could be cool. Sometimes.
Things were going haywire ever since she's met him.
Yeah, he saved her life but now she's not even sure if she even wants to see him again because she was also his savior.
She saved him from that Kagura girl who wasn't paying attention to what was around her but was only to Inuyasha.
It seems that she was full of herself and didn't sense her or Kikyo.
Wait a second.
Kikyo somehow managed to know, everything. She was there in the same room.
Kagome remembered everything what Kikyo said and done.
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Kagome sat on the small couch and stared down at her lap with goose bumps all over her.
That's when she heard crack and was sure it wasn't coming from the outside of the room.
Then the lights turned off, and Kagome breathed heavily.
Something put their hand over her mouth as Kagome tried to remove it.
"Relax, Kagome," a feminine voice said lightly in her ears.
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Kagome started to walk down the sidewalk again.
"The thing is how is Inuyasha and Miroku working for that man?" Kagome asked herself.
A few people that walked by her brushed her shoulders.
A man tapped his hat and apologized, "Excuse me, miss."
Kagome nodded and sighed as she was still walking down.
She stopped at a corner and pushed the button on the pole waiting for the pedestrian sign saying it was okay to walk.
She took a step down and started to walk in between the two white lines.
"Hm," she had her lips to the side still thinking.
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"Wait! What about Inuyasha and Miroku?" Kagome was being dragged out into the hallway as Kikyo pulled her.
"They'll be fine. I'm sure of it." Kikyo turned a corner and stopped looking side to side.
Then they were in front of a door and Kikyo whispered in a harsh voice. "You listen very carefully…"
Kagome nodded as Kikyo gave her instructions.
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Kagome stopped staring face to face with a very familiar face.
"Um, hey Kaomi…" Sango stopped and stared at Kagome.
Kagome smiled not saying anything at her.
Sango looked very out there like she witnessed death and torture.
"Sango," Kagome still has that small smile, "Kagome's fine."
Sango ran up to her and gave her a hug, sobbing.
"I'm so sorry, Kagome!" Sango yelled forgetting who ever Kagome was. "I knew I shouldn't left you alone. I thought that Inuyasha took you home as soon as I left."
Kagome rubbed Sango's back trying to comfort the poor girl.
"It's okay, Sango," Kagome looked to her side. "I'm okay. You don't need to worry about me."
Sango shook her head. "Yes, I do. I have every right to worry."
Kagome and Sango hugged each other.
"Thanks, Sango…" Kagome took out a tissue for her friend after thanking her.
Sango nodded and wiped her eyes and blew her nose afterwards.
"Oh, by the way, what did Miroku ask you?" Kagome and Sango started to walk but in a slow pace.
"It was weird," Sango started, "he asked how I felt about him."
"Really?" Kagome asked as if were a shock. "What did you tell him?"
"I didn't know how to answer but then he had to leave and asked if I wanted a ride home with or without an answer to his first question because he said he didn't mind if I didn't want to tell him." Sango sighed. "Then Inuyasha said if I go he'll be the one to take you home, so I agreed and he said he was going to find you."
"Oh…"
"I'm really sorry, Kaomi," Sango looked over at Kagome.
"No, it's all right. You didn't know that that was going to happen." Kagome smiled as Sango nodded.
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"Naraku Izbaud, a man who deals with high kinds of drugs, isn't whom you would call cool.
Evil, along with his two daughters, Kagura of the Wind, the oldest, and Kanna, who was the youngest, as he was wanted Inuyasha and Miroku to work for him.
Surely, there were other workers but not very positive minded ones.
Miroku just did the biggest mistake in his life.
He didn't take the bag.
His school backpack was so similar to Naraku's they bumped into each other and Miroku and the two backpacks fell as Miroku grabbed the wrong one.
Naraku notices this and stops him with his kids. They were in the car as he called for them. He shot Miroku's hand to keep those two quiet and never say a word to the police.
That's when he decided to keep in touch with those two. They would work for him. They had no choice but to do it. If they didn't, one of them would die and later on the next one." Kikyo finished.
Kagome stared at the man before her. Naraku.
He was tied up to a chair staring at Kagome and Kikyo. His shoulder bleeding because of an arrow that Kagome shot about four of them. This man just won't die.
"Good job. Now let's go."
"Wait, how…" Kagome looked over at Kikyo, "do you know about this?"
"I was there…"
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Inuyasha and Miroku decided to head home.
Miroku took off in his SUV and headed to pick up Sango in front of the park.
Inuyasha went inside his car and turned on the engine. His hands slid down from the keys, to his lap. And stared.
He looked up at the mirror that lets you look behind and looked at himself in it.
He was still wearing his hat and shades.
And in for favor for that girl, he took them off and sighed.
He drove out of the lot and was headed home.
Or at least he thought so.
Kaomi was walking down the street probably headed to the post office because she was holding on to an envelope.
He parked and rolled down his window. "Hey, Kaomi!"
Kagome turned to look at him. She smiled and walked up to his side.
"Hey, Inuyasha." 'He's finally not wearing his stuff. Proud of him.'
"Why are you walking out here? Didn't you hear about what happened to Kagome?" Inuyasha looked like he was glaring but was holding it in.
"I know, but I couldn't help it but to go out for a walk." Kagome replied.
"Come on. Let me take you home."
Kagome nodded, "just let me finish what I was going to do. Be back in ten minutes or so."
Inuyasha agreed. 'Ten minutes…' That's what he said to Kagome. Maybe she got out because he was taking a long time?
No, still, even if it was all ready an hour she should've waited because the car was safe and doesn't let any demons in it. Only to keep innocents in.
But he was in control of it. His father gave him that car. Made by the highest company, Totosai.
Inuyasha rested his hands on the wheel, "and this car is the one and only ever to be made… The tetsusaiga." (The car. Not the sword)
Then the door shut as Kagome smiled, "All right. Let's hit the road!"
Inuyasha nodded and drove off. 'She doesn't realize I'm not wearing my cap and sunglasses, big mistake.'
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"You were?" Kagome asked shocked, scared as ever.
"I was a doctor at Sakura Hospital…" Kikyo started staring at her side. "As soon as Naraku had me a lone, he placed a gun at my back saying, 'leave with me… don't say anything…' I just agreed and walked out the door…
And the reason why he needed me was to heal his wife who was seriously ill. Then after a while of studying her, she had the case of skin cancer…
They just got back from the beach, and obviously that was the biggest mistake…
Then she died before I could give her any medical care…
I was in the car with him watching everything what was going on from the outside. His daughters did nothing but stare at me like I was meat ready to be eaten.
That's when I decided to teach archery at the school." Kagome and Kikyo ran to the chaotic room. "You see the girl in front of Inuyasha?" Kagome nodded. "Shoot."
Kagome did what Kikyo asked and hid behind her breathing like it was her last day to live. She was still scared.
She could hear Kikyo speak to her while watching Miroku, "The police began to be on my side and so now, when I leave I want you to put this in the mail after the police shows up. Not soon but do mail it."
Kagome took the envelope and placed it in her side pocket. That's when everyone caught her right next to Kikyo. She didn't know what to do but dropped her arrow and ran to Inuyasha.
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"Thanks for the ride, Inuyasha," Kaomi almost closed the door but Inuyasha called out.
"Wait." He said. "Can you get Kagome? I need to talk to her."
"Um, I don't think that's a-"
"Please?"
Kagome sighed as he said the magic word. What was she going to do? She didn't want to talk to him.
"All right."
Kagome ran up to her room and checked the time. 8:36 PM. Everyone was out and Kagome knew for sure that they wouldn't be back until midnight.
She found her pajamas and changed into it, put her hair into two braids and put on her, now cracked, glasses that was in her purse.
Inuyasha saw the lights turned off from the porch and looked over seeing Kagome walking out in her nightclothes.
He smirked, "Weirdo…"
Kagome bent down talking through the window, "What do you want?"
"Hi, I'm fine. Thanks for asking." Inuyasha said sarcastically.
"Sorry," Kagome said with a little sadness in her voice. "You want to come in?"
"What about Kaomi?"
"Oh, she snuck off. You thought she was finish? No, she's out. Gone. Ditched. Left-"
"All right, I got it all ready."
Kagome walked on inside of the house as Inuyasha put on the alarm to the car and went in.
He sat down on the couch and laid his head back staring up into the ceiling. Then Kagome's head was over him, he flinched.
"Want anything to drink?" she asked taking a sip out of her Sun Capri's.
"No, I'm good." He said as he watched her sit on the longer couch.
"What did you want to talk about?"
Inuyasha looked to his sides and fiddled with the armrest. "I'm sorry on what you had to go through back there… It was my fault…"
"Look, you don't have to-"
"Yes, I do. You better accept this apology because I don't do this very often. Especially to a girl like you."
Kagome rolled her eyes, "I accept."
Inuyasha glared and nodded.
"I see that you're not wearing you cap and shades…" Inuyasha looked over at her as she was just sitting there resting her chin on the back of her hand. "Why the change of heart?"
"After what you did, I guess this should have at least be something I could do in return for you…"
"Aw, how thoughtful of you Inuyasha. Didn't know that you cared!"
"I don't!" He crossed his arms. He raised an eyebrow at her, 'why is she looking at me like that?'
Kagome smiled.
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"The police are here, guys…" Miroku peered out of the window hearing sirens and ambulances.
Three huge thuds were heard on the door, "It's the police! Let us in!"
Miroku opened the door and bunch of cops ran in all armed. Then one man with a light brown trench coat walked in staring at the place, "What happened here?"
"Ki…" Kagome said and cleared her throat. "Kikyo Rein…"
The man stared at her and walked up to her as Inuyasha put an arm across her chest for a shield.
"What did you just say…?" he grabbed at the side of his glasses and pulled them down a bit to see her a little bit more clearly.
"Kikyo Rein."
"All right, guys… 101." He said. Every cop that was in there just did something that the three teens were just staring not having a clue what they were doing and why.
They grabbed some of the bodies and positioned them differently.
Then the man nodded, "Uh-huh… Seems to be a fight…" He looked over at Inuyasha, Miroku, and Kagome. "Three hostages… You guys still in school?" he asked as they nodded. "Three teens and looks like to be a cock fight."
The three of them didn't know what was going on.
The man walked around and then returned to them, "You guys will have to say that you were kidnapped and held here between a fight… They were fighting over you three."
"What about the drugs?" Inuyasha asked.
The man looked over at three guys who were carrying big boxes and a machine, "What drugs?"
Inuyasha nodded.
"Like, I said you three. Keep it low."
And they walked out keeping to the man's story…
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"Are you planning on something?" he asked staring at her.
"No, if I did I would've done it way long time ago. But I all ready did it so what's the point of doing it now?"
Inuyasha didn't know what she was talking about.
"What?"
"Your ears, Inuyasha. Your ears!"
"Oh yeah…" He looked up. "Don't touch them…"
"What if I do? What are you going to do, huh?"
"Beat you."
Kagome looked at him like he was obvious that he wouldn't.
He looked at her and Kagome caught him.
"What?" she asked.
"Why aren't you wearing the contacts?" he raised an eyebrow. "I kept my end of the bargain and now it's your turn."
"So, I'm going to sleep as soon as you leave. So, I don't want to bother removing them because I have a feeling that I'll forget and sleep in with them…" Kagome looked to her side.
'She won't budge, will she?' Inuyasha thought. 'They're just contacts…'
"Who says I'm going to leave any sooner?" he asked. "What if I stay here," he gave a little grin. "All night?"
"Like you would, anyways," Kagome replied.
"Eh, maybe to say hi to your mom, your bro and your mom's old man."
Kagome nodded to whatever he was saying and sighed.
"And maybe wait until Kaomi comes home or something."
Kagome looked at him as he was playing with his cap's bill. What was she going to do?
She hadn't thought of anyone wanting to see both, Kagome and Kaomi, at the same time. How could she be so blind about that?
"Uh, yeah, sure…" Kagome said quietly.
Inuyasha looked over at Kagome, who was looking down at her lap with her hands intertwined on her lap.
She looked very uncomfortable. Uncomfortable about his request.
Something itched in his mind about those two.
But for some reason it won't tell him. He tried and tried but still for some reason it just wouldn't come out.
He wanted to say something but knew it wouldn't be best to ask.
If he can't get through Kagome, then maybe Kaomi will know a little something.
It's been almost a month, and yet he still feels like it wasn't right. Oh well.
Just then, Kagome's mom walked through the door with a couple of grocery bags. Then Sota and gramps game in holding boxes.
"Kagome-dear?" Her mother stepped in the living room before asking Kagome to do her a favor she spotted Inuyasha. "Inuyasha!"
Inuyasha stood up and walked over to her as Ami hugged him.
"Thank you so much for saving my baby!" Ami cried a loud as Kagome blushed calling her, her baby. "I talked to your mom this morning and before I could thank you over the phone you were all ready gone."
"Yeah, me and Miroku went to go an hang out."
"Oh? Kagome, too. She was gone all this morning," She turned to Kagome. "Weren't you, Kag?"
"Uh, yeah!" Kagome gulped.
Inuyasha shrugged.
"Thank you again, so much, Inuyasha!" She hugged him again.
"No problem, Mrs. Higurashi."
"Please, Ami!" She laughed playfully slapping his arm, "Mrs. Just sounds too… Old…" She laughed some more walking in the kitchen.
"Your mom's funny." Inuyasha stood by the door with his hands in pocket.
"Yeah," Kagome was going to head for the kitchen.
"I'm ganna go," He walked up to her and gave her a hug.
Kagome's hands rest by her side as he was still in the embrace.
What was going on? Inuyasha was hugging her making her heart pound so fast. Her sudden judgment on him was turning around. And the thing was, she didn't like it.
He pulled back and nodded, "I'll see you later, four eyes."
He ruffled her hair, as Kagome stood there frozen in her spot.
He turned back to her and pointed a finger up, "Oh, almost forgot."
He leaned over into his pocket and took out his hand but it was in a fist. He was hiding something in there and grabbed Kagome's hand and placed the item in her small hands.
"Tell your family I'll see them around." He smiled and left closing the door behind him.
"Ooo… Kagome's got a boyfriend!" Sota stood there by the kitchen doorway making kissing noises and dodged a vase that was thrown at him. "Mom! Kagome was trying to kill me!"
Kagome stared at the door and then looked down at her hand.
A purple water lily from the Sakura Lake…
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AN: Okay, see you later!
