Frozen Secrets
by: ThatKawaiiYoukai
"It's another youkai!" someone yells behind me. I groan and walk faster, hoping they aren't coming after me with a big pointy stick. I yawn repeatedly, considering I didn't sleep at all last night. Suddenly, I'm running. Past the rice crops, and the streams. I guess I'm looking for something, or someone. I hear muffled hands clapping, a whistle trilling floating by, and the weak sputtering of applause. I couldn't understand why everyone was so happy all of a sudden. Why everyone was so happy, and I was so confused.
I remember sitting in bed last night, and trying hard to fall asleep, but to no avail. I kept staring at my clock, and slowly look at the black hand turn to 12, then 1, then 2. Closing my eyes, and listen hard for the steady breathing of Buyo, sleeping soundly, at the foot of my bed.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha. I slowly approach them, trembling slightly. "Kagome-sama." Miroku looks satisfied, seeing me. "Back again?"
I nod. "Right." I say, softly.
Inuyasha snorts at me. "I didn't think you'd come."
Sango smiles, and I smile back. "Glad to see you're back, Kagome-chan." she says.
I kick the ground. "Me too." I look at her, and realized something for the first time, and knew that Sango was right.
I was back.
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The fire was cracking, as a few red, orange, and yellow flames escaped, and became apart of the night air. I sat there, almost hypnotized by its colors and heat. I don't say anything to Sango, and she doesn't say anything to me. Everyone was asleep, and I was thinking about doing the same thing, but something stops me. I know she knows I'm nervous. I've always been nervous around her. It's something that I'll never get over. It took all I had to even say, "Sango, I like you."
"Kagome?" Sango asks, suddenly. "Aren't you cold?" she looks attentively at me.
"No." I lie. "Not really."
She nods, and begins to rock back and forth, slowly. I think about putting all my focus on something, but there aren't any significant colors that I can concentrate on.
"I feel like I'm losing." I say finally, without even knowing I said it.
Sango blinks. "What?" she asks. "Losing? Like a game?"
"Uh-huh."
"What are you losing?" she asks, leaning into listen to what bizzare answer I give.
"I don't know." I look at Sango's eyes for any sign of impatience, or anger, but there is none.
Just curiousity.
"I feel like," I continue. "If I choose you over Inuyasha, then..." I stop. "Never mind." I say, defeated. "I don't know." A warm, single tear rolls down my cheek, onto my skirt, making a dark spot, where the tear had fallen.
"Are you afraid?" Sango asks, concerned.
I nod.
She shifts her weight, leans toward me, and hug me. "It's okay, Kagome." she says.
"I'll be afraid too."
by: ThatKawaiiYoukai
"It's another youkai!" someone yells behind me. I groan and walk faster, hoping they aren't coming after me with a big pointy stick. I yawn repeatedly, considering I didn't sleep at all last night. Suddenly, I'm running. Past the rice crops, and the streams. I guess I'm looking for something, or someone. I hear muffled hands clapping, a whistle trilling floating by, and the weak sputtering of applause. I couldn't understand why everyone was so happy all of a sudden. Why everyone was so happy, and I was so confused.
I remember sitting in bed last night, and trying hard to fall asleep, but to no avail. I kept staring at my clock, and slowly look at the black hand turn to 12, then 1, then 2. Closing my eyes, and listen hard for the steady breathing of Buyo, sleeping soundly, at the foot of my bed.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha. I slowly approach them, trembling slightly. "Kagome-sama." Miroku looks satisfied, seeing me. "Back again?"
I nod. "Right." I say, softly.
Inuyasha snorts at me. "I didn't think you'd come."
Sango smiles, and I smile back. "Glad to see you're back, Kagome-chan." she says.
I kick the ground. "Me too." I look at her, and realized something for the first time, and knew that Sango was right.
I was back.
__________________________
The fire was cracking, as a few red, orange, and yellow flames escaped, and became apart of the night air. I sat there, almost hypnotized by its colors and heat. I don't say anything to Sango, and she doesn't say anything to me. Everyone was asleep, and I was thinking about doing the same thing, but something stops me. I know she knows I'm nervous. I've always been nervous around her. It's something that I'll never get over. It took all I had to even say, "Sango, I like you."
"Kagome?" Sango asks, suddenly. "Aren't you cold?" she looks attentively at me.
"No." I lie. "Not really."
She nods, and begins to rock back and forth, slowly. I think about putting all my focus on something, but there aren't any significant colors that I can concentrate on.
"I feel like I'm losing." I say finally, without even knowing I said it.
Sango blinks. "What?" she asks. "Losing? Like a game?"
"Uh-huh."
"What are you losing?" she asks, leaning into listen to what bizzare answer I give.
"I don't know." I look at Sango's eyes for any sign of impatience, or anger, but there is none.
Just curiousity.
"I feel like," I continue. "If I choose you over Inuyasha, then..." I stop. "Never mind." I say, defeated. "I don't know." A warm, single tear rolls down my cheek, onto my skirt, making a dark spot, where the tear had fallen.
"Are you afraid?" Sango asks, concerned.
I nod.
She shifts her weight, leans toward me, and hug me. "It's okay, Kagome." she says.
"I'll be afraid too."
