More You Should Know About This Fic Up Front:
This is it. Chapter ten. The chapter I've been stressing over for days. I hope it turns out okay.
I'm not exactly finished writing the story. I mean, I'm writing it out in a composition notebook - like I mentioned last chapter - and every few days, I'll type out a couple of chapters. That way, if I get stuck or writer's block or whatever, I won't have to worry about it right away. So if I say something about a future chapter, it's not set in stone unless it's already been typed out. Like, I told you a few chapters back that this was the chapter where you'd actually be introduced to the guy, the only reason I was able to say it with such certainty was because I'd had this chapter already typed out. If I hadn't, that could have been subject to change.
I hadn't originally planned on this being long, but I think I was oh so very wrong when I thought that. I was planning on making it maybe twenty chapters if possible, but as of chapter 13 - which is what I've got typed out so far - there are still a lot of loose ends. Hell, Kagome and InuYasha are still talking to Naraku in that chapter, so there's no way I'm going to be finished with this anytime soon.
It was supposed to be a simple kind of 1-2-3 sort of thing, but me being me, I had to go and complicate things... So now it's more 1-6-2-4-9-3-5-8-7, you know? It... gets a little confusing - even for me! I had to draw out a time-line, just so I could see what the hell I'm doing. But I think I've got it under control now, so I might be able to clean things up and make them less confusing for you guys.
Since this is a FanFiction, it doesn't exactly coincide with how things go in the manga. I.E. The Well doesn't seal up and keep InuYasha and Kagome separated for three years, Kikyou doesn't die in InuYasha's arms, Kagome's powers don't get temporarily sealed away, etc. etc. If something happened in the manga, great, whatever, but I probably won't mention it here. This is something in and of itself, obviously, and I'm having trouble enough keeping up with my own ideas; I don't need to be thinking about all that on top of all this.
This one is really important: Completed Shikon no Tama does not equal Naraku's death.
Anyone here ever take Algebra? It was okay by my book - a million and five times better than geometry is, anyway - but here's one problem that I always hated: Graph the equation x = y. I had it on a test once and it threw me. I don't remember what I thought the answer was or what the correct answer actually was, - because I'm pretty sure I got it wrong - but I remember the equation because it pissed me off; the teacher hadn't gone over it in class or anything, just expected us to know it. To be perfectly honest, I've never been entirely sure that it's actually possible to graph that equation... From a mathematical stand-point, I'm sure there's some logical answer, but from a creative stand-point, here's what I got: Anything = anything; everything = everything; anything = everything; everything = anything. Get it? Just keep that in mind; it might prove to be useful, it might not.
Song of the Day 9/14/11: "Freckles," ~Natasha Bedingfield~
Quote of the Day 9/14/11: "Dreams aren't perfect. They come true, not free."
Disclaimer: Please, if I owned InuYasha, things would be so crazy up in there. Wow, did I just say "up in there?" I must be losing it... Anyway, I don't own InuYasha.
InuYasha
"Kagome, InuYasha,"
Mrs. Higurashi began.
Something about the way
She was talking now
Rubbed me the wrong way,
It was like
She was being
Manipulated
Or controlled -
Naraku's calling card.
I tightened my grip on Kagome,
The suspense was killing me
But...
It was better this way.
The longer I didn't know
The more self-control
I'd be able to muster.
"This is Naraku Evilasi
My fiancé.
Naraku, this is my daughter
Kagome
And her friend
InuYasha."
She stepped aside then
And the evil bastard himself
Stepped forward,
Wearing a smirk.
And a suit.
And a fucking tie.
"Naraku." I growled under my breath,
Tightening my grip
On Kagome even more.
She stiffened
Reality setting in.
I tore my eyes
Off him
And glanced at her instead.
Her face was hard
And unreadable, but
I could smell her fear.
The monster was
In
Her
House.
Engaged
To
Her
Mother.
The one place
She should have always
Been safe at
Was now more dangerous
Than the Sengoku Jidai,
And I didn't know
How
We could possibly
Deal with it.
"Nice to finally meet you,
Kagome." He purred,
My eyes
Darted back to him,
Glaring like I could
Slice his head off
Will sheer will power.
I wanted to
R i p
His fucking tongue out!
The way he said her name...
Like he was violating her
With his tone.
I hated it.
I didn't want him
Defiling her perfect name
With his filthy mouth.
Kagome shivered;
She didn't like it either.
Good.
My low growl of disgust
Melted into one of
Covert pleasure
In knowing she shared my sentiment.
"I've heard so much about you.
I do hope to get
To know you and your
Boyfriend
More before the wedding -
You'll both be there,
Won't you?"
I shifted my eyes to Kagome,
She was staring daggers
At him.
Maybe if I sat her loose
With her bow and arrows,
The problem would be resolved
Soon enough.
But damn,
She didn't have them
Here with her.
And I wasn't about to leave her
Here alone with the bastard
Just for that.
"Wouldn't miss it."
I narrowed my eyes.
Did he really think
He was going to get away with...
Well, whatever he was planning?
Mrs. H -
Somehow oblivious to the tension
And hostility in the room -
Excused herself
To go finish cooking
And told us to get to know
Each other better.
She was sure we'd get along
Just great.
Oh the irony.
Once she was out of the room
Naraku strolled over
And sat in a chair near us.
Bastard was still
Just as smug
As ever.
But something was bothering me.
Something aside from the obvious:
Just how the hell
Did he get here?
See? Longer than the last few were!
So. There you have it. It really is him. Naraku. Any thoughts? I hope it wasn't too horrible...
Ooh, yes. Naraku called InuYasha Kagome's boyfriend. Mrs. H said friend, but Naraku said boyfriend. He's entertaining when he wants to be. I'm sure we were all expecting a different reaction from the pair, but can you blame them for not reacting? Kagome's mother plans on marrying the evil bastard - surely other, trivial things are bound to slip their minds? I wonder if InuYasha even knows what the term "boyfriend" means...
Ah, anyway, let me know what you think.
Peace out,
~Hisa-Ai~