Chapter 10: Snowballs and Stitches
A few days later
"OH MY!! Sango get UP NOW!!" Kagome screamed, still in her pajamas. "Ugh Kagome what… I was enjoying that dream!" Sango whined. 'So much for her being a morning person' Kagome thought. Kagome ran to Sango and whispered to her. "Oh my… no… REALLY?? AYAME GET UP NOOOOW!!" Sango yelled, now as excited as Kagome. "WHAAAT?" Ayame yelled, still cuddling her stuffed bear. "It's snowing!!" Sango and Kagome said in unison. "NO WAY!!" Ayame got up and ran to the window. Upon reaching the window she let out a loud screech. "I HATE THE SNOW!" Ayame pouted. "Every party needs a pooper that's why we invited you!" Sango and Kagome sang. (I don't own the song! It's from Father of the Bride 2.)
Suddenly there was a knock at the door and Kagome skipped to open it. When she opened the door she saw a very grumpy Sesshomaru. "Would you please explain to this Sesshomaru why there is so much screaming at 5:30 in the morning!?" Sesshomaru asked, too tired to care about showing any emotion. "It's snowing!" Kagome said, a huge smile gracing her features. Sesshomaru quickly turned and walked away. "GRUMPY BUTT!" Kagome yelled and returned to her room.
A few minutes later there was another knock on the door, again Kagome answered. "Yeess?" Kagome said. Suddenly she was hit in the face with a rather large snowball. "Sesshomaru…." Kagome said sweetly. Sesshomaru cringed. He knew he was in trouble when Kagome used that tone. "Yes Kagome…?" Sesshomaru asked. "Run."
Inuyasha and Miroku opened their door to see what all the yelling was about just in time to see 2 blurs go racing past them towards the front door. "What the…" Inuyasha started. "Yo Sango what's going on?" Inuyasha said once he saw Sango on the floor laughing. "We accidentally woke up Sesshomaru… because we're excited…. Because it's snowing… and he… he… threw a snow ball at Kagome!" Sango said, trying in vain to calm herself.
The rest of the group changed and went outside to find Kagome, still in her pajamas, with a snowball in hand, and Sesshomaru hiding in a tree. "Oh Sesshomaru! Come out, come out wherever you are!" Kagome sang. Kagome heard the snow crunch behind her and she quickly turned and threw the snowball, hitting Inuyasha in the face. "Oops…" Kagome said, and quickly ran inside before he could retaliate.
"You can run but you can't hide Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled; gathering snowballs for the upcoming war. Soon Kagome returned, dressed in warmer clothes, and returned to her hunt for revenge against Sesshomaru.
Soon Sesshomaru, Kagome, and Inuyasha were in a 3 way war against each other. Miroku was making a snowwoman who looked a lot like Sango, Sango was making snow angels, and Ayame was on the porch pouting about the snow.
"Die Inuyasha!" Sesshomaru said and threw a very large snowball at the unsuspecting Inuyasha. Inuyasha soon turned his back on Kagome to attack Sesshomaru. Kagome took the opportunity and threw yet another snowball at Inuyasha. Sesshomaru and Kagome both smirked, they were joining forces against Inuyasha. "Hey that's not fair!" Inuyasha complained. "Fine Inuyasha, I'll withdraw from the battle for now, but don't think this is over!" Kagome said with a wicked glint in her eyes.
"Oh shit…" Inuyasha said while Kagome skipped away happily "I'm doomed".
"Never let your guard down little brother" Sesshomaru said and threw another large snowball at the poor hanyou.
"C'mon Ayame! Cheer up! What do you have against the snow anyways?" Kagome said as she sat down next to Ayame on the porch. "It's cold… and wet… and even colder when it gets in your socks…" Ayame pouted. "Aww Ayame you're such a pessimist! What about all the good things about snow! You can throw things at people without causing them serious harm! You know that sounds fun!" Kagome smiled. "Well of course! But it's still cold…" Ayame said. "I have an idea!" Kagome said, and dragged Ayame into the cabin.
"See! Perfect!" Kagome said. "I look ridiculous Kagome…" Ayame said. "Well, perhaps, but you're not cold now!" Kagome said, knowing Ayame couldn't argue.
((Flashback))
Kagome dove into the kitchen cabinets, grabbed a boxful of supplies, and then pulled Ayame towards their shared room. Once they were in the room Kagome dove into the closet and clothing went
flying. "Kagome… what are you doing…" Ayame said, sounding nervous. "You'll see!" Kagome said from underneath a pile of clothes. Kagome popped up with a roll of saran wrap (you know that plastic stuff that sticks to itself when you try to cover food with it) and walked slowly towards Ayame, smiling.
((End Flashback))
"Kagome…" Ayame whined. She now had several layers of sweaters and sweat pants on along with a beanie with a puff ball at the top. Her feet had several layers of socks covering them along with saran wrap covering the socks. Kagome gave a triumphant smile. "You won't be cold and now you can join in on the fun!" Kagome said. "If I can move…" Ayame muttered, slightly smiling at her friends' crazy antics.
Kagome and Ayame joined the fun outside; amazingly Ayame actually could move around. Kagome ran about for hours joining in on the snowball war against Inuyasha. She also sled down a rather large hill, but after a crash due to an oddly placed rock, courtesy of Ayame, she gave up. She had already made an entire snowperson family, even a little dog to go along with them. Kagome was exhausted and collapsed against the wood flooring of the porch, catching her breath from all of the fun. Ayame was now sledding down small hills, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were still at war, and Sango was slapping Miroku because he added rather large breasts to the snowwoman of her. 'Now all we need are some smores' Kagome thought.
Kagome sighed. 'Today just seems so perfect…' Kagome thought as she enjoyed the smore she had snuck into the house to make, not wanting Inuyasha or Sesshomaru to notice, they were absolute pigs when it came to smores and she felt greedy today. Her daydreaming was suddenly interrupted with a very ominous feeling. 'I can sense them again…' Kagome thought. She quickly looked towards Sesshomaru to see if he too had sensed the person who had been stalking them. Sesshomaru was still wrapped up in his battle with Inuyasha and did not appear to notice the aura watching them.
Kagome quickly snuck away from her group of friends, not wishing them to be involved if it resorted to a fight. Soon Kagome was in the forest and the light was beginning to disappear due to the trees blocking the sun. 'Where are they…?' Kagome thought, she could sense them extremely close, but she could not see them.
"Looking for me dear Kagome?" the person asked as Kagome came into a clearing. "Where are you and why have you been watching us!?" Kagome yelled into the darkness. "Silly Kagome, coming unaccompanied was not a wise idea" the voice called. "Show yourself you coward!" Kagome yelled, starting to get slightly nervous. A soft crunching sound came from a group of trees to her right and she let out a little "EEP." 'Calm yourself Kagome; you have to be in control of your powers to win.' She reminded herself.
"You look so sure of yourself Kagome, just like your father before he too died." The voice called. Kagome could now see a slight silhouette of the person. "You bastard! What do you know about my father?" Kagome yelled. "Tssk tssk, such language Kagome, he would not be pleased with you" the figure said. "I said what do you know of my father!" Kagome yelled and threw a ball of miko energy towards the figure, which easily dodged it.
"Such a tempter, you could come in handy, perhaps I might keep you around afterwards" the figure said. "After what!?" Kagome yelled, tired of the games the person was playing. "You, my dear, have something that I want, and if need be I will kill you to get it. Your silly father died trying to keep me away from you." Kagome was stunned. "He… died pro… protecting me?" Kagome asked, feeling guilty for her fathers' death. "Yes Kagome and it's all your fault" the figure said, playing off of her weakness.
"You bastard..." Kagome said and charged towards the figure. "Tssk tssk, let's not be so hasty" the figure said after easily dodging her attacks. Kagome was sick of the chatter and charged him again, miko energy crackling around her.
"Tssk tssk" the figure said again, before kicking Kagome across the chest, sending her flying into a tree. Kagome quickly got back up and lunged again, this time grabbing the figures arm. The figure let out a hiss, the miko energy had burned through several layers of skin. "You little bitch!" The figure said before throwing Kagome down and pressing it's foot down against the arm Kagome had used against it.
A sickening snap was heard along with a piercing shriek. Kagome realized she was the one who had screamed. Pain shot through her arm as she got up. "You're stronger than I thought you were" the figure teased before kicking her back into a tree yet again. As the figure approached Kagome recognized the figures face. "Naraku!" Kagome hissed. "Oh now this just won't do… I'll have to kill you now." Naraku chuckled.
A silver blur shot through the tree's and threw Naraku away from Kagome. "Sesshomaru…" Kagome said weakly, trying to get up. "Kagome sit, I'll deal with him." Sesshomaru said and forced her back down. Sesshomaru ran towards Naraku who was just regaining his balance and slashed his injured arm with his poison claws. The arm landed to the ground with a thump. "Insolent child!" Naraku said. Sesshomaru continued his relentless attacks, gaining quite a few wounds of his own. Naraku ran at Kagome who had stood to help, and forced her back into a tree, causing her to hit her head and fall unconscious. "Bastard get away from her!" Sesshomaru said and threw Naraku into a tree.
"This isn't over! I'll come back for her!" Naraku hissed, and suddenly disappeared. Sesshomaru quickly ran to Kagome's side. "Kagome are you okay?" Blood was seeping down her face at an alarming rate. There was no response from her.
((One car ride, a long stream of profanities, and 1 day later))
Kagome awoke to a very bright, very white, room and a rather annoying beeping sound. "Ugh, where the hell am I?" Kagome mumbled. "Kagome! I wait forever for you to wake up and the first thing to come from your mouth is a profanity?" Kagome's mother said. "Mom… what are you doing here? Where is everyone…?" Kagome asked. Kagome's mom gave her a sad smile. "Honey you're in the hospital, why wouldn't I be here like you were for me? And your friends are in the waiting room, well except for him." Kagome's mom gestured towards the corner of the room, where Sesshomaru was sitting, seemingly asleep.
"What time is it?" Kagome asked. "Around 1 in the morning." Kaori answered. "Mom you should go home and sleep! I'll be fine." Kagome argued. "I was just about to do so before you awoke, I'll be back in a few hours okay honey? Souta's all alone at home otherwise I wouldn't leave." Kaori seemed to feel guilty. "It's okay mom. I'll see you soon." As soon as her mom left Kagome turned and looked at Sesshomaru.
"You know, you're the last person I expected to be sitting there." Kagome said, knowing he wasn't asleep. "Really? Why is that?" Sesshomaru asked, coming over and sitting in the chair Kagome's mom had been sitting in. "You're mister high and mighty right? You're showing weakness by sitting in here all the time waiting" Kagome smirked. "This Sesshomaru can do as he pleases and not appear any less frightening" Sesshomaru said, acting like his old arrogant self. Kagome laughed.
"Ugh! That hurt… how bad am I anyways?" Kagome asked. "You have a few broken ribs, a broken arm, a slight concussion and a rather large amount of stitches in your skull." Sesshomaru said. "Sheesh, no wonder I'm so sore." Kagome said. Sesshomaru laughed. "What happened to all of your wounds? I'm sure I saw you get hit…" Kagome said, looking over Sesshomaru who seemed unscathed. "I'm a demon remember Kagome? We heal much faster than you weak humans." Sesshomaru smirked, knowing he was going to bring out the wrath of Kagome. "I'll show you weak!" Kagome said and started to lunge at Sesshomaru before the IV attached to her arm stopped her. Kagome glared at the offending tube and was about to rip it out. "I don't think so Kagome" Sesshomaru said as he stopped her "you need the pain meds, trust me."
Then the door opened to reveal a very relieved group of friends. "Kagome!" They all yelled as soon as they noticed she was awake. "I'm fine you don't need to yell it's giving me a headache!" Kagome said before they could launch into a long round of questioning which they ignored and launched into the hours worth of questioning anyways.
The group of friends was there for a rather long time, talking about everything Kagome had missed, including a violent war between Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, and Miroku being knocked out by Sango due to a perverted remark. "You should have been there Kagome! It was hilarious! I've never seen Sango hit anyone so hard!" Ayame said, proud of her friend. Sango blushed, remembering the remark she refused to repeat no matter how many times she was questioned.
"Oh! Ayame did all of that extra layering work?" Kagome asked. "Of course!" Ayame said "Not even an ounce of cold touched me!" Ayame beamed. "I could make millions" Kagome said, proud of her odd technique in blocking the cold. Soon a nurse came in and added some painkiller to the IV Kagome was attached to. "You kids will have to leave soon, Miss Higurashi needs her rest" the nurse said. "Yes Nurse Kaede" the group said in unison.
"Kagome" Sesshomaru said. "Hmm?" Kagome asked, the painkiller in the IV was starting to make her tired and just a little loopy. "Who was that who attacked you…and why were they after you?" Sesshomaru asked. Kagome was immediately awake, the memories of the fight coming back to her. The rest of the group quieted, waiting to hear her answer.
"Naraku… he killed my father and now he's coming for me." Kagome said, impending violence and rage evident in her voice.
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TaDa! Chapter 10! Hopefully you guys all like it! Let me know what you think ok! I'm not getting very many reviews and I wanna know what you guys think so I can make it more to your liking! Well I don't own Inuyasha or the party pooper song I used. I also made a slight reference to some TWILIGHT content. If you haven't read that series… read it! It's amazing! Enjoy! Oh and I do apologize for again taking so long to update the story! But hey I do my best I promise! I just had a slight case of writers block. Thanks! And Enjoy!