Okay. FF-dot-Net is really starting to tick me off. This chapter (not including this and all my other comments) was completed on March 12. Whenever I tried to submit it as another chapter, my internet connection would just DIE. I've finally managed to find another computer to post this on…well, that's probably pretty obvious, on account of you're reading this right now. ;
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Inevitable
Chapter Eleven
Perverted Monks and Hot Springs
Inuyasha glared deep holes into the head of the monk he was currently sulking behind. He was…not too happy with him. If looks could kill, Miroku most likely would've burst into flames on the spot. Inuyasha wanted to break the so-called 'holy man's' hands off. He couldn't believe that he'd gotten them both thrown out of another village due to his oh-so-innocent "appreciation" of the female body.
He just had to appreciate the body of the young lord's bride-to-be. The lord kindly gave them the choice of being without a home or without their heads. Being the smart men that they were, they wisely chose to leave. Now they were wandering through the woods looking for a village or somewhere else to stay in. Inuyasha didn't think that it was very fair that he had to leave as well, solely because he associated with the corrupt monk.
"Stupid humans…stupid monk!" he growled under his breath. The image of a miniature version of himself slowly roasting and castrating a chibi-Miroku came to mind. The thought alone was enough to bring a sadistic grin to his face.
His joy was short-lived, however, when he remembered something else that would happen soon. This only served to make his mood even sourer. Tonight was the new moon—the night where his demon blood and power would recede leaving a completely human Inuyasha in its wake. Fortunately—or unfortunately, he couldn't decide yet—for him, Inuyasha didn't have to worry about trying to hide his change from Miroku. He'd already 'accidentally' found out a few years before.
After going nearly twenty minutes without blinking or removing his gaze from the chipper monk, he finally turned his scowl on something else—the rapidly descending sun.
'Damn,' he cursed. 'Why now?' Before he could continue cursing the wretched star to eternal damnation, Miroku's voice stopped him.
"Ah! Look Inuyasha!"
The said half demon turned his head to look at the now wildly grinning monk who was pointing at something in front of them. He looked in the direction that Miroku was pointing in and saw…a group of village girls. He snapped his head back to where Miroku was standing to yell at stupid womanizer…
"Oi! Bouzo--"
…only to find that he wasn't there.
Miroku called to Inuyasha from where the girls were now standing. 'How'd he get over there so fast? Maybe my senses are slowing up… Damn! My powers are draining faster than I thought!'
"Inuyasha, these lovely ladies have offered us a place to stay in their village! It would be rude to turn down such an offer, don't you think?"
Inuyasha muttered something about "a damned lech that couldn't keep his hands to himself" before giving Miroku a halfhearted "Whatever, monk. I'm going somewhere. I'll be back tomorrow or something," and stalked off into the woods.
Miroku simply rolled his eyes at his friend, not understanding why he wanted nothing to do with these beautiful girls. He once again turned his miroku-y grin on the flock of girls. "So, which one of you would like to escort me to your village?"
Chaos unfolded as all the girls jumped up, eager to be alone—if only for a short while—with this charming man.
"Oh! I would!"
"No! I'm the oldest! I will!"
"Allow me, kind monk! I'll make you the best meal of your life!"
"Don't pick her! She's to be wed next week!"
"You're ALREADY married!"
"So!"
"I'm not married!"
"But your husband is dead! Let me do it!"
"I'll do it!"
Throughout all of this, Miroku noticed that one girl was a good distance away from the rest of the girls. 'Maybe she's shy.' He thought with a grin. But then again, she didn't look shy. She looked more annoyed…as if she wanted nothing to do with him or the rest of the now squalling girls of the village. He looked at her again—really looked. He nearly gasped. She was the most beautiful woman he'd seen in all his life—and he'd seen many women. She wasn't frail or dainty looking in any way. Noticing the tone and muscles on her, Miroku could almost say that he could picture her going up against Inuyasha on one of his good days! She didn't look like the 'easy' type of girl that he was used to. He liked this one. 'I could definitely go for a challenge,' he smirked. He definitely wanted to get to know her.
"Excuse me, Miss," he called as he struggled away from the still squabbling girls who had yet to notice that he was no longer paying them any attention.
The girl he was calling to paused in her actions and stood up. She turned around and crossed her arms over her chest. "Yes?"
"I am quite weary from my recent long journey, and am looking for a place to rest. Would you be so kind as to escort me to your village? I'd ask one of the other girls, but ah…"
The woman looked over at the group of girls that she had dubbed as the 'gabbering hens' and sighed. What was wrong with them? Fighting over the simple task of showing a monk the way to their village. Even if he was a very good looking monk… Her face flushed as she mentally slapped herself for such thoughts. She turned back to the monk and bowed. "I will gladly escort you, Houshi-sama. Please pay no heed to those buffoons over there; they can't help themselves."
Miroku chuckled at this. "Surely, they can not be all that bad." She gave him a dry look and he coughed. "Where to, my lady?"
The girl simply turned around towards the direction of her village and motioned for him to follow. "This way."
Miroku walked up next to her and turned to her once again. "May I ask your name, my dear lady?"
The girl blushed as her lack of manners was acknowledged. 'How could I be so rude as to forget to introduce myself?' "My name is Sango."
"Sango…" He repeated. "Well, it is certainly nice to meet you, Sango! I'm Miroku." He replied with a grin.
She shyly returned the smile, and with that, they ventured out of the clearing towards the direction of the village. Sango watched the path ahead of her as Miroku walked slightly behind her in order to focus on, ahem, other things.
The bickering girls never noticed them leave.
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Kagome sat on top of a large rock that rested in the middle of the hot spring. Her feet dangled just above the steaming water as she watched the sun sink further into the horizon. This was one of her most favorite times of the day—when beautiful colors were painted across the sky as the sun tried to make its last impression on all who cherished it as it left to lie dormant and leave the scenes of night in its wake. 'It's so beautiful,' she marveled. Suddenly an angry Sango's face appeared out of nowhere into her mind's eye and she nearly fell over.
"Oh crap. I completely forgot about Sango!" She smacked her forehead and groaned. "She is so gonna kill me."
She figured now was as good a time as any to take a quick bath so she could sneak back to the village—and hopefully avoid Sango before she strangled her for leaving her alone with those annoying gossipy girls. Kagome then hopped over to the shore of the spring and stripped herself of her simple clothes. She glanced around to make sure no one was around to see her. Not smelling or seeing anyone, she slowly waded into the hot yet calming waters of the spring. She swam over to the giant rock that she previously had been perched upon and leaned up against it as she slowly sank into the water. Her eyes drifted close while the hot water caressed her body.
"Ahh…this is wonderful," she sighed.
She opened her eyes once again only to have her gaze creep up towards the sky. The blues, purples, pinks,…golds…
'Gold...'
The hot water still caressed her skin and put her into such a state of calm, that her eyes slowly drooped close as she began to fall asleep in the middle of the spring.
A pair of golden eyes looking right at her was her last thought before sleep claimed her.
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"Damn it all!" Inuyasha punched a tree in anger. He hated the new moon. It wasn't even night yet and he could barely hear or smell anything! Punching the tree one last time, he summoned what strength he had left to leap from branch to branch until he got as far up as he could go. He sat facing the sun and glared at it as if it would cower before his wrath. Instead, it seemed to be laughing at him. Mocking him. "Stupid sun. Stupid moon. Stupid Miroku," he growled as his thoughts shifted to the lecherous monk. He was one of the larger reasons for his current sour mood. He began to wonder why he even stuck around with the stupid pervert.
"Keh. To protect those women he's always after," he told himself. "Damn lech. He's gonna get his hands or something else ripped off one day. He'll mess with the wrong woman and she'll get him for sure." He had to snicker at that idea. He wouldn't be asking any women to 'bear his child' then now would he? His mood seemed to lighten ever-so slightly. His temporary contentment was short-lived however when the sun finally descended completely over the horizon—but not before throwing one last mocking smile at the irate hanyou.
He felt like he was being smothered. He couldn't smell anything, could barely hear anything, and he could barely even see his hand in front of his face. Hell—he bet that if he tried, he wouldn't even be able to taste anything. "Damn these lame human senses! How do they live like this all the time!" He couldn't even begin to fathom how awful it would have to be if he were to go like this his whole life. (It never occurred to him that the he wouldn't have been bothered because he wouldn't have known what it was like to have demon senses.)
Sick of just sitting there, Inuyasha got up to do…well, something that didn't involve just sitting around. Apparently, he was hit with a momentary memory lapse as he prepared to jump out the extremely tall tree. He bent down into a crouch and his eyes shot open when he nearly lost his balance. Barely catching himself in time with his clawless human hands, he remembered that humans usually don't fare too well after falling out of super tall trees. He'd have to climb all the way down, and with his 'pathetic' human strength, it'd take him quite a while.
'Better get started. Damn. I'll have to remember not to climb trees on these nights.' And with that, he began his long descent to the ground.
Thirty minutes and fifteen splinters later, Inuyasha had finally made it to bottom of the massive tree and collapsed to the ground. He arose with a grunt and looked at his splinter-covered hands. He winced when he noticed that most of them were embedded too far to get them out without the aid of his claws. He'd have to soak them for a while and hope they rose up so he could pull them the rest of the way out. "Yeah. Definitely last time I climb a tree on a new moon."
'Where am I?' I looked around. Why did this clearing seem so familiar?
"Oi, Kagome! C'mon!" a voice called me. This voice…I knew it from somewhere as well. Who was it?
"Kagome!" the voice beckoned again.
I looked over to my right to see that the scene I'd seen a second ago now had a figure clad in red. A sharp pain went through my head then. I brought my hand to my head. It was then that I noticed my hands were…small? I looked down at myself. I was in the form of a child. But how? I decided that I'd figure that out later.
"Who are you?" I asked the figure whose face I couldn't see.
"Hello? Kagome? Where are you?"
"I'm right here, but could you tell me who you are?" I asked as I began to walk towards the voice's owner.
"Kagome? Where are you?" the voice—that I had decided belonged to a young boy—called again.
"I said I'm right here!" I announced again. Why wasn't he listening to me? Could he not hear what I was saying? I began to run now, desperate to know who this was and shat they wanted with me.
"Kagome…" A red outfitted boy turned to me only to reveal a pair of golden eyes laced with sadness. Those eyes! They were the eyes that I'd remembered!
"Who are you!" I cried reaching out to grab the boy by his shoulders.
"Kagome…" but his voice was different this time. There were two voices coming from the boy's mouth. His own and one that I didn't recognize blended together.
"Kagome…!" it called me again.
The unrecognizable one now overpowered the boy's voice. Now it sounded… evil. I snatched my hands back.
"What--?" before I could get my question out, the boy began to morph into something else…
I gasped.
'He's a demon! Why didn't I smell this earlier!' I noticed then that my tiny child's hands bore no claws. I was human. 'But how? The moon is still visible!'
I had no time to dwell on that thought for too long, because now the previously sad boy had turned into a sinister looking serpent demon. Another sharp pain went through my head. Why was this so familiar? Suddenly all of the ground that had just surrounded me dropped to reveal a raging river. 'How--?" Once again this new creature interrupted my thoughts. He hissed something at me, and before I had the chance to move or respond, it had hit me with its tail and sent me into the air. Everything went black except for the angry river below. As I fell—certain that I was to meet an untimely death—I heard the voice of that boy again.
"Where are you Kagome? Where are you…?"
I reached towards the direction of the voice, but no one came to my aid. I finally found my voice and began to scream for all I was worth as I neared the river and sharp rocks below…
She shot up in a cold sweat, despite the temperature of the water. When had she fallen asleep? She needed to be more careful. Something could've attacked her and she would've been none the wiser. Pretty startled from her dream—and the possibilities of what could have happened to her had she not awakened—, she decided to take another bath to calm her distorted thoughts.
She vaguely wondered how Sango was doing and she winced when she noticed that it was really dark out. "Well, Sango's most definitely going to kill me," she thought grimly. Kagome took a sniff, out of pure habit, to make sure nothing dangerous was around and once again she smelled nothing. Her eyes widened. She smelled nothing—noteven the forest life around her.
"What? Why can't I smell anything?" Was she in a trap? Did someone place a spell on her while she was asleep? All sorts of horrible possibilities ran through her mind as she raked her claws through her hair.
Wait…
She looked down at her hand. There were no claws; they'd been replaced by the nails of a 'normal' girl. Tonight was her human night. She looked up at the moonless sky. How could she have forgotten? She'd never forgotten this night, so how had it been able to evade her mind this time?
"Great. Just great," Kagome sighed. Though she was a hanyou, during her human nights she'd always been much more afraid of the dark than usual. True, she didn't like to be in the dark regardless, but as a human, her childish fear seemed to multiply hundredfold. Now she was alone in the dark. That made it all the worse. She hated being alone. Even as a child in Sango's village, she'd made sure not to disobey any rule so that she wouldn't be kicked out of the village and sent to be alone in the forest.
Now, she couldn't leave the water; she couldn't see a thing, and would undoubtedly get lost rather quickly. She couldn't just stay here either. Something could attack and she'd be defenseless—not that she would kill something with her bare hands anyway… "I believe the gods are getting bored watching me sit here and fret. Something's going to happen; I know it," she seemed to be talking to herself…or perhaps to that firefly that had just landed on a blade of grass not to far from her.
Kagome was slightly surprised with herself. Usually she was quite the optimist, but being alone in the dark on her human night must have drawn the pessimism out of her. She had no time to dwell on this, however. As if the gods had heard her, something did happen just then. Something rather large fell into the spring on the other side of the rock.
She stiffened.
'What was that?' she mentally wondered. Suddenly overcome with a strong sense of bravery—and curiosity—she slowly crept over towards the rock to look and see what had fallen in the spring.
Kagome's eyes finally landed on the creature that had fallen in. Her breathing halted and she paled drastically. Had she had the breath—and the coherent thought—she would have sworn that her heart had come to a complete stop. All at once, her breathing returned, and she did the only thing that any other girl in this situation in the right mind would do.
She screamed.
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Inuyasha had been wandering for quite a while now. With his pathetic human eyesight, he was barely able to see a thing, and had tripped over an infinite number of tree roots. He'd managed only in falling and being covered chin to toe in mud. Now, he definitely wouldn't say this normally, but right now he could really use a bath. "And a warm one at that. It's freezing out here. Stupid, weak body…"
He continued to curse his current state of humanity until he noticed that'd he'd reached a clearing. Maybe the gods—at least one of them—liked him after all. A beautiful hot spring lie amongst various small plant life and it called to him.
Beckoning that he come closer…
The thought of it being a trap or some other kind of bewitchment flew out of his mind—along with the realization that he believed that a body of water was calling to him-- and was replaced with the happy thoughts of being warm and clean. (He even forgot to view these last thoughts as part of an effect of his human mind) He glanced down at his clothes and managed to hold back a grimace. Those would need to be washed as well. He made quick work of them and discarded them into the steamy waters.
After a quick glance around the area, he waded out into the water over where he'd thrown his clothes. His top rested on the giant rock that apparently divided the spring. He decided to wash his clothes before himself and went to retrieve it. He wasn't paying any attention whatsoever to his feet and ended up tripping over his hakama and falling flat on his face into the semi-scalding hot water. He quickly arose with yelp tried to get the burning water out of his eyes. "GAH! Dammit! My eyes!"
That's when he heard a scream.
'What the hell!' His head whipped around, trying to locate the source of the feminine scream (or at least it sounded feminine. He hoped it wasn't a guy…) and whatever had provoked the girl to scream like that. He turned fully around to face the giant rock, and he noticed a blur on top of it. Inuyasha once again rubbed his eyes to remove all of the water from them and looked back at the 'blur'. He blushed four shades of red when he realized that the scream had come from a girl who had been in the spring with him on the opposite side.
A very naked girl.
More color flamed his face when he realized that she was just standing there practically gawking at him. He covered himself and glared at the peeping girl before calmly assessing the matter and asking,
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!"
Kagome stood frozen in shock, staring at the sight in front of her. There was a naked boy standing no more than a few feet in front of her. He had whipped up and looked around when she had screamed. She was grateful that he had decided to cover herself, as she was too stunned to look away. She was pretty sure that her burning hot face could easily pass as a tomato by now…
Why was he glaring athernow
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!"
Click.
All feelings of embarrassment transferred to anger. What did he mean 'what the hell was she doing'? She was trying to take a bath! What was he doing here! She'd been here first! He was the one that had interrupted her bath, and now he had the gall to ask what she was doing here!
Completely forgetting the fact that she was as naked as he was—maybe even more so seeing as he was at least semi-covered—she stood up fully and glared at him. "Whaddya mean 'what am I doing here'? I was here first, you jerk!"
Somewhere deep in the back of her subconscious mind, she was surprised at her reaction to him. Usually, she had much better control of her anger, and it took a lot to get her this mad in the first place. She, however, merely dismissed it as the lack of emotional control her human body had.
Her glare faltered when she realized that he wasn't saying anything in retort as she had expected. 'His face is turning red.' Was he angry to the point that he couldn't even speak? 'What is there for him to be angry about!' She fixed her glare on him once more. "What's your problem?" she asked him. He only sputtered before 'keh-ing' and turning away, as his red face began to rival her previous one. 'Huh?' "Wha-?" She was cut off by him pointing at her. Curious as to what was wrong, she looked down at herself. Her eyes became nearly as wide as dinner plates as she noticed 'attire-lacking' state.
"Eep!" She quickly sank down into the water on the other side of the rock with a splash. "You pervert!"
'Pervert? I'm a pervert!' "Listen here, girl! I'm not the gawking at anyone else!" 'She's making me sound like that damn monk!'
Her face ignited in a deep red once more. "I was not gawking! I-I wasn't even looking at you!" 'Well, not anywhere inappropriate…' her mind silently corrected.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes at the blatant lie.
"And you were the one looking at me, thank you very much!"
"W-W-WHAT! I was not looking at you!" he growled. "Keh! Like I'd even want to look at a rude wench like you!"
'Rude!' Kagome fumed mentally. She opened her mouth to unleash another reply to the man who had so insolently interrupted her bath but thought better of it and closed her mouth with a sigh. "Hey. Just let me get dressed and let's start over, shall we?"
Inuyasha looked over at her—or rather the rock in between them—and wondered what brought about the sudden change in the girl. He dropped the thought and nodded his assent. He almost mentally smacked himself upon realizing she couldn't see him and gave her a half-hearted "Ok."
Kagome smiled to herself. Maybe there was a nice side to this guy. She looked around for her clothes and made sure that he wouldn't be able to see her before getting up to put them on.
She waited for the man to finish washing up and laid down on the grass. When she heard some shuffling along the grass, she quickly arose to look at the boy that had ruined her bath time. Her breathing chose to walk out on her and her heart called it quits.
He was gorgeous.
He had to be the handsomest human she'd ever seen. His beautiful raven hair, though still somewhat clinging to him, reached his lower back; it was longer than hers! Her eyes met his and they widened upon seeing their deep violet hue. 'Wow.' Her heartbeat decided to come back, but was now working in overdrive. A blush arose to her face for the umpteenth time that night.
'I think my face is going to burn off eventually if I don't stop doing this…' came the stray thought.
Before she could embarrass herself by drooling or by having the boy ask her 'what the hell she was doing' again, she threw on a smile before bowing slightly. "I'm Kagome." she introduced herself. "And you would be…?"
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Inuyasha had finished washing himself and his clothes, but didn't wait for them to dry. He just threw on his wet clothes—after drying himself in a very dog-like manner—and walked around the spring to 'start over' as the girl had put it. He made a sour face. He didn't know why he wanted to redo his first impression on the girl. He never too much cared about the opinion of humans—not now, at least. 'Keh. Stupid girl.'
He found her lying on the grass staring at the sky. He mentally smacked himself when the thought of her—a human—being attractive passed through his mind. He'd never thought any human girl to be attractive. Hell, he wasn't the womanizer—he didn't really know what he considered attractive! Female youkai might be…but they were too dangerous for the most part.
All of the thoughts running through his mind in disarray came to an abrupt halt when the girl hopped up to face him. When had he gotten so close to her? Must've been walking the whole time…
She had been ready to say something, when all of the sudden she took in a sharp inhale of breath. Her eyes roamed over him and she said nothing. 'What is she looking at!' he was starting to feel uncomfortable with having this girl stare at him and readied himself to let her know this—not in a very nice way, might I add. Before he could however, she drew herself away from whatever had caught her attention and quickly bowed to him.
"I'm Kagome! And you would be…?
Inuyasha had never been one for formalities and did not return the gesture. Instead, he 'keh'd' and quickly muttered his name.
"What was that?"
He grumbled in annoyance before stating his name again, this time a little louder more comprehendible. "I said my name's Inuyasha." He stopped glowering at the girl when another grin broke out on her face.
"Well it's nice to meet you, Inuyasha."
Inuyasha slightly smiled back at the girl.
"I'm afraid that I must take my leave, however," the girl stated, slightly nervous. She bit her lip and looked at the thick, dark woods that lie ahead. "Uh, bye…"
Inuyasha nodded in her direction in acknowledgement and watched her leave.
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Kagome had barely stepped foot into the wooded area before something 'squawked' loudly and swooped past her. With an 'eep!' of surprise, she was back at Inuyasha's side again. He looked at her and raised an eyebrow as if to ask 'Uh, what are you doing?' She turned to face him.
"Hey, Inuyasha was it?" He nodded. "Yeah, Inuyasha…would you mind walking with me to my village? I-It's not far, and I know we just met, but I really hate the dark, and I was wondering—well you don't have to, and I…ohh…" Her rambling came to an end as she looked down at her hands. 'I shouldn't have stayed out so late. He's not going to say yes, Kagome. You just met the guy! He doesn't seem like the 'help any and all damsels in distress' kind of guy. Now you're going to have to risk getting eaten or abducted just to get home and be berated by Sango. Man, I'm stupid.'
Before Kagome could mentally squash what little self-esteem she had left to a pulp, she was tapped on the shoulder and Inuyasha muttered something inaudible. "I'm sorry. I-I didn't catch that…"
"I said I'll do it," he repeated.
"Wha…?" she asked, dumbstruck.
"Your village! You said that you were afraid of the dark and I'm agreeing to take you to your village! Geez, are all human women like you? All sl—" she cut him off by giving him a quick hug.
"Thank you so much, Inuyasha!" she said after releasing him.
She didn't notice the blush on his face when he replied, "Whatever. Just show me where your damn village is already."
Mood never dampening, she nodded and grabbed his hand, and began to lead him in the right direction. "Right this way!"
"Keh." She tugged on his wrist and looked at him.
"You know what Inuyasha?"
"Hn?"
"I believe this is the beginning of a wonderful friendship."
END CHAPTER ELEVEN
Chapter length w/o my notes: 4,791 words.
Oi. I was itching to put a billion A/Ns throughout this chapter…but refrained from doing so. –sigh- Curse ye, temptation. I KNOW I made Inuyasha seem like a weak, wimpy little human in this chapter, but I SWEAR on my neighbor's dog's life that that was the only time I'll ever do that. I love him too much…and I miss his ears. –tweaks his human ears- See? Not as fun. Ya know, this was the ONLY chapter that was even semi-planned out when I first thought of this story. Pretty pathetic, ne? ;
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Explanations: Inuyasha doesn't recognize Kagome! What kind of messed up crap is that! My answer: 1) Eight year gap. She aged, duh. 2) She's human... 3) He's not expecting to meet her in a hot spring. 4) He's human. He's no longer super scent-sensitive
Inuyasha's eyes are not violet! OH EM GEEZ! My answer: My friends and I had a long argument about this. (No, Miranda, they are NOT black. No one agrees with you.) However, since this is my fic, I can do whatever I want. I could give him a rainbow colored Mohawk and pink eyes if I wanted to! …ew.
Why wasn't Miroku more perverted in here? He's in the damn chapter name! As much as I don't believe that this question deserves an answer: This chapter was more so focused on the "reunion" of Inuyasha and Kagome. I didn't want to focus too much on him. As for him being in the chapter name, it was so that Miroku got more of a proper intro due to his lack of a previous one. I also didn't want rabid Miroku fangirls (coughMISTYcough) and/or MirSan fans to kill me.
Is "Miroku-y" even a word? My answer: It is now.
ALL THAT AND NO LEMON? ZOMFGWTFLOLBBQM8! My answer: No. I don't write lemons. No do I read them. The thing is, I'm just too shy! I don't think I'd ever be able to write that. No lemons will EVER be in this story, so DON'T ask. Just be content with picturing Inuyasha (or Kagome if you're a guy) standing stark nude with steam cascading all around him (or her if it's Kagome you're thinking about). GAH! I had trouble writing that one sentence! You think I could write a lemon? Keh!
Why did you reunite them so soon? My answer: Because I can. Oi! Just hold on! You'll see!
Where's Shippou and Kirara? My answer: Uh… Hawaii? –writes them into the story somehow-
Why are your other chapters super short? My answer: Because I'm usually a lazy, mobile wad of mashed potatoes.
Why are your so-called "notes" so freaking long? My answer: Meh. I get bored a lot, but I am also easily amused. I write these just for the heck of it. XP
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Dragon Man 180.Keh! Suuuure you didn't. –grumbles- A great team? –pictures them playing basketball- Uh…eep. o.o;
INUYASHAANDKAGOMEALLTHEWA.You almost forgot about me? How could you?–snifflesob- ;0;
DarkXHanyouxGirl.Yeah, they're definitely gonna meet again. XD
Somedaymydreamswillcome.You have pocky? I ran out yesterday! –snifflesob- 0.0! I'd rather you not be forced… -backs away slowly- Can't we talk this out rationally? o.o;
young kagome.Glad you liked it!
Clouds of the Sky.Huzzah! I updated! I am AWESOME! –laughs-
Rikku-Tasuki.Are they together soon enough for you?
cat-demon Kitten.Ah. Little brothers… I understand all too well. I have three going on four. Ugh…
dark-demon2156.HOLY FLYING PEANUT BUTTER JARS ON A STICK, BATMAN! I'M UPDATING!XD Is this a miracle too?
Sachichan16.Ah yes. Inuyasha and Kagome FOREVAH! -gasp!- Will Kagome ever remember? Tune in next time on Inevitable to find out!
Well as I told Somedaymydreamswillcome, I'm out of pocky, but I have a 40-pack of small sized Rice Krispies Treats. There's chocolate drizzle, rainbow, and double chocolate fudge. Take your pick!
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I love my reviewers! -huggles you all- Wouldn't you love to review? You get goodies out of it! All kinds of awesome goodies just by taking a minute of your time to review! Maybe you could just review telling me to hurry up with the next chapter and to stop being lazy… Oh yeah, all flames are used to roast Kikyou, Kouga, and Jaken. RAWR.
Until next time!
-Naomi
