IK13
OK! I think I just screwd sumthin up. PPL! Do you memba the dark-haired man from a coupl chaps ago? U-sama? Well I'm giving him crimson eyes instead of pruple eyes, ok? RED!!! AKAI!!!! R-E-D~~!!!
(the day in this chapter is Wednesday afternoon, just to let you know)
and sori bout the inu/kag bit, I'll try and make it make a bit more sense. hang on. did that make sense?
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"Hakashino, is everything in place?" the red-eyed man sat at a desk in the middle of a room and tapped away at a keyboard, which was attached to a screen that took up an entire wall. A window popped up in the corner of the screen. Inside it was a purple-haired, green-eyed female youkai. She wore a red headband, which was a sign of leadership in her tribe.
"Hai, U-sama. The target is moving towards the expected destination now." Hakashino made a map pop up next to her face. The map showed a flashing dot moving towards a red square labelled "Aoi no Hana HS".
"Excellent. Move out."
"Ryoukai." [--roger] Hakashino's window closed and U-sama leaned back on his chair. ~Watch out Inuyasha. I will soon show you what it means to take something of mine~
~^*~^*~^*~^*Kagome^*~*^~*^~*^~
"Sesshoumaru. . . where are you?" Kagome sat on a bench at Hoshikawa park, just as the note had said. "We were meant to meet here, right? Honestly, standing up someone who had to promise an over-protective dog that she wasn't going to do anything weird is so RUDE!"
~^*~^*~^*~^*FLASHBACK*^~*^~*^~*^~ (I'm into these things agen)
"Kagome-chan, Nani wa. . . ?" [--what is. . .] Sango pointed to Kagome's bag. A small folded piece of paper laying innocently on her bag. A wave of curiousity came over her, like it always did, so she walked over and read it aloud.
"Hoshikawa Park, 3pm," Inuyasha snatched it from her hand and instantly recognised the writing.
"Why is Sesshoumaru sending you notes?" He gave Kagome a hurt/curious/suspicious look.
"K. . .kore?" [--this?] For the third time that morning, a rush of panic coursed through her veins. ~BAKA SESSHOUMARU! Now what am I supposed to do??~
"O! Kagome!!" Miroku gave her a strange grin, "Could it be. . . ? You're two-timing??" Sango hit him with a ruler.
"Nani wa kore?" [--what is this?] Kagome put a hand on her hip. "I don't even know where this came from! The wind probably just blew it there."
"O. . . oh. . ." Inuyasha still looked a little hurt, as though he didn't believe what she had said.
"Anyway, we'd better hurry up and get to class, the bell's going to ring soon." Kagome picked up her bag and walked into the building, cheeks glowing pink.
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~I really shouldn't have come. . .~ A clump of guilt nestled in her throat as she looked up at the sky for the billionth time out of boredom. ~Inuyasha is probably wondering why I haven't come home yet.. . . but I love him so much, it was like love at first sight when he said "Kame-chan" to me. . . ~ She recalled that warm, soaring feeling in her heart when she finally knew that her Inu-chan had returned.
"Kagome-san?" Sesshoumaru had finally come. Kagome nodded to him and shuffled over a bit on the park bench. "You read the letter, right?" he asked as he sat down.
"Hai," Kagome looked at him despairingly. "But I still don't quite understand."
"Well, to put in simpl-" Sesshoumaru stopped mid-sentence and froze. His eyes searched the trees around the park. "Kagome-san, do not move." He moved along the park bench so that he was right next to her. His hand reached down into his pocket and he pulled out what looked like a miniature version of a sword.
"Nani, Sesshoumaru?" Kagome tried to create a gap between them. She didn't quite like the idea of him being so close.
Suddenly, Sesshoumaru's hand glowed red, and the miniature sword elongated and widened until it was about as long as Kagome's arm.
"Chotto matte!" [--Wait a sec!] Kagome stood up and pointed angrily at the sword. "What exactly is THAT for?"
"GET DOWN!" Sesshoumaru grabbed the hem of Kagome's shirt and pulled her behind him while putting up his sword in front of him. A poinsonous-looking purple needle ricocheted off the blade with a loud CLANG.
"Ha ha ha ha," a cold, high voice echoed thoughout the park. "So, it seems you've been expecting me, Marekete Sesshoumaru-kun. Unfortunately, that alone won't be enough. . . "
Another set of needles flew at them from the right. Sesshoumaru blocked them all with the sword.
"Oh? Very good, Sesshou-chan. . . " the voice continued to move around them. It was just short of impossible to pinpoint where it was coming from. "But enough playing around. Let's get serious, okay?"
A flurry of dust swirled up around them. Kagome buried her face on the inside of her shirt to avoid the dirt. When it settled, a green-eyed teenager was before them. Her purple hair swished elegantly around her face as she raised a hand to in front of her face. A thread of hair detached itself from her head and separated into 4 small strands, which then flew to each of her fingers. (not including the thumb)
"Needles?" Kagome peeked out from behind Sesshoumaru.
"That's right, Higurashi Kagome," the girl smiled evilly at her.
"Name yourself, youkai-yarou," [--demon bastard] Sesshoumaru snarled.
"Hmph. So -rude-. . . " she flicked back her hair with the needle-less hand. "Hakashino Aikono. I was sent by U-sama to collect her." Aikono pointed to Kagome.
Sesshoumaru noticeably tensed and shifted position. He was prepared to fight if he needed to. Kagome looked away. She shouldn't be relying on Sesshoumaru for protection. The one she really wanted to come was. . . .
"DIE, BAKA YAROU!!!"[--stupid bastard] Inuyasha came flying from the sky and slashed the female youkai just as she dodged. Landing on the ground with a grin, he looked up at the girl he attacked. "Long time no see, Aiko- kun."
"Inu-sama!" Hakashino immediately dropped down on one knee respectfully. "Sumimasen!" [--Sorry/Excuse me]
"Who sent you after Kagome?" Inuyasha stood up and dusted his hands off. He was still dressed in his school uniform.
"U. . . .U-sama!!" he stammered. Obviously he was either scared of Inuyasha or held him in very high regard.
"That's not his real name, is it Aiko?" Inuyasha walked towards the trembling youkai. "I know you better than anyone else here. Tell the truth!"
"U. . . U-sama's real name is. . . ." she knew this was going to get her in trouble, but she didn't want to disobey her former sensei. Mustering all her strength, she yelled "Naraku!"
Inuyasha froze. ~Naraku?~ Quickly he turned to Kagome and said "MOVE! SESSHOUMARU! GET HER OUT OF HERE!"
Sesshoumaru gave him the weirdest look, but grabbed Kagome around the waist and jumped to the top of the nearest building.
"What's going on?" Kagome peered over the edge of the building to where Inuyasha was still looking around warily. Instantly she paled, for she was at the top of one of the tallest buildings in the area. Slowly she walked back to the safety of being next to Sesshoumaru.
"Naraku is the leader of the local Yakuza ring," Sesshoumaru searched the park with his eyes.
"Yakuza? You mean those mafia people that Kibiko-kun hacked to?" She then noticed that Sesshoumaru had put his arm around her waist again. (*insert anime twitch here*)
"Hai. He's also an incredible powerful youkai. I'm not sure why he'd-" Kagome planted a slap across his jaw.
"Move your arm." (*twitch twitch*) After he had removed his arm, her twitch faded away and got replaced with concern. "Youkai, ne? I didn't know that there were that many in Tokyo."
"Oh, we're just a small community compared to all the Youkai that work as geishas in Kyoto."
"G-geishas?!?!" Kagome felt faint. "How come no-one discovers you?"
"Have you ever read "Harry Potter"? We have youkai that are able to erase memories, and special schools for those with youkai blood. Plus, only 10 or so humans in the whole of Japan know about youkai. Most of the time not even the mothers know about it."
"Oh. . . ." Kagome was kind of excited. She knew a HUGE secret that barely anyone else knew!
"There!" Sesshoumaru pointed across the park to a swirling black mass. It moved faster than anything Kagome had ever seen. In less than a second it had placed itself between Inuyasha and Hakashino. The black shroud whipped away, revealing a tall, red-eyed, dark-haired man. Though he looked like a man, he had strange armour on, and these grey spiky wings on his back.
"You called?" He turned to Hakashino and smiled evilly.
"U.. . . . .U-sama!" Hakashino leapt back in fear, but since she had been crouching, she stumbled, and fell back down.
"Hakashino Aikono. . . you spoke my name, did you not?" Naraku (AKA U-sama) started walking towards her. Whimpering in fear, she scrambled backwards, but her foot caught on a rock and she fell again.
"Were you, perhaps, calling for reinforcements?" he came ever closer to the terrified girl. "Because you know how much I don't like being called in as a replacement. . . "
"Chigou U-sama!!!"
"Or maybe. . . you were telling them who I was, so that you could live just a little longer?" Slowly, he unsheathed a long, deadly-looking sword from its scabbard and kept walking. "Or maybe you told them who I was because you didn't want to disappointed your precious Inu-sama. . . "
"Chi-chigou!" A red tear ran down her cheek. She stopped trying to run and simply sat there, knowing she couldn't escape.
"Shine. . . [--Die(think shi-ne, not shine)]. . .Hakashino. . . ." he whispered, eyes sparkling with incredible malice. He brought the sword down, but -
SHLANG! (=P)
Inuyasha had brought out a sword and blocked Naraku's attack. Hackles raised, he growled menacingly.
"Aiko-kun! Hashire!" [--run] Inuyasha didn't take his eyes off Naraku. Aiko didn't say anything, but she scrambled to her feet and jumped as high as she could. Inuyasha didn't really like Aiko, but she shouldn't be slaughtered so helplessly.
"Kukuku. . . " Naraku's grin widened. He took one hand off the hilt of the sword and raised it towards Aikono. "Good, but not good enough!" A purple energy ball erupted from his hand and shot straight at Hakashino. Inuyasha looked up.
"AIKO!!!!" he sprung off the ground in a desperate attempt to save her, but it was too late. She looked back just in time to see a flash of purple before it caught her in the stomach; tearing a hole in her. Aiko glanced at Inuyasha for a brief moment and flashed him a smile before disintegrating. Inuyasha fell back to the ground.
"NA. . . .RA. . . KU!!!!!" Inuyasha looked back to where Naraku was standing, but all he saw was the last flicker of black whisk out of sight.
Sesshoumaru got Kagome and jumped back down to Inuyasha. Kagome ran to him as soon as they touched the ground. Sesshoumaru ran a hand through his hair. ~oh boy. . .~ he looked around to check if anyone was looking. ~This is going to take a lot of explaining. . . ~
"Inuyasha!!! What happened?! Are you okay?!?!" She tugged on his sleeve out of habit.
"Hai. . . " His voice was oddly distant and hollow.
"Come on, let's go home." Sesshoumaru leapt out of the park, sending up a small dust cloud in his wake. Kagome sighed and gave Inuyasha a hug.
"Gomen nasai, Inu," Kagome closed her eyes and leaned on his shoulder. "I. . . I. . . "
"Don't worry Kagome. Aiko. . . she was just. . . unlucky. . " Inuyasha wrapped an arm around her waist and shot up out of the park, sheathing the sword he used to block Naraku before.
"Demo. . . [--but. . .] . . . she died because of me. . " She looked away from Inuyasha.
"Chigou," Inuyasha kept his eyes focused on Sesshoumaru's back. He didn't know the way back properly, so he would have to follow his brother. "She died because I made her say. . . his name."
At dinner that night the air was usually somber. Not only was Kagome still under threat, but someone had lost their life because of it. Even though no one knew Aiko except Inuyasha, and even then Aiko was Inuyasha's subordinate, they felt guilty for Naraku taking her life. Inuyasha's okaasan, Shiyuki, felt the tension and was very uncomfortable.
"S-so, Kagome, how's your Okaa-san these days?" she asked, trying to make conversation.
"She's okay. I guess she's a bit busy with housework, but I don't think that's too taxing on her health." Kagome took another sashimi from the dish in the middle and ate it quietly. Shiyuki sighed. ~I guess she's still upset about her Otousan's death. . .~
"Thank you for the meal." Kagome silently packed her bowls and plates into a stack and carried them to the sink. As she ran some water over them to rinse them off, she heard Inuyasha come in behind her. She turned around and they looked at each other for a little while. She brushed past him and hurried to her room.
Tears spilled out as she landed on her bed. ~Why?!! Why does it have to be ME that gets all the threats?!? What did I do?!~ sitting up, she pulled her nearby teddy bear and hugged it to her. ~If I don't do something soon, someone else might die too. . . ~ Kagome heard someone coming up the stairs, so she quickly slid under the covers and pretended to sleep.
Inuyasha stopped outside Kagome's room. The door was open so he peered in, seeing her lying still on her bed. Guilt clogged his throat. He tried not to cry, but despite his efforts a single tear ran solemnly down his cheek.
"O. . . oyasumi, Kame-chan. It wasn't your fault. . ."
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That's chap 13 4 ya! Oh and to Turnings Ander -
Hajimemashite! Chigou, atashi wa firipinjin to chuugokujin desu, demo Oosutoraria ni sunde imasu. Yokata! - anata wa atashi no "story" ga dai suki! Arigato gozaimashita! Watashi no honto (Katakana) namae wa Anjira, demo are wa himitsu!^.~ Eto. . . demo nani wa "doushite" desu ka?
OK! I think I just screwd sumthin up. PPL! Do you memba the dark-haired man from a coupl chaps ago? U-sama? Well I'm giving him crimson eyes instead of pruple eyes, ok? RED!!! AKAI!!!! R-E-D~~!!!
(the day in this chapter is Wednesday afternoon, just to let you know)
and sori bout the inu/kag bit, I'll try and make it make a bit more sense. hang on. did that make sense?
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"Hakashino, is everything in place?" the red-eyed man sat at a desk in the middle of a room and tapped away at a keyboard, which was attached to a screen that took up an entire wall. A window popped up in the corner of the screen. Inside it was a purple-haired, green-eyed female youkai. She wore a red headband, which was a sign of leadership in her tribe.
"Hai, U-sama. The target is moving towards the expected destination now." Hakashino made a map pop up next to her face. The map showed a flashing dot moving towards a red square labelled "Aoi no Hana HS".
"Excellent. Move out."
"Ryoukai." [--roger] Hakashino's window closed and U-sama leaned back on his chair. ~Watch out Inuyasha. I will soon show you what it means to take something of mine~
~^*~^*~^*~^*Kagome^*~*^~*^~*^~
"Sesshoumaru. . . where are you?" Kagome sat on a bench at Hoshikawa park, just as the note had said. "We were meant to meet here, right? Honestly, standing up someone who had to promise an over-protective dog that she wasn't going to do anything weird is so RUDE!"
~^*~^*~^*~^*FLASHBACK*^~*^~*^~*^~ (I'm into these things agen)
"Kagome-chan, Nani wa. . . ?" [--what is. . .] Sango pointed to Kagome's bag. A small folded piece of paper laying innocently on her bag. A wave of curiousity came over her, like it always did, so she walked over and read it aloud.
"Hoshikawa Park, 3pm," Inuyasha snatched it from her hand and instantly recognised the writing.
"Why is Sesshoumaru sending you notes?" He gave Kagome a hurt/curious/suspicious look.
"K. . .kore?" [--this?] For the third time that morning, a rush of panic coursed through her veins. ~BAKA SESSHOUMARU! Now what am I supposed to do??~
"O! Kagome!!" Miroku gave her a strange grin, "Could it be. . . ? You're two-timing??" Sango hit him with a ruler.
"Nani wa kore?" [--what is this?] Kagome put a hand on her hip. "I don't even know where this came from! The wind probably just blew it there."
"O. . . oh. . ." Inuyasha still looked a little hurt, as though he didn't believe what she had said.
"Anyway, we'd better hurry up and get to class, the bell's going to ring soon." Kagome picked up her bag and walked into the building, cheeks glowing pink.
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~I really shouldn't have come. . .~ A clump of guilt nestled in her throat as she looked up at the sky for the billionth time out of boredom. ~Inuyasha is probably wondering why I haven't come home yet.. . . but I love him so much, it was like love at first sight when he said "Kame-chan" to me. . . ~ She recalled that warm, soaring feeling in her heart when she finally knew that her Inu-chan had returned.
"Kagome-san?" Sesshoumaru had finally come. Kagome nodded to him and shuffled over a bit on the park bench. "You read the letter, right?" he asked as he sat down.
"Hai," Kagome looked at him despairingly. "But I still don't quite understand."
"Well, to put in simpl-" Sesshoumaru stopped mid-sentence and froze. His eyes searched the trees around the park. "Kagome-san, do not move." He moved along the park bench so that he was right next to her. His hand reached down into his pocket and he pulled out what looked like a miniature version of a sword.
"Nani, Sesshoumaru?" Kagome tried to create a gap between them. She didn't quite like the idea of him being so close.
Suddenly, Sesshoumaru's hand glowed red, and the miniature sword elongated and widened until it was about as long as Kagome's arm.
"Chotto matte!" [--Wait a sec!] Kagome stood up and pointed angrily at the sword. "What exactly is THAT for?"
"GET DOWN!" Sesshoumaru grabbed the hem of Kagome's shirt and pulled her behind him while putting up his sword in front of him. A poinsonous-looking purple needle ricocheted off the blade with a loud CLANG.
"Ha ha ha ha," a cold, high voice echoed thoughout the park. "So, it seems you've been expecting me, Marekete Sesshoumaru-kun. Unfortunately, that alone won't be enough. . . "
Another set of needles flew at them from the right. Sesshoumaru blocked them all with the sword.
"Oh? Very good, Sesshou-chan. . . " the voice continued to move around them. It was just short of impossible to pinpoint where it was coming from. "But enough playing around. Let's get serious, okay?"
A flurry of dust swirled up around them. Kagome buried her face on the inside of her shirt to avoid the dirt. When it settled, a green-eyed teenager was before them. Her purple hair swished elegantly around her face as she raised a hand to in front of her face. A thread of hair detached itself from her head and separated into 4 small strands, which then flew to each of her fingers. (not including the thumb)
"Needles?" Kagome peeked out from behind Sesshoumaru.
"That's right, Higurashi Kagome," the girl smiled evilly at her.
"Name yourself, youkai-yarou," [--demon bastard] Sesshoumaru snarled.
"Hmph. So -rude-. . . " she flicked back her hair with the needle-less hand. "Hakashino Aikono. I was sent by U-sama to collect her." Aikono pointed to Kagome.
Sesshoumaru noticeably tensed and shifted position. He was prepared to fight if he needed to. Kagome looked away. She shouldn't be relying on Sesshoumaru for protection. The one she really wanted to come was. . . .
"DIE, BAKA YAROU!!!"[--stupid bastard] Inuyasha came flying from the sky and slashed the female youkai just as she dodged. Landing on the ground with a grin, he looked up at the girl he attacked. "Long time no see, Aiko- kun."
"Inu-sama!" Hakashino immediately dropped down on one knee respectfully. "Sumimasen!" [--Sorry/Excuse me]
"Who sent you after Kagome?" Inuyasha stood up and dusted his hands off. He was still dressed in his school uniform.
"U. . . .U-sama!!" he stammered. Obviously he was either scared of Inuyasha or held him in very high regard.
"That's not his real name, is it Aiko?" Inuyasha walked towards the trembling youkai. "I know you better than anyone else here. Tell the truth!"
"U. . . U-sama's real name is. . . ." she knew this was going to get her in trouble, but she didn't want to disobey her former sensei. Mustering all her strength, she yelled "Naraku!"
Inuyasha froze. ~Naraku?~ Quickly he turned to Kagome and said "MOVE! SESSHOUMARU! GET HER OUT OF HERE!"
Sesshoumaru gave him the weirdest look, but grabbed Kagome around the waist and jumped to the top of the nearest building.
"What's going on?" Kagome peered over the edge of the building to where Inuyasha was still looking around warily. Instantly she paled, for she was at the top of one of the tallest buildings in the area. Slowly she walked back to the safety of being next to Sesshoumaru.
"Naraku is the leader of the local Yakuza ring," Sesshoumaru searched the park with his eyes.
"Yakuza? You mean those mafia people that Kibiko-kun hacked to?" She then noticed that Sesshoumaru had put his arm around her waist again. (*insert anime twitch here*)
"Hai. He's also an incredible powerful youkai. I'm not sure why he'd-" Kagome planted a slap across his jaw.
"Move your arm." (*twitch twitch*) After he had removed his arm, her twitch faded away and got replaced with concern. "Youkai, ne? I didn't know that there were that many in Tokyo."
"Oh, we're just a small community compared to all the Youkai that work as geishas in Kyoto."
"G-geishas?!?!" Kagome felt faint. "How come no-one discovers you?"
"Have you ever read "Harry Potter"? We have youkai that are able to erase memories, and special schools for those with youkai blood. Plus, only 10 or so humans in the whole of Japan know about youkai. Most of the time not even the mothers know about it."
"Oh. . . ." Kagome was kind of excited. She knew a HUGE secret that barely anyone else knew!
"There!" Sesshoumaru pointed across the park to a swirling black mass. It moved faster than anything Kagome had ever seen. In less than a second it had placed itself between Inuyasha and Hakashino. The black shroud whipped away, revealing a tall, red-eyed, dark-haired man. Though he looked like a man, he had strange armour on, and these grey spiky wings on his back.
"You called?" He turned to Hakashino and smiled evilly.
"U.. . . . .U-sama!" Hakashino leapt back in fear, but since she had been crouching, she stumbled, and fell back down.
"Hakashino Aikono. . . you spoke my name, did you not?" Naraku (AKA U-sama) started walking towards her. Whimpering in fear, she scrambled backwards, but her foot caught on a rock and she fell again.
"Were you, perhaps, calling for reinforcements?" he came ever closer to the terrified girl. "Because you know how much I don't like being called in as a replacement. . . "
"Chigou U-sama!!!"
"Or maybe. . . you were telling them who I was, so that you could live just a little longer?" Slowly, he unsheathed a long, deadly-looking sword from its scabbard and kept walking. "Or maybe you told them who I was because you didn't want to disappointed your precious Inu-sama. . . "
"Chi-chigou!" A red tear ran down her cheek. She stopped trying to run and simply sat there, knowing she couldn't escape.
"Shine. . . [--Die(think shi-ne, not shine)]. . .Hakashino. . . ." he whispered, eyes sparkling with incredible malice. He brought the sword down, but -
SHLANG! (=P)
Inuyasha had brought out a sword and blocked Naraku's attack. Hackles raised, he growled menacingly.
"Aiko-kun! Hashire!" [--run] Inuyasha didn't take his eyes off Naraku. Aiko didn't say anything, but she scrambled to her feet and jumped as high as she could. Inuyasha didn't really like Aiko, but she shouldn't be slaughtered so helplessly.
"Kukuku. . . " Naraku's grin widened. He took one hand off the hilt of the sword and raised it towards Aikono. "Good, but not good enough!" A purple energy ball erupted from his hand and shot straight at Hakashino. Inuyasha looked up.
"AIKO!!!!" he sprung off the ground in a desperate attempt to save her, but it was too late. She looked back just in time to see a flash of purple before it caught her in the stomach; tearing a hole in her. Aiko glanced at Inuyasha for a brief moment and flashed him a smile before disintegrating. Inuyasha fell back to the ground.
"NA. . . .RA. . . KU!!!!!" Inuyasha looked back to where Naraku was standing, but all he saw was the last flicker of black whisk out of sight.
Sesshoumaru got Kagome and jumped back down to Inuyasha. Kagome ran to him as soon as they touched the ground. Sesshoumaru ran a hand through his hair. ~oh boy. . .~ he looked around to check if anyone was looking. ~This is going to take a lot of explaining. . . ~
"Inuyasha!!! What happened?! Are you okay?!?!" She tugged on his sleeve out of habit.
"Hai. . . " His voice was oddly distant and hollow.
"Come on, let's go home." Sesshoumaru leapt out of the park, sending up a small dust cloud in his wake. Kagome sighed and gave Inuyasha a hug.
"Gomen nasai, Inu," Kagome closed her eyes and leaned on his shoulder. "I. . . I. . . "
"Don't worry Kagome. Aiko. . . she was just. . . unlucky. . " Inuyasha wrapped an arm around her waist and shot up out of the park, sheathing the sword he used to block Naraku before.
"Demo. . . [--but. . .] . . . she died because of me. . " She looked away from Inuyasha.
"Chigou," Inuyasha kept his eyes focused on Sesshoumaru's back. He didn't know the way back properly, so he would have to follow his brother. "She died because I made her say. . . his name."
At dinner that night the air was usually somber. Not only was Kagome still under threat, but someone had lost their life because of it. Even though no one knew Aiko except Inuyasha, and even then Aiko was Inuyasha's subordinate, they felt guilty for Naraku taking her life. Inuyasha's okaasan, Shiyuki, felt the tension and was very uncomfortable.
"S-so, Kagome, how's your Okaa-san these days?" she asked, trying to make conversation.
"She's okay. I guess she's a bit busy with housework, but I don't think that's too taxing on her health." Kagome took another sashimi from the dish in the middle and ate it quietly. Shiyuki sighed. ~I guess she's still upset about her Otousan's death. . .~
"Thank you for the meal." Kagome silently packed her bowls and plates into a stack and carried them to the sink. As she ran some water over them to rinse them off, she heard Inuyasha come in behind her. She turned around and they looked at each other for a little while. She brushed past him and hurried to her room.
Tears spilled out as she landed on her bed. ~Why?!! Why does it have to be ME that gets all the threats?!? What did I do?!~ sitting up, she pulled her nearby teddy bear and hugged it to her. ~If I don't do something soon, someone else might die too. . . ~ Kagome heard someone coming up the stairs, so she quickly slid under the covers and pretended to sleep.
Inuyasha stopped outside Kagome's room. The door was open so he peered in, seeing her lying still on her bed. Guilt clogged his throat. He tried not to cry, but despite his efforts a single tear ran solemnly down his cheek.
"O. . . oyasumi, Kame-chan. It wasn't your fault. . ."
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That's chap 13 4 ya! Oh and to Turnings Ander -
Hajimemashite! Chigou, atashi wa firipinjin to chuugokujin desu, demo Oosutoraria ni sunde imasu. Yokata! - anata wa atashi no "story" ga dai suki! Arigato gozaimashita! Watashi no honto (Katakana) namae wa Anjira, demo are wa himitsu!^.~ Eto. . . demo nani wa "doushite" desu ka?