Are Kagome and Souta going to make it? Stay tuned. . . :-)
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Kagome and Souta re-entered the woods, following the small path that led to the well. The howling of the wolf-demon started up again, growing steadily louder, till even Kagome was peering around nervously. She tried to run still faster, but was unable, weighted down by her backpack. As the shrieks grew closer, she pulled out the jar of jewel shards, handing them to Souta. He looked puzzled, turning his head to glance up into her face. The demon appeared behind them on the path, galloping towards them with impossible speed even as the well came into view. Kagome curled Soutas little fingers around the jar and shover him forward, making him run faster to the well.
'RUN, Souta!' she yelled to him, 'I'll hold him off! Get through the well!' She turned, dropping her backpack and looking for anything to use as a weapon. She saw out of the corner of her eyes Souta disappearing into the well. She grabbed up a stick, but knew that the demon would hardly pause before it.
Inu Yasha leaped down from a tree above her, landing between Kagome and the demon.
'Inu Yasha! I told you I didn't need help!'
'Huh. Like I believed that! It's kind of obvious that you can't fight this demon alone, but before I help you, I just want you to know that I'm not going to let you go back- and now you can't anyway! You don't have any jewel pieces with you. You can't pass through that well! So I'll fight this demon, and then you're coming back to the home of Kaede. We'll live here together, and you will be my mate. Got that?' he turned his head to see her reaction. She stared at him, shocked. 'Well?' he asked again.
'Be your mate? What about school?!? Home? My Grandpa? What about me, huh? You can't just declare me your mate! You're crazy! Musta been hanging around Kouga too long! Now get out of the way! If those are your conditions, then I'm going to fight the demon myself! Move, Inu Yasha!'
Inu Yasha unconsciously obeyed, in complete shock. It hadn't occurred to him that she might not want to live with him! He had always thought that all he had to do was get up the courage to ask her, and she would be his! All that had kept him from doing so was concern for his own reputation, and the memory of Kikyo- but now Kikyo was dead, out of his way, and Kagome had seemed like she loved him too- why on earth would she say no? He'd met her family, and seen her school- it wasn't anything that he would be interested in leaving the Feudal Era for. . .
But then, she had grown up there- maybe she loved it there the way he loved it here. . . and felt the way about his home he felt about her home. Why had he thought that she would want to come with him?!?
No time for that, now, though. Their conversation, which had seemed to stretch for hours, had only taken a few seconds, while the demon had still been bearing down on them. Now, though, Kagome was not holding any jewel shards, anything to tempt the demon but a slight snack. It turned suddenly, right before reaching her, and faced Inu Yasha, who had stepped to the side, and was still in shock. Kagome saw how his eyes were dilated- he wasn't focused on here & now, he was absorbed in thought. She screamed at him, to wake him up.
'Inu Yasha! Look out!' the demon charged, but at her scream, turned and snapped his hungry wolf-teeth at her, breaking the branch she raised in defense as though it were a twig. She screamed for Inu Yasha again, this time in terror, finally waking him from his stupor. The wolf lunged for her, latching his teeth onto her shirt and lifting her from the ground. He shook her light a rat and dropped her to the ground, and opened his jaws to eat her. Inu Yasha shook his head and focused on the scene before him- giant wolf above prone Kagome, jaws opening. He roared a challenge at the demon, drawing Tetsusaiga, and, leaping into the air, bore down upon the confused wolf-demon. The demon looked up, too slowly, as Inu Yasha sliced the jewel shard from his forehead. With a few swings of his sword, too fast for mortals to see, Inu Yasha sliced the demon into small pieces and felled a tree on him. Triumphant, Inu Yasha landed softly on the ground beside Kagome, Tetsusaiga over his shoulder. She shivered, on her knees, broken stick still clutched in her dainty hand. He stood tall above her.
'I thought it over- I won't force you to be my mate, if you don't want to be- but you are stuck here anyway- your brother has the jewel shards. If you really don't want to be with me-' he told her softly. She didn't look up.
'Oh, Inu Yasha. . . I do want to be with you! But- I have to finish school, and I don't want to leave my home. . . not yet, anyway. Besides, I'm too young to be anyone's mate yet! Not yours, not Kouga's, not anyone's! And you are centuries older than me! Can you really expect me to just become your mate?'
'But you do love me!'
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Awww! Poor Inu Yasha! I'm such a terrible author to do this to him. . . so- why am I enjoying this so much? Hmm. . . another of life's big mysteries. . .
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Kagome and Souta re-entered the woods, following the small path that led to the well. The howling of the wolf-demon started up again, growing steadily louder, till even Kagome was peering around nervously. She tried to run still faster, but was unable, weighted down by her backpack. As the shrieks grew closer, she pulled out the jar of jewel shards, handing them to Souta. He looked puzzled, turning his head to glance up into her face. The demon appeared behind them on the path, galloping towards them with impossible speed even as the well came into view. Kagome curled Soutas little fingers around the jar and shover him forward, making him run faster to the well.
'RUN, Souta!' she yelled to him, 'I'll hold him off! Get through the well!' She turned, dropping her backpack and looking for anything to use as a weapon. She saw out of the corner of her eyes Souta disappearing into the well. She grabbed up a stick, but knew that the demon would hardly pause before it.
Inu Yasha leaped down from a tree above her, landing between Kagome and the demon.
'Inu Yasha! I told you I didn't need help!'
'Huh. Like I believed that! It's kind of obvious that you can't fight this demon alone, but before I help you, I just want you to know that I'm not going to let you go back- and now you can't anyway! You don't have any jewel pieces with you. You can't pass through that well! So I'll fight this demon, and then you're coming back to the home of Kaede. We'll live here together, and you will be my mate. Got that?' he turned his head to see her reaction. She stared at him, shocked. 'Well?' he asked again.
'Be your mate? What about school?!? Home? My Grandpa? What about me, huh? You can't just declare me your mate! You're crazy! Musta been hanging around Kouga too long! Now get out of the way! If those are your conditions, then I'm going to fight the demon myself! Move, Inu Yasha!'
Inu Yasha unconsciously obeyed, in complete shock. It hadn't occurred to him that she might not want to live with him! He had always thought that all he had to do was get up the courage to ask her, and she would be his! All that had kept him from doing so was concern for his own reputation, and the memory of Kikyo- but now Kikyo was dead, out of his way, and Kagome had seemed like she loved him too- why on earth would she say no? He'd met her family, and seen her school- it wasn't anything that he would be interested in leaving the Feudal Era for. . .
But then, she had grown up there- maybe she loved it there the way he loved it here. . . and felt the way about his home he felt about her home. Why had he thought that she would want to come with him?!?
No time for that, now, though. Their conversation, which had seemed to stretch for hours, had only taken a few seconds, while the demon had still been bearing down on them. Now, though, Kagome was not holding any jewel shards, anything to tempt the demon but a slight snack. It turned suddenly, right before reaching her, and faced Inu Yasha, who had stepped to the side, and was still in shock. Kagome saw how his eyes were dilated- he wasn't focused on here & now, he was absorbed in thought. She screamed at him, to wake him up.
'Inu Yasha! Look out!' the demon charged, but at her scream, turned and snapped his hungry wolf-teeth at her, breaking the branch she raised in defense as though it were a twig. She screamed for Inu Yasha again, this time in terror, finally waking him from his stupor. The wolf lunged for her, latching his teeth onto her shirt and lifting her from the ground. He shook her light a rat and dropped her to the ground, and opened his jaws to eat her. Inu Yasha shook his head and focused on the scene before him- giant wolf above prone Kagome, jaws opening. He roared a challenge at the demon, drawing Tetsusaiga, and, leaping into the air, bore down upon the confused wolf-demon. The demon looked up, too slowly, as Inu Yasha sliced the jewel shard from his forehead. With a few swings of his sword, too fast for mortals to see, Inu Yasha sliced the demon into small pieces and felled a tree on him. Triumphant, Inu Yasha landed softly on the ground beside Kagome, Tetsusaiga over his shoulder. She shivered, on her knees, broken stick still clutched in her dainty hand. He stood tall above her.
'I thought it over- I won't force you to be my mate, if you don't want to be- but you are stuck here anyway- your brother has the jewel shards. If you really don't want to be with me-' he told her softly. She didn't look up.
'Oh, Inu Yasha. . . I do want to be with you! But- I have to finish school, and I don't want to leave my home. . . not yet, anyway. Besides, I'm too young to be anyone's mate yet! Not yours, not Kouga's, not anyone's! And you are centuries older than me! Can you really expect me to just become your mate?'
'But you do love me!'
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Awww! Poor Inu Yasha! I'm such a terrible author to do this to him. . . so- why am I enjoying this so much? Hmm. . . another of life's big mysteries. . .