Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha... no matter how much I'd like to... maybe
I could hire him to be my sex monkey for the day... or maybe not...
(A/N: Luckily I feel a little better now... which is great because it now means I can get out of the house from time to time and be with my friends. My parents seem to like fighting with each other a lot these days and grounding me if they catch me around... so be warned, I may not update so much these days as I'll be out of the house and away from the computer most of this week - it's a holiday after all!)
Two Faced:
Isn't it Ironic
(like the song by Alanas Morisette ^_^ (you'll get it in a minute))
Inuyasha sat, bouncing a stale muffin against the opposite wall in the hotel corridor. When it cracked and crumbled onto the floor after a few bumps of this treatment, he simply got another one from the tray beside him.
The sobbing inside Kagome's room grew a little quieter and he stopped bouncing his muffins for a moment to listen intently. The rooms were nearly sound proof... and Sango and Kagome weren't yelling like Mr Higurashi had been before, so now he couldn't hear much more than muffled conversation.
Then the crying started again.
So Inuyasha continued to bounce his muffin sullenly, quickly growing bored. He had to stand guard like the 'dutiful' bodyguard he was while Sango comforted her friend. Not that Inuyasha actually wanted to be inside with a weepy woman... he'd much rather bounce muffins actually.
Eventually he came across a really tough muffin that refused to crumble even after he's knocked it ten times against the wall and had it roll across the carpet a few times more.
Sango suddenly jerked the door open and stepped out. "She's still crying."
"I noticed." It was hard to ignore.
"Do you want to comfort her or anything...?" Sango offered, she looked desperate. The poor girl was finding it hard to cope.
Inuyasha just gave her a look that clearly said 'do I look like a moron to you?'.
"Thought so..." she spotted his special muffin in his hand and her eyes lit up. "Hey! That might cheer her up! Can I have it?"
Inuyasha gave it to her cheerfully enough and listened carefully as Sango went back inside and came it to Kagome. There was a loud thump that suggested Kagome had bitten into it and decided to throw it against the wall just behind him.
He smirked a little... before remembering WHY Kagome was crying, and sobered a little.
She'd just lost her father. And what was worse, no one knew if he was dead or not or was lying in a ditch somewhere dying slowly. His plane that had been flying over the forest to the Southern territory had been sabotaged and had crashed rather suddenly. Obviously, whoever had sabotaged it had expected Kagome to be inside the plane too... unfortunately that wasn't the case. Now Kagome was pretty much alone.
Inuyasha shifted uncomfortably and started twiddling his thumbs. This brought up bad feelings of when his mother had died in a similar fashion... a sabotaged vehicle...
A maid passed by at some point over the next hour or so and tutted at the crumbs all around Inuyasha who just smiled placidly until she was gone before making a rude gesture in her direction. This place needed better staff. Where were their manners and their cooking skills?
Just when he'd reached the limitation of his boredom he decided to get up and go downstairs to find some action, at that precise moment the door to Kagome's room opened she came storming out. She passed him without a word, obviously having some destination in mind. Sango followed quickly after and Inuyasha took it upon himself to find out what was going on.
"What's going on?" he asked - the best way to find out just what he wanted to know.
"She's going to the Southern Territory... to find her father." Sango said absently over her shoulder .
Inuyasha's steps faltered slightly. All he'd heard was 'she's going to the southern territory' a very, VERY bad thing. If she was going south then that meant she'd be in the right place to perform the prophecy... shit...
^_^
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Sango's father asked as he marched across the tarmac with his daughter and Kagome. Inuyasha trailed somewhat sullenly behind.
"I need to find him." Kagome said, full of determination and... fear...
"There's little chance of his survival." The General warned.
"The plane crashed near the edge of the forest, nearer the south - into the trees. It was a small plane, it shouldn't have been completely destroyed." Inuyasha spoke up, kicking himself mentally for offering that.
"Exactly." Kagome flashed Inuyasha a quick smile that he didn't return. "That's why I have to go over there and find him."
"We're sending a search party anyway - you don't have to go with them, is all I'm saying." The general said again, though everyone knew that he wanted her to go, for the sake of the prophecy.
"I'm going." Kagome said again.
"Good luck. The party is waiting on the plane for you." The General turned and brushed past Inuyasha somewhat carelessly on his way back. Inuyasha just glared at the man and carried on following the two girls across the runway towards the small plane that was starting its engines already. Sango was going for emotional support for Kagome. Inuyasha was going because he had a job to do... for his cell, not for Kagome.
He was running out of time.
Kagome started to ascend the steps onto the plane with Sango, but just as Inuyasha was about to get on his phone started to vibrate with a text message. The airhostess kindly waited for him to read it before telling him to turn it off during the flight.
It had been from his brother. More orders to finish his job quickly... people were getting impatient with him.
He happily turned it off and entered the plane. At once he was greeted with an array of different people... mostly military and a couple of doctors. The hostesses showed them to their seats before leaving the plane as it began to take off.
Kagome was seated next to Inuyasha, and obviously didn't like flying by the way her fingers gripped the armrests.
"Scared?" he smirked as the plane started to pick up speed for take off.
"No..." she replied tightly.
"Then why have you got your eyes closed?"
"Checking for holes in my eyelids, ok?" she hissed back.
It took a few moments for the plane to lift off the ground and gain a little altitude - all done at a very fast speed that Inuyasha thoroughly enjoyed!
When they were safely up in the air they could take off their belts and stand up. At once a strange young man appeared at Kagome's side in his military fatigues and a nice big charming smile on his face.
"Miss Higurashi - allow me to introduce myself. I'm Miroku Houshi, of the marines - I'll be guiding the search party for your father." He bowed slightly and lifted her hand to kiss it.
Inuyasha did NOT miss Kagome's faint blush and he certainly noticed the way Miroku's lips seemed to linger on her hand a little too long for his taste. He glared at the other guy, her certainly had a lot of nerve for a first meeting. Ah - but then the twat noticed Sango! Much better!
"Miss Taijiya - what an honour. Your father is great man - he talks a lot about you." He reached for her hand.
"Yeah? He sure talks a lot about you too, Major Houshi." She whipped her hand back with a forced smile.
Now there was something Inuyasha liked to see in a girl. Pity Kagome was more susceptible to fake charm.
"Anyways, allow me to introduce you to the rest of the group." Miroku turned abruptly and looked towards the rest of the soldiers that were midst talking to one another. "That there is Lieutenant Hojo, Lieutenant Kenji, Cadet Shippo, Cadet Rin and..." he waved vaguely at the others. "Forgotten their names but that's not important because they're airforce! No one likes airforce."
"My father's airforce." Sango interrupted suddenly.
"But they're a great lot... really." Miroku added quickly with a smile at Sango who just scowled.
Inuyasha probably would have liked to start up another bicker with Kagome at that point, but she was slightly busy introducing herself to all the of the members of the search party and thanking them. And when she was done talking to them she discovered the wonders of in-flight movies. And they were showing Casablanca.
"How can you like it? It ends up badly." Inuyasha griped as Kagome sat patiently in her seat with her earphones on. "You know what's going to happen so why watch it?"
After a brief pause Kagome turned to him and plucked her earphones off. "You say something?"
"Nevermind - I'm going to get a drink." He stood up and headed down the aisle, noting that Sango was really hitting it off with Miroku... 'hitting' being the operative word.
He passed them without much bother but suddenly found his way blocked by a girl who suddenly stood up in her seat and into his path. When she turned to face him he realised it was Kagome. "How the hell did you move so fast?"
"Sorry?"
"You were just sitting back..." he glanced over his shoulder - Kagome was still there sniffling at the movie oblivious to everything around her. He glanced back at the girl in front of him. "Oh no... not twins..."
"Oh - you mean Kagome." The girl nodded. "I'm her stunt double, Kikyo Kuonji. And you are...?"
"Inuyasha Kosaka." He didn't bother shaking her offered hand. He could only just stand the one Kagome - he didn't need her double to contend with either.
"A demon?" she raised an eyebrow suspiciously.
"Half." There was something about this girl... she looked so much like Kagome... but if he actually stepped back right now and compared the two... they didn't seem that much alike already. Kikyo seemed to be a little more calmer, older and elegant than Kagome who was still such a kid inside. He knew that much from having to tolerate her for the last few days.
"Interesting." She nodded once and spoke in that slightly deeper tone than Kagome's. "I'll see you around, Inu."
"It's Inuyasha."
"Mm hm." Kikyo shrugged and carried on along her intended path. Inuyasha watched her go suspiciously, and saw her exchange a small nod of the head as she passed Kagome, as a greeting.
That was too freaky. He shivered and looked around, checking that there was no one to witness what he was about to do. He was a little unsure of whether or not he should do it... but he could already see it in the prodigy girl. Her father had just been killed by demons... naturally she wanted revenge... even if she was against killing demons.
He'd seen it happen enough times to know how she would react to this. He'd seen it happen in himself. And he had to stop her before she got to the Southern Territory... even if he had to risk everyone else too.
They wouldn't have any idea what had hit them.
^_^
Sango watched with a light frown as Kagome seemed to get along particularly well with the men on board. She'd never noticed it before... but Kagome was actually a bit of a flirt... not in the bad sense. She probably didn't even realise what she was doing - it was all harmless to her.
But Sango noticed the way she'd managed to become the focus of attention in the group the moment she'd come up to them and was joking and laughing with them like she was a natural Miss Popular... Sango hadn't known it because Kagome's father had never really let Kagome mix with others.
But it made Sango slightly envious of her natural ability to blend well with others... that was just plain confidence. She wished she could have it herself... but she was that much more shier than Kagome... especially when certain Majors tried to hit on her.
"Keep walking." She said flatly as Miroku had stopped and opened his mouth to speak to her. Once she'd rejected him flat our before he'd spoken he'd just shrugged and went to join Kagome's group. A deeper frown tugged at Sango's forehead.
"Watch out, you'll become an old woman tomorrow if you keep those lines coming." Kagome's bodyguard slipped into the seat behind her, apparently busy cleaning his hands of something black and sticky. Sango didn't bother to pry much further into what it was since she was miffed that he'd even noticed her frown.
Inuyasha quickly finished washing the remaining oil off his hands and glanced sideways at the crowd that had gathered around Kagome. They were all chattering away happily, swapping gossip and all kinds of subjects. He frowned just like Sango had done when one of the young men gestured for Kagome to lean down so he could whisper something in her ear. She complied and after a few moments of listening she suddenly pulled out the pin in his armrest, making him nearly fall onto the floor at her feet.
Kagome's silvery laughter joined in the rest and she scolded the guy teasingly.
"What a slut..." he heard a comment from behind him. He didn't have to turn around to know it was the other girl - Kikyo.
Suddenly the whole plane gave a lurch and a rumble and at once all happy chatter died in everyone's throats and they gripped the seats they were closest to. But the plane kept jarring as though they'd just met some heavy turbulence.
The pilots quickly spoke up through in intercom. "Would all passengers return to their seats and put their seatbelts on." it wasn't a request, and there was no explanation... meaning it was probably serious and not just regular turbulence. Inuyasha set his mouth grimly and fixed his gaze stoically on the seat before him. Kagome quickly hurried to sit beside Inuyasha and snapped her belt on as the plane continued to rock and shiver.
"What's happening?" she whispered.
"We're crashing." Inuyasha replied evenly.
Kagome's breath rushed in with a gasp and Sango clicked her tongue impatiently. "Don't scare her like that!"
Inuyasha shrugged and turned away to look out the window. He could see nothing but clouds rushing past at high speeds... lots of black clouds...
There was a sudden rather loud bang and half the plane jumped in their seats and looked out the windows to the right... the engine was now smoking and severely... and then the other one went too.
Kagome gripped her seat tightly and clenched her eyes shut... she didn't need to look out the windows to know the trees seemed to be rising fast to meet them. Inuyasha, however, seemed much calmer than everyone else. But this was one situation he wouldn't be able to protect her from.
"A little ironic..." Kagome managed to speak loudly enough over the roar of burnt out engines and rumbling winds.
Inuyasha glanced at her with an odd expression, something she thought was a tear between confusion and worry. Well at least he was a LITTLE worried about this after all...
In front of them Kagome could see that despite their earlier friction, Sango had latched on rather securely to Miroku's arm and shoulder, and he had his hand tensed on forearm with his eyes closed. They both looked terrified.
Kagome couldn't stop the breathless little sob rise in her throat - this was it! They were really going to die... after all these times of escaping with her life by the skin of her teeth... she was going to die in a plane crash of all things... But there was so much she hadn't done yet - so much she had planned to do and now she wouldn't get the chance.
She'd been planning on going out with Sango next week to get that black top from the designer outlet in the mall she'd spotted... she'd never get it now... she'd never wear it either.
People say that when you're about to die, your life flashes before your eyes - that was a load of bull in Kagome's opinion. She couldn't remember a stitch about what she'd done in the past... all she could feel was regret at what she'd never be able to do in the future as the plane sliced lower through the air so it was no longer in the clouds.
Another little sob rose in her chest and at once she found a pair of nice warm, strong arms wrap around her and tug her close. She opened her eyes with a start to realise it was Inuyasha. The noise being emanated now was too loud to ask what he was doing - he just pushed her head under his chin and held her tightly with his own eyes squeezed tightly shut.
He was doing his job, she realised. Inuyasha was going to protect her the best way he could... she could have cried... and so she did...
She didn't understand though, when he whispered something quietly in her ear. "I'm sorry..."
With a jarring smack they hit the canopy of the trees, lurching everyone in their seats and causing the belts to constrict painfully. They were all but thrown around as the plane turned and tumbled through the tops of the trees - the thrashing growing wilder as they turned upside down completely and skidded along.
The last coherent thought Kagome had before they hit the proper tree trunks was...
'I'm going to die a virgin!'
(A/N: Ok - I think I'll clean out my hamster (my muse) now ^_^ Next Chapter - 'One Blond Joke Too Many')
(A/N: Luckily I feel a little better now... which is great because it now means I can get out of the house from time to time and be with my friends. My parents seem to like fighting with each other a lot these days and grounding me if they catch me around... so be warned, I may not update so much these days as I'll be out of the house and away from the computer most of this week - it's a holiday after all!)
Two Faced:
Isn't it Ironic
(like the song by Alanas Morisette ^_^ (you'll get it in a minute))
Inuyasha sat, bouncing a stale muffin against the opposite wall in the hotel corridor. When it cracked and crumbled onto the floor after a few bumps of this treatment, he simply got another one from the tray beside him.
The sobbing inside Kagome's room grew a little quieter and he stopped bouncing his muffins for a moment to listen intently. The rooms were nearly sound proof... and Sango and Kagome weren't yelling like Mr Higurashi had been before, so now he couldn't hear much more than muffled conversation.
Then the crying started again.
So Inuyasha continued to bounce his muffin sullenly, quickly growing bored. He had to stand guard like the 'dutiful' bodyguard he was while Sango comforted her friend. Not that Inuyasha actually wanted to be inside with a weepy woman... he'd much rather bounce muffins actually.
Eventually he came across a really tough muffin that refused to crumble even after he's knocked it ten times against the wall and had it roll across the carpet a few times more.
Sango suddenly jerked the door open and stepped out. "She's still crying."
"I noticed." It was hard to ignore.
"Do you want to comfort her or anything...?" Sango offered, she looked desperate. The poor girl was finding it hard to cope.
Inuyasha just gave her a look that clearly said 'do I look like a moron to you?'.
"Thought so..." she spotted his special muffin in his hand and her eyes lit up. "Hey! That might cheer her up! Can I have it?"
Inuyasha gave it to her cheerfully enough and listened carefully as Sango went back inside and came it to Kagome. There was a loud thump that suggested Kagome had bitten into it and decided to throw it against the wall just behind him.
He smirked a little... before remembering WHY Kagome was crying, and sobered a little.
She'd just lost her father. And what was worse, no one knew if he was dead or not or was lying in a ditch somewhere dying slowly. His plane that had been flying over the forest to the Southern territory had been sabotaged and had crashed rather suddenly. Obviously, whoever had sabotaged it had expected Kagome to be inside the plane too... unfortunately that wasn't the case. Now Kagome was pretty much alone.
Inuyasha shifted uncomfortably and started twiddling his thumbs. This brought up bad feelings of when his mother had died in a similar fashion... a sabotaged vehicle...
A maid passed by at some point over the next hour or so and tutted at the crumbs all around Inuyasha who just smiled placidly until she was gone before making a rude gesture in her direction. This place needed better staff. Where were their manners and their cooking skills?
Just when he'd reached the limitation of his boredom he decided to get up and go downstairs to find some action, at that precise moment the door to Kagome's room opened she came storming out. She passed him without a word, obviously having some destination in mind. Sango followed quickly after and Inuyasha took it upon himself to find out what was going on.
"What's going on?" he asked - the best way to find out just what he wanted to know.
"She's going to the Southern Territory... to find her father." Sango said absently over her shoulder .
Inuyasha's steps faltered slightly. All he'd heard was 'she's going to the southern territory' a very, VERY bad thing. If she was going south then that meant she'd be in the right place to perform the prophecy... shit...
^_^
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Sango's father asked as he marched across the tarmac with his daughter and Kagome. Inuyasha trailed somewhat sullenly behind.
"I need to find him." Kagome said, full of determination and... fear...
"There's little chance of his survival." The General warned.
"The plane crashed near the edge of the forest, nearer the south - into the trees. It was a small plane, it shouldn't have been completely destroyed." Inuyasha spoke up, kicking himself mentally for offering that.
"Exactly." Kagome flashed Inuyasha a quick smile that he didn't return. "That's why I have to go over there and find him."
"We're sending a search party anyway - you don't have to go with them, is all I'm saying." The general said again, though everyone knew that he wanted her to go, for the sake of the prophecy.
"I'm going." Kagome said again.
"Good luck. The party is waiting on the plane for you." The General turned and brushed past Inuyasha somewhat carelessly on his way back. Inuyasha just glared at the man and carried on following the two girls across the runway towards the small plane that was starting its engines already. Sango was going for emotional support for Kagome. Inuyasha was going because he had a job to do... for his cell, not for Kagome.
He was running out of time.
Kagome started to ascend the steps onto the plane with Sango, but just as Inuyasha was about to get on his phone started to vibrate with a text message. The airhostess kindly waited for him to read it before telling him to turn it off during the flight.
It had been from his brother. More orders to finish his job quickly... people were getting impatient with him.
He happily turned it off and entered the plane. At once he was greeted with an array of different people... mostly military and a couple of doctors. The hostesses showed them to their seats before leaving the plane as it began to take off.
Kagome was seated next to Inuyasha, and obviously didn't like flying by the way her fingers gripped the armrests.
"Scared?" he smirked as the plane started to pick up speed for take off.
"No..." she replied tightly.
"Then why have you got your eyes closed?"
"Checking for holes in my eyelids, ok?" she hissed back.
It took a few moments for the plane to lift off the ground and gain a little altitude - all done at a very fast speed that Inuyasha thoroughly enjoyed!
When they were safely up in the air they could take off their belts and stand up. At once a strange young man appeared at Kagome's side in his military fatigues and a nice big charming smile on his face.
"Miss Higurashi - allow me to introduce myself. I'm Miroku Houshi, of the marines - I'll be guiding the search party for your father." He bowed slightly and lifted her hand to kiss it.
Inuyasha did NOT miss Kagome's faint blush and he certainly noticed the way Miroku's lips seemed to linger on her hand a little too long for his taste. He glared at the other guy, her certainly had a lot of nerve for a first meeting. Ah - but then the twat noticed Sango! Much better!
"Miss Taijiya - what an honour. Your father is great man - he talks a lot about you." He reached for her hand.
"Yeah? He sure talks a lot about you too, Major Houshi." She whipped her hand back with a forced smile.
Now there was something Inuyasha liked to see in a girl. Pity Kagome was more susceptible to fake charm.
"Anyways, allow me to introduce you to the rest of the group." Miroku turned abruptly and looked towards the rest of the soldiers that were midst talking to one another. "That there is Lieutenant Hojo, Lieutenant Kenji, Cadet Shippo, Cadet Rin and..." he waved vaguely at the others. "Forgotten their names but that's not important because they're airforce! No one likes airforce."
"My father's airforce." Sango interrupted suddenly.
"But they're a great lot... really." Miroku added quickly with a smile at Sango who just scowled.
Inuyasha probably would have liked to start up another bicker with Kagome at that point, but she was slightly busy introducing herself to all the of the members of the search party and thanking them. And when she was done talking to them she discovered the wonders of in-flight movies. And they were showing Casablanca.
"How can you like it? It ends up badly." Inuyasha griped as Kagome sat patiently in her seat with her earphones on. "You know what's going to happen so why watch it?"
After a brief pause Kagome turned to him and plucked her earphones off. "You say something?"
"Nevermind - I'm going to get a drink." He stood up and headed down the aisle, noting that Sango was really hitting it off with Miroku... 'hitting' being the operative word.
He passed them without much bother but suddenly found his way blocked by a girl who suddenly stood up in her seat and into his path. When she turned to face him he realised it was Kagome. "How the hell did you move so fast?"
"Sorry?"
"You were just sitting back..." he glanced over his shoulder - Kagome was still there sniffling at the movie oblivious to everything around her. He glanced back at the girl in front of him. "Oh no... not twins..."
"Oh - you mean Kagome." The girl nodded. "I'm her stunt double, Kikyo Kuonji. And you are...?"
"Inuyasha Kosaka." He didn't bother shaking her offered hand. He could only just stand the one Kagome - he didn't need her double to contend with either.
"A demon?" she raised an eyebrow suspiciously.
"Half." There was something about this girl... she looked so much like Kagome... but if he actually stepped back right now and compared the two... they didn't seem that much alike already. Kikyo seemed to be a little more calmer, older and elegant than Kagome who was still such a kid inside. He knew that much from having to tolerate her for the last few days.
"Interesting." She nodded once and spoke in that slightly deeper tone than Kagome's. "I'll see you around, Inu."
"It's Inuyasha."
"Mm hm." Kikyo shrugged and carried on along her intended path. Inuyasha watched her go suspiciously, and saw her exchange a small nod of the head as she passed Kagome, as a greeting.
That was too freaky. He shivered and looked around, checking that there was no one to witness what he was about to do. He was a little unsure of whether or not he should do it... but he could already see it in the prodigy girl. Her father had just been killed by demons... naturally she wanted revenge... even if she was against killing demons.
He'd seen it happen enough times to know how she would react to this. He'd seen it happen in himself. And he had to stop her before she got to the Southern Territory... even if he had to risk everyone else too.
They wouldn't have any idea what had hit them.
^_^
Sango watched with a light frown as Kagome seemed to get along particularly well with the men on board. She'd never noticed it before... but Kagome was actually a bit of a flirt... not in the bad sense. She probably didn't even realise what she was doing - it was all harmless to her.
But Sango noticed the way she'd managed to become the focus of attention in the group the moment she'd come up to them and was joking and laughing with them like she was a natural Miss Popular... Sango hadn't known it because Kagome's father had never really let Kagome mix with others.
But it made Sango slightly envious of her natural ability to blend well with others... that was just plain confidence. She wished she could have it herself... but she was that much more shier than Kagome... especially when certain Majors tried to hit on her.
"Keep walking." She said flatly as Miroku had stopped and opened his mouth to speak to her. Once she'd rejected him flat our before he'd spoken he'd just shrugged and went to join Kagome's group. A deeper frown tugged at Sango's forehead.
"Watch out, you'll become an old woman tomorrow if you keep those lines coming." Kagome's bodyguard slipped into the seat behind her, apparently busy cleaning his hands of something black and sticky. Sango didn't bother to pry much further into what it was since she was miffed that he'd even noticed her frown.
Inuyasha quickly finished washing the remaining oil off his hands and glanced sideways at the crowd that had gathered around Kagome. They were all chattering away happily, swapping gossip and all kinds of subjects. He frowned just like Sango had done when one of the young men gestured for Kagome to lean down so he could whisper something in her ear. She complied and after a few moments of listening she suddenly pulled out the pin in his armrest, making him nearly fall onto the floor at her feet.
Kagome's silvery laughter joined in the rest and she scolded the guy teasingly.
"What a slut..." he heard a comment from behind him. He didn't have to turn around to know it was the other girl - Kikyo.
Suddenly the whole plane gave a lurch and a rumble and at once all happy chatter died in everyone's throats and they gripped the seats they were closest to. But the plane kept jarring as though they'd just met some heavy turbulence.
The pilots quickly spoke up through in intercom. "Would all passengers return to their seats and put their seatbelts on." it wasn't a request, and there was no explanation... meaning it was probably serious and not just regular turbulence. Inuyasha set his mouth grimly and fixed his gaze stoically on the seat before him. Kagome quickly hurried to sit beside Inuyasha and snapped her belt on as the plane continued to rock and shiver.
"What's happening?" she whispered.
"We're crashing." Inuyasha replied evenly.
Kagome's breath rushed in with a gasp and Sango clicked her tongue impatiently. "Don't scare her like that!"
Inuyasha shrugged and turned away to look out the window. He could see nothing but clouds rushing past at high speeds... lots of black clouds...
There was a sudden rather loud bang and half the plane jumped in their seats and looked out the windows to the right... the engine was now smoking and severely... and then the other one went too.
Kagome gripped her seat tightly and clenched her eyes shut... she didn't need to look out the windows to know the trees seemed to be rising fast to meet them. Inuyasha, however, seemed much calmer than everyone else. But this was one situation he wouldn't be able to protect her from.
"A little ironic..." Kagome managed to speak loudly enough over the roar of burnt out engines and rumbling winds.
Inuyasha glanced at her with an odd expression, something she thought was a tear between confusion and worry. Well at least he was a LITTLE worried about this after all...
In front of them Kagome could see that despite their earlier friction, Sango had latched on rather securely to Miroku's arm and shoulder, and he had his hand tensed on forearm with his eyes closed. They both looked terrified.
Kagome couldn't stop the breathless little sob rise in her throat - this was it! They were really going to die... after all these times of escaping with her life by the skin of her teeth... she was going to die in a plane crash of all things... But there was so much she hadn't done yet - so much she had planned to do and now she wouldn't get the chance.
She'd been planning on going out with Sango next week to get that black top from the designer outlet in the mall she'd spotted... she'd never get it now... she'd never wear it either.
People say that when you're about to die, your life flashes before your eyes - that was a load of bull in Kagome's opinion. She couldn't remember a stitch about what she'd done in the past... all she could feel was regret at what she'd never be able to do in the future as the plane sliced lower through the air so it was no longer in the clouds.
Another little sob rose in her chest and at once she found a pair of nice warm, strong arms wrap around her and tug her close. She opened her eyes with a start to realise it was Inuyasha. The noise being emanated now was too loud to ask what he was doing - he just pushed her head under his chin and held her tightly with his own eyes squeezed tightly shut.
He was doing his job, she realised. Inuyasha was going to protect her the best way he could... she could have cried... and so she did...
She didn't understand though, when he whispered something quietly in her ear. "I'm sorry..."
With a jarring smack they hit the canopy of the trees, lurching everyone in their seats and causing the belts to constrict painfully. They were all but thrown around as the plane turned and tumbled through the tops of the trees - the thrashing growing wilder as they turned upside down completely and skidded along.
The last coherent thought Kagome had before they hit the proper tree trunks was...
'I'm going to die a virgin!'
(A/N: Ok - I think I'll clean out my hamster (my muse) now ^_^ Next Chapter - 'One Blond Joke Too Many')