FINALS ARE OVER!!! *SG jumpes up and down with excitement* Happy! Oh so happy. Tehe, plus I got to go to see Lord of the Rings: Two Towers.
Saviour
Suddenly a faint scent caught the attention of Inuyasha's nose. After sniffing a few times he growled in recognition. Kouga. The last person on this feudal earth that he wanted to see right now. But...A tiny gleam of hope shimmered in the hanyou's eyes. He would try something new this time...He would be civil.
"Ah, there you are! My precious-" Kouga halted realizing Kagome wasn't there. "Oy, dog! Where's my Kagome?"
Inuyasha's hair bristled at the use of 'my Kagome', but he remembered his promise. "Kouga, come here."
Kouga blinked rapidly. What was this? No shouting of insults? No, "she's not YOUR Kagome"? Not even a challenge to fight? Cautiously, he Kouga took a few steps foreward.
"What do you want?" he asked, trying not to look too suspicious.
Inuyasha took a deep breath. This was going to be harder than he thought. Then he thought of Kagome, he would have to do it for her.
"Kouga."he began. "Something terrible has happened to Kagome."
Kagome shuddered in the darkness. It had now been nearly three days since she had last eaten and the lack of nourishment was beginning to get to her. Weakly, she opened her eyes, straining to see around her cell. She called to Shippou, hoping that he was still concious. Over the past few days, when Lord Sesshomaru had tired of interrogating her, he would take out the tensions of the day on poor Shippou.
"Shippou? Are you awake?"
"Kagome...?"Shippou's voice sounded dazed.
"Shippou, stick with me here. Do you know any songs?"
Shippou blinked rapidly in response. "N-nani?"
"Or poems. Do you know any poems, Shippou?"
"Uh...a couple...why?"
"Recite them for me."
"Okay." Shippou racked his brain for a poem to fulfil Kagome' request. He finally settled on one that his mother used to recite to him before he went to bed at night,
"May the light fall upon your blessed cheek,"
Kagome gasped, this was the same poem her mother had used to sing to her! She recited the next line,
"And help you find the peace you seek,"
Shippou replied,"For you have traveled far and wide,"
"Let me now be your guide."
"I will tell you friend from foe,"
"And be your light where ever you go,"
"For never shall you be for want,"
"As against such evils I have fought."
"Let me be your guiding star,"
"Let you never stray too far,"
"For love's warmth be a comforting thought,"
"It all must begin with the heart."*
Sesshomaru listened outside the door of their dungeon. As he turned away he felt a slight, warm wetness on his face. As he wiped it away with his sleeve he thought to himself,
"Feh, damned castle must be leaking again."
"This is so weird." thought Kouga as he sat on the ground near Inuyasha, still astounded by the fact that they were in such close proximities and not fighting. He had done a full face vault into the ground earlier when Inuyasha had broken his plan to him...
THEY were going to go rescue Kagome and Shippou...TOGETHER.
Kouga shook his head, still disbelieving. Inuyasha sat passivly nearby, waiting for him to respond to his latest question. Thinking possibly he could not have heard, he repeated it,
"So...are you going to help me or not?"
"Explain why you want to do this again?"
Inuyasha exploded. It had already been a tiring day and he was to his breaking point. Plus, even though guys don't admit it, they need to spill too.
"KOUGA! While I don't think that you've noticed while hounding Kagome, she's MY responsibility! Plus, the little brat! I know Sesshomaru's got wards up on his castle, my powers will only be half as strong as they are normally. So will yours. But, if we attack the castle together, we might have some margin of a chance of getting Kagome out of there alive. WHY, do I want to do this because..." Inuyasha took a very deep breath before he bellowed, "I LOVE KAGOME!"
He sat down, exhausted by the string of non-stop words and the flood of emotion that came with them. He couldn't quite believe that he had just yelled "I LOVE KAGOME!" at Kouga...but such was life.
Kouga looked over at Inuyasha, a blank look on his face.
"So, you love Kagome?"
Inuyasha gave up and went to sleep.
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* "Saviour" by Silverwolf Guild (c) 2002
Sorry about the delay in getting more stuff up. -SG
Saviour
Suddenly a faint scent caught the attention of Inuyasha's nose. After sniffing a few times he growled in recognition. Kouga. The last person on this feudal earth that he wanted to see right now. But...A tiny gleam of hope shimmered in the hanyou's eyes. He would try something new this time...He would be civil.
"Ah, there you are! My precious-" Kouga halted realizing Kagome wasn't there. "Oy, dog! Where's my Kagome?"
Inuyasha's hair bristled at the use of 'my Kagome', but he remembered his promise. "Kouga, come here."
Kouga blinked rapidly. What was this? No shouting of insults? No, "she's not YOUR Kagome"? Not even a challenge to fight? Cautiously, he Kouga took a few steps foreward.
"What do you want?" he asked, trying not to look too suspicious.
Inuyasha took a deep breath. This was going to be harder than he thought. Then he thought of Kagome, he would have to do it for her.
"Kouga."he began. "Something terrible has happened to Kagome."
Kagome shuddered in the darkness. It had now been nearly three days since she had last eaten and the lack of nourishment was beginning to get to her. Weakly, she opened her eyes, straining to see around her cell. She called to Shippou, hoping that he was still concious. Over the past few days, when Lord Sesshomaru had tired of interrogating her, he would take out the tensions of the day on poor Shippou.
"Shippou? Are you awake?"
"Kagome...?"Shippou's voice sounded dazed.
"Shippou, stick with me here. Do you know any songs?"
Shippou blinked rapidly in response. "N-nani?"
"Or poems. Do you know any poems, Shippou?"
"Uh...a couple...why?"
"Recite them for me."
"Okay." Shippou racked his brain for a poem to fulfil Kagome' request. He finally settled on one that his mother used to recite to him before he went to bed at night,
"May the light fall upon your blessed cheek,"
Kagome gasped, this was the same poem her mother had used to sing to her! She recited the next line,
"And help you find the peace you seek,"
Shippou replied,"For you have traveled far and wide,"
"Let me now be your guide."
"I will tell you friend from foe,"
"And be your light where ever you go,"
"For never shall you be for want,"
"As against such evils I have fought."
"Let me be your guiding star,"
"Let you never stray too far,"
"For love's warmth be a comforting thought,"
"It all must begin with the heart."*
Sesshomaru listened outside the door of their dungeon. As he turned away he felt a slight, warm wetness on his face. As he wiped it away with his sleeve he thought to himself,
"Feh, damned castle must be leaking again."
"This is so weird." thought Kouga as he sat on the ground near Inuyasha, still astounded by the fact that they were in such close proximities and not fighting. He had done a full face vault into the ground earlier when Inuyasha had broken his plan to him...
THEY were going to go rescue Kagome and Shippou...TOGETHER.
Kouga shook his head, still disbelieving. Inuyasha sat passivly nearby, waiting for him to respond to his latest question. Thinking possibly he could not have heard, he repeated it,
"So...are you going to help me or not?"
"Explain why you want to do this again?"
Inuyasha exploded. It had already been a tiring day and he was to his breaking point. Plus, even though guys don't admit it, they need to spill too.
"KOUGA! While I don't think that you've noticed while hounding Kagome, she's MY responsibility! Plus, the little brat! I know Sesshomaru's got wards up on his castle, my powers will only be half as strong as they are normally. So will yours. But, if we attack the castle together, we might have some margin of a chance of getting Kagome out of there alive. WHY, do I want to do this because..." Inuyasha took a very deep breath before he bellowed, "I LOVE KAGOME!"
He sat down, exhausted by the string of non-stop words and the flood of emotion that came with them. He couldn't quite believe that he had just yelled "I LOVE KAGOME!" at Kouga...but such was life.
Kouga looked over at Inuyasha, a blank look on his face.
"So, you love Kagome?"
Inuyasha gave up and went to sleep.
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* "Saviour" by Silverwolf Guild (c) 2002
Sorry about the delay in getting more stuff up. -SG