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STORY: BED OF THORNS CHAPTER: 3
Inu-Yasha felt Kagome's forehead, and was aware that it felt normal. Then why wouldn't she wake up? Inu-Yasha's mind screamed. Kagome had seemed fine enough a few minutes ago. Now, here she was, lying on a cold straw mattress in Kaede's hut. Kaede had just left a few moments ago; to gather some herbs that she thought "might" help awaken Kagome.
"Might." The word echoed in Inu-Yasha mind a few times. Just what did that old woman mean by "might"? Was there a chance that Kagome wouldn't wake up at all? His thoughts wandering mindlessly in his head, Inu-Yasha went outside to calm down.
Just as his hand pushed the curtain out, Inu-Yasha felt something hard hit his face…something shaped like a boomerang. Before he had a chance to complain, Inu-Yasha's ears were deafened by a loud noise.
"Inu-Yasha, YOU IDIOT!!! You're not supposed to give Kagome a rose with THORNS!!!" Sango screamed.
"B-but…how was I supposed to know!?" Inu-Yasha snapped back.
"Are you purposely trying to be dumb?" Sango yelled back, aggravated. A hand suddenly reached out, and patted Sango on the back.
"Sango, you should know that while Inu-Yasha is very skilled in fighting, when it comes to brains, he is…what I should say d- "
"Just what do you mean by that, Miroku?" Inu-Yasha asked in a sarcastic tone, while burying his fist in Miroku's face.
"What he means," Sango replied, "is that it's your fault Kagome's like this!"
A pained look crossed Inu-Yasha's face, and he lowered his head. Sango's eyes widened when she realized what she had just blurted out, and opened her mouth to apologize.
"Inu-Yasha, I didn't mean th- "
"Don't bother, Sango. It is my fault." He turned his back on her and Miroku. "I guess I better go see if she's any better." Then Inu-Yasha slowly walked back in. Sango and Miroku stared after him.
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A bright light glinted around the ceiling, and Kagome opened her eyes groggily, and looked up. To her surprise, instead of being greeted by a small and warm hut, she found herself surrounded by glass walls. They sparkled and shone with each movement Kagome made.
"Where am I?" She asked aloud, while gazing around her. "Welcome to my Palace of Roses. I've been waiting for you for awhile, my dear Kagome."
Kagome turned around, and saw a red haired young man looking back at her. He wore a crown on his head with a rose emblem and looked about 17. "Are you some kind of weirdo? Stay away from me or I'll scream!" Kagome said, while glaring at him.
The guy grinned. "I'm only someone who has fallen in love with you." Kagome blushed furiously, and then recovered herself quickly.
"How and why did you bring me to this place," she demanded loudly.
"Well, I just said why. Tell me, when you were small, didn't you have a garden of your own? And in the flowers, didn't you tend the roses especially well?"
Kagome closed her eyes, and thought. Now that he mentioned it, when she was small, she did plant a garden of her own. And the roses she raised, did seem more striking than the other flowers. "What does that have to do with me?"
" In this place, everyone's life is connected to a single rose whom they have a blood pact with. If the rose dies, so does the person. In order to bring you here, you had to have your life tied to a rose. And so, I deliberately eavesdropped on your friend Inu-Yasha's previous conversation, and planted a beautiful rose right where he would find it. Coincidentally, you pricked your finger on a thorn on that rose, and the blood that resulted sealed the pact between you and that rose."
Kagome covered her mouth with her hands in disbelief. "That means that my life depends on a single rose's well-being?"
The prince nodded his head. "Well, actually, you are in no real danger. My consultants have come up with a method that lets our roses bloom forever. On the other hand, if some one were to pluck a petal, or crush the rose, the owner of the rose would feel the effect. That is why we keep our life- rose by our side." He winked at Kagome. "As for your rose, I'm keeping it for you. Now how about a kiss? I mean, you are going to stay with me forever."
Kagome backed away quickly, and narrowed her eyes. "You think you're so smart, just kidnapping me like this. But don't you think Inu-Yasha's going to notice my disappearance?"
The prince smirked. "I prefer to go by Rui instead of "you". I don't think Inu-Yasha's going to be noticing your disappearance for quite a while."
"What do you mean?" Kagome asked in a low voice.
Rui pointed to a mirror by him, and said, "Watch."
On the reflection of the mirror, Kagome saw Inu-Yasha in the small hut. She was just about to pound the glass, when she saw herself lying on a mattress in the corner.
'But if I'm here,' Kagome wondered, 'who's that?'
***
Inu-Yasha walked into the hut, and sat down, his spirits low. If he had bothered to just scrape the thorns off with his claws, this wouldn't have happened, he told himself in a depressed way. He was just so inexperienced with this "romance" stuff. Now he wished he had listened to Miroku's lecture.
"Inu-Yasha?"
Inu-Yasha's ears pricked up, and he quickly bent over the matt. "Kagome…you're awake?" he said in a stunned voice.
"Yeah. I feel better now. Come closer."
Inu-Yasha obeyed, and shuffled closer, until he was right beside her. Kagome slowly sat up, and then turned towards Inu-Yasha. She looked at him adoringly, put her hands against his shoulder. Inu-Yasha felt his cheeks getting hot, and his heart began to thump. Why was she acting like this?
Suddenly, before he knew it, she leaned onto him, and kissed him on the lips. Inu-Yasha's eyes widened.
***
Back in the glass room, Kagome gasped loudly, and she slid to the ground, her heart sinking. What just happened? Did that impersonation of her just kiss Inu-Yasha?
The prince took a step towards her, and then leaned down. "Didn't I tell you? He isn't missing you at all."
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Inu-Yasha's Lesson: ALWAYS get suspicious if Kagome kisses you out of the blue.
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