" Kagome, please wake up. This really isn't a good time for you to be
sleeping.", whispered a soft voice. She cautiously opened her eyes to see
who was speaking her. Concerned gold eyes stared down at her, and strong
hands helped her to sit up. " Yuki", she sighed, " What are you doing?"
They were still in the woods, although she'd been moved to a small clearing. A bright fire crackled not to far away from where she was sitting. " Actually, I was doing my very best to find you.", Yuki replied after a long pause. He removed his hands from her shoulders and walked towards a large bag lying by the fire. " That's my bag.", Kagome exclaimed.
" Right you are.", he answered before he began rummaging through it. " Hey! Leave my bag alone", she yelled. " I would gladly leave it alone, but it seems to me that you are in need of some bandages.", said Yuki, who was looking rather smug. Minutes later, he pulled a first aid kit from out of her backpack.
Yuki placed the kit gently in her lap, then sat down by the fire. She opened it up, and applied liberal amounts of antibiotic cream and band-aids to her badly scraped legs. " So why were you looking for me?", she asked casually. " Would you believe me if I said that I was deeply concerned about your well being?", he inquired in a mocking tone of voice.
Kagome shook her head emphatically then chose to glare at him. " No? Well, in that case, I'd better tell the truth. I was looking for you, Kagome, because you have yet to answer my question.", Yuki explained.
She closed her eyes wishing that he hadn't brought up such a painful topic. " Speaking of which, have you made up your mind? The time has come for you to give me a definite answer.", he remarked, his voice sounding oddly menacing. The combination of dim lighting and eerie shadows made the half demon look somewhat frightening. She gulped then scooted away from him.
" I've decided that I'm going to help you find the Shikon jewel shards.", she declared firmly. What Yuki did next surprised her greatly. He smiled at her, a real smile, and not the sarcastic or smug smiles she was used to seeing. " You've done the right thing.", he said still beaming at her. " Would you stop doing that?", Kagome said crossly.
The smile slipped from his face as he asked, " Doing what?" " Smiling like that, it's freaking me out.", she answered still sounding rather cross. " If that's what you truly want, Kagome.", Yuki replied, his voice dangerously neutral. She nodded her head, but said nothing.
" You're not being very nice.", she told herself. It was hard to believe that the sometimes scary and continually mocking half demon had feelings, but for whatever reason she felt like she had just hurt them. " He saved you from being alone in the woods. The least you could do is refrain from saying mean things about his smiles.", Kagome admonished herself. Then she remembered the strange noises that had been following her prior to meeting Yuki.
" Umm. Yuki? Right before you showed up, there was something chasing me. Did you happen to see what it was?", she asked tentatively. The half demon stared at her and then proceeded to say, " You needn't worry about that anymore." " And why not?", she questioned. "Because, Kagome, I ate it for dinner.", was his reply.
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Inu Yasha had been sitting in the same tree for hours. He wasn't there because it was comfortable, not by any stretch of the imagination. The hanyou sat in the tree on account of the fact that it was the perfect place for him to wallow in self-pity.
What else could he do? Kagome was gone, and the people that he had come to think of as friends were blaming him for it. In the back of his mind, Inu Yasha knew that there was probably some truth to their statements. However, he didn't feel like facing up to it at the moment.
Her words kept spinning around in his head, never letting him have a moment's rest. " I have decided to help Yuki find the Shikon jewel shards", he shuddered as Kagome's voice echoed through his mind yet again. Who knew that one sentence could be so painful, certainly not him.
All was not lost, because after hours of having the same phrase repeat itself over and over again, his troubled mind came up with an idea. Kagome had just decided to help that coward, and it was nothing more than that. People could change their minds couldn't they?
" I'll find her and make her change her mind. I'll do whatever it takes.", he thought determinedly. Inu Yasha wasn't about to let that green haired idiot take Kagome away from him. Getting slightly carried away, he yelled out, " She belongs here with me." The thought shocked him, but he knew that it was true.
Inu Yasha jumped down from the tree and landed with a soft thud on the dirt below. His former anger and misery had been washed away by the greatness of his plan. Nothing was going to stop him from finding that girl and returning things to the way they were.
The white haired half demon took a deep breath, and suddenly froze. He could smell blood, Kagome's blood. " I'm coming, Kagome. Please be alright.", Inu Yasha whispered worriedly. He took off running in the direction in which her blood scent was the strongest.
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A/N: Here's the next chapter! I hope you like it. This story still is a IY/KA fic. I just had to put Yuki back into the story. He's mean, scheming, and causing all sorts of unnecessary heartache, but I still like him. How could I not? He's my own creation. Thanks to anyone who has read and reviewed my story so far.
Inuyashachic515: Don't worry. Thing's will get better.
They were still in the woods, although she'd been moved to a small clearing. A bright fire crackled not to far away from where she was sitting. " Actually, I was doing my very best to find you.", Yuki replied after a long pause. He removed his hands from her shoulders and walked towards a large bag lying by the fire. " That's my bag.", Kagome exclaimed.
" Right you are.", he answered before he began rummaging through it. " Hey! Leave my bag alone", she yelled. " I would gladly leave it alone, but it seems to me that you are in need of some bandages.", said Yuki, who was looking rather smug. Minutes later, he pulled a first aid kit from out of her backpack.
Yuki placed the kit gently in her lap, then sat down by the fire. She opened it up, and applied liberal amounts of antibiotic cream and band-aids to her badly scraped legs. " So why were you looking for me?", she asked casually. " Would you believe me if I said that I was deeply concerned about your well being?", he inquired in a mocking tone of voice.
Kagome shook her head emphatically then chose to glare at him. " No? Well, in that case, I'd better tell the truth. I was looking for you, Kagome, because you have yet to answer my question.", Yuki explained.
She closed her eyes wishing that he hadn't brought up such a painful topic. " Speaking of which, have you made up your mind? The time has come for you to give me a definite answer.", he remarked, his voice sounding oddly menacing. The combination of dim lighting and eerie shadows made the half demon look somewhat frightening. She gulped then scooted away from him.
" I've decided that I'm going to help you find the Shikon jewel shards.", she declared firmly. What Yuki did next surprised her greatly. He smiled at her, a real smile, and not the sarcastic or smug smiles she was used to seeing. " You've done the right thing.", he said still beaming at her. " Would you stop doing that?", Kagome said crossly.
The smile slipped from his face as he asked, " Doing what?" " Smiling like that, it's freaking me out.", she answered still sounding rather cross. " If that's what you truly want, Kagome.", Yuki replied, his voice dangerously neutral. She nodded her head, but said nothing.
" You're not being very nice.", she told herself. It was hard to believe that the sometimes scary and continually mocking half demon had feelings, but for whatever reason she felt like she had just hurt them. " He saved you from being alone in the woods. The least you could do is refrain from saying mean things about his smiles.", Kagome admonished herself. Then she remembered the strange noises that had been following her prior to meeting Yuki.
" Umm. Yuki? Right before you showed up, there was something chasing me. Did you happen to see what it was?", she asked tentatively. The half demon stared at her and then proceeded to say, " You needn't worry about that anymore." " And why not?", she questioned. "Because, Kagome, I ate it for dinner.", was his reply.
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Inu Yasha had been sitting in the same tree for hours. He wasn't there because it was comfortable, not by any stretch of the imagination. The hanyou sat in the tree on account of the fact that it was the perfect place for him to wallow in self-pity.
What else could he do? Kagome was gone, and the people that he had come to think of as friends were blaming him for it. In the back of his mind, Inu Yasha knew that there was probably some truth to their statements. However, he didn't feel like facing up to it at the moment.
Her words kept spinning around in his head, never letting him have a moment's rest. " I have decided to help Yuki find the Shikon jewel shards", he shuddered as Kagome's voice echoed through his mind yet again. Who knew that one sentence could be so painful, certainly not him.
All was not lost, because after hours of having the same phrase repeat itself over and over again, his troubled mind came up with an idea. Kagome had just decided to help that coward, and it was nothing more than that. People could change their minds couldn't they?
" I'll find her and make her change her mind. I'll do whatever it takes.", he thought determinedly. Inu Yasha wasn't about to let that green haired idiot take Kagome away from him. Getting slightly carried away, he yelled out, " She belongs here with me." The thought shocked him, but he knew that it was true.
Inu Yasha jumped down from the tree and landed with a soft thud on the dirt below. His former anger and misery had been washed away by the greatness of his plan. Nothing was going to stop him from finding that girl and returning things to the way they were.
The white haired half demon took a deep breath, and suddenly froze. He could smell blood, Kagome's blood. " I'm coming, Kagome. Please be alright.", Inu Yasha whispered worriedly. He took off running in the direction in which her blood scent was the strongest.
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A/N: Here's the next chapter! I hope you like it. This story still is a IY/KA fic. I just had to put Yuki back into the story. He's mean, scheming, and causing all sorts of unnecessary heartache, but I still like him. How could I not? He's my own creation. Thanks to anyone who has read and reviewed my story so far.
Inuyashachic515: Don't worry. Thing's will get better.