Yay! Second chapter already out~ I worked on this in the "early" morning,
so I wasn't really awake..Oh well. I promise something's actually going to
HAPPEN in the next chapter *shock* I think.
Persuasions
Kagome slowly lifted her heavy eyelids, blinded by a stream of golden sunlight. Confused, she sat up, to realize she was in her own home, in bed, and the culprit of her blindness was an open window, facing eastward towards the rising sun. 'When did I go back to the well.I don't remember.-'She thought groggily. Noticing movement in the corner of her eye, she snapped her head up to see an odd couple framed in the doorway. Her mother stood there, with the giant form of Inu Yasha beside her, looking agitated. "Sweetie!!" Ms. Higurashi ran over to her daughter and kissed her forehead lovingly. "You've been asleep for 2 days now, and I wasn't able to get any information from HIM," She pointed accusingly at the sheepish dig demon, "As to WHY!" Kagome laughed. "I'm not sure what happened myself, but I'm better now." Kagome's mother nodded padded back down the stairs to make breakfast, and Kagome continued, "So lets go back, Inu Yasha!" Inu Yasha turned, reluctant, "We can't." "Eh?!" "I'm supposed to keep you safe, because, you have that damn shard imbedded in you. If Naraku gets to you, you'll be dead before any of us realize." Inu Yasha sighed inwardly. It was hard to argue a point he only half believed himself.So hard to convince her of something he knew neither of them wanted. Kagome frowned, "He won't get me! You, Sango, and Miroku always protect me! We can't leave Sango and Miroku alone against Naraku!! " Her voice rose to a pained shout "They won't hold out! You are the demon, and I have the arrows!!" She felt betrayed, hurt. She was the one who had started all this trouble, and now she was the one sealing their doom. What good did running do? Her mind complained softly, and she felt tightness in her throat. She collapsed to her knees, sniffing softly. "Baka..Inu Yasha.baka.." She covered slightly reddened eyes with her hand. The dog demon growled slightly and walked over to her slumped body, crouching down to her level. "I don't WANT to run either!! But for the time, this is what we have to do, at least tonight. Look." He gestured towards the slightly teared and faded moon calendar on Kagome's wall. Kagome knew what she would see, that night would be moonless, a time when Inu Yasha would be a vulnerable human boy. Inu yasha hesitated before awkwardly placing a hand on her head. "Well..Fine. I need a little rest anyway" She hiccupped, and smiled slightly, hair fanning slightly around her shoulders "I miss my family, so I'll take a *little* vacation." She watched Inu yasha relax, and stood up shakily. "Let's go downstairs; I'm sure Sota hasn't gotten his fill of idolizing you yet!" Inu yasha grimaced. The past two days he had been "the amazing, cool, totally awesome hero." And it was tiring.
"Kirara!!!" Sango's clear voice rang through the thick mist. She leapt onto her approaching demon, easing Miroku onto Kirara's muscular back. Positioned, Kirara ignited the orange flames at the base of each paw and sprang into the fresh air above the mist. Sango's intense eyes focused far ahead, daring their target to appear, so they could give dangerous chase. Miroku groaned audibly, and sat up. "Any sign?" He asked hopefully. "Not yet." Sango admitted. "But I'll die before I let that creature go. Its going to lead us to Naraku and then maybe we'll get some answers." Miroku grinned at the look of ferocity on the girls face, wrapping his purple cloak tighter around himself as protection against the bitter wind. He wondered how Inu yasha and Kagome were fairing. He felt pity for both of them, knowing they only wanted to be fighting along side him and Sango. He felt like a parent who had to make decisions for his children, decisions that he knew were right, but they hated with every fiber in their bodies at the time. Sango watched his rub his temples, but remained silent. "AH!" She cried suddenly, snapping her head around to the right. "I see it! Kirara, faster!" They both tensed, keeping the blood red glob always in clear sight. 'Don't let it see us, It will only try and suffocate us!" The two said in unison, surprising each other. They sped; wind whipping tightly past Kirara's slitted eyes, for hours the two rode, never loosing sight. An hour or so later, Miroku and Sango sped along over a barren desert, devoid of any life save a few tiny rodents. The creature still flew on ahead of them, dully reflecting the afternoon sun in its liquid body. Then, without warning, it simply blinked out of existence. The monk and the girl turned to look at each other, bewilderment and disappointment reflected in each others faces. "What the hell..?" "Kirara, land please." Sango whispered. As they neared the ground, the two jumped off Kirara's back into the sweltering sand. Sango beckoned to Miroku with one finger, signaling him to search. For a little over 10 minutes they looked, 2 living breathing beings in a dry sea of heat and death, finding nothing. Sango whipped sweat from her brow, searching for shadow, she found some under a small dried shrub, and promptly sat down, exhausted. "Well. Here we are, the only life for miles. We should start a family, a new species, and just live here, ne Sango?" Miroku teased, mirth in his tired black eyes. The girl shot a halfhearted glare at him, then invited him to join her in the sparse shade. Miroku started to accept, and then balked. "I would, but..um..I think some ones standing behind you.." Sango swirled, looking up to see the form of a man, backlit by the sun to hide his face. "Who?' stuttered Miroku, finding the right angle to see the strangers face "Aha. There we go..." His eyes widened, and he froze. His face filled with a look of terror so amazing, so horrible, that Sango wondered why he didn't explode on the spot. "No..way."
Persuasions
Kagome slowly lifted her heavy eyelids, blinded by a stream of golden sunlight. Confused, she sat up, to realize she was in her own home, in bed, and the culprit of her blindness was an open window, facing eastward towards the rising sun. 'When did I go back to the well.I don't remember.-'She thought groggily. Noticing movement in the corner of her eye, she snapped her head up to see an odd couple framed in the doorway. Her mother stood there, with the giant form of Inu Yasha beside her, looking agitated. "Sweetie!!" Ms. Higurashi ran over to her daughter and kissed her forehead lovingly. "You've been asleep for 2 days now, and I wasn't able to get any information from HIM," She pointed accusingly at the sheepish dig demon, "As to WHY!" Kagome laughed. "I'm not sure what happened myself, but I'm better now." Kagome's mother nodded padded back down the stairs to make breakfast, and Kagome continued, "So lets go back, Inu Yasha!" Inu Yasha turned, reluctant, "We can't." "Eh?!" "I'm supposed to keep you safe, because, you have that damn shard imbedded in you. If Naraku gets to you, you'll be dead before any of us realize." Inu Yasha sighed inwardly. It was hard to argue a point he only half believed himself.So hard to convince her of something he knew neither of them wanted. Kagome frowned, "He won't get me! You, Sango, and Miroku always protect me! We can't leave Sango and Miroku alone against Naraku!! " Her voice rose to a pained shout "They won't hold out! You are the demon, and I have the arrows!!" She felt betrayed, hurt. She was the one who had started all this trouble, and now she was the one sealing their doom. What good did running do? Her mind complained softly, and she felt tightness in her throat. She collapsed to her knees, sniffing softly. "Baka..Inu Yasha.baka.." She covered slightly reddened eyes with her hand. The dog demon growled slightly and walked over to her slumped body, crouching down to her level. "I don't WANT to run either!! But for the time, this is what we have to do, at least tonight. Look." He gestured towards the slightly teared and faded moon calendar on Kagome's wall. Kagome knew what she would see, that night would be moonless, a time when Inu Yasha would be a vulnerable human boy. Inu yasha hesitated before awkwardly placing a hand on her head. "Well..Fine. I need a little rest anyway" She hiccupped, and smiled slightly, hair fanning slightly around her shoulders "I miss my family, so I'll take a *little* vacation." She watched Inu yasha relax, and stood up shakily. "Let's go downstairs; I'm sure Sota hasn't gotten his fill of idolizing you yet!" Inu yasha grimaced. The past two days he had been "the amazing, cool, totally awesome hero." And it was tiring.
"Kirara!!!" Sango's clear voice rang through the thick mist. She leapt onto her approaching demon, easing Miroku onto Kirara's muscular back. Positioned, Kirara ignited the orange flames at the base of each paw and sprang into the fresh air above the mist. Sango's intense eyes focused far ahead, daring their target to appear, so they could give dangerous chase. Miroku groaned audibly, and sat up. "Any sign?" He asked hopefully. "Not yet." Sango admitted. "But I'll die before I let that creature go. Its going to lead us to Naraku and then maybe we'll get some answers." Miroku grinned at the look of ferocity on the girls face, wrapping his purple cloak tighter around himself as protection against the bitter wind. He wondered how Inu yasha and Kagome were fairing. He felt pity for both of them, knowing they only wanted to be fighting along side him and Sango. He felt like a parent who had to make decisions for his children, decisions that he knew were right, but they hated with every fiber in their bodies at the time. Sango watched his rub his temples, but remained silent. "AH!" She cried suddenly, snapping her head around to the right. "I see it! Kirara, faster!" They both tensed, keeping the blood red glob always in clear sight. 'Don't let it see us, It will only try and suffocate us!" The two said in unison, surprising each other. They sped; wind whipping tightly past Kirara's slitted eyes, for hours the two rode, never loosing sight. An hour or so later, Miroku and Sango sped along over a barren desert, devoid of any life save a few tiny rodents. The creature still flew on ahead of them, dully reflecting the afternoon sun in its liquid body. Then, without warning, it simply blinked out of existence. The monk and the girl turned to look at each other, bewilderment and disappointment reflected in each others faces. "What the hell..?" "Kirara, land please." Sango whispered. As they neared the ground, the two jumped off Kirara's back into the sweltering sand. Sango beckoned to Miroku with one finger, signaling him to search. For a little over 10 minutes they looked, 2 living breathing beings in a dry sea of heat and death, finding nothing. Sango whipped sweat from her brow, searching for shadow, she found some under a small dried shrub, and promptly sat down, exhausted. "Well. Here we are, the only life for miles. We should start a family, a new species, and just live here, ne Sango?" Miroku teased, mirth in his tired black eyes. The girl shot a halfhearted glare at him, then invited him to join her in the sparse shade. Miroku started to accept, and then balked. "I would, but..um..I think some ones standing behind you.." Sango swirled, looking up to see the form of a man, backlit by the sun to hide his face. "Who?' stuttered Miroku, finding the right angle to see the strangers face "Aha. There we go..." His eyes widened, and he froze. His face filled with a look of terror so amazing, so horrible, that Sango wondered why he didn't explode on the spot. "No..way."