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To answer a question I received last chapter: Why did Inuyasha just tell Kagome he was half demon so quickly?
Well, there are a few reasons for that. First, Inuyasha can't express his feelings very well, and he doesn't own a diary, so his emotions are just bottled up inside him. He just had to tell someone about his 'condition' or else his heart felt like it was going to burst..or something like that. I know it seemed kinda rushed, and I'm sorry. Kay. He also kind of tests people on their reaction to his secret.
Blah! I lost my train of thought.
I also forgot to mention that Kagome had moved the stretcher off the road, and now they are in the forest a couple hundred feet parallel from it. Both were getting tired of that stupid sun, I suppose.
On with the story.
As Kagome finished off the bag of pretzels, she looked up, to find Inuyasha staring curiously at her. Considering this wasn't a very normal thing for someone to do, she let her eyebrows rise.
"What?"
Suddenly, an intense blush sprang upon his face and he turned away hurriedly.
"Nothing. It's nothing."
Kagome was one of those people who didn't let a mystery get past her. She leaned forward and poked his back.
"What is it?" she asked with a smidgen more insistence.
"Nothing!"
"Tell me!"
"Nothing!!"
"Tell me!!"
"NOTHING!"
"TELL ME!"
Somewhere during the course of the argument, they had stood up, now were yelling at each other, each louder than the last.
Getting tired of acting like a child, Inuyasha closed his eyes, and sighed deeply.
Kagome smirked. She always won. Vaguely, she noticed that Inuyasha was actually standing, and his leg seemed back to normal. Curious. The thought manifested itself deep inside her brain, but she had other matters to deal with at the moment.
Inuyasha was in silence, seeming to be gathering his thoughts carefully.
"I.." he started.
Kagome waited patiently.
About what seemed an hour later he spoke again.
"I needed to tell someone. The silence was eating me up inside. I can't reveal my emotions very well, but when I do, it always seems to get me in trouble." He said just above a whisper.
Kagome was impressed. She never thought something that deep would come from the stubborn pig.
But she was also speechless. That seemed to be happening more these days.
Her body relaxed from its tense position, and she sat cross-legged in a pile of leaves. He opened his golden eyes to look at her reaction, but found her eyes held a most peculiar trait.
That look, he had received it only a few times his life.
Pity.
She pitied him.
He growled angrily. He hated people who pitied him! It was just another way for them to tell him he was weak.
Kagome seemed unfazed at his growl.
If only Inuyasha had known Kagome longer, he would have learned that she felt sorry for no one.
Her eyes flickered, and then glazed over. They were now a muddled gray- blue.
Even though Inuyasha had excellent hearing, he could just catch her words.
"Just like me..."
He was confused. What had happened to this girl to make her so cold?
As if reading his thoughts, she opened her mouth and took a breath. But the answer didn't come. Inuyasha unfortunately wasn't as patient as Kagome.
"Well?"
She blinked at him and tried again.
"My..."
But suddenly, she shut her mouth with a scowl. Since when had she gotten so friendly that she would blab about her past? Wasn't she the Infamous Sid? The one who every hard-core gangster admired? Yes! Whoever this guy was, she sure as hell didn't care about him enough to share her life! She had promised she would never get close to anyone again, with the exception of her gang.
For a split second, a cold fire danced in her eyes, but died down as quickly as it came.
"Why the hell do you care?" she snapped viciously.
Inuyasha was, in the least, surprised. But he supposed something horrible must have happened to her to make her so angry.
He said nothing.
Kagome's face softened unexpectedly, and turned sorrowful.
She sighed tiredly.
"My family died in a fire."
The silence was profound.
'Why would she tell me that?' thought Inuyasha inquiringly. He searched her face for answers. He was expecting her to cry or do something weak, but she didn't.
No tears. No sadness. No anger.
Nothing.
It was as if she was commenting on the weather, only slightly less casual. Did she even care about her family?
He sat down as well, suddenly too tired to argue anymore.
Neither had the strength to say anything, so they didn't.
They were so alike, and they didn't even know it.
What to do now? It was only around three. Plenty of sunlight, yet nothing to do. What an unfortunate combination.
Something was nagging Kagome in the back of her mind. It was something she meant to ask Inuyasha, but what was it?
Ah yes!
"Inuyasha?" she asked quietly.
"What?"
"How did your leg get better?" Kagome knew it was a dumb question, but she had to ask it anyway.
"I'm half demon remember? Demons heal quickly." He replied nonchalantly, almost annoyedly.
"Oh."
With that problem solved, the silence that set in was very uncomfortable. Both sat, totally unmoving.
Finally, Inuyasha couldn't take it anymore. He stood up and walked past Kagome.
She twisted around to face him.
"Where are you going?" she called.
"A walk," he grunted over his shoulder.
"Bye." She said softly to his back.
He was gone.
Kagome sighed. She knew he was going to leave. Why would he stay? It didn't really seem like he liked her that much anyway.
As the thought surfaced, Kagome realized with dull eyes that she was lost: Alone in the woods, in the middle of nowhere, without a car.
Dammit.
Hmm...let's just think of where she was going exactly...well, she was going to see the gang, but that idea didn't turn out too well.
Kagome shook her head.
Where did she expect to go just driving blindly wherever the road took her?
'What a stupid ass I am'
Great.
Now, she didn't even have Inuyasha's spiffy demon attributes to help get her to wherever she was going.
But it wasn't like he would help her anyway.
So, Kagome had a few choices.
One, go back to the city and catch a bus back to her foster home. Scratch that. Kagome hated her foster family, and there was nothing of value in that junk-ass town.
Two, she could just stay here, die of starvation, and leave her bones to rot along the road...no...that's not very fun.
Three, she could just keep walking and carve a new life out of whatever she found.
Kagome sized up her options, and looked behind her, half expecting to see her foster family waving at her or something crappy like that.
"well, gotta do it sometime..."
Her knees cracked at she stood up wearily, and she dusted her leafy shorts off.
There was only one thing left to do.
Kagome turned around, and took somnolent steps toward the Black Death.
"Shippo!! Where are you god dammit!" an angry voice rang throughout an abandoned apartment building.
Shippo sighed.
Everybody needed him didn't they?
Well, he IS the smartest person in Black Death, although he's only 15; A computer genius.
He doesn't look like much of a threat: bushy orange hair, a thin build, and only 4"9' is height. But no matter how innocent he seemed, there lay a bright, calculating mind underneath.
But you absolutely can't forget the pointed ears, slightly bushy tail, and long, sharp fangs.
Oh, didn't he tell you? He's a demon...he was the son of some of the last remaining Kitsune in Japan. Yes, kitsune as in demon. Real demons. Luckily, he, like all kitsune, possessed illusion magic. That solved the problem of his public image and going to school.
The boyish look that clung to him was the wonderful piece of cover that made him useful to the Black Death.
A few years back, Shippo was a normal, happy boy who loved his parents and went to school.
As far as he knew, his parents had a bit of a money problem. So they turned to good friends, and borrowed some.
Lord knows that didn't turn out pretty. The "friends" insisted that they hadn't been paid back, and sought out for revenge. It was the worst day of Shippo's life.
The friends (who were actually brothers) chased the family into the deepest part of town.
To make a long story short, the brothers killed his parents and beat him, leaving him to die in a grungy alley.
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As it started to rain, Shippo reflected on the drastic turn his life had taken. It seemed only yesterday when it was 'all good'. His consciousness flickered, a sure sign he was probably going to die soon. Dimly, he heard a voice near him.
"What?" he asked groggily.
"Kid! Are you okay?"
Shippo squinted. Who was this person? The voice sounded female...maybe a bit older than he was.
All he could make out was a dark mop of hair, and equally black clothing.
The voice was talking again.
"Where is your family?" she asked.
Tears pricked his eyes as those horrible images flashed through his head.
"Dead" he managed to rasp out.
By now, his vision had cleared just enough to see the girl's face. She looked like she was remembering something terrible.
"All gone eh?" she whispered thoughtfully.
Shippo nodded, but stopped, because that brought a stabbing pain down his back.
She looked down at him.
"Are you smart?"
Shippo almost snorted. Hell yeah! He was a child prodigy. "Yes."
The girl's face brightened. "Are ya good with computers?"
Shippo nodded wearily.
"Good! We'll have a fine use for you then!"
Shippo's eyes widened. Good use for them? What did that mean? And who was 'them'? He did know stories of slavery on the streets, especially the auctioning of child...service. The stories weren't happy ones either.
He knew just enough to make him terribly afraid.
Peered into his face. "What's your name?"
"Shippo" he squeaked.
She bent down next to him. "Well then Shippo, let's go."
"Go w-where?"
Her eyes faltered. "Home."
Before he knew it, she had slid her arm underneath his back and hoisted him up, now cradling him...bridal style?!
Shippo was too weak to struggle, so he just lay in her arms...literally. The girl began to walk slowly out of the alley, mindful of Shippo's wounds. There was just something about the girl's voice that soothed him, and he gave his trust to this dark stranger immediately.
He noticed faintly that she was A LOT stronger than she looked. But before he could ask her name, his vision blurred and he fell into a black sleep.
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Shippo smiled softly. If Kagome had not saved him, he would have died.
He blinked tiredly. It was no use thinking about her anymore, she was never coming back. After what had happened with the whole Naraku mess, he doubted she would ever return.
It was hard to let her go. Kagome was like a sister to him. But the way that she been so protective of him, you'd have thought that she was his mother or something.
The voice got louder.
"Shippo!! Where the hell are you?!"
Shippo sighed again. Was it that important?
'I swear, no one can do anything for themselves around here.'
"What do you want Kouga?? I'm in my room!"
Shippo sat on a thin piece of mattress that passed for a bed, littered around him were components of several different computers, laptops, walkie- talkies, and just about any sort of electrical device that you could name. Shippo had a knack for making his own "customized" computers to fit his needs.
Furious stomping ascended the stairs, and the broken piece of wood that was Shippo's door flew open violently.
There stood Kouga in the doorframe, panting like angry bull. He stared accusingly at Shippo, who was currently removing a pesky screw from the back of a walkman with his index claw.
"S'matter?" he grunted, trying not to break his concentration.
After a few thick moments of silence, Kouga spoke in a trembling voice:
"She's back."
The words rang in his head. His whole body froze. Whatever concentration Shippo had was shot.
"How do you know...?"
"Your cameras..."
Of course! To ensure the building occupants' safety, Shippo had placed several miniscule video cameras around the outside, and wired them to a central feed that displayed on a group of monitors in one of the upstairs rooms.
Those cameras caught everything within a half-mile radius, thanks to their special zoom features courtesy of the little kit.
And now Kouga was telling him that Sid had come again.
It was one of those faintly comical moments, when the party in question is silent with shock.
And then...
It snaps.
Shippo launched himself off the bed and past the disgruntled Kouga. He turned sideways and caught most of the force of slamming against the wall with his shoulder.
"Oof!"
Kouga accidentally knocked into him, and almost crushed Shippo against the wall. After some frustrated struggling, Shippo managed to push Kouga aside and almost tumbled down the stairs in his haste.
No need to ask where he was going.
All his successful digital gear had been set up and ran in a room halfway from the ground, maybe it was 3F. But the members of B.D had affectionately dubbed it: SHAC, or Shippo's High-tech Amazing Computers.
A weird name, but it worked, nonetheless.
After a nearly broken neck, and a few tumbles, Shippo flung himself into the shac, almost knocking down a majority of surveillance computers.
Kouga came up behind him, and let Shippo search for himself on the 7+ paperback-book-sized monitors.
There!
Some feet away from a few police cars, a solemn teenager adjusted her clothes and combed her hair.
Shippo's eyes widened. She looked so different now!
Her wasn't scraggly, and she had taken on a more womanly figure. That, mixed with her leadership skills and cold demeanor made any guy drool.
It was no wonder Kouga had fallen in love with her.
As Shippo and Kouga studied the screens, they witnessed the whole police chase and Kagome's getaway.
As the cars faded from the last camera, Shippo leaned back from the rolling chair he was sitting in.
"So Sid's come home..."
"What the hell? Where did she go?"
Inuyasha stood confusedly at the spot where the make-shift stretcher and a crumpled bag of pretzels lay.
When Inuyasha said he was taking a walk, he meant taking a walk. Not: I'm leaving, Goodbye!
And she left! Inuyasha tried to be angry, but just couldn't find it. He felt more curiosity than anything else.
It seemed like she didn't really like him anyway, and she looked like she had somewhere else to be. 'But where did she go?' he wondered to himself.
Deep within his heart, he felt a tinge of sadness.
What if she really did hate him for his demon blood? What if she was just acting?
Inuyasha closed his eyes in pain.
He supposed he would never find a decent person. It wasn't his fault his father was a full-blooded demon!
He wanted to find her, to know what she really thought of him. Somehow, her personality had snagged his interest.
Usually, every girl he had met had instantly been attracted to him. He actually got sick and tired of stupid schoolgirls following him around in public, asking him:
'I love you!' 'Do you have a girlfriend?' 'marry me!'..geez!
Those girls only cared about his outside appearance, not the loving (?) man inside. He needed someone who knew what pain felt like. He needed someone who had a strong personality.
And Kagome, being the first girl in many years who didn't salivate over him, surprised his ego. She possessed a stony sort of beauty, yet a fiery soul. And, sometimes, she released that carefree little girl she had once been.
Inuyasha found that he definitely wanted to understand her better.
Besides, he had nothing much better to do, so why not?
Inuyasha turned and faced the direction in which Kagome's scent led him...
...And sighed.
Finally done! It took me forever to get this one done! Arg!
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To answer a question I received last chapter: Why did Inuyasha just tell Kagome he was half demon so quickly?
Well, there are a few reasons for that. First, Inuyasha can't express his feelings very well, and he doesn't own a diary, so his emotions are just bottled up inside him. He just had to tell someone about his 'condition' or else his heart felt like it was going to burst..or something like that. I know it seemed kinda rushed, and I'm sorry. Kay. He also kind of tests people on their reaction to his secret.
Blah! I lost my train of thought.
I also forgot to mention that Kagome had moved the stretcher off the road, and now they are in the forest a couple hundred feet parallel from it. Both were getting tired of that stupid sun, I suppose.
On with the story.
As Kagome finished off the bag of pretzels, she looked up, to find Inuyasha staring curiously at her. Considering this wasn't a very normal thing for someone to do, she let her eyebrows rise.
"What?"
Suddenly, an intense blush sprang upon his face and he turned away hurriedly.
"Nothing. It's nothing."
Kagome was one of those people who didn't let a mystery get past her. She leaned forward and poked his back.
"What is it?" she asked with a smidgen more insistence.
"Nothing!"
"Tell me!"
"Nothing!!"
"Tell me!!"
"NOTHING!"
"TELL ME!"
Somewhere during the course of the argument, they had stood up, now were yelling at each other, each louder than the last.
Getting tired of acting like a child, Inuyasha closed his eyes, and sighed deeply.
Kagome smirked. She always won. Vaguely, she noticed that Inuyasha was actually standing, and his leg seemed back to normal. Curious. The thought manifested itself deep inside her brain, but she had other matters to deal with at the moment.
Inuyasha was in silence, seeming to be gathering his thoughts carefully.
"I.." he started.
Kagome waited patiently.
About what seemed an hour later he spoke again.
"I needed to tell someone. The silence was eating me up inside. I can't reveal my emotions very well, but when I do, it always seems to get me in trouble." He said just above a whisper.
Kagome was impressed. She never thought something that deep would come from the stubborn pig.
But she was also speechless. That seemed to be happening more these days.
Her body relaxed from its tense position, and she sat cross-legged in a pile of leaves. He opened his golden eyes to look at her reaction, but found her eyes held a most peculiar trait.
That look, he had received it only a few times his life.
Pity.
She pitied him.
He growled angrily. He hated people who pitied him! It was just another way for them to tell him he was weak.
Kagome seemed unfazed at his growl.
If only Inuyasha had known Kagome longer, he would have learned that she felt sorry for no one.
Her eyes flickered, and then glazed over. They were now a muddled gray- blue.
Even though Inuyasha had excellent hearing, he could just catch her words.
"Just like me..."
He was confused. What had happened to this girl to make her so cold?
As if reading his thoughts, she opened her mouth and took a breath. But the answer didn't come. Inuyasha unfortunately wasn't as patient as Kagome.
"Well?"
She blinked at him and tried again.
"My..."
But suddenly, she shut her mouth with a scowl. Since when had she gotten so friendly that she would blab about her past? Wasn't she the Infamous Sid? The one who every hard-core gangster admired? Yes! Whoever this guy was, she sure as hell didn't care about him enough to share her life! She had promised she would never get close to anyone again, with the exception of her gang.
For a split second, a cold fire danced in her eyes, but died down as quickly as it came.
"Why the hell do you care?" she snapped viciously.
Inuyasha was, in the least, surprised. But he supposed something horrible must have happened to her to make her so angry.
He said nothing.
Kagome's face softened unexpectedly, and turned sorrowful.
She sighed tiredly.
"My family died in a fire."
The silence was profound.
'Why would she tell me that?' thought Inuyasha inquiringly. He searched her face for answers. He was expecting her to cry or do something weak, but she didn't.
No tears. No sadness. No anger.
Nothing.
It was as if she was commenting on the weather, only slightly less casual. Did she even care about her family?
He sat down as well, suddenly too tired to argue anymore.
Neither had the strength to say anything, so they didn't.
They were so alike, and they didn't even know it.
What to do now? It was only around three. Plenty of sunlight, yet nothing to do. What an unfortunate combination.
Something was nagging Kagome in the back of her mind. It was something she meant to ask Inuyasha, but what was it?
Ah yes!
"Inuyasha?" she asked quietly.
"What?"
"How did your leg get better?" Kagome knew it was a dumb question, but she had to ask it anyway.
"I'm half demon remember? Demons heal quickly." He replied nonchalantly, almost annoyedly.
"Oh."
With that problem solved, the silence that set in was very uncomfortable. Both sat, totally unmoving.
Finally, Inuyasha couldn't take it anymore. He stood up and walked past Kagome.
She twisted around to face him.
"Where are you going?" she called.
"A walk," he grunted over his shoulder.
"Bye." She said softly to his back.
He was gone.
Kagome sighed. She knew he was going to leave. Why would he stay? It didn't really seem like he liked her that much anyway.
As the thought surfaced, Kagome realized with dull eyes that she was lost: Alone in the woods, in the middle of nowhere, without a car.
Dammit.
Hmm...let's just think of where she was going exactly...well, she was going to see the gang, but that idea didn't turn out too well.
Kagome shook her head.
Where did she expect to go just driving blindly wherever the road took her?
'What a stupid ass I am'
Great.
Now, she didn't even have Inuyasha's spiffy demon attributes to help get her to wherever she was going.
But it wasn't like he would help her anyway.
So, Kagome had a few choices.
One, go back to the city and catch a bus back to her foster home. Scratch that. Kagome hated her foster family, and there was nothing of value in that junk-ass town.
Two, she could just stay here, die of starvation, and leave her bones to rot along the road...no...that's not very fun.
Three, she could just keep walking and carve a new life out of whatever she found.
Kagome sized up her options, and looked behind her, half expecting to see her foster family waving at her or something crappy like that.
"well, gotta do it sometime..."
Her knees cracked at she stood up wearily, and she dusted her leafy shorts off.
There was only one thing left to do.
Kagome turned around, and took somnolent steps toward the Black Death.
"Shippo!! Where are you god dammit!" an angry voice rang throughout an abandoned apartment building.
Shippo sighed.
Everybody needed him didn't they?
Well, he IS the smartest person in Black Death, although he's only 15; A computer genius.
He doesn't look like much of a threat: bushy orange hair, a thin build, and only 4"9' is height. But no matter how innocent he seemed, there lay a bright, calculating mind underneath.
But you absolutely can't forget the pointed ears, slightly bushy tail, and long, sharp fangs.
Oh, didn't he tell you? He's a demon...he was the son of some of the last remaining Kitsune in Japan. Yes, kitsune as in demon. Real demons. Luckily, he, like all kitsune, possessed illusion magic. That solved the problem of his public image and going to school.
The boyish look that clung to him was the wonderful piece of cover that made him useful to the Black Death.
A few years back, Shippo was a normal, happy boy who loved his parents and went to school.
As far as he knew, his parents had a bit of a money problem. So they turned to good friends, and borrowed some.
Lord knows that didn't turn out pretty. The "friends" insisted that they hadn't been paid back, and sought out for revenge. It was the worst day of Shippo's life.
The friends (who were actually brothers) chased the family into the deepest part of town.
To make a long story short, the brothers killed his parents and beat him, leaving him to die in a grungy alley.
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As it started to rain, Shippo reflected on the drastic turn his life had taken. It seemed only yesterday when it was 'all good'. His consciousness flickered, a sure sign he was probably going to die soon. Dimly, he heard a voice near him.
"What?" he asked groggily.
"Kid! Are you okay?"
Shippo squinted. Who was this person? The voice sounded female...maybe a bit older than he was.
All he could make out was a dark mop of hair, and equally black clothing.
The voice was talking again.
"Where is your family?" she asked.
Tears pricked his eyes as those horrible images flashed through his head.
"Dead" he managed to rasp out.
By now, his vision had cleared just enough to see the girl's face. She looked like she was remembering something terrible.
"All gone eh?" she whispered thoughtfully.
Shippo nodded, but stopped, because that brought a stabbing pain down his back.
She looked down at him.
"Are you smart?"
Shippo almost snorted. Hell yeah! He was a child prodigy. "Yes."
The girl's face brightened. "Are ya good with computers?"
Shippo nodded wearily.
"Good! We'll have a fine use for you then!"
Shippo's eyes widened. Good use for them? What did that mean? And who was 'them'? He did know stories of slavery on the streets, especially the auctioning of child...service. The stories weren't happy ones either.
He knew just enough to make him terribly afraid.
Peered into his face. "What's your name?"
"Shippo" he squeaked.
She bent down next to him. "Well then Shippo, let's go."
"Go w-where?"
Her eyes faltered. "Home."
Before he knew it, she had slid her arm underneath his back and hoisted him up, now cradling him...bridal style?!
Shippo was too weak to struggle, so he just lay in her arms...literally. The girl began to walk slowly out of the alley, mindful of Shippo's wounds. There was just something about the girl's voice that soothed him, and he gave his trust to this dark stranger immediately.
He noticed faintly that she was A LOT stronger than she looked. But before he could ask her name, his vision blurred and he fell into a black sleep.
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Shippo smiled softly. If Kagome had not saved him, he would have died.
He blinked tiredly. It was no use thinking about her anymore, she was never coming back. After what had happened with the whole Naraku mess, he doubted she would ever return.
It was hard to let her go. Kagome was like a sister to him. But the way that she been so protective of him, you'd have thought that she was his mother or something.
The voice got louder.
"Shippo!! Where the hell are you?!"
Shippo sighed again. Was it that important?
'I swear, no one can do anything for themselves around here.'
"What do you want Kouga?? I'm in my room!"
Shippo sat on a thin piece of mattress that passed for a bed, littered around him were components of several different computers, laptops, walkie- talkies, and just about any sort of electrical device that you could name. Shippo had a knack for making his own "customized" computers to fit his needs.
Furious stomping ascended the stairs, and the broken piece of wood that was Shippo's door flew open violently.
There stood Kouga in the doorframe, panting like angry bull. He stared accusingly at Shippo, who was currently removing a pesky screw from the back of a walkman with his index claw.
"S'matter?" he grunted, trying not to break his concentration.
After a few thick moments of silence, Kouga spoke in a trembling voice:
"She's back."
The words rang in his head. His whole body froze. Whatever concentration Shippo had was shot.
"How do you know...?"
"Your cameras..."
Of course! To ensure the building occupants' safety, Shippo had placed several miniscule video cameras around the outside, and wired them to a central feed that displayed on a group of monitors in one of the upstairs rooms.
Those cameras caught everything within a half-mile radius, thanks to their special zoom features courtesy of the little kit.
And now Kouga was telling him that Sid had come again.
It was one of those faintly comical moments, when the party in question is silent with shock.
And then...
It snaps.
Shippo launched himself off the bed and past the disgruntled Kouga. He turned sideways and caught most of the force of slamming against the wall with his shoulder.
"Oof!"
Kouga accidentally knocked into him, and almost crushed Shippo against the wall. After some frustrated struggling, Shippo managed to push Kouga aside and almost tumbled down the stairs in his haste.
No need to ask where he was going.
All his successful digital gear had been set up and ran in a room halfway from the ground, maybe it was 3F. But the members of B.D had affectionately dubbed it: SHAC, or Shippo's High-tech Amazing Computers.
A weird name, but it worked, nonetheless.
After a nearly broken neck, and a few tumbles, Shippo flung himself into the shac, almost knocking down a majority of surveillance computers.
Kouga came up behind him, and let Shippo search for himself on the 7+ paperback-book-sized monitors.
There!
Some feet away from a few police cars, a solemn teenager adjusted her clothes and combed her hair.
Shippo's eyes widened. She looked so different now!
Her wasn't scraggly, and she had taken on a more womanly figure. That, mixed with her leadership skills and cold demeanor made any guy drool.
It was no wonder Kouga had fallen in love with her.
As Shippo and Kouga studied the screens, they witnessed the whole police chase and Kagome's getaway.
As the cars faded from the last camera, Shippo leaned back from the rolling chair he was sitting in.
"So Sid's come home..."
"What the hell? Where did she go?"
Inuyasha stood confusedly at the spot where the make-shift stretcher and a crumpled bag of pretzels lay.
When Inuyasha said he was taking a walk, he meant taking a walk. Not: I'm leaving, Goodbye!
And she left! Inuyasha tried to be angry, but just couldn't find it. He felt more curiosity than anything else.
It seemed like she didn't really like him anyway, and she looked like she had somewhere else to be. 'But where did she go?' he wondered to himself.
Deep within his heart, he felt a tinge of sadness.
What if she really did hate him for his demon blood? What if she was just acting?
Inuyasha closed his eyes in pain.
He supposed he would never find a decent person. It wasn't his fault his father was a full-blooded demon!
He wanted to find her, to know what she really thought of him. Somehow, her personality had snagged his interest.
Usually, every girl he had met had instantly been attracted to him. He actually got sick and tired of stupid schoolgirls following him around in public, asking him:
'I love you!' 'Do you have a girlfriend?' 'marry me!'..geez!
Those girls only cared about his outside appearance, not the loving (?) man inside. He needed someone who knew what pain felt like. He needed someone who had a strong personality.
And Kagome, being the first girl in many years who didn't salivate over him, surprised his ego. She possessed a stony sort of beauty, yet a fiery soul. And, sometimes, she released that carefree little girl she had once been.
Inuyasha found that he definitely wanted to understand her better.
Besides, he had nothing much better to do, so why not?
Inuyasha turned and faced the direction in which Kagome's scent led him...
...And sighed.
Finally done! It took me forever to get this one done! Arg!
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If you are going to review, can you PLEASE say better than 'good story, write more', I mean, come on! You guys have disappointed me...
But no matter, I'm sure no one reads this anyways.
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And let me say this: WRITER'S BLOCK IS A BITCH!
Okay...that's all I have to say for now...
'til next time..
~truth
