Chapter 12: Dog Gone
The next morning Inu Yasha was found sitting in his normal tree, but Shio was no where to be found. All that he left behind was the school uniform Kagome had given him to wear and a note.
-Kagome
Thank you for letting me use these strange clothes, I don't understand how anyone from your country could wear them though. I don't need my old kimono now. Give my regards to everyone and well, I guess I'll seeya when I see ya!
-Shio
Kagome looked at the letter sadly. The breaking of Inu Yasha and Shio's friendship was spreading discomfort and depression like the friggn' flu. They walked along in this uncomfortably sick silence. Sango was just starting to get used to being harassed by two guys, she was off balance now. Miroku was sad because he never got those lessons. (AN: Oh no, I'll go raise the flag to half mast. -_-) Shippou was sad because his mentor was gone. Kagome was sad because everyone else was sad, and she didn't think that was a good way for that to end. Inu Yasha walked in front of the group with his regular scowl. It almost seemed like nothing happened. But if you were to look deeply into his eyes, you could see that he was deep in thought. He basically said nothing and stayed away from Kagome without complaining that it was a stupid idea. The dogs acted sad cause their masters were sad.
You would think that Kagome would be happy with Kikyo's evil little secret out, but she really wasn't. She wanted Inu Yasha to be happy, and he sat there looking like someone killed his puppy. She knew that if it where her, and she had lost the person she loved, plus her all time best friend, she would be crushed!
It was Miroku's turn to cook. He and Sango didn't feel like arguing about it.
They all sat around with their little bowls of ramen in silence. The depressing air was stifling. Then Shippou set his bowl down and cried into Kagome's shirt.
Inu Yasha snapped his chop sticks in half. "What's wrong with all of you!!"
They looked up at him in amazement as he stood up.
"We've always traveled without that loser!" he growled. "What's the difference now! We should be happy! Now we don't have to put up with his childish antics!"
Kagome looked up at him with piteous eyes.
He glared back for a split second then turned his head quickly. "Feh!" but a split second was all the time she needed to look into his eyes and see all of the pent up pain and anger.
She frowned at the fire and said, "I think I'm going to make a hot desert. Can you guys get me some ingredients?"
She sent Shippou out to find a blue mushroom with pink spots, Miroku out to find a zebra striped crab, and Sango to get an pinkish purple type of persimmon.
As they left, Inu Yasha asked, "What's your deal?"
She looked over at him still frowning and he said, "Those plants obviously don't exist, you stole that plot from that loser I used to know!"
Kagome got up to go stand next to him. "Inu Yasha, a hidden wound is not healthy." She said.
He glared then turned around. "I don't know what you're talking about."
She growled under her breath. She grabbed the two clumps of hair by the sides of his face and made him face her.
"Hey! Watch the hair!" he said.
"Inu Yasha! Listen!" she said, now that they were face to face. "I want to help you! But you got to let me! You obviously aren't happy! Let it out!"
But he just turned back around. He wasn't always the best at expressing his feelings. He could learn a thing or two from Kouga.......wait a minute, bad example.
Kagome sighed and sat resting her elbow on her knee and her chin in her hand. He was hopeless, she had a better chance of getting emotionally info out of Sesshomaru!
"Why did he do it?" Inu Yasha asked in a shaky voice.
She turned her head quickly to look at his back. He stayed turned away from her as he talked. "Why? How could the person who I've trusted and related with for so long, go and do something like this behind my back?"
Kagome sat in silence for a few seconds before giving her two cents, "Maybe he didn't know."
"He did know!!" Inu Yasha shouted suddenly. "He knew I was with Kikyo! I remember specifically telling him when I met Kikyo that she was my girlfriend."
Kagome felt some hurt, but gulped and went on helping. "Fifty years is a long time though."
Inu Yasha sat in silence for a moment. "He remembers everything! He just pretends he doesn't, I know that for a fact!" he said. Kagome was sure Inu Yasha was in denial, though she wasn't Shio's best friend. Maybe they actually did know each other like that. "Shio would say, that he could seduce any one he wanted! He knew that I liked Kikyo!"
Kagome came over and sat next to him. "Inu Yasha, are you sure he knew?"
He nodded.
Kagome looked at him sadly then pulled out a dog treat and held it out to him. He looked at the dog treat then at her. He looked like he was in more pain then when Sesshomaru stuck his hand through his stomach. He hugged Kagome, totally rejecting the dog treat. After a few seconds of mild shock, she hugged him back.
"Why? Why?" Inu Yasha asked.
Kagome felt sort of mad. And it wasn't at Shio, it was at Kikyo! "You know, Inu Yasha," she said with a hint of that anger in her voice. "That crime wasn't commited by Shio alone."
Inu Yasha pulled out of the hug and looked even sadder and more desperate. "Kikyo would NEVER do that to me! Shio seduced HER!"
Kagome shivered in anger. "Inu Yasha!"
He glanced at her, not realizing until that point how unhappy she was about it as well. Tears formed in her eyes, "You just don't get it, do you?!"
He looked at Kagome, waiting for her to elaborate.
She wiped her eyes and said, "Shio told me himself, that Kikyo asked him! He had no idea that she was with you! Quit always thinking that Kikyo is so perfect, cause she isn't!" Kagome couldn't take it anymore. She started sobbing.
Inu Yasha looked a little guilty and she hugged him. They switched rolls as he tried to comfort her. Kagome rejected the hug and quickly started to calm down, she was supposed to be the therapist, not him.
He reached a hand out to her, but pulled it back and said, "I-I'm sorry."
And for some reason, Kagome felt guilty. "Don't. It's okay." She started to massage her red and puffy eyes.
"It's just that," Inu Yasha looked into the trees emotionally. "I wanted to believe that Kikyo would never do that to me. I blamed Shio right away, not considering any other possibility."
Kagome suddenly smiled a little and said, "No, Shio would never do that to you. You're his best friend! Your practically brothers."
The thought of brothers made Inu think of Sessy. "Well now, I wouldn't say that."
Kagome chuckled a little and hugged him. They sat together happy for once, enjoying each other's company, until Kagome said, "But now what? He's missing and demoralized?"
Inu Yasha looked guilty again. They both looked out into the forest. "I don't know."
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Chapter's a little sappy. But I'm in a sappy mood. I'm going through something similar with my boyfriend.
The next morning Inu Yasha was found sitting in his normal tree, but Shio was no where to be found. All that he left behind was the school uniform Kagome had given him to wear and a note.
-Kagome
Thank you for letting me use these strange clothes, I don't understand how anyone from your country could wear them though. I don't need my old kimono now. Give my regards to everyone and well, I guess I'll seeya when I see ya!
-Shio
Kagome looked at the letter sadly. The breaking of Inu Yasha and Shio's friendship was spreading discomfort and depression like the friggn' flu. They walked along in this uncomfortably sick silence. Sango was just starting to get used to being harassed by two guys, she was off balance now. Miroku was sad because he never got those lessons. (AN: Oh no, I'll go raise the flag to half mast. -_-) Shippou was sad because his mentor was gone. Kagome was sad because everyone else was sad, and she didn't think that was a good way for that to end. Inu Yasha walked in front of the group with his regular scowl. It almost seemed like nothing happened. But if you were to look deeply into his eyes, you could see that he was deep in thought. He basically said nothing and stayed away from Kagome without complaining that it was a stupid idea. The dogs acted sad cause their masters were sad.
You would think that Kagome would be happy with Kikyo's evil little secret out, but she really wasn't. She wanted Inu Yasha to be happy, and he sat there looking like someone killed his puppy. She knew that if it where her, and she had lost the person she loved, plus her all time best friend, she would be crushed!
It was Miroku's turn to cook. He and Sango didn't feel like arguing about it.
They all sat around with their little bowls of ramen in silence. The depressing air was stifling. Then Shippou set his bowl down and cried into Kagome's shirt.
Inu Yasha snapped his chop sticks in half. "What's wrong with all of you!!"
They looked up at him in amazement as he stood up.
"We've always traveled without that loser!" he growled. "What's the difference now! We should be happy! Now we don't have to put up with his childish antics!"
Kagome looked up at him with piteous eyes.
He glared back for a split second then turned his head quickly. "Feh!" but a split second was all the time she needed to look into his eyes and see all of the pent up pain and anger.
She frowned at the fire and said, "I think I'm going to make a hot desert. Can you guys get me some ingredients?"
She sent Shippou out to find a blue mushroom with pink spots, Miroku out to find a zebra striped crab, and Sango to get an pinkish purple type of persimmon.
As they left, Inu Yasha asked, "What's your deal?"
She looked over at him still frowning and he said, "Those plants obviously don't exist, you stole that plot from that loser I used to know!"
Kagome got up to go stand next to him. "Inu Yasha, a hidden wound is not healthy." She said.
He glared then turned around. "I don't know what you're talking about."
She growled under her breath. She grabbed the two clumps of hair by the sides of his face and made him face her.
"Hey! Watch the hair!" he said.
"Inu Yasha! Listen!" she said, now that they were face to face. "I want to help you! But you got to let me! You obviously aren't happy! Let it out!"
But he just turned back around. He wasn't always the best at expressing his feelings. He could learn a thing or two from Kouga.......wait a minute, bad example.
Kagome sighed and sat resting her elbow on her knee and her chin in her hand. He was hopeless, she had a better chance of getting emotionally info out of Sesshomaru!
"Why did he do it?" Inu Yasha asked in a shaky voice.
She turned her head quickly to look at his back. He stayed turned away from her as he talked. "Why? How could the person who I've trusted and related with for so long, go and do something like this behind my back?"
Kagome sat in silence for a few seconds before giving her two cents, "Maybe he didn't know."
"He did know!!" Inu Yasha shouted suddenly. "He knew I was with Kikyo! I remember specifically telling him when I met Kikyo that she was my girlfriend."
Kagome felt some hurt, but gulped and went on helping. "Fifty years is a long time though."
Inu Yasha sat in silence for a moment. "He remembers everything! He just pretends he doesn't, I know that for a fact!" he said. Kagome was sure Inu Yasha was in denial, though she wasn't Shio's best friend. Maybe they actually did know each other like that. "Shio would say, that he could seduce any one he wanted! He knew that I liked Kikyo!"
Kagome came over and sat next to him. "Inu Yasha, are you sure he knew?"
He nodded.
Kagome looked at him sadly then pulled out a dog treat and held it out to him. He looked at the dog treat then at her. He looked like he was in more pain then when Sesshomaru stuck his hand through his stomach. He hugged Kagome, totally rejecting the dog treat. After a few seconds of mild shock, she hugged him back.
"Why? Why?" Inu Yasha asked.
Kagome felt sort of mad. And it wasn't at Shio, it was at Kikyo! "You know, Inu Yasha," she said with a hint of that anger in her voice. "That crime wasn't commited by Shio alone."
Inu Yasha pulled out of the hug and looked even sadder and more desperate. "Kikyo would NEVER do that to me! Shio seduced HER!"
Kagome shivered in anger. "Inu Yasha!"
He glanced at her, not realizing until that point how unhappy she was about it as well. Tears formed in her eyes, "You just don't get it, do you?!"
He looked at Kagome, waiting for her to elaborate.
She wiped her eyes and said, "Shio told me himself, that Kikyo asked him! He had no idea that she was with you! Quit always thinking that Kikyo is so perfect, cause she isn't!" Kagome couldn't take it anymore. She started sobbing.
Inu Yasha looked a little guilty and she hugged him. They switched rolls as he tried to comfort her. Kagome rejected the hug and quickly started to calm down, she was supposed to be the therapist, not him.
He reached a hand out to her, but pulled it back and said, "I-I'm sorry."
And for some reason, Kagome felt guilty. "Don't. It's okay." She started to massage her red and puffy eyes.
"It's just that," Inu Yasha looked into the trees emotionally. "I wanted to believe that Kikyo would never do that to me. I blamed Shio right away, not considering any other possibility."
Kagome suddenly smiled a little and said, "No, Shio would never do that to you. You're his best friend! Your practically brothers."
The thought of brothers made Inu think of Sessy. "Well now, I wouldn't say that."
Kagome chuckled a little and hugged him. They sat together happy for once, enjoying each other's company, until Kagome said, "But now what? He's missing and demoralized?"
Inu Yasha looked guilty again. They both looked out into the forest. "I don't know."
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Chapter's a little sappy. But I'm in a sappy mood. I'm going through something similar with my boyfriend.
