Hih! Ah wah juss ovadothing onh dabweaka's! (Hi! I was just overdosing on jawbreakers)

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Chapter 10: Why Are You Ignoring Me?

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Kagome sat with Kikyo as they watched Sango train.

"HIRIKOTSU!!" the boomerang bone went around several posts before returning to Sango.

Kikyo and Kagome clapped, "Way to go, Sango!"

"Thanks!" she called over and tried for twelve poles.

(AN: If people from Polland are called "poles", wouldn't we call people from Holland "Holes"?)

Kagome glanced out of the corner of her eye at a certain hanyo who was glaring at her from what he thought was a good hiding place. She smiled and continued to watch Sango. Soon, he would be coming to her, asking for help like the good little demented soul that he was. All of a sudden, he jumped out of the shadowy part of the roof he was on and started walking over. Kagome smiled inwardly. It was all so much fun! ^_^

"Inu Yasha?" she smiled at him. "What's up? Do you want to talk about something?"

He sneered at her. Grabbed her by the arm and started pulling her away.

"Kagome!" Kikyo and Sango looked over at her.

Kagome gave them a thumbs up and winked.

They accepted that as her way of saying she was okay, but they weren't exactly sure.

He pulled her over to the god tree in the forest and let go of her there. She smiled innocently, "What's going on Inu Yasha? You haven't said a word?"

"Shut up! Quit playing like you're so simple, you're trying to mess with my head aren't you?!" he shouted.

"Why Inu Yasha, whatever do you mean?" she asked putting a hand to her cheek.

"You've been ignoring me I know it! Everything is supposed to bug you! You're supposed to react when I bother you!!"

"You were trying to bother me?" she asked in her innocent voice.

"Oooh, you-!" he mumbled something incoherent then pointed at her. "You'd better tell me right now why you're giving me the silent treatment or else! Why are you ignoring me?!"

"Or else what?" she rose to his challenge.

"I don't know, but it won't be pleasant!" he said. They stood glaring at each other for a while. Kagome winked and Inu Yasha jumped up into the tree above. "You know what?! You really bug me!!" he said. And he leapt off to the temple.

Kagome shook her head and laughed at his paranoia. There's nothing like role reversal. She decided to go collect some herbs while she was out. Kneeling by a patch of tannia roots, she started picking them and setting them in the lap of her uniform.

From a couple a forked trees came another priestess Kagome had never seen before. She was very pretty and nice looking. With a heart shaped face and pale white skin against shiny long black hair and no bangs. She went over by Kagome and asked in a sweet small voice, "Excuse me, may I collect some of these too?"

"Sure!" Kagome said. The young woman smiled and kneeled next to her. After a few seconds of silence, Kagome decided to start a conversation. "So, are you from around here?"

"No, actually," she looked up at her and Kagome was shocked at the sight of her eyes. Large and round, glittery like the expensive gemstones around her neck. "My village is very poor. We must search far and wide for good herbs nowadays."

Kagome realized her jaw was hanging open and the girl giggled politely. "I know. I live in a poor village, but I would never sell this." She held the rhinestone necklace, decked with rare gems, most of them weren't even in Japan. Most of the gems were small diamonds, there were three gems hanging off like charms on a bracelet. A golden topaz, a deep sapphire, and a large polished emerald. There was a bare spot on the necklace as if one was supposed to be there.

"It's beautiful!" Kagome marveled at the jewelery's elegance. The girl blushed and giggled again. "Thank you! My name is Jewel!"

"I'm Kagome!"

"Nice too meet you!" Jewel stood up and bowed. "I must be going now!"

"Bye!" Kagome waved to her and Jewel disappeared into the forest.

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It was late now, and time for all good little girls to go to sleep. Kagome went to go get a drink of water, when she felt someone watching her. She set the ladle down and said, "Inu Yasha? Where are you?"

Silence.

"Inu Yasha, if you jump out at me, I'm gonna kill you!" she said.

Silence.

She looked around warily as she walked back to her room it was dark...and quiet........too quiet........

"RAH!!!"

"KYAAAAA!!!!" Kagome screamed as Inu Yasha jumped out at her from the darkness.

He collapsed in laughter. "Damn it, you're chicken!" he said.

She stood up and glared down at him. "What's your deal?!" she said.

He was lying on the floor, his laughter starting to suppress. He put his hands behind his head and winked up at her. "So I'm not getting the silent treatment anymore?"

She grinned and lightly kicked him in the side. She walked past him and said, "You wish."

Still smiling, he got up and followed her. He was actually glad she was talking to him, she was most of the reason he was there anyway. The other reason-

"Oi! Kagome!" he said. "Want to play?"

She glanced back at him. "It's too late, maybe tomorrow."

"Okay, then do you want to let me possess you?" he asked. "I would just make you, but it's not that simple."

"Gee Inu Yasha let me think about it-uhhh-no way." She said.

"Darn you woman! I'm telling you it's fun!" he said.

"While your at it why don't you tell me that shoving rusty nails into my arm cures cancer." She said.

"Hey!" he pointed at her warningly. "That's supposed to be a secret!"

"Whatever." She said. She stopped in the frame of her door and Inu Yasha almost ran into her. She turned around and glared at him. "Where do you think you're going?" she asked.

He pointed over her shoulder. "I was moving in this direction so it's kind of natural with the laws of motion that I walk in that direction."

Her eyes narrowed at him and she pushed him away from the door.

"Ah, come on!" he said. He walked in. Minutes later she pushed him out again. For a fifteen year old priestess, she was pretty strong. "Kagome! Let me in!"

"Shut up or you'll wake Kaede!" she said.

"Like I give a flaming flip! I'm coming in!" he came in again. A few seconds later, he was launched from the doorway, landing ungracefully on the floor. He sat up to see the transformed Kirara come out of the room and sit in front of the door. She glared at him as if daring him to try and get past her.

Serves him right to think he could sleep in her room! Well, looks like he was sleeping in the rafters again.

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