BACK FROM THE DEAD! WOOHOO! I can't believe the number of people that
reviewed the past day (This was written on April 13, by the way.)! A whole
five (For if it was not a WHOLE five, I'd be worried.)! Thanks to you all!
Wow, I guess I'm not alone in the "I hate Hojo" thing. I mean, it isn't deniable. The boy is a lunatic! An idiot! A moron! (etc)
Well, I hope that this chapter will turn out better than the other one. Yeesh... That one will leave a bad impression in my memory...forever! I can't believe I'm stressing this much on such a stupid little thing. * Hits myself across the face *
Well, here you go, chapter two!!
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"So, you'll give me TWO chocolate bars?"
"ANYTHING!"
We rejoin our friends in the Feudal Age. In Kaede's hut. As told before, Inu-yasha was hit pretty badly, all thanks to Miroku.
FLASHBACK
Kaede was having an average day. No, wait... It couldn't be average. Average, for her, was to wake up to the sound of Inu-yasha and Miroku having a fight. Or Inu-yasha and Kagome having a fight. Or Inu-yasha and Shippo, or Sango, having a fight. One time, she even woke to the sound of Inu-yasha having a "fist" fight with Kouga. She just worried that one day, she'd awaken to the sound of Inu-yasha and SESSHOMARU in a "fist" fight. (Note from the author: If you are reading this fic, you are most likely an Inu-yasha fan. Therefore, you must already know that a "fist" fight for Inu-yasha is like bloody warfare for us "mortals". He's right. We are SO frail.)
Now, she was just doing normal priestess duties; curing the sick, healing the wounded, stuff like that. But at around noon, while she was enjoying her time off, Miroku came to her door. He had Inu-yasha's hair bunched up in his hand. Obviously, Inu-yasha had passed out somehow, and Miroku had dragged him all the way back to the village.
"M'lady. I'm afraid that Inu-yasha needs some taking care of."
She looked down. If this were normal, Miroku would at least have looked a LITTLE angry. But right now, he almost looked amused. So, she thought, this must have been about women again. She was disgusted at the thought, be she couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Aye, put him on that there bed and let him rest a bit," she said. The last thing she wanted was to be, once again, alone in the room with the hanyou. (NOT LIKE THAT!!! EWW EWW EWW EWW EWWWWW!!!)
"What will we ever do with him?" With that, Miroku proceeded to throw Inu- yasha onto the little straw mat that Kaede called a bed. "He's hopeless."
"I agree," said Kaede, as she made her way out of the hut to find some business to attend to.
Now that the two were alone, Miroku decided to carry on his business; Inu- yasha was beginning to stir awake.
"Wh-where...am..?"
"Now, Inu-yasha, wake up. You're in Kaede's hut."
At the sound of Miroku's voice, Inu-yasha jerked awake. It was HIM that did this to me!
"Miroku, you jerk! What's the idea?! It wasn't any of your business!" Staying true to himself, Inu-yasha looked about ready for a fight despite the throbbing pain in his head. But Miroku, being his traveling partner for quite some time now, knew what to do in this sort of situation.
"You look as if you need some help. If you love Lady Kagome that much, you shouldn't proceed to call her such names." He had on that sly little trickster grin. (Sarcastically Jeez, I have SUCH a way with words, don't I?)
Inu-yasha's heart skipped a beat, and he tried desperately not to blush. He couldn't think of the right words at the moment. All that came out of his mouth were random insults.
END FLASHBACK
"That's right, two chocolate bars. But how am I so sure that you actually WILL keep this a secret? You're not the kind of person." Inu-yasha eyed Miroku suspiciously. Out of all the rest of them, it was most likely that Inu-yasha knew Miroku the best.
Miroku looked hurt. "Oh, you don't have to worry, Inu-yasha. I wouldn't tell a soul. Now..." He got up and motioned for Inu-yasha to follow him. He did.
It turned out that Miroku had led him to the well. The whole time, he had a blank expression, and Inu-yasha was just dying to know what was up.
"So... Why are we back here?" he inquired.
With his back still turned, Miroku began to speak, softly at first. "Inu- yasha, let me give you a lesson on women."
Inu-yasha (almost) laughed. "No. Even if us two were the last two men alive, I wouldn't take lessons on women from you."
"Listen well, Inu-yasha! I won't tell you this again."
Inu-yasha listened.
"A woman's heart can be compared to a rose. It is simple, yet sophisticated. It is beautiful, yet it can prick. Sometimes it can be closed off from the world, and sometimes, it can look at it openly. Hear, Inu-yasha, that if you treat it well, it will stay beautiful and it will always grow. But if it is not treated well, it will eventually die." (Note from the author: falls out of chair OHHHH BOY, THAT WAS A GOOD ONE! MY heart?! BEAUTIFUL?! Not in a hundred and a half million years.) Miroku looked calmly over to a very confused looking Inu-yasha. "Do you understand my words?"
"Feh. I understand; I already know. But what in the seven hells does that have to do with anything?"
It was infuriating. Miroku was mad. He clenched his teeth, and grabbed Inu-yasha's ear. "IT MEANS, FOOL, THAT IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT KAGOME, YOU SHOULD GO AND CHECK ON HER!!" And while Inu-yasha was still stunned, with the sensitive ears and all, Miroku half threw him down the well. Inu- yasha cursed him all the way down.
Miroku stood up and congratulated himself. "That should get him off on the right foot," he said to himself, smiling. As he was walking back to the village, he thought things over. "I wonder if Sango can keep a secret?"
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"OH! You must be Kagome. We hear so much about you from Hojo. You poor, poor child. How's your rheumatism?" It was Hojo's mother speaking. Somehow, Hojo had managed to get Kagome to his house. This was where he would reveal his "great pan".
Kagome bowed out of respect. "Um... I think I'm better now." Her grandfather would never see the light of day again.
Hojo put his hand to Kagome's shoulder. "You have no idea how brave she is, Mother. Just four days ago, she had to go through knee surgery, and look at her now! She's up and running. It seems that noting can keep her down." He sneaked a smile at her.
"Oh, you poor darling."
It seems that it runs in the family, eh? Kagome was then led to Hojo's room. It was a large house, that it was. It had four bedrooms, five bathrooms, a large kitchen, and it was really pretty obvious that his family was financially secure. As she went inside his room, she noticed that there was a picture of herself on his closet. It seemed that he didn't notice it (Probably forgot.), so she didn't pay much attention to it. She...really didn't want to bring up the subject.
"You have a really nice house, Hojo. Thanks for inviting me over... I hope I'm not that much trouble." She was trying her best to be polite. It was kind of hard. She knew that she had to somehow get back home. Inu-yasha was probably going to kill her today. She remembered the look he had on when she told him that she was going for another three days. "Go to your own stupid world," he had said. Miroku must have gotten to him, she thought. It looked as if he was trying really hard to agree with her for once, but it hurt a lot.
Hojo, by now, was looking for this great idea somewhere in his closet. It was taking a while. For Kagome, it was painfully long. Every five seconds, she'd look to her watch. Uh oh.
"Hojo, can I use the phone for a minute? It's sort of an emergency."
Hojo stopped dead. He looked over to Kagome as if she were about to have a heart attack (Actually, I think that that's really it.). There was a lot of concern in his eyes. Kagome realized now, that if she wanted to communicate with him, she had to say things in a way that didn't seem life threatening (to herself... I know, that sounds really stupid.). Afraid that he'd rush her to the hospital, she waved her arms wildly and told him that she was feeling fine. (Um... Honestly, if someone did that, I'd be sure that there was something wrong with them. But this is Hojo. Come on.)
Kagome was led downstairs. In the kitchen, she found the phone. She picked it up and dialed her number.
Over at the Higurashi house, the phone was ringing.
"Sota, get the phone please! I'm busy working!" Of course, Mrs. Higurashi wasn't REALLY working. The Higurashi's were just the sort of family that thought a phone call was a burden on their shoulders.
Naturally, Sota waited until the answering machine came on. Hey, give the kid a break, I'd do it too.
At Hojo's house, Kagome waited. And waited, and waited some more. After a while, it got quite frustrating. Finally, the machine beeped.
"SOTA!! PICK UP THE PHONE OR YOU'LL NEVER SEE YOUR DREAMCAST AGAIN!!" she screamed. If one of Hojo's family members had heard her... Umm, let's just say that thank goodness they didn't. She waited for her brother to pick up on the other line.
"Oh, sorry, Kagome, I thought you were Aunt Megumi or something (I'll have to do a separate fic on that. ^___^)," he said blankly. "Yeah...um...what did you wanna talk about?"
Kagome got to business. "Sota, would you mind telling Inu-yasha something for me?" Naturally, Sota agreed; Inu-yasha was his role-model.
"If he comes to our house and asks for me (or...DEMANDS for me), say that I'm somewhere in town. Last time I did that, he searched for five hours before actually finding me. That should buy me some time."
"Why, Kagome? Where are you? You'd better not be at some_"
"I'm at the movies, Sota, and if you suggest that one more time, I'll never get rid of those demons under your bed (I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY!!! I HAD TO SAY THAT!) again." This convinced him. He would do just as she said. Surely.
"Ok, Kagome, I'll do what you said. So, when Inu-yasha comes, I'm supposed to say that you're in town somewhere, right? Gotcha." With that, the conversation ended.
Kagome reluctantly put down the phone. She wiped some sweat off of her forehead; she was never that much of a liar. Obviously, she had lied to her brother. (Note from the author: Did you ever notice that? Kagome can't lie. For example, look at the episode/volume if you're talking manga when Kikyo, unfortunately, got resurrected. Inu-yasha was like, "You know, that look on your face is really getting on my nerves." And then she started stuttering. "Uh...n-nothing. Nothing." Or something along that line. It sort of bugs me. She SHOULD be able to lie. I'll leave now, I'm ranting mindlessly again.)
"Higurashi! Oh, I was afraid you got lost or something. Come up to my room, I found the thing I was looking for." Hojo smiled and led her up to his room. (Doesn't he always smile? It'll bug me to no end.) Kagome followed. Had he heard the conversation?
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WOOHOOO!!! DONE WITH CHAPTER TWO!!!! Well, it didn't come out like I'd like it to...but beggars can't be choosers. I promise the next few chapters will be longer (At least, I hope they will.), and the plot WILL come in a little while. Hmm... Oh yeah. Updates will be usually weekly, and once again, thanks for your reviews.
INU-YASHA RUUUUUUUUULES!!! AND SO DOES RUMIKO TAKAHASHIIIII!!! I had to say that. (As if you didn't already know.)
P.S. There was ONE more thing I wanted to say. Remember that part where Sota said, "You'd better not be at some_"? What do YOU guys think he was about to say? I remember that when I was writing it, I had a billion different explanations. It'll be kinda interesting to see if someone had the same idea that I did. ^___^
Wow, I guess I'm not alone in the "I hate Hojo" thing. I mean, it isn't deniable. The boy is a lunatic! An idiot! A moron! (etc)
Well, I hope that this chapter will turn out better than the other one. Yeesh... That one will leave a bad impression in my memory...forever! I can't believe I'm stressing this much on such a stupid little thing. * Hits myself across the face *
Well, here you go, chapter two!!
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"So, you'll give me TWO chocolate bars?"
"ANYTHING!"
We rejoin our friends in the Feudal Age. In Kaede's hut. As told before, Inu-yasha was hit pretty badly, all thanks to Miroku.
FLASHBACK
Kaede was having an average day. No, wait... It couldn't be average. Average, for her, was to wake up to the sound of Inu-yasha and Miroku having a fight. Or Inu-yasha and Kagome having a fight. Or Inu-yasha and Shippo, or Sango, having a fight. One time, she even woke to the sound of Inu-yasha having a "fist" fight with Kouga. She just worried that one day, she'd awaken to the sound of Inu-yasha and SESSHOMARU in a "fist" fight. (Note from the author: If you are reading this fic, you are most likely an Inu-yasha fan. Therefore, you must already know that a "fist" fight for Inu-yasha is like bloody warfare for us "mortals". He's right. We are SO frail.)
Now, she was just doing normal priestess duties; curing the sick, healing the wounded, stuff like that. But at around noon, while she was enjoying her time off, Miroku came to her door. He had Inu-yasha's hair bunched up in his hand. Obviously, Inu-yasha had passed out somehow, and Miroku had dragged him all the way back to the village.
"M'lady. I'm afraid that Inu-yasha needs some taking care of."
She looked down. If this were normal, Miroku would at least have looked a LITTLE angry. But right now, he almost looked amused. So, she thought, this must have been about women again. She was disgusted at the thought, be she couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Aye, put him on that there bed and let him rest a bit," she said. The last thing she wanted was to be, once again, alone in the room with the hanyou. (NOT LIKE THAT!!! EWW EWW EWW EWW EWWWWW!!!)
"What will we ever do with him?" With that, Miroku proceeded to throw Inu- yasha onto the little straw mat that Kaede called a bed. "He's hopeless."
"I agree," said Kaede, as she made her way out of the hut to find some business to attend to.
Now that the two were alone, Miroku decided to carry on his business; Inu- yasha was beginning to stir awake.
"Wh-where...am..?"
"Now, Inu-yasha, wake up. You're in Kaede's hut."
At the sound of Miroku's voice, Inu-yasha jerked awake. It was HIM that did this to me!
"Miroku, you jerk! What's the idea?! It wasn't any of your business!" Staying true to himself, Inu-yasha looked about ready for a fight despite the throbbing pain in his head. But Miroku, being his traveling partner for quite some time now, knew what to do in this sort of situation.
"You look as if you need some help. If you love Lady Kagome that much, you shouldn't proceed to call her such names." He had on that sly little trickster grin. (Sarcastically Jeez, I have SUCH a way with words, don't I?)
Inu-yasha's heart skipped a beat, and he tried desperately not to blush. He couldn't think of the right words at the moment. All that came out of his mouth were random insults.
END FLASHBACK
"That's right, two chocolate bars. But how am I so sure that you actually WILL keep this a secret? You're not the kind of person." Inu-yasha eyed Miroku suspiciously. Out of all the rest of them, it was most likely that Inu-yasha knew Miroku the best.
Miroku looked hurt. "Oh, you don't have to worry, Inu-yasha. I wouldn't tell a soul. Now..." He got up and motioned for Inu-yasha to follow him. He did.
It turned out that Miroku had led him to the well. The whole time, he had a blank expression, and Inu-yasha was just dying to know what was up.
"So... Why are we back here?" he inquired.
With his back still turned, Miroku began to speak, softly at first. "Inu- yasha, let me give you a lesson on women."
Inu-yasha (almost) laughed. "No. Even if us two were the last two men alive, I wouldn't take lessons on women from you."
"Listen well, Inu-yasha! I won't tell you this again."
Inu-yasha listened.
"A woman's heart can be compared to a rose. It is simple, yet sophisticated. It is beautiful, yet it can prick. Sometimes it can be closed off from the world, and sometimes, it can look at it openly. Hear, Inu-yasha, that if you treat it well, it will stay beautiful and it will always grow. But if it is not treated well, it will eventually die." (Note from the author: falls out of chair OHHHH BOY, THAT WAS A GOOD ONE! MY heart?! BEAUTIFUL?! Not in a hundred and a half million years.) Miroku looked calmly over to a very confused looking Inu-yasha. "Do you understand my words?"
"Feh. I understand; I already know. But what in the seven hells does that have to do with anything?"
It was infuriating. Miroku was mad. He clenched his teeth, and grabbed Inu-yasha's ear. "IT MEANS, FOOL, THAT IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT KAGOME, YOU SHOULD GO AND CHECK ON HER!!" And while Inu-yasha was still stunned, with the sensitive ears and all, Miroku half threw him down the well. Inu- yasha cursed him all the way down.
Miroku stood up and congratulated himself. "That should get him off on the right foot," he said to himself, smiling. As he was walking back to the village, he thought things over. "I wonder if Sango can keep a secret?"
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"OH! You must be Kagome. We hear so much about you from Hojo. You poor, poor child. How's your rheumatism?" It was Hojo's mother speaking. Somehow, Hojo had managed to get Kagome to his house. This was where he would reveal his "great pan".
Kagome bowed out of respect. "Um... I think I'm better now." Her grandfather would never see the light of day again.
Hojo put his hand to Kagome's shoulder. "You have no idea how brave she is, Mother. Just four days ago, she had to go through knee surgery, and look at her now! She's up and running. It seems that noting can keep her down." He sneaked a smile at her.
"Oh, you poor darling."
It seems that it runs in the family, eh? Kagome was then led to Hojo's room. It was a large house, that it was. It had four bedrooms, five bathrooms, a large kitchen, and it was really pretty obvious that his family was financially secure. As she went inside his room, she noticed that there was a picture of herself on his closet. It seemed that he didn't notice it (Probably forgot.), so she didn't pay much attention to it. She...really didn't want to bring up the subject.
"You have a really nice house, Hojo. Thanks for inviting me over... I hope I'm not that much trouble." She was trying her best to be polite. It was kind of hard. She knew that she had to somehow get back home. Inu-yasha was probably going to kill her today. She remembered the look he had on when she told him that she was going for another three days. "Go to your own stupid world," he had said. Miroku must have gotten to him, she thought. It looked as if he was trying really hard to agree with her for once, but it hurt a lot.
Hojo, by now, was looking for this great idea somewhere in his closet. It was taking a while. For Kagome, it was painfully long. Every five seconds, she'd look to her watch. Uh oh.
"Hojo, can I use the phone for a minute? It's sort of an emergency."
Hojo stopped dead. He looked over to Kagome as if she were about to have a heart attack (Actually, I think that that's really it.). There was a lot of concern in his eyes. Kagome realized now, that if she wanted to communicate with him, she had to say things in a way that didn't seem life threatening (to herself... I know, that sounds really stupid.). Afraid that he'd rush her to the hospital, she waved her arms wildly and told him that she was feeling fine. (Um... Honestly, if someone did that, I'd be sure that there was something wrong with them. But this is Hojo. Come on.)
Kagome was led downstairs. In the kitchen, she found the phone. She picked it up and dialed her number.
Over at the Higurashi house, the phone was ringing.
"Sota, get the phone please! I'm busy working!" Of course, Mrs. Higurashi wasn't REALLY working. The Higurashi's were just the sort of family that thought a phone call was a burden on their shoulders.
Naturally, Sota waited until the answering machine came on. Hey, give the kid a break, I'd do it too.
At Hojo's house, Kagome waited. And waited, and waited some more. After a while, it got quite frustrating. Finally, the machine beeped.
"SOTA!! PICK UP THE PHONE OR YOU'LL NEVER SEE YOUR DREAMCAST AGAIN!!" she screamed. If one of Hojo's family members had heard her... Umm, let's just say that thank goodness they didn't. She waited for her brother to pick up on the other line.
"Oh, sorry, Kagome, I thought you were Aunt Megumi or something (I'll have to do a separate fic on that. ^___^)," he said blankly. "Yeah...um...what did you wanna talk about?"
Kagome got to business. "Sota, would you mind telling Inu-yasha something for me?" Naturally, Sota agreed; Inu-yasha was his role-model.
"If he comes to our house and asks for me (or...DEMANDS for me), say that I'm somewhere in town. Last time I did that, he searched for five hours before actually finding me. That should buy me some time."
"Why, Kagome? Where are you? You'd better not be at some_"
"I'm at the movies, Sota, and if you suggest that one more time, I'll never get rid of those demons under your bed (I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY!!! I HAD TO SAY THAT!) again." This convinced him. He would do just as she said. Surely.
"Ok, Kagome, I'll do what you said. So, when Inu-yasha comes, I'm supposed to say that you're in town somewhere, right? Gotcha." With that, the conversation ended.
Kagome reluctantly put down the phone. She wiped some sweat off of her forehead; she was never that much of a liar. Obviously, she had lied to her brother. (Note from the author: Did you ever notice that? Kagome can't lie. For example, look at the episode/volume if you're talking manga when Kikyo, unfortunately, got resurrected. Inu-yasha was like, "You know, that look on your face is really getting on my nerves." And then she started stuttering. "Uh...n-nothing. Nothing." Or something along that line. It sort of bugs me. She SHOULD be able to lie. I'll leave now, I'm ranting mindlessly again.)
"Higurashi! Oh, I was afraid you got lost or something. Come up to my room, I found the thing I was looking for." Hojo smiled and led her up to his room. (Doesn't he always smile? It'll bug me to no end.) Kagome followed. Had he heard the conversation?
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WOOHOOO!!! DONE WITH CHAPTER TWO!!!! Well, it didn't come out like I'd like it to...but beggars can't be choosers. I promise the next few chapters will be longer (At least, I hope they will.), and the plot WILL come in a little while. Hmm... Oh yeah. Updates will be usually weekly, and once again, thanks for your reviews.
INU-YASHA RUUUUUUUUULES!!! AND SO DOES RUMIKO TAKAHASHIIIII!!! I had to say that. (As if you didn't already know.)
P.S. There was ONE more thing I wanted to say. Remember that part where Sota said, "You'd better not be at some_"? What do YOU guys think he was about to say? I remember that when I was writing it, I had a billion different explanations. It'll be kinda interesting to see if someone had the same idea that I did. ^___^