The newest chapter : Number 5! I'm on a writing roll here, so I'm getting
it all over and done with. Pretty good for a 12-year old, no?
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE REVIEWS! I'M TOUCHED!!!!! *sniffle*
A/N: For this story, age 15 is about the time that boys ask for girls' hands in marriage. I didn't want Kagome to be too old for the later chapters, or too young.
Chapter 5
(Now they're *drum roll* 15!)
Kagome yawned and got up from her bed. She had worn the tiny half-cherry blossom for the past four years, and had only fallen more and more in love with Inuyasha, even though Hojo was forever battling for her affections. Endless dates, candies, roses (did they have roses?), and even cherry blossoms were constantly found on her desk every morning, always with a large card that was signed *Love, Hojo* (You'd think he'd take the hint, but noooooooo)
She smiled as she thought of what Inuyasha might do if he knew that Hojo was doing all this. If he had known, Hojo wouldn't be alive right now.
She was ready to leave for school when a note caught her eye. *Meet me at the old well* - Hojo.
Kagome sighed. She wished he'd just give up at it already. She'd probably have to go, since her parents had already seen the note. They thought Hojo was a nice young man who would probably ask for their daughter in a year or two. They didn't know about Inuyasha.
*Oh well.* Kagome thought. *I'll just take Inuyasha with me.*
That turned out to be a very good idea.
Inuyasha left his studies as quickly as possible to meet Kagome at the hilltop. He had - something - he wanted to give to her. He, too, had fallen in love with Kagome, and he knew that she had done the same to him.
He saw Kagome's outline on the hillside and then spun around to face him. "WegottagototheoldwellintheforestbecauseHojowantstomeetmethere!"
"????????????" "We.gotta.go.to.the.old.well.in.the.forest.because.Hojo.wants.to.meet.me. there."
"Hojo?! You're going to see HOJO?!?!"
"No, not like that! My parents don't know about you and think that Hojo is a 'nice young man who'll probably marry Kagome later', so they-"
"NANI?!?!"
Kagome smacked herself on the forehead. "Of course I won't agree, you baka." She hugged him. "I don't like Hojo at all."
"Continue." Inuyasha decided that he did NOT like this marriage-to-Hojo business.
"-so they want me to go meet him to 'further inspire a budding romance.'" Kagome mimicked her parents when she said the last words. *As if their relationship had even budded!* "And I want you to go with me so he doesn't try anything." She looked away, remembering the time he had kissed her on her birthday. She hadn't spoken to Hojo for days.
Inuyasha nodded curtly. That particular memory was always fresh in his mind. He flexed his claws absently.
"But you can't be seen. So let's develop a saying that means either 'help!' or."
"I love you."
"That's good! Uhhh...dare I ask where you got it from?" She looked up at Inuyasha, who was staring at the clouds, daydreaming.
"Helloooooo???? Anybody home?????" She waved her hand in front of Inuyasha's face, but it didn't work. *Probably thinking up ways to kill Hojo. Or...could he be thinking about me?*
"Huh? What?"
"Never mind. Let's just make that saying!"
"Okay, what do we use?"
"Something with cherry blossoms."
"The cherry blossom only goes in the way of the wind." "The cherry blossom only dies when it is crushed."
"Yeah - by your humongous foot!"
"Inuyasha! That's not very nice! And your foot is bigger, anyway!"
They finally decided on "The cherry blossom always blossoms in love." (Lame, I know. But I needed something, 'cause this saying plays an important part later!)
"Well, it's settled. Let's go meet my Prince Charming." She giggled as his face blushed in anger and jealousy. "Just kidding, Inuyasha!"
Hojo waited at the well. This was the day he had waited for, hoped for, envisioned of. He was to present his gift, ask THE question, get her answer of 'yes' (or so he hoped), and go get married. And Inuyasha would never bother him again about Kagome.
He heard leaves rustle, and he turned around to see his angel of beauty, his true love, come gracefully out of the forest.
Kagome looked at the waiting Hojo, and thought unhappily of what she had done to deserve this. Inuyasha was, thankfully, waiting in a tree a few feet back, to help her with any....err..problems. Kagome could see by Hojo's eyes that there were indeed going to be some problems.
"Hi, Hojo-kun" She smiled weakly.
"Kagome, how wonderful it is to see you!" Hojo said. "I have a gift for you."
"Really? That's nice." Kagome said unenthusiastically.
"Here." He took his hand away from his back and gave her a small box. "Open it."
She slowly undid the wrappings, half-knowing what she would find. She found it: a small ring.
"Oh, Hojo-kun! What a beautiful ring."
Inuyasha watched, glowering. *That idiot stole my idea! He has no originality!* "Now, Kagome, I have a question for you."
Kagome knew what it was and shut her eyes tight while he kneeled down.
"Will you mar-"
"No!"
That wasn't Kagome. Hojo looked up and stood, face-to-face, with a certain angry hanyou.
"I didn't ask you, half-demon!" Hojo said, angry that their moment had been shattered, again.
"I hope you didn't ask me. But she won't marry you. She's marrying m- ...uhhh...someone else." He blushed furiously.
"Well, this is precious. The hanyou loves Kagome. How touching." sniggered Hojo.
"Don't you make fun of him!" Kagome shrieked.
Inuyasha looked angrily at Hojo. The idiot should have either run for his life or beg for mercy, but of course, Hojo was an idiot, so there was nothing he could do.
Kagome backed up against the side of the well, smelling a fight.
"You worthless demon... you really think Kagome loves you?"
Inuyasha snarled, then dove at him. Hojo dodged, but only just made it out of the way.
Hojo continued taunting him the whole time, as he barely dodged punches (but he got hit a couple of times, yay!) and fired some (none worked) at the boiling mad Inuyasha.
"You call her yours? She's never even kissed you." Hojo called.
Inuyasha looked at Kagome, who was right behind him. *That's true. We never have.* But then, Hojo tried to punch Inuyasha in the chin, but Inuyasha leaped out of the way. Hojo kept on going straight; he had put too much force into the blow to stop it.....
"KAGOME!!!!!" Inuyasha yelled as she toppled backwards into the pitch- blackness of the Bone-Eater's Well.
Muhahahahahahaha! Cliffhanger! By the way, I don't need a place to buy the movie, just to rent it. Sorry!
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE REVIEWS! I'M TOUCHED!!!!! *sniffle*
A/N: For this story, age 15 is about the time that boys ask for girls' hands in marriage. I didn't want Kagome to be too old for the later chapters, or too young.
Chapter 5
(Now they're *drum roll* 15!)
Kagome yawned and got up from her bed. She had worn the tiny half-cherry blossom for the past four years, and had only fallen more and more in love with Inuyasha, even though Hojo was forever battling for her affections. Endless dates, candies, roses (did they have roses?), and even cherry blossoms were constantly found on her desk every morning, always with a large card that was signed *Love, Hojo* (You'd think he'd take the hint, but noooooooo)
She smiled as she thought of what Inuyasha might do if he knew that Hojo was doing all this. If he had known, Hojo wouldn't be alive right now.
She was ready to leave for school when a note caught her eye. *Meet me at the old well* - Hojo.
Kagome sighed. She wished he'd just give up at it already. She'd probably have to go, since her parents had already seen the note. They thought Hojo was a nice young man who would probably ask for their daughter in a year or two. They didn't know about Inuyasha.
*Oh well.* Kagome thought. *I'll just take Inuyasha with me.*
That turned out to be a very good idea.
Inuyasha left his studies as quickly as possible to meet Kagome at the hilltop. He had - something - he wanted to give to her. He, too, had fallen in love with Kagome, and he knew that she had done the same to him.
He saw Kagome's outline on the hillside and then spun around to face him. "WegottagototheoldwellintheforestbecauseHojowantstomeetmethere!"
"????????????" "We.gotta.go.to.the.old.well.in.the.forest.because.Hojo.wants.to.meet.me. there."
"Hojo?! You're going to see HOJO?!?!"
"No, not like that! My parents don't know about you and think that Hojo is a 'nice young man who'll probably marry Kagome later', so they-"
"NANI?!?!"
Kagome smacked herself on the forehead. "Of course I won't agree, you baka." She hugged him. "I don't like Hojo at all."
"Continue." Inuyasha decided that he did NOT like this marriage-to-Hojo business.
"-so they want me to go meet him to 'further inspire a budding romance.'" Kagome mimicked her parents when she said the last words. *As if their relationship had even budded!* "And I want you to go with me so he doesn't try anything." She looked away, remembering the time he had kissed her on her birthday. She hadn't spoken to Hojo for days.
Inuyasha nodded curtly. That particular memory was always fresh in his mind. He flexed his claws absently.
"But you can't be seen. So let's develop a saying that means either 'help!' or."
"I love you."
"That's good! Uhhh...dare I ask where you got it from?" She looked up at Inuyasha, who was staring at the clouds, daydreaming.
"Helloooooo???? Anybody home?????" She waved her hand in front of Inuyasha's face, but it didn't work. *Probably thinking up ways to kill Hojo. Or...could he be thinking about me?*
"Huh? What?"
"Never mind. Let's just make that saying!"
"Okay, what do we use?"
"Something with cherry blossoms."
"The cherry blossom only goes in the way of the wind." "The cherry blossom only dies when it is crushed."
"Yeah - by your humongous foot!"
"Inuyasha! That's not very nice! And your foot is bigger, anyway!"
They finally decided on "The cherry blossom always blossoms in love." (Lame, I know. But I needed something, 'cause this saying plays an important part later!)
"Well, it's settled. Let's go meet my Prince Charming." She giggled as his face blushed in anger and jealousy. "Just kidding, Inuyasha!"
Hojo waited at the well. This was the day he had waited for, hoped for, envisioned of. He was to present his gift, ask THE question, get her answer of 'yes' (or so he hoped), and go get married. And Inuyasha would never bother him again about Kagome.
He heard leaves rustle, and he turned around to see his angel of beauty, his true love, come gracefully out of the forest.
Kagome looked at the waiting Hojo, and thought unhappily of what she had done to deserve this. Inuyasha was, thankfully, waiting in a tree a few feet back, to help her with any....err..problems. Kagome could see by Hojo's eyes that there were indeed going to be some problems.
"Hi, Hojo-kun" She smiled weakly.
"Kagome, how wonderful it is to see you!" Hojo said. "I have a gift for you."
"Really? That's nice." Kagome said unenthusiastically.
"Here." He took his hand away from his back and gave her a small box. "Open it."
She slowly undid the wrappings, half-knowing what she would find. She found it: a small ring.
"Oh, Hojo-kun! What a beautiful ring."
Inuyasha watched, glowering. *That idiot stole my idea! He has no originality!* "Now, Kagome, I have a question for you."
Kagome knew what it was and shut her eyes tight while he kneeled down.
"Will you mar-"
"No!"
That wasn't Kagome. Hojo looked up and stood, face-to-face, with a certain angry hanyou.
"I didn't ask you, half-demon!" Hojo said, angry that their moment had been shattered, again.
"I hope you didn't ask me. But she won't marry you. She's marrying m- ...uhhh...someone else." He blushed furiously.
"Well, this is precious. The hanyou loves Kagome. How touching." sniggered Hojo.
"Don't you make fun of him!" Kagome shrieked.
Inuyasha looked angrily at Hojo. The idiot should have either run for his life or beg for mercy, but of course, Hojo was an idiot, so there was nothing he could do.
Kagome backed up against the side of the well, smelling a fight.
"You worthless demon... you really think Kagome loves you?"
Inuyasha snarled, then dove at him. Hojo dodged, but only just made it out of the way.
Hojo continued taunting him the whole time, as he barely dodged punches (but he got hit a couple of times, yay!) and fired some (none worked) at the boiling mad Inuyasha.
"You call her yours? She's never even kissed you." Hojo called.
Inuyasha looked at Kagome, who was right behind him. *That's true. We never have.* But then, Hojo tried to punch Inuyasha in the chin, but Inuyasha leaped out of the way. Hojo kept on going straight; he had put too much force into the blow to stop it.....
"KAGOME!!!!!" Inuyasha yelled as she toppled backwards into the pitch- blackness of the Bone-Eater's Well.
Muhahahahahahaha! Cliffhanger! By the way, I don't need a place to buy the movie, just to rent it. Sorry!