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Chapter 2: Kagome's foolish heart.
"Ophff. Ouwff. Kagome, can you slow down please? You're bumping the tail off me!" Shippo whined. Kagome stopped her sprint and slowed to a jog as she quickly adjusted the wounded kitsune's position.
"Sorry Shippo." Kagome puffed slightly out of breath. She knew she had to get to InuYasha; she had to make sure he was safe. "He needs me." Kagome whispered and ignoring Shippo's request, restarted her sprint.
"OW! OW! KAGOME!" Shippo cried holding on to Kagome's arrow bag for dear life.
"Urggg! Miroku! Do you know how lucky you are I didn't just hack you head off!" InuYasha growled.
"Well, it isn't exactly my fault, you came out of nowhere swinging your sword at me. I mean, here I am, minding my own business. When all of a sudden you.."
"Hey, what were you doing out here anyways Miroku?" The half-demon said, interrupting the monk.
"It's rude to interrupt." Miroku said lowering his head, his eyes covered by a black shadowy veil.
"Pshh. Whatever." InuYasha said turning his back on the odd young monk and lazily waving his hand over his shoulder. A strange and evil laughter echoed through the darkness, making InuYasha hastily turn back and look at the source: Miroku.
Kagome puffed heavily, she was out of breath and exhausted. "Kagome! You need to rest! You can't wipe yourself out like this!" Shippo pleaded; he himself beginning to chap from the bumpy ride. Kagome bent over, her hands on her knees, gasping for breath.
"Huh?" She said lifting her head and looking around.
"What is it Kagome?"
"I.. I sense a jewel shard; No, a bunch of em." Kagome puffed.
"Really? You sure?"
"C'mon Shippo. We find the shards..we find InuYasha." Kagome said grabbing Shippo by the arm and taking off in the direction of the shards.
"Whoa!" Shippo exclaimed as Kagome pulled him along. Hang on InuYasha, thought Kagome, ignoring Shippo's complaints.
"Just hang on." She whispered
"Hehehehe!" cackled the imposter Miroku.
"Miroku?" InuYasha said with a horrified look on his face and terror filtering through his golden eyes.
"Nay InuYasha, nay." Replied Naraku.
"No.NO!" InuYasha bellowed, clenching his fists. "Naraku, what have you done with Sango and Miroku!?" Naraku laughed again an evil smile curling across his lips.
"They are safe-for now. Besides, you should be worrying about yourself." Naraku said with a deep-throated laugh.
"Shhh. Shippo, Stop complaining. Listen." Kagome whispered, clasping her hand over Shippo's mouth.
"Mmmffff." Shippo muttered under Kagome's hand.
"Shhhhhh." Kagome said placing her index finger to her lips and listening carefully. She could hear voices in the clearing ahead, and sense a huge amount of the jewel.
"How could you!"
"InuYasha?" Kagome said softly as she peered over the bush that concealed Shippo and herself. She could Miroku and InuYasha: staring each other down.
"You'll pay!" Shouted InuYasha-charging at the disguised Naraku. Kagome gasped with fear, dropping Shippo who landed on his head with a thud. She remembered earlier; Miroku's kiss, soft touch and gentle eyes. Quickly she grabbed an arrow out of the sack and stood; aiming directly at InuYasha.
"InuYasha!" She shouted angrily.
"Say good-bye, half-breed scum." Naraku growled with an insidious smile.
"Huh?" InuYasha said stopping and looking around. Naraku hadn't even touched him or even come close to making a move to harm him. Then his sensitive ears picked up some rustling to his far right. "Kagome?" He said seeing the girl's eyes filled with an all too familiar hatred; so familiar. "It's Kikyo all over again-it's happening again." InuYasha said taking a step back, his eyes wavering. Kagome was posed just as Kikyo had been, just before she pinned him to the tree with an arrow for fifty years.
"The past has a way of repeating itself, do you not agree InuYasha?" Naraku said ominously.
"Kagome! What are you doing!?" Shippo exclaimed grabbing Kagome's skirt and softly tugging at it. Kagome didn't answer. But kept her eyes focused on her target. How could he? He was going to kill Miroku!
"That's it!" Kagome shouted.
"Wha?" Shippo said with a puzzled expression.
Suddenly it hit him, Kagome thought he was going to kill Miroku. She didn't realize that the man standing there was really Naraku.
"Wait Kagome! It's not what you think!" InuYasha cried out desperately. He watched her eyes fill with tears as she responded defiantly,
"Oh. Isn't it?"
"He tried to kill me Kagome. He said that he didn't want anyone to love you, something about always wanting you to feel worthless." Naraku taunted.
"No! No, that's not true!" InuYasha said madly shaking his head.
"Miroku. Miroku, can you hear me?" Sango said looking down at the fainted boy in her lap. The monk's eyes fluttered under his eyelids for a moment then slowly opened,
"S-Sango?"
"Are you okay?" Sango asked. Miroku nodded and sat up with a grunt.
"Yes, but where are we? And where.where is that girl?" Miroku said looking around. Sango clenched her fist and promptly punched him in the back of the head; the lecher fell and landed face first on the cement floor, twitching slightly.
"You baka! That was no GIRL! That was HIM in disguise and you as the pervert you are fell right into his trap!" She shouted angrily. She blinked a few times then cleared her throat, relaxing. "Ehem. I mean..i'm afraid we've been captured by Naraku."
"I see.." Miroku said as he sat up and dusted himself off. Sango nodded her eyes darkening. Miroku twisted his wrists around then finally untied his hands, letting the rope fall to the ground. He rubbed his wrists and sighed deeply, "We must escape. I'm afraid Kagome and InuYasha will need our help." Sango nodded again, a determined look on her face.
"But how?" She asked.
"Hmmm." Miroku muttered closing his eyes in thought and placing his hand on his chin. Sango sighed then quickly turned and saw something gleaming in the moonlight; it had caught her eye.
"Wait Miroku, Look!" Sango said excitedly pointing to a silver key glittering in the moonlight.
"Yes Sango, the key. Now, how do you propose we get it?" Miroku asked with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"uhhhhmmm." Sango said, still unsure of that just yet.
"Yeah, that's what I thought."
"Wait! This rope!" Sango said picking up the rope that had bound Miroku's hands. She grabbed Miroku's staff and tied the rope to it's end; at the end of the rope she made a small loop and sticking it out of the bars of their cell she extended her arm as far as she could, reaching for the key with the rope.
"What good is that?" Miroku said watching her efforts.
"I'm going to..urrg.try and.ufff.get this rope..nuhhh..hooked to the key." Sango replied struggling to swing the rope at the key. However, the rope and staff being too short, Sango eventually gave up, gasping for breath. "it's too short." She panted. They both sighed, defeated, when suddenly they heard a jingling. "Kirara! You got the key!" Kirara had woken up while Sango and Miroku were struggling to get the key; Understanding their plight she had slipped through the bars and gotten the key.
"Well done Kirara!" Miroku said patting the cat on the head. Kirara dropped the key then fell over to her left side; the poison once again taking its toll.
"Oh Kirara!" Sango whispered gathering the fainted demon into her arms.
"C'mon Sango." Miroku said picking up his staff and unlocking the door.
"Right, let's go." Sango said with a nod following him.
"Honest Kagome! It's not true!" InuYasha said
"I saw it with my own eyes InuYasha. Yet, you continue to deny it! I can't believe you!" Kagome sputtered through the tears that ran down her face.
"Yes InuYasha, you are quite the liar." Naraku said so only the half- breed could hear.
"Say what?! I heard that! That's it!" InuYasha growled charging for Naraku. Kagome saw the youkai charge and she pulled the string back on her bow, ready to fire. He's going to kill him..because he loves me ,she thought.
"InuYasha!" Kagome cried releasing the arrow.
"Kagome! NO!" Shippo shouted realizing what the ,young, foolish miko had just done.
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Chapter 2: Kagome's foolish heart.
"Ophff. Ouwff. Kagome, can you slow down please? You're bumping the tail off me!" Shippo whined. Kagome stopped her sprint and slowed to a jog as she quickly adjusted the wounded kitsune's position.
"Sorry Shippo." Kagome puffed slightly out of breath. She knew she had to get to InuYasha; she had to make sure he was safe. "He needs me." Kagome whispered and ignoring Shippo's request, restarted her sprint.
"OW! OW! KAGOME!" Shippo cried holding on to Kagome's arrow bag for dear life.
"Urggg! Miroku! Do you know how lucky you are I didn't just hack you head off!" InuYasha growled.
"Well, it isn't exactly my fault, you came out of nowhere swinging your sword at me. I mean, here I am, minding my own business. When all of a sudden you.."
"Hey, what were you doing out here anyways Miroku?" The half-demon said, interrupting the monk.
"It's rude to interrupt." Miroku said lowering his head, his eyes covered by a black shadowy veil.
"Pshh. Whatever." InuYasha said turning his back on the odd young monk and lazily waving his hand over his shoulder. A strange and evil laughter echoed through the darkness, making InuYasha hastily turn back and look at the source: Miroku.
Kagome puffed heavily, she was out of breath and exhausted. "Kagome! You need to rest! You can't wipe yourself out like this!" Shippo pleaded; he himself beginning to chap from the bumpy ride. Kagome bent over, her hands on her knees, gasping for breath.
"Huh?" She said lifting her head and looking around.
"What is it Kagome?"
"I.. I sense a jewel shard; No, a bunch of em." Kagome puffed.
"Really? You sure?"
"C'mon Shippo. We find the shards..we find InuYasha." Kagome said grabbing Shippo by the arm and taking off in the direction of the shards.
"Whoa!" Shippo exclaimed as Kagome pulled him along. Hang on InuYasha, thought Kagome, ignoring Shippo's complaints.
"Just hang on." She whispered
"Hehehehe!" cackled the imposter Miroku.
"Miroku?" InuYasha said with a horrified look on his face and terror filtering through his golden eyes.
"Nay InuYasha, nay." Replied Naraku.
"No.NO!" InuYasha bellowed, clenching his fists. "Naraku, what have you done with Sango and Miroku!?" Naraku laughed again an evil smile curling across his lips.
"They are safe-for now. Besides, you should be worrying about yourself." Naraku said with a deep-throated laugh.
"Shhh. Shippo, Stop complaining. Listen." Kagome whispered, clasping her hand over Shippo's mouth.
"Mmmffff." Shippo muttered under Kagome's hand.
"Shhhhhh." Kagome said placing her index finger to her lips and listening carefully. She could hear voices in the clearing ahead, and sense a huge amount of the jewel.
"How could you!"
"InuYasha?" Kagome said softly as she peered over the bush that concealed Shippo and herself. She could Miroku and InuYasha: staring each other down.
"You'll pay!" Shouted InuYasha-charging at the disguised Naraku. Kagome gasped with fear, dropping Shippo who landed on his head with a thud. She remembered earlier; Miroku's kiss, soft touch and gentle eyes. Quickly she grabbed an arrow out of the sack and stood; aiming directly at InuYasha.
"InuYasha!" She shouted angrily.
"Say good-bye, half-breed scum." Naraku growled with an insidious smile.
"Huh?" InuYasha said stopping and looking around. Naraku hadn't even touched him or even come close to making a move to harm him. Then his sensitive ears picked up some rustling to his far right. "Kagome?" He said seeing the girl's eyes filled with an all too familiar hatred; so familiar. "It's Kikyo all over again-it's happening again." InuYasha said taking a step back, his eyes wavering. Kagome was posed just as Kikyo had been, just before she pinned him to the tree with an arrow for fifty years.
"The past has a way of repeating itself, do you not agree InuYasha?" Naraku said ominously.
"Kagome! What are you doing!?" Shippo exclaimed grabbing Kagome's skirt and softly tugging at it. Kagome didn't answer. But kept her eyes focused on her target. How could he? He was going to kill Miroku!
"That's it!" Kagome shouted.
"Wha?" Shippo said with a puzzled expression.
Suddenly it hit him, Kagome thought he was going to kill Miroku. She didn't realize that the man standing there was really Naraku.
"Wait Kagome! It's not what you think!" InuYasha cried out desperately. He watched her eyes fill with tears as she responded defiantly,
"Oh. Isn't it?"
"He tried to kill me Kagome. He said that he didn't want anyone to love you, something about always wanting you to feel worthless." Naraku taunted.
"No! No, that's not true!" InuYasha said madly shaking his head.
"Miroku. Miroku, can you hear me?" Sango said looking down at the fainted boy in her lap. The monk's eyes fluttered under his eyelids for a moment then slowly opened,
"S-Sango?"
"Are you okay?" Sango asked. Miroku nodded and sat up with a grunt.
"Yes, but where are we? And where.where is that girl?" Miroku said looking around. Sango clenched her fist and promptly punched him in the back of the head; the lecher fell and landed face first on the cement floor, twitching slightly.
"You baka! That was no GIRL! That was HIM in disguise and you as the pervert you are fell right into his trap!" She shouted angrily. She blinked a few times then cleared her throat, relaxing. "Ehem. I mean..i'm afraid we've been captured by Naraku."
"I see.." Miroku said as he sat up and dusted himself off. Sango nodded her eyes darkening. Miroku twisted his wrists around then finally untied his hands, letting the rope fall to the ground. He rubbed his wrists and sighed deeply, "We must escape. I'm afraid Kagome and InuYasha will need our help." Sango nodded again, a determined look on her face.
"But how?" She asked.
"Hmmm." Miroku muttered closing his eyes in thought and placing his hand on his chin. Sango sighed then quickly turned and saw something gleaming in the moonlight; it had caught her eye.
"Wait Miroku, Look!" Sango said excitedly pointing to a silver key glittering in the moonlight.
"Yes Sango, the key. Now, how do you propose we get it?" Miroku asked with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"uhhhhmmm." Sango said, still unsure of that just yet.
"Yeah, that's what I thought."
"Wait! This rope!" Sango said picking up the rope that had bound Miroku's hands. She grabbed Miroku's staff and tied the rope to it's end; at the end of the rope she made a small loop and sticking it out of the bars of their cell she extended her arm as far as she could, reaching for the key with the rope.
"What good is that?" Miroku said watching her efforts.
"I'm going to..urrg.try and.ufff.get this rope..nuhhh..hooked to the key." Sango replied struggling to swing the rope at the key. However, the rope and staff being too short, Sango eventually gave up, gasping for breath. "it's too short." She panted. They both sighed, defeated, when suddenly they heard a jingling. "Kirara! You got the key!" Kirara had woken up while Sango and Miroku were struggling to get the key; Understanding their plight she had slipped through the bars and gotten the key.
"Well done Kirara!" Miroku said patting the cat on the head. Kirara dropped the key then fell over to her left side; the poison once again taking its toll.
"Oh Kirara!" Sango whispered gathering the fainted demon into her arms.
"C'mon Sango." Miroku said picking up his staff and unlocking the door.
"Right, let's go." Sango said with a nod following him.
"Honest Kagome! It's not true!" InuYasha said
"I saw it with my own eyes InuYasha. Yet, you continue to deny it! I can't believe you!" Kagome sputtered through the tears that ran down her face.
"Yes InuYasha, you are quite the liar." Naraku said so only the half- breed could hear.
"Say what?! I heard that! That's it!" InuYasha growled charging for Naraku. Kagome saw the youkai charge and she pulled the string back on her bow, ready to fire. He's going to kill him..because he loves me ,she thought.
"InuYasha!" Kagome cried releasing the arrow.
"Kagome! NO!" Shippo shouted realizing what the ,young, foolish miko had just done.
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