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chapter 3.
As soon as the sun came up Negoda woke Kagome.
"Hey I get an hour off today because I did an hour last night!" she protested making Shippo, Inuyasha, and Miroku awaken. "Keep your voice down." Negoda said. Kagome nodded. Shippo just went right back to sleep. Miroku and Inuyasha were curious to what Kagome was doing so they stayed awake. "You did an hour last night for being rude. So let's go. Warm ups first and then solitary. Perhaps combat if we have time." He explained and Kagome rose and began to stretch. When she was ready Negoda grabbed her hand and ran his finger on her palm. Pink power began to circulate all over Kagome's body. Inuyasha felt a growl rising in his throat. He didn't want that so called "look-a-like" touching Kagome.
Negoda then stepped back a few feet and then a pit appeared in the floor. Kagome jumped down into it. "KAGOME!" Inuyasha yelled sprinting towards the edge of the hole. He saw how deep it was and then glared at Negoda. "What did you do to her?" he asked angrily. "She's just training. She'll be out in a while." Negoda said and went back to sleep.
Inuyasha paced around the hole for hours. Who knew what she was doing down there. He couldn't even see her moving around. The hole seemed endless. "Your moving around is irritating me." Negoda said with his eyes closed. Inuyasha only glared at him. "Get her out." He said after a few moments. "It's only been four hours." Negoda said looking at the sky. "Get her out NOW" Inuyasha said his voice rising. "It wouldn't hurt for you to use manners." Negoda replied. Inuyasha ran and grabbed Negoda by the front of his Kimono. "I said now." He growled. Negoda pushed Inuyasha off of him. "Don't touch me." He said making Inuyasha boil with anger. He was just about to punch Negoda when Miroku jumped in the way.
"Now gentlemen. There is no need to fight." He said calmly. Inuyasha folded his arms and scowled. Miroku turned his attention to Negoda. "May Kagome join us for breakfast?" Miroku asked. Negoda thought for a moment then looked at Inuyasha. He then snapped his fingers and the pit began to rise. When it reached the top Kagome looked confused and sweaty. "Negoda?" she asked. "Your friends want you to have breakfast with them." He explained. Kagome suddenly brightened up. "You mean I can?" she asked. Small meals came with her training. Very small meals. It was a treat to eat a real breakfast. "I don't see why not." Negoda said. Kagome ran and hugged him then gave him a small kiss on the cheek. "Thank you, thank you, Thank you!" she yelled in excitement and ran to go freshen up by the river.
Inuyasha watched her sadly. Kagome used to smile at him like that. He then looked at Negoda with a look that wanted to kill. Negoda was helping Sango set up. He should be honored to get a kiss from Kagome. Maybe if Inuyasha hadn't been so mean then he would be in Negoda's place. Maybe..
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When breakfast was finished Kagome and Negoda began combat training. He was showing her how to punch using her miko powers. "No, Kagome you have to punch like this." He said. He went behind Kagome and wrapped his hand around her waist. Then using his other hand he steadied Kagome's fist. He placed his chin on her collarbone so that when he spoke he was right next to her ear. Kagome would've blushed if she weren't concentrating so hard. Inuyasha was growling. Negoda showed Kagome how to punch correctly and waves of pink power flew out of her hand. It broke a tree in half. He then let go of her and let her try it on her own. But Kagome couldn't do it. She kept trying but it wouldn't work.
"Worthless." Inuyasha grumbled. Kagome looked at him. "What did you say?" she asked angrily. "Your training is worthless." Inuyasha said loudly so that everyone could hear. "Oh okay. Just because I train it's worthless?" Kagome asked angrily. Her fist glowing pink. " That just applies to everything I do doesn't it?" she asked. "When I do something it's worthless." She shouted. Angry tears brimming in her eyes. "Well I'm so sorry, Inuyasha! I didn't know that everything I do is worthless to you. Including me!" She said and punched the air. Pink waves flew out f her hand and demolished the boulder Inuyasha was standing next to. "But incase you didn't know... I don't care what you think." She looked at Negoda who nodded and used her powers to disappear.
"You jerk!" Shippo said jumping on Inuyasha's head and biting his ears. Inuyasha tossed the kitsune into Negoda and jumped into a tree. Shippo whispered something to Negoda and he nodded and whispered something back. Shippo bounded off into a direction. 'He must be going to Kagome' he thought and took off after Shippo.
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When Shippo found Kagome she was crying. Shippo gave her a hug. "Don't cry. Inuyasha is a jerk. He's just mean. Today we leave and Negoda promised to take us to the next village. Remember? There's a festival tonight." The little fox tried cheering her up. She put on fake smile to make him feel as if he helped her out. "Thanks, Shippo. I'm okay now. Go tell the group that I'll come back in a while." She said and he ran off.
Inuyasha then jumped down. For a while they just sat in silence. Then Kagome got up and began walking away. "Wait." Inuyasha said. He turned to face her. "I didn't know that this whole training thing was so important to you." He said lowly. He was trying to apologize but it was a pathetic attempt. "There's a lot f things you don't know." She replied quietly. "I know that you still love me." Inuyasha replied. Kagome looked at him angrily.
"Lying to yourself isn't healthy."
" I'm not lying Kagome. If you didn't care about what I think of you then you wouldn't of destroyed that boulder. Your just jealous."
"Me jealous? I don't see anything to be jealous of."
"Me and Kikyo."
"Kikyo! You think this is about her? No. You're wrong. I could never be jealous f you and her. NEVER YOU UNDERSTAND?!"
"You don't have to scream."
"YES I DO! BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET IT THROUGH THAT THICK HEAD OF YOURS THAT I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE!"
"Yes you do."
"I don't." Kagome said crying. "I don't." she repeated herself. She sat down and hugged her knees. "I hate you, Inuyasha." She whispered. Inuyasha again felt a pang of guilt. "You always do this. Always making me cry. Always making me think that I wasn't good enough for you. That Kikyo was always better than me. Though now I see that people love me for who I am. That I don't need you. Yet you can still make me cry. You still treat me like I'm beneath you." She said. "Why?" she asked him. Inuyasha could find nothing to say. He didn't know how to answer such a question. "Don't answer. I don't care." Kagome said.
"I--" Inuyasha began but Kagome disappeared again leaving Inuyasha alone. "I'm sorry Kagome. I love you" Inuyasha finished. But the words never reached her ears. They just blew away with the wind.
As soon as the sun came up Negoda woke Kagome.
"Hey I get an hour off today because I did an hour last night!" she protested making Shippo, Inuyasha, and Miroku awaken. "Keep your voice down." Negoda said. Kagome nodded. Shippo just went right back to sleep. Miroku and Inuyasha were curious to what Kagome was doing so they stayed awake. "You did an hour last night for being rude. So let's go. Warm ups first and then solitary. Perhaps combat if we have time." He explained and Kagome rose and began to stretch. When she was ready Negoda grabbed her hand and ran his finger on her palm. Pink power began to circulate all over Kagome's body. Inuyasha felt a growl rising in his throat. He didn't want that so called "look-a-like" touching Kagome.
Negoda then stepped back a few feet and then a pit appeared in the floor. Kagome jumped down into it. "KAGOME!" Inuyasha yelled sprinting towards the edge of the hole. He saw how deep it was and then glared at Negoda. "What did you do to her?" he asked angrily. "She's just training. She'll be out in a while." Negoda said and went back to sleep.
Inuyasha paced around the hole for hours. Who knew what she was doing down there. He couldn't even see her moving around. The hole seemed endless. "Your moving around is irritating me." Negoda said with his eyes closed. Inuyasha only glared at him. "Get her out." He said after a few moments. "It's only been four hours." Negoda said looking at the sky. "Get her out NOW" Inuyasha said his voice rising. "It wouldn't hurt for you to use manners." Negoda replied. Inuyasha ran and grabbed Negoda by the front of his Kimono. "I said now." He growled. Negoda pushed Inuyasha off of him. "Don't touch me." He said making Inuyasha boil with anger. He was just about to punch Negoda when Miroku jumped in the way.
"Now gentlemen. There is no need to fight." He said calmly. Inuyasha folded his arms and scowled. Miroku turned his attention to Negoda. "May Kagome join us for breakfast?" Miroku asked. Negoda thought for a moment then looked at Inuyasha. He then snapped his fingers and the pit began to rise. When it reached the top Kagome looked confused and sweaty. "Negoda?" she asked. "Your friends want you to have breakfast with them." He explained. Kagome suddenly brightened up. "You mean I can?" she asked. Small meals came with her training. Very small meals. It was a treat to eat a real breakfast. "I don't see why not." Negoda said. Kagome ran and hugged him then gave him a small kiss on the cheek. "Thank you, thank you, Thank you!" she yelled in excitement and ran to go freshen up by the river.
Inuyasha watched her sadly. Kagome used to smile at him like that. He then looked at Negoda with a look that wanted to kill. Negoda was helping Sango set up. He should be honored to get a kiss from Kagome. Maybe if Inuyasha hadn't been so mean then he would be in Negoda's place. Maybe..
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When breakfast was finished Kagome and Negoda began combat training. He was showing her how to punch using her miko powers. "No, Kagome you have to punch like this." He said. He went behind Kagome and wrapped his hand around her waist. Then using his other hand he steadied Kagome's fist. He placed his chin on her collarbone so that when he spoke he was right next to her ear. Kagome would've blushed if she weren't concentrating so hard. Inuyasha was growling. Negoda showed Kagome how to punch correctly and waves of pink power flew out of her hand. It broke a tree in half. He then let go of her and let her try it on her own. But Kagome couldn't do it. She kept trying but it wouldn't work.
"Worthless." Inuyasha grumbled. Kagome looked at him. "What did you say?" she asked angrily. "Your training is worthless." Inuyasha said loudly so that everyone could hear. "Oh okay. Just because I train it's worthless?" Kagome asked angrily. Her fist glowing pink. " That just applies to everything I do doesn't it?" she asked. "When I do something it's worthless." She shouted. Angry tears brimming in her eyes. "Well I'm so sorry, Inuyasha! I didn't know that everything I do is worthless to you. Including me!" She said and punched the air. Pink waves flew out f her hand and demolished the boulder Inuyasha was standing next to. "But incase you didn't know... I don't care what you think." She looked at Negoda who nodded and used her powers to disappear.
"You jerk!" Shippo said jumping on Inuyasha's head and biting his ears. Inuyasha tossed the kitsune into Negoda and jumped into a tree. Shippo whispered something to Negoda and he nodded and whispered something back. Shippo bounded off into a direction. 'He must be going to Kagome' he thought and took off after Shippo.
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When Shippo found Kagome she was crying. Shippo gave her a hug. "Don't cry. Inuyasha is a jerk. He's just mean. Today we leave and Negoda promised to take us to the next village. Remember? There's a festival tonight." The little fox tried cheering her up. She put on fake smile to make him feel as if he helped her out. "Thanks, Shippo. I'm okay now. Go tell the group that I'll come back in a while." She said and he ran off.
Inuyasha then jumped down. For a while they just sat in silence. Then Kagome got up and began walking away. "Wait." Inuyasha said. He turned to face her. "I didn't know that this whole training thing was so important to you." He said lowly. He was trying to apologize but it was a pathetic attempt. "There's a lot f things you don't know." She replied quietly. "I know that you still love me." Inuyasha replied. Kagome looked at him angrily.
"Lying to yourself isn't healthy."
" I'm not lying Kagome. If you didn't care about what I think of you then you wouldn't of destroyed that boulder. Your just jealous."
"Me jealous? I don't see anything to be jealous of."
"Me and Kikyo."
"Kikyo! You think this is about her? No. You're wrong. I could never be jealous f you and her. NEVER YOU UNDERSTAND?!"
"You don't have to scream."
"YES I DO! BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET IT THROUGH THAT THICK HEAD OF YOURS THAT I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE!"
"Yes you do."
"I don't." Kagome said crying. "I don't." she repeated herself. She sat down and hugged her knees. "I hate you, Inuyasha." She whispered. Inuyasha again felt a pang of guilt. "You always do this. Always making me cry. Always making me think that I wasn't good enough for you. That Kikyo was always better than me. Though now I see that people love me for who I am. That I don't need you. Yet you can still make me cry. You still treat me like I'm beneath you." She said. "Why?" she asked him. Inuyasha could find nothing to say. He didn't know how to answer such a question. "Don't answer. I don't care." Kagome said.
"I--" Inuyasha began but Kagome disappeared again leaving Inuyasha alone. "I'm sorry Kagome. I love you" Inuyasha finished. But the words never reached her ears. They just blew away with the wind.