Disclaimer
"I do not own Inu Yasha, 'cause if I did, we'd still be at the party!" Ryoko says
happily, still dancing with the wolf demons to "Who Let The Dogs Out". Kouga is still lying on
the ground, Inu has just finished laughing. Sesshoumaru is sitting at a table in the corner being
anti-social, he only came because Jakkin(who had already left, the big baby) told him Rin
needed some other human contact and he had to go with her, Sesshoumaru is not having a good
time. Rin decided it would make him happy if she brought him something, like a sort of gift. The
only thing Rin sees that she can give him is a glass that is sitting on a bar. She picks it up and
brings it over to (I'm so sorry, but I gotta call him Fluffy, Sesshoumaru is just too long!) Fluffy.
Fluffy, wanting to make the little girl happy, drinks the beer she hands to him. Rin is glad that he
likes it, so goes and gets him another one. And another. And another. Fluffy keeps drinking
them, thinking that Rin will either get tired of this game or run out of drinks. However, Fluffy
doesn't like human stuff and has never had alcohol before, so he's not completely sure what it
does to a person. He does know that it clouds the mind so he decides he won't drink any more
than ten. Unfortunately, at five the beer starts taking affect and by the time he's on his sixteenth
he's only counted seven. Shippo sees what Rin is doing and assumes it's a game, so he starts
taking Fluffy drinks, too. Fluffy is too drunk to know the difference between Rin and Shippo at
the moment anyway, so he just keeps downing the drinks.
Everyone in the bar knows Fluffy is drunk, bu no one says anything because they're not
sure if he's a mean drunk. Too bad for them, he's a happy drunk. At beer number 47, or
somewhere around that number, Fluffy gets up and starts dancing with one of the FanGirls that
had invited themselves to the party. Everyone is a little freaked out by this, but no one says
anything until he climbs onto a table.
"Hey, what's he doing?" Inu asks Kagome, who doesn't know, so Sango answers for
her.
"I think he's doing a strip tease," Sango says as Fluffy's shirt hits her in the head. Inu is
silent for about one second.
"Oh gawd no! I don't wanna see this!" he screams.
"Then get out of the way, 'cause we do!" a bunch of Fluffy fans says as they trample
Inu. Each fan wants a piece of clothing for a souvenir, so Fluffy is stripped of all his clothing in
seconds. He ends up standing in front of 50 FanGirls naked.
Fluffy gasps and sits up quickly, almost knocking off Rin, who is sleeping in his lap.
Fluffy looks down to see Jakkin sleeping beside another of the creatures they use to fly on.
Fluffy gently puts Rin down on the tree branch where she won't fall, then jumps to the ground
and wakes up Jakkin. Jakkin rubs his eyes and looks wearily up at his master.
"Jakkin, pay attention, I have something important to tell you."
"Yes master."
"Jakkin, if Ryoko ever has a party and you force me to go for Rin, I will kill you."
"Yes master."
"That is all."
Jakkin goes back to sleep and Fluffy climbs back into the tree and falls asleep beside
Rin, who wakes up, moves back into his lap, and goes to sleep again.
(Sorry this disclaimer is so long, I liked this idea and didn't know where to put it.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, there go a whole bunch of my illusions, Kagome thought as she sat with her back
to the wall in the hallway just outside the baths. She was trying to get her heartbeat back to
normal, but pictures of Inu naked floating through her head were not helping. Shippo came
bouncing out into the hall.
"Hey Kagome! What are you doing? Did you and Inu Yasha have another fight? That
idiot! You should really tell him off, Kagome, that'd teach him!" Shippo chattered nonstop as
Kagome pulled herself up and began walking back to the room.
Kagome really wanted to be mad at Inu, but she couldn't, she knew it wouldn't be fair.
He had warned her to leave, several times, and he had only stood up because she had pulled his
tail. Of course, he could have saved them both all that trouble if he had only told her about his
stupid tail, but she couldn't really blame him since she had secrets of her own.
When they got to the room, Kagome entertained Shippo by teaching him a hand game
they had played when she was little. It was called "Down by the Banks" and it was supposed to
be played in a group, but there was only two of them, so they improvised. They were both
having a lot of fun and completely forgot about the time.
They both looked up when Inu came to the door.
"Hey Shippo, come on. We're supposed to go eat with that Argual guy," he said
simply, avoiding Kagome's gaze. If he had been looking at her, he would have seen she had
gone bright red. He would have also seen how she was avoiding his gaze, staring at her fingers.
But they were both too apprehensive about talking to the other, Inu because he thought she was
mad at him, Kagome because, heck, she'd seen the guy nude. Shippo got up and bounced over
to Inu.
"Can't Kagome come?" he asked innocently, but Kagome already knew how the
demons here felt about humans.
"It's OK Shippo, I'm not that hungry," she lied. Shippo shrugged and bounced off
down the corridor. Inu and Kagome were again left alone.
"Kagome, don't leave you're room while me'n Shippo aren't here. It ain't safe for a
human to be wandering about in a place like this," he said, still not looking at her.
"I can take care of myself, Inu Yasha, but thanks for the concern."
"Whatever, just be careful, I don't wanna have to came and bail you out if you get into
trouble," he said and left with Kagome glaring daggers at his back.
Dinner with Argual was quite an experience.
First off, everyone there was a demon, so they all had different things they ate. Some
ate, of course, raw meat or blood. A couple of them that looked like innocent little children
would eat only candy dipped in blood. Shippo ate with them, though skipped the dipping in
blood part, the demons didn't mind. One was a giant tiger-man. He a raw lamb's meat. Inu ate
with him, though had his meat cooked. There were bird-like demons there who ate raw fish, not
sushi, the entire fish. The one that looked a lot like a huge bat was eating fruit, the one that
looked like a cat-girl was drinking cream next to him. There were plenty of female demons at
the table, which was an odd but nice surprise for most of the guy demons, but not for Inu. They
kept reminding him of the kiss he had shared with Mirada, and that made him think about how
much it would upset Kagome if she knew. Mirada was at the head of the table with Argual,
drinking wine and staring at the food distastefully, like she would burst if she ate anything, odd
since Inu hadn't seen he take a bite of anything. Inu had noticed that she had come in late, so
she might have eaten privately. Argual, however, was the complete opposite of Mirada, eating
twice what a normal person his size could have, but still retaining his manners.
Inu was not having a good time for two reasons. First, because he was still worried
about Kagome being upset at him(and the little peep show she got in the bath) and, second,
because he was becoming more and more certain that the other demons would rather kill a
human than look at one. Not even the servants in this place were human, though they weren't
demons either, they were actually magical apparitions conjured by a witch sort of demon. Inu
hoped Kagome would follow his advice and stay in her room, but he highly doubted she would.
She had a mind of her own and not matter how much it annoyed him, he respected her for it. Of
course, she could never find that out, it would have dire consequences. The only good thing that
happened the whole night was that Shippo had been forced to call him Master Shouyu.
Inu had left the table as soon as he could, the talk of all the demons was upsetting to
him. Most of them had been bragging about joining up with the master and enlisting the help of
the four demonic gods to take over and rule. Inu knew of the four demonic gods, as all demons
(full or not) did. They were said to be ancient and powerful demons born even before the
human gods. They had come down to the Earth and ruled over their own small sections while
letting time take it's toll on the others. When they had finally looked beyond their own domains
they had seen the humans wrecking havoc on each other and their lands. So the demon lords
had risen up and killed half of the human population, then sent their children to keep the humans
in check. Their children were the demons, of course.
There was some speculation amongst the demons that the gods had often fought. That
some of them had wanted to protect and help the humans while some of them wanted to kill
them all off. They even went as far as to say that the reason half he human population survived
was that two of the gods protected them, while two of them went on killing sprees. These
voices were soon silenced by the hands of more powerful demons. Inu wasn't sure what to
believe, since he was half demon. Either way, they all agreed that when the very short war
between the gods and the humans was over, the gods simply disappeared. No one could really
say where they went, they were just gone.
Inu was so deep in his thoughts as he wandered the garden that he didn't even notice
another presence behind him until it came up in front of him and kissed him with lightening quick
speed.
But it wasn't Kagome.
"What the hell do you think you're doin Mirada?!" Inu whispered harshly as he tor
himself away from her. He didn't want her touching him, but he also didn't want one of her
demon boyfriends or suitors to find him.
"I'm kissing a handsome demon in the garden in the middle of the night, of course.
Why? What's the problem with my kissing you?" she asked innocently. Inu didn't know what to
say, he couldn't tell her that he didn't want to hurt Kagome, she'd never understand. Or worse,
she find out that he was a half demon and he'd have to fight all the demons present. Even the
egotistic Inu Yasha didn't want to try that if he could avoid it. But Mirada noticed his silence
anyway, the way he stared at the ground, and came to her own conclusion.
"It's that human girl, isn't it? You don't think I'm any match for her!" Mirada spat. Then
she used her demonic speed to come up behind Inu and wrap her arms around him. "Shouyu,
I'm so much more than that pathetic human princess, I could show you so much more, I could
please you so much better. Let me show you..." Mirada whispered. Then she turned Inu around
and kissed him hard. Inu couldn't move. Just like the last time, he thought, I'm totally paralyzed.
Mirada's tongue invaded his mouth, and he almost gagged. He could taste the blood on her
tongue. That was the reason she hadn't eaten at dinner, she had gorged herself on human flesh
earlier. Inu tried to struggle, he tried to get her away from himself, but only managed to get his
arms onto her shoulders and feebly push her away. She only pressed herself against him harder
in response. Inu felt as though he were suffocating, as Mirada's arms snaked around his back,
pulling him into an even deeper kiss. Her tongue twisted and withered in his mouth, the taste of
the humans she had eaten stuck to his tongue, the sides, and the roof of his mouth. It was as
though he had killed them himself. Inu wanted to scream, but he could hardly even breath in her
hold.
How do I get myself into these situations? Inu thought. ____________________________________________________________________________ __
Kagome watched Inu and Shippo leave for dinner and sighed. If Inu really thought she
was just going to sit in the room and be bored, he had another thing coming. Kagome wasn't
stupid enough to just wander aimlessly, but she did have some things she wanted to check out.
Kagome got up and sneaked out of the room and down the hall, which was relatively
easy, since no one bothered to pay attention to a little human girl. She went out the back door
and traveled until she was at the edge of the property. There was a forest there, that was why
Kagome had decided to come, she was low on some of the herbs Kiada had said to always
keep. She needed something for burns, bruises, cuts, and poison ivy and she hoped she could
find them all in the forest. The forest did not disappoint her, it was filled with herbal plants.
Kagome found all she could use and more. She was leaning down next to an old tree when she
found the black plant.
Hey, I know what that is! It's a poison for demons! She thought to herself then
remembered the time Kiada had suggested she poison her arrows.
"You never know when an arrow is just going to nick the victim, Kagome," Kiada had
said. Kagome decided it was time to take her advice and pulled out her bow. She took out five
arrows and covered the blades with the poison, then put them back tip down. Kagome looked
at how many arrows she had. Too bad, only ten, she thought to herself. All the rest of the
arrows had broken tips. Kagome wished she could find a way to make use of the arrows even
without the tips and an idea came to her. Kagome quickly got up and pulled a ball of fungus off
of one of the trees nearby. The ball was hollow, with a hole in one end. When you squeezed it,
a paralyzing dust flew out. Kagome stuck it on the end of the arrow, strung it, and pulled back
to see how it felt.
Perfect! She thought, now if I don't want to kill someone I don't have to. She went and
got more of the fungus and stuck it on all of the broken arrows she had. By the time she was
finished, she had twenty arrows.
Kagome got up and dusted herself off, looking at her hands distastefully. I'm a mess,
she thought and decided right then and there that she needed a bath. She sneaked back into her
room with her loot stored in her book bag, then headed toward the girls bath, which was right
next to the guys.
If the guys bath had been large, the girls was enormous! Almost twice the size of the
boys bathroom with two water slides and six fountains, mirrors, and beauty items. Kagome was
soon relaxing in the hot water of her own luxurious bath. She became relaxed and fell into a
semi-sleeping state, when her head was suddenly shoved under the water.
But Kagome sensed it wasn't Inu, and the thing held her head down until she was weak
from lack of air, then it let her up. She emerged from the water gasping and choking but
unharmed, then looked at the face of her attacker. She was not surprised to see Mirada smiling
smugly above her.
"I bet you think you're so good, don't you? That you've got Shouyu all wrapped
around you're little finger, don't you princess? Well, let me tell you, you may be nice to look at,
but I'm the one Shouyu's gonna be with. I'm sorry, you're just no match for me," Mirada said
leaning down, bringing her face inches away from Kagome's, "And when I'm his lover you had
better get used to being six feet under, 'cause he's not going to have any use for you."
Mirada smiled and got up, turning to leave, but she paused without turning around and
said, "Oh, and don't be surprised if your master doesn't come back to his room tonight, I plan
to have a little talk with him after dinner."
Then she walked out of the room. Kagome sat in the water in shock until the surprise of
the whole episode wore off. Then she got out of the tub and dressed in a huff, viciously brushing
her hair and straightening her clothes.
Who did that Mirada girl think she was? Kagome thought angrily. Thinking that Inu
would ever turn against her! That he would just fall for a pair of swinging hips! Inu had more
sense than that...didn't he? Kagome's faith wavered. Inu was half demon and he did want the
jewel to become all demon, what if he decided stay with the demons? What if he decided to
stay with Mirada? A wave of unwanted jealousy and sorrow swept over Kagome and drained
her of her energy, she weakly sat on the floor. He wouldn't do that, would he? He had always
saved her in the past, but what if he was only doing it so he could take the jewel? He was a
good person at heart, wasn't?
Kagome physically shook herself. Of course Inu would never hurt her! What had she
been thinking?! She was just tired, she told herself, but inside she still felt slightly uncertain.
Kagome left the bath and headed for the house that looked like the kitchen, withe her
arrows at her side just in case and her stomach growling the entire way. The kitchen was filled
with things that looked human but actually weren't. They were much more like robots
programed to be servants. They helped Kagome anyway, giving her enough food to stuff her
and letting her sit in the kitchen and eat, even though they weren't very good conversationalists.
After her dinner, Kagome felt much better. It was getting dark but she decided to take a walk
in the garden on her way to her room.
Kagome walked along the path to the garden and enjoyed the beautiful flowers that
seemed to bloom only in the moonlight when she felt Inu enter. Kagome smiled happily, tonight
would be a perfect time to try and get Inu to realize her feelings for him and express some of
his, if he had any. Kagome walked toward the place she had a hunch Inu would be and, sure
enough, there he was, staring at the moon deep in thought. Kagome was about to walk over to
him when she spotted another figure waiting in the shadows. Then the figure darted out from its
cover and came up to Inu, kissing him deeply. Kagome went red and hid behind a tree, wanting
to see what Inu would do but too shy to be seen. Kagome watched in relief as Inu pushed the
kisser away and whispered something harshly. Then Kagome saw who the kisser was, though
she wasn't surprised, it was Mirada. Mirada whispered something sultry in response but Inu
didn't reply, he looked to be trying to think of an answer. Kagome frowned, why didn't he just
tell her to go away? She wondered since she couldn't hear the pair. Before Inu could say
anything, Mirada whispered something angrily then, moving so fast Kagome could hardly see
her, she came up behind Inu and put her arms around him. Inu looked surprised, but didn't try
to get away. What's he waiting for? Kagome wondered again. Mirada whispered something
sultry then turned Inu around and kissed him again. This time he didn't push her away and
Kagome, who couldn't see his face, guessed it was because he liked it. Kagome was mad now,
but the real kisser came when she saw Inu put his arms on Mirada's shoulders and their kiss
deepened. Deaf, dumb, and blind with rage, she drew and strung the first arrow she felt and
aimed it at the back of Mirada's head. She let the string go and the arrow headed toward it's
goal with deadly accuracy. It hit Mirada on the back of the head and exploded in dust. Kagome
instantly realized she had fired one of the paralyzing arrows, since the plant she had used for
them was red like the dust that surrounded Mirada. The fact that Kagome fearfully realized she
might have killed someone did nothing to quell her anger. Kagome stormed out of the bushes
and over to where Inu stood and Mirada had slumped to the ground because of the dust.
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Everything had been getting dark in Inu's vision and he had felt himself falling into a sort
of spell when something cut off the connection between himself and Mirada. Inu's vision cleared
and he saw Mirada falling to the ground in front of him covered in dust. Bewildered, he looked
around and saw a broken arrow. He instantly recognized it as one of the ones Kagome had
made and his heart jumped into his throat. Where was Kagome? What had she seen? He
wondered in a panic. He was soon answered as Kagome emerged from the bushes, murder
written all over her face. Oh shit, Inu thought, he had never seen Kagome this mad before.
Thoughts raced through Inu's head. He had to get Kagome away from Mirada before someone
died, but he couldn't leave Mirada angry at Kagome, she might retaliate and hurt Kagome.
What ever he did, he knew he needed to move fast, Kagome was a bomb ready to detonate at
any second. He stepped toward Mirada.
"As you can see, it's not a good idea to seduce me. My lady has a very special
connection with me, and she always knows when I'm in trouble...of any kind. It's not proper
for a lady like you to be so brazen," he said sarcastically to Mirada, who still couldn't move
from her spot on the ground. He prayed that she assumed that he and Kagome had a telekinetic
bond, as he had implied.
He turned away from Mirada and took Kagome's hand, which was still trembling with
rage, and swallowed hard. He was going to have a lot of explaining to do. He began to lead
Kagome toward the path that lead back to their room, when she suddenly twisted out of his
grip and walked ahead of him. He could tell she was still boiling angry without even looking at
her face.
"Kagome..." he said softly, trying to find the words to calm her and explain himself. He
didn't need to.
*Smack!*
Kagome whipped around and slapped him across the face with all her might. Inu's head
snapped to the side and stayed there for a moment, Inu too surprised to move. He slowly
brought his hand up and flexed his jaw. Apparently, Kagome had a really good back hand, for
his jaw was already starting to bruise.
Inu was angry now. She had didn't have to slap me! he thought to himself. He
understood why she was angry, but that didn't make it to much better. Besides, she wasn't
even his girlfriend, if he wanted to go kissing demon girls then she had no right to stop him! And
she hadn't even waited to hear his side of the story!
Inu looked back to tell her this and stopped dead. Kagome's face was contorted in
pain, unshed tears rimmed her eyes. Inu could see the pain, the betrayal, the hurt in her eyes and
hated himself for it. How could I have caused this much pain? he thought as he stared into her
beautiful brown eyes. Then, above the pain, the anger and humiliation appeared again and Inu
knew that she was not about to let him try and make it better right now, the wound was too
fresh, she was still too angry. Inu wanted to reach out and touch her, to sooth away all the pain
he saw in her eyes, but he didn't dare. He knew Kagome better than anyone, he knew that they
were much alike, and he knew just how betrayed and alone she felt, because he had felt the
same way when Kikyo had betrayed him.
But this time it's going to end different, he promised himself. I will not give up Kagome,
not as long as there is breath in my body! But..can she forgive me? he wondered.
They stared at one another for only a few seconds, all theses thoughts running through
Inu's head, then Kagome turned on her heal and stalked into her room. Inu pondered what to
do for a few seconds, then went over to a tree near the window and kept an eye on her from
outside. ____________________________________________________________________________ __
Sorry it's so long!
OK, I need to thank Riku-lover Melissa and Blooded-Blade for their reviews. Thanks so
much! Also, Blooded-blade, how do I let non-writers review? I didn't know I wasn't. This is
my first fic and I'm really bad, could you tell me how to let everyone review? Can anyone tell
me? Is there any way for my to reply to the people that send me reviews even if they don't give
me E-mail addresses?
Oh, and I don't write Tenchi fics because the Tenchi plot-line really confuses me, but I simple
love Ryoko, so I borrowed her name.
Also, I'm really sorry Inuyashagirl, my instant messenger hates me. Sorry! It just won't work
for me.
I'm also sorry I haven't written in a while, but I was sick...well, I'm still sick, but I figured I had
better put this chapter up before I had people marauding my house.
"I do not own Inu Yasha, 'cause if I did, we'd still be at the party!" Ryoko says
happily, still dancing with the wolf demons to "Who Let The Dogs Out". Kouga is still lying on
the ground, Inu has just finished laughing. Sesshoumaru is sitting at a table in the corner being
anti-social, he only came because Jakkin(who had already left, the big baby) told him Rin
needed some other human contact and he had to go with her, Sesshoumaru is not having a good
time. Rin decided it would make him happy if she brought him something, like a sort of gift. The
only thing Rin sees that she can give him is a glass that is sitting on a bar. She picks it up and
brings it over to (I'm so sorry, but I gotta call him Fluffy, Sesshoumaru is just too long!) Fluffy.
Fluffy, wanting to make the little girl happy, drinks the beer she hands to him. Rin is glad that he
likes it, so goes and gets him another one. And another. And another. Fluffy keeps drinking
them, thinking that Rin will either get tired of this game or run out of drinks. However, Fluffy
doesn't like human stuff and has never had alcohol before, so he's not completely sure what it
does to a person. He does know that it clouds the mind so he decides he won't drink any more
than ten. Unfortunately, at five the beer starts taking affect and by the time he's on his sixteenth
he's only counted seven. Shippo sees what Rin is doing and assumes it's a game, so he starts
taking Fluffy drinks, too. Fluffy is too drunk to know the difference between Rin and Shippo at
the moment anyway, so he just keeps downing the drinks.
Everyone in the bar knows Fluffy is drunk, bu no one says anything because they're not
sure if he's a mean drunk. Too bad for them, he's a happy drunk. At beer number 47, or
somewhere around that number, Fluffy gets up and starts dancing with one of the FanGirls that
had invited themselves to the party. Everyone is a little freaked out by this, but no one says
anything until he climbs onto a table.
"Hey, what's he doing?" Inu asks Kagome, who doesn't know, so Sango answers for
her.
"I think he's doing a strip tease," Sango says as Fluffy's shirt hits her in the head. Inu is
silent for about one second.
"Oh gawd no! I don't wanna see this!" he screams.
"Then get out of the way, 'cause we do!" a bunch of Fluffy fans says as they trample
Inu. Each fan wants a piece of clothing for a souvenir, so Fluffy is stripped of all his clothing in
seconds. He ends up standing in front of 50 FanGirls naked.
Fluffy gasps and sits up quickly, almost knocking off Rin, who is sleeping in his lap.
Fluffy looks down to see Jakkin sleeping beside another of the creatures they use to fly on.
Fluffy gently puts Rin down on the tree branch where she won't fall, then jumps to the ground
and wakes up Jakkin. Jakkin rubs his eyes and looks wearily up at his master.
"Jakkin, pay attention, I have something important to tell you."
"Yes master."
"Jakkin, if Ryoko ever has a party and you force me to go for Rin, I will kill you."
"Yes master."
"That is all."
Jakkin goes back to sleep and Fluffy climbs back into the tree and falls asleep beside
Rin, who wakes up, moves back into his lap, and goes to sleep again.
(Sorry this disclaimer is so long, I liked this idea and didn't know where to put it.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, there go a whole bunch of my illusions, Kagome thought as she sat with her back
to the wall in the hallway just outside the baths. She was trying to get her heartbeat back to
normal, but pictures of Inu naked floating through her head were not helping. Shippo came
bouncing out into the hall.
"Hey Kagome! What are you doing? Did you and Inu Yasha have another fight? That
idiot! You should really tell him off, Kagome, that'd teach him!" Shippo chattered nonstop as
Kagome pulled herself up and began walking back to the room.
Kagome really wanted to be mad at Inu, but she couldn't, she knew it wouldn't be fair.
He had warned her to leave, several times, and he had only stood up because she had pulled his
tail. Of course, he could have saved them both all that trouble if he had only told her about his
stupid tail, but she couldn't really blame him since she had secrets of her own.
When they got to the room, Kagome entertained Shippo by teaching him a hand game
they had played when she was little. It was called "Down by the Banks" and it was supposed to
be played in a group, but there was only two of them, so they improvised. They were both
having a lot of fun and completely forgot about the time.
They both looked up when Inu came to the door.
"Hey Shippo, come on. We're supposed to go eat with that Argual guy," he said
simply, avoiding Kagome's gaze. If he had been looking at her, he would have seen she had
gone bright red. He would have also seen how she was avoiding his gaze, staring at her fingers.
But they were both too apprehensive about talking to the other, Inu because he thought she was
mad at him, Kagome because, heck, she'd seen the guy nude. Shippo got up and bounced over
to Inu.
"Can't Kagome come?" he asked innocently, but Kagome already knew how the
demons here felt about humans.
"It's OK Shippo, I'm not that hungry," she lied. Shippo shrugged and bounced off
down the corridor. Inu and Kagome were again left alone.
"Kagome, don't leave you're room while me'n Shippo aren't here. It ain't safe for a
human to be wandering about in a place like this," he said, still not looking at her.
"I can take care of myself, Inu Yasha, but thanks for the concern."
"Whatever, just be careful, I don't wanna have to came and bail you out if you get into
trouble," he said and left with Kagome glaring daggers at his back.
Dinner with Argual was quite an experience.
First off, everyone there was a demon, so they all had different things they ate. Some
ate, of course, raw meat or blood. A couple of them that looked like innocent little children
would eat only candy dipped in blood. Shippo ate with them, though skipped the dipping in
blood part, the demons didn't mind. One was a giant tiger-man. He a raw lamb's meat. Inu ate
with him, though had his meat cooked. There were bird-like demons there who ate raw fish, not
sushi, the entire fish. The one that looked a lot like a huge bat was eating fruit, the one that
looked like a cat-girl was drinking cream next to him. There were plenty of female demons at
the table, which was an odd but nice surprise for most of the guy demons, but not for Inu. They
kept reminding him of the kiss he had shared with Mirada, and that made him think about how
much it would upset Kagome if she knew. Mirada was at the head of the table with Argual,
drinking wine and staring at the food distastefully, like she would burst if she ate anything, odd
since Inu hadn't seen he take a bite of anything. Inu had noticed that she had come in late, so
she might have eaten privately. Argual, however, was the complete opposite of Mirada, eating
twice what a normal person his size could have, but still retaining his manners.
Inu was not having a good time for two reasons. First, because he was still worried
about Kagome being upset at him(and the little peep show she got in the bath) and, second,
because he was becoming more and more certain that the other demons would rather kill a
human than look at one. Not even the servants in this place were human, though they weren't
demons either, they were actually magical apparitions conjured by a witch sort of demon. Inu
hoped Kagome would follow his advice and stay in her room, but he highly doubted she would.
She had a mind of her own and not matter how much it annoyed him, he respected her for it. Of
course, she could never find that out, it would have dire consequences. The only good thing that
happened the whole night was that Shippo had been forced to call him Master Shouyu.
Inu had left the table as soon as he could, the talk of all the demons was upsetting to
him. Most of them had been bragging about joining up with the master and enlisting the help of
the four demonic gods to take over and rule. Inu knew of the four demonic gods, as all demons
(full or not) did. They were said to be ancient and powerful demons born even before the
human gods. They had come down to the Earth and ruled over their own small sections while
letting time take it's toll on the others. When they had finally looked beyond their own domains
they had seen the humans wrecking havoc on each other and their lands. So the demon lords
had risen up and killed half of the human population, then sent their children to keep the humans
in check. Their children were the demons, of course.
There was some speculation amongst the demons that the gods had often fought. That
some of them had wanted to protect and help the humans while some of them wanted to kill
them all off. They even went as far as to say that the reason half he human population survived
was that two of the gods protected them, while two of them went on killing sprees. These
voices were soon silenced by the hands of more powerful demons. Inu wasn't sure what to
believe, since he was half demon. Either way, they all agreed that when the very short war
between the gods and the humans was over, the gods simply disappeared. No one could really
say where they went, they were just gone.
Inu was so deep in his thoughts as he wandered the garden that he didn't even notice
another presence behind him until it came up in front of him and kissed him with lightening quick
speed.
But it wasn't Kagome.
"What the hell do you think you're doin Mirada?!" Inu whispered harshly as he tor
himself away from her. He didn't want her touching him, but he also didn't want one of her
demon boyfriends or suitors to find him.
"I'm kissing a handsome demon in the garden in the middle of the night, of course.
Why? What's the problem with my kissing you?" she asked innocently. Inu didn't know what to
say, he couldn't tell her that he didn't want to hurt Kagome, she'd never understand. Or worse,
she find out that he was a half demon and he'd have to fight all the demons present. Even the
egotistic Inu Yasha didn't want to try that if he could avoid it. But Mirada noticed his silence
anyway, the way he stared at the ground, and came to her own conclusion.
"It's that human girl, isn't it? You don't think I'm any match for her!" Mirada spat. Then
she used her demonic speed to come up behind Inu and wrap her arms around him. "Shouyu,
I'm so much more than that pathetic human princess, I could show you so much more, I could
please you so much better. Let me show you..." Mirada whispered. Then she turned Inu around
and kissed him hard. Inu couldn't move. Just like the last time, he thought, I'm totally paralyzed.
Mirada's tongue invaded his mouth, and he almost gagged. He could taste the blood on her
tongue. That was the reason she hadn't eaten at dinner, she had gorged herself on human flesh
earlier. Inu tried to struggle, he tried to get her away from himself, but only managed to get his
arms onto her shoulders and feebly push her away. She only pressed herself against him harder
in response. Inu felt as though he were suffocating, as Mirada's arms snaked around his back,
pulling him into an even deeper kiss. Her tongue twisted and withered in his mouth, the taste of
the humans she had eaten stuck to his tongue, the sides, and the roof of his mouth. It was as
though he had killed them himself. Inu wanted to scream, but he could hardly even breath in her
hold.
How do I get myself into these situations? Inu thought. ____________________________________________________________________________ __
Kagome watched Inu and Shippo leave for dinner and sighed. If Inu really thought she
was just going to sit in the room and be bored, he had another thing coming. Kagome wasn't
stupid enough to just wander aimlessly, but she did have some things she wanted to check out.
Kagome got up and sneaked out of the room and down the hall, which was relatively
easy, since no one bothered to pay attention to a little human girl. She went out the back door
and traveled until she was at the edge of the property. There was a forest there, that was why
Kagome had decided to come, she was low on some of the herbs Kiada had said to always
keep. She needed something for burns, bruises, cuts, and poison ivy and she hoped she could
find them all in the forest. The forest did not disappoint her, it was filled with herbal plants.
Kagome found all she could use and more. She was leaning down next to an old tree when she
found the black plant.
Hey, I know what that is! It's a poison for demons! She thought to herself then
remembered the time Kiada had suggested she poison her arrows.
"You never know when an arrow is just going to nick the victim, Kagome," Kiada had
said. Kagome decided it was time to take her advice and pulled out her bow. She took out five
arrows and covered the blades with the poison, then put them back tip down. Kagome looked
at how many arrows she had. Too bad, only ten, she thought to herself. All the rest of the
arrows had broken tips. Kagome wished she could find a way to make use of the arrows even
without the tips and an idea came to her. Kagome quickly got up and pulled a ball of fungus off
of one of the trees nearby. The ball was hollow, with a hole in one end. When you squeezed it,
a paralyzing dust flew out. Kagome stuck it on the end of the arrow, strung it, and pulled back
to see how it felt.
Perfect! She thought, now if I don't want to kill someone I don't have to. She went and
got more of the fungus and stuck it on all of the broken arrows she had. By the time she was
finished, she had twenty arrows.
Kagome got up and dusted herself off, looking at her hands distastefully. I'm a mess,
she thought and decided right then and there that she needed a bath. She sneaked back into her
room with her loot stored in her book bag, then headed toward the girls bath, which was right
next to the guys.
If the guys bath had been large, the girls was enormous! Almost twice the size of the
boys bathroom with two water slides and six fountains, mirrors, and beauty items. Kagome was
soon relaxing in the hot water of her own luxurious bath. She became relaxed and fell into a
semi-sleeping state, when her head was suddenly shoved under the water.
But Kagome sensed it wasn't Inu, and the thing held her head down until she was weak
from lack of air, then it let her up. She emerged from the water gasping and choking but
unharmed, then looked at the face of her attacker. She was not surprised to see Mirada smiling
smugly above her.
"I bet you think you're so good, don't you? That you've got Shouyu all wrapped
around you're little finger, don't you princess? Well, let me tell you, you may be nice to look at,
but I'm the one Shouyu's gonna be with. I'm sorry, you're just no match for me," Mirada said
leaning down, bringing her face inches away from Kagome's, "And when I'm his lover you had
better get used to being six feet under, 'cause he's not going to have any use for you."
Mirada smiled and got up, turning to leave, but she paused without turning around and
said, "Oh, and don't be surprised if your master doesn't come back to his room tonight, I plan
to have a little talk with him after dinner."
Then she walked out of the room. Kagome sat in the water in shock until the surprise of
the whole episode wore off. Then she got out of the tub and dressed in a huff, viciously brushing
her hair and straightening her clothes.
Who did that Mirada girl think she was? Kagome thought angrily. Thinking that Inu
would ever turn against her! That he would just fall for a pair of swinging hips! Inu had more
sense than that...didn't he? Kagome's faith wavered. Inu was half demon and he did want the
jewel to become all demon, what if he decided stay with the demons? What if he decided to
stay with Mirada? A wave of unwanted jealousy and sorrow swept over Kagome and drained
her of her energy, she weakly sat on the floor. He wouldn't do that, would he? He had always
saved her in the past, but what if he was only doing it so he could take the jewel? He was a
good person at heart, wasn't?
Kagome physically shook herself. Of course Inu would never hurt her! What had she
been thinking?! She was just tired, she told herself, but inside she still felt slightly uncertain.
Kagome left the bath and headed for the house that looked like the kitchen, withe her
arrows at her side just in case and her stomach growling the entire way. The kitchen was filled
with things that looked human but actually weren't. They were much more like robots
programed to be servants. They helped Kagome anyway, giving her enough food to stuff her
and letting her sit in the kitchen and eat, even though they weren't very good conversationalists.
After her dinner, Kagome felt much better. It was getting dark but she decided to take a walk
in the garden on her way to her room.
Kagome walked along the path to the garden and enjoyed the beautiful flowers that
seemed to bloom only in the moonlight when she felt Inu enter. Kagome smiled happily, tonight
would be a perfect time to try and get Inu to realize her feelings for him and express some of
his, if he had any. Kagome walked toward the place she had a hunch Inu would be and, sure
enough, there he was, staring at the moon deep in thought. Kagome was about to walk over to
him when she spotted another figure waiting in the shadows. Then the figure darted out from its
cover and came up to Inu, kissing him deeply. Kagome went red and hid behind a tree, wanting
to see what Inu would do but too shy to be seen. Kagome watched in relief as Inu pushed the
kisser away and whispered something harshly. Then Kagome saw who the kisser was, though
she wasn't surprised, it was Mirada. Mirada whispered something sultry in response but Inu
didn't reply, he looked to be trying to think of an answer. Kagome frowned, why didn't he just
tell her to go away? She wondered since she couldn't hear the pair. Before Inu could say
anything, Mirada whispered something angrily then, moving so fast Kagome could hardly see
her, she came up behind Inu and put her arms around him. Inu looked surprised, but didn't try
to get away. What's he waiting for? Kagome wondered again. Mirada whispered something
sultry then turned Inu around and kissed him again. This time he didn't push her away and
Kagome, who couldn't see his face, guessed it was because he liked it. Kagome was mad now,
but the real kisser came when she saw Inu put his arms on Mirada's shoulders and their kiss
deepened. Deaf, dumb, and blind with rage, she drew and strung the first arrow she felt and
aimed it at the back of Mirada's head. She let the string go and the arrow headed toward it's
goal with deadly accuracy. It hit Mirada on the back of the head and exploded in dust. Kagome
instantly realized she had fired one of the paralyzing arrows, since the plant she had used for
them was red like the dust that surrounded Mirada. The fact that Kagome fearfully realized she
might have killed someone did nothing to quell her anger. Kagome stormed out of the bushes
and over to where Inu stood and Mirada had slumped to the ground because of the dust.
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Everything had been getting dark in Inu's vision and he had felt himself falling into a sort
of spell when something cut off the connection between himself and Mirada. Inu's vision cleared
and he saw Mirada falling to the ground in front of him covered in dust. Bewildered, he looked
around and saw a broken arrow. He instantly recognized it as one of the ones Kagome had
made and his heart jumped into his throat. Where was Kagome? What had she seen? He
wondered in a panic. He was soon answered as Kagome emerged from the bushes, murder
written all over her face. Oh shit, Inu thought, he had never seen Kagome this mad before.
Thoughts raced through Inu's head. He had to get Kagome away from Mirada before someone
died, but he couldn't leave Mirada angry at Kagome, she might retaliate and hurt Kagome.
What ever he did, he knew he needed to move fast, Kagome was a bomb ready to detonate at
any second. He stepped toward Mirada.
"As you can see, it's not a good idea to seduce me. My lady has a very special
connection with me, and she always knows when I'm in trouble...of any kind. It's not proper
for a lady like you to be so brazen," he said sarcastically to Mirada, who still couldn't move
from her spot on the ground. He prayed that she assumed that he and Kagome had a telekinetic
bond, as he had implied.
He turned away from Mirada and took Kagome's hand, which was still trembling with
rage, and swallowed hard. He was going to have a lot of explaining to do. He began to lead
Kagome toward the path that lead back to their room, when she suddenly twisted out of his
grip and walked ahead of him. He could tell she was still boiling angry without even looking at
her face.
"Kagome..." he said softly, trying to find the words to calm her and explain himself. He
didn't need to.
*Smack!*
Kagome whipped around and slapped him across the face with all her might. Inu's head
snapped to the side and stayed there for a moment, Inu too surprised to move. He slowly
brought his hand up and flexed his jaw. Apparently, Kagome had a really good back hand, for
his jaw was already starting to bruise.
Inu was angry now. She had didn't have to slap me! he thought to himself. He
understood why she was angry, but that didn't make it to much better. Besides, she wasn't
even his girlfriend, if he wanted to go kissing demon girls then she had no right to stop him! And
she hadn't even waited to hear his side of the story!
Inu looked back to tell her this and stopped dead. Kagome's face was contorted in
pain, unshed tears rimmed her eyes. Inu could see the pain, the betrayal, the hurt in her eyes and
hated himself for it. How could I have caused this much pain? he thought as he stared into her
beautiful brown eyes. Then, above the pain, the anger and humiliation appeared again and Inu
knew that she was not about to let him try and make it better right now, the wound was too
fresh, she was still too angry. Inu wanted to reach out and touch her, to sooth away all the pain
he saw in her eyes, but he didn't dare. He knew Kagome better than anyone, he knew that they
were much alike, and he knew just how betrayed and alone she felt, because he had felt the
same way when Kikyo had betrayed him.
But this time it's going to end different, he promised himself. I will not give up Kagome,
not as long as there is breath in my body! But..can she forgive me? he wondered.
They stared at one another for only a few seconds, all theses thoughts running through
Inu's head, then Kagome turned on her heal and stalked into her room. Inu pondered what to
do for a few seconds, then went over to a tree near the window and kept an eye on her from
outside. ____________________________________________________________________________ __
Sorry it's so long!
OK, I need to thank Riku-lover Melissa and Blooded-Blade for their reviews. Thanks so
much! Also, Blooded-blade, how do I let non-writers review? I didn't know I wasn't. This is
my first fic and I'm really bad, could you tell me how to let everyone review? Can anyone tell
me? Is there any way for my to reply to the people that send me reviews even if they don't give
me E-mail addresses?
Oh, and I don't write Tenchi fics because the Tenchi plot-line really confuses me, but I simple
love Ryoko, so I borrowed her name.
Also, I'm really sorry Inuyashagirl, my instant messenger hates me. Sorry! It just won't work
for me.
I'm also sorry I haven't written in a while, but I was sick...well, I'm still sick, but I figured I had
better put this chapter up before I had people marauding my house.