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episodes not fanfic.
Inuyasha looked over the carcass of the dead demon. Slowly he bent down near the demon and picked up a tiny, shimmering object. "Heh." He tossed the jewel to Kagome, who was standing near by. "So how many more of these demons are we going to have to slay before the jewel is complete?"
Kagome opened her bag and took out shards of the Shikon no Tama. She held them together with her fingers, shaping the shards to look like an orb. A very small chunk of the orb was missing at the top. "It looks like we only need one more." She said quietly, showing Sango the orb.
"Really? Only one more?" Sango asked, amazed. It was hard to believe that they had come so far in collecting the jewel shards. One more and their adventure would end? It seemed too much to be true.
"Yep. Wow, I can't believe it." Kagome responded quietly. She, too, was stunned by how far they had come. It seemed like she and Inuyasha began their search for the jewel shards just days ago. She put the jewel shards back in the small brown bag and tied the cord tight to keep the shards from falling out.
"Feh. Only one more shard till I am a full demon!" Inuyasha said smugly. He sheathed Tetsusiaga and looked at the others. They were staring at him. Miroku had furrowed his brows.
"Inuyasha, are you sure you really want to do that?" Miroku asked, stepping closer to him. He was fingering the beads around his wind tunnel in his hand nervously.
"Of course I am! It's what I wanted all my life!" Inuyasha shouted defiantly. He told them all his plans about the jewel before and they had paid little attention to it then. Why were they looking at him like this now? Inuyasha put his hands on his hips in anger.
"I don't think." Kagome began, looking at Inuyasha with uncertainty. Then her face showed resolution, her lip stuck out and her eyes brightened after making the decision. "I don't think I can let you do that, Inuyasha." She said, this time with more defiance and meaning.
"What?" Inuyasha asked, shocked that Kagome would argue with him about it. They had argued before, but only about petty things. She rarely if ever argued about such important things.
"Think of all the pain and suffering caused by this stupid jewel. Becoming a full demon may just add to that pain. You won't be the same once you're a demon." She said, pointing an accusing finger at him. The others watched her in silence. Shippou, who was standing on the ground next to Kagome's leg, looked up at her baffled.
"I will too be the same, just more powerful!" Inuyasha yelled at her. He was three feet away from her, but it seemed to be a much farther distance to him. She drew herself up, looking even taller than normal.
"Think about it. Nearly every demon we have fought went nuts because of the jewel. The jewel gives them the power and the ignorance to do what they wish, whatever they wish. They are blinded by the power and led to do crazy, stupid things. Usually fatal things. Once you have the jewel and become a full demon, what's to stop you from taking advantage of that power? You could do whatever you want, whatever you want. You will become arrogant and ugly and warped by the jewel's power. Inuyasha, you know it's true!" Miroku cried, standing next to Kagome. He had tried over and over again to explain this to the hanyou but he never listened. He had to listen now. There was so much at stake when they finally found the last jewel shard. Miroku knew that Inuyasha would never stop to consider what her was doing once her found the last jewel shard.
"Feh. Monk, you are telling fairy tales." Inuyasha crossed his arms against his chest. He could not believe that now they were putting up a fuss against his using the jewel. He had told them before his intentions and he was not about to back down.
"Inuyasha, I won't let you have it!" Kagome yelled, stomping her foot on the ground.
"And who's to stop me?" He asked, his eyes narrowing.
"I will." Kagome said resolutely.
"I will." Both Sango and Miroku said, walking behind her. They looked at Inuyasha, daring him to try anything.
"Me too!" Shippou cried, touching Kagome's leg and looking up at Inuyasha.
"Fine, gang up on me, whatever. I will get the jewel!" He yelled, now very angry. He would not let them stand in his way of achieving his dream for his entire life; he must become a full demon.
"Would you really hurt me to get to the jewel? Would you even kill me?" Kagome asked, looking at Inuyasha. She knew in her heart he would not, and that is why she asked. She wanted him to know he would never have the jewel to use to become a demon.
Inuyasha paused. Kill Kagome? She stood in the way of getting his dream. Something he had wanted and worked for for 50 years. If it were anyone else, who would kill them without hesitation. But Kagome? He couldn't hurt her, not in the least. But how was he t get the jewel? He opened his mouth to say 'No.' but it was too late.
Kagome took his pause to be a sign of yes. "You would, wouldn't you?" Her eyes welled up with tears. She was in shock, she never thought that he actually would. How could he? "You would hurt me-even kill me- for this stupid jewel? I thought. . . " She choked back a sob. "I thought by now you would have thought of me as a friend. I know I considered you to be one. Or a traveling companion at least!" She yelled the last part, suddenly furious. She sighed, her anger now ebbing away. Now her voice turned sad and low. "So all this time together, all this time, I was your shard detector. I was a tool to get the jewel, just someone whose company was needed and not wanted. I see. I see it now." Her head, which had been on the ground before, lifted. She looked straight into Inuyasha's eyes. "I am nothing to you at all, am I? All those times you protected me from this demon or that one, you just wanted t make sure your precious jewel shard detector was unhurt. And here I thought you might. . . you might. . . actually. . ." She finally sobbed. She turned and ran, heading for Kaede's hut.
"No Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted. "You're wrong! I was just thinking is all! You're not some tool! Come back! I'm sorry!" He began to run after her when the monk put a hand on his shoulder.
"Let her be. You hurt her pretty badly. She needs to be alone." Miroku said quietly, looking at Inuyasha. Miroku could hardly believe what just happened. They had never fought like this before, never. He knew Inuyasha would not hurt Kagome, but why had he paused?
"She needs to know she's wrong, get off of me." Inuyasha shrugged Miroku's hand off his shoulder. He looked at Kagome, still running. No one went after her.
"She knows she's wrong, she's just upset. Why did you pause? We know you wouldn't hurt her, so why did you pause?"
"I don't know." He sighed. "I guess I just wanted the jewel so badly it made me pause. I knew I wouldn't hurt her to get the jewel, but then how would I get it? Maybe I just began to wonder how to get it without Kagome being involved." He sighed again. "Pretty stupid, huh?'
Miroku just looked at the hanyou. He didn't nod or shake his head. Inuyasha turned and walked away, opposite of the way to Kaede's. "At least she didn't head for the well." He muttered half to himself and half to the others. He slowly walked down the path into the forest, his head bent, thinking slowly.
"I've just realized." Sango said slowly.
"What?" Miroku asked, now turning to her. Shippou had jumped into her arms after Kagome had run off. He looked upset. She was holding him tightly.
"How Inuyasha and Kagome go, we go." She said, looking into Miroku's eyes. She had never thought of their future. All she wanted to do was defeat Naraku. Collecting jewel shards long the way came with it. She had grown fond of all her companions, even the perverted monk.
"What do you mean?" He asked, puzzled. He could tell by the look on Sango's face she was afraid of something.
"They were traveling together before any of us met them. If they were to break apart, one go in one direction, the other somewhere else, so would we. Our group would break apart also. Some one may go with Inuyasha, some one with Kagome. Maybe we'd all go our own paths." Sango looked up at Miroku. "But after the last jewel is found and Naraku is destroyed, what then? Inuyasha and Kagome would break apart and so would we. You, perhaps would go back to being a monk, I would go back to being a demon slayer. In the end, we're just as alone as we were in the beginning." She shook her head, blinking back tears at the thought of leaving them all behind. Slowly, the monk walked to her and hugged her gently. Miroku knew what she was afraid of, and he was scared too. He didn't want to be alone.
So, what do you think? I figured you'd want to read more so I'm posting the next chapter up with this one, but before you move on, review! PLLLLLEEEEEEASE?
Inuyasha looked over the carcass of the dead demon. Slowly he bent down near the demon and picked up a tiny, shimmering object. "Heh." He tossed the jewel to Kagome, who was standing near by. "So how many more of these demons are we going to have to slay before the jewel is complete?"
Kagome opened her bag and took out shards of the Shikon no Tama. She held them together with her fingers, shaping the shards to look like an orb. A very small chunk of the orb was missing at the top. "It looks like we only need one more." She said quietly, showing Sango the orb.
"Really? Only one more?" Sango asked, amazed. It was hard to believe that they had come so far in collecting the jewel shards. One more and their adventure would end? It seemed too much to be true.
"Yep. Wow, I can't believe it." Kagome responded quietly. She, too, was stunned by how far they had come. It seemed like she and Inuyasha began their search for the jewel shards just days ago. She put the jewel shards back in the small brown bag and tied the cord tight to keep the shards from falling out.
"Feh. Only one more shard till I am a full demon!" Inuyasha said smugly. He sheathed Tetsusiaga and looked at the others. They were staring at him. Miroku had furrowed his brows.
"Inuyasha, are you sure you really want to do that?" Miroku asked, stepping closer to him. He was fingering the beads around his wind tunnel in his hand nervously.
"Of course I am! It's what I wanted all my life!" Inuyasha shouted defiantly. He told them all his plans about the jewel before and they had paid little attention to it then. Why were they looking at him like this now? Inuyasha put his hands on his hips in anger.
"I don't think." Kagome began, looking at Inuyasha with uncertainty. Then her face showed resolution, her lip stuck out and her eyes brightened after making the decision. "I don't think I can let you do that, Inuyasha." She said, this time with more defiance and meaning.
"What?" Inuyasha asked, shocked that Kagome would argue with him about it. They had argued before, but only about petty things. She rarely if ever argued about such important things.
"Think of all the pain and suffering caused by this stupid jewel. Becoming a full demon may just add to that pain. You won't be the same once you're a demon." She said, pointing an accusing finger at him. The others watched her in silence. Shippou, who was standing on the ground next to Kagome's leg, looked up at her baffled.
"I will too be the same, just more powerful!" Inuyasha yelled at her. He was three feet away from her, but it seemed to be a much farther distance to him. She drew herself up, looking even taller than normal.
"Think about it. Nearly every demon we have fought went nuts because of the jewel. The jewel gives them the power and the ignorance to do what they wish, whatever they wish. They are blinded by the power and led to do crazy, stupid things. Usually fatal things. Once you have the jewel and become a full demon, what's to stop you from taking advantage of that power? You could do whatever you want, whatever you want. You will become arrogant and ugly and warped by the jewel's power. Inuyasha, you know it's true!" Miroku cried, standing next to Kagome. He had tried over and over again to explain this to the hanyou but he never listened. He had to listen now. There was so much at stake when they finally found the last jewel shard. Miroku knew that Inuyasha would never stop to consider what her was doing once her found the last jewel shard.
"Feh. Monk, you are telling fairy tales." Inuyasha crossed his arms against his chest. He could not believe that now they were putting up a fuss against his using the jewel. He had told them before his intentions and he was not about to back down.
"Inuyasha, I won't let you have it!" Kagome yelled, stomping her foot on the ground.
"And who's to stop me?" He asked, his eyes narrowing.
"I will." Kagome said resolutely.
"I will." Both Sango and Miroku said, walking behind her. They looked at Inuyasha, daring him to try anything.
"Me too!" Shippou cried, touching Kagome's leg and looking up at Inuyasha.
"Fine, gang up on me, whatever. I will get the jewel!" He yelled, now very angry. He would not let them stand in his way of achieving his dream for his entire life; he must become a full demon.
"Would you really hurt me to get to the jewel? Would you even kill me?" Kagome asked, looking at Inuyasha. She knew in her heart he would not, and that is why she asked. She wanted him to know he would never have the jewel to use to become a demon.
Inuyasha paused. Kill Kagome? She stood in the way of getting his dream. Something he had wanted and worked for for 50 years. If it were anyone else, who would kill them without hesitation. But Kagome? He couldn't hurt her, not in the least. But how was he t get the jewel? He opened his mouth to say 'No.' but it was too late.
Kagome took his pause to be a sign of yes. "You would, wouldn't you?" Her eyes welled up with tears. She was in shock, she never thought that he actually would. How could he? "You would hurt me-even kill me- for this stupid jewel? I thought. . . " She choked back a sob. "I thought by now you would have thought of me as a friend. I know I considered you to be one. Or a traveling companion at least!" She yelled the last part, suddenly furious. She sighed, her anger now ebbing away. Now her voice turned sad and low. "So all this time together, all this time, I was your shard detector. I was a tool to get the jewel, just someone whose company was needed and not wanted. I see. I see it now." Her head, which had been on the ground before, lifted. She looked straight into Inuyasha's eyes. "I am nothing to you at all, am I? All those times you protected me from this demon or that one, you just wanted t make sure your precious jewel shard detector was unhurt. And here I thought you might. . . you might. . . actually. . ." She finally sobbed. She turned and ran, heading for Kaede's hut.
"No Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted. "You're wrong! I was just thinking is all! You're not some tool! Come back! I'm sorry!" He began to run after her when the monk put a hand on his shoulder.
"Let her be. You hurt her pretty badly. She needs to be alone." Miroku said quietly, looking at Inuyasha. Miroku could hardly believe what just happened. They had never fought like this before, never. He knew Inuyasha would not hurt Kagome, but why had he paused?
"She needs to know she's wrong, get off of me." Inuyasha shrugged Miroku's hand off his shoulder. He looked at Kagome, still running. No one went after her.
"She knows she's wrong, she's just upset. Why did you pause? We know you wouldn't hurt her, so why did you pause?"
"I don't know." He sighed. "I guess I just wanted the jewel so badly it made me pause. I knew I wouldn't hurt her to get the jewel, but then how would I get it? Maybe I just began to wonder how to get it without Kagome being involved." He sighed again. "Pretty stupid, huh?'
Miroku just looked at the hanyou. He didn't nod or shake his head. Inuyasha turned and walked away, opposite of the way to Kaede's. "At least she didn't head for the well." He muttered half to himself and half to the others. He slowly walked down the path into the forest, his head bent, thinking slowly.
"I've just realized." Sango said slowly.
"What?" Miroku asked, now turning to her. Shippou had jumped into her arms after Kagome had run off. He looked upset. She was holding him tightly.
"How Inuyasha and Kagome go, we go." She said, looking into Miroku's eyes. She had never thought of their future. All she wanted to do was defeat Naraku. Collecting jewel shards long the way came with it. She had grown fond of all her companions, even the perverted monk.
"What do you mean?" He asked, puzzled. He could tell by the look on Sango's face she was afraid of something.
"They were traveling together before any of us met them. If they were to break apart, one go in one direction, the other somewhere else, so would we. Our group would break apart also. Some one may go with Inuyasha, some one with Kagome. Maybe we'd all go our own paths." Sango looked up at Miroku. "But after the last jewel is found and Naraku is destroyed, what then? Inuyasha and Kagome would break apart and so would we. You, perhaps would go back to being a monk, I would go back to being a demon slayer. In the end, we're just as alone as we were in the beginning." She shook her head, blinking back tears at the thought of leaving them all behind. Slowly, the monk walked to her and hugged her gently. Miroku knew what she was afraid of, and he was scared too. He didn't want to be alone.
So, what do you think? I figured you'd want to read more so I'm posting the next chapter up with this one, but before you move on, review! PLLLLLEEEEEEASE?