* Chapter 6 *
" A demon? Is that why you have those....doggy ears?" asked Kagome. "Wait…what happened to them?" Inu Yasha shook his head. "Well, I'm not a full demon, just half so I turn human one day of the month….but still Kagome, I don't think you realize the situation here. Other demons can sense my blood, and if they come to fight me, they might hurt you or your family." They both sat in silence until Kagome asked quietly, "Well…you would be able to protect us, right? Then I don't think it will matter." Inu Yasha sighed and started to say something, but Kagome cut him off. "Look, you're hurt in a hospital right now, so let's talk about this some other time." Miroku appeared in the door {pretend that the talk took 20 minutes!}, saying, "You guys didn't do anything I wouldn't have done, did you?" He winked at the two and added, "Although, there isn't much I wouldn't do with a pretty girl." Inu Yasha snorted and said, "Feh, I don't doubt that." Kagome looked back at him and asked, "Do you want to talk to my mom or my grandpa next?" When he shrugged, she said, "Fine, I'll bring back my Grandpa. I wouldn't tell my mom about this, because she will freak, but I bet Grandpa will be able to handle it. I'll come visit tomorrow after school. Bye." Miroku took her back to the waiting room, and he only had one (HUGE) knot on his head, from Kagome hitting him. {Hehe…we all know why ^_^}
When she got back to the waiting room, she called to her grandfather, "Grandpa, Inu Yasha wants to talk to you. He needs to tell you something important," she added so only he could hear.
In about 20 minutes, her grandpa came back. As soon as her mother left, Kagome looked over at her grandpa and asked, "So….what did he tell you?" He looked around, to make sure no one was near them, and said, "About him being a demon. I think we should keep this quiet, so you're mom doesn't know." Kagome nodded, and then thought for a couple minutes. "Wait, she doesn't know already? I mean, he has dog ears….weren't they explained to her?"
Her grandpa shook his head and said, "She was told that they were birth defects." Kagome's eyes widened in shock. "What?! She believed that? How…..how dumb is she?" Kagome exclaimed. She winced as she realized what she said. "I mean…"
"I know what you meant. But remember, her brother, before he died at that young age, had facial features that weren't normal. Besides, she won't ask anything about them, because she won't want to hurt his feelings." Kagome nodded, and pretty soon after her mother walked into the waiting room. "How long will he be in the hospital?" Kagome asked.
"For about a week or so," replied her mom and with that, the whole family trudged to the car and went home.
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Meanwhile……
Naraku held up a sliver of crystal, which oddly looked like the Shikon no Tama. I thought the Shikon no Tama was just a legend, he thought. He tested it out by swallowing it. {Pretty dumb, because…what if it was like…. poison?} He felt the power rushing through his body. He tested the new power out by shooting out a beam of light. He laughed (very wickedly) when he saw the devastation the little beam of light had made. Suddenly, he sensed more shards. {Don't ask me how…but he does} He had to get more......
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Then next day, Kagome- oblivious to the evil lurking, was trying on a new outfit before she went to visit Inu Yasha. It was for her friend Sango's party that was on Friday. She was trying on a pale lavender dress she had bought the week before. It stopped about halfway down her thigh, and she wasn't sure if she liked that. Oh well, Mom said it was alright, so I guess I can wear it. Now, what to do for jewelry….she thought to herself. Then she remembered the necklace she had bought the same day as the dress …it was a small lavender jewel on a simple silver chain. She got it out and put it on. She looked in the mirror and admired herself. Perfect…oh no!! There's a chip in the jewel!! she thought. A small sliver was missing from it. Oh well, its not that noticeable.
Later, on the way to the hospital, she realized she still had it on. "I'll just have to be careful with it," she said to herself. Something about it however, just felt….wrong. She didn't know how to explain the weird….power almost….emitting from the small jewel around her neck. Maybe Inu Yasha will know something about it, she thought to herself. She walked to the front desk and said, "Hi, I'm here to visit the person in room….um…. its four hundred and something...uh…" She couldn't believe she'd forgotten his room number. The nurse behind the desk sighed impatiently, and Kagome felt her face reddening. "Uh…" she stammered, when she felt someone touch her butt. She gasped and slapped the hand away. She looked up into the smiling face of Miroku. She looked at him, with her eyes narrowed and her mouth open.
"Hello, Sarah," Miroku said, addressing the nurse behind the desk. "I'll be taking Kagome here to visit Inu Yasha in room 418." Sarah nodded and went back to her paperwork. On the way to the room, Kagome asked, "How did you know I wanted to go to Inu Yasha's room?" Miroku said, "Well, I remember you saying that you were going to come back and visit him." She nodded and they walked in silence until they got to the room. Kagome said, "Thank you Miroku, now if you don't mind I need to talk to Inu Yasha." When Miroku didn't move, she added, "Alone." He got the drift and walked out.
He looked like he was sleeping so Kagome whispered, "Inu Yasha? Are you awake?" She noticed his ears twitch and he sat straight up, groaning with pain. Kagome rushed over and pushed him back into a laying position, as gently as she could. "Are you ok?" she asked.
"I'm fine. Um…how was school?" he asked. She inwardly laughed but told him it was fine. They stood (well she stood anyways) in awkward silence until she said, "Well, I have to ask you something."
"Yeah?"
"I got this necklace about a week ago…" she told him as she took it off and handed it to him, "and it keeps emitting this strange power or something. It even seems to glow. Do you know anything about it? I didn't know if you would, but you being a…um…a you know… I thought you might know something."
Inu Yasha just sat there, staring at the jewel. Finally he asked in a strange voice, "Where did you get this?" Kagome, confused, replied, "I bought this at a thrift store. Why?"
He looked up at her, with an excited expression, replied "Kagome, this is the Shikon no Tama!"
" A demon? Is that why you have those....doggy ears?" asked Kagome. "Wait…what happened to them?" Inu Yasha shook his head. "Well, I'm not a full demon, just half so I turn human one day of the month….but still Kagome, I don't think you realize the situation here. Other demons can sense my blood, and if they come to fight me, they might hurt you or your family." They both sat in silence until Kagome asked quietly, "Well…you would be able to protect us, right? Then I don't think it will matter." Inu Yasha sighed and started to say something, but Kagome cut him off. "Look, you're hurt in a hospital right now, so let's talk about this some other time." Miroku appeared in the door {pretend that the talk took 20 minutes!}, saying, "You guys didn't do anything I wouldn't have done, did you?" He winked at the two and added, "Although, there isn't much I wouldn't do with a pretty girl." Inu Yasha snorted and said, "Feh, I don't doubt that." Kagome looked back at him and asked, "Do you want to talk to my mom or my grandpa next?" When he shrugged, she said, "Fine, I'll bring back my Grandpa. I wouldn't tell my mom about this, because she will freak, but I bet Grandpa will be able to handle it. I'll come visit tomorrow after school. Bye." Miroku took her back to the waiting room, and he only had one (HUGE) knot on his head, from Kagome hitting him. {Hehe…we all know why ^_^}
When she got back to the waiting room, she called to her grandfather, "Grandpa, Inu Yasha wants to talk to you. He needs to tell you something important," she added so only he could hear.
In about 20 minutes, her grandpa came back. As soon as her mother left, Kagome looked over at her grandpa and asked, "So….what did he tell you?" He looked around, to make sure no one was near them, and said, "About him being a demon. I think we should keep this quiet, so you're mom doesn't know." Kagome nodded, and then thought for a couple minutes. "Wait, she doesn't know already? I mean, he has dog ears….weren't they explained to her?"
Her grandpa shook his head and said, "She was told that they were birth defects." Kagome's eyes widened in shock. "What?! She believed that? How…..how dumb is she?" Kagome exclaimed. She winced as she realized what she said. "I mean…"
"I know what you meant. But remember, her brother, before he died at that young age, had facial features that weren't normal. Besides, she won't ask anything about them, because she won't want to hurt his feelings." Kagome nodded, and pretty soon after her mother walked into the waiting room. "How long will he be in the hospital?" Kagome asked.
"For about a week or so," replied her mom and with that, the whole family trudged to the car and went home.
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Meanwhile……
Naraku held up a sliver of crystal, which oddly looked like the Shikon no Tama. I thought the Shikon no Tama was just a legend, he thought. He tested it out by swallowing it. {Pretty dumb, because…what if it was like…. poison?} He felt the power rushing through his body. He tested the new power out by shooting out a beam of light. He laughed (very wickedly) when he saw the devastation the little beam of light had made. Suddenly, he sensed more shards. {Don't ask me how…but he does} He had to get more......
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Then next day, Kagome- oblivious to the evil lurking, was trying on a new outfit before she went to visit Inu Yasha. It was for her friend Sango's party that was on Friday. She was trying on a pale lavender dress she had bought the week before. It stopped about halfway down her thigh, and she wasn't sure if she liked that. Oh well, Mom said it was alright, so I guess I can wear it. Now, what to do for jewelry….she thought to herself. Then she remembered the necklace she had bought the same day as the dress …it was a small lavender jewel on a simple silver chain. She got it out and put it on. She looked in the mirror and admired herself. Perfect…oh no!! There's a chip in the jewel!! she thought. A small sliver was missing from it. Oh well, its not that noticeable.
Later, on the way to the hospital, she realized she still had it on. "I'll just have to be careful with it," she said to herself. Something about it however, just felt….wrong. She didn't know how to explain the weird….power almost….emitting from the small jewel around her neck. Maybe Inu Yasha will know something about it, she thought to herself. She walked to the front desk and said, "Hi, I'm here to visit the person in room….um…. its four hundred and something...uh…" She couldn't believe she'd forgotten his room number. The nurse behind the desk sighed impatiently, and Kagome felt her face reddening. "Uh…" she stammered, when she felt someone touch her butt. She gasped and slapped the hand away. She looked up into the smiling face of Miroku. She looked at him, with her eyes narrowed and her mouth open.
"Hello, Sarah," Miroku said, addressing the nurse behind the desk. "I'll be taking Kagome here to visit Inu Yasha in room 418." Sarah nodded and went back to her paperwork. On the way to the room, Kagome asked, "How did you know I wanted to go to Inu Yasha's room?" Miroku said, "Well, I remember you saying that you were going to come back and visit him." She nodded and they walked in silence until they got to the room. Kagome said, "Thank you Miroku, now if you don't mind I need to talk to Inu Yasha." When Miroku didn't move, she added, "Alone." He got the drift and walked out.
He looked like he was sleeping so Kagome whispered, "Inu Yasha? Are you awake?" She noticed his ears twitch and he sat straight up, groaning with pain. Kagome rushed over and pushed him back into a laying position, as gently as she could. "Are you ok?" she asked.
"I'm fine. Um…how was school?" he asked. She inwardly laughed but told him it was fine. They stood (well she stood anyways) in awkward silence until she said, "Well, I have to ask you something."
"Yeah?"
"I got this necklace about a week ago…" she told him as she took it off and handed it to him, "and it keeps emitting this strange power or something. It even seems to glow. Do you know anything about it? I didn't know if you would, but you being a…um…a you know… I thought you might know something."
Inu Yasha just sat there, staring at the jewel. Finally he asked in a strange voice, "Where did you get this?" Kagome, confused, replied, "I bought this at a thrift store. Why?"
He looked up at her, with an excited expression, replied "Kagome, this is the Shikon no Tama!"
