Before I get into the actual chapter, I have some things to say to Reviewers (who are depressingly small in number *cries*)
Red Dragon: Well, I updated. Happyful? Thanx for reviewing! Blessed Be.
Aile Anna: Well, I'm updating. I'll go back and change things later, but right now I want to get the stuff posted. Sorry I haven't been online much recently, but I have been very busy, because my parents are pushing me into Superbabysitting Mode. Which is fatal, I might add. I am currently a zombie. *undead groan* Thanx for reviewing! Blessed Be.
Dark-Kagome: Yay for darkness! ahem. As tempting as it is to leave everyone hanging, I will continue. Thanx for reviewing TWICE! Blessed Be.
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Disclaimer: *still drugged* don't...own...Inuyasha...sad, really... *cries*
This section is not intense...but the next will be. This one's angst filled. Don't worry, there will be fighting later on
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Inuyasha sat on a large treebranch brooding.
::WHY did Kagome leave like that? Doesn't she understand that I can't accept . . . this . . . until I resolve the thing with Kikyou? It wouldn't be fair to her!::
The truth was, over the past few months of his journeying with Kagome, he had found himself falling in love with her. It had only been very recently that he had admitted it to himself, but he still couldn't tell her.
And Kikyou had tried to kill her . . . that was the last straw. What was he going to do? He couldn't let the one who he loved die at the hands of the one who he had loved. But for some reason, he just kept putting his relationship with Kagome off. Kikyou was still out there, and he wasn't sure what he was feeling. He was lost and confused.
Below him, Miroku stood up, stretching. Kirara was still curled up next to Sango's unconcious, bandaged form. Fortunately, it was the strong medicines that caused her to be asleep, not the severity of her injuries. She still smelled a bit odd, but then again, what human didn't? Other than Kagome, that was. Sango's wounds were debilitating, but not serious or lasting, and she would be awake that very day, and on her feet again in a few more days.
"Inuyasha," said the monk from below. "I will go and find Kagome. If you will stay here, I will - what? Do you sense something?"
Inuyasha had lept from the treebranch with one smooth, fluid motion that seemed like liquid steel dripping smoothly to the ground. His ears were perked and alert, and he was shaking with a roar of emotions. Fear, anger, anxiety, agitation. He knew that smell anywhere. And it was recent.
"Sesshoumaru is somewhere nearby," Inuyasha said, in a voice much more calm than he sounded. "Or he was very recently."
"Where?" Inquired Miroku, holding his staff ready. Inuyasha sniffed the air again, and pointed North. The same direction that Kagome had gone.
Inuyasha was already bounding from treelimb to treelimb, though his keen ears did hear Miroku command Kirara and Shippou to stay with Sango and to protect her.
::Kagome . . . oh gods, I'm so sorry Kagome!::
Inuyasha's heart was thudding so loudly in his chest that he seemed to be unable to hear anything else, but he managed to concentrate enough to pick up Kagome's recent scent, he followed her trail. In the meantime, his cursed thoughts continued to swirl and scream from within his skull, he wanted to curl up and die. But he was too hot with the rush of . . . worry? Rage? A little of both? The fact was, he didn't know exactly what he was feeling, but he knew that he had to find Kagome. Though his attention was on what was in front of him, he heard Miruku racing through the woods a distance behind him, going as fast as his weak human legs could carry him.
Where Kagome's trail ended, Inuyasha landed with a thud on the ivy-covered ground, the blood pounding in his ears and making him dizzy, but he ignored it, sniffing the ground. Kagome had been there, and recently. It hadn't been an hour yet. And Sesshoumaru had been there at almost exactly the same time. Both of their scents did not go off in a distinguishable direction, but Inuyasha was sure that his vile half-brother had flown her away. There was no smell of blood, which was a good sign. But Inuyasha could not help but wonder and worry about why Sesshoumaru had taken her. And what his plans for her, and for Inuyasha were.
A/N: No, this is not a full chapter, I'm doing these in short increments, to keep people waiting for shorter amounts of time. Again, I apologize for the delay. And yes, the next chapter will be disturbing. Not too bad in my opinion, I'm just being overly cautious, but I don't want to be flamed because someone thinks that I didn't warn them. Blessed Be to all.
Red Dragon: Well, I updated. Happyful? Thanx for reviewing! Blessed Be.
Aile Anna: Well, I'm updating. I'll go back and change things later, but right now I want to get the stuff posted. Sorry I haven't been online much recently, but I have been very busy, because my parents are pushing me into Superbabysitting Mode. Which is fatal, I might add. I am currently a zombie. *undead groan* Thanx for reviewing! Blessed Be.
Dark-Kagome: Yay for darkness! ahem. As tempting as it is to leave everyone hanging, I will continue. Thanx for reviewing TWICE! Blessed Be.
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Disclaimer: *still drugged* don't...own...Inuyasha...sad, really... *cries*
This section is not intense...but the next will be. This one's angst filled. Don't worry, there will be fighting later on
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Inuyasha sat on a large treebranch brooding.
::WHY did Kagome leave like that? Doesn't she understand that I can't accept . . . this . . . until I resolve the thing with Kikyou? It wouldn't be fair to her!::
The truth was, over the past few months of his journeying with Kagome, he had found himself falling in love with her. It had only been very recently that he had admitted it to himself, but he still couldn't tell her.
And Kikyou had tried to kill her . . . that was the last straw. What was he going to do? He couldn't let the one who he loved die at the hands of the one who he had loved. But for some reason, he just kept putting his relationship with Kagome off. Kikyou was still out there, and he wasn't sure what he was feeling. He was lost and confused.
Below him, Miroku stood up, stretching. Kirara was still curled up next to Sango's unconcious, bandaged form. Fortunately, it was the strong medicines that caused her to be asleep, not the severity of her injuries. She still smelled a bit odd, but then again, what human didn't? Other than Kagome, that was. Sango's wounds were debilitating, but not serious or lasting, and she would be awake that very day, and on her feet again in a few more days.
"Inuyasha," said the monk from below. "I will go and find Kagome. If you will stay here, I will - what? Do you sense something?"
Inuyasha had lept from the treebranch with one smooth, fluid motion that seemed like liquid steel dripping smoothly to the ground. His ears were perked and alert, and he was shaking with a roar of emotions. Fear, anger, anxiety, agitation. He knew that smell anywhere. And it was recent.
"Sesshoumaru is somewhere nearby," Inuyasha said, in a voice much more calm than he sounded. "Or he was very recently."
"Where?" Inquired Miroku, holding his staff ready. Inuyasha sniffed the air again, and pointed North. The same direction that Kagome had gone.
Inuyasha was already bounding from treelimb to treelimb, though his keen ears did hear Miroku command Kirara and Shippou to stay with Sango and to protect her.
::Kagome . . . oh gods, I'm so sorry Kagome!::
Inuyasha's heart was thudding so loudly in his chest that he seemed to be unable to hear anything else, but he managed to concentrate enough to pick up Kagome's recent scent, he followed her trail. In the meantime, his cursed thoughts continued to swirl and scream from within his skull, he wanted to curl up and die. But he was too hot with the rush of . . . worry? Rage? A little of both? The fact was, he didn't know exactly what he was feeling, but he knew that he had to find Kagome. Though his attention was on what was in front of him, he heard Miruku racing through the woods a distance behind him, going as fast as his weak human legs could carry him.
Where Kagome's trail ended, Inuyasha landed with a thud on the ivy-covered ground, the blood pounding in his ears and making him dizzy, but he ignored it, sniffing the ground. Kagome had been there, and recently. It hadn't been an hour yet. And Sesshoumaru had been there at almost exactly the same time. Both of their scents did not go off in a distinguishable direction, but Inuyasha was sure that his vile half-brother had flown her away. There was no smell of blood, which was a good sign. But Inuyasha could not help but wonder and worry about why Sesshoumaru had taken her. And what his plans for her, and for Inuyasha were.
A/N: No, this is not a full chapter, I'm doing these in short increments, to keep people waiting for shorter amounts of time. Again, I apologize for the delay. And yes, the next chapter will be disturbing. Not too bad in my opinion, I'm just being overly cautious, but I don't want to be flamed because someone thinks that I didn't warn them. Blessed Be to all.
