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Inuyasha Fanfic To Lose the One I Love
By: Chiruken
Chapter 6
"Wait! It isn't like that!" When he ignored her she scowled and planted her fists on her hands. "Inuyasha…" She watched as he stiffened at the tone of voice she was using. He glanced over his shoulder, golden eyes silently pleading as his ears flattened against his head in anticipation of perceived pain. "Sit." She turned away, ignoring the unflattering grumbling issuing from his direction. "When you're ready to listen, I'll be at camp making breakfast." With that she strode away.
As she slowly made her way back towards the camp and her waiting friends Kagome thought on the recent turn of events. If Sesshoumaru really hated Inuyasha he could've finished him off long ago…not that I'd ever say that to Inuyasha! Sighing, she bent to retrieve her dropped bag and bow, patting the quiver she still carried to make sure she hadn't lost her arrows. He's way too sensitive about his brother for his own good. Really…he can't be all that bad. After all, he did tell us how to help Inuyasha fight his youkai blood with Tetsusaiga…right?
"Kagome-chan! Thank goodness you're all right!" She looked up at Sango's relieved exclamation. "When Inuyasha took off I thought for sure something terrible had happened."
"Hmmm…where is Inuyasha?" Miroku peered down the path behind her.
"Well…" She hedged, setting her bag down and kneeling beside it to rummage through her belongings for the supplies for breakfast. "He should be coming soon…"
"You 'sat' him again, didn't you?" Shippou crouched beside her. "What'd he do this time, Kagome?"
She looked up with a smile firmly in place. "I don't know what you're talking about. Inuyasha didn't do anything."
"Uh huh…sure…" The little kitsune youkai looked at her doubtfully. "Just like every other time you used the 's' word on him, right?"
"Mou…Shippou-chan…" She gave him an admonishing look. "You sound almost as if you enjoy seeing Inuyasha planted face first in the ground."
"Keh. That's 'cause he's nothin' but an annoyin' brat." The hanyou in question strode into camp looking to be in a decidedly foul mood. He reached down and grabbed the smaller youkai by the tail and lifted him to eye level to glare into his suspiciously innocent green eyes. "Beat it." He tossed Shippou aside and crouched beside Kagome in his place to scowl at her irritably. "Well? What did that bastard want?"
"Kagome-sama…who is he talking about? Who was out there?" Miroku frowned down at the girl from the future in concern.
"Ano…" She quickly finished the preliminary preparations for the meal and sat back on her heels, tapping her fingers together in a nervous gesture. "He only wanted to talk, okay? He wasn't here to cause trouble."
"Who?" Sango watched her friend anxiously, recognizing the signs of trouble brewing.
It was Inuyasha who answered for her. "Sesshoumaru. That bastard is after the Shikon no Tama now."
"What?!" The taijiya looked shocked. "Kagome-chan! Why didn't you say so before?" She quickly grabbed her Hiraikotsu and assumed an alert and ready battle stance, eyes moving over the surrounding trees anxiously.
"Wait!" She glared at the hanyou for a moment. "He only wanted to talk, all right? Just talk, nothing else. And he doesn't want the Shikon no Tama for himself. He wants it destroyed."
"And you believed him? Keh." Inuyasha snorted derisively. "I don't believe it. He's only interested in…"
"No, really…he was sincere. He doesn't want the Shikon no Tama to fall into the wrong hands either. I don't know what he's up to, but in this I don't think he's our enemy." With a soft sigh, Kagome leaned forward to check on the slowly cooking food. "He hates Naraku as much as we do…"
"Keh."
She ignored the hanyou's obvious disbelief. "I'm not saying that he's our ally, Inuyasha. I'm just saying that he has too much pride to want to rely on the Shikon no Tama for power and that he has as much reason to hate Naraku as we do. After all, he did try to trick him, right?"
"So he's gone now?" Shippou crawled forward, eyes wide with fear as he darted quick glances around their camp.
"Yeah. He got away." Inuyasha sounded disgusted with this fact. "I don't care what he said, Kagome. He can't be trusted." He folded his arms across his chest and glared at her as if defying her to contradict him.
"You're probably right." She said after a moment. "We do know that he wants Tetsusaiga for himself…but I don't think he wants the Shikon no Tama." She paused and frowned as she dished out the breakfast for her companions. "If he did…why didn't he try to take my shards?" She raised an eyebrow as she pressed her hand over the partially complete jewel hanging suspended by a chain from her neck.
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**To Be Continued…**
Definitions:
Kitsune: Fox
Youkai: Demon
Mou: Sound of frustration
-Chan: "little" or "cute"; a diminutive name suffix used to address children, female relative and close friends; also used as an endearment
Hanyou: Half human, half youkai
-Sama: Very respectful form of address; equivalent to Sir, Lady, Lord, etc.
Ano: Um…
Taijiya: Demon Exterminator
Hiraikotsu: Bone Boomerang