HEHE!!! THIS IS CHAPTER 3!!!
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Well once again I would just like to once again inform you that I don't own Inuyasha or any other o' them dudes!
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I want you to know that I still want reviews!!!
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HEHE lalala
ok well I didn't have much trouble with the last chapter so I hope it was as good as the first
(I don't know because I haven't gotten any reviews yet)(by "yet" I mean before I wrote this)
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Well once again...
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Lets Get On With The Show!!!
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Chapter 3: Thank You
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Kagome was lying on her back, staring up at the celine, tears welling in her eyes. When she felt she was about to
start crying she rolled on to her stomache and burried her face in her pillow. She just let herself cry silently into the
pillow.
~~~~
Inuyasha woke up, slightly startled by something, he cursed his sensitive ears, but then he heard what he took to be
a slight whimper, once again the smell of tears reached his nose. 'Kagome,' was the first thing that came to his mind.
He looked over to where she was sleeping, she was on her stomache, and, most definatly, crying.
~~~~
Kagome continued to cry, until she felt a strong, yet, comforting hand on her back. She rolled her head and found
herself looking into two golden pools, shining in the moon light in a sea of dark black. Her eyes ajusted and proved
what she had already known, it was Inuyasha.
'I guess he heard me,'she thought to herself. She was glad.
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"Hey," he said in a clam whisper."Are you ok?"
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"Yeah," she said,"I was just thinking...its stupid, really, I'm sorry I woke you up."
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He smiled, though, she couldn't see it in the dark. Her voice sounded sweet to him, like hunny. This time however, he
didn't deniy it. He savored her sound in his ears.
"Don't worry about it, I don't mind. You sure you're ok?" he asked.
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"Yeah, I am fine, really."she said trying to convince herself as much as him.
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"Do you wanna go for a walk?" he tried not to sound too hopefull, he didn't want her to feel obligated, or know that
he really wanted her to say "yes".
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"Uh- sure," she said, taking a little by suprise, this wasn't a usual Inuyasha action.
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He extended his hand to her, when she took it he was suprised to see how well it fit, like a perfect match. He
wondered if she realized this as well. He wondered when he would stop being so confused. At that moment,
he felt like he had a million voices in his head all going at once.
One said;"Inuyahsa! Take her in your arms! hold her! kiss her! tell her how you feel!"
Another said;"You IDIOT! What the hell do you think you are doing!"
Another still said;"Kikyo, Kikyo, Kikyo! What are you doing!!!Have you forgotten about KIKYO!?!"
And one more said;"Shut up, shut up, shut up!!! Kikyo DIED! She is GONE!... Isn't Kagome lovly?"
'Yes she is,' he thought to himself.
~~~
Kagome was suprised when Inuyasha didn't release her hand when she stood up, instead he held onto it like it
was a part of him, but then she realized, it wasn't just that, he was like he was a part of her too. All through their
clasped hands. She was nervous, but calm and sereen at the same time. She tried to understand Inuyasha, but
sometimes, she just couldn't. If he just let her in a little more, if he would just talk to her. 'He has such beautiful
eyes...WAIT A MINUTE! WHOA! WERE DID THAT COME FROM? Calm down Kagome,' she told her-
self. But she had to admit it, you could drown in those amber pools.
~~~
They walked along silently still hand in hand, neither wanting to let go, neither wanting to break the silence for fear
that it would cause their hands to release... The night was beautiful, and peaceful, the sound of crikets could be heard
in the distance, the full moon above.
~~~
A smile crept apon Kagome's face that she couldn't keep hidden. She looked at Inuyasha, who was standing next to
her, he was staring at her from the corner of his eye. She stopped walking, and whispered into his ear "Thankyou."
~~~
Every hair on Inuyasha's back stood on end when she whispered into his ear. It wasn't so much what she said, but
the way she said it, the way he felt her breath on his face. He realized that right then he would have liked nothing
more than to kiss her, but he resisted. 'No,' he thought,'Not now. Not when she is so upset.' He suprised himself
with his consiteration to her.
~~~
Her face was slightly blushed, 'God,' she thought,' The way I am carrying on about this I might have well kissed him!'
The new thought made her blush even more.
She felt Inuyasha tence up a moment or too after she spoke. 'Oh God!' she thought,'I made him uncomfortable!'
~~~
They were being followed. Inuyasha could tell, and probably for a while now. The scent was fermilier, 'DAMN!,'
he thought' Of all times for HER to show up!'
~~~
Yes, it was Kikyo. Though, this time, she had a different agenda, she had no intension of interupting, but she had no
choice, she had to tell him.
~~~
"Kagome," Inuyasha said somewhat haistily and still looking forward, "I don't want to alarm you, but, we are being followed..."He hesitated,"Its Kikyo."
~~~
Kagome didn't know what to do, or what to think, but she figured it would end in her leaving them to "talk".
"Ok," she said in a meak voice, "I will just go..." she started to turn around when Inuyasha gripped her hand.
~~~
"No," he said, still not looking at her,"Don't go."
He didn't see Kagome's face when she heard his words, the tears that were welling up when he mentioned Kikyo
drifted out, but she was happy, and all warm inside, He wanted her to STAY!
~~~
Well by now they had stopped walking and were waiting for Kikyo to appear, Inuyasha still held fast onto Kagome's
hand, he wasn't going to let Kikyo stop him from being happy. He was just starting to realize how he always felt so...
wonderful when around her, so free, and happy... Not so with Kikyo.
~~~
"Inuyasha," a somber voice said. They were waiting for her,"What do you want, Kikyo?" Inuyasha asked in a stern
voice.
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"Just... to tell you... Kagome," she said seeing her as Inuyasha pushed her slightly behind himself, still holding her hand.
"Don't worry, Kagome... I am not here to cause trouble..." she walked forward towards Kagome, and smiled, a sad
smile. "You, you have given my...or rather, our, soul a better home than I ever could. I have proven myself
underserving... I realize,"she continued," That your death would mean the restoration of my life, but even so,
if the soul was returned to me because of, well, your murder, it would be tainted with hate, acctually, because of
my past actions, it would be tainted anyways, and, I would not be back to my old self, for that person
is gone forever..." she looked at Kagome, "Am I frightening you?" she asked.
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"I-I- am... just a, a little suprised is all,"she replied, her statement bearly covering how she really felt inside.
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"Well, not to worry," Kikyo began again,"I no longer wish to be alive again, my time in this world ended
50 years ago, I was not ment to come back, but sence i have, I feel it still a part of my responcability to
watch over the Shikon Jewl... and when I am no longer needed for it, I will depart from this world,
hopefully for good. I, in this current state, am mearly a ghost in solid form, I cannot partake in life as
you or Inuyasha could, I am mearly, a ghost." She smiled and turned her face away. "I am glad, Inuyasha,
that you have already decided to let go of me, it makes things all the more easier for me to say what I must
say..." she started again, "Inuyasha, if I had really loved you, I would have wanted your happieness, no
matter what, and I know that your happieness does not lye with me, I considered you my last link to the
living world and used your heart selfishly for my own gain... But, you, you are not innocent yourself, you too used
me... You used me as a link to your life before my arrow, you thought that you were supposed to love me...
I suggest you stop listening to your head for matters of the heart, Inuyasha, your head will desive you, while
your heart will tell you your deepest desire... This same realization brought me to understand everything
I have just told you... I am finally at peace."
~~~
Inuyasha, who had stood there dumbfounded this entire time, now had no idea as to what to say...
"What- what do you want me to say? Kikyo?"
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"Nothing," she replied," I just needed you to know, I didn't want you to have to worry about me anymore, you
know, disrupting this new live you have aquired with the help of this girl," she smirked,"she has accomplished
what I could not." and with that she turned and left, no telling what, exactly, Kagome had done.
~~~
Inuyasha was still clamped to Kagome's hand, and she was holding on too. They were stunned at what had just
happened, Kikyo had disappeared as quickly as she had appeared. She left them dumbfounded with nothing
they could think to say.
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The only link they still had was through their hands, neither of them showed any signs of wanting to let go...
They stood in the same possition for a few moments, absorbing what had just happened.
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"Inuyasha,"Kagome said meakly,"Maybe we should head back..."
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Kagome's voice shock Inuyasha back to reality,"Yeah," he said."Yeah, it is late, you need to sleep."
He smiled at her, not a big smile, but a warm and comforting one. It put Kagome at ease.
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"Ok," she said,"lets go."
~
They walked back in silence and went right to sleep... It was too late to discuss what had happened, but knowing
that they had gone through it together, put them at ease.
They slept peacefuly through the night, Kagome's tears did not return.
~
When Kagome woke the sun was shinning, she had slept quite late, unlike Inuyasha, who didn't need the sleep.
Not wanting to inform the others about the events that took place after they went to sleep, Inuyasha blamed
Kagome's over sleeping on the fact that she had been so upset the day before, they excepted this without
argument. Until, that is, they saw Kagome awake with a slight smile, there minds began sworming with silent
questions.
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"Kagome," Sango asked," What exactly were you so upset about yesterday? I mean, you look a lot better,
do you want to talk about it now?"
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"Oh, that..." Kagome said looking down.
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'Great.' Inuyasha thought sarcastically,'Sango has gone and reminded her of it, Kagome better not get upset!'
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"Its stupid really,"She went on to tell them what she had told Inuyasha the day before.
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"Oh," Sango said understandingly after Kagome finished her story, leaving out the part where she cried in Inuyasha's
arms.
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"Poor Kagome!" Shippo said comfortingly." Maybe he will go away!"
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Kagome laughed,"No, I don't think so Shippo, but thanks!"
~
*I wonder why Kagome seems so much more livly today* Miroku whispered to Sango.
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*I don't know... uh- best talk about this later...* she replied, noticing that Inuyasha was staring at them, it made her
realize that he probably could hear everything they were saying...
~
Just then Kaede brust in, slightly out of breath,"Oh, Thank the hevans!" she said,"Kagome! you are here!"
~
"Kaede!" Kagome said, concerned,"What is it? Whats wrong?"
~
"It is the child I have been tending to, the poor dear is on the verge of death!" she said slightly shaken.
"And I belive," She continued,"That you, with your modern medicine, are the only one who could save the small
ones life!"
~
"Kaede! I am so sorry! But I, I was so upset yesterday, I left without the medical supplies!"She said cursing herself
on the inside.
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"Kagome! You must go and get it," then she added somlemly," Without that medicine, she WILL die."
~
Kagome bit her lip, she knew she had no choice, but that would mean facing her family, her mother, and her step
father...
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Well that was chapter 3!
Tune in next time to see what Kagome will do!!!
Will she say "FORGET THE LITTLE BRAT! I AM NOT GOING BACK!!!"
Or will she brave her fears and go for the medicine? (ok we all know answer to that)
But the question is... will she go alone???
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HEE HEE
See ya chapter 4
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Ps. I will regard the reviews when the story is over... sorry about the inconviniance...
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Tootles!!!
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Well once again I would just like to once again inform you that I don't own Inuyasha or any other o' them dudes!
~
I want you to know that I still want reviews!!!
~
HEHE lalala
ok well I didn't have much trouble with the last chapter so I hope it was as good as the first
(I don't know because I haven't gotten any reviews yet)(by "yet" I mean before I wrote this)
~
~
~
Well once again...
~
Lets Get On With The Show!!!
_______________________________________________
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Chapter 3: Thank You
~
Kagome was lying on her back, staring up at the celine, tears welling in her eyes. When she felt she was about to
start crying she rolled on to her stomache and burried her face in her pillow. She just let herself cry silently into the
pillow.
~~~~
Inuyasha woke up, slightly startled by something, he cursed his sensitive ears, but then he heard what he took to be
a slight whimper, once again the smell of tears reached his nose. 'Kagome,' was the first thing that came to his mind.
He looked over to where she was sleeping, she was on her stomache, and, most definatly, crying.
~~~~
Kagome continued to cry, until she felt a strong, yet, comforting hand on her back. She rolled her head and found
herself looking into two golden pools, shining in the moon light in a sea of dark black. Her eyes ajusted and proved
what she had already known, it was Inuyasha.
'I guess he heard me,'she thought to herself. She was glad.
~
"Hey," he said in a clam whisper."Are you ok?"
~
"Yeah," she said,"I was just thinking...its stupid, really, I'm sorry I woke you up."
~
He smiled, though, she couldn't see it in the dark. Her voice sounded sweet to him, like hunny. This time however, he
didn't deniy it. He savored her sound in his ears.
"Don't worry about it, I don't mind. You sure you're ok?" he asked.
~
"Yeah, I am fine, really."she said trying to convince herself as much as him.
~
"Do you wanna go for a walk?" he tried not to sound too hopefull, he didn't want her to feel obligated, or know that
he really wanted her to say "yes".
~
"Uh- sure," she said, taking a little by suprise, this wasn't a usual Inuyasha action.
~
He extended his hand to her, when she took it he was suprised to see how well it fit, like a perfect match. He
wondered if she realized this as well. He wondered when he would stop being so confused. At that moment,
he felt like he had a million voices in his head all going at once.
One said;"Inuyahsa! Take her in your arms! hold her! kiss her! tell her how you feel!"
Another said;"You IDIOT! What the hell do you think you are doing!"
Another still said;"Kikyo, Kikyo, Kikyo! What are you doing!!!Have you forgotten about KIKYO!?!"
And one more said;"Shut up, shut up, shut up!!! Kikyo DIED! She is GONE!... Isn't Kagome lovly?"
'Yes she is,' he thought to himself.
~~~
Kagome was suprised when Inuyasha didn't release her hand when she stood up, instead he held onto it like it
was a part of him, but then she realized, it wasn't just that, he was like he was a part of her too. All through their
clasped hands. She was nervous, but calm and sereen at the same time. She tried to understand Inuyasha, but
sometimes, she just couldn't. If he just let her in a little more, if he would just talk to her. 'He has such beautiful
eyes...WAIT A MINUTE! WHOA! WERE DID THAT COME FROM? Calm down Kagome,' she told her-
self. But she had to admit it, you could drown in those amber pools.
~~~
They walked along silently still hand in hand, neither wanting to let go, neither wanting to break the silence for fear
that it would cause their hands to release... The night was beautiful, and peaceful, the sound of crikets could be heard
in the distance, the full moon above.
~~~
A smile crept apon Kagome's face that she couldn't keep hidden. She looked at Inuyasha, who was standing next to
her, he was staring at her from the corner of his eye. She stopped walking, and whispered into his ear "Thankyou."
~~~
Every hair on Inuyasha's back stood on end when she whispered into his ear. It wasn't so much what she said, but
the way she said it, the way he felt her breath on his face. He realized that right then he would have liked nothing
more than to kiss her, but he resisted. 'No,' he thought,'Not now. Not when she is so upset.' He suprised himself
with his consiteration to her.
~~~
Her face was slightly blushed, 'God,' she thought,' The way I am carrying on about this I might have well kissed him!'
The new thought made her blush even more.
She felt Inuyasha tence up a moment or too after she spoke. 'Oh God!' she thought,'I made him uncomfortable!'
~~~
They were being followed. Inuyasha could tell, and probably for a while now. The scent was fermilier, 'DAMN!,'
he thought' Of all times for HER to show up!'
~~~
Yes, it was Kikyo. Though, this time, she had a different agenda, she had no intension of interupting, but she had no
choice, she had to tell him.
~~~
"Kagome," Inuyasha said somewhat haistily and still looking forward, "I don't want to alarm you, but, we are being followed..."He hesitated,"Its Kikyo."
~~~
Kagome didn't know what to do, or what to think, but she figured it would end in her leaving them to "talk".
"Ok," she said in a meak voice, "I will just go..." she started to turn around when Inuyasha gripped her hand.
~~~
"No," he said, still not looking at her,"Don't go."
He didn't see Kagome's face when she heard his words, the tears that were welling up when he mentioned Kikyo
drifted out, but she was happy, and all warm inside, He wanted her to STAY!
~~~
Well by now they had stopped walking and were waiting for Kikyo to appear, Inuyasha still held fast onto Kagome's
hand, he wasn't going to let Kikyo stop him from being happy. He was just starting to realize how he always felt so...
wonderful when around her, so free, and happy... Not so with Kikyo.
~~~
"Inuyasha," a somber voice said. They were waiting for her,"What do you want, Kikyo?" Inuyasha asked in a stern
voice.
~
"Just... to tell you... Kagome," she said seeing her as Inuyasha pushed her slightly behind himself, still holding her hand.
"Don't worry, Kagome... I am not here to cause trouble..." she walked forward towards Kagome, and smiled, a sad
smile. "You, you have given my...or rather, our, soul a better home than I ever could. I have proven myself
underserving... I realize,"she continued," That your death would mean the restoration of my life, but even so,
if the soul was returned to me because of, well, your murder, it would be tainted with hate, acctually, because of
my past actions, it would be tainted anyways, and, I would not be back to my old self, for that person
is gone forever..." she looked at Kagome, "Am I frightening you?" she asked.
~
"I-I- am... just a, a little suprised is all,"she replied, her statement bearly covering how she really felt inside.
~
"Well, not to worry," Kikyo began again,"I no longer wish to be alive again, my time in this world ended
50 years ago, I was not ment to come back, but sence i have, I feel it still a part of my responcability to
watch over the Shikon Jewl... and when I am no longer needed for it, I will depart from this world,
hopefully for good. I, in this current state, am mearly a ghost in solid form, I cannot partake in life as
you or Inuyasha could, I am mearly, a ghost." She smiled and turned her face away. "I am glad, Inuyasha,
that you have already decided to let go of me, it makes things all the more easier for me to say what I must
say..." she started again, "Inuyasha, if I had really loved you, I would have wanted your happieness, no
matter what, and I know that your happieness does not lye with me, I considered you my last link to the
living world and used your heart selfishly for my own gain... But, you, you are not innocent yourself, you too used
me... You used me as a link to your life before my arrow, you thought that you were supposed to love me...
I suggest you stop listening to your head for matters of the heart, Inuyasha, your head will desive you, while
your heart will tell you your deepest desire... This same realization brought me to understand everything
I have just told you... I am finally at peace."
~~~
Inuyasha, who had stood there dumbfounded this entire time, now had no idea as to what to say...
"What- what do you want me to say? Kikyo?"
~
"Nothing," she replied," I just needed you to know, I didn't want you to have to worry about me anymore, you
know, disrupting this new live you have aquired with the help of this girl," she smirked,"she has accomplished
what I could not." and with that she turned and left, no telling what, exactly, Kagome had done.
~~~
Inuyasha was still clamped to Kagome's hand, and she was holding on too. They were stunned at what had just
happened, Kikyo had disappeared as quickly as she had appeared. She left them dumbfounded with nothing
they could think to say.
~
The only link they still had was through their hands, neither of them showed any signs of wanting to let go...
They stood in the same possition for a few moments, absorbing what had just happened.
~
"Inuyasha,"Kagome said meakly,"Maybe we should head back..."
~
Kagome's voice shock Inuyasha back to reality,"Yeah," he said."Yeah, it is late, you need to sleep."
He smiled at her, not a big smile, but a warm and comforting one. It put Kagome at ease.
~
"Ok," she said,"lets go."
~
They walked back in silence and went right to sleep... It was too late to discuss what had happened, but knowing
that they had gone through it together, put them at ease.
They slept peacefuly through the night, Kagome's tears did not return.
~
When Kagome woke the sun was shinning, she had slept quite late, unlike Inuyasha, who didn't need the sleep.
Not wanting to inform the others about the events that took place after they went to sleep, Inuyasha blamed
Kagome's over sleeping on the fact that she had been so upset the day before, they excepted this without
argument. Until, that is, they saw Kagome awake with a slight smile, there minds began sworming with silent
questions.
~
"Kagome," Sango asked," What exactly were you so upset about yesterday? I mean, you look a lot better,
do you want to talk about it now?"
~
"Oh, that..." Kagome said looking down.
~
'Great.' Inuyasha thought sarcastically,'Sango has gone and reminded her of it, Kagome better not get upset!'
~
"Its stupid really,"She went on to tell them what she had told Inuyasha the day before.
~
"Oh," Sango said understandingly after Kagome finished her story, leaving out the part where she cried in Inuyasha's
arms.
~
"Poor Kagome!" Shippo said comfortingly." Maybe he will go away!"
~
Kagome laughed,"No, I don't think so Shippo, but thanks!"
~
*I wonder why Kagome seems so much more livly today* Miroku whispered to Sango.
~
*I don't know... uh- best talk about this later...* she replied, noticing that Inuyasha was staring at them, it made her
realize that he probably could hear everything they were saying...
~
Just then Kaede brust in, slightly out of breath,"Oh, Thank the hevans!" she said,"Kagome! you are here!"
~
"Kaede!" Kagome said, concerned,"What is it? Whats wrong?"
~
"It is the child I have been tending to, the poor dear is on the verge of death!" she said slightly shaken.
"And I belive," She continued,"That you, with your modern medicine, are the only one who could save the small
ones life!"
~
"Kaede! I am so sorry! But I, I was so upset yesterday, I left without the medical supplies!"She said cursing herself
on the inside.
~
"Kagome! You must go and get it," then she added somlemly," Without that medicine, she WILL die."
~
Kagome bit her lip, she knew she had no choice, but that would mean facing her family, her mother, and her step
father...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~
~
Well that was chapter 3!
Tune in next time to see what Kagome will do!!!
Will she say "FORGET THE LITTLE BRAT! I AM NOT GOING BACK!!!"
Or will she brave her fears and go for the medicine? (ok we all know answer to that)
But the question is... will she go alone???
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~
~
HEE HEE
See ya chapter 4
~
~
Ps. I will regard the reviews when the story is over... sorry about the inconviniance...
~~
~~
~~
Tootles!!!