Ok... I'm attempting some more Anna/Inuyasha-ness.

I just got done watching Inuyasha and I'm very upset. Inuyasha sits there and lists to himself all this evil crap that Kikyo has done including trying to kill him and still is in love with her. They say love is blind, but surely he'd see by now that he deserves better. Especially since she can't possibly love him. Honestly, though, I'd have to say it is interesting having him in love with her because we know it can't happen. It would throw us off course forever! Lol, apparently so will "denying your destiny"... that Miroku is such a letch... ("I'm sure the father of your first child could be a man of the cloth" "What about your vow of chastity?")

Anywho...

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"I still don't get it."

"It's not that difficult, Inuyasha. Let's see... If some walked up and called you a demon, that would be literal because it's true. If they called me a demon, either it's a metaphor, saying than I'm mean, or they're just stupid."

"Like when I call Kagome a bitch? I don't really think she's a dog."

"That's what I said the first time I tried to explain it." Anna gave an exasperated sigh and ran her fingers through her red hair. "Honestly, are you that dense?"

"Yes! I am!" Inuyasha shouted, angry that she had said he was stupid. "I don't want to talk to you. I'm going to take a bath."

"That's a new one." Anna said under her breath.

"Are you saying I don't bathe?"

"I'm saying you stink."

"What?!"

"I'm human. I'm not supposed to be able to smell you from over here."

"And what do I smell like?"

"At my school in America, if you walk down the hallway in which the younger kids have their classes, a foul stench will reach your nose. The younger kids have just begun puberty and haven't learned the art of wearing deodorant. That's what you smell like now."

"Kagome never told me I stink."

"I'm sure she thought it."

Inuyasha walked off in a huff, leaving Anna to contemplate all that was said. Maybe she'd gone a little overboard. He didn't really stink so badly, did he? Really, in all the times she'd been near him, it wasn't so bad. It was a strong manly scent. It was kind of comforting knowing he was near. Wait! what was she thinking? She didn't like him at all! She wished he would just dissolve into nothingness. Right?

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Inuyasha waded in the cold water. He'd abandoned his clothes a while back. He was still angry about what Anna had said. She had called him stupid and told him stunk in the same conversation. He decided he wouldn't speak to her at all until she apologized. He might not have been the brightest crayon in the box, or may not have smelled like bed of roses, but it was pretty rude to come out and say it as she did. It almost actually hurt.

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Anna had decided to go for a walk and hadn't gone very far when she found Inuyasha's clothes lying on the ground. She decided not to go any further, afraid of what she might accidentally walk in on. But still, 'His clothes really shouldn't be lying on the ground.' So she picked them up and started to hang them on a low branch of a nearby tree when she saw a piece of paper flutter down from the bundle in her arms. She hung up his clothes and bent down to pick up the paper. She saw many things she recognized from her book of Poe's poems. And these were only from the poems she'd had Inuyasha read. It was never a whole poem; just a few lines (or in the case of 'For Annie' a few stanzas) from each.

The paper read:

"Thou wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine- A green isle in the sea love, A fountain and a shrine, All wreathed in fairy fruits and Flowers And all the flowers were all mine."

"Ah, less, less bright The stars of night Than the eyes of the radiant girl."

"Thus I pacified Annie and kissed her, And tempted her out of her gloom- And conquered her scruples and gloom"

"And so it lies happily, Bathing in many A dream of the truth And the beauty of Annie- Drowned in a bath of the tresses of Annie.

She tenderly kissed me, She fondly caressed And then I fell gently To sleep on her breast- Deeply to sleep From the heaven of her breast.

When the light was extinguished, She covered me warm, And she prayed to the angels To keep me from harm- To the queen of the angels To shield me from harm

But my heart it is brighter Than all of the many Stars in the sky, For it sparkles with Annie- It glows with the light Of the love of my Annie With the thought of the light Of the love of my Annie."

"And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.

But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Annabel Lee-

But our love it was stronger by far than the Love Of those who were older than we- Of many far wiser than we- And neither the angels in Heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee-

For the moon never beams, without bringing me Dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright Eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee."

To say that Anna was shocked was an understatement. Did Inuyasha write this? She didn't even know Inuyasha could write. If it really was him that wrote it, why did he do it? He never mentioned liking the poems to her.

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Kagome finished her explanation of why Sesshoumaru needed a mate to Rin, and what a mate was to do... Needless to say, Rin thought it was all very "yucky." So she went for a second opinion.

"Sesshoumaru-sama?"

"Yes, Rin?"

"I want to ask you something."

"Alright."

"Well, Kagome told me..." and she went on to explain to Sesshoumaru what Kagome had told her, "...And that's what she said."

"Was there something you didn't understand?"

"You mean you really DO that?!"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"You'll understand someday."

Rin couldn't believe there were actually people that would do such a thing. Especially her Sesshoumaru-sama! Whoever came up with that must have either been really sick or really bored. She wished she hadn't asked.

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~*TBC*~

Ok, I'm done... For now...

Ok, so the poems...

All were by Edgar Allen Poe.

Here are the poems and what part of the poem its from in order.

1) To One in Paradise, Stanza 1

2) Eulalie, Stanza 2, Lines 6-8

3) Ulalume-A Ballad, Stanza 8, Lines 72-74

4) For Annie, Stanzas 11-13 and 15, Lines 67-84 and 95-102

5)Annabel Lee, Stanza 1, Lines 5-6
Stanza 2, Lines 9-10
Stanza 5, Lines 27-33
Stanza 6, Lines 34-37

Ok, I love ya, buh-bye!

Jean ^_^