I know it seems like years pass between chapters, but when is there time?
This whole going-to-school thing really eats up your free time... Plus my
dad wants me to use my internet time between 5 and 8, so I don't have time
after school, even though I get home at 3:30 **sheepish smile** I know, I
know... I'm lazy... and I type slow... I ought to just send my notebook to
Sam-sama now and then and have her type it for me... She types faster than
Kenshin runs (very). But then it would still take awhile... Sam-sama lives
so far away!!!! **cries** If I had to move last year, couldn't I have moved
to somewhere with at least decent schools? Well, McKell sucked... I like
GCHS (sorry Sam-sama... I'm such a nerd... I love my Algebra class... and
English...**sheepish grin again**)
Anyway... Enough with the notes...
PS... No one caught on about the Inuyasha-Doesn't-Like-Chocolate thing...
Who feeds their dog chocolate? lol
************************************************************************
"I'm never ever speaking to you again!" yelled Anna as Inuyasha walked away with a guilty look. I guess that's what happens when you "spy" on a girl in a bath. He hadn't been spying though. He'd learned not to spy from Kagome. He'd been just as shocked as she had to find himself staring at her naked (not to mention wet) form, which, coincidently was very attractive. He hadn't wanted to see that... Well... Truth be told, he had, but not right then... And with her consent. And preferably... okay, we'll not get into that... But anyway... Anna wasn't speaking to him. And for some reason, that bothered him. Was this, perhaps, because he loved her? This had gotten easier to say considering Kagome had been gone for a long time, as had Kikyo. He hadn't said it out loud, though... Maybe if he had, Anna wouldn't have been so angry with him. He'd all but said it to her face once, by accident, but she hadn't gotten it, as far as he knew. But since she wasn't speaking with him, he wasn't speaking with her either. The two of them were so stubborn. (This author may have to call upon the wisdom of the great... Shippo!)
"Anna, where's Inuyasha?" asked Sango. Where had she come from? Anna wondered.
"How would I know? We aren't speaking." Sango looked at her strangely. "What?" asked Anna.
"Nothing."
"Come on, Sango, it's never nothing..."
"I just think it's silly. It's usually just you and Inuyasha alone. Are you just going to be quiet forever?"
"Yes."
Sango rolled her eyes and went to find Inuyasha. Miroku and Shippo came a few moments later, out of breath. "Did Sango come by here?"
"She went that way," said Anna listlessly.
"What's wrong?" asked Shippo. He was pretty smart for his age.
"Inuyasha and I aren't speaking."
"What did he do now?
"Nothing..."
"Did you do something?"
"No!"
"Then why aren't you speaking?"
Anna shrugged like a small child accused of stealing a cookie.
"Don't you know?"
"Yes.."
"But..."
"It's stupid."
"Then why aren't you speaking to him? Maybe he'd have apologized for whatever he did or explained that it was a misunderstanding if you hadn't been so quick to judge that it was worthy of such a punishment. He loves you a lot, you know."
But speaking would mean admitting she had been wrong.
***
"What's wrong with you now? asked Inuyasha, to a still silent Anna.
Anna was acting rather sluggish today. She had been silent for a few days now. She'd taken this whole not-talking thing to the next level. She refused to laugh, sigh, and even breathe loudly.
"Now what have I done to offend the almighty Annie?"
No sound.
"Will you ever talk?"
She shook her head.
"Is there something you want me to do?"
She nodded.
"Well, what is it?"
She wrote something. Inuyasha leaned over to read it. "I want to go home."
"Well, who's stopping you?"
She pointed at him.
"Right... You came with Kagome... You can't go on your own..."
She nodded again.
"I don't want to take you there."
She looked at him strangely.
"If I take you home, you won't want to come back."
She wrote again. "They must be worried."
"You think the world just stopped because you're gone? That the whole world cares?"
She really looked hurt. Inuyasha could see tears welling up in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Annie, I didn't mean it. I bet the whole world is crying now. Just for you."
She couldn't help but smile.
"I'll take you home. But we have to do something first. If you're mine, you'll have to come back."
Anna looked at him quizzically.
"You know what I mean, Annie."
She smiled. She was just making sure.
***
"How did I do, Inuyasha?" asked Anna, the next morning.
"Hey, you're talking! I was just getting used to it, too..."
"You didn't answer my question."
"Frustrating. Great, honestly, but still frustrating. I was kinda afraid something was wrong because you never made a sound... You gotta quit that being-quiet stuff..."
"That was hard... You have no idea how hard it was to keep quiet."
"Then why bother?"
"I'm too stubborn for my own good I guess. I thought I was going home today?"
"Well, could we sleep a few more hours first? I'm still tired."
"I'll wake you up later..."
************************************
"Kagome, why are you here?"
"What?"
"I did what I needed to already. I'd have thought you'd have left by now."
"I didn't know I was supposed to leave."
"Didn't you want to? I know you were not pleased with my bringing you here."
"No. I wasn't..."
"Then why are you still here?"
"Do you want me to leave?"
Sesshomaru said nothing.
"I'll take that as a yes."
"Do you really have to go?" he asked. Kagome was shocked. Did he want her to stay? And if he did, why did he not just hold her there, rather than ask what she wanted.
"Do you want me to stay?"
"If you will agree to kill the child, that would be most satisfactory."
"Kill... what?"
"The child we have created would be like my half-breed brother. I could not stand that."
"I didn't even know I was pregnant and you already want to kill my baby?"
"Yes."
"But I can't let you kill my baby! What kind of mother would I be, then?"
"So killing the child would distress you greatly?"
"Yes!"
"Then he may live. Just not here. Find him a home elsewhere."
Did Sesshomaru just relent to her pleading? Creepy...
"May I go to visit Inuyasha? I'm sure he and Anna would be able to care for him."
Truth be told, Sesshomaru could not imagine Inuyasha caring for a child, but if Kagome thought he could do it, who was he to disagree? What was he becoming? It should be the other way around. Who was she to disagree with him? "You've got awhile before the issue must be confronted. Once the child is born, do with him what you wish, just as long as he does not end up here."
************************************************************************
~*TBC*~
So, how was that?
Should the kid die?
What should I name him?
I think next chapter I'll skip ahead... I'm so anxious to write about the baby! I can't help it!
Sushi and Sake,
Jean ^_^x
Anyway... Enough with the notes...
PS... No one caught on about the Inuyasha-Doesn't-Like-Chocolate thing...
Who feeds their dog chocolate? lol
************************************************************************
"I'm never ever speaking to you again!" yelled Anna as Inuyasha walked away with a guilty look. I guess that's what happens when you "spy" on a girl in a bath. He hadn't been spying though. He'd learned not to spy from Kagome. He'd been just as shocked as she had to find himself staring at her naked (not to mention wet) form, which, coincidently was very attractive. He hadn't wanted to see that... Well... Truth be told, he had, but not right then... And with her consent. And preferably... okay, we'll not get into that... But anyway... Anna wasn't speaking to him. And for some reason, that bothered him. Was this, perhaps, because he loved her? This had gotten easier to say considering Kagome had been gone for a long time, as had Kikyo. He hadn't said it out loud, though... Maybe if he had, Anna wouldn't have been so angry with him. He'd all but said it to her face once, by accident, but she hadn't gotten it, as far as he knew. But since she wasn't speaking with him, he wasn't speaking with her either. The two of them were so stubborn. (This author may have to call upon the wisdom of the great... Shippo!)
"Anna, where's Inuyasha?" asked Sango. Where had she come from? Anna wondered.
"How would I know? We aren't speaking." Sango looked at her strangely. "What?" asked Anna.
"Nothing."
"Come on, Sango, it's never nothing..."
"I just think it's silly. It's usually just you and Inuyasha alone. Are you just going to be quiet forever?"
"Yes."
Sango rolled her eyes and went to find Inuyasha. Miroku and Shippo came a few moments later, out of breath. "Did Sango come by here?"
"She went that way," said Anna listlessly.
"What's wrong?" asked Shippo. He was pretty smart for his age.
"Inuyasha and I aren't speaking."
"What did he do now?
"Nothing..."
"Did you do something?"
"No!"
"Then why aren't you speaking?"
Anna shrugged like a small child accused of stealing a cookie.
"Don't you know?"
"Yes.."
"But..."
"It's stupid."
"Then why aren't you speaking to him? Maybe he'd have apologized for whatever he did or explained that it was a misunderstanding if you hadn't been so quick to judge that it was worthy of such a punishment. He loves you a lot, you know."
But speaking would mean admitting she had been wrong.
***
"What's wrong with you now? asked Inuyasha, to a still silent Anna.
Anna was acting rather sluggish today. She had been silent for a few days now. She'd taken this whole not-talking thing to the next level. She refused to laugh, sigh, and even breathe loudly.
"Now what have I done to offend the almighty Annie?"
No sound.
"Will you ever talk?"
She shook her head.
"Is there something you want me to do?"
She nodded.
"Well, what is it?"
She wrote something. Inuyasha leaned over to read it. "I want to go home."
"Well, who's stopping you?"
She pointed at him.
"Right... You came with Kagome... You can't go on your own..."
She nodded again.
"I don't want to take you there."
She looked at him strangely.
"If I take you home, you won't want to come back."
She wrote again. "They must be worried."
"You think the world just stopped because you're gone? That the whole world cares?"
She really looked hurt. Inuyasha could see tears welling up in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Annie, I didn't mean it. I bet the whole world is crying now. Just for you."
She couldn't help but smile.
"I'll take you home. But we have to do something first. If you're mine, you'll have to come back."
Anna looked at him quizzically.
"You know what I mean, Annie."
She smiled. She was just making sure.
***
"How did I do, Inuyasha?" asked Anna, the next morning.
"Hey, you're talking! I was just getting used to it, too..."
"You didn't answer my question."
"Frustrating. Great, honestly, but still frustrating. I was kinda afraid something was wrong because you never made a sound... You gotta quit that being-quiet stuff..."
"That was hard... You have no idea how hard it was to keep quiet."
"Then why bother?"
"I'm too stubborn for my own good I guess. I thought I was going home today?"
"Well, could we sleep a few more hours first? I'm still tired."
"I'll wake you up later..."
************************************
"Kagome, why are you here?"
"What?"
"I did what I needed to already. I'd have thought you'd have left by now."
"I didn't know I was supposed to leave."
"Didn't you want to? I know you were not pleased with my bringing you here."
"No. I wasn't..."
"Then why are you still here?"
"Do you want me to leave?"
Sesshomaru said nothing.
"I'll take that as a yes."
"Do you really have to go?" he asked. Kagome was shocked. Did he want her to stay? And if he did, why did he not just hold her there, rather than ask what she wanted.
"Do you want me to stay?"
"If you will agree to kill the child, that would be most satisfactory."
"Kill... what?"
"The child we have created would be like my half-breed brother. I could not stand that."
"I didn't even know I was pregnant and you already want to kill my baby?"
"Yes."
"But I can't let you kill my baby! What kind of mother would I be, then?"
"So killing the child would distress you greatly?"
"Yes!"
"Then he may live. Just not here. Find him a home elsewhere."
Did Sesshomaru just relent to her pleading? Creepy...
"May I go to visit Inuyasha? I'm sure he and Anna would be able to care for him."
Truth be told, Sesshomaru could not imagine Inuyasha caring for a child, but if Kagome thought he could do it, who was he to disagree? What was he becoming? It should be the other way around. Who was she to disagree with him? "You've got awhile before the issue must be confronted. Once the child is born, do with him what you wish, just as long as he does not end up here."
************************************************************************
~*TBC*~
So, how was that?
Should the kid die?
What should I name him?
I think next chapter I'll skip ahead... I'm so anxious to write about the baby! I can't help it!
Sushi and Sake,
Jean ^_^x