Well, I'm updating…AGAIN. I've written two chapters for both of my stories today…that's over 2,000 words per story. Geez, that's sad. THAT'S how I spend my days off….oh well, I like it ^_^

To Live Again

Chapter Four: Strange Happenings

Sunlight shone brightly around her as she walked through a field, the grass coming up past her ankles. A breeze blew by, shaking some strands of her dark obsidian locks free to dance across her face. She looked down into her hand to see a shining pink crystal. It appeared to beautiful…yet so deadly. She would be glad to be rid of it. Hearing a light rustling behind her, she was about to turn when a sharp pain pierced her right shoulder, knocking her to the ground with the force. The jewel that she held, yet hated so much, fell just beyond her fingertips. As she reached for it, a foot suddenly appeared and stepped on it, bringing more pain to her already abused body. As the person bent down and picked up the jewel, she finally looked up to see the perpetrators face 'no!' her mind called, as she realized who had done this to her.

"I have no intentions of becoming human," He spoke to her, his mouth drawn into a sneer as he watched her suffering. "But I will take the jewel, nonetheless."

Turning his back to her as she lay in a pool of her own blood, she screamed, "WHY HAVE YOU BETRAYED ME!"

Kagome awoke with a start, clutching her shoulder. The pain was so real, so vivid. "What was that…" she whispered, receiving no answer as the pain in her shoulder slowly subsided.

Realizing she wasn't probably wasn't going to be able to sleep anymore, she glanced at the clock. It was only seven o'clock. She didn't start work until nine, which meant she had some time to waste for once.

After a quick shower and breakfast, Kagome went to her closet to find something to wear. As she looked through her closet, she began to think about the day before. Meeting Yasha… 'What a Jerk!' She thought angrily, moving the articles of clothing out of the way as she searched for the right ensemble. 'He just shows up, starts calling me a wench, bitch and other names! What, does he think that'll make him friends?' She took a deep breath as she picked out a black skirt and threw it on to her bed, then searched for an accompanying shirt. For some reason she felt like dressing a little more…nice today. She wasn't exactly sure why. 'One thing is for sure, is sure as hell isn't for that ass!' She nodded in agreement with her inner voice and sighed out loud. Finally deciding on a red, slightly clingy sweater, she hurriedly got dressed and headed out to work…again.

*~*~*

Sango heard the bell ring above the door and looked up to greet her friend. "Good Morning, Kagome-chan!"

"Good Morning, Sango-chan." She smiled brightly back at her.

"Are you feeling a little bit better today?"

Kagome nodded and put her purse down underneath the counter. "Yes, seeing my family really did help me a lot. Thank you Sango-chan for letting me go."

"No problem…but, did Yasha go with you the whole way?" Sango asked curiously.

Kagome rolled her eyes and nodded. "I told him to go, but no- he's too pig headed to listen!"

Sango stifled a giggle and looked at her. "Well, I don't know if he'll be back or not, Mr. Maru seemed pretty upset with him yesterday."

"Really?" Kagome frowned, a little upset that Yasha would possibly not come back. 'Whoa!' She yelled at herself 'Since when did I care about him at all anyways? He's just some jerk. Good riddance if he doesn't come back!'

Sango watched as the different emotions played across her face. She wasn't blind, she saw the attraction that they had for each other, it was obvious! 'So…she's in the denial stage right now…well, it's the last step to acceptance!'

*~*~*

He was running through the forest. He had to meet some one; he knew he had to hurry so she didn't think he had changed his mind. He enjoyed the feel of the grass, the breeze blowing through his white hair. He felt so free when he ran like this, like he was in control of any thing and every thing.

A sound caught his attention and he swiveled his ears towards the sound. Stopping quickly, he was able to avoid the arrows that suddenly flew by him, threatening to injure him. Looking up to where they had come from, he was shocked to see who he did.

"Why?" He questioned but wasn't sure if it was actually said or thought.

"Shine, Inu Yasha!" The woman screamed and prepared to aim another arrow at him…

"Yasha!" Sesshou yelled at him again, trying to wake him from whatever he seemed to be dreaming.

Finally, Yasha's eyes flew open as he struggled to wake up completely. "What!"

"Get up. You're going to be late for work!" His uncle walked away gracefully to leave.

"What? I have to go back there? What the hell for?"

Sesshou turned around, glaring at him, "Need I remind you that you live here, rent free, with no charges for the things you use. You will do as I say, or get out!"

Yasha "Fehed" as Sesshou left him to get ready for the day.

*~*~*

The day had been mostly uneventful for them. Yasha had shown up to work, and after a few snide comments had passed between them, nothing more. Sango directed them to work in separate parts of the store, just in case of another outburst.

As Yasha found himself filling the shelves of the 'Science Fiction' (and remembered to put them alphabetically this time), he glanced over to where he could see Kagome sitting with at one of the small activity tables in the children's section. 'Why does she always get the easy jobs?' he thought to himself. He looked back to what he was doing, but was brought to look again at her as he heard her soft laughter, talking with the kids. It looked like they were making jewelry. 'She does look good in red…' He thought then mentally kicked himself. 'Oh no, DON'T go there! We are NOT interested in her, she is just some snotty girl, who just happens to be semi-cute, and always smells good and….' His mind went out to lunch after that, just watching her.

"She's a cutie, ne?" A voice broke thorough his musings. Jumping slightly, he turned to look at the guy he had met yesterday, Miroku.

Yasha snorted and looked back at the books, "If you like that kind of girl."

Miroku nodded in agreement, "Yes, I agree. She is very cute, and nice and friendly. But Sango's more my type. I like a more aggressive woman." He grinned lecherously and walked back towards the front of the store.

Yasha gave one more glance at Kagome, then decided to concentrate on the task at hand. 'Just don't think about her!' he told himself. As if that ever worked.

*~*~*

Kagome headed up towards the front of the store, holding the necklace she had made in her hands. She was actually quite proud of it and planned to give it to Shipp as a present. It had dark reddish-brown beads with longer red beads that resembled teeth between the rounder ones. Holding it loosely in her hands, she realized the path she was taking was going right by where Yasha was working. 'Great…just what I need!' She thought sarcastically and decided to just ignore him and walk right by.

As she was walking by, she felt a tug on her hand and when she looked, the necklace was gone. Whirling around, she faced him. He was holding the necklace in his hands, looking at her smugly.

"So, did you make this for your boyfriend or something?" He asked her sarcastically.

Crossing her arms, she glared at him. "Not that its any of your business, but no."

"Good, then you won't mind if I have it then?" He pulled it over his head and around his neck.

"Yes I DO mind, it's for my cousin! Now give it back!" She tried to reach it, but he kept moving backwards, outside her reach.

Spying a box of books on the floor directly behind him, and with her anger rising, she thought up a plan quickly. Moving quickly, she grabbed his arms and pushed as hard as she could. "Why don't you SIT DOWN!" She sneered sarcastically as he fell to the ground to land on his butt.

But something was a little different than she planned. She hadn't planned on the necklace around him to suddenly glow pink and slam his body down onto the floor, or for it to pin him there for a few moments before allowing him to get up. But, then again, life doesn't go as you plan it, does it?

'What was that?' She asked herself, actually feeling worried for the jerk who was constantly tormenting her. "Are you alright?" She asked, kneeling down by him.

He reached up to try and pull the necklace off, only to find that he couldn't budge it. "What the hell is this thing?"

"It's just a necklace…I don't know what happened!" She said, trying to help him to his feet, but he brushed her off.

"I'm not that weak you know, it doesn't even hurt." He eyed her closely. "What are you, a witch or something?"

Kagome fumed silently, "I am NOT a witch. I just so happen to major in Religious Studies. I'm studying to become a Miko."

Yasha raised an eyebrow and pointed to the necklace. "Well, take this damn thing off then wench!"

Brow furrowing, she crossed her arms, "No, I think that if you want that necklace so much, you can just KEEP IT!" She turned and began to stomp away.

"Wait, take this thing off first, wench!"

"Why don't you just SIT on it?" She yelled back at him, sending him to the floor again.

Making her way up to Sango and Miroku at the front counter, she sat down behind it, next to Sango. Anger was practically radiating off of her.

"So…what was all that, Kagome-sama?" Miroku asked, turning towards her.

She smiled weakly at her fellow classmate, "I think I just learned how to do a subduing spell, Miroku-sama!"

*~*~*

The rest of the day passed relatively quickly. After a few more "wenchs" and "sits" were issued, both sides seemed to have called a silent truce again.

"Sango-chan, we're still going out after work, right?" Kagome asked her near closing.

"Yup, I didn't forget!" She smiled cheerfully before noticing an all too familiar hand creeping down her back. Smacking it away quickly she glared at him, but realized he was smiling back.

"Oh, you two lovely ladies are going out tonight?" He asked, obviously having overheard them.

"Yes, Miroku-sama, would you like to come too?" Kagome asked quickly, ignoring the death glare she was receiving from Sango.

"Oh, I would never turn down two lovely ladies such as your selves." Miroku smiled that smile that was only his (aka lecherous). "But, shouldn't you invite some one else as well? Then it will be a double date?"

Sango glared at him, "Just who do you think you're on a date with?"

"Why you of course, Sango." He replied simply, ignoring the glare.

Sango sighed, then looked over and the smirking Kagome. Oh, she'd wipe that smirk right off her face. "Oh, Yasha!" She called over to him as he walked up mumbling about wenchs and sits.

He stopped and glared at the three of them, what could they be planning? Miroku looked giddy, Sango looked to be smiling evilly, and Kagome looked pissed. Hmm…maybe it wasn't something so bad if Kagome didn't like it. "What?"

"Would you like to go out with us tonight?" Oh, it was that bad. No wonder Kagome didn't like it.

"Hell no, why would I want to spend any more time than I have to with her." He responded, pointing at Kagome, who in turn, felt her anger grow larger.

"What, like I'm that bad?" She yelled at him, daring him to answer.

He glared back at her, and crossed his arms defiantly, "Yes!"

Before she had a chance to retort, Sango interrupted, "I'll pay for it!"

Yasha thought for a second. Eat with Sesshou the Ice King and listen to him down talk him, or eat with three whacked out space cadets. The answer was obvious.

"Alright, I'm in. When are we going?"

Alright, that's it for now! It's a little shorter than the other chapters, but I'm gonna fall asleep at my keyboard if I don't stop now. (BTW- Shine = Die in Japanese)

As always, review…or else I might cry!

Ok, I won't cry…but, I'll think about it!