~Disclaimer...I don't own InuYasha. But I almost did... (grin)
(Just as the sun began to peek over the horizon Nika and Fluffy dragged themselves into the house. Nika plopped down on the couch and Fluffy curled up in an over stuffed chair.)
Nika: "(pant)...I'm gonna...(heave)...kill you...(deep breath)...Fluffy..."
Fluffy: "But it wasn't my fault..."
Nika: (anger giving her a bit of her energy back) "The hell it wasn't!"
(Fluffy tucks his head into his tail and falls into unconsciousness)
Nika: (sitting up) "Well, I guess I should tell you what happened. First, I wanted to go see the new movie, but Fluffy recked the theater when he accidently wandered into the wrong movie. It was Barney! Then, we went to the new club that just opened, but Fluffy freaked out when a strobe light hit him in the eyes! Um...it's not so new anymore... Then on the way to that new resturant, don't worry we didn't make it, we ran into his brother! Well, they got into a little...uh...altercation. Kagome, who was with him, sat InuYasha until he cracked the pavement and I shocked Fluffy into oblivion. Then we had to drag the unconscious brothers off the street into the nearest shop. Unfortunately, it was an S&M shop! And they chose that time to wake up. So, both of them wrecked that place! However, Fluffy was strangely reluctant to attack the giant dancing woman wearing leather and holding a whip... Maybe I shouldn't let him watch Baywatch anymore... Well, we got them out of there and down the street to the park. Just then InuYasha made a rude comment and Kagome sat him. That wasn't so out of the ordinary, but what should fall out of his clothes, but dozens of magazines he had stolen from that shop!! Kagome dragged him off to make him take them back and apoligize and me and Fluffy started walking home. But, just then we were attacked by a mugger who tried to snatch my purse, which I had managed to hold on to through all the chaos. Fluffy snapped and transformed into his full demon form and chased the guy for a good three blocks before I managed to catch up to them. I wanted to shock him, but he broke his collar! So I pulled out my trusty giant mallet and walloped him with it! Then, after Fluffy had changed back and was crying from the bumps on his head (he's such a wimp), the moron tried to steal my purse again! So I walloped him too!! Well, Fluffy finally woke up and we made it home. And here we are. And I need to get a new shock collar for him..." (faints)
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After the earlier fiasco Sango, who was still angry with Miroku, left him to fend for himself. She had disappeared into the forest sometime earlier, still fuming about perverted monks and their coniving ways. InuYasha was off somewhere 'gathering information,' again. This time on the whereabouts of Naraku. Meaning he was actually tormenting innocent peasants who probably had nothing to do with Naraku. Kagome assumed she'd have to sit him for it when he returned. Shippo was telling Taro all about how 'Miroku missed him' and Miroku was trying desperately to escape. Seeing as how Sango had taken Kirara with her, Taro was free to harrass the monk to his heart's content. Kagome took this moment to grab the book still resting beside Kaede's hut. With a sly grin, she ducked behind it and sat down in the grass. She opened to the blank pages, pencil ready. But was surprised when she saw a new drawing. It was unsigned, but she knew it hadn't been there before. *Hmm.* she thought, *It's actually kinda sweet.*
It was a picture of Miroku. He was fully dressed, thank the heavens. He had one hand resting on his chin, his staff in the crook of his arm and was wearing a slightly perverted expression. As if he had a secret plan, to grope of course. But at the same time it managed to make him look kind and innocent. She could only guess who had drawn it. Of course, the entire fanclub had been there earlier and, in the confusion, any one of them could have snuck off and done it. But they would have signed it. They certainly weren't shy about their drawings. So that left Miroku himself, but he was being chased by Taro and Yuki. Then there was InuYasha. Ugh, she didn't even want to think about that! Shippo could have done it, but it was too well drawn for the little kitsune. She had seen some of his drawings. Then there was the obvious answer. Sango. *Well, duh!* she thought, *Who else is so in love with the guy that they'd draw him like this!?* She wasn't dumb. She knew there was an unspoken attraction between them. Why else would Miroku grope her constantly? Even more than any other pretty girl!
With a smile, she turned to the next page and began her picture. And just like Sango, she didn't sign it either. She knew what she was doing was dangerous. What if someone found out she was the one who drew it? She really didn't want anyone to find out, but she couldn't help herself. She was just too in love with the guy to leave him out. Sure, there were others of him, but none done by her. *Not the way I see him,* she thought. And with a giggle she thought, *No wonder Charity called them the Bishy Brothers!* She closed the book and put it back in it's place.
When she returned she found Sango had also returned and Miroku was clinging to her leg, begging her to save him. While Taro was trying desperately to drag him off somewhere 'more private'. Shippo had grown tired of torturing Miroku and was sitting off to the side, out of striking distance, in case Sango decided to beat Miroku unconscious. He and Kirara were playing with one of his toys and completely ignoring the world.
Kagome smiled and almost giggled as Miroku tripped Sango and all three of them went down in a pile. Taro made a grab for Miroku's butt and Miroku made a grab for Sango's. But in the confusion, he grabbed Taro's! Quickly realizing his mistake he removed his hand, but Taro had taken it as a sign to go ahead and was trying to kiss him. Poor Sango, trapped at the bottom of the heap, just wanted out. But when she saw Taro make a move to kiss 'her' man, she lashed out. Unfortunately, her aim was off and she hit both of them. But, on the other hand, she lost some of the momentum from being squashed beneath the two morons and only knocked them off of her.
Both fell to the side, holding their bruised body parts. Sango picked herself up and glared at them. She turned to leave again, but then she froze, along with everyone else. A white streak of light was shooting across the sky and heading in their direction!
They just stood, transfixed as the light decended on the village. Suddenly it sped up, barreling straight for Kagome as if it had found it's target. It struck her and she flew through the air several feet, landing very close to the spot where she had previously been sitting. As she sat up, her head felt kinda fuzzy, but otherwise she was okay. She raised a hand to touch her head, but then saw that it was glowing. She looked down at herself and found that her entire body was glowing. Sango, Miroku and Shippo came running and Shippo, ignoring the light, jumped into her lap. Miroku had seen Taro faint when Kagome had been struck and wasn't overly concerned about being groped at the moment
"Kagome!" Shippo cried, "Are you alright!?"
She studied herself a few seconds more before answering him. Finally, she said, "Yes, I'm fine, Shippo." She started to stand and Sango grabed her arm to help her up. The glow faded and finally disappeared. Just as Sango was about to ask what happened InuYasha landed beside Kagome.
"Kagome!" he said. "Are you alright?"
Kagome was starting to get annoyed by the constant questions of 'are you alright' and shouted, "Of course I'm alright! No thanks to you!" She turned to leave, but stopped. *Wait a minute* she thought. *Where'd that come from?* Appearantly regaining her reason, she turned back to the stunned people and said, "Sorry. I don't know where that came from."
InuYasha was shocked, but now he looked kind of sad too. "Kikyo hated me." he said simply. "I caused her death."
Now everyone was confused. But that just made Kagome even more annoyed with him. Why couldn't he just give her a normal answer!? One even a baka like him could understand! She let out an irritated growl, threw her hands in the air and shouted angrily, "What are you talking about!? You're not making any sense!!" Her behavior stunned even her. *Why am I acting this way?* she thought.
InuYasha flinched at her raised voice and said, "Kikyo's dead." Sango opened her mouth to question him on that but he said quickly, "Don't ask me HOW I know! I just DO! What was left of her soul left her and went back to Kagome. So now she feels what Kikyo felt."
Kagome pondered that. *So, Kikyo's dead, is she? And my soul's back where it belongs. But, I am her. And she's me. So, I feel everything she felt? Boy is this confusing! I know I wouldn't have normally have yelled at InuYasha for being concerned about me. So maybe he's right.*
She wrinkled her brow and squinted her eyes, making her friends take a step away from InuYasha. She looked like she was about to sit him. *Hmph! That baka had it coming!* she thought angrily. *Always pinning over that walking dead corpse! And here I was, perfectly alive and supposedly her reincarnation! But would he just open his eyes and see what was in front of him!? Nooo! He wanted what he couldn't have! And now that she's dead, AGAIN, he's probably gonna come crawling back to me!* She turned her back and began to stalk away. *But will I be here!? No! I'm gonna find me someone a WHOLE LOT better than that puppy dog!*
Then she once again returned to her fleeting senses and paused. *Wait a minute.* she scolded herself, *I must be going crazy! I can't do that!* She turned back to see her friends staring at her as if she WERE losing it. But one glance at the sad eyes of InuYasha was enough to bring Kagome permanantly back to herself. She was about to appoligize when she heard the villagers yelling for Kaede. They all rushed toward the yelling and was joined by Kaede, who had heard the ruckus from her most recent herb picking expedition.
Once out of Naraku's view, Shizuka created a portal of dark energy. She stepped into it and was instantly transported to Kaede's village. Just as she was about to enter it, she willed the darkness away, confining it back inside. As the pain of the arrow washed over her, she stumbled and almost went down. She hadn't realized it had progressed so far. Her entire right shoulder was glowing with a pinkish light extending from the arrow. And she knew that under the light, she no longer existed. She quickly stumbled into the village and as the villagers saw her, they began calling for Kaede.
Kaede, joined by InuYasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippo and...Taro?...came running towards her. They reached her just as she collasped, no longer able to withstand the purifying arrow.
InuYasha caught her and Kagome quickly asked, "Are you alright? How did you escape? Where's Asami!? Is she...okay?"
Shizuka managed a weak smile and said, "Kagome, can you pull this arrow out?"
Kagome nodded and grabed the shaft of the arrow sticking out of her back. When she touched it, she was reminded of the arrow Kikyo had pinned InuYasha to the tree with. She pulled and the arrow disappeared.
At that moment a dull thud was heard from behind Miroku. Everyone looked up and saw that Taro had fainted once again. The second he was on the ground, Kirara tackled him and was trying to drag her new chew toy off without transforming.
Miroku decided to save the unconscious fanboy, (shudder) from the ravenous little kitty. He shooed Kirara away, knelt beside him and began to shake him awake. Suddenly, a thousand images of the times he had been unconscious and Sango tried to wake him up flashed through his mind. At first he was confused, being slightly dense, but then it occured to him. *Oh NO!* he thought as he frantically tried to escape. But it was too late... A smile spread over Taro's face and Miroku felt a hand where it should NOT have been! He once again screamed and tried to flee, but Taro had a firm hold on his robes, pulling him down with him!
Sango burst out in laughter when she saw the sight of Miroku being pulled to the ground and, against his wish, being cuddled by a grinning Taro!
Miroku flailed wildly, wishing now that he hadn't set his staff down to wake him. But then the whole situation took a turn for the worse as, to Miroku's extreme shock and horror, a big set of fanboy lips started coming his way! Just as Miroku was thinking that his life was over, a crack was heard and he felt Taro go limp. He jumped up and frantically scooted away from him. To his amazement, a very red-faced, very ANGRY Sango stood over the fanboy with her boomerang raised. She was breathing heavily, and almost growling!
Sango couldn't believe the nerve of that guy! Sure it was funny at first, but the line between funny and dangerous was quickly crossed. There was no way she was gonna let him kiss 'her' Miroku! And the poor monk couldn't escape or even fight back! So she did the only logical thing. She tried to crack his skull open! But only succeeded in knocking him out again. As she stood there, chest heaving in anger, she realized she must look like a crazed animal. She quickly lowered Hiraikotsu and just scuffed her feet in the dirt.
"Uh.." she said. *Oh, nice going, Sango!* she scolded herself. *They're gonna think you're in LOVE with him or something! Wait..no, it can't be...*
As Sango was pondering, to her displeasure, all the thoughts racing through her head, Miroku just stared at her in amazement.
*Wait...no, it can't be...* he thought, *It's not possible that she feels that way for me, is it?*
Unlike Sango, he had already come to terms with his feelings for a certain demon slayer. He was just having trouble showing his sincere affections for her without dying in the process.
Suddenly, no longer in pain, Shizuka cried out, "Oh! For Kami's sake! Will you two stop being such children and just get to it!?! Ya ain't got eternity, y'know!!"
Everyone returned their attention to the wounded woman and just stared. At first they were shocked by her words, but when they saw her, they immediately became concerned for her well-being. Most of her right shoulder had been destroyed by the arrow, and now her shirt hung off her arm and what was left of her shoulder, exposing the wound for all to see. But it wasn't actually a wound. Instead it seemed that her body was made of the void. Her exposed shoulder nothing but a swirling nothingness filled with dark purple lights. She looked down at it and quickly flipped her hair over her shoulder, desperately trying to hide it.
"What did Naraku do to you..?" breathed Kagome.
Shizuka knew she couldn't get around it. "Nothing," she said. Then she stood and looked at the villagers who had gathered. "Could we go inside?" she asked.
Kagome nodded and both she and InuYasha took an arm to help her back to the hut.
She just shook them off and said, "I'm fine now." She walked calmly back to the hut, as if she hadn't been impaled on a purified arrow just moments before.
Kaede was left to the task of waking Taro. Miroku didn't want to get near him again, everyone was afraid Sango would kill him, of course InuYasha wasn't about to do it, and Kagome was concerned for her new friend. So, poor old Kaede began trying in vain to wake him. She knew how long people could be out after being hit by Sango. She figured she'd be there all night.
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(A/N) Heh-heh... You'll never guess what I've got in store for Kagome! And the completion of her soul doesn't have much to do with it. I just thought it'd make things easier for her. You know, more in touch with her true feelings. (Doesn't she seem kinda like she's PMSing..?)
In a chapter far, far away...
"Kagome, don't you think it's time we tell everyone?"
"You really want to?"
"Absolutely."
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Thanks to: carrie, Nassau, Amai Kaminari, and lilhilbillie.
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carrie: Sure, if you'll email me with a defination of your character, you can be the Kurama fangirl! Just tell me what you look like, what you act like and a few other things. Like what you want to do to the poor bishys!
Nassau: Thanks for liking my chapter, but I'll 'over-shadow' ALL the original characters if I want to! And if anyone doesn't like it they can go somewhere else! BUT!! All the characters have big roles to play in my story. Uh, except for most of my fanclub. They're just comic relief, like Taro. And most of them won't even be there for most of the story. And as for 'Mary Sue's', what's wrong with my relatives!? Uh...for those of you who don't know, (that's everyone), those are names of some of my family members... And Kouga, I think you should be happy with her! Just think, you could be with ME! (Fluffy shudders from his place in the closet)
Amai Kaminari: Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm happy you like this so much. And the Sake Sisters would be proud to have you in their ranks for what I've temporarily dubbed, "The Mistress of Bishounen's Great Bishy Abduction Scheme!" I tried to access your fic, but it said the story wasn't found. Thank you for liking evil Shizuka too! (tears) I was worried people wouldn't like her!
lilhillbillie: Oh yes I did! He deserved it. And, surprise surprise, he actually READ IT!! We've been...ahem...debating...the worth of my fic and the others here at fanfic for a few days now. Thank you. I like dark fics. This one didn't start out that way, but I just couldn't help myself. But I'm trying to keep it as happy-go-lucky, frolicking-in-the-flowers, grabbing-each-others'-butts, and smashing-hentai's as possible. And, you know, threats really motivate me to continue the story.
(Just as the sun began to peek over the horizon Nika and Fluffy dragged themselves into the house. Nika plopped down on the couch and Fluffy curled up in an over stuffed chair.)
Nika: "(pant)...I'm gonna...(heave)...kill you...(deep breath)...Fluffy..."
Fluffy: "But it wasn't my fault..."
Nika: (anger giving her a bit of her energy back) "The hell it wasn't!"
(Fluffy tucks his head into his tail and falls into unconsciousness)
Nika: (sitting up) "Well, I guess I should tell you what happened. First, I wanted to go see the new movie, but Fluffy recked the theater when he accidently wandered into the wrong movie. It was Barney! Then, we went to the new club that just opened, but Fluffy freaked out when a strobe light hit him in the eyes! Um...it's not so new anymore... Then on the way to that new resturant, don't worry we didn't make it, we ran into his brother! Well, they got into a little...uh...altercation. Kagome, who was with him, sat InuYasha until he cracked the pavement and I shocked Fluffy into oblivion. Then we had to drag the unconscious brothers off the street into the nearest shop. Unfortunately, it was an S&M shop! And they chose that time to wake up. So, both of them wrecked that place! However, Fluffy was strangely reluctant to attack the giant dancing woman wearing leather and holding a whip... Maybe I shouldn't let him watch Baywatch anymore... Well, we got them out of there and down the street to the park. Just then InuYasha made a rude comment and Kagome sat him. That wasn't so out of the ordinary, but what should fall out of his clothes, but dozens of magazines he had stolen from that shop!! Kagome dragged him off to make him take them back and apoligize and me and Fluffy started walking home. But, just then we were attacked by a mugger who tried to snatch my purse, which I had managed to hold on to through all the chaos. Fluffy snapped and transformed into his full demon form and chased the guy for a good three blocks before I managed to catch up to them. I wanted to shock him, but he broke his collar! So I pulled out my trusty giant mallet and walloped him with it! Then, after Fluffy had changed back and was crying from the bumps on his head (he's such a wimp), the moron tried to steal my purse again! So I walloped him too!! Well, Fluffy finally woke up and we made it home. And here we are. And I need to get a new shock collar for him..." (faints)
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After the earlier fiasco Sango, who was still angry with Miroku, left him to fend for himself. She had disappeared into the forest sometime earlier, still fuming about perverted monks and their coniving ways. InuYasha was off somewhere 'gathering information,' again. This time on the whereabouts of Naraku. Meaning he was actually tormenting innocent peasants who probably had nothing to do with Naraku. Kagome assumed she'd have to sit him for it when he returned. Shippo was telling Taro all about how 'Miroku missed him' and Miroku was trying desperately to escape. Seeing as how Sango had taken Kirara with her, Taro was free to harrass the monk to his heart's content. Kagome took this moment to grab the book still resting beside Kaede's hut. With a sly grin, she ducked behind it and sat down in the grass. She opened to the blank pages, pencil ready. But was surprised when she saw a new drawing. It was unsigned, but she knew it hadn't been there before. *Hmm.* she thought, *It's actually kinda sweet.*
It was a picture of Miroku. He was fully dressed, thank the heavens. He had one hand resting on his chin, his staff in the crook of his arm and was wearing a slightly perverted expression. As if he had a secret plan, to grope of course. But at the same time it managed to make him look kind and innocent. She could only guess who had drawn it. Of course, the entire fanclub had been there earlier and, in the confusion, any one of them could have snuck off and done it. But they would have signed it. They certainly weren't shy about their drawings. So that left Miroku himself, but he was being chased by Taro and Yuki. Then there was InuYasha. Ugh, she didn't even want to think about that! Shippo could have done it, but it was too well drawn for the little kitsune. She had seen some of his drawings. Then there was the obvious answer. Sango. *Well, duh!* she thought, *Who else is so in love with the guy that they'd draw him like this!?* She wasn't dumb. She knew there was an unspoken attraction between them. Why else would Miroku grope her constantly? Even more than any other pretty girl!
With a smile, she turned to the next page and began her picture. And just like Sango, she didn't sign it either. She knew what she was doing was dangerous. What if someone found out she was the one who drew it? She really didn't want anyone to find out, but she couldn't help herself. She was just too in love with the guy to leave him out. Sure, there were others of him, but none done by her. *Not the way I see him,* she thought. And with a giggle she thought, *No wonder Charity called them the Bishy Brothers!* She closed the book and put it back in it's place.
When she returned she found Sango had also returned and Miroku was clinging to her leg, begging her to save him. While Taro was trying desperately to drag him off somewhere 'more private'. Shippo had grown tired of torturing Miroku and was sitting off to the side, out of striking distance, in case Sango decided to beat Miroku unconscious. He and Kirara were playing with one of his toys and completely ignoring the world.
Kagome smiled and almost giggled as Miroku tripped Sango and all three of them went down in a pile. Taro made a grab for Miroku's butt and Miroku made a grab for Sango's. But in the confusion, he grabbed Taro's! Quickly realizing his mistake he removed his hand, but Taro had taken it as a sign to go ahead and was trying to kiss him. Poor Sango, trapped at the bottom of the heap, just wanted out. But when she saw Taro make a move to kiss 'her' man, she lashed out. Unfortunately, her aim was off and she hit both of them. But, on the other hand, she lost some of the momentum from being squashed beneath the two morons and only knocked them off of her.
Both fell to the side, holding their bruised body parts. Sango picked herself up and glared at them. She turned to leave again, but then she froze, along with everyone else. A white streak of light was shooting across the sky and heading in their direction!
They just stood, transfixed as the light decended on the village. Suddenly it sped up, barreling straight for Kagome as if it had found it's target. It struck her and she flew through the air several feet, landing very close to the spot where she had previously been sitting. As she sat up, her head felt kinda fuzzy, but otherwise she was okay. She raised a hand to touch her head, but then saw that it was glowing. She looked down at herself and found that her entire body was glowing. Sango, Miroku and Shippo came running and Shippo, ignoring the light, jumped into her lap. Miroku had seen Taro faint when Kagome had been struck and wasn't overly concerned about being groped at the moment
"Kagome!" Shippo cried, "Are you alright!?"
She studied herself a few seconds more before answering him. Finally, she said, "Yes, I'm fine, Shippo." She started to stand and Sango grabed her arm to help her up. The glow faded and finally disappeared. Just as Sango was about to ask what happened InuYasha landed beside Kagome.
"Kagome!" he said. "Are you alright?"
Kagome was starting to get annoyed by the constant questions of 'are you alright' and shouted, "Of course I'm alright! No thanks to you!" She turned to leave, but stopped. *Wait a minute* she thought. *Where'd that come from?* Appearantly regaining her reason, she turned back to the stunned people and said, "Sorry. I don't know where that came from."
InuYasha was shocked, but now he looked kind of sad too. "Kikyo hated me." he said simply. "I caused her death."
Now everyone was confused. But that just made Kagome even more annoyed with him. Why couldn't he just give her a normal answer!? One even a baka like him could understand! She let out an irritated growl, threw her hands in the air and shouted angrily, "What are you talking about!? You're not making any sense!!" Her behavior stunned even her. *Why am I acting this way?* she thought.
InuYasha flinched at her raised voice and said, "Kikyo's dead." Sango opened her mouth to question him on that but he said quickly, "Don't ask me HOW I know! I just DO! What was left of her soul left her and went back to Kagome. So now she feels what Kikyo felt."
Kagome pondered that. *So, Kikyo's dead, is she? And my soul's back where it belongs. But, I am her. And she's me. So, I feel everything she felt? Boy is this confusing! I know I wouldn't have normally have yelled at InuYasha for being concerned about me. So maybe he's right.*
She wrinkled her brow and squinted her eyes, making her friends take a step away from InuYasha. She looked like she was about to sit him. *Hmph! That baka had it coming!* she thought angrily. *Always pinning over that walking dead corpse! And here I was, perfectly alive and supposedly her reincarnation! But would he just open his eyes and see what was in front of him!? Nooo! He wanted what he couldn't have! And now that she's dead, AGAIN, he's probably gonna come crawling back to me!* She turned her back and began to stalk away. *But will I be here!? No! I'm gonna find me someone a WHOLE LOT better than that puppy dog!*
Then she once again returned to her fleeting senses and paused. *Wait a minute.* she scolded herself, *I must be going crazy! I can't do that!* She turned back to see her friends staring at her as if she WERE losing it. But one glance at the sad eyes of InuYasha was enough to bring Kagome permanantly back to herself. She was about to appoligize when she heard the villagers yelling for Kaede. They all rushed toward the yelling and was joined by Kaede, who had heard the ruckus from her most recent herb picking expedition.
Once out of Naraku's view, Shizuka created a portal of dark energy. She stepped into it and was instantly transported to Kaede's village. Just as she was about to enter it, she willed the darkness away, confining it back inside. As the pain of the arrow washed over her, she stumbled and almost went down. She hadn't realized it had progressed so far. Her entire right shoulder was glowing with a pinkish light extending from the arrow. And she knew that under the light, she no longer existed. She quickly stumbled into the village and as the villagers saw her, they began calling for Kaede.
Kaede, joined by InuYasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippo and...Taro?...came running towards her. They reached her just as she collasped, no longer able to withstand the purifying arrow.
InuYasha caught her and Kagome quickly asked, "Are you alright? How did you escape? Where's Asami!? Is she...okay?"
Shizuka managed a weak smile and said, "Kagome, can you pull this arrow out?"
Kagome nodded and grabed the shaft of the arrow sticking out of her back. When she touched it, she was reminded of the arrow Kikyo had pinned InuYasha to the tree with. She pulled and the arrow disappeared.
At that moment a dull thud was heard from behind Miroku. Everyone looked up and saw that Taro had fainted once again. The second he was on the ground, Kirara tackled him and was trying to drag her new chew toy off without transforming.
Miroku decided to save the unconscious fanboy, (shudder) from the ravenous little kitty. He shooed Kirara away, knelt beside him and began to shake him awake. Suddenly, a thousand images of the times he had been unconscious and Sango tried to wake him up flashed through his mind. At first he was confused, being slightly dense, but then it occured to him. *Oh NO!* he thought as he frantically tried to escape. But it was too late... A smile spread over Taro's face and Miroku felt a hand where it should NOT have been! He once again screamed and tried to flee, but Taro had a firm hold on his robes, pulling him down with him!
Sango burst out in laughter when she saw the sight of Miroku being pulled to the ground and, against his wish, being cuddled by a grinning Taro!
Miroku flailed wildly, wishing now that he hadn't set his staff down to wake him. But then the whole situation took a turn for the worse as, to Miroku's extreme shock and horror, a big set of fanboy lips started coming his way! Just as Miroku was thinking that his life was over, a crack was heard and he felt Taro go limp. He jumped up and frantically scooted away from him. To his amazement, a very red-faced, very ANGRY Sango stood over the fanboy with her boomerang raised. She was breathing heavily, and almost growling!
Sango couldn't believe the nerve of that guy! Sure it was funny at first, but the line between funny and dangerous was quickly crossed. There was no way she was gonna let him kiss 'her' Miroku! And the poor monk couldn't escape or even fight back! So she did the only logical thing. She tried to crack his skull open! But only succeeded in knocking him out again. As she stood there, chest heaving in anger, she realized she must look like a crazed animal. She quickly lowered Hiraikotsu and just scuffed her feet in the dirt.
"Uh.." she said. *Oh, nice going, Sango!* she scolded herself. *They're gonna think you're in LOVE with him or something! Wait..no, it can't be...*
As Sango was pondering, to her displeasure, all the thoughts racing through her head, Miroku just stared at her in amazement.
*Wait...no, it can't be...* he thought, *It's not possible that she feels that way for me, is it?*
Unlike Sango, he had already come to terms with his feelings for a certain demon slayer. He was just having trouble showing his sincere affections for her without dying in the process.
Suddenly, no longer in pain, Shizuka cried out, "Oh! For Kami's sake! Will you two stop being such children and just get to it!?! Ya ain't got eternity, y'know!!"
Everyone returned their attention to the wounded woman and just stared. At first they were shocked by her words, but when they saw her, they immediately became concerned for her well-being. Most of her right shoulder had been destroyed by the arrow, and now her shirt hung off her arm and what was left of her shoulder, exposing the wound for all to see. But it wasn't actually a wound. Instead it seemed that her body was made of the void. Her exposed shoulder nothing but a swirling nothingness filled with dark purple lights. She looked down at it and quickly flipped her hair over her shoulder, desperately trying to hide it.
"What did Naraku do to you..?" breathed Kagome.
Shizuka knew she couldn't get around it. "Nothing," she said. Then she stood and looked at the villagers who had gathered. "Could we go inside?" she asked.
Kagome nodded and both she and InuYasha took an arm to help her back to the hut.
She just shook them off and said, "I'm fine now." She walked calmly back to the hut, as if she hadn't been impaled on a purified arrow just moments before.
Kaede was left to the task of waking Taro. Miroku didn't want to get near him again, everyone was afraid Sango would kill him, of course InuYasha wasn't about to do it, and Kagome was concerned for her new friend. So, poor old Kaede began trying in vain to wake him. She knew how long people could be out after being hit by Sango. She figured she'd be there all night.
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(A/N) Heh-heh... You'll never guess what I've got in store for Kagome! And the completion of her soul doesn't have much to do with it. I just thought it'd make things easier for her. You know, more in touch with her true feelings. (Doesn't she seem kinda like she's PMSing..?)
In a chapter far, far away...
"Kagome, don't you think it's time we tell everyone?"
"You really want to?"
"Absolutely."
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Thanks to: carrie, Nassau, Amai Kaminari, and lilhilbillie.
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carrie: Sure, if you'll email me with a defination of your character, you can be the Kurama fangirl! Just tell me what you look like, what you act like and a few other things. Like what you want to do to the poor bishys!
Nassau: Thanks for liking my chapter, but I'll 'over-shadow' ALL the original characters if I want to! And if anyone doesn't like it they can go somewhere else! BUT!! All the characters have big roles to play in my story. Uh, except for most of my fanclub. They're just comic relief, like Taro. And most of them won't even be there for most of the story. And as for 'Mary Sue's', what's wrong with my relatives!? Uh...for those of you who don't know, (that's everyone), those are names of some of my family members... And Kouga, I think you should be happy with her! Just think, you could be with ME! (Fluffy shudders from his place in the closet)
Amai Kaminari: Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm happy you like this so much. And the Sake Sisters would be proud to have you in their ranks for what I've temporarily dubbed, "The Mistress of Bishounen's Great Bishy Abduction Scheme!" I tried to access your fic, but it said the story wasn't found. Thank you for liking evil Shizuka too! (tears) I was worried people wouldn't like her!
lilhillbillie: Oh yes I did! He deserved it. And, surprise surprise, he actually READ IT!! We've been...ahem...debating...the worth of my fic and the others here at fanfic for a few days now. Thank you. I like dark fics. This one didn't start out that way, but I just couldn't help myself. But I'm trying to keep it as happy-go-lucky, frolicking-in-the-flowers, grabbing-each-others'-butts, and smashing-hentai's as possible. And, you know, threats really motivate me to continue the story.