(This time I'm not even going to bother with writing about this message.
All characters in Inuyasha belong
to Rumiko Takahashi, not me)
The Cloud of Darkness
Chapter 4- Rejection And The Appearance Of A Shadow
"Where the heck is Kagome?!? This is really starting to bug me ..." Inuyasha muttered under his breath, running frantically all over the white fields of snow. Shippo followed close behind, panting from the effort of hopping into Inuyasha's tracks. Kagome's usually not this late with lunch, Inuyasha thought, and Shippo bumped into him. "Hey listen, when Kagome get's back I'm gonna make her teach YOU a lesson!" Shippo growled, but scampered away.
Meanwhile, Kagome was still trying to get Inuyasha, heck the whole gang to realize where she was! "Come on, Inuyasha, Shippo! MIYOUGA!" She was tired of shouting, and her voice was becoming hoarse. What had happened to her? Even an angry glance and a shout towards her direction was enough for Kagome. "Please, someone please hear me ... see me ..." Kagome sank into the snow, freezing tears streaming down her face.
"Lord Inuyasha, have you noticed the strange dissapearance of Kagome?" Miyouga hopped up onto Inuyasha's shoulder.
"Yeah, actually. Didn't you, you fleabitten--" Inuyasha stopped. Kagome was crying in a corner, freezing tears streaming down her face. What was wrong with her, anyway? I hope I didn't hurt her, Inuyasha thought as he fled towards her. "Kagome, you know you scared us half to death! What if something happened and I couldn't save you?" Kagome looked up, and for the second time that day she buried her face in his robes. But this time Inuyasha didn't pull back.
"Inuyasha, the snowflakes made me invisible somehow. I was shouting at you to see me, and I even said sit." Kagome wiped the remaining tears from her face, and Inuyasha's robe seemed even more warm and comforting, like a soft blanket. "I'm sorry, so much has happened today and I'm-"
Inuyasha picked up Kagome by the waist and turned to look at Shippo and Miyouga. "I'm going to show Kagome something. Stay here, okay?" Inuyasha glared at them, and Shippo nudged Miyouga noting that they wouldn't do anything, or go anywhere for that matter.
"Where are you taking Kagome?" Shippo asked, eyeing the half-demon. Inuyasha blushed, his cheeks turning a bright red. He turned around abruptly and walked away without saying anything. But before he disappeared, he shouted out,
"None of your damn business, kid!" and Kagome turned to look at him. That wasn't very nice, Kagome thought, but she didn't say it aloud. She'd already caused this boy so many troubles, and since he was in a supposedly good mood she didn't mean to spoil it. "Kagome, you know all about Kikyo, right?" asked Inuyasha, his face still red.
"Yeah ... what about her?" Kagome didn't like talking about Kikyo, Inuyasha's last "girlfriend". "Listen, if you want me to go back to my own time and leave you with Kikyo, then-" Kagome was cut off by a sharp tone from Inuyasha.
"That's just it, Kagome. I don't want you to go back. Stay here, your family won't mind." Inuyasha was thinking to himself, What the heck am I doing?!? She's not gonna want to stay with me, someone like me ... but Kagome smiled, making Inuyasha grin as well.
"Inuyasha, can I ask you something?" Kagome said quietly, now safely on the emerald grass.
"Yeah, sure, whatever." Inuyasha's face was beet red now, and Kagome was drawing closer to him. Although he liked Kagome, he just didn't know what to do. What about Kikyo?
"Do you ... love me?" Kagome stared into his eyes. What the heck was she doing?!? Inuyasha had another love, and if he liked her it would spoil it. Besides, he would probably never let her go back after they loved eachother.
" ... Kagome, I ..." Inuyasha's face fell. No matter how much he cared for Kagome, he didn't feel any bonds between them. "I just can't Kagome. It's not gonna work." Kagome's face also fell, and she and Inuyasha rocked back and forth for awhile, simply thinking about their lives, and how everything needed to be patched up.
"Listen, wench, it's not my fault!" Inuyasha said, trying to hide his obvious feelings for the girl. Kagome's face of sadness turned into a face of rage, why did everything have to be an argument?!? "If you're gonna get all mushy on me, then you've gotta expect the worst."
"I'm tired of arguing, Inuyasha." Kagome looked down, trying to smile at her rejector. Inuyasha's eyes opened wide. Kagome didn't want to argue with him? What was going on? I really made her upset, he thought. It didn't seem so serious before, but now Inuyasha realized.
"That's alright then, go ahead and leave me here!" Inuyasha called after her, his eyes beginning to shimmer with tears. When Kagome turned the corner and began heading back to Shippo and Miyouga, Inuyasha's tears came bursting out. "What an idiot I was, telling off Kagome!" Inuyasha punched himself in the head and walked back to the group.
"So, I'm assuming it went well?" Miyouga asked, seeing the somewhat cheerful expression on Kagome's face.Then her face dropped, and Miyouga sighed. "I knew this would happen. That boy can be strange sometimes , and Inuyasha in particular is seemingly scarred by Kikyo. So, you can't make him do anything." Kagome sighed and began walking again. Shippo bounced over to Miyouga and growled.
"You always have to ruin everything!" He whined, rolling back and forth across the ground. It seemed as if everything was falling apart after Inuyasha and Kagome had rejected eachother. It wasn't meant to be, Kagome thought with bitterness in her voice. Just then Inuyasha came out from the forest. He was running, and when he stopped he was out of breath.
"Kagome, where's the Tetsusaiga?" He asked frantically, digging into the snow searching for it. A large black shadow-like demon began to slither up to him. It made the snow melt in it's tracks, and Shippo immediatly shape shifted into a bird and flew up to higher grounds. "Stupid, where'd you put it?"
So it's all back to normal now, then, Kagome thought as she handed him his sword. Humph, she said to herself.
The black shadow slithered over to Inuyasha, and with a battle cry he sliced the demon in half. But it quickly reformed itself and came at a faster pace. Inuyasha jumped up to a tree, carrying Kagome with him. "Shoot it with an arrow?" Kagome asked, and Inuyasha nodded. Kagome carefully positioned her last arrow, and aimed at the shadow. She let go of the arrow, and it made it's way over to the demon. With a crack like glass, the demon shattered into a million pieces, and Inuyasha fainted, falling out of the tree.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried as she jumped out from the tree. Miyouga hopped over to his master.
"Don't worry, he's just a little shocked is all. That particular demon is highly dangerous." The flea explained, clearing his throat at the nasty stare Shippo and Kagome were giving him. Inuyasha opened his eyes and woke up.
"That thing's gone, huh? So, now we're even with the saving life stuff." Inuyasha got up and grabbed the Tetsusaiga from Kagome. "This thing could've broken, ya know!" Kagome sat up and began arguing again. If it was going to be the same as usual, Kagome had better start making use of it.
(Sorry, not much happened in this chapter, but the next one will hopefully continue the quest! Please review!)
The Cloud of Darkness
Chapter 4- Rejection And The Appearance Of A Shadow
"Where the heck is Kagome?!? This is really starting to bug me ..." Inuyasha muttered under his breath, running frantically all over the white fields of snow. Shippo followed close behind, panting from the effort of hopping into Inuyasha's tracks. Kagome's usually not this late with lunch, Inuyasha thought, and Shippo bumped into him. "Hey listen, when Kagome get's back I'm gonna make her teach YOU a lesson!" Shippo growled, but scampered away.
Meanwhile, Kagome was still trying to get Inuyasha, heck the whole gang to realize where she was! "Come on, Inuyasha, Shippo! MIYOUGA!" She was tired of shouting, and her voice was becoming hoarse. What had happened to her? Even an angry glance and a shout towards her direction was enough for Kagome. "Please, someone please hear me ... see me ..." Kagome sank into the snow, freezing tears streaming down her face.
"Lord Inuyasha, have you noticed the strange dissapearance of Kagome?" Miyouga hopped up onto Inuyasha's shoulder.
"Yeah, actually. Didn't you, you fleabitten--" Inuyasha stopped. Kagome was crying in a corner, freezing tears streaming down her face. What was wrong with her, anyway? I hope I didn't hurt her, Inuyasha thought as he fled towards her. "Kagome, you know you scared us half to death! What if something happened and I couldn't save you?" Kagome looked up, and for the second time that day she buried her face in his robes. But this time Inuyasha didn't pull back.
"Inuyasha, the snowflakes made me invisible somehow. I was shouting at you to see me, and I even said sit." Kagome wiped the remaining tears from her face, and Inuyasha's robe seemed even more warm and comforting, like a soft blanket. "I'm sorry, so much has happened today and I'm-"
Inuyasha picked up Kagome by the waist and turned to look at Shippo and Miyouga. "I'm going to show Kagome something. Stay here, okay?" Inuyasha glared at them, and Shippo nudged Miyouga noting that they wouldn't do anything, or go anywhere for that matter.
"Where are you taking Kagome?" Shippo asked, eyeing the half-demon. Inuyasha blushed, his cheeks turning a bright red. He turned around abruptly and walked away without saying anything. But before he disappeared, he shouted out,
"None of your damn business, kid!" and Kagome turned to look at him. That wasn't very nice, Kagome thought, but she didn't say it aloud. She'd already caused this boy so many troubles, and since he was in a supposedly good mood she didn't mean to spoil it. "Kagome, you know all about Kikyo, right?" asked Inuyasha, his face still red.
"Yeah ... what about her?" Kagome didn't like talking about Kikyo, Inuyasha's last "girlfriend". "Listen, if you want me to go back to my own time and leave you with Kikyo, then-" Kagome was cut off by a sharp tone from Inuyasha.
"That's just it, Kagome. I don't want you to go back. Stay here, your family won't mind." Inuyasha was thinking to himself, What the heck am I doing?!? She's not gonna want to stay with me, someone like me ... but Kagome smiled, making Inuyasha grin as well.
"Inuyasha, can I ask you something?" Kagome said quietly, now safely on the emerald grass.
"Yeah, sure, whatever." Inuyasha's face was beet red now, and Kagome was drawing closer to him. Although he liked Kagome, he just didn't know what to do. What about Kikyo?
"Do you ... love me?" Kagome stared into his eyes. What the heck was she doing?!? Inuyasha had another love, and if he liked her it would spoil it. Besides, he would probably never let her go back after they loved eachother.
" ... Kagome, I ..." Inuyasha's face fell. No matter how much he cared for Kagome, he didn't feel any bonds between them. "I just can't Kagome. It's not gonna work." Kagome's face also fell, and she and Inuyasha rocked back and forth for awhile, simply thinking about their lives, and how everything needed to be patched up.
"Listen, wench, it's not my fault!" Inuyasha said, trying to hide his obvious feelings for the girl. Kagome's face of sadness turned into a face of rage, why did everything have to be an argument?!? "If you're gonna get all mushy on me, then you've gotta expect the worst."
"I'm tired of arguing, Inuyasha." Kagome looked down, trying to smile at her rejector. Inuyasha's eyes opened wide. Kagome didn't want to argue with him? What was going on? I really made her upset, he thought. It didn't seem so serious before, but now Inuyasha realized.
"That's alright then, go ahead and leave me here!" Inuyasha called after her, his eyes beginning to shimmer with tears. When Kagome turned the corner and began heading back to Shippo and Miyouga, Inuyasha's tears came bursting out. "What an idiot I was, telling off Kagome!" Inuyasha punched himself in the head and walked back to the group.
"So, I'm assuming it went well?" Miyouga asked, seeing the somewhat cheerful expression on Kagome's face.Then her face dropped, and Miyouga sighed. "I knew this would happen. That boy can be strange sometimes , and Inuyasha in particular is seemingly scarred by Kikyo. So, you can't make him do anything." Kagome sighed and began walking again. Shippo bounced over to Miyouga and growled.
"You always have to ruin everything!" He whined, rolling back and forth across the ground. It seemed as if everything was falling apart after Inuyasha and Kagome had rejected eachother. It wasn't meant to be, Kagome thought with bitterness in her voice. Just then Inuyasha came out from the forest. He was running, and when he stopped he was out of breath.
"Kagome, where's the Tetsusaiga?" He asked frantically, digging into the snow searching for it. A large black shadow-like demon began to slither up to him. It made the snow melt in it's tracks, and Shippo immediatly shape shifted into a bird and flew up to higher grounds. "Stupid, where'd you put it?"
So it's all back to normal now, then, Kagome thought as she handed him his sword. Humph, she said to herself.
The black shadow slithered over to Inuyasha, and with a battle cry he sliced the demon in half. But it quickly reformed itself and came at a faster pace. Inuyasha jumped up to a tree, carrying Kagome with him. "Shoot it with an arrow?" Kagome asked, and Inuyasha nodded. Kagome carefully positioned her last arrow, and aimed at the shadow. She let go of the arrow, and it made it's way over to the demon. With a crack like glass, the demon shattered into a million pieces, and Inuyasha fainted, falling out of the tree.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried as she jumped out from the tree. Miyouga hopped over to his master.
"Don't worry, he's just a little shocked is all. That particular demon is highly dangerous." The flea explained, clearing his throat at the nasty stare Shippo and Kagome were giving him. Inuyasha opened his eyes and woke up.
"That thing's gone, huh? So, now we're even with the saving life stuff." Inuyasha got up and grabbed the Tetsusaiga from Kagome. "This thing could've broken, ya know!" Kagome sat up and began arguing again. If it was going to be the same as usual, Kagome had better start making use of it.
(Sorry, not much happened in this chapter, but the next one will hopefully continue the quest! Please review!)