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Hello mina! Gomen I didn't post earlier, but ehm . . . I was a bit lazy! Well, in this chapter Kouga appears (duh . . .) and I pretend he doesn't know about the Tessaiga, okay? Just that you know, it's more interesting that way! I think at the end of the holidays I might have the story that I have on my computer on fanfiction.net! That would be great, ne? Well, anyway, read this chapter and REVIEW! 'Cause by now you readers should know I live on that. Thihi! O yeah, merry Christmas and happy New Year to you all, I hope 2003 will be a nice year, full of anime, manga and fanfics of course! I think I'll say that a lot in the coming chapters, but hey, you can't say it often enough, ne? Enjoy again! Oww, and ehm, I found out that the lyrics aren't Italic at fanfiction.net so I'll colour them from now on . . .
Final Breakdowns and Still Doubting. (Makes sense a lot, ne?)
Chapter 9
"But ehm, Kouga... Are you sure you don't wanna give 'em without a fight? The blade of my Tessaiga tastes not that good, you know…"
"Shut up, Dogface! You know I'm much stronger and faster than you are. Besides, my woman will help me…"
"I'M NOT YOUR WOMAN! INUYASHA, WOULD YOU PLEASE RIP HIS HEAD OF FOR ME!!!"
"I'll be glad to do that, Kagome. Run if you wanna live, Kouga!" he said while drawing his Tessaiga.
"Wow, what a cooooooooool sword you got there, Dogbreath, I would have it POLISHED if it was mine… "
"Wait and see if you're barking like that when I slice you…" Inuyasha said with a certain grin on his face.
*Just wait and see, you wimpy wolf… I don't think you'll be barking ANYHOW… because you're dead!*
"Slice ME with that CRAPPY SWORD?! You GOTTA be kidding me!"
"Let's take some action here then!" Inuyasha said while coming at Kouga.
*Take the Kaze no Kizu, I'd love to kill you in one move…*
"Are you gonna do something flashy, Inu-ko? You won't get me with THAT!" (AN: Did I use the right word for Inu-ko… It should be meaning puppy or something, ne?)
"Prepare to die!!!" Inuyasha said, Tessaiga transforming into the cool, huge sword we all know.
"Wow! Stop it man! What are you doing with that sword?" Kouga said, dodging Inuyasha's swings.
"Eat this!" Inuyasha swung Tessaiga right at him.
"Shit! What kinda sword is THAT?"
"Still don't wanna give the shards, Kouga?"
"Of course not!"
"Kouga-kun! Please give the shards to us! Do you wanna die or something?"
"For cryin' out loud, Kagome! Let me kill him!"
"Let YOU kill ME?! I don't think so, Dogface!"
"Stop it! We can handle this in a peaceful way, can't we?"
"No we can't, Kagome! The wolf wants to get sliced!"
"I won't GET sliced, Inu-ko!"
"Kouga-kun! Give me your shards. Now. Or I'll shoot you with my arrow."
"Please Kagome! I want to kill him, why should you do it for me! He'll die anyhow!"
"Kagome…You don't really want to shoot me, ne? After all, you ARE my woman."
"I AIN'T YOUR WOMAN! Not now and not ever! You ARE gonna die, Kouga, don't you see Inuyasha is much stronger than you are? You don't even know what he can do with that sword of his! Just give me the shards you have, Kouga. We all now I am the one that will hold it until it's used for the right purpose!"
"You are the one that holds the glass ball? I thought you could only sense it… Well, it only suits you better to be my woman then, ne?"
"Kouga, get real! I'm not your woman and you gotta take a decision: Die with the shards, so that we take 'em afterwards, or give those now, and live! What do you think is the smartest thing to do?!"
"Fight, because then I have a chance to hold my shards and get my woman back to me!"
"Oww! Don't you have any brains in that stupid, wolfy head of yours?!"
"He doesn't have them anywhere, Kagome! If he wants to fight, let him fight! You told me to rip his head of, ne? I haven't done that yet…"
"Inuyasha! There should be a non-violent way of solving this!"
"I know you hate violence, Kagome, but in this world, in this time, most of the time there is no other way then violence. In your time maybe there is, but in this age we all fight!"
"But… I really think we shouldn't kill him, Inuyasha."
*Why… WHY IN HEAVENS are you still protecting him? You really are his woman, ne? You know it, I know it, and he knows it… Why are you being like that when you have me? I abandoned Kikyo for you, and this is what I get? This ain't fair in the way it is right now!* (AN: Here starts a song from the Dutch band Krezip, it's called 'More than this'.)
I should be able
I should have tried
Justified, I say justified
We could be nothing I can't deny
But I still got pride
"And WHY shouldn't we kill him? Give me one good reason, then I might consider to let him live."
"Well…."
"You don't know, really! I should've known! Don't kill him! But if I ask why, I get no answer. Tell me why I shouldn't kill him, tell me HONESTLY..."
Could we be loved?
Could this be real?
'Cause we ought to be just fine
"Inuyasha..."
"Don't try to, Kagome..."
"Tell him you are my woman, Kagome. That's what you are!"
"I ain't your woman, Kouga!"
"You feel like you are, ne? You really do like him, don't you, Kagome?"
"I…I- Of course not! I don't like him... not really..."
There's gotta be more than this
More than I can give
No!
"No, of course not. Why shouldn't I kill him, then? You don't act this way when I want to kill another centipede with a shard!"
"I'm not a stupid centipede!"
"But… Inuyasha… It's not like that… He saved me once… I owe him for that… "
And more than I can give
"But you already paid him back by letting him escape that time! I saved your life so many times, why don't you let me kill him!"
"But Inuyasha… He… Well, he… He told me he loved me… I can't let him get killed then, can I?"
So we do believe
"Why not?"
"Oww… Are you REALLY that hartless… Are you like that... for REAL?" she said, disbelief and tears to be seen in her eyes.
Believe it all again
*I'm not hartless… Do you really feel like that about me? Really...*
"Can't you understand why I couldn't let you kill him? Really... You do understand, do you? DO YOU?"
Maybe that I'm gone tomorrow, maybe then I'm gone!
"Kagome . . . What do you mean?"
"You don't… YOU REALLY DON'T! You do got something in there, do you?"
"What is it that I should understand, Kagome? Should I understand why you love him? Should I? There are things that aren't to be understood by everyone!"
"Oww... REALLY! I don't love him! It's just... Let me explain it, then!"
"You don't . . .You don't love me? You are my woman, you are supposed to lo- "
"SHUT UP KOUGA! Inuyasha... What I want you to understand is that if someone told you that she loves you, would you let her die, by me, for example? And then stand there, doing nothing? That would be so cruel!"
"Sometimes there is no time for being sweet, Kagome... And what are you trying to be, telling me what it means to let someone who loves you die? Have you already forgotten, Kagome?"
And will I return
In what kind of form
No it really doesn't matter
"What... You mean..."
"Yeah...I mean Kikyo, Kagome...I let her die, didn't I? I made a sacrifice, just to get this quest to a good end, to not leave you, maybe. But DON'T you go tell me what it means to let someone die that loves you…"
"But that is different… You… You loved her… didn't you… she didn't love you…"
I don't give a shit, no!
"So it's even worse, then! You should understand it, Kagome. You are smart, aren't you? You should know it doesn't always go the way you want it to!"
There's gotta be more than this
More than I can give
No more, more, more than this
More than I can…
Give
"Do I have a part in this… "
"SHUT UP!" they both yelled, and got back to their conversation.
"But… With Kikyo it was different... She already was dead, and only was a body! She should rest in peace, not haunt you your whole life!"
I'll break it down and hunt it down
Just the way it ought to be
"So Kikyo was dead once. I let her die twice! What do you think that means to me?! What do you think, Kagome?"
'Cause after all it all comes round
"Inuyasha… "
"Now don't go with the sad-eyes-that-have-to-convince-anyone-that-looks- into-them! You don't think I just let her go, do you?"
Just wait and see
"You didn't! You screamed that you wanted to go with her. You really wanted to go, ne? You just felt sorry I saved you from that." she said bitterly.
Now maybe that I could
No, maybe that I should…
"Of course I don't feel sorry about that, Kagome! What do you think I am!"
"I think you are… You are still in love with her… Still… after all she did to you… I think your heart can't let her go… That's what I think."
There's gotta be more than this
No more than I can give
No more than this
And more than I can give
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Well, that was it! The 9th chapter. I'll see what you think of it. Gosh, do I love the review alert! I'll become really sad if you don't review guys… *SOB* But after all, those chapters are all posted in one hour time so I don't have anything to worry about! Thihi! By the way, did you all have a nice Christmas party or anything? I hope you did, and I hope 2003 will give all of you lots of happiness! (That's in case I don't post before the New Year... But I think I'll make it!) And I think I got the solution to the three-dot problem… Spaces between the dots!!! Yeah... And if I got the whole story in ff.net I might change the previous eight chapters with three dots and coloured lyrics... But that's if I got spare time!
*Posted again when it was finished, in HTML format. Corrected some spelling, otherwise stayed the same…*