AN: Sorry
for such an incredibly long delay!!! First I was grounded
from my computer for talking back to my parents, and then I went away to
the beach, then my computer totally died, then...well...you get the
picture. Hey, it is summer break!! *dodges rotten tomatoes, cabbages,
and screwdrivers* Ok....I'm sorry. (Yeah, and so you'll feel better,
right now I'm sitting on piles of my junk in the center of my room,
breathing in deadly fumes. Ok, so they aren't that deadly, since they
are paint fumes. I just got my whole room re-done!!! My mum seems to
think that these fumes are getting to my head, though, I've been
babbling about Fanfiction and Inuyasha all day......) So anyway, to
make it up to you, I tried to make it long, but you all know how good I
am at that...-_-;;;; Anyway...enjoy!
Oh yeah....disclaimer: *sigh* alright *monotone voice* No one or thing
that is remotely connected to Inuyasha belongs to me. Happy? I'm
not.....
Shattered Glass
Rivalry
Kagome let out a sigh of relief "Kouga-kun...it's only you...." The
wolf youkai stood in front of them, surrounded by his wolf pack.
"Oh Lord...this really is a curse," Inuyasha muttered. Kouga laughed.
"So it is true! Puppy here has broken a mirror! Naughty puppy!"
Inuyasha glared daggers at him.
"How did you know?" he snarled at Kouga.
"Let's just say, I heard it from a close acquaintance of yours." Kouga
shot a meaningful look in Shippou's direction. "For a little fox, he
sure has a loud voice!" Inuyasha exploded.
"I AM GONNA KILL YOU SHIPPOU!!! CURSE OR NO CURSE, I WILL!!!" With
that, he lunged at the fox-demon. With a frightened squeak, Shippou ran
off, with Inuyasha close behind.
Sighing a little, Kagome shook her head. "Inuyasha, SIT!" A resounding
'THUD' echoed across the land. Kagome turned back to Kouga as Inuyasha
groaned and spit out a mouthful of earth. "So Kouga-kun, what brings
you here?"
"Ah, only you, my sweet Kagome!" Kouga took her hand, earning a shout
of rage from Inuyasha, and a blush from Kagome.
"I don't care what you say, Kagome," Inuyasha muttered, drawing
Tetsuaiga. As the rusty old sword changed to Tetsuaiga, his father's
fang, Inuyasha spat bitterly. "I'm gonna ram Tetsuaiga right up his
bony little-"
"Inuyasha, NO!" Sango raced towards him. "Put Tetsuaiga away! Kouga's
leaving!" "And," she added, "You're just gonna end up ramming it up
your own bony little ass."
Grudgingly, Inuyasha obliged. Sheathing the sword, he sauntered up to
Kagome. "Where'd that wimpy wolf go?"
"I told him not to come back 'till the seven days are up."
"And he listened?"
"Well, I also told him that according to your bad luck, Naraku is
probably going to be 100 miles away from where ever you are. Of
course," she said thoughtfully, "with your bad luck, we'll probably
draw him towards us." She turned and walked away, leaving a bewildered
Inuyasha behind.
~*~ ^_^ ~*~
The group had stopped hours ago, after Inuyasha managed to get himself
tangled up in a bunch of hanging vines. "Stop moving!" Kagome hissed.
"How'd you get yourself so tightly wound up anyway?"
"Mhlph!" Inuyasha bit down on the vines surrounding his mouth. No luck.
"Miroku! Get your lazy butt over here and help us!"
The monk looked up from his towers of checkers pieces. He had been in deep
thought,
about what would happen if you played checkers with chess
pieces. "What?"
"GET OFF YOUR FAT ASS AND HELP US GET INUYASHA UNTIED!" Sango's roar
sent the birds in the nearby trees scattering.
"Alright, alright, there's no need to yell." Miroku got to his feet.
"I'll come back to you later, my friends," he added in an undertone to
the checkers pieces.
After another hour of struggling, sweating, colorful curses, and a few
bashes with Hiraikotsu (courtesy of Sango) the vines were hacked off.
As Inuyasha sat up and stretched, he looked around at the group,
gasping for breath. "Well," he said, "what are you guys waiting for?
Up, c'mon, up! We've got to find some shards! Let's g-" His remark was
cut off as he slumped to the ground. Sango stood over him, holding the
ever useful Hiraikotsu like a club.
For once, Kagome didn't even protest.
~*~ ^_^ ~*~
Inuyasha awoke to a scene of utter chaos. Sango was repeatedly chucking
the red and black plastic checkers pieces at Miroku, screaming "PERVERT!" at
the
top of her lungs. Shippou and a dangerous-looking bird were battling it
out over the *gasp* LAST BOWL OF RAMEN! And Kagome was no where to be
seen. Rubbing his eyes, he walked over to Shippou, swiped his hard won
bowl of ramen, and asked, "Kagome gone?"
Shippou just turned and glared at Inuyasha, as he tried to fend off the
big bird. "Stupid bird, leave me alone!"
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow, swiped the bird with his claws, then picked
Shippou up by his tail and yelled in his ear, "DID KAGOME LEAVE?!"
"Yeah, about five minutes ago." Dropping the fox boy to the ground
Inuyasha swore under his breath.
"I'm going to see if I can catch up to her…HEY! ARE YOU LISTENING TO
ME?!"
"No!" Miroku shouted back. "We're not!"
Oh, he is gonna regret that, Inuyasha thought, before bounding off
into the forest.
~*~ ^_^ ~*~
Kagome struggled through the forest. "Stupid branches....get offa me!"
"Oi! Kagome! Where the hell are you going?"
Crap. He'd found her. Probably beat it out of Shippou. But she had to
get back to the well! She couldn't miss exams! So she broke into a run.
Sighing, Inuyasha leapt after her.
After catching up with Kagome, and forcing her to tell him why she was
leaving, he astounded her.
"Ok, fine. Go ahead and go. Just be back tomorrow."
"Wait....what?"
"Ok, fine. Go ahead and go. Just be back tomorrow."
"No, I didn't mean 'what' as in 'what did you say?' I meant 'what' as
in 'you've never done that before so I am surprised.'"
"What?"
"Ugh...never mind. But how come you're letting me go, just like that?"
"Because since I have this stupid curse, it'd probably be.....well.....
saferforyouwithoutme." He took a breath and looked at the ground.
Kagome stopped. Inuyasha was looking out for her safety? This was too
weird. "Alright, I'll try and get back as soon as I can...."
"Bye." Kagome watched him leap away, until his silver hair was lost in
the dark forest. She sighed, and then dropped down the well.
~*~ ^_^ ~*~
"SOUTA!!!" Kagome winced as she pulled a rather large porcupine off of
her bottom. (AN: Gomen guys! I couldn't think of anything else! It's
not like he plays with jacks....or does he?)
"You called?"
"How many times must I tell you? You do NOT set live animals free in
the well!"
"I didn't put him there! Honest!"
"Then how did he get there? It's not like they can get up and walk in!"
"Um, actually......they can...."
"That's beside the point! Now help me out!"
"Someone's a little pissed off....."
"Oh, shut it........"
~*~ ^_^ ~*~
After stumbling in the kitchen....literally stumbling after tripping
over her own feet, Kagome crashed into a stack of dishes her mom was
carrying and careened into an open cupboard. "Er....ow....I'm home?"
Her mom stared disapprovingly at her.
"Heh...sorry 'bout that Mom..."
Uh oh....Inuyasha's bad luck has rubbed off on me...."Ow!" Kagome had
run head first into a wall. Damnit Inuyasha.......
~*~ ^_^ ~*~
Meanwhile the poor porcupine was still curled up in the bottom of the
well.....
~*~ ^_^ ~*~
"Inuyasha.....chill!" Miroku looked over the edge of the checkers
board. "You're the one that said she could go..."
Inuyasha stopped pacing and spun around. "Do you think I am not aware
of that fact?" Chill Inuyasha......she's safer in her time, without you
and this stupid curse......remember...there are only 6 more days
left.... He glanced at Miroku, who was busy losing to himself at
checkers, then at Sango, who was brushing Kirara, and finally his gaze
rested on Shippou...who was attacking a chocolate bar Kagome had slipped
him before she had left. "Oi, Shippou! C'me're!" Looking up...Shippou
saw Inuyasha holding something in his open palm.
"'Kay" He set down the chocolate then skipped happily over to Inuyasha.
"What do you want?"
"Here....take this and put it as high above the ground...in a
tree...that you can." He handed the little fox demon a piece of paper.
"How come?"
"Just do it...ok?"
"Ok." Shippou started scrambling up the tree, as Inuyasha crept over to
Shippou's momentarily-forgotten candy bar. Just as he was about to take
a bite, Shippou came back.
"I can't get up the tree, can you he-HEY!! PUT THAT DOWN! IT'S MINE!"
He lunged at Inuyasha. On any other, curse-free day, Inuyasha would
have laughed and batted Shippou away. Unfortunately, not today. He
reached out to push him in the dirt, and found a rather unpleasant
surprise.
"OWWW!! GET 'IM OFF! GET 'IM OFF!!" Shippou was swinging on the end of
Inuyasha's finger....his tiny teeth clamped over the end.
"Sorry.....I'm busy right now." Miroku called with a yawn as he
continued to lose to himself at checkers.
"Same over here." Sango called, leaning against a tree, eyes closed.
"I HATE MIRRORS!!!!"
~*~ ^_^ ~*~
What is the life cycle of a newt? What is this crap? Kagome chewed on
the end of her pencil, glancing up at the clock. One more hour and
exams would be over. "Eeny meeny miney mo..." Closing her eyes, she
circled a random answer. "Let's hope that's right......"
After guessing her way through the rest of the exam, the class was
finally dismissed, and Kagome made a bee-line for the well.
"Higurashi!" A familiar voice rang out. "Wait!"
"Hojo.....?"
~*~ ^_^ ~*~
AN: And there! Yes...it is still rather short...my apologies....but oh
well! Yes. I am aware that this was an incredibly pointless
chapter...sorry......it'll all come into play in the
future.....hopefully...