Ch19
(Quick recap of what happened in the last chapter, for those who got confused: Naraku disguised himself as Kagome and killed her family, Souta was the only one left alive and left with a mysterious police officer, the *real* Kagome was trapped inside a 'shadow orb' by Shisou ((one of Naraku's offspring)) and thought that she was going to die, in thinking so Kagome forced Inuyasha's soul out of her body to keep him from being stuck as a part of her soul, Yoko saved Kagome after Inuyasha was gone, SesshouMaru knocked Jin out with a rock after he ((Jin)) said something very insensitive, or stupid ((however you want to look at it)), and Kagome ran away crying. Did I clear things up for you?)
Souta followed him for a few blocks. The young boy was no longer looking up at anything for he was too engrossed in his thoughts, which would explain why he ran strait into the policeman when the officer stopped walking. After making sure Souta was paying attention and following him, the policeman went into an apartment complex, and started up the stairs. After about twelve floors the man stopped, and knocked on the door.
A young man with semi-long red hair, and green eyes opened the door, "Yes?"
"The kid has nowhere to go." The man's voice had gained no emotion as he motioned towards Souta.
The young man kneeled down in front of the boy, "Hello. What might your name be?"
Souta's eyes widened when he looked at the adolescent, 'That's one of the guys I saw at the shrine!' Instead of responding, he looked to the floor.
Souta was surprised when the cop answered, "His name's Souta. He's Kagome's brother."
The teenager nodded, and showed the boy in as the policeman left. Souta looked around at the room he was now in. Sitting on the windowsill was the short man in black. Souta's eyes widened as he backed up against the door, "You're the guys that were at the shrine before I saw Naraku!"
The man with red hair smiled kindly, "I'm Kurama, and this is my friend, Hiei. I know how this looks, but I must reassure you that neither of us work for Naraku in any way." After seeing that Souta still didn't trust him, he sighed, "I'm sorry, but it will be easier this way." He took a seed out of his hair, and bloomed it using his spirit energy. He then bent down in front of Souta, and let the plant spray a greenish substance at Kagome's sibling, who passed out shortly afterwards.
~*~*~*~
Yoko followed Kagome's scent to the first place that he and Kagome actually talked, and splashed around like children. His heart sank as he saw her with her knees pulled up to her chest, and weeping on the ground. She looked so fragile sitting there. Yoko didn't like it. The way he saw it, Kagome wasn't one who should cry, it didn't look good on her.
He sat down next to her, and pulled her close to him. She wept into him, but didn't even try to explain her problem. Yoko started stroking her hair, "What's wrong, Kagome?" He mentally growled at himself 'That has *got* to be the stupidest thing anyone can say to her at a time like this!'
Kagome leaned on Yoko's shoulder and burst into tears. "I did something horrible!"
"Shh. It can't be *that* bad. Just calm down and tell me what happened." He said, rubbing her back.
"I thought that I was going die, and if that happened while Inuyasha's soul was still in my body, he would be trapped with me forever. Except, we wouldn't be able to switch like we had been doing, and I didn't want him to be a prisoner in someone else's body for the rest of eternity, so I forced him out!" Kagome sobbed into Yoko's shoulder until she had to breath, at which time she started to hyperventilate. (that's how hard she was crying.) "I'm as evil as Naraku!"
"No, you're not, Kagome." Yoko said, his voice sounding a bit more hard. He pulled her back and looked into her deep blue eyes, "Kagome, you did what you did because you thought it was the right thing to do. Inuyasha wouldn't hate you for trying to help him." His voice became more joking, and his face softened, "Besides, it could have been much worse. You could've eloped with Naraku."
Kagome's face quickly changed from guilt to repulsion, "That's got to be the *nastiest* thing I've ever heard!"
Yoko laughed, "I told you it could be worse. And Inuyasha wouldn't want you to sit and cry over him, now would he?" Kagome shook her head no. "That's what I thought. And if those aren't good enough reasons, then I might have to remind you that crying happens to be a weakness."
Kagome wiped her tears away, "And apologizing is just as bad if not worse, right?"
Yoko chuckled, "So, you have been listening to me. You know, Shippou and Rin are going to wake up soon, and it would be torture to make SesshouMaru watch two kids."
"Torture for who, the kids or SesshouMaru?" Kagome asked, laughing a bit.
Yoko smiled, "That's the Kagome I know. Let's go." The two got up and started to head back to the place they had left their companions.
~*~*~*~
SesshouMaru was hiding. Yes, that's right, the great and fearless SesshouMaru, Lord of the Western Lands, was hiding. And it wasn't a powerful opponent that had him running, but two children instead. One of them was a kitsune, who started to cry because of the disappearance of his surrogate mother, and the other was a human who was crying because of the tears shed by the kitsune.
Jin had woken up, and informed said children that the miko was gone, thus making them cry. SesshouMaru had, again, knocked the wind demon out by hitting him in the head with a rock. And now the fire-cat was mewing in an attempt to calm the two children. SesshouMaru had dealt with countless powerful youkia in the past without fear, and heard the annoying comments and whining of his half-brother many times before, but never had he fled.
SesshouMaru sighed, 'So the great Taiyoukia has been reduced to this.' He thought as he rubbed his head in attempt to force back his headache.
After a few minutes, Kagome showed up, with Yoko, and started to calm Shippou, Rin, and Kirara down. Yoko jumped up by SesshouMaru and smirked, "Don't tell me that the Great SesshouMaru's afraid of some kids."
SesshouMaru, failing to see the humor in the comment, growled, "This SesshouMaru fears nothing, fox!"
"Sure you don't." Yoko said, as he went to wake Jin up with the effective method of pocking the wind master with a stick.
(Sorry for the short chapter, but I wanted to try and write a bit of fluff between Yoko and Kagome, as well as clarify the last chapter a bit. If anything is at a level of 'I have no clue what the Hell is going on! DEAR CRAP WHERE IS EVERYONE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING!!!' confusion, just ask. I'll try and help, but no real grantees, just fake ones ^.^)
(Quick recap of what happened in the last chapter, for those who got confused: Naraku disguised himself as Kagome and killed her family, Souta was the only one left alive and left with a mysterious police officer, the *real* Kagome was trapped inside a 'shadow orb' by Shisou ((one of Naraku's offspring)) and thought that she was going to die, in thinking so Kagome forced Inuyasha's soul out of her body to keep him from being stuck as a part of her soul, Yoko saved Kagome after Inuyasha was gone, SesshouMaru knocked Jin out with a rock after he ((Jin)) said something very insensitive, or stupid ((however you want to look at it)), and Kagome ran away crying. Did I clear things up for you?)
Souta followed him for a few blocks. The young boy was no longer looking up at anything for he was too engrossed in his thoughts, which would explain why he ran strait into the policeman when the officer stopped walking. After making sure Souta was paying attention and following him, the policeman went into an apartment complex, and started up the stairs. After about twelve floors the man stopped, and knocked on the door.
A young man with semi-long red hair, and green eyes opened the door, "Yes?"
"The kid has nowhere to go." The man's voice had gained no emotion as he motioned towards Souta.
The young man kneeled down in front of the boy, "Hello. What might your name be?"
Souta's eyes widened when he looked at the adolescent, 'That's one of the guys I saw at the shrine!' Instead of responding, he looked to the floor.
Souta was surprised when the cop answered, "His name's Souta. He's Kagome's brother."
The teenager nodded, and showed the boy in as the policeman left. Souta looked around at the room he was now in. Sitting on the windowsill was the short man in black. Souta's eyes widened as he backed up against the door, "You're the guys that were at the shrine before I saw Naraku!"
The man with red hair smiled kindly, "I'm Kurama, and this is my friend, Hiei. I know how this looks, but I must reassure you that neither of us work for Naraku in any way." After seeing that Souta still didn't trust him, he sighed, "I'm sorry, but it will be easier this way." He took a seed out of his hair, and bloomed it using his spirit energy. He then bent down in front of Souta, and let the plant spray a greenish substance at Kagome's sibling, who passed out shortly afterwards.
~*~*~*~
Yoko followed Kagome's scent to the first place that he and Kagome actually talked, and splashed around like children. His heart sank as he saw her with her knees pulled up to her chest, and weeping on the ground. She looked so fragile sitting there. Yoko didn't like it. The way he saw it, Kagome wasn't one who should cry, it didn't look good on her.
He sat down next to her, and pulled her close to him. She wept into him, but didn't even try to explain her problem. Yoko started stroking her hair, "What's wrong, Kagome?" He mentally growled at himself 'That has *got* to be the stupidest thing anyone can say to her at a time like this!'
Kagome leaned on Yoko's shoulder and burst into tears. "I did something horrible!"
"Shh. It can't be *that* bad. Just calm down and tell me what happened." He said, rubbing her back.
"I thought that I was going die, and if that happened while Inuyasha's soul was still in my body, he would be trapped with me forever. Except, we wouldn't be able to switch like we had been doing, and I didn't want him to be a prisoner in someone else's body for the rest of eternity, so I forced him out!" Kagome sobbed into Yoko's shoulder until she had to breath, at which time she started to hyperventilate. (that's how hard she was crying.) "I'm as evil as Naraku!"
"No, you're not, Kagome." Yoko said, his voice sounding a bit more hard. He pulled her back and looked into her deep blue eyes, "Kagome, you did what you did because you thought it was the right thing to do. Inuyasha wouldn't hate you for trying to help him." His voice became more joking, and his face softened, "Besides, it could have been much worse. You could've eloped with Naraku."
Kagome's face quickly changed from guilt to repulsion, "That's got to be the *nastiest* thing I've ever heard!"
Yoko laughed, "I told you it could be worse. And Inuyasha wouldn't want you to sit and cry over him, now would he?" Kagome shook her head no. "That's what I thought. And if those aren't good enough reasons, then I might have to remind you that crying happens to be a weakness."
Kagome wiped her tears away, "And apologizing is just as bad if not worse, right?"
Yoko chuckled, "So, you have been listening to me. You know, Shippou and Rin are going to wake up soon, and it would be torture to make SesshouMaru watch two kids."
"Torture for who, the kids or SesshouMaru?" Kagome asked, laughing a bit.
Yoko smiled, "That's the Kagome I know. Let's go." The two got up and started to head back to the place they had left their companions.
~*~*~*~
SesshouMaru was hiding. Yes, that's right, the great and fearless SesshouMaru, Lord of the Western Lands, was hiding. And it wasn't a powerful opponent that had him running, but two children instead. One of them was a kitsune, who started to cry because of the disappearance of his surrogate mother, and the other was a human who was crying because of the tears shed by the kitsune.
Jin had woken up, and informed said children that the miko was gone, thus making them cry. SesshouMaru had, again, knocked the wind demon out by hitting him in the head with a rock. And now the fire-cat was mewing in an attempt to calm the two children. SesshouMaru had dealt with countless powerful youkia in the past without fear, and heard the annoying comments and whining of his half-brother many times before, but never had he fled.
SesshouMaru sighed, 'So the great Taiyoukia has been reduced to this.' He thought as he rubbed his head in attempt to force back his headache.
After a few minutes, Kagome showed up, with Yoko, and started to calm Shippou, Rin, and Kirara down. Yoko jumped up by SesshouMaru and smirked, "Don't tell me that the Great SesshouMaru's afraid of some kids."
SesshouMaru, failing to see the humor in the comment, growled, "This SesshouMaru fears nothing, fox!"
"Sure you don't." Yoko said, as he went to wake Jin up with the effective method of pocking the wind master with a stick.
(Sorry for the short chapter, but I wanted to try and write a bit of fluff between Yoko and Kagome, as well as clarify the last chapter a bit. If anything is at a level of 'I have no clue what the Hell is going on! DEAR CRAP WHERE IS EVERYONE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING!!!' confusion, just ask. I'll try and help, but no real grantees, just fake ones ^.^)