Somehow, between going on vacation in an isolated cabin on top of a
mountain, and getting three new rpgs for PS2, I think I got kind of
sidetracked on updating. So much for that "quick update" and I apologize.
And I want to dedicate these next couple of chapters to Starr, Bonnie,
Ryan, and definitely Monai, who have been absolutely wonderful to me!
Please don't kill me for being so late!!! Sorry.
Anyways, just a quick note. I can't seem to get the computer to give me italic writing when I post it up. So, I will just put (word) for Italics, which basically means that it's the person's thoughts.
Chapter 21: To Be, Or Not to Be? (I don't own this phrase)
*Kagome *
(Incredible the way flying felt. Falling, flying, what really was the difference? She had about, oh say, 5 seconds before she hit the water.)
Then, remembering her grandpa talking about grandma, and how she survived jumping from a plane into the ocean suddenly flashed back into her mind. Her grandma had become a pencil. She giggled at the thought of how grandpa tried to show them what she did.
Well, she'd just have to pray, and copy her grandmother, since there was no one to save her now. So, she straightened her body out and went feet (pointed) first into the water, and when she felt she was deep enough, she made her body curve, like a croissant, so that it would shoot out towards the surface.
Well, that's what she would have liked to happen. But, after the icy cold water hit her, all her thoughts cleared. A moment of pure white, then black swirled in her mind.
(How long had she lay flat, slowly sinking further into the depths of the ocean, 2 maybe 3 minutes? Who cares? No one cares. So why shouldn't I just sink?)
"Get out get out!" Her mind was talking to her. Those voices, those awful voices that wouldn't let her fall into eternal sleep. "Wake up stupid girl! Inu Yasha can't save you now!"
(So? So what? I don't have anything left.)
"Do I have to do everything for you? You invalid."
Kagome clamped her hands over her ears. (Go away!)
"You're dying! Out, get out of the water. Wake UP!"
~*~*~
Outside her mind, her body floated upside-down under the water. Her back was facing toward the upper cliffs where Kouga looked down with shock, and disappointment.
"You should have just come with me Kagome! You wouldn't have died! You stupid woman!" Kouga just about screamed at the top of his lungs at her. Tears, clear tears of remorse, were etched down his face. He turned away.
"KOUGA!"
Kouga turned to see one mad, seething woman.
He gulped. "No. . . . . . . . . . ."
~*_*~ A/N-Quick reminder, I know it's been awhile, so I'll just remind you what happened to Inu Yasha at this point. He stood at the porch door, went inside, and got very upset when he smelled the scents of both Sesshoumaru and Kagome. Then, Sesshoumaru knocked on the door, and Inu Yasha called out, "She's not here stupid."
*Inu Yasha *
Sesshoumaru was quiet for a moment, a moment too long. Inu Yasha didn't have the patients Sesshoumaru had.
"Sesshoumaru, get your dumb a$$ in here! Where the hell is Kagome?"
The door slowly opened to one red-eyed demon.
"Inu Yasha, you are a fool. She is probably out for a walk." (He had hoped)
This didn't seem to calm the half-breed down a bit.
"I don't care! You said you'd take care of her! And where's my sword, and Naraku?!"
It was almost funny that he was asking Sesshoumaru anything. Well, he didn't have his sword to kill first and talk later, so, he didn't have a choice.
Sesshoumaru just looked at him oddly. (He was not in the mood for this.) "Inu Yasha, your sword will be returned to you, soon. Kagome, Kagome is out for a walk, and Naraku is on business for me. So, leave, your presence is waking the whole household. And, I'm sure you don't want 106 demons chasing your half-breed butt. Especially without your precious sword."
For once, Inu Yasha believed him, and he wasn't angry.
His countenance softened a little. "Sesshoumaru, how long has Kagome been here?"
Sesshoumaru cocked his head in a prideful position. "Quite some time. But, it has been worth her stay. She, she is very upset at you, and she has been hurt. You offered no gratitude when she gave her life for you. And you won't admit you love her. This is the one and only time I will help you little brother. You love her. Don't let it her drift off."
"I don't Love her! Why can't anyone accept that! I care for her ok? I do, I really do, but I just don't want to choose between her and Kikyou, I owe Kikyou my life, and I owe Kagome nothing. But, I care for Kagome, so I can't just leave her to enjoy hell with Kikyou."
Inu Yasha took a long deep breath. He had wanted to get that off his chest for a very long time. Funny, he didn't think he would ever tell Sesshoumaru anything. He didn't think they could ever hold a conversation where it didn't end up in an all-out battle.
"So, I guess, your leaving now?"
"Yes Sesshoumaru, I'm leaving."
There was a loud knock at the door. A beautiful woman entered. Her purple eyes and long silver hair caught Inu Yasha's attention.
"Oh Yeah! Why the hell did you sleep with Kagome? That's why I was so mad at you! I knew there could never be anything right when I met up with you. And who is she?"
Sesshoumaru scoffed. "Inu Yasha, you are more foolish to think that I would sleep with Kagome, then if you thought I was going to let you leave without a good fight."
"Then why do I smell both your scents in here?" Inu Yasha was pissed, the anger was in the air he breathed.
"I fell asleep on the chair in here, not that you deserve an explanation. And this is. . . . . . ."
He looked quickly at Riana for assurance that it was ok to tell Inu Yasha. She shrugged. It didn't really matter anymore.
Riana rubbed her eyes, and there was something very wrong with this picture. Sesshoumaru and Inu Yasha weren't tearing at each other's throats, and Kagome wasn't in the room.
"Where is Kagome?"
All of them were quiet for a moment.
A splash echoed outside.
It all rang through their heads like dominoes.
"KAGOME!" all 3 chimed in horror.
A/N: Ok, I know that this was shorter than I planned. And I know I was late, but I am going to sit down tomorrow, regardless of finals, and make it all up to you and write the next chapter of this story and A thief's handbook. So, laters!
Please don't kill me for being so late!!! Sorry.
Anyways, just a quick note. I can't seem to get the computer to give me italic writing when I post it up. So, I will just put (word) for Italics, which basically means that it's the person's thoughts.
Chapter 21: To Be, Or Not to Be? (I don't own this phrase)
*Kagome *
(Incredible the way flying felt. Falling, flying, what really was the difference? She had about, oh say, 5 seconds before she hit the water.)
Then, remembering her grandpa talking about grandma, and how she survived jumping from a plane into the ocean suddenly flashed back into her mind. Her grandma had become a pencil. She giggled at the thought of how grandpa tried to show them what she did.
Well, she'd just have to pray, and copy her grandmother, since there was no one to save her now. So, she straightened her body out and went feet (pointed) first into the water, and when she felt she was deep enough, she made her body curve, like a croissant, so that it would shoot out towards the surface.
Well, that's what she would have liked to happen. But, after the icy cold water hit her, all her thoughts cleared. A moment of pure white, then black swirled in her mind.
(How long had she lay flat, slowly sinking further into the depths of the ocean, 2 maybe 3 minutes? Who cares? No one cares. So why shouldn't I just sink?)
"Get out get out!" Her mind was talking to her. Those voices, those awful voices that wouldn't let her fall into eternal sleep. "Wake up stupid girl! Inu Yasha can't save you now!"
(So? So what? I don't have anything left.)
"Do I have to do everything for you? You invalid."
Kagome clamped her hands over her ears. (Go away!)
"You're dying! Out, get out of the water. Wake UP!"
~*~*~
Outside her mind, her body floated upside-down under the water. Her back was facing toward the upper cliffs where Kouga looked down with shock, and disappointment.
"You should have just come with me Kagome! You wouldn't have died! You stupid woman!" Kouga just about screamed at the top of his lungs at her. Tears, clear tears of remorse, were etched down his face. He turned away.
"KOUGA!"
Kouga turned to see one mad, seething woman.
He gulped. "No. . . . . . . . . . ."
~*_*~ A/N-Quick reminder, I know it's been awhile, so I'll just remind you what happened to Inu Yasha at this point. He stood at the porch door, went inside, and got very upset when he smelled the scents of both Sesshoumaru and Kagome. Then, Sesshoumaru knocked on the door, and Inu Yasha called out, "She's not here stupid."
*Inu Yasha *
Sesshoumaru was quiet for a moment, a moment too long. Inu Yasha didn't have the patients Sesshoumaru had.
"Sesshoumaru, get your dumb a$$ in here! Where the hell is Kagome?"
The door slowly opened to one red-eyed demon.
"Inu Yasha, you are a fool. She is probably out for a walk." (He had hoped)
This didn't seem to calm the half-breed down a bit.
"I don't care! You said you'd take care of her! And where's my sword, and Naraku?!"
It was almost funny that he was asking Sesshoumaru anything. Well, he didn't have his sword to kill first and talk later, so, he didn't have a choice.
Sesshoumaru just looked at him oddly. (He was not in the mood for this.) "Inu Yasha, your sword will be returned to you, soon. Kagome, Kagome is out for a walk, and Naraku is on business for me. So, leave, your presence is waking the whole household. And, I'm sure you don't want 106 demons chasing your half-breed butt. Especially without your precious sword."
For once, Inu Yasha believed him, and he wasn't angry.
His countenance softened a little. "Sesshoumaru, how long has Kagome been here?"
Sesshoumaru cocked his head in a prideful position. "Quite some time. But, it has been worth her stay. She, she is very upset at you, and she has been hurt. You offered no gratitude when she gave her life for you. And you won't admit you love her. This is the one and only time I will help you little brother. You love her. Don't let it her drift off."
"I don't Love her! Why can't anyone accept that! I care for her ok? I do, I really do, but I just don't want to choose between her and Kikyou, I owe Kikyou my life, and I owe Kagome nothing. But, I care for Kagome, so I can't just leave her to enjoy hell with Kikyou."
Inu Yasha took a long deep breath. He had wanted to get that off his chest for a very long time. Funny, he didn't think he would ever tell Sesshoumaru anything. He didn't think they could ever hold a conversation where it didn't end up in an all-out battle.
"So, I guess, your leaving now?"
"Yes Sesshoumaru, I'm leaving."
There was a loud knock at the door. A beautiful woman entered. Her purple eyes and long silver hair caught Inu Yasha's attention.
"Oh Yeah! Why the hell did you sleep with Kagome? That's why I was so mad at you! I knew there could never be anything right when I met up with you. And who is she?"
Sesshoumaru scoffed. "Inu Yasha, you are more foolish to think that I would sleep with Kagome, then if you thought I was going to let you leave without a good fight."
"Then why do I smell both your scents in here?" Inu Yasha was pissed, the anger was in the air he breathed.
"I fell asleep on the chair in here, not that you deserve an explanation. And this is. . . . . . ."
He looked quickly at Riana for assurance that it was ok to tell Inu Yasha. She shrugged. It didn't really matter anymore.
Riana rubbed her eyes, and there was something very wrong with this picture. Sesshoumaru and Inu Yasha weren't tearing at each other's throats, and Kagome wasn't in the room.
"Where is Kagome?"
All of them were quiet for a moment.
A splash echoed outside.
It all rang through their heads like dominoes.
"KAGOME!" all 3 chimed in horror.
A/N: Ok, I know that this was shorter than I planned. And I know I was late, but I am going to sit down tomorrow, regardless of finals, and make it all up to you and write the next chapter of this story and A thief's handbook. So, laters!