Chapter 23-Miko Himitsu
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"Just one thing, Inuyasha." Kagome said, looking up at him.
Inuyasha looked down at Kagome from the corner of his eye. "Yeah?"
"Did you kiss me to shut me up or because you wanted to?"
Inuyasha smirked. "A bit of both really." He said.
Kagome quietly resisted the urge to punch Inuyasha's lights out.
After Inuyasha's confrontation with Kikyo and his claws meeting her neck, he had become surprisingly relaxed, he smiled a lot more and for some strange reason, his hand kept on finding its way into Kagome's. It was almost like he was some lovesick high schooler. Not that Kagome was complaining.
After all this time, the two of them were finally in Kyoto. It was definitely different to Tokyo. For a start, it looked more ancient, whereas Tokyo was absolutely modern looking. Everywhere looked like some sort of shrine.
Inuyasha and Kagome walked by each shrine, looking for some sort of sign that this one was the one they had been looking for. After a while, Inuyasha stopped.
"What is it, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked timidly.
"I hear voices." He replied.
And indeed, there were voices coming just from the left of them.
"Will you STOP doing that!"
"Doing what?"
"Dragging me in the opposite way of where I want to go!"
"Wha?"
"I'm telling you! The shrine we're looking for is THIS way!"
"No it's not! I know for a FACT it's this way!"
"You're such a BABY!"
" I know those voices!" Kagome said, her face lighting up. She began to run in the direction of the argument.
"Sango! Miroku!" She yelled, launching herself into the arms of both Sango and Miroku. Since the two were unprepared for this attack, they all fell onto the floor with a loud THUMP! Shippou jumped on a few seconds after, just for fun.
"Kagome!!" Sango said in surprise and Kagome laughed and hugged.
Miroku managed to climb his way out of the pile and stood up next to Inuyasha.
"Hey." Miroku said.
"Alright." Inuyasha replied.
After a few seconds of awkward silence, they two eventually hugged and laughed too.
When everyone was composed and standing vertical again, they started looking for the shrine.
"Just like Kaede san to not tell us what the name of the shrine is." Muttered Sango as she checked off the shrine she was looking at.
"Yeah but this place is amazing!" Said Kagome, looking up at the blue sky.
"It's certainly a change from cars and neon lights." Agreed Miroku.
"And it's nice and empty!" Shippou added, clinging to Kagome's shoulder.
Miroku slowed down a bit, to allow Inuyasha to catch up with him.
"So, you seem a lot happier suddenly." Miroku whispered.
Inuyasha blushed and turned his head away from Miroku.
"N....no I'm not."
"Aaaaaaaah, I see." Miroku said sagely. "You told Kagome you liked her, didn't you?"
Inuyasha's blushed deepened. "Not in so many words." He muttered.
Miroku's mouth suddenly spread into a large grin as he watched his hanyou friend blush and stutter.
"Ya kissed her, didn't ya!" He said, poking his face into Inuyasha's.
Gulping, Inuyasha slowly nodded his head. Miroku's grin got wider.
"So tell me, 'Fonzie', what was it like?"
Almost immediately, Inuyasha's shyness went away.
"It was AMAZING! Her lips were so soft! I just wanted to go on and on...." He stopped when he noticed that Sango and Kagome were looking in his direction.
He coughed nervously.
"It was alright." He mumbled. "Nothing special."
The girls hurried on ahead.
"So he kissed you?!" Sango whispered when they were out of earshot.
"Yeah." Kagome blushed, smiling sweetly.
"Wow." Sango sighed, clasping her hands together. "Didn't his fangs get in the way?"
"Sango!" Kagome yelled, turning bright red. She lowered her voice again. "Of course they didn't!"
"I wish Miroku would kiss me." Sango said, looking a bit glum.
"Well...why don't you kiss him instead?" Kagome asked.
Sango smiled. "I suppose I could....I mean, I've given him TONS of openings."
"Maybe he just doesn't like you that way." Kagome mused.
Sango looked at Kagome, mortified. "I know for a FACT that he likes me that way!" She cried, her voice on the point of breaking.
"Ok, ok!" Kagome said, taking a step back. "I guess it IS obvious. Oh, I think we're here!"
They had stopped in front of a dark red shrine. The sign on the door said: 'Shrine of Dark Blossoms, Miko: Miko Himitsu.'
" 'Dark Blossoms' eh?" Inuyasha said, coming up behind the girls. "Sounds a bit stupid."
"Well, we're supposed to give the Shikon no Tama to the Miko here." Miroku said, looking around. "So, without further ado." He suddenly grabbed Kagome's shirt and attempted to rip it off her. Inuyasha lunged and the Monk, grabbing him by the neck.
"Miroku! What the hell were you doing?!" Kagome screamed.
"The Shikon jewel is inside of you right?" He asked innocently. "We need to get it out!"
"It's already out you fool." Inuyasha growled in Miroku's ear.
Miroku's face suddenly turned deep red. "Inuyasha...You sly dog!"
Inuyasha at first thought that this was some kind of insult to his heritage, then his imagination caught up with him. With his face as red as Miroku's, he threw the monk onto the ground.
"That's not it at all!" He yelled.
Picking himself up, Miroku merely smirked. "Whatever you say, dog boy! You have your needs and I understand if you feel a little embarrassed about them."
Inuyasha had his fist inches away from Miroku's mouth when a frustrated Kagome grabbed Inuyasha's shoulder.
"Can we go in now?" She asked angrily.
Composing himself, Inuyasha sighed and walked into the shrine.
Miroku sorted out his robes and looked at Sango, she was glaring evilly.
"What?" He whined. Shaking her head, Sango followed Inuyasha and Kagome into the shrine.
Inside was pretty dark, the floorboards were made of dark wood and the walls were painted in a dark grey sort of colour. At the back of the shrine, in the centre, was a large, round, shallow bowl that was a blaze with a blue fire.
Stepping cautiously, the gang walked up to the burning bowl.
"Um...Konnichi wa." Kagome shouted nervously. A shuffling from behind a door to their left showed that there was life in the shrine. A while later, the door opened to reveal a beautiful woman, wearing traditional miko robes, with black flowing hair that had a streak of white in it. Her face was a smooth ivory colour and her eyes were a dark green. She took pigeon steps to the bowl and bowed low to each of them.
"I know why you have come." She said calmly, her voice like a song.
The gang watched her in awe as she introduced herself. "I am miko Himitsu, I own and run this shrine. I know who all of you are." She stepped up to Inuyasha, running her long fingers through his silver hair. "You are the hanyou Inuyasha." She whispered. Inuyasha gulped and nodded.
Next, she went to Sango. "You must be the demon exterminator." She put a hand on Sango's shoulder. "I knew your village well, it is unfortunate what happened to it. I am deeply sorry." Sango smiled sadly and muttered a thank you.
Turning her attention towards Miroku, she smiled. "And you are the Monk Miroku." Miroku nodded vigorously. "I am pleased to see that you have made it here."
Last, but not least, she turned to Kagome. She looked the girl up and down before putting her hand on Kagome's cheek. It was cold and smooth and for some reason, it made Kagome nervous. Shaking it off, Kagome looked the miko in the eyes.
"You are definitely her image, Kagome san." Himitsu whispered. "But I see that you are more of yourself than you are of her." Taking her hand away from Kagome's cheek, she stepped back to her position by the bowl.
"We must get this done quickly." She said, turning to Kagome. "You have the jewel?"
Fumbling about her skirt pocket, Kagome dropped the jewel into the miko's hand.
For a split second, Inuyasha saw Himitsu's eyes light up. She turned to the fire and lowered it.
The gang watched in anticipation.
She lowered it even more.
And more.
And more.
The blue flames were just licking the jewel when Himitsu's hand, quick as a flash, went to her mouth, where she popped the Shikon no Tama in and swallowed.
A few seconds went by before the gang's brains caught up with their eyes.
"Hey!" Kagome yelled, shocked.
Himitsu began to laugh, then, her light voice was replaced with a deep menacing one. A black hair dropped from her head, then her parting split and her whole body seemed to be melting away to reveal and bent over man wearing some sort of monkey fur...
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Ahahahahahha! I'm stopping it there! My God, it's been aaaaaaaaagggggeeeees since I've updated! Gomen minna-san! I've been busy doing absolutely nothing. Hehehe. Ok, I just haven't really wanted to update. I guess I'm getting bored with this fic. Don't worry my little duckies, the next chapter will probably be the last! I guess you can tell I haven't been trying as my standard of writing has gone down!
Plus, I've been absolutely ADDICTED to Kare Kano! It's GREAT! I recommend it to ANYONE! I especially love the relationship between Sakura Tsubaki and Tonami Takefumi. ^.^ Those two are the cutest! There is also the point of my OTHER addiction to watching DN Angel episodes, I accidentally found a site that shows a whole bunch of them, but now I've seen all the ones I can and they refuse to download! -Starts crying- I want my Daisuke kun!!!!!!!
Well, seeing as this is nearly the end, I just wanna say....If anyone has any fics they want me to read, then let me know! All the fics I'm reading take ages to be updated! (Remind you of anyone?) So I'd be happy to read some! ^.^
20 more reviews and I'll have one hundred! So keep those reviews coming!
Ja Ne
Sakura Clover
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"Just one thing, Inuyasha." Kagome said, looking up at him.
Inuyasha looked down at Kagome from the corner of his eye. "Yeah?"
"Did you kiss me to shut me up or because you wanted to?"
Inuyasha smirked. "A bit of both really." He said.
Kagome quietly resisted the urge to punch Inuyasha's lights out.
After Inuyasha's confrontation with Kikyo and his claws meeting her neck, he had become surprisingly relaxed, he smiled a lot more and for some strange reason, his hand kept on finding its way into Kagome's. It was almost like he was some lovesick high schooler. Not that Kagome was complaining.
After all this time, the two of them were finally in Kyoto. It was definitely different to Tokyo. For a start, it looked more ancient, whereas Tokyo was absolutely modern looking. Everywhere looked like some sort of shrine.
Inuyasha and Kagome walked by each shrine, looking for some sort of sign that this one was the one they had been looking for. After a while, Inuyasha stopped.
"What is it, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked timidly.
"I hear voices." He replied.
And indeed, there were voices coming just from the left of them.
"Will you STOP doing that!"
"Doing what?"
"Dragging me in the opposite way of where I want to go!"
"Wha?"
"I'm telling you! The shrine we're looking for is THIS way!"
"No it's not! I know for a FACT it's this way!"
"You're such a BABY!"
" I know those voices!" Kagome said, her face lighting up. She began to run in the direction of the argument.
"Sango! Miroku!" She yelled, launching herself into the arms of both Sango and Miroku. Since the two were unprepared for this attack, they all fell onto the floor with a loud THUMP! Shippou jumped on a few seconds after, just for fun.
"Kagome!!" Sango said in surprise and Kagome laughed and hugged.
Miroku managed to climb his way out of the pile and stood up next to Inuyasha.
"Hey." Miroku said.
"Alright." Inuyasha replied.
After a few seconds of awkward silence, they two eventually hugged and laughed too.
When everyone was composed and standing vertical again, they started looking for the shrine.
"Just like Kaede san to not tell us what the name of the shrine is." Muttered Sango as she checked off the shrine she was looking at.
"Yeah but this place is amazing!" Said Kagome, looking up at the blue sky.
"It's certainly a change from cars and neon lights." Agreed Miroku.
"And it's nice and empty!" Shippou added, clinging to Kagome's shoulder.
Miroku slowed down a bit, to allow Inuyasha to catch up with him.
"So, you seem a lot happier suddenly." Miroku whispered.
Inuyasha blushed and turned his head away from Miroku.
"N....no I'm not."
"Aaaaaaaah, I see." Miroku said sagely. "You told Kagome you liked her, didn't you?"
Inuyasha's blushed deepened. "Not in so many words." He muttered.
Miroku's mouth suddenly spread into a large grin as he watched his hanyou friend blush and stutter.
"Ya kissed her, didn't ya!" He said, poking his face into Inuyasha's.
Gulping, Inuyasha slowly nodded his head. Miroku's grin got wider.
"So tell me, 'Fonzie', what was it like?"
Almost immediately, Inuyasha's shyness went away.
"It was AMAZING! Her lips were so soft! I just wanted to go on and on...." He stopped when he noticed that Sango and Kagome were looking in his direction.
He coughed nervously.
"It was alright." He mumbled. "Nothing special."
The girls hurried on ahead.
"So he kissed you?!" Sango whispered when they were out of earshot.
"Yeah." Kagome blushed, smiling sweetly.
"Wow." Sango sighed, clasping her hands together. "Didn't his fangs get in the way?"
"Sango!" Kagome yelled, turning bright red. She lowered her voice again. "Of course they didn't!"
"I wish Miroku would kiss me." Sango said, looking a bit glum.
"Well...why don't you kiss him instead?" Kagome asked.
Sango smiled. "I suppose I could....I mean, I've given him TONS of openings."
"Maybe he just doesn't like you that way." Kagome mused.
Sango looked at Kagome, mortified. "I know for a FACT that he likes me that way!" She cried, her voice on the point of breaking.
"Ok, ok!" Kagome said, taking a step back. "I guess it IS obvious. Oh, I think we're here!"
They had stopped in front of a dark red shrine. The sign on the door said: 'Shrine of Dark Blossoms, Miko: Miko Himitsu.'
" 'Dark Blossoms' eh?" Inuyasha said, coming up behind the girls. "Sounds a bit stupid."
"Well, we're supposed to give the Shikon no Tama to the Miko here." Miroku said, looking around. "So, without further ado." He suddenly grabbed Kagome's shirt and attempted to rip it off her. Inuyasha lunged and the Monk, grabbing him by the neck.
"Miroku! What the hell were you doing?!" Kagome screamed.
"The Shikon jewel is inside of you right?" He asked innocently. "We need to get it out!"
"It's already out you fool." Inuyasha growled in Miroku's ear.
Miroku's face suddenly turned deep red. "Inuyasha...You sly dog!"
Inuyasha at first thought that this was some kind of insult to his heritage, then his imagination caught up with him. With his face as red as Miroku's, he threw the monk onto the ground.
"That's not it at all!" He yelled.
Picking himself up, Miroku merely smirked. "Whatever you say, dog boy! You have your needs and I understand if you feel a little embarrassed about them."
Inuyasha had his fist inches away from Miroku's mouth when a frustrated Kagome grabbed Inuyasha's shoulder.
"Can we go in now?" She asked angrily.
Composing himself, Inuyasha sighed and walked into the shrine.
Miroku sorted out his robes and looked at Sango, she was glaring evilly.
"What?" He whined. Shaking her head, Sango followed Inuyasha and Kagome into the shrine.
Inside was pretty dark, the floorboards were made of dark wood and the walls were painted in a dark grey sort of colour. At the back of the shrine, in the centre, was a large, round, shallow bowl that was a blaze with a blue fire.
Stepping cautiously, the gang walked up to the burning bowl.
"Um...Konnichi wa." Kagome shouted nervously. A shuffling from behind a door to their left showed that there was life in the shrine. A while later, the door opened to reveal a beautiful woman, wearing traditional miko robes, with black flowing hair that had a streak of white in it. Her face was a smooth ivory colour and her eyes were a dark green. She took pigeon steps to the bowl and bowed low to each of them.
"I know why you have come." She said calmly, her voice like a song.
The gang watched her in awe as she introduced herself. "I am miko Himitsu, I own and run this shrine. I know who all of you are." She stepped up to Inuyasha, running her long fingers through his silver hair. "You are the hanyou Inuyasha." She whispered. Inuyasha gulped and nodded.
Next, she went to Sango. "You must be the demon exterminator." She put a hand on Sango's shoulder. "I knew your village well, it is unfortunate what happened to it. I am deeply sorry." Sango smiled sadly and muttered a thank you.
Turning her attention towards Miroku, she smiled. "And you are the Monk Miroku." Miroku nodded vigorously. "I am pleased to see that you have made it here."
Last, but not least, she turned to Kagome. She looked the girl up and down before putting her hand on Kagome's cheek. It was cold and smooth and for some reason, it made Kagome nervous. Shaking it off, Kagome looked the miko in the eyes.
"You are definitely her image, Kagome san." Himitsu whispered. "But I see that you are more of yourself than you are of her." Taking her hand away from Kagome's cheek, she stepped back to her position by the bowl.
"We must get this done quickly." She said, turning to Kagome. "You have the jewel?"
Fumbling about her skirt pocket, Kagome dropped the jewel into the miko's hand.
For a split second, Inuyasha saw Himitsu's eyes light up. She turned to the fire and lowered it.
The gang watched in anticipation.
She lowered it even more.
And more.
And more.
The blue flames were just licking the jewel when Himitsu's hand, quick as a flash, went to her mouth, where she popped the Shikon no Tama in and swallowed.
A few seconds went by before the gang's brains caught up with their eyes.
"Hey!" Kagome yelled, shocked.
Himitsu began to laugh, then, her light voice was replaced with a deep menacing one. A black hair dropped from her head, then her parting split and her whole body seemed to be melting away to reveal and bent over man wearing some sort of monkey fur...
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Ahahahahahha! I'm stopping it there! My God, it's been aaaaaaaaagggggeeeees since I've updated! Gomen minna-san! I've been busy doing absolutely nothing. Hehehe. Ok, I just haven't really wanted to update. I guess I'm getting bored with this fic. Don't worry my little duckies, the next chapter will probably be the last! I guess you can tell I haven't been trying as my standard of writing has gone down!
Plus, I've been absolutely ADDICTED to Kare Kano! It's GREAT! I recommend it to ANYONE! I especially love the relationship between Sakura Tsubaki and Tonami Takefumi. ^.^ Those two are the cutest! There is also the point of my OTHER addiction to watching DN Angel episodes, I accidentally found a site that shows a whole bunch of them, but now I've seen all the ones I can and they refuse to download! -Starts crying- I want my Daisuke kun!!!!!!!
Well, seeing as this is nearly the end, I just wanna say....If anyone has any fics they want me to read, then let me know! All the fics I'm reading take ages to be updated! (Remind you of anyone?) So I'd be happy to read some! ^.^
20 more reviews and I'll have one hundred! So keep those reviews coming!
Ja Ne
Sakura Clover
