EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKK!!!!! Death threats! Death threats! Death threats!
They're coming to get me! Tail: So? Me: If they come to get me, they'll
get you, too! Tail: Oh. HHHHHHHEEEEEEELLLLLLPPPPP MMMMMMEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Me: Okay, everybody just calm down and put the sharp objects away! I'm
sorry about what I did, but, hey, remember me? I'm the one who actually
had to go through the process of WRITING the thing! Tail: If you didn't
like it, then why did you even write it? Me: Because it was the only way I
could decently continue the story!
Review responses:
pruningshears: Hey! Thanks for your review! I'm glad you like it! *Calls to Tail* Hey, look! Another review! Tail: Oh, yippee! You know, the ears part was my idea! Me: Was not! Tail: Was too! Me: Was not! *hits Tail over the- wait, it doesn't have a head, does it? Anyway, hits Tail*
Inuhugger: I cannot express how endlessly happy I am that you updated! Sorry I made you sad, but I have a valid reason! I knew how I wanted the main plot to go, but I had no idea how to continue after that. I spent the next week or so trying to figure out how to make my fic longer and this was honestly the best I could come up with! Anyway, I'm gonna try to check out your website when I get the chance. Hope you enjoy this next chapter! (Warning: It's kinda sad at Inu's expense! Sorry!)
kittykathy: I'm sorry! I didn't mean for it to be sad! At least Kag and Inu admitted their love to each other! I'm glad you like it anyway!
LostDarkness: *clears throat* EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kairinu: Alright, alright! I'll continue! See? See this? It's ANOTHER CHAPTER! Anyway, thanks for your review! I'm not THAT great of a writer, am I?
elven dragonlord: (see LostDarkness's review response)
InuyashaMistress: Thank you! You're practically the only person that hasn't given me a death threat! (Unless that part that said 'die' was directed at me!) Anyway, glad you like it!
Squeakers: It's you again! You were my second reviewer EVER! How could I forget? Thanks for the evil death threat, I think. Hope you continue reading!
spiritchild029: My first e-mail reviewer! Cool! And it's practically a death threat! Not so cool! Anyway, I hope you continue reading and reviewing!
The disclaimer is at the end of the chapter this time. And it's for a good reason, too!
~
A small girl, about ten years old, sat under a tree deep in the forest, crying. She had been separated from her family earlier that day and had no idea where she was. In other words, she was lost. She thought she heard something move in the forest and quickly looked up.
"Mommy?" she asked.
There was no one there.
"Mommy!"
The bushes next to her rustled. She jumped up and started running as fast as she could. She couldn't see clearly because of all the tears in her eyes and she tripped over a tree root. She pulled herself into a sitting position and hugged her knees to her chest, sobbing quietly to herself. After a while, she stood up and wiped the tears from her eyes. She looked around to see if she could find something that could tell her where she was. What she did see almost made her jump for joy. It was a young man, just through the trees a little way.
'Maybe he could help me find my way home!' she thought.
"Hello?" she called. "Excuse me, I'm lost. Can you help me?"
The boy didn't answer. She walked into the clearing where he was. Only then did she notice that his eyes were closed and he was pinned to a tree because of the arrow through his chest.
"Hey, mister! Are you okay?"
She decided to at least get him off the tree. She reached up for the arrow.
'It's too high!'
She grasped the boy's clothing and used it to climb up until she was level with his face. She grabbed the shaft of the arrow and pulled as hard as she could. The arrow suddenly vanished in a burst of pink light. She barely had time to be confused because the boy, no longer supported by the arrow, slid to the ground taking her with him. She now sat on his lap while he half-lay, half-sat against the trunk of the tree. His eyes were still closed. She took a good look at him for the first time. He was wearing some sort of loose, red clothing and he had an old, beaten-up sword strapped to his waist. He had silver-white hair and sharp, claw-like nails.
'Seems normal enough,' she thought.
Her gaze drifted up to his head where she saw two small white dog- ears.
"Puppy!" she exclaimed like a child on Christmas morning.
She reached up and scratched behind the ears. A slow smile crept across the boy's face.
"Kagome-?"
The girl jumped at the sudden presence of someone else's voice. She realized that the voice belonged to the one whose ears she had just been petting and pulled her hand away as he slowly opened his eyes. Consciousness seemed to come slowly to him and it took him a few seconds to realize that there was someone sitting on his lap. Inu-Yasha stared at the small girl who was, in turn, staring at him.
"Who the heck are you?!" he asked, not all too politely.
"I'm Myuka. Um, I'm kind of lost and I was wondering if you could-"
Inu-Yasha's memory hit him like a rock. He stood up, throwing the young girl from his lap.
"Kagome."
"That's the second time you've said that!"
"Said what?!"
"Kagome's name. How do you know Kagome?" Myuka asked.
"What do you mean how do I know Kagome?! How do you know her?!"
"Kagome's my grandma."
There was a brief pause.
"What?"
"Kagome's my grandma! But she died about three years ago."
Inu-Yasha just stared at her.
"But-? What-?"
Inu-Yasha felt an odd weight around his neck, and it wasn't his prayer bead necklace. Of course the necklace was there, but there was something else. He reached down inside his kimono and pulled out the Shikon Jewel, completely whole, tied around his neck with a thin piece of cord.
"Wha-? What's going on?! How long have I been here?!"
Inu-Yasha frantically tried to gather his thoughts. He could smell Kagome's city even from as far away as he was. He took off running as fast as he could in that direction, leaving Myuka behind. Myuka stared after Inu-Yasha as she was left alone once again.
~
Inu-Yasha raced through the forest as fast as his legs could carry him.
'Kagome can't be dead! She can't!'
The city of Tokyo loomed before him and he quickly spotted Kagome's shrine. He leapt through Kagome's window as he had so many times before. He was surprised when he landed on a bed, which was now directly below the window. He looked about the rest of the room. Everything had been rearranged. Books littered the room, but they weren't the same as the ones Kagome had. These ones were smaller and full of pictures. He sniffed the air. The scent was similar yet different from Kagome's. The room still held Kagome's scent, but it had changed somehow.
'This can't be possible!'
Inu-Yasha leapt out the window again and headed back into the forest, hoping to find some clue there.
~
Myuka heard quick footsteps coming in her direction and looked up to see Inu-Yasha halt in front of the tree, drop to the ground on his hands and knees, and start sniffing the ground like a dog.
"What are you looking for?" she asked curiously.
Inu-Yasha ignored her.
'It's here. I can smell it. Kagome's scent is here somewhere.'
He came across a patch of dirt that looked like it had probably been disturbed a few years back. He buried his hands in the soft earth and began digging. He dug until his hand hit something hard. Carefully, he pulled the object out of the dirt. It was a small, wooden box about a foot long and half a foot wide. He brushed away the mud and dirt that still clung to it. On the lid of the box, carved in rough letters, was his name.
~
GO AHEAD!!!! FLAME ME!!!! BURN ME ALIVE!!!! I'M READY FOR YA!!!! :P
Review responses:
pruningshears: Hey! Thanks for your review! I'm glad you like it! *Calls to Tail* Hey, look! Another review! Tail: Oh, yippee! You know, the ears part was my idea! Me: Was not! Tail: Was too! Me: Was not! *hits Tail over the- wait, it doesn't have a head, does it? Anyway, hits Tail*
Inuhugger: I cannot express how endlessly happy I am that you updated! Sorry I made you sad, but I have a valid reason! I knew how I wanted the main plot to go, but I had no idea how to continue after that. I spent the next week or so trying to figure out how to make my fic longer and this was honestly the best I could come up with! Anyway, I'm gonna try to check out your website when I get the chance. Hope you enjoy this next chapter! (Warning: It's kinda sad at Inu's expense! Sorry!)
kittykathy: I'm sorry! I didn't mean for it to be sad! At least Kag and Inu admitted their love to each other! I'm glad you like it anyway!
LostDarkness: *clears throat* EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kairinu: Alright, alright! I'll continue! See? See this? It's ANOTHER CHAPTER! Anyway, thanks for your review! I'm not THAT great of a writer, am I?
elven dragonlord: (see LostDarkness's review response)
InuyashaMistress: Thank you! You're practically the only person that hasn't given me a death threat! (Unless that part that said 'die' was directed at me!) Anyway, glad you like it!
Squeakers: It's you again! You were my second reviewer EVER! How could I forget? Thanks for the evil death threat, I think. Hope you continue reading!
spiritchild029: My first e-mail reviewer! Cool! And it's practically a death threat! Not so cool! Anyway, I hope you continue reading and reviewing!
The disclaimer is at the end of the chapter this time. And it's for a good reason, too!
~
A small girl, about ten years old, sat under a tree deep in the forest, crying. She had been separated from her family earlier that day and had no idea where she was. In other words, she was lost. She thought she heard something move in the forest and quickly looked up.
"Mommy?" she asked.
There was no one there.
"Mommy!"
The bushes next to her rustled. She jumped up and started running as fast as she could. She couldn't see clearly because of all the tears in her eyes and she tripped over a tree root. She pulled herself into a sitting position and hugged her knees to her chest, sobbing quietly to herself. After a while, she stood up and wiped the tears from her eyes. She looked around to see if she could find something that could tell her where she was. What she did see almost made her jump for joy. It was a young man, just through the trees a little way.
'Maybe he could help me find my way home!' she thought.
"Hello?" she called. "Excuse me, I'm lost. Can you help me?"
The boy didn't answer. She walked into the clearing where he was. Only then did she notice that his eyes were closed and he was pinned to a tree because of the arrow through his chest.
"Hey, mister! Are you okay?"
She decided to at least get him off the tree. She reached up for the arrow.
'It's too high!'
She grasped the boy's clothing and used it to climb up until she was level with his face. She grabbed the shaft of the arrow and pulled as hard as she could. The arrow suddenly vanished in a burst of pink light. She barely had time to be confused because the boy, no longer supported by the arrow, slid to the ground taking her with him. She now sat on his lap while he half-lay, half-sat against the trunk of the tree. His eyes were still closed. She took a good look at him for the first time. He was wearing some sort of loose, red clothing and he had an old, beaten-up sword strapped to his waist. He had silver-white hair and sharp, claw-like nails.
'Seems normal enough,' she thought.
Her gaze drifted up to his head where she saw two small white dog- ears.
"Puppy!" she exclaimed like a child on Christmas morning.
She reached up and scratched behind the ears. A slow smile crept across the boy's face.
"Kagome-?"
The girl jumped at the sudden presence of someone else's voice. She realized that the voice belonged to the one whose ears she had just been petting and pulled her hand away as he slowly opened his eyes. Consciousness seemed to come slowly to him and it took him a few seconds to realize that there was someone sitting on his lap. Inu-Yasha stared at the small girl who was, in turn, staring at him.
"Who the heck are you?!" he asked, not all too politely.
"I'm Myuka. Um, I'm kind of lost and I was wondering if you could-"
Inu-Yasha's memory hit him like a rock. He stood up, throwing the young girl from his lap.
"Kagome."
"That's the second time you've said that!"
"Said what?!"
"Kagome's name. How do you know Kagome?" Myuka asked.
"What do you mean how do I know Kagome?! How do you know her?!"
"Kagome's my grandma."
There was a brief pause.
"What?"
"Kagome's my grandma! But she died about three years ago."
Inu-Yasha just stared at her.
"But-? What-?"
Inu-Yasha felt an odd weight around his neck, and it wasn't his prayer bead necklace. Of course the necklace was there, but there was something else. He reached down inside his kimono and pulled out the Shikon Jewel, completely whole, tied around his neck with a thin piece of cord.
"Wha-? What's going on?! How long have I been here?!"
Inu-Yasha frantically tried to gather his thoughts. He could smell Kagome's city even from as far away as he was. He took off running as fast as he could in that direction, leaving Myuka behind. Myuka stared after Inu-Yasha as she was left alone once again.
~
Inu-Yasha raced through the forest as fast as his legs could carry him.
'Kagome can't be dead! She can't!'
The city of Tokyo loomed before him and he quickly spotted Kagome's shrine. He leapt through Kagome's window as he had so many times before. He was surprised when he landed on a bed, which was now directly below the window. He looked about the rest of the room. Everything had been rearranged. Books littered the room, but they weren't the same as the ones Kagome had. These ones were smaller and full of pictures. He sniffed the air. The scent was similar yet different from Kagome's. The room still held Kagome's scent, but it had changed somehow.
'This can't be possible!'
Inu-Yasha leapt out the window again and headed back into the forest, hoping to find some clue there.
~
Myuka heard quick footsteps coming in her direction and looked up to see Inu-Yasha halt in front of the tree, drop to the ground on his hands and knees, and start sniffing the ground like a dog.
"What are you looking for?" she asked curiously.
Inu-Yasha ignored her.
'It's here. I can smell it. Kagome's scent is here somewhere.'
He came across a patch of dirt that looked like it had probably been disturbed a few years back. He buried his hands in the soft earth and began digging. He dug until his hand hit something hard. Carefully, he pulled the object out of the dirt. It was a small, wooden box about a foot long and half a foot wide. He brushed away the mud and dirt that still clung to it. On the lid of the box, carved in rough letters, was his name.
~
GO AHEAD!!!! FLAME ME!!!! BURN ME ALIVE!!!! I'M READY FOR YA!!!! :P
