Chapter 7
Okay, I know I'm making Kagome sound mean and snobby. But I don't blame her! If I was afraid that I was going to loose someone over someone else, I'd act like that too! So please don't hurt me. Kagome will sound nice at the end of the story, don't worry, Kagome-lovers.
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"Are you sure you sensed one?"
"Yeah, Inu, go check!"
Inuyasha sighed and jumped into the bush Kagome pointed and looked through it. "Nope nothing there!"
"What?! Are you sure? I sensed one!" Kagome pouted and waited for another one. After a few minutes of not getting anything she pretended she sensed one, just so Inuyasha would pay attention to her and not Amaya. "Hey! I think there's one in that tree!"
"Are you sure?"
Kagome glared at him, "Of course I'm sure! I've always been here to help you, and I always will be the only one to help you with finding the shards." She eyed Amaya who was looking over all the bushes and trees.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and climbed into the tree that Kagome thought had a jewel shard in it, only to find nothing. "No!" Amaya was carefully looking at the things in the forest. She saw something that looked like a shard.
"Hey! What's that thing?"
Kagome looked over in the direction of Amaya's clawed finger. She sensed a jewel shard. Realizing it was a shard, Kagome quickly replied, "Nothing! That's nothing!" before anyone else could realize it was a shard. Too late, Sango had already looked.
"I think it's a---"
"I think I sense one!" Kagome interrupted Sango so no one else would find out that Amaya had actually found a jewel shard.
Finally Kagome turned back to where Amaya had found a shard and said, "I sense one! I'm absolutely sure this time!!!"
Inuyasha glared at her and walked over to where she said she sensed one. "This is the last time, Kagome!" Inuyasha looked down and saw a jewel shard. "I found one!" he yelled. Everyone ran over. They all cheered Kagome, except Amaya, who just stood there smiling, but not admitting that she had found it first, and Sango, who knew the truth.
"Wait a sec, there." Sango said and glared at Kagome. Everyone stopped admiring Kagome and looked to Sango. Kagome stopped smiled and looked at Sango's glare. Sango and Kagome are very good friends, except everyone sometimes lies or takes credit for something they didn't do alone or at all, and Sango always stands up for the truth and people who are being taken advantage of. Sango walked up to Kagome and said, "That's the exact same place that Amaya said she thought she found something!" Everyone gasped. Kagome looked away from Sango. "No it wasn't." Sango threw her arms up in the air. "Oh don't give me this crap! Yes it was, and you knew it! Why you were trying to hide it, I don't know, but Kagome⦠share the spotlight." Everyone was silent until Sango cocked her head in Amaya's direction, then they all started to cheer Amaya instead of Kagome. Amaya shrugged and smiled and Kagome sadly stared at her feet. A tear trickled down her cheek.
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That night while everyone was sleeping, Kagome sat on a rock. She was crying into the river. 'Dumb old Amaya, here to steal your man. Damn I hate her! Why can't she just go away' Kagome thought and grumbled something mean about Amaya. She sighed and covered her face in her knees.
"I can help get rid of Amaya," said a voice that made Kagome shudder. She turned around to see a demon. He wore a dark cloak that created a shadow over his face, so that she couldn't see his face. Kagome looked to Inuyasha to see if he saw the weird figure. No, he was asleep next to Amaya and Shippou. Kagome gritted her teeth at the sight of Amaya, she hated her more than Kikyo. Kagome turned back to the dark creature that seemed like a youkai, with a straight face.
"Well, who are you? What are you doing here? And who do you work for?"
The demon chuckled and Kagome shuddered again. "I can only answer one of your many questions, human. I am here to help you. If you allow me, I shall take Amaya away and you'll never have to worry about her again."
Kagome took one last glance at Amaya. She gritted her teeth and turned back to the demon. "Deal." She stuck out her hand and they shook on it.
"I'll attack tomorrow." The demon grinned and walked of. 'At last I shall have Amaya. She won't escape this time. The foolish human doesn't know what she's doing.' The demon chuckled again.
Kagome went to sleep with a smirk. Soon she would never have to deal with Amaya again.
