Disclaimer: (slc) Wow . . . look at me! I'm actually updating! That's a new
one . . . but the thing is I only have math homework to do tonight so I can
actually do something other than school work.. Heh heh . . .
Okay. Enough of my blabber.
**BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE SO PATIENT AND GREAT REVIEWERS, I'VE DECIEDED TO TELL YOU WHAT 'HITOITANAI' IS TRANSLATED TO: 'HUMAN PAIN'.**
Chapter: 7
Can't get me down
~*~
"We're doing WHAT?!" InuYasha screamed forcefully toward Ria and the camp counselors.
Shib, Juliana and Natasha all took a step back at the boy's outburst.
But Ria and Monigue remained as still as statues with looks to match.
"You heard me." Ria said with a mental smirk. "The hitoitanai . . . it's wh- "
"I KNOW WHAT IT IS!!" He continued to bellow, his fists clenched so tightly a crow bar usage might be an understatement.
Monigue closed her eyes and hung her head toward the ground. She rubbed her temples softly, knowing what was to come.
Ria loathed to be interrupted.
The director of hell took a small step forward. Then another, then another.
With each step she took toward InuYasha, the ground shook around her.
At last she stopped in front of the silver-haired boy. She pulled her head up toward his blinking face.
A small glint of red could be seen in her eyes.
She cleared her throat. "You see, young InuYasha, I know *you* know what the hitoitanai is, for it says on your record. Would you like me to show it to the rest of the group? Even your brother doesn't know this, as I understand it."
InuYasha took a small and unnoticeable gulp.
Ria persisted in her malevolent whisper, "But you see, little bastard, the others do *not* know what the hitoitanai is. And even though you do, they don't. Clear? I hope. Because for the next thirty-six hours you will be trained to think not only of yourself but of the group. Whether there is someone in the group you care for deeply and are just hiding the fact that you truly care for them inside your pathetic pit of emotions, is your own business. Not mine. Hmm, I wonder what InuYasha's thinking. Don't you, everyone? So, thankfully, you might learn some manners, mutt. Before your emotions, or I, get the better of you."
In the time it took Ria to turn around, walk back up next to a sighing Monigue, hear chuckles from the counselors and the group members, and have all eyes turn on Kikyo during the speech,
The now blushing Kagome knew darn well that Ria wasn't aiming that one sentence at Kikyo-
~Whether there is someone in the group you care for deeply and are just hiding the fact that you truly care for them inside your pathetic pit of emotions, is your own business.~
Both she and InuYasha felt a cold sweat mixed with new brightly colored crimson skin on the back of their necks.
* * *
". . . Sango?"
"Yeah?" She replied to Kagome's lying form.
They were suppose to be 'napping' for their 'thirty-six-hour-non-stop- challenge' later in the night.
Gods it had been a long day.
Kagome moved her position so that her head would be facing Sango's on the opposite side of the cabin.
"Do you . . . do you think what Ria said . . . I mean . . . do you think . . . that . . . well-"
"Say no more!" Sango squealed with glee. She was never a napping type of person anyway. She shot up and bounced on her bed once before resuming her talking. "Oh Kag! Don't you see?"
Kagome blinked at 'Kag'. "See what? I was only trying to ask y-"
"I know what you were trying to ask me! You were trying to say, 'do you think that what Ria said about caring for another person in the group was directed towards me'! Right?"
Kagome blinked (again). "Right!"
. . .
. . .
". . ."
"Well?!" Kagome urged toward Sango.
"Well what?"
"Well, what do you think?"
"Oh! Right. Well, I think it was directed toward you."
"How do you figure, though?"
"Well, I've been talking with Miroku about you two a-"
Kagome shot up and stopped Sango from finishing. "Wai- woah woah wo-o-oah!! You've been talking with Miroku?! Since when did I miss this?!"
Sango leaned back into her own side of her room so that Kagome couldn't see her obvious blushing. "Well, sometimes, when he learns to keep his hands to himself, he can be pretty nice to talk to."
"First of all, we've only been here two days. How would you know?"
Kagome could hear a faint sigh. "I don't know. I'm just guessing."
"And second of all, what *exactly* do you guys talk about, anyway?"
Sango hit her head purposefully against the wall. A sort of 'cleansing' was nervously needed. "Oh you know. This and that. How stupid the world is, how we got ourselves into this, you and InuYasha, squir-"
"Wait! You talk about InuYasha and me?"
Another blow against the wall. This time, it was for stupidity.
"What do you guys say? Does InuYasha talk about me with Miroku?" Kagome was on the edge of her bed.
Sango just needed to spill. "Oh for the gods sake!"
She shot up and stormed over to Kagome's side of the cabin until she was staring her in face. "We just think you guys are a great couple but you never stop fighting! You need to talk more. Though I think that's a little hard on both your parts because both of you are so stubborn. There! That's all we said! Happy?!"
Kagome blinked for the millionth time-
Before falling off her bed.
Sango was right-
Whenever Kagome talked to him, he would always shove her away or they would argue for a little while.
Kagome never wanted to,
They just did.
She lied on the ground with her head to the floor. She scooted over to the bed side and grabbed a pillow to place over her face.
With her luck, she might suffocate.
* * *
Instead of resting her thoughts in her own bed, Kikyo had begun to relax in the hot spring when she heard Rin's soft voice-
"Kikyo-chan?" Rin whispered gliding into the room with her blanket wrapped around her small teen form.
"Please Rin. Call me Kikyo. Not Kikyo 'chan'. It's not that formal here."
Rin nodded nervously.
Kikyo sighed slightly. "What is it?"
Rin hesitated at first but when she opened her mouth to speak, Kikyo cut her off-
"If you're wondering about what Ria said today, don't. It's not important."
She blinked, and then sat on the smooth wood floor in the steaming bath house. She closed her eyes and averted her gaze toward the full moon that was beginning to form.
She couldn't keep her eyes off it-
She felt like whenever she looked at it, someone was looking at it with her. Someone near her, holding her. But it only happened on the full moon.
She had always wondered why-
And yet, Rin wondered a lot of things.
Kikyo took note of Rin's fascination with the full moon.
It reminded Kikyo of something-
"Hey Rin?"
She didn't respond. Kikyo continued anyway,
"You know, when I was with InuYasha way back, I remember feeling a little odd around the mon-getsu, you know? Like I felt safe. Maybe it was something about him that reminded me of the moon."
By this point, Rin was fixed into what Kikyo had to say.
Did that mean she-
. . .
No.
Not InuYasha.
. . .
But maybe,
. . .
. . . a family curse . . .
"Rin? Rin, are you alright?"
She shot out of her thoughts to talk to Kikyo. "Oh! Yes. I'm fine."
Kikyo could tell Rin was feeling the same thing when looking at the moon- but she knew it wasn't InuYasha she was thinking about-
Possibly someone of same blood . . .
. . .
"Hey Rin?"
"Yes, Kikyo ch- I-I mean, um, yes Kikyo?"
She smiled. "What do you think of Sesshomaru?"
Rin's thoughts filled her head as her eyes shot open wide. "W-what do you mean?"
She switched positions. "You know. What do you think about him?"
For a few seconds, both she and Kikyo knew darn well that Rin felt something- maybe not anything strong, but something.
"I . . . I'm not sure, really."
"Kind of cold, true," Her smile grew. "But how about that body, eh?"
. . .
Rin shot up and rushed out of the room, leaving her blanket in the bath house before Kikyo could see her blushing and now giggling face.
Kikyo turned around and sunk back into the water.
'It seems you now have the curse, Rin,' Kikyo thought, hating memories of InuYasha overwhelming her. 'The curse of the Youkai brothers.'
* * *
The moon shone full as the entire group of counselors and campers stood on opposite sides of the archery field.
Tickles of drizzling rain landed on Kagome's head.
They were all forced to where white T-shirts and dark pants as if in the army.
They had been standing there for about forty minutes and no one had said anything.
The counselors just stood staring at each and every one of them.
So, naturally, when Ria stepped forward, everyone shot their eyes toward her.
"You are probably wondering what we are all doing here just standing around for."
No one moved.
"We are trying to analyze your weak points so that we may fix them up and make you all into the best fighters there are, understand?"
Silence.
Ria grunted softly. "Sango . . . would you please take a step forward towards me?"
Sango held her breath as most of the group turned their heads to see her reaction.
She walked forward, the earth beneath her trembling.
She stopped as soon as she reached Ria.
"Sango, you sing do you not?"
She gulped. "A little, yes."
"Well, it said on your application that you had quite a voice at your school."
Her bottom lip trembled. "I-I suppose so, yes."
Sango had been afraid before,
But this was too much.
Miroku stood on the sidelines with a worried look. 'Sango . . .' he thought.
"Sing." Ria said blankly.
. . .
!
"E-e-excuse m-me?" Sango stuttered.
"You heard me- sing." She commanded.
"S-sing w-what?"
"Anything. Just sing."
Sango didn't know what to do. What was the point of this? She needed to be brave, though.
Miroku's fists clenched. 'Come on, Sango, just do it.'
She swallowed hard. Kagome watched with scared eyes.
Sango knew what she had to do-
She would sing.
She would sing alright-
Sango stood up straight and stared Ria right in the eye.
She began to sing loudly to Ria-
"It's over. You told me. And you don't wanna know me. Alone now. I know that, You're never gonna let me down!"
Ria's eyes narrowed.
Kagome had never heard the song before- but it was working! Ria didn't seem to happy.
'Sango sure knows when to pick the rebellious songs!' Kagome thought with a smile on her face.
Miroku watched on the side with a smile as well. 'Yes, Sango, that's it!'
He felt a nudge on his arm.
It was InuYasha.
"Do you notice anything?" he whispered.
"What are you talking about?" Miroku whispered back.
Everyone but the counselors could hear them talk.
"Ever wonder why Shippo isn't here? Huh?"
They all blinked and looked around.
. . . it was true. Shippo wasn't there!
Sango kept singing- almost to the point of spitting in Ria's face.
"That's not the way nice girls behave, Oh yeah I know you told me. It's not your choice, I have a voice, I guess you just don't hear me!"
"That's enough, Ms. Kiri." Ria said.
'No . . .don't stop . . .' Miroku thought.
It was as if Sango heard him.
"Don't try to tell me that it's not allowed, that same old story that's been going 'round, I'm out of bounds!"
Miroku grinned happily. 'Go, Sango. Go!' he thought.
"Ms. Kiri, that's enough!" Ria began to scream.
She didn't quit.
"It's over. You told me. And you don't wanna know me. Alone now. I know that, you're never gonna get me down! Can't get me down!"
"Ms. Kiri, this is your last warning!"
If Sango backed down now, Ria'd have won.
She couldn't let that happen-
"Can't get me down! Can't get me down! Can't get me down! Ca-!"
But before she could finish her last sentence, Ria had jammed her fist into Sango's stomach, causing her form to fall to the ground, coughing.
"I'm sorry, Ms. Kiri, but I warned you."
Sango continued to cough,
She was so cold.
She felt like she was going to faint, when she felt a warm hand rest on her shoulder.
"Miroku . . ." she whispered.
"Get back to your position, Mr. Houshi."
"No! You went to far this time! Physically hurting someone?! What the hell were you thinking?!"
"In case you didn't notice, this is a martial arts camp. I can do whatever I please. It's not like your letters or calls will go anywhere, there isn't any civilization for miles. So unless you want to end up like Ms. Kiri here, I suggest you get back in line. You too, Ms. Kiri."
At this point, Kagome was standing on the side with her hands over her mouth, watching Sango's every move. Her legs wouldn't move to help. Why wouldn't they move?!
Miroku had no choice but to do as he was told. He reached down and took Sango's arm around his shoulder to help her walking.
"Thank you . . ." Sango whispered with little strength left into Miroku's ear.
"Your welcome." Miroku said with a smile.
Sango nearly melted at that smile.
Kagome watched them drag back to position.
Ria cracked her neck as the rain began to fall-
And thus, the hitoitanai began, and ended.
~*~
~Ria
AN: Wow. I'm really quite cruel aren't I? I'm gonna get a lecture on that one from some of my friends! Heh . . . Anyway, because you all have been sooooo nice, I've decided to give you a little shot of the next chapter. ^_^ Peace out.
Chapter: 8 'Girls Night' What leads up to this??
Shib shook her head with a smile. She couldn't help herself! 'I'm so evil.' She thought.
Sango held onto Kagome's wrist and felt her pulse. If Kagome lied at the next question, she'd be the one to know and she'd have to tell them!
'Oh god, Shib. Please don't make it bad! It's just a game!' Sango thought nervously.
But Shib was too cruel. "Are you in love with InuYasha?"
Kagome gulped. She could feel her heart speed up. She knew Shib would ask something like that.
"An answer, Kagome?"
"No." She said faster than lightning. Rin was giggling and Kikyo's eyes were so narrow, someone from far away would see them as shut.
Shib turned to Sango. "Well? What's the verdict?"
Sango put on her best poker face she'd ever done in her life. 'She's . . .
. . .
. . . lying.' She thought softly.
~*~
Okay. Enough of my blabber.
**BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE SO PATIENT AND GREAT REVIEWERS, I'VE DECIEDED TO TELL YOU WHAT 'HITOITANAI' IS TRANSLATED TO: 'HUMAN PAIN'.**
Chapter: 7
Can't get me down
~*~
"We're doing WHAT?!" InuYasha screamed forcefully toward Ria and the camp counselors.
Shib, Juliana and Natasha all took a step back at the boy's outburst.
But Ria and Monigue remained as still as statues with looks to match.
"You heard me." Ria said with a mental smirk. "The hitoitanai . . . it's wh- "
"I KNOW WHAT IT IS!!" He continued to bellow, his fists clenched so tightly a crow bar usage might be an understatement.
Monigue closed her eyes and hung her head toward the ground. She rubbed her temples softly, knowing what was to come.
Ria loathed to be interrupted.
The director of hell took a small step forward. Then another, then another.
With each step she took toward InuYasha, the ground shook around her.
At last she stopped in front of the silver-haired boy. She pulled her head up toward his blinking face.
A small glint of red could be seen in her eyes.
She cleared her throat. "You see, young InuYasha, I know *you* know what the hitoitanai is, for it says on your record. Would you like me to show it to the rest of the group? Even your brother doesn't know this, as I understand it."
InuYasha took a small and unnoticeable gulp.
Ria persisted in her malevolent whisper, "But you see, little bastard, the others do *not* know what the hitoitanai is. And even though you do, they don't. Clear? I hope. Because for the next thirty-six hours you will be trained to think not only of yourself but of the group. Whether there is someone in the group you care for deeply and are just hiding the fact that you truly care for them inside your pathetic pit of emotions, is your own business. Not mine. Hmm, I wonder what InuYasha's thinking. Don't you, everyone? So, thankfully, you might learn some manners, mutt. Before your emotions, or I, get the better of you."
In the time it took Ria to turn around, walk back up next to a sighing Monigue, hear chuckles from the counselors and the group members, and have all eyes turn on Kikyo during the speech,
The now blushing Kagome knew darn well that Ria wasn't aiming that one sentence at Kikyo-
~Whether there is someone in the group you care for deeply and are just hiding the fact that you truly care for them inside your pathetic pit of emotions, is your own business.~
Both she and InuYasha felt a cold sweat mixed with new brightly colored crimson skin on the back of their necks.
* * *
". . . Sango?"
"Yeah?" She replied to Kagome's lying form.
They were suppose to be 'napping' for their 'thirty-six-hour-non-stop- challenge' later in the night.
Gods it had been a long day.
Kagome moved her position so that her head would be facing Sango's on the opposite side of the cabin.
"Do you . . . do you think what Ria said . . . I mean . . . do you think . . . that . . . well-"
"Say no more!" Sango squealed with glee. She was never a napping type of person anyway. She shot up and bounced on her bed once before resuming her talking. "Oh Kag! Don't you see?"
Kagome blinked at 'Kag'. "See what? I was only trying to ask y-"
"I know what you were trying to ask me! You were trying to say, 'do you think that what Ria said about caring for another person in the group was directed towards me'! Right?"
Kagome blinked (again). "Right!"
. . .
. . .
". . ."
"Well?!" Kagome urged toward Sango.
"Well what?"
"Well, what do you think?"
"Oh! Right. Well, I think it was directed toward you."
"How do you figure, though?"
"Well, I've been talking with Miroku about you two a-"
Kagome shot up and stopped Sango from finishing. "Wai- woah woah wo-o-oah!! You've been talking with Miroku?! Since when did I miss this?!"
Sango leaned back into her own side of her room so that Kagome couldn't see her obvious blushing. "Well, sometimes, when he learns to keep his hands to himself, he can be pretty nice to talk to."
"First of all, we've only been here two days. How would you know?"
Kagome could hear a faint sigh. "I don't know. I'm just guessing."
"And second of all, what *exactly* do you guys talk about, anyway?"
Sango hit her head purposefully against the wall. A sort of 'cleansing' was nervously needed. "Oh you know. This and that. How stupid the world is, how we got ourselves into this, you and InuYasha, squir-"
"Wait! You talk about InuYasha and me?"
Another blow against the wall. This time, it was for stupidity.
"What do you guys say? Does InuYasha talk about me with Miroku?" Kagome was on the edge of her bed.
Sango just needed to spill. "Oh for the gods sake!"
She shot up and stormed over to Kagome's side of the cabin until she was staring her in face. "We just think you guys are a great couple but you never stop fighting! You need to talk more. Though I think that's a little hard on both your parts because both of you are so stubborn. There! That's all we said! Happy?!"
Kagome blinked for the millionth time-
Before falling off her bed.
Sango was right-
Whenever Kagome talked to him, he would always shove her away or they would argue for a little while.
Kagome never wanted to,
They just did.
She lied on the ground with her head to the floor. She scooted over to the bed side and grabbed a pillow to place over her face.
With her luck, she might suffocate.
* * *
Instead of resting her thoughts in her own bed, Kikyo had begun to relax in the hot spring when she heard Rin's soft voice-
"Kikyo-chan?" Rin whispered gliding into the room with her blanket wrapped around her small teen form.
"Please Rin. Call me Kikyo. Not Kikyo 'chan'. It's not that formal here."
Rin nodded nervously.
Kikyo sighed slightly. "What is it?"
Rin hesitated at first but when she opened her mouth to speak, Kikyo cut her off-
"If you're wondering about what Ria said today, don't. It's not important."
She blinked, and then sat on the smooth wood floor in the steaming bath house. She closed her eyes and averted her gaze toward the full moon that was beginning to form.
She couldn't keep her eyes off it-
She felt like whenever she looked at it, someone was looking at it with her. Someone near her, holding her. But it only happened on the full moon.
She had always wondered why-
And yet, Rin wondered a lot of things.
Kikyo took note of Rin's fascination with the full moon.
It reminded Kikyo of something-
"Hey Rin?"
She didn't respond. Kikyo continued anyway,
"You know, when I was with InuYasha way back, I remember feeling a little odd around the mon-getsu, you know? Like I felt safe. Maybe it was something about him that reminded me of the moon."
By this point, Rin was fixed into what Kikyo had to say.
Did that mean she-
. . .
No.
Not InuYasha.
. . .
But maybe,
. . .
. . . a family curse . . .
"Rin? Rin, are you alright?"
She shot out of her thoughts to talk to Kikyo. "Oh! Yes. I'm fine."
Kikyo could tell Rin was feeling the same thing when looking at the moon- but she knew it wasn't InuYasha she was thinking about-
Possibly someone of same blood . . .
. . .
"Hey Rin?"
"Yes, Kikyo ch- I-I mean, um, yes Kikyo?"
She smiled. "What do you think of Sesshomaru?"
Rin's thoughts filled her head as her eyes shot open wide. "W-what do you mean?"
She switched positions. "You know. What do you think about him?"
For a few seconds, both she and Kikyo knew darn well that Rin felt something- maybe not anything strong, but something.
"I . . . I'm not sure, really."
"Kind of cold, true," Her smile grew. "But how about that body, eh?"
. . .
Rin shot up and rushed out of the room, leaving her blanket in the bath house before Kikyo could see her blushing and now giggling face.
Kikyo turned around and sunk back into the water.
'It seems you now have the curse, Rin,' Kikyo thought, hating memories of InuYasha overwhelming her. 'The curse of the Youkai brothers.'
* * *
The moon shone full as the entire group of counselors and campers stood on opposite sides of the archery field.
Tickles of drizzling rain landed on Kagome's head.
They were all forced to where white T-shirts and dark pants as if in the army.
They had been standing there for about forty minutes and no one had said anything.
The counselors just stood staring at each and every one of them.
So, naturally, when Ria stepped forward, everyone shot their eyes toward her.
"You are probably wondering what we are all doing here just standing around for."
No one moved.
"We are trying to analyze your weak points so that we may fix them up and make you all into the best fighters there are, understand?"
Silence.
Ria grunted softly. "Sango . . . would you please take a step forward towards me?"
Sango held her breath as most of the group turned their heads to see her reaction.
She walked forward, the earth beneath her trembling.
She stopped as soon as she reached Ria.
"Sango, you sing do you not?"
She gulped. "A little, yes."
"Well, it said on your application that you had quite a voice at your school."
Her bottom lip trembled. "I-I suppose so, yes."
Sango had been afraid before,
But this was too much.
Miroku stood on the sidelines with a worried look. 'Sango . . .' he thought.
"Sing." Ria said blankly.
. . .
!
"E-e-excuse m-me?" Sango stuttered.
"You heard me- sing." She commanded.
"S-sing w-what?"
"Anything. Just sing."
Sango didn't know what to do. What was the point of this? She needed to be brave, though.
Miroku's fists clenched. 'Come on, Sango, just do it.'
She swallowed hard. Kagome watched with scared eyes.
Sango knew what she had to do-
She would sing.
She would sing alright-
Sango stood up straight and stared Ria right in the eye.
She began to sing loudly to Ria-
"It's over. You told me. And you don't wanna know me. Alone now. I know that, You're never gonna let me down!"
Ria's eyes narrowed.
Kagome had never heard the song before- but it was working! Ria didn't seem to happy.
'Sango sure knows when to pick the rebellious songs!' Kagome thought with a smile on her face.
Miroku watched on the side with a smile as well. 'Yes, Sango, that's it!'
He felt a nudge on his arm.
It was InuYasha.
"Do you notice anything?" he whispered.
"What are you talking about?" Miroku whispered back.
Everyone but the counselors could hear them talk.
"Ever wonder why Shippo isn't here? Huh?"
They all blinked and looked around.
. . . it was true. Shippo wasn't there!
Sango kept singing- almost to the point of spitting in Ria's face.
"That's not the way nice girls behave, Oh yeah I know you told me. It's not your choice, I have a voice, I guess you just don't hear me!"
"That's enough, Ms. Kiri." Ria said.
'No . . .don't stop . . .' Miroku thought.
It was as if Sango heard him.
"Don't try to tell me that it's not allowed, that same old story that's been going 'round, I'm out of bounds!"
Miroku grinned happily. 'Go, Sango. Go!' he thought.
"Ms. Kiri, that's enough!" Ria began to scream.
She didn't quit.
"It's over. You told me. And you don't wanna know me. Alone now. I know that, you're never gonna get me down! Can't get me down!"
"Ms. Kiri, this is your last warning!"
If Sango backed down now, Ria'd have won.
She couldn't let that happen-
"Can't get me down! Can't get me down! Can't get me down! Ca-!"
But before she could finish her last sentence, Ria had jammed her fist into Sango's stomach, causing her form to fall to the ground, coughing.
"I'm sorry, Ms. Kiri, but I warned you."
Sango continued to cough,
She was so cold.
She felt like she was going to faint, when she felt a warm hand rest on her shoulder.
"Miroku . . ." she whispered.
"Get back to your position, Mr. Houshi."
"No! You went to far this time! Physically hurting someone?! What the hell were you thinking?!"
"In case you didn't notice, this is a martial arts camp. I can do whatever I please. It's not like your letters or calls will go anywhere, there isn't any civilization for miles. So unless you want to end up like Ms. Kiri here, I suggest you get back in line. You too, Ms. Kiri."
At this point, Kagome was standing on the side with her hands over her mouth, watching Sango's every move. Her legs wouldn't move to help. Why wouldn't they move?!
Miroku had no choice but to do as he was told. He reached down and took Sango's arm around his shoulder to help her walking.
"Thank you . . ." Sango whispered with little strength left into Miroku's ear.
"Your welcome." Miroku said with a smile.
Sango nearly melted at that smile.
Kagome watched them drag back to position.
Ria cracked her neck as the rain began to fall-
And thus, the hitoitanai began, and ended.
~*~
~Ria
AN: Wow. I'm really quite cruel aren't I? I'm gonna get a lecture on that one from some of my friends! Heh . . . Anyway, because you all have been sooooo nice, I've decided to give you a little shot of the next chapter. ^_^ Peace out.
Chapter: 8 'Girls Night' What leads up to this??
Shib shook her head with a smile. She couldn't help herself! 'I'm so evil.' She thought.
Sango held onto Kagome's wrist and felt her pulse. If Kagome lied at the next question, she'd be the one to know and she'd have to tell them!
'Oh god, Shib. Please don't make it bad! It's just a game!' Sango thought nervously.
But Shib was too cruel. "Are you in love with InuYasha?"
Kagome gulped. She could feel her heart speed up. She knew Shib would ask something like that.
"An answer, Kagome?"
"No." She said faster than lightning. Rin was giggling and Kikyo's eyes were so narrow, someone from far away would see them as shut.
Shib turned to Sango. "Well? What's the verdict?"
Sango put on her best poker face she'd ever done in her life. 'She's . . .
. . .
. . . lying.' She thought softly.
~*~