Chapter 7: Kouga Meets Hitomi
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Inu-Yasha & Co.
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Quick Last Chapter Re-Cap:
"So let's plan for a hour or so and we'll start searching!" said Kagome.
"I think we should go back to where we last saw him, and maybe Shippou, Inu-Yasha, or Kirara can sense his smell or aura from there.
Everyone nodded.
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As everyone said bye and they were walking out the door, Sango asked, "Hey, can we just stay a bit longer? I just need some time to think..."
"Yeah, me too?" added Hitomi.
"FEH! You guys are so---" Inu-Yasha was cut off.
"SIT!" shouted Kagome, "Give them some time!"
"Whatever..." he replied, as he was slowly getting up.
Sango, Hitomi sat down on the steps in front of Kaede's hut and thought about certain things, Sango thought about her brother, and Hitomi thought bout the jewel.
'Damn you Naraku, why did you have to make Kohaku so evil? He's only 11, why?' thought Sango.
Hitomi thought, 'So I let the jewel get stolen from the, the whole gang probably totally hates me, maybe I should just go home and never come back, I bet if I help to go to Naraku's hideout and try to get it I'll only be a nuisance. What if he knows what it is? What if he's planning on taking over all of Sengoku Jidai, what if... oh my, now I'm killing myself with the 'what if's.... Oh, what if he can gain full power of the jewel and he can kill all my new friends and I in one clean sweep of a finger? Damn it, why didn't we know more about the damn Hisuiiro no Tama? Why?! Oh my, this is ALL my fault, I'm completely responsible for this whole ordeal, and all this could've been prevented... It's all my fault...' Hitomi began to cry.
All of a sudden a whipping tornado could be seen in the distance. Hitomi looked up, it came closer and closer, faster and faster, "What the hell is that?" Hitomi muttered, and Sango heard her. Sango looked up to see what she was talking about and she said, "Oh, that's just Kouga, he probably just came to try and convince Kagome to leave Inu-Yasha... Again..."
"Kouga eh? I remember Kagome telling me about him..." said Hitomi, as she wiped her tears from her cheeks, but she just couldn't stop crying, they were never ending rivers falling from her face, and she was surprised that Sango was taking this quite well, sure she was upset, but not as upset as Hitomi, "Hey, you're taking this pretty well, Sango... How do you do it?"
"What do you mean?" Sango replied with a question.
"I meant you're taking this Kohaku thing pretty well, I mean... when my parents..."
"Don't bring up such things," said Sango, "you'll make me cry more than I already have. It's just that, as long as I know Kohaku's alive and well physically, I guess I'll be okay. I'm going to get him back, one day, and you'll get your jewel back too, so stop beating yourself up about it."
Just then, Hitomi felt a tap on her shoulder and she looked up.
~Meanwhile~
*WHOOSH* "Hey Kagome!" greeted Kouga.
"Hey Kouga, what are you doing here, so far from the mountains?" asked Kagome.
"I came to see you of course," he replied with a smile, "so, you want to leave Inu-Trasha yet?"
"Why you..." growled Inu-Trasha, err, I mean Inu-Yasha =P.
Kagome had a melancholic expression splattered all over her face. Kouga asked, "Why the long face, my woman?"
"UGH! First of all, I've two of my best friends who are beating themselves for something that wasn't their fault, second, you keep insulting Inu-Yasha, and thirdly, I AM NOT YOUR WOMAN!!!" replied Kagome I anger, because she, herself was a little upset about things.
Kouga had a very shocked look on his face. Sure Kagome had yelled at him before, slapped him even, but this time she was ANGRY! So he slowly backed away and walked over to Hitomi and Sango who were still crying just a little. 'Hmph, I guess she doesn't feel like talking, I wonder who is this new friend?' thought Kouga, as he decided to give Kagome some space and go and see who the new girl was.
"Kagome, why are you so mad?" asked Shippou.
"I'm just upset, that's all, and Kouga set me off. It's just that, when my friends are upset, then I get upset and..."
Shippou patted her on the shoulder.
Kouga walked over to where Hitomi and Sango were sitting, which wasn't very far, but it was far enough that the two conversations could be inaudible. Kouga stood next to her and tapped her shoulder and she looked up.
"Oh, hello," greeted Hitomi, as she looked back down to wipe away that last tear.
"What do you want Kouga? And how'd you get Kagome so mad, she's not ever even that mad at Inu-Yasha." stated Sango.
"Whatever, I'm just going to greet this new face while Kagome cools off, then I'll go back to talk to her, okay? Geez, didn't know that you disliked me *that* much," said Kouga, "so what's your name?"
"I'm Hitomi, Kagome's cousin, and you're Kouga, right?"
Kouga nodded as he sat down next to her. They all sat on the same middle step, Sango on the right, Hitomi on the middle, and Kouga on the left [from their point of view]. "So why are you two so sad, its depressing really, to see people cry,"
"Didn't know you cared..." muttered Sango. They both had stopped crying, they just still had a bit of puffy red eyes that'd go away in a few minutes or so.
"Well," started Hitomi, "I had something very important and possibly very powerful and I let it get stolen..."
"That's not true, it was stolen, and it wasn't her fault," said Sango, as she got up and walked over to the rest of the group ready to go, "When you're done telling your story let's go okay?"
Hitomi nodded, then continued with her story of how she got the Hisuiiro no Tama and how she lost it, and almost with the Shikon shards.
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After she finished with her quick summary of a story, she got up and grabbed her stuff, and walked off into the direction of the rest of the group who were planning on what they would do for the day. Kouga followed, hoping that Kagome was in a nicer mood at the time. The group explained the plan to Hitomi and Kouga, who was going to follow for the day, despite Inu- Yasha's protests, and they were off in search of Naraku for Kohaku and the Hisuiiro no Tama. The girls and Shippou walked in the front, and the guy's walked behind them. While they were walking, Kouga was thinking about the story that Hitomi told him, 'How could Inu-Yasha NOT catch them? If I were there I could've caught them in one leap! NOT EVEN!' he thought.
"Inu-Yasha," whispered Kouga behind Miroku's back, once he got his attention he continued, "So how could you let the Hisuiiro jewel get stolen! This is all your fault!" he whispered in a shouting tone, then continued, "If I were there---"
Inu-Yasha cut him off, "No, you weren't there, and NO it wasn't my fault!" Inu-Yasha whispered back, also in a shouting tone. Little did they know, that Hitomi could hear the whole thing. "Am I supposed to be psychic and KNOW when or if Kohaku's going to turn on us?! NO, I'm not, and this isn't ANYONE's fault, so just shut up about it already." said Inu-Yasha as he stands straight and walks like he was doing before he bent behind Miroku's back to talk with Kouga.
"Allyourfault!" coughed Kouga.
"Noitwasnt!" Inu-Yasha coughed back.
"Wastoo!" Kouga coughed.
"Wasnot!" Inu-Yasha coughed back.
They sounded like a pair of 4-year-old children bickering about who broke the blue crayon. Hitomi, who was hearing the whole thing tried to hold it all back but she just couldn't.
"IT WAS ALL YOUR FAULT!" shouted Kouga out loud.
"NO IT WASN'T! ITS NOT ANYONE'S FAULT!!!" Inu-Yasha replied, also shouting out loud.
"YOU KNOW WHAT?! I CAN HEAR YOU AND IT WAS MY FAULT!!!!!!!!! ALL COMPLETELY ABSOLUTELY MMMMMMYYYYYY FAULT!!!!!!!!" shouted Hitomi as she stopped abruptly and turned her head to face the bickering children, "It was MY fault and I'M going to deal with it!" she shouted, as she ran off about 20 meters in front of the group to get peace and quiet while the rest of the group followed behind at their own pace. Kagome was pissed off at Kouga for making that fight and he tried to blame it on Inu-Yasha but it didn't work. Sango ran up to comfort Hitomi as Kagome stayed behind and yelled at Kouga for a minute, then also ran up to catch up with Hitomi and Sango [Shippou almost falling off] , telling the others not to follow as she gave them a scary angry stare. You know Kagome, she's scary when she's angry.
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Author's Note: so tell me what you think. Okay? R&R, byby now. ~tansyc~
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Inu-Yasha & Co.
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Quick Last Chapter Re-Cap:
"So let's plan for a hour or so and we'll start searching!" said Kagome.
"I think we should go back to where we last saw him, and maybe Shippou, Inu-Yasha, or Kirara can sense his smell or aura from there.
Everyone nodded.
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As everyone said bye and they were walking out the door, Sango asked, "Hey, can we just stay a bit longer? I just need some time to think..."
"Yeah, me too?" added Hitomi.
"FEH! You guys are so---" Inu-Yasha was cut off.
"SIT!" shouted Kagome, "Give them some time!"
"Whatever..." he replied, as he was slowly getting up.
Sango, Hitomi sat down on the steps in front of Kaede's hut and thought about certain things, Sango thought about her brother, and Hitomi thought bout the jewel.
'Damn you Naraku, why did you have to make Kohaku so evil? He's only 11, why?' thought Sango.
Hitomi thought, 'So I let the jewel get stolen from the, the whole gang probably totally hates me, maybe I should just go home and never come back, I bet if I help to go to Naraku's hideout and try to get it I'll only be a nuisance. What if he knows what it is? What if he's planning on taking over all of Sengoku Jidai, what if... oh my, now I'm killing myself with the 'what if's.... Oh, what if he can gain full power of the jewel and he can kill all my new friends and I in one clean sweep of a finger? Damn it, why didn't we know more about the damn Hisuiiro no Tama? Why?! Oh my, this is ALL my fault, I'm completely responsible for this whole ordeal, and all this could've been prevented... It's all my fault...' Hitomi began to cry.
All of a sudden a whipping tornado could be seen in the distance. Hitomi looked up, it came closer and closer, faster and faster, "What the hell is that?" Hitomi muttered, and Sango heard her. Sango looked up to see what she was talking about and she said, "Oh, that's just Kouga, he probably just came to try and convince Kagome to leave Inu-Yasha... Again..."
"Kouga eh? I remember Kagome telling me about him..." said Hitomi, as she wiped her tears from her cheeks, but she just couldn't stop crying, they were never ending rivers falling from her face, and she was surprised that Sango was taking this quite well, sure she was upset, but not as upset as Hitomi, "Hey, you're taking this pretty well, Sango... How do you do it?"
"What do you mean?" Sango replied with a question.
"I meant you're taking this Kohaku thing pretty well, I mean... when my parents..."
"Don't bring up such things," said Sango, "you'll make me cry more than I already have. It's just that, as long as I know Kohaku's alive and well physically, I guess I'll be okay. I'm going to get him back, one day, and you'll get your jewel back too, so stop beating yourself up about it."
Just then, Hitomi felt a tap on her shoulder and she looked up.
~Meanwhile~
*WHOOSH* "Hey Kagome!" greeted Kouga.
"Hey Kouga, what are you doing here, so far from the mountains?" asked Kagome.
"I came to see you of course," he replied with a smile, "so, you want to leave Inu-Trasha yet?"
"Why you..." growled Inu-Trasha, err, I mean Inu-Yasha =P.
Kagome had a melancholic expression splattered all over her face. Kouga asked, "Why the long face, my woman?"
"UGH! First of all, I've two of my best friends who are beating themselves for something that wasn't their fault, second, you keep insulting Inu-Yasha, and thirdly, I AM NOT YOUR WOMAN!!!" replied Kagome I anger, because she, herself was a little upset about things.
Kouga had a very shocked look on his face. Sure Kagome had yelled at him before, slapped him even, but this time she was ANGRY! So he slowly backed away and walked over to Hitomi and Sango who were still crying just a little. 'Hmph, I guess she doesn't feel like talking, I wonder who is this new friend?' thought Kouga, as he decided to give Kagome some space and go and see who the new girl was.
"Kagome, why are you so mad?" asked Shippou.
"I'm just upset, that's all, and Kouga set me off. It's just that, when my friends are upset, then I get upset and..."
Shippou patted her on the shoulder.
Kouga walked over to where Hitomi and Sango were sitting, which wasn't very far, but it was far enough that the two conversations could be inaudible. Kouga stood next to her and tapped her shoulder and she looked up.
"Oh, hello," greeted Hitomi, as she looked back down to wipe away that last tear.
"What do you want Kouga? And how'd you get Kagome so mad, she's not ever even that mad at Inu-Yasha." stated Sango.
"Whatever, I'm just going to greet this new face while Kagome cools off, then I'll go back to talk to her, okay? Geez, didn't know that you disliked me *that* much," said Kouga, "so what's your name?"
"I'm Hitomi, Kagome's cousin, and you're Kouga, right?"
Kouga nodded as he sat down next to her. They all sat on the same middle step, Sango on the right, Hitomi on the middle, and Kouga on the left [from their point of view]. "So why are you two so sad, its depressing really, to see people cry,"
"Didn't know you cared..." muttered Sango. They both had stopped crying, they just still had a bit of puffy red eyes that'd go away in a few minutes or so.
"Well," started Hitomi, "I had something very important and possibly very powerful and I let it get stolen..."
"That's not true, it was stolen, and it wasn't her fault," said Sango, as she got up and walked over to the rest of the group ready to go, "When you're done telling your story let's go okay?"
Hitomi nodded, then continued with her story of how she got the Hisuiiro no Tama and how she lost it, and almost with the Shikon shards.
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After she finished with her quick summary of a story, she got up and grabbed her stuff, and walked off into the direction of the rest of the group who were planning on what they would do for the day. Kouga followed, hoping that Kagome was in a nicer mood at the time. The group explained the plan to Hitomi and Kouga, who was going to follow for the day, despite Inu- Yasha's protests, and they were off in search of Naraku for Kohaku and the Hisuiiro no Tama. The girls and Shippou walked in the front, and the guy's walked behind them. While they were walking, Kouga was thinking about the story that Hitomi told him, 'How could Inu-Yasha NOT catch them? If I were there I could've caught them in one leap! NOT EVEN!' he thought.
"Inu-Yasha," whispered Kouga behind Miroku's back, once he got his attention he continued, "So how could you let the Hisuiiro jewel get stolen! This is all your fault!" he whispered in a shouting tone, then continued, "If I were there---"
Inu-Yasha cut him off, "No, you weren't there, and NO it wasn't my fault!" Inu-Yasha whispered back, also in a shouting tone. Little did they know, that Hitomi could hear the whole thing. "Am I supposed to be psychic and KNOW when or if Kohaku's going to turn on us?! NO, I'm not, and this isn't ANYONE's fault, so just shut up about it already." said Inu-Yasha as he stands straight and walks like he was doing before he bent behind Miroku's back to talk with Kouga.
"Allyourfault!" coughed Kouga.
"Noitwasnt!" Inu-Yasha coughed back.
"Wastoo!" Kouga coughed.
"Wasnot!" Inu-Yasha coughed back.
They sounded like a pair of 4-year-old children bickering about who broke the blue crayon. Hitomi, who was hearing the whole thing tried to hold it all back but she just couldn't.
"IT WAS ALL YOUR FAULT!" shouted Kouga out loud.
"NO IT WASN'T! ITS NOT ANYONE'S FAULT!!!" Inu-Yasha replied, also shouting out loud.
"YOU KNOW WHAT?! I CAN HEAR YOU AND IT WAS MY FAULT!!!!!!!!! ALL COMPLETELY ABSOLUTELY MMMMMMYYYYYY FAULT!!!!!!!!" shouted Hitomi as she stopped abruptly and turned her head to face the bickering children, "It was MY fault and I'M going to deal with it!" she shouted, as she ran off about 20 meters in front of the group to get peace and quiet while the rest of the group followed behind at their own pace. Kagome was pissed off at Kouga for making that fight and he tried to blame it on Inu-Yasha but it didn't work. Sango ran up to comfort Hitomi as Kagome stayed behind and yelled at Kouga for a minute, then also ran up to catch up with Hitomi and Sango [Shippou almost falling off] , telling the others not to follow as she gave them a scary angry stare. You know Kagome, she's scary when she's angry.
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Author's Note: so tell me what you think. Okay? R&R, byby now. ~tansyc~