Sleepover - Chapter 6
Sakura Katsana
Disclaimer: If you think I own Inuyasha then please have someone slap you back into your senses.
Sakura's Note: OMG I am so incredibly sorry for not posting for over two weeks, I think a month this weekend. (When this'll be up) I've been really busy with the science fair (which I hate), US History projects, field trips, etc, etc. Plus house chores and my best friend spent the weekend with me and I am now a somewhat Sims addict. *sigh* But since you have waited this long *hand everyone a cookie* then after the shout outs then there will be no more Sakura babbling.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed. There will be no shout outs this time because as of now (I already wrote the chappie, author's note comes last) it is 9:36 PM and I still have to finish WAALHW chapter 6. So enjoy!
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Chapter 6: Kikyo's Words and Kagome's Kiss
"What are you looking at?" Inuyasha growled, a bit miffed he had lost her attention. "Kagome, I asked what are you- - -"
Two identical Soul Skimmers flew their way towards the half demon and proceeded to swirl around him gracefully.
Miroku and Sango seemed to realize what was happening and retrieved their weapons. "Where is she?"
Kagome stayed silent, anger and fear both bubbling in the pit of her stomach.
Kikyo. Here . . .now?
Just when everything she had been wishing for, the reason she cuddled with a white puppy plushie at home, could, at this very moment, fly out the window.
"Kikyo?" Inuyasha's voice was low and questioning.
"Inuyasha . . ."
"No Kagome, stay here." he looked back at her apologetically to see a tear rolling down her cheek. "Hey, remember what I said back in your time?" Kagome nodded.
"I do."
"Keep them, those words, in mind."
The others of the group decided to enjoy the intimate moment before them quietly.
"I love you," Kagome whispered, putting a hand to his heart. "I believe you, it's just hard to trust her."
"I love you," Inuyasha smiled, forgetting the audience around him for the time being, kissing her cheek before allowing the soul skimmers to lead him off into the dark blanket of the woods.
"I love you . . ." Kagome whispered. She decided not to look back at the group, instead she would go to sleep.
What better thing to wake up to but the sound of Inuyasha yelling at Shippou or Miroku?
So, instead of thinking about Sango and Miroku's worried faces she slid into her sleeping bag, allowing Shippou to cuddle up next to her, and fell into a confident sleep.
***
All but one soul skimmer flew up into the pale gray clouds leaving only one at Inuyasha's side. "What could she want?" 'To take me to hell, no doubt.' He argued, instantly annoyed he was talking to himself.
The final skimmer suddenly jerked left, startling the hanyou, and zoomed and weaved through the trees, finally reaching its destination in a clearing.
"Kikyo." Inuyasha acknowledged her as little as possible, waiting for her to speak her part.
None came.
"Well, since you've suddenly become mute I'll be going." Inuyasha crossed his arms over his torso, turning to leave.
"I've come to collect you."
That made him stop.
"What?"
"It's time, Inuyasha, to come with me to hell."
He took a defensive step back, "What the hell are you spouting now?! Don't you have some shards to give to Naraku or something?"
"You have me all wrong, Inuyasha." Kikyo walked towards him, her expression unreadable. "You should know better by now."
"I know what I should know, Kikyo. And who told you I even wanted to come with you anymore?"
She seemed surprised, although if you hadn't ever met her before you'd think nothing was wrong. "You made a vow."
"Then you tried killing Kagome."
"Do you have more feelings for her than me?"
He paused, "I love her with my heart, and soul. Therefore, both stay with her." He could smell the earth she was made of, but something was there that he'd never sensed of this Kikyo, the Kikyo who was brought back after 50 years. And that feeling was heartbreak.
She held up well though, with her response, "Oh. I see."
He suddenly felt like it was all his fault, both women had been hurting, and now that he had chosen the one who had gotten first dibs 50 years ago was now the one being rejected.
"Kikyo, I am truly sorry for what happened to you all those years ago. And I will avenge your death and all the suffering you have been put through by Naraku. I owe you that. But when you ask me to die when I love Kagome, I can't do that."
Kikyo sighed, a sigh he assumed, since it was rigid, was holding back emotion, "You love her then?"
He nodded, "With all my heart."
That was the moment she did something neither could have expected. She raced towards him, holding him in a tight embrace, "Good bye, Inuyasha." Letting go rather quickly and bowing her head to hide the tear on her cheek she turned away.
"Just like that? After all of this?" he looked her over, he knew she was crying, but if she thought she was doing a good job hiding it he wouldn't get in the way.
"Your eyes are like doors into your soul, Inuyasha." Kikyo turned around, revealing her eyes, sparkling with unshed tears, "I can see you love her. When you love someone all you want to see if that person happy, that's why it hurts." Another lonely tear slid down her face, wetting the ground underneath her.
"Tell Kagome she's a lucky girl," her words were suddenly back to normal, full of the coldness of the world she kept inside her.
***
Sometimes she would wake up late at night and gaze up at the stars, just stare at them in wonder and complete serenity.
Tonight was one of those nights.
She couldn't sleep, Inuyasha hadn't returned yet.
What if he'd run off with her?!
~"No Kagome, stay here." he looked back at her apologetically to see a tear rolling down her cheek. "Hey, remember what I said back in your time?" Kagome nodded.
"I do."
"Keep them, those words, in mind."
"I love you," Kagome whispered, putting a hand to his heart. "I believe you, it's just hard to trust her."
"I love you," Inuyasha smiled, forgetting the audience around him for the time being, kissing her cheek before allowing the soul skimmers to lead him off into the dark blanket of the woods.~
She slipped from their camp unnoticed and walked, careful not the crunch and leaves, towards the hot springs. She had found that whenever they were in this area during their journeys that that hot spring held one of the best spots to view the moon than any she'd ever seen.
Once Kagome reached her destination she sighed in content, standing there to marvel at the stars. Late at night it almost seemed magical.
Two arms encircled her waist, bringing her back to their owner's warm chest. The young miko smiled lazily, "You're back?"
She felt him nod behind her.
"I thought you might be asleep in a tree, what're you doing up?"
Inuyasha smiled up at the stars, "I could ask you the same thing."
"Well then, we're even," Kagome closed her eyes when the hanyou nuzzled her neck. "I come out here sometimes to watch the stars."
She heard a sigh from behind her, "What?"
"Nothing, I just remember me doing the same thing when I was a whelp." He kissed her cheek before focusing his attention back up at the twilight sky. "I always used to think the same thing."
"Mhm." Kagome smiled openly, "I can see you as a little kid, all adorable, laying under the stars."
Inuyasha loosened his hold, turning the girl around awkwardly in his arms, "Adorable?"
"Yes, adorable."
"I ain't adorable!" he pouted, his ears flattening against his head.
"Aw, you're being adorable right now!" Kagome cooed, kissing his nose, "And don't deny it."
His cheeks reddened about five shades darker than normal before muttering another protest. Kagome just laughed, "You're such a silly puppy."
"Puppy?!" he yelped indignantly, "First I'm adorable, now I'm a puppy? Damn it woman, I'm a man!"
"And a very handsome man, I might add," the pearl-gray-eyed girl smirked playfully, closing her eyes expectantly.
Reading her thoughts and acting on his own, the hanyou lowered his head for their lips to meet. They stayed that way until Kagome felt like she couldn't stand anymore.
Yet another sign they'd been there too long, the sun had already begun rising over the hills.
Groaning in protest, Kagome hesitantly moved away from the man she loved and sighed, "I'm kinda glad you came and found me."
"Kinda?" Inuyasha repeated, a hint of pouting in his voice. "I'll have to fix that . . ."
Kagome giggled, locking lips with the hanyou for the second time before the sun had fully risen.
In the trees, downwind, another figure stood silent, eyes concealing all readable emotions.
How could she?
***
Inuyasha and Kagome both returned much happier than they had when they had departed and the first thing that Kagome saw was a ball of red fur bounding towards her. "Kagome! You're back! We were so worried!"
Inuyasha growled low in his throat, hiding the fact he cared that he had gotten no such welcome.
"Where were you two?" Sango asked, rolling up her sleeping bag. "We thought something had happened!"
"Then why didn't you try and find us?" Inuyasha retorted, oblivious that it wasn't an argument.
"Because Miroku said not to, that you were both fine." Sango answered, just as calmly.
"Well, if your mate over there told you we were fine then why didn't you believe him?"
Sango dropped her cup of steamed rice, eyes wide, "What did you say?"
"You got a hearing problem? I said, 'Well, if your mate-GAH!" Inuyasha jumped into a tree, barely dodging Sango's boomerang.
"What the hell woman?!"
Sango whistled, going on about her business as if nothing had ever happened.
*
"Oh, come on down, Inu-kun. Sango's not gonna hurt you. And I cooked ramen!"
". . .ramen?" Inuyasha poked his head out of the buses, causing Kagome to laugh at his childlike behavior. She could just see his mother ready to give him a spanking and him hiding up in the trees.
. . .
She'd have to ask Myouga about that.
"Yes, ramen, beef and shrimp."
"Where's Sango?"
"Having a very interesting conversation with the others about space."
"Space?"
"Space."
Inuyasha leapt out from the tree, "I know all about space."
Kagome raised a skeptic eyebrow, "You do? When did the first space shuttle reach the moon?"
With a smug grin the hanyou answered, "July 1969, A.D - whatever in all the hells that means."
"How do you-"
"Your textbooks."
". . ."
". . ."
". . ."
"What?!"
". . .you can. . .read?"
Inuyasha blinked, "Yes . . .What? You thought I couldn't?"
". . ."
"Oh, well that's just nice." The hanyou crossed his arms across his chest, "You thought I was an idiot."
"No I don't!" Kagome protested, "I think you're smart, you just don't like showing it. Did I ever say I thought you couldn't read?"
". . .no. . ."
"Well then, it's settled, now let's go eat before the ramen gets co-" Kagome found herself in the middle of a very subtle kiss, Inuyasha holding her as tight as he could before her lungs would collapse.
*
"The world is flat!" Sango argued, "Shippou, you're just to little to understand-"
"No I'm not! It's a cone! Like the kind of ice cream Kagome brings me! Right Kagome?"
"Um, not exactly Ship-"
"You're all are wrong," Inuyasha scoffed, plopping down next to Kagome and flashing a smile when Kagome leaned on his shoulder. "It's round."
"Round?!" They all looked at the hanyou like he had just declared him and Naraku were long lost brothers. Suddenly they all burst out laughing, save for Kagome who was trying to understand why everyone was laughing at her hanyou for.
"What is so damn funny?" Inuyasha growled, "The earth is round, so is the moon, the sun, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Pluto, and some others I can't remember."
The others looked at one another before looking at the only one they knew that knew for sure.
Kagome.
"What?"
"Who's right Kagome-sama?" Miroku stared at her just as intently as the others.
The stormy-orbed girl looked from her handsome hanyou's face to the curious faces of her others companions. "Well, actually, Inu-kun is right. The world is round, like a ball."
Everyone's eyes were as wide as dish plates, except for Inuyasha, who was silently celebrating his being correct.
"The earth, it's . . . *round*?!" Shippou squeaked, looking up at the stars, "If it is how come people in Japan and people in that Amerika place you talk about, which are on opposite sides of earth, both stay on earth, wouldn't they fall off the earth?"
The miko was surprised with his perceptiveness and smiled gently, "There's something called gravity that holds us down safely to earth. That way no one falls off."
"But how'd dog boy over here know?" Shippou questioned, his bottle green eyes wide with curiosity.
"Watch it, fox boy," Inuyasha growled, "And I happen to know a lot about space."
"Of course you would, you have so much of it inside your head how could you not?" Seeing the look on Inuyasha's face, Shippou knew he had gone to far, but alas, it was too late.
*WHAM*
"WAAAAH! KAGOME!" Shippou wailed, jumping into the girl's arms.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome scolded, "Don't hit Shippou like that!"
"He started it by hitting me!"
Sango and Miroku watched the exchange, pivoting their heads every time someone new made a remark.
"Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me," Kagome recited as if in kindergarten. "Words you should live by."
Inuyasha grumbled, turning around, and swearing that he'd get revenge for Shippou making Kagome mad at him.
Shippou sniffled in Kagome's arms, causing the girl to have to retreat to bed early, leaving no time for 'kissing time with Inu-kun.'
Realizing this, the hanyou retreated to his tree with only a peck from the girl before she crawled into her sleeping bag, Shippou already dead to the world.
***
No cliffy this time! *Eats some chocolate* I think the part about Kikyo was the saddest part, but I tried to soften it up with some fluffiness, so please don't hate me. (I know ya won't ^_~)
Again, I apologize for taking so long to update. School's been a word I dare not utter here, and then there's something called a personal life. But next week I'll try my hardest to get chapter 7 up. Along with MIM chapter 22.
Ja ne
~Sakura
Disclaimer: If you think I own Inuyasha then please have someone slap you back into your senses.
Sakura's Note: OMG I am so incredibly sorry for not posting for over two weeks, I think a month this weekend. (When this'll be up) I've been really busy with the science fair (which I hate), US History projects, field trips, etc, etc. Plus house chores and my best friend spent the weekend with me and I am now a somewhat Sims addict. *sigh* But since you have waited this long *hand everyone a cookie* then after the shout outs then there will be no more Sakura babbling.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed. There will be no shout outs this time because as of now (I already wrote the chappie, author's note comes last) it is 9:36 PM and I still have to finish WAALHW chapter 6. So enjoy!
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Chapter 6: Kikyo's Words and Kagome's Kiss
"What are you looking at?" Inuyasha growled, a bit miffed he had lost her attention. "Kagome, I asked what are you- - -"
Two identical Soul Skimmers flew their way towards the half demon and proceeded to swirl around him gracefully.
Miroku and Sango seemed to realize what was happening and retrieved their weapons. "Where is she?"
Kagome stayed silent, anger and fear both bubbling in the pit of her stomach.
Kikyo. Here . . .now?
Just when everything she had been wishing for, the reason she cuddled with a white puppy plushie at home, could, at this very moment, fly out the window.
"Kikyo?" Inuyasha's voice was low and questioning.
"Inuyasha . . ."
"No Kagome, stay here." he looked back at her apologetically to see a tear rolling down her cheek. "Hey, remember what I said back in your time?" Kagome nodded.
"I do."
"Keep them, those words, in mind."
The others of the group decided to enjoy the intimate moment before them quietly.
"I love you," Kagome whispered, putting a hand to his heart. "I believe you, it's just hard to trust her."
"I love you," Inuyasha smiled, forgetting the audience around him for the time being, kissing her cheek before allowing the soul skimmers to lead him off into the dark blanket of the woods.
"I love you . . ." Kagome whispered. She decided not to look back at the group, instead she would go to sleep.
What better thing to wake up to but the sound of Inuyasha yelling at Shippou or Miroku?
So, instead of thinking about Sango and Miroku's worried faces she slid into her sleeping bag, allowing Shippou to cuddle up next to her, and fell into a confident sleep.
***
All but one soul skimmer flew up into the pale gray clouds leaving only one at Inuyasha's side. "What could she want?" 'To take me to hell, no doubt.' He argued, instantly annoyed he was talking to himself.
The final skimmer suddenly jerked left, startling the hanyou, and zoomed and weaved through the trees, finally reaching its destination in a clearing.
"Kikyo." Inuyasha acknowledged her as little as possible, waiting for her to speak her part.
None came.
"Well, since you've suddenly become mute I'll be going." Inuyasha crossed his arms over his torso, turning to leave.
"I've come to collect you."
That made him stop.
"What?"
"It's time, Inuyasha, to come with me to hell."
He took a defensive step back, "What the hell are you spouting now?! Don't you have some shards to give to Naraku or something?"
"You have me all wrong, Inuyasha." Kikyo walked towards him, her expression unreadable. "You should know better by now."
"I know what I should know, Kikyo. And who told you I even wanted to come with you anymore?"
She seemed surprised, although if you hadn't ever met her before you'd think nothing was wrong. "You made a vow."
"Then you tried killing Kagome."
"Do you have more feelings for her than me?"
He paused, "I love her with my heart, and soul. Therefore, both stay with her." He could smell the earth she was made of, but something was there that he'd never sensed of this Kikyo, the Kikyo who was brought back after 50 years. And that feeling was heartbreak.
She held up well though, with her response, "Oh. I see."
He suddenly felt like it was all his fault, both women had been hurting, and now that he had chosen the one who had gotten first dibs 50 years ago was now the one being rejected.
"Kikyo, I am truly sorry for what happened to you all those years ago. And I will avenge your death and all the suffering you have been put through by Naraku. I owe you that. But when you ask me to die when I love Kagome, I can't do that."
Kikyo sighed, a sigh he assumed, since it was rigid, was holding back emotion, "You love her then?"
He nodded, "With all my heart."
That was the moment she did something neither could have expected. She raced towards him, holding him in a tight embrace, "Good bye, Inuyasha." Letting go rather quickly and bowing her head to hide the tear on her cheek she turned away.
"Just like that? After all of this?" he looked her over, he knew she was crying, but if she thought she was doing a good job hiding it he wouldn't get in the way.
"Your eyes are like doors into your soul, Inuyasha." Kikyo turned around, revealing her eyes, sparkling with unshed tears, "I can see you love her. When you love someone all you want to see if that person happy, that's why it hurts." Another lonely tear slid down her face, wetting the ground underneath her.
"Tell Kagome she's a lucky girl," her words were suddenly back to normal, full of the coldness of the world she kept inside her.
***
Sometimes she would wake up late at night and gaze up at the stars, just stare at them in wonder and complete serenity.
Tonight was one of those nights.
She couldn't sleep, Inuyasha hadn't returned yet.
What if he'd run off with her?!
~"No Kagome, stay here." he looked back at her apologetically to see a tear rolling down her cheek. "Hey, remember what I said back in your time?" Kagome nodded.
"I do."
"Keep them, those words, in mind."
"I love you," Kagome whispered, putting a hand to his heart. "I believe you, it's just hard to trust her."
"I love you," Inuyasha smiled, forgetting the audience around him for the time being, kissing her cheek before allowing the soul skimmers to lead him off into the dark blanket of the woods.~
She slipped from their camp unnoticed and walked, careful not the crunch and leaves, towards the hot springs. She had found that whenever they were in this area during their journeys that that hot spring held one of the best spots to view the moon than any she'd ever seen.
Once Kagome reached her destination she sighed in content, standing there to marvel at the stars. Late at night it almost seemed magical.
Two arms encircled her waist, bringing her back to their owner's warm chest. The young miko smiled lazily, "You're back?"
She felt him nod behind her.
"I thought you might be asleep in a tree, what're you doing up?"
Inuyasha smiled up at the stars, "I could ask you the same thing."
"Well then, we're even," Kagome closed her eyes when the hanyou nuzzled her neck. "I come out here sometimes to watch the stars."
She heard a sigh from behind her, "What?"
"Nothing, I just remember me doing the same thing when I was a whelp." He kissed her cheek before focusing his attention back up at the twilight sky. "I always used to think the same thing."
"Mhm." Kagome smiled openly, "I can see you as a little kid, all adorable, laying under the stars."
Inuyasha loosened his hold, turning the girl around awkwardly in his arms, "Adorable?"
"Yes, adorable."
"I ain't adorable!" he pouted, his ears flattening against his head.
"Aw, you're being adorable right now!" Kagome cooed, kissing his nose, "And don't deny it."
His cheeks reddened about five shades darker than normal before muttering another protest. Kagome just laughed, "You're such a silly puppy."
"Puppy?!" he yelped indignantly, "First I'm adorable, now I'm a puppy? Damn it woman, I'm a man!"
"And a very handsome man, I might add," the pearl-gray-eyed girl smirked playfully, closing her eyes expectantly.
Reading her thoughts and acting on his own, the hanyou lowered his head for their lips to meet. They stayed that way until Kagome felt like she couldn't stand anymore.
Yet another sign they'd been there too long, the sun had already begun rising over the hills.
Groaning in protest, Kagome hesitantly moved away from the man she loved and sighed, "I'm kinda glad you came and found me."
"Kinda?" Inuyasha repeated, a hint of pouting in his voice. "I'll have to fix that . . ."
Kagome giggled, locking lips with the hanyou for the second time before the sun had fully risen.
In the trees, downwind, another figure stood silent, eyes concealing all readable emotions.
How could she?
***
Inuyasha and Kagome both returned much happier than they had when they had departed and the first thing that Kagome saw was a ball of red fur bounding towards her. "Kagome! You're back! We were so worried!"
Inuyasha growled low in his throat, hiding the fact he cared that he had gotten no such welcome.
"Where were you two?" Sango asked, rolling up her sleeping bag. "We thought something had happened!"
"Then why didn't you try and find us?" Inuyasha retorted, oblivious that it wasn't an argument.
"Because Miroku said not to, that you were both fine." Sango answered, just as calmly.
"Well, if your mate over there told you we were fine then why didn't you believe him?"
Sango dropped her cup of steamed rice, eyes wide, "What did you say?"
"You got a hearing problem? I said, 'Well, if your mate-GAH!" Inuyasha jumped into a tree, barely dodging Sango's boomerang.
"What the hell woman?!"
Sango whistled, going on about her business as if nothing had ever happened.
*
"Oh, come on down, Inu-kun. Sango's not gonna hurt you. And I cooked ramen!"
". . .ramen?" Inuyasha poked his head out of the buses, causing Kagome to laugh at his childlike behavior. She could just see his mother ready to give him a spanking and him hiding up in the trees.
. . .
She'd have to ask Myouga about that.
"Yes, ramen, beef and shrimp."
"Where's Sango?"
"Having a very interesting conversation with the others about space."
"Space?"
"Space."
Inuyasha leapt out from the tree, "I know all about space."
Kagome raised a skeptic eyebrow, "You do? When did the first space shuttle reach the moon?"
With a smug grin the hanyou answered, "July 1969, A.D - whatever in all the hells that means."
"How do you-"
"Your textbooks."
". . ."
". . ."
". . ."
"What?!"
". . .you can. . .read?"
Inuyasha blinked, "Yes . . .What? You thought I couldn't?"
". . ."
"Oh, well that's just nice." The hanyou crossed his arms across his chest, "You thought I was an idiot."
"No I don't!" Kagome protested, "I think you're smart, you just don't like showing it. Did I ever say I thought you couldn't read?"
". . .no. . ."
"Well then, it's settled, now let's go eat before the ramen gets co-" Kagome found herself in the middle of a very subtle kiss, Inuyasha holding her as tight as he could before her lungs would collapse.
*
"The world is flat!" Sango argued, "Shippou, you're just to little to understand-"
"No I'm not! It's a cone! Like the kind of ice cream Kagome brings me! Right Kagome?"
"Um, not exactly Ship-"
"You're all are wrong," Inuyasha scoffed, plopping down next to Kagome and flashing a smile when Kagome leaned on his shoulder. "It's round."
"Round?!" They all looked at the hanyou like he had just declared him and Naraku were long lost brothers. Suddenly they all burst out laughing, save for Kagome who was trying to understand why everyone was laughing at her hanyou for.
"What is so damn funny?" Inuyasha growled, "The earth is round, so is the moon, the sun, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Pluto, and some others I can't remember."
The others looked at one another before looking at the only one they knew that knew for sure.
Kagome.
"What?"
"Who's right Kagome-sama?" Miroku stared at her just as intently as the others.
The stormy-orbed girl looked from her handsome hanyou's face to the curious faces of her others companions. "Well, actually, Inu-kun is right. The world is round, like a ball."
Everyone's eyes were as wide as dish plates, except for Inuyasha, who was silently celebrating his being correct.
"The earth, it's . . . *round*?!" Shippou squeaked, looking up at the stars, "If it is how come people in Japan and people in that Amerika place you talk about, which are on opposite sides of earth, both stay on earth, wouldn't they fall off the earth?"
The miko was surprised with his perceptiveness and smiled gently, "There's something called gravity that holds us down safely to earth. That way no one falls off."
"But how'd dog boy over here know?" Shippou questioned, his bottle green eyes wide with curiosity.
"Watch it, fox boy," Inuyasha growled, "And I happen to know a lot about space."
"Of course you would, you have so much of it inside your head how could you not?" Seeing the look on Inuyasha's face, Shippou knew he had gone to far, but alas, it was too late.
*WHAM*
"WAAAAH! KAGOME!" Shippou wailed, jumping into the girl's arms.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome scolded, "Don't hit Shippou like that!"
"He started it by hitting me!"
Sango and Miroku watched the exchange, pivoting their heads every time someone new made a remark.
"Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me," Kagome recited as if in kindergarten. "Words you should live by."
Inuyasha grumbled, turning around, and swearing that he'd get revenge for Shippou making Kagome mad at him.
Shippou sniffled in Kagome's arms, causing the girl to have to retreat to bed early, leaving no time for 'kissing time with Inu-kun.'
Realizing this, the hanyou retreated to his tree with only a peck from the girl before she crawled into her sleeping bag, Shippou already dead to the world.
***
No cliffy this time! *Eats some chocolate* I think the part about Kikyo was the saddest part, but I tried to soften it up with some fluffiness, so please don't hate me. (I know ya won't ^_~)
Again, I apologize for taking so long to update. School's been a word I dare not utter here, and then there's something called a personal life. But next week I'll try my hardest to get chapter 7 up. Along with MIM chapter 22.
Ja ne
~Sakura