A/N: Thanks for all the reviews! *sniff* *sniff* I'm so happy!
GRRRRRR.....Sorry I didn't update sooner, but training and homework got in the way. And yeah. I was going to post this last night, but I couldn't get on fanfiction.net
I slowly walked to the Gateway to Hell. (yes, I'm still keeping the lovely name I gave it.) For some reason, my hands shook as I approached the "door." I slowly turned the knob and walked in.
Miroku was still standing at the door glaring. I tried not to laugh. It's only been like what, two hours? He really is a good friend.
Inuyasha was currently lying on his bed, turned to Miroku, and lazily poking him with a long stick. Miroku didn't seem to notice though. I walked in, and he didn't realize I was there before I sat next to him.
He jumped, clearly startled, and turned around.
I tried my best to give him a smile, and he weakly smiled back, he's probably still a little startled that someone just appeared behind him out of no where. "I just wanted to say thank you." I said, still smiling.
He just stared at me for a slight moment. "I...umm...just don't like that sort of thing." He said, stumbling on his words a little.
I nodded, and he just sat there, staring at me.
"Kagome, c'mon, we have to go and get ready for dinner." Sango poked her head in. I was thankful to her, it was getting a little awkward.
When we stepped into the dining hall again, Inuyasha and Miroku were already there. They were sitting down at a table by themselves, and I couldn't help but notice that Miroku was STILL glaring at Naraku. Inuyasha was sitting there, poking him with his fork.
Sango and I walked over to them with our trays of food, and sat across.
"Is he going to be okay?", I asked, looking at Miroku. "His face is going to be stuck like that if he doesn't cut it out."
"Miroku?" Sango asked, waving a hand in front of his face. Instantly, like magic, Miroku's expression changed into a happy grin.
"Why, my dear Sango, if you felt this way, then you should've just" Sango didn't let him finish, and she silenced him with a slap. She sat back down, and went back to her food.
It was then that Mr. Ken decided to go up again. I looked at his attire. Yep, that man has COMPLETELY ruined pink for me. He was wearing pink spandex and what looked like pink sox. Honestly, was he not loved by his mother or something?
"Good morning all of you!" He said happily, dear Lord, it's NIGHT for crying out loud. Honestly, that man has problems! "Now, I have an announcement to make." He said. Duh, that's why your annoying us! "Tomorrow night, we'll be having a dance, that will happen every other Friday of the time you are here! Isn't that fun?" He asked, looking up to the ceiling, and struck another ridiculous pose. "They will all be casual. Just so you can say How's your dudey to all of your other fellow lil' campers." He said. Isn't that a lot of dances? Oh well. Mr. Ken got down from the stage, thank god too, because I would've thrown my knife at him if he stayed there any longer.
"Sango?" Miroku asked, looking at her. She turned to him, and I swear, I saw her blush.
"Y-yes?"
"Would you like to...umm...go to the dance wit...with....me?" He asked, sqeaking out the last part. I smiled, ooh, this is interesting. Sango looked down for a moment, she was staring down, and her bangs covered her eyes. I rolled my eyes, and jabbed her in the side with my bony elbow.
She jumped, then looked at Miroku, and we were all exposed to her red face. My Kami, she looked like a cherry! "Y-yes..."
Miroku looked at her joyfully. "Really?" She nodded. "Sango, will you consider baring my children?" He asked. The red tint of her face was still there only this time it was out of frustration.
"Why....you..." Honestly, Miroku really ruined that moment.
After dinner, Inuyasha and I stepped out, and started walking from the Dining Hall. "Where's Miroku and Sango?" I asked, after a few minutes. He shrugged.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"I thought that YOU knew where we were going!" he growled at me. I frowned.
"YOU were in the FRONT!" I said. "Gah, you're so... exausting." I plopped myself down onto the grass next to the lake shore we found ourselves next to.
I felt the grass shuffle beneath me and knew he had just sat down next to me. I turned my face from him, focusing on the lake. I then noticed things floating on the surface. I couldn't tell what they were exactly, but there were many of them.
"And you are careless." He said pointedly, I forgot about the floaty thingies, and turned to him once more.
"ME? YOU'RE THE ONE WHO HAD TO GO AND GET US LOST!" I yelled, turning to him in abnormal speed.
"I'M NOT REALLY LOST YOU WENCH! I JUST TOOK YOU HERE TO ASK YOU TO THE DANCE!" He yelled at me. I felt my expression change. I didn't know what to say, so I just sat there and watched his face turn to a confused look, then a surprised one.
"I just said that out loud didn't I?" He asked stupidly. I looked at him oddly, and nodded.
There was a long silence. I wanted that silence to last forever, to always be there, getting lost into those beautiful golden orbs, his weird, but cute long, white hair, his...
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Miroku and Sango tumbled from behind a bush, doubling over from laughter. Soon, they were both on the ground, tears forming in their eyes.
"You. Guys. Make. Such. A. Cute. Couple." Miroku panted, still laughing.
Soon enough, they managed to stand up. They walked closer to us, then started laughing their heads off all over again. I rolled my eyes, Inuyasha was looking at me, I returned his gaze, and we both smiled, understanding each other completely...
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
SPLASH!
Inuyasha and I high-fived as if we were two crazed football fans, as the two spies surfaced. Both with surprised looks, they treaded around and saw us, then sent us both death glares.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Inuyasha and I used the age old technique of "point and laugh". They walked away, leaving Sango and Miroku in the freezing cold water.
When we were both back at their cabin, they climbed the wooden stairs to the wooden balcony, on which their two cabins were placed.
"Well...um...goodnight." Inuyasha mumbled, and started to walk away from me to his cabin. I sighed, thinking about what he had asked earlier. Walking over to one of the chairs on the balcony, I suddenly noticed how cold it was, geez, it's summer! I shivered and sat down. The lounge chair was surprisingly comfortable, as I gazed up to the sky.
I was a little startled when I heard something next to me, noticing that Inuyasha had just sat down next to me on the chair beside mine.
'Is it just me or did it get warmer?' I thought.
'Of course not you idiot, it's him.' The annoying voice in the back of my head said.
'Sure'
'It's true. Just admit it, you like him!'
'I DO NOT!' I argued.
'Yeah, sure....'
'Okay, okay, he is kind of cute.' I admitted, defeated.
'and.'
'Nice'
'...'
'sweet'
'...!'
'OKAY OKAY! I LIKE HIM ALRIGHT!' I screamed in my head.
'As long as you admit it.'
"Umm...Kagome? Are you okay?" Inuyasha asked me, interrupting me from talking to myself.
"Oh...umm....heh heh...."
"Can...I....um...ask you something?" He asked, turning away from me.
'Oh kami, is he mad at me for before?' I thought hopefully. 'Okay.' I told myself. 'Be casual, don't freak out.'
"Y-yeah?" My casual attempt didn't work out too well.
"What I asked earlier..." He said quietly. 'Oh...that.' I didn't quite know what to say, so I decided to keep a 'casual' silence. "Well...um....do you?"
'Just say yes.' The voice in my head said, disrupting me from the floaty feeling that was swimming through my veins, straight to my heart. Did I just say that?
"Shut up." I told the voice.
"What?" Inuyasha asked. 'Oooh...not good, I said that aloud.'
"Umm...heh heh nothing." I said, sweat dropping in my own stupidity. I managed to stumble out. He turned to me. I didn't see his expression because I suddenly became interested in the stars once more.
There's the Big Dipper. And the North Star. And the...if I don't look at him maybe he'll look away. And the little dipper. Is that Orion? 'Oh who are you trying to fool, that's not the Big Dipper OR the North Star OR The Little Dipper OR Orion. You've never been good at astronomy.'
"I said shut up!" I told that stupid, annoying voice.
"I didn't say anything." Inuyasha said, a confused look on his face (yes, I looked at him). Oh Kami, I just said that out loud again didn't I. Stupid voice.
"Uh....heh heh...sorry, um...talking to myself again." Oh good job Kagome, make him think that you're a mad person. Great! Just GREAT! That thought, I didn't even need that annoying voice to tell me.
Inuyasha looked at me weirdly, then smiled. "What? I'm so charming, you go crazy?" He asked cockily.
How could someone change so easily, just now he seemed nervous, now he's just...just, HIMSELF!
"Um.....no." I said. Oh great, now I show nervousness. I swear, I'm the worst when it comes to boys. 'Just don't look at his eyes, and you'll be fine' the voice said.
'Oh, but their so gorgeous, and enchanting, and.'
'Oh great, you looked.'
'SHUT UP!' At least I didn't say that out loud this time.
I turned back to the sky.
"I'm sorry...I'm not very good at this..." Inuyasha said, his cocky voice gone. THIS GUY IS SO CONFUSING!
I turned to look at him. No! I looked at his eyes again! GRRRRRRR...I had to get out. I just HAD to. Tearing my eyes away from him, I walked to the sliding door, slid it open, and stepped inside.
I stopped. My legs weren't moving. I didn't turn to look at him, but my mouth started to move, and my voice somehow came out. "By the way...I'd love to go to the dance with you." I said. I was amazed I had just said that. I didn't want to stay there, this time, I truly had to get away. Without waiting to look back, I walked fully into my cabin, and closed the sliding white door.
I walked over to my bed, and collapsed on the confortable mattress ( did I mention that the cabins are exactly like hotel rooms, yes, this camp's cabins were that nice) I was still cold, and got under the covers, seeking it's warmth. But for some reason, no matter how much I buried into the soft blankets, I wasn't as warm as I had been sitting next to Inuyasha.
~*~*~*~*~*Sango's POV~*~*~*~*~*~*~(Back from when they fell in the lake)
I was laughing so hard, I didn't notice what Inuyasha and Kagome were doing before it was too late, and I was plunging into ice cold water. Honestly, it's summer, should water really be this cold? I looked around underneath, and realized that I didn't like it down there at all, I was pretty deep, and very dark, and it was creeping me out. I scrambled up to the surface.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Inuyasha and Kagome were on the surface, laughing their heads off. Honestly, Miroku and I were freezing, and they were LAUGHING!
Inuyasha and Kagome started to walk away, still laughing hysterically.
I watched them, still treading in the cold water.
I felt myself get even colder, and I noticed that I was shivering violently. I made to climb out onto the grass, but I found that I had very little control of my arms and legs, and was surprised that I was still able to tread water. This wasn't right. It was SUMMER, and this lake was freezing. It felt as if there was ice in it. It's not possible for it to be this cold.
"Sango? Aren't you getting out?" I heard Miroku's voice. He was on the land already.
I tried to yell at him, that I could hardly move enough to keep my head above the water. It was then that I noticed Ice cubes next to me. But why? Why were there ice cubes here? Who would throw ice cubes into a LAKE?
It was then that I felt colder. My vision began to go blurry. My body went stiff, and I couldn't move it at all, no matter how much I willed it to.
"SANGO!?" I heard Miroku's voice.
I managed to whisper "Miroku." Then, everything went black.
~*~*~*~~*~*~Miroku's POV~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I was so busy glaring at Inuyasha and Kagome walking away after I had climbed out to notice that Sango was still in the freezing water.
I heard faint whimpering and turned around. "Sango? Aren't you getting out?" I asked.
Her mouth moved, but no voice escaped from it. She was shaking, and turning blue.
"SANGO!?" I yelled, getting worried. She looked at me with pain in her eyes, and I heard her whisper my name, then, her eyes closed, and she began to go underneath the water.
"SANGO!" I yelled once more. I rushed to the lake, and dove in. It was extremely deep considering that we were right by the shore of the lake.
I could hardly see a thing. The lake was pitch black. It was no use. It felt like my eyes were closed.
I frantically proceeded to grab around me. Ignoring the cold.
I had to go back for air.
"SANGOOOOOOO!!!" I yelled under the water, but of course, it didn't seem to make much sound. My eyes amazingly adjusted a little, and I saw her at the bottom. I saw her, but I couldn't get to her. I scrambled back to the top to get air, then went back down again. My heart racing in fear. When I was down there, my eyes weren't adjusted any more.
No. What if she. No. She couldn't.
Then, I saw her once more. I swam down and grabbed her limp body. I thanked Kami that things are much lighter underwater, as I swam up with her.
I surfaced, and gasped for air. "Sango. Please. Be alive!" I panted, dragging her out of the water.
Without thinking to call for help, I panicked. She was lying there, eyes closed, and her face a pale color.
It was too pale. It was then that I noticed there were tears in my eyes. They couldn't be mistaken for the water because the water was freezing, they were warm. I know a man isn't supposed to cry, but I didn't want her to be dead. She couldn't be dead.
"Sango..." I said, putting my head down, willing the tears to go back inside.
"M-Miroku?"
I looked up from the ground. Sango was lying there, she was shivering, but her eyes were open.
"SANGO!" I yelled. I instantly grabbed her.
"Umm..."
"I- I thought that you were...dead." I said, holding her closer.
I noticed how close I was holding her. She was cold. Colder than I was.
"Sango."
"Miroku? W-what h-happened? S-s-s-s-so c-cold." She whispered.
"Shh." I said quietly. My only thought was to warm her up. I took off my hoodie jacket. It was wet, but hopefully, it would still warm her up a little, after all, all she had on was a tank top. (A?N: No, he's NOT being perverted.)
Her eyes started to close. "So...sleepy." She whispered.
I knew that if she fell asleep now, it was a possibility that she would never wake up.
"NO! Sango! STAY UP!" I yelled, shaking her. Her eyes opened.
"What?" She asked irritably.
"Sango. Don't go to sleep." I said quickly. I had to get her to her cabin. It was pretty late, we left the dining hall late because we were playing poker. Would the staff still be up. They had to be! No, we don't have a curfew.
I picked Sango up in my arms, and ran as fast as I could in the direction of the cabins. I couldn't help but notice that all of the lights were out, including the staff's cabins.
Then, I reached the wooden balcony connecting our cabins. I flew up the stairs as fast as humanly possible, to see Inuyasha sitting alone on the balcony. He looked up, and his eyes widened. But I didn't stop to explain. I slid open the girl's cabin door, and rushed inside. Kagome looked up from underneath the covers as I turned the light on. She gasped when she saw me carrying an unconscious Sango. Instantly, she got up and out of her bed.
"OH MY GOD! WHAT HAPPENED?" She screamed. I didn't want to lay her on her bed, because then, if....no, when we get her conscious again, she could still sleep on dry and warm blankets. I rushed into the bathroom, getting the carpet wet.
I placed her into the tub as gently as possible.
Kagome and Inuyasha appeared behind me. I turned the warm water on quickly making sure that it wasn't too hot.
"Sango! Wake up!" Kagome yelled from beside me, shaking her friend. Inuyasha got a bucket, and we began spreading the water gushing from the spout, all over her I told Inuyasha and Kagome what had happened, leaving out a few details.
"Where am I?"
Sango's eyes started to open once more.
"SANGO!" Kagome screamed, and got herself wet to by hugging her friend to death.
"What. Are. You. Doing?!" Sango gasped. "Can't. Breathe."
Kagome let go of her, and looked like she was going to start sobbing.
"What are you doing here?" Sango asked, looking at me and Inuysha. I imagine that it would be quite odd for her to wake up in a tub with all her clothes on, and my jacket, Kagome hugging the life out of her, and two boys in the bathroom with them, one of whom, looked like he had been in the tub with her. I prayed to Kami that I wouldn't get a slap.
"Oh....um..."
"We better go now." I said quietly, tugging at Inuyasha's sleeve like a lost little boy. I didn't want to stay there with her. I couldn't stay there with her. I couldn't bare to see her like that, so helpless, and confused. It was too painful.
I walked out of the bathroom, and out the cabin, once again getting the carpet wet.
I walked around on the balcony, then sat down on one of the chairs, remembering how I had felt when I couldn't find her down there underneath the surface of the lake.
I felt afraid. Very afraid. Like I was going to die myself. Or rather, a part of me. I couldn't see her at all. All I saw was blackness, like the darkness in my heart. I felt like I was grasping at air, nothing to hold onto in a great storm. I thought she was going to die. I thought I was going to die. I thought I would lose her. I thought I would lose myself.
And that's when I knew. It was clear now, just the opposite of underneath the water. I was afraid I was going to die when I thought she was going to die. I'm happiest when she's happy. I'm saddest when she's sad. I knew, that what I felt wasn't just worry for my friend. Don't get me wrong, had it been Kagome, I would've been afraid. Had she died, I would kick and scream like a child, crying tears a man should never shed, but if Sango died...It was different. So very different. It was worry for something even more powerful than friendship...
A/N: Cheesy I know. But I'm tired right now. Please review anyway!
GRRRRRR.....Sorry I didn't update sooner, but training and homework got in the way. And yeah. I was going to post this last night, but I couldn't get on fanfiction.net
I slowly walked to the Gateway to Hell. (yes, I'm still keeping the lovely name I gave it.) For some reason, my hands shook as I approached the "door." I slowly turned the knob and walked in.
Miroku was still standing at the door glaring. I tried not to laugh. It's only been like what, two hours? He really is a good friend.
Inuyasha was currently lying on his bed, turned to Miroku, and lazily poking him with a long stick. Miroku didn't seem to notice though. I walked in, and he didn't realize I was there before I sat next to him.
He jumped, clearly startled, and turned around.
I tried my best to give him a smile, and he weakly smiled back, he's probably still a little startled that someone just appeared behind him out of no where. "I just wanted to say thank you." I said, still smiling.
He just stared at me for a slight moment. "I...umm...just don't like that sort of thing." He said, stumbling on his words a little.
I nodded, and he just sat there, staring at me.
"Kagome, c'mon, we have to go and get ready for dinner." Sango poked her head in. I was thankful to her, it was getting a little awkward.
When we stepped into the dining hall again, Inuyasha and Miroku were already there. They were sitting down at a table by themselves, and I couldn't help but notice that Miroku was STILL glaring at Naraku. Inuyasha was sitting there, poking him with his fork.
Sango and I walked over to them with our trays of food, and sat across.
"Is he going to be okay?", I asked, looking at Miroku. "His face is going to be stuck like that if he doesn't cut it out."
"Miroku?" Sango asked, waving a hand in front of his face. Instantly, like magic, Miroku's expression changed into a happy grin.
"Why, my dear Sango, if you felt this way, then you should've just" Sango didn't let him finish, and she silenced him with a slap. She sat back down, and went back to her food.
It was then that Mr. Ken decided to go up again. I looked at his attire. Yep, that man has COMPLETELY ruined pink for me. He was wearing pink spandex and what looked like pink sox. Honestly, was he not loved by his mother or something?
"Good morning all of you!" He said happily, dear Lord, it's NIGHT for crying out loud. Honestly, that man has problems! "Now, I have an announcement to make." He said. Duh, that's why your annoying us! "Tomorrow night, we'll be having a dance, that will happen every other Friday of the time you are here! Isn't that fun?" He asked, looking up to the ceiling, and struck another ridiculous pose. "They will all be casual. Just so you can say How's your dudey to all of your other fellow lil' campers." He said. Isn't that a lot of dances? Oh well. Mr. Ken got down from the stage, thank god too, because I would've thrown my knife at him if he stayed there any longer.
"Sango?" Miroku asked, looking at her. She turned to him, and I swear, I saw her blush.
"Y-yes?"
"Would you like to...umm...go to the dance wit...with....me?" He asked, sqeaking out the last part. I smiled, ooh, this is interesting. Sango looked down for a moment, she was staring down, and her bangs covered her eyes. I rolled my eyes, and jabbed her in the side with my bony elbow.
She jumped, then looked at Miroku, and we were all exposed to her red face. My Kami, she looked like a cherry! "Y-yes..."
Miroku looked at her joyfully. "Really?" She nodded. "Sango, will you consider baring my children?" He asked. The red tint of her face was still there only this time it was out of frustration.
"Why....you..." Honestly, Miroku really ruined that moment.
After dinner, Inuyasha and I stepped out, and started walking from the Dining Hall. "Where's Miroku and Sango?" I asked, after a few minutes. He shrugged.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"I thought that YOU knew where we were going!" he growled at me. I frowned.
"YOU were in the FRONT!" I said. "Gah, you're so... exausting." I plopped myself down onto the grass next to the lake shore we found ourselves next to.
I felt the grass shuffle beneath me and knew he had just sat down next to me. I turned my face from him, focusing on the lake. I then noticed things floating on the surface. I couldn't tell what they were exactly, but there were many of them.
"And you are careless." He said pointedly, I forgot about the floaty thingies, and turned to him once more.
"ME? YOU'RE THE ONE WHO HAD TO GO AND GET US LOST!" I yelled, turning to him in abnormal speed.
"I'M NOT REALLY LOST YOU WENCH! I JUST TOOK YOU HERE TO ASK YOU TO THE DANCE!" He yelled at me. I felt my expression change. I didn't know what to say, so I just sat there and watched his face turn to a confused look, then a surprised one.
"I just said that out loud didn't I?" He asked stupidly. I looked at him oddly, and nodded.
There was a long silence. I wanted that silence to last forever, to always be there, getting lost into those beautiful golden orbs, his weird, but cute long, white hair, his...
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Miroku and Sango tumbled from behind a bush, doubling over from laughter. Soon, they were both on the ground, tears forming in their eyes.
"You. Guys. Make. Such. A. Cute. Couple." Miroku panted, still laughing.
Soon enough, they managed to stand up. They walked closer to us, then started laughing their heads off all over again. I rolled my eyes, Inuyasha was looking at me, I returned his gaze, and we both smiled, understanding each other completely...
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
SPLASH!
Inuyasha and I high-fived as if we were two crazed football fans, as the two spies surfaced. Both with surprised looks, they treaded around and saw us, then sent us both death glares.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Inuyasha and I used the age old technique of "point and laugh". They walked away, leaving Sango and Miroku in the freezing cold water.
When we were both back at their cabin, they climbed the wooden stairs to the wooden balcony, on which their two cabins were placed.
"Well...um...goodnight." Inuyasha mumbled, and started to walk away from me to his cabin. I sighed, thinking about what he had asked earlier. Walking over to one of the chairs on the balcony, I suddenly noticed how cold it was, geez, it's summer! I shivered and sat down. The lounge chair was surprisingly comfortable, as I gazed up to the sky.
I was a little startled when I heard something next to me, noticing that Inuyasha had just sat down next to me on the chair beside mine.
'Is it just me or did it get warmer?' I thought.
'Of course not you idiot, it's him.' The annoying voice in the back of my head said.
'Sure'
'It's true. Just admit it, you like him!'
'I DO NOT!' I argued.
'Yeah, sure....'
'Okay, okay, he is kind of cute.' I admitted, defeated.
'and.'
'Nice'
'...'
'sweet'
'...!'
'OKAY OKAY! I LIKE HIM ALRIGHT!' I screamed in my head.
'As long as you admit it.'
"Umm...Kagome? Are you okay?" Inuyasha asked me, interrupting me from talking to myself.
"Oh...umm....heh heh...."
"Can...I....um...ask you something?" He asked, turning away from me.
'Oh kami, is he mad at me for before?' I thought hopefully. 'Okay.' I told myself. 'Be casual, don't freak out.'
"Y-yeah?" My casual attempt didn't work out too well.
"What I asked earlier..." He said quietly. 'Oh...that.' I didn't quite know what to say, so I decided to keep a 'casual' silence. "Well...um....do you?"
'Just say yes.' The voice in my head said, disrupting me from the floaty feeling that was swimming through my veins, straight to my heart. Did I just say that?
"Shut up." I told the voice.
"What?" Inuyasha asked. 'Oooh...not good, I said that aloud.'
"Umm...heh heh nothing." I said, sweat dropping in my own stupidity. I managed to stumble out. He turned to me. I didn't see his expression because I suddenly became interested in the stars once more.
There's the Big Dipper. And the North Star. And the...if I don't look at him maybe he'll look away. And the little dipper. Is that Orion? 'Oh who are you trying to fool, that's not the Big Dipper OR the North Star OR The Little Dipper OR Orion. You've never been good at astronomy.'
"I said shut up!" I told that stupid, annoying voice.
"I didn't say anything." Inuyasha said, a confused look on his face (yes, I looked at him). Oh Kami, I just said that out loud again didn't I. Stupid voice.
"Uh....heh heh...sorry, um...talking to myself again." Oh good job Kagome, make him think that you're a mad person. Great! Just GREAT! That thought, I didn't even need that annoying voice to tell me.
Inuyasha looked at me weirdly, then smiled. "What? I'm so charming, you go crazy?" He asked cockily.
How could someone change so easily, just now he seemed nervous, now he's just...just, HIMSELF!
"Um.....no." I said. Oh great, now I show nervousness. I swear, I'm the worst when it comes to boys. 'Just don't look at his eyes, and you'll be fine' the voice said.
'Oh, but their so gorgeous, and enchanting, and.'
'Oh great, you looked.'
'SHUT UP!' At least I didn't say that out loud this time.
I turned back to the sky.
"I'm sorry...I'm not very good at this..." Inuyasha said, his cocky voice gone. THIS GUY IS SO CONFUSING!
I turned to look at him. No! I looked at his eyes again! GRRRRRRR...I had to get out. I just HAD to. Tearing my eyes away from him, I walked to the sliding door, slid it open, and stepped inside.
I stopped. My legs weren't moving. I didn't turn to look at him, but my mouth started to move, and my voice somehow came out. "By the way...I'd love to go to the dance with you." I said. I was amazed I had just said that. I didn't want to stay there, this time, I truly had to get away. Without waiting to look back, I walked fully into my cabin, and closed the sliding white door.
I walked over to my bed, and collapsed on the confortable mattress ( did I mention that the cabins are exactly like hotel rooms, yes, this camp's cabins were that nice) I was still cold, and got under the covers, seeking it's warmth. But for some reason, no matter how much I buried into the soft blankets, I wasn't as warm as I had been sitting next to Inuyasha.
~*~*~*~*~*Sango's POV~*~*~*~*~*~*~(Back from when they fell in the lake)
I was laughing so hard, I didn't notice what Inuyasha and Kagome were doing before it was too late, and I was plunging into ice cold water. Honestly, it's summer, should water really be this cold? I looked around underneath, and realized that I didn't like it down there at all, I was pretty deep, and very dark, and it was creeping me out. I scrambled up to the surface.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Inuyasha and Kagome were on the surface, laughing their heads off. Honestly, Miroku and I were freezing, and they were LAUGHING!
Inuyasha and Kagome started to walk away, still laughing hysterically.
I watched them, still treading in the cold water.
I felt myself get even colder, and I noticed that I was shivering violently. I made to climb out onto the grass, but I found that I had very little control of my arms and legs, and was surprised that I was still able to tread water. This wasn't right. It was SUMMER, and this lake was freezing. It felt as if there was ice in it. It's not possible for it to be this cold.
"Sango? Aren't you getting out?" I heard Miroku's voice. He was on the land already.
I tried to yell at him, that I could hardly move enough to keep my head above the water. It was then that I noticed Ice cubes next to me. But why? Why were there ice cubes here? Who would throw ice cubes into a LAKE?
It was then that I felt colder. My vision began to go blurry. My body went stiff, and I couldn't move it at all, no matter how much I willed it to.
"SANGO!?" I heard Miroku's voice.
I managed to whisper "Miroku." Then, everything went black.
~*~*~*~~*~*~Miroku's POV~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I was so busy glaring at Inuyasha and Kagome walking away after I had climbed out to notice that Sango was still in the freezing water.
I heard faint whimpering and turned around. "Sango? Aren't you getting out?" I asked.
Her mouth moved, but no voice escaped from it. She was shaking, and turning blue.
"SANGO!?" I yelled, getting worried. She looked at me with pain in her eyes, and I heard her whisper my name, then, her eyes closed, and she began to go underneath the water.
"SANGO!" I yelled once more. I rushed to the lake, and dove in. It was extremely deep considering that we were right by the shore of the lake.
I could hardly see a thing. The lake was pitch black. It was no use. It felt like my eyes were closed.
I frantically proceeded to grab around me. Ignoring the cold.
I had to go back for air.
"SANGOOOOOOO!!!" I yelled under the water, but of course, it didn't seem to make much sound. My eyes amazingly adjusted a little, and I saw her at the bottom. I saw her, but I couldn't get to her. I scrambled back to the top to get air, then went back down again. My heart racing in fear. When I was down there, my eyes weren't adjusted any more.
No. What if she. No. She couldn't.
Then, I saw her once more. I swam down and grabbed her limp body. I thanked Kami that things are much lighter underwater, as I swam up with her.
I surfaced, and gasped for air. "Sango. Please. Be alive!" I panted, dragging her out of the water.
Without thinking to call for help, I panicked. She was lying there, eyes closed, and her face a pale color.
It was too pale. It was then that I noticed there were tears in my eyes. They couldn't be mistaken for the water because the water was freezing, they were warm. I know a man isn't supposed to cry, but I didn't want her to be dead. She couldn't be dead.
"Sango..." I said, putting my head down, willing the tears to go back inside.
"M-Miroku?"
I looked up from the ground. Sango was lying there, she was shivering, but her eyes were open.
"SANGO!" I yelled. I instantly grabbed her.
"Umm..."
"I- I thought that you were...dead." I said, holding her closer.
I noticed how close I was holding her. She was cold. Colder than I was.
"Sango."
"Miroku? W-what h-happened? S-s-s-s-so c-cold." She whispered.
"Shh." I said quietly. My only thought was to warm her up. I took off my hoodie jacket. It was wet, but hopefully, it would still warm her up a little, after all, all she had on was a tank top. (A?N: No, he's NOT being perverted.)
Her eyes started to close. "So...sleepy." She whispered.
I knew that if she fell asleep now, it was a possibility that she would never wake up.
"NO! Sango! STAY UP!" I yelled, shaking her. Her eyes opened.
"What?" She asked irritably.
"Sango. Don't go to sleep." I said quickly. I had to get her to her cabin. It was pretty late, we left the dining hall late because we were playing poker. Would the staff still be up. They had to be! No, we don't have a curfew.
I picked Sango up in my arms, and ran as fast as I could in the direction of the cabins. I couldn't help but notice that all of the lights were out, including the staff's cabins.
Then, I reached the wooden balcony connecting our cabins. I flew up the stairs as fast as humanly possible, to see Inuyasha sitting alone on the balcony. He looked up, and his eyes widened. But I didn't stop to explain. I slid open the girl's cabin door, and rushed inside. Kagome looked up from underneath the covers as I turned the light on. She gasped when she saw me carrying an unconscious Sango. Instantly, she got up and out of her bed.
"OH MY GOD! WHAT HAPPENED?" She screamed. I didn't want to lay her on her bed, because then, if....no, when we get her conscious again, she could still sleep on dry and warm blankets. I rushed into the bathroom, getting the carpet wet.
I placed her into the tub as gently as possible.
Kagome and Inuyasha appeared behind me. I turned the warm water on quickly making sure that it wasn't too hot.
"Sango! Wake up!" Kagome yelled from beside me, shaking her friend. Inuyasha got a bucket, and we began spreading the water gushing from the spout, all over her I told Inuyasha and Kagome what had happened, leaving out a few details.
"Where am I?"
Sango's eyes started to open once more.
"SANGO!" Kagome screamed, and got herself wet to by hugging her friend to death.
"What. Are. You. Doing?!" Sango gasped. "Can't. Breathe."
Kagome let go of her, and looked like she was going to start sobbing.
"What are you doing here?" Sango asked, looking at me and Inuysha. I imagine that it would be quite odd for her to wake up in a tub with all her clothes on, and my jacket, Kagome hugging the life out of her, and two boys in the bathroom with them, one of whom, looked like he had been in the tub with her. I prayed to Kami that I wouldn't get a slap.
"Oh....um..."
"We better go now." I said quietly, tugging at Inuyasha's sleeve like a lost little boy. I didn't want to stay there with her. I couldn't stay there with her. I couldn't bare to see her like that, so helpless, and confused. It was too painful.
I walked out of the bathroom, and out the cabin, once again getting the carpet wet.
I walked around on the balcony, then sat down on one of the chairs, remembering how I had felt when I couldn't find her down there underneath the surface of the lake.
I felt afraid. Very afraid. Like I was going to die myself. Or rather, a part of me. I couldn't see her at all. All I saw was blackness, like the darkness in my heart. I felt like I was grasping at air, nothing to hold onto in a great storm. I thought she was going to die. I thought I was going to die. I thought I would lose her. I thought I would lose myself.
And that's when I knew. It was clear now, just the opposite of underneath the water. I was afraid I was going to die when I thought she was going to die. I'm happiest when she's happy. I'm saddest when she's sad. I knew, that what I felt wasn't just worry for my friend. Don't get me wrong, had it been Kagome, I would've been afraid. Had she died, I would kick and scream like a child, crying tears a man should never shed, but if Sango died...It was different. So very different. It was worry for something even more powerful than friendship...
A/N: Cheesy I know. But I'm tired right now. Please review anyway!