A/N: I am SO close to 100 reviews!
Saturnlover: You'll find out what happens in this chappie.
Dragonlady: Thanks for pointing out the little mistake I made in the last chappie!
Ks-Starshine: Don't worry, you'll find out what Inuyasha's 'secret' is soon.
myinuyasha04: You guessed what Inuyasha's secret was! And you'll be learning more about Kagome's past soon.
Iokia-Genji: Sorry, I just couldn't help but put another cliffie in! And I think I understand your 'meaningful' look, I'll type this one up ASAP! ~starts typing like mad~ Lol.
kagome555: Thanks for saying my story is great!
inukagonly: Thanks for reviewing! And I'll read your fic asap.
Kagome Lover: I didn't even think of that. Sorry.
Marisha: Sorry about that. I guess I forgot about that stuff. I'll try to be more careful. And thanks for reviewing!
Demongirl6381: Uh oh is right, lol.
Inuyasha'sDreamGRL: I hope I updated soon enough!
Animemistress419: I know, I just love the kinda car Inu got for Kag! I just LOVE corvettes! I hope I updated soon enough!
Katherine: Thanks for saying my story is great!
Sarah: Thanks for saying my story rocks hard core! And I like the way you said bye in your review!
sweet-captor: YES! But don't worry, it'll get better.
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Chapter 17
Kagome ran to the front of the store and what she saw made her shiver in fright.
The entire wall behind the counter was engulfed in flames and was licking at the ceiling.
Kagome snapped out of her faze with a shake of her head. "Trish!" She yelled as she ran grabbed a near by dog blanket and ran towards the flames, trying to beat them out.
Trish came running out of the back room and her mouth fell openen when she saw the fire. She, too, grabbed a dog blanket and tried to help Kagome beat the flames out.
"Its no use, we can't get it out!" Kagome said as she threw down her blanket that was now in flames also.
Trish did the same. "Your right. We have to get the animals out!" Trish said as she ran to the front of the store and threw opened the front doors. "Just let them out of their cages and they'll run out the door!" She said as she got the puppies and kittens out of the display windows and pushed them out the door.
Kagome ran to the bird cages. "Tilly, for once your gonna have to like me." She said as she opened the cage door and reached in for the bird.
Tilly got on Kagome's arm with out protest.
Kagome lifted her arm in the air and Tilly flew towards the opened pet store door.
The fire had now engulfed the entire back part of the pet store and was working its way to the front of the store.
The smoke was sufficating and Kagome couldn't breath with out coughing.
Trish and Kaogme finally got all of the animals out of the store and they rushed out as well, coughing and gasping.
Kagome was the first to catch her breath. "Where is Emily?" She asked with a little wheeze. She looked around frantically for the little girl and saw her standingnext to mall security.
"Kagome!" Emily cried and ran towards the dark haired woman. Emily wrapped her arms around Kagome's middle. "I was so scared! I went and found the security guy and he called the fire department." She said and pulled back from Kagome.
Kagome knelt down and gave the girl a comforting hug. "You did a good job, Emily." She praised the little girl and straightened into a standing position.
Emily looked around with a puzzled look on her face. "Where is Bandit?" She asked and glanced back at Kagome.
Kagome's hand flew to her mouth. "Oh no, he's still in there!" She said and turned around to look at th pet store. Smoke was now pouring out of the open door and into the mall.
"Bandit!" Emily cried. She rushed past Kagome and into the firey store.
"Emily, come back here!" Kagome commanded and reached out to grab the young childs arm, nut she missed. She watched as Emily disappeared into the store. 'She won't make it out of there alive!' She thought.
Kagome looked at Trish and saw that she had a red bandanna in her hair. "Trish, let me borrow your bandanna." Kagome reguested.
Trish nodded her head. "Yeah, sure." She said in a dazed sounding voice as she took it off and handed it to Kagome.
Kagome quickly tied it around her nose and mouth and rushed in after the young girl.
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Inuyasha had just pulled into the malls parking lot. He had went out to feed Demon that morning only to find that he was out of dog food, so he decided to come to the pet store where Kagome worked and buy some.
'Wonder whats going on?' He thought as he looked at two fire trucks that were parked right near the malls enterance. He cringed when he entered the mall and the smell of smoke asulted his nose.
He saw a crowd clustered around one part of the mall and made his way over the out of couristy. "Hey, whats going on?" He asked once he had reach the group of people.
"The pet store caught on fire and a little girl ran back in there and some woman ran in after her and they haven't come back out yet." Some woman answered him.
Inuyasha pushed himself through the crowd and to the front. He saw a blond haired woman staring worridly at the store. "Hey, who ran in there?" He yelled to get her attention.
Trish glanced over at who ever was yelling at her and saw a man with silver/white hair and amber. 'That must be the guy Kagome's staying with.' Trish thought distractedly. "Kagome ran in there!" Trish answered him, her voice filled with worry.
Inuyasha's eyes widened and he glanced back at the store. 'Kagome can't be in there!' He thought. He pushed out of the crowd and tried to run into the store after Kagome, but a security guard stopped him.
"You can't go in there, sir." He said as he held Inuyasha back.
Inuyasha turned an icey glare at him. "I have to get in there! A friend of mine is still in there!" He yelled and pushed the guard away.
Fire fighters rushed in front of him and eld him back. "Let me go!" Inuyasha yelled and struggled in their grasps. He stopped struggling suddenly when a small 'boom' was heard from the store and fire came spilling out of the doors.
More fire fighters came rushing over and began to try to spray out the fire and attempt to stop it from spreading to the other stores.
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"Emily!" Kagome called as she entered the store. There was smoke every where and she could hardly breath. She dropped to her hands and knees and crawled under the smoke. It was no better on the floor. Her eyes were stinging from all the smoke.
"Emily!" Kagome called again. She heard the sound of a dog barking and she crawled in that direction. She had to rely on her hands to guide her, her eyes were watering so badly now that she couldn't even see.
She finaly found her way to the back part of the store and she forced herself to stand. She ran into the grooming area.
The smoke had ye to reach that area, but it wouldn't be long before it would. "Emily?" She called again. She found the little girl struggling to open the cage that Bandit was in.
Kagome rushed over and opened the cage. "We've gotta get out of here." She said to the little girl.
Emily hugged her dog tight and Bandit licked her face. "Kagome, I'm scared." She said as tears began to roll down her soot covered face.
Kagome knelt down so that she was eye level to the little girl. "I'm scared too, Emily. But were going to be okay." She soothed the little girl. She grabbed a big towel on a near by table. "You hold Bandit and I'm gonna wrap this towel around you guys so you won't breath in any smoke." She explained.
"Okay." Emily said in a little voice and picked up her German Shepherd puppy.
Kagome wrapped Emily's whole body into the towel and picked her up in her arms. She made sure that the bandanna was tied around her face and made her way out of the room.
The smoke was worse than before and Kagome began to cough and wheeze as it entered her lungs. She slowly began to walk, trying not to touch the raging fire to either side of her.
Kagome glanced up when she heard a crackling sound above her head. When she looked up she saw a piece of wood that they used to hang bird cages on was falling right towards her and the little girl in her arms. 'Theres no way I can dodge that with out Emily getting hurt.' Kagome thought.
She did the only thing she could think of. She flung up her right arm to block the flaming wood from hitting Emily and Bandit.
The flaming piece of wood hit Kagome squarly in her arm, causing her to fall to her knees as the firey wood burned her arm and part of the sleeve of her shirt she was wearing. She cried out in pain.
Gritting her teeth against the pain, she wrapped her injured arm around the bundle she was holding and pushed herself to her feet and began to stagger towards the open door.
Kagome heard a small explosion behind her and looked to see that a computer had exploded and was now sending flames rushing towards them.
Kagome's eyes widened and she began to run towards the door. She burst through the door and dove to the ground just as the flames blew out the door.
Kagome shakily pushed herself into a sitting position.
A fire fighter came rushing up to them. "Ma'am, are you alright?" He asked and knelt down beside her.
Kagome nodded her head and unwrapped the towel that was around Emily and Bandit. "I'm fine. But check out Emily and her puppy." She said with a hacking cough.
The fire fighter nodded and took the little girl gently into his arms.
Kagome pushed herself into a standing position and stood shakily on her feet. She was so unsteady that she almost fell over.
"Kagome!" A voice called from behind her.
Kagome turned around to see Inuyasha running towards her. She opened her mouth to call out his name, but a coughing fit took over.
Inuyasha reached her and wrapped his arms around her. 'She looks like she's been through hell.' He thought as he looked at Kagome's appearance.
She was covered in black soot, her eyes were blood shot and watering from the smoke, her hair was a tangled mess and she couldn't take a breath with out coughing. But at least she was alive.
Kagome returned the embrace. "Inuyasha." She said in a whispery voice.
Inuyasha squezed her tighter.
Kagome cried out in pain when he squeezed her injured arm and Inuyasha instantly pulled back. "Whats wrong?" He asked, checking Kagome over for injuries.
Kagome held up her burnt arm and Inuyasha cringed when the smell of burnt flesh reached his nose.
Inuyasha examined her arm and sighed in relief when he discovered that it wasm't that serious. "The only thing you'll need is a special cream to keep out infection and some gauze to wrap it in." He said as he walked Kagome over to a near by bench and sat her down.
"I'm glad you're here, Inuyasha." She said and lapt into another coughing fit.
"Wait here." Inuyasha said as he stood and walked towards one of the fire fighters.
A few minuted later, he came back carrying an oxygen tank with a breathing mask. "You just have some smoke ventalation." Inuyasha said as he put the mask over Kagome's mouth and nose.
Kagome took deep breaths and almost instantly stopped coughing. "Thank you, Inuyasha." She said with out coughing.
Inuyasha sat next to Kagome on the bench and crossed his arms over his chest. "Feh, don't mention it. But I do have a reguest." He said as he turned to face her.
"And what might that be?" Kagome asked as she pulled the mbreathing mask away from her face.
Inuyasha gave her a stern look. "Prmoise me that you'll never run into a burning store like that again." He said in a seriouse voice.
Kagome smiled softly and laid her head on Inuyasha's shoulder. "I promise."
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Do you guys wanna make me happy? Well, I only need one more reviews and I'll have a hundred reviews. So, go ahead, make me a happy authoress and R/R!
Ja ne, Pam
Saturnlover: You'll find out what happens in this chappie.
Dragonlady: Thanks for pointing out the little mistake I made in the last chappie!
Ks-Starshine: Don't worry, you'll find out what Inuyasha's 'secret' is soon.
myinuyasha04: You guessed what Inuyasha's secret was! And you'll be learning more about Kagome's past soon.
Iokia-Genji: Sorry, I just couldn't help but put another cliffie in! And I think I understand your 'meaningful' look, I'll type this one up ASAP! ~starts typing like mad~ Lol.
kagome555: Thanks for saying my story is great!
inukagonly: Thanks for reviewing! And I'll read your fic asap.
Kagome Lover: I didn't even think of that. Sorry.
Marisha: Sorry about that. I guess I forgot about that stuff. I'll try to be more careful. And thanks for reviewing!
Demongirl6381: Uh oh is right, lol.
Inuyasha'sDreamGRL: I hope I updated soon enough!
Animemistress419: I know, I just love the kinda car Inu got for Kag! I just LOVE corvettes! I hope I updated soon enough!
Katherine: Thanks for saying my story is great!
Sarah: Thanks for saying my story rocks hard core! And I like the way you said bye in your review!
sweet-captor: YES! But don't worry, it'll get better.
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Chapter 17
Kagome ran to the front of the store and what she saw made her shiver in fright.
The entire wall behind the counter was engulfed in flames and was licking at the ceiling.
Kagome snapped out of her faze with a shake of her head. "Trish!" She yelled as she ran grabbed a near by dog blanket and ran towards the flames, trying to beat them out.
Trish came running out of the back room and her mouth fell openen when she saw the fire. She, too, grabbed a dog blanket and tried to help Kagome beat the flames out.
"Its no use, we can't get it out!" Kagome said as she threw down her blanket that was now in flames also.
Trish did the same. "Your right. We have to get the animals out!" Trish said as she ran to the front of the store and threw opened the front doors. "Just let them out of their cages and they'll run out the door!" She said as she got the puppies and kittens out of the display windows and pushed them out the door.
Kagome ran to the bird cages. "Tilly, for once your gonna have to like me." She said as she opened the cage door and reached in for the bird.
Tilly got on Kagome's arm with out protest.
Kagome lifted her arm in the air and Tilly flew towards the opened pet store door.
The fire had now engulfed the entire back part of the pet store and was working its way to the front of the store.
The smoke was sufficating and Kagome couldn't breath with out coughing.
Trish and Kaogme finally got all of the animals out of the store and they rushed out as well, coughing and gasping.
Kagome was the first to catch her breath. "Where is Emily?" She asked with a little wheeze. She looked around frantically for the little girl and saw her standingnext to mall security.
"Kagome!" Emily cried and ran towards the dark haired woman. Emily wrapped her arms around Kagome's middle. "I was so scared! I went and found the security guy and he called the fire department." She said and pulled back from Kagome.
Kagome knelt down and gave the girl a comforting hug. "You did a good job, Emily." She praised the little girl and straightened into a standing position.
Emily looked around with a puzzled look on her face. "Where is Bandit?" She asked and glanced back at Kagome.
Kagome's hand flew to her mouth. "Oh no, he's still in there!" She said and turned around to look at th pet store. Smoke was now pouring out of the open door and into the mall.
"Bandit!" Emily cried. She rushed past Kagome and into the firey store.
"Emily, come back here!" Kagome commanded and reached out to grab the young childs arm, nut she missed. She watched as Emily disappeared into the store. 'She won't make it out of there alive!' She thought.
Kagome looked at Trish and saw that she had a red bandanna in her hair. "Trish, let me borrow your bandanna." Kagome reguested.
Trish nodded her head. "Yeah, sure." She said in a dazed sounding voice as she took it off and handed it to Kagome.
Kagome quickly tied it around her nose and mouth and rushed in after the young girl.
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Inuyasha had just pulled into the malls parking lot. He had went out to feed Demon that morning only to find that he was out of dog food, so he decided to come to the pet store where Kagome worked and buy some.
'Wonder whats going on?' He thought as he looked at two fire trucks that were parked right near the malls enterance. He cringed when he entered the mall and the smell of smoke asulted his nose.
He saw a crowd clustered around one part of the mall and made his way over the out of couristy. "Hey, whats going on?" He asked once he had reach the group of people.
"The pet store caught on fire and a little girl ran back in there and some woman ran in after her and they haven't come back out yet." Some woman answered him.
Inuyasha pushed himself through the crowd and to the front. He saw a blond haired woman staring worridly at the store. "Hey, who ran in there?" He yelled to get her attention.
Trish glanced over at who ever was yelling at her and saw a man with silver/white hair and amber. 'That must be the guy Kagome's staying with.' Trish thought distractedly. "Kagome ran in there!" Trish answered him, her voice filled with worry.
Inuyasha's eyes widened and he glanced back at the store. 'Kagome can't be in there!' He thought. He pushed out of the crowd and tried to run into the store after Kagome, but a security guard stopped him.
"You can't go in there, sir." He said as he held Inuyasha back.
Inuyasha turned an icey glare at him. "I have to get in there! A friend of mine is still in there!" He yelled and pushed the guard away.
Fire fighters rushed in front of him and eld him back. "Let me go!" Inuyasha yelled and struggled in their grasps. He stopped struggling suddenly when a small 'boom' was heard from the store and fire came spilling out of the doors.
More fire fighters came rushing over and began to try to spray out the fire and attempt to stop it from spreading to the other stores.
**
"Emily!" Kagome called as she entered the store. There was smoke every where and she could hardly breath. She dropped to her hands and knees and crawled under the smoke. It was no better on the floor. Her eyes were stinging from all the smoke.
"Emily!" Kagome called again. She heard the sound of a dog barking and she crawled in that direction. She had to rely on her hands to guide her, her eyes were watering so badly now that she couldn't even see.
She finaly found her way to the back part of the store and she forced herself to stand. She ran into the grooming area.
The smoke had ye to reach that area, but it wouldn't be long before it would. "Emily?" She called again. She found the little girl struggling to open the cage that Bandit was in.
Kagome rushed over and opened the cage. "We've gotta get out of here." She said to the little girl.
Emily hugged her dog tight and Bandit licked her face. "Kagome, I'm scared." She said as tears began to roll down her soot covered face.
Kagome knelt down so that she was eye level to the little girl. "I'm scared too, Emily. But were going to be okay." She soothed the little girl. She grabbed a big towel on a near by table. "You hold Bandit and I'm gonna wrap this towel around you guys so you won't breath in any smoke." She explained.
"Okay." Emily said in a little voice and picked up her German Shepherd puppy.
Kagome wrapped Emily's whole body into the towel and picked her up in her arms. She made sure that the bandanna was tied around her face and made her way out of the room.
The smoke was worse than before and Kagome began to cough and wheeze as it entered her lungs. She slowly began to walk, trying not to touch the raging fire to either side of her.
Kagome glanced up when she heard a crackling sound above her head. When she looked up she saw a piece of wood that they used to hang bird cages on was falling right towards her and the little girl in her arms. 'Theres no way I can dodge that with out Emily getting hurt.' Kagome thought.
She did the only thing she could think of. She flung up her right arm to block the flaming wood from hitting Emily and Bandit.
The flaming piece of wood hit Kagome squarly in her arm, causing her to fall to her knees as the firey wood burned her arm and part of the sleeve of her shirt she was wearing. She cried out in pain.
Gritting her teeth against the pain, she wrapped her injured arm around the bundle she was holding and pushed herself to her feet and began to stagger towards the open door.
Kagome heard a small explosion behind her and looked to see that a computer had exploded and was now sending flames rushing towards them.
Kagome's eyes widened and she began to run towards the door. She burst through the door and dove to the ground just as the flames blew out the door.
Kagome shakily pushed herself into a sitting position.
A fire fighter came rushing up to them. "Ma'am, are you alright?" He asked and knelt down beside her.
Kagome nodded her head and unwrapped the towel that was around Emily and Bandit. "I'm fine. But check out Emily and her puppy." She said with a hacking cough.
The fire fighter nodded and took the little girl gently into his arms.
Kagome pushed herself into a standing position and stood shakily on her feet. She was so unsteady that she almost fell over.
"Kagome!" A voice called from behind her.
Kagome turned around to see Inuyasha running towards her. She opened her mouth to call out his name, but a coughing fit took over.
Inuyasha reached her and wrapped his arms around her. 'She looks like she's been through hell.' He thought as he looked at Kagome's appearance.
She was covered in black soot, her eyes were blood shot and watering from the smoke, her hair was a tangled mess and she couldn't take a breath with out coughing. But at least she was alive.
Kagome returned the embrace. "Inuyasha." She said in a whispery voice.
Inuyasha squezed her tighter.
Kagome cried out in pain when he squeezed her injured arm and Inuyasha instantly pulled back. "Whats wrong?" He asked, checking Kagome over for injuries.
Kagome held up her burnt arm and Inuyasha cringed when the smell of burnt flesh reached his nose.
Inuyasha examined her arm and sighed in relief when he discovered that it wasm't that serious. "The only thing you'll need is a special cream to keep out infection and some gauze to wrap it in." He said as he walked Kagome over to a near by bench and sat her down.
"I'm glad you're here, Inuyasha." She said and lapt into another coughing fit.
"Wait here." Inuyasha said as he stood and walked towards one of the fire fighters.
A few minuted later, he came back carrying an oxygen tank with a breathing mask. "You just have some smoke ventalation." Inuyasha said as he put the mask over Kagome's mouth and nose.
Kagome took deep breaths and almost instantly stopped coughing. "Thank you, Inuyasha." She said with out coughing.
Inuyasha sat next to Kagome on the bench and crossed his arms over his chest. "Feh, don't mention it. But I do have a reguest." He said as he turned to face her.
"And what might that be?" Kagome asked as she pulled the mbreathing mask away from her face.
Inuyasha gave her a stern look. "Prmoise me that you'll never run into a burning store like that again." He said in a seriouse voice.
Kagome smiled softly and laid her head on Inuyasha's shoulder. "I promise."
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Do you guys wanna make me happy? Well, I only need one more reviews and I'll have a hundred reviews. So, go ahead, make me a happy authoress and R/R!
Ja ne, Pam