Ten days
by Kradvity
Chapter 6: The Heart and the Arrow
Sorry with a big S, but I had to develop this chapter in my head. Six days left for Inu-Yasha.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha.
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Miroku wasn't in danger or anything. Actually, I had thought that he had only passed out. Well, the injure didn't appear to be much worse than that after all. He was a god damn monk, he could have used some of his own tricks. But no, he clearly couldn't use his own brains more than to distinguish men from women.
I was more worried about Sango, who just couldn't leave me be. All the time she blabbered about how I couldn't take responsibility. Hey, it was me who told Kagome to shoot. Why couldn't Sango be happy with the fact Miroku was alive and we now had the shard?
But even more I thought about Tetsusaiga than Miroku or Sango. I had never felt that relieved. Like my whole world had been saved from the evil. Tetsusaiga was my father's only memento, and I wasn't going to let some pushy half-breed have it... And I meant Hideki.
Again I was sitting on the roof of Kaede's house. I felt like a king, a fearsome and powerful king, because the villagers tried no to look at my direction. It was an early morning but the village was already full of voices and working people. I blinked in the sun. Six days and I'll be a demon. I'd finally be worth Tetsusaiga. I had never understood why it was me who got the particular sword, when Sesshou-maru gained Tenseiga. I am only a half-demon. What had my father expected me to do with Tetsusaiga? And what on Earth had he expected Sesshou-maru to do with Tenseiga?
I had always thought myself as the weakest one in my so called family. I was too weak to be a demon, but too strong to be a human. Why would I want to belong to the weaker race? Six days and I could show what I truly was...
The only problem was, what if the others wouldn't like my true self? What if they didn't want to be with a full demon... Hey, they didn't have to. If they wanted the Shikon Jewel, they could gather it themselves. I only needed it to make me full demon. Soon I wouldn't need the damned jewel...
And why did I even care about the others? They were just a bunch of clowns that had joined my quest.
I blinked again and stared at Tetsusaiga. What had I been thinking? Did the fact I could be a real demon mean so much to me?
From all of a sudden I heard angry voices from inside Kaede's house. Some of the villagers stopped working and chatting looking very curious. I peeked down from the roof and saw angry Sango marching rapidly away from the house. Now what was this? I jumped down and gave the villagers a look that made them quickly continue their affairs.
It was clear that Sango and Miroku had had a fight. Kagome and Shippo were sitting near the spot where Miroku had been laid on. Miroku was looking slightly puzzled.
" Sango told Miroku to go to hell ", Shippo said right away. Kagome twitched the little demon's ear angrily.
" Don't girls often say that to Miroku? " I asked a little more coldly than I had meant to. But I was right, wasn't I? Kagome looked at me like I was a stain on her best shirt.
" How can you be so cold? " she asked staring at me. I felt my confidence shatter.
" Cold? Sango just told Miroku to go to hell and you call _me_ cold?! " I spluttered out.
" Sango cares about Miroku! That's why she did that! "
" Really?! Do I often tell you to go to hell?! "
I blushed. So did Kagome.
" I mean... what did you fight about? " I muttered to Miroku and sat down staring at the wooden floor. I didn't see Miroku's face, calm as usual, but I knew his inner self was bursting with laughter. I can't describe with words how much it annoyed me.
Miroku sighed and gave a weak laugh. " It was nothing serious. Stop worrying. "
" Do I look like I'm worrying over you? " I corrected. I bet Miroku would have rolled his eyes if it hadn't given him a terrible headache.
Quickly I thought about some things. Did I worry over Miroku? I supposed I didn't, because otherwise I would have been worried, like Sango. And yes, I understood Sango's behaviour. She was very worried about Miroku. And yet again Kagome made me look like a complete fool by saying it out loud before I had a chance to open my mouth.
" Can't you understand, Inu-Yasha? Sango's sick of worrying over Miroku. She doesn't even need a reason to angry ", Kagome explained.
" I know! " I answered sharply.
The silence fell. I hated it. I didn't hate the silence itself, but if I had to be around silent people... That always made me feel sick. Maybe it has something to do with the fact people always fell silent or started to yell nasty things at me. I don't want to sound like a damn whiner, but I can't come up with any other explanation. I still haven't found other explanation.
Kagome stood up and took my hand. She led me out of the cottage to sun light. " Inu-Yasha, I have a great idea ", Kagome said smiling widely. She was still holding my hand. I kind of 'forgot' it.
" Yeah, we too tell Miroku to go to hell ", I muttered. Kagome ignored my suggestion.
" We take Miroku and Sango to an amusement park! "
I stared at her curiously. I always said I hated everything from Kagome's time but I could have never admitted I actually liked the food she brought with her and the things I'd seen in future Japan. If _had_ admitted I would have felt like I wasn't satisfied with my own life. Like? I _wasn't_ satisfied with my life.
" What is anamusent park? " I asked frowning my eyes.
" Not anamusent park. _An_amusement_park. There you can go to different kind of funny machines and buy sweets and have some serious fun! " Kagome explained happily. I kept frowning.
" And you think we should take Miroku and Sango there? Think about these 'machines' and Miroku. I smell a catastrophe... "
" Don't worry, it'll go fine. I know it can work! "
What could I do but accept the fact it was a good idea?
" Okay, then go to the... park thing. But I'm definitely not coming along " I said and sniffed.
* * * * *
How did this happen? I thought as we headed towards the well. We could have walked but it would have been slow. So I had Sango on my back and Miroku rode Kirara with Kagome. Sango had refused to have anykind of contact with the monk.
" Of course Inu-Yasha can take Miroku on his back ", Kagome had suggested. She looked and sounded like she was being completely honest and innocent, but I knew Kagome was picking on me.
" You can take him if you care about him so much! " I shouted. I was ignored.
It wasn't midday yet when we arrived Kagome's house. I had been there several times and I still felt uncomfortable. There were weird and noisy 'machines' and too much stuff lying around. I always stumbled on something. But the worst thing was the lack of smells. There was hardly any smell of wood or fire. Like the whole house was dead. Well, there were some silly little trees and other greens but those didn't change the fact the house felt unnatural.
I spent time sniffing around trying to find something natural from the apartment. Kagome's mother seemed to be very interested in me. Not to mention his little brother... Kagome treated Souta well, a good big sister should. I think... I tried to imagine myself hugging Sesshou-maru. No no no... I wouldn't do that. And neither would he.
" Okay, off we go. I promise we'll come back before midnight ", Kagome said taking her jumper. Her mother looked worried. Because of me? No, I think Mrs Higurashi trusts me.
" I was thinking you would come home around nine o'clock... ", she said hesitatingly. Miroku patted her on the shoulder and said:
" Don't worry. The ladies will be perfectly safe with Inu-Yasha and I. "
It didn't convince Sango.
The sun was still high. Miroku, Sango and I were wearing future clothes because Kagome thought it wouldn't be good if we had walked around looking like we 'had escaped from the feudal age'. And I never even knew I was living in feudal age.
After a little while of walking I realised that no one would have looked at us twice even if we had been wearing our own clothes. We would have looked absolutely normal next to the pink-haired people. Only my long, white hair made people stare. I'm proud of my hair, really. But it wasn't easy to walk proudly when I was wearing that ridiculous hat. Kagome insisted, or more like forced me to wear a hat. I know it isn't usual to have dog-ears in Kagome's time, but after all those weird looking people I saw, my ears wouldn't have looked odd.
Sango walked as far away from Miroku as she could. It was ridiculous, but if they wanted to be childish it was fine with me. It was their problem. I hoped I wouldn't have to go to any of those machines Kagome had mentioned... A false hope.
The nearer we got the more I started to doubt if it had been good idea to go there. I saw terribly high moving buildings and screaming. I was sure Miroku would throw up in the first machine he'd go in. The poor monk didn't even know why we had gone to the amusement park.
At the gate I realised a horrifying fact. That place was full with people. I had never seen as long queues as the ones leading to the machines. All the little cafés here and there were so cramped that it was hard for the waiters to walk around. There was a worm-looking machine near the place we were standing. It moved somewhere above our heads and every time it went down with unnatural speed the people in it screamed like hell.
I leaned closer to Kagome and pointed at the worm-machine.
" What is that? "
" It's a rollercoaster ", she answered happily. From the tone of her voice I noticed she loved rollercoasters.
" Stupid name ", I hissed back.
" Do you wanna try it? " Kagome asked and smirked. I didn't answer. She understood it meant 'no'.
The question was, how were we supposed to 'help' Sango and Miroku? As I stood there in the middle of the amusement park I just couldn't come up with anything. But Kagome had planned everything. This time she was in her own world and we were strangers. I thought how Kagome felt like when she was in feudal Japan. As bad as I felt at that moment? I hoped not.
I went to the rollercoaster after all. I had to prove I wasn't a candy-ass. I'm a half-demon. I'm better than humans. Of course I could handle one machine. And it wasn't that bad. It was stupid. I never understood why people screamed. I kept frowning the whole ride.
We tried all the machines and games. Kagome won all the shooting games, naturally. She and Sango had fun, even though Sango had been very suspicious about the whole idea. Miroku took everything almost too calmly. He and Sango both made sure they didn't even accidentally look at each other.
I don't know about these 'clocks', but Kagome said her clock was 'already eleven'. I didn't understand that either. I thought it was night. Period. There were lot of things I didn't understand in Kagome's time.
" What do you mean eleven? What is eleven? " I asked.
" It means we have to try the last possibility ", she answered quietly and pointed at right. I looked. There was a big circle full of little boxes. Red, blue and green ones. The circle was rolling. It was the stupidest thing in the whole place.
" Ferry wheels. "
" That is the last possibility? " I repeated suspiciously. I was sure Sango would jump down when their box was at the highest point. Who'd want to be locked in a tiny box with Miroku?
" You'll see ", Kagome said mysteriously and took my hand. I shivered. It's getting chilly, I thought. Stupid me.
As I thought, Sango wasn't pleased of Kagome's idea. Her answer was 'absolutely no'. We were blocking the way to the ferry wheels and the crowd behind us was moving impatiently. The problem was solved when I practically threw Sango and Miroku into the box and closed the door with Kagome. I laughed at their faces. Sango would kill me... well, she didn't. But it wouldn't have been a surprise.
We sat on a bench near the wheels and stared up. I was waiting for a scream. The night had never felt so... not night. All the colourful lights and the voices around us made it feel more like day that had been dressed as a night. I started to see feudal age as a little fairy land. Everything in future was so different. So noisy. I was kind of relieved of the fact I'd never have to live there. Permanently, I mean. Kagome lived there. She had always lived. I often thought was she never scared of her age. I have to admit I was... but only a little.
" Do you think it's working? " Kagome asked. I lowed my gaze to her.
" I don't know. "
I was going to joke about how it would be very unhealthy to Sango to be locked somewhere with Miroku. Actually, I came up with very funny ideas, but I thought Kagome didn't want to hear them.
" Inu-Yasha, do you think they're in love? "
I almost fell from the bench. Where did that come from? I swallowed.
" Uh, well, I... why would they be? " I mumbled and bit my lower lip.
" I mean... I know they care about each other... ", Kagome answered her own question. She drew on the ground with her shoe. She drew the same lines many times. A heart, I realised.
" But they've never _said_ they're... in love. "
Love. What a hard word to say. And yet so short...
" Love doesn't need to be shown immediately... ", Kagome explained. Now she drew an arrow through the heart. It took years for me to realise what Kagome tried to symbolise with the arrow.
" But the love still exists? " I asked and blushed. Some people stared at us. I frowned at them and Kagome stuck out her tongue. When she looked back at me she smiled.
" Yes. "
* * * * *
I looked down from the dirty window. We were way too high and I started to feel sick but I could see two characters somewhere in the middle of the people. Kagome and Inu-Yasha were sitting side by side on a bench. Sango peeked behind my shoulder.
" What is happening? " she asked and tried to push me down.
" They're kissing... oh my, they are going to do _that_ in a public place ", I said. Sango hit me on my wound and pushed me away from the window. The box dangled dangerously.
" You dirty-minded monk, you were lying. "
I climbed back up to the window. Why did I ever agree to this? I was certain that the box was going to fall. And concerning my luck the accident would occur when we were at the highest point.
" Do you think it's working? " Sango asked. I sighed.
" God only knows... "
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A/N: There. You enjoyed or not. But I'd rather hear you enjoyed it.
by Kradvity
Chapter 6: The Heart and the Arrow
Sorry with a big S, but I had to develop this chapter in my head. Six days left for Inu-Yasha.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha.
_________________________________________________________________________
Miroku wasn't in danger or anything. Actually, I had thought that he had only passed out. Well, the injure didn't appear to be much worse than that after all. He was a god damn monk, he could have used some of his own tricks. But no, he clearly couldn't use his own brains more than to distinguish men from women.
I was more worried about Sango, who just couldn't leave me be. All the time she blabbered about how I couldn't take responsibility. Hey, it was me who told Kagome to shoot. Why couldn't Sango be happy with the fact Miroku was alive and we now had the shard?
But even more I thought about Tetsusaiga than Miroku or Sango. I had never felt that relieved. Like my whole world had been saved from the evil. Tetsusaiga was my father's only memento, and I wasn't going to let some pushy half-breed have it... And I meant Hideki.
Again I was sitting on the roof of Kaede's house. I felt like a king, a fearsome and powerful king, because the villagers tried no to look at my direction. It was an early morning but the village was already full of voices and working people. I blinked in the sun. Six days and I'll be a demon. I'd finally be worth Tetsusaiga. I had never understood why it was me who got the particular sword, when Sesshou-maru gained Tenseiga. I am only a half-demon. What had my father expected me to do with Tetsusaiga? And what on Earth had he expected Sesshou-maru to do with Tenseiga?
I had always thought myself as the weakest one in my so called family. I was too weak to be a demon, but too strong to be a human. Why would I want to belong to the weaker race? Six days and I could show what I truly was...
The only problem was, what if the others wouldn't like my true self? What if they didn't want to be with a full demon... Hey, they didn't have to. If they wanted the Shikon Jewel, they could gather it themselves. I only needed it to make me full demon. Soon I wouldn't need the damned jewel...
And why did I even care about the others? They were just a bunch of clowns that had joined my quest.
I blinked again and stared at Tetsusaiga. What had I been thinking? Did the fact I could be a real demon mean so much to me?
From all of a sudden I heard angry voices from inside Kaede's house. Some of the villagers stopped working and chatting looking very curious. I peeked down from the roof and saw angry Sango marching rapidly away from the house. Now what was this? I jumped down and gave the villagers a look that made them quickly continue their affairs.
It was clear that Sango and Miroku had had a fight. Kagome and Shippo were sitting near the spot where Miroku had been laid on. Miroku was looking slightly puzzled.
" Sango told Miroku to go to hell ", Shippo said right away. Kagome twitched the little demon's ear angrily.
" Don't girls often say that to Miroku? " I asked a little more coldly than I had meant to. But I was right, wasn't I? Kagome looked at me like I was a stain on her best shirt.
" How can you be so cold? " she asked staring at me. I felt my confidence shatter.
" Cold? Sango just told Miroku to go to hell and you call _me_ cold?! " I spluttered out.
" Sango cares about Miroku! That's why she did that! "
" Really?! Do I often tell you to go to hell?! "
I blushed. So did Kagome.
" I mean... what did you fight about? " I muttered to Miroku and sat down staring at the wooden floor. I didn't see Miroku's face, calm as usual, but I knew his inner self was bursting with laughter. I can't describe with words how much it annoyed me.
Miroku sighed and gave a weak laugh. " It was nothing serious. Stop worrying. "
" Do I look like I'm worrying over you? " I corrected. I bet Miroku would have rolled his eyes if it hadn't given him a terrible headache.
Quickly I thought about some things. Did I worry over Miroku? I supposed I didn't, because otherwise I would have been worried, like Sango. And yes, I understood Sango's behaviour. She was very worried about Miroku. And yet again Kagome made me look like a complete fool by saying it out loud before I had a chance to open my mouth.
" Can't you understand, Inu-Yasha? Sango's sick of worrying over Miroku. She doesn't even need a reason to angry ", Kagome explained.
" I know! " I answered sharply.
The silence fell. I hated it. I didn't hate the silence itself, but if I had to be around silent people... That always made me feel sick. Maybe it has something to do with the fact people always fell silent or started to yell nasty things at me. I don't want to sound like a damn whiner, but I can't come up with any other explanation. I still haven't found other explanation.
Kagome stood up and took my hand. She led me out of the cottage to sun light. " Inu-Yasha, I have a great idea ", Kagome said smiling widely. She was still holding my hand. I kind of 'forgot' it.
" Yeah, we too tell Miroku to go to hell ", I muttered. Kagome ignored my suggestion.
" We take Miroku and Sango to an amusement park! "
I stared at her curiously. I always said I hated everything from Kagome's time but I could have never admitted I actually liked the food she brought with her and the things I'd seen in future Japan. If _had_ admitted I would have felt like I wasn't satisfied with my own life. Like? I _wasn't_ satisfied with my life.
" What is anamusent park? " I asked frowning my eyes.
" Not anamusent park. _An_amusement_park. There you can go to different kind of funny machines and buy sweets and have some serious fun! " Kagome explained happily. I kept frowning.
" And you think we should take Miroku and Sango there? Think about these 'machines' and Miroku. I smell a catastrophe... "
" Don't worry, it'll go fine. I know it can work! "
What could I do but accept the fact it was a good idea?
" Okay, then go to the... park thing. But I'm definitely not coming along " I said and sniffed.
* * * * *
How did this happen? I thought as we headed towards the well. We could have walked but it would have been slow. So I had Sango on my back and Miroku rode Kirara with Kagome. Sango had refused to have anykind of contact with the monk.
" Of course Inu-Yasha can take Miroku on his back ", Kagome had suggested. She looked and sounded like she was being completely honest and innocent, but I knew Kagome was picking on me.
" You can take him if you care about him so much! " I shouted. I was ignored.
It wasn't midday yet when we arrived Kagome's house. I had been there several times and I still felt uncomfortable. There were weird and noisy 'machines' and too much stuff lying around. I always stumbled on something. But the worst thing was the lack of smells. There was hardly any smell of wood or fire. Like the whole house was dead. Well, there were some silly little trees and other greens but those didn't change the fact the house felt unnatural.
I spent time sniffing around trying to find something natural from the apartment. Kagome's mother seemed to be very interested in me. Not to mention his little brother... Kagome treated Souta well, a good big sister should. I think... I tried to imagine myself hugging Sesshou-maru. No no no... I wouldn't do that. And neither would he.
" Okay, off we go. I promise we'll come back before midnight ", Kagome said taking her jumper. Her mother looked worried. Because of me? No, I think Mrs Higurashi trusts me.
" I was thinking you would come home around nine o'clock... ", she said hesitatingly. Miroku patted her on the shoulder and said:
" Don't worry. The ladies will be perfectly safe with Inu-Yasha and I. "
It didn't convince Sango.
The sun was still high. Miroku, Sango and I were wearing future clothes because Kagome thought it wouldn't be good if we had walked around looking like we 'had escaped from the feudal age'. And I never even knew I was living in feudal age.
After a little while of walking I realised that no one would have looked at us twice even if we had been wearing our own clothes. We would have looked absolutely normal next to the pink-haired people. Only my long, white hair made people stare. I'm proud of my hair, really. But it wasn't easy to walk proudly when I was wearing that ridiculous hat. Kagome insisted, or more like forced me to wear a hat. I know it isn't usual to have dog-ears in Kagome's time, but after all those weird looking people I saw, my ears wouldn't have looked odd.
Sango walked as far away from Miroku as she could. It was ridiculous, but if they wanted to be childish it was fine with me. It was their problem. I hoped I wouldn't have to go to any of those machines Kagome had mentioned... A false hope.
The nearer we got the more I started to doubt if it had been good idea to go there. I saw terribly high moving buildings and screaming. I was sure Miroku would throw up in the first machine he'd go in. The poor monk didn't even know why we had gone to the amusement park.
At the gate I realised a horrifying fact. That place was full with people. I had never seen as long queues as the ones leading to the machines. All the little cafés here and there were so cramped that it was hard for the waiters to walk around. There was a worm-looking machine near the place we were standing. It moved somewhere above our heads and every time it went down with unnatural speed the people in it screamed like hell.
I leaned closer to Kagome and pointed at the worm-machine.
" What is that? "
" It's a rollercoaster ", she answered happily. From the tone of her voice I noticed she loved rollercoasters.
" Stupid name ", I hissed back.
" Do you wanna try it? " Kagome asked and smirked. I didn't answer. She understood it meant 'no'.
The question was, how were we supposed to 'help' Sango and Miroku? As I stood there in the middle of the amusement park I just couldn't come up with anything. But Kagome had planned everything. This time she was in her own world and we were strangers. I thought how Kagome felt like when she was in feudal Japan. As bad as I felt at that moment? I hoped not.
I went to the rollercoaster after all. I had to prove I wasn't a candy-ass. I'm a half-demon. I'm better than humans. Of course I could handle one machine. And it wasn't that bad. It was stupid. I never understood why people screamed. I kept frowning the whole ride.
We tried all the machines and games. Kagome won all the shooting games, naturally. She and Sango had fun, even though Sango had been very suspicious about the whole idea. Miroku took everything almost too calmly. He and Sango both made sure they didn't even accidentally look at each other.
I don't know about these 'clocks', but Kagome said her clock was 'already eleven'. I didn't understand that either. I thought it was night. Period. There were lot of things I didn't understand in Kagome's time.
" What do you mean eleven? What is eleven? " I asked.
" It means we have to try the last possibility ", she answered quietly and pointed at right. I looked. There was a big circle full of little boxes. Red, blue and green ones. The circle was rolling. It was the stupidest thing in the whole place.
" Ferry wheels. "
" That is the last possibility? " I repeated suspiciously. I was sure Sango would jump down when their box was at the highest point. Who'd want to be locked in a tiny box with Miroku?
" You'll see ", Kagome said mysteriously and took my hand. I shivered. It's getting chilly, I thought. Stupid me.
As I thought, Sango wasn't pleased of Kagome's idea. Her answer was 'absolutely no'. We were blocking the way to the ferry wheels and the crowd behind us was moving impatiently. The problem was solved when I practically threw Sango and Miroku into the box and closed the door with Kagome. I laughed at their faces. Sango would kill me... well, she didn't. But it wouldn't have been a surprise.
We sat on a bench near the wheels and stared up. I was waiting for a scream. The night had never felt so... not night. All the colourful lights and the voices around us made it feel more like day that had been dressed as a night. I started to see feudal age as a little fairy land. Everything in future was so different. So noisy. I was kind of relieved of the fact I'd never have to live there. Permanently, I mean. Kagome lived there. She had always lived. I often thought was she never scared of her age. I have to admit I was... but only a little.
" Do you think it's working? " Kagome asked. I lowed my gaze to her.
" I don't know. "
I was going to joke about how it would be very unhealthy to Sango to be locked somewhere with Miroku. Actually, I came up with very funny ideas, but I thought Kagome didn't want to hear them.
" Inu-Yasha, do you think they're in love? "
I almost fell from the bench. Where did that come from? I swallowed.
" Uh, well, I... why would they be? " I mumbled and bit my lower lip.
" I mean... I know they care about each other... ", Kagome answered her own question. She drew on the ground with her shoe. She drew the same lines many times. A heart, I realised.
" But they've never _said_ they're... in love. "
Love. What a hard word to say. And yet so short...
" Love doesn't need to be shown immediately... ", Kagome explained. Now she drew an arrow through the heart. It took years for me to realise what Kagome tried to symbolise with the arrow.
" But the love still exists? " I asked and blushed. Some people stared at us. I frowned at them and Kagome stuck out her tongue. When she looked back at me she smiled.
" Yes. "
* * * * *
I looked down from the dirty window. We were way too high and I started to feel sick but I could see two characters somewhere in the middle of the people. Kagome and Inu-Yasha were sitting side by side on a bench. Sango peeked behind my shoulder.
" What is happening? " she asked and tried to push me down.
" They're kissing... oh my, they are going to do _that_ in a public place ", I said. Sango hit me on my wound and pushed me away from the window. The box dangled dangerously.
" You dirty-minded monk, you were lying. "
I climbed back up to the window. Why did I ever agree to this? I was certain that the box was going to fall. And concerning my luck the accident would occur when we were at the highest point.
" Do you think it's working? " Sango asked. I sighed.
" God only knows... "
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A/N: There. You enjoyed or not. But I'd rather hear you enjoyed it.
