Stupid Cupid

Chapter 1: Missing!

Disclaimer: Okay, I don't own Inuyasha or any characters. I got the whole idea from a song last night on Cool 96.7FM or CBS FM, one or the other. I thought that it would make a good Valentines day story, and since Valentines day is coming up, I'm working hard to get this out on time.

A/N: Kagome tries to teach the crew about Valentines day, but is in a bad mood, so she blows up at them and tries to run back to the well. Unfortunately, she never made it there. What happened? Is she alive? Was it Naraku?

Dedication: This is to my valentine, if I have one. If not, then it's to Anne, who made me laugh so hard to day that I was red in the face (and so was Max) (ha ha ha)!

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"Stupid Cupid, stop picking on me..." Kagome sang, slightly off cue.

"What's that you're singing?"

"Oh, it's this song I heard on the radio this morning. You see, there is this one day of the year, Valentine's day, and its coming up..." She went on and told all she could about it to the four avid listeners who didn't understand the purpose of such a holiday.

When she was done, the first to speak up, of course, was Miroku. "Kagome? Whom is your valentine going to be since you're here and not in your own time? I just so happen to have no valentine." He winked at Kagome, and then Sango.

"Feh." Inuyasha grumbled. "Sounds like the perfect holiday for all the perverts like Miroku. Your time must be full of them, if they got their own holiday."

"Well, no. That's not what the day is for. It's meant to celebrate those that you really care about, and to show your appreciation for them with flowers, or candy, or something romantic." Kagome defended the holiday as best as she could.

"Well, I still think that it's stupid," said the half-demon.

"When exactly is this holiday, Kagome?" Sango spoke up.

"Actually, since Saint Valentine, that's the guy who it was started after, since he wasn't born yet, the day could be any day you want. But, back home, it's on the fourteenth of February, um... that's four days from tomorrow."

"This man was a saint?" Inuyasha asked, disbelieving.

"Anyway, I'm going back home for the holiday. I'm telling you now, Inuyasha, so you'll let me leave. There is no way that I'm going to miss school on the sweetest day of the year."

"Feh," he said in an offhanded manner.

"Don't you 'feh' me. I am not just some little bitch that will do what you want. I'm leaving in three days and there is nothing that you can do about it!"

"Kagome, please calm down. He didn't try to hold you back." Sango tried to help.

"You know what, Sango? I am so sick and tired of you trying to be the nice, responsible, adult one. You think that you are so great just because you kill demons for a living. Well here's a news flash: SO DO I! And I'm only fifteen, how old are you?"

Miroku was about to butt-in, but thought better of it and just watched. This, though, didn't stop her from yelling at him too.

"You, you stupid pervert. I know that you're thinking something sick right now. I can see that stupid smirk on your face. Ugh! What is wrong with all of you? Can anyone just leave me alone? AND YOU!" She pointed to Shippo. "YOU! GO SLEEP ON SOMEONE ELSE, AND GO THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE'S STUFF FOR CANDY! EVERYONE, JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!!" She stormed off in a fit, towards the well.

After a few minutes, the shock of her rampage wore off, and Shippo asked, "So, who's going to go after her?" Meaning which of them, but some of the local demons thought of it otherwise.

A scream could be heard off in the distance and then a crash. A scream that they all knew well as Kagome's. Inuyasha was the first to react by running in the direction of the noise as the others followed as closely as they could. When they arrived at the scene (the ground was full of Kagome's bags and there were a few drops of blood and the hint of noxious gases in the air) they couldn't find Kagome.

"Sango, Miroku. You guys look around here. I'm going to search from above the trees. Whatever it was that took her couldn't have gotten far." They spread out, but their search was in vain, because they couldn't find any traces of Kagome.

Night fell and they were still searching. "Inuyasha!" Miroku called.

He was there in less than a second. "What? Did you find something?"

"No. Look, Inuyasha. We care about Kagome just as much as you do, but we need to sleep. Shippo is already sleeping, and Sango is about to fall over from exhaustion."

"No, you don't care. If it was you missing. Being tortured, for we know, she'd be out here until she found you. And you want to give up after a few hours? You tell me, how much do you really care?"

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Kagome was unconscious for a few hours, but when she came to, she was in a little shack. Who ever her captor was, he was not in the room.

"Kagome? Are you awake?" The voice came from just outside the doorway, but she couldn't see who it was.

"Yeah. Where am I?" She tried to got up, but soon found that she couldn't break the rope the was binding her to a soft bed.

"Well, nowhere, really." It was a male voice. Quite deep, but very respectful. "Oh, I am sorry about this whole ordeal. I didn't mean to kidnap you, I just wanted to talk. But I got too nervous and just took you and ran."

"Who are you?"

"Don't you recognize me?"

"I can't see you."

"Yeah, I know. You'll see me in four days."

"But four days is Valentines day, and I wanted to be back in school for that."

"School?"

"Oh, um... Never mind. But four days is important."

"I know." The creature said. "It's Valentines day, the day to celebrate those you care about."

"Yeah. How did you know that? They don't celebrate it here."

"Um... Well... I was kinda following you and your friends. I heard you say it, and I knew that it would be the perfect day to tell you how I feel."

"So you are holding me captive until Valentines day so you can say that you care about me?"

"Well... when you put it that way..."

"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU? YOU WANT ME TO KNOW THAT YOU LOVE ME, SO YOU TIE ME TO A BED FOR FOUR DAYS!?!"

"I'm sorry. Please don't hate me. I'll let you go soon. I just don't want you to be angry with me."

"Hey, I have one more question."

"Yeah."

"Why did you go through all this trouble just to talk to me? I mean, you could have just said 'hey,' its not like I would have hurt you or anything."

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Inuyasha spent the night looking as Sango, Miroku and Shippo slept. The sun rose and they continued, but my midday, they had all given up hope, except for Inuyasha.

"Look, Inuyasha. We all know that you love her-"

"I don't love her, but we can't get the rest of the Shard with out her."

"Sure. Anyway, you need her, but its been over a day."

"So?"

"So. When we got to the spot she was taken from, the stench of Naraku's toxic gas was in the air. If he has her, then either she's dead, or he's using her as bait for us."

"Then we'll follow the bait."

"If she were bait," Sango spoke up, "then he would have left us a clue, or shown up or something. He's not stupid enough to take her and leave us guessing."

"Now that you mention it," Miroku interjected, "this doesn't seem like Naraku's handiwork. It has to be a lesser demon. I mean, Inuyasha, even your brother wouldn't kidnap her without leaving a trail. They have to leave a trial if they ever want us to find her."

"So, she's safe." Inuyasha blurted out.

"Or dead." Miroku concluded. The conversation died there. No one wanted to believe and, and only Miroku was brave enough to say it. Shippo hid himself from the idea and Inuyasha walked away, preparing to continue his hunt.

"This wouldn't be so goddam hard if the ass hadn't covered the place in that gas. Otherwise I'd be able to at least pick up her scent."

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"Um, excuse me?"

"Yes, Kagome?" The voice still hadn't revealed himself to her.

"I have to use the bathroom again." They had dealt with this problem before, but not after she explained the purpose of a bathroom, and indoor pluming.

He walked in, covered from head to toe, and she couldn't see any of his flesh. He wore a piece of cloth around his waist and it reached the floor. IT was thin, and you could see that he had torn shorts underneath. Another large piece of cloth covered the arms and chest of his unusually large figure. On top of his head was a woven hat, and a mask around his face. His hands were covered in thin gloves, and his feet weren't visible from under the skirt-type clothing.

His clumsy fingers slowly untied her and lifted her off the bed. With slow steps, careful not to trip over the clothing or drop her, he made his way out the door to a hot-spring and bush not to far away. There, he carefully put her down and turned away.

"Now, Kagome. Please don't run away. I am very fast, and I can catch you."

"I know. You've told me."

"Okay." She walked behind and tree and planed her escape.

He was getting impatient, but wouldn't turn around because it was rude if she wasn't done.

She began to move away slowly and making sure that she didn't make any noise. She was about twenty feet away when she stepped on a dead leaf, causing the crinkling noise. He turned and began to chase after her, so she ran as fast as she could to the nearest town.

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A/N: Question time. How do I get bold type and italic type on my profile? Some people have it and I really want to know how, but my friends wont tell me.

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