Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Hanging By a Moment by
Lifehouse...........don't those lawyers have anything else better to do? Go
sue someone else....have something appealed....convict o.j.
simpson.....geez!
Ok.....it was brought to my attention the other day that a very loyal
reader noticed a tiny lil detail that may cause a few to go 'huh?' so
here's my explaination of why Kagome didn't 'sit' Inuyasha to bring him
out of his youkai trance thingy:
1:It's a dream sequence. Anthing can happen. I once dreamt that Johnny Depp
swept me to Mexico where he laid me down and.......heehee.....another sotry
for another time.
2: I may have mentioned this in another story or may have not but to
refresh my own memory....I don't know EVERYTHING about Inuyasha but I have
sources who like to think they do. One source told me that the loveable lil
Kagome was told by Myouga (i think) that everytime Inuyasha changes to
youkai, it gets harder and harder for him to come back to his hanyou sense
of mind ( the 2nd movie can be my line of defense for that one). If they're
wrong, they're wrong and I just happened to be misinformed.
3: My story. If I wanted to make Shippo make sweet sweet love to a unicorn
i would. It wouldn't make much sense, I probably wouldn't get alot of
reviews, and nobody would read the story...BUT sometimes my mind juss does
that sort of thing. (besides, shippo and a UNICORN?! please...it would more
than likely be a monkey.)
What Is and What Could've Been - Hanging By a Moment
Kagome placed a pale palm over heart to slow down the beat. She had to be as quiet as possible if she wanted this to work. Kikyo seemed to have a knack at sensing Kagome's aura and Inuyasha just had a knack for sensing. She leaned against the tree to balance herself. Her nerves were becoming too much for her. However, her whole body tensed up and became still as she heard Kikyo's light steps crunching foliage among the forest floor. She held her breath as she felt Inuyasha's presence enter.
"Kikyo....what are you doing here?"
"I had to see you one last time...before..."
"Before what?"
"Before....I went to Naraku to give myself up. I can no longer hold up against his power." *Well if you hadn't given him the jewel this wouldn't be happening, now would it?* Kagome bit her lip at the remark filled with a venomous sting.
"NO!" Inuyasha's voice shook both Kikyo and Kagome. Kagome dug her sneaker into the ground to brace herself from falling. "Naraku won't have you! I won't let him!" Kikyo inched closer to him.
"You would...protect me?", she asked as she slid her thin fingers under his haori. She began to emit the smell that she had concocted to lure Inuyasha into a trance.
"Always." The dead miko finally embraced the hanyou, the spell taking full effect. Kagome dug her nails into the nimble wood of the bow. She could hear the unsnapping of Tetsusaiga, the voice of the strange woman from her room earlier that morning telling her to tell him....that voice. Who had it been? Kagome seemed to hear it even now....
Bella pierced the bark in the same tree Kagome was standing behind with her nails. Why was the teenager taking so long?! Tears trailed down her cheeks and ruined her perfectly applied makeup. *Please...please Kagome! Turn around!* Bella's fingers stabbed at her scalp as she could feel a heavy weight taking over her body as Kagome hesitated. " GOD'S SAKE TURN AROUND!"
Kagome popped out of her paralyzed state when she heard the cry from the mysterious woman, took aim, turned away from the tree, and shot at the clay corpse hugging her hanyou.
A thin slit formed on Kikyo's cheek bone, and would've been considered a cut if the dead miko could bleed. The arrow pulled Inuyasha from his trance. It was mostly the sting of a cut that had somehow formed on his cheek during the kiss Kikyo had bestowed upon him. He looked down at the dazed miko and then turned around to find arrow beside his neck. His gaze followed to the origin or the person who shot it - Kagome.
"Drop it Kikyo!" Kikyo remained wide-eyed and still.
"Kagome..", Inuyasha managed to stammer. Kagome's focus, however, was centered on the silent priestess.
"I said drop it!!" Kikyo turned slightly towards the teenager with a sly grin pasted on her ghostly face.
"You won't shoot me. You're MY reincarnation, after all."
"Don't tempt me you sorry excuse of imatation Play-Doh!!(I don't own that either..ok back to story.) I am so SICK of everybody comparing me to you! You're DEAD! Why can't you just stay that way!!??" Kikyo continued to smile and began to walk off. Kagome cringed and fired her arrow. Kikyo's right sleeve was caught and pinned to the tree she had walked infront of. The miko glared at the teenager, the Tetsusaiga remaining hidden behind the folds of her garment. Kagome's full eyes turned into thin slits of warning and loaded another arrow.
"Drop it." Kikyo returned the stare and was answered with a violent pain to her right bicep from a screaming arrow, causing the Tetsusaiga to fall from her cold grip. Inuyasha stared in disbelief at the betrayal. Kagome dropped the bow and ran to retrieve the ancient sword. As soon as Kagome's hands gripped the sword, Kikyo swung one of her free legs and sent Kagome a good seven feet into a clearing. Kagome landed roughly, Tetsusaiga still in hand.
"Kagome!!!" Inuyasha rushed forward but was pushed back by a shield of power. Inuyasha rubbed the top of his silver head.
"The mikos obviously want to finish what they started. I don't think Kagome's power meant to throw you out but that clay bitch is another story..." Inuyasha gaped at the woman standing next to him and had a sudden feeling of deja-vu. The woman just smiled. "I know you, but you don't remember me. The name's Bella." She pulled Inuyasha up from the cold ground and continued to watch the fight.
Kikyo tore herself from the arrows and fell to the ground. She grasped the wound on her arm and took notice of a clumsily dropped arrow of Kagome's. Yes, this would end now. Kagome winced and rubbed the small of her back with her free hand. She felt as if she was sleeping. And this was all another terrible nightmare. But why did she have the need to wake up and fight?
Kikyo marched up beside the girl, knelt down, and, raising the arrow high above her head, prepared to end the girl's life.
"Kagome!!!!!" Inuyasha froze up with fear.
"Die Kagome!!" Kagome's eyes flew open and with all her might, swung the scabbard and sword above her, dodging the purififed arrow. Power surged between them as the two weapons clashed. Kagome's arms began to shake under the weight of Kikyo, the scabbard, and the Tetsusaiga. Images of Shippo's cartoons, Miroku's infamous butt-grab, Sango's warm hearted smiles, and Inuyasha's rare acts of kindness swarmed her mind and took her to a place where they were all cheering for her. Their arms seemed to outstretch to the scabbard and sword and push up on it, giving Kagome enough time and strength to grab ahold of Kikyo's arrow and concentrate all her power on that one object.
Kikyo was startled by the sudden power Kagome enforced but managed to push a little further.
"Give it up. You're just a reincarnation and Inuyasha will always be MINE!" Kagome felt her senses drain from her body and refill with a new kind of power. A power that flew through her veins and made her heart skip beats.
"I'm me! I'm Kagome! KA-GO- ME!!!!" The power released itself from Kagome's body, sending Kikyo backwards and the arrow into oblivion. The shield around them ruptured and Inuyasha ran forth to Kagome's side.
Bella stepped lightly over to Kikyo, fanning herself in a very lady- like attitude.
"You lost. Be gone before the child comes to her senses and destroys you for good." Kikyo stood and limped out of the clearing in defeat. Inuyasha pulled Kagome up into his lap, holding her tightly.
"Kagome? You ok?" Kagome didn't answer but shoved the Tetsusaiga to his chest.
"Next time.....keep a better eye on this thing.." Inuyasha smiled and held her even closer.
Bella watched the scene from a secluded area. Now was not the time to interfere. She had another assignment anyway. She fluttered her fan once and turned to walk to the nearest village. Suddenly she came to a calm halt, her fan continuing to dance among her crimson and deep violet locks. A child with rouge, blonde, and black hair slowly walked from behind a tree.
"I won Tsuni. Pay up." Tsuni glared at the woman. Her red eyes kept to the ground but hatred could be read all over her features.
"You haven't won yet, so don't get so full of yourself."
"We'll see." Bella set herself t oa slow pace and walked away from the girl. Tsuni glanced back once at Inuyasha and Kagome then back to the trail Bella had set.
"Yea....we'll see."
"I've never seen that kind of power before, Kagome. Never." Kagome nuzzled her chin into Inuyasha's shoulder. The battle had left her so tired but she had to get something off her chest.
"You already said that Inuyasha..."
"It's the truth! Where did it come from?"
"I don't know. She said I was 'just a reincarnation' and that ' you were hers' and I just kind of snapped. It wasn't anger or hate....I just felt like she was lying and I was telling the truth, but no one would listen to me. The power was like a scream I had been trying to get out for so long." Inuyasha blushed at the thought of Kagome getting angry over something like Kikyo claiming he was her possession.
"You got angry over me?" Kagome shifted uncomfortably on the hanyou's back.
"I said it wasn't anger...just....frustration, I guess. I was frustrated...because....because....you're nobody's object, Inuyasha. You made that quite clear since the day I met you."
"How did you know Kikyo stole my Tetsusaiga?"
"It's funny...but I had a dream last night. I saw her stealing it, and you turned into a youkai. I couldn't bring you back and you....you killed me." Inuyasha paused and let Kagome slide off his back. He turned around to stare into her chocolate eyes.
"Kagome I would NEVER hurt in any way. You have to know that."
"I do. But that wasn't you. Plus...there's more. There was a woman and she told me.....I had to tell you...."
"Tell me what?" Kagome's darted from tree to tree so she wouldn't have to look Inuyasha in the eye. Her fingers curled around the hem of her skirt and she instantly tore them from the fabric when she realized what she was doing.
"That I care for you...." Inuyasha sighed. He had thought it was something much worse.
"Kagome..if that's all I knew you - " "I'm not finished."
"Keep going then."
"I...care for you. And I always will. You're a cherished friend to me and you always will be. But..recently.....the feelings of caring turned into...love. And I know you probably don't lov-" Kagome couldn't finish what she was saying for the hanyou quickly brought his lips to her. And for that moment, that one significant moment, the world seemed to stop for them and only them. For that one moment, they seemed to be the only two people in the world. For that one moment, there was nothing but happiness.
Bella concealed her presence very well from the demon slayer. She was there when Sango cried beside the rock, slipped out of her clothes, and continued to cry in the hot spring. The reason, she had guessed, was because of the monk. Sango wiped a lone tear away and dunked her head under water. When she came back up, she leaned up against a warm boulder located in the spring and stared up at the sky.
"Dumb letch." *Yep. I was right*, Bella silently congragulated herself. She popped her knuckles and went to work on the exterminator.
Miroku wandered among the night's forest concerned for the demon slayer. He hasn't meant to flirt in front of her. It wasn't his intention. But of course, it never failed, she walked in on the most akward of situations. He sighed once, figuring she probably didn't want to see him anyway.
Tsuni stared at the situation unfolding in front of her in disbelief. She crouched low behind a tree and emitted a purple cloud. She emerged about three feet taller...and more mature - physically speaking. Her crimson, blonde, and ebony hair was much longer than before and unraveled from their buns. Two corkscrew curls hung limply beside her cheeks. Her raven colored kimono clung tightly to her new form, showing off finely shaped cleavage and lucious curves hugging her toned stomach. Yes, this would do nicely. She waved a nimble finger in front of her closed eyes. When she opened them, they had turned an icey blue. Perfect. She tapped a finger to her chin and smiled wickedly.
Miroku turned towards the direction of the scream, running at full speed to the feminine yelp. He stood completely speechless in front of perfection. The girl stood above a slain youkai, sporting a simple dagger. She turned around to face the monk, onyx strand falling over her sparkling eyes. She smiled innocently.
"Are you okay?", Miroku managed to choke out.
"Yes. Of course. But it's a good thing you came. I'm pretty sure it sensed your presence and let its guard down." Miroku blushed. The stranger walked up to the monk and held a petite hand. "Tsuni." Miroku lightly kissed Tsuni's hand.
"Miroku, Lady Tsuni." She laughed and then became suddenly serious.
"Lord monk, can I ask you a question?"
"Of course."
"Can I bear your children?"
That's it for now. More tomorrow. Next chapter: Miroku's Seduction and Sango's Disappointment
What Is and What Could've Been - Hanging By a Moment
Kagome placed a pale palm over heart to slow down the beat. She had to be as quiet as possible if she wanted this to work. Kikyo seemed to have a knack at sensing Kagome's aura and Inuyasha just had a knack for sensing. She leaned against the tree to balance herself. Her nerves were becoming too much for her. However, her whole body tensed up and became still as she heard Kikyo's light steps crunching foliage among the forest floor. She held her breath as she felt Inuyasha's presence enter.
"Kikyo....what are you doing here?"
"I had to see you one last time...before..."
"Before what?"
"Before....I went to Naraku to give myself up. I can no longer hold up against his power." *Well if you hadn't given him the jewel this wouldn't be happening, now would it?* Kagome bit her lip at the remark filled with a venomous sting.
"NO!" Inuyasha's voice shook both Kikyo and Kagome. Kagome dug her sneaker into the ground to brace herself from falling. "Naraku won't have you! I won't let him!" Kikyo inched closer to him.
"You would...protect me?", she asked as she slid her thin fingers under his haori. She began to emit the smell that she had concocted to lure Inuyasha into a trance.
"Always." The dead miko finally embraced the hanyou, the spell taking full effect. Kagome dug her nails into the nimble wood of the bow. She could hear the unsnapping of Tetsusaiga, the voice of the strange woman from her room earlier that morning telling her to tell him....that voice. Who had it been? Kagome seemed to hear it even now....
Bella pierced the bark in the same tree Kagome was standing behind with her nails. Why was the teenager taking so long?! Tears trailed down her cheeks and ruined her perfectly applied makeup. *Please...please Kagome! Turn around!* Bella's fingers stabbed at her scalp as she could feel a heavy weight taking over her body as Kagome hesitated. " GOD'S SAKE TURN AROUND!"
Kagome popped out of her paralyzed state when she heard the cry from the mysterious woman, took aim, turned away from the tree, and shot at the clay corpse hugging her hanyou.
A thin slit formed on Kikyo's cheek bone, and would've been considered a cut if the dead miko could bleed. The arrow pulled Inuyasha from his trance. It was mostly the sting of a cut that had somehow formed on his cheek during the kiss Kikyo had bestowed upon him. He looked down at the dazed miko and then turned around to find arrow beside his neck. His gaze followed to the origin or the person who shot it - Kagome.
"Drop it Kikyo!" Kikyo remained wide-eyed and still.
"Kagome..", Inuyasha managed to stammer. Kagome's focus, however, was centered on the silent priestess.
"I said drop it!!" Kikyo turned slightly towards the teenager with a sly grin pasted on her ghostly face.
"You won't shoot me. You're MY reincarnation, after all."
"Don't tempt me you sorry excuse of imatation Play-Doh!!(I don't own that either..ok back to story.) I am so SICK of everybody comparing me to you! You're DEAD! Why can't you just stay that way!!??" Kikyo continued to smile and began to walk off. Kagome cringed and fired her arrow. Kikyo's right sleeve was caught and pinned to the tree she had walked infront of. The miko glared at the teenager, the Tetsusaiga remaining hidden behind the folds of her garment. Kagome's full eyes turned into thin slits of warning and loaded another arrow.
"Drop it." Kikyo returned the stare and was answered with a violent pain to her right bicep from a screaming arrow, causing the Tetsusaiga to fall from her cold grip. Inuyasha stared in disbelief at the betrayal. Kagome dropped the bow and ran to retrieve the ancient sword. As soon as Kagome's hands gripped the sword, Kikyo swung one of her free legs and sent Kagome a good seven feet into a clearing. Kagome landed roughly, Tetsusaiga still in hand.
"Kagome!!!" Inuyasha rushed forward but was pushed back by a shield of power. Inuyasha rubbed the top of his silver head.
"The mikos obviously want to finish what they started. I don't think Kagome's power meant to throw you out but that clay bitch is another story..." Inuyasha gaped at the woman standing next to him and had a sudden feeling of deja-vu. The woman just smiled. "I know you, but you don't remember me. The name's Bella." She pulled Inuyasha up from the cold ground and continued to watch the fight.
Kikyo tore herself from the arrows and fell to the ground. She grasped the wound on her arm and took notice of a clumsily dropped arrow of Kagome's. Yes, this would end now. Kagome winced and rubbed the small of her back with her free hand. She felt as if she was sleeping. And this was all another terrible nightmare. But why did she have the need to wake up and fight?
Kikyo marched up beside the girl, knelt down, and, raising the arrow high above her head, prepared to end the girl's life.
"Kagome!!!!!" Inuyasha froze up with fear.
"Die Kagome!!" Kagome's eyes flew open and with all her might, swung the scabbard and sword above her, dodging the purififed arrow. Power surged between them as the two weapons clashed. Kagome's arms began to shake under the weight of Kikyo, the scabbard, and the Tetsusaiga. Images of Shippo's cartoons, Miroku's infamous butt-grab, Sango's warm hearted smiles, and Inuyasha's rare acts of kindness swarmed her mind and took her to a place where they were all cheering for her. Their arms seemed to outstretch to the scabbard and sword and push up on it, giving Kagome enough time and strength to grab ahold of Kikyo's arrow and concentrate all her power on that one object.
Kikyo was startled by the sudden power Kagome enforced but managed to push a little further.
"Give it up. You're just a reincarnation and Inuyasha will always be MINE!" Kagome felt her senses drain from her body and refill with a new kind of power. A power that flew through her veins and made her heart skip beats.
"I'm me! I'm Kagome! KA-GO- ME!!!!" The power released itself from Kagome's body, sending Kikyo backwards and the arrow into oblivion. The shield around them ruptured and Inuyasha ran forth to Kagome's side.
Bella stepped lightly over to Kikyo, fanning herself in a very lady- like attitude.
"You lost. Be gone before the child comes to her senses and destroys you for good." Kikyo stood and limped out of the clearing in defeat. Inuyasha pulled Kagome up into his lap, holding her tightly.
"Kagome? You ok?" Kagome didn't answer but shoved the Tetsusaiga to his chest.
"Next time.....keep a better eye on this thing.." Inuyasha smiled and held her even closer.
Bella watched the scene from a secluded area. Now was not the time to interfere. She had another assignment anyway. She fluttered her fan once and turned to walk to the nearest village. Suddenly she came to a calm halt, her fan continuing to dance among her crimson and deep violet locks. A child with rouge, blonde, and black hair slowly walked from behind a tree.
"I won Tsuni. Pay up." Tsuni glared at the woman. Her red eyes kept to the ground but hatred could be read all over her features.
"You haven't won yet, so don't get so full of yourself."
"We'll see." Bella set herself t oa slow pace and walked away from the girl. Tsuni glanced back once at Inuyasha and Kagome then back to the trail Bella had set.
"Yea....we'll see."
"I've never seen that kind of power before, Kagome. Never." Kagome nuzzled her chin into Inuyasha's shoulder. The battle had left her so tired but she had to get something off her chest.
"You already said that Inuyasha..."
"It's the truth! Where did it come from?"
"I don't know. She said I was 'just a reincarnation' and that ' you were hers' and I just kind of snapped. It wasn't anger or hate....I just felt like she was lying and I was telling the truth, but no one would listen to me. The power was like a scream I had been trying to get out for so long." Inuyasha blushed at the thought of Kagome getting angry over something like Kikyo claiming he was her possession.
"You got angry over me?" Kagome shifted uncomfortably on the hanyou's back.
"I said it wasn't anger...just....frustration, I guess. I was frustrated...because....because....you're nobody's object, Inuyasha. You made that quite clear since the day I met you."
"How did you know Kikyo stole my Tetsusaiga?"
"It's funny...but I had a dream last night. I saw her stealing it, and you turned into a youkai. I couldn't bring you back and you....you killed me." Inuyasha paused and let Kagome slide off his back. He turned around to stare into her chocolate eyes.
"Kagome I would NEVER hurt in any way. You have to know that."
"I do. But that wasn't you. Plus...there's more. There was a woman and she told me.....I had to tell you...."
"Tell me what?" Kagome's darted from tree to tree so she wouldn't have to look Inuyasha in the eye. Her fingers curled around the hem of her skirt and she instantly tore them from the fabric when she realized what she was doing.
"That I care for you...." Inuyasha sighed. He had thought it was something much worse.
"Kagome..if that's all I knew you - " "I'm not finished."
"Keep going then."
"I...care for you. And I always will. You're a cherished friend to me and you always will be. But..recently.....the feelings of caring turned into...love. And I know you probably don't lov-" Kagome couldn't finish what she was saying for the hanyou quickly brought his lips to her. And for that moment, that one significant moment, the world seemed to stop for them and only them. For that one moment, they seemed to be the only two people in the world. For that one moment, there was nothing but happiness.
Bella concealed her presence very well from the demon slayer. She was there when Sango cried beside the rock, slipped out of her clothes, and continued to cry in the hot spring. The reason, she had guessed, was because of the monk. Sango wiped a lone tear away and dunked her head under water. When she came back up, she leaned up against a warm boulder located in the spring and stared up at the sky.
"Dumb letch." *Yep. I was right*, Bella silently congragulated herself. She popped her knuckles and went to work on the exterminator.
Miroku wandered among the night's forest concerned for the demon slayer. He hasn't meant to flirt in front of her. It wasn't his intention. But of course, it never failed, she walked in on the most akward of situations. He sighed once, figuring she probably didn't want to see him anyway.
Tsuni stared at the situation unfolding in front of her in disbelief. She crouched low behind a tree and emitted a purple cloud. She emerged about three feet taller...and more mature - physically speaking. Her crimson, blonde, and ebony hair was much longer than before and unraveled from their buns. Two corkscrew curls hung limply beside her cheeks. Her raven colored kimono clung tightly to her new form, showing off finely shaped cleavage and lucious curves hugging her toned stomach. Yes, this would do nicely. She waved a nimble finger in front of her closed eyes. When she opened them, they had turned an icey blue. Perfect. She tapped a finger to her chin and smiled wickedly.
Miroku turned towards the direction of the scream, running at full speed to the feminine yelp. He stood completely speechless in front of perfection. The girl stood above a slain youkai, sporting a simple dagger. She turned around to face the monk, onyx strand falling over her sparkling eyes. She smiled innocently.
"Are you okay?", Miroku managed to choke out.
"Yes. Of course. But it's a good thing you came. I'm pretty sure it sensed your presence and let its guard down." Miroku blushed. The stranger walked up to the monk and held a petite hand. "Tsuni." Miroku lightly kissed Tsuni's hand.
"Miroku, Lady Tsuni." She laughed and then became suddenly serious.
"Lord monk, can I ask you a question?"
"Of course."
"Can I bear your children?"
That's it for now. More tomorrow. Next chapter: Miroku's Seduction and Sango's Disappointment
