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A/N: Alright! Thank You to all my wonderful reviewers. I'm so disappointed with myself for not updating sooner, I usually do but my stupid phone has ceased to be working. Therefore I cannot get online to get onto the site to update (which really sucks). Well Enjoy!!
Skitzoflame: I know it's been going pretty slow but I just wanted to bring Sango into the story and then fast forward. Which will be happening this chapter actually, relationships and views will change so stay tuned and I sound like a friggin TV (heh heh heh ^_^;). Thank you for saying you like my chapter!!! ^-^
Chapter 11- Manhunt And Mind Games
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~~Three Months Later~~
Kagome sprinted down the dark street with nothing but her eyes to help her see. All the streetlights had burnt out and were now not working. Maybe one was casting an orange misty light over a portion of street but Kagome was not down one of those roads. She saw a darker space to her left and ducked into it hoping no one would find her. As she leaned against the cool brick wall she gasped for breath. Then thought she heard footsteps to her right. She held her breath and pressed up as close as she could against the brick wall; not wanting to be seen or heard.
"You think she's down here?" a gruff voice whispered
"I saw her run somewhere over here so she has to be here" A girl's voice answered
"Well maybe you saw wrong" The first one said to this
"NO, it was definitely her" The girl answered. Kagome let out a small sigh because she was running out of air. 'Oh, shit' Kagome thought as she glanced over and saw two figures in the darkness.
"What was that?" the boy said. He had extremely good hearing and thought he heard someone sigh.
"I didn't hear anything"
"It came from over there" the boy gestured towards the dark space beside the road. "Let's check it out" He started towards the space.
Kagome saw him walking cautiously over to her hiding spot and she prepared to run past him once he came into the space. She didn't move even a little and stopped breathing for the time being. Her heart pumped and adrenaline rushed through her veins. Surely he went into the space and at first didn't notice anyone. Then it was too late; Kagome pushed him into the wall and sprinted out of the space and made a right running back down the street with the girl right on her heels. "You'll never catch ME!" Kagome shouted to the pursuing girl behind her.
"Maybe I won't but HE will" The girl shouted back. As she said this the boy came seemingly only jogging to catch up with her; yet his speed was remarkable.
"Will you come quietly this time?" He asked
"NEVER!" Kagome yelled then kicked up her speed
"Always has to go the hard way," He said as he matched her speed once again but this time tagged her in the process. Then he picked her up and slowed down knowing that Kagome would try to break the rules of the game and run anyway. The girl came up trying to catch her breath as she spoke.
"Kagome…don't you…know that…we will always…catch you with…Inu-Yasha on our team?" She finished as she walked around trying to get her heart rate down to a normal level.
"I know that Sango, but I still won't accept defeat. You can put me in the jail all you want but I'll always escape" Kagome said from Inu-Yasha's shoulder
"Speaking of it, let's go because my team just won…AGAIN" He gloated as he started to walk to the driveway that served as a jail.
"You can put me down" Kagome said
"No I can't you'll run again and then we'll have to do this whole chase thing again and it's really not amusing after awhile" Inu-Yasha said
"He's right" Sango agreed "You always run when he puts you down; so sit tight and the game will be over soon" They walked in silence all the way up the road and into the lighted driveway. In the driveway was the jail keeper (Jill), the players on Kagome's team (Emily, Sara, Skye, Bry, Akiko, Shippo, and Marisa) were all currently being held in the jail. The players on Inu-Yasha's team (Ben, Johanna, Keith, Sango, Miroku, Sesshomaru, and Melissa) were spread out looking for Kagome still or in the jail. There was only one from Inu-Yasha's team in the jail and that was Melissa. She was a priss and never liked those sorts of games but played anyway.
"Ok, we win" Inu-Yasha announced as he put Kagome down in the jail. He cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted at the top of his lungs. A few seconds later everyone could be seen coming back and gathering.
"This was fun" Sara commented as she rose from where she sat and stretched. "Well see you all tomorrow, I'm going to bed" She walked down the driveway, crossed the street, and cut across the lawn to her front door on the other side of the street. Mostly everyone agreed and followed Sara as she entered the house. The only ones who stayed were Kagome, Inu-Yasha, Emily, Skye, Sesshomaru, Sango, Bry, and Miroku.
The light spring breeze blew and made everything sway gently. It lingered around the few that were standing and was utterly refreshing after the game of Manhunt. It was not yet warm enough to wear shorts and a t-shirt, but still warm enough so you weren't shivering. Bry took off her light jacket and lay down on the grassy front lawn. Most followed suit and lay down also, gazing at the stars. "You guys wanna go play video games?" Sesshomaru asked in his dull voice after a few minutes.
"Yeah, lets go" everyone more or less muttered and got up to go play their favorite four player game: Mario Party2 (It's old but very time consuming). Kagome flopped down on the couch and took the remote. She turned the TV on and pushed a button for AUX mode. Once this was done Inu-Yasha turned on the game system and handed out the controllers. As usual it was a battle between Kagome, Inu-Yasha, Emily, and Miroku. Bry didn't like to play too much but she watched for the most part, Sango and Sesshomaru usually walked off somewhere together before the game even got to be set up, and Skye was just too sugared up to even hold a controller much less play a game.
They started to set up the time limit to play and their characters when Sesshomaru and Sango got up and walked out of the room. "I bet I can guess where they're going" Bry said in a sarcastic voice
"Everyone can, it's obvious" Inu-Yasha said, "How long do you guys feel like playing for? 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, or 5 hours"
"Let's play for five hours. I don't feel like going home too soon" Miroku said
"Everyone ok with that?" Inu-Yasha said as he looked at everyone in the room. They all shook their heads 'yes' vigorously. "5 hours it is"
~~5 Hours Later~~
"Thank god that's over," Emily complained
"I know, my hands hurt a lot," Kagome said
Skye's sugar hi had long been gone and Bry was holding her hands also. She had been a backup player and was forced to play for Miroku as he just fell over after three hours. She finished the game for him. Inu-Yasha looked like he hadn't had sleep in a few years and Sango and Sesshomaru were nowhere to be seen. "Good thing it's the weekend" Miroku commented. They all sat on the couch not wanting to move just because they didn't feel like it.
"That IS a good thing but we really must be going" Skye said as she slowly got up and stood.
"You're right, see ya later Inu-Yasha" Bry said as she got up "Sorry to leave you by yourself with your brother and Sango in the house" Bry said more evilly than actual sympathy. She walked out of the room and was in her own house in a flash despite how 'tired' she was. Skye followed not waiting for Kagome. Skye knew why Bry ran out of there so fast and it was the same reason why Skye had also. Since Inu-Yasha's girlfriend turned out to be a bitch whom never let him get near his own friends, broke up with him, he had been flirting with Kagome non-stop. If you asked her she would deny it but she was thickheaded like that and didn't want to believe anyone could like her in that way. Skye rolled her eyes and walked in the door, tiptoed up to her room and slipped into her bed.
Back at Inu-Yasha's house Kagome just sat on the couch not wanting to move but was also surprised at how fast Bry and Skye left. She leaned forward to give herself momentum to stand up from the couch but never got to her feet. She felt someone pulling her back and she gently fell back into the soft cussionyness of the couch. "I guess now would be a good a time as any to tell you something" Inu-Yasha said softly
Kagome's heart skipped a beat. 'Wait why do I feel this way? This is how I feel when I'm around him anyway but why so much…stronger now?' As she pondered this Inu-Yasha looked as though he was going to blow up from nervousness.
"Kagome?" He said. She snapped her head up and looked directly into his eyes. "I want to ask if you would maybe consider coming with me to a movie sometime?" He said this very quickly and averted his eyes to the ground.
"What? Did…did I hear you correctly?" She asked very surprised that this would happen to her. "did you just ask me out?" She said in a dangerous tone
"Y-yes, I did" Inu-Yasha said sweating under her gaze, not sure of what Kagome would say. Right now he thought she was going to say no just because of her tone of voice.
"In that case…I'd love to" she leaned over and kissed him softly on the cheek, then left for her own house without another word.
Inu-Yasha didn't move, he sat wide eyed and frozen for at least ten minutes then slumped back in the couch and put his hand to his face. "She kissed me" he muttered, then looked out the window into the black of night.
A/N: MUAHAHAAHAHAHA!!!! Ok, well I certainly skipped quite a lot o time and figured I'd just explain some of the character development instead of writing it because if I did write it we'd all be in trouble. My story would take literally over a year to complete if I did that I believe. So anyway I hope you all enjoyed this segment of my story and please on your way out click that button down there. It make me oh so happy..please? Tell me what you think, be it criticism, flame, or any good comments on how I'm writing. Please I need YOU the reader's opinion so as to make my story better and more enjoyable!! ^-^ Aufweidersehen!