The Curse of a Half-Demon
-Chapter 23-
The False Reflection (A day later)
Kagome was standing in front of her house looking at the sky. It was cloudy...and somehow cold. Kagome put her hands together and held them close to her chest. She was shivering and it was getting colder.
Kagome's face was facing the ground and she noticed a little white ball falling on the ground. She looked up and it was snowing. She loved snow because she likes to do snow ball fights with Souta. Since now Inuyasha and everybody else is here, she wants to beat them all!
She then remembered she was shivering and wanted to get something warm to put on and taste the snowflakes. But Kagome felt something covered some of her hair and her body. Someone put something on her. It was something red...
She turned her head to look behind her and saw Inuyasha. But his top part of his kimono was white this time. It looks like Inuyasha used his top part of his kimono to cover her. He put his arms around her so his kimono can cover her completly, except to cover her face.
"Thank you," said Kagome.
Inuyasha blushed and looked away. "Uh...yeah! Whatever! I saw you shivering so I just went ahead and used my kimono to warm you up!" Said Inuyasha. He looked at the sky and watched how the snow flakes were falling on his face and on the ground.
Kagome watched along with him. She smiled and let her head rest on his shoulder and closed her eyes. Inuyasha realized what she was doing so he dare not to move. If he did, she would've probably say that 's' word. Inuyasha smiled and continued to look up at the sky.
*~*~
"Ugh! That bastard! How dare he attacked me when I was under control of him!" Said Naraku. His fake body wasn't working for him and he needed a new one. But right now, he's concentrating on how to kill Inuyasha before the curse kills him. Or before that human says those 3 words.
Right now, no one knows where his hideout is. (_ You'll find out where it is near the end.)
"I can't take it anymore! Kanna!" A girl dressed in white with white hair came in front of him. She had a mirror and it looked like she had lost something important to her. Her eyes were dark...just dark. (_ I don't know the color of her eyes. It's hard to tell when I'm watching it.)
"Yes?" Said Kanna.
"You know what to do to that mutt! Just make sure you get the reflection!" Commanded Naraku.
"I will..."
*~*~
"OSUWARI!!" (_ Of course which means sit in Japanese.) "OSUWARI! OSUWARI!! OSUWARIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!" Angered Kagome.
Inuyasha hit the floor hard flat on his face so many times. Want to know the reason why she said that word?
What happened: Inuyasha was looking more at Kagome's pictures. He found Kagome's naked baby pictures and went to other pictures. He found another picture with naked Kagome in it and he said he was going to show it to Miroku, Sango and Shippo. He laughed at her though. (Who are in the living watching them fighting again.) (_ Why does Kagome's mom like to take pictures of her naked?)
Next: Inuyasha tried to show the picture to them. She got angry with fire in her eyes and made him sit.
"The reason why my mom take pictures of me like that is because she wants to take pictures of my youth before I actually go head up there which is up to a real teen!" Yelled Kagome.
Inuyasha's face was still in the floor but listened to her anyway. She started to grab her coat and headed for the door.
"And if I here from Sango or anyone else that you showed those pictures to them, I'm GOING TO SAY THAT 'S' WORD UNTIL YOU GET BRAIN SURGERY!!!!!!!!!!!!"
She open the door and slammed it! Boy she was mad!
Inuyasha finally sat up and crossed his arms. Miroku, Sango and Shippo just stared at him and was wondering why he always make Kagome angry.
"You know...you're just entering her embarrasment space! She doesn't want you to look at her naked! She wants you to look at her pictures when she has clothes on and for you to see her happy in those pictures!" Said Sango.
"You need to stop getting her angry at you before you actually get brain surgery!" Said Miroku.
"And stop looking at her naked body!" Commanded Shippo.
He ignored them by just looking at the ceiling. He didn't mean to look at that other picture of her. He was only looking for a younger Kagome and ask her what she did in that picture so he can know more about her.
It's true he should stop making her mad at him all the time. But he didn't want to because he wanted to see her angry and he thinks its funny when she's angry.
*~*~
Kagome was stomping her way to the lake in the woods. She wanted to get away from Inuyasha as soon as possible. She loves him but also hates him! It's strange, don't you think? She just wishes to go back in time to when he's a little kid and tell him not to be mean or fight with a girl name Kagome.
But then she realized something. If Inuyasha was just nice and doesn't fight with her at all, it'll just be a boring friendship. So it's best for them to fight so she can fall in love with him by just fighting with him. (_ It's better for them to fight most of the time!)
Kagome reached the lake and went to look at her reflection in the water. Then she looked back at the sky. It was still snowing and it was beautiful to Kagome. She looked back at the water and put her finger in the water to see how long it would take for her finger to get cold.
*~*~
On the other side of the lake, Kanna could see a girl with black hair putting her finger in the lake. She just stared at her with a confused look on her face. Why would a girl be sticking her finger in a cold lake in a cold weather?
Kanna completly ignored that and just concentrate on her assignment. She lifted the mirror up to her level and it glowed a little bright light. But the girl couldn't see it.
The mirror showed the girl with black hair and then at her reflection in the water. Then it lit up a white light and Kanna turned the mirror so she can look at it. The mirror had the girl's reflection...she has stolen her reflection!?
*~*~
Kagome was shocked and stunned and took a few steps back. Her reflection disappeared while she was still looking at the lake. It creeped her out. And she wanted to leave as soon as possible. At first she thought the lake was haunted. But then she thought it was all Naraku's doing or something like that.
"That was wierd! I think I should tell the others!" Said Kagome. She ran back to her house and hoped no one has left. Especially Inuyasha, because he's the one that gets angry whenever they talk about Naraku.
*~*~
"I'm going out!" Said Inuyasha. He was about to walk out the door but Miroku stopped him.
"Wait! What if Kagome comes back? Aren't you going to apoligize to her?" Asked Miroku.
Inuyasha turned around to face Miroku. "No way! I would rather go out in the woods and think! I don't want to apoligize to HER!!" Said Inuyasha. And he walked out the door and slammed it too. Miroku, Sango and Shippo just stared at the door he slammed.
They all know what he was going to think when he goes into the woods. Inuyasha is going to find a way to apoligize to her. How to say it, where he should start, where he should tell her.
They got some nice warm tea which is good for them when it's cold! They all were tired of those two love birds fighting almost all the time. So they thought, Kagome should say she loves Inuyasha. So that way he will be free from the curse, take Kagome, run away and get married. They think thats the best solution they every thought of.
They would think on how their marriage would work out since they figtht almost all the time. But their thoughts got interrupted because they heard the door open. They saw Kagome come in.
"Where's Inuyasha?" Asked Kagome.
"He went out! Why do you want to know? Weren't you guys having a fight earlier?" Asked Shippo.
"Yes but this is important!"
"But why is it important?" Asked Miroku.
"My reflection disappeared in the lake!" Answered Kagome.
"That's not really important," said Sango.
"Hel-lo! Have you ever thought Naraku might be doing this!?" Said Kagome.
"Fine! You made your point! Let's go then!" Said Miroku.
They got up tiredly and got their weapons. Kagome was waiting for them but they were too slow. So she just went on a head without them. She knew the first place where he would be...
She ran to the woods.
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Inuyasha had his arms crossed walking in the woods. He wasn't even paying attention to where he was going. He just walked in the woods, letting the snow fall on his nice pretty silver hair.
He needed to stop and think for awhile before he goes on further. Kagome always gets mad at him every time he does something stupid, being a bad doggy, or trying to do something that she doesn't want him to do. And her secret weapon to make him stop-Sit!
He hated that word SO much. He sometimes wish he can move out of the house. But it's pratically his home since his old home was destroyed. He found a tree that he claw down a few weeks ago. He sat on it and started to think....VERY hard!!
"Keh! Doesn't she know it's how the way I TRY to show my love to her. Well, it's my way on showing it. I need to find another way to try to show my love. Hmm...Come on Inuyasha! Think!" Commanded Inuyasha.
He had his eyes closed to try to picture something on how he can do it. But his imagination was interrupted by someone's footsteps coming towards him. He opened his eyes again and saw Kagome in front of her.
"What are you doing here?" Asked Inuyasha.
"I came to apoligize. One of us has to apoligize so I'm going to be the person to do that!" Answered Kagome.
But something wasn't right. She's being cheerful...too cheerful. Plus, Inuyasha couldn't smell her scent. Is it because of his nose, or that it's snowing? Maybe he has a stuffy nose. Maybe not. He really can't pick up her scent on her.
"Whats wrong?" Asked Kagome.
"Nothing. It's just that you're cheerful. Why are you SO cheerful?" Said Inuyasha.
"Well, I'm tired of being mad at you because its giving me a headache." He saw her playing with her hair with her finger. She kept making wrapping strands of hair on her finger. Kagome never did that. He stood and was about to leave. "Where are you going?"
"Home! Maybe you should go too! If you stay out here, you might catch a cold!"
She smiled and stood right in front of him. She looked straight up at him and he looked straight down at her. She stood on her tiptoes and kissed him. Did she really did that?
Inuyasha knew something wasn't right. So he pulled her away from him. Her hands resting on his chest.
"What the heck is wrong with you!? This isn't you!" Said Inuyasha.
She smiled even more. "What do you mean? I'm always like this!" She forced herself for her head to rest on his chest. And then her hands went to his stomach and somehow she grew nails. Her nails were glowing into a yellow color and it grew even more.
He somehow didn't want to hug her. But he just wrapped his arms around her.
"Inuyasha!?" Said a voice.
He looked at the person who was standing a few feet away from him. Shippo was on her sholder. Kagome is here?
He pushed the Kagome in his arms and looked at the two Kagomes. They both dressed the same, have the same voice, but there is something different. The Kagome he was hugging before was too cheerful. And the Kagome that just came is just....Kagome.
"What the heck is going on!? Which one is the real Kagome!?" Asked Inuyasha.
"I'm the real Kagome!" Said the two of them.
Shippo got off the shoulder of Kagome, the one who he came with and went on Inuyasha's shoulder. Even he was confused. Which one is the REAL Kagome?
"Inuyasha! Don't believe this twit that just came here. She's the imposter! I'm the real Kagome," said cheerful Kagome.
"That's not true! Inuyasha! I don't act like that! I don't call people names!" Said Kagome.
"That Kagome that just spoke is telling the truth. It's true the real Kagome doesn't act like that or call people names!" Said Shippo.
"Will you shut up!? I already know that!" Said Inuyasha.
"If you knew that, then how come you're taking too long!?"
"Just shut up! Wait! There's only one way to tell the real Kagome! Give me the word I hate so much and see if I'll be force to do it! You, cheerful Kagome! What word?"
"That's easy! It's....ah...." Looks like the cheerful Kagome is starting to lose this kind of match. "Stay! No, bark! No, eat! No, fetch!"
"Times up! Now the Kagome that is just Kagome! What word?" Asked Inuyasha. "[I knew I shouldn't have done this word!]"
"Sit!" Commanded Kagome.
Inuyasha hit the ground flat on his face. Kagome was happy and the cheerful one was confused. Shippo, he just stared at all of them.
"Ouch! That's gotta hurt!" Said cheerful Kagome.
"Who cares!? You're the fake! Who are you anyway!?" Asked the REAL Kagome.
The cheerful Kagome just made a smirk on her face. She stepped back. "I'm just your reflection. But I'm only the opposite of you! You're not cheerful, a name-caller, or a person that gets whatever it wants! While I'm all of the things."
"But who-how-but! What's the question in this situation!?" Said Kagome.
"I think what she's trying to say is, if you're Kagome's reflection, then how come you're here?" Asked Inuyasha.
Then a girl dressed in white with white hair and white flowers in her hair came out from behind a tree. She had a mirror with her. That mirror was glowing very bright that you couldn't see anything in it.
"I'm the one that brought her here..." said the girl.
"Who are you!?" Asked Shippo.
"Kanna...I work for Naraku. I took her reflection when she was looking at the lake," answered Kanna. Her voice sounds so light like a ghost.
"You can't hurt me! Even if you try, you might hurt her!" Said the fake Kagome.
"[Shoot! How am I going to defeat her then? Hmm...] Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" He made claw marks on the fake Kagome and she just made a smirk.
"Aaah!" Screamed Kagome. Inuyasha looked at Kagome and got the same claw marks as the fake one. He didn't know what to do.
"Lord Inuyasha!" Said a voice. He tried to look around to see who said that. But then he felt a pinch on his neck and smacked it. Whoo-hoo! It's Myoga to the rescue...not!
"What is it now, Myoga!?" Asked Inuyasha.
"I have come to tell you something!" Answered Myoga.
"Just say it before I smush you again!"
"You can't beat the reflection at ALL! You need something to hit it and find out what is making her being right there! Once you find it, destroy of what's making her be like that! Then the reflection will disappear! But I suggest for you to use Tetsusaiga."
"Fine! I will!" Tetsusaiga transformed as soon as he got it out. But he wasn't paying attention to the fake Kagome. He was paying attention to Kanna. What was Kanna using to make the fake Kagome visible? What will make the fake Kagome disappear?
"Inuyasha! Look!" Commanded Kagome. She was pointing at Kanna. Inuyasha looked at what was she pointing at. She was pointing at the mirror.
"[Of course! The mirror holds the reflection! So if I get rid of the mirror, the reflection will be gone!] All right!" He started to run with Tetsusaiga in his hands. Kanna took a step back when she saw Inuyasha heading towards her.
Inuyasha got in front of her and lift up his Tetsusaiga to attack. Kanna lift up her mirror to guard herself. Inuyasha smiled when she did that. He swung his Tetsusaiga at the mirror. It made a big bang when it hit the mirror. But it didn't destroy it right away. It didn't even break.
Light blue lighting bolts were surrounding Inuyasha and was starting to effect him. When it finally started to crack, his Tetsusaiga broke into two pieces.
Kagome and Shippo were watching the whole thing and notice the fake Kagome was starting to disappear. They were both happy! Happy, happy, happy, HAPPY!!!!!
Kanna stepped back when her mirror was cracked up. She looked at her mirror and then at Inuyasha. She saw Inuyasha drop the piece of Tetsusaiga he was holding and started to run to her again. Since he didn't have Tetsusaiga, he used his claws.
"Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!!" Inuyasha ripped up Kanna's dress, actually, he sliced her in half! When Inuyasha thought it was over, it wasn't. A little white ball came out of her chest and went inside her mirror. Was that little white ball her soul?
When it went inside the mirror, it glowed and it floated to the air. Everybody was watching what was happening.
"Inuyasha! Destory it!" Said Shippo.
"I'm on it!" Said Inuyasha. He was about to strike the mirror and destroy to many pieces but it vanished in thin air. It probably went back to Naraku or something.
At least everybody was calm. But Inuyasha didn't want to make a fool of himself again! He hated that trick, illusion or whatever it was to him! He was just glad it was over.
Kagome just watched Inuyasha. His back was facing him and she wondered what he was thinking right now. She wanted to apoligize but she decided to wait until he calms down COMPLETLY!!
Inuyasha turned to her with a week smile. But that faded as soon as he heard more footsteps. It was Miroku and Sango.
"Did anything happen?" Asked Miroku.
"Did we miss something?" Asked Sango.
"Sorry! But there is nothing to see here!" Said Kagome.
He ignored them and he went over to get Tetsusaiga. It returned to it's normal form, skinny, rusty-lookin' kind of sword. But it was in two broken pieces. Miroku saw what the Tetsusaiga looked like now.
"You call THAT NOTHING to see! Tetsusaiga is broken into pieces!" Said Miroku.
"Yeah! You're suppose to be telling the WHOLE truth and nothing but the TRUTH!!" Angered Sango.
"Did you learn that from Miroku?" Asked Shippo.
Sango blushed and ignored him. So she just turned around and walked back to the house. Miroku smiled and followed her. A minute later, they all heard the loud slap Sango gave to Miroku. Shippo made a face and just went on to follow them. That made Kagome and Inuyasha alone. (_ Hee-hee! The "Secret Couple" missed a lot of things!)
Inuyasha grabbed the two pieces in his hand and just started to walk off without saying anything to Kagome. Kagome thought that was rude! He just walks off like that without even thanking her! She was the one that pointed the mirror out. Okay, she didn't do much but she deserves SOME credit!
She called out to him.
"Inuyasha! I'm sorry! For saying that 's' word so many times now. But there is a way for you to prevent from me saying that. Don't show my pictures to anyone! You're the only one who can look at them because of that bet we did in the staring contest," Said Kagome.
Inuyasha stopped walking and turned around to look at her. He didn't have an angry look. His eyebrows weren't in an angry expression way and he wasn't clenching his teeth or anything like that. He just had a face when he's not angry looking!
He sighed and walked over to her. He put his hand on her cheek to look at her.
"You're not the fake one, are you?" He asked.
Kagome made a face. "Of course not! That reflection probably doesn't even no anything about the pictures!" Answered Kagome.
He sighed again. "Good! Because I hate it when people fool me. I'm just glad you're not one of them. But Shippo is because on what he did yesterday. Turning into all of us just to get some attention!"
"...Are you mad...?"
"At you? No, I'm mad at myself! For not thinking straight when I just went ahead and hugged the fake one. I should've known something wasn't right when I couldn't smell your scent on her."
"It's not your fault. You were just fooled by the flesh."
"I know! I somehow feel guilty. Give me some advice so I won't feel this guilt anymore!"
"Try to make it up! Do something dramatic! Or something that is real. It might work."
"Yeah...it might work once I try it."
"Try what?"
He smiled and he pulled her face to his. He closed his eyes and his lips landed on her's. Kagome was shocked. Did he really kissed her? Or was it a reflection? Nah...it's too real to be an reflection. So she closed her eyes and she enjoyed it.
Inuyasha pulled himself away from her when he was done kissing her. He put his hand to her shoulder and pat it.
"Thanks for helping! Now I don't feel the guilt anymore! And I'm sorry when I tried to show the pictures to everybody!" Said Inuyasha.
"That was a nice move, Inuyasha! REALLY nice!" Myoga was sittng on Inuyasha's shoulder. Was he watching all of that!?
"Gah! Where did you come from!?" Surprised Inuyasha.
"I was here the whole time! When I gave you the hint, I was still on your shoulder! You probably forgot about me!" Said Myoga.
"What!? That's not true! I thought you left out of the battle like you always do!"
"It wasn't really much of a battle. It was more like an weak attack!"
"What did you say!?"
"I did saw you break Tetsusaiga! So you're so bad at handling your sword, you just let it break! You're the worst I have ever seen!"
"That's it! You're going to get punished for saying those words!"
"What!? You're not my mother! Who said for you to punish me!?"
"Do I look anything like your mother!? I DON'T THINK SO!!!!! I'M JUST GOING TO BEAT YOU UP UNTIL YOU GET A BROKEN BONE!!!"
Inuyasha walked with Myoga in his hands. He was squishing him at anyway he can. Poor Myoga...
Kagome just watched him leave. She was blushing after he was nowhere in sight. She put her two fingers on her lips and smiled. She really did enjoyed his nice-warm-good kiss. She smiled again and walked happily to her house.
-Chapter 23-
The False Reflection (A day later)
Kagome was standing in front of her house looking at the sky. It was cloudy...and somehow cold. Kagome put her hands together and held them close to her chest. She was shivering and it was getting colder.
Kagome's face was facing the ground and she noticed a little white ball falling on the ground. She looked up and it was snowing. She loved snow because she likes to do snow ball fights with Souta. Since now Inuyasha and everybody else is here, she wants to beat them all!
She then remembered she was shivering and wanted to get something warm to put on and taste the snowflakes. But Kagome felt something covered some of her hair and her body. Someone put something on her. It was something red...
She turned her head to look behind her and saw Inuyasha. But his top part of his kimono was white this time. It looks like Inuyasha used his top part of his kimono to cover her. He put his arms around her so his kimono can cover her completly, except to cover her face.
"Thank you," said Kagome.
Inuyasha blushed and looked away. "Uh...yeah! Whatever! I saw you shivering so I just went ahead and used my kimono to warm you up!" Said Inuyasha. He looked at the sky and watched how the snow flakes were falling on his face and on the ground.
Kagome watched along with him. She smiled and let her head rest on his shoulder and closed her eyes. Inuyasha realized what she was doing so he dare not to move. If he did, she would've probably say that 's' word. Inuyasha smiled and continued to look up at the sky.
*~*~
"Ugh! That bastard! How dare he attacked me when I was under control of him!" Said Naraku. His fake body wasn't working for him and he needed a new one. But right now, he's concentrating on how to kill Inuyasha before the curse kills him. Or before that human says those 3 words.
Right now, no one knows where his hideout is. (_ You'll find out where it is near the end.)
"I can't take it anymore! Kanna!" A girl dressed in white with white hair came in front of him. She had a mirror and it looked like she had lost something important to her. Her eyes were dark...just dark. (_ I don't know the color of her eyes. It's hard to tell when I'm watching it.)
"Yes?" Said Kanna.
"You know what to do to that mutt! Just make sure you get the reflection!" Commanded Naraku.
"I will..."
*~*~
"OSUWARI!!" (_ Of course which means sit in Japanese.) "OSUWARI! OSUWARI!! OSUWARIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!" Angered Kagome.
Inuyasha hit the floor hard flat on his face so many times. Want to know the reason why she said that word?
What happened: Inuyasha was looking more at Kagome's pictures. He found Kagome's naked baby pictures and went to other pictures. He found another picture with naked Kagome in it and he said he was going to show it to Miroku, Sango and Shippo. He laughed at her though. (Who are in the living watching them fighting again.) (_ Why does Kagome's mom like to take pictures of her naked?)
Next: Inuyasha tried to show the picture to them. She got angry with fire in her eyes and made him sit.
"The reason why my mom take pictures of me like that is because she wants to take pictures of my youth before I actually go head up there which is up to a real teen!" Yelled Kagome.
Inuyasha's face was still in the floor but listened to her anyway. She started to grab her coat and headed for the door.
"And if I here from Sango or anyone else that you showed those pictures to them, I'm GOING TO SAY THAT 'S' WORD UNTIL YOU GET BRAIN SURGERY!!!!!!!!!!!!"
She open the door and slammed it! Boy she was mad!
Inuyasha finally sat up and crossed his arms. Miroku, Sango and Shippo just stared at him and was wondering why he always make Kagome angry.
"You know...you're just entering her embarrasment space! She doesn't want you to look at her naked! She wants you to look at her pictures when she has clothes on and for you to see her happy in those pictures!" Said Sango.
"You need to stop getting her angry at you before you actually get brain surgery!" Said Miroku.
"And stop looking at her naked body!" Commanded Shippo.
He ignored them by just looking at the ceiling. He didn't mean to look at that other picture of her. He was only looking for a younger Kagome and ask her what she did in that picture so he can know more about her.
It's true he should stop making her mad at him all the time. But he didn't want to because he wanted to see her angry and he thinks its funny when she's angry.
*~*~
Kagome was stomping her way to the lake in the woods. She wanted to get away from Inuyasha as soon as possible. She loves him but also hates him! It's strange, don't you think? She just wishes to go back in time to when he's a little kid and tell him not to be mean or fight with a girl name Kagome.
But then she realized something. If Inuyasha was just nice and doesn't fight with her at all, it'll just be a boring friendship. So it's best for them to fight so she can fall in love with him by just fighting with him. (_ It's better for them to fight most of the time!)
Kagome reached the lake and went to look at her reflection in the water. Then she looked back at the sky. It was still snowing and it was beautiful to Kagome. She looked back at the water and put her finger in the water to see how long it would take for her finger to get cold.
*~*~
On the other side of the lake, Kanna could see a girl with black hair putting her finger in the lake. She just stared at her with a confused look on her face. Why would a girl be sticking her finger in a cold lake in a cold weather?
Kanna completly ignored that and just concentrate on her assignment. She lifted the mirror up to her level and it glowed a little bright light. But the girl couldn't see it.
The mirror showed the girl with black hair and then at her reflection in the water. Then it lit up a white light and Kanna turned the mirror so she can look at it. The mirror had the girl's reflection...she has stolen her reflection!?
*~*~
Kagome was shocked and stunned and took a few steps back. Her reflection disappeared while she was still looking at the lake. It creeped her out. And she wanted to leave as soon as possible. At first she thought the lake was haunted. But then she thought it was all Naraku's doing or something like that.
"That was wierd! I think I should tell the others!" Said Kagome. She ran back to her house and hoped no one has left. Especially Inuyasha, because he's the one that gets angry whenever they talk about Naraku.
*~*~
"I'm going out!" Said Inuyasha. He was about to walk out the door but Miroku stopped him.
"Wait! What if Kagome comes back? Aren't you going to apoligize to her?" Asked Miroku.
Inuyasha turned around to face Miroku. "No way! I would rather go out in the woods and think! I don't want to apoligize to HER!!" Said Inuyasha. And he walked out the door and slammed it too. Miroku, Sango and Shippo just stared at the door he slammed.
They all know what he was going to think when he goes into the woods. Inuyasha is going to find a way to apoligize to her. How to say it, where he should start, where he should tell her.
They got some nice warm tea which is good for them when it's cold! They all were tired of those two love birds fighting almost all the time. So they thought, Kagome should say she loves Inuyasha. So that way he will be free from the curse, take Kagome, run away and get married. They think thats the best solution they every thought of.
They would think on how their marriage would work out since they figtht almost all the time. But their thoughts got interrupted because they heard the door open. They saw Kagome come in.
"Where's Inuyasha?" Asked Kagome.
"He went out! Why do you want to know? Weren't you guys having a fight earlier?" Asked Shippo.
"Yes but this is important!"
"But why is it important?" Asked Miroku.
"My reflection disappeared in the lake!" Answered Kagome.
"That's not really important," said Sango.
"Hel-lo! Have you ever thought Naraku might be doing this!?" Said Kagome.
"Fine! You made your point! Let's go then!" Said Miroku.
They got up tiredly and got their weapons. Kagome was waiting for them but they were too slow. So she just went on a head without them. She knew the first place where he would be...
She ran to the woods.
*~*~
Inuyasha had his arms crossed walking in the woods. He wasn't even paying attention to where he was going. He just walked in the woods, letting the snow fall on his nice pretty silver hair.
He needed to stop and think for awhile before he goes on further. Kagome always gets mad at him every time he does something stupid, being a bad doggy, or trying to do something that she doesn't want him to do. And her secret weapon to make him stop-Sit!
He hated that word SO much. He sometimes wish he can move out of the house. But it's pratically his home since his old home was destroyed. He found a tree that he claw down a few weeks ago. He sat on it and started to think....VERY hard!!
"Keh! Doesn't she know it's how the way I TRY to show my love to her. Well, it's my way on showing it. I need to find another way to try to show my love. Hmm...Come on Inuyasha! Think!" Commanded Inuyasha.
He had his eyes closed to try to picture something on how he can do it. But his imagination was interrupted by someone's footsteps coming towards him. He opened his eyes again and saw Kagome in front of her.
"What are you doing here?" Asked Inuyasha.
"I came to apoligize. One of us has to apoligize so I'm going to be the person to do that!" Answered Kagome.
But something wasn't right. She's being cheerful...too cheerful. Plus, Inuyasha couldn't smell her scent. Is it because of his nose, or that it's snowing? Maybe he has a stuffy nose. Maybe not. He really can't pick up her scent on her.
"Whats wrong?" Asked Kagome.
"Nothing. It's just that you're cheerful. Why are you SO cheerful?" Said Inuyasha.
"Well, I'm tired of being mad at you because its giving me a headache." He saw her playing with her hair with her finger. She kept making wrapping strands of hair on her finger. Kagome never did that. He stood and was about to leave. "Where are you going?"
"Home! Maybe you should go too! If you stay out here, you might catch a cold!"
She smiled and stood right in front of him. She looked straight up at him and he looked straight down at her. She stood on her tiptoes and kissed him. Did she really did that?
Inuyasha knew something wasn't right. So he pulled her away from him. Her hands resting on his chest.
"What the heck is wrong with you!? This isn't you!" Said Inuyasha.
She smiled even more. "What do you mean? I'm always like this!" She forced herself for her head to rest on his chest. And then her hands went to his stomach and somehow she grew nails. Her nails were glowing into a yellow color and it grew even more.
He somehow didn't want to hug her. But he just wrapped his arms around her.
"Inuyasha!?" Said a voice.
He looked at the person who was standing a few feet away from him. Shippo was on her sholder. Kagome is here?
He pushed the Kagome in his arms and looked at the two Kagomes. They both dressed the same, have the same voice, but there is something different. The Kagome he was hugging before was too cheerful. And the Kagome that just came is just....Kagome.
"What the heck is going on!? Which one is the real Kagome!?" Asked Inuyasha.
"I'm the real Kagome!" Said the two of them.
Shippo got off the shoulder of Kagome, the one who he came with and went on Inuyasha's shoulder. Even he was confused. Which one is the REAL Kagome?
"Inuyasha! Don't believe this twit that just came here. She's the imposter! I'm the real Kagome," said cheerful Kagome.
"That's not true! Inuyasha! I don't act like that! I don't call people names!" Said Kagome.
"That Kagome that just spoke is telling the truth. It's true the real Kagome doesn't act like that or call people names!" Said Shippo.
"Will you shut up!? I already know that!" Said Inuyasha.
"If you knew that, then how come you're taking too long!?"
"Just shut up! Wait! There's only one way to tell the real Kagome! Give me the word I hate so much and see if I'll be force to do it! You, cheerful Kagome! What word?"
"That's easy! It's....ah...." Looks like the cheerful Kagome is starting to lose this kind of match. "Stay! No, bark! No, eat! No, fetch!"
"Times up! Now the Kagome that is just Kagome! What word?" Asked Inuyasha. "[I knew I shouldn't have done this word!]"
"Sit!" Commanded Kagome.
Inuyasha hit the ground flat on his face. Kagome was happy and the cheerful one was confused. Shippo, he just stared at all of them.
"Ouch! That's gotta hurt!" Said cheerful Kagome.
"Who cares!? You're the fake! Who are you anyway!?" Asked the REAL Kagome.
The cheerful Kagome just made a smirk on her face. She stepped back. "I'm just your reflection. But I'm only the opposite of you! You're not cheerful, a name-caller, or a person that gets whatever it wants! While I'm all of the things."
"But who-how-but! What's the question in this situation!?" Said Kagome.
"I think what she's trying to say is, if you're Kagome's reflection, then how come you're here?" Asked Inuyasha.
Then a girl dressed in white with white hair and white flowers in her hair came out from behind a tree. She had a mirror with her. That mirror was glowing very bright that you couldn't see anything in it.
"I'm the one that brought her here..." said the girl.
"Who are you!?" Asked Shippo.
"Kanna...I work for Naraku. I took her reflection when she was looking at the lake," answered Kanna. Her voice sounds so light like a ghost.
"You can't hurt me! Even if you try, you might hurt her!" Said the fake Kagome.
"[Shoot! How am I going to defeat her then? Hmm...] Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" He made claw marks on the fake Kagome and she just made a smirk.
"Aaah!" Screamed Kagome. Inuyasha looked at Kagome and got the same claw marks as the fake one. He didn't know what to do.
"Lord Inuyasha!" Said a voice. He tried to look around to see who said that. But then he felt a pinch on his neck and smacked it. Whoo-hoo! It's Myoga to the rescue...not!
"What is it now, Myoga!?" Asked Inuyasha.
"I have come to tell you something!" Answered Myoga.
"Just say it before I smush you again!"
"You can't beat the reflection at ALL! You need something to hit it and find out what is making her being right there! Once you find it, destroy of what's making her be like that! Then the reflection will disappear! But I suggest for you to use Tetsusaiga."
"Fine! I will!" Tetsusaiga transformed as soon as he got it out. But he wasn't paying attention to the fake Kagome. He was paying attention to Kanna. What was Kanna using to make the fake Kagome visible? What will make the fake Kagome disappear?
"Inuyasha! Look!" Commanded Kagome. She was pointing at Kanna. Inuyasha looked at what was she pointing at. She was pointing at the mirror.
"[Of course! The mirror holds the reflection! So if I get rid of the mirror, the reflection will be gone!] All right!" He started to run with Tetsusaiga in his hands. Kanna took a step back when she saw Inuyasha heading towards her.
Inuyasha got in front of her and lift up his Tetsusaiga to attack. Kanna lift up her mirror to guard herself. Inuyasha smiled when she did that. He swung his Tetsusaiga at the mirror. It made a big bang when it hit the mirror. But it didn't destroy it right away. It didn't even break.
Light blue lighting bolts were surrounding Inuyasha and was starting to effect him. When it finally started to crack, his Tetsusaiga broke into two pieces.
Kagome and Shippo were watching the whole thing and notice the fake Kagome was starting to disappear. They were both happy! Happy, happy, happy, HAPPY!!!!!
Kanna stepped back when her mirror was cracked up. She looked at her mirror and then at Inuyasha. She saw Inuyasha drop the piece of Tetsusaiga he was holding and started to run to her again. Since he didn't have Tetsusaiga, he used his claws.
"Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!!" Inuyasha ripped up Kanna's dress, actually, he sliced her in half! When Inuyasha thought it was over, it wasn't. A little white ball came out of her chest and went inside her mirror. Was that little white ball her soul?
When it went inside the mirror, it glowed and it floated to the air. Everybody was watching what was happening.
"Inuyasha! Destory it!" Said Shippo.
"I'm on it!" Said Inuyasha. He was about to strike the mirror and destroy to many pieces but it vanished in thin air. It probably went back to Naraku or something.
At least everybody was calm. But Inuyasha didn't want to make a fool of himself again! He hated that trick, illusion or whatever it was to him! He was just glad it was over.
Kagome just watched Inuyasha. His back was facing him and she wondered what he was thinking right now. She wanted to apoligize but she decided to wait until he calms down COMPLETLY!!
Inuyasha turned to her with a week smile. But that faded as soon as he heard more footsteps. It was Miroku and Sango.
"Did anything happen?" Asked Miroku.
"Did we miss something?" Asked Sango.
"Sorry! But there is nothing to see here!" Said Kagome.
He ignored them and he went over to get Tetsusaiga. It returned to it's normal form, skinny, rusty-lookin' kind of sword. But it was in two broken pieces. Miroku saw what the Tetsusaiga looked like now.
"You call THAT NOTHING to see! Tetsusaiga is broken into pieces!" Said Miroku.
"Yeah! You're suppose to be telling the WHOLE truth and nothing but the TRUTH!!" Angered Sango.
"Did you learn that from Miroku?" Asked Shippo.
Sango blushed and ignored him. So she just turned around and walked back to the house. Miroku smiled and followed her. A minute later, they all heard the loud slap Sango gave to Miroku. Shippo made a face and just went on to follow them. That made Kagome and Inuyasha alone. (_ Hee-hee! The "Secret Couple" missed a lot of things!)
Inuyasha grabbed the two pieces in his hand and just started to walk off without saying anything to Kagome. Kagome thought that was rude! He just walks off like that without even thanking her! She was the one that pointed the mirror out. Okay, she didn't do much but she deserves SOME credit!
She called out to him.
"Inuyasha! I'm sorry! For saying that 's' word so many times now. But there is a way for you to prevent from me saying that. Don't show my pictures to anyone! You're the only one who can look at them because of that bet we did in the staring contest," Said Kagome.
Inuyasha stopped walking and turned around to look at her. He didn't have an angry look. His eyebrows weren't in an angry expression way and he wasn't clenching his teeth or anything like that. He just had a face when he's not angry looking!
He sighed and walked over to her. He put his hand on her cheek to look at her.
"You're not the fake one, are you?" He asked.
Kagome made a face. "Of course not! That reflection probably doesn't even no anything about the pictures!" Answered Kagome.
He sighed again. "Good! Because I hate it when people fool me. I'm just glad you're not one of them. But Shippo is because on what he did yesterday. Turning into all of us just to get some attention!"
"...Are you mad...?"
"At you? No, I'm mad at myself! For not thinking straight when I just went ahead and hugged the fake one. I should've known something wasn't right when I couldn't smell your scent on her."
"It's not your fault. You were just fooled by the flesh."
"I know! I somehow feel guilty. Give me some advice so I won't feel this guilt anymore!"
"Try to make it up! Do something dramatic! Or something that is real. It might work."
"Yeah...it might work once I try it."
"Try what?"
He smiled and he pulled her face to his. He closed his eyes and his lips landed on her's. Kagome was shocked. Did he really kissed her? Or was it a reflection? Nah...it's too real to be an reflection. So she closed her eyes and she enjoyed it.
Inuyasha pulled himself away from her when he was done kissing her. He put his hand to her shoulder and pat it.
"Thanks for helping! Now I don't feel the guilt anymore! And I'm sorry when I tried to show the pictures to everybody!" Said Inuyasha.
"That was a nice move, Inuyasha! REALLY nice!" Myoga was sittng on Inuyasha's shoulder. Was he watching all of that!?
"Gah! Where did you come from!?" Surprised Inuyasha.
"I was here the whole time! When I gave you the hint, I was still on your shoulder! You probably forgot about me!" Said Myoga.
"What!? That's not true! I thought you left out of the battle like you always do!"
"It wasn't really much of a battle. It was more like an weak attack!"
"What did you say!?"
"I did saw you break Tetsusaiga! So you're so bad at handling your sword, you just let it break! You're the worst I have ever seen!"
"That's it! You're going to get punished for saying those words!"
"What!? You're not my mother! Who said for you to punish me!?"
"Do I look anything like your mother!? I DON'T THINK SO!!!!! I'M JUST GOING TO BEAT YOU UP UNTIL YOU GET A BROKEN BONE!!!"
Inuyasha walked with Myoga in his hands. He was squishing him at anyway he can. Poor Myoga...
Kagome just watched him leave. She was blushing after he was nowhere in sight. She put her two fingers on her lips and smiled. She really did enjoyed his nice-warm-good kiss. She smiled again and walked happily to her house.