Disclaimer~ I don't own Inuyasha or any related characters.
Thoughts~ 'Meep meep meep.'
Dialog~ "Meep meep meep."
Author's note~ Okay, so yes, it's been forever since I've last updated but believe me I have many good excuses. Those of which you can read at the end of the chapter, for now I'll just get on with it so as to not annoy you. Thanks everyone, and sorry.
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Kagome wanted to raise her voice in protest but couldn't. No matter how dangerous the situation was she couldn't just stand by and do nothing, even if she didn't want any of the others to get hurt. "Right," she said silently, in agreement with Inuyasha.
Being sensitive to Kagome's feelings Inuyasha could tell how much she was bothered by the recent turn in events but there was nothing that could be done at this point. It was now or never. He gave a knowing nod over at Kagome and took off, running full speed towards the smoke.
"Don't worry, Kagome," Sango said, as she placed her hand on Kagome's shoulder. "You know how strong Inuyasha is, he'll be fine. Besides, we can't just leave those people."
"I know," came her dim reply. 'I know, but sometimes I don't always like that we have to play hero.'
"Kagome—"
"Leave it be," said Xen, hushing Sango. "Let's go help Inuyasha."
They then wordlessly ran after Inuyasha, all of them their thoughts racing and hearts pounding. The closer they got the thicker the smoke became and a terrible stench loomed over them. It was the smell of burning bodies. They weren't far now.
The village just came into sight when they could hear Inuyasha screaming, "Kaze no Kizu!"
Kagome winced and closed her eyes tightly; she could see him among the flames swinging his sword trying to put out the flames with the use of the wind-scar. The more he screamed the more the flames entrapped him, making a ring of fire around him.
Again and again he screamed his battle cry at the top of his lungs. Kagome, Xen, Sango, Shippou, all of them, they could only watch and hope. Without a source of water nearby there was no way for them to help.
"Oh god," shuddered Kagome. "Inuyasha! Inuyasha!" She began running to him but was abruptly pulled back by Xen.
He had a solemn look on his face, very pitiful and sad. "Don't go to him, Kagome. If you do you'll only endanger yourself. If I let anything happen to you Inuyasha will slaughter me."
"Xen," she whimpered. "He needs our help. Help him. Help him!" she cried. "Please." Kagome broke down on her knees and began sobbing. It wasn't just the fact that she was worried for Inuyasha, she cried for Sango and Miroku and their situation, for the villagers, and for everything unfair in the world.
Both Sango and Xen watched helplessly as she cried no one could stop her tears, no one but Inuyasha, who right now was fighting for his own survival.
"Sango, stay here and watch Kagome for me," said Xen assertively. "Inuyasha needs my help right now, and I won't stand by and do nothing."
"No, stop!" she cried. "What are you going to do!? There's nothing you can do."
He merely shook his head and gave a cocky smile. "There's always something."
Sango gave him a worried glance and gave him a once over. She knew now what he was planning. She could see the hand containing the Kazaana held tightly. "Don't," she whispered softly.
"I don't plan on dying, at least, not yet. Not until I find out who I really am." He left her standing breathless and ran into the wall of flames.
A single tear slid down Sango's face and hit the ground silently. Her eyes were open wide in disbelief. The way he smiled at her and the way he spoke reminded her so much of Miroku, and if Xen knew of the Kazaana then there was still a chance to get the 'real' him back. None of that would matter though should the flames swallow him up. 'Please, Miroku, come back to me. Come back alive.'
Xen held his arms protectively over his face as he pushed himself into the ring of fire Inuyasha had gotten himself into. A lot of the fire was put out but Inuyasha needed help if it was to be taken care of completely.
Inuyasha would have warned Xen to stay back, but he was just too preoccupied with the fire to really say anything. 'Just don't do anything dumb,' he thought, as Xen approached.
"Stand back, Inuyasha. I'm here to help." He raised his arm out in his typical old fashion and steadied himself. Xen couldn't quite explain it, but he could see himself doing this numerous times before. In his previous life no doubt, which explained his head pains. But he couldn't worry about that now; he still had a job to do.
Not being the total moron people took him for Inuyasha could easily see what Xen was planning and simply complied with his wish. His face was just too determined to be told 'no.' "I hope you know what you're doing." 'Miroku,' he said that last part in his head.
'So do I,' he thought. "No worries, for some reason I know I've lived or done this before." The hole in his hand was uncovered and as the feeling returned to him so did a brief memory. "Kazaana!" he shouted, not even thinking.
Inuyasha gave an amused glance at his friend and watched as the Kazaana took effect on the surroundings. Since Inuyasha had gotten much of the fire put out already it didn't take long for the strong wind from Xen's hand to take care of the rest.
As the fire fizzled out nothing remained but smoldering huts and burnt carcasses. It was not a sight for the weak of heart.
Kagome and Sango, who were still watching from the sidelines, looked very glad to see it all over. However, something troubling came into view.
"Xen!" screamed Sango.
"Oh my god," shrieked Kagome. "Inuyasha, hurry, help him!"
"What now?" he growled. He turned quickly to his side and saw Xen down on his knees gripping his head tightly. 'Shit,' he cursed mentally. "Xen, what's wrong?"
"The pain," he whispered. "I can't take the pain, too much."
An unsettled frown came over Inuyasha's face; he was a fighter, not a doctor. He couldn't see anything physically wrong with him, but there was something...there had to be. "Kagome, Sango, get over here. See if you can't help him. I wouldn't know how."
"Right," they answered.
The two of them quickly ran to Xen's side while Inuyasha stayed back with Shippou and Kilala, not wanting to get in their way. In Inuyasha's mind medicine was woman's work, not a demons. He was, however, worried about Xen in his own right.
"Xen," Kagome said softly. "What's wrong? What's going on?"
Xen responded with nothing but a small groan. The grip on his head tightened further as he screamed out in agony.
Sango had a troubled look on her face; terrified really, she had no clue what to do. Neither of them really knew what was going on. There was no way to help him. It was a pure mental battle.
Kagome decided to give it one more go and try to reach him. "Can you hear me, Xen?"
No answer.
"Xen?"
No answer.
Kagome's glance quickly changed over at Sango, her face full of worry. "Sango, you try. There's no way I can reach him but maybe you can."
"R-right," she said, unsure of herself. She smoothed her hand over his long falling bangs in attempts to sooth him and get him to tell them what was wrong. It worked, partly. He wasn't yelling anymore and his grip loosened, but he still wasn't saying anything.
Sango's presence did in fact help Xen, but he was still locked within a deep inner struggle. Using the Kazanna brought about all sorts of previous memories. Images of him and his friends flashed within his mind. They were all clues of his forgotten self. He was beginning to remember but the harder he tried to sort the images out the more pain it caused him. It was as if someone didn't want him to remember, that his memories were locked away for a reason.
His body began to tremble as he focused extremely hard; he could feel the answer coming to him. It's raining, there's a lot of red, it's blood, a girl is crying, she looks like Sango. Xen tried to get closer but a strong mental block came up, resulting in a great deal of pain. He winced and the image began to blur again. Then there was nothing, nothing but darkness. He passed out.
"Shit," Sango said breathlessly. "He's unconscious now."
"What do we do now, Inuyasha?" asked Kagome worriedly.
He stood silent for a moment, thinking. He looked thoughtful, like he was in a deep place. On the inside his mind was racing, trying to come up with an answer. He had none. "I don't know."
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It was a day later and that incident was over. Xen hadn't woken up yet and Kagome, Sango, Inuyasha, Shippou, and Kilala were all occupying a small room, in a village not far from the one that had caught on fire. The villagers from here had seen the smoke and went to see if there were any survivors.
When they happened upon the gang and they told them about how the fire had been put out they welcomed them to their village. He hadn't made a sound or moved an inch since they got there. They were getting more worried than they had been before. This was serious business, if he didn't wake up soon there may be nothing that can be done for him.
"I can't take this anymore," said Sango. "I have to talk a walk and clear my head. Come find me if anything changes, Kagome."
"Sure, but, don't you want to be here for him when he wakes up, Sango?"
She sighed and just shook her head. "Yes, but the waiting is just killing me. Besides," she added in sadly, taking a glance at him, "I don't know how soon he'll be waking up anyway."
"Right," Kagome responded sadly.
Sango walked out the room with Kilala behind her, leaving Inuyasha, Shippou, and Kagome to sit and do nothing, but wait. Big fun.
Inuyasha let out a long sigh. These past few days hadn't been easy on anyone and he was no exception. Between that snafu with Kagome and playing with fire it had been very stressful and tiring for him. And he still had his biggest task ahead of him. He had yet to get Kagome to forgive him. This was a daunting task indeed.
"Kagome," he began, "I just want to say, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you so just sit me and get it over with." The wording came out a bit faster than he intended, but his pride wouldn't allow him to say it properly.
She didn't say anything, at first. She had a sullen and tired expression, like she was going to collapse. "Fine. I really don't care anymore, Inuyasha. I'm just so tired. So tired of it all."
'Great,' he thought. 'Now I've made things worse. Stupid!' "Kagome."
"No, just stop. I don't want to hear it anymore. I give up. I just hate this, this bullshit, it's just not worth it." Tears were starting to form, as she grew more upset.
Inuyasha was as close as he's ever been to speechless. Kagome wasn't exactly one to keep her cool, but this; this just wasn't very like her. She always had such a resilient and go-getter enthusiasm about her. Now, now she just seemed kind of broken. "I'm sorry, this was all my fault. If I didn't have a six-foot wall between my emotions and me then you wouldn't have to deal with this. I'm so sorry."
She let out a small sob and rested her head on Inuyasha's shoulder, letting out her pent up frustration. "Idiot."
Inuyasha smiled then gave a sigh of relief. "Yeah, I know." He kissed Kagome gently on the top of her head and held her tightly, gently rocking her. 'I know.'
"Geez you two! Get a room, please!" cried Shippou, breaking the once peaceful atmosphere.
"Shippou!" Inuyasha growled.
The sounds of his companions did not go unnoticed by Xen. He could hear them, their crying, their arguing, and their disgust. Everything. He wanted to get up and say everything was alright and that he was fine, but he couldn't. Everything wasn't fine and he couldn't get up. Inside he just felt numb, frozen. Like he couldn't do anything, he just stood bye and listened to the world moving forward, without him.
For him, he felt half-ways dead. Alive enough to hear and sense others but dead in the way that he couldn't speak or see. He was stuck in a perpetual nothingness, desperately trying to escape.
He could see, see his answers. They were all right before his eyes, memories of himself and his friends but he couldn't put together the pieces, his mind was a puzzle. Every time he put some of the pieces together the more questions arose in his mind and the picture became jumbled again.
The picture started to come together again, like before. He was back, this time there was a forest, lots of trees, rain was coming down, pouring, and then there was the blood. There was lots of blood, and tears, the sound of someone crying. It had to be Sango crying... Then there was someone else, another woman. She was laughing, cackling, waving her fan. Her fan? What does that...?
A severe wave of pain rushed over him as the woman in his mind screamed too. She was screaming in agony, screaming with him. His pain was causing her pain. He started to make out a face; it looked like, like Sango. "Sango!" he screamed.
All at once his eyes open and his body jolted forward. He was breathing heavily, panting, and his body was covered in sweat. He could see Kagome and Inuyasha staring at him wide-eyed, and Shippou with a stupefied look.
"Xen?" Kagome asked, in a confused tone. "What are you—"?
"Sango!" he screamed. "Where is she?"
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Wow, really fucked up, I know. But with everything all will be revealed in time. Now, my excuses for not updating~~~
Severely injured wrist and was in a cast for about a week.
My brother was home from spring break and I was unable to use the computer so long as he was home, downloading porn and making Jell-O shots with his buddy.
I broke up with my boyfriend and was in an unstable condition to write.
Okay, so I have no real good excuses, but that's all I've got for you. Sorry, I really am. Thanks to everyone who hasn't become too fed up with me and have had the heart to continue reviewing.
Aamalie~ Yes, it's been a while. Yes, I'm sorry. No, I don't have any good excuses. Fluff? Yes, there will be fluff soon. So much so it'll blow your brains out. Or I'll just say that so you'll keep reading. Whichever.
Rissi-Sama~ I understand where you're coming from. I hate re-runs too! The chapter was nice and easy but I'm going to try to get things worked out and resolved here, so we can get on to what everyone actually wants. Fluff!
Lar-lar~ Side plots kind of help weave things together when the main plot can get weak at times. And don't worry about being repetitive in my mind that just tells me that I'm doing a consistent job on my writing. Even if you are too nice. ^_^ Just kidding, I like nice people
Rain Angst~ Kagome isn't scary; she's just loosing her mind that's all. You can relate, no? ^^ Thanks for the patience.
Small-buttercup~ Okay, so I didn't update quickly and there wasn't much humor but we need balance at times. I can't just go one way with my fics. Thanks for the nice review though.
Backsplash007~ Okay, so Kagome didn't exactly blow up, but she had a nice mental breakdown those are always fun. And hey! Xen got in on it too. It's a party, yay!
Thanks to all my kick ass reviewers, you guys rock. I luv you all very much. Now for the bad news. I'm gonna be on vacation this week for spring break, meaning I don't come back till Friday. So it'll be another 2 week or so till I update. I'm very sorry. Thanks everyone, really.
Till then,
Zero
Thoughts~ 'Meep meep meep.'
Dialog~ "Meep meep meep."
Author's note~ Okay, so yes, it's been forever since I've last updated but believe me I have many good excuses. Those of which you can read at the end of the chapter, for now I'll just get on with it so as to not annoy you. Thanks everyone, and sorry.
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Kagome wanted to raise her voice in protest but couldn't. No matter how dangerous the situation was she couldn't just stand by and do nothing, even if she didn't want any of the others to get hurt. "Right," she said silently, in agreement with Inuyasha.
Being sensitive to Kagome's feelings Inuyasha could tell how much she was bothered by the recent turn in events but there was nothing that could be done at this point. It was now or never. He gave a knowing nod over at Kagome and took off, running full speed towards the smoke.
"Don't worry, Kagome," Sango said, as she placed her hand on Kagome's shoulder. "You know how strong Inuyasha is, he'll be fine. Besides, we can't just leave those people."
"I know," came her dim reply. 'I know, but sometimes I don't always like that we have to play hero.'
"Kagome—"
"Leave it be," said Xen, hushing Sango. "Let's go help Inuyasha."
They then wordlessly ran after Inuyasha, all of them their thoughts racing and hearts pounding. The closer they got the thicker the smoke became and a terrible stench loomed over them. It was the smell of burning bodies. They weren't far now.
The village just came into sight when they could hear Inuyasha screaming, "Kaze no Kizu!"
Kagome winced and closed her eyes tightly; she could see him among the flames swinging his sword trying to put out the flames with the use of the wind-scar. The more he screamed the more the flames entrapped him, making a ring of fire around him.
Again and again he screamed his battle cry at the top of his lungs. Kagome, Xen, Sango, Shippou, all of them, they could only watch and hope. Without a source of water nearby there was no way for them to help.
"Oh god," shuddered Kagome. "Inuyasha! Inuyasha!" She began running to him but was abruptly pulled back by Xen.
He had a solemn look on his face, very pitiful and sad. "Don't go to him, Kagome. If you do you'll only endanger yourself. If I let anything happen to you Inuyasha will slaughter me."
"Xen," she whimpered. "He needs our help. Help him. Help him!" she cried. "Please." Kagome broke down on her knees and began sobbing. It wasn't just the fact that she was worried for Inuyasha, she cried for Sango and Miroku and their situation, for the villagers, and for everything unfair in the world.
Both Sango and Xen watched helplessly as she cried no one could stop her tears, no one but Inuyasha, who right now was fighting for his own survival.
"Sango, stay here and watch Kagome for me," said Xen assertively. "Inuyasha needs my help right now, and I won't stand by and do nothing."
"No, stop!" she cried. "What are you going to do!? There's nothing you can do."
He merely shook his head and gave a cocky smile. "There's always something."
Sango gave him a worried glance and gave him a once over. She knew now what he was planning. She could see the hand containing the Kazaana held tightly. "Don't," she whispered softly.
"I don't plan on dying, at least, not yet. Not until I find out who I really am." He left her standing breathless and ran into the wall of flames.
A single tear slid down Sango's face and hit the ground silently. Her eyes were open wide in disbelief. The way he smiled at her and the way he spoke reminded her so much of Miroku, and if Xen knew of the Kazaana then there was still a chance to get the 'real' him back. None of that would matter though should the flames swallow him up. 'Please, Miroku, come back to me. Come back alive.'
Xen held his arms protectively over his face as he pushed himself into the ring of fire Inuyasha had gotten himself into. A lot of the fire was put out but Inuyasha needed help if it was to be taken care of completely.
Inuyasha would have warned Xen to stay back, but he was just too preoccupied with the fire to really say anything. 'Just don't do anything dumb,' he thought, as Xen approached.
"Stand back, Inuyasha. I'm here to help." He raised his arm out in his typical old fashion and steadied himself. Xen couldn't quite explain it, but he could see himself doing this numerous times before. In his previous life no doubt, which explained his head pains. But he couldn't worry about that now; he still had a job to do.
Not being the total moron people took him for Inuyasha could easily see what Xen was planning and simply complied with his wish. His face was just too determined to be told 'no.' "I hope you know what you're doing." 'Miroku,' he said that last part in his head.
'So do I,' he thought. "No worries, for some reason I know I've lived or done this before." The hole in his hand was uncovered and as the feeling returned to him so did a brief memory. "Kazaana!" he shouted, not even thinking.
Inuyasha gave an amused glance at his friend and watched as the Kazaana took effect on the surroundings. Since Inuyasha had gotten much of the fire put out already it didn't take long for the strong wind from Xen's hand to take care of the rest.
As the fire fizzled out nothing remained but smoldering huts and burnt carcasses. It was not a sight for the weak of heart.
Kagome and Sango, who were still watching from the sidelines, looked very glad to see it all over. However, something troubling came into view.
"Xen!" screamed Sango.
"Oh my god," shrieked Kagome. "Inuyasha, hurry, help him!"
"What now?" he growled. He turned quickly to his side and saw Xen down on his knees gripping his head tightly. 'Shit,' he cursed mentally. "Xen, what's wrong?"
"The pain," he whispered. "I can't take the pain, too much."
An unsettled frown came over Inuyasha's face; he was a fighter, not a doctor. He couldn't see anything physically wrong with him, but there was something...there had to be. "Kagome, Sango, get over here. See if you can't help him. I wouldn't know how."
"Right," they answered.
The two of them quickly ran to Xen's side while Inuyasha stayed back with Shippou and Kilala, not wanting to get in their way. In Inuyasha's mind medicine was woman's work, not a demons. He was, however, worried about Xen in his own right.
"Xen," Kagome said softly. "What's wrong? What's going on?"
Xen responded with nothing but a small groan. The grip on his head tightened further as he screamed out in agony.
Sango had a troubled look on her face; terrified really, she had no clue what to do. Neither of them really knew what was going on. There was no way to help him. It was a pure mental battle.
Kagome decided to give it one more go and try to reach him. "Can you hear me, Xen?"
No answer.
"Xen?"
No answer.
Kagome's glance quickly changed over at Sango, her face full of worry. "Sango, you try. There's no way I can reach him but maybe you can."
"R-right," she said, unsure of herself. She smoothed her hand over his long falling bangs in attempts to sooth him and get him to tell them what was wrong. It worked, partly. He wasn't yelling anymore and his grip loosened, but he still wasn't saying anything.
Sango's presence did in fact help Xen, but he was still locked within a deep inner struggle. Using the Kazanna brought about all sorts of previous memories. Images of him and his friends flashed within his mind. They were all clues of his forgotten self. He was beginning to remember but the harder he tried to sort the images out the more pain it caused him. It was as if someone didn't want him to remember, that his memories were locked away for a reason.
His body began to tremble as he focused extremely hard; he could feel the answer coming to him. It's raining, there's a lot of red, it's blood, a girl is crying, she looks like Sango. Xen tried to get closer but a strong mental block came up, resulting in a great deal of pain. He winced and the image began to blur again. Then there was nothing, nothing but darkness. He passed out.
"Shit," Sango said breathlessly. "He's unconscious now."
"What do we do now, Inuyasha?" asked Kagome worriedly.
He stood silent for a moment, thinking. He looked thoughtful, like he was in a deep place. On the inside his mind was racing, trying to come up with an answer. He had none. "I don't know."
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It was a day later and that incident was over. Xen hadn't woken up yet and Kagome, Sango, Inuyasha, Shippou, and Kilala were all occupying a small room, in a village not far from the one that had caught on fire. The villagers from here had seen the smoke and went to see if there were any survivors.
When they happened upon the gang and they told them about how the fire had been put out they welcomed them to their village. He hadn't made a sound or moved an inch since they got there. They were getting more worried than they had been before. This was serious business, if he didn't wake up soon there may be nothing that can be done for him.
"I can't take this anymore," said Sango. "I have to talk a walk and clear my head. Come find me if anything changes, Kagome."
"Sure, but, don't you want to be here for him when he wakes up, Sango?"
She sighed and just shook her head. "Yes, but the waiting is just killing me. Besides," she added in sadly, taking a glance at him, "I don't know how soon he'll be waking up anyway."
"Right," Kagome responded sadly.
Sango walked out the room with Kilala behind her, leaving Inuyasha, Shippou, and Kagome to sit and do nothing, but wait. Big fun.
Inuyasha let out a long sigh. These past few days hadn't been easy on anyone and he was no exception. Between that snafu with Kagome and playing with fire it had been very stressful and tiring for him. And he still had his biggest task ahead of him. He had yet to get Kagome to forgive him. This was a daunting task indeed.
"Kagome," he began, "I just want to say, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you so just sit me and get it over with." The wording came out a bit faster than he intended, but his pride wouldn't allow him to say it properly.
She didn't say anything, at first. She had a sullen and tired expression, like she was going to collapse. "Fine. I really don't care anymore, Inuyasha. I'm just so tired. So tired of it all."
'Great,' he thought. 'Now I've made things worse. Stupid!' "Kagome."
"No, just stop. I don't want to hear it anymore. I give up. I just hate this, this bullshit, it's just not worth it." Tears were starting to form, as she grew more upset.
Inuyasha was as close as he's ever been to speechless. Kagome wasn't exactly one to keep her cool, but this; this just wasn't very like her. She always had such a resilient and go-getter enthusiasm about her. Now, now she just seemed kind of broken. "I'm sorry, this was all my fault. If I didn't have a six-foot wall between my emotions and me then you wouldn't have to deal with this. I'm so sorry."
She let out a small sob and rested her head on Inuyasha's shoulder, letting out her pent up frustration. "Idiot."
Inuyasha smiled then gave a sigh of relief. "Yeah, I know." He kissed Kagome gently on the top of her head and held her tightly, gently rocking her. 'I know.'
"Geez you two! Get a room, please!" cried Shippou, breaking the once peaceful atmosphere.
"Shippou!" Inuyasha growled.
The sounds of his companions did not go unnoticed by Xen. He could hear them, their crying, their arguing, and their disgust. Everything. He wanted to get up and say everything was alright and that he was fine, but he couldn't. Everything wasn't fine and he couldn't get up. Inside he just felt numb, frozen. Like he couldn't do anything, he just stood bye and listened to the world moving forward, without him.
For him, he felt half-ways dead. Alive enough to hear and sense others but dead in the way that he couldn't speak or see. He was stuck in a perpetual nothingness, desperately trying to escape.
He could see, see his answers. They were all right before his eyes, memories of himself and his friends but he couldn't put together the pieces, his mind was a puzzle. Every time he put some of the pieces together the more questions arose in his mind and the picture became jumbled again.
The picture started to come together again, like before. He was back, this time there was a forest, lots of trees, rain was coming down, pouring, and then there was the blood. There was lots of blood, and tears, the sound of someone crying. It had to be Sango crying... Then there was someone else, another woman. She was laughing, cackling, waving her fan. Her fan? What does that...?
A severe wave of pain rushed over him as the woman in his mind screamed too. She was screaming in agony, screaming with him. His pain was causing her pain. He started to make out a face; it looked like, like Sango. "Sango!" he screamed.
All at once his eyes open and his body jolted forward. He was breathing heavily, panting, and his body was covered in sweat. He could see Kagome and Inuyasha staring at him wide-eyed, and Shippou with a stupefied look.
"Xen?" Kagome asked, in a confused tone. "What are you—"?
"Sango!" he screamed. "Where is she?"
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Wow, really fucked up, I know. But with everything all will be revealed in time. Now, my excuses for not updating~~~
Severely injured wrist and was in a cast for about a week.
My brother was home from spring break and I was unable to use the computer so long as he was home, downloading porn and making Jell-O shots with his buddy.
I broke up with my boyfriend and was in an unstable condition to write.
Okay, so I have no real good excuses, but that's all I've got for you. Sorry, I really am. Thanks to everyone who hasn't become too fed up with me and have had the heart to continue reviewing.
Aamalie~ Yes, it's been a while. Yes, I'm sorry. No, I don't have any good excuses. Fluff? Yes, there will be fluff soon. So much so it'll blow your brains out. Or I'll just say that so you'll keep reading. Whichever.
Rissi-Sama~ I understand where you're coming from. I hate re-runs too! The chapter was nice and easy but I'm going to try to get things worked out and resolved here, so we can get on to what everyone actually wants. Fluff!
Lar-lar~ Side plots kind of help weave things together when the main plot can get weak at times. And don't worry about being repetitive in my mind that just tells me that I'm doing a consistent job on my writing. Even if you are too nice. ^_^ Just kidding, I like nice people
Rain Angst~ Kagome isn't scary; she's just loosing her mind that's all. You can relate, no? ^^ Thanks for the patience.
Small-buttercup~ Okay, so I didn't update quickly and there wasn't much humor but we need balance at times. I can't just go one way with my fics. Thanks for the nice review though.
Backsplash007~ Okay, so Kagome didn't exactly blow up, but she had a nice mental breakdown those are always fun. And hey! Xen got in on it too. It's a party, yay!
Thanks to all my kick ass reviewers, you guys rock. I luv you all very much. Now for the bad news. I'm gonna be on vacation this week for spring break, meaning I don't come back till Friday. So it'll be another 2 week or so till I update. I'm very sorry. Thanks everyone, really.
Till then,
Zero