Disclaimer~ I don't own Inuyasha or any related characters.
Dialog~ "Meep meep meep."
Thoughts~ 'Meep meep meep.'
Author's note~ I came back from vacation and was thrilled to see my inbox with reviews for the last chapter, all of them positive, which is great. It's good to know I'm doing something right. Sorry about taking so long to update, you know me, somewhere along the way I run into problems. Sorry.
Chapter 13
"Calm your ass down, idiot!" answered an annoyed Inuyasha. "Everything is alright. Sango is well and we found somewhere to stay after the fire was put out. You don't have to scream and get all huffy, just relax."
Xen responded with a cold glare, he didn't like being told off by his friend after he just came back to reality, and for whatever reason he was just agitated. "I'm glad everything is fine but that still doesn't answer my question. So please, tell me, where is Sango?"
"Out," Inuyasha replied.
This answer wasn't very sufficient for Xen, he continued holding his upset demeanor. "I can see that."
"Well then smart ass you—"
"Oh shut up, the both of you!" interjected a pissed off Kagome. "Don't get into a fight over nothing." She let out a quick huff and turned to Xen. "Listen, I don't know where Sango went. She was upset about what your current state was and needed to get some air. Inuyasha and I will fetch her, just hang tight till then."
A small smile graced Xen's features as Kagome said that. 'She's safe, that's all I need to hear.' "Alright, thank you, thank you very much, Kagome."
"Don't mention it," she beamed.
Inuyasha merely stuck his tongue out in disgust. "Sentimental idiots," he muttered.
Kagome looked like she was about to pop a vein. Things were resolved for Inuyasha it seemed, for the time being, but she was still plenty mad at him. "Inuyasha, SIT down, and cool off a bit."
A throbbing sensation came over the hanyou's face as he pried it from the floor after Kagome so cruelly sat him. He grumbled something about a cold- hearted bitch then headed towards the door. "Hurry up, wench."
"Right," she said, a slight tone of anger in her voice. She wasn't in the mood for Inuyasha's behavioral issues.
The two left the room leaving Miroku with just himself and Shippou, but he didn't really provide much company. Xen's heart longed for Sango; he needed her, terribly.
Shippou looked as though he may ask Xen something but his mouth quickly closed. 'I better not ask him anything,' thought Shippou. 'It's bad enough Inuyasha has a temper, but I don't even want to see Xen's angry side.'
He then instead quietly slinked back into the corner and rested, since Xen was well he figured they'd be leaving soon and he needed what rest he could get.
Xen, however, was a different story. Unlike Shippou he had gotten plenty of rest and an anxious exited feeling moved through him.
'Sango,' he thought. 'Where are you? I need you, so please, come back soon, don't leave me alone anymore. I'm sick of being alone.'
His thoughts were interrupted as a burning hot sensation ran over him. He yelped and jumped up, slightly stunned at the moment. 'What's going on?'
"I'm so sorry," came a soft reply. It was a young woman with short brown hair and glossy green eyes. "I was coming here to bring tea and tripped, please forgive me for getting tea all over you." She was down on her knees, bowing, asking for forgiveness. "It must have really hurt," she said, as she slowly raised her head.
A relieved smile came over Xen's face, he was glad to see he was in no danger. "It's fine, please stand up."
He stood up and offered his hand down to her, she accepted and he gracefully hoisted her up. "Don't worry about the mess, I'll help you clean it up."
Her face looked a bit shocked, but she quickly smiled. "Thank you," she whispered, tears brimming her eyes.
"No problem."
Xen bent down and began picking up the remnants of the teacups. The burning sensation had left him and his mind wandered unto other things... Like, Sango. Again, his thoughts were interrupted by a soft cry.
"Ouch," the girl winced. "I cut my finger on one of the shards." She examined her index finger and noticed a small amount of blood oozing from it. "Hurts," she whimpered, pathetically.
Xen's soft features studied the girl; she seemed so fragile and petite. Like porcelain, easily broken. He felt sorry for her and opted to help. "Here," he said in a calm voice. "Let me see."
He grabbed her hand and softly put his lips over the minor injury, stopping the bleeding by drawing in the blood into his mouth. He stopped and let go of her hand. It was just a red mark now. "There," he smiled, "All fixed."
"I'm Suki," she said carefully. "I want to thank you, you're being so nice after I screwed up as I did."
"It's not even worth mentioning. Mistakes happen, no worries. After all, nobody is perfect." He had a broad smile on his face and his eyes seemed to light up, as he gave her a friendly look.
She was a bit taken aback by his genuinely kind attitude but quickly regained composure, a smirk spreading across her face. "Your clothes must have gotten stained," she paused, then continued with a smock attitude, "you should take your clothes off and let me get you a fresh robe."
A lump formed in Xen's throat, he was starting to feel hesitant now. She'd managed to back him into a corner oh-so-cleverly. 'Shit,' he thought. 'I was just asking for it.' "Uh, it's fine, really," he insisted, "don't worry about it."
"No," she stressed, "I insist." The soft helpless face was gone and one of a more scandalous one was taken. Women are vixens that way. They aren't always what they seem.
He let out a nervous laugh and backed away from Suki, fearing what could happen next. 'Kami, please help me now.'
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Inuyasha let out a loud annoying groan. "Where is that woman!? I can't believe we haven't found her yet."
"Hush, Inuyasha," snapped Kagome. "I can't take your complaining any longer."
He looked at her a moment then shrugged. "Fine, It's not like I have to help you look for her or anything. I'm just going to go back and get something to eat. I'm starving."
His back was turned to her and he started to leave but Kagome quickly caught his wrist. He turned to her and was surprised by the look that was on her face. "Kagome?"
"Please," she said. "Just help me a little longer."
There was a softer look on his face and he nodded. He knew something was still bothering her and didn't want to upset her further. "Yeah, sure."
"Thanks," she said quietly, and let go of his wrist.
They walked just a little farther out, near the outskirts of the village and Kagome quickly spotted her and pointed with excitement. "Look Inuyasha, there she is!"
Sango was sitting on the ledge of a stone well. Her face looked worn, old almost, full of concern. Sullen as she was, the sound of her friend's voice quickly aroused her. "Kagome?" she asked curiously. "What's going on?"
"You have to hurry, Xen just woke up and he was calling out for you."
Sango shot her friend a quizzical glance. While she was glad to hear Xen was awake she wasn't so sure about that other part. "Inuyasha?" she asked in disbelief.
"Don't give me that look, it's true. The dumb ass made a big deal out of needing to see you so don't make this a long drawn out process. Let's just get over there now."
"Right." She slid off the edge and towards her friend, back to Xen. She was still skeptical but wanted to see him. 'Xen, I'm coming.'
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Meanwhile, Xen was trying to avoid Suki, and her seductive but scary nature. Despite his best efforts he was back into a corner, literally, with her approaching.
He tried to raise is voice to say something but it quickly became hoarse when she ran her hand through his hair.
"You have such pretty eyes," she said smoothly. "And your hair is long and luscious," she said, licking her lips.
It was hard for Xen to keep his wits about him in this situation, Miroku may have been good with dealing with women, but he sure wasn't. "I, um..." He drew a quick breath and began again, seeing that he was giving the wrong message by being too timid. "Stop," he said, this time with more anger and force in his voice.
"But why?" she whined. "If you have a woman problem I can take care of it for you." She reached her hand over to stroke his face again but was halted.
Xen held Suki's wrist tightly, his eyes ablaze. "This IS a problem. You're not aware of it but there's someone else. I can't give into your advances, you need to leave."
She just gave him an amused glance and shrugged her shoulders. "What's the big deal? I won't tell her, I promise." She gave him a suggestive wink. "No worries."
"What don't you understand by—"
All too quickly his mouth was covered up and Suki had her mouth enclosed over his, captivating him in something she lusted for, and he feared.
With all great timings and luck, Sango and the rest of the gang appeared through the door as this took place, except of course, all they saw was Xen kissing some strange girl.
Xen shoved the girl off of him as he heard Sango's gasp from the doorway. He stood frozen, and she was in shock. He mouthed the word 'no' silently.
He opened his mouth to explain himself, but Sango just buried her face in her hands and ran off. The sounds of her sobbing echoed in his ears.
"Shit," Xen cursed.
Suki, feeling a great amount of discomfort, gathered herself from the floor and hurried off. Seeing as things were about to erupt, and she didn't want to be around when that happened.
Nobody tried to stop her; everyone else in the room was statues. Shippou had awoken from his nap upon hearing Sango's sobbing, Xen was numb, and Kagome & Inuyasha were still in shock and disbelief.
Whoever said it, was indeed correct, whatever can go wrong, will.
Never being at a loss of words, Inuyasha was the first to speak. "What the fuck was that, Xen!? That girl was all over you."
"What were you thinking?" Kagome quickly added in.
"I-I...it wasn't..." He closed his eyes for a moment then opened them, sorting out his thoughts. "That wasn't what it seemed. She was making advances on me, not the other way around."
"Then why were you kissing her?" Kagome inquired.
"Because," he said in an angered tone, "She lashed out at me when I tried to stop her and there was nothing I could do so long as my hands were holding down her wrists."
Inuyasha gave an understanding nod at his friend. "I see, yeah, you're not the pervert anymore so I guess it doesn't matter..."
The word 'pervert' played again and again in Xen's mind. It was a very familiar word to him, even though he couldn't remember anyone once calling him that.
'Why?' he thought. 'Why is that so familiar?' A wheel started turning in his head and an image was produced for him. There was a lovely red handprint covering a dashing monk's face, his face! Sango looked at him sourly and yelled, "Pervert!"
The image dissipated and a huge piece was set back into place for him. "That's right," he said to himself, out loud. "I've always been a real pig, and Sango, well she, she..." He sighed to himself. "She gets disgusted with me and runs off."
"Xen?" asked Kagome, very concerned. "What are saying?"
He just shook his head and gave a faint smile. "I just finally realized something Kagome, something I forgot. A piece of me I lost, until now."
She still looked concerned but prompted him to continue. "What is that?"
"Woman don't actually make me feel uncomfortable, it's vise versa. Really, who I am, the real me, I'm just some idiotic pervert."
Inuyasha let out a grunt. "What a revelation."
Kagome gave a quick elbow to Inuyasha's stomach. "Shut up! For him, this is a breakthrough. Remember?"
"Yeah, yeah." ... "Stupid wench."
"Sango," whispered Xen. "I have to find her. I have to go find, Sango."
Even though Kagome was glad that Miroku regained a crucial piece of his memory she was very weary of the idea of him going out to find Sango. Of course, she could understand, but it just wasn't a wise mood. "Maybe you shouldn't..." began Kagome.
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at her. He figured Kagome would be the one pushing him out the door. But in any case, he'd let her handle it. He didn't want to be told to sit, anyways.
"I know why you want to find her, but I just don't think it's a good idea. Xen, you're still not well yet. We can go find Sango, Inuyasha and I," finished Kagome, skeptical of what he might say.
"No," he said simply. "It's just not that easy. I just feel compelled to go, she needs me. I can't explain it, but I know that it has to be me. I'm sorry, but I'm going."
Kagome frowned but nodded; she didn't think that she could stop him anyway. "Good luck," was all she could say to him.
He smiled back at her, the old sort of smile, the mischievous monk smile that had once graced his face. "Don't worry, Kagome, I'll be back, with Sango." He got up and walked out the door, then proceeded to running. The sky was darkening; it would rain soon. He had to hurry.
Inuyasha stared at everyone else left in the room and let out a long sigh. It was a very anticlimactic feeling. "Godspeed, my friend."
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Okay, so, wow, things are really coming to a head now, Xen, finally got a huge self of him he lost, Sango is emotionally distraught, there's a new whore in the story, and the rest of the group is just trying to figure out what the hell is going on. Sounds like a recipe for a soap opera...or this poorly written fic. Whichever. I was glad that I was able to update somewhat quickly so as not to be punished and chewed out by reviewers. Yay!
Rissi-Sama~ What fun would it be to not do a cliffy update? It just wouldn't. And you know me; I just love fun so much. Hey, look, this one is sort of a cliffy as well. I'll be damned.
Sango-chan~ I just don't enjoy making excuses, that's all. As for the lack of fluff, I'm sorry. But action was good, right. Right? ^^
Lar-lar~ *Sweats* Yes...Fluff, I've been promising fluff, haven't I? It's funny, sometimes authors have to make bluffs to keep readers interested but be assured there will be some fluff. Maybe just not major. Who knows with me though? Thanks for the great review.
Aamalie~ Why is it in almost every singe review I've gotten is asking for fluff? Are you organizing some sort of fluff movement? Is that all I'm good for to you people? Fluff? ^^ That's good cause there will be some. Just remain patient. There aren't many chapters left you know.
Serenedy~ Rest assured, I finish every fic I start. No fic gets left behind. I plan on finishing, it's just been taking me too long to update. Sorry.
Small-buttercup~ Thanks for the hug, but there's no need to be sorry. Shit happens, it's all relative to life. You wanted hear something; I just broke up with another boyfriend, which was just on Thursday. The irony, eh? So, now, anyways, I apologize for the shortness but eight pages is all I can really muster to write within a reasonable amount of time. Thanks for the nice review.
Rain angst~ Thanks for your understanding, good to know people know what I'm going through. I appreciate it, and I'll try to keep updating to the best of my abilities.
Backsplash007~ Aren't they though? Breakdowns are really great, and god knows everyone has enough of them in my fics. ^_^
Thanks to all the kick ass reviewers of chapter 12...As for that vacation I took, it was hell, the weather was nice, but the woman was being a bitch and it was hard to get along with her. But I came up with some good ways to end this sucker. Plan on only a few more chapters. I already have a new story in the works so I'm exited for that. If people only knew me through my story Crimson Tears, then hopefully they'll know me through my next one, which I hope will be even bigger. Thanks everyone, you're all great.
Next update should be a week or two from now, around the weekend. Depends on if it's another super busy hell week in school
Till then,
Adios
Zero
Dialog~ "Meep meep meep."
Thoughts~ 'Meep meep meep.'
Author's note~ I came back from vacation and was thrilled to see my inbox with reviews for the last chapter, all of them positive, which is great. It's good to know I'm doing something right. Sorry about taking so long to update, you know me, somewhere along the way I run into problems. Sorry.
Chapter 13
"Calm your ass down, idiot!" answered an annoyed Inuyasha. "Everything is alright. Sango is well and we found somewhere to stay after the fire was put out. You don't have to scream and get all huffy, just relax."
Xen responded with a cold glare, he didn't like being told off by his friend after he just came back to reality, and for whatever reason he was just agitated. "I'm glad everything is fine but that still doesn't answer my question. So please, tell me, where is Sango?"
"Out," Inuyasha replied.
This answer wasn't very sufficient for Xen, he continued holding his upset demeanor. "I can see that."
"Well then smart ass you—"
"Oh shut up, the both of you!" interjected a pissed off Kagome. "Don't get into a fight over nothing." She let out a quick huff and turned to Xen. "Listen, I don't know where Sango went. She was upset about what your current state was and needed to get some air. Inuyasha and I will fetch her, just hang tight till then."
A small smile graced Xen's features as Kagome said that. 'She's safe, that's all I need to hear.' "Alright, thank you, thank you very much, Kagome."
"Don't mention it," she beamed.
Inuyasha merely stuck his tongue out in disgust. "Sentimental idiots," he muttered.
Kagome looked like she was about to pop a vein. Things were resolved for Inuyasha it seemed, for the time being, but she was still plenty mad at him. "Inuyasha, SIT down, and cool off a bit."
A throbbing sensation came over the hanyou's face as he pried it from the floor after Kagome so cruelly sat him. He grumbled something about a cold- hearted bitch then headed towards the door. "Hurry up, wench."
"Right," she said, a slight tone of anger in her voice. She wasn't in the mood for Inuyasha's behavioral issues.
The two left the room leaving Miroku with just himself and Shippou, but he didn't really provide much company. Xen's heart longed for Sango; he needed her, terribly.
Shippou looked as though he may ask Xen something but his mouth quickly closed. 'I better not ask him anything,' thought Shippou. 'It's bad enough Inuyasha has a temper, but I don't even want to see Xen's angry side.'
He then instead quietly slinked back into the corner and rested, since Xen was well he figured they'd be leaving soon and he needed what rest he could get.
Xen, however, was a different story. Unlike Shippou he had gotten plenty of rest and an anxious exited feeling moved through him.
'Sango,' he thought. 'Where are you? I need you, so please, come back soon, don't leave me alone anymore. I'm sick of being alone.'
His thoughts were interrupted as a burning hot sensation ran over him. He yelped and jumped up, slightly stunned at the moment. 'What's going on?'
"I'm so sorry," came a soft reply. It was a young woman with short brown hair and glossy green eyes. "I was coming here to bring tea and tripped, please forgive me for getting tea all over you." She was down on her knees, bowing, asking for forgiveness. "It must have really hurt," she said, as she slowly raised her head.
A relieved smile came over Xen's face, he was glad to see he was in no danger. "It's fine, please stand up."
He stood up and offered his hand down to her, she accepted and he gracefully hoisted her up. "Don't worry about the mess, I'll help you clean it up."
Her face looked a bit shocked, but she quickly smiled. "Thank you," she whispered, tears brimming her eyes.
"No problem."
Xen bent down and began picking up the remnants of the teacups. The burning sensation had left him and his mind wandered unto other things... Like, Sango. Again, his thoughts were interrupted by a soft cry.
"Ouch," the girl winced. "I cut my finger on one of the shards." She examined her index finger and noticed a small amount of blood oozing from it. "Hurts," she whimpered, pathetically.
Xen's soft features studied the girl; she seemed so fragile and petite. Like porcelain, easily broken. He felt sorry for her and opted to help. "Here," he said in a calm voice. "Let me see."
He grabbed her hand and softly put his lips over the minor injury, stopping the bleeding by drawing in the blood into his mouth. He stopped and let go of her hand. It was just a red mark now. "There," he smiled, "All fixed."
"I'm Suki," she said carefully. "I want to thank you, you're being so nice after I screwed up as I did."
"It's not even worth mentioning. Mistakes happen, no worries. After all, nobody is perfect." He had a broad smile on his face and his eyes seemed to light up, as he gave her a friendly look.
She was a bit taken aback by his genuinely kind attitude but quickly regained composure, a smirk spreading across her face. "Your clothes must have gotten stained," she paused, then continued with a smock attitude, "you should take your clothes off and let me get you a fresh robe."
A lump formed in Xen's throat, he was starting to feel hesitant now. She'd managed to back him into a corner oh-so-cleverly. 'Shit,' he thought. 'I was just asking for it.' "Uh, it's fine, really," he insisted, "don't worry about it."
"No," she stressed, "I insist." The soft helpless face was gone and one of a more scandalous one was taken. Women are vixens that way. They aren't always what they seem.
He let out a nervous laugh and backed away from Suki, fearing what could happen next. 'Kami, please help me now.'
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Inuyasha let out a loud annoying groan. "Where is that woman!? I can't believe we haven't found her yet."
"Hush, Inuyasha," snapped Kagome. "I can't take your complaining any longer."
He looked at her a moment then shrugged. "Fine, It's not like I have to help you look for her or anything. I'm just going to go back and get something to eat. I'm starving."
His back was turned to her and he started to leave but Kagome quickly caught his wrist. He turned to her and was surprised by the look that was on her face. "Kagome?"
"Please," she said. "Just help me a little longer."
There was a softer look on his face and he nodded. He knew something was still bothering her and didn't want to upset her further. "Yeah, sure."
"Thanks," she said quietly, and let go of his wrist.
They walked just a little farther out, near the outskirts of the village and Kagome quickly spotted her and pointed with excitement. "Look Inuyasha, there she is!"
Sango was sitting on the ledge of a stone well. Her face looked worn, old almost, full of concern. Sullen as she was, the sound of her friend's voice quickly aroused her. "Kagome?" she asked curiously. "What's going on?"
"You have to hurry, Xen just woke up and he was calling out for you."
Sango shot her friend a quizzical glance. While she was glad to hear Xen was awake she wasn't so sure about that other part. "Inuyasha?" she asked in disbelief.
"Don't give me that look, it's true. The dumb ass made a big deal out of needing to see you so don't make this a long drawn out process. Let's just get over there now."
"Right." She slid off the edge and towards her friend, back to Xen. She was still skeptical but wanted to see him. 'Xen, I'm coming.'
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Meanwhile, Xen was trying to avoid Suki, and her seductive but scary nature. Despite his best efforts he was back into a corner, literally, with her approaching.
He tried to raise is voice to say something but it quickly became hoarse when she ran her hand through his hair.
"You have such pretty eyes," she said smoothly. "And your hair is long and luscious," she said, licking her lips.
It was hard for Xen to keep his wits about him in this situation, Miroku may have been good with dealing with women, but he sure wasn't. "I, um..." He drew a quick breath and began again, seeing that he was giving the wrong message by being too timid. "Stop," he said, this time with more anger and force in his voice.
"But why?" she whined. "If you have a woman problem I can take care of it for you." She reached her hand over to stroke his face again but was halted.
Xen held Suki's wrist tightly, his eyes ablaze. "This IS a problem. You're not aware of it but there's someone else. I can't give into your advances, you need to leave."
She just gave him an amused glance and shrugged her shoulders. "What's the big deal? I won't tell her, I promise." She gave him a suggestive wink. "No worries."
"What don't you understand by—"
All too quickly his mouth was covered up and Suki had her mouth enclosed over his, captivating him in something she lusted for, and he feared.
With all great timings and luck, Sango and the rest of the gang appeared through the door as this took place, except of course, all they saw was Xen kissing some strange girl.
Xen shoved the girl off of him as he heard Sango's gasp from the doorway. He stood frozen, and she was in shock. He mouthed the word 'no' silently.
He opened his mouth to explain himself, but Sango just buried her face in her hands and ran off. The sounds of her sobbing echoed in his ears.
"Shit," Xen cursed.
Suki, feeling a great amount of discomfort, gathered herself from the floor and hurried off. Seeing as things were about to erupt, and she didn't want to be around when that happened.
Nobody tried to stop her; everyone else in the room was statues. Shippou had awoken from his nap upon hearing Sango's sobbing, Xen was numb, and Kagome & Inuyasha were still in shock and disbelief.
Whoever said it, was indeed correct, whatever can go wrong, will.
Never being at a loss of words, Inuyasha was the first to speak. "What the fuck was that, Xen!? That girl was all over you."
"What were you thinking?" Kagome quickly added in.
"I-I...it wasn't..." He closed his eyes for a moment then opened them, sorting out his thoughts. "That wasn't what it seemed. She was making advances on me, not the other way around."
"Then why were you kissing her?" Kagome inquired.
"Because," he said in an angered tone, "She lashed out at me when I tried to stop her and there was nothing I could do so long as my hands were holding down her wrists."
Inuyasha gave an understanding nod at his friend. "I see, yeah, you're not the pervert anymore so I guess it doesn't matter..."
The word 'pervert' played again and again in Xen's mind. It was a very familiar word to him, even though he couldn't remember anyone once calling him that.
'Why?' he thought. 'Why is that so familiar?' A wheel started turning in his head and an image was produced for him. There was a lovely red handprint covering a dashing monk's face, his face! Sango looked at him sourly and yelled, "Pervert!"
The image dissipated and a huge piece was set back into place for him. "That's right," he said to himself, out loud. "I've always been a real pig, and Sango, well she, she..." He sighed to himself. "She gets disgusted with me and runs off."
"Xen?" asked Kagome, very concerned. "What are saying?"
He just shook his head and gave a faint smile. "I just finally realized something Kagome, something I forgot. A piece of me I lost, until now."
She still looked concerned but prompted him to continue. "What is that?"
"Woman don't actually make me feel uncomfortable, it's vise versa. Really, who I am, the real me, I'm just some idiotic pervert."
Inuyasha let out a grunt. "What a revelation."
Kagome gave a quick elbow to Inuyasha's stomach. "Shut up! For him, this is a breakthrough. Remember?"
"Yeah, yeah." ... "Stupid wench."
"Sango," whispered Xen. "I have to find her. I have to go find, Sango."
Even though Kagome was glad that Miroku regained a crucial piece of his memory she was very weary of the idea of him going out to find Sango. Of course, she could understand, but it just wasn't a wise mood. "Maybe you shouldn't..." began Kagome.
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at her. He figured Kagome would be the one pushing him out the door. But in any case, he'd let her handle it. He didn't want to be told to sit, anyways.
"I know why you want to find her, but I just don't think it's a good idea. Xen, you're still not well yet. We can go find Sango, Inuyasha and I," finished Kagome, skeptical of what he might say.
"No," he said simply. "It's just not that easy. I just feel compelled to go, she needs me. I can't explain it, but I know that it has to be me. I'm sorry, but I'm going."
Kagome frowned but nodded; she didn't think that she could stop him anyway. "Good luck," was all she could say to him.
He smiled back at her, the old sort of smile, the mischievous monk smile that had once graced his face. "Don't worry, Kagome, I'll be back, with Sango." He got up and walked out the door, then proceeded to running. The sky was darkening; it would rain soon. He had to hurry.
Inuyasha stared at everyone else left in the room and let out a long sigh. It was a very anticlimactic feeling. "Godspeed, my friend."
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Okay, so, wow, things are really coming to a head now, Xen, finally got a huge self of him he lost, Sango is emotionally distraught, there's a new whore in the story, and the rest of the group is just trying to figure out what the hell is going on. Sounds like a recipe for a soap opera...or this poorly written fic. Whichever. I was glad that I was able to update somewhat quickly so as not to be punished and chewed out by reviewers. Yay!
Rissi-Sama~ What fun would it be to not do a cliffy update? It just wouldn't. And you know me; I just love fun so much. Hey, look, this one is sort of a cliffy as well. I'll be damned.
Sango-chan~ I just don't enjoy making excuses, that's all. As for the lack of fluff, I'm sorry. But action was good, right. Right? ^^
Lar-lar~ *Sweats* Yes...Fluff, I've been promising fluff, haven't I? It's funny, sometimes authors have to make bluffs to keep readers interested but be assured there will be some fluff. Maybe just not major. Who knows with me though? Thanks for the great review.
Aamalie~ Why is it in almost every singe review I've gotten is asking for fluff? Are you organizing some sort of fluff movement? Is that all I'm good for to you people? Fluff? ^^ That's good cause there will be some. Just remain patient. There aren't many chapters left you know.
Serenedy~ Rest assured, I finish every fic I start. No fic gets left behind. I plan on finishing, it's just been taking me too long to update. Sorry.
Small-buttercup~ Thanks for the hug, but there's no need to be sorry. Shit happens, it's all relative to life. You wanted hear something; I just broke up with another boyfriend, which was just on Thursday. The irony, eh? So, now, anyways, I apologize for the shortness but eight pages is all I can really muster to write within a reasonable amount of time. Thanks for the nice review.
Rain angst~ Thanks for your understanding, good to know people know what I'm going through. I appreciate it, and I'll try to keep updating to the best of my abilities.
Backsplash007~ Aren't they though? Breakdowns are really great, and god knows everyone has enough of them in my fics. ^_^
Thanks to all the kick ass reviewers of chapter 12...As for that vacation I took, it was hell, the weather was nice, but the woman was being a bitch and it was hard to get along with her. But I came up with some good ways to end this sucker. Plan on only a few more chapters. I already have a new story in the works so I'm exited for that. If people only knew me through my story Crimson Tears, then hopefully they'll know me through my next one, which I hope will be even bigger. Thanks everyone, you're all great.
Next update should be a week or two from now, around the weekend. Depends on if it's another super busy hell week in school
Till then,
Adios
Zero