Hey, all! Sorry for the long wait. My school had two snow days this week
and I was totally psyched! I spent all day playing my new Pokemon Sapphire
and starting "The Hobbit". I have seven badges in Sapphire and I am four
pages in to The Hobbit. So, now that you're updated...
Disclaimer: If I owned them, I wouldn't be putting this disclaimer up, now would I? But I do own the new foe... MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA- *coughs, burps*. Oops. Shouldn't have had that box of cream sodas...
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Chapter Eight: The Wrong Girl
WARNING: THERE IS A FIGHT SCENE COMING UP! I SUCK AT FIGHT SCENES! I WILL MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE FIGHT SCENE WITH SEVERAL FORWARD SLASHES, LIKE SO: /////////// AND I WILL MARK THE END OF THE FIGHT SCENE WITH SEVERAL BACKWARD SLASHES, LIKE SO: \\\\\\\\\\ SO THAT YOU CAN SKIP IT! SO, TO THE STORY...
Miroku and I, the newfound lovers, slept peacefully in the back of the cave until late next morning. Inuyasha was already up, and he was watching the general outside area with unusual interest.
"Inuyasha?" I asked him as I got up to stretch.
"What, Sango?" he asked without turning around.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm keeping watch. Kagome and Shippo are still asleep."
"Since when did you care about Shippo?"
"Good point. Kagome is still asleep, so I'm keeping watch."
"OK, then. Mind if I go get something to eat?"
"No, I don't mind. Just go. But be careful."
"I sure will. Bye, Miroku! See you, Inuyasha!"
Inuyasha crossed his arms and grunted and Miroku waved goodbye as I walked out into the bright day. I spent a good hour picking herbs, and another two hours attempting unsuccessfully to catch fish.
When I returned, Kagome was outside, rolling in the snow that Inuyasha had apparently created. There were several ice sculptures of demons around as well. Inuyasha was flying about above the cave for no apparent reason.
"Hi, Kagome. What's up?" I asked as I approached the cave.
"Nothing much. I just had my *guardian* here make me some snow," she replied with a wink.
I grinned and walked into the cave. I set down the herbs I had picked and then said my hellos to Miroku and Shippo.
~Later...~
"Where'd Inuyasha go?" I asked Kagome as I emerged from the cave after a long talk with Miroku.
"I dunno. He was here a minute ago," she said, shrugging.
"Hmm. I need him to come help me fish," I said.
"I don't think he'd just run off and leave me that easily, would he? Being my guardian and all?"
"I'm not sure. Maybe he can still go where he wants as long as you approve."
"But I didn't approve of anything. He didn't ask me anything."
"Well, then, I don't know what to tell you."
Kagome was silent for a moment, sorting through her thoughts.
"Kagome, maybe we could go look for him together."
"OK. Let's do that."
I went inside and told the remaining boys that we'd be going. Miroku seemed disappointed, but Shippo was glad he didn't have to go out and walk. He wanted to sleep more.
Kagome and I walked around the forest for a while, not really knowing where to go. Kagome didn't know about any places Inuyasha might've gone to, and neither did I. We just kept walking around, trying to avoid going to places we'd been to already.
~Later...~
We had been walking for a long time. It was nearly night already. The sky was darkening. That was when we heard the sounds of a fight.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Oooh, that'd be the perfect cliffie, right? Oh, well. I can't stop. I need the chapter name to really come out! Or all of you will be confused! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~*~*~*~*~*~*~ By the way, have any of you people noticed much humor so far? Neither have I. I need to jack up my sugar level. I just drank a can of non-diet Root Beer, so I should get high soon. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~
////////////////////////////////////// START OF FIGHT SCENE ////////////////////////////////////////
"You! Why are you fighting me like this? So fiercely!" Inuyasha yelled at the girl who was panting at the top of a tree.
"Be quiet and give me your best shot!" she yelled back before launching a green energy beam the color of her hair towards the boy who faced her below.
Inuyasha was thrown back against a jagged rock. It cut his back. His shirt had been thrown off by the blast. His left wing wouldn't move. The girl had been putting up an amazing fight, and it paid off.
She was winning.
Kagome and I rushed into the clearing to find Inuyasha at the base of a huge boulder, unconscious. A dark green-haired girl sat in a tree, laughing. Her dog ears twitched with each shake of laughter.
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"You!" Kagome called to the strange dog-eared girl. "Who are you?"
"Hmph! Why do you want to know?" the girl called back.
"Because! You've beat up my boyfriend!"
I stared at Kagome.
"What? I think he should be!" she said to me.
"Shut up! I will tell you who I am in a ridiculously overdramatic way!" the girl shouted to us.
Kagome and I raised our eyebrows inquisitively.
"I am Shikaru, the greatest Half Demon ever to roam this land in the past, present, or future! I can defeat any human, half demon, or demon! I am the most powerful being in the universe!" the green haired girl said powerfully. "I could easily kill the half demon you speak of as your 'boyfriend.' But I won't. Do you know why?" She went on with waiting for an answer. "I think he's too cute."
Kagome and I stared at Shikaru, astonished. The words "I think he's too cute" seemed to hover in the air like a speech bubble in a comic strip.
"I know that you are searching for the demon Naraku, and trying to defeat him. Might I be of assistance?" Shikaru asked.
"Well, I'm not exactly sure if Inuyasha would approve..." Kagome said cautiously.
"Hmph. Approve? He needn't. In fact, it would be better if none of you approved. It would make it all the more fun for me. No matter what, I will always be there to help," Shikaru said.
"Why would you do that?" I asked as soon as I found my voice.
"A story I remember from when I was very young... More than fifty years ago," Shikaru said, her voice trailing off.
~Shikaru's Flashback...~
"I was running away from a pack of assorted demons. I was severely injured. They had slaughtered the village where I was born, and now they were after me. It was deep in the forest where I tripped and fell. The demons were almost on top of me when down came Inuyasha, slashing his claws. He defeated all the demons, and he helped me recover from my injuries. Afterward, I followed him everywhere, though he didn't know it. I trained myself, and developed strong powers, mental and physical, and I knew I would eventually be stronger than the man I fell in love with...
"It was one day, when I noticed him attempting to steal the Sacred Jewel I had heard about from a friend named Onigumo. I don't know how he knew about it. He was a practiced burglar, and I supposed he had stolen a newspaper from one of the townspeople. Unlike me, he knew how to read. I never knew that. I still don't. Anyway, he told me that the Jewel could give power to evil, and it grew more beautiful the more tainted with evil it had become.
"I did not believe Onigumo, for I knew he was an evil type of man. He was human, anyway. Later, he had become injured when the townspeople did something that I cannot remember, and he disappeared from me. I never heard from him again. It was remarkably strange. I had thought Onigumo would've returned to me in search of aid, for I did have healing powers at the time, and I still do.
"But back to the true subject here. Inuyasha was challenging a priestess named Kikyo so he could get the Jewel, but each time he tried, she would prevent his success. She never killed him, and that worried me.
"Eventually, the two developed a love relationship. And-" she paused her story here. "You all know about what happened between Inuyasha and Kikyo. I shall skip to the end."
"I was worried that this Kikyo woman was stealing my possibilities of a relationship with Inuyasha. I followed the two closely, never letting either of them know I was there. I heard her saying that she would give him the Jewel and he could turn human and stay with her forever.
"I was astonished at this. I wanted to run out and slash her to pieces right then, because I knew full well that I could. The only person who knew of my existence anyways was Onigumo, and I had not seen him for a long while. Inuyasha probably didn't remember me. He doesn't remember me now, I'm sure.
"I followed Inuyasha, and waited with him without being with him. I used my dog senses to smell everything, waiting to catch her scent on the faint wind. When I did, it was almost too late. Kikyo stood a far ways away, but she was calling for Inuyasha to die. She fired her arrows at him. He escaped that time. I followed him closely. He went to steal the Jewel again, this time almost managing to escape with it. But no, he was shot with an arrow and pinned to that tree.
"I came to the tree every year, wanting him to move or show signs of life. That wretched Kikyo died anyways, and I was glad of it, though I was disappointed it wasn't by my own hands. So, when I came back for the last time, I saw he wasn't there! There was the stale scent of a battle left there after a long time. I left, following the old, old, scent of Inuyasha as best I could.
"So, now you know my background story. I have been following your team for quite a while. I know all your weaknesses. I know everything about all of you," she said. "I suppose most of it is because of my observations, but I'm sure a good deal of my knowledge was collected from my mental powers."
~End, sort of, I guess, of Shikaru's Flashback...~
"Mental powers?" I asked.
"Yes. I told you, through training I developed quite a few strong powers, both mental and physical," Shikaru replied.
"What can you do, then? What sorts of powers do you have?" Kagome inquired.
"Well, I suppose you could compare many of them to those of a fairy," she said as she gave a glance to the unconscious Inuyasha.
"You mean you can pretty much do normally what Inuyasha can do as a fairy?" I put in.
"Basically. He has some powers that I don't have, but mine are more powerful."
"So, could you make him not a fairy anymore?" Kagome asked cautiously.
"Possibly. I'm not sure of my limits exactly. I could certainly try."
"What reason do we have to trust you?" I blurted.
"Well, I've told you a story that I've never told anyone else before, except Onigumo," she said defensively.
"Wait a minute. Onigumo is Naraku now. He gave his body up to demons, and became Naraku. He tricked Inuyasha and Kikyo into hating each other. He's still after the Jewel. He was in love with Kikyo. Uh, this is all complicated..." Kagome tried to explain.
"Wait, so Onigumo became Naraku, tricked Kikyo and Inuyasha into hating each other, and now he's after the Jewel again?" Shikaru asked.
"That's the gist of it. We also think that he still has Onigumo's heart, and we have reason to believe Onigumo was in love with Kikyo. There's a possibility that that is a weakness. Maybe, because you were his friend, you could be a weakness to him, too. You could help us kill him."
"Hmm. I get it, I guess. I could be a weakness to him because of our past friendship." Shikaru nodded to herself, sort of.
"So, could you possibly change Inuyasha back and help us defeat Naraku?" I asked.
"I could try," Shikaru said quietly. "And, if you two are considering being my friend...Would you call me Shik? It's shorter and easier to remember. Onigumo even often had trouble remembering my full name..." She giggled and then fell silent.
~*~*~*~*~*~ PRONOUNCIATION NOTE: Shikaru is pronounced "shee-KAH-roo" and Shik is pronounced "sheek." Just FYI. And, I don't know if it's a real name 'cuz I made it up myself and I'm proud of myself for that... ~*~*~*~*~*~
"OK, Shik," Kagome said cheerfully.
~Later...~
We were all back in the cave. Shik was leaning against the wall at the entrance, staring outside. Inuyasha was deep in the back, still unconscious. Kagome and I were somewhere in about the middle of the cave, with Miroku and Shippo close by. We sat, silent, waiting for either Inuyasha or Shik to move.
Miroku seemed deep in thought. Shippo was simply silent, though when we had returned he had asked several questions that remained unanswered. He wanted to know who Shik was, for one thing. He still didn't even know her name.
Finally, an idea found its way into the swirling fog that filled my head. I stood up, the first movement made by anyone for what seemed a few hours.
"Shik?" I called as I walked to the front of the cave.
"What is it, Sango?" she asked without turning to face me.
"Didn't you say you had healing powers?"
A look of surprise filled her face as she turned to look at me. "Yes, I did, Sango," she said quietly.
"Could you heal Inuyasha, then? We could get this cloud of melancholy shooed away before you know it!" I said as cheerfully as possible.
"O-Ok," Shik said feebly. She was nervous, I could tell.
"Why are you so nervous?" I asked her.
"Well, i-it's just... I-I haven't used m-my healing p-powers in such a l-l- long t-time..." she said shakily.
"Shik, are you ok?" I asked cautiously.
"I-I d-d-d-d-don't know..." she said before collapsing to the floor.
"Shik!" I shouted.
I didn't know what was wrong with her. Neither did anyone else. Miroku was the first one over to where Shik lay unconscious. He and Kagome helped me move her to the back with Inuyasha. There the two lay, both unconscious, and both possibly in deep trouble.
~Later...~
Both the unconscious half demons were awake, finally. Neither was in need of special attention, and so were left alone in the back of the cave. It was almost dawn when I walked to the back of the cave, bearing a heavy load of herbs and berries, and found the two making out!
I was astonished. I had always wanted Kagome to be with Inuyasha. Kagome wanted to be with Inuyasha. So, in my opinion...
He was falling for the wrong girl!
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FINALLY!! Gosh, I was wondering when this thing was gonna end! I can't write fast enough! Seven and a half pages in... A REALLY LONG TIME!!
Well, now you know this isn't an Inu/Kag fic. I really do wish it was now, because something happened to Shik when I was RPing with Katie, and she's dead now. Katie won't find that out 'till we chat on AIM again, though. So, don't tell Katie.
Shik will remain in my stories despite the fact she is dead in my RPing sessions with Katie. She will live on in my stories and my heart. *cries*
At least I still have my new bishie! *glances to corner of room where there is a dark, hooded figure hiding in the shadows* He's shy right now, cuz I made him that way! Well, I'll probably put him in the fic later. *hugs new bishie* See y'all later!
REVIEW!!
Disclaimer: If I owned them, I wouldn't be putting this disclaimer up, now would I? But I do own the new foe... MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA- *coughs, burps*. Oops. Shouldn't have had that box of cream sodas...
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Chapter Eight: The Wrong Girl
WARNING: THERE IS A FIGHT SCENE COMING UP! I SUCK AT FIGHT SCENES! I WILL MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE FIGHT SCENE WITH SEVERAL FORWARD SLASHES, LIKE SO: /////////// AND I WILL MARK THE END OF THE FIGHT SCENE WITH SEVERAL BACKWARD SLASHES, LIKE SO: \\\\\\\\\\ SO THAT YOU CAN SKIP IT! SO, TO THE STORY...
Miroku and I, the newfound lovers, slept peacefully in the back of the cave until late next morning. Inuyasha was already up, and he was watching the general outside area with unusual interest.
"Inuyasha?" I asked him as I got up to stretch.
"What, Sango?" he asked without turning around.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm keeping watch. Kagome and Shippo are still asleep."
"Since when did you care about Shippo?"
"Good point. Kagome is still asleep, so I'm keeping watch."
"OK, then. Mind if I go get something to eat?"
"No, I don't mind. Just go. But be careful."
"I sure will. Bye, Miroku! See you, Inuyasha!"
Inuyasha crossed his arms and grunted and Miroku waved goodbye as I walked out into the bright day. I spent a good hour picking herbs, and another two hours attempting unsuccessfully to catch fish.
When I returned, Kagome was outside, rolling in the snow that Inuyasha had apparently created. There were several ice sculptures of demons around as well. Inuyasha was flying about above the cave for no apparent reason.
"Hi, Kagome. What's up?" I asked as I approached the cave.
"Nothing much. I just had my *guardian* here make me some snow," she replied with a wink.
I grinned and walked into the cave. I set down the herbs I had picked and then said my hellos to Miroku and Shippo.
~Later...~
"Where'd Inuyasha go?" I asked Kagome as I emerged from the cave after a long talk with Miroku.
"I dunno. He was here a minute ago," she said, shrugging.
"Hmm. I need him to come help me fish," I said.
"I don't think he'd just run off and leave me that easily, would he? Being my guardian and all?"
"I'm not sure. Maybe he can still go where he wants as long as you approve."
"But I didn't approve of anything. He didn't ask me anything."
"Well, then, I don't know what to tell you."
Kagome was silent for a moment, sorting through her thoughts.
"Kagome, maybe we could go look for him together."
"OK. Let's do that."
I went inside and told the remaining boys that we'd be going. Miroku seemed disappointed, but Shippo was glad he didn't have to go out and walk. He wanted to sleep more.
Kagome and I walked around the forest for a while, not really knowing where to go. Kagome didn't know about any places Inuyasha might've gone to, and neither did I. We just kept walking around, trying to avoid going to places we'd been to already.
~Later...~
We had been walking for a long time. It was nearly night already. The sky was darkening. That was when we heard the sounds of a fight.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Oooh, that'd be the perfect cliffie, right? Oh, well. I can't stop. I need the chapter name to really come out! Or all of you will be confused! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~*~*~*~*~*~*~ By the way, have any of you people noticed much humor so far? Neither have I. I need to jack up my sugar level. I just drank a can of non-diet Root Beer, so I should get high soon. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~
////////////////////////////////////// START OF FIGHT SCENE ////////////////////////////////////////
"You! Why are you fighting me like this? So fiercely!" Inuyasha yelled at the girl who was panting at the top of a tree.
"Be quiet and give me your best shot!" she yelled back before launching a green energy beam the color of her hair towards the boy who faced her below.
Inuyasha was thrown back against a jagged rock. It cut his back. His shirt had been thrown off by the blast. His left wing wouldn't move. The girl had been putting up an amazing fight, and it paid off.
She was winning.
Kagome and I rushed into the clearing to find Inuyasha at the base of a huge boulder, unconscious. A dark green-haired girl sat in a tree, laughing. Her dog ears twitched with each shake of laughter.
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"You!" Kagome called to the strange dog-eared girl. "Who are you?"
"Hmph! Why do you want to know?" the girl called back.
"Because! You've beat up my boyfriend!"
I stared at Kagome.
"What? I think he should be!" she said to me.
"Shut up! I will tell you who I am in a ridiculously overdramatic way!" the girl shouted to us.
Kagome and I raised our eyebrows inquisitively.
"I am Shikaru, the greatest Half Demon ever to roam this land in the past, present, or future! I can defeat any human, half demon, or demon! I am the most powerful being in the universe!" the green haired girl said powerfully. "I could easily kill the half demon you speak of as your 'boyfriend.' But I won't. Do you know why?" She went on with waiting for an answer. "I think he's too cute."
Kagome and I stared at Shikaru, astonished. The words "I think he's too cute" seemed to hover in the air like a speech bubble in a comic strip.
"I know that you are searching for the demon Naraku, and trying to defeat him. Might I be of assistance?" Shikaru asked.
"Well, I'm not exactly sure if Inuyasha would approve..." Kagome said cautiously.
"Hmph. Approve? He needn't. In fact, it would be better if none of you approved. It would make it all the more fun for me. No matter what, I will always be there to help," Shikaru said.
"Why would you do that?" I asked as soon as I found my voice.
"A story I remember from when I was very young... More than fifty years ago," Shikaru said, her voice trailing off.
~Shikaru's Flashback...~
"I was running away from a pack of assorted demons. I was severely injured. They had slaughtered the village where I was born, and now they were after me. It was deep in the forest where I tripped and fell. The demons were almost on top of me when down came Inuyasha, slashing his claws. He defeated all the demons, and he helped me recover from my injuries. Afterward, I followed him everywhere, though he didn't know it. I trained myself, and developed strong powers, mental and physical, and I knew I would eventually be stronger than the man I fell in love with...
"It was one day, when I noticed him attempting to steal the Sacred Jewel I had heard about from a friend named Onigumo. I don't know how he knew about it. He was a practiced burglar, and I supposed he had stolen a newspaper from one of the townspeople. Unlike me, he knew how to read. I never knew that. I still don't. Anyway, he told me that the Jewel could give power to evil, and it grew more beautiful the more tainted with evil it had become.
"I did not believe Onigumo, for I knew he was an evil type of man. He was human, anyway. Later, he had become injured when the townspeople did something that I cannot remember, and he disappeared from me. I never heard from him again. It was remarkably strange. I had thought Onigumo would've returned to me in search of aid, for I did have healing powers at the time, and I still do.
"But back to the true subject here. Inuyasha was challenging a priestess named Kikyo so he could get the Jewel, but each time he tried, she would prevent his success. She never killed him, and that worried me.
"Eventually, the two developed a love relationship. And-" she paused her story here. "You all know about what happened between Inuyasha and Kikyo. I shall skip to the end."
"I was worried that this Kikyo woman was stealing my possibilities of a relationship with Inuyasha. I followed the two closely, never letting either of them know I was there. I heard her saying that she would give him the Jewel and he could turn human and stay with her forever.
"I was astonished at this. I wanted to run out and slash her to pieces right then, because I knew full well that I could. The only person who knew of my existence anyways was Onigumo, and I had not seen him for a long while. Inuyasha probably didn't remember me. He doesn't remember me now, I'm sure.
"I followed Inuyasha, and waited with him without being with him. I used my dog senses to smell everything, waiting to catch her scent on the faint wind. When I did, it was almost too late. Kikyo stood a far ways away, but she was calling for Inuyasha to die. She fired her arrows at him. He escaped that time. I followed him closely. He went to steal the Jewel again, this time almost managing to escape with it. But no, he was shot with an arrow and pinned to that tree.
"I came to the tree every year, wanting him to move or show signs of life. That wretched Kikyo died anyways, and I was glad of it, though I was disappointed it wasn't by my own hands. So, when I came back for the last time, I saw he wasn't there! There was the stale scent of a battle left there after a long time. I left, following the old, old, scent of Inuyasha as best I could.
"So, now you know my background story. I have been following your team for quite a while. I know all your weaknesses. I know everything about all of you," she said. "I suppose most of it is because of my observations, but I'm sure a good deal of my knowledge was collected from my mental powers."
~End, sort of, I guess, of Shikaru's Flashback...~
"Mental powers?" I asked.
"Yes. I told you, through training I developed quite a few strong powers, both mental and physical," Shikaru replied.
"What can you do, then? What sorts of powers do you have?" Kagome inquired.
"Well, I suppose you could compare many of them to those of a fairy," she said as she gave a glance to the unconscious Inuyasha.
"You mean you can pretty much do normally what Inuyasha can do as a fairy?" I put in.
"Basically. He has some powers that I don't have, but mine are more powerful."
"So, could you make him not a fairy anymore?" Kagome asked cautiously.
"Possibly. I'm not sure of my limits exactly. I could certainly try."
"What reason do we have to trust you?" I blurted.
"Well, I've told you a story that I've never told anyone else before, except Onigumo," she said defensively.
"Wait a minute. Onigumo is Naraku now. He gave his body up to demons, and became Naraku. He tricked Inuyasha and Kikyo into hating each other. He's still after the Jewel. He was in love with Kikyo. Uh, this is all complicated..." Kagome tried to explain.
"Wait, so Onigumo became Naraku, tricked Kikyo and Inuyasha into hating each other, and now he's after the Jewel again?" Shikaru asked.
"That's the gist of it. We also think that he still has Onigumo's heart, and we have reason to believe Onigumo was in love with Kikyo. There's a possibility that that is a weakness. Maybe, because you were his friend, you could be a weakness to him, too. You could help us kill him."
"Hmm. I get it, I guess. I could be a weakness to him because of our past friendship." Shikaru nodded to herself, sort of.
"So, could you possibly change Inuyasha back and help us defeat Naraku?" I asked.
"I could try," Shikaru said quietly. "And, if you two are considering being my friend...Would you call me Shik? It's shorter and easier to remember. Onigumo even often had trouble remembering my full name..." She giggled and then fell silent.
~*~*~*~*~*~ PRONOUNCIATION NOTE: Shikaru is pronounced "shee-KAH-roo" and Shik is pronounced "sheek." Just FYI. And, I don't know if it's a real name 'cuz I made it up myself and I'm proud of myself for that... ~*~*~*~*~*~
"OK, Shik," Kagome said cheerfully.
~Later...~
We were all back in the cave. Shik was leaning against the wall at the entrance, staring outside. Inuyasha was deep in the back, still unconscious. Kagome and I were somewhere in about the middle of the cave, with Miroku and Shippo close by. We sat, silent, waiting for either Inuyasha or Shik to move.
Miroku seemed deep in thought. Shippo was simply silent, though when we had returned he had asked several questions that remained unanswered. He wanted to know who Shik was, for one thing. He still didn't even know her name.
Finally, an idea found its way into the swirling fog that filled my head. I stood up, the first movement made by anyone for what seemed a few hours.
"Shik?" I called as I walked to the front of the cave.
"What is it, Sango?" she asked without turning to face me.
"Didn't you say you had healing powers?"
A look of surprise filled her face as she turned to look at me. "Yes, I did, Sango," she said quietly.
"Could you heal Inuyasha, then? We could get this cloud of melancholy shooed away before you know it!" I said as cheerfully as possible.
"O-Ok," Shik said feebly. She was nervous, I could tell.
"Why are you so nervous?" I asked her.
"Well, i-it's just... I-I haven't used m-my healing p-powers in such a l-l- long t-time..." she said shakily.
"Shik, are you ok?" I asked cautiously.
"I-I d-d-d-d-don't know..." she said before collapsing to the floor.
"Shik!" I shouted.
I didn't know what was wrong with her. Neither did anyone else. Miroku was the first one over to where Shik lay unconscious. He and Kagome helped me move her to the back with Inuyasha. There the two lay, both unconscious, and both possibly in deep trouble.
~Later...~
Both the unconscious half demons were awake, finally. Neither was in need of special attention, and so were left alone in the back of the cave. It was almost dawn when I walked to the back of the cave, bearing a heavy load of herbs and berries, and found the two making out!
I was astonished. I had always wanted Kagome to be with Inuyasha. Kagome wanted to be with Inuyasha. So, in my opinion...
He was falling for the wrong girl!
~*~*~*~*~*~
FINALLY!! Gosh, I was wondering when this thing was gonna end! I can't write fast enough! Seven and a half pages in... A REALLY LONG TIME!!
Well, now you know this isn't an Inu/Kag fic. I really do wish it was now, because something happened to Shik when I was RPing with Katie, and she's dead now. Katie won't find that out 'till we chat on AIM again, though. So, don't tell Katie.
Shik will remain in my stories despite the fact she is dead in my RPing sessions with Katie. She will live on in my stories and my heart. *cries*
At least I still have my new bishie! *glances to corner of room where there is a dark, hooded figure hiding in the shadows* He's shy right now, cuz I made him that way! Well, I'll probably put him in the fic later. *hugs new bishie* See y'all later!
REVIEW!!