Okay, another chapter! Yea! I'm sorry I didn't get it posted this weekend, but I was in Minnesota visiting my friend who goes to U of M. So I had a great time, but it's kinda difficult to update when you're in a different state! But, I luckily had this all written out and no homework so I could get it posted this evening. And, I want to thank you Moon Smurf and Yun Fei for reviewing! Your thoughts always help, and I really appreciate it guys! Hey there MaggieMehve! Thanks for joining us. I'm glad that you like my story! Thanks for your review!
*disclaimer: Oh.... you all know I'm not going to make any money off this fan fiction. Although it would be nice, considering I need money. Why? Because I am in college. And that sadly explains it all....
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Inuyasha's eyes went wide. He turned and looked behind him.
"No!"
'No, do not say it Inuyasha, do not say her name before I can strike...'
"Kagome!"
Kikyo was about to shoot her arrow. But at the sound of Inuyasha's voice, her heart skipped a beat. Kagome's souls shot out of Kikyo's body. Kagome was glowing. Inuyasha had spoken her name, and her body was once again calling her soul back to her.
"What have you done?!" Kikyo cried. She dropped her bow and arrow and clutched at her chest, trying to keep the life giving souls from leaving. It was not working, and she was once again forced to run before all of the souls returned to Kagome.
"We will meet again, Inuyasha," she called as she retreated to the forest that bordered the bottom of the hills.
Inuyasha went over to Kagome as the last few souls returned to her. He picked her up and sat her in his lap, and watched as she awoke in a daze. She looked up to see Inuyasha's bright golden eyes staring carefully into her own.
"Inuyasha? What happened?" She questioned softly.
"You don't remember?" he said.
"Lady Kagome, are you alright?" asked Miroku. Sango had enough strength to crawl to the side of her friend. Kagome sat up.
"I'm okay. But what happened? Why are we here?" she asked, confused as she first noticed her surroundings.
"It's a long story. Let's go back to the village," Inuyasha said. He helped her stand. Kagome looked at him with some surprise. 'Why's he being so nice all of a sudden? But I guess I shouldn't complain!' Kagome's thoughts were interrupted as her legs collapsed from underneath her. Before she realized what was happening, she was in Inuyasha's arms again.
"Wow... why am I so... tired?" she said.
"You have been through a lot, Lady Kagome. Let Inuyasha carry you home," Miroku advised her. Shippo sat in Kagome's lap as Inuyasha carried her. Miroku held an exhausted Sango. She sighed as she couldn't even defend herself against Miroku's notorious wandering hands. Inuyasha glanced over, and seeing Sango's predicament, glared at the monk.
"If I weren't carrying Kagome, I'd take you down right now, ya pervert."
Miroku gave Inuyasha an innocent look, shifted Sango and moved his hands to a less offensive area. Sango gave an appreciative smile to Inuyasha. Miroku sighed.
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"Thank you! Thank you very much for returning our women to us! We are ever in your debt! Please, name your price." A very grateful head temple man bowed at Miroku's feet.
"Well, we did almost lose one of our company, as this was an extremely dangerous mission. I couldn't except any less than...."
Inuyasha and a rested Sango sat as they watched Miroku bargain with the temple man.
"I just don't know what to make of him," sighed Sango. Inuyasha looked at her out the corner of his eye. Sango was gazing at Miroku.
"Sango-" Inuyasha started.
"How is Kagome doing, Inuyasha?" Sango interrupted him, ripping her attention away from the handsome monk.
"She's resting right now. I told her how she saved us."
"Did you tell her about... Kikyo?" Sango asked gently.
Inuyasha had that torn look in his eyes again. Sango felt bad for him. She almost wished she hadn't asked.
"No, I didn't," he finally said.
"Don't you think you should?"
"I don't want to upset her," he said flatly. Sango took the hint to drop the subject.
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Kagome was restless. She was trying to wake up, trying so hard. 'This happened to me, didn't it? This isn't real, but it was. Kikyo... she stole my souls. I must get them back... They must come back to me.... I must see Inuyasha again! He is calling my name... Inuyasha! I am coming!'
Kagome flew up from her bed on the floor. She was in a cold sweat, and breathing hard. Her heart was pounding in her chest. That horrible black place was gone. Her frantic cries were gone, Kikyo's cold voice was gone, and Inuyasha's warm, confused voice was also gone.
"It was a dream. It was all a dream, right?" Kagome looked around. But somehow she knew it wasn't. That had happened. It had to have. That blank spot in her memory was now filled. She put her hand over her heart, which was beginning to calm down. 'It's over now. She's gone, I have no reason to fear. But Inuyasha... he didn't tell me...'
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"Kagome?" Inuyasha and Sango turned to see a disheveled looking Kagome in the doorway.
"Hey, you shouldn't be up-" But Inuyasha stopped as he saw the sad expression on her face.
"You didn't tell me, Inuyasha, why didn't you tell me?" She asked softly.
"Tell you what?"
"That Kikyo took my soul again."
Inuyasha stopped breathing for a moment. She looked so sad... He couldn't look her in the eye.
"You can't look at me, Inuyasha."
He bit his lip.
"Thank you for protecting me. Had you not called my name, I might not have been able to come back. You saved me, Inuyasha. Just next time, please tell me the whole story." And with that she turned and walked out.
"You said you didn't tell her!" He accused Sango.
Sango looked bewildered. "I said nothing to her, like you asked."
"Kagome, wait!" He got up to run after her.
He ran out and saw her in the courtyard, standing and looking up at the night sky. She turned and watched him approach.
He halted and stared at her. The moonlight gleamed in her shiny hair and reflected in her saddened eyes.
"Kagome.... how did... you know?"
"I had a dream, Inuyasha. I dreamed what happened. But it really wasn't a dream, I was just remembering."
"Kagome, I-"
"I am not asking you to choose, Inuyasha." She gave a rueful smile. "I already told you how I feel, and I know how you feel. But thank you, for letting me live."
"Kagome-"
"I think I should go home for awhile..." she said in an absent voice. "I miss my mom... and Souta, and Grandpa." She turned her face up to the moonlight.
"What has gotten into you? You're acting strange!" Inuyasha's loud voice cut through the night air.
Kagome put her head down and closed her eyes, her mouth set in a straight line. She rounded on Inuyasha with fire in her eyes.
"I am not acting strange! SIT!"
"ARGH!" *Bam* Inuyasha was now eating dust in an Inuyasha shaped crater.
"Well, at least now you're acting normal... " He muttered.
"Why didn't you tell me Inuyasha? Did you think I wouldn't be able to handle it?!"
"No! I just... I just..." He looked up at her.
"It's because of Kikyo, isn't it?!"
She was standing over him with her hands on her hips.
"You are hopeless," she said when he once again shifted his gaze away from her hard stare. She wheeled around and walked away. "I'm going home tomorrow. I have a test I need to study for."
"Kagome! Wait! You can't just walk away like that!"
"Watch me," came her tart reply.
Inuyasha grumbled into the dirt.
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Well? What'd ya think?! Please review and tell me! I love to hear your thoughts! Next chapter coming soon! ^_^
*disclaimer: Oh.... you all know I'm not going to make any money off this fan fiction. Although it would be nice, considering I need money. Why? Because I am in college. And that sadly explains it all....
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Inuyasha's eyes went wide. He turned and looked behind him.
"No!"
'No, do not say it Inuyasha, do not say her name before I can strike...'
"Kagome!"
Kikyo was about to shoot her arrow. But at the sound of Inuyasha's voice, her heart skipped a beat. Kagome's souls shot out of Kikyo's body. Kagome was glowing. Inuyasha had spoken her name, and her body was once again calling her soul back to her.
"What have you done?!" Kikyo cried. She dropped her bow and arrow and clutched at her chest, trying to keep the life giving souls from leaving. It was not working, and she was once again forced to run before all of the souls returned to Kagome.
"We will meet again, Inuyasha," she called as she retreated to the forest that bordered the bottom of the hills.
Inuyasha went over to Kagome as the last few souls returned to her. He picked her up and sat her in his lap, and watched as she awoke in a daze. She looked up to see Inuyasha's bright golden eyes staring carefully into her own.
"Inuyasha? What happened?" She questioned softly.
"You don't remember?" he said.
"Lady Kagome, are you alright?" asked Miroku. Sango had enough strength to crawl to the side of her friend. Kagome sat up.
"I'm okay. But what happened? Why are we here?" she asked, confused as she first noticed her surroundings.
"It's a long story. Let's go back to the village," Inuyasha said. He helped her stand. Kagome looked at him with some surprise. 'Why's he being so nice all of a sudden? But I guess I shouldn't complain!' Kagome's thoughts were interrupted as her legs collapsed from underneath her. Before she realized what was happening, she was in Inuyasha's arms again.
"Wow... why am I so... tired?" she said.
"You have been through a lot, Lady Kagome. Let Inuyasha carry you home," Miroku advised her. Shippo sat in Kagome's lap as Inuyasha carried her. Miroku held an exhausted Sango. She sighed as she couldn't even defend herself against Miroku's notorious wandering hands. Inuyasha glanced over, and seeing Sango's predicament, glared at the monk.
"If I weren't carrying Kagome, I'd take you down right now, ya pervert."
Miroku gave Inuyasha an innocent look, shifted Sango and moved his hands to a less offensive area. Sango gave an appreciative smile to Inuyasha. Miroku sighed.
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"Thank you! Thank you very much for returning our women to us! We are ever in your debt! Please, name your price." A very grateful head temple man bowed at Miroku's feet.
"Well, we did almost lose one of our company, as this was an extremely dangerous mission. I couldn't except any less than...."
Inuyasha and a rested Sango sat as they watched Miroku bargain with the temple man.
"I just don't know what to make of him," sighed Sango. Inuyasha looked at her out the corner of his eye. Sango was gazing at Miroku.
"Sango-" Inuyasha started.
"How is Kagome doing, Inuyasha?" Sango interrupted him, ripping her attention away from the handsome monk.
"She's resting right now. I told her how she saved us."
"Did you tell her about... Kikyo?" Sango asked gently.
Inuyasha had that torn look in his eyes again. Sango felt bad for him. She almost wished she hadn't asked.
"No, I didn't," he finally said.
"Don't you think you should?"
"I don't want to upset her," he said flatly. Sango took the hint to drop the subject.
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Kagome was restless. She was trying to wake up, trying so hard. 'This happened to me, didn't it? This isn't real, but it was. Kikyo... she stole my souls. I must get them back... They must come back to me.... I must see Inuyasha again! He is calling my name... Inuyasha! I am coming!'
Kagome flew up from her bed on the floor. She was in a cold sweat, and breathing hard. Her heart was pounding in her chest. That horrible black place was gone. Her frantic cries were gone, Kikyo's cold voice was gone, and Inuyasha's warm, confused voice was also gone.
"It was a dream. It was all a dream, right?" Kagome looked around. But somehow she knew it wasn't. That had happened. It had to have. That blank spot in her memory was now filled. She put her hand over her heart, which was beginning to calm down. 'It's over now. She's gone, I have no reason to fear. But Inuyasha... he didn't tell me...'
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"Kagome?" Inuyasha and Sango turned to see a disheveled looking Kagome in the doorway.
"Hey, you shouldn't be up-" But Inuyasha stopped as he saw the sad expression on her face.
"You didn't tell me, Inuyasha, why didn't you tell me?" She asked softly.
"Tell you what?"
"That Kikyo took my soul again."
Inuyasha stopped breathing for a moment. She looked so sad... He couldn't look her in the eye.
"You can't look at me, Inuyasha."
He bit his lip.
"Thank you for protecting me. Had you not called my name, I might not have been able to come back. You saved me, Inuyasha. Just next time, please tell me the whole story." And with that she turned and walked out.
"You said you didn't tell her!" He accused Sango.
Sango looked bewildered. "I said nothing to her, like you asked."
"Kagome, wait!" He got up to run after her.
He ran out and saw her in the courtyard, standing and looking up at the night sky. She turned and watched him approach.
He halted and stared at her. The moonlight gleamed in her shiny hair and reflected in her saddened eyes.
"Kagome.... how did... you know?"
"I had a dream, Inuyasha. I dreamed what happened. But it really wasn't a dream, I was just remembering."
"Kagome, I-"
"I am not asking you to choose, Inuyasha." She gave a rueful smile. "I already told you how I feel, and I know how you feel. But thank you, for letting me live."
"Kagome-"
"I think I should go home for awhile..." she said in an absent voice. "I miss my mom... and Souta, and Grandpa." She turned her face up to the moonlight.
"What has gotten into you? You're acting strange!" Inuyasha's loud voice cut through the night air.
Kagome put her head down and closed her eyes, her mouth set in a straight line. She rounded on Inuyasha with fire in her eyes.
"I am not acting strange! SIT!"
"ARGH!" *Bam* Inuyasha was now eating dust in an Inuyasha shaped crater.
"Well, at least now you're acting normal... " He muttered.
"Why didn't you tell me Inuyasha? Did you think I wouldn't be able to handle it?!"
"No! I just... I just..." He looked up at her.
"It's because of Kikyo, isn't it?!"
She was standing over him with her hands on her hips.
"You are hopeless," she said when he once again shifted his gaze away from her hard stare. She wheeled around and walked away. "I'm going home tomorrow. I have a test I need to study for."
"Kagome! Wait! You can't just walk away like that!"
"Watch me," came her tart reply.
Inuyasha grumbled into the dirt.
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Well? What'd ya think?! Please review and tell me! I love to hear your thoughts! Next chapter coming soon! ^_^