Disclaimer: No lie, I saw them selling InuYasha on the streets... damn it, if only I hadn't gotten
that 'Rolex' earlier I could've had him....
.
Notes: *runs around screaming bloody murder!* OMG! I missed y birthday update (oct 28), my
anniversary update (dec 1), valentines day and on top of that have still been bitching about y busy
schedule ever since sports came into the picture along with all too much school.. so, I pray that
anyone who is still around to read this can understand and sympathize... u_u' there are also some
very serious matters, but I'll include it in a note at the end so you don't get all upset and can't
enjoy the much anticipated update after forever...please review.. and enjoy..doomo gomen nassai
.
~*Over the Edge - Chapter 37: Reflections*~
.
She felt the cold air running through her hair as Sesshoumaru carried her further and further away
from the cave. Her pain wasn't so intense anymore, and by the sight of the yellow rays of light
filtering through the trees she knew the New moon no longer had control over her. Her scrapes
seemed to have healed over but there were still spikes of pain as she tried to move closer to her
mate.
.
The scent of blood was heavy. Some of it was hers, dried over from wounds she had gotten in the
cave, but her eyes clenched shut in taking in that most of it was his; he was hurt and still running.
.
But while she was concerned for Sesshoumaru's health, several things kept running through her
head. She couldn't return to the group..not now. No matter how much they needed her, she would
surely betray them with her at Naraku's power.. But since she was, would she have a choice?
And how could she avenge her half sister's death if the one who killed her had her at his mercy?
Things were not looking good..if only she could warn the others...
.
Her thoughts were interrupted as Sesshoumaru laid her on the ground and practically collapsed
beside her. He had the fatigue from following his instincts to find his mate, full out running until
he reached the cave. Only his adrenaline had kept him going as he fought with Naraku for that
short while, but then to be wounded, and have to carry his love to safety had whiped him clean of
his energy.
.
No matter how much he tried to mask the fact that he was tired, he could not hide both it and his
pain. The miasma had spread from the slash across his chest, and while the gouge was healing at
a fair speed, the poison within him refused to be dismissed so easily. Taking deep breaths as he
laid on the cold earth among the fallen leaves, he closed his eyes and let the rays of sun shine
down on him. Once he got some rest he should be able to heal the rest of the way, and now that
the new moon was over he was sure Seiko was going to be alright as well.
.
'..as long as she's with me...everything will be fine.' Somehow, his own thoughts were not
convincing him. Something had happened with her and that bastard youkai that he was not sure
of, but it could not be good.
.
***
.
Kagome woke up to find her back feeling very stiff from laying in a strange position on the thin
tatami mat. But rather than stretching it out as the sun beamed down on her like a warm spring
blanket, she just glanced at her watch and relaxed herself with the young kitsune curled up on her
stomach. It felt so good to sleep in for once; usually when she was in the senjoku judai she'd
wind up getting only what sleep they could manage to stop for before some random youkai would
decide to attack. Though even those ties seemed scarce lately.
.
She hadn't really taken the time to notice it. But the most that had really happened was Seiko
joining the and that whole storm thing... Only a couple youkai had attacked, and they hadn't had
any run-ins with Naraku. Then again, there was that one thing with Kikyou, but, she always
seemed to show up every once and a while, kinda like Kouga would.
.
Sighing, Kagome gently moved Shippou from off of his favorite sleeping place and stood up to
crack her back and walk outside in the warmth of the late morning sun. 'I am actually going to
get to go home soon.' she smiled at that thought, but it soon faded slightly as the real world came
back to slap her in her face. "Heh heh, guess I didn't get as much work done as I should have."
.
"What was that?"
.
She spun around to see InuYasha leaning into the doorframe of the inn room with his usual cocky
grin twitching at his lips, a eyebrow cocked. And his head tilted to one side.
.
Kagome blushed at his catching her without her noticing. "Oh, I was just thinking how nice it
will be to get home again... though I' probably flunked out of school by now, after all it's been
like a month since I was last there, even with the break."
.
His smile fadded slightly at the thought she was so happy to leave even though he'd just gotten
her back that night before. "Well, we'll be leaving soon, so you might want to get your things
together and find that friend of yours and get her out from under that monk f they're still going at
it."
.
They both laughed at the fresh memory of walking in on Sango and Miroku making out in their
absence, but each knew the other was glad they finally got together. "It took them long enough,
I'm sure they wouldn't even notice if we left without them."
.
InuYasha leaned a little out from the doorframe as if to close the gap between them, but then he
turned and headed back inside with tetsusigia over his shoulder in it's scabbard. "Probably not,
but we still have to move out, so, you might want to hurry up if you want to be home for your
mom's Oden." He lent one last grin over his shoulder before disappearing back inside.
.
Kagome bit her lip in frustration. She hated it when he teased her. He was probably going to be
doing that a lot lately. '..acting like he was going to kiss me..hmph...oden does sound good
though, and the tables can always turn.' "Heh heh" a cocky grin formed on her lips as she began
thinking of all the things she could do upon going back home... 'That could be fun..'
.
***
.
Shippou let out a joyful yell as he and Kagome raced down the meadowy side of the mountain
they had to cross over and were nearly over. The flowers were budding all over and it was much
nicer than before when it was all snowy in wintery. Plus, now, Kagome could bring him back
some more chocolate, it had been forever since he'd had the sugary cocoa bliss.
.
"Oi wench! What are you trying to hurt yourself AGAIN?!" InuYasha jumped the last part of the
slope to catch up with them from after they'd jetted off ahead of him leaving a cloud of pollen
and a very uncomfortable sneezing fit for him.
.
Kagome was laughing along with the small kit and even Kirara had came running threw the
plants only to streach out in the sun at the bottom when she flopped down herself. She smiled up
at the hanyou as he looked down on her like she was crazy. "I'm sorry InuYasha, it's just such a
nice day..and," she took his hand as he held it out to help her up, but in turn pulled him down
next to her. She plucked a flower from between the that had bloomed early and twined it in his
hair still smiling, "I just.. it's nice to enjoy for once."
.
InuYasha grinned back, "In that case," he leaned in close and she closed her eyes prepared for his
gentle caress but opened them with her brows knitted when he poked her with one finger in the
middle of her forehead.
.
"Ite! What was that for?!"
.
"You're it." Souta had taught him that game when he had come back to her time with Kagome
one time; and he found it amusing as at first she looked mad and confused but then a smile
slowly spread across her face as she caught on to what he was saying, then moving to tag him
back. "You'll have to be faster then that!"
.
Soon the monk and taijja caught up from strolling behind hand and hand, only to exchange
skeptical glances that perhaps their companions had been possessed by some strange youkai, but
then caught on to the game and joined in.
.
***
.
Oddly enough they were able to make it back to the village just as the sun was setting, everyone
still laughing at the game and talking like they used to. But the closer they came to the huts in
traveling the last little bit through the rice patty fields the quieter everyone seemed to get. They
had been through a lot in their elongated absence, and everything seemed to slowly come back to
them through the carefree atmosphere, disturbing the best of moods.
.
Sango had moved away from Miroku after he wrapped his arm around her with the image of him
sobbing over Oki's mutilated corpse and pained eyes. But his eyes looked to her, begging her to
come back to him.. she just couldn't bring herself to. To top it off, the one person who was
supposed to be traveling with them had just been left behind to face who knows what. Then
again, she never did fully open up to them, but for some reason it was really bothering her, like it
bothered her to see Kohaku when Naraku was around... like, he was there, but a shell. No, it
made her uncomfortable under his touch right now. She was probably being sill, but she'd have
to talk to Keade-sama and get her opinion when they reached the town.
.
InuYasha had returned to his reserved expression that he always seemed to get when he didn't
want to talk about something. It was nagging at him that Seiko might be in trouble. Weather he
would admit it out loud or not, he worried about her. Well, it was either that, or he was just really
bothered that even after he figured out her secret he was still really paranoid that she was keeping
things from him. He didn't like being kept in the dark... But, he also knew she could take care of
herself. Hell! she had saved him once... The only other thing was, that at some point in all the
excitement of the night before, her fire hawk had disappeared... which either meant she was still
alive and had called on it.. or meant she was just desperate and no-one else was in the condition
to help. Neither fared to well in his opinion. There were too many blank spaces in between.
.
Kagome too went into deep thought. Except hers blocked out that of any image of the shy girl or
her sister, her mind was focused on something far more serious- Kikyou. Usually when she
turned up, she would either try to take InuYasha back, kill him, or her... not both, not all at once,
and most definitely without confrontation first. There was something off about the way she had
attacked them this time... It was at a distance and there was that eerie sense of a shard around,
though Kikyou couldn't have had one that much she knew. There were a lot of things she didn't
know about her incarnate, but the only thing she could come up with was that maybe this time
she was after something else... and they were only in the way. But what could that mean?
especially if it was that close to where they were... and she didn't sense it. '...or did I?..'
.
***
.
Keade was sweeping off her porch when the familiar silhouette of InuYasha, Kagome, Sango,
Miroku, Shippou, and the small cat demon Kirara appeared in the distance among the rice patties.
As they neared she saw their distant expressions, that it was almost a habit of coming back into
town.. they hadn't been gone long enough to forget the land. She gave a short smile as they
snapped back into reality, greeting her warmly as they passed her heading into the hut absently
leaving dirt on her swept porch. "Well, some things just will never change I suppose."
.
"What's that supposed to mean Baba?"
.
"You know InuYasha.. perhaps it was all in my head that I was actually beginning to miss thee...
now, why don't you all catch an old woman up on your travels. Did you find the shard?"
.
***
***
***
.
I would have continued, but i felt this was a good place to end the chapter.. cus it's kinda the
climax.. and the story will begin winding down (though I'm still typing here.. after all, I have
some time, and I'm in 'the zone'..n_n')
.
Ok, so as for the news... I have every intention of finishing this fic.. if it's the last thing I do.. and
it will be done before suer vacation (well, this version).. And that's the thing.. I actually feel that
this could really be a classic type fic, with all the wonderful elements if you agree.. but some of it
was rushed in the plot-line, and other parts I just feel i could have described better....
.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I am going to go back and pretty much edit, and/or re-type this
ENTIRE fic.. which is a good thing ind you.. so, I need yall to vote in your reviews.. I could
.
a) stop this fic completely, and just start posting up any new revised, clean-cut storyline with all
the trimmings and then in turn finish it up with even better vigor and understading for yall
without having to reread anything
.
OR
.
b) I cuold just keep on typing when I get the chance, update, finish, and in turn hopefully satisfy
all of my faithful readers' curiosity as to what is planned to happen in the end of this maze of a
story... THEN go back and retype everything to satisfy my own wants and then re post it after you
know what happens, leaving it up to you if you want to re-experience it's goodness and see any
extras I throw in n_~
.
either way.. it's all ok by e.. so it's up to you.... please review.. i love all y readers and will attept
to update SOMETHING every weekend if all goes well..
.
()()
(n_n) ~Bunny
that 'Rolex' earlier I could've had him....
.
Notes: *runs around screaming bloody murder!* OMG! I missed y birthday update (oct 28), my
anniversary update (dec 1), valentines day and on top of that have still been bitching about y busy
schedule ever since sports came into the picture along with all too much school.. so, I pray that
anyone who is still around to read this can understand and sympathize... u_u' there are also some
very serious matters, but I'll include it in a note at the end so you don't get all upset and can't
enjoy the much anticipated update after forever...please review.. and enjoy..doomo gomen nassai
.
~*Over the Edge - Chapter 37: Reflections*~
.
She felt the cold air running through her hair as Sesshoumaru carried her further and further away
from the cave. Her pain wasn't so intense anymore, and by the sight of the yellow rays of light
filtering through the trees she knew the New moon no longer had control over her. Her scrapes
seemed to have healed over but there were still spikes of pain as she tried to move closer to her
mate.
.
The scent of blood was heavy. Some of it was hers, dried over from wounds she had gotten in the
cave, but her eyes clenched shut in taking in that most of it was his; he was hurt and still running.
.
But while she was concerned for Sesshoumaru's health, several things kept running through her
head. She couldn't return to the group..not now. No matter how much they needed her, she would
surely betray them with her at Naraku's power.. But since she was, would she have a choice?
And how could she avenge her half sister's death if the one who killed her had her at his mercy?
Things were not looking good..if only she could warn the others...
.
Her thoughts were interrupted as Sesshoumaru laid her on the ground and practically collapsed
beside her. He had the fatigue from following his instincts to find his mate, full out running until
he reached the cave. Only his adrenaline had kept him going as he fought with Naraku for that
short while, but then to be wounded, and have to carry his love to safety had whiped him clean of
his energy.
.
No matter how much he tried to mask the fact that he was tired, he could not hide both it and his
pain. The miasma had spread from the slash across his chest, and while the gouge was healing at
a fair speed, the poison within him refused to be dismissed so easily. Taking deep breaths as he
laid on the cold earth among the fallen leaves, he closed his eyes and let the rays of sun shine
down on him. Once he got some rest he should be able to heal the rest of the way, and now that
the new moon was over he was sure Seiko was going to be alright as well.
.
'..as long as she's with me...everything will be fine.' Somehow, his own thoughts were not
convincing him. Something had happened with her and that bastard youkai that he was not sure
of, but it could not be good.
.
***
.
Kagome woke up to find her back feeling very stiff from laying in a strange position on the thin
tatami mat. But rather than stretching it out as the sun beamed down on her like a warm spring
blanket, she just glanced at her watch and relaxed herself with the young kitsune curled up on her
stomach. It felt so good to sleep in for once; usually when she was in the senjoku judai she'd
wind up getting only what sleep they could manage to stop for before some random youkai would
decide to attack. Though even those ties seemed scarce lately.
.
She hadn't really taken the time to notice it. But the most that had really happened was Seiko
joining the and that whole storm thing... Only a couple youkai had attacked, and they hadn't had
any run-ins with Naraku. Then again, there was that one thing with Kikyou, but, she always
seemed to show up every once and a while, kinda like Kouga would.
.
Sighing, Kagome gently moved Shippou from off of his favorite sleeping place and stood up to
crack her back and walk outside in the warmth of the late morning sun. 'I am actually going to
get to go home soon.' she smiled at that thought, but it soon faded slightly as the real world came
back to slap her in her face. "Heh heh, guess I didn't get as much work done as I should have."
.
"What was that?"
.
She spun around to see InuYasha leaning into the doorframe of the inn room with his usual cocky
grin twitching at his lips, a eyebrow cocked. And his head tilted to one side.
.
Kagome blushed at his catching her without her noticing. "Oh, I was just thinking how nice it
will be to get home again... though I' probably flunked out of school by now, after all it's been
like a month since I was last there, even with the break."
.
His smile fadded slightly at the thought she was so happy to leave even though he'd just gotten
her back that night before. "Well, we'll be leaving soon, so you might want to get your things
together and find that friend of yours and get her out from under that monk f they're still going at
it."
.
They both laughed at the fresh memory of walking in on Sango and Miroku making out in their
absence, but each knew the other was glad they finally got together. "It took them long enough,
I'm sure they wouldn't even notice if we left without them."
.
InuYasha leaned a little out from the doorframe as if to close the gap between them, but then he
turned and headed back inside with tetsusigia over his shoulder in it's scabbard. "Probably not,
but we still have to move out, so, you might want to hurry up if you want to be home for your
mom's Oden." He lent one last grin over his shoulder before disappearing back inside.
.
Kagome bit her lip in frustration. She hated it when he teased her. He was probably going to be
doing that a lot lately. '..acting like he was going to kiss me..hmph...oden does sound good
though, and the tables can always turn.' "Heh heh" a cocky grin formed on her lips as she began
thinking of all the things she could do upon going back home... 'That could be fun..'
.
***
.
Shippou let out a joyful yell as he and Kagome raced down the meadowy side of the mountain
they had to cross over and were nearly over. The flowers were budding all over and it was much
nicer than before when it was all snowy in wintery. Plus, now, Kagome could bring him back
some more chocolate, it had been forever since he'd had the sugary cocoa bliss.
.
"Oi wench! What are you trying to hurt yourself AGAIN?!" InuYasha jumped the last part of the
slope to catch up with them from after they'd jetted off ahead of him leaving a cloud of pollen
and a very uncomfortable sneezing fit for him.
.
Kagome was laughing along with the small kit and even Kirara had came running threw the
plants only to streach out in the sun at the bottom when she flopped down herself. She smiled up
at the hanyou as he looked down on her like she was crazy. "I'm sorry InuYasha, it's just such a
nice day..and," she took his hand as he held it out to help her up, but in turn pulled him down
next to her. She plucked a flower from between the that had bloomed early and twined it in his
hair still smiling, "I just.. it's nice to enjoy for once."
.
InuYasha grinned back, "In that case," he leaned in close and she closed her eyes prepared for his
gentle caress but opened them with her brows knitted when he poked her with one finger in the
middle of her forehead.
.
"Ite! What was that for?!"
.
"You're it." Souta had taught him that game when he had come back to her time with Kagome
one time; and he found it amusing as at first she looked mad and confused but then a smile
slowly spread across her face as she caught on to what he was saying, then moving to tag him
back. "You'll have to be faster then that!"
.
Soon the monk and taijja caught up from strolling behind hand and hand, only to exchange
skeptical glances that perhaps their companions had been possessed by some strange youkai, but
then caught on to the game and joined in.
.
***
.
Oddly enough they were able to make it back to the village just as the sun was setting, everyone
still laughing at the game and talking like they used to. But the closer they came to the huts in
traveling the last little bit through the rice patty fields the quieter everyone seemed to get. They
had been through a lot in their elongated absence, and everything seemed to slowly come back to
them through the carefree atmosphere, disturbing the best of moods.
.
Sango had moved away from Miroku after he wrapped his arm around her with the image of him
sobbing over Oki's mutilated corpse and pained eyes. But his eyes looked to her, begging her to
come back to him.. she just couldn't bring herself to. To top it off, the one person who was
supposed to be traveling with them had just been left behind to face who knows what. Then
again, she never did fully open up to them, but for some reason it was really bothering her, like it
bothered her to see Kohaku when Naraku was around... like, he was there, but a shell. No, it
made her uncomfortable under his touch right now. She was probably being sill, but she'd have
to talk to Keade-sama and get her opinion when they reached the town.
.
InuYasha had returned to his reserved expression that he always seemed to get when he didn't
want to talk about something. It was nagging at him that Seiko might be in trouble. Weather he
would admit it out loud or not, he worried about her. Well, it was either that, or he was just really
bothered that even after he figured out her secret he was still really paranoid that she was keeping
things from him. He didn't like being kept in the dark... But, he also knew she could take care of
herself. Hell! she had saved him once... The only other thing was, that at some point in all the
excitement of the night before, her fire hawk had disappeared... which either meant she was still
alive and had called on it.. or meant she was just desperate and no-one else was in the condition
to help. Neither fared to well in his opinion. There were too many blank spaces in between.
.
Kagome too went into deep thought. Except hers blocked out that of any image of the shy girl or
her sister, her mind was focused on something far more serious- Kikyou. Usually when she
turned up, she would either try to take InuYasha back, kill him, or her... not both, not all at once,
and most definitely without confrontation first. There was something off about the way she had
attacked them this time... It was at a distance and there was that eerie sense of a shard around,
though Kikyou couldn't have had one that much she knew. There were a lot of things she didn't
know about her incarnate, but the only thing she could come up with was that maybe this time
she was after something else... and they were only in the way. But what could that mean?
especially if it was that close to where they were... and she didn't sense it. '...or did I?..'
.
***
.
Keade was sweeping off her porch when the familiar silhouette of InuYasha, Kagome, Sango,
Miroku, Shippou, and the small cat demon Kirara appeared in the distance among the rice patties.
As they neared she saw their distant expressions, that it was almost a habit of coming back into
town.. they hadn't been gone long enough to forget the land. She gave a short smile as they
snapped back into reality, greeting her warmly as they passed her heading into the hut absently
leaving dirt on her swept porch. "Well, some things just will never change I suppose."
.
"What's that supposed to mean Baba?"
.
"You know InuYasha.. perhaps it was all in my head that I was actually beginning to miss thee...
now, why don't you all catch an old woman up on your travels. Did you find the shard?"
.
***
***
***
.
I would have continued, but i felt this was a good place to end the chapter.. cus it's kinda the
climax.. and the story will begin winding down (though I'm still typing here.. after all, I have
some time, and I'm in 'the zone'..n_n')
.
Ok, so as for the news... I have every intention of finishing this fic.. if it's the last thing I do.. and
it will be done before suer vacation (well, this version).. And that's the thing.. I actually feel that
this could really be a classic type fic, with all the wonderful elements if you agree.. but some of it
was rushed in the plot-line, and other parts I just feel i could have described better....
.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I am going to go back and pretty much edit, and/or re-type this
ENTIRE fic.. which is a good thing ind you.. so, I need yall to vote in your reviews.. I could
.
a) stop this fic completely, and just start posting up any new revised, clean-cut storyline with all
the trimmings and then in turn finish it up with even better vigor and understading for yall
without having to reread anything
.
OR
.
b) I cuold just keep on typing when I get the chance, update, finish, and in turn hopefully satisfy
all of my faithful readers' curiosity as to what is planned to happen in the end of this maze of a
story... THEN go back and retype everything to satisfy my own wants and then re post it after you
know what happens, leaving it up to you if you want to re-experience it's goodness and see any
extras I throw in n_~
.
either way.. it's all ok by e.. so it's up to you.... please review.. i love all y readers and will attept
to update SOMETHING every weekend if all goes well..
.
()()
(n_n) ~Bunny