You Want Me To WHAT?!
Chapter 8
The Truth Hurts (Literally)
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Disclaimer: Inuyasha isn't mine so don't sue me!
lostdreams: Oooo! Really fast update for me! I'm on such a roll with this that it's hard to stop writing.Well here's the next installation..I bet you guys can guess what happens..
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Reiana took a hard hold of Kagome. The younger girl was threatening to fall apart on her.
"Calm down Kagome. Now tell me what happened." Reiana spoke calmly but firmly. Kagome seemed to stop trembling a little, but her face remained colorless.
"Everyone knows.." she said in a shaky voice. Reiana didn't have to ask what everyone knew. Kagome's facial expression alone was enough to know that she was talking about Inuyasha.
"How did they find out?" Rei asked with narrowed eyes.
"I don't know!" Kagome wailed quietly. "But everyone's asking me about him." Reiana grimaced. This was definitely not good news.
"Does Koga know?" Reiana's voice became deadly serious and Kagome winced at his name.
"I don't know yet..I haven't heard anything from him.." Kagome began trembling again. "Oh Rei what am I going to do? How could I have been so stupid? This wasn't worth it and I knew it. I'm so dumb. I should have just been content with Koga!" Kagome rambled. Rei resisted the strong urge to slap the nearly hysteric girl.
"Kagome shut up!" Reiana said firmly. "Now listen to me. You haven't done anything wrong! Koga has had no right to scare you into this position! Something should have been done about him a long time ago!" Rei tried to make Kagome look at her so the trembling girl would understand the truth. "Does Inuyasha know?" Swallowing hard, Kagome shook her head.
"WHAT?" Reiana was shocked. "He should have been the first person you told! He needs to know about this Kagome. He can protect you!"
"I don't want to be a burden to Inuyasha. He's got enough problems and I don't want to add to them," Kagome whispered. Reiana scoffed sardonically.
"Sure he's got tons of problems..like what color is his next Armani suit going to be.." Reiana muttered dryly. Kagome looked angry for a moment.
"You wouldn't know! He's got a lot of things to worry about and I'm not envious of him one bit!" Kagome said defensively. Reiana rolled her eyes, but said nothing more.
"At any rate, he's not the one in danger right now! Damnit Kagome, you need to get out of here! It's only a matter of time before Koga finds you. I think we should go to the police.."
"And say what? 'Hi, my manager is going to kill me because I have a boyfriend.' I am sure they are going to buy that.." Kagome said sarcastically. Reiana threw her hands in the air.
"Gods Kagome! I don't know! All I know is I would like to do something before my best friend becomes another name in the ICU at the hospital." Cool, calm and collected Rei was now at her wits end. She had guessed from the start that something like this would happen, but wasn't prepared for it all the same.
"Maybe I could explain it was my brother, or something like that.." Kagome said thoughtfully. She had calmed down some as the shock was wearing off.
"You could try.." Rei said doubtfully. She racked her brain, but couldn't think of a single surefire way to get out of this mess without Kagome getting hurt.
"It's all I can think of.."
"I think you should tell Inuyasha," Reiana said quietly.
"I can't..I don't want to trouble him."
"Kagome you're being stupid!" Reiana argued. Kagome didn't answer. She couldn't explain why she didn't want Inuyasha to know. As of now he didn't really think of her as stripper, or that's the impression she got. Throwing this in his face could make him realize just how out of her league he was. Even with the threat of Koga's beating, Kagome wasn't ready to lose him.
"I don't care. I don't want him to know..please.." Kagome said softly, her voice full of an unrealized pain. Reiana let out an audible grunt of frustration. It was very hard to be supportive of someone she thought was being petty and stupid.
"If you won't tell Inuyasha then you'll just have to lay low for a while. Go stay somewhere far away until this blows over.." Reiana said sarcastically. Kagome just rolled her eyes. She was only beginning to fathom how dire her situation was. She couldn't run from Koga, she knew that all too well. On the other hand, she probably wouldn't live through what he was going to do to her for fooling around with someone else.
"I should just go tell Koga myself. Maybe he won't be so angry if he hears it from me first," Kagome said half-heartedly.
"Sure and tomorrow Santa Claus is bring us Easter eggs," Reiana muttered. She didn't mean to sound so pessimistic, but there was really no way out of this. "Kagome..telling Inuyasha is the only way you'll stand half a chance against Koga. You told me that he's a hanyou! He could totally take out Koga!" Rei pleaded. Kagome sighed. As much as she didn't want to admit it, Rei was completely right. There was no doubt about that.
"Alright," Kagome said resignedly. "You're right. I have to tell Inuyasha the truth." Reiana stood a moment, knowing how desperate Kagome had to be in order to go back on her original decision. If being friends with Kagome had taught Reiana anything it was that Kagome was just about the most stubborn thing on the face of this earth. Changing her mind was next to impossible.
"Do you want me to help?" Reiana offered, knowing Kagome would refuse.
"No, I need to tell him myself..thanks anyway.." Kagome sighed and got up. "Cover for me okay? Tell them I have the flu or something..or that I was called away on a family emergency.."
"Kagome dearie..I'm your only family," Reiana teased, trying to lighten the mood. As long as Kagome got to Inuyasha before Koga got to her everything would be fine. Rei could feel it. "Why don't you give me Inuyasha's number so I can let you know when Koga finds out.." Rei said grimly. Kagome nodded and wrote down the numbers Inuyasha gave her to reach him at.
"This is his dorm room and this is his cell phone," Kagome told her, labeling each number. Rei nodded.
"Sounds good. And don't worry Kagome. If Inuyasha is anything like how you describe him, I don't doubt that he'll understand. In fact, I think he'll be very glad you came to him." Rei told her encouraging lee. "Now hurry up and get going before Koga comes in!" Kagome nodded and headed out. Rei watched her walk past all the questioning looks from the others and exit the building.
"So what's with her?" Aimee asked, walking up behind Reiana. Reiana gave Aimee a cold smirk.
"Wouldn't you like to know.." she said briskly turning around and heading back in her dressing room. Aimee and the others only stared, completely left in the dark..again.
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"So she's a stripper?" Sango asked in disbelief. "I never would have guessed..she looked normal to me.."
"She is normal," Inuyasha growled. Miroku had talked him in to telling Sango the truth. She could keep the secret, and besides, she had already seen Kagome and Inuyasha together.
"Oh, I know..I just meant.." Sango faltered, trying to cover up for her slip of the tongue.
"Forget it.." Inuyasha grumbled.
"Does your family know?" Sango asked cautiously.
"No they don't, and for the time being it needs to stay that way," Miroku put in seriously. "The last thing we need is and angry Inutashio coming down on us..and that's not counting what Sesshomaru would do.." Sango nodded quickly. She understood perfectly.
"I can't believe you didn't tell me sooner! I thought we were better friends than that!" Sango said after a moment, hitting Inuyasha in the process.
"Dang it Sango! I said I was sorry!" Inuyasha moaned, rubbing his arm. Sango really packed a wallop and man did she have a right hook.
"No you didn't."
"Fine, then I'm sorry, happy now?" Inuyasha grumbled lying back on the bed.
"Yep, but I'll be even better after I meet her!" Sango said with a wide grin. Inuyasha sat up like a bolt.
"W-when you m-meet her?" he stuttered, unsure if he heard her right. Miroku listened intently, this should be good.
"Of course! I have to make sure she's worthy of our little Inu.." Sango said, pinching Inuyasha's cheek.
"But Sango.." Inuyasha tried to interject, but Sango would have none of it.
"No buts! We're going to double date and that's the end of it, right Miroku?" Miroku stopped and looked up. He hadn't planned on being dragged into this.
"Ummm.." Miroku started nervously. He had a rather livid hanyou giving him the death glare as well as a potentially dangerous girlfriend.
"Right Miroku?" Sango repeated, clearly getting irritated. Gulping Miroku nodded.
"Of course my dear.." he said lightly, wincing from Inuyasha's look.
"That's right," Sango said happily. Inuyasha merely sat on his bed grumbling under his breath. Arguing with Sango always proved futile. "Well then I better be off..make the plans with Kagome Inuyasha! This'll be fun.." With a wave Sango walked out of the room, leaving Miroku and Inuyasha behind. As soon as Sango was gone, Inuyasha looked up at Miroku and cracked his knuckles menacingly. Miroku swallowed nervously and began edging toward the door.
"Ummm, I just remembered something very important that I had to AAAAAAHHH!" Miroku tore off down the hallway with an angry hanyou close on his tail.
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Kagome walked as quickly as she could to Inuyasha's dorm. Keeping half an eye out for anything suspicious, she crossed a busy street. She was only three blocks from the school now..almost safe. She came to another intersection and was about to cross, when a black sedan pulled right in front of her. The black tinted side window rolled down revealing a very very angry Koga. It was clear he was trying to restrain himself, but from her vantage point Kagome could see him shaking with anger.
"K-koga," Kagome stammered backing away slightly.
'Get. In. The. Car. Now." Koga told her pointedly. Every syllable he spoke promised more pain. Backing away even more, Kagome shook her head.
"No.." she tried to say firmly, but her voice gave way and ended up sounding fearful..just like he wanted her.
"I'm not going to asked you again Kagome. NOW GET IN THE FUCKING CAR!" Koga slammed a fist into the seat next to him breaking it in half. Kagome winced and couldn't stop herself from picturing herself as the chair. Thoroughly afraid Kagome turned and began running in the other direction. Hearing Koga curse and the car door slam, Kagome knew he was chasing her. Panic consumed her senses. Not daring to look back, Kagome was running blindly, dodging around buildings trying to lose her assailant. After two blocks of flat out sprinting, Kagome felt a painful stitch in her side. Her lungs were on fire and her body was drenched in sweat. She could still hear Koga behind her, but her body wasn't going to let her keep this up much longer. In a last attempt to lose him, Kagome made a sharp turn down another alley only to find it completely blocked. Running until she hit the wall, Kagome pounded a fist on it, not trying to hold back the tears of fear and panic.
"No! No! No!" she cried furiously. From behind her, she could hear Koga's sinister chuckle. He knew he had her..she was trapped. Slowly turning, Kagome kept as far away from Koga as she could, her back pressed up against the wall. "Koga..please.."
"Koga please what?" he asked dryly. His voice was emotionless. Sinking too the ground, Kagome pulled herself into a ball, wishing she would just disappear. Walking over to her, Koga pulled her up by the hair. "Get up wench," he said softly. "You know that when you're bad you must be punished." Koga slammed her up against the wall, hitting the back of her head on the hard concrete. "And this time Kagome, you've been very very bad." Koga's voice sounded so cold and heartless it made despair seep into Kagome's very soul. Fighting the pain in her head, Kagome tried to explain.
"Koga I.." Kagome was silenced by a hard fist to the jaw. Stunned by the pain, Kagome barely felt Koga's hand tighten around her throat. "No.." she gasped. Putting her hands on Koga's arm Kagome dug her nails into his wrist. Snarling Koga let go and Kagome fell limply to the ground. Looking at the drops of blood welling up his wrist, Koga looked back down at Kagome with a horrifying glint in his eye.
"Bitch! You'll pay for that.." Koga pulled back a leg and gave Kagome a paralyzing kick to the stomach. Completely winded, Kagome couldn't even cry out in pain, but Koga didn't stop. After a few repeated kicks to the stomach, Koga pulled Kagome back on her feet. "Thought you could leave me didn't you bitch?" Koga was holding on to Kagome by her chin, her body resting limply against his. Fighting to stay conscious, Kagome didn't try to answer him. "Well fine then..you can leave..in a coffin.." Kagome's heart contracted in fear and her eyes shot open. Forgetting her pain and dizziness, she struggled against Koga's grip. In the blink of an eye, Koga's fist connected with her face and Kagome felt the hard concrete come up fast. Kagome lay unmoving on the ground, the bitter and coppery taste of her own blood filling her mouth. Darkness was clouding her mind, and her thinking processes were gone. Feeling her body beginning to numb, Kagome fell into a sweet oblivion, not hearing Koga's footsteps coming towards her, not hearing the threats he continued to say, not seeing him raise up for the final barrage. It was really a shame that she had chosen that moment pass out..because she even missed her savior.
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lostdreams: Okay..so I'm really bad. Two cliffies in a row. Don't worry! Next time you'll find out who her savior is (as if all of you haven't guessed already ^_^) and how they got there. Stay tuned!
Chapter 8
The Truth Hurts (Literally)
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Disclaimer: Inuyasha isn't mine so don't sue me!
lostdreams: Oooo! Really fast update for me! I'm on such a roll with this that it's hard to stop writing.Well here's the next installation..I bet you guys can guess what happens..
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Reiana took a hard hold of Kagome. The younger girl was threatening to fall apart on her.
"Calm down Kagome. Now tell me what happened." Reiana spoke calmly but firmly. Kagome seemed to stop trembling a little, but her face remained colorless.
"Everyone knows.." she said in a shaky voice. Reiana didn't have to ask what everyone knew. Kagome's facial expression alone was enough to know that she was talking about Inuyasha.
"How did they find out?" Rei asked with narrowed eyes.
"I don't know!" Kagome wailed quietly. "But everyone's asking me about him." Reiana grimaced. This was definitely not good news.
"Does Koga know?" Reiana's voice became deadly serious and Kagome winced at his name.
"I don't know yet..I haven't heard anything from him.." Kagome began trembling again. "Oh Rei what am I going to do? How could I have been so stupid? This wasn't worth it and I knew it. I'm so dumb. I should have just been content with Koga!" Kagome rambled. Rei resisted the strong urge to slap the nearly hysteric girl.
"Kagome shut up!" Reiana said firmly. "Now listen to me. You haven't done anything wrong! Koga has had no right to scare you into this position! Something should have been done about him a long time ago!" Rei tried to make Kagome look at her so the trembling girl would understand the truth. "Does Inuyasha know?" Swallowing hard, Kagome shook her head.
"WHAT?" Reiana was shocked. "He should have been the first person you told! He needs to know about this Kagome. He can protect you!"
"I don't want to be a burden to Inuyasha. He's got enough problems and I don't want to add to them," Kagome whispered. Reiana scoffed sardonically.
"Sure he's got tons of problems..like what color is his next Armani suit going to be.." Reiana muttered dryly. Kagome looked angry for a moment.
"You wouldn't know! He's got a lot of things to worry about and I'm not envious of him one bit!" Kagome said defensively. Reiana rolled her eyes, but said nothing more.
"At any rate, he's not the one in danger right now! Damnit Kagome, you need to get out of here! It's only a matter of time before Koga finds you. I think we should go to the police.."
"And say what? 'Hi, my manager is going to kill me because I have a boyfriend.' I am sure they are going to buy that.." Kagome said sarcastically. Reiana threw her hands in the air.
"Gods Kagome! I don't know! All I know is I would like to do something before my best friend becomes another name in the ICU at the hospital." Cool, calm and collected Rei was now at her wits end. She had guessed from the start that something like this would happen, but wasn't prepared for it all the same.
"Maybe I could explain it was my brother, or something like that.." Kagome said thoughtfully. She had calmed down some as the shock was wearing off.
"You could try.." Rei said doubtfully. She racked her brain, but couldn't think of a single surefire way to get out of this mess without Kagome getting hurt.
"It's all I can think of.."
"I think you should tell Inuyasha," Reiana said quietly.
"I can't..I don't want to trouble him."
"Kagome you're being stupid!" Reiana argued. Kagome didn't answer. She couldn't explain why she didn't want Inuyasha to know. As of now he didn't really think of her as stripper, or that's the impression she got. Throwing this in his face could make him realize just how out of her league he was. Even with the threat of Koga's beating, Kagome wasn't ready to lose him.
"I don't care. I don't want him to know..please.." Kagome said softly, her voice full of an unrealized pain. Reiana let out an audible grunt of frustration. It was very hard to be supportive of someone she thought was being petty and stupid.
"If you won't tell Inuyasha then you'll just have to lay low for a while. Go stay somewhere far away until this blows over.." Reiana said sarcastically. Kagome just rolled her eyes. She was only beginning to fathom how dire her situation was. She couldn't run from Koga, she knew that all too well. On the other hand, she probably wouldn't live through what he was going to do to her for fooling around with someone else.
"I should just go tell Koga myself. Maybe he won't be so angry if he hears it from me first," Kagome said half-heartedly.
"Sure and tomorrow Santa Claus is bring us Easter eggs," Reiana muttered. She didn't mean to sound so pessimistic, but there was really no way out of this. "Kagome..telling Inuyasha is the only way you'll stand half a chance against Koga. You told me that he's a hanyou! He could totally take out Koga!" Rei pleaded. Kagome sighed. As much as she didn't want to admit it, Rei was completely right. There was no doubt about that.
"Alright," Kagome said resignedly. "You're right. I have to tell Inuyasha the truth." Reiana stood a moment, knowing how desperate Kagome had to be in order to go back on her original decision. If being friends with Kagome had taught Reiana anything it was that Kagome was just about the most stubborn thing on the face of this earth. Changing her mind was next to impossible.
"Do you want me to help?" Reiana offered, knowing Kagome would refuse.
"No, I need to tell him myself..thanks anyway.." Kagome sighed and got up. "Cover for me okay? Tell them I have the flu or something..or that I was called away on a family emergency.."
"Kagome dearie..I'm your only family," Reiana teased, trying to lighten the mood. As long as Kagome got to Inuyasha before Koga got to her everything would be fine. Rei could feel it. "Why don't you give me Inuyasha's number so I can let you know when Koga finds out.." Rei said grimly. Kagome nodded and wrote down the numbers Inuyasha gave her to reach him at.
"This is his dorm room and this is his cell phone," Kagome told her, labeling each number. Rei nodded.
"Sounds good. And don't worry Kagome. If Inuyasha is anything like how you describe him, I don't doubt that he'll understand. In fact, I think he'll be very glad you came to him." Rei told her encouraging lee. "Now hurry up and get going before Koga comes in!" Kagome nodded and headed out. Rei watched her walk past all the questioning looks from the others and exit the building.
"So what's with her?" Aimee asked, walking up behind Reiana. Reiana gave Aimee a cold smirk.
"Wouldn't you like to know.." she said briskly turning around and heading back in her dressing room. Aimee and the others only stared, completely left in the dark..again.
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"So she's a stripper?" Sango asked in disbelief. "I never would have guessed..she looked normal to me.."
"She is normal," Inuyasha growled. Miroku had talked him in to telling Sango the truth. She could keep the secret, and besides, she had already seen Kagome and Inuyasha together.
"Oh, I know..I just meant.." Sango faltered, trying to cover up for her slip of the tongue.
"Forget it.." Inuyasha grumbled.
"Does your family know?" Sango asked cautiously.
"No they don't, and for the time being it needs to stay that way," Miroku put in seriously. "The last thing we need is and angry Inutashio coming down on us..and that's not counting what Sesshomaru would do.." Sango nodded quickly. She understood perfectly.
"I can't believe you didn't tell me sooner! I thought we were better friends than that!" Sango said after a moment, hitting Inuyasha in the process.
"Dang it Sango! I said I was sorry!" Inuyasha moaned, rubbing his arm. Sango really packed a wallop and man did she have a right hook.
"No you didn't."
"Fine, then I'm sorry, happy now?" Inuyasha grumbled lying back on the bed.
"Yep, but I'll be even better after I meet her!" Sango said with a wide grin. Inuyasha sat up like a bolt.
"W-when you m-meet her?" he stuttered, unsure if he heard her right. Miroku listened intently, this should be good.
"Of course! I have to make sure she's worthy of our little Inu.." Sango said, pinching Inuyasha's cheek.
"But Sango.." Inuyasha tried to interject, but Sango would have none of it.
"No buts! We're going to double date and that's the end of it, right Miroku?" Miroku stopped and looked up. He hadn't planned on being dragged into this.
"Ummm.." Miroku started nervously. He had a rather livid hanyou giving him the death glare as well as a potentially dangerous girlfriend.
"Right Miroku?" Sango repeated, clearly getting irritated. Gulping Miroku nodded.
"Of course my dear.." he said lightly, wincing from Inuyasha's look.
"That's right," Sango said happily. Inuyasha merely sat on his bed grumbling under his breath. Arguing with Sango always proved futile. "Well then I better be off..make the plans with Kagome Inuyasha! This'll be fun.." With a wave Sango walked out of the room, leaving Miroku and Inuyasha behind. As soon as Sango was gone, Inuyasha looked up at Miroku and cracked his knuckles menacingly. Miroku swallowed nervously and began edging toward the door.
"Ummm, I just remembered something very important that I had to AAAAAAHHH!" Miroku tore off down the hallway with an angry hanyou close on his tail.
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Kagome walked as quickly as she could to Inuyasha's dorm. Keeping half an eye out for anything suspicious, she crossed a busy street. She was only three blocks from the school now..almost safe. She came to another intersection and was about to cross, when a black sedan pulled right in front of her. The black tinted side window rolled down revealing a very very angry Koga. It was clear he was trying to restrain himself, but from her vantage point Kagome could see him shaking with anger.
"K-koga," Kagome stammered backing away slightly.
'Get. In. The. Car. Now." Koga told her pointedly. Every syllable he spoke promised more pain. Backing away even more, Kagome shook her head.
"No.." she tried to say firmly, but her voice gave way and ended up sounding fearful..just like he wanted her.
"I'm not going to asked you again Kagome. NOW GET IN THE FUCKING CAR!" Koga slammed a fist into the seat next to him breaking it in half. Kagome winced and couldn't stop herself from picturing herself as the chair. Thoroughly afraid Kagome turned and began running in the other direction. Hearing Koga curse and the car door slam, Kagome knew he was chasing her. Panic consumed her senses. Not daring to look back, Kagome was running blindly, dodging around buildings trying to lose her assailant. After two blocks of flat out sprinting, Kagome felt a painful stitch in her side. Her lungs were on fire and her body was drenched in sweat. She could still hear Koga behind her, but her body wasn't going to let her keep this up much longer. In a last attempt to lose him, Kagome made a sharp turn down another alley only to find it completely blocked. Running until she hit the wall, Kagome pounded a fist on it, not trying to hold back the tears of fear and panic.
"No! No! No!" she cried furiously. From behind her, she could hear Koga's sinister chuckle. He knew he had her..she was trapped. Slowly turning, Kagome kept as far away from Koga as she could, her back pressed up against the wall. "Koga..please.."
"Koga please what?" he asked dryly. His voice was emotionless. Sinking too the ground, Kagome pulled herself into a ball, wishing she would just disappear. Walking over to her, Koga pulled her up by the hair. "Get up wench," he said softly. "You know that when you're bad you must be punished." Koga slammed her up against the wall, hitting the back of her head on the hard concrete. "And this time Kagome, you've been very very bad." Koga's voice sounded so cold and heartless it made despair seep into Kagome's very soul. Fighting the pain in her head, Kagome tried to explain.
"Koga I.." Kagome was silenced by a hard fist to the jaw. Stunned by the pain, Kagome barely felt Koga's hand tighten around her throat. "No.." she gasped. Putting her hands on Koga's arm Kagome dug her nails into his wrist. Snarling Koga let go and Kagome fell limply to the ground. Looking at the drops of blood welling up his wrist, Koga looked back down at Kagome with a horrifying glint in his eye.
"Bitch! You'll pay for that.." Koga pulled back a leg and gave Kagome a paralyzing kick to the stomach. Completely winded, Kagome couldn't even cry out in pain, but Koga didn't stop. After a few repeated kicks to the stomach, Koga pulled Kagome back on her feet. "Thought you could leave me didn't you bitch?" Koga was holding on to Kagome by her chin, her body resting limply against his. Fighting to stay conscious, Kagome didn't try to answer him. "Well fine then..you can leave..in a coffin.." Kagome's heart contracted in fear and her eyes shot open. Forgetting her pain and dizziness, she struggled against Koga's grip. In the blink of an eye, Koga's fist connected with her face and Kagome felt the hard concrete come up fast. Kagome lay unmoving on the ground, the bitter and coppery taste of her own blood filling her mouth. Darkness was clouding her mind, and her thinking processes were gone. Feeling her body beginning to numb, Kagome fell into a sweet oblivion, not hearing Koga's footsteps coming towards her, not hearing the threats he continued to say, not seeing him raise up for the final barrage. It was really a shame that she had chosen that moment pass out..because she even missed her savior.
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lostdreams: Okay..so I'm really bad. Two cliffies in a row. Don't worry! Next time you'll find out who her savior is (as if all of you haven't guessed already ^_^) and how they got there. Stay tuned!