A/N: Hiya! Back! Sorrykay! Reports! Valentines! (didn't get one . . .
severely depressed now . . . breaks down and cries . . . dries tears . . .
perks up) Lost the happy, but it's back nowkay! Note – TiarieFarie is the
nagging BFF. She should get her lazy butt up some time and write
fanfiction. She has these good ideas, but she tends to not finish anything.
And she never sends me reviews, she just calls me and tells me. What fun is
that? . . . I am so gonna get told off about this . . . She's gonna bring
up the thing with the pizza and the KFC thing, I just know it . . .
Lavie-chan – Oh, so easy.
Valdimarian – Civilation, you changed your namekay. WHY? And, no, about the perverted as Miroku thing. ^_^ And no, I don't have a book. I just get around a lot . . . Stop thinking like that you perv . . .
Miroku the Virtuous Monk – Here ya go! Yaykay! New reviewer! ^.^
Puppkid – LOL – Everyone answered correctly, but no one wants that cookiekay!
Geminia – I know it's confusing, but it made perfect sense in my headkay! I'm gonna explain it the way I did with TiarieFariekay? Okay, it's only LIKE there are two Kagomes. There is only one. She was living her life with no demons, no Shikon Jewel, no nothing. She got hit by a car and has met the Inu crewkay? She never knew who any of them were. Because she is remembering things she never experienced before, she thinks her old life never existed, but it did, but Kagome doesn't even register that factkay? Man. Now I'm confused . . .
Ks – (smiles very widely) I racked my brain on that one. I asked some people I knew, but they couldn't come up with anything really intelligent. (yes, I was that desparatekay) At first I was thinking 'newspaper', but it's not black when you buy it. So one of my smarter friends suggested that it had to be something you cook, or melt. So . . . (building anxiety) Is it charcoal? It has to be charcoal. Tell me it's charcoal. IT BETTER BE CHARCOAL! (breathes heavily . . . calms down) Lost the happy again, but it's back nowkay. ^.^
TiarieFarie – Okay, I know Inuyasha's being a cruel bitch, but he's only insecure around the new Kagomekay? He'll lighten up. I hope. Maybe I'll do something unexpectedkay. (plots oh so evilly) SO GET OFF MY BACK!
Dvlld – Yay! New reviewer! I guess you got the answers right, and you can have the cookies, but I'm a little bit suspicious . . . you could have skipped on ahead and looked at the answers . . . But who am I to judge, huh?
Answer to last chap's riddle: "e"
Disclaimer: ive got gud nooze an bad nooze: the bad nooze is i dount oun Inuyasha, but da gud nooze iz i set the tymer on da vee see are.
Alternate Universe
Chapter 9 –
Surprise, Surprise
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Naraku lifted his chin and smirked from under his mask."We meet again, eh, Kagome?"
Kagome's hands fisted near her sides."Naraku. Don't talk like you know me, 'cause you don't."
His smirk widened."Really? Well, this really isn't a good time to talk, so I'll just be seeing you later." Naraku's lumpy figure could be seen receding into the shadows.
Kagome started to panic. 'Oh no, what do I do? I can't stop him!' "NO!" she yelled reaching out towards his pelt. She grabbed it and he froze. Kagome kept a hold on him wondering why he was making no moves to stop her.
"Damn miko magic . . . " she heard him mutter.
'Miko magic? I have powers?' Kagome mentally kicked herself for that one.'Duh – I can sense the jewel! So maybe . . . ' she stared at the back of Naraku's head.'Maybe I can - ' A bright pink light began to emanate from Kagome's hand. 'Kill him.' The light shot out of her fist straight through Naraku ripping him to pieces. Folds of his pelt fluttered to the floor and the Shikon Jewel landed with a faint 'tink' and rolled under another table.
"Whoa . . . " Kagome managed to say staring at her glowing hand. She gazed down at what was left of Naraku. The scraps of his pelt were surrounding a little wooden doll with a strand of hair wound around its head. Kagome nealt down to pick it up, but before she could touch it, it disintegrated; along with the pieces of pelt.
"It was a puppet." Kagome jumped a foot high turning around to the owner of the voice. She saw Inuyasha glowering at the dust remains.
"A-a puppet?" he held out a hand to her and she took it standing.
"Yeah. Naraku does that a lot. Never gets his hands dirty."
Kagome lowered her head and stared at the floor. "Oh. I thought I really killed him . . . "
"Don't worry about it." She looked up at him to find him smiling at her."You reduced his image to dust. Made my day." He crossed his arms and headed towards the door."Ready to go?"
"Wouldn't want to stay here . . . " Kagome paused as a thought struck her."Hey!" Inuyasha turned back towards her."What happened to that demon thing?"
"Killed it and reduced it to dust, too."
"Right." She said following him.
When they reached the door, Kagome couldn't help but glance back at the pile of Naraku's puppet. Panic shot through her again."Oh, no!"
Inuyasha was beside her in a second."What? What? What is it?" He was looking around frantically flexing his claws.
"The jewel!" She ran where she remembered it 'tinking' under a table. She searched below it and sighed. It was gone – again.
"Don't worry about it." Inuyasha said some distance away.
Kagome looked up at him like he was crazy."Have you totally lost it? I thought we weren't supposed to let Naraku have the jewel! And you're shrugging it off like it's nothing!"
"Might as well be."
"What?!"
He gave an agitated sigh."We've been after this jewel for five years. And it's always been the same thing over, and over again. You sense the jewel, we go to its location, get the jewel, beat the baddies, and lose the jewel 'cause it disappears if it's not in someone's grasp. I kinda got used to it after all this time."
"You guys have been after the jewel for five years?"
He nodded."C'mon. You can ask me and Sango all you want at your place."
"All right." She followed him out of the library. She stopped short when she saw the upturned sidewalk, chunks of cement and marble, and not a person in sight."Uh, Inuyasha – "
"When we get to your place." He cut her off and crouched down to let her on his back.
Kagome felt confused as she climbed onto his back."We have to stop by the Cookie to get my stuff."
"What's your stuff doin' there?" he set off running.
"That's where Katen and I had brunch."
"You didn't ask me if I wanted brunch." He grumbled.
A spark of anger went off inside her and she tugged on his hair."That's 'cause you staggered off to the library in a hissy fit!"
"All right, all right!" he said stopping the Cookie and letting her off."Oh, yeah, speaking of the little Barbie doll," he straightened up and crossed his arms looking away."He said he'd see you later."
Kagome giggled."Thanks, Inuyasha." And went to get her things.
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"So the city pays for all the damage?" Kagome asked Sango, sitting on the couch. Inuyasha was leaning against one of the walls.
Sango nodded."Yep. Ever since the first crusades of us trying to kill Naraku and get the Shikon Jewel, they offered to pay for all the damage he, or we, caused. So long as we foiled him in getting it."
"Oh." Kagome looked down at the floor."I can't believe this has been going on for five years."
"Feels more like forever." Inuyasha replied straightening up."You can finish the rest, Sango, I gotta go. Homework"
"All right, you get right on that. Tell your brother I said hi."
"Whatever."He reached for the door knob before turning back and asking,"Kagome, you wanna go out later?"
Said girl stared at him disbelievingly. Suddenly, he looked like he regretted saying that and turned back towards the door, blushing slightly.
"I mean I know you don't wanna sit around the house all day long, huh?"
"Sure Inuyasha! Why not? Just call me when you're ready. If I'm not sleeping."
"Yeah." He said walking out and closing the door.
"I could've sworn I saw him blush." Kagome said a few minutes later.
Sango laughed as she got up."Well it's not surprising!"
"Why's that?"
"C'mon, I'll tell you upstairs. Got to get ready for a date."
"A date?" Kagome shot up full of curiousity."With who?"
"'With whom', and it's, uh, Miroku."
"Miroku? Really? I thought you didn't like him?"
"It's not that. I do." Sango rolled her eyes." It's just the fact that he's a complete perv."
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Inuyasha jumped from building to building as he worked his way home. 'Should have brought my bike . . . ' he thought bitterly. 'Why did I do that?' He landed on top of a Roman restaurant. 'I was practically asking her on a date. Ugh, so stupid!'
Suddenly he looked very sad. 'She's never gonna remember about us or anything . . . We were so close, too.'
He bounded around Market Street and through Trobon Avenue, until he reached his apartment. He walked up to the door and heard giggling noises. He sniffed, then sighed. 'Rin.' He decided to finish his home work another time, and sped off back into town. He landed on a street corner and walked the rest of his way. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and looked at all the stores and shops, though he knew where they were by heart. He wandered aimlessly through the streets, and came upon the glass shop he saw Kagome and Katen in. He stopped when he saw a smiling couple walking out with two halves of a glass heart pendant.
He gazed through the large windows and smiled. 'But maybe . . . '
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Kagome was up in Sango's room, brushing her hair down in front of the vanity mirror.
"So, what shoes do I wear?" Sango motioned towards two pairs of shoes.
"Hmm," Kagome tapped at her chin in thought."The lime green sandals. They go with your shirt." Sango reached for the sandals and started putting them on. Kagome let out a breath as she flopped down on Sango's bed.
"So, what did you mean earlier?"
"Huh?" Sango said standing up looking at herself in the mirror.
"About Inuyasha. And how it's not surprising to see him blush?"
"Oh!" Sango giggled."Well," She giggled some more."Before the memory accident, you two were kind of close really."
Kagome cocked an eyebrow."Close?"
"Yeah. Inseparable, more like; even though you guys argued and huffed a lot. You had your good points, though."
Kagome fell back against the bed and sighed."But what about Kikyo?"
"What about her? As far as he's concerned, or maybe that's just me, they're no longer existent." Sango looked at Kagome's doubtful face."Okay, here's what's it – Inuyasha knew Kikyo for about a year, while he's known you for half his life. Naraku came along and messed with her mind about him, and she turned evil bitch on him. A little after that, Inuyasha's parents were killed, a little before ours were, and we teamed up with him to try and stop him. Shippo even helps sometimes; when his foster parents aren't looking. It wasn't long before Miroku wanted to help us, 'cause of that curse Naraku put on his family decades before - "
"But," Kagome sat up."Why would Naraku start to cause all this trouble just five years before? And why aren't people taking precautions of him?"
Sango looked at her seriously."That's because Naraku found out about the Shikon Jewel five years before. Oh, he's always been causing trouble, but now that he wants the jewel, he's gone Scream-Jason-Chuckie on us, killing anyone who gets in his way." She paused."Then, again, sometimes he just kills for fun."
Sango walked over and sat on the bed next to Kagome."People don't hide or prepare for him because it would be no use. If Naraku wanted someone dead, they'd be dead already. So why get all jumpy and precautious when you could be living your life to the fullest?"
" . . . So why aren't we dead?"
"I really don't know Kagome. Maybe because without you, no one could find where the jewel's gonna be next? Maybe he's afraid of us? Or toying with us? More power to anybody who can figure that maniac's mind out." Sango decided to change the subject."So, anyway, after Kikyo was turned into Naraku's puppet, Inuyasha started spending a lot of time with you over the next five years. And, well, if you ask me – "
The doorbell rang.
"Oh – Kagome!" Sango started panicking."Go get the door for me please! I still haven't put on any perfume! Or jewelry!"
Kagome laughed while getting up."Someone's calm, cool, and collected."
"Oh shut up and get the door!" Sango said frantically, racing to the bathroom.
Kagome skipped down the stairs and called,"Who is it?" crossing the living room.
"Miroku!" she heard a voice shout.
She reached the door and yanked it open. There stood a smiling Miroku holding a bouquet of red roses."Miroku! Hi! Come on in!" She opened the door wider and he stepped in.
"I expect you've been doing well, Kagome?"
"Very. Now you mind telling me why you guys are going on a date so early in the day?"
"Well, we've been planning it for a month now, because of our jobs. Me being a monk-computer programmer, and her being a lovely, ravishing, breathtakingly beautiful – "
"Save it monk." Sango said coming down the stairs.
"Goddess – I mean, demon exterminator." He handed her the roses and she flushed pink taking them.
"Thank you Miroku." She gave the roses to Kagome."Could you put these in some water, Kagome?"
She took the roses with a giant grin on her face. "Sure. You two have fun!" She waved a hand at them as they walked out the door. As Kagome headed toward the kitchen, she could have sworn she heard a crash outside followed by someone shouting,"HENTAI!"
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It was mid-afternoon when Kagome went up to her room and crawled into her bed. She had been watching talk shows and soap operas all day, and decided that she wanted a nap. She pulled that pink comforter up to her chin and snuggled her head into the pillow – to find it damp. Kagome's eyes shot open and she sat up.
'Oh, yeah. Sango poured water all over me this morning.' She got up and took her pillow with her to the linen closet. When she reached it, she pulled out another pillow, and went to the laundry room to dump the other pillow there. She trudged back to her room and replaced the new pillow where the old one was. She crawled back into bed and pulled the sheets over her head, but pulled them back when a shrill ringing filled the house. She sat up and went into the hallway to find the source of it. Her gaze locked on it – the vid-phone.
She walked over to it and tried to remember what Sango said about operating it. She saw a little red flashing button and pressed it. A little screen appeared above the little blue box showing Inuyasha's face.
"You weren't about to go to sleep now, were you?" He smirked.
"No." She yawned."'Course not."
"Well, I'll be there in a few minutes, so could you be ready, please?"
"Yeah, okay." His face disappeared as he hung up and the little screen above the blue box vanished. 'Stupid futuristic stuff . . . ' Kagome went back into her room to brush her hair and wipe the sleepiness off her eyes.
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Sure enough, a few minutes later the doorbell rang and it was Inuyasha.
"You ready?" he asked.
Kagome smiled."Yep. So where are we off to?"
"I thought I'd take you to the amusement park."
"Really? I haven't been to one of those in a long time!" Kagome suddenly looked down at the blue sundress she still wore."Uhh, you're not – "
"Don't worry, I've got my bike this time."
"Uhh, Inuyasha, I don't think a bike is gonna get us there before sunrise - "
He stared at her with an arched eyebrow."My motorcycle, Kagome."
"Oh. Well let's go!"
"Wait. I, uh, got a surprise for ya."
"Surprise?"
The unnoticed hand behind his back revealed itself, holding a long rectangular box."Here."
Kagome smiled and took the box opening it quickly. She pulled back the lid, and moved the wrapping tissue out of the way to reveal a perfectly sculptured glass pink rose. Her face lit up and she took in an awed gasp.
"You like it?"
Kagome grinned widely at him before wringing her hands around his neck and kissing him on the cheek. He looked startled for a moment, but he returned her embrace and grinned. 'I'll take that as a yes.'
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Riddle of the chapter: When does Friday come before Thursday?
Prize: Naraku cookie with three Saimyoshos (poison insects).
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A/N: Yeah, I know it's been a long time. But with no Valentine, reports, and food poisoning, it gets to yakay. This chapter took me five days to write. Hopefully I won't puke againkay . . . (rubs tummy) Lost the happy, and it won't come back til I'm well. Maybe reviews will make me feel better? (tells tummy to shut up) Oh, yeah, and I'm going to Mardi Graskay? I'll try and update before that. Kiwi is sick, and she will see you on the sick side of thingskay. ~__~
Lavie-chan – Oh, so easy.
Valdimarian – Civilation, you changed your namekay. WHY? And, no, about the perverted as Miroku thing. ^_^ And no, I don't have a book. I just get around a lot . . . Stop thinking like that you perv . . .
Miroku the Virtuous Monk – Here ya go! Yaykay! New reviewer! ^.^
Puppkid – LOL – Everyone answered correctly, but no one wants that cookiekay!
Geminia – I know it's confusing, but it made perfect sense in my headkay! I'm gonna explain it the way I did with TiarieFariekay? Okay, it's only LIKE there are two Kagomes. There is only one. She was living her life with no demons, no Shikon Jewel, no nothing. She got hit by a car and has met the Inu crewkay? She never knew who any of them were. Because she is remembering things she never experienced before, she thinks her old life never existed, but it did, but Kagome doesn't even register that factkay? Man. Now I'm confused . . .
Ks – (smiles very widely) I racked my brain on that one. I asked some people I knew, but they couldn't come up with anything really intelligent. (yes, I was that desparatekay) At first I was thinking 'newspaper', but it's not black when you buy it. So one of my smarter friends suggested that it had to be something you cook, or melt. So . . . (building anxiety) Is it charcoal? It has to be charcoal. Tell me it's charcoal. IT BETTER BE CHARCOAL! (breathes heavily . . . calms down) Lost the happy again, but it's back nowkay. ^.^
TiarieFarie – Okay, I know Inuyasha's being a cruel bitch, but he's only insecure around the new Kagomekay? He'll lighten up. I hope. Maybe I'll do something unexpectedkay. (plots oh so evilly) SO GET OFF MY BACK!
Dvlld – Yay! New reviewer! I guess you got the answers right, and you can have the cookies, but I'm a little bit suspicious . . . you could have skipped on ahead and looked at the answers . . . But who am I to judge, huh?
Answer to last chap's riddle: "e"
Disclaimer: ive got gud nooze an bad nooze: the bad nooze is i dount oun Inuyasha, but da gud nooze iz i set the tymer on da vee see are.
Alternate Universe
Chapter 9 –
Surprise, Surprise
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Naraku lifted his chin and smirked from under his mask."We meet again, eh, Kagome?"
Kagome's hands fisted near her sides."Naraku. Don't talk like you know me, 'cause you don't."
His smirk widened."Really? Well, this really isn't a good time to talk, so I'll just be seeing you later." Naraku's lumpy figure could be seen receding into the shadows.
Kagome started to panic. 'Oh no, what do I do? I can't stop him!' "NO!" she yelled reaching out towards his pelt. She grabbed it and he froze. Kagome kept a hold on him wondering why he was making no moves to stop her.
"Damn miko magic . . . " she heard him mutter.
'Miko magic? I have powers?' Kagome mentally kicked herself for that one.'Duh – I can sense the jewel! So maybe . . . ' she stared at the back of Naraku's head.'Maybe I can - ' A bright pink light began to emanate from Kagome's hand. 'Kill him.' The light shot out of her fist straight through Naraku ripping him to pieces. Folds of his pelt fluttered to the floor and the Shikon Jewel landed with a faint 'tink' and rolled under another table.
"Whoa . . . " Kagome managed to say staring at her glowing hand. She gazed down at what was left of Naraku. The scraps of his pelt were surrounding a little wooden doll with a strand of hair wound around its head. Kagome nealt down to pick it up, but before she could touch it, it disintegrated; along with the pieces of pelt.
"It was a puppet." Kagome jumped a foot high turning around to the owner of the voice. She saw Inuyasha glowering at the dust remains.
"A-a puppet?" he held out a hand to her and she took it standing.
"Yeah. Naraku does that a lot. Never gets his hands dirty."
Kagome lowered her head and stared at the floor. "Oh. I thought I really killed him . . . "
"Don't worry about it." She looked up at him to find him smiling at her."You reduced his image to dust. Made my day." He crossed his arms and headed towards the door."Ready to go?"
"Wouldn't want to stay here . . . " Kagome paused as a thought struck her."Hey!" Inuyasha turned back towards her."What happened to that demon thing?"
"Killed it and reduced it to dust, too."
"Right." She said following him.
When they reached the door, Kagome couldn't help but glance back at the pile of Naraku's puppet. Panic shot through her again."Oh, no!"
Inuyasha was beside her in a second."What? What? What is it?" He was looking around frantically flexing his claws.
"The jewel!" She ran where she remembered it 'tinking' under a table. She searched below it and sighed. It was gone – again.
"Don't worry about it." Inuyasha said some distance away.
Kagome looked up at him like he was crazy."Have you totally lost it? I thought we weren't supposed to let Naraku have the jewel! And you're shrugging it off like it's nothing!"
"Might as well be."
"What?!"
He gave an agitated sigh."We've been after this jewel for five years. And it's always been the same thing over, and over again. You sense the jewel, we go to its location, get the jewel, beat the baddies, and lose the jewel 'cause it disappears if it's not in someone's grasp. I kinda got used to it after all this time."
"You guys have been after the jewel for five years?"
He nodded."C'mon. You can ask me and Sango all you want at your place."
"All right." She followed him out of the library. She stopped short when she saw the upturned sidewalk, chunks of cement and marble, and not a person in sight."Uh, Inuyasha – "
"When we get to your place." He cut her off and crouched down to let her on his back.
Kagome felt confused as she climbed onto his back."We have to stop by the Cookie to get my stuff."
"What's your stuff doin' there?" he set off running.
"That's where Katen and I had brunch."
"You didn't ask me if I wanted brunch." He grumbled.
A spark of anger went off inside her and she tugged on his hair."That's 'cause you staggered off to the library in a hissy fit!"
"All right, all right!" he said stopping the Cookie and letting her off."Oh, yeah, speaking of the little Barbie doll," he straightened up and crossed his arms looking away."He said he'd see you later."
Kagome giggled."Thanks, Inuyasha." And went to get her things.
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"So the city pays for all the damage?" Kagome asked Sango, sitting on the couch. Inuyasha was leaning against one of the walls.
Sango nodded."Yep. Ever since the first crusades of us trying to kill Naraku and get the Shikon Jewel, they offered to pay for all the damage he, or we, caused. So long as we foiled him in getting it."
"Oh." Kagome looked down at the floor."I can't believe this has been going on for five years."
"Feels more like forever." Inuyasha replied straightening up."You can finish the rest, Sango, I gotta go. Homework"
"All right, you get right on that. Tell your brother I said hi."
"Whatever."He reached for the door knob before turning back and asking,"Kagome, you wanna go out later?"
Said girl stared at him disbelievingly. Suddenly, he looked like he regretted saying that and turned back towards the door, blushing slightly.
"I mean I know you don't wanna sit around the house all day long, huh?"
"Sure Inuyasha! Why not? Just call me when you're ready. If I'm not sleeping."
"Yeah." He said walking out and closing the door.
"I could've sworn I saw him blush." Kagome said a few minutes later.
Sango laughed as she got up."Well it's not surprising!"
"Why's that?"
"C'mon, I'll tell you upstairs. Got to get ready for a date."
"A date?" Kagome shot up full of curiousity."With who?"
"'With whom', and it's, uh, Miroku."
"Miroku? Really? I thought you didn't like him?"
"It's not that. I do." Sango rolled her eyes." It's just the fact that he's a complete perv."
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Inuyasha jumped from building to building as he worked his way home. 'Should have brought my bike . . . ' he thought bitterly. 'Why did I do that?' He landed on top of a Roman restaurant. 'I was practically asking her on a date. Ugh, so stupid!'
Suddenly he looked very sad. 'She's never gonna remember about us or anything . . . We were so close, too.'
He bounded around Market Street and through Trobon Avenue, until he reached his apartment. He walked up to the door and heard giggling noises. He sniffed, then sighed. 'Rin.' He decided to finish his home work another time, and sped off back into town. He landed on a street corner and walked the rest of his way. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and looked at all the stores and shops, though he knew where they were by heart. He wandered aimlessly through the streets, and came upon the glass shop he saw Kagome and Katen in. He stopped when he saw a smiling couple walking out with two halves of a glass heart pendant.
He gazed through the large windows and smiled. 'But maybe . . . '
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Kagome was up in Sango's room, brushing her hair down in front of the vanity mirror.
"So, what shoes do I wear?" Sango motioned towards two pairs of shoes.
"Hmm," Kagome tapped at her chin in thought."The lime green sandals. They go with your shirt." Sango reached for the sandals and started putting them on. Kagome let out a breath as she flopped down on Sango's bed.
"So, what did you mean earlier?"
"Huh?" Sango said standing up looking at herself in the mirror.
"About Inuyasha. And how it's not surprising to see him blush?"
"Oh!" Sango giggled."Well," She giggled some more."Before the memory accident, you two were kind of close really."
Kagome cocked an eyebrow."Close?"
"Yeah. Inseparable, more like; even though you guys argued and huffed a lot. You had your good points, though."
Kagome fell back against the bed and sighed."But what about Kikyo?"
"What about her? As far as he's concerned, or maybe that's just me, they're no longer existent." Sango looked at Kagome's doubtful face."Okay, here's what's it – Inuyasha knew Kikyo for about a year, while he's known you for half his life. Naraku came along and messed with her mind about him, and she turned evil bitch on him. A little after that, Inuyasha's parents were killed, a little before ours were, and we teamed up with him to try and stop him. Shippo even helps sometimes; when his foster parents aren't looking. It wasn't long before Miroku wanted to help us, 'cause of that curse Naraku put on his family decades before - "
"But," Kagome sat up."Why would Naraku start to cause all this trouble just five years before? And why aren't people taking precautions of him?"
Sango looked at her seriously."That's because Naraku found out about the Shikon Jewel five years before. Oh, he's always been causing trouble, but now that he wants the jewel, he's gone Scream-Jason-Chuckie on us, killing anyone who gets in his way." She paused."Then, again, sometimes he just kills for fun."
Sango walked over and sat on the bed next to Kagome."People don't hide or prepare for him because it would be no use. If Naraku wanted someone dead, they'd be dead already. So why get all jumpy and precautious when you could be living your life to the fullest?"
" . . . So why aren't we dead?"
"I really don't know Kagome. Maybe because without you, no one could find where the jewel's gonna be next? Maybe he's afraid of us? Or toying with us? More power to anybody who can figure that maniac's mind out." Sango decided to change the subject."So, anyway, after Kikyo was turned into Naraku's puppet, Inuyasha started spending a lot of time with you over the next five years. And, well, if you ask me – "
The doorbell rang.
"Oh – Kagome!" Sango started panicking."Go get the door for me please! I still haven't put on any perfume! Or jewelry!"
Kagome laughed while getting up."Someone's calm, cool, and collected."
"Oh shut up and get the door!" Sango said frantically, racing to the bathroom.
Kagome skipped down the stairs and called,"Who is it?" crossing the living room.
"Miroku!" she heard a voice shout.
She reached the door and yanked it open. There stood a smiling Miroku holding a bouquet of red roses."Miroku! Hi! Come on in!" She opened the door wider and he stepped in.
"I expect you've been doing well, Kagome?"
"Very. Now you mind telling me why you guys are going on a date so early in the day?"
"Well, we've been planning it for a month now, because of our jobs. Me being a monk-computer programmer, and her being a lovely, ravishing, breathtakingly beautiful – "
"Save it monk." Sango said coming down the stairs.
"Goddess – I mean, demon exterminator." He handed her the roses and she flushed pink taking them.
"Thank you Miroku." She gave the roses to Kagome."Could you put these in some water, Kagome?"
She took the roses with a giant grin on her face. "Sure. You two have fun!" She waved a hand at them as they walked out the door. As Kagome headed toward the kitchen, she could have sworn she heard a crash outside followed by someone shouting,"HENTAI!"
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It was mid-afternoon when Kagome went up to her room and crawled into her bed. She had been watching talk shows and soap operas all day, and decided that she wanted a nap. She pulled that pink comforter up to her chin and snuggled her head into the pillow – to find it damp. Kagome's eyes shot open and she sat up.
'Oh, yeah. Sango poured water all over me this morning.' She got up and took her pillow with her to the linen closet. When she reached it, she pulled out another pillow, and went to the laundry room to dump the other pillow there. She trudged back to her room and replaced the new pillow where the old one was. She crawled back into bed and pulled the sheets over her head, but pulled them back when a shrill ringing filled the house. She sat up and went into the hallway to find the source of it. Her gaze locked on it – the vid-phone.
She walked over to it and tried to remember what Sango said about operating it. She saw a little red flashing button and pressed it. A little screen appeared above the little blue box showing Inuyasha's face.
"You weren't about to go to sleep now, were you?" He smirked.
"No." She yawned."'Course not."
"Well, I'll be there in a few minutes, so could you be ready, please?"
"Yeah, okay." His face disappeared as he hung up and the little screen above the blue box vanished. 'Stupid futuristic stuff . . . ' Kagome went back into her room to brush her hair and wipe the sleepiness off her eyes.
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Sure enough, a few minutes later the doorbell rang and it was Inuyasha.
"You ready?" he asked.
Kagome smiled."Yep. So where are we off to?"
"I thought I'd take you to the amusement park."
"Really? I haven't been to one of those in a long time!" Kagome suddenly looked down at the blue sundress she still wore."Uhh, you're not – "
"Don't worry, I've got my bike this time."
"Uhh, Inuyasha, I don't think a bike is gonna get us there before sunrise - "
He stared at her with an arched eyebrow."My motorcycle, Kagome."
"Oh. Well let's go!"
"Wait. I, uh, got a surprise for ya."
"Surprise?"
The unnoticed hand behind his back revealed itself, holding a long rectangular box."Here."
Kagome smiled and took the box opening it quickly. She pulled back the lid, and moved the wrapping tissue out of the way to reveal a perfectly sculptured glass pink rose. Her face lit up and she took in an awed gasp.
"You like it?"
Kagome grinned widely at him before wringing her hands around his neck and kissing him on the cheek. He looked startled for a moment, but he returned her embrace and grinned. 'I'll take that as a yes.'
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Riddle of the chapter: When does Friday come before Thursday?
Prize: Naraku cookie with three Saimyoshos (poison insects).
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A/N: Yeah, I know it's been a long time. But with no Valentine, reports, and food poisoning, it gets to yakay. This chapter took me five days to write. Hopefully I won't puke againkay . . . (rubs tummy) Lost the happy, and it won't come back til I'm well. Maybe reviews will make me feel better? (tells tummy to shut up) Oh, yeah, and I'm going to Mardi Graskay? I'll try and update before that. Kiwi is sick, and she will see you on the sick side of thingskay. ~__~