A/N: SNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! Yes, snow day people!
Kiwi is so happykay! ^_^ We don't get snow in the south! And when we do,
it's a cause to celebrate (but not for the people who get in accidents on
the road)! Don't know what was up with my rose divisions last chapterkay,
ff.net did something. I may just update twice, but don't get your hopes
upkay?
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Miroku the virtuous monk – Oh, yes. Fluff galore. ^.^
SilverTailz – Long time no seekay! )
Lavie-chan – You sure you're over it?
Ks – . . . cow pie? XP E-he-he-heeeew. (smiles very widely) A ying-yang sign?
Shelly – Don't know? Well you can have the cookie anyway. Try next time though.
Valdimarian – Thanx for the infokay! (though I didn't know I'd get so much) ^.^
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Answer to last chap's riddle: In the dictionary, or alphabetically. Don't know why I'm bothering – you people get all of them anyway, you computer geeks . . . (sigh) Who says 'geek' anymore? --_--
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Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but I just saved a ton of money on my car insurance by switching to GEICO.
Alternate Universe
Chapter 10 –
Forgotten Memories Return
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Kagome was elated. She was going to a futuristic amusement park, riding on a motorcycle to get there – and Inuyasha had just given her a gift. She decided to keep it back at the shrine for safekeeping, so it wouldn't break. Her arms were wrapped around Inuyasha's chest, and she buried her head into his back as he zipped through and around cars. So far, Kagome had counted, he'd cut off eight cars, four trucks, and three other motorcyclists; she could have sworn she saw someone pull out a gun when she twisted around to see his latest cut off. She tightened her arms around his chest and whimpered. When they came to a stoplight, Kagome lifted the visor of the helmet Inuyasha let her borrow and leaned forward so he could hear her.
"Could you drive just a little bit more sane?" she tried to say over the revving engine.
He tilted his head back."What?"
"Your driving! Do it more carefully!" she said a bit louder.
His head tilted back some more."What now?"
"I said – "She didn't get to finish as the light turned green and the revving of the engine grew louder.
"Hold on!" he yelled loudly. She quickly flipped the visor back down and squeezed her eyes shut ready for another go of his insane driving skills, but she felt herself dipping backwards. Kagome's eyes flew open and she chanced a glance to the side – Inuyasha was popping a wheelie and was cruising down the street that way. Kagome started screaming and, as if to satisfy her, Inuyasha abruptly threw the front of the bike down, but that wasn't the end of Kagome's fears – as soon as they were on level again, he started driving faster than before.
Kagome yanked her eyes open again and saw that they now were on a brightly lit, very large water bridge. Inuyasha continued to zoom through the road like a maniac, leaving everyone in his invisible dust. Kagome felt a faint vibration come from his chest and soon realized that he was slowing down. Traffic was up ahead. He continued to slow down until he was just inching forward in traffic. Kagome let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. She cast her gaze to the sky and saw the orange glow of the sun partially covered by indigo clouds; the sun was going to set in about an hour, she guessed.
She suddenly heard whistling from her right. She turned her head to see a car full of guys.
"Hey, Baby!" the guy in the driver's seat called out to her."Love those tight white shorts you're wearin'!"
Kagome blushed blood red and raised her visor to look down behind her. Sure enough, her sundress was hiked up high enough to get a good, if not revealing, sight of the shorts she wore under her dress. She shrieked and used her right hand to hastily pull the hem of her dress down and smooth it under her so she could sit on it, hearing their snickers all the way.
"What ya doin' that for Baby? You looked beautiful before!" another guy yelled out. Kagome was unaware of the continuous loud revving of vehicle she was on.
"What's with this white-haired freak show you're with?" the driver asked again."Can't tell if it's a guy or a chick!"
The others laughed and Kagome tried to ignore them as she tightened her arms around Inuyasha.
"Hey! Bitch! I'm talkin' to you! You gonna – "
Inuyasha's hand suddenly lashed out and was now around the driver's throat in a death grip."What the fuck did you just say?" Inuyasha asked quietly, venom dripping from his words.
The driver just clawed at Inuyasha's hand trying to free himself gasping for air. The others in the car just distanced themselves from Inuyasha the best they could. Inuyasha jerked the driver's neck.
"Apologize!" he loosened his grip, but only by a fraction.
"I'm sorry, sorry!" he choked out.
Kagome could now clearly hear Inuyasha's growls over the traffic. Passersby in their cars were now staring out of their windows to look at the unfolding scene. She looked at Inuyasha's face and saw his fangs for the first time. It also looked like he wasn't going to let go of that guy anytime soon. After what the guy choked out, she saw his eyes flash a menacing red before Inuyasha growled again, louder this time, and choked him harder.
"Not to me you fucking bastard! Apologize to Kagome! You have no right to call her bitch!"
Kagome panicked and she touched Inuyasha's back."Inuyasha let him go! He can't breath! You'll kill him!"
Inuyasha's helmet turned her way and he lifted his visor with his other hand to look at her.
"What?"
"Let him go! I'm sure he's very sorry now!" She looked at him with pleading eyes.
With one last glare at the rude guy, and a departing grunt, his hand left his throat and returned to the bike handles. The guy kept muttering 'I'm sorry' as he rolled up his window. Kagome let out another breath and lifted her head to his shoulder.
"Thank you, though, Inuyasha. Despite the choking and growls, that was very sweet of you."
Unbeknownst to Kagome, Inuyasha's furrowed brow disappeared, and his face softened with a light blush."You're welcome." He said over his shoulder.
Kagome settled back down and – "Wait! You can hear me? Why didn't you drive more carefully at the last light?!"
"Is that what all this traffic was for?"
Kagome realized his attention was elsewhere and leaned over to see what he was looking at. The middle of the bridge was breaking in two and coming up to let a steamboat through. Kagome eyed the side of Inuyasha's helmet as he put his visor back down.
"Inuyasha, you better not be thinking what I think you're thinking . . ."
"Then you're thinking the right thing, Kagome." He said revving the engine louder.
"Inuyasha, no! You might kill us! You can't! Please d-"
It was too late; Inuyasha was already twisting and winding through the gaps in-between the cars heading for the inclining bridge. Kagome had too hand it to Inuyasha, though – he hadn't crashed once and even though he drove recklessly, he knew what he was doing. But that does not mean he should scare the wits out of Kagome! 'I bet he knows that I'm scared, he's just trying to act all macho!' The weight on the motorcycle shifted this way and that, Kagome leaning with Inuyasha's movements, reluctantly. They both finally reached the part of the bridge that was being blocked off by mechanical road barriers and flashing lights. Inuyasha slipped through a very narrow gap between two barriers and raced onto the lifting bridge. Kagome couldn't feel her hands and arms, or anything for that matter, anymore and just hoped she lived through this. Kagome just wished she were someplace else as she squeezed her eyes shut and felt the motorcycle pull her and Inuyasha upward.
For a few precious moments she felt her self still on solid ground, but then that familiar feeling left her as she felt herself sailing through the air. She was scared, but she couldn't help but love the feeling of the wind beneath her – kind of like how she felt when she rode on Inuyasha's back. That experience was short lived as they plummeted to the ground with a giant 'thud'. Inuyasha skidded and burned rubber as he twisted the bike around to face the bridge. He took his helmet off and stared at what he'd just jumped and whistled.
"Wow, my farthest yet!" he turned around."You okay, Kagome?"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'AM I OKAY?' OF COURSE I'M NOT OKAY! YOU JUST JUMPED A FUCKING BRIDGE AGAINST MY WAY BETTER JUDGEMENT! YOU HAVE NO REGARD FOR PEOPLE'S FEARS, DO YOU?!" Kagome was glaring at him for all he was worth and was standing by the bike with her helmet off looking totally livid.
"Fears?" he blinked, surprised. Then he smiled."You were scared?"
"Well yeah!" she huffed, hands on her hips."I don't take too kindly to heights a lot!"
"You were fine riding on my back!"
"That's different! I have something to break my fall if something happens!"
"But I helped you overcome your fear of heights a long time ago. I thought you'd be over it by now, even with your memory gone."
"Well, you thought wrong, huh?"
"Aw, c'mon, Kag, we're gonna miss all the fun! Hop back on." She glared at him dubiously."And I promise I'll drive slower, okay?"
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Soon they arrived at the amusement park and all Kagome could do was stare in awe. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. Though the sun hadn't completely setted yet, lights were on everywhere. People were walking this way and that way meeting friend or going to different rides. The buttery smell of soft pretzels and simmering hotdogs made Kagome's mouth water. The atmosphere around the park was light and happy as she and Inuyasha moved through it.
"So, what ya want to do first?"
Kagome looked around her. There were so many fun-looking rides, and exciting games to play, and delicious food to eat!
"I don't know! You pick!" she said still looking around her in awe.
"Okay," Inuyasha looked to his left."We can go on a ride first – "
"Ooh, ooh! Let's go on that one! Please Inuyasha?"
He looked to where she was pointing and saw that it was a roller coaster that read 'Dominatrix'.
"Okay." Kagome grabbed his arm and drug him off in the direction of the 'Dominatrix'. They stood in line for a good half an hour before actually getting on the ride because so many people thought it would be a good idea to ride it, too. When it was Inuyasha and Kagome's turn to get on the ride, Kagome noticed that the coaster cars were hovering above the very brightly lit tracks – if that was what you called them; they looked more like beams of concentrated light. She stared at them until she felt a light push from Inuyasha behind her urging her to go on.
"What?" he asked her.
"Nothing." She said simply sitting down in the unbelievably comfortable car seat.
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After the worthy-of-having-a-seizure-making 'Dominatrix' and a few other rides, Kagome and Inuyasha decided to stop and eat something. They settled for a soft pretzel and four hotdogs, with a small lemonade and a jumbo coke. They sat and ate at a small red and white checkered table and talked.
"This place is amazing Inuyasha! These rides are so much more fun than the ones I'm used to!" Kagome said sipping her lemonade.
Inuyasha had just finished scarfing down his hotdogs and was about to get started on that coke when a familiar voice rang out through the air.
"Kagome! Inuyasha!" The two said people turned at the calling of their names to be greeted with by Sango and her very disappointed looking date, Miroku.
"Sango!" Kagome sprang to her feet and hugged her sister before asking."What up with him?" She looked at Miroku who was now sitting down sulking by Inuyasha.
"Oh, he's just upset he couldn't win me anything at the games. I mentioned I wanted a stuffed animal, and I was going to play myself, but he insisted that he win it for me. Now he's broke."
Miroku's head, if it could, drifted down even further.
"How long've you two been here?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well, about three hours now, but I want to ride some more rides before I go."
She walked over to the sulking Miroku and lugged him up carrying him off to who knows where waving to Kagome and Inuyasha behind her."I'll see you later Kagome! Take care of her Inuyasha!" And she was gone as she disappeared through the crowd. Kagome yet again thought she heard a loud crash and someone yelling, "HENTAI" off into the distance. She shrugged it off.
"Come on, Inuyasha!" she said cheerfully throwing the food wrappers and napkins away.
"'Come on' what?" he said confused.
"I want you to win me a prize at a game!" she started lugging him off in the same fashion as Sango did to Miroku.
"Why? I don't want to play any games!"
She gave him the puppy dog eyes and said in an innocent tone."Pleeeeeeeeeese?"
Inuyasha tried backing away from her, but she had his arm in a death grip. Her eyes were so pleading, so innocent, so pure, so brown, so deep, so beauti-
"All right, all right!" he yanked his arm out of her grip and she squealed looking around for a game he could play. There was the ring toss. 'Not challenging enough.' There was the water shooting game. 'No, too kiddy.' Then she spotted it – the strength bell.
"Inuyasha! Look! It suits you perfectly!" Not only that, but there was a giant pink teddy bear hanging near the top just waiting to be won. She grabbed his arm once again and dragged him to the awaiting challenge. The man managing the game was smiling at the approaching couple.
"Come to win your lady friend a prize, eh?"
"Yes he has!" Kagome said to the man. She pointed up to the giant pink bear."He wants that one!"
"Well he's gonna have to ring the bell to get it down." He chuckled." Five dollars, three chances."
Inuyasha grumbled as he dug in his pocket for five bucks and all but shoved it at the man. The man backed away from Inuyasha slightly and handed him the whacking mallet. Inuyasha slung the mallet over his shoulder testing its weight. 'This thing weighs as much as Tetsusaiga. Piece of cake!' Inuyasha walked over to the whacking platform and was about to swing the mallet down, when the man suddenly stuck out a hand and yelled,"Wait!"
Inuyasha faulted and stared at the man."What?" he asked irritably.
"You're a demon, aren't you?"
"I guess you could say that, yeah." He didn't know what this guy was playing at.
"Then you'll need that." He pointed to a much larger heavy-looking mallet in the corner.
Inuyasha sighed and dropped the mallet and went over to pick up the other one. He gripped the handle and hefted it up – or at least tried to. It was heavy like it was immobile. He grunted as he dragged the mallet over to the platform looking like he was straining.
"You all right Inuyasha? Is it too heavy? We can just go to another – "
"No!" he ground out."I can handle it. It's just heavier than the other one is all."
"It's supposed to be." The man said."Demons are stronger than humans are, so they need a heavier tool."
"Oh, how ingenious!" Inuyasha blurted out sarcastically. He hefted the more massive mallet onto his shoulder and nearly fell over due to its weight. He straightened himself and gripped the handle of the mallet and swung down as hard as he could. The light on the tall pole stand only went up slightly above his head – not good. Inuyasha growled as he heard the man chuckle at his feeble attempts to win.
"Don't worry Inuyasha! You've still got two turns left!" Kagome encouraged him on.
"Right . . . "he grumbled. He hefted up the mallet again and brought it down on the platform. This time, the light only went up to his waist. He was getting severely discouraged by now.
"Don't worry Inuyasha! One more try! Even if you don't win me something, I'll be grateful you tried!"
Kagome's cheering wasn't helping Inuyasha's situation any better, and he really did want to win her something. If he didn't do something with his last chance, he would have to pay that obnoxious guy another five bucks. He turned to a smiling Kagome and turned back to the platform. He gripped the end of the mallet and pretended that it was Tetsusaiga he was practicing with, and Koga he was aiming his attack at. The image of that mangy wolf's face on the platform was enough to get his blood boiling, and even more when he thought of what he would say if he lost. He could just imagine that wolf's irritating voice saying, "What's the matter dog turd? Too weak to win a simple game? Move aside, half-breed and let a real demon do the work!" With that last thought, he brought Tetsusaiga down to slice Koga's face in half to be met with loud sirens and blinking lights.
He set the mallet down. The light had made it all the way to the top and the giant pink bear fell down to meet him at his feet. He felt arms wrap around his neck tightly. Kagome was hugging him with a passion.
"You did it Inuyasha! You won! And you got me the pink bear I wanted!" she giggled uncontrollably as she went to pick up the gigantic bear.
Inuyasha huffed in satisfaction and let the heavy mallet fall to the ground. The man in charge of the game was staring wide-eyed at Inuyasha as he and Kagome left to go on one last ride before heading home. His shock was short-lived as many more people were flocking in his direction eager to get a prize like that other guy did.
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"Don't worry about it, Kagome. We'll be fine."
"Okay, okay, I believe you." Though she didn't sound convincing. Inuyasha was pulling her into the Ferris wheel carriage as he tried to reassure her they wouldn't die a slow and painful death by falling out of one of the windows. Kagome slid in next to Inuyasha as the operator closed the door and locked it. Kagome turned and smiled at Inuyasha.
"Thank you for winning me the bear, Inuyasha."
"Yeah, sure, but did you have to bring it along with you?"
The smiling said bear was sitting across from them.
"Well, I don't want it stolen!"
"You could have left it in the operator's room, ya know."
"But still that would – Ahh!"
Kagome latched herself on to Inuyasha's arm as the Ferris wheel started to move. Kagome leaned over to look out the barred, glassless window and saw the people on the ground shrinking. She squeezed Inuyasha's arm tighter and whimpered.
"Okay, here's what we're gonna do – you don't look out the window, and I will keep you occupied by conversation. Okay?"
"Okay." She said in a small voice letting go of his arm and turning to look at him. A disturbing cold chill went up her spine. She had a weird case of major déjà vu. She looked at Inuyasha a bit more before realizing her head hurt. She reached up a hand to suppress the pressure point, but it seemed to spread all over her head. It wasn't long before her eyes glazed over and grew blank.
An image appeared from somewhere and she saw herself and Inuyasha sitting in the exact same Ferris wheel carriage in the exact same place. Both of them were smiling and conversing easily.
"You still afraid of heights?" she heard Inuyasha ask.
"A little, I guess." She heard herself answer.
"I can think of something that wouldn't make you so afraid anymore . . . "
She quirked an eyebrow at him."What?"
Inuyasha suddenly leaned over and cupped her face in his hands as his lips met hers in a tender kiss. Kagome looked shocked at first, but she soon gave in to his ministrations and laced her arms about his neck returning the favor. His arms soon found her back and they were engrossed in each other.
"Kagome!"
Kagome blinked out of her daze. Inuyasha's hands were around her shoulders and he was looking concerned.
"You okay? What was it? It wasn't a vision was it?"
"No. It was just a, a – an old memory."
"Oh. You scared me for a sec. Can't let a bastard like Naraku ruin this day. Or night more like it."
Kagome looked out the window and saw that they were at the bottom of the ride."We're done?"
"Yeah," he said slowly. He was still a bit worried."You blanked out like that all the way around."
"Oh."
"Anything wrong?" he asked as the operator opened their door to let them out.
Kagome shook her head."No, I'm fine, just wanna go home."
"All right." He said.
They both exited the ride, Inuyasha carrying the giant bear to the parking lot.
"Don't know how we're gonna get this on my bike . . . "Inuyasha contemplated when they reached it.
A car suddenly pulled in front of them and a window rolled down revealing Miroku's face.
"Hey strangers!" he called.
Kagome smiled."Well someone's much happier."
"Hey you think you can stuff this in the back? It can't fit on my bike."
"Sure toss it in the back."
Inuyasha went to go pack the giant bear in the back and Sango's face appeared across from Miroku."Good thing we decided to try one more game out! You guys would have had to leave it!"
"Not for a full five bucks we weren't!" Inuyasha retorted closing the door.
"So, what game did you decide on playing?"
"Well," Miroku started."Since I had no money left, your dearest sister Sango lent me some more, and I won her a stuffed frog at one of those water gun things. I filled up my frog the fastest." He said proudly.
"Yeah, yeah, great for you. Gotta get goin', it's late." Inuyasha griped as he drug Kagome over to his bike.
"Meet you at the shrine!" Sango called as Miroku's car pulled away and out of sight.
Kagome put her helmet on and climbed on behind Inuyasha making sure to smooth her skirt under her as she sat down. Inuyasha revved his engine, but stopped to shrug off his jacket. Kagome caught it as it slipped off of him and he tilted his head and told her,"It my be spring, but it's still cool, and all you have on is that sundress. Put it on."
Kagome thanked him as she fitted her arms through his big jacket and zipped it up. She wrapped her arms around his chest and nodded telling him she was ready and they were off. They zipped though the streets easily, since there was less traffic later on in the day. The bright lights of the city were marvelous at night; it could rival how the city looked in the morning. They came back to the bridge Inuyasha had jumped across, but no ships were coming through this time. The brilliant blue, green, and pink lights of the bridge made a little grin tug at the corners of Kagome's mouth. Everything was so breathtaking in this new world that she almost didn't miss her old life – almost.
As Inuyasha drove considerably safer, Kagome couldn't help but think back to that kiss she remembered. Or saw. Or witnessed. Whatever. The other her, or whoever, and Inuyasha looked quite comfortable sitting there on the Ferris wheel kissing. Maybe that was the cause of her strange déjà vu. Whatever the case may be, she decided, there was definitely more to her and Inuyasha's previous relationship than Sango, or Inuyasha himself, would really let on.
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Riddle of the chapter: Poor people have it, rich people don't need it, most people care about it, and if you eat, or drink this, you will most certainly die.
The prize this chapter is a Sango cookie arrangement! Includes: A Sango cookie, a Hiraikotsu cookie, a regular Kirara cookie, and a transformed Kirara cookie! What a deal!
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A/N: O_o Wow. Loooooooong chappiekay. Don't expect too many of these in the future. Only if I brainstorm. I was originally going somewhere else with this chapter, but I decided to not leave a cliffie this time. Though my original idea will come into play in a different chapterkay? (plots oh so evilly) Kiwi says she will update next week probably, but only if at least one person reveiwskay? (though more than one will do just fine.) Kiwi is outie and she will see you on the flip side of thingskay? P.S. Attempt to solve the riddle, people, ATTEMPT. That makes me happy. ^_^
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Miroku the virtuous monk – Oh, yes. Fluff galore. ^.^
SilverTailz – Long time no seekay! )
Lavie-chan – You sure you're over it?
Ks – . . . cow pie? XP E-he-he-heeeew. (smiles very widely) A ying-yang sign?
Shelly – Don't know? Well you can have the cookie anyway. Try next time though.
Valdimarian – Thanx for the infokay! (though I didn't know I'd get so much) ^.^
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Answer to last chap's riddle: In the dictionary, or alphabetically. Don't know why I'm bothering – you people get all of them anyway, you computer geeks . . . (sigh) Who says 'geek' anymore? --_--
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Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but I just saved a ton of money on my car insurance by switching to GEICO.
Alternate Universe
Chapter 10 –
Forgotten Memories Return
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Kagome was elated. She was going to a futuristic amusement park, riding on a motorcycle to get there – and Inuyasha had just given her a gift. She decided to keep it back at the shrine for safekeeping, so it wouldn't break. Her arms were wrapped around Inuyasha's chest, and she buried her head into his back as he zipped through and around cars. So far, Kagome had counted, he'd cut off eight cars, four trucks, and three other motorcyclists; she could have sworn she saw someone pull out a gun when she twisted around to see his latest cut off. She tightened her arms around his chest and whimpered. When they came to a stoplight, Kagome lifted the visor of the helmet Inuyasha let her borrow and leaned forward so he could hear her.
"Could you drive just a little bit more sane?" she tried to say over the revving engine.
He tilted his head back."What?"
"Your driving! Do it more carefully!" she said a bit louder.
His head tilted back some more."What now?"
"I said – "She didn't get to finish as the light turned green and the revving of the engine grew louder.
"Hold on!" he yelled loudly. She quickly flipped the visor back down and squeezed her eyes shut ready for another go of his insane driving skills, but she felt herself dipping backwards. Kagome's eyes flew open and she chanced a glance to the side – Inuyasha was popping a wheelie and was cruising down the street that way. Kagome started screaming and, as if to satisfy her, Inuyasha abruptly threw the front of the bike down, but that wasn't the end of Kagome's fears – as soon as they were on level again, he started driving faster than before.
Kagome yanked her eyes open again and saw that they now were on a brightly lit, very large water bridge. Inuyasha continued to zoom through the road like a maniac, leaving everyone in his invisible dust. Kagome felt a faint vibration come from his chest and soon realized that he was slowing down. Traffic was up ahead. He continued to slow down until he was just inching forward in traffic. Kagome let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. She cast her gaze to the sky and saw the orange glow of the sun partially covered by indigo clouds; the sun was going to set in about an hour, she guessed.
She suddenly heard whistling from her right. She turned her head to see a car full of guys.
"Hey, Baby!" the guy in the driver's seat called out to her."Love those tight white shorts you're wearin'!"
Kagome blushed blood red and raised her visor to look down behind her. Sure enough, her sundress was hiked up high enough to get a good, if not revealing, sight of the shorts she wore under her dress. She shrieked and used her right hand to hastily pull the hem of her dress down and smooth it under her so she could sit on it, hearing their snickers all the way.
"What ya doin' that for Baby? You looked beautiful before!" another guy yelled out. Kagome was unaware of the continuous loud revving of vehicle she was on.
"What's with this white-haired freak show you're with?" the driver asked again."Can't tell if it's a guy or a chick!"
The others laughed and Kagome tried to ignore them as she tightened her arms around Inuyasha.
"Hey! Bitch! I'm talkin' to you! You gonna – "
Inuyasha's hand suddenly lashed out and was now around the driver's throat in a death grip."What the fuck did you just say?" Inuyasha asked quietly, venom dripping from his words.
The driver just clawed at Inuyasha's hand trying to free himself gasping for air. The others in the car just distanced themselves from Inuyasha the best they could. Inuyasha jerked the driver's neck.
"Apologize!" he loosened his grip, but only by a fraction.
"I'm sorry, sorry!" he choked out.
Kagome could now clearly hear Inuyasha's growls over the traffic. Passersby in their cars were now staring out of their windows to look at the unfolding scene. She looked at Inuyasha's face and saw his fangs for the first time. It also looked like he wasn't going to let go of that guy anytime soon. After what the guy choked out, she saw his eyes flash a menacing red before Inuyasha growled again, louder this time, and choked him harder.
"Not to me you fucking bastard! Apologize to Kagome! You have no right to call her bitch!"
Kagome panicked and she touched Inuyasha's back."Inuyasha let him go! He can't breath! You'll kill him!"
Inuyasha's helmet turned her way and he lifted his visor with his other hand to look at her.
"What?"
"Let him go! I'm sure he's very sorry now!" She looked at him with pleading eyes.
With one last glare at the rude guy, and a departing grunt, his hand left his throat and returned to the bike handles. The guy kept muttering 'I'm sorry' as he rolled up his window. Kagome let out another breath and lifted her head to his shoulder.
"Thank you, though, Inuyasha. Despite the choking and growls, that was very sweet of you."
Unbeknownst to Kagome, Inuyasha's furrowed brow disappeared, and his face softened with a light blush."You're welcome." He said over his shoulder.
Kagome settled back down and – "Wait! You can hear me? Why didn't you drive more carefully at the last light?!"
"Is that what all this traffic was for?"
Kagome realized his attention was elsewhere and leaned over to see what he was looking at. The middle of the bridge was breaking in two and coming up to let a steamboat through. Kagome eyed the side of Inuyasha's helmet as he put his visor back down.
"Inuyasha, you better not be thinking what I think you're thinking . . ."
"Then you're thinking the right thing, Kagome." He said revving the engine louder.
"Inuyasha, no! You might kill us! You can't! Please d-"
It was too late; Inuyasha was already twisting and winding through the gaps in-between the cars heading for the inclining bridge. Kagome had too hand it to Inuyasha, though – he hadn't crashed once and even though he drove recklessly, he knew what he was doing. But that does not mean he should scare the wits out of Kagome! 'I bet he knows that I'm scared, he's just trying to act all macho!' The weight on the motorcycle shifted this way and that, Kagome leaning with Inuyasha's movements, reluctantly. They both finally reached the part of the bridge that was being blocked off by mechanical road barriers and flashing lights. Inuyasha slipped through a very narrow gap between two barriers and raced onto the lifting bridge. Kagome couldn't feel her hands and arms, or anything for that matter, anymore and just hoped she lived through this. Kagome just wished she were someplace else as she squeezed her eyes shut and felt the motorcycle pull her and Inuyasha upward.
For a few precious moments she felt her self still on solid ground, but then that familiar feeling left her as she felt herself sailing through the air. She was scared, but she couldn't help but love the feeling of the wind beneath her – kind of like how she felt when she rode on Inuyasha's back. That experience was short lived as they plummeted to the ground with a giant 'thud'. Inuyasha skidded and burned rubber as he twisted the bike around to face the bridge. He took his helmet off and stared at what he'd just jumped and whistled.
"Wow, my farthest yet!" he turned around."You okay, Kagome?"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'AM I OKAY?' OF COURSE I'M NOT OKAY! YOU JUST JUMPED A FUCKING BRIDGE AGAINST MY WAY BETTER JUDGEMENT! YOU HAVE NO REGARD FOR PEOPLE'S FEARS, DO YOU?!" Kagome was glaring at him for all he was worth and was standing by the bike with her helmet off looking totally livid.
"Fears?" he blinked, surprised. Then he smiled."You were scared?"
"Well yeah!" she huffed, hands on her hips."I don't take too kindly to heights a lot!"
"You were fine riding on my back!"
"That's different! I have something to break my fall if something happens!"
"But I helped you overcome your fear of heights a long time ago. I thought you'd be over it by now, even with your memory gone."
"Well, you thought wrong, huh?"
"Aw, c'mon, Kag, we're gonna miss all the fun! Hop back on." She glared at him dubiously."And I promise I'll drive slower, okay?"
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Soon they arrived at the amusement park and all Kagome could do was stare in awe. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. Though the sun hadn't completely setted yet, lights were on everywhere. People were walking this way and that way meeting friend or going to different rides. The buttery smell of soft pretzels and simmering hotdogs made Kagome's mouth water. The atmosphere around the park was light and happy as she and Inuyasha moved through it.
"So, what ya want to do first?"
Kagome looked around her. There were so many fun-looking rides, and exciting games to play, and delicious food to eat!
"I don't know! You pick!" she said still looking around her in awe.
"Okay," Inuyasha looked to his left."We can go on a ride first – "
"Ooh, ooh! Let's go on that one! Please Inuyasha?"
He looked to where she was pointing and saw that it was a roller coaster that read 'Dominatrix'.
"Okay." Kagome grabbed his arm and drug him off in the direction of the 'Dominatrix'. They stood in line for a good half an hour before actually getting on the ride because so many people thought it would be a good idea to ride it, too. When it was Inuyasha and Kagome's turn to get on the ride, Kagome noticed that the coaster cars were hovering above the very brightly lit tracks – if that was what you called them; they looked more like beams of concentrated light. She stared at them until she felt a light push from Inuyasha behind her urging her to go on.
"What?" he asked her.
"Nothing." She said simply sitting down in the unbelievably comfortable car seat.
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After the worthy-of-having-a-seizure-making 'Dominatrix' and a few other rides, Kagome and Inuyasha decided to stop and eat something. They settled for a soft pretzel and four hotdogs, with a small lemonade and a jumbo coke. They sat and ate at a small red and white checkered table and talked.
"This place is amazing Inuyasha! These rides are so much more fun than the ones I'm used to!" Kagome said sipping her lemonade.
Inuyasha had just finished scarfing down his hotdogs and was about to get started on that coke when a familiar voice rang out through the air.
"Kagome! Inuyasha!" The two said people turned at the calling of their names to be greeted with by Sango and her very disappointed looking date, Miroku.
"Sango!" Kagome sprang to her feet and hugged her sister before asking."What up with him?" She looked at Miroku who was now sitting down sulking by Inuyasha.
"Oh, he's just upset he couldn't win me anything at the games. I mentioned I wanted a stuffed animal, and I was going to play myself, but he insisted that he win it for me. Now he's broke."
Miroku's head, if it could, drifted down even further.
"How long've you two been here?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well, about three hours now, but I want to ride some more rides before I go."
She walked over to the sulking Miroku and lugged him up carrying him off to who knows where waving to Kagome and Inuyasha behind her."I'll see you later Kagome! Take care of her Inuyasha!" And she was gone as she disappeared through the crowd. Kagome yet again thought she heard a loud crash and someone yelling, "HENTAI" off into the distance. She shrugged it off.
"Come on, Inuyasha!" she said cheerfully throwing the food wrappers and napkins away.
"'Come on' what?" he said confused.
"I want you to win me a prize at a game!" she started lugging him off in the same fashion as Sango did to Miroku.
"Why? I don't want to play any games!"
She gave him the puppy dog eyes and said in an innocent tone."Pleeeeeeeeeese?"
Inuyasha tried backing away from her, but she had his arm in a death grip. Her eyes were so pleading, so innocent, so pure, so brown, so deep, so beauti-
"All right, all right!" he yanked his arm out of her grip and she squealed looking around for a game he could play. There was the ring toss. 'Not challenging enough.' There was the water shooting game. 'No, too kiddy.' Then she spotted it – the strength bell.
"Inuyasha! Look! It suits you perfectly!" Not only that, but there was a giant pink teddy bear hanging near the top just waiting to be won. She grabbed his arm once again and dragged him to the awaiting challenge. The man managing the game was smiling at the approaching couple.
"Come to win your lady friend a prize, eh?"
"Yes he has!" Kagome said to the man. She pointed up to the giant pink bear."He wants that one!"
"Well he's gonna have to ring the bell to get it down." He chuckled." Five dollars, three chances."
Inuyasha grumbled as he dug in his pocket for five bucks and all but shoved it at the man. The man backed away from Inuyasha slightly and handed him the whacking mallet. Inuyasha slung the mallet over his shoulder testing its weight. 'This thing weighs as much as Tetsusaiga. Piece of cake!' Inuyasha walked over to the whacking platform and was about to swing the mallet down, when the man suddenly stuck out a hand and yelled,"Wait!"
Inuyasha faulted and stared at the man."What?" he asked irritably.
"You're a demon, aren't you?"
"I guess you could say that, yeah." He didn't know what this guy was playing at.
"Then you'll need that." He pointed to a much larger heavy-looking mallet in the corner.
Inuyasha sighed and dropped the mallet and went over to pick up the other one. He gripped the handle and hefted it up – or at least tried to. It was heavy like it was immobile. He grunted as he dragged the mallet over to the platform looking like he was straining.
"You all right Inuyasha? Is it too heavy? We can just go to another – "
"No!" he ground out."I can handle it. It's just heavier than the other one is all."
"It's supposed to be." The man said."Demons are stronger than humans are, so they need a heavier tool."
"Oh, how ingenious!" Inuyasha blurted out sarcastically. He hefted the more massive mallet onto his shoulder and nearly fell over due to its weight. He straightened himself and gripped the handle of the mallet and swung down as hard as he could. The light on the tall pole stand only went up slightly above his head – not good. Inuyasha growled as he heard the man chuckle at his feeble attempts to win.
"Don't worry Inuyasha! You've still got two turns left!" Kagome encouraged him on.
"Right . . . "he grumbled. He hefted up the mallet again and brought it down on the platform. This time, the light only went up to his waist. He was getting severely discouraged by now.
"Don't worry Inuyasha! One more try! Even if you don't win me something, I'll be grateful you tried!"
Kagome's cheering wasn't helping Inuyasha's situation any better, and he really did want to win her something. If he didn't do something with his last chance, he would have to pay that obnoxious guy another five bucks. He turned to a smiling Kagome and turned back to the platform. He gripped the end of the mallet and pretended that it was Tetsusaiga he was practicing with, and Koga he was aiming his attack at. The image of that mangy wolf's face on the platform was enough to get his blood boiling, and even more when he thought of what he would say if he lost. He could just imagine that wolf's irritating voice saying, "What's the matter dog turd? Too weak to win a simple game? Move aside, half-breed and let a real demon do the work!" With that last thought, he brought Tetsusaiga down to slice Koga's face in half to be met with loud sirens and blinking lights.
He set the mallet down. The light had made it all the way to the top and the giant pink bear fell down to meet him at his feet. He felt arms wrap around his neck tightly. Kagome was hugging him with a passion.
"You did it Inuyasha! You won! And you got me the pink bear I wanted!" she giggled uncontrollably as she went to pick up the gigantic bear.
Inuyasha huffed in satisfaction and let the heavy mallet fall to the ground. The man in charge of the game was staring wide-eyed at Inuyasha as he and Kagome left to go on one last ride before heading home. His shock was short-lived as many more people were flocking in his direction eager to get a prize like that other guy did.
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"Don't worry about it, Kagome. We'll be fine."
"Okay, okay, I believe you." Though she didn't sound convincing. Inuyasha was pulling her into the Ferris wheel carriage as he tried to reassure her they wouldn't die a slow and painful death by falling out of one of the windows. Kagome slid in next to Inuyasha as the operator closed the door and locked it. Kagome turned and smiled at Inuyasha.
"Thank you for winning me the bear, Inuyasha."
"Yeah, sure, but did you have to bring it along with you?"
The smiling said bear was sitting across from them.
"Well, I don't want it stolen!"
"You could have left it in the operator's room, ya know."
"But still that would – Ahh!"
Kagome latched herself on to Inuyasha's arm as the Ferris wheel started to move. Kagome leaned over to look out the barred, glassless window and saw the people on the ground shrinking. She squeezed Inuyasha's arm tighter and whimpered.
"Okay, here's what we're gonna do – you don't look out the window, and I will keep you occupied by conversation. Okay?"
"Okay." She said in a small voice letting go of his arm and turning to look at him. A disturbing cold chill went up her spine. She had a weird case of major déjà vu. She looked at Inuyasha a bit more before realizing her head hurt. She reached up a hand to suppress the pressure point, but it seemed to spread all over her head. It wasn't long before her eyes glazed over and grew blank.
An image appeared from somewhere and she saw herself and Inuyasha sitting in the exact same Ferris wheel carriage in the exact same place. Both of them were smiling and conversing easily.
"You still afraid of heights?" she heard Inuyasha ask.
"A little, I guess." She heard herself answer.
"I can think of something that wouldn't make you so afraid anymore . . . "
She quirked an eyebrow at him."What?"
Inuyasha suddenly leaned over and cupped her face in his hands as his lips met hers in a tender kiss. Kagome looked shocked at first, but she soon gave in to his ministrations and laced her arms about his neck returning the favor. His arms soon found her back and they were engrossed in each other.
"Kagome!"
Kagome blinked out of her daze. Inuyasha's hands were around her shoulders and he was looking concerned.
"You okay? What was it? It wasn't a vision was it?"
"No. It was just a, a – an old memory."
"Oh. You scared me for a sec. Can't let a bastard like Naraku ruin this day. Or night more like it."
Kagome looked out the window and saw that they were at the bottom of the ride."We're done?"
"Yeah," he said slowly. He was still a bit worried."You blanked out like that all the way around."
"Oh."
"Anything wrong?" he asked as the operator opened their door to let them out.
Kagome shook her head."No, I'm fine, just wanna go home."
"All right." He said.
They both exited the ride, Inuyasha carrying the giant bear to the parking lot.
"Don't know how we're gonna get this on my bike . . . "Inuyasha contemplated when they reached it.
A car suddenly pulled in front of them and a window rolled down revealing Miroku's face.
"Hey strangers!" he called.
Kagome smiled."Well someone's much happier."
"Hey you think you can stuff this in the back? It can't fit on my bike."
"Sure toss it in the back."
Inuyasha went to go pack the giant bear in the back and Sango's face appeared across from Miroku."Good thing we decided to try one more game out! You guys would have had to leave it!"
"Not for a full five bucks we weren't!" Inuyasha retorted closing the door.
"So, what game did you decide on playing?"
"Well," Miroku started."Since I had no money left, your dearest sister Sango lent me some more, and I won her a stuffed frog at one of those water gun things. I filled up my frog the fastest." He said proudly.
"Yeah, yeah, great for you. Gotta get goin', it's late." Inuyasha griped as he drug Kagome over to his bike.
"Meet you at the shrine!" Sango called as Miroku's car pulled away and out of sight.
Kagome put her helmet on and climbed on behind Inuyasha making sure to smooth her skirt under her as she sat down. Inuyasha revved his engine, but stopped to shrug off his jacket. Kagome caught it as it slipped off of him and he tilted his head and told her,"It my be spring, but it's still cool, and all you have on is that sundress. Put it on."
Kagome thanked him as she fitted her arms through his big jacket and zipped it up. She wrapped her arms around his chest and nodded telling him she was ready and they were off. They zipped though the streets easily, since there was less traffic later on in the day. The bright lights of the city were marvelous at night; it could rival how the city looked in the morning. They came back to the bridge Inuyasha had jumped across, but no ships were coming through this time. The brilliant blue, green, and pink lights of the bridge made a little grin tug at the corners of Kagome's mouth. Everything was so breathtaking in this new world that she almost didn't miss her old life – almost.
As Inuyasha drove considerably safer, Kagome couldn't help but think back to that kiss she remembered. Or saw. Or witnessed. Whatever. The other her, or whoever, and Inuyasha looked quite comfortable sitting there on the Ferris wheel kissing. Maybe that was the cause of her strange déjà vu. Whatever the case may be, she decided, there was definitely more to her and Inuyasha's previous relationship than Sango, or Inuyasha himself, would really let on.
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Riddle of the chapter: Poor people have it, rich people don't need it, most people care about it, and if you eat, or drink this, you will most certainly die.
The prize this chapter is a Sango cookie arrangement! Includes: A Sango cookie, a Hiraikotsu cookie, a regular Kirara cookie, and a transformed Kirara cookie! What a deal!
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A/N: O_o Wow. Loooooooong chappiekay. Don't expect too many of these in the future. Only if I brainstorm. I was originally going somewhere else with this chapter, but I decided to not leave a cliffie this time. Though my original idea will come into play in a different chapterkay? (plots oh so evilly) Kiwi says she will update next week probably, but only if at least one person reveiwskay? (though more than one will do just fine.) Kiwi is outie and she will see you on the flip side of thingskay? P.S. Attempt to solve the riddle, people, ATTEMPT. That makes me happy. ^_^