A/N: Hiya! (cowers in a corner) Kiwi says she is so sorrykay! It's been two
weeks already! Sheesh! That is why Kiwi's going to try and update twice
this weekend, heck, maybe even thricekay! (but Kiwi's got homework, and
dishes, and hair to be did . . . mine) Kiwi had drumline practice and
American Idol practice! (we're having an American Idol thing at our school,
I made it to the second round – yes, I can sing – and first prize is $500
smackeroos!) But once again, Kiwi's sorrykay! K-s, I really don't know . .
. the sky or something? P.S. I had to load this chap up again 'cause I
forgot to put in the last sentence.
Answer to last chap's riddle: A pillow.
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Disclaimer: Kiwi-Stardust in no way or manner owns Inuyasha, no matter how much she wishes to, or how ever many "mysterious" letters she sends to God knows where and whom.
Alternate Universe
Chapter 12 –
Guilty Power Shock
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Naraku was brooding in his chambers once again, contemplating a way to successfully get to the Shikon Jewel. He sat cross-legged on the floor staring out of the large window.
"Hmm . . . "he mused."Damn pests. I need to find a way to get to all of them." An evil grin tugged at his lips."Especially Kagome. She's the key to almost everything. Who would have thought that her losing her memory would actually benefit me? She doesn't remember a thing about her past, and only goes by what her sister and her friends say." His grin widened."I could use that to my advantage . . . "
He stood up and slid out the door.
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"Inuyasha! How many times do I have to tell you? Do not touch me!"
Inuyasha and Kagome were on their way to Inuyasha's apartment, and it was anything but smooth sailing. Inuyasha had once again gotten on Kagome's nerves, though he, nor Kagome, knew how.
"I said I was sorry!"
"And you were right in saying so."
"Hey!"
"I only agreed to come over to help you with your homework, okay, Inuyasha? And then you're supposed to be in your second year! What exactly do you need help with anyway?"
"Oh." Inuyasha stopped walking and put a hand behind his head."I thought you forgot about that . . ."
Kagome turned around and glared at him."What do you mean forgot? That was the purpose of me coming in the first place!"
"Riiiiight, well, I lied." Kagome stiffened. He plastered a smile on his face."Well, that doesn't mean you still can't come! Besides, we're already here!"
They stopped in front of Inuyasha's apartment complex. Kagome sporting simmering frustration on her face, they walked up to his apartment on the third level. Before Inuyasha even had a chance to slip his key into the lock, the door swung open. A loud thump could be heard as Inuyasha fell flat on his face, Sesshoumaru looking down at him unfazed in the least.
"Little brother. You're still alive?" he sneered.
"What was that?" a voice said on the inside. A girl about Kagome's age peered over Sesshoumaru's shoulder. She looked peppy and energetic with a small ponytail on the side of her head."Oh!" she said brightening."Kagome, right? I heard about what happened." She slipped past Sesshoumaru and stood in front of him facing Kagome."You've met me before, but I know you've forgotten me! I'm Rin."
"Hi." Kagome said shaking her hand.
"I don't mean to spoil the formalities, but someone's four-inch pumps are boring into my back." Rin looked down and saw she was standing on Inuyasha. She quickly hopped off of him.
"I'm sorry Inuyasha! I didn't see you!" She grasped Sesshoumaru's arm."We were leaving anyway."
Inuyasha stood up."Oh really?"
"Yes." Sesshoumaru answered for him."We won't be back until late, so be a good boy and keep your hand out of the garbage disposal – you know what happened last time." He led Rin down the stairs and she waved back zealously.
"I dropped a screw, okay?! I was just trying to get it back! There weren't anymore, so I had to get it back!" Inuyasha yelled back after him."C'mon." he gestured for Kagome to follow him inside.
"Very nice place, Inuyasha." Kagome said looking around.
"Thanks, but you should try living with a neat freak."
"Never thought of Sesshoumaru as the clean-keeping type . . ."
"Yeah, well, wonders never cease."
He led Kagome into the living room and sat on the couch.
"Take a load off. You don't want anything to drink do you?"
"Any juice?"
"Crap!" he yelled suddenly.
"What?" she asked watching him get up and head toward the kitchen.
"I thought you'd say no so I wouldn't have to get up."
She sighed and looked around some more. The living room had a red and blue plaid design; the carpet was dark blue and the furniture was dotted with a wine red and dark blue entwined in the plaid markings. She looked at the different pictures and portraits on the walls and saw one that caught her interest. She raised to her feet and walked over to the farthest wall. There was a rather large picture of two people; one was a man that resembled Sesshoumaru, but had Inuyasha's ears – he looked very dignified in a jovial sort of way. The other was a woman; she had a beautiful face and long, shiny ebony hair. She was smiling in a polite manner holding the man's hand that was on her shoulder; he was standing behind her while she was sitting down.
"You always used to do that."
Kagome spun around to see Inuyasha grinning warmly at her holding her glass of juice.
"What?"
"You always used to stare at that picture everytime you came over here." He handed her the glass."Grape was all we had."
"Thanks." She went to sit down on the couch again, Inuyasha following suit."Your parents right?"
"Gee, what gave it away?" he responded sarcastically.
She scoffed as she nudged him in the arm. She glanced back at the picture."Your mom's really pretty."
"I'm sure she would have liked to hear that."
"And your dad's kinda hot . . . "
A giant stupid grin appeared on Inuyasha's face and he leaned back with his arms behind his head."Now you see where I get it from."
"Whatever!" Kagome giggled. She took a swig of her juice and fiddled with her glass gazing into it. 'Now is the time to ask him.' She'd been meaning to ask him about the details of their previous relationship, but she could never find the words, or the guts, to ask him. That scene with the Ferris wheel kept plaguing her mind day and night. She wanted to know the truth! And, since no one would just come out and say it, she had a right to ask. Right?
"Inuyasha?"
"Yeah?"
"Um. I've wanted to ask you this for a while now, and, well, I, uh, you see – "she took in a deep breath and just asked what she wanted to."How – how close were we? You and I?"
She saw him visibly stiffen for a moment, but he relaxed and turned his head towards her."What do you mean?"
Kagome continued to stare at her glass."Just what I said. How close was our relationship?"
He let his eyes slip towards the ceiling as he thought."Well . . . we were friends, Kagome."'Friends don't form lip-locking sessions together.' "What would make you ask that?"
"Why shouldn't I?" she cast angry eyes upon him."I have a right to know what went on before I lost my memory! You can tell me about Naraku and school and the Shikon Jewel, but no one can tell me about my personal life!"
He looked back at her with a slightly more calmer, but still irritated, look."Because that's what it was; personal! I can't tell you about what went on in your head because I don't know!"
"But you CAN tell me about things that YOU know yourself! You can tell me what went on through your mind! You can tell me about how you felt about me, and even Kikyo!"
Inuyasha's face contorted into full-blown anger."I don't have to tell you what went on in my mind, and I'm not going to because I don't have to! Maybe some of my experiences are too painful or embarrassing to tell you –"
"You don't have to tell me about that!"
"And I won't – trust me! But you're asking me to tell you about how I feel about YOU! That is personal! How do you know that I won't hurt your feelings, huh?"
"Not after that kiss . . . "Kagome mumbled under her breath.
Inuyasha was too much into his ranting to catch what she said clearly."What was that? Abercrombieanfich?"
"I don't have to tell you about what I say or think – remember?"
"Well fine! If you want to act like a total bitch all of a sudden then you can just leave!"
Kagome stood up calmly and handed Inuyasha her glass without a word. She turned on her heel and opened the door, but didn't walk through it. Instead, she turned her head slightly in his direction and said, "I just wanted to know what there was before I got amnesia. I just asked you how you felt about me, and you go and blow up in my face. Maybe there was nothing – but there had to be SOMETHING for you to avoid my question. And before I go, I just thought I'd ask you: Isn't this what happened before I wound up in the hospital? After an argument with you?" He was silent. Kagome smiled to herself."Yeah, I thought so. So if I get attacked by another demon, don't you – "
Inuyasha grabbed her wrist and yanked her back towards him. But it wasn't the pull that cut off her speech; it was his lips that locked with hers, oh, so tenderly.
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Kagome was sitting on a bench somewhere outside of the shrine staring off into the distance listlessly. Sango was somewhere with Shippo somewhere, and wasn't there to greet her when Kagome arrived. Miroku, well, he was somewhere doing something someplace and trying to find Sango, wherever she was somewhere, someplace. Koga and someone else had called sometime or another, Kagome couldn't remember when, whenever that was. All she could think about right now was Inuyasha.
She raised a tentative hand to her lips and thought back to the kiss he gave her. It seemed like it lasted an eternity. She didn't know how, but his hands had found their way around to her back and pressed her against his warm body. His hands traveled up to her head and he entwined his fingers in her hair. While he was doing that, his other hand was bringing pushing on her back making her pull closer to him. The odd thing was, Kagome didn't resist at all. The two of them were having a fully set argument, and it's like none of it had ever happened.
His lips parted from hers and he looked into her eyes with pained, pleading ones. He placed his arms around her and squeezed her, gently resting his head on her shoulders nuzzling her neck.
"Please don't." he had said."That's how I almost lost you the last time. That isn't how I feel about you, Kagome. I can't express what I feel about you in words or actions. I just don't know, okay? Please don't go away hating me. I couldn't stand that." He pulled away from her and looked into her eyes once more."I'm being serious. Don't hate me, Kagome. I can't help that I'm a rude, arrogant jerk. It's just me."
They had stood in silence for a long time. Kagome thought about what he said. A small grin appeared on her face. She leaned into him and embraced him.
"That's just fine, Inuyasha. Thank you. That's all I wanted. I don't hate you. I don't think I could. And you can be a rude, arrogant jerk so long as . . . "she looked up into his eyes."You're MY rude, arrogant jerk."
He smiled."I can live with that."
They kissed once more and Inuyasha closed the door. That's how it happened. Nothing more or less. Maybe the kissing more, but that's about it.
Kagome's head popped up when she heard footsteps approaching from the stairs. She saw Katen's head, and soon the rest of his figure come up the steps. He smiled at her and she smiled back when they saw each other. She stood up as he walked towards her.
"Katen! What brings you here?" she asked cheerfully.
"Well, you, for one, and Sango for the second."
"Okay," she laughed."Why Sango? I though you knew she didn't, well, like you much."
"Ouch. Well I thought I'd talk to her about it. Is she here?"
"Unfortunately, no. Sorry. And I don't know when she'll be back either."
"Oh, well, I'll get with her later. I can hang out with you in the mean time."
"Oh, Katen, actually, I'm not in a "hanging out" mood right now. I just want to be a – "
Kagome felt that migraine coming on. Her mind raced around as if she knew where everything was; it went beyond the shrine and Market Street; it went past Jidaijan University; it raced past tall buildings and businesses; it lowered to a green, grassy area, a park; it went past people walking and children playing; it went past a giant fountain and down a walkway filled with blooming trees and flowers; it slowed down and came to a stop at the knot of a gnarled tree and circled around it; it went inside the knot and revealed the Shikon Jewel; her mind rewound back t herself and she blinked a couple of times.
"The Shikon Jewel." She breathed.
"What now?" Katen asked.
"The Jewel!" she started to panic. A desperate gaze fell on Katen's surprised expression."Katen!"
"What?"
"Can you get me to a park?"
"Well, yeah, I guess. It's a good thing I took my hov over here."
"Hov?" she asked.
"Hover Car. It hovers above ground."
"Oh . . . Well is there a park somewhere in the middle of the city?"
"Well, not in the middle, more like the outskirts, but people go there anyway – "
"Good! Take me there! Now!" she yelled grabbing his wrist and dragging him down the steps.
"Wait!" he said just realizing the situation."You didn't have one of those crystal visions like your sister said, did you?"
"Yeah, I did! I have to get to the jewel before Naraku does!" she pulled him along even rougher now.
"Naraku?"
"I promise I'll explain on the way! C'mon!"
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When Katen and Kagome arrived at the park, Kagome sprinted to where she saw the jewel in her vision, leaving Katen in her dust. She ran past the giant fountain and down the long sidewalk with trees framing it all around. As she was running she felt a strange wave of déjà vu wash over her, but she didn't stop, she couldn't stop. If she didn't get to the jewel first, Naraku would, and she couldn't allow that. She nearly skidded to a halt when she reached the gnarled tree with a knot in it. She peered into the little hole inside the knot and saw the Shikon Jewel glinting in the sunlight. She reached in and felt around for it until she finally found it. She pulled her hand out and examined the small sphere in her hand.
Somewhere behind her, she heard Katen walking up to her.
"So that's it? What we drove twenty minutes to find? And with you yelling at me to drive faster all the way for?"
"Yep!" A wide smile lit up Kagome's face."I finally have it."
Katen walked around in front of her and examined the jewel himself."You sure you don't want to inform your comrades of your discovery?"
"Oh, right, I'd better get home then. You'll take me back home won't you?"
"Of course."
Kagome felt negative vibes all around her. She looked up and saw hordes of demons surrounding them. She shrieked and stepped closer to Katen. There was no way out. She looked up at Katen and saw that he was as calm as he wanted to be; no worried expression, no shouts, not even fazed eyes. In fact, he was smiling. He grabbed her hand and took the Shikon Jewel away from her with ease. Kagome didn't dare try and take it back from him – she didn't know what he would do. She stepped away from him and risked being attacked by the demons. She looked all around her again for a route to escape to, but found something else instead. She saw Kohaku standing in front of all the demons behind Katen.
Betrayal filled her eyes as she looked at Katen."You work for Naraku, don't you." It wasn't a question.
He chuckled deep and dark as he approached her."Dear Kagome. I AM Naraku."
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No riddle this chapter, but Kiwi does have a brainteaser! Kiwi doesn't know if this will work on the computer, but if it doesn't, try it out on your family and friends! Follow directions.
Spell fort. (F – O – R – T) What do you eat cereal with?
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A/N: Reviewkay! Kiwi will try and update ASAP, but she has so much to do! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaagh! P.S. If you answered "fork" to the brainteaser, HA! Kiwi eats her cereal with a spoon . . .
Answer to last chap's riddle: A pillow.
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Disclaimer: Kiwi-Stardust in no way or manner owns Inuyasha, no matter how much she wishes to, or how ever many "mysterious" letters she sends to God knows where and whom.
Alternate Universe
Chapter 12 –
Guilty Power Shock
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Naraku was brooding in his chambers once again, contemplating a way to successfully get to the Shikon Jewel. He sat cross-legged on the floor staring out of the large window.
"Hmm . . . "he mused."Damn pests. I need to find a way to get to all of them." An evil grin tugged at his lips."Especially Kagome. She's the key to almost everything. Who would have thought that her losing her memory would actually benefit me? She doesn't remember a thing about her past, and only goes by what her sister and her friends say." His grin widened."I could use that to my advantage . . . "
He stood up and slid out the door.
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"Inuyasha! How many times do I have to tell you? Do not touch me!"
Inuyasha and Kagome were on their way to Inuyasha's apartment, and it was anything but smooth sailing. Inuyasha had once again gotten on Kagome's nerves, though he, nor Kagome, knew how.
"I said I was sorry!"
"And you were right in saying so."
"Hey!"
"I only agreed to come over to help you with your homework, okay, Inuyasha? And then you're supposed to be in your second year! What exactly do you need help with anyway?"
"Oh." Inuyasha stopped walking and put a hand behind his head."I thought you forgot about that . . ."
Kagome turned around and glared at him."What do you mean forgot? That was the purpose of me coming in the first place!"
"Riiiiight, well, I lied." Kagome stiffened. He plastered a smile on his face."Well, that doesn't mean you still can't come! Besides, we're already here!"
They stopped in front of Inuyasha's apartment complex. Kagome sporting simmering frustration on her face, they walked up to his apartment on the third level. Before Inuyasha even had a chance to slip his key into the lock, the door swung open. A loud thump could be heard as Inuyasha fell flat on his face, Sesshoumaru looking down at him unfazed in the least.
"Little brother. You're still alive?" he sneered.
"What was that?" a voice said on the inside. A girl about Kagome's age peered over Sesshoumaru's shoulder. She looked peppy and energetic with a small ponytail on the side of her head."Oh!" she said brightening."Kagome, right? I heard about what happened." She slipped past Sesshoumaru and stood in front of him facing Kagome."You've met me before, but I know you've forgotten me! I'm Rin."
"Hi." Kagome said shaking her hand.
"I don't mean to spoil the formalities, but someone's four-inch pumps are boring into my back." Rin looked down and saw she was standing on Inuyasha. She quickly hopped off of him.
"I'm sorry Inuyasha! I didn't see you!" She grasped Sesshoumaru's arm."We were leaving anyway."
Inuyasha stood up."Oh really?"
"Yes." Sesshoumaru answered for him."We won't be back until late, so be a good boy and keep your hand out of the garbage disposal – you know what happened last time." He led Rin down the stairs and she waved back zealously.
"I dropped a screw, okay?! I was just trying to get it back! There weren't anymore, so I had to get it back!" Inuyasha yelled back after him."C'mon." he gestured for Kagome to follow him inside.
"Very nice place, Inuyasha." Kagome said looking around.
"Thanks, but you should try living with a neat freak."
"Never thought of Sesshoumaru as the clean-keeping type . . ."
"Yeah, well, wonders never cease."
He led Kagome into the living room and sat on the couch.
"Take a load off. You don't want anything to drink do you?"
"Any juice?"
"Crap!" he yelled suddenly.
"What?" she asked watching him get up and head toward the kitchen.
"I thought you'd say no so I wouldn't have to get up."
She sighed and looked around some more. The living room had a red and blue plaid design; the carpet was dark blue and the furniture was dotted with a wine red and dark blue entwined in the plaid markings. She looked at the different pictures and portraits on the walls and saw one that caught her interest. She raised to her feet and walked over to the farthest wall. There was a rather large picture of two people; one was a man that resembled Sesshoumaru, but had Inuyasha's ears – he looked very dignified in a jovial sort of way. The other was a woman; she had a beautiful face and long, shiny ebony hair. She was smiling in a polite manner holding the man's hand that was on her shoulder; he was standing behind her while she was sitting down.
"You always used to do that."
Kagome spun around to see Inuyasha grinning warmly at her holding her glass of juice.
"What?"
"You always used to stare at that picture everytime you came over here." He handed her the glass."Grape was all we had."
"Thanks." She went to sit down on the couch again, Inuyasha following suit."Your parents right?"
"Gee, what gave it away?" he responded sarcastically.
She scoffed as she nudged him in the arm. She glanced back at the picture."Your mom's really pretty."
"I'm sure she would have liked to hear that."
"And your dad's kinda hot . . . "
A giant stupid grin appeared on Inuyasha's face and he leaned back with his arms behind his head."Now you see where I get it from."
"Whatever!" Kagome giggled. She took a swig of her juice and fiddled with her glass gazing into it. 'Now is the time to ask him.' She'd been meaning to ask him about the details of their previous relationship, but she could never find the words, or the guts, to ask him. That scene with the Ferris wheel kept plaguing her mind day and night. She wanted to know the truth! And, since no one would just come out and say it, she had a right to ask. Right?
"Inuyasha?"
"Yeah?"
"Um. I've wanted to ask you this for a while now, and, well, I, uh, you see – "she took in a deep breath and just asked what she wanted to."How – how close were we? You and I?"
She saw him visibly stiffen for a moment, but he relaxed and turned his head towards her."What do you mean?"
Kagome continued to stare at her glass."Just what I said. How close was our relationship?"
He let his eyes slip towards the ceiling as he thought."Well . . . we were friends, Kagome."'Friends don't form lip-locking sessions together.' "What would make you ask that?"
"Why shouldn't I?" she cast angry eyes upon him."I have a right to know what went on before I lost my memory! You can tell me about Naraku and school and the Shikon Jewel, but no one can tell me about my personal life!"
He looked back at her with a slightly more calmer, but still irritated, look."Because that's what it was; personal! I can't tell you about what went on in your head because I don't know!"
"But you CAN tell me about things that YOU know yourself! You can tell me what went on through your mind! You can tell me about how you felt about me, and even Kikyo!"
Inuyasha's face contorted into full-blown anger."I don't have to tell you what went on in my mind, and I'm not going to because I don't have to! Maybe some of my experiences are too painful or embarrassing to tell you –"
"You don't have to tell me about that!"
"And I won't – trust me! But you're asking me to tell you about how I feel about YOU! That is personal! How do you know that I won't hurt your feelings, huh?"
"Not after that kiss . . . "Kagome mumbled under her breath.
Inuyasha was too much into his ranting to catch what she said clearly."What was that? Abercrombieanfich?"
"I don't have to tell you about what I say or think – remember?"
"Well fine! If you want to act like a total bitch all of a sudden then you can just leave!"
Kagome stood up calmly and handed Inuyasha her glass without a word. She turned on her heel and opened the door, but didn't walk through it. Instead, she turned her head slightly in his direction and said, "I just wanted to know what there was before I got amnesia. I just asked you how you felt about me, and you go and blow up in my face. Maybe there was nothing – but there had to be SOMETHING for you to avoid my question. And before I go, I just thought I'd ask you: Isn't this what happened before I wound up in the hospital? After an argument with you?" He was silent. Kagome smiled to herself."Yeah, I thought so. So if I get attacked by another demon, don't you – "
Inuyasha grabbed her wrist and yanked her back towards him. But it wasn't the pull that cut off her speech; it was his lips that locked with hers, oh, so tenderly.
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Kagome was sitting on a bench somewhere outside of the shrine staring off into the distance listlessly. Sango was somewhere with Shippo somewhere, and wasn't there to greet her when Kagome arrived. Miroku, well, he was somewhere doing something someplace and trying to find Sango, wherever she was somewhere, someplace. Koga and someone else had called sometime or another, Kagome couldn't remember when, whenever that was. All she could think about right now was Inuyasha.
She raised a tentative hand to her lips and thought back to the kiss he gave her. It seemed like it lasted an eternity. She didn't know how, but his hands had found their way around to her back and pressed her against his warm body. His hands traveled up to her head and he entwined his fingers in her hair. While he was doing that, his other hand was bringing pushing on her back making her pull closer to him. The odd thing was, Kagome didn't resist at all. The two of them were having a fully set argument, and it's like none of it had ever happened.
His lips parted from hers and he looked into her eyes with pained, pleading ones. He placed his arms around her and squeezed her, gently resting his head on her shoulders nuzzling her neck.
"Please don't." he had said."That's how I almost lost you the last time. That isn't how I feel about you, Kagome. I can't express what I feel about you in words or actions. I just don't know, okay? Please don't go away hating me. I couldn't stand that." He pulled away from her and looked into her eyes once more."I'm being serious. Don't hate me, Kagome. I can't help that I'm a rude, arrogant jerk. It's just me."
They had stood in silence for a long time. Kagome thought about what he said. A small grin appeared on her face. She leaned into him and embraced him.
"That's just fine, Inuyasha. Thank you. That's all I wanted. I don't hate you. I don't think I could. And you can be a rude, arrogant jerk so long as . . . "she looked up into his eyes."You're MY rude, arrogant jerk."
He smiled."I can live with that."
They kissed once more and Inuyasha closed the door. That's how it happened. Nothing more or less. Maybe the kissing more, but that's about it.
Kagome's head popped up when she heard footsteps approaching from the stairs. She saw Katen's head, and soon the rest of his figure come up the steps. He smiled at her and she smiled back when they saw each other. She stood up as he walked towards her.
"Katen! What brings you here?" she asked cheerfully.
"Well, you, for one, and Sango for the second."
"Okay," she laughed."Why Sango? I though you knew she didn't, well, like you much."
"Ouch. Well I thought I'd talk to her about it. Is she here?"
"Unfortunately, no. Sorry. And I don't know when she'll be back either."
"Oh, well, I'll get with her later. I can hang out with you in the mean time."
"Oh, Katen, actually, I'm not in a "hanging out" mood right now. I just want to be a – "
Kagome felt that migraine coming on. Her mind raced around as if she knew where everything was; it went beyond the shrine and Market Street; it went past Jidaijan University; it raced past tall buildings and businesses; it lowered to a green, grassy area, a park; it went past people walking and children playing; it went past a giant fountain and down a walkway filled with blooming trees and flowers; it slowed down and came to a stop at the knot of a gnarled tree and circled around it; it went inside the knot and revealed the Shikon Jewel; her mind rewound back t herself and she blinked a couple of times.
"The Shikon Jewel." She breathed.
"What now?" Katen asked.
"The Jewel!" she started to panic. A desperate gaze fell on Katen's surprised expression."Katen!"
"What?"
"Can you get me to a park?"
"Well, yeah, I guess. It's a good thing I took my hov over here."
"Hov?" she asked.
"Hover Car. It hovers above ground."
"Oh . . . Well is there a park somewhere in the middle of the city?"
"Well, not in the middle, more like the outskirts, but people go there anyway – "
"Good! Take me there! Now!" she yelled grabbing his wrist and dragging him down the steps.
"Wait!" he said just realizing the situation."You didn't have one of those crystal visions like your sister said, did you?"
"Yeah, I did! I have to get to the jewel before Naraku does!" she pulled him along even rougher now.
"Naraku?"
"I promise I'll explain on the way! C'mon!"
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When Katen and Kagome arrived at the park, Kagome sprinted to where she saw the jewel in her vision, leaving Katen in her dust. She ran past the giant fountain and down the long sidewalk with trees framing it all around. As she was running she felt a strange wave of déjà vu wash over her, but she didn't stop, she couldn't stop. If she didn't get to the jewel first, Naraku would, and she couldn't allow that. She nearly skidded to a halt when she reached the gnarled tree with a knot in it. She peered into the little hole inside the knot and saw the Shikon Jewel glinting in the sunlight. She reached in and felt around for it until she finally found it. She pulled her hand out and examined the small sphere in her hand.
Somewhere behind her, she heard Katen walking up to her.
"So that's it? What we drove twenty minutes to find? And with you yelling at me to drive faster all the way for?"
"Yep!" A wide smile lit up Kagome's face."I finally have it."
Katen walked around in front of her and examined the jewel himself."You sure you don't want to inform your comrades of your discovery?"
"Oh, right, I'd better get home then. You'll take me back home won't you?"
"Of course."
Kagome felt negative vibes all around her. She looked up and saw hordes of demons surrounding them. She shrieked and stepped closer to Katen. There was no way out. She looked up at Katen and saw that he was as calm as he wanted to be; no worried expression, no shouts, not even fazed eyes. In fact, he was smiling. He grabbed her hand and took the Shikon Jewel away from her with ease. Kagome didn't dare try and take it back from him – she didn't know what he would do. She stepped away from him and risked being attacked by the demons. She looked all around her again for a route to escape to, but found something else instead. She saw Kohaku standing in front of all the demons behind Katen.
Betrayal filled her eyes as she looked at Katen."You work for Naraku, don't you." It wasn't a question.
He chuckled deep and dark as he approached her."Dear Kagome. I AM Naraku."
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No riddle this chapter, but Kiwi does have a brainteaser! Kiwi doesn't know if this will work on the computer, but if it doesn't, try it out on your family and friends! Follow directions.
Spell fort. (F – O – R – T) What do you eat cereal with?
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A/N: Reviewkay! Kiwi will try and update ASAP, but she has so much to do! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaagh! P.S. If you answered "fork" to the brainteaser, HA! Kiwi eats her cereal with a spoon . . .