Hey, special thanks to: kat41, Wish He Was Mine, Shero, zeddy200 and
animeluvr8. You were the very first people to review to my story. You're
awesome. I was just about to give up seeing as no one was reviewing, making
me believe that nobody liked my story. So thanks for giving me some hope
towards my writing skills. And I'll try to make the chapters longer. It's
just that I don't get very long to be on the computer so it takes forever
to write the chapters, and at the same time I'm working on a comic with my
friends. It's no where near complete, but we hope to finish it by March.
Wish us luck.
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Kagome's friends rummaged through her bags for something soft to wear that
was warm. Their search ended up with her clothing scattered across the
campsite and with nothing. She'd packed nothing warm other than a pair of
cut-up jeans and a belly top. "Kagome! Don't you know the term roughing it
anymore?" She winced as her friend's loud voice came in contact with her
sensitive ears. "Yeah, but I didn't think something like me falling in the
water would happen" "Yet you went to take a bath?" Her friends all quirked
a brow towards her and wore blank expressions. "I uh-" "You probably had
you head in the clouds AGAIN! Fuck, are you even here? Or is the real
Kagome actually in the feudal era and you're just a clone sent here to
trick us?" They all nodded and run out of the tent.
Kagome stared at the wall of her now empty tent. As the emptiness set in she realized that they were right. While packing all she'd thought about was he. He'd haunted her dreams for the past few months. His face frightened away all of her nightmares. He was all she ever thought about now. How could she have been so blind? She shook her head viscously. Where had all her friends gone now? Her head slowly popped out of the zip up door. Her friends were all huddled around the campfire. "Come on Kag! I would have thought you'd be over here by now" he friends grinned at her as the fire's glow danced around them. A faint blush covered her cheeks. "But I don't-" "Here" Charity tossed her a sweater and some track pants. "I think these will fit you. You are a size 7 right?" Kagome nodded. "Well hurry up! We're going to play 'Truth or Dare' You in or what?" She didn't waste any time. In a flash she was ready to play as she took her place by her good friend Kara.
"So who goes first?" Everyone turned to Kagome. "KAGOME!" yelled Kara "You mean to say you've forgotten?" "Kagome. It's only tradition" "Yeah, Charity is right. After all, you started this tradition. How could you ever forget" Embarrassment washed over her. "Uhhhhh..." "We go by number of kisses, remember?" A bead of sweat rolled down her face. "Oh, oh yeah...." "Okay. Charity how many?" "I got number forty-three just last night" "Kara?" "Only ten, what else is new?" "Niako?" "I lost track somewhere around two hundred thirty-three" "And I'm at fifty-six. What about you Kagome?" "Huh?"
************************************************************ Inu-Yasha watched from the top of the giant pine tree that Kagome sat beneath. He'd been sitting there since they'd gone into the tent to find her some dry clothing. He'd been sitting there for well over an hour now and was about to get a reward for his patients. His ears twitched at the question being asked amongst the girls. He thought he'd surely gone deaf at the numbers he had heard. He anxiously waited for Kagome's answer. She seemed to be baying her time. She'd obviously given away her first kiss a long time ago. He watched her nervous smile fade away into a depressed glare. What was it? What could it be? He leaned forward as he watched her lips slowly move. But like her friends, he couldn't hear what she'd murmured, so he leaned further out on his branch. Only later would he wish he'd not done so. ************************************************************ Kagome's mouth formed a word or two. All her friends leaned in to hear what their blushing friend had revealed. "What?" they asked together. "How many?" That's when the branch that Inu-Yasha was on -that just so happened to be hanging above Kagome- broke. He was caught off guard and couldn't catch his gripping. He fell down beside Kagome as the branch whiplashes her to the ground. There was a scream and then all was silent. As the dust cleared Inu-Yasha's eyes flew open. What had he done? His head slowly turned towards the spot Kagome was sitting earlier.
The branch that he'd been standing on was pushing Kagome deep into the ground. It was strapped across her chest and was cutting off her air supply, and to make matters worse he was sitting on the end of it adding extra weight. Kagome's gasps became more rapid and horse. "Kagome!" He jumped to his feet and threw the branch off of her, kneeling by her side. "KAGOME! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. I-I.... Tell me what to do. Hang on" He grabbed her and ran to one of the tents, gently placing her down on one of the sleeping bags.
Her breathing was just about back to normal when her friends running in, they'd been to shook up to do anything before, and where now balling their eyes out. Inu-Yasha looked down at her frightened eyes. "Kagome?" She stared straight into his gaze, as if searching for something. They held each other's gaze. Niako coughed slightly to remind her that they were still there. Kagome then glared and said the one thing Inu-Yasha was unprepared for. "SIT BOY!" He went crashing through the ground. He climbed to his feet to see Kagome limp out of the tent. "Why that little!"
He ran from his position and came face to face with Kagome. "Stupid wench! Why'd you do that?!" Kagome's eyes began to twitch slightly. "Why? WHY! Because you promised to give me March Break off! You swore on your sacred sword that you would. And just where do you appear? AT THE ONE PLACE YOU SAID YOU WOULDN"T BE! My time!" Inu-Yasha took a couple of steps back. Her yelling was causing his ears to ring. "Bitch! Are you trying to make me fucken deaf!" That's right. His ears are highly sensitive "Maybe! God knows you deserve it!" He lunged towards her with a vicious look in his eyes. "Sit DOGY!" Again his body crashed through the dirt, creating a huge crater.
"Man, do they ever fight. They sound just like an old married couple?" Charity nodded her head. "It's like, can you see the children now? One's gonna have Kagome's eyes, another Inu-Yasha's temper. At the same time his ears, and her smile" "Kahimi! Quite your rhyming. It's giving us a headache" "Speak for yourself. It just makes me want to hurl"
"Will you guys shut up already! We can hear you from here" Kagome shook off her blush. "Anyway, back to what I was saying. You're an ass hole! No wonder Kikiyo left you. I'm not the slightest bit surprised" Inu-Yasha's eyes glazed over, changing into a crimson red as stripes etched into his face. Oh shit, I really shouldn't have said that Inu-Yasha's hand reached out and grabbed her wrist, twisting it behind her back. "Now you listen, and you listen good!" he hissed into her ear. "What happened between Kikiyo and me is none of your business. You have no right to judge my life or me. Got it?" His grip tightened, cutting off her circulation. "What's that? I didn't hear you Kagome" Kagome shook with fear. Why hadn't her friends come to help her? In fact, where were they to begin with? "Don't even bother looking for your friends. They left us alone. So answer me wench! Will you fuck off or what?" "Y-Yes" His grip continued it's tightening even more so than before. "I can't hear you..." "YES!" "Good that's exactly what I wanted to hear from your little mouth" With that he let go and bounded off into the trees.
Kagome sunk down to the ground as she curled into a ball and cried. Her eyes drifted to where he'd held her. There were slight cuts where his hand once was. Dark blood pooled from them and dripped to the ground. She could see the colour slowly returning to her hand. Why had he been so cruel? She'd never seen him like that before. So why now? The question lingered in her mind. Was that really him? Even if it was, where was he? That may have been his body, but it certainly wasn't him. She couldn't see his soul through his eyes when she looked into them. All that she saw was dark red. Nothing more, nothing less.
Kagome stared at the wall of her now empty tent. As the emptiness set in she realized that they were right. While packing all she'd thought about was he. He'd haunted her dreams for the past few months. His face frightened away all of her nightmares. He was all she ever thought about now. How could she have been so blind? She shook her head viscously. Where had all her friends gone now? Her head slowly popped out of the zip up door. Her friends were all huddled around the campfire. "Come on Kag! I would have thought you'd be over here by now" he friends grinned at her as the fire's glow danced around them. A faint blush covered her cheeks. "But I don't-" "Here" Charity tossed her a sweater and some track pants. "I think these will fit you. You are a size 7 right?" Kagome nodded. "Well hurry up! We're going to play 'Truth or Dare' You in or what?" She didn't waste any time. In a flash she was ready to play as she took her place by her good friend Kara.
"So who goes first?" Everyone turned to Kagome. "KAGOME!" yelled Kara "You mean to say you've forgotten?" "Kagome. It's only tradition" "Yeah, Charity is right. After all, you started this tradition. How could you ever forget" Embarrassment washed over her. "Uhhhhh..." "We go by number of kisses, remember?" A bead of sweat rolled down her face. "Oh, oh yeah...." "Okay. Charity how many?" "I got number forty-three just last night" "Kara?" "Only ten, what else is new?" "Niako?" "I lost track somewhere around two hundred thirty-three" "And I'm at fifty-six. What about you Kagome?" "Huh?"
************************************************************ Inu-Yasha watched from the top of the giant pine tree that Kagome sat beneath. He'd been sitting there since they'd gone into the tent to find her some dry clothing. He'd been sitting there for well over an hour now and was about to get a reward for his patients. His ears twitched at the question being asked amongst the girls. He thought he'd surely gone deaf at the numbers he had heard. He anxiously waited for Kagome's answer. She seemed to be baying her time. She'd obviously given away her first kiss a long time ago. He watched her nervous smile fade away into a depressed glare. What was it? What could it be? He leaned forward as he watched her lips slowly move. But like her friends, he couldn't hear what she'd murmured, so he leaned further out on his branch. Only later would he wish he'd not done so. ************************************************************ Kagome's mouth formed a word or two. All her friends leaned in to hear what their blushing friend had revealed. "What?" they asked together. "How many?" That's when the branch that Inu-Yasha was on -that just so happened to be hanging above Kagome- broke. He was caught off guard and couldn't catch his gripping. He fell down beside Kagome as the branch whiplashes her to the ground. There was a scream and then all was silent. As the dust cleared Inu-Yasha's eyes flew open. What had he done? His head slowly turned towards the spot Kagome was sitting earlier.
The branch that he'd been standing on was pushing Kagome deep into the ground. It was strapped across her chest and was cutting off her air supply, and to make matters worse he was sitting on the end of it adding extra weight. Kagome's gasps became more rapid and horse. "Kagome!" He jumped to his feet and threw the branch off of her, kneeling by her side. "KAGOME! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. I-I.... Tell me what to do. Hang on" He grabbed her and ran to one of the tents, gently placing her down on one of the sleeping bags.
Her breathing was just about back to normal when her friends running in, they'd been to shook up to do anything before, and where now balling their eyes out. Inu-Yasha looked down at her frightened eyes. "Kagome?" She stared straight into his gaze, as if searching for something. They held each other's gaze. Niako coughed slightly to remind her that they were still there. Kagome then glared and said the one thing Inu-Yasha was unprepared for. "SIT BOY!" He went crashing through the ground. He climbed to his feet to see Kagome limp out of the tent. "Why that little!"
He ran from his position and came face to face with Kagome. "Stupid wench! Why'd you do that?!" Kagome's eyes began to twitch slightly. "Why? WHY! Because you promised to give me March Break off! You swore on your sacred sword that you would. And just where do you appear? AT THE ONE PLACE YOU SAID YOU WOULDN"T BE! My time!" Inu-Yasha took a couple of steps back. Her yelling was causing his ears to ring. "Bitch! Are you trying to make me fucken deaf!" That's right. His ears are highly sensitive "Maybe! God knows you deserve it!" He lunged towards her with a vicious look in his eyes. "Sit DOGY!" Again his body crashed through the dirt, creating a huge crater.
"Man, do they ever fight. They sound just like an old married couple?" Charity nodded her head. "It's like, can you see the children now? One's gonna have Kagome's eyes, another Inu-Yasha's temper. At the same time his ears, and her smile" "Kahimi! Quite your rhyming. It's giving us a headache" "Speak for yourself. It just makes me want to hurl"
"Will you guys shut up already! We can hear you from here" Kagome shook off her blush. "Anyway, back to what I was saying. You're an ass hole! No wonder Kikiyo left you. I'm not the slightest bit surprised" Inu-Yasha's eyes glazed over, changing into a crimson red as stripes etched into his face. Oh shit, I really shouldn't have said that Inu-Yasha's hand reached out and grabbed her wrist, twisting it behind her back. "Now you listen, and you listen good!" he hissed into her ear. "What happened between Kikiyo and me is none of your business. You have no right to judge my life or me. Got it?" His grip tightened, cutting off her circulation. "What's that? I didn't hear you Kagome" Kagome shook with fear. Why hadn't her friends come to help her? In fact, where were they to begin with? "Don't even bother looking for your friends. They left us alone. So answer me wench! Will you fuck off or what?" "Y-Yes" His grip continued it's tightening even more so than before. "I can't hear you..." "YES!" "Good that's exactly what I wanted to hear from your little mouth" With that he let go and bounded off into the trees.
Kagome sunk down to the ground as she curled into a ball and cried. Her eyes drifted to where he'd held her. There were slight cuts where his hand once was. Dark blood pooled from them and dripped to the ground. She could see the colour slowly returning to her hand. Why had he been so cruel? She'd never seen him like that before. So why now? The question lingered in her mind. Was that really him? Even if it was, where was he? That may have been his body, but it certainly wasn't him. She couldn't see his soul through his eyes when she looked into them. All that she saw was dark red. Nothing more, nothing less.