Disclaimer: I am planning on stealing Inu Yasha, but until then, it belongs to the wonderful Rumiko Takahashi. P.S. If your wondering when I'm gonna steal him, lets just say that my plans cost money to fly all the way to Japan, and currently I'm broke. ;;
A/N: Have you eaten ice cream on a cold day? Well, it's good! Anyways, today I went to my school's volleyball game, and we lost...-- There was 2 teams-team A and team B- and they both lost. It was 2:0 for team B (of course, they lost) and 2:1 for team B (there was a tie, so they did a 'minny game'). Soo depressing....and it was the last game at home too! Oh well, they probably will do better...I hope...
The Line between Imagination and Reality
Chap. 3: Miroku's 'Issues' (A/N: Have you noticed that I always have a A/N for every chap. title? Well, anyways, if any of you have little siblings like me, then I advise you to tell them not to ask what 'issues' Miroku has. If you don't know, then here's a hint: coughcoughgirlscoughcough chokechokegropingchokechoke Have fun reading-wait, I think I put some disturbing images about this chappie in your mind, haven't I? Please dear god, save my sanity...)
Well, now it was clear to Sango that the score was 0:1, Kagome was winning. Now, being a good sport, she decided to devise a plan. Too bad her partner wasn't really helping that much.
"Miroku, will you please remove your hand from my buttock and listen to me?" Sango informed her friend who was caught redhanded groping.
Miroku, being Miroku, tried to be innocent. "Why Sango! How can you think that I am groping?" he said with a fake shock.
Sango, who just happened to be a step further than him, replied, "Well, there's the fact that you are leaning towards me, and your hand is aproximately two inches away from my bottom, and you've got your perverted grin on."
Miroku quickly sat up straight and pretended that it never happened. "Well, Sango, what were your plans?" he inquired her, trying to change the subject.
"Well, Miroku, if you had listened to me, then you would of known."
Miroku drew back, and then returned to his original posture. "Sango," he sighed, "it won't kill you to just repeat it again, will it? " Miroku contradicted.
"Of course it won't," Sango answered lightly, "but I've said it five times already." Miroku looked at her with a puzzled face, trying to figure out what happened during the half hour he was with Sango.
"Oh..."
"Inu Yasha, what are you doing?" Kagome asked, as she walked past Inu Yasha and toward the stream they were by.
Inu Yasha grunted. "Open your eyes. What does it look like I am doing?"
Kagome shot him quizzical looks. "Well..." she drew in a big breath, "it looks like you're cleaning the Tetsusaiga. But you don't see an Inu Yasha cleaning his sword everyday. It only comes once 1000 years" Kagome joked.
"Well, you don't want to carry a sword that is all bloody, slimy, sticky and-"
"Ok, I get the idea," Kagome interupted him, wearing a disgusted looking face. "You really didn't have to mention it to me after dinner. I feel like I'm going to re-eat my dinner again."
"Then don't" Inu Yasha retorted.
"I won't if you'll stop saying gross things about what's on your Tetsusaiga!" Kagome snapped back.
"Fine, I will!"
"Fine!"
"Go bother someone else!"
"Be that way!"
"I will!"
"Well well well, what do we have here? You two already fighting just after you made up? Tsk...tsk...tsk..." Miroku scolded the two.
"IT WAS HIS/HER FAULT!" Kagome and Inu Yasha chorused, pointing at eachother. "Eh?" they both looked at one another, then shouting "STOP IT!" (A/N: Whoa! déjà vu right there! )
Sango and Miroku glanced at one another, and then thought the same thing: 'Why can't they act like their own age?' Meanwhile, Kagome and Inu Yasha was fighting like 5-year olds.
"Maybe talking to them is kinda like talking to a wall..." Miroku began. "...so it was pointless to come here to relieve our stress?" Sango finished.
"Exactly."
"Shall we leave or break the fight?" Sango inquired her friend/boyfriend.
"Use your mind, Sango. Who would want to break a wonderful fight between Inu Yasha and Kagome?" Miroku answered. "Shippou! Come on over! Kagome and Inu Yasha are having a fight!"
The little kitsune came hopping over gleefully. "Yay! Who'd want to miss this one? Miroku, what happened before?"
"Now, do you sense any Shikon Jewel shards anywhere Kagome?" Sango asked her friend.
Kagome hesitated, before replying. "Um....I think there is one in that direction," she pointed toward a village nearby. "But....I'm not so sure. I have a mild feeling about this. You're sure you've heard the rumors right?"
Miroku and Sango nodded. Inu Yasha grunted. "Of course we heard the rumors right," he snapped, "otherwise we wouldn't be standing here waiting for you to tell where the Shikon no Tama shards are until we're 200 years old."
Kagome shot him an evil glare, "Well, if you'd be patient enough, then we could go faster!" she retorted.
"Oh yeah? Well, if you could tell us where the damn shard is then we'd be moving right now!"
"I am!"
"Ok, you two, stop yelling and saying all the 'could's' and 'would's', and lets start walking." Miroku interjected the fighting pair.
"SHUT UP!" the twosome yelled. Poor Miroku...he had the biggest eyes that he could possibly wear. Sango, meanwhile, couldn't take it any more. She was on the verge of kicking them all the way back to Kaede's forest because of the constant yelling and screaming.
"YOU BOTH SHUT UP OR I WILL STUFF YOUR MOUTHS WITH YOUR FISTS!" she roared above all of them. They all fell silent.
"Uhh...Sango?" Shippou managed to squeak out.
Sango looked at them sharply, and Shippou faltered back into Kagome's arms. "Thank you." Sango muttered as she walked past them. Kagome glanced past Inu Yasha, who was displaying a fishface, and Miroku, who somehow made his eyes grow bigger. Then, she looked at Sango, who was gladly releasing her steam and anger up ahead of them.
"W-wait Sango!" Kagome raced to catch up with her friend and Shippou, who was sitting on Kirara. Up ahead, about a mile from where they last encountered Sango's fury, the trio realized that Inu Yasha and Miroku was missing. So, to search for them, they sent Kirara and Shippou to find them.
"...and remember, Shippou, if you kick Kirara really hard, then she will have a chance of throwing you 50 feet down." Sango finished her instructions to Shippou, leaving him to shudder at the last statement.
"Bye Shippou! Bye Kirara!" Kagome chirped as Kirara leaped into the air with Shippou on her back.
"Bye!!!"
As they were out of sight, then Kagome and Sango sat down to rest. It was Sango's fast thinking and talking that had them in a deep conversation.
"...and Miroku just decided to grope me at that moment." Sango finished with a disgusted looking face from the thought of Miroku being hurt, and tricked her to lean forward so he can grope her. Kagome laughed.
"That...HAHAHAHAHA...is....HAHAHAHAHA....INSANE!" Kagome tried to reply, but only to find herself in another fit of giggles. (A/N: Don't you hate it if you have this urge to giggle for no reason. Either that, or it is just me....)
Sango turned to her, "What bothers you about Inu Yasha?" she questioned the laughing-hysterically Kagome.
Kagome wiped her eyes. "Nothing much," was all Sango got from her....yet.
5 minutes later
"...and what really ticks me off about Inu Yasha is his impatientness!" Kagome rattled on about the con's of Inu Yasha. "He is also very agressive, and doesn't really think when he says stuff, and it all comes out mean and not nice."
Sango was just staring into space (do they have a 'space' there?), half listening to Kagome's problems, half day-dreaming. 'If Miroku was just alittle bit straight, then my life is almost perfect.' Sango thought, and sighed deeply. Kagome looked at Sango with a question-like face.
"Were you listening to me Sango?" Kagome asked her friend very timidly.
Sango just sat there for a couple minutes, looking at God-knows-what, when she suddenly snapped out of her day-dreaming state. "Huh? Oh! Why, yes, I was listening. What gave you the idea that I was not?"
'Gee, I wonder.....' thought Kagome. "Nothing" she replied sarcastically.
Sango caught the sarcasm in her voice, "Oh, my. Was I day-dreaming? I must have...."
"You must have...." Kagome echoed her. Soon, silence fell over them again. When the pair looked up, Shippou and Kirara could be seen in the distance. Shippou was waving at them like one of those pilot signal people.
"KAGOME! SANGO! LOOK WHAT I FOUND!" Shippou yelled gleefully. The two girls looked up.
"WHAT?!" they both shouted in unison.
Kirara landed, and the non-stop talking Shippou came hopping down. "Inu Yasha and Miroku were showing all the animals the fish-face." Shippou explained to Kagome and Sango.
"Fish-face?" Sango repeated.
Shippou glanced at her. "You know, when they are in shock and they have their mouth hanging over..." he explained to her.
"Oh..." Sango then realized that Kagome was not by her side, and off to see the 'fish-face' boys.
"Inu Yaaaaasssssshhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaa!" Kagome sang out at Inu Yasha, who whacked her hand that was in his face. "Mirrrrrrroooooooooookkkkkkkkkuuuuuuuuuuu!" Sango joined in, following Shippou.
"Do you think you could put on a rabbit-face for us, Inu Yasha?"
Night fell, and the five of them was starting to get tired from traveling. Miroku found a comfortable spot under a tree (that was not Inu Yasha's, for he had a very bad incident where Inu Yasha fell off of the tree and landed on Miroku), Sango set out her mat to sleep on, Kagome took out her sleeping bag and Shippou was curled up on it, and Inu Yasha found a nice spot in a tree. They all layed there in silence, sleeping peacefully, except Kagome, who was lying there wide awake. 'Oh pooey! can't sleep...' Kagome thought as she warily climbed out of her sleeping bag, and walked over toward the grassy meadow they were nearby. There, she sat down, the breeze playing with her hair, and closed her eyes. She was so relaxed that she didn't hear someone come up onto her.
"Hey, whatcha doin'...?" a gruff voice called out. Kagome immediately opened her eyes and turned around, only to find......Inu Yasha trying really hard to walk in a straight line. Too bad he was half asleep....
"Nothing much...just can't sleep, that's all." Kagome sighed. "I found it peaceful here."
"Oh." And the two sat there, while silence overtook them.
"Inu Yasha?" Kagome whispered.
"Yeah..." he slurred.
"Do you mind if I lay on your shoulder?"
Inu Yasha sat up, but then relaxed when Kagome's head was on his shoulder.
"Inu Yasha?"
"Yeah? What's it now?" he replied.
"Could you do something about your hair? It's tickling me." Kagome softly giggled and tickled by Inu Yasha's hair.
"No, not really."
Kagome looked up. "What do you mean, 'not really?'"
Inu Yasha glanced down at her. "What I mean is that I could do something about it, but then again I would prefer not to 'cause I'm too tired."
"Oh." And with that, Kagome rested her head on Inu Yasha. The pair sat....and sat.....and sat at their hearts content, only to themselves and their mind.
Sango woke up from all the rustle, and walked toward the noise. When she got to her destination, she found Kagome sleeping on Inu Yasha, and he was sleeping too. 'What a cute couple.' Sango thought, and sighed deeply. 'If only that were me, and maybe, just maybe it would of been with Miroku, though I'm not really gonna admit it infront of their faces.'
"Whatcha doin'" a drowzy voice called behind her, and Sango yelped.
"Miroku? Don't scare me like that ever again!" Sango exclaimed. Miroku looked past her, and saw what she was staring at.
"Don't you think that those would make a good couple? Well, if only Inu Yasha was a bit nicer, but still..." Miroku stated, oblivious to the fact that Sango knew that.
"Yeah..."
"Sango?"
"Could you do me a favor, and lean on me?" Miroku timidly asked.
"Uhh...." Sango stood up, and started to walk away.
"When you make up your mind, let me know!" Miroku yelled after her.
Back with Kagome and Inu Yasha
Inu Yasha's very sensitive ears picked up someone's voice. 'Now who'd be up this early?' he questioned himself. Just as he was about to stand, he realized that Kagome was sleeping calmly. Then, Inu Yasha found himself staring at Kagome sleeping, listening to her breathing. Kagome slowly drew open her eyes, and Inu Yasha was alerted immediatedly. "Hmmm.......?" Kagome woke up exhausted from staying up too late. "What time is it?"
"Time to finish checking your eyelids for holes." came the reply.
Kagome bolted upwards, forgetting that she was resting on Inu Yasha's shoulder. "What?! Oh, it was you, Inu Yasha."
He grunted. "Feh. Who'd else would it be?"
Kagome stared at him weirdly, causing him to figit nervously. Fortunately, she didn't know that he was watching her sleep, which was actually best if she didn't know. "So, what's up?"
Inu Yasha scanned the area. He caught a glimpse of a purple thing, but wasn't quite too sure what (or who for that matter) was it. "I think someone was watching us sleep." Kagome shot him a puzzled look.
"Now why would someone watch us sleep?" She wondered out loud.
"Hmph. Like I'd know." Inu Yasha snorted. "It's not like I'd be watching someone sleep." (LIAR!!!!! points at Inu Yasha)
Kagome giggled. "I almost feel sorry for the person who was watched by you while they're sleeping."
'Too bad that that "person" is you...' thought Inu Yasha.
Miroku came walking out of the forest, surprisingly welcomed by Shippou instead of Sango. Shippou apparently was very worried about Kagome's whereabouts, and Miroku just told him that she would be back. Sango appeared behind Miroku, and scared him to death. He yelped really loud.
"Wow, Miroku, I didn't know that you could scream like a girl." Sango joked.
Miroku stared at her. "Apparently I didn't either..."
"Now that's something new." a harsh voice came from the woods. Sango, Miroku, and Shippou were caught unaware, and whirled to see who was the newcomer, which was none other than......Inu Yasha. "Miroku, I must say that you are pretty slow figuring yourself out. Who wouldn't know that you scream like a girl?"
Kagome trotting after him. "I didn't. Wait-what did I miss here?"
Sango smiled. "You missed Miroku screaming like a girl. It was actually quite interesting."
"Hey, stop picking on me!" Miroku pouted.
"Why?" they all chorused, including Shippou. Miroku looked uneasily between the four, and thankfully Kirara came out.
"Why, hello Kirara." Miroku began, trying to not be the center of attention (in a bad way). Kirara just looked up at him, appalled. Miroku pretended to 'understand' her. "Me too. Sango, did you get breakfast started?"
Sango quickly rushed to do that, followed by Kagome and Shippou. Inu Yasha looked at Miroku, "Did you see me sleeping in the meadow?" he demanded suspiciously.
Miroku started to sweat badly. "Um...well....What ever so did that idea come into your head?" he stuttered.
'Your sweat gives it away.' thought Inu Yasha. "Nothing, just the fact that you're wearing purple, and I saw a glimpse, or a flash of purple in the forest. Also, you've got some leaves stuck into your clothes." Inu Yasha indicated to Miroku. Miroku quickly looked down and brushed off the leaves and left to find Sango. Inu Yasha sat there, trying to get back the sleep he lost at night.
"Hey," Kagome plopped next to Inu Yasha.
Inu Yasha just grunted.
"Do you think that Miroku and Sango will be together?" Kagome asked for his opinion.
Inu Yasha thought about it for a moment. "Maybe...but only if Miroku limit's his groping of Sango."
Kagome laughed. "Yeah...but I'm surprised at how well Sango puts up with it."
"Maybe it's because she likes him." Inu Yasha shrugged.
"Maybe..."
"Would you stop mimiking me?!" Inu Yasha spun to face Kagome. "It's getting annoying."
Kagome stared at Inu Yasha. A strand of hair blew into her face. "Well sorry, but it's a habit."
"Then break it!"
"Old habits die hard." Kagome flipped her hair away from her face. (A/N: So true! I have a buncha old habits, and they just seem to not like dying. Well, neither would I....)
"Well then make sure it dies, and doesn't return." Inu Yasha retorted.
"It's not like it is so easy." Kagome contradicted.
"Then make it easy."
"Fine!" (again!)
"Fine!"
"Be that way!"
Inu Yasha snorted. "I will!" he called to Kagome, who was currently going to the meadow to sort out her thoughts. "Feh. And you think that I don't have bad habits that die hard. I still break them..." he mumbled to himself.
"I HEARD THAT!" Kagome yelled. Inu Yasha was stunned by how she could hear him so far away.
'Musta've been my mind...' he pondered.
The five were on their way toward a village to rest, and when they came here, they were relieved that the rumors were true. There had been a demon eating the little children who were alone, and nobody got a chance to find out how it looked, let a lone find out what kind of demon it was. Inu Yasha and Kagome went to go find some more info with Shippou, Sango and Miroku were to find a place to sleep.
"...and we need to win." Sango finished as she was walking with Miroku. "Do you think that we'll have a chance?"
Miroku thought about it carefully. "I'm not too sure what to answer, because my answer is going to affect you. But, never the less, I would say that we do have a chance of winning, by at least making Kagome and Inu Yasha separate by the end of the month. And I hope it doesn't come too soon."
"Yeah..." Sango murmured. "Don't you think-"
Sango's thoughts were drifted off when Miroku spotted three beautiful (in Miroku's opinion) women walking past. He soon found himself walking toward them.
"-that it is strange how Inu Yasha and Kagome are attracted to each other, but can't stand each other eith-eh?" Sango saw that she was talking to mid-air, when she noticed that Miroku was talking to three pretty well dressed women. Thatmade Sango jealous. She stomped over there.
Miroku was on one knee, and talking to one of the women. "Would you take the honor of bearing my child?" he asked. That women was blushing furiously, but shook her head, and Miroku looked dissapointed. He turned to another female. "How about y-OOOOWWWW!" he yelled out ferociously. Something, or someone was holding his ear very tight.
"You know that I was in the middle of a sentence?" an angry voice called out. "You ladies, I'm sorry, but he's taken. Now shoo!"
The women looked dismayed, but Sango kept 'shooing' them away. Finally, she loosened her grip on Miroku's ear.
Miroku winced, "What did you do that for? Now my ear is going to be red for a week." he complained.
Sango just stood there, tapping her feet. "Serves you right. We're suppose to be a couple, and right now you aren't acting like one, going off to ask some women to bear your child." she growled.
"It's a habit. I can't help it." Miroku innocently responded while rubbing his poor, red, bruised ear. "It's not-ow..Sango, you sure pinch hard-like they'll say yes or anything."
Sango snorted. "And what if they do?!?!"
"Then I'll just say that I'm not quite ready right now, but I'll come back and visit you someday." Miroku answered with a shrug.
"So you're goingo to do what you did with Koharu?" she asked, raising one eyebrow. "That is pretty mean, if you ask me, keeping a woman waiting all her life for somebody who they'll never meet anytime soon. They might as well find a better husband and live with it." Sango eyed Miroku, who was still rubbing his ear.
"Well, I guess your right..." he began, "but that doesn't necessarily mean that I won't come back anytime soon. You'll never know."
Sango sighed, and walked away. "You know, I still haven't forgave you for the little incident, so you better make it up to me!" she called back as she skipped away.
Miroku gleefully looked up. "Does gr-"
"No! Groping doesn't count as a payback!"
"Aww...darn it..."
Miroku spent the rest of the day trying to come up with a not-so-lame apology, but as usual, he failed. Kagome was not talking to Inu Yasha, and Inu Yasha was trying to ask her something, but she kept walking away. Sango was growing very impatient with the rumors, because there wasn't an attack since the group got there. Shippou was following Kagome, seeking an answer of why she wasn't talking to Inu Yasha. Kirara was just merrily soaking up the sun.
"Kagome! Would you stop and listen to me?" Inu Yasha fustratedly called after Kagome, who yet again was walking away from him. "Dammit, STOP RIGHT THERE!" he hollered. Kagome spun around. "How the hell did you know what I said back in the grass? No human ears could pick it up." Inu Yasha demanded.
Kagome looked quizzically at him, like trying to rekindle a forgotten memory. Suddenly she perked up. "Oh, that. I didn't really hear you. I just saw your mouth moving, and I assumed you were insulting me. That's why I said 'I heard you!'."
Inu Yasha was gaping at her. Kagome smirked, and then turned to leave. Shippou followed her.
"Kagome? Why weren't you talking to him?" Shippou wondered out loud.
Kagome glanced down at him. "Oh yeah, I thought he was comparing me to Kikyou, so I got mad. But it doesn't really look like it, because when he thinks about her, then he can't face me."
"Oh..." Shippou said thoughtfully. Kagome looked down at him playfully, and smiled.
"Come on, guys! Lets go track down a demon, and then rest." Kagome beckoned the group. All of them followed, Inu Yasha leading them, and apparently found something worthwhile. Well, it would of been worthwhile if they had gotten there five minutes earlier. There was a child lying in the middle of their road. She was wearing a summer kimono, surrounded and soaked with her blood. The way she was laying indicated that she collapsed, most likely from exhaustion of running. Kagome looked frightened and sympathetic, and Sango had a sad face. Inu Yasha sniffed the air surrounding the child, "Yup, we've got a demon. And it seems like it isn't really far ahead," Inu Yasha directed them.
Kagome took out a sheet from her pack (never mind why she was bringing it) and covered the child with it. "Remind me to come back to bury her," she whispered to Sango, who just nodded. The murderer left no tracks behind, but the scent isn't too hard to follow when your a hanyou. The group walked quite awhile, until they reached something that was blocking their path. Right infront of them was a silk net, woven so tightly that it is virtually impossible to break. When Inu Yasha touched the silk, it stung him and he jerked back.
"Damn..." he muttered. "How the hell are we suppose to go through this?!"
Miroku tapped the net with his staff. Then, he took out some scrolls and muttered unaudible and threw the scrolls at the net. Luckily it burned a hole big enough to fit one person at a time through, but it was weaving itself back together.
"Hurry up. It's going to close the hole quickly. This creature doesn't want unexpected visitors." Miroku said while going through the hole. "Some how, the demon had a spell put up that prevents trespassers coming through."
Kagome, Inu Yasha, Sango, Kirara, and finally Shippou (he nearly dove in because the hole was getting smaller by the minute) made it to the other side, and found a huge web of silk. This time, however, it was not hard and did not shock anybody who touched it.
Inu Yasha smirked. "Looks like we found our demon's hide-out." He stated grimly. "Not much if you ask me. Ugh!" he covered his nose. "What reaks of dead carcasses and blood-human blood?"
Miroku and Sango exchanged looks. "An evil aura is filling up the air..." Sango warned them. "It's strong to."
Suddenly, a huge crash was heard, and a nasty smell filled the air. All of them looked up, and found them staring at a gigantic moth-like demon. It had red glowing eyes, wings with powder around them, a whipping tail and six large legs. The demon diverted it's gaze toward the group, which were like dogs compared to its size.
"Hehehe....looks like you found my cocoon.." the demon slurred, "and...ah...you've brought a fine meal to me today..."
Inu Yasha looked at the two girls, "What the hell do you mean? I'm not here to feed you, but to kick your sorry ass!" And with that, he unsheathed the Tetsaiga and ran toward the demon. The demon just stood (flew) there, with a cocky smirk on his face. Out of nowhere, yellow particles started to sprinkle from its wings. It soon paralyzed Inu Yasha and the rest of the group.
'Dammit.' Inu Yasha thought as he froze into place. Through the corner of his eyes, he saw Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Kirara frozen too.
"Hehe...how do you like my paralyzing powder?" the sly demon asked. "It works very well, from the looks of you."
Inu Yasha gritted his teeth. "Shuttup!" he belowed.
"Not till I get to taste the two fine women that you've brought to me..." taunted the moth. "And you'll be my audience, watching me eat those fine hearts of these to." It diverted it's gaze from Inu Yasha to Kagome and Sango. Even without the powder, they both would of been frozen with fear. The demon began to approach the women, opening its mouth to show the millions of fangs it had, along with it's saliva that drooled through the teeth.
"Get your bloody fangs away from them, YOU FUCKIN' BASTARD!" Inu Yasha shouted, which, of course was no use. The monster kept moving closer, Kagome and Sango's life growing shorter by each step.
"Come to me, and see what happened to all the rest of the children...," it hissed right infront of the two shaken women. Just as it was about to bite them in half, a loud sound was heard.
CRRRAAAAAAAACK!
Inu Yasha was standing there, free of the paralyzing powder, Tetsaiga in hand. "So, are you gonna back away, or not?" he growled.
The moth turned towards him. "Hehehe...I think not..." the moth retorted, and advanced toward him. Inu Yasha swung the Tetsaiga hard, at the demon, but when all the dust settled, he wasn't there.
"What the hell?" Inu Yasha murmured. He turned around , and only to find the moth facing him with one leg, trying to strike him out. "Ungh..." Inu Yasha narrowly dodged the attack, but the demon already had another leg aiming at the Tetsaiga. Before Inu Yasha had time to react, the Tetsaiga was out of his hand. It had returned to its original form, 10 feet away from him, behind the demon. There was no way he could of ran to his sword without getting hurt in the process. "Oh fuck...this is my lucky day..." Inu Yasha grumbled. 'Better take my chance to get the Tetsaiga,' he thought, and ran headfirst toward it. Just as he was about to grab hold of his sword, a tail came crashing toward his head. Inu Yasha turned his head to find him staring at a tail. He closed his eyes and waited for the hit to come.
It never arrived. Only a scream was heard, and silence.
(A/N: Maybe I should stop here....hm....naw, I'm not that evilll....smirks)
Miroku had freed his hand from the spell, and just in time threw one of his barrier scroll toward Inu Yasha (I don't know if there is a scroll like that, but in my story, there is.). Lucky for Inu Yasha, he didn't get hurt, but the tail backfired and headed right toward...
Kagome.
"KAGOME!!!" Inu Yasha screamed, and darted over to her limp body. When he picked her head up, she opened her eyes.
"I...I-Inu Yasha?" she whispered, and then closed her eyes and was engulfed with blackness. Inu Yasha stared at her, and put her head down. But his hand had strangely felt warm. When he looked at it, he saw Kagome's blood.
A/N: That's all folks! Here's some stuff you need to know, just incase you don't realize it already.
1) Kagome does NOT die, I repeat, does NOT die. She's one of the main characters in the plot, so no, she won't die.
2) There will be some more Sango and Miroku fluff, probably in the next chappie.
3) I have no idea what the next chapter is gonna be called.
4) You should click the really pretty button that says 'Go', which is right next to the 'Submit Review' thingy. I will be more pleased.
That's all! Remember, NO FLAMES, OR I WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO PROCRASTINATE MORE ON THE REST OF THE CHAPPIES. Have a good day (or in some cases, night, evening, morning, etc.)
HoTaRu (P.S. This chapter was longer because of my long update. Probably the next one will be like this long too.)
A/N: Have you eaten ice cream on a cold day? Well, it's good! Anyways, today I went to my school's volleyball game, and we lost...-- There was 2 teams-team A and team B- and they both lost. It was 2:0 for team B (of course, they lost) and 2:1 for team B (there was a tie, so they did a 'minny game'). Soo depressing....and it was the last game at home too! Oh well, they probably will do better...I hope...
The Line between Imagination and Reality
Chap. 3: Miroku's 'Issues' (A/N: Have you noticed that I always have a A/N for every chap. title? Well, anyways, if any of you have little siblings like me, then I advise you to tell them not to ask what 'issues' Miroku has. If you don't know, then here's a hint: coughcoughgirlscoughcough chokechokegropingchokechoke Have fun reading-wait, I think I put some disturbing images about this chappie in your mind, haven't I? Please dear god, save my sanity...)
Well, now it was clear to Sango that the score was 0:1, Kagome was winning. Now, being a good sport, she decided to devise a plan. Too bad her partner wasn't really helping that much.
"Miroku, will you please remove your hand from my buttock and listen to me?" Sango informed her friend who was caught redhanded groping.
Miroku, being Miroku, tried to be innocent. "Why Sango! How can you think that I am groping?" he said with a fake shock.
Sango, who just happened to be a step further than him, replied, "Well, there's the fact that you are leaning towards me, and your hand is aproximately two inches away from my bottom, and you've got your perverted grin on."
Miroku quickly sat up straight and pretended that it never happened. "Well, Sango, what were your plans?" he inquired her, trying to change the subject.
"Well, Miroku, if you had listened to me, then you would of known."
Miroku drew back, and then returned to his original posture. "Sango," he sighed, "it won't kill you to just repeat it again, will it? " Miroku contradicted.
"Of course it won't," Sango answered lightly, "but I've said it five times already." Miroku looked at her with a puzzled face, trying to figure out what happened during the half hour he was with Sango.
"Oh..."
"Inu Yasha, what are you doing?" Kagome asked, as she walked past Inu Yasha and toward the stream they were by.
Inu Yasha grunted. "Open your eyes. What does it look like I am doing?"
Kagome shot him quizzical looks. "Well..." she drew in a big breath, "it looks like you're cleaning the Tetsusaiga. But you don't see an Inu Yasha cleaning his sword everyday. It only comes once 1000 years" Kagome joked.
"Well, you don't want to carry a sword that is all bloody, slimy, sticky and-"
"Ok, I get the idea," Kagome interupted him, wearing a disgusted looking face. "You really didn't have to mention it to me after dinner. I feel like I'm going to re-eat my dinner again."
"Then don't" Inu Yasha retorted.
"I won't if you'll stop saying gross things about what's on your Tetsusaiga!" Kagome snapped back.
"Fine, I will!"
"Fine!"
"Go bother someone else!"
"Be that way!"
"I will!"
"Well well well, what do we have here? You two already fighting just after you made up? Tsk...tsk...tsk..." Miroku scolded the two.
"IT WAS HIS/HER FAULT!" Kagome and Inu Yasha chorused, pointing at eachother. "Eh?" they both looked at one another, then shouting "STOP IT!" (A/N: Whoa! déjà vu right there! )
Sango and Miroku glanced at one another, and then thought the same thing: 'Why can't they act like their own age?' Meanwhile, Kagome and Inu Yasha was fighting like 5-year olds.
"Maybe talking to them is kinda like talking to a wall..." Miroku began. "...so it was pointless to come here to relieve our stress?" Sango finished.
"Exactly."
"Shall we leave or break the fight?" Sango inquired her friend/boyfriend.
"Use your mind, Sango. Who would want to break a wonderful fight between Inu Yasha and Kagome?" Miroku answered. "Shippou! Come on over! Kagome and Inu Yasha are having a fight!"
The little kitsune came hopping over gleefully. "Yay! Who'd want to miss this one? Miroku, what happened before?"
"Now, do you sense any Shikon Jewel shards anywhere Kagome?" Sango asked her friend.
Kagome hesitated, before replying. "Um....I think there is one in that direction," she pointed toward a village nearby. "But....I'm not so sure. I have a mild feeling about this. You're sure you've heard the rumors right?"
Miroku and Sango nodded. Inu Yasha grunted. "Of course we heard the rumors right," he snapped, "otherwise we wouldn't be standing here waiting for you to tell where the Shikon no Tama shards are until we're 200 years old."
Kagome shot him an evil glare, "Well, if you'd be patient enough, then we could go faster!" she retorted.
"Oh yeah? Well, if you could tell us where the damn shard is then we'd be moving right now!"
"I am!"
"Ok, you two, stop yelling and saying all the 'could's' and 'would's', and lets start walking." Miroku interjected the fighting pair.
"SHUT UP!" the twosome yelled. Poor Miroku...he had the biggest eyes that he could possibly wear. Sango, meanwhile, couldn't take it any more. She was on the verge of kicking them all the way back to Kaede's forest because of the constant yelling and screaming.
"YOU BOTH SHUT UP OR I WILL STUFF YOUR MOUTHS WITH YOUR FISTS!" she roared above all of them. They all fell silent.
"Uhh...Sango?" Shippou managed to squeak out.
Sango looked at them sharply, and Shippou faltered back into Kagome's arms. "Thank you." Sango muttered as she walked past them. Kagome glanced past Inu Yasha, who was displaying a fishface, and Miroku, who somehow made his eyes grow bigger. Then, she looked at Sango, who was gladly releasing her steam and anger up ahead of them.
"W-wait Sango!" Kagome raced to catch up with her friend and Shippou, who was sitting on Kirara. Up ahead, about a mile from where they last encountered Sango's fury, the trio realized that Inu Yasha and Miroku was missing. So, to search for them, they sent Kirara and Shippou to find them.
"...and remember, Shippou, if you kick Kirara really hard, then she will have a chance of throwing you 50 feet down." Sango finished her instructions to Shippou, leaving him to shudder at the last statement.
"Bye Shippou! Bye Kirara!" Kagome chirped as Kirara leaped into the air with Shippou on her back.
"Bye!!!"
As they were out of sight, then Kagome and Sango sat down to rest. It was Sango's fast thinking and talking that had them in a deep conversation.
"...and Miroku just decided to grope me at that moment." Sango finished with a disgusted looking face from the thought of Miroku being hurt, and tricked her to lean forward so he can grope her. Kagome laughed.
"That...HAHAHAHAHA...is....HAHAHAHAHA....INSANE!" Kagome tried to reply, but only to find herself in another fit of giggles. (A/N: Don't you hate it if you have this urge to giggle for no reason. Either that, or it is just me....)
Sango turned to her, "What bothers you about Inu Yasha?" she questioned the laughing-hysterically Kagome.
Kagome wiped her eyes. "Nothing much," was all Sango got from her....yet.
5 minutes later
"...and what really ticks me off about Inu Yasha is his impatientness!" Kagome rattled on about the con's of Inu Yasha. "He is also very agressive, and doesn't really think when he says stuff, and it all comes out mean and not nice."
Sango was just staring into space (do they have a 'space' there?), half listening to Kagome's problems, half day-dreaming. 'If Miroku was just alittle bit straight, then my life is almost perfect.' Sango thought, and sighed deeply. Kagome looked at Sango with a question-like face.
"Were you listening to me Sango?" Kagome asked her friend very timidly.
Sango just sat there for a couple minutes, looking at God-knows-what, when she suddenly snapped out of her day-dreaming state. "Huh? Oh! Why, yes, I was listening. What gave you the idea that I was not?"
'Gee, I wonder.....' thought Kagome. "Nothing" she replied sarcastically.
Sango caught the sarcasm in her voice, "Oh, my. Was I day-dreaming? I must have...."
"You must have...." Kagome echoed her. Soon, silence fell over them again. When the pair looked up, Shippou and Kirara could be seen in the distance. Shippou was waving at them like one of those pilot signal people.
"KAGOME! SANGO! LOOK WHAT I FOUND!" Shippou yelled gleefully. The two girls looked up.
"WHAT?!" they both shouted in unison.
Kirara landed, and the non-stop talking Shippou came hopping down. "Inu Yasha and Miroku were showing all the animals the fish-face." Shippou explained to Kagome and Sango.
"Fish-face?" Sango repeated.
Shippou glanced at her. "You know, when they are in shock and they have their mouth hanging over..." he explained to her.
"Oh..." Sango then realized that Kagome was not by her side, and off to see the 'fish-face' boys.
"Inu Yaaaaasssssshhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaa!" Kagome sang out at Inu Yasha, who whacked her hand that was in his face. "Mirrrrrrroooooooooookkkkkkkkkuuuuuuuuuuu!" Sango joined in, following Shippou.
"Do you think you could put on a rabbit-face for us, Inu Yasha?"
Night fell, and the five of them was starting to get tired from traveling. Miroku found a comfortable spot under a tree (that was not Inu Yasha's, for he had a very bad incident where Inu Yasha fell off of the tree and landed on Miroku), Sango set out her mat to sleep on, Kagome took out her sleeping bag and Shippou was curled up on it, and Inu Yasha found a nice spot in a tree. They all layed there in silence, sleeping peacefully, except Kagome, who was lying there wide awake. 'Oh pooey! can't sleep...' Kagome thought as she warily climbed out of her sleeping bag, and walked over toward the grassy meadow they were nearby. There, she sat down, the breeze playing with her hair, and closed her eyes. She was so relaxed that she didn't hear someone come up onto her.
"Hey, whatcha doin'...?" a gruff voice called out. Kagome immediately opened her eyes and turned around, only to find......Inu Yasha trying really hard to walk in a straight line. Too bad he was half asleep....
"Nothing much...just can't sleep, that's all." Kagome sighed. "I found it peaceful here."
"Oh." And the two sat there, while silence overtook them.
"Inu Yasha?" Kagome whispered.
"Yeah..." he slurred.
"Do you mind if I lay on your shoulder?"
Inu Yasha sat up, but then relaxed when Kagome's head was on his shoulder.
"Inu Yasha?"
"Yeah? What's it now?" he replied.
"Could you do something about your hair? It's tickling me." Kagome softly giggled and tickled by Inu Yasha's hair.
"No, not really."
Kagome looked up. "What do you mean, 'not really?'"
Inu Yasha glanced down at her. "What I mean is that I could do something about it, but then again I would prefer not to 'cause I'm too tired."
"Oh." And with that, Kagome rested her head on Inu Yasha. The pair sat....and sat.....and sat at their hearts content, only to themselves and their mind.
Sango woke up from all the rustle, and walked toward the noise. When she got to her destination, she found Kagome sleeping on Inu Yasha, and he was sleeping too. 'What a cute couple.' Sango thought, and sighed deeply. 'If only that were me, and maybe, just maybe it would of been with Miroku, though I'm not really gonna admit it infront of their faces.'
"Whatcha doin'" a drowzy voice called behind her, and Sango yelped.
"Miroku? Don't scare me like that ever again!" Sango exclaimed. Miroku looked past her, and saw what she was staring at.
"Don't you think that those would make a good couple? Well, if only Inu Yasha was a bit nicer, but still..." Miroku stated, oblivious to the fact that Sango knew that.
"Yeah..."
"Sango?"
"Could you do me a favor, and lean on me?" Miroku timidly asked.
"Uhh...." Sango stood up, and started to walk away.
"When you make up your mind, let me know!" Miroku yelled after her.
Back with Kagome and Inu Yasha
Inu Yasha's very sensitive ears picked up someone's voice. 'Now who'd be up this early?' he questioned himself. Just as he was about to stand, he realized that Kagome was sleeping calmly. Then, Inu Yasha found himself staring at Kagome sleeping, listening to her breathing. Kagome slowly drew open her eyes, and Inu Yasha was alerted immediatedly. "Hmmm.......?" Kagome woke up exhausted from staying up too late. "What time is it?"
"Time to finish checking your eyelids for holes." came the reply.
Kagome bolted upwards, forgetting that she was resting on Inu Yasha's shoulder. "What?! Oh, it was you, Inu Yasha."
He grunted. "Feh. Who'd else would it be?"
Kagome stared at him weirdly, causing him to figit nervously. Fortunately, she didn't know that he was watching her sleep, which was actually best if she didn't know. "So, what's up?"
Inu Yasha scanned the area. He caught a glimpse of a purple thing, but wasn't quite too sure what (or who for that matter) was it. "I think someone was watching us sleep." Kagome shot him a puzzled look.
"Now why would someone watch us sleep?" She wondered out loud.
"Hmph. Like I'd know." Inu Yasha snorted. "It's not like I'd be watching someone sleep." (LIAR!!!!! points at Inu Yasha)
Kagome giggled. "I almost feel sorry for the person who was watched by you while they're sleeping."
'Too bad that that "person" is you...' thought Inu Yasha.
Miroku came walking out of the forest, surprisingly welcomed by Shippou instead of Sango. Shippou apparently was very worried about Kagome's whereabouts, and Miroku just told him that she would be back. Sango appeared behind Miroku, and scared him to death. He yelped really loud.
"Wow, Miroku, I didn't know that you could scream like a girl." Sango joked.
Miroku stared at her. "Apparently I didn't either..."
"Now that's something new." a harsh voice came from the woods. Sango, Miroku, and Shippou were caught unaware, and whirled to see who was the newcomer, which was none other than......Inu Yasha. "Miroku, I must say that you are pretty slow figuring yourself out. Who wouldn't know that you scream like a girl?"
Kagome trotting after him. "I didn't. Wait-what did I miss here?"
Sango smiled. "You missed Miroku screaming like a girl. It was actually quite interesting."
"Hey, stop picking on me!" Miroku pouted.
"Why?" they all chorused, including Shippou. Miroku looked uneasily between the four, and thankfully Kirara came out.
"Why, hello Kirara." Miroku began, trying to not be the center of attention (in a bad way). Kirara just looked up at him, appalled. Miroku pretended to 'understand' her. "Me too. Sango, did you get breakfast started?"
Sango quickly rushed to do that, followed by Kagome and Shippou. Inu Yasha looked at Miroku, "Did you see me sleeping in the meadow?" he demanded suspiciously.
Miroku started to sweat badly. "Um...well....What ever so did that idea come into your head?" he stuttered.
'Your sweat gives it away.' thought Inu Yasha. "Nothing, just the fact that you're wearing purple, and I saw a glimpse, or a flash of purple in the forest. Also, you've got some leaves stuck into your clothes." Inu Yasha indicated to Miroku. Miroku quickly looked down and brushed off the leaves and left to find Sango. Inu Yasha sat there, trying to get back the sleep he lost at night.
"Hey," Kagome plopped next to Inu Yasha.
Inu Yasha just grunted.
"Do you think that Miroku and Sango will be together?" Kagome asked for his opinion.
Inu Yasha thought about it for a moment. "Maybe...but only if Miroku limit's his groping of Sango."
Kagome laughed. "Yeah...but I'm surprised at how well Sango puts up with it."
"Maybe it's because she likes him." Inu Yasha shrugged.
"Maybe..."
"Would you stop mimiking me?!" Inu Yasha spun to face Kagome. "It's getting annoying."
Kagome stared at Inu Yasha. A strand of hair blew into her face. "Well sorry, but it's a habit."
"Then break it!"
"Old habits die hard." Kagome flipped her hair away from her face. (A/N: So true! I have a buncha old habits, and they just seem to not like dying. Well, neither would I....)
"Well then make sure it dies, and doesn't return." Inu Yasha retorted.
"It's not like it is so easy." Kagome contradicted.
"Then make it easy."
"Fine!" (again!)
"Fine!"
"Be that way!"
Inu Yasha snorted. "I will!" he called to Kagome, who was currently going to the meadow to sort out her thoughts. "Feh. And you think that I don't have bad habits that die hard. I still break them..." he mumbled to himself.
"I HEARD THAT!" Kagome yelled. Inu Yasha was stunned by how she could hear him so far away.
'Musta've been my mind...' he pondered.
The five were on their way toward a village to rest, and when they came here, they were relieved that the rumors were true. There had been a demon eating the little children who were alone, and nobody got a chance to find out how it looked, let a lone find out what kind of demon it was. Inu Yasha and Kagome went to go find some more info with Shippou, Sango and Miroku were to find a place to sleep.
"...and we need to win." Sango finished as she was walking with Miroku. "Do you think that we'll have a chance?"
Miroku thought about it carefully. "I'm not too sure what to answer, because my answer is going to affect you. But, never the less, I would say that we do have a chance of winning, by at least making Kagome and Inu Yasha separate by the end of the month. And I hope it doesn't come too soon."
"Yeah..." Sango murmured. "Don't you think-"
Sango's thoughts were drifted off when Miroku spotted three beautiful (in Miroku's opinion) women walking past. He soon found himself walking toward them.
"-that it is strange how Inu Yasha and Kagome are attracted to each other, but can't stand each other eith-eh?" Sango saw that she was talking to mid-air, when she noticed that Miroku was talking to three pretty well dressed women. Thatmade Sango jealous. She stomped over there.
Miroku was on one knee, and talking to one of the women. "Would you take the honor of bearing my child?" he asked. That women was blushing furiously, but shook her head, and Miroku looked dissapointed. He turned to another female. "How about y-OOOOWWWW!" he yelled out ferociously. Something, or someone was holding his ear very tight.
"You know that I was in the middle of a sentence?" an angry voice called out. "You ladies, I'm sorry, but he's taken. Now shoo!"
The women looked dismayed, but Sango kept 'shooing' them away. Finally, she loosened her grip on Miroku's ear.
Miroku winced, "What did you do that for? Now my ear is going to be red for a week." he complained.
Sango just stood there, tapping her feet. "Serves you right. We're suppose to be a couple, and right now you aren't acting like one, going off to ask some women to bear your child." she growled.
"It's a habit. I can't help it." Miroku innocently responded while rubbing his poor, red, bruised ear. "It's not-ow..Sango, you sure pinch hard-like they'll say yes or anything."
Sango snorted. "And what if they do?!?!"
"Then I'll just say that I'm not quite ready right now, but I'll come back and visit you someday." Miroku answered with a shrug.
"So you're goingo to do what you did with Koharu?" she asked, raising one eyebrow. "That is pretty mean, if you ask me, keeping a woman waiting all her life for somebody who they'll never meet anytime soon. They might as well find a better husband and live with it." Sango eyed Miroku, who was still rubbing his ear.
"Well, I guess your right..." he began, "but that doesn't necessarily mean that I won't come back anytime soon. You'll never know."
Sango sighed, and walked away. "You know, I still haven't forgave you for the little incident, so you better make it up to me!" she called back as she skipped away.
Miroku gleefully looked up. "Does gr-"
"No! Groping doesn't count as a payback!"
"Aww...darn it..."
Miroku spent the rest of the day trying to come up with a not-so-lame apology, but as usual, he failed. Kagome was not talking to Inu Yasha, and Inu Yasha was trying to ask her something, but she kept walking away. Sango was growing very impatient with the rumors, because there wasn't an attack since the group got there. Shippou was following Kagome, seeking an answer of why she wasn't talking to Inu Yasha. Kirara was just merrily soaking up the sun.
"Kagome! Would you stop and listen to me?" Inu Yasha fustratedly called after Kagome, who yet again was walking away from him. "Dammit, STOP RIGHT THERE!" he hollered. Kagome spun around. "How the hell did you know what I said back in the grass? No human ears could pick it up." Inu Yasha demanded.
Kagome looked quizzically at him, like trying to rekindle a forgotten memory. Suddenly she perked up. "Oh, that. I didn't really hear you. I just saw your mouth moving, and I assumed you were insulting me. That's why I said 'I heard you!'."
Inu Yasha was gaping at her. Kagome smirked, and then turned to leave. Shippou followed her.
"Kagome? Why weren't you talking to him?" Shippou wondered out loud.
Kagome glanced down at him. "Oh yeah, I thought he was comparing me to Kikyou, so I got mad. But it doesn't really look like it, because when he thinks about her, then he can't face me."
"Oh..." Shippou said thoughtfully. Kagome looked down at him playfully, and smiled.
"Come on, guys! Lets go track down a demon, and then rest." Kagome beckoned the group. All of them followed, Inu Yasha leading them, and apparently found something worthwhile. Well, it would of been worthwhile if they had gotten there five minutes earlier. There was a child lying in the middle of their road. She was wearing a summer kimono, surrounded and soaked with her blood. The way she was laying indicated that she collapsed, most likely from exhaustion of running. Kagome looked frightened and sympathetic, and Sango had a sad face. Inu Yasha sniffed the air surrounding the child, "Yup, we've got a demon. And it seems like it isn't really far ahead," Inu Yasha directed them.
Kagome took out a sheet from her pack (never mind why she was bringing it) and covered the child with it. "Remind me to come back to bury her," she whispered to Sango, who just nodded. The murderer left no tracks behind, but the scent isn't too hard to follow when your a hanyou. The group walked quite awhile, until they reached something that was blocking their path. Right infront of them was a silk net, woven so tightly that it is virtually impossible to break. When Inu Yasha touched the silk, it stung him and he jerked back.
"Damn..." he muttered. "How the hell are we suppose to go through this?!"
Miroku tapped the net with his staff. Then, he took out some scrolls and muttered unaudible and threw the scrolls at the net. Luckily it burned a hole big enough to fit one person at a time through, but it was weaving itself back together.
"Hurry up. It's going to close the hole quickly. This creature doesn't want unexpected visitors." Miroku said while going through the hole. "Some how, the demon had a spell put up that prevents trespassers coming through."
Kagome, Inu Yasha, Sango, Kirara, and finally Shippou (he nearly dove in because the hole was getting smaller by the minute) made it to the other side, and found a huge web of silk. This time, however, it was not hard and did not shock anybody who touched it.
Inu Yasha smirked. "Looks like we found our demon's hide-out." He stated grimly. "Not much if you ask me. Ugh!" he covered his nose. "What reaks of dead carcasses and blood-human blood?"
Miroku and Sango exchanged looks. "An evil aura is filling up the air..." Sango warned them. "It's strong to."
Suddenly, a huge crash was heard, and a nasty smell filled the air. All of them looked up, and found them staring at a gigantic moth-like demon. It had red glowing eyes, wings with powder around them, a whipping tail and six large legs. The demon diverted it's gaze toward the group, which were like dogs compared to its size.
"Hehehe....looks like you found my cocoon.." the demon slurred, "and...ah...you've brought a fine meal to me today..."
Inu Yasha looked at the two girls, "What the hell do you mean? I'm not here to feed you, but to kick your sorry ass!" And with that, he unsheathed the Tetsaiga and ran toward the demon. The demon just stood (flew) there, with a cocky smirk on his face. Out of nowhere, yellow particles started to sprinkle from its wings. It soon paralyzed Inu Yasha and the rest of the group.
'Dammit.' Inu Yasha thought as he froze into place. Through the corner of his eyes, he saw Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Kirara frozen too.
"Hehe...how do you like my paralyzing powder?" the sly demon asked. "It works very well, from the looks of you."
Inu Yasha gritted his teeth. "Shuttup!" he belowed.
"Not till I get to taste the two fine women that you've brought to me..." taunted the moth. "And you'll be my audience, watching me eat those fine hearts of these to." It diverted it's gaze from Inu Yasha to Kagome and Sango. Even without the powder, they both would of been frozen with fear. The demon began to approach the women, opening its mouth to show the millions of fangs it had, along with it's saliva that drooled through the teeth.
"Get your bloody fangs away from them, YOU FUCKIN' BASTARD!" Inu Yasha shouted, which, of course was no use. The monster kept moving closer, Kagome and Sango's life growing shorter by each step.
"Come to me, and see what happened to all the rest of the children...," it hissed right infront of the two shaken women. Just as it was about to bite them in half, a loud sound was heard.
CRRRAAAAAAAACK!
Inu Yasha was standing there, free of the paralyzing powder, Tetsaiga in hand. "So, are you gonna back away, or not?" he growled.
The moth turned towards him. "Hehehe...I think not..." the moth retorted, and advanced toward him. Inu Yasha swung the Tetsaiga hard, at the demon, but when all the dust settled, he wasn't there.
"What the hell?" Inu Yasha murmured. He turned around , and only to find the moth facing him with one leg, trying to strike him out. "Ungh..." Inu Yasha narrowly dodged the attack, but the demon already had another leg aiming at the Tetsaiga. Before Inu Yasha had time to react, the Tetsaiga was out of his hand. It had returned to its original form, 10 feet away from him, behind the demon. There was no way he could of ran to his sword without getting hurt in the process. "Oh fuck...this is my lucky day..." Inu Yasha grumbled. 'Better take my chance to get the Tetsaiga,' he thought, and ran headfirst toward it. Just as he was about to grab hold of his sword, a tail came crashing toward his head. Inu Yasha turned his head to find him staring at a tail. He closed his eyes and waited for the hit to come.
It never arrived. Only a scream was heard, and silence.
(A/N: Maybe I should stop here....hm....naw, I'm not that evilll....smirks)
Miroku had freed his hand from the spell, and just in time threw one of his barrier scroll toward Inu Yasha (I don't know if there is a scroll like that, but in my story, there is.). Lucky for Inu Yasha, he didn't get hurt, but the tail backfired and headed right toward...
Kagome.
"KAGOME!!!" Inu Yasha screamed, and darted over to her limp body. When he picked her head up, she opened her eyes.
"I...I-Inu Yasha?" she whispered, and then closed her eyes and was engulfed with blackness. Inu Yasha stared at her, and put her head down. But his hand had strangely felt warm. When he looked at it, he saw Kagome's blood.
A/N: That's all folks! Here's some stuff you need to know, just incase you don't realize it already.
1) Kagome does NOT die, I repeat, does NOT die. She's one of the main characters in the plot, so no, she won't die.
2) There will be some more Sango and Miroku fluff, probably in the next chappie.
3) I have no idea what the next chapter is gonna be called.
4) You should click the really pretty button that says 'Go', which is right next to the 'Submit Review' thingy. I will be more pleased.
That's all! Remember, NO FLAMES, OR I WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO PROCRASTINATE MORE ON THE REST OF THE CHAPPIES. Have a good day (or in some cases, night, evening, morning, etc.)
HoTaRu (P.S. This chapter was longer because of my long update. Probably the next one will be like this long too.)