*Jaws dropping* Wow, people actually like my story! I don't know what to say. Thank you, merci beaucoup (french), xue xue (Chinese), merushi (Japanese), grazie (Italian), um...does anyone know what thank you is in Spanish? Anyway, you know what I mean. I am ver excited, and therefore, I am taking my day off from writing fanfic, Sunday, away to post this new chapter. Like my other fanfic, this one is going to be posted every other day, with Sundays off. (Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays) Ok, I'm done ranting, here's the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, because if I did, Miroku would be forced to be my personal servant. (My obsession with hot anime guys who carry staffs. Don't ask.)
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Love is Pathetic
Chapter 3
Untimely Meetings
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Kagome tried her hardest to not yawn. She was on a date with one of the guys her mother chose for her. His name was Hojo, Hoho, or Jojo. She could not exactly remember. All she knew about this guy is that he is very full of himself. He had just spent the last two hours talking about how he had slain a demon by himself, barehand. He seemed to think that it was some kind of achievement. Kagome, however, knew better. She had seen Sango kill up to ten demons at the same time. This guy's self-abosorbant ranting was doing nothing but making Kagome want to kill him.
She could feel Sango suppressing a number of laughters behind her. She made a mental note to strangle the youkai exterminator once her date was over. She walked beside this Hojo guy, with Sango behind her to protect her, lost in her own mind. She could not believe her mother had actually done this to her. The queen had said Hojo was a nice young man, not some kind of self-praising jerk who can't shut up. Then again, all the guys know that the ultimate decision of who Kagome is going to marry is up to her mother and grandfather, not her. So, naturally, they would be behaving extra good in front of Kagome's mother.
Kagome yawned slightly. She could not hold it back anymore. She was so bored she would rather have another fight with her mother. Worse, she was a few seconds away from actually taking out her bow and arrow and shooting it at Hojo, who was now trying to impress Kagome with his tale of when he had defended an heirloom from thieves.
Sango sensed her friend's agitation. Having grown up with Kagome, she knew the unwilling princess was seconds away from killing this Hojo guy. There was only one way to divert her attention without telling Hojo to shut up. Sango wished she could just hit Hojo over the head and knock him unconscious, but then she would be charged to attempted assassin of a noble, and be thrown into jail. Even Kagome would not be able to bail her out then.
"Lady Kagome?" Sango said politely. She had to talk to the princess that way in front of other people. "Might you be interested to go into the practice yard with Lord Hojo and have an arching contest?"
Kagome smiled. She understood exactly what Sango was thinking of. She was very interested by the idea herself. She turned to Hojo, who had finally stopped talking and was looking at Sango oddly, probably because no servant was allowed to talk without being talked to. Sango had broken that rule all the same, and caused Hojo's disapproval.
"Well?" Kagome asked. She had just realized that was the only thing she said to Hojo other than a half-hearted greeting.
"What? You are actually going along with this servant?" Hojo said the word "servant" as if it was the dirtiest thing on earth.
"Are we going or not?" Kagome demanded, very annoyed by Hojo's attitude.
"O--Of course." Hojo managed to squeeze the words out before starting to head towards the practice yard without even looking at Sango.
Kagome smiled, so did Sango. "He is so dead." Kagome said in a small whisper. Sango nodded, looking forward to being able to see this annoying lord being hit in the ego, hard.
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Inuyasha and Miroku was sitting on one of the roofs, looking down at the three figures moving towards the practice yards. They had heard every single word being passed, even Kagome's whispers at the end. (Well, more like Inuyasha heard it and told Miroku.) Now, the two of them stopped being so quiet, and started their own conversation.
"You didn't drag me here to see that princess, did you?" Inuyasha asked Miroku, eyeing him closely.
Miroku gulped. "It depends on how you look at it."
Inuyasha pretended he did not hear the priest. "You dragged me here so that you can look at that youkai exterminator girl, Sango, didn't you? I heard you talking about her before, and now you want to check on her."
Miroku did not bother to answer that. He decided to try a different techinque--change of subject. "That Hojo was very stupid, wasn't he?"
"Feh, I've never seen something so pathetic in my live." Inuyasha had fallen for Miroku's trap. "Didn't he realize the girl he was courting was bored out of her mind? He is way to full of himself."
Miroku was not about to lose this chance to get the topic off his back. "What do think the girls meant when they said he is going to be dead?"
Inuyasha thought a minute. "I have no idea. Let's check it out." With that, he grabbed Miroku by the wrist and began to follow Kagome, Sango, and Hojo.
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Kagome practically ran into the practice yard when she saw it. She had been banned from it ever since her mother found out that she had been practicing archery there. Now, finally, she was able to return to where she had always been happy. She immediately called for her own bow, and began to select arrows.
"How about a competition?" She asked Hojo as she got her bow and arrows in her hands. "Three arrows each, let's see who can get closest to the target."
Hojo was a bit hesitant about the idea of having an archery competition with the girl he was courting, girl being the key word. "I don't think it's such a good idea."
Kagome's face went rigid. She knew why this guy would not compete with her. She had challenged so many people, but they all said no. It's all because she was a stupid princess and a girl. People thought her as some fragile glass that would break at even the slightest touch. This just made her more determined to have this competition.
"What? Are you scared?" Kagome taunted. "Are you scared that you would lose to a girl?"
It was Hojo's turn to go stiff. Kagome knew he was in a debate. She had just taunted his honor, which he was obligated to defend. On the other hand, it was considered unhonorable for a guy to win against a girl in any kind of physical competitions.
"All right, I accept." Hojo said reluctantly.
Kagome did not wait for anything else from him. "Good, get your bow and arrows." With that, she began to instruct the servants about where to put the target.
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"This should be very interesting." Inuyasha commented absently. He was watching the whole exchange closely with Miroku, who seemed to be bewitched by Sango, and was not staring at her with a pair of hungry eyes.
Inuyasha hit him on the head, hard, making a very large bruise. "Stop being such a pervert!" He said, even though he knew the chance of this happening was less than him being able to turn human. He turned his attention back to the archery competition. He wondered how good this Kagome girl was. She seemed very confident that she would beat Hojo.
Inuyasha scowled. No matter how good this girl is, she is still a princess, and therefore, weak. He was ready to bet that her arrows would not even go half as far as the target, which was about two hundred years away from her. Hojo, on the other hand... Inuyasha smirked slightly. He was going to make sure that Hojo would be embarrassed out of his mind.
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Kagome and Hojo were standing next to each other, each strunging a bow, aiming their arrows at the target.
"Ready," Sango called out. "Set. FIRE!"
Two bolts of arrows flew towards the target, with five pairs of eyes following them intensely. Did I say five pairs of eyes? I meant six.
Sango sensed someone else watching this competition. It was not a human. She was sure that it was a demon of some sort. She looked around, trying to spot this demon.
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Inuyasha's nose picked up a strange but familiar scent. "Sesshomaru," He growled slightly. Miroku tore his eyes away from Sango and looked at the hanyou in concern. Inuyasha just signaled him to be quiet.
"Get down!" Inuyasha whispered. Miroku did not even hesitate as he lied himself flat on the roof. Inuyasha did the same, and watched with a wary eye as Sango looked around on the roofs.
Just then, something landed softly beside Inuyasha. "Long time no see, little brother." Sesshomaru's cold voice rang around the practice yard.
Sango, Kagome, and Hojo's eyes snapped up to Sesshomaru as they heard his voice. Sango got out her boomerang as Kagome aimed her arrow at the intruder. It took Hojo a while to realize what was happening and also aiming his arrow at Sesshomaru.
Inuyasha did not bother to hide anymore. He got up slowly, and snarled at Sesshomaru. "What are you doing here?" He said menacingly.
Sesshomaru's face remained the same. "Is that a proper greeting for your half-brother, Inuyasha?"
"Inuyasha?" Hojo whispered. "What is that half-breed doing here?" He put his arrow up and shot it at Sesshomaru. The arrow hit Sesshomaru on the chest, and broke like a piece of rot wood. Sesshomaru turned his attention slowly to Hojo.
"You are annoying." He said, sounding very bored. "Jaken?"
A green -thing- suddenly popped up beside Sesshomaru. It was holding a staff with two heads on it. "Ay, master." Jaken jumped down from the roof and hit Hojo on the head with his staff. Hojo went unconscious immediately, leaving the two girls sweatdropping.
"Now, little brother," Sesshomaru continued as if no interruption had happened. "What are you be doing here? I thought you were still at home with your precious mom, sulking because these pathetic humans won't accept you."
Inuyasha snarled louder. "Claw of Steel!" He reached out his claw and began attacking Sesshomaru ruthlessly.
Miroku quickly scrambled off the roof, afraid that he would be caught right in the middle of the family battle. But by jumping off the roof, he had also exposed himself to Sango. "Hello, Lady Sango." He grinned pervertedly as he went to stand beside the girl holding a boomerang, already changed into her fighting clothes.
"My, my, you are getting slow, Inuyasha." Sesshomaru dodged every one of Inuyasha's attacks as if they were nothing. But the forces of them were enough to explode several roofs. "I would love to chat, but I have a mission to finish today." Sesshomaru whipped out his poison claws and put it right through Inuyasha's right shoulder, causing the hanyou to stumble, and falling from the roof into the practice yard, landing right in front of Kagome, Sango, and Miroku. Sesshomaru also jumped down. He landed smoothly in front of the three.
"Boomerang Bone!" Sango threw out her boomerang at the dog demon. Sesshomaru caught the boomerang with one hand, and threw it back at Sango as if it was just an annoying fly. Sango tried to dodge her own weapon, but failed. The boomerang hit her on the leg, and brought her down.
Miroku stepped forward, holding out his staff, prepared to fight. Sesshomaru, however, just pushed Miroku aside without him even realizing it until his back hit the ground.
Kagome held up her bow and arrow. "Don't come any closer!" She cried.
Sesshomaru just looked bored. "You know you don't stand a chance against me. Why don't you just give up and accept you death."
Kagome did not answer. The arrow shot out of her bow straight at Sesshomaru in an amazing speed. It hit Sesshomaru on the neck, and broke just like Hojo's arrow. Sesshomaru gave no notice to the arrow as he approached Kagome slowly.
Kagome gulped.
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*Sigh*. That was a long chapter. Probably the longest I've ever written. Sorry about the cliffhanger, but I'm kind of stuck right now. If you have any ideas, you are welcome to share it. I really need ideas, or this story is really not going anywhere. Actually, it is going somewhere, I just need to fine-tune the details. Anyway, REVIEW!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, because if I did, Miroku would be forced to be my personal servant. (My obsession with hot anime guys who carry staffs. Don't ask.)
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Love is Pathetic
Chapter 3
Untimely Meetings
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Kagome tried her hardest to not yawn. She was on a date with one of the guys her mother chose for her. His name was Hojo, Hoho, or Jojo. She could not exactly remember. All she knew about this guy is that he is very full of himself. He had just spent the last two hours talking about how he had slain a demon by himself, barehand. He seemed to think that it was some kind of achievement. Kagome, however, knew better. She had seen Sango kill up to ten demons at the same time. This guy's self-abosorbant ranting was doing nothing but making Kagome want to kill him.
She could feel Sango suppressing a number of laughters behind her. She made a mental note to strangle the youkai exterminator once her date was over. She walked beside this Hojo guy, with Sango behind her to protect her, lost in her own mind. She could not believe her mother had actually done this to her. The queen had said Hojo was a nice young man, not some kind of self-praising jerk who can't shut up. Then again, all the guys know that the ultimate decision of who Kagome is going to marry is up to her mother and grandfather, not her. So, naturally, they would be behaving extra good in front of Kagome's mother.
Kagome yawned slightly. She could not hold it back anymore. She was so bored she would rather have another fight with her mother. Worse, she was a few seconds away from actually taking out her bow and arrow and shooting it at Hojo, who was now trying to impress Kagome with his tale of when he had defended an heirloom from thieves.
Sango sensed her friend's agitation. Having grown up with Kagome, she knew the unwilling princess was seconds away from killing this Hojo guy. There was only one way to divert her attention without telling Hojo to shut up. Sango wished she could just hit Hojo over the head and knock him unconscious, but then she would be charged to attempted assassin of a noble, and be thrown into jail. Even Kagome would not be able to bail her out then.
"Lady Kagome?" Sango said politely. She had to talk to the princess that way in front of other people. "Might you be interested to go into the practice yard with Lord Hojo and have an arching contest?"
Kagome smiled. She understood exactly what Sango was thinking of. She was very interested by the idea herself. She turned to Hojo, who had finally stopped talking and was looking at Sango oddly, probably because no servant was allowed to talk without being talked to. Sango had broken that rule all the same, and caused Hojo's disapproval.
"Well?" Kagome asked. She had just realized that was the only thing she said to Hojo other than a half-hearted greeting.
"What? You are actually going along with this servant?" Hojo said the word "servant" as if it was the dirtiest thing on earth.
"Are we going or not?" Kagome demanded, very annoyed by Hojo's attitude.
"O--Of course." Hojo managed to squeeze the words out before starting to head towards the practice yard without even looking at Sango.
Kagome smiled, so did Sango. "He is so dead." Kagome said in a small whisper. Sango nodded, looking forward to being able to see this annoying lord being hit in the ego, hard.
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Inuyasha and Miroku was sitting on one of the roofs, looking down at the three figures moving towards the practice yards. They had heard every single word being passed, even Kagome's whispers at the end. (Well, more like Inuyasha heard it and told Miroku.) Now, the two of them stopped being so quiet, and started their own conversation.
"You didn't drag me here to see that princess, did you?" Inuyasha asked Miroku, eyeing him closely.
Miroku gulped. "It depends on how you look at it."
Inuyasha pretended he did not hear the priest. "You dragged me here so that you can look at that youkai exterminator girl, Sango, didn't you? I heard you talking about her before, and now you want to check on her."
Miroku did not bother to answer that. He decided to try a different techinque--change of subject. "That Hojo was very stupid, wasn't he?"
"Feh, I've never seen something so pathetic in my live." Inuyasha had fallen for Miroku's trap. "Didn't he realize the girl he was courting was bored out of her mind? He is way to full of himself."
Miroku was not about to lose this chance to get the topic off his back. "What do think the girls meant when they said he is going to be dead?"
Inuyasha thought a minute. "I have no idea. Let's check it out." With that, he grabbed Miroku by the wrist and began to follow Kagome, Sango, and Hojo.
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Kagome practically ran into the practice yard when she saw it. She had been banned from it ever since her mother found out that she had been practicing archery there. Now, finally, she was able to return to where she had always been happy. She immediately called for her own bow, and began to select arrows.
"How about a competition?" She asked Hojo as she got her bow and arrows in her hands. "Three arrows each, let's see who can get closest to the target."
Hojo was a bit hesitant about the idea of having an archery competition with the girl he was courting, girl being the key word. "I don't think it's such a good idea."
Kagome's face went rigid. She knew why this guy would not compete with her. She had challenged so many people, but they all said no. It's all because she was a stupid princess and a girl. People thought her as some fragile glass that would break at even the slightest touch. This just made her more determined to have this competition.
"What? Are you scared?" Kagome taunted. "Are you scared that you would lose to a girl?"
It was Hojo's turn to go stiff. Kagome knew he was in a debate. She had just taunted his honor, which he was obligated to defend. On the other hand, it was considered unhonorable for a guy to win against a girl in any kind of physical competitions.
"All right, I accept." Hojo said reluctantly.
Kagome did not wait for anything else from him. "Good, get your bow and arrows." With that, she began to instruct the servants about where to put the target.
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"This should be very interesting." Inuyasha commented absently. He was watching the whole exchange closely with Miroku, who seemed to be bewitched by Sango, and was not staring at her with a pair of hungry eyes.
Inuyasha hit him on the head, hard, making a very large bruise. "Stop being such a pervert!" He said, even though he knew the chance of this happening was less than him being able to turn human. He turned his attention back to the archery competition. He wondered how good this Kagome girl was. She seemed very confident that she would beat Hojo.
Inuyasha scowled. No matter how good this girl is, she is still a princess, and therefore, weak. He was ready to bet that her arrows would not even go half as far as the target, which was about two hundred years away from her. Hojo, on the other hand... Inuyasha smirked slightly. He was going to make sure that Hojo would be embarrassed out of his mind.
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Kagome and Hojo were standing next to each other, each strunging a bow, aiming their arrows at the target.
"Ready," Sango called out. "Set. FIRE!"
Two bolts of arrows flew towards the target, with five pairs of eyes following them intensely. Did I say five pairs of eyes? I meant six.
Sango sensed someone else watching this competition. It was not a human. She was sure that it was a demon of some sort. She looked around, trying to spot this demon.
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Inuyasha's nose picked up a strange but familiar scent. "Sesshomaru," He growled slightly. Miroku tore his eyes away from Sango and looked at the hanyou in concern. Inuyasha just signaled him to be quiet.
"Get down!" Inuyasha whispered. Miroku did not even hesitate as he lied himself flat on the roof. Inuyasha did the same, and watched with a wary eye as Sango looked around on the roofs.
Just then, something landed softly beside Inuyasha. "Long time no see, little brother." Sesshomaru's cold voice rang around the practice yard.
Sango, Kagome, and Hojo's eyes snapped up to Sesshomaru as they heard his voice. Sango got out her boomerang as Kagome aimed her arrow at the intruder. It took Hojo a while to realize what was happening and also aiming his arrow at Sesshomaru.
Inuyasha did not bother to hide anymore. He got up slowly, and snarled at Sesshomaru. "What are you doing here?" He said menacingly.
Sesshomaru's face remained the same. "Is that a proper greeting for your half-brother, Inuyasha?"
"Inuyasha?" Hojo whispered. "What is that half-breed doing here?" He put his arrow up and shot it at Sesshomaru. The arrow hit Sesshomaru on the chest, and broke like a piece of rot wood. Sesshomaru turned his attention slowly to Hojo.
"You are annoying." He said, sounding very bored. "Jaken?"
A green -thing- suddenly popped up beside Sesshomaru. It was holding a staff with two heads on it. "Ay, master." Jaken jumped down from the roof and hit Hojo on the head with his staff. Hojo went unconscious immediately, leaving the two girls sweatdropping.
"Now, little brother," Sesshomaru continued as if no interruption had happened. "What are you be doing here? I thought you were still at home with your precious mom, sulking because these pathetic humans won't accept you."
Inuyasha snarled louder. "Claw of Steel!" He reached out his claw and began attacking Sesshomaru ruthlessly.
Miroku quickly scrambled off the roof, afraid that he would be caught right in the middle of the family battle. But by jumping off the roof, he had also exposed himself to Sango. "Hello, Lady Sango." He grinned pervertedly as he went to stand beside the girl holding a boomerang, already changed into her fighting clothes.
"My, my, you are getting slow, Inuyasha." Sesshomaru dodged every one of Inuyasha's attacks as if they were nothing. But the forces of them were enough to explode several roofs. "I would love to chat, but I have a mission to finish today." Sesshomaru whipped out his poison claws and put it right through Inuyasha's right shoulder, causing the hanyou to stumble, and falling from the roof into the practice yard, landing right in front of Kagome, Sango, and Miroku. Sesshomaru also jumped down. He landed smoothly in front of the three.
"Boomerang Bone!" Sango threw out her boomerang at the dog demon. Sesshomaru caught the boomerang with one hand, and threw it back at Sango as if it was just an annoying fly. Sango tried to dodge her own weapon, but failed. The boomerang hit her on the leg, and brought her down.
Miroku stepped forward, holding out his staff, prepared to fight. Sesshomaru, however, just pushed Miroku aside without him even realizing it until his back hit the ground.
Kagome held up her bow and arrow. "Don't come any closer!" She cried.
Sesshomaru just looked bored. "You know you don't stand a chance against me. Why don't you just give up and accept you death."
Kagome did not answer. The arrow shot out of her bow straight at Sesshomaru in an amazing speed. It hit Sesshomaru on the neck, and broke just like Hojo's arrow. Sesshomaru gave no notice to the arrow as he approached Kagome slowly.
Kagome gulped.
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*Sigh*. That was a long chapter. Probably the longest I've ever written. Sorry about the cliffhanger, but I'm kind of stuck right now. If you have any ideas, you are welcome to share it. I really need ideas, or this story is really not going anywhere. Actually, it is going somewhere, I just need to fine-tune the details. Anyway, REVIEW!