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And Those Amber Eyes of Sunlight…-Chapter Six: The Shikon No Tama
Inuyasha stared at her dumbfounded. 'The Shikon no Tama, it's been here all along?!?' Following her gaze, he also looked at the dark wood box on the mantle before standing up and walking to it. Reaching a hand forward, he grasped the lid to open it with shaky fingers but jumped back when a pink bolt of electricity ran up his arm.
"Inuyasha, don't touch it," Kagome said, now standing, her face an emotionless blank. "What the hell was that," He exclaimed, shaking his hand to remove the jolty feeling from his wrist. "It's a spell," She answered, walking to the box and picking it up with ease, "To keep it safe." Growling he said in a roughened voice, "Well it certainly does the job; you could have warned me first, wench." Smiling, she giggled. "Then it wouldn't have been a surprise."
Walking to the couch, she sat down, putting the box on her lap and patting the cushion beside her, motioned for Inuyasha to sit down as well. When he did, she carefully opened the lid to reveal a small orb that swirled with pink energy within its depths. Mystified, Inuyasha raised a hand to touch it but drew it back when Kagome smacked it with hers. "Oi! Cut it out! It's not like I'll ruin it or anything, I just want to see if it's real," He complained.
Sighing, Kagome relented, letting him snatch up the jewel in his claws. "Kagome, where did you get this anyway," He asked softly, gazing into the orb's depths. Shaking her head, Kagome answered back, "When I was still living in the city, some old lady walked up to me saying how it was my "duty" to protect it." Laughing, she shook her head once more, "I didn't know till a few days afterward that she was serious."
Grinning, Inuyasha lifted his face and caught her eyes with his amber ones, making her breath stop momentarily before he spoke. "By any chance, was this raving lunatic named Keade?" Kagome's eyes widened in surprise and she nodded, "How did you know?" "She did the same thing to Kikyo, saying she was some sort of priestess." Looking down at the floor, she asked, "Why is it here now then?" Inuyasha lifted his head to the ceiling, pondering her question for a moment. "Well, mysterious things started happening, like youkai started attacking us, even in the city! I'm sure that had to be insane or something, but I'm glad I was there to protect her or she would've been a goner."
Grabbing the sleeve to his long sleeve dress shirt, Kagome exclaimed, "Same here! Only I didn't have anyone to protect me. I went back to the Keade woman and the only thing she did was give me some stupid bow and arrows and said how I was a priestess and now the protector of," She paused, motioning to the Shikon no Tama, "this stupid thing."
Placing the orb back into the box, Inuyasha stood and began pacing as Kagome placed the lid firmly in place and set it back on the mantle. Finally, he stopped and glanced at her sitting once more on the couch. "But that still doesn't explain Naraku."
Sighing, Kagome leaned back and began once more, "Well, I must admit the bow and arrows did help and the old grandma had been right, they did have a mighty affect on the youkai coming to seek the Shikon no Tama…More then just an affect though, it blew them to pieces!" Inuyasha's eyes widened a fraction of the way. 'She…she really is a priestess!' Sitting down across from her on the cherry coffee table Indian style, he set his hands on his knees. "Kagome, just get on with it!"
Grumbling about how much she disliked him sitting on her table like that, she went on, "Well one day, this really strange man came to see me at my work saying how I had something he wanted. I knew what he was talking about, almost all the youkai who came to see me wanted it, even some of my clients! Well, by then I had learned to keep my weapons and the Shikon no Tama with me at all times because after visiting Keade enough times, I really started to believe that if I let this thing fall into the hands of something evil, that it would greatly affect the way things are running in the world today. So, I hit him with my purifying arrow, expecting him to do the same as the others and blow up. But…It did nothing! It didn't even hurt him!"
Covering her face with her hands, Kagome took a deep breath before speaking again, "He explained to me who he was and I just ran, it's all I could do! I fled the city and came out to the middle of nowhere, hoping to find some sort of sanctuary."
Inuyasha watched as she rubbed her temples and then sighing, lowered his head. "Yes, I've had encounters with Naraku as well, and of that sort. Keade did the same for Kikyo as she did for you. Only one day, she took it back, we didn't know how'd she gotten into the apartment to do so, but she had, leaving a note saying that we were no good for protecting the Shikon no Tama any longer."
They both sat there quiet for awhile before Inuyasha snarled something quietly, "Naraku must have killed her looking for information on the Shikon no Tama's whereabouts. That stupid old hag, why'd she even bother…"
Kagome looked up at him and smiled sadly, watching his head droop in a sort of defeat. Patting his shoulder, he looked up to see her smiling face and couldn't help but smirk in return.
Another few quiet minutes passed by before Kagome said in a soft voice, "Inuyasha, what if Naraku comes looking for me? What if…what if he finds me?" Inuyasha stared at her with an odd sort of look the looking away, said, "Keh!" As if he thought Naraku never would. Then said in a mumble, "If he does, I'll be here."
She could barely believe what he was saying, but loved that he was and flew forward, catching him in a thankful embrace.
With wide eyes, he shifted uncomfortably before tentively wrapping his arms around her to return the embrace. 'Stupid…human…'
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Ok, so that was just a chapter to catch people up on the information about their common pasts with the Shikon no Tama, so I know it wasn't that exciting, but now that that's over, we can move back to the good stuff right? Lol. Please review
And Those Amber Eyes of Sunlight…-Chapter Six: The Shikon No Tama
Inuyasha stared at her dumbfounded. 'The Shikon no Tama, it's been here all along?!?' Following her gaze, he also looked at the dark wood box on the mantle before standing up and walking to it. Reaching a hand forward, he grasped the lid to open it with shaky fingers but jumped back when a pink bolt of electricity ran up his arm.
"Inuyasha, don't touch it," Kagome said, now standing, her face an emotionless blank. "What the hell was that," He exclaimed, shaking his hand to remove the jolty feeling from his wrist. "It's a spell," She answered, walking to the box and picking it up with ease, "To keep it safe." Growling he said in a roughened voice, "Well it certainly does the job; you could have warned me first, wench." Smiling, she giggled. "Then it wouldn't have been a surprise."
Walking to the couch, she sat down, putting the box on her lap and patting the cushion beside her, motioned for Inuyasha to sit down as well. When he did, she carefully opened the lid to reveal a small orb that swirled with pink energy within its depths. Mystified, Inuyasha raised a hand to touch it but drew it back when Kagome smacked it with hers. "Oi! Cut it out! It's not like I'll ruin it or anything, I just want to see if it's real," He complained.
Sighing, Kagome relented, letting him snatch up the jewel in his claws. "Kagome, where did you get this anyway," He asked softly, gazing into the orb's depths. Shaking her head, Kagome answered back, "When I was still living in the city, some old lady walked up to me saying how it was my "duty" to protect it." Laughing, she shook her head once more, "I didn't know till a few days afterward that she was serious."
Grinning, Inuyasha lifted his face and caught her eyes with his amber ones, making her breath stop momentarily before he spoke. "By any chance, was this raving lunatic named Keade?" Kagome's eyes widened in surprise and she nodded, "How did you know?" "She did the same thing to Kikyo, saying she was some sort of priestess." Looking down at the floor, she asked, "Why is it here now then?" Inuyasha lifted his head to the ceiling, pondering her question for a moment. "Well, mysterious things started happening, like youkai started attacking us, even in the city! I'm sure that had to be insane or something, but I'm glad I was there to protect her or she would've been a goner."
Grabbing the sleeve to his long sleeve dress shirt, Kagome exclaimed, "Same here! Only I didn't have anyone to protect me. I went back to the Keade woman and the only thing she did was give me some stupid bow and arrows and said how I was a priestess and now the protector of," She paused, motioning to the Shikon no Tama, "this stupid thing."
Placing the orb back into the box, Inuyasha stood and began pacing as Kagome placed the lid firmly in place and set it back on the mantle. Finally, he stopped and glanced at her sitting once more on the couch. "But that still doesn't explain Naraku."
Sighing, Kagome leaned back and began once more, "Well, I must admit the bow and arrows did help and the old grandma had been right, they did have a mighty affect on the youkai coming to seek the Shikon no Tama…More then just an affect though, it blew them to pieces!" Inuyasha's eyes widened a fraction of the way. 'She…she really is a priestess!' Sitting down across from her on the cherry coffee table Indian style, he set his hands on his knees. "Kagome, just get on with it!"
Grumbling about how much she disliked him sitting on her table like that, she went on, "Well one day, this really strange man came to see me at my work saying how I had something he wanted. I knew what he was talking about, almost all the youkai who came to see me wanted it, even some of my clients! Well, by then I had learned to keep my weapons and the Shikon no Tama with me at all times because after visiting Keade enough times, I really started to believe that if I let this thing fall into the hands of something evil, that it would greatly affect the way things are running in the world today. So, I hit him with my purifying arrow, expecting him to do the same as the others and blow up. But…It did nothing! It didn't even hurt him!"
Covering her face with her hands, Kagome took a deep breath before speaking again, "He explained to me who he was and I just ran, it's all I could do! I fled the city and came out to the middle of nowhere, hoping to find some sort of sanctuary."
Inuyasha watched as she rubbed her temples and then sighing, lowered his head. "Yes, I've had encounters with Naraku as well, and of that sort. Keade did the same for Kikyo as she did for you. Only one day, she took it back, we didn't know how'd she gotten into the apartment to do so, but she had, leaving a note saying that we were no good for protecting the Shikon no Tama any longer."
They both sat there quiet for awhile before Inuyasha snarled something quietly, "Naraku must have killed her looking for information on the Shikon no Tama's whereabouts. That stupid old hag, why'd she even bother…"
Kagome looked up at him and smiled sadly, watching his head droop in a sort of defeat. Patting his shoulder, he looked up to see her smiling face and couldn't help but smirk in return.
Another few quiet minutes passed by before Kagome said in a soft voice, "Inuyasha, what if Naraku comes looking for me? What if…what if he finds me?" Inuyasha stared at her with an odd sort of look the looking away, said, "Keh!" As if he thought Naraku never would. Then said in a mumble, "If he does, I'll be here."
She could barely believe what he was saying, but loved that he was and flew forward, catching him in a thankful embrace.
With wide eyes, he shifted uncomfortably before tentively wrapping his arms around her to return the embrace. 'Stupid…human…'
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Ok, so that was just a chapter to catch people up on the information about their common pasts with the Shikon no Tama, so I know it wasn't that exciting, but now that that's over, we can move back to the good stuff right? Lol. Please review