Taisrika led Kagome from the room Inuyasha slept in and walked
to the first door on the right. She bushed a hand over it and
walked in. Steam rose from a huge circular tub in the middle of
the room. Pillows were strewn around the room. Taisrika went to
a polished wooden shelf where bottles of all shapes and colors
sparkled in the warm light.
"You're going to need to feel at your best before we begin." She lifted a blue bottle from the shelf. "Get undressed."
Kagome blushed then shed her uniform and slipped into the water. "Hot hot!" She yelped!
Taisrika chuckled softly. "You'll get used to it." She knelt by the tub then poured some of whatever was in the bottle into Kagome's hair and rubbed it in. Kagome sat back and sighed. Inuyasha. What are you dreaming?
"Inuyasha!" Inuyasha turned to look a Kikyou who stood before him her eyes soft
"Kikyou. Why...why did you let her." He sighed dropping his arms at the look in her eyes.
"That's over Inuyasha. You can be with me now Inuyasha." She moved closer and her form started to glow softly and a chasm opened behind her. "Come Inuyasha. Be with me forever. Share my pain and my joy."
"Kikyou." He said her name softly as he moved towards her.
"Inuyasha!" Inuyasha turned to see Kagome running towards him a bag gripped in her hand. She smiled and waved.
"K-Kagome!"
"Sit boy!" Inuyasha hit the ground and Kagome laughed. "You were going to leave without me."
"Wh-what?" Inuyasha looked up at Kagome's joyful face. She laughed again and took his hand pulling him to his feet. He glanced at Kikyou who watched them emotionlessly. "Kagome, you can't."
She smiled. "Of course I can Inuyasha." She tangled her fingers with his. "For you. I want to die for you too."
Inuyasha backed up his eyes going wide. "No. Kagome!..."
"Be silent Inuyasha." Kikyou said commandingly then moved to grip Kagome and tossed her back into the chasm. Kagome's eyes widened in surprise as she fell.
"KAGOME!" Inuyasha shot forward and caught her just in time.
"If she takes my place, I get her soul." Kikyou said softly. "Choose now Inuyasha."
"NO!" Inuyasha shut his eyes. "Kikyou...Kagome."
"Choose." Kagome's rose now to melt with Kikyou and the spoke the word over and over till it pounded in Inuyasha's head. Choose. Choose. Choose. Choose. Inuyasha screamed and everything disappeared leaving him to curl up in darkness.
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"Are you two ready to stop this stupidity yet?" Sango asked glaring at Shippou and Miroku who sat turned away from each other. Miroku looked squished and a bit blue. Not to mention most of his clothes were torn. Shippou on the other hand's clothes were pale, wrinkled, and water stained. His fingers and arms were pruny and he looked exhausted. "Miroku was near squished to death and Shippou's tired out."
"I'm fine!" They both snapped at the same time then turned away irritated.
Sango sighed and threw her hands up. "I give up. " she looked over at Kaede who was looking up at the sky. "I don't think they're going to last the week."
"Nor I." Kaede put in with a shake of her head. Miroku and Shippou both gave them sour looks.
"We can hear you, you know." Miroku muttered.
"Good. Maybe you'll listen and our words will knock some sense into you two." Sango said, her eyes snapping.
Shippou opened his mouth as if about to comment when a soft voice called. "Oh Lord Monk!" They all turned to see a young girl walking up towards them carrying a basket in her hands. She smiled. "Come! There is folding yet to be done." She grasped Shippou's hand and dragged him back down towards the village.
Miroku snickered. "Heh. Doing woman's word." He folded his small arms and shook his head. "Just so sad."
"THERE HE IS!!!" Miroku looked up then blanched as Tsura, Riyaki, Jitsana, Komiku, and 3 other unknown girl ran up and snatched Miroku up and proceded to squish, fluff, plump, pinch, and hug him then pass him on, all giving little shouts of "Kawaii!!" or high pitched squeals.
Sango and Kaede went into pearls of laughter as the carried of a Miroku screaming for help. "It serves them right." Sango said primly.
"At any rate maybe they'll stop this foolishness once they're all worn out."
Sango nodded in agreement then sighed and turned to regard the forest with worried eyes. "I wonder what's become of Inuyasha? And why hasn't Kagome returned?" She let out a breath of concern. "At least he won't be hurt until Kagome returns. She seemed to want Kagome for some reason."
"We can only hope that that is true." Kaede replied grimly. "And pray for Inuyasha's life. With his temper who knows? And if she is in Kikyou's body that will only fuel the flames."
Sango nodded then looked towards the village again when she heard Shippou and Miroku's cries. She sighed. "I suppose we'd better rescue those two." She said thoughtfully.
Kaede shook her head. "Let them lie in their own beds for a while. We have a potion to start." And with that, she produced an iron pot.
"You're going to need to feel at your best before we begin." She lifted a blue bottle from the shelf. "Get undressed."
Kagome blushed then shed her uniform and slipped into the water. "Hot hot!" She yelped!
Taisrika chuckled softly. "You'll get used to it." She knelt by the tub then poured some of whatever was in the bottle into Kagome's hair and rubbed it in. Kagome sat back and sighed. Inuyasha. What are you dreaming?
"Inuyasha!" Inuyasha turned to look a Kikyou who stood before him her eyes soft
"Kikyou. Why...why did you let her." He sighed dropping his arms at the look in her eyes.
"That's over Inuyasha. You can be with me now Inuyasha." She moved closer and her form started to glow softly and a chasm opened behind her. "Come Inuyasha. Be with me forever. Share my pain and my joy."
"Kikyou." He said her name softly as he moved towards her.
"Inuyasha!" Inuyasha turned to see Kagome running towards him a bag gripped in her hand. She smiled and waved.
"K-Kagome!"
"Sit boy!" Inuyasha hit the ground and Kagome laughed. "You were going to leave without me."
"Wh-what?" Inuyasha looked up at Kagome's joyful face. She laughed again and took his hand pulling him to his feet. He glanced at Kikyou who watched them emotionlessly. "Kagome, you can't."
She smiled. "Of course I can Inuyasha." She tangled her fingers with his. "For you. I want to die for you too."
Inuyasha backed up his eyes going wide. "No. Kagome!..."
"Be silent Inuyasha." Kikyou said commandingly then moved to grip Kagome and tossed her back into the chasm. Kagome's eyes widened in surprise as she fell.
"KAGOME!" Inuyasha shot forward and caught her just in time.
"If she takes my place, I get her soul." Kikyou said softly. "Choose now Inuyasha."
"NO!" Inuyasha shut his eyes. "Kikyou...Kagome."
"Choose." Kagome's rose now to melt with Kikyou and the spoke the word over and over till it pounded in Inuyasha's head. Choose. Choose. Choose. Choose. Inuyasha screamed and everything disappeared leaving him to curl up in darkness.
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"Are you two ready to stop this stupidity yet?" Sango asked glaring at Shippou and Miroku who sat turned away from each other. Miroku looked squished and a bit blue. Not to mention most of his clothes were torn. Shippou on the other hand's clothes were pale, wrinkled, and water stained. His fingers and arms were pruny and he looked exhausted. "Miroku was near squished to death and Shippou's tired out."
"I'm fine!" They both snapped at the same time then turned away irritated.
Sango sighed and threw her hands up. "I give up. " she looked over at Kaede who was looking up at the sky. "I don't think they're going to last the week."
"Nor I." Kaede put in with a shake of her head. Miroku and Shippou both gave them sour looks.
"We can hear you, you know." Miroku muttered.
"Good. Maybe you'll listen and our words will knock some sense into you two." Sango said, her eyes snapping.
Shippou opened his mouth as if about to comment when a soft voice called. "Oh Lord Monk!" They all turned to see a young girl walking up towards them carrying a basket in her hands. She smiled. "Come! There is folding yet to be done." She grasped Shippou's hand and dragged him back down towards the village.
Miroku snickered. "Heh. Doing woman's word." He folded his small arms and shook his head. "Just so sad."
"THERE HE IS!!!" Miroku looked up then blanched as Tsura, Riyaki, Jitsana, Komiku, and 3 other unknown girl ran up and snatched Miroku up and proceded to squish, fluff, plump, pinch, and hug him then pass him on, all giving little shouts of "Kawaii!!" or high pitched squeals.
Sango and Kaede went into pearls of laughter as the carried of a Miroku screaming for help. "It serves them right." Sango said primly.
"At any rate maybe they'll stop this foolishness once they're all worn out."
Sango nodded in agreement then sighed and turned to regard the forest with worried eyes. "I wonder what's become of Inuyasha? And why hasn't Kagome returned?" She let out a breath of concern. "At least he won't be hurt until Kagome returns. She seemed to want Kagome for some reason."
"We can only hope that that is true." Kaede replied grimly. "And pray for Inuyasha's life. With his temper who knows? And if she is in Kikyou's body that will only fuel the flames."
Sango nodded then looked towards the village again when she heard Shippou and Miroku's cries. She sighed. "I suppose we'd better rescue those two." She said thoughtfully.
Kaede shook her head. "Let them lie in their own beds for a while. We have a potion to start." And with that, she produced an iron pot.