Yosei: holy shit! Newsflash ladies and gentlemen! Before we move on to the story I'd like to bring you this special bulltion! "Viz representatives confirmed that the Japanese broadcast of the Inuyasha TV series will conclude with episodes 166 & 167, broadcast as a back-to-back special in September." that's right inuyasha fans! The anime is coming to an end!! runs around in tight circles yyyeeeeaaaaaaa!!!!!!
Ambereyes: pulls out a bottle of champange this will help…walks over and hits yosei on the head with the bottle knocking her out much better…
"Kagome-san! I'm so glad you could make it! And thanks for not ditching."
Hojo whispered the last part as he held open the door for the girls and Kagome walked by. They all bought some drinks, Hojo paying for it, and went to find seats. Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka all snuck away and ended up sitting a good five rows away from Kagome and Hojo. Eri was smiling triumphantly and Kagome knew now for a fact thy had been planning this. Kagome sighed heavily and waited for the movie to start. At least they came to see a movie, she could sit in the dark and she didn't have to talk. As a matter of fact, she could enjoy the movie. It had been a while since she had seen one.
"So how is your bronchitis Kagome-san?"
Hojo asked politely as they waited for the movie to roll.
"It comes and goes really. Thanks for asking."
"Perhaps I could bring you this tea that just arrived from China. It is said to be very good for the lungs and the breathing systems."
"Thank you but that won't be necessary. You see, I'm leaving tomorrow for Kyoto to see a specialist that might have cure for this."
"Oh! that's wonderful! How long will you be gone?"
"That's the down side, the cure could take a long time so at the most four months."
Hojo frowned, but then smiled again.
"You will have to give me your address to where you'll be staying so I can write you."
Kagome internally face faulted. There was no getting around this guy. Fortunately, right then the movie began and silence ensued. With any luck she could steer the post movie talking away from the address subject.
"Wow! I had no idea that movie would be so good!"
Kagome said esthetically as the walked out of the theater an hour and fifteen minutes later. Eri, Ayumi, and Yuka had caught up with them as they exited and began to talk about the special affects used and the cutest guy. Hojo just blushed for that part of the conversation.
"Well, I have a curfew to beat, so Hojo, thank you very much for the movie, and hopefully I'll see you soon."
Kagome bowed respectfully and was about to start in the direction of her home and salvation when.
"Oh Kagome-san you must let me walk you all to the shrine. I believe that Eri's, Ayumi's and Yuka's rides are picking them up there am I correct?"
All of the girls quickly chimed in an affirmative much to Kagome's dismay.
"Oh, in that case we should get going."
"Yes. Lets."
Soon they were all walking down the street, Kagome tried to walk along side Ayumi and Yuka, but Eri cut her off, and the narrow sidewalk left her to walk with Hojo in front. They chatted about things like school, weather and recent books they had read. But Kagome wasn't really paying attention to the conversation, she was trying to shrug off the feeling of being watched by unfriendly eyes.
Kagome knew that her sixth sense was sharp from all the demon hunting and running from them, and she couldn't help but notice her surroundings. They were on a narrow street with dim lighting. Her friends probably chose this route because they believed it romantic. But Kagome saw that there weren't many people on this street with them. In fact, the only people who were on the street with them, were following them. A group of older boys perhaps early twenties, were walking about twenty feet behind them, and they were whispering amongst themselves.
"Kagome-san? Did you hear me?"
"Huh?"
Kagome brought her attention back to Hojo, who was looking at her expectantly.
"Oh sorry Hojo, what did you say?"
"I said: What did you think of the American author Mark Twain?"
"Oh! I like his story about huckleberry fin and Tom sawyer."
"I do too! I have a copy of it if you would like to borrow it."
"Um. Maybe I-"
"Okay, no one screams or makes sudden movements and this goes a lot easier."
Kagome looked up to see the group of older boys following them had walked past them to be in front and now they stood, knives drawn in front of them blocking their paths.
"You can have all of our money but don't harm us."
Hojo said in a brave voice. It surprised Kagome, she knew him to be kind but not really that brave. But it was a nice surprise. She looked over her shoulder to check on her friends and she saw that her friends looked scared, but it looked…fake. Their eyes were wide, they stood tense and stiff like they were ready to run, but there was no fear behind their eyes. No terror, the look she knew all to well, she had seen it in the eyes of her past friends. When Sango took a hit to the chest, Miroku's eyes had reflected it. When Shippou was taken as hostage by a rouge demon, she knew her eyes had held enormous amounts of it. And when Naraku had taken her, the last thing she saw was Inuyasha's eyes, his golden eyes filled with fear.
And now, faced with three men with knives, all smirking arrogant smiles. And Hojo's stance in front of her, it felted staged.
Suddenly she realized, it was a trick. Somehow, they must had convinced Hojo that in order for her to like him, he had to be brave and save her. They probably got that impression from the stories she told about Inuyasha. And here she thought them leading her down this road had been rather naive of them. Kagome sighed mentally and decided to play along.
"Fine, Hand over your wallet and the girls give the purses."
Kagome quickly pulled her handbag strap over her head and handed it over, putting on a fearful face. But she didn't move closer to Hojo, she would play along, but she wouldn't encourage him. Her friends did the same with theirs. And Hojo handed over his wallet. Then suddenly, the man closest to Kagome grabbed her roughly by the arm and pulled her close holding the knife near her throat. Her eyes widened. But as she glanced at her friends and saw that they still had the fake look of fear she calmed down a bit. This was still part of the script.
"You have more money! Give it! Or I'll kill her!"
Hojo stepped forward with a practiced grace.
"Don't you dare hurt her!"
"Give me the money!"
Hojo reached into his pocket and drew out a billfold. He stepped forward slowly and held it out. When the thief reached out to take it, Kagome saw he did it slowly rather than quickly like a proper thief would. Hojo, again with practiced ease, grabbed the thief's hand and wrenched him away from Kagome.
"Run girls!!"
Kagome did as asked and ran into the street with Eri, Ayumi, and Yuka. Hojo turned and punched the first thief in the face. Then when the second came at him with the knife Hojo disarmed him by knocking it away and roundhouse kicking his head. The last one saw his buddies on the ground turned and ran. Hojo the quickly came over to them.
"Are you alright Kagome."
Kagome frowned. She would still play along.
"I'm fine Hojo-kun, are you alright?"
"Fine. No sweat."
Cockiness is something she never would have seen coming from him, and somehow it didn't fit. Maybe she had hung out with Inuyasha too much…
But none the less, this wasn't good, her friends were telling Hojo to be something he really wasn't in order to win her over.
"Good. The lets go to the shrine okay?"
Kagome turned on heel and began walking again in the direction of the shrine. The four left behind hurried to catch up.
"Kagome-san is there something wrong?"
"No Hojo, everything is fin-"
Kagome froze, she heard something that made her blood run cold. The sound of a cocking gun. All of them turned to find the three men again, this time they had come up in their weapon status. And from the looks on her friends faces, this wasn't part of the script.
"Okay, I'm sick of you calling the shots so I'm going to call some of my own. Give me that money and I won't kill all of you. Starting with the no good wimp that hit us."
Jade: well. This is intresting…looks at ambereyes who is reading a book in the corner, and yosei who is sleeping on the couch with an empty bottle of champange in her hands as for the news at the beginning of this chapter, we got our information by doing some research online. We eventually came across this site: www. inu-yasha. themoon. co. uk/index. php (take out the spaces) go check it out. Its got information, and a ton of great pictures!
A review would be nice!!