A/N: I don't own Inuyasha, although I'd like to... and this is my first
fiction of this sort. So be gentle!
Also, thoughts will be indicated by ----- asterisks. Enjoy!
Kagome and Inuyasha walked through the Enchanted Forest together, toward the well. Kagome was confused at Inuyasha's docile nature. What on earth has possessed him to be so...I don't know, NICE to me?
They walked side by side, Inuyasha casting a glance at Kagome every few minutes. Kagome, noticing the glances, smiled. "So, how was your day, Inuyasha? Slay any demons lately?"
"Uh... Not today. It seems the only time I have a problem with demons is... never mind." Inuyasha smiled to himself, making Kagome wonder.
"Is WHEN, Inuyasha?" she asked, wondering if she really wanted to hear the answer.
He smiled and shook his head. "I'm not sure I wanna tell you what I was gonna say. You'll probably- SIT me or some damn thing."
"Try me. I promise I won't get mad," she pleaded.
"Fine. The only time I seem to have a problem with demon infestations is when you're around, Kagome."
"ME? ARE YOU ACCUSING ME OF-"
Inuyasha held the shoulders of the angry Kagome. "KAGOME! Listen! You have to admit, carrying something like the Shikon is basically a calling card for demons."
"Do you even know what a calling card is?"
"No. But Kagome, that's not my point! My point is, as wonderful it is to have you around (she scoffed here)... trouble just seems to follow you wherever you go."
Silence. Then, "Th-that's not true. Well maybe it is. But, Inuyasha?"
"Yeah, Kagome?"
"If it was really a problem for you, wouldn't you send me away?"
"Yeah. But it's not a problem for me. I think I'd miss you too much."
Kagome narrowed her eyes. "Okay, it's time to confess. What in the world is wrong with you today? I haven't had to S-I-T you once today. You're being too nice! Why? I don't know! Am I right? Huh? What's your problem?"
Inuyasha shrugged. "I don't have a problem. It seems like you're the one with the problem. You sure are being insecure today, Kagome." Just then, a branch snapped somewhere in the forest around them. "Kagome, hold still a minute."
Kagome wasn't listening. She kept on walking.
"HOLD STILL!"
"WHADDYA WANT?"
"I heard something..." he said, his ears perking up a bit. "Stay here." He dashed off, leaving her alone.
"WHAT is his problem today?"
He was back within thirty seconds. He continued to walk in silence.
"What was it, Inuyasha?"
"Hmph... I don't know. I didn't find anything. But I did smell something. A human scent, I think. All I know is that it was something I didn't like. I don't know what it was about that scent...it makes me sick."
The nervous Kagome wanted to laugh, as she thought about the conversation she had with Hojo just an hour ago. At least Hojo will NEVER have to meet Inuyasha, she thought.
As Hojo climbed out of the well and looked at his surroundings, something occurred to him. I don't think I'm in the twenty first century anymore, he thought. He was standing next to the wooden well full of bones. He was in a green field, and there was a strange smell in the air. He seemed to be a few hundred yards from a forest.
"I'll bet that's where Kagome is. In that forest!" he said, and set off.
The forest was darker than the open field had been. He was feeling surprisingly brave, and decided that he would rescue Kagome when he found her.
IF I find her, that is, he thought after about ten minutes of walking.
Suddenly, he heard voices heading his way. He jumped off of the path, and disappeared a few yards into the foliage. He noted two voices as they approached, one male and one female. The female was very exasperated, and the male was trying to calm her down. He stepped forward to get a closer look, but stepped on a branch instead.
SNAP! Hojo froze.
He heard the male cease his talking. He said something muffled, and then repeated it at a volume that Hojo could hear.
"HOLD STILL!"
"WHADDYA WANT?"
Could that have been Kagome's voice?
The male said something in the quiet voice again. Hojo could then hear him running toward him. The footsteps drew nearer, and Hojo knew that the male probably wouldn't be happy to see him. He expertly climbed the tree he stood behind, hiding in the foliage.
The head of the male appeared. Hojo almost let out a gasp, but held it in. From his overhead view, he could make out a head of long and silvery hair and two- were those...ears?
The ears twitched. Hojo sat deathly still, not even daring to breathe. The guy with the ears sniffed the air, looked around, and then dropped onto all fours, sniffing the ground.
Oh, great, this guy's a dog! Hojo thought, sweating.
After about twelve seconds of sniffing around, the guy got up. "Dammit...stupid humans," Hojo could hear him mutter, after he raced back toward the path and his female walking companion. He listened until he heard the voices again, and they trailed off as the dog and his female companion walked on. Hojo let out his breath, and scaled his way down the tree. When he hit the ground, he recognized something that made him gasp. "This is the tree in Kagome's front yard!" He said to no one, circling around it.
"I know Kagome's here somewhere. When I find her, I'll take her back to where she belongs. Home."
Suddenly Hojo heard a noise behind him. Someone was clearing their throat.
"Excuse me, human," a cocky male voice drawled. "did you just say... Kagome?"
Kagome and Inuyasha walked through the Enchanted Forest together, toward the well. Kagome was confused at Inuyasha's docile nature. What on earth has possessed him to be so...I don't know, NICE to me?
They walked side by side, Inuyasha casting a glance at Kagome every few minutes. Kagome, noticing the glances, smiled. "So, how was your day, Inuyasha? Slay any demons lately?"
"Uh... Not today. It seems the only time I have a problem with demons is... never mind." Inuyasha smiled to himself, making Kagome wonder.
"Is WHEN, Inuyasha?" she asked, wondering if she really wanted to hear the answer.
He smiled and shook his head. "I'm not sure I wanna tell you what I was gonna say. You'll probably- SIT me or some damn thing."
"Try me. I promise I won't get mad," she pleaded.
"Fine. The only time I seem to have a problem with demon infestations is when you're around, Kagome."
"ME? ARE YOU ACCUSING ME OF-"
Inuyasha held the shoulders of the angry Kagome. "KAGOME! Listen! You have to admit, carrying something like the Shikon is basically a calling card for demons."
"Do you even know what a calling card is?"
"No. But Kagome, that's not my point! My point is, as wonderful it is to have you around (she scoffed here)... trouble just seems to follow you wherever you go."
Silence. Then, "Th-that's not true. Well maybe it is. But, Inuyasha?"
"Yeah, Kagome?"
"If it was really a problem for you, wouldn't you send me away?"
"Yeah. But it's not a problem for me. I think I'd miss you too much."
Kagome narrowed her eyes. "Okay, it's time to confess. What in the world is wrong with you today? I haven't had to S-I-T you once today. You're being too nice! Why? I don't know! Am I right? Huh? What's your problem?"
Inuyasha shrugged. "I don't have a problem. It seems like you're the one with the problem. You sure are being insecure today, Kagome." Just then, a branch snapped somewhere in the forest around them. "Kagome, hold still a minute."
Kagome wasn't listening. She kept on walking.
"HOLD STILL!"
"WHADDYA WANT?"
"I heard something..." he said, his ears perking up a bit. "Stay here." He dashed off, leaving her alone.
"WHAT is his problem today?"
He was back within thirty seconds. He continued to walk in silence.
"What was it, Inuyasha?"
"Hmph... I don't know. I didn't find anything. But I did smell something. A human scent, I think. All I know is that it was something I didn't like. I don't know what it was about that scent...it makes me sick."
The nervous Kagome wanted to laugh, as she thought about the conversation she had with Hojo just an hour ago. At least Hojo will NEVER have to meet Inuyasha, she thought.
As Hojo climbed out of the well and looked at his surroundings, something occurred to him. I don't think I'm in the twenty first century anymore, he thought. He was standing next to the wooden well full of bones. He was in a green field, and there was a strange smell in the air. He seemed to be a few hundred yards from a forest.
"I'll bet that's where Kagome is. In that forest!" he said, and set off.
The forest was darker than the open field had been. He was feeling surprisingly brave, and decided that he would rescue Kagome when he found her.
IF I find her, that is, he thought after about ten minutes of walking.
Suddenly, he heard voices heading his way. He jumped off of the path, and disappeared a few yards into the foliage. He noted two voices as they approached, one male and one female. The female was very exasperated, and the male was trying to calm her down. He stepped forward to get a closer look, but stepped on a branch instead.
SNAP! Hojo froze.
He heard the male cease his talking. He said something muffled, and then repeated it at a volume that Hojo could hear.
"HOLD STILL!"
"WHADDYA WANT?"
Could that have been Kagome's voice?
The male said something in the quiet voice again. Hojo could then hear him running toward him. The footsteps drew nearer, and Hojo knew that the male probably wouldn't be happy to see him. He expertly climbed the tree he stood behind, hiding in the foliage.
The head of the male appeared. Hojo almost let out a gasp, but held it in. From his overhead view, he could make out a head of long and silvery hair and two- were those...ears?
The ears twitched. Hojo sat deathly still, not even daring to breathe. The guy with the ears sniffed the air, looked around, and then dropped onto all fours, sniffing the ground.
Oh, great, this guy's a dog! Hojo thought, sweating.
After about twelve seconds of sniffing around, the guy got up. "Dammit...stupid humans," Hojo could hear him mutter, after he raced back toward the path and his female walking companion. He listened until he heard the voices again, and they trailed off as the dog and his female companion walked on. Hojo let out his breath, and scaled his way down the tree. When he hit the ground, he recognized something that made him gasp. "This is the tree in Kagome's front yard!" He said to no one, circling around it.
"I know Kagome's here somewhere. When I find her, I'll take her back to where she belongs. Home."
Suddenly Hojo heard a noise behind him. Someone was clearing their throat.
"Excuse me, human," a cocky male voice drawled. "did you just say... Kagome?"