A/N- I'm sooo sorry, this chapter would have been up a long time ago, but my computer had this weird problem, where it shut down every like 5 mins. But, I think I fixed it, something about my power supply blew a fuse or something, so I got a new power supply and installed it, well my dad installed it cause I'm stupid when it comes to computers, anyway here's the next chapter, I hope it's up to your standards, I'm trying to work through a concrete writer's block, oh well, on with the story…
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Ch. 12- The Amusement Park
*Chirp Chirp Chirp*
'God-damn birds… so noisy!' Kouga growled rolling over "Ow!" He winced, unable to move, or at least without severe pain. 'Damn dog-breath! I think he broke a few ribs…' Kouga slowly sat up, his teeth clenched in an effort to not scream. 'What time is it?' He began to stand. His wounds were bad, but would be healed by dinner time… thank-god for youkai power. 'I'll get him and then Kagome and the jewel will be mine…' Kouga smirked and hobbled off to nurse his wounds.
Kagome slowly awoke… not from an alarm clock, but by the water that was running down her neck. 'Again?' She sat up and touched her cheek. 'Tears… again…' This happened about twice a week, she would awake with tears falling freely down her cheeks, it use to worry her, but now it's just annoying. Kagome went to her bathroom to get ready for the day, there was no school, but she and Sango had plans. 'I have so much to talk about with Sango…' Kagome reflected on all the happenings of the past few days. She smiled. 'I'm surprised I haven't fainted yet… a lot has happened…' She fingered the Shikon no Tama absently, that was hanging around her neck. 'IF it weren't for Inuyasha I'd be dead by now, and the jewel would have been taken that first night.'
*Ring Ring*
Kagome was jolted from her musings by the sound of the phone. She ran to get it before the machine. 'Hello?"
"Kagome! Where the hell are you?" Sango's voice screamed from the other side.
'Sango… I'm sorry what time is it?" Kagome looked around for a clock.
"It's been half an hour since we were suppose to meet!" Sango was still screaming, but not as loud as before.
"Okay, okay I'm coming now… I'll be there soon…" Kagome hung up the phone and began to run to the door. As she swung it open and ran through she was stopped by some unknown force. "Whoa!"
"You okay?"
"Huh?" Kagome looked up to see what stopped her. "Inuyasha? What are you doing here?" Kagome smiled. A thought popped into her head. 'Perfect, this is my chance to show him we're meant to be together…' Kagome smiled wickedly.
Inuyasha, who had been smiling before, was now frowning. 'Oh shit…' "What are you planning?" Inuyasha knew that look, he himself had used it many a time before, she was definitely planning something, but he wasn't sure just what.
"How did you get here?" Kagome smiled again.
"Why?" Inuyasha smiled in return.
"Just answer me…"
"On my motorcycle… now tell me why?"
"Great, then can you give me a ride to the amusement park? I was suppose to meet Sango there awhile ago." Kagome started to push Inuyasha out of the way so she could lock her front door. "Come on let's go!"
"Whoa, hold on, what makes you think I'd have any time to take you all the way to the amusement park? Inuyasha crossed his arms over his chest.
"Well, then why did you come over to my house if you're so busy?" Kagome straightened up and steadied herself. 'He's not winning this one.'
Inuyasha was quiet. 'Damn, she won…' Inuyasha knew he had nothing to do at the moment, in truth he would love to spend time with her, but his pride wouldn't let Kagome win. "That's not the point, we were lucky this time, I don't anything planned at the moment, at least not for a while, but don't get use to this, because I'm a busy person, not a fucking chauffer."
"Yeah, yeah… come on, I'm already late as it is." Kagome started to pull impatiently on Inuyasha's arm.
Once they got to his bike Kagome froze. "That's right a motorcycle…" Kagome, at the time, wasn't really listening to Inuyasha when he had said he rose his bike to her house, she was more concerned about getting Inuyasha to come with her, but now…
"Yeah, anything wrong?" Inuyasha was already putting on his helmet.
"Umm, no… not at all!" Kagome gritted her teeth and stepped towards the bike.
"Well, don't worry it's safe…" Inuyasha offered her the spare helmet. "Now get on, didn't you say you were late?"
"Right/" Kagome warily took the offered helmet. 'Oh god, I'm going to die…'
Inuyasha waited until Kagome settled down on he seat and securely wrapped her arms around him, before he started the bike and smiled. 'This will be interesting.' Then without warning he sped off down the road at an alarming speed.
"Slow Down!" Kagome held close to Inuyasha and buried her face in his back.
"What? I can't hear you!" Inuyasha yelled back.
"Never mind." She mumbled. At the moment she was too scared to argue and yell at him.
'She seems tense… can she really be scared?' Inuyasha smirked, this could be used to his advantage. He started to pick up speed, just as expected, Kagome held on tighter and Inuyasha could feel her body being pushed up close to his.
All too soon they arrived to their destination, thanks to Inuyasha's speed. "Oh… I'm so glad that's over, we couldn't have arrived any sooner…" Kagome stumbled off the bike.
'Maybe I shouldn't tell her I accidentally forgot which exit to take on the freeway and had to turn around a few times.' Inuyasha smiled. "Why, you didn't like it?" He already knew the answer.
"It wasn't all bad." Kagome said after regaining her footing. 'At least I got to hold onto Inuyasha… I wonder, should I tell him I noticed that he missed our exit a few times?' Kagome looked up at Inuyasha who was smirking, no doubt at the fact that he thought she didn't know what he had done. 'Nah, I'll let him keep his smirk for a while longer… arrogant bastard…' Kagome laughed inwardly.
"So I guess that means you won't mind taking another ride?" Inuyasha teased as they walked to meet up with Sango.
"Ummm, maybe another time…" As much as she loved having an excuse to be near Inuyasha, she still needed time to recover from the last ride.
"Suit yourself."
"Sango!" Kagome yelled as she recognized her friend.
"Kagome, you're late!" Sango stood still waiting for Kagome to come closer.
"I know, we've already gone over that." Kagome sighed.
"Well since you were so late, and I wasn't even sure if you were going to show up, I invited Miroku to join me, so at least I wouldn't have to wait for your sorry ass alone." Sango pointed to Miroku, who was buying some cotton candy at a near by stall.
"Oh, well…" Kagome smiled widely. "Maybe I should leave you two alone…"
"Don't you dare, besides you're already here, and I see you brought some company of your own." Sango nodded her head to the silent hanyou.
"Who me? No, I'm not staying…" Inuyasha waved his hands in front of him.
"Oh…" Sango looked over at Kagome. "I thought you two would have definitely gotten together after we left you guys alone the other day." Sango whispered to her friend.
"Yeah, well, that's something I need to talk to you about, and you need to tell me all about why you invited Miroku…" Kagome whispered back as Miroku walked over to join the group.
"Inuyasha can you stay here and keep Miroku company while Sango and I got to the ladies' room?" Kagome yelled grabbing Sango and running toward the bathroom, before Inuyasha could protest.
"So Inuyasha… Kagome dragged you along too?" Miroku watched the girls run off while taking a large bit of cotton candy.
"Keh…" Inuyasha was annoyed that Kagome ran off without even thanking him for the ride.
"Okay now tell me why the hell you and Inuyasha aren't together by now?" Sango locked the bathroom door after making sure no one else was in there. Kagome began to tell Sango all about What had gone on and about Kouga. "That bastard… Inuyasha should have done a lot more damage to him…" Sango was fuming that Kouga would actually try and force Kagome to do anything.
"Yeah well, I'm not too sure what he did after I passed out, but I'm just glad he did something." Kagome didn't like to think about what Kouga could have done if Inuyasha hadn't been there.
Sango noticed her friend's distress. "Don't worry Inuyasha wouldn't have let anything happen… trust me."
"I know…" Kagome shook off the dreadful feeling and tried to focus on other things. "Sooo, Sango tell me, why are you so buddy buddy with Miroku all of a sudden, I thought you didn't like him 'cause he's a pervert."
Sango looked surprised, or maybe embarrassed. "Uh, well, we're not buddy buddy, it was just that you hadn't showed up yet, I was lonely, and I couldn't think of anyone else to call…except Miroku…"
"Uh huh…" Kagome wasn't buying it. "Sango, come on…"
"Well… I guess my opinion of him had changed, just a little, he's still a pervert, and I can't trust his hands at all… but, I guess he's not all bad." Sango was staring at the floor.
"Ha! I knew it… you do like him!!" Kagome was smiling widely.
"No! I just said I don't hate him as much as before…"
"Right, well whatever… the outcome will be the same, either love him now or you'll love him later…" Kagome slightly shrugged her shoulders and began to unlock the door.
"What the hell are you talking about? Love? Who said anything about that??" Sango marched off to catch up with Kagome.
Inuyasha was sitting on a bench watching the couples walking by. 'God damn woman… why does she have to drag me here?' He was becoming extremely impatient. 'They've been gone for a while now…' Inuyasha stood up. 'She better not have run into some fucking youkai…' Dread filled Inuyasha, it's true he had been smelling youkai scent since they arrived, but it was a large public place, of course some of these people walking around could have been youkai who just wanted to have fun at the amusement park, not all youkai were evil as Inuyasha had learned, so the scent had not bothered him until now. He started to briskly walk in the direction that Kagome and Sango had disappeared to.
"Hey, Inuyasha? What's the matter?" Miroku who had been reading some poster that was on the side of a wall noticed his friend almost running away.
"Shut-up if you want to come." Inuyasha was following Kagome's scent, and was mildly relieved when he began to catch up to it. 'She better not have gotten into trouble… knowing her she probably pissed the youkai off more by trying to argue it to death… stupid wench…' Despite his obvious anger it was not directed at Kagome, but rather himself for being so stupid and letting her just run off without him, he was getting even more worried. As he rounded a corner he saw Kagome and Sango buying some popcorn.
"Inuyasha? You okay?" Kagome said as she saw the hanyou approach, his face slightly red from anger.
"Hey Miroku, want some popcorn?" Sango offered as Miroku approached the group.
"Sure. Thanks." Miroku took a handful and smiled.
"Where the fuck were to two, wench?" Inuyasha glanced at Sango and then back to Kagome.
"I told you we went to the ladies' room, then we saw this popcorn stand and decided to get some. Why the hell should you care?" Kagome was angry that he had just called her a wench again.
"Okay fine, but why did you take so long, I told you I have things to do…" Even though Inuyasha was yelling and arguing with Kagome he was relieved beyond words that he was wrong… for once.
"Really? Please enlighten me, what do you have to do?" Kagome placed her hands on her hips.
"Sango-sama, I think we really should leave them alone for a while, or we may get hit by some of those daggers they're glaring at one another." Miroku slowly backed away from the pair arguing.
"Miroku, you're such a dumbass." Sango shook her head at his analogy "But I think you're right we should leave, now." Sango grabbed his arm and lead him away from the yelling.
"I have many things I need to do!" Inuyasha screamed back at Kagome.
"Like?"
"Why should I tell you?"
"See… if you really had things you needed to do, then you would have told me, you're just proving my point!" Kagome was breathing hard from the yelling she was doing.
"What? No, I just don't think I should have to explain my actions to a wench like you!"
"Okay, fine! I totally understand." Kagome stopped yelling and was now speaking normally.
Inuyasha was surprised by the sudden change, but smirked. 'Ha, I won…' "I'm glad that you agree." Kagome stared at him a minute and then turned and began walking away. Inuyasha was even more surprised by this. "Hey, where do you think you're going?" Inuyasha reached out to grab her retreating figure bur stopped. 'Tears? Why does she smell of tears?'
Without turning around or stopping Kagome replied. "This wench is leaving you alone so you can go do whatever it is you have to do."
"Kagome…" Inuyasha said, but she was already to far away by no to hear it. 'Why was she crying?' Inuyasha mentally shunned himself for making her cry, all because of his stupid pride. He turned away and started to walk to opposite direction that Kagome had gone.
"Hey Kagome over here!" Sango waved as she saw Kagome come around the corner.
Kagome took a deep breath, wiped her eyes and put on a smile before lifting her head to meet Miroku and Sango's gaze. "Hi, where did you guys run off to?"
"Well, we decided to get out of the way, where's Inuyasha?" Miroku looked behind Kagome to see if he was just taking his time joining them.
Kagome's smile dimmed a bit, but went undetected. "Umm, I'm not too sure, I think he left, he did have things to do after all."
"That's not like him at all, he won't just leave like that…" Miroku rubbed the back of his heading thinking. 'They must have had a fight…'
"Forget him, come on we came here to have fun… it's already 4:00pm and we haven't even gone on one ride yet… come on let's get a move on!" Kagome pulled her two friends toward the nearest ride.
Inuyasha had not left at all, rather was just out of sight, he had learned his lesson earlier that day, not to leave Kagome alone, no matter what happened. He watched as she and the others boarded the merry-go-round. 'It's just the fucking curse, that's all, nothing more…' Inuyasha sat on top of a near by building watching Kagome ride the mechanical horse around and around. 'Even if I really did have feelings for her… I'd only make her cry, and eventually the curse would catch up with us and…' He shuddered at the his last thought, they would end up like his parents. Inuyasha continued to silently watch and follow Kagome around the amusement park.
"Here let's go on this one next…" Kagome stopped in front of the Ferris Wheel.
"Sure, there is no line anyway…" Sango began to walk up to the entry gate.
As they approached the ride Kagome noticed Miroku was edging toward Sango, he was obviously wanting to sit next to her on this particular ride. Kagome couldn't help but smile.
"Next!" The worker called as Kagome, Sango and Miroku stepped up. "How many?"
"Two" Kagome said just as Sango started to say three
"Two?" Sango looked at Kagome. "Aren't we all going?"
"Of course, but I want to ride alone." Kagome smiled at Miroku.
Sango looked at Kagome as she realized what was happening. "Oh no you don't."
"Which is it? Two or Three?" The worker was getting impatient, as a line started to form behind the group.
"Two!" Kagome began to push Sango into the Ferris Wheel. "Hurry Miroku get in." Miroku followed orders and got in as Kagome slammed the door shut, locking the couple in. "Have fun!" Kagome waved as the ride started to move, Sango was glaring at Kagome until it became hard to her from the height they were at.
"That was easier than I thought…" Kagome got into her seat and waited for it to begin to move. As the ride gained altitude Kagome looked around at all the people walking around and obviously enjoying themselves. She sighed. "Damn Inuyasha, why do we always have to fight? All I wanted to do was have some fun today… but still, I wish he were here right now…" Kagome was at the top now, she took one more look around before descending down again, she glanced over the tops of the buildings, she was getting bored until she spied something on top of one of the buildings. 'Sliver? Inuyasha?' Kagome stared at the figure, which appeared to be watching her intently, she blinked a few times and when her eyes refocused nothing was there. 'Must have been my imagination… do I miss him that much?' Just then Kagome realized she wasn't moving, the ride had stopped. She thought nothing of it, they were probably just letting people off, it will start again soon.
Inuyasha was a little unnerved after being caught by Kagome. 'I wonder if she realized it was me… no she couldn't have, I moved before she seemed to recognize me…' He was sitting down behind the roller coaster waiting for the Ferris Wheel to end. 'I'll go and check on her later… I can't chance being caught again.' He relaxed his eyes and began to doze off. He drifted off into an alert sleep, but no dreams had time to reach him before he was on his feet again running toward the Ferris Wheel. 'Wolf youkai…'
Kagome was becoming impatient, the ride still had not moved. She poked her head out to see what the problem was, but immediately regretted it afterward. "Who the fuck are you?" Kagome questioned the man hanging outside her window. She then noticed his glowing eyes and fanged grinned. 'A youkai!' Kagome backed up as far as she could from the intruder. 'What do I do? What can I do? I'm stuck in here.'
"You… I finally found you…" The youkai said smiling wider than before as he climbed into the Ferris Wheel. "Where's the jewel?"
"Like I'd just tell you…" Kagome scoffed. 'What nerve…'
"Well I just thought I'd be direct with you…" The youkai was quickly lessening the space between them. "But fine we can do it you way…"
Kagome was becoming frantic she had nowhere to go… only down… 'What do I do? I can't let him get the jewel… but I can't jump either…' Kagome looked down out the window. 'Or could I?'
The youkai quickly jumped at her and grabbed her arm. "Don't even think about it… that would be extremely foolish… you wouldn't survive such a fall." The youkai smiled evilly.
"Want to bet?" Kagome smiled weakly and bit the intruder's hand hard. With a yell the youkai let go and Kagome took this opportunity to push her way out the window. She slid out of the Ferris Wheel and began to fall down to the ground, the ground was approaching quickly, but it seemed like ages to Kagome. She tightly shut her eyes and extended her hands in a feeble attempt to break her fall, before she hit only one thing went through her head… 'What the fuck was I thinking?'
Inuyasha rushed through the crowd, occasionally jumping high above the throng's heads. 'Damn wolf youkai… I'll find him…' Inuyasha neared the Ferris Wheel, not as quickly as he would have liked. He was met with a crowd of people all gathered around. 'What the hell is this?' Inuyasha looked up to see one Ferris Wheel compartment with a broken window… the ride was stopped… the people were crowed around… and the smell of blood was wafting through the air… Inuyasha took in his surroundings… Inuyasha froze as the realization sunk in. He violently pushed his way through the crowd, he couldn't believe what he was smelling, it couldn't be true, he had to confirm his suspicions. As he neared the middle Inuyasha stood still, his muscles refused to move, his eyes un-wanting to see the lifeless body in front of him. The body was covered in blood, the face was covered by dirt and hair… the scent was unmistakable… Kagome.
"Inuyasha…"
He turned his head to see Miroku trying to support a sobbing Sango, Inuyasha hadn't seen them before. "Miroku…"
"Inuyasha, it doesn't look good." Inuyasha looked over to see the paramedics crowd around the body, they had just arrived on the scene.
"Why, how?" Inuyasha slowly walked toward the body, but was stopped by a paramedic.
"Please sir, stay back…"
"I know her… please tell me…"
The paramedic shook his head as if anticipating Inuyasha's question before he actually finished. "We won't know for a while, she's breathing, but barely, and the loss of blood is great. The best you can do is just stay away so we can get her to the hospital."
Inuyasha probably would have argued more in most situations, but at the moment he could barely breath but his heart was pounding furiously. Finally he turned his attention toward Miroku and Sango. "Did you see what happened?"
Miroku guided the weak Sango over to a bench. "Stay here while I talk with Inuyasha."
"No, I'm going with her…" Sango slowly stood up and walked over to talk with a paramedic about being taken to the hospital with Kagome.
"I did see what happened… but it was rather quick, I'm still in shock." Miroku watched Sango intently to make sure she was safe. "Sango didn't take it well when we saw Kagome glide down toward the cement…"
Inuyasha stared at the place where Kagome had been lying… now only the blood stain left… the crowd had dispersed soon after Kagome was taken away. "What happened?" Inuyasha asked monotone, no emotion was left in his voice.
"A youkai had disrupted the ride, Sango and I were stuck in our little compartment, all we could do was watch as it entered her compartment, and soon after we saw Kagome fall…" Miroku found no need to continue, Inuyasha obviously knew the rest.
"The youkai did this?"
"Seems like… are you ok?"
Inuyasha walked over to the very spot Kagome had fallen. He crouched down and stayed like that for a while. 'Kagome… I'm sorry…'
"Inuyasha?" Miroku walked over and laid a hand on Inuyasha's shoulder. "I'm going to the hospital now, please come soon, I know when Kagome is well enough she'll want to see your face first." Miroku smiled, but he knew just as well as Inuyasha, that Kagome may not even be there by the time they arrived.
"I have some things to do first…" Inuyasha suddenly started to run toward the Ferris Wheel. 'I'll find the fucker who did this to you Kagome, he'll pay… trust me he'll pay…'
All Miroku could do was watch as his grieving friend tore apart the Ferris Wheel compartment, piece by piece, no doubt searching for the youkai's scent.
"Got it…" With that Inuyasha rushed off towards the scent…
A/N- There you guys go… an extra long chapter to make up for my absents, I should have another up soon, like in a day or two… until then bye bye…
THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE REVIEWED!!!!!!!!!!! I don't have the time to respond to everyone, I'm terribly sorry, but I will still answer questions that u put in ur reviews…..
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Ch. 12- The Amusement Park
*Chirp Chirp Chirp*
'God-damn birds… so noisy!' Kouga growled rolling over "Ow!" He winced, unable to move, or at least without severe pain. 'Damn dog-breath! I think he broke a few ribs…' Kouga slowly sat up, his teeth clenched in an effort to not scream. 'What time is it?' He began to stand. His wounds were bad, but would be healed by dinner time… thank-god for youkai power. 'I'll get him and then Kagome and the jewel will be mine…' Kouga smirked and hobbled off to nurse his wounds.
Kagome slowly awoke… not from an alarm clock, but by the water that was running down her neck. 'Again?' She sat up and touched her cheek. 'Tears… again…' This happened about twice a week, she would awake with tears falling freely down her cheeks, it use to worry her, but now it's just annoying. Kagome went to her bathroom to get ready for the day, there was no school, but she and Sango had plans. 'I have so much to talk about with Sango…' Kagome reflected on all the happenings of the past few days. She smiled. 'I'm surprised I haven't fainted yet… a lot has happened…' She fingered the Shikon no Tama absently, that was hanging around her neck. 'IF it weren't for Inuyasha I'd be dead by now, and the jewel would have been taken that first night.'
*Ring Ring*
Kagome was jolted from her musings by the sound of the phone. She ran to get it before the machine. 'Hello?"
"Kagome! Where the hell are you?" Sango's voice screamed from the other side.
'Sango… I'm sorry what time is it?" Kagome looked around for a clock.
"It's been half an hour since we were suppose to meet!" Sango was still screaming, but not as loud as before.
"Okay, okay I'm coming now… I'll be there soon…" Kagome hung up the phone and began to run to the door. As she swung it open and ran through she was stopped by some unknown force. "Whoa!"
"You okay?"
"Huh?" Kagome looked up to see what stopped her. "Inuyasha? What are you doing here?" Kagome smiled. A thought popped into her head. 'Perfect, this is my chance to show him we're meant to be together…' Kagome smiled wickedly.
Inuyasha, who had been smiling before, was now frowning. 'Oh shit…' "What are you planning?" Inuyasha knew that look, he himself had used it many a time before, she was definitely planning something, but he wasn't sure just what.
"How did you get here?" Kagome smiled again.
"Why?" Inuyasha smiled in return.
"Just answer me…"
"On my motorcycle… now tell me why?"
"Great, then can you give me a ride to the amusement park? I was suppose to meet Sango there awhile ago." Kagome started to push Inuyasha out of the way so she could lock her front door. "Come on let's go!"
"Whoa, hold on, what makes you think I'd have any time to take you all the way to the amusement park? Inuyasha crossed his arms over his chest.
"Well, then why did you come over to my house if you're so busy?" Kagome straightened up and steadied herself. 'He's not winning this one.'
Inuyasha was quiet. 'Damn, she won…' Inuyasha knew he had nothing to do at the moment, in truth he would love to spend time with her, but his pride wouldn't let Kagome win. "That's not the point, we were lucky this time, I don't anything planned at the moment, at least not for a while, but don't get use to this, because I'm a busy person, not a fucking chauffer."
"Yeah, yeah… come on, I'm already late as it is." Kagome started to pull impatiently on Inuyasha's arm.
Once they got to his bike Kagome froze. "That's right a motorcycle…" Kagome, at the time, wasn't really listening to Inuyasha when he had said he rose his bike to her house, she was more concerned about getting Inuyasha to come with her, but now…
"Yeah, anything wrong?" Inuyasha was already putting on his helmet.
"Umm, no… not at all!" Kagome gritted her teeth and stepped towards the bike.
"Well, don't worry it's safe…" Inuyasha offered her the spare helmet. "Now get on, didn't you say you were late?"
"Right/" Kagome warily took the offered helmet. 'Oh god, I'm going to die…'
Inuyasha waited until Kagome settled down on he seat and securely wrapped her arms around him, before he started the bike and smiled. 'This will be interesting.' Then without warning he sped off down the road at an alarming speed.
"Slow Down!" Kagome held close to Inuyasha and buried her face in his back.
"What? I can't hear you!" Inuyasha yelled back.
"Never mind." She mumbled. At the moment she was too scared to argue and yell at him.
'She seems tense… can she really be scared?' Inuyasha smirked, this could be used to his advantage. He started to pick up speed, just as expected, Kagome held on tighter and Inuyasha could feel her body being pushed up close to his.
All too soon they arrived to their destination, thanks to Inuyasha's speed. "Oh… I'm so glad that's over, we couldn't have arrived any sooner…" Kagome stumbled off the bike.
'Maybe I shouldn't tell her I accidentally forgot which exit to take on the freeway and had to turn around a few times.' Inuyasha smiled. "Why, you didn't like it?" He already knew the answer.
"It wasn't all bad." Kagome said after regaining her footing. 'At least I got to hold onto Inuyasha… I wonder, should I tell him I noticed that he missed our exit a few times?' Kagome looked up at Inuyasha who was smirking, no doubt at the fact that he thought she didn't know what he had done. 'Nah, I'll let him keep his smirk for a while longer… arrogant bastard…' Kagome laughed inwardly.
"So I guess that means you won't mind taking another ride?" Inuyasha teased as they walked to meet up with Sango.
"Ummm, maybe another time…" As much as she loved having an excuse to be near Inuyasha, she still needed time to recover from the last ride.
"Suit yourself."
"Sango!" Kagome yelled as she recognized her friend.
"Kagome, you're late!" Sango stood still waiting for Kagome to come closer.
"I know, we've already gone over that." Kagome sighed.
"Well since you were so late, and I wasn't even sure if you were going to show up, I invited Miroku to join me, so at least I wouldn't have to wait for your sorry ass alone." Sango pointed to Miroku, who was buying some cotton candy at a near by stall.
"Oh, well…" Kagome smiled widely. "Maybe I should leave you two alone…"
"Don't you dare, besides you're already here, and I see you brought some company of your own." Sango nodded her head to the silent hanyou.
"Who me? No, I'm not staying…" Inuyasha waved his hands in front of him.
"Oh…" Sango looked over at Kagome. "I thought you two would have definitely gotten together after we left you guys alone the other day." Sango whispered to her friend.
"Yeah, well, that's something I need to talk to you about, and you need to tell me all about why you invited Miroku…" Kagome whispered back as Miroku walked over to join the group.
"Inuyasha can you stay here and keep Miroku company while Sango and I got to the ladies' room?" Kagome yelled grabbing Sango and running toward the bathroom, before Inuyasha could protest.
"So Inuyasha… Kagome dragged you along too?" Miroku watched the girls run off while taking a large bit of cotton candy.
"Keh…" Inuyasha was annoyed that Kagome ran off without even thanking him for the ride.
"Okay now tell me why the hell you and Inuyasha aren't together by now?" Sango locked the bathroom door after making sure no one else was in there. Kagome began to tell Sango all about What had gone on and about Kouga. "That bastard… Inuyasha should have done a lot more damage to him…" Sango was fuming that Kouga would actually try and force Kagome to do anything.
"Yeah well, I'm not too sure what he did after I passed out, but I'm just glad he did something." Kagome didn't like to think about what Kouga could have done if Inuyasha hadn't been there.
Sango noticed her friend's distress. "Don't worry Inuyasha wouldn't have let anything happen… trust me."
"I know…" Kagome shook off the dreadful feeling and tried to focus on other things. "Sooo, Sango tell me, why are you so buddy buddy with Miroku all of a sudden, I thought you didn't like him 'cause he's a pervert."
Sango looked surprised, or maybe embarrassed. "Uh, well, we're not buddy buddy, it was just that you hadn't showed up yet, I was lonely, and I couldn't think of anyone else to call…except Miroku…"
"Uh huh…" Kagome wasn't buying it. "Sango, come on…"
"Well… I guess my opinion of him had changed, just a little, he's still a pervert, and I can't trust his hands at all… but, I guess he's not all bad." Sango was staring at the floor.
"Ha! I knew it… you do like him!!" Kagome was smiling widely.
"No! I just said I don't hate him as much as before…"
"Right, well whatever… the outcome will be the same, either love him now or you'll love him later…" Kagome slightly shrugged her shoulders and began to unlock the door.
"What the hell are you talking about? Love? Who said anything about that??" Sango marched off to catch up with Kagome.
Inuyasha was sitting on a bench watching the couples walking by. 'God damn woman… why does she have to drag me here?' He was becoming extremely impatient. 'They've been gone for a while now…' Inuyasha stood up. 'She better not have run into some fucking youkai…' Dread filled Inuyasha, it's true he had been smelling youkai scent since they arrived, but it was a large public place, of course some of these people walking around could have been youkai who just wanted to have fun at the amusement park, not all youkai were evil as Inuyasha had learned, so the scent had not bothered him until now. He started to briskly walk in the direction that Kagome and Sango had disappeared to.
"Hey, Inuyasha? What's the matter?" Miroku who had been reading some poster that was on the side of a wall noticed his friend almost running away.
"Shut-up if you want to come." Inuyasha was following Kagome's scent, and was mildly relieved when he began to catch up to it. 'She better not have gotten into trouble… knowing her she probably pissed the youkai off more by trying to argue it to death… stupid wench…' Despite his obvious anger it was not directed at Kagome, but rather himself for being so stupid and letting her just run off without him, he was getting even more worried. As he rounded a corner he saw Kagome and Sango buying some popcorn.
"Inuyasha? You okay?" Kagome said as she saw the hanyou approach, his face slightly red from anger.
"Hey Miroku, want some popcorn?" Sango offered as Miroku approached the group.
"Sure. Thanks." Miroku took a handful and smiled.
"Where the fuck were to two, wench?" Inuyasha glanced at Sango and then back to Kagome.
"I told you we went to the ladies' room, then we saw this popcorn stand and decided to get some. Why the hell should you care?" Kagome was angry that he had just called her a wench again.
"Okay fine, but why did you take so long, I told you I have things to do…" Even though Inuyasha was yelling and arguing with Kagome he was relieved beyond words that he was wrong… for once.
"Really? Please enlighten me, what do you have to do?" Kagome placed her hands on her hips.
"Sango-sama, I think we really should leave them alone for a while, or we may get hit by some of those daggers they're glaring at one another." Miroku slowly backed away from the pair arguing.
"Miroku, you're such a dumbass." Sango shook her head at his analogy "But I think you're right we should leave, now." Sango grabbed his arm and lead him away from the yelling.
"I have many things I need to do!" Inuyasha screamed back at Kagome.
"Like?"
"Why should I tell you?"
"See… if you really had things you needed to do, then you would have told me, you're just proving my point!" Kagome was breathing hard from the yelling she was doing.
"What? No, I just don't think I should have to explain my actions to a wench like you!"
"Okay, fine! I totally understand." Kagome stopped yelling and was now speaking normally.
Inuyasha was surprised by the sudden change, but smirked. 'Ha, I won…' "I'm glad that you agree." Kagome stared at him a minute and then turned and began walking away. Inuyasha was even more surprised by this. "Hey, where do you think you're going?" Inuyasha reached out to grab her retreating figure bur stopped. 'Tears? Why does she smell of tears?'
Without turning around or stopping Kagome replied. "This wench is leaving you alone so you can go do whatever it is you have to do."
"Kagome…" Inuyasha said, but she was already to far away by no to hear it. 'Why was she crying?' Inuyasha mentally shunned himself for making her cry, all because of his stupid pride. He turned away and started to walk to opposite direction that Kagome had gone.
"Hey Kagome over here!" Sango waved as she saw Kagome come around the corner.
Kagome took a deep breath, wiped her eyes and put on a smile before lifting her head to meet Miroku and Sango's gaze. "Hi, where did you guys run off to?"
"Well, we decided to get out of the way, where's Inuyasha?" Miroku looked behind Kagome to see if he was just taking his time joining them.
Kagome's smile dimmed a bit, but went undetected. "Umm, I'm not too sure, I think he left, he did have things to do after all."
"That's not like him at all, he won't just leave like that…" Miroku rubbed the back of his heading thinking. 'They must have had a fight…'
"Forget him, come on we came here to have fun… it's already 4:00pm and we haven't even gone on one ride yet… come on let's get a move on!" Kagome pulled her two friends toward the nearest ride.
Inuyasha had not left at all, rather was just out of sight, he had learned his lesson earlier that day, not to leave Kagome alone, no matter what happened. He watched as she and the others boarded the merry-go-round. 'It's just the fucking curse, that's all, nothing more…' Inuyasha sat on top of a near by building watching Kagome ride the mechanical horse around and around. 'Even if I really did have feelings for her… I'd only make her cry, and eventually the curse would catch up with us and…' He shuddered at the his last thought, they would end up like his parents. Inuyasha continued to silently watch and follow Kagome around the amusement park.
"Here let's go on this one next…" Kagome stopped in front of the Ferris Wheel.
"Sure, there is no line anyway…" Sango began to walk up to the entry gate.
As they approached the ride Kagome noticed Miroku was edging toward Sango, he was obviously wanting to sit next to her on this particular ride. Kagome couldn't help but smile.
"Next!" The worker called as Kagome, Sango and Miroku stepped up. "How many?"
"Two" Kagome said just as Sango started to say three
"Two?" Sango looked at Kagome. "Aren't we all going?"
"Of course, but I want to ride alone." Kagome smiled at Miroku.
Sango looked at Kagome as she realized what was happening. "Oh no you don't."
"Which is it? Two or Three?" The worker was getting impatient, as a line started to form behind the group.
"Two!" Kagome began to push Sango into the Ferris Wheel. "Hurry Miroku get in." Miroku followed orders and got in as Kagome slammed the door shut, locking the couple in. "Have fun!" Kagome waved as the ride started to move, Sango was glaring at Kagome until it became hard to her from the height they were at.
"That was easier than I thought…" Kagome got into her seat and waited for it to begin to move. As the ride gained altitude Kagome looked around at all the people walking around and obviously enjoying themselves. She sighed. "Damn Inuyasha, why do we always have to fight? All I wanted to do was have some fun today… but still, I wish he were here right now…" Kagome was at the top now, she took one more look around before descending down again, she glanced over the tops of the buildings, she was getting bored until she spied something on top of one of the buildings. 'Sliver? Inuyasha?' Kagome stared at the figure, which appeared to be watching her intently, she blinked a few times and when her eyes refocused nothing was there. 'Must have been my imagination… do I miss him that much?' Just then Kagome realized she wasn't moving, the ride had stopped. She thought nothing of it, they were probably just letting people off, it will start again soon.
Inuyasha was a little unnerved after being caught by Kagome. 'I wonder if she realized it was me… no she couldn't have, I moved before she seemed to recognize me…' He was sitting down behind the roller coaster waiting for the Ferris Wheel to end. 'I'll go and check on her later… I can't chance being caught again.' He relaxed his eyes and began to doze off. He drifted off into an alert sleep, but no dreams had time to reach him before he was on his feet again running toward the Ferris Wheel. 'Wolf youkai…'
Kagome was becoming impatient, the ride still had not moved. She poked her head out to see what the problem was, but immediately regretted it afterward. "Who the fuck are you?" Kagome questioned the man hanging outside her window. She then noticed his glowing eyes and fanged grinned. 'A youkai!' Kagome backed up as far as she could from the intruder. 'What do I do? What can I do? I'm stuck in here.'
"You… I finally found you…" The youkai said smiling wider than before as he climbed into the Ferris Wheel. "Where's the jewel?"
"Like I'd just tell you…" Kagome scoffed. 'What nerve…'
"Well I just thought I'd be direct with you…" The youkai was quickly lessening the space between them. "But fine we can do it you way…"
Kagome was becoming frantic she had nowhere to go… only down… 'What do I do? I can't let him get the jewel… but I can't jump either…' Kagome looked down out the window. 'Or could I?'
The youkai quickly jumped at her and grabbed her arm. "Don't even think about it… that would be extremely foolish… you wouldn't survive such a fall." The youkai smiled evilly.
"Want to bet?" Kagome smiled weakly and bit the intruder's hand hard. With a yell the youkai let go and Kagome took this opportunity to push her way out the window. She slid out of the Ferris Wheel and began to fall down to the ground, the ground was approaching quickly, but it seemed like ages to Kagome. She tightly shut her eyes and extended her hands in a feeble attempt to break her fall, before she hit only one thing went through her head… 'What the fuck was I thinking?'
Inuyasha rushed through the crowd, occasionally jumping high above the throng's heads. 'Damn wolf youkai… I'll find him…' Inuyasha neared the Ferris Wheel, not as quickly as he would have liked. He was met with a crowd of people all gathered around. 'What the hell is this?' Inuyasha looked up to see one Ferris Wheel compartment with a broken window… the ride was stopped… the people were crowed around… and the smell of blood was wafting through the air… Inuyasha took in his surroundings… Inuyasha froze as the realization sunk in. He violently pushed his way through the crowd, he couldn't believe what he was smelling, it couldn't be true, he had to confirm his suspicions. As he neared the middle Inuyasha stood still, his muscles refused to move, his eyes un-wanting to see the lifeless body in front of him. The body was covered in blood, the face was covered by dirt and hair… the scent was unmistakable… Kagome.
"Inuyasha…"
He turned his head to see Miroku trying to support a sobbing Sango, Inuyasha hadn't seen them before. "Miroku…"
"Inuyasha, it doesn't look good." Inuyasha looked over to see the paramedics crowd around the body, they had just arrived on the scene.
"Why, how?" Inuyasha slowly walked toward the body, but was stopped by a paramedic.
"Please sir, stay back…"
"I know her… please tell me…"
The paramedic shook his head as if anticipating Inuyasha's question before he actually finished. "We won't know for a while, she's breathing, but barely, and the loss of blood is great. The best you can do is just stay away so we can get her to the hospital."
Inuyasha probably would have argued more in most situations, but at the moment he could barely breath but his heart was pounding furiously. Finally he turned his attention toward Miroku and Sango. "Did you see what happened?"
Miroku guided the weak Sango over to a bench. "Stay here while I talk with Inuyasha."
"No, I'm going with her…" Sango slowly stood up and walked over to talk with a paramedic about being taken to the hospital with Kagome.
"I did see what happened… but it was rather quick, I'm still in shock." Miroku watched Sango intently to make sure she was safe. "Sango didn't take it well when we saw Kagome glide down toward the cement…"
Inuyasha stared at the place where Kagome had been lying… now only the blood stain left… the crowd had dispersed soon after Kagome was taken away. "What happened?" Inuyasha asked monotone, no emotion was left in his voice.
"A youkai had disrupted the ride, Sango and I were stuck in our little compartment, all we could do was watch as it entered her compartment, and soon after we saw Kagome fall…" Miroku found no need to continue, Inuyasha obviously knew the rest.
"The youkai did this?"
"Seems like… are you ok?"
Inuyasha walked over to the very spot Kagome had fallen. He crouched down and stayed like that for a while. 'Kagome… I'm sorry…'
"Inuyasha?" Miroku walked over and laid a hand on Inuyasha's shoulder. "I'm going to the hospital now, please come soon, I know when Kagome is well enough she'll want to see your face first." Miroku smiled, but he knew just as well as Inuyasha, that Kagome may not even be there by the time they arrived.
"I have some things to do first…" Inuyasha suddenly started to run toward the Ferris Wheel. 'I'll find the fucker who did this to you Kagome, he'll pay… trust me he'll pay…'
All Miroku could do was watch as his grieving friend tore apart the Ferris Wheel compartment, piece by piece, no doubt searching for the youkai's scent.
"Got it…" With that Inuyasha rushed off towards the scent…
A/N- There you guys go… an extra long chapter to make up for my absents, I should have another up soon, like in a day or two… until then bye bye…
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