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Flamez: *Clears throat* Ok, um if you look back at the first chapter, at the top it at the part summary it says - Could be a Kag/Inu, Kag/Kou, Kag/Ses, or Kag/ and any other demon I send her way to mess things up. That was before the first chapter, if you didn't want to read a story without a definite couple then you should have just NOT READ THIS STORY!!! Grrr..I try to tell you! And I tried to be polite about it! I'LL PUT WHOEVER THE HELL I FEEL LIKE PUTTING KAGOME WITH!!! AND IF I CHOSE NOT TO PUT ANY ADULT SCENES IN MY FICS THEN DAMNIT I WON'T SO STOP BEING SO FUCKING PISSY AND SHUT UP!! Thank for the review though, maybe you'll prefer to read a different story though. As for my French quizzes I got a 97 and a 94 ^-^ ! Yeah, pats for Patrick!
Chapter 4-More Suitors, and a surprise
Kagome pulled on her jeans and shook out her wet hair. Time to go back to the boys. She didn't know whether she wanted too or not. Inuyasha was irritated by Youko's presence, Youko was jealous, and Miroku was just well Miroku. She started walking down the river bank when someone caught her around her waist.
He ran through the forest her held tightly under his arm. "I saw you last night with Inuyasha."
"Yeah when you took me to the well." She pretended not to know what he was talking about.
"No not then, much later. When you and him jumped into the well."
"Oh yeah, then."
Kouga sat her down on a large stone and took a seat next to her. "At first I thought you were traveling on his back. But it was him on yours. Care to explain?"
"Um-you see-what had happened was-"
He held up his hand. "You don't have to tell me if you do not wish to."
Kagome sighed. "All I can tell you is that now I'm a half demon. I don't know how exactly but I am."
His eyes lit up. "You are?! That's great!"
She looked at him quizzically. "What?"
"Now we can really become mates!" She was about to ask what that was supposed to mean but was distracted when her arm blazed royal blue. 'Oh great.' When the light died down, there was a royal blue fang between the red stripe and the silver fang. Kagome rubbed her arm, she would never get used to that. Kouga growled. "That dog turd is Courting you? Along with someone else?!"
She played with the hem of her shirt. "There's that too."
Kouga reached over and pulled her to him. "I can't let anyone else have you, I love you."
Kagome avoided his eyes uncomfortably. He had told her that once before and she's still not sure she felt the same. He was strong, handsome, caring, responsible but there was something missing. "I-"
"What are you doing you damn wolf?!" Kagome sighed, grateful, for once, of Inuyasha's rudeness.
"I'm trying to talk with my woman!"
"She is not *your* woman!"
"You can't keep talking for her Inuyasha! She has her own voice!"
They both looked at Kagome, who smiled nervously. Wondering what to say. Inuyasha really didn't have a right to speak for her. But it saved her from having to say it. But then again, she was starting to really like Kouga and didn't want to turn him down before she got to know him. He was nice but he was no Inuyasha. She opened her mouth and closed it again. She closed her eyes. "I..I think that.."
"Lady Kagome."
She almost fainted from relief. Saved again. "Yes Youko?"
Kouga's lips curled as he sized the 'competition' up. Not much. "*That* is your other Suitor?"
'That' turned his eyes to him. "I am Youko Kurama the Legendary Bandit. And *you* should think before you open your mouth, wolf." He turned back to Kagome with a smile, his voice changing drastically. "Dear lady, I have something for you."
Kagome moved to get up but Kouga gripped her tighter. So she stayed there. "Yes?" He held out his hand. Cautiously she held out hers, he dropped it in her palm and closed her fingers around it. When she opened her hand it was just a seed. But it grew into a rose whose beauty was beyond words. Kagome gasped.
"It is a life rose, it thrives on you. When you are happy, it will be in full bloom, when you are sad it will wilt, when you are angry, it will close up. It will last until you pass away."
She looked up at him. "Wow, I don't know what to say."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "It's just a stupid plant."
"That shows what you know. I'd expect you to say something like that about such a wonderful gift." She smiled at Youko. "Thank you." She said, ignoring the gagging sounds coming from Inuyasha or Kouga's tightening arm.
His smiled widened. "It pleases me to see you happy, that is all the thanks I require."
Kagome didn't know what to think about him anymore. He was tricky but thoughtful. She wasn't so sure about taking his shards, maybe he did really want to just see Naraku dead. But, there was always a nagging but, in the back of her mind. She did NOT know him and could NOT trust him. "It's time for lunch, is anybody hungry?"
Inuyasha perked up. "Ramen?"
She rolled her eyes and muttered. "What else would it be?" The other two demons frowned. Ramen, what was ramen?
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Sesshomaru sat in front of the window overlooking the garden. Kagome. He needed her? What did he have to do with the child? It had something to do with her being hanyou? It had been a while since he had asked the book that shocking question. Since then, he just sat here, thinking over his next question for the Book.
It would have been unwise to have stayed in the bandit's libraries for too long. It also would have been unwise to take the Book with him. The hidden charms would have detected something being taken. So he had Jaken bring the Book of Replicas. It could copy anything and everything, within its pages. A few changes made to the magical makeup of the book and there was the Book of Truth volume II.
He decided on his next question. "What should I do?"
The book wrote. "Do what the child tells you, for she is wise beyond her years."
The child? Rin? Surely not? How could she possibly be able to answer his questions? It also stabbed at his pride that the little girl knew something that he did not. But the Book of Truth was called that for a reason. So he set the book down and walked out to Rin who was trying to catch a butterfly.
She smiled up at him. "Yes, Lord Sesshomaru?"
He looked down at her and his eyes softened. "Kagome what do you think of her?"
Her eyes lit up. "I think she's pretty and smart and funny and strong and nice, like you. She makes me happy, like you. You two should be together forever and ever." Sesshomaru's eyes widened slightly. If it had been anyone else their mouth would have fell open.
You two should be together forever and ever
Together forever and ever
Forever and ever
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The meal was tense. Inuyasha, Kouga, and Youko all wanted to sit by her. It ended up with Inuyasha sitting in front of her, to keep an eye on the other two and them on either side. Even though they enjoyed their meal, they still shot glares at one another between bowls. Kagome would try to make conversation but however would talk to her the other two would growl. So she just stopped trying.
Kagome picked up the bowls and washed them in the river, finding an excuse to get away from the deafening silence. It was a nice day and there was cool breeze. She used a dish rag she had brought from home to scrub the food off. She frowned when a shadow fell across her back, thinking the clouds where blocking out the sun.
"Kagome." She stiffened. She turned around slowly. First she saw bare feet, then a white kimono, chest plate, and...him. Sesshomaru. She glanced around, wondering how close the others where. "We must speak." The way he said it, he didn't seem pleased about the situation.
She frowned. *He* came to *her* and then had the nerve to be upset about it?! "Do we?" She said dangerously, forgetting in her anger that he was capable of ripping her to shreds.
He eyes darkened to an angry amber. "Yes. Now."
She shrugged, turning away from him. "Maybe later." Hm. Funny. Even when she wasn't in her hanyou form she was still easily irritated. Her tongue lashed out, her words sharp.
He grabbed her by her throat and picked her off the ground. "You try my patience you insolent wench. You WILL listen NOW. I am most displeased about this and would NOT be doing this if the Book of Truth didn't say it was to be so. You are a weak and pathetic human who can transform into a muddy blooded half breed. But because of that you are the strongest known human around and since worthy female youkais are hard to come by...I would consider to have you as my mate."
Kagome cried out in outrage. Her right arm blazed a light blue and when the light died down there was a light blue crescent moon with a red stripe behind it under Youko's silver vine. Her lips curled down at she looked at the Symbol with hatred. "Just great!" She spat.
Sesshomaru's grip on her neck eased and he set her down on the bank not gently but not roughly either. Kagome brushed herself off and crossed her arms. "Great. Now I have another one to worry about."
He looked down at her. "I will come back for you tonight."
"Try it and see what happens."
He smiled coldly and lifted her chin with a poisonous claw. "Watch your tongue wench. It could get you killed." He moved his claw up and across her cheek before stepping back and disappearing. She sat on the bank for a while, slowly coming back to her senses. Why the hell did she say that to him?! What the hell was wrong with her?!
Slowly, Kagome gathered the dishes and walked back to the others. While she had been gone, her Suitors had joined Sango and Miroku and Shippo had come back from Kaede's hut. Shippo jumped at her, knocking her down.
He nuzzled her neck. "I missed you Kagome!"
She laughed softly. "I missed you too."
Kouga waited quietly until they settled down before speaking. "Kagome, will you walk with me? I have something to show you." Kagome nodded, noting how Youko bristled, as if he knew something she didn't. She set Shippo down and followed him. He smiled at her. "I'm sorry I've been acting so strangely. This all must be so difficult for you. Let me explain my actions. I was so worried because I thought Inuyasha had marked you, that was why I was checking your neck."
Kagome smiled slightly. He seemed to know exactly what was bothering her. "I was wondering what that was all about."
He looked at her for a moment. "Kagome, I do not trust Youko. I do not like that he is traveling with you."
She huffed. "What is with you and Inuyasha?! I can take care of myself. I'm not stupid contrary to popular belief, I don't trust him either." 'But I think he deserves a chance.'
He smiled spryly. "Good. Kagome I have a surprise for you." She raised an eyebrow. "Close your eyes." After a moment she obeyed. He slid something soft into her hands. "Okay open them."
It was a body suit some sort, it was in too pieces. The top was tight with a high collar, long sleeves, the bottom stopped at the knees but had slits on both sides up the thighs. The bottom was like pants tight and thin but just as strong at the shirt. It was all made out a fine, short emerald green fur outlined in cream.
Kouga's smile widened. "It's virtuously indestructible. It's made from the fur of the air rat, a cousin of the fire rat. I thought you might need it."
Her fingers brushed the fur carefully. He didn't know what giving this to her meant to her. It meant that he thought she would need it in a fight. He was supporting her and her new found strength. He believed in her, he expected her to fight. Unlike other people. She closed her eyes and inhaled the scent, it smelled of earth and Kouga. Her eyes water up with joy and she flung her arms around him. He believed in her, unlike Inuyasha.
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Kagome sat on the edge of the cliff, looking at the sunset. She wondered if she would transform tonight. Maybe it only happened on a new moon. Was that what she wanted? Did she want to be human? Did she want to be strong? The sun disappeared over the horizon, the golden sky turned blue black.
The transformation was different this time. She pulsed, she could feel the power running through her veins. And she liked it. Kagome looked down at her red claws, and ran them through her sliver hair, careful not to scrape her scalp. She flexed her arms, reveling in the feel of her new air rat suit.
She sighed and looked back over the cliff. Everything was happening so fast. What happened to her normal life? Kagome lifted her nose to the air and sniffed. Sesshomaru. He was around, but not making himself known. He was watching her and it was irritating. A leaf behind her crunched, her ears swiveled in the direction of the noise but her head stayed where it was. "What do you want?"
It was silent for a moment before he said. "Answers."
At that she turned around. "Answers?! *You* want answers? If anyone deserves some answers its *me*! I don't even understand what's going on and the only explanation I got was skimmed over. And I just know there was something being left out, I know it!"
Sesshomaru cocked his head to the side. "Is it knowledge you seek?"
"Yes!"
"Wait." And he disappeared.
She growled and turned back around. Wait, that was an command, not a request. Who did he think he was? Popping in out of no where. Becoming her 'suitor' against her will. Then *commanding* that *she* wait?! This was too much! Kagome took deep calming breaths. It wouldn't do to get angry anyway. There was nothing she could do about the situation, she was stuck with him for a year.
He returned and dropped a book on her lap. "It is the Book of Rituals. It is yours now."
She looked at the book. It was a deep burgundy with a gold binding and lettering. Kagome ran her finger along the letters, smiling slightly, her anger melting away. He was giving her what she wanted most, some insight on what was going on. Before he had seemed so cold and distant. But now, now he was different. She opened it up and fingered through it. When she had looked up to thank him he was gone.
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Inuyasha watched Kagome from a tree limb. He thought she was beautiful before but now, now she was breathtaking. And her scent! He gazed at her for a few moments before dropping down and walking over to her. "What is that?"
She glanced at him. "A book."
He rolled his eyes. "I *know* that!"
"Its about that ritual thing."
"Oh. Look I brought you something."
Kagome, thoroughly annoyed that he interrupted her reading, spun around. "What?!"
He took something from behind his back. It was a few bundles of arrows. But not just any arrows, these were made of sacred tree and were said to give the user extra positive energy. "I found it on some dead guys out in the forest. And since you are always bitching about not having enough arrows so I picked them up. Now you'll have to pull some weight around here." He dropped them at his feet as if he were too good to hold them.
When she went to pick them out, the charms and symbols on the arrows blazed. The arrows pulsed in her fingers. She put the arrows down and jumped at Inuyasha, knocking him to the ground. She grinned widely, her pearly fangs glinting. "Thank you, you don't know how much this means to me!" She breathed.
He turned his head to the side. "Feh, its just some stupid arrows. No need to get all mushy over it."
She took his chin in her cool fingers and turned his face so that she could look him in the eye. "It's not about the arrows." She through her arms around his neck and pulled him close. "It was never about the arrows."
"Kagome!" Someone shouted from a distance.
Inuyasha wiggled out from under her in a flash, pulling out Tetsusaiga. "Show yourself, or are you too chicken?" Kagome stood up and rolled her eyes. Did he always have to go into a fight insulting people? The demon stepped out of the woods, the moon was suddenly clouded over and lightning crackled. Inuyasha faltered. "Hiten?!"
Flamez: OoOoOoO! An evil cliffly! If you want the next chapter you know what to do!
Flamez: *Clears throat* Ok, um if you look back at the first chapter, at the top it at the part summary it says - Could be a Kag/Inu, Kag/Kou, Kag/Ses, or Kag/ and any other demon I send her way to mess things up. That was before the first chapter, if you didn't want to read a story without a definite couple then you should have just NOT READ THIS STORY!!! Grrr..I try to tell you! And I tried to be polite about it! I'LL PUT WHOEVER THE HELL I FEEL LIKE PUTTING KAGOME WITH!!! AND IF I CHOSE NOT TO PUT ANY ADULT SCENES IN MY FICS THEN DAMNIT I WON'T SO STOP BEING SO FUCKING PISSY AND SHUT UP!! Thank for the review though, maybe you'll prefer to read a different story though. As for my French quizzes I got a 97 and a 94 ^-^ ! Yeah, pats for Patrick!
Chapter 4-More Suitors, and a surprise
Kagome pulled on her jeans and shook out her wet hair. Time to go back to the boys. She didn't know whether she wanted too or not. Inuyasha was irritated by Youko's presence, Youko was jealous, and Miroku was just well Miroku. She started walking down the river bank when someone caught her around her waist.
He ran through the forest her held tightly under his arm. "I saw you last night with Inuyasha."
"Yeah when you took me to the well." She pretended not to know what he was talking about.
"No not then, much later. When you and him jumped into the well."
"Oh yeah, then."
Kouga sat her down on a large stone and took a seat next to her. "At first I thought you were traveling on his back. But it was him on yours. Care to explain?"
"Um-you see-what had happened was-"
He held up his hand. "You don't have to tell me if you do not wish to."
Kagome sighed. "All I can tell you is that now I'm a half demon. I don't know how exactly but I am."
His eyes lit up. "You are?! That's great!"
She looked at him quizzically. "What?"
"Now we can really become mates!" She was about to ask what that was supposed to mean but was distracted when her arm blazed royal blue. 'Oh great.' When the light died down, there was a royal blue fang between the red stripe and the silver fang. Kagome rubbed her arm, she would never get used to that. Kouga growled. "That dog turd is Courting you? Along with someone else?!"
She played with the hem of her shirt. "There's that too."
Kouga reached over and pulled her to him. "I can't let anyone else have you, I love you."
Kagome avoided his eyes uncomfortably. He had told her that once before and she's still not sure she felt the same. He was strong, handsome, caring, responsible but there was something missing. "I-"
"What are you doing you damn wolf?!" Kagome sighed, grateful, for once, of Inuyasha's rudeness.
"I'm trying to talk with my woman!"
"She is not *your* woman!"
"You can't keep talking for her Inuyasha! She has her own voice!"
They both looked at Kagome, who smiled nervously. Wondering what to say. Inuyasha really didn't have a right to speak for her. But it saved her from having to say it. But then again, she was starting to really like Kouga and didn't want to turn him down before she got to know him. He was nice but he was no Inuyasha. She opened her mouth and closed it again. She closed her eyes. "I..I think that.."
"Lady Kagome."
She almost fainted from relief. Saved again. "Yes Youko?"
Kouga's lips curled as he sized the 'competition' up. Not much. "*That* is your other Suitor?"
'That' turned his eyes to him. "I am Youko Kurama the Legendary Bandit. And *you* should think before you open your mouth, wolf." He turned back to Kagome with a smile, his voice changing drastically. "Dear lady, I have something for you."
Kagome moved to get up but Kouga gripped her tighter. So she stayed there. "Yes?" He held out his hand. Cautiously she held out hers, he dropped it in her palm and closed her fingers around it. When she opened her hand it was just a seed. But it grew into a rose whose beauty was beyond words. Kagome gasped.
"It is a life rose, it thrives on you. When you are happy, it will be in full bloom, when you are sad it will wilt, when you are angry, it will close up. It will last until you pass away."
She looked up at him. "Wow, I don't know what to say."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "It's just a stupid plant."
"That shows what you know. I'd expect you to say something like that about such a wonderful gift." She smiled at Youko. "Thank you." She said, ignoring the gagging sounds coming from Inuyasha or Kouga's tightening arm.
His smiled widened. "It pleases me to see you happy, that is all the thanks I require."
Kagome didn't know what to think about him anymore. He was tricky but thoughtful. She wasn't so sure about taking his shards, maybe he did really want to just see Naraku dead. But, there was always a nagging but, in the back of her mind. She did NOT know him and could NOT trust him. "It's time for lunch, is anybody hungry?"
Inuyasha perked up. "Ramen?"
She rolled her eyes and muttered. "What else would it be?" The other two demons frowned. Ramen, what was ramen?
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Sesshomaru sat in front of the window overlooking the garden. Kagome. He needed her? What did he have to do with the child? It had something to do with her being hanyou? It had been a while since he had asked the book that shocking question. Since then, he just sat here, thinking over his next question for the Book.
It would have been unwise to have stayed in the bandit's libraries for too long. It also would have been unwise to take the Book with him. The hidden charms would have detected something being taken. So he had Jaken bring the Book of Replicas. It could copy anything and everything, within its pages. A few changes made to the magical makeup of the book and there was the Book of Truth volume II.
He decided on his next question. "What should I do?"
The book wrote. "Do what the child tells you, for she is wise beyond her years."
The child? Rin? Surely not? How could she possibly be able to answer his questions? It also stabbed at his pride that the little girl knew something that he did not. But the Book of Truth was called that for a reason. So he set the book down and walked out to Rin who was trying to catch a butterfly.
She smiled up at him. "Yes, Lord Sesshomaru?"
He looked down at her and his eyes softened. "Kagome what do you think of her?"
Her eyes lit up. "I think she's pretty and smart and funny and strong and nice, like you. She makes me happy, like you. You two should be together forever and ever." Sesshomaru's eyes widened slightly. If it had been anyone else their mouth would have fell open.
You two should be together forever and ever
Together forever and ever
Forever and ever
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The meal was tense. Inuyasha, Kouga, and Youko all wanted to sit by her. It ended up with Inuyasha sitting in front of her, to keep an eye on the other two and them on either side. Even though they enjoyed their meal, they still shot glares at one another between bowls. Kagome would try to make conversation but however would talk to her the other two would growl. So she just stopped trying.
Kagome picked up the bowls and washed them in the river, finding an excuse to get away from the deafening silence. It was a nice day and there was cool breeze. She used a dish rag she had brought from home to scrub the food off. She frowned when a shadow fell across her back, thinking the clouds where blocking out the sun.
"Kagome." She stiffened. She turned around slowly. First she saw bare feet, then a white kimono, chest plate, and...him. Sesshomaru. She glanced around, wondering how close the others where. "We must speak." The way he said it, he didn't seem pleased about the situation.
She frowned. *He* came to *her* and then had the nerve to be upset about it?! "Do we?" She said dangerously, forgetting in her anger that he was capable of ripping her to shreds.
He eyes darkened to an angry amber. "Yes. Now."
She shrugged, turning away from him. "Maybe later." Hm. Funny. Even when she wasn't in her hanyou form she was still easily irritated. Her tongue lashed out, her words sharp.
He grabbed her by her throat and picked her off the ground. "You try my patience you insolent wench. You WILL listen NOW. I am most displeased about this and would NOT be doing this if the Book of Truth didn't say it was to be so. You are a weak and pathetic human who can transform into a muddy blooded half breed. But because of that you are the strongest known human around and since worthy female youkais are hard to come by...I would consider to have you as my mate."
Kagome cried out in outrage. Her right arm blazed a light blue and when the light died down there was a light blue crescent moon with a red stripe behind it under Youko's silver vine. Her lips curled down at she looked at the Symbol with hatred. "Just great!" She spat.
Sesshomaru's grip on her neck eased and he set her down on the bank not gently but not roughly either. Kagome brushed herself off and crossed her arms. "Great. Now I have another one to worry about."
He looked down at her. "I will come back for you tonight."
"Try it and see what happens."
He smiled coldly and lifted her chin with a poisonous claw. "Watch your tongue wench. It could get you killed." He moved his claw up and across her cheek before stepping back and disappearing. She sat on the bank for a while, slowly coming back to her senses. Why the hell did she say that to him?! What the hell was wrong with her?!
Slowly, Kagome gathered the dishes and walked back to the others. While she had been gone, her Suitors had joined Sango and Miroku and Shippo had come back from Kaede's hut. Shippo jumped at her, knocking her down.
He nuzzled her neck. "I missed you Kagome!"
She laughed softly. "I missed you too."
Kouga waited quietly until they settled down before speaking. "Kagome, will you walk with me? I have something to show you." Kagome nodded, noting how Youko bristled, as if he knew something she didn't. She set Shippo down and followed him. He smiled at her. "I'm sorry I've been acting so strangely. This all must be so difficult for you. Let me explain my actions. I was so worried because I thought Inuyasha had marked you, that was why I was checking your neck."
Kagome smiled slightly. He seemed to know exactly what was bothering her. "I was wondering what that was all about."
He looked at her for a moment. "Kagome, I do not trust Youko. I do not like that he is traveling with you."
She huffed. "What is with you and Inuyasha?! I can take care of myself. I'm not stupid contrary to popular belief, I don't trust him either." 'But I think he deserves a chance.'
He smiled spryly. "Good. Kagome I have a surprise for you." She raised an eyebrow. "Close your eyes." After a moment she obeyed. He slid something soft into her hands. "Okay open them."
It was a body suit some sort, it was in too pieces. The top was tight with a high collar, long sleeves, the bottom stopped at the knees but had slits on both sides up the thighs. The bottom was like pants tight and thin but just as strong at the shirt. It was all made out a fine, short emerald green fur outlined in cream.
Kouga's smile widened. "It's virtuously indestructible. It's made from the fur of the air rat, a cousin of the fire rat. I thought you might need it."
Her fingers brushed the fur carefully. He didn't know what giving this to her meant to her. It meant that he thought she would need it in a fight. He was supporting her and her new found strength. He believed in her, he expected her to fight. Unlike other people. She closed her eyes and inhaled the scent, it smelled of earth and Kouga. Her eyes water up with joy and she flung her arms around him. He believed in her, unlike Inuyasha.
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Kagome sat on the edge of the cliff, looking at the sunset. She wondered if she would transform tonight. Maybe it only happened on a new moon. Was that what she wanted? Did she want to be human? Did she want to be strong? The sun disappeared over the horizon, the golden sky turned blue black.
The transformation was different this time. She pulsed, she could feel the power running through her veins. And she liked it. Kagome looked down at her red claws, and ran them through her sliver hair, careful not to scrape her scalp. She flexed her arms, reveling in the feel of her new air rat suit.
She sighed and looked back over the cliff. Everything was happening so fast. What happened to her normal life? Kagome lifted her nose to the air and sniffed. Sesshomaru. He was around, but not making himself known. He was watching her and it was irritating. A leaf behind her crunched, her ears swiveled in the direction of the noise but her head stayed where it was. "What do you want?"
It was silent for a moment before he said. "Answers."
At that she turned around. "Answers?! *You* want answers? If anyone deserves some answers its *me*! I don't even understand what's going on and the only explanation I got was skimmed over. And I just know there was something being left out, I know it!"
Sesshomaru cocked his head to the side. "Is it knowledge you seek?"
"Yes!"
"Wait." And he disappeared.
She growled and turned back around. Wait, that was an command, not a request. Who did he think he was? Popping in out of no where. Becoming her 'suitor' against her will. Then *commanding* that *she* wait?! This was too much! Kagome took deep calming breaths. It wouldn't do to get angry anyway. There was nothing she could do about the situation, she was stuck with him for a year.
He returned and dropped a book on her lap. "It is the Book of Rituals. It is yours now."
She looked at the book. It was a deep burgundy with a gold binding and lettering. Kagome ran her finger along the letters, smiling slightly, her anger melting away. He was giving her what she wanted most, some insight on what was going on. Before he had seemed so cold and distant. But now, now he was different. She opened it up and fingered through it. When she had looked up to thank him he was gone.
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Inuyasha watched Kagome from a tree limb. He thought she was beautiful before but now, now she was breathtaking. And her scent! He gazed at her for a few moments before dropping down and walking over to her. "What is that?"
She glanced at him. "A book."
He rolled his eyes. "I *know* that!"
"Its about that ritual thing."
"Oh. Look I brought you something."
Kagome, thoroughly annoyed that he interrupted her reading, spun around. "What?!"
He took something from behind his back. It was a few bundles of arrows. But not just any arrows, these were made of sacred tree and were said to give the user extra positive energy. "I found it on some dead guys out in the forest. And since you are always bitching about not having enough arrows so I picked them up. Now you'll have to pull some weight around here." He dropped them at his feet as if he were too good to hold them.
When she went to pick them out, the charms and symbols on the arrows blazed. The arrows pulsed in her fingers. She put the arrows down and jumped at Inuyasha, knocking him to the ground. She grinned widely, her pearly fangs glinting. "Thank you, you don't know how much this means to me!" She breathed.
He turned his head to the side. "Feh, its just some stupid arrows. No need to get all mushy over it."
She took his chin in her cool fingers and turned his face so that she could look him in the eye. "It's not about the arrows." She through her arms around his neck and pulled him close. "It was never about the arrows."
"Kagome!" Someone shouted from a distance.
Inuyasha wiggled out from under her in a flash, pulling out Tetsusaiga. "Show yourself, or are you too chicken?" Kagome stood up and rolled her eyes. Did he always have to go into a fight insulting people? The demon stepped out of the woods, the moon was suddenly clouded over and lightning crackled. Inuyasha faltered. "Hiten?!"
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