What Relationship?

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Chapter 5: Festival Night

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"Kikyou, why did you bring Kagome here? I thought you just wanted to meet me." Inuyasha asked as he approached Kikyou.

Kagome was taken aback by Inuyasha's question, but Kikyou remained silent. She simply grabbed Inuyasha's hand. "Perhaps she wishes for Kagome-sama to join you and her for an evening of love-making." Miroku stated.

Kikyou immediately let go of Inuyasha's hand and turned away. Miroku felt awkward as his friends gave him strange glances. Kikyou had already left and took the horses with her. Inuyasha wanted to search for Kikyou but decided against it with Kagome back. Inuyasha didn't know what to do or say by the course of events, and Kagome couldn't think of anything either. "Are you two just gonna go back like nothing happened? I thought you'd want to take a step forward in your relationship at some point during the century." The newly conscious Shippou blurted out in order to end the awkward silence.

Shippou's comment just made things even more awkward. The others were clearly fed up with Inuyasha and Kagome and found themselves unsure about whether they wanted to just act like nothing had ever happened. Finally breaking the silence, Miroku recalled Kikyou's words. "Kikyou-sama wanted you to go to Kagome-sama's world." He said.

"Uumm... there's still time, Inuyasha. If we hurry, we could make it to the Festival." Kagome said.

"FINE! WHATEVER! WE'LL GO TO THE DAMN FESTIVAL!" Inuyasha quickly yelled out.

"Once again, Inuyasha uses anger to mask his true feelings." Shippou added.

"I still don't feel comfortable with Kikyou's role in all this." Sango quickly added in order to divert Inuyasha's attention away from Shippou's comment.

"It felt strange when Kikyou grabbed my hand a moment ago. Almost like... I don't know. It doesn't matter. Kagome, let's just go to this damn festival that you keep going on about." Inuyasha said.

The quickest way back to the Well was riding Kirara. The two rode Kirara back to the village and crossed the well to Kagome's time. "My family will be back after the Festival. I know it seems like they've been gone for a long time, huh." Kagome said as they climbed out of the Well.

Waiting in the house, Inuyasha wondered why he had agreed to come to the festival. He had no interest in any sort of celebration, no matter if they were human or youkai customs. After a few minutes, Kagome came out of her room. She wore a blue kimono that Inuyasha thought looked very good. The two left Kagome's house and headed toward the Festival grounds. As they approached the grounds, Inuyasha wondered why Kagome wanted for him to come so badly. He didn't think it was very special. But as he entered the Festival grounds, he found himself looking around. "KIKYOU!" Inuyasha called out in disbelief as he saw her by the entrance.

To Be Continued...