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-calms down and looks normal- On with the story!
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"Sesshomaru.. the ribbon." Sesshomaru placed the ribbon on his lap,
and Inuyasha hesitantly gripped it in his hand.. nothing happened for the
first couple of seconds, then it all came rushing back to him. The orphanage.
He saved her life. He kissed her. He said he loved her. He gave her a golden
locket on her birthday. He left her.. with half of the ribbon..
"So this is what its like.. to really love something." He said, in amazement.
It began to rain and thunder; the lightning struck meters away from their
house. "I'm not going to tell her."
Sesshomaru was surprised at that comment. "Why?" He asked.
"Its better off for her to realize it on her own.." He got up and brushed
himself off. Then he did something he never ever thought he would do. He
thanked
his brother..
"Thank you."
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Hell's Angel
Take Nineteen
Rain Lullaby - II
Like the stars in the sky you still keep on shining down you're light
on me.
But out of reach, and I know that in time, you will come back to
your senses.
See the signs, and change your mind.
I try to look the other way, and keep my heart on hold, but every
time I'm close to you, I lose my self-control.
Why can't I laugh, Why must I cry? Every time we say good-bye.
Why does it rain, here in my heart everyday that we're apart?
Why can't it be just you and me? What will it take to make you see?
These are the words, to my Heartbreak Lullaby.
Give me just one good reason why..
-Heartbreak Lullaby
A-Teens
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Today was indeed the day that they would race. This Friday morning.
It was raining, just like on the day that they first met. Except now it
was a hard rain; a forceful one. Everyone but Kagome was now in front of
the Devil's Pit, ready to roll. This would be the day where they would
decide who is the best.. and who would keep that reputation.
Where was Kagome? That's what everyone would have liked to know. Miroku
said impatiently, "If she doesn't get here soon, I'm going to kill her.."
Ayame hid under her coat, "Its raining too! Come on Kagome!"
---
Kagome was getting ready, and had her trademark leather jacket on. She
got on her motorcycle, a certain good luck ribbon around the handlebar,
and a good luck necklace she had only removed a couple times in her life.
She decided to take the shortcut, but it was slippery.
She had been having a bad day already. She tried messaging her "boyfriend"
back, but no one replied.. she hadn't heard from him at all, and it was
tearing her up inside. Where was he? Where did he go? She wanted to seem
him.. she needed to..
In her daze she slipped on a very watery patch of grass and was flown
off her motorcycle. She didn't have the will the move anymore. She would
have been happy if she just died right then and there.. she missed him.
So much. Nothing could compare with that feeling.. it was terrible.
She looked up into the sky. Where did he go..? Did he want to leave
her? She didn't even care that she was going to be late for the race. The
only thing that mattered to her was him. She ripped off the locket
from her neck in anger; she needed to see him, damnit! She saw the ribbon
on the handle bar was coming undone. She tied it in her hair so when she
would be riding later today it would bring herself luck; not the motorcycle
itself. But in reality.. did she need these items? It wasn't him.
They were just objects that gave faith.. she didn't need faith.
She needed him to come back to her.
She then stood up outside in the rain letting it caress her face. It
was gloomy, it was dark.. the rain became heavier. Some one was crying
for her, God was crying for her. They were tears from heaven coming down
in droplets. She could feel the moisture, the texture of the rain forming
on the bottom of her chin. Then she realized that some of those weren't
rain tears. They were human tears. Man-made tears..
She held the locket in her hand, and sank to her knees once again. Her
eyes were covered by her bangs, as the thunder shook the ground she had
taken a fall to. Lightning lit up the atmosphere behind her as she closed
her eyes, and dropped the locket into the watery grass.
The rain began to calm down, but it still felt like it was crashing
upon her shoulders. Her clothes were soaking wet, and the ribbon in her
hair became flat. She pulled it out and ran it across her neck, to her
shoulders, then up her chin to her lips.. she kissed it, and blew it into
the warm and humid forceful wind.
She then tilted her head up, letting the rain kiss her face. She opened
her eyes and whispered, "Come back.."
---
The gangs stood there arguing. Sango held out her watch and said, "I
don't mean to be mean.. but.. if she doesn't get here in five minutes,
she forfeits." Everyone agreed. This was getting ridiculous, they had been
waiting there for about an hour already.
They then heard a motor closing in on them. Kagome. "I'm here.. you
guys." They all cheered and said, "Lets get on with it!"
They all rode into the opening of Devil's Pit.
---
"Since its raining.. you guys have to take extra precautions, you understand?"
Kouga said. "And you have to watch out for slippery slopes." Kagura continued.
"Rules are, no knocking the other off the bike, help the other if in
a life-death situation, no dirty tricks. Whoever gets to the end of Devil's
Pit first, wins. We're all going to go around and take the roads to the
other side. Understand?" Miroku spoke.
Everyone nodded. Kanna began the start. "Ready." They got ready. "Set.."
Sango said next. "....go!" Naraku yelled.
The gangs sped off to the other end in the roads, and Inuyasha along
with Kagome sped off through Devil's Pit.
---
There was an eerie aura around Devil's Pit today; it was almost like
a warning. To turn back. The trees hung over low to the ground, hitting
them when they whooshed past it. It was dark; almost pitch black. All you
could hear were the motors, nothing else. The mud splashed up against their
bikes and their faces, it was like they didn't even notice.
That's when it started raining heavier with a touch of thunder. Kagome
was scared of the thunder.. but for once in her life, she ignored it. She
had to win this. Her reputation meant everything to her. This is what she
had been working at for most of her life, nothing could take it away.
Inuyasha also ignored all the interference's around him and swatted
them away like a fly. He was going to win this. But.. why? What was his
ambition? He knew who Kagome really was to him now. Why did he want to
fight the one he, dare he think it; loved?
Because he didn't want to know. Sometimes people do things so other
won't know its the exact opposite. But.. did he really love her? After
all these years, did he still harbor those same feelings for her? It was
a risky thing; but yes.
Before they knew it, they were half way through and still next to each
other. Were they going to tie? How could they both win? What would happen
then?
They began to get to a hilly part and had to ride as fast as they could
up the hill without falling back down into the swamp below. The rain just
made it more harder, since it softened the ground.
Then the next step was going down the hill. Inuyasha being the stupid
one he is, raced down it as fast as he could without thinking of the aftereffects
of slipping. So, of course, he slipped. Kagome just stuck her tongue out
at him and continued on. She was now in the lead.
Oh he was going to get her for that one. He jumped back on, speeding
off. He was almost behind her when she started doing weird movements on
the bike. She screamed and fell over, Inuyasha just thought she slipped
off the bike. He stuck his tongue out at her and continued on.
Kagome screamed as she started seeing fire abrupt from her motorcycle,
and she saw that her bad foot was stuck under the engine. She couldn't
move or get out of that position. The fire became a greater, bigger flame,
and she could start feeling the heat against her face. She screamed again,
but no one could hear her. Inuyasha was long gone, and no one would ever
come close to the end of the Devil's Pit. There was a big bang, and Kagome
shielded herself with her coat sleeve.
When she took the coat off her face, she saw the fire almost as tall
as the tree's themselves, starting to engulf everything around her. The
fire began to travel up her leg and she screamed as loud as she could.
The rain didn't help; the fire just kept growing and crawling up her body.
Finally, there was one last big explosion. The motorcycle blew up.
"INUYASHA!"
---
He finally crossed the line. He was out of the Pit, and the gang was
there to congratulate him. He was standing at the other side waiting for
Kagome to just ride in, pouting. They waited. And waited. And waited..
Nothing.
An hour passed. Still nothing. They became worried. Sango's eyes got
watery, "She couldn't have.."
"Well well well, seems like Higurashi is toast.. literally!" A cackle
came from behind them. Kikyou.
Inuyasha slammed Kikyou's body into the ground and growled fiercely,
"What are you talking about?" She gulped and looked into his eyes full
of rage. She couldn't tell the truth. So how about half-truth, half-lie?
"Well, Kagome said she was having problems with her motorcycle.. and..
oh my..!"
Kikyou pointed to the flames that now reached the top of the trees,
where they could see. They then saw smoke. "Lightning didn't hit there..
and no one was in there but you and Kagome today.. oh. My. GOD! KAGOME!"
Miroku screamed.
"KAGOME!" Inuyasha echoed. He got on his bike and sped back off into
the woods. He wasn't even in there for two minutes when he saw a figure
walking towards him. He got off the bike and ran over to the figure. "Kagome.."
He said lightly.
She looked at him, bleeding, burnt, and had dirt all over her. "You..
win.. Inu.. yasha."
She collapsed.
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AN: Me oh my. Inuyasha won.