Chapter 7: FREEZE!!
Time stood still, literally. Kagome looked up to see the front of the truck was all smashed up as if it had run into a wall. She then looked over onto the sidewalk to see her friends panicked faces, everyone was frozen in mid scream. Everyone else on the sidewalk and street were frozen too, including the criminals. "What's going on?" Kagome looked herself over and noticed she was putting off a very light blue color. Confused by the turn of events, Kagome tried to walk out of the street. Seeing how everyone else was frozen why shouldn't she be, she tried anyways. She was greatly pleased when she managed a few steps, she then ran from the street quickly. Kagome chanted to herself out loud. "Don't unfreeze yet, don't unfreeze yet…" as she ran over to a nearby vendor and grabbed all the scarves he was selling. She bolted over to the criminals and quickly looped the now combined scarves around them, then tied them to the closest light pole. Kagome then bounded over and stood next to Inuyasha on the sidewalk. "Ok whenever your ready, you can unfreeze time, ok."
In a split second, screaming, crashing, and running commenced. The now smashed truck swerved to miss the "girl" that "had" been in the street a second ago. The criminals continued running until the scarves were pulled taut then they were all flung backwards into the light post. Several screams echoed down the street but it was the hollers of an unknown hanyou that rose over all the others. The yelling ceased when he watched the smashed truck slide by and there was no trace of hi wife.
"Kagome?" It was more of a question then anything else. Inuyasha looked up and down the street for signs of Kagome. Just the truck that had been headed for her. "Where's Kagome?"
"I'm right here." Kagome had to bite her tongue to keep from laughing when the hanyou snapped around to look at her, surprise and confusion apparent on his face. "Come on lets get home before all hell breaks loose." She started to push everyone down the street in an attempt to get them all home faster.
They all ran the last eight blocks to the shrine and quickly ran inside. They all stopped in the entry way to catch their breaths. The guys set the boxes and packages on the floor then followed themselves in a breathing fit.
"You know, carrying you around is one thing, but these boxes are about 3 times as heavy, it's not easy to run with. Now tell us what happened back there. One second your in the street, the next your not." Inuyasha looked at Kagome intently, interested in hearing her answer.
Kagome clapped her hands together in an excited fashion as she looked toward the hanyou. "Remember when I asked the doctor if it was possible for the baby to have powers…I think it's possible. The reason I got from the street to the sidewalk is because time stopped, allowing me to get out of harms way. I think the baby did that. I also think it was the baby that ruined the machines. He or she must have thought they were a threat and eliminated them…Inuyasha, our child can manipulate time, among other things."
Inuyasha hung his head and shook it from side to side. "We've created the child that defies time. Like they weren't gonna have a hard enough childhood already, being a quarter Inuyoukai. I'm defiantly gonna have to go and defeat this new enemy then or our child will be in danger." He felt someone grasp his arm tightly and he looked over to see Kagome smiling up at him.
"Everything will be alright. I'm well protected here and you can defeat anyone. I believe in you and everything will work out." Kagome continued to smile at her husband, trying to reassure him about their lives.
"Oh Kagome, everyone, your back already. Dinners ready…How did your appointment go?" Her mother entered the entryway and started rambling, startling everyone upon her appearance.
Kagome pushed and directed everyone to the table for dinner. "I'll tell you at the table ok mom. I'm starved, let's eat." Once at the table Kagome dived right in on the food, causing everyone to look at her funny.
"I take it by your appetite, the baby is fine?" questioned her mother as she took a bite of food and watched her daughter wolf down her food.
"Better than fine." Stated Inuyasha. "Kagome thinks the baby has some kind of powers. Powers that blew up two machines at the office and froze time to save her life today."
"WHAT!?" yelled Megumi as she worriedly looked between Inuyasha and Kagome. "What happened?"
Kagome delicately placed her chopsticks on the table as she finished her food. "On the way home some men were running for the police and I was accidentally pushed into the street in front of an oncoming truck. Just as I was about to be hit, time froze, but I was still able to move and I was glowing. I quickly got out of the street, tied up the men with a vendors scarves then everything went back to normal. We then hurried home." Kagome looked at he stunned faces of everyone around the table. "I know it's crazy but I really do think this baby has a gift, it's the only explanation for what happened today." Kagome placed her hands to her stomach and smiled.
"You know if our child is the "Child that Defies Time" then you can't return to the past until the threat is gone." Stated Inuyasha, knowing full well that she knew it too. "I want you to stay here with Miroku and Sango while I go hunt this Lady Hakai down. Get her before she gets us."
"NO you can't go! I won't let you!" Shouted Kagome as she suddenly stood up and stared at her husband. "What if your hurt or killed while we're here. I need you…We need you here with us." A few tears trickled down her cheeks as she tried to change her husbands mind. "Please stay here, please, please?"
Inuyasha looked at her sadly. He knew how she felt, he didn't want to go either but he needed to. "Kagome you know I have to go and destroy her, for the sake of our child and the future. If that lady is left in the past, what kind of future will this become." He watched as a few more tears fell from his wife's eyes. "You know I'm right."
She felt like a deer in the headlights. Everything her husband said was true, but that didn't mean she had to like it. 'Think of the baby and the future…he needs to do this.' Kagome tried to picture what Tokyo could be like. That image lasted for a whole five seconds before it faded to Inuyasha's lifeless body laying on the cold ground, blood everywhere. A torrent of tears streaming down her face as she bolted from the table and ran upstairs.
Everyone stared toward the stairs dumbfounded, except for Megumi. She sat calmly finishing her dinner. "Ahhhhh pregnancy hormones, I remember those days…"
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at his mother-in-law's odd comment then he slowly followed his wife upstairs. He found her crying into her pillow, stretched out on her bed. He closed the door, walked over and sat on the edge of the bed and stared at the far wall. "Kagome I'm sorry. If it makes you feel any better, I'll leave in a few days."
"No…that doesn't make me feel better…I'm worried…by yourself…something could happen…" She sobbed into her pillow, trying to compose herself but failing.
"I did live on my own before I met you remember. I'm not totally domesticated yet."
The comment Inuyasha made caused her to loose it in a new way. She burst in to a fit of laughter. "Inuyasha…almost all dogs are domesticated…plus your house broken too." She continued to laugh at the combined statement.
He glared at her in a humorous way. 'Mood swings…SHEESH!' He then pounced on her carefully, scaring her for a brief second. "So you think dog jokes are funny? I've probably heard them all too." Kagome was still laughing hysterically when he gently took her wrist and pinned her down with his weight. A mischievous idea came to him and he couldn't resist. "Some things about dogs are true though. Like, undying loyalty, enjoying our ears being scratched and licking our masters hand when we're happy…And right now, I'm ecstatic."
The look in her mate's eyes and the tone of his voice alarmed her and she ceased her giggling. She watched as he slowly moved to trail kisses down her neck.
He glanced at her with mischievous eyes. "I'm gonna take "liking the master's hand" to an all new level." Inuyasha then started to glide his warm wet tongue over the sensitive parts of her neck. Showing to his mate what it was he was referring to.
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Miroku and Inuyasha leaned against a wall as they watched Shippo, Kagome, Sango, Kirara and Souta play in the snow. The boys had the girls on the run as they chased them with snowballs, then Kirara would swoop down and lift the girls into the air, taking them out of harms way. Everyone then laughed.
"It's been two months. How much longer are you going to put it off?" Miroku questioned the hanyou that was watching the snowball fight. "Inuyasha?!"
"I KNOW…I know… I'm leaving today. I've waited too long as it is. I should just get it over with so I can go and rid us of this youkai."
"Hai, you should. The longer you wait the harder it will be later to leave." Miroku watched as the hanyou's once happy face became sad and lonely. "Don't worry, we'll protect her."
Inuyasha looked back to the monk. "You had better!" He then slowly walked through the snow up to Kagome. He took her by the hand and led her off to the side so he could speak with her, which wasn't going to be easy. She was smiling up at him, her cheeks rosy from playing so hard, her face glowing from the pregnancy and her eyes sparkling with love. He shook it off so he could speak. "Kagome, I need to go through the well today. I've already stayed longer then I was planning. I hate to leave you but I need to get rid of this threat. I'll be back soon, I promise." He watched as her eyes swelled up with tears.
So many emotions were running through her at that very moment and Kagome didn't know what to do. Without thinking she threw herself at her husband, wrapping her arms around his neck in a tight hug. "I wish you didn't have to go!"
"I know. Neither do I." Inuyasha hugged her back for what seemed like forever.
"Hey Inuyasha!" yelled Sango. "Why don't you take Kirara, that way if something happens you can send her back to get us." Sango then tied Kirara's sash around her neck tightly so it wouldn't come off. She then instructed Kirara to go with the hanyou.
Inuyasha reluctantly released Kagome, placing her feet back into the snow. He then leaned down and kissed her sweetly and passionately. "Keep these lips warm for me." He placed another gentle kiss on her lips then ran for the well, followed by Kirara.
Once Inuyasha was out of sight, Kagome collapsed to her knees in to the snow. Then for the next three hours she cried into the snow.
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Time stood still, literally. Kagome looked up to see the front of the truck was all smashed up as if it had run into a wall. She then looked over onto the sidewalk to see her friends panicked faces, everyone was frozen in mid scream. Everyone else on the sidewalk and street were frozen too, including the criminals. "What's going on?" Kagome looked herself over and noticed she was putting off a very light blue color. Confused by the turn of events, Kagome tried to walk out of the street. Seeing how everyone else was frozen why shouldn't she be, she tried anyways. She was greatly pleased when she managed a few steps, she then ran from the street quickly. Kagome chanted to herself out loud. "Don't unfreeze yet, don't unfreeze yet…" as she ran over to a nearby vendor and grabbed all the scarves he was selling. She bolted over to the criminals and quickly looped the now combined scarves around them, then tied them to the closest light pole. Kagome then bounded over and stood next to Inuyasha on the sidewalk. "Ok whenever your ready, you can unfreeze time, ok."
In a split second, screaming, crashing, and running commenced. The now smashed truck swerved to miss the "girl" that "had" been in the street a second ago. The criminals continued running until the scarves were pulled taut then they were all flung backwards into the light post. Several screams echoed down the street but it was the hollers of an unknown hanyou that rose over all the others. The yelling ceased when he watched the smashed truck slide by and there was no trace of hi wife.
"Kagome?" It was more of a question then anything else. Inuyasha looked up and down the street for signs of Kagome. Just the truck that had been headed for her. "Where's Kagome?"
"I'm right here." Kagome had to bite her tongue to keep from laughing when the hanyou snapped around to look at her, surprise and confusion apparent on his face. "Come on lets get home before all hell breaks loose." She started to push everyone down the street in an attempt to get them all home faster.
They all ran the last eight blocks to the shrine and quickly ran inside. They all stopped in the entry way to catch their breaths. The guys set the boxes and packages on the floor then followed themselves in a breathing fit.
"You know, carrying you around is one thing, but these boxes are about 3 times as heavy, it's not easy to run with. Now tell us what happened back there. One second your in the street, the next your not." Inuyasha looked at Kagome intently, interested in hearing her answer.
Kagome clapped her hands together in an excited fashion as she looked toward the hanyou. "Remember when I asked the doctor if it was possible for the baby to have powers…I think it's possible. The reason I got from the street to the sidewalk is because time stopped, allowing me to get out of harms way. I think the baby did that. I also think it was the baby that ruined the machines. He or she must have thought they were a threat and eliminated them…Inuyasha, our child can manipulate time, among other things."
Inuyasha hung his head and shook it from side to side. "We've created the child that defies time. Like they weren't gonna have a hard enough childhood already, being a quarter Inuyoukai. I'm defiantly gonna have to go and defeat this new enemy then or our child will be in danger." He felt someone grasp his arm tightly and he looked over to see Kagome smiling up at him.
"Everything will be alright. I'm well protected here and you can defeat anyone. I believe in you and everything will work out." Kagome continued to smile at her husband, trying to reassure him about their lives.
"Oh Kagome, everyone, your back already. Dinners ready…How did your appointment go?" Her mother entered the entryway and started rambling, startling everyone upon her appearance.
Kagome pushed and directed everyone to the table for dinner. "I'll tell you at the table ok mom. I'm starved, let's eat." Once at the table Kagome dived right in on the food, causing everyone to look at her funny.
"I take it by your appetite, the baby is fine?" questioned her mother as she took a bite of food and watched her daughter wolf down her food.
"Better than fine." Stated Inuyasha. "Kagome thinks the baby has some kind of powers. Powers that blew up two machines at the office and froze time to save her life today."
"WHAT!?" yelled Megumi as she worriedly looked between Inuyasha and Kagome. "What happened?"
Kagome delicately placed her chopsticks on the table as she finished her food. "On the way home some men were running for the police and I was accidentally pushed into the street in front of an oncoming truck. Just as I was about to be hit, time froze, but I was still able to move and I was glowing. I quickly got out of the street, tied up the men with a vendors scarves then everything went back to normal. We then hurried home." Kagome looked at he stunned faces of everyone around the table. "I know it's crazy but I really do think this baby has a gift, it's the only explanation for what happened today." Kagome placed her hands to her stomach and smiled.
"You know if our child is the "Child that Defies Time" then you can't return to the past until the threat is gone." Stated Inuyasha, knowing full well that she knew it too. "I want you to stay here with Miroku and Sango while I go hunt this Lady Hakai down. Get her before she gets us."
"NO you can't go! I won't let you!" Shouted Kagome as she suddenly stood up and stared at her husband. "What if your hurt or killed while we're here. I need you…We need you here with us." A few tears trickled down her cheeks as she tried to change her husbands mind. "Please stay here, please, please?"
Inuyasha looked at her sadly. He knew how she felt, he didn't want to go either but he needed to. "Kagome you know I have to go and destroy her, for the sake of our child and the future. If that lady is left in the past, what kind of future will this become." He watched as a few more tears fell from his wife's eyes. "You know I'm right."
She felt like a deer in the headlights. Everything her husband said was true, but that didn't mean she had to like it. 'Think of the baby and the future…he needs to do this.' Kagome tried to picture what Tokyo could be like. That image lasted for a whole five seconds before it faded to Inuyasha's lifeless body laying on the cold ground, blood everywhere. A torrent of tears streaming down her face as she bolted from the table and ran upstairs.
Everyone stared toward the stairs dumbfounded, except for Megumi. She sat calmly finishing her dinner. "Ahhhhh pregnancy hormones, I remember those days…"
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at his mother-in-law's odd comment then he slowly followed his wife upstairs. He found her crying into her pillow, stretched out on her bed. He closed the door, walked over and sat on the edge of the bed and stared at the far wall. "Kagome I'm sorry. If it makes you feel any better, I'll leave in a few days."
"No…that doesn't make me feel better…I'm worried…by yourself…something could happen…" She sobbed into her pillow, trying to compose herself but failing.
"I did live on my own before I met you remember. I'm not totally domesticated yet."
The comment Inuyasha made caused her to loose it in a new way. She burst in to a fit of laughter. "Inuyasha…almost all dogs are domesticated…plus your house broken too." She continued to laugh at the combined statement.
He glared at her in a humorous way. 'Mood swings…SHEESH!' He then pounced on her carefully, scaring her for a brief second. "So you think dog jokes are funny? I've probably heard them all too." Kagome was still laughing hysterically when he gently took her wrist and pinned her down with his weight. A mischievous idea came to him and he couldn't resist. "Some things about dogs are true though. Like, undying loyalty, enjoying our ears being scratched and licking our masters hand when we're happy…And right now, I'm ecstatic."
The look in her mate's eyes and the tone of his voice alarmed her and she ceased her giggling. She watched as he slowly moved to trail kisses down her neck.
He glanced at her with mischievous eyes. "I'm gonna take "liking the master's hand" to an all new level." Inuyasha then started to glide his warm wet tongue over the sensitive parts of her neck. Showing to his mate what it was he was referring to.
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Miroku and Inuyasha leaned against a wall as they watched Shippo, Kagome, Sango, Kirara and Souta play in the snow. The boys had the girls on the run as they chased them with snowballs, then Kirara would swoop down and lift the girls into the air, taking them out of harms way. Everyone then laughed.
"It's been two months. How much longer are you going to put it off?" Miroku questioned the hanyou that was watching the snowball fight. "Inuyasha?!"
"I KNOW…I know… I'm leaving today. I've waited too long as it is. I should just get it over with so I can go and rid us of this youkai."
"Hai, you should. The longer you wait the harder it will be later to leave." Miroku watched as the hanyou's once happy face became sad and lonely. "Don't worry, we'll protect her."
Inuyasha looked back to the monk. "You had better!" He then slowly walked through the snow up to Kagome. He took her by the hand and led her off to the side so he could speak with her, which wasn't going to be easy. She was smiling up at him, her cheeks rosy from playing so hard, her face glowing from the pregnancy and her eyes sparkling with love. He shook it off so he could speak. "Kagome, I need to go through the well today. I've already stayed longer then I was planning. I hate to leave you but I need to get rid of this threat. I'll be back soon, I promise." He watched as her eyes swelled up with tears.
So many emotions were running through her at that very moment and Kagome didn't know what to do. Without thinking she threw herself at her husband, wrapping her arms around his neck in a tight hug. "I wish you didn't have to go!"
"I know. Neither do I." Inuyasha hugged her back for what seemed like forever.
"Hey Inuyasha!" yelled Sango. "Why don't you take Kirara, that way if something happens you can send her back to get us." Sango then tied Kirara's sash around her neck tightly so it wouldn't come off. She then instructed Kirara to go with the hanyou.
Inuyasha reluctantly released Kagome, placing her feet back into the snow. He then leaned down and kissed her sweetly and passionately. "Keep these lips warm for me." He placed another gentle kiss on her lips then ran for the well, followed by Kirara.
Once Inuyasha was out of sight, Kagome collapsed to her knees in to the snow. Then for the next three hours she cried into the snow.
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