Just to prove to everyone that I haven't forgotten this story, here you go.
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Chap: That's gratitude for ya'......
'His woman? His woman?! Not his mistress, his woman?!' The werewolf slowly crawled out from the crater the white werewolf had shoved it in. He groaned silently, barely stifling a whimper. That white bastard was strong. From his colors, that meant that he was one of the wind master's bitches. Oh, hell. If they'd known Kagura would send people to take the Amokoi halberd, they would have come sooner.
The monk was distracting that white werewolf and his woman long enough for the man to get away. 'Mistress Kikyo will want to hear of this.' But if the truth were known, the werewolf dreaded going back to his clan. Or rather, to his mistress. He shivered as if chilled with ice at the thought of her. She was not merciful to those who failed. The man silently slipped from the group's view and ran off.
(Back to Inu and Kag)
Kagome shoved the monk's hand off her face while he was distracted. He landed back on his rear with a short cry for his injuries, taking deep breathes to ease the pain. The girl scrambled up on her feet, almost falling forward as she stumbled to the werewolf's arms. He caught her easily, never once taking his eyes off the man behind her.
He leaned close to whisper in her ear. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," she said, getting her breath back, "he just startled me."
"He didn't try to---ow!! Ow! What the hell---"He jumped slightly, far enough that she was no longer touching his body. "What the hell is on you?!" She looked down at herself in confusion, then heard the soft sizzle. His side and arm were both red like a sunburn: the skin was even blistering where she'd touched him. For a moment she was confused until she remembered. Her clothes were still soaking wet with holy water.
"Oh, Inuyasha! I'm sorry! I wasn't thinking! Here, let me—"
"Don't, I'm fine, wench. But what the hell happened to you?!"
"Well, I was getting the halberd and every time I stepped on the floor, these buckets would fall down"—she hurried to explain as she tried to wring the water out of her clothes. Inuyasha listened to her with one ear cocked to her, but still never took his eyes off the monk as he used the wall to pull himself up.
Miroku had no idea what to think. A vampire had just patched him up from a fight with one group of werewolves, which had been fought off by one lone white werewolf. He called her his woman, which, to his understanding, was not how the vampire-werewolf relationship was supposed to work at all. But what really got him was that—"How are you not burning?"
Inuyasha growled, pulling one lip in a snarl. "What are you talking about?"
"Not you, her. Kagome."
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes with a scowl. "Miss Higurashi to you, monk," he snapped.
"Miss Higurashi, then. How are you not burning from the holy water?"
Inuyasha blinked, then turned and stared at her. "Holy water? That's what's all over you?"
"Yeah," Kagome said as she looked down to her shoes, "and I'm so sorry.
One ear cocked in confusion. "Sorry?"
"I shouldn't have gone near you while I'm covered in this," she said softly. Water began to appear at the corners of her eyes. "You got hurt because of me. Because I didn't think. (sniff)"
Inuyasha froze. He could handle werewolves, vampires, swords, knives, and silver, but not this. "A-are you crying?"
"I-I'm sorry, (hic)."
"H-Hey! Don't cry! No crying!!"
"Do you want me to (hic) laugh?!"
"No! Just—just---don't cry!! I can't stand it when women cry!"
"I'm trying not to! And it didn't seem to bother you before!" He blushed in the memory, and so did she. She went on, "B-But—I've never hurt someone just by touching them before!!" She wasn't sniffling anymore, but a few tears streaked silently down her cheeks.
Miroku almost started laughing at their argument. They acted like boyfriend and girlfriend. "Um, excuse me?"
Both turned to look at him, almost with surprise. He could tell that they'd completely forgotten about him. "I hate to interrupt you lovebirds"—
Inuyasha sputtered, "Wh-wh—what!?"
"---but I think you were trying to explain something?" He pointed to Kagome's drying shirt. "How she can touch holy water?"
"Oh," she flushed in embarrassment. He'd seen her crying. She hated it when people saw her cry. "I'm immune to it, because I'm not demonic."
"Not demonic?" He frowned in confusion. "I thought all vampires were demonic."
"Only after they kill for the first time," Inuyasha said dismissively, walking towards the wall where the halberd stood. He picked it up, holding it like a bo staff. "We'll be going now. C'mon, Kagome."
"Wait," the monk said. "I can't let you take that."
"You can't stop us, monk," the werewolf snapped. "So sit down, shut up, and be really grateful that I didn't kill you for touching my wo—"he flushed, suddenly realizing just what he'd been calling her—"-mistress." He started to walk out the door, when suddenly----
ZZZAAAPPPPP!!!!!
"Whoa!!!" Inuyasha went flying back, crashing into wall behind him. He fell in heap at the base of the wall. Miroku lowered his hand from casting the spirit shield.
"Inuyasha!!" Kagome cried out. She rushed over to his side as he slowly got up. He looked over and glared at the other man. "Bad move, monk."
"I'm sorry. While I am grateful to you and your"—he almost smiled—"lady, for saving me from those other werewolves, I can't let the Amokoi halberd leave this shrine," he said softly. Kagome frowned slightly. To her, his voice had seemed laced with something like genuine regret. "I can't let it fall into the wrong hands. And since I don't know where you're taking it, I can't let you have it."
Inuyasha smirked, casually handing the object over to the girl beside him. "Then I guess that's that. Ready?"
"At your leisure," the monk bowed politely. They readied to spring at each other.
Kagome thought frantically. There had to be some way to stop this! Suddenly, it came to her. She took a better hold of the halberd and jumped up. She began to run. Inuyasha paused before his jump. "Kagome?!"
Miroku stared. "What? What is she doing---oh, hell!"
Inuyasha started slightly at the monk's cursing before catching himself. He smiled full out. "That's right!! Go Kagome!!"
A spirit shield would have no effect on someone without a demonic soul. Kagome kept running, easily passing through the shield and out to the shrine grounds, halberd in tow.
Miroku stared in pouting disbelief. "Fuck!"
Inuyasha started to laugh.
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An hour later, Inuyasha was still smirking. And Kagome was still glaring. "It's not funny, Inuyasha."
"The hell its not!" he snorted. "You ran right into a tree!"
"Because you distracted me!"
"If that's what it takes to help you sleep through the night, girl. Besides, I had to get out of that room somehow. That bastard sealed all the doors!"
"You jumped out through the roof and made the building collapse!! And I can't believe you were going to hurt him like that!"
"He had his hands all over you!"
She frowned in confusion. "I meant for the halberd."
"Oh." He flushed. "So?"
She rolled her eyes. "(sigh) You're impossible."
He grinned cheesily. "I know."
Kagome glared before giving up with a smile. He might be a smart alec, but he could make her feel better. He was better than some of her old friends at that. She slowly looked down over his shoulder, asking, "Is he still following us? "
"I think we lost him on Second street. I almost feel sorry for the guy."
"You do? Why?"
"Sun's going down in two hours. He's gonna have a great time getting out of here."
Kagome gasped. "We can't leave him like that. He has no idea what he's getting into! They'll eat him alive!"
"Well, what do you want me to do about it?! He's the idiot who followed us!"
"C'mon, Inuyasha! Look, I'll take Kagura the halberd, while you get Miroku out of here, okay?"
"Nuh-uh."
Kagome frowned. "Inuyasha, I mean it. We can't let him get bitten by anything." A thread of steel went into her voice, "Go get him out of here, while I go give this to Kagura."
"Alright, alright. I'll go," he grumbled. "Damn stupid monk. He better appreciate this."
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Chap: That's gratitude for ya'......
'His woman? His woman?! Not his mistress, his woman?!' The werewolf slowly crawled out from the crater the white werewolf had shoved it in. He groaned silently, barely stifling a whimper. That white bastard was strong. From his colors, that meant that he was one of the wind master's bitches. Oh, hell. If they'd known Kagura would send people to take the Amokoi halberd, they would have come sooner.
The monk was distracting that white werewolf and his woman long enough for the man to get away. 'Mistress Kikyo will want to hear of this.' But if the truth were known, the werewolf dreaded going back to his clan. Or rather, to his mistress. He shivered as if chilled with ice at the thought of her. She was not merciful to those who failed. The man silently slipped from the group's view and ran off.
(Back to Inu and Kag)
Kagome shoved the monk's hand off her face while he was distracted. He landed back on his rear with a short cry for his injuries, taking deep breathes to ease the pain. The girl scrambled up on her feet, almost falling forward as she stumbled to the werewolf's arms. He caught her easily, never once taking his eyes off the man behind her.
He leaned close to whisper in her ear. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," she said, getting her breath back, "he just startled me."
"He didn't try to---ow!! Ow! What the hell---"He jumped slightly, far enough that she was no longer touching his body. "What the hell is on you?!" She looked down at herself in confusion, then heard the soft sizzle. His side and arm were both red like a sunburn: the skin was even blistering where she'd touched him. For a moment she was confused until she remembered. Her clothes were still soaking wet with holy water.
"Oh, Inuyasha! I'm sorry! I wasn't thinking! Here, let me—"
"Don't, I'm fine, wench. But what the hell happened to you?!"
"Well, I was getting the halberd and every time I stepped on the floor, these buckets would fall down"—she hurried to explain as she tried to wring the water out of her clothes. Inuyasha listened to her with one ear cocked to her, but still never took his eyes off the monk as he used the wall to pull himself up.
Miroku had no idea what to think. A vampire had just patched him up from a fight with one group of werewolves, which had been fought off by one lone white werewolf. He called her his woman, which, to his understanding, was not how the vampire-werewolf relationship was supposed to work at all. But what really got him was that—"How are you not burning?"
Inuyasha growled, pulling one lip in a snarl. "What are you talking about?"
"Not you, her. Kagome."
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes with a scowl. "Miss Higurashi to you, monk," he snapped.
"Miss Higurashi, then. How are you not burning from the holy water?"
Inuyasha blinked, then turned and stared at her. "Holy water? That's what's all over you?"
"Yeah," Kagome said as she looked down to her shoes, "and I'm so sorry.
One ear cocked in confusion. "Sorry?"
"I shouldn't have gone near you while I'm covered in this," she said softly. Water began to appear at the corners of her eyes. "You got hurt because of me. Because I didn't think. (sniff)"
Inuyasha froze. He could handle werewolves, vampires, swords, knives, and silver, but not this. "A-are you crying?"
"I-I'm sorry, (hic)."
"H-Hey! Don't cry! No crying!!"
"Do you want me to (hic) laugh?!"
"No! Just—just---don't cry!! I can't stand it when women cry!"
"I'm trying not to! And it didn't seem to bother you before!" He blushed in the memory, and so did she. She went on, "B-But—I've never hurt someone just by touching them before!!" She wasn't sniffling anymore, but a few tears streaked silently down her cheeks.
Miroku almost started laughing at their argument. They acted like boyfriend and girlfriend. "Um, excuse me?"
Both turned to look at him, almost with surprise. He could tell that they'd completely forgotten about him. "I hate to interrupt you lovebirds"—
Inuyasha sputtered, "Wh-wh—what!?"
"---but I think you were trying to explain something?" He pointed to Kagome's drying shirt. "How she can touch holy water?"
"Oh," she flushed in embarrassment. He'd seen her crying. She hated it when people saw her cry. "I'm immune to it, because I'm not demonic."
"Not demonic?" He frowned in confusion. "I thought all vampires were demonic."
"Only after they kill for the first time," Inuyasha said dismissively, walking towards the wall where the halberd stood. He picked it up, holding it like a bo staff. "We'll be going now. C'mon, Kagome."
"Wait," the monk said. "I can't let you take that."
"You can't stop us, monk," the werewolf snapped. "So sit down, shut up, and be really grateful that I didn't kill you for touching my wo—"he flushed, suddenly realizing just what he'd been calling her—"-mistress." He started to walk out the door, when suddenly----
ZZZAAAPPPPP!!!!!
"Whoa!!!" Inuyasha went flying back, crashing into wall behind him. He fell in heap at the base of the wall. Miroku lowered his hand from casting the spirit shield.
"Inuyasha!!" Kagome cried out. She rushed over to his side as he slowly got up. He looked over and glared at the other man. "Bad move, monk."
"I'm sorry. While I am grateful to you and your"—he almost smiled—"lady, for saving me from those other werewolves, I can't let the Amokoi halberd leave this shrine," he said softly. Kagome frowned slightly. To her, his voice had seemed laced with something like genuine regret. "I can't let it fall into the wrong hands. And since I don't know where you're taking it, I can't let you have it."
Inuyasha smirked, casually handing the object over to the girl beside him. "Then I guess that's that. Ready?"
"At your leisure," the monk bowed politely. They readied to spring at each other.
Kagome thought frantically. There had to be some way to stop this! Suddenly, it came to her. She took a better hold of the halberd and jumped up. She began to run. Inuyasha paused before his jump. "Kagome?!"
Miroku stared. "What? What is she doing---oh, hell!"
Inuyasha started slightly at the monk's cursing before catching himself. He smiled full out. "That's right!! Go Kagome!!"
A spirit shield would have no effect on someone without a demonic soul. Kagome kept running, easily passing through the shield and out to the shrine grounds, halberd in tow.
Miroku stared in pouting disbelief. "Fuck!"
Inuyasha started to laugh.
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An hour later, Inuyasha was still smirking. And Kagome was still glaring. "It's not funny, Inuyasha."
"The hell its not!" he snorted. "You ran right into a tree!"
"Because you distracted me!"
"If that's what it takes to help you sleep through the night, girl. Besides, I had to get out of that room somehow. That bastard sealed all the doors!"
"You jumped out through the roof and made the building collapse!! And I can't believe you were going to hurt him like that!"
"He had his hands all over you!"
She frowned in confusion. "I meant for the halberd."
"Oh." He flushed. "So?"
She rolled her eyes. "(sigh) You're impossible."
He grinned cheesily. "I know."
Kagome glared before giving up with a smile. He might be a smart alec, but he could make her feel better. He was better than some of her old friends at that. She slowly looked down over his shoulder, asking, "Is he still following us? "
"I think we lost him on Second street. I almost feel sorry for the guy."
"You do? Why?"
"Sun's going down in two hours. He's gonna have a great time getting out of here."
Kagome gasped. "We can't leave him like that. He has no idea what he's getting into! They'll eat him alive!"
"Well, what do you want me to do about it?! He's the idiot who followed us!"
"C'mon, Inuyasha! Look, I'll take Kagura the halberd, while you get Miroku out of here, okay?"
"Nuh-uh."
Kagome frowned. "Inuyasha, I mean it. We can't let him get bitten by anything." A thread of steel went into her voice, "Go get him out of here, while I go give this to Kagura."
"Alright, alright. I'll go," he grumbled. "Damn stupid monk. He better appreciate this."
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