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Chapter Twenty-One ~ selfish?
"Kagome . . ." Inu-Yasha turned bright red, "Did you see any of that?" A part of him wanted to hear that she didn't, and another part wanted to hear that she did. He didn't know what he wanted more.
"No, I didn't." Kagome stared at him, "The reapers wouldn't let me, and they said that it was personal. Why? Should I have?"
"No! No! It is okay, I was just wondering!" Inu-Yasha waved his hands out in front of him and shook his head. He sighed in relief, but at the same time was disappointed. What was his problem? Why couldn't he decide? It had to be one way or the other! It couldn't be both! He bit his lip. No matter what he thought now, it didn't matter. It was over and that was that. She hadn't seen it and even if he wished that she had, which he wasn't sure is he did or not, it was over.
"Well, what's the next test?" Kagome looked over sat the reapers.
"You'll have to go into your bodies for this one." Grim told them, pointing a claw at them.
"How long will it take for you to get this one ready?" Inu-Yasha looked over at them skeptically.
"We are ready anytime for this. This one is easy." Grim sighed. She hated the thought of Inu-Yasha leaving, and it kept getting closer and closer. Soon he would be back in the real world. Leaving her and the other reapers alone once more. She should be used to it by now, she told herself. She never had anyone but the other reapers anyways. It was nothing new and the world wasn't going to end, if she stayed alone, but if Inu-Yasha didn't go back, the world might just end under the reign of Naraku. For the future of man-kind, she couldn't be selfish. Even if the humans being saved by Inu- Yasha were. They didn't deserve to die.
But another part of her was being nagged at, too. She didn't deserve to be alone, either, did she? What had she done? She had taken on a job that was completely selfless. She had to live by the reaper's motto, and that was the way it was supposed to be. She could never turn her back on it. She had given up herself to make sure that when the people died, they all went to where they were supposed to go. She made sure that they didn't go to hell if they were meant to go to heaven. She had done so much for the people. But could they say the same about her, or her sisters? What had they done for her? What did they ever do to deserve her help? They had done nothing, nothing at all, they didn't deserve to be saved, they didn't. What they deserved was for Inu-Yasha to stay here and all of them go to hell. The God of Death could have his way with them.
But she then looked over at Kagome. She didn't deserve to die. She had done nothing. She was nice and caring and shouldn't be sent to hell. And neither should that little kid that they had gotten earlier. There were many others just like her. They shouldn't all die because of something that was meant to happen never did. They may not have done anything for her, but they had a lot to contribute to the world. How could she have ever thought of something like that? She was disappointed in herself, and she was mad. At herself, for thinking like that. At Inu-Yasha for leaving her. At her sisters for always working; even the Gods, for giving her this job. She was mad at everything. But she didn't want to have Inu-Yasha go, that was all she knew. He was going to leave, and that was that. She would be left to gather the dead again, and she might never have a friend again. She hated the thought, but it was the truth, and that was they way things worked out. Truth hurt.
"Hey, let's wait until they bring Inu-Yasha and Kagome's bodies closer together." Silence noticed Grim's sad and confused look and put her hand on Grim shoulder. Her eyes saying a simple 'It'll be okay'.
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Sango had started breathing hard as she ran. She was starting to tire, and she could tell that Miroku was, too. Not only Miroku, but Shippo, who was now having trouble keeping up with them. He would have jumped onto Miroku, if he hadn't already ran into a wall. Shippo was afraid of being smashed against a wall because of a monk's bad sense of direction.
"We have to get out of here!" Sango muttered in aggravation. "Where is the way out? Shippo are we anywhere close?"
Shippo looked around with big eyes, scanning everything, to try and recognize anything and everything at the same time. He looked confused, but like he sort of knew where he was going, just not completely. "It is this way." Shippo pointed to a doorway that led to another hall. He was pretty sure that they were going in the right general direction, but everything seemed so different when he was tiny. He just had to get everyone out of there. It was his fault that they couldn't find their way out. He should have left a trail of bread crumbs or something.
Shippo sighed and looked ahead. "Hey! It's a door!"
"As if we haven't seen enough of them." Miroku said sarcastically.
"No! This one leads to the outside! I can smell fresh air behind it! Not the old, musty, smell of the castle!" Shippo said excitedly. "Come on! We are almost there!"
Relief visibly flooded over all their faces as they gained an extra burst of speed and raced toward the door. Shippo bounded in front of them and practically ripped the door off of the hinges as he swung it open and breathed in the fresh air.
His face filled with excitement as he looked outside the castle walls. He sighed deeply as looked around at the trees and up to the sky. He may have been in the castle for only a few hours, but he had missed the outside world more than he could have ever possibly imagined.
He shook himself out of his daze and he pointed to the direction that Kirara and Myoga, mostly Kirara, were guarding Inu-Yasha's body. "Hurry!" He cried and led them over to the trees.
He heard a rustle in the leaves and was at first afraid that it was Naraku. He was quickly relieved when he saw that it was only Kirara come to greet them. She looked at the unmoving body of Kagome carefully, but led them all over to Inu-Yasha's body. Myoga greeted them on the way.
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"Inu-Yasha?" Grim walked over to him. "Um, you gotta go soon, you know?"
"Yeah, what about it?" He wondered raising an eyebrow.
"Well, I am . . . Well. . . ."
"What is it?" He looked at her annoyed.
Grim's eyes moved to her feet and the slightly blushed. "I am really gonna miss you."
Inu-Yasha didn't know what to do. He just looked at the cat demon, shocked. Why would she miss him? He had been nothing but trouble to her. He was about to say his usual 'Feh' but rethought it. "Yeah, um, I am gonna miss you, too, I guess." He scratched his head and looked away. "Maybe you can come and visit us on Earth sometime."
"Sorry, but I can't. Against reaper rules. This will be the last time I see you, I just wanted to say bye." She then walked away.
The End of chapter twenty-one
Liger003~ I hope you all liked it, if you did, REVIEW! And if you didn't REVIEW and tell me why! Ok? Well, see you next chapter!
Disclaimer ~ I do not own Inu-Yasha cause if I did, I wouldn't have to write fanfiction or a disclaimer, now would I?
Angel?
Chapter Twenty-One ~ selfish?
"Kagome . . ." Inu-Yasha turned bright red, "Did you see any of that?" A part of him wanted to hear that she didn't, and another part wanted to hear that she did. He didn't know what he wanted more.
"No, I didn't." Kagome stared at him, "The reapers wouldn't let me, and they said that it was personal. Why? Should I have?"
"No! No! It is okay, I was just wondering!" Inu-Yasha waved his hands out in front of him and shook his head. He sighed in relief, but at the same time was disappointed. What was his problem? Why couldn't he decide? It had to be one way or the other! It couldn't be both! He bit his lip. No matter what he thought now, it didn't matter. It was over and that was that. She hadn't seen it and even if he wished that she had, which he wasn't sure is he did or not, it was over.
"Well, what's the next test?" Kagome looked over sat the reapers.
"You'll have to go into your bodies for this one." Grim told them, pointing a claw at them.
"How long will it take for you to get this one ready?" Inu-Yasha looked over at them skeptically.
"We are ready anytime for this. This one is easy." Grim sighed. She hated the thought of Inu-Yasha leaving, and it kept getting closer and closer. Soon he would be back in the real world. Leaving her and the other reapers alone once more. She should be used to it by now, she told herself. She never had anyone but the other reapers anyways. It was nothing new and the world wasn't going to end, if she stayed alone, but if Inu-Yasha didn't go back, the world might just end under the reign of Naraku. For the future of man-kind, she couldn't be selfish. Even if the humans being saved by Inu- Yasha were. They didn't deserve to die.
But another part of her was being nagged at, too. She didn't deserve to be alone, either, did she? What had she done? She had taken on a job that was completely selfless. She had to live by the reaper's motto, and that was the way it was supposed to be. She could never turn her back on it. She had given up herself to make sure that when the people died, they all went to where they were supposed to go. She made sure that they didn't go to hell if they were meant to go to heaven. She had done so much for the people. But could they say the same about her, or her sisters? What had they done for her? What did they ever do to deserve her help? They had done nothing, nothing at all, they didn't deserve to be saved, they didn't. What they deserved was for Inu-Yasha to stay here and all of them go to hell. The God of Death could have his way with them.
But she then looked over at Kagome. She didn't deserve to die. She had done nothing. She was nice and caring and shouldn't be sent to hell. And neither should that little kid that they had gotten earlier. There were many others just like her. They shouldn't all die because of something that was meant to happen never did. They may not have done anything for her, but they had a lot to contribute to the world. How could she have ever thought of something like that? She was disappointed in herself, and she was mad. At herself, for thinking like that. At Inu-Yasha for leaving her. At her sisters for always working; even the Gods, for giving her this job. She was mad at everything. But she didn't want to have Inu-Yasha go, that was all she knew. He was going to leave, and that was that. She would be left to gather the dead again, and she might never have a friend again. She hated the thought, but it was the truth, and that was they way things worked out. Truth hurt.
"Hey, let's wait until they bring Inu-Yasha and Kagome's bodies closer together." Silence noticed Grim's sad and confused look and put her hand on Grim shoulder. Her eyes saying a simple 'It'll be okay'.
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Sango had started breathing hard as she ran. She was starting to tire, and she could tell that Miroku was, too. Not only Miroku, but Shippo, who was now having trouble keeping up with them. He would have jumped onto Miroku, if he hadn't already ran into a wall. Shippo was afraid of being smashed against a wall because of a monk's bad sense of direction.
"We have to get out of here!" Sango muttered in aggravation. "Where is the way out? Shippo are we anywhere close?"
Shippo looked around with big eyes, scanning everything, to try and recognize anything and everything at the same time. He looked confused, but like he sort of knew where he was going, just not completely. "It is this way." Shippo pointed to a doorway that led to another hall. He was pretty sure that they were going in the right general direction, but everything seemed so different when he was tiny. He just had to get everyone out of there. It was his fault that they couldn't find their way out. He should have left a trail of bread crumbs or something.
Shippo sighed and looked ahead. "Hey! It's a door!"
"As if we haven't seen enough of them." Miroku said sarcastically.
"No! This one leads to the outside! I can smell fresh air behind it! Not the old, musty, smell of the castle!" Shippo said excitedly. "Come on! We are almost there!"
Relief visibly flooded over all their faces as they gained an extra burst of speed and raced toward the door. Shippo bounded in front of them and practically ripped the door off of the hinges as he swung it open and breathed in the fresh air.
His face filled with excitement as he looked outside the castle walls. He sighed deeply as looked around at the trees and up to the sky. He may have been in the castle for only a few hours, but he had missed the outside world more than he could have ever possibly imagined.
He shook himself out of his daze and he pointed to the direction that Kirara and Myoga, mostly Kirara, were guarding Inu-Yasha's body. "Hurry!" He cried and led them over to the trees.
He heard a rustle in the leaves and was at first afraid that it was Naraku. He was quickly relieved when he saw that it was only Kirara come to greet them. She looked at the unmoving body of Kagome carefully, but led them all over to Inu-Yasha's body. Myoga greeted them on the way.
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"Inu-Yasha?" Grim walked over to him. "Um, you gotta go soon, you know?"
"Yeah, what about it?" He wondered raising an eyebrow.
"Well, I am . . . Well. . . ."
"What is it?" He looked at her annoyed.
Grim's eyes moved to her feet and the slightly blushed. "I am really gonna miss you."
Inu-Yasha didn't know what to do. He just looked at the cat demon, shocked. Why would she miss him? He had been nothing but trouble to her. He was about to say his usual 'Feh' but rethought it. "Yeah, um, I am gonna miss you, too, I guess." He scratched his head and looked away. "Maybe you can come and visit us on Earth sometime."
"Sorry, but I can't. Against reaper rules. This will be the last time I see you, I just wanted to say bye." She then walked away.
The End of chapter twenty-one
Liger003~ I hope you all liked it, if you did, REVIEW! And if you didn't REVIEW and tell me why! Ok? Well, see you next chapter!