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I'm back! I'm back! You know it! I'm back!
Okay, sorry, I was listening to Weird Al and just had to put that up.
Okay, my faithful reviewers, I am well aware that my chapters haven't really gotten anywhere but this one is going to go somewhere so just bare with me. The others were mostly for laughs while I planed this one out.
Tunnel of Darkness, Chapter 7: It's a well…
After many questions directed at him, the Inu-gang finally settled down and prepared to exchange happenings.
"You first!" Kagome exclaimed eagerly at Sango. Sango sighed before glancing at the supposed monk.
"Okay, after you disappeared Inuyasha returned. Miroku said something about you going to look for him and since he hadn't known you were back we decided to go look for you. It was already pretty dark out when we started and came back empty handed well past the late night into the early morning. We decided that it would not do if we found you and meet a demon after we did so we rested for a good three hours before Inuyasha drove everybody off to search for you again. We got back about ten minutes ago to get something to eat and drop Shippo off incase we did run it to a demon and couldn't watch him. Inuyasha and Shippo were just arguing about him having to stay before you walked in with a new acquaintance. Who, may I ask, is he?" Sango finished smoothly and nodded her head in Kage's direction.
"Well, I'll start at the beginning. I came back and Miroku told me that Inuyasha had left so I went out looking for him-," she was cut off.
"By yourself? You idiot girl! You could have been killed, Naraku or Sesshomaru could have gotten you, someone could have taken the shar-," he rambled but Kagome cut him off.
"If you value your ability to stand, I'd advise you not to finish that sentence," Kagome said in a low tone. Inuyasha snapped his jaws together and glared at her.
"Like I was saying, I went out looking for him," she sent a withering glare in Inuyasha's direction, "and ended up falling down a hole-,"
"You fell down a whole? Feh, well it's not really hard to believe considering your clumsiness," Inuyasha cut her off and crossed his arms with his nose in the air reminding Kagome fleetingly of a schoolgirl. Shaking her head she continued.
"I had walked on to a soft spot in the earth and had fallen through to an underground cave," she stopped as a snort met her ears.
"How stupid can you get?" Inuyasha mumbled but they all heard him. He was looking at Shippo but every one knew it was directed to Kagome, and Kagome didn't look to pleased.
"Inuyasha…" he lifted his head to look at her, "if you interrupt me one more time I'll make it so you can't stand for a month and I'll take a vacation from shard hunting." Inuyasha looked like he was about to retort but Kagome stopped him when she pronounced the 's'. After a couple seconds of wait to see if he truly was going to say anything she continued without any more disturbances.
"The cave was the biggest I had ever seen and we can go back and explore it later!" Kagome was again cut off by a snort but not from Inuyasha. She turned to Kage and the others did in interest.
"What? I never said you had to go with us. Are you afraid of getting stuck down there again?" Kagome asked sweetly causing many curious faces to peer at the fidgeting Kage.
"Hn, of course not!" he said before telling her to get on about the best part of the story, the part where he scared her out of her wits. She snorted but continued anyways.
"When I stood up and looked around I saw a huge area with a chair sitting in the middle of the room," she stopped and frowned in confusion. Turning to Kage she asked:
"Why was there a chair down there?" he looked at the floor dryly before replying.
"My brothers idea of a joke, it's a long story and-," she cut him off excitedly.
"Oh, due tell!" she bounced up and down.
"How 'bout you continue with your story and I'll think about telling mine," he spoke slowly, acting as though he had really just thought of that. She pouted but continued nonetheless.
"So I met him, helped him out of the cave, and brought him along with me! Okay, you're turn!" She said quickly leaving him choking and sputtering madly. He frowned when he regained his breath. She just fluttered her eyelashes at him.
"Fine," he said huffily and Kagome squealed in delight.
"My father was the Lord of the Northern lands. He had proclaimed me his heir for the throne when he passed. My brother, Himitsu, didn't like his decision and set out making plans to kill me off so he was the one my father chose. He some how came up with the idea of sticking me down in that hell hole for 'all eternity' when my father passed away. While he had the miko seal it up he explained to me why it was furnished to resemble my bedroom. He said that the items were bewitched to disappear when they left my room and new items would appear when he put them in their. I could see the guards when they entered the room to remove my belongings. I watched as they took away the only picture left of my mother. I watched as they turned the room into a dungeon, and they made me watch and hear all the screams of the poor souls they tortured. They haunted me at night and were a reality in the day, so I was constantly hearing them and I could see the females he kept in their by day and one by one dragged out by night to warm his bed unwillingly. They always returned bruised and battered and ruffled around the edges with tears running down their faces. He soon began to remove the dungeon items and placed a chair in the middle of the room. He would then visit frequently and sit in that very chair. He would discuss what was happening in the world and keep me updated but I would never reply. His visits became less frequent and instead he would send in a woman to keep me company. That was the first time I found out that they could touch me and I them. At first she tried to seduce me but when I kept turning her down she hit me. I went in a demon rage soon after and woke up to find her bloody corpse being removed" he sighed depressingly before continuing.
"He started talking about letting me out and possibly letting me rule by his side but I never answered. I was to full of Hatred to retort without letting something slip and so I chose to wisely keep my mouth shut. It was answer to him enough. He stopped visiting, sending people in the room, he stopped everything, and for the most part I was glad. I didn't want to see him again, but years passed and eventually I became worried. What had happened? Why couldn't I hear anything any more? I was beginning to think that I was losing my senses when the room began to disappear. Soon, it was completely gone and I was left with nothing but a chair in the middle of the cave. It was the same chair that was to be my throne and so I dared never go near it fearing that if I got to close my brother would appear and put me through hell yet again."
Everybody was silent as they took in and replayed his words over and over again in their minds. They spoke nothing knowing that no words could let him know how sorry they were for making him tell his tale. Kagome seemed very depressed and was concentrating hard.
"I say that we go get your throne and head towards to the northern lands to regain control of what's rightfully your's!" she stood up determinedly. Kage's head snapped up in surprise.
"Wha-wha" he stuttered as Inuyasha did similar both gapping like a fish. Kagome just shook her head again and picked up her pack.
"Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, I want you to get his throne it's past the Goshinboku tree. Kage, you're coming with me. We need to pick up a few things before we leave. And Shippo," she turned to her kit and smiled when he looked up at her with innocent eyes, "watch over the village for us, okay?" He nodded his head before standing guard outside the door. Kagome lifted her pack and headed to the flap.
"Well? Come on, let's move it! We don't have all day, you know!" she barked over her shoulder and stepped outside.
"Is she always like this?" Kage turned to Miroku who just shook his head and followed Sango out. He, too stepped out after her with Inuyasha following.
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"Well, we're here!" Kagome stated cheerfully before moving to the well. Kage just stared blankly at it.
"Kagome…that…is a well," he stated, his stare never wavering from it.
"Yup! This is how we'll get to my house!" Kagome said simply as she dragged her pack to it.
"That…is a well," was all Kage could muster.
"Uh, yeah. I believe we already found that out, Kage," Kagome turned to give him a weird look before moving towards the rim.
"It's a well," she sighed and moved over to stand next to him and watched the well with mock fascination.
"You don't say?" she said in mock surprise and continued to watch in fascination waiting for him to turn and see she was making fun of him. Boy, would it be a long~ time.
"It…is…a…well…" his expression didn't change and his voice never altered.
"So that's what they call it, eh?" Kagome joked around but he didn't seem to notice.
"It…that…is…a well," he just didn't seem capable of grasping this new knowledge.
'Well, two can play at this game, it should prove a challenge!' Kagome thought, fascination still in place and voice still the same wondrous sound.
"Thanks for pointing that out! I don't think I ever would have found out without you explaining it to me! Now, I can go back home and tell my mom the new found information!" she gushed and turned to look at him in gratitude…to find he hadn't heard a word she said.
"Well…a well…is…that…well," he muttered.
'Are these the symptoms of shock?' Kagome asked herself before shaking her head.
"Come on! Come on, Kage! Lets go touch it! Lets go touch it to see if it's a real well!" Kagome jumped around him.
"Real…real well?" At least it seemed to be getting through to him. Kagome sat down to wait for the demon to calm down and regain his senses.
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"Mom~, I'm home!" Kagome called as she walked through the front door with her new guest. It had taken a lot of coaxing to get him to jump in the well and she just couldn't hold him back when he got on the other side. He was eager to see the future.
"Hello, Kagome! In the kitchen," she heard her mom holler from…the kitchen. Motioning to Kage to follow her, she walked into the kitchen to have the shock of her life. There sat the almighty Sesshomaru in all his glory glaring at the demon behind her.
'This sure is going to be great,' she thought bitterly before she tried to put her explanation in order for the long lecture that she was going to receive from Sesshomaru when Kage was out of hearing…or probably still within if she knew Sesshomaru, and trust me, she did.
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"And so, I said we would help him regain his throne," she ended with a sigh. They had taken their seats; Kage was occupying the seat to her right, Sesshomaru the one to her left, and her mother sat across the table from her.
Sesshomaru, who had been constantly glaring at Kage the entire time, now switched his glare on to Kagome. She shrunk back a little at the promise in the glare; pain, unbearable, excruciating pain that would leave her feeling terrible for a while after; a lecture.
"Kagome…," Sesshomaru said in his cold, calculated voice, "may I please…speak…to you?" Kagome cringed but nodded her head weakly. She stood and followed him out of the room, hearing her mother start a conversation with Kage.
'Up the stairs, and through the halls, to my doom, I go,' she sang in her head, repeating it until they reached her bedroom door. Sesshomaru opened it for her and she walked in and sat on the bed with her head held down. She heard him shut the door and then there was silence. After a few seconds of uneasy silence, she raised her head to glance at the door. The door way was empty. She gasped when she felt warm breath slide across her neck, and heard a silky voice flow through her ears.
"What have I told you about bringing home stray youkai?" Sesshomaru questioned seductively as he trailed kisses down her neck.
"Uh…not to?" Kagome asked in a meek voice. He paused in his ministrations before she felt a smirk play onto his lips and he continued.
"Exactly. So why do you insist on defying me?" he asked her as he moved to sit next to her on the bed.
"Um…because…you like it?" she answered meekly and looked up to catch a surprised look slipping past the emotionless mask he usually wore. It lasted for a few seconds before he successfully schooled his features into the mask once more.
"Why do you assume this?" he asked as he stared at her hard looking for any sign that she was lying.
'Am I really that easy to read?'
"Because…everyone pretty much follows your orders except for me and you keep me around…?" she shrunk back at the look in his eyes. She wasn't sure if these were the answers he wanted to hear…Wait! Why did she care?!
'Phew,' he thought and the look in his eyes softened…a great deal. He even dared to let a ghost of a smile play across his lips. Kagome's eyes fell to watch the smile play across his lips. She looked back up to find Sesshomaru leaning closer towards her and she fell into a trance. Leaning in, too, she licked her lips in anticipation. She had always wondered what it would be like to taste those sexy lips, to watch as they curved into a smirk, to feel them loose on her skin. Sure, she had felt that, but she wanted them on her mouth for once. She liked him, possibly even loved him but she wanted to wait and get out of school first before they did anything. He was just letting her know that he wanted her and would wait for her, but that didn't mean he wouldn't play with her, flirt with her, and tease her. No, he would do as he pleased just…with her consent. Her eyes slid closed and his followed suit.
"Kagome!" Said girl's mother yelled up the stairs breaking the trance they were in. They jumped apart and Kagome scurried out the door with a light blush kissing her cheeks. It was gone when she entered the living room.
"We need to go shopping!" Kagome's mother stated happily. Kage stood in the background looking at the refrigerator with great interest.
'Oh great,' Kagome thought with a groan. Kage raised an eyebrow but Kagome ignored it.
"…when you say we…," Kagome started, but her mother cut her off.
"If you don't want to go then I'll take Kage and we'll surprise you later!" And with that said her mother grabbed her keys, her purse, and Kage, and scurried out the door. Seconds later, the car door opening could be heard followed by the engine and finally, it pulling down the road.
Kagome sighed in relief but that soon changed as she heard the steps shift just ever so slightly at the slight weight of a certain demon left home. She stifled another groan before turning to see what he was up to.
There he stood five inches away from her. She gasped and jumped back in shock, a hand flying to cover her beating heart, trying in vain to quiet it. He chuckled.
"Scared?" he asked in amusement. She a raised an eyebrow and smirked.
"Terrified," she answered back just as simply. He looked challengingly at her.
"Can't have that, now can we?" Sesshomaru asked as he stepped forward. They leaned in, eyes dropping closed, breaths mingling together, doorbells ringing, shouts screaming, people standing in the door way, and-…Wait! People in the doorway!
"HEY!" Yusuke yelled and raced in between them to stare Sesshomaru in the face. Kagome looked around and noticed that no one had seen what was about to happen. She sighed in relief and sank down into a chair.
"What do you mean we're not good enough for your job?! You don't even know us or what we're capable of!" Yusuke yelled right into his face. Sesshomaru just glared at him in annoyance.
"Do you think I would simply blow you off if I did not know what you were capable of?" he asked coldly before turning to, also, take a seat.
"Huh?" Yusuke asked in confusion. Hiei snorted and continued to watch Kagome out of the corner of his eye. Kurama noticed this and Youko decided to help.
{It seems Hiei has taken a fancy with the girl}
[She has a name you realize?]
{Aw, yes. A lovely name…um,}
[Kagome?]
{Right! That's what I said, Kagome,}
[Whatever,] Kurama sighed before once again tuning into the conversation between Yusuke and Sesshomaru.
"I have checked your records, watched a couple of fights you've had in the past, and seen your performances in the Dark Tournament. Is that enough background information or would you like me to tell you about how you died, meet Koenma, got a spirit egg, trained with the honorable Genkai, blew off dates wit-," Yusuke cut him off.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! How do you know all of this?!" he asked in frustration and confusion.
"It is my job to know about all the demons in this time period, know of their history, their life, how they make a living, and in this particular case, know of their human friends and enemies," he said, not once raising his voice. Yusuke looked taken a back.
"Then, why did you not choose us for your 'job', if I may ask?" Kurama spoke up. Sesshomaru locked his gaze on Kurama for a few seconds, sizing him up before replying.
"You do not fit the requirements," Yusuke clenched and unclenched his hands but Kurama just nodded his head. Sesshomaru then turned to study Kuwabara for a second, seemingly sizing him up too, before turning to study Hiei. Hiei had replaced his gaze on the window and had a far away look in his eyes until he felt Sesshomaru's searching gaze on him. He turned to meet his eyes and glared at him.
Neither backed down and soon they were all out glaring with heated eyes. Kagome shifted uncomfortably in her chair and cleared her throat.
"Um…anyone want some…uh…thing to drink?" she asked meekly as she stood. Her voice broke the glaring contest and both turned to watch her leave the room with requests from Yusuke and Kuwabara.
Sesshomaru turned to Hiei after glancing at all the others.
"I feel," he started, still looking at Hiei even though it was directed at the others, "that the kitsune and fire apparition are well suited for my task." Everyone raised an eyebrow at that statement…except for Hiei, that is. If possible, he glared even harder at him for his announcement.
"With all due respect," Kurama started politely efficiently gaining the Lord's attention, "we work as a team. Could we possibly bring Yusuke and Kuwabara along?"
Everyone held their breath as they waited for Sesshomaru's answer. He gazed at Kurama.
"Fine," air circulated the room as breaths were released slowly, "but on one condition." only to hitch back again.
"What might that condition be?" Kurama asked.
"You must-," Kagome walked into the room.
"Hears your tea, Kuwabara, and your soda, Yusuke," she said happily, glad that the tension in the air, for the most part, was gone. Yusuke turned a disbelieving look on her, Sesshomaru, a raised eyebrow, and Hiei, a glance.
"What are you doing!!! This is IMPORTANT!!" Yusuke yelled, startling Kagome and causing Sesshomaru's eye to twitch (must be a generic thing).
A rock connected to the back of his head and he toppled over, sprawled on the floor (you know how Sesshomaru hits Jakken with rocks?). Kuwabara laughed like a hyena, Kurama sent a concerned look Yusuke's way, and Hiei snorted. Kagome looked horrified before turning a glare onto Sesshomaru.
"What are you doing?" she asked him, her voice rising a bit.
"He deserved it," Sesshomaru plainly stated before rising and walking out of the room. Kagome watched his back in confusion before sending a questioning look at the nearest person, Hiei. He stared at her and she began fidgeting under his scrutzing gaze.
"Well?" she asked impatiently. He just raised a mocking eyebrow. She sighed.
"Please, tell me what all of that was about!" she pleaded, finally giving way.
"Nothing of great importance," Kurama answered. Kagome sighed before plopping down in the nearest chair. It happened to be located by the window, and who better to be perched on that windowsill than Hiei? She dropped her head into her hands, her elbows propping her up, knees supporting elbows, and so on.
They all sat in silence for about thirty minutes before the front door opened and Kagome's mother called her. She stood, and without a word, disappeared in the front hall.
"Wow!" Hiei heard Kagome say in surprise and looked in the direction of the kitchen. Yusuke, being the more curious type, got up and turned the corner into the kitchen with Kuwabara following. Kurama watched them leave and turned to Hiei to see his choice of action. He just sat down in the now vacant chair that Kagome had currently occupied. Bits of the conversation drifted to their ears.
"This is Kage. I helped him escape from a cave," giggling and an embarrassed sigh.
"I've told you not to say it that way, it makes me sound helpless!" a new masculine voice whined.
"But that's what happened," more giggling and chuckling.
Sesshomaru glided down the stairs and walked straight into the kitchen with a scowl in his eyes. Moments later, Kagome stuck her head around the bend and motioned for them to come to the kitchen. So, Hiei stood after much thought about whether he would listen to the sly demoness or stay just to get her riled up. Kurama followed suit, and they entered the kitchen.
"Kage, this is Hiei and Kurama," Kagome motioned to them. She turned to them.
"Guys, this is Kage," Hiei glanced at the now newly dressed demon, sizing him up. He looked like competition, the way his eyes kept going back to Kagome. Sesshomaru seemed to notice, too, for he growled lowly in his throat for only demons to hear. Apparently, Kage either didn't hear, or didn't care. Kagome lifted her head at the growl and watched Sesshomaru carefully for the slightest hint of hostility and whom it was directed to.
When she felt it was safe to take her eyes off Sesshomaru for a second, she turned to get a good look at Kage.
"I like it, Kage!" she exclaimed. Everyone turned their eyes to look at the now beaming Kage's clothing. He wore a pair of baggy Kaki shorts, a white shirt, and a pair of black Nikes. She heard a snort but she wasn't sure if it came from Sesshomaru or Hiei so let it be…for now.
"Kagome, why don't you show Kage where he will be staying for the night and leave his clothes in the closet (I don't know about you but I hang my clothes in the closet not in the dresser)," she motioned to the pile of bags on the floor by the counter. Kagome nodded and picked up a few bags before motioning for Kage to follow her. He picked up the last bags and proceeded to follow her up the stairs.
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"And this is your room," Kagome stated as she opened a door and stepped inside. Kage followed suit and they both set the bags down on the bed. Kage eagerly scoped out the room before turning a grin on Kagome.
"Is this where you will be staying, too?" he questioned at the other bed. Kagome smiled happily at him
"Nope! That's where Sesshomaru sleeps when he stays over!" Kagome chirped. Kage's grin fell and he mentally flinched at the name.
"My rooms right across the hall," she motioned behind her. Kage nodded sadly in reply and Kagome set to work with helping him put away his clothes.
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"Sesshomaru? Could you cut those carrots?" Kagome's mother asked him immediately after they left. She was smart enough to know that usually when demons get jealous they show it and she didn't need it to be showed all over her house. He quirked an eyebrow but did so all the while glaring at the carrots before he cut them apart.
Seeing Yusuke was about to make a comment on the sadistic way Sesshomaru chose to cut said carrots, Kurama jumped in.
"Is there anything we can do to help?" Kurama asked and Kagome's mother smiled.
"I'm sure Kagome could use some help trying to explain why he needs to where his new clothes while over here. He didn't seem to grasp the reason in the car." Kurama nodded and dragged the group up the stairs. Hiei was about to slip away when he felt Kurama push on his mental barriers.
(What is it, Fox?) Hiei asked annoyed.
[Are you leaving so soon?] Kurama asked. He knew that he should let him go. After all, Youko was hinting at a few very nice sounding things but Hiei was his friend.
(Hn…I'm staying,) and with that said and in the…'air' Hiei moved up the stairs in his demon speed.
{You just had to ask him, didn't ya?} Youko broke through and questioned.
[Yeah…*sniff* I did,) Kurama replied before heading up the stairs, Yusuke and Kuwabara in tow.
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"Are you okay, Kage?" Kagome asked, worry lacing her words as Kage stared out the window. Not in excitement but in sorrow. He did not move for a while, but just stared out the window. When Hiei and Kurama entered the room he smiled albeit sadly before turning around with a big grin spread across his face.
He jumped back onto the bed and spread-eagled across its covers with a sigh.
'He sure is adapting well,' Kagome thought with a small smile before looking at the others.
"We were wondering if you needed any help with anything," Kurama answered before she could ask. She shook herself from her dazed state, smiled again and shook her head.
"No, but I'm sure we will enjoy your company when we take a walk!" she exclaimed happily either she didn't hear the snort from the sheets or she was ignoring it.
"Sure!" Kuwabara yelled with a happy look on his…face. Kagome cringed but kept her smile in check.
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He had to be hearing things. The first time he heard it he caught only half of it. He had just been thinking of Kagome. Which got him thinking of the demon she had brought home today. I guess that's about the time he had felt his throat rumble and heard the noise.
It had been repeated over and over but he couldn't figure out where it was coming from and this just made him angrier which sent up a whole new wave of growls causing the noise to continue. The further the noise continued the more he thought of Kagome making that noise…which brought him back to where Kagome was at the moment and with whom once again starting a whole new set of growls. The noise continued to prod him in his sensitive ears to the point where he was twisting his head this way and that to catch a glimpse of the offending noise.
"Sesshomaru…," there it was again! Where was it coming from?!
'Wait…what did it say?' He stopped all movements to listen for it his ears straining to catch it in time. It did not continue so his muscles loosened and continued with the carrots while images of Kagome and the others, up in that cursed guest room where the new 'guest' of the house would be staying in the same room as him, were doing who knows what! Sure, he trusted Kagome but he wouldn't put it past the 'guys' up there to try something.
' Especially that "Kage",' he thought with venom and proceeded to literally chop the carrots to pieces. Growls ripped viciously from his throat with menace when he heard their laughter rolling down the stairs.
"Sesshomaru!" …when would it stop? This tormenting, it would seem, only happened to him. He put down the knife and turned around. He searched the entire space of the kitchen before he sighed in aggravation. He heard someone clear their throat and followed the noise back to its source. Looking down just ever so slightly he found…Kagome's mother.
Boy was he in for a lecture.
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Hiei smirked each time he heard the growls from the youkai downstairs (soon to be his first book, lol). It was amusing, he had to say, when the growls jumped higher at certain thoughts or stopped altogether as he listened when his name was being called before coming back full force.
Of course Hiei didn't read his thoughts or evade the youkai's mind. He could just tell from the tone of the growls; low and promising much pain to those on the other end of the growl. Of course that included him, but it was amusing none-the-less.
"Lets go for that walk!" Kage exclaimed excitedly, no doubt eager to see the future. Hiei had kept from his mind, too but was curious what he was thinking when they first walked in the room. He knew the most likely cause but was still curious. There were very few demons in this time and it had to be nerve wrecking to meet that sudden change.
"Okay, I'll go change and we'll leave," Kagome left the room and shut the door with a soft click. The room then filled with a deathly silence that was continued with exchanged glances between the occupants. Yusuke leaned against the wall with his hands in his pockets and closed his eyes. Kuwabara sat on the floor two inches away from the door (that opens inside might I add) and thought about his cat. Kage rolled over so he was on his back and stared hard at the ceiling trying to figure out what substance it was made from. It was something he had never seen before and reminded him of snow, sort of. Hiei also leaned against the wall but by the window watching the sky change colors. Kurama sat in a chair in the corner of the room and played a game of 'I Spy' with Youko.
(…something blue,) Kurama said and made sure he looked in the opposite direction of the object as he did so. He could feel Youko move his head to the left and was soon staring to the right of the object of his choice. Youko feigned concentration before saying:
{Could it possibly be the lamp on the desk?} Kurama choked. He heard the amused grin in Youko's voice.
(You cheated, you're not allowed to go through my mind while we play!) he explained.
{But that was last time we played and you didn't set any rules for this round,} there was that damn excuse. He used it every time.
(Fine! The rules are you; can't look in my mind while we're playing or cheat by asking Hiei to like last time. Deal?) He asked. He felt Youko laugh. The memory of asking Hiei to cheat for him after Kurama had laid down the rules played fresh in his mind. What could he say, he liked to be sly.
{Fine by me,} Youko replied smoothly.
(Deal?) Kurama pressed.
{Deal!} Youko sighed.
(Alright then, lets get started…I spy something..-,) Youko cut him off.
{It's my turn,} he told Kurama once again sending him into a coughing fit.
(What!?) Kurama asked disbelievingly. 'Must of not heard right' he reassured himself.
{I said, "It is my turn",} he repeated casually and began before Kurama could reply.
{I spy…something-,} This time Kurama cut him off.
(How?) he whispered curiously.
{…I guessed right in the last game so it's my turn,} he tried but Kurama caught him.
('Guessed right'? You didn't guess, you cheated! There's a difference!) Kurama explained in a calm sort of disbelieving way.
{No, I go because you didn't have any rules against it,} Youko argued smugly.
(Fine,) Kurama pouted but agreed.
{Okay, I spy…something-,} Kagome walked in.
"Is everyone ready to go?" She asked as she finished putting her hair in a high ponytail.
"Yes," Kurama answered for them and grinned. As they walked out the door he heard a faint whisper in the back of his mind.
{I'll get you next time,} it promised. He grinned all the more broader and they stepped out the door into the future.
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There, whew, that was tough but it should be worth it for all the reviews I'll get (Nudge nudge wink wink)!!! So don't disappoint me!!!
Review Responses:
Mysterious-Kitsune: Yes, I'm aware but this one is much longer than the review responses…T-T probably because I didn't get very many…
Kage Otome: you don't know how hard you made me laugh when I read that! It was funny, though…come to think of it…I don't know why…
Musiq-Mistress101: You falter me. Thank you! I loved your review!
Sugime the Chaos Queen: Hey, I'm back! No I just need to post that challenge story ^-^!
Blackcats of the moon: I went, went, went! Now it's your turn…YOU MUST UPDATE!! Please?
Sukera: I gotcha and it was no prob that you didn't review last time…you did this time and it's the thought that counts, right?…Right?
Shiara the Wind Master: Wow! Thank you! You're the…I dunno…3rd?…person to vote for him? Lol, thanks!
Tsuyu aka kireishi: What does your name mean? Just curious, and thanks for the info. I didn't know that. Well, now you can say the whole "Update soon thing!". Lol
Autumn Mitchell: Yeah, I've kinda been neglecting them, huh? Thanks!
Jackie: I've very sorry that I didn't update soon! I had to do a lot of stuff but I'm not going to waste your review response with my excuses so thank you very much! I appreciated your review greatly!
Captain Yukiko: Hi! I love your story "A Pirates Love"! It's great! But I don't think my review went through for it. It won't let me review it again so…who knows. Sorry this took so long!
Thanks to: Black Ruby Kitsune, Jesse's girl, Stella, me, and DEATH_987 for reviewing. Your vote will be counted.You know, I'm kinda disappointed to tell you the truth. I just read a fic that had a whole lot more votes and reviews then mine but only 4 chapters!! …am I…not…SPECIAL enough for YOU?!
Voting Results:
Kur/Kag- 9Sess/Kag- 16
Hiei/Kag- 17
Hiten/Kag- 4 (GO HITEN!!)
Kuronue/Kag- 4 (WHOOOO!)
Yusuke/Kag- 3
Kage/Kag- 3
Youko/Kag- 1
Threesomes:
Kur/Kag/Hiei- 2
Demoness TypeDog Demon- 2
Black Kitsune (F/W)- 3
Shadow Demoness- 2
Phoenix- 1
Dragon- 1
Something new (I'm thinkin' a white tiger youkai would be fun!)- 1
(lol, no one can agree…I might have to do enny-meny-miny-moe…or whatever it is…)
(6,066 words, 17 pages, and bags under my eyes)
Review!!!