Chapter 8
Mariku182: Don't you people wonder were I am? I mean.. I disappear for chapters at a time and then pop outta nowhere. Would you people even notice or care if I died!?!?!?! -_-
YamiSakura: *Takes keyboard away from crazy girl* Hey, I care! You're my cousin first of all and second of all my fan-fic would have tons of spelling mistakes without you.
Makiku:*mumbles* Hm! That's all I'm good for! *walks away upset.*
YamiSakura: Oh well! I have a dictionary! So it's okay! I guess.....
Disclaimer: This again! Don't you people get tired of looking for this! I do not, will not, can not ever own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho. They already belong to other people, that are not me.
"How am I gonna carry all this stuff with me?" Kagome said as she looked at the pile of books right in front of her. She had just returned to the Feudal Era and she had been asked *cough* forced *cough* to bring all of Yusuke's school books along with her. "sigh Even if I manage to find a way. I don't know where Inuyasha and the other's are. sigh"
"You should go back." said a cold voice from be hind Kagome. She spun around and came face to face with...
"Kikyo..." Kagome said.
"There's nothing here for you now. Inuyasha knows where all the jewel shards are. What use to him will you be after it's complete?" Kikyo asked.
Kagome hadn't really thought about what they would do after the jewel was complete. Frankly the subject had never really come up. She knew she couldn't just abandon her family but she didn't want to leave Inuyasha and her friends here. 'But she's right.' Kagome thought to herself 'Inuyasha choose already, didn't he?' she thought as she remembered the night she had followed him to his meeting with Kikyo. "Uh...." Kagome said but was saved as she herd someone calling her name.
"Kagome-chan!" the person said.
"Kagome-chan!!" said another voice.
She looked up and saw Botan with Shippo on her oar. "Ah! Botan-chan! Shippo-chan!" she called as they landed next to her.
"Uhg...You didn't just see me flying!" Botan said to Kikyo a bit freaked out.
"Botan it's okay. That's Kikyo." Kagome said as she hugged Shippo.
"Kikyo." Botan said, not remembering Koenma mentioning this name. But as Kagome looked over to Kikyo she was shocked.
"Are you alright?" Kagome asked Kikyo, who appeared to be running out of air. And chocking.
'The souls in my body are leaving. But why? This girl hasn't done anything. Maybe it's the other girl.' Kikyo thought as she looked at Botan, who just looked back. 'I don't find any sign that she's human but she is not a demon either." she thought but then started to leave before he body became useless.
"That was weird." Kagome said confused.
"Indeed." Botan said 'She's not among the living and she had stolen souls.' she thought to herself.
"Do you have any clue why? Kagome asked.
"No." Botan said 'that's why she reacted that way around me.' she thought to herself, thinking that Kagome didn't need to know this news, so, she changed the subject. "So...What were you up to before I got here."
"Oh, wondering how to get all these books to where you guys are. And you"
"We were fighting Kagura! But don't worry, Kurama saved us! Kagome, are these all your books?" Shippo asked as he flipped through the pages of one that appeared to be brand new by the way it looked.
"No they're Yusuke's." she said thinking about the Kurama saved us part 'Inuyasha's probably in a bad mood now' sigh 'Oh well!'
"Ah! You ran into Keiko, didn't you?" Botan said. Kagome nodded. "Alright then! I'll help you!"
{change of scenery: A path in the country}
"We should make camp, here for the night." Kurama said as he and the rest of the group stopped. "Botan and Shippo should be back soon."
"Where did they go anyway?" Sango asked.
"That girl said something about getting someone." Inuyasha said as he sat down. "And Shippo offered to go with her."
"You where paying so much attention. Weren't you?" Sango said sarcastically.
"Ah...Shut Up!" Inuyasha relied.
"We shouldn't fight amounts ourselves." Kurama said calmly to Inuyasha, who had been in a bad mood since earlier. "We must keep out target in mind."
"Yes...I agree." Miroku said he sat by Sango. "Naraku is our top priority. It's only a matter of time before he makes the jewel complete." he said and Sango visibly became sad at this, with the thoughts of her brother, who's life was sustained by the jewel.
"Bah! You forget that we do have one fragment. And, that I'm not giving it up."
"You talk to much." Yusuke said as he joined the conversation. "If you were strong enough to beat this Naraku guy you would have already done it."
"Shut Up!"Inuyasha yelled.
"Fragment of what?" Kuwabara asked causing everyone to realize he was still there.
"The Shikon no Tama. And although we do have one fragment, we can not allow the others to continue to be contaminated by Naraku." Miroku said.
{change of scenery: somewhere in the country}
"Kyaa!" Kagome said as fell for the umteenth time. She got up slowly and made sure nothing was broken. "Botan, are we there yet?" she whined
"Yusuke and the other should be a little bit more a head." she said. "But you don't look like you want to fly anymore. Umm...that is a problem." she continued thinking.
"Kagome, I'll carry you." Shippo said about to turn into the balloon.
"Shippo, thank you, but the problem is the books. They're too heavy." she said as she looked a the bag the books were now in.
"Alright!" Botan said as she put the bag on the back of the oar. "This is simply taking much to long. So.." she said as she sat. "I'll fly. Get on."
"But won't it be to much weight?" Kagome asked.
With a giggle Botan responded, "I'll manage." She, Kagome, and Shippo took off. To Kagome's surprise Botan flew just as fast as before, causing her and Shippo to cling on for dear life.
{change of scenery: Naraku's Castle}
Koenma was still in the same situation he was in before, with a girl who refused to talk. But at least he was untied now. At this very moment he was staring very deeply into Kanna's eyes, neither person blinking. He was committed to getting her to talk. After another five minutes of the staring contest Koenma gave up.
"Hey Kanna, what do you do for fun here?" Koenma asked the girl as he stood and looked out the window. "Don't you ever just want to be your own person and live your own life, out side of these walls." Koenma said noticing that Kanna was listening. "I mean it's not all fun and games, but don't you want to be the one in charge of your own future. Your own boss."
"Naraku, tells me what to do and I obey." she responded unemotionally.
"sigh" there was silence once again. "Ugh....don't you at least have a deck of cards or something!"
{change of scenery: close to Naraku's Castle}
'That damn Naraku, using me as a test subject, again.' Kagura thought to herself as she continued to fly on her feather. All of the sudden she noticed something. 'Um....I'm being followed.' She brought her feather to the ground by a small lake and waited. For minutes nothing happened, and then in a flash, she was using her fan to guard her against a sword. The sword pulled back and came in again, but this time Kagura was prepared. " Fuujin no Mai." she called as she sent powerful wind blades into her attacker.
The blur with the swords fell and it was Hiei. He got up, not injured form Kagura's attack because he had dogged, and attacked again.
"You're that brat Hiei right? It's no use you won't win against me." Kagura yelled as she sent another round of wind blades.
"How pitiful your attack is." Hiei said as he rushed in and managed to cut Kagura's cheek.
'Damn! He's to fast. I'll have to strike him from behind.' she thought as she noticed the Saimyoushou behind her. 'I'm being watched too.'
"What are you looking away for. I am your opponent." Hiei said as he jump up with his sword. Kagura looked up in time and blew Hiei away.
Hiei got up, but his sword had been blown far away from him. He started to charge for a physical attack, but as he was about reach Kagura she hit him with the wind blades, he stumbled and hit the ground. And out of his back there was a sickle attacked to a chain which dug deeply into him. The sickle was retracted and caught by a boy, who was about eleven, he was wearing battle armor that resembled Sango's, but his eyes showed no emotion.
"Kohaku!" Kagura said surprised and some what upset. "Naraku didn't think I could handle myself. Right?"
"Naraku wants us back at the castle." was all Kohaku responded.
"Fine." Kagura said as she produced her big feather and she and Kohaku, with Saimyoushou around them escaped. After seeing this Hiei blacked out.
{change of scenery: Back at campsite with Inuyasha and others}
"Kyaaa!" someone yelled off in the distance.
"What was that?" Inuyasha said as he got up and placed his hand on the sword.
"Sounded like someone screaming." Yusuke said as he too stood up and looked to where the scream came from. In the distance a small fast object could be seen, but it was to far to tell what it was. As the object approached it became clear to Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara (who were standing there to) what or better yet who it was. But no one said anything.
Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku stood there prepared for and attack.
"Ah!" Inuyasha said as he noticed what it was and jumped up to catch something.
{Starts at the same time that the last paragraph took place}
"Kyaaa!" Kagome yelled as she almost lost grip of Botan's oar, which was going at an amazing speed. "Botan...please....slow down." she begged.
"No can do, Kagome. We'll be there shortly, just hang on tight." she said but did slow down a bit anyway.
'That's all I been doing.' she said as she looked down to she they were very high up. She looked back and saw Shippo cling to the oar, but, unlike her he wasn't petrified, he looked like he was having fun.
"Weeee!" he squealed.
"That's the spirit Shippo-chan!" Botan said over her shoulder. "Flying is a fun experience. You need to have fun." she said with a giggle as she threw her hands up into the air.
"Botan!!" Kagome said nervously. "Pay attention! Or we'll all die!"
"Oh alright. You're no fun." Botan said as she gripping her oar. She started to get lower to the ground and Kagome seemed to relax but as she relaxed she let her grip loosen and slipped off the oar.
"Kyaa!!"
"Kagome!!!" both Botan and Shippo yelled. Botan pulled the oar down, but the effects of gravity had a greater speed than her.
'I'm going to die!' Kagome thought to herself.
'Inuyasha's in a position to catch her.' Botan thought to herself. But as Inuyasha moved up and jumped up in the wrong place and she began to get worried. 'I won't make it to her in time.'
Kagome was really close to the ground now and she had her eyes closed tight and the only thing in her mind right now was Inuyasha. All of a sudden she felt her self caught. And then the person who caught her landed gracefully on the ground. She opened her eyes and was surprised to find it was Kurama who caught her, not Inuyasha. Still in his arms, she blushed slightly, which caused him to blush.
"Umm...Thank you." she said.
"Your welcome." he said. 'Why am I blushing? I don't like this girl.' he said to himself. 'Hmm...are you sure? She is good looking and strong.' came the voice of Youko. 'I'll get her to be mine.' he said. 'Just a moment...you can't do that. She clearly likes Inuyasha.' Kurama said 'Watch me. I'll beat this dog guy and win her heart. All you have to do is let me out.' Youko said.
"Umm...can you put me down?" Kagome said still slightly blushing. She had been watching Kurama for the past minute and he had gone from blushing to a little confused to startled to a sighing look. 'I wonder what's wrong with him?' she asked herself but mentally shrugged it off .
"Oh, yes sor..." Kurama started to say and put her down but soon a very jealous looking hanyou walked up to them.
"Put her down!" Inuyasha practically yelled.
"Inuyasha! Don't bee so rude. He just save my life." Kagome said as she stood up strait.
"Kagome, I'm sorry I didn't get to you." Inuyasha said so only she could hear.
'He was really worried about me.' she thought and smiled to him. 'It's ok." she said and then she added a little jokingly "Just don't let it happen agin."
"Don't let it happen again! What do you mean. You're the one always falling like luggage. And you!..." he said as he looked at Botan, who just landed, and ran up to Kagome. "What the hell were you doing!"
"Kagome-chan are you alright? I'm so sorry, I didn't think you would fall." Botan said ignoring Inuyasha.
"Yeah, I'm alright, I lost my grip on the oar." She turned to Kurama. "Thank you again for saving me."
"That's ok." he replied.
"sigh Umm...Yusuke, I need to talk to you." Kagome said causing everyone to look at Yusuke.
"Ugh....Sure, what is it?" he said.
"In private." she said. She felt Inuyasha stares on her but had to ignore it. 'I'll talk to Inuyasha later.' she thought to herself.
She and Yusuke walked a little was away towards a lake. She sat down and so did he. For a while no one spoke. Kagome looked up at the stars and Yusuke looked across the lake.
"Hey, did you know that we're cousins?" she asked.
"What?"
"That was the first question I asked." she said then the silence returned but this time Yusuke broke it.
"Then why haven't we meet before?" he asked.
"That's the second question I asked. Heh...maybe we have more in common than we thought. My Mom and your Mom said we have meet, but, we were about four and didn't get along. You supposibly broke my doll and I hit you. We were supposed to meet again last year by apparently you died...."
"That's a long story."
"And I fell into the well." Yusuke looked like he wanted to ask about the well. "Don't ask that's an even longer story."
"So life got in the way, huh." Yusuke said as he lied down in the grass. "Oh well we meet now." he said a little happily.
"Yeah...but that's not the only thing I had to talk to you about," she said as Yusuke glanced at her. "When I was at your house, don't ask why I way at your house," she said before Yusuke could interrupt. "I ran into that girl, Keiko, and she had me bring all of your school books here. She said that you have to study other wise you'd have to repeat the year." she finished and looked at Yusuke who looked unconcerned.
"Yeah...whatever." he said.
"Yusuke, finals are in two weeks. Even I'm stressing. You have to do your part." She said, but he had closed his eyes and wasn't listening. "I don't think a 12% will help you pass. Yusuke. And you can't tell me that 'oh I'm the only one fighting evil' thing because I'm having the same problems as you." at this Yusuke looked at her.
"How do you know that?" he questioned.
"The grade? Keiko told me."
"No, the only one fighting evil thing."
"I just guessed it. That's not the point, you need to study. Keiko really cares for you and wants you to do well. So at least do it for her."
"..."
{change of scenery: Back at campsite with Inuyasha and others}
Inuyasha was sitting up in a tree mumbling about Kagome leaving again.
'Feh...who cares?" he half thought and mumbled.
"You do." a voice next to him said, which startled him and almost made him fall out of the tree. She turned to his right and saw Botan, who was staring out into the night.
"What do you want?" he asked coldly.
"No need to ask so coldly. I said I was going to help you, don't you remember.
~Flashback~
"Don't worry you'll get your chance, I'll make sure of it."Botan said as she smiled up at him.
~End of Flashback~
"Yeah...and?" he said.
"You have to be honest with Kagome-chan." she said as she looked over to the spot where Yusuke and Kagome where. 'It's no coincidence he picked this tree.'
"Don't you think I know that!?! It's just....with everyone around."
"Inuyasha you're not doing this for everyone. You're doing this for you and Kagome-chan." she said. "Well, you think about it." Botan said as she prepare to jump from the tree.
"Hey, you know once you get past the fact that you're nuts and get you to shut up , you're a pretty good person to talk to."
Botan smiled. "Inuyasha, you'll be surprised, but that not the first time I've had that said to me. ^-^" she said happily as she jumped off the tree.
'She's nuts.' he said to himself as he looked into the night sky. There far off in the view was many long glowing lights. These light in their mouths they had glowing circles. 'Kikyo's soul carriers!' he said as he stood up for a better view. 'Kikyo is there.' and with that he left for the place where Kikyo was.
(AN) Oh well! I guess old habits die hard, in this case. People I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while but I was procrastinating. (I'm not going to lie to you guys.) And then school started. (Which sucks.) And they've been giving us a lot of work. So on Friday, we got the report cards and since I got good grades, I was in a good mood and wanted to do something for you guy's. I'm posting this without my cousin seeing it, so please ignore the spelling mistakes. (I don't like the dictionary 'cause it's easier to ask my cousin to spell check.) And as always Please Review! It really gets me into the wring mode and then you get the next chapter faster. So tell me any thing! Like's, dislike's, or suggestions for the story. Anything is appreciated.~Ja ne, Minna-San!~
Mariku182: Don't you people wonder were I am? I mean.. I disappear for chapters at a time and then pop outta nowhere. Would you people even notice or care if I died!?!?!?! -_-
YamiSakura: *Takes keyboard away from crazy girl* Hey, I care! You're my cousin first of all and second of all my fan-fic would have tons of spelling mistakes without you.
Makiku:*mumbles* Hm! That's all I'm good for! *walks away upset.*
YamiSakura: Oh well! I have a dictionary! So it's okay! I guess.....
Disclaimer: This again! Don't you people get tired of looking for this! I do not, will not, can not ever own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho. They already belong to other people, that are not me.
"How am I gonna carry all this stuff with me?" Kagome said as she looked at the pile of books right in front of her. She had just returned to the Feudal Era and she had been asked *cough* forced *cough* to bring all of Yusuke's school books along with her. "sigh Even if I manage to find a way. I don't know where Inuyasha and the other's are. sigh"
"You should go back." said a cold voice from be hind Kagome. She spun around and came face to face with...
"Kikyo..." Kagome said.
"There's nothing here for you now. Inuyasha knows where all the jewel shards are. What use to him will you be after it's complete?" Kikyo asked.
Kagome hadn't really thought about what they would do after the jewel was complete. Frankly the subject had never really come up. She knew she couldn't just abandon her family but she didn't want to leave Inuyasha and her friends here. 'But she's right.' Kagome thought to herself 'Inuyasha choose already, didn't he?' she thought as she remembered the night she had followed him to his meeting with Kikyo. "Uh...." Kagome said but was saved as she herd someone calling her name.
"Kagome-chan!" the person said.
"Kagome-chan!!" said another voice.
She looked up and saw Botan with Shippo on her oar. "Ah! Botan-chan! Shippo-chan!" she called as they landed next to her.
"Uhg...You didn't just see me flying!" Botan said to Kikyo a bit freaked out.
"Botan it's okay. That's Kikyo." Kagome said as she hugged Shippo.
"Kikyo." Botan said, not remembering Koenma mentioning this name. But as Kagome looked over to Kikyo she was shocked.
"Are you alright?" Kagome asked Kikyo, who appeared to be running out of air. And chocking.
'The souls in my body are leaving. But why? This girl hasn't done anything. Maybe it's the other girl.' Kikyo thought as she looked at Botan, who just looked back. 'I don't find any sign that she's human but she is not a demon either." she thought but then started to leave before he body became useless.
"That was weird." Kagome said confused.
"Indeed." Botan said 'She's not among the living and she had stolen souls.' she thought to herself.
"Do you have any clue why? Kagome asked.
"No." Botan said 'that's why she reacted that way around me.' she thought to herself, thinking that Kagome didn't need to know this news, so, she changed the subject. "So...What were you up to before I got here."
"Oh, wondering how to get all these books to where you guys are. And you"
"We were fighting Kagura! But don't worry, Kurama saved us! Kagome, are these all your books?" Shippo asked as he flipped through the pages of one that appeared to be brand new by the way it looked.
"No they're Yusuke's." she said thinking about the Kurama saved us part 'Inuyasha's probably in a bad mood now' sigh 'Oh well!'
"Ah! You ran into Keiko, didn't you?" Botan said. Kagome nodded. "Alright then! I'll help you!"
{change of scenery: A path in the country}
"We should make camp, here for the night." Kurama said as he and the rest of the group stopped. "Botan and Shippo should be back soon."
"Where did they go anyway?" Sango asked.
"That girl said something about getting someone." Inuyasha said as he sat down. "And Shippo offered to go with her."
"You where paying so much attention. Weren't you?" Sango said sarcastically.
"Ah...Shut Up!" Inuyasha relied.
"We shouldn't fight amounts ourselves." Kurama said calmly to Inuyasha, who had been in a bad mood since earlier. "We must keep out target in mind."
"Yes...I agree." Miroku said he sat by Sango. "Naraku is our top priority. It's only a matter of time before he makes the jewel complete." he said and Sango visibly became sad at this, with the thoughts of her brother, who's life was sustained by the jewel.
"Bah! You forget that we do have one fragment. And, that I'm not giving it up."
"You talk to much." Yusuke said as he joined the conversation. "If you were strong enough to beat this Naraku guy you would have already done it."
"Shut Up!"Inuyasha yelled.
"Fragment of what?" Kuwabara asked causing everyone to realize he was still there.
"The Shikon no Tama. And although we do have one fragment, we can not allow the others to continue to be contaminated by Naraku." Miroku said.
{change of scenery: somewhere in the country}
"Kyaa!" Kagome said as fell for the umteenth time. She got up slowly and made sure nothing was broken. "Botan, are we there yet?" she whined
"Yusuke and the other should be a little bit more a head." she said. "But you don't look like you want to fly anymore. Umm...that is a problem." she continued thinking.
"Kagome, I'll carry you." Shippo said about to turn into the balloon.
"Shippo, thank you, but the problem is the books. They're too heavy." she said as she looked a the bag the books were now in.
"Alright!" Botan said as she put the bag on the back of the oar. "This is simply taking much to long. So.." she said as she sat. "I'll fly. Get on."
"But won't it be to much weight?" Kagome asked.
With a giggle Botan responded, "I'll manage." She, Kagome, and Shippo took off. To Kagome's surprise Botan flew just as fast as before, causing her and Shippo to cling on for dear life.
{change of scenery: Naraku's Castle}
Koenma was still in the same situation he was in before, with a girl who refused to talk. But at least he was untied now. At this very moment he was staring very deeply into Kanna's eyes, neither person blinking. He was committed to getting her to talk. After another five minutes of the staring contest Koenma gave up.
"Hey Kanna, what do you do for fun here?" Koenma asked the girl as he stood and looked out the window. "Don't you ever just want to be your own person and live your own life, out side of these walls." Koenma said noticing that Kanna was listening. "I mean it's not all fun and games, but don't you want to be the one in charge of your own future. Your own boss."
"Naraku, tells me what to do and I obey." she responded unemotionally.
"sigh" there was silence once again. "Ugh....don't you at least have a deck of cards or something!"
{change of scenery: close to Naraku's Castle}
'That damn Naraku, using me as a test subject, again.' Kagura thought to herself as she continued to fly on her feather. All of the sudden she noticed something. 'Um....I'm being followed.' She brought her feather to the ground by a small lake and waited. For minutes nothing happened, and then in a flash, she was using her fan to guard her against a sword. The sword pulled back and came in again, but this time Kagura was prepared. " Fuujin no Mai." she called as she sent powerful wind blades into her attacker.
The blur with the swords fell and it was Hiei. He got up, not injured form Kagura's attack because he had dogged, and attacked again.
"You're that brat Hiei right? It's no use you won't win against me." Kagura yelled as she sent another round of wind blades.
"How pitiful your attack is." Hiei said as he rushed in and managed to cut Kagura's cheek.
'Damn! He's to fast. I'll have to strike him from behind.' she thought as she noticed the Saimyoushou behind her. 'I'm being watched too.'
"What are you looking away for. I am your opponent." Hiei said as he jump up with his sword. Kagura looked up in time and blew Hiei away.
Hiei got up, but his sword had been blown far away from him. He started to charge for a physical attack, but as he was about reach Kagura she hit him with the wind blades, he stumbled and hit the ground. And out of his back there was a sickle attacked to a chain which dug deeply into him. The sickle was retracted and caught by a boy, who was about eleven, he was wearing battle armor that resembled Sango's, but his eyes showed no emotion.
"Kohaku!" Kagura said surprised and some what upset. "Naraku didn't think I could handle myself. Right?"
"Naraku wants us back at the castle." was all Kohaku responded.
"Fine." Kagura said as she produced her big feather and she and Kohaku, with Saimyoushou around them escaped. After seeing this Hiei blacked out.
{change of scenery: Back at campsite with Inuyasha and others}
"Kyaaa!" someone yelled off in the distance.
"What was that?" Inuyasha said as he got up and placed his hand on the sword.
"Sounded like someone screaming." Yusuke said as he too stood up and looked to where the scream came from. In the distance a small fast object could be seen, but it was to far to tell what it was. As the object approached it became clear to Yusuke, Kurama, and Kuwabara (who were standing there to) what or better yet who it was. But no one said anything.
Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku stood there prepared for and attack.
"Ah!" Inuyasha said as he noticed what it was and jumped up to catch something.
{Starts at the same time that the last paragraph took place}
"Kyaaa!" Kagome yelled as she almost lost grip of Botan's oar, which was going at an amazing speed. "Botan...please....slow down." she begged.
"No can do, Kagome. We'll be there shortly, just hang on tight." she said but did slow down a bit anyway.
'That's all I been doing.' she said as she looked down to she they were very high up. She looked back and saw Shippo cling to the oar, but, unlike her he wasn't petrified, he looked like he was having fun.
"Weeee!" he squealed.
"That's the spirit Shippo-chan!" Botan said over her shoulder. "Flying is a fun experience. You need to have fun." she said with a giggle as she threw her hands up into the air.
"Botan!!" Kagome said nervously. "Pay attention! Or we'll all die!"
"Oh alright. You're no fun." Botan said as she gripping her oar. She started to get lower to the ground and Kagome seemed to relax but as she relaxed she let her grip loosen and slipped off the oar.
"Kyaa!!"
"Kagome!!!" both Botan and Shippo yelled. Botan pulled the oar down, but the effects of gravity had a greater speed than her.
'I'm going to die!' Kagome thought to herself.
'Inuyasha's in a position to catch her.' Botan thought to herself. But as Inuyasha moved up and jumped up in the wrong place and she began to get worried. 'I won't make it to her in time.'
Kagome was really close to the ground now and she had her eyes closed tight and the only thing in her mind right now was Inuyasha. All of a sudden she felt her self caught. And then the person who caught her landed gracefully on the ground. She opened her eyes and was surprised to find it was Kurama who caught her, not Inuyasha. Still in his arms, she blushed slightly, which caused him to blush.
"Umm...Thank you." she said.
"Your welcome." he said. 'Why am I blushing? I don't like this girl.' he said to himself. 'Hmm...are you sure? She is good looking and strong.' came the voice of Youko. 'I'll get her to be mine.' he said. 'Just a moment...you can't do that. She clearly likes Inuyasha.' Kurama said 'Watch me. I'll beat this dog guy and win her heart. All you have to do is let me out.' Youko said.
"Umm...can you put me down?" Kagome said still slightly blushing. She had been watching Kurama for the past minute and he had gone from blushing to a little confused to startled to a sighing look. 'I wonder what's wrong with him?' she asked herself but mentally shrugged it off .
"Oh, yes sor..." Kurama started to say and put her down but soon a very jealous looking hanyou walked up to them.
"Put her down!" Inuyasha practically yelled.
"Inuyasha! Don't bee so rude. He just save my life." Kagome said as she stood up strait.
"Kagome, I'm sorry I didn't get to you." Inuyasha said so only she could hear.
'He was really worried about me.' she thought and smiled to him. 'It's ok." she said and then she added a little jokingly "Just don't let it happen agin."
"Don't let it happen again! What do you mean. You're the one always falling like luggage. And you!..." he said as he looked at Botan, who just landed, and ran up to Kagome. "What the hell were you doing!"
"Kagome-chan are you alright? I'm so sorry, I didn't think you would fall." Botan said ignoring Inuyasha.
"Yeah, I'm alright, I lost my grip on the oar." She turned to Kurama. "Thank you again for saving me."
"That's ok." he replied.
"sigh Umm...Yusuke, I need to talk to you." Kagome said causing everyone to look at Yusuke.
"Ugh....Sure, what is it?" he said.
"In private." she said. She felt Inuyasha stares on her but had to ignore it. 'I'll talk to Inuyasha later.' she thought to herself.
She and Yusuke walked a little was away towards a lake. She sat down and so did he. For a while no one spoke. Kagome looked up at the stars and Yusuke looked across the lake.
"Hey, did you know that we're cousins?" she asked.
"What?"
"That was the first question I asked." she said then the silence returned but this time Yusuke broke it.
"Then why haven't we meet before?" he asked.
"That's the second question I asked. Heh...maybe we have more in common than we thought. My Mom and your Mom said we have meet, but, we were about four and didn't get along. You supposibly broke my doll and I hit you. We were supposed to meet again last year by apparently you died...."
"That's a long story."
"And I fell into the well." Yusuke looked like he wanted to ask about the well. "Don't ask that's an even longer story."
"So life got in the way, huh." Yusuke said as he lied down in the grass. "Oh well we meet now." he said a little happily.
"Yeah...but that's not the only thing I had to talk to you about," she said as Yusuke glanced at her. "When I was at your house, don't ask why I way at your house," she said before Yusuke could interrupt. "I ran into that girl, Keiko, and she had me bring all of your school books here. She said that you have to study other wise you'd have to repeat the year." she finished and looked at Yusuke who looked unconcerned.
"Yeah...whatever." he said.
"Yusuke, finals are in two weeks. Even I'm stressing. You have to do your part." She said, but he had closed his eyes and wasn't listening. "I don't think a 12% will help you pass. Yusuke. And you can't tell me that 'oh I'm the only one fighting evil' thing because I'm having the same problems as you." at this Yusuke looked at her.
"How do you know that?" he questioned.
"The grade? Keiko told me."
"No, the only one fighting evil thing."
"I just guessed it. That's not the point, you need to study. Keiko really cares for you and wants you to do well. So at least do it for her."
"..."
{change of scenery: Back at campsite with Inuyasha and others}
Inuyasha was sitting up in a tree mumbling about Kagome leaving again.
'Feh...who cares?" he half thought and mumbled.
"You do." a voice next to him said, which startled him and almost made him fall out of the tree. She turned to his right and saw Botan, who was staring out into the night.
"What do you want?" he asked coldly.
"No need to ask so coldly. I said I was going to help you, don't you remember.
~Flashback~
"Don't worry you'll get your chance, I'll make sure of it."Botan said as she smiled up at him.
~End of Flashback~
"Yeah...and?" he said.
"You have to be honest with Kagome-chan." she said as she looked over to the spot where Yusuke and Kagome where. 'It's no coincidence he picked this tree.'
"Don't you think I know that!?! It's just....with everyone around."
"Inuyasha you're not doing this for everyone. You're doing this for you and Kagome-chan." she said. "Well, you think about it." Botan said as she prepare to jump from the tree.
"Hey, you know once you get past the fact that you're nuts and get you to shut up , you're a pretty good person to talk to."
Botan smiled. "Inuyasha, you'll be surprised, but that not the first time I've had that said to me. ^-^" she said happily as she jumped off the tree.
'She's nuts.' he said to himself as he looked into the night sky. There far off in the view was many long glowing lights. These light in their mouths they had glowing circles. 'Kikyo's soul carriers!' he said as he stood up for a better view. 'Kikyo is there.' and with that he left for the place where Kikyo was.
(AN) Oh well! I guess old habits die hard, in this case. People I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while but I was procrastinating. (I'm not going to lie to you guys.) And then school started. (Which sucks.) And they've been giving us a lot of work. So on Friday, we got the report cards and since I got good grades, I was in a good mood and wanted to do something for you guy's. I'm posting this without my cousin seeing it, so please ignore the spelling mistakes. (I don't like the dictionary 'cause it's easier to ask my cousin to spell check.) And as always Please Review! It really gets me into the wring mode and then you get the next chapter faster. So tell me any thing! Like's, dislike's, or suggestions for the story. Anything is appreciated.~Ja ne, Minna-San!~