All righty then...Ya'll ready for Chapter Ten?
I am SO sorry about the majorly long wait...and the fact that its so short...I have a valid excuse...
SCHOOL. With about 5 different projects in the first two weeks!
Chapter with the same title as an anime episode...I swear its just coincidence.
Super-mega-angsty-chap-with-the-evillest-cliffie ever...? Yeah, that got bumped. Tis now Chapter 12 instead of Chapter 11. So you have two chaps till you wanna kill me. Cheers.
Wow. --Majorly incredibly shocked look--
I got 11 reviews!
--Would scream, but stupid allergies made my voice hoarse-- OMG OMG OMG!
Have I told you guys how incredibly awesome you are? I so want to thank Ahnatmas and Black-Rouge Dapura, they not only reviewed Chapter 9, but went back and reviewed like every chapter before it, like, almost all in one day! You guys have no idea how insanely happy that made me!
I was halfway through with the 10th chapter when I checked my e-mail and practically squealed. I figured I'd better get a move on and tie any loose ends together before I insighted a riot, lol. Anyhoo, the long-awaited Chapter 10!
'Ships: Kagome/Inuyasha, Sango/Miroku
Chapter Title: The Aristocratic Assassin
Chapter Teaser: An echoing crack broke through the silence with an incredibly deafening noise. Kagome watched in horror as the glass balcony doors shattered and something traveled very fast towards her.
Notes: "words"- means speaking; 'words'- means thinking; italics- emphasis on words
Dedication: To my three inspirational Inuyasha writers: Rozefire, Pline, and Rogue Pryde.
Disclaimer: ahem The following is done to the tune of the chorus of "All Star" by SmashMouth. All rights belong to them, blah, blah, blah. breaks into song
Hey now, I'm just an author
I don't own him, and avoid fics where he's gay
Hey now, I'm not Takahashi
Don't blame me when Kikyo comes into play
And all that glitters is that darn jew-el
I think his human transformation is so coo-ool
Don't mock my inventive way of disclaiming.
Chapter Ten: The Aristocratic Assassin
'Stupid me. How could I think I could trust boys?'
Kagome was furious, pacing her floor back and forth. Then she stopped.
She had pushed her bangs back with her hand and stood, opposite hand on her hip, biting her lip. "What was I thinking? I should have never told him!" She shifted from foot to foot, finally letting out an agitated scream of frustration. Biting a fingernail distractedly, she began reasoning with herself:
"Just because it happened before, doesn't mean it would happen again...He's completely opposite from Hojo...On the other hand, I was stupid enough to tell him my whole life story...Part of it anyway..."
(And I'm sure I have all of you wondering how Hojo plays into this...but, I'm afraid you have a wait...I am so evil...)
Dropping the hand from her hip, she spoke softly to herself.
"Inuyasha must be wondering why I don't trust him." The tears pricked her eyes, but she wouldn't let them fall. Why should she cry over something she didn't even know? Inuyasha could probably care less. Sighing deeply, she began pacing again.
But this pacing was quickly halted.
BAM!
Kagome jumped about a mile and looked frantically around. What was that? An echoing crack broke through the silence with an incredibly deafening noise. Kagome watched in horror as the glass balcony doors shattered and something traveled very fast towards her.
Screaming with a combination of shock and surprise, she put her arms up over her head and dropped to the floor out of pure instinct. She continued screaming, hoping against hope that someone would hear and come to her aid. As she did that, she literally felt pressure in the air whiz past her head, and heard it lodge into the opposite wall with that of a nail driving into wood. Whimpering with unabridged terror, she looked towards the balcony doors, licking her dry lips.
Trying to register exactly what had happened, she squinted, raising her head a fraction of an inch and saw the outline of someone.
Someone with, she squinted again, yes, white hair. Was Inuyasha so angry at her, or something, that he was turning into the guy from that Reese Witherspoon movie? Fear. She remembered the name and found it hard not to see the irony.
More echoing thuds, louder and closer together than before, pinged in different directions and Kagome covered her ears and screamed again, her throat now dry and aching. Her heart was pounding fiercely against her ribcage and there was silence for a moment. Then, there was a metal-on-metal sound, a click, and more bangs were fired off...
Then the harsh reality sunk in. Fired off.
She was being shot at.
Someone had just tried to kill her! Why had it taken her so long to realize that!
Or worse...someone tried to assassinate her father, hitting the wrong room by mistake. She stood up, shakily, without even realizing the danger she was putting herself in as she did so. A hand was raised to her mouth and she took a deep breath and screamed again, running around the room in hysterics. She turned and faced the balcony again, having just ran the entire length of the room, and screamed again.
Her scream was cut short and replaced with a gasp of pain.
A bullet grazed her right arm and she suddenly found herself on her knees, not even remembering standing. Clutching her left hand around her arm, just below her shoulder, she winced. "H-Help!" She croaked, her voice raspy, as the person moved forward, heavy black boots crunching on broken pieces of glass. "Someone" She coughed, whispering, "Anyone...help..." She looked at her fingers, holding her arm, and she saw blood. She fell backward, landing on her bottom with a dull thump.
She looked up through watered eyes and saw a face she recognized. Her mind was hazy, though, and she couldn't place his name. But he was only there for a moment, before a white blur tackled him to the ground. Kagome scrambled back, nicking her hands on glass as she went. She watched one white figure punch the living daylights out of the other before one came over towards her. She placed her arms over her head and braced herself.
"Kagome..." The voice whispered, and she looked up quickly.
She saw golden eyes, but her gaze traveled past him towards the other guy, unconscious on the floor. She still could not place his name, nor why he looked so familiar. The shock had overwhelmed her and she wasn't even sure if she could talk. Her eyes came back to the pair of golden ones, filled with concern. Her brown eyes widened and she broke down completely. Lurching forwards onto him, she began sobbing, shaking, and speaking incoherently into his shirt.
He gently pried her off of him and raised her chin to meet his eyes.
"Inuyasha...just tried to kill me..."
"What!" He started, knowing that was his name, but the fact untrue.
"Inuyasha tried to kill you?" He asked, hoping he had misunderstood.
She nodded fervently.
"Kagome, honey," He had no idea why he called her that, he just felt like she needed calming down. Had she hit her head? Worse, had Sesshomaru hit her? He quickly scanned her body for injuries. He noticed her right arm. Blood. He had shot her in the arm...
"Are you sure Inuyasha was the one shooting?" He stressed his name, trying to get her to understand-- He had knocked Sesshomaru to the ground. Sesshomaru had tried to kill her. Inuyasha had saved her!
A look of uncertainty flashed in her eyes, and they began to tear up as she shook her head and sobbed into her hands. "No!"
"Who am I, Kagome?" He asked, looking at her.
She raised her head, her face tear-stained and she stared...
...from him to the unconscious man on the floor, with his big black boots...
...And something clicked...
"Ses-" She began, but was abruptly cut off.
"POLICE! FREEZE!"
"I didn't do it!" Inuyasha yelled frantically.
Damn reflexes.
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Pline: Yay! You updated! You reviewed! Hehe...tomorrow doesn't always come tomorrow. That made no sense whatsoever. Yes, evil Naraku, stupid Kikyo...don't we know this already? lol.
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Geez, if I keep getting more reviews, it will take me forever to write responses!
NOT that I'm complaining...
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