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I am profoundly apologetic towards my absence as of late. refuses to comply with my wishes and is now out of commission. You all better love me, because at the moment I am at the library (that's not the bad part) after school. It's not too bad. My friend is here, and it is in the library (my universal home). I must thank all my reviewers (I'll list all the reviewer at the end of the chapter), I love your comments, especially Getto 820 for making me realize I am doing the same thing I hate, not updating in a long time-span (If you want to know what she said go to my review list). Also I'd like to thank Virusea for being my first reviewer. The reason I write this is that I realized I was being negligent to my reviewers...and I lost my bloody disk. Sorry this is so long I had a lot to say. I do have to say, I loved it when I left with a cliff-hanger; I'm so mean and that's why I'm going to Hell. But never mind that, on with the story...
Old Friends and New Lessons
Chapter 10
While the two were walking, Kaia had remembered something, which had made her nervous. Now she was checking to make sure she was alone. When Kaia was satisfied she took out two pieces of paper and a writing implement that Kagome had called a pen.
Kaia reached Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, and Shippo a few hours before noon. They were all shocked and relieved to see her alive and free. Kaia tried as best she could to explain to them, without telling about the romance, how she's going to travel with Sesshomaru. When she finished, she heard many disgruntled comments, mostly made by Inuyasha. "How do we know you're even Kaia?" He asked. "How do you know I'm not?" She said calmly. Inuyasha glared at her, he was too preoccupied with being pissed off, he couldn't think of a good comeback. Miroku looked at Kaia, "Will you kindly excuse us for one moment?" Kaia nodded, and the group huddled together and discussed the situation. Murmurs about whether this person was actually Kaia had been passed around quite often. Shippo, who was fed up with the arguing, said cynically, "Why don't we just give her a test?" Kagome beamed at him, "Shippo, you're a genius!" "Well duh," he replied coolly. After talking about the questions they would ask, they returned to the location where Kaia was sitting. She raised her eyebrows and said," Well?" Kagome spoke first. "What is your brother's name?" "Tano." "How did you know which brother she meant?" Inuyasha asked smugly. Kaia's purple eyes moved towards his direction. "Because, I have no family other than him. Not anymore." They carried on like that for a while. Someone would ask a question and she would answer correctly. "Keh, we're getting nowhere! One more question and only Kaia could possibly now the answer," Inuyasha complained. "What did you give me before you left?" Kaia's clam face washed away y and a stern one replaced it. "That's personal Inuyasha!" "Just answer it." "Fine," she snapped. "I gave you a silver necklace, like mine. And on the star an I and a K was engraved. Satisfied?" Inuyasha took it out and looked at it. "We can trust her." Shippo jumped on her lap, looking confused. "Why are you going back with Sesshomaru? He's mean." "It was all a misunderstanding Shippo. He didn't mean to do all those things. We're friends now." "So does this mean-,". "Yes Inuyasha, you get to keep your beloved Tetsusaiga," Kaia said, slightly annoyed. But, she started to laugh and all annoyance was forgotten. "I wonder what you would have chosen, when it came down to it, Inuyasha." "Oh, you know he'd choose to give up his Tetsusaiga. Deep down he knows it too. After all, it's just a sword!" Kagome said in her ever-so-perky cheerfulness. Inuyasha looked at Kagome angrily (slightly twitching too!). "Just a sword?! The Tetsusaiga is more than a mere sword Kagome!" "So you're saying it means more than friends?!" Inuyasha remained quiet, avoiding Kagome's question, and failing miserably. "Inuyasha! I can't believe you!" The two bickered like an old married couple. 'They're perfect for each other,' Kaia thought happily to herself. Eventually Kagome won the heated discussion by letting out a large 'SIT!' command. Inuyasha went down and Kaia almost died from laughter. Miroku had looked at her rather amused. "That's right. You've never seen her do that before. Well, I must say, it is quite entertaining." Kagome went back to her usual state of happiness and Inuyasha got up, spitting soil out of his mouth and muttering obscenities about an old hag of a priestess. (Kaede for those of you who are clue deficient.) 'I'm going to miss this,' Kaia said to herself, while wiping away tears of laughter. 'I should leave now. I need to have enough time to talk with Sesshomaru.' A few seconds after that thought, Kaia stood. "Well guys, I'm off again. Only, it's on my free will this time," Kaia joked, but it drew no laughs. "I promise, the latest you'll hear from me will be tomorrow, possibly even today again." She looked around and saw their skeptical looks, "Guys! I promise!" Miroku approached Kaia. "Of course we believe you. You can always trust the promise of a beautiful woman." Kaia side-stepped to the right a few inches. "Uh, Miroku, I'm flattered...but don't touch me." His hand was positioned in the same spot her hip was just in. Kaia rolled her eyes and adjusted the bag on her shoulder. 'Old habits die hard.' "I guess I'll talk to you all later then." Kaia turned and walked off into the trees. No one saw the tears, dangerously threatening to spill, in her eyes.
Not too far into the forest (just far enough to be out of the group's range and not close enough to be found by Sesshomaru) a miniscule demonic spider dropped from it's web and onto Kaia's shoulder. 'Ah, full of magic, perfect,' It thought to itself. He crawled under her shirt and down her arm. It then stuck it's fangs in her skin; injecting a poison while feasting on her magic supply. Meanwhile, Kaia only felt a small itch, which she promptly ignored. She did, however, start to feel weaker and weaker. Eventually, she slumped down to the forest floor. She pulled back her long white sleeves as a way to cool down, and she found the demonic parasite. Only, unknown to Kaia, the spider had started to swell in size (kind of like Myouga) and was continuously growing in size. Kaia knew her body was slowly going limp and that she was practically helpless. Fortunately, it wouldn't reach her head for a while, leaving her free to scream. After a few seconds of blindly screaming incoherent words, a warm hand covered her mouth and stopped her from making anymore noise.
As for my reviewers...Virusea, darlingdearheart, Thymes Mistress, Jade Calhoun, Wind Empress, sabriLVanime, mol, TakiLorii, and Getto820. Also to Strawbabycrush16 who hasn't reviewed on , but has given me her personal review. As always tell me what you think. tears It's almost over. my friend Jade Calhoun steps in Jade-Oh suck it up. You'll continue writing your others. Nilkanowen-I suppose... Ja mata!