((Shippo's POV))
::Chapter 2::
"Kagome?" I repeated. "Is that you?"
"Shippo... can you really see me?" The figure's melodious voice poured from her trembling lips. That voice... IT WAS KAGOME!
Happiness swept through me, warming my body. I quickly swept away the wet streaks upon my face and nod.
"Kagome! You're alive!" I run forward, throwing my arms open, expecting the warm embrace of her arms.
I didn't.
Instead... I passed right through.
"Oh.. Shippo..." Kagome whispered sadly. She turned around and stared into my eyes. Her beautiful topaz eyes were filled with tears.
I stared back. A cold feeling draped my body. This wasn't her! She couldn't be! The figure saw the horror in my eyes and backed away. Hot tears spilling from her eyes and onto her pale cheeks.
"Shippo-chan. Can't you see..? I'm a ghost. Nothing but a lost spirit. I'm dead, remember..?" The barely audible words hung heavily in the tense air between us.
That was when I realized that the ghost- 'Kagome,' was translucent. Her form was barely noticeable in the sun's rays. She was pale, and wispy. Though her topaz eyes were the same, and the shape, the voice, the looks... This impersonator was nothing like Kagome!
"No! You can't be Kagome! You're not Kagome! Stop lying! Stop!" I couldn't take it anymore. I fled from the frightening scene, hoping never to see her again...
* ((Inuyasha's POV))
The sound of crying reached my sharp ears and I froze. Kikyou stopped also. An orange blur erupted out of the forestry.
It was Shippo.
Kikyou unfolded herself from my arms and stood up. Her face looking worried..
'Worried about Shippo, for once.' The sudden bitter thought shocked me, and I wondered desperately why I could think such a thing.
"Inuyasha!!!" The kitsune's desperate voice called out. I stood up. The kitsune ran toward us, his usually cheerful eyes frightened.
Shippo tried to dodge out of the miko's way, but that wasn't fast enough. Kikyou scooped the kitsune into her arms, ignoring his calls.
"What's wrong, Shippo?" She crooned. "Tell mother what's wrong."
"Inuyasha! I want Inuyasha! I-" Shippo stopped when Kikyou's words sunk in. I watched as his eyes sparked angrily.
"Mother!? YOU CAN NEVER BE MY MOTHER! NOT EVEN MY SURRAGOTE MOTHER! YOU CAN NEVER REPLACE KAGOME- WHO IS THE ONLY MOMMY I HAVE!" The sharp words suddenly stopped, and a look of pure terror shadowed Shippo's face.
A expression of hurt crossed Kikyou's face, and her gripped loosened. Shippo, seeing the advantaged, jumped into my arms.
"Shippo! What the hell is the-" My wrath was suddenly interrupted by loud sobs. I couldn't help but feel frightened when Shippo's small body racked with every sob.
I gently reached up and tried to loosen the kitsune's grasp around my neck.
"Shippo, be quiet now.. Shippo, calm down.. Shhh." I said quietly. I looked up for Kikyou's support.
My mate nodded and helped me escort the crying kitsune back into the house. A inaudible whisper that I could only hear stung my ears as I sat down in a chair-
"Kagome.. That couldn't be Kagome..."
Sry that Chapter 2 was so short.. Please review!!!!!!!!!!
"Kagome?" I repeated. "Is that you?"
"Shippo... can you really see me?" The figure's melodious voice poured from her trembling lips. That voice... IT WAS KAGOME!
Happiness swept through me, warming my body. I quickly swept away the wet streaks upon my face and nod.
"Kagome! You're alive!" I run forward, throwing my arms open, expecting the warm embrace of her arms.
I didn't.
Instead... I passed right through.
"Oh.. Shippo..." Kagome whispered sadly. She turned around and stared into my eyes. Her beautiful topaz eyes were filled with tears.
I stared back. A cold feeling draped my body. This wasn't her! She couldn't be! The figure saw the horror in my eyes and backed away. Hot tears spilling from her eyes and onto her pale cheeks.
"Shippo-chan. Can't you see..? I'm a ghost. Nothing but a lost spirit. I'm dead, remember..?" The barely audible words hung heavily in the tense air between us.
That was when I realized that the ghost- 'Kagome,' was translucent. Her form was barely noticeable in the sun's rays. She was pale, and wispy. Though her topaz eyes were the same, and the shape, the voice, the looks... This impersonator was nothing like Kagome!
"No! You can't be Kagome! You're not Kagome! Stop lying! Stop!" I couldn't take it anymore. I fled from the frightening scene, hoping never to see her again...
* ((Inuyasha's POV))
The sound of crying reached my sharp ears and I froze. Kikyou stopped also. An orange blur erupted out of the forestry.
It was Shippo.
Kikyou unfolded herself from my arms and stood up. Her face looking worried..
'Worried about Shippo, for once.' The sudden bitter thought shocked me, and I wondered desperately why I could think such a thing.
"Inuyasha!!!" The kitsune's desperate voice called out. I stood up. The kitsune ran toward us, his usually cheerful eyes frightened.
Shippo tried to dodge out of the miko's way, but that wasn't fast enough. Kikyou scooped the kitsune into her arms, ignoring his calls.
"What's wrong, Shippo?" She crooned. "Tell mother what's wrong."
"Inuyasha! I want Inuyasha! I-" Shippo stopped when Kikyou's words sunk in. I watched as his eyes sparked angrily.
"Mother!? YOU CAN NEVER BE MY MOTHER! NOT EVEN MY SURRAGOTE MOTHER! YOU CAN NEVER REPLACE KAGOME- WHO IS THE ONLY MOMMY I HAVE!" The sharp words suddenly stopped, and a look of pure terror shadowed Shippo's face.
A expression of hurt crossed Kikyou's face, and her gripped loosened. Shippo, seeing the advantaged, jumped into my arms.
"Shippo! What the hell is the-" My wrath was suddenly interrupted by loud sobs. I couldn't help but feel frightened when Shippo's small body racked with every sob.
I gently reached up and tried to loosen the kitsune's grasp around my neck.
"Shippo, be quiet now.. Shippo, calm down.. Shhh." I said quietly. I looked up for Kikyou's support.
My mate nodded and helped me escort the crying kitsune back into the house. A inaudible whisper that I could only hear stung my ears as I sat down in a chair-
"Kagome.. That couldn't be Kagome..."
Sry that Chapter 2 was so short.. Please review!!!!!!!!!!