Chapter 10- How I Really Feel About You
InuYasha and Kagome turned to Mai. They looked pissed.
"Mai! I cannot believe you ran off like that! You could've been hurt! Are you paying attention to me? Mai!" Kagome looked at Mai irritated at her. Mai was looking at Shippo, who was avoiding her gaze.
"I see your love for Shippo caused you the ability to use the sword, as well as your new demon form." Kikyo's words played over in Mai's mind. Mai looked down at her hands and saw that her claws had vanished she touched her head and couldn't feel the soft velvety dog-ears.
She was human again! But, what had caused the demon blood inside her to take over and turn her into a hanyou? Mai walked calmly away from Kagome, who narrowed her eyebrows at her.
"MAI! GET BACK HERE!" Mai ignored her mother and came towards Shippo. The kitsune shuffled uncomfortably when she was near to him.
"Shippo. I need to talk to you." Shippo nodded and Mai lead him farther away from her parents.
"Shippo, today, when Kikyo was…you know…I was so scared. For a brief moment I thought I was going to lose you. And I know we just met, and that you already love Satsuki but I think…that maybe…I might be…" Mai stopped talking, why hadn't Shippo said anything? Shippo cleared his throat.
"Mai, You, Your InuYasha's daughter…" He said quietly, as though if he said it quietly it wouldn't be true. Mai held back tears.
"So? Is that all I am to you?" Shippo shook his head.
"No…Mai…It's just that…" Mai had heard enough.
"Goodbye Shippo. I'm going home!" She declared and stormed off. Shippo stayed where he was watching her leave.
'Mai, if only you knew. How I really feel about you…' Shippo put his head in his hands.
"Idiot, idiot, idiot…" He called himself over and over again.
Mai approached her parents with a look of indifference.
"I want to go home." She sniffed, a few stubborn tears running down her face. Her parents nodded.
"Don't you want to say goodbye to Shippo, Mai?" Kagome asked. Mai shook her head. Kagome nodded. They began to walk home, as the sun began to set.