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"Tomorrow's the night of the new moon isn't it?'
"Yeah."
"Should we start heading back tonight?"
"Yeah."
"What are they talking about?" Rainey asked from her seat underneath the berry bush she, Sango, Miroku and Shippo were hiding under. "Why would we 'head back'?
"Rainey," Miroku started "have you ever noticed that at a certain time each month, we head back to Kaede's?"
"No, not really."
"Have you ever noticed how while we at her hut, Inuyasha is always gone for the night?"
"Come to think of it, he does tend to go off when we go to Kaede's."
"Well you know how Inuyasha is a half demon? Well he's half human too. Once a month, Inuyasha transforms."
"Into a human?" "Yes." Sango said. "That's why we go back. We're better protected while at Kaede's. See, Inuyasha's demon abilities leave when he transforms. His appearances too. When he's human, his hair goes black and his claws and fangs retract into normal human fingernails and teeth. So, for this one night, he's as helpless as a human."
"O.K., but why does he leave?" Rainey asked.
"Same reason why he wants to become a full demon. He hates being weak and he hates being human. And he's embarrassed to show his weak/human side." Shippo answered.
"Oh. so when this transformation happens, it's on the night of the new moon?"
"Yep."
"Hmm."
"Shh." Miroku said. "They're talking." Everyone turned to look at the two.
"You know Inuyasha, I really worry about you when you go off alone during your time of the month."
"You do?"
"Well, yeah. I wish you would just stay where I can see you." Kagome had her back faced to Inuyasha.
"Feh. I can take perfect care of myself, Kagome." Inuyasha retorted.
"I know, but also.well.I.er.um."
"Will you just spit it out?"
"I.I like.being around.you. You make me feel.safe."
Inuyasha's face looked like that of a confused and embarrassed person. "Well.I.I should. I'm always gonna be here. to protect you." He stammered as he looked down at the dirt he was pawing with his foot. Kagome turned around and smiled at Inuyasha. "Thank you. And just so you know, I can't protect you, the way you protect me, but I'm always here for you."
"Come on Kagome.just tell him." Rainey thought.
"Yeah, well I know that. You're too weak to protect anyone, but thanks-"
"SIT!" * Whoosh! * *BAM*
'Inuyasha never fails to absolutely ruin a perfect situation!' Rainey thought as she sighed quietly.
"What the heck was that for? You freakin wench!" Inuyasha yelled as he got up from being slammed into the ground by his charmed necklace.
*Sniff, sniff* Kagome's eyes started to well up, spilling tears down her pale cheeks.
"Now what?" Inuyasha growled.
"You-you-YOU THINK I'M WEAK!!!WWWWAAAAHHHHAAAAHHHHAAAA!!!" Kagome was sobbing by now, and Inuyasha was completely befuddled as was the rest of the group.
"Maybe it's that time of the month for Kagome." Sango whispered in Rainey's ear. "That would explain a lot." Rainey whispered back.
"Shh, shh. Look, I didn't mean it that way. Why do you care what I say anyways?" Inuyasha said as Kagome calmed down.
"Because I care about what you think." Kagome answered quietly. "And you think I'm weak." Kagome broke out into a new wave of tears.
"Come on Kagome. Don't cry. I'm sorry. It came out wrong. I don't think you're weak. You're just not as strong as me." He said trying to shush the hysterical girl.
'Wow! Inuyasha apologizing! Do wonder ever cease? I never thought I'd live to see the day. Heck, I've never even dreamed of anything this impossible. Maybe he's not so bad.' Rainey thought, completely astonished.
"So, you don't think I'm worthless?" Kagome asked shyly.
"No, of course not. You can be such a stupid idiot sometimes."
"Sit!" *Whoosh! * *BAM*
'I spoke too soon. There he goes ruining another potentially great situation! What a moron'
"Ugh! I am getting so tired of you crashing me into the ground! Why do you keep doing that?" Inuyasha said as he got up from the ground for the second time in the last 3 minutes.
"Because you keep saying mean things."
"Fine. I'll stop saying mean things to you, and you lay off the whole making-my-face-collide-with-the-earth thing."
"O.K." Kagome wiped her eyes and looked up at Inuyasha. "You've got grass in your hair." She said as she reached up instinctively and picked the grass away from his silver hair. Strands of it were in his eyes, so she brushed it away. Then she stopped to look at Inuyasha. For a full two minutes (Rainey counted) they held each other in a gaze so profound that no one hiding in the bush wanted to interrupt. Not even Shippo. It was such an intense gaze that it appeared that neither of them were still on this side of reality, but somewhere far away. Finally, a gentle breeze played with their hair and clothes, breaking the spell and bringing both Kagome and Inuyasha back to earth. They stood in an awkward hush until Kagome said quietly (and turning slightly pink I might add), "We should probably head back."
Inuyasha nodded in agreement. "Yeah. Want me to carry you?"
"No. Let's just walk, O.K.?"
"Alright." They began to walk when, *shiver*
"What's the matter, Kagome?"
"Nothing. It's just a bit chilly."
"Here." Inuyasha handed her his red kimono, revealing his white one underneath. "This'll keep you warm." Kagome put the kimono on and smiled.
"Thanks Inuyasha."
"Feh." They walked together in silence toward where the others were supposed to be.
"Uh-oh. We'd better get back before they do." Shippo said.
"I couldn't agree with you more." Sango said. And the four raced to beat the girl and the half demon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Hey Kagome, Sango, wanna take a walk?" Rainey asked.
Shippo, Rainey, Sango, and Miroku all made it before Inuyasha and Kagome. Now they were sitting around the campsite. It was about four in the afternoon and Rainey was losing her mind. She was so incredibly bored and hyper. Not the best combination. "Sure." Kagome answered.
"No thanks." Sango said. She looked over at Miroku. "I'd rather stay here." And with that, she walked over to Miroku and sat down next to where he was sitting. "She has got it so bad." Rainey stated.
"Yeah, I know. She should really stop beating around the bush and just tell him." Kagome.
"Hmm. That's like a donkey telling a horse it's an ass." Rainey said as she cocked an eyebrow. *sweatdrop*
"Eh-heh." Kagome laughed nervously. "Let's go." She and Rainey walked for about half an hour until they got to the small lake they had seen earlier. It was about an eight of a mile all the way around. Probably deep too. "Let's wade a little." Kagome said. Rainey rolled her jeans up to her knees and let her feet get drenched in the cool water. She and Kagome walked around and splashed each other with the fresh water for awhile.
"This is great." Rainey said.
"Yeah, I know. I-" Kagome broke off.
"Whatsamatta?" Rainey asked as she saw Kagome's happy smile fade drastically.
"There's a jewel shard nearby."
"Cool. Let's get it!" Rainey exclaimed.
"There's a huge demon coming right at-"
"Oof!" Kagome said. Rainey looked at her just in time to see Kagome's head go under the water. *SPLASH*
"KAGOME!!!" Rainey screamed. She stared frantically into the water, looking for her friend.
"AAAHHHH!!!" Rainey turned around to see Kagome being held about 30 feet in the air by a huge octopus demon.
"KAGOME!!!" The demon wrapped its tentacles tighter about Kagome, squeezing the breath out of her.
'There's no time to get help! I've got to do something!' Rainey ran out of the lake and got her sword she had left on her sweatshirt. She turned and rushed back into the water, straight for the demon. "Let her go!" she yelled.
The demon didn't appear to hear her, or didn't care. Rainey ran towards the beast, only to find the water around it was unfathomable.
"Crap! How am I supposed to get to Kagome?"
"Hey! Hey Stupid! Yeah you!" Rainey yelled. She threw aside her sword, stooped down, and picked up some pebbles on the floor of the pond. "Hey Ugly!" She hollered as she threw the stones at the beast, trying to get its attention. She missed the first couple of tries. Then she started getting the hang of it. She hit its tentacle, and its soft body. Finally she picked up a jagged stone and hurled it as hard as she could. She hit the monster square in the eye.
*SQUIRT, SQUISH*
The octopus demon roared (I guess). Apparently the eye was one of its problem areas. Its tentacles waved perilously and wildly. One of them lost its grip on Kagome and sent her flying into the water. "AAAHHHH!!!" Kagome screamed. *SPLASH*
"Kagome?! Kagome!" Rainey yelled as she splattered through the water. Suddenly she felt a wet, slimy thing around her waist. She was lifted into the air, and turned upside down. She looked up to see a humungous, green, evil eyeball staring unblinkingly at her.
"AAAHHHH!!! AAAHHHH!!! AAAHHHH!!!" Rainey screamed as she flailed about, trying to loosen the monster's grip on her.
"Hold on Rainey!" Kagome screamed.
"What exactly am I supposed to hold on to?" Rainey yelled back. Kagome didn't answer though. She was running to her backpack.
'Great. This is how I'm gonna die? Being eaten by sushi? What a way to go.' Rainey thought miserably to herself, as the monster let out another squirt/roar. Kagome returned with her bow and an arrow poised, aimed right at Rainey.
"What the heck are you doing?!"
"Shh. It's got a shard in the tentacle it's holding you up with."
"YOU'RE GONNA HIT ME!!!" Rainey yelled.
"No I won't!" Kagome shot back huffily. She pulled the string back and let the arrow fly. Time stopped for Rainey right then. She watched the arrow in slow motion as it flew towards her and the tentacle. She watched it penetrate the slimy skin of the octopus. It lowered her to about 20 feet from the surface of the pond. The demon roared and swayed dangerously. It let go of Rainey. She dropped about 15 feet into the water. "Rainey, get out of there!" Kagome shrieked. "It's gonna fall!" Rainey got up dizzy from the fall to see a gigantic octopus demon rocking back and forth above her.
"Oh crap!"
She ran towards Kagome and they both ran out of the water, to view the scene from a safe distance. The demon swung roughly and then made its plunge on the shore of the pond. *THUD* After waiting a full 5 minutes, Kagome and Rainey approached the monster.
"Is it dead?" Rainey asked.
"No. It's just knocked out. We'd better get the jewel and beat it pronto before it wakes up again."
"Agreed." Kagome and Rainey worked and wrenched the shard out of the limp tentacle. "Let's go." Rainey said.
Half an hour later.
Rainey and Kagome walked to the campsite tired and dirty. Inuyasha, having been perched on a tree nearby jumped swiftly from it and appeared in front of the two bedraggled teenagers.
"Where the hell have you two been? You've been gone for hours! Look, it's already dark!" Inuyasha pounced.
"What happened to you?" Miroku asked walking up from behind Inuyasha.
The girls were still extremely wet from head to toe. Rainey had a nice bloody lip and a gash on her arm while Kagome was holding the back of her head where an enormous bump had started to grow.
The two exchanged looks.
"We went swimming." Kagome said.
"Swimming?" Inuyasha said skeptically.
"Well yeah. You'd look like this too if you had just fought a 30 foot octopus demon." Rainey said.
"Got a jewel shard too." Kagome said. And with that, the two walked away, leaving Inuyasha with his mouth wide open.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rainey looked up at the tiny sliver left of the moon later that night. 'I'd hate to change every time the moon disappeared.' She was walking in the woods, thinking to herself. The others had fallen asleep hours ago. She giggled. Her father always said she was the night owl of the family. And she was. She preferred the still and quiet of the night to the brightness of the early morning her father treasured. "It's way too early Dad. I can't even see, much less think."
"The morning is the best time of the day! It's a whole new start." Her father would answer to her complaints about the bright sun shining in her eyes at 6 in the morning.
"Ugh. I prefer the night, when everyone else is asleep, and the day is ending. You can think about your day, about your life, anything, with no interruptions. I'd watch a sunset to a sunrise any day. The night is so much more peaceful. You have time to think, and it's beautiful." She would reply.
'It still is, no matter where you go.' She thought to herself as she stepped over a root poking out from the ground. She missed her family a lot. She wondered what they were doing. 'They're probably at school and work. It's funny to think that they're up and going on with their daily lives while I'm here in the past.' She sat down on a log, looked up again, and sighed. "I love this time of the day." She said aloud.
"I don't care how much you love it, you shouldn't be walking around in the middle of the night alone."
Rainey turned around to see a scowling Inuyasha walking towards her. "Thought you were asleep."
"Thought you had common sense or at least found some after what happened today. I saw you get up and leave, so I followed you to make sure you didn't get yourself eaten or something."
"No worries. I have my sword." *snort* "Hey! I've been doing better! You should have seen me!" 'Although I never even got to use it.'
"Feh." Inuyasha sat down on a rock nearby. "Anyways, what were you saying about loving this time of day?"
"I think this is the best time to think. Everyone else is asleep and the world is your own."
"Hmm.yeah, I like the night too." They both looked at the sky, thinking their own thoughts.
"So.your transformation's tomorrow, huh?"
How'd you-"
"Miroku and Sango told me. Does it hurt?"
"The transformation? No. It's just irritating."
"I bet." They sat in silence for a while until Rainey asked,
"Hey. Have you figured it out yet?"
"Figured what out?"
"Why you would give Kagome a reason to stay."
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"Come on Inuyasha, you can tell me. I can see how you look at her. It's obvious. You have some pretty deep feelings for Kagome. But if you don't jump on the ball, you're gonna lose her."
"What do you mean 'lose her'?"
"I thought I told you, after you find the jewel shards, she won't have a reason to stay here. She'll leave. Unless you give her a reason."
"You're out of your freakin mind. What kind of crap is this? 'Deep feelings' 'lose her'? What the hell are you going on about?"
"I think you and I both know." *grr*
"Oh man. Will you please get over yourself? Look, you can trust me. I know you hate my guts or whatever but I can keep a secret." Rainey said exasperated.
"I don't hate your guts. I used to, but you're the kind of person that grows on people, whether they like it or not."
"I'll take that as a compliment."
"It was. Why are you so difficult?"
"Anyways, we're friends, right?"
" Huh?" he was a bit taken aback by the suddenness of the question. That was the thing about Rainey. You could never be sure what she was going to say next.
"Yeah. We're friends." He said. "As hard as that is to believe." He muttered under his breath.
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that. And friends tell their friends secrets."
"Like.?"
"Like whether or not you like Kagome."
"O.K. let's say, hypothetically speaking, I did sort of like Kagome. What exactly would I do?"
"This is great!"
"What?"
"I'm sort of an amateur psychiatrist back home. I miss doing this kind of work."
"Psy-what?"
"Psychiatrist. I used to listen to and help people with their problems."
"Whatever."
"Well, I would tell her. Or least show her that I loved her if I were you."
"Love? Who said anything about love?"
"O.K so maybe you won't admit you love her, but I know you really like her." *silence* "I'll take your lack of denial as a yes."
"I swear if you tell her, so help me I'll-"
"You are really gonna have to work on that anger of yours. Besides, I wouldn't dream of telling her. Wanna know why? Because you're gonna tell her."
"Me?"
"Yes. I know it's hard, cuz I've been in the very same position recently. I screwed up by letting a guy of a lifetime go. I don't want you to make the same mistake. I like you both too much to see you that miserable. So you're gonna have to tell her."
"Feh."
"It's your choice, but remember, the ball's in your court. Are you gonna take a chance, or let her go and always wonder 'what if' for the rest of your life?" *silence* Inuyasha shifted nervously on the rock he was sitting on. That was another thing about Rainey. She knew exactly what to say to make you think.
"Hmm.so why do you like it?"
"Like what?"
"The night. Why do you like it?" Rainey said. She had resolved to let Inuyasha off the hook by changing the subject.
"Oh," Inuyasha said, understanding what Rainey was doing. "Because it's like what you said. It feels like I own the entire world. I don't have to worry about anything. I get most of my thinking done at this time."
"Thinking? Inuyasha? I think hell just froze over."
"Ha ha. Aren't you just the hilarious one?" he said sarcastically.
"I try."
Rainey smiled at the sky again. They both sat there, thinking about...well... stuff. Finally Rainey spoke up.
Question." She announced.
"O.K...." Inuyasha said hesitantly.
"Just how old are you?"
Inuyasha looked up for a moment, quietly counting to himself. "Hmm...I think I'm about...469 years old."
Rainey sat there staring at him. "469?!?!?! Are you serious?"
"Yeah."
"How on earth could you be 469 years old?"
"Well I'm a dog demon. 1 human year is 7 years for me. But I am counting the years I was asleep. So I suppose that's kinda cheating. So I guess I'm really 119."
"119?!?!?!" Rainey stared in awe.
"That's still counting by my demon side. I'm also part human, so in human terms I'm 67."
"But that's still counting the years you were asleep, right?"
"Yeah."
"So not including those 50 years, or counting by dog demon terms, you're about 17?"
"I guess. Yeah, I'm 17 years old.
Rainey looked pretty relieved. It'd be kinda weird sitting next to a guy 469 years old.
"Ya know, Kagome reacted the same way when she asked me how old I was." Inuyasha said.
"I'd imagine so. 469 is really old."
"Not really. My brother is about 511 years old. And he's a full dog demon."
"I didn't know you had a brother."
"Most people don't. I don't like talking about him."
"Why?"
"Cuz he's the biggest bastard that ever walked on earth."
"Oh." Rainey didn't ask any further. His voice a the tone of finality in it. They sat there a while, thinking some more.
"So," Inuyasha began, "tell me about you. You're a .very.er.unusual.person."
Rainey laughed out loud. "Ya know, I hear that a lot. But no one's ever bothered to ask why."
"I'm asking you now."
"What do you want to know?"
"I want to know about you and this Cal-lee-four-nee-ya of yours."
"It's a long story."
"I've got time."
'This is cool. I'm glad he's my friend.' Rainey took a deep breath, put her hands behind her head, laid back on the log she had been sitting on and started.
"Well, I've always been different, but happy being one of a kind. My mom says I'm one in a lifetime and that you'll never meet someone like me again, but I think that's true of a lot of people. I think someone distinctly unique is born everyday. Like you, me, Kagome...I think people are just born that way. Destined to break the mold." And Rainey and Inuyasha talked all night, and slowly they learned to understand each other a little better.
END OF CHAPTER 10
So whatcha think? Goofy, funny, sucky? My sister hates this chapter. This one is my favorite, although it is a bit corny. There's more coming really soon. I already have the next chapter written. I just wanna see a couple more reviews before I post it. Reviews encourage me!!! PLEASE REVIEW!!! Oh yeah, one more thing, please go and check out my other story I recently posted. It's called Unsaid.
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"Tomorrow's the night of the new moon isn't it?'
"Yeah."
"Should we start heading back tonight?"
"Yeah."
"What are they talking about?" Rainey asked from her seat underneath the berry bush she, Sango, Miroku and Shippo were hiding under. "Why would we 'head back'?
"Rainey," Miroku started "have you ever noticed that at a certain time each month, we head back to Kaede's?"
"No, not really."
"Have you ever noticed how while we at her hut, Inuyasha is always gone for the night?"
"Come to think of it, he does tend to go off when we go to Kaede's."
"Well you know how Inuyasha is a half demon? Well he's half human too. Once a month, Inuyasha transforms."
"Into a human?" "Yes." Sango said. "That's why we go back. We're better protected while at Kaede's. See, Inuyasha's demon abilities leave when he transforms. His appearances too. When he's human, his hair goes black and his claws and fangs retract into normal human fingernails and teeth. So, for this one night, he's as helpless as a human."
"O.K., but why does he leave?" Rainey asked.
"Same reason why he wants to become a full demon. He hates being weak and he hates being human. And he's embarrassed to show his weak/human side." Shippo answered.
"Oh. so when this transformation happens, it's on the night of the new moon?"
"Yep."
"Hmm."
"Shh." Miroku said. "They're talking." Everyone turned to look at the two.
"You know Inuyasha, I really worry about you when you go off alone during your time of the month."
"You do?"
"Well, yeah. I wish you would just stay where I can see you." Kagome had her back faced to Inuyasha.
"Feh. I can take perfect care of myself, Kagome." Inuyasha retorted.
"I know, but also.well.I.er.um."
"Will you just spit it out?"
"I.I like.being around.you. You make me feel.safe."
Inuyasha's face looked like that of a confused and embarrassed person. "Well.I.I should. I'm always gonna be here. to protect you." He stammered as he looked down at the dirt he was pawing with his foot. Kagome turned around and smiled at Inuyasha. "Thank you. And just so you know, I can't protect you, the way you protect me, but I'm always here for you."
"Come on Kagome.just tell him." Rainey thought.
"Yeah, well I know that. You're too weak to protect anyone, but thanks-"
"SIT!" * Whoosh! * *BAM*
'Inuyasha never fails to absolutely ruin a perfect situation!' Rainey thought as she sighed quietly.
"What the heck was that for? You freakin wench!" Inuyasha yelled as he got up from being slammed into the ground by his charmed necklace.
*Sniff, sniff* Kagome's eyes started to well up, spilling tears down her pale cheeks.
"Now what?" Inuyasha growled.
"You-you-YOU THINK I'M WEAK!!!WWWWAAAAHHHHAAAAHHHHAAAA!!!" Kagome was sobbing by now, and Inuyasha was completely befuddled as was the rest of the group.
"Maybe it's that time of the month for Kagome." Sango whispered in Rainey's ear. "That would explain a lot." Rainey whispered back.
"Shh, shh. Look, I didn't mean it that way. Why do you care what I say anyways?" Inuyasha said as Kagome calmed down.
"Because I care about what you think." Kagome answered quietly. "And you think I'm weak." Kagome broke out into a new wave of tears.
"Come on Kagome. Don't cry. I'm sorry. It came out wrong. I don't think you're weak. You're just not as strong as me." He said trying to shush the hysterical girl.
'Wow! Inuyasha apologizing! Do wonder ever cease? I never thought I'd live to see the day. Heck, I've never even dreamed of anything this impossible. Maybe he's not so bad.' Rainey thought, completely astonished.
"So, you don't think I'm worthless?" Kagome asked shyly.
"No, of course not. You can be such a stupid idiot sometimes."
"Sit!" *Whoosh! * *BAM*
'I spoke too soon. There he goes ruining another potentially great situation! What a moron'
"Ugh! I am getting so tired of you crashing me into the ground! Why do you keep doing that?" Inuyasha said as he got up from the ground for the second time in the last 3 minutes.
"Because you keep saying mean things."
"Fine. I'll stop saying mean things to you, and you lay off the whole making-my-face-collide-with-the-earth thing."
"O.K." Kagome wiped her eyes and looked up at Inuyasha. "You've got grass in your hair." She said as she reached up instinctively and picked the grass away from his silver hair. Strands of it were in his eyes, so she brushed it away. Then she stopped to look at Inuyasha. For a full two minutes (Rainey counted) they held each other in a gaze so profound that no one hiding in the bush wanted to interrupt. Not even Shippo. It was such an intense gaze that it appeared that neither of them were still on this side of reality, but somewhere far away. Finally, a gentle breeze played with their hair and clothes, breaking the spell and bringing both Kagome and Inuyasha back to earth. They stood in an awkward hush until Kagome said quietly (and turning slightly pink I might add), "We should probably head back."
Inuyasha nodded in agreement. "Yeah. Want me to carry you?"
"No. Let's just walk, O.K.?"
"Alright." They began to walk when, *shiver*
"What's the matter, Kagome?"
"Nothing. It's just a bit chilly."
"Here." Inuyasha handed her his red kimono, revealing his white one underneath. "This'll keep you warm." Kagome put the kimono on and smiled.
"Thanks Inuyasha."
"Feh." They walked together in silence toward where the others were supposed to be.
"Uh-oh. We'd better get back before they do." Shippo said.
"I couldn't agree with you more." Sango said. And the four raced to beat the girl and the half demon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Hey Kagome, Sango, wanna take a walk?" Rainey asked.
Shippo, Rainey, Sango, and Miroku all made it before Inuyasha and Kagome. Now they were sitting around the campsite. It was about four in the afternoon and Rainey was losing her mind. She was so incredibly bored and hyper. Not the best combination. "Sure." Kagome answered.
"No thanks." Sango said. She looked over at Miroku. "I'd rather stay here." And with that, she walked over to Miroku and sat down next to where he was sitting. "She has got it so bad." Rainey stated.
"Yeah, I know. She should really stop beating around the bush and just tell him." Kagome.
"Hmm. That's like a donkey telling a horse it's an ass." Rainey said as she cocked an eyebrow. *sweatdrop*
"Eh-heh." Kagome laughed nervously. "Let's go." She and Rainey walked for about half an hour until they got to the small lake they had seen earlier. It was about an eight of a mile all the way around. Probably deep too. "Let's wade a little." Kagome said. Rainey rolled her jeans up to her knees and let her feet get drenched in the cool water. She and Kagome walked around and splashed each other with the fresh water for awhile.
"This is great." Rainey said.
"Yeah, I know. I-" Kagome broke off.
"Whatsamatta?" Rainey asked as she saw Kagome's happy smile fade drastically.
"There's a jewel shard nearby."
"Cool. Let's get it!" Rainey exclaimed.
"There's a huge demon coming right at-"
"Oof!" Kagome said. Rainey looked at her just in time to see Kagome's head go under the water. *SPLASH*
"KAGOME!!!" Rainey screamed. She stared frantically into the water, looking for her friend.
"AAAHHHH!!!" Rainey turned around to see Kagome being held about 30 feet in the air by a huge octopus demon.
"KAGOME!!!" The demon wrapped its tentacles tighter about Kagome, squeezing the breath out of her.
'There's no time to get help! I've got to do something!' Rainey ran out of the lake and got her sword she had left on her sweatshirt. She turned and rushed back into the water, straight for the demon. "Let her go!" she yelled.
The demon didn't appear to hear her, or didn't care. Rainey ran towards the beast, only to find the water around it was unfathomable.
"Crap! How am I supposed to get to Kagome?"
"Hey! Hey Stupid! Yeah you!" Rainey yelled. She threw aside her sword, stooped down, and picked up some pebbles on the floor of the pond. "Hey Ugly!" She hollered as she threw the stones at the beast, trying to get its attention. She missed the first couple of tries. Then she started getting the hang of it. She hit its tentacle, and its soft body. Finally she picked up a jagged stone and hurled it as hard as she could. She hit the monster square in the eye.
*SQUIRT, SQUISH*
The octopus demon roared (I guess). Apparently the eye was one of its problem areas. Its tentacles waved perilously and wildly. One of them lost its grip on Kagome and sent her flying into the water. "AAAHHHH!!!" Kagome screamed. *SPLASH*
"Kagome?! Kagome!" Rainey yelled as she splattered through the water. Suddenly she felt a wet, slimy thing around her waist. She was lifted into the air, and turned upside down. She looked up to see a humungous, green, evil eyeball staring unblinkingly at her.
"AAAHHHH!!! AAAHHHH!!! AAAHHHH!!!" Rainey screamed as she flailed about, trying to loosen the monster's grip on her.
"Hold on Rainey!" Kagome screamed.
"What exactly am I supposed to hold on to?" Rainey yelled back. Kagome didn't answer though. She was running to her backpack.
'Great. This is how I'm gonna die? Being eaten by sushi? What a way to go.' Rainey thought miserably to herself, as the monster let out another squirt/roar. Kagome returned with her bow and an arrow poised, aimed right at Rainey.
"What the heck are you doing?!"
"Shh. It's got a shard in the tentacle it's holding you up with."
"YOU'RE GONNA HIT ME!!!" Rainey yelled.
"No I won't!" Kagome shot back huffily. She pulled the string back and let the arrow fly. Time stopped for Rainey right then. She watched the arrow in slow motion as it flew towards her and the tentacle. She watched it penetrate the slimy skin of the octopus. It lowered her to about 20 feet from the surface of the pond. The demon roared and swayed dangerously. It let go of Rainey. She dropped about 15 feet into the water. "Rainey, get out of there!" Kagome shrieked. "It's gonna fall!" Rainey got up dizzy from the fall to see a gigantic octopus demon rocking back and forth above her.
"Oh crap!"
She ran towards Kagome and they both ran out of the water, to view the scene from a safe distance. The demon swung roughly and then made its plunge on the shore of the pond. *THUD* After waiting a full 5 minutes, Kagome and Rainey approached the monster.
"Is it dead?" Rainey asked.
"No. It's just knocked out. We'd better get the jewel and beat it pronto before it wakes up again."
"Agreed." Kagome and Rainey worked and wrenched the shard out of the limp tentacle. "Let's go." Rainey said.
Half an hour later.
Rainey and Kagome walked to the campsite tired and dirty. Inuyasha, having been perched on a tree nearby jumped swiftly from it and appeared in front of the two bedraggled teenagers.
"Where the hell have you two been? You've been gone for hours! Look, it's already dark!" Inuyasha pounced.
"What happened to you?" Miroku asked walking up from behind Inuyasha.
The girls were still extremely wet from head to toe. Rainey had a nice bloody lip and a gash on her arm while Kagome was holding the back of her head where an enormous bump had started to grow.
The two exchanged looks.
"We went swimming." Kagome said.
"Swimming?" Inuyasha said skeptically.
"Well yeah. You'd look like this too if you had just fought a 30 foot octopus demon." Rainey said.
"Got a jewel shard too." Kagome said. And with that, the two walked away, leaving Inuyasha with his mouth wide open.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rainey looked up at the tiny sliver left of the moon later that night. 'I'd hate to change every time the moon disappeared.' She was walking in the woods, thinking to herself. The others had fallen asleep hours ago. She giggled. Her father always said she was the night owl of the family. And she was. She preferred the still and quiet of the night to the brightness of the early morning her father treasured. "It's way too early Dad. I can't even see, much less think."
"The morning is the best time of the day! It's a whole new start." Her father would answer to her complaints about the bright sun shining in her eyes at 6 in the morning.
"Ugh. I prefer the night, when everyone else is asleep, and the day is ending. You can think about your day, about your life, anything, with no interruptions. I'd watch a sunset to a sunrise any day. The night is so much more peaceful. You have time to think, and it's beautiful." She would reply.
'It still is, no matter where you go.' She thought to herself as she stepped over a root poking out from the ground. She missed her family a lot. She wondered what they were doing. 'They're probably at school and work. It's funny to think that they're up and going on with their daily lives while I'm here in the past.' She sat down on a log, looked up again, and sighed. "I love this time of the day." She said aloud.
"I don't care how much you love it, you shouldn't be walking around in the middle of the night alone."
Rainey turned around to see a scowling Inuyasha walking towards her. "Thought you were asleep."
"Thought you had common sense or at least found some after what happened today. I saw you get up and leave, so I followed you to make sure you didn't get yourself eaten or something."
"No worries. I have my sword." *snort* "Hey! I've been doing better! You should have seen me!" 'Although I never even got to use it.'
"Feh." Inuyasha sat down on a rock nearby. "Anyways, what were you saying about loving this time of day?"
"I think this is the best time to think. Everyone else is asleep and the world is your own."
"Hmm.yeah, I like the night too." They both looked at the sky, thinking their own thoughts.
"So.your transformation's tomorrow, huh?"
How'd you-"
"Miroku and Sango told me. Does it hurt?"
"The transformation? No. It's just irritating."
"I bet." They sat in silence for a while until Rainey asked,
"Hey. Have you figured it out yet?"
"Figured what out?"
"Why you would give Kagome a reason to stay."
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"Come on Inuyasha, you can tell me. I can see how you look at her. It's obvious. You have some pretty deep feelings for Kagome. But if you don't jump on the ball, you're gonna lose her."
"What do you mean 'lose her'?"
"I thought I told you, after you find the jewel shards, she won't have a reason to stay here. She'll leave. Unless you give her a reason."
"You're out of your freakin mind. What kind of crap is this? 'Deep feelings' 'lose her'? What the hell are you going on about?"
"I think you and I both know." *grr*
"Oh man. Will you please get over yourself? Look, you can trust me. I know you hate my guts or whatever but I can keep a secret." Rainey said exasperated.
"I don't hate your guts. I used to, but you're the kind of person that grows on people, whether they like it or not."
"I'll take that as a compliment."
"It was. Why are you so difficult?"
"Anyways, we're friends, right?"
" Huh?" he was a bit taken aback by the suddenness of the question. That was the thing about Rainey. You could never be sure what she was going to say next.
"Yeah. We're friends." He said. "As hard as that is to believe." He muttered under his breath.
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that. And friends tell their friends secrets."
"Like.?"
"Like whether or not you like Kagome."
"O.K. let's say, hypothetically speaking, I did sort of like Kagome. What exactly would I do?"
"This is great!"
"What?"
"I'm sort of an amateur psychiatrist back home. I miss doing this kind of work."
"Psy-what?"
"Psychiatrist. I used to listen to and help people with their problems."
"Whatever."
"Well, I would tell her. Or least show her that I loved her if I were you."
"Love? Who said anything about love?"
"O.K so maybe you won't admit you love her, but I know you really like her." *silence* "I'll take your lack of denial as a yes."
"I swear if you tell her, so help me I'll-"
"You are really gonna have to work on that anger of yours. Besides, I wouldn't dream of telling her. Wanna know why? Because you're gonna tell her."
"Me?"
"Yes. I know it's hard, cuz I've been in the very same position recently. I screwed up by letting a guy of a lifetime go. I don't want you to make the same mistake. I like you both too much to see you that miserable. So you're gonna have to tell her."
"Feh."
"It's your choice, but remember, the ball's in your court. Are you gonna take a chance, or let her go and always wonder 'what if' for the rest of your life?" *silence* Inuyasha shifted nervously on the rock he was sitting on. That was another thing about Rainey. She knew exactly what to say to make you think.
"Hmm.so why do you like it?"
"Like what?"
"The night. Why do you like it?" Rainey said. She had resolved to let Inuyasha off the hook by changing the subject.
"Oh," Inuyasha said, understanding what Rainey was doing. "Because it's like what you said. It feels like I own the entire world. I don't have to worry about anything. I get most of my thinking done at this time."
"Thinking? Inuyasha? I think hell just froze over."
"Ha ha. Aren't you just the hilarious one?" he said sarcastically.
"I try."
Rainey smiled at the sky again. They both sat there, thinking about...well... stuff. Finally Rainey spoke up.
Question." She announced.
"O.K...." Inuyasha said hesitantly.
"Just how old are you?"
Inuyasha looked up for a moment, quietly counting to himself. "Hmm...I think I'm about...469 years old."
Rainey sat there staring at him. "469?!?!?! Are you serious?"
"Yeah."
"How on earth could you be 469 years old?"
"Well I'm a dog demon. 1 human year is 7 years for me. But I am counting the years I was asleep. So I suppose that's kinda cheating. So I guess I'm really 119."
"119?!?!?!" Rainey stared in awe.
"That's still counting by my demon side. I'm also part human, so in human terms I'm 67."
"But that's still counting the years you were asleep, right?"
"Yeah."
"So not including those 50 years, or counting by dog demon terms, you're about 17?"
"I guess. Yeah, I'm 17 years old.
Rainey looked pretty relieved. It'd be kinda weird sitting next to a guy 469 years old.
"Ya know, Kagome reacted the same way when she asked me how old I was." Inuyasha said.
"I'd imagine so. 469 is really old."
"Not really. My brother is about 511 years old. And he's a full dog demon."
"I didn't know you had a brother."
"Most people don't. I don't like talking about him."
"Why?"
"Cuz he's the biggest bastard that ever walked on earth."
"Oh." Rainey didn't ask any further. His voice a the tone of finality in it. They sat there a while, thinking some more.
"So," Inuyasha began, "tell me about you. You're a .very.er.unusual.person."
Rainey laughed out loud. "Ya know, I hear that a lot. But no one's ever bothered to ask why."
"I'm asking you now."
"What do you want to know?"
"I want to know about you and this Cal-lee-four-nee-ya of yours."
"It's a long story."
"I've got time."
'This is cool. I'm glad he's my friend.' Rainey took a deep breath, put her hands behind her head, laid back on the log she had been sitting on and started.
"Well, I've always been different, but happy being one of a kind. My mom says I'm one in a lifetime and that you'll never meet someone like me again, but I think that's true of a lot of people. I think someone distinctly unique is born everyday. Like you, me, Kagome...I think people are just born that way. Destined to break the mold." And Rainey and Inuyasha talked all night, and slowly they learned to understand each other a little better.
END OF CHAPTER 10
So whatcha think? Goofy, funny, sucky? My sister hates this chapter. This one is my favorite, although it is a bit corny. There's more coming really soon. I already have the next chapter written. I just wanna see a couple more reviews before I post it. Reviews encourage me!!! PLEASE REVIEW!!! Oh yeah, one more thing, please go and check out my other story I recently posted. It's called Unsaid.