Inutori: I'd say thanks are in order!
Sagi: Why?
Kagome: If you'd keep your mouth shut, maybe she'd tell us!
Inutori: I decided to finally try and finish this chapter thanks to my reviewer who left and uber long review. Can't think of their name right now, but it starts with an "A". Sorry to the reviewer who isn't being given proper credit right now.
Inuyasha: And to finish off this author's note…?
Inutori: I'm getting to that! I don't own Inuyasha! Alright? Happy now? Bloodsucking ingrates.
Chapter 12
Arrow of Light
A shining star in a bright sky
Beckoning onward to all
Can't you know that it shows us
The way to the arrow of light
Flying fast, flying free
That's where I want to be
Glowing bright, streak of white
Pure is the arrow of light
Bubbling laughter in the meadow
Smiling children in the treesStreaming quickly through my head
Run these simple memories
Soaring high in the sky
I know I need fly
Glowing bright, streak of white
Pure is the arrow of light
A shining star
Beckoning on
It shows us the way
To our destiny
Flying freely
Soaring upward
Brightly shining
Arrow of light
Singing birds write their song
To the beat of their wings
And so shall I shine brightly
Pure as the arrow of light
Pure as the arrow of light
A sparkling arrow of light
Pure is the arrow of light
Kagome pressed stop on the CD player, feeling the power surge through her veins. She laughed lightly. She had written that song after she had accidentally blown up the archery range at school while practicing.
That was the first time she had realized just how deadly she was. It was that moment that she knew her life would never be normal.
Sango had just gotten into the shower, so Kagome had the room to herself for the moment. The band had broken up, now she needed to call her dad and get herself back home.
Stifling her next bout of tears, Kagome rolled over on the bed and stopped next to the edge, picking up the phone and preparing to call her dad.
"You can't escape me, pet."
Kagome's heart stopped and the phone dropped from her hand. When she started breathing again, it came fast and staggered. She was scared out of her mind, and no one was there to comfort her.
"Sango, get out of the shower." Tears spilled from her eyes as her soft plea to Sango rolled off of her tongue. She brought her knees up to her chest and hugged them tightly, rocking back and forth slightly.
The raven-haired guitar player wasn't stupid and she knew that Sango hadn't heard her, so she waited, crying in her fear and shock.
*
"What?" Sango dried her hair, looking at Kagome in disbelief. Her friend's tear-streaked face didn't lie. Someone had freaked Kagome bad.
"I picked up the phone to call my dad when this creepy voice told me I couldn't escape it." Kagome looked absolutely distraught and Sango couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
"Look, no matter what that was, I won't let anything happen to you, alright?"
The singer solemnly nodded her head and leapt into Sango's arms, hugging the drummer tightly. "Domo arigato, Sango-chan!"
In her mind, Sango angrily cursed the man that chose to bother Kagome every few months. It traumatized the poor girl every time anew. What was the psycho's problem?
A knock at the door grabbed Sango's attention, and she reluctantly let go of Kagome to go see who it was. Through the eyehole, all she could see was black.
Curiousity grabbed her so she cracked open the door. There stood the 'furyou houshi' with a smug grin on his face.
"Ah, fair Sango, won't you join me for some coffee downstairs?"
"I hate coffee."
"Then how about some tea?"
Sango scrunched her nose. "Not in the mood."
"Milkshakes? On me."
She glanced back at Kagome. The offer of a free milkshake was too good to pass up, but with Kagome in the state she was…
"Go ahead, Sango-chan, I'll be fine." Kagome's whisper barely touched her ears before she grabbed her keycard and dashed out the door.
*
Kagura sighed, pacing her room with the knowledge of her last phone call weighing on her mind. It was him again, but this time he wanted her to do something.
Finally building up her courage from some unknown store, she left the hotel room and headed down the hall. She knocked on a door a few down from her own, and was greeted by the solemn face of the fox youkai Ami.
"Hi, Kagura-chan." She almost sounded disappointed to see Kagura, as if she was hoping it would be someone else.
"Hi, Ami. Is Ayame in?"
Ami forced a smile, but only one side of her lips turned upward. "Yeah, but she's in the bathroom right now. Why don't you come in for a little?"
Kagura shrugged, not wanting to talk anymore until it was necessary.
Eventually Ayame meandered out of the bathroom, smiling brightly and humming a Disney tune.
"Oi, Ayame. I need to talk with you. Follow me."
Ayame followed Kagura's steps with her confused eyes, but her feet did not comply with Kagura's order.
"I said, follow me." Kagura looked back impatiently at the wolf youkai before continuing her trek away from the hotel rooms.
After a few moments, Ayame followed after Kagura at a respectable distance.
The wind youkai led the other demon around back of the hotel into a narrow alleyway where it was shrouded in darkness.
"What are we doing here?" Ayame looked around in confusion, baffled at the strange place Kagura had taken her to.
Kagura let out a grunt, then let her fist fly at Ayame's unsuspecting body.
*
Sango and Miroku sat down opposite of each other at the small table, each with their own shake. Chocolate for Miroku and Sango had strawberry.
"I never pictured you as a strawberry girl. Thought you'd like chocolate best. Guess I was wrong." Miroku smiled kindly at Sango, his white teeth showing clearly.
"You can never tell with people." Sango returned the happy expression, allowing all of the worries of her mind shut themselves into a closet for the time being.
The black-haired man smiled grew even more and he looked appreciatively into Sango's eyes. "Thanks."
"For what?" Sango cocked her head to the side and looked at him strangely.
Miroku sighed. "I know a lot has been happening for your gang and you probably haven't been too cheerful lately. Thanks for coming here with me."
Sango looked away from Miroku, her troubles seeming to crash around her once again. "Don't worry about it. I'm sure everything will work out for the better soon enough."
A man with silver-white hair approached their table gracefully and silently.
"Oi, human."
Miroku leaped at least a foot into the air, obviously unaware of the demon's approach up until that moment. He jerked around and met with the cold golden eyes of…
"S-Sesshoumaru?" Miroku stuttered, still trying to get over the scare of his life.
"Where's Kagura?" His monotone voice gave away nothing of his reasoning behind wanting to find Kagura; neither did his expressionless eyes.
"Sorry, haven't seen her since last night at dinner." Sango shrugged at the inu youkai and turned back to her milkshake. "Did you try your…I mean HER room?"
"Of course."
Sango merely shrugged. "You could check with one of the other girls, but Kagura usually doesn't tell people where she's going."
"Domo." And with that, Sesshoumaru seemed to glide out of the little café to return his search for the wind youkai.
"Why do you think Fluffy wants to find Kagura-chan?" Sango turned back to look at Miroku, and watched as he took on an extremely perverted grin.
"I don't know, maybe my stoic manager got struck by Cupid and now he wants to go show the woman of his heart how he feels."
The female drummer snorted. "The day Kagura accepts anything from the opposite gender is the day that Sengotsu reforms."
"So you're saying it's entirely possible."
"No, I'm saying that it will never happen." Sango went back to her milkshake, signaling that the conversation at hand was over.
The silence between them stretched on, and each of them wracked their brains for something to talk about.
Miroku found something first. "Are you a virgin?"
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Inutori: Sorry the chapter's a bit shorter than the others, I just thought that this would be a good place to end it.
Sango: I can't believe Miroku asked me THAT!
Inutori: Sango?
Sango: …never mind, I guess I can.
Inutori: For those of you who requested it, we're having our Miroku/Sango moment. Cherish it while you can…it may be a while before it happens again.
Miroku: Not if I can help it.
Sango: I'll make sure Inutori is right.
Miroku: Do you hate me that much, Sango-sama?
Sango: …maybe…
Inutori: Well, please review, and until next chapter, JA NE!
