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WHACKS COMPY It just needed a little love! n.n
((Sorry for the extreme lack of updates lately. To make up, this is a...kind of....big chapter! I'm sorry, I'll try to keep updating as much as I can. But I'm kind of stumped on where to go with this to consume time. I know what I want to happen, but it's too soon. If you got any suggestions on a filler chapter plot, please tell me. I'm seriously dieing here. X.X))
Fiery anger and extreme rage burned in her large chestnut eyes. "I'M GOING HOME, STUPID!!!" Kagome screamed into the air, obviously directed to Inuyasha whom was on top of the paradise bird's mountain, while she was riding Kirara into the setting sun. "YOU'RE SUCH A JERK!" she attempted one last warning before her feminine voice would have been out of reach of even Inuyasha's sharp hearing.
Shippou watched the small silhouette fade into the glare of the orange-tinged sky. "When Kagome gets angry, she's scary!" he shuddered. A slight wind rustled his bushy tail, he shivered and looked away to face Inuyasha. Who there would have expected to see the half demon clinging to a small boulder, as if for dear life. "I-I wasn't ssscared" Inuyasha stammered and griped the large rock ever so tighter. "GO ON! SEE IF I CARE!" He yelled at his limit into the tangerine-luminated clouds. Kagome was most obviously out of ear reach, but Inuyasha gave one feudal attempt to reclaim his dignity. It, of course, went in vain.
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A slight wind bristled the suddenly uncalm air. Winter was fast approaching and Inuyasha could tell there was to be snow soon. He rubbed his hands on either side of his arms and shivered slightly. He stared down the hollow well solemnly. Winter is so...cold. He disliked the chill which came packaged with autumn, but quite enjoyed the beautiful multifaceted leaves which laminated the towering trees he often slept in. Thankfully, the western lands did not allow winter to venture for too long. Though he was still hoping they could get this silly adventure over and done with as soon as possible. Then he wouldn't have to travel across these demon ridden lands in search of those damned jewel shards. So the sooner he got back Kagome, the faster he can become a full fledged demon and be done with it. And so he stood, gazing motionless at the sacred well. Unable to decide his next choice.
"I should just go to her time and apologize... but... no way am I letting that bitch get the glory of receiving an apology when she was the one who stared it. Plus, I didn't do anything!" Inuyasha yelled in his head and scowled one last time at the well before turning his back and falling limp to lie against it's wooden casing.
"What did she ever do for me..."
"Much more than you realize." A woman's voice interrupted. Inuyasha panicked and looked up swiftly. Standing before him was the same fair woman who had rescued him from underneath the boulder, whom Inuyasha now thought to be the creator of the Shikon jewel. Her black hair seemed to have slight brown highlights in the beam of the sun. The solar rays pierced through the baring trees due to the cold and into the well's clearing. Her hair fluttered in the brisk wind, only to slightly tickle at his face as she bent down and leaned in close.
Inuyasha was slightly relieved that it wasn't Kagome, but wondered how the priestess's presence wasn't detected by his sharp ears. Also, the narrow distance between their faces made him quite uneasy.
"It's you again..." he mumbled, his head pressed against the wooden wall of the well in an attempt to widen the gap between his face and hers.
"Hello again, Inuyasha," she smiled blissfully, "Still as stubborn as ever, I see."
"What's that supposed to mean? And who are you, anyway?" Inuyasha blurted out the question which had been burning through his mind for weeks. His stomach clenched in anticipation.
Some hair fell over her shoulder as she tilted her head and giggled slightly. "Why, don't you remember me? I saved you when you somehow got stuck under that large boulder." She smirked, sarcasm littered throughout her voice.
Inuyasha didn't appreciate her sense of humor. "Yea, duh. I'm not that stupid. I'm asking who you are, as in what your name is."
The priestess resisted the urge to illustrate on his 'not that stupid' comment. "My true name is Maki, but humans better know me as priestess Midoriko."
"AH-HA! I knew you where her!"
"Guess you'renot that stupid after all." The resistance was futile.
"Haw haw haw. Aren't you human? Why do you have two names, huh?"
"Who said I was human?"
"You did!"
"Did I? I don't think so. I believe my exact words where 'humans better know me as priestess Midoriko.' "
"Whatever! You're sure as hell not a demon, or I would smell it. So, what are you?"
"I'm Maki, goddess of the moon."
"Goddess of the moon, eh? So it's your fault I turn human every month?" Inuyasha criticized.
"I suppose so." Maki sighed demurely and retracted her head away, standing straight and looking down at him sternly. "Well?" she questioned.
"Well what?" He retorted, raw stubbornness fueling him to push her patience.
"You know perfectly well what I'm implying. Or why I'm even here, for that matter. Go after Kagome. Go back to her time and apologize."
"Why should I? I don't need her."
"Don't be such a simpleton. You need Kagome to find the Shikon Jewel Shards. My jewel shards. Admit it, the reason you got so angry when Kouga said those things to Kagome was because you where, in some way, jealous. You need her as much as she needs you. You must protect her, Inuyasha. Go and get her." Maki chastised.
Inuyasha pouted angrily and looked away, unable to find the words to argue. He felt a slight tingle start from the top of his head and tickled along his neck, traveling down his spine to throughout his body. He continued to stare off to the woman's right side, unconsciously watching ever so many more leaves fall from their mother tree into the cold, harsh breeze and onto the unforgiving ground.
Maki closed her eyes meditatively and began to fade into translucency. "In time, you'll realize how very much she means to you" the goddess's voice echoed before her body once again dispersed into small blue orbs. Inuyasha broke his stare on the leaves to look up and watch the lights performing their ritual flickers before disappearing into thin air.
They reminded him of snowflakes.
Oh, how he despised winter.
Hits a gloom on the grey...
