Chapter 10: Carnival Craze, Part II [This will have three parts! I didn't know it would take so long!]
Sigh. I'm getting fewer reviews. Sniffle. Sob. So please review! Oh! –Light bulb whacks me in the face- Is it because it's summer? When everyone's (except ours) school is over and everyone is doing fun things? Aha! Sigh. Probably not. I'm just trying to make myself feel better.
I'm just going to randomly say something so...uh...did you know that this is my first fanfiction? Yeah you did. Okay, that's wonderful. Shutting up now.
To quote and change a Shakespeare line from Midsummer Night's Dream...
To all you writers with a lot of reviews: "Oh teach me how you write and with what art, you sway the motion of your readers' hearts."
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Inuyasha rolled his eyes when Kagome and Sango smiled. Some day this would be. He was sure it was going to suck.
Especially if his friends were going to act like that.
Already, he was starting to get sick. Well, he wasn't sure if it was the smell of cotton candy, but whatever it was, it was disgusting.
He knew what he had in store for him, just by agreeing to come here.
A day's worth of vomit-worthy rides, cheesy...well...cheesy everything, cloying cotton candy, and...
Blech.
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Kagome was excited. She was sure that this was going to be fun...really fun. But if Inuyasha planned on acting like a moody jerk...well, that was his problem, right?
She wasn't going to let anyone ruin her day.
Miroku told her, "Me and Sango are going to go find a map or something." He was walking away quickly. "And you guys will wait here alone." He stressed that last word, but no one really noticed, except Sango, who was giving him a sharp glance, as they briskly left.
Kagome looked around, wondering what to do first. Her eye landed on a mom, a dad, and a little kid, looking happy...Looking like she had never been...
Her eyesight blurred and her throat tightened. She silently cursed her sensitivity.
No. She wouldn't cry. Not today, not now. Not when she had promised herself to have fun.
A tear slipped down her cheek, reminding her that nothing ever went her way. She couldn't even stop herself from bawling.
Why was Kagome even here? No one wanted her. No one cared for her. She didn't even have a family.
So much for not ruining my day, she thought.
She could hear her voice choking, "I think I'm going to leave...I don't...want to be here..."
She was about to bolt, to run from the happy family causing her so much pain, when someone grabbed her arm.
Kagome whirled around and saw Inuyasha. "Get off," she whimpered. She hated feeling so pathetic, and she probably looked the part, too. She didn't want anyone, especially Inuyasha, to see her like this.
He looked down at her, his deep amber eyes locked on her brown ones. Though it somewhat made her nervous, she couldn't tear her gaze away. It seemed locked, fixed, on him.
Great.
She regained control, blinked, and blushing, looked away, waiting for an explanation. Was he going to make fun of her or something?
"Don't go," he said quietly.
Kagome felt her face flush; it was turning horribly scarlet. This wasn't the Inuyasha she knew and well...knew. Yet he didn't look as if he was joking.
He looked as if he meant it but felt stupid saying it. Which probably summed up all his feelings.
Kagome sighed. "Fine, I'll stay." She was too tired to fight.
She could still hope that the rest of the day would be better.
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Sango dragged Miroku away from the cotton candy stand, stomping her way over to the booths.
She grabbed a map and shoved it at Miroku.
"What? Why must I hold it?" Miroku protested.
"Just shut up," she told him. "Let's go."
She walked briskly over, back to where Inuyasha and Kagome stood not facing each other. They weren't speaking.
Sango groaned. Well, that part of the plan sure didn't work.
Smiling nervously, Miroku, realizing the same thing, asked, "So, why don't we go on the roller coaster?"
Kagome smiled, and Inuyasha rolled his eyes, but he followed them.
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Inuyasha found himself in a long line, while the hot sun glared down onto him. Already, he could feel a sunburn. He shifted his position, looking at his friends' faces.
Sango, Miroku, and Kagome seemed pretty excited. Kagome was on her toes peering, looking for the start of the line. Sango was fanning herself with the map.
"We're almost there!" she squealed, receiving dirty looks from the goth couple in front of them.
They were now being shuffled onto the cool plastic seats of the ride. Somehow, he and Kagome had ended up together.
He was contemplating the thought when he was jolted back by the force of the ride starting.
Then he was rushing up...the wind was on his face, blowing his hair back (and into his eyes)...
And with a whoosh, he was falling...falling...his stomach turned over inside him and he thought that he would see his lunch again...
He wanted to cheer, to scream with all the other people on the ride but he didn't dare too. Not when his friends were going to die of shock. He hated that type of reaction. 'What? Inuyasha actually did something-or-other?'
Inuyasha was shoved to the right, where he accidentally bumped into Kagome.
His face flushed, then the blush grew deeper when he realized that she had made him embarrassed. Inuyasha, the stoic. The guy who had no feelings.
How could a stupid girl suddenly change the way he saw things?
He refused to think about it.
It's just the ride, he thought. The ride's making me feel woozy.
As soon as the ride was over, Sango screamed in his ear, "Wasn't that fun?"
Inuyasha's heart was still pounding hard from the jolt and now his ear was ringing.
He stood up from the cart dizzily, only to sway...
He saw the ground before him, spinning...
Inuyasha groaned. There is a reason I don't go on these types of rides, he reminded himself.
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Kagome's face was pink. She had yelled herself hoarse and was pleased that Inuyasha hadn't made a snigle nasty comment.
That was Inuyasha-speak for "That was cool."
Or, she thought. Maybe the fact that he looks as if he's gonna throw up...maybe that's part of the reason too.
Whatever. It wasn't important.
"Can we please please please get some ice cream?" Kagome turned to ask Sango, but she and Miroku had disappeared.
She sighed. Where were they off to now?
"Inuyasha?" she asked.
"What?" he snarled.
"Could I get some ice cream?" she asked, ignoring his rudeness.
"Yeah, sure, whatever," he replied, taking her arm and dragging her along to the booth.
He quickly gaver her the cone.
"That will be five dollars," the pot-bellied man said.
Kagome paled. She didn't bring money. She didn't have any to spare. Oh god. This was so embarrassing. She didn't even have five dollars.
"I...I can't..." she tried to say.
Inuyasha noticed this too and without a second glance, he shoved some of his money into the man's hand.
A girl and her friend looked at one another. The first said, "Oh, how sweet. He lent her some money. I wish my boyfriend was like that."
Inuyasha blushed. I am not her boyfriend! he felt like shouting. Kagome was just as red.
