NOTES: Gaah... The response! *dances* I'm soooo happy! Now I'll write the rest of the bathtub scene... have fun reading! ^.~
DISCLAIMER: Rumiko Takahashi is the owner of Inu Yasha and all involved... I own one box of pocky and I swear I'll eat it all before you could sue me for it. ^_^ The plot is mine, so no stealing or I'll get my pocky from you! ^.~ Enjoy the reading!
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Kikyou ran her hands through Inu Yasha's hair, taking delight in his staying with her. He was all she wanted, and she didn't care how she got him. She would drag the whole world to Hell with her, as long as it included Inu Yasha. She had died both loving and hating him at once, and it had bound her soul with both emotions. She wouldn't let herself give him away, not after all she had gone through for him. As far as she was concerned, he had little choice in the matter.
She looked at the back of his head, noting that they had been standing like this for a good while now without words or motion. She was beginning to believe he had zoned out again, completely trusting her and as completely helpless as he let himself get around her. That made her job easier. All she had to do was drag him to Hell with her, and they could be together. No one could tell him anything; no one would make him question himself for loving a corpse. No one would try to kill her again, just so she'd leave him alone.
"Kikyou..." His voice startled her out of her thoughts. So he wasn't out-of-it yet...
"Inu Yasha?" She was curious as to what he would say to get her to leave this time. Surely he would try to justify his saving her reincarnation from his half-brother. He would try to justify his leaving her. Tell her that she was dead, and should return thus. Tell her that she should quit haunting him with the past...
"I love you, Kikyou. Don't leave me again, not this time. Please, Kikyou?" Inu Yasha pulled away from her and gave her his most pleading look. His "puppy dog eyes", ears lowered, everything included. The part of Kikyou's soul that really was hers, that part she still had from Kagome, felt like it melted at his words. At his face.
"Kikyou... I have a question." His look changed to a more embarrassed face. He must not feel safe with his question. Despite herself, Kikyou asked him to continue.
"Kikyou... about the jewel..." She scowled as she heard this, but didn't interrupt. "Well, could it be used to wish the dead back to life? I mean, totally alive, not as you are now?" She took a step back from him, letting the hidden message under his words sink in.
"You wish to use the jewel on me, Inu Yasha?" She watched his face carefully as he nodded. He looked sincere about it...
The part of her that hated him screamed at her that he must be lying. She had expected him to make excuses to go get her reincarnation, and wouldn't he need the girl now to find the shards for him? This was the perfect excuse! However... the other part of her, that part that still loved him, cried out that she had to do this. This could bring her back to life! She wouldn't have to take the souls of others to live, and her reincarnation could do nothing about her existence! On top of all that, Inu Yasha really would be hers.
She looked at Inu Yasha and nodded. "Yes, the jewel could do that. However, what would you do about my reincarnation?"
He looked at her joyfully. "Once we're done finding the jewel shards, we just have to send her... home... again..." His face changed expressions and he cursed, rather loudly. She watched him carefully still, noting that he wore the same face he always wore when he was mentally beating himself into the ground. Whatever was on his mind must be no small thing, at least to him. As for this situation, it may be no small thing for her as well.
"What is it, Inu Yasha?" Kikyou had to ask him. She had been willing to go along with it. He would send the reincarnation home! It would be just her and Inu Yasha again, Kikyou and the hanyou. His change of face did nothing to make her feel good about her choice.
"Kagome... your reincarnation's way home again... the reason she ever left is because I broke it..." He shook his head violently. "Come on, love. Let's visit your sister and see if we can't fix that. We can get Kagome after that. Knowing Sesshoumaru, he's either killed her already, or he's waiting for me. We should have the time." He knelt down in the fashion Kagome had been used to, indicating that Kikyou should climb onto his back. Kikyou, however, was not used to this and wondered why he sat there like that.
After a few minutes of waiting, an embarrassed Inu Yasha jumped up and grabbed Kikyou in his arms instead, carrying her off towards Kaede's village. Holding her rather protectively, she noted with a smile. She leaned in and rested her head on his arm, wrapping her own around his neck. Yes, he was certainly hers. Forever.
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Kagome would have sunk down further into the water if she hadn't already been up to her lower lip in it. She was intent on making sure not to take her eyes from Sesshoumaru, seeing as she did not trust him at all. She knew she was no match for him when it came to speed or strength, but if he tried anything she would be the first to slap him until she couldn't move her hands anymore. She let her ears listen for the children, making certain they were okay still, so that her eyes were free to watch the taiyoukai for... unusual movements.
One thing she certainly did not like was his grin. She hadn't ever seen a real grin on his face before, which only made this more alarming. She had always thought he was too controlled to even have emotions, so seeing him lose his control only to show this side of him, this smile, really did nothing to make her feel secure. She wondered what he'd do if she tried to swim around him and get to the other side, away from him. She decided against it, however, on the idea that he might grab her and hold her back if she passed him, and the last thing she wanted right now was physical contact.
Sesshoumaru, on the other hand, was quite enjoying this. The glare on her face was classic, and the blush covered her entire face, making her seem to glow pink. Such flushed skin, he had heard, was usually soft and sensitive...
He stopped moving closer to her when they were nearly touching. Due to the water, one couldn't so much as shiver without the other feeling the action, without ever touching skin. He could feel his control slipping, and his grin widening, and only managed to hold onto his emotions and actions by keeping two things in mind. One, there were two children just behind them, and two, he would never be interested in a human. Never. However... that didn't mean he couldn't let himself have a little fun anyways... right?
He was trying to think of exactly what to do to scare her the most, and embarrass her the most, without making the children have those certain questions that no one in their right mind would want to have to answer. While he was thinking, he noticed that she was trying to push herself as far back as possible without exposing herself, and his grin widened. Unconsciously, his tail brushed up against her leg under the water... earning him a high-pitched scream from Kagome.
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Shippou and Rin were pretending to race from one side to the other, both intently staring at Sesshoumaru and Kagome the whole time, and swimming at exactly the same pace so they could talk to each other during this.
"Um, Rin... does Sesshoumaru act like this often?" Shippou had to ask, not certain which scared him more: the look on Kagome's face, or the grin on Sesshoumaru's. He'd seen the face on plenty of youkai before... just before they had taken something that wasn't theirs to take. Usually, that something was either a treasure, such as the very jewel they hunted, or it was the life of another. He certainly knew that there was no treasure in here... and that made him afraid.
"No... Rin has never seen Sesshoumaru-sama smile so much. Does Kagome-neesan act like that a lot?" Rin was also worried by the scene, but not as much as Shippou was. She figured that if Sesshoumaru was grinning, then he must be happy, and Rin was happy if Sesshoumaru was. However, Kagome didn't look happy, and that put poor Rin at a loss. She wondered if maybe Kagome was sad about something and Sesshoumaru was trying to make her smile...
"Sometimes... though she's only like that right before she slaps Miroku or tells Inu Yasha to sit... I really don't know why though." They had both stopped on one side to watch when Kagome screamed suddenly, for a reason neither of them could tell.
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Kagome felt something under the water as it brushed up against her leg, though she had no idea that it was only Sesshoumaru's tail. After all her time outdoors, her first thoughts jumped around ideas like snakes and the like. She certainly did not like the thought of a snake around her leg. She didn't realize that whatever had brushed against her had fur on it... not until too late.
She screamed and jumped up, completely out of the water, staring down into the water to see what had been there. That's when she realized not only that she had felt fur, but that she could see nothing more than Sesshoumaru's tail where her leg had been. She was about to yell at him for frightening her when she noticed where his eyes were roaming. She froze for a moment, remembering that there was no water around her anymore, and trying to think of what to do. Turning absolutely red, she turned and dashed for a towel once she noticed that his gaze had stopped at her ankles and was heading back up again.
Sesshoumaru moved more quickly than she could... and at this moment, he moved more quickly than his mind could as well. The moment she ran, he was out of the water and holding onto her wrist, keeping her by him. He used his other hand to cup her chin, forcing her to meet his gaze. He looked into her eyes, noticing that she was more shocked than anything else right now. It would be a perfect opportunity, because she wouldn't think to deny him. He moved his face closer to hers, lips almost brushing each other, when he heard... a splash from behind, and two sets of squishing footsteps run up beside them to watch.
He turned his head enough to take in the curious expressions on their faces before he released Kagome and turned to get dried and dressed. He would have to watch himself from now on. He had managed to forget that they were being watched, and he could not allow himself to lose control that much. Not then, and not ever.
He was halfway dressed already when Kagome finally snapped out of her stupor and hurriedly dried herself. She still managed to get dressed before Sesshoumaru finished, and both children did the same. Sesshoumaru almost laughed when he saw Shippou wearing one of Inu Yasha's childhood outfits. Almost. Without a word to any of them, he left and went back to his room. Clearly he needed rest, if he had lost himself so much.
Kagome waited until she couldn't see Sesshoumaru anymore before she rushed herself, Rin, and Shippou inside. They had agreed to share their room three ways, both children insisting that they couldn't sleep if Kagome wasn't there beside them. She felt completely worn out, and was more than happy to have the children there with her. If not for their being there, she certainly didn't trust Sesshoumaru not to sneak in at night and finish his games. She blushed again, trying to sort out for herself why she hadn't run once he had finally let her go. She had frozen, but not in fear. She spent most of her night trying to figure out why, until she finally fell into sleep.
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Sango and Miroku sat by their fire. They were camped just outside of what could be called Sesshoumaru's front yard. They were planning on taking turns with watching during the night, mostly due to the fact that they could hear guards lazily wandering around nearby, and were not certain of their safety this close to his home.
They could have gotten there sooner if they hadn't stopped when they saw, from a distance, what could only be Inu Yasha leaping away back the way they had came, holding what was certainly Kikyou in his arms. They had spent an hour arguing and trying to decide if they should continue after Kagome, or go stop Inu Yasha from doing something stupid. They had finally agreed that they owed Kagome to go save her first. Inu Yasha had already told them, in his own way, that they were to leave him alone with Kikyou, so they'd respect his decision.
After that, they had gotten lost and wandered around trying to find Sesshoumaru's home. After much wandering, they had to ask someone for directions. That someone was an unfortunate youkai who had had the nerve to attack them. After being beaten nearly senseless by both Miroku's staff and Sango's Hiraikotsu , he had finally agreed to give them directions. He had then been bound and dragged along behind them until they could see the building, only then releasing the injured youkai, who immediately ran away with the last of his shattered pride.
Miroku was to keep first watch. Sango was reluctant to let him keep any watch, knowing how his hands would wander, but she knew they would both need their fair share of sleep. So she lay down and drifted into her dreams, while Miroku watched over them... he stayed awake all night, not waking her for her turn. He didn't doze off until the sun began to rise, and Kirara opened her eyes. Kirara watched over them both for the rest of the morning, while Miroku got the last little bit of sleep. They would have a long day tomorrow.
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NOTES: Well, I thought I'd get this out before I began getting threatening reviews... lol. Sorry the chapter was so short though. I'll make up for it in later chapters. Next chapter will bring you more news about the current state of the well, as well as show more of the new trust between Kikyou and Inu Yasha. Also, Sango and Miroku show up in Sesshoumaru's home. How will that bide? Wait and see! ^.~
REVIEWS: (Woo-hoo! ^_^)
Lady2U: Yup... she was pretty much stuck. ^^ It makes for interesting reading, if nothing else, ne? ^.~ lol
Lizzie: Ooh, I need to check out this website. Do you have a link? (I'm more than a little afraid to do a search of "Slap", knowing a lot of the other sites that the search will pull up... eh-heh ^.^; )
vegito044: Well, the funny thing about immediate questions like that is... by the time you get to the bottom and read this review, you already read what he did.. lol. And I wanna see that grin too! ^.^ hehee. Thank you! ^__^ Arigato! I luv reviews like this too! heheee ^___^
Sukera: mwuahaha... I hope this was soon enough ^^; lol
DemonLady1: Gomen... didn't mean to make you wait. The wait shouldn't be so long this time around. ^^
MysticalAngel4: Yup! A mallet just like that one! I tend to have a thick skull anyways. ^_~ lol. Glad you are liking my fic and hope the rest of it is as enjoyable. ^^ Thanks!
Victoria: Thank you! ^_^ I hope, yet again, that this was soon enough... ^^; And to your second review... Gomen!!!! Here is the update! ^^;;;;;
emerald dragon hanyou: Of course I had to leave it there! I'd have had to write a whole 'nother chapter to it if I didn't! lol. (And gutter mind isn't always so bad ---lmao---) Sorry, didn't know you hated them, but I have less control over that than you may think. Besides... it's kinda fun reading the responses when everyone is hooked on my cliffy... ^_~ hehee. Still, I hope I updated soon enough because I don't like cliffies much when I'm the reader either, so I don't want to leave any for too long. Thanks for the review! ^^
chelsea: Yup... cliffy! lol. Glad you like it enough to want to read more. You people REALLY need to define what "soon" is though... lol. ^.~
Trina3: lmao... I love the terms everyone has for Sesshoumaru now... =^^= Yesh, they make a very cute family... lol. I hope I don't disappoint then! Thanks for the review ^_^
Anime Craze: Yes! Write it down, memorize it, and never ever forget it! Mwuahahahaaa... ^__~
?????????: Thank you for the review, and I hope my updates are often enough! ^^
Micah17: That's good to hear ^^ I hope I put in enough about Inu and Kikyou.To be honest, I really don't like Kikyou, but I couldn't stand to leave Inu Yasha alone. So, as much as I'm trying to stay within-character, she may seem a bit off. I'm glad you like the Sesshie of recent! ^_~ Hope this chapter was as fun to read as the last. ^_^
Yuko: Of course! First, I need to see reviews, and second... the rest of it would have taken far too much time and space for that one chapter alone... lol. *hands you tissues* But here's the rest to that last chapter, so don't cry anymore, k? ^^
Anyways, sorry it took so long this time, but a friend of mine had a birthday party, so my time was spent making sure that I had a gift for them and that I looked decent getting there... that, and learning how to drive to his house on my own for the first time ever. ^^; I even went tanning! Fun! So, again, sorry it took so long, and once I start seeing reviews for this chapter I'll make the next one. ^_^ Have fun waiting! lol
DISCLAIMER: Rumiko Takahashi is the owner of Inu Yasha and all involved... I own one box of pocky and I swear I'll eat it all before you could sue me for it. ^_^ The plot is mine, so no stealing or I'll get my pocky from you! ^.~ Enjoy the reading!
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Kikyou ran her hands through Inu Yasha's hair, taking delight in his staying with her. He was all she wanted, and she didn't care how she got him. She would drag the whole world to Hell with her, as long as it included Inu Yasha. She had died both loving and hating him at once, and it had bound her soul with both emotions. She wouldn't let herself give him away, not after all she had gone through for him. As far as she was concerned, he had little choice in the matter.
She looked at the back of his head, noting that they had been standing like this for a good while now without words or motion. She was beginning to believe he had zoned out again, completely trusting her and as completely helpless as he let himself get around her. That made her job easier. All she had to do was drag him to Hell with her, and they could be together. No one could tell him anything; no one would make him question himself for loving a corpse. No one would try to kill her again, just so she'd leave him alone.
"Kikyou..." His voice startled her out of her thoughts. So he wasn't out-of-it yet...
"Inu Yasha?" She was curious as to what he would say to get her to leave this time. Surely he would try to justify his saving her reincarnation from his half-brother. He would try to justify his leaving her. Tell her that she was dead, and should return thus. Tell her that she should quit haunting him with the past...
"I love you, Kikyou. Don't leave me again, not this time. Please, Kikyou?" Inu Yasha pulled away from her and gave her his most pleading look. His "puppy dog eyes", ears lowered, everything included. The part of Kikyou's soul that really was hers, that part she still had from Kagome, felt like it melted at his words. At his face.
"Kikyou... I have a question." His look changed to a more embarrassed face. He must not feel safe with his question. Despite herself, Kikyou asked him to continue.
"Kikyou... about the jewel..." She scowled as she heard this, but didn't interrupt. "Well, could it be used to wish the dead back to life? I mean, totally alive, not as you are now?" She took a step back from him, letting the hidden message under his words sink in.
"You wish to use the jewel on me, Inu Yasha?" She watched his face carefully as he nodded. He looked sincere about it...
The part of her that hated him screamed at her that he must be lying. She had expected him to make excuses to go get her reincarnation, and wouldn't he need the girl now to find the shards for him? This was the perfect excuse! However... the other part of her, that part that still loved him, cried out that she had to do this. This could bring her back to life! She wouldn't have to take the souls of others to live, and her reincarnation could do nothing about her existence! On top of all that, Inu Yasha really would be hers.
She looked at Inu Yasha and nodded. "Yes, the jewel could do that. However, what would you do about my reincarnation?"
He looked at her joyfully. "Once we're done finding the jewel shards, we just have to send her... home... again..." His face changed expressions and he cursed, rather loudly. She watched him carefully still, noting that he wore the same face he always wore when he was mentally beating himself into the ground. Whatever was on his mind must be no small thing, at least to him. As for this situation, it may be no small thing for her as well.
"What is it, Inu Yasha?" Kikyou had to ask him. She had been willing to go along with it. He would send the reincarnation home! It would be just her and Inu Yasha again, Kikyou and the hanyou. His change of face did nothing to make her feel good about her choice.
"Kagome... your reincarnation's way home again... the reason she ever left is because I broke it..." He shook his head violently. "Come on, love. Let's visit your sister and see if we can't fix that. We can get Kagome after that. Knowing Sesshoumaru, he's either killed her already, or he's waiting for me. We should have the time." He knelt down in the fashion Kagome had been used to, indicating that Kikyou should climb onto his back. Kikyou, however, was not used to this and wondered why he sat there like that.
After a few minutes of waiting, an embarrassed Inu Yasha jumped up and grabbed Kikyou in his arms instead, carrying her off towards Kaede's village. Holding her rather protectively, she noted with a smile. She leaned in and rested her head on his arm, wrapping her own around his neck. Yes, he was certainly hers. Forever.
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Kagome would have sunk down further into the water if she hadn't already been up to her lower lip in it. She was intent on making sure not to take her eyes from Sesshoumaru, seeing as she did not trust him at all. She knew she was no match for him when it came to speed or strength, but if he tried anything she would be the first to slap him until she couldn't move her hands anymore. She let her ears listen for the children, making certain they were okay still, so that her eyes were free to watch the taiyoukai for... unusual movements.
One thing she certainly did not like was his grin. She hadn't ever seen a real grin on his face before, which only made this more alarming. She had always thought he was too controlled to even have emotions, so seeing him lose his control only to show this side of him, this smile, really did nothing to make her feel secure. She wondered what he'd do if she tried to swim around him and get to the other side, away from him. She decided against it, however, on the idea that he might grab her and hold her back if she passed him, and the last thing she wanted right now was physical contact.
Sesshoumaru, on the other hand, was quite enjoying this. The glare on her face was classic, and the blush covered her entire face, making her seem to glow pink. Such flushed skin, he had heard, was usually soft and sensitive...
He stopped moving closer to her when they were nearly touching. Due to the water, one couldn't so much as shiver without the other feeling the action, without ever touching skin. He could feel his control slipping, and his grin widening, and only managed to hold onto his emotions and actions by keeping two things in mind. One, there were two children just behind them, and two, he would never be interested in a human. Never. However... that didn't mean he couldn't let himself have a little fun anyways... right?
He was trying to think of exactly what to do to scare her the most, and embarrass her the most, without making the children have those certain questions that no one in their right mind would want to have to answer. While he was thinking, he noticed that she was trying to push herself as far back as possible without exposing herself, and his grin widened. Unconsciously, his tail brushed up against her leg under the water... earning him a high-pitched scream from Kagome.
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Shippou and Rin were pretending to race from one side to the other, both intently staring at Sesshoumaru and Kagome the whole time, and swimming at exactly the same pace so they could talk to each other during this.
"Um, Rin... does Sesshoumaru act like this often?" Shippou had to ask, not certain which scared him more: the look on Kagome's face, or the grin on Sesshoumaru's. He'd seen the face on plenty of youkai before... just before they had taken something that wasn't theirs to take. Usually, that something was either a treasure, such as the very jewel they hunted, or it was the life of another. He certainly knew that there was no treasure in here... and that made him afraid.
"No... Rin has never seen Sesshoumaru-sama smile so much. Does Kagome-neesan act like that a lot?" Rin was also worried by the scene, but not as much as Shippou was. She figured that if Sesshoumaru was grinning, then he must be happy, and Rin was happy if Sesshoumaru was. However, Kagome didn't look happy, and that put poor Rin at a loss. She wondered if maybe Kagome was sad about something and Sesshoumaru was trying to make her smile...
"Sometimes... though she's only like that right before she slaps Miroku or tells Inu Yasha to sit... I really don't know why though." They had both stopped on one side to watch when Kagome screamed suddenly, for a reason neither of them could tell.
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Kagome felt something under the water as it brushed up against her leg, though she had no idea that it was only Sesshoumaru's tail. After all her time outdoors, her first thoughts jumped around ideas like snakes and the like. She certainly did not like the thought of a snake around her leg. She didn't realize that whatever had brushed against her had fur on it... not until too late.
She screamed and jumped up, completely out of the water, staring down into the water to see what had been there. That's when she realized not only that she had felt fur, but that she could see nothing more than Sesshoumaru's tail where her leg had been. She was about to yell at him for frightening her when she noticed where his eyes were roaming. She froze for a moment, remembering that there was no water around her anymore, and trying to think of what to do. Turning absolutely red, she turned and dashed for a towel once she noticed that his gaze had stopped at her ankles and was heading back up again.
Sesshoumaru moved more quickly than she could... and at this moment, he moved more quickly than his mind could as well. The moment she ran, he was out of the water and holding onto her wrist, keeping her by him. He used his other hand to cup her chin, forcing her to meet his gaze. He looked into her eyes, noticing that she was more shocked than anything else right now. It would be a perfect opportunity, because she wouldn't think to deny him. He moved his face closer to hers, lips almost brushing each other, when he heard... a splash from behind, and two sets of squishing footsteps run up beside them to watch.
He turned his head enough to take in the curious expressions on their faces before he released Kagome and turned to get dried and dressed. He would have to watch himself from now on. He had managed to forget that they were being watched, and he could not allow himself to lose control that much. Not then, and not ever.
He was halfway dressed already when Kagome finally snapped out of her stupor and hurriedly dried herself. She still managed to get dressed before Sesshoumaru finished, and both children did the same. Sesshoumaru almost laughed when he saw Shippou wearing one of Inu Yasha's childhood outfits. Almost. Without a word to any of them, he left and went back to his room. Clearly he needed rest, if he had lost himself so much.
Kagome waited until she couldn't see Sesshoumaru anymore before she rushed herself, Rin, and Shippou inside. They had agreed to share their room three ways, both children insisting that they couldn't sleep if Kagome wasn't there beside them. She felt completely worn out, and was more than happy to have the children there with her. If not for their being there, she certainly didn't trust Sesshoumaru not to sneak in at night and finish his games. She blushed again, trying to sort out for herself why she hadn't run once he had finally let her go. She had frozen, but not in fear. She spent most of her night trying to figure out why, until she finally fell into sleep.
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Sango and Miroku sat by their fire. They were camped just outside of what could be called Sesshoumaru's front yard. They were planning on taking turns with watching during the night, mostly due to the fact that they could hear guards lazily wandering around nearby, and were not certain of their safety this close to his home.
They could have gotten there sooner if they hadn't stopped when they saw, from a distance, what could only be Inu Yasha leaping away back the way they had came, holding what was certainly Kikyou in his arms. They had spent an hour arguing and trying to decide if they should continue after Kagome, or go stop Inu Yasha from doing something stupid. They had finally agreed that they owed Kagome to go save her first. Inu Yasha had already told them, in his own way, that they were to leave him alone with Kikyou, so they'd respect his decision.
After that, they had gotten lost and wandered around trying to find Sesshoumaru's home. After much wandering, they had to ask someone for directions. That someone was an unfortunate youkai who had had the nerve to attack them. After being beaten nearly senseless by both Miroku's staff and Sango's Hiraikotsu , he had finally agreed to give them directions. He had then been bound and dragged along behind them until they could see the building, only then releasing the injured youkai, who immediately ran away with the last of his shattered pride.
Miroku was to keep first watch. Sango was reluctant to let him keep any watch, knowing how his hands would wander, but she knew they would both need their fair share of sleep. So she lay down and drifted into her dreams, while Miroku watched over them... he stayed awake all night, not waking her for her turn. He didn't doze off until the sun began to rise, and Kirara opened her eyes. Kirara watched over them both for the rest of the morning, while Miroku got the last little bit of sleep. They would have a long day tomorrow.
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NOTES: Well, I thought I'd get this out before I began getting threatening reviews... lol. Sorry the chapter was so short though. I'll make up for it in later chapters. Next chapter will bring you more news about the current state of the well, as well as show more of the new trust between Kikyou and Inu Yasha. Also, Sango and Miroku show up in Sesshoumaru's home. How will that bide? Wait and see! ^.~
REVIEWS: (Woo-hoo! ^_^)
Lady2U: Yup... she was pretty much stuck. ^^ It makes for interesting reading, if nothing else, ne? ^.~ lol
Lizzie: Ooh, I need to check out this website. Do you have a link? (I'm more than a little afraid to do a search of "Slap", knowing a lot of the other sites that the search will pull up... eh-heh ^.^; )
vegito044: Well, the funny thing about immediate questions like that is... by the time you get to the bottom and read this review, you already read what he did.. lol. And I wanna see that grin too! ^.^ hehee. Thank you! ^__^ Arigato! I luv reviews like this too! heheee ^___^
Sukera: mwuahaha... I hope this was soon enough ^^; lol
DemonLady1: Gomen... didn't mean to make you wait. The wait shouldn't be so long this time around. ^^
MysticalAngel4: Yup! A mallet just like that one! I tend to have a thick skull anyways. ^_~ lol. Glad you are liking my fic and hope the rest of it is as enjoyable. ^^ Thanks!
Victoria: Thank you! ^_^ I hope, yet again, that this was soon enough... ^^; And to your second review... Gomen!!!! Here is the update! ^^;;;;;
emerald dragon hanyou: Of course I had to leave it there! I'd have had to write a whole 'nother chapter to it if I didn't! lol. (And gutter mind isn't always so bad ---lmao---) Sorry, didn't know you hated them, but I have less control over that than you may think. Besides... it's kinda fun reading the responses when everyone is hooked on my cliffy... ^_~ hehee. Still, I hope I updated soon enough because I don't like cliffies much when I'm the reader either, so I don't want to leave any for too long. Thanks for the review! ^^
chelsea: Yup... cliffy! lol. Glad you like it enough to want to read more. You people REALLY need to define what "soon" is though... lol. ^.~
Trina3: lmao... I love the terms everyone has for Sesshoumaru now... =^^= Yesh, they make a very cute family... lol. I hope I don't disappoint then! Thanks for the review ^_^
Anime Craze: Yes! Write it down, memorize it, and never ever forget it! Mwuahahahaaa... ^__~
?????????: Thank you for the review, and I hope my updates are often enough! ^^
Micah17: That's good to hear ^^ I hope I put in enough about Inu and Kikyou.To be honest, I really don't like Kikyou, but I couldn't stand to leave Inu Yasha alone. So, as much as I'm trying to stay within-character, she may seem a bit off. I'm glad you like the Sesshie of recent! ^_~ Hope this chapter was as fun to read as the last. ^_^
Yuko: Of course! First, I need to see reviews, and second... the rest of it would have taken far too much time and space for that one chapter alone... lol. *hands you tissues* But here's the rest to that last chapter, so don't cry anymore, k? ^^
Anyways, sorry it took so long this time, but a friend of mine had a birthday party, so my time was spent making sure that I had a gift for them and that I looked decent getting there... that, and learning how to drive to his house on my own for the first time ever. ^^; I even went tanning! Fun! So, again, sorry it took so long, and once I start seeing reviews for this chapter I'll make the next one. ^_^ Have fun waiting! lol