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Chapter Nine!
One week later, one annoying week later in Kagome's mind, they finally let her out of the hospital. No one that entire week had let her do anything! And they barely ever let her out of her bed. And now, they were even worse! At the moment Roy was helping Kagome gather things to go back to Aya's; it was about five in the evening.
"Thank you for helping, but you know I could have handled it. I've had worse injuries and still had to work," Kagome spoke to Roy. Who was behind her and carrying a hell of a lot of flowers in one arm, her suitcasethat Aya had brought her- in the other. Kagome just carried a smaller bag, and one bouquet of flowers.
"Ha! Wouldn't want you to strain yourself and reopen your wound."
"That, maybe. And the fact that all men have to act all strong when a woman is injured," Kagome mumbled under her breath, as the pair climbed walked up the driveway to Aya's home.
"I'm back!" she called as they entered the house.
"Oh Kagome!" the old woman ran as fast as her old legs could manage and gave Kagome a hug. "I'm making supper at the moment. Mr. Mustang can stay as well." Roy mumbled his thanks.
"Okay, Aya, thanks. We'll be back in a sec. I want to put this stuff in my room."
The kind old woman nodded and Kagome walked up the stairs yelling over her shoulder, "Come on, Roy! I move faster than you and I got a hole in my side!" She heard Aya chuckle.
Down the hall and three doors to your right they stopped and entered the room. Mustang looked it over after he dumped her back and placed her flowers on the bed.
(I never described the room before.)
There was a simple twin sized bed tucked into the corner near a down that he assumed was a closet. A bookshelf covered the entire wall opposite it. sure enough that looked normal, however next a balcony that lay connected to the room, did not look normal.
The entire wall was covered in vine of some kind, inside the room. Out on the balcony were pots and pots of different plants as well.
Kagome caught him staring and smiled. "It's my collection. I grow them, and study them. Each one has a different use. Some heal, some poison, and some just look pretty."
"You spend time doing this?"
"Sure do! Whenever I got a minuet to spare, carry some around as well. Never know when they're going to come in handy."
Roy was about to speak again, however Aya's voice cut him off, "Supper is ready. Come down!"
Kagome flashed a grin. "Coming!"
Downstairs Aya had cooked a huge turkey dinner. With the plants around it and everything! There were candles and wineglasses. "Eh? Aya, what's with all the… decorative settings?"
"We're celebrating your recover of course!" the old woman commented as she bustled to around the room, setting things here and there. Kagome shook her head; Aya was stranger than her own grandpa was but just as wise as Kaede, a lethal combination.
"Sit, sit!" Aya commanded. "Don't want you opening you stitches, though I don't know how that could happen, you just standing there. But! As you know strange things tend to happen around you." Kagome and Roy sat, Aya carved the bird, and they ate their meal.
About half way through Aya got up and left, saying that she was full and her old bones needed sleep. This left Kagome and Roy alone, slightly nervous.
Kagome smiled suddenly. "You are going to let me come back to work tomorrow right?" The meal was over and she led him to the door."
Roy grinned and shook his head. "I don't want you to over do it. You might reopen your stitches."
Kagome sighed, why had she asked? She smiled again. "So I can still come in cant I? I want to look at some books in the library." She turned to him, eyes pleading.
Roy shook his head in annoyance and sighed, (People sigh a lot!) " If you must. But I don't see why you don't work on you plants. You'd have a full week with them."
"A week!" Kagome shrieked, then got herself under enough control to say, " Plants are fine and dandy but sometime you got to have people around. And Aya gets tired and I can't talk to her all night. So you don't mind if I come in tomorrow? I DID promise Al I would help him underdstand a legend I told him a week back?"
"Fine if you must."
"YAY!" Kagome childishly and gave Roy a hug. She pulled away quickly, her cheeks tainted with a faint blush. "Umm… yea… I'll see you tomorrow, then?"
Roy nodded and turned toward the door, this night had reminded him of his first date, all shy and embarrassing.
"G'night Roy," Kagome called after him as he left the house. She went up to work on her plants once again.
Meanwhile, a pair of blood red eyes watched the scene, amusement flooded his features. So the little miko had friends, who better to use against her.
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The next morning Kagome arose bright and early, eager to speak with Al, she enjoyed his company as much as she did her own brother. Not so much Ed's though… he reminded her of Inuyasha, all gruff with a tender heart inside. Besides at the moment he was not exactly open with her, but much like Inuyasha again, it took him awhile to trust people.
Kagome took a fast bath and changed, into a pair of black pants and a dark blue shirt. She wasn't working today so it wasn't demanded that she wear the uniform. She had a quick breakfast and left for the building.
Fifteen minuets later she and Al were seated at a table and discussing the Shikon no Tama.
"Kagome, what about the miko. You told me that she went to another time. But did she ever come back to her family."
Kagome smiled, "I can't answer that Al, no one knows." Yep not even that miko. She sighed, she did want to see her family again, but she liked it here. Here with Al, Aya, Roy… She shook herself away from that thought only to have the voice's words return to her.
"This is a man who cares for you. Give him a chance and forgot about that love that never was" It wasn't hard to figure what the voice had meant, but so far Roy had shown no interest in her other than friendship, for now that would have to do. She shook her head and realized that she had missed something that Al had said.
"I'm sorry what?"
Had he been able to, Al would have smiled, Kagome was carefree… for most things. "I asked, do you think that she could be in this time, somehow? I mean she could be right?" Al was confused at Kagome sudden giggle.
"Oh I suppose. I guess anything is possible right? But tell me, do you want her to be here?"
Al thought about it shortly before answering, "I would. And I could somehow I'd make a wish."
Kagome sighed and shook her head sadly. "Al, I know you wont like this but nearly all who have contact with the jewel are not happy. The demon slayer lost her brother and whole village, the monk nearly lost his love to her grief and to the jewel, the hanyou was plagued with nothing more than being a full demon to be accepted. I understand why you want to wish and for what, but it is not the best of plans. Because although you would have your body back, something would go wrong, it is just how the jewel works."
Al looked down sadly, but hey! They always had the Philosopher's stone, even if it does involve human blood, they could find another way out of that. He was about to speak when his brother's voice interrupted him.
"Al, come on I need your help with something." Ed directed a suspicious glance at Kagome, he didn't like her hanging out with his brother so much, and she was giving him ideas. The other night Al had talked to his brother, his voice full of hope, about the Shikon no Tama. That made him weary of the girl.
Al apologized to Kagome, who smiled in turn, and got up and joined his brother, leaving the room and heading off to town. Doing something that concerned to Stone.
Kagome watched him go, now what was she going to do?
Roy suddenly appeared, making her jump, him smile, and ended in her mumbling 'jerk'.
"You should go back home, to much at a time and you could get stressed and pop a stitch.
"Aww. Your no fun."
Roy smiled again and helped her to her feet. They left the room and building.
It wasn't long after that they were hit with a string smell of smoke and fire trucks (Did they have those back them: 3) whizzing past them. Kagome got a bad feeling in her stomach and raced ahead, totally ignoring the pain in her side and Mustang yelling behind her. The only thing she had in mind were Reko and the fire.
Her assumption was proven right five minuets later as she stopped in fornt of Aya's house, which was now burning with blaze. Kagome looked to the ground and a sudden sickness took over her.
Roy came up behind her, looking shocked. He went up to her and gathered her into his arms, offering what comfort he could. She took it happily.
It wasn't just the house that made her so queasy, although that would be reason enough. On the ground there were words burned into the grass, which had disappeared a few moments after she saw them. They however would be etched in her mind forever.
'Like my surprise miko? The dog and horse are next.'
And then Kagome only heard Roy yelling her name, and only felt the cold hard ground beneath her. Her last thought before darkness enveloped her once more in two weeks. 'How is the ground cold when the air's so hot?'
DARKNESS.
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And Reko made his first strike. IN case you people didn't know Mustang is the horse. Mustang, horse, clever…
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