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Chapter 11
"Okay what we need to get for the rest of the journey is food, bandages, medicine, and shampoo." Kikyo said as she and Sesshoumaru walked down the streets of the city and towards the shopping district.
"Why do we need shampoo?" Sesshoumaru asked. Kikyo looked up from her list and looked at him.
"You don't expect me and the other girls to go five more days without washing our hair do you?" She answered. "Well I at least I can't live without shampoo like right now my hair is smelling of dried blood and rats."
"Well I think that…" Sesshoumaru started to say but then trailed off, "never mind."
"What? What do you think Sesshoumaru?" Kikyo urged but got no answer in return. Sesshoumaru was going to tell Kikyo that her hair smelled like the delicate smell of flowers but quickly decided against it.
'That was close I almost complemented her on how nice she smells' Sesshoumaru thought to himself. 'Why do I have these strange feelings for someone as obnoxious and bossy as her?'
"Hey Sesshoumaru are you listening to me?" Kikyo asked as his attention went back to her. He blushed as he looked at her confused expression and couldn't help but notice how close she was to him.
"Um what were you asking Kikyo?" Sesshoumaru questioned as he still blushed.
"I asked if you had any more supply ideas but I guess I was wrong." She answered. And began to walk ahead of him. He ran to catch up to her and the two of them silently walked beside each other until they reached the store. "Okay I'll get the supply's and you just wait right here."
"Whatever." Was Sesshoumaru's reply. Kikyo just glared at him and walked into the store. Sesshoumaru waited for what seemed like an eternity to him until he couldn't stand to wait anymore so he opened the door and looked inside. Kikyo was nowhere to be seen and neither was the store owner. He cautiously proceeded inside and began to look for Kikyo. "Where the hell could she be?" He was about to look outside in the back when he heard laughter coming from behind a door that read 'Manager's Office' He walked up to it and flew it open. There was Kikyo laughing at something the manager had just said when she saw Sesshoumaru.
"Hey Sesshoumaru, what are you doing in here?" She asked him as he just stared at the scene in front of him.
"What am I doing here? What are you doing with the manager of the store!?" He exclaimed. Kikyo got out of her seat and stumbled towards him. He caught her and could tell that she was drunk. Even though he hadn't known Kikyo that long he knew she would never drink so his face became clouded as he gently put Kikyo down on a chair and lunged at the manager of the store. He grabbed the man by the collar and gave him a dangerous look.
"W-what are y-you doing?" The manager stuttered as Sesshoumaru kept his grip on him.
"You sick bastard how dare you trick someone as sweet and innocent as Kikyo into drinking!" Sesshoumaru yelled. "If I ever see you do that again to someone I will hunt you down and kill you."
"I w-won't ever do it again I s-swear."
"Good. Now get me the supplies I need and then me and Kikyo will gladly leave you." Sesshoumaru let him go and as soon as he got the supplies he picked Kikyo up bridle style and walked out leaving the manager shaking uncontrollably.
"Sesshoumaru." Kikyo whispered as she opened her eyes and looked up at him. Sesshoumaru was a bit surprised to see Kikyo awake but looked down into her brown eyes.
"Yeah Kikyo?" He asked. She wrapped her arms around his neck and put her head on his chest. He blushed a light shade of pink as she whispered…
"Thank you for helping me." She then kissed him on the cheek and then fell asleep in his arms.
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"Oh wow Kouga look at all the pretty lights!" Ayame exclaimed. Kouga looked at Ayame and smiled at how happy she looked.
"Yeah Ayame they're really pretty." He said.
"I wish we could stay here forever." Ayame suddenly whispered as she lowered her head. Kouga put his arm around her shoulder.
"What do you mean Ayame?" He asked.
"I never told the others this Kouga but I hate being an elemental warrior." She answered.
"How could you not like being an elemental warrior Ayame? Shouldn't you be happy that you can control fire just by thinking about it?"
"Don't get me wrong Kouga I do like being able to do that it's just that… how should I explain this." She thought for a moment. "It's just I wish I was normal so I could become friends with more humans and be able to find a guy who wouldn't run away as soon as he saw what I can do."
"Ayame if people can't except you for who you are then why should you care about them?"
"I guess you're right Kouga but I still wish that I could be normal." She began to walk off to the next sight when Kouga caught her arm. "Uh what are you doing Kouga?"
"I want to show you something come on." And before Ayame could protest Kouga was already pulling her along to wherever it was that he wanted to go. After awhile of running Kouga finally let go of Ayame.
"Okay Kouga now would you mind telling me exactly why you were so eager to…" She trailed off and gasped at what stood before her. They were in the centre of the city and a huge bonfire was burning brightly and lots of little children were running around and laughing while there parents were busy admiring the fire.
"So Ayame what do you think?" Kouga asked as Ayame continued to admire the fire.
"Kouga it's beautiful." She answered. "How did you know where to find this place though?" Kouga smiled and answered.
"My ears can pick up sounds for miles around me so I overheard some kids talking about this place and decided that you might have liked to come here." He replied.
"Well you were right Kouga I love this thank you so much for bringing me her you're so sweet." She gave him a cute smile and hugged him. Kouga wasn't prepared for that so when she threw her arms around him he was really surprised and fell over with Ayame landing on top of him! She blushed and he blushed as she quickly got off of him. "Sorry about that."
"Don't be." Kouga said making Ayame blush even more. "Come on I think they're going to have fireworks soon." He began to pull Ayame over to where a group of people where.
'I wish Kouga wouldn't be so nice to me all the time.' She thought. 'It's making it hard not for me not to like him so much.'
"Look Ayame they're starting." Ayame snapped out of her thoughts and looked up at the sky as the fireworks began to start.
"They're beautiful too." She said as she watched them explode into beautiful colours.
"They're not as beautiful as you." Kouga suddenly said. Ayame looked at him with shock as he realized what he had just said. "I mean…um."
"What do you mean Kouga?" Ayame asked. Kouga just looked down at the ground and waited for her to hit him but it never came. He looked up and jumped as he came face to face with Ayame.
"What are you doing?" He asked. But instead of answering she leaned up and kissed him. His eyes widened in shock at first but then he returned the kiss and when they finally pulled away Ayame and Kouga smiled but not without Kouga thinking, 'oh boy what have I done?'
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Sango and Miroku sat at the café tables and ate to their hearts content or at least Sango was eating to her hearts content, Miroku on the other hand was too busy admiring Sango to even notice that his coffee was beginning to get cold.
"Um Miroku aren't you going to drink your coffee?" Sango asked. Miroku looked down at his cup and then back at Sango and smiled.
"Of course I'm going to drink my coffee Sango dear." He answered and took a sip of his coffee and almost gagged. It was so cold that it tasted like dirt.
"Miroku are you okay? You look like you're going to be sick." Sango questioned in a worried tone. Miroku cleared his throat and answered.
"I'm perfectly fine Sango." He gasped for he still hadn't recovered from the terrible taste.
"Okay… but just in case I'll go get you some water." She got out of her seat and went inside. As soon as she was gone two girls both with ratty hair who looked like sluts went over to Miroku and sat down at the same table as him.
"Hey cutie what are you doing here all by yourself?" One of them asked. Miroku studied the girls and knew right away that their intentions were not good.
"Actually I'm here with my girlfriend and I would appreciate it if you left before she comes back and sees you here." Miroku answered while giving both of them a cold stare. Unfortunately they didn't take the hint and continued to sit at the table.
"Ah come on you know you would rather hang out with us rather then your girlfriend." The other one said as she slipped her hand over his. He pulled his hand away and glared at the two.
"I'm sorry miss but I am going to have to decline again now please leave." By this time Sango had just arrived back from getting Miroku some water and let's just say that seeing those two girls talking to Miroku was not making her happy. She walked back over to Miroku and put the glass of water on the table.
"Hey sweetie sorry I took so long getting back." She said as Miroku had a look that said what-are-you-doing on his face. She then did something unexpected and leaned at him and kissed him lightly on his cheek. The two sluts watched the couple and felt sick.
"So this must be your girlfriend huh?" Slut #1 asked. Sango moved away from Miroku who was a little dazed after she kissed him and then answered.
"Um yeah this is Sango now would you two leave so she can sit back down?" The girls reluctantly got out of their seats; gave Sango a dirty look and then left. "Okay why did you kiss me?" Sango sat back down and looked at him.
"It was only on the cheek Miroku it wasn't an actual kiss." She answered.
"So it was still the first time you ever done anything that emotional to me." Sango sighed as Miroku continued to stare at her.
"Okay well when I saw those two sluts trying to get you to go with them I felt really… um how do I say this to you… okay I felt…jealous."
"You were jealous of them?" Miroku questioned. She nodded her head and Miroku began to laugh. "Listen Sango you should never be jealous of girls like them who are not going to go anywhere with their lives." Sango saw the humour and began to laugh as well.
"I see what you mean." Sango said after she had stopped laughing. "I can't believe that I thought you liked them… That reminds me they said that I must be your girlfriend what could have given them that idea?"
"Well you did call me sweetie and then kissed me on the cheek." Miroku replied.
"But that still could've been for any reason." She pondered on the subject for awhile when the answer came to her. "You told them that I was your girlfriend didn't you?"
"No I didn't."
"Don't try and lie to me."
"Okay, fine I did tell them that but it was only to get them to leave and it didn't even work." Miroku answered. Sango lowered her head.
"Oh so I guess you wouldn't want to be my boyfriend then?" Miroku sat up straight in his chair and looked at Sango.
"Now I didn't say that exactly my dear Sango for I definitely would be willing to be your boyfriend if you wanted me to." Miroku declared.
"Oh Miroku I was waiting for you to say that." Sango said sarcastically. Unfortunately Miroku didn't get the sarcasm in her voice.
"That's wonderful Sango." He leaned over the table with his eyes closed and puckered up his lips and waited for Sango to kiss him. She couldn't help but smile at his stupidity.
"Miroku…" She started to say when a light bulb went on inside her head.
"Yes dear Sango?" He asked with his eyes still closed. She smiled again and answered him.
"I just wanted to say that I've waited so long for this." She replied. Miroku smiled again and again waited for Sango's lips to touch his. She got out of her seat and went into the kitchen and asked the waiter for something. He came back out and gave her a dead fish; she thanked him and then went back to Miroku who was still waiting patiently for Sango to kiss him. 'He is so stupid.' She thought. She walked in front of him and put the fish's lips to his and watched as Miroku's eyes widened in horror as he saw what he had kissed and jumped out of his seat and started to gag while Sango started laughing hysterically.
"How could you do that to me Sango!?" Miroku exclaimed.
"I couldn't give up the chance of making you look like an idiot!" She answered as she continued to laugh. Miroku gave her a look of pain and turned his head away from her. Sango immediately felt guilty for what she had done and walked over to him and put her arm around his shoulder. "Hey I'm sorry if I hurt your feeling but you got to admit it was kind of funny."
"Okay I must say I wasn't expecting that and it was funny but I still don't think you should have messed around with my emotions." Miroku said. While Sango thought of what she could say to him she felt a hand slowly beginning to move down her back and towards her butt
"Don't even think about it Miroku!" She exclaimed. Miroku immediately took his hand away from her butt and put it in her hand. Sango blushed and looked at him. "What am I going to do with you Miroku?" She then tightened her grip on his hand and began to pull him back to the hotel.
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"Kagome do I really have to come with you while you go shopping for some new clothes!?" Inu Yasha exclaimed as Kagome pulled him into the clothing boutique.
"Inu Yasha I need you to come with me because I need someone's opinion when I pick out an outfit and try it on." Kagome answered. Inu Yasha groaned and tried to pull out of her grasp but she had a pretty good hold on him.
"Why couldn't Ayame or Sango go with you?"
"You know they couldn't come with me because they went off with your friends to do their own things now just stand here and be quiet while I go pick out some outfits." Kagome let go of Inu Yasha and ran off leaving him all by himself.
"Wait she just left me alone that means I could just leave and she would never know until it was too late." Inu Yasha whispered and was about to go when something stopped him. He didn't know what it was exactly that was keeping him from leaving the boutique except that he just couldn't bring himself to open the door and just walk out without Kagome. So he let go of the doorknob and waited as patiently as he could. After a few minutes Kagome came running back to him with her arms filled with clothes.
"Okay these should be enough to try on for now." Kagome said as Inu Yasha looked at the mountain of clothing. "Inu Yasha did you hear me?"
"Huh oh yeah trying on these clothes right." He mumbled as Kagome looked at him awkwardly.
"Okay then come on let's get a change room before they're all taken." Kagome led the way over to the change rooms and went inside. Inu Yasha smiled as he heard Kagome fall over as she tried to pull off her skirt and sat down at one of the chairs. Kagome eventually came out and Inu Yasha couldn't help but stare at what Kagome was wearing. She was wearing a scarlet red halter top with black fringes at the bottom and she was wearing a midnight black mini skirt that was just a few inches above her knees. 'Kagome is so hot!' Inu Yasha thought and then immediately began to blush as he realized what he had been thinking.
"So what do you think Inu Yasha?" Kagome asked. Inu Yasha more then ever wanted to say that she was radiant in that outfit but he couldn't let his cold exterior be broken for anyone.
"Feh. It's okay I guess." He answered. Kagome dropped her pose and glared at Inu Yasha.
"I should have known better then to ask a guy about fashion." Kagome muttered and then went back into the change room. As she closed the door she couldn't help but feel angry that Inu Yasha didn't say anything really nice about her in her ensemble and she couldn't help but wonder why Inu Yasha's opinion should mean anything to her. 'Why does Inu Yasha make me feel this way?' She thought as she got back into her regular clothes for she wasn't in the mood to try on anymore outfits. She grabbed her other items and walked out of the room.
"Hey why aren't you trying on any of your other… things?" Inu Yasha asked as he leapt from his chair. Kagome just walked past him and paid for her clothes. "Answer me wench!"
"First of all don't call me wench got that? And second of all why should I try on the other outfits if you don't even care?" She replied as she paid for her purchases and then walked out of the store.
"Kagome wait up!" He exclaimed as he burst out of the store. He was surprised to see that Kagome was nowhere to be seen. 'Whoa Kagome sure is fast for a girl.' He thought as he jumped down the remaining stairs and ran off to look for Kagome.
"I wonder why she ran off anyway?" He wondered aloud as he tried to sniff out Kagome's scent. "It's not like her to just run off like that for no reason." He was about to continue looking for her when he saw a girl with raven hair being pulled into one of the ally's by two really creepy looking guys. He quickly ran in the direction of the girl for he knew it had to be Kagome. As he entered the ally he saw Kagome backed into the corner of the ally by the two guys with her items still clutched in her hands. He was just about to assist her when one of the guys spoke to Kagome.
"Why don't you show us what you have in the bag baby?" One of them asked in a seductive voice. Kagome gave the guy a cold glare.
"You wouldn't like what I have now let me through so I can go find my friends." She ordered put neither one of them moved out of the way for her.
"Now, now no need to be like that all we wanted was the items in your bag but I guess we're just going to have to take you as a consolation prize." The two of them began to move slowly towards Kagome making Inu Yasha get ready for attacking them from behind but Kagome was already on it.
"Fine then I have no choice but to kick your asses." Kagome said as she put her bags down and pulled out one of her arrows and aimed it at one of the guys.
"Oh no she has an arrow Mickey what on earth are we going to do?" The first guy asked his buddy. Kagome just sighed at his stupidity and shot her arrow pinning him to the wall. She then quickly jumped at him and punched him in the stomach causing the wind to be knocked out of him and rendering him unconscious. She then looked towards Mickey.
"What about you Mickey? Do you want to suffer the same fate as your friend here?" She asked him. He took one look at his friend and angrily jumped forward and tried to hit Kagome but she easily dodged the attack. She was about to use her earth powers to uproot some vines from deep beneath the ground when she noticed Inu Yasha was standing near the opening of the ally and was intently watching Kagome. 'What's Inu Yasha doing here?' She thought. Unfortunately while she was thinking that Mickey jumped at her from behind and pinned her to the ground.
"KAGOME!" Inu Yasha yelled as Mickey realized him there for the first time. He pulled out a knife and put it against Kagome's throat.
"Is this your girlfriend?" He asked. Inu Yasha took a step forward but as soon as he did that Mickey cut Kagome's throat just a little making Kagome scream out in pain. Inu Yasha immediately deceased his movement and stayed glued on the spot. "Now you listen here if you want your girlfriend to still be alive then I suggest you move out of my way and never tell anyone about me or my friend Travis over there." He said nodding his head in the direction of the unconscious Travis. Inu Yasha was about to answer him when he saw Kagome mouth I-have-a-plan. He wasn't exactly sure if he should just stand there and let Kagome suffer but the look in her eyes had made him trust her. As soon as Kagome was sure that Inu Yasha wasn't going to try anything she closed her eyes and began to concentrate on nothing else but the roots beneath her. She began to glow green as Mickey still waited for Inu Yasha's answer.
"So are you going to move out of the way or am I going to have to give her give her a new mouth?" Mickey asked. Inu Yasha was too busy though wondering what Kagome was doing to be paying any attention to him. Mickey was about to ask Inu Yasha again when vines came crashing from out of the ground and grabbed Mickey and pulled him off Kagome. When he was off of Kagome Inu Yasha quickly ran over to her and helped her off the ground.
"Are you okay Kagome?" He asked. Kagome wiped the dirt off of her skirt and bloused and then looked at Inu Yasha.
"Yeah I'm fine." She answered as she grabbed her throat for the pain from the cut was still there. "You know this is your entire fault."
"WHAT! How could you pin this on me Kagome?" Inu Yasha yelled. Kagome picked up her clothes and went back over to him.
"If you didn't distract me I would have been able to finish him off right away. However since you were distracting me I got pinned to the ground but in the end I showed him." She answered as she looked over at Mickey who was struggling to get out of the grasp of the vines.
"How can you be so happy!? You were almost killed do you know how worried I was?" Inu Yasha exclaimed. Kagome's eyes widened at what he had said.
"Were you really worried about me Inu Yasha?" She asked. Inu Yasha took a few minutes to try and calm himself down and then looked down into Kagome's chocolate brown eyes.
"Of course I was worried wench, without you the compass wouldn't work and we would never find the Shikon Jewel." He replied. Kagome lowered her head to the ground.
"That's the only reason huh?" Kagome whispered. Inu Yasha was surprised to see that Kagome hadn't said anything about him calling her a wench and was even more surprised when he saw Kagome looking really upset.
"But I'll admit that I was worried that you were going to get hurt which reminds me let me look at that wound of yours." Inu Yasha went over to Kagome and lifted her chin and examined the cut on Kagome's chin. "It's not that bad you should probably heal in a few days…" He began to trail off as Kagome pulled his hand off her throat and looked at him. Inu Yasha gulped as Kagome's face moved closer to his. He was shocked though when he felt himself move closer to her. They were just inches apart from kissing each other when they heard people screaming from the opening of the ally. They quickly ran out into the light and saw that the creatures that had attacked the girls many times before had returned. 'What's going on? They shouldn't be attacking unless we tell them to so why are they doing it now?'
"Come on Inu Yasha we have to kill them before they hurt anyone." Kagome said as she pulled out her Raijin and went straight at one of the dogs and cut it in half.
"Hey Kagome need some help?" Kikyo asked as her and Sesshoumaru came to join the battle as well as Sango, Ayame, Miroku, and Kouga.
"Yeah I could use some help." Kagome replied. The other girls pulled out their swords too and they began to help Kagome fight while Miroku, Kouga, and Sesshoumaru went over to where Inu Yasha was standing.
"Hey Inu Yasha what's going on? Why are our beast fighting us without us commanding them?" Kouga asked.
"I don't know why but we better help the girls before they suspect something." Inu Yasha answered as they joined in the fight.
"About time you started helping us." Kikyo exclaimed as she cut five of her wolves with her Ensui. Ayame used the powers of Recca to burn a dozen toads and Sango ripped apart about half of the raccoons with her Fujin.
"Hey we were just allowing you ladies to have some fun before all of these creatures were destroyed." Miroku reached for the beads on his hands and then looked at the others. "Okay everyone get somewhere safe now!" The girls didn't exactly know why they needed to but they did as Miroku asked and followed the other boys to somewhere safe. As soon as everyone was okay Miroku pulled the prayer beads off of his hands and the Kazaana sucked up every last one of the monsters. When the last one was sucked up Miroku fell to the ground and wrapped up his Kazaana with the prayer beads again. The others quickly ran over to him and huddled around him.
"Miroku are you okay?" Sango asked.
"Never felt better." Miroku lied. Inu Yasha helped him off the ground.
"You can't use your Kazaana all the time Miroku or else it will suck you up completely." Inu Yasha whispered into his ear. Miroku pushed Inu Yasha off of hi.
"You don't think I know that?" Miroku replied. "Hey Sango by the way what happened to Kirara?"
"She went to go some chase some squirrels in the forest." She answered. "Lets' go back to the hotel now." They began to make there way back to the hotel but one question still plagued the boys. Why did their beast attack them?
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Finally the eleventh chapter is up! I hope you all liked it and thanks a lot for the reviews they really mean a lot to me and I hoped you also liked the romance that began to happen in this chapter. I'll try and update soon but until then see you! :)