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Disclaimer - (Okey dokey! So, we have gone from St. Louis Adventure to Survivor : The Mall! Isn't this fun? Now then, let's get right to the chase, shall we?)
Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippou, Kaede, Kagura, Sesshomaru, Totosai, Myoga, need I go on? are being chased throughout the mall. Ever seen one of those Mickey mouse shows where he goes in one door and comes out another one down the hall? Exactly!
KungPowKitty, Kamiko-Zephuru, Stalking Chicken, Shard, Love Music, Sangarouka, Morobuku, and all the other non-Inuyasha copyrighted characters (excluding Felix) watch this progress:
KPK- Does anyone have some popcorn?
KZ- I can walk over to the store and buy some. Heck, we're right next to "Cooking World," so we should be able to find a microwave.
Shard- "Cooking World"?
KZ- I made it up, so shoot me
Love Music- Oh look, one of them tripped! Can you tell who it is? I want to laugh in their face when this is over
Sesshomaru- JAKIN, YOU FOOL, HELP ME UP! (is being attacked endlessly by a particular group of teenage girls)
Miroku- NO PLEASE! SPARE HIM! TAKE ME INSTEAD!
Whap
Sango- Shut up
KZ- I think this is going to get more interesting now
-with our favorite maniac, Felix-
Felix- (is in some sort of auto shop) These are the designs. I take it you received The Call?
Shop worker- Uh, yeah, but how do you honestly expect us to build this thing?
Felix- You have two hands! Get busy!
Mobster- (steps up behind/ beside Felix) You heard the man, Joe. Now get to work. I'd hate to see your mother's face if she found out about the-
Joe/ shop worker- ALRIGHT ALRIGHT!
Felix- I'll be back in 2 hours. I want it done by then
Joe- TWO HOURS! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR HEAD!
Felix- There is no way for me to answer that question without disturbing you beyond all recognition. Now then, Robin, to the bat cave! (drives off in that golf cart from earlier)
Joe- Why are we doing this?
Mobster- It's entertaining
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Inuyasha- Kagome, please!
Kagome- No, I don't think I will, this is too much fun to watch.
Inuyasha- I'm begging you!
Kouga- Well isn't that ironic, pup
Inuyasha- You shut up!
Kagome- No
Inuyasha- PUH-LEEEEEEEEEEZE!
(Now what could be going on you wonder? What is it Inuyasha wants Kagome to do? Well, I shall tell you. He wants her to sit him. Now why could that be? Oh, let's just say he has five-THOSOUND fans on his back, either trying to get a piggy-back ride or trying to get an autograph! Needless to say there are two truths that go hand in hand with this event: 1, Inuyasha's back is half broke and 2, everyone else is laughing their asses off. Especially with the purple hair.)
Kagome- Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ght
Inuyasha-Kagome!
KPK- Yeah, yelling at her is really how you get things done
Inuyasha- You be quiet
Shippou- Or you'll what?
Inuyasha- (moves mouth, but no words come. Heck, if you had a few tons of weight on your back, would you be able to answer that question?)
Miroku- That means 'no comment'
Sota- Do you hear something?
Kaede- Hm?
(You know that Jurassic Park scene, in the first one I think, where you hear this DOOSH…DOOSH…DOOSH… and the water's bouncing on it's own in the cup?)
Love Music- I'll give you three guesses who that is
KZ- How much you wanna bet his name starts with 'F'?
(same website for music, Inuyasha, No more words)
CHAPTER 10 - Telling the Pow-wow: Part Two
Kouga could hear voices. He could smell familiar scents, hear familiar voices, but his eyes wouldn't open. The memories fell back to his mind, each resonating stronger each time it replayed…
'WATCH-' the wolf demon heard Kagome's voice say in mid word. "What!"
A searing pain chiseled it's way down Kouga's back. He squinted with pain, yet he did not waver from running Ayame to safety.
The bear demon continued to chase after the two wolves. Koga listened while gritting his teeth to the louder clamber behind him. 'Damn it…'
"KOUGA!" Ayame screamed, horror stricken. The wolf prince turned his head in time to see massive, tainted jaws latching onto his body. He gasped with pain, watching his blood pour over him and onto Ayame.
He couldn't help it. He had to let go of Ayame, so that at least she would have a chance. "RUN AYAME! GET OUT OF HERE!"
The wolf demoness, bloody from both her wounds and Kouga's, smiled. Tenderly and small, she smiled while shaking her head. "No."
"YOU IDIOT, GET YOUR BUTT OUT OF HERE! AFTER THIS THING EATS ME IT'LL EAT YOU, SO RUN!"
Ayame took out her sword. The massive bear noticed the challenge, and spat out the mangled wolf demon. Ayame stood her ground, looking all over the beast's body for a weak spot. "There it is…that lump…"
"Ayame!" Kouga yelled/coughed, blood dripping from his mouth. "What are you doing!"
"Saving your life, baka. Now lemme concentrate." The wolf demoness leaped onto the bear's head, surprising even herself at the large jump. As the bear tried to figure out a way to get to it's opponent, Ayame slid down the beast's neck/back bone. She held her sword downward while running down the bear's back, slicing open the flesh. The demon screamed in pain, slashing aimlessly around.
Kouga watched in awe as Ayame singly slashed open the bear. A small sparkling jewel popped out of a lump she slashed. 'A Shikon shard…'
The wolf demoness smirked, and jumped off the bear. She landed soundly on the opposite side of Kouga, proud that Kouga now owed her his life. But there was only one thing. The bear was falling toward the wolf demon.
Kouga saw, just before the bear's body fell onto his, Ayame running toward him.
"A… yame…" Kouga whispered, not realizing of what a pitiful state his voice was in.
" Be quiet Kouga. I'm trying to treat your wounds." he heard Zephuru say. The wolf demon then realized he was laying on his front, and was without his usual armor. "My.. Arm-"
"Armor? Kouga, hate to break it to you, but it's kinda… well… smushed. Apparently from what Ayame said, it was already coming off when you were fighting that giant bear."
"W-what?" Kouga said, attempting to sit up. He heard his back bone crack all over, and he lay back down in submission. The wolf demon felt the wind child undoing the bandages around his head. "I guess you would like to see, right?"
Kouga nodded.
"Well…" Zephuru went on, continuing to undo Kouga's bandages. "Ayame has told the entire village about how the bear had began attacking her, and that then you came and saved her when she was about to be killed. Then she talked about of how you had been slashed in the back, and then single handedly killed that bear demon to keep the village from being destroyed, only to have the corpse fall on you afterwards. That really is amazing."
'She… she lied?… Why?…'
Kouga could feel the pressure on his eyes release, and he cautiously opened them. It took a moment to focus in on what was going on in the room, but when he did, he saw that the wind child was wiping some of Kaede's ointment on his bare chest. And from the looks of it, the gash there was deep, and would take quite a while (in demon standards) to heal.
Zephuru chuckled slightly to himself. "And you say you don't care about her…"
The wolf prince was taken aback. He hadn't even thought about it. That during the time that Ayame was being attacked by that bear, he had been willing to do anything for her. Anything to help her, anything to save her. The wolf prince suddenly found his heart slightly fluttering. 'What is this?'
- place change -
"Ever since we were at the veterinarian's office," Naena began to talk, watching Inuyasha angrily plop down into a nearby chair. "You've been rather… irrational by even your standards."
Pop, pop. "And what exactly is that supposed to mean?"
"Precisely whaaaaa-" Naena yawned. "-At it sounds like. The normal amount is easy enough to cope with, but this is just ridiculous."
Inuyasha folded his arms. "Keh."
"Why are you so on edge?" Naena asked, unable to hide the sleepiness in his voice.
"I'm not on edge, green head. I jus' don't see the reason for Kagome getting all upset about that dumb cat."
The holder of the fire orb bit rolled his eyes. "Inuyasha, you are only good at some things, and lying isn't one of them. We all know that you and Buyo are close; seriously, he launched onto you just so that you could scratch his ears the right way. You're hiding yourself."
"I have nothing to hide, damn it, so bug off!"
"Now I get it…" the green haired boy said, smiling joyously. Inuyasha sweat dropped. "G-get it? Get what!"
"You're jealous of Buyo, aren't you?"
"K-keh!" the hanyou stuttered. "Why would I be jealous of a brain-dead cat!"
"Well, for one thing is the fact that you are obviously attempting to hide your feelings AGAIN, and also because right now all Kagome is thinking about or anything is about Buyo."
The hanyou flinched.
"A-HA!"
"S-s-shut up!"
"Better be careful Inuyasha, your cheeks are telling the whole story."
Inuyasha turned his face away from the green haired boy, knowing all too well how his cheeks were the color of Miroku after getting slapped.
Naena cocked his head. "Say, Inuyasha, why haven't you asked Kagome out on that winter dance in two weeks?"
"I-I-I-I-I-I," Inuyasha stuttered, finding himself more embarrassed than he had ever been in his entire life. 'I can't even talk back!…'
"You scared to?"
"KEH, NO WAY! IT'S JUST THAT… just that…"
Naena had his eyes half open and an eyebrow raised, signifying that he wasn't falling for the hanyou's bluff. Inuyasha sunk back into a chair, ears dropped. "I can't believe I'm saying this… Yeah, I'm scared to ask."
"Thank you." Naena said, scooting back into the couch cushion. "You know, your stubbornness gets real annoying."
"Who are you to talk!"
The green haired boy shook his head. "The only reason I've become any bit stubborn is because you and Kagome rubbed it off on me. But you wont be getting any of my hyperness anytime soon, believe me…"
This caught Inuyasha's attention. "Hold it, why aren't you going nuts?"
"Simple, I took two sleeping pills. That usually calms me down."
The hanyou rolled his eyes.
"So… first, I feel like I should have some popcorn or something considering this conversation's path (KPK - Go figure (munches on popcorn)), and second, why are you scared to ask her?"
"Well duh, you idiot, cause she might say no."
"And why would that be?"
"You know, you really are an annoying brat, ya' know that!"
"All too well. The question?"
Inuyasha rolled his eyes once more. "I dunno, cause she'd want to go out with someone else?"
"Wrong answer."
"There was a right one! Since when did this become a test!"
"Since now, so shut up before I fail you out of Pow-wowology."
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "I think those pills are starting to wear off."
Naena raised his eyebrow. "Do you really think I care? Besides, Kagome isn't that slutty or naive. I'd hoped that you had figured at least that much out by now."
Inuyasha once a gain turned away a little to hide his pink-tinted cheeks.
"Not to mention, who would she go out with, Daisuke Matsuzaka! (Daisuke Matsuzaka is the Japanese version of Arnold Schwarzenegger) She isn't petty, Inuyasha. She doesn't about anyone else, no matter how much you might want to bring Kouga into this category."
Inuyasha made a small growling noise.
"Just think about it." Naena said, getting up from his spot on the couch. He walked over to the door, undid the fire charm he placed on the handle, and slid the door open.
"Keh," he heard the hanyou gruff. "Like I'd be caught dead at a stupid dance anyway…"
"Inuyasha…" Naena said, turning his face toward the half dog demon. The green haired boy had the calmest, mellowest, serious face Inuyasha had ever seen from the boy. Naena smiled slightly. "When are you going to tell Kagome you're in love with her?"
Without another word, Naena left the room, and slid the door shut. He walked back to his own room and fell asleep, leaving Inuyasha speechless, blushing head to toe, and in the deepest thought he ever imagined was possible.
'How… What… When… Holy crap, what is with that kid!' Inuyasha walked out of the room, and returned to Sota's bedroom. All of them had fallen asleep, giving him perfect assurance of not being watched. He silently slid the door closed, and tiptoed his way over to the bottom right corner of the bedroom. After removing some previously torn tatami ( that no one seemed to realize was torn ), he pulled up two floor boards.
There it was. The thing that he felt held his only chance with Kagome, so to speak. Inuyasha brushed the small layer of dust off of the top of the necklace case, and slowly creaked it open.
All of those hours he had worked at that part time job at a grocery store, all of the having to mop and go do this, and go do that… it was all worth it for that little necklace. The heart shaped ruby, although small, was just as brilliant as everything else. Just as wonderful as being with her, holding Kagome's hand, anything that had to do with her at all. Even if it came to attacking Kouga for flirting with 'his girl', Inuyasha knew that the only reason he did do it was because he loved her.
The sliver chain reflected the small amount of moonlight that was falling into through the window. The reflections danced across his face, and he couldn't but smile.
Inuyasha slowly closed the velvet case, and returned it and it's hiding place back to normality. He stood up, and caught a sight of the sleep talking Naena. 'You may be hyper as a battery, but you certainly do observe more than I know, Naena… '
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