A/n: Hey, I'm back! Thanks to the reviewers! Disclaimer: See last chapters.
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--FROM THE LAST CHAPTER-
Just as I released the arrow, there was a loud crack and someone landed right in front of the target. It took me a split second to realize who it was. The arrow was careening towards Inuyasha, strait for his heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
Before I could think, I dropped the bow, my hand outstretched towards the arrow, chanting unknown words. I had no idea what I was doing, nor did I care. I had to stop that arrow from hitting Inuyasha.
To everyone's surprise, including mine, the arrow slowed, stopped, and dropped right at Inuyasha's feet. I saw Inuyasha's shocked and grateful face just before I passed out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
I was still trying to get over the shock of what happened. I could still see her, her hand outstretched towards the arrow, chanting some ancient unknown language. I could still feel the chill of the air as her aura swirled around her. I could see the look of shock cross her face as the arrow slowed down and the look of relief when it stopped. But the thing that really shocked me was the fact that she tried to save me at all. I mean. I know I was her man, but I never knew how loyal she was or if she really, truly loved me. I had always wondered if she really loved me or if she was just she was just saying it.
Now that was the furthest thing from my mind. I was pacing next to her side, waiting for her to wake up. The freakish thing was, as soon as she had been placed safely on a mat in Kadae's hut, she had created a protective barrier around herself. and me. I couldn't get out if I wanted to, and no one could get in. Kadae was sitting right at the barrier, chanting. The only luck she had had so far was to drive the barrier back two feet. After a half hour, Kadae sighed and asked,
"Inuyasha, child. has Laquisha ever had training with her miko abilities?"
"What miko abilities? She's half demon, how can she have miko powers?" I asked.
"It is a rare birth defect. Laquisha's mother passed down her curse to Laquisha along with her blood. But Laquisha's mother was bound to a miko, creating a rare transmition. Laquisha inherited miko powers, just for that reason. And because the miko she inherited them from was who she was, that would explain why this barrier is so strong. Kikyo was a very powerful priestess." Kadae replied.
I tensed once again at the sound of her name. I felt like I was cheating on her. 'No, you're not. Kikyo died a long time ago and you weren't even together. Laquisha's yours to have and to take care of now. You're the one who dragged Laquisha into this, remember?' I reminded myself. 'Besides, Kikyo had betrayed me, why should I even think about her at a time like this?' I was awakened from my thoughts when Kadae spoke.
"Inuyasha, I know this is hard for you. She's been dead for, what, over ten years? I know you loved her, but she's dead. Laquisha could very well be dying, so snap out of it and."
"Don't you think I know that?! Don't you think I know Kikyo's been dead all these years? What I had with Kikyo does not matter anymore. Besides, the witch betrayed me. She pinned me to a tree. remember? If someone hadn't found me, I'd probably still be stuck to that tree." I said heatedly.
"Inuyasha, things aren't always as they seem. Are you absolutely positive it was Kikyo that tried to kill you?" Kadae asked.
"Of course I'm sure!" I replied.
"Really? You caught her scent and everything? You are sure that the woman you saw wasn't some kitsune?"
"Well, now that I think about it. her scent was kind of strange, but you can't expect me to check out the scent of the woman I once cared for when she's standing right in front of me. Especially when I'm pinned to a tree. Besides, what does it matter?"
"Because, about the time you got pinned to a tree, my older sister Kikyo was dying in my arms."
I stood there staring at her, completely clueless on what to think. Had I been tricked into thinking Kikyo had tried to kill me? If so, I was going to kill whoever tricked me.
It wasn't until I felt an intense gaze on my back, did I realize Laquisha was awake and probably had been for a while. I turned around slowly, only to meet her eyes. Even through her mask of tiredness, I saw the anger and hurt in her eyes.
"So," she said in a weary voice, "Is there something you want to tell me?"
"Ummmmm." I started.
"Oh wait," she interrupted, "I already heard it, but it wasn't you telling me. Noooooooo, I wake up and hear you talking about Kikyo, so I listen in, thinking I might get some useful information. What I wasn't expecting to hear was that my so-called MATE didn't even have the balls to tell me that he had been with someone else! And not just anybody else, no, it was the woman my mother was cursed to protect! Care to explain? Though you don't deserve the opportunity to redeem yourself."
Now, she was being down right disrespectful. Half of my mind told me to chew her out, but she had a right to know what was going on.
"Ok, you caught me. I'm sorry for not telling you sooner, but I guess it's a bit of a touchy subject for me. Around eleven years ago, I was going through one of my rebellious stages and I ran away from the castle. On my little. 'adventure', I ran into a beautiful young priestess. And, to make this story a bit shorter, we hit it off. Any way, we started seeing each other, but it was never anything serious. We had a relationship for about a year. Then it happened. One day, Kikyo pinned me to a tree with one of her arrows, then disappeared. I found out later that she had died the same day. I had been living all these years thinking she betrayed me, but we just figured out that that might not be true." I replied.
Laquisha looked sad for a moment, then her expression hardened. She looked me straight in the eyes and asked,
"If you had a chance to redo the past, would you have taken Kikyo as your mate?"
Out of all the questions she could have asked me, I had hoped it wouldn't be that one.
I thought back to the days when Kikyo and I were together. Kikyo was always trying to get me to wish on the jewel to make myself full human. She was never satisfied with what I did. Laquisha was a different story. She accepted me for who and what I was, no questions asked. She even seemed a bit jealous when we were talking about Kikyo. And she was willing to protect me with everything she had. The perfect mate.
"Not if my life depended on it." I replied.
She looked very shocked at my answer. She expected me to choose Kikyo over her.
I walked over to her and wrapped my arms around her.
"You are the one for me. You are the one I love. You are MINE!" I half growled in her ear, then pushed onto her back before planting a heated kiss on her lips.
She giggled and chewed playfully on my bottom lip, causing me to growl. (A/n: Kadae left the room when Inuyasha and Laquisha started fighting) She then stiffened, her ears pricked up, she was fully alert of her surroundings. I saw her ears move in different directions, scanning the area for Kagome and Sango. I sat up and listened hard to see what had startled her. I heard the faint sounds of a battle at a distance. She stood and cautiously went to the door. I followed close behind her. When she heard a scream, she bolted out the door, with me at her heels. She was surprisingly fast, being that she had just passed out a few hours ago. We got to the battlefield just in time to see Kagome fire an arrow at some crow-demon. The arrow hit its target, but it had an odd cracking sound. The next thing I knew, there was a small explosion and hundreds of tiny, little, shiny objects flew everywhere in different directions. Turned to look at Laquisha, who looked surprisingly pale and her mouth hung open. After getting over some of her shock she said,
"We..... Are.... so.... screwed!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
Dum, dum, dum! I'm pretty sure everyone knows what those shiny objects are. If you don't, well, stay tuned until the next chapter! Anyway. I'm sorry about the late updates lately. I'm grounded until my room gets clean, and if you're anything like me, you know that takes a while. Soooooo, I've been writing these chapters in secret. *shhhhhhhh* And, furthermore, I've been running out of ideas for chapter names so some of these chapters will be nameless for a while. And again, I am not posting the next chapter until I get two more reviews. Speaking of which, a special thanks to.
Crystal-Chan: I hope you like the rest!
LALA: Thank you
^_^: I hope you like my update.
Mallory (bran.chan): Thank you
And Thank You to:
Sydney Usagi Galen Cool Girl 2001 SoulDemon80
I love reviews! Anyway, I've got good news. School's out in 3 1/2 days!!!! Yay! Now I can have more time on my fic. *does happy dance* I hope that makes people happy.
Always, Destiny
P,S. Sorry for the cliffie and the short chapter. Best I can come up with on such short notice.
--FROM THE LAST CHAPTER-
Just as I released the arrow, there was a loud crack and someone landed right in front of the target. It took me a split second to realize who it was. The arrow was careening towards Inuyasha, strait for his heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
Before I could think, I dropped the bow, my hand outstretched towards the arrow, chanting unknown words. I had no idea what I was doing, nor did I care. I had to stop that arrow from hitting Inuyasha.
To everyone's surprise, including mine, the arrow slowed, stopped, and dropped right at Inuyasha's feet. I saw Inuyasha's shocked and grateful face just before I passed out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
I was still trying to get over the shock of what happened. I could still see her, her hand outstretched towards the arrow, chanting some ancient unknown language. I could still feel the chill of the air as her aura swirled around her. I could see the look of shock cross her face as the arrow slowed down and the look of relief when it stopped. But the thing that really shocked me was the fact that she tried to save me at all. I mean. I know I was her man, but I never knew how loyal she was or if she really, truly loved me. I had always wondered if she really loved me or if she was just she was just saying it.
Now that was the furthest thing from my mind. I was pacing next to her side, waiting for her to wake up. The freakish thing was, as soon as she had been placed safely on a mat in Kadae's hut, she had created a protective barrier around herself. and me. I couldn't get out if I wanted to, and no one could get in. Kadae was sitting right at the barrier, chanting. The only luck she had had so far was to drive the barrier back two feet. After a half hour, Kadae sighed and asked,
"Inuyasha, child. has Laquisha ever had training with her miko abilities?"
"What miko abilities? She's half demon, how can she have miko powers?" I asked.
"It is a rare birth defect. Laquisha's mother passed down her curse to Laquisha along with her blood. But Laquisha's mother was bound to a miko, creating a rare transmition. Laquisha inherited miko powers, just for that reason. And because the miko she inherited them from was who she was, that would explain why this barrier is so strong. Kikyo was a very powerful priestess." Kadae replied.
I tensed once again at the sound of her name. I felt like I was cheating on her. 'No, you're not. Kikyo died a long time ago and you weren't even together. Laquisha's yours to have and to take care of now. You're the one who dragged Laquisha into this, remember?' I reminded myself. 'Besides, Kikyo had betrayed me, why should I even think about her at a time like this?' I was awakened from my thoughts when Kadae spoke.
"Inuyasha, I know this is hard for you. She's been dead for, what, over ten years? I know you loved her, but she's dead. Laquisha could very well be dying, so snap out of it and."
"Don't you think I know that?! Don't you think I know Kikyo's been dead all these years? What I had with Kikyo does not matter anymore. Besides, the witch betrayed me. She pinned me to a tree. remember? If someone hadn't found me, I'd probably still be stuck to that tree." I said heatedly.
"Inuyasha, things aren't always as they seem. Are you absolutely positive it was Kikyo that tried to kill you?" Kadae asked.
"Of course I'm sure!" I replied.
"Really? You caught her scent and everything? You are sure that the woman you saw wasn't some kitsune?"
"Well, now that I think about it. her scent was kind of strange, but you can't expect me to check out the scent of the woman I once cared for when she's standing right in front of me. Especially when I'm pinned to a tree. Besides, what does it matter?"
"Because, about the time you got pinned to a tree, my older sister Kikyo was dying in my arms."
I stood there staring at her, completely clueless on what to think. Had I been tricked into thinking Kikyo had tried to kill me? If so, I was going to kill whoever tricked me.
It wasn't until I felt an intense gaze on my back, did I realize Laquisha was awake and probably had been for a while. I turned around slowly, only to meet her eyes. Even through her mask of tiredness, I saw the anger and hurt in her eyes.
"So," she said in a weary voice, "Is there something you want to tell me?"
"Ummmmm." I started.
"Oh wait," she interrupted, "I already heard it, but it wasn't you telling me. Noooooooo, I wake up and hear you talking about Kikyo, so I listen in, thinking I might get some useful information. What I wasn't expecting to hear was that my so-called MATE didn't even have the balls to tell me that he had been with someone else! And not just anybody else, no, it was the woman my mother was cursed to protect! Care to explain? Though you don't deserve the opportunity to redeem yourself."
Now, she was being down right disrespectful. Half of my mind told me to chew her out, but she had a right to know what was going on.
"Ok, you caught me. I'm sorry for not telling you sooner, but I guess it's a bit of a touchy subject for me. Around eleven years ago, I was going through one of my rebellious stages and I ran away from the castle. On my little. 'adventure', I ran into a beautiful young priestess. And, to make this story a bit shorter, we hit it off. Any way, we started seeing each other, but it was never anything serious. We had a relationship for about a year. Then it happened. One day, Kikyo pinned me to a tree with one of her arrows, then disappeared. I found out later that she had died the same day. I had been living all these years thinking she betrayed me, but we just figured out that that might not be true." I replied.
Laquisha looked sad for a moment, then her expression hardened. She looked me straight in the eyes and asked,
"If you had a chance to redo the past, would you have taken Kikyo as your mate?"
Out of all the questions she could have asked me, I had hoped it wouldn't be that one.
I thought back to the days when Kikyo and I were together. Kikyo was always trying to get me to wish on the jewel to make myself full human. She was never satisfied with what I did. Laquisha was a different story. She accepted me for who and what I was, no questions asked. She even seemed a bit jealous when we were talking about Kikyo. And she was willing to protect me with everything she had. The perfect mate.
"Not if my life depended on it." I replied.
She looked very shocked at my answer. She expected me to choose Kikyo over her.
I walked over to her and wrapped my arms around her.
"You are the one for me. You are the one I love. You are MINE!" I half growled in her ear, then pushed onto her back before planting a heated kiss on her lips.
She giggled and chewed playfully on my bottom lip, causing me to growl. (A/n: Kadae left the room when Inuyasha and Laquisha started fighting) She then stiffened, her ears pricked up, she was fully alert of her surroundings. I saw her ears move in different directions, scanning the area for Kagome and Sango. I sat up and listened hard to see what had startled her. I heard the faint sounds of a battle at a distance. She stood and cautiously went to the door. I followed close behind her. When she heard a scream, she bolted out the door, with me at her heels. She was surprisingly fast, being that she had just passed out a few hours ago. We got to the battlefield just in time to see Kagome fire an arrow at some crow-demon. The arrow hit its target, but it had an odd cracking sound. The next thing I knew, there was a small explosion and hundreds of tiny, little, shiny objects flew everywhere in different directions. Turned to look at Laquisha, who looked surprisingly pale and her mouth hung open. After getting over some of her shock she said,
"We..... Are.... so.... screwed!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
Dum, dum, dum! I'm pretty sure everyone knows what those shiny objects are. If you don't, well, stay tuned until the next chapter! Anyway. I'm sorry about the late updates lately. I'm grounded until my room gets clean, and if you're anything like me, you know that takes a while. Soooooo, I've been writing these chapters in secret. *shhhhhhhh* And, furthermore, I've been running out of ideas for chapter names so some of these chapters will be nameless for a while. And again, I am not posting the next chapter until I get two more reviews. Speaking of which, a special thanks to.
Crystal-Chan: I hope you like the rest!
LALA: Thank you
^_^: I hope you like my update.
Mallory (bran.chan): Thank you
And Thank You to:
Sydney Usagi Galen Cool Girl 2001 SoulDemon80
I love reviews! Anyway, I've got good news. School's out in 3 1/2 days!!!! Yay! Now I can have more time on my fic. *does happy dance* I hope that makes people happy.
Always, Destiny
P,S. Sorry for the cliffie and the short chapter. Best I can come up with on such short notice.