Kurama ran to Kagome's side. She had fainted. Kikyo floated by her side as well. Gently, as though she were a chine a doll, Kurama picked Kagome up.
" She will be fine," Kikyo said, as though reading Kurama's worried thoughts. " She just needs rest."
Kurama didn't answer as he carried her to the front door, which was locked. And he didn't know if Kagome had her key with her. Even if she did, he did not want to disturb her by trying to find it. Instead, he focused on some ivy by the doorstep in the front garden.
The ivy grew bigger and stronger. It wound up the wall and to the lock. It began to fiddle with it at his master's request, and soon had it completely open. With that done, the ivy grew smaller and weaker, till it was nothing more then it was in the beginning. And so, Kurama entered the house with Kagome, followed by Kikyo, who was eyeing him strangely.
Kurama took no notice of Kikyo and went straight to Kagome's room. It was clean, and neat and orderly. The only things missing were the photo's that were supposed to be on her dresser.
Gently, he laid her on her bed, and pulled the cover's out from under her, and pulled them up over her, so she would be warm.
" Wait here," he told Kikyo. It was almost an order. But Kikyo would not have left Kagome even if he had not said anything. Kurama left the room.
He explored what was in her kitchen cupboards. He found chips, instant raman, chocolate, soup cans, bread and buns. Normal things for a normal human. But, being a Priestess, even in the modern era, she should have some herbs somewhere right? So he went outside, to the back garden.
Kikyo watched Kagome sleep. She showed no signs of waking up yet, but at least her breathing was regular. However, Kikyo's thoughts turned to Kurama.
It was obvious to her that he loved her. A lot. More then Inuyasha surely did. Well, Inuyasha loved Kagome, but not nearly as much as Kurama surely did. The way he looked at her, talked with her. The way he carried her and protected her. It all showed Kikyo how much he cared for her. And she was sure this was no petty crush of a teenage boy.
But Kagome had not noticed yet. Kagome did not realise what his behaviour meant, though she cared for him too. It showed. Kikyo sighed. Teenagers in these times. They were so blind to their own feelings.
But she shouldn't be talking. She too was blinded by her feelings, or the lack of them. If she had truly loved Inuyasha, she would not have fallen for Naraku's trick. Plain and simple. So, maybe, the Sengoku and the Modern era were actually a lot alike in that way.
Kurama found the herb garden. He was right in thinking Kagome would have one. She grew thyme, and foxglove and other special herbs with wondrous powers. Bogweed, and fire-rover and so many others. But the only one he wanted was Fox-Fire Leaf. It had powerful healing properties, first discovered by kitsune's like himself. It would give Kagome her strength back.
So he picked three leaves of it, and re-entered the house. He boiled some water in her kettle and, stirred them into it, making Fox-Fire Leave's Tea. It was hot, but it would help. He materialized a bouquet of roses from behind his glossy blood red hair. He would leave the flowers beside the tea for when she woke up. In one arm, he carried her present, in the other hand, her tea.
It took all of Kikyo's strength to keep her face from betraying her thoughts when she saw Kurama enter Kagome's room with the bouquet of roses.
' He is so in love with her,' she thought, ' Just like Inuyasha and I once were. Maybe these two will have their happy ending.'
Kurama smiled shyly when he saw Kikyo staring at the roses. " A get well present for Kagome," he explained.
" She hardly needs a present," Kikyo remarked, " She'll do just fine with that special tea."
" I know. But still, I want her to know she helped out a great deal, and I was really worried for her." Kurama set both the tea and the roses on her bedside table.
Kikyo sighed blissfully.
" What?" Kurama asked, turning to her.
" Nothing," she replied smiling, " Nothing at all."
He shrugged. " Watch over her okay? I'm going now."
She nodded.
As Kurama shut Kagome's front door behind him gently, he concentrated on the ivy again. This time, he was going to lock the door, and then return her ivy to normal once more. And so he did.
" We should go check up on Kagome-chan!" Eri said firmly from across the table in the little coffee house.
" Hai!" Yuri agreed. " We haven't seen her for like…ever!"
Ayumi nodded. " Yeah! Lets go guys! Besides, she needs to do some serious shopping for her wardrobe."
" Hey guess what!" Eri cried.
" What?" Yuri and Ayumi squealed together.
" Maria told Rena who told Saka who told Kira who told Mia who told Anani who told me that Kagome-chan is seeing a guy!"
" Really?" Yuri and Ayumi squealed.
" Yeah! She said that she heard her had really red hair and really bright green eyes! And he's tall. And all the girls are dropping left and right for him! They all love him, but he pays them no attention! Only a select few, and he's almost always seen with Kagome-chan."
" Oh my god!" Ayumi cried, " Our Kagome-chan has a boyfriend! Finally, after her eighteen boyfriendless years!"
" Yeah! I know!" Eri cried.
Botan nearly chocked on her coffee after overhearing what Kagome's friends had said. That description was clearly of Kurama, though she highly doubted they were going out yet. He was shy, and not one who would be so sudden with that sort of thing after not seeing her for four years. Though it was obvious how he felt about her.
And how she felt about him. Botan saw when her eyes lit up, the few times she was around Kagome. It was so sweet. She heard the chairs behind her scrape the floor, meaning that the girls were leaving. Indeed it was considerably quieter due to their absence.
The cloaked man saw the three girls leave the coffee shop and begin to cross the street toward the dark alley where he stood in wait. This time, Kanzuka would have what he wanted and his plan would not fail.
Or he would be the one to pay for the failure. The man gulped at the thought.
Yuri stopped in front of a dark alley. Her eyes narrowed.
" What is it Yuri?" Ayumi asked, stopping.
" I thought I saw something in their," she said, " And I want to follow it…"
" Really?" Eri asked.
Yuri nodded, and stiffly, almost against her will, entered the alley way. Shrugging, Ayumi and Eri followed her.
The alley was dark and several times at least one of them would trip, causing the other's to do the same. It was narrow too. One either side, the wall could be felt without having to stretch out your arms very far. Very little came into the alley due to the roofs of the buildings. Ayumi began to shiver.
The girls eventually came to the end of the alley and into a larger area where there was at least enough light to see by. But, none of them felt safe anymore. Especially when they saw the cloaked man standing before them.
" Welcome…" his voice hissed.
" Who…who are you?" Yuri asked frightfully.
" I have no name," the man replied, " But I am here on orders."
" Orders?…" Eri repeated.
" Yes. My master has need of you three," he said, raising his hand to eye level. A dark sphere appeared in mid-air, scaring each of the girls. Each one fainted on sight of it. The nameless man grinned.
" Stop!"
He looked up. Another girl stood there.
" Who are you?" he sneered.
" The one who's going to arrest you!" she snapped.
" You? A mere human girl? Only the Rekai could catch me and they have yet to do so!"
" Oh really? Then I guess I should tell you I am from the Rekai! I the Grim Reaper, Botan!"
" Oh really?" He did not believe her.
" Yeah!" She ran at him, and hit him with her oar. Being a low class demon, the man fell to the ground and Botan tied his hands and legs, then gagged his mouth. She signalled for some Rekai support who took the man away, and the others took the girls to the street where someone might find them.
Botan sighed. Kanzuka was making life hard.
Kanzuka growled. Now her friends would be useless since he only had one chance for each of those Shadow traps to work. But who to use next? The monk? His brother? The apparition? No…maybe…the hanyou. Yes, the hanyou would do quite well. She was close to him, he was like a brother to her, and she a sister to him. They had a bond of brotherly-sisterly love. Surely she would not survive this. He grinned evilly. Soon, Kagome would be his and Kurama would die before her eyes.
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Authors Note: I am so sorry you guys! I would have updated sooner, really I would have! But I was banned for a day or two. So, Tiayou ga Mata Kagayaku Toki has been deleted, in case you didn't notice since it was an Interactive Story because of the vote pairings thing. So now I'm back on, and I'll re-upload the other one ASAP and take out the Interactive Story stuff. So, I am not dead, and sorry it took so long! You guys are all so patient.
Reviewer Responses
Baka KitsuneBri: Ohh…Shadow Sango's weakness was light. So since the Shikon no Tama was shiny, it bounce light off it. So Kagome used that to shine light on Shadow Sango, and destroy her. Your not an idiot, it was hard to understand. Sorry I got you all confused ;;
Kill-all-flamers210: Oh okay. Thanks Loan-chan Yup! You are! Did it tell you or something?
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KitsuneMIKO: You did ask that before. And yes, that would be smart, but no that will not happen. You'll see what happens. I have an idea for that.
SunStar Kitsune: LOL its really long. No problem!
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Red Skyies: Arigatou! Me too. I need sleep, but I can wait a little more…Sorry it took so long!
rubychik09: Kagome is fine. Don't worry. Eventually. I hope soon, but I can't rush that, or it won't turn out right. Just wait, they'll be together eventually
sacaku: Here it is. Glad you like it so much