OK guys, im so sorry that it took me so long to update, but i had finals & the end of school, and my computer went down so i had to rewrite this chapter again! So...basically its been hectic-but here's ur chappy, and I hope that since school is out i will be updating more & more. ENJOY!
Chapter 23
Inuyasha quickened his pace through the familiar forest, his figure was a simple red & silver blur as he leaped and speed through the trees. He finally bound into his favorite large and ancient tree, Goshimboku with scarred markings left on the front and vines ascending up the trunk. He settled into the tree to think-the canopy shading him from the noon sunlight that poured down. Kaede had told him not to disturb Kagome today-she was recovering well, but she still needed alot of rest if she was going to get well soon. Inuyasha had decided it was better to get out of the village awhile, since Shippo insisted on tending to Kagome himself. No one objected to the little kitsune's demands of staying in the hut by Kagome's unconscious form because everyone knew about her habit of never staying put when she was told.
Inuyasha sighed, having a face in his mind that matched someone he hadn't thought for a long time. Kikyo. He had found a large shrine at the top of a hill where Kikyo's remains were once buried. He had asked about the large sanctuary & Keade told him that "Kagome had the place erected to comemerate both ye and Kikyo for the villagers to visit-even though most usually ventured out into the forest from time to time to see Inuyasha's true resting place." Inuyasha was a little shocked to hear that Kagome had fixed a place for Kikyo, but it was always in Kagome's nature to do what was right-even if it hurt her. Inuyasha found himself drifting away in his thoughts, wondering about several different things as they crossed his mind.
He looked down at his hand, his clawed fingers were tightly clasped around something-he opened it slowly, allowing two strands of silver to spill over the sides of his hand revealing the almost complete Shikon no Tama resting in his palm.
He folded his claws around the jewel once again. 'Complete...the whole thing is almost whole now...only one shard remains lost...& the other is in Kagome's possession...I should give this necklace back to her so she can fuse Suruka's shard & then we will only need one more peice...' Inuyasha tightened his grip around the small orb with a bittersweet smile. "After all this time...we will finally be finished..."
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Back in the village, Kaede and Sango were doing their daily chores, while Miroku played with his son. They had all agreed to let Shippo watch Kagome a while-and then simply check in on her later. They had explained most of what had happened to Shippo that morning-telling she would be fine now. The poor kitsune insisted he get the job of taking care of her, so no one objected..
Kagome was fast asleep in her hut, while Shippo layed at her side, trying to make her as comfortable as possible. Kagome roused, flinching slightly, then lifting her eyelids slowly-finally catching a glimpse of Shippo when her vision cleared & came into focus with her surroundings. She smiled tiredly, Shippo's face beamed with pure joy & excitement. "MAMA!" Kagome inched upward, trying to strain to pull herself up into a sitting position-but watching as Shippo's brow furrowed with concern. "NO MAMA! Please don't, Lady Kaede says you should rest...are you thirsty! I CAN GET SOME WATER!" Shippo hopped down to where Kirara sat in the floor by the bed and began to skip toward the door. "I will be back real soon mama, don't worry!" And with that, Shippo and Kirara left the room. Kagome sighed-her smile soon fading when Shippo escaped her sight. "Alright...come on in-I already know your there..." She watched the door as a large dark figure stepped in rapidly.
"Rinsei...you really shouldn't be here right now-Inuyasha will cut a fit if he finds you..." Rinsei simply smirked. " Yeah, Yeah...but that stupid baka is out in the forest today-besides-I wanted to come and check on you, everyone back home is worried, they wanted to make sure you were ok." Kagome smiled. "I'm fine..." The two were immediately interrupted by Shippo and Kirara's return. Shippo came in holding a large pale of water almost bigger than him so he didn't spot the wolf-demon right off. Kirara, however, began to growl low in her throat at the intruder.
"I brought some fresh water for you mama!" Shippo set the pale down enthusiastically, until he spotted Rinsei. He gathered his courage-though it wasn't enough to halt his trembling, shaking his fist at Rinsei. "YOU! What are you doing here! GO AWAY!" Rinsei looked down at the small fox-youkai. "So...what are you gonna do to me shrimp?" Kagome's eyes narrowed, the tone of her voice catching Rinsei's attention. "Rinsei...You will respect my son as you respect me..." Shippo jumped into Kagome's arms. Rinsei rolled his eyes.
"Its alright Shippo-Rinsei only came to talk to me for awhile. Why don't you go play with Kirara...alright?" Shippo looked up at his mother with pleadng eyes. "But mama...can't I stay with you?" Kagome sighed. "Alright..." Kagome inwardly dreaded what was about to be said between herself & the visitor-she already knew his purpose for coming. Rinsei sat down, feeling a little annoyed since he was sure that Kagome knew exactly why he was here.
"Kagome...I don't like repeating myself & I'm sure your no half-wit...you know why I'm here so why don't you just take the offer and relieve yourself of that burdened soul of yours..." Rinsei looked at her with the sincerest of intentions but Kagome only shook her head. "Its not that easy...I am perfectly fine...the way I am..." Rinsei raised an eyebrow-adding sarcastic tinges to his voice as he spoke. "So you like being under the constant fear of losing your soul & never returning? You like having such a tattered & torn life because of it? Demons will never stop Kagome...they will not let you rest until your soul truly is broken. What have you got to lose..."
"Everything..." Kagome replied, though Rinsei didn't quite understand until she looked back at him-trying not to seem upset. "I could lose all of this...its not worth it-what if...what if my memories were lost in the process...I couldn't survive not knowing any of my friends or family...I would die..." Rinsei got to his feet with a small chuckle as Kagome smiled. "Kagome...your a strange one-most would give up anything to forget what you've been through...but not you..." He shook his head in regret. "I should be going...I've upset you & it's getting late. But the offer will always be there..." He headed for the door. "Of course...thanks..." Kagome watched as the wolf-youkai disappeared out the door.
Shippo, who had tried to follow the conversation, was a bit confused. He looked up at his mother innocently. "Mama...what was he talking about-what offer?" Kagome smiled tenderly, trying to figure a way out of explaining it simply-but she had no other choice. "Shippo...you know I've lost my soul many times over the years..." She treaded carefully in her words-trying to be gentle, while Shippo began on one of his little ramblings-counting on his small fingers. "Well sure...I suppose it has been alot...there was Kikyo, then Kanna, then that huge snake thingy...then Kikyo again...then Suruka...yea thats alot..." Kagome chuckled a little at his cute rambling.
"Hai...well everytime...my body has become more reluctant to reconnect with my soul-and pretty soon, well my soul won't be able to come back on its own..." Shippo looked at his moher with concern. "But Rinsei...he know a demon who can help-this demon heals souls...souls that are broken and need fixing...but-" Shippo broke in with a hopeful tone to his voice. "Well why don't you go? He can help can't he?!" "It's not that simple...in the process...there is no guarantee I would be the smae person when my soul was repaired...I can't do that Shippo...I could lose all my memories of you guys...I wouldn't risk that..."
Shippo looked at her, then snuggled against her chest as she pulled him tighter into her embrace. "You wouldn't forget us mama? Please say you wouldn't forget us..." Kagome looked down at him, brushing the bangs across his face. "Never Shippo...I could never forget any of you..." Kagome leaned back-thinking over her precious memories of all her friends.
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Inuyasha found himself waking up in his tree-just realizing he had allowed himself to fall asleep. He stretched a little, then jumped down. He yawned, looking around to notice that it was already nearing dusk. "I must have slept for a while..." He headed back toward the village lazily.
Back in the village-Shippo was out playing with Kirara after Kagome had insisted that he go out and have fun for awhile. Kagome still sat in the hut, she dipped her cupped palms into a small pot of water that Shippo had brought eariler. She pulled the pool of water to her face, splashing it back over her complection and allowing it to cascade down her neck in small rivers. The cool liquid was very refreshing, she inhaled a few deep breathes while drying off-in hopes that it would relieve some of the exhaustion, but it didn't. She lazily threw her feet over the bedside, slowly easing them onto the floor and placing weight on them-but it only held a few moments before her legs gave out & she collapsed back onto the bed.
She rolled over in defeat, drifting into sleep rather quickly. Inuyasha came into the village just as the sun was setting-he saw Shippo & Kirara in front of Sango's hut. "Hey runt...how's Kagome been?" "Inuyasha! She's doing so much better! She was awake for awhile when-" Shippo caught himself just in time-he knew Kagome probly didn't want Inuyasha to know. Inuyasha looked at the kitsune curiously. "When what?" Shippo tried to think of something while inching toward Sango's hut. "When....uh....." Inuyasha grabbed him by the tail & picked him up to face him in one clean motion. "Your hiding something aren't you?! WELL....out with it!" Shippo wiggled his way free in time to run into the house while yelling back to Inuyasha. "I can't tell you who came to see Kagome-you have to ask her about it!"
Inuyasha looked over to Kagome's hut-he quickly took a peek in the door to see she was asleep, then took up in the tree by her window as he did every night. it didn't take him long to pick up on Rinsei's scent, making him curious. He looked down at Kagome dispondently.He stared at her for awhile-until he fell asleep. Later that night, Kagome fidgeted in her sleep-her hair layed out in black waves around her head as if a piece of the night sky had broken off & fallen to earth. She jolted up from her bed, sitting straight up-her breathing was heavy & her fingers tightly gripped the blankets around her in fear. She rested her head in her hand a moment-gathering her thoughts, then getting out of bed and venturing out into the night.
Her legs held up well now-she felt most of her strength returned to her since her short nap. She looked up just as a voice startled her-she hadn't noticed where she was in the darkness until now. "Where do you think you're going so late?" Inuyasha let one eye crack open half-way to spot the figure that match the familiar scent below him. Kagome smiled, looking away from him slightly. "I was getting some air...Insomnia seems to be one of my more troublesome problems lately..." Inuyasha looked her over curiously, then rolled off the branch-landing on his feet under the tree.
Inuyasha sat at the base of the tree-then Kagome joined him, noticing that he acted a bit strange, as though he wanted to talk about something. She pulled her knees close to her as she sat by his side-awaiting his conversation to arise. It didn't take long for Inuyasha to start up a 'casual' conversation. "So...I heard you had a visitor today...Rinsei say anything interesting?" Kagome looked off distantly. "He just came to see if I was alright..." Inuyasha looked at her suspiciously narrowing his ember eyes. "Really? You didn't talk about anything else?" Kagome chuckled a little. "Like what?" "Well I don't know! You tell me!"
Kagome shook her head- looking upward slightly to spot the stars. "Inuyasha...do the stars look the same to you...I mean since you died...are they the same?" Inuyasha was a bit taken back by the sudden change in the conversation-but his tone softened as he leaned back and look up. "I don't know...I never really noticed...I guess they look the same as they always have- Kagome...." He looked over her pale figure in the dark moonlight. "Hmmm...what is it?" "Well....you never asked me what it was like...to die I mean...weren't you curious about what death is like?" Kagome smiled, looking back at the stars, her eyes following the small gleams of yellow bursts that were made by fireflies all around them. "...you probly don't remember what it was like...you aren't suppose to know- I remember almost dying many times over the last year...being so close but not able to reach out and grasp it...even though I wanted it so badly..."
Kagome looked up when she felt a few drop of rain hit her skin. Inuyasha's ears twitched. "We should get inside...a storm is coming..." Kagome smiled-standing up just as the sky broke open & rain covered the village in sheets of silver. Inuyasha ran inside the hut doorway, waiting for Kagome who simply stood there. "Come on! Have you lost you mind! Your getting soaked!" Kagome laughed alittle. "What's wrong Inuyasha! It's only rain! Come on! Are you afraid you'll melt!?" Inuyasha continued to look at her as if she had lost it, but she simply walk around, feeling the sweet sensation of cool droplet on her skin. Her hair was drenched within moments but she didn't care-she loved rain.
Inuyasha was getting irritated. "KAGOME! Come on! You're gonna catch your death in cold if you don't get in here!" Kagome's hair laid in wet laces across her face, and it slightly curled under the water as she stood-staring at Inuyasha, he finally gave in and came after her. "STUPID GIRL! Come ON!" Kagome ran behind the tree playfully. "Touchy touchy!" She tried evading him for awhile but he caught up with her, laughing as he picked her up over his shoulder and hauled her into the hut.
"GEEZ What is it with you! We are both soaked!" Kagome laughed, pointing at him slightly through her giggles. "What is it now!?" Kagome looked at him. "Sorry...it's just that...you poor ears! They look so funny with all you hair drenched! You look like a wet puppy!" "YEA YEA" Inuyasha continued mumbling to himself as he removed his wet garments, taking off both his red & white kimono top as he began to dry them out, hanging them by the newly lit fire. He hadn't noticed until now-but Kagome things were hanging by his-all of her things. He looked a little shocked and embarrased-wondering what she was doing. "Uh...Kagome?"
"Hai...What is it Inuyasha?" He look over to see her wearing only a large male Kimono top as she crawled into bed. "Uh...nothing..." He turned slightly red seeing her that way-though he had seen her in much less. She sat in the bed-brushing through her wet locks & ringing them dry. She sighed, laying down under the blankets. "Goodnight Inuyasha..." Inuyasha smiled from the corner where he sat to sleep for the night. "Night Kagome..."
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OK-so how was that? It might feel a bit rushed-b/c it was...I was trying to get the rewrite up ASAP so you guys wouldn't have to wait too long. It was better the first time I admit-but I had to rewrite it when my computer crashed..it is basically the same though...a pretty long chappy too-just to make up for the missed chappies. Sry about the delay again-but I will be updating sooner now since school is out. R&R! THX!
Chapter 23
Inuyasha quickened his pace through the familiar forest, his figure was a simple red & silver blur as he leaped and speed through the trees. He finally bound into his favorite large and ancient tree, Goshimboku with scarred markings left on the front and vines ascending up the trunk. He settled into the tree to think-the canopy shading him from the noon sunlight that poured down. Kaede had told him not to disturb Kagome today-she was recovering well, but she still needed alot of rest if she was going to get well soon. Inuyasha had decided it was better to get out of the village awhile, since Shippo insisted on tending to Kagome himself. No one objected to the little kitsune's demands of staying in the hut by Kagome's unconscious form because everyone knew about her habit of never staying put when she was told.
Inuyasha sighed, having a face in his mind that matched someone he hadn't thought for a long time. Kikyo. He had found a large shrine at the top of a hill where Kikyo's remains were once buried. He had asked about the large sanctuary & Keade told him that "Kagome had the place erected to comemerate both ye and Kikyo for the villagers to visit-even though most usually ventured out into the forest from time to time to see Inuyasha's true resting place." Inuyasha was a little shocked to hear that Kagome had fixed a place for Kikyo, but it was always in Kagome's nature to do what was right-even if it hurt her. Inuyasha found himself drifting away in his thoughts, wondering about several different things as they crossed his mind.
He looked down at his hand, his clawed fingers were tightly clasped around something-he opened it slowly, allowing two strands of silver to spill over the sides of his hand revealing the almost complete Shikon no Tama resting in his palm.
He folded his claws around the jewel once again. 'Complete...the whole thing is almost whole now...only one shard remains lost...& the other is in Kagome's possession...I should give this necklace back to her so she can fuse Suruka's shard & then we will only need one more peice...' Inuyasha tightened his grip around the small orb with a bittersweet smile. "After all this time...we will finally be finished..."
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Back in the village, Kaede and Sango were doing their daily chores, while Miroku played with his son. They had all agreed to let Shippo watch Kagome a while-and then simply check in on her later. They had explained most of what had happened to Shippo that morning-telling she would be fine now. The poor kitsune insisted he get the job of taking care of her, so no one objected..
Kagome was fast asleep in her hut, while Shippo layed at her side, trying to make her as comfortable as possible. Kagome roused, flinching slightly, then lifting her eyelids slowly-finally catching a glimpse of Shippo when her vision cleared & came into focus with her surroundings. She smiled tiredly, Shippo's face beamed with pure joy & excitement. "MAMA!" Kagome inched upward, trying to strain to pull herself up into a sitting position-but watching as Shippo's brow furrowed with concern. "NO MAMA! Please don't, Lady Kaede says you should rest...are you thirsty! I CAN GET SOME WATER!" Shippo hopped down to where Kirara sat in the floor by the bed and began to skip toward the door. "I will be back real soon mama, don't worry!" And with that, Shippo and Kirara left the room. Kagome sighed-her smile soon fading when Shippo escaped her sight. "Alright...come on in-I already know your there..." She watched the door as a large dark figure stepped in rapidly.
"Rinsei...you really shouldn't be here right now-Inuyasha will cut a fit if he finds you..." Rinsei simply smirked. " Yeah, Yeah...but that stupid baka is out in the forest today-besides-I wanted to come and check on you, everyone back home is worried, they wanted to make sure you were ok." Kagome smiled. "I'm fine..." The two were immediately interrupted by Shippo and Kirara's return. Shippo came in holding a large pale of water almost bigger than him so he didn't spot the wolf-demon right off. Kirara, however, began to growl low in her throat at the intruder.
"I brought some fresh water for you mama!" Shippo set the pale down enthusiastically, until he spotted Rinsei. He gathered his courage-though it wasn't enough to halt his trembling, shaking his fist at Rinsei. "YOU! What are you doing here! GO AWAY!" Rinsei looked down at the small fox-youkai. "So...what are you gonna do to me shrimp?" Kagome's eyes narrowed, the tone of her voice catching Rinsei's attention. "Rinsei...You will respect my son as you respect me..." Shippo jumped into Kagome's arms. Rinsei rolled his eyes.
"Its alright Shippo-Rinsei only came to talk to me for awhile. Why don't you go play with Kirara...alright?" Shippo looked up at his mother with pleadng eyes. "But mama...can't I stay with you?" Kagome sighed. "Alright..." Kagome inwardly dreaded what was about to be said between herself & the visitor-she already knew his purpose for coming. Rinsei sat down, feeling a little annoyed since he was sure that Kagome knew exactly why he was here.
"Kagome...I don't like repeating myself & I'm sure your no half-wit...you know why I'm here so why don't you just take the offer and relieve yourself of that burdened soul of yours..." Rinsei looked at her with the sincerest of intentions but Kagome only shook her head. "Its not that easy...I am perfectly fine...the way I am..." Rinsei raised an eyebrow-adding sarcastic tinges to his voice as he spoke. "So you like being under the constant fear of losing your soul & never returning? You like having such a tattered & torn life because of it? Demons will never stop Kagome...they will not let you rest until your soul truly is broken. What have you got to lose..."
"Everything..." Kagome replied, though Rinsei didn't quite understand until she looked back at him-trying not to seem upset. "I could lose all of this...its not worth it-what if...what if my memories were lost in the process...I couldn't survive not knowing any of my friends or family...I would die..." Rinsei got to his feet with a small chuckle as Kagome smiled. "Kagome...your a strange one-most would give up anything to forget what you've been through...but not you..." He shook his head in regret. "I should be going...I've upset you & it's getting late. But the offer will always be there..." He headed for the door. "Of course...thanks..." Kagome watched as the wolf-youkai disappeared out the door.
Shippo, who had tried to follow the conversation, was a bit confused. He looked up at his mother innocently. "Mama...what was he talking about-what offer?" Kagome smiled tenderly, trying to figure a way out of explaining it simply-but she had no other choice. "Shippo...you know I've lost my soul many times over the years..." She treaded carefully in her words-trying to be gentle, while Shippo began on one of his little ramblings-counting on his small fingers. "Well sure...I suppose it has been alot...there was Kikyo, then Kanna, then that huge snake thingy...then Kikyo again...then Suruka...yea thats alot..." Kagome chuckled a little at his cute rambling.
"Hai...well everytime...my body has become more reluctant to reconnect with my soul-and pretty soon, well my soul won't be able to come back on its own..." Shippo looked at his moher with concern. "But Rinsei...he know a demon who can help-this demon heals souls...souls that are broken and need fixing...but-" Shippo broke in with a hopeful tone to his voice. "Well why don't you go? He can help can't he?!" "It's not that simple...in the process...there is no guarantee I would be the smae person when my soul was repaired...I can't do that Shippo...I could lose all my memories of you guys...I wouldn't risk that..."
Shippo looked at her, then snuggled against her chest as she pulled him tighter into her embrace. "You wouldn't forget us mama? Please say you wouldn't forget us..." Kagome looked down at him, brushing the bangs across his face. "Never Shippo...I could never forget any of you..." Kagome leaned back-thinking over her precious memories of all her friends.
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Inuyasha found himself waking up in his tree-just realizing he had allowed himself to fall asleep. He stretched a little, then jumped down. He yawned, looking around to notice that it was already nearing dusk. "I must have slept for a while..." He headed back toward the village lazily.
Back in the village-Shippo was out playing with Kirara after Kagome had insisted that he go out and have fun for awhile. Kagome still sat in the hut, she dipped her cupped palms into a small pot of water that Shippo had brought eariler. She pulled the pool of water to her face, splashing it back over her complection and allowing it to cascade down her neck in small rivers. The cool liquid was very refreshing, she inhaled a few deep breathes while drying off-in hopes that it would relieve some of the exhaustion, but it didn't. She lazily threw her feet over the bedside, slowly easing them onto the floor and placing weight on them-but it only held a few moments before her legs gave out & she collapsed back onto the bed.
She rolled over in defeat, drifting into sleep rather quickly. Inuyasha came into the village just as the sun was setting-he saw Shippo & Kirara in front of Sango's hut. "Hey runt...how's Kagome been?" "Inuyasha! She's doing so much better! She was awake for awhile when-" Shippo caught himself just in time-he knew Kagome probly didn't want Inuyasha to know. Inuyasha looked at the kitsune curiously. "When what?" Shippo tried to think of something while inching toward Sango's hut. "When....uh....." Inuyasha grabbed him by the tail & picked him up to face him in one clean motion. "Your hiding something aren't you?! WELL....out with it!" Shippo wiggled his way free in time to run into the house while yelling back to Inuyasha. "I can't tell you who came to see Kagome-you have to ask her about it!"
Inuyasha looked over to Kagome's hut-he quickly took a peek in the door to see she was asleep, then took up in the tree by her window as he did every night. it didn't take him long to pick up on Rinsei's scent, making him curious. He looked down at Kagome dispondently.He stared at her for awhile-until he fell asleep. Later that night, Kagome fidgeted in her sleep-her hair layed out in black waves around her head as if a piece of the night sky had broken off & fallen to earth. She jolted up from her bed, sitting straight up-her breathing was heavy & her fingers tightly gripped the blankets around her in fear. She rested her head in her hand a moment-gathering her thoughts, then getting out of bed and venturing out into the night.
Her legs held up well now-she felt most of her strength returned to her since her short nap. She looked up just as a voice startled her-she hadn't noticed where she was in the darkness until now. "Where do you think you're going so late?" Inuyasha let one eye crack open half-way to spot the figure that match the familiar scent below him. Kagome smiled, looking away from him slightly. "I was getting some air...Insomnia seems to be one of my more troublesome problems lately..." Inuyasha looked her over curiously, then rolled off the branch-landing on his feet under the tree.
Inuyasha sat at the base of the tree-then Kagome joined him, noticing that he acted a bit strange, as though he wanted to talk about something. She pulled her knees close to her as she sat by his side-awaiting his conversation to arise. It didn't take long for Inuyasha to start up a 'casual' conversation. "So...I heard you had a visitor today...Rinsei say anything interesting?" Kagome looked off distantly. "He just came to see if I was alright..." Inuyasha looked at her suspiciously narrowing his ember eyes. "Really? You didn't talk about anything else?" Kagome chuckled a little. "Like what?" "Well I don't know! You tell me!"
Kagome shook her head- looking upward slightly to spot the stars. "Inuyasha...do the stars look the same to you...I mean since you died...are they the same?" Inuyasha was a bit taken back by the sudden change in the conversation-but his tone softened as he leaned back and look up. "I don't know...I never really noticed...I guess they look the same as they always have- Kagome...." He looked over her pale figure in the dark moonlight. "Hmmm...what is it?" "Well....you never asked me what it was like...to die I mean...weren't you curious about what death is like?" Kagome smiled, looking back at the stars, her eyes following the small gleams of yellow bursts that were made by fireflies all around them. "...you probly don't remember what it was like...you aren't suppose to know- I remember almost dying many times over the last year...being so close but not able to reach out and grasp it...even though I wanted it so badly..."
Kagome looked up when she felt a few drop of rain hit her skin. Inuyasha's ears twitched. "We should get inside...a storm is coming..." Kagome smiled-standing up just as the sky broke open & rain covered the village in sheets of silver. Inuyasha ran inside the hut doorway, waiting for Kagome who simply stood there. "Come on! Have you lost you mind! Your getting soaked!" Kagome laughed alittle. "What's wrong Inuyasha! It's only rain! Come on! Are you afraid you'll melt!?" Inuyasha continued to look at her as if she had lost it, but she simply walk around, feeling the sweet sensation of cool droplet on her skin. Her hair was drenched within moments but she didn't care-she loved rain.
Inuyasha was getting irritated. "KAGOME! Come on! You're gonna catch your death in cold if you don't get in here!" Kagome's hair laid in wet laces across her face, and it slightly curled under the water as she stood-staring at Inuyasha, he finally gave in and came after her. "STUPID GIRL! Come ON!" Kagome ran behind the tree playfully. "Touchy touchy!" She tried evading him for awhile but he caught up with her, laughing as he picked her up over his shoulder and hauled her into the hut.
"GEEZ What is it with you! We are both soaked!" Kagome laughed, pointing at him slightly through her giggles. "What is it now!?" Kagome looked at him. "Sorry...it's just that...you poor ears! They look so funny with all you hair drenched! You look like a wet puppy!" "YEA YEA" Inuyasha continued mumbling to himself as he removed his wet garments, taking off both his red & white kimono top as he began to dry them out, hanging them by the newly lit fire. He hadn't noticed until now-but Kagome things were hanging by his-all of her things. He looked a little shocked and embarrased-wondering what she was doing. "Uh...Kagome?"
"Hai...What is it Inuyasha?" He look over to see her wearing only a large male Kimono top as she crawled into bed. "Uh...nothing..." He turned slightly red seeing her that way-though he had seen her in much less. She sat in the bed-brushing through her wet locks & ringing them dry. She sighed, laying down under the blankets. "Goodnight Inuyasha..." Inuyasha smiled from the corner where he sat to sleep for the night. "Night Kagome..."
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OK-so how was that? It might feel a bit rushed-b/c it was...I was trying to get the rewrite up ASAP so you guys wouldn't have to wait too long. It was better the first time I admit-but I had to rewrite it when my computer crashed..it is basically the same though...a pretty long chappy too-just to make up for the missed chappies. Sry about the delay again-but I will be updating sooner now since school is out. R&R! THX!