Tami: Okay, this is just a little itty-bitty bit shorter. No big, cuz it
was a hard chap to type. Well, whatever. Here's the votes so far.
Votes:
Sess/Kag: 11
Sess/San: 8
Mir/Kag: 2
Mir/San: 3
Mir/Kagura: 1
Inu/Kag: 2
Inu/Kik: 2
Kik/Nar: 2
Kouga/Ayame: 1
Shippou/Rin: 1
Dislcaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. I wish I did.
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Last time:
He would never forgive Sesshoumaru for leaving him like that. He had had to fend and watch out for himself. Like it was his fault their father had died. For the longest time, he had thought Sesshoumaru blamed him for everything, including Hiromi's death. (I don't know Sesshoumaru's mother's name, so I just made one up. Does she even have one?) That thought had turned to anger and the anger to hatred. There was no way he'd ever forgive his brother for that. With that last thought, Inuyasha closed his eyes and tried to get to sleep.
Now:
The group was awakened again, but by Inuyasha this time. He stood over Kagome as she yawned sleepily. "Sit." she mumbled before rolling over and falling back asleep. The hanyou wouldn't let her be however. He picked her up.
"If you don't wake up now, so help me, I'll throw you in the river." he growled. Kagome reluctantly opened her eyes.
"Fine, fine. Put me down." Inuyasha put her on her feet and walked a little ways away, silently trying to prompt the group to move faster. "I hope they don't make a habit of this." she whispered to herself.
"Don't worry. I won't." Kagome spun around to come face to, well, chest with Sesshoumaru. (He is pretty tall.) She lightly smacked his arm.
"You scared me." He smirked.
"That was probably the intent, Kagome." Sango said. Miroku moved to stand beside Inuyasha. He watched Kagome and Sango with interest. And not all of it was lecherous. Girls were waaaay too trusting sometimes. He didn't much like the looks they were giving Sesshoumaru either. He hadn't followed them to the hot springs, but knowing them, they had talked about recent events. Sango slung her boomerang over her shoulder and he couldn't help but admire her graceful strength. She was definitely a force to be reckoned with. So was Kagome, for that matter. When she loosed her miko powers, she could really do some damage. Her innocence and purity only served to intensify her powers when one of her friends was in danger. She looked ethereally beautiful when she was angry. Sesshoumaru moved in his line of sight. He inwardly fumed at the interruption of his viewing of Kagome. The youkai prince was complicating matters immensely. He felt a little guilt gnawing at him. It wasn't Sesshoumaru's fault that he had amnesia. Besides, maybe what they were seeing was the real side of Sesshoumaru.
"Are you done yet?" Inuyasha asked, finally losing his patience. Kagome and Sango glared at him.
"You feeling up to traveling, Sesshoumaru-sama?" Miroku asked. Sesshoumaru looked at him quizzically, then nodded.
"I'm feeling much better, houshi-sama." Sesshoumaru answered truthfully. Miroku blanched at the name houshi-sama. He wasn't used to hearing that, especially from an old enemy. "Demon blood does have its advantages, after all." The group resumed walking in the same order they had the previous day. Sango and Kagome chatted happily about various nothings. Soon enough, Kagome gasped. Inuyasha spun around, his hand on the Tetsusaiga's hilt.
"What is it?" he asked.
"I can't believe I forgot!" Kagome said worriedly. Inuyasha sweatdropped.
"And what exactly did you forget?"
"It's my brother's birthday tomorrow and I still don't have a present for him. And I have to go home."
"No, you don't. You're not going home, we've only found one shard since you've been back." Kagome got that look in her eyes. The look that precedes many painful sits.
" I have to go home. It's his tenth birthday. In fact, you can come with me. You are Souta's hero after all." Miroku snickered.
"Inuyasha is your brother's hero? How did that happen?" he asked. So Kagome launched into the tale of the Noh Mask. Soon, Miroku, Sango, and Shippou were out and out laughing. "What a noble and heroic thing to do, Inuyasha."
"Feh." The inu-hanyou at least had the grace to blush.
"I'm afraid I do not understand all of your story. What is this Bone Eater's Well?" Sesshoumaru asked. The group seemed to just remember he was there.
"Um.well.you see." Kagome stuttered. She looked to the rest for help.
"Kagome lives on the other side of the well." Shippou piped up. "She's from the future. The Shikon no Tama brought her to the past." Sesshoumaru nodded, not quite sure whether or not to believe it, but he didn't know whether such things could be true or not, so he figured he'd wait it out and see for himself. (Boy that was a friggen long sentence, and believe it or not, it's grammatically correct.)The group watched Sesshoumaru carefully as he processed this information.
"Why is it a bad thing for Lady Kagome to go home?" he asked.
"Because then she isn't here to find shards." Inuyasha mumbled.
"But she will only be gone a few days, correct?" Kagome nodded, a smile forming on her face. Maybe Inuyasha would start feeling like an idiot and let her go. "A few days should not hamper your search any more than I have in these past few days."
"You didn't hamper us, Sesshoumaru. You got a jewel shard for us." Kagome said reassuringly.
"Yes, and got myself poisoned in the process, stopping all further travel." Sango waved her hand in a dismissive gesture.
"That's nothing to be worried about. A good long break is what we all need right about now." she said. "You should really let Kagome go home, Inuyasha."
"It is her brother's birthday, after all." Miroku agreed. He cast a conspiratory wink to Kagome. Inuyasha looked at each member of the company in disbelief. Since when did they all gang up on him like this? The nerve! An evil grin lit on Kagome's face. She knew the straw that would break the hanyou's back.
"You're acting just like Kouga would." She said, crossing her arms and sticking her nose in the air. Sango laughed.
'She looks like Inuyasha when she does that.' She thought. As predicted, Inuyasha's face went red in anger.
"I do not act like that wimpy wolf! Fine! You can go home, but I'm coming with you and we'll come back when I say so." Inuyasha relented. He turned and stormed off in the direction of Kaede's village. Luckily, it wasn't that far. Only about half a day's walk.
"May I come as well?" Sesshoumaru asked after a few moments of silence. Kagome looked at him, startled.
"Why?" she asked.
"I'm interested to see the future. If my brother can see it, why can't I?"
"Um, maybe another time, Sesshoumaru. There'll be tons of little kids at my house and I'm not sure how I would explain you. My mom already knows about Inuyasha, so it's not a big deal for him to come. Stay here. Trust me." Sesshoumaru pouted. Shippou jumped up into his chest, clutching onto his kimono.
"Don't feel bad, I can never go either. We can stay here and play." he said.
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Review repsonses:
Aira^o^: Kikyo deserves to die a horribly painful death. If she's paired with Naraku, she will be.
SailorKagome: I feel really special now. ^_^
Anyanka: Who knows what those two will do. It depends on the pairings for he plans I have for them
Madame Arrow Foxfire: Not to sound rude or anything, but ew. They're brothers. That's incest. I refuse to do that one. I apologize if that offends you.
Also thanks to:
Soli
Lexi
Votes:
Sess/Kag: 11
Sess/San: 8
Mir/Kag: 2
Mir/San: 3
Mir/Kagura: 1
Inu/Kag: 2
Inu/Kik: 2
Kik/Nar: 2
Kouga/Ayame: 1
Shippou/Rin: 1
Dislcaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. I wish I did.
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Last time:
He would never forgive Sesshoumaru for leaving him like that. He had had to fend and watch out for himself. Like it was his fault their father had died. For the longest time, he had thought Sesshoumaru blamed him for everything, including Hiromi's death. (I don't know Sesshoumaru's mother's name, so I just made one up. Does she even have one?) That thought had turned to anger and the anger to hatred. There was no way he'd ever forgive his brother for that. With that last thought, Inuyasha closed his eyes and tried to get to sleep.
Now:
The group was awakened again, but by Inuyasha this time. He stood over Kagome as she yawned sleepily. "Sit." she mumbled before rolling over and falling back asleep. The hanyou wouldn't let her be however. He picked her up.
"If you don't wake up now, so help me, I'll throw you in the river." he growled. Kagome reluctantly opened her eyes.
"Fine, fine. Put me down." Inuyasha put her on her feet and walked a little ways away, silently trying to prompt the group to move faster. "I hope they don't make a habit of this." she whispered to herself.
"Don't worry. I won't." Kagome spun around to come face to, well, chest with Sesshoumaru. (He is pretty tall.) She lightly smacked his arm.
"You scared me." He smirked.
"That was probably the intent, Kagome." Sango said. Miroku moved to stand beside Inuyasha. He watched Kagome and Sango with interest. And not all of it was lecherous. Girls were waaaay too trusting sometimes. He didn't much like the looks they were giving Sesshoumaru either. He hadn't followed them to the hot springs, but knowing them, they had talked about recent events. Sango slung her boomerang over her shoulder and he couldn't help but admire her graceful strength. She was definitely a force to be reckoned with. So was Kagome, for that matter. When she loosed her miko powers, she could really do some damage. Her innocence and purity only served to intensify her powers when one of her friends was in danger. She looked ethereally beautiful when she was angry. Sesshoumaru moved in his line of sight. He inwardly fumed at the interruption of his viewing of Kagome. The youkai prince was complicating matters immensely. He felt a little guilt gnawing at him. It wasn't Sesshoumaru's fault that he had amnesia. Besides, maybe what they were seeing was the real side of Sesshoumaru.
"Are you done yet?" Inuyasha asked, finally losing his patience. Kagome and Sango glared at him.
"You feeling up to traveling, Sesshoumaru-sama?" Miroku asked. Sesshoumaru looked at him quizzically, then nodded.
"I'm feeling much better, houshi-sama." Sesshoumaru answered truthfully. Miroku blanched at the name houshi-sama. He wasn't used to hearing that, especially from an old enemy. "Demon blood does have its advantages, after all." The group resumed walking in the same order they had the previous day. Sango and Kagome chatted happily about various nothings. Soon enough, Kagome gasped. Inuyasha spun around, his hand on the Tetsusaiga's hilt.
"What is it?" he asked.
"I can't believe I forgot!" Kagome said worriedly. Inuyasha sweatdropped.
"And what exactly did you forget?"
"It's my brother's birthday tomorrow and I still don't have a present for him. And I have to go home."
"No, you don't. You're not going home, we've only found one shard since you've been back." Kagome got that look in her eyes. The look that precedes many painful sits.
" I have to go home. It's his tenth birthday. In fact, you can come with me. You are Souta's hero after all." Miroku snickered.
"Inuyasha is your brother's hero? How did that happen?" he asked. So Kagome launched into the tale of the Noh Mask. Soon, Miroku, Sango, and Shippou were out and out laughing. "What a noble and heroic thing to do, Inuyasha."
"Feh." The inu-hanyou at least had the grace to blush.
"I'm afraid I do not understand all of your story. What is this Bone Eater's Well?" Sesshoumaru asked. The group seemed to just remember he was there.
"Um.well.you see." Kagome stuttered. She looked to the rest for help.
"Kagome lives on the other side of the well." Shippou piped up. "She's from the future. The Shikon no Tama brought her to the past." Sesshoumaru nodded, not quite sure whether or not to believe it, but he didn't know whether such things could be true or not, so he figured he'd wait it out and see for himself. (Boy that was a friggen long sentence, and believe it or not, it's grammatically correct.)The group watched Sesshoumaru carefully as he processed this information.
"Why is it a bad thing for Lady Kagome to go home?" he asked.
"Because then she isn't here to find shards." Inuyasha mumbled.
"But she will only be gone a few days, correct?" Kagome nodded, a smile forming on her face. Maybe Inuyasha would start feeling like an idiot and let her go. "A few days should not hamper your search any more than I have in these past few days."
"You didn't hamper us, Sesshoumaru. You got a jewel shard for us." Kagome said reassuringly.
"Yes, and got myself poisoned in the process, stopping all further travel." Sango waved her hand in a dismissive gesture.
"That's nothing to be worried about. A good long break is what we all need right about now." she said. "You should really let Kagome go home, Inuyasha."
"It is her brother's birthday, after all." Miroku agreed. He cast a conspiratory wink to Kagome. Inuyasha looked at each member of the company in disbelief. Since when did they all gang up on him like this? The nerve! An evil grin lit on Kagome's face. She knew the straw that would break the hanyou's back.
"You're acting just like Kouga would." She said, crossing her arms and sticking her nose in the air. Sango laughed.
'She looks like Inuyasha when she does that.' She thought. As predicted, Inuyasha's face went red in anger.
"I do not act like that wimpy wolf! Fine! You can go home, but I'm coming with you and we'll come back when I say so." Inuyasha relented. He turned and stormed off in the direction of Kaede's village. Luckily, it wasn't that far. Only about half a day's walk.
"May I come as well?" Sesshoumaru asked after a few moments of silence. Kagome looked at him, startled.
"Why?" she asked.
"I'm interested to see the future. If my brother can see it, why can't I?"
"Um, maybe another time, Sesshoumaru. There'll be tons of little kids at my house and I'm not sure how I would explain you. My mom already knows about Inuyasha, so it's not a big deal for him to come. Stay here. Trust me." Sesshoumaru pouted. Shippou jumped up into his chest, clutching onto his kimono.
"Don't feel bad, I can never go either. We can stay here and play." he said.
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Review repsonses:
Aira^o^: Kikyo deserves to die a horribly painful death. If she's paired with Naraku, she will be.
SailorKagome: I feel really special now. ^_^
Anyanka: Who knows what those two will do. It depends on the pairings for he plans I have for them
Madame Arrow Foxfire: Not to sound rude or anything, but ew. They're brothers. That's incest. I refuse to do that one. I apologize if that offends you.
Also thanks to:
Soli
Lexi