Tami: Here's the next chapter. ATTENTION!!!! Voting will be closed in about
two more chapters. I'll take a final count, but I'll let them reveal
themselves in the story itself. I think it'll be a little more fun for you
if I don't tell you out right 'hey, so and so are going to be together'.
Votes:
Sess/Kag: 17
Sess/San: 8
Mir/Kag: 2
Mir/San: 5
Mir/Kagura: 1
Inu/Kag: 2
Inu/Kik: 4
Kik/Nar: 4 (uh-oh! We've got a tie between Naraku and Inuyasha! Someone needs to fix that!)
Kouga/Ayame: 2
Shippou/Rin: 2
Rin/Kohaku: 1
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.
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Last time:
"Upsie daisy." Kagome said as she sat up. She shifted around so she was sitting cross legged facing the others. Shippou crawled up in her lap.
"Hey, Kagome, what is the dairy thing Souta was yelling about?" Shippou asked.
"N-nothing important, Shippou." Kagome stuttered. Now the other two were interested.
"It sounded pretty important to me." Inuyasha said. Sesshoumaru nodded his agreement. Kagome looked between them all. Oh boy, and they said curiosity killed the cat. What in the heck would happen to a dog then?
Now:
After Kagome successfully fielded off the diary question, they all went back outside. Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were getting headaches from all the noise. Kagome offered them aspirin. "It won't kill you. Come on. Just think of it as a type of herb." she said, trying to coax them into swallowing them. Sesshoumaru tentatively took the pill from her hand and downed it. He and Inuyasha were tense for a few minutes. Kagome couldn't help but laugh at them. When nothing happened to Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha swallowed a pill. "See? That wasn't so bad." Inuyasha made a face.
"It tasted bad." he said.
"It doesn't taste like anything if you don't bite it. You bit it didn't you?" He nodded sheepishly. "I told you not to." Both of the youkais' stomachs growled. Both had tried the cake, but you can't really expect that to fill the stomachs of grown and growing youkai, can you? No, I think not. Besides, they claimed it was too sugary and didn't eat any more than three pieces each. Shippou on the other hand, had loved it. The kitsune was asleep up in Souta's room. All of the kids had gone home and Souta was playing a new video game. Kagome laughed. She seemed to being doing that a lot more often lately. "I'll fix you guys something to eat." Inuyasha's ears perked up, but before he could say anything, Sesshoumaru broke in.
"More ramen?" Sesshoumaru asked hopefully.
"Yup. You two are a lot alike." Sesshoumaru smiled, but Inuyasha scowled. Okay, so today was fun, but it still didn't change the way he felt about his brother. Inuyasha would just have to find another favorite food.
"I don't want ramen. I want something else." Inuyasha said. Kagome looked at him with wide eyes.
"Are you sick?" she asked worriedly. She put a hand on his forehead to check if he had a temperature. He growled at her and moved his head away from her hand.
"I'm fine. I just want something else." Kagome still glanced at him suspiciously. Sesshoumaru, on the other hand, knew why Inuyasha had said that and he couldn't help but feel a little hurt. What had happened between him and his little brother to make him hate him? (1st him is Inuyasha, 2nd him is Sesshoumaru. I figured I'd clear that up. It was sounded a little confusing.) A scene flashed before his eyes. A small child looked up to the person whose hand it was holding. The child had silver hair and doggy ears. He looked up in admiration at the older boy. As soon as it came, the scene was gone. Sesshoumaru shook his head. It was him and Inuyasha, that much he knew for sure, but if they had had a relationship like that, why so much hostility now? Noting happened the second time he asked the question and he inwardly sighed. He unconsciously closed the emotion off from his face. Kagome waved a hand in front of his face.
"Sesshoumaru? Anyone in there?" He jumped slightly, startled, and put a smile back on his face.
"Yes. Sorry." he answered. He remained quiet the rest of the time Kagome was cooking. When she was finished, she set a bowl of ramen in front of Sesshoumaru and a bowl of oden in front of Inuyasha. She had a rather large bowl of oden herself. When they were done eating, Kagome led them upstairs.
"Okay, one of you can have the guest room and the other can have the couch. Unless you want to sleep outside." she said. Inuyasha immediately turned and walked back downstairs. Kagome heard him curse at the door until he figured out how to get it open. "Well, that's one of you. How about you, Sesshoumaru?" Sesshoumaru considered it.
"I suppose I'll sleep in this guest room." he answered. She nodded and led him to it, telling him they'd go back to the feudal era in the morning. She shut the door when she left and he laid down on the bed. Pretty soon, he was asleep. Inuyasha slept lightly from his perch in the Goshinboku tree. Kagome, on the other hand, couldn't sleep. She was tired, but sleep wouldn't come to her. She changed into her pajamas and laid down on her bed. She stared at the ceiling, thinking over the day. She and Sango had dissected what ever answer they could think of that would explain what had happened to Sesshoumaru and thought extensively over how to help him regain his memory. But here was one question they never thought of, did they want him to get his memory back? A weighing of pros and cons would certainly point to no. Face it, a fierce, cold, uncaring killer was a lot less desirable than a sweet, innocent, and kind person.
'But, then again, if I lost my memories, I would want to have them back.' Kagome thought to herself. Inuyasha wasn't helping matters much either. She had seen the pain and anger flash in his eyes when she had said how much alike they were. It had only been a joke, but he had taken it seriously. No, Inuyasha would not want to help Sesshoumaru get his memory back. He'd rather take advantage of this mental weakness and attack, most likely. Kagome sighed. Sometimes life had too many variables. Especially her life.
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Back in the feudal era, Sango and Miroku were sitting in Kaede's hut. When Sesshoumaru hadn't returned, they had gone looking for him. They hadn't found a trace of him, but Kirara had followed his scent to the well. "I wish we could've gone too." Sango said.
"Why?" Miroku asked, looking at her with his head cocked slightly to one side.
"Because Kagome always talks about the future and I want to see what's so special about it."
"Why not ask what Inuyasha thinks of it." She gave him a 'what, are you insane?' look. "Good point." He sighed. "What do you think about this whole situation?" She seemed hesitant to answer. "I know you and Kagome have talked about it already, so why not enlighten me to your thoughts on the subject?"
"How do you know if Kagome and I talked about it?"
"Because, I know both of you entirely too well. You would've talked all about it while you were at the hot springs. You both are intelligent women and should've come up with some type of theory to explain things." Sango blushed at his compliment.
"Yes, we did talk about it." A smug smile crossed his face. She glared at him. "We figured it would almost have to be Naraku, but why did Naraku leave him alive?"
"Maybe he left him for dead."
"Well, Naraku usually makes absolutely sure his victims are dead, unless he has some purpose for them." She winced, remembering when Naraku had brought her to the brink of death, then used her to kill Inuyasha. Or attempt to anyway. "But now Sesshoumaru has amnesia, so his plans would be thrown off, unless he bribed Sesshoumaru into pretending."
"Then Sesshoumaru-sama is doing a very good job." Sango nodded.
"Which makes it seem not very likely that he is pretending." Miroku sighed again.
"There are far too many what ifs."
"Yes. And there's another. What if it wasn't Naraku, but someone else? Who else is powerful enough to do that to Sesshoumaru? He is not an opponent to be taken lightly."
"You're right. I've never heard of a demon stronger than Naraku or Sesshoumaru." A few minutes passed. "There has to be something we're over looking, but what?"
"My question exactly."
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Tami: I hope you all liked that. I'm trying to give the characters more depth. Is it working, or am I totally screwing everything up?
Review responses:
SailorKagome: The evil toad must die! *sadistic grin* I've got the flame- thrower!
Rasberries: Sess has to care something about his brother in the series. He just has to. And I'm pretty sure his father's name is Inutaisho. I don't know for absolutely sure, but that seems to be what everyone uses, so it almost has to be right. I'll find out one of these days I suppose. And you'll definitely be seeing what happens to his parents. I've got some major ideas that I'm pretty sure are original. *sadistic grin*
Anyanka: The toad could serve no better purpose than to be tortured. He irritates me.
Soli: I don't mind your questions at all. It's nice to see you're curious. Voting will be over in two more chapters = roughly two more days, since I've been posting everyday.
Also thanks to:
Leila
~Marie~
Mala Valvah
Votes:
Sess/Kag: 17
Sess/San: 8
Mir/Kag: 2
Mir/San: 5
Mir/Kagura: 1
Inu/Kag: 2
Inu/Kik: 4
Kik/Nar: 4 (uh-oh! We've got a tie between Naraku and Inuyasha! Someone needs to fix that!)
Kouga/Ayame: 2
Shippou/Rin: 2
Rin/Kohaku: 1
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Last time:
"Upsie daisy." Kagome said as she sat up. She shifted around so she was sitting cross legged facing the others. Shippou crawled up in her lap.
"Hey, Kagome, what is the dairy thing Souta was yelling about?" Shippou asked.
"N-nothing important, Shippou." Kagome stuttered. Now the other two were interested.
"It sounded pretty important to me." Inuyasha said. Sesshoumaru nodded his agreement. Kagome looked between them all. Oh boy, and they said curiosity killed the cat. What in the heck would happen to a dog then?
Now:
After Kagome successfully fielded off the diary question, they all went back outside. Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were getting headaches from all the noise. Kagome offered them aspirin. "It won't kill you. Come on. Just think of it as a type of herb." she said, trying to coax them into swallowing them. Sesshoumaru tentatively took the pill from her hand and downed it. He and Inuyasha were tense for a few minutes. Kagome couldn't help but laugh at them. When nothing happened to Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha swallowed a pill. "See? That wasn't so bad." Inuyasha made a face.
"It tasted bad." he said.
"It doesn't taste like anything if you don't bite it. You bit it didn't you?" He nodded sheepishly. "I told you not to." Both of the youkais' stomachs growled. Both had tried the cake, but you can't really expect that to fill the stomachs of grown and growing youkai, can you? No, I think not. Besides, they claimed it was too sugary and didn't eat any more than three pieces each. Shippou on the other hand, had loved it. The kitsune was asleep up in Souta's room. All of the kids had gone home and Souta was playing a new video game. Kagome laughed. She seemed to being doing that a lot more often lately. "I'll fix you guys something to eat." Inuyasha's ears perked up, but before he could say anything, Sesshoumaru broke in.
"More ramen?" Sesshoumaru asked hopefully.
"Yup. You two are a lot alike." Sesshoumaru smiled, but Inuyasha scowled. Okay, so today was fun, but it still didn't change the way he felt about his brother. Inuyasha would just have to find another favorite food.
"I don't want ramen. I want something else." Inuyasha said. Kagome looked at him with wide eyes.
"Are you sick?" she asked worriedly. She put a hand on his forehead to check if he had a temperature. He growled at her and moved his head away from her hand.
"I'm fine. I just want something else." Kagome still glanced at him suspiciously. Sesshoumaru, on the other hand, knew why Inuyasha had said that and he couldn't help but feel a little hurt. What had happened between him and his little brother to make him hate him? (1st him is Inuyasha, 2nd him is Sesshoumaru. I figured I'd clear that up. It was sounded a little confusing.) A scene flashed before his eyes. A small child looked up to the person whose hand it was holding. The child had silver hair and doggy ears. He looked up in admiration at the older boy. As soon as it came, the scene was gone. Sesshoumaru shook his head. It was him and Inuyasha, that much he knew for sure, but if they had had a relationship like that, why so much hostility now? Noting happened the second time he asked the question and he inwardly sighed. He unconsciously closed the emotion off from his face. Kagome waved a hand in front of his face.
"Sesshoumaru? Anyone in there?" He jumped slightly, startled, and put a smile back on his face.
"Yes. Sorry." he answered. He remained quiet the rest of the time Kagome was cooking. When she was finished, she set a bowl of ramen in front of Sesshoumaru and a bowl of oden in front of Inuyasha. She had a rather large bowl of oden herself. When they were done eating, Kagome led them upstairs.
"Okay, one of you can have the guest room and the other can have the couch. Unless you want to sleep outside." she said. Inuyasha immediately turned and walked back downstairs. Kagome heard him curse at the door until he figured out how to get it open. "Well, that's one of you. How about you, Sesshoumaru?" Sesshoumaru considered it.
"I suppose I'll sleep in this guest room." he answered. She nodded and led him to it, telling him they'd go back to the feudal era in the morning. She shut the door when she left and he laid down on the bed. Pretty soon, he was asleep. Inuyasha slept lightly from his perch in the Goshinboku tree. Kagome, on the other hand, couldn't sleep. She was tired, but sleep wouldn't come to her. She changed into her pajamas and laid down on her bed. She stared at the ceiling, thinking over the day. She and Sango had dissected what ever answer they could think of that would explain what had happened to Sesshoumaru and thought extensively over how to help him regain his memory. But here was one question they never thought of, did they want him to get his memory back? A weighing of pros and cons would certainly point to no. Face it, a fierce, cold, uncaring killer was a lot less desirable than a sweet, innocent, and kind person.
'But, then again, if I lost my memories, I would want to have them back.' Kagome thought to herself. Inuyasha wasn't helping matters much either. She had seen the pain and anger flash in his eyes when she had said how much alike they were. It had only been a joke, but he had taken it seriously. No, Inuyasha would not want to help Sesshoumaru get his memory back. He'd rather take advantage of this mental weakness and attack, most likely. Kagome sighed. Sometimes life had too many variables. Especially her life.
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Back in the feudal era, Sango and Miroku were sitting in Kaede's hut. When Sesshoumaru hadn't returned, they had gone looking for him. They hadn't found a trace of him, but Kirara had followed his scent to the well. "I wish we could've gone too." Sango said.
"Why?" Miroku asked, looking at her with his head cocked slightly to one side.
"Because Kagome always talks about the future and I want to see what's so special about it."
"Why not ask what Inuyasha thinks of it." She gave him a 'what, are you insane?' look. "Good point." He sighed. "What do you think about this whole situation?" She seemed hesitant to answer. "I know you and Kagome have talked about it already, so why not enlighten me to your thoughts on the subject?"
"How do you know if Kagome and I talked about it?"
"Because, I know both of you entirely too well. You would've talked all about it while you were at the hot springs. You both are intelligent women and should've come up with some type of theory to explain things." Sango blushed at his compliment.
"Yes, we did talk about it." A smug smile crossed his face. She glared at him. "We figured it would almost have to be Naraku, but why did Naraku leave him alive?"
"Maybe he left him for dead."
"Well, Naraku usually makes absolutely sure his victims are dead, unless he has some purpose for them." She winced, remembering when Naraku had brought her to the brink of death, then used her to kill Inuyasha. Or attempt to anyway. "But now Sesshoumaru has amnesia, so his plans would be thrown off, unless he bribed Sesshoumaru into pretending."
"Then Sesshoumaru-sama is doing a very good job." Sango nodded.
"Which makes it seem not very likely that he is pretending." Miroku sighed again.
"There are far too many what ifs."
"Yes. And there's another. What if it wasn't Naraku, but someone else? Who else is powerful enough to do that to Sesshoumaru? He is not an opponent to be taken lightly."
"You're right. I've never heard of a demon stronger than Naraku or Sesshoumaru." A few minutes passed. "There has to be something we're over looking, but what?"
"My question exactly."
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Tami: I hope you all liked that. I'm trying to give the characters more depth. Is it working, or am I totally screwing everything up?
Review responses:
SailorKagome: The evil toad must die! *sadistic grin* I've got the flame- thrower!
Rasberries: Sess has to care something about his brother in the series. He just has to. And I'm pretty sure his father's name is Inutaisho. I don't know for absolutely sure, but that seems to be what everyone uses, so it almost has to be right. I'll find out one of these days I suppose. And you'll definitely be seeing what happens to his parents. I've got some major ideas that I'm pretty sure are original. *sadistic grin*
Anyanka: The toad could serve no better purpose than to be tortured. He irritates me.
Soli: I don't mind your questions at all. It's nice to see you're curious. Voting will be over in two more chapters = roughly two more days, since I've been posting everyday.
Also thanks to:
Leila
~Marie~
Mala Valvah