chp 21

Kagome held her tiny stomach, realizing that it had swollen up now. Just a little bit, not alot. But it made her smile, to have the amazing baby inside her. She smiled, realizing how beauitful her child would be with Inuyasha's genes. She rubbed her hand over the tiny swollen tummy, feeling a warm surge of happiness flow through her.

"I'd better get dressed and to the publisher..."

She got up off the old couch, not wanting to leave the warm marshmellow cushions. But she got up, and walked into her other room. She looked around her closet for something that looked...like she had any clue what she was doing...

She decided on a black business suit, with a conservative skirt that went lower than she would have liked. Of course she was trying to act professional, maybe this was the better route to go. She loked in the mirror, smiling at what she saw.

She slipped on a pair of black high heels, and strutted out to the living area, where she picked up a printed copy of her novel, Silver Dream. Of course she had based the main character on Inuyasha, but of course he had given her consent to do so. It was about a girl who was lost when she was very young, and was rescued by a half demon who returned her home without ever saying a word. Every night after that, she wandered from her bed, and he returned her. He was her best friend, and she was his. But when she was 16, her mother found out about it, and they moved. So the girl dreamt of him at night, dreaming her would return to her. One day she met a man in the market place, who said he had seen this silver haired friend of hers. She followed the man only to find her friend locked in a cage, manic and wild. She went up to him, begging him to come back to her.

In the end the half demon and the girl escaped, and fell deeply in love. To escape the people who hated them for what they deisred, they fled to an enchanted forest, where their love let no one in to find them. They lived together until the girl died, and the half demon was still young and beautiful.

So he lived alone for 100 years, never leaving the forest. But one day, he found a young girl wandering through the forest. How could she get in? So he followed her, trying to figure out where she came from. She looked up at him one day, like she had always known he'd been there.

"Hello!"

When he asked how she got here, she said she followed her dreams. He didn't believe her, until she told him about the woman he loved before. She broke through his heart of ice, and showed him a world he had never known. Together they found a thousand adventures in this enchanted forest. They looked for spites and fairies, and defeated the evil within the forest. The half demon felt strongly towards her, but couldn't break his feelings towards his dead love. She always understood, and never questioned him. Then one day, they came across a demon's treasure. Inside was a jewel that would grant one wish of anyone who asked. The girl gave it to the half demon, telling him he had more to wish for then she did. He wished to be a human, and to live his life with the girl. But she stopped him, telling him that he didn't need to change for her.

"But I want to, I want to be with you..."

So he became human, and loved this girl like no one else. Even his first love couldn't compare to her. He had found love again after 100 years of suffering, his life was complete.

She smiled, remembering how magical it was to write the book. How she could let her imagination flow through the words. Of course, she didn't expect to get signed on her first publisher, but maybe she could at least get some experience in this.

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Inuyasha walked into a deep cave, steam coming up through the vents in the earth. The place was like a lava pit, hot and steaming with molten lava. The red earth was dotted all around with orange, like a flowing river of lava. He expected to find a strong tall man hunched over a tiny little anvil, but instead he walked in to find a little old man crounded over a anvil, pounding a giant hammer down on a piece of metal. He turned around at Inuyasha's entrance, looking at him.

"Oh its you. Had a feeling you'd end up here sooner or later."

"Wha..."

"You're Inuyasha, right."

"Yea, hey wait a minute. How the hell do you know who I am old man!"

"I am Tetsusaiga's maker, I forged it from your father's fang. Of course I knew who his famous sword was going to."

"Yea well you did a crappy job on it..."

He threw the bag at Totosai, and he looked inside.

"What did you do Boy!"

"Feh, I didn't do anything, a monk did."

He felt the old man's fist slam down into his head,"You're an idiot! How could you let your father's sword break so easily?"

"Hey! Don't touch me! Your workmanship was terrible!"

"Ah, shut up."

"Go to hell..."

He looked at the broken pieces, wondering if even HE could fix it...

"I'll need this."

He took a pair of pliers from his robe and yanked out a fang from Inuyasha's mouth.

"OWWW!"

"Oh hush, you'll have a new one in no more than a day."

He growled,"Thats not the point!"

"Come back tomorrow, if I don't have it fixed by then...Well I'd find a new sword."

Inuyasha glared daggars at him. He turned around, going to work on the sword pieces.

"Bye bye Inuyasha!"

He rolled his eyes, disgusted with this whole she-bang.

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Kagome sat in a cramp little office with about a dozen other people, holding hundreds of pieces of papers sewn together. She waited patiently for her turn at the publisher's...

So far today, no one was signed. But she remained hopeful that she could at least get a good experience out of this...

Until she saw a young man no more than 25 run out of the room crying...

She gulped, begging her body not to give into the temptation to run away. She sucked in, long and soft, needing to refresh herself with oxygen.

"Higurashi Kagome..."

She jolted up, walking to the door of the publisher's. She heard a soft tap behind her, signaling a closed door. She sat down in a chair, hard and unstable. She felt her pulse quicken, and her body tense up. She looked to see an old man jump uo into a leather chair behind the desk. He stared at her, waiting for her begin...

"Um...I'm Kagome Higurashi and my book is called Silver Dreams..."

He didn't seem to lose attention, so she continued," Its about a young girl who falls befriends a Hanyou, and ultimately they fall in love. But when she dies, he goes into denial, and his heart turns cold. Then he meets another girl who frees his heart and loves him as much, if not more, than the first girl..."

He still looked interested...

"Do you want the full summary?"

"Do you have one?"

"Yes of course..."

She reached into the book, pulling out a piece of paper stuck between the bindings. She got up, and handed it to him.

"...It sounds like a best seller.."

She was shocked to hear these words from him. So shocked that she just stared at him," Ttt..thank you sir."

"I'll sign you for...oh I dunno...a million, does it sound fair?"

She looked at him, her eyes wide as they went, her face dropping down to the floor," Did you just say...one million dollars..."

"Ok fine, 2 million, but thats my final offer..."

She promptly fainted to the floor, the man's assistant coming to her aid. After a few minutes, she got up and looked at him,"Yes please..."

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Inuyasha sat on Kagomes couch, waiting for her to get back. He flipped through the channels, worrying about where she was, what she was doing...

He just wanted her back in his arms again. So he could be sure she was safe and happy. He missed her...

But then he heard the door click, and a squeak from it opening. He jumped out of his seat to go to Kagome, taking her arm. Wich was a good thing, because she just about collasped when she came into the door. He slipped his arm under her legs, lifting her up with ease. She got out of her daze, and looked at him with eyes he couldn't decipher.

"What happened..."

"I...I..."

He felt his face go from worried to dead afriad...

"wwwhat...happened..."

"I...I.."

He waited this time for her to finish her sentence...

"I got signed...for 2 million dollars..."

As if on cue, she fainted in his arms. He shook her awake, trying to bring her back.

"Kagome, KAGOME!"

She slowly opened her eyes, looking at him,"Yes..."

"Did you say,"He gulped,"2 million dollars..."

"Yea..."

"You're a millionare..."

"A two-millionare..."

He hugged her, and she wrapped her arms around him. She clutched him close, the feeling still new to her. She wouldn't have to go to that crappy thrift store, or work in that dumb cafe'. She could get better, and give this baby a new life. She could have all that expensive medical treatment done, and she could get all better. She could give her baby a better chance at life...

"Inuyasha...we can..."

But he silenced her with a kiss, something they both so desperately needed. After this rollarcoster of ups and down, maybe this was the chance they needed to have the life they desired.

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YAY! New chapter, whoot whoot!

SOOOOO, what cha think about this new addition to the plot? Awesome, or not. And yes people really do get signed for that much money, I'm not making it up. It pays to write!

Hey I want people to guess where I live, just to see what people say. I dunno, just randomly while I was writing I was like, Hmm I bet they have no clue where I'm from...

So take a guess, cmon! It'll be fun. OF course you don't have to, but it just seems like fun to me. And I live in the US OF A

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