You never know
Ch 7
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'Soo it looks like I might just get my body back soon eh?' He looked at kagome and smirked, following her into the house while she glared at him.
Kagome sighed, lying on her stomach on her bed while trying to do her geometry homework. The dog her mom had made her take care of was staring at her, and she could have sworn he was mocking her!
"Oh shut up you mutt. I'm just taking care of you cause my mom made me. Tomorrow you're on a one way trip to the shelter. I have to much to deal with right now to take care of some stray."
The dog growled at her, almost like it was telling her 'you can't take me anywhere and don't you even try.' She glared at the mutt, angry that SHE had to take care of it when her brother would have been more than happy, ANNOYED that this stupid dog showed up so she would have to take care of it, and, ooohhh it was giving her one of those stupid smirks AGAIN!
"Look dog, I don't want you bugging me. Go bug Sota or something, just leave me alone. I'm in no mood to be teased by some stupid mutt after I come here because another stupid dog boy up and disappears on me!" The dog looked taken aback, then hurt, almost like she had struck it.
'Great kagome, not only are you talking to a dog that smirks at you, but now you go and hurt its feelings. And then you feel bad for it:Coughcoughcrazycoughcough:'
Kagome pet the dog and it let out a soft growl. "Look, I didn't mean it okay? Its just over the past few days, okay let me start from the beginning."
" A few days ago, this one guy who I travel with, inuyasha, and me got in a big fight. He took off because he got really mad at me. So I let him sulk because it's nothing new. But then he doesn't come back and its all my fault because I didn't go after him! Me and Sango found his cloths by the goshinboku the other day. So for all I know inuyasha is dead, or seriously injured, and I can do nothing to stop it! Ha, you're probably thinking I'm crazy 'well why is she telling all her fears to a dog?' but I don't know anymore."
Kagome started crying, much to the dog's displeasure as it kept nudging her like it was telling her to stop.
" I mean seriously:sob: if he is dead, and I never get to see him again :sniffle, I never got to tell him goodbye, or anything! The last thing he would have heard from me would have been ' sit boy!'"
Suddenly, there was a huge crash. Kagome looked over to see the dog lying on her floor, almost like it had been… no, it must have slipped or something.
" Are you okay there?" she reached down and helped the dog as it scrambled to get back on its feet. "Did you slip or something?"
The dog looked at her wearily and it gave her an indignant sniff. Kagome found this little gesture quite funny (if not somewhat familiar) and started laughing.
"You know, you might not be so bad to have around after all."
Back at Kaede's hut, things were much less jovial.
Everyone, save our favorite hanyou and their miko companion, was sitting around the hut brooding. Nobody had the spirit to search for shards with inuyasha missing. It just seemed, wrong.
There had been no demon attacks as of late, but the demons would soon be stirring in inuyasha's forest. With inuyasha gone, the demons would try to overrun the village thinking that without inuyasha there no one would be able to stop them. Until then though, inuyasha's friends all sit in misery, even young Shippo, who you would think would jump at the chance to cause mischief.
As matter of fact, Shippo was probably the most miserable besides kagome. Poor Shippo had always looked up to inuyasha as his big brother, maybe even like a father. Inuyasha had never seen shippo's small attempts at getting him and kagome together. He had always dismissed it as teasing and hit him. In truth, all Shippo was trying to do was get back the family he had lost by getting them together. With kagome as his adoptive mom, and inuyasha as his "dad", it wouldn't work if inuyasha didn't give up on his stupid undead witch of a girlfriend and follow his heart to stay with kagome. Inuyasha just never saw what he had in front of him, and what he would leave behind to go with 'her'. Poor Shippo saw, and tried to get inuyasha to see it too.
But now he was gone. Inuyasha was most likely dead, and he had left behind a small fox demon in need of a father. He had left behind two strong, loyal friends who couldn't tell their true feelings due to some lecherous ways. He had left behind a small cat demon friend who helped him out of some tough situations. And he had left behind a wonderful girl, shippo's 'momma', who he almost never gave a second thought.
"And its all my fault!" Wailed Shippo suddenly, sobbing and bringing himself to the attention of the rest of the group.
"What's all your fault Shippo?" Asked Sango, trying to comfort him.
"Its all my fault inuyasha is gone!" Shippo sobbed out. "If I hadn't took his ramen he would never have got mad at me! And if he wouldn't have gotten mad at me Kagome wouldn't have sat him and made him get mad and run off! Its all my fault!" Shippo wailed and sobbed, tears streaming down his face. He was still a child after all, and so Sango picked him up and held him while he cried.
"Shh its okay Shippo. Inuyasha will come back, He will. You can't give up on him just yet, he's a strong boy inuyasha is. You know he will come back, just trust me okay?"
Shippo let out a few more sobs, then wiped his face on his sleeve and nodded.
"Good. Now I think its about time you go to sleep. Its getting late and kagome wouldn't want you staying up this late now would she?"
Shippo shook his head no and climbed into a small sleeping bag kagome had brought just for him. He was asleep almost instantly, with Kirara curled up next to him.
"Those were some brave words you just said Sango, do you believe inuyasha is truly okay?"
Sango sighed and leaned up against Miroku's shoulder.
" I do think he will come back, but if he is okay right now I'm not sure. I had to say something though, as I couldn't stand to see Shippo worry like that. He's just a child!"
Miroku looked at her understanding. " We'll just have to wait and see Sango."
"It seems our plan is working perfectly. With inuyasha gone, his poor pack is to sad to gather jewel shards, leaving them all for me!"
" Yes Naraku. Do you think I should attack the demon slayer or monk now?"
"No. I would like to enjoy this suffering more. It is after all, one reason I live, ne?"
that isnt a cliffe, is it? i tried not to leave you hanging too much. i liked using shippo's point of view, because he is such a young kid, and yet he sees and has seenso much, i think his teasing is just him trying to get them together.
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