Chapter 20 Another Demon Attack?
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A/N:
So how are you all? I am doing pretty good!
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After days of doing nothing but moping around in her bed, Kagome's friends forced her to get her butt up and do something! 'All she seemed to do was mope around the house,' they had said. It was true. As of two days ago since she had seen those magazine articles she had done nothing out sit around and lie around and watch cheesy soaps! Talk about depressing!
So after much convincing Kagome had decided to go out to lunch with Ayame and Sango. Just a normal carefree afternoon with her friends, and that she needed. All she had to do now was get her self out of bed and get ready. Kagome looked at her clock one more time. 12:00! The bright red lights screamed at her. She was due to meet her friend in half an hour and there was no way she could shower and be there in that short amount of time. Of course this was no surprise. She had never been one to be on time, unless it was something extremely important.
Kagome then threw back her covers and rushed into her closet. She selected one of her favorite pairs of jeans and a nice blue blouse. Blue always seemed to be her color. And right now blue was what she was feeling. Next, she went to her dresser and selected a clean pair of underwear and then headed into the bathroom for her shower.
Forty-five minutes later, and possibly the longest shower she had ever taken, Kagome was ready. Car keys in hand, she ran out the door.
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"Where the hell is Kagome?" Sango asked for the thousandth time in the past 45 minutes.
"You know Kagome. She's not the punctual type." Ayame answered lightly. She knew Kagome was going to be late. Big deal. It happened all the time. Ayame was used to it. But Sango...tended to be a little uptight about it.
"How do you know she didn't stand us up?" Sango said her hands on her hips. She began to pace back and forth up the sidewalk.
Ayame looked at Sango as if to say, 'It's common sense! Kagome would never do that!' "I just know okay? Have more faith in her!" Ayame shook her head.
"Speak of the devil." Sango said as she saw Kagome's car come screeching around the corner and coast up to the sidewalk.
Kagome hopped out and ran up to her friends. "Hey guys." She said breathily. "Sorry I'm so late! But I'm here now! So let's get going!"
"Yeah lets!" Ayame said smiling.
Arm in arm the girls headed inside the restaurant and were seated by their waitress.
"Do you guys know what you are going to order or do you need some time?" She asked politely.
"Umm…" Kagome said as she and her friends scanned the menus. "I'll have some teriyaki chicken and to drink I'll have a water, please." She answered after a few moments.
"And I'll just have some miso soup with water to drink. Thanks." Sango said. "I'm not really all the hungry."
"And I'll have the Teriyaki chicken with some rice and a coke to drink please!" Ayame answered lastly.
"Okay. I'll be back in a bit with your orders Ladies." The waitress nodded and took their menus.
"So…how are you Kagome?" Sango began awkwardly.
"I've been better." She answered making sure not to look either of her friends in the eyes for fear they may discover how she was really feeling right now. Just by looking in her eyes you could always see right through her, like you were reading a book. That's what her friends often told her.
"Kagome--" Ayame began but Kagome interrupted her.
"Can we please talk about something else?"
"Sure." Ayame said quickly. "Whatever you want." And the conversation turned from Kagome and on to normal unmeaningful things that normal girls talk about with their friends. Much to Kagome's relief their conversation continued this way even after their meals were brought to them.
They ate slowly without any unwanted interruptions and continued to chat aimlessly. They saw no reporters asking for interviews, and no random people trying to get their pictures. It was a nice normal meal that the girls hadn't been graced with for a long time. But all knew it had to do with the fact that on the cover of almost every magazine, (only a few days ago) was a picture of either Kagome or Inuyasha showcasing the other "cheating." They must have felt sorry for Kagome and decided to keep their distance. At least that is, for the time being. Although Kagome did catch several people staring at her, but when she would look back at them they would go back to their meal, playing her for dumb.
"Let's get out of here." Kagome said as soon as she finished her meal.
Her friends nodded and they paid and left a tip before heading out the door. Once outside they went their separate ways to their cars. But not before making sure Kagome promised to meet them at home. She agreed and hastily jumped into her car.
She'd meet them at home. Just not until she drove around for a couple hours to clear her head. Her car flowed with traffic not really caring or paying attention which way it went. Kagome didn't really care either. Without realizing it she had driven her car to Inuyasha's home. She almost pulled into the drive before she caught herself and sped off down the road. 'What was I thinking!' She said mentally yelling at herself.
She continued down the road a few miles above the speed limit until she felt she was far enough from his house. Only then did her speed lessen and she began her aimless driving once again.
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"So mutt-face, how does it feel to lose that woman for the second time in a row?" Koga teased as he popped a random cheerio in his mouth before reaching into the box and pulling out a handful.
"Will you shut it wolf-butt?" Inuyasha snapped. Koga had been endlessly teasing him for the past two days and Inuyasha didn't know how much longer he could take it before he "accidentally" killed Koga.
"Lighten up puppy! You should be used to this by now anyway! But seriously, if it weren't for Ayame I totally would be after Kagome. And I wouldn't mess up like you! Kagome is one of those girls you don't see everyday. She's special and you had her! And then look what you go and do?"
"I'm not a puppy! And if you ever come anywhere near Kagome I'll cut off your tail with my own claws! I thought I already told you guys that it was Kikyou who came on to me and that I bet she planned this to split us up!" Inuyasha sat down in the stool on the opposite side of the counter from Koga a little too hardly and almost lost his balance.
"Calm down you two!" Miroku said. It seemed he was always playing the ref between these two. If he wasn't around they would probably kill each other.
"Feh!" Inuyasha muttered before reaching over and stealing the box of cheerios from Koga and taking a handful.
"Whatever." Koga glared at Inuyasha and stole his cheerios back.
Miroku sighed. "The things I have to live with…." He said under his breath. Unlucky for him he happened to live with two demons who easily picked up his words.
"You should be honored we would let a human live with us." Koga said regally.
"Yeah. Right." Miroku said sarcastically. "Honored my ass."
Before Koga could reply Inuyasha suddenly jumped from his seat. He quickly walked towards the window and looked out.
"What the matter Inuyasha?" Miroku asked.
"Nothing. I thought I heard Kagome's car outside but it must have been my mind playing tricks on me." Inuyasha returned to his seat and sat down. He rested his head in his hands.
"Don't worry Inuyasha. If Kikyou really did plan all this like you say, then I'm sure we can fix things. Once you explain things to Kagome I'm sure she'll come around." Miroku placed a comforting hand on his friend's shoulder.
"Yeah, if she ever lets me talk to her again." Inuyasha muttered.
Miroku looked to Koga. "Maybe we can help you with that."
Koga nodded in agreement. "I'll talk to Ayame." He said
"And I'll talk to my lovely Sango."
"Good luck with that one." Inuyasha chuckled his mood lifted.
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"When is Kagome going to get home?" Sango asked worriedly. "She should have been home by now. We were probably only a head of her by like five minutes!" She ran to the window and looked out again before she started pacing again.
"Calm down Sango." Ayame said from the couch as she watched T.V. "She probably went for a drive. That's all."
"How can you be so calm about this? What if something happened to her? What if she was stupid and went to talk to Inuyasha alone and is not crying somewhere by herself without us to comfort her? She may need us!"
"Stop your worrying and come sit and watch T.V. with me. It'll take your mind of things."
Sango sighed exasperatedly and stomped over to the couch before plopping herself down next to her friend. "I hope you're right." She crossed her arms and watched the T.V.
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Kagome was on her way home when a scream pierced her ears. Immediately she parked her car on the side of the road and ran towards where she judged the scream came from. The scream came again and Kagome ran faster. All her problems seemed to disappear as she began to worry about the person in danger.
She soon found herself in the park where she had last met with Hojo….The scream came once again jolting her from her thoughts.
She ran even faster and soon came upon a girl being attacked by a strange looking demon. He had so many different features making it impossible for her to tell what kind of demon he actually was. He kind of looked like someone was experimenting with demon body parts and putting them all together.
Why are the demons attacking humans all of the sudden? It's been hundreds years since humans and demons stopped fighting and got along. There was always some racism and stuff like that but nothing serious….What changed?
"Hey!" She startled the demon and he let go of the girl. The girl fell on her bottom but didn't move. She was scared. "GO! Get away!" Kagome yelled. This time without the girl jumped to her feet and ran off without looking back.
"Why you!" The demon charged for Kagome. "You cost me my meal!"
Kagome snapped her fingers and her bow and arrow appeared in her hands. She aimed an arrow at the demon as he ran towards her. She let her arrow fly. It hit the demon enveloping him in a bright pink light. He shouted and wreathed in pain. Seconds later he was nothing but a puff of dust and smoke.
Kagome snapped her hands and her bow disappeared again. She walked back to her car thinking about what had just happened. She didn't understand and it perplexed her so. Why were demons attacking again? It did happen every once in a while, like once attack every ten years. And already in the last month or so she had witnessed two demon attacks! Something was happing….
She found her car and headed home. She had already been gone hours and knew she was in for it when she returned home.
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Minutes later Kagome pulled into her drive and stepped into her house cautiously
"So how was the drive?" Sango wasted no time in asking the second Kagome closed the door behind her.
"It was good…until I ran into a demon attacking a girl." Kagome answered and walked slowly into the living room waiting for what she knew was to come.
"What!" Ayame and Sango both said at the same time.
Kagome quickly retold what had happened and sat down on the couch with her friends.
"Why didn't you call us?" Ayame asked when Kagome had finished.
"Because it would have been too late and besides the demon was a weak low level demon anyway. No use worrying you guys for nothing."
"What do you think this means?" Sango asked. "Demon attacks are never a good thing."
"I don't know but I'm going to find out!" Kagome promised.
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Done! Sorry I took so long. I have a lot of homework lately so I have been quite busy. It may be awhile before I update this story or any of my other ones. You may have to wait until after Christmas if you can bear it before I update again. I will try to get some time to write before that but I'm not making any promises. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please R and R! Thank you!
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