I'll be honest. The night after posting the last chapter, I almost wanted to cry. My email had no new emails from ff.net telling me people had reviewed. The only emails I had received had been from those on my mailing list. Well before I cried I decided to check ff.net and sure enough I actually did have reviews, almost 20 to be exact. It seems ff.net was acting up. I'm still getting email notification of the reviews made during that time. lol. Well here's some responses:
FluffyPrincess - sorry but as you'll see I did skip over the rest of IY's human night. Don't worry there will still be a little more fluff later on.
b00kperson - I think everyone made the mistake but when I said about 1000 reviews I hadn't meant by the next chapter, I meant by the end of the story and I think that its really possible. As for how much left, without my list in front of me I'm guessing 8-9 chapters and epilogue.
Takerus Lost Angel - I know you hate cliffys but I had to do it. Besides what do you think about the fact that I'm gonna have Kouga come back (not in this chapter but later on)?
Sango13 - You think I'm evil just because I mention that this is going to be a cliffy, wait till you read this chapter. Muw ha ha ha ha (*or insert your own evil laugh here*).
DarkInuyasha - No, INUFAN123 didn't review. I'm actually missing the comedy from her. Her friend says that she'll be leaving us alone from now on.
exsanguination - Just to correct one thing about your review, Tai is a quarter human, not a quarter demon.
Destinys Warrior - Tai the son of Sess and Naraku?!? EWWWW!! How could you think that. You right that is just wrong but it was a good laugh. lol :)
IMPORTANT NOTES: First off, I won't update until at least Monday( if not later). This is because as anime club president I will be spending my weekend watching all of Nadesico and the movie. Also a friend of mine that moved away 2 years ago is in visiting so I'm spending some time with him. Secondly, this is the other song chapter with the song in the background, though I did cut the song short. Lastly, I think I made a mistake with my comment at the end of the last chapter. I was hoping for 1000 reviews by the end of the story, not just for the last chapter. lol. Well on with the story and horrible cliffhanger.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or the song that I'm using. That's by Nickelback.
Chapter 35: Timing is Everything
Just over a week had passed since the incident in the park. It had been pretty stressful for both Inuyasha and Kagome. They were leaving school when Kagome's friends stopped them and pulled Kagome aside.
"Kagome you have to come with us to the mall," Eri told her friend.
"Yeah, they just got in a whole load of cool stuff," Ayumi said.
Kagome wasn't sure. She looked back at Inuyahsa, "What about Inuyasha?" she asked her friends
"This is a girl's day out. Besides we hardly get to see you anymore. You're spending all your free time with Inuyasha," Yuka said. "Please?"
Kagome had to admit since Inuyasha had been living with her she had seen less and less of her friends. It wasn't that she didn't want to be around them it was just that she liked to be around Inuyasha. "Let me go tell, Inuyasha," Kagome told her friends and then turned and walked over to Inuyasha. "I'm gonna go with my friends. They want to do some girl stuff so you can't come, okay?"
"Fine," Inuyasha said a bit sad. He didn't want her to go without him but he also knew how she felt about her friends. "How long are you going to be gone?"
"Only a couple of hours, I'll see you when I get home," Kagome said a she quickly gave him a peck on the cheek and ran of to her friends. As she walked off, Inuyasha noticed that he was also holding her backpack. It reminded of how he had sometimes carried the horrible thing for her in the past. When Kagome finally disappeared from his view, he turned around and headed towards the shrine.
Mrs. Higurashi could only watch as Inuyasha paced back and forth on the carpet. It was 7 o'clock and Kagome still hadn't gotten home. She knew that Kagome could sometimes lose track of time when with her friends but she hadn't been able to get that through to Inuyasha. He had been fine while playing games with Souta. The boy had been happy cause he hadn't really spent much time with his idol since his father had returned but Souta and Inuyasha had played video games since Inuyasha had gotten home until about 10 minutes ago with only a break for supper. Souta's father then had taken him out from some ice cream and possible to rent another video game so that left Inuyasha at home with herself. It was then that Inuyasha realized that Kagome had still not come home and he started to get worried. He tried to stay calm but he just couldn't. This was the night that Inuyasha was supposed to fight with the yakuza again so he was getting extremely worried. She felt bad for the boy but she couldn't do anything to get him to relax.
Mrs. Higurashi then looked at the time and noticed that it was now, quarter after 7. "Inuyasha, I'm have to go now. There's a PTA meeting at your school tonight at 7:30 so I have to leave," she told him. She knew that he would just get worse when she left. "Trust me, just stay here and Kagome will come home. Just wait here for her, don't go running out or no one will be here when she gets back and she might get worried, okay?"
Inuyasha was barely listening to Kagome's mother but he had understood her message. He slowly nodded in agreement. He watched as Mrs. Higurashi walked out the door. Now he was on his own worrying like crazy about Kagome.
Inuyasha had been true to his word and hadn't left the house no matter how much he wanted to though he had kept Tetsusaiga at his side incase of anything. It would have taken him too much time to track down Kagome and by that time she could be home. He didn't want her to worry about her entire family as much as he had been worrying about her.
Kagome finally came home shortly before 9 o'clock. She entered her house to find it empty except for a furious hanyou. He was so mad that the disguise spell was totally gone by then. "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?!?" Inuyasha yelled at her when he first saw her come through the door.
Kagome wasn't the calmest at that point either. She had been on her feet the last few hours and wanted to come home and relax. It seems though that wasn't going to happen. "I was with my friends!" Kagome said back in a slightly raised voice.
"You said a couple of hours. You've been gone over 5!" Inuyasha yelled back.
"Well sorrrryyy. My friends wanted to have a good time and we lost track of time," Kagome replied.
"That's no excuse you should have been home here a lot sooner," Inuyasha told her.
"Well excuse me for trying to have a life!" Kagome yelled right back at him. At this point, her temper was reaching its breaking point.
"Instead of trying to have a life you should have gotten your ass back here!" Inuyasha yelled in return.
"You can't tell me how to run my life," with that Kagome took off out the front door. She did that for two reasons. First she wanted to prove that she could do what she wanted with her life and secondly she wanted to get away from Inuyasha. She was just so mad at him at this point.
How the hell'd we wind up like this
Why weren't we able
To see the signs that we missed
And try to turn the tables
I wish you'd unclench your fists
And unpack your suitcase
Lately there's been too much of this
But don't think it's too late
Inuyasha wasn't sure what to do at this point. He was mad at Kagome for coming home so late but he still cared for her. He didn't like fighting with her but he didn't like to just give in to her arguments. He'd be admitting he was wrong at that won't work with his pride. Besides he was still thoroughly convinced that it wasn't his fault, that Kagome was to blame. So he just stood there for a few minutes. As time went by Inuyasha thought more about the argument and the more he thought about it the more his head hurt. That was because part of him was believing that Kagome was right. It finally came down that he believe both of them were to blame. Kagome was wrong in the fact that she was gone for so long without letting them know and he was wrong for trying to keep Kagome from having a life. With that notion in mind, he quickly set out after Kagome once again. He and Kagome had totally forgotten about the run in with the yakuza that Tai had predicted.
Nothing's wrong
Just as long as you know that someday I will
Someday, somehow
I'm gonna make it alright
But not right now
I know you're wondering when
You're the only one who knows that
Someday somehow
I'm gonna make it alright
But not right now
I know you're wondering when
Inuyasha followed Kagome's fresh scent as he tracked her. Because of his thinking she had a few minutes head start but Inuyasha was catching up. He could smell salt mixed in with her scent which only meant one thing, she was crying. The entire time following her he didn't care who got in his way. If they were in his path he either jumped clear over them or shoved them right out of his way.
When he finally caught up to Kagome, she was in the park sitting down crying. Kagome didn't notice him until he was right in front of him. Kagome quickly stood up still crying, "Inuyasha, go. I need some time alone."
"No, I won't go," Inuyasha said firmly but not yelling.
"Inuyasha, I know I should have called and said that I would be later but that still doesn't mean you rule my life. I can do what I…." Kagome didn't get a chance to finish as Inuyasha pulled her to him. He didn't want the fight to continue so he figured the best way to end it for now. They were both too wrapped up in each to hear some small noises around them.
Well I'd hope that since we're here anyway
That we could end up saying
Things we've always needed to say
So we could end up staying
Now the story's played out like this
Just like a paperback novel
Let's rewrite an ending that fits
Instead of a Hollywood horror
Inuyasha and Kagome were quickly pulled out of their own little world as Inuyasha felt Tetsusaiga pulled from his waist. He saw it get flung at least a hundred yards away. They looked around and noticed that they were now surrounded by five demons. One of them had the ability to control some of the trees in the park. Inuyasha knew this because it had been a tree branch that had grabbed and flung Tetsusaiga. Even without this sword Inuyasha acted like his cocky self. "So we have some more yakuza rejects. Are you guys ever going to give up?"
"Yeah, we'll give up when you're dead," one of them said.
"And lucky for us that will be tonight because without your sword you're nothing," the tree demon said.
"We'll see about that," Inuyasha said as he quickly charged at them.
Tai quickly exited the school building. "Damn PTA meetings," he thought to himself. Because he was a teacher he was required to attend and it had ended up going longer than expected. With a quick glance at his watch he saw that it was now almost 9:30. "Shit, I was supposed to be in the park at 9. I was supposed to help Inuyasha fight more of the yakuza," Tai thought as he ran towards the park using his demon speed. "It should still be alright. There are 5 demons and Inuyasha has Tetsusaiga. They shouldn't have been too much trouble." Tai tried reassuring himself. "The battle's probably already over and Inuyasha and Kagome are back at home."
When Tai arrived at the park he already knew that part of his thinking was right. The battle was over but nothing was right. There had been a terrible battle at the park and it seems that Tai's role had been more important then he had thought. With just the scent from the air he could tell what had occurred and none of it was good. Tai didn't waste much time, there was only one thing left to do and so he set out to do it.
Sango was just coming in off of guard duty when she saw Midoriko in front of the house. It was night and usually Midoriko had gone to sleep by now but for some reason she was standing in front of the house. Sango made her way to talk to the miko.
"Midoriko is something the matter?" Sango asked as she got closer but received no response. Sango was about to ask her again but it was then that she noticed the look on Midoriko's face. She looked as if something terrible had happened. "What's wrong?" Sango asked stuttering. She wasn't sure if she wanted to hear the answer
"It's Inuyasha and Kagome," Midoriko replied.
"What's happened to them?" Sango almost yelled in worrying for her friends.
"For the past few months, they have been fighting a large gang of demons know as the yakuza. Usually the fights were not too hard but this fight is far different."
"How?" Sango asked wondering as to how Inuyasha could have had trouble with a few demons.
"It was a sneak attack. To start off with they were able to get Tetsusaiga away from him," Midoriko replied. "These demons were very powerful much more powerful then the others from the yakuza."
"What happened? I can tell something bad has happened," Sango said.
How the hell did we wind up like this
Why weren't we able
To see the signs that we missed
And try to turn the tables
Now the story's played out like this
Just like a paperback novel
Midoriko took a breath before speaking her next sentence. "Inuyasha has become full demon."
"His demon blood has taken over him?" Sango asked getting far more worried. "What about Kagome? Can't she just use the subduing spell to snap him out of it?"
"The subduing spell was lost when she placed a disguise spell on the beads," Midoriko told her.
"I hope Inuyasha snaps out of it and Kagome doesn't get hurt," Sango said hopefully.
"Kagome is the reason that Inuyasha has succumb to his demon blood," Midoriko said.
"You mean to tell me that Kagome got Inuyasha angry and that's why he's full demon?" Sango almost yelled at the miko.
"No, Inuyasha's anger at the demons is what cause him to become full demon."
"Then why did say it was because of Kagome," Sango said interrupting her.
Let's rewrite an ending that fits
Instead of a Hollywood horror
Midoriko took a breath before answering Sango. "Kagome's dead."
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Well all of you who said you didn't mind cliffhangers, Do you still feel that way? I know you all hate me for this chapter. That is why I'm following JadeWings's example and going to hide in my new bomb shelter. But I leave everyone with one final question:
WHO IS TAI AZUMA? (Everyone go ahead and make a guess. Don't worry about ruining it. His identity will be revealed next chapter. Also don't think too much about the evidence from last chapter. That requires my own explaination.)
Well I will go ahead and make a referral. So here:
Thou Shalt Not Hate Winter - by SnowShadowuser storyid=1006731 - Nice little winter fluff story.
AMV: "Lord of the Animes: Fellowship of the Anime" by Murf www animemusicvideos org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=9080 Another great parody trailer. Enjoy.
So be sure to join me next time for:
Chapter 36: Identity Exposed
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