A.N. Thanks for reviewing and reading, and I apologize for that cliff hanger. This chapter is not too long, seeing as how, I did not like where it was going and gutted the chapter and re wrote it. So enjoy chapter eleven. I think this story may end in twelve or so chapters, sorry to say, and I may begin a new one. But that's a big maybe, since everything I write is looking really bad when I reread it.
Also the books I was published in are coming in soon! I can't wait. I submitted my poem and it was accepted for some anthology and will be receiving my copy of the book soon. I am also going to be published in another anthology of poetry because I was a finalist or something...So because of that I made this chapter kind of long lol.
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No beta for this chapter, sorry to say. I edited it myself
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Delightfully Disastrous
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Chapter Eleven
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Kagome bit her bottom lip a feeling a worry wrapping itself firmly in place around her heart, building deeply in her chest. It was almost suffocating, the feeling. Placing down the box of crackers, she decided that she would go in search of Sesshoumaru despite the bad drama movie sounding touch, and mumbled some made up and hurried excuse to Kagura.
There was no need in broadcasting her worries to the uncaring and bordering on acidulous demon clothes expert. For one, it would have been greeted with an 'Are you still talking to me,' incredulous stare, or simply an uncaring persona.
For some reason her uncaring attitude reminded her of greatly of Sesshoumaru, but then again that was no surprise seeing as how the attitudes matched greatly.
The young woman suddenly felt a bit of guilt, thinking of him. She could not help feeling as she had caused his sudden absence. Her thoughts roamed back to yesterday.
You know, Sesshoumaru you can be such a jerk some time.
...Not exactly true. He had been more than hospitable to her and she knew it. And the young girl Rin, she spoke highly of him whenever Kagome talked to her.
It was always Sesshoumaru-sama this, Sesshoumaru-sama that, it was very adorable if not saddening,since Kagome could not see those highly mentioned qualities in the famous youkai that the young girl gushed over.
If anything, she acted more the jerk than he, since Sesshoumaru had a right to be angry. His office was a total wreck, and here she was, a guest, inviting Kouga into the villa, his home, despite the fact that she knew there was no love lost between the two.
Kagome sighed and shook her head, feeling suddenly horrible. Trying to regain her optimism, gave exhaled slowly, 'He's bound to be here somewhere. I'll just look around...' She mumbled a curt good bye to Kagura and left.
'I'm sure he'll turn up...' She sounded anything but certain as she tried to convince herself that he would be found.
Kagura could not help the smirk that made its way to her face, 'That worked well.' She put her phone back to her ear after taking another sip of the rejuvenating black liquid that was her coffee. She had a feeling she would need it today, "She's gone. What do you want?"
'Damned Naraku. Calls at the worst times.'
Kagura had been in the kitchen looking for something to just snack on. She settled on coffee for the moment. All her traveling and work had been taking a giant toll on her and to replenish her strength, food was in order. She honestly had not thought to eat in hours and her body was now revolting against the slow and possibly unknown starvation.
So she had taken a seat with her salvation just as the phone rang and answered it. She had not expected to hear from Naraku or that... Kagome was it? ...to interrupt the corrupted hanyou's phone call by entering the room.
So her tactics to get rid of the girl were a bit...brash? It did get the job done. Her words did have some truth to it. Sesshoumaru did wake up extremely early ...however mostly on occasions but otherwise he was up by seven or six-ish.
But anyway, it was not like she was out to get the girl, it was just that befriend the household new comer was not an option.
Though neither was making her life worse...
Kagura sighed and her thoughts were interrupted by Naraku's smooth voice as it came through the phone, "I expect that you are keeping everything to schedule?"
Kagura snorted and replied curtly, forgetting for the moment just whom she was talking to, "Of course, that's why I'm here, isn't it?"
She could just imagine the frown that came to his face, "That attitude better change, Kagura. Do not think that you are above expendability, incarnate."
The demoness seethed at the words, but knew too well the truth behind them. He would not hesitate to kill her or any of them. "Of course, Na—"
Kagura stopped her self in time. She dared not say his name aloud, despite the time. There were still maids that bustled about and the female cook, Sango was up by six- thirty. And if even one person heard the name mentioned there was no doubt that rumors would spread like wild fire. She would not be above suspicion and everything would have been ruined, though Kagura in all honesty could not have cared less.
It was her life that she feared she could lose. She rolled her eyes, 'It's like living in a really bad, completely ill plotted movie...'
She returned her attention back to Naraku.
"Did you call just to check up on me?" Her tone was not as rough as with her last statement.
Naraku gave an odd laugh in response, "To a degree. I am also calling to remind you that you have a few calls to make, since you would not have remembered on your own."
Kagura did not get a chance to answer or even respond, because the Naraku hung up on her. She sighed, "I almost forgot. That asshole," she added with a pinch of bitterness over lapping the words.
She could just hear Naraku's taunting laughter. The hanyou had given her a number to call the day before, and she had taken down notes on what to say, but it would seem that her responsibilities had just slipped her mind, from her lack of proper nutrition.
She gave a sigh and continued to sip her coffee. "I wonder what Naraku could possibly be up to now..."
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The guilt ridden girl sprinted up the stairs ignoring the nagging heckling that further fueled her guilt. 'It's probably all my fault.' She poked into Sesshoumaru's ruined office. She decided to go there first seeing as how going there came to her befuddled mind first.
'Maybe he is still moving his things to the second temporary office'. She did not stop to question her logic or even to ask who would be moving furniture at the early hour. Instead, she just rushed to the room and opened the door enough for her to peek in.
She peered in to the room only to be greeted by a handful of workers from the Suigio Repairs Company not the people she wanted to be greeted by. Suigio Repairs were located in the heart of the city; they big and popular, they were known as a prosperous, though relatively new business, with reliable service and competent, courteous employees.
Of course the Higurashi's Sun Shrine had never enlisted the employ of the company's workers. That was just what their advertisements stated...
What greeted the student, as soon as her raven head poked into the door way, was a bag of the broken glass that had been swept up from the temporary office's carpeting and taken out from the window panes it once took residence in was thrown at the wall next to her face.
Kagome squeaked from the closeness of the bag and put a hand over her beating heart as she stared at the heavy bag with protruding shards of glass coming from the clear dark colored material.
It had missed her by a mere inch— not even.
'Some how, I get the feeling that that company ad was a bit based on exaggeration...'
A group of youkai, and from the looks of it, bear youkai and two human men stood in various working spots at the window, two were on ladders another two were holding a large sheet of glass to replace. The last one paused and he grunted. Irritation and exhaustion was very evident on his face.
He growled, his voice was gravelly and rough, "You better get out of here, girl, before you get yourself hurt."
Kagome flushed, her cheeks tinted instantly by a light pink, from both anger and embarrassment. "Sorry!"
Quickly she exited and the door was once again closed. Her slender fingers once again found their way to her temples to apply pressure in hopes of warding off another major headache.
"Sesshoumaru's obviously not in there.'" She gave a sigh, "Well, that's one room down and four to go..."
From what she figured, there were at least five places she knew she could check that Sesshoumaru might be in and she was filled with dread at one of the places turning up fruitless, 'But,' she said with determination and repeated her self, 'four more to go.'
Kagome walked carefully down the stairs, lost in her thoughts as she headed for the gym. That was another likely spot that Sesshoumaru could have been.
In the hall that the gym and dojo was located, she bumped into, this time not literally, a maid in her mid thirties.
The older woman had a small brush of freckles across her nose, making her look a lot younger than she was and her dark brown, almost black looking hair was streaked with blonde hair and was held in a bun a top her head.
It seemed that every single person who worked there besides Sango and Ayame and possibly Kagura, though she honestly was not sure of what age the demoness could be and honestly still, did not care, was in their early or late thirties or forties.
She missed people in her own age range. Well there were a bunch of people her age in the house, but she missed familiar people. With the new surroundings, it was hard to know how to act or say in front of strangers no matter how friendly they were or seemed to be.
But, on some occasions she was alright with meeting new people, but now, she missed the old.
The maid's bright brown eyes seemed to shine and her round face accented even more her child like features. She threw a wide smile at Kagome, her voice was soft and quiet with the patience that came only from being a parent, "Are you a new maid? I have not seen you here before, dear."
Kagome furrowed her brows in confusion, "Maid? No..."
The maid laughed lightly at the confused and owlish blinking that had greeted her question, "Sorry, dear, I assumed so since this is where some of us workers stay, if we're full time, and I have not seen you in the house before, and many of us are still sleeping."
Kagome made an "o" with her mouth, and the woman continued, "But the end of the hall is where Sesshoumaru keeps a few things that he had acquired during the centuries —he can be such a pack rat, you know..."
Kagome shared a small laugh with the middle aged maid, she reminded her of her mother, though the young woman was sure that she was not native to Japan, or the eastern area for that matter.
She was probably from the west, since her features differed the populous of the eastern district.
Kagome suddenly felt incredibly home sick, added with her guilt and worry; she was not in too much of a great mood.
The maid looked at her watch, "Well, I think that I have to take my leave. It was a pleasure to meet you, dear, and wish I could continue chatting, but work calls. I'm filling in for one of the sick workers that are out, also and want to get a head start on her work."
She smiled warmly as she shook Kagome's had and reached into her room and got a basket of cleaning supplies.
"It's a shame to have to leave you, but I have to go. Bye!"
Kagome smiled and gave a soft good bye to the elder woman. As the figure of the maid retreated, Kagome waved a bit at the rushing woman and she continued off to the next location. She sighed as she persisted on ward, some how in a better but worsened mood—an oxymoron in itself.
She tried to shrug off her mood; it of course did not work.
Inhaling deeply to clear her total and completely cobweb covered mess of a still sleeping brain, she continued toward the gym.
It did not take too long to realize that it was empty of life.
Sparing one last glance at the weaponry and exercise equipment, in case she missed any thing. Convinced that it was truly vacant, she went to leave. Putting a hand to her chin in thought, she on impulse decided to check the pool that was located behind the room that she was in.
One glance told her that it was empty. Retracing her steps, she found herself one again at the foot of the stairway.
Groaning she made her way back up the stairs, wishing she had saved herself some time by going straight from the office to Sesshoumaru's bed room which was next on the list of what to visit. She sighed for what seemed to be the millionth time and as she proceeded down the hall. His room was bound to be on the other wing of the villa.
Only question, however, happened to be which one and where exactly. She had only seen perhaps one fourth of the villa and the one fourth she had happened to see, did not include the missing youkai's room.
She slowed her steps, feeling a bit as if she were self centered, only caring for her own wishes as she perhaps caused even the slightest noise in the hall where everyone was sleeping, for she was only then realizing how early it was.
Kagome's teeth once again found her bottom lip in worry as she stared at the widely spaced out doors in the wide corridor. She looked at the last room's door, and muttered, "Might as well start there and work my way down..."
She pushed the door open gently and entered as quietly as possible.
Kagome surveyed the room, as best as she could in the dim light of the room, before closing the door behind her.
'Empty...'
Her brows rose. It was completely old fashioned, like it was cut straight out of a traditional Japanese movie. Tatami mats, shoji walls, rice paper pictures, two swords hung on the wall—it was like she had stepped into the past—save for a bed, a bookcase, and a desk of course, but everything for the most part was very customary.
Sesshoumaru's room was at least three of her bed rooms at the shrine put together, but from what she could see, it matched Sesshoumaru's personality nicely, with the black and white traditional designs.
The thick black curtains covered the windows masking the room in a dim sheet of shadow, but Kagome was still granted some sight.
Kagome's hand blindly searched the wall for a light switch, feeling only the smooth rice paper covering over the original wall material.
Finding nothing, she sighed, "He really went all out with this! ...There's no electricity."
Her eyes having adjusted to the dark, Kagome noticed a small glistening on the desk top. Cocking her head to the side to side in confusion, Kagome went to get a closer look.
"It's probably another watch..." She giggled softly thinking back to that day in the office.
The room slowly got lighter as the sun began its tedious rise, and Kagome was able to see what exactly what the glisten was.
She furrowed her brows together in wonder. It was a golden seal on a piece of parchment. The seal was the design of a spider and it stretched across the left top corner of the old paper in a some what menacing way.
Finding she could not read it, since the words took a large resemblance to shaded squiggles, Kagome put it down and found her way to the ink black curtains, tripping only once since Sesshoumaru was relatively neat and things were kept off the floor. ...Unlike hers she sighed. Her guest room however was a different story with clothes covering almost every nook and cranny.
Coming off of the subject of her ill kept room, she pushed the soft fabrics of the curtains open and light bled into the room.
She shielded and blinked a few times as her eyes as her pupils contracted from the burst of light.
The curious girl returned to the unforgotten paper, but blinked to rid herself of the temporary blindness. The new brightness allowed for Kagome to see more papers located on the desk top.
Some were in the ancient Japanese language that had died off long ago and the others were in Japanese, written in a precise, almost perfect cursive.
'Are they translations?' If was highly likely that they were. The pages in the archaic words looked as if they could have been the ones that she had seen in Sesshoumaru's office earlier in that week.
Kagome moved to the bed and sat down. She shifted into a comfortable position with the translations and skimmed them, her eyes widening in confusion and wonder at what she read.
It was all confusing, but it all had one root.
Someone named Naraku.
His name had been mentioned multiple times. One page was even a translation of some proposal this Naraku had supposedly offered; the original parchment that went with the translations was noticeably in a different handwriting than the other old papers.
Her musings were interrupted by a familiar voice to her right. "What are you doing in my room?"
Kagome nearly jumped out of her skin at the voice, but did not turn around. She froze thinking of a plausible explanation, 'Uh oh...'
Thinking she had one, Kagome whirled around on the mattress to face a not in the least disheveled, though still distinguishably pissed off youkai. She would have told him the truth had not she been utterly mortified and had forgotten her excuse.
She ended up settling with, "What are you doing in your room?"
'Very smooth, Kagome...'
Kagome fought the embarrassed flush that tried to rise to her cheeks as Sesshoumaru scowled and said pointedly, "Sleeping, until you came in. Now answer my question."
It was one thing to be woken up in such way, but having to find the same seemingly obnoxious person rummaging through your desk was even more irksome. Narrowed eyes assessed the college girl, who fidgeted under the intense gaze, "I... was well you see, sorta, kinda looking for you? Kinda..."
'You know...I think they may have classes for this. "How to articulate for the Verbally Challenged"...' The thoughts of that almost made her smile, but Sesshoumaru's voice broke through the humor she had found.
"In my papers?"
Kagome laughed nervously, "Um... no. Well, you see, funny thing about that... I was under the impression that you had gone missing...So yeah." She ignored the furious color that rose to face.
Sesshoumaru face briefly held a bit of amusement at her growing discomfort and how she continued to stumble over her words before the slight emotion cleared away, "And why is that." He moved in to a sitting position against the head board of his bed, and ran a claw hand through his hair, a silvery strand having moved out of place.
Kagome's face flared up, thinking about what exactly to put into words why she was running around his home on a rescue search. Well Sesshoumaru, that woman, you know the really brusque one who does the things with the clothes...Yeah, that's the one. Kagura. She kind of said something and I rushed to the conclusion that you kind of just vanished...
Well that could be a last resort. A last, last, resort. Kagome suddenly found that she disliked Kagura even more than before, 'if that was even possible,' she thought with a grimace. Going back to the topic of what to say, she rubbed her forehead still at a loss since the situation did not even call for a last resort of any kind...yet, she had to add, so she just squeaked out, "No reason!"
Kagome finally realized that she was still holding the papers from the room desk in her tiny hands and was kneading them some what. Quickly she stuffed them behind her back, giving a nervous and very loud giggle. She slowly got off the bed and walked backwards to the desk, Sesshoumaru's amber eyes still on her. Placing the pages on to the desk top, she gave an innocent smile that simply stated, 'I'm completely innocent!' and she slowly returned to the bed side and sat back down as if she had never moved.
Sesshoumaru once more looked at her with amusement, "I see." With a 'let me get this straight,' tone with the same monotone he was famous for. "You came to my room looking for me, under the random presumption that I was missing, and came to my room to look for me...in my paper."
Kagome nodded profusely, and then blushed, "No! I mean ...um... what I mean is that I just got curious and... They were there, and they practically asked me to read them and I thought you weren't here and... Um, sorry? "
She groaned, a frown marring her features at how much she was blushing, at this rate, she would be bright red for days, "I also...I wanted to...apologize for yesterday."
Sesshoumaru lifted a brow, and Kagome continued, "That was unfair on my part and uncalled for. I'm really sorry."
Sesshoumaru slid a hand through his hair; it having fallen out of place and pulled one of his knees up to rest his arm on, in the same position that he had used in several covers of magazines. Where he had sat top-less or in an opened dress shirt...
Shaking her head to remove her bordering on perverted thoughts, she turned back to the matters at hand to keep the upcoming blush from rising. The guilt ridden girl bit her bottom lip and waited but could not help the random thoughts building up in her head.
As she saw it, there were only three things that could happen: One, he accepted the apology, very favorable. Two, he threw it back in her face along with a harsh insult and her favorite, um, not what she wanted...but. Close. She coughed. Three, he would just sit and stare, and stare, and stare some more... then he would outright laugh in her face...
'Dear God I hope it's the first one.'
Sesshoumaru sat and stared. 'Oh, no...' Kagome bit her bottom lip, dreadful. Finally he opened his mouth to say something and Kagome closed her eyes tight and waited.
"Apology accepted."
Kagome looked up and blinked. That was not what she expected... "Really? You're not going to laugh at me or insult me or anything?"
Sesshoumaru lift a brow, and slowly, as to understand why she asked, said, "Not at the moment, no."
Kagome squealed, all her guilt lifted, and then gave him a bright smile. "Wait a minute!" She glared at him, "Not at the moment, huh?"
She reached out and grabbed one of his pillows, "You jerk!" She laughed as she hit him in the side with the black and white pillow she stole from him.
Sesshoumaru smirked and as the girl pouted and hugged the pillow. 'So childish...' He rolled his eyes causing her to spit her tongue out at him. He could not help but stare at her, though not with contempt.
He had yet to decipher the feelings she was beginning to stir.
Despite his seeming appearance of annoyance, Sesshoumaru was sporting a ghost of an amused smile that passed through his guarded appearance and lit his pristine face.
Kagome hmph'ed, having missed the hinted smile as she pulled her legs Indian style onto the bed to get more comfortable. She pouted and went to hit him again. "I shouldn't have gotten myself so worried and so over worked over such aah—"
Kagome teetered backwards over the edge of the bed, and flailed her arms; she grabbed the closest thing to her, which happened to be Sesshoumaru.
"Aheek!"
Sesshoumaru blinked, caught unawares due to his musings as Kagome grabbed him and fell over the bed side pulling him over in the process.
The two met the ground with a soft thud. The fall was partially broken by the pillow previously held by Kagome and the mat the covered a good deal of the floor.
She scrunched up her nose, "Ow..." Slowly her eyes opened to meet entertained golden eyes.
Sesshoumaru smirked, inches from her face, "I did not know that you were so forward..." Kagome blinked in confusion a light blush staining her cheeks from how close he was, "Forward? What do you mea— wait! ...You pervert!"
Kagome's face lit up. Her legs had gotten entangled in Sesshoumaru's and the black comforter was draped over the side of the mattress.
Sesshoumaru disentangled himself still sporting his most arrogant smirk, "Is someone in denial?"
Kagome sniffed haughtily and retorted, still feeling like a Christmas decoration, her face lighting up on and off. "Is someone in need of slim fast? You nearly crushed me!"
Sesshoumaru scoffed, "I hardly think—"
Kagome grinned and asked innocently, "Now who's in denial?" Sesshoumaru moved once again into his trademark sitting position, choosing to ignore the girl.
For five minutes, it almost worked and Sesshoumaru thought he was home free from her ridiculous banter...until Kagome burst into laughter from Sesshoumaru's prolonged quiet, and a wide grin adorned her face. Sesshoumaru lift a brow and grunted unable to see the humor and broke his silence, "What pray tell is so amusing?"
The girl shrugged and replied quickly, "Nothing."
She coughed a little before erupting in more laughter. Sesshoumaru frowned and stared at her as she rocked back and forth laughing.
'I fear she has suddenly gone insane,' he mentally drawled mockingly and gave a very feigned sympathetic 'tsk'.
Suddenly she gasped, "I have to call my mom. Give me your cell phone!" Sesshoumaru snorted as he pulled out his phone from a near by end table.
"Well since you asked so kindly," he held out the phone in front of her. Kagome reached for it only to have it pulled away by Sesshoumaru, "In fact, I changed my mind."
The girl blinked owlishly, and made another reach for it. "But!"
Sesshoumaru smirked and pulled the small phone far above her reach. Kagome grunted with frustration as she leaped for the phone, the object of her desire once again being moved away.
Kagome wavered in her odd pose, glaring daggers at Sesshoumaru who looked at her in pure amusement. He's so gosh darn arrogant!
She reached for the phone again, her legs her sprawled underneath her in her awkward kneeling like position, as Sesshoumaru just sat there a small almost sadistic looking smile on his face.
'That stupid, stupid smile!'
Abruptly the phone was brought in front of her face, and Kagome looked at it uncertainly then reached out to get it.
It was swiftly moved out of range, and Kagome fell forward.
"Eeegh!"
And landed face first into the well toned chest of Sesshoumaru, "You're a jerk, you know that." Her voice was muffled and almost undistinguishable as she straightened herself up.
Sesshoumaru ran a hand through his hair and replied casually, "I've been told something of the sort."
Kagome growled, and grabbed the phone, "It's a wonder why people like you much...well you may look okay but I've seen better. Much better in fact!"
Sesshoumaru chuckled softly, as Kagome fiddled with the phone and mumbled about arrogant youkai who were not as nice looking as they thought.
Despite the fact that Mrs. Higurashi said that she would call, Kagome knew that she would have too much on her mind to do anything other than tend to her father.
She had just finished punching in the numbers, when Sesshoumaru interrupted her.
Sesshoumaru scoffed, "You know, it is barely six o' clock. Shouldn't you let your mother rest? I'm sure that she was not woken up by a curiosity driven lunatic."
Kagome crossed her arms, "Well I remember you saying, 'I am Sesshoumaru, Pack Rat- sama, I need not the sleep that you need, because I feel I am above and beyond all of humanity.' "
Which happened to be her clever interpretation of 'I do not need as much sleep as a human'. Sesshoumaru exhaled a long breath, "Some how, I do not remember saying that..."
He paused, "Pack Rat- sama?"
Kagome nodded and then clucked sympathetically, "Poor Sesshoumaru, his mind is slipping in his old age."
Her comment was greeted with a snort, "Yes, that is why I go around digging in desks for people."
Kagome sputtered and blushed, "Shut up..." abruptly her stomach growled, and her blush deepened, "You know, I might as well paint my face red!"
Sesshoumaru snorted, "It would seem that you are hungry."
Kagome rolled her eyes, "No, my stomach is purring from contentment." Sesshoumaru stood and gave a grunt, "Humans can be such a wonder..."
And you, Kagome are the biggest mystery of them all...
His mind was betraying him it would seem, he gave an inward sigh.
Laughing, Kagome stood, and grabbed his hand as she flashed him a bright smile, "Come on Mr. High and mighty let's go get some thing to eat."
(TSUKI)
Naraku growled, "That worthless incarnate. Kagura is beginning to irk me."
Kanna stared at him blankly; her voice came out in wisps as she slowly said, "... She is helping your plan in her own way, lord Naraku..."
She turned to him, "...You should be able to begin your plan at the week's end..."
Naraku frowned, "Since you seem so certain, if you are wrong, you and your sister will meet your end."
The pale demon stared with an unwavering gaze, "...I am never wrong."
Naraku's frown only deepened in response. "It seems that Kagura's arrogance has rubbed off on you."
Kanna just looked at him dully and Naraku turned away from her.
"Juromaru, come fourth."
The tall and thin young man came out from the shadows of the room. His pale skin and hair contrasted greatly with the darkness he was shrouded in.
He crackled in laughter, "Finally letting me have some fun?"
Naraku's lips curved into a smile. "When the moon reaches its last quarter, you have full reign over this Higurashi girl, but kill her and I will make sure that you will suffer greatly."
Juromaru grunted, "I understand, Naraku, if she dies, it will not be at my hands. But I must say...the human should be entertaining, from what I've seen."
Naraku smirked, "Be sure to free your brother. Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru will need a distraction."
A frown marred the demon's face as he tied into place his mask, his voice coming out in a muffled hiss, "What of Kagura? Isn't she enough? I'm sure Kageromaru will not be needed."
Naraku frowned at the incarnate as he walked away, "Do not question my motives, Juromaru."
Kanna supplied his looked for answered, "...He will have a need...Kagura is not to get involved just yet..."
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A.N. I am in a terrible mood. Summer is at an end for me since I have this six week program to help me with the transition to my high school. This Monday until August 6th I will be in a not –mandatory –but –I –am –being –forced –to –go –to -even- though -it's –not –mandatory program. But the good news to the bad is that I get a new cell phone next week, possibly on this Tuesday or Wednesday. I already have it picked out. It's going to be a replacement for my old phone that tragically met its end in a pool...heh. Thanks for great reviews and sorry if this chapter was not fluffy enough. I'm working on an apologetic and incredibly fluffy chapter for all those who thought that I was not joking on the fluff in chapter nine (?) though, and it should be in the next two or three chapters.
By the way, I reachedtyped 6,000 words this chapter! Thought I should mention that since I'm so filled with pride because of that.
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Ana Jully Potter- Thanks and yes, I can see why you would see it as sad, lol when I reread the chapter I was a bit surprised at how depressing some of it was!
LostDepresion- Yes, I can understand where you're coming from. I read a lot of fanfics, not just S/K and it's hard to find a good story for an AU pairing that's so impressive that you just can't stop reading. I'm glad you consider mine one of those lol but I hope it doesn't keep you up too late.
PippetJimmy- Lol, yes, that scene was surprisingly dismal! I can't pass up a chance to put in some Mirouku and Sango romance lol. LOL! Also of course I'll make that super fluff filled chapter. I have it all planned out and everything –feels proud- and I'll get the penname of every author or reader that was so disappointed. (Hehe..don't you just) ack! You left your review hanging, lol. It's like a cliff hanger for a review...-sweat drop-
Blue Rhapsody3-Thank you so very much for telling me about that! I got your review and was like "Seriously!" I hurried off to fix the darn chapter and thanks again! has been giving me a lot of problems with that quick edit thing. Yup the Class of 2005! I went to a small school in Cedar Grove. What grade are you in?
Chewy518- Lol yup, and our little wolf does look as if he is scheming. Lol one of my ultimate favorite couples! Sango and Mirouku -grin- but they find themselves seconded to Sesshoumaru/Kagome I'm afraid. Thanks!
Celestial Fox- Lol! I'll try to not keep you guys in suspense
Ice-apparition16- Lol I've been feeling twisty as of late and want to keep adding a few twists and surprises here and there, and Kagura had gotten lazy and needed to do some work in the story. Lol I really want to start on a challenge fic, since I'm not feeling too creative to come up with my own plot. A single Spark is absolutely amazing! There are so many wonderful S/K stories!
Me- Nope, lol, I thought about that though but it just didn't sit right. I hope you enjoyed this version though
CultKagome and Sesshoumaru- How did you like the chapter? I hope you enjoyed the little bedroom scene lol. I have that all planned out and I don't think that it'll disappoint –bordering on cocky grin- lol I fear our Sesshoumaru is a bit uncertain as to what he feels for our dear Kagome.
Toko Inori- Thanks for the congratulations! It was a wonderful ceremony, lol yeah but I was a bit surprised that I won anything for academics! I had all but convinced myself that I failed lol. Lol thanks.
Skitzoflame- Nope Sesshoumaru wasn't missing, lol but he wasn't avoiding Kagome, just sleeping.