Chapter Seven: The Queen of Cats
Sofia walks into Serenity's bedroom. She is looking outside and seems to be in deep thought. Sofia coughs slightly, "Serenity, I did as you asked." she bows her head. She waits for Serenity to face her, but she doesn't. Sofia hisses and turns to leave.
"Sofia..."
"Yes." she turns back around.
"Did Sesshomaru accept the proposal?" Serenity continues to look out the window.
Sofia takes a deep breath, "He declined. He says he will kill his brother by himself. He also said he would kill us if we got in his way."
"I see... but did he take the orb?" Sofia nods and Serenity closes her eyes then grins. "Lord Sesshomaru is now under our control. Things will become very interesting now, don't you agree?" Sofia laughs alittle then turns once again to leave. Serenity stops her, "Wait, I have another job for you."
"Yes?"
"Your target is the Angel Sword. Get it before Kagome does." Sofia bows her head and runs out the door. Serenity smirks as she watches her leave, "But be careful... there are always suprises lurking... my dear Queen of Cats.." she laughs and walks over to her small table. There sits a small black box with silver trims. She opens the lid slowly. Her wicked smile grows as she picks up the heart of Sumiko's love. "Artemis... you are going to get a second chance... this time you won't betray me."
Inuyasha wakes up on the cold, damp floor of the wolf den. He sits up and shakes Kagome gently. She yawns then turns to see Inuyasha. She smiles at him, which causes him to blush madly. Kagome giggles and feels a small tug on her shirt, she looks down and sees Shippo. "Good morning Shippo."
"Morning Kagome, do you have any good snacks?" he asks innocently.
"Yeah, look in my-" her eyes widen, she then turns and glares at Inuyasha. He jumps back and crawls away from her. "Sit!" his body smacks into the ground. "You still going to make it up to me?"
Inuyasha pulls himself from the ground and growls, "Not if you are going t osit me all the time! I told you I would make it up to you. I am giving you my word!"
Kagome suddenly smiles and hugs him tightly. "Okay." he blinks a few times then shrugs and hugs her back.
Shippo gives them a funny look, "What did he do?"
"He left my bag under a cherry blossom tree." she smiles slightly.
Koga walks in and sees them hugging. Flames appear around him. He pulls Inuyasha and Kagome apart then wrap his arm around Kagome's waist. "How many times do I have to tell you? KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY WOMAN!"
"SHE AIN'T YOUR WOMAN!" Inuyasha yells back.
"I have claimed her as mine!"
"You haven't claimed anything!"
"Well, maybe I will now." Koga pulls on Kagomes arm then Inuyasha grabs her other one and pulls back. "Let go mutt!"
"I am not going to let you have Kagome! She isn't yours!"
Koga growls, "Oh? Then who does she belong to?"
Inuyasha bites his lip, "She doesn't belong to anyone!" Koga's eyse soften and he lets go of Kagome. He then runs to the exit and stops.
"Inuyasha! I am gonig to prove my love to Kagome and she will become mine!" he runs outside.
"W-what?" Inuyasah makes a fist and his ears twitch. "Has he learned nothing?"
Kagome laughs and reaches up to Inuyasha's ear and begins to rub them. He is startled and pulls away. She smiles innocently, "Sorry... I saw that your ears were twithing and I couldn't help but rub them."
"Kagome."
"Yeah?"
"Doesn't it bother you he calls you his?"
"Not really." Inuyasha's eyes widen then he sighs. Kagome notices and smiles brightly, "I don't care because I know you won't let him have me." She smirks at him and walks outside. Inuyasha blushes then looks to the ground.
Mirkou and Inuyasha sit on the shore of the river skipping rocks. Inuyasha sighs and lays back in the grass. Miroku looks at Inuyasha's eyes, "Thinking about Kagome?"
Inuyasha turns his head, "Wouldn't you like to know."
"Yes I would." Miroku smiles and sits closer to Inuyasha. The hanyou narrows his eyes then looks back to the sky. "Oh, Inuyasha, don't hold it in. I know you have lots of questions for me. Ask away." He laughs at his little joke, not thinking Inuyasha would take him seiously.
"Miroku?"
"Oh.. yes?" he smiles.
"You and Sango still going to get married?"
"She and I had forgotten about that. It was a long time ago when I asked her. After deafting Naraku, we both just laid back and never thought back to the proposal."
"Well, do you still love her liek you did before?"
"No, I love her even more now.." he smiles inwardly and glances to Inuyasha. "So, what about you? Are you ever going to tell Kagome you care about her?"
Inuyasha rolls his eyes and turns from him. "Oh come one Inuyasha. We all know you two love each other a lot. We have known it forever now." He pauses and glances to him, "Why do you deny it?"
"Because... it would never work out. She is from another time. She will have to return someday. " he mumbles as his heart sinks.
"How do you know that? She might decide to stay here with you. It might be that she is meant to be here with you. It sure would explain a lot don't you think so?" Miroku smiles.
Inuyasha sits up and looks to him, "If it were true... I would tell her."
"I really do believe it is. Even if its not, you should love each other anyway."
He looks up to the wolf den and sees Kagome standing on the cliff looking to the sky. He smiles and jumps up, "I'll see you later."
"Where are you going?"
"Out." he runs off into the woods. As he runs he picks up the scent of flowers. Inuyasha runs faster and finds a clearing filled with flowers. He picks some poopies and sticks them inside his kimono. Kneeling in the trees, Sofia watches Inuyasha with curiousity. He turns to run back, when Sofia jumps down in front of him. "What do you want?"
"I want to play.." she grins as she licks her fingers to her claws.
"Feh, fine by me." he pulls out his sword.
"Good." her eyes glow and she turns into her tiger form. She jumps up and snaps at Inuyasha, but misses. He punches her jaw and kicks her in the side. Sofia bites his leg then runs to a tree and jumps on the branch. SHe turns back into her human like form and cuts Inuyasha with her whip. She jumps back down then tries to scratch him, but he grabs her by her wrist and throws her to the ground. Sofia grins and jumps onto another branch. "Sorry, but I can't hang around anymore. I have a job to do."
"Liar! You're just scared! Come back here and fight!" Sofia shakes her head and disappears into the trees. Inuyasha growls and runs toward the wolf den.
Kagome tosses back and forth in her sleep. Shippo and Koga watch her then look back to the entrance to the cave. Inuyasha still isn' there." Shippo makes a pouting face and sits next to Kagome's sleeping form. "I ma starting to get worried... what if something happened to Inuyasha? What if he does't come back?"
Koga growls, "He will come back... he will because of Kagome." He sighs and looks down to Shippo, "I'll go see where he is." He stands up and walks outside the cave.
Shippo curls up beside Kagome to get some sleep. Kagome rolls over and smashes him, "Ouch!" Shippo pushes Kagome away and pouts. "She must be having a bad dream if she is attacking me in her sleep." He runs outside to look for the others.
Miroku and Sango walk up the path to the den. They hear someone calling their names and turn around. They see Inuyasha running at them with amazing speed. Miroku's eyes widen and he quickly stops Inuyasha from running into him. "Inuyasha, what's wrong? Why were you gone for so long?"
"Sofia, a cat demon, she showed up and attacked me." Sango stands next to Miroku and leans on his shoulder. Miroku smiles a bit then looks back to Inuyasha.
"This Sofia, do you know what she wants?"
"No, not really, just that she has a job to do." Inuyasha looks around. "hey where is Kagome?"
"Last time I saw her she was in the wolf den with Shippo and Koga." Inuyasha nods and runs toward the den. Miroku sees something fall out of his kimono. He picks it up and shows it to Sango. "Look like he has a gift for Kagome." They laugh and start to walk back to the den.
OCC: Next chapter is going to be really really cool, oh and sad. Hope you enjoy it!