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Chapter 6-The Secret Within
"Ow Sango! Will you stop for one minute! I understand that you want me, but can you calm yourself?" Miroku asked, pulling his arm away from Sango.
"I don't 'want' you Miroku; I just wanted to get you outside." They were both now outside, much to Miroku's displeasure. Right now, all he wanted to do was sit in his cabin and listen to Inuyasha explain to Kagome why he picked her. The cold air was still out, sweeping though the two teens and leaving sets of shivers to run down their bodies. Sango sighed as she saw him shaking his wrist, which had finally returned to the normal color.
Though they were outside, Sango had managed to find a window to look through to see her friend and Inuyasha's scene. She stopped when she looked at the window, seeing a layer of filth across it. She wiped it off with her arm, looking over at Miroku.
"Jesus, I thought you guys said you just put in a new window." Miroku didn't bother looking up, too busy making sure Sango didn't break his wrist.
"It is." Sango stopped wiping the window, staring at it. The window was obviously old, since it was the same type of window that she had in the girl's cabin. It had a stained color of yellow too it. She looked at the window, until she stopped when she saw a huge crack going across the top of the glass. She didn't say anything to Miroku as she finished wiping off the window, peering into the cabin where her friend was.
"This is the perfect place to spy on them." Sango said, making Miroku sigh.
"You know that they will kill us if they see us out here, right?" Sango rolled her eyes as she stared in, looking at the people in the cabin.
"Aw come on Miroku, they can't really hurt us. What do you think they are going to do, scratch us?" Miroku glanced over at her quickly, slight fear sketched into his face.
"No! Why would you think that!" Miroku's voice was slightly higher than normal, making Sango look over at him. Her eyebrow arched slightly before Miroku took a nervous breath. "Just watch them."
"Whatever." Sango said, looking back into the window to watch the scene unfold in front of her.
"So…" Kagome said, though she stopped after it. The silence was thick, and though Kagome hated things to be too quiet, couldn't find the voice that she was so used to just starting a conversation. It seemed too deep for her feeble attempt to make a conversation, and as soon as the words fell from her lips, the silence covered them as if they were never spoken. The muscles in Kagome's legs were tense, as if ready to run out of the cabin, though she couldn't explain why.
Inuyasha seemed different to her tonight, like the chilling wind outside. He seemed to make her chills from the cold air's breath return. The wind was now blowing slightly harder outside, slamming into the door as if trying to get in. This only seemed like a background noise to Kagome's beating heart that now thumped against her rib cage. She couldn't tell if she was scared, or anxious for the next move in this endless game.
"Why are you so nervous?" She looked at him, his eyes showing slight uncertainty, but also sadness.
"Wh-What are do you mean nervous?" She asked, though her voice was soft, proving that she was scared.
"You're tense all over and I…I can just tell you're afraid of me." And you should be when nobody else is here. Damnit Miroku, why do you let Sango pull you around already! Some friend, leaving me here at this particular time! His thoughts screamed in his head, though he kept them just as that.
"…Something's different with you, and don't even deny it." She slowly took a step towards him, making his eyes widen slightly before he took a step back. "I can tell something changed with you. What is it?"
"Nothing's changed, just stay away from me!" She stopped slightly at the crack of his voice. Her eyes were wide, full of surprise. He looked away from her before he changed the subject before she asked more questions. "You came here to ask me something, not to interrogate me."
"You're right; it's not my business anyways." Relief washed over Inuyasha until her looked up at her again, seeing the hurt that her mask couldn't hide from him. She could tell he knew she was injured, but she pretended as if she couldn't tell. "My question was why did you pick me for you buddy?"
"Oh yea, that."
"If you did it just so that you could get a couple jokes from it, then forget it, I'll just go with Kouga." She really didn't want to go with Kouga, though she couldn't get Kikyo's words out of her head. Inuyasha looked at her oddly before he shook his head.
"I didn't pick you to make a joke out of it. I picked you because I knew that Miroku wanted to go with Sango, and there was no way I was going to leave you with the freak Kouga."
"Why would you care if I went with him?" Violet eyes locked with her as he spoke.
"Because he's weird and gives off a bad vibe. I don't think that you want to be stuck with him this whole time, unless you like to be groped."
"So you care about me?" The words slipped through Kagome's lips, and a sudden silence drifted over them. Taking this as a sign of negativity, she let her eyes drop to the ground, missing the wince Inuyasha just experienced. "I mean I was just saying you might but I'm obviously wrong. Well, I should get going, won't want to get in trouble with Rin." She quickly turned from Inuyasha, grabbing the door handle.
"Kagome…" When no further words came from Inuyasha's mouth, Kagome decided now would be the best time to slip out.
"Goodnight Inuyasha." Kagome swiftly opened the cabin door, though her muscles tensed when his warm hand fell lightly on her shoulder.
"You're right, I do care about you." His voice was soft making her look back at him. She blushed slightly at the proximity of the two. She turned to face him completely, her hand now falling from the door knob to her side. She couldn't get too many words out as he smirked, though it seemed different. What surprised her most was his that his eyes seemed off, seeming more gold than violet.
"Inuyasha?"
"Yea?" She heard the door clicked shut behind her as he pushed her against it.
"I have to go."
"Who said you had to go?"
"Well it's almost curfew, and we'll both get in trouble if I'm in your cabin when Shessomaru comes in here."
"So? You only have to go next door." She could feel his breath slide against her cheek, making her blush deepen. She looked up at him, his eyes now an intense gold. Her surprise sky rocketed, though the words that she had wished she could speak were no louder than her thoughts. "Just relax a little, you're always so tense." Suddenly, a loud bang was heard on the outside of the cabin.
"Damnit Inuyasha, let me in!" Kagome stepped away from the door, though Inuyasha pushed her back into it once again.
"Inuyasha, Miroku's at the do-" He cut her off.
"I know." Another loud crash was heard. Miroku could tell that Kagome was in danger the minute Inuyasha had touched her shoulder. Of course, by the time he figured out what to do, Inuyasha had already propped something against the door. If it was anything but Kagome, Miroku would have been able to just break the possession and pay for it later. Sadly, once Kagome was broken, she couldn't be fixed. Miroku once again pushed against the door, Sango watching with curious eyes.
"What are you doing?" She asked, though he only responded by pushing on the door harder. "Miroku?"
"We have to get the door open!" Miroku said, pushing against the door. To his excitement, the door shifted slightly. Kagome couldn't hear the conversation that Sango and Miroku were having, her ears turning off as she watched the smirk on Inuyasha's lips grow. She took a deep breath, almost forgetting about the human's need for oxygen as he leaned closer.
"We should let him in." She whispered slowly, though Inuyasha remained silent. She put her hands on his shoulders carefully, pushing both his and her own body away from the door. Miroku shoved the door open, catching the back of Kagome's foot and sending her tumbling. In a desperate attempt to keep herself up, she grabbed onto Inuyasha, only to make him fall onto the ground with her. She groaned as she sat up, looking at the boy on the floor below her. His now violet stare met hers, a slight fragment of confusion in each.
"What are you still doing here?" He asked, blinking in surprise.
"Inuyasha are you feeling Oka?" Sango asked, walking into the cabin. Inuyasha now turned his gaze to Sango, his eyes slowly widening as if he had heard something that nobody else could. He said nothing to the girls but went back to look at him friend.
"No way, I didn't!" Inuyasha hastily shoved Kagome off of him before he stood up, not bothering to help her up.
"Not completely." Miroku replied. The pale light of the moon was only a small glint of light compared to the ghostly whiteness of the boy's face.
"What are you two talking about? And will someone help me up please!" Both boys glanced at the girl on the ground, who was rubbing her backside.
"Nothing! Oh, look at the time, maybe you two should go." Before either could talk, Inuyasha pushed Kagome onto her feet and then shoved both girls into the chilly night, slamming the door shut. Kagome stood there in shock, speechless.
"But he just told me to stay…"Kagome couldn't seem to take her eyes off the door, slightly hoping the door would open. But when the only thing that moved were Sango's feet, hope was thrown to the dark sky above, only lighted with dreamer's wishes. Kagome slowly turned to face Sango, who was now walking back towards her cabin. Kagome remained silent as she followed Sango, not aware of the violet eyes that now watched from an aged window.
"You lost control of it didn't you?" Miroku asked. Inuyasha looked over at Miroku, his face regretful and dulled with sorrow.
"I'm not really sure. I don't remember doing anything really. I saw her take a step towards the door and I just blacked out. Then, I woke up to you and the others staring at me."
"Well I hate to break it to you but you were a little more than friendly with her. I don't know why, but you seemed a whole lot different than last time." Inuyasha's hand fisted as he slammed it down on the sill, looking out the window.
"I can't be alone with her now. There's just no way."
"Yea, like you're going to avoid her this whole time. You two are buddies for the rest of the summer." Inuyasha could only sigh as he lowered his head. After all this time, after all the years that I spent making sure that it didn't come out again, why now? Why does it have to screw up my life again? And most of all, why can't I control it when Kagome's here? His thoughts were interrupted when a slam from the cabin's door rung in his ears. His eyes darted towards the sound, watching Kouga walk in. Only minutes before the girls had come, Kouga had decided that he wanted to check the area out around the camp ground. He stopped, looking at the two boys in front of him.
"Well you two seem happy. What happened, you break a nail?" Miroku glared at Kouga after the dumb remark.
"No, we were just talking." Miroku said, walking back over to his bed.
"Look, I don't feel like listening to you two chit chat while I try to sleep, so stop your conversation and let me sleep." Inuyasha could grit his teeth when he heard Kouga's order, keeping himself quiet.
"We'll just talk about it later Oka?" Miroku said, making Inuyasha nod. Inuyasha stayed quiet as he walked over to his bed, dropping onto it with a soft thud. He stared up at the ceiling, slightly sighing before a shortage of light caught his attention. He sat up and glanced at where the light switch was, seeing Shessomaru standing there.
"Lights out, you be up tomorrow for the trip into town early." Shessomaru said.
"Will we be with out 'buddy' then?" Miroku asked, getting a nod from Shessomaru.
"The girls are set to meet us where the bus will be, which is in front of the camp. The bus leaves at exactly eight A.M, so be ready to wake up."
"Wait, eight! As in the morning?" Kouga asked, a look of horror placed on his face. Shessomaru gave a look that the other two could tell meant he couldn't believe what Kouga said before he nodded. "There is not way I am going to wake up at eight to catch some stupid bus."
"Oh don't worry; you won't be waking up at eight." Shessomaru said, smirking as joy lit Kouga's face. "More like seven."
"Seven!" All sets of eyes trekked towards the window where they could see the cabin next to theirs. Rin had to cover her ears as Kikyo went into a screaming fit. She was now staring at the young girl with agitation in her eyes, showing that she was already sick of the girl. Kikyo's hands went into her hair as if she had just been told her mother died, and her eyes seemed to bulge out of her sockets. It was obvious that she was not a morning person.
"Will you please do us all a favor and be quiet! You make it seem like you have never gotten up early before." Sango said, watching Kikyo's panicked face turn slightly angry. Kagome only sighed as she stared out the window from her bed.
"There is no way that I'm going to be able to get up at seven." Kikyo whined though Rin was already walking out the door.
"And there is no way the bus is waiting for you. So just get some sleep because I have a feeling that you're going to get a rude awakening if you don't. You're going to need as much energy as you can get in order to wake up tomorrow." Rin leisurely opened the door and glanced over her shoulder at the girls. "I'll see you bright and early tomorrow." With the final statement Rin stepped out of the cabin and shut the door.
"This is so unfair!" Kikyo said, crossing her arms and pouting.
"Haven't you gotten up at seven before?" Sango asked.
"Yes but only for school! It's the summer, and I want to sleep in." Kikyo's voice was both loud and high, making her seem like an impatient child whose mother refused to get her a new toy.
"Maybe we should get to sleep then, so you can get some sleep." Feet scurried against the floor as Sango hopped from her bed and over to the wall, flicking the switch that controlled the lights off. Sango then walked back over to her bed, though her pace was faster than normal because her feet were now chilly. As she got into her bed again, she glanced over at Kagome before she settled in the warmth of the sheets. She took the time to let her eyes adjust to the devil's darkness upon the world.
"Goodnight." Kagome yawned slightly, though she knew that she wasn't going to bed anytime soon. When she didn't hear Sango respond, she glanced over to the middle bed. "San?"
"There is only one window in the cabins right?" Kagome was taken back by the question that Sango had asked, and she stayed quiet for a moment, making the only noise that could be heard was Kikyo's snoring.
"Yea, why?"
"Remember how the boys said that they were fixing the window, and that was the only reason that they were so out of breath?"
"Well yea, they just said that less than an hour ago. I don't see why we're talking about this."
"They weren't fixing the window. When I and Miroku went outside, I was looking at the window and it was really dusty, as if it hadn't been used for a long time. Also, the top of the window was cracked, so why would they put a cracked window in to replace an already cracked window?" The thought that the boys had lied to Kagome was shoved in the back of her mind, not having any evidence to prove that they weren't doing what they had said. Now that Sango had proven the window was old, one question came to mind.
"Then what were they doing?"
"I'm not really sure, though I know that window must have been there for years." Sango replied.
"The way they were both breathing shows that something happened, but we don't have anything to go on now." Sango stayed silent for a moment before she remembered something about Miroku when she had gone into the cabin.
"Miroku looked like he had just seen a ghost. Something must have scared him, but the way Inuyasha was acting was more tense than scared. Why would something that freaked out Miroku not affect Inuyasha in the same way?"
"I'm not sure, but I do intend to find out." Kagome said.
"Whatever you say Sherlock." Sango said nestling into her bed and letting a sleeping spell cast over her. Kagome could tell her friend was asleep, since her light snoring was heard. As soon as she heard this, Kagome slid to the edge of her bed and dropped her feet to the floor. The ground felt like ice to Kagome's feet, though she ignored the chills that ran under her and stood up. The same cold wind that danced in the air before was still there, and much cooler now that the sun's last bit of warmth was gone from the camp. She slowly walked over to the window, letting out a breath of air.
Her fingers traced the windowpane as she stared up at the moon, which only showed half of it to her. She smiled as she looked back down towards the cabin next to hers. It was dark, signaling that the boys had fallen into a deep slumber like her friend. Another sigh escaped her lips as she directed her gaze into the camp.
"He confuses me so much and I bet he hardly even tries! One minute he is fighting with me, the next he's trying to ki-" Kagome stopped herself, her pink face masked by the night's darkness. She looked down, seeing little rocks sitting on the windowsill. Grabbing one of the tiny stones, she chucked it out the window. She grabbed another one and tossed the small pebbles while she spoke to the active wind. "He just makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time. I can't understand him which makes me frustrated. And to think, I've only known him for one day." Kagome stopped her rambling when a soft yelp of pain came from the other window. "Who's there?"
"The boogie man." The sarcastic statement gave away the identity of the mysterious person. Kagome only scowled at Inuyasha who now leaned on the boy's window, which now have been open without her knowing.
"What are you doing up so late? I thought you guys went to bed?" Inuyasha shrugged as he looked over at her.
"I should be asking you the same question."
"Well I just couldn't sleep is all. What about you?"
"I heard you out here and I wanted to see what you were doing." He said, making Kagome smile softly.
"Was I keeping you up? I can be quieter if you want." Inuyasha shook his head.
"No-no its fine. I couldn't sleep either with Kouga's snoring." Kagome could stop her laughter.
"Hey, at least his eyes don't turn gold." Though Kagome had said it in a humorous manor, she could tell that the way she said it struck a chord in Inuyasha. She watched his violet eyes flicker slightly, though no emotion passed through them. He said nothing causing the conversation to come to a halt. She looked up at the sky, which was the only way she could avoid looking at him. The moon was now clouded by grey clouds, which made the one thing she wanted to see impossible to look at. Slowly Kagome gathered her composure and looked back down at the boy who was now staring at her. She quickly blurted out her question before her courage was swept away. "What happened to your eyes tonight?"
"…It was nothing."
"No, I'm not taking that as an answer! Wha-" Inuyasha cut her off swiftly, a strong look filling his features.
"It was nothing." Kagome's spine crawled at the sound of his voice, more dangerous and low than before. She swallowed before she spoke, hiding the slight fear she had now pooling in the pit of her stomach.
"I can tell something in you changed tonight and I've known you for only day. Whatever you're hiding, I'll find out soon enough." He opened his mouth to speak, though she gave him no time. "You didn't put a new window in today did you?"
"What the hell are you talking about, of course Miroku and me did!"
"Really, then why was the window covered in dust and cracked at the top? Before you ask how I know that, Sango saw the window when she was spying on us tonight. That window wasn't new, and you didn't just put it in. Whatever you are hiding, Miroku knows."
"You have no idea what you're talking about Kagome."
"I know that you're keeping something from me, and that you lied about the window. I'm going to find out, don't worry. You can't hide whatever is up with you forever."
"You want to bet?" He whispered, though Kagome heard him. "I'm going to bed, and I suggest you do the same. Good night Kagome." Gradually he submerged into the darkness of his cabin, leaving a confused girl standing in her window. She slowly walked back to her bed, sliding into her bed and closing her eyes. She slept without any problems, though the next morning; one word seemed to be going through her head. She had no clue what the word meant to her, but all she knew was 'danger' was in her dreams. What she didn't know was that the word had a deeper meaning, and that one word would soon show its true meaning to the girl that it now laid dormant in.
And once again, I bid you all adieu! Why did Inuyasha's eyes change? What really did happen with Miroku and Inuyasha? (Hint: It was mainly Inuyasha, but Miroku's REACTION to what happened is IMPORTANT) Why do the most annoying people always have to snore as well?
SamSam-Aka-Sam – LoL, I'm glad that you find Miroku's pain humorous because I do too! A lot of people are wondering what happened with Miroku and Inuyasha, but you all won't find out until about….17 years from now! No I'm kidding; it's more like in that many chapters from now. But I'm hoping that you liked this chapter and I hope that you keep reading.
Angelmaiden- Oka I'm letting you know now, what they were doing had NOTHING to do anything sexual! It's something else, but I can't really tell you anything more because if I did, then I'd be giving away the secret. But thanks for the review and I hope you keep reading.
Yellowstarbutterfly- Well here's your request, another chapter and I hope that you liked it. And if you didn't, I wouldn't mind having some suggestions if you want to give em to me! That goes for everyone too.
Lonely Youkai- Don't worry, this is not a gay fic. I would never put Miroku and Inuyasha together because that's just really gross. Sorry if anyone out there likes that kind of thing, but this is a Kag/Inu and San/Mir and a little Rin/Shess so yea…thanks for the review, I hope you like it and maybe even some of your friends.
BlackKatKate-….oka? Well here is that chapter you wanted, and I hope that you liked it.
CallMeTemari- Oka, well I hope this proves that I care about what my reviewers think because I do have some chapters already written and I did make Kikyo slightly understood in chapter 12, but you're going to have to wait till then to figure out what happens. I'm happy that you like the story and I'm trying my best, so I hope that you keep reviewing.
Uber-Pissed- I'm noticing that everyone loves the fluff; I guess that means I'm a oka writer. And once again, the suspense thickens in the story. Why would that window be dirty if they had just put it up? Hmm… well I guess that you're going to have to keep reading to find out.
Leo of the Stars- LoL, FINALLY I get recognized for my evilness. Nobody realizes how hard it is to do that! Anyways, I hope that you keep reading and I hope that you like my chapter!
Chapter 7- Old Memories Haunt Her
