Three weeks! Three weeks, and not a word of inspirations for her story! It was infuriating, to say the least about it. How could she ever hope to continue her learning if she couldn't write anything?
She scuffed her shoe a little. InuYasha hadn't been around for two of these weeks, and she really wanted him to be, if for no other reason than she didn't feel guilty about making fun of him.
There was a knock on the door. "Go away," she moaned, even though she was desperate for the company, regardless whom it was. There were muffled whispers behind the door.
"Kagome!" said one of the voices. "Kagome, it's Ayumi and Eri! You know, those people you used to fight with over who got the last falafel?" Kagome rushed up to the door, and jerked it aside eagerly. She stared at her friends, eyes welling up with tears. Ayumi hadn't chanced at all; she was still wobbling, even holding still. Eri, her sadistic sense of humor, was unmistakable, for only she could say something like that; they never got falafel!
"Whoa, Kagome, what's wrong?" Eri said, stepping into her room with Ayumi in close tow. The door was shut.
"Oh, I missed you two!" she said, throwing her arms around the girls before her. Ayumi, once let go, fell promptly to the floor.
"Oh, I missed you, too!" said Eri in matching tones, clearly mocking her. They stooped to pick up Ayumi, who said a half hearted 'hi' from the ground.
"It's dreadful here!" said Kagome, plopping down in one of her chairs. The other two sat opposite her.
"That bad, eh? It sure looks nice enough."
"Yeah, it's really pretty here, and these chairs are so comfortable. And Eri, what's a falafel?" asked Ayumi. Eri giggled.
"Something we don't get, but I bet Kagome does!" said Eri, teasingly. Kagome shook her head.
"Curry," said Kagome. "And rice. That's all I get to eat. I'm getting to the point where I'd kill for some nan, even!" she cried.
"Wow, it really is that bad."
"Worse," said Kagome. "But enough about me. What about you two?"
"Well, we have a new guard, and Ayumi managed to do some dancing properly, if only for a few minutes," said Eri with a shrug. "But we have a surprise for you!" she said, ignoring Ayumi's slightly hurt expression. Eri leapt up, and tore open the door. Standing in the doorway was Yuka. She looked worn, her hands had some callous from working and she showed signs of under nourishment, as well as a slightly swollen stomach. Yuka slowly walked in, whereas normally she would have dashed in to see Kagome, to hug her, and to generally act exited.
"Yuka!" Kagome cried, walking to her. It wasn't until she hugged the other girl that Kagome realized how fragile she was. Kagome glanced at Eri with an expression of worry that Eri didn't seem to notice.
"Well, that's all of us. All back together again, for a little while, at least," said Eri, triumphantly. "So, what do you do for fun here?" asked Eri. Kagome stared at her blankly.
"Nothing," she said, eventually.
"Wow. But, you were always easy to entertain, so that's something!" said Ayumi cheerfully. No one in the room could tell if she was being sincere, or sarcastic. Kagome made inquires after Yuka's well being in particular, as specially because the others didn't seem to notice her health. She replied to every one of her inquiries that everything was well, and currently she and Hojo were trying for a baby. Kagome bit her lip looking at Yuka's stomach. It was swollen already, and everything else about her suggested that she wasn't carrying around fat. Sango's voice rang in her head, telling her not to prove anyone wrong, for that was rude.
"So," said Kagome, after a while. "The new guard, anything cool?" she asked, eager for something to talk about.
"Well, we've only had him for about two and a half weeks, but he's handsome, and strong!" said Ayumi, blushing.
"And he's demonic!" squealed Eri. "But he always looks tired, and a little worried," she said, her tone settling.
"Really?" Asked Kagome brightly; this was a promising topic. "What's he like? What's he look like?" she asked.
"Well, we never talk to him, because he has a really terrifying glare…" said Ayumi, meekly.
"She's not kidding! I know you're thinking, 'oh, Ayumi's scared of everything', but he really is scary!" said Eri. Kagome looked surprised that Eri was scared of someone, and allowing anyone to know.
"But he really is handsome, too. He has silver-white hair, like a lot of demons, molten gold eyes, and he's so muscular…" said Ayumi, nearly swooning at every comma. "And… Oh, Eri, what was his name?" she added, coming back down to earth.
"InuYasha…" said Kagome.
"Yes! Kagome, how did you know?" asked Ayumi. Kagome nodded slightly.
"He guards—Err, I guess he used to guard, my room," she said. Suddenly Eri paled, her eyes wide. Kagome was about to ask her what was wrong when Ayumi began to talk again.
"Oh, really? What a coincidence, don't you think, Eri? It just so happens that he got to close to a woman he was guarding, and so Lord Kouga posted him in the Harem instead, because he didn't want them to fall in love!" said Ayumi. "Isn't that strange?" she said, giggling slightly. Kagome went even paler than Eri.
"Oh, Kagome," said Ayumi. "You look awful! What's wrong?" she asked. At this point Eri had enough presence of mind to jab Ayumi with her elbow before she said anything more. Kagome took a little longer to think.
"And… Um…" she stammered. "How do you know?"
"Well!" said Ayumi, before anyone could stop her. "He fell asleep on his feet for a moment – a little while later he woke up as if from a night mare, but that's not the point - And the other guard told us as we came near to try and wake him up so he wouldn't get in trouble. When we told the other guard that we were just trying to help, the other guard told us, 'oh, he's already in trouble,' and told us the story. Oh, and he told it really well. I thought it was a magnificent story as he was telling it, and he also told us—Ooff! Eri I—Oh… He also, uh, told us to, uh, brush our, uh… teeth! …Yes, teeth! I remember very distinctly that he said teeth," she said, rubbing her side. Yuka looked at Kagome meaningfully.
"So," said Eri, glaring slightly at Ayumi, who flinched. "Are you then? Falling in love, that is," she asked.
"No way in all the hells!" said Kagome, allowing herself to slip from politeness.
End Chapter SixSo, I hope you like it, and I will try to write this one some more, as well, but currently I'm writing some original fiction, and I think it's way better than anything I've wrote so far, so I'm going to devote most of my attention to that. But, if you see something come out from Ariane Wanless and Emyli Poltorak, then that's us. But I think I'll be writing more of this, if I have time.
Miko-Chan.
