Sight, Do Without
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Inuyasha stopped jumping and landed in a cluster of trees, though somehow he avoided the hands of the branches reaching out to scratch him and Kagome. When he finally hit the ground Inuyasha let Kagome down. She had been feeling a bit weak and he decided she probably was feeling stronger now. She was. Kagome nodded her thanks.
Inuyasha's ears twitched and he pranced onto all fours sniffing around, Kagome stepping away, totally confused. He closed his eyes and sniffed the air, his face serious and angry. He looked forward in a death glare. Something wasn't right, he could hear it, smell it, and feel it. Kagome looked where Inuyasha was looking and yet saw nothing of the sort that could be so intriguing to look at. She saw nothing, well, except for the trees and open space.
"What is it Inuyasha? What is it you are staring at?" Kagome asked.
She walked forward trying to find the source of Inuyasha's staring. She came to an orb, sitting on what looked like a bird fountain. Staring in awe Kagome put her hands around it to touch it. Inuyasha ran after her and when he saw her about to touch the orb he yelled.
"Don't touch it!" he yelled, but her hands just got closer too it.
"Oh! Stop being such a worry-wart? What could happen!?" she said, to easily. Her hands rounded around it and held it firmly. Light flared all around her capturing her in its glow as she stared into the brightest part of it.
"I said DON'T TOUCH THAT YOU WENCH!!!!!" Inuyasha yelled furiously, but he was too late.
Kagome was wrapped in the blaring light. (A/N: I could be evil and stop this chapter right here, but I don't think I'm that evil!) Inuyasha shielded his eyes with his arm from the blaring light as it streamed through almost the whole forest.
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The silence was inedible, not a bird chirped, not a squirrel scurried around for nuts, nor did the wind whisper. Inuyasha looked over his arm only to see Kagome staring blankly into the forest. Sighing with relief, Inuyasha ran over to her. He grabbed her shoulders and stared into her blank, emotionless eyes. They no longer sparkled, or glowed, just stared with the blankness that could drive someone crazy, for instance, Inuyasha.
"Kagome! I thought I told you not to go near that orb or to touch it! You never go up and just touch something like that when you have no idea what kind of powers it could conceal!! Kagome!? Are you listening to me?!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Inuyasha. Where are you? I can't see you!" Kagome complained.
"What do you mean you can't see me? I'm standing right in front of you!" he shouted.
"But.I don't see you! All I see is this lonely darkness! Inuyasha am I.am I." she stammered.
Annoyed by the stammering Inuyasha replied: "Just spit it out already!"
"AM I BLIND!?" she cried. Inuyasha winced as she yelled. Face softening Inuyasha waved his hand in front of her face, she didn't even flinch. He held up two fingers.
"How many fingers am I holding up?" he asked. She stared, trying to concentrate on the fingers, yet it didn't work. She was blind. (A/N: I could be evil again and stop it here! Hehe! But I'm not that kind of person! I don't like torturing people!)
Inuyasha cursed under his breath. 'She can't be blind! Stupid orb! Oh, this situation sucks!' Kagome turned away trying to concentrate on hearing her surroundings. She got up and stumbled on a tree trunk, her face in the dirt. Inuyasha looked behind him and looked at the nervous girl. Tears crowded her blind eyes. She sobbed, smearing the dirt on her face. Inuyasha stared at her and jumped to her side.
"Oh, gosh! Please, don't cry! Don't cry!" he said, trying to be comforting. "I guess I'll have to be your eyes"
Kagome turned her head to where she believed Inuyasha was, the opposite way he actually was. Inuyasha chuckled and put two fingers under her chin and brought her head in a way where if she could see she would be looking at him, not moss on a tree. She had heard that the moment demons thought you were worthless, you were chucked out the door as if you were a worthless whimpering puppy.
"What!? I can't do anything! I can't see! Don't you get it!? I can't do anything alone! If you were to be my eyes it'd be like you doing everything for me!" she yelled. Inuyasha looked at her questionably. She seemed to think because she was blind he would just leave her here to die. He shook his head.
"There is a town around here and I've heard a rumor of a monk (A/N: If you haven't guessed who this is who might know something about this" she turned away from his voice. "If you don't stop complaining I might just leave you here" Inuyasha smirked. He pretended to get up and walk away.
"Wait! Inuyasha! I'm coming with you!" she cried. She jumped up and grabbed the extended hand that she felt brush hers. Though Kagome stumbled she was able to try to get used to it because about every time she stumbled she was carefully pulled up once more.
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Finally she heard the sounds of a town. People bustling, pricing arguments, etc. She let her ears wonder, listening to all the noises, trying to imagine what it all looked like. Inuyasha's grip around her hand became tighter. Many people were starting to stare (Who wouldn't!? Oh I love his cute ears! Hehe!) at the two.
One looked like a fine young lady, Kagome dressed in her silky tunic. The other looked like a demon, Inuyasha baring canines, with twitching doggy- ears! It looked suspicious, but the villagers believed they should keep their mouths shut unless there was really something to gossip about.
Inuyasha led her to somewhat kind of restaurant (did they even have those back then?). Inuyasha sat down at a bar sort of thing and he helped Kagome into a stool. Kagome pondered weird thoughts as she waited for Inuyasha to say something. She turned to lean on the bar, but she hit air and started to fall. Inuyasha quickly caught her around the shoulders and pulled her turning her in the direction of the bar.
"Thanks" she muttered as she laid her head down. The bartender came by rubbing his hands on a dirty rag.
"Can I help ya and da lass?" he asked. Inuyasha shot him a glare then looked at Kagome.
"You want anything?" he asked. She nodded.
"Do they have any tea?" she asked. Inuyasha looked at the bartender nodded. Kagome waited for an answer.
"Yeah, they do" Inuyasha flipped a small coin into the old man's hands who soon brought a glass of the sweet liquid.
Inuyasha took it and handed it to Kagome who all, BUT carefully took it, it sloshing in the glass. Inuyasha steadied it and she put it to her lips, taking now and then little sips. During one of her little sips she felt a pain oh her butt and it the liquid flew into the face of the rude man behind her. The first thing she heard was sputtering from the man.
"Well, I guess our first meeting will be fun to remember!" he said. Inuyasha grabbed him by the collar angrily.
"You pervert!" he yelled. Kagome continued to stare forward dumbly, trying to understand what was going on, looking in the wrong direction I might add.
"I'm offended you would say such a thing of me. Yet you haven't even met me. Let me introduce myself. I'm Miroku, a monk. Maybe you have heard of me?" he said coolly. Inuyasha mumbled something under his breath then looked back at the monk.
"You wouldn't happen to know anything about how to make people blind, well.unblind?" Inuyasha inquired. Miroku smirked.
"Wouldn't you like to know" Miroku taunted. "Yes, I do. What is it to you? It seems your beautiful young lady companion has not yet spoken. May I inquire and ask who thy lady is?" He asked coolly. Kagome, still looking the wrong way, looked around, of course seeing nothing, trying to see the questioner (or groper. Oh that Miroku! --_--). Inuyasha turned her head the right way.
"I think sight you can do without" Inuyasha whispered in her ear. "I don't even want to here what he has to say"
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Inuyasha stopped jumping and landed in a cluster of trees, though somehow he avoided the hands of the branches reaching out to scratch him and Kagome. When he finally hit the ground Inuyasha let Kagome down. She had been feeling a bit weak and he decided she probably was feeling stronger now. She was. Kagome nodded her thanks.
Inuyasha's ears twitched and he pranced onto all fours sniffing around, Kagome stepping away, totally confused. He closed his eyes and sniffed the air, his face serious and angry. He looked forward in a death glare. Something wasn't right, he could hear it, smell it, and feel it. Kagome looked where Inuyasha was looking and yet saw nothing of the sort that could be so intriguing to look at. She saw nothing, well, except for the trees and open space.
"What is it Inuyasha? What is it you are staring at?" Kagome asked.
She walked forward trying to find the source of Inuyasha's staring. She came to an orb, sitting on what looked like a bird fountain. Staring in awe Kagome put her hands around it to touch it. Inuyasha ran after her and when he saw her about to touch the orb he yelled.
"Don't touch it!" he yelled, but her hands just got closer too it.
"Oh! Stop being such a worry-wart? What could happen!?" she said, to easily. Her hands rounded around it and held it firmly. Light flared all around her capturing her in its glow as she stared into the brightest part of it.
"I said DON'T TOUCH THAT YOU WENCH!!!!!" Inuyasha yelled furiously, but he was too late.
Kagome was wrapped in the blaring light. (A/N: I could be evil and stop this chapter right here, but I don't think I'm that evil!) Inuyasha shielded his eyes with his arm from the blaring light as it streamed through almost the whole forest.
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The silence was inedible, not a bird chirped, not a squirrel scurried around for nuts, nor did the wind whisper. Inuyasha looked over his arm only to see Kagome staring blankly into the forest. Sighing with relief, Inuyasha ran over to her. He grabbed her shoulders and stared into her blank, emotionless eyes. They no longer sparkled, or glowed, just stared with the blankness that could drive someone crazy, for instance, Inuyasha.
"Kagome! I thought I told you not to go near that orb or to touch it! You never go up and just touch something like that when you have no idea what kind of powers it could conceal!! Kagome!? Are you listening to me?!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Inuyasha. Where are you? I can't see you!" Kagome complained.
"What do you mean you can't see me? I'm standing right in front of you!" he shouted.
"But.I don't see you! All I see is this lonely darkness! Inuyasha am I.am I." she stammered.
Annoyed by the stammering Inuyasha replied: "Just spit it out already!"
"AM I BLIND!?" she cried. Inuyasha winced as she yelled. Face softening Inuyasha waved his hand in front of her face, she didn't even flinch. He held up two fingers.
"How many fingers am I holding up?" he asked. She stared, trying to concentrate on the fingers, yet it didn't work. She was blind. (A/N: I could be evil again and stop it here! Hehe! But I'm not that kind of person! I don't like torturing people!)
Inuyasha cursed under his breath. 'She can't be blind! Stupid orb! Oh, this situation sucks!' Kagome turned away trying to concentrate on hearing her surroundings. She got up and stumbled on a tree trunk, her face in the dirt. Inuyasha looked behind him and looked at the nervous girl. Tears crowded her blind eyes. She sobbed, smearing the dirt on her face. Inuyasha stared at her and jumped to her side.
"Oh, gosh! Please, don't cry! Don't cry!" he said, trying to be comforting. "I guess I'll have to be your eyes"
Kagome turned her head to where she believed Inuyasha was, the opposite way he actually was. Inuyasha chuckled and put two fingers under her chin and brought her head in a way where if she could see she would be looking at him, not moss on a tree. She had heard that the moment demons thought you were worthless, you were chucked out the door as if you were a worthless whimpering puppy.
"What!? I can't do anything! I can't see! Don't you get it!? I can't do anything alone! If you were to be my eyes it'd be like you doing everything for me!" she yelled. Inuyasha looked at her questionably. She seemed to think because she was blind he would just leave her here to die. He shook his head.
"There is a town around here and I've heard a rumor of a monk (A/N: If you haven't guessed who this is who might know something about this" she turned away from his voice. "If you don't stop complaining I might just leave you here" Inuyasha smirked. He pretended to get up and walk away.
"Wait! Inuyasha! I'm coming with you!" she cried. She jumped up and grabbed the extended hand that she felt brush hers. Though Kagome stumbled she was able to try to get used to it because about every time she stumbled she was carefully pulled up once more.
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Finally she heard the sounds of a town. People bustling, pricing arguments, etc. She let her ears wonder, listening to all the noises, trying to imagine what it all looked like. Inuyasha's grip around her hand became tighter. Many people were starting to stare (Who wouldn't!? Oh I love his cute ears! Hehe!) at the two.
One looked like a fine young lady, Kagome dressed in her silky tunic. The other looked like a demon, Inuyasha baring canines, with twitching doggy- ears! It looked suspicious, but the villagers believed they should keep their mouths shut unless there was really something to gossip about.
Inuyasha led her to somewhat kind of restaurant (did they even have those back then?). Inuyasha sat down at a bar sort of thing and he helped Kagome into a stool. Kagome pondered weird thoughts as she waited for Inuyasha to say something. She turned to lean on the bar, but she hit air and started to fall. Inuyasha quickly caught her around the shoulders and pulled her turning her in the direction of the bar.
"Thanks" she muttered as she laid her head down. The bartender came by rubbing his hands on a dirty rag.
"Can I help ya and da lass?" he asked. Inuyasha shot him a glare then looked at Kagome.
"You want anything?" he asked. She nodded.
"Do they have any tea?" she asked. Inuyasha looked at the bartender nodded. Kagome waited for an answer.
"Yeah, they do" Inuyasha flipped a small coin into the old man's hands who soon brought a glass of the sweet liquid.
Inuyasha took it and handed it to Kagome who all, BUT carefully took it, it sloshing in the glass. Inuyasha steadied it and she put it to her lips, taking now and then little sips. During one of her little sips she felt a pain oh her butt and it the liquid flew into the face of the rude man behind her. The first thing she heard was sputtering from the man.
"Well, I guess our first meeting will be fun to remember!" he said. Inuyasha grabbed him by the collar angrily.
"You pervert!" he yelled. Kagome continued to stare forward dumbly, trying to understand what was going on, looking in the wrong direction I might add.
"I'm offended you would say such a thing of me. Yet you haven't even met me. Let me introduce myself. I'm Miroku, a monk. Maybe you have heard of me?" he said coolly. Inuyasha mumbled something under his breath then looked back at the monk.
"You wouldn't happen to know anything about how to make people blind, well.unblind?" Inuyasha inquired. Miroku smirked.
"Wouldn't you like to know" Miroku taunted. "Yes, I do. What is it to you? It seems your beautiful young lady companion has not yet spoken. May I inquire and ask who thy lady is?" He asked coolly. Kagome, still looking the wrong way, looked around, of course seeing nothing, trying to see the questioner (or groper. Oh that Miroku! --_--). Inuyasha turned her head the right way.
"I think sight you can do without" Inuyasha whispered in her ear. "I don't even want to here what he has to say"