Ch.4
Hello guys, it has been about 3 months since I have updated this story; I am profusely sorry for the long wait, I've had a lot of stuff to do, like it says on my profile. Well the important thing is, I'm back with a huge ounce of motivation, so please enjoy and hopefully it won't be such a long time to update for the chapter after this. Thanx for understanding. :)
Minami let out a slow breath and said, "You mean to tell me that I'm supposed to give you all of my joke books, so you can try to make a friend, you won't tell me the name of, laugh??" Kagome nodded with a half smile on her pretty face. "Um, Kagome, do you know how long it took me to get my whole '200-Volume Jokes Galore set?'"
Kagome opened her mouth to say something, but only breath came out. "I don't want to be stingy or anything, but," -Minami continued- "...But I might be able to lend maybe one to you, but not any more than that, and since you won't tell me who this 'friend' is……uh…your story is just kind of weird is all." Minami shifted uncomfortably in her seat.
Kagome and Minami were sitting in Minami's kitchen drinking some cold chocolate milk Minami's mom had offered them. There were small hints of sun in the sky through the kitchen window, the sun was slowly setting leaving traces of a pink and blue hue running across the sky, the moon was already present, a crescent that looked like a smile without eyes.
Kagome finally forced her voice to come out of its hiding place, "I know it's a weird story and I probably look really crazy right now, but please Minami, at least can I borrow 3 or 5 books? I just can't explain anymore than I already have; I promise I'll bring them right back, promise." Kagome put on her best smile. "I don't know Kagome, I just don't know, you know how much I love my joke books and all the comedians I admire, Richard Pryor, Dane Cook, Whoopi Goldberg, the whole works, in short, I love my books, and your whole story is kind of weird, it doesn't make any sense, why can't you tell me your friend's name?" Kagome tried once more to kiss-up to Minami, "Come on Minami, you're one of my best friends, and I've never lost any of your stuff, I'd feel so bad if I couldn't help my friend out, but if you really don't want to lend me some of your books, that's alright, I understand, really, it is your choice, it is your decision, don't worry about me, really, don't worry, they're your books, you keep them, it's okay." Kagome put on a fake sad look on her face and let out a slow sigh.
Minami didn't say anything for a while, but then after closing her eyes she said carefully, "Um…okay Kagome, you've made me change my mind for some reason and I don't know why, so fine, I'll lend you about four, but please, I beg of you, be careful with them, they're classics and the stores don't sell them anymore, and…" Before Minami could finish, she felt Kagome's arms wrap around her neck and her cheeks brush against hers. "Thank you so much Minami, I owe you!" Kagome released the embrace and through her happiness and excitement she ran up to Minami's room. Minami shot up from her chair and ran after Kagome, "Kagome wait a second, you don't even know where the books are!"
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This is really getting irritating, I have better things to do, but for some reason I can't get myself to leave, feh! Inuyasha thought as he stared down at Kagura, his anger still trying its best to win the fight of victory against his concern and pity.
"I don't understand why you're still here, mind your own business." Kagura said still weaker. Inuyasha retorted once more, "Well, I'm making it my business, so deal with it!" Where did that come from, since when do I care what happens to this wench. Inuyasha's thoughts continued. Kagura winced slightly again, "Ugh, that stupid demon." Inuyasha's ears flinched a bit.
Kagura's wound in her stomach suddenly started bubbling and sizzling its purple goo, like oil in a cooking pan. "Kagura, tell me what demon did this to you." Kagura replied again with the same attitude, "I told you to go away, didn't I??" "I already told you I'm making your problem my business, so naturally I'm not going away, stop being so Goddamn stubborn, and tell me what happened to you!" "Go away, I said, can't your doggy ears hear?" Inuyasha's anger started winning and his concern and pity losing the fight of victory. "Either you tell me what happened to you or I'll kill you right here, right now myself!" Kagura replied with no indication she was going to be obedient, "Go right ahead and kill me, like you said, I'm dying as it is." Inuyasha clenched his fists, "Feh, just tell me!! If you're dying anyway, what the hell do you have to lose?!" "There isn't any reason for you to keep stalling, yet part of me thinks you don't want to accept death just yet!!" Inuyasha barked sarcastically. Kagura replied, though weak, getting angry herself, "So what, even if that were true, I don't want to get help by you!" "Why not?!" "Because I am supposed to be tracking you down and killing you, remember, I am the incarnation of your most hated enemy!" Inuyasha spat, "It isn't like you're a worthy opponent right now, your clothes are tattered, you're bleeding waterfalls, and you have wood coming out of your stomach and glass out of your chest, you're not much of a threat, you think I'd stoop so low that I'd beat you when your down, get your facts straight!" Kagura suddenly shakily lifted herself on one arm, turned awkwardly to look at Inuyasha, and spat back, "I don't care how low you'd stoop, I don't care about your pride, and I definitely don't care about you, all I want is for you to go away and leave me be; you half-demons and humans are such ridiculous creatures, you like to help or be where you're not wanted!"
Apparently Kagura was way too weak to hold her own weight and with a very loud and painful grunt, slapped a hand over where her heart would be, forgetting that very sharp glass was located in that area; Inuyasha watched horrified, as Kagura cut her Index and Middle finger on the glass, blood instantly squirted out of the fingers and Kagura fell back to the floor, clamped her eyes shut with an anguished expression crossing her face and moaned and groaned with obvious pain. Inuyasha without thinking took a couple of steps towards Kagura and lifted her up bridal style, Kagura was so surprised her eyes flipped open and for a short second forgot she was in pain, but soon her surprise turned into anger and irritation and her forgotten-pain turned back into remembered-pain, "What the hell are you doing, put me down right now!" Inuyasha realized that nothing had changed after he had picked Kagura up, "You deliberately told me I'd be poisoned if I touched you, just so I would give up and leave, didn't you?" Inuyasha's irritation was still audible in his voice, but the gaze in his eyes was softened and concerned. Kagura tried her best to wriggle out of Inuyasha's arms, but it was no use, she was too weak and Inuyasha was too strong, instead she put on her best glare and then closed her eyes with an angry grunt. "I have a feeling Kagome will be able to mend your wounds." Inuyasha said. "Oh great I have to see your idiotic annoying girlfriend." Kagura replied with a grunt, her eyes still closed. Inuyasha slightly blushed at this, put on a sulk, with his golden eyes still twinkling with concern, and began running as fast as a cheetah towards the campsite Kagome and the others were set up at, wondering how he was going to explain to all of them how Kagura had ended up in his arms
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"What's taking Kagome and Inuyasha so long to get back here?" Shippo asked. "I don't know, they only normally take this long when they've had one of their petty arguments, and that wasn't the case this time." Miroku answered.
Shippo was playing with Kirara, Miroku was resting on a nearby tree, and Sango had gone to practice some moves with her Boomerang Bone; at the back of all their minds, they were wondering what had happened to Inuyasha and Kagome, it had been almost 3 hours since they had ran off, and the three friends were starting to worry. Miroku continued, "Our only option is to be patient I propose, if we left to look for them now, they might come here to the campsite and wonder where we are, which would cause nothing short of a dilemma." Shippo replied, "I guess you're right, Miroku, but my patience is soon going to materialize into impatience, if I wait any longer." Miroku smiled warmly at the young fox demon's face of worry, and thought: Sometimes it surprises me how smart and aware Shippo is, but then again, with his parents dying and leaving him at such a young age, if one didn't have awareness and smarts, how would one hope to survive in these dark and violent days? Suddenly a peculiar, eerie, and sad look came into Miroku's milky blue, expressive eyes. Why does this bring up memories of my parents? Father... "Miroku?" Sango's voice shook Miroku out of his reverie; Miroku looked up and forced a smile to hug his handsome face, to assure Sango that he was alright. "Yes, my dear Sango?" Sango replied as she sat right in front of Miroku, "Oh...nothing, never mind, you just looked kind of sad." Miroku forced the thoughts of his father to disappear from his mind-radar. "I did?? Oh well I'm fine now." Sango looked slightly confused which made Miroku's heart melt, and without further ado; he reached out to caress her bosom. WHACK!! A red hand mark was shown on Miroku's face; Miroku was slightly dazed at the impact of the slap and watched as Sango, in a huff, was walking off in the distance…
That's it for now guys. I hope you liked it and please stay tuned for my next chapter, I'll try my hardest to write it sooner than I did last time, thank you so much for reading and please remember to review, I'd really appreciate it.
Extra stuff: I wonder what happened to Kagura…hmmm...could this be some type of trap that Inuyasha hasn't picked up on? I wonder…I guess you and I will find out when I write my next chapter. L8erz until next time.