Dang, I am so sorry this is late. But at least I got this up before Christmas. I would have worked on this and had it on yesterday, but I ran into some complications. I'm sure you guys understand though, hopefully. Currently, I have just allowed my email to be visible on this site, so that if any of you want to email finding out how the story's coming, or you have a lot of questions, you can ask.
Inuyasha's heart skipped a beat as his satirical ears picked up the sound of the door knob to the dining room jingle. Kagome was on the other side of the door now; her spicy sweet scent drifting through the cracks nears its edges and struggling to subsume his senses. Shaking his head to clear it as best he could, he strained himself as far away from the door as his seat would comfortably allow. But the door never opened, and no happy, care-free greeting from Kagome ever came. What the hell was taking her so long? He cast a look around the table at everyone else. It seemed he wasn't the only one who had noticed Kagome's strange pre-entry pause. While the human members of their small gathering chatted away, the demons, which consisted of Inutaisho, Sesshomaru, and himself, stared at the door intently. Inutaisho seemed confused; his head was cocked slightly to the side as he stared perplexedly at the door. There was no doubt in Inuyasha's mind that he was wondering if the door was stuck. Sesshomaru, however, had stopped staring at the door and turned to give Inuyasha his usual cruel, scrutinizing gaze. The hanyou shifted uncomfortably in his seat and began, for a moment, to believe that Sesshomaru really did know more about the situation than he could have guessed, and possibly even cared a great deal about what was going on between Inuyasha and the girl opposite the side of the door. Nevertheless, Sesshomaru quickly turned himself to face a rather played-out looking Kojiro, who had been bruised in several places during their hockey practice, and a now once again quiescent Rocky. The release of his brother's penetrating stare caused Inuyasha to shake with relief, and he looked up from under his snowy, white hair at the door. Kagome was saying something along the lines of, "I can do this," this time.
Do what? Inuyasha wondered. A cold feeling, as if he had suddenly been doused in icy water, spread over him as recognition took over. Did she mean talk? To him? She couldn't. Kikyo had made it impeccably clear that she would send Naraku and his freaky sisters, Kagura, who was enrolled in a private school an hour away from their own, and Kanna, who was in her first year of middle school, to kill Kagome. An intense sense of hatred rose from deep within Inuyasha that overpowered the dread. The hell if he was going to let them anywhere near his Kagome. Still, the only way to do that would be to not allow her to speak to him ever again; to make her hate him so much she wouldn't want him anywhere near her. Another feeling, most likely pain, erupted in his chest at the thought, but he ignored it.
"So be it," he growled to himself as the door swung open and Kagome walked, with anxious footsteps, towards the seat right across from him.
I'm so sorry that it's so short, but I'm sure you guys are all busy with the holidays and all anyways. I know I am, unfortunately enough. I also know a lot of you might be a little unhappy with the thought that Inuyasha is going to do something cruel to split them even further apart (stay tuned, things are going to get really interesting after this), that's just how this story goes. But remember: This story is half romance/tragedy, and the pairing is Inu/Kag.