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A/N Holy freaking reviews. Though I know a large amount of them were from one person (coughLightOf Polariscough) who was graciously leaving a review after each chapter of my story from the start. Very nice by the way, but you should have seen my e-mail inbox. I was blown away by the sheer amounts of messages ha ha. Wow, I'm glad for all the support. So thank you very much to all of you. You guys are great. (:
To: Tali Jace Finally someone has brought up the darkest power series. Yes you are right about that and yet again the Mediator series. (But I read that so very very long ago). So congrats you get a cookie haha.
Awakened Dead
Chapter 22. December 17th
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"Who are you?"
'I am a part of you.'
"But I don't understand. Are you Kikyo? How are you talking to me? This doesn't make any sense."
'Heed my words he can't be freed. He's too strong.'
"Uh, what are you talking about?"
'Heed my warning girl, this youkai is to never walk this earth again for he will bring a great evil.'
"Evil? Inuyasha is not evil. He's an arrogant prick and sure a little rough around the edges, but he hasn't ever harmed me. Even when he's turned into a full demon."
'Do not let—'
"Shut up! Be quiet! Inuyasha isn't evil. He just isn't. And he will have a second chance at living. I will save him!"
'Not him. He's a youkai born from the depths of hell. You cannot—'
Kagome shot up straight in her bed, breathing heavily. Beads of cold sweat dripped from her forehead as her eyes scanned her room for any form of threat. Again there was no one, and yet again Inuyasha was standing in front of her window and looking out. Crap. There was this heavy feeling in the pit of her stomach. 'I did it again, didn't I?' She didn't even have to voice her thoughts to the hanyou, he merely shot her a look.
"There are three out there. Just focus on letting them go." He said gruffly.
She honestly hated not knowing how to control these, these weird abilities of hers. It was hard enough just to control her spiritual powers, but those of a necromancer too? There weren't many clues in the book either on how to control the abilities. So what now? Just let this keep happening for the rest of her life? What happens when Inuyasha isn't around anymore to help clean up the mess? What then?
"Oi wench, wouldja quit stallin'. Hurry up and send their spirits back."
His voice broke through her mental tirade and brought her back to earth. Yeah, send back their spirits. Right. She could do that.
Closing her eyes, she brought a hand up to the necklace around her neck and held onto it. She concentrated on the little critters outside, and sent a small apology to them before sending their souls back to the other side. 'I really need to stop doing this. There has got to be a way for these nightmares to stop.' She dropped her hand away from the necklace and looked up at the hanyou by her window. Of course he wasn't there anymore and most likely outside picking up the bodies and transporting them away.
'But what can I do? I'm so stressed out with exams, ghosts, the winter formal and finding a way to set Inuyasha free. There's so much on my plate right now and plus these ridiculous dreams that I am now beginning to remember more clearly are driving me crazy!' She leaned forward into her bed and huffed loudly.
"The boys say that they don't know anything about a releasing spell." She mumbled.
-Flash-
Miroku placed down his cup of tea. "The theory is that the spell used to contain Inuyasha was split into two parts. The first portion was given to Kagome's family as a sort of story. The second entrusted to you active hunters. Could this be possible?"
"Inuyasha?" Kagura mumbled.
"Yeah, the ghost we told you about." Bankotsu answered easily.
"Wait, you mean she can't see me?" Inuyasha asked, bluntly pointing at her with a clawed finger. "At all?"
"She's a Witch, not a Miko or Houshi or Hunter." Jakotsu sang.
"Whatever." The hanyou crossed his arms. "So are the wench and houshi right? Do you guys know anything?"
"Well." Jakotsu mumbled worriedly. "I—"
"Nope." Bankotsu answered lightly, glancing quickly at his brother. "No idea."
-Flash-
"Kikyo says that he's too evil and dangerous to set free." She mumbled again.
-Flash-
'Heed my warning girl, this youkai is to never walk this earth again for he will bring a great evil.'
-Flash-
'Well wait a minute. Inuyasha isn't a youkai. You'd think that the woman who used to know him and sealed him away would at least refer to him as a hanyou. That is what he is technically.' Kagome pouted, now thinking that the old-priestess-illusion-thingy was being racist in someway. 'He's half human! And he has a heart!' She jumped a bit when she heard a taping at her window, then calmed herself when it was just Inuyasha ready to come back in. Carefully, she had formed a crackling barrier around her silver haired guardian, pretty proud for not having to focus so hard like she used to.
Once he was safely inside her room again, he had stuffed his hands in either of his sleeves and scowled at her. "Mind tellin' me why this keeps happening wench? 'Cause I'm getting a little annoyed at this point with the clean up duty." Purple jagged stripes were beginning to appear regularly on his cheeks now whenever he wasn't in the best of moods. Oddly enough, it was only when she was home that this would happen. And more likely than not, during the times in her room.
'Another anomaly to add to my list of stress related incidents.' She mentally added, staring at Inuyasha with her tired eyes. "It's just this dream I'm having."
He raised a brow at her, not really in the mood for something vague tonight. "Mind elaborating on that thought?"
She huffed loudly, scratching the back of her neck nervously. Maybe telling him that she's been dreaming about Kikyo lately wouldn't be the best idea. But then again, she'd be the biggest hypocrite for lying to his face about something that seems to be a little important. "Well, they started around the time when I'd be raising the dead in my sleep." She began in a mumble, looking up at him. "At first I wouldn't remember the dream. I'd just wake up. But now… ever since we talked with Bankotsu-san and Jakotsu-san, I've been gaining some of my memories back from the dream."
"Make's sense. You've been stressing recent nights about something while you sleep. That's when the little buggers would start draggin' themselves up to the house." He walked up to her and sat on the side of her bed, nodding to her. "So then, what've they been about?"
"I-it's about… Me staring in a mirror. B-but it's not me I'm staring at. It's someone else." She fidgeted, feeling her heart rate increasing. When her eyes connected with his again, she started to feel bad. His gaze urged her to continue with her story, which she did. Taking a deep breath she said, "It's actually K-Kikyo I'm starring at, I-I think."
His eyes widened. "Kik…Kikyo?" He struggled to repeat, shifting his golden orbs to some other part of her room. "Are you sure? Are you positive you're seeing Kikyo? You've never seen her before wench. She lived centuries ago—"
"I know." Kagome interrupted. "B-but she looked just like me. Except the eyes. They weren't the same as mine. Plus she was wearing one of those priestess robes and talked all old-ish."
"She spoke to you? About what?" Inuyasha urged, still keeping his gaze elsewhere.
Though she could tell that he was boiling on the inside. Despite how much effort he was putting into staying calm, she could tell that his stripes were getting more pronounced and no doubt his claws were lengthening. He was still sore when it came to the mentioning of Kikyo. "She was saying h-how I shouldn't free you. That you were evil and too dangerous."
He shot up quickly, snarling loudly at nothing but air. "Damn that bitch! Even in death she still haunts me, still sees me as a fucking monster! A pathetic half breed." He seethed, turning back around to face Kagome.
She squeaked in alarm, startled from the combination of his outburst and his appearance. He still had his golden eyes and yet they were circled with crimson, his markings visible, fangs and claws longer, more lethal. "I-Inuyasha? You need to calm down, your starting to change again." She said with a small stutter.
He grunted in return and ran a clawed hand through his silver locks. He growled lightly, closing his eyes. "Damn it, I know. I can feel my demon blood loosing control again. I-I don't know how it's happening…" He trailed off.
"It's getting worse." She added, getting up from her bed slowly to approach him. Placing a hand on his shoulder, she at first let him know she was there. Next she was pulled into a snugly hug, feeling him nuzzle her neck roughly to inhale her scent. "You know." She spoke shortly after, wrapping her arms around his torso. "When she spoke to me, she never specifically said your name when she said not to release you." Kagome suddenly began to think, pulling away from him so that she could look up into his eyes again.
"She said 'Heed my warning, this youkai is to never walk this earth again for he will bring a great evil.'" She frowned in thought. "Then she said that the youkai was born from the depths of hell or something like that."
He paused, furrowing his brows as well. His demonic features had settled once more, leaving only faint marks on his cheeks, but they were gradually fading as he calmed and began to think. "That can't be. I'm a hanyou, not a youkai. She made that clear to me the day we met. And as for the whole hell thing—I was born in my mothers' castle—what the hell is she talking about?" He lowered his face closer to Kagome in an intimidating fashion. "You're positive it was Kikyo talking to you?"
Kagome puffed up her cheeks in a small pout. "Of course I'm sure! And she was being serious! It wasn't anybody else."
"Huh." He breathed, lifting his head. "Well whom would she be referring to if I'm the one who got sealed—" He stopped, connecting his gaze with Kagome's again.
"You're thinking—" She read his thought instantly.
"—That it was never me she was warning you about. But the other one. The youkai who possessed me and is still sealed with my body in the sword." Inuyasha continued.
"The one that came from hell on All Hallows Eve to possess the body of a demon to wreak havoc in the human world." Kagome added. "That demon is still in there. Remember what Sesshoumaru-sama told us when we saw him? That if we released you you'd be back to the original form you were in when you were going crazy."
"If that's true, then it wouldn't be a great idea to set me free. Not if it means my loosing all control of my body again. But even so… I don't understand why Kikyo didn't just purify the thing outta me back then." He rumbled.
The young girl shook her head and sighed. "You know, by the sounds of this youkai, he must have been pretty strong to even possess you. It's got Kikyo worried. So maybe for her the only choice she had back then was to seal you both away because she wasn't strong enough to get rid of it." She reached a hand up and touched his cheek softly. "You did say that we were mates. So maybe this was all meant to happen this way. It can't just be a coincidence that we met the way we did. That I'm this juiced up miko slash necromancer that happened to stumble on you, my supposed mate."
"Wench." The hanyou purred, lacing one of his clawed hands with the one against his cheek. "It's startin' to get late. You should sleep more. You've got that school stuff in the morning."
'But, this whole mystery is starting to unravel!' She wanted to argue but instead yawned a bit and nodded at him. "You're right, this conversation is getting way too complicating for this hour in the morning." She dropped her hand form his cheek to tug him to her bed. "C'mon dog boy, the best way to get me to sleep is to have you right next to me."
"Heh, what would you do without me." He grinned behind her.
"Don't let that comment get to your head. It's easier for me to sleep when I'm next to a humanoid guard dog. Makes me feel all warm and safe." She said drowsily, parking her butt back in bed.
The hanyou chuckled. "Say whatever you want. You know the real reason is because you can't sleep without this sexy piece of ass." He slipped in next to her, rolling his eyes when the covers got pulled up and passed through his body.
"If your head gets any bigger—" She yawned again. "—You won't fit through the doorway anymore."
Again, another snort. "Haven't cha noticed? I go through objects. I don't need to worry about some doorway."
Kagome mumbled something that sounded a lot like 'arrogant dog' before falling into a deep slumber.
'Night wench.' The hanyou thought with a small smile. 'And thanks for giving me at least some hope…'
-X-
She was excited, to say the least. School had just ended and she was on her way home to get ready for the Winter Formal. Yes, it was tonight. This was the first time in a long time where she's felt like her own age. She also had a date that for once wasn't Hojo-kun. Even if she did want to go to this dance with Inuyasha, she could settle for Bankotsu-san. Besides, tonight was bound to get interesting with Inuyasha undoubtedly tagging along and all.
'He had better be good..' She looked to the side and saw his scowl, holding in her smile. Yeah, he wasn't all that happy about Bankotsu-san being her date either. But he had to look on the bright side. The hunter did have a girlfriend. So it wasn't like she was going to get hit on all night or groped. For one Inuyasha would murder him, and for another she was pretty sure Kagura was going to be there.
A beeping noise had shaken her out from her amusing thoughts, the girl barely containing her smile when she noticed the black car slowing to a stop next to her.
"Hey hon! Do you want a lift home?"
Jakotsu-san? She hadn't been expecting him. Generally Bankotsu-san had control over their car. So with a shrug, she had decided why not? It was cold out, and at this point Inuyasha just went with it since it was the flamboyant hunter, not the flirtatious one.
"Okay." She said, opening the car door and getting in quickly. She shivered a little and rolled the window up in her passenger seat since the boy had rolled it down before he showed up.
"Oh, sorry 'bout that. I know this car is fabulous and all, but I would kill to have electric windows installed. But what does Ban-Ban say? 'You're not wrecking this relic Jak. That's final!'" He mocked with a grumbled. He shook his head and replaced his frown with a bright smile and hummed.
"A-ah, Jakotsu-san? Where is Bankotsu-san?" Kagome asked curiously.
The boy rolled his eyes and snorted. "Ban-Ban took Gura-chan out on a coffee date. She wasn't impressed about tonight, but he did say that Inuyasha was equally as possessive of you as he was with Gura-chan. But still, she's a woman that wants at least most of his undivided attention." Again he blabbed as if it were annoying and then plastered that smile back on his face. "Anyways, that's not what I wanted to talk to you about."
Kagome blinked and tilted her head a bit. "Uh, it's not?" She repeated a bit stupidly.
"Course not silly!" He teased. "See, the other night when Ban-Ban said that there was no way to free your boyfriend, he completely and utterly lied." He stated in exasperation. "See, I've been trying to find some time to get you alone to tell you this, but he's been keeping an eye on me. Stupid brother of mine just doesn't understand…" He muttered a strong line of curses against his brother.
So she had been lied to by Bankotsu-san? Not much of a surprise there considering it did involve Inuyasha.
"I don't understand why you're telling me all of this." Kagome said in disbelief.
He clicked his tongue and smiled weakly. "That boy toy of yours was never meant to stay in that sword forever you know. I'm sure of it. Why else would Kikyo-sama entrust our family with the other half of the spell? I personally think that she was just waiting for the right person to find him, and properly get rid of this little curse of his. And you, my dear, are the one. I know it. From the moment you found Midoriko-sama's notebook, and unlocked it without even trying, I knew you'd be the one strong enough to help that cutie half demon of yours."
"Really? So then, what is this spell?" Kagome asked excitedly.
Jakotsu hummed a bit, uncertain again. "That's the thing hon, it's in a different language. I can read it no problem and even right it down in characters that you can understand. But you need to make sure you pronounce all the words right without any slip ups. Other wise you might just split open a portal to another universe or something weird like that." He said nonchalantly.
If that was supposed to make her feel better, well it didn't. It made her a hellova lot more nervous about the whole damn thing.
I mean, jeez. Did he actually want her to release Inuyasha or was he looking into psyching her out of it?
"Don't worry. It will be fine." He spoke up, having noticed her slightly panicked gaze. "I will go over it with you."
Kagome bit her lip and peeked at him from the corner of her eye. "Then why can't you just do it? If you know the language and all, doesn't it make more sense for you to completely the spell?"
"Now hon, this is entirely your show. You started this, and you need to end it." Jakotsu giggled a bit. "And allow me to remind you exactly who is the stronger one between the two of us." He gazed at her teasingly.
Right, she was after all the Energizer Bunny version of a miko. Oh and a necromancer.
…With less pink… Pink made her look blotchy…
Shortly after that, Jakotsu-san had pulled off to the side of the road to let Kagome off at the bottom of the shrine steps. She had thanked him for the lift and waved goodbye before walking up the steps along side her hanyou. She had been stunned on how silent he was being, but then shrugged it off as him in one of his moods again. Except that when they reached the top of the steps, the two had frozen in place. For one, Inuyasha had mumbled something along the lines of, "The hell? A Kitsune." And for another, Kagome had recognized the boy that was standing there.
It was the same kid she had played with when she went to the pumpkin farm on Halloween.
'What was his name again?' Kagome thought, staring at him in wonder. He was facing away from her, staring at the shrine. For some reason she felt a bit of a shiver. 'Why is he staring like that? It's like he sees something.' She began to walk forward when Inuyasha stopped her, pulling her back roughly by the elbow.
"Are you stupid? That kid isn't human ya know. He's got a charm on."
Kagome growled at him. "I don't care. I know him. He isn't all bad."
The boy ahead of them had turned around sharply, his emerald eyes landing on Kagome briefly in fright. Then he started to run like hell away from them. And where was the best place to loose a human? In the woods surrounding the property of course.
Kagome shot Inuyasha a look and chased after the kid, feeling the half demon jump ahead to find a way to stop him in his tracks. "Wait!" She called out to the kid, her breath quickly becoming short. 'Jeez, I really need to work on my endurance.' She thought. Suddenly, she remembered the name of the boy from the farm. How could she have forgotten such a cute little guy's name? "Shippou-chan! Please wait!" She yelled.
"O-o-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!"
Kagome heard a yelled of pain, knowing that it wasn't Inuyasha's voice made her eyes narrow. Just as she thought, she had found the orange haired boy sitting in the snow, holding his knee and bawling his eyes out. Placing her hands on her hips, she had looked up at the grinning Inuyasha and had wiped that look off his face.
"You didn't have to hurt him Inuyasha!"
"The brat wouldn't stop!" Inuyasha barked to his defense. "Besides all I did was trip him with a branch. He's just being a big baby."
"Are you kidding me? Look at him, he is just a baby!"
"He's a demon!"
"Oh just shut up and sit!" Kagome yelled at him. She shifted her attention from the face planted half demon to the small boy that was looking curiously up at her. Of course he had stopped crying and had just witnessed her yelling at Inuyasha.
"Who were y-you talking to?" Shippou sniffled, looking around the woods for anyone other than them.
Aw damn, make that talking to thin air.
In the ground, Inuyasha's muffled laughs sounded. He forced himself out of the snow and pointed a clawed finger at the kid. "A Kitsune who can't see spirits? He must be the weakest demon I have ever seen!"
Kagome shot him another look that clearly said 'shut up or face the sit command', and then turned back to Shippou. "Um, if I told you, you wouldn't believe me." She laughed nervously at the kid. "Say, do you remember me Shippou-chan?"
"Remember you?" He repeated. "Oh yeah… you were that cool lady that played with me!"
"Lemme guess. You played tricks on humans." Inuyasha snorted, rolling his eyes. "Common Kitsune behaviour at that age."
"That right!" Kagome beamed at Shippou, ignoring Inuyasha. "Do you mind telling me why you were looking at my home a while ago?"
"You live h-here?" He blinked innocently. "I-I didn't know that."
'So he didn't come to find me? He just ended up at the Shrine?' She cleared her throat and crouched down to the boys level. "That's right, this is the Higurashi Shrine. Was there something you needed? The way you were looking at it…"
"It's because there's something weird there." He blurted, looking away with a blush.
'Weird?' Kagome mentally repeated, exchanging looks with Inuyasha. "What do you mean?"
Shippou bit his lip. "You wouldn't believe me."
Ah. Of course. The classic grown up scenario.
"I'm sure I would if you gave me a chance." Kagome cooed. Obviously she was open to anything and everything. Hell, between the whole demon thing and ghost gig she had going on, it would take something pretty out there to make her lose her faith in a kid.
"Th-then will you tell me who you were taking to?" Shippou asked eagerly.
"Sure!" Kagome smiled brightly, sticking out her hand to him. "You can trust me Shippou-chan."
He hesitated for a moment, but then grabbed her hand. She had pulled him up from the snow and they had begun to walk back towards the Shrine, Inuyasha ahead of them so that she knew they were going the right way. "I'm hearing a weird noise. It's like it's calling to us."
"Us?" Kagome asked.
Shippou coughed and stuttered. "U-uh y-yeah u-um I meant me! M-me."
"You know Shippou-chan, you can be honest with me. Don't worry."
"B-but—"
"Just tell him already that you can see spirits and that he's a half ass excuse for a fox demon!" Inuyasha bellowed from up front.
Kagome shot him a glare and cursed Inuyasha under her breath.
"Inuyasha? You said that name before." Shippou looked up inquisitively at Kagome. "Is he your boyfriend or something?"
"Or something." Kagome said bitterly. "He's actually the one leading us out of here right now. Just walking in front of us."
"But no one is there."
Well, here it goes.
"Well, you see, he's a spirit. I can see the dead because I'm a priestess. And you, I can tell are wearing a charm." She smiled warmly. "So you see, you don't have to be afraid. I won't hurt you Shippou-chan. Just tell me what you've been hearing please."
"Really? You're a priestess? Wow!" He jumped excitedly. "Papa said there aren't many of you left! So that means you know th-that I'm a…"
"Fox demon?" Kagome answered, shaking her head. "Actually Inuyasha told me. He's been pretty rude about it though." She glared ahead. "He's a dog demon—"
"W-wait! Are you talking about the dog demon that got trapped in that sword? That Inuyasha?" Shippou asked. "My Papa would always tell me that story, to warn me when I got older not to be stupid on nights like Halloween and to stay away from ghosts." He cringed. "I-I can't even see them yet b-but they sound scary."
"They can be. Inuyasha isn't though. He only wishes he could be."
Ahead, the hanyou snorted. "I scared you, didn't I?"
"Only in the beginning!" Kagome snapped up at him. "And besides, if it weren't for that I would have never gone to the Pumpkin Farm and met Shippou-chan." She patted his red hair lovingly. "So, want to tell me what this noise is?"
"Right!" Shippou nodded. "I just started to hear it on my way home from school. But no one else can hear it, so maybe it's just me… But… B-but it felt like it was calling to all of us. I m-mean demons. Like only demons can hear it."
"Somethin' demons can hear? I don't hear a damn thing. Unless this kid can hear it because he hasn't developed such a sensitivity to the supernatural yet." Inuyasha reasoned, sighing loudly. "Either way, the kid is probably imagining things. Just send the brat home already. We've got more important things to worry about." He stepped out of the forest and back onto the Shrine grounds.
"Inuyasha, you're not being fair. Maybe he really is hearing something." Kagome argued gently. Tugging Shippou out of the forest, she had looked him over to make sure he hadn't harmed himself from any twigs.
"I am! I can hear it!" Shippou sniffled; his eyes watering up with unshed tears.
"Look, we can talk to him later. It's getting late and you have some stupid thing to get ready for tonight." Inuyasha turned around and glared at the boy. "Get him to go home."
Kagome crouched down again and rubbed Shippou's cheek softly. "Shippou-chan, I believe you. But tonight I do have some plans I need to get ready for. Why don't you go home now, I'll even make sure Inuyasha follows you home and keeps you safe."
"I'm not following—"
Kagome glared at him. Her blue eyes sending icicles of death at him. "You are walking him home. It's not like it'll be that hard. Just keep him safe."
"Keh! Like I have a choice."
"Be safe, okay Shippou-chan?" Kagome's eyes widened when he hugged her, but she was happy to return it.
The boy nodded against her. "Please be careful Kagome. I don't like this sound. I don't want you to get hurt."
"I'll be fine. I promise. Now go." She whispered, waving him off. But truth be told, she was actually very worried about this warning. If there really was some sort of signal or noise being set off to demons that weren't spiritually aware, wouldn't that mean it could potentially bring disaster right in her front yard?
When Inuyasha had left to accompany the young fox demon home, Kagome began to have small doubts. Just in case, she had marched up to her house and set another form of defence around it. A beautiful crackling barrier only visible to those whom carried the abilities to see the dead. With this extra form of protection, she felt confident about leaving tonight to go to the Winter Formal. Her family would be safe in case something did happen. Just what she needed to calm her nerves.
Except…
"Nee-san… last I checked, our house didn't glow like this. Did you put up the Christmas lights when I wasn't looking?" Came Souta's voice from the other side of the bathroom door.
She was currently working on her makeup, thinking that she might as well look like a knock out tonight if she was going to wear that dress. "Mou, go away Souta."
"But nee-san!" Souta whined. "What's with the lights? What's around our house, and why is Inuyasha-onii-san behind it?"
She dropped her eye shadow brush on the counter, slamming open the door. "Inuyasha is back?" She asked, having completely forgotten that with the additional protection, there really was no way in hell he'd be able to get back into her house. Crap. Crap. She had locked out her guard dog with an electric fence and solid doors. 'I should have done this after he returned.' She rushed downstairs, opening the front door and walking out in her socks.
To say it was chilly would be an understatement.
She was freaking frozen solid!
"'Bout damn time!" The hanyou complained loudly, giving her a highly annoyed look. "If I were alive right now, I might be very cold."
She rolled her eyes. "Cry me a river." In reality, she felt a little bad. Poor guy, just standing out here, hoping to be let in. She focused her gaze on the particular spot where he stood, opening the barrier enough to let him walk through without much of a problem. Then she closed it back up, deciding to smooth out her barrier a little bit so that it wouldn't alarm Souta anymore. It wasn't as bright or sparking, but she could feel that it was still just as sturdy. 'Good enough.'
"Mind telling me what this is all about? Did I miss something?"
She wordless covered him in a protective barrier, walking back into the warmth of her home and closing the door. She shivered violently before beginning to feel the real heat from the house. "I just want to be safe. If I'm going somewhere and another demon thinks my house is emitting a sound to lure demons, I want to make sure my family is well protected."
He was silent. And actually, he ended up nodding along in agreement. "You're right, that is a good idea. Good thinking wench."
'Well that's a first. He never compliments me like that.' Kagome blinked. Maybe it was the makeup? Oh yeah! She had to finish up!
As she was running up the stairs again, Kagome's mother had told her that dinner would be ready a little late tonight. To which she replied that she'd be having dinner at the Formal, so there wasn't any need for her to cook tonight for more than three people. Kagome's mother had turned to Inuyasha, cocking her head to the side.
"I forgot about that. But, how are you going to go with her?"
Inuyasha pointed to himself and shook his head. "Not me." He pronounced slowly.
"Oh." She blinked. "I see. Well do you want to sit in the kitchen with me? I'm baking cookies." She beamed, taking him away to the kitchen while Kagome finished getting ready.
When the miko was done, she had made her way downstairs in a bit of rush, carrying her strappy heels and purse. Looking up, she had frozen in her place, feeling Inuyasha look her completely over slowly. 'Is it me, or am I detecting some hidden desire in those eyes of his.' She thought. Unfortunately, the moment hadn't lasted all that long. That smouldering look had been completely replaced with a scowl and a bit of anger. Right, 'cause she was going out with Bankotsu-san, not him.
Always jealous.
But she didn't mind it. At least not now. She was in too good a mood to let his little tantrum ruin her night.
"You look beautiful honey." Mrs. Higurashi gushed. "Who will you be going with tonight?"
"Just some guy from school. No biggie." She brushed off.
When the doorbell rang, it was her mother whom had answered. She had invited Bankotsu inside to warm up, announcing to Kagome that her date had arrived. Passing by her daughter she had given Inuyasha an apologetic look, feeling that he would have been the best one to go out with her not this other boy.
"Well well, aren't you lovely tonight." Bankotsu-san winked. "Though I did invite Kagura, she said something about not being interested in childish dances. So she's staying home instead."
Oh, well this would be interesting. Now Inuyasha would most definitely make a fuss all evening.
"Luckily though." Bankotsu began with a grin. "I'm feeling a bit generous tonight." His gaze passed Kagome and stared straight at the pissed off hanyou behind her. "I am willing to share her tonight if you want. I give you full permission to attempt to take possession of my body, Inuyasha."
Kagome gasped, turning to Inuyasha. "That's a great idea!"
She could actually dance with him. Dine with him.
It could be as if Inuyasha really were her date!
"No." He grunted out. "I refuse to jump in some hunters dirty body."
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Well there go her hopes.
"Suite yourself." Bankotsu shrugged, strolling out of Kagome's house and holding the door open for her. "After you, gorgeous."
Kagome smiled weakly, putting on her heals and wrapping her coat around herself. "Ittekimasu!" She yelled back.
"Itterashai!" Mrs. Higurashi shouted back.
Then they left, Inuyasha of course following too.
Tonight was bound to be interesting, that was for sure. However the two-type ability woman had remotely no idea of just how eventful tonight was going to be.
No idea whatsoever.
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A/N How's that? Pretty quick update eh? Soon, it will be all over. Sadly, but at the same time I'll be glad. Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Till next time! (: R&R!