Chapter two
-I am supposed to say that I own nothing and that all materials belong to the respective owners
"Ahem" "FINE!...stupid lawyers" Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and the song Machine Gun belongs to Sara Bareilles. I'm crying on the inside.-
P.S. I hate disclaimers, and if I owned Inuyasha I wouldn't be writing fanfics because I would have written one cool anime and I'd be filthy stinkin' rich lol&iwish.
-Now on with the chapter-
Inuyasha and the gang were on their way to collecting the final jewel shards when all of a sudden…Kikyo shows up! But the gang knew something wasn't right because she had been killed off several weeks prior. Would Inuyasha listen? What do you think? That's right; he didn't and ran off to go see if it was truly her. Yet when he arrived he discovered that it was a dream demon who had only disguised itself as such to lure the strong half-demon in order to devour Inuyasha. Well Inuyasha thinking that this demon was nothing compared to himself, went forth to destroy him. Unbeknownst to him there was another demon lurking in the shadows. It was then that the other demon jumped out and stabbed Inuyasha in the back. But as the poison that erupted from the demons claws and Inuyasha blacked out he saw the one person that would never leave him no matter what.
Kagome sensed jewel shards coming from the direction that Inuyasha had run off to several moments earlier. 'But Kikyo wouldn't have jewel shards' Kagome thought. It was then that Kagome realized that it was a trap, and as much as she wanted to leave Inuyasha there to handle whatever it was by himself, she loved him too much to abandon him.
"Guys! Inuyasha just ran off into a trap!"
"How do you know Kagome-chan?" Miroku inquired.
"I sense jewel shards coming from the place where Inuyasha ran off and then the soul stealers just disappeared. I am positive that Inuyasha ran into a trap." Kagome explained.
"See, if that idiot would give up on Kikyo we wouldn't be in this mess!" said Shippo.
It was then that Kagome's head bent forward enough to cover her eyes as she told Shippo, "Shippo, please stop talking about that and lets go help Inuyasha."
After receiving some nasty glares from Sango, Miroku, and Kirara, Shippo decided to close his giant yapper and it was then that they all departed to help their (very stupid) friend.
As Kagome emerged from the forest into the clearing that was currently being occupied by the demons and Inuyasha, she tries to warn Inuyasha as she sees the demon pierce his back. Watching Inuyasha fall was enough for Kagome to destroy both the demons in one blow of her spiritual arrow. She runs over to her fallen comrade and turns him enough to notice he had blacked out from the poison.
-At the mall-
As Kagome thinks back to the past couple days she wonders why she would risk her life limb for the guy that she begins to think she'll never have, even with Kikyo being dead (again).
"Kagome…Kagome…Kagome!" "What? Oh, sorry Eri just dazed off." "Well Kagome, this is the umpteenth time you've 'dazed-off'". "Sorry, I've just been really worried about something lately". "Is it that stupid two-timer again?" Yuka asks. "You know we want to see you happy and every time we see you, you are in some rut over this idiot. If he can't choose who to be with, you need to choose for him…that's just how I see it." "Thanks Yuki, you're SO helpful." Kagome replies sarcastically. "Kagome, we realize he means a lot to you, but Yuki's right. You're really just hurting yourself more over this. I think you should leave him" Eri states. "But you guys don't understand, he needs me and the girl just passed away." "Kagome! You don't realize what's happened do you?" "Um what's happened?" "You made yourself the rebound, and you never, I mean NEVER want to be the rebound. It usually derives from low self-confidence…" As Ayumi receives weird looks… "What? I've been taking psychology courses."
As her friends discuss Ayumi's newfound interest in psychology, Kagome realizes that they are right but, her heart would hurt more to leave him. Especially after the demon attack in the forest.
"You know what guys you're right." "What?" "You guys are right and now I know what I wanna do about the whole situation." "Really? That's awesome Kagome! You know what let's go celebrate Kagome's new found independence from that two timer!" "This calls for some Karaoke!"
"Um how about not Ayumi." "Oh come on! It'll be fun and you've got a great voice Kagome. Don't forget you had that solo during the festival (wink wink nudge nudge)." "Ok, if you think that'll HELP…!"
It was then that Kagome got dragged away to the nearest karaoke bar.
-Back Kagome's-
"Oh, there you are Inuyasha. Kagome went out with some of her friends. They're taking her out because she's 'feeling better', you know." "Oh yeah, um thanks." Inuyasha states while in awe of the fact that she not once turned around while doing the dishes (she always seems to be doing dishes). All the while wondering if her mom has some superpowers or something, because she always seems to know when he's coming.
So off he goes to find and try to apologize to Kagome.
A.N.-
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS CHAPPIE!
For those who thought that there'd be a big fight well I apologize but I felt that I would focus on the subtleties (sp?) of her relationship with him and the inner turmoil. Kinda my own twist on it.
I'd like to thank all those that reviewed, and here's a big batch of cookies just for you! Congrats! I'd also like to thank a special reviewer (Shizuko-chan13- you get another big batch of cookies :D) who noticed that I forgot Yuki! Shame on me D: