Claimer: -hides in a box- I do too own Inu-Yasha!
Rumiko: -sticks a knife through the box- Dark-sama...
Disclaimer: -retreats to the far corner of the box to avoid the knife- OK OK, I don't own Inu-Yasha. And -ow!- watch where you're pointing that thing!
STILL rated m for language, violence, and lemons.
'What the hell happened to Monster?' Kagome thought, her heart beating rapidly. 'OK, lets go over this. First, Monster was a small and useless imp that was thick headed. Now, Monster is a big and powerful monster that actually looks intelligent. This can't be good. How can we defeat him?'
"Kagome." Inu-Yasha's voice broke her thoughts as she directed her eyes on him. "Is this, this...thing...Is this that 'Monster' guy you were talking about?"
The cat hanyou nodded. "Actually, yeah, it is. But, he was much, much smaller when he had attacked you."
"Yes Kagome, that's true," Monster gurgled out. His voice now was much more bone chilling. The goblin's eyes were even more enormous than they had been. Kagome stared at him.
"How did you turn out to be like...that?" she asked, still staring. If Monster could do as much damage as he did when he was smaller, it would be worse now. "How did you turn gigantic? Answer me!"
Monster gurgled out some un read nonsense; Kagome took it as a type of goblin laughter. Once he stopped, the goblin directed his eyes on her, smiling. The stuff he had used as teeth had also grown much bigger. "Well, I don't think I can tell you that, Kagome."
"Huh? Why?" Kagome asked.
"Because, remember my master? And how if I answer certain questions, he will kill me? You should remember. It's one of the things I had told you when we first met," Monster answered, swallowing the last of the maid that was in it's mouth.
The truth suddenly hit Inu-Yasha like a sack of bricks or a pale of ice cold water. He stared over at Kagome. "Monster was the one who ate Koga, wasn't he?" Kagome nodded her head yes, but then looked back at Monster.
"Well, I do remember one question that you can answer," the cat hanyou stated, a smile starting to form on her mouth. "Why are you here?"
But the smile faded when she saw Monster just make his smile even bigger. Monster gurgled his odd laugh again. "I'm here for Inu-Yasha, is it not too obvious?"
"Huh?" Inu-Yasha asked, dumbfounded. But he shook it off and growled and cracked his knuckles. "Why do you want me?"
"My master wants you to be erased from this Earth," Monster answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Then he wants Kagome. And don't worry Kagome. He'll take very good care of you. My master is actually nice to hanyou's. He's just never nice to goblins." The goblin started to scuttle towards Inu-Yasha and Kagome, a strange look appearing in his eyes. Inu-Yasha growled from deep in his throat and stood his ground in front of Kagome to protect her. He cracked his knuckles.
"You're not getting Kagome or me," Inu-Yasha snarled in a protective tone. He backed up to he and Kagome were pressed against the wall, well out of ear shot of Monster. When they were pressed firmly against it, Inu-Yasha turned his head slightly and eyed Kagome. Seeing his stare, Kagome smiled.
"You have a plan don't you? Please tell me that you have a plan," she whispered under her breath, loud enough for Inu-Yasha to hear but quiet enough for Monster not to hear.
"Yeah, I do have a plan," Inu-Yasha whispered back, his eyes darting around the room as if he was trying to find something.
Kagome's face brightened. "Really? You do? What is it?"
"Run!"
Suddenly Inu-Yasha grabbed Kagome's wrist tightly and fled off back into the living room. Monster stood there, a bit confused by what just had happened. Soon he had snapped out of it.
"Hey!" Monster roared, rearing his fearsome and ugly head. "Where do you think you're going? Get back here cowards!" He trudged his blubbery body after them.
"Geez," Inu-Yasha muttered as they flew off. "He's pretty fast for a fat guy." Kagome didn't respond. She felt as if she was in one of those cartoons where the characters are going so fast that they're skin is visibly peeling off of their bones and flapping in the wind. Everything around her was a complete and total blur. Right now, the only thing Kagome was thinking about was, 'where is he taking me?' Was there a secret room in his mansion just like there was in hers? Was it secretive enough to keep out Monster? Kagome mentally prayed that both of these questions could be answered with a 'yes', as the world around her became, if possible, even more blurry. Without warning, they had stopped. Kagome yelped at the sudden stop, almost falling back onto her butt. Inu-Yasha held her up though.
"He won't find us here," the dog hanyou announced. Kagome looked up to see that they were in an un familiar room, a room that Kagome had known was there before. The cat hanyou looked around in awe, a rather perplexed look starting to cross her face.
"Where are we?" Kagome asked, her eyes examining the room in curiosity.
"The secret room," Inu-Yasha answered, seating himself on the floor. "Nobody except my family and I know about this place. We come here when we need to solve our problems by ourselves. It's where we can have our own time." A grin spread about his face. It faded when he saw the rather serious look on Kagome's face. "What's the matter?"
Kagome shook her head and came out of her day dreams. "Oh, sorry, nothing. It just reminds me so much of my mansion. We also had a secret room where we could solve our problems; where we could have personal time just for us." She gazed over at Inu-Yasha and smiled softly at him. "It's exactly the same."
Inu-Yasha returned her soft smile and gaze. It suddenly felt as if time was standing still in the room, where the couple stood (well, actually, Inu-Yasha was sitting, but whatever). Kagome walked over to him, her feet barely making any sound but a soft padding, and sat down beside the dog hanyou. Without warning, Inu-Yasha started to feel rather nauseous and light headed. His mind began to race, making him very dizzy. The dog hanyou swayed a bit before Kagome actually noticed. The cat hanyou looked up at him, eyes full of concern.
"Inu-Yasha, are you OK?"
"Huh, what?" Inu-Yasha snapped back to reality. "Oh, um, yeah. I was feeling sick for a moment, but the wave passed."
"Oh. That's good," Kagome murmured, scooting a bit away from the dog hanyou (she didn't really want to get barfed on XD). Inu-Yasha clearly noticed, and before he could control it, a small whimper of protest escaped his throat. Kagome's eyes went wide and she looked over at him. "Did you just...whimper?"
Inu-Yasha snorted and crossed his arms over his chest. "No, of course not! You were probably just imagining things! As always."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Kagome asked, drooping her eyes.
"Feh, just forget about it!"
The cat hanyou raised one eyebrow at his odd behavior. Kagome sighed and lay back onto the red carpet floor. She stared up at the ceiling. Right now, Monster was somewhere up there-wait...or down there. Kagome stretched her head around to look at the carpet, then to the ceiling, and then to Inu-Yasha. "Hey, are we downstairs or upstairs?"
"Downstairs."
"Ah." OK, Monster was somewhere up there searching for them. What if what happened to her sister will happen to them? What if Monster will just suddenly appear from the roof, crashing down it like some crazed maniac? Kagome right now was really hoping that it wouldn't happen. It was the first time that she had ever gotten pure sweet peace from the last two years. She wanted to last for even five more minutes, if whoever is up there would be willing to be kind enough to grant her it. Kagome's thoughts and eyes suddenly trailed over to Inu-Yasha. The dog hanyou was still sitting there, as still as a statue.
'Wow he has great posture,' Kagome thought, shifting her eyes. 'He's like one of those British dudes. The one that barely ever move (a/n: No offense to British dudes. I think they totally rock.)'. The cat hanyou continued on to stare at him. 'I wonder why he's like this. He's like a pregnant woman. He's happy, he's sad, he's happy, he's sad. Geez.'
"Hey Kagome."
The sound of Inu-Yasha's voice shattered Kagome's thoughts. "Hm, oh, yeah? What is it? And don't say 'no, it's nothing. Just forget about it' again."
Inu-Yasha chuckled a bit, making Kagome frown a bit. "Don't worry I won't." He was pretty much silent after that.
"C'mon already!" Kagome whined impatiently, her tail thumping itself on the ground repeatedly. "What did you want to say? Tell me! Or ask, if it was a question..."
"Kagome I love you."
Silence had suddenly flooded the room. The breath in Kagome's throat got caught as she heard Inu-Yasha say this. He did say that right? Inu-Yasha did indeed say those three vital words...
I love you...
"Huh?" was the only thing Kagome managed to choke out. It came between a shout and a squeak. Inu-Yasha rolled his eyes and smirked. Kagome blushed as the dog hanyou crawled over to her. He proceeded to press himself on top of her (remember folks, Kagome's lying down). Kagome's light pink blush became a deep and dark crimson.
"W-what are you doing?" Kagome whispered quietly, her eyes looking straight past at him, not wanting to make any eye contact.
"Please say that you love me back," Inu-Yasha mumbled into her ears. Kagome's squirmed a bit when she felt the dog hanyou's hot breath brush it's self gently against it. "Please." He gently scraped his fang against the bone of her neck, making her moan a bit. "Say it back."
"I-I love you." Someone was talking, but Kagome wasn't sure who it was. It was only when Inu-Yasha smiled that she realized that she was the one who had uttered that phrase. Kagome swallowed hard and looked around uneasily. It was true though. She loved him, and now there was no turning back.
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Monster stared into the pale eyes of his master. Monster's eyes were filled to the brim with fright.
"You have indeed once again failed me Monster!" his master waved a hand. Purple smoke eluded Monster and when it was cleared, the goblin was back to his normal self. "Now you shall pay."
"No wait masters!" Monster cried in protest. "Monster's had a second part to his plan if the big Monsters didn't work! Monster has a good idea!"
His master let out a deep sigh. "Fine. But next time, don't except to see another day! Now what is it, tell me."
Monster's mouth twisted into an evil grin, the sunlight glittering off of his glass and bottled teeth. "We shall show Prettie's his true side. We shall show her doggie's true form."
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Kagome still stared on at Inu-Yasha. The dog hanyou kept making suggestive moves, moves that were making Kagome more and more uncomfortable. The cat hanyou had no choice though, after a while. She was now completely powerless since they had both confessed their love to each other. But right before Inu-Yasha had started, it had happened.
The scene went in little blurps of confusion and terror. Inu-Yasha's eyes widened and he went rolling off of Kagome. He grabbed his head with both hands, squeezing it until blood was oozing out. Screams started to emit from his throat, deathly scaring Kagome. Inu-Yasha's body started to spasm, as if some unknown ghost was trying to take over his body and posses him. It went on for what seemed like an eternity, but thankfully stopped only a few terrifying moments later. Inu-Yasha's body suddenly dropped on the floor and became still. Fearing that he was now dead, Kagome scurried over to him.
"Inu-Yasha, are you alright?!" Kagome almost shouted in concern. She carefully pulled him over to he was facing her. Kagome cried out when she saw that his eyes were completely white. Tears uncontrollably went streaming down her cheeks and she sobbed into his chest. "No! You can't be dead! You can't be!"
Without warning, she suddenly felt two hands grip her shoulders. Kagome looked up to see that they were Inu-Yasha'. Smiling in pure delight, the cat hanyou turned her head to face Inu-Yasha. Her smile faded.
Right now, she was staring into Inu-Yasha's blood shot eyes. Blue pupils whizzed over to look directly at her.
"Hello Kagome, my new found mate."
Gomen, gomen, gomen, GOMEN! For not posting a chapter in so long! Well, I was debating with myself whether or not I should have continued this. -sighz- Today I decided that I was going to continue it. Today I got my spark back. What happened was that I was alone at recess and while I was on the swings, this whole chapter and even the next couple of chapters suddenly hit my mind l like a sack of potatoes. So, you all probably know what's wrong with Inu-Yasha. Yah...you should know...or else...
AAAHHH YOU ARE NOT WORTHY! -throws ramen at you and starts chanting some stuff from 'The Art of Inu-Yasha'- THE POWER OF NARAKU COMPELLS YOU!
lol just kidding. Well, hope you like this chapter. Next time: What's wrong with Inu-Yasha? And uh oh! The heat is going to be hot between these two as Kagome goes in search of Inu-Yasha's human side to try to save him before it's to late! Find out what happens in the next drama loaded chapter of Slipping in Sweet Sickness!