AR: Yay! New chapter!
IY: Well, it's about time.
Y: You can't say that. Angel has been really busy with her job, so she hasn't had time.
IY: Well I don't care. That's my line and I can say it if I want.
AR: KAGOME! INUYASHA IS BEING MEAN TO ME!!!!!!!!
IY: You bitch...
K: InuYasha, sit!
IY: -sat-
AR: Thank you, Kagome.
K: No problem, AR.
Ka: Chapter, Angel. Remember what you said about the skits?
AR: Oh, yeah...okay! Time for the chapter! Um...I disclaim InuYasha and friends? Whatever, you get the point. Enjoy! Oh, and just for the record, Nephilim ain't mine, either. I just borrowed her. It's not like Xenosaga puts her in depth, anyway.
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The trees that whisper in the evening
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Sing a song of sorrow and grieving
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
All she saw was the silhouette of a gun
Far away on the other side
He was shot six times by a man on the run
And she couldn't find how to push through
(Moonlight Shadow techno remix: DJ Mystic)
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Don't Fall Away
Chapter Nineteen Recap:
"Whether or not you are still among the living, it is no matter. I am still your father and you will obey my orders."
"You are not my father. My father is dead, consumed by demons." Before Naraku could reply, Nephilim was gone.
Chapter Twenty: Kagome Might be PMS'ing Just a Little
Kagome sat in her room with Rin and Shippo. The two children were asleep beside her, and in spite of what was going on in her life, she couldn't help but smile at them. Kagome had explained to Rin what she had seen, and, even though Rin still didn't think it was going to help in any way, she let it be and instead started playing hand-games with Shippo until both had fallen asleep.
Considering that Nephilim was really on her side, Kagome pondered on the strange way that the young "ghost", if that's even what she was, decided to show her things. Sure, it had been a welcome warning, but she left out the part saying that the dream involved actual physical mutilation on Kagome's part.
The dream...it was so real. Just the thought that it was the possible future sent chills up Kagome's spine. She banished all thoughts and laid back, welcoming the sleep that was waiting to overcome her senses.
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Kagome awoke sometime around midnight. She felt as if she needed to talk to somebody...exactly who, however, she didn't really care. Kagome closed her eyes and tried to sense if anyone was awake. There were servants here and there on the ground floor, Shippo and Rin were still curled up next to her, Yukana and Kaori had fallen asleep in the library, Sango was asleep in her room, and InuYasha wasn't even on the property. Kagome was relieved when she found at least one person that she could talk to was awake.
Sesshomaru was up and pacing his study. Kagome slid off the bed, being careful not to wake Rin and Shippo, and made her way towards him.
Sesshomaru sensed Kagome coming and stopped his pacing. He could feel the lonliness in her aura and figured she was probably looking for some company. He was suprised when she stopped in front of his study and knocked on the door. Instead of just telling her to come in, as he normally would, he walked over to the door and opened it for her.
"Hi, Sesshomaru. You're not busy, are you?" she asked hopefully.
"No. Why are you not asleep, Kagome?" he inquired, standing back to let her in. Kagome walked past him and plopped down on the sofa in front of his desk.
"Well, I was asleep, but then I woke up." Kagome declared. "I need somebody to keep me company, but Yukana, Kaori, and Sango are all asleep."
"So you came to me?" Kagome nodded and sighed.
"I'm not in the mood for a woman's company anyway." she declared quietly. "I know what happened."
"What do you mean?"
"I know what happened and how I tore up my back." Kagome elaborated. "I squirmed in my sleep when I dozed off in the hot spring and scraped it up on the rocks in the spring."
"Oh, I see."
"It's no big deal. I mean, it's healed up fine right now, so everything's okay." she said, shrugging. "Besides, I got some good information."
"Information?" Sesshomaru arched an eyebrow and Kagome nodded.
"Yes, information. Naraku has this plan to try to lure me away with a threat to the well-being of Rin and Shippo, but he knows there's no way he can get to them, so he plans on finding shape-shifters to take their form. It's a trick." Kagome explained, her depressed mood suddenly gone and replaced by the air of simply discussing the latest gossip. "But, now the problem is that I know, so he has to think of something else. It wasn't just a dream that I had in the hotspring, it was a vision of the future, of what would happen had I not found out about the plan, but it's not going to happen. He knows that I know, and he summoned Nephilim. In that way that she has, she basically told him off, and he got mad. Nephilim has a connection to him, I'm not entirely sure what it is, but as long as she's here, we can, in a sense, 'spy' on Naraku, just as he does on us. All his plans would be ruined and eventually he would just give up and launch a frontal attack. Sure, there would be a few tricks, but nothing we can't handle."
"You act as if you have seen the future."
"Sesshomaru, I live in the future." Kagome reminded him. "There is no Naraku. There are a few demons running around, but that's about it. In fact, Kagura is still alive five hundred years from now. I haven't seen you or Koga yet, but I really haven't been looking. Kagura found me and all the other demons just happened to be within a few meters of me, so I could sense them pretty easily."
"My half-brother is coming."
"InuYasha?" Kagome asked, even though she already knew the answer. Sesshomaru nodded.
InuYasha burst into the room. He walked over to them and pulled Kagome up by her wrist and towards the door.
"Come on, Kagome, it's time to leave." he said gruffly. Kagome glared at him and yanked her wrist from his grip.
"Who do you think you are, bossing me around?" she demanded angrily. "I don't want to leave."
"Well, that's too damn bad. It's time to go, we've wasted too much time already while you decided you wanted to sit here and snuggle up to that ass hole."
"InuYasha...OSUWARI!!" Kagome screamed. InuYasha hit the ground. "After all I have put up with from you through the years, you have no right to talk to me like that! OSUWARI! Don't you dare make it seem like I'm the only reason we are still here, because Sango and Miroku are glad for the vacation. OSUWARI! I left that night because I was trying to protect you from my future and keep all of you out of harm's way. OSUWARI! I made a deal with Sesshomaru, and I fully intend on keeping up on my end of the bargain! OSUWARI! You're lucky I haven't left for home yet, InuYasha; the jewel is complete and that was the only reason why I had to come here all the time and Naraku had nothing to do with it to begin with! OSUWARI! Get over yourself, I'm not some shy little girl you can order around all the time!"
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Yukana and Kaori awoke to loud bangs and Kagome's angry voice from the floor below. They turned to look at each other and nodded.
"Kagome's mad at somebody, and by the sound of it, it's InuYasha." Yukana said, holding back a giggle. Kaori nodded and they both left the library, eager to see what InuYasha had done to make Kagome mad this time.
The yelling and periodic 'SLAM's stopped before they got there. Yukana and Kaori walked in to see a seething Kagome, an amused Sesshomaru, and an unconscious InuYasha.
"Hey, Kagome, you're going to end up waking the entire castle if you keep that up." Yukana teased. Kagome shot a glare at her and stalked out of the room. "Geez, what crawled up her butt and died?"
Kaori studied the scene momentarily. "InuYasha told her it was time to leave and she didn't want to, so InuYasha got kinda physical." she guessed, more like announced, really. Sesshomaru nodded and Kaori grinned in triumph.
"We should leave her be for a little while." Yukana said, earning a nod from Sesshomaru and Kaori.
"Yeah, she seems ticked."
"I'm going to get her back so bad one of these days..."
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AR: Sorry for the short update, but I had writer's block for this chapter. I might take suggestions, though.
IY: And you wonder why your characters hate you.
AR: My characters don't hate me. Yukana and Kaori love me, and none of y'all are mine.
Se: -nods-
AR: Well, until next time, kiddies. Toodles!