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Author: Sakura-chan88
Title: Me?
Chapter: You Can't Walk on Water
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~ A visit to the hospital ended with a bang... literally. Seems some psycho felt it was time to
shoot the banner saying 'Help those in need: give life, give blood' and took the chance to do so.
Everyone was ushered out, not that you'd see 'houshi' complaining, of course. You finally get
back to the hotel you're staying at and leave the comfort of your 'group' to seek some actual
peace away from the overactive children bouncing from one spot to another and arguing
entourage. Now, oddly enough, you find yourself pressed against the wall of a deserted corridor
and staring into golden eyes... What the hell?! ~
I blinked, staring at the coldness swimming around in those oh, so familiar golden orbs.
'What the...?'
"Let go of me, you jerk!" I shouted, shoving the man as best I could. Since my hand's were
pinned to my sides, I was having a bit of trouble... Plus, I couldn't really do anything. If I moved
any closer to him, our lips wouldn't have room to move without touching.
I definitely didn't think that was good.
"I'll scream, I swear I will," I hissed. His golden eyes narrowed.
"You wouldn't."
"I'm taking that as a dare-
TASUKETE(HELP)!"
"Shut up, wench!" the man ordered, clapping a hand over my mouth. Now, with one hand free, I
yanked on his silken silver hair. HARD. "LET GO!"
"Not until you let me go!" I replied as his hand curled around my tugging one, freeing my hand in
doing so. He paused.
"Not until you tell me what's going on," he stated, re-grasping my arm and pressing me even
harder against the wall as the sound of footsteps echoed down the hall.
"You should know full well what's going on." I brought my knee into the man's stomach.
"You're such a bastard, Sesshomaru!"
(A/N: Honestly, who thought it was Inuyasha? ^_^)
Sesshomaru barely flinched as the appendage planted firmly in his abdomen. His hands tightened
painfully on my arms, making the left one go slightly numb. Oh, he was mad...
"Kagura hasn't called me-"
'Duh!' I couldn't help but think, kicking his shin. "It's called payback for not telling her
the truth, you jerk! Now, you should still be in Japan, get back over there! You have a company
to run and lives to ruin."
Sesshomaru let go then, looking down the hall and sighing, professionally straightened shoulders
slumping in defeat. I looked to see what he was so suddenly sober for and broke into a huge grin.
He was in for it now!
"S-Se-Sesshomaru!" Kagura gaped, looking between us then shaking her head quickly to dislodge
any thoughts. "Why are you here?" she growled, walking up to stand arms-length from our boss.
"You actually had the nerve to fly all the way over here?"
"You didn't call-"
"It's been a whole thirty-six hours, Sesshomaru," Kagura stated, crossing her arms over her chest
and leaning away. "Why are you here, really?"
"..." A nervous glance was shot my way... NERVOUS!? Sesshomaru was NERVOUS!? NO
WAY! "Can you leave-?"
"Iie, Kagome, stay." I blinked rapidly to absorb her next words. "Whatever you say is now
public information when around her, understand?"
Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes, his skin becoming slightly paler. "But- it isn't... Kagura, I need
to talk to you alone. This isn't something- I mean... I'm not saying anything in front of her," he
said as his composure slowly returned, only to slip again. "I mean... It's just- Kagura, what is
this about? I need to- iie, not with her around- just talk to you- this- you-"
Kagura lifted an eyebrow as I tried desperately to sneak by, obviously unsuccessful as her hand
snaked around me wrist and pulled me back. I understood perfectly well why he was here- it was
plain as day.
Just like Inuyasha, Sesshomaru was a lost little puppy when his wife was not beside him... But
how if he had spent so many years without her, anyway?
...
... Then the thought really struck me and I paused, spun to look at the man I was so easily judging
(having given up tugging against Kagura's hold), and broke into laughter.
Sesshomaru as a puppy... Kami that was a sight to be seen!
Sesshomaru didn't like my laughing and huffed, swiveling on his heel to leave since words were
failing him horribly anway. When Kagura didn't chase after him, I raised a questioning brow, still
clutching my stomach with my one free hand- I could just see him! With big floppy ears and a
cute little doggy pout!
Kagura sighed, smirking slightly, and looped an arm over my shoulders (finally releasing my
previously abused wrist)....
How many times am I going to be surprised at her uncharacteristically actions while in America?
That was simply answered-
Too many.
"If I go running after him," she started, looking at me from the corner of her eyes, "do you think
he'll learn anything?"
"But, I agree with him. It isn't right for me to be here when he's... thinking about... well, you
know," I muttered, blushing profusely at the indication. I'm still a shy little school girl at heart
when it comes down to talking about... that. "I really don't want to be anywhere near that man
when he's..." I shuttered. "... Ew. I mean- he's my husband's brother- ewww," I hissed,
crinkling my nose. "He's my brother-in-law- uckkkk," I shivered. "He's like a brother- that's just
disgusting!"
I made a gagging noise, from the thoughts running through my poor (and- thanks to the... things
I'd witnessed through 'sleeping' with Inuyasha and the stuff Miroku talked about- perverted)
mind. I guess Kagura found my reaction amusing, seeing as how it sent her into giggle fits.
"Unlike your husband, mine doesn't have a one-track mind," she laughed. I glared. "Oi, I'm only
telling the truth," she defended.
"Sesshomaru's an ass..."
"Iie, but he has a nice one," Kagura chuckled, tugging me along as I made a
I-really-didn't-want-to-know-that-ewwwwwwwww! kind of look. "But I'd have to say his
brother does win in leather
pants."
"Chotto!" I screeched, swatting the back of Kagura's head.
"'Chotto' him, why don't you? He eyed me up first." She stuck her nose in the air deafeningly.
"And that gives you a right to check out my boyfriend?"
"Boyfriend?"
I mentally slapped my forehead. "Husband, I mean. Husband...
Chikuso(Damn it), not having my ring is really starting to mess with my head."
Kagura stopped for a moment, rubbing the back of her neck. "Um... listen... Do you think I
should tell Sesshomaru about... the audition?"
"... He'd love it, ne?" I muttered darkly, slanting a flat look her way. "He'd probably fly all the
way back to Japan just to call me and say 'HA! GOT YOU AND YOU CAN'T GET ME
BACK! HAVE FUN DODGING THE WITCH!'," I yelled at the top of my lungs and receiving a
blank look from an unsure- for my sanity- Kagura...
Of course, that outburst attracted a few spectators- people opening their doors to look with
curiosity or a dark glare...
Most chose both.
"Eheh... Um... Sorry," I muttered, giving a small apologetic smile and slight bow to each person
in turn. "Sorry. I'm truly sorry. I apologize for my disturbance. Sorry. Sorry."
Okay, I'm officially worn out on apologies, now.
After a few odd looks, the hotel-dwelling weirdos- not that I'd call them that to their face-
retreated back into their rooms.
"Nice going, Kagome," a new voice amended.
I jumped in alarm and spun to see Sango standing beside Kagura, both looking at me with slightly
bemused expressions. Sugoi, my friends are so loyal, always right behind me through thick and
thin- just like peasants to a queen. Muwahahahahaha!
"Ahem," I cleared my throat, the thought disappearing instantly. Okay, maybe not completely
instant, since it was such a pleasant and highly entertaining thought, but soon enough for me to be
back on track... kinda...
"Kagome-chan, what were you yelling about?" Sango asked boredly.
"Kagura wanted to know if she should tell Sesshomaru about Ki-" it was at this moment that a
certain silver haired man appeared from around the nearest corner "-kaider. You know, that
really great, yet odd anime with the cyborg like person or whatever and his that demented
scientist guy that's, ne, out to kill him or something like that?" (A/N: I HAVE watched this
show... like... twice...but I really liked it- even if I don't know the story line at all...)
Sango sweatdropped, shooting me a flat look and mouthing, 'he's behind us, huh?'
I nodded, smiling at Inuyasha as he threw his arms across the girls' shoulders. Kagura smirked
and looped her own over his just to get me going (and boy did she know what buttons to push!)
as Sango jumped out of the touch, glaring along with me. He just smiled in return, though a
shocked expression fluttered across his features at Kagura's actions.
Damn him... Acting like everything was right between us when everyone else was around, then
being so odd when they were gone... but I'll get to that later.
Plus, I was doing the same thing anyway.
-_-;
So messed up...
"Inuyasha," I growled, cracking my knuckles. "Step away from the bimbo."
Kagura gapped at me, and mock slapped me to which I 'mock' staggered and 'mock' cried and
'mock'... yeah, I think you get the picture.
Well, I ended up in Kouga's arms- don't ask, I don't know how or when he got there. He looked
pretty startled, standing stock-still with shock. (A/N: Try saying that sentence five times- fast! ^_^
Guaranteed to mess up, I assure you!)
"Kouga-kun, she hit me!"
Kouga sent the woman a reproachful glower before wrapping his arms around me in comfort,
'sh'ing me the whole time... You know, I remember why I liked Inuyasha so much in the first
place, now.
He just felt right to me.
I suddenly felt an odd... homesick-like sensation...
I wanted to be in his arms... and I wanted to cry for the simple fact that I wasn't in those arms.
You know, those arms that your body just kinda melds with and everything seems to be brighter
in your life because you're completely safe and have the time to look around and admire the
scenery?
But, hadn't I messed that up...?
Perhaps.
I sniffled, real tears finally forming in my eyes at the lack of that melting warmth, and real sobs
starting to make themselves apparent.
Of course, being the 'actress' I am, I had no trouble playing it off as another 'episode' to this
small mock Soap Opera...
Sighing a few moments later, I scrambled out of the bass man's embrace and gave him a watery
smile. "Arigatou, Kouga-kun."
"No problem-" he chuckled before suddenly stopping, eyes wide. "Chotto, Inuyasha, don't do
anything rash, now." I turned to look at the singer, curious about Kouga's abrupt change in
demeanor. "It's nothing, really!"
Inuyasha's glare was positively murderous and the snarl on his face was just as menacing. I was
almost fearing for Kouga at the moment.
"Inuyasha- stop it," I hissed, walking up to him and folding my arms around his neck, bringing his
gaze, for the most part, to me. "Stop, now. Kouga's a friend- you wait and pummel Ryu's ass
after the movie's done, okay?- it was just a joke! He knew that! You know that, too, Inuyasha!"
His eyes softened slightly, never losing sight of Kouga, yet never breaking the eye contact
between us. I bit my lip and sighed. If he wasn't going to change with me saying that with
desperation in my voice, then...
"Come on, Inuyasha, listen to me. It was just harmless fun- KYAAAAAAAA~!" I screeched,
flinging myself as far way from him as possible and, in doing so, gained his full attention. He
raised a quizzical eyebrow, his eyes still a bit stormy. "~AAAAAAAA~!" I continued to wail.
"Th-Th-There's a-a-a-a-a s-"
"SPIDER!" Sango screamed, leaping away from the man as he flung his arms about, learning
from experience that spiders, being the Satan spawn that they are, liked to jump from person to
person...
Can you believe I had been planning on just telling him I loved him and nothing could change that
and all that other mushy stuff that makes guys gag externally but blush deep crimson inside? You
know what I'm talking about, guys! ^_~
Well, this was much better- for both snapping him out his rage-coloured mind and giving me a bit
of entertainment at his expense(not that I didn't get that enough anyway with the dope that he is
^_^).
I'm kinda glad I noticed that spider when I had, though... It looked like it was about to jump and
latch onto my face and attempt to suck my brains out from my nose or something... Okay, that's
a bit dramatic, but who cares- It's probably the truth!
However, when Inuyasha attempted to crush the creature by ramming his head into the wall, I put
a stop to it... in a less than helpful way...
I tripped him.
You know, I always knew that 'scared of heights' thing was phoney. There was no way that
Inuyasha was an acrophobiac.
After all, he loved being airborne.
******
Inuyasha nursed his head as he sat like a boneless heap in a corner chair. He'd wound up
smashing the spider, along with his skull, anyway- and because of the little free trip he'd gone on,
courtesy of yours truly. Now he sulked, like usual. I'm just glad he hadn't learned of
Sesshomaru's presence.
"Oi, wench."
"... baka..."
"Bitch, listen-"
"Bastard."
"Shimatta,
onna(woman)!"
"Shimatta, Dogboy!"
Inuyasha glowered. "Would you listen!?"
"Would you call me by my name!?"
"... What were you screaming about earlier?"
"... I don't think any of those words even so much as resembled my name."
"Kagome," he growled menacingly, eyeing me in annoyance with hooded eyes.
I sat on the edge of our bed, a leg dangling over to swing freely with the other tucked securely
beneath me as I glared slightly. We had been at that all day, calling names back and forth... but...
ima...
"Well? What were you screaming about?"
I sighed. What was I supposed to tell him? I felt like he shouldn't know- it would help everyone
if he didn't know his brother was here with us. But... he trusted me... Did I have the right to...?
No...
"... When we got back here-"
"Wait," he commanded, holding up a hand as a sneer slid into his voice. "You're actually
willingly telling me?"
I glared once more, hands fisting at my sides. "I'm trying to!"
"Well, don't stress yourself with it."
'Inuyasha, you-' I'll let you end that sentence with your own descriptive adjective, okay?
Almost any would fit- that's negative, in this case...
"Keh," I snorted, flicking my hair over my shoulder and standing at my full height. "Fine then, be
that way, wench." I paused and looked thoughtful. "Now I see how you feel... Hm. It's nice to
call someone wench."
He rolled his eyes in exasperation. "Alright, what happened?"
"Why should I tell you, you big oaf."
"Kagome," he growled in warning.
"Nah, I'll let you sit right there and turn the possibilities over and over in your own head... Wait,"
I paused again. "Nevermind that- just my luck, you'd die of a brain seizure or something and I'd
be out of a job."
"Ka-go-me!"
"Then what would I do? I guess I could always chase after Kouga- he's not getting married for a
month or two- or Miroku- that guy'll take just about anything-"
"KAGOME!" Inuyasha shouted, lunging from his spot to pin me to the ground, his hair falling to
form a curtain around us...
I truly love those eyes of his, even if they were burning with anger or frustration. "Wench," I
giggled. I smiled, bringing my hands up to tug on the strands of silver framing his face. I wanted
to go back and pretend... just pretend nothing had ever gone wrong... "See something you like?"
He smirked his old smirk, leaning just close enough for me to feel his breath on my lips. "You're
strange."
"Hai, I am," I giggled. "But I'm glad I'm not as arrogant as you- do you know how much of a
fool I'd make myself out to be if I thought I ran this world like you do?"
"Iie," he admitted, "but I know that if you ran the world, no one would live long enough to see
you make a fool of yourself."
"Chotto!" I pursed my lips. "That was mean."
"Don't frown like that."
"I'm pouting."
"Don't pout, then."
"And I should listen to you, why?" I asked, raising a skeptical brow.
"... I'm the only one that will ever tell you the complete truth," he stated after a moment's
silence. "See, when you get big-" he sat up, putting his hands out to the sides "- I'll tell you that
you look fat." I glared. "And I'll tell you that the dress doesn't make you look big- it's just you."
Now my glare was accompanied by a snarl. "And that your nose is a little too narrow and your
eyes are all squinty and your feet are like clowns' feet and your hair is stringy and your-"
I had enough at this point and promptly threw myself from the floor to him, knocking us both
backwards. "DIE!"
"But I'm too young!"
"Like I give a-"
"Oi..." I sputtered to a halt at the calm interjection. He blinked. "... what are you doing?"
I frowned. "What do you mean 'what am I doing?' I'm attempting to strangle you to death," I
responded, all the time my hands slipping from his neck.
"Let's hope you don't attempt to strangle anyone else to death." He chuckled, making my
confused mind run circles.
"Nani?"
"If this is how you strangle them- in a mini skirt and strapped top(A/N: He means spaghetti strap
shirt- not that he knows ^_^;)," he muttered, slipping a well manicured nail beneath the slipping
strap, "then you better think twice about it. I don't want to be in jail for killing the guy you were
attempting to kill because he liked what he saw or took it as some odd type of seduction."
His eyes danced with humor as his arms slid around my waist. "You locked the door, right."
I blinked, then took in everything... Why did I always wind up straddling him? Couldn't my legs
ever end up on THE SAME SIDE!!!!
And now that I realize what he means... I just have to wonder...
Is that really all that guys think about!?
"Inuyasha- you really do have a one track mind," I muttered, leaning down to put my forehead to
his, meaning I had to lever myself on my knees instead of sitting back(maybe that'll cool him off,
but not likely), and sighing. "That must be all you ever think about."
"Iie," he defended. "I have a two-track mind."
"Oh?"
He nodded with the biggest grin on his face. "Yup! See, this world's all about sex and Ramen!"
"Oh, Kami save us all," I cried dryly, crawling out of his arms. "You and your Ramen fetish- why
didn't I know before you proposed? You went without it for a whole month and a half and now
you have it for breakfast, lunch, AND dinner."
"... How was I supposed to get Ramen when I had to baby sit a bunch of stupid fangirls?" he
asked. He lifted himself up and stalked toward me as I sat back on the bed. "I doubt you would
have let me leave your sight at all and Sesshomaru purposely stocked the cabin with everything
but my beloved Ramen."
"And you're all starry-eyed now," I commented.
"Of course! I just realized something," he stated, grinning broadly. "You owe me..."
"Owe you?"
"Yup!"
I watched his odd behavior with suspicion. "How so?"
He slipped his hand behind the crook of my legs, lifting me in his arms and carrying me out of our
room. Quietly humming to us both, he chuckled and shook his head as an even more suspicious
glint appeared in his eyes.
"Inuyasha, where are you taking me?" I asked as we rounded an unfamiliar corner.
"Let's do a little test." He stopped for a moment, locking his eyes with mine. "On your trust.
Let's see how strong it is."
'Inuyasha...' My eyes watered as I bit my lip. But... Perhaps he had the right idea- to
understand the extent, you know? Plus, my trust in him was the way it was... because it had never
been tested... This test was just a bit backwards. *sigh* "How?"
"Close your eyes, don't peek. Don't open your eyes till I say," he replied, moving further down
the hall.
"Okay," I murmured, resting against his chest and feeling myself relax, no matter the looming
threat of him 'testing' my trust... I was going to try... I was going to- I had to...! For him...
"Inuyasha?"
"Hm?"
"You never answered my question."
"... Oh," he muttered. "Well, let's see... You owe me because I saved your life- twice-"
'Oh, you don't know how much of my life you've saved... and resurrected...' I thought as
he continued to walk along, my eyes remaining contently closed.
"- and... Well, I thought there was something else. I don't remember now."
I giggled. "That one track mind of yours lost it, huh?"
"Two-track mind, thank-you-very-much," he chuckled.
"Of course, of course..." I paused. Maybe... "Inuyasha?"
"Nani?"
"Do you promise not to drop me when I tell you why I disappeared when we got back?" I asked,
snuggling a bit closer. "The reason I was yelling...?"
"It depends."
I sighed, "I guess that can't be helped... I was going to head back to the room and write that
song down- I didn't last night- and I was... jumped, I guess you could say."
Inuyasha growled, his arms tightening around me all the more protectively. "Who did it?"
"Nothing happened... Um..." Taking one deep breath to gather my faltering courage, I blurted it
out, tired of beating around the bush- though it's more like I couldn't think of how to continue
beating around the bush-, "Sesshomaru's here."
Inuyasha screeched to a halt and I yipped when his grip slackened. He caught me before I fell
completely, mumbling an apology.
My eyes never opened.
"He still here?"
"I think so. Kagura wouldn't let him speak unless I was right there to hear everything so he
stormed off," I informed him, my face heating at the thoughts that had played themselves through
my head earlier. "Can't believe she ignored him like that."
Inuyasha chuckled as he continued to strut away again- and I reveled in the feeling of his rumbling
chest against me. I really did love being in those arms that made me feel so safe, so at home, so...
special. So loved.
So...
... Free...
I had wings in those arms, yet the same arms blocked me- from the hurt, from the pain, from the
harmful things surrounding the fragile person he made me feel like I was...
But I wasn't fragile and I didn't want to be shielded...
Not completely.
Not if it meant spending my life in that deceitful picture-perfect painting everyone thought my life
really was.
I wanted freedom...
But with him
beside me.
I sighed sadly, thinking how he would laugh at my thoughts, yet have his heart torn by them if I
spoke them aloud.
What I needed... was an open ear... And I was guarded too closely by him for me to tell him- it's
complicated... I couldn't always turn to Sango or Kagura- they were friends and had problems of
their own. I needed him to be my confidant; I prayed I would be able to not care what his
reaction would be, I just needed to tell him; I willed myself to keep distant the whole time, too-
and that's what won in the end.
Not my needs.
Not my prayers.
My sadistic, cold-blooded, uncaring will- my mind.
And my mind was the only thing he couldn't guard me from. (A/N: who honestly remembers this
reference- it's from Me?, not You!, so you should! ^_^) It was the only thing this home, this
fortress that protected me so, this haven inside the world I'd grown up in... it was the only thing it
couldn't keep from eating away at me.
The snake was-
I hadn't been paying attention to the sounds or smells around me and now I regret it... or not. If I
had known, I would have let those eyes of mine fly open with recognition. Instead, they remained
sealed even as the hands around me brought me higher so that a soft whisper gently brushed my
ear.
"Just trust me."
Before I could answer, he tossed me-
tossed me, people, as in
throwing- out in front of him. My arms flailed, fear running through me and one thought
broke the surface as I hit the water...
'That... is
cold!'
My first instinctive move was to open my eyes.
Well, I decided not to listen to that one and skipped to the next.
Don't breath.
Swim to the surface.
Yell at Inuyasha for being a jerk.
Okay, so I didn't follow any of those.
Turns out I swam to the side, not up, then, panicking, let a little water in my lungs- just enough to
make me panic worse- and finally found the top of the pool. Sputtering and coughing to clear my
body of chlorine-filled water(I absolutely hate the smell of chlorine), I heard a man laughing...
"Inuyasha," I growled, coughing just a bit more. "You do know you're going to have to get in
here to get me out, right?"
"Oh?" I heard him chuckle. "Why's that?"
"I can't see where I'm swimming!" I screeched. "First I swim in circles under the surface- don't
think I'm going to make a fool of myself by doing so
above the water."
His chuckle had died abruptly and I had to wonder if Sesshomaru had just walked in or
something. I guess he just didn't think I had that much faith in him.
"You kept your eyes closed?" he whispered, just loud enough for me to hear over the splashing
sounds around the pool.
"Of course I did. I know you'll never let anything bad happen to me."
"... Then how can you not trust me?"
I was quiet, making small ripples shoot around in the water, moving my arms slowly. How was I
supposed to answer him? I didn't understand it all myself. How could I tell him something I
didn't know?
"Inuyasha... There are things," I began, uncertain of how to say it the most vague way possible,
"that you can't guard me from- not physical harm... I don't understand it, though... I just feel..."
"Confused?"
"Yes, but... I don't think there's a way to express it." I hummed a bit, thinking how to say it...
"Trust... It's like this- you don't believe in the ability to walk on water. It's not possible, not
probable... Trust is knowing you won't drown in doubt because the person it concerns will not sit
by and watch, but dive in head first to save you... even when it hurts them more and there's
something inexpendable at stake... And I trust you, Inuyasha, to not let me drown even if it will
hurt you more to jump in head first..."
I waited quietly for a reaction, an understanding 'oh', or even the question 'what about when
there's something to lose?'. I was so confused as the seconds rolled by without a peep from the
singer. I sighed, my eyes still closed, and shivered at the chilly hotel water. Wasn't it supposed to
be heated?
"Kagome?" his voice finally muttered.
I tensed. Here it was... "Hm?"
::::::Silence::::::
"... You're strange."
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A/N: Well, that's more like 'You!' than any of the previous chapters. *sighs* I really miss writing chapters like the ones in 'You!', but these chapters, for the time being, are really just to understand everything that's going on in the characters' lives.
Anyway, let's see... I meant to put this up last chapter, but I forgot and now there's almost no doubt you'll all- or at least in someway- be able to get this right, but just in case... What, or who, do you think the 'snake' is? There's a great few hints scattered about...
Hope you can forgive the pause in updating. ^_^
Please, give any feedback you deem fit.
Alright, I have some 'You!' out takes (as promised from the beginning A/N), finally! I've been trying to get these up on the computer, but it wasn't cooperating with me... Now, it is! Yay! Well, tell me if you want any more up on the next chapter- or should I post all out takes up on You! instead?
You! Out Takes- 'Get 'em while they're hot!'
Chapter 1, Scene 1, Take 1
Kagome: *daydreaming*
Sango: Chotto, Kagome-chan! *waves a hand in Kagome's face*
Kagome: *laughs manically* They're coming to take me away, ha ha, they're coming to take me away, he he, to the funny farm-
Sakura-chan88: Um... cut?
Scene 4, Take 1
Kagome: *throws herself to the ground, bowing* Onegai, let me go with yoooouuuuu~!
Inuyasha and Kouga off-stage: *whistles*
Sakura-chan88: *covers her eyes* What is up with school uniforms being so short these days!?
Miroku: *beams* I am glad to have influenced the future in such a way...
Chapter 2, Scene 2, Take 1
Mrs. H: Kagome, let's make a deal, okay? If I let you go, you WILL bring home a guy, agree?
Kagome: Ma-!
Mrs. H: Agree?
Kagome: Hai, mama. I'll bring home a guy, IF you let me go.
Mrs. H: *smiles* Good... *silence* Now... remember, you're supposed to choose the guy with silver hair and golden eyes...
Kagome: That's not in the script. *deadpan*
Mrs. H: I know, but I just thought I'd remind you.
Kagome: I'm not the one that has a bad memory... that's Sango-chan.
Sango: I HEARD THAT!
Kagome: GOOD!
Mrs. H: Oh... But I thought Sakura-chan88 was the one with the horrible memory...
Sakura-chan88: *menacingly* Excuse me...? *eye twitches*
Mrs. H: *waves off Sakura-chan88* Anyway, Kagome dear, remember- gold eyes, silver hair.
Ayame: and feminine features to boot... *smiles brightly*
Everyone: *sweatdrop* Wha...?
Kagome: One, Ayame, I'm supposed to go with Inuyasha... Two, I doubt Sesshomaru would like to hear that.
Sesshomaru: *growls* You do know that I am standing right here, don't you?
Ayame: *to Kagome* You're the one assuming I meant him... I never said a name.
Sesshomaru: *stops growling* *looks thoughtful* She does have a point...
Everyone except Ayame and Sesshomaru: *back way nervously* eheh... heh...?
Scene 5, Take 19
Sango: * kills the car engine* Um... Guys? *nervous laugh*
Ayame and Kagome: What?
Sango: ...
Ayame and Kagome: Well!? Spit it out, already!
Sango: ... Um... I forgot my line...
Sakura-chan88: *yells at Mrs. H* See, SEE- I'm not the only one around here with a bad memory!
Mrs. H: *chews on a bagel* Mmm, I see.
Sango: I do NOT have a bad memory!
Sakura-chan88: Oh, yeah?
Sango: YEAH!
Sakura-chan88: Then, by all means, prove it- what's your line?
Sango: *looks at Ayame and Kagome with determination* ... Um, guys? *nervous laugh*
Aforementioned 'guys': What?
Sango: ... I forgot my line...
Sakura-chan88: I rest my case.
Chapter 3, Scene 6, Take 1
Sango: Moshi, Moshi... *listens to the receiver* ... Um... *blushes* ... Uh... *eyes widen* ... Wha....?
Kagome: Okay, she's not breathing, people...
Sakura-chan88: she looks like she's actually listening to someone...
Ayame: what do you mean- of course she is!
Sango: *turning purple*
Sakura-chan88: The phone is a stage prop... there is no telephone line connected to it. *gives
Ayame a 'like-DUH!' look*
Kagome: *mumbles* ... I thought that was odd...
Sango: *screeches* Eek! You PERVERT! *throws the phone*
Phone: *breaks into small electronic pieces* Zzz-*chirp*-bllllll-churzzzzzzz-click...
Kagome: ... There goes another $40.... *sigh*
Sakura-chan88: You actually installed a real phone in... Unbelievable...
Inuyasha: *snickers* I can believe it!
Kagome: *flushes in embarrassment* SIT!
*nothing happens*
Everyone: Um, what was that for?
Kagome: He is a DOG, so I just thought-
*SPLAT* *Inuyasha is flattened to the ground*
Kagome: *squeals in delight at having her 'command' work*
Sesshomaru: Delayed reaction, wouldn't you say?
Everyone: *nods*
Kagome: Just goes to show...
Sakura-chan88: show what?
Kagome: *blinks* ... Huh? Oh! *rubs the back of her neck* I forgot...
Sakura-chan88 and Sango: Great... we really are rubbing off on everyone... *sigh*
---~---~---~--- Half an Hour Later ---~---~---~---
Inuyasha: ... ow....
Scene 2, Take 1
Kouga: Okay, one- Miroku has up and disappeared...
Sango: *whistles innocently*
Kouga: *ignores the obvious signs that his friend may have been injured* Two... why are we doing this scene AFTER the bed gets broken... They DO go to the restaurant first, you know...
Sakura-chan88: Yeah, well... I forgot to do this one first...
Kouga: Great... and now we're just wasting film...
Same Scene, Take 2
Sakura-chan88: You know... I've been thinking lately about that whole 'short term memory loss' thing.
Sango: Yeah... like... why do people with short term memory loss remember what their problem is called?
Sakura-chan88: My thoughts exactly...
Kouga: YOU'RE WASTING OUR FILM AGAIN- AND ON THE SAME SHOT, TOO!
Kagome: Drat it! I just got done tripping out of the car and you had to ruin the scene! I don't wanna do that again! My ankle is really hurting now... Why don't I have a stunt double?
Inuyasha: Wimp...
Kagome: ... *eye twitches* ... What was that again?
Inuyasha: I called you a WIMP, you- you- you... *struggles for a word* you- WIMP!
Kagome: Oh, brilliant come back, Inuyasha, but I've got a better one, you bastard.... SIT!
Inuyasha: ... Before I slam into the ground, as I am inevitably about to do, tell me why Sesshomaru doesn't get dragged down with that command, too... *SLAM*
Sesshomaru: That is because I am not a dog- *SLAM*
Sakura-chan88: Okay, that's new...
Kagura: It's only because his subconscious cannot deny the truth when pointed out so clearly.
Sakura-chan88: So, you're saying, it's like those cartoon characters that can walk in mid air until they realize what they're doing is impossible?
Kagura: Exactly...
Sakura-chan88: Oh... Hm... *hums to herself in thought*
Sesshomaru: Damn it...! That hurt...
Inuyasha: *sniggers* talk about delayed reactions.
Sakura-chan88: Oh, Sesshomaru~!
Sesshomaru: *looks at Sakura-chan88 with horror-filled eyes* Oh, no...
Inuyasha: DON'T! I'll have to do it too!
Sakura-chan88: And...? I'm kinda counting on it... *grins* Stay...
The Dogs: Argh... *grunts*
Inuyasha: My legs! I can't feel my legs!
Sakura-chan88: Autograph and glomping time, my readers! Get 'em while their down! *smiles* Please, review!
Everyone: Ja ne!
Sesshomaru and Inuyasha: *watch as fans swarm the studio* NO~!
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A/N: Alright! I'm glad not too many of you were upset with me- and I'm attempting to break my... habit... this chapter... And I want to say it so bad to those of you I offended by that little authors note, but thank you everyone who agreed with me! ^_^ Sor- I mean... man that's hard not to say... *sigh* Um... this is being put up as consolation of all the pauses in my updating... (was that the same thing as saying it? I don't think so...) And there are outtakes for You! at the end. Enjoy, okay? Also, I would like to say 'Arigatou gozaimasu!' to KitsuneOokami-chan for the non-reviewer mallet with the hurricane, lightening and mosquito options... I think I'll like this mosquito one... *grins evilly* You readers may want to remember to click that review button! ^_^ Alright! Promoters will be posted with the next chapter- check out my favorites list if you can't wait- I want to get this out ASAP.
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Chapter: You Can't Walk on Water
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A/N: Well, that's more like 'You!' than any of the previous chapters. *sighs* I really miss writing chapters like the ones in 'You!', but these chapters, for the time being, are really just to understand everything that's going on in the characters' lives.
Anyway, let's see... I meant to put this up last chapter, but I forgot and now there's almost no doubt you'll all- or at least in someway- be able to get this right, but just in case... What, or who, do you think the 'snake' is? There's a great few hints scattered about...
Hope you can forgive the pause in updating. ^_^
Please, give any feedback you deem fit.
Alright, I have some 'You!' out takes (as promised from the beginning A/N), finally! I've been trying to get these up on the computer, but it wasn't cooperating with me... Now, it is! Yay! Well, tell me if you want any more up on the next chapter- or should I post all out takes up on You! instead?
You! Out Takes- 'Get 'em while they're hot!'
Chapter 1, Scene 1, Take 1
Kagome: *daydreaming*
Sango: Chotto, Kagome-chan! *waves a hand in Kagome's face*
Kagome: *laughs manically* They're coming to take me away, ha ha, they're coming to take me away, he he, to the funny farm-
Sakura-chan88: Um... cut?
Scene 4, Take 1
Kagome: *throws herself to the ground, bowing* Onegai, let me go with yoooouuuuu~!
Inuyasha and Kouga off-stage: *whistles*
Sakura-chan88: *covers her eyes* What is up with school uniforms being so short these days!?
Miroku: *beams* I am glad to have influenced the future in such a way...
Chapter 2, Scene 2, Take 1
Mrs. H: Kagome, let's make a deal, okay? If I let you go, you WILL bring home a guy, agree?
Kagome: Ma-!
Mrs. H: Agree?
Kagome: Hai, mama. I'll bring home a guy, IF you let me go.
Mrs. H: *smiles* Good... *silence* Now... remember, you're supposed to choose the guy with silver hair and golden eyes...
Kagome: That's not in the script. *deadpan*
Mrs. H: I know, but I just thought I'd remind you.
Kagome: I'm not the one that has a bad memory... that's Sango-chan.
Sango: I HEARD THAT!
Kagome: GOOD!
Mrs. H: Oh... But I thought Sakura-chan88 was the one with the horrible memory...
Sakura-chan88: *menacingly* Excuse me...? *eye twitches*
Mrs. H: *waves off Sakura-chan88* Anyway, Kagome dear, remember- gold eyes, silver hair.
Ayame: and feminine features to boot... *smiles brightly*
Everyone: *sweatdrop* Wha...?
Kagome: One, Ayame, I'm supposed to go with Inuyasha... Two, I doubt Sesshomaru would like to hear that.
Sesshomaru: *growls* You do know that I am standing right here, don't you?
Ayame: *to Kagome* You're the one assuming I meant him... I never said a name.
Sesshomaru: *stops growling* *looks thoughtful* She does have a point...
Everyone except Ayame and Sesshomaru: *back way nervously* eheh... heh...?
Scene 5, Take 19
Sango: * kills the car engine* Um... Guys? *nervous laugh*
Ayame and Kagome: What?
Sango: ...
Ayame and Kagome: Well!? Spit it out, already!
Sango: ... Um... I forgot my line...
Sakura-chan88: *yells at Mrs. H* See, SEE- I'm not the only one around here with a bad memory!
Mrs. H: *chews on a bagel* Mmm, I see.
Sango: I do NOT have a bad memory!
Sakura-chan88: Oh, yeah?
Sango: YEAH!
Sakura-chan88: Then, by all means, prove it- what's your line?
Sango: *looks at Ayame and Kagome with determination* ... Um, guys? *nervous laugh*
Aforementioned 'guys': What?
Sango: ... I forgot my line...
Sakura-chan88: I rest my case.
Chapter 3, Scene 6, Take 1
Sango: Moshi, Moshi... *listens to the receiver* ... Um... *blushes* ... Uh... *eyes widen* ... Wha....?
Kagome: Okay, she's not breathing, people...
Sakura-chan88: she looks like she's actually listening to someone...
Ayame: what do you mean- of course she is!
Sango: *turning purple*
Sakura-chan88: The phone is a stage prop... there is no telephone line connected to it. *gives
Ayame a 'like-DUH!' look*
Kagome: *mumbles* ... I thought that was odd...
Sango: *screeches* Eek! You PERVERT! *throws the phone*
Phone: *breaks into small electronic pieces* Zzz-*chirp*-bllllll-churzzzzzzz-click...
Kagome: ... There goes another $40.... *sigh*
Sakura-chan88: You actually installed a real phone in... Unbelievable...
Inuyasha: *snickers* I can believe it!
Kagome: *flushes in embarrassment* SIT!
*nothing happens*
Everyone: Um, what was that for?
Kagome: He is a DOG, so I just thought-
*SPLAT* *Inuyasha is flattened to the ground*
Kagome: *squeals in delight at having her 'command' work*
Sesshomaru: Delayed reaction, wouldn't you say?
Everyone: *nods*
Kagome: Just goes to show...
Sakura-chan88: show what?
Kagome: *blinks* ... Huh? Oh! *rubs the back of her neck* I forgot...
Sakura-chan88 and Sango: Great... we really are rubbing off on everyone... *sigh*
---~---~---~--- Half an Hour Later ---~---~---~---
Inuyasha: ... ow....
Scene 2, Take 1
Kouga: Okay, one- Miroku has up and disappeared...
Sango: *whistles innocently*
Kouga: *ignores the obvious signs that his friend may have been injured* Two... why are we doing this scene AFTER the bed gets broken... They DO go to the restaurant first, you know...
Sakura-chan88: Yeah, well... I forgot to do this one first...
Kouga: Great... and now we're just wasting film...
Same Scene, Take 2
Sakura-chan88: You know... I've been thinking lately about that whole 'short term memory loss' thing.
Sango: Yeah... like... why do people with short term memory loss remember what their problem is called?
Sakura-chan88: My thoughts exactly...
Kouga: YOU'RE WASTING OUR FILM AGAIN- AND ON THE SAME SHOT, TOO!
Kagome: Drat it! I just got done tripping out of the car and you had to ruin the scene! I don't wanna do that again! My ankle is really hurting now... Why don't I have a stunt double?
Inuyasha: Wimp...
Kagome: ... *eye twitches* ... What was that again?
Inuyasha: I called you a WIMP, you- you- you... *struggles for a word* you- WIMP!
Kagome: Oh, brilliant come back, Inuyasha, but I've got a better one, you bastard.... SIT!
Inuyasha: ... Before I slam into the ground, as I am inevitably about to do, tell me why Sesshomaru doesn't get dragged down with that command, too... *SLAM*
Sesshomaru: That is because I am not a dog- *SLAM*
Sakura-chan88: Okay, that's new...
Kagura: It's only because his subconscious cannot deny the truth when pointed out so clearly.
Sakura-chan88: So, you're saying, it's like those cartoon characters that can walk in mid air until they realize what they're doing is impossible?
Kagura: Exactly...
Sakura-chan88: Oh... Hm... *hums to herself in thought*
Sesshomaru: Damn it...! That hurt...
Inuyasha: *sniggers* talk about delayed reactions.
Sakura-chan88: Oh, Sesshomaru~!
Sesshomaru: *looks at Sakura-chan88 with horror-filled eyes* Oh, no...
Inuyasha: DON'T! I'll have to do it too!
Sakura-chan88: And...? I'm kinda counting on it... *grins* Stay...
The Dogs: Argh... *grunts*
Inuyasha: My legs! I can't feel my legs!
Sakura-chan88: Autograph and glomping time, my readers! Get 'em while their down! *smiles* Please, review!
Everyone: Ja ne!
Sesshomaru and Inuyasha: *watch as fans swarm the studio* NO~!
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