InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ All Hallow's Evening ❯ Answer Me ( Chapter 7 )

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Today is Dic. 23, I don't know if I can finish this before Christmas O_o I can't say I'm having a writer block… it's more of a… brain overload lol too many things to write, so little time… I have the plot for this fic written but the difficult part is to fill the blanks lol… so here I go…

Oh, yeah, something else! I was reading chapter 6 and I found so many grammar mistakes it made my stomach hurt ¬_¬ so I'm going to fix most of them(the ones I find O_o), they are just little words so it won't make a lot of difference >_< it's just going to stop me from having an aneurysm the next time I read it…

"No todo es blanco o negro, es gris, todo depende del matiz."

All Hallow's Evening

Chapter 7: Answer Me

Right now he couldn't remember why WHY did he go everyday to visit her mother if every time it ended with them fighting, or worse, with his mother demanding him to do something he didn't want to do. This time his mother's topic was a little different, but lethal nonetheless.

They were sitting in his mother's study room, enjoying the view the enormous window gave.

"I visited her yesterday." His mother said in a casual way. Inuyasha rolled his eyes, she was so obvious.

"I know, she told me." He said in a dangerous tone. His mother didn't even bat an eyelash.

"You two talk often?" She said and gave her son a side look, her face betrayed nothing.

"No." he said in a calm voice, but when his mother didn't direct her look somewhere else he continued. "We just argue."

There was a long silence in which the only thing that could be heard were the birds outside the window. It was a beautiful day, the sky was a profound blue and the sun was low in the horizon, it was pretty early in the morning.

Finally Inuyasha felt his patience end. "I don't want you talking to her again."

His mother continued to run her hand lazily through the fur of the fat cat sitting on her lap. "Why?"

"Because if you do then you'll cry when she dies, just like you did with the others." The Queen shifted a little on her seat.

"If I cry it's your fault." She finally switched her gaze to meet her son's eyes. "I can't believe you don't feel anything." She gave him a lazy smile. "Yes, those are the right words. I can't believe. Because you do feel for them." He ran a shaking hand through his hair and sighed heavily.

"Mother!" he said in a desperate voice. "I don't feel anything! Understand it, please… I don't know why you want me to feel for someone that is not my same blood. I'm a demon! Do you think Seshomaru feels anything when he kills someone?"

"That's different. You are human." She explained shaking her head.

"No, I'm not human. Don't you remember people constantly saying that to me when we lived in your village…?" The queen still held her son's eyes so she could see something shaking in the depth of his golden eyes.

"You are as much as a human as me. Or Sango, or Miroku… or Kagome." Inuyasha felt a growl coming through his chest.

"That is not true." He hissed. "And for god's sake, mother, do yourself a favor and stop getting attached to these human… It'll only be more painful when they die, you know you'll outlive them all." He stood up and started to head to the door. He was getting sick of that conversation.

He stopped dead when he heard his mother whisper. "Why do you do this to yourself?"

"What?" he asked the woman still sitting in her chair.

"I saw her… her face, they are almost identical." He didn't move an inch.

"What are you talking about?" he asked in a toneless voice and heard his mother sigh.

"Kagome… Kikyo."

Inuyasha shifted a little, trying to be comfortable while standing with his back too straight. "They aren't anything alike." He said after a moment of thinking.

"I remember Kikyo well, that girl Kagome could be her twin."

"I wasn't talking about that." Inuyasha responded rudely. "Kikyo was far less…"

"Difficult to control?" his mother finished for him. Inuyasha didn't answer. "She was too quiet, like her soul didn't inhabit her body anymore, she didn't have a will, she rarely talked… Sometimes I wonder what made you fall in love with her…" Now Inuyasha did nothing to hide the growl that raised from deep within him.

"I did not love her!" He screamed.

"Yes you did." The Queen restored. "And now this girl you brought… she looks so much like her…"

"I didn't know, alright?" Inuyasha said in a irritable voice. "I hadn't noticed they looked so much alike…" He started to move to the door again, decided to leave for once. "I don't know why that is so important, anyway. The new girl is going out of here in a month."

His mother didn't respond to that, which he found unusual, so he opened the door. "Goodbye, mother."

"Bring her with you tonight. I want her to have dinner with us." She responded.

"What?!" Was all he could think as a response.

"Tell her to wear something nice."

"You can't invite a concubine to have dinner with the royal family!" he protested, but his mother was firm.

"Yes I can. I'm the Queen." His mouth was hanging open while he thought of a response to that, so she took advantage of his mute state. "Go now, bye bye."

He opened his close to complain but he had nothing to argue with. Obediently he exited the room and closed the door. 'If I can't even argue with my mother, how am I expected to argue with the war generals about war strategies?' he thought, while he walked to the war council.

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Kagome was concentrating really hard in the power surging off her hand. The point of the exercise was to make a little ball of miko energy, which the girl thought was impossible to do. 'This is so hopeless' the girl thought while she looked with mild interest at her hand.

"You are useless…" she heard Miroku said from behind her back. She turned around and scowled at him.

"I'm not useless! Thinking that I can create a ball of energy in one hand is stupid!" Miroku felt his head beginning to hurt.

"You are the most powerful student I have ever had. Your power is even greater than the oldest miko in the whole army… and yet, you are not able to create a simple power ball?" his voice was strained but overdramatic.

"Oh, shut up!" she spat and closed her arms in front of her chest, which she had gotten used to after spending some time with the priest. Her clothes weren't revealing, in fact, she was well covered except for her legs -but she was used to that, in her village she had only wore short kimonos- and nevertheless, Miroku always found a way to look at her that made her feel uncomfortable.

"It's clear that you have never had training…" Miroku tried using a gentler tone of voice now. "But could you please, please try harder?" when the girl didn't even move to look at him in the eye, he sighed and tried another approach. "If I don't have you ready by the next battle the King will have my head, you don't want that, do you?" Now the miko looked nervously at him.

"Ok…" she said and extended her hand once again, concentrating in her hand. Two minutes passed before Miroku broke down again.

"You are useless." He said in a desperate tone.

"Oh, I don't see you trying to make one!" She responded. At her request Miroku brought one hand to his eye level, made a fast hand pose and quickly threw an impossible bright light to the nearest pile of wood, the wood started to burn immediately.

"…Showoff…" Was all Kagome could say after seeing the display.

"Let's rest for a while," Miroku said and started to walk to where the rest of the mikos were sitting. "We'll continue your training later."

Kagome followed him quietly until they reached an empty spot, a little far away from the other mikos.

"Will the King really kill you if I'm not ready for the next battle?" she asked concerned.

"I don't really know." Miroku gave her a big grin. "But they don't have another trainer, so they wouldn't behead me until the next Halloween at the least, don't worry." There was a long silence before Kagome spoke again, this time using a soft voice.

"Wouldn't you rather die than work for these monsters?" Miroku looked bewildered at her, but he quickly understood that she was perfectly serious.

"Sometimes… yes. I'm training these girls to fight a battle they know nothing about, there have been times when some of them had died… some use so much power they die here after agonizing for days…" Miroku's voice was so different than the usual easy going tone he used, that Kagome felt like a cold hand was gripping her heart. "But I'd rather help them have a good time here than run away. While they are training it's the only time they can feel normal for a while, see?" he said and with a hand showed her all the other girls, laughing, chatting and playing. They did look like normal girls. "They forget about the castle and the imprisoning for a while. Believe me, I'm much better than the old bat they had for a trainer before me." He said the last with a disgusted mock.

"Old bat?" asked Kagome feeling confused.

"Her name is Kaede, now she is the oldest miko in the army. She doesn't come to the trainings because she thinks 'I'm too young and inexperienced to teach her anything'." Miroku did some air quotations while saying that. Kagome giggled, it was clear that the old miko got to him.

"Why are you asking me such hard questions, Lady Kagome?" Asked the priest after a while to her student using a superior tone of voice.

"I just wanted to know if you felt the same way I do" She answered honestly. He looked at her with a questioning look.

"Certainly you don't think dying is better than being here." She didn't respond, so he continued saying. "Killing oneself is not an honorable way of dying."

She looked down at the floor and smiled sadly. "I'll die in battle, then."

"Don't you dare." Miroku said while he stood up and offered a hand to her. "I won't be able to live with myself if you do." He smiled warmly at her and she responded with the same gesture.

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Kagome arrived to Inuyasha's quarters a little past lunch. She had had a wonderful time having lunch with all the girls. What Miroku had said was true, she could easily forget about the castle and the demons while she was training. Not that she did much training… Miroku had clearly stated that she had absolutely no talent for fighting, so they were going to have to work harder next time. She'd probably have to see Miroku all day everyday to have some improvement. That was ok, though, Miroku was a good guy… perhaps the only decent man she'd see in a while…

Talking about men… Inuyasha was inside the room when she arrived, he was sitting in his bed looking blankly at the wall.

"Hum…" Kagome couldn't really think in anything to say to him, it was getting more and more uncomfortable to be with him.

"My mother wants you to join us for dinner tonight." He said fixing his golden eyes on her.

"…Why?" she asked feeling a little confused and disappointed. She had been hoping to spend dinner with all the mikos and probably Miroku.

"That's what I'd like to know." He answer. Then he stood up and walked to the door, passing by her side. He stopped dead when he was near her and reclined toward her. "Miroku. You smell too much like him."

Kagome could feel herself blush. He was doing it again… smelling her. "He is my instructor." She said defensibly.

He snorted. "I'm not ripping his arms off right now because he hasn't touched you yet." Kagome looked at him in awe, trying to figure out if he was serious. "Tell him to be careful." Kagome was speechless. He was serious. Or at least he seemed to be. "Be ready for dinner before dark," he paused and then added quickly. "I'll tell Sango to bring you some clothes, Mother said to wear something nice and I don't think he was referring to the concubine outfit."

'So that is what this outfit is' Kagome thought while she looked down at her clothes. When she looked up again Inuyasha was long gone.

"Oh great…" She said to herself. "Dinner with the Royal Family… just how I wanted to spend this night…" she walked to her room and then remembered something. "I hope Seshomaru is not there."

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So sorry for the delay! Christmas got the best of me, I guess… so many family to visit hehe

This wasn't really the chapter I wanted to write O_o but I want to post this before you think I'm dead! (Oh and can you tell I read too much Dragon Ball fanfictions?!!! If you haven't read anything you probably don't know what I'm talking about… heh…)

I'll be updating my other story soon, too ^_^U (why do I get myself in these things? Lol!)

And for the record: I really tried to get this finished before Christmas! =(

Next chapter will be… See Me (More about that witch Kikyo ¬-¬)