InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ All Hallow's Evening ❯ Confuse Me ( Chapter 9 )

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I want to really thanks my reviewers, I have gotten pretty good reviews lately, very insightful and stuff O_o I'm getting nervous… I hope I don't disappoint you all… BTW, you worried about Kikyo, I'll try not to make this the usual 'boohoo Inuyasha loves me because I look like Kikyo' fic, from the start it wasn't supposed to be that way… you'll what part Kikyo is going to have in the fic real soon…

And I got a review that said that this shouldn't just be a PG-13 fanfic and I think I agree… this is not something I would like my 13 year old cousin reading…

All Hallow's Evening

Chapter 9: Confuse Me

She didn't notice until it was way too late.

The day after the infamous dinner, Kagome woke up and said out loud: "November 4", it had only been around 4 days… and she already was a little used to waking up looking at a strange ceiling.

Sighing she stood up, readying herself for a much needed bath. Sango was going to pick her up early in the morning so they could go to the public bath together.

It turned out, that was a grave mistake.

A lot of servants and mikos were there, enjoying a bath when they arrived. Kagome took off her clothes, not used yet to being naked in front of so many people (they were only women, yes… but strangers). As soon as she took off her shirt a general gasp was heard inside the Bathroom.

Kagome began to feel uncomfortable when she realized that everyone was looking at her neck, so she put a hand over the spot everyone was staring at. She didn't feel anything so she looked down and gasped too. She could barely make it out, because it was hard for her to look at her own neck. But it was clearly there. A purple bruise-like mark. Right in the base of her neck. Right where Inuyasha had kissed her last night.

The miko felt her face heat up from embarrassment and anger. That bastard! He had left her a freaking hickey!

But why was everybody so worked up about a hickey?

"W-who did THAT?" Sango asked, all the women looked at Kagome, waiting for her answer.

Kagome responded by turning even redder. She didn't want to have this conversation in front of ALL of them! "Inuyasha." She said, hoping only Sango would hear her. Mistaken again, all the women gasped at once and took a step back, even Sango. Kagome looked curiously at her friend. "What is it?"

The woman, fighting her nervousness, answered. "That is a warning… It's a mark that is clearly saying 'Don't go near what is mine.'"

"What?!" Kagome yelled and put a hand over the bruise. "Why would he do something like that?"

"I don't know." Sango said and took the girl's arm, carrying her to a more secluded of the room. It didn't matter, though, the women were still eying them warningly. "Inuyasha is quite temperamental… it could be because of anything. When did he do this to you?"

Kagome looked at her naked feet. "After dinner, he was acting strange… I thought he wouldn't stop…" The girl heard her own voice quiver and felt anger, she didn't want to be afraid. "I said I wouldn't let him touch me, but he is too strong, too fast… I couldn't…"

Sango looked at her with hard eyes. "It's ok. You can't do much against him. He won't hurt you, at least…" The woman put a thoughtful expression on her face. "Did anything happen at dinner…? I want to figure out why he marked you… Youkai don't do that often…"

"We kinda argued… then he left. His father mistook my name, I think. He called me Kikyo." Sango's eyes showed her surprise.

"Kikyo?…" The girl nodded. She was still wondering why the King had mistook her. "Kikyo… I have never heard that name before." Kagome felt disappointed, she was counting on Sango to tell her who was that woman.

"He seemed upset, he wasn't acting normal." Kagome added. "When he started kissing my neck I didn't know what to do, so I asked him who Kikyo was…" Sango gaped at her words, the nerve of the girl was incredible. "He stopped at once and let go of me."

Sango nodded and with a expression of deep thoughtfulness took out the rest of her clothes, Kagome followed her example. "Maybe you have found some good piece of information. We should ask Miroku, maybe he'll know." Kagome smiled at her words, maybe the priest would know something.

The two women walked to the public pool again, and Kagome couldn't help but feel that everyone's eyes were on her, and at the same time, everyone was avoiding eye contact. All the women were looking at her mark, and their eyes looked troubled, like they didn't know how to act.

"Inuyasha's mark is very powerful." Sango explained. "Nobody would dare to touch the property of the Prince, not even a woman is safe." She kept on talking, not caring who heard her. "But this mark is not complete. This one is merely a warning."

Kagome's hand flied to the mark once more and hoped her outfit would cover her enough.

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The good news was that Kagome's shirt covered almost her whole neck, the bad news was it ALMOST covered her whole neck… The miko couldn't move much because the mark Inuyasha had so thoughtfully given her would show. And if the behaviors of the other women in the Bathroom said something, it was that when someone saw that stupid mark that someone made sure to be far away from Kagome.

The two women arrived the Miko Training Arena in a foul mood, especially Kagome, who was planning how to make some serious damage to her kidnapper. Sango was almost equally mad at Inuyasha, but for a different reason. She couldn't believe the hanyou was that stupid, he was blowing all his chances with the miko by doing stuff like that mark without thinking, and Kagome wasn't taking Sango's worries seriously. The miko wasn't being considerate at all, she wasn't trying to allure Inuyasha or at least befriend him… Didn't Kagome know she HAD to endure more than one month with Inuyasha if she really wanted to survive? Pissing the hanyou off was useless and stupid…

"Sango dearest!" Miroku said while extending his arms and approaching the two women. Sango stopped dead and scowled at him.

"Don't you touch me…" Miroku, sensing the rejection, advanced to the miko.

"Kagome, sweety!" But before he could get near the girl Sango grabbed his arm and yanked him off the other woman.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Kagome looked at Sango with pleading eyes. She didn't want Miroku to know about the mark, if he knew, maybe he wouldn't even dare to be near her. Sango sighed and nodded to the other girl, she understood. "You don't want Inuyasha chasing you down or something, right?"

Miroku looked down at his feet and sighed. "Right…" and then he looked at Kagome with a seducing stare. "But she is so pretty." The miko felt the blush come to her cheeks and she couldn't fight it. Miroku was a charmer…

Sango coughed forcefully. "Anyway… we had something to ask you." Kagome jumped in, happy because Sango hadn't forgotten about her curiosity.

"Oh, yes. Do you know who Kikyo is?" The miko asked staring at the priest. Miroku adopted a thoughtful pose and then shook his head slowly.

"It sounds familiar, maybe I have heard it mention before but I don't know who that is…" A chuckled was heard and the three of them turned around to face an old woman. Miroku groaned and passed a nervous hand through his hair.

"You… why you? Why today?" he whined.

"What? Miroku-SAMA doesn't know everything after all… It is true, then, that no one knows what happened 50 years ago… or maybe no one remembers. No one is allowed to remember." The old miko whispered as she made her way to the small group.

"What are you talking about, Kaede-baba?" The priest said, not liking at all the tone she was using. He was her superior!

"Kikyo." She said, looking at Kagome. "My sister."

"Your sister?" Kagome repeated. "Can you tell me about her?" Sango winced, Kaede was not an easy person… Kagome wouldn't be able to get information out of her the easy way.

"Why do you ask me?" The old woman asked. Kagome's head turned a little to the side in confusion.

"You knew her, right? You said she was your sister… surely you must know about her…"

"Why do you ask me when you could ask the person who really knows?" The old miko told the younger one. "Ask Inuyasha."

"Inuyasha?" Miroku asked, getting interested. "What does this have to do with Inuy---"

"Shut up!" Sango hissed, mad at Miroku for interrupting the exchange.

"I can't ask Inuyasha," the miko answered, "he won't tell me."

"He will, if you ask him when the time is right." The old miko looked pointedly at Kagome. "Wait until the New Moon comes."

"Uh?" Kagome's head turned in confusion again, but the older miko was already stalking off.

"I'll be going now," she said. "it's clear certain stuck up priest doesn't want me here." And then she walked silently into the castle.

As soon as she was gone Sango slapped Miroku on the arm. "Look what you just did!"

"Ow! What did I do?" He asked caressing his arm. "She always stalks off like that!" He looked to the door the old miko had gone through and hissed. "Kaede-baba! Always getting me in trouble…"

"What was that all about? About the New Moon?" Kagome asked her two friends.

"Who knows." Sango said and shrugged. "She always talk all cryptic like that… Maybe she has gone mad after all this year in the castle."

"Yes… maybe…" Kagome whispered and looked at the sky, silently calculating in how many days the New Moon would come.

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I couldn't proofread it so it must have a lot of mistakes, lol! This was supposed to be much longer, yes… but I don't want to torture you more with my writer's block!

Kaede and Miroku are OCC, but it's part of the story, things happened different from the anime, so they can't have exactly the same friendship…

Well, I explained a little about the kissing the neck thingy! Miroku will take a big part in this story… and Inuyasha and Kagome have a long way to go!

I'm kinda busy working and studying, but I'm still writing!!!