InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Duty Calls ❯ Burden? ( Chapter 3 )

Duty Calls

Chapter Three

Burden?

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Disclaimer: Oh, yesss, I own Inu! All the fan girls may hate me now! Muahahahahaha!!! *not*

` thinking '

" talking "

« Flashback »

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Kagome sighed. A text book lay open in her lap, her back rested against Goshinboku. Sango was helping Kaede with remedies and Miroku was in the village, offering his "services". Shippo was running around the clearing, playing with Kirara.
InuYasha… InuYasha was who knows where, doing who knows what.

`I wonder if he's gone see Kikyo ', She frowned. Kikyo had been oddly absent since Naraku's defeat. She hadn't even been there during the final battle. The Shikon no Tama was complete, and no one had any real idea on how to purify it.

`I definitely don't miss her, but now might be a good time for her to show up ', She closed her text book, putting it in her bag, `You better watch what you wish for, Kagome. '

The sound of rustling clothing made her look up in time to see a flash of red and white. A few seconds later, InuYasha was sitting beside her.

"Where'd you go?" She asked, looking over to him.

He looked at as if she should know the answer, "Nowhere, wench."

Her brow furrowed, "But you weren't here."

"Say's who? Do you really think I'd leave a pathetic human, like you, unprotected? Feh!"

"Pathetic human, hm?"

"Yes, a pathetic human. Would you rather I used `weak bitch', because that would work too. Either way, it's obvious you can't take care of yourself so I have to do it!"

"Weak bit-!Ohhh! Could a pathetic, weak, human bitch do this? OSUWARI!" She smiled triumphantly as he fell face forward. Grabbing her bag she stalked towards the hut. Shippo and Kirara glanced up from their game, and with curious looks, followed after her.

"Nngggh…", Lifting himself off of the ground, InuYasha looked around, face covered in dirt and a few twigs and leaves in his hair. Sitting on his haunches, he frowned, "Damn wench. If you lie, she pries the truth out of you, if you tell the truth, she sits you. Talk about a lose, lose situation."

Standing up, he turned and ran after them. Within a few moments, he could see the back of Kagome, Shippo and Kirara walking at a languid pace, and Kagome looked tense.

He closed in on them, and scooped Kagome up. "Kirara, take Shippo back to the hut", He shouted over his shoulder, taking off in the opposite direction. Bounding threw trees, he reached his destination within moments.

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Five minutes later, they sat peacefully in the upper most branches of Goshinboku. Kagome had struggled in vain to free herself from InuYasha's grasp.

InuYasha was sitting with his back against the trunk, his left leg hanging off the branch they were seated on, and his right leg stretched out straight. Kagome sat in his lap, facing the clearing, legs hanging off the side. He moved a little, getting comfortable and she clutched his haori to keep from falling.

"What the hell did you sit me for, wench?"

"You called me a weak bitch!"

"No, I called you a pathetic human. I just said weak bitch could work too!"

"That's the same thing!"

"No it isn't! If I had wanted to call you a weak bitch I would have outright said it, instead of making nice talk with `pathetic human'. "

"You call that nice talk? I'm not as weak as you think, you know! Just because you're a hanyo doesn't mean everyone else is weak! You're so arrogant! Besides, if I'm such a burden why don't you just use Kikyo as a shard detector?!"

A look of shock briefly crossed his features, and Kagome felt mildly guilty at her outburst. Everything came out harsher than she would have liked.

"I don't think your weak", He muttered, barely audible. He continued on, hardly an octave louder, "and I don't think you're a burden". When she looked up at him, his gaze was soft and she smiled. He held her gaze for a moment, returning her smile with a small grin, of his own, then he quickly glanced away, with a pink tinge to his cheeks.

Kagome laid her head against his chest, a smile playing across her lips as she closed her eyes. InuYasha's arms came around her as she slipped off into a light sleep.

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Osuwari: Sit

Goshinboku: Sacred Tree

Shikon no Tama: Jewel of Four Souls

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A/N: And so end's another chapter. Sorry for the lack of updates, but I've been quite sick. So, I'm not even totally sure where this story is headed. I know what I want to happen, and how I want it to happen, but I'm not too sure of the ending. The second genre to this story is angst, so I'm deciding if I should stick with my original idea (a angsty, dramatic ending) or go with a "happily ever after". I, personally, usually prefer the happily ever after route, but in this case I'm leaning more towards the angst. I may just write an angsty ending, then write an alternative. What do you think?
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Zero (FF.net): Hey that was really good. And what is the old promise? Anyway update soon!

Night: Thank-you. As for the promise, uhm, well, I don't

Want to say to much. If it isn't already a bit

Obvious then it'll become more obvious.

Minerva519 (MM.org): It didn't suck, but it's kinda generic (not supposed to be an insult). It's a prologue. I can't wait to see where you take it when you get the plot going.

Night: I actually agree, the way I wrote the final battle was

actually very generic. I very much disliked the way I wrote it,

but I wanted it to be simple and quick seeing as how

this fic is not action-based.