InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Exhilarating ❯ One Wish ( Chapter 7 )

[intro] Ah, look! Surprise, surprise! I'm able to update once inside of my odd vacation! ^___^ Hooray! Hooray of us all! (hands out muffins) Ooh… Marchan gave me a scolding over email on yelling at all you nice reviewers for thinking of Sesshy… ((look back at the beginning of chapter six where I told you to stop thinking that I was talking about Sesshoumaru)). -_-0 Ano… gomen nasai, then, lovely reviewers.

Besides all that, Miss Marchan ((should I start calling her Marsama or Mardono? o_o;;; … I feel like I should be saying "oro?" now…)), said that I should also try putting up a schedule of when I'm going to update. >_>;; I don't know about you… but I'm one of those people who end up not living up to schedules if I put them up myself… ((very procrastinate-y…)). (shrugs) You all should know the drill, though, right? I update at least once a week, usually by at least Saturday ((I don't like writing on Sunday X3)), unless I'm totally unable to. -_-0 Hmmm… She also asked why I made Jaken so evil. Well… he's jealous, that's for sure. And he doesn't like Rin so… I guess, jealousy and hatred equal evil? Wow, that would make Naraku evil too, ne? ^^; Erk… jealous cuz he((er, more like that human person named after spiders…)) loves Kikyou-sama too ((which may be why he wanted Inuyasha to "suffer" and "die!" and so one… though it could just be because Naraku's not very nice))and and yet… he hates her and Inuyasha-kun. Ah, the life of a villain xDDD.

Anyway, still in the middle of my vacation. By twist of fate, my family came back here ((home)) for a week because of something, so now I get to write! -And- I also get to draw my new spoof-like manga, Detective Kyle and Assistant Me. ^^;; Made up by one of my friends… erm, Kyle xDDD. He acted out the entire manga ((it's only one chapter, thank Ra)) and it's really funny. (rolls eyes) He's, of course, the detective. And Assistant Detective Me is well… me! Surprise, surprise XD. Actually, the character's name is Aya Em Me. I'm supposed to be posting up the chapter on deviantart one of these days… weeks… years… XD If you've ever drawn a manga -by yourself- with all that baka background detail and all the sizing up of the boxes and whatnot… it takes forever. It's no wonder that the professionals only get about five hours of sleep. Ack… and -why- do kids these days want to -do- that if they don't even want to get up for school?! Believe me… you'll get bloody bored drawing only three panels… especially if you're trying to do it the -right- way… -_-0

But perhaps only Marsama ((XD)) knows how much self-manga I like to draw… ^^;; Ah, well, enough ramblings, on with the fic![\intro]

Rug: YugiLuv, who's considering changing her name to Gaara or Gaara of the Sands, and Marsama, who's name used to be Marchan, do not own Inuyasha, or even Naruto. Yes, Gaara\Gara is from Naruto. And yes, he's a guy. A guy with a tattoo on his forehead meaning "love"… (shrugs and walks away)

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Exhilarating Chapter 7 - One Wish

By: YugiLuv ((or all that Gaara junk up there)) and Marsama ((or Marchan if you still prefer XD))

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'I still… want to stay with him…' Rin didn't cry when she was walking back into the forest with Sesshoumaru and Jaken, despite huge knot that had formed in her throat. She wanted to, but she didn't. No need to make this situation awkward, after all. 'Sesshoumaru-dono was right. Why care if I'm leaving some half-breed? He can't do anything… he's just some worthless hanyou with nothing to his name or power…… except-'

"What are you thinking about?"

Rin jumped at the sound, looking up at her demon lord. He didn't face her, but kept his gaze ahead at the path they were walking. It wasn't until after she didn't answer that he glanced down at her.

"Well…?"

She shook her head. "Nothing. Nothing important, Milord." Rin tried to make her voice sound normal, but it didn't work. She still had a tone of sadness, which Sesshoumaru obviously noticed.

"It's Inuyasha, isn't it?"

Rin's eyes widened, being figured out, but she gained back her composure and nodded slowly. She lowered her head in shame, thinking she knew what would come next.

"Forget about him," the taiyoukai said, his own voice sounding a bit softer than it had before. This startled not only Rin, but Jaken as well. Not even the tiny demon had heard his master speak so… tamely, before. Not a hint of demand or even disapproval in his words. Almost like… how a human would speak; no demon of Sesshoumaru's status would be caught dead with such a tone. He should've been higher than consolation, but….

'This damn girl has changed him more than I had realized,' Jaken mused angrily, glaring at Rin correspondingly to his thoughts. He was walking nearly two steps behind both her and his master, due to his short height. 'This manner had probably been hidden all this time inside of Milord, but… with this new development between Rin and Inuyasha… this will not bode well for me.'

Rin could only stare at her master. He wasn't facing her anymore, but she wished he would. She liked this new tone even better than his smile. Still… this newfound discovery didn't erase how she still wanted to stay with Inuyasha. It only made her more aware of the heat that came to her face whenever she heard Inuyasha's voice. He had been so kind to her. Even though she was such a pain to him when she had met him.

When Rin first saw Sesshoumaru, he had been defeated in battle and couldn't move. She tried to aid him, but the taiyoukai refused any of her help. The only time she thought she saw any kindness in him was when she'd been beaten by members of her village, and he's asked what happened. Rin remembered how happy she was when he asked that, even if he didn't really mean to be thoughtful. And then… Sesshoumaru had revived her from death when wolves attacked and killed her. It was from that moment on that she followed him and Jaken. The dog demon never asked for her to, but Rin did anyway. It wasn't like she had any family, anyway.

Besides… Rin enjoyed being with Sesshoumaru.

In contrast, when she met Inuyasha, she had slapped him twice and called him all sorts of names. She even pushed him out of a tree and had thoughts of killing the hanyou. But, he still saved her when she was wounded by the mantis demon. He could have just taken the twins and left her to a terrible fate, but he didn't. Inuyasha was even about to let her stay with him.

'Forever by his side? No, only temporarily…,' Rin pointed out, lost in her own thoughts. 'But that would've been nice.'

She enjoyed being with Inuyasha even more than being with her Master. Was that wrong of her?

"Well, Rin?" Sesshoumaru asked again. Apparently, he'd asked her something and had been expecting an answer from her while she'd been thinking. She hadn't even noticed that all three of them had stopped in their tracks.

"I'm sorry, Master," she quickly apologized. "I… wasn't listening."

"I had proposed the idea of just leaving this area and going elsewhere," he stated, his emotionless stare focused on her.

Rin gasped, inaudibly, but nonetheless was surprised. "B-but what about Inuyasha?! I thought we were here to kill him!"

He sighed, turning his gaze to the sky. "Yes, well… I've changed my plans. I've decided that I could just let him live for a while longer."

Rin didn't know what to think. At least now Inuyasha wouldn't have to die, but… now she couldn't just sneak off and see him. Not unless she decided to leave Sesshoumaru… but then what? Her Master had been kind enough not to turn her away all these years, and yet, she would just walk off on him? That idea was no good.

She had no choice… 'I must stay with Lord Sesshoumaru. Even if I never see Inuyasha… again…'

"That… sounds like a very good idea, Master Sesshoumaru."

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'Why do -I- care if he goes off with some younger girl?! There are so many other men out there… I can hook up with any one of them!'

Kagome had just come back to her hotel from grocery shopping. As she walked down the halls to her room, she held two bags in each hand and an angry glare on her face. It had been a while since she last saw Inuyasha… and she admitted to missing him on several times, but not now. Not at this moment! Higurashi Kagome did not miss that baka hanyou one bit!

When she neared her room, Kagome swiftly placed the two bags from her left hand into her right, and with her left she fumbled through her purse for the room key. It was one of those sliding card keys, and just as she placed it into the slot, Kagome just as quickly turned open the handle of the door. But, just as she pushed open the door, she dropped everything she'd been holding.

Inuyasha was waiting on the other side.

"Kagome…," he simply said, a sorrowful look in his amber eyes.

The woman hadn't been expecting this. She was just about to yell at him for scaring her, but no words came out because the hanyou had embraced her before Kagome could even open her mouth.

"I'm sorry, Kagome. But that girl was hurt… I couldn't leave her like that… but I swear that nothing happened. Don't hate me…."

She could feel tears forming, but wouldn't all them to fall. Kagome -had- missed him. So much. She didn't want to be mad at him at all. And she believed him… he wouldn't cheat on her for any reason. Never.

"I-it's alright," Kagome answered, returning his embrace. "I don't hate you."

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Some moments later, after he had apologized to her, Kagome asked him why he confronted her like he did. "Why here? Why not just wait until I go back into the past?"

"I thought… I thought you would never come back," he replied. This was a half-lie. Of course he knew she would, she always did, no matter what. It was just that at that moment, after his half-brother took Rin back, Inuyasha felt more alone than he knew he should've. It was just some random girl, wasn't it? Why care if she leaves? Rin was supposed to anyway…

But he felt so pained. As if it was Kagome- no, Kikyou, who had been taken away. Just like when he was shot by Kikyou's arrow so long ago and pinned to that tree. That same, aching feeling in his heart that felt like he was about to die from loneliness. The most hated human feeling that he had. This was what he felt like when Rin left… when a girl whom he'd only known for less than two weeks was taken away from him by his brother. And it wasn't something he wished to share with Kagome.

Kagome… the one he was supposed to love the most. Or… who he thought he did.

'Maybe it was better that she was pulled away from me. Soon, I'll forget all about her. All about… Rin. And that laugh of hers. That bright smile. Those eyes…'

"I-Inuyasha…?"

He looked up, unaware of what had been happening. Kagome's face was blushed quite a bit, but now she looked ready to scold him again for not listening.

But she didn't. Instead, she smiled; now Inuyasha was afraid. "You can be so weird, sometimes, you know that?" she asked him, that smirk still on her face.

He scowled, looking offended. "Really, now…? How so?"

"You act so serious, as if you can handle anything, and then you'll suddenly be off in your own little world right when someone asks you something serious," Kagome replied, knowing that if she laughed now, he'd actually be mad instead of just insulted.

"Feh. You seem to know -so- much about me," he muttered sarcastically, glaring elsewhere.

"I know," she stated suddenly, the derisive tone gone from her voice.

Inuyasha looked back at her, slightly surprised by this change of manner. "Ka… Kago-?!"

Before he could finish his words, she had pulled him into a kiss. It was sudden, and ended just as soon as it began. He couldn't even form audible words anymore, despite the rush of thoughts going through his head.

"That's why, Inuyasha…," Kagome began, not hint of red on her face in contrast to Inuyasha's deeply blushed appearance, "I had asked you to be with me."

"B-But… aren't I alr-"

"Not like this," she quickly said, cutting him off again. This time, she gazed into his amber eyes with a look that struck a chord in his mind. It was the exact same pleading look Kikyou had when she asked him to be human. "I mean… to -really- be with me. Marry me, Inuyasha."

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[author's notes] Errrggg… really evil of me to do that, ne? -_-0 Or not. Some of you may actually live for soap opera "drama" like this…. ((if you can even consider that to be a cliff hanger)). (rolls eyes) Some of you may end up hating me forever… and some of you may throw things at me for even -having- an Inuyasha X Kagome moment… but come on. I'm trying to be realistic here XDDD. Even if… some of my facts will most likely be proved wrong at the end of the Inuyasha series… (sighs). Anyway, I can't just ignore Kag-chan, can I? (ignores several cries of "YES!") Well… I want to keep her in here. It won't make sense for a later part of the story if she doesn't do this! Really! You'll thank me later! ((or… maybe you won't… -_-0))

Anyway… the review count has gone down. >_>;

Siri: Don't tell me you're expecting reviews for THIS?! This sloppy piece of work?! I'm betting the only reason why you got any replies in the first place was for a kudos to the fact you're using a coupling that should've never seen the light of day!!! And probably because you somehow squeezed in a Miroku and Sango in there!

Shhhh…! Don't say things like that, Siri! (glances around) They might hear you….

Siri: So?! Why should I care?! (is knocked out by flying house elves)

That… may be one reason… Feh. Anyway, anyone notice how this story seems to be falling in line with that one song Accidentally In Love? It's that new one… and none of you probably have any clue what I'm bloody talking about… -_-0 Okay. Whatever. Anyway… I made Inuyasha at least realize what's going on, but he's been in love before, so it makes sense. Rin just thinks she's going crazy, I think…

Kinu: You don't even know what she's thinking? You're the one writing the story!

And this… my dear reviewers… is why one should never have more than one bloody yami. (rolls eyes and shakes a fist at Kinu causing him to leave the room) Now then… review! Click the little button in the corner! It is the right thing to do

------------------------------------if you don't… I may not update…. Oooh, then what? Hmmmm….-------------------------------------

((Though Marsama will get mad at me again… and I'm still on vacation, so don't get mad at me for not updating for the next two weeks! -_-0 This vacation is getting longer and longer… why, Ra, why?! (sobs))) [\a.n.]