InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hardly There ❯ Pinned by an Arrow ( Chapter 6 )

AN: FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE WAONDERING WHAT'S UP THE WHOLE GHOST DEAL, YOU'LL FIND YOUR ANSWER HERE!!!

Summary: A/U Kagome, Sango, and Rin are three Junior High girls who gets dared into going into the creepy abandoned old house across the school and bring back something. While they're exploring, they encounter three ghosts that date back to the Sangoku Jidai. IY/K M/S S/R

Hardly There

by Kumori Ryuuzaki

Chapter Six: Pinned by an Arrow

It was a few months after Christmas. Rin, Sango, and Kagome got in big trouble for not coming home at curfew at Christmas Eve. Now, being a few months later, everything was back to normal.

Ever since then, Kagome noticed Inuyasha seemed to be alot nicer to her, and spend more time around them during their visits. It was abit wierd at first, but Kagome didn't say anything since she liked his company.

Sesshoumaru also got back at Inuyasha. The girls' weren't sure how, but it made Inuyasha blush, Sesshoumaru look smug, and a perverted smile on Miroku's face. Sesing the smile, the girls immdedietly didn't want to know. It was never good when Miroku smiled like that. Never ever good.

(AN: Use your imagination on how Sesshoumaru got Inuyasha back.)

It was early afternoon at the Higurashi Shrine, where the three girls were sitting outside, gossiping and talking about whatever girls like to talk about. Until Kagome's Grandfather came running about.

"Kagome, Kagome! Do you know where the key went?" Jii-chan asked frantically.

Kagome sighed and ducked her head. "Which key is it this time?"

"An old rusty one!" Jii-chan answered. "It goes into the lock of Inuyasha's lil temple over there..."

All three girls head snapped up and looked at Jii-chan.

"Mr. Higurashi," Rin began. "That sounds interesting. What's the history behind it?"

Jii-chan blinked, then shrugged. The girls, except occasionly Rin, never actually listened to his history speeches, let alone ask about the history of certain things. And of all things, the little temple around the God Tree that housed a great demon!! But he just shrugged and start his lecture.

"The temple around the God Tree houses a great demon by the name of Inuyasha, who was sealed away by a great miko by the name of Kikyou!" he continued on with some nonsense that I don't want to type and are incorrect anyways. "You see the cross in front of the building? That was the spot Kikyou was found dead at. No one's quite sure how she died."

Without looking at each other, the girls sent went to search for the key, and already agreed that that night, they were going to see this 'Inuyasha's Temple' at nearly all costs. They weren't really desperate to die trying to see if Inuyasha really was there. Who said they couldn't ask and gamble if he was gonna tell them or not?

~*~

It was a bit before midnight. Sango and Rin were spending the night at the Shrine, Sota sleeping over at a friends' house, Jii-chan was snoring away in his room, and Mrs. Higurashi was out. They had found the key earlier, Buyo was chewing on it in a tree.

"Okay," Sango said. "We're here, but we can back out if we want."

"Why would we back out?" Kagome asked. "We're here in front of the door, the key already in the lock, just get in!"

Sango nodded, and turned the key to unlock the door. SIlently, the door swung open to reveal Inuyasha pinned to the tree by an arrow, not looking a day older than his ghost.

But looking at the body, Kagome was doubting over the fact if she should call him a ghost. Wouldn't he be rotting right now?

"Maybe that was what Kikyou meant," Rin murmured. When Sango and Kagome looked at her, she continued. "Kikyou mentioned a sealing spell, right? Maybe he's not dead, but sealed."

"This a bit of weird seal if you ask me," Kagome said, stepping in. "Come on, get in! Shut the door! Rin? You still have the flashlight?"

Sango shut the door behind them, and Rin turned on the flashlight.

"I feel like I'm trespassing," Rin murmured.

"We trespassed before, and it didn't do us much harm," Sango said. "BEsides the fact we're friends with a pervert, nothing bad has happened."

"I guess..." Rin paused, and looked around. "I dunno, but I'm getting a bad feeling about this...""Rin, you're paranoid--" Sango was cut off by the door being kicked open, and revealing Kouga on the other side.

"Kagome!" Kouga said loudly, causing all three girls to turn around and say, "SHHH!!!"

Kouga stumbled back in surprise a bit, before calmly walking up to Kagome and grabbed her arm. "Come on Kagome. What on earth are you doing with that...that...thing...?"

"Kouga let go!" Kagome whimpered. "You're hurting me..."

"Answer me!" Kouga nearly yelled.

"Kouga! Let go fo Kagome!" Sango hissed, trying to pry Kouga off her best friend, but he easily tossed her aside and into a wall.

"Sango!" Rin cried. "Kouga-san! Please stop hurting Kagome-chan...!" She didn't continue, because Kouga tossed her into the wall beside Sango.

"Kouga, knock it off!" Kagome snapped, managing to finally twist her arm out of Kouga's grasp, she stumbled back, and waved to arms to grab anything to pull her up. And it happened to be an arrow...

"NO!" Kouga shouted, as the arrow moved a bit to the left.

Kagome stood still on her feet, eyes wide, looking at the arrow that she still was clutching. "....oops?"

"Kagome! Why did you--" Kouga paused and stared wide eyed at Inuyasha. "...shit..."

Kagome followed Kouga's gaze to Inuyasha, and gasped when his ears...twitched...?

"Damn, did he move?" Sango asked Rin quietly. She was sitting near the wall with Rin. They weren't moving much, it hurt their backs too much.

"I dunno," Rin murmured. "Please be yes and get rid of Kouga for us..." It wasn't that she hated Kouga. Nope, she never hated anyone before, just thoroughly disliked them. There were no reasons for her to hate anyone. It was just that Kouga possessive of Kagome got annoying, and she knew that Kagome didn't like him like he wanted her to. And the fact Kouga always gets on Kagome's nerves with the 'my woman' thing. It's enough to get on any woman's nerves.

Kouga bit his bottom lip and approached Inuyasha, reaching out to his side, for that old sword he always carried around.

"Kouga," the hanging hanyou said suddenly, causing Kouga to jump a bit. "You know better to touch the sword. But if you want to be scorched to death, knock yourself out."

Kouga jumped back and started growling. Inuyasha just opened his eyes and glared at Kouga. But it didn't last long. Kagome jumped up and gave him a big hug, otherwise known as squeezing him to death.

"INUYASHA!" Kagome squealed, not only suffocating the poor hanyou, but making him deaf.

"Kagome---let---go---can't---breathe--!" Inuyasha managed to say. He wasn't quite sure how, but he really didn't care at the moment.

"Huh?" Kagome loosened her grip. "Oops...sorry..."

"Bastard!" Kouga cried. "Let go of Kagome!"

Inuyasha glared at Kouga. "Are you blind? My hands are on my side!"

"Kouga!" Sango said darkly, standing up slowly so her back wouldn't hurt that much. "What are you even doing here?"

"I came to see my woman!" Kouga declared.

"YOUR WOMAN?!?!?!" Inuyasha shouted on top of his lungs.

"Good thing Kagome-chan's grandfather can sleep through anything," Rin murmured from her spot on the floor. Sango nodded in agreement.

"Kouga!!" Kagome shouted in fustration. "For the last time! I'm not your woman!"

The door was once again pushed opened, but this time Sesshoumaru and Miroku were standing outside. Correction, Sesshoumaru was. Miroku was sitting on the floor with a look of horror on his face.

Kouga backed away into the shadows, but Sesshoumaru spotted him at once. And smelled him.

"Never thought I see you here," Sesshoumaru said coldly at Kouga. He looked at Inuyasha. "You have alot of explaining to do."

Inuyasha glared at his older brother for a second before turning his head away. "Keh!"

"I think I'll be going now," Kouga muttered, but he didn't move to the door. Nah, he wasn't eager to die any time soon.

Sesshoumaru stood still for a second, before stepping aside. "Go before I maim you slowly and have Inuyasha finish you off," he said coolly.

That got Kouga going, and with inhuman speed, he was out the door. He knew perfectly well Sesshoumaru can maim him, and no way in hell was he gonna get killed by Inuyasha! Besides, his Kagome would be terribly sad that he died!

Inuyasha looked at Kagome. "You think you can pull out the damn arrow?"

"Uhh...sure..." Kagome answered uncertainly, her hands settled on the arrow. And with one hard tug, she pulled the arrow out, which disappeared as soon as it was out.

Inuyasha, who was a few inches from the ground, fell to his feet.and started observing his hands, before doing something very OOC. Jumping around happily and hugging everyone, even Sesshoumaru, who looked quite disgusted, and shouted death threats at him. But Inuyasha wasn't paying attention to him.

Inuyasha really didn't care if he was acting like an idiot. He was free from that damn seal! He could sing! Not that he really wanted to, but he might just to horrify Sesshoumaru...

Sango and Rin, who's backs had just stop hurting, were hiding behind Sesshoumaru, who was yelling at Inuyasha that he was a disgrace to the family. And anything to else to get him pissed so he can finally STOP ACTING TO DANG FREAKY!!!! He wouldn't admit it to anyone, but Inuyasha was scaring him!

It scared him more that Inuyasha wasn't trying to kill him after what he shouted. Maybe it had to do with that sealing spell, or whatever? If so, he was gonna kill Kikyou for making Inuyasha scaring him like that...jeeze...

"Ugh, Lady Sango?" Miroku said dazedly, finally standing up, the look of horror on his face finally gone. Sesshoumaru was running to fast, and dragging. He thought he was going to die. "Is that you?"

"Uh yeah," Sango answered, happy for a distraction. "You gotta help! Inuyasha's freaking me out!"

"Please stop him!" Rin pleaded.

"I got a perfect idea," Miroku said calmly. "But I don't wanna die."

"Fine, fine!" Sesshoumaru growled. "I'll make sure he doesn't kill you. Just make him stop!"

Miroku nodded. And when Inuyasha hugged poor Kagome again, Miroku said in a calm voice, "Inuyasha, we know how much you love Kagome, but...ARGH!!! I'M GONNA DIE!" Miroku was running pretty fast for a human as Sesshoumaru held back a pissed Inuyasha. "KAMI-SAMA!! DON'T LET HIM HURT ME!!!!"

Sango and Rin sighed, and Kagome was redder than Inuyasha's haori. Well, at least Inuyasha was back to normal.

And how could Kagome's Jiichan sleep through the racket they're making???

And he's human???

~*~

Kagome, Sango, Rin, Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sesshoumaru were inside the house, eating ramen. Apparently Jiichan had slept through all the racket they were making, which they were thankful.

"Inuyasha, why don't you explain the seal thing?" Kagome asked.

Inuyasha looked up from his bowl of ramen, said something they weren't able to make out with his mouth full of noodles, before gobbliing down his ramen once again.

"Inuyasha!" Miroku said in a scolding tone. "Don't talk with your mouth full! It's very rude!"

Inuyasha just flipped him off.

"How rude..." Miroku mumbled.

"You just noticed now?" Kagome muttered.

"I think we should go now," Sesshoumaru said suddenly standing.

"But I--" Rin was cut off by one of the last person she really want to be caught with in room full of hrt friends and three guys that might as well be in costumes.

"Kagome! Rin! Sango!" Mrs. Higurashi gasped, surprising the girls and Miroku. Sesshoumaru just faced the wamn calmly, and Inuyasha was still eating ramen.

"I had a bad feeling about this," Sango muttered.

"I am sooo busted," Kagome whined to herself.

"We're going to be in so much trouble," Rin murmured.

"Kagome! What have I told you about bringing in strange boys without telling me!" Mrs. Higurashi scolded. "They don't even have a room ready, do they?"

Everybody in the sweatdropped. Kagome, Sango, and Rin brought in total strangers, and all Mrs. Higurashi was worried about was showing them hospitality? Well, it was better than getting kicked out.

"I'll go get a room ready!" Mrs. Higurashi said cheefully, bouncing up the stairs.

"I'm not going to ask," Inuyasha muttered, his ramen finished. "Kagome, your mom is weird."

"I wish my mom was like that," Sango said. "Then I won't get in trouble bringing home strangers...like Sesshoumaru or Miroku for any reasons."

Rin nodded. "She would love some grandchildren."

"At least I'm not in trouble," Kagome said, collecting the bowls of ramen. "I'm gonna put these away."

Miroku yawned. "I could go for snooze."

"Keh, you pethetic weaklings need too much sleep," Inuyasha muttered.

Miroku glared at Inuyasha calmly. "Excuse me for being human."

Sesshoumaru snorted.

"Why don't you all get to sleep? Mrs. Higurashi is preparing a room for you," Rin suggested. "We can always fight in the morning."

"Ingenius plan!" Sango said. "Let's go put it into action." She yawned and walked up the stairs. "Are you boys coming or not?"

To Be Continued...

AN: Chapter six! This story is coming by rather fast. I got the next chapter all thought out, so all I need to do is TYPE TYPE TYPE!! Buwahahahahaha! I've been eating too much candy again! I need to stop eating so much sugar. But I can still go for a milkshake...

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