InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Challenge ❯ Chapter 6
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By: Princess_Laura 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Comedy | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.23.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 3.7K | Visits: 262 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Comedy | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.23.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 3.7K | Visits: 262 | Status: Completed
Hi people!!!! I haven't updated in a while cuz I've been having an EXTREME case of writers block..... it wasn't fun.... but I FINALLY got over it and the result is a BRAND SPANKING NEW CHAPTER!!!! lol! sorry about the grammar again.... but you'll be ok if there's a couple mistakes! lol! ON WITH THE STORY!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha.... [pouts]
Chapter 6
The Next Challenge
The group of four companions made their way down to the lobby to go to their next challenge. All four of them wondering what it would be... and hoping... more like praying that it wouldn't be something stupid. They all sat down in the lobby and waited for John to come and get them. He had told them to wear something that they wouldn't mind if it got a little dirty... This worried Kagome and Sango because they both didn't want ANY of thier clothes to get dirty. They'd eventually decided on a pair of dark jeans and a plain t-shirt. Kagome's being red and Sango's purple. The guys had an easier time.... most of their clothes they didn't mind if they got dirty. Inu Yasha settled on a pair of jeans and a green muscle shirt, Miroku had a pair of jeans and a blue t-shirt on. They were all talking about how they didn't want to be up yet (mostly Kagome and Inu Yasha) because today they had to wake up earlier to get to the challenge which started at 9:00.
"Why does it have to start this early?!" Kagome whined
"I know! We should still be asleep!" Inu Yasha complained
"Would you guys shut up for once in your lives?" Sango asked crankily... she didn't like it either but you didn't see her complaining did you?
"Dearest Sango is right! You two need to go to bed earlier or something! You always wake up last... which is around 1:00 mind you and then you complain about being tired!" Miroku said exasperatedly. Suddenly John appeared beside Kagome and cleared his throat to get everyone's attention.
"Morning kids!" John said happily
"Somebody's chipper..." mumbled Inu Yasha under his breath, but Kagome heard him and glared. She allowed herself to be pulled up by John and walked away with Miroku and Sango following. She turned her head and looked at Inu Yasha who hadn't moved from the couch yet.
"Are you coming Inu Yasha?" she asked worried that he was mad at her.
"Ya I'm coming. You people ever heard of waiting?" Inu Yasha asked edgily as he fell into step beside Kagome. Kagome smiled at him and dropped John's arm to hook onto his. Inu yasha got a smug look on his face and they continued to walk to the limo. In the limo Kagome fell asleep on Inu Yasha's shoulder. Everyone was shocked that Inu Yasha wasn't unconcious too. When they finally arrived Inu Yasha was left with the task of waking up Kagome.
"Kag?" he asked quietly. She mumbled something that sounded a lot like '5 more minutes' Inu Yasha chuckled and poked her lightly in the stomach. She jumped and opened her eyes a bit.
"GO AWAY!" she said in a pissed off tone.
"Come on Kag! You have to get up so we can do this challenge thing!" Inu Yasha said. Kagome shot up and hit her head on Inu Yasha's
"OW!!!" they both screamed, grabbing thier heads in pain.
"Thanks Inu Yasha. I really needed a headache today!" Kagome said sarcastically.
"So did I Kag..." Inu Yasha said just as sarcastically as she did. He grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the car and down to where everyone was gathered. Today there were 2 new people though. Kagome walked right up to them and was very friendly.
"Hi! My name's Kagome Higurashi! What's yours?" she asked nicely.
"I'm Sesshomaru Testaiga, and this is Kagura Mellioni."(A/N: I couldn't think of a last name for her.... sorry!) said one of the two new people. He was tall and had REALLY long silver, almost white hair and honey brown, almost amber eyes. He wore a white muscle shirt and red shorts with black running shoes on. The girl beside him had jet black shoulder length hair pulled into a high pony tail. Her eyes were as red as fire and she wore a black shirt and red kahkis.(sp?!?!) Inu Yasha stood behind Kagome with his mouth hanging open and his eyes wide.
"SESSHOMARU! Is that you?!?!" Inu Yasha exclaimed
"INU YASHA!" Sesshomaru said loudly, with no emotion in his face. The two guys dove for each other and embraced each other in a big hug. Kagome was shocked.... actually everyone was. When the two broke apart they noticed the strange looks they were getting so they went and stood beside thier respective partners. They both cleared their throats and fidgeted uncomfortably.
"What the hell was that about?" asked Kagome. The guys slightly blushed and Inu Yasha started to explain to her.
"Sesshomaru and I are brothers and he went to live with my dad after my parents got divorced, while I stayed with my mom... that was like 5 years ago... and this is the first time I've seen him since!" Inu Yasha said excitedly. Sesshomaru nodded in agreement.
"Well why don't you guys catch up after the challenge then?" Kagome offered. The guys raised their eyebrows and shrugged.
"Sure why not?" Inu Yasha said
"It would be good to get to know my little brother all over again.... see what a mess he's made with his life with out me here to guide him!" Sesshomaru joked. The group laughed and suddenly stopped when John came over to them with the rest of the group in tow.
"Good Morning kids!" he exclaimed
"Good morning John." The group all said with an extreme lack of enthusiasm. He didn't notice though....
"Welcome to your 2nd challenge! This challenge is called 'Save me!' ok?" John explained, everyone nodded.
"What's going to happen is that each team is going to be split up. Each pair's names will be put in a hat and two pairs will be drawn. Those two pairs will be a team for today. Just today though! ok! All of your names are in this hat and I'll draw them out one by one now..." he said as he put his hand in the hat.
"The first team consists of Inu Yasha and Kagome..... and Kouga and Kikyo!" John said excitedly. All four of them stood there shocked.... then Kikyo jumped on Inu Yasha squealing about how they got to be on the same team. Kagome tried to pry her off of him but she got grabbed around the waist from behind. It was Kouga! He turned her around in the circle of his arms and tried to kiss her! When Inu Yasha saw this he threw Kikyo on the ground and pounced on Kouga... bringing Kagome down with them. So poor Kagome was squished between Inu Yasha and Kouga. (A/N: not a bad place to be...... lol!!!)
"KOUGA!!! KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF KAGOME!!!" Inu Yasha screamed at him.
"YOU KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY WOMAN DOG BREATH!!!" Kouga screamed back.... meanwhile poor Kagome was being squished still and was wimpering. Suddenly Inu Yasha noticed that Kagome was there and jumped up. He helped her up and started apologising profusely. Kagome was just sitting there nodding and saying that she wasn't mad she just wanted to sit down... except he wasn't paying attention... he was too busy apologising to realise that she wasn't mad.
"INU YASHA! I accepted your apology now SHUT UP!" Kagome yelled.
"uh.... ok?" Inu Yasha said sheepishly. Kouga got up and punched Inu Yasha in the eye. Kagome screamed and dropped to the ground with him to see if he was ok... he was unconcious.
"KOUGA YOU BASTARD!!!!!!!" Kagome screeched as she pulled Inu Yasha's head into her lap. smoothing his hair away from his face. The entire group gathered around them and started asking if he was all right. Kagome lost it.
"GET LOST!" she screamed at everyone. This apparently woke up Inu Yasha.
"Oww! Kag did you have to yell?" he asked groggily.
"Inu Yasha! Are you ok?" she asked concerned.
"Ya.. I'm fine... I might get a bit of a bruise.... WHERE IS THAT DUMBASS!?!" Inu Yasha shouted, he tried to sit up but Kagome pulled him back down.
"Stop it you two!!! I don't like being fought over! It's really annoying! It causes physical pain too." She said as she fixed Inu Yasha's bangs again. John suddenly cleared his throat.
"We've got a challenge to do here folks!" he said. Everyone nodded and followed him to the challenge site. Kagome helped Inu Yasha to his feet and they walked somewhat behind everyone else.
"You sure you're ok?" Kagome asked, still concerned.
"Ya I'm fine! I can do this challenge and I'm gunna make sure we win too..." he said as he wraped his arm around her shoulders pulling her into a one armed hug. When they finally reached the site, Kouga gave Inu Yasha a death glare because he was touching Kagome. Each of the teams stood together and waited for instructions.
"OK! You will choose one person to not participate in today's challenge first off. That person must come and stand over here on this platform." John explained. Kagome, Jessica, Seraphim, and Shippo went to stand on the platform.
"OK! Now that that's out of the way! You guys get to do an obstacle course!The first person in the team has to run through tires, and climb a wall. At the top will be the second person on the team. The first person has to tag the second person before they can leave. The second person has to climb down the wall and walk accross a pole, of 30 metres in length. Then at the end of the pole the third person will be tagged and the third person has to swing over a pit of mud, then run to the finish line." John explained. Everyone nodded in understanding and chose what part of the race they would each be running. When everyone was in their places John elaborated why this challenge was called 'Save me!'
"Will you four please come and join me on top of this platform here please?" he asked. They climbed up to another platform that was 50 feet from the ground. Kagome looked over the edge and screamed.... she was TERRIFIED of heights! She hid behind Jessica and kept repeating over and over:
"I want down! I want down!" John smiled reassuringly at her and told everyone what would happen to our poor fourth team members.
"Our lovely fourth members will be hanging on ropes from this platform... 50 feet from the ground. They will be perfectly safe because they will have harnessess and we will have trained personel here at all times." John shouted to the others standing on the ground. Inu Yasha glared at him and looked ahead instead of up at John. The trained people started to put everyone into thier harnesses. Kagome almost started crying. Seraphim already was crying a little bit. When they were all on their harnesses they were attached to cables and suspended in the air... That's when Kagome started crying.
"Please let me down! I'm REALLY scared!" Kagome shouted to the trained personel. They just shook thier heads. Seraphim was having a giant fit beside Kagome. Kagome took her hand and squeezed it. Together they cried. Meanwhile on the ground John was setting everyone up to start. Sango, Kikyo, Andrew, and Rin were in the first position, Kouga, Miroku, Sesshomaru, and Jolene were in the second position, and Inu Yasha, Mike, Kagura, and Darrin were in the third position. (A/N: group 1: Inu Yasha/ Kagome/ Kikyo/ Kouga Group 2: Sango/ Miroku/ Mike/ Jessica group 3: Sesshomaru/ Kagura/ Shippo/ Rin group 4: Andrew/ Jolene/ Darrin/ Seraphim. just to clear that up in case I forgot to put it in here....) John stood beside the starting line and waved a flag to indicate that the race had started. Kikyo automatically tripped into the tires, but Sango zoomed through them, Rin took them rather slow but made it without falling over, and Andrew had no troubles at all. When they reached the climbing wall Kikyo made it up relly fast and tagged Kouga, Sango did it fairly fast but she didn't get there before Kikyo. Rin made it up there fairly fast and tagged Sesshomaru. Andrew zoomed up the wall and tagged Jolene. Kouga jumped off of the platform, not even bothering with the rope you were supposed to use, and tried to run across the pole... but it didn't work and he had to start over. Miroku climbed down the wall fairly fast and ran across the pole with ease. Sesshomaru also jumped off of the wall and walked carefully across the pole. Jolene took her time going down the wall and carefully ran across the pole. Each person eventually tagged their partner and the people in third position took off for the mud pits. Inu Yasha flew across it with no trouble, Mike swang across with a bit of a balance problem when he got off but he didn't fall. Kagura made it half way across and fell in... in her second attempt she made it safely across, and Darrin flew across just like Inu Yasha. It was down to the 100 meter race to the finish line. Inu Yasha and Mike were neck in neck... until Inu Yasha burst ahead with a hidden amount of energy... that he got when he looked up at Kagome.... Inu Yasha won the final race and Mike came in second, Darrin third and finally Kagura. Instead of stopping Inu Yasha ran up the stairs to the platform where Kagome was being taken down from her harness. As soon as she could escape she ran to him and cried. Inu Yasha held her while she cried and whispered over and over:
"It's ok... I'm here... Don't worry...." Kagome just continued crying. Seraphim was crying too. Except Darrin wasn't there yet. He was on his way and as soon as he got there she ran into his arms and balled her eyes out on his shoulder. Inu Yasha lead Kagome down the stairs and to the rest of the group. Sango gave her a big hug and kept telling her that she was sorry that she had to do that. Kouga pushed everyone out of his way and grabbed Kagome's arm rather roughly and turned her around to face him.
"Kagome! Are you all right?" he asked, she glared at him and turned away.
"Leave me alone Kouga." She said coldly. Kouga took a step back in disbelief... he'd never been shot down like that before...
"What's wrong with you?" he asked, royally pissed off.
"YOU'RE WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME! GO AWAY!" she shouted. Inu Yasha pulled her back into his arms and she was shaking in anger. John suddenly appeared out of no where and cleared his throat.
"Hey! Hey! No need to shout! Well I've got the updated points now. Inu Yasha, Kagome, Sango, and Miroku have 29 points. Kikyo, Kouga, Andrew, and Jolene have 24 points. Darrin, Seraphim, Shippo and Rin have 8 points. And finally Mike, Jessica, Sesshomaru, and Kagura have 6 points. Your limos will be here shortly... don't worry there are new drivers so there won't be any speeding. See you in four days!" he said as he walked away. Kouga glared at Inu Yasha and grabbed Kikyo's arm and walked away. Andrew and Jolene followed them and they all got into the first limo and drove off. Darrin, Serapim, Shippo, and Rin did the same, as did Mike, Jessica, Kagura and Sesshomaru. Before he left hough Sesshomaru and Inu Yasha exchanged phone numbers and what not. Then Inu Yasha, Kagome, Sango, and Miroku got into the last limo. When they reached the hotel Kagome was calmed down again and everyone was talking amongst themselves.
~*~ Up in the Room~*~
The group all sat around the living room, not really paying attention to what they were watching. All four of them were thinking about someone in the group.
'I should ask Lady Sango about Kagome... it would help Inu Yasha... but I'll have to have him talk to my Sango... I love that girl...' Miroku thought
'I hope Kagome is really all right... I can't believe that they did that to her! I knew I didn't like that John guy for a reason...' Inu Yasha thought
'That was single scariest experience of my LIFE! I hate John! I can't believe he made me do that even though I was freaking out! Kouga didn't help either... how dare he punch Inu Yasha! What's his problem! Honestly!' Kagome thought.
'I NEED to talk to Inu Yasha... I promised Kagome... ya... I'll do it now.... I hope he doesn't get weirded out...' Sango thought then she stood up.
"Inu Yasha? Can I talk to you in the kitchen for a minute?" she asked. Inu Yasha nodded and stood up. Kagome fell over because she was leaning on him.
"Oof!! Hey! What's going on? I was just getting comfortable!" Kagome said obviously distressed.
"I'll be right back Kag." Inu Yasha said and followed Sango into the kitchen.
"Ok. I'm gunna cut to the chase. Do you like Kagome?" Sango demanded. Inu Yasha looked surprised.
"It's that obvious huh? Miroku knew too..." Inu Yasha said.
"HA! I TOLD HER!" Sango exclaimed in triumph. Inu Yasha's eyes widened.
"She knows? Thank god! That'll make asking her out a lot easier..." Inu Yasha mumbled, Sango heard him though.
"Ooh!!! You're going to ask her out?!?! Oh my god that's too cute!" she sqealed. Inu Yasha raised an eyebrow at her and blushed a bit.
"ok are we done?" he asked, eager to get back to Kagome.
"Oh ya!" Sango said excitedly, she couldn't wait to tell Kagome! Both of them went back to the living room and found Kagome still with her head where it was when they left. Inu Yasha lifted her up and sat down again. She sighed in contentment as her head fell onto his shoulder again. Surprisingly Sagno laid her head on Miroku's shoulder as well. Instinctively both guys wraped thier arms around their girls and held them there...until they fell asleep...
"They seem to do this to us a lot..." Miroku said... not that he was complaining.
"Ya... Come on we have to put them in their beds... They'd kill us if we left them here." Inu Yasha said as he lifted up Kagome bridal style. Miroku followed suit and picked up Sango. The guys brought the girls to their room and laid them down. They turned off the light, closed the door, and went to watch T.V. As soon as the guys left Sango opened her eyes and smiled. Kagome opened one eye then the other. They both giggled quietly.
"Kagome guess what!" Sango whispered excitedly.
"What?" Kagome asked
"When I talked to Inu Yasha in the kitchen today he said that he did like you and that he was going to ask you out!!!" Sango whispered exstaticly.
"WHAT!" Kagome said a little too loudly. Sango glared at her and then started smiling widely. Kagome shook her head in disbelief and then the information sunk in... Inu yasha liked HER! She broke out into a huge smile and started giggling quietly. Sango joined her and soon they started getting a little loud so they covered their faces with pillows and laughed their heads off.
"Sango?" Kagome asked after she had finally finished her laughing spree.
"Ya?"
"Do you want me to find out if Miroku's going to ask you out too? Because I KNOW he likes you... he just thinks that you hate him..." Kagome explained
"But I DON'T hate him!" Sango protested.
"I know you don't but the problem is that he doesn't know you don't. I can tell him if you like..." Kagome offered.
"Thanks Kagome... I don't want him to think that...." Sango said as her mind started to wander. Kagome realised that Sango had zoned and turned over to go to sleep for real this time.
HEY! I hope you guys liked this chapter! Sorry it took so long for me to post it.... I had a monsterous case of writter's block.... it was HORRIBLE! I would sit staring at my computer for like an hour (that's an exageration) hoping for something to happen... it didn't work. I was sad. lol! Please review!!! TTFN!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha.... [pouts]
Chapter 6
The Next Challenge
The group of four companions made their way down to the lobby to go to their next challenge. All four of them wondering what it would be... and hoping... more like praying that it wouldn't be something stupid. They all sat down in the lobby and waited for John to come and get them. He had told them to wear something that they wouldn't mind if it got a little dirty... This worried Kagome and Sango because they both didn't want ANY of thier clothes to get dirty. They'd eventually decided on a pair of dark jeans and a plain t-shirt. Kagome's being red and Sango's purple. The guys had an easier time.... most of their clothes they didn't mind if they got dirty. Inu Yasha settled on a pair of jeans and a green muscle shirt, Miroku had a pair of jeans and a blue t-shirt on. They were all talking about how they didn't want to be up yet (mostly Kagome and Inu Yasha) because today they had to wake up earlier to get to the challenge which started at 9:00.
"Why does it have to start this early?!" Kagome whined
"I know! We should still be asleep!" Inu Yasha complained
"Would you guys shut up for once in your lives?" Sango asked crankily... she didn't like it either but you didn't see her complaining did you?
"Dearest Sango is right! You two need to go to bed earlier or something! You always wake up last... which is around 1:00 mind you and then you complain about being tired!" Miroku said exasperatedly. Suddenly John appeared beside Kagome and cleared his throat to get everyone's attention.
"Morning kids!" John said happily
"Somebody's chipper..." mumbled Inu Yasha under his breath, but Kagome heard him and glared. She allowed herself to be pulled up by John and walked away with Miroku and Sango following. She turned her head and looked at Inu Yasha who hadn't moved from the couch yet.
"Are you coming Inu Yasha?" she asked worried that he was mad at her.
"Ya I'm coming. You people ever heard of waiting?" Inu Yasha asked edgily as he fell into step beside Kagome. Kagome smiled at him and dropped John's arm to hook onto his. Inu yasha got a smug look on his face and they continued to walk to the limo. In the limo Kagome fell asleep on Inu Yasha's shoulder. Everyone was shocked that Inu Yasha wasn't unconcious too. When they finally arrived Inu Yasha was left with the task of waking up Kagome.
"Kag?" he asked quietly. She mumbled something that sounded a lot like '5 more minutes' Inu Yasha chuckled and poked her lightly in the stomach. She jumped and opened her eyes a bit.
"GO AWAY!" she said in a pissed off tone.
"Come on Kag! You have to get up so we can do this challenge thing!" Inu Yasha said. Kagome shot up and hit her head on Inu Yasha's
"OW!!!" they both screamed, grabbing thier heads in pain.
"Thanks Inu Yasha. I really needed a headache today!" Kagome said sarcastically.
"So did I Kag..." Inu Yasha said just as sarcastically as she did. He grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the car and down to where everyone was gathered. Today there were 2 new people though. Kagome walked right up to them and was very friendly.
"Hi! My name's Kagome Higurashi! What's yours?" she asked nicely.
"I'm Sesshomaru Testaiga, and this is Kagura Mellioni."(A/N: I couldn't think of a last name for her.... sorry!) said one of the two new people. He was tall and had REALLY long silver, almost white hair and honey brown, almost amber eyes. He wore a white muscle shirt and red shorts with black running shoes on. The girl beside him had jet black shoulder length hair pulled into a high pony tail. Her eyes were as red as fire and she wore a black shirt and red kahkis.(sp?!?!) Inu Yasha stood behind Kagome with his mouth hanging open and his eyes wide.
"SESSHOMARU! Is that you?!?!" Inu Yasha exclaimed
"INU YASHA!" Sesshomaru said loudly, with no emotion in his face. The two guys dove for each other and embraced each other in a big hug. Kagome was shocked.... actually everyone was. When the two broke apart they noticed the strange looks they were getting so they went and stood beside thier respective partners. They both cleared their throats and fidgeted uncomfortably.
"What the hell was that about?" asked Kagome. The guys slightly blushed and Inu Yasha started to explain to her.
"Sesshomaru and I are brothers and he went to live with my dad after my parents got divorced, while I stayed with my mom... that was like 5 years ago... and this is the first time I've seen him since!" Inu Yasha said excitedly. Sesshomaru nodded in agreement.
"Well why don't you guys catch up after the challenge then?" Kagome offered. The guys raised their eyebrows and shrugged.
"Sure why not?" Inu Yasha said
"It would be good to get to know my little brother all over again.... see what a mess he's made with his life with out me here to guide him!" Sesshomaru joked. The group laughed and suddenly stopped when John came over to them with the rest of the group in tow.
"Good Morning kids!" he exclaimed
"Good morning John." The group all said with an extreme lack of enthusiasm. He didn't notice though....
"Welcome to your 2nd challenge! This challenge is called 'Save me!' ok?" John explained, everyone nodded.
"What's going to happen is that each team is going to be split up. Each pair's names will be put in a hat and two pairs will be drawn. Those two pairs will be a team for today. Just today though! ok! All of your names are in this hat and I'll draw them out one by one now..." he said as he put his hand in the hat.
"The first team consists of Inu Yasha and Kagome..... and Kouga and Kikyo!" John said excitedly. All four of them stood there shocked.... then Kikyo jumped on Inu Yasha squealing about how they got to be on the same team. Kagome tried to pry her off of him but she got grabbed around the waist from behind. It was Kouga! He turned her around in the circle of his arms and tried to kiss her! When Inu Yasha saw this he threw Kikyo on the ground and pounced on Kouga... bringing Kagome down with them. So poor Kagome was squished between Inu Yasha and Kouga. (A/N: not a bad place to be...... lol!!!)
"KOUGA!!! KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF KAGOME!!!" Inu Yasha screamed at him.
"YOU KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY WOMAN DOG BREATH!!!" Kouga screamed back.... meanwhile poor Kagome was being squished still and was wimpering. Suddenly Inu Yasha noticed that Kagome was there and jumped up. He helped her up and started apologising profusely. Kagome was just sitting there nodding and saying that she wasn't mad she just wanted to sit down... except he wasn't paying attention... he was too busy apologising to realise that she wasn't mad.
"INU YASHA! I accepted your apology now SHUT UP!" Kagome yelled.
"uh.... ok?" Inu Yasha said sheepishly. Kouga got up and punched Inu Yasha in the eye. Kagome screamed and dropped to the ground with him to see if he was ok... he was unconcious.
"KOUGA YOU BASTARD!!!!!!!" Kagome screeched as she pulled Inu Yasha's head into her lap. smoothing his hair away from his face. The entire group gathered around them and started asking if he was all right. Kagome lost it.
"GET LOST!" she screamed at everyone. This apparently woke up Inu Yasha.
"Oww! Kag did you have to yell?" he asked groggily.
"Inu Yasha! Are you ok?" she asked concerned.
"Ya.. I'm fine... I might get a bit of a bruise.... WHERE IS THAT DUMBASS!?!" Inu Yasha shouted, he tried to sit up but Kagome pulled him back down.
"Stop it you two!!! I don't like being fought over! It's really annoying! It causes physical pain too." She said as she fixed Inu Yasha's bangs again. John suddenly cleared his throat.
"We've got a challenge to do here folks!" he said. Everyone nodded and followed him to the challenge site. Kagome helped Inu Yasha to his feet and they walked somewhat behind everyone else.
"You sure you're ok?" Kagome asked, still concerned.
"Ya I'm fine! I can do this challenge and I'm gunna make sure we win too..." he said as he wraped his arm around her shoulders pulling her into a one armed hug. When they finally reached the site, Kouga gave Inu Yasha a death glare because he was touching Kagome. Each of the teams stood together and waited for instructions.
"OK! You will choose one person to not participate in today's challenge first off. That person must come and stand over here on this platform." John explained. Kagome, Jessica, Seraphim, and Shippo went to stand on the platform.
"OK! Now that that's out of the way! You guys get to do an obstacle course!The first person in the team has to run through tires, and climb a wall. At the top will be the second person on the team. The first person has to tag the second person before they can leave. The second person has to climb down the wall and walk accross a pole, of 30 metres in length. Then at the end of the pole the third person will be tagged and the third person has to swing over a pit of mud, then run to the finish line." John explained. Everyone nodded in understanding and chose what part of the race they would each be running. When everyone was in their places John elaborated why this challenge was called 'Save me!'
"Will you four please come and join me on top of this platform here please?" he asked. They climbed up to another platform that was 50 feet from the ground. Kagome looked over the edge and screamed.... she was TERRIFIED of heights! She hid behind Jessica and kept repeating over and over:
"I want down! I want down!" John smiled reassuringly at her and told everyone what would happen to our poor fourth team members.
"Our lovely fourth members will be hanging on ropes from this platform... 50 feet from the ground. They will be perfectly safe because they will have harnessess and we will have trained personel here at all times." John shouted to the others standing on the ground. Inu Yasha glared at him and looked ahead instead of up at John. The trained people started to put everyone into thier harnesses. Kagome almost started crying. Seraphim already was crying a little bit. When they were all on their harnesses they were attached to cables and suspended in the air... That's when Kagome started crying.
"Please let me down! I'm REALLY scared!" Kagome shouted to the trained personel. They just shook thier heads. Seraphim was having a giant fit beside Kagome. Kagome took her hand and squeezed it. Together they cried. Meanwhile on the ground John was setting everyone up to start. Sango, Kikyo, Andrew, and Rin were in the first position, Kouga, Miroku, Sesshomaru, and Jolene were in the second position, and Inu Yasha, Mike, Kagura, and Darrin were in the third position. (A/N: group 1: Inu Yasha/ Kagome/ Kikyo/ Kouga Group 2: Sango/ Miroku/ Mike/ Jessica group 3: Sesshomaru/ Kagura/ Shippo/ Rin group 4: Andrew/ Jolene/ Darrin/ Seraphim. just to clear that up in case I forgot to put it in here....) John stood beside the starting line and waved a flag to indicate that the race had started. Kikyo automatically tripped into the tires, but Sango zoomed through them, Rin took them rather slow but made it without falling over, and Andrew had no troubles at all. When they reached the climbing wall Kikyo made it up relly fast and tagged Kouga, Sango did it fairly fast but she didn't get there before Kikyo. Rin made it up there fairly fast and tagged Sesshomaru. Andrew zoomed up the wall and tagged Jolene. Kouga jumped off of the platform, not even bothering with the rope you were supposed to use, and tried to run across the pole... but it didn't work and he had to start over. Miroku climbed down the wall fairly fast and ran across the pole with ease. Sesshomaru also jumped off of the wall and walked carefully across the pole. Jolene took her time going down the wall and carefully ran across the pole. Each person eventually tagged their partner and the people in third position took off for the mud pits. Inu Yasha flew across it with no trouble, Mike swang across with a bit of a balance problem when he got off but he didn't fall. Kagura made it half way across and fell in... in her second attempt she made it safely across, and Darrin flew across just like Inu Yasha. It was down to the 100 meter race to the finish line. Inu Yasha and Mike were neck in neck... until Inu Yasha burst ahead with a hidden amount of energy... that he got when he looked up at Kagome.... Inu Yasha won the final race and Mike came in second, Darrin third and finally Kagura. Instead of stopping Inu Yasha ran up the stairs to the platform where Kagome was being taken down from her harness. As soon as she could escape she ran to him and cried. Inu Yasha held her while she cried and whispered over and over:
"It's ok... I'm here... Don't worry...." Kagome just continued crying. Seraphim was crying too. Except Darrin wasn't there yet. He was on his way and as soon as he got there she ran into his arms and balled her eyes out on his shoulder. Inu Yasha lead Kagome down the stairs and to the rest of the group. Sango gave her a big hug and kept telling her that she was sorry that she had to do that. Kouga pushed everyone out of his way and grabbed Kagome's arm rather roughly and turned her around to face him.
"Kagome! Are you all right?" he asked, she glared at him and turned away.
"Leave me alone Kouga." She said coldly. Kouga took a step back in disbelief... he'd never been shot down like that before...
"What's wrong with you?" he asked, royally pissed off.
"YOU'RE WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME! GO AWAY!" she shouted. Inu Yasha pulled her back into his arms and she was shaking in anger. John suddenly appeared out of no where and cleared his throat.
"Hey! Hey! No need to shout! Well I've got the updated points now. Inu Yasha, Kagome, Sango, and Miroku have 29 points. Kikyo, Kouga, Andrew, and Jolene have 24 points. Darrin, Seraphim, Shippo and Rin have 8 points. And finally Mike, Jessica, Sesshomaru, and Kagura have 6 points. Your limos will be here shortly... don't worry there are new drivers so there won't be any speeding. See you in four days!" he said as he walked away. Kouga glared at Inu Yasha and grabbed Kikyo's arm and walked away. Andrew and Jolene followed them and they all got into the first limo and drove off. Darrin, Serapim, Shippo, and Rin did the same, as did Mike, Jessica, Kagura and Sesshomaru. Before he left hough Sesshomaru and Inu Yasha exchanged phone numbers and what not. Then Inu Yasha, Kagome, Sango, and Miroku got into the last limo. When they reached the hotel Kagome was calmed down again and everyone was talking amongst themselves.
~*~ Up in the Room~*~
The group all sat around the living room, not really paying attention to what they were watching. All four of them were thinking about someone in the group.
'I should ask Lady Sango about Kagome... it would help Inu Yasha... but I'll have to have him talk to my Sango... I love that girl...' Miroku thought
'I hope Kagome is really all right... I can't believe that they did that to her! I knew I didn't like that John guy for a reason...' Inu Yasha thought
'That was single scariest experience of my LIFE! I hate John! I can't believe he made me do that even though I was freaking out! Kouga didn't help either... how dare he punch Inu Yasha! What's his problem! Honestly!' Kagome thought.
'I NEED to talk to Inu Yasha... I promised Kagome... ya... I'll do it now.... I hope he doesn't get weirded out...' Sango thought then she stood up.
"Inu Yasha? Can I talk to you in the kitchen for a minute?" she asked. Inu Yasha nodded and stood up. Kagome fell over because she was leaning on him.
"Oof!! Hey! What's going on? I was just getting comfortable!" Kagome said obviously distressed.
"I'll be right back Kag." Inu Yasha said and followed Sango into the kitchen.
"Ok. I'm gunna cut to the chase. Do you like Kagome?" Sango demanded. Inu Yasha looked surprised.
"It's that obvious huh? Miroku knew too..." Inu Yasha said.
"HA! I TOLD HER!" Sango exclaimed in triumph. Inu Yasha's eyes widened.
"She knows? Thank god! That'll make asking her out a lot easier..." Inu Yasha mumbled, Sango heard him though.
"Ooh!!! You're going to ask her out?!?! Oh my god that's too cute!" she sqealed. Inu Yasha raised an eyebrow at her and blushed a bit.
"ok are we done?" he asked, eager to get back to Kagome.
"Oh ya!" Sango said excitedly, she couldn't wait to tell Kagome! Both of them went back to the living room and found Kagome still with her head where it was when they left. Inu Yasha lifted her up and sat down again. She sighed in contentment as her head fell onto his shoulder again. Surprisingly Sagno laid her head on Miroku's shoulder as well. Instinctively both guys wraped thier arms around their girls and held them there...until they fell asleep...
"They seem to do this to us a lot..." Miroku said... not that he was complaining.
"Ya... Come on we have to put them in their beds... They'd kill us if we left them here." Inu Yasha said as he lifted up Kagome bridal style. Miroku followed suit and picked up Sango. The guys brought the girls to their room and laid them down. They turned off the light, closed the door, and went to watch T.V. As soon as the guys left Sango opened her eyes and smiled. Kagome opened one eye then the other. They both giggled quietly.
"Kagome guess what!" Sango whispered excitedly.
"What?" Kagome asked
"When I talked to Inu Yasha in the kitchen today he said that he did like you and that he was going to ask you out!!!" Sango whispered exstaticly.
"WHAT!" Kagome said a little too loudly. Sango glared at her and then started smiling widely. Kagome shook her head in disbelief and then the information sunk in... Inu yasha liked HER! She broke out into a huge smile and started giggling quietly. Sango joined her and soon they started getting a little loud so they covered their faces with pillows and laughed their heads off.
"Sango?" Kagome asked after she had finally finished her laughing spree.
"Ya?"
"Do you want me to find out if Miroku's going to ask you out too? Because I KNOW he likes you... he just thinks that you hate him..." Kagome explained
"But I DON'T hate him!" Sango protested.
"I know you don't but the problem is that he doesn't know you don't. I can tell him if you like..." Kagome offered.
"Thanks Kagome... I don't want him to think that...." Sango said as her mind started to wander. Kagome realised that Sango had zoned and turned over to go to sleep for real this time.
HEY! I hope you guys liked this chapter! Sorry it took so long for me to post it.... I had a monsterous case of writter's block.... it was HORRIBLE! I would sit staring at my computer for like an hour (that's an exageration) hoping for something to happen... it didn't work. I was sad. lol! Please review!!! TTFN!!!