InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Hauntings ❯ The Searching ( Chapter 10 )

Maid of Athens, ere we part,

Give, oh give me back my heart!

Or, since that has left my breast,

Keep it now, and take the rest!

 

-Lord Byron (1788-1824)-English Poet

 

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Kagome was surprised to find herself back in her room, torn so harshly from her paradise in Inuyasha's arms. She could not help wondering why he had left her so suddenly, was this one of his games, or did she do something wrong?

 

If the dream hadn't been so wonderful she might have given that thought a little more attention, but she doubted she did anything wrong. She may have been a virgin…may still be a virgin, but he had mad every move…everything was done by him.

 

Awash in new feelings, she continued to lie in her bed, stretching, smiling, and feeling undeniably beautiful, loved, and content. It was most certainly another of his silly tricks, he was toying with her for now. Like in those movies, he was just teasing her. She was finding it more and more difficult to believe she could be so much in love with Inuyasha after knowing him for such a short period of time, but she was. And it was obvious that he at least had a physical attraction to her…or metaphysical…really depending on how you look at it.

 

“Uuhg!” All this thinking was giving her a headache. Stretching once again over her cool sheets, she contemplated going down for some cookies, but, not wanting to leave her warm bad, she found it difficult to move. Finally she kicked off her covers and headed downstairs, relieved, in one way, that it was only a dream. Her PJs had been a good five-hundred dollars at the mall. (AN: Comparing Currency of 2004 to 20054 would be like comparing 2004 to 1954…its really mush less)

 

She sat down at the table with her cookies and milk and allowed her thoughts to drift to that place where memories of the dream resided, and immediately she felt penetrating warmth spread through her, touching her as he had touched her, in the most private of places, places that now belonged to him.

 

When had their positions changed? Surly it was before he ripped her pajamas, for she felt them fall to her ankles, and she new that was impossible when she was in his lap. Was she truly so caught up in her desire and the unnamable feelings he had caused her to notice just what it was that was happening? His hands and mouth where on her, everywhere on her…that's all she new. That's all she could remember.

 

Something in the darkness jumped out and grabbed Kagome from behind, covering her eyes.

“GUESS WHO!!!” it shouted in a squeaky voice

 

“Leonardo Divinchi?” She asked and giggled a little. She reached up and grabbed Helium from the back of her head and set him down on the table.

 

He pulled a mini unicycle out of nowhere and zoomed around room “WWWEEEE” Suddenly he stopped and the unicycle zoomed out from under him, continuing its route before crashing into the sink. “Is that? Yes it is!!! COOKIE!!!!” He stared at the cookie Kagome had been waving in front of him and she laughed as he charged her. Immediately turning pale when he bit down on her entire hand, of coarse he had no teeth and left her hand sticky and covered in spit.

 

“Uhhg, Sometimes Helium, I wish you would get ebolia flesh eating virus that would eat YOU up and leave you for a skeleton.”

 

“Than I'd be skinny! I could be a model!!” He shouted and Kagome laughed again as he began strutting his “stuff” and singing little pieces of songs strung together.

 

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“Hey Kagome!” Sango hurried to keep up with her friend as the rest of the student body poured out of the school; several hover-cars zoomed up overhead to pick people up from the upper levels.

 

“Man, it freaks me out every time those things go overhead. I'm mean, what if they break down?! You know they're putting in a law saying that the cars can only go such a height.”

 

“Yeah, they're pretty dangerous, but convenient. What if a lot of aircrafts break down while in mid-flight?” Miroku asked from behind them.

 

“Nobody asked you idiot!!” Sango spat, swatting his had away just before it made contact with his favorite body part. “Anyway, Kagome!” She said as she turned back to her friend, “I have a few days off work so I was wondering if you would like to come hang out with me at the shop, we could get some hot chocolate and cinnamon rolls from the coffee shop!”

 

“I don't know Sango…I don't really feel like it.” Kagome said with a sigh, it had been three days since Inuyasha had visited her in her dreams. She had wanted to ask Helium if he was following her about but he was always too caught up in his tricks to pay her mind.

 

“Also?” Miroku urged her, as if there was something they both wanted to ask her. Kagome was curious as to what their question was.

 

“Alsooo” Sango sang in Miroku's face, turning just as he ducked his head down to capture her lips, as Kagome had seen him do during lunch several times and during passing periods, he last balance and stumbled fell on his face in the dirt. “Miroku! Are you alright?!” Sango cried as she reached down to help him up. He had a large scrap on his chin that was bleeding a bit but he seamed fine.

 

“What were you going to ask me?” Kagome questioned, a little irritated by the sidetrack.

 

Miroku stood and walked up to Kagome with Sango as they continued on the path to the schools gates. `Oh, if your not going to ask than I am, we want you top describe this Inuyasha character to us so that Sango could put her pathetic excuse for artistic talent to use in making a portrait!” He finished the sentence just as Sango's fist connected with his damaged chin, sending him stumbling backwards and landing of his ass.

 

“OW! What did you do that for! I only told the truth!” He said as he rubbed his bruised bottom.

 

“Maybe you should keep your mouth shut!” Sango said, thinking how funny it looked to see Miroku rub his own ass for once, a rush of heat surged through her and she felt herself blushing.

 

“You guys want to see what Inuyasha looks like?” Kagome asked, a little sad at the sudden mention of the source of her gloomy mood.

 

“YOOUU DOOOO?!?!?!?!?! He lium drawled out as he loop-di-lood over to them. In a puff of smoke he appeared before them in silver hair and he held out his little hands, flexing the fingers. “I'm Inuyasha! Fear me!”

 

Miroku and Sango burst out in furious giggle and Kagome snatched the silver wig off of the little pink talking head and marched off the school grounds. She couldn't wait to see what Inuyasha did about helium's little impersonation.

 

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Inuyasha stared up at the tan young man above him; he had been paralyzed soon after his conversation with the old hag and weird purple guy that red minds and brought to a small room where he was continually visited by two people for the past three days. The tall tan boy with dazzling crystal blue eyes and long black hair which he tied up in a high ponytail during his visits, and a young woman with emerald green eyes and red hair put up in pigtails.

 

He had stopped trying to move and so had the energy to talk today as he lay on the wire rack covered in the black cloth.

 

“So what is your name?” he asked, not directing it to anyone. The man didn't answer, only changed the low burning candles and lit more incense.

 

“I'm Ayame!” The girl said, her pigtails bouncing as she popped into his vision. The man rolled his eyes.

 

“I was Kouga, before THIS happened.” His tone hinted his distaste in the subject but Inuyasha wasn't finished.

 

“You're a ghost?” He asked.

 

“We were!” Ayame said as she held up more candles for Kouga to light and place around Inuyasha's resting place. “I was reanimated a few hours after I died but Kouga was gone for a full three days!”

 

“Reanimated? You mean like this?” He asked, hearing Kouga grunt off in the corner and curse as he obviously burned himself on the flame.

 

“No, they used our actual bodies, I'm supposed to be about forty-something, I don't know I lost count, but this spell they have prevents us from aging, so how old are you?” She asked; glad to be able to talk with someone, as interesting as Kouga was.

 

“I don't know…I haven't kept track.”

 

“Well, what year did you die?” Kouga asked, finally contributing to the conversation.

 

“2004 I think, it was the winter ball at the school…” He struggled to remember, days and numbers always escaped his memories.

 

“WOW! That's like fifty years!! So if your appearance is teenager that you should be in the late sixties!”

 

“Yeah, they haven't been able to capture older ones before, to much experience in the spiritual world, but ever since Urasue came as the leader, there's been a lot of stuff changing, including how spirits are handled.”

 

“Urasue?”

 

“The witch that gave you this,” Kouga said tugging lightly at the fabric barley covering Inuyasha's nude body. “I don't agree with their methods but the spell keeps me here, I don't like it but I'd rather be living soul prober than a dead soul like you. This is going to hurt like hell, so don't feel bad if you scream” he said as he pressed his index finger to Inuyasha's forehead and then his full hand on the center of Inuyasha's chest.”

 

Pain griped his body, spreading outwards from his chest to his stomach and throat. Despite this he never took his eyes off the man above him, struck by the way the color of his black hair reminded him of Kagome. Kouga's face blurred and Ayame's voice came from far away. Memories of his time with Kagome pierced his heart, or was that Kouga?

 

He remembered the feel of her dark hair dropping over him like a cool shroud, and he was conscious of nothing but the pain. He felt it shoot through him, like Kouga was actually tearing open his chest cavity and reaching in to dig out his aching heart. He tried to keep his thoughts focused on Kagome, but the pain in his chest grew worse and he felt himself opening up, memories of his lifetime flashed before him, slowing down to relive several parts like a dream.

 

He heard Ayame call out to Kouga. “Its not there, try somewhere else, hurry, don't cause him too much pain.” What were they searching for? Was it his reason? Should he be thinking about it too?

 

He couldn't bring himself to search his own heart, they were doing it for him, and he was tired, so very, very tired. He was about to slip into a state of unconsciousness when a certain memory flashed before him. It was of the winter ball, the real memory of what happened between him and Kikyou.

 

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Well, my flight to Nevada was all booked so I can't go all week! AW MAN! MY LIFE SUCKS! I can't go up and see my dad and brothers, but I stole Helium when I was chatting with my bro over the phone, and used one of my brother's conversations. My brother was abusing him! He stuffed him in a food processor and turned it on, flushed him down the toilet, and chased him with a chainsaw! My poor helium!

 

Anyway, YAY! More characters! Will Kagome ever find out what's really going on? What is Kouga doing to Inuyasha? What is Inuyasha memory? What the heck is Helium up to?! Well, I have no clue to that last one but use your imagination! ^^

 

(^.^)YAY! TEN CHAPTERS!!!

 

Later

rin