independentdesire

Hoping to steel her nerves, Belle took a steaming gulp of coffee from her Styrofoam cup.  It did not help.  The bitter liquid scalded her mouth and made her throat drier.  An odd assortment of women filled in the circle of folding chairs behind her.  Although it was easier to think of the other group members as virtual strangers, Belle had to admit she had much in common with them.  Over the archway beside her hung a crisp banner proudly proclaiming "Disney Damsels". "Oh, Belle, dear," crooned Cinderella, "are you almost ready? You are the star of our show this evening " Belle turned around, startled at the sound of her name, and focused on

Chapter 7 While anyone on the outside looking in would say that Rin's life was peaceful, the woman would immediately disagree. In fact, she was anything but at peace. She was getting downright irritated. As her pregnancy progressed, so did Sesshoumaru's protectiveness of her. Rin had found out that, long before she knew herself that she was with child, Sesshoumaru had posted Jaken in the kitchen to monitor their meals being made so that no drug or poison could make its way into her food and drink. That, Rin admitted, she understood. The life of a noble infant was always at risk to traitorous attacks, both before and after birth. The fact th

     Kagome climbed out of the well and exited the temple to the Higurashi shrine. As she entered the door of her home, she noticed her mother in the kitchen.      "Hi, mom! I'm home!" She dropped her overstuffed backpack to the floor, as she ran to her mother and embraced her.      "Kagome, are you alright? Is something wrong?" asked her mother.      "No, I just missed being home...with you, Grandpa, and Sota." Her mother hugged her back tightly. They just stood like that for what seemed like hours. When Kagome finally let go, she went upstairs to her bedroom.      As soon as she walked in, she ran to her bed and flopped down onto it. "I

She'd just have to talk to InuYasha… Yeah… that's it… she'd talk to him! But that was a LOT easier said then done… Kagome and Sango headed back to the village, Sango had invited Kagome to live with them for the time being. They had offered InuYasha as well but he just grumbled about humans and their stupid futons. So she guessed he was better off sleeping back in trees and acting like their great protector… like the old days had been once before. The time had grown late as they returned back to the hut, Miroku and InuYasha were sitting in silence, Miroku was staring at the fire looking bored and InuYasha was staring at the fire, legs and