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CHAPTER ONE:
"Inuyasha!" Kagome's voice rang throughout the valley. Sessomaru disappeared like he was never there and Inuyasha lay on the rocky ground shaking and quivering, open wounds covering his arms and chest.
She threw herself to the ground beside him and nearly lied on top of his chest. Tears pricked her eyes and a lump grew in her throat.
"K-ka...gome" Inuyasha choked stroking her hair. The tears finally started to pour and she sobbed and weeped.
"Kagome!" Sango shouted running over immediatly, Shippo, Miroku and Kirara not far off.
"Quick! Get him back to Kaede's hut!" She nearly shrieked taking one look at the blood pooling around his shaky form. Kagome nodded quietly and Kirara turned demon. Miroku helped Inuyasha onto Kirara's back.
Kagome helped him sit up in front of her and gripped Kirara's neck, wrapping her arms around Inuyasha's waist.
"I-It's gonna be O-O.K" She choked out burrying her face into his robe, not caring about all the blood and gore.
She tried her hardest to keep him still while Kirara flew towards the village. They were in the valley just outside the village.
"Kaede!" kagome jumped off and dragged the now unconcious Inuyasha into the old womans hut.
"What happened child?" she looked up from the pot on the small fire and helped drag Inuyasha onto the mattress.
"Sessomaru... he-he... He nearly killed Inuyasha!" Kagome broke down and fell to her knees, crying into her fists.
"It's O.K. He's gone now. ye need to help bandage his wounds before they get infected." She looked up and nodded, wiping away the salty tears with the back of her hand.
Kagome went to the corner of the small hut and found where she had left her yellow knapsack. She fumbled and dropped everything out nervously but finally finding the first aid kit. She stood again and brought it over to Kaede.
"Now. Ye bandage him while I find a specific herb that will speed up his healing." Kaede left. It took Kagome a couple of seconds to register she was alone. She gulped and the urge to cry again disappeared.
She pulled off his shirt and disinfected all Inuyasha's wounds. He wriggled and moaned as the disinfectant started to sting.
"shhhhh" The tears started to work their way back and Kagome cried silently. This is all my fault. If I hadn't have fallen, than Inuyasha would be O.K. The gruesome memory plagued her mind as she sobbed.
Kagome placed her hand on his cheek and withdrew it immidiatly. He was stone cold. Please hold on Inuyasha. Please. She pleaded silently, grabbing a blanket and draping it over him. The wind picked up and soon a draft came into the hut. She sat beside Inuyasha and ran her index finger along his cheek bone.
His eyes fluttered open.
"A-are... you O.K?" He managed to say nearly breathless.
"Mhm..." She replied, nodding.
"...good." He tried to sit up but Kagome shook her head violently.
"I-I'm so sorry Inuyasha... If I hadn't fallen, than you wouldn't have come to save me and Sesshomaru wouldn't have done this. This is all my fault!" She cried again and turned away slowly so Inuyasha couldn't see her like this. He reached out and pulled her over so he could look her square in the eyes.
"This... Is not your... fault" He started to shake again and passed out. Kagome couldn't cry anymore. She felt sick for him. She rested her head against his chest and soon fell asleep from the strain of trying to stay awake. She hadn't slept in days and instantly started to dream.
A field? My feet touched the ground like I was floating. Everything was bright and colourful like something out of a fairy tale where the princess finds her prince. There were pretty yellow flowers scattered everywhere and butterflies of every colour. I felt a hand in mine and jumped. I looked over and saw Inuyasha, standing beside me, smiling.
I couldn't understand it, he pulled me along through the flowers and sat down. My mind whizzed and buzzed as I tried to put the pieces of the puzzle together.
"Come on Kikyou. Sit." I'm Kagome not... I looked at my feet and saw, none other, than the priestess outfit Kaede had given me.
"I'm not Kikyou" I said. He didn't hear me. "I'm not Kikyou!" I said it louder. He still didn't hear me. "I'm not Kikyou! I'm not Kikyou! I'm not Kikyou!" I shouted and tried to escape his grasp. I couldn't fill in as someone I'm not. Even if it meant to win Inuyasha's heart. I felt numb. Than like I was falling. The ground started to split in two, with Inuyasha moving one way and me in the other.
I started to scream but he couldn't hear me. inuyasha just stood there as if nothing where happening. I tried to move, I tried to jump the gap before it grew too big. It was no use. I couldn't move my body. I was paralyzed. The ground beneath me started to shift and crumble, only now did Inuyasha scream the name that I currently despised.
"Kikyou!"
Kagome bolted upright and soon realized it was only a dream. She calmed herself and stretched a little bit. Her knees and back cramped from kneeling all hunched over. She stood and stretched. Memories came back in pieces. Sesshomaru, than falling, and finally Her blood curdling scream as Sessomaru aimed for her with his sword, but Inuyasha jumped in the way and it hit him straight on.
She looked down quickly and gasped. Inuyasha was still passed out on the mattress, but he wasn't the same. His hair was jet black and fanned out all around him, he barred his teeth, but they were not fangs. His hands, that were resting on top of the heavy blanket, were not tipped with claws. Inuyasha was human.
Kagome ran to the window in the back of the hut and searched for the moon. It hung high in the sky as full as a dinner plate.
"That's not possible" She whispered running back to Inuyasha's side and sitting once again. She placed her hand on his forehead and he wriggled under her palm, like her touch hurt him. She withdrew her hand and nibbled on the edge of her nail. This was not good at all, Inuyasha was already weak when he was still hanyou, how was his human form supposed to heal the wounds he had sustained saving her?
Inuyasha started to shift and move under the blanket, he was sweating bullets. Kagome quickly grabbed a near by bucket of water and towel, soaking the towel and ringing it out, than placing it gently onto Inuyasha's forehead. Where's Kaede? She said she was going to go get a herb that would help Inuyasha heal faster? Where did Kirara go? Did Shippo, Sango and Miroku get away safely?
Thoughts and actions whizzed through her mind like hornets and wouldn't stop. She felt like crying again but stopped herself. She felt like screaming in frustration as another wave of worries flooded her mind like a tsunami. She felt like running as fast as she could to the well and leaving this place and never coming back.
The only thing that kept her sane was the steady rythm of Inuyasha's breathing. A little reassurance that he was going to be O.K. She placed her hand on his and he settled just a little bit. She scanned the room out of boredom and more worry. Inuyasha's red hitoe was torn and strewn across the room and had settled in a corner. The windows covering was flapping gently against the wall.
There was a stove with something in a pot boiling steadily on top. In all the hut was nearly bare. The draft continued to blow through. Kagome was worried Inuyasha would catch a chill on top of his wounds. Another worry added onto the million others. She took another blanket from a corner and placed it on top of the one already there.
He continued to squirm. Kagome took the towel off of his forehead and soaked it in the water for a couple of seconds, than dabbed at his face. His eyes fluttered open again.
"I'm sorry... I-I woke you again." She said quietly.
"...Not... your fault..." He choked out.
"You have a fever." She said matter of factly. He nodded and closed his eyes for a moment.
"Kagome... I'm...sorry" This shocked her.
"For what?"
"Dragging... you into this... mess"
"You're dilerious. Shhhh... You're wasting all your energy." Inuyasha tried to speak again but Kagome shook her head violently. Inuyasha gave up and closed his eyes but didn't fall asleep.
Kagome snuck over to her back pack once again and found a bottle of water. She knelt beside him and placed his head on her lap.
"Drink this" She opened the bottle and put it to his lips, tipping it slightly so he could drink. Kagome let Inuyasha take a couple more sips than tried to skoot away from him.
"Don't... leave" She stopped and let him get comfortable. He repositioned his head so it was on her lap.She ran her fingers through his hair gently.
"My mom used to run her fingers through my hair when I was little or not feeling well. It always made me feel a little better." She said softly to no one in perticular. He let out a sigh and curled up to her and passed out again.
Inuyasha looked so peaceful. He barely ever slept so finding him asleep was extremely rare, but when he did fall asleep he looked so vulnerable. Like a giant puppy dog. Kagome smiled and surpressed a laugh. Inuyasha was anything but a giant puppy dog. A pitbull maybe, but anything cute and cudly like a poodle or a chihuahua was out of the question in describing the ill tempered, selfish and uncaring hanyou.
Kagome scowled at him now. It's funny how someone can make you love them than hate them thirty seconds later. Inuyasha sighed again and moved around. He looked so different as a human, with his jet black hair. I like him better as a hanyou. Inuyasha opened his eyes again and stared up at Kagome.
"I... feel... different..." He said quietly picking up his hand and examining his fingernails. He made a face and grunted.
"Is... the moon new?"
"No. I think Sesshomaru poisoned you." Her words were soft. He seemed to be confused.
"but... how could he... have done this..." His words were starting to grow closer together but he still needed to pause to catch his breath between every three words or so.
"I don't know. Kaede left as soon as we came. Do you remember?"
"No."
"She should be back by now. I'm worried Inuyasha." She held back the emotions and kept herself from crying.
"That old hag... is probably fine... Where's Sango and Miroku?" He went into a coughing fit and winced.
"I'm sorry Inuyasha. I wish I could turn back time! I shouldn't have been so careless. This is all my fault. I don't care if you deny it but I think it is my fault"
"It's only a scratch... I'll probably be better soon" An enormous storm cloud loomed menacingly over the village. the wind picked up speed and continued to blow through the hut.
"A-Are you cold?" Inuyasha asked timidly watching as Kagome tried her hardest not to shiver.
"Not really" Inuyasha couldn't help but noticing that she was shivering like crazy.
"Yes you are cold..." He tried to sit up and wrap his arms around her but cringed and stopped.
"Here." Kagome said carefully and helped position his arms around herself.
"There. Better?" He nodded and closed his eyes. Her scent over whelmed him and he breathed it in as if she was about to disappear.
"Kagome... I-I have something... to tell you... I-"
"Kagome. Sorry child. How's Inuyasha? Are ye two gettin' along?" Kaede inturrupted Inuyasha in mid sentance and Kagome felt like pushing her back out of the hut so he could finish what he was going to say.
"Yes, Did you find what you were looking for?" She said rather timidly.
"aye that i did. All we have to so is-" She stopped right beside the Miko and Inuyasha gasping.
"That's not possible... Only... huh" She stooped down and looked closer at the now human hanyou.
"That's what I was going to ask you. Why did Inuyasha turn human?" She said this rather light hearted.
"There is a poison found only when ye mix specific flowers and saps together. There is no chance that Sesshomaru could have done this on his own. Someone helped him, Only Kikyou and I knew of the plants..." Kagome's eyes widened. Kikyou She's always after Inuyasha, but they still love eachother no matter how much they desire to kill the other. Her eyes fell and Kaede sensed her despair.
"Be thankful child. If Inuyasha hadn't saved you, you would be gone, even with your high spiritual powers" She placed her hand on Kagome's shoulder. Yes but what if that was the better idea...
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