Feelings are Harder to Express Than You Think

Chapter 1: Recovery

"InuYasha!"

I turned around to see what Kagome was yelling when two tentacles ripped through my body. The pain was so intense that it felt like I was being ripped in two. I gasped as the tentacles were pulled out of my stomach. I fell to his knees clutching the Tetsusaiga (if anyone knows how to spell this properly please let me know) desperately. I was having trouble breathing as I struggled to get to my feet. As I was standing I heard him laughing at me. "Well InuYasha, it looks like you will no longer be a thorn in my side for much longer, you have lost to much blood to live very long." I looked down and realized that he was right.

I was covered in blood. I had a gigantic gash along the right side of my head along with other injuries, but when the tentacles went through me it pushed my limit of how much I could sustain over the edge. I looked over to where the others were fighting and I noticed that they were not doing so well. Sango had a major wound on her left hip as well as a broken arm. She was barely able to pick up her boomerang. (Anyone know the name of it?) I looked over to Miroku and he was not as badly hurt as Sango but he was poisoned. When Miroku had opened his kazanna to suck in the demons attacking us he had consumed some of Naraku's poisonous insects.

Kagome had only a few scratches but her energy was draining quickly because of her purifying arrows. She had barely enough strength to stand yet she kept fighting. I turn back to Naraku as I realize that I was the only one left. I would defeat Naraku once and for all. "Don't be so cocky Naraku, I may not have much strength but as long as I have friends to help me I will defeat you!" I lifted up Tetsusaiga and rushed at Naraku to land the last blow as I heard movement behind me. I looked back to find that Miroku, Sango, and Kagome we rushing at Naraku also to help me deliver the final blow. "Kongousouha!" "Kazanna", "Purify Arrow!"(I don't know what her purifying arrow is called so I made up a name), "Hiraikotsu!"(Yay! I found the name of her boomerang!)

All four attacks went towards Naraku and in a blinding flash Naraku was destroyed. After seeing Naraku get blown into pieces I collapsed and fell unconscious.

InuYasha woke up with a start. His head was dripping with sweat and he was breathing heavily. He started to get up when he was overcome with pain. He resisted the urge to cry out as to not wake any of the sleeping members that occupied the hut. He looked around only to see that they others were still sleeping peacefully. It had been only two days since they had defeated Naraku and they were resting up so that they can go and find more jewel shards in about a month or so. InuYasha looked over to Kagome who was sleeping peacefully on the other side of the hut. InuYasha remembered then what had woken him. He had relived the final battle against Naraku for the second time that night.

He looked over at Kagome again and took in her appearance. She had long raven hair that fell to her waist. Her clothes accented her body… "Whoa, wait a minute here, why am I looking at her in this way its not like I like her or anything…"

"Liar"

" Oh no not you again"

"Why do you always try to deny the fact that you love Kagome? Why don't you just tell her and get it over with?"

"Damn, why the hell does my human side always have to be right?"

"Because I'm smarter than you"

"Oh shut up"

Sigh

"Damn…"

"Inu…Yasha…"

InuYasha heard Kagome mutter in her sleep. "She's dreaming about me?"

InuYasha yawned and realized just how tired he was and layed back down and tried to go to sleep. About an hour later he drifted off into a painful slumber.

Sorry that this chapter is so short. I'm busy doing an English and a History project at the same time. I will update as soon as I can (most likely in the next 24 hours).

Disclaimer: I forgot to put this at the beginning but InuYasha and Gang belong to Rumiko Takahashi and not me.

Next chapter: Befuddled Thoughts

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