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Chapter Two – Kagome's POV.
Two months had passed since that dreadful day when she lost the one thing she'd come to rely on. There were no words to describe what it felt like to lose something so precious. When Kagome awoke after the ordeal she couldn't cry; her emotions, her pain, were too severe to allow any kind of relief. The others looked at her with pity in their eyes and for a little while she resented them. They all hovered over her constantly and after a while it became too much; she took to sneaking off when they weren't looking just so that she could grieve in private. At one point she couldn't even force herself to eat anymore, the pain was just too unbearable and it turned her food into giant wads of mush that she would chew and chew and still be unable to swallow. At that point everyone left except for Inuyasha. He cradled her in his arms and when she finally relaxed into him he kissed her. She needed him more than she could explain in that moment. She clung to him desperately and eventually they had sex. She'd never done that consensually and it was a whole new experience. They formed a strange bond, one that she couldn't even begin to fathom, and she clung to that like a shield from the pain. Kagome managed to pull herself together after that and she saw the relief in her friends' faces. And life moved on. Inuyasha didn't know how to act around her anymore, but she treasured the memory and tried not to notice that there was a chasm between them caused by his uncertainty. Naraku had trapped them in a cave full of acid at one point, a demon's belly or some such nonsense, and she had rushed to Inuyasha's side without hesitation when he needed her. And now there was once again pity in their eyes. Because right now she was currently sitting in Lady Kaede's hut while she attempted to treat her legs.
Kaede shook her head sadly. "I've managed to keep the poison from spreading, but the damage is permanent and the seal won't last forever. Slowly, the poison will spread. Within half a year's time you will only be able to walk with the aid of crutches, and within a year I predict it will reach your heart. Unfortunately your purifying powers aren't able to cope with this, though I cannot say why. You will have to return regularly in order for me to reinforce the seal otherwise I fear the deterioration will spread more quickly." Kaede looked extremely grim.
"You mean she's going to die?" Sango gasped in horror.
"I'm afraid so. I give her one year. I hope you will make the best of it." Kaede walked out of the hut with a pained look on her face.
Everyone was staring at Kagome in shock. "I know you're worried I'll slow you down. I suggest you leave me here and go find Kikyo. She can see the jewel shards as well and she's not injured," she said with a shrug. She was avoiding looking at them so that they wouldn't see the despair in her eyes.
"Don't be an idiot!" Inuyasha growled. "You're coming with us and that's that. I know it's painful for you to walk so I'll carry you. I do that all the time anyway." He turned and glared at the wall, arms crossed and ears twitching. Kagome was surprised.
"He's right Kagome," Miroku said with a reassuring smile. "If you only have one year we want to spend as much of our time with you as possible, not leave you behind." Sango nodded and tried to blink away her tears.
"Are you sure?" Kagome asked worriedly.
"Of course we are. And you aren't going to die. So shut up and get some rest so you can get better," Inuyasha said stubbornly. She gave a small smile but did as he'd asked. They left out the next day and as he'd promised, Inuyasha carried her. No one acted like she was dying so she decided to just pretend that nothing had changed. As the days passed she fell more and more in love with Inuyasha, and she scolded herself over it at every opportunity. Things were actually going really great until the night that Kikyo died. Inuyasha was a wreck and Kagome couldn't handle it. Not only was it her fault that Kikyo hadn't lived, her fault for her inability to save her, but she ached knowing that the man she loved was still in love with the woman he'd chased the entire time Kagome had known him. They moved on at an erratic pace because Inuyasha was falling apart and he didn't want them to know it. Kagome tried her best not to let it get to her, but she failed miserably. And then they came upon a town with beautiful flowers and pleasant people who all but begged them to stay. Kagome was glad when they agreed because she couldn't take much more of the close proximity to Inuyasha that was necessary with travel. She would have to start riding Kirara sometimes if Sango didn't mind. That night the flowers attacked and the villagers turned to dust. Inuyasha attempted to fight off the demon that was causing this and was taken himself. She had to save him. Miroku had given her some beads that would keep the flowers away from her and she rushed after him. Her legs were painful to walk on and it took her more time than she was comfortable with to get to him. Kagome's arrows wouldn't penetrate the barrier. She didn't think twice, she simply removed the beads, attached them to her arrow and fired again. The barrier broke and Inuyasha woke up. He broke free and came to protect her, but it was too late; the flowers had already gotten to her.
"Yes," the demon whispered in an eerie echo. "Her pain is much tastier than yours," he said, taunting Inuyasha. She saw his eyes widen. "And the source of that pain is-" She couldn't let him tell Inuyasha why she was hurting so she shot an arrow, enraged that he would bare her soul when she was trying so desperately to hide.
"How dare you steal what's in my heart? That is mine to feel, and not yours to tell!" She yelled as she shot another arrow. They battled fiercely and eventually they won. She was exhausted. They left that town and didn't stop until nightfall. Inuyasha looked at her strangely.
"Hey guys, I'm going to take Kagome somewhere so that we can talk privately," Inuyasha said as he scooped her up. He cradled her bridal style instead of settling her on his back and she sensed something different in him. When they were entirely alone he sat her gently on a boulder and looked at her with understanding in his eyes. "I'm sorry. I was so caught up in my own pain that I didn't see that everyone else was hurting too. I didn't see that you were hurting. You've had one thing after another, and you put up a brave front, but it would be stupid of me to forget that you have more to hurt over than I do." He got down on his knees in front of her and stroked her face. He kissed her. Kagome sighed and leaned into the kiss. Comfort. He didn't want her, he wanted comfort. But it was a comfort she could give him, so they once again took solace in the most primitive way, through the joining of two bodies. She lay awake that night staring at the sky, wondering what was going to happen. There were so many things ahead of her and nothing she could do to stop her impending death. Would Inuyasha handle it well? Would he do what had to be done? She wasn't so sure. She sighed and drifted off to sleep thinking about how many problems she had to fix before she left this earth.
Three months later she encountered another problem.
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Kagome was resting in a village they'd stopped at while Inuyasha and the others were out searching the surrounding areas for information. She was feeling sick so they'd suggested she stay. Kagome hadn't protested. She felt a familiar presence enter the village and swung her legs over the side of the bed. She could still walk if she had to, but the pain was nearly unbearable, so Inuyasha had searched high and low until he'd found some crutches for her. She pulled them to her and stood, made her way outside and to the corner of the village. And there she spotted her.
"Hello Rin, what are you doing here?" Kagome asked kindly.
The little girl smiled at her. "Lord Sesshomaru is away and Master Jacken is a bad cook. Rin wanted some real food," she said with a grin. Kagome laughed.
"Why don't you come with me and I'll see what I can whip up." She turned and headed for the guest house they were staying in. When we got back Kagome found a rice ball and gave it to her to munch on while she heated up some noodles. It was then that she felt it. A miasma so strong it could only belong to Naraku. She ran outside ignoring her aching legs and saw that there was a barrier over the town. Her eyes went wide. She reached for her bow, notched and arrow and let it fly. It did nothing at all to dispel the barrier. And that's when she realized what he'd done; he'd trapped them in here with his miasma so that it would slowly poison them, and Inuyasha could watch the whole thing. Oh no. One by one those around her dropped. The hours dragged on. She did everything in her power to help them, but nothing seemed to stop them from dying in the end. Kagome's body was already poisoned and it was taking longer for it to affect her. Rin too was still alive, but she looked deathly pale. Kagome wrapped herself around her and pushed what little immunity to the poison her body still possessed at the little girl. She felt herself slip into darkness and she knew no more.
I was paraphrasing. It's been a while since I've seen that episode and I don't know word for word what was said, but I got the gist of it down. Hope everyone enjoys it.