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Chapter Two: The Real Talk
Inuyasha and InuTaisho were out catching fish while Kagome and Izayoi were talking back at the hut.
"Kagome, can I bring something back up?" asked Izayoi. Kagome looked up and smiled.
"Of course, you can tell me anything." Said Kagome.
"Does Inuyasha talk to you like that a lot?" asked Izayoi.
"Talk like what?"
"You know, how he was earlier. He completely opened up to you. He even held your hand." Said Izayoi. "When Inuyasha was little, he was always throwing a fit about everything." Said Izayoi with a smile. Kagome smiled back.
"He doesn't always talk to me like that. Only when he knows he's done wrong and he feels my pain. A lot of the time he just whines and complains. Typical Inuyasha." Said Kagome with a laugh. Izayoi laughed with her.
"I know you're hurting through this whole thing, dear. I assure you Inuyasha will come to his senses soon." Said Izayoi, referring to him and Kikyo. Kagome smiled.
"Thank you, Izayoi. It means a lot."
"Anytime dear." Replied Izayoi. The two men came into the hut with a total of ten fish.
"Oh my goodness, you two caught a lot!" said Kagome, surprised at the amount of fish they got.
"Yeah, yeah. Let's start cooking!" said Inuyasha as he stuck a stick through the fish and put it into a fire they made in the middle of the hut. The rest did the same and they began eating once it was done cooking.
"Wow, this tastes really good!" said Izayoi, taking another bite. Kagome and Inuyasha nodded.
"I wonder what Shippo and the rest are doing." Said Kagome. Inuyasha swallowed his food.
"Well, Shippo's probably either asleep or playing with Rin. Sango and Miroku are probably in a hut they rented, sleeping." Said Inuyasha.
"I sure do miss them." Said Kagome. Inuyasha took another bite out of his fish.
"Yeah, but I kinda like it when they're gone. Reminds us of the good ol' days. Huh, Kagome?" asked Inuyasha smiling. Kagome smiled back.
"Yeah, this is how it all started." Said Kagome, taking another big bite out of the fish.
~~Flashback to Inuyasha and InuTaisho in the river~~
Inuyasha and InuTaisho were in the river, both trying to catch fish.
"Inuyasha, can we talk about something?" asked InuTaisho. Inuyasha sighed, knowing what this talk is going to be about.
"Yeah, sure." He replied.
"Why can't you forget about Kikyo?" asked InuTaisho.
"I just can't. It's too hard. She was the first woman I loved, and I promised to avenge her." Said Inuyasha. InuTaisho nodded.
"I just think being in a love triangle with you three is kind of unhealthy. Plus, if you stay with Kikyo, she will eventually die because she cannot contain anymore souls, right?" asked InuTaisho. Inuyasha nodded.
"What do you feel about Kagome?" asked InuTaisho? Inuyasha had a light blush on his face.
"I…I don't know. I think we're good as just friends." Said Inuyasha.
"You're afraid she doesn't love you the way you love her. I can see it in your eyes." Said InuTaisho.
"No, it's not that. I do love her, it's just that I'm afraid I'm not good enough for her." Said Inuyasha.
"And why is that?" asked InuTaisho as he caught another fish.
"Well, for one I'm a half demon—"
"Would you cut it out?!" shouted InuTaisho. Inuyasha was speechless. His father was yelling at him for the first time. "Why aren't you proud of what you are?!" asked the older man.
"I…I just think I'm weak." Said Inuyasha.
"You're not. I've been watching you from above, Inuyasha. You are not weak. You hold my own fang in your hands and that alone shows a strength that not everyone has." Said InuTaisho. "You are my son and none of my kids are weak. Understand?" said InuTaisho. Inuyasha nodded. "Your mother and I can both see how hurt Kagome is and we barely know her. That alone should tell you that what you're doing is wrong. I know it's hard to lose your first love, but no matter how else you put it, you and Kikyo cannot spend a happy life together at this point." Said InuTaisho. "I'm not saying you shouldn't avenge her. I know that was Naraku did was unforgivable and he should be slaughtered for all he did to mankind. You and Kagome share a special bond stronger than what you and Kikyo have." Said InuTaisho. Inuyasha's eyes widened.
"You think so?" asked Inuyasha.
"I know so. When your mother and I are asleep, you should talk to Kagome. At least try to tell her how you feel even if you're not straight forward with it." Said InuTaisho. "because I can tell you this, Inuyasha. That girl is one of a kind. I've seen her in combat, she would risk her life to save her friends." Sad InuTaisho. Inuyasha smiled.
"She really is somethin' huh?" said Inuyasha. InuTaisho smiled and nodded.
"She's the one for you. I think we have enough fish. Let's head back."
~~End of Flashback~~
"Well, I think that it's time for us to head to sleep." Said InuTaisho, winking at Inuyasha. Inuyasha blushed and looked down. He ever so slightly pulled Kagome so that she was leaning against him. He wrapped one arm around her and ate his fish with his other hand. Kagome looked at him in shock and smiled. She leaned her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. The parents got up and got into their sleeping bags. Sango and Miroku didn't take theirs with them, since they would be staying at huts that bad sleeping mats. The hut was long, so one side was darker than the side with the fire.
"This is nice." Said Kagome, leaning a bit more into Inuyasha. Inuyasha still had his arm around her.
"Y-Yeah, I guess. Kagome…you know I care about you a lot, right?" asked Inuyasha. Kagome blushed and nodded.
"Yeah, I'm grateful for that." Said Kagome. Inuyasha nodded, but seemed bothered. "What's wrong?" asked Kagome.
"It's just…this whole thing is so complicated." Said Inuyasha. Kagome frowned.
"I'm sorry…" said Kagome. Inuyasha looked at her like she was crazy.
"Why are you apologizing?" asked Inuyasha.
"If I wasn't so clingy to you, this whole thing would be easier. We're not even a couple, but I still get angry for you going to Kikyo. It makes no sense, I know." She said. "It just hurts to see you love someone that doesn't love you the same way, because I know what that's like." Said Kagome. Inuyasha's eyes widened.
"What do you mean?"
"Inuyasha, Kikyo wants you to die with her whether or not you want to. She doesn't care what you want, or who you're friends with. She wants what she wants. Your mother was right, that isn't true love." Said Kagome.
"And who are you to tell me that?!" replied Inuyasha. Kagome was shocked. He pulled his arm away from her and put it to his side.
"I….I just don't want you getting hurt." Said Kagome.
"Yeah? Well how about you mind your own business for once!" shouted Inuyasha. Izayoi and InuTaisho bother woke up, but neither of them noticed that.
"Excuse me?! You're the one who brought it up!" replied Kagome.
"You know what, you're right. You should be sorry because if you didn't complain so much, I would be with Kikyo right now." Said Inuyasha. Kagome gasped.
"Inuyasha you shut your mouth!" shouted Izayoi.
"M-Mother…we woke you up…" said Inuyasha.
"How could you be so rude?! I never thought my son would ever be so cruel to one of his close friends! You should be more grateful that she's even in your life!" shouted Inuyasha.
"Your mother is right. That's no way to talk to a woman." Said InuTaisho.
"Y-You guys don't even know the situation!" replied Inuyasha.
"We don't need to! I know that Kagome didn't do anything wrong for you to say those mean words to her!" said Izayoi. "Apologize, now!"
"Feh, I'm not apologizin' for nothing!" said Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha don't make me angrier than I already am!" shouted Izayoi. Inuyasha realized how disrespectful he was to his mother.
"Fine. Kagome, I'm sorry." Said Inuyasha.
"Shut up." Said Kagome.
"See?! How can I apologize when she's not gonna forgive me?!"
"You will never earn my forgiveness with that attitude." Said Kagome. Inuyasha growled and got up.
"I'm leaving!" said Inuyasha.
"Great! Tell Kikyo I said hi!" shouted Kagome.
"And what makes you think that's where I'm going?!" replied Inuyasha.
"Where else would you go?! This happens all the time! I'm used to it! We fight, you go to Kikyo, and you come back with that same damn attitude!" shouted Kagome. "You're never going to learn! One day I might get sick of you and just leave you here! I can do that anytime, you know!"
"Fine! Go ahead, I don't care!" shouted Inuyasha.
"INUYASHA SIT!" shouted Kagome. He fell to the ground. "SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT!" shouted Kagome. Inuyasha got up and dusted himself off.
"What the hell?! You said you would leave, so leave!" shouted Inuyasha. Kagome's eyes filled with angry tears.
"I HATE YOU!" she shouted as she ran out of the hut. Inuyasha, Izayoi and InuTaisho were all alone in the hut.
"Sorry you guys had to see that…" said Inuyasha.
"Go after her, she has the Shikon Jewel shards, a demon could hunt her down easily." Said Izayoi. Inuyasha nodded and ran out of the hut. He quickly caught up with her.
"Kagome…" she had just wiped her tears away, revealing red, puffy eyes, and tear stained cheeks. "I didn't mean to seem so harsh." Said Inuyasha. "I'm sorry."
"I just don't want to talk to you right now, go back to the hut." Said Kagome.
"I can't leave you alone." Said Inuyasha.
"Oh now you can't leave me alone?" she asked, referring to all the times he left her unprotected to go see Kikyo. He just blushed in embarrassment.
"I really am sorry, Kagome. I was wrong about you." Said Inuyasha. He put his arms around her shoulder, fearing she would shake it off. She didn't and he was happy.
"Aren't you always?" she asked.
"I should have been aware that you felt bad." Said Inuyasha. "I'm an idiot." He said.
"Didn't you say you were leaving?" she asked.
"I lied."
"Just go. I know you want to." She said. Inuyasha's eyes widened.
"You really think I'd leave you to go see her at this time?"
"So if I was happy you would go?" she asked. Inuyasha remembered the time when Sango basically told him the same thing, the day that Kagome purified the miasma from Kikyo's body. He didn't say anything. Bad idea.
"You're ridiculous." She said, shaking his hand off and running off
"No, Kagome wait! It wasn't like that! I promise!" he shouted at he ran after her. Kagome was running as fast as she could, dodging branches, etc. Everything was a blur, but she kept running. She didn't notice a thick tree root sticking out and she tripped on it and her foot got caught in it.
CRACK!
Kagome shrieked in pain as she fell to the floor in agony. Inuyasha heard the crack and ran as fast as he could. Kagome was crying heavily and screaming as she tried to get her foot out of the knot of roots. Her foot began to bleed. She couldn't move it at all. Inuyasha finally caught up to her and quickly went to her aid.
"Kagome! W-What happened?!" he asked, immediately taking off his kimono and wrapping the it around her foot.
"No stop that hurts! Just carry me back to the hut." She said. He quickly nodded, picked her up, and ran back to the hut.
"Please tell me you brought your backpack." He said to her.
"Yeah, I did. I don't know if it will help though." She said. They arrived to the hut and he put her down on her sleeping mat. Izayoi and InuTaisho quickly went by Kagome's side.
"Inuyasha, what happened?!" asked Izayoi.
"She broke her foot." He said. He took the kimono that was wrapped around her foot and accidentally pulled her foot. Kagome didn't even wince. He looked at her face and her eyes were rolling back and forth. "K-Kagome! Wake up!" he said. He lifted her head. Her head fell to the side and her eyes rolled up and closed.
"Let her, it's best if she's out and doesn't feel pain. Did she lose a lot of blood?" asked InuTaisho.
"No, I wrapped it up before it could really start to bleed. He took her shoe and sock off and her foot was blue and brown from the bruising with smeared blood all around it. There was a cut near her ankle, and that probably meant
"I'll go fetch some water to clean the wound." Said Izayoi. Inuyasha nodded and InuTaisho kneeled down to help him.
"I hope you know you're gonna have to do something big for you to fix this." Said InuTaisho. "and I'm not talking about the foot."
"I know, right now we need to focus on Kagome." He said impatiently. He grabbed Kagome's bookbag and ran his hands through it, looking for that white box with the red X on it. She always used that box for when someone got hurt. He managed to find it and opened it up. He found the gauz pads and pulled them out. He also found the yellow tube that was filled with this gooey stuff that Kagome put on cuts. He never used them, since he healed so fast, but at this time, it was really needed. He kept the box opened and put the bookbag aside. Izayoi came back with a bowl of water. Inuyasha thanked her and took it and began to clean Kagome's wound. As soon as he got the blood off, Kagome began to wake.
"Did I pass out?" she said. She soon felt a strong wave of pain and yelled in agony.
"K-Kagome, it's okay I promise! It's not as bad as it looks!" said Inuyasha.
"It SURE FEELS LIKE IT!" shouted Kagome.
"Well, I got the white box out and I suppose you could use—"
"No, Inuyasha. I need to go home. If I don't my foot won't heal." Said Kagome. Inuyasha nodded. "Lord InuTaisho and Lady Izayoi can come with us, they can stay in the guest bedroom of my house, just hurry and let's go." She said. Inuyasha nodded and picked her up. Izayoi climbed on InuTaisho's back and he followed Inuyasha. Soon, they arrived to Kaede's village. Kaede greeted them in her hut with warm welcomes.
"Hello, Inuyasha. Oh my! Kagome, are ye hurt?" she asked.
"Yes, I think I broke my foot. We just needed to tell you that if Sango and Miroku come back, tell them that all of us will be in my time." Said Kagome.
"And who are you two?" asked Kaede.
"Those are my parents, I'll explain later. We gotta go." Said Inuyasha. Kaede seemed shocked but she nodded. They all ran to the well and stopped. "Kagome, are you sure they'll be able to come through?" asked Inuyasha.
"As long as they are in skin contact with either me or you." Said Kagome. The older couple nodded and help Inuyasha and Kagome's hands. They all jumped in and jumped out. They were in Kagome's time.
"Wow, Kagome your house is so big." Said Izayoi.
"Thank you. Mama!" shouted Kagome. Her mother came out and soon ran to her aide.
"Kagome, my dear what happened?" asked Mama Higurashi.
"I broke my foot. Can Souta keep Inuyasha and his parents at home so you could take me to the hospital?" she asked.
"Of course, dear." She said. She called Souta and he came out.
"Souta, I'm going to the hospital with mom, you stay here and take care of Inuyasha and his parents. I'll hopefully be back soon!" she said. "Inuyasha, will you take me to my mama's car?" asked Kagome. Inuyasha nodded. They went to her mother's car and put her in.
"Please be safe, Kagome." Said Inuyasha. Kagome smiled and nodded. Inuyasha nodded as well. He leaned in and kissed her cheek. Kagome blushed and Inuyasha shut the door. He walked inside the house and joined Souta and his parents.
"Do you know if she'll be okay?" asked Inuyasha.
"Yeah, she'll be fine. The doctors are probably gonna put a cast on her foot, though. It looked pretty bad. How'd it happen?" asked Souta.
"She tripped on a root, I guess. I didn't see it happen. I just found her. What's a cast?" asked Inuyasha.
"Well, it's this really hard thing they put around wherever you broke your bone, and it stays on there so you don't move it. When the bone is fully healed, they take it off." Said Souta. Inuyasha and the others nodded.
"How long do you think it will take for Kagome's foot to heal?"
"Well, it looked really bad, so I would say at least a month." Said Souta. "But I'm not a doctor, so you'll have to wait until Kagome gets back." Said Souta.
It was around two to three hours until Kagome came back. The group basically sat down and watched TV. Izayoi and InuTaisho were most fascinated by it, since they didn't know what a tv even was. Kagome came in with a green cast on her foot, and she was on crutches. Inuyasha got up and helped her to the nearest seat on the couch and sat by her.
"Kagome, is that the cats?" asked Inuyasha. Kagome giggled.
"No, it's the cast." She mocked. Inuyasha blushed. "The doctor said I should have the cast off within a month." Said Kagome.
"I'm sorry, Kagome."
"Don't be. It's not your fault. It was mine." She said, smiling. Inuyasha didn't say anything, he didn't want to start a scene.
"Kagome, I'm not leaving until you're okay." He said. "I don't care how long it takes." Kagome smiled.
"You're sweet." She said. "You don't have to stay with me the whole time, I'll be fine."
"But I won't be." He said. Kagome blushed lightly and nodded. Izayoi and InuTaisho both stood and bowed to Mama Higurashi.
"It's nice to meet you, Mother of Kagome." Said InuTaisho and Izayoi.
"I am Inuyasha's mother."
"And I his father."
"Welcome! It's always nice to have guests! Would you all like some tea?" asked Mama. They all agreed and she went to go get it ready. Everyone sat down in the living room around the table. The tea was ready and everyone had a cup except for Inuyasha.
"Kagome, when you're done do you mind if we can talk alone for a minute?" asked Inuyasha. Kagome sipped her cup and smiled. She nodded and leaned on his arm. He blushed and quickly put an arm around her shoulder. Mama Higurashi noticed and smiled as did Izayoi and InuTaisho.
"Mama, wheres Grampa?" asked Kagome.
"Oh, he's not feeling too well. He's taking a nap. He ate too much of my pickles even when I told him not to, he must be having bad heartburn." She said. Kagome nodded and finished her tea.
"Okay Inuyasha, let's go." She said, getting up. Inuyasha quickly helped her up and she reached for her crutches.
"What are you doing?" asked Inuyasha.
"Um…I need these to walk." Said Kagome. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and picked her up bridal style.
"If I'm here, you ain't walkin'." Said Inuyasha. Kagome smiled and he took her upstairs to her room. He put her down on her bed.
"So what did you want to talk about?" asked Kagome. Inuyasha sighed and sat down next to her on the bed.
"I want to apologize." He said. Kagome looked confused.
"About what?"
"Everything." He said. Kagome's eyes widened. "I'm sorry about me going to Kikyo all those times, I'm sorry that I yell at you, I'm sorry abou calling you a wench all the time, I'm sorry about your foot,." He said. "I need to treat you with more respect from now and on." He said. He took her hand in his.
"Inuyasha…what brought this up?" she asked.
"Kagome…what if something worse happened to you when you ran off? What if some demon came and noticed you had the shards and…he could have…I don't even want to say it." He said. "I take you for granted so much and it's wrong of me." He said. He tightened his grip on Kagome's hand and his eyes saddened. "I know there's a lot of other people you could go to besides me. Some of them are better than I am, but please, just promise me you'll stay by my side." He said. Kagome had tears in her eyes.
"Inuyasha, I know how it's like to feel like you're nothing compared to your competition." She said. Inuyasha knew what she meant and he felt his heart break. "I've learned to cope with it, but either way, I would still be with you no matter what." She said smiling. Inuyasha's eyes saddened. Kagome turned to face him and as soon as he saw that he took the chance and pulled her into a hug.
"By competition…you mean Kikyo…right?" he asked. He felt Kagome nod as she pressed her face in his chest. He knew that meant she was trying not to cry. He held her tight and let her release her pain.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't be doing this in front of you." She said, wiping the tears away from her face. He frowned and pulled her close again.
"There's a lot of things I shouldn't have done." He said. "When I promised to protect you with my life, I broke that promise…so many times." He said. He buried his face in her hair and inhaled her beautiful scent that was mixed with the salt of her tears. His heard felt like it was burned. "I know you're really good as faking a smile. You may look happy, but I know I scarred you inside. It's my fault. I'm sorry."
"Inuyasha, I know that eventually down the road, you're going to forget about what you just told me. Even with that fact, I can't say I love you less than I did before today." She said. Inuyasha's eyes widened.
'Love…me?'
"I know that no matter how many times you yell at me, or go to Kikyo, or call me a wench, I'm still going to love you the same amount, if not more." She said. Inuyasha felt crushed. He had done her wrong so many times. Why did she still love him? How could she still love him?
"Kagome…I didn't know…"
"I know, I didn't mean for you to find out like this, but I guess that's fate." She said with a sad smile. "I'm going to be fine. I promise."
"How do you know…" asked Inuyasha.
"Because I ended up fine all of the other times." She said. This crushed him even more. That she was aware of how many times he screwed up. How many times he went to Kikyo, leaving Kagome unprotected. And still, at the end of the day, she loves him just as much as she did before. He took her hands and nodded. Kagome smiled. 'I know he doesn't feel the same way about me, but I'm glad I finally got to tell him.' She thought. They both went downstairs and spent the rest of the night with the family.
Well, that's it! The next chapter is going to be 1 month later, the day Kagome get's her cast off! Sorry, I had to spoil it! I didn't want anyone upset that I didn't write anything between the whole month. It really wasn't anything special anyway. Please R&R!
