Ok had a question about whether or not I had the real Inuyasha in there, well for a definitive answer you'll have to keep reading, but it is not impossible for a demonized Inuyasha to act that way and I did say his eyes were red so you never know.
Anyway thank you for the reviews so quickly I hope you enjoy this next chapter.
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Kagome felt herself laying on something soft and warm, she felt herself completely embraced by that same soft warmth. A dull throb from her shoulder reminded her distantly of what had happened and she snuggled deeper into the warmth.
Distantly she thought she heard a door slide open and then closed. She felt a demonic aura grow closer and subconsciously raised her defenses. A soft gasp and the door opened and closed again, the aura leaving as well. With the demonic aura gone Kagome relaxed her guard and slowly began the process of waking up.
At first she just shifted slightly under the heavy blanket and then she softly fluttered open her eyes to stare at the ceiling. Looking to her left and right she thought she might be back in the feudal era, but the modern lighting fixture over the center of the room allowed her to relax as she realized she was in her own era.
Pounding feet were the first sound she heard above her own breathing and once again she sensed demonic auras but instead of just one this time there were at least three. The seemed to pause outside the room she was in and Kagome froze before closing her eyes and trying to force herself to relax, better to pretend to be asleep than awake at this point she thought.
As the door opens her plans to feign sleep were ruined by a cold and guarded voice, "She's awake."
Not wanting to give away the truth so easily she continued her charade until a softer and familiar voice urged her to open her eyes. "Kagome. It's alright Kagome, you're with friends."
Slowly she opened her eyes to the view of kind green eyes and fiery red hair. "Suichi...?" Her voice is scratchy and raw; he nods at her and smiles sadly.
"Kagome, how do you feel?"
She turns her head slightly to see him slightly better, "I... I've been better. Where am I?" She turns to look at the others in the room; all of them had concerned looks on their faces. Nearest her and opposite Suichi was a kind looking girl about her age with teal hair and red eyes. Standing behind her were two boys, one with greased back black hair, wearing a green school uniform, the other with curly red orange hair and wearing a blue uniform. Next to Suichi she saw a blue haired girl with purple eyes, and like the first girl she saw she was wearing a kimono. Standing behind her was an elderly woman with her arms crossed over her chest, her hair at one time must have been a nice shade of strawberry, but age had caused it to fade. The last person in the room was a short man with black hair that stood up, defying gravity; his red eyes bore into her, he was the only one that showed no sign of concern on his face.
"You're at the home of a friend of mine." He pauses for a moment before continuing, "Kagome, did you see what caused your injury?" She didn't answer him, despite all the non-human auras in the room, she wasn't sure he would believe her. With no answer forthcoming Suichi moved onto his next question. "Kagome, where did you get the Shikon no Tama?" Though his voice was kind and non-threatening Kagome's eyes filled with fear and tears before she turned away from him.
"Why does it matter?"
Kurama was shocked by Kagome's response to his last question. He saw her hand flex under the blanket, tightening around the jewel she still held there. The wince of pain that flashed across her face at the exercising of the freshly healed muscles did not go unnoticed. "It's alright Kagome, we won't take it from you. We just need to know where it came from and who attacked you so we can keep you safe." He gently places a hand on her non-injured shoulder in reassurance.
"I... It came from me." She turns back to him, tears rolling out of her eyes, pleading with him silently. Kurama looks at her in shock before looking up at the two boys standing across from him and then looking over his shoulder at the shorter one standing slightly behind him who nodded.
"How could a jewel come from a persons body like that, it doesn't even make sense. She's human." The question came from the boy with the black hair in green and caused Kagome to turn to look at him, shock evident in her eyes.
"Yusuke, that isn't helping the situation."
"None of this is. She's been here for three days and now she isn't even giving us straight answers. How are we going to keep her and that shiny bead safe if she won't tell us who or what is after her!"
His angry rebuffing of Kurama's gentle questioning caused anger to override Kagome's sadness. "Well I don't want help, at least not from a demon like you that couldn't care less about my safety." They all looked at her with shock, none of them had thought she would know about demon's, let alone be able to identify who among them was one.
"That's enough girl. Yusuke, shut up and try not to make yourself sound even more idiotic." It was the older woman. Kagome was a bit surprised at the rebuke but quieted as the aforementioned Yusuke huffed and sat down with a scowl.
"We really do need to know what you can tell us about what happened Kagome." Kurama pleaded with her and she looked at him, the anger shifting to tired neutrality.
"You won't believe me." The tears pour from her eyes anew and she turns away from him trying to hide them.
"I promise you Kagome, I will believe whatever you tell us. My friends will also. We're here to help."
Still not sure whether she can trust him or not she turns back to him. "The one that attacked me was named Inuyasha. He was trying to take the jewel but somehow I got away." Kurama nods in acceptance of her reply and looks to Botan. She nods, understanding the unspoken question and stands up.
"I'll go and see what I can find out about him." And with that she left.
Kagome watched her leave curiously, "Suichi?"
"Yes, Kagome."
"I... I should call my mom and let her know I'm alright." She starts trying to get up but Kurama gently pushes her back down into the futon.
"I called her after I brought you here Kagome, don't worry." He watched as Kagome relaxed again and then watched as her eyebrows knit together in confusion.
"Suichi, what are you doing hanging around with demons?"
He looked at her a bit shocked and opened his mouth to speak, but stopped himself and looked at the others still in the room. Hiei and Genkai both raised eyebrows at him before moving to leave. Yukina quietly excused herself and left as well. Yusuke looked frustrated and grabbed Kuwabara by his collar and dragged him out. When the two were finally alone Kurama began, "They are my coworkers and my friends." He pauses for a moment and looks down at her, "I'm still a bit surprised that you are able to sense demons."
She nods and looks at the ceiling, "Yeah... I thought that when they all left all of the demonic auras would leave also."
"I... Kagome, I suppose I should tell you then." She looks at him, betrayal growing in her eyes and he places a comforting hand on her arm. "Kagome I would never do anything to hurt you, you have to believe and trust me." He looks at her and sees her relax a bit. "I'm not entirely human, that is the demon you are still sensing. Before I was born a spirit fox name Youko Kurama was a well renowned thief..." And He continued to tell her the tale of how he came to be as he is. Kagome calmly listened through the whole tale.
When he was down they stayed there in silence, Kagome taking in what she had been told, Kurama waiting to see how Kagome would react to his story. She looks up at him, seeing the truth of what he said in his eyes, "I believe you Suichi, or should I call you Kurama like your other friends do?"
He smiles, "Either is fine."
She nods, but doesn't smile as Kurama was hoping she would. "Kagome, what's still bothering you?"
She sighs and turns away from him and he can see that she is crying again, "He attacked me... I trusted him to protect me and he ended up being the one I needed protected from." Sobs shake her entire frame and Kurama leans forward, embracing her in a comforting hug. "He was my friend Suichi... Poor little Shippou... I don't even know what happened to him. Kirara, Sango, Miroku I hope he didn't hurt them. I'm so afraid Suichi."
Kurama holds her more tightly, trying to comfort her while at the same time making note to find her friends and make sure they were safe. "Its alright Kagome, my friends and I can look for them and make sure they are safe."
Kagome sniffles and her sobbing slows to a stop as she looks up at him with a tear-streaked expression. "Arigato. If you can find Shippou and Kirara that would be enough. I doubt that you would be able to find Sango or Miroku." He looks at her quizzically, "They lived about 500 years ago and they were human, I doubt they would have lived this long."
500 years! That was about the time that Koenma had said the jewel disappeared. He looked at his friend in shock, what she was suggesting was that somehow she had experienced things from 500 years ago. That just couldn't be possible, could it? "Kagome, what do you mean?"
"The well at the shrine allowed me to travel to the feudal era. I started my travels there on my fifteenth birthday. It was while I was in the past that a demon tore the shikon from my abdomen. Inuyasha kept the demon from killing me but demanded the jewel shortly after. a preistess in the village used some prayer beads to allow me to subjugate him and that kept me safe until another demon came and stole the jewel. In the course of recovering it I accidentally shattered the jewel. Inuyasha was mad at me and made me help him gather the shards which had been flung all around the countryside. We spent a little over a year gathering them and became, I thought, good friends..." Tears welled in her eyes once again. "When we had gotten the last of the shards and completed the jewel... I removed Inuyasha's beads, thinking that he and I had grown close. He attacked me, he wasn't demanding the jewel though. I don't know why he suddenly attacked. When he slashed my shoulder, I ran, my friends holding him off. I escaped through the well with Shippou's help and sealed it when I got through." Kurama tensed at the mention that she could seal the well and looked down at the top of her head.
"Kagome, how did you seal the well?"
"I... I'm a miko, I guess I should have mentioned that sooner. I was never trained properly but Kaede made sure I knew the basics."
Hearing her confession he holds her more tightly and lets her cry out the rest of her pain. Now that he knew her whole story, at least the major points of it, he felt even more that he wanted to protect her and keep her safe.
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Long chapter, a whole page longer than normal even. I just couldn't get to a good stopping point though so... anyway hope you liked it.
