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Inevitable

Disclaimer: Okay, seriously. If I owned Inuyasha, why in the heck would I be making a DISclaimer, let alone, a FANfiction! You stupid oafs…

Chapter Three:

Pain and Loneliness

Inuyasha had still been unconscious under the same when something quite heavy collided with his side. 'What the-...Owww…my head' He dizzily tried to rise, but he came to see that that was impossible. Whatever had crashed into him had somehow managed to force him onto his back…and that it was still sitting on him. He heard it make a noise that sounded like "Owww". It was a young, feminine voice.

'A young girl? Why is she out here alone? Is she one of the village children! Haven't they done enough damage?' he thought as another surge of pain went through his head.

He attempted a growl, but it came out as a muffled "Mmph!" The girl moved off of his face and he heard a gasp. His eyes narrowed and darted upward before widening in shock. He noticed the little ears on her head, twitching with anticipation. Why didn't he smell it before! She was a…a half-demon, just like himself. Pain suddenly forgotten, he stared into her eyes, as she was doing to his. Within each others eyes they could look into their souls and see the emotion swirling about.

Loneliness.

Pain.

They could see all of these things just by looking into the depths of each others eyes. They each felt these things. These are just emotions that come with being a hanyou.

The loneliness. Neither either had a family to go to for help anymore. No family to tell them that it would be okay. No family to laugh and play with. No one. Inuyasha had a half-brother, but no "family" to call his own. His father, the great Inutaisho, had died in the flames of a collapsing building. His mother, killed by the murderous men of the village- the same ones who'd been after him earlier… Kagome's father had disappeared shortly after her birth. She'd been told by the villagers that he'd been slaughtered, but she refused to believe that- always thinking positively. Her mother…had just died hours ago. She had a kid brother named Souta, but he had died two days after he was born due to some illness. Neither of the two had ever had friends either. Human children refused to play with them for being the "spawn of a demon". Youkai kids wouldn't play with them because of having "tainted blood" melding with that of that of their demon blood. They'd never be accepted by either race.

Pain. This was something they knew too well. Whether it be emotional or physical pain, it didn't matter. They were quite familiar with them both. The physical pain wasn't what really hurt. A few bumps and bruises here. A couple scratches or burns there. It was okay. Yes, it hurt, but their demon blood would quickly heal that. That which hurt the most, made the deepest scars, was the emotional pain. It wasn't an actual wound that their demon blood could heal rapidly. No. The emotional pain was what carved deep into their souls, leaving a forever growing scar. The words that they were abused with hurt them very much. Inuyasha refused to show it, though if you looked deep into his golden orbs, you could see it floating freely. You couldn't miss it in Kagome's eyes. Her emotions could be read like an open book. Though she always tried to think positive, that didn't mean that she couldn't feel hurt.

After only moments of staring into one another's eyes, Inuyasha seemed to snap out his reverie. Growling, he jumped up and glared at the intruder.

"What the heck are you doing! Are you insane!"

He swayed a bit from the sudden movement, and fell to the ground right on his bum. Kagome hurried over to help him, only to have her hand slapped away. He growled at her, but she paid it no mind. Instead, a large grin spread across her face.

"Are you ok? My name's Kagome! You're a hanyou just like me! I've never seen another hanyou before! You're kinda cute! Are you from around here? Do you live in this forest? Do you live in this tree! Why is there a bump on your head? I smell blood. How did you hurt yourself?"

Unable to take anymore from the chattering girl, he quickly put a small, clawed hand to her mouth.

"Shh! Shut up will you! There are youkai around and you're practically asking them to come and get us! Is that what you want!"

His hand still on her mouth, she could do nothing but nod.

"Good." He said approvingly as he sat back down- gently this time. While doing this, he slowly processed all of her words that had tumbled out of her mouth. 'So her name's Kagome huh? That's a nice name…GAH! Where'd that come from! Wait…did she call me CUTE! Feh! Stupid girl. I ain't cute. Cute is for wusses and little girls…like her…KYAAA! I just met her! She could be like all of those rotten little village kids. Hold on…She can smell my blood? Oh yeah…I didn't wipe it off. But being a hanyou, she probably would've smelt it anyway, huh? Guess I ain't completely alone, eh?" he thought with a slight smile. A muffled laugh shook him out of his thoughts.

Kagome had sat there the whole time he had been thinking to himself. She sat there –with his hand still on her mouth- and watched as different emotions played across his face. His face went from quizzical, to sweet, to shocked , to even more shocked, to pouty, to sweet again, right back to shocked, then all the way back to quizzical. Then his mouth formed a little "o" shape before turning into a tiny –very tiny- smile. She had to giggle at this. She found it to be rather funny…and quite cute! Inuyasha however was not amused, so he snatched his hand away from her giggling mouth.

"What's so funny girl?" he growled out.

"You are!" she responded between giggles.

"Feh."

It was then that Kagome remembered that Inuyasha was bleeding.

"Oh no! Where are you hurt? We've gots to cleans you off so's that the mean youkai don't smell your blood and come to gobble us up! Tell me so's thats I can help! "

Inuyasha looked at her carefully. He had only just met her. He wasn't so sure if he could trust her… but then again, she did have a point. The scent of his blood would most definitely attract hungry youkai.

"Fine, girl. I-"

"Kagome."

"Girl. I would do something about it, but as you can see I don't have anything here with me. Wait. Why are you even staying with me in the first place?"

She sighed. "I don'ts got a home no mores," she started as she ripped off some of her kimono, "and you seem kinda lonely…"

"Feh. I don't get lonely, baka."

Ignoring him she continued, "…so I figured that I could stay with you, ya know. To keep each other company. To help each others!"

"Feh. I don't need your help," he muttered as she looked at his wound.

Overcome by pure instinct, she licked his cut, as a pup would do for its sibling. Inuyasha was stunned, but she didn't seem to notice what she had done. She then took the cloth she'd torn from her kimono and used it as a bandage for him.

"There. All done. Say… I never did ask you your name. What is it?"

He said something inaudible, and so she asked him to speak up.

"I said, my name is Inuyasha!" he half-yelled in annoyance.

Kagome, not noticing or not caring about his annoyance, simply shined a big smile. "Nice to meet ya Inuyasha!"

Inuyasha just 'Fehed'. 'Nice to meet you to…Kagome'

Well, that's all I have for chapter three! See, I updated ASAP as promised! –cheers- I'm sorry if this chapter was a little confusing… Right now I am dying. It's 1:00 am, I'm suffering from soda-withdrawal, I didn't finish my language essay (which was due today…), and…yeah. Excuses, excuses. I know… Oh well I need to shut up. REVIEW! All reviews are appreciated! Good reviews get mo0fins and flames are used to roast and/or toast kikyou! YAY!

Ja ne.

-Naomi