Deception- Chapter 3- "Getting Back In"
Two days had passed; Inuyasha was on the outskirts of the village watching over his friends. He was going to die before he just left Kagome open for another attack. If it wasn't him then it had to be something or someone else. He looked down at the piece of metal he had Totosai forge. It had a small stone in it, Sota called it a diamond, he said that in Kagome's time, they give rings to the woman whom they like to show that they like to show other males that they were taken. Inuyasha had Totosai forge it for him to give to Kagome, the only problem was he couldn't tell anyone. There was no way he was going to ruin Kagome's surprise by telling someone about it. He used the whole having to polish up the Tetsuiga thing in order to be able to leave for a few days. Since the day they kicked Inuyasha out of the village, he had been killing any demon no matter how small that got near the village. He looked over to see Kagome walking out, for the first time since the attack, on crutches made out of wood into the dewy grass.
She looked so happy. Was she happy that she finally got to come out of the hut or was she happy that he was no longer there? He sighed as he put the ring back in his kimono. That would have to wait until they figured out what was going on.
Kagome loved the fresh air, she hadn't been out in almost two days and she was starting to get cabin fever from staying in the hut so long. "Kagome how are you doing?" Shippo yelled running up to her smiling.
"Much better now that I am out here." Kagome laughed at the young child. She then looked over to see Inuyasha walking her way. "Go away." She yelled.
"Get away Inuyasha, or I will have to hurt you." Shippo said running at him.
"Save me the heroics." Inuyasha said pushing the fox child out of the way. "Glad to see you doing better Kagome." He said soothingly while coming up to her.
"Yes, I am." She said backing up.
"Kagome that wasn't me, I really mean it." he said trying to gain her trust. "I don't even know what happened that day. Please can we talk about it?"
Kagome wanted to run, she wanted to get away from Inuyasha but there was a small part, about the size of her small toe, of her that wanted to hear him out. Darn that small toe… she stood frozen in place.
"Now can you tell me what happened?" Inuyasha asked. He stood a little ways back as to not come to close.
"Well, you attacked me when I came out of the well." She said to him with fear still evident in her voice.
She said she would be at his side no matter what, she said she would never leave him and yet here she was backing up from him. He sat down as to show that he meant no threat, he didn't know if humans thought that way but if it got her trust that was all he wanted. It pained him to see that the only person who accepted him the first time they met would back away from him over something he didn't do. "Anything else?" he finally asked.
"You went after Shippo." Kagome said looking away. "You attacked him before you ran off."
"Anything else?" Inuyasha asked he wanted to get all the facts. "You have to let me know if there was anything else."
"Well, uh, you" she didn't want to say it.
"Go on, I what?" he asked more worried now.
"You" she whispered something out.
"What was that?"
"You touched me." Kagome said looking away. "You kissed me and tried to…" she started to cry.
"I would never do that." Inuyasha yelled standing up. He went to console her only to be pushed away.
"Get away." She yelled.
"That's why you don't want me near you isn't it? You don't care that you were hurt physically." Inuyasha stated.
Miroku and Sango came rushing out, "I told you to not come back here Inuyasha until we figure this out." Miroku told him.
"I had to find out what happened that night." Inuyasha told him. "Please can I come back with you guys?" he asked.
Miroku and Sango looked at each other then at Kagome who just stood there not saying anything. "What do you think Kagome?" Sango asked.
Inuyasha went down on his knees, shoving his face into the dirt, trying to hold back the tears that would fall if he couldn't gain acceptance back into the group. "Please, I hate to say this and I will only say this once but I don't like being alone. I have found that it is boring. I want to be with you guys again. I feel nothing but disgrace after being pushed out of the only group that I ever fit in." he said looking down at the ground the whole time.
"Inuyasha." Sango whispered.
"I think ye should give him another chance." Kaede came out of the hut. "He is very sorry."
Kagome and everyone looked at her, "Yes, I suppose we can." Miroku whispered.
Inuyasha brightened up looking up at them, "Really you can forgive me?"
"Yes" they said in unison save Kagome.
"How about you Kagome?" Inuyasha asked hopefully.
"I can forgive you…" Inuyasha smiled, "But that doesn't mean I am going to forget what you did." Kagome finished.
"I still say I didn't do it." Inuyasha told her. "Thank you guys for allowing me back." He said smiling.
Inuyasha was so excited he was back in the group, it was odd but he always thought he was a loner until they kicked him out. Then all he wanted was to get back in, to gain there acceptances.
"Inuyasha you will be watched the whole time by one of us though." Miroku said. "You can not be fully trusted just yet." Miroku knew the way dog demons thought, when Inuyasha said he felt nothing but disgrace when he was kicked out of the group that was his dog demon saying that. Inuyasha probably saw himself as the lead alpha of the group although unlike wolves where none of the other males are allowed to be with a female of the same group, Inuyasha saw it in himself to let Miroku be able to do whatever. Miroku could tell when he first met Inuyasha and he tried to get Kagome, Inuyasha saw her as…his. He wouldn't admit it but the way he always ran to her screams, the way he would start to convert completely to his dog side when Kouga came around, the way he was disgraced when he was kicked out. It all led to him thinking that he was the main male to keep his group together. Miroku could even tell how Inuyasha didn't leave the village; he could tell that Inuyasha was close by the last two days. "As well Kagome will always have someone with her so that you can't get away from our view."
"I think it will be unnecessary for me to have someone always with me." Kagome said to Miroku.
"No, this is what we will have to do in order to make sure we get no more incidents of the kind. Plus if both have a partner then if something happens, like Inuyasha attacks Kagome then we will know it wasn't really Inuyasha." Miroku told them.
"That's sounds fine with me, I have nothing to hide." Inuyasha said happily.
"Alright, we are going to take shifts watching after you two. I vote for me for following Kagome." Miroku said.
"No you aren't." everyone, including Inuyasha, yelled. Inuyasha quickly stood down though another trait as a dog demon; he was no longer the main male now. Now that he was accepted again, he couldn't make the rules. He had to listen to what the others said until he got his rightful place back where he was. For now Miroku was the top male.
"I will." Shippo said jumping onto Kagome's shoulder.
"Miroku you can sit with Inuyasha on this shift." Sango said. "Kilala and I will relax. When the night hits, we will switch." She said.
Inuyasha grunted at the idea before walking towards the woods. "Go after him Miroku." Shippo said laughing.
Miroku let out a sigh knowing that his plan was somehow backfiring on him. He walked the way Inuyasha went. "Hold on, you know I have to come." He said sighing.
Miroku walked into the woods following a pouting Inuyasha. "You don't really have to follow me." Inuyasha mumbled out.
"We said we would watch both of you guys." Miroku said following him. "You know it is getting late we should go back." Miroku looked up at the setting sun.
"I have to ask you something first." Inuyasha said stopping at a rivers edge, looking down at the water.
"What could that possibly be?" Miroku asked sarcastically.
"Do you think I hurt Kagome? Do you think I could really do that?" he asked kicking a small pebble into the water.
Miroku thought about the question, "Well, it is hard to say no to that question when both Shippo and Kagome claim you did hurt her. I do find it odd that you claim that you never did anything like that when the two claim you did."
"So you think I did it?" he plopped down. "How can I get all of your trust back? I have to know what to do."
"Well you can start by not acting suspicious; you know when you come out here and tell me not to follow."
"Yeah but Kagome thinks I hurt her and that I…" he couldn't think of the rest of what she said.
"She thinks you what? She only told us that you attacked her and Shippo."
"Well she said that I…I mean the other Inuyasha touched her and kissed her and she was disgusted by that."
"She never told us that, now it is clearer why she is afraid of you." Miroku stated. "Many women don't like you doing that when they don't consent."
"You would know." Inuyasha said scoffing.
"I beg to differ" Miroku yelled. "I will have you know that every woman I ever think of touching I ask first."
Inuyasha let out a grunt, "Then what is Sango? You constantly grab her. Don't think we don't notice."
"It isn't like I am being discrete about it. Besides she is going to bear my children once Naraku is dead."
"I will believe that when it happens." Miroku was about to retort back when Inuyasha said, "I smell dinner lets get back." Inuyasha said trying to change their subjects all together.
They both walked back to the hut side by side. "You know I wouldn't hurt Kagome." Inuyasha quickly let out randomly.
"Yeah, I have heard you already." Miroku told him.
"No really, I wouldn't."
"I know." Miroku said as they entered the hut.
Kagome was trying to help everyone cook but was refused over and over again due to her arm and broken leg. "Please, I can do something. It isn't like I am paralyzed." Kagome begged.
"We had you try and cut carrots and you opened the wounds in your arm again." Sango said annoyed. "Why don't you sit down, we can finish the food."
"Kagome you should be sitting down." Inuyasha yelled running up to her.
"Don't you dare touch me." Kagome yelled as she slowly crept down to the ground.
Inuyasha winced away at her yells. He decided to sit at the other side of the room facing Kagome. The whole room went silent afraid to make a sound. The two where looking at each other, as if to expect the other to make the first move.
Sango finally decided to break the tension by saying, "Well food is ready."
"Great I am starving!" Shippo yelled grabbing a bowl and running to the pot.
Everyone got there bowl of food before Kagome spoke up, "Can someone grab me a bowl, it will be easier than me walking over to get it." she asked.
Inuyasha quickly got up before any of the others could and handed her his bowl. "I didn't eat out of it yet so it should be fine." He said smiling.
"Uh, thanks." Kagome stuttered taking the bowl before watching Inuyasha grab another bowl for himself. He appeared quite please with himself.
Inuyasha was proud of what he just did. That had to get some trust from her. "No problem." He said scooping some stew out for himself.
"So we should leave tomorrow back on our travels." Miroku started up the conversation.
"But what about Kagome's leg?" Shippo asked.
"She can ride on Kilala. We will take it slow for a while until her leg heals." Sango told them.
"Alright, I can do that." Kagome said happily eating her food.
"I don't want you to push yourself." Inuyasha said worriedly.
"You didn't worry about me earlier." Kagome mumbled under her breath while eating.
"What was that?" Inuyasha yelled standing up.
Kagome tried to back away although a wall refused to let her go to far. Miroku and Sango stood up.
Inuyasha finally realized what he did and quickly sat back down. "Sorry, I didn't mean to yell." He whispered looking ashamed. 'Good going, that's how you get her to trust you.' He thought. "I will be outside tonight." He whispered walking out.
"Should one of us go after him?" Sango asked.
"No, as long as we are with Kagome, he can't hurt her. I think he needs time to himself." Miroku said sitting down.
"Aye, I think he does need time to himself." Kaede said as they all got ready for bed.
"I didn't mean to let my attitude get the best of me." Inuyasha mumbled kicking a rock down a path. "I need to not yell at her. I need to take it easier if I am going to gain her trust." He said to himself standing at a tree.
He looked up at the stars. Tomorrow they will set out to find the shards. He decided tonight he will get as much sleep as he could for tomorrow. He jumped into a tree and quickly fell asleep.
Alright, another chapter down!! I am kinda starting to like this story! At the same time, I don't like many of my stories for the first three or four chapters.
My arms are killing me though, one of my friends came over to my house without telling me and I was outside in my woods walking along enjoying the quiet breeze when I hear a small rustle in the leaves on the ground. I turned quickly to see no one there and decided at most it was probably a mouse. As soon as I turned around to keep walking my friend sideswiped me sending both her and I down the hill I was on. It was almost like a movie cuz both of us where rolling down the hill together hitting each other and somersaulting the whole way down. When we reached the bottom my friend hit a tree at the bottom and was laughing and I was like wtf got into you? We both had scratches on our face, arms, and legs after that incident. I think that was worse than when one of my friends decided to push me off a huge rock into my disgusting pond. I think they see me as a punching bag O.o
Anyways enough about me please review for me!! Like I always say, I can't make my writing better if I don't hear from my readers!! So REVIEW please )
