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Chapter 3:
Kagome woke with a start. There was a deep pain in her stomach and a dry taste in her mouth. She listened to the sound of the room and heard nothing struck her as abnormal. In fact there was no one there. Feeling a little safer she went lay down again to sleep but she couldn't shake the feeling something was wrong. 'You big fraidy cat there isn't anyone there even if there was Inu-' She sat up with a start. Where exactly was Inuyasha?
Standing quickly she reached out with her miko powers and let out a startled cry as the response from Inuyasha was incredibly weak. Grabbing her cloak and bow she raced toward Inuyasha's location.
'Hey where you going sweetheart' a burly man called from the bar and made a grab at her. Fire filled her veins as the man made contact. She bent her head and let her fringe cover her eyes.
'You will unhand me at once.' She murmured threateningly at the man who dared block her.
'Ah darlin' don't be like that, me and you could have some fun' the man drawled wiggling his eyebrows suggestively and his companions sniggered at her situation.
'With all of us you mean' one shouted and they all laughed harder.
'I'm warning you, unhand me'
'I don't think so luv' '
With that Kagome snapped her head up and the man was surprised at the piercing blue of her eyes as she let her spiritual power flow through her. The whole room hushed as even the humans recognized a power they hadn't seen in years. Kagome slapped the man to touched her with her reiryoku charged into her vein the slap sent the man into his companions and knocked them all flat. Her eyes calmed to the usual brown as she pulled her spiritual pressure in.
'No one will speak of this' she whispered to the shocked crowd and as Kagome left the inn they all looked into their drinks wondering what on earth was in it that made them see a miko.
Kagome raced toward the ebbing youki that Inuyasha had and finally found him crumpled underneath a tree with a cry she launched herself at him and frantically looked for wounds.
There was a large wound in his chest dangerously close to his heart and the impact to the tree had dealt a large blow to his head.
'Oh Kami Inuyasha what happened?' she whispered.
Summoning her powers again she tried to heal him. It took a lot of concentration to heal him since his youki reacted to her reiatsu healing power. Her arms were trembling with the effort and she felt hopelessness wash in as there was minimal change.
The night sky decided to let loose a torrent of rain and it mingled with Kagome's tears.
'Don't die Inuyasha, please don't die on me' she chanted as she sobbed. Her hands still hovering over his wounds began to fall. She couldn't heal him, it wasn't in a miko's power to save youkai. She turned into Inuyasha's side and wept. Only his youki could save him. 'Only if I had youki I could give him what he needs. His only hope is if he could somehow wake up and try to heal himself'
'Wake up Inuyasha, you have to wake up!'
There was no change
'Dammit Inuyasha wake up!' she yelled and accidentally sent sparks of her reiryoku at him causing him his own to react and protectively cover where she sent the sparks. She stared at her hands; she had never lost control like that before. Wincing she realized tit was probably due to her ill-advised display of power at the bar. She was going to regret that later. She went to check where she had accidentally burnt him to see how bad it was but was shock to see them healing before her eyes.
Blue sparks left her hands as inspiration struck her. She concentrated her offensive reiryoku instead of her healing reiatsu and shot small sparks at the wound.
As she hoped Inuyasha's youki reacted and went to protect his body from the purity meanwhile it jumpstarted the wounds healing process. After a few moments of concentrated flow of power Inuyasha started to groan. Pulling back her spiritual pressure Kagome collapsed exhausted in the mud next to Inuyasha.
The rain still pelted down and Kagome began to shiver.
'N-Naraku'
Kagome turned sluggishly to face Inuyasha.
'Huh?'
'What? Kagome? Why are you here?' Inuyasha asked and winced as he sat up.
'Never mind that, what on earth happened to you? You had me worried sick!' Kagome yelled then suddenly burst into tears again.
'I thought you were going to die…' she cried. Inuyasha looked surprised at the weeping girl and was even more surprised when she wrapped her arms around him
'Don't you ever do that to me again Inuyasha or I will bring you back and kill you myself' she whispered into his chest. Inuyasha was at a loss to do but he was a little touched by the girl who he thought hated him. The rain started to lighten when it finally stopped Inuyasha chose to speak.
'S'ok wench, I'm youkai and don't die easily.'
Kagome took a deep breath and pulled back.
'Can you please tell me now why you're hurt?'
Inuyasha received flashbacks of what happened and winced. Getting drunk and then almost killed wasn't very good for his ego.
'Well I guess it started at the bar…'
As Inuyasha spun his tale Kagome countenance darkened.
'So your telling me that you went on a Kagome hate-fest and ended up buddy buddying up with a psychopath named Naraku who tried to kill you for a scroll?'
Inuyasha nodded pathetically.
Kagome hit him in the arm.
'Ouch wench, ya' lucky I don't bruise easy or I would have got you back' Inuyasha complained but Kagome ignored him.
'You have to start picking better friends.'
'Hey at least I'm not the one insulting myself'
'How did I do that unless I'm your-' Kagome trailed off, 'you think I'm your friend?'
'Huh? What? No I don't need friends I'm not some pathetic human I'm a han-'
Inuyasha was cut off this time when Kagome leaned her head on his arm.
'I would be your friend if you wanted' she whispered. Inuyasha said nothing but pulled himself off the muddy ground taking Kagome with him. He jumped into the tree settled himself down with Kagome in his arms
'Whatever' he said and Kagome smiled knowing what he meant.
The next day when they had sufficiently dried they decided not to enter the inn again but just take Hokoru and leave. Kagome was a little disappointed to leave her cloak and riding boots behind but with the look on Inuyasha's face she didn't want to cause him any more worry.
They were resting by a stream when Kagome finally couldn't take it anymore
'What is the matter Inuyasha!'
Inuyasha didn't even bother reply he just sat staring into nothing. Huffing indignantly at being ignored she strode over to him.
'Inuyasha as probably your only friend I demand you tell me'
That got a reaction from him.
'Hey I didn't agree to be your friend so you take advantage of me'
'Hey anything to stop you sulking, what if I promise I wont do it again?'
'Feh… stupid wench'
Kagome didn't reprimand him this time.
'So what is the matter?'
Inuyasha sighed and his face fell again
'I've lost the only way I can prove myself.'
'The jewel?'
'Yes of course the jewel!'
Kagome looked lost.
'I don't understand'
'The key to getting the jewel is in the scroll and damn Naraku stole the scroll so I can never find the jewel'
Kagome looked shocked at him.
'You mean you don't remember what the scroll said?'
'Of course not that's what the scroll was for, to remember it for me!'
Kagome couldn't hold in her laugh.
'Hey! It isn't funny wench!'
'I'm sorry Inuyasha its just I saw the scroll once and remember it and you have had it all this time and cant remember a thing.'
'Hey now your just bragging not all people can remember- wait… You can remember the prophecy?'
'Yeah sure it goes: 'The Jewel will grant the wish, But first you face the fear, With the Words of Time, They will become clear' It is fairly wishy washy but I think if you want this jewel so much I suggest looking for 'The words of time' '
Inuyasha just looked dumbstruck at her.
'You remember…'
A light entered his face and he stood up.
'What are you waiting for let's go find these words!' he called and strode away. Kagome panicked and straddled Hokoru.
'Hey wait! Inuyasha we don't know where we're going!'
Meanwhile in the Western Land the current King heard the news of his youngest sons escape from the castle. He sat pondering on how exactly he should go about retrieving him when he heard a knock on his chambers door.
'Enter' he drawled
In strode his proud eldest with his usual expressionless face.
'I have heard the news father, your hanyou son has shown his true colours'
'Silence Sesshoumaru he is your brother'
'Only half' Sesshoumaru replied haughtily
Inutaisho sighed and knocked a clawed finger gently against his temple. Somehow he had failed in uniting his family. Now his youngest had run off and his brother did not care. Almost immediately he formed an idea
'What of your thoughts, father?' Sesshoumaru asked as he recognized his father's pensive expression.
'Sesshoumaru I have a duty to ask of you'
...Later that day the king's eldest son was seen leaving the castle with a furious expression and his sword strapped tightly to his side
Thankyou for reading. Please review so I can be inspired to write more.
-Evyira
