Doing The Impossible

By:

Senko Tenrou

Disclaimer:

I don't own Inuyasha.

A/n:

Wow. I'm surprised that I'm actually willing to write this early after posting the last chapter. But, this seems to be the only story that I can come up with anything to write on it… Hmm. Ah well. Enjoy! Btw, this is the last chapter, I think…

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Chapter 6: Ending.

Round jade eyes stared back into the feral hanyou's dangerous yellow orbs. There was silence, nothing more, until Inuyasha's growl picked up again, raising the green-eyed girl off her feet by her throat. She rose higher, still against the back wall of Kaede's home, as Inuyasha's arm lifted, and as his anger doubled. His claws tightened around her neck, and here was malice in his eyes—a look that could kill. Anyone with even the slightest clue could see he was ready to snap her neck if she didn't answer.

However, the girl's throat was frozen, vocals paralyzed in shock. Her body was limp, except for the ten fingers prying half-heartedly at the halfling's grasp of her neck. She was gasping for air, despite the lock.

Kagome gulped, the pack sliding off her shoulder. Inuyasha was… angry—furious. She flinched visibly, afraid for the girl's safety, when she saw Inuyasha's golden pools flicker red. She peered around briefly. Where was his Tetsusagia? She found it at his belt, but—Kagome sighed. He took a personal blow to his pride, she knew it. Bravely, Kagome took a courageous breath and padded over to Inuyasha.

Looking up at the girl, who was beginning to turn odd colors from the lack of oxygen, despite the cold sweat of panic slipping down the sides of her face, Kagome slowly wrapped her arms around the hanyou's upper arm—of the arm that was holding the girl so tightly. "Inuyasha." She ventured softly. "Let her go." The priestess whispered to him, gently lowering his arm as he relaxed at her voice, bringing the green-eyed girl with him. "You only made a mistake. That's all."

She winced. Bad move. That comment made Inuyasha tense up again, his teeth clenched behind his scowl. The girl cried out, soft and hoarse as her voice was, when Inuyasha's hand tightened on her throat.

"Let her go, Inuyasha." Kagome repeated, her voice still gentle.

Growling again as instincts kicked in, Inuyasha shoved the green-eyed female back into the wall as he released her—throwing Kagome's arm off him in the act—and turned his back on the two, hands at his sides in fists. He was practically blowing smoke, his eyes narrowed to slits—even though Kagome couldn't see them, she knew they were—and his snarl louder than ever.

The girl sunk to her knees against the wall and nursed her tender neck, breathing heavily. Meanwhile, Kagome stared back and forth between the two, wondering which one to go to first. She sighed, knowing for a fact that she wouldn't enjoy his anger, and went to the floor, examining the girl's wounds.

"Who are you?" She asked out of the blue. Inuyasha had just stalked off, seeing that Kagome had gone to the traitor first. He was probably in the forest, taking his anger out on some poor tree or some random rodents he found. 'Shippou would be a plus,' she thought wryly.

The girl looked like she was going to answer, honestly, her jaw falling open. Kagome expected words to flow out, but none came. Instead, with a soft gasp of surprise, the girl swayed to the side with a poof of colorful dust—in a dead faint.

Kagome screeched in surprise when the dust cleared, scrambling away. "SHIPPOU-CHAN?!"

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Inuyasha's ears twitched when a disturbing shout erupted in his ears, just as he made it to the edge of the village. Was that… Kagome's voice? The hanyou whirled around in surprise and looked back into the village, scanning it for any sign of danger. He couldn't feel any youkai power coming this way, except for that… Inuyasha blinked. The brat.

"SHIPPOU-CHAN?!"

The damn brat! Inuyasha's lips curled menacingly with his snarl and he tore through the forest and back into the village. Where the hell was that kitsune this whole time, eh? He hadn't heard a peep out of the coward this whole time—the whole time that green-eyed Kagome showed up… The halfling's eyes were slits now, and he could see his vision flickering red. The stupid kit had been messing with him this whole time…

The half youkai whipped back the curtain that sheltered Kaede's home from the outside world and paused at the sight before him, jaw hanging slack from when he stopped the yell rising in his throat.

Kagome was in the corner, Shippou in her lap. She was stroking his cheek affectionately, as he was lying on his side. And, he was… now asleep, it seemed. There was a panic in Kagome's eyes, and her blue gaze was focused on the kit's throat, where purple bruises were forming.

She looked up at a flash of red in the corner of her eye, however, and found Inuyasha standing there. Her eyes had a glassy hint to them, and he could see her fighting to keep her tears locked away behind those blue beauties.

Inuyasha's face melted into a guilty one. It was… Shippou that he'd hurt, wasn't it…? He hadn't—he hadn't wanted to. If he'd known… He had no reason to hurt the kit, but… He couldn't help but feel responsible—he was responsible. Inuyasha promptly turned away from Kagome's stare. He couldn't handle one like that at the moment. He padded out onto the porch and fell into a cross-legged position on the edge of it, arms crossed into his sleeves. His expression was blank, and his gaze was completely yellow again—all flecks of scarlet dispersed.

He heard footsteps follow him. Kagome was right there, empty-handed this time. Her hands here folded across her stomach, finding nowhere else to place them where she wouldn't fidget. Hesitantly, she placed herself on Inuyasha's right, feet swinging off the edge of the raised floor. They sat in complete silence.

Sango and Miroku chose this time to come back, finding Shippou alone in the hut, and they went to seem like they were going to tend to him while Kagome and Inuyasha took a break.

"Ha-ha." Kagome tried lightheartedly, "I wonder where they were all this time…" She joked, slightly nudging Inuyasha in the side.

Inuyasha must not have thought it was very funny, because he remained silent.

Kagome sighed at this. "Look. He's going to be fine." She assured him. "I'm sorry I made it look so horrible…" She scrubbed her eyes again for safe measure. The priestess decided this was no time to be caught in tears. After all, Shippou would heal quickly, and Inuyasha had just been his normal, mistrusting self. She couldn't blame him for acting on instincts…

"Sure did." Inuyasha replied flatly. "You were only damn crying."

"I was not!" Kagome defended instantly, glaring over to the left—at him. "I was just a little worried when he fainted, thanks…"

Inuyasha snorted. "Sure you were…" He countered dubiously. He looked back at her with a glare that could match her own. "What do you want me to say—I'm sorry? Because, I'm really not. The brat tricked me." Within minutes, Inuyasha had gone from furious, to guilty, and back to furious again. Stuck in the furious stage at the moment, he turned defensive. "You can't expect me to apologize to him."

"I wasn't going to, but you looked like you felt pretty bad and—I guess I just thought wrong. An insensitive jerk like you could never care, eh?" She responded heatedly, pushing off the porch to stalk inside again.

Inuyasha sighed to himself as she left. Now what was he supposed to do—apologize?

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Inuyasha stalked into the hut some time later, his hands hidden behind his head in a leisure-like stance. He looked down at Kagome and Shippou, who were sprawled out on the bedroll. By now, it was extremely late and the witching hour was approaching fast. Sango and Miroku were sleeping on the other wall, and Kaede in her room. Kirara was in Sango's lap, mewing contently.

Kagome rolled away from Inuyasha, secretly cracking her eye open. She had heard his disturbance, as quiet as it was, and it provoked her curiosity. She listened intently for Inuyasha to say something, trying to keep her breath shallow even though her heart was racing behind her ribcage. What was he doing in here at such a late time? Usually he was outside. Of course, she didn't risk speaking up, and clamped her eyes shut as he leaned over Shippou, curling into her stomach, and herself. She couldn't be caught.

Inuyasha would be so angry if that happened.

The hanyou crouched at the miko's side as she shifted in her sleep (or so he thought). Stuffing his hands in his sleeves, Inuyasha observed the two for a while. They both looked remotely peaceful and undisturbed, besides the slight clench in Kagome's jaw. He only gave it vague thought, however, and looked to the kit. He didn't look to be in pain, much to the relief of the halfling, and he looked content as ever curled up against Kagome's belly.

If it weren't for how guilty Inuyasha was feeling at the moment, he would have growled and forcefully removed the kitsune from Kagome in his jealously, but now he could only watch him with sympathy. Inuyasha couldn't even collect the courage to reach out and touch the small kit, images of Shippou cringing and shying away flitting across his thoughts. He didn't mean to appear dangerous to the poor boy, but that was just how it came out whenever Inuyasha was a little perturbed with his emotions.

Shippou always chose those wrong times… And, if he was correct, the kit had been very noble and had saved the monk and exterminator's backsides.

Inuyasha sighed, pulling away from the two.

Kagome relaxed somewhat, her eyes still shut, and sighed a little. She was out of immediate danger of being caught, thank goodness. But, she did wonder what Inuyasha was thinking about. He had sighed with such remorse. Was he really feeling bad?

"Look…" Kagome heard Inuyasha start in a whisper. She wondered faintly if he was talking to her. Did he know she was awake? When he didn't wait for a response, Kagome assumed that he was just pondering aloud. "I…" He cut himself short and stared down at the two, standing his full height again. "I guess," He paused. "I didn't mean to hurt you, either of you… Kagome, you gotta believe me when I say I didn't mean it—because I didn't. I had what I was doing. Kikyou… She did something, I know. And, I'm sorry…really sorry for whatever she did." Inuyasha paused again, sighing again—relief detected somewhere deep this time. She had a feeling that he had wanted to say that ever since she left in the first place.

"And the brat—I mean, Shippou." Inuyasha bit back the insult and corrected himself even. He lifted his head to stare at the roof of the house, as if he was begging for courage from the heavens. "I… err, I guess I shouldn't have taken my anger out on you—even though I didn't know it was you." He hissed his words through his teeth, Kagome could tell, and she knew how hard it was for him to think back on that and not be at least a little angered. It was a very bad thing that Shippou did—impersonating Kagome like that. He could have messed up so much, and been hurt really badly if they ever went into battle. The feeling was mutual, but for different reasons, she knew. "I'm just… I'm sorry." He blurted out suddenly, giving up on all his other explanations.

"I'm sorry I hurt you. I'm sorry for being so mean to you."

Inuyasha snorted under his breath later, finally speaking up again after a long pause. "I wish you two could be hearing this now, because I know, sure as hell, it'll be so much harder to say when your awake. I betcha you're both getting a damn kick out of it now, too… Wouldn't be surprised." Inuyasha scowled and turned away, his hands still in his sleeves and looking disgusted.

Kagome's eyes were open again, and she was blinking wildly. She wondered… did he do this every time he wanted to apologize to her—like a practice speech and what not? Laughing at herself (inwardly of course) at the strange accusation, Kagome huddled up in her bedroll and went back to sleep.

Who knows, maybe she was just dreaming, anyways…?

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"Kagome! Get your ass out here!" She woke up to the next morning. "And bring the brat!"

Sango and Miroku, as well, were rudely awakened at the shouting and grumbled and cursed as they moved to go get a head start on breakfast. Kagome sat up and yawned, stretching widely. The kit at her side was rubbing his eyes, still groggy. Running her hands along her face and groaning, Kagome got to her feet and took Shippou in her arms.

She wandered out of Kaede's house, and glared at Inuyasha, who was standing several feet away from Kaede's porch, ranting at the top of his lungs. "Inuyasha!" Kagome hissed, letting the kit yawn and stretch in her arms. "What on earth are you doing?"

Inuyasha stopped momentarily. He crossed his arms in front of him and scowled. "Bout time, Wench. Come on." With that, he turned and stalked off.

Kagome stared after him, jaw slack. All this to get her out of bed? She could already see the villagers peering outside to see what all the commotion was, and rushed after Inuyasha, who was going to the forest—his forest.

She nearly walked into his back when Inuyasha stopped suddenly, and Shippou got a mouthful of Inuyasha's haori, in the midst of another yawn when he stopped so abruptly. The kit quickly spit it out and wiped his mouth, causing Kagome to smile her amusement.

Inuyasha took a deep breath, and turned around to face the two. "I tried to talk to you last night…" He confessed, hands behind his head and eyes in the trees.

'So… I was right…?' Was Kagome's only thought as she watched Inuyasha shift uncomfortably. Why was he so nervous with her? "Really?"

Inuyasha nodded slightly. "I—I tried to. But, you were asleep and…" He looked back her way, but didn't focus his guilty yellow orbs on her blue ones. "Look, all I have to say is that I'm… that I'm so—"

"Sorry?" Kagome filled in, arching a brow. When Inuyasha looked a little bit surprised, she smiled. "I heard you." Meanwhile, in her arms, the kit looked back and forth between Kagome and Inuyasha. He sensed a scene coming on and jumped out of Kagome's arms. He bounded off, back to the village—Kagome didn't even realize the weight in her arms left.

It left Inuyasha blinking. She was… awake? "Uh, yeah. That. I'm… really sorry."

Kagome smiled again, her mind racing. Maybe she couldn't do that one impossible, but she'd found another. She could make Inuyasha apologize. Laughing out loud, Kagome turned on her heel and followed after Shippou. "Yeah, yeah. Whatever, Inuyasha." She teased.

Inuyasha didn't take it as lightly as she'd hoped and panicked. "He—hey! I just apologized. Don't walk away from me!" He trailed after the miko all the same, ranting like never before.

WHEEEEEE!! ALL DONE! REVIEW AND TELL ME IF YOU LIKE THE ENDING PLEASE! :)

Best regards,

Senko Tenrou