Chapter 9: Sweet Dreams
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To Kagome, it seemed like it took only a few seconds to wake up after her meeting with Midoriko. In reality, it was about 3 days. Inuyasha and Sango were the most worried. Sango had Miroku and Kirara to comfort her, but as many times as Shippo tried Inuyasha just denied the fact that he was worried about Kagome and ran off.
On the third night after the group had rescued Kagome, it was Inuyasha who was watching over her when she woke up. They had all been taking shifts, although Inuyasha took most of them. At that moment, the others were outside of Kaede's hut sleeping.
Kagome woke up, at first thinking that she was still inside Naraku's castle. Eventually she realized that she was laying on a mat, and as her eyes adjusted she saw that she was out of danger. She sighed contently, which roused Inuyasha from his light sleep. He saw Kagome change her position under the blankets and was immediately at her side.
"Kagome? Are you ok?" He demanded, watching as she tiredly opened her deep, brown eyes. She nodded and tried to sit up, only to find that her cut arm wouldn't support her weight. Inuyasha rushed to her aid and caught her before she fell back to the floor. He slowly propped her up and into a sitting position. Kagome leaned against the wall of the hut and looked at Inuyasha.
"You've got to be careful, Kagome! We don't want you hurting yourself." Inuyasha said sternly, but somehow comfortingly at the same time.
"I'm fine, Inuyasha. It's just a small cut." She said, looking down at her bandaged arm. Inuyasha shuffled closer to her and started unwrapping it carefully. Kagome gasped when she saw the cut. It was a lot bigger than it felt; reaching from her shoulder down to her elbow. It was pretty deep, too, but for some reason it didn't hurt. Kaede must've given me some herbs for the pain.
Kagome watched as Inuyasha sniffed the wound, letting his dog instincts take over. He bent his head down and licked it, causing Kagome to flinch. He held firm, and Kagome realized that he was only trying to help, so she leaned back against the wall and let out a long breath.
When Inuyasha was done he grabbed a roll of gauze from Kagome's first aid kit that Kaede had been using, and gently started to wrap up her arm. Inuyasha's acting so caring. He's never like this, except with... Kagome suddenly realized what he had been doing before she had been taken by Naraku.
"So, what's going on with Kikyo?" Kagome asked coldly. Inuyasha didn't look up from her wounded arm, but she heard him snarl.
"All I'm gonna say is that next time I see her, she's as good as dead." This surprised Kagome, who tilted her head a bit and stared at him. He tied the gauze tightly around her arm and looked up at her, seeing the confusion in her eyes. He scowled and explained what had happened before he had gone to find Kagome.
Kagome just sighed and said, "So, she's in league with Naraku now?" Inuyasha nodded and laid her arm to rest beside her.
"You should probably get to bed. You're going to have a long day of being attacked by worried friends tomorrow." Inuyasha said, giving her a small smile and sitting down beside her mat. Kagome smiled back and lowered her head onto Inuyasha's shoulder. The dog demon's eyes widened a bit with surprise, but he decided that he would let her, just this once.
He heard her breathing become slow and rhythmic, and he looked down at her. He finally closed his eyes, and he slept better than he had ever since she had been kidnapped. I swear Kagome, Inuyasha thought, I will never let you out of my sight again.
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