12-14-09: ROOTBEER + CANDYCANES = LOVE

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You're Kinda, Sorta, Basically, Pretty Much, Always On My Mind.

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I Do Not Own Inuyasha

"Talking"


9. Come To Save Me

I tried to hold back the tears, but they wouldn't stay. My vision blurred as I wrapped my arms around his neck and cried into his chest. I was overwhelmed with happiness, pain, sorrow, terror, and anger. I couldn't control myself. He'd tried to kill me but here I was, crying into his chest like nothing had happened. Why was I such an idiot?

I felt the ground disappear below me, as he lifted me up. He tightened his hold around me, holding me bridal style, one of his hands on the back of my head. This only made the tears come down harder. He was silently apologizing to me, asking for forgiveness? "Shippo told me what had happened.. Yeah he did see.. but that wasn't me, Kaori." He whispered.

The tears didn't stop, and his embrace only became stronger, yet still gentle, as the sounds of footsteps came closer. I was buried in warmth, surrounded by his intoxicating scent, being held protectively away from all the dangers in life, and yet I couldn't stop crying. He.. hadn't tried to kill me.

"What the hell did you do to her!?" Inuyasha growled, toward an unknown person behind me.

"I didn't do anything to her, dog-turd." Koga. "But more importantly, who the hell are you and why do you have your filthy hands on my girl!?"

I tightened my hold around his neck, not wanted him to let go. Inuyasha paused for a second, held his breath, then growled again. "What the fuck are you talking about!?"

I seemed to have a endless supply of tears, I had never cried this much before.. but it felt good. I was crying away all the emotions I had held back over the last 9 years.

"Inuyasha.." I whispered, choking back more tears. "I wanna go home.."

My pain was numbing. It had subsided into a weak sting but that was all, I was going numb. Inuyasha exhaled, and hugged me closer. I felt weak, dizzy, hurt, but blessed. It was the only way to explain how I felt. I was blessed, lucky to be alive, lucky to have such a person in my life.

Something was strange. I strained my ears to hear the sound of clashing metal from the battle, but nothing came. I slowly lifted my head to look over Inuyasha's shoulder as he continued to bicker with the wolf leader.

The fight was over. All the wolves watched us, with cautious eyes. They seemed to be trying to understand what exactly was going on now that everything was over. But still it wasn't right. The fight didn't last as long as it should have, they had won, but it seemed too simple.

I glanced toward the sky. I was wrong, the fight wasn't over, in fact the birds of paradise hovered over us, a hundred feet up.. but why weren't they attacking? I looked closer toward the sky.. it.. was a pinkish purple colour. No, a pinkish purple dome surrounded all of us, preventing the youkai from entering.

"Inuyasha.." I whispered, my voice coming out strained and hoarse.

"I'm gonna waste you here, for putting Kaori in danger!!" Inuyasha shouted, seemly like he hadn't heard me. He carefully set me down, by the river, ordering a very scared Shippo, to watch over me carefully or else he'd die. He wrapped his Kimono around me and turned toward Koga. I looked at Inuyasha hands as he turned his back on me. They were covered in my blood.

"I'd like to see you try mutt face!" Koga growled. "After you die I'll take Kaori as my bride."

"You bastard.. still going on about that.." Inuyasha growled back, stepping in front of me.

"Of course! Kaori is my woman now!! I won't let anyone have her!" Koga shouted. I almost fell into the river at his remark. Never before had he said that with such a serious tone.. actually he had never said that.

"Kaori!" I glanced up, watching weakly as Kaede shoving her way past the crowd of wolf men, carrying my black backpack, to come and plop herself beside me.

"Hello Kaede-onee-chan." I greeted, my voice shaky.

"Sush..." Kaede soothed, pulling out bandages from the backpack. "Ye shouldn't speak, not while in this condition.." She stared at my face, and gave a solemn sigh. "You look so fragile."

I giggled, but decided against it once the pain shot through my body. I winced, as she tended to my wounds.

"What's going on here anyway?" Shippo asked.

"Ah.. well.. The wolves are at war with the turkeys, the big one has a jewel shard.. that's all I know.."

"Wha...?" Inuyasha gasped and my attention was brought back to him.

"Oh...HE'S LYING! I DIDN'T SAY YES TO ANYTHING!" I shouted. Kaede, shot me a death glare and I shut my trap.

Inuyasha shook his head and glared at the wolf man. "You, you jerk.. of all the irresponsible things.."

"Heh." Koga scoffed. "You got a problem!? I'm in love with Kaori!"

Inuyasha face twisted into one of surprise, anger and another emotion that I was unfamiliar with. He seemed to be having a inner battle with himself. "You, you bastard.."

"She's able to see the Shikon No Tama, she's strong, beautiful, feisty, my ideal woman." Koga stated proudly, reading the mix of emotions playing on Inuyasha's face, easily.. I guess he noticed the unknown emotion I didn't know.

"You stupid, wolf!" Inuyasha shouted his face red. "You're the idiot put her in danger remember!?"

"But your the guy who abandoned her in the woods! Where were you when she was scared in that storm, bleeding to death!?" Koga retorted. Inuyasha looked upset and angry but didn't reply. The look on his face, was one of defeat.

I bit my lip as Kaede applied some stuff on my wound, that stung. I tasted blood. I lifted my finger to my lips and whipped away the thick red liquid. I noticed Inuyasha had glanced toward me at the smell of fresh blood, but then look back to Koga upon noticing it was noting to worry about.

Then a new scent hit me. A salty rustic scent, filled my nose, making me woozy. Although the scent was new, I knew what it was. It was the scent of blood, human blood...my blood. I started seeing black shapes before my eyes.

"Kaori you're getting paler, here have some water!" Shippo said holding out a small paper cup from my bag, filled with the river water. I took it and once the water hit my lips the shapes disappeared.

"It's the birds of paradise. They have venom in their talons which makes the senses go haywire." Kaori stated.

I looked around. The pinkish purple sky was gone.. to reveal the grey sky. I heard Kaede gasp, and run into a near by cavern. Inuyasha whipped around and picked me and Shippo off the ground and took us to the same cave with Kaede.

The turkeys were attacking again. I gasped as I watched the battle continue, and as Kaede continued to patch me up. I couldn't do anything. I wasn't strong enough at this moment to help.

"Yo, time travelling chick." I looked beside me to see Hakkaku holding a bleeding arm, looking at me weakly.

"Yeah?" I asked, as Kaede started to pack her things away.

"I can tell you wanna help, and that you think you're useless right now." He confessed, staring at me. "But you made that barrier earlier without noticing it by the expression on your face when you finally noticed.. I heard from a rumour that you could sing, and-"

"That's it!!" I yelled leaping to my feet. Stabs of pain shot through my back and I fell to my knees. I gasped in pain and dug my nails into the ground. "Okay.. let's do that.. with less excitement."

"You are one weird chick." Hakkaku sighed, scratching the back of his head.

"How so?" I asked, freezing in mid-crawl.

"You never whine nor scream in pain, like most humans. Also you talk to yourself a lot."

"Yeah.. I'm weird that way."

I lifted myself on top of large boulder, just out side the cave, and played the melody inside my head. I noticed the turning heads, and knew it was working.

"Travel to the moon kimi wa nemuri yume wo toku
Daremo inai hoshi no hikari ayatsuri nagara"

The ripples of light appeared around me, and bounced off in the rhythm of the melody. I watched as the turkey birds disintegrated once the light touched them, and suddenly I feared for my allies lives. But even when it did touch the wolves and Inuyasha, it did nothing, and instead became stronger.

"Tsuyoku naru tame wasureta egao
Kitto futari nara torimodosu

"Kizuite
I'm here waiting for you
Ima to wa chigau mirai ga atte mo
I'm here waiting for you
Sakebi tsuzukete
Kitto kokoro wa tsunagu ito wo tagutteru
Ano koro no watashi me wo samasu you ni
No need to cry

"Travel in silence te wo nobaseba fureru no ni
Kimi wa tooi sore wa omoide no naka no koto

"Koe ga kikoeru me wo tojireba
Chiisa na itami sae itoshikute

"Mitsumete
I'm here waiting for you
Kaze ni fukare hitori mayotte mo
I'm here waiting for you
Sora wo miagete
Zutto kokoro wa te wo hirogete mamotteru
Ano koro no kimi ga furikaeru made
No need to cry

"(feel something feel nothing
Listen closely listen closely)
Wide open ears
Disarm the dream tickler
In the constant moment
(you will find me where it's quiet
Listen closely listen closely)
Let the blood flow
Through all the spaces
Of the universe

"Kizuite
I'm here waiting for you
Ima to wa chigau mirai ga atte mo
I'm here waiting for you
Sakebi tsuzukete
Kitto kokoro wa tsunagu ito wo tagutteru
Ano koro no watashi me wo samasu you ni
No need to cry"

The birds were gone, and my energy and strength seemed to fade along with them. The pain returned, worse than before. I shut my eyes, tears welling up in my eyes. I felt someone take me around the waist and pull me to them. The intoxicating scent killed my nose and some of the pain disappeared.

"You're such an idiot." Inuyasha scolded. "You know that stupid thing makes you weak."

"I know I'm an idiot." I sighed, letting darkness take over. "But at least you're there to remind me.. every.. two seconds."


End Of Chapter 9

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