Vengeful Souls Never Die

Disclaimer: I do not own Inu-Yasha. Short and to the point.

A/N: All right! Today is a SNOW DAY!!!! So all you readers get a special edition today. I will update about three or four chapters today because I am so bored. Should be studying but who wants to do that? 

Itsuko: Sorry, I know it's like repeated and repeated but I had to do it to make everything else fit in the long run. Also I was pissed when I wrote it. Heh heh… I don't think there are going to be many flashbacks anymore anyway. I'm glad that you like it ^_^

Chapter 10- Sitting and Bandages

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Kikyo had cried herself to sleep in Inu-Yasha's arms. After a long while like that he got up and carried her back to Kaede's hut. Thankfully Kikyo had not wakened while they were traveling; Inu-Yasha had jumped from tree branch to tree branch to get to their destination sooner. He slowed down when he saw the village and jumped to the ground; from there he walked like a normal person. When they approached Kaede's hut, Kaede along with Shippo came out. "See? I told you she was with him" Shippo exclaimed  

"I see that" Kaede answered the frantic kitsune.

"Feh! You know what she tried to do to me? AGAIN?" Inu-Yasha said slightly mad

"I saw the whole thing!" Shippo said "But I knew Inu-Yasha could handle it. Also I didn't want to get sealed; it doesn't sound like a good experience" 

"It isn't, you wake up to find everyone either aged or dead. If you were sealed you probably wouldn't find Kaede-baba, Kagome, Sango, or Miroku like they are now" 

"Ahhhhh!! That doesn't sound nice at all!" Shippo screeched

Kikyo moved a little in Inu-Yasha's arms and slowly opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was Inu-Yasha's red shirt and the subduing necklace. She couldn't quite make out what he was saying yet but by the look on his face it wasn't pleasant. Like so many other things Inu-Yasha has to say. 'What the hell? How did I get here? All I remember was having a battle with myself and then falling to the ground. And just WHY is he carrying me?'   

Inu-Yasha looked down and saw Kikyo's half open eyes. "You're awake, good because you're really heavy" 

Kikyo's eyes shot open all the way "Are you saying I'm overweight?"

"Yes, I guess I am" Inu-Yasha said to her face

"SIT!" Kikyo yelled The problem was when he fell she ended up under him because he was carrying her. His face went right into her stomach and there was an oddly shaped crater and Kikyo had to catch her breath because all the air had been knocked out of her lungs. "Damn it! I shouldn't have done that while I was still in his arms" She gasped Inu-Yasha got up and shook the dirt off of himself. 

"Thanks for breaking my fall. Knew you were good for something" He started to walk away when Kikyo finally started to breathe normally. 

"SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT!!!!!" Kikyo screamed at his back. He went crashing down into the dirt with eight times the force than before.  

Kaede and Shippo just watched the scene play out and left after Inu-Yasha went crashing down the second time. They didn't want to see what happened after he got up. Back outside Kikyo slowly got up and walked into the hut. She did not want to see Inu-Yasha after he got up either.     

~~~That Night~~~ 

Inu-Yasha sat in a corner with many scratches and bruises. After he had gotten up he stormed into the hut but Kaede had sprinkled some more of the herbs that make him human on him so he was even weaker than before. He was glaring daggers at Kaede for making him wait another week to have his youkai half back. He wasn't in bad spirits for long though because Kaede had cooked ramen. He quickly sat up and went over to where it was being cooked and watched it. "Oi! Inu-Yasha haven't you ever heard of the saying that a watched pot never boils?" Kikyo said   

"It's not boiling, it's cooking" He said back to her with a sneer.  Fifteen minutes later the ramen was done and Inu-Yasha was scarfing down his third bowl as fast as he could. Sango watched him in disgust; she was only on her first bowl and detested the sound of slurping.  

"Just ignore him," Kaede said noticing the girl's disgust. It was truly unbecoming but since when did Inu-Yasha care about things like that?

The sun had long been set and it was now pitch black out. The little fire in the hut supplied a dim light but no one could miss how lively Kikyo's eyes seemed this night. Other nights they had been dull and cold but now only a sliver of her being was cold and unforgiving. Her rage was gone; replaced by a subtle annoyance of the hanyou rather human right now. He was sitting next to her and some of the broth hit her in side of the face. "Would you mind moving that way a bit?" she pointed in the direction away from herself.  

"I don't want to move" He said with a mouthful of food. He went back to the ramen.

Kikyo got up, set her bowl down and pushed him in the direction she had told him to move. He moved a little but not much, maybe an inch. Kikyo gave up pushing him and picked up her bow. She came up behind him and smacked him over the head with it. The bow put a dent in his head but then cracked and broke in half. She stared in shock as it fell to the ground.  He turned around and looked thoroughly annoyed by this disturbance. "Feh, that didn't hurt a bit" He said as some blood creeped down the side of his face.  

"You're bleeding" She told him

"What?"  

"You're bleeding," She pointed to the blood. He put his hand up and touched the blood; then he looked puzzled.

"Something as weak as a bow swing never hurt me before" 

"You're also human now, remember?"  

"Oh, yeah. That might be it" The blood was now steadily flowing from his face onto his clothing. 

"You might want to get it bandaged" Kikyo pointed out. He just blinked, processing what she said. When he finally figured it out he put his bowl down and put his sleeve up to the wound.  

"You are an idiot" Sango said Kaede got up and got bandages. She then gave them to Kikyo. She didn't want to deal with Inu-Yasha's fussing.  

"Fine, I'll do it then" Kikyo sat down with Inu-Yasha sitting in front of her. She took a cleaning agent to clean out the wound but he kept yelping and jerking away. Finally Kikyo got fed up and pinned him to the ground with some arrows that attached his clothing to the ground. He couldn't move at all. She finally cleaned out the wound and bandaged it up. Then she went over to a space on the floor and fell asleep, leaving Inu-Yasha pinned. 

Sango put out the fire and everyone fell asleep. Inu-Yasha didn't appreciate it but there was nothing he could do except wait until morning. 

A/N: interesting right? I'll probably update later again. It's about 1:00pm right now so in a few hours when I eventually warm up again I'll prob update. Aufweidersehen!