A
Pain Held So Deep Within
Chapter
Eight: Keeping To His Promise
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Chapter Eight: Keeping To His Promise
Kagome sighed as she sat against the Sacred God Tree. (A/N: Could anyone give me proper spelling on the Japanese name for it? Sorry for the interruption.) She didn't know why she was there, but she felts calm as the wind gently blew picking up small leaves and grasses and carrying them.
"I guess I needed somewhere else to run. I usually run back to my time when things like this happen. But, there was no place to run except here in this case. Why must I always run? Am I that weak?" Kagome spoke to herself, not noticing the presence of another being. She was about to answer herself when another voice answered for her.
"Yes you are." came the voice. Kagome's head immediately shot up in the direction of where the voice came from and she was as shocked as anyone to see who was standing before her.
"Kikyo..." Kagome softly whispered. She then remembered the cruel words that Inuyasha had used to cut through her heart and her soul with. "I'm nothing compared to you." Kagome whispered but Kikyo heard.
"And why do you say that?" Kikyo questioned. She had to admit that the statement sparked her curiosity.
"I don't have to say it to be true." Kagome responded.
'Why is my reincarnation speaking gibberish? And why can't I sense Inuyasha's aurora anywhere?' Kikyo thought to herself. "I don't have time for gibberish." Kikyo said as she began to walk away.
"You win, Kikyo." Kagome said. Kikyo stopped moving, but didn't turn around.
"And what exactly did I win?" Kikyo said in a cold tone.
"Inuyasha." Kagome replied. Kikyo turned her head to face the girl and noticed pain written all over her face.
'Inuyasha must have said something to hurt her. But that is not what I care about. I am curious to what she means. Is she going to give up the fight for Inuyasha?' Kikyo thought.
"So, you're giving up Kagome? You have finally realized that Inuyasha is coming to hell with me whether you love him or not?" Kikyo asked as her lips slid into a cold smile.
"No, I'm not giving up. I'm still going to fight for Inuyasha till the day I die, no matter how much it rips me apart. I may be fighting for a lost cause, but I refuse to sit and watch as you drag the love of my life to hell when he has done nothing to deserve it!" Kagome explained in a low tone.
"Well, you won't have to sit and watch then." Kikyo replied. Kagome darted her attention to Kikyo. There Kikyo was standing in her priestess robes her bow raised and arrow notched. "If you don't want to watch as I drag Inuyasha to hell with me, I can help you with that by putting you in hell first." Kikyo said. Kikyo's attention turned toward a familiar aurora.
"Why are you stalling Kikyo? If you're going to let go of that arrow, do it!" Kagome egged on. She knew that she was defenseless and her only hope was a miracle, so for now, her tactics was to stall until that miracle hopefully came.
"Foolish girl. You do not sense his presence?" Kikyo questioned.
"Who's?"
"Inuyasha."
"Inuyasha, is..." Kagome stuttered. She frantically began to search for him in the brush and the tree tops.
"Foolish, foolish girl. Inuyasha is not here, among us yet. If I time it just right, I just might be able to kill you right as he gets here." Kikyo said.
Inuyasha ran through the forest occasionally jumping into a tree. He had caught her scent immediately meaning that she wasn't far. Then a different scent hit his nose. One of dirt and death.
"Kikyo." Inuyasha groaned as he noticed the soul collectors. His feet moved even faster, knowing that Kagome was with Kikyo. He had no idea what to expect, but he hoped that he would find Kagome and Kikyo peacefully talking. Oh, how he was wrong.
"Do you think that by killing me you're going to somehow hurt Inuyasha? Well, you're wrong. I'm just a shard detector to him. He wont care. After all, he'll still have you." Kagome yelled.
"You really are foolish and blind. But here he is. And now, you must die!" Kikyo said as she let go of the arrow. Kagome shut her eyes and memories flooded her mind. Memories of her family, her friends, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Inuyasha.
'You will never know how much I love you.' Kagome thought. She then heard a grunt and opened her eyes to a sight she didn't expect. Inuyasha was standing in front of her, claws bard and with Kikyo's arrow in his stomach. The arrow that was meant for her.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome whispered.
"Kagome, are you alright?" Inuyasha asked, taking his attention off of Kikyo.
"Yes, but you..." Kagome said as she inspected Inuyasha's wound.
"I'll be fine. It's not the first time I've been shot with an arrow." Inuyasha replied.
"And it won't be the last if you don't move out of the way." Kikyo ordered Inuyasha.
"Kikyo, why are you doing this?" Inuyasha demanded.
"I am only doing my reincarnation a favor." Kikyo simply replied.
"You're idea of a favor is to put her in her grave?" Inuyasha yelled out of furry.
"I do not have to explain myself to you. Now, move so I can send her to hell, where she belongs." Kikyo replied with coldness laced in her words.
"Kikyo, don't do this." Inuyasha said.
"I will do what I want. And what I want is to kill that girl. And I'm going to do just that." Kikyo said.
"Not if I can help it!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Inuyasha, step out of the way or I will be forced to make you." Kikyo said.
"I swore to protect Kagome and that's exactly what I plan on doing, Kikyo." Inuyasha yelled.
"Very well." Kikyo said. She notched her arrow and pointed it directly at Inuyasha's heart.
"Kagome, get out of here." Inuyasha ordered, never once taking his eyes off of that arrow.
"Are you crazy? I'm not going to leave you!" Kagome replied, also eyeing the arrow.
"I need you to go and get Tetsusaiga.!" Inuyasha explained in frustration as he leapt out of the path of Kikyo's arrow. 'That, and I don't need you to hear what I'm going to say to Kikyo. At least not yet. I want to say those words to you, and not have you hear me say them to another person.' Inuyasha thought.
"But..." Kagome protested.
"GO!" Inuyasha ordered again. He didn't have time to argue with her right now. His only concern was stopping Kikyo.
"Right." Kagome said and took off towards the well. She didn't like leaving Inuyasha but she knew that he needed Tetsusaiga. So, she ran as fast as her feet would take her. She just wanted to get back to the man, well, hanyou that she loved.
Inuyasha waited till Kagome was out of hearing range before he began to speak to Kikyo.
"Kikyo, leave Kagome out of this." Inuyasha said.
"You are coming to hell with me, Inuyasha. That girl is only in the way." Kikyo replied.
"Kikyo... I... won't be joining you in hell." Inuyasha explained.
"You see, that's where you're wrong. I will bring you to hell with me." Kikyo responded.
"I made a promise long ago to you. Since then I've made a new promise and I plan to stick to that."
"My reincarnation has captured your heart. But I will capture your soul and bring you to hell."
"I'm sorry..." Inuyasha began but was interrupted by Kikyo.
"No! You promised me, Inuyasha! But you would rather keep to the promise that you made to my reincarnation! What has changed Inuyasha? We were in love. What changed?" Kikyo asked as she lowered her bow and walked to where Inuyasha stood.
"Kikyo..." Inuyasha whispered. (A/N: No! Don't fall for it Inuyasha! hehe.. sorry... I think I'm getting a little too into it...)
"You're still here. You're still Inuyasha. I'm still here. And I'm still Kikyo. What has changed?" Kikyo asked as she ran her cold fingers across Inuyasha's warm cheek.
Cold. That's what has changed. Inuyasha stepped away from Kikyo's touched. Kikyo frowned as he did so.
"You want to know what has changed? Everything Kikyo. Your touch is cold. Just like everything else about you. You aren't living Kikyo. You don't have a beating heart." Inuyasha explained. "I've realized that I want to live. I want to love like we weren't allowed to. Our time together is over. It's been over for fifty years. It was over the day Naraku tricks us. Hell, it was over the day it started. We didn't trust each other. And something I've learned is that you can't love someone without trust. What we had, Kikyo, wasn't love. What we had was two beings who saw a little bit of themselves in each other. What we had was two beings trying desperately to fill an empty void within ourselves. We can't have that now. I've found someone who can fill that void. And it isn't you. So, I'm sorry. But I can't go to hell with you." Inuyasha said. Inuyasha was a little taken back at her reaction. Inuyasha slowly lifted his hand to the stinging handprint that now laid on his cheek.
"Kikyo..." Inuyasha began to say.
"Farewell for now. Oh and Inuyasha?" Kikyo said, but didn't' wait for a response. "Don't get used to the idea of living." And with those words, Kikyo walked away, leaving a stunned Inuyasha.
'She's not going to give up. And what's worse, she will go after Kagome. I can't let that happen. I swore to protect her, and I'm going to do that. And maybe, it won't be as just a friend, but something more.' Inuyasha thought to himself. He was snapped out of his thoughts when his ears picked up a presence of another being. He quickly turned around claws and fangs bared only to find Kagome standing next to a tree holding Tetsusaiga and her bow.
"Um... here." Kagome said as she handed Tetsusaiga to Inuyasha. "Where's..." Kagome started.
"Gone..."
"Gone? You mean...?"
"No, she still walks the Earth. But she left after we fought." Inuyasha explained.
"Oh. Thank you, Inuya..." Kagome began but was interrupted.
"No. I promised you and your family that I was going to protect you and keep you from harms way and that's what I'm going to do. For as long as I live, no matter who it is that I have to protect you from, I'm not going to break that promise ever again." Inuyasha explained as he took her into a gentle embrace. Kagome smiled at his words but when she felt a warm liquid through her shirt, she pulled back and inspected her shirt. She noticed the crimson red liquid on her shirt and she realized that is was blood. Inuyasha's blood.
"Inuyasha, we have to get you to Kaede's." Kagome said, remembering Inuyasha's wound.
"I'll be fine. My demon blood will heal a little wound like that within ten hours." Inuyasha replied.
"But it might get infected!" Kagome argued.
"I'll be fine! Don't worry so much!" Inuyasha protested.
"Don't tell me not to worry! I always worry about you Inuyasha! If you're even a second late, I get worried that maybe something happened to you! So don't tell me not to worry! I'll never be able to stop worrying!" Kagome yelled.
"Kagome..."
"Please, Inuyasha. Let's got to Kaede's." Kagome pleaded. She expected Inuyasha to argue with her again. But she was taken by surprise when Inuyasha's arms wrapped around her slim body and gently lifted her off of the ground and began walking towards Kaede's village.
"Inuyasha, you're hurt. You shouldn't be carrying me." Kagome protested.
"Feh." was Inuyasha's only reply. Kagome gently sighed.
"You're not going to let me down are you?" Kagome questioned.
"Nope." Inuyasha answered. Kagome sighed once more in defeat and rested her head on his well built chest. Inuyasha walked slowly, not wanting the moment to end. Both of them were in silence as they let their minds wander.
"Kagome, we need to talk." Inuyasha finally said.
"About what, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, knowing full well what he was talking about.
"Everything." Inuyasha responded. And with that, came silence once again.
'I know that we need to have a conversation about this, but I don't know if I'm ready. I'm confused about Inuyasha. What he said in the car, it broke my heart. But then he comes and protects me from Kikyo. I just don't know what to become of that.' Kagome thought. She allowed her eyes to wander to Inuyasha and she noticed that he too, was also in deep thought.
'I failed you Kagome. I swore to protect you and I failed. Maybe I protected you physically but emotionally... I have caused you so much pain. Worse than any physical pain. Scars to the body heal. I can only hope that scars to a persons heart and soul can be healed as well.' Inuyasha thought. He turned his gaze to Kagome and his golden orbs met her chocolate ones. Kagome quickly looked away, embarrassed that she got caught staring. She could still feel his eyes gazing at her and her blush deepened.
"Um, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked returning her gaze to the hanyou.
"Yes?" Inuyasha replied.
"Watch where you're going!" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha snapped his head up to find the edge of a stream just mere inches from where he and Kagome were standing. Inuyasha tried to pull back but in the process he lost his balance and fell into the stream with Kagome still wrapped tightly in his arms. When he resurfaced he looked at Kagome to make sure she was alright and he just couldn't help but laugh at the sight before him. Kagome's hair was plastered to her face and she wore an angry look on her face.
"Kagome..." Inuyasha laughed.
"I'll give you to the count of three, dog boy..." Kagome warned. "One." Inuyasha gulped and released Kagome as he frantically began swimming towards shore and safety. "THREE!" Kagome yelled as she chased after him.
"Hey! You forgot 'two'!" Inuyasha yelled back.
"Oops! Sorry! I must have not been paying attention like a certain hanyou!" Kagome yelled back as she continued the chase. She was gaining and she silently thanked those swimming lessons she had when she was twelve. She reached forward and grabbed his pants leg. "Now, what to do with you?" Kagome pondered as she held his pant leg. Inuyasha kicked and tried to swim away but to no avail.
"Come on, Kagome! It was an accident!" Inuyasha tried to reason. But it didn't do any good. Inuyasha began to squirm when Kagome began to tickle his foot.
"Kagome! Stop...that!" Inuyasha yelled between laughs.
"Hmm.. nope!" Kagome replied and continued her tactics. Inuyasha managed to wiggle his foot free and he smirked at Kagome.
"Now, now, Inuyasha. I was just having some fun..." Kagome said as Inuyasha advanced towards her.
"No one tickles me and gets away with it!" Inuyasha said as he lunged for Kagome. Kagome quickly dodged and swam to the shore and got out of the water. She seamed to forget that while she was faster that Inuyasha, in water, on land it was a whole different story. She began to run away from the stream and groaned when she heard Inuyasha hot on her trail. Inuyasha leapt up and tackled her to the ground and pinned her. He was holding both of her wrists up above her had and he was straddling her waist.
"Hi Kagome." Inuyasha grinned.
"H.. Hi..." Kagome stuttered.
"What to do to make you pay?" Inuyasha said. He gazed down at the beauty beneath him. Kagome's wet hair was spread around her. She had water dripping down her face and collar bone. Her cloths clung to her body revealing her curves and well toned body. Inuyasha unconsciously licked his lips as he felt his mouth go dry. Oh how he wanted her more than ever right now. Inuyasha began to feel his demon blood rise.
"Inuyasha, come on. I was only having fun. Since you practically dumped me in the water. No harm done, right? I mean at least I didn't 's-i-t' you. I didn't even know you were ticklish. And you know, once you find out someone's ticklish you can't stop." Kagome babbled. "I mean it is only fair. I got wet because you weren't paying attention to where you were going. So it's only fair and..." Kagome was stopped in mid sentence when Inuyasha's lips came crashing down upon hers. The kiss was demanding and took Kagome completely by surprise. She felt his toungue run along her lips and she slightly parted them, giving him entrance. When they broke, Inuyasha was the first to speak.
"Mate talk too much." Inuyasha said as he opened his eyes. Kagome snapped her eyes open and found herself gazing into blood red ones.
"Inuyasha... your... but... Tetsusaiga... how...?" Kagome stuttered.
"I'm going to mark mat. It may hurt a little. It is temporary so Inuyasha will have to finalize it with in a week." Inuyasha's demon side explained, ignoring her question.
"Mark me?" Kagome questioned the demon.
"Yes, it will state to all other demons that you are Inuyasha's."
"But, what if Inuyasha doesn't want me?" Kagome questioned again.
"Then the mark will go away after a week. But you mustn't tell anyone of it. Especially, Inuyasha. If he wants you, he will know it and finalize it. Now, stop asking questions. I can already feel Inuyasha's human blood fighting its way back for control. One more thing, the mark will only be visible if other males are too close to you for Inuyasha's comfort." he explained. Kagome nodded. "Now, where to place the mark. Do you have a preference?" he asked. Kagome was taken back by his politeness. He was usually on a killing rampage when he was in his demon form.
"Um, what do you have to do?" Kagome asked.
"Bite you." he simply replied.
"Oh, well, um... what's the best place?" Kagome asked.
"Well, normally demons mark their mates on the collar bone, but any where is perfectly fine."
"Then, I guess the collar bone." Kagome replied.
"Collar bone it is." he said. He bend down and gently peeled her wet shirt away from the area. He then proceeded to clean the spot by licking it. The without warning, he sunk his long fangs into Kagome's collar bone area. Kagome let out a yelp in pain but was calmed when Inuyasha's demon form began to lap up the blood. As quickly as the mark came, it was gone again.
"Mate, remember, do not inform Inuyasha of this. He will remember turning into a full demon, but he won't remember what took place. Farewell for now, mate. Inuyasha's human blood is coming back." he said. And with that Inuyasha's eyes returned to the same brilliant gold that Kagome knew and loved.
"Kagome... I... Are you alright? I don't know what happened. I felt my demon blook start to take over but I couldn't do anything. Did I... hurt you?" Inuyasha explained searched her body for cuts and scraps. Kagome wiggled one of her wrists free from his grasp and brought her hand gently to his face.
"I'm fine, Inuyasha. You only changed for a second." Kagome explained. She hated lying to Inuyasha, but she had to remember not to tell Inuyasha of what went on.
"Oh, thank Kami." Inuyasha said. 'I don't know what I would have done if I hut you one more time Kagome. I don't understand why I changed though. My life wasn't in danger, and on top of that, I had Tetsusaiga with me. I'll ask the old flea about it when he decides to come out of hiding.' Inuyasha thought.
"Come on, we still have to get you to Kaede's." Kagome said. Inuyasha stoop up and helped Kagome up. They both began to walk to Kaede's in peace, both in thought.
'I have so many questions. But I can't ask Inuyasha, or anyone else. Why did he change? Why did his demon side want to mark me? Why did he call me 'mate'? Why can't Inuyasha know about it? His demon side kissed me... I wonder if that meant anything. That... was my first kiss. And Inuyasha doesn't even remember it. Well, it's probably for the best. He probably wouldn't want to remember.' Kagome thought. She looked up and noticed the village coming into view. The two walked into Kaede's hut and saw her stirring something in a kettle, most likely stew.
"Hello child," Kaede said to Kagome. "Inuyasha." she added. "What are ye doing here? I thought ye were on vacation."
"We are, but Inuyasha got wounded and I didn't have any bandages with me so we decided to come here." Kagome explained. "Gomen nasai."
"Oh, its quite alright child. How did ye get wounded, Inuyasha?" Kaede replied.
"None of your business ya old hag." Inuyasha rudely replied.
"Inuyasha, sit." Kagome said. "I'm sorry, Kaede-sama. But Inuyasha was shot with an arrow." Kagome answered leaving out the part that it was her sister who shot him.
"I see. No doubt it was my elder sister's arrow?" Kaede asked.
"Hai." Kagome said as she looked to the ground for comfort.
"The arrow was not meant for him was it child? Or else he wouldn't e standing, er, laying here right now. He would have been purified. Who was the arrow meant for?" Kaede pried once more.
"Me." Kagome responded.
"I see. Well, I will talk to ye about it later. For now, we need to get Inuyasha bandaged up. And may I ask why ye are wet?"
"We fell into the stream on our way here." Kagome explained.
"Ah. Now, Inuyasha get up so I can bandage ye up." Kaede said. Inuyasha was sitting against the wall glaring at the floor as he mumbled small curses.
"Inuyasha, get your butt over here!" Kagome ordered.
"Make me wench!" Inuyasha argued. Kagome go up and marched over to where Inuyasha was sitting. She pinched his fluffy white ear and began pulling.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, wench, ow, ow, bitch, ow , ow, dammit, ow, all, ow, to, ow, ow, HELL! ow, ow, get, ow, ow, off, ow, of, ow, ow, my, ow, ow, EARS!" Inuyasha yelled as he was dragged over to Kaede.
After a few curses and sits, Kaede had properly bandaged Inuyasha.
"Thank you, Kaede-sama. But we must get back to the others." Kagome said as she waved to Kaede. Inuyasha and Kagome then began their walk back to the well, with Inuyasha pouting and Kagome laughing at the poor hanyou.
END CHAPTER
Authors Note: Hello everybody! I hoped you like this chapter! I for one, feel like it wasn't my best. I think I am losing what little writing skills I had in the first place... sigh But none the less, I hoped you all enjoyed it! It didn't take me long to write this and I know you all are happy about that! But maybe that's why this chapter is crap.. but who knows? I tried to make it longer and I think I was successful! YAY! Anyways, thank you all for your reviews last chapter, and I hope I get more this chapter! So please REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW AND REVIEW SOME MORE! thank you! Oh and don't forget to tell me the secret word! (Note: It's in the looonnnnggg beginning authors note!) Anyways, PLEASE REVIEW! Ja ne for now!
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