Love Will Find A Way

By: Angel-With-Attitude

Chapter 11: Hurt

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When they left the garden and Koga behind, Lady Yuki led Kagome into the house when Kagome began to sob again. But then they realized that they had to hurry. They had to find Lord Akio and Inuyasha. Lady Yuki took her daughter's hand and led her down the halls to try and find the Lord. They had to find him before it was too late. They had to stop him from killing Inuyasha.

They ran through the entire castle and didn't see Kagome's father anywhere. They asked all the servants if they had seen Lord Akio but none of them did. They stopped in another garden to catch their breath. Night was starting to creep through the land as the sun began to dip beyond the horizon.

"Where the hell is he?" Kagome growled, placing her hands on her knees for balance. She didn't care about anything anymore, even keeping her fowl language to herself. She was mad and upset and she wanted to find her father now to yell at him.

Her mother was also panting as she tried to think of something that would help them. She looked around at the darkening sky and her eyes landed on something in the distance. She gasped and stood up straight. She knew where her husband was. "The hill." She said, almost to herself.

Kagome looked at her mother and titled her head to the side. "What did you say?"

Lady Yuki looked over at her daughter with wide eyes. "Your father has taken Inuyasha to the hill." She said.

Oh no not that hill. The hill that overlooked the whole valley and that long ago when the Eastern castle was ruled by a different family, they would execute prisoners up there. When Kagome's great great grandfather started to rule here, he stopped that rule because there was no need for prisoners.

Knowing what that would possibly mean, Kagome jumped up and followed her mother who led them down the path that would take them to the hill that they were talking about. As she ran, Kagome could only think of Inuyasha. 'Please, please let Inuyasha still be alive when we get there.'

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Inuyasha awoke to see that he was in a dark, cold and lifeless room. He was lying on the ground in a pool of his own blood. He didn't have the life in him to lift up his head so he used his hearing to try and figure out where he was. Water dripped from the ceiling and he could hear rats scurrying around in the darkness. He concluded that he was in a dungeon of some sort.

"Kagome." He whispered and rested against the floor, not caring that his blood was around him. And even if he did care he didn't have the energy to move. His body ached but his heart ached more. He had no one to talk to anymore. He wanted to see Kagome so badly to tell her that he was sorry. "You must hate me now don't you?" He asked the air as he opened his good eye and looked around at his surroundings.

"I don't hate you Inuyasha." A voice said from behind him. That soft angelic voice rang through his ears and if he could move he imagined himself jump up in surprise.

Turning his head around and trying to ignore the pain, he saw that it was none other than Kagome. His dull golden eyes lit up a bit and she worked with the key to try and open the door. When she finally opening the door, she ran into the room, dropped to her knees and pulled Inuyasha's head onto her lap.

Her kimono was torn from running through the bushes and now sitting on the floor her kimono was getting soaked with blood. She didn't care about the blood that was on the floor, getting on her kimono. All she cared about was Inuyasha's safety. Tears fell down her cheeks again as she slowly ran her fingers through his long silver hair. "I'm so sorry Inuyasha." She sobbed.

Inuyasha opened his eyes and looked at her. Though she was covered in mud, cuts all over her face, hair messed up with random twigs and leaves and now her eyes were red, puffy and her cheeks were tear stained from crying - she was still beautiful. He lifted his hand up and placed it gently on her cheek, wiping away her tears. "Don't be sorry Kagome. I should be the one crying and saying sorry." He said, trying to get up. His muscles burned in protest to moving but he wanted to get up. He managed to sit up with the help of Kagome and he rested his sore back against the wall while Kagome sat next to him.

"I sorry I had to do this Kagome." He started, his golden eyes closing and a pained expression filled his face. But it wasn't because of the physical pain of his wounds but of the painful memories that flooded back to him. "Ever since I met you for the first time, all those years ago, my father started this training to make me tough and strong."

:.: Flashback :.:

"Come on son. Put you back into it." Lord Taisho yelled at his son as he watched from the outside of the ring.

Inuyasha gave another burst of strength into his arms and he managed to flip his opponent over his head and threw it against the other wall. His opponent happened to be a huge boar demon that had to have been at least three times bigger than Inuyasha.

"Great job Inuyasha but you're still too slow." His father said, throwing his twelve year old son a towel. His father's expression wasn't a pleased one. He wanted his son to be stronger, faster and more powerful and he would continue to push his son even to the brink of death. "Now get your mother to dress your wounds and we'll try again tomorrow."

Inuyasha, tired and bleeding, nodded as he followed Taisho back to his waiting and crying mother. He knew that he had to do anything for his father and to make his father happy though it broke his heart to watch his mother cry while she dressed his wounds. "Yes Father."

:.: End Flashback :.:

"I trained from the day I met you up until the day before the fire." He explained, looking down at his clawed hands. He heard an intake of breath and he knew that Kagome had clicked the information. He couldn't bear to look at her pained expression and looked down at the floor in front of him. Water from the leaking roof was mixing in with his blood making artistic swirls in the puddles until the red disappeared.

"You mean...?" He heard Kagome's whisper.

"Yes, the fire was my father's idea." Inuyasha sighed as he continued to look down at the floor, not wanting to meet Kagome's face; for it would break his heart. "At first I was following the plan to get close to you but after all the time we had spent together, I came to realize that I really and truly love you Kagome." He looked over at her hands, not daring to look into her eyes.

Kagome was quiet for a moment. Each second that rolled by seemed to be a minute, every minute was an hour, a lifetime. The pause was so great her ears started to ring. Inuyasha's heart sped up as he waited for some kind of answer. His heart almost stopped when he heard Kagome take a breath. Shivers went up and down his spine when he felt her hand rest on his. But he still wouldn't look her in the eye.

He almost died in disbelief when her other hand came up and turned his chin, making him look at her. He couldn't look into such a pure face for if he did he would be overcome with the grief of what he had done, so much so he wanted to kill himself to end everyone's pain. He saw that she was still crying although a bit lighter than before in the garden, only stray tears rolled down her rose cheeks. It broke his heart to see that he had made her upset. It was all his fault.

"I still don't hate you Inuyasha." Kagome said, sitting a bit closer to him. She tried her hardest not to let a sob choke out though the sobs were getting stuck in her throat, making it hurt. With one hand on his cheek and her other hand squeezed his hand, telling him that she was there for him. She looked deep into his golden eyes, almost like she was looking into his soul and she could see that he wasn't lying. She kept getting closer and closer to him, her lips just inches apart before they brushed against his lips.

Inuyasha got that feeling again - that feeling that he suddenly didn't have any painful wounds or an angry demon lord wishing for his death wish. He felt like all that mattered was Kagome. Closing his eyes he leaned closer into her lips, capturing them again and tuning the kiss into a fiery and passionate one.

After they parted, Kagome wrapped her arms gently around his neck and buried her face in his chest. Her tears returned as she realized that they still had to deal with her father. She was so scared - why couldn't she just be with Inuyasha and everything would be ok? Feeling Kagome's body start to tremble, Inuyasha wrapped his arms loosely around her waist, resting his chin on top of her head and he let out a sigh.

"What are we going to do?"

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Kagome had split up from her not long after they had started to run to the hill. Her daughter said that she suddenly picked up on Inuyasha's scent and dashed off into a different direction. But she still headed for the hill, knowing who was up there. When she got up to the hill the sun was just touching the horizon, casting the land in a fiery orange glow. She saw her husband up on at the crown of the hill and she took a death breath, continuing her steps up to Akio.

Knowing who was behind him, Lord Akio began to turn around to speak to him wife. He was furious about the events that had unfolded and he was about to yell at Yuki for it but he was cut shot. When he turned to face her Lady Yuki took the opportunity and slapped her husband full across the face just as Kagome had done to Koga. His face was forced to the left from his wife's action and all words from him mind flew out, his mind drawing a blank.

"Why on earth are you doing this?" Lady Yuki growled as she pulled her hand into a fist to try and stop the stinging feeling. She didn't care about her hand, she cared about Kagome. "Kagome loves him and you will surely break her heart and soul if you kill Inuyasha." She glared up at him, her golden eyes fired in the setting sun.

"I have no other choice; he only used her to get to me." Lord Akio said, rubbing his cheek which was turning a bit red from the slap.

"No he's not. Didn't you hear him? He yelled out that he loves Kagome." Lady Yuki shook her head as she never dropped her glare. She wasn't going to sit back anymore. "You just can't see it because your sight is blurred by the hate for Taisho and now you're going to kill his son?"

Lord Akio stepped up closer to his wife and sighed. He could see the anger in Yuki's eyes as he took her hands gently in his, holding them close to his chest. "I just don't know what to do anymore." He said as he looked down at the ground, unable to meet Yuki's glare anymore.

Lady Yuki shook her head as she continued to study Akio's face. She growled as she felt tears coming - why couldn't her husband see that his actions were wrong? "If you kill Inuyasha, Kagome will have no life left - it will only cause more pain. How will killing Inuyasha solve anything?"

Lord Akio nodded in agreement to his wife, the first sign that he was actually listening to what was going on. But Lady Yuki could see that he was still troubled about what he should do as they both turned to look at the setting sun. A sun setting on a land of worry over their heads like a dark cloud.