Chapter 21: Lesson 19: Encouragement

Pain never really goes away, you just elevate and get used to it by growing stronger:Unknown

Inuyasha was surrounded by black nothing but the colour black inking all around him. Inuyasha was confused, there wasn't even a speck of light or anything, nothing that was indicating the world he lived in, nothing other than a black void that was his world. However as Inuyasha kept turning and looking he managed to see a small white dot, and felt warmth radiate from it, yet pain at the same time, he didn't know...whether he should go to the warmth yet suffer the pain, or stay in the dark and feel secure. Inuyasha however heard a young voice coming from the little speck of light and knew instantly which path he should take. Inuyasha started running towards the sweet angelic voice...the voice he knew oh so well...the voice of an angel, his angel, his Kagome.

Inuyasha started to open his eyes slowly, however as he did he felt the rays of the light sting his retinas and closed them again, he then tried once more, and the blotchy dots and colours were fading little by little, his blurriness was fading, and he started to see a world of white, and a faint noise of a beep next to him. Inuyasha just kept looking at a plain white ceiling and as he moved his fingers he felt another pair of tiny ones and turned his head slowly to see a pool of ebony curls spread across the sheets as his angel was sitting there, with her head on the mattress and her hand in his, her grip never loosening.

Inuyasha smiled gently as he tried to lift his other arm, however as he did he howled in pain and saw the figure sit up quickly.

Once Kagome woke up she saw her Inuyasha there, with his eyes open and his arm half way up. Kagome gave a wide smile and laughed as she jumped and bent down to embrace him "Oh Inuyasha! God Inuyasha you worried me so much baka!" Kagome said as she smiled and saw him wince in pain a little, and that's when she realised that she was leaning on his arm. "Oh Inuaysha I'm sorry!" Kagome said as she went to sit back down, however felt a hand on ehr arm which stopped her, and Kagome looked at Inuyasha, and felt herself lean down.

Inuyasha brought her near to his lips as his gently touched hers. Inuyasha pressed more pressure into the kiss as he felt Kagome's arms embrace him. Both their lips were moving slowly and gently, their tongues playing around each other, they separated for a second before returning to each other. Both moaned before separating again but this time for good. Inuyasha looked up into her eyes "Kagome...for how long-"

"4 day's Inuyasha it is currently Tuesday around 4:30?" Kagome said interrupting as she looked down to check her watch "Yep 4:30, wow I'm good at guessing" Kagome said as she sat on the bed and grabbed his hand. "How are you feeling?" Kagome asked as she massaged the back of his hand with her thumb and with the other hand she cupped his cheek.

Inuyasha closed his eyes as he groaned a little and opened his eyes again "very much sore and very much immobile" Inuyasha said as he tried to sit up, however his head hurt like a bitch and he grabbed it but winced at the tremendous amount of pain it was causing.

Kagome slapped his hand gently "Don't touch your head, you had surgery" Kagome said.

Inuyasha's eyes widened "I have never had surgery in my life, and have never been in a hospital ever in my life. Damn this is uncomfortable" Inuyasha said as he moved a little hearing the hospital bed creek a little.

Kagokme giggled "Better live with it Inu, doctor said you should be here for at least 2 weeks."

Inuyasha's ears tweaked and he turned to look at her "I-Inu? You mean, you believe me" Inuyasha said, his voice laced with hope.

Kagome sighed a little as she bit her lip and stood up to grab a recorder, and as she sat back down she looked at Inuyasha. "Miroku and Koga both arrived after hearing the news, and gave me this." Kagome said as she touched the cool plastic "They said I should listen to it and think before judging. And so I did, and...and it was a conversation between Koji and the girl in your apartment" Kagome said not looking into his eyes.

Inuyasha knew what it was and closed his eyes as he smiled, he had to give Shippo many bags of candy for his success. Inuyasha grabbed her hand but Kagome still didn't look at him, Inuyasha was worried "Kagome baby what's wrong?" Inuyasha said loving to be able to call her that nickname again.

Kagome however didn't look at him, and just kept her head down "Inuyasha I don't deserve any of this, and I don't deserve you" Kagome said as she looked away not making any sort of eye contact at all, which made Inuyasha even more worried, and slightly panicked at what she said.

"Kagome...w-what are you saying? If anything it's me that doesn't deserve you Kagome" Inuyasha said, however Kagome still didn't turn around.

Kagome however carried on "No Inuyasha, you don't understand, you were faithful all this time, all this time that I've been acting like a spoiled brat, who just kept crying and whining about how I was cheated on...when in actual fact you were telling the truth all along." Kagome started to feel tears prick her eyes "I should have believed you, instead of that bitch, I should have trusted you, and...and..." Kagome couldn't say anything more, she just wanted to break down in tears and just hope that she could be forgiven for her stupid act. However she felt a pull on her arm and Kagome fell into his arms as they wrapped around her tightly.

Inuyasha ignored the pain, because all he wanted was to just tell Kagome just how stupid she was for thinking the way that she was thinking. Inuyasha looked into her eyes as his arms embraced her tighter. "You are so stupid to think that for a moment, you didn't deserve to be with me. Kagome I don't ever want to hear you say that, it was partly my fault as well, I shouldn't have allowed you to leave me so easily" Inuyasha said as he smiled at her choked giggle. Inuyasha saw a stray strand of hair and placed it behind her ear "Kagome you deserve every inch of me, you deserve more than me, you deserve more than I can give you. Kagome if anything I am the lucky one, to even be able to have such an amazing, perfect, beautiful girlfriend like you"

Inuyasha smiled as he felt Kagome hiccup and chuckled "Aw baby you have the hiccups"

Kagome blushed "Oh shush you" Kagome however looked into his eyes "Inuyasha" Kagome said.

Inuyasha nodded as he carried on embracing her. Kagome smiled as she gently kissed him "Inuyasha I should have said this ages ago" Kagome said looking into his eyes as she cupped his cheeks "I love you"

Inuyasha's eyes widened a fraction as he felt Kagome's lips touch his again. Inuyasha kissed back with the same amount of fervour and his arms embraced her as tightly as possible. Kagome's arms laid on his shoulders as her hands gripped them. Inuyasha placed his hand behind her head and put more pressure into the kiss. Kagome felt his tongue gently massage her bottom lip and Kagome moaned as she granted him access. Inuyasha loved the feeling of being able to kiss his Kagome again. God did he desire this moment for so long. Kagome twirled her tongue around his and as they separated she kissed his jaw and then down to his neck, her hand's gently massaging his shoulders as Inuyasha moaned every now and then when she would nip and suck. Kagome then moved up and kissed his lips once more as they carried on with the little war of dominance.

Soon they separated, both of their lips swollen and a darker tone of cherry red. Both of them smiling as they looked into the other's eyes, Inuyasha raised his hand as he placed it behind Kagome's neck and pulled her forward, both their foreheads touching "Kagome, I love you so much" Inuyasha said as he saw her eyes which were full of love and passion. Kagome closed her eyes as she opened them again "I love you too Inuyasha, so much" Both smiled as Kagome laid down on the bed next to him, her head on his chest as Inuyasha ran his finger through her hair and kissed the top of her head.

Kagome looked up into her lover's eyes as she brushed his fringe with her fingers "Hey Inu, I have a question?"

Inuyasha sighed as he kissed the top of her head "You want to know why I was human don't you?" Inuyasha said, knowing that that was exactly what she wanted to know.

Kagome nodded and heard him give off a loud sigh "Well you see since I'm a half-demon, obviously I have a full demon side which only comes out in time of dire need, so for example if I was on the verge of death, or if someone tried to harm or hurt someone or something dear to me. He can also come out in times of passion, so for example if my demon has chosen its mate, then when me and my chosen have sexual intercourse then he would come out in order to impregnate our mate, because obviously what's the point of having the trait but not passing it down" Inuyasha winked at Kagome and he chuckled when she blushed.

He just shook his head as he carried on "Then I have my human side, my human side only comes out when it is the new moon. During this time all my powers as a half-demon deteriorate and all my demonic traits disappear for a night, making me vulnerable weak, and more prone to showing my emotions that us demons are good at hiding most of the time"

Kagome nodded as she ran her fingers through his silver mane, enjoying the silkyness of it. "So you have three sides to you"

Inuyasha sighed and nodded "Which is why Kagome, I never trusted anyone, why I would always sleep around, who would want to be with a half-demon who has three different sides. No-one Kagome, that's why I never believed your story of the hanyou and the miko" Inuyasha said as he kissed her cheek "But that was until I met you Kagome. Before you came into my life, I always thought that I could never find anyone who would truly love me for me, and who no matter what, would be with me for the rest of my life"

Kagome blushed as she felt his kisses and ministrations on her neck. Kagome moaned but then a thought came into her mind "But...you said that..hm...your demon chooses a mate...ah..." Kagome couldn't speak clearly as she felt him love her neck with such passion.

It didn't help that he growled gently which made Kagome even more aroused "Kagome you are my chosen, my demon and I have already chosen you as our mate. Mainly why we both felt like we were dying when we were separated for so long."

Kagome felt his lips lower to the top of her chest and she saw his furry ears and giggled as she rubbed it gently making Inuyasha groan, Kagome then decided to try something and put the appendage in her mouth as she licked it gently and sucked on it, causing Inuyasha to DEFINITELY feel the heat in his groin.

Inuyasha didn't care if his body ached, right now all he wanted was Kagome and Kagome only. Inuyasha lips bruised hers, as they shared a very passionate and dominating kiss. However before Inuyasha could go any further... there was a knock on the door and both young adults groaned as Kagome got up and sat down on the chair, then the door opened and a doctor appeared with a smile.

"Inuyasha I am glad you have finally woken up, my name is Mr Kiro, and I am pleased that you have come out of your very short coma" Inuyasha just nodded. Mr Kiro checked his pad and looked at the heart monitor "Well your heart beat is fine, it was a good thing that this young lady here called when she did, because in your human state Mr Takahashi you would have been prone to death from the injury in your skull, however since you had arrived at St Mary's hospital early in the morning, your transformation to your demon half saved you a lot of trouble" Inuyasha just kept nodding and felt Kagome's hand on his, he turned to smile as he held it tightly.

Mr Kiro saw this and asked "Excuse me miss what is your relation with Mr Takahashi"

Kagome nodded "I'm his teacher at school, and private tutor and close friend for a long time" Kagome said smiling at the doctor.

The doctor nodded "Well Inuyasha it seems that you have various bruises on your stomach, you had a broken jaw, however your ability to heal yourself had managed to fix that issue in two days. You had a broken arm and your back had many burises which thankfully healed themselves. However we were mainly worried about you're the blow to the head, which had caused you to have a sufficient amount of blood loss, however we had stitched it up, did brain scans CAT scans and found that the blow wasn't as fatal as it could have been, so your skull was fine and your healing abilities had saved you in many ways, however if you WERE still in your human form, then there could have been a high chance of you not making it" Inuyasha felt Kagome squeeze his hand, and turned to see Kagome biting her lip and her breathing stopped for a second. Inuyasha gave a small smile and with his thumb he massaged her hand gently, which helped Kagome relax.

Mr Kiro noticed this, and even if he was a human, he could tell that both of these young adults had more chemistry other than teacher and student, however he said nothing and just carried on flipping the pages on his clipboard and just cleared his throat. "Other than that, your parent's are here "

Inuyasha's eyes darkened as he glared at the door and it was his turn to squeeze Kagome's hand tightly. Kagome scrunched her eyebrows and jumped up quickly as she sat down on the bed and with the other hand she cupped his cheek "Inu are you okay?" Kagome said worried about him. She didn't want to push the subject about his family, but she knew she would have to go and so just bent down to kiss his cheek.

Inuyasha turned to look at her "Kagome" Inuyasha then heard the door open and Kagome turned and saw two very tall men same height as Inuyasha, both with silver hair, and both with amber eyes, however none of them had doggy ears like her Inuyasha. Kagome saw that they were both dressed in black suits and one with a black tie whilst the other had a silver tie. Kagome then saw a very small woman with raven hair as long as her knees with a baby blue dress a cardigan and blue flats, who ran towards Inuyasha and embraced him tightly.

Kagome moved out of the way and Inuyasha saw this, he didn't like Kagome being away from him. "Mum" Inuyasha said in a monotone voice as he swallowed once and raised his hand to pat his mothers back.

Izayoi Inuyasha's mother cried endlessely as she cupped her sons face "Oh my baby what happened to you" Izayoi said missing her son terribly. Inuyasha just nodded as he looked towards the door and growled a little.

Inu-No-Taisho Inuyasha's father, and Sesshomaru Inuyasha's half brother both entered and as they did, they turned towards Kagome and Kagome felt a cold shiver run down her spine as she bowed once and turned to look at Inuyasha who looked at her and nodded. Kagome walked out with a small smile.

Both men turned to look at Inuyasha who was still being pampered by an over-protective mother.

"Son" Inu-Taisho said, breaking the silence. Izayoi sat up as she wiped her tears and walked over towards her husband who wrapped an arm around her.

Inuyasha looked straight into his father's eyes "What are you all doing here?" Inuyasha asked still keeping his monotone voice.

Inu-Taisho sighed "Well we had received a call from a teacher of yours called Miss Higurashi, and heard that you were in a terrible accident and were in hospital. So off course we'd come here to check on you son, we love you"

Inuyasha snorted "No you don't if you did, you wouldn't have kept telling me everyday how much of a failure I was"

Inu-Taisho let go of his wife as he walked closer to his son "Now Inuyasha I have never said you were a failure, not once, and don't even dare say that I did"

Inuyasha then heard another pair of footsteps and saw Sesshomaru "Half-brother you'd do well to believe father" he said with his face stoic and his posture stiff, his head high.

Inuyasha scrunched his nose and feh'd "Whatever. Why should I believe what any of you say, I don't see a reason why?" Inuyasha said wishing that Kagome was with him now.

Inu-Taisho sighed heavily "Son, stop with this nonsense at once!" Inu-Taisho said getting angrier and angrier by the minute.

Inuyasha snorted "What nonsense dad it's true, Sesshomaru was always the favorite one! No-one else only Sesshomaru all the bloody time" Inuyasha shouted.

Izayoi saw this and intervened "Stop this you two!" both men looked towards Izayoi and the said woman sighed as she turned to Inuyasha "Inuyasha your father has never ever thought that Sesshomaru was better than you ever! And you Inu-Taisho, stop acting so high and mighty when our son is in the hospital for gods sakes" all three men were shocked to say the least. Izayoi had never raised her voice or ever contradicted anything the men ever said, until now.

Izayoi was breathing deeply as she walked up to Inuyasha "Inuyasha this has gone far enough, just come back home with us, please" Izayoi pleaded as she sat down on the bed next to Inuyasha.

Inuyasha just sighed and looked away not saying anything. Izayoi sighed and Sesshomaru decided to intervene "Little brother this is enough, you are being immature and childish. We have ALL been worried about you" Sesshomaru stared into his half-brother and spoke in a serious tone "You have been selfish in making us all worried, and if you wanted to go then at least you could have given some sort of indication to father and step-mother about your safety. Because little you just made their worst nightmare reality"

Inuyasha was confused "What are you talking about Sesshomaru" Inuyasha said completely confused.

Inu-Taisho just walked up to his wife and embraced her tightly as Sesshomaru started talking "They were scared that something would happen to you, and father said he'd kick himself if something happened to you. And look, you're in hospital getting beat up by a bunch of thugs, and because of your selfishness to run away from home, you've made all of us suffer, and made their worst fears actually happen. And yet you feel no remorse, because you are still so stuck up on the past, a past that you had made up in your head" Inuyasha growled towards his half-brother but then turned to see his mother there on the verge of tears again cradled in his fathers chest, who looked at him with a serious look.

Inuyasha just bit his tongue and said nothing as he looked away. Then they heard a knock on the door and everyone saw Mr Kiro walk in. "Good afternoon Mr and Mrs Takahashi, I am his doctor and I need to talk to you in private if you can all follow me" Inu-Taisho and Izayoi both looked at Inuyasha and Izayoi moved away from her husband to give Inuyasha a kiss on the cheek, Inuyasha gave one back to his mother on the cheek, then with the final goodbyes they all went with Mr Kiro Sesshomaru included who just nodded towards his brother once.

Once they all left, Inuyasha laid back down and closed his eyes then heard the door open once more and sighed "Whoever it is now, can you please go away"

"Inu?"

Inuyasha opened his eyes as he looked towards the door. Kagome smiled and walked towards him, and once she did she felt his hand hold hers and pulled her onto the bed.

Inuyasha just wanted to hug her, he didn't want to speak all he wanted was to just be with his Kagome. Kagome noticed this and sighed as she gave him a small smile and kissed his cheek. Inuyasha embraced Kagome tightly as he turned onto his side and nestled Kagome under his chin, and felt one of her arms under her own chin whilst the other was hugging him as her hand moved up and down his back slowly and gently, trying to soothe him. Inuyasha placed his nose in her neck and without realising it his shoulders started to shake. Kagome however noticed this and felt liquid on her neck and her shoulder, and she closed her own eyes as she embraced him tighter and nuzzled into his chest to let him know that she was there for him, and that she would always be there for him no matter what happens.

Inuyasha felt the comfort and felt the love of his life trying her very best to soothe him. Inuyasha was so confused, was he selfish? was he selfish to want to be praised for once in his life, was he selfish to want to feel some sort of love and adoration? Did he truly make his parent's suffer? Was he really just a child in the body of a teenager? However he then heard Kagome talk as he cried silently into her shoulder, not allowing to shed tears in front of anyone other than Kagome.

"Inu, I heard everything. Don't ever think that you are useless. You are the strongest and most loyal person I have ever met. You deserve everything that you want, wishing and hoping for things is not in any way shape or form selfish, and you are in no way a child" Kagome leaned on her arm as she saw Inuyasha lie down, his eyes slightly swollen, Kagome bent down to kiss his cheeks and cupped his face "In your eyes Inu, you felt that no-one cared for you, and that you were always second best. I know now why you had no parents when I met you, you ran away didn't you"

Inuyasha sighed as he threw his arm over his eyes. Kagome grabbed his arm as she pulled it away. Inuyasha just looked at her, his eyes full of pain "You don't have to suffer alone anymore, because I'm here and I will do everything I can in my power to show you just how important you are, and that no matter what happens between you and your family." Kagome leaned so her lisp were hovering over his "You are never and will never be second best to me, or ever will be a child. To me, your my everything and I love you Inuyasha. Your parent's are only worried about you, and in my opinion, even if you don't want to go back to live in your old house, at least finish on good terms. Do it for me okay" Kagome then kissed him. Inuyasha just closed his eyes and kissed back.

This time the kiss wasn't full of dominance or passion, but more of a gentle and soothing kiss, one that promised him that no matter what happens he now had the most important person in his life with him, his teacher, his best friend, and his life.

His Kagome

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