"Saving her life my ass!!!!" Mrs. Higurashi spat.
'Whoa, holy. Watch your language, lady,' Inuyasha thought to himself. Mrs. Higurashi came forward and snatched the yellow floor bucket out of Inuyasha's hands and clanged it down on his head. Inuyasha was taken aback and his eyes bulged out in surprise.
"What the hell was that for you--" Inuyasha was about to snatch back the pail for no apparent reason, but the respectful presence of Gramps Higurashi stopped him.
"STOP!" he said in a commanding voice. Mrs. Higurashi swirled around and saw her father glaring at her unmercilessly. Grampa Higurashi glared down at his almost lifeless granddaughter lying on the floor. "You wake me up from my sleep so I go check on Sota and Kagome. Kagome is GONE so I come downstairs and see you two fighting over a water pail!!!" He looked around at his surroundings in disbelief. "Where's Kagome." He said more in a statement than a question.
"There." Inuyasha and Mrs. Higurashi said at the same time, pointing to a hanyou.
"AHHHH!!!!! What is that vile demon doing on my living room floor?"
'Oh, damn. Everybody knows now. This is bad. Kagome is going to kill me. I think she'd rather much have died then let her whole family know about this business. She's NEVER going to trust me ever again!' Inuyasha thought. Just then, Mrs. Higurashi noticed, too, that her 'daughter' wasn't HUMAN. Inuyasha decided, rather then to laboriously explain what happened to Kagome, he would just flee. He picked up Kagome and fled out of the house before any of the Higurashis could even snap their fingers. He jumped into the well, and thank God, it transported him back. He hoped that none of the other family members would try to come and find him. He took Kagome with him in his arms and flew towards the farthest refuge he could find. His childhood home. It was 617 miles away from Kaede's village, but Inuyasha got there fast. He lit a primitive lamp and set out blankets and pillows for Kagome. Kagome's wounds were already mostly healed…….so he went out for some hot water and poured it onto her.
"Inuyasha……..my mom….my grampa…..they know, do they?" she managed to whisper weakly.
"They don't think it's you. They think that you ate the human Kagome……." Upon Kagome's surprised look, Inuyasha hushed her. There was a silence between them, and they understood the silence as much as they understood each other when they communicated. Kagome broke the silence.
"Inuyasha….. why did you…….injure me?"
"K-Kagome…..it wasn't intentional…. really……..I wouldn't ever do something like that to you and you know it. I was just really angry at your mom……….for talking about Kikyo in that GROSS way," he finished.
'Oh,' Kagome thought, sadly. 'So he still cares about her, then………I guess I won't ask about the part when he told me he loved me when I was unconscious…….' She sighed, saddened, still and left Inuyasha in the cave. She went into the outside sun and realized that she didn't know where she was.
"Kagome…." He said, timidly, reaching his hand out to get a hold of her shoulder. She stopped but didn't turn around. "Kagome, if you're wondering if I ever loved Kikyo, the answer is yes." He paused, waiting for her reaction. She stood there aloofly, fighting back tears. "But if you're asking if I still love her," he said more gently. "The answer is no." he finished in a whisper. No reaction from Kagome. He sighed. 'Will I ever get to tell her? Ever?' he thought to himself sadly. 'I'm nobody's boy…….not yet……..not yet…….'
'Why's he telling me this?' she thought. She turned around to face Inuyasha, who looked up eagerly to see her response. She was smiling.
'Wh-what the?!' he thought.
"Let's drop the subject," she said plainly, walking past Inuyasha into the cave.
'What!? How…..ARG! Dammit! I knew she still liked that Hojo guy!' Inuyasha walked angrily back into the cave. "Why did you think I saved your life just then? Do you think I did it for the Shikon shards, Kagome?!" his outburst frightened her. "NO! I didin't do it for the Shikon shards! I did it because I can't live without you, I can't lose you, because without you, my world would be lost! Kagome! Don't you understand? I--" he couldn't say it. He dropped to his knees feebly. "Kagome……I…..all I ever wanted to tell you was that…..I….I love…….I love…"
"Kikyo?" she asked timidly. "Were you saving me so that you could see her image again?"
"NO!!" he burst out angrily. 'How the hell could she THINK that!' "I love YOU, Kagome!" he spat out passionately, unaware that the anger Kagome caused him managed to make him say what he had wanted to say for so long.
"You told me already, when I was unconscious. But something I've never told you was….." she stood up and ran towards him and he greeted her with open arms. She buried her face into his red kimono and said, "that I love you too……" she cried, and Inuyasha stood there, still as a statue, trying to reflect on what Kagome had just said. "All this time, Inuyasha….I thought you had loved Kikyo. I thought you loved Kikyo all along and I just………." She sighed. "Inuyasha…….."
"Hm?"
"Let's go to Jusenkyo Springs."
"No!" his voice echoed through the cave.
"Why not?" she asked.
"Because I don't like it there. And I'm not about to let you go alone, so let's go!" They flew all the way to Jusenkyo Springs and was greeted by Ranma and Genma. Shampoo was no where in sight.
"Looks like we have some visitors, my son," Genma said.
"Really!?" Ranma stuck his head out of the tent and saw a buff dog-demon approaching with the girl he saw just a few days ago riding on his back. '—gasp—! It's Kagome! The pretty girl I saw a few days ago! What is she doing on that …..DEMON'S back?' "Pop! Look! It's the girl!" he drooled. Genma knocked his son on the head with his elbow.
"Let me courteously REMIND you, that you are engaged to AKANE!!!" Ranma sighed and went out to greet Kagome and the other guy.
"Hey, Kagome!" he said amiably. He gave a little wave to Inuyasha. "What brings you back? Who's this? New friend? Fellow attacker who came to Jusenkyo Springs and brought you as his captive?" he was waddling in deeeeeep mud. Inuyasha was taken aback with this RUDE statement.
"As a matter of fact, my dear mortal," he fumed, attacking Ranma with his claws. Ranma dodge it. "Kagome happens to be my GIRLFRIEND!!!" Ranma flinched.
'What!? Kagome?! That pretty girl….. a DEMON'S girlfriend? Whoa, whoa. What is the world coming to these days?' Kagome blushed. But Ranma was all geared up.
"Oh yea?" he said tauntingly. "Well, if you want to attack me, then BRING IT ON!!!!!" he lashed out a side kick but Inuyasha just grabbed his ankles and threw him into the Springs. Thankfully, Ranma didn't fall in. But what WOULD happen if he DID fall in?
A/N: the next two chapters are going to be sort of like "If Ranma Fell In" and "If Ranma Didn't Fall In" and stuff like that. So hope you're enjoying this and yea!
'Whoa, holy. Watch your language, lady,' Inuyasha thought to himself. Mrs. Higurashi came forward and snatched the yellow floor bucket out of Inuyasha's hands and clanged it down on his head. Inuyasha was taken aback and his eyes bulged out in surprise.
"What the hell was that for you--" Inuyasha was about to snatch back the pail for no apparent reason, but the respectful presence of Gramps Higurashi stopped him.
"STOP!" he said in a commanding voice. Mrs. Higurashi swirled around and saw her father glaring at her unmercilessly. Grampa Higurashi glared down at his almost lifeless granddaughter lying on the floor. "You wake me up from my sleep so I go check on Sota and Kagome. Kagome is GONE so I come downstairs and see you two fighting over a water pail!!!" He looked around at his surroundings in disbelief. "Where's Kagome." He said more in a statement than a question.
"There." Inuyasha and Mrs. Higurashi said at the same time, pointing to a hanyou.
"AHHHH!!!!! What is that vile demon doing on my living room floor?"
'Oh, damn. Everybody knows now. This is bad. Kagome is going to kill me. I think she'd rather much have died then let her whole family know about this business. She's NEVER going to trust me ever again!' Inuyasha thought. Just then, Mrs. Higurashi noticed, too, that her 'daughter' wasn't HUMAN. Inuyasha decided, rather then to laboriously explain what happened to Kagome, he would just flee. He picked up Kagome and fled out of the house before any of the Higurashis could even snap their fingers. He jumped into the well, and thank God, it transported him back. He hoped that none of the other family members would try to come and find him. He took Kagome with him in his arms and flew towards the farthest refuge he could find. His childhood home. It was 617 miles away from Kaede's village, but Inuyasha got there fast. He lit a primitive lamp and set out blankets and pillows for Kagome. Kagome's wounds were already mostly healed…….so he went out for some hot water and poured it onto her.
"Inuyasha……..my mom….my grampa…..they know, do they?" she managed to whisper weakly.
"They don't think it's you. They think that you ate the human Kagome……." Upon Kagome's surprised look, Inuyasha hushed her. There was a silence between them, and they understood the silence as much as they understood each other when they communicated. Kagome broke the silence.
"Inuyasha….. why did you…….injure me?"
"K-Kagome…..it wasn't intentional…. really……..I wouldn't ever do something like that to you and you know it. I was just really angry at your mom……….for talking about Kikyo in that GROSS way," he finished.
'Oh,' Kagome thought, sadly. 'So he still cares about her, then………I guess I won't ask about the part when he told me he loved me when I was unconscious…….' She sighed, saddened, still and left Inuyasha in the cave. She went into the outside sun and realized that she didn't know where she was.
"Kagome…." He said, timidly, reaching his hand out to get a hold of her shoulder. She stopped but didn't turn around. "Kagome, if you're wondering if I ever loved Kikyo, the answer is yes." He paused, waiting for her reaction. She stood there aloofly, fighting back tears. "But if you're asking if I still love her," he said more gently. "The answer is no." he finished in a whisper. No reaction from Kagome. He sighed. 'Will I ever get to tell her? Ever?' he thought to himself sadly. 'I'm nobody's boy…….not yet……..not yet…….'
'Why's he telling me this?' she thought. She turned around to face Inuyasha, who looked up eagerly to see her response. She was smiling.
'Wh-what the?!' he thought.
"Let's drop the subject," she said plainly, walking past Inuyasha into the cave.
'What!? How…..ARG! Dammit! I knew she still liked that Hojo guy!' Inuyasha walked angrily back into the cave. "Why did you think I saved your life just then? Do you think I did it for the Shikon shards, Kagome?!" his outburst frightened her. "NO! I didin't do it for the Shikon shards! I did it because I can't live without you, I can't lose you, because without you, my world would be lost! Kagome! Don't you understand? I--" he couldn't say it. He dropped to his knees feebly. "Kagome……I…..all I ever wanted to tell you was that…..I….I love…….I love…"
"Kikyo?" she asked timidly. "Were you saving me so that you could see her image again?"
"NO!!" he burst out angrily. 'How the hell could she THINK that!' "I love YOU, Kagome!" he spat out passionately, unaware that the anger Kagome caused him managed to make him say what he had wanted to say for so long.
"You told me already, when I was unconscious. But something I've never told you was….." she stood up and ran towards him and he greeted her with open arms. She buried her face into his red kimono and said, "that I love you too……" she cried, and Inuyasha stood there, still as a statue, trying to reflect on what Kagome had just said. "All this time, Inuyasha….I thought you had loved Kikyo. I thought you loved Kikyo all along and I just………." She sighed. "Inuyasha…….."
"Hm?"
"Let's go to Jusenkyo Springs."
"No!" his voice echoed through the cave.
"Why not?" she asked.
"Because I don't like it there. And I'm not about to let you go alone, so let's go!" They flew all the way to Jusenkyo Springs and was greeted by Ranma and Genma. Shampoo was no where in sight.
"Looks like we have some visitors, my son," Genma said.
"Really!?" Ranma stuck his head out of the tent and saw a buff dog-demon approaching with the girl he saw just a few days ago riding on his back. '—gasp—! It's Kagome! The pretty girl I saw a few days ago! What is she doing on that …..DEMON'S back?' "Pop! Look! It's the girl!" he drooled. Genma knocked his son on the head with his elbow.
"Let me courteously REMIND you, that you are engaged to AKANE!!!" Ranma sighed and went out to greet Kagome and the other guy.
"Hey, Kagome!" he said amiably. He gave a little wave to Inuyasha. "What brings you back? Who's this? New friend? Fellow attacker who came to Jusenkyo Springs and brought you as his captive?" he was waddling in deeeeeep mud. Inuyasha was taken aback with this RUDE statement.
"As a matter of fact, my dear mortal," he fumed, attacking Ranma with his claws. Ranma dodge it. "Kagome happens to be my GIRLFRIEND!!!" Ranma flinched.
'What!? Kagome?! That pretty girl….. a DEMON'S girlfriend? Whoa, whoa. What is the world coming to these days?' Kagome blushed. But Ranma was all geared up.
"Oh yea?" he said tauntingly. "Well, if you want to attack me, then BRING IT ON!!!!!" he lashed out a side kick but Inuyasha just grabbed his ankles and threw him into the Springs. Thankfully, Ranma didn't fall in. But what WOULD happen if he DID fall in?
A/N: the next two chapters are going to be sort of like "If Ranma Fell In" and "If Ranma Didn't Fall In" and stuff like that. So hope you're enjoying this and yea!