"Death Squared"

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Chapter 9: dunno

Kagome stood there, stunned, hurt and mad. It was a few moments before she actually understood what had happened. 'I finally told Inuyasha how I truly feel and he ran off!' Needless to say it had slipped, but the fact that he had completely disregarded her was what was really hurting Kagome now.

Kagome heard a rustling and saw… 'Inuyasha?' walking towards her with a strange expression on his face. Kagome would've 'sat' him a million times but the look on his face completely silenced her.

'Is he…sorry? No, that look on his face isn't sorry…it's more malicious.' Kagome figured she'd see what he was going to do before she 'sat' him. As he approached her, Kagome tensed up. 'What is he planning?'

Inuyasha stopped when he and Kagome were inches apart.

"Kagome, I'm sorry." Kagome was completely shocked. If she thought that was weird, she should've braced herself for what happened next.

Inuyasha leaned in and before Kagome knew what was happening she was engaged in a passionate kiss. After a couple of seconds Inuyasha pulled her close to him. She was now in his protective embrace. 'He still shouldn't have run off like that.'

Kagome broke the kiss but let Inuyasha hold her. 'He did apologize though.' Kagome nuzzled her face into Inuyasha's hair and heard Inuyasha pur softly. (A/N: I know he doesn't pur, just imagine him growling really softly.) Kagome giggled and noticed a movement behind Inuyasha. She slowly got up on her tiptoes to see what it was. A curious tail was protruding from Inuyasha's backside.

'A tail? I don't remember Inuyasha having a tail.' It suddenly hit Kagome. She felt so stupid.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked seductively.

"Yes, Kagome?" 'Yup, it's not Inuyasha.'

"Sit."

He didn't.

"Shippou! You little-." Kagome was cut off by the 'pop' that Shippou made when he transformed back into his little kitsune self. "When I get my hands on you!"

*Meanwhile*

Inuyasha had retreated to the God Tree and sat there pouting. Despite his cool attitude on the outside, on the inside, Inuyasha could've been mistaken for a war zone. His human side and his youkai side were violently arguing with each other.

Human side:

'You love her and you completely blew her off! She had the courage to tell you how she felt and you ran away with you tail between your legs. You don't deserve her!'

Youkai side:

'What the hell was I supposed to do? She was acting like she was in 'heat' or something. No way she was in her right mind.'

The battle raged on for another five minutes until Inuyasha heard Kagome scream at Shippou. Not long after, he could smell the salt of her tears. 'That twerp, he's making her cry.' The hanyou leapt out of the God Tree and made his way towards Kagome. Inuyasha paused. 'Was it the twerp or was it me?' Inuyasha 'feh'd' and continued on his way.

Inuyasha sniffed the air and found Kagome's scent quickly. It wasn't hard for him to do. Not only was the salt of her tears extremely detectable, but the blood that lingered over her even after it had been washed away was extremely strong as well.

'Oh great, she's at the hot spring.' Inuyasha peeked over a bush to find Kagome sitting on a rock opposite of him. Inuyasha was just about to make his entrance when Sango appeared suddenly and sat down next to Kagome attempting to comfort her. Inuyasha was just about to leave when part of their conversation caught his attention.

"…I don't know, Sango. I told him I loved him and he ran away. You don't think…" Kagome trailed off as more tears poured down her face.

"No, I don't think it's because of Kikyo. Kagome, he loves you, he's just not used to having people show him affection, you know?" Sango said trying to comfort Kagome further.

"I guess so. I just don't know why Kikyo did that to me. Why she brought me to Naraku." Kagome looked down at her hands to hide the fresh wave of tears flowing down her face.

The smell of her tears was enough to make Inuyasha want to pass out. He decided if he wanted to stay conscious, he'd better go. He was just about to when he heard Kagome speak a name that made his blood run cold.

"Maybe I should just go back to my time. At least Hojo cares about me there." Kagome lied.

"You really think that's the answer? Is running away a good way to solve this? I mean, you just admitted you loved him. He's a man, it's in their nature to be reluctant to love at first. Trust me, Kagome, he'll come around." Sango wasn't about to lose her best friend without a fight.

"I guess you're right. Besides, I'd like to know why Kikyo did that to me. Why she betrayed me when I hadn't even done anything to make her mad at me."

A twang of guilt vibrated through Inuyasha's heart. He knew exactly why Kikyo had done what she did. She did it to get revenge on him, either that or to take Kagome out of the picture so that she would be the only one in his arms once again.

"Kagome…?" Sango trailed off not knowing what reaction she would get if she asked her question.

"What is it, Sango?" Kagome asked looking up at her.

Inuyasha finally got a good look at Kagome's face and felt a new guilt began stabbing away at his heart when he saw that despite her tears she was smiling her warm, contagious smile. 'She's stronger than I give her credit for.' As Inuyasha thought this, he remembered back to when he first detected Kikyo and Kagome had gone looking for her. 'This whole thing was my fault.' Inuyasha was snapped back into reality when Sango started to speak again. This time much more carefully, slowly and softly.

"Well, I, as well as the rest of us, wanted to know what exactly did Naraku do to you?" Sango asked softly and then looked down at her hands, not wanting to see Kagome's reaction. Inuyasha leaned forward in anticipation, not wanting to miss a word. The same question had been digging at him in the back of his mind ever since he found that she was in trouble.

"You're asking if he raped me?" Kagome asked. Her smile was still in place, only now it looked much more forced. She was trying to keep it comfortable for Sango.

"Yeah, I guess that's what I'm asking." Sango said looking up, ready to put an arm around Kagome if needed.

"I don't think he did. I was unconscious most of the time, but I do know that he did everything else he could think of to me. I doubt I would have half these cuts and bruises if he hadn't used my body to its full. All he had to do was… well, you know… and then I would've been spent." Kagome looked down again, her smile gone. Traumatized would've been an understatement.

Inuyasha couldn't stand it anymore, he had had enough. Seeing Kagome crying constantly was enough, but having to hear about her torture was literally eating away at his heart. He stood up, not wanting to hear anymore. He silently walked back into the surrounding forest and found himself a nice tree to sit in and think.

'I wasn't there to protect her. I swore that I would always protect her. Why would Kikyo do such a thing?' Inuyasha wished he could hold Kagome like he had done before, but he knew that would never happen, not after what he had done to her.

It was a good two hours before Inuyasha realized that it had gotten dark and he should probably go and see what he could get for dinner, even if it meant he would have to face Kagome.

When Inuyasha reached Kaede's hut, he saw that everyone was already inside… including Kagome. When Inuyasha entered, he got cold stares from everyone… except Kagome. She smiled at him. 'I wonder what Sango and her talked about when I left?' Inuyasha wondered in disbelief. Inuyasha glanced around and found that the only seat was one next to Kagome. Surprisingly, Kagome patted the ground beside her. Inuyasha hesitated.

"Don't be shy, I don't bite." Kagome joked.

"You're right about that." Inuyasha said sarcastically and took a seat beside her.

Everyone was quiet for about five minutes. Once Inuyasha had gotten his bowl of ramen and was shoveling it into his mouth, everyone looked over at Kagome and winked. She winked back and slowly scooted away from Inuyasha.

"Hey, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha looked up curiously. "SITSITSITSITSITSITSITSITSIT!" Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs. Inuyasha's body slammed against the ground with nine times the strength than usual. Muffled curses could be heard as Inuyasha let his anger subside. 'I guess I had that coming.' Inuyasha thought helplessly as he spat more naughty words into the ground.

"That's for being late." Kagome said as she took up her bowl of ramen and began eating again.

"Late for what?!" Inuyasha yelled once he had finally gotten released from the spell.

"Saving me from Naraku." Kagome said simply. There was an eerie silence and no one said or did anything aside from Kagome who was still eating her ramen. They had all agreed never to mention what had happened around Kagome and she had been the one to bring up the subject. Inuyasha stood there, his mouth wide open and utterly speechless.

"You're going to drool, Inuyasha." Kagome said looking up at him coldly. 'Why couldn't she have just 'sat' me a hundred more times?' Inuyasha thought desperately. That would've been better than the guilt trip that he was taking.

"Kagome, I…" Inuyasha trailed off, not being able to think of a single thing he could've said to make the situation better.

"It's ok, Inuyasha. It was my fault. If I hadn't been so stubborn, then you could've gotten to see Kikyo and none of this would've ever happened. But instead, you didn't get to see Kikyo and you had the burden of rescuing me. Well, I didn't ask you to protect me, as your shard detector, I'd like it if you gave me a little more space then you do. I don't think you mind if I get killed by youkai, well, that is if you can get another shard detector." Kagome finished and went back to eating her ramen.

"Kagome, you aren't just a shard detector to me." Inuyasha retorted. He jumped to his feet and grabbed Kagome's arm.

"Let go of me, Inuya-." Kagome was cut off when Inuyasha (the real one) kissed her softly and quickly. She was stunned and confused. When he pulled away he folded his arms and smiled in satisfaction.

"Well? Say something, Kagome. You're going to drool." Inuyasha mocked. 'I should be comforting her.' Kagome's cheeks had turned a shade of pink when he had kissed her, but now she was quickly turning beat red.

Miroku couldn't help himself, he reached over and grabbed Sango's butt. She squeaked and brought her hand down upon his face. Well, one event leads to another and eventually Miroku was face down on the floor. Nobody could see, but Miroku was smiling. 'She likes me.'

"Inuyasha! That was so insensitive! The mocking is completely unnecessary, and the kiss was completely forced and unwanted. Honestly, can't you show at least a little respect towards Kagome? Especially after what she just recently went through." Sango said passionately.

"It's ok, Sango. I'm ok. I'll see you all tomorrow." Kagome said and walked into one of the bedrooms in Kaede's hut.

Inuyasha stood there, completely flabbergasted at what he had dared to do and the reaction that Kagome had and figured it was a small bump on the road to recovery.

*fin

~S saiyan Vegeta4013