A/N: I know that in the last chapter I made one mistake at the end when I said that Kagome's hair raven was flying around her. I meant to say that her raven hair was flying around her. Put no fault on my beta readers. I only used one because I wanted to get the chapter out there and started, and I added in the word "raven" after she had already read it so yeah. I am working on fixing it so bare with me. I have finally decided where I think I am gonna have this fanfiction go. I'll try to get in a rhyme of how often I update but I don't know. I am having what is called CSAPs in school. They're like this big state test things that don't even count for your grade or anything like that... So with any luck for the next four weeks I won't have much homework.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha; all I own is a small island off of Japan... I mean... nothing... at all... damnit.
Recap: Inu Yasha said that Kagome was basically useless, I mean if she couldn't find the shards and only a week before they ran into Kikiyo and she said basically the same thing to try to get Inu Yasha to leave Kagome and go with her. Of course he didn't but yeah back to the recap. Kagome gave him the mother load of sits and then took off at full speed running and she basically ran off a cliff and that's where we left ya... so here we go!
Warning: I don't know that much about Kouga but I'll do him the best I can.
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An Arrows Pain
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Chapter two: Saved and Worried.
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Inu Yasha... Kagome thought as she felt herself falling away from the edge more. She knew she was going to die. She knew Inu Yasha wasn't going to come for her. Good-bye...
"KAGOME!" She felt someone grab her forearm right before it was out of reach. Her light body coming to a painful halt and she was slammed into the wall of the cliff as she stopped falling. She looked up expecting to see her beloved hanyou there to save her. But who she saw shocked her.
"Ko-Kouga?" She questioned more than stated. He pulled her up, trying his best to not scrape her on the side of the cliff.
"Are you alright?" He questioned her looking her up and down and dusting her off a little. The tears still shone brightly on her face. This concerned him. She must have been more frightened than I realized. I always forget that she is a human. "I am so sorry it took me so long to reach you." He said looking down at his woman, he wanted nothing more then to take her in his arms to comfort her and tell her that it was okay now. But he knew something that he didn't know that even she knew yet. Her heart would never belong to him. It would always belong to that damned dog-turd hanyou. He sighed, as he knew he would most likely lose his manhood if he tried to do what he longed for so bad.
"Thank you. The point is that you came... Unlike Inu Yasha." She muttered her last three words under her breath so low that no human could hear her, but Kouga being the youkai he was could hear her.
"What did that stupid hanyou do?" He more growled than asked. He could feel the red-hot yet ice-cold anger rise in his heart and stomach.
Kagome meant to say nothing, but instead the events that led up to this came spilling out of her. Everything from Kikiyo and what she said to Inu Yasha calling Shippo a brat. Her eyes shone more brightly than before as she looked up into the intense eyes of the youkai, which stood strongly before her.
"KAGOME!" Inu Yasha had just ran into the scene. A look of pure concern and was that a bit of fear? No Kagome must have imagined it.
"Inu-Inu Yasha?" She asked as if she wasn't sure it was really him.
"Yes." Inu Yasha said and looked at Kouga as if he could kill him. All he saw was Kagome standing there awfully close to him and the ripe smell of tears on the air. He couldn't smell them when she left because of the overpowering smell of freshly killed youkai. "Are you okay?" He asked flexing his claws, never once taking his eyes off of Kouga, who stood behind Kagome where she couldn't see him. He made odd signs to the hanyou that angered him even more.
"Yes I am fine." She stated numbly. "I fell off of this cliff but Kouga here caught me before I fell. I would be dead right now if it wasn't for him." She said in this her "I.A.I.A.S.O.S.S.L.M.A." [1] voice. Inu Yasha growled a bit at this but understood nonetheless. So he turned to go.
"Come on, Kagome. I'll give you a ride back to the others." He said as he kneeled down in front of her. He waited 'til he felt her weight on his back before he stood and turned to face Kouga. He looked at him and nodded in a way that Kouga knew meant "Thank you."
He nodded back and turned and walked back into the forest.
"Let's go." Kagome murmured as she lay her head on Inu yasha's shoulder. She felt so drained after this whole ordeal. But he came. He might not have saved her but he still tried and that's all that mattered right now. He tried and he was worried about her. Before she could think anymore she let sleep claim her.
When she awoke the sun was already down and the first thing she saw was flames close to her face. She gasped and shot her self back away from the fire as fast as she could. She wasn't close enough to be hurt or burnt, but it being the first thing she saw shocked her into movement. She only moved about five feet before she hit something very solid, very hard with her back. She looked up to see sliver hair about a red hoari covered frame. The amber eyes boring into her brown ones.
"Are you alright?" He asked her, his voice rough, but she could hear a small touch of concern in the deep confines of his heart.
"Yeah...I am fine." She said and looked around, she didn't see Sango, Miroku, or Shippo. "Where is everyone?" She asked as she set up.
"Shippo is out chasing something. Sango went to go bathe and Miroku went to go watch." He said a small smirk coming over his face. Kagome soon realized why he was smirking... Just picutering how badly Miroku was going to be beaten when Sango found him watching her bathe was quite the amusing thought. But Kagome wasn't in the mood to be really amused.
"Inu Yasha?" Kagome asked... A sudden thought coming to her head. Maybe he didn't mean it the way that I took it. I mean he didn't go with Kikiyo... He stayed here with me. Her thoughts were broke in on when Inu Yasha answered.
"Yeah?"
"Well... I was wondering if I could ask you something?" Kagome said looking down at her lap, her shins under her.
"It's never stopped you before, if I didn't want you to I mean." He said and looked at her in an odd way, which she didn't see as she was still staring down at her lap, which now had her hands in it.
"I-I know... I was just asking if I could this time. I guess you could say it is kinda personal..." She said slowly, her hands making themselves into fists in her lap.
"Okay..." He said and gave her a sideways look. "Ask away." Kagome took a deep breath before starting in.
"When you say that I am just a weak and basically useless human, and that I don't have a place here, do you mean it? I mean...if I couldn't find the shards after all we have been through would you still find me useless and want me to go back home and stay there?" She asked all of this very quickly and just loud enough that it could be heard by his youkai ears.
"Ka-Kagome... why are you askin-" He started but was quickly cut off by Kagome who was starting to smell heavily of salt. Which meant only one thing...tears. Her frame was starting to shake as she tried her best to hold back the long river, which was begging to come free from her dark brown eyes.
"Just answer my question...please." She closed her eyes tightly and listened to him take in a deep breath and was now regretting ever starting this.
"I-" The hanyou was cut off again by the sounds of a loud thud and two voices.
"How could you?!" Sango's maddened voice came into earshot. "I knew you were a pervert, but I never--no wait...I did!" She smacked Mirkou hard over the head with her fist again, as they entered the circle of light that was made by the fire.
They stoped as they looked at the scene in front of them: Kagome sitting on her knees in front of Inu Yasha, looking as if she was crying. Inu Yasha sitting there with a look of awe on his face and his eyes showed pure shock as they were slowly turning to deep brown as tomorrow night was the time where he was human.
"Did we interrupt something?" Mirkou asked as if he was walking on glass.
"No its fine!" Kagome said in her cheery voice, all signs of tears gone from her face when she looked up at them.
Damn, she is a good actress. Inu Yasha thought.
Later that night when Shippo was back and all of the others were asleep, Kagome walked out of the camp and sat on the edge of a pond. She stared into the deep water and sighed. He didn't get to answer me... That doesn't mean that it is a yes. It doesn't mean that he really thinks of me like that... I'll ask him again tomorrow. With all of what had happened in the last week or so that Kagome had forgotten about him turning into his human form.
"Inu Yasha..." She said to herself as she looked up into the night sky. The clouds covered the moon.... Nothing to remind her. "Why? Do you mean to hurt me? Do you want me to leave...really?" She asked the night sky.
Inu Yasha looked down at her shocked, from the tree he sat in by the lake. Of course she doesn't know I am here. So she isn't just saying that to make me feel guilty for making her feel so bad...But then why? Does she really feel this way? He questioned himself in thought. He then started to think hard about what the miko was asking... Did he really want her to leave...to go away forever?
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Don't you just hate it how I ended that? At least this time she wasn't falling off of a cliff you know?
To my reviewers!
I was so happy when I went to ff.n and I had THREE reviews! I know it is not that many but I just got it out and running last night! And already three reviews!
Hollz/TaraSaturn: I am so glad that you like it! And I have updated! I am hoping to have this one out by about 5:00 my time this evening and have at least the A/N done on the next chapter by the time I have to go to bed. And if this is done by five then it gives me about another five hours before I have to go to bed. So it just might be able to have the next chapter out within the next few days. But then again, I had a week of snow days so I will most likely be loaded to the breaking point with homework. And school is really important to me. Well anywayz. I am so glad that you like this so much! I'll talk to you later!
Phoenix of the Burning Light aka Essence of All: I am so glad that you think so highly of my fanfiction! This is my first fanfiction... I have written a story that is on Fictionpress.net called "Is This Life or Is This Hell." but it is not really a fanfiction. I am so happy! I am so honored to be on your "to-read-and-compliment-for-ever-and-ever list"! I'll get this chapter out like I said to TaraSaturn hopeful by this evening and then get the third out within the next few days depending on homework and all! Thanks!
Yuko: I am so happy! You people must really like this! I am updating as fast as I can... But if my grades drop because I am spending to much time writing fanfiction I don't think my parents will let me keep on writing so I am sorry if I don't update as soon as I should. And about Sesshy coming in... I am gonna have him come in soon. I want to build up to it through... I am thinking a dramatic climax and then a romantic thing between Inu Yasha and Kagome and then he will come in but I am not gonna say anything else because I don't want to give away my whole plan..
Yes folks! I have a plan! lol see ya later!
