Moonlight Reflection (chapter 5)
A/N: Five chapters already, eh? Wow, I have to admit no matter how sad this may sound this is my longest story yet!! ^_^; Ok well this chapter is full of happy fluff and sweetness. Also, I would like to state that after reading over my first chapter I realized that as one of the members of the "InuYasha Group" was 'Soja". Well, I was just beginning to watch the series when I started this story so I didn't know any better but now I realize that the character is properly called "Sango." Ok well, I know you are anxious to read and I am anxious to write so onwards!!!
Pu'ar: Videl does not own the rights to InuYasha the rights to Elton John's "Come What May," or the rights to Vanessa Carleton's "Twilight." *reads over chapter* Ohhhhhhhh…things are getting kinda spicy, you think a lemon will be coming up soon
Videl?
Videl: Hmmm…maybe. We'll have to see. You never know exactly what is going to happen next. *sniff, sniff* Not in this chapter though. I am in NO mood to write a lemon. I just finished reading Kenneth Oppel's 'FireWing' and it did NOT end the way I wanted it to. *starts crying* Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!
Pu'ar: *sweatdrop* Um…ok? I never read any of the books in the Silverwing series but if you insist…Anyway, onwards with the chapter before Videl can no longer type…-_-;
Videl: WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHY!?!?! WHY SHADE!!!!!!!! SHADE IS SUCH A BAKAAA!!!!!!!! WAAAAAAAHHHH!!! *sniff* I'm ok…onwards *sniff*…
Announcer: Last Time…
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Come What May
Kagome was very anxious to see exactly what was going on. Was InuYasha badly hurt? Was she simply hearing things? Maybe the well didn't work at all and it was only her minds wishful thinking. Anyway, no matter what it may have been she surely was intent on finding out. Kagome stood up wit some difficulty and, finding her voice again, began to shout out of the well. "Kaede? Shippo? Sango? Miroku? InuYasha? Are you there?"
They all turned to stare at the nearly destroyed well and Shippo was the first to move besides lady Kaede who was tending to InuYasha wounds. Shippo stepped close to the rim of the well and looked into it, past the branches of the old oak tree. It was difficult to see through the darkness of the well but only a catching a glimpse of Kagome made his heart sing with great joy and happiness. "KAGOME!!" Shippo ran down the tree bark and leapt into Kagome's awaiting arms, both of them giggling non-stop. Kagome gave Shippo a big hug and kissed him gently on the forehead. "I missed you sooo much Shippo!!" Kagome said kindly, holding him tightly against her chest. "I missed you too Kagome." Shippo answered, his voice muffled against Kagome's breasts.
Kagome reluctantly put Shippo down and they proceeded to climb up the well together. Scaling the long vines, being cautious of the rough tree branches near them would normally take a long time. However, Kagome was in need of seeing InuYasha again. She needed to know that he was alright, that she had misheard. She needed to see that her dream was not real! But when she reached the rim of the well and climbed into the daylight of the Sengoku period…all of the above proved false. She had heard correctly. He was injured. He may not be alright according to the solemn faces of the others and her dream might very much be true.
"KAGOME!!" everyone shouted, happy to see her. She was of course happy to see them to…but that she didn't let on. How could she be happy? Her love lay on the ground, his mouth filled with dirt and blood caressing his features. Bleeding freely from open wound. This was so much of a distraction it took Kagome a while before she realized something that was different. Very different. InuYasha's once shining silver hair became a sea of jet black. His ears shrunken and moved to the sides of his head. His claws retracted and were the length of a normal human's fingernails. InuYasha was not Hanyou…he was just, human.
"InuYasha." Kagome whispered in fear, not even realizing everyone else around her. She dropped down to her knees and sat beside him, studying his features. He wore a look of great pain and heartache. He held a great bleeding wound near his right shoulder and Kagome had to put her hand over her mouth to stop her from screaming. She looked up at lady Kaede, her eyes evidently full of fear and whirlwind of images that she tried to forget day and night. InuYasha and Kiyou kissing. InuYasha being stabbed by Sesshoumaru. A great surge of blue electricity surging through Sesshoumaru's veins…InuYasha's youkai DNA. Ripped from every living cell in his body, leaving him a human…not truly whole. Kaede looked at Kagome and took a long intake of breath. She exhaled gently before speaking. "InuYasha was attacked by Sesshoumaru. He was apparently ripped of his youkai blood. I have never seen such a horror case like this. I don't know how much I can do for him before…" "Before what?" Before InuYasha dies." Kaede answered looking down at InuYasha with hope. "I can't make him a demon again. I cannot even make him Hanyou. However, I can try to heal his wound completely. He has lost a lot of blood and I'm not sure how long his body can last with such a loss of oxygen." Kagome stared down at InuYasha. She was scared. All of the trouble she has ever been in…all of the fights with Sesshoumaru paled in comparison to how scared she was now. "InuYasha…INUYASHA!!!" Kagome screamed. She didn't know why she screamed though. Maybe it made her feel better, to hear her voice yell out his name. It didn't truly help though.
Kagome lay her head on InuYasha's chest and listened to the fading beat of his heart. "You cant die. I wont let you. How could you do this to me InuYasha. You are a bastard. You lock me from your life, confusing me more then I already was. Now, to top it all off, when I finally figure out how to come back so I can tell you that I have deciphered my feelings you are gonna die on me!! I thought you were brave InuYasha…dying to escape your problems…to hide your feelings further…! Heheheh…I guess it couldn't possibly be all your fault though…" Kagome looked at InuYasha's closed eyes and she squinted as a stream of tears proceeded to stain her face. "And now, you're going to die before I ever had the chance to tell you that…" Kagome choked on her words straining to speak while her throat became raw and she could soon taste her own blood. "InuYasha, I know you have Kikyou and I'm nothing when compared to her but I can offer you something that the dead Miko cannot. I can offer my strong warmth. My everlasting friendship. My trust and my love. Because InuYasha you are the one and the only one I have ever truly loved…" Kagome choked on her tears and began to cough out a few droplets of blood.
~* She loves me? Oh Kagome, you have no idea how long I have waited to hear you say that. I have always and will always love you…until the day I die…*~
"Never knew I could feel like this…like I never seen the sky before…" Kagome choked on the dryness of her throat and took a deep breath allowing her nostrils to fill with the scent of her salty tears. "Want to vanish inside your kiss…everyday I love you more and more. Listen to my heart can you hear it sing? Telling me to give you everything. Seasons may change…winter to spring…"
"B-but I'll l-love you…until the e-end of t-t-time…" InuYasha's voice was barely a rasp in the wind…not even a whisper.
"InuYasha?" Kaede questioned. Kagome looked down at the young boy…no longer hanyou but not demon. Did he even know what happened? How would she tell him? Did he just say that he loved her?!?
"Come what may…C-come what ma-ay…I will love you until my dying days…" InuYasha coughed on the first words he has spoken since his encounter with Sesshoumaru. Slowly InuYasha began to open his eyes. The tension in the air was so thick that you wouldn't be able to cut through it even if you used the tetsusaiga! Finally, his obsidian eyes were completely open and fully focused on… "Kagome…I'm sorry I made you feel that I locked you out of my life…I wanted to keep you safe because I love you too much to stand seeing you harmed whether it is by Sesshoumaru, Jaken, Naraku, or anyone else."
~* Is this really happening? InuYasha actually…cares? ~*
