A/N: hey, dragon fire here, with a new chapter! Just when you finish reading it, don't hurt me!!! This is a Kagome/Inuyasha fic, alright? I promise.
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CHAPTER 11: Back to Kikyo
"Inuyasha? Hey Inuyasha, wake up! I've been looking everywhere for you!" A little, almost nagging, voice broke through a certain hanyou's dreamy (more like nightmares) sleep.
"WHAT? Kagome, why???" Inuyasha shot up, as he had before because of his last dream, causing Shippo to go flying back onto his rump.
"Inuyasha, what's the matter with you??" Inuyasha turned to the voice.
"Shippo," he said in utter confusion, "what are you doing here? I thought…" Inuyasha wasn't sure what he was thinking, but he waved it away with a shake of his head and decided to change the subject.
"Looking for you, of course! Kagome's just about to leave, and she wanted to say goodbye to you before she left, silly!" Shippo leaped to his feet again and started tugging at Inuyasha's sleeve to get him up. "Come on or we're going to miss her!"
~~~FLASHBACK~~~
"NO KAGOME!!! Stay up there!! Don't come after me!! I love you too much for you to die or get hurt for me!!"
Kagome jumped…but not towards him, but his older brother instead.
"Kagome," Inuyasha breathed as hurt and sorrow filled his features. Watching as Kagome reached Sesshomaru and enveloped him in a hug.
"I love you," she mouthed to Sesshomaru. Inuyasha continued to fall until everything went black.
~~~END FLASHBACK~~~
"Tell her I'll see her at school, maybe," he added 'maybe' as an afterthought.
"But she's about to go with Sesshomaru! You can't let her go with him! What if-"
"What if what, Shippo?" Inuyasha's eyes narrowed onto the little fox youkai. He slowly climbed to his feet and snorted. "I've got to go somewhere, but don't follow me. Tell Kagome I had somewhere to go."
"Where?" inquired Shippo loudly.
"None of your business!" Inuyasha shouted, leaping to the top of a nearby tree.
"Hey Inuyasha?" Shippo quietly asked as a deep-in-thought expression replaced his curious one. Inuyasha stared down at him, his eyebrow quirked.
"Yeah?" Inuyasha said carefully, not quite sure where this was leading.
"Am I staying with you or Kagome? She offered to take me, but…" Inuyasha scowled. He didn't want this annoying little pest buzzing around him all the time…especially since Shippo reminded him of Kagome. He wanted nothing more to do with her anymore. He didn't want to be hurt by her…
'Kikyo'
"Do what you want, I don't care…in fact, it might be best if you go with her. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got some catching up to do with my girlfriend…" Inuyasha slid down the tree, and then ran along the creek until he was out of sight.
"Inuyasha has a girlfriend? But what about Kagome?" Shippo asked himself. He thought Kagome and Inuyasha were supposed to be together. Inuyasha had went after Kagome to save her life when Tokuno threw her over the water fall's edge, and the way he was holding her in the car…it was as if he would die to save her…to be with her…
Shippo walked the opposite way of Inuyasha for a couple minutes until he came to where the hanyou's family lived. Kagome was walking out of the front door with Sesshomaru close behind her.
"Hey Kagome! Inuyasha said he was going to see his girlfriend!" Shippo screamed across the street. What he didn't know was that Kagome's heart was caught in her throat when he said that.
Kagome was holding her breath without realizing it. Sesshomaru had to give her a little push in the back to get her to continue walking.
"And he told me to tell you that he'll see you at school!" Shippo raced across the street as Sesshomaru opened the passenger's side door of the car for Kagome. "Kagome!! I want to come with you and stay with you…Inuyasha said it would probably be better if I did…" Shippo finished solemnly, with a sigh. "I don't think Inuyasha wants me around."
"Oh Shippo, I'm sure that's not it," Kagome said soothingly, hugging the child.
"He just doesn't want a little kid around when he's with Kikyo," – Kagome winced--"That bitch doesn't like children and wouldn't take too well to a demon. She doesn't know about Inuyasha being half of one," explain Sesshomaru. Kagome stepped gracefully into the car and he closed the door after making sure that she was in okay.
"So you're coming with us, Shippo?" Kagome asked, with Sesshomaru's eyes narrowing behind her. Shippo noticed this.
"Um…well I…I…"
"How about I come pick you up after Kagome and I get back," Sesshomaru stated (coldly) rather than suggested, sending a shiver down Shippo's back. "I'm taking Kagome, you, and my dear brother Inuyasha to an amusement park tomorrow at 8 o'clock sharp. Now run along. There's a TV with satellite inside in the living room. Disney Channel and Cartoon Network are in the 200's somewhere…if you get hungry, there's candy in the pantry." Shippo brightened considerably at the mention of his favorite food…CANDY!!! He hopped out of the car and skipped inside the house at an astonishing speed. Kagome sweatdropped after him.
"Alright, so where should we go for lunch? Any place in mind?" Sesshomaru asked politely, with a gentle tone in his voice once again. Kagome shrugged.
"I don't really know…" Kagome was still unsure about Sesshomaru. She didn't know why he asked to go alone with her to lunch. He said that he wanted to get to know her better, but did that mean this was a date? Kagome wasn't sure, but didn't think she should bring it up at that time.
"Alright, I'll pick…to your house first, right? Where is it?" Kagome nodded and placed her hands in between her legs nervously, staring down at her feet.
"To the shrine…please," She shifted every once in awhile, and looked out the window as the trees and lights passed by.
"We're here, Kagome."
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"Hi mom…I'm home…" Just then, in a quick blur, two arms with a pair of legs latched it's self onto Kagome's waist.
"Kagome!!" cried Souta, her little brother, as he squeezed the breath out of her. He had newly shed tears on his face. Kagome was too shocked to hug back at first.
"Oh Souta," Kagome whispered soothingly, patting him gently on the head with one hand and rubbing his back with the other. "I'm alright. Inuyasha saved me…" Souta just continued to cry.
"Kagome…" Kagome looked up from her brother to see her mother standing in the doorway to kitchen. "Kagome…oh my goodness…I'm so sorry!!" She sand to her knees and clutched the rim of the door for support.
"Mom?" Kagome felt tears in her eyes now. Souta let go and stepped aside, eyes locked to the floor.
"If only I hadn't made you go…" Kagome slowly went towards her mother, collapsing to the floor beside her and embracing her tightly. "Kagome, please forgive me."
"Mom, I'm alright, Inuyasha, a boy at school, saved me…" Her mother let go of her as they stood up.
"Is that him? Is that Inuyasha?" Souta asked quietly, eyeing Sesshomaru with a quick eye because he felt a little intimidated from how tall he was.
"OH THANK YOU!!! How could I ever repay you, dear boy?? You saved my little girl's life!!" If Kagome felt a little awkward and embarrassed, it was nothing compared to what Sesshomaru was feeling. His face reddened a little when Kagome's mother threw her hands around him.
"Um…mom? That's Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's older brother." She instantly let go and bowed deeply in apology. "Is it alright if I go out to lunch with him today? I'm feeling alright, honestly." She looked down at her and smiled.
"Are you sure you're alright, Kagome? I mean you just got out of the hospital today. Inutashio, I think his name was, had called me and told me everything he knew. He told me that you lost a lot of blood…" Kagome's mother choked back her tears and continued. "And that you…oh Kagome…"
"She's fine now…Is it alright that I take her to lunch?" Sesshomaru said calmly. Kagome's mother looked back at the digital clock on the stove.
"It's more like dinner time now. If you still really want to go, just promise to be back by 8? That gives you two hours. Is that enough?" Sesshomaru nodded. Just as the two were about to walk out the door, Souta pulled Kagome aside.
"Hey Kagome, who's this Inuyasha? Where does he live?" Kagome looked slightly taken aback.
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because I want to thank him…I don't know what I would have done if you…died," he said softly, looking a little embarrassed.
"Oh Souta, don't worry about it, alright?" Kagome said, turning around to leaving. Sesshomaru opened the door for her and walked her out to the car once again. Souta leaned against the edge of the door and watched his sister. His mother went back to the kitchen.
"I want to know because…he's my hero, Kagome…that's why…" and he shut the door as they drove off.
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Inuyasha climbed the steps until he reached a bright red painted door. He raised his hand, balled into a fist, but paused. He looked down at where the scar of the fall was embedded in his side. It was healing rapidly, but the scar was still there…
"Kagome…" Inuyasha held his breath, only because the name of that woman made him.
'What am I doing here? This isn't where I should be…I should be with HER…with Kagome.'
Then he remembered Kagome accepting his brother's invitation to lunch. He stared up at the semi-dark sky.
"INUYASHA!!!" a small form flew into his arms. He peered down to see Kikyo crying. "Inuyasha,"—she gripped his sleeves—"I was so worried about you! I called your house earlier, but your father said you were out, and that he didn't know where…and that was three hours ago! I thought that you might have lost so much blood that you…that…" Kikyo continued to sob. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her and welcomed her there.
"Kikyo, it's alright, I'm okay now. And I'm here…where I belong…with you…" Inuyasha whispered soothingly into her ear, rocking her back and forth. Just then, the picture of catching Kagome in his arms as they fell was erased from his conscious memory…and he felt at peace, with the woman he 'loved'…
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A/N: hey guys, READ THIS!!!!! *cough* okay, now I'll answer all ur questions. This is a KAGOME/INUYASHA fic, I repeat! Kagome/ Inuyasha!!! Anyways, to answer ur question, sakura chan 5000, I honestly don't know anymore. I was going to end it as soon as they got back from the forest, but then…I don't know. I guess I like writing this so much, and putting Kagome and Inuyasha through a lot of pain, that I just couldn't help myself to adding more. Do you think I should end it soon, like next chapter soon? AND REVIEW!!!!
Anyways, a friend of mine has this REALLY cool site!! It's at:
www . geocities . com / angelstar2187 /
Well, if you like Sailor Moon and Yu-Gi-Oh! then you should read her crossover!! Here's the direct site ady to it:
www . geocities . com / angelstar2187 / My_stories . html
(I'm SSSOOO sorry the site's address is spread out like that, but I couldn't get it to show on ff.net unless I did that. Gomen!!)
Please read her story if you get a chance! It's really good!!!!
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CHAPTER 11: Back to Kikyo
"Inuyasha? Hey Inuyasha, wake up! I've been looking everywhere for you!" A little, almost nagging, voice broke through a certain hanyou's dreamy (more like nightmares) sleep.
"WHAT? Kagome, why???" Inuyasha shot up, as he had before because of his last dream, causing Shippo to go flying back onto his rump.
"Inuyasha, what's the matter with you??" Inuyasha turned to the voice.
"Shippo," he said in utter confusion, "what are you doing here? I thought…" Inuyasha wasn't sure what he was thinking, but he waved it away with a shake of his head and decided to change the subject.
"Looking for you, of course! Kagome's just about to leave, and she wanted to say goodbye to you before she left, silly!" Shippo leaped to his feet again and started tugging at Inuyasha's sleeve to get him up. "Come on or we're going to miss her!"
~~~FLASHBACK~~~
"NO KAGOME!!! Stay up there!! Don't come after me!! I love you too much for you to die or get hurt for me!!"
Kagome jumped…but not towards him, but his older brother instead.
"Kagome," Inuyasha breathed as hurt and sorrow filled his features. Watching as Kagome reached Sesshomaru and enveloped him in a hug.
"I love you," she mouthed to Sesshomaru. Inuyasha continued to fall until everything went black.
~~~END FLASHBACK~~~
"Tell her I'll see her at school, maybe," he added 'maybe' as an afterthought.
"But she's about to go with Sesshomaru! You can't let her go with him! What if-"
"What if what, Shippo?" Inuyasha's eyes narrowed onto the little fox youkai. He slowly climbed to his feet and snorted. "I've got to go somewhere, but don't follow me. Tell Kagome I had somewhere to go."
"Where?" inquired Shippo loudly.
"None of your business!" Inuyasha shouted, leaping to the top of a nearby tree.
"Hey Inuyasha?" Shippo quietly asked as a deep-in-thought expression replaced his curious one. Inuyasha stared down at him, his eyebrow quirked.
"Yeah?" Inuyasha said carefully, not quite sure where this was leading.
"Am I staying with you or Kagome? She offered to take me, but…" Inuyasha scowled. He didn't want this annoying little pest buzzing around him all the time…especially since Shippo reminded him of Kagome. He wanted nothing more to do with her anymore. He didn't want to be hurt by her…
'Kikyo'
"Do what you want, I don't care…in fact, it might be best if you go with her. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got some catching up to do with my girlfriend…" Inuyasha slid down the tree, and then ran along the creek until he was out of sight.
"Inuyasha has a girlfriend? But what about Kagome?" Shippo asked himself. He thought Kagome and Inuyasha were supposed to be together. Inuyasha had went after Kagome to save her life when Tokuno threw her over the water fall's edge, and the way he was holding her in the car…it was as if he would die to save her…to be with her…
Shippo walked the opposite way of Inuyasha for a couple minutes until he came to where the hanyou's family lived. Kagome was walking out of the front door with Sesshomaru close behind her.
"Hey Kagome! Inuyasha said he was going to see his girlfriend!" Shippo screamed across the street. What he didn't know was that Kagome's heart was caught in her throat when he said that.
Kagome was holding her breath without realizing it. Sesshomaru had to give her a little push in the back to get her to continue walking.
"And he told me to tell you that he'll see you at school!" Shippo raced across the street as Sesshomaru opened the passenger's side door of the car for Kagome. "Kagome!! I want to come with you and stay with you…Inuyasha said it would probably be better if I did…" Shippo finished solemnly, with a sigh. "I don't think Inuyasha wants me around."
"Oh Shippo, I'm sure that's not it," Kagome said soothingly, hugging the child.
"He just doesn't want a little kid around when he's with Kikyo," – Kagome winced--"That bitch doesn't like children and wouldn't take too well to a demon. She doesn't know about Inuyasha being half of one," explain Sesshomaru. Kagome stepped gracefully into the car and he closed the door after making sure that she was in okay.
"So you're coming with us, Shippo?" Kagome asked, with Sesshomaru's eyes narrowing behind her. Shippo noticed this.
"Um…well I…I…"
"How about I come pick you up after Kagome and I get back," Sesshomaru stated (coldly) rather than suggested, sending a shiver down Shippo's back. "I'm taking Kagome, you, and my dear brother Inuyasha to an amusement park tomorrow at 8 o'clock sharp. Now run along. There's a TV with satellite inside in the living room. Disney Channel and Cartoon Network are in the 200's somewhere…if you get hungry, there's candy in the pantry." Shippo brightened considerably at the mention of his favorite food…CANDY!!! He hopped out of the car and skipped inside the house at an astonishing speed. Kagome sweatdropped after him.
"Alright, so where should we go for lunch? Any place in mind?" Sesshomaru asked politely, with a gentle tone in his voice once again. Kagome shrugged.
"I don't really know…" Kagome was still unsure about Sesshomaru. She didn't know why he asked to go alone with her to lunch. He said that he wanted to get to know her better, but did that mean this was a date? Kagome wasn't sure, but didn't think she should bring it up at that time.
"Alright, I'll pick…to your house first, right? Where is it?" Kagome nodded and placed her hands in between her legs nervously, staring down at her feet.
"To the shrine…please," She shifted every once in awhile, and looked out the window as the trees and lights passed by.
"We're here, Kagome."
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"Hi mom…I'm home…" Just then, in a quick blur, two arms with a pair of legs latched it's self onto Kagome's waist.
"Kagome!!" cried Souta, her little brother, as he squeezed the breath out of her. He had newly shed tears on his face. Kagome was too shocked to hug back at first.
"Oh Souta," Kagome whispered soothingly, patting him gently on the head with one hand and rubbing his back with the other. "I'm alright. Inuyasha saved me…" Souta just continued to cry.
"Kagome…" Kagome looked up from her brother to see her mother standing in the doorway to kitchen. "Kagome…oh my goodness…I'm so sorry!!" She sand to her knees and clutched the rim of the door for support.
"Mom?" Kagome felt tears in her eyes now. Souta let go and stepped aside, eyes locked to the floor.
"If only I hadn't made you go…" Kagome slowly went towards her mother, collapsing to the floor beside her and embracing her tightly. "Kagome, please forgive me."
"Mom, I'm alright, Inuyasha, a boy at school, saved me…" Her mother let go of her as they stood up.
"Is that him? Is that Inuyasha?" Souta asked quietly, eyeing Sesshomaru with a quick eye because he felt a little intimidated from how tall he was.
"OH THANK YOU!!! How could I ever repay you, dear boy?? You saved my little girl's life!!" If Kagome felt a little awkward and embarrassed, it was nothing compared to what Sesshomaru was feeling. His face reddened a little when Kagome's mother threw her hands around him.
"Um…mom? That's Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's older brother." She instantly let go and bowed deeply in apology. "Is it alright if I go out to lunch with him today? I'm feeling alright, honestly." She looked down at her and smiled.
"Are you sure you're alright, Kagome? I mean you just got out of the hospital today. Inutashio, I think his name was, had called me and told me everything he knew. He told me that you lost a lot of blood…" Kagome's mother choked back her tears and continued. "And that you…oh Kagome…"
"She's fine now…Is it alright that I take her to lunch?" Sesshomaru said calmly. Kagome's mother looked back at the digital clock on the stove.
"It's more like dinner time now. If you still really want to go, just promise to be back by 8? That gives you two hours. Is that enough?" Sesshomaru nodded. Just as the two were about to walk out the door, Souta pulled Kagome aside.
"Hey Kagome, who's this Inuyasha? Where does he live?" Kagome looked slightly taken aback.
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because I want to thank him…I don't know what I would have done if you…died," he said softly, looking a little embarrassed.
"Oh Souta, don't worry about it, alright?" Kagome said, turning around to leaving. Sesshomaru opened the door for her and walked her out to the car once again. Souta leaned against the edge of the door and watched his sister. His mother went back to the kitchen.
"I want to know because…he's my hero, Kagome…that's why…" and he shut the door as they drove off.
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Inuyasha climbed the steps until he reached a bright red painted door. He raised his hand, balled into a fist, but paused. He looked down at where the scar of the fall was embedded in his side. It was healing rapidly, but the scar was still there…
"Kagome…" Inuyasha held his breath, only because the name of that woman made him.
'What am I doing here? This isn't where I should be…I should be with HER…with Kagome.'
Then he remembered Kagome accepting his brother's invitation to lunch. He stared up at the semi-dark sky.
"INUYASHA!!!" a small form flew into his arms. He peered down to see Kikyo crying. "Inuyasha,"—she gripped his sleeves—"I was so worried about you! I called your house earlier, but your father said you were out, and that he didn't know where…and that was three hours ago! I thought that you might have lost so much blood that you…that…" Kikyo continued to sob. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her and welcomed her there.
"Kikyo, it's alright, I'm okay now. And I'm here…where I belong…with you…" Inuyasha whispered soothingly into her ear, rocking her back and forth. Just then, the picture of catching Kagome in his arms as they fell was erased from his conscious memory…and he felt at peace, with the woman he 'loved'…
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A/N: hey guys, READ THIS!!!!! *cough* okay, now I'll answer all ur questions. This is a KAGOME/INUYASHA fic, I repeat! Kagome/ Inuyasha!!! Anyways, to answer ur question, sakura chan 5000, I honestly don't know anymore. I was going to end it as soon as they got back from the forest, but then…I don't know. I guess I like writing this so much, and putting Kagome and Inuyasha through a lot of pain, that I just couldn't help myself to adding more. Do you think I should end it soon, like next chapter soon? AND REVIEW!!!!
Anyways, a friend of mine has this REALLY cool site!! It's at:
www . geocities . com / angelstar2187 /
Well, if you like Sailor Moon and Yu-Gi-Oh! then you should read her crossover!! Here's the direct site ady to it:
www . geocities . com / angelstar2187 / My_stories . html
(I'm SSSOOO sorry the site's address is spread out like that, but I couldn't get it to show on ff.net unless I did that. Gomen!!)
Please read her story if you get a chance! It's really good!!!!
