Okay, I just wanna thank ever'body for the reviews. Smashing, positively wonderful! I really didn't plan on taking this story very far. It was kind of hit or miss, but luckily I had a seed of an idea for this next chapter. I hope y'all enjoy it!
Forlorn Hearts...Get Bitter in Time
Inuyasha was figuratively banging his head against the proverbial wall. How could he have been so careless? Such a simple thing he absolutely should have never forgotten about the remedy. "Take a part of me to bring health to the reciever" The blood...
Bloody goddammit! Literally!
When his mother had performed the procedure and Inuyasha had ingested the fluid, he'd become and remained human for several days. What would the side-effects be on Kagome? Would she, heaven forbid, become part demon-hanyou? It was too soon to tell.
He was still cursing himself for six kinds of fools when Sango sat down beside him.
"Inuyasha?"
"What?" he was grumpy and only half listening.
"Quit being so hard on yourself."
"Keh! Who knows what I could have done to her? Careless. Some protector" he stated gloomily.
"Well why don't you tell me what it did to you?"
Inuyasha related what he remembered. He looked at Sango when she remained silent. "Well?" he asked testily. He looked at her, and saw her staring thoughtfully at him.
"I approve"
Inuyasha did a double take. "You huh?!"
"I approve. Nothing that this stuff does could be as horrifying as the purging would have been. I have seen its consequences first hand. Would you have rather put Kagome through that?" she asked pointedly.
"I guess not" He admitted grugingly. It made hime sick to think of the horrible practice being performed on his innocent, naive Kagome. Hell, she probably had a million simple remedies at home for...
Inuyasha groaned again. Stupid, what had he been thinking? Why hadn't he taken her home so that her mother could have done one of those future cures on her? The most truthful answer was he hadn't. Been thinking that is. He'd been out of his mind with terror and worry that not a single coherent reasonable thought had crossed his boggled brain.
It was so easy too. Jump into the well, come out, demand her mother perform some future witchcraft to make Kagome better, then everything would have been hunky-fucking-dorey!
But he hadn't been in a rational state of mind. He'd immediately thought of something familiar and that he knew. Where as the future was unfamiliar, and he didn't know from a hole in his head.
"Inuyasha?"
"What?" he snapped irritably.
"Thank you for taking care of Kagome" Sango patted his shoulder and walked away. Absurdly touched, Inuyasha turned back to his charge with a soft confused smile.
"Feh" he all but whispered. "Wake up soon, Kagome, or that stupid taijya will have my head"
Then the changes started.
(((( I could leave you with a wicked cliffy here, but I won't. Mostly because it's so short. But beware- cliff hangers are a specialty of mine_))))
Kagome woke up with an intense feeling of disorientation. She didn't know where she was, how she got there, or why she felt so darned weak.
The second thing she noticed was the disgusting, nearly barf-inducing bad taste in her mouth. She gagged and rolled over, sure she was going to hurl. To her surprise the nausea faded when she sat up leaving behind a dull thudding at her temple.
Oh yeah, the headache. The stupid migraine was what had made her pass out in the first place, the pain had suddenly grown too unbearable to take awake.
She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and opened them to see a cup of water nearly shoved into her nose. "Drink" an unmistakable voice ordered. Kagome glared at Inuyasha, but her thirst and need to be rid of the nasty taste outweighed her annoyance. She gulped so hard she coughed when it went down the wrong side. Gasping she set the bowl aside.
Her gaze locked on a sardonic brow, raised in question. "Feel better now?" he asked softly. Her eyes snapped to his. Concern, question, and shock vied for first place in his expression.
She wondered why his voice sounded unnaturally loud, but she was more interested in some other information. "Wha-" she stopped to clear her throat, which was rusty from disuse. "What happened?" she managed to croak.
"Well, we were having a very interesting conversation when you just collapsed" he shrugged.
Kagome's face heated with the mention of that 'very interesting conversation' Gods, what had she been thinking? She must have been suffering from temporary madness to have exposed her feelings so completely to the only one that had the power to hurt her with them, intentionally or otherwise. Either that or her illness had induced insanity along with misery.
She'd known, KNOWN, she wasn't well enough to continue searching for the shards right away. But unwilling to show any sort of weakness to her too often critical protector. So she'd come, and packed away a few decongestants and anti-flu medicine, though she'd suspected pneumonia and laryngitis. Shows what attempted bravery got one. A temporary leave of mind and lucidity.
She realized Inuyasha was lecturing her. Or more accurately ranting at her. "-know what the fuck you thought you were doing. You were barely alive. Do you know how upset I would have been if you DIED?" he practically yelled.
Kagome shifted in discomfort. Why the hell was everything so freaking loud? She was paying attention enough to say, "Why?" calmly and suspiciously.
"Because I need you, you baka!" he exploded.
"Need me. Why do you need me?" she asked suspiciously, narrowing her eyes. By George, if he said what he usually said when faced with such a question... Especially after her heartfelt confession... She'd sit him all the way to hell without a shred of remorse.
He paused and blinked at her. Leaning down into her face, he rapped smartly on the top of her head. "Is anyone home in there? Are you daft from being sick, wench?" He sighed disgustedly and looked like he was striving for patience. His voice rose with every word. "If you don't know I'm not tellin' ya!" he shouted, unduly angry. He realized the mistake he made when her hands rose to her temples.
Inuyasha panicked. Oh shit, he was in for it now. Excitement over his tirade had made him forget about the very obvious changes he hadn't allowed anyone else to see yet. All he had to do was wait for the other shoe to drop. And it promised to be a loud drop. He turned red and waited for what was sure to come.
Kagome clapped her hands over her ears to drown out the louder than she could handle noise. Only.....
There was nothing there to clap over. Her ears were gone. No, that wasn't right, she could hear perfectly. Too perfectly. Blinking owlishly at the suddenly mute and flushed hanyou, she slid her hands up until they met two furry protrusions on the top sides of her scalp.
Ears. She had ears like Inuyasha's.
It was too much. She couldn't help it. She released a blood curdling scream that had birds flying and four absent people running to her aid.
All of them stopped.
All of them stared.
After a long time the smallest one said, "Well, hell now there're two Inuyashas"
It was the first and only time both Inuyasha AND Kagome had ever felt like strangling a fox at the very same time.
Okay, I hoped you like that. But now I need some ideas and inspiration. If you have any idea where I can take this, e-mail me or leave suggestions in the reviews. Bai-bai for now! ^_^
Forlorn Hearts...Get Bitter in Time
Inuyasha was figuratively banging his head against the proverbial wall. How could he have been so careless? Such a simple thing he absolutely should have never forgotten about the remedy. "Take a part of me to bring health to the reciever" The blood...
Bloody goddammit! Literally!
When his mother had performed the procedure and Inuyasha had ingested the fluid, he'd become and remained human for several days. What would the side-effects be on Kagome? Would she, heaven forbid, become part demon-hanyou? It was too soon to tell.
He was still cursing himself for six kinds of fools when Sango sat down beside him.
"Inuyasha?"
"What?" he was grumpy and only half listening.
"Quit being so hard on yourself."
"Keh! Who knows what I could have done to her? Careless. Some protector" he stated gloomily.
"Well why don't you tell me what it did to you?"
Inuyasha related what he remembered. He looked at Sango when she remained silent. "Well?" he asked testily. He looked at her, and saw her staring thoughtfully at him.
"I approve"
Inuyasha did a double take. "You huh?!"
"I approve. Nothing that this stuff does could be as horrifying as the purging would have been. I have seen its consequences first hand. Would you have rather put Kagome through that?" she asked pointedly.
"I guess not" He admitted grugingly. It made hime sick to think of the horrible practice being performed on his innocent, naive Kagome. Hell, she probably had a million simple remedies at home for...
Inuyasha groaned again. Stupid, what had he been thinking? Why hadn't he taken her home so that her mother could have done one of those future cures on her? The most truthful answer was he hadn't. Been thinking that is. He'd been out of his mind with terror and worry that not a single coherent reasonable thought had crossed his boggled brain.
It was so easy too. Jump into the well, come out, demand her mother perform some future witchcraft to make Kagome better, then everything would have been hunky-fucking-dorey!
But he hadn't been in a rational state of mind. He'd immediately thought of something familiar and that he knew. Where as the future was unfamiliar, and he didn't know from a hole in his head.
"Inuyasha?"
"What?" he snapped irritably.
"Thank you for taking care of Kagome" Sango patted his shoulder and walked away. Absurdly touched, Inuyasha turned back to his charge with a soft confused smile.
"Feh" he all but whispered. "Wake up soon, Kagome, or that stupid taijya will have my head"
Then the changes started.
(((( I could leave you with a wicked cliffy here, but I won't. Mostly because it's so short. But beware- cliff hangers are a specialty of mine_))))
Kagome woke up with an intense feeling of disorientation. She didn't know where she was, how she got there, or why she felt so darned weak.
The second thing she noticed was the disgusting, nearly barf-inducing bad taste in her mouth. She gagged and rolled over, sure she was going to hurl. To her surprise the nausea faded when she sat up leaving behind a dull thudding at her temple.
Oh yeah, the headache. The stupid migraine was what had made her pass out in the first place, the pain had suddenly grown too unbearable to take awake.
She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and opened them to see a cup of water nearly shoved into her nose. "Drink" an unmistakable voice ordered. Kagome glared at Inuyasha, but her thirst and need to be rid of the nasty taste outweighed her annoyance. She gulped so hard she coughed when it went down the wrong side. Gasping she set the bowl aside.
Her gaze locked on a sardonic brow, raised in question. "Feel better now?" he asked softly. Her eyes snapped to his. Concern, question, and shock vied for first place in his expression.
She wondered why his voice sounded unnaturally loud, but she was more interested in some other information. "Wha-" she stopped to clear her throat, which was rusty from disuse. "What happened?" she managed to croak.
"Well, we were having a very interesting conversation when you just collapsed" he shrugged.
Kagome's face heated with the mention of that 'very interesting conversation' Gods, what had she been thinking? She must have been suffering from temporary madness to have exposed her feelings so completely to the only one that had the power to hurt her with them, intentionally or otherwise. Either that or her illness had induced insanity along with misery.
She'd known, KNOWN, she wasn't well enough to continue searching for the shards right away. But unwilling to show any sort of weakness to her too often critical protector. So she'd come, and packed away a few decongestants and anti-flu medicine, though she'd suspected pneumonia and laryngitis. Shows what attempted bravery got one. A temporary leave of mind and lucidity.
She realized Inuyasha was lecturing her. Or more accurately ranting at her. "-know what the fuck you thought you were doing. You were barely alive. Do you know how upset I would have been if you DIED?" he practically yelled.
Kagome shifted in discomfort. Why the hell was everything so freaking loud? She was paying attention enough to say, "Why?" calmly and suspiciously.
"Because I need you, you baka!" he exploded.
"Need me. Why do you need me?" she asked suspiciously, narrowing her eyes. By George, if he said what he usually said when faced with such a question... Especially after her heartfelt confession... She'd sit him all the way to hell without a shred of remorse.
He paused and blinked at her. Leaning down into her face, he rapped smartly on the top of her head. "Is anyone home in there? Are you daft from being sick, wench?" He sighed disgustedly and looked like he was striving for patience. His voice rose with every word. "If you don't know I'm not tellin' ya!" he shouted, unduly angry. He realized the mistake he made when her hands rose to her temples.
Inuyasha panicked. Oh shit, he was in for it now. Excitement over his tirade had made him forget about the very obvious changes he hadn't allowed anyone else to see yet. All he had to do was wait for the other shoe to drop. And it promised to be a loud drop. He turned red and waited for what was sure to come.
Kagome clapped her hands over her ears to drown out the louder than she could handle noise. Only.....
There was nothing there to clap over. Her ears were gone. No, that wasn't right, she could hear perfectly. Too perfectly. Blinking owlishly at the suddenly mute and flushed hanyou, she slid her hands up until they met two furry protrusions on the top sides of her scalp.
Ears. She had ears like Inuyasha's.
It was too much. She couldn't help it. She released a blood curdling scream that had birds flying and four absent people running to her aid.
All of them stopped.
All of them stared.
After a long time the smallest one said, "Well, hell now there're two Inuyashas"
It was the first and only time both Inuyasha AND Kagome had ever felt like strangling a fox at the very same time.
Okay, I hoped you like that. But now I need some ideas and inspiration. If you have any idea where I can take this, e-mail me or leave suggestions in the reviews. Bai-bai for now! ^_^