Chapter 2
The group sat sullenly outside the hut as they awaited Kaede with the verdict. After almost an hour, the old woman emerged from the hut and took a seat within the circle. Sadness written on her face.
"Well.... tell us already, how is she, will she be ok? Any idea what happened?" Inuyasha rattled on, not caring if his concern made him look weak.
"Inuyasha? You said you found her at the bottom of the well with nothing, correct?"
"Ya, so?"
"It's my theory that something happened in the time stream. We know that Kagome can't get here without even a piece of the jewel and since the jewel isn't here it must be lost i time or on her side. So if she's here something traumatic happened on the road between times. Something so traumatic that it threw her back here and shocked her system." Kaede down cast her gaze to the ground.
"What do you mean shocked her system" questioned Sango.
"What ever happened was so traumatizing to her body that....I'm afraid.....she won't live through the night. I'm sorry, there isn't anything I can do. I've never dealt with this kind of power, so I don't know how to help her. She's so weak and frail, it's almost scary." Kaede cast a glance at everyone around her. Everyone was saddened, except Inuyasha, who was just, lost. She watched as his eyes darted around as if looking for an answer. He then stood and started to walk toward the hut but stopped in front of the door.
"I'm gonna go sit with her, I want all of you to think of someway to help her, and we don't have a lot of time." Inuyasha asked them with a soft almost pleading voice then entered the hut. His eyes locked onto her pale form and he felt sick at seeing her so weak and fragile. 'The same girl that took on my half brother, a full youkai, fought off waves of youkai in order to save me or another of our group. She even stood up to her former self and told her off. This is the same girl, it seems impossible.' Inuyasha took a seat next to her and took her right hand in his and held it as he stared into her white face. 'I'm going to lose her all over again, this time for good.' He brushed her bangs out of her face as he readied himself to speak. "I know I've been a jerk these last couple years, but I was afraid to let you to close, afraid one or both of us would be hurt, well not this time. I have to tell you......I really do-"
"My Lord, my Lord.....they just told me about Lady Kagome. Is it true." The diminutive flea youkai asked as he landed on Inuyasha's knee. He saw his young master give a reluctant nod and he became saddened. "Have you thought about the 'Youkai Jinmai Koutai?"
"The what?" Inuyasha gave the flea a very confused look.
"It's just a legend, but you never know!"
"Tell me." He looked at eh flea anxiously.
"Well, centuries ago a full youkai fell in love with a human and visa versa. She was fatally wounded protecting him. A she neared death the youkai kissed her, he had accidentally punctured his lip with his fang and the human swallowed some of the blood. She survived but....."
"But what, tell me."
"There wee consequences. She too became a youkai, she was also marked as his mate, and they were bonded for life." Myoga crossed his arms as he thought about the story. "But it's only a legend."
"So there might be a chance, I've got to do something." Inuyasha yelled at the flea.
"But there's one problem my Lord. You two have to genuinely love each other or it won't work and are you aware that she'll become a hanyou like you." Squeaked the flea as his young master picked him up.
Inuyasha ran from the hut to the thinking circle outside. He handed Myoga over to Miroku before asking the question that will change all their lives. He stared at them for a moment then spoke. "Guys? Does Kagome love me?"
They all blinked at him in surprise before giving him their answers.
"Yes!"
"Of course!"
"Baka, of course she does!"
"Thanks!" That was all he needed to hear before he ran back to Kagome's side. Once by her side again, Inuyasha leaned over her. Hearing her heart was slowing down, he bit his lip hard, drawing blood and after hesitating for a second, pressed his lips down onto hers. 'Please live, I love you too much.' He made sure she received enough of his blood. He could taste his own blood in her mouth and with drew after a few minutes.
"Inuyasha.....wait....you can't" Miroku burst into the hut, shouting. He saw Inuyasha was hovering over Kagome, his face an inch from hers. Both their lips were stained with blood. "Inuyasha....what have you done? You know what she'll become?"
Inuyasha stared down at Kagome's sleeping face, relieved that her heartbeat hadn't slowed anymore. "Yes Miroku, I know but I couldn't let her die. You guy's obviously hadn't come up with a solution, so I took the only opportunity I had....I'm going to keep an eye on her, why don't you go tell everyone that.....that's she stable."
"Alright, but Inuyasha, she might not like what she's become when she wakes, be prepared for her wrath." Miroku turned and headed for the door, but he added one more thing before leaving. "At least she can't 'sit' you now."
Inuyasha sat back and gave the monk a weak smile as he left. Inuyasha then returned his gaze to the girl that was no marked as his. 'That's right, Kagome will have my scent, now that wimpy wolf can shut up about her being his woman. Kagome is mine, and she has been since she unsealed me.....is that when I started to love her.....Nah...it couldn't of been that quick....could it?' Inuyasha watched as she shifted in her sleep causing the blanket to slip and reveal her breast. After blushing a deep crimson he proceeded to tuck the blanket up under her chin and around her shoulders, securing it so it wouldn't reveal anything again, especially to that perverted monk. His eyes softened as he noticed how pale she was. "Gods Kagome, what happened to you? You've taken on youkai over and over again, you've even defeated Naraku, so what could of happened to you in this state. If you live through this, I promise I'll be nicer to you, I'll even try to show you some affection. I just want to see you smile again. Please live!" Inuyasha watched her like a hawk throughout the night, never letting himself be distracted from listening to her heartbeat. Listening for signs that his blood wasn't being taken by her. All he could do was listen.
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The group sat sullenly outside the hut as they awaited Kaede with the verdict. After almost an hour, the old woman emerged from the hut and took a seat within the circle. Sadness written on her face.
"Well.... tell us already, how is she, will she be ok? Any idea what happened?" Inuyasha rattled on, not caring if his concern made him look weak.
"Inuyasha? You said you found her at the bottom of the well with nothing, correct?"
"Ya, so?"
"It's my theory that something happened in the time stream. We know that Kagome can't get here without even a piece of the jewel and since the jewel isn't here it must be lost i time or on her side. So if she's here something traumatic happened on the road between times. Something so traumatic that it threw her back here and shocked her system." Kaede down cast her gaze to the ground.
"What do you mean shocked her system" questioned Sango.
"What ever happened was so traumatizing to her body that....I'm afraid.....she won't live through the night. I'm sorry, there isn't anything I can do. I've never dealt with this kind of power, so I don't know how to help her. She's so weak and frail, it's almost scary." Kaede cast a glance at everyone around her. Everyone was saddened, except Inuyasha, who was just, lost. She watched as his eyes darted around as if looking for an answer. He then stood and started to walk toward the hut but stopped in front of the door.
"I'm gonna go sit with her, I want all of you to think of someway to help her, and we don't have a lot of time." Inuyasha asked them with a soft almost pleading voice then entered the hut. His eyes locked onto her pale form and he felt sick at seeing her so weak and fragile. 'The same girl that took on my half brother, a full youkai, fought off waves of youkai in order to save me or another of our group. She even stood up to her former self and told her off. This is the same girl, it seems impossible.' Inuyasha took a seat next to her and took her right hand in his and held it as he stared into her white face. 'I'm going to lose her all over again, this time for good.' He brushed her bangs out of her face as he readied himself to speak. "I know I've been a jerk these last couple years, but I was afraid to let you to close, afraid one or both of us would be hurt, well not this time. I have to tell you......I really do-"
"My Lord, my Lord.....they just told me about Lady Kagome. Is it true." The diminutive flea youkai asked as he landed on Inuyasha's knee. He saw his young master give a reluctant nod and he became saddened. "Have you thought about the 'Youkai Jinmai Koutai?"
"The what?" Inuyasha gave the flea a very confused look.
"It's just a legend, but you never know!"
"Tell me." He looked at eh flea anxiously.
"Well, centuries ago a full youkai fell in love with a human and visa versa. She was fatally wounded protecting him. A she neared death the youkai kissed her, he had accidentally punctured his lip with his fang and the human swallowed some of the blood. She survived but....."
"But what, tell me."
"There wee consequences. She too became a youkai, she was also marked as his mate, and they were bonded for life." Myoga crossed his arms as he thought about the story. "But it's only a legend."
"So there might be a chance, I've got to do something." Inuyasha yelled at the flea.
"But there's one problem my Lord. You two have to genuinely love each other or it won't work and are you aware that she'll become a hanyou like you." Squeaked the flea as his young master picked him up.
Inuyasha ran from the hut to the thinking circle outside. He handed Myoga over to Miroku before asking the question that will change all their lives. He stared at them for a moment then spoke. "Guys? Does Kagome love me?"
They all blinked at him in surprise before giving him their answers.
"Yes!"
"Of course!"
"Baka, of course she does!"
"Thanks!" That was all he needed to hear before he ran back to Kagome's side. Once by her side again, Inuyasha leaned over her. Hearing her heart was slowing down, he bit his lip hard, drawing blood and after hesitating for a second, pressed his lips down onto hers. 'Please live, I love you too much.' He made sure she received enough of his blood. He could taste his own blood in her mouth and with drew after a few minutes.
"Inuyasha.....wait....you can't" Miroku burst into the hut, shouting. He saw Inuyasha was hovering over Kagome, his face an inch from hers. Both their lips were stained with blood. "Inuyasha....what have you done? You know what she'll become?"
Inuyasha stared down at Kagome's sleeping face, relieved that her heartbeat hadn't slowed anymore. "Yes Miroku, I know but I couldn't let her die. You guy's obviously hadn't come up with a solution, so I took the only opportunity I had....I'm going to keep an eye on her, why don't you go tell everyone that.....that's she stable."
"Alright, but Inuyasha, she might not like what she's become when she wakes, be prepared for her wrath." Miroku turned and headed for the door, but he added one more thing before leaving. "At least she can't 'sit' you now."
Inuyasha sat back and gave the monk a weak smile as he left. Inuyasha then returned his gaze to the girl that was no marked as his. 'That's right, Kagome will have my scent, now that wimpy wolf can shut up about her being his woman. Kagome is mine, and she has been since she unsealed me.....is that when I started to love her.....Nah...it couldn't of been that quick....could it?' Inuyasha watched as she shifted in her sleep causing the blanket to slip and reveal her breast. After blushing a deep crimson he proceeded to tuck the blanket up under her chin and around her shoulders, securing it so it wouldn't reveal anything again, especially to that perverted monk. His eyes softened as he noticed how pale she was. "Gods Kagome, what happened to you? You've taken on youkai over and over again, you've even defeated Naraku, so what could of happened to you in this state. If you live through this, I promise I'll be nicer to you, I'll even try to show you some affection. I just want to see you smile again. Please live!" Inuyasha watched her like a hawk throughout the night, never letting himself be distracted from listening to her heartbeat. Listening for signs that his blood wasn't being taken by her. All he could do was listen.
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