Looking for a Reason #4
Jamie: I finally got around to looking at the story on ff.net. I'm pretty stupid and even though I used spell check, the word was correctly spelled, but it wasn't the word I needed. Kagome is supposed to end the first chapter by saying "Which way is it?" not "Which was is it?". Sorry for the ^^;;
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Feudal Japan
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Kagome found her way back by Inu Yasha's bedside, he was calmer now. His amber eyes shifted and caught her dark hues.
"Kagome, my head hurts, how long have I been laying here?" Inu Yasha wondered. Kagome decided to do the math. It was very late at night now, probably 11 or maybe midnight. She rubber her chin and counted with her fingers.
"Well they said you had been wounded two days before I got here and I got here around 4 (I think..). So almost three and a half days." Inu Yasha tried to stand up, but Kagome forced him back down.
"Don't try and move, you still have some of that poison in your veins, you have to rest Inu Yasha," Kagome objected.
"Stop treating me like a baby, I'm fine!" he began to get up once more, but was shut down by Kagome, who forced him back into the warm blankets.
"I'm not treating you like a baby! These are Kaede's orders on how to help you recover, she's outside if you want to hear it from her!" Kagome knew he was finally getting better, she understood that he probably forgot about their confession of love to one another. It was all past now.
Kagome shrieked, a bold of lightning cracked above the small hut. Moments later rain beat against the roof. She fell forward into Inu Yasha's arms.
"Feh. You're being pathetic. It's just a little rain," Inu Yasha teased. Kagome bolted back up.
"I was just surprised, I'm not scared at all," another blast of lightning made her jump. She bit her lip and closed her eyes.
"Aha! What was that? You're so obvious, I could read your every move!"
"Shut up! I wasn't- That was-"
"Oh whatever," Inu Yasha smirked, "Do you run to your mommy at home when there's a little storm blowing through?"
Inu Yasha could see he had hit a soft spot. Kagome was now staring at the floor, her hair shielding her eyes.
"Please don't cry, it'll just ruin my fun," Inu Yasha closed his eyes and began to doze. Silence had never seemed any louder. Inu Yasha opened one eye and stared up at Kagome. Her petite body was shivering.
"Oh Come on, quit crying," He sat up, "You'll go home soon, it's probably nothing!"
Kagome looked up, tears streamed softly down her face. She seemed to have stopped crying, but still a couple drops slid down her soft, pale cheeks. They stared at each other for awhile, finally Inu Yasha pulled her into his arms. Kagome's head seemed to fit perfectly against his chest, she buried her face into his solid chest.
"You're such a wench-" Inu Yasha teased gently, he managed to chuckle after. Kagome sniffled, did he just willingly take her into his arms? She was in such shock, maybe the medicine was still working, maybe his outrage was just a symptom. But she didn't think so. He sounded so normal, so usual. Was he back to normal (kind of)? This seemed all too overwhelming.
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Rain had washed out any plans of a romantic evening Sango had planned of. But this was pretty romantic. She sat in Miroku's lap, under the small amount of cover they had from the rain. Miroku's strong arms were wrapped around her small body, she closed her eyes and wanted to fall asleep.
"Goodnight," Miroku kissed her softly, and leaned back against the tree. He closed his eyes and felt completely relaxed.
"Goodnight," Sango turned around and kissed him too. Miroku smiled at her, opening one eye. They kissed once more and fell asleep, the rain never seemed more relaxing.
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"Stop Inu Yasha," Kagome finally ordered as they were arm in arm.
"Stop what?" he said as he let her go.
"Stop pretending, I know you're just doing this because I'm being a 'maiden in distress'...kind of...but you don't need to be somebody you're not. I know you can care less for me, so stop leading me on!"
"Kagome what are you-"
"No, Inu Yasha, you better rest, I have to go help Kaede," Kagome ran from the hut, wiping her final tears away.
Inu Yasha fell backwards into his bed, he grinned, "She's so funny."
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"Why does he have to lie like that?" Kagome buried her face into her knees. She had escaped into the woods, after Miroku and Sango. She felt herself dozing. She was sopping wet, she sponged out her hair, and water seemed to come out in buckets. Her clothes stuck to her body, and her white shirt was now see through. She blushed and covered her chest with her arms. 'It doesn't matter it's just me anyways,' she thought. She stared up into the sky, she could see the drops coming at her. One hit her in the eye, and she stopped facing heaven, she rubbed her eyes and stared at her muddy legs. She sat under a branch, that didn't give her much protection from the sky above. She began dozing, her eyelids becoming heavy. It must have been around midnight now, she had been up since 6 this morning, and hadn't rested in 18 hours. She leaned back into the tree and fell asleep.
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Kagome must have heard something coming, she woke up abruptly from her sleep. The sky still cried softly, the rain still falling, but not as hard. She was still very wet. Some of the mud on her legs had crusted over, but it seemed like they were even muddier now. A splash could be heard to her right, the path into the forest seemed loud. She stood up and pressed herself to the tree. 'Oh no! I knew it was stupid to come here-' and what she feared came to life. A large, red wolf like demon began snarling at her. He was wild and it's hound eyes were glowing red. Kagome gulped, she didn't have her bow with her. The dog demon jumped at her, Kagome was fast and dodged it, the dog chewing on the bark of the tree. She began to run.
"INU YASHA!" she screamed. She slid in the mud and cut her leg. "INU YASHA!!!!!!"
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Inu Yasha felt as though he had just fallen asleep when he awoke harshly from his slumber. He could hear his name bouncing off the plump raindrops outside. He sat up, maybe he was just imagining things. He shook his head, Kaede had told him about his hallucinations. He felt his skin tingling, and sweat on his forehead. His skin was burning. He thought nothing of it.
"INU YASHA!" the voice was muffled, but it repeated. Soon he came to realize it was female and sounded much like Kagome's. He stood up and grabbed the shirt of his kimono. He tied it sloppily and ran outside.
Inu Yasha wasn't as fast as normal, and the rain made him hard of hearing. His name seemed to come from all direction. Then he heard it...The barking, snarling, ferocious cry of a wolf demon. He knew they were natives of the forest, so he turned on his heels and sprinted towards the muddy path. Twice he almost fell into the mud. Keeping his balance he stopped. It was silent. He sniffed the air, he could make out Kagome's soft scent, the demons, the rain, and blood. Fear swarmed through his veins, it smelled like Kagome's blood. He ran faster and saw Kagome's figure laying in the mud, the hound perched over her. Inu Yasha gulped at the sight. The moon gave them a soft radiant light, even though it was dimmed by the thin layer of cloud in front of it. A crack of lightning lit the scene up. Kagome wasn't moving, she was laying on her stomach, not moving. The wolf reared back and pounced, mid-air Inu Yasha ran in and raised his sharp nails. He made a large swipe through the air and the demon flashed. A small jewel shard fell upon the ground. Inu Yasha ignored it and ran to Kagome, she shivered and looked up. She wasn't dead.
Relief swam through Inu Yasha. Attempting to get up Kagome winced.
"Stop moving," Inu Yasha ordered. He picked her up and led her over to a tree. She leaned against it and Inu Yasha kneeled down. He examined her leg. He ripped off a piece of his red kimono and wrapped her bleeding wound. He stood up and stared at her.
"Stupid why did you come all the way out here?" he growled.
"Well if you hadn't been such a jerk," Kagome could see that Inu Yasha's eyes weren't fully focused on her, "Are you okay Inu Yasha?"
Kagome raised her soft hand and placed it against his forehead. His skin was scalding hot, even though the frozen rain was dripping down his face.
"I'm fine," he pulled away from her touch, "Let's go back, you're bleeding really badly."
"Ok," Kagome smiled. She winced as she tried to walk, but Inu Yasha surprisingly pulled her into his arms. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and placed her head on his shoulder. He began walking back towards the hut. Kagome's hand brushed against his cheek, he was burning up. He had only taken a few steps out of the wooded area when he collapsed. Kagome slid out of his arm and fell into the mud. Her leg stung with pain.
"Inu Yasha!" she crawled to him and pulled him into her lap. He was very heavy. He was breathing heavily, she could feel his hot skin rising in temperature. "KAEDE!"
She yelled and yelled until the elderly woman scrambled outside and made her way over to them. Without asking questions she and Kagome pulled him painfully back to the hut. Finally they had him back in his room and stripped him completely of clothing, Of course Kagome didn't strip him Kaede did, Kagome was to go get the remained of the tea from the small kitchen like room down the hall. Kagome ran and searched the kitchen. Finally she found the jar. The liquid was still warm to the touch. Kagome scrambled for a cup. The amount of liquid in the jar would barely fill 500 mL bottle of water in her time, Kagome didn't know how Inu Yasha could survive off of that. She galloped back to the room with the jar and the cup, handing them over to Kaede. She saw Inu Yasha and blushed, he was completely naked, the blanket covering his manly parts.
'Baka, stupid pervert,' she thought to herself. She sat down next to Kaede who worked furiously. She drenched towels in cold rain water and covered his body, then she filled the cup three quarters of the way and fed the dog demon. He coughed as he opened an eye. Kaede handed him the cup, and he downed the liquid quickly. She pulled the cup away from him and he fell asleep easily.
"Aren't you going to ask about what happened?" Kagome wondered.
"I can't worry about the past at a time like this, it seems that he was going through the short stage between the early and later stages of the venom. He was acting like his normal heroic self, thinking he was fine, and then collapsed, showing that he has moved on, in the disease. He is going to require a greater amount of Sweet Leaves, and those two better be on their way home, because this is all I have left!" Kaede shook the jar. "I can add on Sumyaki [Soo-me-yah-kee] Pollen and water to enhance it a bit and allow me to stretch out the potions functions for a bit longer, but I have so little of this tea, that it won't have a great effect-"
"I am sure Sango and Miroku will be back soon."
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End Chap. 4
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Jamie: What will happen next?! Tune in [or check out] the next chapter, which I will add soon.