Bent Reality

Naraku's Just Has To Interfere

"Kagome I'm just going to the nearest town." Inuyasha had set Kagome down under a tree.

            "I'll be fine." Her breathing was calming down. "You just surprised me is all."

            "Are you sure?" Inuyasha was standing over her.

            "Yes."

            "I think I will go just in case…"

            "Inuyasha." Kagome put her hands on her chest. "I can feel pain now remember?"

            "Yeah?"

            "So if I get hurt…" she trailed off.

            "You won't get hurt." Inuyasha bent down and put his hand on her shoulder. "I'm going to protect you."

            "Yes, I know, it's just…" Kagome looked away. "Will you always be here to protect me?"

            'So that's what's bothering her!' Inuyasha thought. "What makes you think I'd leave?" He yelled.

            Kagome smiled. "Then stay, I'm really fine."

            Inuyasha nodded and leaned a little closer.

            Kagome's heart was pounding a mile an hour. 'Is he going to kiss me?' she thought.

            Inuyasha stopped an inch from her face and stared into her eyes. "Will you…?" he started.

            Kagome's eyes widened. "Will I, what?"

            "Will you always be here to protect me?"

            "Oh, Inuyasha…" she glanced at his lips and mentally cursed herself for looking.

            Inuyasha saw her eyes trail to his lips then quickly return to his eyes. 'Does she want to kiss me?' He thought. 'Do I want to kiss her?'

            "Kagome…if you left…" Inuyasha closed his eyes.

            "Inuyasha…I would never leave you of my own will."

            'What did she just say?' Inuyasha's heart was doing flip flops.

            'Did I just say that?' Kagome could hear her own heart pounding.

            Inuyasha touched her nose with his. He opened his eyes to find hers were closed. "Kagome…I."

            Kagome leaned forward and pressed her lips to his.

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            "Wait a second!" Rin stood up and poked Inuyasha in the chest. "You didn't leave her! Remember? She convinced you to stay! Then do you remember what happened?"

            Inuyasha chuckled lightly and rubbed the back of his neck, "Ha, oh yeah." A light blush was creeping its way up his cheeks.

            Ms. Higurashi stood up and gave Inuyasha a malicious stare. "Don't you ever scare me like that young man!"

            "Ha, ha, uh, sorry." Inuyasha backed a step away from the women.

            "And what does Ms. Rin mean?"

            "Oh I don't think you really want to know Ms. Higurashi." Rin tapped the woman's shoulder.

            "Nonsense, of course I do!"

            Inuyasha laughed nervously.

            "Tell me!"

            "Okay, okay…well…" Inuyasha continued to rub the back of his neck.

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            Inuyasha's eyes were open with astonishment.

Kagome pulled away and quickly walked several feet away from him.

Inuyasha was still leaning forward, in the exact same position. "Uh…"

"Sorry!" Kagome had her back turned towards him. "I didn't mean, uh, please, oh. It was a mistake!" Kagome touched her cheek and found it was hot. 'Oh, I'm blushing like mad!' she thought. 'Why did I have to kiss him?'

'Cause you wanted to know what he tasted like.' Part of her mind answered.

'Shut up!' she thought.

"A mistake?" Inuyasha asked. He stood up with an angry expression on his face.

"I should have known you wouldn't react." Kagome still had her back to him.

Inuyasha cursed under his breath.

"Let's just forget it ever happened!"

"Kagome…"

"Please! Don't say it…please…" Kagome fell to her knees and covered her face with her hands. Tears streamed down. "Please," she sobbed. "I don't want to hear you reject me. Not you…anyone but you."

Inuyasha was dumb struck. What was he supposed to do? Go to her and comfort her? Hold her in his arms and tell her everything was going to be okay. What about Kikyo?

What about Kikyo! She's dead, and Kagome's alive.

But…

No buts! Go to that woman and tell her you weren't going to reject her! Tell her that you liked the kiss!

Inuyasha battled with his mind for several more seconds until he came to a conclusion.

"Kagome?" He started.

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            "NO!" Sesshomaru yelled to the very annoying Shippo.

            "Please?" Shippo asked.

            Rin had insisted, (Don't know how, she doesn't talk.) that Shippo sit with her. So now the annoying fox cub was asking Sesshomaru pointless questions, followed by not so pointless ones.

            "NO!" Sesshomaru had never wanted to kill anything so badly in his life.

            "Fine! New question then. Uh, why is the sky blue?"

            "It just is!"

            "Come on!" Shippo pushed.

            "Shut up!"

            Rin gave Sesshomaru a look and he turned his head away from Shippo.

            "I mean, because it just is, there is no reason." Sesshomaru said.

            Shippo was in awe at the nonverbal display that just went on between Sesshomaru and Rin.

            "One more question and I promise if you answer this one truthfully I will ask no more."

            "Deal," 'Thank the lord!'

            "How come you can understand Rin and no one else can?"

            'Damn that sneaky little ba-' "Why I have no idea what you are talking about." Sesshomaru said through gritted teeth.

            "Fine then twenty more questions-"

            "Whoa! Okay, because I saved her life okay! Now no more questions or I will throw you off." He glanced at Rin and she gave no sign of objection.

            "You saved her life?" Shippo asked. "When? Where, how?"

            Sesshomaru let a low growl escape his lips.

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            "So do you think Sesshomaru is having fun with Shippo?" Miroku asked Sango evilly.

            Sango couldn't help but smile. "Yeah, loads." She said sarcastically.

            She was sitting in front of Miroku on Kirara's back. Miroku had his arms around her waist and his head was on her shoulder. Surprisingly he hadn't tried anything perverted yet.

            "So tell me Sango…"

            "Miroku…please just shut up and don't ruin the moment, I'm actually rather enjoying this." Sango blushed. "So keep your mouth closed and don't try anything."

            Miroku was utterly speechless.

            The moment between the two was going along rather nicely until a screaming and kicking Shippo hit Miroku smack dab in the face.

            "Shippo!" Sango was angry. She picked up the small fox demon and placed him rather roughly onto Kirara's head, between her ears. "Stay!"

            Miroku was laying on his back, stunned.

            "Miroku…" Sango laughed.

            "I'll have that cup of tea now poppet." He muttered before becoming completely unconscious.

            Sango laughed again and wrapped her arms around him. So he wouldn't fall off, of course.

            And perhaps a few other reasons.

            "He threw me!" Shippo yelled.

            "Shut up Shippo!" Sango yelled.

            Shippo sat down and crossed his arms. "No one ever wants to talk to me." He huffed.

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            Kagome didn't move. She didn't want to run from him, but she didn't want to be near him right now either. It hurt so much.

            "Kagome…Listen." Inuyasha was never good with words. "What ever gave you the strange idea that I would up and reject you?" he said angrily. He hadn't moved from the spot near the tree and he had crossed his arms.

            Kagome turned around and gave Inuyasha a stunned look.

            "Did I say, 'Oh I don't want you near me, go away', NO!" A vain on Inuyasha's for head was throbbing. "I said no such thing!"

            Kagome's expression quickly changed to anger. "Well it's not like you gave me any signs!"

            "Sure I have!"

            "Name one!" She wasn't crying anymore.

            "Whenever I say I want to protect you. Or that time you asked if I would always be near you…" he nodded.

            "Oh and like I would have been able to read your mind those times."

            "Expressions, Kagome! Expressions!" He pointed to his face. "What does this look like? Do I look like I'm happy?"

            "No you look like a raspberry when you're angry."

            "Well you, you, arg!" Inuyasha threw his arms up in defeat and turned side ways. "You stupid girl!"

            "Oh yea well mmmppph!"

            "What was that last part I didn't quite hear you?" Inuyasha turned to look at where Kagome had been standing.

            "Hello Inuyasha." Naraku said.

            He was the young lord and he had an arm around Kagome's stomach and another was covering her mouth. Kagome was kicking and punching but her actions went unnoticed by Naraku.

            "Let go of her!" Inuyasha growled.

            "It seems to me, that you don't appreciate this delicate flower of a woman." Naraku smiled lustfully at Kagome. Who kicked and punched even harder.

            "I sat right over there and watched her kiss you and you didn't even attempt to kiss back." Naraku looked at Kagome. "If you had kissed me, I would have kissed back."

            Kagome let out a muffled scream.

            "Naraku," Inuyasha unsheathed Tetsusiuga. "Release her or-"

"Or what? You kill me? Ha, don't make me laugh." Naraku said.

Inuyasha growled.

Naraku chuckled and moved the hand that was on Kagome's stomach up a little higher so that it was caressed her breast. "Beautiful thing, women." He said. "A man just can't keep his hands of 'em."

Kagome's eyes widened and she screamed through his hand as loud as she could.

Inuyasha started to charge. Naraku quickly used Kagome as a shield. Inuyasha stopped Tetsusiuga inches from Kagome's face.

She let out a whimper.

Inuyasha looked into her fear filled eyes and lowered his sword to his side. A worried expression etched across his face for a brief second before it returned to anger. "Naraku, you bastard."

Naraku laughed and licked Kagome's cheek. "Mmm, she tastes good, to bad you'll never know." He laughed.

Kagome was tired of being the victim, she was tired of being helpless and most of all she was tired of being touched by 'him'. She bit down on his hand and stomped hard on his foot.

Naraku let out a yip of pain and released her. Kagome ran straight to Inuyasha and into his arms. Silent tears were running down her cheeks. Inuyasha put an arm around her shoulder and held his sword out.

"You okay?" he asked.

Kagome shook her head. "Yeah."

Inuyasha was confused but was more angry, "Naraku…"

"That little wench." Naraku rubbed his hand. "She bit me!"

Kagome cowered into Inuyasha even more. For more reasons than fear.

Inuyasha let out a faint growl. Kagome felt his chest vibrate. She looked up at him, "Inuyasha…"

"I think my time here is spent." Naraku bowed. "Good day, lady." And he disappeared into a whiff of smoke.

Inuyasha was still staring at the spot.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome was still in his arm. He came to and returned the sword to its rightful place.

"Kagome, will you be okay?"

Kagome didn't say anything. She gripped onto the front his kimono and started to sob lightly.

"Kagome don't cry, I'm sorry," Inuyasha wrapped both arms around her.

"It's not you," she cried. "He, he touched me…" she shuddered.

Inuyasha nodded and held her a little closer. "I'll get that bastard."

"Inuyasha?"

"What?" he said rudely.

Kagome looked into his eyes. "Thank you."

Inuyasha looked confused and dazed.

"I don't want to stay the night here, do you think we could go a mile or so before we stop?" she held him close again.

"Uh, yeah, sure." Inuyasha was more confused now than ever.

****

            Ms. Higurashi had gone to the cafeteria to get herself a fresh cup of coffee, Rin sat in the chair and Inuyasha remained seated at the foot of Kagome's bed.

            "Inuyasha, what do you plan on doing when she wakes?" Rin asked.

            "I haven't really thought that far…"

            "Well you should, wasn't she terribly angry at you the last time she saw you?"

            "Well, maybe, I can't remember. Hey! Keep your nose in your own business." Inuyasha pointed at her.

            "It's impolite to point." Rin smiled.

            Inuyasha crossed his arms, "feh."

            Rin laughed.

            Her laughter stopped when the phone in Kagome's room started to ring, and ring, and ring, and ring.

            "Are you going to answer that?" She asked Inuyasha.

            He said nothing but turned his back to the phone.

            "Jerk." Rin muttered and picked up the phone.

            "Hello? Rin?"

            "Hi honey!" Rin said into the phone.

            "Shit." Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

            "So is it like I thought? Does he have a plan?"

            "Nope, it is just like you thought." Rin glanced at Inuyasha, who gave her a cold stare.

            "I knew it! Well tell him he better think of one, because wasn't she terrible angry at him the last time she saw him?"

            "Yeah I told him that, I swear me and you think alike!" Rin smiled.

            "You think more like me I hope and me less like you…"

            "Fluffy!"

            "Okay I'll admit you've grown on me. Let me talk to my idiotic brother."

            "Okay darling I'll see you in a little while?"

            "No, I think you should stick around there till she wakes up…"

            Rin groaned.

            "I'll be by tomorrow for lunch okay?"

            "Okay! See you then, bye, bye. I love you!"

            "I love you too, now put the freak on the phone."

            Rin covered part of the phone, "He wants to talk to you." She said.

            Inuyasha groaned and got up. He snatched the phone away from Rin.

            "What?!"

            Rin stepped a foot or so back…

            She watched as Inuyasha tried to speak, but nothing came out. He's eyebrows crunched together and he rubbed his forehead.

            "Yes, yes I know!" he screamed into the phone.

            Several moments of silence from Inuyasha.

            "Shut up you turd!" Inuyasha clenched the phone.

            Rin was scared he was going to break it.

            "Fine! See you then! Bastard!" Inuyasha slammed the phone down and sat on the edge of Kagome's bed. "He's coming by tomorrow and he's bringing Chinese," he said in a very monotone voice.

            Rin smiled. "Oh goody I love Chinese!"

            "He knows."

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            Ooooo. Sesshomaru is going to the hospital tomorrow…and did he say 'I love you too?' Wow. Wonder what else has changed about him…he he he. Next Chapter is very exciting, why? Because I love Chinese! There were no dreams in this chapter, but in the next one there is, so don't forget, ~~~~ means a dream sequence.

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            A shirtless Inuyasha bursts into the Authors computer room and starts to do the hoola dance. Miroku appears and joins him, but he is only wearing a grass skirt. Sessomaru appears and has a very disgruntle expression on his face. Rin enters and slaps the author.

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            Ouch, I really felt that slap…

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