Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha...but I wish I did....I could have "my
way" with him....muhahahahahhaha!
"I wanna stay with you tonite, I don't wanna leave 'cause I feel the time isn't right. Don't wanna go before I say What I have to say, Don't ask me to walk away I wanna stay the night Wanna stay the night...." ~Stay the Night, 98 Degrees
Chapter Two: Forgiving
Kagome arrived home late at night. Somberly, she ran to her room and with a shut of the door she was free. Her tears flowed like they came straight from her broken heart. She wailed in pain. "Never again!" she cried in the depths of her mind. "Im never going to let him hurt me again!". Amid the silent promises she made to herself, she cried herself to sleep.
Inuyasha jumped through the well and into Kagomes time. He ran silently to the tree outside her window. Inside he could see the outline of her body, thrashing and crying and could hear her wailing with grief. He watched her, unable to move, until her cries gave way to small whimpers and finally to quiet breaths. He silently got off the tree and walked to her house, then up to her room. "She didn't even get undressed" he thought, starting at her bloody fuku. The wound on her shoulder had stopped bleeding, but the blood had crusted, mixed with her shirt, and stuck to her wound. It looked even worse in the full moon light. He moved over to her bed and watched her chest rise and fall calmly. She sniffled and coughed in her sleep. Inuyasha looked down at her legs and noticed a huge gash above her left knee.
"Get out"
"Kagome!" Inuyasha jumped back, startled and relived at the same time. He stared at her bloodshot eyes in the moonlight.
"I said get out Inuyasha." Kagome sat up sharply and pointed to the door.
"Kagome wait, I....I wanted to talk to you."
Tears began to well up in her eyes, so she turned away. "There is nothing to discuss Inuyasha."
"Do you love me?"
The question lingered in the air for a moment, neither one ready for the response.
"Yes, Inuyasha I do. Now please never visit me again." Kagome pulled her blankets close to her chest and turned over. She didn't try to hide to uncontrollable sobbing that erupted from her. She was just too tired...
"I...what does it feel like...to love?" Inuyasha placed his hand on her side and crawled up on the bed beside her.
Taken back by this, she turned and temporarily forgot everything. "Don't you love Kikyo?" She asked, searching for the answer in his eyes.
He looked at her wound on her shoulder and touched it lightly. She grimaced. "Kagome we need to take care of this, and that gash on your leg." He tried to pick her up and she pushed him away.
"Not until you answer my question" she said coldly.
Inuyasha turned away. "She....she doesn't love me..."
"And so I'm your second choice is that it?!" Kagome screeched. She turned away sharply and hit her leg wound against a book she had on her bed. "Ahhhh!!!!" she cried out in pain and grabbed her leg. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly.
"NO!" he growled into her hair as she struggled to get free, "Just stay still ok? In will tell you! When she said that I realized that I care for her, but my feelings for you were so much stronger. When you left it was like my whole world fell apart in a second. And all I knew was I needed to be near you. No one has ever made me feel the way that you do!" He released her and tilted her chin up so he could look at her. Dead, bloodshot eyes weakly stared into his, and she sniffled. He had never seen her so grief stricken and hurt. "What have I done..."he thought.
"Kagome...I love you. Im so sorry I didn't tell you before. I love you...I love you so much and all I have done is cause you pain...." he paused, embarrassed at his outburst, but thankful everything was out in the open. "I will leave now if you want me to. I just wanted you to know all that." Inuyasha turned away and fought tears violently.
Kagome breathed in a heavy sigh as a calm swept over her. Realizing how hard that must have been for him, her anger dissipated a little. She smiled despite everything and brushed at his hair. "I don't want you to leave Inuyasha, " her face hardened again, "I want you to not hurt me anymore."
Inuyasha squeezed his eyes shut and tears fell to the ground. "I will never hurt you again." he whispered.
Kagome cupped his face in her hands. He looked so small, so fragile. They stared at each other for a moment. "You cant promise me that Inuyasha."
"YES I CAN!" he growled.
"Promise me that you will TRY never to hurt me again...thats all I ask."
"But I...!"
"Inuyasha, please"
He closed his eyes and took a breath. " I promise to TRY never to hurt you again. But I have no intention of ever even thinking about doing it." When he opened his eyes he saw that Kagomes were filled with tears. "Wait! Kagome what did I say?!"
Kagome giggled a little. "Do you love me Inuyasha?"
"I've already told you I do? Do you not believe me?!"
"Prove it"
Inuyashas eyes bulged. "What...what do you mean prove it?"
"I want you to make it up to me...somehow" Kagome replied. She touched his wound lightly. "In the meantime we need to clean ourselves up." He grimaced, picked her up and carried her into the bathroom. He sat her down and walked over to the cabinet.
"What do we need Kagome?" he said, glancing at the foreign products with a frightened look.
" Um... gauze, iodine and some cloths. Oh and some hot water." she said, examining her wound. It was deep, but small in length. It should only take a few days to really heal. Inuyasha arrived at her side and put the things next to her.
"What should I do?" he asked eagerly, desperately trying to help. She smiled lightly and picked up a cloth and some iodine.
"Hold me, because this is going to hurt." she said, and placed the iodine filled cloth on the gash. Instantly the pain shot up her leg and she cried out into Inuyashas shoulder. He held onto her and bit his lip. Silently he blamed himself for all of this.
Kagome breathed in as the pain subsided. Inuyasha sat back down next to her and they looked at her wound. She carefully wiped away anything with warm water and wrapped her leg in the gauze. "I should take care of you Inuyasha." she said, looking up at him.
"Not until your done." he said and pointed to the wound on her shoulder. She careened her head and took a look at the wound.
"I cant see it Inu-chan, your going to need to do it for me." Kagome handed him an iodine filled cloth. Slowly she started to pull off her shirt. "Thank Kami I wore a sports bra today." she thought. Inuyasha nervously helped her and sat the fuku top on the ground. He crouched in front of her and looked at her wound.
"Its much worse than I think she realizes" he thought. "Are you ready Kagome?"
"Yeah"
Kagome bit her lip and breathed in sharply as another pain shot thru her. As quickly as it begun, it ended, and she looked at Inuyasha. He tenderly wiped the crusted blood away and began wrapping her shoulder in gauze. "Should I get you something else to wear?"
"Uh...yeah I guess that would be nice." she said and he went into her room. He came back a second later.
"Uh Kagome, where do you keep your clothing?" Inuyasha asked. She giggled.
"In my closet" she replied. He went into her room and got a giant t- shirt like thing that looked comfortable. Nervously he walked back into the bathroom and showed her what he found.
"Will this do?" he asked. She nodded and he helped her stand, closing his eyes. She smiled and with his blind help, changed.
"Its so nice to be able to trust him....he must really love me..." she thought.
"I cant believe she trusts me after all that....she must love me....." he thought.
"You can open your eyes now Inuyasha, thank you." she placed her hand on his chest where his wound was. "What?! Healed already?! Darn your demon genes..." she smiled and started to walk towards her room, but fell. Inuyasha caught her and carried her back. He set her on her bed and crouched next to her.
"I will go back now." Inuyasha said, brushing some hair off of her face. They stared at each other for a moment.
"No...stay." Kagome patted the space beside her. "Sleep next to me, its ok." Inuyasha hesitated, and then with heart pounding, he lay beside her. Her bed was always so comforting, like nothing else he had ever laid on. Whenever he rested there he felt like he was laying on a Kagome cloud, the mattress smelled so much like her. His nervous arm slipped underneath her body and he pulled her close to him.
"Is this alright?" he asked. She nodded against his shoulder, turned her body and placed her arm over his chest in an almost hug. "I ....I love you....Inuyasha...."she whispered.
"Her...her smell. The feel of her skin...everything is so perfect. Its like heaven..." he breathed in her hair. " Smells like...the forest and fresh flowers in field....beautiful and strong." he thought. He turned his head and looked at her face. She looked so happy, just peaceful, curled up beside him. "This is they way I always want it. As soon as we finish some things back in my time, I will never leave your side." he thought. He smiled to himself. " I love you too Kagome..." he whispered as he let himself slip off to sleep.
"I wanna stay with you tonite, I don't wanna leave 'cause I feel the time isn't right. Don't wanna go before I say What I have to say, Don't ask me to walk away I wanna stay the night Wanna stay the night...." ~Stay the Night, 98 Degrees
Chapter Two: Forgiving
Kagome arrived home late at night. Somberly, she ran to her room and with a shut of the door she was free. Her tears flowed like they came straight from her broken heart. She wailed in pain. "Never again!" she cried in the depths of her mind. "Im never going to let him hurt me again!". Amid the silent promises she made to herself, she cried herself to sleep.
Inuyasha jumped through the well and into Kagomes time. He ran silently to the tree outside her window. Inside he could see the outline of her body, thrashing and crying and could hear her wailing with grief. He watched her, unable to move, until her cries gave way to small whimpers and finally to quiet breaths. He silently got off the tree and walked to her house, then up to her room. "She didn't even get undressed" he thought, starting at her bloody fuku. The wound on her shoulder had stopped bleeding, but the blood had crusted, mixed with her shirt, and stuck to her wound. It looked even worse in the full moon light. He moved over to her bed and watched her chest rise and fall calmly. She sniffled and coughed in her sleep. Inuyasha looked down at her legs and noticed a huge gash above her left knee.
"Get out"
"Kagome!" Inuyasha jumped back, startled and relived at the same time. He stared at her bloodshot eyes in the moonlight.
"I said get out Inuyasha." Kagome sat up sharply and pointed to the door.
"Kagome wait, I....I wanted to talk to you."
Tears began to well up in her eyes, so she turned away. "There is nothing to discuss Inuyasha."
"Do you love me?"
The question lingered in the air for a moment, neither one ready for the response.
"Yes, Inuyasha I do. Now please never visit me again." Kagome pulled her blankets close to her chest and turned over. She didn't try to hide to uncontrollable sobbing that erupted from her. She was just too tired...
"I...what does it feel like...to love?" Inuyasha placed his hand on her side and crawled up on the bed beside her.
Taken back by this, she turned and temporarily forgot everything. "Don't you love Kikyo?" She asked, searching for the answer in his eyes.
He looked at her wound on her shoulder and touched it lightly. She grimaced. "Kagome we need to take care of this, and that gash on your leg." He tried to pick her up and she pushed him away.
"Not until you answer my question" she said coldly.
Inuyasha turned away. "She....she doesn't love me..."
"And so I'm your second choice is that it?!" Kagome screeched. She turned away sharply and hit her leg wound against a book she had on her bed. "Ahhhh!!!!" she cried out in pain and grabbed her leg. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly.
"NO!" he growled into her hair as she struggled to get free, "Just stay still ok? In will tell you! When she said that I realized that I care for her, but my feelings for you were so much stronger. When you left it was like my whole world fell apart in a second. And all I knew was I needed to be near you. No one has ever made me feel the way that you do!" He released her and tilted her chin up so he could look at her. Dead, bloodshot eyes weakly stared into his, and she sniffled. He had never seen her so grief stricken and hurt. "What have I done..."he thought.
"Kagome...I love you. Im so sorry I didn't tell you before. I love you...I love you so much and all I have done is cause you pain...." he paused, embarrassed at his outburst, but thankful everything was out in the open. "I will leave now if you want me to. I just wanted you to know all that." Inuyasha turned away and fought tears violently.
Kagome breathed in a heavy sigh as a calm swept over her. Realizing how hard that must have been for him, her anger dissipated a little. She smiled despite everything and brushed at his hair. "I don't want you to leave Inuyasha, " her face hardened again, "I want you to not hurt me anymore."
Inuyasha squeezed his eyes shut and tears fell to the ground. "I will never hurt you again." he whispered.
Kagome cupped his face in her hands. He looked so small, so fragile. They stared at each other for a moment. "You cant promise me that Inuyasha."
"YES I CAN!" he growled.
"Promise me that you will TRY never to hurt me again...thats all I ask."
"But I...!"
"Inuyasha, please"
He closed his eyes and took a breath. " I promise to TRY never to hurt you again. But I have no intention of ever even thinking about doing it." When he opened his eyes he saw that Kagomes were filled with tears. "Wait! Kagome what did I say?!"
Kagome giggled a little. "Do you love me Inuyasha?"
"I've already told you I do? Do you not believe me?!"
"Prove it"
Inuyashas eyes bulged. "What...what do you mean prove it?"
"I want you to make it up to me...somehow" Kagome replied. She touched his wound lightly. "In the meantime we need to clean ourselves up." He grimaced, picked her up and carried her into the bathroom. He sat her down and walked over to the cabinet.
"What do we need Kagome?" he said, glancing at the foreign products with a frightened look.
" Um... gauze, iodine and some cloths. Oh and some hot water." she said, examining her wound. It was deep, but small in length. It should only take a few days to really heal. Inuyasha arrived at her side and put the things next to her.
"What should I do?" he asked eagerly, desperately trying to help. She smiled lightly and picked up a cloth and some iodine.
"Hold me, because this is going to hurt." she said, and placed the iodine filled cloth on the gash. Instantly the pain shot up her leg and she cried out into Inuyashas shoulder. He held onto her and bit his lip. Silently he blamed himself for all of this.
Kagome breathed in as the pain subsided. Inuyasha sat back down next to her and they looked at her wound. She carefully wiped away anything with warm water and wrapped her leg in the gauze. "I should take care of you Inuyasha." she said, looking up at him.
"Not until your done." he said and pointed to the wound on her shoulder. She careened her head and took a look at the wound.
"I cant see it Inu-chan, your going to need to do it for me." Kagome handed him an iodine filled cloth. Slowly she started to pull off her shirt. "Thank Kami I wore a sports bra today." she thought. Inuyasha nervously helped her and sat the fuku top on the ground. He crouched in front of her and looked at her wound.
"Its much worse than I think she realizes" he thought. "Are you ready Kagome?"
"Yeah"
Kagome bit her lip and breathed in sharply as another pain shot thru her. As quickly as it begun, it ended, and she looked at Inuyasha. He tenderly wiped the crusted blood away and began wrapping her shoulder in gauze. "Should I get you something else to wear?"
"Uh...yeah I guess that would be nice." she said and he went into her room. He came back a second later.
"Uh Kagome, where do you keep your clothing?" Inuyasha asked. She giggled.
"In my closet" she replied. He went into her room and got a giant t- shirt like thing that looked comfortable. Nervously he walked back into the bathroom and showed her what he found.
"Will this do?" he asked. She nodded and he helped her stand, closing his eyes. She smiled and with his blind help, changed.
"Its so nice to be able to trust him....he must really love me..." she thought.
"I cant believe she trusts me after all that....she must love me....." he thought.
"You can open your eyes now Inuyasha, thank you." she placed her hand on his chest where his wound was. "What?! Healed already?! Darn your demon genes..." she smiled and started to walk towards her room, but fell. Inuyasha caught her and carried her back. He set her on her bed and crouched next to her.
"I will go back now." Inuyasha said, brushing some hair off of her face. They stared at each other for a moment.
"No...stay." Kagome patted the space beside her. "Sleep next to me, its ok." Inuyasha hesitated, and then with heart pounding, he lay beside her. Her bed was always so comforting, like nothing else he had ever laid on. Whenever he rested there he felt like he was laying on a Kagome cloud, the mattress smelled so much like her. His nervous arm slipped underneath her body and he pulled her close to him.
"Is this alright?" he asked. She nodded against his shoulder, turned her body and placed her arm over his chest in an almost hug. "I ....I love you....Inuyasha...."she whispered.
"Her...her smell. The feel of her skin...everything is so perfect. Its like heaven..." he breathed in her hair. " Smells like...the forest and fresh flowers in field....beautiful and strong." he thought. He turned his head and looked at her face. She looked so happy, just peaceful, curled up beside him. "This is they way I always want it. As soon as we finish some things back in my time, I will never leave your side." he thought. He smiled to himself. " I love you too Kagome..." he whispered as he let himself slip off to sleep.
