A/N: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA.
Chapter 2: Old Habits
In his rage, he didn't notice all the blood and rushed at Koga, pushing Koga and Kagome apart fiercely. In doing so, Koga's arms were ripped from around Kagome and no longer supported her weight. The sight shocked him further as he saw Kagome's limp body fall to the ground with a thud. All rage forgotten, he stared in utter shock and then knelt down to Kagome.
His display of anger had further opened Kagome's deep wounds.
"Kagome! Kagome! No! Wake up Kagome! Please wake up! Don't leave me!' Inuyasha's heart wrenching cries echoed through the entire forest.
Koga, his grief (not nearly as strong as Inuyasha's) overpowering him, yelled, "Look what you've done, dog-turd! You killed her! You were supposed to protect her! You've hurt her more now!"
For once, Inuyasha ignored Koga's insults. He tenderly picked up Kagome and sped quickly toward Kaede's hut. Koga fell behind and left in a whirl.
Heart pounding rapidly with tears streaming down his face, he cradled Kagome in his arms thinking, "Please live Kagome, please. I need you."
In her deep slumber, Kagome saw the arms of death reaching to receive her. Then through the fog of her mind, images shot through like arrows. Inuyasha crying!…her family(Ji-chan, Souta…)… Sango… Miroku...Shippou…Kirara… Then…Kikyou. Kikyou, comforting her Inuyasha…Kikyou, victory written plainly on her face…Naraku with the completed jewel…Inuyasha, anguish written across his face. Incoherent thoughts race through her mind. She could feel her soul slowly leave her and made a vain attempt to gather it back.
Her thoughts blurred as she began to regain consciousness, pain distorted her thoughts. The pain quickly made her fall into a vast cradling darkness again.
Inuyasha reached the hut and called urgently as he crossed into the doorway, " Kaede! Sango! Someone help!"
Alerted by Inuyasha's insistent calls, Sango, Shippou, Miroku, Kaede, and Kirara all dashed toward the hut thinking, "This had better be good this time Inuyasha."
Sango muttered, "He'd better not have called me to make him food again."
They all arrived to see a tear-stained Inuyasha leaning over the bloody, battered, broken body of Kagome. Rushing in at once, they clamored, "What happened? Is that Kagome? Is she all right?…
Kaede calmly stepped up to the futon and took the girl's hand in her own. Kagome's hand had already begun to turn cold as the blood was slowly draining from her. Kaede felt Kagome's immense spirit drawing out. Her calm vanishing as a solemn tear fell off her face, she whispered, "There is nothing we can do to help her now. She has lost too much blood."
Their hoping faces crumbled at her words. Shippou wailed, crying loudly for Kagome to wake. Miroku swore revenge and left the hut, followed quickly by Kaede.
Sango, tears cascading down her cheeks, leaned over to her fallen friend's body, and kissing her on the cheek, whispered, "I'm sorry Kagome, you were always there for me, convincing me to do the right thing, and when you needed me the most, I wasn't there. Forgive me. I will avenge your death." Sango hurried out the door along with the sobbing Shippou on the back of a melancholy Kirara.
Alone once again, Inuyasha knelt by Kagome and said to her, " No Kagome, why did you leave me. I can't lose you. I said I would protect you but I failed, just like I failed to protect Kikyou from Naraku so long ago. Why did you leave me Kagome?" Then suddenly, he shouted, "Kagome, wake up right now! Tell me to 'sit'! Wake up you wench! I trusted you, and now you leave me! Get up!" His voice then dropped to an inaudible whisper, "Aishiteru (I love you) Kagome. I can't live without you."
Inuyasha stood and began to stumble toward the door when he heard Kagome weakly utter, "Goodbye Inuyasha, I will always love you. Always." Inuyasha whipped around in surprise (Both at her words and that she's speaking) and rushed back beside his love. He placed his ear to her chest and at first heard nothing, then slowly, a faint beat. He leaned over her protectively and gently gathered her into a hug, tears pouring down his cheeks once again.
Two days later.
Kagome was fully awake. She lay in a bed fully bandaged with Inuyasha dozing in a chair beside her. Careful not to disrupt her bandages and reopen a wound, she reached over and gently rubbed one of Inuyasha's ears. He awakened and scowled at her.
"You shouldn't be moving yet Kagome. You'll hurt yourself."
"I can move whenever I want, and you're not going to tell me what I can or can't do."
"Ursai (Shut up) and stay still. You're not going anywhere."
Inuyasha tucked Kagome in and leaves to stretch out a bit. He looked up and saw some of Kikyou's soul collectors soaring into the trees beyond. Giving in to old temptation, he glanced back at the doorway to where Kagome lay, and then ran into the forest.
He spotted Kikyou about a hundred yards from the Bone-Gobbling Well (Also known as the Bone-Eaters Well…) and approached slowly.
"Where have you been Inuyasha? I haven't seen you in so long. Come here." When Inuyasha hesitated, she beckoned, "Don't you love me anymore Inuyasha? Am I replaced so easily?"
Unable to resist, Inuyasha ambled into the arms of his old love. Her arms encircled him and brought his head down into a deep kiss. Inuyasha was thrown into old memories, the newer memories forced back by the overwhelming power of previous love. Kagome only a shadow in his mind, Inuyasha clutched Kikyou closer.
Worrying about him and wondering what was keeping him so long, Kagome gingerly hobbled painfully outside. Her unease grew as she remembered that the monster was still out there somewhere.
Chapter 2: Old Habits
In his rage, he didn't notice all the blood and rushed at Koga, pushing Koga and Kagome apart fiercely. In doing so, Koga's arms were ripped from around Kagome and no longer supported her weight. The sight shocked him further as he saw Kagome's limp body fall to the ground with a thud. All rage forgotten, he stared in utter shock and then knelt down to Kagome.
His display of anger had further opened Kagome's deep wounds.
"Kagome! Kagome! No! Wake up Kagome! Please wake up! Don't leave me!' Inuyasha's heart wrenching cries echoed through the entire forest.
Koga, his grief (not nearly as strong as Inuyasha's) overpowering him, yelled, "Look what you've done, dog-turd! You killed her! You were supposed to protect her! You've hurt her more now!"
For once, Inuyasha ignored Koga's insults. He tenderly picked up Kagome and sped quickly toward Kaede's hut. Koga fell behind and left in a whirl.
Heart pounding rapidly with tears streaming down his face, he cradled Kagome in his arms thinking, "Please live Kagome, please. I need you."
In her deep slumber, Kagome saw the arms of death reaching to receive her. Then through the fog of her mind, images shot through like arrows. Inuyasha crying!…her family(Ji-chan, Souta…)… Sango… Miroku...Shippou…Kirara… Then…Kikyou. Kikyou, comforting her Inuyasha…Kikyou, victory written plainly on her face…Naraku with the completed jewel…Inuyasha, anguish written across his face. Incoherent thoughts race through her mind. She could feel her soul slowly leave her and made a vain attempt to gather it back.
Her thoughts blurred as she began to regain consciousness, pain distorted her thoughts. The pain quickly made her fall into a vast cradling darkness again.
Inuyasha reached the hut and called urgently as he crossed into the doorway, " Kaede! Sango! Someone help!"
Alerted by Inuyasha's insistent calls, Sango, Shippou, Miroku, Kaede, and Kirara all dashed toward the hut thinking, "This had better be good this time Inuyasha."
Sango muttered, "He'd better not have called me to make him food again."
They all arrived to see a tear-stained Inuyasha leaning over the bloody, battered, broken body of Kagome. Rushing in at once, they clamored, "What happened? Is that Kagome? Is she all right?…
Kaede calmly stepped up to the futon and took the girl's hand in her own. Kagome's hand had already begun to turn cold as the blood was slowly draining from her. Kaede felt Kagome's immense spirit drawing out. Her calm vanishing as a solemn tear fell off her face, she whispered, "There is nothing we can do to help her now. She has lost too much blood."
Their hoping faces crumbled at her words. Shippou wailed, crying loudly for Kagome to wake. Miroku swore revenge and left the hut, followed quickly by Kaede.
Sango, tears cascading down her cheeks, leaned over to her fallen friend's body, and kissing her on the cheek, whispered, "I'm sorry Kagome, you were always there for me, convincing me to do the right thing, and when you needed me the most, I wasn't there. Forgive me. I will avenge your death." Sango hurried out the door along with the sobbing Shippou on the back of a melancholy Kirara.
Alone once again, Inuyasha knelt by Kagome and said to her, " No Kagome, why did you leave me. I can't lose you. I said I would protect you but I failed, just like I failed to protect Kikyou from Naraku so long ago. Why did you leave me Kagome?" Then suddenly, he shouted, "Kagome, wake up right now! Tell me to 'sit'! Wake up you wench! I trusted you, and now you leave me! Get up!" His voice then dropped to an inaudible whisper, "Aishiteru (I love you) Kagome. I can't live without you."
Inuyasha stood and began to stumble toward the door when he heard Kagome weakly utter, "Goodbye Inuyasha, I will always love you. Always." Inuyasha whipped around in surprise (Both at her words and that she's speaking) and rushed back beside his love. He placed his ear to her chest and at first heard nothing, then slowly, a faint beat. He leaned over her protectively and gently gathered her into a hug, tears pouring down his cheeks once again.
Two days later.
Kagome was fully awake. She lay in a bed fully bandaged with Inuyasha dozing in a chair beside her. Careful not to disrupt her bandages and reopen a wound, she reached over and gently rubbed one of Inuyasha's ears. He awakened and scowled at her.
"You shouldn't be moving yet Kagome. You'll hurt yourself."
"I can move whenever I want, and you're not going to tell me what I can or can't do."
"Ursai (Shut up) and stay still. You're not going anywhere."
Inuyasha tucked Kagome in and leaves to stretch out a bit. He looked up and saw some of Kikyou's soul collectors soaring into the trees beyond. Giving in to old temptation, he glanced back at the doorway to where Kagome lay, and then ran into the forest.
He spotted Kikyou about a hundred yards from the Bone-Gobbling Well (Also known as the Bone-Eaters Well…) and approached slowly.
"Where have you been Inuyasha? I haven't seen you in so long. Come here." When Inuyasha hesitated, she beckoned, "Don't you love me anymore Inuyasha? Am I replaced so easily?"
Unable to resist, Inuyasha ambled into the arms of his old love. Her arms encircled him and brought his head down into a deep kiss. Inuyasha was thrown into old memories, the newer memories forced back by the overwhelming power of previous love. Kagome only a shadow in his mind, Inuyasha clutched Kikyou closer.
Worrying about him and wondering what was keeping him so long, Kagome gingerly hobbled painfully outside. Her unease grew as she remembered that the monster was still out there somewhere.