Five Jewels, Two Souls, One Destiny by Heather Christi
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA!
By the way, for the people who like FATEFUL CURSE, I am sorry to report that I'm taking a break for a month or less on that story to work on this, but I will have two chapters ready by then.
::thoughts:: ENJOY!
{----[Chapter Five: Recover]----}
Kagome should have looked up into the trees when she looked out of her broken window frame because she would have noticed a crazed demon sitting on the tree, observing the two in the room together. Sure, the guy from the movie theatres was there, but he was only serving as comfort and support after Kagome's horrifying experience with the overly jealous demon. ::IT'S THAT GUY! WHAT'S THAT ASSHOLE DOING HERE WITH MY KAGOME?!::
The 'asshole' reached out to grab Kagome's wrist but she flinched back, pulling away and denying physical contact. Inuyasha could see the fear that he produced from her flashing in her eyes. Even from the distance they were at, he could see her anger and fear mixing together in her chocolate brown orbs. ::Too bad I didn't get to finish her lesson. Guess it'll have to wait for later and I guarantee she'll get her REAL lesson:: Inuyasha jumped off the branches and leapt gracefully down to the hard ground below, being cautious and very careful so the two in the room wouldn't spot him.
{----[Kagome]----}
She sat on the cool bathroom counter with her legs dangling over the edge, tying to ignore the pain that seemed to sizzle in her deep wounds on her body that were created by her love. Kagome kept on an emotionless blank mask bare of all her true feelings. Her eyes were closed and she was absorbed in her thoughts. She really wanted to break down and cry all the memories and thoughts of Inuyasha away. Inside she was sobbing uncontrollably and she didn't want to stop. She wanted to keep weeping until her tears ran dry and there was no more tears left to cry from. The pain was so great in her heart but she wouldn't let herself release it from her soul. The pain would probably continue to grow and get worse and worse until she burst. She felt alone, wallowing in her pain and depression. Kagome just couldn't show any of her true emotions around Hojo. Even if she did, he probably wouldn't even notice.
A cool liquid touched her injured cheek and started producing a bubbly stinging sensation on the surface of her raw skin. Snapping her eyes open, Kagome hissed her breath inwards at the unexpected object that broke her from her depressing thoughts. The liquid dribbled down her chin but a soft damp washcloth wiped it away.
"Sorry about that," Hojo whispered gently to her. "It may sting a little while but we've got to clean your cuts before they get infected or worse." Hojo stopped and wait for a moment before get more water on the washcloth. He studied the cut on her cheek and wiped her scratch marks softly remove the remaining alcohol peroxide. Kagome stayed still and hoped they didn't reopen under the pressure. She also hoped her face didn't betray her to any emotions, revealing her to Hojo.
"You know, my mother is a nurse and she taught me a little about cuts and injuries," he stated proudly. Hojo studied her scratch on her cheek and the gash on her shoulder. "It looks like some sort of animal did this. Like a dog or maybe even a cat. Did Buyo do this to you?"
No response or acknowledgement was presented from Kagome. She just continued to stare off with blank unfocused eyes.
"Did Buyo do this Kagome?" Again there was no response except for the heavy silence and the soft rhythmic sound of the take in off breath. "Kagome... Listen, I won't tell anyone." Of course that was a lie because her life was in danger so of course, he needed to tell someone before it really got out of hand. Before this all ended up in more blood spilling and death.
Hojo kept rubbing the cloth over the gash on her shoulder and wiped the blood away from the deep wound. He added some more alcohol peroxide to clean the gash so it wouldn't get infected and corrupt the tissue. He kept rubbing, more fiercely than the last time. Hojo wasn't one to become anger but boy was he mad now. That was probably a big understatement.
Hojo paused his motions and looked it Kagome's chocolate brown lifeless eyes that were staring straight forward, not focusing on anything. She was just staring at... nothing. "Kagome," he sort of growled out in a low deep voice. No response.
"Kagome, answer me."
No response. Moments of silence until the explosion came.
"Kagome!" Hojo hissed out of his gritted teeth. "Tell me who did his to you!"
Not even a blink or a flicker of the eye was made. She just continued to stare out straight ahead, trapped in her own little world. She remained in her position, oblivious to her surroundings, including the troubled and irritated teenage boy in the bathroom with her.
"Kagome! Answer me!" He grabbed her by her upper arms and shook her not too harsh but enough to stir her out of her deep thought.
Kagome blinked a few dozen times to clear her head. All she remembered was everything spinning and then she zoned out. Kagome's eyes focused on her surroundings, taking in everything one at a time. She felt the cool and smooth texture of the bathroom counter beneath her. In addition, she felt a hard pressure gripping on her upper arms, where her new bruises Inuyasha made on her were. She smelt the thick scent of rubbing alcohol and some light cologne. ::Cologne?::
Her vision was slightly blurred but she could make out the almond color in front of her. Slowly, her vision returned and she caught herself being closely face to face with Hojo. Kagome lightly blushed at the close proximity. His eyes were flaming with anger and irritation but concern, which was unusual from his 'normal' clueless self.
"Kagome! Tell me now!"
::What's he talking about?:: "Umm... what do you mean Hojo? What are you talking about?" She winced. "Hojo, could you please remove your hands from me?" He blinked and moved away quickly so he didn't cause her anymore pain.
"I'm sorry about that." He sat down on the edge of the bathtub and placed his head on his hands, fingers entangling with brown strands of his hair. "I didn't mean to hurt you," he whispered out slowly, barely audible.
Kagome rubbed her arms and sheepishly said. "It's okay." Remembering what she asked before, she questioned him again. "What did you mean when you told me to tell you? Tell you what? What's there to tell?"
Meanwhile, as Hojo was informing Kagome about the how he found her in her bedroom by the broken window, Inuyasha was cutting through the dense forest suspiciously as if he was searching for something important. He was still full demon. Usually all that took was a 'sit' from Kagome and he was back to normal. Somehow that wasn't the case now with Inuyasha. ::Where is she? I can smell her and she's very close::
Inuyasha wandered around the forest for quite some time until he came to a grassy clearing that brought back memories. ::This is where she.... was.... killed:: Inuyasha unconsciously clenched his hands into fists. There the raven-haired woman stood in the distant, bluish white serpent looking demons around her. Her red and white clothes flapping in the wind as she stared back at him with a revengeful look. She looked very serious and meaningful. ::I knew she'd be here. Who's she waiting for?::
He strolled forward towards her and faced her, not backing down from what she was after. If she was even somewhat surprised by his appearance, she didn't show it. She continued to stare straight like she was in a trance of some kind. Up close her eyes looked blank and not a single emotion trailed through them. That's when he noticed something about her. Inuyasha stopped dead in his tracks when he was about six feet in front of her.
Suddenly, the woman dropped forward and landed with a light thud on the grassy ground. An arrow was pressing upwards out of her back. Her dark blood was tainting the robes on her back. The undead priestess was almost dead again. Inuyasha stared down at her with disgust and she looked up at him with a hopeless look in her eyes that were no longer emotionless.
"Inuyasha," she whispered hoarsely out of her lips.
That sparked something inside of him and his head dropped forward but brought it back up a second after. His once blood red eyes were now golden amber. The stripes on his cheeks were gone and he stared down at the woman with shocked eyes.
"Kikyo," he whispered as if he was hurt. He knelt down next to her body and slightly tugged at the arrow intruding in her back. She hissed in a breath at the pain. He instantly stopped what he was doing and pulled her up to her feet. She swayed on her feet and tried to pull away from him weakly but couldn't. She fell forward, her face pressing into Inuyasha's chest. He put his arms around her waist and pulled her closer.
"We've got to find you help. Can you walk?" He felt her head shake in response to his question. "I'll take you to Kaede and you'll be fine."
"Inuyasha! Don't! No! I want to die and you can come with me to hell. This is our chance to be together." Kikyo looked up with her gray stormy eyes, pleading with him.
"Kikyo, you need help and I'm going to get you some. I promised I'd protect you forever and that's what I'm going to do!" Before she could respond, he put her over his shoulder and ran towards Kaede's village before it was too late for Kikyo - again!
{----[Kagome]----}
"Hojo, I can't tell you what happened. I'm sorry." Kagome bowed her head down as she recalled the moments she was with Inuyasha when he turned full demon.
"Kagome, I don't want you to get hurt again. This could get worse. I don't want to see you hurt like this." Hojo stared at her, still sitting on the edge of the bathtub.
"Hojo, thank you for helping me out but," Kagome brought her head up and looked into his eyes, "I can't. I'm sorry. It's kind of... personal." He stared back into her eyes for a moment before walking over to her. Hojo stared down at her eyes, looking for something there. He leaned down and gently hugged her, careful of her wounds.
"You're welcome," he whispered into her ear. Kagome closed her eyes and felt tears coming to her eyes. She remembered when Inuyasha hugged her only to get the jewel around her neck. That sparked something in her mind. She pulled away from Hojo and felt her neck for the jewel.
"It's gone," she breathed out. "Oh great!"
As if on cue, the doorbell rang and Kagome hopped off the bathroom counter, forgetting about Hojo and went to go answer the door. She walked down the stairs and the doorbell rang away.
"I'm coming! Hold on. Whoa!" Kagome slipped on the stairs and fell backwards. Thankfully Hojo was there to catch her before she hurt herself even more.
"You seem to be having a really bad day today Kagome." Hojo tried to make light of the situation to make her feel a little better.
"Just a little," Kagome answered back. She traveled down the rest of the stairs carefully with Hojo following behind her and the doorbell rang again. Someone was impatient today. "Hold on." She reached the door and unlocked the locks. Kagome pulled the door open and met up with a disgusted face of the popular high school girl, Meiwaku.
"What are you doing here Meiwaku? Shouldn't you be off treating people like dirt underneath your shoes?" Kagome snapped at her.
"That's why I'm here Kagome." Meiwaku responded back. She laughed at Kagome's angry and irritated face. "Tsk tsk Kagome. Temper temper." She teased her.
After a while as the rivalry and tension grew thicker in the air, Meiwaku was getting very annoyed. "Well? Aren't you going to invite me in or you just going to let me stand out here all day?"
"I'd rather you leave." Kagome snapped back.
"Then I guess you won't be needing this." Meiwaku took out the pink jewel and held it up with her bare hands. Kagome stared in shock at the sphere in Meiwaku's hands. ::She has it?!:: This day was definitely not going her way.
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How was that? I hope that was good. I had Kikyo (a.k.a The Bitch who should rot in hell) in there unfortunately but I needed more action. I know this was kind of short for a chapter but did it explain enough? Review and tell me! I love writing this story! Till next time!
-Heather Christi
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA!
By the way, for the people who like FATEFUL CURSE, I am sorry to report that I'm taking a break for a month or less on that story to work on this, but I will have two chapters ready by then.
::thoughts:: ENJOY!
{----[Chapter Five: Recover]----}
Kagome should have looked up into the trees when she looked out of her broken window frame because she would have noticed a crazed demon sitting on the tree, observing the two in the room together. Sure, the guy from the movie theatres was there, but he was only serving as comfort and support after Kagome's horrifying experience with the overly jealous demon. ::IT'S THAT GUY! WHAT'S THAT ASSHOLE DOING HERE WITH MY KAGOME?!::
The 'asshole' reached out to grab Kagome's wrist but she flinched back, pulling away and denying physical contact. Inuyasha could see the fear that he produced from her flashing in her eyes. Even from the distance they were at, he could see her anger and fear mixing together in her chocolate brown orbs. ::Too bad I didn't get to finish her lesson. Guess it'll have to wait for later and I guarantee she'll get her REAL lesson:: Inuyasha jumped off the branches and leapt gracefully down to the hard ground below, being cautious and very careful so the two in the room wouldn't spot him.
{----[Kagome]----}
She sat on the cool bathroom counter with her legs dangling over the edge, tying to ignore the pain that seemed to sizzle in her deep wounds on her body that were created by her love. Kagome kept on an emotionless blank mask bare of all her true feelings. Her eyes were closed and she was absorbed in her thoughts. She really wanted to break down and cry all the memories and thoughts of Inuyasha away. Inside she was sobbing uncontrollably and she didn't want to stop. She wanted to keep weeping until her tears ran dry and there was no more tears left to cry from. The pain was so great in her heart but she wouldn't let herself release it from her soul. The pain would probably continue to grow and get worse and worse until she burst. She felt alone, wallowing in her pain and depression. Kagome just couldn't show any of her true emotions around Hojo. Even if she did, he probably wouldn't even notice.
A cool liquid touched her injured cheek and started producing a bubbly stinging sensation on the surface of her raw skin. Snapping her eyes open, Kagome hissed her breath inwards at the unexpected object that broke her from her depressing thoughts. The liquid dribbled down her chin but a soft damp washcloth wiped it away.
"Sorry about that," Hojo whispered gently to her. "It may sting a little while but we've got to clean your cuts before they get infected or worse." Hojo stopped and wait for a moment before get more water on the washcloth. He studied the cut on her cheek and wiped her scratch marks softly remove the remaining alcohol peroxide. Kagome stayed still and hoped they didn't reopen under the pressure. She also hoped her face didn't betray her to any emotions, revealing her to Hojo.
"You know, my mother is a nurse and she taught me a little about cuts and injuries," he stated proudly. Hojo studied her scratch on her cheek and the gash on her shoulder. "It looks like some sort of animal did this. Like a dog or maybe even a cat. Did Buyo do this to you?"
No response or acknowledgement was presented from Kagome. She just continued to stare off with blank unfocused eyes.
"Did Buyo do this Kagome?" Again there was no response except for the heavy silence and the soft rhythmic sound of the take in off breath. "Kagome... Listen, I won't tell anyone." Of course that was a lie because her life was in danger so of course, he needed to tell someone before it really got out of hand. Before this all ended up in more blood spilling and death.
Hojo kept rubbing the cloth over the gash on her shoulder and wiped the blood away from the deep wound. He added some more alcohol peroxide to clean the gash so it wouldn't get infected and corrupt the tissue. He kept rubbing, more fiercely than the last time. Hojo wasn't one to become anger but boy was he mad now. That was probably a big understatement.
Hojo paused his motions and looked it Kagome's chocolate brown lifeless eyes that were staring straight forward, not focusing on anything. She was just staring at... nothing. "Kagome," he sort of growled out in a low deep voice. No response.
"Kagome, answer me."
No response. Moments of silence until the explosion came.
"Kagome!" Hojo hissed out of his gritted teeth. "Tell me who did his to you!"
Not even a blink or a flicker of the eye was made. She just continued to stare out straight ahead, trapped in her own little world. She remained in her position, oblivious to her surroundings, including the troubled and irritated teenage boy in the bathroom with her.
"Kagome! Answer me!" He grabbed her by her upper arms and shook her not too harsh but enough to stir her out of her deep thought.
Kagome blinked a few dozen times to clear her head. All she remembered was everything spinning and then she zoned out. Kagome's eyes focused on her surroundings, taking in everything one at a time. She felt the cool and smooth texture of the bathroom counter beneath her. In addition, she felt a hard pressure gripping on her upper arms, where her new bruises Inuyasha made on her were. She smelt the thick scent of rubbing alcohol and some light cologne. ::Cologne?::
Her vision was slightly blurred but she could make out the almond color in front of her. Slowly, her vision returned and she caught herself being closely face to face with Hojo. Kagome lightly blushed at the close proximity. His eyes were flaming with anger and irritation but concern, which was unusual from his 'normal' clueless self.
"Kagome! Tell me now!"
::What's he talking about?:: "Umm... what do you mean Hojo? What are you talking about?" She winced. "Hojo, could you please remove your hands from me?" He blinked and moved away quickly so he didn't cause her anymore pain.
"I'm sorry about that." He sat down on the edge of the bathtub and placed his head on his hands, fingers entangling with brown strands of his hair. "I didn't mean to hurt you," he whispered out slowly, barely audible.
Kagome rubbed her arms and sheepishly said. "It's okay." Remembering what she asked before, she questioned him again. "What did you mean when you told me to tell you? Tell you what? What's there to tell?"
Meanwhile, as Hojo was informing Kagome about the how he found her in her bedroom by the broken window, Inuyasha was cutting through the dense forest suspiciously as if he was searching for something important. He was still full demon. Usually all that took was a 'sit' from Kagome and he was back to normal. Somehow that wasn't the case now with Inuyasha. ::Where is she? I can smell her and she's very close::
Inuyasha wandered around the forest for quite some time until he came to a grassy clearing that brought back memories. ::This is where she.... was.... killed:: Inuyasha unconsciously clenched his hands into fists. There the raven-haired woman stood in the distant, bluish white serpent looking demons around her. Her red and white clothes flapping in the wind as she stared back at him with a revengeful look. She looked very serious and meaningful. ::I knew she'd be here. Who's she waiting for?::
He strolled forward towards her and faced her, not backing down from what she was after. If she was even somewhat surprised by his appearance, she didn't show it. She continued to stare straight like she was in a trance of some kind. Up close her eyes looked blank and not a single emotion trailed through them. That's when he noticed something about her. Inuyasha stopped dead in his tracks when he was about six feet in front of her.
Suddenly, the woman dropped forward and landed with a light thud on the grassy ground. An arrow was pressing upwards out of her back. Her dark blood was tainting the robes on her back. The undead priestess was almost dead again. Inuyasha stared down at her with disgust and she looked up at him with a hopeless look in her eyes that were no longer emotionless.
"Inuyasha," she whispered hoarsely out of her lips.
That sparked something inside of him and his head dropped forward but brought it back up a second after. His once blood red eyes were now golden amber. The stripes on his cheeks were gone and he stared down at the woman with shocked eyes.
"Kikyo," he whispered as if he was hurt. He knelt down next to her body and slightly tugged at the arrow intruding in her back. She hissed in a breath at the pain. He instantly stopped what he was doing and pulled her up to her feet. She swayed on her feet and tried to pull away from him weakly but couldn't. She fell forward, her face pressing into Inuyasha's chest. He put his arms around her waist and pulled her closer.
"We've got to find you help. Can you walk?" He felt her head shake in response to his question. "I'll take you to Kaede and you'll be fine."
"Inuyasha! Don't! No! I want to die and you can come with me to hell. This is our chance to be together." Kikyo looked up with her gray stormy eyes, pleading with him.
"Kikyo, you need help and I'm going to get you some. I promised I'd protect you forever and that's what I'm going to do!" Before she could respond, he put her over his shoulder and ran towards Kaede's village before it was too late for Kikyo - again!
{----[Kagome]----}
"Hojo, I can't tell you what happened. I'm sorry." Kagome bowed her head down as she recalled the moments she was with Inuyasha when he turned full demon.
"Kagome, I don't want you to get hurt again. This could get worse. I don't want to see you hurt like this." Hojo stared at her, still sitting on the edge of the bathtub.
"Hojo, thank you for helping me out but," Kagome brought her head up and looked into his eyes, "I can't. I'm sorry. It's kind of... personal." He stared back into her eyes for a moment before walking over to her. Hojo stared down at her eyes, looking for something there. He leaned down and gently hugged her, careful of her wounds.
"You're welcome," he whispered into her ear. Kagome closed her eyes and felt tears coming to her eyes. She remembered when Inuyasha hugged her only to get the jewel around her neck. That sparked something in her mind. She pulled away from Hojo and felt her neck for the jewel.
"It's gone," she breathed out. "Oh great!"
As if on cue, the doorbell rang and Kagome hopped off the bathroom counter, forgetting about Hojo and went to go answer the door. She walked down the stairs and the doorbell rang away.
"I'm coming! Hold on. Whoa!" Kagome slipped on the stairs and fell backwards. Thankfully Hojo was there to catch her before she hurt herself even more.
"You seem to be having a really bad day today Kagome." Hojo tried to make light of the situation to make her feel a little better.
"Just a little," Kagome answered back. She traveled down the rest of the stairs carefully with Hojo following behind her and the doorbell rang again. Someone was impatient today. "Hold on." She reached the door and unlocked the locks. Kagome pulled the door open and met up with a disgusted face of the popular high school girl, Meiwaku.
"What are you doing here Meiwaku? Shouldn't you be off treating people like dirt underneath your shoes?" Kagome snapped at her.
"That's why I'm here Kagome." Meiwaku responded back. She laughed at Kagome's angry and irritated face. "Tsk tsk Kagome. Temper temper." She teased her.
After a while as the rivalry and tension grew thicker in the air, Meiwaku was getting very annoyed. "Well? Aren't you going to invite me in or you just going to let me stand out here all day?"
"I'd rather you leave." Kagome snapped back.
"Then I guess you won't be needing this." Meiwaku took out the pink jewel and held it up with her bare hands. Kagome stared in shock at the sphere in Meiwaku's hands. ::She has it?!:: This day was definitely not going her way.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
How was that? I hope that was good. I had Kikyo (a.k.a The Bitch who should rot in hell) in there unfortunately but I needed more action. I know this was kind of short for a chapter but did it explain enough? Review and tell me! I love writing this story! Till next time!
-Heather Christi