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Chapter 4
Everything will be al right
Inuyasha sprang through the well praying that his dear Kagome was still alive. His mind racing trying to figure out just when he fell in love her. He knew that he had loved Kikyo, and even though Kagome was her reincarnation, she was her own person. He loved her smile, her kindness, and even when she was angry with him. Before he new it, he had reached the hut. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo were still sitting right where he had left them earlier. They had solemn expressions on their faces and it appeared that Sango had cried herself to sleep on none other than Miroku's lap. "How is she? Is she still alive?" Inuyasha was prepared for the worst.
"She is resting now." Kaede emerged from the small hut, her brow dampened by beads of sweat. "I believe that with time, she will be fine. Right now we must make sure she does not catch fever." Kaede wiped her brow as she slowly made her way to Inuyasha. Her eyes bore into his trying to determine what was in his soul. 'Ah, he has finally seen his love for the young miko. I only hope he is no too late.' Kaede's mind was whirling with thoughts of the poor Kagome lying unconscious in her hut. "Inuyasha, now is the time that ye must tell us what happened to Lady Kagome. We must know in order to help her." Inuyasha had known that this time would come. He suddenly was very interested in the pebble resting before his clawed foot.
"Please Inuyasha. For Kagome." Inuyasha looked at the monk trying to figure out where to start. "I will tell you what I can. The rest you will have to wait for Kagome." Inuyasha wished that she were awake to aid him in recounting the horrible events. "But, if she does not want to share and any of you push her into telling you, no one will be able to find your bodies." They all understood immediately what he meant, and the look in his eyes was a signal to not even test to see if he was bluffing. With four sober but curious faces looking to him for answer, Inuyasha told them all he could. "I just got done dealing with the man, and I have no doubt that he will never hurt anyone again."
Inuyasha looked at them as he finished his tale. Sango's eyes were bloodshot from crying for her best friend. 'She is more than that. She is like a sister to me. You can't die Kagome! Who am I going to gossip with? Who will help me deal with this lecherous monk, even though he is behaving quite unlike his hentai self. You just have to be alright!' With that last thought Sango buried her head into the somber Miroku's chest and sobbed.
"Inuyasha, I believe that Kagome will desperately need your strength through all this. Why don't ye go to her now? She should be waking up very soon." Inuyasha only nodded his thanks at Kaede and went into the hut leaving the others to wonder what will happen next. He was relieved to see her free from blood and the color returning to her angelic face. Her raven tresses were spread around her like a halo. He quietly sat down beside her and encompassed her hand in his own. 'My poor Kagome. Please be al right. Don't you know that you are loved? We all love you. I love you. I need you to make it through this.' He lowered his head to her ear and deeply inhaled her scent. 'I love her scent. No one else smells quite like her. It is intoxicating.'
"You have to be strong Kagome. Please, just be strong." He leaned back so that he could take her whole face into his golden orbs. 'She looks so innocent. So peaceful. I wonder how she will look when she wakes up.' His clawed finger gently caressed her milky skin, relishing in the feeling. Inuyasha sat back down next to her and fell into a fitful sleep, never releasing her hand from his own.
Inuyasha awoke from his uneasy slumber to the sound of whimpering. She was having a nightmare. Inuyasha grabbed a cloth, wet it, and applied it to her forehead. 'She's burning up. I better tell Kaede.' As Inuyasha started to get up, he heard her voice. He could only make out a few words, and realized she was still asleep. "No, please…..Inuyasha help…..please, don't….." Inuyasha stood there frozen. 'She's dreaming about it. My poor Kagome, I can't save you from your dreams.' Inuyasha gently grasped her shoulders and gave her a little shake. "Kagome, Kagome wake up. You're just having a bad dream." Her breathing started to get ragged and her arms slightly flailed at his voice. It seemed as though she was trying to escape something. Inuyasha realized that hearing a man's voice while she was dreaming about her attack was probably not the best thing, but he had no choice. "Kagome, please wake up. You're al right now. You're safe here." Kagome's eyes bolted open and Inuyasha could see tears threatening to spill out of them. Her eyes studied Inuyasha's for a moment, trying to remember where she was and what had happened. "Inu…yasha?"
"Yeah Kagome, it's me. You're ok now. Everything will be alright." Kagome flung her arms around his neck and started to sob. Inuyasha forced himself out of shock and lovingly wrapped his arms around her shaking form. He gently pulled her into his lap and rocked her back and forth, whispering comforting words in her ear. He held her as she cried into his chest. "Kagome, what did you dream about?"
"Oh Inuyasha! It was so horrible. I thought that he came back for me and I couldn't find you." A new set of sobs wracked her body. "I thought that he killed you. It was so * hiccough * horrible!" Inuyasha didn't know what to do but to tell her everything was fine, he was here, and it was only a dream. After a while he noticed that her crying had stopped and her breathing evened out. She had fallen back to sleep in the arms of the man who loved her, but she still did not know. Inuyasha eventually drifted off to sleep, praying that he would never have to let her go.
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Inuyasha awoke to find his love still in his arms. 'She's so beautiful.' He brushed a stray bang off her forehead. 'She's still burning up.' Inuyasha gently placed her back into the bed, careful not to wake her, and walked outside the hut to tell Kaede. "Hey, Hag, I need to talk to you." Kaede had been making more paste for Kagome's wounds. "I think Kagome has a fever." Inuyasha walked over to the old miko.
"Well Inuyasha, ye must keep a damp cloth on her forehead and keep her warm. By any means necessary." Kaede gave him a knowing wink. 'What is she talking about any means necessary?' "Feh, whatever." Inuyasha strolled back to Kagome, surprised to see her awake and out of the bed. "What are you doing wench?" Inuyasha picked her up and firmly placed her into bed, but gentle enough not to hurt her. "I just wanted some water." Inuyasha silently left the hut, only to come back with a bowl of cool water and a cup of warm tea. He handed the tea to Kagome and dipped the cloth into the bowl. He watched as Kagome sipped at her tea, eyes closed and thoroughly enjoying the warmth trickle down her parched throat. When she was down, Inuyasha took the cup away and ordered her to lie down. Kagome knew that she should not test his tone and did what he said. He gently placed the cold rag on her head and covered her with a warm, heavy quilt. She enjoyed the coolness of the rag on her sweaty brow. 'Why is he being so nice to me? Was I really in that bad of shape?' Inuyasha noticed her eyes cloud over slightly and couldn't help feel that he had done something wrong. He stood up and started walking towards the door. A whisper caught his attention and he slowly turned back around. "Inuyasha. Thank you." He watched as Kagome's eyes slowly closed and she drifted off into sleep. Inuyasha walked back over to aid her in fighting her fever.
He watched over her for days never leaving her side as she slipped in and out of consciousness, the fever never wavering. Finally on the fourth day the fever broke. Inuyasha breathed a heavy sigh of relief and rushed to tell Kaede. After careful inspection, Kaede decided Kagome was out of the toughest part to her recovery. She would live.
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Kagome had looked like a zombie for a week now. She only eats when Inuyasha forces her to and she has a nightmare everynight. Inuyasha watches her as she battles her foe, never winning in her dreams. 'My lovely Kagome. What did he do to you?' She had not wanted to talk about it to anyone. Actually, she hardly talked anymore at all. She was either laying in bed, or she went walking on her own. She seemed broken. Inuyasha had not told her yet the fate of the man. He was waiting for the right time. He wanted to be alone with her.
The perfect opportunity arose as she was picking flowers next to the well. She had not been back to her time since the attack, and of course, Inuyasha did not mind this. He walked up behind her, his eyes taking in all her beauty. "Kagome, I need to talk to you." Her back stiffened and she turned around. Inuyasha could see the desire to run in her eyes. She tried to put her happy - face mask on, but Inuyasha knew better. He knew that she had slipped into a depressed state. She never seemed happy anymore. Her eyes didn't hold the sparkle that they used to and Inuyasha missed her bell – like laughter. "What is it Inuyasha?" He could tell she was afraid of what he wanted to talk about. She already knew why he had come to her. "I need to talk to you about what happened. And what has become to that man." Inuyasha carefully chose his words, not wanting to scare her off. "You don't have to tell me anything you don't want to, but it will make you feel better." He could see her mask slowly start to slip off her angelic face as the tears slowly made paths down her cheeks. He cautiously walked up to her and sat down facing his Kagome. "You don't have to be afraid anymore. I'm here. I will never let anything happen to you again." He reached a clawed finger and gently wiped away a stray tear, causing a gasp from Kagome. 'What is he doing? He has never touched me this gently before. I know that I can trust him, I just don't want to remember what happened. Isn't it bad enough that I am forced to go through everything that happened to me in my dreams?' She looked up to him, tears still flowing down her face. "Al right Inuyasha, I'll tell you, but I want to tell the others when I am ready, ok?" Inuyasha gave a slight nod to acknowledge her request and she quietly began her story, starting with the fight. By the time she was done telling her story, her eyes had become bloodshot, she had cried all the tears that she could, and she had somehow ended up in Inuyasha's lap, his arms around her protectively. She could occasionally hear a growl deep in his chest, but she continued anyways. She was exhausted and emotionally drained. It took all her strength to tell the whole story, but she felt immeasurably better when she reached the end. "I am afraid to go back incase he comes after me again." She could feel Inuyasha's arms tighten around her.
"I took care of him Kagome. He will not be able to hurt you anymore." Kagome's eyes widened in horror as his words sunk in. "No, I didn't kill him, if that's what your thinking. I just made it so that he could never hurt another woman for the rest of his life." She immediately relaxed and almost felt the urge to giggle, but it left as quickly as it had snuck up on her. "Thank you Inuyasha. That means so much to me." They sat there in silence watching the sunset. Inuyasha was the first to break the silence, "Kagome?" She turned her tear stained face up to his. He was looking up at the sky with a sort of confused look on his face. "Yes Inuyasha." I wonder why he has that look on his face. "There is one more thing that I need to tell you." He could not bring himself to look into her expectant eyes. "When I thought that I was going to lose you, I realized something. I realized that iloveyou." He said this last part so quickly and quietly that if Kagome was not so close to him, she probably would have missed it. Her eyes went huge and he heard her take a restricted gasp. 'Did I just hear him right? Did he say that…he….loves me?? There is no way that he loves me. He loves Kikyo. And how could anyone want to be with someone whose innocence was almost lost? No, he is lying to me. I want to go home.' Before Inuyasha could react, she had jumped out of his lap and made her way to the well. He could smell the salt of her tears and heard her muttering as she ran to the well. "No….he's lying….he only wants his shard detector….he still loves Kikyo." With flash of blue, she was gone. 'Kikyo?? I hadn't thought about her since Kagome was attacked. Does she really think that I love Kikyo and just want her as a shard detector?' Inuyasha was snapped out of his thoughts by Miroku, "Aren't you going to go after her? She is just scared Inuyasha. She has been through a great ordeal that will take much healing, and I have a feeling your love is returned, but she is too frightened." Inuyasha thought of this. 'Maybe she just needs some time alone.' He looked up to see a very scary Sango glaring at him. "Al right, I get it. I'll go get her." Inuyasha raced down the well after her.
Hey guys. A bit longer than last time. I am quite proud. I know that Inuyasha is a little (maybe a lot) OOC, but come on, his woman almost died. Sorry this took a little longer to get up, but my comp is being crazy. I seriously thought of throwing it into the pool. As always, please review. You really don't understand how awesome it is to see someone has taken the time to help me out and let me know what they think. I didn't understand until I started writing this. Just a friendly reminder to those who drive and don't want their wallets and cd players stolen out of their cars, make sure ALL doors are locked, even if the car is in your driveway, and even if you live in a small, secluded neighborhood (like I do and mine was). Thanks again for reading. Hope you enjoyed it! More to come soon!!
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