When she had made it to the other side of the well, Kagome heard the
screams from a familiar voice. It took her a few minutes to climb up but
she finally hopped outside of the well. To one side she saw Inuyasha moving
back and forth on the ground holding the side of his ribcage where he was
hit. His sounds of pain now died down to simple groans of resistance. Far
ahead of her was the man who had his back facing her, only getting farther
as he continued walking. Kagome, clueless as usual, wasn't sure what could
have just happened.
Inuyasha lay on the ground and looked up at the girl, seeing only a shadowed figure since she stood between him and the sun. Strangely to her surprise, Kagome saw a smile come to Inuyasha. When she gave him the confused look, he was growing irritated, but that tensed his body and brought back the pain from all areas where his body was hit. Kagome kneeled down besides him and asked, "What's wrong? Are you hurt?" Inuyasha looked at her as if she was stupid. It was obvious he was in pain. Inuyasha barked back at her, "What do you mean what's wrong!? Does it look like I'm OK!?" His eyelids pressured against each other, and his teeth gritted, trying to resist the pain as much as possible. Kagome looked at him worried before picking him up with his right arm going around her shoulders. The movement of his dislocated arm caused him to scream. "Not that arm! Not that arm!" Kagome moved over to his other side with his left arm now around her shoulders, "Sorry but you don't have to yell." Inuyasha walked along with her, trying to be gentle to not force too much painful movement in his right arm. "Yeah well you should be more careful," he said with an irritable tone.
The two made it into Kaede's hut, where the old woman was brewing hot herbal tea. She turned around when hearing the rustling of the hut's door. "Ah, Kagome and Inuyasha. How ye both be?" she asked them. "I'm doing alright, but Inuyasha here--", Inuyasha's yelling cut off Kagome, "You think I'm doing OK!? My freaking arm is useless!" Kaede patted the ground besides her after Kagome let go of Inuyasha, "Come hither, Inuyasha. Let me examine you."
In the meantime, the man from before was walking through the same village of Kaede's hut. With the information he was given by one of the villagers, he was making his way to her home. He walked in the same mysterious form: arms and sleeves joined together over his chest, and his hood masking his face in shadow. The flat line his lips made gave no hint to his thoughts.
With a brief mumbling, Inuyasha sat down next to Kaede and removed his upper body wear using his left arm. Kaede saw three heavy bruises, two on Inuyasha's shoulder blades, and the third over his right shoulder. With a poke over the shoulder bruise, Inuyasha yelped, "What you do that for!?" Kagome was almost shocked seeing the dark body marks over Inuyasha's body. "And what about your arm?" Kaede asked when she moved Inuyasha's right arm. "I know how to fix this," she said when she popped Inuyasha's arm back into place using correct management and location, "But your bruises I can help naught. Those will leave quickly depending on your own strength." Inuyasha fell to the floor on his right side holding his arm as a means of resistance. "But from the looks of it, it seems it will take a long time for those bruises to heal."
Kagome finally spoke, and asked Inuyasha, "Who did this to you? He must be a real strong demon if he did all that." Inuyasha was being filled with frustration from the thought about him being weak in comparison, but when he looked to the door, a fright overcame him. "He's come back to beat me up even more!" Inuyasha complained with a fear in his voice.
The two females turned to face the door where Inuyasha was pointing and saw the mysterious man. When he saw that he got the attention from whom he wanted, he asked "May I purchase some herbal remedies?"
Kaede stood up when Kagome looked wonderingly at the man, 'He looks like the one I saw walking away back at the well . . .'
"Inuyasha, be more respectful," Kaede chastised. She walked to the man at the door answering his question, "Pray your forgiveness, I have not prepared any today." She began to think why the man was hiding his face, but did not bother to ask.
"Hmm," the man began to walk up closer to Inuyasha, who constantly crawled backwards to keep their distance, until he backed up into a corner. The two women watched Inuyasha with interest and awe of his obvious fear. 'What a coward,' Kagome thought. Inuyasha began to calm down when he saw the man give a bow of respect. "Forgive me for what I have done back in the forest," he said, "But I had to defend myself."
"Defend yourself? Defending yourself does not mean having to break my arm off!" Inuyasha barked in anger.
"Aye, but it is not my fault if you attack so unprepared and unskilled as you are." The man then turned his back to Inuyasha, who was building anger but wouldn't act upon it, and started for the door. Before he exited, he meant to ask Kaede, "May you tell me your name?"
Kagome, who was watching the man with curiosity and interest, gave him her name before Kaede did. When she figured that she wasn't the one being asked the question, she felt stupid, and backed up against a wall looking to the ground. "Ah . . . Thank you, Kaede . . . My name is Xean . . . Good day to you all . . ."
Kagome quickly turned her head to the door hearing the rustling before it settled, but the man had already made it outside and disappeared. Her left hand balled up over her chest when she looked back out at nothing with a glazed look over her eyes, reminding herself of his name. Inuyasha and Kaede both turned to look at Kagome, both having a sense of what she could be feeling, but unsurely. Kaede said nothing, but Inuyasha was becoming jealous that made the transition into anger, with a redness overcoming his face. "You better not fall in love with someone you don't even know! You should be worrying about me and what could happen to me!"
Kagome looked up, and her facial expression shifted. The glaze in her eyes was gone but her eyes narrowed inwards, and her hands went to her hips when she stood up, "Well I'm sorry if I can't protect you when it should be you protecting me!" Kaede made it back to her seating location on the ground, shaking her head as she continued brewing the tea knowing an argument between the other two would ensue.
Inuyasha lay on the ground and looked up at the girl, seeing only a shadowed figure since she stood between him and the sun. Strangely to her surprise, Kagome saw a smile come to Inuyasha. When she gave him the confused look, he was growing irritated, but that tensed his body and brought back the pain from all areas where his body was hit. Kagome kneeled down besides him and asked, "What's wrong? Are you hurt?" Inuyasha looked at her as if she was stupid. It was obvious he was in pain. Inuyasha barked back at her, "What do you mean what's wrong!? Does it look like I'm OK!?" His eyelids pressured against each other, and his teeth gritted, trying to resist the pain as much as possible. Kagome looked at him worried before picking him up with his right arm going around her shoulders. The movement of his dislocated arm caused him to scream. "Not that arm! Not that arm!" Kagome moved over to his other side with his left arm now around her shoulders, "Sorry but you don't have to yell." Inuyasha walked along with her, trying to be gentle to not force too much painful movement in his right arm. "Yeah well you should be more careful," he said with an irritable tone.
The two made it into Kaede's hut, where the old woman was brewing hot herbal tea. She turned around when hearing the rustling of the hut's door. "Ah, Kagome and Inuyasha. How ye both be?" she asked them. "I'm doing alright, but Inuyasha here--", Inuyasha's yelling cut off Kagome, "You think I'm doing OK!? My freaking arm is useless!" Kaede patted the ground besides her after Kagome let go of Inuyasha, "Come hither, Inuyasha. Let me examine you."
In the meantime, the man from before was walking through the same village of Kaede's hut. With the information he was given by one of the villagers, he was making his way to her home. He walked in the same mysterious form: arms and sleeves joined together over his chest, and his hood masking his face in shadow. The flat line his lips made gave no hint to his thoughts.
With a brief mumbling, Inuyasha sat down next to Kaede and removed his upper body wear using his left arm. Kaede saw three heavy bruises, two on Inuyasha's shoulder blades, and the third over his right shoulder. With a poke over the shoulder bruise, Inuyasha yelped, "What you do that for!?" Kagome was almost shocked seeing the dark body marks over Inuyasha's body. "And what about your arm?" Kaede asked when she moved Inuyasha's right arm. "I know how to fix this," she said when she popped Inuyasha's arm back into place using correct management and location, "But your bruises I can help naught. Those will leave quickly depending on your own strength." Inuyasha fell to the floor on his right side holding his arm as a means of resistance. "But from the looks of it, it seems it will take a long time for those bruises to heal."
Kagome finally spoke, and asked Inuyasha, "Who did this to you? He must be a real strong demon if he did all that." Inuyasha was being filled with frustration from the thought about him being weak in comparison, but when he looked to the door, a fright overcame him. "He's come back to beat me up even more!" Inuyasha complained with a fear in his voice.
The two females turned to face the door where Inuyasha was pointing and saw the mysterious man. When he saw that he got the attention from whom he wanted, he asked "May I purchase some herbal remedies?"
Kaede stood up when Kagome looked wonderingly at the man, 'He looks like the one I saw walking away back at the well . . .'
"Inuyasha, be more respectful," Kaede chastised. She walked to the man at the door answering his question, "Pray your forgiveness, I have not prepared any today." She began to think why the man was hiding his face, but did not bother to ask.
"Hmm," the man began to walk up closer to Inuyasha, who constantly crawled backwards to keep their distance, until he backed up into a corner. The two women watched Inuyasha with interest and awe of his obvious fear. 'What a coward,' Kagome thought. Inuyasha began to calm down when he saw the man give a bow of respect. "Forgive me for what I have done back in the forest," he said, "But I had to defend myself."
"Defend yourself? Defending yourself does not mean having to break my arm off!" Inuyasha barked in anger.
"Aye, but it is not my fault if you attack so unprepared and unskilled as you are." The man then turned his back to Inuyasha, who was building anger but wouldn't act upon it, and started for the door. Before he exited, he meant to ask Kaede, "May you tell me your name?"
Kagome, who was watching the man with curiosity and interest, gave him her name before Kaede did. When she figured that she wasn't the one being asked the question, she felt stupid, and backed up against a wall looking to the ground. "Ah . . . Thank you, Kaede . . . My name is Xean . . . Good day to you all . . ."
Kagome quickly turned her head to the door hearing the rustling before it settled, but the man had already made it outside and disappeared. Her left hand balled up over her chest when she looked back out at nothing with a glazed look over her eyes, reminding herself of his name. Inuyasha and Kaede both turned to look at Kagome, both having a sense of what she could be feeling, but unsurely. Kaede said nothing, but Inuyasha was becoming jealous that made the transition into anger, with a redness overcoming his face. "You better not fall in love with someone you don't even know! You should be worrying about me and what could happen to me!"
Kagome looked up, and her facial expression shifted. The glaze in her eyes was gone but her eyes narrowed inwards, and her hands went to her hips when she stood up, "Well I'm sorry if I can't protect you when it should be you protecting me!" Kaede made it back to her seating location on the ground, shaking her head as she continued brewing the tea knowing an argument between the other two would ensue.
