Kagome's Wish
Chapter Ten- There's Always Love After The Rain
By:inuyashasgirl789
Both boys' hearts beat like a wild stampede as they ran down the street, not taking notice of the light drizzle and the clouds roll in, dark as the most creepiest places on earth. A sudden ominous wind swirled from the top of the buildings to swiftly crawl down the walls like spiders as it played around with the long white hair of Inuyasha. The atmosphere was spooky, like huge spider webs lightly brushing against your skin and bugs crawling up your arms and legs, its legs pricking your flesh.
Goosebumps appeared on Miroku's and Inuyasha's arms causing them to shudder, but that was the least of their problems as they turned the corner and glanced down the murky street, seeing an opening to an alley which the girls had undoubtedly ran into.
It seemed like a sinister aura was leaking out of the corner of the alley, its darkness consuming the tiny pieces of light and the boys had horrifying images in their heads as their senses seemed to double in accuracy. Biting their lips in pure frustration, they were a few feet to the alley and as they grew closer, it seemed like a struggle was pursuing as they heard lots of screaming, yelling and things smashing and breaking.
Stepping on a puddle that was made from the rain before and the rain going slowly now, the image in the puddle was shattered in wavy tones and didn't settle as a sudden flash lit the skies in an eerie natural light, one similar to a supernatural phenomenon.
The rain slapped the guys on the face, but they ignored it and instead flung their wet strands away from their eyes. The cold rain hit them on the face mercilessly for such a light drizzle and their clothes were getting soaked and hung to their body.
The street next to them was empty, as empty as a house abandoned. Hardly any light was there and the walls of the buildings suddenly seemed to be enormous and consuming, a menacing feel in the air.
Their hearts still beating, the boys twirled to look down the alley and as if in perfect timing, lightning once again lit up the scene before them. Their hearts could have stopped from a heart attack right then as they saw Sango and Kagome and their mouths opened in shock.
A group of four ugly looking boys were trying to drag Kagome and Sango deeper into the alley, likely thinking about doing an unforgivable crime to them. But it seemed like both girls were not giving up without a fight and two of the thugs had their foreheads bleeding. There were broken pieces of glasses on the ground, evidence that Kagome or Sango had used a glass bottle on the two guys who had their forehead bleeding.
Inuyasha let out an animalistic growl from his throat and clenched his fists till the veins showed visibly. "GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF OF KAGOME, YOU BASTARDS," he roared before literally lunging at one of the two males, sending a powerful punch to the side of the guy's face when he turned around to see what the commotion was.
Miroku was right behind Inuyasha, but instead, he swung his fists at the other two guys who were holding Sango. The other person who was just as surprised, let go of Sango's hand and the girl fell heavily on a bunch of garbage bags, her hands landing on something big and thick as she closed her eyes in pain.
Kagome used the sudden interruption from Inuyasha to kick the remaining guy who had been holding onto her upper arm. Unluckily for the guy, she had thought about kicking him in the most painful area on a male's body and he ended up doubling over, groaning, both hands at his groin.
The girl quickly and swiftly got up and ran further down the alley, Inuyasha too busy on top of the other guy, punching away at his face and calling him every foul word known to mankind to notice Kagome. Kagome suddenly tripped in her fear and haste, and squeaked painfully when she landed on the ground, skinning both of her palms on the wet ground. Moaning, her breath caught in her throat when her view landed on two perfectly shined shoes.
Miroku had officially taken down the first guy by slamming his head into the wall, watching the other male slide bonelessly to the cold wet ground. Letting his guard down by leaving his back clearly obvious to the other thug, he turned around and saw that the guy was rushing at him, fists ready to land a punch on Miroku's face. Miroku realized he didn't have time to dodge and threw his arms up in front of his face, waiting for the punch to connect.
It never came.
Squinting one of his eyes open, he extended his arms away to see the guy right in front of him, eyes wide. Miroku just stared, as he watched the dude stagger, then fall down, revealing a heavily panting Sango holding a large piece of wood in two hands in the aftermath of having just swung the "weapon."
She was shivering and fighting down a hard breath as she fell on her knees, letting the rain wash her fear away, looking at the back of the guy's head who she had just attacked. He was bleeding and she started sobbing, wondering if she had just killed someone.
Miroku breathed lightly and walked slowly but surely over to the terrified girl, making sure he stepped hard on the fainted thug's back, hoping to crack some bones.
The boy quietly lifted Sango into his arms as she started crying loudly, pointing to the guy and then to herself, trying to croak out something as rain ran down her face.
"Ssh." Miroku made a silencing gesture with his fingers to his lips and smiled at Sango. "He just fainted."
Sango drew in a shallow sob and then looked over to Inuyasha, who was still cursing and punching away at the guy. "Kagome..?! KAGOME!?" Sango suddenly screamed in fright when she noticed Kagome was nowhere to be found.
Inuyasha stopped his punches as Sango's words got to his head and he looked around frantically, ignoring the other boy who was moaning on the ground.
"Kukuku...she's here." Two figures suddenly appeared lightly in the distance of the alley, a shadowy cape covering them and rain seemed to bounce off.
"KAGOME!" Sango screamed when she recognized one of the figures as her best friend.
Both of the figures stood under a flickering street lamp and revealed a a wavy, black-haired man and Kagome. The man had one hand covering Kagome's mouth, preventing her from screaming and another around both of her arms so she couldn't struggle.
Inuyasha was about to rush at the man in anger that he would try to hurt Kagome, but the man shook his head, warning him to not come any closer. Inuyasha noticed the sparkling yet deadly glint from the man's waist, indicating he was armed with a dagger and he would use it too.
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed and he growled, low in his throat, his hands clenching even more tightly, itching to get it around the man's neck. "Who. Are. You." Inuyasha snarled, sounding out every word.
The man smirked, a dark and dangerous smirk, and answered, "I'm Naraku...Inuyasha..."
"What do you want!? And how do you know my name!?" Inuyasha demanded, his temper starting to get out of control.
"This girl is what I want. And I know you're name...because my cousin told me it..." Naraku ended his explanation with a set of "kukuku"'s and he dug his nails into Kagome's cheeks, hard, but not enough to penetrate the skin.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT KAGOME FOR?! WHOS YOUR DAMN COUSIN YOU SON OF A BITCH!?" Inuyasha ordered and narrowed his eyes even more, his head screaming at him to just lunge at the idiot.
"My cousin is of no concern to you, and if you really want to know what I want Kagome for..." Naraku said evilly and twirled Kagome around, getting ready to kiss her. (and yes. literally)
Miroku, Inuyasha and Sango all gasped and froze in shock as Kagome's eyes widened in a silent scream, her body going limp with shock and her face paling at an incredible speed. She looked at Inuyasha helplessly across from what seemed like a wide plain filled with rain from the side of her eyes before closing her eyes tightly, tears running down her cheeks and mingling with the rain. She punched Naraku, trying to make him get away from her as a sudden image went through her head.
***
"But I'm SCARED!"
"I'll protect you..."
***
Naraku grabbed a hold of Kagome's cheek to stop her from trying to struggle and every passing second seemed like hell as Kagome watched his lips grow closer to hers. Still struggling, she saw Naraku's hand stray closer to her mouth and a sudden idea popped up in her mind.
She twisted her face around and bit Naraku on the hand, HARD. Hard enough to draw blood as Naraku shouted "YOU BITCH!" and slapped her on the face, just as hard. The baddie darkened and turned around, just enough time to see Inuyasha roar out angrily and rush at him with incredible speed, anger glinted dangerously in his eyes. Miroku and Sango were behind him, looking like they were also ready to knock the living daylights out of him for doing that to Kagome. Naraku pushed Kagome away, who was still crying, and took out a black ball, throwing it at the ground.
Black smoke engulfed everyone and Inuyasha started coughing as he forced his eyes to open and make out where the bastard was. He could see a figure rushing up through the smoke, one hand up holding a rope that drew up, and laughing evilly.
In a matter of about twenty seconds, the smoke cleared from the rain pattering downand Inuyasha looked up in rage, searching frantically for Naraku to only see a part of his black hair disappear over the slippery top most balcony and then the rest was covered. "GOD DAMN COWARDLY SON OF A BI-- -"
"Kagome!? KAGOME! WAIT!" Sango screamed in panic, cutting off Inuyasha's sentence.
Inuyasha glanced in down the alley and watched a figure run down it, disappearing into the distance. "GOD DAMNIT. KAGOMEEEEE!" he yelled after her before running after the girl, Miroku and Sango wondering if they should run after the pair.
While...
From the top most balcony, two figures hidden in the darkness watched Inuyasha rush after Kagome.
"You sure that'll work? Kukuku...I think it'll just bring those two closer, not further apart...Kikyou."
Kikyou squinted her eyes at the retreating figure of Inuyasha before answering coldly, "Kagome would push him away, haunted by those memories. Even if Inuyasha would try to get to her, she'll be scared and she won't forget...now would she? Once Inuyasha gets tired of being rejected and pushed away, he would come back to me...because we were meant to be..."
"........Are you sane?"
(Lightning: *snorts* and pigs can fly kit. And I am the queen of england! And elvis was a nerd! AND I RULE THE WORLD! (actually I do) *rants on for half an hour till kit takes her away to the happy house)
*~*~*
Kagome rushed down the deserted street, ignoring the chill and the coldness of the rain as she covered her red cheek with one of her hands, before moving both hands to clutch her head. She screamed. She screamed out her agony as she continue to run blindly through the street, wishing that what had happened before was all a nightmare.
A nightmare and she would wake up soon.
Images of what had just happened before flashed through her mind and she shrieked, willing it to get out of her head and leave her alone. Nearly pulling out her hair in pain, she pushed the thoughts inner and inner into her mind before one clear line ran through her head.
***
"I'll protect you...forever..."
***
Everything that had happened at Medieval Times came rushing back into her mind as she felt as if her soul had just cracked, like ice. Rushing straight across the road without knowing, she continued to run past trees and underbushes as she shook her head from side to side, tears leaking out and once again mingling with the ice cold rain.
She stopped when her feet dropped and touched water, it going up past her ankle. Shaking, Kagome fell onto her knees, straight into the water, her face buried in her hands.
"YOU PROMISED INUYASHA! YOU SAID YOU'D PROTECT ME!!!"
*~*~*
Inuyasha ran across the street, not even cautious if there were cars or trucks, his mind only centered on Kagome.
Why did he even care about her this much? When DID he begin to care about her? They had always been enemies, so how did it change? Was it because of what happened at that castle? Did that really shift their hatred to friends...and maybe even something more? How could such a simple event change their...or his feelings to such indescribable emotions? Why did every time he just look at her...his heart beat so painfully? Was this...love? NO! It couldn't be! They had only begun to become friends for such a short time and it couldn't have already bloomed to love!
Inuyasha didn't have enough time to think anymore when he saw her, just kneeling in water and crying. His heart wrenched painfully at the sight and he vowed that if he even saw Naraku again, he would KILL that piece of shit.
He watched the silver cloak of rain around Kagome and felt like he just wanted to run up, hug her and try to take all her pain away. His hair stung stubbornly to his face and he stood there, his hair swaying as he just looked at the girl.
"Kagome..." he whispered as soft as the wind and he could see Kagome's back stiffen.
"Inu---" Kagome turned her head around to see if it was in fact, him before looking at him in pain. "---yasha..." She didn't take her eyes away from his gaze and she felt like she was frozen in time.
Without another word, Inuyasha lightly walked up to her, never breaking the eye tension. He lightly kneeled down in level with her in the water and watched her gaze at him with red eyes while rain curtained around the two. "Kagome...I'm so...sor---"
"INUYASHA!" Kagome suddenly shouted, agony in her voice as she flung her body at him and caught him in a big hug, nearly making him keel over from the weight. "I WAS SO SCARED. I THOUGHT NARAKU'S GANG WERE GOING TO RAPE ME AND NARAKU WAS GOING TO KISS ME AND I THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PROTECT ME IN TIME!" she screamed, beginning to sob hard again.
Inuyasha's eyes widened as he realized she had probably regained all her memory now. Smiling lightly, he put his arms around her and drew the girl closer to him. He lightly raked through her black raven and very wet hair with his nails and stayed quiet till she stopped crying so hard. Soon, the sobs reduced down to tears then tuned down to little sniffles.
"I'm so sorry Kagome. I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you. I'm so sorry," Inuyasha gently murmured in her ears and rubbed one of his hands up and down her back in comfort. "I promise I'll kill Naraku for you."
Kagome went stiff in his arms when she heard the name "Naraku" and Inuyasha muttered some more encouraging words to her, saying sorry often.
The water rippled softly as the two moved gently once in a while. The trees surrounding the small lake the pair were in, rustled lightly when the rain began to lighten. Then after a while, the rain stopped all in one but both Kagome and Inuyasha were still in the lake, probably not even taking heed of the cold water.
Kagome soon stopped sniffling and was feeling rather content just being in Inuyasha's arms as he mumbled stuff in her ears. She sighed as she closed her eyes and laid her head against his neck, the images of her nightmare slowly disappearing.
Inuyasha leaned his head against the girl's own head and he smiled lightly. He wouldn't mind just kneeling here in water if Kagome was with him. 'Now where'd that thought come from...'
The clouds cleared and the pale yet mysterious moon hovered over the two, its reflection right next to them in the water. The stars began to start twinkling its daily routine, now that the clouds has had their attention. The wind stopped its rampage and lightened to a breeze, enough to just blow the slick hair of Inuyasha and Kagome with them.
The gigantic tree on the side of the water started dripping droplets of rain from the branches that extended over the water. The leaves dripped the droplets off of it and it splashed into the water, causing small ripples to flow throughout the lake.
Yet still after all this, Kagome and Inuyasha didn't separate, but were still in the same hug they were in before.
Inuyasha lightly flickered open one of his eyes and whispered, "Kagome...?"
Kagome tightened her hold on him as a response, waiting intently for his words.
Inuyasha smiled and his head tilted down, looking at his wavy reflection in the water, the moon still looking far away even if it was just a mirror image. He sighed contently and dug his hands into her uniform shirt, looking at the image in the water and watching his mouth open slightly from the whisper he let out.
"I really do care a lot for you..."
Chapter Ten- There's Always Love After The Rain
By:inuyashasgirl789
Both boys' hearts beat like a wild stampede as they ran down the street, not taking notice of the light drizzle and the clouds roll in, dark as the most creepiest places on earth. A sudden ominous wind swirled from the top of the buildings to swiftly crawl down the walls like spiders as it played around with the long white hair of Inuyasha. The atmosphere was spooky, like huge spider webs lightly brushing against your skin and bugs crawling up your arms and legs, its legs pricking your flesh.
Goosebumps appeared on Miroku's and Inuyasha's arms causing them to shudder, but that was the least of their problems as they turned the corner and glanced down the murky street, seeing an opening to an alley which the girls had undoubtedly ran into.
It seemed like a sinister aura was leaking out of the corner of the alley, its darkness consuming the tiny pieces of light and the boys had horrifying images in their heads as their senses seemed to double in accuracy. Biting their lips in pure frustration, they were a few feet to the alley and as they grew closer, it seemed like a struggle was pursuing as they heard lots of screaming, yelling and things smashing and breaking.
Stepping on a puddle that was made from the rain before and the rain going slowly now, the image in the puddle was shattered in wavy tones and didn't settle as a sudden flash lit the skies in an eerie natural light, one similar to a supernatural phenomenon.
The rain slapped the guys on the face, but they ignored it and instead flung their wet strands away from their eyes. The cold rain hit them on the face mercilessly for such a light drizzle and their clothes were getting soaked and hung to their body.
The street next to them was empty, as empty as a house abandoned. Hardly any light was there and the walls of the buildings suddenly seemed to be enormous and consuming, a menacing feel in the air.
Their hearts still beating, the boys twirled to look down the alley and as if in perfect timing, lightning once again lit up the scene before them. Their hearts could have stopped from a heart attack right then as they saw Sango and Kagome and their mouths opened in shock.
A group of four ugly looking boys were trying to drag Kagome and Sango deeper into the alley, likely thinking about doing an unforgivable crime to them. But it seemed like both girls were not giving up without a fight and two of the thugs had their foreheads bleeding. There were broken pieces of glasses on the ground, evidence that Kagome or Sango had used a glass bottle on the two guys who had their forehead bleeding.
Inuyasha let out an animalistic growl from his throat and clenched his fists till the veins showed visibly. "GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF OF KAGOME, YOU BASTARDS," he roared before literally lunging at one of the two males, sending a powerful punch to the side of the guy's face when he turned around to see what the commotion was.
Miroku was right behind Inuyasha, but instead, he swung his fists at the other two guys who were holding Sango. The other person who was just as surprised, let go of Sango's hand and the girl fell heavily on a bunch of garbage bags, her hands landing on something big and thick as she closed her eyes in pain.
Kagome used the sudden interruption from Inuyasha to kick the remaining guy who had been holding onto her upper arm. Unluckily for the guy, she had thought about kicking him in the most painful area on a male's body and he ended up doubling over, groaning, both hands at his groin.
The girl quickly and swiftly got up and ran further down the alley, Inuyasha too busy on top of the other guy, punching away at his face and calling him every foul word known to mankind to notice Kagome. Kagome suddenly tripped in her fear and haste, and squeaked painfully when she landed on the ground, skinning both of her palms on the wet ground. Moaning, her breath caught in her throat when her view landed on two perfectly shined shoes.
Miroku had officially taken down the first guy by slamming his head into the wall, watching the other male slide bonelessly to the cold wet ground. Letting his guard down by leaving his back clearly obvious to the other thug, he turned around and saw that the guy was rushing at him, fists ready to land a punch on Miroku's face. Miroku realized he didn't have time to dodge and threw his arms up in front of his face, waiting for the punch to connect.
It never came.
Squinting one of his eyes open, he extended his arms away to see the guy right in front of him, eyes wide. Miroku just stared, as he watched the dude stagger, then fall down, revealing a heavily panting Sango holding a large piece of wood in two hands in the aftermath of having just swung the "weapon."
She was shivering and fighting down a hard breath as she fell on her knees, letting the rain wash her fear away, looking at the back of the guy's head who she had just attacked. He was bleeding and she started sobbing, wondering if she had just killed someone.
Miroku breathed lightly and walked slowly but surely over to the terrified girl, making sure he stepped hard on the fainted thug's back, hoping to crack some bones.
The boy quietly lifted Sango into his arms as she started crying loudly, pointing to the guy and then to herself, trying to croak out something as rain ran down her face.
"Ssh." Miroku made a silencing gesture with his fingers to his lips and smiled at Sango. "He just fainted."
Sango drew in a shallow sob and then looked over to Inuyasha, who was still cursing and punching away at the guy. "Kagome..?! KAGOME!?" Sango suddenly screamed in fright when she noticed Kagome was nowhere to be found.
Inuyasha stopped his punches as Sango's words got to his head and he looked around frantically, ignoring the other boy who was moaning on the ground.
"Kukuku...she's here." Two figures suddenly appeared lightly in the distance of the alley, a shadowy cape covering them and rain seemed to bounce off.
"KAGOME!" Sango screamed when she recognized one of the figures as her best friend.
Both of the figures stood under a flickering street lamp and revealed a a wavy, black-haired man and Kagome. The man had one hand covering Kagome's mouth, preventing her from screaming and another around both of her arms so she couldn't struggle.
Inuyasha was about to rush at the man in anger that he would try to hurt Kagome, but the man shook his head, warning him to not come any closer. Inuyasha noticed the sparkling yet deadly glint from the man's waist, indicating he was armed with a dagger and he would use it too.
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed and he growled, low in his throat, his hands clenching even more tightly, itching to get it around the man's neck. "Who. Are. You." Inuyasha snarled, sounding out every word.
The man smirked, a dark and dangerous smirk, and answered, "I'm Naraku...Inuyasha..."
"What do you want!? And how do you know my name!?" Inuyasha demanded, his temper starting to get out of control.
"This girl is what I want. And I know you're name...because my cousin told me it..." Naraku ended his explanation with a set of "kukuku"'s and he dug his nails into Kagome's cheeks, hard, but not enough to penetrate the skin.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT KAGOME FOR?! WHOS YOUR DAMN COUSIN YOU SON OF A BITCH!?" Inuyasha ordered and narrowed his eyes even more, his head screaming at him to just lunge at the idiot.
"My cousin is of no concern to you, and if you really want to know what I want Kagome for..." Naraku said evilly and twirled Kagome around, getting ready to kiss her. (and yes. literally)
Miroku, Inuyasha and Sango all gasped and froze in shock as Kagome's eyes widened in a silent scream, her body going limp with shock and her face paling at an incredible speed. She looked at Inuyasha helplessly across from what seemed like a wide plain filled with rain from the side of her eyes before closing her eyes tightly, tears running down her cheeks and mingling with the rain. She punched Naraku, trying to make him get away from her as a sudden image went through her head.
***
"But I'm SCARED!"
"I'll protect you..."
***
Naraku grabbed a hold of Kagome's cheek to stop her from trying to struggle and every passing second seemed like hell as Kagome watched his lips grow closer to hers. Still struggling, she saw Naraku's hand stray closer to her mouth and a sudden idea popped up in her mind.
She twisted her face around and bit Naraku on the hand, HARD. Hard enough to draw blood as Naraku shouted "YOU BITCH!" and slapped her on the face, just as hard. The baddie darkened and turned around, just enough time to see Inuyasha roar out angrily and rush at him with incredible speed, anger glinted dangerously in his eyes. Miroku and Sango were behind him, looking like they were also ready to knock the living daylights out of him for doing that to Kagome. Naraku pushed Kagome away, who was still crying, and took out a black ball, throwing it at the ground.
Black smoke engulfed everyone and Inuyasha started coughing as he forced his eyes to open and make out where the bastard was. He could see a figure rushing up through the smoke, one hand up holding a rope that drew up, and laughing evilly.
In a matter of about twenty seconds, the smoke cleared from the rain pattering downand Inuyasha looked up in rage, searching frantically for Naraku to only see a part of his black hair disappear over the slippery top most balcony and then the rest was covered. "GOD DAMN COWARDLY SON OF A BI-- -"
"Kagome!? KAGOME! WAIT!" Sango screamed in panic, cutting off Inuyasha's sentence.
Inuyasha glanced in down the alley and watched a figure run down it, disappearing into the distance. "GOD DAMNIT. KAGOMEEEEE!" he yelled after her before running after the girl, Miroku and Sango wondering if they should run after the pair.
While...
From the top most balcony, two figures hidden in the darkness watched Inuyasha rush after Kagome.
"You sure that'll work? Kukuku...I think it'll just bring those two closer, not further apart...Kikyou."
Kikyou squinted her eyes at the retreating figure of Inuyasha before answering coldly, "Kagome would push him away, haunted by those memories. Even if Inuyasha would try to get to her, she'll be scared and she won't forget...now would she? Once Inuyasha gets tired of being rejected and pushed away, he would come back to me...because we were meant to be..."
"........Are you sane?"
(Lightning: *snorts* and pigs can fly kit. And I am the queen of england! And elvis was a nerd! AND I RULE THE WORLD! (actually I do) *rants on for half an hour till kit takes her away to the happy house)
*~*~*
Kagome rushed down the deserted street, ignoring the chill and the coldness of the rain as she covered her red cheek with one of her hands, before moving both hands to clutch her head. She screamed. She screamed out her agony as she continue to run blindly through the street, wishing that what had happened before was all a nightmare.
A nightmare and she would wake up soon.
Images of what had just happened before flashed through her mind and she shrieked, willing it to get out of her head and leave her alone. Nearly pulling out her hair in pain, she pushed the thoughts inner and inner into her mind before one clear line ran through her head.
***
"I'll protect you...forever..."
***
Everything that had happened at Medieval Times came rushing back into her mind as she felt as if her soul had just cracked, like ice. Rushing straight across the road without knowing, she continued to run past trees and underbushes as she shook her head from side to side, tears leaking out and once again mingling with the ice cold rain.
She stopped when her feet dropped and touched water, it going up past her ankle. Shaking, Kagome fell onto her knees, straight into the water, her face buried in her hands.
"YOU PROMISED INUYASHA! YOU SAID YOU'D PROTECT ME!!!"
*~*~*
Inuyasha ran across the street, not even cautious if there were cars or trucks, his mind only centered on Kagome.
Why did he even care about her this much? When DID he begin to care about her? They had always been enemies, so how did it change? Was it because of what happened at that castle? Did that really shift their hatred to friends...and maybe even something more? How could such a simple event change their...or his feelings to such indescribable emotions? Why did every time he just look at her...his heart beat so painfully? Was this...love? NO! It couldn't be! They had only begun to become friends for such a short time and it couldn't have already bloomed to love!
Inuyasha didn't have enough time to think anymore when he saw her, just kneeling in water and crying. His heart wrenched painfully at the sight and he vowed that if he even saw Naraku again, he would KILL that piece of shit.
He watched the silver cloak of rain around Kagome and felt like he just wanted to run up, hug her and try to take all her pain away. His hair stung stubbornly to his face and he stood there, his hair swaying as he just looked at the girl.
"Kagome..." he whispered as soft as the wind and he could see Kagome's back stiffen.
"Inu---" Kagome turned her head around to see if it was in fact, him before looking at him in pain. "---yasha..." She didn't take her eyes away from his gaze and she felt like she was frozen in time.
Without another word, Inuyasha lightly walked up to her, never breaking the eye tension. He lightly kneeled down in level with her in the water and watched her gaze at him with red eyes while rain curtained around the two. "Kagome...I'm so...sor---"
"INUYASHA!" Kagome suddenly shouted, agony in her voice as she flung her body at him and caught him in a big hug, nearly making him keel over from the weight. "I WAS SO SCARED. I THOUGHT NARAKU'S GANG WERE GOING TO RAPE ME AND NARAKU WAS GOING TO KISS ME AND I THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PROTECT ME IN TIME!" she screamed, beginning to sob hard again.
Inuyasha's eyes widened as he realized she had probably regained all her memory now. Smiling lightly, he put his arms around her and drew the girl closer to him. He lightly raked through her black raven and very wet hair with his nails and stayed quiet till she stopped crying so hard. Soon, the sobs reduced down to tears then tuned down to little sniffles.
"I'm so sorry Kagome. I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you. I'm so sorry," Inuyasha gently murmured in her ears and rubbed one of his hands up and down her back in comfort. "I promise I'll kill Naraku for you."
Kagome went stiff in his arms when she heard the name "Naraku" and Inuyasha muttered some more encouraging words to her, saying sorry often.
The water rippled softly as the two moved gently once in a while. The trees surrounding the small lake the pair were in, rustled lightly when the rain began to lighten. Then after a while, the rain stopped all in one but both Kagome and Inuyasha were still in the lake, probably not even taking heed of the cold water.
Kagome soon stopped sniffling and was feeling rather content just being in Inuyasha's arms as he mumbled stuff in her ears. She sighed as she closed her eyes and laid her head against his neck, the images of her nightmare slowly disappearing.
Inuyasha leaned his head against the girl's own head and he smiled lightly. He wouldn't mind just kneeling here in water if Kagome was with him. 'Now where'd that thought come from...'
The clouds cleared and the pale yet mysterious moon hovered over the two, its reflection right next to them in the water. The stars began to start twinkling its daily routine, now that the clouds has had their attention. The wind stopped its rampage and lightened to a breeze, enough to just blow the slick hair of Inuyasha and Kagome with them.
The gigantic tree on the side of the water started dripping droplets of rain from the branches that extended over the water. The leaves dripped the droplets off of it and it splashed into the water, causing small ripples to flow throughout the lake.
Yet still after all this, Kagome and Inuyasha didn't separate, but were still in the same hug they were in before.
Inuyasha lightly flickered open one of his eyes and whispered, "Kagome...?"
Kagome tightened her hold on him as a response, waiting intently for his words.
Inuyasha smiled and his head tilted down, looking at his wavy reflection in the water, the moon still looking far away even if it was just a mirror image. He sighed contently and dug his hands into her uniform shirt, looking at the image in the water and watching his mouth open slightly from the whisper he let out.
"I really do care a lot for you..."