Disclaimer: I, the writer, have no connection with the creator of the Inu-
Yasha series (Rumiko Takahasi), the series itself, Viz, or anyone at all
officially associated with the anime and/or manga. Nor do I claim any of
these characters or the plot line for my own.
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"You saved her." Hojo could only stare at this eccentric hero in wonder, awed into forgetting for a moment that this was the man standing in between Kagome and himself.
"Feh! What's it to you?" Inu-Yasha looked up at the strange boy, dressed even weirder than Kagome at first seemed to him. He eyed him suspiciously.
"You saved Kagome. I thought..I thought for sure..I thought for sure we were going to -lose-.." Inu-Yasha's eyes widened as he watched this strange wuss of a boy almost break down in front of him.
"Who are you anyway?"
"Hojo," he answered weakly. "A..a friend of Kagome's." Inu-Yasha's sensitive ears noted the sense of defeat that accompanied the word friend, but not before his golden eyes noticed the look of affection that accompanied her name. He growled.
Hojo.
--'I've got a date. With a boy! So don't even bother coming after me!' The soft padding of her footsteps, and she was gone.--
Inu-Yasha had no idea what this "date" thing was, but he figured it wasn't anything he was going to like. Wasn't Hojo the name of that boy? Jealousy filled his body at the thought of Kagome spending her time with stupid kid who obviously cared about her. A lot. And different from the care you give someone who's just a friend.
Stupid wench. She was like this around Kouga, too. A flirt. She led him on, even though she didn't see him that way. Not ever come outright and tell him she was -not- his woman.
A pang of guilt worked its' way through his jealousy.
She was just nice, not the type who would string an admirer along simply because she could. Besides, even if she told Kouga flat out she despised him, he wouldn't give up on her. Maybe this boy was the same? And if that was the case... Inu-Yasha was pissed and possessive all over again. Just another pain in the as--
"It's Inu-Yasha, isn't it?" The boy's head was tilted to the side.
"Keh!"
Hojo brushed Inu-Yasha's aggressiveness aside. "We need to get her to the hospital. Fast. She's already so.." Hojo broke off, paling at the sight of Kagome. Her breaths were sharp and uneven, taken as if every one was harder than the last. Inu-Yasha looked down at the crumpled form of a girl. How could he be so petty and stupid when she was here barely hanging onto her life. And all to save him. The guilt intensified ten fold. Oh, Kagome..
He held Kagome tightly against his chest, almost triumphantly as Hojo's face flickered with his own emotional strain, trying to remember what a hospital was. She'd told him once. It was a place for the sick and the injured to heal.
--Dammit!-- Inu-Yasha seethed. He had to get Kagome back to the feudal era. Sure, the medicine of the modern age had far advanced, but the powers of a priestess were virtually unknown. In this time, no normal person had ever SEEN a real miko. Or, at least, none like Kagome and Kikyou. They wouldn't know what to do about Kagome's wounds. Kaede, on the other hand..
Hojo had run ahead, to show Inu-Yasha where this hospital was. He had stopped looking back, trusting that this strange being was following him if it meant Kagome's life. If they continued at this pace, Hojo's running speed, they wouldn't make it in time.
"Gomen," Inu-Yasha whispered to Hojo, though he knew the stupid boy wouldn't hear. He jumped up, turning to the direction of the Bone Eater's Well. At his top speed, he dashed along the distance that Hojo and he had gone in only a few seconds worth of time.
"Inu-Yasha!" The worried yell of Miroku. Miroku watched in building anxiety as Inu-Yasha tore across the open forest. Without Inu-Yasha and Kagome, the hunt for the shards and Naraku was useless. They'd stayed around the village, and Miroku had gone for a walk after another failed attempt at Sango's rear. He'd happened to pass Inu-Yasha coming from the well that connected the times.
--Gods, no, please let Kagome be all right.-- "KAEDE!" The old woman looked up from speaking to a younger child, nearly walking straight into Inu- Yasha's blurry figure.
"Inu-Yasha, what is the meani--oh my, Heavens. Inu-Yasha, what has happened?"
"Can't you tell for yourself, you stupid hag!? She's been hit by Kikyou's arrows! Heal her!"
Kagome's front was soaked with blood, a stark contrast to her ghostly complexion. Her breathing was barely audible now.
"Inu-Yasha, she was hit once?" By now, Miroku had gathered Shippou, Kirara, and Sango inside. The room was silent for a moment
"Twice," he whispered with guilt. That second arrow was meant for -him- not her.
"Aye." Kaede gently lifted Kagome from Inu-Yasha's arms. She wrapped the wounds, but gently placed her down upon a soft futon without . "Keep her forehead cool and never don't ye dare her alone. I can only go and gather the medicinal herbs needed for her recovery." She retreated into a room, coming back with a plant in her hand. "Crumble it up, place it in a glass of cool water, and put it over the fire for a bit. It should help stop the bleeding. I'll be going now." Her eyes watered. "But be weary, for she was hit with two arrows by a powerful miko. She might not survive no matter how powerful these remedies are."
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"You saved her." Hojo could only stare at this eccentric hero in wonder, awed into forgetting for a moment that this was the man standing in between Kagome and himself.
"Feh! What's it to you?" Inu-Yasha looked up at the strange boy, dressed even weirder than Kagome at first seemed to him. He eyed him suspiciously.
"You saved Kagome. I thought..I thought for sure..I thought for sure we were going to -lose-.." Inu-Yasha's eyes widened as he watched this strange wuss of a boy almost break down in front of him.
"Who are you anyway?"
"Hojo," he answered weakly. "A..a friend of Kagome's." Inu-Yasha's sensitive ears noted the sense of defeat that accompanied the word friend, but not before his golden eyes noticed the look of affection that accompanied her name. He growled.
Hojo.
--'I've got a date. With a boy! So don't even bother coming after me!' The soft padding of her footsteps, and she was gone.--
Inu-Yasha had no idea what this "date" thing was, but he figured it wasn't anything he was going to like. Wasn't Hojo the name of that boy? Jealousy filled his body at the thought of Kagome spending her time with stupid kid who obviously cared about her. A lot. And different from the care you give someone who's just a friend.
Stupid wench. She was like this around Kouga, too. A flirt. She led him on, even though she didn't see him that way. Not ever come outright and tell him she was -not- his woman.
A pang of guilt worked its' way through his jealousy.
She was just nice, not the type who would string an admirer along simply because she could. Besides, even if she told Kouga flat out she despised him, he wouldn't give up on her. Maybe this boy was the same? And if that was the case... Inu-Yasha was pissed and possessive all over again. Just another pain in the as--
"It's Inu-Yasha, isn't it?" The boy's head was tilted to the side.
"Keh!"
Hojo brushed Inu-Yasha's aggressiveness aside. "We need to get her to the hospital. Fast. She's already so.." Hojo broke off, paling at the sight of Kagome. Her breaths were sharp and uneven, taken as if every one was harder than the last. Inu-Yasha looked down at the crumpled form of a girl. How could he be so petty and stupid when she was here barely hanging onto her life. And all to save him. The guilt intensified ten fold. Oh, Kagome..
He held Kagome tightly against his chest, almost triumphantly as Hojo's face flickered with his own emotional strain, trying to remember what a hospital was. She'd told him once. It was a place for the sick and the injured to heal.
--Dammit!-- Inu-Yasha seethed. He had to get Kagome back to the feudal era. Sure, the medicine of the modern age had far advanced, but the powers of a priestess were virtually unknown. In this time, no normal person had ever SEEN a real miko. Or, at least, none like Kagome and Kikyou. They wouldn't know what to do about Kagome's wounds. Kaede, on the other hand..
Hojo had run ahead, to show Inu-Yasha where this hospital was. He had stopped looking back, trusting that this strange being was following him if it meant Kagome's life. If they continued at this pace, Hojo's running speed, they wouldn't make it in time.
"Gomen," Inu-Yasha whispered to Hojo, though he knew the stupid boy wouldn't hear. He jumped up, turning to the direction of the Bone Eater's Well. At his top speed, he dashed along the distance that Hojo and he had gone in only a few seconds worth of time.
"Inu-Yasha!" The worried yell of Miroku. Miroku watched in building anxiety as Inu-Yasha tore across the open forest. Without Inu-Yasha and Kagome, the hunt for the shards and Naraku was useless. They'd stayed around the village, and Miroku had gone for a walk after another failed attempt at Sango's rear. He'd happened to pass Inu-Yasha coming from the well that connected the times.
--Gods, no, please let Kagome be all right.-- "KAEDE!" The old woman looked up from speaking to a younger child, nearly walking straight into Inu- Yasha's blurry figure.
"Inu-Yasha, what is the meani--oh my, Heavens. Inu-Yasha, what has happened?"
"Can't you tell for yourself, you stupid hag!? She's been hit by Kikyou's arrows! Heal her!"
Kagome's front was soaked with blood, a stark contrast to her ghostly complexion. Her breathing was barely audible now.
"Inu-Yasha, she was hit once?" By now, Miroku had gathered Shippou, Kirara, and Sango inside. The room was silent for a moment
"Twice," he whispered with guilt. That second arrow was meant for -him- not her.
"Aye." Kaede gently lifted Kagome from Inu-Yasha's arms. She wrapped the wounds, but gently placed her down upon a soft futon without . "Keep her forehead cool and never don't ye dare her alone. I can only go and gather the medicinal herbs needed for her recovery." She retreated into a room, coming back with a plant in her hand. "Crumble it up, place it in a glass of cool water, and put it over the fire for a bit. It should help stop the bleeding. I'll be going now." Her eyes watered. "But be weary, for she was hit with two arrows by a powerful miko. She might not survive no matter how powerful these remedies are."
