What It Takes to Admit

Chapter 2: Disgusting

Written by Lonna

                Inu-Yasha barreled over trees by the dozens in his desperate escape. His mind was clouded with nausea as he remembered her scent. The scent that smelled of rotten corpses gone rampant. What in the hell was it? And why did it appear to only be revolting to him?

                Confusion made the dog-boy almost whimper. Almost. He had to get to the bottom of this mystery. Why would Kagome, the raging bathing fanatic, queen of all smell goods, have a disgusting stench?

                He would find out. It was a mere matter of determination. And…the ability to hold down his food.

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                Kagome sighed. 'He couldn't even bear looking at me! He must still be upset…'

                She felt the familiar heat of tears threatening to trickle down her cheeks, but her pride would not permit it. 'It's high time I got my head out of the clouds. I mean, what would our children look like?'

                She giggled, despite her unhappy emotions, until the other half of her brain chimed in.

                They'd probably be gorgeous, with their daddy's eyes and hair and cute little ears.

                She inwardly hissed at her confronting other being, 'Why would I ever want to have kids with such a dangerous man!? Fuckin' think before you…uh…before you think!'

                She sighed again. She was losing her freakin' mind. At least it kept her from dwelling.

                "Hey Kagome!"

                She glanced up to see Sango walking over, "Hey! Sorry I was gone for so long. I wasn't feeling too well, if you know what I mean."

                Sango gave a knowing grin, "Decided to wait out the horrid river of red in the luxury of the future, eh? You really need to get me more of those pad thingies. So much easier than my belt and cloth diaper. Plus they're easily disposed of!"

                Kagome chuckled. Sango was never so grateful for a product from Kagome's time.

                "I'm going to go get started on some ramen," Sango said, "Wouldn't want the Prince of Puppies to get too hungry, now would we?"

                Kagome snorted, but inside, she ached.

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                Inu-Yasha had been walking and plotting for quite some time when a familiar, wonderful scent rose to his nostrils.

                'Ramen!' his happy stomach cheered.

                But the closer he got to the village, the more the wondrous, edible aroma of the ramen mixed with Kagome's powerful and nasty stench. Inu-Yasha was starting to get green. He wondered how he was ever gonna be able to sit through dinner.

                He finally got to the fire where the food was. Luckily for him, Kagome was off washing her hands before the meal. He quickly ate three bowls of ramen at nauseating speeds and mouthfuls, and then, he took off for the forest again.

                When Kagome returned, she saw the bowl that she just knew was his (on the ground, and overturned), and bit her tongue to keep from crying. He didn't even want to eat with her!

                Suddenly disgusted with her food, Kagome decided to go for a walk through the forest, coincidentally taking the same path of poor Inu-Yasha.

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                In some random tree, Inu-Yasha was dealing with an upset stomach. 'Maybe Kagome has that pink stuff that tastes kinda good…it helped when I had that bad stomach virus…"

                The idea was put out of his mind when he thought of the horrible consequences re-smelling the area in which Kagome was currently at would cause. His stomach gurgled.

                'How am I ever gonna talk to her if I can't come within twenty feet without puking?'

                At this thought, he had a revelation, 'I'll hold my nose! It'll work temporarily, but I just need to sort things out and find out what's wrong!'

                After coming to that thought, Inu-Yasha sniffed.

                "Wow. Kagome must be fumigating the whole forest! I can smell her ass from he--"

                Inu-Yasha's breath caught in his throat as he noticed Kagome walking through the trees less than 30 yards away.

                "Shit.," he said out loud, "It's now or not anytime soon!"

                He covered his nose and was about to jump off the tree, but he noticed the small, hidden scent of tears. She was crying…

                It was silent crying, the kind where you scrunched up your face and struggled to breathe. Inu-Yasha's conscience was feeling the brutal beating of his life. Their fight really had gotten out of hand.

                So with no further thought, he dropped from the tree that was now behind her, ignored the stench, and grabbed for her arm.

                Kagome saw black as her memories flooded back.

                'I swear, you only use me to look for the damn shards,.' Kagome said.

                'And I swear that if you say that again, I'll kick your ass,' came the curt reply.

                'You could show me a little more friendly love. I AM Kikyo's reincarnation. I should get some kind of appreciation.'

                'You are NOTHING like her!'

                'Apparently not! She fell in love with your sorry ass!'

                'Like you haven't! You should stop drooling over me! It's pathetic!'

                'Why, you hairy mongrel—'

                'Save it, bitch. I don't have time for you.'

                'You conceited creep! I hate your guts! Why would I ever like you?'

                He whirled around to face her, 'Because maybe a half demon could stomach your pathetic face. Better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all, eh bitch? At least I had a love life!'

Kagome swallowed the lump in her throat, 'Don't get so high and mighty because someone loved you! It obviously didn't weigh her down when she tried to kill you!'

                A hand went around her upper right arm and she felt sharp claws slightly pierce her skin. Hot breath was upon her cheek and Inu-Yasha slowly and roughly whispered, 'Don't you EVER say that again, or I will KILL you!'

               

Kagome struggled against Inu-Yasha's grasp, hurting her injured arm more.

"Go away! PLEASE! Don't hurt me!"

                Inu-Yasha was confused. She pulled harder against his grasp, and her putrid smell grew stronger and worse. He recoiled and let her go, causing her to stumble and fall. She crawled away on her hands and knees trying to get away.

                "Leave me alone! I'm sorry! I'm just gonna go back to camp now and cook some more ramen and eat so I can go to bed and then maybe go home tomorrow for a test and—" she babbled. She was beginning to sob.

                He began to panic, "Kagome! It's me! I'm not gonna hurt you!"

                Her only response was a whimper. He tried to approach her once more, but she scuttled towards a tree further away.

                "Kagome, calm down. I am NOT gonna hurt you!"

                "Just go away! Please! Please please please please!" her sobs were now echoing through the forest. She was spastic in her words and the tears just poured. She was so scared.

                Inu-Yasha made a final attempt to get closer, and she curled into a ball and began to wail. By now, her breath was hitching in her chest, sounding much like a badly frightened three-year-old. He couldn't take anymore. She was killing his heart.

                "Please Kagome! Look at me!"

                And she did. And he was so ashamed of her eyes and what they reflected.

                "GO AWAY OR I'LL SIT YOU, DAMNIT! GO AWAY GO AWAY GO AWAY!"

                Inu-Yasha took heed, and with a frustrated snarl that was clearly pained, he ran into the woods, not just because she told him to, but because the smell was so rancid by now that he was gagging.

Author's Notes

I am thankful to those who reviewed! Sorry this took so long. I was waiting for motivation, and well, it came! Enjoy and review, please!

-Lonna