I know that it has been a long time and this is such a short chapter. I am so sorry. I've just been so busy lately. But here it is, before I bore you to death. *.~
D*I do not own Inuyasha and or any of the other characters that I mention in this fic.
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She slid the door open for Hojo, who had a bowl of soup tightly grasped in between both hands.
"Kagome," He handed her the soup.
"I ran over here as fast as I could. I hope I didn't take too long," he finished off as he slid the door closed behind him. "Did I?"
"No, Hojo. In fact, I'm feeling much better already. You shouldn't have bothered." She smiled widely as she handed the bowl back. She was feeling extremely bad at the thought of him running all the way to her house to help her get cured.
"It really is no bother to come down here and visit you. You need company now more than ever. You have been sick all year, Kagome. You are like a big magnet for diseases. I wish I could be as brave as you," he paused for a second, as if lost in thought.
"Everytime, that I go to school I feel so empty. It feels like I'm missing something… or someone in my life. But the strange thing is that whenever I'm with you, the feeling is gone."
She could feel her cheeks flush with red; Inuyasha had never been so honest…except for that last day. That last day that she saw him he had been so…so honest.
"Hojo, thank you for the soup and the kind visit. But you really should be going now, I'm sure you must have much better things to do now than waste your time here with a sick gal." He shook his head, but let her continue.
"Besides, I'm feeling tired." She yawned deeply. "See?"
"Okay, Kagome. I hope you feel much better. Take good care of yourself." He bent down and kissed her on her cheek before turning away.
"Goodbye." He slid the door open and slowly closed it behind him.
"Bye, Hojo," she silently answered as her hand mysteriously floated to her cheek. "Bye."
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"There! Now that wasn't too hard, now was it?" Sango pulled away from the frightened hanyou who was practically climbing up the wall.
"This stuff reeks!" Inuyasha scratched his neck, eager to get rid of the powerful smell that now surrounded him.
"I have to admit that the smell is very unpleasant, my dear Sango." Miroku added from the other side of the room. His lavender sleeve raised up against his nose.
"It has a sweet smell to it. I am sure that if Kikyo is like any other woman, the smell will please her." Sango took Kirara from the ground. "Besides, you're not doing this because you like the smell. You're doing this because you need to get your rosary reactivated. You have to forget about the smell, Inuyasha."
"If I'm not doin' this because of the smell, then why the hell are you making me wear it!?" He arched an eyebrow at Sango, who smiled innocently. "You're already wearing it. Might as well use it for something, Inuyasha. Either way, this is for Kagome right?"
"Kagome…" The name slipped out of the hanyou's mouth. His eyes had become narrow and they focused on the ground. "Why did you leave me? Was I really that horrible to you?"
His thoughts wandered back to reality and he rose from the ground. "I'm gonna go wash this stuff off at the river. I'll be back."
The taijiya hurried to stop him, but the monk stood in front of her. He held her back with his hand.
"You lecher! Let go of me!" She removed his hand from her chest and aimed at his face.
He fell to the floor in pain and a red mark soon appeared on his right cheek.
"It was worth the pain." He joyfully added.
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"Inuyasha," Kaede smiled at the half demon who had finished clothing himself in his red yukata.
"What d'ya want now, ya old hag?" he said as he walked to the old woman.
"I see ye have washed away the pleasant aroma. The others told me that ye were going to go in search of Kikyo this afternoon, so that the rosary could be reactivated."
"Yeah, what of it?" He rolled his neck around and tucked his hands away in his red sleeves.
"Well, Inuyasha, ye will need the rosary will ye not?" she asked him patiently as she raised her eyebrows.
"Common sense. So where is it?" he added as he extended his hand. She placed the small bead in his palm and closed it.
"Well, as ye will need the rosary. I will need the beads, Inuyasha." Her wrinkled lips curved up into a smile.
"Don't you have any other beads that you can use?" She could tell that the hanyou had become unusually disturbed.
"No, Inuyasha. I am too old to go in search of such rare beads again. I need you to return those beads to me, so that I may be able to make the rosary again." She walked back in the direction of the village.
"Yeah, Yeah," he huffed as he jumped on to the nearest branch. "Stupid old hag."
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