Author's Note- Hey everybody! This is my first fan fiction and I am a little nervous. Thank you so much to 'Lady of the Eastern Lands' you were my first reviewer so this chapter is dedicated to you! I hope I get many more reviews! Happy reading everyone!
Disclaimer- Do I have to write this? Fine, I don't own Inuyasha or any of the other characters. They belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
The Colors of Emotions
Chapter 2
A Thin Line Between Life and Death
Inuyasha ran towards Kagome. He stopped next to her unmoving form. Sucking in a breath, he bent down to feel for her pulse. Thankfully, he felt her blood flutter lightly against his fingertips.
"Thank Gods she is still alive." He let out a breath and scooped the young miko up bridal style. He didn't know if he should be moving her, but she had lost so much blood that he knew she had to be bandaged soon. And he could get her to the village faster than anyone from the village would get there. The sight and smell of her blood sickened him. He hated it when she was hurt. He always felt responsible. He was after all her protector. "Hold on Kagome!"
Inuyasha didn't know if she would make it. Suddenly, Kagome's eyes opened slightly. "Inuyasha?" She whispered. If not for his hanyou hearing he wouldn't have heard her at all.
"Shhh, Kagome don't talk. You need to save your strength."
"I don't think I will make it Inuyasha. I can hardly feel my body anymore. It is so cold." Tears slid down her cheeks.
"Shut up! Of course you are gonna make it! Don't talk like that. I will not let you die Kagome!" With that Inuyasha put on a sudden burst of speed. He didn't like what he was thinking. He realized she could die right now in his arms. "No, she can't!" He thought. "I haven't told her how I felt!" His mind continued to run though everything he had never told her.
Inuyasha had always had feelings for Kagome. At first he thought it was only because of her resemblance to Kikyou, but over the years he realized he loved her for just being Kagome. "Whoa, hold up! Did I just say love????!" Inuyasha didn't know what he was thinking. But he decided to ponder on what he felt for the girl later. First she had to be treated.
Kagome was slowly falling back into darkness. "Inuyasha, tell everyone how thankful I am that they were in my life. I am sorry I couldn't be there for when you finally completed the jewel. But I am sure you will manage without me. You always say what a burden I am. To tell you the truth, I think I am too. But before I die, I wanted to tell you that I have always lo..." Kagome didn't finish what she was going to say. She was encompassed by total darkness.
Inuyasha felt the breath rush out of him. He was so worked up about what Kagome had almost said. "Did she almost say she loves me?" Inuyasha thought. He was so tense waiting for her to finish that it took him a while to grasp the fact that she had once again blacked out. Fearfully, he checked for her pulse again. It was still there, but barely. Being so worked up about what Kagome was saying in what she thought were her final moments, he hadn't realized he had reached the village.
The hanyou rushed into Kaede's hut. He saw his whole group in the small hut surrounding a crying Shippou. Everyone's face turned to him and then Kagome. Fear suddenly appeared on each one.
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa, I told you I smelt Kagome's blood!" Shippou cried while lunging for the unconscious girl in Inuyasha's arms. Inuyasha angrily hit the kit away. He didn't know where it came from, but he had a sudden rush of protectiveness for the girl in his arms.
"Don't touch her!" Inuyasha growled out. The others in the group were shocked at this comment.
"What happened to Lady Kagome?!"
"Where were you?!"
"Why can't we go near her?!"
"What attacked her?!"
Inuyasha was suddenly overwhelmed with questions. "Shut up! Kagome needs to be treated!" He yelled.
"Inuyasha lay her down by the fire over here. We need to stop the bleeding." Kaede ordered. Inuyasha did as he was told. "Now go get some of the herbs by the river. Most of them can be used for healing wounds." Inuyasha reluctantly nodded. He didn't want to leave Kagome's side until he knew she would live but he also wanted to help her. He ran out the door not wanting to waste any time.
"Why did you make him leave? Shouldn't he be here if anyone?" Miroku questioned.
"I know that Miroku, but I needed to make him leave. He is too protective of Lady Kagome and it will be difficult to do anything with him hovering around me." Kaede explained.
Miroku nodded in understanding.
Kaede continued, "Sango, stay in here and help me treat Kagome. Hopefully the bandages will be enough to stop the bleeding. The rest of you have to leave."
"Why?"
"We will have to remove most of Lady Kagome's clothing."
Miroku brightened and said, "I can stay and help. Really I can!"
Sango frowned. "Can you not be a hentai for just a little bit?! And besides, Inuyasha would kill you if he ever found out you took advantage of Kagome's state to see her undressed!"
The monk had to agree with that. Inuyasha was such a hypocrite. The hanyou always saw Kagome naked when he supposedly checked on her when she was taking a bath. But Miroku admitted he shouldn't be thinking of such things when Kagome might possibly be close to death.
Kaede and Sango were left to tend Kagome. They cleaned the wound on her chest. Fortunately, the cut was not deep enough to be fatal after they had stopped the bleeding. During the process, the two women had heard Inuyasha return. Apparently there was a struggle outside in order to prevent the hanyou from entering. Inuyasha only backed down when Miroku reminded him how many "sits" he would get if Kagome found out he had seen her naked. Sango came out of the hut to assure the hanyou that Kagome would be fine.
"Kaede said she will have a scar on her chest for the rest of her life. Inuyasha, she almost died. If you had gotten here any later, Kagome would more than likely be dead."
This realization hit Inuyasha like a ton of bricks. What if Kagome had indeed died? What if he had found her only mere seconds after he actually did? The poor hanyou didn't want to think about it. Kagome was alive. That is all that mattered. "Can I go see her?"
"Not yet Inuyasha. She needs her rest and Kaede said for everyone to leave her alone until she wakes up. She will be in a lot of pain though."
Shippou angrily jumped up on the hanyou's shoulder and hit him upside the head. "Where were you? You are supposed to protect her!"
Inuyasha felt extremely guilty. He looked at the expectant eyes of Miroku, Sango, Kirara, and Shippou. He would have to tell them everything he knew, even if he wasn't sure what had happened himself.