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The Colors of Emotions
Chapter 5
Revealed Feelings
Shippou awoke the next morning rolled up at the bottom of Kagome's sleeping bag. Her scent comforted him, and if he couldn't sleep next to her, her sleeping bag was the next best thing. The kitsune climbed out, stretched and bounded towards Kagome's room. Sango and Miroku wouldn't let him near Kagome last night, and he wanted to be the first one she saw when she woke up.
She would pet him and hug him and maybe promise to bring him more chocolate next time she went to her time. He smiled at his brilliant idea. Kagome would know that he loved her the most because he was the first one to be there when she woke up. The blissfully ignorant kitsune had no idea of Kagome's true condition.
He was quite surprised when he snuck into Kagome's room and found Inuyasha already in there. The hanyou was asleep and had Kagome pulled into his lap while she leaned against his chest. His chin was resting atop her head, with his arms draped protectively around the young sleeping girl's waist.
'He took my idea!' Shippou thought. 'Inuyasha is hogging all of Kagome's attention for himself.' The kitsune turned into a pink balloon creature and began gnawing at the poor hanyou. Inuyasha quickly awoke and punched Shippou.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Shippou wailed as he popped back into his kitsune form. Inuyasha made a shushing noise but Shippou cried louder. Miroku and Sango fled to Kagome's room having awakened to Shippou's screaming.
They looked wide-eyed at the scene before them of Inuyasha holding a sleeping Kagome tightly against him. Miroku smirked, "Inuyasha! Were you with Lady Kagome all night? Do not tell me you took advantage of her current state so you could..."
*WHAM*
"OWWW!" Miroku rubbed a large bump on his head. Sango stood over him giving him a murderous glare holding her large boomerang threateningly.
"Do not make me hit you again hentai!" Sango warned the cowering monk.
Kaede chose this time to enter the room. "Please, can everybody be quiet!" The old woman yelled. Kaede continued once everyone had shut up, "Inuyasha how is Kagome?"
Inuyasha jumped almost forgetting the whole reason Kagome was in his arms in the first place. Inuyasha realized suddenly that Kagome was still asleep in his arms even through all of the noise. Her skin was cold, and she was having trouble breathing. In a panic he began to yell, "Why isn't she awake after all that noise?!"
"Inuyasha, she is still alive, that is all that matters. Kagome is merely in a very deep sleep. She looks a lot better then I thought she would after accepting all of that energy." Kaede smiled at Inuyasha's bewildered glance, she further explained. "Your presence comforted Kagome and she no longer fought against the power seeping into her soul.
If Kagome had fought against the demon power for much longer, her energy would have been completely wiped out, and she would no longer have the strength to live. That is why I had you come in here with her. My magic could not calm Kagome's raging soul enough to take in the demonic power. Her powers might be affected greatly by absorbing the demon energy, but it was either that or she dies."
"So Inuyasha saved her?" Miroku questioned.
"In a way, yes. He made her feel comfortable and safe enough to relax and absorb the foreign magic."
Inuyasha was overjoyed that he had been the reason Kagome was alive. After all, he was also indirectly the reason she had almost died. "How come she isn't awake yet Baba?" The hanyou asked worriedly.
"Kagome will wake up when she is ready. She made it through the night, so she is no longer on the verge of death. Her magic is evolving. I have read a little on the demon called a kotsonu, but how Kagome's magic is affected by the demon's magic we will not know until she is awake."
"Kagome almost died?!" Shippou yelped. Miroku, who had been guessing that Kagome's condition was far worse then Kaede had let on, was not surprised.
"It's alright Shippou. She is still alive." Sango tried to sooth the kit.
Inuyasha laid Kagome down on the bed that Kaede had made for her the night before. He stood up and looked at Kaede. "Tell me if she wakes up." And with that, Inuyasha jumped out the window to sit in a tree and think. The rest of the people in the room just looked at each other. Kirara walked leisurely into the room and crawled next to Kagome attempting to comfort her.
The cat demon lay down and cuddled against the young girl's stomach where she then fell asleep.
"I think Inuyasha was really scared." Miroku commented.
"Yeah, he needs Kagome more then he knows. I wish he wasn't so mean to her all the time." Sango agreed.
"She really cares for him too." Miroku added.
"She never tells me to my face that she has feelings for him, so I'm not sure how deeply she cares. Do you know if her feelings run deep enough that she might actually love Inuyasha?" Sango asked. She was clueless to Kagome's true feelings, for whenever she had attempted to ask in the past, Kagome would change the subject.
Miroku knew exactly how Kagome felt.
Miroku ignored Sango and gazed sadly on Kagome's still form. Only he and Kagome knew the secrets they had shared with one another. They were closer than the rest of the group thought....
FLASHBACK- about a year ago
Miroku walked up to the lonely girl who sat crying by the river's edge. "Lady Kagome, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing Miroku."
"Was it Inuyasha?"
Kagome tried to hold back the new rush of tears. She looked at her reflection in the water. "Miroku? Am I worthless?"
"What?! Of course not! You can sense the shards, and have become pretty skilled with that bow of yours. Plus, you're pretty cute!" Miroku couldn't help but throw in his usual charm.
Kagome smiled.
"There's that smile I like so much. Now what made you cry?"
Kagome could no longer keep her emotions bottled up. She leapt into Miroku's arms and began to tell him everything. "Inuyasha said I was worthless! He said I could never be as good as Kikyou was at anything!"
"Shhh, Kagome, it's okay. He was just blowing off steam. You know he does that. He brings up Kikyou without thinking how it will affect you."
Kagome looked up. Her face was tear streaked, but she had stopped crying. "Thank you for understanding. You really are like my big brother Miroku. Even if you grope me sometimes, I love you like I would family."
Miroku smiled down at her, "Kagome, you know I am here if you need to talk again. I am not just the perverted monk who grabs girl's butts asking them to bear my children."
Kagome laughed, "I know. You really are pretty sweet under that hentai exterior."
"Why does what Inuyasha say matter to you so much?" The monk abruptly questioned. He had been wondering about the girl's true feelings for some time.
Kagome turned her attention back to the river. She faintly said, "I think I love him Miroku."
Miroku smiled knowingly, for he had guessed as much. "Kagome, I know. I have known you almost as long as Inuyasha has, so it is apparent to me how deeply you care for that stupid hanyou. He doesn't know what he has."
Kagome gave Miroku a hug before standing up. She held out her hand to help Miroku up which he accepted.
"I will not tell anyone how you feel until you are ready." Miroku whispered.
"Thank you Miroku. I only trust you with this. I'm not even sure if it's true. It could just be a little crush, though I doubt it. I would tell Sango, I trust her, but I know she will try to force me into telling Inuyasha the truth. That is what girls do."
"I promise that your secret is safe with me."
END FLASHBACK
"Hey Miroku! Is anyone in there?" Sango was knocking on Miroku's head.
"Sorry Lady Sango. I zoned out there for a minute. What is it you asked?"
"I asked if Kagome had ever told you how she felt about Inuyasha, though I don't know why she would tell you."
"I am sorry Sango. Kagome has never told me anything of her feelings." Miroku felt bad lying to Sango, but he wouldn't break his long ago promise to Kagome.
No one noticed the small flutter of Kagome's eyes.
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