A/N- I am SO sorry for the long wait for this chapter. School just started so my updates are going to be less frequent than they were over the summer. I'm going to start answering a few questions that some reviewers ask me, so here we go…
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Chapter 29
Realization
A lot of people that attended Ryoko's wedding had noticed the stunning young woman who entered the chapel by herself when the guests were still arriving. No one really seemed to know who she was, but some had witnessed the smile exchanged between the girl and the bride when Ryoko noticed her when walking down the aisle. Others had seen the strange way she looked wistfully after the limo as the bride and groom were driven away.
But than a yellow flash came from her hand and the young woman had fallen suddenly to the ground. Almost instantly however, a strange boy with long white hair had appeared, picked up the unknown guest, and seemed to fly off somewhere. It happened so blindingly fast that the witnesses of the event merely dismissed it as a trick of the light, or came to the conclusion that they were just finally losing it. And they headed to their cars to go to the reception.
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Inuyasha had been watching Kagome intently from his spot in a nearby tree. There was something wrong with her, that much he could tell. But he couldn't put a finger on what seemed so different. It was almost as if she was walking in a trance. Her eyes seemed glued to that strange, long, white car, and she didn't seem to notice the people standing all around outside the chapel.
Inuyasha's guess that something was wrong was proved obviously correct when a bright yellow light came from Kagome's closed fist, and he watched in horror as she slumped to the ground almost lifelessly. Needless to say it was entirely unexpected, and the only thought Inuyasha's mind could process was to get Kagome out of there.
He had leapt from his perch and grasped Kagome's form to him bridal style when he reached her. In the blink of an eye, he was gone from the spot, and was racing across the rooftops of the city.
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Kagome creaked her heavy eyelids open, wary of the bright light that would soon come crashing in on her tired eyes. She was pleasantly surprised however when she saw that the curtains had been pulled down over the windows of her bedroom, leaving the room with a gray sort of light.
'Wait, how did I get back to my room? Wasn't I at the wedding?' Kagome thought in a tired sort of daze.
"You okay?" A gruff voice questioned from somewhere in the darkness.
Kagome jumped at the unexpected voice, but she quickly recognized it as belonging to Inuyasha. Lifting her head slightly, Kagome could make out his form sitting against the wall opposite her. His gold eyes shone through the misty colored light, and looked slightly creepy.
Kagome brushed the observation aside and answered in a scratchy voice, "I think so. Did you close the curtains?"
Inuyasha gave her a questioning gaze, and nodded.
"Thanks."
"Feh, it wasn't like it was hard or anything. Don't make such a big deal out of it."
Kagome scowled but ignored the remark as she realized she had no idea why she was suddenly in her room. "What happened?" She asked.
Inuyasha stood from where he had been crouched against the wall, and strode over to sit on the end of Kagome's bed. "Look at the shard."
Kagome did as told and looked down to where the jewel hung by the necklace that was looped slightly around her fingers. It looked normal at first, but after closer inspection, the young miko noticed a very faint yellow mist that seemed to twist itself around the jewel. "What is that?"
"I'm guessing the remains of the power it just absorbed. It was a lot brighter before." Inuyasha stated matter-of-factly, although he was actually quite proud of what he had figured out in the short time he had to think while running back to the shrine form the church.
"But what power….oh." Realization hit Kagome like a tidal wave. She looked up at Inuyasha with dread on her expression. "Did I pass out in front of all those people!?" She practically shrieked.
Inuyasha looked slightly stunned. "Is that all you're wondering?" He asked incredulously. "Isn't there something more important you're supposed to be figuring out?" Inuyasha hinted.
Kagome looked slightly pensive and snapped her fingers.
"You figured it out?" He asked hopefully.
"I have no idea! Tell me, what should I be figuring out?" Kagome asked brightly.
Inuyasha sighed, "I think being in your time is dulling your mind." He mumbled under his breath.
"What was that?" Kagome asked sitting up in her bed.
"What made you build up the demon power in you Kagome? Whatever you were feeling made you emotional enough to have the jewel suck in enough energy to knock you out." Inuyasha blurted out.
"Oh! That's what you wanna know?" Kagome smiled sheepishly and a rosy blush stained her cheeks.
"Yes! Kaede told you to figure out your emotions that set you off as soon as you can." The hanyou stated frantically.
"But I figured this one out already." Kagome defiantly retaliated.
Inuyasha glared at her, "I need to know so I can keep an eye out to make sure you have that emotion under control. And, you aren't allowed to hide things from me anymore, remember."
Kagome pouted and muttered 'Damnit' under her breath.
Inuyasha wasn't used to hearing Kagome swear, but ignored it as he needed to hear her answer.
Taking a deep breath and lowering her head, Kagome admitted in a monotonous voice, "I was jealous."
"Huh?" The stumped hanyou brilliantly answered.
Kagome whipped her head up to fix a cold glare on him. "I was jealous!"
"But why?"
Kagome let out a growl of frustration, "I saw Ryoko and her husband and I could tell how much they loved each other! Ryoko found the love of her life and was off to start a new life with him! And there I was, all dressed up and looking foolish, standing all alone! Yes, I was jealous! There you happy now? You persistent jerk!" Kagome suddenly felt dizzy.
'I shouldn't have wasted all of my energy yelling at him. Crap, now I feel bad. I was taking out all my frustration on Inuyasha, and he was only looking after me.' Kagome crashed back against her pillows.
"Kagome?"
"What?" She murmured. The little amount of energy her body had built up was wasted in one stunning little hissy fit. But Kagome couldn't care less right now. She wanted to go to sleep.
"You alright?"
"I'm going to go to sleep." She mumbled.
"What about Naraku?"
"Screw him. I'm too tired to think about it right now. It'll be fine."
'I could just take the jewel from her when she's sleeping. Then Naraku can't get to her. But I can't betray her like that. Although, I do have to protect her. Should her protection come before her wishes?' The hanyou stared angrily at the shard that caused all these questions to run through his mind.
Kagome's mind was running to other worries. 'Mom is going to ask a lot of questions when she gets home.' That thought had Kagome stirring herself awake again. She didn't open her eyes though, she was too exhausted. "Inuyasha?"
"Yeah?" He asked startled. He thought she had gone to sleep.
Kagome absentmindedly mumbled everything out before she fell fast asleep. "I want to go home. My bag is over by my desk. I packed it this afternoon, because I knew we'd be going back soon. Mom will be here any time now, I wanna leave before she comes. Can you carry me back?" Then she drifted off to sleep, not even waiting for an answer.
She didn't get to see the reaction of the hanyou to her unknown referral of the Feudal Era as her home. It had just come out without her noticing. But Inuyasha had definitely noticed.
'She said my time was her home. Why does that seem so right?' A strange feeling had overcome Inuyasha when he heard Kagome say that. It was as if his mind had realized something, but Inuyasha couldn't figure out what. But something had changed in him.
He stood and grabbed Kagome's bag by the desk, slung it over his shoulder, and stooped to pick up the sleeping girl into his arms. Looking at the shard, he made the decision to leave it alone, at least for the moment. Inuyasha stole one glance at Kagome's peaceful face, and the strange feeling came over his mind again.
'Something has definitely changed.'
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Sorry for the shortness of this chapter. Hopefully I'll have more time so I can make the next one longer.
Love ya lots,
Vold