Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha. Yes, I know. It's sad.
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Inuyasha sighed as he let his empty bowl fall back to the ground, and ran his tongue over his lips. Miroku looked up at him.
"They say when you sigh, it means you're full." He said, watching as the hanyou reached for some oranges. Inuyasha just scoffed, as he peeled the skin off of one.
"Whoever told ya that crazy theory?" He asked, before stuffing half of the orange in his mouth. Miroku just shook his head, and turned his gaze towards the hills in the distance, and watched as the soft pink sunset slowly began to take over the sky.
"It's been two days now. . . since Kagome left for home." Miroku said softly, more to himself than the others.
"Yes. I'm beginning to worry." Sango agreed, turning her gaze upon the monk. Miroku looked back to her, and they exchanged glances before looking to Inuyasha, who seemed to be very interested in the bottom of his empty bowl.
When Inuyasha sensed there eyes on him, he looked up quickly, and narrowed his eyes. "What? What do ya want me to say?" He hollered, and they both looked away quickly, acting as if they hadn't been looking. Inuyasha grumbled something inaudible.
"Inuyasha," Sango ventured on slowly. "It's just that. Miroku and I are a bit worried about you."
"Feh." Inuyasha replied with, looking away and crossing his arms. "Why would you be worried about me?"
"We thought this whole matter with Kagome would have affected you harder." Miroku spoke lightly, watching Inuyasha carefully, trying to read his actions. But Inuyasha only fixed his narrowed amber orbs on the pink sunset.
"Kagome's fine. As a matter of fact, I'm surprised she hasn't even returned already. She'll be back in a few days and then we can continue hunting for the shards." Inuyasha didn't even have time to register what or who had hit him on the head before he cried out. "Hey! What did ya do that for?!" He glared at Sango and Miroku, but was surprised when they stood up.
"We're heading to Kaede's. I guess we'll see you there." Sango remarked, and then walked off with Miroku, Shippou, and Kirara, who had been sleeping.
Inuyasha stared after them, dumbfounded. "What's there problem?" He grumbled lightly, before standing up and heading off. He didn't know where he was going, but he wasn't going to Kaede's. Not for now anyway.
Inuyasha cast his gaze upwards, at the setting sun and let out a small sigh. "Why does everything have to be so ~difficult~?" He asked allowed, to no one in particular. He had to admit, what he had said about Kagome even disturbed himself a little bit. In truth, he was sick with worry over her. He hadn't expected her to be gone for so long, and it was taking every ounce of will power he possessed to not just jump down that well and run to her.
Inuyasha has been finding himself dozing off, day dreaming about himself and Kagome. In his dreams, he would always hear her scream for help, and would rush to her, saving the day for her once again. Only this time, instead of snapping at her about getting herself in trouble, she would fall into his arms, and he would stand there, hugging her. And then they would both know. They would both know that they would be together forever more.
Inuyasha stopped a few feet away from the well. He was only mildly surprised to find himself there.
Slowly he approached the mouth of the well, and placed his hands over the edges of it. Starring down into it's depths, he sighed. Should he go back? But what if going back was admitting there was something terrible wrong with Kagome? But then what if he stayed. . . It would tear him apart until she came back. He was so worried.
Inuyasha finally decided. He would check on Kagome. He needed to know if she was all right. And so finally, he jumped over the edge of the well, and transported himself to Kagome's time.
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Kagome laid awake in her bed, lying flat on her back and staring at the ceiling with the blankets pulled up to her chin. Downstairs she could hear the soft rummaging of her family, and through her open window, the smell of spring wasted in taunting her since she could not go outside. In fact, the only time she had been outside since she got home was when Hojou had stopped by. She groaned lightly in memory of that.
Kagome's mother had knocked lightly on her door, and after Kagome called for her to come in, she instantly regretted it. Hojou stepped into the room, Kagome's mother leaving the door open, but running to go finish some choirs. Kagome had stuttered in surprise. "H-h-houjou?"
"Kagome!" Hojou had exclaimed, rushing over to her and kneeling at her bed, a few small packages held in his arms. "I brought you gifts! How are you feeling? You don't look so good. Oh! N-not that you don't still look beautiful Kagome, because you do." He smiled genuinely, and Kagome had forced her lips to mimic his. His obsessive ramblings were giving her a headache though. But when he held out the gifts, she took them and thanked him.
It had been an excruciating fifteen more minutes before he left.
Now the presents sat on the floor next to her bed. She hadn't opened them yet, and didn't really plan to anytime soon. She was too tired to even move.
Kagome sighed softly and pulled the covers up over her head, closing her eyes. Her pounding head had grown worse, and she could only pray it would go away soon. She was feeling worse and worse by the minute. And the doctors still didn't know what was wrong with her.
THWAK.
Kagome sat up in her bed, glancing towards the tree outside her window. The branch on it was shaking, and she could of sworn she had seen a flash of red. 'No Kagome.' She silently told herself. 'That was just your over active imagination.' Yet still she watched her open window eagerly, and was only half surprised when Inuyasha poked his head down in front of it, a light scowl on his face. Kagome smiled weakly.
"Inuyasha! What are you doing here?"
Inuyasha leaped into Kagome's bedroom, straitening back out and crossing his arms about his chest, looking to Kagome. To say he was startled would be an understatement. He had honestly expected Kagome too look much better. But - She looked much worse.
"I wanted to check on you." He said softly, letting her features sink in. At least she sounded better though. That seemed good.
"Worried?" Kagome asked, a light grin gracing her lips.
"Feh." Inuyasha's scowl returned, and he glared. "Hardly. Just waiting for you to get better so we can go find some more shards." He grumbled something under his breath.
Kagome sighed. She should have known. Of course he was only worried about the shards. Still, when she looked back up to him, she couldn't bring herself to be angry with him. The image of him hanging there on the crucifix, bloody and helpless. . . She couldn't seem to shake it from her mind.
Inuyasha seemed to sense a wave of sadness come over her, because he seemed a bit startled. Moving over to her bed, he sat down on the edge of it, narrowed amber orbs set upon a pile of presents wrapped neatly and sitting next to Kagome's bed. Kagome's own eyes followed his gaze to the gifts, and she sighed. 'See. Now that's a nice guy. Hojou brings you gifts, and worries about you. What does Inuyasha do for you? Besides make you feel worthless.' She quickly shook the thought from her head. She didn't know why Hojou never did anything for her. She supposed she was just looking for more than a kind personality.
Her eyes shifted to Inuyasha. 'Oh so much more.'
"Are you okay, Kagome?" Inuyasha's voice startled her from her thoughts, and Kagome let her eyes fall to his own, as he turned to look at her. Something of defiance was held in the depths of his amber pools, and it startled her.
"Fine." She said softly. Once more the image of him from her dream had resurfaced with his question. "I'll. . . try to get better soon. So that I can come back." She said, her voice still soft.
"Oh." It was all he replied with, and it surprised Kagome. She had expected him to say something more. . . argumentative.
"I'm sorry." She said softly.
"It's okay." He answered, refusing to meet his gaze. The silence was awkward, yet somehow calming.
"I'm glad you came to visit me Inuyasha."
Inuyasha turned, startled at her sudden confession. She smiled at him, through it was weak and fragile. His heart sank. 'Oh Kagome...' He couldn't stand it. She was trying to be so strong, so brave. 'But she's so sick.' He reminded himself. All he wanted at that moment, all his heart longed for, was to pull her into a hug, and hold her, and comfort her. But he didn't. And regretted it later.
Kagome sat, feeling even more awkward in the silence that followed after her remark. Inuyasha wasn't saying anything, only looking at her oddly. 'What did I say?' She wondered curiously, and finally broke their gaze, turning her eyes back to the gifts that Hojou had given her. Inuyasha finally followed her gaze.
"What are those?" He asked softly, trying to break the tension in the air.
"Gifts from Houjo." She replied, still gazing at them. They were wrapped to perfection in shiny pink wrapping paper, with blue ribbons tied around them. If Kagome didn't know better, she would sat they were professionally wrapped. Inuyasha scoffed at her comment, crossing his arms.
"That Hobo guy? Why would he be given you gifts?"
"It's Hojou. And I guess because he knows I'm sick." She laughed lightly, though there was no humor in it. "I think this is the first time he's given me a gift when I actually was sick." She smiled grimly.
"Is the medicine here working, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, Hojou temporarily driven from his mind. He was startled when Kagome shook her head.
"No. They haven't found what's wrong with me yet. They, don't know if they will." She frowned, her eyes fixed on the floor in front of her. She wouldn't let herself think it. She just wouldn't. And yet the thought haunted the back of her mind, whispering softly to her gullible and paranoid and even logical, sides. 'You're dieing.' It said.
Inuyasha could feel his blood begin to boil. 'Naraku! What have you done?!' A soft growl began in his throat, and Kagome looked up at him, startled.
"Inuyasha?" She asked softly. "What's the matter?"
But Inuyasha wasn't listening. He was standing, and heading towards Kagome's window.
"Inuyasha?" She repeated, confused.
"I'll kill him." Was the last thing Kagome had time to hear him say, before he leaped from her window.
"Inuyasha!" She shouted, and got out of bed as quickly as she could, stumbling over to the window and looking out, but Inuyasha was already gone.
Kagome walked slowly back to her bed, sitting down with a sigh. Inuyasha had left her alone again, to only wonder who 'Him' was. She of course assumed it was Naraku. Though Hojou did pass through her mind though. "Poor Hojou," She thought out loud to herself. "He wouldn't stand a chance."
She couldn't help but grin as she settled back under her covers. And yet she still felt forgotten.
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Inuyasha glanced back at Kagome's window, once standing next to the well, just in time to see her poke her head out of it. He disappeared quickly down the well, heading back to the Sengoku Jidai.
He knew he was being rash, but hearing those words from Kagome. . . And to see her still like that. But what had really hit him, was the sense of dread and fear coming from her, that lead him to believe it was much more serious than she had first made it sound. He was intent now on finding Naraku, and forcing him to give over the antidote.
Kagome needed his help. He wasn't going to let her down.
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A/N: Well, there you go. That's to compensate and make up for the fact that I've been slacking off so much lately. But you'll have to forgive me.
I'm currently working on four different stories. The original three, this one, a story on FictionPress, and a current, very long story I am writing, are taking up a lot of time. The forth: Himura Kenshin in: The Case Of The Missing Rooster - Is just something I threw into the mix to keep myself sane, against all of these serious and pensive and angsty stories I've been writing. Or, maybe ~insane~ is a better way of putting it.
Oh I don't know. Now I'm just confused.
~Kimmy-kun
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Inuyasha sighed as he let his empty bowl fall back to the ground, and ran his tongue over his lips. Miroku looked up at him.
"They say when you sigh, it means you're full." He said, watching as the hanyou reached for some oranges. Inuyasha just scoffed, as he peeled the skin off of one.
"Whoever told ya that crazy theory?" He asked, before stuffing half of the orange in his mouth. Miroku just shook his head, and turned his gaze towards the hills in the distance, and watched as the soft pink sunset slowly began to take over the sky.
"It's been two days now. . . since Kagome left for home." Miroku said softly, more to himself than the others.
"Yes. I'm beginning to worry." Sango agreed, turning her gaze upon the monk. Miroku looked back to her, and they exchanged glances before looking to Inuyasha, who seemed to be very interested in the bottom of his empty bowl.
When Inuyasha sensed there eyes on him, he looked up quickly, and narrowed his eyes. "What? What do ya want me to say?" He hollered, and they both looked away quickly, acting as if they hadn't been looking. Inuyasha grumbled something inaudible.
"Inuyasha," Sango ventured on slowly. "It's just that. Miroku and I are a bit worried about you."
"Feh." Inuyasha replied with, looking away and crossing his arms. "Why would you be worried about me?"
"We thought this whole matter with Kagome would have affected you harder." Miroku spoke lightly, watching Inuyasha carefully, trying to read his actions. But Inuyasha only fixed his narrowed amber orbs on the pink sunset.
"Kagome's fine. As a matter of fact, I'm surprised she hasn't even returned already. She'll be back in a few days and then we can continue hunting for the shards." Inuyasha didn't even have time to register what or who had hit him on the head before he cried out. "Hey! What did ya do that for?!" He glared at Sango and Miroku, but was surprised when they stood up.
"We're heading to Kaede's. I guess we'll see you there." Sango remarked, and then walked off with Miroku, Shippou, and Kirara, who had been sleeping.
Inuyasha stared after them, dumbfounded. "What's there problem?" He grumbled lightly, before standing up and heading off. He didn't know where he was going, but he wasn't going to Kaede's. Not for now anyway.
Inuyasha cast his gaze upwards, at the setting sun and let out a small sigh. "Why does everything have to be so ~difficult~?" He asked allowed, to no one in particular. He had to admit, what he had said about Kagome even disturbed himself a little bit. In truth, he was sick with worry over her. He hadn't expected her to be gone for so long, and it was taking every ounce of will power he possessed to not just jump down that well and run to her.
Inuyasha has been finding himself dozing off, day dreaming about himself and Kagome. In his dreams, he would always hear her scream for help, and would rush to her, saving the day for her once again. Only this time, instead of snapping at her about getting herself in trouble, she would fall into his arms, and he would stand there, hugging her. And then they would both know. They would both know that they would be together forever more.
Inuyasha stopped a few feet away from the well. He was only mildly surprised to find himself there.
Slowly he approached the mouth of the well, and placed his hands over the edges of it. Starring down into it's depths, he sighed. Should he go back? But what if going back was admitting there was something terrible wrong with Kagome? But then what if he stayed. . . It would tear him apart until she came back. He was so worried.
Inuyasha finally decided. He would check on Kagome. He needed to know if she was all right. And so finally, he jumped over the edge of the well, and transported himself to Kagome's time.
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Kagome laid awake in her bed, lying flat on her back and staring at the ceiling with the blankets pulled up to her chin. Downstairs she could hear the soft rummaging of her family, and through her open window, the smell of spring wasted in taunting her since she could not go outside. In fact, the only time she had been outside since she got home was when Hojou had stopped by. She groaned lightly in memory of that.
Kagome's mother had knocked lightly on her door, and after Kagome called for her to come in, she instantly regretted it. Hojou stepped into the room, Kagome's mother leaving the door open, but running to go finish some choirs. Kagome had stuttered in surprise. "H-h-houjou?"
"Kagome!" Hojou had exclaimed, rushing over to her and kneeling at her bed, a few small packages held in his arms. "I brought you gifts! How are you feeling? You don't look so good. Oh! N-not that you don't still look beautiful Kagome, because you do." He smiled genuinely, and Kagome had forced her lips to mimic his. His obsessive ramblings were giving her a headache though. But when he held out the gifts, she took them and thanked him.
It had been an excruciating fifteen more minutes before he left.
Now the presents sat on the floor next to her bed. She hadn't opened them yet, and didn't really plan to anytime soon. She was too tired to even move.
Kagome sighed softly and pulled the covers up over her head, closing her eyes. Her pounding head had grown worse, and she could only pray it would go away soon. She was feeling worse and worse by the minute. And the doctors still didn't know what was wrong with her.
THWAK.
Kagome sat up in her bed, glancing towards the tree outside her window. The branch on it was shaking, and she could of sworn she had seen a flash of red. 'No Kagome.' She silently told herself. 'That was just your over active imagination.' Yet still she watched her open window eagerly, and was only half surprised when Inuyasha poked his head down in front of it, a light scowl on his face. Kagome smiled weakly.
"Inuyasha! What are you doing here?"
Inuyasha leaped into Kagome's bedroom, straitening back out and crossing his arms about his chest, looking to Kagome. To say he was startled would be an understatement. He had honestly expected Kagome too look much better. But - She looked much worse.
"I wanted to check on you." He said softly, letting her features sink in. At least she sounded better though. That seemed good.
"Worried?" Kagome asked, a light grin gracing her lips.
"Feh." Inuyasha's scowl returned, and he glared. "Hardly. Just waiting for you to get better so we can go find some more shards." He grumbled something under his breath.
Kagome sighed. She should have known. Of course he was only worried about the shards. Still, when she looked back up to him, she couldn't bring herself to be angry with him. The image of him hanging there on the crucifix, bloody and helpless. . . She couldn't seem to shake it from her mind.
Inuyasha seemed to sense a wave of sadness come over her, because he seemed a bit startled. Moving over to her bed, he sat down on the edge of it, narrowed amber orbs set upon a pile of presents wrapped neatly and sitting next to Kagome's bed. Kagome's own eyes followed his gaze to the gifts, and she sighed. 'See. Now that's a nice guy. Hojou brings you gifts, and worries about you. What does Inuyasha do for you? Besides make you feel worthless.' She quickly shook the thought from her head. She didn't know why Hojou never did anything for her. She supposed she was just looking for more than a kind personality.
Her eyes shifted to Inuyasha. 'Oh so much more.'
"Are you okay, Kagome?" Inuyasha's voice startled her from her thoughts, and Kagome let her eyes fall to his own, as he turned to look at her. Something of defiance was held in the depths of his amber pools, and it startled her.
"Fine." She said softly. Once more the image of him from her dream had resurfaced with his question. "I'll. . . try to get better soon. So that I can come back." She said, her voice still soft.
"Oh." It was all he replied with, and it surprised Kagome. She had expected him to say something more. . . argumentative.
"I'm sorry." She said softly.
"It's okay." He answered, refusing to meet his gaze. The silence was awkward, yet somehow calming.
"I'm glad you came to visit me Inuyasha."
Inuyasha turned, startled at her sudden confession. She smiled at him, through it was weak and fragile. His heart sank. 'Oh Kagome...' He couldn't stand it. She was trying to be so strong, so brave. 'But she's so sick.' He reminded himself. All he wanted at that moment, all his heart longed for, was to pull her into a hug, and hold her, and comfort her. But he didn't. And regretted it later.
Kagome sat, feeling even more awkward in the silence that followed after her remark. Inuyasha wasn't saying anything, only looking at her oddly. 'What did I say?' She wondered curiously, and finally broke their gaze, turning her eyes back to the gifts that Hojou had given her. Inuyasha finally followed her gaze.
"What are those?" He asked softly, trying to break the tension in the air.
"Gifts from Houjo." She replied, still gazing at them. They were wrapped to perfection in shiny pink wrapping paper, with blue ribbons tied around them. If Kagome didn't know better, she would sat they were professionally wrapped. Inuyasha scoffed at her comment, crossing his arms.
"That Hobo guy? Why would he be given you gifts?"
"It's Hojou. And I guess because he knows I'm sick." She laughed lightly, though there was no humor in it. "I think this is the first time he's given me a gift when I actually was sick." She smiled grimly.
"Is the medicine here working, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, Hojou temporarily driven from his mind. He was startled when Kagome shook her head.
"No. They haven't found what's wrong with me yet. They, don't know if they will." She frowned, her eyes fixed on the floor in front of her. She wouldn't let herself think it. She just wouldn't. And yet the thought haunted the back of her mind, whispering softly to her gullible and paranoid and even logical, sides. 'You're dieing.' It said.
Inuyasha could feel his blood begin to boil. 'Naraku! What have you done?!' A soft growl began in his throat, and Kagome looked up at him, startled.
"Inuyasha?" She asked softly. "What's the matter?"
But Inuyasha wasn't listening. He was standing, and heading towards Kagome's window.
"Inuyasha?" She repeated, confused.
"I'll kill him." Was the last thing Kagome had time to hear him say, before he leaped from her window.
"Inuyasha!" She shouted, and got out of bed as quickly as she could, stumbling over to the window and looking out, but Inuyasha was already gone.
Kagome walked slowly back to her bed, sitting down with a sigh. Inuyasha had left her alone again, to only wonder who 'Him' was. She of course assumed it was Naraku. Though Hojou did pass through her mind though. "Poor Hojou," She thought out loud to herself. "He wouldn't stand a chance."
She couldn't help but grin as she settled back under her covers. And yet she still felt forgotten.
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Inuyasha glanced back at Kagome's window, once standing next to the well, just in time to see her poke her head out of it. He disappeared quickly down the well, heading back to the Sengoku Jidai.
He knew he was being rash, but hearing those words from Kagome. . . And to see her still like that. But what had really hit him, was the sense of dread and fear coming from her, that lead him to believe it was much more serious than she had first made it sound. He was intent now on finding Naraku, and forcing him to give over the antidote.
Kagome needed his help. He wasn't going to let her down.
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A/N: Well, there you go. That's to compensate and make up for the fact that I've been slacking off so much lately. But you'll have to forgive me.
I'm currently working on four different stories. The original three, this one, a story on FictionPress, and a current, very long story I am writing, are taking up a lot of time. The forth: Himura Kenshin in: The Case Of The Missing Rooster - Is just something I threw into the mix to keep myself sane, against all of these serious and pensive and angsty stories I've been writing. Or, maybe ~insane~ is a better way of putting it.
Oh I don't know. Now I'm just confused.
~Kimmy-kun