Chapter 6
A Need for Sight
By: Silver Teardrops
I need my sight, I need to see her face, I need to see...
I jumped down into the well holding onto Kagome's hand. Her soft skin touching mine, it excited me in a way unexpected. Hell-I've never expected. It's been doing that lately. I mean ever since I've become blind, I've felt things I've never felt before, known things that I would've just ignored (Wait, did I just rhyme again? Shoot, I need to stop doing that!!!). Feelings, emotions, thoughts, movements-all of these I've taken for granted before now I realize the meaning behind it all. When Sango will just stare at the ground or move away from everyone-she is scared that'll she'll lose her newfound friends. When Miroku keeps silent and agrees with everything but doesn't know what is going on, he's thinking when his life will end. When Shippo bounces on everyone shoulders, he's wanting, craving attention he long lost from his father. And Kagome, when she smiles, she hides something, but I still can't figure out what.
"Inuyasha?"
"Huh?" I came all back. I lost myself in the mist of realizing things, and that is not a good thing to do when you can not see.
"We're here." Kagome said tugging my hand further away from the gate that lead to her time and away from my own.
"Oh finally!" Sango yelled, her footsteps heard scuttling on the grass towards us.
"You're back! He took long enough." She muttered, making sure I heard every word of it.
"Hey! I-" I countered back but before I could say the thing that would've won the argument Miroku just had to pull me away. "What the hell? What do you want? Can't you see that I CAN'T SEE?!" I screamed rubbing my head that was carelessly lead into a tree.
"Oh yeah, sorry. Um, so how did you get her back here?" Miroku asked sitting beside me.
I contemplated about telling him the truth or just a 'Feh, I do what I have to do. And that's that.' But I decided another way was best. "I trailed her but she saw me and felt pity on me and so came back." That was the way I saw it. She saw me, and she has sympathy for myself and that's the only way she came back. "
O...kay then." Miroku said after uncounted moments had passed. He seemed uncertain I was telling the truth.
"Let's go." I stood up and started to walk.
"How do you know you're going in the right direction?" Miroku followed me.
I smirked. "I smell Ramen." I stated and continued ahead and soon after I heard a loud thump. It isn't all that surprising, I mean Kagome's ramen is the only one in this time right? Oh well I'm hungry.
"Inuyasha?" A little uncertain voice said after everyone had retired. I knew it to be only her.
"Yes, Kagome?" I asked sitting up from my laying position.
"Um, Can we take a walk? You know to just chat or something?" She asked.
Immediately I stood up and nodded. Did I seem too eager? Must be her so called "chocolate" she gave me for dessert. She grabbed my hand as I brushed past her, so that slowed down my hyper pace.
"So, did you enjoy last night? I mean-not like that but- did you like the bed? I don't mean with me in it- just the bed?" She stuttered around. I smirked secretly. it was cute how she was stuttering.
"You mean your futon?" I asked dumbly.
"Hai." She nodded her head, not much use for that now.
"Aa, I loved it. It was soft, warm. Not like many around here you know? But I can't get used to such, because I can never have one." I said jokingly. She laughed hesitantly. It seems that wasn't what she wanted to talk about.
We kept walking and the farther we went the colder she became. I felt her trembling beside me, but I didn't do anything about it. Just got really annoyed at the silence that followed us. Neither of us spoke. me I have a good excuse, it's because I wasn't the one who invited someone on a walk to chat. She on the other hand didn't.
"Okay. Cut the bullshit Kagome. Tell me what the hell do you want to talk about." I said turning abruptly to face her. Before I knew it she was on her knees crying her eyes out, hugging me around my waist. "Kagome?" I asked unbelievingly. She fell-and to her knees! What the fuck is going on?
"Inuyasha, Please can you forgive me? I know I caused this. I know I made it a living hell for you. But please can you please forgive me?" She asked between sobs. I bent down and held her hands in my own.
"For what? This loss of my sight? It isn't as bad as it seems..." Which is a lie, it's a living nightmare..."Plus you didn't do it, that damn demon did. So it's not your fault." I assured her.
I felt her head snapped up immediately. "Inuyasha, all I'm asking for is you to forgive me, whether it's about your sight or not." She said sternly and all I did was stare, or as I always looked for quite a while now. "Onegai?" She asked again, in a much softer and weaker tone.
"Alright. I don't know why you want me to forgive you, but I will. But remember you can't do anything to me that I can't forgive you for," I said stroking her hair admiringly that her hair still seemed as soft as it always has.
"Can you tell me what I've forgiven you for?" I asked smiling at her, I couldn't see her face but I felt the air tense up all the sudden.
"Just for...just for everything I've done since the day we both met. I've been such a burden to you, and I want you to forgive me for being such." She began and her tears stopped abruptly. I was going to comfort her ,but they stopped, a little too soon for my sake.
"What is it now Kagome?" I asked.
"I have to be honest with you, and so you have to be honest with me," she said seriously.
"Honest? About what?" I asked, thoroughly confused.
"I trust you Inuyasha with all my heart and soul. So do you trust me the same as well?" she asked me, and again I'm caught off guard and was taken aback by such a deep question. Where were these coming from?
"Do you?" She asked pushing it on me.
"No." I replied.
"Oh...then I have…nothing-nothing else to say to you." She backed away from me, the sadness noticeable in her voice. She could never contain her emotions quite well enough.
"I don't." I replied coming closer to her, finding her hands and holding tight to them. "Because I don't just trust you, I have faith and hope in you, all three of those. I trust with my heart, faith I believe with my mind, and hope with all my soul just for you," I replied. She was also taken aback- isn't this the evening of surprises?
"Inuyasha..." She whispered and jumped on me and hugged me to death.
"I...can't....breathe...." I gasped out between the squirming.
"Oh, my bad." She backed off helping me up to my feet. "We have to continue this conversation in the hut. I believe it best to be surrounded by those we trust and not by those who loathe us." She said grabbing my hand and running back. I gained with her and right when I thought nothing could go wrong, it did.
"Shit!!!" I screamed rubbing my face. I heard giggling coming from the girl beside me.
"I was about to warn you but I couldn't just stop because you were pulling me." She burst out laughing and 'awwed' me at the same time.
"Damn trees. They hate me for some reason." I rubbed my face as Kagome led me back, this time walking. It was nice to know you were in the comfort of a friend, and maybe more.
"...have you ever been with another?" Kagome asked another series of questions.
"Like had another girlfriend? Kikyo of course," I replied leaning back onto the comfortably made leaning chair.
"Okay have you been with another...intimately?" She asked and I could feel heat rising to my cheeks. I'm so glad that Miroku the hentai was asleep and not here to tease me about it.
"You mean..." I let it linger and I heard her affirmative that my thought was correct. I leaned closer to her and whispered. "No." I felt the air fill with relief but I didn't know if it was either the old hag or Kagome. Yes, the old crusty woman is up. She was brewing me some medicine to cure my sight, if it at all does work.
"Okay last question Inuyasha...have you ever wanted to be blind? Just for the fun of it, the adventures?" She asked.
"No. Why would I want to lose in a battle? Not see if a tree is in front of me or not." I added in that last part just to amuse Kagome, since she sounded tired.
"Hehehe, alright Kaede is almost finished with the brew, you rest for now." Kagome giggled and went to Kaede to help out in any way possible.
"Did ye tell him about what we talked about last-"
"No...please don't say anything." She begged her.
"Ye will agree but ye not likes the look of it." She handed Kagome the loud clattering bowl and Kagome walked slowly towards me.
"I have to rub this on your eyes and then you are to eat the remaining."
What? "You mean I have to eat this smelly stuff?" I asked. She rubbed some on my right eye first.
"Uh huh, and you have to drink every last drop. Or you'll just stay blind, your choice." She then applied some to my left eye, being careful not to waste any on the rest of my face. "Alright. Here you go." She handed me the bowl by placing my hands around it and making sure I had a grip on it. I took a deep breath and swallowed it all down. Hey, it wasn't that bad.
"Hey I want some more." I said handing Kagome back the bowl.
"Are you for real?" She asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Kaede said this medicine had some bad aftertaste. oh well, you're half demon so it probably doesn't affect you." She stood up but right then I clutched onto my heart.
"INUYASHA!?" She panicked. there was no real need to.
"Kagome, let Inuyasha alone. I need to speak with him. Sango is awake and she is to be needing your assistance getting some firewood from outside." Kaede stood over me. I kept clutching my heart and throat and she laughed.
"What's wrong with him?" Kagome asked, worry still evident in her voice.
"Nothing ye to not worry about. He's just about to throw up all his contents for the aftertaste affect demons far more worse than an aftertaste to a human." Kaede explained laughing her head. Kagome giggled and excused herself finding Sango instantly when she stepped outside.
"Inuyasha, let me ask you something." She began after I had been cured or miraculously been lifted of the horrible aftertaste in my mouth.
"Sure old hag, I've got time." I leaned back, but she stopped me by throwing a bow right between the two things that were about to connect- my back and the pillows.
"Ye seen bright colors have ye not?" She asked. I did a double take to her.
"Aa, how do you know?" I asked.
"Ye must be recovering. That's nice to know," she said.
"I'm cured? Whoo-hoo, I'm cured!" I celebrated but being the party pooper that Kaede is, she had to use that word I hated.
"But-but Inuyasha you've only witnessed it once, am I right?"
"Yeah, but-"
"No. It was in the presence of Kagome was it not?" She asked again.
"It was. I don't know where you are getting at but I am-"
"Ye kissed her." She said as more of a statement than a question.
"So what of it? It was a friendly cheek kiss. "
"It matters not. It was a kiss and Kagome being around. Inuyasha I have a cure for ye." She said suddenly.
"So what is it?"
A/n: Okay I'm done for Chapter 6, please keep reviewing. I know everyone has gone on with their lives but I really want someone to review just once? Is that hard? Well hope you like where the story is heading.
A Need for Sight
By: Silver Teardrops
I need my sight, I need to see her face, I need to see...
I jumped down into the well holding onto Kagome's hand. Her soft skin touching mine, it excited me in a way unexpected. Hell-I've never expected. It's been doing that lately. I mean ever since I've become blind, I've felt things I've never felt before, known things that I would've just ignored (Wait, did I just rhyme again? Shoot, I need to stop doing that!!!). Feelings, emotions, thoughts, movements-all of these I've taken for granted before now I realize the meaning behind it all. When Sango will just stare at the ground or move away from everyone-she is scared that'll she'll lose her newfound friends. When Miroku keeps silent and agrees with everything but doesn't know what is going on, he's thinking when his life will end. When Shippo bounces on everyone shoulders, he's wanting, craving attention he long lost from his father. And Kagome, when she smiles, she hides something, but I still can't figure out what.
"Inuyasha?"
"Huh?" I came all back. I lost myself in the mist of realizing things, and that is not a good thing to do when you can not see.
"We're here." Kagome said tugging my hand further away from the gate that lead to her time and away from my own.
"Oh finally!" Sango yelled, her footsteps heard scuttling on the grass towards us.
"You're back! He took long enough." She muttered, making sure I heard every word of it.
"Hey! I-" I countered back but before I could say the thing that would've won the argument Miroku just had to pull me away. "What the hell? What do you want? Can't you see that I CAN'T SEE?!" I screamed rubbing my head that was carelessly lead into a tree.
"Oh yeah, sorry. Um, so how did you get her back here?" Miroku asked sitting beside me.
I contemplated about telling him the truth or just a 'Feh, I do what I have to do. And that's that.' But I decided another way was best. "I trailed her but she saw me and felt pity on me and so came back." That was the way I saw it. She saw me, and she has sympathy for myself and that's the only way she came back. "
O...kay then." Miroku said after uncounted moments had passed. He seemed uncertain I was telling the truth.
"Let's go." I stood up and started to walk.
"How do you know you're going in the right direction?" Miroku followed me.
I smirked. "I smell Ramen." I stated and continued ahead and soon after I heard a loud thump. It isn't all that surprising, I mean Kagome's ramen is the only one in this time right? Oh well I'm hungry.
"Inuyasha?" A little uncertain voice said after everyone had retired. I knew it to be only her.
"Yes, Kagome?" I asked sitting up from my laying position.
"Um, Can we take a walk? You know to just chat or something?" She asked.
Immediately I stood up and nodded. Did I seem too eager? Must be her so called "chocolate" she gave me for dessert. She grabbed my hand as I brushed past her, so that slowed down my hyper pace.
"So, did you enjoy last night? I mean-not like that but- did you like the bed? I don't mean with me in it- just the bed?" She stuttered around. I smirked secretly. it was cute how she was stuttering.
"You mean your futon?" I asked dumbly.
"Hai." She nodded her head, not much use for that now.
"Aa, I loved it. It was soft, warm. Not like many around here you know? But I can't get used to such, because I can never have one." I said jokingly. She laughed hesitantly. It seems that wasn't what she wanted to talk about.
We kept walking and the farther we went the colder she became. I felt her trembling beside me, but I didn't do anything about it. Just got really annoyed at the silence that followed us. Neither of us spoke. me I have a good excuse, it's because I wasn't the one who invited someone on a walk to chat. She on the other hand didn't.
"Okay. Cut the bullshit Kagome. Tell me what the hell do you want to talk about." I said turning abruptly to face her. Before I knew it she was on her knees crying her eyes out, hugging me around my waist. "Kagome?" I asked unbelievingly. She fell-and to her knees! What the fuck is going on?
"Inuyasha, Please can you forgive me? I know I caused this. I know I made it a living hell for you. But please can you please forgive me?" She asked between sobs. I bent down and held her hands in my own.
"For what? This loss of my sight? It isn't as bad as it seems..." Which is a lie, it's a living nightmare..."Plus you didn't do it, that damn demon did. So it's not your fault." I assured her.
I felt her head snapped up immediately. "Inuyasha, all I'm asking for is you to forgive me, whether it's about your sight or not." She said sternly and all I did was stare, or as I always looked for quite a while now. "Onegai?" She asked again, in a much softer and weaker tone.
"Alright. I don't know why you want me to forgive you, but I will. But remember you can't do anything to me that I can't forgive you for," I said stroking her hair admiringly that her hair still seemed as soft as it always has.
"Can you tell me what I've forgiven you for?" I asked smiling at her, I couldn't see her face but I felt the air tense up all the sudden.
"Just for...just for everything I've done since the day we both met. I've been such a burden to you, and I want you to forgive me for being such." She began and her tears stopped abruptly. I was going to comfort her ,but they stopped, a little too soon for my sake.
"What is it now Kagome?" I asked.
"I have to be honest with you, and so you have to be honest with me," she said seriously.
"Honest? About what?" I asked, thoroughly confused.
"I trust you Inuyasha with all my heart and soul. So do you trust me the same as well?" she asked me, and again I'm caught off guard and was taken aback by such a deep question. Where were these coming from?
"Do you?" She asked pushing it on me.
"No." I replied.
"Oh...then I have…nothing-nothing else to say to you." She backed away from me, the sadness noticeable in her voice. She could never contain her emotions quite well enough.
"I don't." I replied coming closer to her, finding her hands and holding tight to them. "Because I don't just trust you, I have faith and hope in you, all three of those. I trust with my heart, faith I believe with my mind, and hope with all my soul just for you," I replied. She was also taken aback- isn't this the evening of surprises?
"Inuyasha..." She whispered and jumped on me and hugged me to death.
"I...can't....breathe...." I gasped out between the squirming.
"Oh, my bad." She backed off helping me up to my feet. "We have to continue this conversation in the hut. I believe it best to be surrounded by those we trust and not by those who loathe us." She said grabbing my hand and running back. I gained with her and right when I thought nothing could go wrong, it did.
"Shit!!!" I screamed rubbing my face. I heard giggling coming from the girl beside me.
"I was about to warn you but I couldn't just stop because you were pulling me." She burst out laughing and 'awwed' me at the same time.
"Damn trees. They hate me for some reason." I rubbed my face as Kagome led me back, this time walking. It was nice to know you were in the comfort of a friend, and maybe more.
"...have you ever been with another?" Kagome asked another series of questions.
"Like had another girlfriend? Kikyo of course," I replied leaning back onto the comfortably made leaning chair.
"Okay have you been with another...intimately?" She asked and I could feel heat rising to my cheeks. I'm so glad that Miroku the hentai was asleep and not here to tease me about it.
"You mean..." I let it linger and I heard her affirmative that my thought was correct. I leaned closer to her and whispered. "No." I felt the air fill with relief but I didn't know if it was either the old hag or Kagome. Yes, the old crusty woman is up. She was brewing me some medicine to cure my sight, if it at all does work.
"Okay last question Inuyasha...have you ever wanted to be blind? Just for the fun of it, the adventures?" She asked.
"No. Why would I want to lose in a battle? Not see if a tree is in front of me or not." I added in that last part just to amuse Kagome, since she sounded tired.
"Hehehe, alright Kaede is almost finished with the brew, you rest for now." Kagome giggled and went to Kaede to help out in any way possible.
"Did ye tell him about what we talked about last-"
"No...please don't say anything." She begged her.
"Ye will agree but ye not likes the look of it." She handed Kagome the loud clattering bowl and Kagome walked slowly towards me.
"I have to rub this on your eyes and then you are to eat the remaining."
What? "You mean I have to eat this smelly stuff?" I asked. She rubbed some on my right eye first.
"Uh huh, and you have to drink every last drop. Or you'll just stay blind, your choice." She then applied some to my left eye, being careful not to waste any on the rest of my face. "Alright. Here you go." She handed me the bowl by placing my hands around it and making sure I had a grip on it. I took a deep breath and swallowed it all down. Hey, it wasn't that bad.
"Hey I want some more." I said handing Kagome back the bowl.
"Are you for real?" She asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Kaede said this medicine had some bad aftertaste. oh well, you're half demon so it probably doesn't affect you." She stood up but right then I clutched onto my heart.
"INUYASHA!?" She panicked. there was no real need to.
"Kagome, let Inuyasha alone. I need to speak with him. Sango is awake and she is to be needing your assistance getting some firewood from outside." Kaede stood over me. I kept clutching my heart and throat and she laughed.
"What's wrong with him?" Kagome asked, worry still evident in her voice.
"Nothing ye to not worry about. He's just about to throw up all his contents for the aftertaste affect demons far more worse than an aftertaste to a human." Kaede explained laughing her head. Kagome giggled and excused herself finding Sango instantly when she stepped outside.
"Inuyasha, let me ask you something." She began after I had been cured or miraculously been lifted of the horrible aftertaste in my mouth.
"Sure old hag, I've got time." I leaned back, but she stopped me by throwing a bow right between the two things that were about to connect- my back and the pillows.
"Ye seen bright colors have ye not?" She asked. I did a double take to her.
"Aa, how do you know?" I asked.
"Ye must be recovering. That's nice to know," she said.
"I'm cured? Whoo-hoo, I'm cured!" I celebrated but being the party pooper that Kaede is, she had to use that word I hated.
"But-but Inuyasha you've only witnessed it once, am I right?"
"Yeah, but-"
"No. It was in the presence of Kagome was it not?" She asked again.
"It was. I don't know where you are getting at but I am-"
"Ye kissed her." She said as more of a statement than a question.
"So what of it? It was a friendly cheek kiss. "
"It matters not. It was a kiss and Kagome being around. Inuyasha I have a cure for ye." She said suddenly.
"So what is it?"
A/n: Okay I'm done for Chapter 6, please keep reviewing. I know everyone has gone on with their lives but I really want someone to review just once? Is that hard? Well hope you like where the story is heading.