Chapter 8: The truth at last
With a gasp Kagome stirred and opened her eyes...
Continuation...
...she blearily rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and stretched the kinks out of her tense muscles. A soft stream of sunlight filtered in from her open window. With a loud yawn she looked down at her body, and then she bolted up shaking; all traces of sleep now erased from her face.
Inuyasha lounged under her bed, hearing her yawn then the bed springs creaked as she shifted. He could smell her fear, then her anger. "Who could...? Inu—no...I sealed the well—didn't I?" He felt her aura alter as she checked her seal.
Kagome stood and grasped her towel tightly, "Who?" she whispered. She faltered and she fell, tears collecting at her eyes. "Why doesn't he love me? Am I ugly? What's wrong with me?" She stopped talking and composed herself rapidly. "I will not let him break me anymore. I have to tell him the truth. But how?" her voice wavered.
Inuyasha groaned silently, his face twisting in torture. 'I care about you. You are beautiful. I am tainted,' he thought tormented by her tone of voice. Kagome had been much more moody lately and he didn't know what the matter was.
Kagome dropped her towel and noticed the clothes left on the bed for her. She dressed quickly and pulled out some panties. She blushed, "Whoever it was, I'm positive it was a guy." Inuyasha grinned but remained silent. She sat back on the bed and her tears fell, "I might be dying..." she whimpered. Her head fell between her knees as she gasped for breath.
Inuyasha panicked, he shot out from under the bed and grasped Kagome shouting, "You aren't dying!" Kagome shrieked with surprise then sniffed. Inuyasha—with a gentle finger—wiped her tears away. Then he leaned forward and licked the remaining salty tears from her startled face.
She jumped when his lips touched hers. He didn't deepen the kiss; it seemed to be one of promise. She wrapped her arms around him and he hugged her to him. "Tell me everything," he murmured.
It took a while; she explained her feelings for him, what had been happening and finally her illness. He was confused; she explained that her illness was something no one had ever seen before. It consisted of bloody tears that came only when she seemed to sink into lapses of deep, deep depression.
"I came up with my own theory," she started shyly. Inuyasha nodded attentively, "Go on, tell me." "I think it happens because of my miko powers. Whenever I cry these tears of blood, it rains and storms only where I happen to be. I think my miko powers have a clenching grip on my emotions. When I'm really blissful the sun comes out and when I'm in pain, small earthquakes start up. I think—I think because of you my emotions have increased. Inuyasha..."
Inuyasha put a hand out to silence her; his ears perked and he stood over her growling softly. A similar growling was heard outside Kagome's window as Kouga stormed in. "Ah shit," Kagome mumbled. She quickly stood between them and put her hands on his chest. Inuyasha growl thundered as he drowned in jealousy.
"Kouga, you bastard go away!" her hands tightened on his furs and she shoved him brusquely. "You jerk! You lied to me and tricked me and now what? What are you doing here?" Kouga smiled and answered, "I didn't lie or trick you; I just told you my point of view. Kagome, my mate, let's go home. I won't leave you with dog-breath!"
Inuyasha couldn't hold back anymore, he jumped in and slugged Kouga hard; so hard that Kouga was knocked back out the window. Kagome ran to the window, "Inuyasha! You idiot! Why'd you do that?" Inuyasha blushed, "I dunno, he was being an ass."
Kouga scrambled back up, fury etched in every part of his body. Kagome threw herself on him, "Kouga, go back to the Feudal Era right now!" she ordered desperately. Inuyasha—naturally—" Keh'd" and turned his back on both of them; inwardly he was seething. 'Stay away from Kagome, bastard!'
Inuyasha's hands shook as Kagome and Kouga stared each other down. Finally Kouga stated, "You're serious, aren't you?" Kagome glared, "Duh! Of course, I mean it! I love Inuyasha!" With that she whirled away and stormed down the stairs.
Inuyasha and Kouga stared at her retreating back. Inuyasha was a deep red and Kouga was boiling with a shaking rage. "You stole her from me and you don't even fucking love her!" he screamed. Inuyasha was shocked; the wild abandoned, raw emotion in her voice and attitude killed him.
He just wished he could say something in return. Kouga turned and whirlwind away and Kagome locked herself in the bathroom. Inuyasha rushed to the bathroom and pounded on the door. Kagome opened the door and marched out. "I only said that to make him leave," she lied.
Inuyasha laughed. "Alright, fair enough." His insides were breaking, was she serious? "Kagome, all though that may be true, it's about time I told you something..."
Okay, I'm done for tonight. Sleep...need sleep. yawn long chappie, I think, my fingers ache! Ciao guys, I love youz.