Chapter 17- Realizations
His yellow eyes looked up dazed at her, then to the sword in his hand, and then to the cut on her throat. He threw the blade aside. "Hikaru... I'm...I'm so..." she placed a finger over his lips.
"It's alright Inuyasha." She stood and helped him up as the others surrounded them. Kagome stood off to the side of the group.
He lowered his head and his ears bent forward. "I...I can't believe I hurt you Hikaru." He looked up to see her smiling. He was filled with anger, "What the hell are you smiling for?!?!? I could have KILLED YOU!"
That only caused Hikaru to grin even more, "You can't believe you did this," she pointed to her wounds, "but I am in even greater shock that I DIDN'T kill you." She placed her left, and unwounded arm on his shoulder. Her voice grew somber, "Inuyasha, I swore that I would kill a full blooded version of you and when it finally came down to it I couldn't do it." She lowered her eyes, "and not because I have an overwhelming love for you, but because," she raised her green eyes, "I knew someone else did."
He looked at her in confusion causing her to roll her eyes. "Are you an idiot!" she yelled.
"Maybe if you weren't talking in riddles I'd know what the hell you were saying!"
"Who did I say wouldn't want to see you as a FULL BLOODED DEMON?"
Suddenly the half demon got it and turned to face Kagome. She tried to hide behind Sango, who stepped aside putting her in full view. Hikaru gently grabbed his ear and pulled it down to her lips as she whispered, "And don't lie to yourself Inuyasha, you care for her too." Hikaru released him and walked out of the circle to the pile of ash. Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Kirara followed her.
Kagome's cheeks blushed pink as everyone left her. Inuyasha walked up to her and bit his lip uncomfortably. "I..uh..."
They both stood there trying to avoid each other's eyes. "Kagome," he said softly, "you're the only... the only thing that can get me out of... my demon form, well besides the Tetsigua."
Great! I'm being compared to a sword, what every girl dreams of. She thought, but she let him continue.
"Thanks, you're a great friend...and..." he struggled.
Aaaaaaaand? Her inner thoughts urged him on
"Well, I really care for you, a lot." He smiled, knowing, for now it was the best he could do. Kagome smiled to, also aware that he wasn't ready to admit what he was feeling just yet. She threw her arms around his neck and hugged him. He carefully wrapped his arms around her waist and held her close. They stayed like that for a moment too long, Kagome started to pull away and he held her tight. They locked eyes and she could see the love in his golden eyes, even if he couldn't say it himself, "I really do." He said to her.
She smiled and nodded as he released her, "I know."
Across the clearing Hikaru shoved the ashes aside and found a glisten of what she was looking for. She tore a particle of her cloak off and picked up her family's "heirloom".
"Hey!" Shippo shouted, "That's a huge piece of the Shikron jewel!" That caught the attention even of Kagome and Inuyasha, they came running over and Hikaru healed it out.
"Will you purify it Kagome?" she asked.
"Sure thing." Kagome smiled before purifying it.
Hikaru looked down at the shard which was about 1/8 of the completed jewel. Attached to the pieces Kagome had it would make up a little more then half of the total jewel. She held it out to Inuyasha, "I know now that you won't use it for evil. As long as you surround yourself with these friends," she looked to each of the members of the group. "I know that you will make the right decisions. This jewel fragment was collected by my father and myself. I want you to have it."
Inuyasha looked from the jewel to Hikaru, "How do you know I won't use it for evil?"
Hikaru smiled, "because if you really wanted to become a demon you would have ditched that thing," she nodded to the Tetsigua, "a long time ago."
He smiled and took the jewel. "Thank you."
Sango wandered over to the blood stain on the grass left by Kagura. Hikaru watched Sango, knowing that she had not defeated the wind goddess as she had thought. Her shoulders slouched.
Miroku was examining his hand through the cloth that protected it from the outside world. He thumbed the palm of his hand feeling the hole sucking the cloth slightly. He took his staff and began poking the ashes with it. He hit something that was hard, but it wasn't the ground. The monk reached down and pulled a wooden doll from the ashes, which was wrapped in Naraku's hair. He sadly held it up for the others to see.
"His creations are getting stronger, faster, and more like him every time we face them." Inuyasha growled with his fists clenched in rage. That bastard almost made me kill Hikaru, and who knows where I would have stopped, AND it wasn't even the REAL Naraku! When I finally do kill him I'm going to make it slow and painful.
Kagome placed a gentle hand on his arm. "That means were getting close, and he's getting scared."
The others nodded in agreement.
Hikaru looked at all of her newly acquired friends and smiled. "I must be going now." She said. They turned to her in confusion.
"What do you mean?" Sango asked.
"I have been on a mission to find my mother's pack and to rejoin them, which is why I have trained to be a warrior, to prove myself to the pack. I must continue that search."
Kagome looked at her with sadness, "You are more then welcome to stay with us." She offered.
Hikaru smiled, "No, that is unnecessary, but thank you."
Inuyasha stepped forward "At least go with us to Kaede's village, where you can rest and heal."
Hikaru thought for a moment, "It would be nice to the that little runt again, considering last time we met she tried to kill me..."
Her oldest friend snorted, "She's not runt anymore, she's old and pretty haggardly."
"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled. "That's no way to talk about Kaede! She does a lot for you and you are so ungrateful...SIT!" He slammed into the ground.
Hikaru laughed whole heartedly. When her bout of laughter at Inuyasha's unfortunate position she managed to say, "Very well, I'll go with you, but just until I am well." The group got together and waited for the sit spell to wear off before they walked into the words and toward the road that led to Kaede's village.
High above them, a bee like insect watched them depart and flew back to its master to report.
THE END!!!
Thank you all for all of your comments, I hope you liked my very first fan fic ever! I already have another one brewing in my mind. I may start it this weekend who knows. Leave lots and lots of comments :-)
His yellow eyes looked up dazed at her, then to the sword in his hand, and then to the cut on her throat. He threw the blade aside. "Hikaru... I'm...I'm so..." she placed a finger over his lips.
"It's alright Inuyasha." She stood and helped him up as the others surrounded them. Kagome stood off to the side of the group.
He lowered his head and his ears bent forward. "I...I can't believe I hurt you Hikaru." He looked up to see her smiling. He was filled with anger, "What the hell are you smiling for?!?!? I could have KILLED YOU!"
That only caused Hikaru to grin even more, "You can't believe you did this," she pointed to her wounds, "but I am in even greater shock that I DIDN'T kill you." She placed her left, and unwounded arm on his shoulder. Her voice grew somber, "Inuyasha, I swore that I would kill a full blooded version of you and when it finally came down to it I couldn't do it." She lowered her eyes, "and not because I have an overwhelming love for you, but because," she raised her green eyes, "I knew someone else did."
He looked at her in confusion causing her to roll her eyes. "Are you an idiot!" she yelled.
"Maybe if you weren't talking in riddles I'd know what the hell you were saying!"
"Who did I say wouldn't want to see you as a FULL BLOODED DEMON?"
Suddenly the half demon got it and turned to face Kagome. She tried to hide behind Sango, who stepped aside putting her in full view. Hikaru gently grabbed his ear and pulled it down to her lips as she whispered, "And don't lie to yourself Inuyasha, you care for her too." Hikaru released him and walked out of the circle to the pile of ash. Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Kirara followed her.
Kagome's cheeks blushed pink as everyone left her. Inuyasha walked up to her and bit his lip uncomfortably. "I..uh..."
They both stood there trying to avoid each other's eyes. "Kagome," he said softly, "you're the only... the only thing that can get me out of... my demon form, well besides the Tetsigua."
Great! I'm being compared to a sword, what every girl dreams of. She thought, but she let him continue.
"Thanks, you're a great friend...and..." he struggled.
Aaaaaaaand? Her inner thoughts urged him on
"Well, I really care for you, a lot." He smiled, knowing, for now it was the best he could do. Kagome smiled to, also aware that he wasn't ready to admit what he was feeling just yet. She threw her arms around his neck and hugged him. He carefully wrapped his arms around her waist and held her close. They stayed like that for a moment too long, Kagome started to pull away and he held her tight. They locked eyes and she could see the love in his golden eyes, even if he couldn't say it himself, "I really do." He said to her.
She smiled and nodded as he released her, "I know."
Across the clearing Hikaru shoved the ashes aside and found a glisten of what she was looking for. She tore a particle of her cloak off and picked up her family's "heirloom".
"Hey!" Shippo shouted, "That's a huge piece of the Shikron jewel!" That caught the attention even of Kagome and Inuyasha, they came running over and Hikaru healed it out.
"Will you purify it Kagome?" she asked.
"Sure thing." Kagome smiled before purifying it.
Hikaru looked down at the shard which was about 1/8 of the completed jewel. Attached to the pieces Kagome had it would make up a little more then half of the total jewel. She held it out to Inuyasha, "I know now that you won't use it for evil. As long as you surround yourself with these friends," she looked to each of the members of the group. "I know that you will make the right decisions. This jewel fragment was collected by my father and myself. I want you to have it."
Inuyasha looked from the jewel to Hikaru, "How do you know I won't use it for evil?"
Hikaru smiled, "because if you really wanted to become a demon you would have ditched that thing," she nodded to the Tetsigua, "a long time ago."
He smiled and took the jewel. "Thank you."
Sango wandered over to the blood stain on the grass left by Kagura. Hikaru watched Sango, knowing that she had not defeated the wind goddess as she had thought. Her shoulders slouched.
Miroku was examining his hand through the cloth that protected it from the outside world. He thumbed the palm of his hand feeling the hole sucking the cloth slightly. He took his staff and began poking the ashes with it. He hit something that was hard, but it wasn't the ground. The monk reached down and pulled a wooden doll from the ashes, which was wrapped in Naraku's hair. He sadly held it up for the others to see.
"His creations are getting stronger, faster, and more like him every time we face them." Inuyasha growled with his fists clenched in rage. That bastard almost made me kill Hikaru, and who knows where I would have stopped, AND it wasn't even the REAL Naraku! When I finally do kill him I'm going to make it slow and painful.
Kagome placed a gentle hand on his arm. "That means were getting close, and he's getting scared."
The others nodded in agreement.
Hikaru looked at all of her newly acquired friends and smiled. "I must be going now." She said. They turned to her in confusion.
"What do you mean?" Sango asked.
"I have been on a mission to find my mother's pack and to rejoin them, which is why I have trained to be a warrior, to prove myself to the pack. I must continue that search."
Kagome looked at her with sadness, "You are more then welcome to stay with us." She offered.
Hikaru smiled, "No, that is unnecessary, but thank you."
Inuyasha stepped forward "At least go with us to Kaede's village, where you can rest and heal."
Hikaru thought for a moment, "It would be nice to the that little runt again, considering last time we met she tried to kill me..."
Her oldest friend snorted, "She's not runt anymore, she's old and pretty haggardly."
"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled. "That's no way to talk about Kaede! She does a lot for you and you are so ungrateful...SIT!" He slammed into the ground.
Hikaru laughed whole heartedly. When her bout of laughter at Inuyasha's unfortunate position she managed to say, "Very well, I'll go with you, but just until I am well." The group got together and waited for the sit spell to wear off before they walked into the words and toward the road that led to Kaede's village.
High above them, a bee like insect watched them depart and flew back to its master to report.
THE END!!!
Thank you all for all of your comments, I hope you liked my very first fan fic ever! I already have another one brewing in my mind. I may start it this weekend who knows. Leave lots and lots of comments :-)