A/N: Hello everyone! Nice to update again, sorry for the wait, school
starts again soon, YUCK! Anyway, this one might be kinda short, we shall
see, now, onto my disclaimer thingy, Oh, and by the way, did I mention that
I'm writing this for my sister? Sasami? Well I am! Luv ya!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha, if I did, I wouldn't be here right now.
RECAP: Maybe it was just her, but ever since Rin had come here, things were getting only better and better. Shippo finally had someone to play with, and she and Inuyasha had never gotten along nicer. Yes, things were much better now!
Chapter 4
Unknown Relations!
Kagome woke that morning knowing that there was a disturbance in the air. Frowning softly she got off her futon and went over to a small dresser like thing that she had brought from home here. Just to store some of her things. Inuyasha had complained for hours about getting this through the well. A job that took him a total of 10 minutes. Smiling at the memory she opened the dresser drawer to find a piece of paper in it that read;
Kagome, Miroku and I need to go get his wind tunnel fixed again, it was wounded last time we fought. Don't worry about us we'll be back before the weeks end. Love Sango, PS, Thanks for understanding.
Kagome frowned for a moment, what did she mean, 'thanks for understanding'? Then it hit Kagome, they hadn't even fought for two weeks, the couple had just needed some time alone, away from all the stress. Kagome smiled to herself. "They deserve that at least." She whispered, "Who deserves what?" came a voice behind her, Kagome hardly jumped, Inuyasha snuck behind her so much that it wasn't even a surprise when he did it anymore. Instead of answering his question, she merely handed him the note.
He read it over quickly, then scowled, "Great time for them to be taking a holiday." He muttered, Kagome gave him a soft tap on the nose, "Now, now Inuyasha, be nice, they promised not to be gone long." He just rolled his eyes, "What Sango says and what Miroku does are two very different things Kagome!" she just smiled again then shooed him out of the room. "Let me get dressed then I'll come out ok?" she said, he just gave her another scowl and did as she asked.
The day was bright, and the air clear that day. It would be the day that changed a lot for all of us. With Sango and Miroku gone, the village had only Kagome and Inuyasha to guard it. Not that anyone could complain if they had Inuyasha to guard them. Kagome herself was busy that day, a small stomach flu virus going around. Kagome called it a plague. For it was ravening all through her little village, and it had caught little Rin in its clutches. Despite Kagome's best efforts Rin was getting steadily worse.
"She needs a motivation, something to make her spirits rise quicker." Kagome said to Inuyasha, "Well, my brother might do it, but..." here he trailed off; there was no need for them to continue. They knew that Sesshomaru was no where near here. So they were left to encourage the little girl. To no avail.
Kagome came out of the room; she'd been working on Rin for the better part of 12 hours without rest or reprieve. Finally the little girl had become stable and Kagome had left Kaede to watch her while she went out to get some fresh air. A cool breeze met her as she stood on the wooden porch of the little healing home. Smells of the village reached her; some one had lit a fire near by. Closing her eyes she could almost feel its warmth. It was at that moment she realized she was cold. Quite suddenly she realized she was no longer alone. Turning she saw Inuyasha come out of the room where Rin lay sleeping. He gave Kagome a small smile then stood beside her. He leaned against the rail with his back, while she rested her arms on the railing. She sighed heavily. "What do you think?" "No better than yesterday is it?" "Not really." "Then my answer is the same as yesterday. I say she'll get better eventually." Kagome smiled at his unusual optimism, "Inuyasha, do you want to hear something sad?" "Not particularly, but I'll humor you just this once, sure." "She's no better than yesterday, that's true, too, true in fact. Because she's worse than yesterday." Inuyasha closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them he was deadly serious, "Will she make it?" Kagome didn't speak for a long time. Then she said, "Inuyasha, I really didn't tell you that to make you upset. I say this however, and I know you'll be upset, I don't know. I really honestly am not sure if she'll bounce back or not. It's kinda scary actually." Kagome looked away, tears near overflowing. Inuyasha glanced away from her for a moment, "She doesn't have the flu anymore does she?" "No." Kagome answered simply. Inuyasha didn't ask what she did have in replace of the flu. He wasn't stupid. Kagome didn't have an answer for that either, so it was probably best if he just dropped it. They were both silent for another moment, until finally Kagome straitened, "What?" Inuyasha asked, Kagome looked to him giving him a small smile, "Nothing, I think I should start to work on her again though, never know what might be happening in there right now." She whispered, Inuyasha caught her arm, "Kagome, Kaede said not to let you back in until morning, she wants you to rest, ok?" Kagome shook her head, "I've got a responsibility to her Inu-" he cut her off, "I don't care Kagome; you won't be able to do much if you're half asleep anyway." He gave her a stern look, but there was this softness to it that no one could have ignored, much less Kagome. She sighed, "Fine, I'll go to my rooms then." She turned and headed that way.
Inuyasha didn't leave her, though she seemed to think he had, and so just as he'd suspected she would, she did a u-turn and headed back to Rin's rooms just as soon as she though he was gone. Unfortunately for her Inuyasha had kept up with her and stood not too far away when she did her little turn around. Sighing in mock annoyance he appeared from the shadows and grabbed her arm again. Then he pulled her up into a tree, "Inuyasha!" "Listen if this is the only way I'm going to get you to get some sleep tonight then so be it." He said to her, settling her in his lap, with his arms wrapped around her so she wouldn't fall out if she moved, Kagome did a double blink. "What?" Inuyasha got a bit more comfortable in the tree, making sure Kagome was also, then leaned his head back as if to sleep. Kagome stared at him for a moment, then giving him a very soft smile she laid her head back down onto his chest. And fell into a deep sleep.
The next few days seemed to work the same way. Some days Rin's condition seemed to be a bit better than yesterday, other times however, it dropped alarmingly. She often liked someone to be with her when she was conscious, mostly Inuyasha or Kagome. Though Shippo was a frequent visitor. Any time she was conscious however, it brought Kagome to tears. The only thing Rin often talked about was getting well again, "Inuyasha?" "Yeah kid?" "Do you think when I get well again, we could play hide-and-go-seek again?" Inuyasha nearly choked at the thought, but replied, "Feh, sure kid, guess your first total stomping wasn't enough?" Rin shook her head weakly, "Your neither obviously." She said, making Inuyasha snort. Just then Rin sighed, "I'm sleepy." She whispered, and then grabbing Inuyasha's hand, she fell asleep. It took Inuyasha a while to regain his composure enough to go out side to Kagome. "Is she any better do you think?" Kagome asked, Inuyasha said nothing for a time then, "She's a strong little tyke, I'll give her that, and she's brave as hell. I still stand by what I've always said, she'll be ok." Kagome could tell Inuyasha was shaken up, "Are you going to be ok?" Kagome asked him softly, he nodded, "Yeah, I'll be fine." He muttered, and then left Kagome standing there. Pain entered her, Even Inuyasha is shaken up over this, and he knows as well as I that Rin may never get any better than she is right now. What she really needs is someone to get better for. None of us are enough. What am I going to do?
Little did Kagome know the answer to her question was heading towards her at that very moment...
It was mid-day when the demon fell into the village. Literally! The thing was huge, but it had seemingly been pushed back into the village, and rolled quite a ways until managed to stop its self. Kagome, who had been getting some more water at the time, dropped her bucket and ran towards the attacking demon. There was something else fighting it at that moment however. A young boy was attacking the demon; his skill and style were unmistakable. Kohaku. He made quick work of the demon in front of him. And the jewel that Kagome had sensed on the demon disappeared as soon as he touched it. She gaped at him for a moment, he didn't even look at her until Shippo ran over to her,
"Kagome! Rin is getting worse!" he yelled, Kagome spun quickly, but Kohaku was quicker. He was suddenly at her side, "What do you mean getting worse, is there something wrong with her?" Kagome blinked, "You know her?" "Yes, now where is she?" Kagome sighed, "Follow me!" and with that she ran towards Rin's room, Kohaku on her heels.
When they entered the room where Rin lay, they found her moaning and crying in her bed. Kagome rushed over to her, muttering something about stupid fevers. Kohaku just watched the little girl, worry set on every line of his face. "Rin, what, what happened to her?" he asked, Rin was the only friend he really had; she couldn't leave him as well! "She's very sick Kohaku; I think the flu that was going around evolved when it hit her." "You mean that it changed, can't you do anything?" Kagome gave him a very sad helpless look, almost making him regret what he'd said, "No, unfortunately, I am just as helpless as you are." At that moment, Inuyasha entered, he took one look at the current situation and seemed to figure it out. "What are you doin' here kid?" "Rin. I, I know her." And then he trailed off, watching the little girl. Kagome sighed looking to Inuyasha, "I think she's getting worse again, you were right Shippo." Said Kagome, Shippo whimpered, "I wish I wasn't." Kagome nodded, and then smiled at Kohaku, "Do you want some time with her?" he nodded, his face was relatively blank. Kagome felt sorry for him, it was hard on all of them, and despite the fact she hadn't even known that he had known Rin, it still didn't mean he didn't care. Rin hadn't mentioned him while here, but then again, if your friend was Kohaku, it might be best if you didn't mention it. Kagome doubted Naraku would like them being friends. Kagome stood and left the boy with his sick friend.
Whatever reaction Kagome and Inuyasha thought Rin would have to Kohaku, it wasn't the one that she had. Rin improved the instant she saw the boy sitting there when she woke. Squealing, and making more noise than she ever had, even before she got sick, she wrapped her arms around her friend, "KOHAKU!!" she cried joyously, "What are you doing here?" he smiled, "Making sure you don't die." Rin grinned, "I'm barely sick!" she said, "Prove it, get better ok?" Rin nodded, "I'll show you!" He rolled his eyes, but he smiled more that day than Kagome ever had seen him do in all the times she'd seen him.
Days passed quicker, further proving what Inuyasha had said about Miroku and Sango when they didn't return. Kagome didn't mind, watching Rin was becoming fun again as the girl began get better. Kohaku was to thank, it was obvious the sight of her friend had been Rin's inspiration to become well. "Hey Kohaku, lets play tag!" Rin said, he nodded, despite the fact that it was a bit of a silly game. "You too Inuyasha, Shippo, Miss Kagome!" Kagome smiled, Inuyasha walked past her, "Yeah Kagome wanna play?" she rolled her eyes but did. When it came down to it, Inuyasha and Kohaku were the best at this game, their speeds reaching well over that of their competition. So in the end they only went after one another. Inuyasha did feel a bit silly playing these games, but the thought that Rin was even able to do this kinda ruled out anything else. Besides, now he got to tackle Kagome without getting into trouble! Grinning to himself, he went to do just that, but then, a loud crash reached his ears. His head snapped to attentions looking in the direction from which the sound had come, a large demon entered the clearing in which they all were playing. "INUYASHA!" Kagome yelled, grabbing Rin, Kohaku following them, helping Shippo along. Inuyasha himself stood his sword out ready for battle. The demon flew at him, no fear of his sword apparently. "WIND SCAR!" he yelled. Kagome managed to get to the tree line then, pulling Rin along behind her. Just then a smell reached Inuyasha's nose, an all too familiar sent. Kikyou. Cursing Inuyasha ran to where Kagome was, trying to get there before the arrow that was flying in her direction. The demon however wouldn't be ignored in this fashion, it grabbed Inuyasha's heel stopping him in mid-air. Kagome's scream cut through the clearing...
Ending note; sorry for that, but I think that cliffys are kinda fun! angry mob glares Hehehehe, 0.o well, maybe not, oh well, I'll update soon, maybe, Mwahahahahahaha! Ahem! Anyway, sorry one more thing, more reviews, more chappies, and if you don't like something say something and I might change it. Sorry if Inuyasha has to be a little OOC, sorry, but he's not too bad is he? Tell me, see-ya unit next time!!
RECAP: Maybe it was just her, but ever since Rin had come here, things were getting only better and better. Shippo finally had someone to play with, and she and Inuyasha had never gotten along nicer. Yes, things were much better now!
Chapter 4
Unknown Relations!
Kagome woke that morning knowing that there was a disturbance in the air. Frowning softly she got off her futon and went over to a small dresser like thing that she had brought from home here. Just to store some of her things. Inuyasha had complained for hours about getting this through the well. A job that took him a total of 10 minutes. Smiling at the memory she opened the dresser drawer to find a piece of paper in it that read;
Kagome, Miroku and I need to go get his wind tunnel fixed again, it was wounded last time we fought. Don't worry about us we'll be back before the weeks end. Love Sango, PS, Thanks for understanding.
Kagome frowned for a moment, what did she mean, 'thanks for understanding'? Then it hit Kagome, they hadn't even fought for two weeks, the couple had just needed some time alone, away from all the stress. Kagome smiled to herself. "They deserve that at least." She whispered, "Who deserves what?" came a voice behind her, Kagome hardly jumped, Inuyasha snuck behind her so much that it wasn't even a surprise when he did it anymore. Instead of answering his question, she merely handed him the note.
He read it over quickly, then scowled, "Great time for them to be taking a holiday." He muttered, Kagome gave him a soft tap on the nose, "Now, now Inuyasha, be nice, they promised not to be gone long." He just rolled his eyes, "What Sango says and what Miroku does are two very different things Kagome!" she just smiled again then shooed him out of the room. "Let me get dressed then I'll come out ok?" she said, he just gave her another scowl and did as she asked.
The day was bright, and the air clear that day. It would be the day that changed a lot for all of us. With Sango and Miroku gone, the village had only Kagome and Inuyasha to guard it. Not that anyone could complain if they had Inuyasha to guard them. Kagome herself was busy that day, a small stomach flu virus going around. Kagome called it a plague. For it was ravening all through her little village, and it had caught little Rin in its clutches. Despite Kagome's best efforts Rin was getting steadily worse.
"She needs a motivation, something to make her spirits rise quicker." Kagome said to Inuyasha, "Well, my brother might do it, but..." here he trailed off; there was no need for them to continue. They knew that Sesshomaru was no where near here. So they were left to encourage the little girl. To no avail.
Kagome came out of the room; she'd been working on Rin for the better part of 12 hours without rest or reprieve. Finally the little girl had become stable and Kagome had left Kaede to watch her while she went out to get some fresh air. A cool breeze met her as she stood on the wooden porch of the little healing home. Smells of the village reached her; some one had lit a fire near by. Closing her eyes she could almost feel its warmth. It was at that moment she realized she was cold. Quite suddenly she realized she was no longer alone. Turning she saw Inuyasha come out of the room where Rin lay sleeping. He gave Kagome a small smile then stood beside her. He leaned against the rail with his back, while she rested her arms on the railing. She sighed heavily. "What do you think?" "No better than yesterday is it?" "Not really." "Then my answer is the same as yesterday. I say she'll get better eventually." Kagome smiled at his unusual optimism, "Inuyasha, do you want to hear something sad?" "Not particularly, but I'll humor you just this once, sure." "She's no better than yesterday, that's true, too, true in fact. Because she's worse than yesterday." Inuyasha closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them he was deadly serious, "Will she make it?" Kagome didn't speak for a long time. Then she said, "Inuyasha, I really didn't tell you that to make you upset. I say this however, and I know you'll be upset, I don't know. I really honestly am not sure if she'll bounce back or not. It's kinda scary actually." Kagome looked away, tears near overflowing. Inuyasha glanced away from her for a moment, "She doesn't have the flu anymore does she?" "No." Kagome answered simply. Inuyasha didn't ask what she did have in replace of the flu. He wasn't stupid. Kagome didn't have an answer for that either, so it was probably best if he just dropped it. They were both silent for another moment, until finally Kagome straitened, "What?" Inuyasha asked, Kagome looked to him giving him a small smile, "Nothing, I think I should start to work on her again though, never know what might be happening in there right now." She whispered, Inuyasha caught her arm, "Kagome, Kaede said not to let you back in until morning, she wants you to rest, ok?" Kagome shook her head, "I've got a responsibility to her Inu-" he cut her off, "I don't care Kagome; you won't be able to do much if you're half asleep anyway." He gave her a stern look, but there was this softness to it that no one could have ignored, much less Kagome. She sighed, "Fine, I'll go to my rooms then." She turned and headed that way.
Inuyasha didn't leave her, though she seemed to think he had, and so just as he'd suspected she would, she did a u-turn and headed back to Rin's rooms just as soon as she though he was gone. Unfortunately for her Inuyasha had kept up with her and stood not too far away when she did her little turn around. Sighing in mock annoyance he appeared from the shadows and grabbed her arm again. Then he pulled her up into a tree, "Inuyasha!" "Listen if this is the only way I'm going to get you to get some sleep tonight then so be it." He said to her, settling her in his lap, with his arms wrapped around her so she wouldn't fall out if she moved, Kagome did a double blink. "What?" Inuyasha got a bit more comfortable in the tree, making sure Kagome was also, then leaned his head back as if to sleep. Kagome stared at him for a moment, then giving him a very soft smile she laid her head back down onto his chest. And fell into a deep sleep.
The next few days seemed to work the same way. Some days Rin's condition seemed to be a bit better than yesterday, other times however, it dropped alarmingly. She often liked someone to be with her when she was conscious, mostly Inuyasha or Kagome. Though Shippo was a frequent visitor. Any time she was conscious however, it brought Kagome to tears. The only thing Rin often talked about was getting well again, "Inuyasha?" "Yeah kid?" "Do you think when I get well again, we could play hide-and-go-seek again?" Inuyasha nearly choked at the thought, but replied, "Feh, sure kid, guess your first total stomping wasn't enough?" Rin shook her head weakly, "Your neither obviously." She said, making Inuyasha snort. Just then Rin sighed, "I'm sleepy." She whispered, and then grabbing Inuyasha's hand, she fell asleep. It took Inuyasha a while to regain his composure enough to go out side to Kagome. "Is she any better do you think?" Kagome asked, Inuyasha said nothing for a time then, "She's a strong little tyke, I'll give her that, and she's brave as hell. I still stand by what I've always said, she'll be ok." Kagome could tell Inuyasha was shaken up, "Are you going to be ok?" Kagome asked him softly, he nodded, "Yeah, I'll be fine." He muttered, and then left Kagome standing there. Pain entered her, Even Inuyasha is shaken up over this, and he knows as well as I that Rin may never get any better than she is right now. What she really needs is someone to get better for. None of us are enough. What am I going to do?
Little did Kagome know the answer to her question was heading towards her at that very moment...
It was mid-day when the demon fell into the village. Literally! The thing was huge, but it had seemingly been pushed back into the village, and rolled quite a ways until managed to stop its self. Kagome, who had been getting some more water at the time, dropped her bucket and ran towards the attacking demon. There was something else fighting it at that moment however. A young boy was attacking the demon; his skill and style were unmistakable. Kohaku. He made quick work of the demon in front of him. And the jewel that Kagome had sensed on the demon disappeared as soon as he touched it. She gaped at him for a moment, he didn't even look at her until Shippo ran over to her,
"Kagome! Rin is getting worse!" he yelled, Kagome spun quickly, but Kohaku was quicker. He was suddenly at her side, "What do you mean getting worse, is there something wrong with her?" Kagome blinked, "You know her?" "Yes, now where is she?" Kagome sighed, "Follow me!" and with that she ran towards Rin's room, Kohaku on her heels.
When they entered the room where Rin lay, they found her moaning and crying in her bed. Kagome rushed over to her, muttering something about stupid fevers. Kohaku just watched the little girl, worry set on every line of his face. "Rin, what, what happened to her?" he asked, Rin was the only friend he really had; she couldn't leave him as well! "She's very sick Kohaku; I think the flu that was going around evolved when it hit her." "You mean that it changed, can't you do anything?" Kagome gave him a very sad helpless look, almost making him regret what he'd said, "No, unfortunately, I am just as helpless as you are." At that moment, Inuyasha entered, he took one look at the current situation and seemed to figure it out. "What are you doin' here kid?" "Rin. I, I know her." And then he trailed off, watching the little girl. Kagome sighed looking to Inuyasha, "I think she's getting worse again, you were right Shippo." Said Kagome, Shippo whimpered, "I wish I wasn't." Kagome nodded, and then smiled at Kohaku, "Do you want some time with her?" he nodded, his face was relatively blank. Kagome felt sorry for him, it was hard on all of them, and despite the fact she hadn't even known that he had known Rin, it still didn't mean he didn't care. Rin hadn't mentioned him while here, but then again, if your friend was Kohaku, it might be best if you didn't mention it. Kagome doubted Naraku would like them being friends. Kagome stood and left the boy with his sick friend.
Whatever reaction Kagome and Inuyasha thought Rin would have to Kohaku, it wasn't the one that she had. Rin improved the instant she saw the boy sitting there when she woke. Squealing, and making more noise than she ever had, even before she got sick, she wrapped her arms around her friend, "KOHAKU!!" she cried joyously, "What are you doing here?" he smiled, "Making sure you don't die." Rin grinned, "I'm barely sick!" she said, "Prove it, get better ok?" Rin nodded, "I'll show you!" He rolled his eyes, but he smiled more that day than Kagome ever had seen him do in all the times she'd seen him.
Days passed quicker, further proving what Inuyasha had said about Miroku and Sango when they didn't return. Kagome didn't mind, watching Rin was becoming fun again as the girl began get better. Kohaku was to thank, it was obvious the sight of her friend had been Rin's inspiration to become well. "Hey Kohaku, lets play tag!" Rin said, he nodded, despite the fact that it was a bit of a silly game. "You too Inuyasha, Shippo, Miss Kagome!" Kagome smiled, Inuyasha walked past her, "Yeah Kagome wanna play?" she rolled her eyes but did. When it came down to it, Inuyasha and Kohaku were the best at this game, their speeds reaching well over that of their competition. So in the end they only went after one another. Inuyasha did feel a bit silly playing these games, but the thought that Rin was even able to do this kinda ruled out anything else. Besides, now he got to tackle Kagome without getting into trouble! Grinning to himself, he went to do just that, but then, a loud crash reached his ears. His head snapped to attentions looking in the direction from which the sound had come, a large demon entered the clearing in which they all were playing. "INUYASHA!" Kagome yelled, grabbing Rin, Kohaku following them, helping Shippo along. Inuyasha himself stood his sword out ready for battle. The demon flew at him, no fear of his sword apparently. "WIND SCAR!" he yelled. Kagome managed to get to the tree line then, pulling Rin along behind her. Just then a smell reached Inuyasha's nose, an all too familiar sent. Kikyou. Cursing Inuyasha ran to where Kagome was, trying to get there before the arrow that was flying in her direction. The demon however wouldn't be ignored in this fashion, it grabbed Inuyasha's heel stopping him in mid-air. Kagome's scream cut through the clearing...
Ending note; sorry for that, but I think that cliffys are kinda fun! angry mob glares Hehehehe, 0.o well, maybe not, oh well, I'll update soon, maybe, Mwahahahahahaha! Ahem! Anyway, sorry one more thing, more reviews, more chappies, and if you don't like something say something and I might change it. Sorry if Inuyasha has to be a little OOC, sorry, but he's not too bad is he? Tell me, see-ya unit next time!!