A wish upon a star
Disclaimer: I haven't said this is in a long time... so, all in all – I do not own Inu-Yasha -_-
And firstly – Thank you ALL you reviewers: You make me so, so extremely happy!
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And I want to reply to a few reviews:
Ami: Your reviews always make me laugh ^.^
Ks_starshine: Wow... majority of people said exactly that... wonder what they would say if he didn't come...
Brie: I'm not telling... I'm not telling that either... that's going to be kept a secret too... and yes – I will update before next month ^.^
Rina: Lol, thankx – though I don't have AOL... so if you want to add me to your msn, feel free- my hotmail address is on my kealilah info page ^.^
Anngel From Hell: Do you really think that Inu-Yasha's going to come and save the day? Hmm...
Warning: Major Rin and Sesshomuru fluff in this chapter... I felt pretty weird writing this, seeing I've never actually experienced something like that before... if you're going to review, be honest – tell me what you thought about it.
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Chapter Eighteen
Return to whereas
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Sesshomuru sat down heavily on a jutting rock beside the ocean waves. He panted quietly to himself and then looked hopelessly at Rin. "Can I have a rest?"
Rin gaped at him "You're a demon – I'm a human, and YOU'RE asking for a rest? Shouldn't it be the other way around?"
Sesshomuru shook his head "I haven't been exercising for quite a while...that's why"
Rin rolled her eyes "So let's shake off that extra fat right now"
Sesshomuru whined mentally, wasn't the island trip supposed to be a relaxing vacation? He looked up at Rin and sighed who just rolled her eyes again as she saw he wasn't making any intention of getting up.
She let out a frustrated sigh and sat down beside him "I had a puppy once, and he was exactly like you"
Sesshomuru perked up "Really?"
"Yep, he was always sleeping and never getting enough exercise so I did one thing that would always get him up" she smiled sneakily as Sesshomuru looked at her from the corner of his eyes.
"... Really?" he asked cautiously as he saw the glint in her eyes.
"Yep" She leaned over and scratched behind his ears.
Sesshomuru melted instantly, even though he tried not to show it. Even though he was immune to the world due to her somehow exhilarating scratching he was slightly aware that a rumble had started in his stomach.
Instantly recognizing what it was he pulled back and snapped his eyes open which had, unknown to him had closed instantly as he felt Rin scratch behind his ear, where only one person had scratched before.
Rin giggled and Sesshomuru sat up straight and looked away, slightly blushing.
"You liked that... didn't you?" She asked slyly as she tried to sneak a glance at his pink in the cheek face.
He crossed his arms over his chest and shook his head and tried to act tough but his voice gave it all away "no"
She giggled, "Fine... that means no more behind the ear scratching for you!"
He perked up immediately on this and turned around, revealing his pink tinted cheeks "You mean you were going to do it again?"
She laughed and shrugged "If you wanted"
He struggled with his words as Rin enjoyed his difficulty.
Of course he wanted her to do it! Was she mad? She just wanted to get it out of him...
Rin smiled mischievously; of course he wanted it... but it was always more fun if you watched them admit it.
"Well, if you would waste your time on such things, I won't mind" He replied casually as she raised her eyebrows.
"Smart answer" She snapped at him which he just shrugged in reply. Rin took this for a 'yeah I know' and laughed. After watching him turn a slight shade of red in his cheeks she leaned over and scratched behind his ears again which made him blush immensely.
Sesshomuru, once again, melted in her touch and felt the rumble in his stomach but this time he didn't stop it.
As she continued scratching, he felt the rumble rise up into his chest and into his neck, and then as he realized he had let it go to far, it was too late.
Rin surprised herself as she heard a purr rise from his neck and his stomach rumble almost immediately after as another purr rose.
Sesshomuru' tried his best as he tried to suppress himself from purring, but half of him didn't even care anymore, who cared about the tough side he put on himself all the time? It had been almost five complete years since he had felt so relaxed.
He barely recognized himself as he felt his body vibrate from pleasurable purrs. The tough side had vanished, and this time – he felt completely in Rin's mercy as he noticed that if she stopped right now, he would have to beg for her to continue.
He wouldn't have let himself become so vulnerable, he shouldn't have but Sesshomuru let all his thought wash away as he replaced them with one thought... somehow, he felt – himself around her.
Rin gasped as she felt his cheek lean into her hand as if begging for more, she gulped as she tried to make this seem as innocent as possible.
'He's just like my puppy...nothing else, every canine related creature in the world likes this... remember, nothing else...'
She gulped. Somehow, this didn't seem at all innocent.
As Sesshomuru sniffed her wrist a strong desire bubbled inside of him, it felt as if his blood had started pumping in his veins and that it needed more blood... her blood.
It took him every part muscle in him to resist himself from biting her right there and then. He leaned back against his force and opened his eyes immediately, not knowing at all what had just happened to him.
Rin blinked at him as she examined his flushed face... what was wrong with him?
It took a moment for them to realize that they were doing nothing but stare at each other for quite a long time.
They both blushed, and even though Sesshomuru's cheeks were already red, they turned an even darker color which Rin never imagined to appear on his face, that only made her wondering how badly she must be blushing.
They looked away immediately and tried to interest themselves in something else but they didn't have to wait long before something definitely interesting occurred.
"You guys help! A dynamite –." Sango breathed out as she ran up to the both of them and panted as she tried to finish her sentence.
"They could be anywhere on this island!" Miroku continued, even though Sango hadn't competed her own sentence.
Sesshomuru understood even though Rin was still in loss and stood up immediately "We should gather everybody here"
They nodded, "We've already called Kouga and he's gathering all the servants and Inu-Yasha heard the explosion is helping Kouga out" Miroku explained to Sesshomuru though Sango noticed the mistake immediately.
"What about Kagome?" She yelled out which made them all freeze.
"Miroku, help the servants and tell Inu-Yasha to get Kagome, he'll get there faster – I'll find a ship and Sango – tell the servants when they arrive here to the shore to wait – the boats coming"
Both of them nodded while Sesshomuru leapt into the air and ran off somewhere.
"Wow... he's fast" Rin gasped as she realized he must have been faking the whole exercise thing.
"Miroku, go!" Sango yelled at Miroku and he nodded immediately... Inu-Yasha – he had to get Inu-Yasha.
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Kagome struggled as she realized if she didn't get out now, she actually WOULD die.
She glanced at the dynamite; she had around two minutes left before it would go off. Panic rushing throughout her veins as if it were blood she leaned over and bit the rope and pulled on the thick strings.
She surprised herself as she realized that the rope was tied tight but the material wasn't very strong. She chewed on the rope tied to her left hand and spit out the strings as they came to her mouth.
After desperate chewing, she felt the rope loosen.
That was all she needed.
She pulled her left hand out of the loose grasp the rope had on her and tried to open the right hand.
She glanced at the dynamite.
She gulped as she realized she probably only had 20 seconds left.
She pulled on the rope... this one was much tighter.
She felt her breathing dampen as she glanced at the dynamite and realized she had 10 seconds to leave or else she would be dead.
"God..." She whimpered as she came across a dead tight knot. She glanced at the dynamite.
Five seconds.
She struggled with the knot... she had come so close to escaping and she couldn't back down now, even though the dynamite was about to explode any second now. As she broke the knot she collapsed onto the floor and only then did she notice that her body had been paralyzed.
As she heard the sizzling stop she knew she had no chance of escaping now.
She was paralyzed, there was dynamite in the room, and she could feel her breathing dampen.
She held her breath as she heard the dynamite explode. Her body was burning and her mind seemed to stop all thoughts at that second. Her heartbeat was slowing down, instead of increasing and the sound of the hut crashing on top of her seemed very faint.
She felt pieces of heavy wood crash on top of her but her body was too numb to even feel the weight.
And then, her mind went blank.
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"That was a close one"
"Now that was one trip gone horribly wrong"
"Let me check if the fevers gone"
"Sure"
"Eek! YOU PERVERT!"
There was a yell and a slap heard throughout the room followed by a few annoyed sighs.
"You stay here; I'll go and get some water"
"I'll go tell the queen and king about the condition she's in"
"There's more bandage in my room, I'll go grab some"
After that, there was silence, though there were still two people present in the room.
One was Kagome, lying on the bed, sleeping motionless wrapped in bandages, with paled skin with a few cuts on her face. Her breathing was ragged even though it was dead silent and faint.
Second, was Inu-Yasha, sitting on the chair, staring at nonetheless at Kagome.
As he watched her lie there he remembered when he had arrived. If he had arrived one moment sooner, he could have saved her from all the pain she was in right now. If he had arrived one moment later, he wouldn't have been able to save her at all.
He had arrived and had seen nothing but the hut in a million places with the left side in flames which was spreading to the right. Kagome was no where in sight but the scent of her blood was evident around the ruins.
He had found her, motionless and had called for Miroku.
Miroku hadn't found any pulse or any heartbeat and had informed her dead.
It seemed as if that moment had lasted forever. The cheerful, spirited, annoying voice in the head... gone? It had seemed somehow so unfair and only when did he go and check her heartbeat himself did he realize Miroku was telling nothing but the truth.
Then, miraculously, he had heart a faint sound beat inside of her and not believing it to be anything other than her heartbeat rushed her to where everyone was waiting for the boat.
She was on the edge of the border which divided life and death and if he hadn't heard that faint slow drum she would have crossed it.
They had taken a boat straight back to the castle and now, she was lying on her bed and had been asleep for eight days straight, only to wake up a few times to glance at the wall or whereas she was.
Inu-Yasha sighed and got up from where he was sitting and sat down on her bed, being careful not to hurt her in any way.
He gently leaned down and placed his ear on her chest, making sure her heartbeat was still beating. And luckily, it was.
Kagome frowned as she heard nothing but dead silence, struggling to move as she felt something heavy on her chest she opened her eyes groggily and bolt up straight.
Pain shot throughout her body as she sat up but that pain was ignored as she regretted sitting up not only because of the wounds. She blinked as she came face to face with Inu-Yasha, her nose only a mere inch away from his. Their faces were close... very close.
"Aaaah!" She squealed in surprise, blushing at once and scrambled back.
Inu-Yasha's reflexes were just as fast; he jumped back though he didn't squeal like she did.
"What were you doing? You haven't become like Miroku, have you?" She asked, her heart pounding as she instantly narrowed her eyes at him.
He growled "I was just checking on you, have some respect"
She blinked, checking on her? Events of what happened came rushing into her mind as she mouthed an 'o'. The first thing she said though was the last thing Inu-Yasha had expected her to say.
"He kissed me!" She yelled out as she examined his face turn into confusion and shock at the same time.
"Who?" He asked, cautiously moving towards her and then finally placing himself beside her.
"He said his name was Naraku" She frowned, feeling a little shaky as she remembered it all.
Inu-Yasha stiffened beside her. "Did you just say...Naraku?"
She blinked innocently "Do you know him?"
He shook his head much too instantly "Never heard of him"
Kagome eyed him as she made heard his answer sound more like a bluff. Not wanting to press anything on to him at this moment she shrugged it off and then leaned back and then only then, did she notice that she was back in her room. "How'd I get back here?"
"You were asleep for eight days" He stated simply and refused to look at her as her eyes widened in shock.
"Eight days? Oh my god... I must have been hurt pretty badly" She clutched her blankets as Inu-Yasha growled at this.
"You have NO idea how hurt you were... you heart stopped beating! You had no pulse! You could have died ... and it was my entire fault"
She cringed at his words but softened immediately as she heard him say the last sentence "You had no blame in it"
"I was being such a bastard, if we weren't in a fight, you wouldn't probably being doing nothing in the hut and that wouldn't have happened" he punched the bed and Kagome frowned. He hadn't been shifting the blame on himself for eight days straight, had he?
"Well, it's not like if hadn't been in the fight I would have been hanging around you all the time" She smirked as she chuckled slightly at her words.
"Still... I wouldn't have been avoiding you and would have figured out someone was coming towards you"
She rolled her eyes "No you wouldn't, now shut up and if you say that it was your fault one more time I'll get... really mad again"
He smirked and then crossed his arms over his chest "You said some pretty mean things to me you know"
Kagome gaped at him, she knew exactly what he was pulling out of her and she wasn't going to let him have it without a fight. "You kept calling me a wench"
"Fine, I'll call you a whore" He replied casually.
Kagome pouted and then punched him with all the strength she had in her right arm "Apologize!"
He glanced at her "For what? You said it wasn't my fault so there's nothing to apologize for"
She narrowed her eyes "Then for calling me a wench and a whore you jerk!"
He blinked "I was just stating the truth"
She sighed in frustration... where had the nice side disappeared to? Wasn't he just worried sick about her and now he was back on calling her a wench and now even worse a whore!?!
She made a hopeless attempt to grab his ears and torture him like the way she had done before but he easily grabbed her arms and pushed them away.
"I'm much taller than you, and anyway my arms are longer so don't even try"
She pouted as she dodged out of his hands "My apologies for not being taller"
"Feh"
Noticing she had no chance of grabbing his ears she picked up the pillow and hit him on the head. "For calling me a wench," She hit him again "For calling me a whore"
He chuckled as he noticed she had perfectly healed and was now even ready to fight him "You want to be called a prostitute then?"
She growled in frustration "No!" Kagome picked up the pillow and hit him on the head as he defended himself with his arms.
"So you prefer whore?"
She grabbed his ears as she noticed he was distracted and pulled him down so she could stare down at his face which was definitely in pain she tightened her grip on his ears.
"Say sorry!" She giggled as he tried to pry her hands off of his ears.
"No way!" He growled as she scratched his sensitive part of his ears which she had massaged before.
"Say something nice about me then!" She smiled slyly as he stared up at her in horror.
"There's nothing nice to say about you! You're not even developed well enough for a seventeen year old; I swear I've seen girls around the age of fourteen with better ones"
She gaped as he glanced at her chest. "How -dare-you say that, you HAVE become like Miroku, you perverted jerk!"
"I was just stating the obvious!"
"State something other than that – you hentai!"
He chuckled as she tried to slap him on the face but he grabbed her hands and pulled her other hand off his ear and pushed her back. She glared at him from where she was sitting and he just glared back, an evil smirk on his face.
"Kagome, you're awake!" Sango stepped into the room, smiling broadly.
Kagome nodded, breaking the glare with Inu-Yasha.
"So are you feeling okay?" she asked her.
"My face hurts, and my legs hurt and my arms hurt and so does my stomach" She stated simply as she rested herself back on her bed.
Inu-Yasha and Sango gaped at her. "And you're fighting with Inu-Yasha?"
"Now who's the idiot?"
Kagome scoffed "Like you care – Inu-Yasha!"
Inu-Yasha shrugged and feh'ed and reached out as Sango handed him something.
"Sesshomuru handed me some gauze and this is some cream. It helps your skin heal quickly, so just put it on your arms, wherever your hurt – I have to go help with the kitchens, someone placed a rat in the dishes..."
With that, Sango left leaving Inu-Yasha and Kagome once again, alone.
Inu-Yasha jumped back to Kagome's side and handed her the cream. She took it and rubbed some on her arm and flinched as she it stung.
Inu-Yasha watched her as she placed the cream over her right arm. She struggled with her sleeves as they kept draping down.
"Give me that" he ordered as she tried to pull up her other sleeve and put on cream at the same time.
"Give you what?" she asked, confused by his question.
He sighed with frustration and snatched the cream out of her hands. He grabbed her left arm and pulled up her sleeve in an instance.
He scraped up some cream and grazed it over her cuts on her left arm. She winced as she felt her cuts sting but Inu-Yasha made no movement to let go or stop.
After a while, the cuts didn't seem to sting as he started to put cream on her face.
And soon after, she fell asleep again.
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I thought that was pretty long...
Don't worry... I'm only half way through the scheme of things...
Disclaimer: I haven't said this is in a long time... so, all in all – I do not own Inu-Yasha -_-
And firstly – Thank you ALL you reviewers: You make me so, so extremely happy!
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And I want to reply to a few reviews:
Ami: Your reviews always make me laugh ^.^
Ks_starshine: Wow... majority of people said exactly that... wonder what they would say if he didn't come...
Brie: I'm not telling... I'm not telling that either... that's going to be kept a secret too... and yes – I will update before next month ^.^
Rina: Lol, thankx – though I don't have AOL... so if you want to add me to your msn, feel free- my hotmail address is on my kealilah info page ^.^
Anngel From Hell: Do you really think that Inu-Yasha's going to come and save the day? Hmm...
Warning: Major Rin and Sesshomuru fluff in this chapter... I felt pretty weird writing this, seeing I've never actually experienced something like that before... if you're going to review, be honest – tell me what you thought about it.
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Chapter Eighteen
Return to whereas
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Sesshomuru sat down heavily on a jutting rock beside the ocean waves. He panted quietly to himself and then looked hopelessly at Rin. "Can I have a rest?"
Rin gaped at him "You're a demon – I'm a human, and YOU'RE asking for a rest? Shouldn't it be the other way around?"
Sesshomuru shook his head "I haven't been exercising for quite a while...that's why"
Rin rolled her eyes "So let's shake off that extra fat right now"
Sesshomuru whined mentally, wasn't the island trip supposed to be a relaxing vacation? He looked up at Rin and sighed who just rolled her eyes again as she saw he wasn't making any intention of getting up.
She let out a frustrated sigh and sat down beside him "I had a puppy once, and he was exactly like you"
Sesshomuru perked up "Really?"
"Yep, he was always sleeping and never getting enough exercise so I did one thing that would always get him up" she smiled sneakily as Sesshomuru looked at her from the corner of his eyes.
"... Really?" he asked cautiously as he saw the glint in her eyes.
"Yep" She leaned over and scratched behind his ears.
Sesshomuru melted instantly, even though he tried not to show it. Even though he was immune to the world due to her somehow exhilarating scratching he was slightly aware that a rumble had started in his stomach.
Instantly recognizing what it was he pulled back and snapped his eyes open which had, unknown to him had closed instantly as he felt Rin scratch behind his ear, where only one person had scratched before.
Rin giggled and Sesshomuru sat up straight and looked away, slightly blushing.
"You liked that... didn't you?" She asked slyly as she tried to sneak a glance at his pink in the cheek face.
He crossed his arms over his chest and shook his head and tried to act tough but his voice gave it all away "no"
She giggled, "Fine... that means no more behind the ear scratching for you!"
He perked up immediately on this and turned around, revealing his pink tinted cheeks "You mean you were going to do it again?"
She laughed and shrugged "If you wanted"
He struggled with his words as Rin enjoyed his difficulty.
Of course he wanted her to do it! Was she mad? She just wanted to get it out of him...
Rin smiled mischievously; of course he wanted it... but it was always more fun if you watched them admit it.
"Well, if you would waste your time on such things, I won't mind" He replied casually as she raised her eyebrows.
"Smart answer" She snapped at him which he just shrugged in reply. Rin took this for a 'yeah I know' and laughed. After watching him turn a slight shade of red in his cheeks she leaned over and scratched behind his ears again which made him blush immensely.
Sesshomuru, once again, melted in her touch and felt the rumble in his stomach but this time he didn't stop it.
As she continued scratching, he felt the rumble rise up into his chest and into his neck, and then as he realized he had let it go to far, it was too late.
Rin surprised herself as she heard a purr rise from his neck and his stomach rumble almost immediately after as another purr rose.
Sesshomuru' tried his best as he tried to suppress himself from purring, but half of him didn't even care anymore, who cared about the tough side he put on himself all the time? It had been almost five complete years since he had felt so relaxed.
He barely recognized himself as he felt his body vibrate from pleasurable purrs. The tough side had vanished, and this time – he felt completely in Rin's mercy as he noticed that if she stopped right now, he would have to beg for her to continue.
He wouldn't have let himself become so vulnerable, he shouldn't have but Sesshomuru let all his thought wash away as he replaced them with one thought... somehow, he felt – himself around her.
Rin gasped as she felt his cheek lean into her hand as if begging for more, she gulped as she tried to make this seem as innocent as possible.
'He's just like my puppy...nothing else, every canine related creature in the world likes this... remember, nothing else...'
She gulped. Somehow, this didn't seem at all innocent.
As Sesshomuru sniffed her wrist a strong desire bubbled inside of him, it felt as if his blood had started pumping in his veins and that it needed more blood... her blood.
It took him every part muscle in him to resist himself from biting her right there and then. He leaned back against his force and opened his eyes immediately, not knowing at all what had just happened to him.
Rin blinked at him as she examined his flushed face... what was wrong with him?
It took a moment for them to realize that they were doing nothing but stare at each other for quite a long time.
They both blushed, and even though Sesshomuru's cheeks were already red, they turned an even darker color which Rin never imagined to appear on his face, that only made her wondering how badly she must be blushing.
They looked away immediately and tried to interest themselves in something else but they didn't have to wait long before something definitely interesting occurred.
"You guys help! A dynamite –." Sango breathed out as she ran up to the both of them and panted as she tried to finish her sentence.
"They could be anywhere on this island!" Miroku continued, even though Sango hadn't competed her own sentence.
Sesshomuru understood even though Rin was still in loss and stood up immediately "We should gather everybody here"
They nodded, "We've already called Kouga and he's gathering all the servants and Inu-Yasha heard the explosion is helping Kouga out" Miroku explained to Sesshomuru though Sango noticed the mistake immediately.
"What about Kagome?" She yelled out which made them all freeze.
"Miroku, help the servants and tell Inu-Yasha to get Kagome, he'll get there faster – I'll find a ship and Sango – tell the servants when they arrive here to the shore to wait – the boats coming"
Both of them nodded while Sesshomuru leapt into the air and ran off somewhere.
"Wow... he's fast" Rin gasped as she realized he must have been faking the whole exercise thing.
"Miroku, go!" Sango yelled at Miroku and he nodded immediately... Inu-Yasha – he had to get Inu-Yasha.
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Kagome struggled as she realized if she didn't get out now, she actually WOULD die.
She glanced at the dynamite; she had around two minutes left before it would go off. Panic rushing throughout her veins as if it were blood she leaned over and bit the rope and pulled on the thick strings.
She surprised herself as she realized that the rope was tied tight but the material wasn't very strong. She chewed on the rope tied to her left hand and spit out the strings as they came to her mouth.
After desperate chewing, she felt the rope loosen.
That was all she needed.
She pulled her left hand out of the loose grasp the rope had on her and tried to open the right hand.
She glanced at the dynamite.
She gulped as she realized she probably only had 20 seconds left.
She pulled on the rope... this one was much tighter.
She felt her breathing dampen as she glanced at the dynamite and realized she had 10 seconds to leave or else she would be dead.
"God..." She whimpered as she came across a dead tight knot. She glanced at the dynamite.
Five seconds.
She struggled with the knot... she had come so close to escaping and she couldn't back down now, even though the dynamite was about to explode any second now. As she broke the knot she collapsed onto the floor and only then did she notice that her body had been paralyzed.
As she heard the sizzling stop she knew she had no chance of escaping now.
She was paralyzed, there was dynamite in the room, and she could feel her breathing dampen.
She held her breath as she heard the dynamite explode. Her body was burning and her mind seemed to stop all thoughts at that second. Her heartbeat was slowing down, instead of increasing and the sound of the hut crashing on top of her seemed very faint.
She felt pieces of heavy wood crash on top of her but her body was too numb to even feel the weight.
And then, her mind went blank.
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"That was a close one"
"Now that was one trip gone horribly wrong"
"Let me check if the fevers gone"
"Sure"
"Eek! YOU PERVERT!"
There was a yell and a slap heard throughout the room followed by a few annoyed sighs.
"You stay here; I'll go and get some water"
"I'll go tell the queen and king about the condition she's in"
"There's more bandage in my room, I'll go grab some"
After that, there was silence, though there were still two people present in the room.
One was Kagome, lying on the bed, sleeping motionless wrapped in bandages, with paled skin with a few cuts on her face. Her breathing was ragged even though it was dead silent and faint.
Second, was Inu-Yasha, sitting on the chair, staring at nonetheless at Kagome.
As he watched her lie there he remembered when he had arrived. If he had arrived one moment sooner, he could have saved her from all the pain she was in right now. If he had arrived one moment later, he wouldn't have been able to save her at all.
He had arrived and had seen nothing but the hut in a million places with the left side in flames which was spreading to the right. Kagome was no where in sight but the scent of her blood was evident around the ruins.
He had found her, motionless and had called for Miroku.
Miroku hadn't found any pulse or any heartbeat and had informed her dead.
It seemed as if that moment had lasted forever. The cheerful, spirited, annoying voice in the head... gone? It had seemed somehow so unfair and only when did he go and check her heartbeat himself did he realize Miroku was telling nothing but the truth.
Then, miraculously, he had heart a faint sound beat inside of her and not believing it to be anything other than her heartbeat rushed her to where everyone was waiting for the boat.
She was on the edge of the border which divided life and death and if he hadn't heard that faint slow drum she would have crossed it.
They had taken a boat straight back to the castle and now, she was lying on her bed and had been asleep for eight days straight, only to wake up a few times to glance at the wall or whereas she was.
Inu-Yasha sighed and got up from where he was sitting and sat down on her bed, being careful not to hurt her in any way.
He gently leaned down and placed his ear on her chest, making sure her heartbeat was still beating. And luckily, it was.
Kagome frowned as she heard nothing but dead silence, struggling to move as she felt something heavy on her chest she opened her eyes groggily and bolt up straight.
Pain shot throughout her body as she sat up but that pain was ignored as she regretted sitting up not only because of the wounds. She blinked as she came face to face with Inu-Yasha, her nose only a mere inch away from his. Their faces were close... very close.
"Aaaah!" She squealed in surprise, blushing at once and scrambled back.
Inu-Yasha's reflexes were just as fast; he jumped back though he didn't squeal like she did.
"What were you doing? You haven't become like Miroku, have you?" She asked, her heart pounding as she instantly narrowed her eyes at him.
He growled "I was just checking on you, have some respect"
She blinked, checking on her? Events of what happened came rushing into her mind as she mouthed an 'o'. The first thing she said though was the last thing Inu-Yasha had expected her to say.
"He kissed me!" She yelled out as she examined his face turn into confusion and shock at the same time.
"Who?" He asked, cautiously moving towards her and then finally placing himself beside her.
"He said his name was Naraku" She frowned, feeling a little shaky as she remembered it all.
Inu-Yasha stiffened beside her. "Did you just say...Naraku?"
She blinked innocently "Do you know him?"
He shook his head much too instantly "Never heard of him"
Kagome eyed him as she made heard his answer sound more like a bluff. Not wanting to press anything on to him at this moment she shrugged it off and then leaned back and then only then, did she notice that she was back in her room. "How'd I get back here?"
"You were asleep for eight days" He stated simply and refused to look at her as her eyes widened in shock.
"Eight days? Oh my god... I must have been hurt pretty badly" She clutched her blankets as Inu-Yasha growled at this.
"You have NO idea how hurt you were... you heart stopped beating! You had no pulse! You could have died ... and it was my entire fault"
She cringed at his words but softened immediately as she heard him say the last sentence "You had no blame in it"
"I was being such a bastard, if we weren't in a fight, you wouldn't probably being doing nothing in the hut and that wouldn't have happened" he punched the bed and Kagome frowned. He hadn't been shifting the blame on himself for eight days straight, had he?
"Well, it's not like if hadn't been in the fight I would have been hanging around you all the time" She smirked as she chuckled slightly at her words.
"Still... I wouldn't have been avoiding you and would have figured out someone was coming towards you"
She rolled her eyes "No you wouldn't, now shut up and if you say that it was your fault one more time I'll get... really mad again"
He smirked and then crossed his arms over his chest "You said some pretty mean things to me you know"
Kagome gaped at him, she knew exactly what he was pulling out of her and she wasn't going to let him have it without a fight. "You kept calling me a wench"
"Fine, I'll call you a whore" He replied casually.
Kagome pouted and then punched him with all the strength she had in her right arm "Apologize!"
He glanced at her "For what? You said it wasn't my fault so there's nothing to apologize for"
She narrowed her eyes "Then for calling me a wench and a whore you jerk!"
He blinked "I was just stating the truth"
She sighed in frustration... where had the nice side disappeared to? Wasn't he just worried sick about her and now he was back on calling her a wench and now even worse a whore!?!
She made a hopeless attempt to grab his ears and torture him like the way she had done before but he easily grabbed her arms and pushed them away.
"I'm much taller than you, and anyway my arms are longer so don't even try"
She pouted as she dodged out of his hands "My apologies for not being taller"
"Feh"
Noticing she had no chance of grabbing his ears she picked up the pillow and hit him on the head. "For calling me a wench," She hit him again "For calling me a whore"
He chuckled as he noticed she had perfectly healed and was now even ready to fight him "You want to be called a prostitute then?"
She growled in frustration "No!" Kagome picked up the pillow and hit him on the head as he defended himself with his arms.
"So you prefer whore?"
She grabbed his ears as she noticed he was distracted and pulled him down so she could stare down at his face which was definitely in pain she tightened her grip on his ears.
"Say sorry!" She giggled as he tried to pry her hands off of his ears.
"No way!" He growled as she scratched his sensitive part of his ears which she had massaged before.
"Say something nice about me then!" She smiled slyly as he stared up at her in horror.
"There's nothing nice to say about you! You're not even developed well enough for a seventeen year old; I swear I've seen girls around the age of fourteen with better ones"
She gaped as he glanced at her chest. "How -dare-you say that, you HAVE become like Miroku, you perverted jerk!"
"I was just stating the obvious!"
"State something other than that – you hentai!"
He chuckled as she tried to slap him on the face but he grabbed her hands and pulled her other hand off his ear and pushed her back. She glared at him from where she was sitting and he just glared back, an evil smirk on his face.
"Kagome, you're awake!" Sango stepped into the room, smiling broadly.
Kagome nodded, breaking the glare with Inu-Yasha.
"So are you feeling okay?" she asked her.
"My face hurts, and my legs hurt and my arms hurt and so does my stomach" She stated simply as she rested herself back on her bed.
Inu-Yasha and Sango gaped at her. "And you're fighting with Inu-Yasha?"
"Now who's the idiot?"
Kagome scoffed "Like you care – Inu-Yasha!"
Inu-Yasha shrugged and feh'ed and reached out as Sango handed him something.
"Sesshomuru handed me some gauze and this is some cream. It helps your skin heal quickly, so just put it on your arms, wherever your hurt – I have to go help with the kitchens, someone placed a rat in the dishes..."
With that, Sango left leaving Inu-Yasha and Kagome once again, alone.
Inu-Yasha jumped back to Kagome's side and handed her the cream. She took it and rubbed some on her arm and flinched as she it stung.
Inu-Yasha watched her as she placed the cream over her right arm. She struggled with her sleeves as they kept draping down.
"Give me that" he ordered as she tried to pull up her other sleeve and put on cream at the same time.
"Give you what?" she asked, confused by his question.
He sighed with frustration and snatched the cream out of her hands. He grabbed her left arm and pulled up her sleeve in an instance.
He scraped up some cream and grazed it over her cuts on her left arm. She winced as she felt her cuts sting but Inu-Yasha made no movement to let go or stop.
After a while, the cuts didn't seem to sting as he started to put cream on her face.
And soon after, she fell asleep again.
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I thought that was pretty long...
Don't worry... I'm only half way through the scheme of things...