Oh hi! n.n You're back. You just want to know what's gonna happen next so I don't leave the story at a cliffhanger like that, arn't you? Yes you are. Yes you are! Awwwww...you're such a cute little puppy. Mhmm. Yes you are...O.o erm. Ahem. That was odd. Now then. To put a disclaimer, or not to put a disclaimer.....that is the question. Not quite yet. I just need to say. IT'S CHAPTER 10! Ten chapters for Mackmack! Wheeee! er.....yea. If schools would let us write like this I'd be set. NOW the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, but in a world where 1 plus 1 equals fish stomachs and the sun turns purple at 12 noon, I will own Inuyasha.
On to the poorly written piece of crap called a story!
Kagome snapped back to consciousness, feeling the jolt of lightning and hearing the sharp crack of the thunder around her. She rubbed her eyes quickly, looking around. Fire. She was surrounded in a circle of fired and screamed.
"Kagome!" Miroku and Inuyasha called out, hearing the scream, but the fire was quickly spreading. Four surrounding huts were caught on fire, the villagers were running out. Miroku cringed, holding his wound and Sango called for her cat demon.
"Kirara! Help Miroku!" The cat bounded out of the hut, transforming, and Miroku crawled to her back, still holding his wound. Inuyasha glanced back at them, then headed into the fire.
"Inuyasha, be careful!" Sango called, grabbing the tired Shippou from a hut that was quickly consumed by the fire.
Inuyasha covered his nose with the sleeve of his kimono. Kagome was staying low in the hut, there was no where for her to escape the fire. "I'm going to die. It's just like my dream..but it's real. I'm going to die!" She covered her nose and mouth, trying not to breath in any smoke. "If only I haven't had that stupid dream, none of this would happen!"
"Kagome!" Inuyasha's amber eyes struck through the fire, he tore through the burning hut, sending embers everywhere. "Kagome where are you!"
She stayed crouched down, coughing lightly as smoke began to enter her lungs. She was remembering everything she could up until she passed out just minutes ago. Looking up through here teary eyes, she saw Inuyasha's figure searching in the growing fire. She tried to call his name, but wound up choking on more smoke.
His white ears could hear Kagome's coughing through the deep crackling and roar from the large fire, and the scream of villagers. He tried to go through the flames as fast as he could without burning himself. "Kagome, stay on the ground!" He yelled through the kimono which covered his mouth and nose.
The rain wasn't helping the raging fire at all. Kagome laid her head on the ground, getting dizzy. This time from the smoke. Inuyasha jumped his way to Kagome through the burning flames to her. He crouched down and coughed, wincing at the smoke, and shook Kagome gently. She was almost unconscious from the smoke, and sweat dripped down her forehead.
"Kagome.." He said loudly, worried. "..Kagome! Don't pass out! Kagome!"
"Inuyasha..." She coughed quietly, that was all that she could say before she lost her consciousness once again. Inuyasha stared wide-eyed at her for a moment, then quickly picked her up and ran back through the fire as quickly as he could.
He was coughing heavily by the time he escaped the border of the flames, and looked back at the terrible destruction that the fire was causing. It was reaching the forest opposite to the one the well and Sacred Tree were in, so he held Kagome tightly and tried to find Miroku and Sango. Sweat dripped from his forehead as he ran in the direction of Miroku, Sango, Shippou and Kirara, following them by their scent.
Miroku's arm and body were covered in his own blood, and he tried not to show the pain he was in, even though the wound was bandaged. Sango was no where to be found, most likely headed to another village to get supplies with Shippou and Kirara. Inuyasha coughed, and set Kagome down, winced, teary eyed because of the smoke and flames and sat down, himself, instantly falling asleep.
"Kagome.." Miroku used a tree to help him stand and he stumbled over to Kagome and collapsed by her body. "..Kagome. Wake up..please."
Kagome's eyes slowly opened, the drizzle helped clean the ash away from her skin and slightly burnt clothing. She opened her eyes to see Miroku's sorrowful gaze which was also filled with pain of his wound. He sighed lightly and smiled gently, "Oh, Kagome. You're okay."
She coughed gently, and sat up, looking at Miroku, "Just a little too much heat and smoke." She smiled, then looked at the bandages over his wound and gasped. "Miroku! What ha.."
"..Inuyasha and I fought a bit." He held his rain-cleaned arm over the bandages. "It's not too bad. It could have been a lot worse." He shrugged a bit, wincing at the throbbing pain in the wound.
Kagome stared wide-eyed at the monk. "Inuyasha did this to you?!" She glared in Inuyasha's direction, coldly. 'How could he do such a thing. He's changed so much since he saw me and Miroku together..' Tears formed at her eyes out of anger and rage, then looked up to the drizzling sky, where small flashes of lightning stoke, too small to be heard.
Inuyasha's ears perked up, and he looked up from his quick rest, seeing Miroku and Kagome. Kagome glared at him again, Inuyasha glared back, but at Miroku, cracking his knuckles lightly. 'When Kagome gets away from that womanizer, I'll give him a good fight...'
She looked back towards Miroku, and talked in a more hushed voice, even though Inuyasha could still hear them. "Miroku, Inuyasha is planning something, I'd keep on your toes."
Miroku nodded and leaned against a tree by Kagome, closing his eyes. Kagome stood up, glaring slightly at Inuyasha, and whipped the ash from her cheeks as she walked towards him. "Inuyasha, I need to talk to you." The half breed looked oddly at her, with a slight glare still in his eyes, but stood up and followed her deeper into the forest.
Once they were out of Miroku's hearing range, they stopped. "Kagome, why'd you drag me all the way out here? I was resting!" He growled lightly.
"First of all, I wanted to thank you for getting me out of that fire. But.." She looked up into his eyes and glared, slightly, "...I want to know why you act so jealous of Miroku, but you claim not to be." Inuyasha shrugged and crossed his arms, with a slight growl. "Inuyasha, answer me." She looked up at him, desperately.
He glanced down at her quickly, looking back up, but his eyes drifted back down to her, and mellowed a bit. His ears were laying slightly flat, he cringed to admit, "I act jealous because I am. I'm jealous of Miroku. It makes me feel like you've forgotten about me." He stated, truthfully, and quickly.
"Forgotten about you?" Kagome repeated, and smiled lightly. "Inuyasha, I could never forget you, even if I tried. You've changed my life so much, too much, to forget about." She chuckled lightly, looking up at Inuyasha.
"I didn't mean to take it so far, it just bothered me so much to see you with Miroku, I guess I just lost control." He sighed, looking down to the ground, sadly. "And I drew blood. Blood of a human. Blood of a friend. You'd be killed if that happened anywhere else."
"Oh, Inuyasha!" Kagome gasped lightly at how Inuyasha was regretting his outburst of jealousy. He looked back to her, a soft expression in his eyes. "Inuyasha," Kagome repeated herself in a whisper, "don't be so hard on yourself. We all understand it now. We'll heal, we all will heal."
Inuyasha embraced her, deeply, slightly shocking Kagome. He whispered back to her, "Before I met you, Kagome, I was so cold. I couldn't express my feelings to anybody. My goal was to be a great demon, but I was wrong."
He pulled back from the embrace and looked Kagome in the eyes. She was shocked, but didn't show it. Instead, light tears had formed themselves at the corner of her eyes and she smiled again, lightly, but also had a slightly confused look on her face. "Inuyasha," she chuckled very lightly to herself so that Inuyasha couldn't hear her, "what are you trying to tell me."
Inuyasha waited, looking deeply into Kagome's eyes, searching for his words, once more. "I'm trying to say..." He sighed. "Kagome, I love you."
Silence, except for the light sound of drizzle and the faraway fire.
Kagome blinked up at him, shocked once more, by his words. He still gazed deeply into her eyes, waiting for her response. 'What am I supposed to say. I can't say I love him because I have feelings for Miroku, or do I?' She confused herself quickly in thought, but didn't show it. 'Do I have feelings for him, or is it...was it just in the moment between us.'
She blinked her eyes slowly, ridding the tears from her eyes and placed her arms around his neck. Inuyasha held her waist and pulled her in, kissing her passionately on the lips. Kagome felt right this time, it all was clear on who she was to be with. She felt tension fly from her shoulders as Inuyasha embraced her, deepening the kiss.
Oh, you just want to kill me, now, don't you? Mhmm, I thought so. Cutting you off RIGHT THERE! But, I need to get this chapter posted. Why? I don't know. BECAUSE NARAKU IS HOLDING A GUN TO MY HEAD! Heheheheh. Err.. Um..yea. The next chapter will pick up RIGHT where this one left off, so no scene changy changy like some of the other chapters. And remember, in a world where 1 plus 1 equals fish, and the sun turns purples at 12 noon, I will own Inuyasha.