Sigh..12th chapter already. Oy, I didn't know I could write so much. I'm not sure if this is going to be the last chapter or not so... yea. I bet you're all curious about Kagome's reactions and such, arn't you? n.n I know. I love cutting it off like that, if you haven't noticed yet. Again, sorry that the last chapter took so long to post and anywho...
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, so quit askin'! Ahem...
ONTO THE STORY (short, sweet and simple, especially the short.)
A stream of light ran through the window of a slightly burnt hut, hitting Kagome's sleeping face. She stirred from her rest and sat up slowly wearing a loose kimono to replace her shredded uniform. It had been around a week since Inuyasha came at her like that, and none of them have seen the half-breed since.
The cloth door was pulled back and Sango entered the small hut, putting a few fish over the small fire, then she looked up at Kagome and smiled. "You slept for a while."
Kagome stretched her arms out a bit, the wide kimono sleeves hung low on her, "Yea, I guess. Where's Miroku and Shippou?"
"I don't know, probably out looking for Inuyasha again." She sighed. Kagome instantly ran her hand to her stomach when she heard Inuyasha's name, and she winced. "Kagome, are you alright?" Sango asked, slightly concerned.
"Yea, it's just my stomach. It's been bothering me for a few days. It's no problem." Kagome chuckled nervously, not knowing why her stomach had been bothering her recently.
"I see..." Sango trailed off. An ember jumped from the small fire and caught part of Sango's kimono in a small fire. Kagome and Sango yelled, but Sango quickly beat off the fire. The two laughed for a while as the fish cooked. Miroku and Shippou seemed to wander back into the hut just as the fish finished cooking.
"Those smell really good, Sango!" Shippou grinned up at Sango, wanting some food. She chuckled and pulled off a small fish for the fox.
They all ate and talked for a bit. Miroku passed a few skeptic looks to Kagome when she would wince from her stomach pains. "Kagome, are you SURE you're okay?" He finally asked her when Shippou began napping near the warmth of the fire.
Kagome gave him a light glare, knowing that him and Sango wanted desperately to know what happened. "Yes, Miroku. I'm fine, you guys can stop asking." She said, very sternly.
Miroku and Sango felt tiny for insisting so much that Kagome wasn't well. Kagome sighed and shook her head at them, and leaned back, carefully.
The also napping Kirara looked up suddenly, her ears once again peaked up, and she growled in alarm.
"Kirara, what's wrong?" Sango stood up instantly, reaching for her giant boomerang. Miroku leaped up, peering out of the hut, grabbing his staff. Kirara bounded outside the hut, instantly transforming to her larger form. Kagome picked up her bow and arrows and the three cautiously exited the hut.
In front of them stood the half-breed, smirking. Sango and Miroku's expressions softened, because it was just Inuyasha. But, Kirara still growled angrily at Inuyasha, but Sango walked up to her and patted her on the head. "It's okay, Kirara. It's just Inuyasha." The cat still growled but turned away, Sango shook her head.
Kagome was slightly shocked to see Inuyasha, her mouth was hanging half open, but her eyes burned of fear and anger towards him. Inuyasha kept on smirking, "So this is how you guys greet me after I've been gone for so long?" He walked closer to them, but in Kagome's direction.
She pulled out one of her arrows and set it against the bow, aiming at Inuyasha. Tears were almost steaming down her face again as she felt angst towards Inuyasha. Sango and Miroku stared at Kagome, wondering what was going on between the two.
Inuyasha's smirk grew slightly concerned, but he chuckled at Kagome. "Why are you shaking, Kagome? Are you scared of me?" She glared at him, she was shaking, but she shrugged it off.
Sango gasped, her eyes widened. 'I figured out what Inuyasha did to her! How could that mutt do such a thing! No wonder why Kagome's stomach hurts so much.' She held tightly on the boomerang and glared at Inuyasha. "How could you do something that terrible, Inuyasha!" Sango defended her friend.
He glanced over at Sango, still with a smirk. "You think you have it figured out, don't you?" He laughed at Sango, then regained his composure. He knew that Sango or Miroku didn't have the guts to come after him, which he took to his own advantage. Turning back to Kagome, he reached his claws to her necklace and tugged it from her neck.
"You won't be needing those anymore, I've already finished my mission." They all gasped, Kagome was too shocked to move. It was worse than her dream. Inuyasha betrayed her. He crossed the line, stole the shards and violated her. It took all her strength just to pull back on the bow string.
Knowing Kagome wouldn't dare shoot him, Inuyasha twirled his fingers around the shards and smirked, beginning to back away. Miroku yelled after Inuyasha. "Inuyasha! What in hell do you think you're doing?! How dare you betray us all like this!" Miroku glared, but Inuyasha just shrugged it off.
"Don't turn you back on me, you mutt!" Kagome blurted out, glaring in his direction, the arrow aimed perfectly at Inuyasha's heart.
Inuyasha's ears laid flat as he turned back to her slowly, a glare came across his face back at her and he said in a low, almost hurt tone, "No, Kagome. You're the one who turned your back on me."
"How did I tu-" she cut herself off, and looked to Miroku, who was still glaring at Inuyasha. Miroku turned and looked at Kagome, the two were red, mainly of ferocity towards Inuyasha.
He shook his head and turned back in the direction away from them, the Shikon Jewel hung loosely from his claws. The pink, almost complete sphere glowed brightly as it moved from Kagome and towards the forest of the Bone-Eaters well and the Sacred Tree.
Kagome was thinking of what she should do, her thoughts, though, were jumbled and confused. 'If I shoot him, what will happen? If I shoot at him and miss will he come after me? Would Sango and Miroku detest me?!' She was frozen with the arrow drawn back, staring at Inuyasha as he left them.
Miroku and Sango were also frozen, waiting for Kagome to do something. They whispered among themselves, leaving the situation between Kagome and Inuyasha. "What did Inuyasha do to her?" Miroku asked Sango.
"He.. well. He forced himself upon Kagome." She didn't know how to word it, but Miroku understood with a gasp.
"If he did that, wouldn't that make Kagome preg-" Miroku whispered back. Sango covered his mouth and nodded. They were still in hearing range of Inuyasha.
Sango nodded at him, and whispered in a hush, "Why do you think her stomach has been hurting her so much, it's quite obvious what happened now." Miroku nodded back.
Kagome lowered her bow and arrow, finally snapping back into reality. She cautiously took a few steps in Inuyasha's direction, then began to follow him. Sango and Miroku just watched her leave and went back into the warm hut. Kagome's kimono dragged across the ground a bit, causing the dirt to kick up into a smoke-like dust that slowly began to rise with everything that moved in the forest, and it soon became hazy, but she kept following the shards.
Fwee! I did this whole chapter in one setting. One..extremely long setting (4:00pm to 1:20am) but I did it! FWEE! (new word, get used to it.) So..what's Kagome going to do to Inuyasha? Is Kagome really pregnant? Or am I just trying to bug the living day lights out of you? I think it's the last one, but hey.. that's just me. So, I'll stop rambling. I'm tired, I need Tylenol, and I need TV So.. see you next chapter. Who knows, It might be the last one!
