AN: Here we are the way things should be. On with the story!
Inuyasha's eyes fluttered open. "Ka-kagome?"
He could have sworn he heard her call out to him, but he couldn't see her anywhere. He tried moving but immediately regretted it, as pain shot through his limbs like lightning. Painfully he turned his head to see. His arms and legs were pinned to the tree, if he tried to move more skin would tear and cause the bleeding to erupt again. He searched the area for Kagome.
"Kagome? Kagome!" His eyes fell on something red and small. It was Shippou. Inuyasha then knew that something was terribly wrong, because Kagome would never leave Shippou alone.
Ignoring the pain, he reached over with his left arm and grasped the claw. With a cry of rage he pulled it out, sending blood everywhere. The same was repeated for the other three. When he finally made it to the ground, he staggered over to Shippou The kit had a small cut on his head, possibly from hitting the ground to hard. The sound of struggling reached his ears, and he turned to see Sango helping Miroku.
"Hey! You guys know where Kagome is?"
"No." Sango answered. "That youkai must have taken her with him."
"Dam!" He clenched his fist. "Well I'm going after her right now!"
"Inuyasha, wait!" Miroku cried out. "Even if you were able to find her, you can't protect her in your current condition."
"Miroku's right, besides we want to find her too."
Inuyasha just sighed heavily before turning to face them, he began to walk over to them.
"No! Inuyasha stay back!" Miroku held up his hand.
"Why?"
Suddenly he was thrown back with so much force he smacked into a tree. He cried out in pain.
"Oh no! Inuyasha!" Sango had tears in her eyes. "Miroku we have to help him!"
"Hang on, Sango." Miroku sat up, He reached in his robes and withdrew a ward. Sango listened as he began to chant. The ward began to glow, first blue, then red, and finally white. With a shout, he threw flung the ward at the barrier. It latched on, and the barrier began to crackle as its powers were drained. Finally the barrier dropped.
Sango ran over to Inuyasha and took Shippou from his arms. She opened the top of his hoari and checked his wounds. They were worse.
"It's not good is it, Sango?" Miroku had forced himself over to her. She nodded her head but wouldn't turn around. He lay a steady hand on her shoulder. "Let us hope that Lady Kagome is alright."
Sango's bottom lip trembled at his words.
'How could this happen? How could I allow this to happen?'
Miroku saw her inner turmoil, and pulled her into his arms. At first she stiffened, surprised by his actions. Then she relaxed and began to sob into his robe.
"Don't worry, Sango, everything will be alright."
When Kagome screamed out the hanyou's name, Misawn let her go. She jumped away from him, and backed into a corner of the room.
"Why do fear me, Kagome?" He reached for her, but she shied away from him. "I'll not treat you the way the hanyou has."
This grabbed her attention. "What do you mean? You don't even know Inuyasha."
Misawn chuckled. "You'd be surprised at how much I do know about him. You see, I've been following your little group for quite sometime. I first saw you when you were battling a snake youkai that had a shard of the jewel. When I saw how beautiful and brave you were, I wanted to get to know you. But, the hanyou acted as though he were your mate so I kept my distance. Then I saw how he talked to you, the frequent fights you had with him, and even the times he left you in tears for another miko." He paused to study her reaction, and was rewarded when she stiffened. "I continued to follow your group, and study you. You are always undeniably loyal to him no matter what he did to you. I watched you cry one night when you caught him with the other miko, and I wanted nothing more then to hold you. It angered me that the hanyou has the greatest thing in the world right beside him, and he refuses to take it." He stopped until she looked at him. "If he won't take it then I will."
Kagome couldn't believe what she was hearing. This youkai that kidnapped her, hurt her friends, possibly killes Inuyasha, and scares the living hell out of her. Now sits before attempting to confess that he was in love with her. Her eyes flashed anger, but she held it in for fear of what he might do to her if she were to get angry with him.
"I'm sorry but I can't allow you to do that."
"Why not? Don't you think you deserve better? Don't you think your heart has been through enough? Kagome, I could give you anything you desire. I would love you and no other, I would show you my love in any way I can, and," He lifted her chin to meet his gaze. "I would never betray you with some foul smelling miko that can't even compare to your beauty."
Kagome was shocked speechless. His words were so convincing, they seemed so full of love and promise. Yet she still had a job to do, and no matter what that always came first.
She looked into his eyes and saw the love there.
'I could love him. I know I could, but will I ever be able to forget Inuyasha?'
Misawn could sense her trying to make a decision. He waited a moment, giving her time to think. When she looked back at him, he knew her answer.
"I'm sorry, Misawn, but even if I wanted to I'd still have an obligation to the jewel shards. And an obligation to Inu…mphm!"
Misawn cut her off by crashing his lips to hers. He deepened the kiss when she gasped.
'She sweet. Just like I knew she would be. Soft, modest, and sweet. I could kiss you forever.'
'He's kissing me! I should pull away, but I've never felt this way before. It's wonderful, and yet strange.'
Misawn regretfully pulled away. He smiled warmly when he noticed that her eyes were still closed. He caressed her cheek with his hand when she opened her eyes. She smiled back. Then her smile faltered, and turned to shock and fear.
"What is it?"
"Inuyasha! He's hurt bad! Oh please, Misawn, you must let me go to him."
Misawn looked at her with disdain. "I can't believe you still want to help him. After all he's done to you, I think he deserves to die."
Kagome's eyes hardened. "Inuyasha may be a jerk most of the time, but he's always saved my life and been there for me. It's the least I could do."
"Always others before yourself is it? Very well. Come, if we hurry we can get back before sunset. But you must promise that you will come back with me once he is well, otherwise I won't take you there at all."
Kagome thought for a moment, then nodded. "Okay."
When Misawn nodded his consent, she through he arms around his neck injoy. "Oh, Arigatou, Misawn! Arigotou!"
Misawn was surprised at first, but then returned the hug. He turned his nose to her hair and inhaled deeply.
'Yes. Soon you will be mine.'
Inuyasha's eyes fluttered open. "Ka-kagome?"
He could have sworn he heard her call out to him, but he couldn't see her anywhere. He tried moving but immediately regretted it, as pain shot through his limbs like lightning. Painfully he turned his head to see. His arms and legs were pinned to the tree, if he tried to move more skin would tear and cause the bleeding to erupt again. He searched the area for Kagome.
"Kagome? Kagome!" His eyes fell on something red and small. It was Shippou. Inuyasha then knew that something was terribly wrong, because Kagome would never leave Shippou alone.
Ignoring the pain, he reached over with his left arm and grasped the claw. With a cry of rage he pulled it out, sending blood everywhere. The same was repeated for the other three. When he finally made it to the ground, he staggered over to Shippou The kit had a small cut on his head, possibly from hitting the ground to hard. The sound of struggling reached his ears, and he turned to see Sango helping Miroku.
"Hey! You guys know where Kagome is?"
"No." Sango answered. "That youkai must have taken her with him."
"Dam!" He clenched his fist. "Well I'm going after her right now!"
"Inuyasha, wait!" Miroku cried out. "Even if you were able to find her, you can't protect her in your current condition."
"Miroku's right, besides we want to find her too."
Inuyasha just sighed heavily before turning to face them, he began to walk over to them.
"No! Inuyasha stay back!" Miroku held up his hand.
"Why?"
Suddenly he was thrown back with so much force he smacked into a tree. He cried out in pain.
"Oh no! Inuyasha!" Sango had tears in her eyes. "Miroku we have to help him!"
"Hang on, Sango." Miroku sat up, He reached in his robes and withdrew a ward. Sango listened as he began to chant. The ward began to glow, first blue, then red, and finally white. With a shout, he threw flung the ward at the barrier. It latched on, and the barrier began to crackle as its powers were drained. Finally the barrier dropped.
Sango ran over to Inuyasha and took Shippou from his arms. She opened the top of his hoari and checked his wounds. They were worse.
"It's not good is it, Sango?" Miroku had forced himself over to her. She nodded her head but wouldn't turn around. He lay a steady hand on her shoulder. "Let us hope that Lady Kagome is alright."
Sango's bottom lip trembled at his words.
'How could this happen? How could I allow this to happen?'
Miroku saw her inner turmoil, and pulled her into his arms. At first she stiffened, surprised by his actions. Then she relaxed and began to sob into his robe.
"Don't worry, Sango, everything will be alright."
When Kagome screamed out the hanyou's name, Misawn let her go. She jumped away from him, and backed into a corner of the room.
"Why do fear me, Kagome?" He reached for her, but she shied away from him. "I'll not treat you the way the hanyou has."
This grabbed her attention. "What do you mean? You don't even know Inuyasha."
Misawn chuckled. "You'd be surprised at how much I do know about him. You see, I've been following your little group for quite sometime. I first saw you when you were battling a snake youkai that had a shard of the jewel. When I saw how beautiful and brave you were, I wanted to get to know you. But, the hanyou acted as though he were your mate so I kept my distance. Then I saw how he talked to you, the frequent fights you had with him, and even the times he left you in tears for another miko." He paused to study her reaction, and was rewarded when she stiffened. "I continued to follow your group, and study you. You are always undeniably loyal to him no matter what he did to you. I watched you cry one night when you caught him with the other miko, and I wanted nothing more then to hold you. It angered me that the hanyou has the greatest thing in the world right beside him, and he refuses to take it." He stopped until she looked at him. "If he won't take it then I will."
Kagome couldn't believe what she was hearing. This youkai that kidnapped her, hurt her friends, possibly killes Inuyasha, and scares the living hell out of her. Now sits before attempting to confess that he was in love with her. Her eyes flashed anger, but she held it in for fear of what he might do to her if she were to get angry with him.
"I'm sorry but I can't allow you to do that."
"Why not? Don't you think you deserve better? Don't you think your heart has been through enough? Kagome, I could give you anything you desire. I would love you and no other, I would show you my love in any way I can, and," He lifted her chin to meet his gaze. "I would never betray you with some foul smelling miko that can't even compare to your beauty."
Kagome was shocked speechless. His words were so convincing, they seemed so full of love and promise. Yet she still had a job to do, and no matter what that always came first.
She looked into his eyes and saw the love there.
'I could love him. I know I could, but will I ever be able to forget Inuyasha?'
Misawn could sense her trying to make a decision. He waited a moment, giving her time to think. When she looked back at him, he knew her answer.
"I'm sorry, Misawn, but even if I wanted to I'd still have an obligation to the jewel shards. And an obligation to Inu…mphm!"
Misawn cut her off by crashing his lips to hers. He deepened the kiss when she gasped.
'She sweet. Just like I knew she would be. Soft, modest, and sweet. I could kiss you forever.'
'He's kissing me! I should pull away, but I've never felt this way before. It's wonderful, and yet strange.'
Misawn regretfully pulled away. He smiled warmly when he noticed that her eyes were still closed. He caressed her cheek with his hand when she opened her eyes. She smiled back. Then her smile faltered, and turned to shock and fear.
"What is it?"
"Inuyasha! He's hurt bad! Oh please, Misawn, you must let me go to him."
Misawn looked at her with disdain. "I can't believe you still want to help him. After all he's done to you, I think he deserves to die."
Kagome's eyes hardened. "Inuyasha may be a jerk most of the time, but he's always saved my life and been there for me. It's the least I could do."
"Always others before yourself is it? Very well. Come, if we hurry we can get back before sunset. But you must promise that you will come back with me once he is well, otherwise I won't take you there at all."
Kagome thought for a moment, then nodded. "Okay."
When Misawn nodded his consent, she through he arms around his neck injoy. "Oh, Arigatou, Misawn! Arigotou!"
Misawn was surprised at first, but then returned the hug. He turned his nose to her hair and inhaled deeply.
'Yes. Soon you will be mine.'