Okay uh... I got a few reviews suggesting that I continue this so... I'll try... ToT So many fics to do...!
Uh yeah... I'm gonna try out a new idea and keep the fics sort of song-y and Evanescene-related if I can. So... yeah XD Every fic will have a different song theme...
This one is "Hello" by Evanescence
Oh yeah, Kagome will NOT be a hanyou in this. Why? Because I've already done a fic like that and I don't wanna repeat n.n
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I'll Save You
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Chapter Two: I Am Your Mind
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Kagome had long ago lost consiousness from her actions, and Inuyasha had carried her back to Kaede's hut where he, the taijiya, the houshi, the kitsune, the nekoyoukai, and the said Miko now sat.
"So, tell me again what it is that Kagome did, Inuyasha, since you seem to know it best." Kaede said quietly.
Inuyasha sighed. He DID know it best because the memory kept repeating itself in his mind! But, instead of his usual cruel response, he told the story again. "A youkai was attacking us, well, me mainly. It moved faster than I had expected, and instead went for the next biggest threat: Kagome. During the whole fight her power levels had been spiking, and I suppose that's what the youkai sensed as well." he sighed, but continued, "It struck her down, and the youkai blood within me freaked. I guess it couldn't stand the fact that another youkai, or anyone, had struck down one of my pa- friends." he corrected himself and lied through his teeth at the same time. He knew perfectly well why his youkai blood snapped, and it wasn't just because Kagome was part of his "pack". "So anyway, I killed the youkai, Sango tried to get everyone away from me since Kagome was unconsious and couldn't bring me back. I snapped at Sango to give me back Kagome, Sango moved as I was about to hit her- oh, by the way, sorry about that Sango-, I hit Kagome, I got mad at Sango again, Kagome came to." Inuyasha took a deep breath and continued on, "Kagome walked over to me and hugged me, then somehow her aura seeped into my body and took some of my youkai-evilness from my body, as well as some memories by mistake, and then she started talking like my youkai half, and here we are."
Kaede sighed heavily. "So it's like the whole ordeal with Kikyou-neechan..."
"Huh?" Inuyasha said intelligently.
(A/N: Okay, I don't know for sure if Inuyasha knew about the INDEPTH Kagome-saving-Kikyou thing. I know 100-percent for sure that he DOES know that Kagome saved-healed Kikyou, but I don't think he knows that she saw some of her memories as well. But if he does, guess what? It's MY fic and he doesn't! XD)
Kaede blinked and looked over the rest of the group who looked just as confused as Inuyasha. "You mean... she didn't tell you?"
"What didn't she tell us?!" Inuyasha shouted.
"SHUT UP INUYASHA!" Miroku snapped irritably, dragging everyones attention towards him. "I'm SURE that we could get an answer from Kaede-sama if you'd just shut your mouth!" After taking a deep breath he flashed a smile at the elderly miko. "Please, Kaede-sama, continue."
"Err... yes." Kaede cleared her throat, redirecting the attention to her. "I believe you all recall when Kagome saved Kikyou-neechan from Naraku's miasma?"
Everyone nodded.
"Yes, well when she did, Kagome came to me for... advice if you will." the old miko frowned a bit, "She reported having seen, and felt, some of Kikyou-neechan's memories from the day that she died."
Inuyasha swallowed a lump in his throat. Uh oh. No wonder she was so mad that day...
"So, Kagome-sama saw Kikyou's last moments?" Sango said carefully.
"She lived them, in a sense."
Inuyasha's ears lowered. This would not lead to anything good for him. Sure enough, after a quick glance around at his friends, there were pointed glares at him. Yup. Definately not leaning in his favor. He decided to change the subject. FAST. "So, how does that relate to what happened earlier?"
"Well, I suppose she sort of "healed you" as she did Kikyou-neechan, and in turn she got some of your memories and qualities, much as she did soon after she healed Kikyou-neechan." Kaede let out a heavy sigh. "However,"
"However?" Miroku prodded.
"However, there is one HUGE difference and that poses a rather large threat to our Kagome."
"And that would be?" Sango asked.
"Absorbing memories and qualities from a human TO a human is okay and can usually just fade with time." Kaede stared Inuyasha in the eye, "However, absorbing memories and qualities from a hanyou TO a human can usually lead to some side effects."
"Like?" the silver-haired inu said purposefully.
"Like she might start fading in and out of-"
Kagome chose this moment to sit bolt upright, snarling like a mad dog. "RAGH! Where... is... body?!" Kagome's eyes were wide and, once more, unseeing as her fingers flexed in a rather irritated manner. "Weak human body! Not even claws! Damnable mate!" she growled, attempting to breath in the surrounding scents. "Not even a strong nose! Why did I choose such a wea-" Kagome's body convulsed harshly as she fought to seal the youkai within her, letting out every profanity in the book and then some, promptly falling back into blissful unconsiousness once more.
"-your youkai's mind." Kaede finished after a pause from the sudden action just moments before.
"So basically," Sango said calmly, "Kagome is acting on impulse by part of Inuyasha's youkai "spirit" if you will, and because of this sometimes the youkai will take over and sometimes Kagome will be in control?"
"Yes, that's about right."
"How long will it last?" Inuyasha said finally, brushing his thumb over the bottom of Kagome's wrist.
"This I don't know... it could last as long as she lives, depending on how stubborn the youkai is to leave the host and disappear into nothingness."
Everyone let out a collective sigh.
"I'm going for a walk..." Inuyasha mumbled, standing and striding quietly out of the hut and into the night.
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Kagome's eyes slowly opened, only to be met with a splitting headache. "Mou... what hit me...?" Slowly she sat up, propping herself up by her elbows. After clearing the haze from before her eyes she saw that everyone was asleep and Inuyasha was nowhere to be found "Baka inu..." she grumbled, slowly standing and padding out of the hut. Her feet carried her to the Goshinboku of their own free will, and she was rewarded with the sight of the red-clad inu up in the branches. Carefully she sat down at the base of the large tree and stared out into the forest infront of her.
"Are you okay?" came Inuyasha's faint voice from above her.
"Yeah."
Silence.
"Why did you do it, Kagome?"
The raven-beauty was silent for a moment. "Because... I care for you, Inuyasha. I know I've told you a million times before but... I really do."
She felt rather than heard the rain begin to fall, and neither of the two attempted to move to dry shelter.
Playground school bell rings... again,
Rain clouds come to play... again,
Has no one told you she's not breathing?
Hello,
I am your mind... giving you someone to talk to.
Hello.
"You know, Inu," Kagome said, voice quiet, "for a moment... during that whole thing... I thought I was dead."
"Huh?"
"It was weird, almost like something was suffocating me. I..."
"Yes?" he said, encouraging her to continue.
"...I thought I saw Kikyou..."
More silence.
"You did?"
"Yes." Kagome continued to stare, raindrops dripping from her long dark lashes. "Behind her I saw your mother and you. She was beautiful... like an angel. Then everything I saw changed into darkness with bright spots of light infront of me. I saw you, Inuyasha. All of you. Human, Hanyou, and Youkai."
If... I... smile... and... don't... believe,
Soon I know... I'll wake... from this dream,
Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken!
Hello,
I'm the lie, living for you so you can hide,
Don't cry...
"I felt as if was all a dream and then I just sort of... saw everything... again. Your past, us meeting, our journeys, our fights, our laughs, our tears," she paused and drew in a shaky breath, "our kiss."
Inuyasha swallowed. "What happened after that?"
"It was the most amazing thing... I could feel parts of your youkai half melting into me. There was rage, bloodlust, uncertainty, and... tears."
"Tears?" Inuyasha repeated, slightly surprised.
"Uh huh... Inuyasha, somewhere you're crying... and you're youkai half is living so that you can hide all that. In a sense, I guess I'm the more solid form of your youkai... I really can't tell anymore."
Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping...!
Hello! I'm still here!
All that's left of yest-er-day...
Kagome let out a small laugh. "I guess it wasn't a dream..."
"You mean what just happened?"
"I meant falling down the well, meeting you, meeting everyone, and what just happened. I guess I just realized that I'm not sleeping after all. Anyway," Kagome stood, now realizing that the rain had stopped. Water slid down her slick black hair. "I'm here for you, Inu. I always have been," she kissed her fingers, "always will be." She laid her fingers against the trunk of the Goshinboku, right where Inuyasha had been stabbed in the heart by Kikyou. Kagome left the tree and went back to the hut.
Amazingly, Inuyasha felt the spot that she had kissed. At the same time he felt nothing but warmth. "She cares for me..."
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u.u Gah. Really don't like how this came out...
Which song should be next? What SHOULD happen next?