Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. But my birthday is coming up soon (fingers crossed), here's hoping I get the rights to Inuyasha.
Note:I would just like to tell everyone that english is not my first lan. so I'm really sorry if some of my spelling is fucked up. I'll work harder at it.
Chapter 8
Kagome didn't open her eyes when she woke up. She felt the heat from the sun that told her it was morning, and the steady breath from Inuyasha told her that he was still asleep. His arms were still loosely wrapped around her, and Kagome decided that she was too comfortable to move.
But after a few moments, her foot fell asleep. Kagome (still refusing to open her eyes) tried to reposition her self. She almost succeeded, but lost her balance. Inuyasha's loose grip on her didn't help as she fell from the tree.
Kagome screamed in pain when she hit the ground, waking everyone up. Inuyasha jumped down from the tree as Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kaede ran out of the house.
They all found Kagome on the ground holding her ankle. She was crying and rocking herself back and forth.
"Kagome, what happened?" Sango asked, she got down on the ground and looked at Kagome ankle.
"I fell." She said between her tears. Inuyasha immediately felt guilty, and blamed himself for not holding her tighter.
"Inuyasha," Kaede said "Get Kagome inside, we'll have to look at her ankle."
Inuyasha gently picked up Kagome and carried her into the house, everyone followed. Kaede told gave everyone certain tasks to do. Shippo had to put Kagome's ankle on some blankets, Miroku had to get some hot water, and Sango was in charge of taking of Kagome's shoe and shock without hurting Kagome.
Inuyasha just sat next to Kagome. "I'm sorry Kagome." He mumbled. Everyone was too busy to notice what Inuyasha and Kagome were saying to each other.
"For what." Kagome had stopped crying, but she was still breathing deeply.
"For letting you fall."
"You were asleep, it wasn't your fault." Kagome wrenched as Sango removed her sock.
Kaede looked down at Kagome ankle. It was really red and swollen. "Kagome, tell me where it hurts the most." She started to put pressure on random parts of Kagome's ankle. Kagome closed her eyes and tried not to show Inuyasha how much it really hurt.
Though, when Kaede touched the spot on Kagome's ankle that hurt the most, she screamed and grabbed on to Inuyasha hand.
"Miroku," Kaede called out, "soak Kagome's foot in the hot water."
Kagome felt a little bit better when she felt the water on her ankle, but she didn't let go of Inuyasha's hand.
"Are you still going to go back to your time?" Shippo asked.
"Yeah, I could really go for some pain killers." She said.
"I could always make a tea to take the pain away." Kaede suggested.
"No." Kagome said quickly. "I would prefer some modern, 21st century, pain killers. They work the best."
Even though Kagome still planned on going to her time, she delayed the trip for a few hours. Jumping down a well didn't seem too appealing right now.
"You know." Inuyasha said, "If you were a demon, a little fall like that wouldn't have hurt you."
"Well, I'm not a demon." Kagome said, rolling her eyes.
"Yes, demons seem to be able to take more punches then humans." Miroku said.
"That's cause demons are better." Shippo piped up.
"Damn right." Inuyasha laughed."Humans may not be as powerful as demons." Kagome said, "but at least humans will be around in a thousand years."
"Aren't there any demons in your time?" Sango asked.
"No."
Inuyasha and Shippo stared at Kagome in a very dumb founded way. "W-what happened to them all?" Shippo finally asked.
"I don't know."
Inuyasha felt better now because he knew that Kagome would alright. "I'll be right back." He said when he stood up.
"Where are you going? We should be leaving soon."
"I know." He replied, "I just made a promise that I need to fill out. We'll go as soon as I get back."
"What promise?" Kagome asked, but he already walked out. She let out a frustrated groan.
"Wow Kagome, you're a really nice person." Sango said. "If I were you, I'd go after him."
"I can't really do that." Kagome said sarcastically pointing to her ankle. Luckily Inuyasha wasn't gone very long.
"Are you ready Kagome?" he asked as soon as he returned.
Kagome stood up and tried to put some pressure on her hurt ankle. She wrenched, but it wasn't as bad as it had been earlier.
She started to hop/walk to the door, but Inuyasha picked her up. "You shouldn't walk on that Kagome."
Kagome let herself be carried for a while till she remembered that she had left her bag at the house. "Inuyasha, could you get my bag for me?" she asked while giving him puppy dog eyes.
"Sure." He could never resist Kagome when she looked like that. He set her down and told her to wait there while he was gone.
"Back so soon Inuyasha?" Kaede asked when he showed up.
"No," he replied "Kagome forgot her bag." He saw it sitting at the end of the room, but when he got to it he didn't pick it up. He sat down and started to look threw it.
"What are you doing?" Sango asked him."Nothing. Just making a small adjustment to something.". He took out the notebook and turned to the page he had noticed the other day. The one with Kagome and Kikyou on it. Then Inuyasha took out a red pen and wrote something at the top of it.
After he finished he stuffed everything back into the bag and took it to Kagome.
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Kagome watched Inuyasha walk away as she sat in the tall grass. It was a really warm day and she could feel the sun beating down on her skin. She took in a deep breath and laid down.
She closed her eyes and listened for the sound of Inuyasha's foot steps. After a while her mind began to wander and she thought about the way Inuyasha had kissed her.
His kiss was so different form Kouga's. When Kouga kissed her it felt like he was claiming his property, or something like that. But Inuyasha's was full of passion and love, maybe even (she giggled to herself) a little bit of lust.
"Come on Kagome." She heard Inuyasha talking.
She opened her eyes and looked up at him. "I didn't hear you coming." She mumbled as she sat up.
Inuyasha bent down and picked her up. He had Kagome's bag over his shoulder. "I could have carried that." Kagome said.
"What's the point, I'd be caring you."
Kagome snuggled her head on Inuyasha's neck. He smells so good she thought. Inuyasha's scent reminded her of grass just after it rains.
She started to take deeper breaths in until Inuyasha said, "What are you doing?"
"I'm just smelling you."
Inuyasha lifted his one and only free hand to his nose, "I don't smell anything."
"Of course you don't, but I do."
"What do I smell like?"
"Like grass just after it rains."
"Oh." Inuyasha didn't know if that was a complement or and insult.
"What do I smell like." Kagome lifted up her hand to Inuyasha's nose.
"Wild flowers." He said without hesitation and without even smelling Kagome's hand. "We're here."
Kagome lifted up her head and was a little disappointed to see that they were already at the well. She crawled out of Inuyasha's arms and limped over to it. "See you on the other side." She said just before jumping down.
Kouga sat back in the tree he was in and watched Inuyasha jump down the well. He was so angry at the way Inuyasha looked at Kagome. He seems to think he can take Kagome away from me. He thought.
He jumped down from the tree and walked to the well, excepting to see Inuyasha and Kagome at the bottom of it. He was shocked when he noticed that it was empty. "Where did they go?" he asked himself out loud.
Kouga was so lost in his thoughts, trying to figure out where Kagome and Inuyasha went, that he didn't notice an arrow flying through the air.
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Miroku sat down on the ground outside Kaede's house. "I wonder what Inuyasha wrote in Kagome's notebook." He said when Sango joined him.
"I don't know." She sat down next to him and rested her head on his shoulder. "Where did Shippo go?"
"I think he went to practice the moves that Inuyasha taught him." he wrapped his arm around Sango's waist, "Do you want to go for a walk? I have something I want to show you."
Sango thought about it for a few moments, "Sure."
Miroku stood up and help Sango to her feet. He held onto her hand and led her into the woods. It was in the opposite direction that the well was in, so Sango didn't have much of an idea where he was taking her.
"Where are we going?" She asked.
"Just wait. It's a surprise."
Sango stared up at Miroku. He seemed to know where he was going so she didn't worry and let him lead the way.
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Shippo jumped into the air and ran around as fast as he could. When Inuyasha got back, he wanted to be able to show him that he improved. He grumbled to himself because he had the sneaking feeling that he wasn't making any progress.
He stopped moving to take a breath and looked at a near by tree. He remembered what Inuyasha said about making a dent and decided to try hitting the tree.
Shippo lined himself up and pulled his arm way back and hit the tree as hard as he could. A sharp pain shot through his hand, and he didn't make a difference in the trunk one little bit.
He let out a scream when he tried to take his hand out of the fist. His knuckles weren't broken, but they sure hurt like hell.
It wasn't for a few moments that Shippo noticed that he wasn't the only one screaming. Off in the distance he could hear the scream of a male voice. He starting running in the direction that the sound came from and hoped it wasn't Inuyasha or Miroku.
When he got to an opening he noticed that he was near the well. At first he had no idea who made the scream until he noticed someone laying by the well.
On closer inspection, Shippo noticed that it was Kouga. He carefully walked over to him and saw that he had four arrows in his back. "Kouga. Are you alright?"
Shippo lowered his head onto Kouga's chest to listen for a heart beat, but heard nothing. He's dead Shippo thought. I need to get Kaede.
He ran as fast as he could to the village and yelled out for Kaede. She was sitting in her yard washing some clothing. "Kaede Kaede." Shippo walked up to her. "You need to come help. I found Kouga."
"Kouga?"
"He's dead Lady Kaede. What should we do?"
Kaede told Shippo to wait inside her house while she got some men who would be willing to dig a hole to bury Kouga in. After they were assembled Kaede had Shippo show her where Kouga was.
It didn't take as long as Shippo thought it would. With five people digging, the hole was made really quickly. Kaede and Shippo were the ones that covered him with dirt then Kaede whispered a prayer.
"I wonder what he was doing when he was killed?" Kaede said later on, half to herself.
"What do you mean."
Kaede looked at the four arrows and the two jewel shards sitting in the corner of the room. "Someone killed him. I was just wondering who would have done it."
"Maybe Kagome." Shippo said. He knew that Kagome used arrows, and his body was found near the well.
"Those aren't Kagome's arrows. I've never seen them before in my life."
Shippo moved from his spot to the door and waited for Miroku and Sango to come back. He would feel a lot safer if they were around.
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Miroku covered Sango's eyes with his hands. "Miroku, what are you doing?" she asked.
"We're almost there. Just a few more feet."
Sango walked as best she could, blind, and guided only by Miroku's hand. "Ok," he whispered into her ear. "You can look now." He lifted his hand away from her face.
When she opened her eyes Sango gasped. Miroku had taken her to a spot in the woods she had never seen before, but it was so beautiful. The trees parted and made a little area in the grass that Miroku used to set out a lunch for the two of them.
There was a blanket on the ground that had all kinds of food on it. And candles were set in random places. Sango felt like she was in her own little world with Miroku.
"Come on. The food is really good."
"How did you do this?" Sango asked as she and Miroku sat down.
"Inuyasha set it up for me."
"Is that the promise he was talking about."
"Yeah. I'm surprised he did such a good job." Miroku said. He handed Sango a plate, "Try this."
Sango ate the food and drank some of the wine that Miroku gave her. When everything was gone she let Miroku wrap his arms around her.
"Sango, how long have we know each other?"
Sango closed her eyes and thought back. "I don't know. A long time." Miroku moved her hair away from her neck and started to kiss along it. Sango loved the way it felt.
Miroku lifted his head back up and looked down at Sango. "No. Don't stop. That felt good." She said.
Miroku lauged, "I need to tell you something Sango."
"What?"
He sat back a little and tried to find the best way to tell Sango what he wanted. "Sango, when I first met you I could tell you weren't like the other women I've been attracted to."
Sango frowned a little bit Why'd he have to bring other women into this.
"You are beautiful, but you're also smart. You aren't afraid to say what you want, and your not helpless. I've never seen a girl fight like you do."
"Most men turn away when they find someone like that." Sango responded. She thought about when she was younger. Her father had worried that she would never find a husband, because everyone one wanted a wife that was timid and shy.
"Not me. Sango," Miroku tilted Sango's face so that she was looking right into his eyes. "I'm in love with you."
Sango closed her eyes and let those words linger in her head. They sounded so right. She moved out of Miroku's arms and straddled his lap. "Miroku, I love you too." She kissed him deeply.
"What happened to the infatuation." He laughed when she took a breath of air.
"I lied." She responded then went in for another kiss.
"Wait." Miroku, put his hand up to stop her. "That was what I was waiting for."
"Huh."
Miroku gently pushed Sango off his lap. She sat in front of him with a look of wonder of her face. "Sango. After we've found the full jewel, will you be my wife?"
Sango stared at Miroku (trying to figure out if he was joking or not) for a few seconds. To Miroku it seemed a lot longer and he was almost sure that she was going to say no'
"Y-yes!" Sango practically screamed and jumped on Miroku. He was taken off guard and fell to the ground. Sango stayed on top of him kissing his cheeks, nose, lips, forehead, anyplace she could think of.
"Sango, I can breathe." Miroku managed to gasp.
"Sorry." She said and started to get off of Miroku.
"It's ok." Miroku kissed her then stood up. "Come on, we should get back to Kaede's house."
"Can I tell Kagome the good news?" Sango asked hopefully, "When she gets back."
"Sure." Miroku put his hand around her waist as they both started to walk.
"What about all this stuff?"
"I'll take care of it later." Miroku said. He wanted to enjoy this walk with Sango.
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Kagome turned off the hot water coming from her shower head. She had been wanting to take a really hot shower for a long time, to her there was nothing more relaxing.
After wrapping a robe around herself and stepped into the hallway. She saw that her bedroom door was opened and walked to it. Inuyasha was sitting in her opened window looking out.
He sniffed the air and turned around. "Kagome?"
"Hi." She could tell by the look on his face that he was tired, probably stayed up waiting for her to finish her shower.
Inuyasha tried not to make it look like he was staring at Kagome. She looked really seductive in her small robe with her wet hair on her shoulders.
"You look tired." Kagome said, shaking him out of his thoughts.
"Oh." He rubbed his eyes a little bit "Yeah."
Kagome walked over to her dresser and pulled out some pajamas. "I'll be right back, I'm gonna change." She told him as she walked out of the room.
She went back to the bathroom and slipped her pajamas on. Usually she would change in her room, but she didn't have the heart to kick Inuyasha out. When she came back into her room Inuyasha was on her bed.
He wasn't under the covers, it looked like he was curious about what a mattress felt like then fell asleep. Kagome looked down at the sleeping Inuyasha. He looked really cute and she had to draw him.
She reached inside her back pack and pulled out her notebook. She got to the last page and was disappointed when she remembered that she already used it. It was the drawing she used to compare herself to Kikyou.
Kagome stared at it for a few minutes until she noticed something that she didn't put there. Up at the top of it was red ink. Kagome looked at it closer and saw that Inuyasha had written something. It said Inuyasha's in love with Kagome, not Kikyou.
She smiled and looked back at the sleeping Inuyasha on her bed. "Inuyasha." She whispered when set the notebook down and crawled into the bed next to him. "Kagome's in love with Inuyasha too."
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That's the end of chapter 8. I think out of all the chapters this one was the worst. I didn't want Miroku to ask Sango to marry him in my story, but everything took on a life of its own. Now I feel really stupid. I don't care how many reviews I get. Send me as many as you think I should get.
xoxoxo
p.s. I didn't know what to make Inuyasha smell like, but I love the smell of our lawn after it rains. That's why I said Kagome likes it. Sorry if that's not true.