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Chapter Twelve : The Arrows

Inuyasha paced to floor impatiently as he waited for Kagome and Sango to get back from wherever they'd gone early in the morning. He knew that she was still mad at him, but he had to think of some way to get her to be happy.

"Inuyasha, will you calm down."

He ignored what Miroku said and continued his pacing. "I'm trying to think."

"Wow, that's a first. Does it hurt?" Shippo asked.

Inuyasha just growled at him. "Shut up Shippo." He hit the little boy on the back of the head as he walked by then continued to think.

After a few moments of not bothering Miroku asked. "What are you thinking about?"

"I need to think of some way to make Kagome happy."

"Well," Miroku grinned.

"Shut up Miroku, something other then that."

"You could get her flowers." Shippo said.

"I don't think that will help," Miroku said "Kagome seemed really mad. What, exactly, did you do Inuyasha?"

"How do you know it was me? Maybe she's the one you should be blaming."

"We know you too well Inuyasha. What did you do?"

Inuyasha sat down and crossed his arms, "I kind of started a fight at a party she was looking forward to."

"Did you punch someone?" Shippo asked.

"No. It was more of a verbal fight."

"Wow." Miroku said "I've never seen you as a verbal fight type of guy."

"I'm not. But Kagome dragged me out of there before I could take a swing at the guy."

"Why were you fighting with him in the first place?"

Inuyasha leaned against the wall, "He was trying to grab Kagome butt."

"I do that all the time, are you gonna start hitting me?" Miroku half joked.

"Do you want me to start?" Inuyasha gave him an angry look even though he wasn't mad at him.

Shippo sat by Inuyasha. "Guess what?"

"What?" Inuyasha glanced down at Shippo.

"I practiced all my moves while you were gone."

"Great. Can you dent the tree yet?"

"No."

"Don't worry, you'll get it."

Shippo thought back to what Sango had told him earlier. "Inuyasha "

"What?"

"We're you ever a beginner, like me?"

Inuyasha smiled. Normally he would say something like I've always been powerful, ever since the day I was born.' But he didn't want Shippo to feel bad. Plus he didn't feel the need to act tough in front of Shippo and Miroku.

"Of course, everyone starts out as a beginner."

Miroku was a little shocked that he admitted that, Inuyasha must think of us as true friends he thought.

"Sango said, you would never admit that in this lifetime."

"Did she "

"Yeah. She was wrong huh."

"Yeah." Inuyasha closed his eyes again, "I still need to think of something to do for Kagome."

"Did you try saying you're sorry."

"That might not cut it."

"Wow, you must have really fucked things up." Miroku stood up. "Was the party that important to her?"

"I don't think it that fact that I ruined the party." Inuyasha said "I just think she's mad at how easily I get jealous."

"Then just, don't get jealous anymore." Shippo said.

"It's not that easy. Kagome is really pretty, and I know I'm not the only guy who notices that."

"Think of it this way." Miroku said, while trying to sound wise. "A lot of guys may have their eyes set on Kagome, but Kagome has her eyes set on you. That should be enough. Just trust her."

Inuyasha did think about it for a few moments. "Damn it. I hate it when you're right."

xxx With Sango and Kagome xxx

Sango and Kagome tiptoed away from Kaede's house. They knew that Inuyasha was a light sleeper and didn't want him to wake him up. They walked together in silence for a little while till they were deeper into the woods.

"So," Sango said "why are you mad at Inuyasha?"

"Is that why you dragged me out here?" Kagome asked. Just as the sun came up Sango had woken Kagome up and told her to come outside with her.

"No, I just wanted to know."

"Because." Kagome said "I'm just tired of Inuyasha getting jealous all the time."

"Oh." She paused and thought about it "Maybe you could look at it as a good thing."

"How?"

"If he gets jealous it means he cares about you."

"I already know that. He told me so."

"Inuyasha! What did he say?"

"That he loved me."

Sango screamed and hugged Kagome tightly. "Oh, I thought he would never say it. I'm so happy for you."

"Sango, I can't breathe." Even I didn't have that kind of reaction she thought.

"Sorry." She let go. "I'm just excited. That's all."

"Wasn't there something else you wanted to talk to me about?" Kagome wanted to take the conversation off her and Inuyasha.

"What? oh Yeah." She got a really big smile on her face. "I'm getting married."

"To who?"

"What do you mean to who' Miroku."

"So I guess I was right when I said you liked him."

"Yeah." Little bits of pink came to her face. "sorry I called you a bitch."

"It's alright."

They sat down under a tree for shade, even though it was still morning, it was getting hot outside. Kagome reached up and grabbed an apple while Sango debated bring up the whole Kouga event. If he wasn't dead then Kagome didn't really need to know, did she.

"What's that?" Kagome pointed off in the distance.

Sango look in the direction Kagome was pointing and slapped her forehead. She had accidentally taken Kagome to the spot Kouga used to be buried in.

"That's where Kouga was buried."

"Kouga died!" Kagome was surprised.

"No."

"Then why was he buried? Where is he now?" Kagome didn't want Kouga to come anywhere near her. Not while she was still mad at Inuyasha for the whole Hojo thing.

"Let me explain." Sango took a deep breath. "Shippo thought Kouga was dead. Someone had attacked him. So Kaede buried him. Later Miroku and I went to visit his grave and found that Kouga had dug his way out."

"He was buried alive!" Kagome had always been afraid of being buried alive.

"Yeah, Shippo made the mistake of thinking he was dead, when all he needed was medical help."

"Where is he now?"

"I don't know."

"Do we know who attacked him?"

"No."

Kagome closed her eyes and tried to process the story in her mind. "What about the jewels. Does he still have the jewels in his legs."

"No. Kaede has them in her house, along with the arrows found in his back."

"I think I should take a look at those arrows." Kagome stood up.

She and Sango walked back to Kaede's house. The whole way Kagome kept thinking. She didn't know if she should feel bad that Kouga was still alive or be happy. She didn't like Kouga, but she didn't wish death upon him.

"Morning Kagome." Shippo's voce shook her out of her thoughts. Kagome hadn't realized that she was back in Kaede's house already. Miroku and Shippo were eating some food they had prepared themselves. Inuyasha, however, was sitting at one end of the room with a hopeful look on his face.

"Good morning Kagome -" he started to say, but she gave him a dirty look.

"I'm still mad Inuyasha." She turned to Miroku "Where are the arrows and jewels?"

Miroku waked to the middle of the room and lifted up some loose floorboards and pulled out two things. One was a little pouch that had the jewel shards in it, the other was a few of the arrows.

Kagome reached out and grabbed the arrows first and examined them. They were made of a really dark wood and the feathers on the end were deep red with little bits of black in them. Kagome ventured so far as to touch the tip. It surprised her when the slightest pressure from her finger pierced her skin.

She pulled her hand back quickly and looked up. She hadn't noticed that everyone was silent and watching her. "These are really good arrows." She said. She lifted on high in the air them slammed it as hard as she could into the floor. The arrow went through the wood, at least three inches deep.

It took a little more effort to pull it out, but Kagome was still amazed. "I wonder who made these?" she said out loud, but mainly to herself.

"These are the jewel shards we got from him." Miroku said, handing her the pouch.

Kagome hesitantly put the arrows down and grabbed the jewel shards. She reached into her backpack and pulled out the other ones then put them all in the palm of her hand.

"What are you doing?"

"I want to try something." Kagome said. She closed her hand around the jewel shards and squeezed them as tightly as she could. With a concentrated look on her face she put more and more pressure on the shards until she felt them change.

When she opened her hand, she was happy to see that all the pressure had made them transform into one. It looked like they only had a small portion of the total jewel..

"The rest must be the jewel shards that Naraku has." Kagome mumbled.

"How did you do that?" Shippo asked.

"I don't know, I just did."

Kagome glanced once more at the arrows and rubbed her finger. It was a little sore from the cut. She was a little surprised, it was only a small cut, but it was really bothering her. "What's wrong?" Inuyasha asked.

She looked up at him and was about to yell at him, but she heard the voice in her head, it was faint but she could still hear it. Kagome. You just sealed your fate. Kagome. Are you ready to come with me. She quickly put her hands over her ears and tried to force the voice out.

"Damn it." She mumbled when it was gone.

"What?" Sango asked.

"It was nice when I was in my time. I wasn't tormented by that stupid voice."

"What voice?"

Kagome didn't feel like going into detail. "Nothing. I don't want to talk about it right now." She stood up and almost fell over. She had that feeling she usually got when she stood up to quickly, but it lasted longer then it normally did.

"Are you okay?" Miroku asked "You look a little pail."

"I'm fine." Kagome said, but she had to sit back down before her knees gave way.

xxx Kikyou's castle xxx

"I expect you to be leaving soon." Kikyou said to Kouga. She was getting tired of the way he paraded around her castle.

"I will, as soon as the sun goes down."

Kikyou walked around outside in some of the flowers her servants planted for her. "I'm really surprised you're not dead."

"I told you. Demons are harder to kill then humans."

"I know." Kikyou picked one of the flowers and began to pull its petals off. "It's just the tip of each arrow you were shot with, had poison on it. I do that so even if the arrow doesn't go deep the person will still die."

Kouga leaned his head back, "That would explain a lot."

"What do you mean?"

"After the arrows hit me. I felt really sick, that's why I passed out. And even after I woke up, I didn't have the energy to open my eyes and tell everyone that I was still alive."

"The why aren't you dead."

"Poison only has temporary effects on me. I have some kind of immunity in my blood."

"Interesting."

"Yeah. I'm a pretty amazing guy."

Kikyou rolled her eyes. "No wonder Kagome doesn't like you."

"What?"

"No girl likes being with a guy that thinks he's the gods gift to women."

Kouga bit his lip. That was the same thing Kagome told him. "I can't help it if I'm better then everyone else."

Kikyou shook her head and tossed the stem of the flower on the ground. "You are really full of shit, did you know that."

Kouga took a step back. "Well You're a bitch. Do you know that."

"Yes I do." She said. She walked past him and back into her castle.

xxx Later that night at Kaede's house xxx

"Kagome!" Shippo yelled, he had just gotten done with his second lesson from Inuyasha and wanted to tell her all about it.

He ran into Kaede's house where Kagome was sitting and jumped onto her lap. Kagome let out a small yelp when he did that. She was feeling really sick. "Get off." She gasped.

Everyone looked at Kagome, usually she didn't mind when Shippo jumped on her. "Sorry Kagome." He said in a timid voice.

Kagome stood up and walked slowly to the door. "Where are you going?" Sango asked. She wasn't looking to well. A lot of the color in her face had gone away and she was sweating, thought she had blamed it on the heat, Sango wasn't fooled.

"I just need some fresh air." She said. Inuyasha watched her walk away.

"Is something wrong with Kagome? Did she eat your cooking?" he looked at Miroku.

"Hey, I'm not a bad cooker."

"Sure you're not." He said sarcastically.

"I don't know. Maybe you should follow her." Sango said "It could give you a chance to make up for whatever it was to piss her off."

Inuyasha decided that Sango was right, so he stood up and followed Kagome for a distance away. She stopped by the river and got down on her hands and knees to look at her reflection. She tried to get a clear view of her face, but she couldn't. It felt like she had just been twirling around until she fell down. Making it really hard to distinguish solid objects. After letting taking in a deep breath and letting it out to keep from throwing up she dipped her hands into the water and splashed some on her face.

"Kagome." Inuyasha walked up behind her. She didn't turn around, but she did give him her full attention.

"Kagome, I'm sorry I was such an asshole."

Kagome stood up, it took some effort but she managed to stay balanced. "Inuyasha an apology won't do the trick this time." She was having a hard time putting words together. What's wrong with me. She thought.

"I know. I've decided to make a promise to you."

"What?"

Inuyasha walked closer to Kagome and held on to her hand, he was surprised a how cold it felt, but just ignored it. "Kagome, I'll try to stop being jealous all the time. I'll trust you."

All of Kagome's anger went away and she tried with all her might to smile, but her lips just wouldn't move.

"Kagome, are you alright?" Inuyasha was starting to notice the tired and almost helpless look in her eyes.

"I'm fine." She lied. She looked up at Inuyasha and could tell he was worried. They started to walk back to Kaede's house, but things started to get a little hazy for Kagome. She grabbed on to Inuyasha sleeve to keep her balance, but it didn't help much.

She stumbled for a few more feet then passed out. Inuyasha caught her mid fall, "Kagome!" he shook her a little bit "Kagome, what's wrong?" He lifted her off her feet and ran as fast as his legs would carry him to Kaede's house. She would be able to help.

xxx Kaede's House xxx

Kaede sat down next to Miroku and looked around the room. Sango was sitting by the window waiting for Inuyasha and Kagome to return and Shippo was coloring with some crayons Kagome had given him earlier.

"What is that?" she asked when she saw a small hole in her floor.

"That's from where Kagome slammed the arrow into the wood. It went really deep." Miroku said.

Kaede moved to the hole and touched it with her finger. The wood around the hole was starting to take on a greenish look to it. She wondered what caused it to do that, but her thoughts were interrupted when Inuyasha rushed in holding Kagome.

"Kaede, something is wrong with her." He set Kagome on the ground, everyone gathered around her body.

"What happened?" Kaede asked while checking her pulse.

"I don't know. We were talking and she just passed out."

"Has she gotten bit by anything? Did she eat or drink anything odd?"

Everyone shook their heads. Kaede turned Kagome's hand over and noticed the small cut on her finger. "When did she get this?"

"She was touching the tip of the arrow, and it cut her." Shippo said.

Kaede picked up one of the arrows and looked closely at it. She could faintly see small droplets of something on it. "What is this?" she asked herself out loud. She brought the arrow up to her nose and took a little sniff.

She could instantly tell it was some kind of poison.

"I'll need to prepare a drink for Kagome. It will slow down the poison."

"Poison!" Inuyasha exclaimed. He brushed some hair out of her face, he didn't want his Kagome to die.

Kaede mixed some herbs together and boiled them. She was moving very quickly for an old woman. When the drink was done Inuyasha held Kagome's mouth opened while she poured it in.

"Will she be alright?" Shippo asked.

"I don't know." Kaede responded. "The most I can do is slow the poison down, we need someone who can get it out of her system."

"Who would be able to do that?" Sango asked.

"I don't know. But we need to find some, otherwise Kagome will die."

xxx End of chapter twelve xxx

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