I'm just going to type...I'll put funny things on in the next one...promise to all my fans!!!
Chapter 7: Back Pain
The night was unbelievingly humid and full of rain. Inside a dry, wooden hut lay five people. An uncomfortable hanyou sat against the only separating law by a wood mat acting as a door. The older woman sat near the center talking to the other two conscious figures that listened intently to her position as miko healer and guardian of the village. In the small bedroom lay a trembling girl with a fever, a moist blanket lain over her to cool her body. Outside the sky was dark blue, a pinkish moon shown, but it wasn't a moon at all, just a fake. Pinkish stars also glinted, and the people did not care that all the bright white had gone an annoying pink.
A long moan was heard from the bedroom and the woman, known as Kaede, stood and stopped talking. Inuyasha stood as she pushed the mat back to allow her in the room. Kagome was curled in a tight ball like a child gripped in a nightmare and her eyes closed tight in pain. Quickly Kaede leaned by her left side, now her back, and lifted the blanket. Underneath her naked skin glinted with sweat and moist water, but her shoulder blades seemed odd. Now, they jutted out sharply as though she had been starving herself severely. Yet, as Kaede peered at her shoulder blades, she realized they were not her shoulder blades alone, but something attached to her shoulder blades.
When Kagome cried in pain again Inuyasha rushed through, not just because of her cry, but also the scent of blood he could smell. Tentatively, Kaede touched the weird bone that poked through her skin, causing the skin to separate in a very, extreme amount of pain. Quickly she pushed Inuyasha back, with Sango and Miroku's help. Then, they had to get Shippo out as well. As they were distracted in the other room, Kaede ripped her miko robe pants and placed them against Kagome's back. Kagome was in an unconscious state from the painful experience, her face complete white with blotches here and there.
" I'm not sure what the cause is. I must pay a visit to Myouga. He will know," said Kaede leaning towards her window. "We shall leave tomorrow. Sango, Miroku, and I. Shippo will also come so I can place him with his sister. Inuyasha, you stay and watch her. I'm trusting you," Kaede said giving him a knowingly look of his feelings towards her at the moment. "Hey, you should be happy, if you see her in one piece," he commented angrily standing over her, trying to seem dominate. "Sit, boy. This is NOT for discussion," Kaede gently sipped from her cup, enjoying the flavor. "You shouldn't rely on me, so much. K-A-E-D-E," pronounced Inuyasha, walking out of the hut and away into a fake forest with fake smells.
" Do not worry, he will come back. Even if it isn't for duty, he shall be curious," commented Kaede, as Miroku would without a perverted grab attached. Miroku nodded before standing and laying against the left wall, his staff half across his chest, half on the floor. Sango walked into Kagome's bedroom and lay next to her hoping to provide some comfort if any. Kaede just stood and left, going to Houshi Lake for a wash.
In the morning Kaede stood, waiting near her bay mare as Sango mounted a palamino mustang who was self-restricting about the mare in front of him. Miroku rode a black, almost purple gelding borrowed from a wealthy farmer who worked for the youkai. Shippo rode on the gelding's hump, because Sango's palamino had a tendency to slap his back for flies. Inuyasha grumpily leaned on the outside of the hut, watching them gallop away, leaving him with the ill girl. 'Hmph,' was his thought and action.
Unlike the other night, it started to rain as soon as they left, drenching Inuyasha, so he had to walk in the hut. Steadily he created a fire in the middle of the hut, watching the sparks. Soon, he began chattering from his soaken clothes until he decided to take of the top parts to lay near the fire to dry. In his pants he sat thinking about their position against Naraku. And Kikyo. 'Kikyo, she betrayed me...' came to his mind, as his hand clenched hard, allowing blood to flow through his fist,'...that...bitch. I will never allow anyone to get as close to me as she was...never again.' As his mind thought of visions of her when they were happy, he reminded himself suddenly of Kagome.
' Goddammit, why'd Kaede leave me with her,' he thought, not angrily, but regretfully. ' She will be lucky if I can help her survive...' When he leaned over to see her face he saw the dried blood on her face and her breath come out like smoke. Her breathing was scratchy and noisy as if her heart would collapse any moment...any second. Also, he lifted the back of her blanket, were the freshest blood came from. Trying to refrain from peering at her naked skin, he looked at the two strips of red robes on her back. Both were blood-soaked and needed changing. Sneaking in a corner, he found her blue and black robes, and tore two fresh pieces not soaked from their flight earlier. Once he tried to peel the first strip of red off her back, it sounded scratchy, like peeling, and she moaned sadly. It was so pitiful, he could barely place the last strip of blue on her back when she cried softly, because not only was her cry sad, but incredibly soft because she couldn't cry harder.
A few moments later he left the bedroom allowing the only sound in the room to be a soft, small snore. His shirt was dried by the fire as he placed the white one on first, then the red as suddenly the rain grew heavy followed by a crackle of thunder. It shook the whole village in a fake storm created by the jewel's will. He just leaned against the wall and fell asleep.
Fssh. A rustle from the mat-door woke him from his deep slumber. Outside the rain had slowed, but now night had reached making the weather cool and wet. His eyes adjusted and he realized a small figure was crawling out of the bedroom, almost slithering. Growling he jumped in front of the creature when a squeak that was suppose to be a scream alerted him who was crawling. Leaning down so she could see his golden orbs he asked, "What are you doing?" At first she rasped silently, but then cleared her dry throat a little, "I....gotta...go..." For a moment he just sat on his haunches before realizing what she meant. "WHAT?" he screamed. Embarrassed and ashamed at her weakness, Kagome began to cry softly while trying to work a way around him to the exit. He could smell the heavily salted tears and said, "Come on, don't cry. Here." Swiftly he lifted her up, and to her discomfort she almost lost control of her bladder, before walking outside into the rain.
She went under a tree covered from the rain by his jacket hanging in a tree branch above her. Once she finished he walked over, "Come on, before you catch cold." Sniffling slightly she reached out for him to help her stand before he grabbed his jacket and put her in his arms, bridal style, although he didn't realize it.
In the hut she sat by the fire in his jacket over her shoulders, coughing slightly. He looked over in concern and she asked, "Do you..clears throat... have any water?" Quickly he grabbed Kaede's cup and went outside to gather some fresh water. "Here, ya go," he said handing the cup to her which she drank greedily before smiling at him and then abruptly coughing. "Take the jacket off, it's just making you colder," he commented, a little worried. "I...don't have any other clothes..." she commented and he realized the jacket was draped over like an oversized t-shirt to cover her. "Wait, I'll get some of Kaede's robes," he said walking into the back room and going in the corner to find spare robes of red and white.
Dressed in the hated robes she sat across from Inuyasha, noticing his looks at her resemblance to Kikyo. Suddenly the fire went out and the rain blew through the front mat-door. It seemed the storm was becoming worse and Inuyasha gently pushed her into the bedroom. The mat-door for the bedroom only shifted slightly in the wind. Kagome shivered in the cold without a fire and Inuyasha felt bad for her. With nothing else to think of he bluntly grabbed her around the waist and laid her against his chest. He blushed deep red...slowly purple before commenting, "We'll be warmer this way." As soon as he said that he could feel her muscles relax against him as she nestled in deeper, causing both to blush by the involuntary action before both fell deep asleep. Kagome between his legs and arms as he sat against the wall, holding her close.
Teehee....that's...all folks...oink-oink...
Hey, water goddess if you read this I really liked your comment. I wouldn't mind being an anime writer, but I'm only 14...yep, the well-known freshman...so I can't be one yet. maybe I will and mention all my fans later....hehhee