AN: I said I would update once a week and I am. Thanks for all the great
reviews!! This chapter is one I've been waiting to write since I began this
fic. I'm starting to work on writing a new fic. It's going to be titled
Flame and will be a sub fic off of this one! I'll let ya'll know what
chapter is branches off of once Flame gets online.
Chapter 22 How in Hell?!
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The Shikkon no Tama zooms down towards Kagome and Inuyasha's bodies. The jewel passes straight through Inuyasha causing him to call out in pain, and brought him back to consciousness soon enough to see the jewel enter Kagome's body.
(Inuyasha) KAGOME!
::Kagome doesn't respond. Once the jewel entered her body she raised high into the air bathed in the pinkish silver light. The light goes blinding. Inuyasha covers his eyes. Minutes later Kagome's body floats back to the ground, landing next to Inuyasha. Her eyes fluttered open and she saw a bloody, worried Inuyasha. Then she turned and saw her other friends lying unconscious nearby::
(Kagome) What happened? ::starts to sit up and sways:: You're bleeding...
(Inuyasha) ::puts a hand over the hole the jewel had made when it passed through his body:: Forget it ::supports Kagome by her shoulders::
(Kagome) What happened? ::tries to stand::
(Inuyasha) Don't try to stand, you were almost dead...I thought you were dead....
(Kagome) Dead... ::her strength gives out and she collapses::
::Inuyasha kneels back next to her holding her hand. Miroku comes back to consciousness and sees them::
(Miroku) Is she.... ::notices all the blood around Inuyasha and Kagome::
(Inuyasha) ::looks over at Miroku, his eyes glazing over:: No but... ::he collapses from blood loss. His and Kagome's blood mixing::
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The next day...
Kagome lays asleep on a futon in one of the village's empty huts. Inuyasha lays beside her on another futon. Sango is watching over them when Kaede enters the hut.
(Kaede) Has either of them awoken yet?
(Sango) ::turns and looks at the old woman:: No, but Inuyasha has moved.
(Kaede) ::sits down near Sango:: Inuyasha isn't the one I am worried about. Inuyasha's hanyou blood will heal him. He should awaken soon.
(Sango) But what about Kagome? ::worried::
(Kaede) She has lost a lot of blood, yet her heart is still beating strong...Do you know what happened to her? How she was injured?
(Sango) We were fighting Sesshomaru then he attacked her to get her shards, I think. It starts to get hazy. I ended up unconscious from a bright light, at one point I believe all of us were knocked out.
(Kaede) But you, Miroku, Shippo and Kirara are fine except for a few scratches and being tired.
(Sango) Miroku has seen Inuyasha awake last. But all he remembers is seeing a lot of blood and a strange light.
(Kaede) Strange light?
::Sango nods. Inuyasha murmurs something before waking and sitting up quickly::
(Inuyasha) Where's Kagome!?
(Sango) She's right beside you. ::gestures to Kagome::
::Inuyasha turns to his left and sees Kagome's pale body::
(Kaede) I think we should leave them Sango...
::Kaede and Sango rise and leave the hut::
(Inuyasha) Kagome.... ::gently brushes her face:: I'm sorry...I'm sorry... ::stands and runs from the hut::
~*~
Sango and Miroku POV
Sango had gone into Kaede's hut to see Miroku eating some of the stew Kaede had made earlier. Shippo and Kirara were no where to be seen.
(Sango) Miroku? ::walks in and sits down near the fire::
(Miroku) Want some stew? ::holds a bowl out to her and she accepts it::
(Sango) Thanks Miroku ::starts eating:: Where are Shippo and Kirara?
(Miroku) Watching to see if Sesshomaru returns ::he replies casually::
(Sango) I hope he doesn't ::looks out the window to see a red blur run pass:: Oh, Inuyasha's up.
~*~
Inuyasha POV
Runs past Kaede's hut and smells Sango and Miroku's scents inside.
(Inuyasha) 'At least both of them are ok'
::Get to the Sacred Tree and jumps onto one of the high branches::
'It's my fault that Kagome is hurt....I should have protected her' ::digs his claws into the tree::
'I thought the jewel would have saved her! All it did was wake her so she could pass out again!...If she stays around me she'll just continue to get hurt!' ::looks off towards the hut Kagome was laying in::
'If she lives through this.....'
::looks up at the moon high in the midnight blue sky::
~*~
The next evening...
Inuyasha had gone back to check on Kagome when no one was around her. As night began to fall he was returning to Kagome's side from the tree. He enters the hut and looks around, Sango was no where to be seen.
(Inuyasha) ::Kisses Kagome's forehead:: I'm sorry...Please just live...
::leaves the hut as the sun sets and heads back to the tree::
(Inuyasha) 'She's been unconscious for almost 2 days....'
::jumps back onto his branch in the Sacred Tree::
'I hope Sesshy is suffering'
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Sesshomaru POV
Lays hurt in a clearing about 25 miles from where the battle had taken place.
(Sesshomaru) 'That damn Hanyou! I hope his bitch dies. He took my shard! And that bitch killed my servant and threatened Rin'
::Looks into the sky filled with the reds and oranges of the setting sun::
'What the hell is that?' ::Stands wearily::
::Something flies down and lands near him::
(Kagura) Sesshomaru-chan!
(Sesshomaru) What are you doing here?
(Kagura) I'm here to help you get better!
::Has Sesshomaru sit back down so she could tend to his wounds::
(Sesshomaru) Leave me alone or I will kill you!
(Kagura) ::shakes her head:: Life is a Cookie. ::goes back to cleaning his wounds::
(Sesshomaru) Urg! Go away stupid woman!
::Kagura laughs and continues tending to his bleeding wounds::
(Sesshomaru) 'What does "Life is a Cookie" mean anyway?'
~*~
A few hours later...
The quarter moon had risen into the sky and something in Kagome's hut had begun to move....
(Kagome) Oww ::moans in pain while she sits up::
'Why does my head hurt so much?' ::as she looks around the hut:: 'How did I get here? It smells sorta like Kaede's hut...So I'm at the village?...But Inuyasha had said...wait it SMELLS like Kaede's hut?'
::Sees her pack in the corner of the hut and pulls out her mirror and looks into it::
(Kagome) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! ::lets out an EXTREMLY loud scream::
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Inuyasha POV
(Inuyasha) KAGOME! ::jumps out of the tree and races towards Kagome::
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Sango and Miroku POV
Sango and Miroku exchange a glance then grab their weapons and run for Kagome's hut. But someone was already here but where was Kagome......that that couldn't be....
~*~
Just before Sango and Miroku had entered the hut...
Inuyasha rushes into the hut and sees a hanyou.
(Inuyasha) Where is Kagome?! ::ready to unsheathe the Tetsusiaga. The hanyou turns and looks at him::
(Hanyou) I am Kagome! ::starts crying::
(Inuyasha) ::lets go of the Tetsusiaga:: Kagome?
(Kagome) What happened to me!?
::Sango and Miroku enter the hut weapons at the ready::
(Sango) Where's Kagome?! ::looks around, eyes searching for her friend::
(Inuyasha) Shut up! It is Kagome ::goes and pull Kagome to him hugging her. Kagome still crying clings to him::
(Miroku) How in Hell?! ::peering at Kagome::
(Kagome) ::crying:: Too loud....everything's too loud....
::Inuyasha picks up the crying Kagome holding her in his arms::
(Inuyasha) We'll be back later ::takes off running into the forest::
(Sango) ::looks at Miroku:: How'd Kagome become a hanyou?
(Miroku) ::shrugs:: No clue but...have ya seen the Shikkon no Tama?
::Silence::
(Sango) No.... ::they both look in the direction Inuyasha had run::
~*~
Inuyasha carried Kagome to the Sacred Tree and jumped up carefully, so Kagome wouldn't fall. Then he settled down sitting on a branch. Kagome resting against him silently crying.
(Inuyasha) It's okay...It'll be okay... ::gently rubbing her back::
(Kagome) It hurts so much....
(Inuyasha) What hurts? ::pull her off of him to look at her:: Wow... ::eyes go wide::
::Kagome's hair had grown at least 6 inches longer, 2 large chunks had become white and framed her face. Her once brown eyes had become an icy hazel. Two black dog ears had appeared on top of her head, looking exactly like his except for the color. Kagome's skin had seemed to become slightly paler. Inuyasha touched one of her hands and felt her claws::
(Kagome) What? I look like a freak don't I? ::tears dripping down her face silently::
::Inuyasha noticed her sharp, white fangs when she spoke::
(Inuyasha) You don't look like a freak... ::gently brushes his hand on her face wiping away her tears::
::Kagome's ears twitch and she winces as animals make noise in the forest::
(Inuyasha) The noise is really loud isn't it?
::Inuyasha carefully pushes Kagome's ears down against her skull with his finger tips::
(Inuyasha) Better?
(Kagome) Yeah. It feels so weird...but a good weird.... ::looks up at him:: How did this happen to me?
(Inuyasha) ::looks guilty:: I thought you were going to die so....I....I used the Shikkon no Tama.
(Kagome) ::quietly:: What? ::shocked::
(Inuyasha) The jewel glowed all weird and re-entered your body, after going through mine....then we both passed out. I think some of my blood might have gotten into you....
(Kagome) Got into me? So then with the Shikkon no Tama and your blood....I lived and became hanyou?
::looks up into Inuyasha's eyes::
~*~
Sango and Miroku POV
Inside Kagome's hut sitting down and leaning against one of the walls. Shippo is running around outside with Kirara. Sango turns and looks at Miroku then quickly looks away when he sees her looking at him.
(Miroku) Why were you looking at me Sango-chan?
(Sango) ::Thinks fast:: Umm no reason really...I was...was... just wondering what happened to the Shikkon no Tama. You don't think Sesshy got it do you?
(Miroku) ::passes on asking why she was really looking at him:: I know he didn't because I got his shard when Inuyasha cut him that last time. Then Inuyasha took it...I think.
(Sango) But Kagome didn't have the jewel when we brought her back. Neither did Inuyasha.
(Miroku) Then only Inuyasha would know.
(Sango) Unless he told Kagome. But still...how did she become hanyou?
(Miroku) ::shrugs:: No clue.
~*~
Back with Inuyasha and Kagome....
Inuyasha is looking at Kagome, amazed at how beautiful she looks as a hanyou, and how much she looks like him.
(Inuyasha) 'This is weird...she looks a lot like me....damn she's beautiful...'
(Kagome) Why are you staring at me?
::Inuyasha blushes::
(Kagome) Tell me ::ears twitch::
(Inuyasha) What ya going to try to make me? ::smirks::
(Kagome) moshikashitara ::evil smile:: (AN: moshikashitara means maybe)
::Kagome pushes Inuyasha. He starts to fall out of the tree, then he grabs Kagome's arm to drag her down with him::
(Kagome) Ahhh!!
::Inuyasha hits the ground with a thump. Seconds later Kagome lands beside him. Inuyasha starts to laugh::
(Kagome) Hey...it didn't hurt as much as I was expecting... ::stands up and leans against the trunk of the tree::
(Inuyasha) That's because you're a hanyou now ::stands up::
(Kagome) So I'm not useless anymore? ::ears twitching::
(Inuyasha) You were never useless
(Kagome) All I could do was find the shards ::does the whoohoo finger twirl::
(Inuyasha) You've helped fight
(Kagome) And every time I got hurt. ::crosses arms across chest::
(Inuyasha) Because you always ended up in the way! You would never let me protect you!
(Kagome) Now you're agreeing with me!
(Inuyasha) Feh!
(Kagome) Why do you always want to argue?
(Inuyasha) You started it! ::glare::
(Kagome) Keh
::silence::
(Kagome) Inuyasha..... ::Inuyasha looks at her:: Since I'm hanyou...won't I live as long as you?
~*~
Sango and Miroku POV
They are standing outside watching, thinking Inuyasha and Kagome would return soon. The two of them kept sneaking glances at each other. Miroku catches Sango look at him.
(Miroku) What Sango?
(Sango) Miroku....I....I...::looks at the ground blushing:: I love you
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HEHE double cliff hanger!! I'm in such a good mood I decided to put this chapter up early! Plus I've been inspired to write. I've been listening to Every Heart while I typed this up!! I'm like addicted to listening to Every Heart and Fukai Mori now! lol Remember to R&R!!
Chapter 22 How in Hell?!
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The Shikkon no Tama zooms down towards Kagome and Inuyasha's bodies. The jewel passes straight through Inuyasha causing him to call out in pain, and brought him back to consciousness soon enough to see the jewel enter Kagome's body.
(Inuyasha) KAGOME!
::Kagome doesn't respond. Once the jewel entered her body she raised high into the air bathed in the pinkish silver light. The light goes blinding. Inuyasha covers his eyes. Minutes later Kagome's body floats back to the ground, landing next to Inuyasha. Her eyes fluttered open and she saw a bloody, worried Inuyasha. Then she turned and saw her other friends lying unconscious nearby::
(Kagome) What happened? ::starts to sit up and sways:: You're bleeding...
(Inuyasha) ::puts a hand over the hole the jewel had made when it passed through his body:: Forget it ::supports Kagome by her shoulders::
(Kagome) What happened? ::tries to stand::
(Inuyasha) Don't try to stand, you were almost dead...I thought you were dead....
(Kagome) Dead... ::her strength gives out and she collapses::
::Inuyasha kneels back next to her holding her hand. Miroku comes back to consciousness and sees them::
(Miroku) Is she.... ::notices all the blood around Inuyasha and Kagome::
(Inuyasha) ::looks over at Miroku, his eyes glazing over:: No but... ::he collapses from blood loss. His and Kagome's blood mixing::
~*~
The next day...
Kagome lays asleep on a futon in one of the village's empty huts. Inuyasha lays beside her on another futon. Sango is watching over them when Kaede enters the hut.
(Kaede) Has either of them awoken yet?
(Sango) ::turns and looks at the old woman:: No, but Inuyasha has moved.
(Kaede) ::sits down near Sango:: Inuyasha isn't the one I am worried about. Inuyasha's hanyou blood will heal him. He should awaken soon.
(Sango) But what about Kagome? ::worried::
(Kaede) She has lost a lot of blood, yet her heart is still beating strong...Do you know what happened to her? How she was injured?
(Sango) We were fighting Sesshomaru then he attacked her to get her shards, I think. It starts to get hazy. I ended up unconscious from a bright light, at one point I believe all of us were knocked out.
(Kaede) But you, Miroku, Shippo and Kirara are fine except for a few scratches and being tired.
(Sango) Miroku has seen Inuyasha awake last. But all he remembers is seeing a lot of blood and a strange light.
(Kaede) Strange light?
::Sango nods. Inuyasha murmurs something before waking and sitting up quickly::
(Inuyasha) Where's Kagome!?
(Sango) She's right beside you. ::gestures to Kagome::
::Inuyasha turns to his left and sees Kagome's pale body::
(Kaede) I think we should leave them Sango...
::Kaede and Sango rise and leave the hut::
(Inuyasha) Kagome.... ::gently brushes her face:: I'm sorry...I'm sorry... ::stands and runs from the hut::
~*~
Sango and Miroku POV
Sango had gone into Kaede's hut to see Miroku eating some of the stew Kaede had made earlier. Shippo and Kirara were no where to be seen.
(Sango) Miroku? ::walks in and sits down near the fire::
(Miroku) Want some stew? ::holds a bowl out to her and she accepts it::
(Sango) Thanks Miroku ::starts eating:: Where are Shippo and Kirara?
(Miroku) Watching to see if Sesshomaru returns ::he replies casually::
(Sango) I hope he doesn't ::looks out the window to see a red blur run pass:: Oh, Inuyasha's up.
~*~
Inuyasha POV
Runs past Kaede's hut and smells Sango and Miroku's scents inside.
(Inuyasha) 'At least both of them are ok'
::Get to the Sacred Tree and jumps onto one of the high branches::
'It's my fault that Kagome is hurt....I should have protected her' ::digs his claws into the tree::
'I thought the jewel would have saved her! All it did was wake her so she could pass out again!...If she stays around me she'll just continue to get hurt!' ::looks off towards the hut Kagome was laying in::
'If she lives through this.....'
::looks up at the moon high in the midnight blue sky::
~*~
The next evening...
Inuyasha had gone back to check on Kagome when no one was around her. As night began to fall he was returning to Kagome's side from the tree. He enters the hut and looks around, Sango was no where to be seen.
(Inuyasha) ::Kisses Kagome's forehead:: I'm sorry...Please just live...
::leaves the hut as the sun sets and heads back to the tree::
(Inuyasha) 'She's been unconscious for almost 2 days....'
::jumps back onto his branch in the Sacred Tree::
'I hope Sesshy is suffering'
~*~
Sesshomaru POV
Lays hurt in a clearing about 25 miles from where the battle had taken place.
(Sesshomaru) 'That damn Hanyou! I hope his bitch dies. He took my shard! And that bitch killed my servant and threatened Rin'
::Looks into the sky filled with the reds and oranges of the setting sun::
'What the hell is that?' ::Stands wearily::
::Something flies down and lands near him::
(Kagura) Sesshomaru-chan!
(Sesshomaru) What are you doing here?
(Kagura) I'm here to help you get better!
::Has Sesshomaru sit back down so she could tend to his wounds::
(Sesshomaru) Leave me alone or I will kill you!
(Kagura) ::shakes her head:: Life is a Cookie. ::goes back to cleaning his wounds::
(Sesshomaru) Urg! Go away stupid woman!
::Kagura laughs and continues tending to his bleeding wounds::
(Sesshomaru) 'What does "Life is a Cookie" mean anyway?'
~*~
A few hours later...
The quarter moon had risen into the sky and something in Kagome's hut had begun to move....
(Kagome) Oww ::moans in pain while she sits up::
'Why does my head hurt so much?' ::as she looks around the hut:: 'How did I get here? It smells sorta like Kaede's hut...So I'm at the village?...But Inuyasha had said...wait it SMELLS like Kaede's hut?'
::Sees her pack in the corner of the hut and pulls out her mirror and looks into it::
(Kagome) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! ::lets out an EXTREMLY loud scream::
~*~
Inuyasha POV
(Inuyasha) KAGOME! ::jumps out of the tree and races towards Kagome::
~*~
Sango and Miroku POV
Sango and Miroku exchange a glance then grab their weapons and run for Kagome's hut. But someone was already here but where was Kagome......that that couldn't be....
~*~
Just before Sango and Miroku had entered the hut...
Inuyasha rushes into the hut and sees a hanyou.
(Inuyasha) Where is Kagome?! ::ready to unsheathe the Tetsusiaga. The hanyou turns and looks at him::
(Hanyou) I am Kagome! ::starts crying::
(Inuyasha) ::lets go of the Tetsusiaga:: Kagome?
(Kagome) What happened to me!?
::Sango and Miroku enter the hut weapons at the ready::
(Sango) Where's Kagome?! ::looks around, eyes searching for her friend::
(Inuyasha) Shut up! It is Kagome ::goes and pull Kagome to him hugging her. Kagome still crying clings to him::
(Miroku) How in Hell?! ::peering at Kagome::
(Kagome) ::crying:: Too loud....everything's too loud....
::Inuyasha picks up the crying Kagome holding her in his arms::
(Inuyasha) We'll be back later ::takes off running into the forest::
(Sango) ::looks at Miroku:: How'd Kagome become a hanyou?
(Miroku) ::shrugs:: No clue but...have ya seen the Shikkon no Tama?
::Silence::
(Sango) No.... ::they both look in the direction Inuyasha had run::
~*~
Inuyasha carried Kagome to the Sacred Tree and jumped up carefully, so Kagome wouldn't fall. Then he settled down sitting on a branch. Kagome resting against him silently crying.
(Inuyasha) It's okay...It'll be okay... ::gently rubbing her back::
(Kagome) It hurts so much....
(Inuyasha) What hurts? ::pull her off of him to look at her:: Wow... ::eyes go wide::
::Kagome's hair had grown at least 6 inches longer, 2 large chunks had become white and framed her face. Her once brown eyes had become an icy hazel. Two black dog ears had appeared on top of her head, looking exactly like his except for the color. Kagome's skin had seemed to become slightly paler. Inuyasha touched one of her hands and felt her claws::
(Kagome) What? I look like a freak don't I? ::tears dripping down her face silently::
::Inuyasha noticed her sharp, white fangs when she spoke::
(Inuyasha) You don't look like a freak... ::gently brushes his hand on her face wiping away her tears::
::Kagome's ears twitch and she winces as animals make noise in the forest::
(Inuyasha) The noise is really loud isn't it?
::Inuyasha carefully pushes Kagome's ears down against her skull with his finger tips::
(Inuyasha) Better?
(Kagome) Yeah. It feels so weird...but a good weird.... ::looks up at him:: How did this happen to me?
(Inuyasha) ::looks guilty:: I thought you were going to die so....I....I used the Shikkon no Tama.
(Kagome) ::quietly:: What? ::shocked::
(Inuyasha) The jewel glowed all weird and re-entered your body, after going through mine....then we both passed out. I think some of my blood might have gotten into you....
(Kagome) Got into me? So then with the Shikkon no Tama and your blood....I lived and became hanyou?
::looks up into Inuyasha's eyes::
~*~
Sango and Miroku POV
Inside Kagome's hut sitting down and leaning against one of the walls. Shippo is running around outside with Kirara. Sango turns and looks at Miroku then quickly looks away when he sees her looking at him.
(Miroku) Why were you looking at me Sango-chan?
(Sango) ::Thinks fast:: Umm no reason really...I was...was... just wondering what happened to the Shikkon no Tama. You don't think Sesshy got it do you?
(Miroku) ::passes on asking why she was really looking at him:: I know he didn't because I got his shard when Inuyasha cut him that last time. Then Inuyasha took it...I think.
(Sango) But Kagome didn't have the jewel when we brought her back. Neither did Inuyasha.
(Miroku) Then only Inuyasha would know.
(Sango) Unless he told Kagome. But still...how did she become hanyou?
(Miroku) ::shrugs:: No clue.
~*~
Back with Inuyasha and Kagome....
Inuyasha is looking at Kagome, amazed at how beautiful she looks as a hanyou, and how much she looks like him.
(Inuyasha) 'This is weird...she looks a lot like me....damn she's beautiful...'
(Kagome) Why are you staring at me?
::Inuyasha blushes::
(Kagome) Tell me ::ears twitch::
(Inuyasha) What ya going to try to make me? ::smirks::
(Kagome) moshikashitara ::evil smile:: (AN: moshikashitara means maybe)
::Kagome pushes Inuyasha. He starts to fall out of the tree, then he grabs Kagome's arm to drag her down with him::
(Kagome) Ahhh!!
::Inuyasha hits the ground with a thump. Seconds later Kagome lands beside him. Inuyasha starts to laugh::
(Kagome) Hey...it didn't hurt as much as I was expecting... ::stands up and leans against the trunk of the tree::
(Inuyasha) That's because you're a hanyou now ::stands up::
(Kagome) So I'm not useless anymore? ::ears twitching::
(Inuyasha) You were never useless
(Kagome) All I could do was find the shards ::does the whoohoo finger twirl::
(Inuyasha) You've helped fight
(Kagome) And every time I got hurt. ::crosses arms across chest::
(Inuyasha) Because you always ended up in the way! You would never let me protect you!
(Kagome) Now you're agreeing with me!
(Inuyasha) Feh!
(Kagome) Why do you always want to argue?
(Inuyasha) You started it! ::glare::
(Kagome) Keh
::silence::
(Kagome) Inuyasha..... ::Inuyasha looks at her:: Since I'm hanyou...won't I live as long as you?
~*~
Sango and Miroku POV
They are standing outside watching, thinking Inuyasha and Kagome would return soon. The two of them kept sneaking glances at each other. Miroku catches Sango look at him.
(Miroku) What Sango?
(Sango) Miroku....I....I...::looks at the ground blushing:: I love you
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HEHE double cliff hanger!! I'm in such a good mood I decided to put this chapter up early! Plus I've been inspired to write. I've been listening to Every Heart while I typed this up!! I'm like addicted to listening to Every Heart and Fukai Mori now! lol Remember to R&R!!
