Act Four
'Iris' By the GooGoo Dolls.
'And I don't want the world to see me.
'cause I don't think that they'd understand.'
She was still in her own time.
She was still in her own time.
Kagome's voice began to waver as heavy sobs pierced through the silence of the well house.
"NO! No! I have to see him! I have to see Inuyasha!"
Kagome started to dig furiously into the soft dirt of the well bottom. Tears hit the ground, wetting the earth Her hair clung to her face and neck as she began to sweat. The Shikon jewel fell from her shirt, once again dangling on the golden chain in front of her.
She had the Jewel, so why wasn't she going back???! Her body began to shake, and panic took over. Falling to the earth, she let her sobs take over her body. Her forehead rested in the dirt as she balled up, her hands at her chest clutching the little purple jewel.
'I just wish that I could go back. that I could see Inuyasha again.'
Kagome stopped sobbing as she suddenly was hit with pelting raindrops. Looking up, she saw the dark sky overhead.
Vines traveled up the side of the well as Kagome's heart skipped a beat.
She climbed the wall furiously and practically threw herself over the well wall. Scrambling to her feet, kagome raced ahead, stumbling and shaking. She flew over the path that led to the village. Her socks had long since fallen off, and Kagome's feet where now bruised and bleeding, along with her knees and hands. She stumbled as her foot caught on a root, and landed on her bad side. She cried out, but continued on running, stumbling as she got up.
~*~
Lightning illuminated the sky, showing only a pair of golden eyes from the branches of the God tree.
Inuyasha could smell blood. And fear. And pain.
His own pain drove him from the trees following the smell of the blood. A kill is what he needed. To take out some of this pain he was feeling. He froze in the trees however, as another scent rushed through his nose.
Kagome's scent. He waited in the tree for five minutes until he heard the sounds of frantic running. And through the branches, saw a black-haired girl.
And as he descended from the trees, his heart clenched.
Kagome stumbled along the trail. But she came to a stop, however, as she saw something drop from the trees. A knot rose in her throat as ever muscle in her body clenched. Her eyes scanned up the familiar red hakama and haori, past the silver tresses, to lock with the familiar pair of tawny eyes. His face was secured in a disbelieving look.
Fresh tears welled in Kagome's eyes. Shaking her head, she ran towards him.
"INUYASHA!"
She clung her arms around his waist, crying into his haori.
Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her, holding her body to him as though she would blow away in the wind. He pushed his head into the crook of her neck, breathing in her scent. Tears escaped from under his eyelids as he continued to relish the feeling of her.
For many months this had been a fantasy to both of them, yet here they where, clutching each other dearly. When they parted, Inuyasha picked Kagome up.
"Your hurt. We gotta get you to a hut."
Kagome only nodded as Inuyasha took her up in his arms. She snuggled against the warmth of his chest as she listened to his breathing.
They arrived in a hut five minutes later. Carefully Inuyasha set Kagome down next to the fire like she was made of glass. She looked so beautiful, her hair hanging in wet, clumpy strands, her face white, and all her clothes clinging to her body. She brought her knees to her chest, wrapping her arms around them and resting her head on her knees. Inuyasha watched as a shiver wracked her body, and it was then that he realized how cold it was out.
Walking over to the corner, he picked up a blanket that Kaede had given him. He placed it at her feet.
Kagome reached down to grab it, but Inuyasha grabbed her hand. A low blush crept onto his cheeks. With a very familiar look of annoyance he looked away towards the wall.
"Take off your clothes, you wont get warm if you keep on those wet things. Then wrap yourself in the blanket. I'm going to go get Kaede, stay here."
Quickly he dropped her hand and rushed outside. Kagome stared after him for a moment, then, with the feeling she was being watched, stood, stripped, then continued to wrap herself in the warm blanket.
"Miroku better not be watching," Kagome mumbled as she sat back down. She scooted closer to the fire, her knees and palms burning, and a rather strong ache in her side.
She couldn't believe she was here. It all seemed like a dream. But Inuyasha had held her. Kagome closed her eyes and began to doze. She was in the rain again, Inuyasha holding her in his strong arms.
Kagome felt a rush of cold air, and opened her eyes. Inuyasha walked in, followed a moment later by Kaede. Kagome felt Inuyasha's eyes scanned her for a moment, but his eyes then caught hers and he turned away, the blood creeping into his cheeks. Kagome shrugged the blanket on a little higher around her shoulders, so now all that showed where her legs and from her nose up.
"Well child, it has been rather long. What brings you here? And where are ye wounds?"
Kaede's voice broke the uncomfortable stillness in the room.
Kagome smiled at her sweetly before showing her injured palms and knees, and then told her of her aching side.
Kaede tended to each wound carefully, with Inuyasha hovering above them. Carefully, Kaede treated and wrapped Kagome's palms, then told Kagome to lay no her back. Slowly, Kaede began to press up Kagome's rib cage on either side.
"Does that hurt?" Kaede asked quietly.
"No."
"How about here?"
"No."
"What about no-"
"ITAI!!!!"
Inuyasha jumped about a foot in the air from his resting place and raced to Kagome's side. Kagome had shot up, and now was doubled in pain, tears welling in her eyes. Inuyasha instinctively took a position over Kagome, guarding her frame with his own body.
"KAEDE! You didn't have to hurt her!"
Kaede raised an eyebrow. "Inuyasha, I had to tell how bad it was. It seems that Kagome has two to three broken ribs. She will need several weeks of rest."
Inuyasha growled at Kaede then turned his attention back to Kagome.
They both seemed to realize at the same moment where the blanket was. Bundled down in a wad around her butt and in her lap, leaving her chest completely bare.
Both of them jumped away, Inuyasha fleeing to the corner and Kagome taking solitude under the blanket. She then poked out her mouth.
"SITSITSIT!"
Inuyasha braced himself for the onslaught of sits, yet.
Nothing came.
Inuyasha opened his eyes and Kagome poked her head out to look. And then she remembered. Before she had left, Kagome had removed the prayer beads from around Inuyasha's neck.
"YOU WERE GONNA PUNISH ME FOR FEELING BAD ABOUT YOU HURTING?!?!?!" Inuyasha bellowed at Kagome.
The girl only stuck her tongue out at him and turned to Kaede.
"Uh, Kaede, what happened to Sango, Miroku and Shippo?"
Kaede smiled. "They all live here still. I shall alert them to your arrival in the morning. Until then." Kaede slowly pulled out a red hakama and white blouse. "I suggest that you get some sleep. I will give you some herbs in the morning to dull the pain of your broken bones. I bid you goodnight."
Slowly Kaede walked outside, leaving the demon and the girl.
Kagome dressed under the blanket as Inuyasha prepared a futon for the girl, being as he didn't use one and merely slept under a blanket on the wooden floor. He had decided mentally to stay inside and watch over Kagome for the night.
The two drank tea in silence before drifting off to sleep. At least, Inuyasha did. Kagome found insomnia, however. Constantly she looked over at Inuyasha's sleeping form. He didn't want to admit it.STILL, the fact that he loved her. But now Kagome had enough sight to see right through that phony mask of his.
Quietly, Kagome stood and crept over to Inuyasha. Carefully she lifted his blanket and settled herself under it, pressing herself against his stomach. As she drifted off, she felt him wrap a protective arm around her waist, and burry his face into her hair.
But this was nothing for the comedy that would ensue the next morning.
'When everything's made to be broken.
.I just want you to know who I am.'
'Iris' By the GooGoo Dolls.
'And I don't want the world to see me.
'cause I don't think that they'd understand.'
She was still in her own time.
She was still in her own time.
Kagome's voice began to waver as heavy sobs pierced through the silence of the well house.
"NO! No! I have to see him! I have to see Inuyasha!"
Kagome started to dig furiously into the soft dirt of the well bottom. Tears hit the ground, wetting the earth Her hair clung to her face and neck as she began to sweat. The Shikon jewel fell from her shirt, once again dangling on the golden chain in front of her.
She had the Jewel, so why wasn't she going back???! Her body began to shake, and panic took over. Falling to the earth, she let her sobs take over her body. Her forehead rested in the dirt as she balled up, her hands at her chest clutching the little purple jewel.
'I just wish that I could go back. that I could see Inuyasha again.'
Kagome stopped sobbing as she suddenly was hit with pelting raindrops. Looking up, she saw the dark sky overhead.
Vines traveled up the side of the well as Kagome's heart skipped a beat.
She climbed the wall furiously and practically threw herself over the well wall. Scrambling to her feet, kagome raced ahead, stumbling and shaking. She flew over the path that led to the village. Her socks had long since fallen off, and Kagome's feet where now bruised and bleeding, along with her knees and hands. She stumbled as her foot caught on a root, and landed on her bad side. She cried out, but continued on running, stumbling as she got up.
~*~
Lightning illuminated the sky, showing only a pair of golden eyes from the branches of the God tree.
Inuyasha could smell blood. And fear. And pain.
His own pain drove him from the trees following the smell of the blood. A kill is what he needed. To take out some of this pain he was feeling. He froze in the trees however, as another scent rushed through his nose.
Kagome's scent. He waited in the tree for five minutes until he heard the sounds of frantic running. And through the branches, saw a black-haired girl.
And as he descended from the trees, his heart clenched.
Kagome stumbled along the trail. But she came to a stop, however, as she saw something drop from the trees. A knot rose in her throat as ever muscle in her body clenched. Her eyes scanned up the familiar red hakama and haori, past the silver tresses, to lock with the familiar pair of tawny eyes. His face was secured in a disbelieving look.
Fresh tears welled in Kagome's eyes. Shaking her head, she ran towards him.
"INUYASHA!"
She clung her arms around his waist, crying into his haori.
Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her, holding her body to him as though she would blow away in the wind. He pushed his head into the crook of her neck, breathing in her scent. Tears escaped from under his eyelids as he continued to relish the feeling of her.
For many months this had been a fantasy to both of them, yet here they where, clutching each other dearly. When they parted, Inuyasha picked Kagome up.
"Your hurt. We gotta get you to a hut."
Kagome only nodded as Inuyasha took her up in his arms. She snuggled against the warmth of his chest as she listened to his breathing.
They arrived in a hut five minutes later. Carefully Inuyasha set Kagome down next to the fire like she was made of glass. She looked so beautiful, her hair hanging in wet, clumpy strands, her face white, and all her clothes clinging to her body. She brought her knees to her chest, wrapping her arms around them and resting her head on her knees. Inuyasha watched as a shiver wracked her body, and it was then that he realized how cold it was out.
Walking over to the corner, he picked up a blanket that Kaede had given him. He placed it at her feet.
Kagome reached down to grab it, but Inuyasha grabbed her hand. A low blush crept onto his cheeks. With a very familiar look of annoyance he looked away towards the wall.
"Take off your clothes, you wont get warm if you keep on those wet things. Then wrap yourself in the blanket. I'm going to go get Kaede, stay here."
Quickly he dropped her hand and rushed outside. Kagome stared after him for a moment, then, with the feeling she was being watched, stood, stripped, then continued to wrap herself in the warm blanket.
"Miroku better not be watching," Kagome mumbled as she sat back down. She scooted closer to the fire, her knees and palms burning, and a rather strong ache in her side.
She couldn't believe she was here. It all seemed like a dream. But Inuyasha had held her. Kagome closed her eyes and began to doze. She was in the rain again, Inuyasha holding her in his strong arms.
Kagome felt a rush of cold air, and opened her eyes. Inuyasha walked in, followed a moment later by Kaede. Kagome felt Inuyasha's eyes scanned her for a moment, but his eyes then caught hers and he turned away, the blood creeping into his cheeks. Kagome shrugged the blanket on a little higher around her shoulders, so now all that showed where her legs and from her nose up.
"Well child, it has been rather long. What brings you here? And where are ye wounds?"
Kaede's voice broke the uncomfortable stillness in the room.
Kagome smiled at her sweetly before showing her injured palms and knees, and then told her of her aching side.
Kaede tended to each wound carefully, with Inuyasha hovering above them. Carefully, Kaede treated and wrapped Kagome's palms, then told Kagome to lay no her back. Slowly, Kaede began to press up Kagome's rib cage on either side.
"Does that hurt?" Kaede asked quietly.
"No."
"How about here?"
"No."
"What about no-"
"ITAI!!!!"
Inuyasha jumped about a foot in the air from his resting place and raced to Kagome's side. Kagome had shot up, and now was doubled in pain, tears welling in her eyes. Inuyasha instinctively took a position over Kagome, guarding her frame with his own body.
"KAEDE! You didn't have to hurt her!"
Kaede raised an eyebrow. "Inuyasha, I had to tell how bad it was. It seems that Kagome has two to three broken ribs. She will need several weeks of rest."
Inuyasha growled at Kaede then turned his attention back to Kagome.
They both seemed to realize at the same moment where the blanket was. Bundled down in a wad around her butt and in her lap, leaving her chest completely bare.
Both of them jumped away, Inuyasha fleeing to the corner and Kagome taking solitude under the blanket. She then poked out her mouth.
"SITSITSIT!"
Inuyasha braced himself for the onslaught of sits, yet.
Nothing came.
Inuyasha opened his eyes and Kagome poked her head out to look. And then she remembered. Before she had left, Kagome had removed the prayer beads from around Inuyasha's neck.
"YOU WERE GONNA PUNISH ME FOR FEELING BAD ABOUT YOU HURTING?!?!?!" Inuyasha bellowed at Kagome.
The girl only stuck her tongue out at him and turned to Kaede.
"Uh, Kaede, what happened to Sango, Miroku and Shippo?"
Kaede smiled. "They all live here still. I shall alert them to your arrival in the morning. Until then." Kaede slowly pulled out a red hakama and white blouse. "I suggest that you get some sleep. I will give you some herbs in the morning to dull the pain of your broken bones. I bid you goodnight."
Slowly Kaede walked outside, leaving the demon and the girl.
Kagome dressed under the blanket as Inuyasha prepared a futon for the girl, being as he didn't use one and merely slept under a blanket on the wooden floor. He had decided mentally to stay inside and watch over Kagome for the night.
The two drank tea in silence before drifting off to sleep. At least, Inuyasha did. Kagome found insomnia, however. Constantly she looked over at Inuyasha's sleeping form. He didn't want to admit it.STILL, the fact that he loved her. But now Kagome had enough sight to see right through that phony mask of his.
Quietly, Kagome stood and crept over to Inuyasha. Carefully she lifted his blanket and settled herself under it, pressing herself against his stomach. As she drifted off, she felt him wrap a protective arm around her waist, and burry his face into her hair.
But this was nothing for the comedy that would ensue the next morning.
'When everything's made to be broken.
.I just want you to know who I am.'
