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Part Six
Kikyo stared at the little scene in front of her.
Inu-yasha scowled at the black-haired man as he got hit with a large boomerang. The black-haired girl wielding the boomerang proceeded to hit him over the head numerous times. A red-haired little fox demon shook his head slowly.
She looked over at Kagome. The young miko was staring in her direction, fear in her eyes. She had her arms around her as though she was trying to retain heat.
Kikyo smirked at her. The miko was scared, then? Her smirk disappeared as Inu-yasha looked at Kagome.
"Something wrong?" he asked, concern in his eyes, although his face looked as though he was annoyed. His voice sounded annoyed as well.
Why did he try so hard to conceal the concern? He wouldn't have to worry about the reincarnation in a while though, Kagome would be dead soon enough. She turned and walked away.
Inu-yasha stared at Kagome, her whole body sending out the vibe that she was scared. Her eyes were in the direction of a thick group of trees. He knew what was hiding there. Kikyo.
"Something wrong?" he asked, trying not to sound too concerned, although he really was. He mentally smacked himself for not sounding so caring. Maybe he should lighten up just a little. After all, he was reading her diary, maybe he should be nicer to her in guilt.
She shook her head at his question. "No, it's just a little cold."
He rolled his eyes at her bad lie. To cover up this eye-roll, he muttered, "Humans..."
She glared at him a little, and was going to sit him, but he took of his red kimono top and put it around her shoulders.
"Better?" he asked.
She blushed a little at his closeness but nodded. She took the sides of the eri and pulled them around her.
He smirked. The picture of her in the over-sized top, clutching it around her. It was almost...cute.
"JERK!" she yelled, thinking he was smirking at her because she was 'weak'. She forgot all about Kikyo and opened her mouth to yell at him, but stopped at his shocked expression.
"How am I a jerk?"
"You were smirking at me because I'm weak, and you know it!" She threw the fire-rat cloth at him and stomped off, not thinking about anything that could happen to her.
"KAGOME!" he shouted.
She looked back a second.
He waved the kimono top. "Don't you want this to keep you warm?"
A little surprised at his concern, she blushed but promised to herself to stay mad. "NO!" she shouted and began stomping off.
Sango stopped in mid-hitting, a bruised Miroku stared at them, and Shippo shook his head.
"What's wrong with them?" Sango asked, then began hitting Miroku again as he groped her butt again.
Kagome growled as she stomped into the forest. "How dare he be so rude? It's like he has to remind me how inferior I am every chance he gets! I swear!" She stopped her slur of insults long enough to look at her surroundings. Scratching her head, she blushed in embarrassment. "Um, where am I now?"
Two arrows came out of nowhere and pinned her a tree, the arrows stuck in the fabric of her sleeves. "KYA!" she screamed, the fear of Kikyo's presence trailing up her spine. "K...Kikyo?" she stammered.
The priestess came out of the shadows. Kagome shuddered. Maybe she should of taken the fire-rat cloak. It would of been easy to slip out of.
"Oh...um, hello," Kagome said.
"Kagome."
"Yes?" she asked weakly.
"Lost?"
Kagome nodded. "I should get going. Inu-yasha will start worrying about me."
Kikyo smiled. "He won't have to worry about you too much longer."
"You're going to...kill me?"
Kikyo smiled. Something about her smile made Kagome want to run into a dark corner. Another shudder went down her spine.
"Just a question, but it seems you have noticed my presence over the past few days."
Kagome nodded. "You were watching us today as well."
Kikyo looked as though she were thinking things over.
"Aren't you afraid Inu-yasha will kill you?" Kagome asked.
"I don't think he could," Kikyo said, a small smirk on her face. She notched an arrow in her bow and aimed it at Kagome's heart. "Oh, and before you die, I just wanted to know, did you ever notice Inu-yasha's concern today? Or any other time for that matter? You two would probably be good for each other in the future. But of course, I can't let you live, shame."
Kagome's eyes widened. "What?"
Kikyo lowered her bow a little. "You haven't noticed that he obviously cares for you? Quite a lot, actually, but that's no concern. Now die, little reincarnation." Kikyo lifted the bow and shot the arrow.
"DAMN IT!" Inu-yasha ran in front of Kagome, grabbing her by the waist and pulling her out of the arrow's way, ripping her sleeves. They tumbled a little and finally landed with Inu-yasha on top of her. His face turned to Kikyo, pure anger written all over it. "You okay?" he asked, glancing down at her.
"She nodded. "I'm fine."
"Good," he growled and pushed himself off her. He stood up and glared at Kikyo. "I told you I would kill you next time, but you just don't listen DO YOU?"
"Really, Inu-yasha, would you really kill me?" Kikyo smirked.
"To protect Kagome, yes, I would."
Kagome sat up and stared at the back of Inu-yasha. What was going on? Inu-yasha had changed. Over the past week, he had been so strange...and now he was threatening Kikyo again!
He pulled out Tetsusaiga. "Now give me your word of Kagome's safety from you, or I swear I will slice you in half."
Kikyo laughed. "You're not serious! Kagome means nothing to me! She's only a thorn in my side. With her dead, I will live much happier."
Kagome drew back in fear. She could feel something. Something...behind her? She whipped around and screamed. She tried to duck as another soul thing attacked her, but it hit her in the side, sending her sprawling into the air. It sliced at her side and she screamed again, a long gash opened, spraying blood. She landed hard on the ground, bleeding and trying to crawl away from it.
"WIND SCAR!" Inu-yasha yelled and sliced the soul in half. He ran to Kagome's side. "KAGOME, GOD DAMN IT! WHY DIDN'T YOU STAY WITH ME! YOU IDIOTIC GIRL!"
"I'm sorry, Inu-yasha..," she moaned, crying now. "Inu-yasha! Behind you!" she screamed and pointed at another soul.
He whipped around and sliced through it. "HOW MANY DAMN SOUL THINGS DO YOU HAVE?" he screamed at Kikyo.
She smiled. "As many as I need."
Another one came and tried to attack Kagome. Inu-yasha sliced through it.
"They won't stop coming until the girl is dead. Do you really care about her that much, Inu-yasha?" Kikyo said.
He whipped in her direction. "I will protect Kagome until I die," he hissed.
Kagome whimpered on the ground. Too much was happening.
"Kagome, don't you dare fall asleep on me. I need you to stay alert!" Inu-yasha yelled at her.
She nodded weakly and wiped away some tears.
Inu-yasha glanced between Kagome and Kikyo. He needed to do something. If he went after Kikyo now, another soul would just attack Kagome and she would die, but if he didn't go after Kikyo, there would be more souls and Kagome would die from blood loss. Either way Kagome would die.
"Kagome," he whispered, his eyes on Kikyo. "I'm going to give you the cloak. I want you to cover yourself with it and stay low on the ground, got it?"
She nodded. Inu-yasha grabbed the cloth and pulled it off as fast as he could. Throwing it at her, he rushed toward Kikyo. Kagome caught the cloak and covered herself with it as another soul attacked. She threw herself to the ground and the soul barely grazed her back.
"THIS IS IT KIKYO!" Inu-yasha shouted. "WIND SCAR!"
He watched the attack strike Kikyo and kill her. Her body falling to the ground. Regret overfilled him, but he had more important things to worry about. He sliced through the soul hovering over Kagome and then kneeled at her side. "Kagome?" he asked softly and pulled the cloak off her.
She smiled weakly at him, her face pale. "Hey Inu-yasha...thanks, for everything." Her eyes drooped.
"NO! NOT YET, DAMN IT! Don't go to sleep yet!" He wrapped the fire rat cloak around her and picked her up, rushing as fast as he could to the well. Kagome needed to go to a hospital.
Inu-yasha paced in the lobby, Higurashi-san watching him with a worried expression on her face. "Inu-yasha, dear, you need to calm down."
His head whipped toward her. "THESE DOCTORS OF YOURS CAN CURE HER, RIGHT!"
Higurashi-san sighed. "Calm down. We have to be quiet in here, and yes, they will try their best to make her better."
He began pacing again. If Kagome wasn't healed and she died...those doctors would find their own tools shoved down their throats, and then they'd find themselves living in-
"Higurashi-san, Mr. Inu-yasha, we have her patched up," a nurse said, coming into the lobby.
"Is she going to live?" Inu-yasha asked harshly.
The nurse smiled brightly. "Kagome-san will survive, yes. She only has a long gash. It's not that deep."
"How long must she stay in the hospital?" Higurashi-san asked.
"The doctors only want to keep her in overnight."
"Can we see her now?" Inu-yasha asked, trying to calm his voice.
"Oh yes, this way please." The nurse said.
On the way, the nurse smiled at Inu-yasha. "You and Kagome-san must have a very intimate relationship! She was moaning your name the whole time!" she said.
Inu-yasha blushed and the nurse giggled. Opening a door, she said, "Here we are."
Inu-yasha went in. "Kagome?"
She lay on a bed, smiling at him. "Hey Inu-yasha. Where's Mom?"
"She said she's going to stay in the lobby," he said and sat in a chair.
"You can leave now, thank you," Kagome said to the nurse. The nurse smiled and turned, closing the door behind her.
"How are you feeling?" Inu-yasha asked.
"Like Hell."
He smirked. "Cute, really."
She smiled. "You're alright, aren't you?"
"Feh. I got away with only a scratch."
"Once I get home, we'll go back and start looking for the shards and Naraku again. I don't want to keep you waiting."
Inu-yasha scoffed. "You're really something, aren't you? Feh. My happiness...right."
"What do you mean?"
Inu-yasha blushed, realizing what he just said. "Um...nothing."
"You're blushing... This isn't nothing." She sat up.
"Ack! Don't do that!" he said and jumped up. "You have to lay down, my god, do you really want to open the wound again? Stupid girl!" he said and helped her lay back down again. He covered her up. "That's better."
Kagome blushed as he was so close to her.
"What's your problem?" he asked, five inches away from her face. "You don't have a fever or anything, right?" He laid a hand on her forehead.
She blushed redder and shook her head furiously. "I'm fine!" she squeaked.
"You sure sound weird."
"Must be from the blood loss," she said, laughing weakly.
"You should have lots of blood left, the way you're blushing," he said, pulling away and crossing his arms. He smirked. "Something's up with you... Now what is it, hmm?"
"N-nothing!" she stammered, heat rising into her cheeks again. She pulled the blanket up to her nose, trying to conceal her face. "Um, how's Kikyo?" she asked weakly.
He looked to the side, glaring. "You won't have to worry about her anymore."
Kagome saw the sadness in his eyes. "I'm sorry," she said.
"It's not your fault. I warned her and she didn't care. I don't care, either, I mean, now I won't have to worry about her, and you and me can..." He blushed. "Um, never mind what I just said, I'm just rambling now and AGH!" he yelled, clutching at the sides of his head.
Kagome giggled, blushing. "Come here, Inu-yasha."
He glanced at her and went to her side. "What?"
She put her arms around his neck. "Whatever you want, Inu-yasha, it's your decision."
He blushed again. "Feh. I don't see why you care about me so much."
"Because Inu-chan, you're my friend. You're my very best dog-hanyou friend, okay? I want you to be happy."
He pulled away and looked at her. "Then Kagome...?"
"Yes Inu-yasha?"
"Just let me..." His face came closer.
HA HA! CLIFFHANGER! BECAUSE I'M AN EVIL BITCH AND I KNOW IT! HA HA HA!
