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Chapter 10: Kikyo
Kagome awoke to find InuYasha gone.
She had fallen asleep in his arms. 'That was the perfect end to a perfect day..' She thought before returning to the matter at hand.
She quietly exited the hut, and her face paled at the sight. Kikyo's soul gathering youkai.
"Oh no." she said, letting silent tears well up in her eyes. She needed to go see what he was doing. She didn't care that she might be hurt, she needed to see him.
She quietly ran into the forest, making sure not to draw any attention. She came up to Goshinboku. In the clearing she saw InuYasha and Kikyo, staring at each other in silence.
Neither seemed to notice her presence, so she hid behind a tree and watched.
Koga thought that due to the two girls' recent improvement, he would reward them.
He walked up quietly and tapped them on the shoulder. They turned to him as their faces lit up.
"Koga!" they said together as they hugged him. Realizing what they were doing, they let go and looked up at him again.
"Ya, girls you have been doing...uh...you have improved in your chores in the past few days, and...uh..." he scratched his head in embarrassment.
"I was wondering if you would like to come along on one of my solitary hunting trips..?"
They were so happy they could burst.
"Well...do you?" Koga asked, getting impatient.
"Of course! Thank you Koga!" They said hugging him once more, but didn't break off.
Koga began to blush at the other wolves staring at him, so he pushed them off.
"Fine, be awake and have your morning chores done by dawn." He said walking off, trying to dissolve the furious blush on his cheeks before someone saw him.
The girls could barely attain their excitement, but agreed it would be childish to jump and scream in happiness in front of everyone.
They smiled and got back to cleaning.
Koga came up to the waterfall and deciding to take a bath.
It was dark, so he had to be very alert of approaching enemy.
He took out his ponytail and stepped under the cold water.(A/N: Isn't it hard to imagine him with his hair down? I can never really picture it in my head!)
The water was nice, he had been out running more often now, to get away, and not just from Ichiatsui and Kihana, but he was getting paranoid on how many of his pack had already mated.
'Kagome..' He thought of her instantly. There was a few pretty wolf demons that lived in his pack, but he had always felt strongly for Kagome. 'She would bear such strong, healthy pups. She will be my woman. She just doesn't know it yet.'
Kagome tried to wipe away her tears, as she knew InuYasha would smell the salt.
"InuYasha. You have come to accept my offer?" Kikyo asked with her usual emotionless eyes almost (almost) flickering with some hope that she would hear what she wanted to.
"What offer?" InuYasha said, slightly cocking his head in suspicion.
"Have you decided to come to hell with me?" Kikyo asked once again, moving closer to InuYasha.
Before he could answer, she put her fingers on his lips to silence him. She removed her fingers and kissed him.
"What? No!This can't be happening!' Kagome thought, wanting to run away and wake up from this dream, but it wasn't a dream, it was real. Her legs wouldn't move. Tears were welling up in her eyes again.
"Don't worry, I'll rid this world of my wretched incarnation soon enough." Kikyo said to InuYasha, just so he could hear.
InuYasha was staring at her in shock. He finally chocked out:
"Wha-What?" He asked moving away.
Kikyo held her bow in position and faced towards the forest and let her arrow free.
Kagome was crying, and she knew Kikyo was going to take InuYasha to hell now, and InuYasha was going to just let her. He was going to forget about her. She just wanted to run away. Praying to the gods that her legs would move, she stepped from the tree, in the path of the arrow and ran.
Koga turned as he smelt something.
'Whats that?' he thought as he sniffed to decipher the scent.
'Kagome? Tears? Oh no.' he thought as he rushed towards the scent.
"What did that dog-shit do now Kagome?" He thought out loud.
He sped up his pace as he smelt Kagome moving away.
'Where is she running?' he thought. He could only hope she wasn't hurt.
InuYasha couldn't move. He saw Kagome running, teary eyed, and he saw the arrow. Why couldn't he move?
He tried to stop the mixed emotions he felt and ran after the arrow. At least he could save her.
He ran after the arrow and jumped forward to get in it's path.
Koga came to a sliding halt as he saw Kagome emerge from the woods. Far off, but there. He mentally sighed in relief and ran after her.
InuYasha called Kagome's name, but she didn't look back.
Silence.
Koga stared at Kagome a dozen metres in front of him in fear, sadness and anger all at once.
(Slow-mo)
InuYasha yelled Kagome's name as the arrow headed for her. She turned to bid him a farewell glance.
Then it hit her. She felt overwhelming pain in her abdomen. She coughed up a little blood and before she hit the ground, tears streamed down her face and she said something that even InuYasha barely heard.
"I'm sorry." She fell to the ground and blacked out completely.
InuYasha screamed her name once more as he ran up to get her.
Kagome awoke in the forest and felt InuYasha's strong, warm arms wrapped around her tightly.
"Kagome, I love you, I always have, don't ever leave me." He said.
Kagome turned to him and he kissed her. She gasped slightly as his tongue pushed her bottom lip, asking for permission to enter her mouth. She opened her mouth and welcomed the kiss.
She had never been kissed before. Is his what it was like? She felt millions of emotions overwhelming her. Most of all, love.
She broke the kiss and looked into his beautiful amber eyes.
"I promise, if you do the same." she whispered.
"I promise." he said and kissed her again.
Kagome felt his presence dissipate as darkness overcame the scenery that once surrounded her.
She screamed InuYasha's name out. She was alone.
"Kagome!" InuYasha screamed. He cradled her in his arms as he feared what might have happened.
Koga ran up and yelled they had to get to the priestess Kaede where Kagome could be treated.
InuYasha knew that. He got up and ran again towards Kaede's hut. Koga was right beside him running. Now was no time to fight.
InuYasha was more scared than he had ever been.
He didn't know how Kagome felt. All he knew is that she deserved to be with someone better than a dirty half-breed, but she stayed anyway. She cared for him. He thought that he was more than blessed to have her. He knew he loved her.
Koga looked at Kagome, then InuYasha, then back towards his pack. 'No. It's not meant to be. I need to give up my childish dreams.'
Koga stopped.
InuYasha came to a halt, almost crying, then sniffed for danger.
"What are you doing?" He asked demandingly.
"Kagome. She belongs with you. I can see that now." He paused and looked down.
"Take care of her." he said and turned towards his cave's direction. He ran.
InuYasha paused for a split second.
'Wha?' He continued running.
He smiled at the way Koga said it.
"She belongs with you." InuYasha had Kagome all to himself.
He started excelling his speed as he became closer to Kaede's hut.
Koga ran towards his cave.
"Kagome was sort of like a infatuation. I was never meant to be with her." He told himself.
It was true, and he knew it. He just refused to admit it. Kagome was his friend. That was all. He knew she was too pure to be bitter towards him.
Thats why he loved her. He did love her. Just not in a way that would fit someone like her. He would probably never love her as InuYasha does. 'You can see it in his eyes. I would kill for Kagome, but InuYasha would die for her.'
He ended his thoughts and smiled when he walked in to find Ichiatsui and Kihana walking back to the women's den. Tomorrow was their hunting trip.
He smiled. 'I can't wait.'
Muahaha!I am the most evillest person in my house!
I thought that it was nice that Koga finally gave up on Kagome loving him that way. It was time for him to move on...to two little caffeine hyped friends of mine who would definitly murder me if I didn't put them with Kog-... I mean...WHOOPS!SHUTTING UP!NEW SUBJECT! (my little friends being Rose and Emily...:rolls eyes: ...ah...caffeine...)
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P.s. treelovr appears twice because they reviewed chappie 1 and 2...just so you know...
Anyway! I was hoping to dedicate this chapter to my friend Emily!
So I may just be really selfish (but I don't think I am...or I hope not...) But I look around, and I'm seeing people with 10 chapters and they have over 100 reviews...which makes me feel unspecial...so if you are reading this, please review and make me a very happy person! (My update is still at five...but I might update two chapters if I got more...:rolls eyes innocently:)
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