Red Roses
Chapter One
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha…or…any other character. But, some of us know otherwise.
Finally got around to making a new story! Yay! Before I start I want to say thanks to all those people who have been with me from the beginning. And chapter one is dedicated to those who have! (You know who you are)
Red Roses
"Inuyasha where are you?" Kagome climbed out of the well, "I'm back!" She stumbled across the green grasses and searched around, "Inuyasha?" Her hair danced in the wind. And Inuyasha sat afar, watching her with a slight smile on his face. He knew that she would see him some time soon enough…
She starting coming closer to him, and Inuyasha then looked away acting as if he never knew where she was. "Inuyasha!" Kagome's cheerful voice raced through Inuyasha's ears.
"Kagome! Er…when did you get here?"
"I just came through the well, silly! You didn't hear me calling for you?" She reached for his ears to rub them and he slapped her hand away gently.
"Uh…No? And there might be people around…"
"That's odd, you have very good hearing." She gave him an odd look in her mind, "What ever…so…what've you been up to?"
"Thinking…"
Inuyasha looked up at the sky as clouds flew by slowly, as did time. Then things got quiet, and Kagome laid herself down on the grass. "Remember when…Sango was sick, and you helped take care of her?" Kagome asked picking at the grass, somehow that reminded her of it.
"Yea…"
"You stayed by her side, like you usually wouldn't." She smirked to a side, "It was nice."
"I was just trying to make the wench stop whining."
"What ever you say, Inuyasha…"
Kagome stood up and headed off behind Inuyasha into the woods, leading back to Kaede's hut where Sango and Miroku would be talking about their last encounter with Sesshomaru.
It was a confusing one, he struck Inuyasha on his left cheek and said he'd be back and took off. Such a cold heart. 'I wonder why Inuyasha isn't like Sesshomaru…' Kagome thought and brushed her fingers through her soft silky black hair. "Kaede's hut?" Inuyasha said, interrupting her thoughts.
"Yeah. Sango and Miroku said they'd be there. You coming?"
"Sure. Nothing better to do now that my half brother plans on returning sometime soon…I won't rest until he's stopped."
"Well, you should be resting at normal hours because he's resting then, too."
"Not necessarily. That's what he wants us to think, Kagome. That way he can kill you in your sleep. Do you want to be killed?"
"…What ever, Inuyasha." She then began her walk back to Kaede's hut with Inuyasha following close behind.
"I suppose it he would be determined to protect her reincarnation to make sure nothing more happens, yes…but I think he's not only protecting her so much just because of that." Sango was saying, continuing the conversation.
"Of course. He doesn't want to show his feelings, either. So, Inuyasha does it in a cruel way, yelling." Miroku didn't want to be mean, even though Inuyasha wasn't around, but what he said was true, no denying it.
"Miroku, has it been around enough time for Kagome to do her essays and come back yet?" Sango asked, and then coughed.
"Yeah. She should be arriving any moment now, Sango, my dear."
"I've got fresh ramen for you all, is Inuyasha coming along with her?" Kaede asked coming back from outside of the hut, and sitting back down at the table.
"I don't think so. But he'll probably want to have come…" Sango glanced outside, "I think I see her."
"Is Inuyasha with her?" Miroku tried looking out the door, but he couldn't see from his angle.
"I can't tell." Sango was half way standing out of her seat; she sat back down when she noticed Kagome look in her direction.
"Are you two planning on talking to her about something you don't want Inuyasha around to hear?" Kaede had suspicion.
"Well…" Miroku hesitated, and then he nodded. "Yea."
"What is it?" Kaede continued her question.
"I think…we think…when Sesshomaru comes back…he's going to hurt Kagome." Sango rested her head on her arm, and then she put her finger over her mouth and nodded to the door.
"Ahh…I see, you would like some ramen!" Kaede said and laughed, she too was nodding towards the door.
"Ramen? Sounds good to me." Inuyasha said sitting down and making himself comfortable.
"Kaede! How are you?" Kagome said running up to hug the elder.
"Where's my hug?" Miroku smirked and took a bite out of the ramen. "It's nice to see you again, Kagome."
"Mhm…I've been meaning to talk to you about some things, Kagome." Sango said, talking professionally.
"What is it?" Kagome asked.
"Uh…could we go outside for it?" Sango stood up and walked toward the door. Inuyasha looked confused and curious.
"Do I get to follow?" Inuyasha asked, "I'd like to know…"
"No!" Miroku said, "I mean…you can stay here and talk to me!"
"Yeah. That's what I really want to do today, Monk." Inuyasha's expression was blank. "Fine. I'll stay here."
Kagome and Sango stood outside of the hut and Sango started whispering, "We've been meaning to talk to you about Sesshomaru. And how he's going to come back. We think he's going to come back for well…you. To kill you."
Kagome stared into Sango's eyes, she was serious, but why would they come to that conclusion? She sighed and took Sango's hand, "Then…what am I supposed to do?"
Sango hesitated, "Stay away from Inuyasha."
"What?" Kagome yelled it. At the top of her lungs.
Her best friend, Sango, began pacing, she looked down at the grass, "Inuyasha will want to protect you, you see…and Sesshomaru will want to hurt you. In the process, both you and Inuyasha get hurt!"
"But what if he's not even going to come for me? You all could be making a mistake." Her reply was cool, and yet still scared. Sango hurt for her, but she was too scared and confused herself. Why is he coming back, anyway?
"Oh, but what if I am, Kagome?" Sesshomaru was quiet enough to stand not too far away from the girls to listen to the conversation. And he put his hand on her shoulder, and she immediately screamed.
And as an automatic reaction, Inuyasha ran outside to see if she was okay. When he saw her standing there still, he was worried, and then looking to his right seeing Sesshomaru- even worse, touching her. He was enraged. "Get your filthy hands off of her you wimp!"
"What's wrong, puppy? Don't want me touching your woman?" He cackled and ran his fingers quickly against Kagome's back, leaving lines of blood and rips in the shirt.
"Kagome!" He ran to her, as she fell to the ground. Bleeding.
"She cannot die from such a small injury, now can she?" Sesshomaru pushed his Half-Brother away, "Let me finish, Puppy!" He took his sword and stabbed Inuyasha through his shoulder, giving Sesshomaru enough time to finish while Inuyasha held his shoulder and examined quickly.
Sesshomaru took the hilt of his sword and dug deeper into one of Kagome's wounds, and grinded it farther in. Inuyasha ran toward Sesshomaru and got his claws ready to strike. He took a quick strike at his face, trying to get over the eye but only got from the cheek down to his neck. "Nice try, Puppy." Sesshomaru smiled, "You can't kill me, Inuyasha…I was always the stronger one." His smile grew and he quickly pinned Inuyasha onto the ground, turning his neck in an awkward position, knocking him unconscious for at least another minute.
"That will deal with him…" He stood there, Sango watching everything without even moving. This wasn't normal for her. Seeing Kagome in pain was too much for her, surprisingly. So, Sesshomaru took another strike at the helpless Kagome and cut her up all down her body, leaving blood drawn out all over now, blood-stained grass.
Kagome was having trouble breathing by this point, and Inuyasha was awakening.
"I am done here." Sesshomaru took one last kick at Kagome, and ran off.
"COME BACK HERE, YOU!" Inuyasha yelled, running after him, not worrying about his injuries. When he finally realized he wasn't going to catch him, he leaped off back to Kagome and held her in his arms. "Kagome? Are you alright?"
"Inu…yasha…" Her eyes fluttered open and shut, barely breathing. "I'm sorry…"
"Shut up, wench! Don't waste your breath on me!" He was having trouble breathing, himself, but that wasn't mattering. His trouble wasn't from injuries, it was from his heart. Why won't the tears come?
"Inuyasha…let's get her inside." Kaede said, coming out, "Sango…are you okay?" Kaede said noticing the pale girl, standing in shock.
Inuyasha carried her inside into the nicely made bed of straw and wool. "It's gonna be okay, Kagome…"
"Inu…yasha…"
"Shut up!"
Her eyes gently shut.
…No. No way. I'm not letting her die. "KAGOME?" He put his head to her heart.
Hoping, preying, in his head…that god wasn't the evil demon he always thought he was.
There were still no tears…and yet…
Barely any heart beat.
"Kagome…" Inuyasha sat down in the small wooden chair behind him and pulled it closer to the bed, "You can't hear me…can you? Well, please don't die on me. I'm not losing you again…I'm not going to lose anyone."
Kaede came in the room with Miroku, Sango was laying down with a rag over her head to rest. "Is everything alright with her, I suppose?" Miroku asked, peering over Inuyasha's shoulder.
"No! She's unconscious!" Inuyasha answered, "You fucking idiot!"
Kaede rolled her eyes, "Inuyasha…relax. Miroku came by, he wants his drama back."
"Hey!" Miroku protested. "…Thanks?"
(A/n: Omg that was so uncalled for. Heheh, but I wanted her to diss someone in this story. Lol)
"Is she going to be okay?" Inuyasha asked, looking at Kagome. "I think I was too hard on her…"
"Miroku, go fetch some water we can sponge over dear Kagome." She nodded toward the door. "And Inuyasha…" She sighed, "This is going to be hard for you…but I'm going to have to ask you to leave her be for a while. The woman needs her rest! A young priestess at rest, do not disturb…she will be fine."
"…Why should I leave her alone? I can be quiet!"
"You should understand this, Inuyasha. She needs to it to be COMPLETELY quiet. None of your talking or upset outrages…"
"Fine." Inuyasha said and brushed his fingers across Kagome's now, cold, rosey cheeks. "I'll be back later Kagome, I promise…"
Kaede and Inuyasha both left the room. Miroku came in the door with a small bucket of warm water and a rag, "This should be interesting…" Kaede mumbled as he walked past.
Sorry, I got rid of the A/n in the beginning and the end, it dragged the story. Special sorries to those of thee I put in the A/n, Diana and Hy.
Next Update By: Sometime within a week. Sorry, been busy!
A kiss on her crimson lips
And she fights back the tears
With death just a moment away,
She preys to stay
I'll love you forever,
I promise
7.15.05
Yeah, I know this isn't the best impression of a first chapter to a story. But just give it a chance, I couldn't think of a good enough beginning and I promise it gets better. I've done other stories…they're pretty good too, just not in the beginning of Kagome's Trapped. Give this story a chance if you didn't enjoy it so far.