The Flowers That Keep Us Alive
I don't own Inu-tachi. And I'm 0.000000000005 percent closer to owning Tessaiga. And I totally wish it was true.
READ: Yes, I know Kagome and Inuyasha were a bit out of character in chapter (6?) ... and... I was kind of doing it on purpose. Kagome said "shut up" playfully (its hard to make it sound how they mean it in writing) and Inuyasha said sorry... for... umm... I dunno. cause he's getting closer with Kagome? Whatever. AND THANK YOU LOVELY PEOPLE! I love you all sooo much (NOT THAT WAY!) for reviewing. Really. Oh, and I got the 3rd movie! Finally! Now I have those 3, and once movie 4 is translated ill get it too . Also won Inuyasha manga 17 or 18 (brain damage) on eBay! It's a lucky time for me :) And I have 40.00 to spend at the mall on Inuyasha stuff (getting manga 5 and cards for SURE!)
AND AHHHHHHHH! Inuyasha said osuwari has saved him before! AHHHHHH! Creepy.. well... it's my plot for them getting 'closer'. whee! AND NO, I don't do lemons. :P
"Things have happened so quick, Inuyasha... I feel like something's wrong. Usually people date each other for a long time, then they start getting closer and closer..." Kagome said, rolling over on her side to face him. "It just seems... wrong..."
"If you think about it, we've been together almost two years, you know... oh... yes, right, um," He stared at her, sort of blushed - which Kagome giggled at - and then said something after she didn't speak. "It's your birthday in... uhh... three days I think..."
"Yes! Thank you for remembering! Anyway..." She sort of paused and her expression went from excited to sort of... scared. "Is... Sango... here? Or did she really leave yesterday night? You know, after we killed Naraku. I was... actually... kind of hoping it was a nightmare, you know."
"Oh... well, she really left. To go find Kohaku. Miroku left too... don't know where he went, don't really care..."
"Oh, you'll miss him. Trust me. He may have been perverted but he was always there for us."
"Shippou stayed."
"Well, duh."
"It's like... never mind..."
"It's like he's our child."
"Our... ch... gahyayahh... it's no different from before," Inuyasha said, finding a way to quickly change the subject. "I never thought this day would come."
"A child?"
"NO! Defeating Naraku!"
"You mean you didn't think you'd win?"
"No, I mean, it just seemed kind of... I can act tough but every time I'm out there he's a match for me. You saw me... I still have those wounds."
"That's why we're in a bed together."
"You didn't have to come, you know! It was just ME until you came in here!"
"I'm not accusing you of anything, it's actually kind of nice, you know...? Oh, and I did get Naraku's shard... it's in my backpack..."
"...and Kouga, he was pretty quick. You told him off."
"It's not like I was lying, if he really wanted me that bad and got me we'd just have hanyous running around. Stupid hanyous."
"Ar-"
"No, I'm not saying hanyous are stupid. I'm saying his hanyous would be stupid," Kagome told him. "Let me look at your wounds, Kaede's gone out."
"Keh. Fine. What'd you do, shove her out?"
"No, of course not," she said as she sat up, pulled the blanket off, and got her first aid kit from her backpack while Inuyasha sat up. "But it's nice being near you. Alone..."
"Alooooh..."
"Just lie down on your back and let me see those wounds," Inuyasha removed his haori and shirt (whatever it is) then lied down on his stomach revealing his back to Kagome, who turned and had fresh new bandages. "Gosh, how long were you fighting him?"
"Well.. ouch... the day I left I was searching - OUCH! - all day for him... and then OUCH the next day I OUCH found him OUCH and started kicking his OUCH butt (yes, please replace this with his colorful dictionary language ) and then OUCH I started getting OUCH tired and OUCH - oh, thank goodness that's over with - and so anyway I got tired and eventually ran to hide for the night, then started again the next morning then you came."
"I just had this feeling... and for some reason my mouth just automatically said Inuyasha and I knew something was wrong. So I had to come..."
"In the end, it may have been me who 'killed' him, but if you hadn't arrived I'd probably be dead... Anyway... I wanted to talk to you," Inuyasha told her. "Do you hate me?"
"Why would I hate you? I could never hate you!"
"There are just times when I can be so mean to you... and you know I don't mean it, but I grew up that way and it's really hard to stop..."
"I know... it's okay, you've told me this... too many times... I thought it was Kikyou at first..."
"D-do you hate me for that? 'Cause... I don't mean to... y'know... it's just hard to forget."
"I know," Kagome said. "Hard to forget those you hate, love, and in your case... used to love. You're an addition to the list."
"Y-yeah... that sort of garbage..." After this he just sort of fell silent and just stayed there, lying on the blankets.
It's my fault he's remembering this. He wasn't even thinking of it until I brought it up. Even now I don't know what he's currently thinking... it's probably about me or Kikyou, but which is the real question. He's probably remembering lots of horrible memories... and it's all my fault...
Inuyasha could hear Kagome doing something behind him, whatever it was was the actual question. But with his luck, he'd stand up, turn, and ask what she was doing, then end up getting hurt in some way because he wasn't allowed to see.
"Kagome, what the heck are you do-?" Next thing he knew, her face was so close to his, next to it... her upper body was on his cold exposed back, careful not to hurt him; her right arm on the floor; her left on his shoulder; and her legs on the floor.
"Are you tired, Inuyasha?"
"A little... didn't get much sleep, wounds were bothering me. Are you... cold?"
"Oh, yeah, I guess so... I picked the wrong time to wear a skirt..."
"It's really bloody, but you can cover your legs with my haori if you want."
"I've told you before, I'm not disgusted by your blood, Inuyasha. I just hate seeing it because it means one thing- you're not doing too good."
Inuyasha awoke to find that Kagome wasn't by him, but her scent still was, so she must've gotten up not too long ago. But that extra bit of sleep had done him good. Usually he got up and stayed up once he first awoke in the morning, but this time was different.
"Inuyasha! You are up!" Kagome was standing right behind him, and he started to sit up to face her.
"You got up before me...?"
"Apparently!"
"That's something new." He was now sitting, facing Kagome, with his arms crossed.
"Oh, and I washed your haori, you know, to get the blood off... and your white shirt... gosh, that one was a pain."
"What'd you wash it with?"
"Just got some stuff from back home (AN: dunno what kind of products they use in Tokyo)," She smiled and put the neatly folded haori and shirt in her hands on the blanket. "Can we stay for another day? You know, before we go and get the shards..."
"No."
"Please, Inuyasha? For meee? Kaaaggoommeee..?"
"Fine. Only one day," He stood up, wincing a bit at the pain of his wounds, then started to walk in the exit of the hut, but started to fall over.
"Inuyasha!" It was (of course) none other than Kagome who dropped all the food in her hands on the floor and ran to support him.
"Thank you... Kagome..."
"Inuyasha," she supported him all the way out of the hut, and once out they both looked around for Shippou. "D'you think Sango-chan will come back? At least to visit?"
"M... maybe after she find Kohaku..."
"Inuyasha, you aren't doing well... those wounds must be pretty bad... we'll have to stay more than a day, Inuyasha. Even as a hanyou, making you part youkai, those wounds won't heal that fast."
"It's okay, Kagome. Don't worry about me... and we've got to set out for the shards."
"I'm sorry. I just can't help it... and not if you are still like th..."
"Kagome?"
"Stay in the hut, Inuyasha. I'll take you in there," Kagome turned as quickly as possible and supported him all the way through the hut, and once she got to the blanket leaned down and let him sit there. "Stay."
"Kagome... what is it...?"
"Osuwari! Oh, yeah, that doesn't work anymore... just promise you'll stay, please..."
"Tell me why..?"
"I can't. Just promise."
"I'm not promising anything, but it's not like I'll get anywhere anyway like this."
"That's... good enough for me, right now. It's all I can get out of you," Kagome just turned and left he hut again, leaving Inuyasha alone. "Shippou! Shippou, where are you..."
"Right here, Kagome!" She turned and looked down to see Shippou at her feet.
"I won't ask where you've been, but, keep an eye out and make sure Inuyasha doesn't leave. If Kaede comes, tell her Inuyasha's in there and I'm sorry and I'll be right back. Okay?"
"Got it!"
"Good," Kagome bent down and picked up her bow and arrows which were leaning against the hut's wall. "These might come in handy if anything gets tried on me." Now... where did it go?
Hours of searching still left Kagome with no luck. Or so it seemed like hours. She'd lost track of it. But she'd keep on searching for it, maybe find another one and follow it to her. If he was with her, she'd never forgive him. Sure, maybe she'd said that before too, but she was sure of it this time. She'd never forgive him. She saw another one float in the sky, this time it wasn't holding one of them, but she followed it anyway for about ten minutes. Then she started to get tired and almost gave up... I'll find her the thing finally plunged down into the forest, and Kagome took a deep breath. She slowly took a step, then walked in the direction at normal pace. What she saw, was in one of the top five worst things she could ever see.
"Inuyasha... I'll NEVER forgive you for this one!" It was Inuyasha... with Kikyou... he'd lied to her...
"Kagome!"
"AND I MEAN IT THIS TIME! Take your stupid shard," Kagome ripped the shard so hard off the necklace broke and she threw the shard on the ground. "Let Kikyou collect them for you! I'm going home! I know it won't work, but to let you know how I feel, so you can see the damage it would cost you... OSUWARI! OSUWARIOSUWARIOSUWARIOSUWARIOSUWARIOSUWARI! OSUWARI!" Inuyasha could feel the pain in her heart, the damage he caused... but she didn't even know the truth of the matter, since she didn't listen to him. She just turned and stormed off in a rage.
"Inuyasha... she's left... now you can come with me," Kikyou was talking to Inuyasha, but once she realized he wasn't paying attention, just looking in the direction Kagome had left, she raised her voice. "Forget that girl! She never belonged here, she was just in the way!"
"K... Kagome... Kagome!"
"Inuyasha! Remember when you told me all of those things and cared for me?"
"This... this is why I don't like you anymore! You only care about yourself! And you tried to kill Kagome on more than one occasion!"
"I've also helped you save her many times."
"Only because it was in MY benefit! Only because YOU wanted me to thank you for helping me, then come along with you! For all I know, you're just a lie! You were probably just using me from square one so I'd become a human and you could live a normal life as a woman without a jewel to guard!"
"Don't you want me to help you get the shards?"
"NO! I want KAGOME to get those shards! It's not even about the shards anymore!" Inuyasha shouted as he bent down to pick the shard up. "I'll have to bring these to her."
"Inuyasha, aren't you coming with me..? You considered it once..."
"NO!" After that he ran off in Kagome's direction.
"That girl is who he seeks..." Kikyou muttered to herself, also talking to one of her Shinidamachuu (AN: Unfortunately I had to go to a Kikyou lover's site to get this information). "I'll just have to try harder to kill her, now won't I?"
(Sorry if Kikyou was OOC, I'm not big on her character and don't know her well. I like making her look like an idiot though)
"Kagoomee!"
"Don't even think of following me!" Kagome spat as she ran faster, even though she knew it was almost too easy to catch up to her and stop her. "You lied to me!"
"You didn't even listen to my side of the story!"
"Oh, so I can believe your new lie and make up with you? And then get in another fight, and get back together again? It's not going to happen! Everything's just been lies, hasn't it? I want to stay with you, but not if you're going to be with her. I'm going to get my backpack, then I'm leaving. Stay here, I have to give you something before I go."
"Do you want the shards-?"
"Give them to Kikyou! She'll help you find the rest of them!"
"NO, Kagome!" This isn't how it was supposed to go. Not at all. She won't even listen to me. I'll have to stop her by force. Inuyasha ran after her and grabbed her by the waist from behind once he got to her.
"Stop... it! I don't," Kagome's thoughts were interrupted; did she really not want him? "Let go.. of me... go with Kikyou... just let me give you..."
"But do you really want me to go with Kikyou? You don't even know why I was there!"
"You were there to see her, you were talking to her!"
"Did you hear what I said?"
"Well no, and I can't exactly ask her because she'll probably try to kill me... but you'll lie to me."
"I wouldn't lie to you. I n... okay, well, there have been times but not about anything as important as this."
"Just go with her and let me go!" Kagome shouted as she continued struggling, but Inuyasha wouldn't let go. "You were going to go with her before!"
"I was wrong, okay!"
"Just let me go..."
"Kagome, I was wrong! I ended up not going with her anyway!"
"Only because I wanted to stay!"
"I wanted you to stay, too! I had a lot on my mind! But I know now..."
"Let me go..."
"I love you, and only you..."
"Let... go..."