The Flowers That Keep Us Alive
I don't own Inu-tachi. And I'm 0.000000004956 percent closer to owning Tessaiga. And I STILL totally wish it was true.
READ: I know the flowers haven't played a big role yet. But I've got their part coming.
Duh. Kagome is sooo going to get together with Inuyasha... I've just got strange ways of doing it. Really strange ways.
"Let... go..."
"Not until you listen to me!"
"Just do it... it hurts, Inuyasha..." He gave a sort of nod and let her go. She started to lose her balance and Inuyasha took hold of her before she could fall.
"Please listen to me, Kagome..."
"You listen to me first," Kagome didn't let him respond, just turned to face him, wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed him. "I'm sorry. I believe you... just... tell me what happened, please."
"It's okay," he brought her into a hug and stayed there like that as he talked. "After you left I put my shirt and haori back on, then went to go see if Shippou was really following your orders. He fell asleep, so I snuck out. I had to see what you were going after, I didn't want you killed. So I followed your scent, and it got mixed with Kikyou's, so I followed hers because I knew that's who you were going after. I figured you'd already gotten to her, so I ran, in case anything happened... but when I got there you weren't there... and she was trying to persuade me to go with her, but I told her no, and she started to talk about how I was going to be with her when you showed up. I love you, Kagome! Not her!"
"I... Inuyasha, I love you too, and I believe you, but... I've got something to get."
"What is it?"
"I was originally going to get something else, but I just realized I've made a big mistake," She got out of their hug and turned, started to walk, but then turned around again. "You didn't hurt yourself, did you? With those wounds? Just stay there, okay?" Before he could answer she turned and ran in the direction they came.
"Uh, okay..." He just sat down, and was going to think about those two, and what he'd do, but his mind brought him to something else. Sit... I miss it. I miss it coming from her. I could always tell exactly how bad the situation was... maybe I'm just pathetic. I'm a hanyou, and I don't deserve a woman like her. And I've still got to give her this shard... looks like we only have a few shards to go. I wonder how we'll get Kohaku's shard. He'll die without it (AN: as far as I know), and Sango would hate us if we took it. I couldn't do it anyway. I'm a hanyou, one unworthy of having choices. It should be Kagome's choice to stay with me or not... right?
"Daydreaming, are you?"
Kikyou.
"Don't make me kill you."
"You'd kill me? The miko you loved fifty years ago (AN: actually, its something like fifty-two years now lol)? Oh, I was thinking this... birthday girl who just left can get a wonderful surprise on her birthday. We'll kill her."
"I knew you were lying, Inuyasha!"
"Kagome, this time you are staying!" he jumped and ran as fast as he could, catching her before she could even move. "I love you, Kagome!"
"You love this girl...? She doesn't belong here, Inuyasha. I've told both of you this before. You come from different times!"
"I DON'T CARE IF I LIVE FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AHEAD OF HIM, ME GOING THROUGH THE WELL WASN'T SOME ACCIDENT, I KNOW IT! I'M STAYING HERE, BECAUSE I LOVE INUYASHA MORE THAN YOU EVER COULD! YOU'RE JUST USING HIM!" She said the words without even realizing it. No matter how much she actually said she hated him, thought he lied, or anything else... the truth was hanging there somewhere. Now she'd said it, just because Kikyou was making a fool of her, and she wouldn't take it.
"And you're just using that stupid necklace to make him more like that... whoever guy!" Kagome made Inuyasha let go of her and turned her attention to Kikyou.
"Houjou?"
"Yes, whatever his name is!"
"Have you seen a necklace around my neck lately, Kikyou?" Kagome smiled. The hate he felt for Kikyou and the horrible way he had said her name seemed to make her happy. She knew it wasn't a nice thing to think... but it's not like it was a lie or anything. Deep inside herself, her hatred for Kikyou grew so much that if it weren't for Inuyasha, she'd pull an arrow out and kill her on the spot.
"How do you know about Houjou anyway!"
"Do you think I'm stupid?" Kagome thought to herself; Well, actually, yes I do. "If Inuyasha was talking with you, about something important, he never even noticed I was there! So I'd listen to your conversation. And of course, you aren't any close to being youkai, so you can't smell me, therefore when you were alone and talked to yourself I'd listen. It really helps, you know. I know your weaknesses."
"I knew you were there! But d'you really think I'd go after you, and leave Kagome feeling bad-?" Inuyasha spat at her.
"You... listen to me... I hate you. You must know everything, if you kept a close eye on me all the time."
"Almost all the time, anyway," Kikyou said. "You know, I had this good birthday present planned for you, but since you're here, it's coming early." I'll go for him first. She'll be hopeless without him by her side. Kikyou very carefully, but quickly, got her arrow ready and pointed straight at Inuyasha's heart.
"Inuyasha!" Kikyou fired, and Kagome jumped right in front of him, the flowers she went back to pick up right in front of her.
"Kagome! Ka... gome...?" Kagome fell on the ground, but wasn't hurt in any way - except for scratches from the ground when she fell- at all, and Kikyou's arrow fell to the ground.
"Inuyasha, look at the flowers... they're... glowing..." The flowers were indeed giving off a blue and pink type glow. Kagome picked the arrow up and tried to put the tip in the flowers, to test it, and the glow rejected the arrow. The arrow was rejected so hard it flew out of Kagome's hand.
"You'll pay for even trying to hurt Kagome!"
"You're going to kill me, I take it? Go ahead and try. Your heart won't let you."
"If he loves me it will!" Kagome shouted, and as soon as she could tell Kikyou was even thinking about hurting her or Inuyasha she made sure Kikyou saw the flowers. "I have arrows too, you know!"
"Maybe I'll hit you first."
"If my flowers let you!"
"Sankontessou!" Kikyou didn't see it coming and jumped, but got a scratch.
"Why don't you use your sword?"
"I'm not even going to risk it not hurting humans," Inuyasha shouted at her, as he took a leap for her; now his wounds were opening, Kagome seemed worried, but he just smirked and drew the blood out with his hand (AN: or whatever it is he does...). "If it doesn't work, I'm screwed! Hijinkessou blades of blood, as the English anime calls it!"
"Inuyasha! Your wounds!"
"I've realized that, don't you think!"
"Inuyasha, you dare try to kill me?" Kikyou got another arrow ready. "I've got you between my fingers." He looked behind him... a tree... not the same one as before, but... a tree... she'd really do it again. He didn't have the strength to jump, either. Kikyou shot her arrow, and Kagome jumped again with her flowers held out... but it was too late. The arrow had gave her a scratch since she was almost there, and gone right through Inuyasha into the tree.
"Kikyou! You, you... I'll finish you off!" But Kikyou stuck her finger at Kagome, and she was violently pushed back into the tree next to Inuyasha, right into a plant with the most thorns she'd ever seen.
"You won't do a thing to me, silly girl."
"I will kill you! I will... for Inuyasha! Nngh..." Kagome stood up and got her arrow ready as fast as possible. If she didn't go fast and stand the pain, Kikyou would get away. "You don't belong in this world! I do! You were already dead!" She shot her arrow at Kikyou, which glowed blue. It didn't hit her, since Kikyou moved, but the blue glow did hit her since Kikyou didn't have the strength to move too far away.
This... girl... has killed me... with an arrow, even... I will meet Inuyasha there.
"Inuyasha! Wake up, Inuyasha! You can survive, I know it... the Inuyasha I know would never give up!" Kagome turned, not even caring to watch Kikyou die, and yelled at the hanyou, on the ground, pinned to the tree. "If you don't wake up... I'll just have to join you... Kikyou did damage to me, anyway... that plant... I'll... I'll see you... wherever we're going, Inuyasha. I will follow you." Kagome closed her eyes and cuddled up to the unconscious Inuyasha who was pinned to the tree.
Kagome, wake up... I can't do anything but sit here because of this arrow... curse it all, I think I've lost too much blood... I bled right through my bandages too... wake up and free me, Kagome! Then I can help you...
Inuyasha had regained consciousness... but as for Kagome... she was right next to him. It hadn't been a good day. She'd lost way too much blood, but Inuyasha couldn't figure out how. He hadn't been awake after Kikyou shot him with the arrow. It could be the plants, since they were blood stained all over. If she'd been hit by those... her chances were slim... she might already be gone, or, if someone came right on time-
She's holding the flowers still. Kagome's got a tight hold on the flowers. They... they saved her, haven't they...? I can... I know she's breathing... those flowers hold more than just a smell. They hold protection for her. They'll let her keep on living... but my question... is how...?
"K.." Holy crap that hurts. "Kagoommeee! Gnghha..." I've got to wake her up, no matter how much this hurts. I've gone through much more... I can wake her up, I know it... "K..Kag-g-ome... wake u-up... S-Sango... M-Miro-oku... Sh-Shippou... someo-one..."
What's that? Something is... smelling the ground...? Inuyasha also started to smell the air hoping to catch the scent of someone familiar. It's... Shippou!
"Sh-Shippou..."
"Eh?" Shippou appeared from behind the tree and stared at Inuyasha. "Inuyasha! What happened to Kagome! Are you two alright!"
"Do we l-look al-alright? W-wake K-Kagome up.. s-she... she's the o-only one who has the p-power to take the a-arrow out..."
"Umm... okay... um... Kagomee! Kagomee!" Shippou called her name over and over, transformed into many different things, and nothing ever happened. Inuyasha finally decided to say something, talking was killing him... but if he didn't, if he was wrong about the flowers, it would literally kill Kagome.
"KAGOME!" She didn't gain consciousness, but he saw the flowers begin to glow again, only this time purple. Once he looked down at the arrow in his chest, he saw that it had also started to glow a purple color.
"W-what's going on...?" Shippou stuttered as the glow around the arrow expanded. Shippou turned to look at Kagome, Inuyasha followed Shippou's gaze, and they saw that Kagome was also starting to glow purple. But she never woke up... she was just glowing with the arrow and flowers.
"Nggh! What is that!" Inuyasha could feel a pain in his chest, and when he turned to look at the arrow, he discovered that at was gone. Instead, it was lying on the dirt in front of him and he was now glowing, but everything stopped giving off the purple glow after the arrow was out.
"Inuyasha, I think... I think... maybe she saw the arrow or something, and now she's having a dream, or something..."
"O-of course she s-saw the a-arrow!"
"Well, I don't know what happened!"
"M-move." Inuyasha put his hand where the arrow was in pain and slowly stood up, thankful his other wounds had stopped bleeding, and caught Kagome before she fell to the ground since she was leaning up against him.
"Kagome!" Shippou jumped around, occasionally jumping into the cold air and transforming into something cute. Nothing woke her up... but she was still breathing. Inuyasha picked her up in both arms and tried to cover her legs best with his long sleeve. As long as she was alive, he'd find a way to wake her up. There was one thing not left unnoticed, of course. She was still holding the flowers.