Chapter 12: Kagome awakens
Inuyasha was still lying on the bed up against Kagome, she was still in the same condition as before but Inuyasha was sure she would wake up soon. Everyone had gone out to eat so he and Kagome were alone. He sighed and closed his eyes. This had gotten so hectic in his life ever since he met Kagome, he never felt the need to be close to anyone before kitten came into his life and he wasn't upset that she did.
'Please wake up kitten…' Inuyasha pleaded and shifted Kagome so that she now faced him in the circle of his arms. Inuyasha trained his golden orbs on her and watched her brow furrow in her sleep. 'Are you having a bad dream?' Inuyasha wondered. Inuyasha stroked her wet hair; it's been wet for hours now. 'I don't understand kitten, what is happening to you, is it the ritual keeping you wet…please…help me understand!' Inuyasha thought in frustration and pressed his forehead against hers. Suddenly light shot behind his eyelids and Inuyasha gasped as he suddenly felt paralyzed. All went black…
Inuyasha felt it…the rain. The cold night air hit against his tanned skin and the rain soaked him. Inuyasha opened his eyes and found himself in an alley. 'How…?' Inuyasha wondered very confused. Then he smelled her…Kagome…. Inuyasha looked down at the huddled figure behind the trashcan. Kagome had her legs pulled up and her arms wrapped around them. She was shivering from the cold.
"Kagome…" Inuyasha said softly but Kagome didn't seem to here. He said her name again, louder this time but she didn't respond. "Is…this a memory?" Inuyasha whispered to himself.
I am a lo tech…
"Lo tech?" Kagome questioned. Yes…you must end your pain child if you want to be free…
"Free?" Kagome whispered to herself. Yes…kill yourself and it will end… "What will end?"
The Fear…
"My mysophobia?" Kagome shivered from the cold and wrapped her self up in her arms.
Yes, once you do you will become us, free…
"What are you…?"
Hope for the Demon Race…
Inuyasha could here the voice of the lo techs for the first time. "This is Kagome's memory…the day she…" Inuyasha trailed off watching Kagome.
"I don't understand!" Kagome said despairingly.
Didn't you ever wonder about why there are demons who seek heaven in the after life? Are they not monsters who deserve to be wiped out of existence?
"NO! Inuyasha…and all the other demons IVE met don't deserve that!" Kagome yelled out to the voice.
Exactly…which is why you must kill yourself…the only reason that demons are not the soulless, heartless beings they once were is because people like you and I kill ourselves for them, we take the ultimate risk for them, someone had to die for your lover to live…and now YOUR time has come…do it…kill yourself…
Inuyasha saw the look of determination on Kagome's face and shook his head slowly. 'Don't Kagome…' Inuyasha thought desperately.
"I see now…I don't fully understand but…I don't need to…I've always felt so useless with my phobia, I am not worthy of Inuyasha and this would be an honorable death…I don't care if it's my schizophrenia making me hear this voice…it feels right…" Kagome moved to get up but her legs collapsed beneath her. "Ah! I cant get up…" Kagome said weakly to herself.
You must get up, kill yourself now!
"No…" Inuyasha whispered. He watched as Kagome looked around for something to kill herself with.
"How!" Kagome called out to the voice.
You MUST get up! You must do it now!
Kagome tried desperately to get up but her efforts were in vain. "I-I can't! I—!" Kagome froze and Inuyasha's eyes widened when Kagome's body began to glow. Suddenly Kagome's body began to shift and change and Inuyasha watched in amazement as something glowing seemed to pull out of Kagome's side, clothes and all. Suddenly there next to the non glowing pale Kagome was an identical Kagome but with a glowing almost transparent body.
The glowing Kagome stood up and looked down at the now passed out Kagome. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON! Demanded the voice. The glowing Kagome made a dash out of the alley and Inuyasha gasped when everything went black again.
Inuyasha snapped his eyes open and moved his forehead away from Kagome's. He stared down at Kagome's sleeping form in wonder. "…Kagome…?" When she did nothing but sleep on Inuyasha looked away in thought. "Did…Kagome do that? Did she…separate the two souls in her body? So that Kagome I saw on the bridge…it was Kagome's extra soul…the one for the demon…but why does Kagome not have the mark?" Inuyasha wondered still confused.
Inuyasha sighed tiredly but stiffened when he felt Kagome shift. Inuyasha looked down at her in surprised as she mumbled and shifted again. She slowly opened her eyes and looked up at Inuyasha in shock. The two stared at each other wide eyed and then suddenly Kagome screamed happily. "INUYASHA!" Kagome yelled and threw her arms around his neck.
"K-KAGOME! You're awake!" Inuyasha yelled. He returned her hug happily and smiled into her hair. "And…you're hugging me…you mean you aren't scared?"
Kagome pulled away slowly and Inuyasha immediately regretted bringing that fact up. Now that she realized that she was touching someone she might not touch me again. Inuyasha thought sadly. But he was surprised to see Kagome looking up at him pleadingly.
"Inuyasha! I was so scared! Please! Don't ever be scared to touch me again!" Kagome hugged him around the neck again and Inuyasha stared off behind her in shock.
"Wh-Why were you scared?" asked Inuyasha.
"Because…I thought no one cared about me! After Miroku…and Sango…I-I thought that if I died I could help someone but as I was about to fall I saw you and I regretted my decision as I fell! I was scared I'd never see you again! Please! Don't leave me!" Kagome pleaded.
Inuyasha's eyes softened. "Don't worry kitten I wont ever leave you…I promise to protect you…" Inuyasha whispered into her ear. Kagome shuddered at the feeling of his warm breath blowing into her ear. Inuyasha felt her shiver and smirked knowing why she did. He could still feel how cold she was though. "Kitten…are you feeling okay? You still feel like ice and your face is flushed…" Inuyasha said with a frown.
"I do feel a little dizzy and cold…" Kagome whispered. It was then that the others came in. Kaoru saw her daughter awake and ran to her but Kagome shot her hands out in front of her in a halt gesture. "Don't!" Kagome yelled. "None of you come near me…" Kagome said weakly. Kaoru, Sango, and Miroku ducked their heads, the thought of her daughter hating her brought tears to her eyes. Trinity popped her head over Kaoru's shoulder and Kagome's eyes widened. "Aunt Trin! What are you doing here!" Asked Kagome excitedly.
Inuyasha saw the happy expression on Kagome's face and couldn't help but smile as well. Trinity passed the three still standing around the door way and ran to Kagome. "Got out of the asylum…How's my favorite niece doing?" asked Trinity.
Kagome giggled. "I'm your ONLY niece! And I could be better…what happened to me?" asked Kagome. The other three took their seats around the room and Trinity pulled out a different chart out of no where.
"I'm so glad you asked! I shall illustrate the story of a priestess's life to you and why we must kill ourselves!" Trinity said dramatically. And went into another long story using the stick figures on the graph. By the end there was no doubt in Inuyasha's mind that Trinity was crazy.
"So I gave up my soul for a demon? And all priestesses and priests do that at some point?" Kagome questioned.
"Yes! Wasn't my story great! I should totally post it on the internet I shall call it…Mysophobia!...Nah! That is a stupid title for a story…hmmmm…" While Trinity sat on the edge of the bed in thinking posed Inuyasha scooted away from her a little, dragging Kagome with him. 'This old hag really scares me she has the energy of a three year old but the mind set of a crazy anime fanatic' (AN: LOL)
"Uhh…anyway…Aunt Trin….If my soul apparently is still out there and has yet to pass on then what does that mean?" asked Kagome.
Trinity looked at Kagome with sudden uncharacteristic seriousness. "That. I don't know…God works in mysterious ways but you can be sure that your extra soul must not be meant to die just yet…not even the lo techs are COMPLETELY sure when it is time for someone to kill themselves 99.9999 of the time it just seems to work out that the second a priest or priestess releases the extra soul that the demon who gets it is conceived." Said Trinity. Suddenly there was a flash of light and two people appeared in the center of the room.
One of them was Bankotsu and the other looked like an older and more irritable version of him. Natsuro, Bankotsu's father, stood there in long flowing navy blue robes that matched his cold blue eyes. He had short black hair unliked Bankotsu. There was a diamond similar to Bankotsu's on Natsuro's forehead but it was blue colored instead of purple. "Is this the girl? Kagome?" asked Natsuro with a sneer. Kagome raised an eyebrow at these strange men and she didn't like the way Bankotsu eyed her.
Kagome gulped nervously but kept a defiant face. "I am Kagome…what do you want?" demanded Kagome. Natsuro stepped forward and shot a brief glare at Inuyasha who held Kagome around the waste protectively. Inuyasha glared back at him.
"By order of the Lo Tech supreme council of elders you must tell us what you have done with your other soul…" said Natsuro angrily at Kagome. Kagome seemed to visibly bristle like and angry cat.
"And why does that matter?" asked Kagome.
"This has never happened before…you may have disrupted the whole balance in the demon-soul-transfer process! You must tell us what you did…" said Natsuro.
Kagome scoffed and looked away with her eyes closed. "Im not sure HOW I did it but…I separated my extra soul from my body and gave it a temporary one so that it could pass on to the demon. I lost control of that body the second it separated so I have no clue where it is…the reason I am so sick right now is because I got hypothermia because my soul jumped into the river, once it dies I should heal, not that you care…" Kagome said.
Natsuro's and Trinity's eyes widened and even Bankotsu seemed shocked. "Impossible! Cloning is level A handy work no untrained priestess should be able to do it!" said Natsuro. Trinity was staring at Kagome in pride.
"Of course you would underestimate the power of a Higurashi!" said Trinity proudly. Inuyasha and the other three none magical people in the room sweat dropped at Trinity's outburst. Kagome gave Trinity a sheepish smile and then looked back at Natsuro proudly.
"Hmph! If this is true then…you must be trained immediately and we will send out scouts for your other soul…Trinity…" he said her name with deep loathing. "I expect you will be returning to the council for the voting for your brother?" Trinity gave a noncommittal sound and Natsuro disappeared with a roll of his eyes. Bankotsu winked at Kagome and also disappeared.
"What ever happened to being normal?" asked Kagome in despair.
"It went out the window pretty fast for you huh? A few days ago you just thought you were a germophobe school girl…now youre a priestess about to got to miko training…" said Trinity and as she rambled on and on Inuyasha got an irritated look on his face.
"What about high school? Kagome hasn't completed that!" Inuyasha said angrily.
Trinity blinked at him not really understanding why he was mad. "They have classes after training for that, most go through training before their ritual so most will be about Kagome's age…" said Trinity.
"She isn't going." Inuyasha said flatly.
"And why not?" asked Trinity not at all phased by the hanyou's threatening tone.
"Because I won't let her! She is staying with me! I can't protect her at some stupid school for mikos and priests!" Inuyasha yelled.
"But…Inuyash—." Kagome was cut off as she was suddenly lifted up into his arms with the hospital blanket around her. "Inuyasha!" Kagome squeaked rapping her arms around his neck as he stood on the bed holding her bridal style. Inuyasha suddenly jumped out of the open window with a screaming Kagome. Those in the room ran to the window in alarm. Inuyasha jumped down from the second story and landed easily he made a dash out of site while those in the room yelled for him to stop. The only one not yelling was Trinity who stared at the window pensively.
"Maybe it was a bad idea opening the window for some air…" she whispered to herself. Those at the window looked at her and sweat dropped.
"Puppy! Where are we going!" asked Kagome with a slight frown. Inuyasha's ear twitched and he smiled.
"Home…" he said simply. Kagome looked around and saw Inuyasha's house coming into view. Kagome looked up at Inuyasha and smiled. He ran to the house and didn't bother using the front door. He automatically jumped through his third story window which he always left open. They landed on the bed that was right against the wall where the window was.
Inuyasha set the slightly winded Kagome down and looked at her softly. Kagome reached up and cupped Inuyasha's cheeks gently. "Puppy…I'm not going to go anywhere without you…you don't have to worry…" Kagome said with a smile. Kagome giggled when Inuyasha sagged against her tiredly with his head resting on her shoulder. Kagome gently ran her fingers through his hair and shuddered at the feel of his breath against her neck.
Inuyasha took a big breathe and a goofy smile spread on his face. "You smell good without all that disinfectant masking your scent…" Inuyasha said with a smile. Kagome giggled again and Inuyasha pulled away to look in her face. Kagome's breathe caught in her throat at the lustful look in his eyes. Kagome gulped as Inuyasha began to close the space between them. As they began to close in on each other they closed their eyes and Kagome gasped when the second Inuyasha's lips grazed hers the electrical effect their first touch had returned. Kagome's lips parted slightly and Inuyasha pressed his lips to hers more firmly. Kagome returned the pressure hesitantly and found the tingling feeling was quite enjoyable.
Inuyasha licked her lips and Kagome parted for entrance. Inuyasha's long tongue slipped into her mouth and Kagome gasped at the sensations. His rough tongue grazed the sensitive interior of her mouth and she felt her toes involuntarily curl at the heat the spread through her body. Inuyasha slowly pulled away. His eyes were half lidded and Kagome gave an inaudible moan when he licked his lips.
Inuyasha suddenly had Kagome pinned beneath him on his bed. He was careful not to hurt or scare her. "I missed you kitten…" Inuyasha whispered before bringing his mouth down on hers again.
A/N: A lemon next chapter folks:3 REVIEW! REVIEW!