Sorry about the cliffhanger, I do a lot of those. What do you thinks gonna happen to Kikyo? Find out...
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Chapter 3- The New Enemy
Replay-
As if in slow motion the arrow flew and descended slowly. Kagome stood there transfixed and basically paralyzed as she watched the arrow come nearer and nearer. A loud, sickening thump broke the deathly silence as the arrow hit Kagome in the chest. Time stopped completely. As she fell she glanced over at Inuyasha. He face was twisted in total shock. She blinked, as if confused. She could tell she was falling, but couldn't stop herself. Her eyelids were so heavy. The last word she said before she hit the ground was, "Inuyasha..."
The barrier deteriorated and Inuyasha ran to Kagome. Oh my god he panicked please don't let her be dead.
Kikyo spread her arms out and said, "You're free Inuyasha. Come with me!"
Inuyasha turned his head and glared at Kikyo. You bitch you killed Kagome...
He started to walk towards her. "You didn't have to do that. She was innocent of anything! She never caused you any harm!" He stopped right in front of her and she took a step back.
"Why are you angry?" Kikyo asked, her voice shaking.
"You said Kagome was going down with you, and I'm here to keep that promise. You will never belong in this world, and I can't save you forever. Goodbye Kikyo." He said and raising his arm, he slashed her in half. Kikyo felt a sense of peace come over her, and then everything went black.
Inuyasha turned and ran back over to Kagome's body. Silently he cried for a minute. Then he heard a soft thump. That kinda sounded like heart beat. Then another, then another! Stupid, why didn't you notice it before? "Kagome!" he said. He then sat her up and shook her. "Kagome!" he said a little louder. Her eyes fluttered and she opened her eyes halfway.
"Inu...yasha..." she said weakly.
His heart skipped a beat. "Are you okay?" he asked unsurely.
"Yeah I'm fine" she muttered weakly. She tried to sit up but stopped when she noticed the arrow sticking out of her.
"No you are not! You were shot in the chest with an arrow. You should be dead." He said worriedly.
Kagome furrowed her brows in confusion. "That's funny I don't feel any pain." She glanced down at the arrow still sticking out of her chest.
"We're gonna have to take it out." Inuyasha said. He reached down and grabbed the top of her shirt to pull it off and then realized what he was doing. Kagome looked down at his hand on her shirt and she got a little bit uncomfortable.
"Ummm...Inuyasha?" she uncertainly said.
He looked at her with a light blush on his face and said, "Sorry Kagome. I'll just pull it down a little." His hands were shaking uncontrollably as he nervously pulled it down.
"This is awkward." Inuyasha said as he tried to break the silence.
"Ya think?" she said sarcastically.
Then came the moment of truth. He tore the piece of cloth around the arrow and looked for the wound, only there was none. The arrow was lodged deep into some type of under garment Kagome wore on her chest. Inuyasha held the under garment in his fingers for a moment then said, "What's this Kagome?"
She looked down finally to see how bad the wound was but, there was none. Then she remembered what Inuyasha had asked her and looked down to find him holding her... bra.
She paled. Inuyasha noticed and said, "The arrow was stuck in this. You're lucky you didn't get hit. Thank god."
Kagome panicked and said, "Please release my bra, Inuyasha." He then noticed where his hands were and quickly let go. Kagome arranged her shirt into place.
Kagome looked at Inuyasha's face and noticed something. "Inuyasha are those tear streaks on you face?" she asked gently.
Inuyasha hurriedly tried to wipe them off but to no avail. "Well ummm...yes. You kinda worried me. I thought you were dead for sure."
Kagome suddenly realized something. "Where's Kikyo?"
Inuyasha sighed again and said, "She's dead for sure."
She gasped and said, "Inuyasha, why?"
He looked over at her and said, "I thought she had killed you so...well..."
Kagome didn't know what to say. Inuyasha had really done that for her? "You really did that for me?" she choked.
Inuyasha felt the air tense up around them. "Well ummm... oh what the hell." He muttered, tired of covering it up.
He moved a little closer to Kagome. "Of course I did it for you," he whispered.
Kagome moved in closer too, until they were only inches away. "How can you be so dumb?"
Inuyasha moved in closer until their noses were practically inches away. "As if you should talk about being stupid..."
Kagome shook her head and laughed lightly. Unsure of how Inuyasha felt about her, she inclined her head in slightly towards his and hoped he would notice.
He noticed all right, and closed the distance between them. Kagome felt his soft lips touch hers and butterflies exploded in her stomach.
Inuyasha wasn't sure how she would react to this. As soon as he felt her kiss back, he knew his feelings were returned. Suddenly there was a noise and they both backed away, as if caught.
"It was nothing." Inuyasha stated after a moment.
Inuyasha stole a glimpse at Kagome and was surprised to see confusion plastered on her face. Maybe she didn't like the kiss...
"Are you okay?" he said, gently putting his hand on her cheek and turning her head to face him.
She averted her eyes still, and desperately tried to hold her tears back.
Now Inuyasha was really confused. She must've really not liked the kiss at all. Why were women so damn confusing?
"Please don't cry Kagome! If you start crying then I'm gonna start crying and it's not gonna be pretty!" Inuyasha said, desperately trying to reassure her.
Kagome looked over at him and faked a smile, hoping it looked realistic enough.
Inuyasha wasn't fooled in the least. He leaned in and whispered in her ear, "You're a horrible liar, you know that?"
She smiled sheepishly and said, "Thanks for the compliment." Looking up at the sky she commented, "It might rain again so we better go."
He gave her a look of pure confusion and muttered, "It was raining before?"
Kagome looked at him in disbelief. He hadn't even noticed it? Aw, he was too worried about me to notice. Her face clouded and she thought, or maybe he was too involved with Kikyo... What exactly had gone on while she was unconscious?
Inuyasha noticed her cloudy expression and said impatiently, "There's that damn look again. Will you just tell me?"
"What happened between you and Kikyo while I was unconscious?" she said, finally spilling her cause of worry.
Now it was time for Inuyasha to be cute. Aw, that's what she was worried about? "Nothing except me killing her in the end. Her soul was in pain..." he said, his voice trailing off. Sure it still hurt, but he had Kagome and that's all that mattered.
"Oh" Kagome said absentmindedly. She tried to stand, but fell forward. Inuyasha caught her just in time.
"I thought you didn't get hurt in the battle." He worried.
"I didn't, I tripped before it." She said sheepishly.
"What a klutz" he said. Kagome glared daggers at him. He quickly pecked her on the cheek (which earned him a blush from Kagome) and then managed to help her to her feet. They both made their way to Kaede's hut and Inuyasha walked in helping the limping Kagome the whole way.
Kaede dropped whatever she was doing and rushed (on her part hobbled) over to them. "What happened to ye, child?" she asked curiously.
"It's a long story," Inuyasha explained as he sat Kagome down near the fire to dry. "Where is everybody?"
Kaede was putting on her shawl and explained, "I'm going out to get them. They will be pleased to see ye." She left leaving Inuyasha and Kagome alone in the hut.
Kagome cleared her throat. "So..." Inuyasha sighed and plopped down right next to Kagome. He put a blanket over her shoulders.
She looked over at him and took the blanket off her shoulders. She gently placed it over Inuyasha's muscular (couldn't resist that) shoulders. "You take it"
Inuyasha looked at the blanket and said, "You remember what happened last time we did this, right?"
"Perfectly" Kagome replied. "Just please wear it this time."
Inuyasha gave in, but instead had a brilliant plan. He moved closer to Kagome.
She turned to him in surprise and whispered, "What?..."
He threw the blanket over both of them. "Familiar?" he smugly said.
"All too familiar" she smiled back and moved close to Inuyasha. "Thank you..."
The moment was interrupted by a loud AHEM coming from the door. They both whirled around and found Sango, Miroku, Kaede, and Shippo staring at them.
The next moment was one of complete, utter panic as Inuyasha and Kagome quickly tried to get as far from one another as possible. But it was already too late and everyone at the door had seen their little moment.
"H..hey guys" Kagome stuttered nervously. Miroku came in with a smug look on his face and stretched down by Inuyasha. He had a triumphant air about him and said, "Aha! Finally busted, eh?"
Inuyasha gave him a withering glare and said, "Stuff it up your-"
"Inuyasha!" Kagome interrupted, covering Shippo's ears with her hands.
Shippo looked up at Kagome and said excitedly, "Do you have anymore lollys Kagome?"
"Sure," she said sweetly. "Oh wait I left them at the well when I was... nevermind."
Inuyasha glanced at Kagome to find a guilty look on her face. Does she still blame herself for Kikyo's death? He wondered. This was gonna nag him until he finally asked her. Maybe later though...
Sango came up to Kagome and kneeled down next to her. "We heard you were hurt." She said worriedly, checking Kagome for any visible signs of injury.
"Yeah," Kagome replied, "I think I just hurt my ankle, that's all. I can still walk."
Kaede quickly came over and checked Kagome's ankle. There was a tense moment of silence. Kaede spoke at last. "There is nothing wrong with it, Kagome."
Everyone sighed a breath of relief. Inuyasha stood up and said, "Well we just came to visit; make sure you didn't burn the hut down, etc. Remember what your mom said, Kagome."
Kagome sighed and commented, "Besides I've gotta lot of studying to do. I guess we will see you in a couple of days, huh?" She stumbled getting up and Inuyasha caught her.
"Careful, klutz," he warned. Kagome gave him an evil look that screamed I'm gonna sit you. Inuyasha backed up a bit and laughed nervously. They said bye to the others and made their way back to the well. It was a silent journey mainly because Kagome was exhausted. Finally they made it to the well. Inuyasha gave the well the evilest stare he could muster.
Kagome noticed and commented humorously, "I wonder if the well will hurl you out on the other side again, eh Inuyasha?"
"Lets see," he said dryly. He walked over to the well, careful not to trip on any roots, and stated to the well, "Look I know you don't like me but I'm helping her cause she's hurt and you like her right? So don't try anything funny."
She burst out laughing. "Inuyasha you do realize you're talking to a well."
"So" he said, pretending his feelings were hurt. He hoisted Kagome over the edge and jumped in next to her. Bad memories came back to him from the last time he traveled by this well. He gave an involuntary shiver and jumped out of the well, turning back to offer Kagome a hand. She accepted it and he pulled her up.
"It's good to be home" Kagome said cheerily.
Mrs. Higurashi finished bandaging up the ankle and told Kagome, "You have to stay sitting down honey or else it will never heal."
"But mom," Kagome protested, "I've gotta do homework!" They were all in the kitchen. When Inuyasha had come in carrying Kagome, Mrs. Higurashi had gone into panic but was reassured by Kagome that she only had a sprained ankle.
Mrs. Higurashi looked at Kagome, her eyes full of worry. "You can do your homework sitting down, can't you?"
"Ummm, well, yeah," Kagome gave in defeated.
"Good. When supper is done, I'll bring some up to you. Inuyasha, be a doll and carry Kagome to her room please."
Kagome winced and said, "Mom, it's a sprained ankle not cancer for crying out loud."
Mrs. Higurashi sighed and said, "Still..."
Inuyasha got up and said, "Well I guess that's my cue." Helping Kagome get up, he hoisted her up bridal style and started up the stairs. No matter how many times he had to carry her like this, he never got tired of it.
Kagome was thinking the same exact thought. Wow, I've never noticed how many times Inuyasha has carried me like this. But I ain't gonna be the one to complain.
They reached the top of the stairs and Inuyasha set Kagome down on her chair gently. As he moved to close the door, Mrs. Higurashi called from down the stairs, "Inuyasha, please make sure Kagome doesn't get up!" Shaking his head, he closed the door with a click. He walked over to Kagome's bed and guessed, "Another night of studying, huh?"
Kagome nodded grimly and made a reach for her backpack.
"Wow, I must be psychic." Inuyasha said sarcastically and moved Kagome's backpack within her reach with his toe.
"Hey, you are the one who decided to stay here with me. I never forced you to."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and finding no good comeback said, "So?"
Kagome smiled at him and said, "Good boy" before continuing with her studies.
Inuyasha woke up to sunlight filtering through the window. He stretched his legs and gave the back of his ears a good scratch. Typical doglike action. He stood up and walked over to Kagome's bedside. Inuyasha had no idea why he just did that, but something about Kagome had caught his eye. What was it? Oh yeah, the jewel shards on her neck were glistening in the sunlight. She must have been so lonely sleeping by herself again he thought sadly. Poor Kagome...
Kagome's alarm clock rang and Inuyasha jumped as if he'd sat on fire. He scrambled to get back to his corner, knocking down furniture and scattering books everywhere. He sat down and closed his eyes just as Kagome opened hers. He pretended to wake up as Kagome punched the button to stop the alarm. She sat up in bed, rubbing her eyes. "Good morning," she said sweetly.
"Good afternoon," Inuyasha said playfully back.
Kagome smiled but that smile quickly faded as she woke up more and noticed the absolute wreck Inuyasha had made when he was rushing to his corner. Her eyes opened in horror and she turned to Inuyasha.
"Did you sleepwalk Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha put on a look of absolute innocence and pretended to be offended. "Demons don't sleepwalk. Why would I do this anyways?"
She looked at him and said, "Okay, no ramen until we found out who did this."
He got a look of terror on his face and said, "Oh this mess? Well the funniest thing happened. You see there was this cat on the window sill and..."
Inuyasha sighed and sat on the bed. This was not gonna work. He said defeatedly, "I would make up a story, but I can't think on an empty stomach."
Kagome laughed. "It's ok, you don't have to lie. I was gonna pick it up anyways."
"Well you gotta be getting dressed for school so I'll go downstairs." And before she could say a word, he was out the door.
"Hey, don't think you're getting out of this mess." Kagome yelled.
Meanwhile downstairs, Mrs. Higurashi noticed that Inuyasha was being awfully quiet today. "Here you go," she said, putting a plate of bacon by Inuyasha. He looked at it for a moment and then said happily, "Thanks."
"How long have you gone without eating this time?" she asked him curiously.
Inuyasha turned and said, "Don't worry, only four days."
Mrs. Higurashi dropped her spatula. Inuyasha quickly rushed to correct himself. "Don't worry I can go for ten without eating."
She picked up her spatula and said worriedly, "But Kagome eats, doesn't she?"
Inuyasha replied, "Oh yeah don't worry about that she eats. The longest she's gone without eating was a day."
Mrs. Higurashi let out a sigh of relief. Just then Kagome appeared at the bottom of the stairs and sat down by Inuyasha at the table. "Hey everyone," she said in her usual cheerful voice. She reached out and grabbed the plate of bacon. Inuyasha glared at her.
"Hey honey," her mom said, "how's your ankle?"
"Can't you tell by me walking on it?" Kagome joked.
"Well I hope you studied enough, the test is probably gonna be a toughie."
Kagome was walking home with her friends. She couldn't believe she had passed the test with an A. And she was having so much fun with her friends! They had gone to McDonalds and Kagome had met a new girl there. Her name was Zadi and she was about the same height as Kagome. She had short black hair and a pretty face. Kagome had taken an instant liking to the quiet, shy girl. Her friends had not. When Zadi had gone to the restroom, Kagome's friends had confronted her about Zadi.
"You know I've heard weird things about her at school." One of them told her.
"Nonsense." Kagome said with a laugh. "Look at her! She practically screams innocent!"
"What's that saying? Looks can be deceiving. I don't know I got a bad feeling about her."
"I think she's pretty." Kagome said with a hint of jealousy.
"No need to be jealous, she's definitely not prettier than you." Yucca said, shaking her head. "Or us."
Now they were walking home and Kagome asked Zadi if she wanted to walk with her to her house.
Zadi agreed and they started a long conversation which ended, when they reached Kagome's house, with the topic of boys.
"Speaking of boys, I'd like you to meet someone." Kagome said excitedly.
Just then Inuyasha came running out of the house, dressed in the clothes Kagome had picked out for him earlier. "Hey Kagome" he said. He then noticed Zadi. "Who are you?"
Zadi squealed when he said her name like he was some kinda celebrity. She pulled Kagome towards the edge of the shrine, "Excuse us," she said sweetly. They then went around the corner so Inuyasha couldn't hear.
Zadi turned around, her eyes gleaming. "Oh my gosh Kagome! He is so hot!" she paused for a moment then asked, "Do you think he would say yes if I asked him to come with me on a date?"
Kagome did a double take and said, "Wait, WHAT?"
Looking around the corner at Inuyasha she said, "You know, if I ask him to go out with me?"
Kagome pulled her back around the corner and Zadi turned to face her annoyed. "What?"
"He's my boyfriend, Zadi."
"Oh really?" Zadi narrowed her eyes and said quietly, "I see... Can I ask you a favor? Just for me?"
Kagome smiled and said, "Sure, what?"
Zadi turned and said to Kagome a little too friendly. "Can you break up with him?"
Gasping, Kagome replied, "NO!"
Zadi turned to her again and said coldly, "This means war."
Kagome said angrily, "Bring it on."
Zadi stood up and walked to Inuyasha, Kagome trailing behind her.
She stopped at Inuyasha and Zadi placed her hand on his shoulder. "Nice meeting you." She said in a seductive tone. Then she walked away, making sure to move her hips a little more when she walked. When she got to Kagome, Zadi flipped the finger at her where Inuyasha couldn't see.
Kagome glared at Zadi's retreating back and balled her fists up in anger. Damn her...
Inuyasha walked up to Kagome and said, "That girl was weird."
She looked up at him and he took a step back. "W-what?"
"Nothing" she said and stormed inside.
Inuyasha was worried about her. He knew exactly where she headed when she was angry. Straight up to her room. Inuyasha jumped up to her window and crawled inside. He sat down on the bed and waited for Kagome.
He could hear her footsteps stomping up the stairs and she went into the room, not noticing Inuyasha. Kagome closed the door behind her and turned around. She jumped when she saw Inuyasha there. "You need to stop doing that!" she scolded him.
"What's wrong?" he asked abruptly. Kagome sat down next to him on the bed. She started twirling her finger around her hair, a sure sign she was nervous.
"Inuyasha, do you like me?" she asked out of nowhere. It caught Inuyasha by surprise and he fell back a little bit. Why is she asking me this?
"Kagome, how many guys do you know that kiss girls when they don't like them?" he asked sarcastically. He then added on a much sweeter tone, "Of course I do Kagome..."
She turned to him, her eyes filled with tears, "Thanks," she said, embarrassed. She placed her hand on Inuyasha's.
Inuyasha looked down at her hand resting on his and he closed his hand around hers. "No, thank you" he said gently. He hadn't noticed how close they were until now. His other hand came up to her face and lightly cupped her cheek. Kagome's jaw trembled as he leaned in to kiss her. Inuyasha's lips brushed hers, and then pressed more firmly against her mouth. Kagome was surprised and funnily enough, so was Inuyasha. What the... he mentally cursed himself.
He pulled away, embarrassed. "Y-your mom probably needs help in the kitchen. I'll go help her." Then before she could say a word he was out the door.
How does he do that all the time? But she had other things on her mind. Like why did he break away from the kiss? I knew it he likes Zadi... No stupid, she cursed herself. Didn't you just hear him? He likes you! A rush of happiness coursed through Kagome and she got up. And I like him too... she added. No, scratch that, I love him. Kagome felt her face heat up. Just then Mrs. Higurashi yelled, "KAGOME, DINNER. COME... Inuyasha don't do that... DOWNSTAIRS!"
She ran downstairs to eat but ran into Inuyasha halfway down the stairs. "Sorry" she apologized and he remarked,
"How long does it take you to get down here?" She stuck out her tongue at him and sat down at the table. "Wow it looks great but I gotta hurry, Yesterday they said that on Thursday, which is tomorrow, we are gonna have a big test!"
"More studying?" Inuyasha grumbled.
Kagome finished her dinner and was about to put up her plate when she heard a meow.
"What was that?" she demanded. Mrs. Higurashi went to the door and opened it, saying, "Awww."
When she turned around she brought in a pure white kitten. Both women huddled around it. Kagome brought it to Inuyasha. "Isn't it adorable?"
The kitten took one look at Inuyasha and hissed at him. Inuyasha growled back. They both gave each other a long look. Kagome said, "Oh yeah, sorry Inuyasha. Forgot about the whole dog-cat fight."
"Get that damn fur ball away from me before I use it for claw practice." Inuyasha said through gritted teeth.
Kagome turned the kitten away from Inuyasha's glare and said with a sniff, "Inuyasha, sit!"
The rosary glowed and he was thrust forward into the kitchen floor. Kagome's mom scolded her. "What did I say about saying that here? My whole house is gonna cave in one day!"
"Sorry," Kagome said sheepishly. She shot a glare at Inuyasha and said sternly, "You're not gonna lay a hand on this little furry angel, understand?"
"Understand?" Inuyasha mimicked her.
She shook her head and walked upstairs. Inuyasha followed. "You're gonna let it stay in your room?" he asked in disbelief.
"No duh Inuyasha! I'm not mean. I feel sympathy for this poor guy."
Inuyasha moved to his corner but was stopped by a voice saying,
"She sides with me mutt."
Inuyasha whirled around to see who said that.
"What?" Kagome asked. He was acting strangely.
Meanwhile Inuyasha kept wildly turning around, trying to see who had spoken to him. Obviously Kagome hadn't heard the voice. Only he could hear it. He put his hand on Tetsaiga's handle.
"Over here dog breath. The little white angel in your girl's arms."
Inuyasha turned and locked his eyes on the kitten. It seemed to be grinning at him in a smug way as Kagome stroked him.
"Finally figured it out, shit brains?"
What the... I knew it! Inuyasha thought wildly. This was so psychotic. The kitten looked up at Kagome and seemed to smile bigger. You bastard don't even look at her or else...
He thought angrily. The kitten looked back at him, an evil gleam in his eyes.
"Let's have fun with your little bitch, shall we?"
I know, I know! Another cliffie! Gotta keep you guys in suspense right up until the final chapter! Well I hope I updated fast. I promise that I'll update soon. Just keep sending in the reviews. They are my life support. j/k If I don't get reviews that's ok too, I'll still update. I'm doing this mainly for me. That doesn't mean I wouldn't like any reviews!
Next Chapter- Will the little kitten gets what is coming towards him, or will Inuyasha be beaten by this fluffy little cat? Remember, Kagome won't let Inuyasha touch him! Also Zadi comes back into the picture and in the next chapter, she is a big flirt. Coming soon!