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She rolled over again and mumbled something only Inuyasha's sensitive ears could pick up.
"I love you, Inuyasha."
He stared at her in awe.
Chapter 2'Did she mean it? Did I hear her right? Why would she love me?' random questions popped into his head for the next few hours. And then came the hardest question of all, 'How will I tell her? She would kill me if she found out I had been watching her. I can't just go up to her and say 'Hey Kagome, I was watching you sleep last night and you said that you loved me. Is that true?'.
Her Reaction played through his head like it had been recorded.
'What? Why would I say that? Why were you watching me sleep! Why would I love you? I love Kouga Sit! Sit! Sit!'
He shook his head trying to rid himself of the thought. Then suddenly, a loud, annoying, ringing sound screeched throughout her room. It was her alarm clock.
"Shit! It's morning already!" he swore under his breath. He grabbed her clock and jumped out the window. Outside, the clock was still ringing, because Inuyasha couldn't figure out how to shut it off. Of course, this annoyed him, so he hit it until it stopped, which didn't take much considering his strength.
"Stupid Cloock! I hate all these stupid things in this era. And it always smells so bad," he complained to himself as he jumped into the old well. A blue-ish light surrounded him, when it dulled and he landed, his nose was greeted by the fresh, clean air of the Feudal Era. He could hear the familiar sounds of birds singing, a river near by and…
"Hentai!" which, as always, was followed by Slap
By the time the hanyou reached the village the monk was laying on the grass, unconscious, with a bright red handprint on his cheek. An extremely pissed exterminator was sitting beneath a tree, watching Kirara and Shippo play.
"Stupid monk," Inuyasha said walking past Miroku, who was still on the ground, "he'll never learn."
Sango looked up when she heard the half demon's words, and greeted him with a warm smile.
"Inuyasha, where were you? Did you go apologize to Kagome?"
"No, I just took a walk. Is that okay with you?" he answered, not liking the idea of being questioned.
"Well, you should! Go back and get her Inuyasha!" Shippo said coming over, wishing he could go get her, himself. But of course, his words only earned him a hit from Inuyasha, before the hanyou jumped into the nearest tree to think.
"Hey! That was mean Inuyasha! I just miss Kagome, that's all! At least I'm not too stubborn to admit it!" the young fox demon yelled up to the hanyou in the tree, then hid behind Sango before Inuyasha could jump down and do more damage.
"Feh," was the only response they got, which confused Sango, Shippo and the now conscious monk, Miroku.
They all stared up at him, until he yelled, "What the hell are you all staring at?"
After short relax, everyone went back to their normal, daily procedures. Sango helped Keade collect herbs. Miroku went around the village asking women his favourite question, if they would bear his children. Shippo and Kirara played and helped Sango and Keade. And Inuyasha sat in his favourite tree thinking about what had happened the night before and what he was going to do about it.
He decided to let Kagome stay in her time one more day, so he could think the issue over more. He would go tomorrow, if she didn't return. He spent the rest of the day thinking about what he was going to tell her and resting.
The next day around 10 o'clockInuyasha was in his favourite tree, debating whether or not to go get Kagome from the future. He had reasoned with himself, that in the afternoon he would go fetch her from the future. Suddenly, he smelled her familiar scent, but it was also mixed with the scent of her blood.
"Shit," he cursed to himself out loud, jumping out of the tree and sprinting toward the well. He reached the well in a matter of seconds, thanks to his demon speed. He found the young girl struggling to climb over the lip of the well. When Inuyasha went over to help her up, she let go, but he grabbed her wrist to prevent her from falling back into the well.
"What's wrong Kagome?" he asked, helping her to the ground. He noticed her cheeks were still wet with tears and her shirt was covered with blood.
"Nothing, I'm fine," she answered looking at the ground and covering her stomach with her arms protectively. He stepped closer closer to look at her wounds and she stepped back, tears now streaming down her face.
"I'm not going to hurt you Kagome! What's wrong! Who did this to you!" he asked becoming very worried.
He took another step toward her and when she didn't move he walk up to her, he gently put one hand on her shoulder and the other hand gently lifted her chin, so he could look into her eyes.
"Kagome, tell me who did this to you," he said gently.
"I-I don't know, I d-don't remember," she cried, his hand moved from her chin to her cheek, wiping away her tears.
"Okay, it's okay, lets get you to Keade," the hanyou said in a calming voice, putting an arm around her shoulders to lead her back to the village. They had only walked a few steps, when Kagome collapsed Inuyasha caught her.
"Are you okay?"
"I just hurt my leg, that's all," she said, trying to walk on it again, but was unable because of the pain. Inuyasha looked down at her legs and noticed that they were all cut up and bruised, down her right leg was a huge gash that was bleeding very heavily. He pulled off his outer layer and took off his white shirt and started ripping it up.
Kagome looked at him confused, "What are you doing?" She also noticed his nicely shaped, muscular chest.
"I'm going to bandage you wounds, so they'll stop bleeding," he explained, wrapping a strip around her leg. She winced in pain, but didn't complain.
When he was done with her leg, he said, "Now lift up your shirt."
She hesitated at first, but then did as she was told; something inside her told her that she should trust him.
What he saw almost brought tears to his eyes; she had two deep stab wounds in her stomach, and a cut that went across her stomach and chest. When she saw him looking at her so intently, she looked away and covered her wounds with an arm; tears were once again streaming down her cheeks. He wrapped strips of material around her torso. When he was finished he took his red haori and wrapped it around her slender, shivering body. At first, she was confused by this action, but then accepted it, pulling it tighter for warmth.
"Thank you," Kagome whispered.
"Lets get you to Keade," Inuyasha responded, not really knowing what else to say.
Suddenly, Kagome felt a pair of muscular arms around her, lifting her off the ground, one arm under her knees and the other on her back for support. Looking up, she saw a pair of gorgeous, golden eyes looking down upon her.
Normally, she would have protested, saying she could walk, but she was so exhausted and comfortable, she just accepted the ride, whispering, "Thank you," before dozing off to sleep.