I know you all are probably really angry about the last chapter, but come on... you know my fictions better than that.

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Chapter 14: I'm Sorry

Everything felt cold and sorrowful. Everything felt horrible unbelievable. Kagome brought her hand to her face, where is still burned from the hit. She was immediately stunned when she felt a warm liquid. Blood...

She looked to Inuyasha, her mate... no, no longer. They could not be together after this. An argument was an argument, but when things got this serious it was to far.

Kagome could clearly see the complete guilt in the gaze of the man before her. She couldn't forgive it though. He had caused her to bleed her blood, he had caused her physical and emotional pain.

"Kagome, I'm so sorry." He reached for her, only to have her flinch back. What was this? This wasn't what it had been. He had never meant to, or expected to hit her. He had never expected her to say she didn't love him, that she didn't need or want him.

"I.." Kagome looked down and began to cry. "I'm sorry that.. I said those things... I didn't mean it.. you know I didn't." She sighed as silent tears rolled down her cheeks. "I'm sorry that I made you hate me enough to hit me. I'm sorry I disobeyed you. You're right. Soshi's right." She took a deep breath. "I should listen. I'm not the dominate mate, right?" She looked at him. The gaze she held was unlike any Inuyasha had ever seen before. Complete sorrow, grief, hate, yet... there was also one other. Love. The same love that was always there, it had not disappeared.

"Kagome, is everything alright." Came the voice of Mrs. Higurashi as she entered. Kagome looked to her mother and turned away, refusing to allow her mother to see her face, to see the blood Inuyasha had spilled. Kagome had no doubt there would be a scar there.

"Kagome?" Soshi also entered. He was immediately aware of the fighting between the two. Inuyasha's expression said it all. He couldn't help but notice the guilt in Inuyasha's stare. He then smelt the blood. It was Kagome's blood and the source was Kagome's face and Inuyasha's claws. Soshi growled. Aware at this point that Inuyasha had struck Kagome. "How dare you!" Soshi approached Inuyasha with a fierce grow. Inuyasha looked to him.

"What's the matter Soshi?" Akira asked.

"How dare you strike her?" Soshi grabbed Inuyasha by the throat. Inuyasha didn't hesitate to draw his sword and slash Soshi across the gut. Causing Inuyasha to shed more blood that wasn't his own.

"Don't touch me." Inuyasha growled. He couldn't bare the fact that he had hit Kagome himself, he didn't need Soshi making it worse. He wanted to apologize to Kagome, but how could he ever truly prove to her how sorry his was. He had never meant it, any of it, just like she had not meant her hateful words.

"Strike her?" Mrs. Higurashi questioned. "What do you mean?" She wasn't to worry about the small cut Inuyasha made with his sword on Soshi.

"He hit Kagome." Soshi said standing taller. Kagome said nothing.

"Is that true?"

"Can... me and Inuyasha please talk?" Kagome turned to face her mother. Blood dripped from her cheek. Her mother gasped.

"Kagome." Her mother went to hug her, but Inuyasha stepped in front of Kagome.

"Leave." He growled. Mrs. Higurashi was angry at him for hitting his daughter and daring to stand in the way of helping her daughter. "Go now!"

"Will you dare to strike her as well?" Soshi said standing in front of Akira.

"Who do you think you are?" Inuyasha voice dripped with hate. He was mostly mad at himself for hurting the one woman he cared for. He was taking his anger out on everyone else. He was also being very protective for some reason. "You come here out of the blue trying to kill me.. kill Kagome and the pups she was carrying. You have no honor. You're a fool and Kagome's mother is twice as foolish for ever agreeing to marry the man who had not hesitating in taking the life of his daughter and grandchildren. Do not speak like you know me, like you know Kagome, like you understand anything that is going on. Leave here and take your woman. Leave mine to me." He could her Kagome shift behind him as she once again turned her back to him. Soshi glared and grabbed Akira, taking her from the room.

Inuyasha turned back to Kagome.

"Kagome?" She didn't look back to him. "Kagome please face me." Kagome turned and looked at him.

"This is not how things were supposed to be. I can forgive you." She looked at him. "I understand you didn't mean it and I know that you love me... I know that what I said was wrong, sometimes words hurt more than anything. My words drove you to hit me." Inuyasha didn't deny it. Her words had been the cause, but that didn't make his actions any better... any more right.

"Come here." Inuyasha walked over to the sink. Kagome slowly followed behind him. She watched as he grabbed a cloth and wet it. He turned to her, placing one hand gently on her unwounded cheek. He took the other hand and pressed the cloth against her gash. "You don't have to forgive me..." He continued to wipe it. "I know you are mad. I want us to be together Kagome. When I told you I wanted you for a mate, I meant forever, but if you choose that you no longer want me, we can reverse this mating process."

"I love you." Kagome hugged him, before he had a chance to complete cleansing the wound. "I would never want us to actually be over. Please, I said I will forgive you.. no more talking about it. Please.. I just want to forget all of this. I'll stay here and you can go save Miroku. I'll wait for you with Sango, Shippo, and the twins. You just have to promise to come back safe."

"I swear." Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her.

The end of that chapter.