Where am I? Kagome's mental question was answered when she opened her eyes. Her head was pounding. This seems familiar.
Kagome felt a chill crawl up her spine. It was then that she realized she was completely naked in the middle of a forest clearing. She immediately pulled her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around them.
The girl suddenly noticed that she wasn't alone.
She saw to her right a body that seemed to be unconscious. She realized that it was Inuyasha, and a knot of fear clenched inside her.
"Inuyasha!" she yelled, hoping that he was alright. He had huge gashes stretching across his chest, and it looked like his arm was broken at its odd position. He had scratches on his cheek, bruises on both his legs. She felt his pulse. He's dead.
At first the shock of the situation was too much for Kagome, and she just sat in a numbing oblivion until sobs racked her body.
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'I better make sure she doesn't hurt anyone,' Inuyasha began running in the direction Kagome had run off.
He had never even considered that Kagome was a creature of the night until he saw her transform. It was still hard to believe it.
Kagome must have heard him following her, because the next instant, she was chasing him.
But, being as old a vampire as Inuyasha was, he was easily putting distance between them and jumped into a nearby branch, now concealed from Kagome's line of vision. She stopped her tracks, sniffed the air, and jumped into a tree directly across from Inuyasha's location. Inuyasha couldn't see her, or hear her. 'This isn't good.'
It was as if she could read his thoughts, because next thing Inuyasha knew, Kagome flew at him, knocking him out of the tree. He landed, crushed, on the ground, pinned under Kagome. He felt shocks of pain go through his legs. She slashed his chest, and his cheek, leaving deep, painful gouges. He threw her away from himself, and she landed on her feet, and charged at Inuyasha. He hadn't thrown her far, or very hard, in fear of hurting her. Just before Kagome attacked him again, he leaped into the air, coming down behind her, and wrapped his arms around her, in a tight grasp. Kagome struggled, then jammed her elbow hard into his ribs, fracturing 2 of them.
He let her go, and she spun to face him, but he was gone.
They fought for hours, but it ended when the full moon sunk behind the distant mountains.
At that time, Kagome had had Inuyasha pinned, and twisted his arm until there was a sickening crack, when she suddenly stiffened and rolled off him. She stood, but only for a moment, before she dropped and curled herself into a fettle position, and assumed her human form, and went unconscious.
Inuyasha had taken many wounds in their battle, and had hardly even scraped Kagome. He was glad she was unharmed. But he needed to sleep. This was a different from a normal sleep, though; it was a healing sleep. He had enough wounds, and his vampiric blood would heal most of them almost immediately, but the rest would scar and take a few more days, even weeks to heal completely.
'She cut me up pretty bad,' he smirked, those were his last waking thoughts before he succumbed to the healing slumber.
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Kagome, still sobbing, leaned over Inuyasha's corpse, and kissed his cold cheek. What happened to him?
It was then she saw that the gouges on his cheek were gone. She examined his chest and saw the wounds sealing themselves. What the hell is going on!
Inuyasha awoke from his sleep. He smelled the tears of a hectic Kagome he didn't open his eyes straight away. He tested his arms, and propped himself up on them. He opened his eyes.
Kagome was staring at him, aghast. She opened her mouth as if to speak, but nothing came out. When she finally did speak, it came out in a whisper, "But…you're… dead,"
"Kagome, something happened last night, and I think there is something you forgot to tell me," Inuyasha ignored Kagome's statement.
"What happened to you?" Kagome regained her voice.
"In a word, you," he replied.
"What?" asked a confused Kagome.
"You don't remember beating the shit out of me last night?" Inuyasha checked his wounds.
"What! All I remember is seeing the full moon and… wait. The full moon! I must have changed into a werewolf!" said an aghast Kagome.
"Why are you so surprised? Didn't you know that it was going to be a full moon last night?" he asked.
"To tell you the truth, that was my first experience as a werewolf." Kagome told Inuyasha sheepishly.
"You mean that you've only been a werewolf for a month?" he asked Kagome incredulously.
"Less, actually. I was bitten 2 days ago, as you remember. And…um…. I am the Queen of the werewolves."
Inuyasha couldn't believe his ears. Queen? he thought, skeptically. He must have said it out loud because Kagome answered, "I still can't believe that Jewlene chose me,"
"Who's Jewlene?" asked Inuyasha.
"Oh, the former Queen of the werewolves," said Kagome off-handedly, as if it were nothing. "And you owe me an explanation, Inuyasha,"
"What?" Inuyasha said, confused.
"What do you mean what? I don't think that it is an everyday thing when someone's fatal wounds heal like that," Kagome snapped her fingers, "And the fact that you have no pulse!" she screamed the last part.
"Oh," Inuyasha's mouth formed a perfect O. "I sorta forgot to mention that I was a vampire, didn't I?"
"What!" the color from Kagome's face drained. She felt as if she would faint. Inuyasha must have realized this because he was at her side in an instance. "Why…didn't you tell me before?" she finally asked after a few moments of deafening silence that seemed to choke them both.
"Because…" Inuyasha was at a loss for words. He didn't want to reveal that she had also been rooming with a vampire, one that she had been best friends with for most of her life, too. "I didn't know how you would react, I mean, I didn't know if you were going to accept it calmly, or run for life."
"I can't blame you there, as soon as I found out what I was, I debated for a long time whether I should tell you or not. I didn't know what to expect from a guy I had just met." Kagome's lips twisted into a wry smile. "I guess we all have secrets. How did you hide what you are from Miroku?"
"Well, the story I told you about how we met wasn't exactly true…"
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'WHAT!' Miroku shouted at the top of his lungs. 'Nyeme, why didn't you tell me that you already had a boyfriend? We've been going out for 9 months! How could you hide this from me?'
'Miroku, I couldn't help myself. I love you, but I love him too, and even though been with him longer, I feel like I've known you all my life. But I can't let him go, he's the one who mademe.' She sobbed.
'And YOU made me. But I can't see you any longer, so it looks like the choice between us has been made for you.' Miroku walked off. He could hardly bare to hear her sobs. I love you too, Nyeme. he thought as the exited her apartment.
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It had been two months. Two months since he had last seen her. And as he watched the sunset in an alleyway in New York City, he remembered all the sunsets he had watched with her. All the sunsets and hunts beneath the moonlight, her smiles and beauty, and her kisses. Those sweet, wonderful things that made him giddy and hungry for more.
'So, this is the craphead who made a move on my woman. I can't see why she'd pick you though. You're a scrawny bastard.' said a voice from behind Miroku. He stood and turned around from leaning on his shoulder against the wall. There were five of them. Damn, he thought. Why did Nyeme have to date a guy with thugs for friends? And vampiric thugs, too. Miroku could see that since he had been bitten. He had no chance of wining this; they were all stronger than he was. Better to go out with your pride than to play chase. He thought as he analyzed the situation. He knew they were calling on one thing: his death.
'I didn't even know she had a boyfriend until a few months ago, and when I found out, I broke up with her.' Miroku tired to reason with him. 'That don't matter,' he said, 'You still took her away from me. Now, you have two options, 1: run for your life and never come back to New York again, or 2: Stay here and let us beat your ass up.' They all cracked their knuckles, and grinned wickedly.
'How about 3: If I beat you up in a one on one, you never talk to me again. And if you win, your little friends can do what they want with me.' Miroku suggested.
'Hmmm… I like 3… alright, one on one, deal?' he held his hand out to Miroku to make it final. But as Miroku grasped it, Ryan (that is Nyeme's B.F.'s name) twisted it behind Miroku's back and slammed him against the brick wall. Miroku used his free hand and shoved off the wall hard enough that in Ryan's surprise, it knocked him into the other wall. He then landed a punch in Miroku's solarplex, taking his breath away. While he was stunned, Ryan kicked his hip that hurled him into a dumpster. Miroku's head was spinning and his sight was beginning to blur. Ryan picked him up by his hair and dragged him to the ground, where he put his knees on Miroku's elbows. Miroku knew had no chance of wining now.
Ryan gave a smile, 'Looks like I win,' he released Miroku from his hold. 'Have at him boys,' Ryan said.
One of his thugs picked up Miroku by his neck scruff, and hauled him to his feet. Then, the henchman held Miroku from behind while another rolled up his sleeve, preparing to beat the crap out of Miroku. He threw two punches to Miroku's stomach and another to his ribs on the right side, cracking three of them and breaking another.
'There is no way in hell that this can be a fair fight,' said a shadowed person on the rooftop above the scene. This earned the anonymous someone the groups' attention. He jumped down from the building and landed silently. 'This isn't your fight, so stay out of it,' Ryan spat. 'Looks like I've just made it my fight, unless you're afraid of a little competition?' answered the person.
'You'll regret that,' said Ryan, 'I guess two will die tonight,' The person just snorted and said 'Yeah, you and whoever gets in the way,' Ryan glared and ran at him swinging. He knocked out Ryan in one punch. 'Anyone else?' he asked.
The rest ran for their lives. They may have musules, but they were cowards to say the least.
Miroku looked to his savoir. His long silver locks were swaying in the wind, and he had his hand out to Miroku. Miroku grabbed it let himself be helped to his feet. 'Thanks,' he said, holding his injured side. 'No problem,' answered the person. 'What's your name?' asked Miroku.
'Inuyasha,' he answered.
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"That is how you met? Wow, tragedy really does bring people together," said Kagome.
"Yep, I don't think he ever saw Nyeme again." Inuyasha got up and walked to the edge of the clearing and retrieved something. Then he returned to Kagome held it out to her, while looking in the other direction. It was a red jacket, the one he had been wearing the night before. Kagome realized that she had been naked for the whole conversation. She immediately zipped it on. She was grateful that it went down past her upper thigh, concealing most of her nude body. The whole ordeal left both teens blushing a deep crimson, and Kagome muttered a quiet thank you.
"I think we should head back to camp before everyone wakes up," Inuyasha suggested, trying to lighten the mood. Kagome nodded in agreement. It was still early in the morning, the sun hardly peeking from behind the distant hills.
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Kagome sneaked past Sango, as soundlessly as she could to get to her bag. She carefully unzipped her suitcase and took out a pair of dark jeans, a black tank that said 'HOTTIE' in fiery letters and some under garments. Kagome quickly slipped them on and hurried back outside while casting a small glance in her friend's direction, making sure that she was still in dreamland.
Kagome met up with Inuyasha to see that he had changed to. She handed his jacket back to him, and he took it.
"So how long have you been a 'you know what' Inuyasha?" asked Kagome, surprising him with her blunt question.
"Over 500 years," Kagome's eyes widened. 500 years! her mind screamed. She looked to Inuyasha, whose eyes had grown distant with memory.
"Who did it?" Kagome asked, bringing him back to earth. "Huh?" Inuyasha shook his head, as if to clear the thoughts that had clouded his mind a moment earlier. "You told me who made Miroku, but you didn't tell me who bit you," Kagome looked to the horizon, watching the sun rise into the sky, while avoiding his eyes.
"Kikyo," he said.