A/N: Hey… Wow I got some good questions in my reviews!
Ok, on the fact of Emiko, I'm growing pretty fond of her. So, as azngirlchibi suggested, I'm going to ask you all if you either want Emiko to stay and join the group, or come up in a later chapter to help the group. Which one?
O and Lodke brought up the question of what sort of elemental Emiko was. Well, she's half earth elemental and half miko. Weo, that's why she has emerald green eyes!
There will be more A/N at the end of the chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters and I never will. I also don't own the title of the whole story "Maybe Memories" by The Used. The lyrics will be at the end of the chapter, as always. (I know, you were expecting a song in this one. It just didn't seem to fit in anywhere! Even if I do usually just throw them in hither-tither. Tehe that's a fun word)
OK! On to the story!
Maybe Memories
Waking to an new place
He sank his fangs into his forearm, making sure not to hit any arteries, and let his blood drip onto the necklace. He blew on it until it dried and then placed it over Kagome's head and around her neck. A small drop of blood dripped down onto her cheek, and mixed with a tear as Kagome's eyes slowly opened up.
"Kagome… You're awake. Why are you crying?" Inuyasha leaned down and tentaviley licked the tear off of her cheek, and ran a hand through her hair.
A slight smile crossed Kagome's face "I'm fine… Just a nightmare." She looked around to rediscover the hut that she had seen earlier in her dream "Where are we Inuyasha? And where is everybody else?" She struggled to sit up, groaning a bit when the cloths on her rubbed against her burns.
A strong hand gently pushed her back onto her back, and two golden eyes were peering down at her "Don't try and get up just yet Kagome. You're going to open those blisters." He growled out. His expression softened when he smelt another tear about to fall out of Kagome's eyes "Errr… We're in the forest next to some river, staying with a healer girl. She'll be back soon to check on your bandages."
"But where are the others, Inuyasha?" Her grey eyes were worried as she continued to try to push herself onto her elbows. 'What if they didn't survive the fire? Is that why Inuyasha isn't telling me?' She frowned when she was pushed back down onto her back, Inuyasha's claws tapping on her chest impatiently, a low growl emitting from his throat.
"They're fine. Probably waiting at Kaede's for us." He kept his hand on the middle of her chest to keep her lying down. He was relieved that she was well enough to question him and try to get up on her own.
"Why aren't we at Kaede's with the others then?" She felt like grabbing his hand and twisting it off her, but when she tried to move her arms she cringed.
"Because, you were about to die, and I had to get you to the closest village for help. The others couldn't keep up, so I figure they gave up looking for us to go back to Kaede's hut." He ran his free clawed hand through her hair "Umm.. So, are you hungry or thirsty? It's been a couple days since you woke up."
That was when Kagome's grey eyes lit up all the way and she nodded hurriedly "I'm STARVING and I feel like my throat is gonna crack." At the exact same moment her stomach gave a ferocious growl and she giggled, almost vibrating with her energy.
"Ok! Ok! I'm moving as fast as I can!" He stood up, and quickly wrapped up the fang marks on his arm, walking into the other room where he found that Emiko had already prepared a broth and left it over the fire. He grabbed two bowls and spooned enough broth out into them for both of them, and then grabbed two spoons.
On his way into the room Kagome was in, he also grabbed two cups of water, and juggling them all the way in, he set them down on the table next to her bed. He watched her begin to reach for the cup of water and flinch before he took the water and then supported her, pressing the cup to her lips "Drink." He ordered, tipping the cup a little so the water would start pouring into her mouth.
Blushing, Kagome took a small sip first then began gulping down the water like crazy, finishing it all off and then turning her head away from Inuyasha so he wouldn't see her blush even further. 'I can't even feed myself or get a drink by myself! As soon as I can, I'm going to start taking care of myself. Inuyasha must be getting annoyed with me already!' she thought as he began spoon feeding her 'I feel like a baby! This is SOOOO embarrassing! I bet as soon as I get better he won't let me live this down!'
Eventually she got over her embarrassment and finished off the broth and water, letting Inuyasha lay her back down. She observed him as he finished up his own bowl of broth and got up to go get another one. "Inuyasha…" She waited until he turned around to face her before she continued "I'm sorry you're forced to take care of me."
An astounded look flashed across Inuyasha's face "What makes you say I'm being forced to do this? I've never been forced to do anything." He spun around before she could see his own blush, and before he could see the small smile gracing her lips.
When he came back into the room he saw Kagome's eyes were still open, but staring at his arm. He quickly shoved it behind his back and smiled at her guiltily "What are you staring at Kagome?"
Swinging her legs lightly off the bed she leaned forward trying to stand up and walk over to him, only causing her to become nauseas and sway. She was about to fall face forward to perform a brilliant face plant, when Inuyasha caught her under her armpits and lifted her back up onto the bed.
Once she regained her composure she looked back to where Inuyasha's arm was out in the open "What did you do to your arm Inuyasha? That's your blood, and it looks new!" She reached out and grabbed his wrist lightly, and then pulled his sleeve up quickly. 'Fang marks?' she peered up at his mouth and then at the bite and frowned "You bit yourself? But why?"
He wanted nothing but to pull his arm back and cover it again, but he was afraid the sudden movement would cause Kagome pain, since she still had a grip on his wrist. He looked down and to the side before he mumbled out "It's supposed to help you heal faster. And if you heal like I do, you won't have scars."
The frown on her face softened a little before she pursed her lips together "You didn't have to hurt yourself for my sake, Inuyasha. Why would you do that for me?" He couldn't tear his eyes away from hers. She always captured his attention with the easiest, and most primitive way possible.
But Kagome was special. He supposed that was why he always tried to tell her the truth, but right now, he couldn't quite spit out the whole truth "Because I don't want you to be hurt, wench." He looked away again as he also thought to himself 'I don't want her to hurt, she shouldn't even be in this position, she's the most beautiful woman I've ever seen and I don't want her to be scarred for life, I love her… I love her.'
He looked back to her and felt guilty at the slightly disappointed look she gave him. But before he could try and awkwardly tell her what he really felt, Emiko walked into the room. She flashed a brilliant smile at Kagome and walked towards her, ignoring the light growl Inuyasha gave her.
Leaning down beside Kagome's bed, she smiled "Good to see you awake, Lady Kagome. Do you need anything? Something to ease the pain, or perhaps you wish to sleep a little more while I redo your bandages? It might hurt if you're awake."
Kagome was stunned at the age of this healer. Not only was she a young healer, but also seemed very beautiful with a very odd aura around her. Kagome smiled back "O, no thanks, I'm fine for right now. After all, I have been asleep for a couple days. I'm sure Inuyasha isn't the best company for you…." She paused when she saw the young woman nod and laugh lightly "O… And by the way, what is your name?"
An ashamed look passed over Emiko's face as she stood up and backed away. She bowed respectfully before Kagome and didn't return back to her standing position "I'm so sorry for my rudeness. I am Lady Emiko, but you may call me Emiko if you wish, Lady." She held a very nervous look on her face as her eyes flitted from the form of Inuyasha, to Kagome, and then to the ground.
"O, no, no. It's no problem at all, really! Please stand up! You can call me just Kagome too, if you'd like. Do you mind me asking you a sort of personal question?" Both Emiko and Inuyasha were caught off guard by Kagome's question, and Emiko returned to her standing position.
'I guess she does feel Emiko's aura. Maybe Kagome is getting better with her powers.' Inuyasha thought as he kept a watchful eye on the two.
Emiko cringed a little and shot out her reply "No, I would not mind, Kagome. I am a half earth elemental, and half miko." Emiko was cowering slightly, preparing for the ridicule all humans usually gave her. Even the old woman had gone on about how her birth was a true abomination.
But the cruel words never came, and finally she looked up to see Kagome smiling brightly at her. Emiko was rather confused until Kagome decided to clarify why she was smiling "You and Inuyasha should get along just fine then!" the breath Emiko and Inuyasha had been both holding were released at the same time.
Inuyasha seemed to wipe the sweat from off of his brow 'I was so afraid she wasn't going accept Emiko's difference. If she didn't accept Emiko, then she might have just been putting up a front about accepting me!'
'O goddess, that was close. I thought I was going to have to go find her another healer. It's so long to the next village, and I hate having to quit in the middle of the healing process on a patient.' Emiko finally let a small timid smile cross her face before she responded "We've been getting along fairly well, with the exception of his protectiveness over you. What a stubborn brute he is!"
That brought such a bright smile and cheery giggle to Kagome that Inuyasha couldn't even make a heated reply "That's Inuyasha alright! Always getting into fights and such, and never giving up! He's never given up in battle since I've been with him!"
"Hey! I've never given up in a battle PERIOD!" Inuyasha barked out as he crossed his arms and began to pout a little. Both girls began to laugh a little, which further irritated the hanyou "Well, since you two btiches seem to be getting along fine without me, I'm going for a walk!" He stormed out of the hut, slamming the door behind him.
"I resent that Inuyasha!" Yelled Emiko loud enough for the hanyou to hear, and for him to growl out from his sitting position on the side of the stream. He wasn't going to let the hut out of his sight while Kagome was in it.
Kagome giggled "Oi, don't mind Inuyasha. His ego just gets hurt easily." Emiko nodded in understanding "O! Emiko, how old are you anyways? I've heard that elementals live as long as demons do!"
"O… I'm VERY young for an elemental right now. Only 16 years in human years, and in elemental. But most elementals grow to be… I think, hundreds of years old, maybe thousands. But I'm only half. I won't live quite as long… How old are you and Inuyasha?"
"I'm 16 too! And Inuyasha is… I think he's around 17 in human years! Though he was pinned to a tree for 50 years sleeping, I'm not sure how that counts..."
"Wow! That's amazing! I wonder how old most demons get to be! I haven't been exposed to a lot of upper class demons like him. Are they all that good looking?" She laughed and blushed a little, covering her mouth up when she realized what had slipped out in her blabbering.
"A lot of them are! But none as good as Inuyasha, in my opinion. Though I haven't met many myself either… I doubt they could get any better looking that Inuyasha… PLUS, Inuyasha has cute ears!" She blushed herself at admitting this, but she thought it wouldn't hurt to say it. She thought Inuyasha would be far enough away not to hear this.
Inuyasha turned 20 shades of red before settling to one that matched his harato. 'Kagome thinks I'm the best looking upper class demon she's met? And she thinks my ears are cute? Maybe she'll scratch them for me… That feels good.' He settled back down to his sitting position and decided he'd wait a while longer before going back into the hut.
He hadn't sat down for very long before he heard a shrill screech come from the hut. He immediately knew it was Kagome's scream, and he was racing towards the hut as fast as he could, leaping through her window to see what was the matter, and who he needed to rip to shreds. "KAGOME!"
Edit: Ivana, and one of my friends pointed ot a mistake in the last part of this chapter. And now it is fixed... yes, yes i know, i have brain farts when im sleepy! -shrugs, scratches head, fixes problem-
A/N: DesertArab, thanks for the review. I'm glad you liked it, even if you're not an anime person!
Unkown Warrior, I'm glad I'm not the only one with music in the background!
And for everyone else, thank you for the support! You've really kept this fic up and going! Ghostreader, Lov ya 4 eva, Kagome M.K., Jaezz, sailor-saturn550, NeoSparda, dj, inuserenity, and Victory in Death! And Akihanah, thank you for putting my story on your alert list!
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Ok, here are the lyrics to Maybe Memories! Ta DAA!
And we trudge along through the mud, and we tried to call it home, but we weren't alright, not at all, not for one second.
Never have been one to write it down, Now I think I can, I know I'm stronger now, who is looking south? Not me I'm not looking back, I'm done denying the truth to anyone, cause I'm alive.
You showed me how, you seemed to find a hole, but I just laughed and smiled, begged and rolled my eyes, even cried and denied the truth to you, just like the truth to me, mostly lied.
I'm not going to look back
Write it out like glittering butterflies.
-And now I'm going to sleep people. Good night, farewell, adu, sayonara, konbanwa, aloha, hola, HASTA LAVISTA BEBE! Hehe... I'll be baaahk