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If You Only Knew: Chapter 6
The trees whipped past him, as he was just a blur of red amongst the green. Birds abandoned their perches in flocks, fleeing the path of the hanyou. Dark storm clouds rolled in, blanketing the land in sheets of rain, yet Inuyasha paid no attention to the droplets' sting. 'That fucking wolf! I'm going to make him wish I killed him a long time ago!'
"Shit! The rain is covering up their scents! I'm going to lose the trail!" 'Where the fuck is his den?'
Just then he heard a scream above the thunder, one pleading word, but it was like music to his ears. "INUYASHA!!" 'Kagome! She's alive!' He leapt through another bunch of trees only to stop at a small cliff above a river.
'There, behind the waterfall! Kagome, I'm coming!'
"Hey, you! Stop! You can't go in there!" Haggaku and Ginta were blocking Inuyasha's path.
"Bastards! Get the fuck out of my way!"
The two wolf youkai looked at each other, than at Inuyasha. Haggaku whispered to Ginta, "Sis does sound distressed. . ." Ginta knocked him on the head, "Kouga would kill us if we let. . . huh?"
Inuyasha jumped over the two and headed to the waterfall. Upon entering the den, what he saw made his blood boil. Kouga was crouched over the still form of a girl, holding her down. 'That bastard!' Kouga didn't have time to turn around and face his visitor before Inuyasha grabbed his neck from behind, picking him off the ground.
"Get your fucking hands off her!" Inuyasha threw him against the cave wall.
"YOU, get the hell out of here! She is no concern to you now, she belongs to me!" Kouga was struggling to stand.
"Kagome belongs to no one! Especially not a wimpy wolf like you!" Inuyasha growled, flexing his claws, and took a couple steps towards him.
"Aww, what's wrong dog-turd? Pissed off that a real youkai knows when to claim their bitch? You had her all this time but did nothing!" Kouga was smirking at him.
Every word increased Inuyasha's bloodlust to wipe this bastard off the face of the planet. Then his anger dropped for a moment as he thought, 'Kagome would've never wanted me to. She would be disgusted by the thought.'
Kouga saw Inuyasha's indifference as a win, he laughed at him. "You are a disgrace to this world, Inuyasha. I'm doing her a favor by giving her a mate that will provide her with all she needs."
Inuyasha was once again enraged. "Without her permission, you asshole! That is her decision to make, not YOURS!" He lunged at Kouga, punching him in the face. The wolf stumbled back, wiping the blood from his lip with a grin.
"You talk like the weak human you are. She would never want you, so why don't you just take your pathetic self and leave my home, before I kill you!" It was his turn to attack as he rushed forward, placing a fist in Inuyasha's stomach. He doubled over from Kouga's blow, but quickly recovered, pulling forth his fang.
"Shut your mouth!" Inuyasha swung Tetsusaiga, aiming for Kouga's shoulder. The wolf dodged the strike, spun around behind him, and landed a swift kick to the back of Inuyasha's head. The hanyou was knocked towards the wall but he rebounded off it. Landing on his feet, Inuyasha thrust his sword forward into Kouga's midsection.
"Keh. Not so tough when you don't have your shards, are you wolf?" Inuyasha sneered, pulling back Tetsusaiga and sheathing it. Kouga coughed up blood and dropped to his knees with his hand over the open wound in his torso. "I may be part human, but that also means I don't lose my mind to women in heat like you do." Inuyasha glanced over at Kagome. 'Gods, I need to get her out of here and back to Kaede-baba.'
"If I ever see your face again, I will kill you for good. Don't ever come near Kagome, or even think of touching her again, or I'll rip you apart, piece by piece."
Kouga laughed, though it sounded more like a gurgle. "Dog-turd, are you so weak you can't even kill me now?"
"Don't you know when to fucking shut up?!" Inuyasha put a clawed hand to Kouga's throat. "Like I'd give a fuck if you died, you piece of shit!" He picked him up and threw him out of the den. Kouga landed unconscious at the edge of the cliff. Inuyasha kicked him in the side, sending him over with the waterfall. At its base in the river, Kouga's two pack members hurriedly pulled their leader from the water. 'Kagome would be mad if I killed that fucking wolf, even after what he did to her.' Inuyasha shook his head and re-entered the cave.
Inuyasha made his way to Kagome. He wanted to look away from the sight of her. She was practically naked from the waist up. Her shirt was missing, and there wasn't much left of the garment that covered her chest. It had been shredded. The already short skirt was pulled way up, exposing all of her thighs, and a torn triangular piece of fabric. Most disturbing, however, was the blood caked all over her, amongst the many wounds. 'How could I let this happen to you?' Inuyasha removed his firerat fur coat and wrapped it around her body, and then he picked her sleeping form up into his arms. The quiet beating of her heart and shallow rise and fall of her chest comforted him in a way he couldn't explain.
"You're safe now, Kagome. I'll get you to Kaede-baba." Inuyasha left the den, running up the cliff, though it seemed his feet didn't even touch the rocks. He held the miko close to his body, trying to shield her from the pouring rain.
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Inuyasha had left to retrieve their friend, and that was when Sango noticed a young boy lying face down in the dirt. 'Kohaku!' She ran to him, hoping to find he still had life within him. Kneeling beside him, she noted his breathing and sighed with relief. 'The shard of Shikon must still be imbedded within his body. But when we remove it, he'll no longer exist here with us. . .' She couldn't help the tears that began to fall. A hand on her shoulder brought her out of her grieving for the moment. Sango wiped her eyes with her sleeve and turned to look upon the monk.
"Houshi-sama. . . He's still alive, but. . ."
"We will take care of him, Sango-chan. Do not trouble yourself with the outcome of the future yet. There may be a chance of his survival without the help of the Shikon no Tama." Miroku's hand never strayed from her shoulder, surprising the exterminator, but no more than what he had just said.
"I don't want you to hope too much, but I'm just stating that it's a possibility that his wounds healed over the time period that he was under Naraku's bidding. We have reason to believe that Kohaku still has his own mind beneath the corruption of the Shikon shard."
"Ah, you mean when he didn't kill Kagome, though he had the chance to?"
Miroku nodded, but his thoughtful expression subsided as he added, "However, when he awakes, he will remember everything they had made him forget. He will suffer emotionally for killing your father and fellow taijiya."
Sango sighed. "I know, but I will be there for him. I will make him understand that it wasn't his fault." She began choking on her words. "I want him to live! I don't want to be alone anymore, houshi-sama!" Miroku suddenly found himself holding the crying exterminator as she flung herself into his chest.
He held her tightly, "Sango-chan, you were never alone. We are all here for you. No matter what happens, I will always be here." He blushed slightly as she looked up at him, her eyes glistening from the tears.
"Thank you, Miroku." She hugged him, and he stood there bewildered at the fact that she had just called him by his name. Sango drew back as she heard him chuckle. "What is so funny?"
"Amusing, really. Inuyasha didn't even consider the large chunk of Shikon no Tama Naraku possessed. All he cared about was getting Kagome-sama back." He winked at her, "I guess we'll rub it in when she's safe at home, eh?"
Sango couldn't help but giggle slightly. The monk went in search of the Shikon piece amongst the remains of their now defeated enemy. "Kirara!" The demon cat walked up to her master, rubbing against her side in attempt to comfort her. Sango gently lifted her brother and placed her on Kirara's back. Jumping up herself, she called to Miroku. "Have you found it yet?"
"Hmmm. . . maybe over. . . Ah, I found it!" He picked the black ball of glass like it was a dead rodent and placed it in his robe with a disgusted face. 'Kagome will have to purify it later.' He made his way to the firecat and climbed aboard. "Sango-chan, where's Shippou?"
"I don't know. Shippou! Shippou!" She received no answer and looked at the monk. "I hope he didn't follow Inuyasha, or he may not live to see Kagome again."
Miroku sighed. "The kit cares for Kagome like a mother, he's only concerned for her welfare."
"That isn't going to help him against Inuyasha." Sango patted Kirara on the head. "Let's go home."
"I guess we'll find out what happened when we get back." She nodded.
"Hey! Wait for me!" Shippou came running out of the bushes, with twigs stuck in his hair and purple juice all over him. "Don't leave me behind!" Sango smirked.
"Go get him Kirara." The cat flew by and picked the kitsune up in her mouth and headed on her way. "Hey! Not like that! Hey!"
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The rain had finally let up, allowing a few beams of sunlight to shine upon the weary hanyou. He was now entering his forest, but still had a little ways to go before he would reach the village. Inuyasha wanted nothing more than to sit up on his favorite branch of the Goshinka tree and sleep. He looked down at the still unconscious girl in his arms. 'Hrm, I can't bring her back looking like this, squirt would have a fit. I guess I have no choice.' He spotted the nearby hot spring and made his way to its bank. After unwrapping his coat from Kagome, he decided he'd better remove the rest of her tattered clothing as well. 'Oh boy, this is going to hurt if she wakes up. She'll 'sit' me so many times, my back will break.' He threw the garments, if you could even call them as such, to the ground. Keeping himself clothed in his kimono pants and inner haori, he stepped into the spring. The warm water felt good on his tired muscles, but his task was to clean Kagome of all the blood and dirt her body had acquired. He couldn't get rid of the blush that insisted on tainting his cheeks at the complete nudeness of her. He never had intentionally peeked when the girls took their bathes. Anything he saw was brief, because he looked away quickly. 'Not like I ever wanted to see her without her clothing anyway!' Carefully, he cleansed the impurities from her skin. Inuyasha sighed, realizing the water wasn't going to wash away her injuries. She had a large gash in her side, along with deep scratches and puncture marks all over the rest of her body. 'I'm sorry Kagome. This should've never happened to you.' He found himself smiling sadly. 'She's still beautiful, regardless of the wounds. What? Where did that come from?' Inuyasha growled quietly. 'Damn wench, making me think such things!' He made his way to the shore, and Kagome began to stir into waking. He wanted to just drop her and run, but instead he stood there frozen, waiting for the outburst of 'sits'.
Kagome felt warmth surrounding her and noticed her body pressed against another. Remembering what was happening before she blacked out, she stiffened. 'Oh gods! No, please no!' She was afraid to open her eyes, and she started shaking uncontrollably.
Inuyasha felt the girl tense in his arms and then begin to tremble. "Kagome?" It came out in almost a whisper. 'I can't even talk right! I'm getting all soft! She's going to think I care or something.'
'Wait, that's not Kouga. . .' "Oh, Inuyasha! I'm so glad it's you!" She wrapped her arms around his neck and wailed into his chest. He didn't know what else to do, so he just tightened his grip on her. Kagome continued to cry with her hands fisted into his shirt. Inuyasha stooped to pick up his coat and wrapped it around her once again. 'Maybe she won't notice she was even unclothed.' He glanced at the pile of rags at his feet. 'Or not.'
'Stop crying already!' He didn't want to get frustrated, but he hated to see her cry. 'I have to calm her down or I'm going to go insane.' He sat against a large boulder and jumbled her into his lap, keeping his hold all the while.
'He's holding me? Why hasn't he pushed me away yet? He couldn't possibly care, could he?' She decided that was near impossible until she felt his hand sliding down her back and through her hair slowly.
Inuyasha caressed her from her head to her lower back, running his hands down the length of her hair. Closing his eyes, he started to growl softly in his chest, comforting the sobbing girl. However, he hadn't realized he was doing any of this until he found her asleep in his lap, curled up tight against his chest. There was a small smile on her lips and she looked at peace. 'Ite! What am I doing!' He got to his feet and quickly made his way to the village. 'How am I going to explain all of this?!'
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(a/n) Okay, this was short but sweet. Inuyasha's going soft! He'll be back to himself in no time, no worries! *Frowns* Boys! Next chappie will be up in a couple days. R&R
Thanks for the reviews! I love you people! Okay, here's chapter 6, enjoy!
If You Only Knew: Chapter 6
The trees whipped past him, as he was just a blur of red amongst the green. Birds abandoned their perches in flocks, fleeing the path of the hanyou. Dark storm clouds rolled in, blanketing the land in sheets of rain, yet Inuyasha paid no attention to the droplets' sting. 'That fucking wolf! I'm going to make him wish I killed him a long time ago!'
"Shit! The rain is covering up their scents! I'm going to lose the trail!" 'Where the fuck is his den?'
Just then he heard a scream above the thunder, one pleading word, but it was like music to his ears. "INUYASHA!!" 'Kagome! She's alive!' He leapt through another bunch of trees only to stop at a small cliff above a river.
'There, behind the waterfall! Kagome, I'm coming!'
"Hey, you! Stop! You can't go in there!" Haggaku and Ginta were blocking Inuyasha's path.
"Bastards! Get the fuck out of my way!"
The two wolf youkai looked at each other, than at Inuyasha. Haggaku whispered to Ginta, "Sis does sound distressed. . ." Ginta knocked him on the head, "Kouga would kill us if we let. . . huh?"
Inuyasha jumped over the two and headed to the waterfall. Upon entering the den, what he saw made his blood boil. Kouga was crouched over the still form of a girl, holding her down. 'That bastard!' Kouga didn't have time to turn around and face his visitor before Inuyasha grabbed his neck from behind, picking him off the ground.
"Get your fucking hands off her!" Inuyasha threw him against the cave wall.
"YOU, get the hell out of here! She is no concern to you now, she belongs to me!" Kouga was struggling to stand.
"Kagome belongs to no one! Especially not a wimpy wolf like you!" Inuyasha growled, flexing his claws, and took a couple steps towards him.
"Aww, what's wrong dog-turd? Pissed off that a real youkai knows when to claim their bitch? You had her all this time but did nothing!" Kouga was smirking at him.
Every word increased Inuyasha's bloodlust to wipe this bastard off the face of the planet. Then his anger dropped for a moment as he thought, 'Kagome would've never wanted me to. She would be disgusted by the thought.'
Kouga saw Inuyasha's indifference as a win, he laughed at him. "You are a disgrace to this world, Inuyasha. I'm doing her a favor by giving her a mate that will provide her with all she needs."
Inuyasha was once again enraged. "Without her permission, you asshole! That is her decision to make, not YOURS!" He lunged at Kouga, punching him in the face. The wolf stumbled back, wiping the blood from his lip with a grin.
"You talk like the weak human you are. She would never want you, so why don't you just take your pathetic self and leave my home, before I kill you!" It was his turn to attack as he rushed forward, placing a fist in Inuyasha's stomach. He doubled over from Kouga's blow, but quickly recovered, pulling forth his fang.
"Shut your mouth!" Inuyasha swung Tetsusaiga, aiming for Kouga's shoulder. The wolf dodged the strike, spun around behind him, and landed a swift kick to the back of Inuyasha's head. The hanyou was knocked towards the wall but he rebounded off it. Landing on his feet, Inuyasha thrust his sword forward into Kouga's midsection.
"Keh. Not so tough when you don't have your shards, are you wolf?" Inuyasha sneered, pulling back Tetsusaiga and sheathing it. Kouga coughed up blood and dropped to his knees with his hand over the open wound in his torso. "I may be part human, but that also means I don't lose my mind to women in heat like you do." Inuyasha glanced over at Kagome. 'Gods, I need to get her out of here and back to Kaede-baba.'
"If I ever see your face again, I will kill you for good. Don't ever come near Kagome, or even think of touching her again, or I'll rip you apart, piece by piece."
Kouga laughed, though it sounded more like a gurgle. "Dog-turd, are you so weak you can't even kill me now?"
"Don't you know when to fucking shut up?!" Inuyasha put a clawed hand to Kouga's throat. "Like I'd give a fuck if you died, you piece of shit!" He picked him up and threw him out of the den. Kouga landed unconscious at the edge of the cliff. Inuyasha kicked him in the side, sending him over with the waterfall. At its base in the river, Kouga's two pack members hurriedly pulled their leader from the water. 'Kagome would be mad if I killed that fucking wolf, even after what he did to her.' Inuyasha shook his head and re-entered the cave.
Inuyasha made his way to Kagome. He wanted to look away from the sight of her. She was practically naked from the waist up. Her shirt was missing, and there wasn't much left of the garment that covered her chest. It had been shredded. The already short skirt was pulled way up, exposing all of her thighs, and a torn triangular piece of fabric. Most disturbing, however, was the blood caked all over her, amongst the many wounds. 'How could I let this happen to you?' Inuyasha removed his firerat fur coat and wrapped it around her body, and then he picked her sleeping form up into his arms. The quiet beating of her heart and shallow rise and fall of her chest comforted him in a way he couldn't explain.
"You're safe now, Kagome. I'll get you to Kaede-baba." Inuyasha left the den, running up the cliff, though it seemed his feet didn't even touch the rocks. He held the miko close to his body, trying to shield her from the pouring rain.
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Inuyasha had left to retrieve their friend, and that was when Sango noticed a young boy lying face down in the dirt. 'Kohaku!' She ran to him, hoping to find he still had life within him. Kneeling beside him, she noted his breathing and sighed with relief. 'The shard of Shikon must still be imbedded within his body. But when we remove it, he'll no longer exist here with us. . .' She couldn't help the tears that began to fall. A hand on her shoulder brought her out of her grieving for the moment. Sango wiped her eyes with her sleeve and turned to look upon the monk.
"Houshi-sama. . . He's still alive, but. . ."
"We will take care of him, Sango-chan. Do not trouble yourself with the outcome of the future yet. There may be a chance of his survival without the help of the Shikon no Tama." Miroku's hand never strayed from her shoulder, surprising the exterminator, but no more than what he had just said.
"I don't want you to hope too much, but I'm just stating that it's a possibility that his wounds healed over the time period that he was under Naraku's bidding. We have reason to believe that Kohaku still has his own mind beneath the corruption of the Shikon shard."
"Ah, you mean when he didn't kill Kagome, though he had the chance to?"
Miroku nodded, but his thoughtful expression subsided as he added, "However, when he awakes, he will remember everything they had made him forget. He will suffer emotionally for killing your father and fellow taijiya."
Sango sighed. "I know, but I will be there for him. I will make him understand that it wasn't his fault." She began choking on her words. "I want him to live! I don't want to be alone anymore, houshi-sama!" Miroku suddenly found himself holding the crying exterminator as she flung herself into his chest.
He held her tightly, "Sango-chan, you were never alone. We are all here for you. No matter what happens, I will always be here." He blushed slightly as she looked up at him, her eyes glistening from the tears.
"Thank you, Miroku." She hugged him, and he stood there bewildered at the fact that she had just called him by his name. Sango drew back as she heard him chuckle. "What is so funny?"
"Amusing, really. Inuyasha didn't even consider the large chunk of Shikon no Tama Naraku possessed. All he cared about was getting Kagome-sama back." He winked at her, "I guess we'll rub it in when she's safe at home, eh?"
Sango couldn't help but giggle slightly. The monk went in search of the Shikon piece amongst the remains of their now defeated enemy. "Kirara!" The demon cat walked up to her master, rubbing against her side in attempt to comfort her. Sango gently lifted her brother and placed her on Kirara's back. Jumping up herself, she called to Miroku. "Have you found it yet?"
"Hmmm. . . maybe over. . . Ah, I found it!" He picked the black ball of glass like it was a dead rodent and placed it in his robe with a disgusted face. 'Kagome will have to purify it later.' He made his way to the firecat and climbed aboard. "Sango-chan, where's Shippou?"
"I don't know. Shippou! Shippou!" She received no answer and looked at the monk. "I hope he didn't follow Inuyasha, or he may not live to see Kagome again."
Miroku sighed. "The kit cares for Kagome like a mother, he's only concerned for her welfare."
"That isn't going to help him against Inuyasha." Sango patted Kirara on the head. "Let's go home."
"I guess we'll find out what happened when we get back." She nodded.
"Hey! Wait for me!" Shippou came running out of the bushes, with twigs stuck in his hair and purple juice all over him. "Don't leave me behind!" Sango smirked.
"Go get him Kirara." The cat flew by and picked the kitsune up in her mouth and headed on her way. "Hey! Not like that! Hey!"
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The rain had finally let up, allowing a few beams of sunlight to shine upon the weary hanyou. He was now entering his forest, but still had a little ways to go before he would reach the village. Inuyasha wanted nothing more than to sit up on his favorite branch of the Goshinka tree and sleep. He looked down at the still unconscious girl in his arms. 'Hrm, I can't bring her back looking like this, squirt would have a fit. I guess I have no choice.' He spotted the nearby hot spring and made his way to its bank. After unwrapping his coat from Kagome, he decided he'd better remove the rest of her tattered clothing as well. 'Oh boy, this is going to hurt if she wakes up. She'll 'sit' me so many times, my back will break.' He threw the garments, if you could even call them as such, to the ground. Keeping himself clothed in his kimono pants and inner haori, he stepped into the spring. The warm water felt good on his tired muscles, but his task was to clean Kagome of all the blood and dirt her body had acquired. He couldn't get rid of the blush that insisted on tainting his cheeks at the complete nudeness of her. He never had intentionally peeked when the girls took their bathes. Anything he saw was brief, because he looked away quickly. 'Not like I ever wanted to see her without her clothing anyway!' Carefully, he cleansed the impurities from her skin. Inuyasha sighed, realizing the water wasn't going to wash away her injuries. She had a large gash in her side, along with deep scratches and puncture marks all over the rest of her body. 'I'm sorry Kagome. This should've never happened to you.' He found himself smiling sadly. 'She's still beautiful, regardless of the wounds. What? Where did that come from?' Inuyasha growled quietly. 'Damn wench, making me think such things!' He made his way to the shore, and Kagome began to stir into waking. He wanted to just drop her and run, but instead he stood there frozen, waiting for the outburst of 'sits'.
Kagome felt warmth surrounding her and noticed her body pressed against another. Remembering what was happening before she blacked out, she stiffened. 'Oh gods! No, please no!' She was afraid to open her eyes, and she started shaking uncontrollably.
Inuyasha felt the girl tense in his arms and then begin to tremble. "Kagome?" It came out in almost a whisper. 'I can't even talk right! I'm getting all soft! She's going to think I care or something.'
'Wait, that's not Kouga. . .' "Oh, Inuyasha! I'm so glad it's you!" She wrapped her arms around his neck and wailed into his chest. He didn't know what else to do, so he just tightened his grip on her. Kagome continued to cry with her hands fisted into his shirt. Inuyasha stooped to pick up his coat and wrapped it around her once again. 'Maybe she won't notice she was even unclothed.' He glanced at the pile of rags at his feet. 'Or not.'
'Stop crying already!' He didn't want to get frustrated, but he hated to see her cry. 'I have to calm her down or I'm going to go insane.' He sat against a large boulder and jumbled her into his lap, keeping his hold all the while.
'He's holding me? Why hasn't he pushed me away yet? He couldn't possibly care, could he?' She decided that was near impossible until she felt his hand sliding down her back and through her hair slowly.
Inuyasha caressed her from her head to her lower back, running his hands down the length of her hair. Closing his eyes, he started to growl softly in his chest, comforting the sobbing girl. However, he hadn't realized he was doing any of this until he found her asleep in his lap, curled up tight against his chest. There was a small smile on her lips and she looked at peace. 'Ite! What am I doing!' He got to his feet and quickly made his way to the village. 'How am I going to explain all of this?!'
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(a/n) Okay, this was short but sweet. Inuyasha's going soft! He'll be back to himself in no time, no worries! *Frowns* Boys! Next chappie will be up in a couple days. R&R