What Does Not Kill You Only Makes You Stronger
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Chapter eight: Things to come….
(InuYasha's POV)
I looked around and noticed the place was pitch black. For the first time in my life I was terrified. I had no idea where I was and could not find Kagome anywhere. I could feel my heart beating within the pits of my stomach, my anger began to rise. I could see nothing, and it appeared no one was around.
"InuYasha," I heard an oddly familiar voice say.
I steadied my eyes and glanced through the sinister dark that would not disappear, it consumed me and filled me with fear. Out of the nothingness of the dark, a bright light appeared, and my first love walked into the light.
"Kikyo," I replied in astonishment.
"Are you forgetting about me InuYasha? You're falling in love with that wretched Kagome, and forgetting about me, the one that truly loves you. The one that will never abandon you!" Kikyo replied in a voice that sent shivers up my spine. I had never heard her talk to me like that. It dug sorrow deep inside me. How could I leave someone like that?
"I could never forget about you, my Kikyo, my love," I replied as I walked towards her and embraced her gorgeous figure.
"Oh InuYasha, I have missed you so much, you have no idea how long I have yearned for this," Kikyo whispered in a voice that made me want to take her right then and there.
I glanced down in her stunning brown eyes. Our faces inched closer and closer together, until our lips found their way to each other. Her lips felt like silk, I didn't want to pull apart from them, but I had no choice. I looked around the area and felt safe with Kikyo; she was my one and only love. I was pleased, until another light appeared from the mysterious darkness.
"InuYasha, how could you!" Kagome screamed as the tears ran down her face like rain drops and as she began to turn around and run away from me.
"Kagome!..I," I replied trying to find the words. They just would not form. I thought I loved Kikyo, but when Kagome came into the picture, she sent waves of shivers up and down my body. She made me want to be with her instead of this dead corpse that said she was alive.
"InuYasha, I thought you loved me. You can't leave me, you said you wanted to be with me. You said we would always be together," Kikyo said as her eyes began to swell up.
"But Kagome….I guess you're right you are my first love," I replied feeling my feelings for Kagome being stomped out of my heart. I quickly shoved my lips onto Kikyo's once again, sending the same shivers I felt with Kagome, through my body.
"I love you InuYasha and you betrayed me, Kikyo isn't alive, I am. But you still would rather be with her," I heard Kagome sob in a far off distance. It was almost as if it was an echo.
"I hate you! You are a selfish bastard!" I heard her scream, something inside my soul dying at the sound of her voice and the words that she spoke.
I jolted away and fet my arms tighten around something soft and alive. My gaze darted downwards, my heart clenching when I felt something wet and warm drenching my thigh. My first thought was that it was someone dead. Kagome for that matter.
I enhaled sharply at the sight of Kagome's relaxed face and felt my heart clench even more. She hated me? My mind swirled with questions and I was almost startled when I took a deep breath and only smelt blood. Kagome's blood. Panic had an iron grip on me and I grasped her shoulders, shaking her gently.
"Kagome," I murmured, my stomach clenching into a tight knot, "I need you to wake up. You're still bleeding. Did you know that?" I asked sounding more concerned then I had originally planned to.
"Ohh…Yeah, I guess my side is bleeding from earlier...when the jewel fell out," I heard her reply in a drowsy voice, right before she drifted back to sleep.
I have to take her to Kaede. She doesn't look like she's going to last much longer.
As cautiously as I could, I picked her up, one arm under her knees and the other sercuirly across her back, so that I could keep an eye on her. Making sure she didn't...bleed to death. I took a deep breath and jumped from the tear we had been snoozing in and landed softly on the ground, my gaze darting to Kagome's slumbering face.
I ran then. The scenery passing me in a blur as I raced like the hounds of hell were snapping at my heels towards Kaede's hut. I didn't know what possessed me as I ran, but i didn't feel human. It was like the primal side of my being had taken over and the need to get Kagome to safety was my main concern. It was like...the demon part of my soul was controlling me.
I was slightly stunned when I nearly ran straight into Kaede's hut. I hadn't been thinking about anything except getting Kagome all better and hadn't noticed the hut looming towards me. I swallowed the lump in my throat and barged into the small hut, surprise making me hesitate when I saw Kaede waiting by the make shift bed as if she had been expecting me.
"InuYasha, what are ye doing here so early?" her expression smoothed out, though the clever gleam in her eye let me know that she knew already why I had come. "Are ye not enough of a demon to protect to child?" she asked. She was taunting me!
I growled, taking a step towards her. "My being a demon has nothing to do with Kagome's gushing wound. Yes, I was after the Shikon no tama, but I was not the one that placed the wound upon her side." I felt my eyes harden and I looked down at Kagome's frail body held close to my chest. "Help her, Kaede. I...her heart beat if fading..."
"Quickly, InuYasha. Lay her upon the bed." I looked up and meet the old hag's eyes and nodded sharply. I walked towards the waiting woman and gently placed Kagome's form amongst the matt like she was a fragile piece of glass that would shatter with any sudden movement. I looked on in amazement as Kaede reached forwards and lifted Kagome's shirt up and stripped it over her head.
My breath left my body as I stared down at her mounds concealed in what looked like black cloth. My nether regions stirred. They were bigger then I would have thought. I felt my cheeks redden at the thought and my member twitched in silent appreciation.
"InuYasha," I heard the piercing voice of Kaede say as she interrupted me from my disturbing thoughts.
I cleared my throat and reluctantly raised my gaze to hers. "Yes?" I snapped, embarrassment making my words more harsher then they should have been.
"Ye will need to go and get a stronger herb for me, the ones I have are not strong enough for her wound," she said, her features nor tone betraying if she had known of my unclean thoughts about Kagome/
"Feh, where are they?" I asked hiding any sign of fear or desie that I felt.
"They are in the forest where Kikyo pinned you to the tree, but be careful there is a hideous demon out there, it took Kikyo's remains," she said as her voice filled with sorrow.
That is why she was up so early.
"Feh, don't worry about me. If that damn demon gets in my way, it will be sliced by my tetsaiga," I replied clutching the handle of my sword.
"Ye better leave now, Kagome won't last much longer," she replied warning me of how much longer Kagome had.
At that note I left without saying a word. I was determined to save Kagome, I didn't want to have to suffer the loss of her like I did with Kikyo.
Why would anyone want Kikyo's remains?
I reached the forest in a matter of seconds. I glanced around and grabbed the special herb. I turned around instantly and ran back towards the hut.
"Kagome you better not die on me, I can't loose Kikyo then you," I said as the thought of Kikyo popped into my mind.
I can see why I got Kagome mixed up with Kikyo, they look so much alike. The same facial structure and everything. There's something different about Kagome. She seems to make life more fun, and she is full of happiness.
I was interrupted from my thoughts as I saw smoke towering over the village, it seemed to be coming from Kaede's hut. I picked up my pace even more, and felt my demon blood start to pulse through my veins.
"Kagome better be alive," I said to myself, racing to the hut.
Sorry it took us soooo long to write this chapter. I know so far it is almost like the show, but these events lead up to a really good story. It will just take a few more chapters. Dee Zuki and I have been working on it, the main problem is school. IT SUCKS! Anywayz, leave us your most wonderful reviews, cookies for our last reviewers and cookies for who replies to this chapter! Love ya!