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Kagome trudged on towards the village they had passed yesterday, Kyo dragging his feet behind her. 'How could this happen?' the tiny hanyou thought to himself, 'What had caused this fight? Was there another factor he hadn't considered in his equation? He noticed Inuyasha's affection towards his mother, so why hadn't she? It was so obvious that they liked each other, so what was in the way, preventing them from admitting it?' Thoughts kept pouring through the child's head, but one kept continually popping up, 'Inuyasha better fix this, and soon.' Without the stubborn hanyou, his plans for gaining a father would be shattered.
The miko caught her foot on a stray root, bringing her crashing to the ground. A sharp pain lanced through her ankle. Checking the sore foot, she noticed the beginnings of swelling. Damn, she'd managed to twist it. Wincing as she stood, Kagome began to limp, taking as much weight off that leg as possible.
Kagome continued to stride blindly, as her tears obscured her view, causing her to walk straight into a tree. The tree's arms quickly wrapped themselves around her, preventing her from falling, and pulling her close. She blinked away her tears and stared up into Inuyasha's face, momentarily taking in his drooping puppy ears and the dull, muddy gold of his eyes before he pulled her into a tight embrace, resting his head on her shoulder.
"I'm sorry Kagome," he whispered into her ear, "I didn't mean to say those things. I just got angry. You're not useless, you're strong and brave. You've saved me, multiple times, with your arrows, when we face Sesshomaru, and Naraku, and your the one who always managed to bring me back when I became full-demon. I doubt even Kikyo would stay if I became full demon, she detests me being a hanyou enough, but you never wavered. I want to go on collecting the shards with you. Please don't leave."
She felt the bottle containing the shards being pressed into her hand. "I have to go back," She whispered, "I have to see my family some time, but I promise not to go back for two weeks. So that gives us fourteen days of shard hunting, or training Kyo." She buried her head in his chest, "I'm sorry," she told him, "I should never have yelled at you like that. You were only trying to be nice, and I threw it in your face." She gave him a quick hug before she started to walk off, still limping heavily. "Damn it wench," Inuyasha cried, "I can't even leave you for five minutes without you hurting yourself." He pulled the bag off her back, slinging it over his own shoulders. "Kyo," he growled, "Climb on." The small hanyou jumped onto the pack on Inuyasha's back, seating himself on the larger hanyou's shoulder as Inuyasha swept Kagome into his arms. "Hold on tight," he grumbled, "I'm going to take you to the village and get someone there to take a look at it." With that, he began racing towards the village, always mindful of the young miko's foot, and the smaller hanyou on his shoulder.
Okay...for next chapter...370...laterz guys...I love you all so much!
(I'm kinda hoping this chapter makes up for my last one...and shields me form more household projectiles...but yea...from here on in it'll be loaded with fluff...for a few chappies at least.)
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