WOW! Not even a day and I'm already posting the next instalment.
Now, I know some of you have been asking for longer chapters. Unfortunately no can do...I've already written the enitre story.
Anyway, enjoy!
The headman knocked on the door of a hut on the outskirts of the village. He was about to enter when a young woman coughed behind them. "Can I help you Subaru?" she asked, her emerald eyes scanning the headman and his companions as her short auburn hair fluttered in the breeze. "Sakura," he sighed as relief spread across his face, "The miko is hurt. Will you heal her?" Sakura nodded. The headman turned to Inuyasha, "This is Sakura Kinomoto, the village healer. If anyone can help your miko, it's her. Sakura, I leave them in your care. Good day." Subaru nodded a farewell to them before he rushed off to the village.
Sakura pushed aside the screen, allowing Inuyasha to pass, closing it behind her. The hanyou gently placed Kagome on the futon before shrugging the pack off and setting himself down against the wall. Kyo leapt down, sitting down beside his mother's head, gently brushing her hair out of her face. "I'm Sakura," the healer said as she sat down beside the unconscious miko. "Inuyasha," the hanyou grunted back, still seething about the time wasted while Kagome was in pain. "Well Inuyasha," Sakura began, "What seems to be ailing...?" Inuyasha glanced at Sakura for a moment before realising what she was after. "Kagome," he replied slightly softer, at least Sakura was going to help Kagome, "And it's her ankle."
Sakura nodded before checking the young miko's foot. "It's not that bad," she told the worried hanyou, "just slightly twisted. I'll bandage it up and that should fix it, but Kagome won't be able to put any weight on it for a while. A few days, maybe a week, but it should be fine after that." She began to wrap some cloth around the injured ankle, "And who is this little cutie?" Sakura asked Inuyasha as she pointed at the tiny hanyou still caressing the sleeping miko's face. "That's Kyo," Inuyasha replied, feeling more at ease seeing her treatment of Kyo, "Kagome found him and decided to adopt him." Shock became apparent on Sakura's face as she glanced at both hanyous and the miko. "You mean he's not yours?" she asked, "I mean, seeing how familiarly you act with Kyo and the softness in your eyes when you look at Kagome, or even speak of her, and how tightly you were holding her, I thought..." Inuyasha's face flushed as he stared at the healer. "You thought that Kyo was my pup?" he asked, "that he was mine and Kagome's?" Sakura nodded, "I'm sorry," she mumbled, "I never meant to offend you, but when I saw the three of you, for some reason I just had an image of a loving family." Inuyasha 'feh'ed as she finished the wrapping on Kagome's foot.
Kagome woke shortly after, while Sakura was making tea. Inuyasha was immediately by her side, helping her to sit up, wrapping his arms around her. "Damn it wench," he muttered, "You just had to go off by yourself. What would you've done if I hadn't turned up? You could've stumbled into a demon, stupid." She mumbled an apology, nuzzling her face into his haori. "Just don't do it again," he told her," I can't protect you if I'm not there." The screen being ripped from the door startled them back into the present as a young man with messy brown hair strode in.
Stepping in front of Kagome, Inuyasha began to growl, his hand fingering Tetsusaiga. The young man automatically pulled out his sword and shifted into a battle stance. Whipping Tetsusaiga out, the hanyou shifted the blade to rest on his shoulder. Amber met gold as both men engaged in a staring contest, only to be brought out by Sakura's shrieks. "Syaoran Li," she cried, "Don't you dare draw your sword against one of my patients. Now put it away before I kick you out, and you," she spun to face Inuyasha, "Is this how you repay me healing your friend, by fighting my fiancé?" Both quickly put their swords away, looking sheepishly at the ground. "Now Syaoran," Sakura asked," What has got you so agitated this time?" The amber-eyed boy sighed, "It's that damned demon," he replied, which made Inuyasha growl his thoughts on that comment, "He's up to his tricks again. I almost had that deer too, and he just had to step in and chase the game away."
Inuyasha began to sniff Syaoran, "Feh," he replied, "That's just Eriol Hirigiziwa, the Trickster Demon. If you want to get rid of him that bad, just tell him his jokes suck." The hanyou strode towards the door, "I haven't seen him in years. I'll be back soon Kagome, I'm just going to have a talk with Eriol." With that he walked out of the hut and stalked silently towards the source of the scent.
Tee hee hee. This naughty little pixie just couldn't resist...once I'd added Tomoyo into the story, I just had to add a few more of the CCS gang in too!
Well, I hoped you enjoyed this new instalment. For the next one lets try 470 reviews.
May your thoughts and creativity flow,
Lady Ami DragonHeart