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Chapter 12- Another Side of Inuyasha

The warmth from the morning's rays was not able to be felt by the four campers that awaited the decision of their companion in a small room beside the hospital at the camp. Sango and Kagome were both asleep, the tiredness they had shoved away finally catching up to them Sango was fortunate enough to have Miroku beside her, who offered his shoulder as a pillow. She gladly accepted the helpful gesture.

Kagome was curled up in a chair, sleeping peacefully. Her hair was scattered from the loose ponytail that once held her hairs away from her face. Her arm limply from the side of her chair, though her grip was tight on Inuyasha's hand. She only told Inuyasha to wake her when Kikyo woke if she did fall asleep, which he agreed to. She soon lost conscious after that.

As for the two boys, both were unable to sleep. Miroku watched his close friend who was now glaring at the ceiling. His mouth was straight with the feelings her tried to control. He was tired, both mentally and physically. God damnit, why does bad luck follow me around? I had Kagome with me and we weren't even fighting, and then someone had to ruin my day. Not to mention I couldn't find any trace of a weapon or a suspect. Inuyasha clenched his hands together but soon softened his grip when reminded of the delicate hand still placed in his.

"So what happened with her and her horse? Did you get it to calm down?" Miroku asked. Inuyasha nodded.

"Yea we got the horse to stop. Then I ran into a branch and got knocked out. I guess I also got cut." Miroku eyes his friend who sighed. "She said it was really deep, but she saw it heal up."

"You mean she found out?" Miroku asked. Inuyasha only shook his head.

"No, not yet at least. She does know that there's something different about me."

"Well I could have told you that." Miroku replied, though cut his humor when Inuyasha glared at him. It was hardly threatening. "Oka look, Kagome knows that we're hiding things from her. Sango will know soon if Kagome knows, so now we have to keep both of them in the dark. Sango isn't as nosy as Kagome so I suggest that you keep distance from your sleeping buddy. Otherwise that girl will find out what you don't want her to know."

"I can't let her figure it out. There is no way I'll let her find out."

"Then I suggest you make sure to not let your guard down or else you might slip." Miroku looked over at the girl in question, her innocent face now snuggling into her arm. "Though Kagome is a very trustworthy girl, I'm not sure how'll she'll take the news."

"I know Oka?" Inuyasha muttered, gazing at the nurse who now walked into the waiting room.

"Were you kids up all night?" The nurse grabbed her coat as she looked over at the two boys. The boys could only nod. "Well try to get some sleep once the doctor comes out and tells you about your friend. I'm sure that she'll be out soon."

"Do you know when the doctor is supposed to come out?" Miroku asked.

"I saw her while I was getting ready to leave. She was getting ready to come out here I think. Oh look, speaking of the devil." The lady smiled when a woman entered the room before she mumbled a quick goodbye and walked out of the hospital. Miroku almost fell out of his chair in surprise.

"Kaede? You're the doctor around here?" Miroku asked, the old lady smiling.

"I didn't mention that when I first met you, did I?" She chuckled when she heard Inuyasha snort before crossing one of his arms.

"Well if it ain't the old hag." Miroku quickly glanced over at Inuyasha, who now held an annoyed expression on his face.

"Nice to see you too Inuyasha. I was wondering when you were going to come back." She replied calmly.

"It ain't my choice I'm here. Dad forced me to go."

"I'm guessing you know Inuyasha?" Miroku asked.

"Ah yes, I've known Inuyasha for a long time. Remember I've been here longer than you two's ages." Kaede replied.

"Which ain't long for her, since her date of birth was back in the feudal times." Inuyasha snapped out.

"I see you are still cocky as ever."

"And you're still a witch."

"Inuyasha has changed a lot over the years, sadly not for his own good." Miroku bowed his head as if pitying Inuyasha. This small gesture earned him a hit on the head. "Ow!"

"Shut up you wuss. And I haven't changed for the worse. I'm much stronger now and smarter too! And I-" Inuyasha was interrupted by Kagome, who yawned slightly. Inuyasha's eyes snapped over to her, causing Miroku to smile.

"Oh yea, one more thing changed about him." Brown eyes slowly appeared as Kagome sat up. She glanced at Inuyasha, who now held his fist over Miroku's head.

"What's going on here?" Kagome asked. Kaede only smiled and watched confusion pour into the young girl's features.

"Nothing you should worry about. I'm the doctor that operated on Kikyo." Kaede replied.

"How is she? Is she going to make it?" Kagome asked.

"Luckily yes. She isn't dead, but she did come very close to meeting her maker." The breath that was held captive by Kagome's lungs was slowly released at the news.

"So she's going to be Oka?" Inuyasha asked, finally returning to the conversation.

"She should be fine, though she'll have to stay in the hospital for a little while." Kaede explained.

"Can we go see her?" Kagome asked. Kaede nodded slightly.

"Yes but try not to be too loud. We don't want to disturb any other people we have here." Kagome nodded as she stood up, the boy quickly following suit. Sango was woken by the movement of Miroku, causing her to fall out of her chair.

"Ow!" Sango groaned as she opened her eyes, looking up at the people around her. "What happened?"

"Miroku dropped you like a sack." Inuyasha replied, causing Miroku to laugh nervously. Miroku bent down and extended his had, helping Sango off the floor.

"Sorry about that, I kind of forgot that you were there." Miroku said. Sango only looked around her.

"Any news about Kikyo?" Sango asked.

"Let's go see her and determine that for ourselves. The doctor told us that we could go see her." Kagome replied, grabbing Sango's wrist and dragging her through the white doors of the hospital. The boys looked at each other as if daring the other to go first. Finally Inuyasha rolled his eyes and walked through the doors, following by Miroku who was now grinning. Both boys were surprised when they saw Kagome and Sango in the middle of the hallway.

"What are you two standing in the middle of the halls for? You look like you don't know where you're going." When both girls looked away from Inuyasha, he couldn't contain his smirk. "You don't know where the room is do you?"

"Shut up, like you know either!" Sango replied. Miroku only laughed.

"Oh but we do. That's the benefits of staying up; you get to talk to the nurses. They told us she was in room C33." Miroku said watching both girls glare at him. "What did I do?"

"Just forget about them, women are always confusing." Inuyasha walked towards the elevator, pressing the call back button.

"You are stereotyping!" Kagome said walking up to him. He only shrugged as the elevator door opened to reveal a pair of dark Purple eyes. Kagome held her breath and Inuyasha swore when the boy stepped out of the elevator. Without warning, the boy grabbed Kagome's waist and pulled her closer to him.

"To what honor do I have to see you, love." Kagome tried to pull herself out of the Naraku's grasp, but his grip was stronger than steel.

"What do you want Naraku?" She asked bitterly making him smirk. He leaned close to her as he answered.

"Well if you really must know…"

"Keep your thoughts away from her." Sango said stepping up to defend her friend. Naraku's attention was adverted from Kagome to Sango, making him scowl.

"Sango I think you've met Gatenmaru." Naraku glanced behind him, watching Gatenmaru slowly slither his way from his comfortable shadows.

"Oh so the vixen's name is Sango." Gatenmaru let his question free into the tense air.

"Vixen! Last time we met, you hated me and now I'm a vixen?"

"Well I thought about our incident and I realized that you were just playing hard to get with me. So now I'm ready to bring my best game." The smile on Gatenmaru's face was enough for Miroku to laugh.

"You think she liked you? How do you explain her shoving you into the ground then?" Gatenmaru only glared.

"Oka guys, what I want to know is why are you two at the hospital?" Sango asked. Kagome tried to break away from Naraku's grasp, hoping that Sango's question would make him loose his grip.

"Well we heard about Kikyo and decided to visit and make sure she is Oka." Naraku said casually keeping his hold on Kagome. Inuyasha's anger was starting to rise as Kagome continued to struggle with Naraku. Brown eyes were now dripping with gold.

"How did you guys get in?" Miroku asked.

"The owner of the camp let us get in early." Gatenmaru replied.

"Lucky you." Inuyasha muttered sarcastically.

"Very, in fact, we can basically do whatever we want." Naraku said, looking back at Kagome. "We can also have whatever we want."

"Except things that don't want to be had." Kagome replied, pushing away form him as far as she could go. Naraku's gaze turned sharp as he ripped her back against him. Finally, Inuyasha snapped.

"Get your filthy hands off of her before I snap them in half!" Naraku glanced up at Inuyasha, whose eyes were almost completely smothered in gold. The sudden command threw Naraku off guard as he let Kagome stumble to the floor. Once Naraku stepped away from Kagome, brown splashed over the golden orbs. Kagome glanced up at Inuyasha who now helped her up.

"Inuyasha are you Oka?" Kagome asked quietly. Inuyasha kept his eyes locked onto Naraku.

"Do you think that you can possible keep her safe forever?" Naraku spit out as his wicked smile widened.

"Maybe not, but I'll sure as hell try." Inuyasha replied.

"No why would you have to do that? I mean, it's not like I'd ever hurt her. Right Kagome?" Kagome shuttered at the forceful voice her ex boyfriend held, though she shook her head defiantly.

"I think it would be better if you didn't touch me anymore." She said.

"What did you say?" Naraku roared.

"I don't want you touching me!" The looks in Naraku's eyes were dangerous, making Inuyasha step in.

"WE need to go see Kikyo now so if you'll just get out of our way…"

"You better watch your step Kagome, you know who I am." Once the sentence entered the other's ears, Naraku slowly walked past the group. "Come Gatenmaru."

"Until we meet again vixen." Gatenmaru winked before following his friend, leaving the four teens in a restless silence. Each person had emotions running through their hearts, but none knew where to start.

"We should go see Kikyo." Miroku said opening the elevator door and walking in. The others soon followed.

"Why would Naraku go to see Kikyo? I thought they didn't talk?" Sango asked.

"Who knows with that jerk. He probably just wanted to laugh at her or something." Inuyasha muttered, leaning against the elevator wall.

"How did he know that she was even hurt to being with?" Kagome asked.

"He knows the owner remembers? I bet that Naraku gets everything told to him even when people get hurt." Miroku replied.

"Speaking of that, who would want to hurt Kikyo?" Sango watched Kagome shrug, as did the two boys.

"Well anyone could have their own reasons, maybe people we didn't even know." Miroku replied. The elevator door rung and opened at the designated destination. The teens stepped out from the elevator, walking towards the room that they knew Kikyo was located. Nobody said a word as they approached the door. Kagome didn't spend time brooding at the door as she shoved it open and walked in. She let her gaze wander around the whole room, the only color being the rose that sat in a vase next to Kikyo's bed. Kagome kept herself quiet as she walked to the girl's bed, slightly holding her breath when she saw Kikyo cough.

"You awake?" Kagome breathed out, making Kikyo not weakly "How are you feeling?"

"Why are you here, don't you hate me?" Kikyo replied slight anger in her voice.

"Not enough to not care bout your health. Or who would do this to you. Do you have any idea who did this to you?" Kikyo only shrugged.

"I'm not sure; it was too dark to see anything. Besides, they came from behind me." Kikyo replied.

"You didn't notice anything like a bright shirt or their voice?"

"Come down Sherlock." Kagome walked back at Inuyasha, crossing her arms.

"Well sorry for being curious." She muttered.

"How are you Kikyo?" Sango asked. Kikyo smiled and slowly sat up.

"As good as a girl who gets stabbed." She replied. So the doctors must have found what type of a weapon was used. Maybe I can talk to Jody about it when we're leaving. Kagome kept her thoughts as just that.

"We saw Naraku in the hallway earlier, why was he here?" Miroku asked. Kikyo's eyes widened slightly.

"Naraku was here?" Kikyo asked. The group looked at each other before looking back at Kikyo.

"Didn't the idiot come to see you?" Inuyasha asked. She only shook her head.

"I haven't seen Naraku since I've been in the hospital."

"That's odd; he told us he came to see you. Are you sure that you were awake?" Sango asked.

"I think that one of the nurses would have told her." Miroku replied.

"Well this makes no sense, why would Naraku lie about coming to see you?" Kagome asked. Nobody seemed to have the answer, so Inuyasha asked his own.

"What was he doing here, and why would Naraku say he came to see Kikyo if he knew we were coming to see her?"

"I have no clue, but I have a feeling someone wants to find out." Miroku replied, throwing his thumb at the door Kagome was walking through.

"Now what are you doing!" Inuyasha asked.

"Nothing for you to worry about. Bye Kikyo, hope you feel better." With the small goodbye, Kagome left the group, Inuyasha only groaned as he headed to the door.

"Where are you going?" Miroku asked.

"Where else, going to make sure she doesn't get in trouble." Inuyasha replied, walking out. Sango only giggles at Miroku's confused face.

"He doesn't want her to get in trouble? He's the one who always gets in the fights with her!" Miroku said.

"It's called an excuse Miroku." Kikyo said.

"He wants to be with her. He always seems to be around her." Sango continued.

"Am I the only one who didn't notice this?" Miroku asked.

"Other than Inuyasha and Kagome, yup."

"Anything else I need to know about?" Kikyo only looked at Sango.

"Where should we start?" Both asked simultaneously before breaking out into laughter. Miroku looked at the two as if they had lost their minds. Inuyasha was right, girls are confusing.

And that is the end of chapter 12! I know that it's technically June 2nd and all, but hey, at least I got it done. I stayed up all night doing this Oka? And I'm wicked tired, so I'm making everything from now on short. What is up with Inuyasha's eyes? What did Naraku really do in the hospital? Is Kaede's birthday really in the feudal age? Find out later!

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Chapter 13- Romance Anyone?