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Chapter 15- First Clue to Inuyasha's Secret
"Kagome! Kagome answer me already! Oh god just get up…" The black haze that swum in Kagome's head slowly drifted away, leaving her with the calm black stare from behind closed eyes. She mentally groaned when she tried to roll over, finding that her body did not want to cooperate with her at the time. Slowly opening her eyes, Kagome came face to face with dirt.
"Where am I?" She asked herself, slowly pushing her hands under her and pushing the upper part of her body into a sitting position. She blinked when she saw herself surrounded by a soil barrier.
"Its bout time you woke up, wanna-be sleeping beauty." Kagome glanced up to see Inuyasha, who was now sitting high above her. She shielded her eyes from the sun to look at the boy, who was now swinging his legs into the hole. "I was wondering if you had died on me or something."
"How did I get here?" She asked, a look of confusion etched into her face. Inuyasha only rolled his eyes.
"You fell in when you found that note, remember? Or did you lose what little brain cells you have?" She ignored Inuyasha's insult as she tried to remember what happened before she blacked out. Her eyes blinked when the memories splashed onto her.
"Oh yea, I remember now…" She looked into her hand to find the note from before still in her hand. I must have unconsciously made sure that I didn't lose the note when I fell. She thought, slowly umcrumpling the paper to read the note again.
"Well if you're done in la la land, hurry up and get out of there so we can figure out what the hell just happened." Inuyasha stood as he looked down at the helpless girl, crossing his arms in impatience. Kagome nodded as she stood, though it wasn't for long. Before Kagome had time to catch herself, her knees easily gave out. With a small squeak of protest, Kagome stumbled backwards into a side of the pit, placing her weight onto it. Before she could fall back down completely, Kagome grabbed a root from the side of the hole, holding onto it to keep herself up.
"Inuyasha, I'm having slight problems…my legs aren't working right."
"What do you mean they aren't working! They have to, it's not like they have an off and on button." Inuyasha replied, dropping back down to the edge of the gap. When her saw her let go of the root to slide down to the floor, he knew something was wrong.
"I'm trying to work them, but they just don't want to move. They're completely numb now, and it's not because they haven't been moving around either. It's different than that feeling." She rubbed her hand against her leg only to realize that she couldn't feel it. She tried to look past that factor as she searched for any injuries on her legs.
"Well how are you supposed to get out of there now? If you can't use your legs, then you won't be able to climb out!"
"Thank you captain obvious! It's not like I could have figured that one out on my own or anything!" Kagome felt her temper quickly snap, though not for the dumb comment made by her friend. If I can't get out of here, what am I going to do? Inuyasha would have to go get me help, and I don't want to be here alone! After the note, how am I supposed to not freak out when I'm by myself! Oh I really did it this time, I'm going to die out here…
"Will you listen to me Kagome?"
"What now? You going to explain more noticeable things?" The tone Kagome took quickly paused any thought that Inuyasha had. He glanced down at Kagome, now noticing the slight tremble the held her body captive. He tried not to seem surprised, though he couldn't help but ask the obvious question.
"You're scared." Kagome tried to keep her voice from shaking.
"You're brilliant, anything else you want to make fun of me for?"
"No, I didn't mean it that way!" He hurriedly replied, though she wouldn't look up at him. Instead, she used her arms to pull her legs up to her, holding them up by wrapping her arms around them.
"I know you didn't." She spoke softly. "I am scared Inuyasha, I don't know what's going to happen now. Either way it's not going to be good."
"Don't think like that, or it will turn out bad. Just give me a moment to figure out what we're going to do." He quickly looked around, estimating how far they were to the campsite. When he realized it was too far for the others to hear him, he couldn't help but curse.
"If you leave, I'm a sitting duck for any animal or person that could hurt me. If you stay, we're going to be stuck out here until the others find us, which could be days. Either way it's bad." She tried to force a smile on her face as she continued. "It'd be better if you just went looking for the others and left me here, that way you won't be hurt in the end."
"Don't even talk like that, I'm not leaving you behind." She caught his gaze with her own, blinking away her tears. "No matter what, I'll stay with you."
"Inuyasha…" Kagome stopped when she felt her hand graze something metal, causing her to break her contact with Inuyasha and look down on her leg. There she noticed a small piece of metal sticking out from her leg. Gently, Kagome reached down and pulled the metal from her calf, realizing what it was. "Inuyasha, I found something!"
"Well what is it?" He asked.
"It's some piece of metal. I know I've seen something like it before, but I just can't remember what it is or where I've seen it before." She replied, examining the metal. She jumped in surprise when she felt Inuyasha land next to her, slightly surprised at the jump he had just taken.
"I know what it is, but what the hell is it doing down here?" Inuyasha took the possession from Kagome, slowly rolling it in his fingers and examining it.
"Are you going to tell me what it is?" She asked.
"It's a needle from the hospital, I can tell these things from anywhere. I've seen enough of them…from all the times me and Miroku have been to the hospital I mean." When Kagome gave Inuyasha a suspicious look, He quickly continued. "Because of all of our stupid stunts, we've been in the hospital plenty of times."
"Right…anyways, what was that thing doing in my leg?" Inuyasha paused for a moment before pushing the needle into his finger. Kagome gasped as she smacked him in the back of the head.
"Ow, what was that for!"
"You're going to hurt yourself!" Inuyasha only rolled his eyes and pulled the needle out, pressing one of his fingers onto where he had poked the needle. His movements were stilled for a moment before he stood up.
"We have to get you back to camp, then I'm going to do something." When she was about to protest that she couldn't move, she felt am arm go under her shoulder blades and realized what he was thinking.
"No way, you're not going to be able to get up there when you're holding me!" Inuyasha ignored her as he secured his arm under her legs. He closed his eyes for a moment, almost looking like pain had struck him. I know this is only going to cause her to become more curious, but I have to get us out of here now. And I can't leave her behind…damn it all.
With his final thought, Inuyasha slowly crouched down before pushing off the bottom of the hole, reaching the top with room to spare. Kagome could only stare up at the boy who was now running through the forest, one though racing through her mind. What on earth is going on!
Scene Change
The connection between the two was electrifying. No words were able to be said as silence overtook the moment. One pair of eyes kept open wide while the other closed quickly. Thoughts raced through their minds, each wondering what the reaction from the other would be. Finally, someone spoke.
"I presume you want some ice for that cheek Miroku?" Kaede asked, making Miroku nod slightly. His eyes were still sealed with pain as he heard the older woman leave, unlike the hand that now seemed glued to his cheek. Sango could only blush harder as she slowly pulled her hand away from him. (Hahaha, you thought they kissed didn't you?)
"Serves you right." She whispered, watching his blue eyes now appear from behind his eyelids. "With Kaede coming and…"
"I...I'm sorry, I shouldn't of even thought of it." The bottom of her stomach seemed to run away when she replayed the encounter with the boy in front of her. He was going to…and then I slapped him! I can't believe I just did that! But Kaede was right there and I couldn't just make out with him with her watching us. Oh I bet he hates me now. By the time Sango snapped herself out of her thoughts, Kaede had returned with the bag of ice.
"What are you two doing here? I thought you all had to go see your counselors?" Kaede asked, passing the bag to Miroku. A look of thanks crossed Miroku's face as he placed the bag where he had been slapped.
"See our counselors? When were we supposed to do that, I haven't talked to either of them within the past 24 hours." Sango replied. Kaede only shook her head.
"Well Kagome and Inuyasha went to go see them, so I suggest that you two make your way that way." Miroku blinked slightly at the mention of his two friends.
"Wait, Inuyasha and Kagome came to see you?" He asked.
"Oh yes, they wanted to know about Kikyo and what the doctors thought happened to her. Once I told her, Kagome said they were going to check in."
"Thanks for that information Kaede; let's go check in Miroku." Sango smiled at the older woman before grabbing Miroku's arm, slowly leading him out of the hallway. Once out of Kaede's sight, Sango released Miroku and continued on her way.
"Wait, what are we doing? We both know that Kagome wouldn't have gone without telling us where she was going unless it was an urgent getaway. That means that checking in was not the first thing on her mind." Sango looked back at Miroku, waiting for him to catch up to her.
"Well of course I know that. But what else can we do, it's not like she told Kaede where she was going. Might as well just go check in with Rin and Sesshoumaru then see what's going to happen now that Kikyo is in the hospital."
"Do they even know what happened to Kikyo? I wouldn't think that word would spread that fast." Miroku's assumption was proven wrong when the two in question walked through the entrance of the hospital. "Guess it does."
"Rin, Sesshoumaru! What are you two doing here?" Sango asked, watching the older teens approach her.
"Oh good, I'm so glad you two are here! I've been looking all over the place for you kids all day! I didn't even bother looking in the cabins since you weren't there last night. The only person I've seen so far other than you two was in a hospital bed!" Rin said, her voice coated in anxiety.
"Well don't worry, we're all doing fine. The only one I haven't seen today is Kouga, though I doubted that I would see him here." Miroku replied, watching the warning glance from Sesshoumaru. "What, I'm just telling you what I thought!"
"So you haven't seen Kagome or Inuyasha?" Sango asked. Rin shook her head.
"Were we supposed to?" Rin could tell by the guilty faces that they were. "Do you know where they went?"
"No, we haven't seen them for well over two hours. The last we heard they were heading your way." Miroku replied honestly, though the looks from the two counselors showed they were very suspicious.
"We were actually going to find them after we checked in with you two." Sango explained.
"We just came to see how Kikyo was doing and what happened to her. After that we're having a meeting in the boy's cabin about what we are going to do for the rest of the summer, so you better all be in there by 6'oclock tonight. You got that?" Miroku blinked at Rin's message.
"Wait, why the boy's cabin? Why not the girls? I bet your cabin is neater than the boys." Sango smiled at the childish voice that Miroku used. Rin only rolled her eyes.
"I bet it's not. Besides, the girls probably have their clothes scattered all over the place, and I don't think they want the boys to discover what their favorite colors are by the color of their underwear." Miroku couldn't help but crack a grin at the remark.
"So are you saying women chose their underwear by their favorite color? If that's so, then we all know that Sango's will be pink. Probably a light over a dark." Sango's face instantly lit up as she smacked Miroku in the arm, who only laughed. "Ow! That hurt you know!"
"You disgust me." Sesshoumaru replied, though Miroku only grinned.
"We'll be in the boy's cabin by six, don't worry. We're going to go tell Kagome and Inuyasha when we find them, so they'll be there too. You two are going to have to find Kouga, wherever he is." Rin nodded at her camper's comment.
"Right, hope you can find them before six. If you can't, then return to the cabin without them and we'll go out as a group and find them. There is no way that we're losing another camper."
"Oka, see you then!" Miroku walked out of the hospital, Sango quickly following. Once past their counselors, both teens let out a sigh in relief.
"At least we know now that Inuyasha and Kagome didn't go to see the counselors." Sango said as the two walked back into the camp.
"Well we basically knew that they weren't doing that." Miroku replied.
"I know, but its official now. Anyways, if they didn't do what they said they were going to do, then where did they go?"
"Those two could be anywhere in this camp. Our best bet is to wait in your cabin until they come back. If anything does happen to them, that's where they will go. Also they would feel the safest there and would be able to bring whatever they were looking for back there."
"Well why not the boy's cabin?" Miroku could only smirk at this.
"Because Inuyasha wouldn't want to take the chance of running into Kouga with Kagome." Sango giggled at Miroku's knowledge of Inuyasha, though she said nothing about it.
"I wonder what they were doing."
"Obviously they were trying to figure something out about the attack."
"But why go at such a random time?"
"Nothing's random in this camp, especially when it evolves Kagome. She must have remembered something or was just waiting for the right time to leave."
"Maybe it had something to do with that Kaede was saying. Kagome left when Kikyo said that she wasn't visited by Naraku, and went to see Kaede. Then she left again when Kaede said something about the doctors."
"Let's look at the first time she left. She must have thought there was a connection with Naraku, Kikyo, and Kaede. But the question is, what was it?"
"I'm not exactly sure, but we know it's something to do with those three people and the attack. Then she left again when Kaede said something about what the doctors said about Kikyo." Miroku thought for a moment before he answered Sango.
"Maybe something Kaede said made her remember something?"
"Well it'd help if we knew what the doctors had actually said." Sango sighed when she spotted the cabin and walked over to her door, pulling out a golden key. Miroku glanced at the key with curiosity.
"You have a key?" Sango looked at him in confusion.
"Yea, everyone in my cabin does. Don't you?" Miroku shook his head.
"No, they never gave us one."
"We got one the day after the camp started. Rin said that if we lost it then we weren't getting another one because there were only four made for each cabin."
"I haven't even seen a key for ours. I just thought they didn't give them out." Sango laughed as she tried to push the key into the hole, though stopped when she realized the door was open.
"Whoa, who left this open? I thought we were supposed to keep this locked at all times?" Miroku only shrugged.
"Maybe Rin forgot to lock it up again."
"But she said she didn't come to the cabins today. And she always locks it at night, no matter what is going on." Slowly, Sango pushed the door to the cabin open, her eyes widening when she looked inside. Miroku let a whistle pass by his lips when he snuck a peek inside.
"And I thought our cabin was bad…" Sango shook her head as she took a step into the destroyed cabin, trying to take everything in.
"This wasn't like this yesterday; someone must have come into our cabin!"
Scene Change
Inuyasha's inhumanly speed gradually slowed to a walking pace, though Kagome's heart was still pounding. She kept her gaze outward, too frightened to glance at the boy holding her. She could finally feel her legs again, though she was too petrified to speak. She tried to erase the scene from before from her head, though it seemed to replay like a broken record.
Oka, so I'm in it deep this time. I always thought that Inuyasha was a little different, but not like that! He just jumped a good 10 feet while he was holding me! There is no way that something like that is normal. No matter what he says, there is nothing right about that.
Kagome's negative thoughts slowly stopped as she suddenly realized what she was thinking. What am I talking about? Who cares if he's not normal, that doesn't mean anything. It's not like he tried to hurt me, and he only did it to help me out. I shouldn't be thinking badly about him. So he can jump high, that doesn't make him a freak or anything. And even if he was, he'd still be my friend. Inuyasha is Inuyasha, and no matter what he does, he'll always be that to me.
While Kagome realized her thoughts were wrong, Inuyasha was starting to have doubts about his decision. She's being quiet, which is abnormal for Kagome. Something has to be bothering her if she can't even look me in the eye, not like she really ever has been able to. Every time she does, something destructive ends up happening. And with that jump, I'm sure she's going to report me to some freak talk show or something. And that's exactly what I didn't want her to do. There is no way that she'll ever want to talk to me again. Might as well kiss her friendship goodbye...Not like I care or anything. Just as the thought passed through his mind, he heard Kagome's voice softly call him.
"Inuyasha? Inuyasha are you Oka?" She felt stupid for asking him such a simple question, though she said nothing as she waited for his answer.
"I'm fine." His reply was quick, but enough for Kagome to continue with the conversation.
"I can finally feel my legs again, though my feet are a completely different story." She tried to lighten the mood, though when he didn't respond she tried talking again. "I'm sure that they will get feeling back into them by the time we get back to camp. Then w-" Inuyasha interrupted her rambling with his own outburst.
"Will you stop acting like everything is normal!" She winced at his harsh tone, slowly trying to draw her legs closer to her. Only then did she remember that he was still carrying her. Finally after a short silence, she found the courage to speak again.
"Nothing has ever been normal between us, remember? Every time something happens, it's never normal." She tried to smile, though it was a failed attempt. "We've always been different, and it's nothing to be upset about. This was just another one of those times."
"Until you go and tell someone about what happened." He replied.
"I won't say anything to anyone if you don't want me to." She looked up at him finally, though never met his gaze. "It's not like I've never kept one of your secrets before." He stared at her for a moment before glancing away from her.
"Whatever, do what you want." She was about to respond when she noticed that they were now out of the woods and back at the cabins. She smiled when she realized that her feet were now able to be felt. As if he read her mind, Inuyasha let Kagome stand on her own again.
"Let's go to my cabin Oka? It's more likely to be empty." Inuyasha nodded and followed Kagome, who now rounded the corner to the front of her cabin. She suddenly stopped when she noticed the disaster that she found inside of her cabin, along with Sango and Miroku.
"What the hell happened to your cabin! Did a tornado hit it or something?" Inuyasha seemed to be surprised as well. Kagome pushed herself into the cabin and through the mess as she stared at the other two campmates, who seemed to be just as shocked.
"Something tells me that everything just got a whole lot worse." Kagome said, though Miroku only stuck his hand out, a red note within it.
"If you think this is bad, let Inuyasha read this." Kagome watched as Inuyasha stepped in, taking the note from his friend. He scanned the paper, his eyes widening at the end. One phrase fell from his lips once he finish.
"Aw shit…"
And before you all ask, no you do not get the pleasure of knowing what was on the note right now! I know, the evilness has returned. I know that this has probably been one of the longer times that I haven't gotten a chapter out, but I'm happy that you all waited it out. Oka, so what happened to Kagome's legs? Why did Miroku give Inuyasha the note? And where the hell is Kouga! He's like disappeared! You'll find out in the next chapter! (P.S- These replies are gonna be a little shorter than normal since I have four pages of em)
CheyTown- I'm glad you like it and this is only scratching the beginning of what is going to happen! Hope you can forgive me for such the long wait, I'm really sorry about that.
darkhanyou483- Well there was a little more in this chapter, and Inuyasha admitted that he would never leave Kagome behind. So I guess that is some fluff. Hope you can forgive me for taking so long!
pistachio564- The kiss is going to take a while, but when it does it will blow you away. And I guess I answered your other questions in the chapter itself! Hope you can forgive my lack of chapters.
Dark Black Rose- Your welcome about the reply, and I'm glad that you like the story and all, but don't you die on me from lack of air! I don't really know CPR that well! Hope your forgiveness comes easily for my lack of chapters.
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Inukag909- Well this one is flippin 16 pages and I hope that is long enough. I do have to make sure that they aren't too long or imagine how long it'd take me to make just one chapter! Sorry bout that long long wait!
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InuyashaMaster- Wow, too many predicaments for this one writer's mind! I know this one took way longer than the other chapters, and I'm really sorry about that. I'll try and do better next time, oh and sorry about such a short reply.
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HanyouCrazy411- Well I hope it keeps getting better, or else there would be no point in writing it. Suspense is what I was aiming for, so I guess I hit that mark. Sorry for being so late with the chapter.
TheSkyIsFalling- Wow, I guess you think there is a lot of suspense or something. Maybe you didn't have anything else to say. But glad you liked it; here is that chapter that took me forever.
AkeryouSesshoumarusMate- Don't worry about something as silly as that, I really don't need an excuse or anything. It's nice that you found the time to do it though, and I thank you for that. Anyways, hope you like this chapter that took me forever and a day!
Lanerz- God where do I even start with you? Well since I only have like three lines, I can tell that you really don't like Kikyo. Sorry to say but she is only going to get stabbed and maybe a little more, idk. Anyways, hope you keep reviewing, just not all at once!
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PAULA- Yes well I bet you are fuming because of how long I took huh? I'm sorry; I have only been at my house twice this entire week! It's been hard! Anyways, here is that next chapter, and I can't tell you anything so you're gonna have to wait and see.
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Chapter 16- Little Red Note
