Chapter 7 Saving Kagome
Inuyasha was horrified at the site before him. Kagome was fighting horde of demons. She looked worn out. Despite the fact she had taken down several of them, they had gotten in a few good swipes at her severely wounding her. She was covered in blood, most of it hers. Inuyasha could tell she was very tired. He unsheathed his sword and jumped out of the brush landing directly in front of her. It was his duty to protect her!
"It's okay Kagome. I'll save you." He said.
"Inuyasha…" Kagome breathed as she blacked out. She crumpled to the ground.
"You'll save her? Yeah right! It's not like she's even yours to save any way! She may be a hanyou but she has the strength we want to rebuild our pack! Now be a good weak, little half demon and let us have her." Said what Inuyasha assumed was the leader of this sad group of demons. What kind of demons went after an unarmed female?
"As long as I'm here you're not going to lay another finger on her! Wind scar!" He took down the rest of the demons in one clean swipe. They had no chance at all. Some tried to get away but they weren't quick enough. "Weaklings!" He had just scooped Kagome up into his arms when Miroku and Sango made their way out of the woods.
"What happened?" Asked Sango worried for her friends life.
"She okay?" Asked Miroku also worried.
"She was attacked by other demons. She'll be fine a in a few days I hope." Inuyasha answered his friends looking down at Kagome. If only he had come sooner she may have been okay and no harm would have come to her. She shouldn't have had to experience something like this. He should have been there to protect her! He had failed once again!
The group walked back to Kaede in silence. Inuyasha informed Kaede of what happened, and she instructed him to lay her on the mat so she could examine Kagome's wounds and clean her up.
"All together she seems to be fine. Her wounds aren't too bad. Nothing that won't heal in time. She'll be back to normal in a few days. Now, leave me alone to my work so I can change her clothes and clean her wounds." Kaede instructed.
Inuyasha obediently walked outside straight to his tree and leaned against it.
"Inuyasha? How is Kagome? Can I go see her now?" Asked Shippo from Sango's lap.
"No. she needs her rest! You can go see her when she's better." Inuyasha answered a tint of anger in his voice.
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The next day Kagome awoke to two golden eyes boring into her belonging to none other than Inuyasha. He was holding her hand. "You okay?" He asked her.
"I've been better." She answered, trying to sit up. "Ouch!"
"Don't try to get up you'll only reopen you wounds!" Inuyasha advised her.
"Thanks for saving me. I don't know what I would have done with out you." She smiled weakly.
"Let's not think about that right now."
Before they could say more Kaede joined them. "Great, you're up! It's time for me to change your bandages. Excuse me Inuyasha," Said Kaede, with an armful of medical supplies.
Realizing he was still holding her hand Inuyasha let it go and stepped back to the wall. Each time Kaede changed a bandage Kagome yelped in pain. This caused Inuyasha to unconsciously growl. He just saved her yesterday and now someone else was causing her pain!
"Hush! Inuyasha, I have to do this! Now if you don't stop now, I'll have to ask you to leave!" Kaede chastised pursing her lips.
"Please Inuyasha. Do as she asks." Kagome Pleaded. "I promise you I'll be fine."
"Fine!" He said stepping outside. As he did so he heard Kagome give an even more ear shattering yelp and it was all he could do not to run back inside and "save" her again. Once he saw Kaede exit the hut a few minutes later he went back inside.
"Kagome?" He whispered, not wanting to wake her in case she had fallen asleep. "Can you tell me what happened to you at the spring?"
"I don't wanna talk about it! It was so horrible!" Kagome sniffed tears starting to well in her eyes.
"Don't cry! You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to!" He hated it when she cried. It was like a weakness to him. He wanted to comfort her and make all her worries go away.
"They said horrible things to me Inuyasha! It was like they were enjoying what they were doing to me! They had no remorse at all! I never want that to happen again!"
"Don't worry. I won't let anyone hurt you like that again! I promise! Now get some rest. I want to see you back to your old self as soon as possible." He consoled her by taking her hand once again.
"Thank you Inuyasha. I know I can always count on you to be there for me." She said drifting into the land of sleep.
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Two days later Kagome was fully healed. She had slept non stop those past two days only waking up occasionally to eat and go to the bathroom. When she finally awoke, about noon on the last day her wounds were fully healed, not even a scar remained. This was the one thing she liked about her demon heritage. Her wounds always healed so quickly and you never knew they were ever there! She pulled herself off the mat and stepped outside in the beautiful noon time sun. "It feels good to be healthy again!" she said raising her hands up to the sky and spinning in circles.
Inuyasha watched her from his perch high in his tree, grinning at her childness. "Glad you're feeling better!" He said jumping down from the tree and slipping his hands around her waste and pulling her close to him.
"Me too! Where is everyone?" She inquired.
"Sango went to bathe at the springs with Shippo and I think Miroku went to spy on Sango. I believe Kaede is somewhere nearby gathering some herbs."
"And you were here making sure I was okay while I slept." Kagome smiled at the thought.
"Yeah, I was," blushed Inuyasha.
"Thank you." Kagome said loosening herself from his grasp to turn and face him. For an instant they just stood their gazing into each others eyes. "Well, um I think I'll go take a much needed bath, since I didn't get to last time…and try to thwart Miroku's plan to spy on Sango." Kagome said breaking the awkward silence.
"Be careful!" Inuyasha shouted after her as she left him alone. If something happened this time he didn't know what he would do.
"Don't worry! This time I have Sango there with me!"
About fifteen minutes after she left Miroku returned with a red handprint on both sides of his face. Looking at him Inuyasha couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
"What are you looking at?" Spat Miroku.
"You……chuckle…. Looks like…..chuckle….Kagome gave you…..chuckle……away!" Inuyasha tried so hard not to laugh but Miroku just looked so funny! I guess that's what you get when you're a lecher.
"So! I'll just have to try my luck with the girls of this village!" Miroku snapped Angrily.
"You're not going to have much luck looking like that!" Retorted Inuyasha.
"Just you wait and see!" Said Miroku grinning as he spotted one of the village woman coming out from her hut. He strutted towards her playing on the "Oh look at me, I'm so hurt," act. And you know what? It seemed to actually be working!
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Miroku is such a lecher! I wonder what Sango will do? Please R & R! Thanks!
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