Authors note:Okay, so I figured that I should start typing up some of chapter 9. I don't seem to have writers block, because I just watched a sort of fluffy episode of teen titans. I've also been listening to my new Inuyasha cd!
It's called "the best of inuyasha" and it has all of the full versions of the beginning and ending songs for inuyasha, along with a bonus theme!
So needless to say, I'm really happy. okay, no more stalling, here is chapter 9 for all of my loyal reviewers! ::wink:: .
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When kagome opened her eyes, everything was blurry, and she could still clearly remember the pain of being suffocated. Her pale hands flew to her neck, and she yelped in pain when she touched it.
"You'll irritate it, don't touch it." A deadly calm voice echoed through the room, like a low hum. Kagome's eyes focused on a large white form standing to the side of her.
It was...
Sesshoumaru!
She immidaitely backed away from him as far as she could, wincing in evident fright. The demon didn't even flinch, he stared into her eyes, and set down his clipboard.
He was in modern clothes, his uniform looked almost like a doctor's. And at this, kagome had to wonder, why he was taking care of her.
Or so it seemed...
"I know what you are thinking, I am not here to hurt you, or else you would have been dead long ago." He motioned to the door.
"Your kitsune child, and the neko are waiting outside for you, I was just about to let them in."
Kagome's heart began to stop beating so fast, as she began to realize, that somehow, sesshoumaru has rescued her, or something... Although she wasn't quite sure if she could trust him, he had inflicted too many wounds on inuyasha to be trustworthy just yet.
The youkai ignored her questioning stare, and opened the wooden door, motioning to whomever was outside.
"kaa-san!" She was suddenly engulfed by her son's harsh embrace, as well as a meowing kilala.
"Ship-po, it's alright! I'm okay... unless you squeeze-me to death, then-we'll have-problems." Kagome choked out in false frustration. She was actually very happy to see a friendly face, after the scare, and the attack.
As soon as shippo let go of her and shrunk back to a chair, kagome sat back up, and looked around her.
"What actually happened back there..?"
All she could seriously remember, was that Inuyasha had been choking her, but it hadn't been him. The look in his eyes had been very different, and the smirk had been scarier than almost anything she had ever seen on his tanned face.
"Well, as soon as we heard your screams, me and kilala rushed out to find you. But by the time we got there, the guy who had been attacking you was sprawled out on the ground. He looked just like otou-san." Shippo's eyes avoided hers, he looked down at the floor, almost sniffling. Was he ashamed..?
"And Sesshoumaru was there, bent down next to you, holding you up."
Kagome sighed, and nodded to sesshoumaru, he HAD been the one who saved her, for that she owed him, if he would allow a human being obliged to him.
"I insisted that you be brought here to my clinic, and from then on, I treated your slight neck wound." So maybe Rin HAD softened him over the years.
Sesshoumaru again lifted his clipboard, so that he could write on it. Kagome hugged her knees to her chest, wrapping her slender arms around them. It WAS childish, but at this point in time, it was all she felt like doing.
Things seemed so hopeless, when only a few hours ago, she had been full of that volatile emotion. Inuyasha.... He couldn't help her, he was trapped, and he needed her to free him. Shippo and kilala were there, but they basically depended on her for moral support. And now, someone was evidently trying to kill her... Things couldn't get any worse, could they..?
"Hey everyone! Where's my kagome..?" She shuddered, it couldn't be... He wasn't...
Kouga walked into the room with a bouquet of overly colorfull flowers, and a big stupid smile on his face. Just the opposite of how kagome felt, oh joy...
"My mate! how have ya been! I missed you a great lot, I bet more than that sack of dog crap, Inuyasha!" Kagome's heart broke, as he uttered the crude insult, ushering familiar feelings back into her heart. She felt like folding into herself again, why did kouga have to remind her of what she never forgot?
"Hey, whats wrong..?" Immidiately, with a look of concern on his tanned face, he knelt down next to the patients bench.
"It's nothing kouga, it's nice to see you.." She swallowed her tears, and tried to smile, although it probably would have killed her if she had tried.
"I just need to sort things out... that's why I'm so upset." She nodded and wiped away her tears, smiling as best she could.
Kouga nodded and got back up, still not taking his eyes off of her.
She closed her eyes again and did a mental flipflop. So all of the demons from the feudal era had survived through all of the long 500 years. But that still didn't answer the question that stung her the most....
Why had... Inuyasha....
No, that thing couldn't have possibly been inuyasha. His eyes, they had been too hollow and feelingless. All that she had felt in her attacker, was true hatred. And even though Inuyasha might not have loved her, he would never hate her so recklessly.
"Lord sesshoumaru, if you will..." She gulped and turned her now open eyes on him.
"Do you remember smelling Inuyasha's scent on my attacker?" She decided to ignore kouga as he started growling at the mention of Inuyuasha's name.
"It was not my brothers scent, that was why I came in the first place... This attackers scent was mingling to closely to yours, and I knew that Inuyasha had a special liking for you, so I came." She was amazed that Sesshoumaru was actually saying and doing nice things that would have been a good contrast to his behavior long ago. But then...
Kagome had learned, that some people can change...
"Well... if you need a place to stay kagome, I'm right here!" Kouga flashed her his cocky smile and smoothed down his bangs, winking at her, and making her cringe at the thought of what he might try to do.
"There will be no need for that kouga, I'll be fine at my house, I'm sure." She smiled nervously and gave a sideward look to shippo, begging him to get her out of this.
"U-um, yeah! Me and Kilala can keep her safe." Shippo graciously volunteered and immidiayely stood up, taking kagome's arm and helping her off of the examination table. Kagome made a mental note to thank shippo later, as he rescued her from kouga and the now, Dr. Sesshoumaru.
"Kagome... before you go." She turned at Sesshoumaru's voice and looked at him.
"The scent that was on your attacker was that of a servant of a witch, she is the same one that you and your group struggled against."
Kagome closed her eyes, and then opened them again in realization, as she remembered that horrible parting that had happened almost four weeks ago. And of course 500 years ago...
"Be wary of her... She may want to kill you, because you are the only one who can break the curse on my brother, where ever he is."
Kagome took one final look at Inuyasha's brother, who had changed so much, but still remained the same.
Everything had changed...
She, Shippo and Kilala walked home in silence, and she thought about it.
All of the people that she had loved, and even hated, had changed so much...
Their ideals were not the same.
Although when she finally found Inuyasha, he would be different too. He would be afraid, and disoriented, and she didn't know if he would want to see her. He would want to be with Kikyo, she couldn't deny it.
That was just how things always had been. She had always been second best, kikyo had always been more important to him.
And her friends had always known her anguish, her sullen face never hid her hurt very well when she had been around Sango, Miroku, or even shippo.
But all of that didn't matter anymore...
She solemly nodded to shippo and soon she treaded the path to the statue, alone. But she wasn't afraid... She needed to be alone, because this was the only remnant of her beloved Inuyasha that she had left. It was still so painful to think about him, but she couldn't do anything else until she could see him again.
Until she could look into his eyes, and tell him what she had known for the longest of times, she wouldn't be able to move on.
She now took the statue's sullen grace into her heart, and took in the emotion that it portrayed. She wanted so much for him to be standing there, where the statue was...
He would take her in his arms, and hold her tightly, and he would tell her that he was there, and he would never go away. She wished that this dream could possibly be real...
And she realized, that she would always be bound to him, she would always be given the curse of having to think about him, without being with him. And until she broke the spell or curse, or whatever it was, she would never be happy, as would he.
She kneeled in front of the dull grey structure, and she looked it in the eyes, those painful grey eyes. And as the wind blew across the small clearing, playing games with her raven hair; she reached up and cupped the cheek of it, searching for a little warmth in all of the cold rock.
She searched, for a little bit of happiness in all of the sadness....
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Inuyasha felt her hand, he felt the warmth from her pale hand on his cheek, somehow...
He leapt up, despite his aches and pains, crashing himself against the wall of his prison, trying desperatly to find her. Because he wanted to see her, if only to see her once, just once!
He wanted to look into her brown eyes, and know that he was cared for, if not loved. Because he had been missing her these last 500 years.
And no ammount of hurt, nor sleep would take her out of his mind, beacuse he thought of her, always...
And he would never forget...
Authors note:Hey guys! I hope you all like this chapter, and that it will tide you over for a while, because in a few moments, my uncle is going to be taking the comp for a week to scan it for virus's and stuff. But I'll have a really great chappie for you guys when I get it back!
Okay then, I gotta fly! read and review!