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Undeniable
Love
Chapter
7 - The Reason and a New plan
By:
Scaevola
Published
8/25/05
Updated
9/18/05
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Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Kirara all waited patiently for InuYasha outside of the den. When he finally emerged with an unconscious Kagome in his arms, Shippo ran forward. "Kagome!" he shouted, happy that Kagome was going to be okay. He was about to jump onto Kagome when InuYasha, who was still full demon, snarled at him.
Shippo's eyes widened and he let out a yelp before he quickly ran back to hide behind Sango.
Sango bent down and picked him up, holding him close. With Kagome unconscious, she was left to comfort the small kitsune. "Don't worry Shippo, InuYasha won't hurt any of us…" she paused for a moment before adding "…as long as we don't get too close."
Miroku looked at her sharply. "Sango, you said you knew what was going on. Why is InuYasha so…calm in his full demon form." Perhaps calm wasn't exactly the right way of putting it. A better way of putting it would be "not mindlessly killing things."
Sango however, understood what he meant. She looked down at Shippo, who was looking at her expectantly as well. "I'll explain everything later, Miroku. For now, let us try and find a place to camp, and care for Kagome."
Miroku nodded, and began to walk off towards a place he saw while heading towards the den on Kirara. "There is a clearing I saw earlier that I think we could camp at. We should be able to make it there by nightfall easily." The others began to follow, before they noticed InuYasha walking off in the other direction.
"Where's he going?" asked Shippo. "Oi! InuYasha!"
The others, not wanting to let InuYasha go too far from them with Kagome, simply decided to follow the hanyou.
It was a short walk, the others had followed InuYasha for about half an hour before they finally reached a small grassy area next to a stream. InuYasha went next to the stream and lay Kagome down on the ground carefully before undoing the haori.
Miroku's eyes widened and Sango quickly covered both his and Shippo's eyes. "I don't think either of you should see this." she quickly thought of a way to make them both busy and keep them away from the campsite for a little while. "Why don't you two go get some firewood?"
Miroku nodded, understanding that now was not the time for his perverted jokes, and took Shippo away from the area to go find some wood.
Sango watched as InuYasha let out a low whining sound when he saw Kagome's wounds. She was slightly disgusted when she saw InuYasha bend down and begin licking the wounds, but knew that it would clean them, and that she shouldn't interfere. Instead, she knelt down nearby and just watched petting Kirara in her lap.
When InuYasha had finished carefully licking the wounds, he took the blood soaked haori and went over to the stream to rinse the blood out, not even pausing to care for his own wounds. It was then that Sango realized Kagome's wounds weren't bandaged. She went over to Kagome's bag and found the first aid kit which she always had with her. She opened it and too out the bandages and gauze before heading back to Kagome's side.
She immediately regretted getting close to Kagome when InuYasha turned from washing the haori and quickly leapt at her, raising his claws to strike. Sango closed her eyes, preparing herself for the worst, before realizing that InuYasha hadn't hit her.
She carefully opened her eyes to see InuYasha sniffing her as well as Kirara to her side, his claws still raised and ready to attack her or Kirara. She made sure she didn't make any sudden movements and instead held out the bandages to him. The demon looked at the bandages as though not quite sure what they were, before looking back up at Sango.
Sango could have sworn InuYasha gave her a slight not before going back to pick up the haori and continue washing it. She let out a sigh of relief and began to bandage her best friend up carefully, knowing that InuYasha would kill her in a heartbeat if she hurt Kagome at all.
A short while later, a very confused Miroku and Shippo returned to the camp. Their eyes widened as they saw Sango and Kirara kneeling next to Kagome with InuYasha.
"Sango get away! InuYasha might hurt you!" cried Shippo.
"It's fine Shippo. InuYasha won't hurt me." laughed Sango. "I wouldn't come any closer though." she added, noticing that Miroku and Shippo were walking closer.
Miroku however, either didn't hear her or chose to ignore her, and kept walking closer. Suddenly, InuYasha leapt at the monk, much like he did in the cave, and threatened with his claws and a low growl. Miroku stepped back hastily, having learned from before that he shouldn't test the demon's patience.
"How come he'll let you near him, but not us?" he asked Sango.
The demon slayer then began to tell how she had accidentally got to close to Kagome while InuYasha washed the blood off of the haori, and how InuYasha trusted her because she helped him take care of Kagome by bringing bandages. While she was explaining this, Shippo, being the small boy he was, lost interest and took Kirara with him to play tag.
Remembering that Sango had refrained from explaining InuYasha's behavior before, and that she had promised to explain later, Miroku decided to ask again. "Sango, can you explain why InuYasha is so careful as a full demon now?" He watched InuYasha out of the corner of his eye as he asked this, noticing that the demon was stroking Kagome's hair as he watched her.
Sango stood and nodded to him, silently telling him that she wanted him to follow. They both walked for a short while until she was sure that she wouldn't be overheard. "Remember when we found InuYasha hurt from Koga and his wolf demons?" Sango barely waited for Miroku's nod before continuing. "Well, I don't know if you noticed this, but InuYasha didn't turn full demon when he was fighting, or even afterwards. I think that the reason he changed to full demon was Kagome."
Miroku's eyes widened at the realization. "So you're saying that he's only changed so that he can protect her?"
"Yes. But I when I was training to become a demon slayer I learned that demons will only behave that way if their mates are in danger. We've both known for awhile that InuYasha loves Kagome, but I think that this is the first sign that his demon side is accepting her as a possible mate."
"So if Kagome is out of danger, why hasn't he changed back?" asked Miroku.
"Kagome might be out of danger from demons, Miroku, but she certainly isn't away from us, nor is she safe from her own wounds."
"So he'll be full demon until she completely heals? That could take weeks!" Miroku's eyes widened at the thought.
"Yes, but if I remember correctly, InuYasha won't be willing to fight unless he has to do it for Kagome's safety. So our trip back to Kaede's will be uneventful hopefully." sighed Sango.
While Sango was talking, Miroku realized that he was alone with the demon slayer. His interest in the topic they were discussing quickly diminished as his eyes roved over Sango's figure. 'Kami help me' . He couldn't stop himself; he slowly inched his hand forward, knowing that he'd be slapped after this, and groped Sango.
"Hentai!" she screeched, slapping Miroku with all the strength she could.
"It was the hand Sango! It's cursed!" cried Miroku.
"Yeah well maybe I should chop that hand off to save you!" yelled Sango, taking a step toward the monk.
Miroku held his hands up defensively. "Ah that won't be necessary Sango, I swear it won't happen again."
Sango huffed and turned around, hurry back to the camp.
'One more time can't hurt.' was all Miroku thought while he watched her hips sway as she walked.
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"Is that so?" asked Naraku, not really expecting an answer. His saimyoushou had just reported to him what had transpired between Koga and InuYasha's group.
He turned towards Kikyo, who was standing nearby. She couldn't understand the saimyoushou, yet she would often be there for the reports.
"It seems the InuYasha has had a very lucky day. First he escaped from you, and then he was lucky enough to be saved from Koga and his clan." Naraku almost laughed at Kikyo's furious expression.
"Despite both your failure and Koga's, I still think that we can save the situation."
"How?" asked an astounded Kikyo. She was often amazed by Naraku's ability to form new plans so quickly.
Naraku laughed. "All in good time, Kikyo. But first, I need you to bring Koga to me. Tell him that there is a new plan, and that the problem can be saved with my help. Do not tell him who I am, I will make myself known to him."
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Koga hit the tree next to him in anger. He was angry at himself, at the miko, and especially InuYasha. He watched as the tree split in half and swayed before finally falling over and hitting the ground with a crash.
He didn't understand; the plan had been so perfect! He tried to think of where it had gone wrong. It had to be the miko's fault. She let InuYasha get away, and then he came and took Kagome away.
That miko's mistake had also caused the death of several of Koga's clan. Koga was devastated when he and the others who had fled returned to the den, realizing that several of their number were dead.
It was then that Koga realized that he had been standing there, thinking about the many ways he'd kill InuYasha and that miko, while Ginta had been telling him something.
"What did you say, Ginta?"
The wolf demon blinked once before answering. "There is a human woman at the den, she says she wants to speak to you Koga."
Koga only grunted once to acknowledge Ginta before he ran off towards the den in a cloud of dust. He wondered what human would be foolish enough to come to his den. His wolves would be hungry and if this human wasted his time, he would simply let them have her.
When he finally saw who was waiting for him, rage overtook him. It was that miko who had let InuYasha get away. He opened his mouth to let the wolves nearby take her, but she cut him off quickly.
"You may still get the girl, and I InuYasha. I have found someone who is willing to help us." she spoke calmly, which surprised Koga. Was she not afraid of the wolves, or the youkai?
Koga had grew curious. Not only about the new plan, but the miko herself. Perhaps he could let this miko live, if it meant him having another chance at getting Kagome.
"Tell me."
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It had been four days since Kagome had left. Mrs. Higurashi hummed softly as she walked through the house, finishing the chores which she hadn't done the day before. At times, it seemed some chore always needed to be done in the house. Thankfully, Mrs. Higurashi would be done for the day soon.
She happened to be in the kitchen at the moment, making herself lunch. She peered out the window to see Souta kicking a soccer ball around the yard. She always felt bad for her son; his sister was always away in the feudal era, leaving him all alone.
Briefly Mrs. Higurashi wondered how things were going for Kagome. She knew that she'd returned to see InuYasha, and she could only guess that things were going well since Kagome had been there for several days now.
The ringing of the doorbell brought Mrs. Higurashi out of her thoughts. She hurried over to the door, to answer it, only to find Hojo.
"Hojo! What a pleasant surprise!" exclaimed Mrs. Higurashi.
Hojo gave her a small smile. "Hello Mrs. Higurashi. I was wondering if I could speak with Kagome?"
'Oh no! I forgot what sickness Kagome has this time!' Thought Mrs. Higurashi. 'Hopefully Hojo won't ask too much about it.'
"I'm sorry Hojo, but Kagome's asleep right now. She's still very sick. I'll tell her you came when she awakes."
"Oh…okay. Can you give her these?" Hojo handed a small box of herbs and teas. "They should help her get better."
"Okay, I will. Thank you Hojo." replied Mrs. Higurashi.
Hojo was about to leave when another voice was heard from behind Mrs. Higurashi.
"Is that Hojo I hear?" said the old man, hurrying up to see the boy. "Ah Hojo good to see you!"
"You too, sir." answered Hojo.
"Come in, won't you? We were just about to have lunch." Kagome's grandfather seemed very pleased to see Hojo. "Kagome has said so much about you! All good things, I assure you."
Mrs. Higurashi sighed. She knew that her father approved of Hojo whole-heartedly. In fact, he would have approved of anyone more than InuYasha, simply because they weren't 'vile demons'. On the other hand, Mrs. Higurashi approved of InuYasha, even if he was a demon. Mrs. Higurashi and her father had been having a secret war on the topic ever since they had met InuYasha.
Unfortunately, it seemed that her father was winning at the moment. She sighed again as she went back to getting lunch ready. She hoped that Kagome and InuYasha were alright.
