A/N: I missed the anime convention. I'm so sad. Oh well there's always next year. Who knows, maybe I will enter the fanfiction contest then. Providing this goes well for me. Anyway here's chapter 9. 10 is on its way.
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Chapter 9
Dinner that evening was about as unnerving as Kagome had expected. Everyone seemed a little curious to what had gone on between Kagome and Inuyasha the evening before. Miroku kept grinning at her over his bowl of hot steamy ramen; despite the bruise above his eye which he must have recieved sometime during the day. Sango would look curiously over to Kagome, but would look away as soon as she noticed her friend had caught her glance. Shippo bobbed his head around the room watching everyone; curious to why everyone was so uptight but oblivious to what was actually going on.
But as Kagome had assumed he would, Inuyasha ignored it all. He sat cross legged in his own little corner of the room; stuffing food into his mouth. He hadn't even looked at Kagome all evening. She let out a small frustrated sigh before picking more noodles out of her bowl and stuffing them into her mouth.
This is weird. Shippo thought as he watched Kagome look over across the room at Inuyasha for the fifth time since everyone sat down to dinner. Inuyasha is such a selfish baka! The fox youkai thought, remebering how he watched poor Kagome worry about Inuyasha all night. He didn't even say he was sorry for running off like that! Hurting poor Kagome! And he hasn't even bothered to talk to her at all!
"INUYASHA YOU BAKA!" Shippo burst out, knocking over his bowl of ramen as he hopped to his feet; startling everyone else. "YOUR A JERK!"
"What the hell did I do!" Inuyasha growled at the young demon. Annoyed by the sudden confrontation.
Shippo jumped forward pointing his tiny finger at the hanyou. "YOUR MEAN TO KAGOME FOR NO REASON! SHE WAS WORRIED ABOUT YOU YAH KNOW!"
"Uhmm It's alrite Shippo." Kagome pleaded, not wanting to get the situation stirred up again.
"WHERE DID YOU GO LAST NIGHT ANYWAY!" Shippo demanded.
Inuyasha was about to yell the answer to that question before he noticed how everyone else in the room was paying close attention to him. He looked at Kagome, as soon as their eyes met she dropped her eyes to the floor. He could tell she already knew where it was he went. Feeling guilty once more.
"None of your damn buisiness!" Inuyasha yelled smacking Shippo up side of the head.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome glared at him as Shippo wailed.
"Keh! Screw this." Inuyasha muttered as he stomped out of the room and leapt effortlessly into the night air.
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Inuyasha leaped through the village. The few people out stared at him as he passed, pulling their children close and closing the curtains to their huts. Even though he had been in that village for so long now, the people there were still wary of him; remebering the stories told of 50 years ago. He knew some were still afraid of him, even hated him, and Kaede had faced ridicule over accepting him so openly.
He dashed across the feild and leapt into the tree's of the forest. He jumped from branch to branch before stopping on his favorite branch in the Sacred tree. "Damn, I left my ramen back there." He growled thinking of hurting Shippo. Stupid brat! Always taking Kagome's side on everything! The pang of guilt flared up in his chest again.
"YOUR MEAN TO KAGOME FOR NO REASON! SHE WAS WORRIED..." Thinking those words Shippo spoke over in his head only made his guilt worse. Kagome... damn, I just ran off on you again didn't I.
He thought about returning, but he changed his mind. Leaning back agaist the tree he closed his eyes. I'll go back later...
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"Inuyasha!"
"Mother?" He called out; hearing her shrill voice calling him, her voice filled with such pain. He ran inside the doorway to the next room, watching as he saw her beautiful form falling to the ground. He watched as she tried to get back up. Her long dark hair covering her face.
"Please Inuyasha, escape this place while you still can." He heard her straining to speak more before she collapsed.
He ran to her side. He felt the same fear in his chest as he saw the blood spilling out onto the stone floor from a wound underneath her body.
He pulled the hair from her face, seeing her eyes clouding as death crept upon her. "MOTHER!" He gave her body a gently shake. "Mother please don't die!"
He heard a sound and turned to see someone trying to break through the door of the next room. He leapt forward, anger burning in his eyes; reaching down to rip tetsusaiga from it's sheath. Only to realize that tetsusaiga was not there.
Everthing went dark.
He turned around to see Kikyo on the ground before him, her long dark hair spread out upon the grass, blood rushing from a wound on her shoulder. "…Kikyo!"
Suddenly he was shot by an arrow and pinned to the Sacred Tree.
"INUYASHAAA!"
The hanyou awoke with a start. Gasping for breath and touching the place in his chest where the arrow had just peirced through.
"What was that?" He spoke aloud, feeling his body tremble slightly. "What's wrong with me?"
"INUYASHAAAA!"
He jumped to his feet. "Kagome!" He called out, alarmed by the sound of her voice. In the air he could smell smoke. Something was wrong. He didn't hesitate; running of in the direction of her voice.
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"HARAIKOTSU!" Sango yelled from where she sat on top of Kilala, hurling her boomerang weapon at the baboon cloaked creature before her. It jumped out of the way in the nick of time; the haraikotsu just missing a hut along one of the village streets.
"Damn you Naraku!" She screamed jumping down from Kilala and rushing at him with her sword.
People rushed passed as Kagome and Miroku came closer to the other side of the Village where the houses were burning. "Damn that bastard Naraku! I can't use my wind-tunnel here!" Miroku said angrily as he reached into one of his sleeves, pulling out sutras.
Kagome grabbed an arrow from her back. Inuyasha, please tell me you didn't run too far off. She thought placing it into her bow as they came to the burning homes. Miroku rushed forward to help Sango. Kagome was about to launch an arrow in Naraku's direction when a gust of wind surrounded her. "INUYASHA!"
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Inuyasha dashed through the village, People rushed past him; screaming in fear. Several were desperatly trying to extingush the flames ripping apart their homes.
He gripped his hand around tetsusaiga, pulling the sword from it's sheath and leaping through the air. "Kagome!" He yelled out as he watched her be thrown from a cyclone of wind meters away, hitting the ground hard and rolling a few meters more before coming to a stop.
"WIND SCAR!" He yelled, aiming the blast toward the place where Kagura stood. She managed to get out of the way before the blast disintigrated her.
Inuyasha rushed towards Kagome. But Kanna intercepted, sending a blast of light at him and knocking him down.
Miroku threw a sutra at Naraku, watching as the dummy turned to dust before him. "A fake! I should have known!" Miroku cursed out.
Sango threw her haraikotsu at Kanna to give Inuyasha a free path to Kagome.
Miroku confronted Kagura. "What are you doing here!" he demanded to the demon. Kagura laughed. "Your pathetic." she smiled before sending wind blades at the monk with a flick of her fan.
Inuyasha ran to Kagome, turning her over and pulling her up into his arms. "Kagome!" he wiggled her face gently with his hand. "Kagome, please tell me your alright."
Kagome opened her eyes. Looking up into the hanyou's face. He looked so worried. Then she remebered. "Inuyasha? You came." She smiled seeing his face look so releaved.
But suddenly his face changed. "Inuyasha? What's wrong?" Then she heard the sound of a chain being pulled and felt a jerk come from the other side of Inuyasha.
Inuyasha set Kagome down and turned around. He was so worried about Kagome, and with all the smoke surrounding him he didn't catch his scent.
"KOHAKU!" Sango screamed.
Kagura sent a giant whirlwind of air all around the comrades before slipping away with Kanna and Kohaku. Easily making their escape into the night air.
Inuyasha grabbed Kagome. The wind wasn't strong enough to do much harm but it was enough to catch the smoke and blur everyone's vision. "Damn." He growled, feeling the pain from his back.
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The three minions of Naraku watched from a safe distance up in the sky as the winds diminished in the village below.
Kanna took Kohaku's weapon and tipped the blood on the blade into a small flask, corking it once she collected all she could. Kagura looked at the flask, still unsure of why they were to do this task.
Kanna saw the inquisitive look on her face and answered her question before Kagura could ask it. "The last ingredient."
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"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried out; trying to get up so she could see how bad the wound was. But as soon as she tried she began to cough. That tumble had really knocked her body around. "Don't move Kagome." Inuyasha said; lifting the girl in his arms.
"Inuyasha are you and Kagome-chan all right?" Miroku exclaimed rushing over to his two friends. "I'm so sorry Inuyasha." Sango said, her eyes lowered to the ground.
"It's okay Sango." Inuyasha turned in the direction towards Kaede's hut, carrying Kagome in his arms. They could see the blood flowing from the wound in his back.
Sango felt horrible about what her brother had done. Angry tears slid down her face as she felt hatred for Naraku burning inside her. Kohaku...
Villager's were returning to the area to try and put the fires out. "Sango, let's stay and help." Miroku said, putting his arm around her to comfort her.
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"Inuyasha?" Kagome nuzzled her face into the hanyou's arm as he carried her. She knew he was hurt and she wanted him to put her down. But he refused, the worried look still in his eyes. She had felt better the moment they were away from the burning huts. She had just gotten the wind knocked out of her when she was thrown and the smoke made it hard for her to catch her breath. "Inuyasha, I'm alright you can put me down."
Inuyasha looked down at her body, cradled in his arms. Her arms and legs had scrapes all over. Just like my dream. He thought, letting his mind trace over what he could remeber. But she's not hurt badly, she's safe. He looked ahead at the mass of Villagers standing in front of Kaede's hut.
"I'm sorry Kagome."
Kagome looked up at the Hanyou. His face was so serious.
"I went to see Kikyo. I should have told you. I'm sorry if I worried you when I left."
Kagome wasn't sure why he was saying that. "I know you did." She smiled weakly. Feeling a bit of sadness at finally hearing the truth to where he took off to.
"I'm sorry that I left again tonight too." he sighed, feeling guilty for not being there to protect her when Naraku attacked.
"It's okay Inuyasha, I knew you hadn't gone too far." She said softly, nuzzling her face into his arm once more.
"No, it's not." he whispered to himself.
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Kaede and Shippo were tending the wounded Villagers.
"Kagome!" Shippo exclaimed, seeing the young miko looking so battered. Inuyasha set her down, steadying her until she caught her balance. "I'm fine. Just got tossed around a little" Kagome said putting a smile on her face.
"Here Kagome" Kaede passed her an ointment made of herbs. "Put this on any open wounds ye may have. It will stop the bleeding and speed healing."
"Thanks!" Kagome said as she stepped inside the hut; with Inuyasha following.
Once inside Kagome grabbed Inuyasha by the arm. "What are you doing!" He said feeling her spin him around to look at his back.
"I don't have any open wounds but you sure do!"
She hadn't realised how deep the wound on Inuyasha's back really was. "Kohaku really got you this time huh!" She said, trying to make light of the situation.
"Keh, doesn't matter. It will heal up in a couple of days." The half-demon shrugged; stepping away.
"Well, lets see if we can cut that time in half shall we." Kagome said, spinning him around once more. "Take that off."
"WHAT!" Inuyasha looked at Kagome as if that fall had really knocked her head. "Are you nuts?"
"I'm just trying to help you! It's not like I'm asking you to get naked or something!"
Kagome watched as Inuyasha's frown turned slightly red. Then she realised what she just said to him and felt her face blush too.
"Fine..."
Inuyasha slipped of his red haori and the white shirt underneath. Kagome always felt a little bit of joy whenever she got to see Inuyasha's strong arms and broad shoulders, but of course this was hardly the time.
She took a damp cloth and gently cleaned away the blood from his back. Even more gently since she knew it must sting; she covered his wound with the ointment and wrapped a gauze she brought in her first aid kit around him.
"This is kind of nice." she smiled at the hanyou while putting the finishing touches to secure the gauze. "What do you mean nice?" Inuyasha wasn't sure if he should be happy she said that.
"Well, this time I got to be the one to take care of you."
Inuyasha smiled back, something that rarely happened but always made Kagomes heart leap whenever it did.
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A/N: Half nekkid Hanyou? YES PLEASE! haha Well that was fun. As always I will ask again, leave me a reveiw would you!
