Chapter Seven
Kagome released everyone who was webbed.
"So, that's the end of our problems," Inuyasha said. "Kagome, go get the shard."
"Oh, right," Kagome said. She ran over to the remains, but stopped when she saw Kikyo.
Kikyo picked up the shard.
"Kikyo," Kagome said.
"I told you the shard was mine," Kikyo said.
The shard, the spiders, what does it mean and why was Kikyo helping the big spider. Not to mention the spider knowing her name, Kagome thought. The spider, it's- she remembered the "scar" on Kagura's back. It was a huge purple spider. And since she's Naraku's offspring he must also have that scar which means- "Inuyasha!"
Kikyo looked towards Kagome as she ran to find Inuyasha. "It's about time she figured it out, but she's too late."
"Inuyasha, it's a trap!" Kagome cried.
"What is she yelling about?" Miroku asked.
"Beats me," Sango said.
"I think she said 'Inuyasha is a wimp,'" Shippo said.
"And she's right, that mutt is a wimp," Koga said.
Inuyasha growled.
Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Koga turned around to see Inuyasha with big red eyes.
"Uh-oh, I think Koga and Kagome got him really mad," Shippo said.
Kagome finally caught up to them and sat down panting. "It's a trap, Inuyasha." She looked up at Inuyasha and smiled. "Glad I've told you, so let's go."
"Um, Kagome," Miroku said nervously.
"Yeah?" Kagome asked.
Sango swallowed. "I, um, think you and-"
"I got Inuyasha angry," Koga finished.
Kagome looked at them blankly. "Angry? Inuyasha? Why?" She looked towards Inuyasha and spotted his red eyes. "Inuyasha, your-"
He swung one of his claws. Kagome dodged it.
"Run!" Shippo cried. He was already ahead of them. Sango, Miroku, and Koga followed.
Kagome looked at Inuyasha. "What's wrong?"
Inuyasha slashed again. Kagome jumped back.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome looked at him worriedly.
Koga looked back behind him and saw Kagome wasn't with them. Miroku, Sango, and Shippo stopped.
"Why did you-"
"Where's Kagome?" Sango asked interrupting Miroku.
"Don't tell me she stayed behind with berserk Inuyasha," Shippo said.
"That would be very bad," Miroku said.
"We have to go back," Sango said.
Miroku and Koga nodded in agreement.
"Let's go," Koga said. He, Sango, and Miroku started running back to the village.
Shippo let out a sigh. "Hey, wait up, guys!" He joined them.
Inuyasha slashed at Kagome again. Kagome dodged it, and Inuyasha slashed a house.
I have to get out of here so he doesn't hurt anyone, Kagome thought. She turned towards the forest. "Inuyasha, I bet you can't catch me." She started running.
Inuyasha followed in anger.
Rin finished her bowl of rice. "That's very yummy food, Grandma Kaede. May I have some more?"
"Of course, child," Kaede said smiling.
"Lord Sesshomaru, why don't we just leave the human here, and go on with our business?" Jaken asked.
"Jaken, she is staying with us," Sesshomaru said. He then heard people screaming. He looked out the window, and saw Kagome running away from Inuyasha who was trying to cut her. He has red eyes. So that means he can't control his demon side. That's nice to know.
"Excuse me," Kagome said trying to get everyone to move out of the way so she could get through and they wouldn't get hurt. "Pardon me."
Inuyasha jumped from roof to roof following Kagome closely. She stopped once she was out of the village, and looked behind her to see that Inuyasha wasn't too far behind. She then continued running.
"Hey, I think that's her," Shippo said.
"Inuyasha isn't too far behind," Miroku said.
"That mutt is going to pay for trying to hurt my Kagome," Koga said.
"No, you better not," Sango said. "I think Kagome has a plan."
Kagome ran past them. "Don't follow me!" She continued running until she came to the tree she and Inuyasha had met each other at. She leaned against the tree panting. I hope he lost me back there. "It's hard running from a half demon. It's even harder running away from a full demon."
Inuyasha jumped out of nowhere, and landed on front of Kagome. He slashed at her, and hit her this time. Kagome slid down the tree holding her wound on her left shoulder and winced at the pain.
"Inuyasha, can't you hear me?" Kagome asked. "What's wrong?"
Inuyasha cut her on her right cheek.
"Inuyasha," Kagome said.
Inuyasha put his hand on her right shoulder and began digging his nails into it.
Kagome cried out in pain. "Inuyasha, please, stop it."
Inuyasha continued digging his nails until blood started going down her arm. He then picked her up, held her against the tree by choking her with his right hand while the other one was held up high getting ready to go in for the kill.
"Inuyasha." Tears went down Kagome's face. "Please, turn back to your usual self."
Inuyasha choked her even more.
Kagome gasped for air. She then slightly smiled sadly and softly said, "You promised you wouldn't change if I didn't leave you. I guess you did want to change, so you decided to make me leave you so it wouldn't look like you were the only one who broke the promise." She stopped smiling and looked at Inuyasha. "I'm sorry."
Inuyasha's eyes turned back to normal. He looked at her confused then released her. Inuyasha looked from his hands to Kagome. Kagome fell to her knees as soon as she was freed and started coughing. Inuyasha kneeled down beside her.
"Kagome, are you alright?' Inuyasha asked. "What happened?"
Kagome stopped coughing and turned to face Inuyasha. He saw her bleeding.
"Kagome, who did this to you?" he asked. Inuyasha took his red shirt off and put it on Kagome.
"Inuyasha, it was-" She fell in his arms and passed out.
"Is that what really happened!" Inuyasha demanded.
"Yes, that is exactly what happened; though, I'm not sure what happened in the forest," Miroku said.
"I'm guessing Inuyasha finally cornered Kagome," Sango said. "Then he slashed and cut at her. Finally, when he was going to kill her, he turned back to normal."
"Inuyasha, what happened was exactly that," Sesshomaru said. "The reason you can't remember any of it is because your demon half took over. You, obviously, can't control it."
"Inuyasha looked really scary," Shippo said. "At first, I thought he was angry at Kagome and Koga, but since he only went after Kagome I thought he was really mad at her."
Inuyasha slammed his fist into the wooden floor.
Kagome woke up. She had woken up when Inuyasha slammed his fist into the floor. She got up and went over to the closed doors. She put her ear against it and listened to the conversation.
"Damn it! I could've killed her!" Inuyasha said in anger.
"And I could've saved her, but certain people wouldn't let me," Koga said.
"Is he talking about us?" Shippo asked.
"Yes, I'm talking about you guys!" Koga yelled.
"I nearly killed her," Inuyasha said softly.
Kagome leaned more against the door.
"I almost lost her, and made her break her promise. I broke mine. Now she can break hers all she wants." His voice then rose. "Damn it! I'm suppose to protect her not kill her!"
Inuyasha, it's not your fault, Kagome thought. There's no way you can control your demon half. Just like there's no way you can control your transformation into human. She then felt a sharp pain in her left shoulder. She looked at it then remembered the wounds Inuyasha had given her when he had red eyes. Her wounds were now bandaged up. She was also wearing the clothes that were just like Kikyo's and Kaede's. She ignored the pain and continued listening in.
"Calm down, Inuyasha," Sango said. "There's no way you could have stopped it. So, quit blaming yourself."
"The least Kagome could have done was to sit me. Then she could've made a run for it," Inuyasha said.
"We'll discuss more of this later," Miroku said. "As soon as Kagome wakes up."
"Can Rin and I go play now?" Shippo asked eagerly.
"Of course," Sango said. "Inuyasha, Miroku and I will be next door. Knock if you need us."
"Next door? Oh, yeah, that's right. We have to check for any left over spider demons," Miroku said.
Kagome then heard a slap followed by Miroku saying ow. She rolled her eyes. She could guess that the person who slapped Miroku was Sango, and that he must've been touching her.
"I'm going to go watch Rin," Sesshomaru said. "And so is Jaken."
"Fine, whatever," Inuyasha said. "I'll stay here all alone."
"There's that human," Sesshomaru said.
"Who? Kagome?" Inuyasha asked. "She's boring when she's asleep. Heck, she's boring every other time, too. Not to mention annoying."
"Don't talk about my Kagome like that," Koga said.
It sounded like the door to outside opened and that everyone left. Then the door closed.
"'Don't talk about my Kagome like that.'" Inuyasha said mocking Koga. "Feh! I'll say what I want to say about Kagome." He went over to the door to the room Kagome was in.
Kagome heard him coming and got up and went to bed.
Inuyasha was about to open it when he heard this. Is she awake? He entered the room to see her in bed fast asleep. He sniffed the air. It smelled sweet, calm, and gentle. There was also a slight scent of blood. Inuyasha frowned. She must still be bleeding. He went over to Kagome's bedside and kneeled down.
Kagome, who was pretending to sleep, suddenly felt warm liquid going down her left shoulder. Oh, no. Am I bleeding again? Inuyasha will surely see it if he doesn't smell it first. She felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Kagome," Inuyasha said, "once you wake up, maybe I should take the shards away from you, and send you back home, but everyone knows you're my strength and I don't fight well without you. Things are getting too dangerous. Too dangerous that I maybe a danger to you. I mean, I almost killed you."
"Yes, but, Inuyasha, it's not your fault," Kagome said opening her eyes. She held his hand in hers. "Besides, I'm not about to break my promise."
"But I broke mine," Inuyasha said.
"Yes, but you had no control over it," Kagome said. "Besides, you didn't really because that's always been apart of you. It just now decided to show up now, that's all."
"So, I didn't break it?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome shook her head. "It's always been with you." She got up. Inuyasha did, too. Kagome then let his hand go, grabbed her stuff, and went to the door. "Oh, Inuyasha?"
"Yeah?" Inuyasha asked.
"Sit! For calling me boring and annoying," Kagome said. With that done, she left.
Inuyasha lied there on the ground. "Why me?"
Kagome was riding her bike towards the well. "As usual he's rude, insensitive, selfish, a jerk, annoying, and…" She thought about all the times she had been with Inuyasha. "He can be kind, sensitive, no selfish, helpful, and friendly." As soon as she got home, she went up to her room, changed into her different school uniform, grabbed out her journal and pen, and lied down on her bed. For some reason I want to write about Inuyasha. She began writing.
Human every
new moon,
Half-Demon
most of the year,
Full Demon
every other day.
She let out a sigh. "I think that describes him very well, don't you, Buyo?" She began tweaking the cat's ears. "I wonder how the others are doing." She heard someone open the door downstairs. "Must be Sota. I guess he's home from school."
"Anyone home?" Sota asked loud enough that Kagome could hear him.
"Your sister is," Kagome called.
"Where?" Sota asked.
"In my room, duh," Kagome said.
She heard footsteps up the stairs. The door then opened, and Sota ran into her room.
"You have lots of homework, tests, class work, and that kind of stuff. At this rate you'll fail the ninth grade," Sota said.
"I'm not going to fail," Kagome said.
"Sure," Sota said. He ran back downstairs to play his new game he recently bought for the PS2 called Ico.
Kagome sighed. "You don't think I'm going to fail, do you, Buyo?"
Shippo stared down the well. "When do you think she's going to be back?"
"I don't know," Rin said. She looked towards Sesshomaru who was underneath a tree watching Shippo and Rin. Jaken was standing next to him.
"Lord Sesshomaru, I'm starting to get the idea that you actually care for the human as well as Inuyasha and the others," Jaken said.
"I care nothing for them," Sesshomaru said. "They're only a part of plan to bring closer to my enemies. You see, Naraku always seems to be near Inuyasha so I have to be near Inuyasha so I am near Naraku. Rin is only with me to fool my brother and his friends into thinking I actually care about humans."
Jaken's eyes widened and he smiled. "My Lord, that is a great plan, but am I also being used?"
Sesshomaru looked towards the distance. "I don't know. Are you?"
Jaken thought about this and gasped. "I am being used! Oh, Lord Sesshomaru, how could you-"
Sesshomaru pushed him into a tree. "Will you learn to be quiet for once in your life?"
Jaken had passed out.
Inuyasha lied down on an apple tree's branch. He picked an apple and was about to eat it when a squirrel came and snatched it.
"Hey, go get your own, stupid squirrel!" Inuyasha shouted.
The squirrel gave Inuyasha a teasing look.
"Give it to me," Inuyasha said.
The squirrel just stood there.
"I know." He bent over in a ready to take apple back pose. "Be a nice little squirrel and give Inuyasha his apple back!" He lunged at the squirrel. The squirrel ran to the end of the tree branch. Inuyasha slowly climbed there trying not to fall. "Give me it that way no one gets hurt in the end, mainly you." He lunged at it again. The squirrel jumped onto another tree branch. Inuyasha looked up at it angrily. He then looked down to se he no longer was on the tree branch. He fell to the ground. He then sat up rubbing his head and looked up at the squirrel angrily. "Stupid squirrel."
"So, you battle squirrels, too," a voice said.
Inuyasha turned around to see Koga.
"What do you want?" Inuyasha asked.
"Just to ask you a question," Koga said.
"Well?" Inuyasha asked.
"Do you love Kagome?" Koga asked.
"What!" Inuyasha looked away. "No!"
"Great," Koga said. "Then you won't mind if I marry her, right?"
"I don't care," Inuyasha said.
"Okay, nice chatting with you," Koga said. "Bye." He left.
"Do they always watch you?" Shippo asked.
"Who? Do you mean Sesshomaru and Jaken?" Rin asked.
Shippo nodded.
"Because Sesshomeru doesn't want me to be kidnapped again," Rin said. "As for Jaken, he really doesn't care for me. Sesshomeru makes him watch me."
"Why do you call him Sesshomeru?" Shippo asked.
"I suppose Sesshomaru is better," Rin said. "Well, I'll stick with Sesshomeru until I'm older."
"How long is that going to be?" Shippo asked.
"I don't know," Rin said.
Shippo looked down the well to see Kagome climbing out. "Yay, you're back!"
Kagome smiled. "Yep, and I bought us food to eat."
"From your world?" Shippo asked.
Kagome nodded. "So, where's everyone else?"
"Well, I, my dear Kagome, am right here," a voice said.
Kagome let out a sigh and turned around to see Koga. "Okay. Where are Sango, Miroku, and-"
"Sango and Miroku are still in the village checking for left over demons," Koga said. "The mutt is somewhere in the forest."
"Oh, um, I'll get Inuyasha and you can get Sango and Miroku. We'll meet by the tree Inuyasha and I met each other at," Kagome said. "Then we'll go to the river to eat."
Koga smiled. "Whatever you say." He ran off.
Inuyasha climbed up the apple tree, and lied down on a tree branch after picking an apple. He was about to eat it when the squirrel came back and took it. "You little-"
The squirrel stuck out its tongue.
"What! Okay, that's it. You are so dead," Inuyasha said. He lunged after the squirrel.
The squirrel ran over to the end of the tree branch.
"Heh, heh, now I have you," Inuyasha said. He stated going towards the squirrel.
The squirrel frowned.
Inuyasha lunged at the squirrel. The squirrel jumped onto a different tree branch. Inuyasha fell to the ground.
He sat up, rubbing his head. "I can't believe I fell for that again." He heard someone giggling. He turned around angrily to see Kagome. She was on her bike. The basket had food in it. "Oh, so, you brought your crummy food to this world. That's just wonderful, because now we're all going to be food poisoned."
Kagome stopped giggling. "Last I checked, you loved my food when we went to my world."
"Yeah, but it wasn't food you made," Inuyasha said.
"Listen, we're going to have a picnic which is why I brought the food here," Kagome said. "Afterwards, we'll talk and then go for a swim."
"Swim? In what?" Inuyasha asked. "Cause I'm not going swimming if anyone's naked?"
"No one's going to be naked," Kagome said. "You guys can wear your pants or shorts and we'll wear bathing suits."
"Huh? Ah, whatever," Inuyasha said.
"Kagome, this tree is really small and green," Shippo said.
"That's broccoli," Kagome said.
"Kagome, my dear, you make the most delightest food in the world," Koga said. "It's like I'm in heaven."
"It's okay," Inuyasha said putting a piece of chicken teriyaki in his mouth. "But it's not better than that yellow stuff."
"The eggs?" Kagome asked.
"No, that other stuff," Inuyasha said.
Kagome looked at him blankly.
"I'll show you. Hmm, now where is it?" He grabbed Kagome's backpack and began looking through it. "I know it's somewhere around here."
Is he talking about what I think he's talking about? Kagome thought.
"Ah-ha!" Inuyasha pulled out a bowel of top raman. "Found it!"
Kagome looked as though she was on fire. "Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Ssssiiiitttt!"
Inuyasha made a huge crater, but he saved the raman.
"Whoa! That's the biggest sit ever," Shippo said.
Rin bit into an apple. "That's a big hole."
My brother deals with this everyday! "Oh, well. Serves him right for his rudeness," Sesshomaru said. He bit into a rice ball.
Jaken stared at the food then looked towards Sesshomaru to see him eating a rice ball. He gasped. "Lord Sesshomaru, this food could be poison. You mustn't eat it."
"What did you say, toad!" Kagome demanded.
"This food is not poison," Sesshomaru said. "Now eat, that is, unless you want to starve."
Jaken groaned and bit into a slice of pizza. He soon found he liked it very much.
"As usual, Kagome's food is delightful," Miroku said.
"Indeed," Sango said.
After everyone was done, Kagome grabbed out the bathing suites, and dragged Sango and Rin with her behind the bushes, and had Shippo stand guard. Sango didn't trust Miroku, thinking he would peek. Inuyasha was still recovering from the sits. Rin didn't trust Jaken thinking some how he would expose them. This resulted in the two arguing and Sesshomaru having to separate them. They thought it would be okay for Sesshomaru to stand guard, but Inuyasha didn't trust him saying that while they were distracted he would kill them then go after him and the others. Kagome didn't trust Koga thinking he would also peek. Mainly at her. Inuyasha was very pleased to see him not picked. So, they got stuck with Shippo. Soon, the girls came out wearing their bathing suits.
Rin's was pink and had seashells all over it. Sango's was blue and was a three piece. Kagome's was white with red roses on it and was a two-piece.
All Koga did was stare at Kagome. Miroku did the same only to Sango. This made Sango thankful that Kagome gave her a three piece. Jaken stated that all three of them looked ugly and should put their clothes back on. All three girls yelled at him and started arguing. To end the argument, Sesshomaru kicked Jaken into a tree. Inuyasha said that he agreed that Kagome did look ugly, but didn't agree that Sango and Rin were. Kagome got mad at him for calling her ugly and made him sit. Inuyasha recovered quickly and got into an argument with Kagome. When Koga tried to help out Kagome, she and Inuyasha told him not to but in. Sango and Miroku ended up breaking it up. Finally, after the guys had gotten ready, they all (except Sesshomaru and Jaken) went swimming.
Kagome swam past Inuyasha and went up for air. She let out a sigh. "I'm so glad I'm not at school swimming. The people at school always dunk other people." She suddenly felt two hands on her waist. She turned her head to see Koga. He smiled. She made him let her go, and swam a couple of inches away from him. "Hey, um, can I help you?"
"Yeah," Koga said. He swam towards her and took her hands in his.
"With what?" Kagome asked nervously.
Koga smiled even more. "Will you-"
Inuyasha came and pushed Koga into the water.
Kagome let out a sigh of relief and smiled. "You are such a lifesaver, Inuyasha. Thank you."
"Huh?" Inuyasha looked towards her. He then turned away, closed his eyes, and crossed his arms. "I only wanted to get him back for calling me a mutt."
Kagome could tell he was embossed because he was blushing. She swam over to him and put her hands on his arm. "You don't always have to be Mister Tough Guy, you know."
Inuyasha opened his eyes and looked at Kagome. "I'm not-never mind." He looked away angry with himself because he couldn't think of something to defend himself. He then looked back towards Kagome who had her head against his shoulder and had her eyes closed.
"You really do look cute when you're in denial," Kagome said softly. "Just like a cute little puppy." She then opened her eyes and even more softly and sadly said, "A puppy that will one day turn to a dog and leave me forever alone by myself." Tears went down her cheeks. "Just like all my pets, friends, and now, my family."
Inuyasha wiped away the tears and said, "I won't leave you. I promise." He turned away again. "Who would've thought you and I have similar lives. We always worry about our family, friends, even pets leaving us behind like several in the past have. Your pets have either died or ran away. In never even had one. Our friends either betrayed us, died, or moved. Our family members have either been killed or died. Well, at least a couple for you. My whole family, except Sesshomaru, is dead. But I think most of us have had that problem with our families. Sango has no one, unless you count a zombie brother. Miroku only has a step dad who's going to die soon because of all that sake he drinks. Shippo's family is gone. Koga left his to be with you. And you have your grandpa, mother, and Sota."
Kagome gave him a small smile. "I also have my relatives, but they live in America." She looked up at him. "You don't have to act so tough now that we're with you."
Inuyasha uncrossed his arms and hugged Kagome. "I have to protect you."
"What about-"
Koga came out of the water just then. "Mutt, get your hands off my Kagome. I have to ask her a very important question."
"Oh, well, then, I guess you won't mind asking her in front of all of us," Inuyasha said releasing Kagome.
"Of course not," Koga said.
"Great," Inuyasha said. "Hey, guys, come over here. Koga wants to tell us something."
Everyone who was swimming went over to Inuyasha, Kagome, and Koga.
Inuyasha smirked.
Koga let out a sigh.
Kagome watched in embarrassment.
The others watched impatiently.
Koga cleared his throat and Kagome's hands in his. "Kagome, will you-"
Is he going to ask her what I think he's going to ask her? Sango thought.
Doesn't he know she doesn't feel that way about him? Miroku thought.
Doesn't he know Kagome loves a certain half demon? Shippo thought.
This is going to be great, Inuyasha thought. He's going to be so embarrassed when she says no
Didn't Shippo say that Kagome and Inuyasha love each other? Rin thought.
Oh, no. He's going to say it in front of everyone, Kagome thought. Inuyasha, that jerk, why did he have to do that! Especially since we were starting to get close. She looked towards Inuyasha sadly. Why did you have to do this? Are you trying to test me? And Kikyo, what about her? You can't-I can't mess up your guy's relationship. She then remembered seeing the two kissing. Inuyasha.
"Marry me?" Koga asked.
Kagome continued looking at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha's eyes met hers. She's sad. Why? Is it because I made her go through this? Or is it- He then remembered all the times he had been with Kagome alone when the two weren't arguing, but were being nice to one another. When they were getting closer to each other. She doesn't want to marry Koga, but someone else?
Kagome looked towards Koga with the same sad eyes. "Koga, I-"
Poor Kagome, Sango thought.
Koga, don't worry. There are still plenty of fish in the sea, Miroku thought.
She's not going to say yes, is she? Shippo thought.
Is she going to say no? Rin thought.
Please say yes, Koga thought.
Kagome, Inuyasha thought, I'm sorry. He looked away.
Inuyasha. "I'm sorry, Koga, I can't. I'm still fifteen, and I don't know you that well, and there's Naraku, and I-" Kagome said.
Inuyasha looked towards Kagome. She said no. Does that mean she-
"I'm not even sure if I'm ready for a boyfriend," Kagome said. "And I don't want to hurt you. Koga, I'm sorry." Tears went down her face. "I hope you understand." She ran off crying.