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What Makes Me Different Makes You Beautiful
Kagome kicked and screamed at Sesshoumaru's grasp, "LET ME GO! PUT ME DOWN!"
Sesshoumaru growled and threw her down in the dirt and a big cloud of it engulfed her. She started to cough and shook her head a bit, "What's the big idea anyway?" she yelled and stood up quickly, pointing at him, "You hate humans! Why would you even think to mate me?"
Sesshoumaru looked to her, "Who ever said I was to mate you? How bout just take you and ruin my wretched brother's life knowing he couldn't save the one he loves…again."
"You're horrid." Kagome crossed her arms, "Sides, Inuyasha doesn't love me, he loves Kikyo."
"You are being too rash." Sesshoumaru turned away from her, "Kikyo is but a dead crust, a stench of death surrounds her. Inuyasha is only in love with the idea of what could have been. He will see in time you are the one he wants to be with."
Kagome froze at his words. Could they be true? Nah! She huffed and started to walk back towards Inuyasha's direction, "Whatever Sesshoumaru, I don't have time for you."
Jakken gasped, "How dare you say that you lowly human girl!"
Kagome threw a rock and hit him square in the head, knocking the imp unconscious. "The next time you have something to say, shut up."
Sesshoumaru appeared before her, "Where do you think you are going? I have not completed my plan."
Kagome lifted a brow and put her hands on her hips, "Oh please, you are Sesshoumaru, even if you wanted to get back at your brother for any stupid reason, you'd never have a human girl, much less for such a lowlife plot. You aren't that deranged." she said affirmatively. "Now if you don't mind, I have to make sure Inuyasha is ok." she pushed past him.
'Odd…' Sesshoumaru looked towards Kagome as she walked away, 'She knew I wouldn't. Am I so transparent?'
Rin came across his mind. 'But I do care for humans…at least Rin.' But that, he'd never admit. At least not now.
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Kagome walked to the river where she had been taken away and saw Inuyasha struggling to keep his breathing regular. She heard him talk to himself, trying to get more motivation. "I have to save Kagome. Damn that Sesshoumaru."
Kagome looked at him, "Inuyasha?"
He looked up at her weakly, his vision blurred, "Kagome?" It smelt like her.
"Yea. Sesshoumaru realized he wasn't such a lowlife dog, no offense."
Inuyasha tried to stand and fell back, "None taken." he muttered.
"Don't try to stress yourself too much, what a time for Myouga not to be around." she muttered and sat beside him.
Inuyasha growled a bit low in his throat, smelling her scent that began to drive him wild again.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome felt his forehead, "You're burning up…"
Inuyasha grasped her hand quickly, too quick for someone who just had a lot of venom flood through their body. She gasped as he pinned her down, his eyes turning red, the pupils blue as markings of scratch marks appeared on his face. His fangs and claws grew, he was smiling again! 'Oh no! Inuyasha!' Kagome couldn't breathe, she was terrified.
What if he couldn't battle it? What if he took her then! She'd never be the same! He'd never be the same! And for some reason, she thought he'd never forgive himself neither.
Inuyasha's face neared hers as he smelt her fear, smiling he tightened his grip on her arms. She noticed his tetsaiga was only a few feet away, he must have dropped it when having that spat with Sesshoumaru.
"Inuyasha…please stop." Kagome almost sobbed.
Inuyasha hesitated, no longer smiling.
Kagome whispered, feeling a bit more confident, "Inuyasha, you're hurting me. Please stop…"
Inuyasha's grip lessoned as he backed away and turned away from her and grabbed his head. "Get away from me Kagome."
He was normal, she knew. He turned back again. "Inuyasha…"
"Get away!" he stumbled as he got up and leaned against a tree, "I can't stop myself if it happens again."
Kagome knew he was telling the truth. "Inuyasha…"
"Please." there was a long pause as she stepped in front of him. The venom was overpowered by his demon blood as he looked up to her sweating, shaken up himself, "I'm not strong enough."
"Oh, Inu-"
"Stop." he muttered, "Just…leave."
"But-"
Inuyasha took a bit of strength he couldn't afford to waste and shoved her away, "Leave me alone!"
He used the same tone to her she used to him when she had a moodswing.
Tears streamed down her face as she turned away from him. Rejected. Shoved away like a rag doll. Feeling alone. The one she knew she could always go to threw her aside. But it was to help her, right? But it still hurt so much.
Inuyasha inwardly cursed his existence for doing that to her.
"Fine Inuyasha, if you think it's better this way…" she looked back at him, not even the bit ashamed of her tears, "But I know you can handle it."
Inuyasha was speechless as she left him in the forest. He sat against the tree and held his head. 'Why can't I win? I want Kagome to know she never has to fear me…I want her to know I love her…and I want to know that she loves me…I need her to say it.'
Day 3
Kagome and Inuyasha stayed their fair distances since the night before. They had to, Inuyasha wasn't strong enough in his weakened condition. Being a half demon, he was almost healed from the wound but he still was a bit weak from the lethal dosage of venom that had coursed through his veins until his demon blood awoke.
Kagome made her time worth while, playing with Shippou, teaching Sango a bit about her modern day medicines, but after everything she tried to keep him off her mind, Inuyasha just wouldn't leave it be. She knew it wasn't his fault. "Sango?" Kagome asked her a friend a frightening question, "What if Naraku comes?"
Sango looked at her strangely, "We'll destroy him." she only wished she could believe her own words.
Miroku walked in and pondered a bit before speaking, "I wonder why all the demons are coming after Kagome though…"
Kagome looked at him strangely, "What? I'm not good enough?"
Inuyasha heard through the window everything that was going on. He rolled his eyes at her remark.
"No, that's not what I meant." Miroku said calmly, "Why are they coming after you?"
"I don't know, what do you mean, why are they coming after me?"
Kaede walked in and looked at them strangely, "I overheard a bit from outside the door, isn't it obvious Miroku?"
Miroku looked at the old priestess strangely, "Apparently not."
Kaede blew out an exasperated breath at his idiocy, "She's the reincarnation of Kikyo. Some may be getting their revenge on my sister this way. Or, it could be that she in fact possesses priestess power and because of that, if a demon mates her, he will also absorb that power and she will be but a regular human."
Kagome's eyes widened, "Did Inuyasha know that? Did Kikyo?" she asked out loud.
Inuyasha's heart stopped vaguely as she asked about it, in a heartbreaking way. He knew it hurt her every time he was with Kikyo, every time her name came up.
"Kikyo yes, Inuyasha no." Kaede put her basket on the table and started to pick out the vegetables from the gardens.
"But--?" Sango began.
Miroku looked to her, "Lady Kikyo must have loved Inuyasha a great deal to put herself in such a predicament."
"That's not it either." Kaede interrupted and for another moment, the attention was on her, "If the demon does not want her powers, he will not take them. It's up to him. Kikyo knew that even if Inuyasha knew he could, he wouldn't, considering that he would turn human for her, it was a sacrifice he was willing to make."
Kagome looked down and sighed, "But he wouldn't hesitate to take it from me."
Inuyasha's heart crashed into the ground as he heard her words.
Shippou shook his head, "No, Inuyasha wouldn't do it even if he knew."
Inuyasha's ears picked up the kitsune's words that were standing up for him. For an instant, he felt even closer to Shippou than a friend, he considered him family.
Kagome looked down to the little tike, "What do you mean?"
"Inuyasha may be mean and rude and a jerk a lot of the time…" Inuyasha's thoughts were about to turn into aggravation to the little fox till Shippou continued. "But he's not one to just take your power away because of his own strength. He wouldn't kill Shiori to make Tetsaiga stronger, what makes you think he'll steal your powers just because he can? He'd have to have a really good reason."
Kagome nodded, "I know what you are saying Shippou, but what if he can't control his demon half?"
Sango and Miroku exchanged glances, "Deep down," Miroku started, "Inuyasha can win against his demon half. I don't think the demon can harm you if his human heart wills against it."
Inuyasha walked in at that moment, he heard enough and it needed to stop.
Kagome looked up to him in wonder. She was thinking of what he could do to her if he wanted, what he's already gone through to stop himself from doing anything to her. She admired it all.
Kaede cleared her throat, "Also, the shikon shards around her neck promote her scent a bit more to demons."
They looked back at her, "What?" Sango asked.
Inuyasha crossed his arms and looked away, "The old hag means that Kagome's scent is stronger and more overpowering than most females because of the shikon shards around her neck, making the demons smell her more, understanding her powers and knowing what they could accomplish by mating."
"And I suppose it has affected you as well?" Miroku asked.
"Feh." Inuyasha glared at the monk. "I'm not going to buckle under pressure."
Shippou kept silent, he smelt Inuyasha's demon blood raging. He smelt it on Kagome last night when she arrived by herself, Inuyasha a few hours later. He knew Inuyasha had stopped, he just hoped he would be able to stop every time, as doubtful as that seemed.
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Kagome sat on the field, looking out over the cliff as Inuyasha watched her from a tree, staying a safe distance away from her.
"Inuyasha, I know you are there." she said softly, "Come down, please?"
Inuyasha jumped down and landed a good twenty feet away from her. "I am not going to attack you."
Kagome smiled to herself, "I know, please, come sit down. It would be nice to talk to you for a while."
"Wouldn't you prefer Sango or someone else safer?" he muttered as he neared her cautiously.
"No." she said affirmatively.
He was taken back by her honesty as he sat down beside her, cross legged and looked over the cliff to the trees off yonder.
She looked to him, "You know, I feel even safer when you're around."
He looked at her strangely, "What? I'm probably the most dangerous thing out here now."
She shrugged as her gaze went back over the cliff, "Nah, not to me. If I was attacked, I know you wouldn't let anything happen to me."
Inuyasha looked to her strangely and then shook his head, "Feh. Sesshoumaru captured you and I couldn't even move."
Kagome's features softened a bit, "Yea, but Sesshoumaru wouldn't mate with me anyway, me being human and all. He might be a brute, but I really don't think he'd be so low. He's got his pride too Inuyasha."
Inuyasha heard her words and looked at her through the corner of his eyes. He knew what she meant, and at the moment, he almost respected his brother for who he was, not what they were.
Kagome looked down, "I'm sorry Inuyasha."
His full gaze looked at her quickly, "For what?" he was confused again!
Kagome wrapped her arms around her legs and buried her face in her knees. "If I wasn't here, you wouldn't have to deal with this. My scent and everything is driving you insane and it's all my fault!"
Inuyasha touched her shoulder, "Kagome, that's not it at all." he didn't know how to calm her but he had to try, he couldn't bare to see her cry again.
"No, if I wasn't here, you could be with Kikyo and not have to worry about fighting anyone because of me and the shards! We both know Kikyo could defend them so much better…"
Inuyasha had enough of the babbling and sat up on his knees and pried her head up from her legs and made her look at him. "Kagome…"
She paused in mid anguish and looked at him. His eyes held so much concern, for her though she didn't know for sure. He almost looked hurt that she said such kind things of Kikyo.
"She couldn't defend them as well as you can. She's…" he paused and looked away, not looking directly at the copy of Kikyo, "She's dead Kagome, and she can't come back to life. Not the way she'd need to be to be fit in this world." he looked to her shocked face that he would actually say that about her. "She's living off other people's souls, Kagome. You live off your own. She is in no comparison to you."
Kagome wanted to believe his words, "But Inuyasha…"
He leaned towards her and their lips touched gently. His eyes were no longer open as she gently closed hers as well. As much as his demon blood wanted out, he made sure she knew he could be gentle at any time of her life, menstrual or not.
She unconsciously placed her hands on his biceps as one of his hands traveled to the nape of her neck and the other stayed in place on her cheek.
The only thing that ruined the moment was the tear that slid down her cheek and hit his thumb. He pulled away quickly, "Kagome? Why are you crying?"
She turned away from him, "You battled your demon blood for me on countless occasions but you've never fought it that much."
Inuyasha leaned over and wiped her tear away, making her look back up to him in confusion, "It hurt, it still hurts, just knowing that I have to fight to keep my sanity around you. But it would hurt more if you didn't know I could do it."
She was touched, for this was Inuyasha. He never unsheathed his feelings, his needs that he had to have met. He was never mushy, especially around her. And here he was, telling her that he needed her to understand that he liked her and wouldn't let the demon harm her.
She was about to say something when a whirlwind appeared in a distance and then stopped abruptly in front of them. Kagome backed up some.
Kouga had Ayame on his back and let her down. "Kagome, I'm not going to eat you." Ayame smiled.
Kagome shook her head, "No, I'm just trying to distance myself from anything male and going star crazed mad."
Ayame looked to Kouga strangely who looked at her, shrugging, "She's menstrual."
Kagome blushed and looked to Inuyasha who was smirking mighty proud. 'What's he so happy for?'
Inuyasha leaned and whispered, "So Wolf, you finally mated your own kind and gonna leave Kagome alone?"
Kouga smirked back and grabbed Ayame by the waist and brought her closer to his side. She smiled and leaned against his shoulder and Kagome started to understand. They were mated!
"Yea, figured I didn't want a halfbreed as a child." seeing Inuyasha's angered face, Kouga threw his hand up, "Hey, just saying that I don't think anyone should go through it, let alone my offspring."
Inuyasha seemed to calm down as he smirked, "Mighty kind of you, Wolf, but I plan to breed with a human."
"I don't blame ya." Kouga looked down and smiled at Kagome, "have at her."
Kagome paled and looked back up to Inuyasha who glared at him, "Not on your life."
Her hopes of them together faded until he continued, "It's her choice."
Kouga hit Inuyasha on the back, "Who knew you had a brain?"
Inuyasha hit Kouga upside the head and growled. Ayame knelt down by Kagome, "No hard feelings, right? I know Kouga and you were an item for a while…"
Kagome almost laughed, "Uhm, no, of course not, no hard feelings. He's all yours."
Ayame smiled and looked at him, "I know." she looked to Kagome, "He kept his promise under the lunar rainbow."
Kagome smiled, "That's great. I'm happy for you two. Have a bunch of wolf pups, create your own pack."
Ayame blushed, "Already on the way."
Kagome smiled even more, "Congrats."
Ayame sat down beside Kagome, "Perhaps we should get to know each other a bit more now? You know, now that Kouga isn't in the middle."
Kagome liked Ayame's personality. She thought of Kouga and his situation in the middle, even if he really wasn't, before getting to know the other part of the problem. She let him choose. And Kagome admired that.
"I'd like that." Kagome nodded.
Kouga and Inuyasha were bonding, too. Sorta. They sounded like they were arguing but the girls and the two of them knew better.
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Haha, next chap is day 4...dun dun dunnnn…yes, I know I gotta get Naraku in here too, but not till around day 5/6 cuz it's gotta be a big bang of an ending part…that I have to figure out…ughhhhh
By the way, the reason I picked this title was because Inuyasha is half demon, he's the different part, and Kagome, in his eyes is beautiful because she loves him as a half demon…batman theme get it? ( I do not own batman)
Reviews please!
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