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Ch 7; Glimpse of evil
Kagome stared at him in awe. It was Inuyasha…but not the Inuyasha she knew. His eyes…they looked like there was a tint of red in them for a second, but she must have been imagining it. But one thing about them could only make her stare: they were filled with…concern? The Inuyasha who ignored her, won't even look at her, maybe even skipped class BECAUSE of her, was now worried about her? She was speechless.
"Are you alright?" He asked, looking down at her wound. His eyes went wide, and his body went still for a second, but he shook his head and looked at her face. She still hadn't answered.
"Inuyasha…you…"
"I said are you alright?" he repeated, not looking her in the eye.
She nodded slowly and tried to sit up, but gasped in pain and fell, only to be caught by Inuyasha. Kagome looked up into his eyes, grimacing weakly, "Maybe I'm not alright."
Inuyasha glanced down at her wound, eyes widening as he saw the blood seeping out onto his Shirt. He suddenly started shaking rapidly, almost as if he were having a seizure. His eyes were firmly shut as he tried to control himself. Not now! You cant lose control now, or everything you did will be for nothing! Must…stay in…control!
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, worry and panic filling her voice as she noticed his reaction. "Inuyasha?"
His once again amber eyes snapped open, and he regarded her with great interest. Was she worried about him? That was an unexpected twist.
"Are you ok?" she asked nervously. "You were shaking all over…"
He groaned inwardly. She had noticed. "I just get…nervous at the sight of blood." Inuyasha shivered once more as he glanced at her wound, and, taking slow breaths, ripped off the sleeve or his sweater. Inuyasha gently began to wrap up the wound, shivering the whole time to try and stay in control. A few times his eyes went red, and he was glancing at the wound with the same longing as the other vampire had, but he made sure Kagome didn't notice. When he was done he leapt away from her, moving towards Sango. He sat there for a minute breathing heavily, not daring to touch Sango until his Vampiric senses were under control once more.
Kagome watched him curiously. She had never met a man who reacted to blood in that way. She glanced down at her side, where pieces of his sweater were wrapped around it neatly. Even with his fear of blood, he had done a neat job, and her side didn't hurt as much anymore. Sighing, she crawled slowly towards him. "Inuyasha?" he opened one golden eye and looked at her. "It was you, wasn't it? A few nights ago."
There was a long, uncomfortable silence following that statement. Inuyasha looked at her calmly, not letting any emotion cross through his deep eyes in that stare. They're eyes were locked for over a minute before Inuyasha turned away with a low 'feh', "What are you going on about?"
Kagome stared at him searchingly for a moment, and then reluctantly lowered her eyes. "Nothing." She murmured.
There was an awkward silence following that, lasting for what seamed like an eternity. Kagome knew it was him…she just knew it! But then why was he being so secretive?
Just then Sango groaned, snapping Kagome back into the real world. The two of them looked down at her a she stirred, opening her eyes slowly. "Kagome? What happened?" she murmured softly, confused. Kagome looked over at Inuyasha, and Sango followed her gaze. "Inuyasha?" she asked, surprised. "What are you doing here?"
"He saved us from that…that…"
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Only one word, wench. Vampire."
Kagome glared at him. "Well sorry!" she said sarcastically. "Its not like we see vampires every day around here." Kagome watched him closely, eyes bulging as she saw him lower his eyes and look away, but she said nothing.
"But…Inuyasha, what were you doing here anyways? You don't live near here…" Sango trailed off.
Inuyasha huffed. "I went out for a walk and I…got lost. I saw that guy walking towards you, and I didn't like it, so I followed him. Good thing to, or you guys would be vampire chow."
Sango shook her head in disbelief, leaning against the fence for support. "A vampire…" she murmured quietly, shocked. "I didn't think it was possible…I mean there were always stories, but I never thought anything of it…"
Another awkward silence came over them, but this time Kagome broke it by trying to stand up. "Sango, we really should get going, I have to get home…" But she was cut off by a sharp pain in her side, and, gasping sharply, fell back onto the ground.
Inuyasha was at her side in a minute. "Are you ok?" he asked worriedly.
Kagome glanced up at him oddly. "Am I ok?" she repeated, not quite sure she heard right.
"That's what I said, isn't it? Are you alright?"
Kagome blushed, looking away from his intense gaze. She had been wrong! He did like her! Everything that had happened the last few days…she was just being paranoid! "Yeah, I'm alright…its just that…" she paused for a second, and Inuyasha glanced at her worriedly. She smiled sheepishly. "Well, I thought you hated me."
Inuyasha looked at her for a moment. "Look wench, if you saw someone that you hated on the ground, bleeding and in trouble, you would help them! Even if you hated them, you would, wouldn't you?"
Kagome glared at him and looked away. So much for that idea. "Yeah, I would." She growled, trying to stand up again. She almost had a heart attack when she felt two strong, muscular arms wrap around her waist. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" she practically screamed at him.
"Well its not like you can walk with that wound in your side." He told her, looking straight ahead and NOT at her.
Kagome looked up at him in aw, noticing how the moonlight reflected off of his face, and seemingly making his hair glow. Then she felt the pain in her side grow stronger, so she looked down at her wound. Blood had turned Inuyasha's brown sweater red, and she could feel Inuyasha tense up under her. He didn't like her, and yet he had helped her. She didn't want to impose upon him more. No matter how hot he was.
"Inuyasha, you don't have to do this. Sango can help me just fine."
Sango looked at the two of them. They looked so cute together, but she was now looking at a completely new Inuyasha. She had NEVER seen him this tense before, especially since he was holding someone as pretty as Kagome was. They both looked like they would rather be anywhere but there. She nodded. "Ya, Inuyasha. I can carry her just fine."
"I can handle it." Inuyasha replied stiffly, beginning to walk forwards. The only problem was that the smell of Kagome's blood underneath his sweater-bandages was beginning to get to him. He was practically dieing inside in the battle to keep his Vampiric blood under control. Looking only at the street ahead of him he kept walking forwards.
Sango ran to catch up with him, panting to keep up with his brisk pace. "Inuyasha, slow down!" she panted heavily, touching his shoulder. "What's your problem?"
Inuyasha's eyes went wide as he leapt forwards away from Sango. "DON'T TOUCH ME!" he cried, sounding somewhere between angry and in pain.
"AH!" Kagome cried, clutching her side in pain. She had banged it in that one sudden movement, and blood was now dripping onto Inuyasha's bare arm.
Inuyasha's eyes went wide, and a dark, boiling red for an instant. Sango was behind him, but Kagome could see it clear and strong, and she was afraid. So afraid. "Inuyasha?" she whispered, terrified. He looked down at her, bright red eyes piercing into her soul and paralyzing her in pure terror. It was those eyes…those dark, sinister eyes…they were filled with naught but evil…darkness…and, worst of all, and uncontrollable lust that was aimed directly at her. Kagome wanted to scream, oh dear Kami she wanted to scream for help and run into the darkest, deepest corner of hell if only she could get away from them. But she couldn't move, couldn't scream. Her voice had stopped working, her body paralyzed with horror. She could only stare helplessly into those bloody, devilish eyes that threatened to consume her any second…
Inuyasha shook his head frantically, blinking his eyes rapidly, each blink turning his terrible eyes into the golden ones she remembered, but not quite. True, the color was back to normal, but Kagome could still see a tint of anger and pain under them. Without even looking at her, he whipped around to face Sango and thrust Kagome into her arms. "Inuyasha, what…" Sango began, but was cut off by the look he gave her.
He twirled around again. "I changed my mind, I have to go." Without any form of goodbye, he ran into the darkness and disappeared.
Kagome watched him go fearfully, staring into the space he had been, those dark, haunting eyes still fresh in her mind. She let out a breath that she didn't even know she was holding in enormous gratitude to the gods who had released her from that terrible spell.
"You alright, Kagome?" Sango asked her anxiously.
Good question. Kagome blinked. "Ya, I guess." She looked down at her side, where Inuyasha's fingers had been only moments before, touching it gently. It felt so cold. "How are we going to get home?"
"Im going to carry you silly." Sango reminded her, slipping the shopping bags over her shoulder and picking Kagome up the same way Inuyasha. Even in the shock of the moment, Kagome couldn't help but marvel at her new friends strength as she began to walk forward.
Kagome gasped in shock. "Wait, Sango! I'm bleeding all over you!"
Sango sighed, staring at Kagome like she was nuts. "I know, but that's not important Kagome! The fact that you're bleeding at all makes it more important that we leave NOW. We have to get you home before we worry about my clothes!"
Kagome sighed in apology and stopped talking. She was still lost in thought, her mind frozen on the image of those horrible eyes. They were staring at her…calling for her…evil, and a terribly sickening lust flooding them. That was all that she could think about. How could such a…she couldn't even think of a word to describe what she had seen in those eyes. There were no words. Only Knowing of that unbearable terror she had felt that night, that would surely haunt her till the end of her days.