A/N: Sorry it's been a while guys! School started and it's senior year so it's been a heavy load of work so far with sciences -_-…. Anyway, I was in the middle of doing chemistry and I was soo bored. That's when I decided to start writing the next chapter. Hopefully you enjoy it!
I DON'T OWN INUYASHA!
His Touch
Chapter 4: Who Knows?
"Swear to me," Kagome whispered, voice shaking.
"What? You can't be serious, Kago-," Sango was saying before being cut off.
"SWEAR to me! Sango, please…" Kagome was demanding now. Sango tensed at her friends aggressiveness and then exhaled knowing there was no winning this argument. "Fine," was her only response.
The two best friends sobbed in each others arms until they fell asleep in them.
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"Stop it!" Kagome yelled jumping out of her bed. Scaring the shit out of Sango waking her up in the process. Kagome was wheezing. Her chest moving out and in to her body while Kagame tried to catch her breath. Mouth open, eyes wide, hands trembling, and breathing short gasps of air. Sango's never seen her best friend so frightened, she was in shock herself.
"Oh Kagome…" was all Sango could mutter as she wrapped her arms around her paralyzed friend.
She was the strongest person Sango's ever known. Kagome: the sweet girl that could melt a boy's heart with her smile. The kind girl who would go out of her own way to put someone else's needs before her own. So selfless and caring. Kagome has stood by Sango's side since elementary school, and has helped her through so many rough patches in her life. Sango felt sick to her stomach when Kagame poured her heart out not too long ago. Only then did she realize that their friendship has almost always been about Kagame helping Sango. Sang felt a wave of regret hit her like a tsunami. Kagome was a breathing angel in Sango's life. Everything was about making sure Sango was okay and happy, but not once was it ever about Kagame and her well being.
Not until today.
Sango was overwhelmed by her invisible actions. She felt disgusted at herself for taking this friendship for granted. She felt the need to throw up when she remembered realizing that Kagome had been absent from school after a week. During the first week of Kagome's absence Sango barely noticed, it completely went over her head. "She could've been dead the first day and I wouldn't have found out, or cared to know until a week later!?" Sango thought to herself with tears filling up her eyes but refusing to let them fall. "I'm pathetic… Me. Crying? That's all I can do right now, cry? My best friend that I've taken for granted is broken and I AM the one who's crying?"
Her thought's were completely cut off after that when Kagome's hands were rising. One to cover half her face and the other to grab a tight hold on to a bunching of her hair. Her hands were shaking ever so slightly. Her breathing was still in short rigid breaths. Mouth still drooping from her jaw that she almost drooled. And eyes still as wide as they were before, if not, wider. Did she even blink through Sango's thoughts? Sango watched Kagome's dark grey figure intensively. Made a quick glance at Kagome's alarm clock to read 2:27 AM. Then her head spun back to Kagome's bed so fast it could've broke her neck when she heard Kagome's scream pierce the deafening silence of the night.
Sango was watching in slow motion, paralyzed herself. She watched as Kagome's eyes were squeezed shut, feet kicking through her sheets like she was trying to escape restraints. By this time not only was everything in slow motion but Kagome's screams were mute too. The lights came on not too long after with a fully alert mother running in with a syringe in her hand, grandfather and younger brother following behind not too long after either. All of them with faces like ghouls: pale with eye bags darker than the night sky.
With the lights on, Sango's vision improved so her attention went back to her best friend screaming on the bed beside her; what a show.
All at once motion was back to it's original speed and Sango's ears came back to life as well when she put her attention back on Kagome. She, of course, was still screaming. Arms were flying in attempt to block her mothers and her legs still kicking through, or should I say ripping through the bed sheets to shreds.
"Kagome, please stop this!" Kagome's mother cried out with tears streaming down her face. The sound of her mothers voice didn't affect her. In fact it just added to the nightmare she was having. making Kagome believe her mom was on her way (in her dream) to save her from her predators. Kagome was so vivid putting all of her strength to avoid her visionary rapist who was her mother in reality.
"Mama! Mama! Please help me!" cried Kagome and right then the screaming stopped due to the syringe that was now stabbed into Kagome's arm by force. She was asleep again.
"Ambien," Kagome's mother said breaking the silence. "It helps her go back to sleep after her aggressive sleep paralysis." The mother continued. "Funny they gave her that diagnosis… Saying she'd have sleep paralysis I mean. Because she theoretically should be paralyzed when she dreams like this, but evidently she's not so the doctors let us use ambient to drift her back to sleep. Waking someone up during sleep paralysis or even when they are sleep walking can be very dangerous."
Wait… That wasn't considered dangerous?
"My apologies Sango-chan, it seems her nightmares have subsided just yet," the mother said while stumbling back to the door she came through, "hopefully you can catch some more sleep now, good night." And like that she was gone. Leaving Sango still paralyzed and mute to what she has just witnessed.
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"So what did you find out?" Inuyasha asked in his normal pushy attitude.
"Nothing, because nothing's wrong with her," was all Sango could make out, it was barely a whisper too because it pained her to lie to her friends. However, never again would she betray her best friend who obviously needed her love, loyalty, and support now more than ever before.
"I can literally smell you lying to me, Sango," Inuyasha said now impatient. This retort made Sango's heart skip a beat in despair.
"Listen, if there was something Kagome is hiding," Sango began and noticed a certain hanyou's ears perk up to listen more attentively, "not that there is…" she continued. "Then she should be the one to tell you herself, I am not in the position to tell you her secrets."
"Meaning she is hiding something," Inuyasha replied ears dropping down like a dog's would at bad news.
"Meaning I can't and won't say anything until Kagome decides to tell you herself. This is bigger than any of us. Kagome is the strongest girl I've ever been blessed to meet. If you assholes interrogate her in the state that she's in now, I will personally seek your demise." Sango said to both Inuyasha and Miroku this time, who has yet to participate in this conversation.
Sango left in a humph after that statement and Inuyasha growled at the lack of information. His hands were in fists and his fangs were bare.
"I need to know what happened to her," Inuyasha finally said to his friend beside him.
"Of course, but now is not the time, Inuyasha. Not only am I scared that Sango might hurt us BAD if we force info out of Kagome, but I think she's right. What if what Kagome is going through is a really big deal? She's been missing for 6 months, this situation can not be taken lightly. When she's ready to tell us, she will. For now we should just be patient." Miroku replied with wise words.
Inuyasha's tense body loosened but his frustration didn't subside in the slightest.
"Miroku… Only you know how I really feel about her. I'd give anything to see her smile carefree like she used to. At the cafe it's all been a show and I know it. She's been hurt during these 6 months and I know it. No, I can feel it," Inuyasha said with weary eyes.
"Inuyasha, you need to take it easy."
"HOW?" Inuyasha snapped, this made Miroku take a step back at his friend's response.
"How can I take it easy? I basically failed her because I couldn't protect her during these 6 months. I promised I would be there for her when I was 7 years old and I've done everything but that. How can you tell me to take it easy if you don't know what it's like to see the love of your life be so broken within the span of half a year?" Inuyasha had his claws bared at his friend while he spat out every word. Then he realized the fear in his best friends eyes, so he took a moment or two to calm himself before continuing, "Sorry." Was all he could say before taking off.
Leaving a poor monk in training by himself at the park. "Oh Inuyasha, I'm going through that as we speak" Miroku thought to himself as he recalled how lost Sango was earlier when spreading the word of what she may or may not have found out about Kagome's situation.
Sango.
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When the phone rang, Kagome's mother picked it up.
"Hello?" Kagome's mom answered.
"Hi, is Kagome there?" replied a young man on the other end of the line.
"Sure she is, can I ask who's calling?"
"This is Kouga"
The line was silent for a bit and he heard the mother call Kagome's name. There were footsteps and then the phone moved to a certain someone's ear.
"Hello?" Her voice came in calm but still a bit nervous.
"Hey, remember me?" Kouga's voice came in flirtatiously.
"Hi Kouga!" Kagome's voice brightened up, not just a little but a lot. "What's up?"
"Was wondering if you wanted to chill today around, let's say, maybe three?" Kagame checked the clock that was on the wall to the right of her to see that it read 1:56 PM.
"Sounds good. What are we doing and where are we meeting?"
"Well we can meet at the coffee shop from before, hopefully you don't run off on me again." he let out a chuckle that left Kagome blushing and embarrassed as she remembered how she ran away.
"Oh yeah, sorry about that…" was all she could say.
"Don't sweat it."
"So what are we doing?" Kagome asked again.
"Something worth while, you'll love it trust me. Kind of a surprise."
"Hmm, not really into surprises," commented Kagome,"but sure see you at three."
"See ya!"
And the line was dead. Time did fly by fast though because before you know it, it was 2:45 PM and Kagome was out the door.
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Inuyasha was soaring, running through traffic, jumping from tree to near by tree, sprinting towards the Higurashi Shrine. When he got closer to the shrine he jumped on to the Sacred Tree of Ages and stopped right there to get a lungs full of air. Kagome's not here he concluded. So he continued to sniff the air vigorously until he caught her scent once again, but mixed with someone else's… Oh. Hell. No.
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"Hey Kouga!" Kagome greeted cheerfully at the sight of her new wolf friend who was sitting on the bench by the coffee shop.
"Hey Kagome" replied Kouga as he took a look at what she was wearing. Light blue dress that twinned with her eyes made it down just below her knee. Long sleeved but the collar went down her neck line to show enough cleavage to be a tease. The simple dress hugged her torso to show her slim yet curvy figure and then it lay loosely on his hips to flow freely between her legs. Her long black hair was down just added more to her beauty and she wore creamy white platform sandals, it helped show off her beautifully shaped calves. Kouga felt a slight blush rise to his cheeks at the sight of her, so effortlessly beautiful. He quickly felt embarrassed when he looked at himself and saw he looked nearly homeless next to Kagome with his ripped jeans and plaid button up shirt.
"You look.. amazing" Kouga said trying to keep his voice calm.
"Wow thank you," replied Kagome, knowing he was sincere she blushed, "so uhh, what exactly were we going to do today?"
Kouga smirked. "Follow me."
A/N: I didn't get any review on my last chapter, so if you'd like a quicker update then give me 2 reviews on how it's going! Bye love ya.