Punch!
By: MangoCandy64
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Standard Disclaimer
Warning: Explicit language
Chapter 5: Live, Laugh, Lust
"There was this small little boy who walked into the hospital one night. He was soaking wet from the night's rain and had mud all over his shoes. His eyes looked like they hadn't had a wink of sleep in days. He looked up to one of the nurses and said that his father was dead. The nurse quickly sent the ambulance immediately to where the boy had described the location of his father's dead body. The nurse then kneeled to the little boy's height and asked if he'd be okay. All the boy did was grin and said he'd be better than okay. The nurse then noticed a huge gash on the boy's right arm. After a few days in the hospital, the gash had healed but left a huge scar…a scar just like…"
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"How are you feeling today, Miss Kagome?" the young nurse asked as she gathered the empty dish of oatmeal off of the untidy hospital bed.
The young girl kindly gave a weak grin in response as she positioned her self more comfortably on the bed's mattress.
"Well, if you need me just buzz me down on the PA system. I have to go attend one of our newer patients. He's giving us quite a struggle but he seems to have been through a lot. Have you seen him? He's a young boy just around your age. Maybe you could give him some company? He's all on his own and I'm sure he'd loved to see another friendly face his own age, don't you think?" The nurse said with a loving grin.
The small Kagome weakly titled her head up and down with another grin in response to her favourite nurse's suggestion.
"Now you go and get some rest missy. You want to look all big and strong when Dr. Ushiocomes to check up on you latter this evening." The nurse insisted as she went over to tuck the young girl under the crisp white sheets of the bed.
She then made her way over to the blinds to block the evenings golden sun out of the two bed hospital room. She watched as the little girl she had tended to ever since she arrived at the hospital a couple of years ago, drift back into a solemn slumber. She couldn't help but smile seeing her so beautiful in her sleep but heavily sighed as she knew the extent of this girl's reality. She silently bent down to kiss the little girl upon her nose and quietly tip toed out of the room.
Waiting a few minutes after the sound of the door's latch locking shut, Kagome lifted one eye open making sure she was alone. She slowly un-tucked herself and sat up on the stiff mattress. She took a few minutes to scratch her scraggly ebony hair before feebly sliding down the edge of what seemed like a towering bed. Shesluggishly made her way to the window with a slight limp to her step. When she finally arrived, she struggled to open the blinds apart as she took a seat on the wide window sill. Her eyes curiously scanned the scenery she saw through the glass of the dusty window. The sky was a deep orange due to the brilliant sun that was ready to switch places with the moon. Her window faced the south side entrance of the hospital so there wasn't much to look at but a busy parking lot and the new children's hospital park. It was the newest installment to the hospital of just a few weeks ago. It was funded by an ex-patient's mother as a thank you from saving her only son from a nearly fetal seizure due to Phenylketonuria. It quickly became a hit with the younger paients of the hospital. The young Kagome could only stare with cold eyes as she watched a few childern play on a see-saw.
It wasn't fair. Why was she not allowed to play with the other kids? Why could she only run for a split second before feeling faint? Why did it take her forever to do things? Why was she so sick? Why did she have to live in a hospital? And why, oh god why, was she so damn weak? Kagome continued to stare aimsly out the window with small tears swelling in her emotionless eyes. It had been, what, three years since she'd been diagnosed with Follicular Lymphoma. When she first arrived at the hospital, many of the doctors and nurses tried to explain and simplify the meaning of her condition.
"Well you see Kagome, you have Follicular Lymphoma which is a type of cancer that originates in lymphocytes; a type of white blood cell in the vertebrate immune system. That's the system that acts like your body's sheild against unwanted guests in your body. That's why you're always so sleepy…"
She was ten, not stupid. Basically the doctors found nice ways to tell her that she was weak, had cancer, and could die at the drop of a dime.
Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard the cries of doctors and nurses from outside her window. The attention of her blue orbs were pulled to the children's hospital park. Her eyes slightly widened when she witness a hand full of hospital staff chase down a little sliver haired boy who was making a run for it through the park. She watched as the boy jumped over swings and see-saws making it extremely difficult for his pursuers to catch him. It seemed like the boy was well on his way to freedom but Kagome continued to watch as Dr. Hayate was on his tail. The other staff started to slow down their pace when Dr. Hayate pounced on the little boy. Just when the staff members felt they could take a sigh of relief, the boy incredibly slid under from Dr. Hayate arms, reverse side kicked him in the stomach and jumped over his limped body, which was now crumpled on the ground, trying to make his escape. Even Kagome was a little shocked to see such a young boy perform such a skilled martial arts kick.
'That must be the boy Nurse Mai's been talking about.' Kagome contemplated to herself.
At that moment, the young Kagome yawned as her blue eyes grew heavier by the second. She began to make her way down from the window sill but before she could even reach her bed, she fell face first to the floor into a deep sleep.
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It was the sound of her own heart beating through the ECG monitor that woke Kagome from her mild coma. She often had these throughout the day, only lasting a few hours at a time. She blinked a couple of times before her aqua orbs could adjust to the lighting in the room. She was back in her bed and hooked up to a couple of IVs. As she positioned her body to sit on its side, the door to the room abruptly swung open.
"Mr. Tashio, please refrain from slamming doors open. This is a hospital, not your house, and there are patients who are trying to recover!" the nurse said in a stern voice to the boy that was entering the room in front of her.
"Whatever." The amber eyed boy quickly replied.
'So they did catch him.' Kagome concluded to herself.
"Ah, you finally woke up! How do you feel Miss Higurashi?" the nurse said in a joyess tone to the young girl still lying in bed.
Kagome drowsily nodded in response.
"What's wrong with you? Hey nurse lady what's wrong with her? Can't she speak?" the young boy spat at the now irritated nurse.
"How rude! You really need to learn how to speak properly in the presence of others."
"Daddy's dead. He can't teach me how too now can he?" the boy replied with a sinister grin.
The nurse could only sigh before she continued. "She's very sick and hasn't spoken ever since she was diagnosed with a rare case of Follicular Lymphoma. Don't you think that it's a little understandable? So I beg that you behave and please be a little more considerate towards her Mr. Tashio…Hey! What are you doing? Get back here!" The nurse pleaded to the boy.
But the boy was already standing by Kagome's bedside. He then hopped on the bed, sitting on top of her, and lowered his head directly over hers. After a few seconds of staring into each others eyes the young Inuyasha finally spoke.
"The world doesn't stop cuz you're dying, so stop acting like a retard and start talking before you actually can't. You weaklings are all the same."
Kagome couldn't believe what she was hearing. He had no idea what she had gone through in the past three years. All the pain all the tears and some snotty punk ass kid was telling her to stop acting like a retard? He had no right! Who the hell did he think he was?! She could cook an egg overtop her head with the fury spewing from within her.
The awkward silence in the room was destroyed by a soft murmur from Kagome's mouth.
"What?" Inuyasha spat.
"Shutup." Kagome whispered.
"Yo nurse lady, what the hell is she sayin'?" Inuyasha turned his head to the nurse who was trying to pull him off of Kagome.
"SHUTUP!!" Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs, making both the nurse and Inuyasha topple to the floor.
The beeping sound of the ECG monitor doubled in speed as groans could be heard from below.
When both the nurse and Inuyasha recovered from their fall, Inuyasha could only smirk and rudely stare at both the frazzled nurse and riled up Kagome.
"Keh, you stupid doctors are all wrong. Grouchy over there can speak just fine. Suck it up princess!"
"Why did I even think of putting you in this room? Let's go see if we can find a vacant room for you ALONE." The nurse cried as she took the boy by his arm and began to 'escort' him out of the room.
Kagome couldn't believe the guy. He had no idea the pain and struggle she had gone through. All the days she thought of just giving up. She was tired of living with the smell of sanitizer and blood. She was tired of the shots and check ups. Suck it up? Try being abandon by your mother and being diagnosed with cancer. Kagome bet he was only in this hospital because he had an upset tummy or something. But before she could finish her thought, she saw the enormous gash at the back of the boy's arm as he exited the room with the nurse. It looked worst than some of the bed sores the quadriplegics have down in the trama unit. It had been freshly stitched but that didn't make it look any less painful than it did. It was a surprise to her that she hadn't noticed it when he first stormed in. But why would she? She was always so wrapped up with her own condition that she didn't take note of anything else. Kagome could only feel a huge amount of guilt as the beeping of the ECG monitor retuned to a normal pace. Maybe that boy had a point. Kagome continued to contemplate on what had just happened as a wave of sleep began to overcome her.
After their encounter, the boy was released from the hospital a week later but it was definitely not the last time she would come face to face with the rowdy brat. He often returned to the hospital at the regular intervals of every six months to a year, always with a fresh new injury and his egotistical attitude but nothing like the one she had witness when they first met. They never spoke to each other for the fact the boy had no idea that she still resided in the hospital. Kagome was no spy but she couldn't help it if she happened to catch a glimpse of his actions from the corner of her eye as she walked through the halls of the hospital from time to time. He was an interesting character to observe, that's all, and she couldn't help but be curious as to all his check ins to what was essentially 'her home'. His words were forever stuck in her mind ever since that day and she very well knew those rude words held some truth. She began to speak again although she would never admit it was thanks to him. Weeks turned into months and months into years as she continued to watch the amber eyed delinquent from afar. Her once icy blue eyes had softened and she would grin with true happiness from time to time. She was still weak due to her illness but had gained the strength to accept it and move on; the strength to live. She vowed one day that she would return the favor.
Seven years later as the sliver haired boy had made his routine check out of the hospital, leaving a fuming nurse Catherine to clean up after his mess in room 204, Kagome watched as he walked through the parking lot towards her favourite place, the children's hospital park, through her window. The clock ticked as its hands displayed twelve twenty midnight on its face. Kagome suddenly hopped out of bed and threw on some casual clothing as she removed the IVs attached to her arms. She put on a white cardigan she had received from her grandmother last week as she bent down to lace up her shoes.
"I think I'll go for a swing." She chimed to herself as she laced her last shoe and walked out of her room.
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Laughter. They say it's good for the body and soul. It is also one interpretation of how we express happiness. Often, laugher is a result of something funny or from the act of being tickled. Strong laughter can even bring tears of joy or a massive stomach cramp (or a demanding ab workout as I like to call it) as a physical response to the act. Laughter is everywhere. Who can not say they have not witness, met or have been the guy at the party that laughs so hard that milk went spewing out their nose or hasn't seen the girl who laughed so hard that she accidentally peed in her favourite pair of jeans. Laugher is one of the greatest tools one will ever have. Like Mark Twain once said, "The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter." Whether Inuyasha knew this or not, his booming snickering began to crawl underneath Kouga's skin.
Kouga was always known for being the 'big wolf on campus' so to speak. Classifying him as a jock was an understatement. He was more like a celebrity and had the ego to match. Good looking and not to mention that he was the son of one of the most infamous mob leaders in Tokyo. The boys wanted to be him and the girls wanted to be with him. Speaking of girls, he was adored by each one, from the skimpy cheerleaders to Mr. Sugisaki the homosexual dramatic arts professor. He was the region's national track star and a nifty fighter when he actually got his hands dirty. He was the kind of guy you could only find in an author's imagination or one of those expensive itemed catalogues. Despite the many scraps he got himself into, everyone considered him to be a happy-go-lucky kind of guy whose language consisted of explicit vocabulary and sarcasm. Loyalty and heart would describe him the best. But there were three things that ever got on his nerves. One; those miniature corns you find at cocktail parties, two; dogs (with a burning passion), and three; backstabbers. Inuyasha happened to remind him of all three…even the miniature corn. Kouga would definitely add Inuyasha's stupid laugh to his list as soon as he got home.
"Will someone shut this guy up?!" Kouga cried, slowly recovering from the shock of the situation…him getting punched by a girl that is.
Inuyasha only laughed harder as he grabbed his gut tight to suppress the pain.
"Look…I didn't…you shouldn't have…I just…umm…" Kagome stuttered, her eyes still locked on her closed fist.
Kouga's attention then shifted from Inuyasha to the blue eyed beauty. Apart of him couldn't believe she had just bruised his cheek with such a lovely hand. He had never met a girl quite like her. She seemed pale but that didn't take away from her flawless skin, silky hair and eyes that could have a guy on his knees, whimpering. If she thought punching him in the face would repulse him away, she had it backwards. Tall, beautiful, and has a mean left hook? That was Kouga's type of woman.
"You should be on your knees begging for forgiveness, you stupid bitch!" one of Kouga's boys cried out to Kagome.
The boy's name was Ginta. He was one of the most loyal of all of Kouga's 'followers'. Before Kouga, Ginta was a very shy and quite boy; a typical loner if you will. If someone were to offer his/her hand to pull you out of a teenage depression, you'd be very protective of that person too. Ginta couldn't believe that a mere girl was able to wound the almighty Kouga like she did. Kouga was everything to him; his best friend, his brother from another mother. He didn't care whether you were a crippled senior with an amputated leg and a brain tumor, anyone who messed with Kouga had to pay.
Before anyone knew what was going on, Ginta bolted in Kagome's direction with a metal brace around his knuckles.
"Ginta, stop you idiot! What the hell are you…?" Kouga began to yell in panic. Kouga was a mighty fast runner but no amount of speed would stop his friend from making a very big mistake.
It took a few seconds for Kagome to realize what was going on at that moment. Her heart literally stopped when she saw the boy only a few steps away with his fist clenched so tight that his knuckles turned white. Her body wouldn't move despite her brain screaming at her to respond. She was definitely in no condition to have anything smashed in her face in her situation. This was it. Just when she was set free from the hospital, she was going to be sent flying back in.
Punch!
The last thing Kagome remembered before she went out cold was a smell she found indescribable. It wasn't strong or weak, neither was it fruity or bold. The scent only comforted her and with that she knew that she would be okay.
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"L-let go of my wrist!" Ginta stuttered frighteningly.
Inuyasha grunted a bit in pain although grabbing the boy's arm took away a lot of the punch's impact from his upper chest.
Kouga and the rest of the boys could only stare in bewilderment at the events that had just unfolded before them. Kouga couldn't help but feel a little jealous as he wasn't the one in the spot light who saved the day but was relieved that the asshole managed to protect Kagome in time. Inuyasha managed to jump in between the two just before Ginta swung his arm in Kagome's face. Unfortunately, the impact of Inuyasha getting hit caused him to back up towards Kagome, knocking her to the ground. But bumping her head on the grassy field was a better alternative than having a metal brace knocking all her teeth out.
"Punching a girl is a little low even for a pussy like you, don't cha think?" Inuyasha sneered as he panted from the pain, still gripping the petrified Ginta's scrawny wrist.
Ginta could only squirm in place, trying to release himself from Inuyasha's steel grip.
"That's enough Inuyasha." Kouga said as he walked towards the two.
Inuyasha only gave the scared boy a death glare before pushing him towards the ground.
"You're lucky the princess over there saved your sorry ass Inuyasha because you can be sure as hell that your ass is mine the next time we meet." Kouga continued.
Inuyasha only had enough energy to stick up his middle finger in response.
"Let's bounce." Kouga demanded with a snap and all the boys followed in his direction.
Inuyasha cringed at how queer Kouga's command had just sounded.
"Oh and tell the princess when she wakes up that she's my woman now." Kouga said with a grin as Inuyasha's eyes almost fell out of their sockets.
With that, Kouga and his crew were finally gone.
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Before Inuyasha knew it, his legs gave way and he was sent with a thud to the ground. His body was exhausted even though he didn't want to admit it. Did he mention that he hated to lose? Fire swelled up inside him as his mind replayed the current events like one of those annoying slide shows in geography. His thoughts were broken when something soft tickled his arm. He turned his head to the side to see Kagome's unconscious body lay right beside him. Her long hair was stroking his scarred arm in the subtle evening breeze. Inuyasha unconsciously began to intensely stare at her dormant state. Who was this girl? She was so creepy, pale and annoying. Not to mention she had a mouth on her. Inuyasha automatically licked his chapped lips as his eyes focused on hers. She seemed familiar, but on the other hand Inuyasha knew he wouldn't forget a girl as fucked up as her. But for some reason, her current state made him image a small sad girl in a hospital bed.
Inuyasha sighed as he pushed a strand of his sliver hair away from his eyes. Now what? He couldn't just leave the brat lying on the field half dead. As much as he would have liked to just leave her where she lay, he owed her for such a good laugh. Out of all the years, never did he see Kouga so stunned. It was truly priceless. The velvet sky continued to darken as the sun was nearly set. Inuyasha crouched on his knees as he went forward to pick up sleeping beauty. After a few attempts, Inuyasha managed to get her lifeless form on his back and he began to walk out of the courtyard piggy backing the comatose girl.
The full moon sparkled from the center of the sky when Inuyasha finally made it to his destination. He didn't no where to take the girl accept for the place where they first met, the hospital. Now, it was only a matter of walking beyond the hospital park and parking lot and his troubles would be over. Problem was that he was extremely spent and craved for a cigarette. He entered the children's hospital park and laid Kagome on one of the benches. He plopped himself on the ground right in front of the wooden bench. He viciously searched for his lighter as he stuck a cancer stick in his mouth. When he finally got it lit, his body immediately relaxed as he leaned his sore back on the edge of the bench where Kagome's head rested above.
A few minutes later, Kagome awoke to the same sent that lingered in her senses before she went out cold. She struggled to open her heavy eyelids as the moon's light flooded her sight.
'I must have gone into another coma.' She grumpily thought as she didn't remember taking her medicine at the designated time.
When her eyes finally adjusted to the light the first thing she saw was a pile of sliver strands sitting directly in front of her. Curious and unaware where she was or what had happened she weakly stretched her arm to pull some of the sliver strands for a closer look.
"Ow!! What the…" Inuyasha yelled in reaction to the sudden pull of his hair. "Now I'm sure you've never heard of keeping your hands to yourself!" Inuyasha spat, quickly turning around to face the groggy Kagome while rubbing the top of his head.
Kagome only stared back at him in confusion with her glossy blue eyes. Inuyasha in return stared back with a puzzled face.
"What's with that look?" Inuyasha questioned.
Kagome only arose from her lying state to an upright position on the bench in response.
"Who are you?" Kagome asked in a daze.
Inuyasha slowly began to realize that bumping her head might have done more than just put her to sleep.
"I'm Britney Spears…who the held do you think I am stupid?"
"That might explain the long hair." Kagome innocently replied.
Inuyasha could only stare at her with a 'Why me lord?' expression in response.
One of their famous awkward silences occurred as Inuyasha took another drag of his cigarette.
Maybe it was the shadows that began to form around the park but Inuyasha couldn't help but notice Kagome's…well just Kagome in general. One think he noticed was her long slender legs. She was a pretty tall girl, almost reaching his height of 6'1. She seemed so different in the moonlight. She was so calm and peaceful and it showed in her face. Her hair cascaded around her face perfectly and her blue eyes seemed ten times more intense. That didn't change the fact that he thought she was some pasty weird chick but it was something to contemplate about as he inhaled more of the satisfying smoke.
"You okay?" Kagome said, breaking the silence.
"And what makes you think I'm not?" Inuyasha sneered back.
"I dunno. You seem to be thinking about something."
Inuyasha's arm twitched a bit as he hoped she hadn't just read his mind.
"Will you stop it already? Why the hell are you so fascinated with me?"
"What makes you think I'm fascinated in you?"
"Stop that! You and your stupid sarcasm need to leave me the fuck alone."
"Hey, no need to shout." Kagome replied nervously at his tone.
Inuyasha deeply sighed as he crushed the bud of his cigarette with his shoe.
"Look, it was cool that you exposed Kouga for the ass that he is and everything. I brought you to the stupid hospital so don't ya think we're even? So let's walk away from all this like we don't know each others names and move on."
"You don't like me very much do you." Kagome said with a pout.
"Well ding, ding, ding we have a winner! Give the girly applause folks!" Inuyasha said while loudly clapping his hands.
"I thought you didn't like sarcasm?" Kagome said in a teasing tone.
"Ugh, I give up!!"
Kagome truly didn't remember who she was talking to right now. Comas often do that. But she hoped that she'd regain her missing memory soon because somehow she knew that this boy was more then just a random acquaintance.
Inuyasha didn't know why she riled him up like she did but knew he couldn't stand it. He was done. He had done his good deed of the day and no longer needed to stay there and listen to the girl's crap. Everything she did made his skin crawl. She was like those never ending nightmares that resulted in the person moving into a psyche ward. But why couldn't he find himself to leave?
They could possibly make it into the Guinness Book of World Records with the number of awkward silences they shared on average.
The warm gentle breeze of the night soon made a u-turn to a brisk wind.
Oh how Inuyasha hated the cold. He couldn't even stand washing his hands in cold tap water let alone stand this wind. He really had to leave now but as he tried to pick himself off of the frigid ground a sharp pain jabbed into his left leg.
"Arggg…shit!!" Inuyasha moaned as he grabbed his left leg.
"You're definitely not okay now!" Kagome said in a panicked voice. "Where does it hurt?"
"Knee." Inuyasha swiftly answered trying not to focus on the extreme pain he felt.
"I'll go get a nurse." Kagome replied unsure of what to do.
"No!! I'm fine. It's probably just a spasm."
"A spasm?! Spasm or not your in pain and need to get that knee checked!"
"Shutup! I know my body better than some punk ass doctor."
"Why won't you let anyone help you!!"
"Keh, I don't need your help or anyone else's for that fuckin matter. No one bothered to help me out before so shutup with this help bullshit!!"
Kagome only stared at him in silence in response as she watched the pain stricken Inuyasha shiver in the cold.
Suddenly, Inuyasha began to laugh at the top of his lungs. "Where's the help, huh?! Where's the fuckin' help father, you fuckin' bastard!!"
Kagome could only watch him with sad eyes that did not express sympathy but felt his pain.
He cracked. He couldn't believe he cracked. His words echoed in the abyss of the night sky. He hadn't done that since he was a child. He always kept it to himself, the hatred he had for his father and ultimately the world. And he cracked in front of her too. Never did the word weak rip through his whole body than it did right now.
Inuyasha shivered even more when he finally calmed down. To his surprise, Kagome was still there watching his every move.
"Go Away. Please just…"
But before Inuyasha could finish, Kagome slipped down to the ground in front of him and wrapped her arms around him tightly.
Inuyasha froze as Kagome hugged him like her life depended on it.
"What are you doing?" Inuyasha said almost in a whimper.
"You looked like you needed a hug" She replied as she nuzzled her face in the nook of his shoulder.
The word hug was almost foreign to him. Last hug he ever received was from his father so he automatically stayed away from them.
Inuyasha couldn't help but blush a little as the heat of her body infused with his own. Boy, did this girl have major mood swings. He could have sworn that not long ago she had kicked him in the crotch. Yup, the girl was definitely not herself…or was she?
"Keh, do you even know who I am?" Inuyasha asked as to verify his theory.
"No" she mumbled in his shoulder.
Inuyasha slightly shivered at her lips teasing his shoulder as she spoke.
"Then you shouldn't go hugging people you don't know. I could kill you for all you know." Inuyasha calmly said in response.
It was no use. He wanted to snap at her, he wanted to push her away but the heat of her body against his own was addicting. Never had he felt so warm.
"Then I guess I'll have to take that risk." Kagome replied drowsily as she lifted her head from his shoulder to his face.
Inuyasha had never notice how blue her eyes were. They were so big, glossy, and bold. Okay, maybe Kouga's guys hit him a little too hard as well. What the hell was he doing, especially with her? He couldn't find himself to pull away. He felt so powerful with the warmth her body gave. All his wounds seemed to disappear with the contact of her skin against his. He was a man and the last time he checked a straight one at that. She was a girl, so he would just accept the fact that he was acting on hormonal instinct. That was a good enough excuse for him.
Inuyasha then surprised himself and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"You sure you wanna make that kinda bet?" he whispered playfully in her ear as he pulled her in closer for more heat.
"Yep, because that little boy in the hospital acted tough but wouldn't lay a finger on anyone unless he had too." She replied as she leaned the tip of her nose on to his.
Inuyasha was a bit confused with her remark but was way too deep in lust to make anything of it. Maybe she hadn't lost her memory.
The world seemed to stop as Inuyasha stared at her soft lips. Once again he automatically licked his own lips as he moved in to taste hers.
He was then suddenly stopped with the touch of a hot finger.
"I think it's you who doesn't know who I am." Kagome softly said having regained her memory a few minutes back.
"Does it matter?" Inuyasha replied in such a state of lust that Kagome slightly frowned.
She didn't want it to be like this. It wasn't her. She wouldn't take advantage of anyone neither would she want anyone to take advantage of her, even if it was him. But she was finding it so hard to resist him. Never was temptation so vicious. His scent was driving her insane. This was the smell they should be putting into Axe bottles. She didn't want to leave his arms and had to bite her tongue from leaning in and placing her lips on top of his.
Kagome quivered when Inuyasha placed his lips over the finger that stood between what he desired. The pain of his knee still coursed through his body but only seemed like a mild sting now.
"Inuyasha…" Kagome said in a daze.
Her voice made him shiver this time and that's when it hit him. He couldn't stand this girl because her very being made him feel weak. He couldn't believe how easily he had fallen into her trap. How could he be so blinded by her 'I care' act. She was just like the rest of them. She acted innocent enough but he knew her type all too well. It was shaping up to be the same situation he was in not to long ago. He slightly let a growl rip through his teeth but then held it back. He wouldn't tolerate being played like a fiddle twice. If she was so full of swift comebacks then he'd play it smooth and beat her at her own game. But he had to think of the perfect way to snap this girl into reality.
As he played with her finger with his tongue, he could feel the vibrations of her heart beat faster and stronger with every second against his chest. Inuyasha mentally grinned.
Bingo!
He would break her heart.
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A/N: I AM SO INCREDIBLY SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT. Once school started I was pushed face first into exams and I've already completed two weeks of semester two.
Kay, now it's time to clear up some of the medical terms in the first half of the fic. So it is revealed that Kagome has Follicular Lymphoma, which is a real type of cancer. It will be further explained in chapters to come but for those of you who want more information, there will be a link about the cancer on my profile. The reason I chose this cancer was because a big theme in my fic deals with Inuyasha's struggle to overcome weakness. The cancer attacks the body's immune system which determines our body's strength against sickness, etc. So I thought it was perfect seeing as Kagome will attempt to teach Inuyasha how to live and overcome weakness with her being a physically weak person herself. Ummm for those of you who do not know what an ECG monitor is, it is the machine that you see in medical dramas that has the zig zag pattern showing a persons heart beat and makes a beeping sound with every pump of the heart. It also goes flat line with a long continuous beep when a person's heart has stop beating. I just finished Biology (which didn't go so great) and wanted to share my knowledge in this fic. I'm really bad at explaining things so there will also be a link on my profile on the ECG monitor for anyone who didn't get my horrible description.
Imade this chapter extra long (although that is no excuse for the lack of update) for you guys. CRAZY how time speeds past you! Anyways, I was going to have a huge author's note about certain concepts in the fic but seeing as its 12:30 midnight, feel free to mail me with any questions. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Thanks again to all your reviews (and for sticking with me for this long).
Later Dayz.