Broken Hearts
Disclaimer- I do not own Inuyasha or anything related to the anime.
You guys have been awesome so far. I greatly appreciate it. I would really like to thank you all and please keep it up. You can even email me if you want! I don't care.
Also, if you want something to happen in this story, let me know in your review and I will try my best to work it in here!
Wow, four hundred and eighty seven reviews. Keep it coming, guys. Thanks so much!
Well, no more delays, here it is!
0000000000
37- Leaving early and attacks
"Kagome, will you tell me what happened? How did you get hurt?"
Nurse Kaede was leaning over in order to look at Kagome, who was staring at the floor in a daze. Kaede had bandaged Kagome's ankle and had taken a look at the young girl's ribs and had tried to get an explanation out of her, but one would not come. Instead, Kagome remained silent, as if she were traumatized.
"Kagome? Please tell me what happened. I only want to help you." Kaede urged quietly. "Did someone attack you? Or did you just trip? What happened, child?"
Kagome shuddered, as if she were dreaming with her eyes open. It was as if she were trapped in some sort of nightmare. Tears were filling up, making her distant brown eyes glossy, and threatening to fall over. She choked back a sob and broke out of her daze as she sat in the chair Kaede had let her use, crying.
"Easy," Kaede said tenderly. She placed a hand on Kagome's shoulder, which made her jump, gasping, and fall back against the chair. "It is all right. I'm not going to hurt you, Kagome. I want to try and help you, but I can't if you don't tell me what happened."
Kagome dropped her head down low, sobbing. She wrapped her arms around her as if she were cold, shaking from the sobs that wracked her body.
She's frightened, Kaede decided. But what on earth could have scared this poor child…in a school?
Kaede decided.Watching Kagome's terrified, sobbing form; she figured that it must have been another student. Who or what else could have done it?
Without warning, the door burst open and a boy with longish black hair and violet eyes stood, holding the doorknob, panting. Kaede rose to her feet immediately, startled. She saw the urgency in his eyes, as if he needed to see her for something. Someone else could have gotten hurt or sick. "Can I help you, young man?"
He ignored her and shouted, "Kagome!" and lunged forward, seizing Kagome in a tight hug. The girl instantly snapped out of her traumatized daze and returned the embrace, sobbing on his shoulder.
"Inuyasha…" she cried, shaking. "He…he came back."
"I know, I know." Inuyasha said, tightening his grip around her waist. "But it's all right. I'm here now. He won't bother you anymore. I'll kick his ass before he can."
Kaede cleared her throat and Inuyasha lifted his head up to look at her. "What on earth is going on here?" She demanded, more out of curiosity than rudeness or anger. "The poor girl. She suffered a sprung ankle and a few bruised ribs." Kaede observed Kagome a little more as she continued to sob as if she weren't talking. "Why is she so scared?"
"It's none of your concern." Inuyasha replied, not caring if he was being rude. He was just telling the truth, in a cruel way. This old hag didn't need to know Kagome's personal business, school nurse or not. He and Kagome could handle it by themselves. They needed no assistance from a high school nurse who meddled in their affairs.
Kaede looked a little taken aback by his harsh and unexpected statement, but she did not falter. "Is there anything I can do for you two? Get you a drink or something?"
Inuyasha smiled, hugging Kagome tighter. At least Kaede was being charitable, unlike some other people. "No, we're fine. Thanks, anyway."
"I just want to try and help you the best that I can." Kaede replied. "So the least I can do now is let you both go home early."
"Really? You can let us do that?" Inuyasha asked, somewhat surprised.
"Yes, I can, young man." Kaede said, smirking down at him. "I have been given the right to let children go home if necessary."
"All right." Inuyasha rose to his feet, glad to do so since his feet had fallen asleep and were now tingling. He grasped Kagome's upper arm gently and pulled her to her feet. She winced and lifted up the foot that was sprung in order to keep the weight off of it. "Come on, Kagome. Let's get you home."
As they walked out of the nurse's office, Kaede said, "Be gentle with her, now. Make sure she keeps as much weight off of that foot as possible, you hear?"
"Yeah, I hear ya." Inuyasha answered over his shoulder, grinning back at the old nurse. "See you later and thanks."
"You're very welcome," came Kaede's reply.
Inuyasha didn't even bother going back to get his book bag or books and Kagome said that she didn't need them and not to worry about them. Instead, they both walked out of the doors of the school and headed home. Some snow was falling gently, blanketing the ground with white. "It's beautiful, isn't it, Kagome?"
"Yes, it is." She answered softly.
"But it's not as beautiful as you are." Inuyasha said, smiling when he seen her face grow red. He wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer to him so she could lean against him as she limped, keeping weight off of her ankle.
They made it up to Kagome's house and she unlocked the door with her spare key and they went inside where Kagome instantly collapsed onto the couch, releasing a big sigh. Inuyasha sat in front of her in a large chair. "Kagome, what happened?"
Kagome's eyes widened and she glanced away.
"Kagome…tell me, please?"
She did not reply. She just busied herself with looking at something else in a different direction.
"If you don't want to tell me, that's fine. I understand." Inuyasha said, turning away and staring out of the window on his left, gazing at the white snowflakes that fell down gracefully.
"He came up behind me…in the hallway, when I was going to the bathroom. I tried to run away, but the floor was wet and I fell. That's when he turned and left, tell me that I was lucky." Kagome said. She decided not to tell him about Naraku's threat. He would just assure her that it was just Naraku talking big and not being able to back it up. But she knew that he could do it. She knew he had it in him.
"Don't worry anymore. I'll kill him the next time he tries to do anything to you." Inuyasha said. "Everything will be all right, ok?"
Kagome nodded and smiled at him. "I know."
Inuyasha returned the smile and said, "Let's watch a movie, ok? It'll give us something to do."
"Ok, sure." Kagome agreed. Inuyasha picked out a movie and popped it into the DVD player and they watched it. It lasted well past when school let out, when Kagome received a phone call. She answered with a simple, "Hello?"
"Kagome?" It was Sango, who sounded frantic.
"Hey, Sango. Is something wrong?" Kagome wanted to know. She noticed the curious look she got from Inuyasha when she said that.
"It's Rin." Sango said, breathing hard. "Something happened, she's hurt."
Kagome nearly dropped the phone. "Where is she?"
"She's here, at Miroku's house, with us. I think you should come over here and bring Sesshomaru and Inuyasha, too." Sango said.
"All right, we'll be right over." Kagome said, hanging up and looking at Inuyasha, her eyes wide.
"What happened?" He wanted to know.
"I think Naraku attacked Rin," was Kagome's answer.
0000000000
Uh-oh, poor Rin! Sorry it was so short, everyone. I'm sick and I want to try to update some of my other stories as well, but I don't know if I have the motivation right now. Any ideas for later chapters for this story? Send them all in! And stay tuned to see what happens to Rin. Thanks for reading and a review would be awesome!
Jessie