Sorry, my chapter is a little bit late, boring, and short. I was busy; my grandparents were here and I was kicked out of my room. Eh. Oh well, at least my chapter is up.

Save Me From Myself

Chapter Ten: More Stories

I never imagined having to tell my friends about my secret. Though, InuYasha was right, they had to know. If they didn't, who knows what would have happened? I don't know, but it would have been bad. They had no idea what to think of everything that was told to them, though their information was incomplete. Let's face it, InuYasha wasn't the best at telling stories.

So, I had to tell them. All the things that had happened to me, they were going to hear. All the things that I wanted to forget, and the stuff that I made sure to remember.

- - -

Kagome reached her hand up to her forehead and started massaging it. She groaned and sat up, wondering how she got to bed and how she got such a horrible headache. Kagome opened her eyes and looked at her friends, who were sitting in her room.

"What are you doing here?" Kagome asked.

Ayumi dug in her pocket and pulled out a bottle of aspirin, holding it out to Kagome. Kagome took it and muttered a thanks.

"We need you to tell us what's been going on. InuYasha's been very vague," Eri said.

Kagome choked on the pills that she was swallowing before managing to get them down. "What?" she managed to cough out.

"I told them what's been happening," InuYasha said next to her.

Kagome hadn't noticed InuYasha before and looked at him. Her eyes widened and she yelled out, "Why aren't you wearing a hat?"

"Kagome... They saw you transform," InuYasha explained, his eyes blank. "I think my ears aren't really important. I told them that you've been traveling to the past, but they want more information. You're gonna have to tell them the rest."

Kagome's expression was of pure shock. Her eyes were wide and she hardly blinked at all. Soon enough, she shook herself out of her state of emotion and turned towards her friends.

She sighed. "Well... I guess I'll have to start from the beginning," Kagome said, looking at her knees.

"It started on my fifteenth birthday. I was pulled down the well in the well house by a centipede youkai, and was pulled to the past. It was after me for the Shikon Jewel, which was in my body. The protector of the jewel was a miko, Kikyou, who I am the reincarnation of. Kikyou fell in love with InuYasha fifty years before," InuYasha blushed and turned away, and it was obvious that Kagome was having a hard time telling this part of the story, "but Kikyou was taking care of a thief who sold his body to demons so he could move again. He made InuYasha and Kikyou think that the other betrayed them, so the Jewel was tainted."

"So, when I got to the Sengoku Jidai, I found InuYasha stuck to a tree, asleep. He woke up because I was there, and I needed his help. He destroyed the youkai who pulled the jewel out of my side, but then turned on me and tried to kill me. Kaede, a miko in the village where we usually stop, put the necklace around InuYasha, though, and it allows me to make him fall whenever I say si-" InuYasha flinched and put his hand over Kagome's mouth.

"Whenever she says 'sit,'" InuYasha finished for her and then removed his hand.

"Uh... Yeah. Well, I broke the Shikon Jewel with an arrow later, and then InuYasha and I had to go find the pieces," Kagome said.

"Later, we were joined by a kitsune named Shippo, and then a perverted monk called Miroku. Sango, a youkai exterminator, joined us a bit after Miroku did. And Kikyou was resurrected from the dead, and part of my soul was stolen to bring her back... But she died again recently..." Kagome said, sadly.

Her friends all looked speechless, their mouths wide open as they looked at Kagome, but then she continued. "While we were fighting Naraku, the youkai who made InuYasha and Kikyou think that they betrayed each other, put a curse on Miroku, and killed Sango's village and family, he put a jewel in my back, which causes me to transform," Kagome finished, looking at her friends, who hadn't changed in their expression.

After a few moments of silence, Eri spoke up, saying, "Why didn't you tell us Kagome? We could have helped you out more! I would have done anything that I could to help you!"

"Yeah, Kagome! You need as much help and support as you can get," Yuka added.

Ayumi nodded, getting up and sitting next to Kagome. "Anything you need, just ask, okay Kagome?"

Hojo stayed silent for a bit and stood up. He walked over to Kagome and hugged her tightly, making InuYasha growl, but he didn't make a move to stop the human.

"Kagome, I'm sorry I've been so stupid. I will offer support in any way that I can, even if it means that I can't be with you," Hojo said, making Kagome's breath get caught in her throat.

Hojo let go and backed away, and Kagome started crying. "I can't tell you guys how much this means to me," sobbed Kagome, her hands wiping away the tears falling down her face. A handkerchief was shoved in her face by a clawed hand. She looked at InuYasha and smiled, but then took the piece of cloth.

Standing up, Kagome's friends turned towards her. "We will do all the research we can on this 'Bachiatari Jewel,' and we'll do what we can to find out a cure... or at least the effects of the jewel," Yuka said for all of them.

Kagome nodded and her friends left, all of them waving goodbye to her.

Kagome sighed and said, "I can't believe that they believed all of that."

"All of it was true, though, so why wouldn't they?" InuYasha said, glaring at the floor.

"It's not very easy to believe," Kagome said. "Sometimes I think I'm dreaming."

InuYasha sighed. "Well, it's not hard to believe when they see you with wings, and my ears. Besides, if it was a dream, I wouldn't want to wake up."

Kagome's eyes widened and she looked at InuYasha, trying to decide if she had just heard correctly. She smiled and said, "Neither would I. Besides, if I had had been dreaming, I wouldn't have met you."

InuYasha blushed and looked at the floor. Not being able to think of anything to say, he just "keh"-ed.

Chapter End