Inuyasha FanFiction
Emotions In Time - Part Nine:
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DON'T WORRY; GORE"S OVER.
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Kagome stretched her arms up to the sky. "I love it up here," she told Inuyasha.
Inuyasha opened one eye and looked down at Kagome below him. "Yeah," he agreed, "It's nice, I guess."
The two were on separate branches of a tree that overlooked their village. Including the Shikon Shrine and their house.
Kagome sprawled out on her branch, looking up at Inuyasha. "So, what do you want to do today?" she asked him casually.
Inuyasha closed his eye and shifted himself on his branch, "Why're you asking me?"
"Well, I thought there might be something you wanted to do..."
He shrugged, "Not really."
Kagome stood up on her branch and inched over to Inuyasha. Holding onto the branch Inuyasha was on, she rested her chin on his leg. "Is there really nothing you want to do?" she asked him.
Inuyasha opened his eyes again. "Uh...um..." he said blushing.
"Yo! Kagome!" a voice below them shouted.
Kagome spun around to see who called her, and lost her footing.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled as she fell to the ground.
"Gotcha!" the voice said as Kagome landed in the arms of Koga the Wolf.
Koga stood Kagome up on the ground next to him. "Why, Kagome, I do believe you've fallen for me," he chuckled.
Inuyasha landed on the ground next to Kagome and wrapped his arms around her. "Are you okay, Kagome?" he asked with a worried tone.
Kagome blushed, "Um, yeah, I'm fine..."
"...no thanks to you, mutt," Koga added, "Now get your hands off my Kagome!"
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at Koga, and tightened his arms round Kagome a little. "She doesn't belong to you, Koga," he growled.
Koga folded his arms across his chest, "Not yet, but she will soon."
"No, she won't," Inuyasha snapped, moving Kagome behind him, "She will never belong to anyone. She's not a item you can collect Koga!"
"Inuyasha..." Kagome whispered, smiling.
Inuyasha continued, "It took a while, but I learned that. A person can't belong to you! They have to choose you!"
"I'm sure she'd choose me, if you'd let her!" Koga yelled.
Inuyasha blinked, "What?"
"Face it Inuyasha, you're so obsessed with 'protecting her', you haven't actually let her choose! You're forcing her to be with you" Koga shouted.
Inuyasha growled, "I'm gonna make you regret those words."
"Bring it on," Koga challenged.
Kagome moved around Inuyasha to stand between him and Koga. "You guys, please stop," she begged.
In one swift movement, Koga pulled Kagome into his arms and kissed her. Kagome tried to push him away, but she was no match for the strength that kept her glued to him.
Then suddenly he was gone. Inuyasha had grabbed his ponytail and thrown him against a tree 15 feet away.
"Don't you ever do that again!" Inuyasha yelled.
Koga stood up and wiped some blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand. "Gotcha mad, huh pup?" he asked with a smirk, "Hope you don't mind the smell of Wolf on Kagome. Or should I say in.... "
"You bastard!" Inuyasha shouted as he ran and tackled Koga.
The two were soon rolling around in the dirt, clawing and biting at each other. Koga got one of Inuyasha's ears in his mouth and bit down hard. No matter what Inuyasha did, Koga would not let go.
Kagome reached into the fight to try to pull Koga off of Inuyasha. At the same time, Inuyasha swiveled his head around to bite Koga...
"Ah!" Kagome cried, falling back and holding her arm to her chest.
Neither Inuyasha or Koga had seen what had happened, but they smelled Kagome's blood as soon as it mixed with the air and stopped fighting.
Inuyasha crouched next to Kagome, "Kagome, what happened?"
Kagome looked up into Inuyasha's eyes, tears brimming in her own from the pain as she held out her blood stained sleeve.
"Inuyasha...you..." she had to swallow the lump in her throat before she could finish, "...you bit me."
Inuyasha's eyes widened as he looked closer at her arm.
Koga hit Inuyasha over the back of the head. "You filthy dog, I can't believe you bit her," Koga ranted, "And you're supposed to be the one protecting..."
Ignoring the throbbing in the back of his head, Inuyasha gathered Kagome in his arms and headed toward the village. Kagome rested her head on Inuyasha's shoulder, looking up at him. Koga followed behind, sulking silently.
Inuyasha leaned down to kiss Kagome's forehead. "I'm so sorry, Kagome..." he whispered.
"It's okay," she told him, "I shouldn't have stuck my arm in."
"Don't you dare blame this on yourself Kagome," he said, "I shouldn't have been fighting with that miserable excuse for a wolf in the first place."
"I'm right here!" Koga said behind them.
"Yeah? I know," Inuyasha said over his shoulder. Kagome giggled.
When they reached the village, Inuyasha headed straight for Kaede's hut.
"Kaede!" Inuyasha called when he could see the small building, "Kaede? You there?"
A moment later, Kaede appeared at the doorway. "Inuyasha?" she asked, surprised to see him, "What be the matter?"
"Kagome got hurt," he explained as Kaede let the group inside, "Can you treat dog bites?"
Kaede nodded, "Aye, I can."
Inuyasha laid Kagome down on the floor, letting her head rest in his lap. He silently played with her hair as Kaede cleaned and medicated Kagome's arm.
As Kaede finished bandaging Kagome's wound she looked up at Koga, who sat in the corner watching. "And who might ye be, stranger? A Demon, I see, but have you a name?" she asked him.
"The name's Koga," he answered gruffly, "Who're you?"
"I am Lady Kaede," she introduced herself, "Are you the one who bit Miss Kagome?"
Koga smirked and pointed at Inuyasha.
Kaede looked at Inuyasha, "Inuyasha, you-"
"Kaede," Kagome interrupted, "It was an accident. Are you finished?"
Kaede said nothing, but nodded.
Kagome tried to get up, but fell back into Inuyasha's arms, woozy from blood loss and herbal painkiller. "Inuyasha..." she groaned, "I want to go home."
"Okay," he whispered, lifting her into his arms. He thanked Kaede and left the hut.
After walking for a little bit, Kagome fell asleep snuggled against Inuyasha's chest.
Koga had been following them the whole time. "So, you two, live together?" he asked.
"In a house next to the Shikon Shrine. Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kirara share the house with use too," Inuyasha told him, "Took us two months to build it and the bath house."
Koga said nothing.
Inuyasha sighed, "Stay with us tonight. Kagome would want you to."
"I'd prefer to sleep in the dirt," Koga scoffed.
"I'm sure you would - wolves being filthy creatures and all -" Inuyasha retorted, "But Kagome will beat herself up all day tomorrow if you do."
Koga pondered this for a moment. "Okay," he finally agreed, "For Kagome's sake."
It was at that time that Inuyasha, Kagome and Koga arrived at the house. Koga looked around, puzzled.
"I thought you said your house was next to the Shikon Shrine," Koga remembered.
"It is," Inuyasha assured him, "Kagome has a barrier protecting it, so not even I know where it is exactly."
Koga's reply was a simple, "Hmph." Then he ran ahead to slide the door open for Inuyasha and Kagome.
Inside the first room of the house Miroku, Shippo and Kirara were sitting on pillows in front of each of their own small square tables. Sango was on the other side of the room, stoking the fire and filling up bowls of rice and fish. They all looked up with worried glances when Inuyasha came in with Kagome.
"What happened?" Sango asked, standing up.
Koga followed through th front door, shutting it behind him. "Mutt-face here bit her," he told them.
There was a room full of gasps in reaction.
Inuyasha kept his cool though. "Open the door on the left," he told Koga, before turning to the others, "I'll explain later."
Koga slid the left door, across the room, open for Inuyasha. Inside was a room that Kagome shared with Sango and Kirara. Inuyasha gently laid Kagome down on one of the two beds on the floor, then sat against the wall next to her. Koga sat across from him, on the other side of Kagome.
A few moments passed and all that was heard were the sounds of Sango, Miroku and Shippo eating their dinner. Inuyasha was surprised that it was already the end of the day.
Koga stood up, "Well, I don't know about you, but I hear trout callin' my name."
The mere mention of food made Inuyasha's stomach growl loudly.
"And your stomach," Koga commented before leaving the room.
A little while later, Inuyasha could hear his friends chatting and eating with Koga. He ignored the smell of food coming from the next room by watching Kagome's rhythmic breathing while she slept.
"Kagome..." he whispered, "...I'm so sorry..."
Maybe it'd be better if she wasn't with me anymore, he thought, Then maybe her life could be better. She could live a normal life with a human, maybe Akitoki Hojo...
Inuyasha crept forward on his hands and feet to hover over Kagome. She slept so peacefully, Inuyasha wondered what she was dreaming about.
Almost as if she had heard his thoughts, Kagome rolled over and whispered, "Inuyasha..."
Inuyasha's eyes widened at the sound of his name, then softened and he smiled down at Kagome.
"I could never leave you...I have to protect you..." he whispered, "...but maybe..."
Kagome sighed in her sleep.
Inuyasha chuckled, "Humans are the greediest of all living creatures...so I won't be leaving you for good..."
"Adorable Inuyasha," Sango said from the open doorway, "Now, try saying that to her while she's awake."
Inuyasha blushed and quickly shifted away from Kagome.
Sango shook her head and sighed; Why can't he be more up front about him and Kagome?
"I-uh-I-was just-" Inuyasha stuttered, caught off guard.
"Out Inuyasha. I'm going to bed," Sango told him.
"But-" he started to protest.
Sango held up her hand, "But nothing, get out."
Koga snickered behind Sango, "It's okay dog-breath. She won't let me stay in there either."
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at Koga, "Pfft..."
"Out," Sango commanded.
Inuyasha rose to his feet, only to lean back down again to tuck in Kagome's blanket. Before he walked out, Inuyasha brushed the back of his hand against Kagome's cheek.
"Take care of her, Sango," he said as he left the room.
Kirara slipped in the room right before Sango closed the door and looked down at Kagome.
Maybe he's more up front than I thought, she thought, smiling.
Out in the front room, the fire was dimming. Miroku and Shippo were heading into the room on the right and Koga was sprawled out on the floor.
"Inuyasha? Are you coming to bed?" Shippo asked.
Inuyasha glanced at Koga, who showed off extremely fake 'innocent eyes'. "Um, no," he told Shippo, "I think I'll stay out here, actually."
Shippo shrugged and closed the bedroom door.
Koga rolled over to face the wall, "Your friends saved you some dinner, it's in the pot."
After raising an eyebrow in Koga's direction, Inuyasha poured the contents of the pot into a bowl. He ate quietly, staring at Kagome's door; trying to avoid the uncomfortable situation, but not for long.
"Koga?" Inuyasha broke the tensed silence of the room, "Can I ask you... for a favor?"
Koga continued to stare at the wall as he spoke to Inuyasha, "What kind of favor?"
Inuyasha took a deep breath and had to swallow twice before he could speak, "I want you to take Kagome."