FRIST OFF…..let me apologize for this one being sooo short! Its just something that has to be in the story, that just absolutely couldn't be made any longer! Believe me! I tried!! It didn't work!! –pouts –
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InuYasha raced through the trees, Kagome still held tightly against his chest. He didn't even pause to think about letting Miroku know what was going on, or even where Sango was, his only thought was on getting Kagome to help as soon as possible.
He felt her cough and glanced down at her as he raced toward the clearing with the well. She was burning up to the touch, and he wasn't sure what exactly was causing it. "Damnit Kagome, you better make it." He half heartedly mumbled, trying to make it sound like a threat, but having in come out sounding like a plea.
InuYasha jumped through the clearing and was looking at the village in a flash, not stopping until he was outside Kaede's hut, which he took no time to rush in. He saw the elderly priestess over by the fire pit, stirring something in a large black pot with a spoon.
"Kaede, get over here and help me, Kagome's been hurt." InuYasha said, a little more loudly than he intended. The elder priestess looked up for a split second at the hanyou before jumping to her feet with speed unheard of for a woman of her age, and running over to the couple.
"What happened InuYasha? What did she do? Yeh better come lay her down over here as fast as yeh can." She motioned to the mat-bed over in the corner, and no sooner had she said anything did she see InuYasha laying Kagome gently on the mat, grasping her hand and then turning to Kaede.
"Well? Get over here you old hag and do something!" InuYasha yelled, a mixture of worry and rage on his face. The elder priestess quickly walked over to them and bent down next to Kagome. "What happened to her InuYasha? I need to know the story to know what I can do besides the obvious." Kaede turned toward Kagome's feet and opened the cupper board that was sitting there, bringing out fresh bandages and tinxures of herbs. She bent down to remove the bandages from her side to look at Kagome's wound but then paused for a moment, seeming to decide not remove them in the slightest.
"Well you old hag, what's taking you?" InuYasha paused for a moment to look at the frozen priestess, eyes narrowed, before realizing why she had suddenly stopped still poised over Kagome. He and growling at her, viciously continuing in his rant "You can forget it you old bat, I'm not leaving and you can't make me! You do realize it was me who put on those bandages that she already has on, right?" He then huffed, and as to make his point, leaned up against the wall, still grasping Kagome's hand in his.
Kaede sighed and shook her head, already starting to remove InuYasha's make-shift bandages from Kagome's side. "Yeh are about as modest around each other as a married couple." She continued muttering under her breath about something that sounded like "Yura of the hair and the supposed first aid….in front of children…"…and such as InuYasha turned red yet again for what seemed to be the millionth time that day and grumbled under his breath as he turned his head toward the wall. He quickly turned back though when he heard Kaede gasp and saw her closely inspecting Kagome's injury with wide eyes.
"InuYasha, what is going on? These wounds are most peculiar. There are remains of holy magic in them, yet there's also something of a more demonic quality that seems to be closing up the wound, to some extent. What happened child?" Kaede was now looking at InuYasha intently, and he seemed to be getting more and more fidgety. "Well?" She asked again, wanting an answer.
InuYasha lowered his gaze to the floor for a moment before replying to the priestess. "She got into some sort of fight with Kikyo while I was human, and when I went to look for her I found her injured..." His face began to heat up again, "uh…I put the bandages on her but it wasn't helping much, and when Sesshomaru showed up he said I should make her drink my blood, since it could help her heal, and something about my dad did it to my mom.." he gulped in some air before continuing. "SoHeSaidIWouldHaveToKissHerToGetItDownHerSoThatsWhatIDidAndSheDrankMyBloodAndThenWentUnconciousAndSaidItBurned." He finished with a red face, and looked at Kaede, who was trying to get though his very bad summary and figure out just what was happening, all the while pressing gauss to Kagome's side, even though the bleeding had somehow miraculously slowed.
"So what yeh and saying InuYasha, is she drank Yer blood?" InuYasha only nodded meekly, so she continued. "Are yeh mad, half demon? Do you realize what could have happened to her in other circumstances?" She paused for a moment to look again at InuYasha, frowning and then she smiled slightly to his surprise. "Yeh are a foolish man indeed InuYasha, yeh better just count yerself lucky that it did not turn out as it should have." InuYasha's ears pricked at this comment.
"Normally her miko powers would have tried to purify any demonic substance that entered her body, and in turn purify herself from the inside out." Kaede pointed a finger at InuYasha. "But it seems, young InuYasha, that for some reason her body is accepting it as best as it can, for reasons unknown."
She was now looking upon Kagome again, and when she spoke, she seemed to be speaking more to herself than InuYasha. "Perhaps it was because she trusts you so deeply InuYasha, so fully, and loves you so, that her unconscious mind allowed yeh blood to be within her because of just that reason, it was your blood. She trusted that what you were doing was right, and that you wouldn't do it if it would hurt her." InuYasha's breath caught in his throat at this comment, and his gaze slowly drifted to Kagome, who had thankfully been covered up except for her wound. 'she trusts me that much…that even though it was so painful she trusted that I would never do anything to hurt her, that I was only doing it for the better?'
InuYasha heard Kaede clear her throat and was pulled from his thoughts. "I am not done InuYasha, I still have more to say yet, so do not space out on me half-demon." She looked Kagome again, and paused for a moment, and when she glanced up at InuYasha, she had a worried expression.
"As I said, she is not rejecting yer blood, as should have been, but there might still be consequences yet to face. Her miko powers could be affected InuYasha; there is a great possibility that they will be weakened by the power of your blood. There are also chances that she could have demonic side affects or features. She might be more attached to yeh after this than bargained for; though I cannot say I am sure on the last one, not knowing the taiyoukia customs." She paused to let InuYasha take in this new flood of information.
'Customs? What is she going on about? What customs? Wait…demonic features?...As in…Ears? Tails? Eyes?... Power!?...Holy shit.' He thought as a shutter racked his body and he inwardly began to mourn his non-dirt eating abilities; imagining how in the hells it would hurt when she sat him after this!!
He leaned his head against the wall for a minute as a sudden dread filled him, making him feel a little woozy. He looked down again however, when he heard Kaede shuffling around, and saw she was already putting away her first-aid, and getting out something like white cloth out of the cupper board again. InuYasha narrowed his eyes again for a moment, trying to figure out what it was, before Kaede unfolded it, revealing it to be another Miko's robe. He then looked down at Kagome again and immediately saw why. Her injury to the side had not only hurt her, but also nearly destroyed the right side of her uniform, and she would clearly be needing something else to wear, especially if she was to be seen by anyone else anytime soon. Kaede cleared her throat from her spot by the cupper board.
"I do not care how close yeh two are InuYasha, yeh are going to leave for a moment at least to allow some new clothes to be put on her." She had a scowl on her face as she made shooing motions to him. "No buts, out!"
InuYasha's ears flattened against him in embarrassment as he stood to leave, without the slightest argument.
"Stupid old hag, coulda just told me and I woulda left anyways." He muttered under his breath as he pushed the mat from the door and plopping himself down outside, waiting to be allowed to enter again. He sat there for a couple of minutes, agitatingly tapping his foot against the ground and tapping his fingers on the side of the hut, listening to the slight shuffling from inside. He heard Kaede sigh at his little agitated sounds after a time and muttered he could enter again.
Kaede hadn't time to barely blink her eyes before there was a red blur and then InuYasha sitting by Kagome again, her head shamelessly lying in his lap. She quietly went back to the pot she had been tending before all the commotion and went about making sure that the night's supper hadn't burnt.
InuYasha on the other hand was leaning against the wall, staring at the now miko clothes-clad Kagome, who had, much to his relief fallen into what seemed to be a less-painful sleep. He breathed deeply for a moment, taking in her scent of mint and rainwater, which were secretly his favorite scents. As he looked down at her he smiled a bit, knowing finally she would be ok.
He felt his eyes suddenly feel droopy, up until now not realizing how tired he was after such a nerve wracking day, although, he realized, it was only probably a little bit after noon. So he gently lifted Kagome's head from his lap and picked her up, positioning her completely in his lap now, to where she was in a way laying across him, her head against his shoulder and neck; cradled against him; not in a way that would upset her healing side though.
He sighed again as he recalled the day and how horrible it had started out finding Kagome on the verge of death, but then something seemed to snap in his mind, one point at least becoming very clear. 'I finally chose between them. I…chose Kagome, even after nearly going to Kikyo, as a matter of fact I did right after planning on leaving her in just a couple of nights time to go be with Kikyo. What a mistake that would have been…How's this whole relationship thing going to work though? I mean…I think we know about each other's feeling to some extent…Feh, let's just play it by ear then. She'll know my feelings sooner or later anyway.' [NA: omg! Did InuYasha just have a deep moment?! –Gasp-] He smiled again; suddenly perfectly content and happy that he could simply relax with Kagome with him, no longer in any danger.
Kagome sighed a bit in her sleep as he held her, cuddling herself unconsciously to his chest and immediately beginning to breathe evenly. InuYasha just buried his face in her hair as he leaned further back into the wall; only breathing her scent as he fell into a blissful sleep; both of them staying that way throughout the day and even into the night, not aware of the complete changes that would affect many things awaiting them when they woke up the next morning…
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DUM DAH DUUUUMMM……
CHAPTER 3 FINALLY D.O.N.E.!!!
Man, I must say this chapter took a lot out of me, but hopefully it was at least half way decent.
Sasuke: HN, I still prefer my SesshyxInu fics
InuYasha: -chokes on air and falls to ground twitching- …w…hh…aatttt????
Sesshomaru: MY MIND! NOOO! MENTAL…PICTURES….DEAR GOD!!!....AHHHH!!!!!.... SAVE ME KERUSHI!!! –runs into random wall and get knocked unconscious
Me: umm….hehe…. –sweatdrops and says through gritted teeth- I told you not to say that in front of them Suku-kun…hehehe..…-nervous laugh-
Sasuke: -shrugs- like I care
Me: -deathglare- look! You've probably melted their minds to a vegetative state and you don't care?! ARG, I'll take care of you later…
Sasuke: -wide eyes-……
Me: until next time! Pppllleeaaseeeeee review and I'll update faster, its seriously one of my only motivations! And again forgive my errors, it has not been checked very well, so I do apologize. CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU!!!
Love,
Lizzy-chan-InuYasha-fan