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Pushing All My Limits

Flashback

I wrapped my arms around Kagome once she sat down next to me on the grass.

"When you were a kid, did you have a hiding place?"

I laugh as she says, "No, I'm serious."

"I don't think so."

She sighs. "When I was a kid, I found out about this forest behind the shrine. I used to go there every day, until Grandpa found out. He didn't want me in there because of the demons."

Kagome could've died before I have a chance to meet her. I pull her back with me to lay on the grass.

"What kind of demons?"

"All kinds. Snakes, bears, rats. The kind that kill just to kill."

"How did you defend yourself?"

"I was a miko in training, Inuyasha. I knew how to make barriers."

I frown. "You could've died, you know."

She giggles. "I'm here now. I'll show it to you sometime. Then you can protect me."

I nip her on the ear which makes her yelp. "Of course."

It wasn't log before we both fell asleep on the grass bordering Goshinboku.

End Flashback

"Inuyasha? You there?"

I grasp the corner of the mattress. My voice is almost like a small mouses squeak. "Missing?"

"Yeah, Sango just told me. She said Kagome's mom called her, crying and asking if she knew where Kagome was."

"I just saw Kagome at the shrine-"

"Ms. Higurashi hasn't seen her since her shift at the shrine store."

I disentangle myself from the sheets on the bed. I find my sneakers and stuff my feet into them, "Should I be with you and Sango right now?"

He sighs. "I don't know, Sang's pretty shaken up, and its late....":

I get the urge to smack myself for nodding while talking on the phone. "Alright, I'll call you if anything new happens."

"Yeah."

I hit the 'end' button and stuff my phone in my back pocket. I leave my room and go down the hall and make a right,.

I enter the bathroom, and I quickly turn on the water, form a cup with my hands, and splash my face. I turn off the sink.

My footsteps sound loud, even on carpet, as I walk through the silent apartment. I stop in the living room and sit down next to the door.

Should I leave? It may not be my job to find her. She could be waiting on Hojo. Or with Hojo, for that matter. The clock in the living-room reflects the time: 3:30 AM.

My head hits the wall. I can never really be done with Kagome, can I?

But, then again, she's not my responsibility, it's not my job to protect her anymore. Assuming she's in danger. I can't even push back the fear for her when I considered all the things, that could've happened to her. What if she went for a walk, and ran into some assholes?

My claws twitch involuntarily, and I dig them into the carpet.

If I leave, there's no one stopping me. I could walk out right now. I have everything I could need, with my car outside, phone in my picket, my claws, which seem to have gotten sharper recently.

"Inuyasha?"

I look up and Semui is staring at me in a pair of flannel pajamas.

"Something wrong?"

I consider telling her. I shake my head. "No,"

"Then what are you doing out here?"

I shrug. "Chillin'?"

"At 3 AM?"

I pry my claws out of the carpet and stand up. "Sure."

She laughs. "You're not sneaking out?"

"Don't know." If I leave, theres not much they can do to me. I'm legally old enough to walk off whenever I feel like it.

"Then, I'm going back to bed. See you at breakfast." She says, putting air quotes around see you.

But, she doesn't leave yet. "Hey, no one can stop you form doing anything, but I'm asking you as a favor to me and everyone else, please don't do anything stupid."

I nod as she goes back into her room. Finding Kagome is far from stupid. As I walk out the door, and sprint to my Mercedes, I'm starting to think that I'm stupid for trying to find her, though.

I reach the Higurashi Shrine in five minutes. I barely lock my car door, as I sprint up the 20-something steps worth of stairs.

The lights at the Main Higurashi house are on, except for Kagome's bedroom window.

I inhale, and I'm only getting traces of her scent from earlier, nothing recent. I walk pass the main house, quietly, slowly.

Then I'm walking pas the shrine store, until I reach Goshinboku.

I inhale and I can tell she's been here more recently than any other place on the shrine.

I step closer to the tree and sniff. The weird-looking scar on the tree smells familiar like her scent too.

When I smell around some more, I can smell trees. A lot of tees, pine trees, that are mostly seen in forests.

Forest. I break into a job when I realize that there is a forest behind Higurashi Shrine. My legs pump a lot faster when I remember hearing about the demons in the forest.

The air is getting colder the later it gets. '

I finally reach the outskirts of the shine. And I can see all the pin now, the small forest, hidden by the huge shrine.

Theres a pathetic looking fence thats supposed to keep back all the wild life. It's made of wood, with a thin paper string wrapped aorund it. I have no idea where Kagome is. However, this is my best bet.

This in mind, I put one hand on the fence, and I almost immediately feel the pain of purification.

"Gah!" I yelp, as I pull my pulsating red hand back. I'm starting to get blisters.

"What the fuck?" I mutter, the pain in my right hand is ridiculous. It feels like I stuck my damn hand in water thats been boiling for four hours.

This explains how wild demons never got in the shrine.

I hold in my breath and put my hand on the fence again for a few seconds, before hopping off on the other side.

I bite my lip to keep from screaming. My fangs puncture the skin and a thin trail of blood is going down my chin.

"Shit!" I yell, hearing an echo afterward, the forest mimicking my swearing.

I wipe the blood off of my face. Two minut4es in this forest and I've already managed to injure myself. I walk farther and I sniff until my nostrils are filled with the scent of clear, clean water. There has to be a stream near here. I start running into the the direction of water.

Eventually, I find a stupidly small stream. I put my burning hand in it. It feels good, but the blisters aren't going anywhere.

A bird chirps somewhere near by, and the air warms up a little. I snatch my phone out of my pocket, and its almost 5 AM.

And I have no bars. Damn forest. I put the phone back in my pocket, and I start to walk some more.

I walk until I'm hardly paying any attention to where I'm going.

Something smart people don't do in a forest full of demons. I don't know why I didn't smell him, or why I couldn't jump out of the way.

I almost shit my pans when a large bear demon comes running for me.

I jump and grab onto a tree branch. I pull myself up in a sitting position. The bear is obviously persistent. He's looking around for me.

I chuckle and flex my hand. I leap off the branch and swing my claws towards the demon, they glow with my youkai energy and I manage to lice through half of the bear.

The bear shrieks and both sides of him land on either side of me. Thank Kami I used to fight Sesshoumaru in our backyard all the time.

"Ah!" I practically scream as my right arm gets sliced down to the bone by another bear demon. Dammit. I think that was it's mate.

The bear growls and opens its mouth to take a huge bite of hanyou, and I back up and run.

I generally don't run from fights, but I can make an exception. I jump in the trees again, and I keep doing it.

I';m jumping, tired of seeing green by the way, for another hour and the sun is rising.

Then, I miss a branch and my blood practically runs cold as I realize I can't save myself from the fall. I hit the ground hard, and a sharp, brutal pain shoots up my spine.

I grit my teeth and my eyes are squeezed shut from the pain of all my injuries. My hand still burns, my back is probably bleeding through my shirt since I hit some rocks, my arm hasn't even stopped bleeding yet.

And I still haven't found Kagome. I flip myself over, and make myself stand on my feet. What if Kagome's not here? But, there's no where else she would go. Sango was with Miroku and Hojo, being the pansy that he is, would've insisted she call her mother by now.

The sun is getting in my eyes and annoying me more and more. I'm tired, in pain, I'm so pissed off.

I lick my hand as an attempt at healing. It's not working like it normally would.

I start to walk again and I smell her. The scent, cherry blossoms, has never been so fucking clear to me before.

I start to sprint, being careful of my arm and hand. I reach a few slightly burnt looking, knocked over trees. She must have used these as some sort of guard. I kind of want to laugh as I climb over it, hurting my hand even more in the process.

But, it's worth it when I find her. Unconscious and dirty in ripped jeans and a T, she's there.

I exhale and then everything goes black.

That seemed longer in the rough draft. Oh well. Please review and keep a lookout for the next chapter of 'It Kills Me' entitled: Screwed Up. (Title subject to change)

With that said, Sayonara!