Chapter 3: Inuyasha's Depression
It had been days since Kagome ran into the forest. She wasn't kidding when she said that she'd be gone a while. But in those days, Inuyasha refused to eat, he wouldn't talk to anyone, and he stared blankly at the wall occasionally a few tears would escape his eyes. Sango didn't know what to do, she hated seeing Inuyasha like this. That is when she realized that Inuyasha had gone into depression; since Kagome stopped talking to him after that one time, and since she had been gone.
"Miroku, what do we do?" Sango asked Miroku who shrugged.
"Well I say, kill him." Koga growled out as he glared at the depressed hanyou.
"No. Kagome would kill you if Inuyasha died. Just because Kagome is avoiding Inuyasha right now doesn't give you the right to kill him." Miroku snapped shooting a glare in Koga's direction.
"Why not? He's a terrible pack leader. He treats Kagome poorly. And he thinks everthing revolves around him," Koga snapped back, giving a glare in return.
"You need to leave Inuyasha alone." Sango snapped gaining Miroku and Koga's attention.
Koga growled, he had been at Kaede's hut a while now, Sango had told him how Kagome knocked him out, then vanished. He was worried because Kagome hadn't returned and then Inuyasha went into depression. No one had been able to get him to snap out of it, even he his rival didn't know what to do.
Another week later, Kagome still hadn't returned. Inuyasha was really pale now, he looked sick laying there on the futon, he was asleep since he hadn't been sleeping since Kagome left. He was breathing heavily, and sweating up a storm. Miroku suggested, that because of Inuyasha not eating anything, he had a fever. The fever soon got out of control. Kaede gave Inuyasha a look over, and frowned. It seems that it was more worse then anyone had thought. It seems that Inuyasha was dying do to the fact he was depressed, his heart was breaking.
Another week later, everyone was starting to get worried about Inuyasha, there were days where Inuyasha stopped brething all together.
"Hn. What is going on guys?" a voice sounded from the doorway, there stood Kagome dressed in a black chinese fighting dress, twin swords strapped between her shoulder blades; her hair was in a high ponytail.
"Where the fuck were you!" Sango yelled, as she hugged Kagome around the waist. "Inuyasha's dying!" she burst into tears. Kagome frowned then looked at Inuyasha who was laying motionless on the futon. Her eyes widened, then rushed to Inuyasha, she grabbed his hand and gasped at how cold he felt. Kagome started crying. She didn't mean for this to happen.
'Oh, Inuyasha...I am so sorry! Please don't die I need you, please!' Kagome cried desperately in her head. Placing her hands over Inuyasha's body she started chanting. While Kagome was away, she had been training her demon powers as well as her miko powers. She can now use them in attacks, as well as at the same time. Inuyasha's body started glowing, soon enough Inuyasha's breathing was back to normal, his skin color was back to it's usual tan. When the glow disappeared, Inuyasha's eyes were still closed. She didn't know what was wrong, he should of already woken up.
Sighing, she walked out of the hut. She sat down and leaned against the goshinboku, and cried silently. Praying, wishing that Inuyasha would be okay. While she was away, she decided that she'd forgive him, that her avoidence of him was childish, that she should of told them where she was going in the first place.
'Inuyasha, please...please be okay!' She cried in her head. She rested her head on her knees, then cried herself to sleep.
It was five hours later after Kagome had left, that Inuyasha opened his eyes. He blinked, then looked around to see Sango and Miroku looking at him worriedly, then he saw Koga sitting behind them, he growled. Leaning up on one of his arms, he looked at Koga intently.
"Why are you still here?" Inuyasha asked rudely.
"Oh I see you are awake. Then I guess I should go get Kagome. She was seriously worried about you," Miroku said with a smile as he got up and left the house in search for Kagome. Ten minutes later he came to the goshinboku to see Kagome leaning against the trunk of the tree hunched over as her head rested on her knees.
"Kagome. Inuyasha has awakened!" Miroku said happily. Kagome groaned as she woke up, raising her head, she looked at Miroku then smiled as she ran using her demon speed that she appeared as a black red and silver blur.
Arriving at Kaede's hut no less then two minutes, she dashed into the hut. She looked in the middle of the room where the futon was to see that Inuyasha was indeed awake. She dashed to him nearly knocking him over as she hugged him tightly to her.
"Thank god! Thank god you're okay!" Kagome said as she cried into his chest. Inuyasha's eyes widened, then smiled as he wrapped his arms around the inu demoness.
'God...Kagome is so beautiful...I don't know if I should tell her my feelings for her. Would she believe me if I told her?' He thought to himself, as he took Kagome's scent in that smelled of lavender and fresh rain.
"Yeah, Kagome. I'm okay. Please, Kagome. Forgive me." He said as he whimpered holding her to him tightly, afraid that if he let her go she'd disappear forever.
"No need to worry, Inu-koi. I forgive you," Kagome said, as she laughed a little trying to stop her tears.
'She forives me?' He thought to himself, then smiled happily, she forgave him. But it didn't change the fact that he indeed made love to Kikyo. Where was Kikyo anyway? He hadn't seen any of her soul collecters in weeks, Naraku was long dead so there was no need to worry about him anymore, but the jewel still needed to be wished on.
"Kagome, we need to wish on the jewel." He pointed out, as he kissed Kagome's neck.
"We'll do that tomorrow. But for now, you need to eat," Kagome said as she walked into Kaede's kitchen, pulled some food out of the kitchen and started to heat it up with her powers. When she thought his food hot enough, she handed him the bowl.
He looked at it, it was a bowl of ramen. He nodded his thanks taking the bowl from Kagome's hands and started eating.