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Guys the previous chapter 3 was the wrong one! I accidentally updated the chapter for "If it's love." Instead of "In the midst of lies and deception chapter 3!"
GOODNESS, I JUST REALIZED THIS NOW. The time I updated this chapter was a time very early in the morning when I was half asleep!
Sorry!
PockyMilkshake: The chapter 3 you read, was not the real chapter 3 and was from a different story!
BabyGhost123: Thank you! I at first didn't realize what you were talking about until now.
Anyway, Here's the real chapter 3 for this story.
If you're confused because of the mix-up, please reread the story. I'm sorry for the confusion.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of its characters, just the plot of this fanfiction. And despite what you read, I'm not bashing any of the characters.
If anyone asked him, the journey back to the old woman's village was filled with tension and unbearable silence. But then again, nobody was speaking to him. They instead, talked amongst themselves and looked back at him, giving him dirty looks and glares every now and then.
'Figures.' Inuyasha sighed, as he continued to walk behind his traveling companions. He already expected this from them anyway. Since he would always get this sort of treatment whenever he went to see Kikyo, back then. So the silent treatment along with the heated glares didn't really faze him.
It all began the moment they woke up and started attending to Kikyo, when she went to empty out her stomach's contents of last night's meal. Inuyasha watched from a distance as Kagome pull out a small white container, which she called medicine from her time, and gave it to the older miko, while ignoring him.
Besides the treatment that Kagome was obviously giving him, he finally realized that his group was ignoring him when Sango and Miroku came back from the stream with breakfast and didn't offer him any. They just walked passed him without saying a word.
Yet, that didn't bother him. He was used to their kind of behavior and endured it a lot as a kid, so he didn't let it bother him too much. Even though it did hurt a bit coming from them, his own group, he just brushed it off, saying that he wasn't that hungry anyway. Even though he kind of was.
Unconsciously landing his eyes on the monk, Inuyasha couldn't help but feel betrayed by him. Sure the others also betrayed him, but Miroku's betrayal was what really bothered him the most. Perhaps it was the solemn look of disapproval that the monk gave him every now and then, or just his cold behavior towards him that really got Inuyasha the most. They both affected him in ways he didn't want to think about.
"I always knew it was bound to happen but I've always wished against it…I bet Kagome thought about it once or even a few times, every time you would go to meet Kikyo!"
'What did he mean by, 'it was bound to happen'? Did they all expect this from me, whenever I would to go see Kikyou?' Inuyasha thought, reflecting on the monk's words, 'Is that why Sango said that it was 'obvious that I did it', because they just never trusted me?'
Faltering in his movements, an indescribable mixture of rage and pain built up inside Inuyasha, as he looked at his group. 'If that's so, then what was I to them? What did they see me as?'
Before Inuyasha could think more about the thought anymore, his nose picked up a familiar scent that smelt not too far from them. 'Oh great, it's Kouga.' He thought, as he turned around and looked at the miniature whirlwind that was approaching them.
'Yo Inutrasha." The wolf demon said with the usual smirk on his face, greeting his rival as soon as he reached the half-demon. "Have you been taking good care of my woman?"
"I don't know how many times I have to say this to you until it finally gets into your head fleabag, Kagome is not your woman." Inuyasha began, slightly irritated with the wolf-demon's claim on the time traveling miko. "And couldn't you have picked a better day to show up then today?"
"Why?" Kouga asked almost intrigued, as he continued smirking. "Could it be that you're afraid that I'll beat you and take Kagome away, because it's your human night?"
"Keep dreaming fleabag, because that's never gonna happen and you know it." Inuyasha growled in annoyance at the wolf demon's cocky attitude. "Now listen, you shou-"
"Hey, Kouga's here" The voice of Shippo interrupted, as he alerted the others of the wolf demon's presence. Kagome turned around and looked at the wolf- demon.
"Kouga, you're here." She asked, catching the attention of the wolf demon immediately. "When did you arrive?"
"I got here as fast as I could as soon as I picked up your beautiful scent, Kagome. "The wolf demon smoothly said, taking her hands into his as he suddenly appeared before the time traveling miko. "You're looking lovelier every time I see you."
Flattered yet uncomfortable by the wolf-demon, Kagome just gave the wolf demon a nervous smile, "T-Thanks Kouga… I guess."
Before Kouga could say anything else, a strange yet sweet scent caught his attention, "Hey, what's that smell? It smells almost like…" He trailed off as his eyes landed on the older miko who stood behind his love.
Without saying anything, Kouga silently approached the older miko and sniffed her once more before turning around to face the half demon. "Muttface, mind explaining to me why your scent is mixed in with this miko's unborn child?" Glaring at the half-demon with eyes full of accusation.
As all eyes turned on him, Inuyasha felt suddenly paralyzed. Under the eyes of the wolf demon, Inuyasha couldn't help but feel ashamed, not for the reason that he was guilty because he certainly wasn't; but for the reason that the wolf demon now knew of this mess.
"N-No it's…"Inuyasha tried to say, but the judging glare of the wolf demon was rendering him speechless "N-No, I'm not…"
"You're not, what?!" Kouga demanded, his patience clearly running out. "Answer me!"
"I-It's not mine…" Inuyasha managed to say, as he shook his head, cursing himself for how weak he sounded in front of the wolf demon. "It's not my kid."
Not believing a word that the half-demon said, Kouga snorted in disbelief, "Is this some kind of joke, Inuyasha? Do you honestly think that I'm stupid enough to believe that when that child clearly has your damn scent all over it!"
"L-Look Kouga, I don't know how my scent got on the kid, but believe me when I say it ain't mine!" Inuyasha exasperated, trying to get the wolf demon the believe him. He was telling the fucking truth, dammit! "It's not my kid!"
Apparently, the wolf demon didn't think that he was telling the truth, as he suddenly rushed up to Inuyasha and punched him hard in the jaw, sending the half-demon falling on the ground as he grunted out in pain.
"Disgusting." Kouga began, giving Inuyasha a dirty look, as he stood over him. "How can you just stand there, and deny your involvement in the making of that child, when it reeks of your scent! I can't believe that I ever left my woman in your care. You make me sick, you disgusting lowlife!"
"The word lowlife doesn't even cover it, Kouga!" Kagome interjected, "He's a real deadbeat if you ask me!"
"You said it, Kagome!" Sango said, glaring daggers at the fallen half-demon. "He's the worst, I mean how could he do that to her and then have the nerve to deny it. I just hate guys like him!"
Miroku just shook his head at Inuyasha, as Shippo also did the same. Both eyes burned into the skull of the fallen half-demon.
Stunned, Inuyasha beheld in horror as each of his teammates disregarded and disgraced him as if he was a piece of trash. As if he deserved everything said against him and even the wolf demon's punch. Finally, his eyes landed on the miko who was responsible for this mess in the first place. Her action towards him was the worst of all. She was weeping as if she was ashamed of him. As if she was unfortunate to have slept with him in the first place.
He felt as if she shot that arrow that sealed his fate to that accursed tree, all over again.
"K-Kikyo…" Inuyasha said, shaking his head in disbelief as he got up, locking eyes with the older miko. "Why are you doing this Kikyo? Why are you like this? What wrong have I done to you for you to lie like this, instead of just telling the fucking truth?!"
With eyes now locked on his group and the wolf demon, Inuyasha slowly began to back away from them. Looking more of a scared child who was trying to defend himself, rather than a tough demon in the process of doing so. Unable to look at them anymore, Inuyasha turned towards the forest and ran away. Running as fast as his legs could carry him. Not even caring that he bumped into the wolf demon's traveling companions, who were only just now arriving. He just ran. Inuyasha just ran out of that place, away from them, away from everybody.
Tears threaten to spill from his eyes, as he ran through the forest. But he didn't allow them to. For he knew that no amount of tears he could cry could fix the gaping wound that he now had on his heart. And plus, he wasn't some weak wimp.
Blinking his tears back, Inuyasha continued to run until he sensed something coming towards him at an incredible speed. Turning around to see what it was, all he saw was a flash of white before he suddenly found himself roughly slammed against a tree, with the wind knocked out of him.
Gasping, Inuyasha almost lost focus in his eyes, as he quickly tried to regain it back. Finally being able to see clearly once again, the first thing he saw was the cold-hearted face of the one person that he dreaded to see. "S-Sesshomaru?!" He managed to say before his brother roughly grabbed and slammed him against a tree once again.
"I should've killed you the moment I first laid my eyes on you." Sesshomaru coldly said as he held out his fist before landing it on the half demon's jaw. "Perhaps if only I had done that, Father's name wouldn't be ruined the way it is now because of you." He finished bringing back out his fist, as he landed it once again one the half-demon face.
"AHH!" Inuyasha cried out, as another punch landed on his now sore jaw. "What are you talking abou- GAH!"
"The stench of that miko's pregnancy burns my senses halfbreed!" Sesshomaru harshly told him, giving his brother another punch to the face. "How much longer must our blood continue to be defiled by weaklings!"
"W-What…H-How did you…" Inuyasha didn't even want to ask anymore how his brother knew, he instead just wanted to explain to his raging brother what was going on. "N-No Sesshomaru… It's not true, it's not what you think...it's not my-"
"Do you think I am a fool to believe such a lie!" Sesshomaru hissed, his eyes almost seeing red in anger. "The stench of that miko's pregnancy caught my attention before, it reached the wolf's!" Taking his fist once again, only to drive it this time, through the half-demon's stomach. Inuyasha's agonizing cry rang through the empty forest, causing the birds inhibiting in it, to fly off to safety.
Removing his fist from the gaping wound that he left on his brother's stomach, Sesshomaru stood above the fallen form of the half-demon and heartlessly gazed down upon him. "Pitiful, pathetic, insolent little half breed. You don't even regret what you've done."
Letting out small pants of breath, Inuyasha managed to look up at his brother with tired eyes. "I should kill you right now, but it seems that I'll leave that for another time." He heard him say.
As Sesshomaru turned to leave, he stopped for just a moment, and glanced back at the fallen form of his young brother, "The next time we meet Inuyasha, I won't be so merciful on you. Mark my words half breed, I will kill you." He finished harshly before he continued going back his own way.
Watching his brother's retreating form, Inuyasha waited a bit until his he was sure his brother was out of the area first before he could move.
'D-Damn bastard." Inuyasha thought as he tried to sit up, 'Didn't even try to fucking listen to me when I was trying to tell him…UGH' He cried out in pain, as he fell forward on his knees. 'D-Dammit…-It hurts so much…'
Looking up and losing focus as he tried to gaze off in the distance, Inuyasha briefly thought of his friends. 'I-If only Kagome was here…'Inuyasha couldn't help but think, 'S-She would've been fussing over me as she helped me and tended to my wounds…UGH…pant...pant...I-If only… M-Miroku and Sango were here…th-they would've helped lift me up upon…Ki-Kilala while we flew back to the village…' He softens his eyes, as he thought more about it 'I-If only Shippo were here, he would've tried to make me feel better… in his own way.'
Tears began to blur his vision before they ran down his beaten face. "Dammit! Why did everything have to go so wrong so fast!" He cried out, as he slammed his fist on the ground, He cried out some more, as more hot tears ran down his badly beaten face, making him hiss a bit at the stinging pain that his tears were causing on his wounded face. "Dammit…"
The more he thought about his friends, the more he realized how lonely he now was. Perhaps he was alone the whole time but never noticed it because he thought that he would always be surrounded by his friends. The same friends who never trusted him and turned against him at the given chance. They probably never even saw him as their equal.
'It's time to stop crying, dammit.' Inuyasha told himself, 'They took their side and made their choice, so it's time for me to make mine and move on.'
Taking light pants of air, Inuyasha grunted out in agonizing pain as he tried to endure the pain. 'And I choose to survive!' He thought, forcing his arm to move, as he reached to his side and grabbed his sheathed sword.
'T-There' he thought, as he pushed the sword into the ground, so he could use it as a walking stick. 'It' not much but, it'll help me at least find a place to...r- rest in.'
Ignoring the waves of pure anguish that he felt as he tried to move, Inuyasha managed to get up on his feet with shaking legs, and slowly forced them to walk with the aid of his sheathed sword. He even paid no attention to the small flow of blood that rushed down his legs in the process, all he cared about at the moment was finding a place for him to rest and surviving.
Pausing for a quick breath, Inuyasha hunched over his sword as he tried to find the energy to continue moving. Failing to recognize that he now had company.
"Well, well, well." Came the cruel mocking voice of a person that Inuyasha knew too well. "What a predicament that I've found you in, Inuyasha."
Forcing himself to look up from the ground, Inuyasha glared at the figure in front of him as he snarled, "Naraku!"
Yeah, I know what you're all thinking-why didn't Kagome sense and alert the group of Kouga's presence? Why did she sense him while he was talking to Inuyasha?
My answer to that is I don't know. I don't know why that thought slipped my mind when I was writing this chapter. I literally noticed that rereading it years later. I wrote this chapter, along with the upcoming chapters a few years ago.
Also a little side joke, when Sesshomaru came and attacked Inuyasha, I was like "Hmmm, if only this was Legends and Folklore." Only those who read my other story, "Legends and Folklore"- that's a SessInu story, would understand.
Please review if you are enjoying this story. The next chapter should be coming soon, so until next time!