InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Demonic Wish ❯ Chapter 3

A/N: No no no no no no no! I couldn't stop myself! I-I just had to write a third chapter as soon as possible. Curse my minimal sense of commitment. I just couldn't hold out for 20 reviews, but sense I posted in the middle of the week when no one really has any free time I guess it's ok that I broke my resolve. *coughs * I guess I'll shut-up now.

DISCLAIMER: Shut-up! Why do you people have to keep rubbing it in my face!?!

A Demonic Wish

Chapter 3

The Dreaded Story-line Repeat

"I-I can't, I can't use the jewel for myself. That would just play right into Naraku's plans," Kagome let go of the jewel that clung around her neck, "No, I-I'll just have to rely on my own strength this time."

This was a lot harder than it sounded; even in the short amount of time that it took for Naraku to leave the area, Kagome had lost quite a bit of blood. Even just trying to pull herself off the ground made her head spin so much that she had to lay back down before she fainted.

`Pull yourself together! I'm not going to make it to the others alive at this rate. And even if I do, with this wound the way it is, I'll probably die from blood loss shortly after I get there.' Kagome knew that with such a serious wound she wouldn't last for long without medical treatment. But, even knowing this did little for the young girl. This was one of the few times that Kagome didn't have her first-aid-kit on hand, and virtually the only time she needed it.

`Talk about ironic, as soon as I need the stupid thing; I don't have it. Figures.' Kagome managed a weak chuckle, but the searing pain that ran down her spine stopped it almost immediately.

"Shit, that hurts. I guess I'll just have to make my way to Kaede's village slowly, so I don't use up too much energy and faint."

Kagome gently lifted herself off the ground using a near-by tree for support, and then slowly began to make her way to Kaede's village; stopping every so often to regain her breath and settle the spinning of her head. All the while telling herself `just another few feet, then you can rest again'. Throughout this whole ordeal Kagome lost more and more blood until she was extremely pale and as cold as a conscious person could be.

"O-oh my gosh! There's the God-tree! I'm almost there!"

Kagome was so excited that she practically ran to the familiar landmark. `I-I'm almost there, I suppose it'd be alright if I took a little rest.' Once Kagome reached the tree she closed her eyes and fell to the floor in a dead faint. She had lost too much blood to continue and was now lying spent on the forest floor.

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"WHAT!?! HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN ASLEEP??!!!"

"Errm…at least three hours?"

"WHY DIDN'T YOU WAKE ME UP!?!"

"You were sleeping so peacefully that we thought it unwise to awaken you."

"SO, YOU JUST LEFT KAGOME OUT IN THE WOODS FOR WHO KNOWS WHAT TO JUST WALTZ UP TO HER AND ATTACK!??"

"Errm…"

"Just SHUT-UP, Miroku! We've got to go find Kagome!"

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"KAGOME!!"

"KAGOME! WHERE ARE YOU!?"

Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Inuyasha had been looking for the missing miko for over 45 minutes and hadn't gotten any closer to finding Kagome than they would have had they just stayed in Kaede's village. And they were getting desperate.

What if something dangerous had happened to Kagome? Inuyasha would never forgive himself if that were the case. He had been asleep while he should have been looking for Kagome and was now beating himself up inside because of it.

`How could I have been sleeping?! I should have woken up as soon as an hour had passed; how could I let myself get so relaxed with Kagome gone?!' Inuyasha continued searching for Kagome, all the while scolding himself for his carelessness, until the wind shifted and he smelled something oddly familiar.

It was the smell of blood, and not just any blood, but the blood of the woman he had grown to love.

"Kagome..."

Inuyasha began to run as fast as he could, he ran as if his life depended on it. From the moment he had awakened to find Kagome still gone, he knew that she was in danger. His worst fears were blasted into reality once he burst into the clearing before the God-tree.

There, at the foot of the tree he had been pinned to for 50 years, lay his reason for living; one of the very few people in his life that had actually accepted him for what he was, demon traits included. Inuyasha rushed over to Kagome's side.

"K-Kagome?"

When there was no answer Inuyasha only responded by grabbing Kagome's shoulders and shaking her a bit.

"KAGOME!?"

"Aah, don't do that."

"K-Kagome? You're all right? What happened? Who did this to you?"

"I-it was…" Kagome had to pause to stop herself from lapsing into unconsciousness again, "It was Naraku, h-he attacked me in the woods."

"What?! Naraku did this to you?! Where is he, I'll get that slimy little bastard and rip out his-"

"He's gone."

Kagome winced from the effort of trying to remain awake with her severe wounds and extreme amount of blood loss.

"What do you mean `he's gone' where'd he go?"

Inuyasha never got an answer to this because, at that moment, Kagome gently brushed her hand across his cheek, smiled, and then fainted. She had used up her last ounce of energy. Kagome knew she wouldn't make it out of this situation.

"Kagome? KAGOME!! Wake up! You have to wake up; you can't die like this! Kagome wake up, please?"

Inuyasha drew the unconscious girl into his arms.

"You can't die…you just can't."

The stone-faced Inuyasha who had hid his emotions from the world for so long began to cry. Not the petty cry of someone who didn't get their way, but the cry of someone who had just lost everything in the world they hold dear; the cry of someone with nothing left to live for.

In his desperation to save the woman he held dying in his arms, Inuyasha wrenched the sacred jewel from it's place around Kagome's neck and began to pray.

"Please let her live; don't take her just yet, I-I haven't even had the chance to tell her how I feel. She doesn't deserve to die. P-please let her live, make her strong…l-like me."

No sooner had he finished his plea, when the entire clearing was bathed in the surreal purple light generated by the Shikon-no-tama.

"At least this accursed jewel can do something good."

Inuyasha smiled as he waited for Kagome to awaken. Only once he glanced at the girl lying in his arms did he realize his horrifying mistake.

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Ha ha! I did it again, `nother cliffy!! I won't be updating for a while; I'm going on a school trip to Florida this Tuesday, and I won't be bringing my brain, so there! Even though I may go into denial if I don't write for too long, or at least get some Anime, I'm still not takin' my brain ( I may loose it in the luggage thingie!). Caio!! PS (or whatever you call `em in an authors note) Sorry the chapter's a bit shorter, I really didn't plan to post so soon or else I would have added and extra page, but next time I'm REALLY not gonna' post until I have 20 Reviews.