InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Blinded ❯ She is so beautiful ( Chapter 4 )

I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA. HE IS THE PROPERTY OF RUMIKO TAKAHASHI.

After the second box of ramen, Kagome threw them in the fire, making sure that none of them will interfere with the timeline. She looked at Inuyasha who sat across the fire, with his back against a tree in his normal position with his arms in his sleeves and Tetsusaiga on his shoulder, the light of the fire dancing on his features.

-“Inuyasha? Don't you want to sleep more? You haven't recuperated yet.”

-“I'm fine, wench! I'm not as weak as you humans are.”

-“But the wound in your stomach hasn't healed yet! And there are still poison traces on them!” Kagome insisted.

-“I said: I'm fine, wench!” his rough response, combined with the sudden movement made pain surge through his stomach and his mouth escaped a small wine. Kagome heard it, and from the blood that stained the front of the haori, she gave her verdict.

-“See! That's what I've been trying to tell you! You've opened your wound again! Because of the poison, these wounds will heal slower!”

-“Keh!” he said, his voice holding pain.

Kagome went to him and began undoing his haori. Inuyasha caught her hand, his cheeks red.

-“What the hell do you think you're doing, wench?!”

-“Just let me tend to your wound!” she said.

-“It's fine!” he yelled in return.

-“No, it's not!” she yelled in return.

-“Yes it is!”

This last sentence made pain surge through his stomach, much powerful than before, making him grab his stomach with his hand. Kagome watched him as he suffered. Didn't he know that seeing him suffer makes her suffer?

-“Inuyasha, please, let me tend to your wound,” Kagome begged, her tears on the verge of falling. “I hate to see you suffer! Do you know how your suffering is affecting me?!”

Inuyasha looked at her. He was such an asshole! There he was, with a poison covered wound in his stomach, the girl he loved wanting to treat it and he was behaving like a stubborn jackass! And he didn't want her to suffer, but why does he make her suffer all the time?! His pride is going to cost him his life someday!

-“Okay, wench…” he said.

Kagome let out a breath she thought that she didn't held. Inuyasha was relieved that the scent of sadness left hers. He didn't want smell her sadness nor her tears.

After Kagome went to her backpack to bring Jinenji's healing salve and some clean bandages, she came in front of him.

-“Do you think that you can undress?” she asked him.

-“Yeah…” But as he tried to undress, pain erupted in his stomach making a growl escape him.

-“Does it hurt?” Kagome asked panicked.

-“If having a hole in your gut hurts…yes it does, wench!”

-“Well, it's not my fault that you've been hurt!” she said in return. “If you've just listened to me and haven't jumped into the battle like that, you wouldn't be like this!” She was on the verge of tears, again. Why does he have to be such a bastard?! Kagome took some deep breaths to calm herself. “Sorry…I just lost my mind.”

-“Keh…you're always loosing your mind.” His tone wasn't harsh but a little playful.

-“Sorry, though…but…I still need to change your bandages, so…if you please…”

She made some gestures with her hands and Inuyasha looked away blushing.

-“Make it quick!”

Kagome nodded. She came in front of him and began to slowly unfold his haori. Inuyasha could feel his heart hammering in his chest from the close proximity. He told her to make it quick!

Kagome slowly pulled the haori down his shoulders, down his arms, careful not to cause him any more pain. But even if she didn't want to cause him pain, he was still struggling to survive. How could he be calm when Kagome was doing that?! Only in his wildest dreams he had Kagome was doing things like that, but for other purposes. Surely she only wanted to help him, but she was so close to him that her hair was close to his nose, and he could smell her scent, a mixture of sakura blossoms and cherries, scents from her shampoo stuff. That scent was the only thing that made his mind go crazy. But not only that made him crazy…everything about Kagome drove him mad: her scent, her eyes, her pretty face, her smile, her voice…and the list could continue. He was jerked from his daydreaming when he felt her small hands on his bare arms. She managed to pull his white kosode too. It was like electricity where the two came in contact. Now he really was loosing it! Then he felt Kagome unwrap the bandage from around his stomach. He could feel her embrace around him to get the end of the fabric. He could fell himself getting hot, until…

-“OW! What do you think you're doing, wench?!”

-“So it does hurt!” she said touching the wound.

-“Of course it hurts! Touch a fresh wound and say that it doesn't hurt!”

-“Sorry!” she squeaked.

She began treating the wound, spreading Jinenji's salve on it, and then, wrapping the clean bandage around it.

-“There, that's it! Isn't it better?”

-“Yeah, yeah…”He turned his head away from her, not wanting to see his rose cheeks from before.

-“No…can I see your eyes?”

-“What?” he asked.

-“Your eyes! The burn!”

-“Okay, okay! Just don't yell in my ears!” he yelled back, plastering his ears to his head.

Kagome reached for the bandage around his eyes and began unfolding it. As the number of layers shrunk, her breath hitched and her heart beat wildly. Inuyasha could smell her nervousness, and he knew why she was like that. As she unfolded the last layer of bandage, she dropped the role, and brought her hands to her mouth, tears already in her eyes. Seeing Inuyasha in that state was too much! The burns around Inuyasha's eyes meant only one thing: Inuyasha will be blind if Sango doesn't come back soon with the Dokusan! And a day almost passed!

With a sob, she buried her face in her hands and began crying. Hearing her cry was the only thing that made Inuyasha jump and embracing her.

-"Why are you crying, wench?" he said softly.

-"Because it's my fault you're like this!" she said through sobs.

-"Why the hell do you think that, stupid?!"

-"Because I wanted to stay in the village! If we stayed in the forest, we wouldn't have known about the snake, and you wouldn't have been injured by fighting with him! It's all my fault! I-"

-"Shut up!"

-"But I..."

-“I told you to shut up," he said softly, embracing her and moving her in his lap. "It isn't your fault, damnit! I was the one who jumped like an idiot in the fight! It's my fault that I'm like this!”

-“But…”

Inuyasha embraced her tighter.

-“If you say any more bullshit, I'm not gonna save your sorry ass ever again!” he whispered forcefully.

Even if his voice was forceful, Kagome knew that Inuyasha wanted her to be okay. He didn't want her to blame herself for everything. She felt so safe in those arms. She felt like nothing could hurt her when she was protected by them. She could feel his chin on her head, breathing in her scent. His heart was like a racing horse, fast and powerful. She felt herself drifting off to sleep until…

-“I wish I could see you…”she heard next and she immediately forgot sleep. She smiled inwardly. She slowly moved in his lap.

-“Kagome?”

Slowly, not to scare Inuyasha (too much) with her actions, she took his hands, those same hands that could cut a demon in half, and put them on her face. Inuyasha was taken aback by her actions. He felt heat rise in his cheeks, but when he felt that her scent held only trust, his embarrassment evaporated. He slowly traced her features of her face, careful of his claws. He traced her forehead, and then went down the shape of her nose with his thumbs, while his other fingers traced her cheeks bones and her cheeks. When he touched her lips, he froze. Kagome felt heat rise in her cheeks. She didn't know why Inuyasha stopped so suddenly. She couldn't read his features. He was taking more time with her lips, relishing in the softness of them. Without thinking, letting her heart taking control for a second due to the situation she was in, Kagome slowly opened her mouth and kissed the tip of his finger. Only after doing that, she regretted what she did.

-`You fool! Inuyasha doesn't feel like that about you! He loves Kikyou, not you!!!' her mind was screaming.

But Inuyasha had other ideas. When he felt her kiss on the tip of his finger, it sent shivers on his spine.

-`Did she do what I think she did?!...Yes, she did!' his mind screamed of joy.

Then, feeling the wave of embarrassment coming from her, he had to do something. He shouldn't have her thinking that her feelings weren't mutual.

Kagome saw a new expression on his face. She couldn't describe it. She felt his hands holding he face in place, and saw his face inching closer.

-`Is…Is he?'

Then, her mind went blank as she felt his lips on her ones. It was just a simple kiss but was enough to drive her off the edge of happiness. She closed her eyes, letting her fall deeper into the feeling. Inuyasha held her tighter, wrapping his hands around her, allowing her to wrap her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss.

-`She's kissing me back!' his mind yelled.

Inuyasha was in heaven. Even without his sight, he could see Kagome. Her soul, her heart…he could see everything about her through their kiss.

-`She is so beautiful.'

After a few minutes, they separated for the much needed air.

-“I-Inuyasha…”

-“Keh…I understand if you didn't like it…”Inuyasha turned away from her.

-`What's wrong with him?! A moment ago he's kissing me, and now he thinks that I didn't like it! Does he think that I could think clearly after that?!'

-“Inuyasha…I was surprised! I never thought that you…I thought that you were in love with Kikyou…” she almost whispered.

-“You're right, Kagome.” Her heart almost shattered. “I was in love with her, but not anymore. I know I promised that I'll go to hell with her, but that was when I was unconscious. All I have to do for her is to revenge her death and make her rest in peace. I have no obligations for her after that.”

Kagome looked at him with tears in her eyes. He sensed them and slowly, not to cut her with his claws, he whipped them away.

-“Don't cry, Kagome. I hate it when you cry. It breaks my heart every time I make you cry.” His head lowered. “I know I've been an ass for all the times I made you cry…Sorry…”

Wait…The great Inuyasha is apologising?!

-“It's okay, Inuyasha. You don't need to apologise.”

His ears lowered more.

-“How could you be so forgiving after all the things I've done to you?! I've called you bad names, I've put you in danger…hell, I've even lost you a couple of times, damnit!”

Kagome looked at him.

-“I dunno…maybe it's because…” She bit her lip in nervousness.

-“Because?”

She looked at him, her eyes shining with hope. Even if he couldn't see them, she knew that he could feel it in her aura.

-“Because…I love you…”

Time stilled. Inuyasha remained speechless. The tension in the air was so thick that you could cut it with a knife. On his face were hundred of emotions, running like the wind. Kagome could read some of them: disbelieve happiness, confusion…and others.

-“Kagome…I…” he began, but was interrupted by a voice from above.

-“Kagome-chan!”

 

A BIT MORE OF INUxKAG FLUFF <3. TILL NEXT TIME.

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