InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Final Test ❯ Kagome's condition, and her decision ( Chapter 4 )
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By: Inuki-Koinu-chan9 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Hentai / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.06.2008 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.9K | Visits: 336 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Hentai / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.06.2008 | Pages: 1 | Words: 2.9K | Visits: 336 | Status: Work In Progress
1Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha nor anything associated with Inuyasha.
Pairing: Inu/Kag
Sorry to everyone about this story taking the back burner for a few months. I’ve had a lot of crazy things going on in my life and I haven’t had much time to write. My other stories kind of got away from me, and this one got a little lost. Now it has been found and I will try to update it more often.
Thank you to all of my readers, and sorry to WTW who thought I was discontinuing this story. When I read your review, I decided I had to update asap. I hadn’t realized that it had been so long, I’m very sorry and I hope you enjoy this chapter.
On top of everything, I recently had surgery...just had a cyst removed, but it’s been enough to keep my from my usual activities. Sorry about the wait, I had planned to have this chapter out sooner, but it just wasn’t meant to be.
This chapter is dedicated to WTW for making me realize how neglectful I have been to this story. Thank you my friend for bringing this to my attention.
Now, On with the story!!
When he got to the ground all he could see was blood and a lump covered in leaves and dirt. He rushed to her side, hoping and praying that she was still alive. He turned her over to realize that she wasn’t breathing…
Inuyasha knew what needed to be done, but he wasn’t sure she’d understand why it was needed later. He reached down and breathed into her mouth, trying to get her to breathe on her own. There was blood oozing from several deep gashes on her arms, legs, and stomach, and her left arm was bent at a weird angle. There was a small gash on the side of her head and a large lump near her left temple. It was painfully obvious by the huge bruises and the shape of the gashes that she had landed on her left side. Inuyasha wasn’t sure how he was going to keep her from dying. If she didn’t bleed out, the fact that she wasn’t breathing would surely lead to death...unless she was dead already. He knew he could save her; he had seen people be brought back to life, even after they had stopped breathing.
He continued his attempts to get her to breathe when suddenly there was a bright flash of light from her hip. Kagome shook and a heart wrenching gasp escaped her bleeding lips. The light suddenly died down and Inuyasha looked into her face again. She was breathing again, but the breaths were shallow, and the gashes were still oozing blood at an alarming rate. Inuyasha steeled himself for what was to come next.
Kagome felt like she was in a haze. One minute she had yelled ‘Osuwari’ and the next she was dropping through the air like a rock. Pain exploded across her back, legs and arms. Something struck the back of her head and dragged up the left side. Her arm caught and wrenched, but she kept falling. She didn’t even have time to scream at the pain in her arm before pain shot all along the left side of her body and the world went dark. The next thing she knew, her whole body felt like it was being electrocuted and suddenly she was looking up into the face of Inuyasha. He looked like the world had ended. His cute little ears were flicking in his agitation. Kagome closed her eyes as she wondered at exactly how she had ended up laying on her side/back and feeling like she had broken every single bone in her body. She was just starting to remember the circumstances of her fall when Inuyasha decided to set her dislocated shoulder back in place. Pain spread from her shoulder to her hand and the blackness she had been keeping at bay swamped over her tired mind, carrying her to oblivion once again.
Inuyasha felt better now that her shoulder was back in place. Of course, the arm was broken as well, but at least now it was back where it needed to be. He couldn’t imagine how much pain Kagome would been in when she came to full consciousness. He felt terrible about letting his beast out. If he hadn’t succumbed to it, Kagome wouldn’t have fallen through the wooden walkway. Time for regrets would come later though, right now he needed to stop the bleeding. He carefully moved her head and legs so that her body was lying straight out on the ground. He was glad she wasn’t conscious for this part, it would be quite embarrassing. Inu started with her left arm by lifting it to his lips. He bit down on the tip of his tongue with his fangs, drawing blood. He licked at the small cuts that dotted along her hand, until he got to the long gashes created by thick branches that she caught on the way down. The first one cut from where her arm met her body all the way to just past her elbow. The cut was pretty deep too. He bit down on his tongue once more, then licked down the middle of the gash, watching as his demon blood went to work at healing her torn flesh. The process was slow going, but eventually Inuyasha had stopped the bleeding on both of her arms, and from her feet to mid thigh. He wasn’t sure he should venture any higher, that was forbidden territory, and even though she was quite beautiful, and his instincts were telling him to mate, he refrained from the temptation. Instead he ripped open the back of her priestess robes and began to work on the large gashes that crossed her back. It looked as though someone had whipped her brutally. The ragged flesh around the wounds was an angry red color and encompassed a good portion of her back. If he were a lesser male, he might actually gag at the damage done to her body.
After an hour or two, Inuyasha had gotten all of the larger cuts to stop bleeding and most of the smaller cuts were almost healed. He wasn’t sure what internal damage had been done, but he was more worried about her head injuries than anything else. His demon blood would help take care of any internal bleeding, but if her brain was damaged too badly, not even demon blood would be able to help. He lifted Kagome up bridal style, and began to jump into the trees, making his way back to his hut. Inu laid Kagome out on his futon and looked around for something to tear up for bandages. He remembered the supplies she had with her when she had come to this place, so he retrieved the pack and began to search through it for bandages. Finding the bandages was a little harder than he had thought it would be, but he finally had them out and began to wrap her up. Arms were wrapped first, followed by her legs and then her back. After he had finished with all he could do for her, he sat back and started the long wait that would determine whether she would recover or not.
Kagome was swimming through a haze of darkness. Every direction she turned inky blackness greeted her tired eyes. There was an oddly detached feeling around her, like she was supposed to be somewhere, but wasn’t. It was very cold, almost like the air itself was frozen in the dark. Kagome tried to call out to Inuyasha, Shippo, her mother...anyone, but there was not a single noise. She had given up at finding out anything about her surroundings when a women stepped out of the shadows. The woman’s long, black hair was pulled up in a top knot ponytail, with two braids framing either side of her porcelain face. Her beauty was not dramatic, yet it was undeniable that this woman was very beautiful. Her dark chocolate eyes stared into Kagome’s, never straying elsewhere. The line of her nose was long and straight, an aristocratic point. Her lips were neither full nor thin. Their color not quite red, but not quite any other color either. She seemed warm and inviting, yet cold and untouchable. She was a contradiction of massive proportions. She looked like royalty, yet carried the bearing and stance of a common foot soldier. Kagome was at a complete loss as to what she should do. Speak or keep quiet...both seemed appealing and not at once. As Kagome floated in the abyss, contemplating her next move, the woman chose to make the first step. She floated toward Kagome, her expression never changing.
“You have finally come. I wasn’t sure when you would finally succumb to the pull of the shikon.”
“Wha...? The shikon? Just who are you?”
The woman gave Kagome a blank look and then seemed to give a long, suffering sigh.
“What do you remember last?”
Kagome thought really hard, but the only image that would come to mind was a vivid picture of Inuyasha lunging for her and then plummeting to the wooden pathway as she experienced a feeling of weightlessness before pain exploded through different parts of her body.
“I only remember say ‘Osuwari’ to Inuyasha and then the feeling of my body being ripped apart. What does that have anything to do with where we are and what we are going to do now?”
For a long moment, the woman just stood still in front of Kagome. Nothing stirred in the stale air of the abyss around them. No breeze sent their hair swaying; no sound ricocheted off of the invisible walls of their “prison”. The sensation was completely unnerving for Kagome. She was about to question this vaguely familiar woman when the woman beat her to the punch.
“You almost died Kagome. Technically you did die, but it is not your fate to end here, so I was able to bring you back until the hanyou was able to come up with a way to save you. You have been careless in the couple of weeks since you knew about your final test. A miko of your magnitude cannot afford to be lax in her defenses. There are many in this world who would use your power and influence to further their own selfish agendas. You have great potential, but now you must cultivate that potential. You need to understand that your fate is intertwined with that of the hanyou that you have recently made the acquaintance. You must ask him why he is where he is. He cannot tell you everything, but you are the one to set him free. He must not know that yet. I have chosen to appear to you to inform you that your life is about to make a drastic change. Many will frown upon the choices you are bound to make. You must decide now whether you think you are able to continue on this path. Your path in life will be a difficult one for sometime to come, but it is what the kami’s wish for you. Yet, if you are unable to bear the burden of such, you are being given an out. The last thing the world needs is for the shikon maiden to fall prisoner to the darkness inside her own soul. You must make that choice soon. There is an evil force at work here, and I do not have enough energy stay in this form for long periods. You have exactly 2 weeks to find the path you must take and make your choice. Much will happen during this time, but you must keep your mind clear. Not only will this decision affect your life, but also the lives of all your loved ones, and all those to come. I must go, but think about what I have told you, and remember...you have very limited time. You can do this, the question is do you believe in yourself and the strength of your future love?”
With this being said, the mysterious woman began to fade in front of Kagome’s eyes.
“Wait! I don’t know what you are talking about! What evil is at work? How am I supposed to know what choice to make? I need your help! Gees, I don’t even know your name!”
“You need not worry too much, the choice will present itself and you will make a decision. Pray you make the correct one. I have faith in you...and my name is unimportant.”
“But who are you?! I need to know!”
“You may call me Midoriko.”
The world exploded in a flash of color, fresh air, and the smell of healing herbs being burned. Kagome laid where she was for several seconds before she realized that she was indeed conscious and not just dreaming. She studied her surrounding and realized that she was in a building. There were warm furs piled around her and she saw the flicker of a flame, indicating the presence of a fire. The walls were decorated with painting that she had never seen before. A small noise drew her attention to the door to the hut. There stood Inuyasha, staring at her blankly for a moment. Suddenly he was at her side, offering her water from an animal skin sack. Kagome was trying to remember what the woman, Midoriko, had been telling her when she recalled the question she was to ask.
“Inu..yasha. I must ask you something.”
“You can ask me, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to answer. You should be resting anyway. Lay down and go back to sleep. You pathetic human body can’t handle the plummet you took. You need to rest so you can heal.”
“But, I must know. Why are you all alone out here? Why are you secluded this far from civilization, away from anyone and anything?”
Inuyasha felt as though Kagome had struck him across the face. First she almost dies, then she remains unconscious for days on end, and now she was asking questions that she had no business knowing the answers to.
“It’s none of your damned business bitch. Why the hell would you want to know about that? It has nothing to do with you, so just forget you ever asked it. I don’t plan on telling you anything.”
With that, Inuyasha stomped from the hut, but remained close in case Kagome decided to do something stupid. The stupid wench had only been in his life for less than a week, but she was already proving to be a troublesome and headstrong girl. He knew that by ridiculing her, he had only bought himself some time. Something told him she wouldn’t give up so easily, and the frightening part about it was the fact that part of him wished to answer and damned question she had to ask.
Kagome lay back on the futon and stared at the ceiling of the hut for a few long moments. When she had finished her contemplating, she realized that Inuyasha was just putting up a front because he didn’t want to answer her questions nor analyze his life to closely. She had gathered by the way he acted sometimes that his childhood must have been as far from nice and loving as a childhood could. She would have to get past his fierce defenses before he would answer any of the pressing questions she was supposed to get the answers to. But if there was something that Kagome loved, it was a good challenge. ‘Consider this one accepted, Inuyasha. I will learn the answers to all the questions you try to hide, and all of the little things you don’t want anyone to know.’
Well, I apologize for the long delay in this chapter coming out. I just had surgery and I have been pretty drugged up for the last two weeks. I have the next chapter to There can be no love without Justice, and For us it will be forever. Rest assured readers, I did not die. I’ve got a couple of new ideas too, but I’m going to hold off on them until I finish the stories I have already started. My secret lover will have a new chapter coming up soon as well. Just sit tight, and I will get all of these out for you my awesome readers!! PLEASE REVIEW...I’m not sure whether I like this chapter or not. Let me know what you think! Ja Ne for now!
Pairing: Inu/Kag
Sorry to everyone about this story taking the back burner for a few months. I’ve had a lot of crazy things going on in my life and I haven’t had much time to write. My other stories kind of got away from me, and this one got a little lost. Now it has been found and I will try to update it more often.
Thank you to all of my readers, and sorry to WTW who thought I was discontinuing this story. When I read your review, I decided I had to update asap. I hadn’t realized that it had been so long, I’m very sorry and I hope you enjoy this chapter.
On top of everything, I recently had surgery...just had a cyst removed, but it’s been enough to keep my from my usual activities. Sorry about the wait, I had planned to have this chapter out sooner, but it just wasn’t meant to be.
This chapter is dedicated to WTW for making me realize how neglectful I have been to this story. Thank you my friend for bringing this to my attention.
Now, On with the story!!
When he got to the ground all he could see was blood and a lump covered in leaves and dirt. He rushed to her side, hoping and praying that she was still alive. He turned her over to realize that she wasn’t breathing…
Inuyasha knew what needed to be done, but he wasn’t sure she’d understand why it was needed later. He reached down and breathed into her mouth, trying to get her to breathe on her own. There was blood oozing from several deep gashes on her arms, legs, and stomach, and her left arm was bent at a weird angle. There was a small gash on the side of her head and a large lump near her left temple. It was painfully obvious by the huge bruises and the shape of the gashes that she had landed on her left side. Inuyasha wasn’t sure how he was going to keep her from dying. If she didn’t bleed out, the fact that she wasn’t breathing would surely lead to death...unless she was dead already. He knew he could save her; he had seen people be brought back to life, even after they had stopped breathing.
He continued his attempts to get her to breathe when suddenly there was a bright flash of light from her hip. Kagome shook and a heart wrenching gasp escaped her bleeding lips. The light suddenly died down and Inuyasha looked into her face again. She was breathing again, but the breaths were shallow, and the gashes were still oozing blood at an alarming rate. Inuyasha steeled himself for what was to come next.
Kagome felt like she was in a haze. One minute she had yelled ‘Osuwari’ and the next she was dropping through the air like a rock. Pain exploded across her back, legs and arms. Something struck the back of her head and dragged up the left side. Her arm caught and wrenched, but she kept falling. She didn’t even have time to scream at the pain in her arm before pain shot all along the left side of her body and the world went dark. The next thing she knew, her whole body felt like it was being electrocuted and suddenly she was looking up into the face of Inuyasha. He looked like the world had ended. His cute little ears were flicking in his agitation. Kagome closed her eyes as she wondered at exactly how she had ended up laying on her side/back and feeling like she had broken every single bone in her body. She was just starting to remember the circumstances of her fall when Inuyasha decided to set her dislocated shoulder back in place. Pain spread from her shoulder to her hand and the blackness she had been keeping at bay swamped over her tired mind, carrying her to oblivion once again.
Inuyasha felt better now that her shoulder was back in place. Of course, the arm was broken as well, but at least now it was back where it needed to be. He couldn’t imagine how much pain Kagome would been in when she came to full consciousness. He felt terrible about letting his beast out. If he hadn’t succumbed to it, Kagome wouldn’t have fallen through the wooden walkway. Time for regrets would come later though, right now he needed to stop the bleeding. He carefully moved her head and legs so that her body was lying straight out on the ground. He was glad she wasn’t conscious for this part, it would be quite embarrassing. Inu started with her left arm by lifting it to his lips. He bit down on the tip of his tongue with his fangs, drawing blood. He licked at the small cuts that dotted along her hand, until he got to the long gashes created by thick branches that she caught on the way down. The first one cut from where her arm met her body all the way to just past her elbow. The cut was pretty deep too. He bit down on his tongue once more, then licked down the middle of the gash, watching as his demon blood went to work at healing her torn flesh. The process was slow going, but eventually Inuyasha had stopped the bleeding on both of her arms, and from her feet to mid thigh. He wasn’t sure he should venture any higher, that was forbidden territory, and even though she was quite beautiful, and his instincts were telling him to mate, he refrained from the temptation. Instead he ripped open the back of her priestess robes and began to work on the large gashes that crossed her back. It looked as though someone had whipped her brutally. The ragged flesh around the wounds was an angry red color and encompassed a good portion of her back. If he were a lesser male, he might actually gag at the damage done to her body.
After an hour or two, Inuyasha had gotten all of the larger cuts to stop bleeding and most of the smaller cuts were almost healed. He wasn’t sure what internal damage had been done, but he was more worried about her head injuries than anything else. His demon blood would help take care of any internal bleeding, but if her brain was damaged too badly, not even demon blood would be able to help. He lifted Kagome up bridal style, and began to jump into the trees, making his way back to his hut. Inu laid Kagome out on his futon and looked around for something to tear up for bandages. He remembered the supplies she had with her when she had come to this place, so he retrieved the pack and began to search through it for bandages. Finding the bandages was a little harder than he had thought it would be, but he finally had them out and began to wrap her up. Arms were wrapped first, followed by her legs and then her back. After he had finished with all he could do for her, he sat back and started the long wait that would determine whether she would recover or not.
Kagome was swimming through a haze of darkness. Every direction she turned inky blackness greeted her tired eyes. There was an oddly detached feeling around her, like she was supposed to be somewhere, but wasn’t. It was very cold, almost like the air itself was frozen in the dark. Kagome tried to call out to Inuyasha, Shippo, her mother...anyone, but there was not a single noise. She had given up at finding out anything about her surroundings when a women stepped out of the shadows. The woman’s long, black hair was pulled up in a top knot ponytail, with two braids framing either side of her porcelain face. Her beauty was not dramatic, yet it was undeniable that this woman was very beautiful. Her dark chocolate eyes stared into Kagome’s, never straying elsewhere. The line of her nose was long and straight, an aristocratic point. Her lips were neither full nor thin. Their color not quite red, but not quite any other color either. She seemed warm and inviting, yet cold and untouchable. She was a contradiction of massive proportions. She looked like royalty, yet carried the bearing and stance of a common foot soldier. Kagome was at a complete loss as to what she should do. Speak or keep quiet...both seemed appealing and not at once. As Kagome floated in the abyss, contemplating her next move, the woman chose to make the first step. She floated toward Kagome, her expression never changing.
“You have finally come. I wasn’t sure when you would finally succumb to the pull of the shikon.”
“Wha...? The shikon? Just who are you?”
The woman gave Kagome a blank look and then seemed to give a long, suffering sigh.
“What do you remember last?”
Kagome thought really hard, but the only image that would come to mind was a vivid picture of Inuyasha lunging for her and then plummeting to the wooden pathway as she experienced a feeling of weightlessness before pain exploded through different parts of her body.
“I only remember say ‘Osuwari’ to Inuyasha and then the feeling of my body being ripped apart. What does that have anything to do with where we are and what we are going to do now?”
For a long moment, the woman just stood still in front of Kagome. Nothing stirred in the stale air of the abyss around them. No breeze sent their hair swaying; no sound ricocheted off of the invisible walls of their “prison”. The sensation was completely unnerving for Kagome. She was about to question this vaguely familiar woman when the woman beat her to the punch.
“You almost died Kagome. Technically you did die, but it is not your fate to end here, so I was able to bring you back until the hanyou was able to come up with a way to save you. You have been careless in the couple of weeks since you knew about your final test. A miko of your magnitude cannot afford to be lax in her defenses. There are many in this world who would use your power and influence to further their own selfish agendas. You have great potential, but now you must cultivate that potential. You need to understand that your fate is intertwined with that of the hanyou that you have recently made the acquaintance. You must ask him why he is where he is. He cannot tell you everything, but you are the one to set him free. He must not know that yet. I have chosen to appear to you to inform you that your life is about to make a drastic change. Many will frown upon the choices you are bound to make. You must decide now whether you think you are able to continue on this path. Your path in life will be a difficult one for sometime to come, but it is what the kami’s wish for you. Yet, if you are unable to bear the burden of such, you are being given an out. The last thing the world needs is for the shikon maiden to fall prisoner to the darkness inside her own soul. You must make that choice soon. There is an evil force at work here, and I do not have enough energy stay in this form for long periods. You have exactly 2 weeks to find the path you must take and make your choice. Much will happen during this time, but you must keep your mind clear. Not only will this decision affect your life, but also the lives of all your loved ones, and all those to come. I must go, but think about what I have told you, and remember...you have very limited time. You can do this, the question is do you believe in yourself and the strength of your future love?”
With this being said, the mysterious woman began to fade in front of Kagome’s eyes.
“Wait! I don’t know what you are talking about! What evil is at work? How am I supposed to know what choice to make? I need your help! Gees, I don’t even know your name!”
“You need not worry too much, the choice will present itself and you will make a decision. Pray you make the correct one. I have faith in you...and my name is unimportant.”
“But who are you?! I need to know!”
“You may call me Midoriko.”
The world exploded in a flash of color, fresh air, and the smell of healing herbs being burned. Kagome laid where she was for several seconds before she realized that she was indeed conscious and not just dreaming. She studied her surrounding and realized that she was in a building. There were warm furs piled around her and she saw the flicker of a flame, indicating the presence of a fire. The walls were decorated with painting that she had never seen before. A small noise drew her attention to the door to the hut. There stood Inuyasha, staring at her blankly for a moment. Suddenly he was at her side, offering her water from an animal skin sack. Kagome was trying to remember what the woman, Midoriko, had been telling her when she recalled the question she was to ask.
“Inu..yasha. I must ask you something.”
“You can ask me, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to answer. You should be resting anyway. Lay down and go back to sleep. You pathetic human body can’t handle the plummet you took. You need to rest so you can heal.”
“But, I must know. Why are you all alone out here? Why are you secluded this far from civilization, away from anyone and anything?”
Inuyasha felt as though Kagome had struck him across the face. First she almost dies, then she remains unconscious for days on end, and now she was asking questions that she had no business knowing the answers to.
“It’s none of your damned business bitch. Why the hell would you want to know about that? It has nothing to do with you, so just forget you ever asked it. I don’t plan on telling you anything.”
With that, Inuyasha stomped from the hut, but remained close in case Kagome decided to do something stupid. The stupid wench had only been in his life for less than a week, but she was already proving to be a troublesome and headstrong girl. He knew that by ridiculing her, he had only bought himself some time. Something told him she wouldn’t give up so easily, and the frightening part about it was the fact that part of him wished to answer and damned question she had to ask.
Kagome lay back on the futon and stared at the ceiling of the hut for a few long moments. When she had finished her contemplating, she realized that Inuyasha was just putting up a front because he didn’t want to answer her questions nor analyze his life to closely. She had gathered by the way he acted sometimes that his childhood must have been as far from nice and loving as a childhood could. She would have to get past his fierce defenses before he would answer any of the pressing questions she was supposed to get the answers to. But if there was something that Kagome loved, it was a good challenge. ‘Consider this one accepted, Inuyasha. I will learn the answers to all the questions you try to hide, and all of the little things you don’t want anyone to know.’
Well, I apologize for the long delay in this chapter coming out. I just had surgery and I have been pretty drugged up for the last two weeks. I have the next chapter to There can be no love without Justice, and For us it will be forever. Rest assured readers, I did not die. I’ve got a couple of new ideas too, but I’m going to hold off on them until I finish the stories I have already started. My secret lover will have a new chapter coming up soon as well. Just sit tight, and I will get all of these out for you my awesome readers!! PLEASE REVIEW...I’m not sure whether I like this chapter or not. Let me know what you think! Ja Ne for now!