InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Finding Happiness ❯ Chapter 8: The Weeks End And The Things That Came After ( Chapter 8 )

Chapter 8: The Weeks End And The Things That Came After

It had been a very… interesting… week for both of them. After the first two days, Sesshoumaru's curiosity had been satisfied enough to finally calm down. Sesshoumaru himself had begun to calm a bit, the showing of emotion becoming a bit constrained. But Kagome wasn't worried. Even if he didn't laugh as much, or smile quite as widely, it was still very obvious to her that he did indeed love her, deeply. In fact, when she thought about it, he had been acting very un-Sesshoumaru like on the first day here. The admitting to her that he loved her was not odd in itself, but rather how extreme his emotions had been. She would have expected him to act more like he was now. "But then again, I was feeling different that day to. For the past few days, I've felt so calm and under control. Even when Hojo showed up unexpectedly, I was amazingly cool. Unlike Sesshoumaru." She smirked as she remembered that day. Hojo had come by to give her some herbs for her latest sickness. She had been able to not only let Hojo go without a messy breakup, but also managed to keep Sesshoumaru from tearing Hojo into little bits.

She looked over at Sesshoumaru as they walked towards the well. He was holding her backpack full of stuff for her, looking as calm as usual. He noticed her glance and let a little smirk cross his face. His eyes did most the talking however. Despite his usual icy appearance, his eyes were still a warm gold instead of icy orbs of amber. The look in his eyes was more than enough to let her know how he felt. She looked away from him and looked towards the approaching well house. She sighed as she thought of how her friends back in time might react to the twos closeness.

"Is something the matter?" asked Sesshoumaru, having noticed her sigh. "Just thinking." She replied. "You are worried about something." He said, less question and more conformation. She thought a moment before answering, "It's just that, how will my friends think of us?" Sesshoumaru didn't answer. She turned around to see what he was doing, and was caught in his hug as she turned about. "Do not worry, Kagome. If they are truly friends, they will understand." "What about Inuyasha?" she asked quietly. Sesshoumaru replied with a slight growl, "I will have a… talk… with him about the two of us." "Don't kill him" Kagome said, pulling away to look him in the eye. Sesshoumaru stared back, before slightly nodding.

He suddenly picked her up, surprising her. She yelped as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Sesshoumaru chuckled as he began to run towards the well. Kagome simply cuddled closer to him as he jumped down the well.

As the two of them jump into the well, a certain group is discussing exactly what's going on. "If it weren't for Rin, Inuyasha would still be in his funk, heaven knows what its about. And he still hasn't told us what happened at the well," Sango said, eating the lunch Kaede had made. "Yes, and we still don't know why Kagome is not only traveling with Sesshoumaru, but went so far as to give him the Tetsusagia. I can not think of anything that would make Kagome go that far." Miroku said, sitting opposite of Sango. "I'm not surprised. I mean, calling her Kikyo all the time is pretty bad. I wouldn't like being called " Shippo said, the comment drawing everyone's attention. "What do ye mean by that, Shippo?" Kaede asked. "Well, one time, when I was looking for Kagome, I found her and Inuyasha hugging, and Inuyasha called her Kikyo. Kagome was pretty mad." Shippo replied. "That idiot. He would do something so stupid. Why he still has feelings for that corpse, I don't know how he can be so stupid. But that still doesn't explain why she's with Sesshoumaru." Sango said, putting the bowl aside, picking up her boomerang to work on it. "Unless, of course, Inuyasha sees Kagome as Kikyo's replacement." Mirouku commented. " I don't know. If Inuyasha were to do anything like that, Kagome would get pretty mad. She'd probably run …away…" Shippo stopped as he realized exactly what he said. Something had clicked in everyone else's heads as well, as they all stopped what they were doing and thought over the possibility. Sango was the first to have a revelation.

"THAT ASS! WHEN I GET A HOLD OF HIM!" Sango leapt up, getting her boomerang ready to bash a certain Hanyous head. She began to run towards the door before Miroku blocked her. "Wait Sango, we still don't know exactly what happened. It would be unwise to go charging when we don't even know the truth yet." "Truth about what?" a grumpy voice said from behind Miroku. As all eyes focused on Inuyasha, he realized he had just stepped into something nasty. "What! What!" was all he managed to say before a Shippo and Sango attacked.

"OW OW OW! STOP PULLING MY EARS! GAHH!" The nearby villagers stared at their leaders hut, horrid, awful images coming to mind as to what was happening inside. Inside the hut, Shippo was pulling with all his strength upon Inuyasha's ears, while at the same time Sango beat him with her boomerang. Miroku, being as calm as ever, was able to disarm Sango, that is until she stole his staff and began to smash Inuyasha's feet with them. It took a good 15 minutes for order to be restored, and when it was, Inuyasha was a mess. Bruises covered most visible skin, a cut or two visible, and most the fur on his ears had been pulled off. He would have left the minute things calmed down if it weren't for the seals keeping him stuck in a small box-like spot in the hut. "LET ME THE HELL OUT YOU NUT-BALLS!!!" Inuyasha screamed, including a variety of other curses and swears. He stopped when he noticed the looks on everyone's faces as they sat down in a circle around his mini-prison.

"Now Inuyasha, if you simply answer our questions, we'll let you go," said Miroku in his calmest voice. "What are you going to do if I don't, monk?" Inuyasha replied with his usual cocky tone. The only answer he got was the sound of Sango's knuckles cracking. "Heh. Like some little human could intimidate me." "What the hell happened at the well Inuyasha!" Sango burst, her already foul temper firing off at his lack of cooperation. "Why the hell would I tell you?" Inuyasha said. He would have said more if it weren't for the boomerang impacting his skull at high speeds. Sango snorted as Inuyasha passed out from the blow. "Well that didn't last long," Shippo said. "I suppose we'll just have to wait for Kagome to come back before we find anything out." Miroku said, sighing as he rested his head on his hand. "Ask about what?" said a familiar voice from the doorway. All heads, those that were conscious anyways, turned to the door, hoping to see who they thought it was. "KAGOME!" Shippo shrieked as he threw himself at her.

As Kagome hugged Shippo, assuring him it was truly her, Sango and Miroku had begun walking over to her, when they noticed someone standing behind her. They tensed as Sesshoumaru glanced at them with a cold look. Kagome noticed their reluctance to come over to her, and she remembered who was behind her. "Oh don't worry you guys, he's with me." Kagome said, much to her friend's surprise. Sesshoumaru simply stood there, Kagome's bag resting in his tail. The two humans, realizing that all was well, went forward to embrace their friend.

As they talked amongst each other, Miroku's hand began to creep towards Kagome's rear, unnoticed by all but one. Miroku would have completed his lecherous intentions if he hadn't felt someone's eyes burning holes though the back of his head. Turning his head, he realized Sesshoumaru had noticed his intents, and his eyes were concentrated on him. He pulled his hand away from Kagome, and acted innocent to try and avoid any problems. "Boy, I wonder what's got him all protective." Miroku thought, slightly unnerved by the sheer intensity of the demon's gaze.

They moved over towards the center of the room, where Kaede was tending the fire, preparing lunch. Sesshoumaru followed behind, leaving Kagome's pack at the door. As they settled around the fire, Sesshoumaru sat down next to Kagome, closer than one would imagine him willing, noticed the three humans across from them. Shippo was too busy cuddling into Kagome's lap, all thoughts turned towards soaking up the scent of his foster mother. That is, until he noticed something. "Hey, Kagome, why is Sesshoumaru's scent all over you?" "SAY WHAT!" a previously unconscious Inuyasha yelled. Kagome put both hands on her head and muttered something about a headache and Sesshoumaru placed a hand on her leg as covertly as possible, giving it a gentle squeeze. Sango, Miroku, and Kaede simply sat there, the youngest two with looks of astonishment, Kaede simply nodding her head as if she knew all along. Inuyasha was battering against the seals around him, obviously enraged. Shippo just looked around at everyone, wondering why adults had to be so melodramatic over something so simple as a smell.

An hour or two later, after an explanation of what had been going on, minus certain events, everyone, even Inuyasha, were clued in on most of what had happened over the past few days. As you can imagine, there were a few outburst from Inuyasha, who was quickly silenced by a glare from Sesshoumaru. When all was done and over with, Inuyasha went off to his forest. Sango and Miroku stayed with Kaede to help prepare medicines and the such for the coming winter. Kagome went off to one of to her favorite hill, where she would watch the village below, away from disruptive creatures, or as in this case, hanyous. Sesshoumaru had gone to find Rin and Jaken, saying he would find Kagome as soon as he found the both of them. Sadly peace would not be so easy to find for everyone to find.

In the forest, Inuyasha was lousing in his favorite tree, attempting to sort through various thoughts. He had been hoping that Kagome would come out of the well calm and relaxed, and accepting of the fact that she was Kikyo reincarnated, and ready to be happy with him. Instead, she had come back more defiant than ever, and in love with his half-brother of all people. "She has obviously been spelled," whispered the voice in his head. And he agreed. How else could his evil half-brother get Kagome to love him when she was supposed to love him? But even when she wasn't spelled, she wouldn't love him like she was supposed to. It was as if something were wrong. "She is flawed. Not as perfect as the original," the voice whispered once again. And once again, Inuyasha accepted it's words as his own, trying to figure how he could make her perfect again. Obviously, he would somehow have to get the mud doll that thought she was Kikyo turned into the real Kikyo. "She holds Kikyous soul. Give the doll back her soul, and she will be just as she was." But to get the soul from Kagome would mean Kagome would be soulless. And she would never agree to it. Which left only one way to do it. "Kill her." Yes. Kill her. And with that, Inuyasha began his dark planning never noticing the pale girl with a mirror.

Naraku leaned back, satisfied with a day's good work. It had taken extreme patience, and delicate manipulations, but he had finally done it. Just a few days earlier, while trying to think of some way to get the shikon-no-tama, and then taint it so as to serve his needs, when suddenly, inspiration hit. That full Inuyasha was so easy to toy with because of his attachments to the mud doll that posed as Kikyou So why not use that to his advantage? It was even better when the idiot went and destroyed his relationship with the reincarnation. From then on, it had been so easy to manipulate his mind with Kanna's mirror. It had been his greatest joy watching him tear the reincarnation into pieces with his words. And while the Western Lord may have healed the wounds, it only served to make Inuyasha even easier to manipulate. Soon, Inuyasha would slay his friends, tainting the jewel with their blood. And then, in a move most beautiful, he would have Kanna undo the manipulations. How Naraku would relish the misery in Inuyasha as he realized what he did. Yes, it made him wonder why he didn't think of this earlier. It would have been so much fun if he had done it when they didn't even know of his presence. Oh well. With this final thought, Naraku began to prepare for a personal appearance near the end of this wonderful show.

Kagome sat on a hill overlooking the village, leaning back against a tree. She was currently wishing that she had brought some headache medicine with her. She had gotten a headache during the explanation, and it only seemed to be getting worse. She couldn't understand what it was from, for Inuyasha hadn't been that bad, and the things he did say didn't even really mean anything to her. She had actually been surprised at her self, for usually her temper would have blown at least once. Instead, she felt cool and controlled the whole time. She started to think over why this was before she was reminded how much thinking hard can make a head-ache worse, the remainder being the sudden painful throb in her head. Maybe it had something to do with the odd feeling about Inuyasha. It had been fairly easy to notice, yet every time she tried to focus on it, it disappeared. She could have sworn she had seen something like it before, yet for the sake of it all, she couldn't remember. She did know, however, that it wasn't a good thing, if there really was something there.

Oh well, she would ask Sesshoumaru when he finally came back. She knew he knew where she was. She didn't know how he knew, just that he did. She'd have to ask him about that to. For the past two or three days, she'd been noticing odd little things about the two of them. How one always seemed to know where the other was, the odd little change in each other's personality. Not only was Sesshoumaru showing a bit more emotion, at least around her anyways, she had noticed some slight changes in herself as well. She felt calmer, more at peace with the world away. She cozied up against the tree, closing her eyes. Yes, a little nap would do well. Sesshoumaru would wake her if anything big happened. Just before sleep toke her to the dream world, she felt a presence coming towards her. She snapped up as she focused on the demon. "It's Inuyasha, yet something feels… wrong," she thought, standing up, preparing herself for his arrival. The closer he got, the more her internal alarms kept going off. She didn't know what was wrong, but she knew that something bad was about to happen. She was grateful that Kaede had suggested bringing her bow and arrows up with her to the hill for safety's sake, as she prepared it for firing, if necessary. She stood tall, her bow ready, as Inuyasha's presence came closer.

He, Sesshoumaru, desperately needed to get Kagome and himself to The Healer. It had taken up till now to realize it. He had thought that when they were in front of others, that when faced with the actual idea of showing these emotions in front of others, that the feelings inside of him would disappear as the novelties he had convinced himself that they were. But even when in front of the humans, they had almost intensified, especially his need to protect her from his half-brother. He knew this was extremely abnormal, this sudden change of personality. The longer he was with her, the more that he felt for her. The walls around his heart, hardened by years of apathy, had crumbled in minutes. No matter how hard he resisted, they continued to fill him, as if something deep inside were thriving off of the new warmth. The first few days with her had been the most intense, any attempts at holding back the feelings was batted aside like a stick in a raging river. Not that he had tried to resist that much at the time, for he had to admit, the feelings weren't that bad. "NO! I must learn how to control them. The minute the demons realized I have allowed myself to fall like his father, they will attempt to overthrow me, and I will not allow that to happen." And yet, he could never bring his legs to do what his mind commanded, for his heart had rather apparently become quite a bit stronger.

The one thing that amazed him above all others was that the girl seemed wholly unaware of how drastically she was affecting him. She continued to heap her love upon him, despite his bloodline, despite who and what he was, and what he had done in the past. His thoughts wondered to the fact that he knew that she was on a hill, thinking over something, when she had said nothing of where she was going, and he had absolutely no idea if she would work, think or even sleep upon getting there. He simply knew. He pushed the thoughts aside as he came upon Rin playing with the village children. He stayed out of sight as he watched her play with the others, obviously enjoying herself. Yes, if it weren't for Rin, he probably would have never opened up to Kagome as he had. As he thought over the past few days and weeks, he noticed a strange sensation in is stomach. He only slightly noticed it, until suddenly, all his sense fired up, and his instincts screamed at him that danger was approaching. Trying to determine where from, a simple thought filtered through his mind. "Kagome." He realized it was Kagome who was in danger. Even before he settled entirely upon a plan, his legs began to run in the direction that his heart knew Kagome was at. As he came upon the hill, he saw her under attack by- Inuyasha?!