InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ For Me? ❯ Chapter 2: The first morning after ( Chapter 2 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

For me?

An InuYasha fic,
Written by: Dark Lady 69
Typed and edited by: Skeledude 12

Dark_Lady: I am sorry for not updating for so long *dodges rotten fruit* sorry but I we had some trouble editing this chapter. We lost some of it so we had to re-write it.

Skele: IT'S OVER! I can finally go back to what I was doing before the chapter!.........cough, cough).........what was I doing before the chapter?

Dark_Lady: hey what is that supposed to mean...T_T...u no like my story...waaaa

Skele: No! No, grr.... just post the damn thing already -_-

Dark_Lady: yeah so here you go the next chapter in For Me Hope you enjoy

Chapter 2:The first morning after

Kagome's eyes flashed open to find a world that was once a dream. Hours after the final defeat of Naraku, Kagome's eyes quickly adjusted to the light and recognized her setting immediately as Kaede's hut.

“Argg… wha… how did I get here?” she asked the empty room and got no response.

“It must have been Sango and Miroku, I'll have to thank them later…” she then said to herself and turned over and attempted to sit up. The small one roomed hut held only Kagome everyone else was elsewhere. “Hello?” Kagome called as she used her arm to lift herself up, and it wasn't hard,

`I feel stronger' she noted to herself, usually she'd feel weak and tired after a battle like that. She pulled herself up and stood there absorbed in the thought of final freedom.

`It's over… he's really gone…” all of a sudden her life felt empty. Like she was complete somehow, yet even now that a goal that had seemed impossible was succeeded, she felt a part of her that was incomplete and she immediately knew what it was.

“InuYasha…” she breathed,

“Where is InuYasha?”

Kagome was on her way out when Shippo rushed in,

“KAGOME!” Shippo yelled as he flung himself into her arms,

“Your awake are you ok?” he repeatedly asked 1000 words a second,

“Yes Shippo, I'm fine” Kagome laughed as she hugged her demon kit, Kagome smiled, not long before they defeated Naraku she had told Shippo she would adopt him.

~Flash back~

It was the night before they left the village for Naraku. Kagome was sitting in the hut with her head in her hands; InuYasha was resting in one corner with the Tetsusaiga in his lap. Although neither knew it, Sango had fallen asleep on Miroku's shoulder. Shippo was resting on Kagome's lap and he stirred awake and looked up at Kagome.

“Kagome?” he asked groggily,

“Hi Shippo” she said looking at him,

“Hey Kagome, can I ask you something?”

“What?”

“What are you going to do when Naraku is defeated?” Shippo asked, InuYasha, who was faced in the opposite direction, was paying attention all of a sudden, having his ear perk up and listen intently. Kagome glanced in his direction,

“I'm not to sure, go back to my time I guess,” she finally said,

“Can you stay with us?” Shippo asked,

“Why?”

“Well… I'd like you to stay” he said,

“Really Shippo?” Kagome said smiling giggling a little she lifted the kit up and rubbed the tip of her nose against his, he giggled to, she held him out in front of her and asked,

“Do you like that? My mother used to do that to me when I was small”

“My mommy used to do that too,” said Shippo happily, Kagome looked sad, Shippo rarely talked about his family, and when he does, he gets upset.

“Your just like my mommy” Shippo said, Kagome smiled but was surprised,

“You could be, would you?” Shippo asked hopefully, Kagome was shocked

“You want me to be?” Kagome asked,

“I… if… if you want…” Shippo stuttered

“I'd love to!” Kagome said,

“Really?!” Shippo asked,

“Yeah! I'll adopt you, you can be my son!” Kagome said,

“Oh thank you!” Shippo cried hugging Kagome.

(Sk- I wrote that by myself, do you like it, huh huh?!

Dl- awww that is so sweet Skele however did you think of it?

Sk- you liked it?… we'll that's no good I'll have to redo it

Dl-NO!!! NO, I love it you touch it and I'll scream

Sk- arghh no no ok ok!)

~End Flashback~

~Sango's POV~

I a hut that was provided by elderly couple an unconscious Miroku lay on a sheet under watchful eye of Sango,

`He can't be dead…. I wouldn't be able to live' she thought, she sat there and slowly slipped into unconsciousness.

“Sango” came Kohaku's voice,

“Kohaku?” Sango shouted, she searched her surroundings, she was in a wasteland, and it was so plain not even rocks were around. Sango saw Kohaku running at her.

“Kohaku” She smiled and ran toward him. The gap between then never seemed to shorten.

“WIND TUNNEL” a voice echoed in Sango's ear. She snapped her head to the right and saw Miroku open his ominous hand. Only he wasn't pointing it at anything he was looking straight into it.

“Miroku!” Sango screamed as he held his arm in pain,

“Ahhhhh!” Kohaku yelled, a faceless figure was towering over him. The figure had no disguising features,

“Kohaku!” She yelled, she screeched to a stop,

“Sango help me!” Kohaku yelled as the Faceless man raised a katana over him,

“Sango help me” Miroku grunted, he was one the ground reaching for her, he was badly beat up but would die if his wounds weren't looked at.

“Big sis!” Kohaku yelled, he was no more than a step away; Sango could have sliced the guy in half without a thought. But then Miroku would die.

“Sango!” they both said.

“NOOOOOOOO!!” Sango screamed, the katana came down, the last breath was drawn, and Sango sat up, cold sweat seeping into her shirt.

Sango sighed, it was only a dream, and then she looked at her shirt.

“Oh no” she moaned, it was soaked; she had to take it off or die a death of cold. She glanced over at Miroku's unconscious form.

`Would I risk leaving him alone? Or would I risk getting undressed?' Sango thought. After 2 minutes of wondering that if she left Miroku alone could he die? She decided he would and it would be better just risking the topless part for two minutes, besides he was out like a light.

~Miroku's POV~

He had been awake, he would have made this common knowledge if it weren't for the pampering he was receiving from Sango, and as unholy as it was, he liked it. She had fallen to sleep, not to long ago and her screaming had woken him up even more. He would have then asked if she was all right if he didn't notice that she was taking her shirt off.

~Sango's POV~

It didn't take long for Sango to realized there were eyes burning into her back. Slowly she turned around to see Miroku, who coincidentally was very much awake. His face held the look of a child who was told that the mountain of chocolate in front of him was free. There was only silence for a painfully long time as Sango's mind went on back burner, and even her look of complete surprise could not break through her over embarrassed face. The next few minutes could only be described as chaos, as Miroku left up and dove for the exposed area. If Miroku wasn't suffering a concussion before she took her top off, he certainly was now.

~Kagome's POV~

Moments later, Sango and Kaede entered the hut.

“Kagome child why do thy stir so early?” Kaede question, Sango placed a hand on Kaede's shoulder that just nodded,

“Kagome how are you feeling?” Sango asked as she walked past,

“Perfect!” Kagome beamed,

“Never better! How is Miroku? I can tell you were just with him,” Kagome said surprising everyone but Shippo.

“How can you tell?” Sango asked blushing a bit. Kagome looked at her lopsidedly and gave her a look that said `DUH!'

“There's a piece of his hair on your left shoulder, your ears were burning, and you have a slight hand print on the inside of your shirt” Kagome listed, Sango's face reddened to a maximum and she turned toward a corner and began to fix her shirt.

Shippo looked in confusion up at Kagome and when she smiled at him, Kagome could have sworn the color drained out of his face. Sango finished with what she was doing scooped up the kit and whispered something; Kagome didn't catch it. Shippo looked at Kagome and smiled weakly.

“Mommy are you hungry?” Shippo asked,

“I get you something to eat if you like.” Shippo hopped out of Sango's arms and scampered to the door, he turned back to Sango,

“I'll go see if Miroku is ok for you ok Sango?” he reassured before leaving.

“Hit over the head once for me will you” Sango said quietly,

“Thanks Shippo!” Kagome called.

Sango turned back to Kagome,

“Kagome…I think we need to talk…” Sango said but stopped and stared as Kagome began to sniff the air.

“Hey Sango… what's that smell?” Kagome asked,

“What smell?” Sango asked,

“It smells good” Kagome said closing her eyes to concentrate on the smell. Sango tried to sniff the air too,

“I don't smell anything,” Sango said,

“What? How can you not smell this? It's so strong” Kagome said, a little ticked off.

`Why can't Sango smell it? It's so…good' Kagome thought.

“Well Kagome that is what we need to speak with ye about” Kaede said, as she came closer.

“Kagome I need ye to tell me all that occurred after all the others became incapacitated” Kaede said sitting down.

“Why, he's dead right?” Kagome asked,

“Only time will tell for sure, but the evil aura that once covered this land has defiantly dissipated,” Kaede explained. Kagome put her hands on her hips and stared at her two friends,

“Than what is everybody on about?” she questioned, Sango cringed and Kaede closed her eyes,

“Opps sorry” Kagome said sheepishly noticing their movements. Sango stepped forward and placed a hand on Kagome's shoulder.

“Listen… we were wondering what Naraku did to you” Sango stated calmly,

“What do you mean? What's wrong?” Kagome asked worry creeping onto her face.

“Well child, it's got to do with the… well how do I say this…um… it's got a lot to do with the…” Kaede started. Kagome's worry replaced with fear as she tried to figure out what Kaede was saying.

“Ow” was what broke their uneasy silence, apparently Shippo had heard Sango's silent request and hit Miroku over the head. Sango began to laugh and Kagome giggled.

“Kagome child you have to realize that you are not well” Kaede insisted,

“I feel perfect though, what is wrong?” Kagome pushed, Kaede looked away, Kagome turned to Sango.

“Sango please… tell me what's wrong” Kagome was using every last bit of energy to prevent herself from latching to Sango's neck and holding her there until she told her all that she knew.

“Well… Kagome after the battle you must have passed out cause that's how Kirara and I found you, Miroku was pretending to unconscious, InuYasha was though,” Sango said.

“He sort of still is” Sango said,

“WHAT! InuYasha's unconscious? How is he, is he ok, where is he?” Kagome interjected. She ran out of the hut Kagome and Sango in tow. Kagome rushed over to another hut and ripped open the door to find the hanyou and she rushed to his side. Sango, Kaede, Shippo and eventually Miroku rushed into the tent after her.

“Kagome?” Shippo asked, as he approached her.

“Is he going to be alright?” Kagome asked as she took up his hand.

“I believe so,” Miroku said,

“Well believing isn't good enough!” Kagome snapped,

“He's already healed 100 percent, the only thing that has yet to happen is for him to regain consciousness.” Miroku said in his normal peaceful manner.

Everyone was weary Kagome may snapped again, until they heard her start crying,

“Mommy?” Shippo said rushing to her side,

“Kagome child?” Kaede asked taking a step forward. Kagome wiped her eyes and picked up Shippo and cradled him,

“Yeah I'll be fine,” she said softly hugging the kit. Then she turned her attention back to InuYasha. She moved her hand to brush a few stands of InuYasha's lose hair out of his face, that's when she noticed them. There was a painful ten seconds as Kagome stared at her hand, upon noticing the diverted attention everyone in the tent sighed. Kagome hoping for the best slowly brought her hands to the top of her head resting upon what were undoubtedly dog-ears. Miroku broke the silence again.

“Kagome?”

“Miroku… since when did I have claws… and dog ears.” Kagome asked.

~Later that night~

Kagome held InuYasha in her lap; she stroked his hair lightly,

`Oh InuYasha please be ok' she thought. All of a sudden he began to stir,

“No… no… Kag... ome” he mumbled,

“InuYasha?” Kagome asked. He tossed and turned in Kagome's lap.

He thrashed harder and then began to sweat.

“Inu… InuYasha wake up” Kagome whispered.

“Kagome… no… please” InuYasha wept softly, Kagome stared in disbelief as she watched a tear slip from his eye.

`Huh… he's crying… but InuYasha… InuYasha never cries' Kagome thought in disbelief and wiped his forehead off with a cloth from her pocket.

~InuYasha's dream~

`Huh where am I?' InuYasha thought, ad then he saw Kagome. He tried to call out to her but his voice refused to work.

`Huh what is this? One of Naraku's tricks?' he thought. InuYasha was outside of Naraku's castle.

`I better follow Kagome' he thought before walking after her. After a few moments InuYasha started to hear things from inside, it sounded like a battle.

`Oh no Kagome's got herself caught in a battle without me, I bet its Naraku himself' InuYasha thought bounding through the open door. He looked around the empty hall.

`Why do I get the feeling I've done this before?' he wondered before taking off in the direction of the sounds. He entered a large chamber. Then the sound of Kagome's scream filled the chamber,

“INUYASHA NO!” InuYasha made to dodge but before he could move a limp form hit the ground in front of him. InuYasha stared in disbelief the boy's red Kimono was sopping in his own blood. His silvery hair was also stained with deep red and several large fatal wounds were gouged into his flesh. Without medical treatment he would have died, if it weren't for the fact he was a hanyou. InuYasha was staring at himself.

`This is the final battle' he thought looking up over the battlefield.

“The human Miko” he heard Naraku say and turn and start walking toward her.

`SHOOT! Kagome SHOOT!” InuYasha thought, Kagome shot while muttering something. Naraku swatted it aside.

`She's not concentrating, she can't shoot him!' InuYasha began to run toward Kagome and Naraku. Naraku stood directly in front of Kagome. InuYasha kept running but the distance never seemed to close.

“Are you finished?” Naraku asked stopping in front of her, as she bent over panting in pain and exhaustion.

“Not until…either you…or I…are dead.” InuYasha stopped in his tracks and screamed in his mind,

`NO, KAGOME, I NEED YOU' he started running again as tears came to his eyes he could smell her fear.

`I'm coming Kagome, hold on, please don't die' he ran and ran and it didn't do any good tears poured from his eyes and he was nearly blinded but wouldn't stop.

Naraku moved to strike but Kagome shot another Arrow at him when he looked over in InuYasha's direction. It blew off his sword arm that grew back of course. Kagome said something and was going to shoot again but Naraku hit the bow out of her hand.

`What are you doing get your bow!' InuYasha yelled in his mind, Naraku raised an arm and said something to the effect of

“The end”

“Not until either you or I are dead,” Kagome said opening her eyes to reveal her true feeling at that moment, anger.

InuYasha stopped running as Kagome's scent changed from fear to strength.

`What's going on?' he wondered,

“… I don't plan on breaking that promise… not now… not ever!” She yelled.

`KAGOME!!!' InuYasha yelled, and took another few steps further before being totally engulfed in a light that emerged from Kagome's hands. InuYasha swirled into the light, everything blinked on and off and then something changed, a scent; Kagome's scent.

~With Kagome~

InuYasha was tossing and turning a lot now. He began to sweat more and more to the point where his sweat had soaked her skirt where his head rested. Kagome didn't stir, she was afraid to wake him.

“InuYasha...” Kagome whispered. Luckily all his groans and whimpering didn't wake up the others. Kagome started to really worry about him, she wondered how he was, what he was seeing? InuYasha muttered some more words. Words that if Kagome weren't a hanyou she would have missed.

“I…need… you” Inu whined softly and tossed, she wiped his forehead again. She placed her hand on his chest and whispered softly.

“It's ok, I'm right here, I'm not going to leave you” his head softly thrashed in her lap.

“Ka...gome…” he whined,

“I'm right here InuYasha, please be ok” she soothed, as tears welled in her eyes. InuYasha stopped tossing and slipped into peaceful slumber.

“Oh InuYasha….” Kagome wept, and silently continued to weep until she also drifted away.

~Next morning~

The sun was coming up over the mountains and had not yet reached the point were it was light enough to illuminate the small hut. Everyone was still sleeping when InuYasha stirred.

“Kagome?” InuYasha said softly still half asleep. Kagome's ear twitched but she didn't stir. InuYasha opened his eyes to reveal the dimly lit room. The charcoals of last night fire just dying off their last embers in the fire pit, just to the right, Kirara was curled up with Shippo. Miroku, Sango and Kaede weren't in the hut but by their scents Miroku and Sango were most likely in another hut and Kaede was already up and out doing something Miko-ish.

InuYasha took a deep breath and tried to roll over when a familiar scent waft over him. It was familiar but totally new. InuYasha felt a slight weight on his chest. He looked to the left and noticed he was on a persons lap. Upon closer examination he realized it was Kagome. InuYasha sighed; she was alive.

“She's alive… wow what a nightmare,” InuYasha said quietly so not to wake Kagome and the others. He moved to get up until Kagome tightened her grip on him in her sleep. InuYasha smiled as he looked up at her.

(DL- He hasn't noticed his ears yet, huh BAKA!

Sk- Give him a break Dark lady -_-

DL- BAKA!!

Sk- -_-`)

Later InuYasha managed to move Kagome's hand without waking her, and decided to go for a walk to clear his head. So he silently swept off into the woods into the cool early morning. As he strolled through the woods he looked toward the horizon and saw the sun was just rising over the mountains. Before InuYasha realized it he had walked all the way to the sacred tree.

~Back at the hut 5 minutes later~

Kagome began to awake, she tried to hug InuYasha closer but upon grabbing nothing but air she opened her eyes to find him missing.

“InuYasha? InuYasha were are you?” she called out to the room, there was no answer.

`He must have gone out' she thought standing up and leaving the hut in pursuit. She knew there was only one place that InuYasha would go, the sacred tree. As she approached his scent became more and more distinct and sure enough when she got there a familiar red kimono dangled from the tree's lower branches.

`Well at least he's ok' Kagome mused.

Kagome crept up to the tree and was about to call him down until he jumped down and engulfed her in a hug.

“Kagome I thought I had lost you” InuYasha said as he held her close.

“Lost me? I thought I lost you! Didn't you see me when you woke up?” Kagome asked returning the hug graciously.

“No, I mean yes I saw you but, grrr listen I had a weird dream alright?” InuYasha said forcefully.

“Well sorry!” Kagome said trying to break away from his embrace but InuYasha held on to her.

“You were fighting Naraku… and I wasn't there… I couldn't help you and I'm sorry Kagome,” he whispered. Kagome stopped trying to pull away from InuYasha.

“There was a light, so bright… I couldn't reach you... I couldn't hear you or see you… there was this scent… it was new but now I guess it was only you” InuYasha tightened his grip on her and she hugged him back again.

“Oh InuYasha I wouldn't leave you” Kagome tried to reassure him

“But you said something… something I didn't understand”

“What?” Kagome whispered,

“You... you said…” InuYasha tried to say. Kagome placed a finger to his lips and silenced him.

“It's ok… I'm right here” she pressed herself against him tightening her grip on him. InuYasha pulled Kagome back to see her, he smiled at her and she smiled back. He cupped her face in one hand. She nuzzled into it as he stoked the side of her face.

“Do you know how much I love you?” he asked,

“Yes but it's always nice to hear it again” Kagome giggled. InuYasha leaned in and gave her a chaste kiss on the lips that Kagome melted into. When he pulled away they embraced again and he said,

“Don't ever leave me Kagome”

“You couldn't make me if you tried” Kagome smiled and then they laughed.

~About an hour and a half later~

Kagome and InuYasha stayed at the base of the tree and watched the sun rise off in the distance. InuYasha had drifted off into a peaceful nap in the shade and Kagome rested on his lap. She sat thinking to herself,

`How on earth am I going to tell him I used the Shikon Jewel? And WHY HASN'T HE NOTICED MY EARS YET!!' Kagome turned in InuYasha's arms to look at him.

“Inu… InuYasha, wake up we need to talk” Kagome said. InuYasha stirred awake and then he realized something.

(DL- ABOUT TIME!!

Sk- Not quite)

“Oh hey Kagome, do you have any Raman in your backpack I sure am hungry?” InuYasha asked. Kagome's face went blank and said,

“Sure I guess so” Kagome and InuYasha stood up and began to leave toward the hut.

`Oh well I guess I'll have to tell him later, no matter I can't think of how I'm going to tell him.'

(Sk- told you

DL- shut up -_-)

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