InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ For The Last Time ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

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Previously in For The Last Time...

The Taiyoukai did the only thing that he could think of. He swiftly moved to stand in front of the shocked girl, stoically awaiting the rapidly approaching scars.

Kagome watched through glassy eyes as the windscars approached.

See, I told you, her inner youkai taunted.

Kagome didn't hear it, though. The only thing she heard was a single phrase being repeated over and over again in her head. I betrayed Inuyasha, I betrayed Inuyasha, I betrayed Inuyasha... She was so wrapped up in her own thoughts that she didn't see Sesshomaru come to stand in front of her, a shield from the approaching peril. Almost too late she realized she was in danger.

She looked up from her seat on the ground to see him standing before her. "Sesshomaru!" she cried when she realized the situation he was in. Now, though, it was too late to do anything about it. She was forced to look on in horror as the scars connected with her sensei. She screamed as she saw the attack fade and her sensei fall to the ground. Tears fell from her eyes at the sight of him in his "human" form badly injured and heavily bleeding. On hands and knees, the young miko scrambled over to the fallen Tiayoukai, gingerly touching his chest. Withdrawing her fingers, she found them coated in blood. The stench hit her hard, causing her stomach to roll and for her to nearly lose it.

She lifted her eyes to see a smirking hanyou holding the giant sword. "Inuyasha," she whispered brokenly, "how could you? He was your own brother. How could you kill your own brother?!" she screamed at him. The tears were heavier now and she was having trouble breathing. "OSUWARI, OSUWARI, OSUWARI, OSUWARI!!!" she yelled at the top of her lungs.

Inuyasha connected with the ground very quickly and very hard. Kagome watched without pleasure at the consequences of the punishment she handed out. "Let that be a lesson, Inuyasha, on the bonds families should share," she said tearfully. She screamed in fright when she felt a hand grab her wrist. She looked down to find that it was Sesshomaru's clawed hand. "Sesshomaru!"

"Do not count me out, woman. Check a pulse before you assume the worst," he groaned out, trying to sit up.

"Sesshomaru!" Kagome said again, throwing herself on him in a hug. "You had me scared," she admitted.

"Ugh," Sesshomaru lost his breath as Kagome collided with his chest and knocked him to the ground. Can't breathe!

"Oh! I'm so sorry!" she apologized, quickly getting off of the breathless Taiyoukai. She looked down in embarrassment and noticed her clothes were now covered in blood. Not again, she sighed. The sight of his blood, though, triggered an alarm bell inside her head. "You're bleeding, badly!"

Sesshomaru just glared at her. She is just now realizing this? Oh, Kami, what did I do to deserve this woman as my intended?

Ah...shut it. I'm tired of your griping.

Kagome looked around for something to stop the bleeding with. Spying nothing, she took off her shirt and set it down on the ground beside her. She gently removed Sesshomaru's outer and inner haoris, laying the blood soaked clothes next to him. She sucked in her breath at the sight of the four long and deep gashes running across his chest. The young woman thought she could see down to the bone.

Ouch, she thought, wincing. That must hurt.

Nah, it doesn’t hurt, it just stings a little, her inner youkai said sarcastically.

Shut up, will you? Zip. It. she rebutted.

The now topless Kagome picked up her shirt and pressed it to the Lord of the West’s wounds. She leaned over Sesshomaru’s chest, pressing down hard to help stop the bleeding.

Sesshomaru opened his eyes to see a topless Kagome leaning over him. He flushed slightly and averted his eyes as best he could. She had on nothing but a black lacy bra. Its thin straps were slipping down her shoulders. She removed one hand from the makeshift compress and put one strap back where it belonged. Switching hands, she did the same with the other errant strap.

With both hands back on the compress, Kagome put more pressure on it while keeping an eye on Inuyasha. She was relieved when Sango arrived a few minutes later. The young woman lifted her shirt and checked on the Taiyoukai’s wounds. The bleeding had stopped but they were still serious. She looked up at Sango.

“Do you have anything to wrap his chest with? It only needs to be temporary, my bag is back at the cave we’ve been staying in and it has bandages in it.”

Sango shook her head. “Sorry, Kagome, I don’t have anything. You could take your shirt and tear it up and wrap it temporarily then Kirara and I could take you two back to your cave,” she suggested.

“What about a cave?” Miroku asked. He had just returned from retrieving Tensaega and Tessaiga from the ground and Inuyasha. He had left Toukijin alone, though, knowing he didn’t have enough spiritual power to carry the sword without being possessed. His eyes grew wide at the sight of Kagome. “Kag-Kagome, what happened to you?”

His bride to be smacked him upside the head. “Look away pervert! Inuyasha hit Sesshomaru with the windscar and Kagome didn’t have anything to stop the bleeding with except her shirt, so she did. Now look away!” she commanded again when the lecherous monk didn’t avert his eyes.

Miroku slowly tore his eyes away from Kagome, who had completely ignored him the whole time. Aaah, what a sight, what a sight indeed. He turned back to Sango. “What should I do with the swords?” he asked.

“I’m not sure,” she admitted, turning to look at Kagome. “What do you want us to do?”

The young miko never took her eyes off her job of tearing up her shirt. “For now, just lay them on the ground. I’ve got the bleeding stopped and I’m just about through ripping this shirt up. I’ll bandage him and we can leave.”

“Can you heal him?” Shippou asked worriedly. The great Inu-youkai had saved him of his own volition after all.

Kagome shook her head a little sadly. “No, I can’t; but I know someone who can. There’s a vet in my time, I’m not sure if she knows that I know but she is a youkai. I’ve sensed her aura before and I think she’s an inu-youkai like Sesshomaru. We’re sort of friends. I’ve had to take Buyou to her clinic a few times. Maybe she’ll help,” she added hopefully.

“Kagome, what is a ‘vet’?” Miroku asked, pointedly not looking at the topless young woman.

“It’s an animal doctor. Like a miko for animals,” she tried to explain. She had some success, a bit of acknowledgment showed in Shippou’s and Sango’s faces.

An inu-youkai doctor in the future. That is strange, the Lord of the West thought.

Agreed

Kagome finished tearing up her shirt and began to wrap Sesshomaru’s chest. The Taiyoukai closed his eyes and did his best to shut off his senses but it was to no avail. He smelled her scent. His keen ears picked up the sound of her breathing. He could feel her smooth skin touch his badly wounded body as she wrapped his bloody chest with her shirt. He fought the blush that threatened to appear when she dropped something and had to lean across him to get it, brushing him in the process.

“Sesshomaru?” she asked, “Are you alright?”

The Taiyoukai said nothing, only nodded and clenched his lips firmly.

He must be in pain, Kagome thought.

I’m not going to say anything…

You better not. Now is not the time for your love of sarcasm.

Hmph.

The miko finished wrapping Sesshomaru and sat back to examine her work with a critical eye. It’ll hold.

For now.

That’s all I need.

She turned to look at her friends. “Sango, can you and Kirara give us a lift back to the cave? I would appreciate it.”

Before Sango could answer, though, Sesshomaru cut in. “I will take you back to the cave. It’s location is unknown to many and will remain that way,” he said firmly.

Kagome looked at the weakened inu-youkai before her that was struggling to sit up. “Just how do you plan to do that, Mr. I-can’t-even-sit-up?”

Sesshomaru righted himself and glared at the petite miko. “The same way we came here. I will carry you on my back. I am still strong enough to transform and take you there.” He would not reveal the location of his hideaway to anyone other than her. It had remained a secret for all these years and would stay like that if he had anything to do with it.

“No, I will not let you endanger yourself further. You already used your own body as a shield to protect me, I won’t let you do any more. Plus, all the bandages I just applied would be ripped to shreds if you transformed! That would mean all my hard work was fruitless. No and that’s final,” she crossed her arms over her chest for emphasis.

The Taiyoukai looked away. “Your bandages would not rip. If you would take notice that my clothes do not tear when I transform you would not have to worry about your own. This Sesshomaru is fine. I will take you back to the cave and you can gather your things there. We will head back to my estate and my healers will take care of me there,” he intoned.

Kagome shook her head vehemently. “No, This Kagome will take you back to her time where the healers are more advanced. They know much more about the body and how it works. They have medications for the pain and things to help you heal much quicker. You will come with me. You have absolutely no say in the matter. And I will not let you transform simply to take me back to the cave. We can get there just as fast if Kirara takes us as we would if you transformed. In your weakened state you won’t be able to move very fast and would attract unwanted attention if you did transform. No, no and no. Now let me help you onto Kirara. She alone can take us that way no others except her and me will know of your secret little cave,” she said patronizingly.

Sesshomaru scowled but said nothing. He grunted and slowly stood to his feet, swaying to and fro. He was almost knocked off balance when Kagome jumped up, slid herself beneath him, wrapped one arm around his waist and threw one of his over her shoulders.

She slowly lead him to the awaiting fire cat who crouched down to allow the injured Taiyoukai to get on more easily. Kagome jumped up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist.

“Kagome-sama,” Miroku started tentatively, not looking in her direction, “what do you want me to do with the two swords?” He fidgeted where he stood.

“Umm…, hand them to Sango and she’ll hand them to me. I’ll put them on my lap and carry them with us back to the cave. Sango, can I borrow Kirara long enough to get to the cave and back to the well?” Kagome asked.

“Sure. We’ll meet you at the village as soon as possible. By the way, what are you going to do about Inuyasha when he wakes up? He is still able to cross over isn’t he?”

“Oh, ya, you’re right. Do this then: tell him that I was wrong and he was right and to meet me at Kaede’s hut. Then have her seal him in there until I get back. She won’t mind, we’ve already talked of this before. She said she would stay in the headman’s hut if we had to do this.” She sighed. “I was certainly hoping that it wouldn’t come to this, but I guess plans don’t always work out like you think they will.” She took the swords Sango offered and slid them onto her lap, cradling them in between her and Sesshomaru. “Let’s go, Kirara,” she said, gently nudging the two tailed neko in the sides.

The fire cat understood the signal and took off. The start was a little fast for Sesshomaru whose head started to spin. He was determined not to let any sign of weakness show, though, and refused to grasp the hair in front of him. I am not weak.

Right, and I’m a cat youkai.

Quiet!

Oooh, scary.

A few moments later, Sesshomaru grunted in pain as the cat landed. He felt Kagome slide out from behind him and immediately missed her warmth.

No, I do not care that she is no longer behind me. Our mating is one of ritual, nothing else.

Right…Keep telling yourself that.

Shut up!

I didn’t say a word.

Yes, you did.

Nope, I just thought it. Remember this is all inside your head!

Sesshomaru grimaced at his inner youkai ‘s laughter. He schooled his features, though, to reveal nothing as Kagome slid her arm around his ribs to help him off of Kirara. She helped him to walk inside the cave and lowered him to lean against the cool cave wall.

Kagome ran to the back of the cave where her stuff still was. Digging through her backpack, she was upset to see that the moisture had soaked through and completely ruined her bandages. She sighed heavily. Well, I guess I didn’t need to rewrap him anyway. Once I get him back to my time the vet will have to remove the bandages to inspect the wounds. Still, I should put a shirt back on. She dug through her bag and pulled out one t-shirt that read “If college admissions were easy I’d call it your mom.” All my other ones are soaked. Beggars can’t be choosers.

She closed her bag and rolled up her sleeping bag, tying it to the top of her yellow backpack and shouldered the whole thing. Kagome returned to the front of the cave and looked down at Sesshomaru. “I’m sorry, but all my bandages are ruined. The moisture of the cave soaked through my bag and got to them. It doesn’t matter, the doctor would have to take them off to look anyway. So it’s all good. Now, let’s get you back on Kirara and to the well. You’ll be safe in my time, I promise.”

Sesshomaru grunted and slowly stood to his feet once more, leaning heavily on the wall for support.

Once more, Kagome moved herself to stand beneath the Taiyoukai and support him. She gingerly helped him to the awaiting fire cat. Once situated, they took off for the well.

When they landed, Kagome slid off and helped Sesshomaru. She stood for a moment, looking back and forth between Sesshomaru and the well.

“What is it?” he asked.

“I don’t know how to get you into the well. I normally jump but that’s out of the question for you. I just don’t see how…” She was cut off when he scooped her up into his arms and jumped into the well. “Sesshomaru!” she screamed, clutching tightly too him. “What are you doing?!”

“Solving your problem,” was his reply.

The young miko looked up to see Kirara’s curious face peering over the well. She watched until the sight was cut off by the swirling mists of time.

See you later, I hope.

They touched down with a soft thud. Kagome felt Sesshomaru give a little when gravity took over again. She knew what was coming, though, and didn’t let go. The young woman felt the inu-youkai ‘s body tense beneath her own as he prepared to jump once more. She squeezed her eyes shut and awaited the moment of weightlessness.

She nearly squealed when she felt that slight sensation of vertigo. She kept her mouth shut, though, for the sake of Sesshomaru’s ears.

Once they had alighted on the ground outside of the well, Kagome hopped out of Sesshomaru’s arms to support him again.

Never again, Sesshomaru swore mentally.

Uh-huh.

They walked out of the well house and into the bright sunlight. Immediately the noise and smell of the city hit him like a ton of bricks. His head began to real from something other than blood loss.

Kagome knew what was wrong with him when his eyes rolled. She hadn’t realized that her beloved Tokyo stank so badly. Then again, I haven’t had inu-youkai senses before. I’m going to need a load of Ibuprofen to get rid of the headache that’s coming on. I bet Sesshomaru is worse off than I am.

Really? What makes you think that?

Oh, please, not now. Kami, not now.

She slowly helped the stricken youkai across the yard and to the main house. Opening the shoji door, she called out to her younger brother. “Souta, Souta I’m back! I’ve got a guest with me, too!”

The rock music that had been playing when they entered was quickly shut off. Kagome heard a set of footsteps running down the stairs to the main room. She listened as they entered the kitchen, then the entryway.

“Inu-no-!” she hear her younger start as he rounded the corner. He stopped short, though, at the sight before him, his sister holding up a strange man. Both were barely dressed and the man was covered in bandages.


FL: Go dig her up! Now!

Sess: No. I don’t dig up what I bury.

Kags: disgusted I still can’t believe you touched her with your mouth.

Sess: Who said anything about me pushing her into the hole? I just dug it and filled it up. I never touched her.

FL: irritated Oh really? Then who did it.

Sess: eyes flick to one side I am honor bound not to tell.

FL: Honor-shmonor. I want to know who buried Kikyou in my backyard. That’s not right. If you wanted to bury her why not go to the cemetery? grumbling I’m sure they’d be happy to have your business.

Kags: I do care about honor but there are times when honor to one must be disregarded so a greater honor may be kept to another.

FL: raises one eyebrow Huh?

Sess: to FL Don’t do that. That’s my thing.

FL: Do what?

Sess: You know what.

Kags: Let’s not get off topic here. Exactly who pushed Kikyou into the hole?

Sess: stoically I will not tell.

Kags/FL: together Tell!