InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hanyou and Miko ❯ The Nightmare Continues ( Chapter 7 )

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Chapter 7: The Nightmare Continues

 

A little while later they were greeting Kagome's mother, grandfather, and brother at the shine. They went up the stairs into Kagome's room where she tossed down her bag and flopped onto the soft bed. She sighed.

 

“This…feels good.”

 

“Keh.”

 

“Don't knock it until you try it.” She replied as she rolled onto her stomach and propped her head in the palms of her hands.

 

“So, what do you want to do?”

 

“Huh? Usually all you do when we come to your time is study your stupid books.”

 

“Hm. Well, can't I take a day off?”

 

“It'd be fine with me if you quit that `school' of yours. Then we wouldn't have to come back here for the stupid tests, either.”

 

“I only have three more weeks, then I graduate. You can wait that long.”

 

“Graduate?”

 

“Yea.. I should have graduated in the spring, but I got so behind I failed a few classes. All I have to do is finish up this semester, and I'll be done with school.”

 

InuYasha's ears perked up. “No more school?”

 

“Unless I decide to go to a university.”

 

“I don't think so, wench. I'm telling ya, reading all those books isn't going to get you anywhere.”

 

“In your time, maybe not. But here, it's everything.” She went silent. “InuYasha?”

 

“What?”

 

“What are you going to wish for? After we complete the jewel?”

 

“Keh. Already told you, I donno. Don't really want anything, not anymore.”

 

“Hm.”

 

“What are you going to do?” InuYasha's face was stern as he waited for an answer.

 

“After the jewel is complete?”

 

“Yea.”

 

“Well, I don't know. You won't need me around anymore.”

 

His ears dropped. “Keh. Does that mean you're gonna stay here?”

 

“I didn't say that. I just said I won't be needed in your time anymore. That's all.”

 

InuYasha nodded. I'll still need you. Dang it! Why don't you just say it, baka!

 

Kagome lay on her back with her arms tucked behind her head. You know you want to stay in his time. Why can't I just tell him that?!

 

To her surprise, InuYasha walked over and lay on the bed next to her. He let out a sigh of contentment and closed his eyes. Kagome giggled.

 

“What now, wench?”

 

“Told you.”

 

“Keh.”

 

She made a reach for his ears. They twitched this way and that trying to keep from her fingers.

 

“Oi! What did I tell you?!”

 

“Stuff it, InuYasha. You know you like to get your ears rubbed.”

 

He sat up from the bed. “You sure `bout that?”

 

She nodded. “Yep. Never fails, puts you to sleep like a baby every time.” He gave her an `I don't think so' glare, but laid back down on the bed.

 

“Kagome, InuYasha!” called Mrs. Higurashi. InuYasha sat up as she walked through the door. “Dinners ready. I take it you'll be staying the night, InuYasha?”

 

“Yes, moma. We'll be down in a minute.”

 

“Alright honey. Don't take too long.”

 

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Kagome could only gaze up as the mighty Goshinboku burned in the distance. She could still feel the flames from the distance she was standing. The familiar sound of a low growl broke her stare and she broke out into a run. The rustle of leave behind her told her that the pursuer was defiantly following her.

 

She pushed aside the brush, trying to make her escape. She realized too late she was no match for the hanyou's superior speed, even though she had a head start on running this time. He was closer now, too close. She felt an arm wrap around her waist and she fell to the ground.

 

Kagome slung her arms in the air, striking InuYasha again and again. She felt her fingernails dig into flesh. The hanyou growled in frustration and wrapped his fingers around both her wrists. “Kagome! Stop fighting me!” his voice was ragged, and far away.

 

“Get away from me, InuYasha!” she screamed. His hands loosened their hold, but tightened back up. “Let me go!”

 

“No, you've got to stop fighting!” his voice getting further and further away.

 

She made her last attempt to escape, she propped the bottom of her feet on InuYasha's stomach and kicked up. He flipped over her, stunned, but did not release his grip. Tears streamed down Kagome's face. Her strength was wearing on her, and she knew the hanyou wasn't even phased by the battle.

 

InuYasha straddled Kagome putting pressure on her legs so that she couldn't kick him again. “Don't move, wench!” her head was spinning. `That isn't InuYasha! It isn't…'

 

Kagome woke and shot straight up. She was breathing heavily as she surveyed her surroundings. She was in her room in her time, but on the floor instead of the bed. She looked over to one side and cringed against the wall. InuYasha was there, staring at her with a concerned look washed over his face. Her body tensed, readying in the fight-or-flee stance incase the hanyou leapt at her again.

 

“Kagome, sweety, are you alright?” after she managed to pry her eyes away from the hanyou, she noticed he wasn't the only one looking down on her. Mrs. Higurashi, her grandfather, and Souta were standing in the doorway.

 

“I…I'm fi…fine.” Her voice was shaky, and her body was sore. Another nightmare? Oh no, InuYasha! Did I… She glanced over at the hanyou who had his head bowed low. Kagome stood and walked to his side. She let out a muffled gasp. Down the side of his cheek were the same marks she made in her dream. Blood was dripping from his face; he wiped it away on the sleeve of his haori.

 

“InuYasha, I'm so sorry!” she sat by his side and inspected the wounds.

 

“Keh. Nothin to be sorry `bout. Ain't your fault.”

 

“What just happened?” questioned Mrs.Higurashi. Kagome looked to her, then to her grandpa and Souta. Her mother nodded. “Souta, go back to your room, okay?” Souta started to protest, but his grandfather grabbed him by the shoulders and led him out the door; Mrs.Higurashi closing it behind them.

 

“Moma, will you get me the first aid kit, please.”

 

“Keh. I said I'm fine.” Kagome ignored him as she carefully rubbed an alcohol wipe across his wounds. He jerked back at the sting.

 

“Sorry.” Tears streamed down her face. When she was satisfied with her work she sat down on the edge of her bed with her arms wrapped around her.

 

“InuYasha, could you please wait outside?” Mrs.Higurashi asked. He was about to protest, but a pleading look from Kagome and he was out the window.

 

“Now, tell me what's wrong.”

 

Kagome cleared her throat. “Myouga came a few nights ago and told InuYasha that the youkai that attacked him the other night were really after the jewel. They're all really strong. A dragon-youkai, a rabbit-youkai, a bear-youkai, and… two eagle-youkai. He wanted to go after them after he caught their sent, so we did.” Her voice cracked as the memory returned to her.

 

“We stopped for awhile, and the eagle-youkai, Washi and Nishi, attacked. InuYasha killed Washi, but his sister, she… cursed me.” She waited for her mother's reaction. Kagome knew what was coming next.

 

“What kind of curse?”

 

“Kaede called it” she blushed “the Lover's Faith.”

 

“Lover's Faith?”

 

“Um hum.” She went on telling her mother what Kaede said about the curse, and of the nightmare the night before.

 

“You don't trust InuYasha?” she seemed surprised by her own assumption.

 

“No, it's not that. I trust InuYasha, I trust him with my life everyday in his era. Kaede said it had to be a complete trust. I don't know. If that's not trusting enough, what else can I do?”

 

Mrs.Higurashi sighed. “I take it that InuYasha doesn't know the exact standards of these dreams?”

 

“No.”

 

“Maybe that's the key.”

 

“But moma, if I tell him about the curse he'll know… and what if he doesn't?”

 

“And maybe that's the point, dear. Just promise me you'll think about it. Okay?”

 

“Alright.”

 

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InuYasha tore through the window into Kagome's room. It was happening again, this time she had her arms in the air fighting away at an invisible force. She got up off the bed trying to run. He grabbed her by the waist and pulled her onto the floor. She struck at him, slashing at his face with her fingernails. She hit her mark and InuYasha felt the sting as she ripped through his flesh. He grabbed hold of her wrists with both hands.

 

“Kagome! Stop fighting me!”

 

“Get away from me, InuYasha!” she screamed. His ears flattened on his head and his grip on her loosened. She squirmed trying to get away, but he regained his firm grip on her wrists.

 

“Let me go!”

 

“No, you've got to stop fighting!”

 

She made her last attempt to escape, she propped the bottom of her feet on InuYasha's stomach and kicked up. He flipped over her, stunned, but did not release his grip. She was beginning to wear down from her struggles. InuYasha straddled Kagome putting pressure on her legs so that she couldn't kick him again.

 

“Don't move, wench!” Soon after she gave in to her struggling. He released her just as she woke. He took a step back as she looked around. He hung his head low. When she finally noticed the hanyou she cringed against the wall. InuYasha watched her as her body tensed in fear. His heart sunk and his ears went down ever lower on his bowed head.

 

“Kagome, sweety, are you alright?” Mrs. Higurashi, Kagome's grandfather, and Souta were standing in the doorway.

 

“I…I'm fi…fine.” Her voice was shaky, frightened. She, she's scared of me… Kagome stood and walked to his side. She let out a muffled gasp. Noticing she was staring at his wounds he wiped away the blood on the sleeve of his haori.

 

“InuYasha, I'm so sorry!” she sat by his side and inspected the wounds.

 

“Keh. Nothin to be sorry `bout. Ain't your fault.”

 

“What just happened?” questioned Mrs.Higurashi. Kagome looked to her, then to her grandpa and Souta. Her mother nodded. “Souta, go back to your room, okay?” Souta started to protest, but his grandfather grabbed him by the shoulders and led him out the door; Mrs.Higurashi closing it behind them.

 

“Moma, will you get me the first aid kit, please.”

 

“Keh. I said I'm fine.” I can't believe… she was scared of me?! He jerked back at the sting of the alcohol wipe Kagome used to clean his wound.

 

“Sorry.” Tears streamed down her face. When she was satisfied with her work she sat down on the edge of her bed with her arms wrapped around her.

 

“InuYasha, could you please wait outside?” Mrs.Higurashi asked. He was about to protest, but a pleading look from Kagome and he was out the window. He went to the only other place he felt at ease in Kagome's time, Goshinboku. In the tree he leaned back against the bark and closed his eyes. The look on Kagome's face when she woke still haunted his thoughts.

 

What kind of curse is that?! It was ME she's had nightmares about, she called out my name. Wha-what did I do? He let his thoughts fade, not wanting to know the rest. Keh! Baka. You even hurt her in her dreams. Wouldn't blame her if she never wants to see you again. She should `sit' you till you reach the center of the earth! Augh! Why don't you just go up and tell her? He sighed. “Because you don't deserve her, baka, never will either.”

 

He flicked an ear toward the shrine. He couldn't make out what Mrs.Higurashi and Kagome where saying, but they were defiantly still talking, and, as InuYasha's hanyou nose could tell, Kagome was still crying. Her fear had subsided, but it still hurt him to know he was the cause of her fear. He stayed in the tree until he was sure the two were done talking, then took off and jumped through Kagome's window into her room.

 

Kagome had changed into her school uniform. He let out a low growl as she reached for her books.

 

“I know, I know. `you better tell me wench'.” She mocked.

 

“I wasn't gonna say that!”

 

“You were too! And…” she adding in a softer tone, “and you have every right to know. But, just not now, okay?” her eyes started to tear again, but she refused to let them fall.

 

“I'll… I'd never hurt you, Kagome. You know that?” she smiled.

 

“Yea, I know. Listen, I'm going to school today.” His growl escalated. “I haven't been in awhile, and, like I said before, I only have three more weeks left. Then you'll have my miko powers all to yourself until the jewel is complete.” He turned to her.

 

“That's not it. I don't like you going because I can't follow you there.” He was shocked at the bluntness of his own statement. He immediately turned his head as his face blushed pink.

 

“I'll be back this afternoon.” she blushed too. “I'll come back right after school. Promise.”

 

A/N:

 

InuYasha's final thought: She's skeerd of meh? (LoL)