InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hanyou and Miko ❯ Kagome's Revenge ( Chapter 10 )

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Chapter 10: Kagome's Revenge
 
Kagome took the water off the fire and poured it into a cup of ramen. She then helped InuYasha up into a sitting position against a tree. He had slept most of the day, unwillingly, and was only moderately better. The pain had gone, but had left him weak, which he of course would never admit. Kagome picked up a bite of the noodles with her chopsticks and offered it to InuYasha.
 
“Keh, I can feed myself wench.” He allowed her to put the food in his mouth.
 
“I'm sure you can.” Her voice was drawn. InuYasha noticed the vague expression on her face. He grabbed the cup and chopsticks from her and gulped the remaining noodles down in record time. The sun was already going down again, and it was quickly getting dark.
 
“When do you think you'll be able to travel?”
 
“Tomorrow, probably.”
 
“That soon?”
 
“Yep.”
 
“Are you sure? We still have enough food to last awhile, if you don't feel like walking.”
 
“Nah. I'll be fine, I'm hanyou. Plus I slept all day, I'll be dead if I don't do anything tomorrow.”
 
Kagome giggled. She put the empty cup in her pack and closed it back up.
 
“You gonna eat anything?”
 
“No. Not hungry.”
 
“Wench…”
 
“InuYasha…” she mimicked. InuYasha's ears perked up suddenly to their right side.
 
“Youkai?” InuYasha just nodded.
 
“Nishi.” The hanyou's nose wrinkled upward and a low growl escaped his throat. Kagome put an arrow to the string on her bow and aimed in the direction InuYasha was now facing. He had managed to stand to his feet and shoved Kagome behind him with one hand on Tetsusaiga.
 
“Alright, get out here so I can kill you!” The youkai stepped out from the trees, a sour smile across her face.
 
“I do believe it is my privilege to be the one killing you!” she pointed a finger at InuYasha. “You killed my brother; it is my blood right to be the one to kill you.” Kagome noted that Nishi didn't look like she really cared about her brother's death. Actually, she looked more than happy to have the responsibility to avenge Washi's death.
 
“And little miko, has my curse served you well?” InuYasha growled letting the youkai know she wasn't getting anywhere near Kagome while he still had a breath in him. Nishi ignored the hanyou's notion.
 
“I wonder, who would a miko love so much that my Kaasu Joujin-shinpou would cause her to stay awake at night?” InuYasha stiffened. Kaasu Joujin-shinpou? But… how….me?! He turned and looked back at Kagome. Still, he was mad at himself for not realizing what was obvious to Nishi. Kagome, although poised ready to fight, had wearing energy. He had slept most of the day, and, fearing what she would do if she had another one of those dreams, Kagome must had kept herself awake despite her low energy levels. She had also used more energy when she used her purifying energy on him that morning. Baka! You should have known…
 
“One last chance, leave now. You'll die either way, but lucky you I'm not in the massacring mood right now.” Nishi narrowed her eyes as she looked over the hanyou.
 
“I sense her energy all over you. Could it be…” her eyes widened in realization. “This miko purified you, did she not?”
 
“Keh! As if it's any of your business!”
 
“Then, this hanyou…? Miko, even you surely could not lower yourself to love this tainted creature?” she looked more inquisitive than actually caring for an answer. InuYasha grimaced as he waited for Kagome's answer.
 
“InuYasha is not tainted. He's more pure than you will ever be.” Her answer came in a soft, emotionless tone. Nishi let out a weak, half-hearted laugh.
 
“You must have your doubts about your little doggie's loyalty. Why else would you purify him? Tell me, what did he do in your dreams to cause you to fear him so?” InuYasha's blood ran cold. So… she was afraid of me…
 
“It doesn't matter anymore. Now, my dreams are just that, dreams. But you, you're going to find out what it feels like to be afraid.”
 
Kagome raised her arrow and fired, grazing the youkai, leaving a hair-line cut across Nishi's cheek. Nishi barley had time to react before Kagome fired another arrow. Again, the arrow grazed against the youkai, leaving a small trickle of blood to follow. InuYasha started to pull out Tetsusaiga. As soon as the youkai made an advance, he leaped into action. Nishi dodged his first attack, then his second; but the third time InuYasha swiped his sword at her and slashed with one clawed hand at the same time. His nails dug into Nishi's side, causing the youkai to stumble backward.
 
“Leave now and I promise I'll kill you quickly.” InuYasha flicked the youkai's blood off his claws.
 
“Are you insinuating that I am going to fail in avenging my dear brother?” a grin spread across her face. “You poor creature, to be kept alive so long without a fully functioning brain.”
 
“It works well enough!” InuYasha lunged forward, slashing his claws. Nishi jumped out of the way, and the tree behind her burst into pieces under the force of InuYasha's attack. Nishi turned to face him.
 
“Stupid hanyou! You really think you have a chance, don't you? Ha! And I take it that you also think that miko loves you. Think again. The only reason she travels with you is for your half-witted strength. She can't take care of herself so she needs a half-breed to do it for her. The miko really doesn't trust you, my curse proved that!”
 
“And she shouldn't trust me!” InuYasha was sick and tired of hearing her meaningless ranting. He decided it was time to finish her off, once and for all. He had even her more than enough chanced to back down, now she was going to be wishing she had taken him up on his offer. He raised Tetsusaiga in front of him. “Wind Sca-.” He stopped, interrupted by Nishi's claw reaching through his shoulder. He fell to his knees, blood pouring from this new wound. Nishi laughed.
 
“You're too slow, little doggie. Too bad, but I don't have time to play anymore. Suoh is waiting for me to bring back your miko, and he really does hate waiting.” She was about to strike, when an arrow grazed above her head.
 
“You… you made me fear him. You made me doubt him. You made me…hurt….him.” Kagome raised another arrow, filling it with purifying energy. Nishi recoiled at the intensity of Kagome's fierce gaze. “Now it's your turn.” Quick as a flash, Kagome released the glowing arrow. It flew through the air, hitting Nishi where her heart should have been, that is, if she even had one.
 
The youkai looked down at the arrow in disbelief. The pink aura engulfed her, spreading itself throughout her body. With one last howl of pain and frustration, Nishi vanished into a pile of ash, blown away by the gentle wind. Kagome lowered her weapon; InuYasha took his hand off Tetsusaiga. Kagome started to wobble on her feet. Out of pure instinct, InuYasha rushed over to catch her, only to collapse to the ground himself with the added weight to his already weakened body.
 
He lie there, arms still around Kagome. Kagome turned herself around to face InuYasha, the fierceness in her eyes gone to be replaced with sorrow.
 
“InuYasha I… I'm sorry. I didn't mean to doubt you, I should have never believed her. I'm so stupid for letting her trick me like that… I…”
 
InuYasha put a finger up to her mouth to silence her. “I'm not meant to be trusted, wench.” He looked up toward the sky, crossing his arms behind his head. “I'm hanyou. Not human, not youkai.”
 
“I know. But that doesn't mean…” she trailed off.
 
“Go to sleep, wench.”
 
“I'm not…”
 
“Keh! `I'm not tired'!” InuYasha mocked. “Do as I say, wench.” He yawned, then wrapped an arm around Kagome's waist.
 
“InuYasha!” she tried to wiggle free, but even weakened his grip was too much for her.
 
“I said sleep.” His eyes were already closed. Kagome finally gave in, thinking that maybe it was really him who needed the sleep, and, after little resistance, they were both sound asleep.
 
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“I've got to go back, just for a few days and you're coming with me!”
 
“Keh! What makes you think so, wench?”
 
“Cause if you don't, I'll just go by myself.”
 
“And what if I won't let you?”
 
“Then I'll say you-know-what until you reach the center of the earth!” InuYasha growled.
 
“How long?”
 
“Just a couple of days. Please?” she curled her bottom lip into a pout.
 
“Wench…” he rolled his eyes. “Alright, we'll go. But, as soon as those stupid tests are over, we're coming right back. You hear me?”
 
“Thank you, InuYasha!” she wrapped her arms around his neck. He just sighed as he picked up her pack and headed to the well. When they got across he dropped the bag in the shrine and headed to Goshinboku. He heard Kagome greet her mother at the shine steps, the door close behind the two, the sound of Kagome walking up the stairs to her room.
 
InuYasha closed his eyes, letting the breeze flow over him. Keh. Pathetic hanyou. How could she ever trust me anyway? It was a question that had been going through his mind ever since that night with Nishi three days ago. It really hurt him to find out it was him Kagome had been having nightmares about. It hurt him even more to know exactly what the curse was. Kaasu Joujin-shinpou. The curse of the Lovers' Faith. That curse, it makes you dream of the one you love… hurting you. Kaede's wrong. Kagome… she could never love me, no one can, not like that.
 
The trip back to the village was long. Kagome refused to let InuYasha carry her, and they both needed to stop frequently for a rest, not that the hanyou would even admit to need to stop.
 
`InuYasha?'
 
`Hmm?'
 
`Are you… did I… I'm sorry.'
 
`Kagome…'
 
`No, InuYasha, it's not `okay'. I could have… you know. All because I didn't trust you enough.'
 
`Who does?' InuYasha tone was casual.
 
`I could have killed you!' she glared into InuYasha's golden eyes, hoping that he understood what she was trying to get across. She fought back tears, not allowing herself to cry anymore than she already had.
 
`You didn't. I'm here.' He positioned himself closer to Kagome, until his eyes were inches from hers. `I have a promise to keep,' his voice was soft. `and I intend on keeping it.'
 
He leaned back and pulled her into his lap, nuzzling his nose through her hair. The tenseness in her muscles faded away under his touch, and that's how they stayed through the first night.
 
InuYasha sighed. He really didn't want that moment to ever end, but it had. A couple of days later, and here they are, back in Kagome's time. He was glad because Kagome had stopped having the dreams, but didn't know if it was because she trusted him now or because Nishi was dead, or if they'd come back again. Kagome…
 
“InuYasha!” InuYasha's ears perked at the sound of his name. With a few leaps he was sitting in the windowsill of Kagome's bedroom.
 
“InuYasha,” Kagome said as she gathered her schoolbooks, “I'm going to school today to get the last of my assignments. I'll be back this afternoon.”
 
“Kagome…”
 
“I know, I know. But I have to go. Plus tomorrow is the finals and I'll never have to go again after that, I promise.” InuYasha considered this for a moment.
 
“Fine. But if you're late like last time I'm coming after you. And you know I will wench.” She smiled.
 
“And you better not leave here without me. I know how you can be sometimes too.” She picked up her bag and headed down the stairs. A few minutes later InuYasha heard the door shut behind her. He sighed at the sudden emptiness in the room. It's going to be a long morning. He thought.
 
 
A/N: Yay! Nishi's gone! Gone, gone, gone! I really hated that character. But if you think you hate her, wait till you come face to face with Suoh!