InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ I'm On The Outside ❯ Trust ( Chapter 14 )

AN: Okay so this is a slightly angsty chapter. When I say below that he woke up, he didn't truly wake up, he just became conscious and joined the real world…confused? It'll make sense when you read it.

 

Just to answer Inusbabe's question: She didn't really wake up in a bad mood, she said “Feh” because Sango and Miroku were teasing them. Also she had been sarcastic with Inuyasha when he asked her what she said. She then became angry when he rolled onto the floor and took her with him…I've had that happen and it HURTS!!!! Lol.

 

So just to give you guys some hope…within the next three chapters or so something very surprising (or not) will happen…I just haven't figured out where to put this event yet.

 

Also thanks for the 8500+ views it makes me kinda giddy! Please Read and Review if you so wish.

 

I don't own Inuyasha.

 

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Inuyasha could smell blood, he didn't know where it was coming from, but he was excited by it. He followed the scent out of his room and down to the kitchen. He growled with pleasure as the scent grew stronger and found he was seeing his world through a red tint.

 

He entered the kitchen only to be greeted with the smell of blood reaching its highest peak. On the floor he could make out a large puddle of the red liquid spreading towards him. He walked towards it and as he came around the counter he saw a pale hand lying on the floor.

 

As he finally walked completely around the structure he found Shippou and Kagome lying in the never ending lake of blood. Shippou was no longer recognizable due to the claws that had torn through his tiny body.

 

Kagome moaned softly and Inuyasha went to her side. He picked her up and turned her over. “Inuyasha,” She whispered, her voice laced with pain. “How…could you.”

 

Inuyasha snarled and bared his fangs at Kagome. She stared up at him with tears in her eyes, before releasing a strangled cry as Inuyasha tore into her throat savagely.

 

As her blood rushed into his mouth, Inuyasha woke up screaming.

 

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Kagome was sleeping restlessly. From his room Souta could hear her moaning and crying out in her sleep. Her sudden scream made him sit upright in bed. He leapt out from under his blankets and ran for her room across the hall.

 

Their mother and grandfather were out of town seeking funds to help save some of the forest surrounding the Shrine. Souta was grateful for that since Kagome's screams might have given their grandfather a heart attack.

 

He ran to Kagome's side and grabbed her shoulders as she thrashed about on her bed. “Kagome!” He shouted, jerking her sharply.

 

Kagome's eyes snapped open and she shot upright, almost head-butting Souta. “Inuyasha!”

 

Souta's eyes widened as he realized what was going on. Inuyasha was obviously in trouble and Kagome could sense it. “Get dressed; I'll go find the car keys!”

 

Kagome looked at her brother, as if seeing him for the first time. She nodded to him gratefully and climbed out of bed. It had been a warm night and her fan had decided to crap out half way through the night. She ended up sleeping in only a pair of small shorts and a sports bra. She opened a drawer and pulled out a tank top, pulling it over her head as she ran from the room.

 

Souta was pulling on his shoes as Kagome leapt from the stairs. “What do you think you're doing?” Kagome asked as she pulled on her own shoes.

 

“I'm coming with you.” Souta told her, shoving his house key in the lock and tossed her the car keys. “I can keep an eye on Shippou while you look after Inuyasha.”

 

Kagome didn't say anything to her brother as he locked the door and followed her down to the car. In actuality she was glad that he was coming along to keep Shippou distracted. Knowing Shippou he was probably pacing outside of Inuyasha's room. That is, if Inuyasha was in the condition she thought he was in.

 

She silently prayed that when she got there he'd open the door and give her a look telling her that she was crazy and just having a nightmare.

 

“Shit!” Kagome said suddenly. “I forgot my wal…”

 

Souta cut her off by waving her wallet in the air. “I got it.”

 

Kagome sighed and pressed down on the gas harder. It only took them a few moments to reach Inuyasha's house. Kagome barely got her seatbelt undone as she threw herself out of the car. Souta had been the one to actually put the car in park and shut off the engine.

 

Shippou ran from the house and launched himself at Kagome. “He's gone insane!”

 

Kagome could hear the roars and snarls coming from Inuyasha. She could also hear things within the house becoming victims to his rage. The three of them thanked the heavens that Inuyasha's father had made sure the estate they lived on was so vast that their neighbours wouldn't hear what was going on.

 

Kagome handed Shippou to Souta before heading for the house. “No Kagome!” Shippou shouted. “Don't go to him, you'll be killed!”

 

Kagome didn't respond and they couldn't tell whether or not she had heard them. She pushed open the door and looked cautiously around the house. Almost every table was turned over, pictures were smashed, and figurines were in thousands of pieces. Kagome took a deep breath and tried to calm herself of all her fears. She knew that if Inuyasha sensed her fear it would only stir him on.

 

“Inuyasha?” She called softly in a surprisingly calm voice.

 

She didn't receive an answer so she moved through the house. When she didn't find him on the bottom floor she cautiously climbed the stairs. She kept her back pressed to the wall, hoping that if he suddenly lunged at her, she'd be able to escape the attack that way. The last thing either of them needed was to be sent flying down the stairs, but Inuyasha would survive the fall better than she would.

 

Kagome reached his room and could hear him growling softly beyond the door. “Inuyasha?”

 

She pushed the door open and found him crouched on the floor. She swallowed thickly as she stared at him. His normally well kept hair was tangled and wild, his nails and fangs were much longer than their normal length, his facial crests had appeared and were bright purple. His ears were twitching madly on top of his head as he continued to growl at her.

 

Brown eyes met cold red and blue ones and Kagome couldn't fight the wave of fear that washed over her. “Get away from me!” Inuyasha snarled as she started to approach. “I'll kill you if you come any closer!”

 

Kagome shook her head, tears forming in her eyes. “No you won't.” She whispered to him. “I trust you not to hurt me.”

 

Inuyasha growled louder as she continued to approach him. “Stupid wench.”

 

The attack seemed to come at her in slow motion. Inuyasha leapt, swinging his claws downward. Kagome hadn't realized she screamed until a burst of pink light burst between them, throwing them both backwards. Unfortunately the protective barrier had burst out just a little too late and his claws had made contact. Kagome slumped against the wall as rivers of blood poured from her shoulder. Thankfully the gashes weren't as deep as they could be, but she still needed a doctor.

 

“Inu-Inuyasha.” She said weakly, as she looked at him.

 

Inuyasha shook his head trying to get the ringing in his ears to stop. He had to blink several times to get his vision to clear. He panted for breath and when he inhaled deeply he was startled to have Kagome's scent invade his nostrils.

 

“Inu-Inuyasha.” Kagome repeated before falling unconscious from the pain and the loss of blood.

 

“Kagome?” Inuyasha gagged as the sour scent of her blood assaulted his nostrils.

 

He began to crawl towards her only to be stopped by Shippou's scream of “Fox Fire!” Inuyasha managed to roll away from the blue flames that attacked him and he watched as Sesshomaru entered the room and picked up Kagome's pale form.

 

“Wait!” Inuyasha gasped. “Where are you taking her?”

 

“Stay there.” Sesshomaru snarled at his younger sibling. “I'm taking her to the hospital and when I return, you will tell me what happened.”

 

When Inuyasha tried to stand to follow, he found himself thrown against the wall once more, only this time by his brother. He watched helplessly as Sesshomaru carried Kagome from the room. Shippou and Souta stared at him for several moments before they too left the room.

 

Once they were gone, Inuyasha looked across the room to the blood stain on the wall, where Kagome had been just moments earlier. He felt tears slip down his face, but he did nothing to stop them. That was how Sesshomaru found him when he returned several hours later. Tears were still falling and he was still staring at the blood.

 

“Get up.” Sesshomaru commanded.

 

Inuyasha tore his eyes away from the blood stain and looked at his brother. Sesshomaru unconsciously took a step away from his brother, shocked at the pain and sadness burning in the golden depths.

 

“Please, just tell me I didn't kill her.” Inuyasha pleaded.

 

“I should tell you she died just to cause you more pain.” Sesshomaru said, baring his teeth. “Go take a shower.”

 

Inuyasha looked down at his hands and this time he couldn't hold back the bile that rushed from his stomach. Her blood was caked over his nails and splattered over his chest. He somehow made it to the bathroom before he emptied the contents of his stomach. His whole body shook under the strain of the retching.

 

He laid his head against the cool porcelin of the toilet and barely noticed that Sesshomaru had turned on the shower. He barely flinched when his brother lifted him up and dumped him unceremoniously under the cascading water. The brothers watched the water turn pink as Kagome's blood washed away from Inuyasha's skin.

 

Sesshomaru reached over and grabbed a cloth, scrubbing his brother's skin like he used to when Inuyasha was too small to bathe himself. He finally turned off the water and turned to the linen closet for a towel. When he turned back, Inuyasha hadn't moved, he hadn't even bothered to push his bangs from his face. It was evident that the younger sibling was in shock.

 

Sesshomaru sighed, he had never been close to his brother, in fact the only reason why he had tolerated him was because he promised his father to watch over him. He had tried to cut himself off from his brother many times, and each time Kagome showed up and yelled at him to quit being such an ass.

 

Now seeing his little brother sitting in the shower, a broken man, he felt grief for the relationship they could have had if he wasn't so stubborn. He gently wrapped the towel around his brother and picked him up. He had to admit that when Inuyasha was a child he had been entertaining. Inuyasha had worshipped him, saw Sesshomaru as a hero and right now, Sesshomaru felt it was his duty to live up to that image.

 

He sat his brother down on the bed and rubbed the towel over his skin to soak up the water. “Get dressed.” Sesshomaru said softly.

 

Inuyasha looked at his brother and nodded mutely. He stood on shaky legs and crossed the room, to change into dry clothes. Even in his state of mind, he was surprised that Sesshomaru was acting this way. They usually only got along for Kagome's or Inuyasha's mothers sake. He had never seen his brother willingly help him out before.

 

“What happened?”

 

“I was having a nightmare and when I woke up Kagome was just lying there.” Inuyasha told his brother. “All I could smell was her blood and hear her whispering my name.”

 

“What were you dreaming about?”

 

“I just remember there being a lot of blood. Shippou was dead and then I tore out her throat.” Inuyasha sobbed.

 

Sesshomaru frowned and leaned down to his brother. He silently pulled the Hanyou to him and held him tight against his chest. Sesshomaru's eyes travelled around the room and landed on Inuyasha's calendar. It was then that he realized what had happened, after all, Myouga had only been warning them about it since Inuyasha was born.

 

Because of the strength of his father's blood, Inuyasha's human soul would never be able to contain it completely. Myouga told them that unless Inuyasha suffered some severe physical trauma the demon blood would remain dormant until Inuyasha's eighteenth birthday. No one understood why it would be specifically on his eighteenth birthday as it differed from Hanyou to Hanyou, but whatever calculations Myouga had done showed them that it would be that day.

 

Sesshomaru had been old enough to understand the consequences so he had sat in on the conversation Myouga had with Inuyasha's mother and their father. They had discussed the different ways to prevent the demon blood from surfacing and ways to control it when it did happen. Their father had commissioned for a sword to be made, but Kohana refused to let the weapon anywhere near her child.

 

The only other option was to choose someone that Inuyasha's Youkai blood would recognize, someone who could soothe him. Myouga never guaranteed that it would work, so the sword was still up in the attic, waiting to be placed in an area easily accessible to Inuyasha.

 

When Kagome had come into the picture everyone automatically knew that she was going to be that person. But when they tried to convince Inuyasha to give her a protection mark, he refused, saying that he didn't want her to be bound to him in case she ever got tired of being around. The fact that Kagome had sensed what happened today surprised Sesshomaru and he found himself wondering how she could have possibly known that she was needed.

 

“How did you know to come?” Inuyasha asked, pulling away from his brother.

 

“Souta called me not long after Kagome got here.” Sesshomaru explained. “I was already over here to take Shippou over to see Rin.”

 

Inuyasha nodded and he rubbed his burning eyes. “Oh my God, Mom!” Inuyasha said, his head suddenly snapping up.

 

“She's fine.” Sesshomaru said. “Apparently she went shopping today.”

 

As if on cue, Kohana entered the house. Inuyasha winced at the sound of his mother's gasp. The boys turned as the sound of her running up the stairs reached them.

 

“Inuyasha!” She cried, bursting into the room.

 

“Mom!”

 

Sesshomaru barely got out of the way as Kohana lunged for her son. He knew better then to get in-between the two of them when she thought Inuyasha was in danger. More than once he had seen Jaken go flying across the room at the hands of the normally calm woman.

 

“Are you alright?” She asked, pulling him to her roughly.

 

“I'm fine.”

 

“What the hell happened?”

 

Sesshomaru stepped closer to them and put his hand on her shoulder. “Remember what Myouga told us.”

 

Kohana seemed to notice her step son for the first time. As soon as those words left Sesshomaru's mouth she knew what had happened. Kohana pulled Inuyasha closer and stroked his hair soothingly.

 

“Where's Shippou?” She asked. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru glanced at each other but said nothing. “What is it?”

 

“He's at the hospital.” Sesshomaru told her.

 

“Why is he at the hospital?” Her eyes moved passed Sesshomaru to the large bloodstain on the wall. “Whose blood is that, is it Shippou's?”

 

“It's Kagome's.” Inuyasha said quietly, almost ashamed at what had happened.

 

Kohana gave them both a confused look. “Why was Kagome here?” She asked. “She wasn't here when I left this morning.”

 

“She knew I was in trouble and she came.” Inuyasha told her. Suddenly Kagome's words came back to him. I trust you not to hurt me.

 

Kohana and Sesshomaru jumped at the sound of the sudden sob that tore through Inuyasha's throat. “Sesshomaru, we need to get him to Kagome.” Kohana said as sobs tore through her son. “It's the only way to assure him that she's alright.”

 

Sesshomaru nodded and led them out of the house down to his car.