InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ I'm On The Outside ❯ Something That You Are ( Chapter 15 )

AN: Here's yet another chapter…I'm hopelessly addicted to my own writing…*Sigh* anywho I have two pictures for this chapter. Again they weren't drawn FOR me, but Kristin was nice enough to let me display them since they gave me some inspiration!!!

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(This one shows how he looks when Kagome wakes up)

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Kagome groaned and opened her eyes. Her shoulder felt stiff, but she wasn't in much pain. She assumed that it was from the pain killers she had been given an hour ago. She had almost fallen out of bed when she first regained consciousness, wrenching her shoulder painfully.

 

Sango, Souta and Shippou had been at her side almost immediately. “Where's Inuyasha, is he alright?”

 

She heard Sango growl softly. “How the hell can you ask about him when he's the reason you're here?”

 

Kagome had tried to explain what had happened, but Sango had been too angry to listen to her. Eventually Miroku had sent her to grab Souta and Shippou some lunch, just to stop her ranting. A nurse came to check her vitals and give her some more morphine.

 

“You're awake!”

 

Kagome turned her head to face him. He was straddling a chair, his cheek leaning against his palm. She could see his fingers nervously massaging his scalp, near the base of his ear and she knew that he was trying to bring himself some kind of comfort. He stared at her silently, guilt attacking every inch of his body.

 

“Are you alright?” She asked, her voice breaking through his thoughts.

 

“You're asking me if I'm alright when I'm the one who hurt you.” Inuyasha asked in shock.

 

Kagome held her hand out to him, motioning him to come closer. Inuyasha winced and moved backwards. “Inuyasha, get your ass over here.”

 

Inuyasha sighed and moved closer to her slowly. When Kagome struggled to sit up on her own he darted forward and wrapped his arm around her torso to help her. “Don't move so fast!”

 

Kagome smirked and lay back. “Got you here faster didn't it?”

 

Inuyasha sighed and sat down on the edge of the bed. “I'm so sorry Kagome.”

 

Kagome grabbed his hand and squeezed it gently. “Don't worry about it.” Kagome said softly. “We've known for a long time that this was going to happen.”

 

“But I could have killed you!” He said, pushing himself away from Kagome. “How can you not hate me for such a thing?”

 

Kagome sighed and shifted, wincing as she jolted her shoulder. “Inuyasha, you know that I could never hate you for something that you couldn't control.” She told him. “Just like I couldn't hate you because of who you are. I knew what the risk was going to you, but I trusted you.”

 

“And I broke your trust, look at your shoulder!” Inuyasha said, pointing at the injured body part.

 

“No,” Kagome said, motioning for him to come closer to her. “Inuyasha, do you know what happened after you swiped at me?”

 

“No, I just remember being thrown back.” Inuyasha whispered to her.

 

Kagome sighed and grabbed his hand once again, making him lay down beside her on the small hospital bed. He shifted around a few times, trying to find a comfortable position. Kagome's eyes swam with tears when he jolted her shoulder, but he finally rested his head on her chest and in spite of her pain, she wrapped her arms around him. One of her hands grabbed his ear gently and she stroked the furry appendage to soothe him.

 

“There was some kind of power that came out of me and knocked you away. I think it was you calling out to my soul to protect itself.” Kagome told him. “Otherwise the damage would have been a lot worse.”

 

Inuyasha clung to her desperately and Kagome was slightly reminded of Shippou when he had nightmares. Kagome was shocked when she felt something wet drip through her hospital gown. She gently pulled his head up and stared into his face, brushing his tears away with her thumbs.

 

“Inuyasha, I'm fine.” Kagome whispered to him.

 

Inuyasha dropped his head back to her chest and hugged her more tightly. “I know, but I was just so scared, I thought I lost you.”

 

Kagome rubbed his ear and muttered quietly into his ears to soothe him. She soon felt his head grow heavy on her chest, signalling that he had fallen asleep. As she continued to play with his ear she briefly wondered why suddenly, her injured shoulder didn't seem to hurt so much anymore.

 

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Sango paced around just outside of the waiting room, wondering just why the hell Miroku had let Inuyasha in there. If she had been around the room when Inuyasha showed up the boy would have received a few well aimed slaps for hurting Kagome. Shippou was sitting in Miroku's lap and his head followed her movements making him look like he was watching a tennis game.

 

“Sango, why don't you sit down and relax?” Sesshomaru asked, his neck starting to ache from following her movements.

 

Sango stopped pacing and slowly turned to face him. Sesshomaru was not one to become afraid of a woman, but the look that Sango shot him wanted to make him crawl into Kohana's lap and stick his thumb in his mouth.

 

Kohana chuckled at the look of fear that crossed over her step-son's face. “Sango, why don't you check on Kagome?”

 

Everyone turned their heads to stare at Kohana in shock, wondering if she suddenly had a death wish for her only child. Sango sighed and nodded before crossing the hallway to Kagome's room. She opened the door slowly, not wanting to interrupt any conversation that might be going on. She may have been thinking of some painful punishments for Inuyasha, but she and everyone else knew that she wouldn't follow through. At least Kohana knew that she wouldn't follow through.

 

She was met with nothing but silence as she pushed the door open. She looked at the bed and found Inuyasha lying with Kagome, his head on her chest, and her arms around him protectively. She briefly wondered how in the hell the position wasn't irritating the wound on Kagome's shoulder.

 

She walked closer to the bed and saw that Kagome wasn't asleep; she was staring at the wall. “Hey.” Sango said softly.

 

“Hi.” Kagome said, blushing slightly at the position that she was in.

 

“Look, I'm sorry about before, I was just scared.” Sango said, sitting on the chair next to her bed.

 

“It's alright; I understand why you reacted that way.”

 

“Is he hurting you?” Sango asked, motioning to the exhausted Hanyou still asleep on her.

 

“No, he's alright.” Kagome said, “My shoulder doesn't really seem to hurt.”

 

Sango watched her friend yawn and stood up. “We're all outside in the waiting room, just holler if you need us.”

 

Kagome nodded and watched her leave before she nudged Inuyasha. “I know you're awake.”

 

Inuyasha sighed and nuzzled into her chest. “She's going to kill me isn't she?”

 

Kagome giggled and hugged him tighter. “Well I can tell you that she won't kill you, but your manhood might be in danger.”

 

She laughed again when she felt him wince. Inuyasha sighed, glad to hear her laughing. “Hey Kagome, this probably isn't the best time, but do you have a date for grad?”

 

“No.”

 

“Wanna go with me?”

 

Kagome sighed and fought the grin that was forming on her face. “I dunno, I might have to check my social calendar, then of course there's the point of whether or not I want to be seen in public with you.”

 

Inuyasha fell silent and she could almost feel him glaring. “You're so mean.”

 

Kagome laughed and tugged on his ear gently. “Of course I'll go with you dumbass.” She muttered. “Now make yourself useful and help me to the bathroom because there is no way I'm peeing in a bed pan.”