InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love, Interrupted ❯ Chapter 10 ( Chapter 10 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Kagome blinked as the morning sun awakened her. As her mind cleared of sleep, the events of the night before filled her thoughts. She wrapped her arms around her body as she remembered what had transpired. She soon realized she lay alone under the hitoe. Sitting up and putting the hitoe on, her eyes searched the area. Sitting on the edge of the lake was Inuyasha, dressed only in his hakama pants. She got up and walked quietly over to him, kneeling behind him and wrapping her arms around his waist. Inuyasha's bowed head jerked up,
"Huh?"
"It would have been nice to wake up in your arms after last night." she said, quietly.
Inuyasha's head lowered again, his bangs covering his eyes,
"Kagome. I'm so sorry for what I did to you."
Kagome was quiet for a moment. She was still unsure of all that had transpired the previous night. She asked quietly,
"Do you regret it?"
"I regret hurting you. Dishonoring you. I couldn't control the demon inside and I forced myself on you."
"I won't deny that I expected my first time to be different ... gentler. But, I ... I enjoyed it, strangely enough." she said, sitting beside him.
Inuyasha looked at her. 'She enjoyed it?' he thought, "Kagome?" he asked.
"Hmm?"
"Do you ... do you still want to be with me?"
Kagome looked at Inuyasha. "As your mate?"
"Y ... yea."
"Inuyasha ...may I ask you a question before I answer that?"
"O ... ok."
"Last night, before I fell asleep ... I thought I heard you say 'I love you.'. Did you and did you mean it?"
Inuyasha turned and pulled Kagome into his arms, breathing in her sweet scent, "Yes. I said it and yes I meant it. I do love you, Kagome. I've never spoken those words before ... not to anyone."
"Then I will stay with you as your mate. I love you, Inuyasha."
From the cover of the woods, Kirara sat and watched the two. She mewed quietly and curled up and slept.
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Miro ku paced the hut. Kagome and Inuyasha were gone far too long. Sango's condition had not changed either way and Miroku was more than upset at his friends' lack of speed.
Walking out of the hut, he saw Kaede and Shippou tending to her herb garden. A voice broke his thoughts,
"Master!"
Miroku looked up and saw the owner of the voice,
"Hachi!"
Hachi landed and allowed his guest to disembark before transforming back to his normal self,
"Master Mushin!" cried Miroku.
"Miroku. I have arrived to perform your wedding ceremony. Where is your lovely young bride, my son?"
Miroku's head dropped, "She's taken ill, I'm afraid.", Miroku explained to Mushin what had happened.
"I am sorry to hear that, my son. Allow me to see her, please." Mushin requested.
Miroku took Mushin into the hut where Sango lay,
"Do you have the arrow that hit her?" Mushin asked.
"Not here. Lady Kagome has it. She took it with her to Jineji's farm ... we figured he would have an herbal antidote."
"Hmmmm .... A poison that would cause a person to act like this ... I have never seen anything like this before, Miroku."
"MIROKU! They're back." yelled Shippou excitedly.
Miroku turned around to see his friends walking in the door of the hut,
"What took you so long?" he asked, angry yet relieved his friends were ok.
"I'm sorry Miroku." apologized Kagome, "Master Mushin, I'm happy to see you."
"Lady Kagome, do you still have the arrow with you?" Mushin asked.
"Yes, why?"
"Allow me to see it, please."
Kagome handed the arrow to Mushin as Miroku started talking again,
"That's not all that has occured, my friends. The kazaana has returned." Miroku held up his covered right hand.
Mushin, Kagome and Inuyasha stared at the monk in shock,
"What the hell?" asked Inuyasha.
Miroku shook his head, "I don't know what is going on. Did you sense any sort of evil or anything anywhere?" he asked, desperate for a reason.
Inuyasha shook his head, "Nothing. Not a thing."
Mushin looked at Miroku and then back at the arrow, "Somebody wants you out of the way. Lady Kagome, what herb did you return with?"
Kagome handed the herb to Mushin, who sniffed it and then tasted a bit of it,
"Do not give this herb to Sango. The poison in her body is not what you think. I do not know exactly what it is but, something tells me that this is not what you want to give her."
"Why not?" asked Shippou.
"Because she will surely die."
That announcement took the group by surprise,
"Whoever is behind this wants you permanently out of the way." said Mushin.
Kagome took the arrow from Mushin,
"Miroku. Inuyasha. I will return to my home. The doctors there will be able to tell what sort of poison this is and I will get the correct antidote." she said.
"Master Mushin, how long does Sango have?" asked Miroku.
"Judging from what I know of poisons such as this, Sango is in no danger at the moment. I believe we can allow Lady Kagome to return to wherever she has to go and get the antidote. It is Sango's only chance."
"That's that then." Kagome said, "I'm going."
Kagome walked over and hugged Miroku, "It's ok. I'll return soon. Sango will be fine."
Miroku hugged his friend back as tears fell from his eyes, "Still ... hurry back please. I can't stand to see her like this."
Kagome nodded and walked out of the hut, followed by Inuaysha. Arriving at the well, she turned to Inuyasha. He enveloped her in his arms,
"Please hurry back."
"Do you want to come back with me, Inuyasha?" she asked.
He lowered his head, "No. I'll stay here with Miroku and Sango." he said quietly.
"Ok." she said, standing on her tip toes, she kissed Inuyasha who responded in kind, massaging her lips with his, his body becoming enthralled by the touch. Reluctantly he pulled away, "Go help Sango." he said to her.
Kagome nodded and jumped into the well, the bluish light enveloping her.
Inuyasha began to walk back to the village, his heart still filled with guilt from the previous night. He had been unable to control his demon and in the process he had dishonored Kagome and possibly put Sango's life in further danger. He sighed heavily from his thoughts.
Unbeknownst to him, the scene at the well had been witnessed. The spy turned and sped back to his master.