InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Peril ❯ Rising Strength ( Chapter 4 )

The sun began to rise and so did Inuyasha, oddly, he felt something moving on his neck. When he looked down he saw Kagome's head on his shoulder, her face towards him, her mouth against his skin. He felt a slight pressure when her mouth moved back, his skin moving with it, she was sucking on his neck, he was ecstatic. He didn't realize that she was still straddling him when he shifted closer to her, his hips and erection coming close to her spot. When Kagome spontaneously moved closer he moaned and closed his eyes.

 

Kagome was slowly waking and she felt something against her underwear, she shifted slightly and felt pleasure and pain go through her body. She winced and stopped sucking on whatever she had been playing with with her tongue. Kagome tried to close her legs but something was there that prevented otherwise. Her eyes shot open and she saw something pale, with a red bruise where her mouth had been. When she finally realized what she had been staring at, she pushed her upper body up quickly, causing her to rub against Inuyasha again. He moaned softly and started to open his eyes. Kagome sat there shocked and in pain as she stared at his neck, `oh…did I do that?' she thought with an inward smile, even though her face didn't move.

 

When Inuyasha saw her stunned face he just laughed. Kagome's eyes shot to his instantly when she heard him laugh. He found his voice first, “enjoying yourself?” he smiled at her. Kagome blushed but still didn't move, when she felt him push his hips against her she felt a wave of pain and she began to remember everything that had happened to her and she instantly put her hand on her stomach.

 

`That's odd,' she looked down at her shirt and saw huge, dry spots of red all over her clothing. Kagome's eyes widened and she tried to get up `Please, Inuyasha, let me up. I don't want to cry infront of you…'

 

Inuyasha smelt the salt twinge in her scent and knew she was about to cry, but he still didn't let her up. “Kagome…” he whispered seriously, “what's wrong?”

 

“I don't know…but it hurts…” she whimpered.

 

Inuyasha slowly pulled her back to him and hugged her lightly, he tried to calm her by rubbing the small of her back. Pushing her hair away, he bent his head and started kissing her neck soothingly. Kagome melted into him and put her arms around his neck, pushing herself into his mouth even more. She purred in delight, `as long as he doesn't try touching me there…I'll be fine,' Inuyasha's hands started to move from her shoulders down to her hips. `Oh no, I thought too soon…' Instead of doing what she thought he'd do, he started lifting her shirt, Kagome forgot all about her gashes until Inuyasha touched one of them. She hesitated and jumped up, quickly kissing him she ran off to the springs. They both understood why she went that way, she was covered in blood.

 

“Blood?! Shit!!!” Inuyasha yelled…”Goddamn Mother F'in SonOfABitch!” he had forgotten about all of the blood that Kagome had spilled the night before. He looked around him, he saw her blood along the path she had taken to the tree, even a tiny puddle dried next to him. He then looked at himself, he had a good amount on his own clothes as well, and he had forgotten the blood on his hand. `I'm surprised she's not that weak, considering how much she had lost.' Inuyasha wondered, and that thought worried him.

 

Kagome got to the springs and jumped in with all her clothes on. She had her eyes shut tightly and let herself sink to the bottom. `Why? Why do I do this to myself? I should tell him, I trust him, but I just…can't…' she stayed there for a while, hoping the blood would wash itself off. `Well, that's the second uniform in two days, I forgot I put it back on, habit I guess…'

 

Inuyasha walked to the springs slowly, thinking to himself, `why was I…? I was touching her in ways that I thought I…wouldn't with her…it felt right…does that mean…I love her? I cant get my mind off of her…and I worry more about her than anyone else…' He was so lost in thought that he had walked into a tree, “Feh,” he walked into the small clearing before the spring, he saw Kagome's shoes but he didn't see her anywhere. A lone air bubble rising to the top on the water caught his attention, `Oh no, not this again…' this time he had jumped in after her. One of her socks floated past his head as he was swimming towards her, then he saw her, and he almost let all of his breath out as he looked at her. Kagome's hair was floating in different directions around her head, her eyes tightly shut and her mouth slightly open, her arms were slightly floating as well. Kagome's skirt was billowing off of her legs, revealing what was underneath, he was amazed at what her underwear could show…snapping out of his trance he quickly went to her, the leg that had lost its sock looked dainty to him, he loved her body, he loved to touch it. As he picked her up he held her close and kicked off of the rocks at the bottom. When they reached the surface he gently brought her to the edge and placed her on the ground. Inuyasha kissed her inner thigh before he had gotten out and he tried to shake her to wake. When Kagome didn't respond he panicked. He had no idea on what to do so he franticly put his hands on her chest and pushed. The water came pouring out of her mouth, but she started choking on it, her eyes clenched and she tried to roll to her side but she had no strength. Inuyasha saw her trying to roll over so he helped her and as soon as she could move she slammed her hand into the ground, coughing harshly as she tried to breathe again. Inuyasha had jumped at the ferocity she had put behind her hand.

 

Kagome's eyes began to tear and she just let herself cry, the second she got her breath back she screamed, “Why didn't you just…!” She gasped, realizing what she was about to say she slapped herself and covered her mouth.

 

“Why didn't I…what?” Inuyasha said in a worried voice.

 

Kagome's eyes widened in shock, a tear running down her cheek…she gently whispered, “…let me die?”

 

Inuyasha froze, he had to restrain himself from smacking her himself…he calmly put his hand on her shoulder but squeezed reassuringly. “Why Kagome? Why did you want me to let you die?” he tried to hide the pain in his voice but it was a lost cause.

 

“Because I've been going through hell the past few days!” she yelled and let her tears flow.

 

Inuyasha didn't believe what he was hearing, again he had understood she was in pain, but going through hell? Kagome came closer to him and wrapped her arms around him. He softened and answered her question, “I'd never let you die, not while I'm alive…I care about you too much to let you go, and I'm not ready to lose my closest friend, or the person, that I feel, I have the most feelings towards.”

 

Kagome stiffened; did she just hear what she thought she heard? “Inu…yasha?”

 

“Just live, Kagome, for me if not for anyone else.” Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her as well and hugged her tightly. He got up and started to walk away, he whispered back to her, “Take a bath, I know that's why you came this way in the first place, just, no trying to kill yourself again.”

 

Kagome was still in shock from Inuyasha's previous words. She slowly took off her clothes and stepped into the water. Kagome noticed that she had more cuts than before, “What the?”

 

They had come from her dream, her guilt and fear mixed with her spiritual powers had caused this to happen to her, she had seen and felt it all in her dream, and it had actually happened to her. She was scared; she didn't want that to happen again.

 

Inuyasha slowly walked back, hoping Kagome wouldn't take so long and catch up to him. `I meant every word I said to her…' he thought with a smile, when he passed the Goshinboku he thought he could see the two of them, sleeping soundly, the way they were the night before. Then he imagined what he was doing with her when they woke up, his smile grew and he stopped. Inuyasha sat down and waited for a few minutes, until he fell back asleep.

 

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After some thinking and cleaning her clothing as well as herself, Kagome got out of the water. She felt awkward putting her wet clothing back on but she did anyway, she didn't want to wander around naked, especially with Inuyasha still around. She carried her shoes and sock, she didn't bother to look for the second one, it was long gone.

 

Kagome was walking with her head back, letting the sun shine on her face, it was the only warmth she was getting, that was, until she walked under the shade of the Goshinboku. Opening her eyes she looked into the vast branches and the scar, feeling peaceful and happy, she even saw the sleeping hanyou at the base. `Wait, sleeping…' “Inuyasha?” she whispered and walked slowly to him, Kagome faintly noticed her blood on his haori, and then she saw it on his hand, along his palm and wrist, `he did this?' she thought, touching her sides, `No, then it would be on his claws…so then…he tried to…help me?' her eyes shone with gratitude at the sleeping form in front of her. Kagome knelt down next to him and gave him a nice, quick kiss, then hugged his arm tightly. She caught the calm, relaxing mood in the air and fell asleep as well.

 

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After the sun had somewhat risen the rest of the group had begun to stir. Kaede had cleaned the blood off of the floor and began her daily ritual, picking herbs and making medicines. Sango made breakfast and fed Shippo and Kirara, she let Miroku get his own food from the pot.

 

`Ok, fine, be that way Sango…' he thought as he said to her, “much appreciated, Sango.”

 

“Uh huh.” She replied.

 

They all had Kagome and Inuyasha on their minds, especially Kagome's health, but none said a word.

 

`I want my Kagome Back! I hope she is okay…' Shippo was thinking.

 

Sango's thoughts ran along the lines of, `If Inuyasha did that to her I will kill him, but if he did that then why would they sleep together like that? ARGH! This is so aggravating, I'm so confused…'

 

`I just hope that Kagome is alright, for all our sakes…' Miroku sighed.

 

Kirara just “mewed,” she didn't know what happened a few hours ago. She comforted Sango when she began to tear, trying her hardest to hold them back. Shippo hopped over to her and hugged her tightly, well, tried to; he could only fit his arms around one of hers. Miroku walked on over, and for once, hugged her and the other two, without doing anything perverted. He wasn't about to do something as stupid as that, he knew how important Kagome is to Sango, and how devastating this situation was.

 

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Inuyasha was surprised to find Kagome sleeping against him, her arms still loosely around his. Her face was peaceful, no panic, no fear, no pain, definitely not the same as the night before. He smiled brightly at the girl and picked her up, carrying her back to the village.

 

First, Inuyasha caught the scent of tears and he immediately looked to Kagome. He was relieved that it was not her that was crying. As he got closer to the hut he heard someone crying, and he got worried, `what in the?' when he got to Kaede's he noticed that it was Sango, he peeked inside and saw everyone trying to comfort her, but failing miserably.

 

“I…hate…this…I'm…so…worried&# 8230;” he heard Sango say in between her sobs.

 

“Don't worry Sango, Kagome will be okay.” Miroku said, then he whispered under his breath, “I hope…that was a lot of blood.”

 

Shippo heard Miroku's whisper and he began to cry at the reminder, “Why did you have to remind me, Miroku, I heard that last remark,” he scolded the monk.

 

Inuyasha's eyes widened, `I didn't realize, that this could be…fatal…to her.' He frowned, kissed her cheek, and walked into the doorway.

 

Kirara mewed softly and walked over to Inuyasha. Sango watched the cat intently, not noticing Inuyasha until Kirara looked up at the unconscious girl.

 

“Oh NO! Please don't tell me she's…she's…” Sango gasped and buried her face in her hands.

 

“Relax Sango…” Miroku whispered in her ear, “look, she is breathing.”

 

Sango shot up and raced over to the three at the doorway. She took one look at Inuyasha, pleading for her to be okay. When he nodded solemnly Sango looked down at Kagome. “She looks, so calm…” she said, a warm smile crossed her lips as one last tear ran down her face.

 

The tear landed on Kagome's cheek and she started to shift softly. She moaned in pain but calmed when Inuyasha lightly tightened his arms for comfort. Kagome's hand moved up in search for his face and she smiled slightly when he leaned his head into her hand lovingly. Her other hand reached up over his shoulder and she tried to sit up more in his arms, once she was comfortable she opened her eyes.

 

Sango and Miroku watched in pure shock as Kagome leaned her head towards Inuyasha's and kissed his cheek, and hugged him tightly. “Thank you Inuyasha, for caring about me.” She whispered to him.

 

“No thanks needed, of course I care about you,” he whispered back and let her stand. Kagome hugged him once again and this time Inuyasha hugged her back. Kagome smiled before she turned to her friends, she giggled when she saw the dumbfounded looked on their faces.

 

“I'm ok guys, why do you look so weird?”

 

“Are you sure you are ok? Kagome, you were just acting affectionate with Inuyasha!” Sango complied.

 

“ I was just thanking him for helping me.” Kagome said nonchalantly, “It's not like he actually cares about me like that.” She looked over to Inuyasha and got confused, `you were not lying to me, Inuyasha, or were you?'

 

He had not heard a word she said. Inuyasha was looking out the door, brows furrowed in concentration. He was trying to listen for a sound he had heard just a few minutes ago. He then caught scent of someone he did not want to see right now, `Naraku.'