InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Returning Home ❯ confusion ( Chapter 19 )

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Chapter 19: Confusion

 

InuYasha woke up suffering from a headache and feeling week. The sky was showing signs that the morning was not far off, and he cursed hoarsely. He didn't need to check to know that he was human, purified by Kagome's illusionary vines. He tried to stand, only to fall and retch dryly. He stood unsteadily and started to stumble in the direction that Kagome had taken, towards the mountain.

 

“InuYasha!” Miroku's voice called behind him, “InuYasha wait! ... InuYasha is that you?”

 

InuYasha gave a short growl and turned to face the group, “What do you want?”

 

Miroku paused, taking in the situation, “We… had a feeling something was wrong when you did not return.”

 

InuYasha narrowed his eyes, he wasn't sure if Miroku knew how Kagome's game would end, or what her reaction would be, but he should know that he would protect her. And not to follow a man into the woods with his woman.

 

Miroku interpreted the look and shrugged, “It's nearly morning, and that feeling…” here he looked to Hitomi, who was being held by Sango as they came up beside him.

 

“What happened? Are you Ok?” Sango asked bewildered.

 

“She left.” InuYasha stated.

 

Sango's look turned irritated, “What did you do?”

 

“What makes you think I did anything?” InuYasha yelled back and stumbled back on one foot.

 

“She turned you human.” Sango said tightly.

 

“Keh, I didn't do anything- wrong.” InuYasha turned back towards the now rising sun, stumbling a bit when he did. She had quite a lead on him, and he had no way of knowing which way she went once she left.

 

Miroku raised an eyebrow at him, “Did Kagome?” he asked hesitantly.

 

InuYasha tried to snarl at the implication, “Nothing was wrong she… I… Damn it!”

 

“Can't you just listen for once!” Hitomi cried out suddenly “That voice isn't lying and you know it!”

 

“Bull shit, she has to recognize me because she's a hanyou now!” InuYasha yelled back. Hitomi remained quiet and InuYasha yelled at her again, “She can't be-…” he cut himself off, put his fists to his forehead and fell back to sit on the ground, eyes closed tightly.

 

“What is this about?” Miroku asked.

 

Hitomi looked around anxiously, then sighed, “Ok, I'll explain.” Then she blurted, “But InuYasha she was a human and-“

 

“Fine,” InuYasha stood quickly and started to stagger off again, “you talk, I'm going for Kagome.”

 

“You're going the wrong way.” Hitomi called out petulantly, “I see her leaving that way.” She pointed more to the north.”

 

“Hitomi,” Sango looked down at the kit, “how do you see Kagome.”

 

“It's a memory.” She said, “She was very upset.”

 

InuYasha seemed to ignore the statements but changed direction. The others followed him at a bit of a distance.

 

“What did InuYasha do to upset her that much?” Sango asked quietly.

 

Hitomi shrugged, “She's confused.”

 

“Perhaps if you continued your earlier explanation?” Miroku urged gently.

 

“Look,” Hitomi held her head, “All that's really important is that Kagome's confused because she was rejected, and cast aside by InuYasha, at the same time she was pursued by him. The problem now is that as a Hanyou there is no excuse for InuYasha's past behavior, with the knowledge of what they are is closer to the surface. She has to reconcile the way he's behaved and the mess of what she knows, believes and feels about … everything. She's on edge.”

 

“What are they?” Miroku prodded.

 

She shook her head, “It really doesn't matter to you. There's nothing you could do for them with the knowledge that you can't do without it.”

 

*

 

Kagome yawned and stretched before she realized she wasn't alone. There was a strong arm draped across her waist as she lay on her side. She scented the air cautiously. Suddenly she remembered, Kouga. She ran into Kouga last night, alone, in the forest.

 

She opened her eyes slowly; they were in the small clear area that had been created by the death of an enormous tree. The remains of its root ball sheltered them slightly, thick moss covered the area making a soft fresh bed and the smell of good, clean, rotting wood in the cool morning had a lulling effect on her. Their feet were to the east and she could see rays of the barely risen sun stabbing through the younger growth and grasses on a sharp ridge there.

 

Kougas' arm shifted to support his weight as he leaned over her. She looked up into his warm blue eyes, they had a depth that hadn't been there last night, but Kagome was too sleepy still to bother wondering at it.

 

“Good morning.” he smiled down at her.

 

Kagome smiled back before starting awake, “Morning!” she sat up and looked around again in alarm, “The suns coming up! I can't believe I slept straight through to morning.”

 

Kouga leaned back on one elbow and gave her a lopsided grin, “You were pretty tired out.”

 

Kagome looked back at him, wide eyed, “I guess I was.” She frowned a little, turned to him completely and took his free hand in hers, “I want to thank you Kouga, for last night. I really needed that. But-“

 

“You don't have to go back Kagome.” Kouga interrupted, sitting up and taking her hands in his, “You can come back with me now, there can't be any reason you have to stay now.”

 

Kagome looked at his hands with sad eyes “I… can't. Things are more complicated than that. My home is… far away, my friends… and InuYasha….”

 

Kouga interrupted her with his disapproving frown.

 

“I know, but, it's my fault really.” Kagome answered, “A lot of it's my fault really, and I owe it to him to at least leave things better than that.”

 

“Kagome” Kouga breathed in response.

 

She looked deep into his intense blue eyes and her heart tugged at her, “Kouga…” she pleaded quietly, she lifted her hand to his cheek.

 

When he started to lean toward her she didn't back away.

 

“Kagome?” Mary Jane's voice broke the spell, “What are you doing here?”

 

Kagome blinked at the Albino girl shadowed by the sun at her back, then back to her position with Kouga. She jerked back her hands and clutched them in her lap, “It's not what you think!” she said desperately, blushing and looking at the ground between them.

 

“Allright.” Mary Jane nodded slowly, “But, what happened to you?”

 

Kagome sighed, “It's a long story.”

 

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AN; I shortened this chapter significantly. I didn't like that speech in there, it didn't seem natural. I'm sorry it's taken so long for me to update, I want to thank the two people who did review. The best way to get me writing in any of my stories is to review the story I've updated. For some reason I get down when I update one story and only get reviews for one that's idling. Oops is not dead, I just haven't been able to direct energy in the direction it has to go in now, but reviews fuel writing for all my works. Anyhoo Please review.