InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sacrifices ❯ Confusion ( Chapter 2 )

Hi there!! Ok! So here's chappy 2!!! Thanks minna-sama!!! I'm glad you're enjoying the story! Ok, I've got to say I don't own any of the Inuyasha characters displayed in this fic, so once again, please don't sue me!! Hehehehe. I was thinking to make this more a dramatic kinda fic, but then I thought 'eee.. what the heck, let's make it fun too!!' so I think you'll find some humor at the end of this second chappy. Well, with nothing else to say *only please, please review this!* here it goes!! Enjoy!!

Chapter 2: Confusion

Miroku was walking back to the hut with Shippo on his shoulder. They had left a sleeping Kagome, when they went to look for the water and then the head of the village. As Miroku carried both Shippo and a bucket of water, he started getting a worried expression.

"What's wrong?" asked shippo noticing his concerned look.

"Nothing...I was just wondering about something."

"Well what is it?? Are you worried about Kagome too??" asked an impatient Shippo.

"Yes I am.. but that's not it.." continued Miroku. While lifting his face towards the dark sky, he could see millions of little twinkling stars above them. "I wonder why that demon waited until Kagome was with Inuyasha to make his attack.. if what he wanted was to get Inuyasha then it should've attacked him when he was alone.. but it waited until Kagome arrived.. that's odd.." stated Miroku while shifting his gaze towards the little fox.

"You're right.. you don't think this was a set up.. do you?.." asked a concerned Shippo.

They were getting near the hut when they suddenly noticed Inuyasha walking out with a saddened expression, looking thoughtful.

"Eh??" Shippo begun to get nervous as he ran towards Inuyasha expecting the worse. With teary eyes and a cracking voice, Shippo stood in front of Inuyasha. "What happened!!?? Is she.."

"She's just woken up.." stated Inuyasha. He would've said something else, but Shippo ran off quickly inside the hut. With a slow pace and suspicious eyes, Miroku approached Inuyasha.

"What's wrong..." Miroku glanced at Inuyasha, who just stared at the ground. Then he turned around.

"I'll go for a walk.." Inuyasha stated as he walked away. Miroku watched him as he left, not knowing what could've possibly happened.

"Hn.." he mumbled as he made his way to the hut.

When he got in, he saw Kagome looking at Shippo and Sango, and then at him. Though there was something odd this time. Even though she slightly smiled at him, her glare was not the usual one, it was out of focus and filled with emptiness. No, it wasn't the same Kagome, something had happened, but what was it?.

He started making these questions to himself as he sat next to Sango and saw both hers and the little fox's expressions. He narrowed his eyes.

"What happened.." he asked in a soft though serious tone of voice.

Not taking her eyes away from the girl, Sango stated. "Kagome.. well.. she seems to have forgotten everything.." as he heard this, Shippo started shaking a little. Small tears popped out of his big teary eyes as he looked away.

"Sou da.. I see.." said Miroku with a concerned look.

"Is something wrong?" asked Kagome in a soft tone of voice. They turned to her and saw her expression was full of concern and was staring to get nervous and scared. Miroku and Sango glared at each other and then turned towards her with a smile.

"Daijoubu.. there's nothing wrong here.." said a now smiling Sango.

"Hai.. all you have to do is rest and then .. well.. we'll figure something out" stated a smiling Miroku. Kagome smiled slightly at the sight of them, and then she yawned. Her eyelids were becoming heavier everytime, as she started to drift away to her dreamland.

Miroku and Sango glared at each other one more time and then nodded. As they got up, Sango turned to Shippo, who was just sitting next to Kagome, still sniffing.

"Shippo, we're going out for a sec.. can you take care of her for a while?" asked Sango while leaning to get a closer view of the little fox.

"Hai.." he replied softly as he nodded.

"Stop crying Shippo, you wouldn't want her to get scared, would ya.." asked Miroku as he turned towards the door of the hut and stepped outside, Sango following him.

"Hai!!!" said Shippo with a determined face. "I wont cry!! I wont..cry.. I.. wont.. Waaaaa!!!" he started crying again in a funny way.

Outside the hut, Sango had kneeled to pet Kirara, Miroku stayed in silence behind her.

"So.. that was the reason he seemed to be so depressed.. I was wondering what could've possibly happened for Inuyasha not to be happy about Kagome waking up.." he stated as he took a step closer.

"Un.. he's still blaming himself for what happened.. but I've told him there was nothing he could've done about it since Kagome-chan is the only one able to see the Shikon shards.." replied Sango as she got up and turned to the monk.

Miroku sighed and stared back at Sango. "What are we gonna do now.."

Sitting by the fences and staring at the field, Inuyasha could not do anything but to think about Kagome. The sound the breeze made as it blew around Inuyasha seemed to have a soothing effect on him, caressing his skin, letting his hair flow in the air. But then the image of a struggling Kagome and the scene of her being hurt by that stick changed his motionless expression into an angry one.

"Damn it Kagome!!! Why did you do that for, stupid wench!!!" he yelled as he unsheathed Tessaiga and swung it on the air, cutting the falling leaves in half. He was frustrated, angry, hurt. But most of all he was angry at himself. Angry for not being able to do a thing for her in that moment. Angry for seeing her getting hurt because of him.

"Damn you wench!!!!" he yelled in desperation and swinging Tessaiga around. "And damn me for not doing anything to stop it!!!" as he swung Tessaiga one more time, he lost balance and hit the ground. He softened his face as he layed on the ground. "Damn me.. for not being able to keep my promise to you.."

Inuyasha stayed in that position for a few seconds; then he heard some steps getting closer and quickly got up, putting Tessaiga back on its sheath."What are you doing here, you should be taking care of her now.." he said wihtout turning around.

"Don't worry.. Shippo and Sango are taking care of her.. for some reason I think right now she's not the one that needs all my attention.." stated Miroku as he stood behind Inuyasha with a serious look.

"Feh! What do you mean by that!! You stupid monk! She's the one injured not me!!" snapped Inuyasha as he turned around to face Miroku. These silly statements of his made Inuyasha angry.

"I know Inuyasha.. but she's fisically in a much better condition right now.. though I doubt your spiritual condition to be the same.."

By this point Inuyasha had gotten angrier eyes and had gone towards Miroku grabbing him by his clothes.

"You fool!!!! She's the one that needs help not me!!!!"

"You should not take your anger against me, I wasn't the one to hurt Kagome.."

As he heard his words, his expression turned into a sort of shocked one and then let him go of his grab.

"I know.. I'm sorry.. I'm just .. I just need some time alone.." stated Inuyasha as he turned his gaze away from the monk's.

"I'm sure you must be feeling guilty for what happened.. but you have to understand.." he was cut off by Iuyasha, who by this point had turned around completely.

"I've heard that from Sango before, you don't have to say it twice.."

"I'm sure you have.. but what I was going to say is that you have to understand that is not only you the one that feels angry and frustrated..we were all there and couldn't do anything.. you should remember you're not the only one that cares about her, we all do.. dakara, we're all feeling as guilty as you.."

Inuyasha got a saddened expression as he heard him say this.Sure he understood what he meant, he knew he wasn't the only one that cared about Kagome. But the difference was that non of them had made a promise to protect her, to keep her safe, and failed at it. Yes, he failed. He felt most angry because of this, he had fail to keep his promise, but what hurt him the most was the fact that he failed to keep the promise to her. Kagome.. the first person that stood beside him when he needed someone the most, the person he felt most at ease with, the person he shared a smile with in a long time and actually could trust; the person he couldn't love back.

"I suggest we get back to the hut with the rest" stated Miroku while looking at Inuyasha's back. He would've wanted to say something else to him, but he knew in that moment Inuyasha's mind was clouded and no matter what he said, he'd still feel guilty.

"Un.. you go ahead, I'll stay for a while more.." replied Inuyasha as he got back on the ground and stared at the stars.

"Sure.." said Miroku while giving him one last look and then turning around , headed for the hut.

Back in the hut, Sango and Shippo sat next to a sleeping Kagome. Even though they knew she was better now, that for the moment they were safe, they couldn't take their eyes away from her. They had fail the first time, and they wouldn't take a second chance to make another mistake.

"She'll be all right, wont she Sango??.. she'll remember everything tomorrow, right??"

"I.. I don't know.." Sango stared at Shippo and saw his teary eyes. "Demo.. she's a strong girl.. I'm sure she'll be fine." stated Sango as she smiled at the little fox, trying to give him confidence.

As Miroku entered the hut, Sango and Shippo turned to him.

"Where is he?" asked Sango.

"Still by the fence.. my guessing is he wont be back until tomorrow.."

"Nani???!!! He should be here taking care of Kagome with us!!" snapped an angry looking Shippo.

"Shh!!!! You'll wake her up!.. Houshi-sama, I think it'll be better if we take turns to watch her.."

Miroku nodded as he sat next to her. "I'll take the first one, you and Shippo must be tired, I'll wake you up in a few hours.."

"Hai.. come on Shippo" As she said this, Shippo climbed onto Sango's shoulder as they walked to a corner.

Miroku watched Kagome's sleeping form and then he sighed. " 'Sumimasen, Kagome.'" he thought to himself.

The next morning, everyone was asleep in the hut, Shippo had gotten the last shift, and even though he was supposed to watch over her for an hour only, he had fallen asleep next to her.

Inuyasha walked in and found everyone sleeping. He saw Shippo curled up next to Kagome, and when he shifted his gaze towards Miroku and Sango, he got a funny awkward angry expression while a sweat drop fell down his head. Sango was sleeping, curled up in a corner, Miroku was sleeping and his head rested in Sango's *ahem* behind, while his hand rested under his cheek.

"Pervert..!" Inuyasha said in a soft tone of voice, making sure he didn't make much noise. He turned around when he heard someone moving and was surprised to find Kagome in a sitting position, holding her head. "D- Daijoubu??" he stammered.

"Hai.. though my head still hurts a little.." then she turned towards Inuyasha. "Ano.. Inu-san.."

As he heard her calling him 'Inu-san' he got a funny blushing expression. "Inu.. san??" he asked in disbelief.

"Inu-san.. all these people stayed up late taking care of me.. let's not make noise so we don't wake them up" said an innocent smiling Kagome.

"H-hai.." stammered once again a blushed Inuyasha. "You should go back to sleep too.. you're not well.." he said while sitting next to her.

"Iiyo.. it doesn't hurt that much.. I don't remember how I got these wounds, but I seem to be ok now.." she said, smiling at him again.

"Baka!!! Your wounds are still fresh! I.." snapped Inuyasha, but then he realized Kagome had covered her face with the sheets, she'd gotten scared. Inuyasha's face softened. " 'Right. she doesn't remember anything at all you stupid Inuyasha..'" he thought to himself as he turned to Kagome once again.

"What I meant was that you're not full recovered yet.. you should.. you should rest.." he said in an unusual soft tone of voice. Kagome lowered the sheets as she looked at the dog-eared person that was sitting next to her.

"Hai.." she answered with a smile. Inuyasha slightly smiled at her too.

Miroku had woken up, but was still on his previous position though his eyes were half opened and he held a funny sleepy expression.

"What's all this noise about?.. Is Kagome up yet?" he mumbled rubbing his eyes and feeling the soft 'pillow' he had found. " hn.. kimochii." he stated with a funny expression.

*SLAP*

Sango sat next to him with a funny angry expression as she got up.

"You perv!!!" she yelled looking at the monk, who by this point had a huge red mark in the shape of Sango's hand printed on his cheek.

"Ahh.. now I know why I was sleeping so comfortable last night." expressed Miroku with a satisfied expression.

"You!!!!!" Sango was about to burst into flames when she was interrupted by Inuyasha.

"Shut up!!!! You're gonna scare the wench!!" yelled Inuyasha.

"Stop calling her that you ass!!!!" yelled back Sango. She, Inuyasha and Miroku had gotten into an argument. While Miroku tried to calmn both of them down, Inuyasha and Sango stared daggers at each other.

Kagome sat on her bed with blinking eyes and a surprised expression.

"Are they always like this?.." she mumbled.

"Hai!!! And you better get used to it!" said Shippo while sitting on Kagome's lap. "Usually you end all the arguments.. but I think it's Miroku's turn now.." he stated as he saw the funny scene in front of them.

Shippo didn't notice, but Kagome's expression had gotten a bit sad. She couldn't remember anything, but she assumed she knew all these people since she somehow felt safe there. Yeah, she could trust them, after all, no stranger could possibly stay up all night to watch over someone they don't know. As she stared down at Shippo's head, she smiled without noticing.

" 'This feels right..'" she thought. " ' I've done this before… this little fox sitting on my lap talking to me.. wait a minute..THERE'S A LITTLE FOX SITTING ON MY LAP AND TALKING TO ME!!!!'" she thought to herself as she got a pair of funny swirling eyes and feeling a little light headed.

Shippo turned around as he felt Kagome's body start to tumble. When he turned around and saw Kagome's swirling eyes he started to freak out. "Kagome!!!!???" he yelled. The others stopped arguing and turned towards Shippo and Kagome. Inuyasha ran fast towards her.

"Kagome! Daijoubu ka?!" he asked with a concerned face.

"There's a little fox on my lap talking to me.. hehhe" she said still with that funny expression on her face.

"Are you ok Kagome?" asked Sango while sitting next to her.

"Haaaiii.. Oh bo..." she said in a funny way right before she felt herself drifting off.

"KAGOME!!!" all four of them yelled at the same time with funny shocked expressions.

Author's note: Ooooookkkkk!!!!! So what do you think of it!!! I hope you liked it! 'cause I have to say I'm having a great time while writing this fic!! Ok, so for the next chapter I'll include some Sango/Miroku things too (I think) though I'm still not so sure about it.. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed it and please keep sending your reviews!!! Ja ne!!