InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Say Goodbye ❯ Chapter 3 No Need For Words ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter 3 No Need for Words

Can't say

Won't say

What my heart feels

So much pain

So much sadness

And anger

What a burden

That she carried

But it's now mine to bear

But why me?

I mustn't tell him

But he looked so

Sad and worried

I want to but can't

If only words

Could express much more

But this time

There's no need

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Kagome slowly opened her eyes, waking up to voices. As her vision focused, she saw Sango and Shippou over her, both with teary eyes. They smiled when they saw Kagome wake up.

"KAGOME! You're awake! We were so worried about you." Shippou restrained himself from hugging her, fearing he might cause pain to her wounds.

Sango was crying harder into Miroku's shoulder but only tears of joy. Miroku only tried to calm her without any of his perverted antics.

Kagome noticed that she had been bandaged around her body and right arm and was topless. She only had a blanket covering her. She immediately turned red and pulled the cover closer to her chin.

Sango, whom was wiping tears away with her kimono sleeve, laughed a little when she saw Kagome's embarrassing look. "Sorry, but your shirt didn't hold up. It was torn to pieces in the back." Kagome gave her a "not-so-convincing" look as she gave a quick glance at Miroku. "Don't worry, Kagome. I made sure Miroku and Inuyasha were outside with Shippou guarding the door while I was bandaging you." Sango was still laughing to herself.

"I'm so misunderstood," Miroku mumbled.

Kagome tried sitting up, still clinging the blanket to her. She felt a twinge pain as she straightened up and winced at it.

Shippou came to her side, urging her to lie back down. "Kagome, you shouldn't try to move too much. You need to rest, especially after everything you've been through."

Miroku agreed. "Yes, it is best that you do."

Kagome only nodded and smiled weakly at them all. That's when she noticed someone behind Shippou out of the corner of her eye. It was Inuyasha. She didn't give a second thought about him as she looked away without notice and slowly laid back down, wincing less at the pain. She closed her eyes, trying to go back to sleep.

Things quieted down after that. Sango decided to gather some more herbs and water, and Shippou tagged along. Miroku left soon after saying he was going to see if there was a village nearby with a good doctor. After that, it was just Inuyasha, Kagome, and a sleeping Kirara.

Kagome hadn't said anything since she awoken earlier and didn't even look at Inuyasha a second time. She just lay there, facing the other way. She would've preferably laid on her side, but that would kill from the pain.

Inuyasha sat there sulking. He knew all of this started when he slapped her. Because of his confusion of anger and worry, she was hurt, both physically and mentally. And now, she was ignoring him.

He finally decided that he should make up with her that night while no one else was around for a while. Miroku and Sango did say he should apologize that night. Besides, he wouldn't have to worry about an audience getting on his nerves later.

He looked up and noticed that Kagome was still awake and still ignoring him. `Well, here goes,' he thought to himself. "Kagome, I need to talk to you. It's about yesterday. Will you listen? Please?" Kagome didn't respond. Inuyasha sighed. She was still trying to pretend he wasn't there or didn't exist to her, but she, for some reason, didn't as mad. Just hurt.

He was going to ask again when he noticed the smell of blood seeping through the bandages to the floor. "Will you at least let me rebind the bandages you? You're bandages are seeped through from all the blood. I should at least do that for you since it was my fault for not noticing the youkai before." She still said nothing but tensed a little. "I promise I won't look. I swear, I won't. Besides, we don't know how long Sango's gonna be."

Kagome laid there for a moment as if she pondered the thought. Then, slowly, she sat up with the blanket close to her.

Taking that as a "yes", he got up and gathered the medicine, bandages, and cloth from next to Kagome's bag. He sat down behind her and began untying the bloody cloth.

Meanwhile, outside, Sango was walking back with the water as Shippou carried the herbs when they saw Miroku standing by the curtains of the hut.

"Hey, houshi!" Sango called. "What are y-"

"Ssshhh!" Miroku shushed her while holding his fingers to his lips. "They'll hear us," he whispered.

The two waked over to him as Shippou whispered, "Why are you spying on them?"

"Because I wanna see Inuyasha make a fool of himself," he said smiling.

"Then why didn't you just stay inside instead of snooping around out here?" Sango asked quietly.

"You know Inuyasha. He hates admitting his feelings about Kagome when we're around."

"Of course. The guy's too stubborn to even admit when he's made a mistake, especially with Kagome." Both Sango and Shippou sighed.

Inuyasha had already cleaned the wounds, added the medicine, and was now just finishing with the bandaging as he tied the cloth. Kagome was waiting for him to move so that she could lie back down. She heard him move around a bit, but he hadn't gotten up. Suddenly, she felt him place something around her shoulders and wrap his arms around her. She gasped as he brought her closer into an embrace. She looked down and saw that his fire rat haori was covered in blood. Her blood.

Inuyasha dipped his head into the crook of Kagome's neck and rested there for a moment, taking in her scent. Then he finally spoke.

"Kagome, about yesterday, I…I'm sorry. I never really said it, But I'm sorry. I shouldn't have struck you or called you a bitch. I was out of line and should've let you go when you didn't want to talk. All of those times that I've hurt you in some way, especially when it involved Kikyou, and I never apologized. Kagome, I don't know if you'll accept it or if it's good enough, but…I'm sorry, too, for hurting you even though I never meant to. You don't have to talk to me anymore if you don't want and be mad at me. I was just hoping for you to not hate me. I just wanted you to know that, but I'll still be here if you'll still accept me." He pulled away from her, waiting for what she said or do.

Kagome sat still for a moment, not responding to what Inuyasha said. He was almost sure she wouldn't talk to him when she turned around to him.

Clutching the haori close to her, she looked up to him with tears about to spill over in her eyes. They spoke to him as she searched for any deceit in his words. "Do you mean it?" she whispered in a low voice in which only Inuyasha's acute hearing could pick up. "Do you really mean it?" she rasped out again.

He looked down at Kagome's wavering eyes concerned. He wasn't sure why Kagome was about to cry or why her voice sounded hoarse. "Of course I meant every word of it with all of my heart. How could I not?"

Kagome leaned her head in to his chest and buried her eyes into his under kimono. "And…and you thought I hated you?" she sobbed ever hoarser.

Inuyasha placed his arms around her gently. "Yeah, I mean, I couldn't see why you wouldn't be, so I just assumed after what I…"

"You're an idiot, Inuyasha," she cried cutting him off. "You're such an idiot to think that I would ever hate you! I could never hate you. Never. Wh-Why would I even want to? I was mad, but that didn't mean I didn't love you anymore." She started crying harder.

He held her tightly relieved by her words. "I don't know why I thought that. I should've known better about you. Please, don't cry. I didn't mean to-"

Kagome cut him off again by placing her lips over his. Before Inuyasha realized what was happening, her lips had left him. She buried her face onto his chest and wrapped her arms around his waist.

Inuyasha looked down at the girl in his arms. He didn't hate him, not one bit. But, why did he voice sound so rough? "Kagome, what happened to your voice? It sounded harsh. And why didn't you scream for help when the youkai had attacked you? I could've gotten there sooner and you wouldn't be so hurt."

Kagome shook her head against his clothing. "I couldn't scream for help or yell or anything."

"Why? Why couldn't you? Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, now. It's just that earlier, all yesterday and today, my throat's been hurting so I couldn't speak." Kagome then looked away. "I think it started after our little incident yesterday when I yelled at you," she said in a small voice.

Inuyasha crushed her in his arms, all but hurting her. "Kagome, you're so stupid. Why didn't you say anythi- Oh, duh, you couldn't speak so of course you couldn't say anything about it. If you knew you couldn't speak, then why didn't you stay at camp? You should have known that youkai were around and if I hadn't walked into the forest when I did, you could've been killed. We wouldn't have gotten to the youkai in time and I…" Inuyasha hugged Kagome to his chest tightly. Just thinking about the thought made him not want to let her go. The thought of her lying on the ground with blood pouring out of her, it was too much to bear. "If I lost you, I wouldn't know what to do. I would've lost everything that's important to me. I just don't want you to suffer through pain like that again. I couldn't protect Kikyou like I wanted to, and for that, I don't want to make the same mistake twice. I swear I will protect you with my life. Better than what I could've done for Kikyou."

Kagome held him tight as well and nodded. "I'm sorry, Inuyasha. I should've known better. I didn't mean to make you worry so much about me. But don't always try to protect me. I know how to take care of myself, you know. Just because you couldn't protect Kikyou like you wanted to, don't say you'll protect me better than her. I don't want you to be someone that you couldn't be for someone else. I just want you to be you. That's what I like about you; you just being you. That's all I'm asking from you. I don't want you to change because I want you to stay here with me like you are, do you understand what I'm trying to say?"

Inuyasha nodded slowly against her hair as he inhaled her scent. "Thank you, Kagome. But I can't say that I won't always protect."

"And I can't say that I will always be able to protect myself." Kagome smiled at him.

He let a small smile cover his features. "So this means you forgive me?"

She laughed some and nodded, but, then she pulled away some. "On one condition."

"And that would be?" he asked curious.

"Close your eyes." Inuyasha made a big show of rolling them but did as he was told. Kagome moved over to his left and leaned up to his ears as they twitched around incessantly trying to listen to her every move. Gently, she whispered, "Osuwari."

Inuyasha instantly slammed face down on the hard wooden floor. Kagome was barely able to contain her rising laughter and put on a decent face. "That's for making the bandages so tight." She turned around, away from him and crossed her arms.

When the spell wore off, he got up some and suddenly pounced on her. He placed his hands at her side and started tickling her. "Hey! Stop! That tickles!" Kagome laughed, trying to escape Inuyasha's hold on her but was overcomed by the wave of laughter he induce.

"I know all your weak points, so it's not use. Say I'm not an idiot, and I'll stop."

"But you are. I'll never say it. Never!" He moved his hands to her stomach, and she laughed even harder. "Okay, okay, OKAY! You're not an idiot. YOU NOT AN IDIOT! Just STOP, please!" He released her to let her recompose herself. When she was almost back to normal, she whispered under her breath, "Fine, you're a half-wit, then."

Inuyasha wrapped his arms around Kagome and whispered softly I her ear, "I heard that, you know." Kagome smiled at herself, noticing something, but before she could say anything, Inuyasha turned her around some.

Cutting anything that she was about to say off, he captured her lips in a fiery passion that only she could match. Nipping slightly at her lips, he took possession of the kiss as her silent moan reverberated through his mind. As if reading his thoughts, she parted her lips slightly and let him delve into the contours of her mouth. She wrapped her arms up around his head, tweaking his ears in a small gesture to goad him even further.

Inuyasha was wrapped in her, her every gesture became his, every thought and feeling he shred with her was his own. He became attuned to her as if sharing her body while his own wished to take dominance over her. Coherent thought melted away into just sensations. He understood nothing but the woman in his arms, the angel of light that casted away the shrouds of darkness in his mind, the wave that silenced his fire with a passion like no other. He took note of everything that he gave her and watched as she gave him back something more beautiful in return. He shook under her turn and yet steadied himself against her, the youkai inside wanting t keep control. His only true wish to be with Kagome no matter how long he had to wait, he wanted to be soothed by her touch, calmed by her voice that sung to him in whispers, trapped by her sight, ensnared by her scent, traumatized by her taste. Only she mattered to him.

Kagome's thoughts finally returned to her as they no longer became a puzzle to her. She broke away slightly and smiled upon his lips. "We have an audience."

Inuyasha looked down quizzically at her, his mind still foggy from his Kagome-induced delirium. That's when it hit him, hard in the head. `Damn my senses!' He got a whiff of three scents that he preferred to not have smelled at the time. What caught his ears was a smack, most likely coming from the demon huntress.

Abruptly standing up, he snarled, "Hey, pea-brained monk and friends!"

All of a sudden, shuffling was heard and then yelling when Shippou, Sango, and Miroku came stumbling in onto the floor on top of each other. The herbs flew everywhere, and Sango accidentally dropped the water when she fell. The water basket fell on Miroku's head, who was on top of Sango, who was on Shippou. In other words, all three were splashed with water.

Inuyasha growled, holding up a vein-popping fist threateningly.

Miroku was first to speak. "Heh, heh, Inuyasha! What a nice surprise! I see you've made up with Kagome. And she looks like she's feeling better too."

Then Sango spoke up, seeing as Inuyasha was royally pissed. "Inuyasha, I…bet you're wondering why we're here. You see, uh, we're just, uh, just…waiting for morning to come before we, uh, before we fixed breakfast, and, and-and…You don't look too happy, so we'll just show ourselves out and…"

"Please don't be mad, Inuyasha!" Shippou yelled as he tried to get up, but Sango and Miroku kept falling down on him. "We didn't mean to spy on you. It was all Miroku's idea!"

"Was most certainly not! It goes against my religion."

"Liar! Inuyasha, don't look at me like that! Aahhh! Help!" The three ran from the hut with a rabid Inuyasha right on their tails.

"What's a guy gotta do to get some privacy?! I guess I'll start with breaking necks!"

Kagome walked out to find two scared humans and a frightened kitsune running away from a pissed inu-youkai hanyou ready to pounce on his prey and tear them limb from limb. She sighed and then smiled.

"Now, Inuyasha," Sango reasoned, "we're friends, remember?"

"I know, FRIEND! Come here and I'll give a hug, FRIEND! I just want to HUG you!"

She sighed once more and said to herself, "I guess some things never change. Time to end this. Inuyasha!"

"Uh oh."

"Osuwari!" He came crashing down from mid-pounce. "We really need to work on your temper, even though the did deserve it for once. Guess things are back to normal," she said as she, Miroku, Sango, and Shippou walked over to Inuyasha.

A week later, Kagome's wounds healed without leaving a scar. What everyone didn't know was that before, Inuyasha had reopened one of the wounds on his right arm and let some of his blood drip into the cloth he was going to use to add the medicine and dabbed it lightly on her arm and back. He also let some drops fall onto her back. He did so, knowing her wounds would heal faster and so would her strength. `Someone like Kagome doesn't deserve scars like these. She did nothing to deserve this,' Inuyasha thought as he cleaned the bloody gashes.

Kagome had already suspected something from Inuyasha and knew he was looking after her.

`Even though I couldn't stand the hate from her, I don't mind the love the she shared for him. I finally understand one emotion that she had for Inuyasha, except I love him for who he is and trust him with my life, more than I know Kikyou ever could. I couldn't be better off with anyone else. He will always be there for me, and I…for him.'

I'm sooooooo sorry. I unexpectedly moved last Friday while I was in school, so I couldn't type up anything until Sunday evening. Even then I was busy typing up a new story and reading up to chapter 90 of Sueric's Chronicles. She almost killed off Inuyasha and Shippou! But don't worry, those two are alive. Hee, hee.

I'm sad. None of you have voted on my polls. I feel so sad and far away from the world. Can at least five of you vote? I'd be really happy if you did. Pleeeeaaaassse? Oneeeeeeegaaaaaaiiiii? I don't wanna seem stupid for putting up something no one will vote for.

To all of you, did you really think I was gonna kill off Kagome? Come on! Who would wanna kill off Kagome, especially since she and Inuyasha belong with each other…….ALIVE! Only Kagome-haters would do that. I'm actually a Kikyou hater, but I'd rather not let that get to me in my writing, well, except in Engaging Enemies. Yes, I'm evil.

Sorry, guys, but I was planning on giving you two chapters this week but I've still got to move some more stuff and see if I can put up another chapter of EE before I get hate mail and flames. Ja ne!

Final Words:

Miroku: Is he still following us?

Sango: No, I think he stopped. Kagome might have `sat' him enough times to stop him from chasing us.

Miroku: Thank Kami. I was worried he would chase us all night. I think the sun will rise in an hour or two. I'll just rest here by this tree.

Shippou: M-M-Mi-Miroku…I don't think you wanna sleep there.

Miroku: And why not?

Shippou: (pointing) L-L-L-Look! Tha-That's not a tree. It's…It's…It's……

Miroku: What's wrong, Shippou? Sango?

Sango: (speechless) (gulp)

Tree?: Hello, there monk. Ready to die?

Miroku: (turns around shaking) I-Inu-Inuyasha?

Inuyasha: DIE!!! (swipes with his claws)

Miroku: (rolls away) RUN!

Inuyasha: (draws Tetsusaiga) Let me hack you, let me tear you, let me KILL YOU!!!

All three: KAGOME!!! (run into tree)

Tree 2: Where do you think you're going?

All three: Inuyasha!

Tree 3: (steps from shadows) I believe it's your final hour. Prepare to be purified!

Shippou: Not you too, Kagome!

Sango and Miroku: Uh oh!

Tree 2 & 3: (raise their weapons) DIE!!!

All three: HEEELLLLPP!!!