InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Scars That Won't Fade ❯ Always ( Chapter 6 )

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Scars That Won't Fade

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Chapter 6: Always

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She awoke to a dull numbness in her leg. Her forehead was damp with sweat, and her blanket in much the same condition. She rolled over as best she could as she maneuvered her leg to avoid any pain. She closed her eyes and sighed, before opening them again slowly. A weak smile graced her lips as InuYasha's face came into sight.

He was sitting against the wall, Tetsusaiga in his lap as usual, but his hand was intertwined with hers, she noticed as she looked at it lovingly. His ears swiveled slightly ontop his head, and she silently wished she could sit up and rub them. Oh...how she loved his ears!

She smiled, as his nose twitched, before his eyes opened sleepily. Amber orbs looked around the room, half awake, as the first rays of light began to pool through the small window of the room. Angelic beams luminated the area, as particles began to shine through the light. She watched him as his eyes fell on her, and his ears drooped slightly. She frowned as he put the Tetsusaiga down beside him, and crouched down so he was on his knees infront of her.

"I'm sorry..." he whispered, pain evident in his voice.

Her mouth parted slightly, as her eyes began to fill with unshed tears.

"I couldn't protect you."

Her eyes opened as a glistening tear slid down her face, shining like a lone diamond in the sun's warming rays. She opened her mouth to say something, but the words wouldn't come. So instead, she removed her hand from his, bringing both her arms up as best she could to wrap around his neck, forcing him to lean over more. She sat up slightly, as she held him close to her.

"If it weren't for you, I'd be dead now." she whispered, as another tear followed. Her voice began to crack, and she swallowed. She felt him place a hand on her back, the other higher up to support her. "I'm so grateful you're in my life. I don't know what I would do if I had to do this alone. I'm so glad..."

He tightened their embrace, and she mirrored his actions, as more tears slid down her face.

The water glistened in the morning rays as the two embraced eachother, a silent promise made under the sun. Beams of sun filtered through the window, as particles floated in an angelic dance under the warmth.

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The two sat in a comfortable silence as the sun began to rise high in the sky. Due to Kagome's injury, she wasn't allowed to move yet. Not that she could if she tried, InuYasha would pin her down.

"I can't leave for good, I'll have to go back sometime," she said. They were currently discussing her options, to no avail.

"But you can stay here for the larger part of the time, and when you go back I could go with you."

She nodded in a silent agreement. "If I can get a better look at his work schedule, we may be able to avoid him."

But they both knew it wouldn't be that easy. Even if they managed to avoid him, how long could they keep up the charade? The thought that scared her the most was if her father found out about the well...and...destroyed it. She shook her head slightly, and forced the thought out of her mind. She wouldn't let him, no matter what the cost.

"InuYasha...I've got to go back again," she said firmly. He stood, and towered over her in disagreement.

"Like hell! There's no way you're back so soon, and besides you're not healed yet!"

"I know, I know," she sighed wearily. She knew that this conversation would have to take place. She took a deep breath before continuing, and exhaled. "I don't mean at this second. Once I'm better, and maybe at a less obvious time, I need to go and tell my mom what's...what's going on." she said uneasily.

She shifted against the wall she was currently sitting up against. She breathed in again, the stale air choking her lungs. She blew out in frustration, as she propped her hands on either side of her. Pushing up with a great effort, she tried to stand up, only to feel a familiar set of hands push her back down gently on her shoulders.

She glared at him, but he only shook his head in the negative.

"I want to go outside!" she whined. He didn't answer, only sat down to her right as he had been doing before. She slumped her shoulders in frustration and rolled her eyes. "I'm going to suffocate in here! The air's stale, and I haven't seen the sky in days! Either you help me out, or I'll do it myself."

He looked at her, and she glared back, a fiery determination in her eyes. He rolled his eyes and grudgingly stood up, before walking over to her and offering her his hand. She gladly accepted, minding her leg, as she began to maneuver herself into a position in which she could rise.

He helped pull her on her feet, and she only felt a twinge of pain in her leg. The herbs Kaede had been giving her over the course of the past few days had been helping her along amazingly. She often wondered if they were the base for some of the medicines in her own time.

She grabbed his forearm as she teetered slightly, using him as a brace. He released her grip on his arm, only momentarily to replace it with his opposite hand. He put the one she had been previously holding around her waist so she wouldn't fall. She smiled up at him thankfully, as they began to cross the floor to the main room slowly.

A delicious aroma filled the room, as the entered the main section of the hut. She noticed Kaede stirring a stew, while Sango polished her boomerang, Kilala at her side. Shippo was still sleeping, and Miroku...well Miroku looked plain bored. They noticed her presence and looked up at her. She smiled and nodded to them, as she made her way to the door with InuYasha's help.

"Kagome-chan," she heard Sango say. She stopped and turned; rather hopped; around to face her. "Do you really think you should be going outside? With such an injury and all..." a look of pity crossed her face, and Kagome felt a twinge of nostalgia. The sorries and the people with their false pity. She smiled sadly.

"I'm alright, Sango, really. And besides, InuYasha will be with me so I'll be fine," she replied.

Sango nodded, as she turned around and headed towards the door. She watched their retreating figures, as she leaned over to the monk beside her.

"I'm worried about Kagome," she whispered to Miroku, her hand cupped beside her mouth. He nodded solemnly, his eyes closed in thought. "I don't think she should go back. I don't like the idea of--URK!"

Her hand balled into a fist, as several veins began to pop on her forehand. A familiar hand was rubbing her backside, and she prayed to the Gods to give her strength.

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Kagome entered the sunshine with InuYasha, a few steps away from the door of the hut. She closed her eyes and raised them towards the sky, relishing in the warmth of the sun. She breathed the clean air and a broad smile lit her face, the only true smile she's had in a while now.

She turned to smile at him, to find him already looking down at her. She blushed only slightly, as their eyes locked, and she found it unable to tear her own away. His eyes pierced her soul, his amber depths holding her fast to his gaze. Her heart sped when he began to slowly lower his head. She lifted her head, at the same speed, as the space between them slowly began to disappear. His eyes began to close, and she found herself doing the same. They were close...so close. She could feel his breath on her face, his warmth radiating onto her skin. Their lips were only centimetres away...

"HENTAI!!!!!!!!"

The both jumped apart, each with bright red faces, Kagome resembling a somewhat disappointed tomato. A fuming Sango exited the hut, her hands straight at her side, as she stormed away, tossing Hiraikotsu on her back. She looked ready to kill. Even Kagome was afraid, and she wasn't even in the line of fire!

Soon after, Miroku came running out of the hut, a bright red imprint on his cheek of Sango's fair hand. He held one arm out, his other holding his staff.

"Sango! Wait! It was all a misunderstanding!"

The women in question froze, as she slowly turned around. She turned and locked eyes with the priest, as fire began to swell around her.

`Man,' Kagome thought, `If looks could kill...'

"Misunderstanding?" she hissed, and Kagome found herself flinching backwards into the already cowering InuYasha. "Misunderstanding ?!"

Kagome turned to InuYasha, and began to motion for them to back away...slowly...They began to inch away from the battle at hand. Kagome pitied Miroku, the target of Sango's anger. She knew it would happen one day, the day that Sango would get fed up and snap.

`Lord,' she prayed, `Please protect Miroku. Though Sango wants to kill him, she'll miss him later.'

InuYasha pulled her back with him a few steps, all the time their eyes on Sango, who now had a pitch black aura surrounding her. No, this did not look good indeed. Kagome looked to Miroku who was now shaking. She winced slightly. She couldn't say he didn't deserve it.

"Oh, you'll pay for it this time you...you...!!" Sango struggled to find words as smoke blew out her ears.

"You adorably sexy thing?" Miroku offered, the stupid grin back on his face. Heavens above, wasn't he even scared?

Wrong move. Kagome's eyes widened, InuYasha's eyes widened, and Sango now had several veins popping out of her forehead.

"I'm going to kill you!!!" she screamed, as she ran at the now fleeing priest. She took the giant boomerang off her shoulder, and now held it in her hands, as she began swinging it madly at the retreating figure that was Miroku.

Her yells echoed in the distance, as their outlines slowly retreated into the surrounding area, until they were no longer visible. InuYasha and Kagome stood infront of the hut, having not moved at all, as sweatdrops formed on their foreheads.

"Well," Kagome said, "It was gonna happen sometime."

"Uh...yeah..." was all InuYasha said, as he stood in shock.

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With InuYasha's help, they trudged through the forest and to the nearby stream. Kagome sat down on a rock above the water, dangling her feet into the cool liquid below, as she blew out her breath. InuYasha sat beside her, on his stomach, his hands propping up his head. She was going to try to start conversation, but she saw the pensive look on his face, and decided it would be best to leave it at a comfortable silence for now.

Minutes passed, and she became curious as to what he was thinking. Carefully, she turned herself around on the rock, then flipped her body over, so she was lying in the same position as he was. She watched the racing water below her, the sun glistening off the small waves.

"Whatcha thinkin' `bout?" she asked, as her eyes followed the movements of a small fish below her.

"Nothing," he murmured, as he shifted slightly.

`Liar,' the voice in his head told him, `you were thinking about her. About how it would feel to have her lips on yours, like you almost did.'

`Shut it!'

`You can deny it all you want,' it echoed. He growled inaudibly.

`Leave me alone. Jeez, you're annoying...'

`Aww, come on...You know you wannnnnnt it!'

He dropped his finger into the water below as a distraction as his thoughts slowly began to waver, focusing on the ripples in the water around it. He felt someone watching him, and chanced a glance beside him to see Kagome watching him, frowning slightly.

"You're thinking about something," she said, "I can tell."

He grunted in response, as she conceded, knowing that she wouldn't get any information out of him.

"Ne, InuYasha...thanks again. About my dad and all...I really appreciate you being there, and still helping me now," she turned to him and gave him a beaming smile, as his heart skipped a beat.

"Sure," he replied, as they once again fell into silence.

"You know," her voice broke through the air, soft yet clear. "Sometimes I wonder why exactly I went in the wellhouse that day. Why Buyo suddenly decided to become adventurous that exact moment. Did you ever think about what would happen if things were different?"

"Different how?" he asked.

She rolled back over to her stomach, crossing her arms infront of her, using them like a pillow.

"Well imagine Onigumo never existed. He died long before he met Kikyo, and Naraku never came to be. Would I still carry the jewel inside my body, and be able to travel through the times?" She paused momentarily, "Would I still meet you?"

He swallowed around the sudden lump in his throat. The entire situation was bittersweet. From the very beginning, it had been a pretty trying ordeal. Naraku tricking him and Kikyo into hating and deceiving eachother, him being pinned to the Goshinboku for fifty years, as she died, taking the jewel with her. The loss of his first love had, granted, been hard on him. And now he found himself loving again. The pain he had gone through to get to the happiness, and still old memories haunted him.

But in the end, without a doubt, he could say he had never been happier. If all their problems disappeared, if Kikyo finally found peace, if Naraku was destroyed, and now if Kagome's father was taken care of, there was no ounce of hesitation that he would claim her as his own.

"We were brought together for a reason," he said, "to restore the pieces of the jewel. But, while doing that, we've made some friends that I gotta admit, I enjoy being and having around. Before you opened me up to the world again, I thought I would never be able to laugh or smile again." he said, as he turned his head to look at her, her eyes locking with his as he spoke.

"You saved me Kagome, from myself. You opened my heart, showed me how to care and worry for others, and how to be myself. You're the first person I met who truly accepted me for who I was, hands down. You never judged me the first time you saw me, and I'm afraid that now you know me well enough that when you do judge and point things out to me, that you're right."

She smiled, as she turned on her side, taking his hand in her own and squeezing it. "I care for you for who you are. I don't care for your human side, or demon side separately, or see one as more important than the other. They both make up who you are, both outside, and inside." She brought their hands to where his heart was and pressed lightly.

He carefully pulled her into a warm hug, as she curled up into his chest. "I will always be by your side, InuYasha, no matter what anybody does or says. You can always trust me to be there."

He held her tight to him, as her eyes closed. He rested his head atop hers, as he whispered softly, only loud enough for her to hear.

"Arigatou, Kagome."

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Gahhhh....finally...another chapter up...shew...@_@

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