InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Therapy of Each Other ❯ Lost and Found ( Chapter 18 )

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Chapter 17:Lost and Found

Inuyasha was too restless to sleep. He was going to track her that night, but he had the inside fear of getting her in trouble. That's the last thing he needed on his conscience. He couldn't get the thought of Kagome being scared to be in a new place without him out of his head. But maybe, just maybe, she found it familiar. As he walked to school, he just thought about getting to Kagome. He knew his Inu youkai instinct was trying to override his reason. He still didn't want to face his true feelings. He hated her for so long, it was almost embedded somewhere in his being, but that had almost been completely voided by the overwhelmingly strong feeling to seek her, protect her and seriously harm anyone who says he can't see her. Then something struck him,

“And you work hard in your school! If you remember and get good enough, we'll go to the same school!”

He froze as those words began to echo in his head, but then he thought about all his friends. Innocent, sweet, naive Kagome with his group of trouble making, sex hungry, smoking, drinking, foul mouthed friends. He shivered. When he said that too her, he doubted she'd be in public school any time soon, but she was sent home. Does that mean she'd be in his school? What would he do? He began to walk again as he thought about it. He had to admit that the still popular side of him didn't want to be associated with a “challenged” person, but he felt a bit bad thinking of Kagome in that way. But then he had an idea. If Kagome attended that school last year, then they should still have her records, if they didn't unenroll her completely out. He got a smirk.

“I'll find you, Kagome.”

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Kagome sat quietly in her room, staring out the window, staring below, hoping to see Inuyasha at any moment walking up the way. She held Inu-chan tightly. She saw many books around, but most of them looked too old for her train of thought. She looked around at the lavender walls and the closet that hovered over her bed on the wall. She wondered if there was anything in here to remind her of Inuyasha. She was supposedly to know him before the accident. She saw shoe boxes and a book that was green. The letters on the side were in Romanji and said “Diary”. She knew Romanji, but didn't know a lot of English. She went over and kneeled in front of the book shelf and carefully pulled out the book. She recognized it was her name on it,

“Kagome no DIARY”

She read out loud. She opened it to the middle. And read the date

“4/8/98…”

He read what she could, skipping over the Kanji characters she did not know, but from what she could make sense, someone was mean to her, he was scary and scared her. She could not help but to remember that dream with the boy whose face was in shadow. But it came to the boy's name. 3 Kanji…çŠ¥??å‰ (Do you guys see that?)… She recognized the first character to be “Inu”…Dog. She sighed and said,

“What a mean dog!”

Her mother came into the room and Kagome closed the book.

“Kagome, lunch is ready.”

She said in her chirpy demeanor. Kagome smiled and nodded, putting the book back. Those characters looked so familiar, but she could not put her finger on it. She slowly got up and went down for lunch. The main reason she had been behaving is so she may get awarded to see Inuyasha earlier…Unless Inuyasha would find her first.

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Inuyasha snuck into the office after school... He sniffed out where everyone was. The receptionist still sat at her desk as he snuck around to behind her. He saw the administration office. He stealthfuly snuck around corners and peeked inside. No one in sight. He quickly snuck over to the computer. The settings on it were in Japanese. There was a problem. He didn't remember the exact kanji for Kagome's family name.

“Shimatta! I guess I have to look up her first name. Kagome's not exactly a popular name.”

He typed it in on the Romanji keyboard, which automatically turned it to Hiragana. He pressed enter and only one name showed up.æ—¥æš®ã‹ã”ã 218;…Higurashi Kagome. He finally recognized the characters. He quickly clicked on the name. To his frustration it said,

“Transferred”.

He growled and slammed on the desk, when someone heard him and came to rush to see the commotion. With his hanyou speed, he sped out of there before someone could suspect.

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.Inuyasha tried everything that day to get her number. He did not know her mom's name, so it was hard to locate her. He couldn't ask any of her friends. Her friends hated him, which was understandable. He finally slugged home and flopped himself on the couch. He covered his arm over his eyes. Since becoming her personal care-taker, he had not been away from her this much. What was the worst part was the emptiness he felt without her. He didn't understand it. This time last year, he hated her beyond all reason, now he felt like he was suffocating, being denied air to live. He sighed,

“I'm so confused.”

He felt an itching pain on his neck. With an agitated sigh, he slapped the area and grumbled,

“This is not the time, Myouga-jiji.”

Myouga popped and hopped onto his chest with a “Gamyoun” the said,

“I recognize this look.”

Inuyasha just scoffed and rolled over, but Myouga's flea-like reflexes had him cling onto Inuyasha's shirt, and then he sat on his shoulder.

“Why aren't you with her, Inuyasha-sama? You look like you've not eaten or slept in days.”

He sighed,

“I haven't… And I'm not allowed to see her for a few days, but I have to find her. I don't care what those bastards say.”

Myouga sat cross-legged, with his arms crossed,

“You are suffering separation anxiety, then.”

“Keh”

Myouga sighed,

“Inuyasha-sama, you turn 18 in just a couple of weeks. Weither you like it or not, it looks like you have a mate.”

He snorted Myouga off his shoulder and growled,

“She's NOT my mate! I'm not ready for one anyway. I'm too young to settle with one person, besides, I'm only a hanyou, like my mating instinct will be that strong…”

Myouga said “Gamyoun” with every bounce as he settled himself on the coffee table that sat in front of the couch.

“No, not that strong. Stronger.”

Inuyasha froze and growled deeply,

“What do you mean?”

Myouga sighed and said,

“Being a hanyou, you have not only the Inu- youkai instinct to find a life-long companion and to mate, you also have your human sexual hormones…mixing the two…making it stronger. You will find it very hard and, at times, unbearable.”

Inuyasha sighed,

“How do you know for sure it's Kagome? You haven't even met her.”

Myouga smirked, though you couldn't tell except his cheek going to one side.

“Inuyasha-sama. You have not eaten since you've been separated. You look ragged and even sickly. Think about someone you yourself would want as a mate.”

Inuyasha though and shrugged with a mumble,

“I dunno. I've had a crush on Kikyou, Kagome's cousin, since I could remember, though I saw her the other day and didn't feel the same.”

Myouga watched as he said,

“Think about Kikyou. Think about her silky hair, her eyes, what you will.”

Inuyasha thought about, but ended up with a satisfied feeling and his color didn't change. Myouga raised a brow,

“And in the past you've wanted this girl?”

Inuyasha nodded,

“I finally got her to go out with me, but she thought I was too selfish and headstrong, plus she really didn't like how I treated her cousin.”

Myouga cleared his throat, Inuyasha glared at him as he continued,

“I always thought we had some connection, but I guess it just comes down to her beauty, which now, somehow, falters.”

Myouga nodded and said,

“Now, Inuyasha-sama, Think about Kagome.”

Inuyasha sighed and groaned as Myouga continued,

“Imagine her soft hair, brilliant eyes, cute face…”

Myouga eyed him closely as he named off things for Inuyasha to picture. Inuyasha's drained, pale face filled with color, his cheeks getting a rosy color. His dull, yellow-orange eyes became a brilliant, shimmering, honey-amber. Myouga listened as Inuyasha's pulse rose and his breath seemed short, but strong. Then in an outburst, Inuyasha closed his eyes tight and sat up, holding his head,

“Stop dammit! Just stop!”

Myouga nodded and said in his scruffy, old man's voice,

“Fight the feelings if you can, but don't deny them, as they will consume you to a point of breaking.”

Inuyasha growled as he ran off to his room, slamming the door, plopping onto his bed and hiding his head under a pillow. His thoughts were now flooded with Kagome. He growled and bit into his pillow,

“This can't be! Damn youkai blood. I'm too young, too wild, too popular for the likes of her, but yet… I'm going crazy knowing I have no idea where she is! I feel so helpless right now… the only way for it to stop is…is…”

With strong curses, he punched his pillow till feathers burst from the seams. So many things. Not having her…having to have her…why her of anyone. Finally he collapsed and groaned. He promised her. As he was about to get up, the phone rang. He picked it up, cleared his throat and answered in a low,

“Moshi moshi…”

“Oi, Inuyasha?”

“Mirok-“

“Look, I'm being really sneaky. If we are caught, Sango and I could loose our jobs.”

“What are y-“

“Do you know where the Sunset Shrine is?”

“Yeah I do…”

“Her grandfather is the Shrine keeper. She lives in the Keeper's house”

Inuyasha almost laughed but he said,

“Thanks, man, I owe you one and don't worry, I won't rat on you...”

“Hai, have fun. Jaa.”

“Haa, (yeah) Ja ne.”

Inuyasha barely got the phone hung up before he ran outside of the door, grabbing his black, Leather Jacket off the chair.

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Kagome sat on the love seat in front of the TV, staring into space. It had been 2 days since the last time she saw him. She finally was going quiet. Her mother got concerned when Kagome all of a sudden got pale, quiet, and stared to nowhere. She knew it was because of Inuyasha. It was planned to wait 2 more days, but it seemed that was too harsh on Kagome's mind and heart. She was almost ready to let Kagome call Inuyasha, Kaede gave her the number. She looked at the clock and said,

“Kagome, will you be fine inside the house for a bit? I need to take Souta shopping. If you need anything, Jii-chan is in the shed over by the well house.”

Kagome just gave her a pale, but solemn smile and nodded,

“I'll just watch TV. I'll be fine.”

Her mother kissed her on the cheek and called for Souta. Kagome blocked everything back out. All on her mind was Inuyasha. His voice, his touch, his scent.

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Inuyasha dodged traffic and leaped over buildings, heading non-stop to the east side of the district. He's visited the Shrine a few times. Kikyou mentioned to him that that shrine had been in her family for a millennium. He felt himself have a sweat drop when he remembered it was there, underneath the Shrine's sacred tree, where he and Kikyou broke up.

“Figures”

He grumbled under his breath. Then he spotted it,

“I'm almost there. Almost back to you…”

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Kagome didn't move from her same position. It had been about 20 minutes since her mother and Souta left. Her grandfather came in once, asking to call him for dinner. She blankly nodded. Finally a knock at her front door snapped her out of her trance. She stared at the direction for a moment before slowly getting up. She paused as she heard the door slide open and someone walk in. Cautiously she stepped out into the hall and walked down a bit before hearing a voice behind her,

“…Kagome…”

She froze and quickly turned around to see Inuyasha standing right there. She broke out into a run and yelled,

“Inuyasha!”

With a smile and open arms, he welcomed her in as she leaped into his arms, her legs wrapping around his waist and she held onto him. It was a shock to him a first, but he wrapped his arms around her, one hand holding her head to him, the other keeping her up, he nuzzled into the knap of her neck, breathing her in as he whispered to the sobbing girl,

“I told you, baka…I'd find you.”

He backed away just enough to look into her vibrant, happy eyes,

“I knew you would! I would have waited forever!”

His happy smile became something deeper as her face was barely centimeters away from his. He felt her hot breath through her smile, but it faded when his eyes became heavy. He whispered as he came closer to her face,

“…Kagome…I missed you…”

She nervously nodded as she shivered and whispered back,

“I missed you…Inuyasha…”

She blushed and readied herself for whatever Inuyasha had on his mind, whatever it was. It was Inuyasha. He kept looking at her lips. She got excited and closed her eyes. Inuyasha smiled at how cute she was, but couldn't help and was taking his cue…when…

“What's going on here?”

Inuyasha just about dropped Kagome, but caught her at the last minute, letting her down onto the ground, but Kagome remained attached to him. Inuyasha was bright red. Kagome, with no conscience, said with a big smile,

“Jii-chan! This is Inuyasha!”

Her grandfather eyed him and sneered,

“Since when are boys the same age as my granddaughter allowed too tutor in such personal matters?”

Inuyasha sensed the offensive jest that her grandfather was making. He sneered back,

“You meant `youkai boys'… didn't you?”

“Smart boy. I thought you knew not to see her till Sunday?”

Poor Kagome was lost and just looked at both of them, sensing something wrong. Inuyasha put an arm around her and said,

“You think I'm really going to listen to that crap? I wanted to see her, so… I found her.”

Kagome's grandfather eyed him as Kagome snuggled into his chest. Under normal circumstances he would have stopped her, but not only did he miss her, he wanted to prove a point to her grandfather. Her grandfather glared and asked,

“What youkai are you? And what spell have you cast on my granddaughter?”

He asked as he stepped to take Kagome, but Inuyasha gave him a stern warning before saying,

“I'm an Inu hanyou and Inu youkai do not cast mind altering spells!”

“Hanyou, ne? Kagome, dear, why don't you step over here?”

Kagome looked at him,

“Jii-chan…why?”

“Because that boy's dangerous.”

Inuyasha was surprised when Kagome turned to her grandfather and yelled,

“Inuyasha's not dangerous!”

“He's part youkai-“

“So, Jii-chan? If it weren't for him, I'd be dead! Not only that but I might not be as well as I am now! I'm staying right here!”

Inuyasha watched with a lump in his throat as Kagome and her grandfather argued. Her grandfather said,

“Kagome! Don't talk back! Honor your elders like you were raised…or…is that another thing this rude…'boy'… taught you?”

Kagome was about to burst into tears before Inuyasha looked to the side and held Kagome back against him.

“Jii-chan!”

Kagome heard her mother yell.

“How dare you talk to our Kagome's savior and our guest in such a way!" You should not blame poor Kagome!”

After Her Grandfather crossed his arms and huffed, Kagome's mother looked over to Inuyasha and Kagome with a smile. In a bit of a teasing fashion she said,

“Kaede-sama warned me it may be impossible to separate you two.”

She looked at the embarrassed, bright red Inuyasha and her glowing daughter. She bowed politely to Inuyasha,

“Nice to see you again, Inuyasha.”

He nodded solemnly as he looked down at a smiling Kagome. He warmly smiled. Kagome's mother smiled at the bond that was obvious between them.

“Inuyasha?”

Inuyasha snapped out of it,

“Ee?”

“Would you be staying for dinner?”

He looked down at an excitingly nodding Kagome, He faked an eye roll and sigh and said,

“Guess I have no choice.”

And as Kagome grabbed his hand to lead him somewhere, Inuyasha leaned into her mom,

“Besides, I've not eaten in days.”

She giggled and said,

“Oh, I see.”

Mrs. Higurashi watched as Kagome sat Inuyasha right by her on the floor in front of the TV. She looked so happy with him. He seemed very patient and understanding to everything she did or said to him. He was definitely special.

“You are going to allow this?”

She heard her father say up to her.

“Of course, Papa. Kaede-sama told me the extent of Inuyasha's past crimes and too me it seems like they are teaching each other a few things.”

She giggled as Inuyasha was teaching Kagome how to hold a game controller. Her father growled,

“The boy's a hanyou…INU-hanyou. They can be very protective. That can spell trouble for our little Kagome.”

“Oh? How so?”

“Having anything of Youkai blood in the family curses it. I'll have to get some seals to seal him out of our house.”

“You will do no such thing! Papa, she's very happy, and so is he. That is the boy that got Kagome to breath, to walk, to talk…. To live! He is her miracle. And I have a feeling from hearing about his past, the extent it took him to find her, and how he handles her… she's his miracle in a way as well.”

They watch as Kagome screamed when she crashed into a wall playing a racing game, Inuyasha laughing and telling her it was ok. Mrs. Higurashi patted her paranoid father on the head before heading into the kitchen to cook dinner.

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After a filling dinner, Inuyasha and Kagome stepped outside to take a walk. Kagome grabbed onto his upper arm. Inuyasha sighed in contentment. They walked over to a point near the tree to look over the east Tokyo area. Kagome let go of his arm and gently slid her hand down his arm to reach for his hand, causing him to shiver. They stood there in silence as Inuyasha looked over at her. She was just wearing a lavender, flower-patterned dress that blew in the fall breeze. Her long hair gleamed in the evening sun as the breeze would tease it. It reminded him of what Myouga was telling him to picture. She looked at him from the corner of her eyes and gushed a bit, before smiling with innocent eyes and reddened cheeks. After a few minutes of staring at her, she innocently asked,

“What?”

Quicker then she could react, He spun her to him into a strong embrace, breathing her in. She held him back, enjoying the sudden embrace. He gently whispered into her ear,

“I was going crazy without seeing you…”

She sighed,

“Oh, Inuyasha… I was so afraid without knowing where you were.”

He cringed and dug his claws into the fabric of her dress, not tearing it,

“Where you really afraid?”

She nodded,

“I knew I was in my house and safe, but I felt…bare…unprotected… Kind of like I was naked,”

Inuyasha cringed at the analogy, but continued to listen,

“I didn't know you knew where I was… if you didn't how could you come to me?”

He nuzzled into her cheek, saying lightly,

“I was told not to look for you…but…I couldn't…I knew you were afraid. I made a promise to you that I intend to keep.”

Then he menacingly growled,

“I don't care what they say…I can't be kept from you.”

The growl was a little scary for her, but she didn't care. His warmth… his voice, everything about him she found she craved. Same with him. He had a full stomach and he had Kagome in his arms. Kagome giggled. Inuyasha asked in her head,

“What's so funny?”

She shrugged,

“I'm sure this wasn't part of your training program.”

He drew her back to her cute, humorous smile. He caressed her cheek and smirked, making her feel a tingle. She found his smirks did something to her. He drew the hair from around her face and said,

“You don't know half of it….”

He smiled at her before drawing her back into him and held her tight, shimmying slightly,

“…Oh… how I missed you.”

Then he thought in his head,

`What am I going to do when I'm 18? I have to be careful.”

They held each other like that until sundown when Inuyasha took a shaky breath. He was spending most of this time getting intoxicated by her scent. Kagome looked up at him,

“Inuyasha?”

He held her into his neck by the back of her head,

“I have to go home.”

Kagome grabbed onto him,

“You just got here.”

He nuzzled into her hair and said,

“I know…but I'll see you tomorrow. I have school stuff I need to do.”

He drew her back and ran his thumb over her cheek,

“Can you forgive me?”

Kagome sighed stubbornly and said,

“Well you know where I live now and stuff…”

“Yah and…”

He dug with one hand into his jacket pocket and pulled out a pen.

“Give me your hand.”

She let go of him and gave him her left hand. He wrote on the back of it a few numbers.

“This is my phone number. Call me whenever you need me. Unless it's an emergency, don't call later then 10, earlier then 8, ne?”

She nodded. He smiled took her right hand,

“Let's go back inside for now, it's getting cold out here.”

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A/N: Japanese characters. Yes I can type in Japanese, I just want to see if they will show up on If all you see is weird punctuation, you'll need a Japanese Language Pack. You have it on your Window's disk or you can get it at windows .com.

On the question about my story “Beyond Imaginary” It is a story I'm working on on leisure time and won't start publishing it till it is near finished. So far I have 4 chapters typed up on it. I have one more fanfic idea as well, but I really need to finish the overhaul... I dread it. I want it over with… maybe if I get some people to help me with proof reading, since I miss a lot… but yah, “Beyond Imaginary” IS being written.

Well, till next time… Kudos!