InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ This Wasn't In The Job Description ❯ Reunited ( Chapter 51 )

Chapter 51

 

Reunited

 

When Kagome finally pulled into Kamakura, she was relieved to be at her destination. She weaved her way through the town, passing its many temples and shrines that had made the town such a tourist attraction - that, and the sandy beaches. But at least Kagome did not have to worry about the beach crowds at this time of year. She pulled out her directions to InuYasha's beach house and drove slowly so she would not get lost.

 

Although calm on the outside, Kagome could not stop worrying and wondering where InuYasha was. She kept chanting to herself in her mind that he would be there - she should never doubt that! Yet, she had hoped that maybe he would have caught up to her on the road somehow, and had to quell her disappointment that that had not happened.

 

`Be there, InuYasha,” Kagome thought, as she turned a corner and drove the final block to the house. `You just have to be waiting for me.'

 

Spotting the driveway finally, Kagome eased the car in. There was no sign of InuYasha's bike and her heart fell. With a sigh, she unbuckled the safety belt and got out of the car. She had to be cautious, in case someone other than InuYasha was waiting for her there. After all that had happened these past couple of days, she was always on her guard. Getting slowly out of the car, the ground crunching beneath her feet, Kagome went over to the lock box in front of the house and dug in her purse for the key.

 

After darting quick looks around, Kagome opened the front door. Before stepping all the way into the house, she felt along the wall for a light switch and flicked it on. The house was sparsely but elegantly furnished in a neo-classic Japanese style. Waiting a few anxious heartbeats, she then quickly turned and locked the door behind her. So far, there seemed to be no sign of any intruders.

 

`What do I do now?' Kagome thought. `I think I will go crazy waiting for InuYasha all alone.'

 

The sound of Kagome's heels on the floors made an ominous clicking and echoing sound as she walked further into the house. On a side table in the living room, she saw a telephone and came to a decision. She had to let someone else know the dangerous situation they were in. She picked up the receiver and dialed a number.

 

“Hello, Yumi? It's Kagome…Miroku there?...Can he talk to me a moment, it's important…”

 

As she listened to the canned music while she was put on hold, she thought, `Come on, come on, Miroku - pick up!'

 

Suddenly, Kagome got a prickly feeling on the back of her neck. Her eyes went wide and her breathing became shallow. A hand gripped her shoulder.

 

“AHHHHH!” Kagome screamed, jumping up startled. The phone flew out of her hand.

 

“Kagome…it's me.”

 

InuYasha grabbed Kagome's wrist before she toppled over in fright. She gasped when she saw what condition he was in. That had been a blue shirt when they had left the Onsen that morning. Now it was a crimson red. He looked tired, but his brow creased with concern as he looked at her.

 

“You okay?” InuYasha asked as she regained her balance.

 

“F-fine,” Kagome stammered. “But look at you - oh my god!”

 

`Kagome?...Kagome, you there?'

 

They both looked at the phone receiver as it talked to them from where it rocked back and forth on the floor. InuYasha looked at Kagome questioningly a moment as she scrambled to pick the phone up off the floor.

 

“Yeah, Miroku,” Kagome answered. “I'm here.”

 

`You sound out of breath, everything okay?'

 

“Um, well, no,” said Kagome. “We were pursued, and they shot at us. InuYasha and I were separated, so he could lead them away from me on his bike - but he just got here, to the house in Kamakura.”

 

`So what's the matter - he's with you now, right?'

 

“Yes, but he's all shot up,” said Kagome.

 

“I'll be fine - you know I heal fast,” InuYasha scoffed.

 

“But the bullets,” said Kagome. “Please, take off your shirt.”

 

“Whatever,” InuYasha replied. “This shirt is fucking trashed now anyway.”

 

“Hold on a minute,” said Kagome to Miroku, and put down the phone as InuYasha stripped off his shirt.

 

The hanyou handed it to her, and she made a face, holding the dripping thing away from her. InuYasha's chest was smeared with blood, but obviously there were no bullet holes there. She motioned for him to turn around, and as he did, she gasped again, covering her mouth with her hand. His back was riddled with bullets, and the blood had also soaked the back of his jeans. To her further horror, she saw that the wounds were slowly closing up - over the bullets. She took a deep breath before picking up the phone again.

 

“Miroku, InuYasha's back is full of bullets - and he is healing over them!” Kagome said.

 

`Do you think you can pull them out?'

 

“I don't have anything in my first aid kit that will do the job!” Kagome said in exasperation.

 

`Okay, sit tight you two - I'll be right down with what you need.'

 

“Thank you,” breathed Kagome, and smiled in relief.

 

Kagome and Miroku said goodbye, and she hung up the phone before turning back to InuYasha. His arms were crossed and he had a scowl on his face. They were making such a big deal about nothing - he had a high tolerance for pain and healed fast…

 

“So what?” InuYasha said. “Miroku sending someone down?”

 

“No, he's coming himself,” said Kagome, still looking for a place for the blood-soaked shirt. “We have to just wait for him. But in the mean time, do you have a place we can throw this out - and then I want to stop you from bleeding all over everything.”

 

“Give it to me,” said InuYasha, reaching out a hand for his shirt.

 

Quickly, Kagome relinquished the distasteful item to him. They walked into the kitchen and InuYasha found some plastic garbage bags in a drawer. He balled up the shirt and shoved it in the bag, then tied it. Then he went to the garbage bin and chucked it in.

 

“Okay, now let me get my first aid kit and we can go to the bathroom so I can wash and bandage your back,” said Kagome, and went outside to the car to retrieve her backpack.

 

Once back inside, she followed InuYasha into the bathroom, and made him sit on the toilet near the sink. Kagome found a washcloth in the narrow bathroom closet. The hanyou gave a sigh of aggravated defeat as he let her begin to wash his back and then wrap gauze around him.

 

“So tell me what happened,” said Kagome as she worked. “I take it you eluded our pursuers.”

 

“I didn't elude them,” said InuYasha with a bark of laughter. “They could not keep up with me. I got off the highway and flew through the nearest town, taking sharp turns on the side streets. Eventually they crashed.”

 

“Oh, no,” said Kagome in alarm. “No one was hurt, were they?”

 

“Only the fuckers,” said InuYasha smugly. “I don't know if they died or not, but they were definitely unconscious.”

 

Kagome stepped away to check her work. The bandages seemed satisfactorily wrapped around InuYasha, and she smiled grimly. It seemed the only problem she had noticed was that the holes were closing steadily over the bullet wounds. The only way they may have to get the bullets out would have to be by re-opening the wounds - probably with a knife. She hoped Miroku had thought of that. Deep in her thoughts, she almost missed his arms coming up to encircle her waist, and she looked into his anxious face.

 

“You weren't worried about me, were you?” InuYasha said.

 

“A little,” Kagome replied. “I have to admit, I did not like being parted from you.”

 

“I didn't like it either,” he said, gently stroking her back. “But I knew you would be okay.”

 

“What if someone had laid in wait for me?” Kagome said, trying not to betray her fear.

 

“I would have found them and ripped them to shreds,” said InuYasha matter-of-factly. “I don't believe they were out to kill us - they need us to give them the information we have.”

 

“That's true,” said Kagome, and nodded her head, looking away from his face at the floor.

 

“Come here,” said InuYasha gently, and pulled her in closer so he could put his arms around her.

 

Closing her eyes, Kagome rested her head on his shoulder. All the tension and stress was soothed away by this simple action of InuYasha's, and she shook slightly in reaction. They were together again, and the world had righted itself for her now. She had felt incomplete without him, but now that he was with her, she felt that nothing could defeat them - they were invincible once more.