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A/N: Howdy all! How's the summer weather been treating you? Good I trust. Well here I am, writing another chapter. What can I say, I'm a sucker for Inu & Kagome...(sitting in a tree...) So here ya go. (shout outs to all you reviewers, you rock my world!!)
Dark Side of the Moon
I opened my eyes and was immediately blinded by sunlight. I sat up quickly and surveyed my surroundings. I seemed to be in a small hut, a fire was going in the corned with a small pot dangling over it.
"Master! You're awake!" the sqeaky voice of Jaken called excitedly from nearby the pot.
I felt a slight tug on my sleeve and looked over to see Rin kneeling on the floor beside him, smiling at me. I let a small smile crease my lips and drew her into a small hug. "Hello Rin, I hope you've fared well."
"Oh I have, Master Sessho-maru, but Jaken has been worried sick!"
"I suppose he was..." Just then Jaken appeared next to Rin with a hot bowl of stew. He pushed her aside slightly to thrust the bowl up to my face, and even tried to feed me.
I stood up and helped Rin up, "Jaken! There's no need to treat Rin so roughly!" she smiled at me again. There's something about her smile...
"OH! I'm sorry master! Please forgive me!" he said and fell to the ground, letting the soup splatter all over the floor.
"Now Jaken, I would like to know what happened and how I got here...over a nice bowl of soup that is."
He hopped up and rushed to fetch another bowl of soup, I sat down at a table near the window. A misty fog surrounded the little hut, yet the sun shone down into the window as brightly as ever. "Jaken, what is this mist?"
"Oh, I put that around the hut to hide it from... it's a protective barrier, Master Sessho-maru," he conveniently busied himself cleaning up the spilled soup to avoid my questioning glance.
I slowly slurped my soup and stared outside, thinking. Rin came and sat down by my feet watching.
"Rin," I whispered, "what happened?"
"Well, Master Sessho-maru, you remember that you had gone back home to visit your mother and brother, and told Jaken and me to stay in this time. When you didn't come back for a few days, we got worried, so we went to your mother's house to find you. On our way we saw you by a small pond with your brother, so we hid in the bushes. Once you had knocked your brother out, we went to you. But you were twitching fiercely, so Jaken gave you some calming mixture and we carried you back here. You've been unconciouse since. I was really worried!"
I looked down into her child like eyes. I noticed something different about her. She wasn't a child any longer, without my noticing she had grown into a young lady, a very beautiful young lady.
I put a finger to her chin and raised her head, "You were worried?"
She blushed and looked down, smiling a little to herself.
Then I remembered what she had said and snapped back to reality, "Rin, why was I 'twitching'?"
Rin's face paled and she started to shudder. He eyes became wide and she stared out the window in horror.
"Rin, what is it?" I asked then turned to the window.
"You!"
The fire cracking was the only sound in the little hut. That and Inuyasha's ragged breathing. Kagome was so tired, she had stayed up all night watching over him. But there was no sign of him waking up any time soon.
Kaide walked over to Kagome and touched her shoulder, scaring her awake.
"What! What happened? Did he wake up?" she looked around and her eyes became alert.
"No child, he still be asleep. Why don't ye go to bed. I'll watch over him and let you know right away if he wakes up."
"I guess I should sleep," Kagome said and her eyes became droopy again. She lay down on a mat near the fire and curled up with a blanket. In no time she was sound asleep.
Kaide went to Inuyasha and continued to wet his forehead and chest.
A hand clasped her wrist and scared the wits out of her. She dropped the wet cloth and stopped herself from screaming when she realized that it was Inuyasha's hand on her wrist. She leaned foreward to see if he was awake, but he was still unconciouse. 'At least he's moving' she thought. 'He'll be awake in no time.'
"Kikiyo," he whispered through cracked lips. He was so thirsty, but he didn't have enough strength to lift his head and call for help, let alone get out of his bounds.
Slowly she appeared before him, swaying in the wind. Her mood had become dark and angry since her plot had failed and she still remained in this hell.
As he looked at her he wondered how they came to this. They were so young and foolish back then. Maybe they still were... He remembered how his heart jumped when he saw her face, her smile, touched her hand, ran a finger across her cheek, kissed her lips...
'I loved her so much, how could we have come to this? This is foolish!'
"Kikiyo... I love you..." tears fell from his eyes and he sank to the ground crying.
She slowly kneeled beside him and stroked his hair. "It's okay my love, everything will be all right now. We have each other and that's all we need. We're together again..."
He looked up to see her smiling. But it wasn't the gentle smile he remembered. It was twisted with jelousy and madness.
Then he realized he wasn't crying for himself and his torment, for his mother, or even for Kikiyo, he was crying for Kagome.
'I can't die here with this monster. She doesn't love me! If she did she wouldn't be doing this.'
"You're not Kikiyo!" he shouted, causing her to back away slowly.
"Leave me alone you vile temptress! I don't love you and I never will! You're nothing but a pathetic who can't handle being alone and rejected. Well guess what, that's all you'll ever be, ALONE! Now let me GO!"
He summoned up all his strength and broke the bonds that were holding him back. He burst free of his torment in an envelope of light and left hell with Kikiyo's scream trailing behind him.
'I'm free...' was all he could think about. The only thing guiding him back to reality was the thought of Kagome. He was in pain beyond belief but he didn't care, all he could think about was seeing Kagome again...
He awoke and found himself drenched in water and sweat, still clutching Kaide's wrist.
"Inuyasha! You're awa-"
"Where's is she?"
"Where's wh-"
"Kagome! I need to see Kagome!"
"Settle down Inuyasha! She's sleeping by the fire!" Kaide pointed to her sleeping form.
Slowly, and with great pain, Inuyasha got up and tried to walk. He fell to his knees instantly, but didn't let that stop him. He crawled the rest of the way over to her.
Gently he rolled her onto her back and gazed at her face. He was lost in her beauty and perfectly content to just watch her sleep for the rest of eternity. He carefully stroked her cheek and along her jawbone. Then he brushed his thumb across her lips and smiled to himself when she smiled in her dreams. He bent down and kissed her fore head. He tried not to scream as shooting pain ran up his back.
Kagome's eye's flittered open and it took her a moment to realize who was sitting by her. When she saw it was Inuyasha she sat up and wrapped her arms around his neck. Tears soaked his hair. She was too shocked for words. She thought her heart would burst from overjoy.
After a long time they parted, and put their foreheads together; their noses slightly touching.
"I thought I'd never see you again..." he whispered, then smiled. "You were the only thing keeping me from..." he stroked her cheek again and brought his hand to rest around her neck.
"I was so scared, I thought I'd never get to ... to..." a tear fell onto his sleeve. They pulled apart slightly and he looked earnestly into her eyes. She had never seen him so serious.
"I will never, ever, leave you." He said, his eyes never left hers.
"But-"he cut her off with a kiss. She was surprised, but let herself sink into the kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he pulled her close with his arms around her waist.
When they parted, Kagome said, "I have wanted to do that for the longest time."
The End
A/N: Howdy all! How's the summer weather been treating you? Good I trust. Well here I am, writing another chapter. What can I say, I'm a sucker for Inu & Kagome...(sitting in a tree...) So here ya go. (shout outs to all you reviewers, you rock my world!!)
Dark Side of the Moon
I opened my eyes and was immediately blinded by sunlight. I sat up quickly and surveyed my surroundings. I seemed to be in a small hut, a fire was going in the corned with a small pot dangling over it.
"Master! You're awake!" the sqeaky voice of Jaken called excitedly from nearby the pot.
I felt a slight tug on my sleeve and looked over to see Rin kneeling on the floor beside him, smiling at me. I let a small smile crease my lips and drew her into a small hug. "Hello Rin, I hope you've fared well."
"Oh I have, Master Sessho-maru, but Jaken has been worried sick!"
"I suppose he was..." Just then Jaken appeared next to Rin with a hot bowl of stew. He pushed her aside slightly to thrust the bowl up to my face, and even tried to feed me.
I stood up and helped Rin up, "Jaken! There's no need to treat Rin so roughly!" she smiled at me again. There's something about her smile...
"OH! I'm sorry master! Please forgive me!" he said and fell to the ground, letting the soup splatter all over the floor.
"Now Jaken, I would like to know what happened and how I got here...over a nice bowl of soup that is."
He hopped up and rushed to fetch another bowl of soup, I sat down at a table near the window. A misty fog surrounded the little hut, yet the sun shone down into the window as brightly as ever. "Jaken, what is this mist?"
"Oh, I put that around the hut to hide it from... it's a protective barrier, Master Sessho-maru," he conveniently busied himself cleaning up the spilled soup to avoid my questioning glance.
I slowly slurped my soup and stared outside, thinking. Rin came and sat down by my feet watching.
"Rin," I whispered, "what happened?"
"Well, Master Sessho-maru, you remember that you had gone back home to visit your mother and brother, and told Jaken and me to stay in this time. When you didn't come back for a few days, we got worried, so we went to your mother's house to find you. On our way we saw you by a small pond with your brother, so we hid in the bushes. Once you had knocked your brother out, we went to you. But you were twitching fiercely, so Jaken gave you some calming mixture and we carried you back here. You've been unconciouse since. I was really worried!"
I looked down into her child like eyes. I noticed something different about her. She wasn't a child any longer, without my noticing she had grown into a young lady, a very beautiful young lady.
I put a finger to her chin and raised her head, "You were worried?"
She blushed and looked down, smiling a little to herself.
Then I remembered what she had said and snapped back to reality, "Rin, why was I 'twitching'?"
Rin's face paled and she started to shudder. He eyes became wide and she stared out the window in horror.
"Rin, what is it?" I asked then turned to the window.
"You!"
The fire cracking was the only sound in the little hut. That and Inuyasha's ragged breathing. Kagome was so tired, she had stayed up all night watching over him. But there was no sign of him waking up any time soon.
Kaide walked over to Kagome and touched her shoulder, scaring her awake.
"What! What happened? Did he wake up?" she looked around and her eyes became alert.
"No child, he still be asleep. Why don't ye go to bed. I'll watch over him and let you know right away if he wakes up."
"I guess I should sleep," Kagome said and her eyes became droopy again. She lay down on a mat near the fire and curled up with a blanket. In no time she was sound asleep.
Kaide went to Inuyasha and continued to wet his forehead and chest.
A hand clasped her wrist and scared the wits out of her. She dropped the wet cloth and stopped herself from screaming when she realized that it was Inuyasha's hand on her wrist. She leaned foreward to see if he was awake, but he was still unconciouse. 'At least he's moving' she thought. 'He'll be awake in no time.'
"Kikiyo," he whispered through cracked lips. He was so thirsty, but he didn't have enough strength to lift his head and call for help, let alone get out of his bounds.
Slowly she appeared before him, swaying in the wind. Her mood had become dark and angry since her plot had failed and she still remained in this hell.
As he looked at her he wondered how they came to this. They were so young and foolish back then. Maybe they still were... He remembered how his heart jumped when he saw her face, her smile, touched her hand, ran a finger across her cheek, kissed her lips...
'I loved her so much, how could we have come to this? This is foolish!'
"Kikiyo... I love you..." tears fell from his eyes and he sank to the ground crying.
She slowly kneeled beside him and stroked his hair. "It's okay my love, everything will be all right now. We have each other and that's all we need. We're together again..."
He looked up to see her smiling. But it wasn't the gentle smile he remembered. It was twisted with jelousy and madness.
Then he realized he wasn't crying for himself and his torment, for his mother, or even for Kikiyo, he was crying for Kagome.
'I can't die here with this monster. She doesn't love me! If she did she wouldn't be doing this.'
"You're not Kikiyo!" he shouted, causing her to back away slowly.
"Leave me alone you vile temptress! I don't love you and I never will! You're nothing but a pathetic who can't handle being alone and rejected. Well guess what, that's all you'll ever be, ALONE! Now let me GO!"
He summoned up all his strength and broke the bonds that were holding him back. He burst free of his torment in an envelope of light and left hell with Kikiyo's scream trailing behind him.
'I'm free...' was all he could think about. The only thing guiding him back to reality was the thought of Kagome. He was in pain beyond belief but he didn't care, all he could think about was seeing Kagome again...
He awoke and found himself drenched in water and sweat, still clutching Kaide's wrist.
"Inuyasha! You're awa-"
"Where's is she?"
"Where's wh-"
"Kagome! I need to see Kagome!"
"Settle down Inuyasha! She's sleeping by the fire!" Kaide pointed to her sleeping form.
Slowly, and with great pain, Inuyasha got up and tried to walk. He fell to his knees instantly, but didn't let that stop him. He crawled the rest of the way over to her.
Gently he rolled her onto her back and gazed at her face. He was lost in her beauty and perfectly content to just watch her sleep for the rest of eternity. He carefully stroked her cheek and along her jawbone. Then he brushed his thumb across her lips and smiled to himself when she smiled in her dreams. He bent down and kissed her fore head. He tried not to scream as shooting pain ran up his back.
Kagome's eye's flittered open and it took her a moment to realize who was sitting by her. When she saw it was Inuyasha she sat up and wrapped her arms around his neck. Tears soaked his hair. She was too shocked for words. She thought her heart would burst from overjoy.
After a long time they parted, and put their foreheads together; their noses slightly touching.
"I thought I'd never see you again..." he whispered, then smiled. "You were the only thing keeping me from..." he stroked her cheek again and brought his hand to rest around her neck.
"I was so scared, I thought I'd never get to ... to..." a tear fell onto his sleeve. They pulled apart slightly and he looked earnestly into her eyes. She had never seen him so serious.
"I will never, ever, leave you." He said, his eyes never left hers.
"But-"he cut her off with a kiss. She was surprised, but let herself sink into the kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he pulled her close with his arms around her waist.
When they parted, Kagome said, "I have wanted to do that for the longest time."
The End