InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ I'm Teaching Myself To Dream ❯ Flashbacks Part 2 ( Chapter 2 )

"Inuyasha?"

"What?"

"Why do you want to become full demon?"

"So I can get stronger, Duh! Why would I want to be a weakling for the rest of my life?"

"So, you'd rather be a strong, fighting machine without a mind of it's own, than a sometimes sane hanyou?"

"What do you mean sometimes sane?"

"I'm serious Inuyasha," She paused and looked at the fire. "You'd rather be a mindless demon, than what you are now?"

"I wouldn't be mindless, I would have Tetsuiga to keep my mind!" He crossed his arms and closed his eyes. The fire in the middle of the woods was warm, and though he wouldn't admit it, he was kind of cold. The others were asleep, only him and Kagome remained awake.

Kagome just sighed. "That wouldn't work."

"What?"

"It wouldn't work. You'd be full demon remember?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm saying that Tetsuiga works for humans, you can wield it because you're half human, but when you become transformed, it won't work for you."

"Keh. Yeah right."

She just glared at him. "Whatever, night Inuyasha." She snuggled into her sleeping bag and drifted off to sleep.

He listened to her breathing even out before he opened his eyes to watch her sleep. She was pretty when she was asleep. Okay, she was pretty when she was awake too. He thought about what she said. 'She can't be right, can she?' He contemplated this for a few minutes, before deciding that he needed some sleep. He quietly whispered "Night Kagome" before drifting off to sleep himself.

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"Come with me."

"I can't."

"Yes, you can."

"No, I can't"

"Don't tell me it's because of my stupid reincarnation."

"Kikyou-"

"Don't worry," She looked up at him and put one of her clay hands to his cheek and looked at him directly in the eyes. He gave a small involuntary shudder when the icy coldness of her eyes pierced his own. "You won't have to worry about her anymore. She'll be gone from this world soon."

She tightened her grip on him as she felt him grow tense. His eyes widened and he held his breath.

"What do you mean?"

"Exactly what I said. She's dying, I can sense it, and she won't be here for very long. Who knows, maybe I'll get my whole soul back-"

Inuyasha threw her off him as he ran out of the forest. He didn't smell her until he passed the barrier Kikyou's soul stealers set up. As soon as he passed the barrier he smelled her blood and panicked. She was bleeding, a lot. He ran in the direction of her scent. Her usually floral scent was now drained out and replaced with the most-gut wrenching smell that ever passed his nose. That smell meant Kagome was in SERIOUS danger. With one giant leap he was at least a couple miles further. He was running the fastest he had ever run in his entire life, for different reasons. Partially because he was VERY angry. If he didn't have Tetsuiga with him, he might've turned into a full demon right there. Another part of him was confused, how did it happen? The other part of him, and the biggest part of him, was filled with fear, fear for Kagome. He was so scared that he would've collapsed to his knees if he hadn't had the adrenaline pushing him, making him run to Kagome.

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He finished off the demon, sent by Naraku. He tended to Kagome's wounds, and everyone else went back to Kaede's. Inuyasha, however took Kagome to the well and took her back to her house. Kagome's mom and Grandfather wasn't there, and Souta was asleep. He went up to her room and sat down on the floor cradling her in his arms. When she began to stir he sat her upright in his lap. He looked at her when she opened her eyes, she was obviously confused.

She glanced around the room, taking in her surroundings. A light blush covered her cheeks when she notice she was in his lap, which only made him blush.

"Where am I?"

"You're in your room. Naraku sent a demon after you."

"How are the others?"

"They're fine, Sango hurt her arm and Miroku hurt his leg, but nothing too serious."

She sighed and leaned back against him. He turned his head away from her to gaze at the wall. A little blush was creeping up to his cheeks because of her last action.

"I'm sorry."

(You know the rest from Kagome's flashback)

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"What the fuck is taking her so long?"

Inuyasha sat in a tree, waiting for Kagome to come back, and he tried to make it sound like he was angry with her for being late. The others knew that they had gotten into a fight (they COULD hear the 'sit'), but they didn't know why. The just figured it was because he wanted her gone for a day or two, when she wanted a week. But he knew the real reason why she left this time, and he hated it. It was when they had had the big fight where he accused her of liking other guys, and Kagome reminding him of all the stupid mistakes he made with Kikyou, like... kissing her. He was waiting for her. As soon as they were alone, he was going to... apologize. That's not something he did very often. He didn't like letting others know that he was wrong.

"Give her some time Inuyasha." Sango said at the base of the tree, sitting down cleaning her boomerang.

"Yes." Added the monk who was leaning against the tree sitting next to Sango. "Especially considering that sit... I have a feeling she might want to be alone for awhile."

"Oi, Inuyasha." Shippo jumped up to the branch Inuyasha was on. "What did you fight about this time anyway?"

Inuyasha didn't want to tell them what he did. He already felt bad enough about it, he didn't need them to lecture him and make him feel even worse. So, not wanting to talk about it, he said-

"Keh. None of YOUR business twerp!"

"Heh," Shippo crossed his arms, much like what Inuyasha does. "I bet you did something stupid like compare her to Kikyou, or even accuse her of liking Hojo! You really are an idiot."

"Why you little-"

With a shriek the little fox jumped up to the next branch.

"If Kagome was here, she'd protect me, but thanks to YOU, she's mad, and we'll probably NEVER see her again!"

"Shut up you little runt! And she better come back and finish the jewel shards, I'll drag her here if I have to!" Inuyasha held up a claw to Shippo threateningly but Shippo just stuck his tongue out at him.

"You little-"

"Ahem."

Inuyasha held Shippo in mid air by his tail so they were eye level, Sango had her hand frozen in a mid swing towards Miroku's face, and Miroku was staring at the hand coming towards his face fearfully, very thankful for the pause, when one of his hands were rested on Sango's bottom. They all looked over to a lone figure standing in the clearing, Kaede. She was the first one to break the silence.

"Although I know how badly the shards must be found," she paused and looked at Inuyasha momentarily, then continued to talk in Miroku and Sango's direction. "Kagome does need to be in her own time for a little while. She spends so much time here that it interferes with her own life in the future." Kaede said calmly.

"Interferes with what? Her school crap!? I don't give a damn about her school! She can do that stuff when the jewel is complete!"

Kaede sighed. Inuyasha hated it when people sighed at him, they acted like he was some child who didn't know anything and every little thing needed to be explained to him. Kaede sighed at him like that, Sango and Miroku sighed at him, Shippo sighed at him, complete strangers that were only going to be temporary help sighed at him, even Kagome sighed at him. Still calm Kaede spoke.

"Have you listened to nothing I have said Inuyasha?"

"I heard you old woman-"

"But have you listened?"

"What the hell are you talking about?" Inuyasha dropped Shippo and landed gracefully to the ground. A squealing Shippo landed in Sango's arms, and Miroku breathed out a sigh of relief as Sango's once extended arm was now holding Shippo, no longer in 'slapping-perverted-monk-range'.

"You hear what I say, but you do not listen." Kaede paused for a second, when the hanyou tried to speak she cut him off. "You seem to hear me but you do not take it into comprehension, you hear me but in goes in one of your ears, and out the other. You hear me but your mind is elsewhere, so when you look at the person who's talking to you, you look right through them."

"Keh, what do you know old woman! Nothing!" He crossed his arms and leapt up into the tree.

She sighed at him again and shook her head a little. "Give Kagome some time in her era, let her come when she chooses." And with that Kaede walked away towards the village.

"Let her come back when she chooses my ass! She'll come back when I want her to! We have shards to find!" He yelled as soon as she was gone from sight.

'Besides, she might not want to come back...' He thought.

"We can find the shards later, besides, a break sounds good right about now." Sango said while stroking Shippo's auburn hair.

"Yes, a vacation is exactly what everyone needs."

"That sounds fun, I heard Kagome talking about taking a vacation and it-"

"What? I bet she's there now!" He jumped to the well and peered down.

"What are you doing Inuyasha?" Miroku asked sounding bored.

"I'm going to drag her back here! She can have a vay-kay-shon thingy here!" Inuyasha said turning back to look at the monk.

"Did you completely ignore what Keade just said?" Shippo stuck his head in Inuyasha's direction. "You really must have a thick head!"

"Shut up you little runt!"

"Make me!"

"Why you!"

A shriek was heard as Shippo ran out of Sango's arms and was chased around in circles at the trunk of the tree. Sango, Kirara, and Miroku just watched with bored expressions on their faces.

"How long do you think it will last?" Miroku asked Sango who had gone back to cleaning her boomerang.

"Shouldn't be too long, in a few minutes Inuyasha should remember that he wants Kagome back here and he'll go on about how she needs to find the shards..."

Miroku nodded his head and began to meditate. After a few minutes Shippo was getting tired. Inuyasha was getting bored and his thoughts started to wander, they drifted back to Kagome.

Suddenly he stopped, but Shippo who was still running around the tree didn't notice until he had gone all the way around and ran into the back of Inuyasha's legs. With a thud he fell to the ground massaging his bottom.

"Ow..."

"I'm not waiting any more!"

And with that Inuyasha took a giant leap towards the well.

"Told you." Sango said as she cleaned the boomerang with Kirara on her lap.

"Hmmm..." Miroku said as he opened one eye before continuing with his meditating.

Inuyasha jumped into the well as Shippo went and sat by Sango, watching her work. Everything was peaceful, until...

"WHY THE HELL AM I STILL HERE?"

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"Inuyasha!"

"Inuyasha! Come down from there!"

No answer

"Inuyasha, come on!"

"What about the jew~el sha~rds?"

The three were trying everything they could to get him down, but nothing worked. It was the third time they tried that day.

"Idiot! You know we can't find them without Kagome!"

"Come down here Inuyasha!" Miroku tried again.

"No!"

All three sighed, they would just have to try again later, and he wasn't going anywhere now.

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