Chapter 1 - A Scared Kagome

“ Damn it, where the frack is she!” InuYasha barked. For two days straight he barely left the side of the bone eaters well.

Miroku stood there with a smirk on his face. “ You know InuYasha, If your that worried maybe you should go get her.”

InuYasha gave him a cold stair. “ I’m not worried. She said she would be back in three days. It’s been a total of five days now. Two frack’en more days then she said she would be gone. I’m pissed not worried you baka.”

Miroku got a frustrated look on his face. “ Fine stay in denial. See if I care. But let me tell you something InuYasha, I would tell her how I feel because who knows when time will run out. Trust me almost losing Sango a month ago made me realize how much she met to me.”

InuYasha just sat their staring down into the well. Miroku grow disgusted and walked off towards Kaede’s hut.

What Miroku said was whirling in InuYasha’s head. I would tell her how I feel because who knows when time will run out. InuYasha’s eyes grow wide. He shock his head trying to forget about it. ‘ Why am I listing to a pervert. I don’t have any feelings towards Kagome. Damn monk’ Inu thought to himself.

Still he sat looking down into pitch blackness waiting for the return of Kagome.

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“ Sister I thought you were going back a couple days ago?” Sota asked Kagome over breakfast.

Kagome sighed. “ Between you and gramps. I was but a huge math test came up for Friday. I can’t miss it other wise I flunk the class. With my grades the way they are I can’t afford to flunk other wise I’m screwed.”

“ Kagome Higurashi!” her mother yelled as she dropped her chop sticks. “ Do not use that type of language in front of your brother. He is still to young to talk like that.”

Kagome gave her mother a worm smile. “ Sorry mom; I guess InuYasha’s personality is rubbing off on me.”

Sota’s face grew angry. “ Mom I’m not a baby anymore. So please stop treating me like one.” He then looked at Ms. Higurashi with a pout and puppy dog eyes.

“ You may be not a baby anymore, but your still a child. Until you get into High School you will not speak any of that fowl language. Now eat. School will be starting soon.” After that said the rest of the meal was ate in silence.

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“ Miroku hasn’t Kagome returned yet.” Shippo asked with a sad tone.

“ I’m afraid not. The worst time here is when she leaves. No body can get trough to InuYasha. He almost bit my head off just because I told him he should tell Kagome how he feels.”

“ Miroku you know InuYasha is very sensitive around that subject.” Everyone turned around to see Sango standing in the door way of the hut.
“ Sango what are you doing out of bed!?” Miroku asked with a censured look in his eyes.

“ Oh relax monk. I’m fine, really.” Sango said with a smile. Then a breeze of dizziness swept across her and she held onto the door frame for support.

Seeing this, Miroku go up quickly and wrapped her arm around his shoulders and placed his free had on the small of her back.

“ Come on. I’m putting you back to bed. You still aren’t fully recovered yet.” Miroku said while rubbing her back to give her comfort. A small blush crept on Sango’s cheeks has they walked off.

Shippo sat their all alone. Since Kilala was at Sango’s hut and Kaede was out gathering some herbs. He shock his head and returned to his coloring. ‘ I wonder when InuYasha will tell Kagome he likes her’’ he thought to him self.

He then looked off into space and imagined what Kagome would do.

“ Kagome I like you.” InuYasha said looking at the ground.

Kagome stood there in shock as her face turned bright red. Then she got up.

“ Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, SIT!” Kagome yelled and ran of in embarrassment.

This little day dream caused Shippo to doze off with a huge grin on his face.

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“ Mom I’m leaving!” Kagome yelled as she grabbed her Back Pack and slipped on her shoes.

“ Kagome don’t forget your lunch.” Ms. Higurashi said while entering the hallway. Kagome grabbed the boxed lunched, kissed her mom on the cheek, and opened up the sliding doors.

“ Bye mom. See you when I get home.” Kagome said as she ran out the door.

Running as fast as her feet could take her down the steeps she finally reached the main road. She looked across the street to see her friends Ayumi, Yuka, and Eri. Reaching the corner of the street; she waited for the sign to say go and she toke off running after them.

“ Hey guys wait up!” Kagome yelled waving her hand.

They all turned around. “ Hey Kagome.” They all said in unison. Then they smiled at her. Though they did this Kagome could tell something was wrong.

“ Ok guys what’s wrong?” Kagome asked with a puzzled stair.

“ It’s Hojo. He’s in the hospital.” Ayumi said with tears glistening in her eyes.

“ Hojo. How? When?” Kagome asked with concern. Even though she just considered him a friend; she couldn’t help but feel sympathy for him. After all he treated her so kindly bringing her items for her fake illnesses her grandfather made up while she was off in feudal Japan with InuYasha and the others.

“ He has shingles.” Eri replied.

“ What is shingles?” Kagome asked. Though she was a little afraid to hear the answer.
“ Well with all the illness you had for the pass year, you don’t know what shingles is. I’m quite shock.” Yuka said in a teasing way.

Sweat formed on Kagome’s forehead as she scratched the back of her head and giggled in a sheepishly way. “ Ya, well what can I say. Half the illness I had I haven’t even heard of until the doctor told me.”

“ Really. Well you know what chicken pox is right?” Ayumi asked.

“ Ya, I know.” Kagome answered.

Yuka finished the explanation. “ Well once chicken pox is gone, it’s not really gone. It goes into hiding or hibernation. Sometimes it never wakes up, but when it does it doesn’t come back as chicken pox; it comes back as shingles. Basically you go through hell. Its more painful. Poor Hojo.” All the girls sighed.

“ Well, to make you guys happy why don’t we go bring him his homework after school. He has never missed a day of school in his life. So he’s probably worried about this whole ordeal.”

They all smiled. “ Really Kagome. I mean won’t your possessive, two -timing boyfriend get angry?” Eri asked.

Kagome gave a fake smile. “ Ha, no, no he won’t. Hojos’ just a friend. He’ll understand.” Then she started walking off. The rest of the girls smiled and followed her. In no time they reached the High School and went to class.

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Shippo woke up from his nap still being all alone. So he decided to take a walk to cheek on InuYasha. In order to get to the Bone Eaters Well, he had to walk past Sango’s hut. Being the curious fox demon that he was he peeked in. Miroku and Sango were cuddled together sleeping. He got down and started walking again. Laughing hysterically.

He calmed himself down as he neared the well. Coming to some bushes he ducked down and picked through a opening. He saw InuYasha sleeping on the side of the well. All of a sudden InuYasha woke up and stood. He turned around getting ready to jump in the well. But first he checked to see if anyone was around. Thinking the coast was clear he jumped in.

Shippo smiled and ran back to the village screaming for Miroku. Miroku came running out of the hut with a worried look on his face.

“ What is it Shippo?”

“ InuYasha left for Kagome’s world. That’s all.” They both grinned.

“ Finally. I was wondering when he was going to go.” Miroku said.

“ Yes, but before he left he was asleep. Then he just suddenly woke up and jumped in. It looked like he had a worried look on his face.” Shippo wondered.

“ Maybe he had a nightmare of something happening to Kagome and he left to make sure she was all right.” Miroku stated. They both sat down and stared off into space thinking about his dream.
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The bell rang at three-o-clock. The girls gathered up all there materials and got Hojo’s homework as well. Leaving the building, they said nothing and walked to the hospital.

They reached his room in a matter of minutes. Luckily the hospital was only a block away from there High School.

They entered his room with cheerful smiles. “ Hi Hojo. How are you?” They all said in unison.

He turned to the door and a look of surprise devoured his face. “ Kagome! What are you doing here? Are you well enough to be up and about?”

Kagome walked over to Hojo and handed him his homework. “ We thought you might like to do your homework. Here, We all made a copy of the notes we toke. And the homeroom teacher made the class sign a get well card. And I’m fine. You shouldn’t be worried about me. Just worry about getting better and getting back to school. “ Kagome smiled.

“Please have a seat.” Hojo said. They all did and sat there talking about random subjects.

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InuYasha walked into Kagome’s house. He smelt food cooking so he entered the kitchen.

Hearing a noise behind her Ms. Higurashi turned to see InuYasha standing in the door way. “ Why, hello InuYasha. Kagome isn’t home yet. Would you like some ramen?” She asked with a smile.

“ Keh, sure. Why ain’t she here yet?” He asked looking like he didn’t really care.

Handing the bowl of noodles to InuYasha, Ms. Higurashi sat down across from him. Wiped her hands on her apron and spoke. “ She called saying her and her friends were going to visit Hojo in the hospital. She said she would be back before dinner. Yet she called two hours ago. I can’t help, but to worry a little bit.”

InuYasha finished his noodles and set the bowl down. “ That sounds like her. Saying she will be back at this time then shows up later. Keh.”

“ I know you must be upset with her about not coming back, but she has a math test tomorrow. I hope you can understand.” Ms. Higurashi pleaded to InuYasha.

“ Keh.” InuYasha folded his arms across his chest.

“ InuYasha please go look for her. Even if you are mad, I need to know that my daughter is ok.” Ms. Higurashi asked.

“ Fine.” InuYasha said as he got up and left.

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At that moment Kagome was running through the park afraid to look back. Two thugs with knifes were chasing her. ‘ Why did you have to stay a little bit longer. God Kagome. You know walking the streets of Tokyo at night is dangerous. If I make it out of this I am going to kill myself.’ she thought to her self.

She was afraid to go home cause she didn’t want to harm her family. Actually she didn’t want to go anywhere that would put someone else in danger. So she kept running. As she ran she came upon a tree house in the park. She quickly climbed the ladder and hid. They guys approached and stopped looking around.

“ Where are you winch. Come out come out were ever you are.” The taller one said.

“ You can run, but you can’t hide.” said the other pointing to the tree house. The taller one of the two shock his head understanding what the other one meant and climbed the ladder. He spotted her in a corner. Her back was to him so he snuck up behind her and grabbed her putting the knife to her throat.

“ AHHHHHHHHHHH!” Kagome screamed trying to pull the knife away. Grabbing the blade with all her might she tried to move it, but he was to strong. The only thing she was doing was making the blade dig into her hands.

Blood was pouring out of the gashes. Staining her white uniform top.

“ Stop struggling if you know what’s good for you.” he turned her around so she faced him. There bodies were close. To close for Kagome comfort. The light of the moon was shining on his face. She gasped at who he was.

“ Naraku.” She whispered.

“ Who. I don’t know who he is all I know is I want you.” He smiled and started to move in for a kiss.

“ Leave me alone!” Kagome shouted and started to punch him the best she could. It wasn’t enough. His lips reached hers. Forcefully he deepened the kiss. Trying to stick his tong in her mouth as well. He ripped her sleeves off to shreds and caressed her body.

Kagome did not cry. She needed to be strong. She needed to fight. No matter how hard she tried he was just to strong. He was becoming more forceful. She knew any minute now he would rape her. ‘ InuYasha’ she kept saying in her head as she fought him the best she could.

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InuYasha was walking down the road. The sun has set and he was a block away from the park. He could smell blood in the air, but he didn’t recognized the scent. He came closer to the park and that’s when he got a strong whiff of Kagome’s blood.

“ Kagome.” He said in a worried tone and he ran off. Entering the park he looked over and saw a man sleeping underneath a tree. He looked up and he couldn’t believe his eyes.

A man held Kagome against a wall in the weird looking house in the tree and was trying to take off her top. She struggled, but he was just to strong.

InuYasha’s blood boiled and he jumped up landing in the back of the man. The guy let go of Kagome and turned around.

“ Who the hell are you!?” The man demanded.

“ InuYasha!” Kagome screamed and tried to run to him, but the guy grabbed her.

“ Not so fast sweet heart I’m not trough with you yet.”

That hit InuYasha’s boiling point. A low growl escaped his mouth and he toke his claws scrapping them against the mans stomach. The guy screamed out in pain has he fell to the floor. InuYasha picked up Kagome and jumped down and ran off. Coming closer to Kagome’s house he slowed down.

“ I won’t met ion this to your mom. You can when and if you want.” InuYasha said in a calm and collected voice. He could feel her head rob against he back. Telling him she agreed. Then he entered the yard and placed Kagome on the ground. Then he started to walk towards the well. He quickly felt Kagome hand grab his. A small blush crept on both of there cheeks.

“ Please don’t go.” Kagome said in a shaken voice. “ I don’t want to be alone.” InuYasha nodded and they walked into the house.

“ Kagome your back. Thank you InuYasha.” Ms. Higurashi said running up to her daughter and giving her a bear hug.

“ Keh.” InuYasha said as he walked up the steps into Kagome’s room.

“ How are you dear?” Ms. Higurashi asked. Kagome plastered on a fake grin.

“ I’m fine. I just got into a little disagreement. I’m manly tired. I think I’ll head to bead. Good night.” Kagome kissed Ms. Higurashi on the cheek and ran to her room. Slamming the door shut she lend up against it and slid down to the floor.

InuYasha held one eye closed while he watched her. She let out deep breaths and he couldn’t help but to notice the rise and fall of her chest. Realizing what and who he was staring at he closed his eyes tightly and looked at the ground. ‘ Damn why did I… am I really such a baka.’ He thought to himself.

“ InuYasha.” He heard a soft whisper from across the room.

“ Keh. What is it now?” He asked trying to sound like he was annoyed.

“ Th… Thank you, so much. I … I … I was so afraid.” His nose picked up the scent of salt. His ears also picked up small sobs.

“ Pull yourself together Kagome.” InuYasha looked at her. She rose to her feet and dragged her self to her bed. She sat down, plopped down on her pillow and cried. InuYasha walked up and sat down beside her placing a hand on the small of her back.

Plopping her self on one elbow she looked up at InuYasha.

“ Inu… Yasha. Thank you.” He looked at her. Dried tear stains covered her cheeks. Her eyes were swollen and blood shot. He couldn’t stand seeing her like this. The next thing they both knew was InuYasha held Kagome in a tight protective embrace.

“ Kagome.” a small yet noticeable smile appeared. Color returned to her face as she wrapped her arms around his waist. Lining against the wall they held each other like this and fell into a peaceful sleep.

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* Beep, Beep, Beep * Kagome’s alarm went off. Waking up Kagome noticed InuYasha still was sound asleep. She quickly left his embrace and turn the alarm off so not to disturb him.

‘Why, why did he do that. Why did he hug me like that. Why.” Kagome kept thinking to her self as she sat in the warm water of her bath. Getting out she wrapped a towel around her body and walked up to the mirror. Wiping the steam off with her elbow she looked at her distorted figure. Scars were all on her arms. She sighed and grabbed her toothbrush. She placed a slim layer of toothpaste and started to brush her teeth. After two minutes she rinsed her mouth out with mouthwash and rinsed her toothbrush out. Placing it the holder she grabbed her hairbrush and started to brush her hair.

The door suddenly slammed open.

“ AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” Kagome screamed as InuYasha turned his back towards her. Even though she had a towel covering her she still felt positively naked. “ What the hell are you doing barging in here like that.”

“ I uh.” InuYasha said stopping as heat rose to his face.

“ I want answers now. So speak dog boy!” Kagome demanded.

“ When I woke up and you weren’t in your room I thought… well I got worried, so I… uh, searched for you.” InuYasha said nervously.

Kagome gave a shy smile. “ All right, just please can you get out so I can finish dressing.”

“ Right” InuYasha replied instantly and ran out slamming the door behind him. He ran straight for her room and fell on the bed. Taking a deep breath he smelt Kagome’s sweet scent on the pillows. Barring his face in it more he kept taking in whiffs. How he loved this smell. It made his whole body shiver with pleasure. Right down to his core. He knew he had feelings for Kagome, but with Naraku and Kikyou he never had much time to think. Now with them gone he had nothing to stop him from thinking about her. It scared him, but without her he wouldn’t be able to live.

She saved him one to many times. Several times almost killed her too. He broke her heart so many times. Now he needed to protect her even more. ‘ What if I never showed up last night, then.’ He shock the thought from his mind.

Several more minutes went by and he feel asleep. Kagome walked in to see him laying on her bed. She walked up to his face and knelt down.

“ He’s asleep.” She whispered to herself. She went to the edge of the bed and grabbed a blanket. She placed it on InuYasha and bent down and kissed him on the forehead.

“ Thank you.” She whispered in his ear. His ear twitched but he stayed asleep.

“ Well I guess I should study for the test.” She thought and gave a sigh. She grabbed her books and sat at her desk. The hour passed so quickly. It was now six in the morning, an hour before she had to go to school, when Kagome dozed off to sleep. Now the house laid in silence.

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Miroku awoke from a loud crash outside. He ran to see Sango’s hut on fire. Fear devoured him as he raced over. A crowd was gathering. He pushed his way through and ran into the hut. A beam had fallen on Sango’s leg. She was trying to get it off, but it was to heavy.

“ Sango!” Miroku ran and started to pick the beam up. Using all his strength he was able to through the beam to the side. He picked her up and ran out of the hut just as it collapsed to the ground. People had water chains set up trying to put the fire out before it spread but them trying was in vain. The flames would not go out. There was no other choice.

“ Everyone stand back!” Miroku yelled. Everyone did as told and ran to a safe distance. Miroku opened his wind tonal and sucked in all the flaming debars. Once done he closed it up and ran to Sango. Her head was full of sweat. She had trouble breathing and kept coughing. Miroku grabbed her and sat her on his lap, rocking her back in forth. Kaede came over and examined her.


“ She’ll be fine. Take her to your hut. Give her some water and let her sleep.” and Kaede walked off. Miroku picked her up and walked to his hut. Setting her down on the mat he walked over and grabbed a cup of water. He sat Sango up making her lean on his side and handed her the cup.

“ Here.” he said.

“ Thank you.” Sango grabbed the cup and toke little sips of the cool water.

“ How are you feeling?” He asked with a little smirk. Sango looked at his face and smiled.

“ thanks to you much better. You know that’s twice now that you saved me from death. If I wouldn’t know better I’d say you’re my guardian angel. Really have to pay you back for all this.” A small yet noticeable blush crept on his cheeks.

“ There’s no need. I’m doing it because I want to. Not because you asked me or anything. But even if you did I wouldn’t take anything from you. Its my pleasure to help you Sango. You hurt so much inside that I don’t want you to feel any more pain. Either physically of mentally.”

“ That’s so… sweet of you Miroku. And to think that came out of a womanizer’s mouth.” Sango laughed and Miroku’s face grow dark red with embarrassment.

“ Is that all you think of me as. A womanizer?” He said in an agitated voice.

“ No. I think of you as a strong, smart, talented monk. A caring man. And someone who one day will make a great father and husband. Your wife is going to be one lucky girl.” A smile came to his face. He couldn’t take it anymore. He turned her around to face him and planted a kiss on her lips.

“ Mi…ro…ku.” Sango said against his lips. Then pushed him away. Not to rough, but enough to get him to brake the kiss. They looked in each others eyes. Then Sango wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. The kiss grow deep with wanting. They toke two second brakes to breath then went right back to kissing. This felt so right to both of them. They both wanted more, but knew they should wait. Miroku laced his fingers trough her long silky hair to deepen the kiss even more.

“ Hey Mi.” A little voice came from the door way. They broke away and looked to see Shippo standing there. His face grow bright pink. Sango smiled.

“ Hi Shippo.” With that Shippo fainted. Miroku picked him up and laid him on the mat along with Sango.

“ What’s with him.” Miroku asked looking puzzled.

“ No clue.” Sango replied. They both laid down and fell asleep.

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