It's What's Inside That Counts
Chapter 8: Truth Revealed
Sango and Kagome sat in the guys' living room while Inuyasha rested in his room. They had just gotten back with Inuyasha, cleaning and bandaging him as best as they could after they returned. He was now in his room resting.
They still didn't know how they managed to get back to Miroku's car without the firemen finding him. Miroku said that Inuyasha would have not wanted anyone to see him without his hat and sunglasses and he knew the firemen would have insisted on taking him to the hospital. With a little help from Sango and Kagome, they managed to get Inuyasha on Miroku's back, him almost falling with Inuyasha weight, and he carried him back to his car, which wasn't far when he took a short cut through the woods.
Sango and Kagome stayed behind to answer some of the questions asked by the firemen. They just told them that they were exploring the house when it caught on fire. When the firemen told them it was condemned no one could seem to find the sign so they just made sure that the girls were ok and the left to find Miroku and Inuyasha.
Kagome stared straight ahead at the wall in front of her. ('The firemen will think that it was an 'accident.' I know it wasn't...)
Sango stared at her first, her expression full of worry. "Kagome...are you sure you're ok? Inuyasha will be fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, remember...he's a hanyou, he heals faster then us. When did he tell you he was a hanyou?"
"The night of the blind date. He told me while we were walking by the lake?"
"Really? He never tells anyone, if Miroku hadn't snatched his hat that day we would have never known! He really must like you and trust you to have told you so soon!"
Kagome smiled at her friend, "Well, actually....it might have had something to do with the fact that we meet eight years ago?" Kagome continued when she saw Sango's confusion. "We were at a summer cabin and I met Inuyasha one day when he saved my life. After that we became best friends..."
"So he saved your life again..."
"Yeah, I'll never be able to thank him enough," Kagome realized that Inuyasha always managed be there right when she needed him the most.
Miroku had been in Inuyasha's room looking for his magazine when Inuyasha woke and tried to get out of bed.
"Lie down, you don't need to be getting up so soon." Miroku pushed Inuyasha back down on the bed.
"How many times do I have to tell you? I'm not a weak little human; I don't need that much rest. The wound will be healed in a few hours."
Sango and Kagome walked into the room after hearing all of the commotion. "Inuyasha!" Kagome ran over to Inuyasha and hugged him, careful of his wounds. "Daijbou? Inuyasha. Daijbou?"
"Hai," he answered her with a half smirk.
Miroku stood at the foot of Inuyasha's bed, grabbing a magazine and rolling it up into a makeshift microphone bursting into song.
"Reunited and it feels so good!"
Inuyasha turned to him and tried to get out of bed to bop him over the head but Kagome held him back. Sango decided to seek revenge for Inuyasha and began pounding him into the floor. Kagome shook her head at the two and sat on the edge of Inuyasha bed. She brushed his bangs back from his forehead, tear threatening to spill over. "This is all my fault..."
"Kagome...it's not. How do you know he had anything to do with this?" Inuyasha said taking her hand in his clawed one.
"Yes it is...it always is," cried Kagome, fresh tears falling down her rose cheeks. "Gome nasai Inuyasha..."
Kagome buried her face in her hands as Inuyasha sat up and wrapped her in a warm embrace. "Sshhh, it's ok Kag. I won't let him hurt you, not ever." Vowed Inuyasha.
Sango and Miroku stood there, a confused look on their faces. "Um...Did we miss something?" asked Sango.
"Yeah, I think we did."
Inuyasha explained to them about how Kagome thought it was her fault and how she thought the fire started. He told them all about Onigumo and her parents. When he was finish with the story they stared rooted to the spot where they were; not knowing what to do.
"Kagome...we really need to tell the..."
"Police?" interrupted Kagome. "I tried, they think I'm crazy!"
"Don't worry Kagome, we're all here for you," said Sango, walking over to her friend and placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Hai, Kag...He won't get pass us!" said Miroku.
"Yeah Miroku, we really do need you around!" smiled Sango.
"Of course you do! I've got enough muscle to spread around!" he exclaimed flexing.
"Oh we don't need you for muscle. You're lechery might work and chase him away for good!" grinned Sango.
"OI! I'M NOT THAT DESPERATE!"
Inuyasha grinned at the scene between the two as he held Kagome in his arms. ('Don't worry Kag, I'll never let anything happen to you.')
"We better leave and let Inuyasha rest," said Sango. "It's already pass curfew anyway."
Inuyasha shifted as he heard the steady beat of Kagome's heart, she had fallen asleep in his arms. He scooted over and lay her on the bed next to him, gently tracing jaw line with one clawed finger.
"Inuyasha? What are you doing?" asked Sango?
"Isn't it obvious?" With that comment Miroku's face once again said 'hello' to the floor.
"She's sleep..."
"Well, I guess it's ok it she stays here for tonight." Sango turned to leave. "I'll see you guys tomorrow."
After Sango left Miroku stretched then grinned over at Inuyasha, which earned him a glare. Miroku held up his hands in defeat and backed out of Inuyasha room, heading for his own.
Inuyasha's eyes drifted over Kagome's sleeping form. Carefully, he rested her head on his chest, her arms behind her, and pulled the blanket up to their chins. He kissed her temple then fell soundly to sleep.
At three am Inuyasha woke to Kagome's struggles. She broke out in a sweat and something in her dreams seemed to be troubling her. When he heard her call his name he began to wake her.
"Inuyasha," she cried looking around, when she found him next to her she threw her arms around him.
"Sshhhh," he whispered, rocking her back and forth as if she were a child. "It's ok, I'm right here. It was just a dream..."
Kagome came to her senses and looked around where she was, "What am I doing here?"
"You were sleeping and it was passed curfew so we just let you stay here for the night."
"Is Sango still here?"
"Iie, she went back to the girls' dorm room."
Kagome was grateful that it was dark so he couldn't see her blush. She felt Inuyasha tighten his arms around her and gazed into his golden orbs. She slowly reached up at kissed him sweetly. As he kissed her back she reached up and rubbed one of his fuzzy pink and white ears. She heard him purring and smiled into the kiss. His tongue traced her lips through the kiss, as if asking for entrance. She complied, opening her mouth slightly, moaning softly as his tongue explored her mouth.
They ended their kiss out of breath and Kagome hid her smile by burying her head in his chest. Inuyasha smiled and he and kissed the top of her silky raven black hair.
"No more bad dreams," he said as he tightened his arms around her. The both of them lay back down as Inuyasha fit her into the curve of his body and they both fell soundly asleep.
Kagome sat down on the student center eating a plate of French fries. She still couldn't believe everything that happened yesterday. She was also still surprised at how fast Inuyasha healed. When she woke Inuyasha was just wearing towel, still glistening wet from the shower he just took. No cuts or bruises marred his muscular body. Kagome blushed to herself bring up the mental image as she stared straight ahead twirling one of her fries unconsciously in some ketchup.
Her pleasant thoughts were interrupted as someone sat down next to her and took her hand, bringing it up to kiss lips to place a soft kiss on the back.
"Oi, beautiful," smiled Kouga.
"Oh, hi Kouga..."
"So...how about I pick you up five on Friday for the big Sengoku Jidai concert? After we could head back to my place," he smirked, eyeing her up and down. All everyone was talking about was the concert, it was the biggest news ever. And it was even bigger news if someone managed to get tickets.
"Uhh...that's ok, I'm busy."
"It's that baka dog-turd. Isn't it? You're going with that wimp?"
"And why should that matter?" Kagome turned around to find Inuyasha walking up behind her. A smile spread across her face.
"It matter because she's my woman!"
"I never was your woman!" she said, her fingers intertwining with Inuyasha's. She leaned against him; glad he was there, especially right now. Kagome could see him clenching his fist out of the corner of her eye and began pulling him away from Kouga to find that he wouldn't move an inch.
"How about we fight, right now! Winner gets Kagome!" shouted Kouga.
"No!" she exclaimed before Inuyasha could even answer. She tugged on his arm until he looked down at her, her eyes pleading. She stood on tiptoes to place a soft kiss on his lips, "Onegai?"
Inuyasha smiled, his expression softening and his body relaxing slightly, "let's get outta here..." They turned to go, leaving a very pissed off Kouga.
A/N: Sorry it took so long to update. I've gotta total hung up on stuff so now I'll try to update as SOON as I can. Plus my mind wants to do new things with this story and it's screwing me up. Hits head on labtop Anyway, I hope this chapter was ok. Thanks for all of the reviews.eats up all of the reviews they were scrumptious!
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Chapter 8: Truth Revealed
Sango and Kagome sat in the guys' living room while Inuyasha rested in his room. They had just gotten back with Inuyasha, cleaning and bandaging him as best as they could after they returned. He was now in his room resting.
They still didn't know how they managed to get back to Miroku's car without the firemen finding him. Miroku said that Inuyasha would have not wanted anyone to see him without his hat and sunglasses and he knew the firemen would have insisted on taking him to the hospital. With a little help from Sango and Kagome, they managed to get Inuyasha on Miroku's back, him almost falling with Inuyasha weight, and he carried him back to his car, which wasn't far when he took a short cut through the woods.
Sango and Kagome stayed behind to answer some of the questions asked by the firemen. They just told them that they were exploring the house when it caught on fire. When the firemen told them it was condemned no one could seem to find the sign so they just made sure that the girls were ok and the left to find Miroku and Inuyasha.
Kagome stared straight ahead at the wall in front of her. ('The firemen will think that it was an 'accident.' I know it wasn't...)
Sango stared at her first, her expression full of worry. "Kagome...are you sure you're ok? Inuyasha will be fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, remember...he's a hanyou, he heals faster then us. When did he tell you he was a hanyou?"
"The night of the blind date. He told me while we were walking by the lake?"
"Really? He never tells anyone, if Miroku hadn't snatched his hat that day we would have never known! He really must like you and trust you to have told you so soon!"
Kagome smiled at her friend, "Well, actually....it might have had something to do with the fact that we meet eight years ago?" Kagome continued when she saw Sango's confusion. "We were at a summer cabin and I met Inuyasha one day when he saved my life. After that we became best friends..."
"So he saved your life again..."
"Yeah, I'll never be able to thank him enough," Kagome realized that Inuyasha always managed be there right when she needed him the most.
Miroku had been in Inuyasha's room looking for his magazine when Inuyasha woke and tried to get out of bed.
"Lie down, you don't need to be getting up so soon." Miroku pushed Inuyasha back down on the bed.
"How many times do I have to tell you? I'm not a weak little human; I don't need that much rest. The wound will be healed in a few hours."
Sango and Kagome walked into the room after hearing all of the commotion. "Inuyasha!" Kagome ran over to Inuyasha and hugged him, careful of his wounds. "Daijbou? Inuyasha. Daijbou?"
"Hai," he answered her with a half smirk.
Miroku stood at the foot of Inuyasha's bed, grabbing a magazine and rolling it up into a makeshift microphone bursting into song.
"Reunited and it feels so good!"
Inuyasha turned to him and tried to get out of bed to bop him over the head but Kagome held him back. Sango decided to seek revenge for Inuyasha and began pounding him into the floor. Kagome shook her head at the two and sat on the edge of Inuyasha bed. She brushed his bangs back from his forehead, tear threatening to spill over. "This is all my fault..."
"Kagome...it's not. How do you know he had anything to do with this?" Inuyasha said taking her hand in his clawed one.
"Yes it is...it always is," cried Kagome, fresh tears falling down her rose cheeks. "Gome nasai Inuyasha..."
Kagome buried her face in her hands as Inuyasha sat up and wrapped her in a warm embrace. "Sshhh, it's ok Kag. I won't let him hurt you, not ever." Vowed Inuyasha.
Sango and Miroku stood there, a confused look on their faces. "Um...Did we miss something?" asked Sango.
"Yeah, I think we did."
Inuyasha explained to them about how Kagome thought it was her fault and how she thought the fire started. He told them all about Onigumo and her parents. When he was finish with the story they stared rooted to the spot where they were; not knowing what to do.
"Kagome...we really need to tell the..."
"Police?" interrupted Kagome. "I tried, they think I'm crazy!"
"Don't worry Kagome, we're all here for you," said Sango, walking over to her friend and placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Hai, Kag...He won't get pass us!" said Miroku.
"Yeah Miroku, we really do need you around!" smiled Sango.
"Of course you do! I've got enough muscle to spread around!" he exclaimed flexing.
"Oh we don't need you for muscle. You're lechery might work and chase him away for good!" grinned Sango.
"OI! I'M NOT THAT DESPERATE!"
Inuyasha grinned at the scene between the two as he held Kagome in his arms. ('Don't worry Kag, I'll never let anything happen to you.')
"We better leave and let Inuyasha rest," said Sango. "It's already pass curfew anyway."
Inuyasha shifted as he heard the steady beat of Kagome's heart, she had fallen asleep in his arms. He scooted over and lay her on the bed next to him, gently tracing jaw line with one clawed finger.
"Inuyasha? What are you doing?" asked Sango?
"Isn't it obvious?" With that comment Miroku's face once again said 'hello' to the floor.
"She's sleep..."
"Well, I guess it's ok it she stays here for tonight." Sango turned to leave. "I'll see you guys tomorrow."
After Sango left Miroku stretched then grinned over at Inuyasha, which earned him a glare. Miroku held up his hands in defeat and backed out of Inuyasha room, heading for his own.
Inuyasha's eyes drifted over Kagome's sleeping form. Carefully, he rested her head on his chest, her arms behind her, and pulled the blanket up to their chins. He kissed her temple then fell soundly to sleep.
At three am Inuyasha woke to Kagome's struggles. She broke out in a sweat and something in her dreams seemed to be troubling her. When he heard her call his name he began to wake her.
"Inuyasha," she cried looking around, when she found him next to her she threw her arms around him.
"Sshhhh," he whispered, rocking her back and forth as if she were a child. "It's ok, I'm right here. It was just a dream..."
Kagome came to her senses and looked around where she was, "What am I doing here?"
"You were sleeping and it was passed curfew so we just let you stay here for the night."
"Is Sango still here?"
"Iie, she went back to the girls' dorm room."
Kagome was grateful that it was dark so he couldn't see her blush. She felt Inuyasha tighten his arms around her and gazed into his golden orbs. She slowly reached up at kissed him sweetly. As he kissed her back she reached up and rubbed one of his fuzzy pink and white ears. She heard him purring and smiled into the kiss. His tongue traced her lips through the kiss, as if asking for entrance. She complied, opening her mouth slightly, moaning softly as his tongue explored her mouth.
They ended their kiss out of breath and Kagome hid her smile by burying her head in his chest. Inuyasha smiled and he and kissed the top of her silky raven black hair.
"No more bad dreams," he said as he tightened his arms around her. The both of them lay back down as Inuyasha fit her into the curve of his body and they both fell soundly asleep.
Kagome sat down on the student center eating a plate of French fries. She still couldn't believe everything that happened yesterday. She was also still surprised at how fast Inuyasha healed. When she woke Inuyasha was just wearing towel, still glistening wet from the shower he just took. No cuts or bruises marred his muscular body. Kagome blushed to herself bring up the mental image as she stared straight ahead twirling one of her fries unconsciously in some ketchup.
Her pleasant thoughts were interrupted as someone sat down next to her and took her hand, bringing it up to kiss lips to place a soft kiss on the back.
"Oi, beautiful," smiled Kouga.
"Oh, hi Kouga..."
"So...how about I pick you up five on Friday for the big Sengoku Jidai concert? After we could head back to my place," he smirked, eyeing her up and down. All everyone was talking about was the concert, it was the biggest news ever. And it was even bigger news if someone managed to get tickets.
"Uhh...that's ok, I'm busy."
"It's that baka dog-turd. Isn't it? You're going with that wimp?"
"And why should that matter?" Kagome turned around to find Inuyasha walking up behind her. A smile spread across her face.
"It matter because she's my woman!"
"I never was your woman!" she said, her fingers intertwining with Inuyasha's. She leaned against him; glad he was there, especially right now. Kagome could see him clenching his fist out of the corner of her eye and began pulling him away from Kouga to find that he wouldn't move an inch.
"How about we fight, right now! Winner gets Kagome!" shouted Kouga.
"No!" she exclaimed before Inuyasha could even answer. She tugged on his arm until he looked down at her, her eyes pleading. She stood on tiptoes to place a soft kiss on his lips, "Onegai?"
Inuyasha smiled, his expression softening and his body relaxing slightly, "let's get outta here..." They turned to go, leaving a very pissed off Kouga.
A/N: Sorry it took so long to update. I've gotta total hung up on stuff so now I'll try to update as SOON as I can. Plus my mind wants to do new things with this story and it's screwing me up. Hits head on labtop Anyway, I hope this chapter was ok. Thanks for all of the reviews.eats up all of the reviews they were scrumptious!
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playfullpup17 - yep, it's gonna end happy and they hook up in the end
CahadrasMoonShine - yep, but decided to leave out the lemon, kinda ruins the mood
Strawberry Shortcake- Nah, Sessy isn't around in this story.