Made: 3 August 2009
Disclaimer: I'm not the owner, because I could never beat the great Rumiko Takahashi. Oh yeah, she's good.
Rating: T
Summary: Weird symptomps starts to bug Inuyasha and Kagome thinks that he's sick. But.. can a hanyou even get sick?

Recommendation: Read at 3/4.

Author's Note:
Oh yes, yes, this is the edited version of the last story.. I'm sorry if it's still not good enough for your taste, but I work hard on it and I'm proud of it. Well, just see the last chapter I made! This is longer and better than the old ones, hehe. Of course, still have grammatical errors but I hope there's no misspelled words. I try hard not to change the plot, but change the story-line. And I try not to change the title as well, so wish me luck to make the stories matched the titles.

I'm currently concentrating on my studies, so I'll stop all writing progress or photographs.. not stopping stopped, but slower than normal. Either I work hard or fail, and I don't want to choose the latter. Yeah, there is still some months left for me to study, but that's not enough.

And I have great news for you all! I've edited this story until chapter 4, so you can enjoy reading while I'm gone. Try to read chapter/day, haha! But I won't update another chapter until it's at least three days. So, yeah, new chapter/three days. I want to make the next one much longer, but it will change the plot and title.. gah, it's ruined! Anyway, please on with the new EDITED chapter! Yatta!

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Chapter 1

"Achoo!"

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That’s what Kagome heard, echoing trough the forest, make the birds leaving their nests with its loud noise. The miko turned her head into the sound behind her – it came from the white haired (A/N: Again, I know it’s supposed to be silver, but it looks white to me.) hanyou whom now rubbing his nose, sniffling. Kagome look at him, “Are you okay, Inuyasha?”

“Feh, why wouldn’t I…?” Then he sneezed again, almost stumble back from his feet.

“See? You’re not okay okay.” She sighed and brought her hand to his forehead, but he slapped it away. Kagome look at him, shock and pain flew through her eyes.

The hanyou notices, but it’s too late to turn back so he snorts and says, “I’m fine, wench.” He growls and then run towards the woods, leaving the group stunned. Inuyasha may be hot-headed, but he’s never mad like that before. Okay, he likes to insults people – especially Kagome – but he never said it in an angry tone. He’s been avoiding everyone, even Kagome. It’s been happening lately, and the miko is not pleased with it. Miroku already tried some tactics to make the hanyou talk, but none work and they can’t do anything. If he rejects Kagome, then no one could make him spill it.

Kagome look at the forest with worry eyes before Sango pats her shoulder, “He’ll be over it.”

The miko sighs, “I hope.”

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He looks around to find no one and slumps against the tree trunks, sighing in relief. Suddenly his breath became ragged and he clenched his fist against his chest, wincing slightly. He’s been feeling pain in his chest these past few days, like someone stab it with a knife – and worse, deepen the knife into it. He’ll start to breathe harder like he’s dragging a load of rocks, panting for air. Of course, being the mighty hanyou with high pride he is, he doesn’t want to admit that he’s sick. Automatically he doesn’t want to tell any of his friends about it. Somehow, he’s afraid that they’ll pity him and see him as a weak hanyou he used to be… and disrespect him.

No, I’m not sick, he shakes his head. I’m not sick, I’m not sick, I’m not sick, he continues to brainwash his own mind. After the short brainwash, he looks up and sees the clouds. Those white fluffs look so peaceful in the sky, like there’s nothing to worry about. They go with the flow, traveling through the skies of many and then disappear. He wished he could be like the clouds… peaceful and go with flow, and then disappears quietly with no one noticing.

He closed his eyes and tries to ease the pain, but her face came to his mind. He remembered her eyes, filled with shock and pain.

Yes, he admits he never rejected her like that. Guilt washes over him as he remembers all the pain he caused, all the problems and he can’t even solve it. Not by himself, really. He will always need guidance, because his nose didn’t have any use for this one. He needs someone to guide his lost heart, to make him feels at home again. And even though he realizes that guidance is Kagome, but he never want to give in. Stubborn, he knows.

Just then his ears flickered silently as he notices some rustlings and footsteps heading towards him. Quickly he opens his eyes and stood on his two feet, only to be greeted by nausea and dizziness. He grabs one of the branches to steady his footing. He releases his grip in time as Kagome came to the clearing.

“Inuyasha,” He hears Kagome’s voice.

“What?” He tries to sound harsh and annoyed, but failed miserably – feels like he could fall face first any minute now. He sighs and gives a mental note: Fall later when alone and done with this.

“Its dinner, Kaede have soup and I brought ramen with me.” She smiles.

“Keh,” He put his hand under his kimono sleeves, “Fine, I’ll go.” He said and follows the miko, try hard not to fall.

All of these symptoms make him irritated and worried. He has to squints his eyes sometimes to focuses on the road, and he must try really hard not to fall. And at cold nights, he can’t smell anything! That’s the worst part of it… humans don’t know how important that one sense to an inu-youkai. It’s like you’re blinded. But he’s somewhat relieved because his hearing is fine this whole time.

Kagome took a glance and look at his face – they’re scrunched up. She wonders if there’s something wrong with him… she’s not sure what it is, but it may be important and he doesn’t want to tell them this problemeither for their safety or pride. She chooses the latter, definitely the last option – well, mostly it is. Her eyes scan the surrounding and watch the leaves sways with the wind, birds flying high up at the sky and the grass swirling around her, mass of green.

She notices that the hanyou walks slower than he usually does. His face still scrunched up and she doesn’t see anything suspicious other than that… she decided to wait until at least tomorrow to talk about it.

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What will happen to our favorite hanyou? Will Kagome knows how to get that stubborn half inu-youkai talk? And will they find out what's happening? Of course, it's still a long way to go, so click that cute little button below and REVIEW! No flaming, especially if it's about my grammatical errors.. I realize that I still have a lot to learn. So, please.. I KNOW and I UNDERSTAND. You don't have to talk about my weakness all over again, don't you?

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