Connected Hearts
Chapter One- Shattered Dreams
Inu-Yasha took her up in his arms, his lips softly brushing against her own. They smiled as the small act of affection ended, both now wearing red stains upon their cheeks, gazing at one another.
It was then that the young miko felt herself being shaken from her dream. She whimpered a protest from her desk chair where she had fallen asleep the night before studying, and she asked her question once more. Kagome did not hear the quiet gasp, but the shaking had ceased so she chose this moment to let her eyes flutter open sleepily. And five seconds after she focused her sight and saw surprised golden ones staring back at her, she wished she were still sleeping. The realization of where the shaking had come from and then... O_O!!
'Oh Gods! Did I ask him if he loved me?!' Her suspicion was confirmed as she noticed Inu-Yasha was frozen still, his hand motionless in the air, a few inches from her shoulder. She gulped the embarrassment down as she tried to figure out how to explain. Then it hit her. She didn't have to! What was he doing here anyway? She didn't remembering letting him in her room. She looked up at him once more, admiring the golden pools dreamily.
'Snap out of it, you dim-wit! Say something!'
"INU-YASHA!!!!!!"
This caught his attention. His blush seemed to deepen as he stared at the girl, his thoughts on what he had heard before. He then noticed her expression...he cursed himself.
'Damn it! You've done it this time. She's gonna 'sit' you straight to Hell. You'd better be nice.' But his arrogance won the battle in his head once again. He decided that it didn't matter if he had butterflies in his stomach suddenly and his heart had skipped a beat at her question; he wasn't about to let her find that out. He regained control of himself and gave her a glare.
"What's your problem now, wench?" he challenged.
She 'rrrrr'-ed in response, her anger evident from her changed scent that fell upon the hanyou's nostrils, if he had not gotten the clue from her face. The sun finished creeping over the horizon as Kagome began her lecture about "a girl's privacy" and "knocking" and other such matters to do with boys and girls interacting civilly. The whole thirty minutes of the rant "Feh"s and "Hmph"s sounding from our favorite dog-boy. But then it happened. He received one last scowl from the girl as he dismissed her words as soon as they left her mouth. Her eye had begun to spasm in annoyance and rage, and Inu-Yasha would have had to of been blind to miss it. His eyes snapped shut and he threw his clawed hands up in front of his chest, his vain attempt to soften the blow. Kagome merely grinned, said nothing, and waited.
When the expected pain did not come, the prayer-bead endowed hanyou blinked in confusion at the smiling girl and dropped his hands... and his guard. Which of course, was a BIG mistake.
"Hey," he said almost cheerful, "that was half-way dec--," which was all he managed before being interrupted by...
"SIT BOY!!"
He slammed full force into her floor, the usual groan and string of curses following. Kagome was pleased. She had punished him and was lucky that he hadn't fallen through the floor. Her mother would have killed her.
"Hmph, serves you right for being so mean!" was her as-a-matter-of-fact answer. And with that she turned on her heel to prepare for school. It was an hour and a half earlier than she usually woke up, thanks to a certain half-demon who shall remain nameless, but that was okay. She'd use that time to finish her math homework she hadn't gotten to last night. With a determined nod, she headed for the bathroom to dress and brush her teeth.
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Kagome's family stared in disbelief. It had been twenty minutes since Kagome had announced that she and her brother would be leaving for school early. Her plan hadn't exactly included arguing with Inu-Yasha for those twenty minutes to leave, however. The three relatives would have amused any passers-by: jaws dropped, eyes bugged out in shock darting back and forth between the young miko and hanyou. And they stared. Amazed that the two before them didn't see what everyone else could.
"Still going...," muttered Mrs. H in a state of awe, her eyes never leaving the source that had derived her comment.
"There goes our early start for school," Souta replied, a bit too happy for his mother's liking.
"Well, what do you expect from a priestess and a half-demon in love?" Grandpa replied cynically, unable to hold his laughter in any longer.
Inu-Yasha had flicked his left ear in the old man's direction after that comment. He had heard it all of course, but the last he had not expected. His death glare was then taken from Kagome and put to use on her Grandfather.
"Come on Inu-Yasha!" Kagome continued, "I have to go to school. It won't be that long...," her voice trailed off as she realized her opposition wasn't listening to her anymore but to her family's conversation. She couldn't hear a word of it, but knew he had. And her interest peaked when she saw a blush steal his cold expression. Then she saw him turn and glare at her Grandpa. Now was her chance.
"You're crazy old man!" he spat, clenching his fists to signify that he would take another course of action if the other's comments did not end...and now.
"Alright, alright!," retorted the coot in question, waving his hands defensively before him, "I had forgotten about those ears of yours. Perhaps I spoke out of place...my mistake." With that he moved to the comfort of the house for refuge.
"Damn right it was your mistake!!" was the growled warning that followed him. The hanyou rolled his eyes, relaxing his form slightly, and then continued his rampage. "Alright, wench... back to you...," he said coldly, turning to face his primary problem. Of course, he only found Mrs. H smiling back at him. -_-; Inu-Yasha cursed and shifted his eyes, looking for the girl he had intended the comment. Mrs. H tweaked his ears.
"She ran off while you were busy with my dad." she explained calmly. She knew he was angered, but also knew he would not hurt anyone, especially anyone Kagome cared about.
".........," grumble, grumble as usual when he was left. ._.
"You really love her don't you?" The woman hadn't really meant him to answer...more like a revelation on her part...but that didn't matter to the now irritated boy before her.
"Wh-WHAT?!"
And on the debate went: Mrs. H beaming with joy about how it was a wonder she hadn't noticed sooner, since he was so protective and so on and so forth. Then something about grandchildren with dog ears being so cute; leaving Inu-Yasha to defend his tough-guy-don't-care-about-anyone attitude in vain.
"I DO NOT!!!" he roared for the millionth time in the past ten minutes, and finally his pleads grabbed her attention.
Her head tilted to the side and she continued smiling. "Oh, don't worry dear. I won't say a thing. I'll that for you. You're secret is safe with me." ^_^
And she tweaked his ear once more before resuming her sweeping and wandering off. Inu-Yasha stood dumb-founded and shocked.
'But...I don't love her... do I? What would you call it then? I call it needing her to find the jewel shards. Hmph, you know, sooner or later that excuse....just stops working.'
He remained longer, arguing with himself over what he felt. And then he got an idea........... D
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Woohoo! So endith chapter the First. Lol.
And now...the question. -gasp- Dun dun dun....
Should I continue?
If so, I have a vague outline, but recommendations are welcome.
And btw.... I own nothing. -wails- Are you happy now?
I don't own the YUMMY flying hanyou! -sniff sniff-
If I did... I'd be forced to do bad... bad things to him. *.*
-clears throat- Anyho... read and review please. D