An undecided lover
Night was falling while the group decided to stop for the night. They settled, and armed a camp in a nearby clearing, not far from the road, and started cooking dinner.
A beautiful woman with chocolate brown hair was putting a packet of noodles in boiling water, above a small gas-cooking stove, not from that era, but extremely useful for making regular dinners at open air. She was concentrated in her work, when her eyes went wide and her hand turned into a tight fist, at the feeling of a male hand rubbing her butt. She turned furiously and hit that someone who was behind her, with a very loud "SLAP!" that echoed through the forest.
"HENTAI!" she yelled to her aggressor, who was a handsome man in purple robes. He was tall and held his short black hair in a tiny pigtail. He had rosary holding a cloth around one of his hands. In one of his cheeks there was a bright red mark in the shape of a hand. And although it seems it hurt him, he was grinning widely.
"Sorry my dear Sango, but it's my cursed hand! I can't stop it!" tried to excuse the monk.
"The only thing you will have as a curse will be a permanent hand-mark on your face, Miroku." said a little kitzune from the other side of the small fire they had lit.
"Shippo is right, you know, then no woman will like to bear your children at the sight you have been rejected, or did something very bad to another woman" said Sango, while she returned to her work, still with a angry expression. But she smiled slightly at the sight of a scared expression in the monk's face. She then turned to another person who sat nearby.
"Kagome-chan, could you get me some spices from over there?" Sango asked, and she pointed the edge of the forest.
"Sure" replied a raven-haired girl, as she stood up and walked into the trees.
As the moonlight filtered through the leaves and branches, the figure of the girl could be seen better. She was sbelt and beautiful. With her 19 years old, her raven-black hair hanged just above her waist, and her chocolate-brown eyes reflected a sweet and comprehensive personality. ( Why does some people say she has blue-silver? They are BROWN!)
As the black-haired beauty walked, her thoughts wandered to land on her favorite subject; the man she loved. It had been 4 years from their first encounter, and started a journey around the country, full of dangers and happiness. And for her, it had been 4 years of joy at his side, her love growing deeply, although some tomes he had hurt her badly. Even after all this time, she still feared that he only considered her a shard detector, and no more. She knew that he couldn't forget about that first love, the one who appeared in her worst nightmares, and although she always forgave him, she couldn't stop suffering every time he went to see her, or simply talked about her. But in her heart, remained a small light of hope that maybe in his heart remained a little corner for her.
She sighted.
"Why can't Inuyasha decide yet? It's been 4 years… but still… one part of me doesn't want him to decide at all, in fear he doesn't choose me, and go to hell with her…" Kagome thought sadly.
Back at the camp…
"Hey! Inuyasha!" called the monk " why don't you tell Kagome-san what you feel? It would lighten up the atmosphere a bit… and, after all, it's been an awful lot of time…"
"Shut up monk!" replied a figure resting in a nearby treetop "You don't even know how hard it would be to tell her…"he mumbled. "Anyway, what do you mean by "How I really feel" huh?" he added with a sudden blush.
"Ohhh! Inuyasha! It's just soooo obvious!" smirked Sango
"We are not that stupid you know…" added Shippo
"Shut up, runt!" yelled the figure. Then he added timidly: "How many time have you known?"
"Well… if you ask me… I knew you liked her from the moment I saw how you tried to take her apart from me. It was obvious you really cared about her, not only for being your shard detector, but also as a friend. Now that time has passed, it seems you like her more than a close friend…" said Miroku.
"Yeah!" added Sango and Shippo
"You should tell her before we complete the jewel, and she has to go home… or before we are defeated by Naraku…"murmured Shippo.
But the figure did hear what the kitzune said, even from the big distance between them.
"Shut up!" yelled the figure furiously "One. We are not going to be defeated by Naraku .I am going to be the one who is going to kick his ass off and destroy him, and rip him into pieces… and two…" he lowered his voice. "I'm not planning her to go away. I wish she would not take that final decision… But you have to know that it's difficult to tell your feeling to others, especially when you have passed too much time, like me, trying to close my heart from others. It's not so easy to open your heart again for someone…"
There was a moment of silence, in which the group processed all those words their normally insensible friend had just said.
Then Sango broke the silence.
"Then, go on! What are you waiting for?" she encouraged him.
"Yeah! Do it before she goes back to her time in two days!" said the monk.
"Tell her all of it Inuyasha! I'm sure Oka-san would give you a satisfactory reaction!" exclaimed Shippo, smiling, sure that his long ago made adoptive mother would respond very joyfully.
The figure paused to think for a minute, and they incorporated, and replied.
"O…Ok… But… But if she rejects me for a too sudden decision, it will be all your fault!" then he added evilly " And I will make you pay for the humiliation…"
The other three gulped, as they saw their friend leap from the tree into the trees, pleading for Kagome to please Inuyasha, in fear they would had to escape from a giant sword chasing them around.