Just Like Old Times
Chapter One: Curing Nightmares
"Sit…!"
Bang! Inuyasha's head painfully slammed into the ground. He then groggily plucked himself up, muttering to himself in disbelief, "Even while sleeping, she still says 'sit'?"
It was just the two of them in the empty, enormous house. Normally everyone, even Old Myoga, would be there with them, but they all had important things to take care of. Inuyasha would also have left, but it was the night of the New Moon, and he felt like staying in the security of the house. Not wanting him to feel lonely, Kagome decided to stay with him.
"What's going on?" Kagome began to murmur in her sleep again. "S-sit! Why…why isn't it working?"
Once again Inuyasha was forcefully pulled to the ground. "Not working? Not working? Does this look to you like 'not working'?"
His expression immediately changed from annoyed to worried when he noticed that sweat and tears were pouring down Kagome's face. The half-demon quietly sat down next to her, and gently brushed the bangs out of her eyes.
Suddenly, Kagome screamed and sat up, completely awake. "I-Inuyasha?" Her voice was barely a whisper. "Sorry, did I wake you?"
Inuyasha stared at her sweaty and teary face. "Were you having a nightmare?"
She looked startled. "Ye-yeah." A sigh escaped from her mouth. "You were in it. You were trying to kill me, using Wind Scar." It was obvious that she was trying her best to control her voice.
"You know I'd never do that to you," was his reply as he stared at his sword. "No matter what."
Kagome lifted her head towards Inuyasha's glowing amber eyes. "Inuyasha, do you remember the night when I first saw you in your human form? And we were hiding from that spider demon?" Encouraged by a nod of Inuyasha's head, she continued. "That time, you slept on my lap. Just for tonight can I borrow yours?" Her eyes, innocent and beautiful, stared curiously at Inuyasha.
He glanced elsewhere, glad that it was too dark for her to see him blush a deep red. "Sure, I guess." His voice spoke so hurriedly that Kagome almost had to ask him to repeat himself.
She smiled a bright, charming smile and proceeded to rest her head on his warm lap. And the last thing she saw before her eyes closed was Inuyasha planting a gentle, soft kiss on her forehead.