Well, this is my first fic, and I hope that I don't confuse the hell out of you readers.... Its got a lot of details that aren't explained right away, so please bear with me. Umm... I'm supposed to be getting a bit of fanart up on deviantart.com soon, but since I've been so busy with actually writing the stories, I haven't gotten the time to draw at home, and that's my inspiration spot for Inu-Yasha stuff. I will work on it though, so that you know what things look like and such.
Well, for those of you who have already read this part, I would suggest reading it again. I've redone a few areas on it, so that its grammatically correct and such minor details. There are some other miniscule things changed, but I guess they're kind of important to the bonding of the characters. I ask you to keep in mind that Naraku has been defeated, and its been a year and a half since that's happened. And some pretty strong bonds can form in a year and a half....
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the 'slightly' revamped version, and please, please, please review!
Thanks!
~Tennyo
P.S. Uke, I hope you're happy....
"Again?! You're leaving again!? But why?"
"I have a few things that I'm obligated to."
"But why do you have to go? Why can't you just stay here?" Inu Yasha questioned angrily, standing in the doorway to their hut and glaring at her as she gathered her things together in a small pack and started past him. But he refused to move. Kagome growled.
"I'm not going because I want to! You know that I would much rather be here with you! But I have to see my mother and Sota, and Gramps. I never get a chance to go anymore," she answered fiercely. It's been such a long time since I've been back.... she thought to herself. If only I could get him to understand..... "If you want me to come back quicker, then just let me go!!"
"But it's so boring without you...." Inu Yasha argued further.
"Then why don't you come with me?" Kagome asked sarcastically, rolling her eyes and slapping her arms to her sides in annoyance.
"Hey, could I?" Inu Yasha asked, eyes suddenly glowing with hope.
"No, of course not! You'd be in the way!"
"I would not!"
"Yes you would! I want to go and spend time with my family. Its hard enough working all the time around here, so I need a break."
"What about my break?" Inu Yasha questioned in a high, mocking voice. Kagome's face turned a bright pink in her anger.
"Don't you dare mock me, Inu Yasha," she hissed menacingly. He backed up with a meek grin, his arms in front of him as if to stop the waves of anger coming from his love. "Now, I'm going home, and you're not stopping me!" She pushed past him, through the door, and started into the woods.
"What if I'm coming with you?" he pressed gingerly.
"You're not," she answered flatly, glaring at him over her shoulder. He hopped over her head and started grinning innocently again. "No, I told you. You'd get in the way." He kept grinning. Her voice was softer, and her anger was diminishing. He knew that she would wear down eventually, he'd done it before. "Inu Yasha.... I've told you a million times... I have to spend time with Sota, Mom, and Grampa. I haven't been able to get back to my time with everything that I have to do here lately, and I need to see them every once in a while, at least. If you come, then I'd most likely be spending most of my time with you. Not that I don't want to," she added defensively to his hurt look.
"Come on, just this time," he pleaded. She sighed. "Pleeeease?" he begged again. She sighed exasperatedly and walked past him. But he could see the smile before she could hide it.
"Fine, you can come. But next time...." He smiled and started to follow her.
"I know, I know. I have to stay behind." He was very happy, as it had been a long time since she had allowed him to come, and he always enjoyed his trips to the future, no matter how long or short they were.
They reached the clearing, and Inu Yasha caught up with her, then ran forward enthusiastically, reaching the rim of the well before Kagome. He hopped up onto the edge and waited patiently for her to catch up.
"Hey, wait just a second," Kagome said suddenly, looking up at him, standing on the side of the well, waiting for her to accompany him down. "Why would you want to come with me?" He shrugged.
"Is it okay if I want to be with you?" She smiled up at him.
"Yeah, I suppose."
"Well then, 'The quicker we go, the quicker we can come back.'" She growled.
"I told you not to mock me, Inu Yasha," she hissed again, hopping up beside him.
Together, the pair jumped down the familiar well and into Kagome's time. Kagome was surprised to find that the floor of the well was covered in dust. Has it really been so long? she asked herself. Inu Yasha wasn't to used to the dust, either. He wasn't really exposed to it in an era where nothing really had a chance to collect it. So, he reacted. He coughed a few times, sneezed, sniffed, coughed again, sneezed one more time, sniffed, and before Kagome could ask if he was all right, hopped right out of the well.
"Slowpoke," he called down to her, peering over the edge. She growled.
"What's your problem, Inu Yasha?" she shouted back, "What are you so eager to?" But she stopped when she realized that he wasn't listening to her. She sighed exasperatedly and scaled the well wall in a single bound. The well house was deserted.
Figures, she thought to herself. She started up the minishrine steps only to see Inu Yasha come flying over the top of the shrine and land in the Goshinboku. And coming around the corner, swinging some type of staff, was his pursuer..... Gramps?
"Come back here, you devil! I must drive the evil out of you," he was shouting at the top of his lungs.
"I am no devil, you withered old--"
"SIT boy," Kagome shouted. She stalked over to where he had fallen and stood over him, fury etched in her face. "Don't insult Gramps! You probably deserve to get pacified."
"Kagome!" the old man cried joyfully. "You're home! I was wondering why your friend was here. I thought he might have come to get you, then I remembered that you weren't here...." Gramps's eyes widened, and he looked down to where Inu Yasha was brushing off from his fall. A sheepish smile came over the jiji's wrinkled features. "I apologize, Inu Yasha," he said, bowing to the hanyou as he picked himself up stiffly.
"Well, I guess I should go and tell everyone else that I'm back for a few days," Kagome announced. Gramps nodded and followed her lead to the house.
"Hmm, I guess the old geyser's getting forgetful in his age," Inu Yasha thought aloud as soon as he was sure Kagome was out of hearing range. He brushed himself off from his fall as he completed his thought, "Well, I suppose I couldn't blame him..." And he began to walk after Kagome and her grandfather into the house.
"So why were you so eager to get here, Inu Yasha?" Kagome questioned. "You know how boring it can be here." They were in her room, after dinner and dessert. Inu Yasha was sitting on the floor next to Kagome's bed, relaxing for the first time in about a month. Believe it or not, he actually had responsibilities in the new village.
"Well, its been a really long time since we've been alone," he replied, smiling as he looked up at her where she was perched on her bed. He reached his hand up over his head to grasp hers, and she gripped it softly. "So I guess I was just wanting to get away from everyone else."
"Oh, yeah, that's nice," Kagome teased, tighting her grip slightly.
"Hey, I don't mean like that," he said defensively.
"I know, I'm just kidding," she said, smirking. He snorted. She giggled lightly, but stopped after a moment. A cold sliver ran down her back, and she felt a presence in the back of her mind. What's that feeling? she asked herself uneasily. "Inu Yasha?" she said slowly.
"Yeah, what's the matter?" he replied, picking up the familiar hint in her voice, and turning to face her. They released hands.
"Do you.... sense something?" He frowned.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean do you sense anything, you know, strange. Oh, I don't know," she said as she saw him look at her as if she were crazy. "I mean, evil. I feel something menacing, like something's wrong." She watched his ears prick, move just slightly, and then quiver. "Wh- what is it?" she asked, not being able to hide the subtle shaking of her voice.
"Oh, that? I was just seeing if I could do it," he answered matter-of-factly. She backhanded him.
"Hey, what was that for," he shouted, holding the back of his head.
"You actually had me worried for a second," Kagome said angrily. "And I thought you could be more mature then Sota!"
It was close to the morning hours, but hard as he try, Inu Yasha could not get to sleep. He was sitting beside Kagome's bed, only because she said her mother would kill both of them if they slept together. His eyes were closed and he thinking so hard, he was afraid Kagome might wake up because of it.
Why did she ask me if I sensed anything? he questioned himself. She probably did it for a reason..... What if something really is wrong? It would be my fault for messing around....
"Argh! If I had just taken her seriously...." He punched the floor in agitation. Kagome's eyes fluttered and she shifted position in her bed. Inu Yasha froze. Her relaxed breathing returned and told him she was sound asleep. Whew, that was a close one, he thought to himself. Well, I'll talk to her in the morning. It's not worth a "sit" and a slap to wake her up. And soon after that thought passed through his mind, he fell asleep. Outside Kagome's bedroom window, a small round shadow bobbed up and down, waiting, waiting.....
Something was chasing him. Something huge. And he was running from it. Where am I? What is that thing? Why am I running? He stopped and turned, ready to face it. But then he saw why he had been running. It must have been 100 feet long, and at least twice as tall! Although it wasn't the beast's size that worried him, it was the evil aura that was filling every sense of his body. The aura was so strong that it was beginning to make him feel sick. A mist gathered around the fleeing half-demon. He looked around, trying to find out through the thick fog where the beast had gone. Then the mists parted, showing a giant hand reaching down for him. He tried to flee it, but despite it's size, the demon was quick, and soon had Inu Yasha in it's grasp. The wind rushed through his hair as the gigantic monster picked him up off the ground. As he neared the head, he could see rows of razor sharp teeth, each probably as big as his entire arm. It's red eyes sparked maliciously, and Inu Yasha finally saw its plan. It was going to eat him. He smirked to himself. Well, even if it does, I can rip it's guts out. But he realized that it was getting harder and harder to take a breath. He felt a sudden pain in his chest as it was compressed under the strength of the demon. It was squeezing him, going to kill him first. No! A breeze blew from behind. He caught sight of his hair... It was black. The pain was building in his chest and legs, and he could barely breathe. But.... Why? he thought despairingly as he felt a few of his ribs break under the pressure. He cried out, trying to ease the pain....
"Inu Yasha! Inu Yasha, wake up! Come on, Inu Yasha," Kagome shouted. She had her hands around his shoulders, shaking him so he might come back to reality. She had woken up when he had shouted out in pain. She had sat bolt upright and gazed around, looking for whatever was causing him such pain that he would cry out like that. She caught sight of him then, slumped to one side, along side her bed, eyes shut tight, and teeth clenched. She had jumped into action and set him upright. She was trying now to wake him from his terrible nightmare. "Inu Yasha!" His eyes snapped open. They were red for a moment, then he blinked and came to. Sweat was rolling down his face, and he was panting heavily. He knew quite well that he couldn't speak. The fear of the nightmare was still disturbingly fresh in his mind. Kagome wrapped her arms around his shoulders and touched his cheek with hers, trying to comfort him. Inu Yasha was trembling for several minutes, but after quite a while of being calmed by Kagome's healing touch, he spoke.
"Then, it was just a.... nightmare?" he asked shakily.
"Yes, just a nightmare," she answered soothingly. She was worried though. This was really the first time she'd seen him in such a state. She wondered if maybe this was what she had sensed. "Are you all right then, Inu Yasha?" she asked.
"I... I think so," he replied, his voice still shaking slightly. But why? I've never in my life had a vision in which I was killed. Maybe memories of being pinned to the tree by Kikyo, but I wasn't killed. So why would I have one so suddenly? He attempted to stand, but Kagome stopped him.
"Stay here, I'll go get you some water," she said as she walked out of the room. "Oh," she said doubling back. "If you want a more comfortable spot to si-- I mean rest, use my bed." She walked toward the kitchen to get a glass for him. There was a note from her mother on the table saying that the rest of the family would be gone for the morning. She read it quickly and continued to fetch the water. I wonder if I did sense his dream. I've never been able to sense feelings or thoughts, though. She walked back upstairs to her room with the water. "Inu Yasha, I've got your--" She stopped in mid-sentence. He was gone.
Sorry for the cliff-hanger! It had to end somewhere... Well, I'll try and get the rest of the chapters up soon, but I have a feeling that all of them have a bit of redoing to be done to them. Thanks again for reading!
~Tennyo