The moon was bright bathing everything in a soft glow. Maybe this was the reason she could not fall asleep. Kagome lay facing the door where a bright moon beam lay on her face. She had already tossed and turned, but that damned moonlight wouldn't let her alone!
Sighing in frustration she slowly sat up, giving up her fruitless search of sleep.
A soft murmur to the left brought her attention to the sleeping form of the hanyou. He sat propped up against the wall with his Tetsusaiga placed against his thigh.
Another murmur left his mouth open, causing his sharp canines to glint in the soft light. This was not lost on the staring girl. Inuyasha's fangs had always fascinated her. Though never given a chance, and too shy to ask, she had never been able to inspect them closely.
"I'll just have a look," she thought to herself before quietly moving over to sit in front of him.
Kagome sat staring intently at the sharp teeth. She was shocked when she realized she was reaching up towards the still open hanyou's mouth, stopping her right hand with her left.
"What am I doing?" she asked herself. She glanced back at the canines, "It won't hurt anything if I just give them a light touch."
Slowly she extended her right index finger towards the opposite tooth. Hesitating just before she reached his lips, Kagome slipped her finger in, to gently prod the sharp underside. Suddenly she yanked her hand back out, having felt a sharp prick. Sure enough there on her finger welled a drop of blood. She quickly stuck it in her mouth to stem the flow of blood, sucking gently. The wound still continued to ooze, and no matter what she did it refused to stop.
"For such a small prick, you sure are bleeding an awful lot," she wondered to herself. Finally she gave up trying to stop it by sucking, and resorted to ripping a small piece of cloth from her shirt and tying it around her finger in a gentle knot.
Kagome went to stand up, but suddenly blood rushed to her head and she stumbled across the floor, barely keeping herself upright by hanging onto the doorframe.
"Oh gosh," Kagome gasped, "I feel faint…my head is pounding…I can hardly stand up!"
Steeling her limbs she took wobbly steps back to her bed roll, collapsing as she finally reached it. "I'll just lie down a minute to rest my head," she muttered to herself before drifting into a dark dreamless sleep.