Slow Movements

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- By:FallenFan77

Author's Note

Another little out-of-the-blue story, I hope you like it! Thank you for reading.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.

He was watching her from the branches of the Goshinboku. His golden-amber eyes staring at the figure below, her curvaceous form moving with the music that was playing softly.

A woman's voice was playing from the little box that he noticed, placed by the bole of the god tree. It's for a dance, Inuyasha. The words that she had spoken to him when he arrived to bring her back to his time.

His eyes traced her graceful movements as she began to glide across the ground, her arm stretching out to the side, as well as her upper body. Inuyasha gulped deeply, feeling heat warm his cheeks, all the while he tried to turn his attention to the cat who lazily slept on the grass beneath the branch he was perched in.

Gazing in the modern miko's direction, he noticed her eyes were closed and her movements moving slowly with soft music and chanting he heard from the mysterious little box. Ba..lay, the wench calls it, He thought, scrunching his nose when the scent of something being cooked inside the home, knowing that her mother was preparing the midday meal.

She says that it's an elegant dance, and she looks so delicate, yet she is clumsy whenever we are fighting demons. His eyes trailed over to her gradual flow, her right foot was pointed and slowly moving up to her knee.

Inuyasha stuffed his hands, crossed over the other, inside the sleeves of his kariginu. His head turned to the side as he kept a watchful eye on the girl who didn't seem to mind his presence. Her leg had extended outwards, going back down to the ground again.

Kagome had bit her lip, trying to remember the next step, her eyes snapped open as she recalled that she had to do a pique turn. A traveling turn in which she had to spot in a direction in which she had to go in.

Okay, all I have to do is point with my right which is extended to the side, but first spot, She thought, gnawing at the bottom of her lip when her oceanic blue eyes trailed to the bright red in the tree that she noticed in her peripheral vision. That will do.

Drawing a deep breath, Kagome resumed her small dance and was spinning in the direction of the half dog demon whom tensed as she neared. When she was about to do her finishing pose, Inuyasha had jumped down the Goshinboku and held her shoulders, startling her.

"You're going to get dizzy wench and hurt yourself," He said, gripping her shoulders to keep her in place, but they lowered to her upper arms. Kagome opened her mouth to retort but she only smiled in return. Even with his gruff demeanor he had shown, his voice was laced with concern, if not only apprehension.

"I'm fine." She answered effortlessly as he tried to hold her still when she moved. However in that small movement, she lifted her hand to her forehead, her vision blurring for a few seconds. "Okay, maybe I did more turns than I was supposed to."

"Keh! Stupid, you could have injured yourself if you did anymore." Inuyasha looked into her eyes and she in his.

Kagome let out a small giggle, rising on her toes and leaned forward to kiss his cheek,"Thank you." Inuyasha tensed only a little, blushing at the closeness and the kiss she had given him, and muttered under his breath,"Whatever…can we go now?"

The miko in his arms nodded. "Sure, why don't I go change and we can go." She moved awkwardly in his arms and he let go of her. "I'll just be…" Kagome said, her eyes flicking back and forth to him and the entrance to her home.

"I'll be waiting, don't take too long." He mumbled before jumping back to the branch he was in prior. Kagome nodded and shook her head as she turned to walk to her home, a smile gracing her features.

Author's Note

Well, I guess that's that then. How was it? I like writing little one shots time to time. Thank you for reading, until then minna-san!