Forced Bond

~ Chapter Two~

Hidden Within The Shadows Of Night

Kagome's eyes painfully fluttered open to the piercing light causing her to forcibly shut them . A pained gasp gave way,passing through her pensive lips, and as her bodies dull throb sequentually seized down her spine,like a vice grip. Letting a moment pass before trying again,the pinned miko attempted to pry her eyelids open , against the harmfully bright sun's rays, and was shocked to discover her sight was blinded by a curtain of silver.

Kagome panicked ,musing over her present situation, and finding her mind blank as to the reason why she was currently pinned ; by a unknown weight, all sense of reason at this point abandoned her. With Carefully executed movements , Kagome slowly was able to slide out from under the blanket of silver and red. Confusion, shock, and panic swept through her like a crashing tidal wave, while the clues began to piece themselves together..

Red . Silver. Naked.

Three words that shouldn't be used in the same sentence, especially when it involved her. Kneeling closeby, in her repositioned spot from underneath the sleep ridden hanyou,and was thankful that it only took a few tries without waking him, to escape his delightful prison. The miko's temporary relief gave way to the rush of conflicting emotions: guilt, remorse , hurt, happiness, and for the possible reasons that this had occured.

' What if Inuyasha found out? What would he do? What of Kikyo? What if he doesn't remember? What then' Kagome questioned herself quietly

"That's It ! I can't be here when he wakes. I can't bear to see his face when he learns of our mistake?When he finds out that...Nope! I am not doing it!" Kagome quietly mused ,standing once again in Inuyasha's haori temporarily, since she found her torn clothes, now held tightly between her fingers.

'Shit, I need to change. Maybe Sango has something.I can't go back and let my mother see me like this .. 'Kagome thought while risking a hesitant glance, looking a final time at the slumbering male beneath her,and making her silent escape through the familar brush towards Kaede's hut.

Walking into the hut finding it strangely empty, all but her yellow backpack shining back at her with possibilities. Kagome's face lit up with glee while rummaging through it to find a change of clothes: A black tank, and a pair of denim jean shorts. The miko's continuosly changing mood was averted to where a stinging pain ran across her hand in the midst of her changing .Looking downward ,her eyes found a small river of dried blood,and as it were fear of getting caught Kagome sneaking leaned down to lick the offending sight upon instinct.

Afterwords ,once the already healed wound was satisfactorily cleaned , Kagome began piecing things together, and as the knowing realization slammed it's weight upon her to the ground, she looked down. Slowly opening her eyes with her hopes in her heart that the results of looking for the answer to be told in the negative ,and was crushed once she found the sight of her sharp claws. Looking into her bag ,Kagome found a pair of nailclippers ,and a mirror ,just to make sure ,preying that her fears wouldn't be brought to light.

Taking a deep breath , Kagome glanced down once again, at the mirror held between her recently trimmed claws ,to find two indentical ears on her head. The silver ears now positioned on her head was frantically listening to the surrounding noise,guiltily. The two triangle's swiveling back and forth in sporatic movements , almost like a radar back at her,and if the situation were reversed Kagome might have been able to rather enjoy them.

"Shit! " Kagome gasped

The miko searched her bag for the black bandana she kept for the hanyou when he came to her time .Upon finding it in the small pouch to the side ,Kagome firmly tied it around the crown of her head to place them underneath their hiding spot,and happily twitched them back and forth afterwards. Quickly shoving everything back into her back pack ,zipping it closed,and treaded back out to find Kaede. Since she didn't look forward to see her hanyou mate at the moment ,Kagome decided it would be better not to wait for him.

'Might as well make myself scarce..And fast!' Kagome thought ,grabbing her bow and arrows to quickly leap briskly away ,and before she would find the hanyou's questioning wrath.

~ Confused Hanyou~

Feeling the soft breeze ,lightly grace itself against his muscular chest ,and tickle alongside the flexing curves of his thigh. The hanyou sighed quietly before his mind grew blank with shock as to why he felt well ..Naked. Confusion took hold and with realization ,Inuyasha forced his eyes open fully .Glancing around to find himself naked laying against the roots of Goshinboku ,and confirming it was the sight of his clothes scattered amongst the ground.

"What The Hell!" The hanyou yelled before flinching back in pain from his right shoulder from his quick movement upwards, and to his reward for flinching was the persistant pounding of his head, that he briskly moved his hand to soothe.

"Owww! Dammit!"

Inuyasha slowly stood ,replacing his clothes back onto his body before continuing towards Kaede's ,and if given the chance to find answers to his question's by the first person he came into contact with. Absentmindedly ,running his fingers alongst his muscle of his shoulder,only to flinch back from the tingling sensation that his touch brought forth. Coming to, and passing briskly through the megar flapped entrance of the hut to find it empty.

All for the exception of his lone haori neatly folded in the far corner of the hut, next to Kagome's backpack. Continuing forward to grasp the thick , furry cloth, and putting it back into place .A strange scent mingled with his within the haori ,passing through the hairs of his nostrils from his nose , placing him in a somewhat enlightened , and playful haze ,simular to the effects of catnip. In response his brow automatically raised into his bangs with one question leaving his lips.

"Kagome ?" The hanyou remembered ,soon leaving the hut in search of the whereabouts of the miko,that he traveled with , and fearing something had become of her like himself.

Growling frustratedly, the hanyou couldn't seem to lock onto her scent. It was like she just disappeared,and left her stale scent behind. Sitting down in a huff , trying to search his mind to find anything reminding him of what happened prior. After some time still finding nothing ,Inuyasha once again stood stiffly looking towards the skies.

' Maybe Kagome went back through the well to her time?' Inuyasha thought before rushing through the trees towards the well.

Without stopping ,Inuyasha grabbed onto the well's lips to swing himself into the darkened depths. Swirling , merging hues of purplish blue caught him and pulled him forth towards the present, on the other side of the well. Quickly stepping out ,half expecting to find Kagome's scent overwhelm him to begin the start of the catastrophic series of events: Being nice,Saying something stupid to cover up the presence of a blushing embarrassment , make pitiful excuses for coming earlier, and all this always resulted him in the many sits he'd be recieving .Inuyasha didn't mean to make her mad ,but there was always something about her that he found he couldn't help himself from starting the viscious cycle again.

Although shockingly, as he had once hoped Inuyasha found disappointedly that her time resembled that of the past,on the other side..Kagome's scent was old and stale. This thought sent many red flags through his mind sending tendrils of fear that seemed to crush his heart, and cause the unfamilar tightening of his chest to come alive .Soon , the hanyou once again threw himself back through the well with the growing fear of her missing,expanding ten fold ,and taking him captive.

'Where are you Kagome?'

TBC...