"Where is she?" I asked aloud looking around. I could feel my claws dig into my palms. "Kagome!" I cried for her.
"Damn this rain!" I cursed leaping into the air.
I leaped from branch to branch as I scavenged the area below.
The rain caused everything to smell like earth and dirt. It felt like hours of looking until I found her asleep rolled up into a ball. Her body was quivering from the cold, so I carefully draped the outer layer of my Hinezumi around her shoulders. She did not wake, so I proceeded to scoop her into my arms. Her skin was cold and her hair smelled of dirt. I could not see her face behind her knees, but I could smell the faint scent of blood.
I found a quiet, dry place from the rain in a near by abandon cave, high in the hills. I lay her down on my fire rat and then gave her my Kosode as a blanket, for the cold air did not affect me. She began to shiver once more so I made a fire. The cave soon began to warm as the fire went on till morning.
She slept for a very long time, I worried at times that she had passed away in her sleep, but I could still hear her soft breaths. Her cheeks were a rosy hue and her mouth was open just enough to peak through to the ends of her white teeth. I took a finger to my own set of fangs and pushed on the tip of one. I chuckled at the thought of her being so defenseless, with only a bow and a set of quivers.
I wondered why she had run away from me like that back at Kaeade's hut. Was it because I said something wrong or did something to upset her?
She began to shift in her sleep, only to role over onto her side; I could see now with the fires help that her face was scratched. I made an ointment that my mother had shown me to make when I had a scratch when I was little. I gently applied it to her wounds, she stirred and her eyes quivered, but she soon fell back asleep.
Strong winds blew into the cave, practically taking out our fire. So I lay down next to her, and I moved up behind her until we were spooning. I put a hand to her shoulder and gently traced her arm up and down. She did not wake so I then caressed her soft cheek. Her skin was like silk, but with the warmth of life. I hoped that the contact with my cold skin on her warm cheek would not wake her, and it did not.
She receded a little, tucking her face under the Kosode. I smiled at her purity. She was so untouched, so mind achingly "untouched". She had to never suffer and see what was presented. Her skin was so fair, almost transparent. Her hair was raven and always smelled nice. Her eyes were like spider webs of brown and blue.
My gut churned at the thought of her gone, and I blank a tear. A painful cold went through my face down to my toes. I could not help but to wrap my arms around her, tucking her head under my chin.
The feeling of her back against my chest and stomach was like a warm bath on a cold day. She was quenching. I put a hand on her stomach and the touch was unbearable. I gently stroked her forehead and she hummed in approval.
I then tucked my head in the crook of her neck and nuzzled it gently. She leaned her head to the side, eyes still closed. I released a breath against her back, causing her to shiver. I couldn't help but smile.
I awoke in the same position as the sunshine shown through the opening of the cave.
She was still sleeping, but now had her hand on mine and her face was wet from crying sometime in the night. I slowly began to move away to tend to the fire, but her grip tightened on my hand and she whimpered, so I stayed.
She finally awoke around noon and turned to smile at me. Her eyes sparkled and her lips were attractive.
My eyes dove into hers as I froze.
"Gorgeous" I said aloud in a trance. "I love you, Kagome…" I said it before I could think and her face glowed and tears fell from her eyes.
"The world has reversed its course in my fate, InuYasha…" She said smiling.
"Kagome" I said quietly almost unheard.
"InuYasha…" She said almost like a child.
"I love you…"