Chapter 4
It was almost sundown in the Feudal Era, and it was raining. InuYasha had been chasing after Kagome for a while, but she managed to sit him, and keep him subdued to the ground long enough to get out of sight. Also, it had then started raining, leaving InuYasha with no way to track her down.
Currently, Kagome was leaning against a large tree, which was shielding her from the horrible rain. She quickly looked around for any sign of InuYasha. Seeing none, she sat down at the base of the tree. She breathed deeply, happy to have gotten to catch her breath. She sat down for a long time, resting so that she would have the energy to run away from InuYasha when he would eventually come.
Now, after an interminable amount of time, it stopped raining. Kagome looked up into the sky to see the sun ready to set. She looked around for a way to watch it, being that she used to always loved to watch it with her father. The event would remind her of him, and how much fun they would have. Then, Kagome saw a small clearing. When she got closer, she realized that it was right near a cliff, and had a spectacular view.
When she reached the clearing, she sat down on the ground. She put her knees to her chest, and wrapped her hands around her legs. She then put her head on her knees, turning her head to the right. 'At least now it's stopped raining,' she thought. She squeezed her legs, and thought, 'At least now InuYasha won't find me.'
On the contrary, InuYasha silently emerged from the forest, seeing Kagome there thinking. He didn't want to bother her, and especially didn't want to be run from again. He sat down behind her, making a little noise, but Kagome didn't notice. She was too deep in thought. 'I wonder what she's thinking about,' InuYasha thought. She started to think all about the memories she had with InuYasha, all the times she had "sat" him, everything. "InuYasha," she said subconsciously. 'I promise to be nicer to you,' she thought. Then, she heard a calm voice. "Yes?" InuYasha replied, with a smirk on his face. 'So she was thinking about me!' His smirk widened a bit, and he held in a laugh as she snapped back to reality. Kagome then opened her eyes to see InuYasha's golden orbs staring down at hers, with a smirk on his face. What had happened was that Kagome had fallen half-asleep when she was thinking, and had fallen back, to the point where she let go of her legs, and had her head on his lap.
She blushed, and tried to get up, but InuYasha stopped her, by pulling her back down, into a different position so that all of her was in his lap, and whispered, 'Please, let's stay like this for a little longer.' She knew she couldn't escape from him now, even if she wanted to, so she relaxed. He turned her body to the left, to make her more comfortable. She closed her eyes, and snuggled into his chest, comforted by the warmth coming from him. She stayed like that for a minute or two, and then remembered the sunset. She pulled her head away, and looked out to catch the last of the sunset.
When the sunset ended, she snuggled into his chest again, hearing his heartbeat and blushing. Then, she came back to her normal senses, and remembered her situation. She was almost sleeping on INUYASHA! Her eyes became very wide, and she started to blush the darkest shade of red possible. Her heart was racing, and she started to sweat. InuYasha noticed this, and replied by saying, "Relax Kagome, you're safe, just go sleep, I know you're tired." Kagome's heart raced even more, if it was possible. Of course, InuYasha noticed.
'Is it me that's bothering her!' InuYasha thought, his heart beginning to race like Kagome's. A tear came into his eye, but he never let it out. Kagome saw his watery eyes, and hugged him. She was smart enough to know what was going on. His heart slowed down a bit, though it started racing again as he blushed at the situation. "Here, we better get you back to Kaede's," he said. She nodded her head, now noticed how tired she was. She stopped hugging him, and snuggled more into his chest as he picked her up. He blushed even more for a second, though stopped blushing as he looked down at her calm face. Her eyes were closed, and his heart soared as he saw her smile. It always made him happy when she smiled like that.
As he looked down at the now sleeping maiden, he leaned down. He was going to kiss her, but stopped himself. His face just hovered over hers now. He put his head up again while thinking, ' Man, she doesn't like you like that! Now just bring her back to Kaede's, so that she can rest in peace!' he started in the direction of Kaede's as his smile turned to a frown.
A little while later, he could see Kaede's hut, but was too tired to go any further. InuYasha lied down on the ground, setting Kagome down next to him. He kissed Kagome on the cheek, he couldn't help himself, and whispered "Good night" to her before he fell into a deep sleep. Kagome silently put her hand on her cheek, right where he had kissed her. "Good night," she whispered back to InuYasha, and fell asleep right next to him, blushing wildly.
End of Chapter 4
A/N: I hope you liked it! It took some time, and I'm still really sorry for the wait, but there it is! And thank you, shippo-hater, your e-mail reminded me to post this (and gave me some new ideas to put in)! Sayonara for now!
