Disclaimer: Wait, wait, no, I still don't own any of InuYasha's characters.
Chapter Nine:
Kagome and Sesshoumaru kept walking through the trees enjoying each other's company.
Kagome stopped and looked up to admire the view; she enjoyed watching how the wind blew gently causing the branches of the trees to follow its rhythm. Sesshoumaru, who hadn't stopped walking, suddenly turned to call for Kagome.
"Kagome." He decided he liked how her name came out from his mouth. It sounded smooth and light.
It wasn't until she heard him calling her, that Kagome realized she had been left behind, so she ran to catch up to Sesshoumaru.
When she was running towards him, she tripped with a root from a nearby tree.
Kagome closed her eyes shut while expecting the coming impact, a coming impact that never arrived. She found herself against a well toned chest instead of the cold ground.
Kagome looked up and found golden eyes staring intently at her. It was Sesshoumaru who had been fast enough to catch her before she could touch the ground.
Both of them were entranced by each other.
'This scene is rather familiar.' Kagome thought as their faces began getting closer and their eyes slowly closed.
'Don't forget the curse is still there. Remember, it won't be until the sun and the moon rise together, that the new splendor will appear and the final judgment will arrive.'
Sesshoumaru's head snapped to where the voice had come, and he thought he caught a glimpse of blue eyes, so he blinked but the next moment they were gone.
He turned to look at Kagome and felt the urge to sigh. The voice was right.
"Kagome, we need to talk." Sesshoumaru stated making Kagome snap back to reality.
'Yep, this situation is very much familiar.' Kagome thought bitterly, but in spite of that, she asked.
"Hn? About what?"
Sesshoumaru was about to begin, when they heard someone calling for them.
"Kagome-chan! Sesshoumaru-sama!" They turned to see Rin running towards them with Souta trailing behind.
"Rin-chan!" Kagome smiled at her.
"Otousan asked Rin and Souta- kun to come for you!" Rin announced.
"Well then, we better don't let them wait too much." Kagome said while starting to walk. "Can we finish this later, Sesshoumaru?" She asked while turning to face him.
He nodded once.
The four of them went to the hotel reception, where their parent's were already waiting for them.
They chatted for about an hour while waiting for InuYasha. Rin and Souta suddenly watched through the window one of the hotel's pets, Boris the dog. They ran outside to play with it.
"Rin, Souta, wait!" Mrs. Higurashi called while standing from the couch she had been sitting on.
"I'll go for them." Sesshoumaru said.
"Oh, thank you, Sesshoumaru." She said smiling.
"Hn… InuYasha is taking too long, and the reservation at the restaurant is for 6:30. We'll be late; it's already 6:15." Inutaisho said while observing Sesshoumarus retreating form.
"I'll wait for him, and then we'll catch up to you at the restaurant." Kagome offered.
"Are you sure?" Izayoi asked.
"Sure, no problem." Kagome smiled reassuringly at her.
"Ok honey, we'll meet you there." Mrs. Higurashi told her before they left.
'Where could he possibly be? He's late. Well, I guess I could use this time to think. After all, I don't get as much time alone as I would like. It's good to have some time to think about stuff such as…Sesshoumaru. What did he want to talk about? Frankly, I can't understand him, this is the second time he pulls away when we're about to kiss. Is he that disgusted by me? I mean, what could it possibly be other than that?'
Kagome was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't notice the waving hand in front of her.
"Oi!" InuYasha's voice snapped her back to reality.
"Eh?" Her eyes focused to his face, which seemed rather annoyed.
"Where's everyone?" He asked her in an annoyed tone that rivaled the annoyance that his face showed.
"They went to the restaurant because otherwise we would lose the reservation, which by the way was at 6:30, so I offered to wait for you." Kagome answered a little bit annoyed.
'The nerve with this guy! He's the one who arrived late, and he has the cheek to talk to me like that!'
InuYasha directed her one last glance before turning with a 'keh' and starting to walk away and towards the restaurant.
'Did he just walk away?! Who the hell does he thinks he is? If he thinks I'll let him behave like that, then he's got something else coming.'
She ran to catch up to him and stood in front of him.
InuYasha looked down at her, but soon dismissed her and stepped aside so he could continue on his way. This only made her anger increase.
Once again, she walked and stood in front of him, this time she moved to block him when he tried to walk past her.
"Oi! You're in my way, wench! Move!" He demanded.
'Ok, that's about enough.' Kagome thought annoyed while glaring at him.
"Look" She started trying to control the increasing anger. "I haven't done anything to you. I've been nice to you because I want to be your friend, but I you don't want that, fine with me! But let me tell you something: You have NO right to treat me like that! I won't let you continue with you with that 'I'm better than you' attitude. Is that understood?" Kagome finished with a last glare.
InuYasha stood there with eyes widen as saucers. Kagome then started walking away. This time, InuYasha ran to catch up to her. He walked silently by her side until he slowly asked shyly.
"Do you really want to be my friend?"
"Eh?" Kagome stopped and turned to face him.
He was looking to his right while scratching his chin.
"I'm sorry by my behavior. I was an ass. It's just that I'm not used to people being nice to me." He slowly turned his eyes to her and was surprised to find Kagome smiling warmly at him.
"It's alright." She extended him her right hand and asked: "Friends?"
"Friends." InuYasha said while shaking her hand.
The rest of the way toward the restaurant was spent talking and getting to know each other.
Golden eyes stared at them and a silver haired youth muttered something like "Stupid half breed." with venom dripping from every word.
A.N. Yay! Chapter nine is done! I really intended to update sooner, but I got writers block and on top of that some evil teachers left tons of work. T-T
Well, I'm still in need of ideas, so please type me at Blue rose angel if you've got some. That's it for now. Please review! .