Silver boy with golden eyes

~Kitty

Come/Stay with me

The day was bright and sunny and the forest rustled with life. Birds and insects sang their songs and a lonely figure sat atop his metal box, gazing off in the direction she'd disappeared from. The leaves had long since stopped rustling and he rolled a thin, metallic and chemical covered stick in his hands. He glanced down at it and shifted, pulling out the funny little plastic contraption Kagome had brought him, and clumsily flicked the sparkwheel until he'd managed a little lonely flame. Sort of like him, he mused with more than a little melancholy. Raising the stick in his other hand, he lit the tip and watched the sparkler frantically spit off little fiery embers, popping as it went. He didn't react when the little flecks of light landed on his clothes and skin, they didn't burn. Staring at the shower of sparks, his mind drifted back to earlier that day, when two young people slowly began to explore each other in a way they've never done before.

...

Complete, it was the first time he'd ever felt complete.

For the first several seconds, he didn't move, couldn't move. Kagome shifted above him, shyly bringing her hands up to his face, allowing her body to lean forward on her knees, pressing more firmly against his lips. The heat grew slowly between then and drew him out, and he finally reacted when her fingers found the ears that were laid back against his head.

He pushed back against her gently, matching her intensity. One clawed hand reached up to cover her slender one still resting on his chest and he squeezed that delicate fist, pressing it harder against his body. His other came around behind her, catching her as he rose up to lean into her more aggressively.

When they broke apart for air, both their eyes spent several moments coming to focus. Their breath mingled with each other and tickled their cheeks and a sense of pride rippled up from inside him.

"Heh," he said, a great, wide smirk growing on his face.

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Ugh, shut up, don't ruin this."

She brought both her hands up to his face and pulled him toward her again. Words were not his forte but this, this he could do. Inuyasha wasted no time. Contrary to the prior kisses with their tender softness, this one took on a more animalistic quality and he pulled her into him entirely, pressing her body flush against his and a gasp escaped her lips just as he recaptured them.

And he thought their first kiss had sparked a fire inside of him.

This one gave birth to an inferno.

...

Inuyasha blushed now, sitting atop his box, holding the now cold sparkler in his hand. He'd briefly wondered if he should have been gentler, then again, Kagome had always been outspoken with him and she certainly didn't seem to mind. Unconsciously, a wide, wolfish smile crept across his face as his memories danced through his mind. A part of him wanted to capture her completely, keep her with him until he'd sated all his curiosity and hunger for this new kind of intimacy they'd discovered. Sighing wistfully, Inuyasha directed his gaze upward, staring off toward the forest. The other part of him urged him to take it slow, to savor the progression.

...

She'd stopped them then, pulled away to catch her breath then grinned at him. He felt he ought to say something, anything, but nothing came to mind and he simply leaned forward, resting his forehead against hers. And then they were laughing, at each other, at themselves, at life. And then Kagome jumped up, holding his hands.

"C'mon, let's try out the sparklers before I need to go."

The sparklers were a strange invention. Inuyasha really couldn't make heads or tails of them. When they got back to his box, Kagome pulled out the colorful packages and handed him a slim, strange smelling stick which he immediately set about sniffing. The young girl giggled at him before gasping in horror when he put the tip into his mouth.

"Blargh!" Inuyasha sputtered, tossing the offending stick into the grass, "What the fuck is that shit?"

Kagome was clutching her stomach and heaving with laughter.

"Oh… my… god…! Inu… Read the packaging!"

Inuyasha fought the blush creeping across his cheeks valiantly and attempted to cover his embarrassment by grabbing the package out of her hands.

"What the fuck? What's the point of this?"

Kagome shook her head and pulled out another two sparklers, handing him one and setting aside the package. She pulled out a bizarre little contraption with an acrid odor and flicked her thumb across it. Flame burst out from one end and Inuyasha's eyes went wide to witness the miracle. The girl winked at him and lit the end of her sparkler.

His first reaction was to leap back, startled. Then he lunged forward to swat the sparking sparkler from her hands and stomp it out.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome said, placing a hand on his shoulder to calm him down, "It's fine, it's supposed to do that. It's supposed to be fun."

...

Inuyasha chuckled as he gazed at the burnt out sparkler. It was nice, save for the chemical smell and that initial fright. And then his expression turned somber as he recalled the rest of the visit.

…

The alarm blared through the air, making Kagome jump. Had the time gone by so quickly? She turned back to him with a sigh, not wanting to part just yet.

"Come with me," she said, looking up eagerly into his face.

Inuyasha frowned, recalling his previous attempts to leave this place.

"I don't think I can…," he replied, "remember when you broke your leg?"

Kagome looked upward trying to recall the event. She may vaguely remember riding atop his shoulders as he brought her back… but she woke up alone, in her bed.

"Maybe things are different now?"

Inuyasha looked at her skeptically and she could tell that he was about to refuse her.

"Come with me," she begged, "Meet my family, meet my friends, come to school with me and hang out after."

"It ain't my choice to stay here, ya know." His voice was hardening. He wasn't quite sure why he was feeling defensive but he was and his irritation was beginning to rise in response to her insistence…

… And immediately, it fizzled out when she reached towards him and grabbed hold of his hands. She was a bit braver now, and leaned in boldly to leave him a peck on the cheek.

"Come with me. Please, let's just try." Because she was so close and her scent was so warm. Because the heat from her hands crept upwards toward his heart. Because of the way she looked at him. He finally sighed.

"Keh, fine."

…

There was a sharpness in the ache that settled in his chest. The dog-eared figure atop the metal box let his head drop forward, his golden eyes falling to the hands in his lap. Letting the charred sparkler stick fall to the side, he turned up his palms, staring at the clawed hands as though they were separated from his body, not truly his.

Warmth.

Her little slim hands had felt so warm, holding onto his. He didn't truly return the grasp, just allowed her to pull him through the forest, determined to bring him back to her world just like her school books. But there was trepidation in his heart as he walked behind, and the frown of concern etched deeply into his face as the familiar feeling of wrongness began to course through his veins.

And then she let go.

It was probably not fair to describe it that way, but he had panicked when her hand dropped his. But then he realized, it was because she had returned, and he was left behind.

...

The crashing disappointed only lasted a moment. The alarm stopped, and a breath or two later, Kagome re-appeared before him. It wasn't completely unprecedented, Kagome often would return only to hit snooze on her alarm before returning to finish up whatever game they were playing. But this time, her eyes met his and there was a desperate sadness in her realization that they couldn't be together in her world.

"It's ok," he muttered, looking down and fingering the locket around her neck, "you said so yourself, you carry me with you."

She'd captured his hand in hers, those brown doe eyes looking into his and the pity he saw there didn't sit well with him. And then the snooze was up and her alarm clock rattled to life again.

"Keh, go on." His voice was gruff as he tried to bury the pup inside him that begged not to be abandoned.

The alarm was insistent now and the press to leave grew stronger in her mind. Kagome pulled him closer, bringing a hand up to catch his neck. When her lips brushed his, there was a message there she tried to pass on. He caught it and responded and released her. And her image blurred, and then she was gone.

Now, into the empty air, Inuyasha was able to give voice to that little pup inside him.

"Stay with me…"

A/N: getting close to the end now... hang in there Inuyasha!