Chapter 6: Aishiteru
Minutes ticked by. Neither Inu Yasha or Kagome said anything. Once they both sneaked a peek at each others, but caught each others doing so and turned around quickly. Silence continued to envelope them...until Inu Yasha could not take it anymore.
"Wh-What the hell happened?!" he managed to stutter out.
"Ask yourself that question!" was Kagome's response.
"How the hell should I know?! That's why I'm asking you!"
Kagome turned and looked at his back angrily before turning around and answering.
"You tried to rape me you moron!"
Inu Yasha's jaw dropped to the ground. "Wh-wh-what?! How...why....you....." He turned and glanced at her, and his eyes travelled to the ground and saw the shreds of clothing. Then he blushed and looked away....Kagome was entirely exposed. I did that to her?! he thought in horror. No...I couldn't have....
"Ka..Kagome?" he started softly. "Are..are you...alright?"
"Yes!" she said. Then her voice softened. "But you didn't....you didn't have the chance. I used my powers before you were....able to take me completely." She feel silent again.
Inu Yasha let out a huge sigh of relief. Whoa....he thought, I'm glad I didn't....otherwise she would never forgive me...But why was I like that in the first place? Then a shadow clouded his eyes....Naraku...he remembered. He remembered the darkness settling in his heart and weakening his consciousness but giving him new strength, the strength of a full youkai. He remembered that he lost his sanity and only felt lust, as many full- blooded youkai felt. Inu Yasha was about to explain, when he heard sobbing.
"I-Inu Yasha....I didn't...think that you were going to hurt me like that...."sobbed Kagome.
"Kagome...please listen...It was Naraku..." and he explained what had happened to him, how he had met Naraku, how he fell into a trap and became a full youkai.
When he was finished, another small silence settled between them. Inu Yasha broked the silence.
"Are your injuries alright?" he asked.
"Yes. They healed when I used my powers."
"Oh." he responded, remembering the flash of light. "But you're probably cold..." He removed his yukata and wore his other undergarment as he went over to Kagome. Without saying anything he wrapped his yukata around Kagome and sat beside her.
Kagome sighed. "Inu Yasha. I understand now. I am just a replacement for Kikyou, you said so yourself. I am nothing...just a substitute...." Tears formed again.
"Kagome, that is not true." He took her hands into his own and faced her.
"Kagome," Inu Yasha began, "there is no one that I love more than you. What I said earlier, was that I meant although I did care for Kikyou, I did not love her, as I do with you. Kagome..." He reached for her face and pulled her closer..... "I love you...." .....and leaned forward and kissed her softly on the lips.
Kagome's eyes widened, then slowly closed as she responded to the kiss. Feeling her respond, Inu Yasha held her closer as Kagome wrapped her arms around him. Unlike the forced kiss earlier, this kiss was one of true love and trust. All was forgotten at the moment when their lips joined in this one passionate kiss.
"KAGOME!" a voice shouted somewhere close.
"It's....Sango"whispered Kagome.
"INU YASHA!" another voice shouted.
"And Miroku..." whispered Inu Yasha.
"Inu Yasha," said Kagome, looking into his eyes, "what do we say?"
He smiled and looked into her beautiful eyes. "Nothing," he responded. "We can explain later...or let them find out on their own...or they can say that this is a proof that I love you."
"Inu Yasha...."
"Believe me...Kagome...Believe me that I will always love you."
Kagome blushed slightly. "I do.."she whispered. "And I always will...."
She pulled him close again as they kissed, and didn't notice the three figures that emerged out of the forest into the clearing and watched them in surprise and interest....
"Believe in my love........"
Minutes ticked by. Neither Inu Yasha or Kagome said anything. Once they both sneaked a peek at each others, but caught each others doing so and turned around quickly. Silence continued to envelope them...until Inu Yasha could not take it anymore.
"Wh-What the hell happened?!" he managed to stutter out.
"Ask yourself that question!" was Kagome's response.
"How the hell should I know?! That's why I'm asking you!"
Kagome turned and looked at his back angrily before turning around and answering.
"You tried to rape me you moron!"
Inu Yasha's jaw dropped to the ground. "Wh-wh-what?! How...why....you....." He turned and glanced at her, and his eyes travelled to the ground and saw the shreds of clothing. Then he blushed and looked away....Kagome was entirely exposed. I did that to her?! he thought in horror. No...I couldn't have....
"Ka..Kagome?" he started softly. "Are..are you...alright?"
"Yes!" she said. Then her voice softened. "But you didn't....you didn't have the chance. I used my powers before you were....able to take me completely." She feel silent again.
Inu Yasha let out a huge sigh of relief. Whoa....he thought, I'm glad I didn't....otherwise she would never forgive me...But why was I like that in the first place? Then a shadow clouded his eyes....Naraku...he remembered. He remembered the darkness settling in his heart and weakening his consciousness but giving him new strength, the strength of a full youkai. He remembered that he lost his sanity and only felt lust, as many full- blooded youkai felt. Inu Yasha was about to explain, when he heard sobbing.
"I-Inu Yasha....I didn't...think that you were going to hurt me like that...."sobbed Kagome.
"Kagome...please listen...It was Naraku..." and he explained what had happened to him, how he had met Naraku, how he fell into a trap and became a full youkai.
When he was finished, another small silence settled between them. Inu Yasha broked the silence.
"Are your injuries alright?" he asked.
"Yes. They healed when I used my powers."
"Oh." he responded, remembering the flash of light. "But you're probably cold..." He removed his yukata and wore his other undergarment as he went over to Kagome. Without saying anything he wrapped his yukata around Kagome and sat beside her.
Kagome sighed. "Inu Yasha. I understand now. I am just a replacement for Kikyou, you said so yourself. I am nothing...just a substitute...." Tears formed again.
"Kagome, that is not true." He took her hands into his own and faced her.
"Kagome," Inu Yasha began, "there is no one that I love more than you. What I said earlier, was that I meant although I did care for Kikyou, I did not love her, as I do with you. Kagome..." He reached for her face and pulled her closer..... "I love you...." .....and leaned forward and kissed her softly on the lips.
Kagome's eyes widened, then slowly closed as she responded to the kiss. Feeling her respond, Inu Yasha held her closer as Kagome wrapped her arms around him. Unlike the forced kiss earlier, this kiss was one of true love and trust. All was forgotten at the moment when their lips joined in this one passionate kiss.
"KAGOME!" a voice shouted somewhere close.
"It's....Sango"whispered Kagome.
"INU YASHA!" another voice shouted.
"And Miroku..." whispered Inu Yasha.
"Inu Yasha," said Kagome, looking into his eyes, "what do we say?"
He smiled and looked into her beautiful eyes. "Nothing," he responded. "We can explain later...or let them find out on their own...or they can say that this is a proof that I love you."
"Inu Yasha...."
"Believe me...Kagome...Believe me that I will always love you."
Kagome blushed slightly. "I do.."she whispered. "And I always will...."
She pulled him close again as they kissed, and didn't notice the three figures that emerged out of the forest into the clearing and watched them in surprise and interest....
"Believe in my love........"