Chapter 3
Weeks passed as Kagome tried and tried again, each time Inuyasha would pin her to a tree and walk away. In frustration, Kagome finally had enough.
"Why don't you ever finish me off?" Kagome all but growled at the hanyou from her now quite normal position on a tree.
"What is your name?" Inuyasha asked with an arched brow at the human. Over the time he had been playing this cat and mouse he had almost come to enjoy. He had gotten interested in her and wanted to know about her.
Shocked at the question, Kagome could only gape for a short while. "What does that have to do with anything?" Kagome growled finally at the still interested hanyou.
"I just wanted to know." Inuyasha replied from his new position of right below the pinned Kagome.
With a scowl on her face, Kagome answered with an annoyed release of air. "Kagome dammit."
Mouth twitching upward at the edge. Inuyasha replied back at the still scowling human. "Well my name is Inuyasha. Good to finally know your name Kagome."
Scowling still with a perplexed frown, Kagome could only say. "Whatever."
Smiling brightly at the vexed human. Inuyasha left and Kagome let herself down again with a now completely puzzled face as she went back to her cave to think.
Over the next few weeks, not much changed between the two. Kagome would try for the jewel and Inuyasha would pin her to a tree.
Although a few times he had gone into the clearing that edged the forest and begrudgingly, after he had called to her, she had come out and sat with him as they watched the sun set.
It was during one of these such meetings that Kagome started to realize something she had never considered before.
She felt safe and comfortable with this hanyou she was at war with. She felt she could actually talk to him about things. She hadn't felt this way since before her mother had died and she had to fend for herself.
Startling Inuyasha after this realization, she spoke to him for the first time on her own. "Do you ever feel lonely?"
After a few moments, Kagome wasn't sure he would reply. With a soft thoughtful look on his face, Inuyasha turned towards her and replied with sincerity. "Sometimes. It can get pretty lonely taking care of the shrine by myself sometimes. It is much different than it was when I lived at home."
Looking into Kagome's face, Inuyasha watched as she scowled at the ground. Turning towards the sun set again after a long period of silence, Inuyasha was surprised at her next words.
"Sometimes I wonder if I'll be anything "but" lonely. There is only me now. Only me."
Inuyasha looked back at her thoughtful look at the ground and was surprised at the slight glistening in her eyes as she looked up into his eyes.
Captivated for a while at the beauty of the human before him, Inuyasha couldn't stop his automatic response to her hair falling into her face. Tucking the strands of hair behind her ears, Inuyasha smiled warily at her as her eyes bored into him over the short distance between them.
Sitting back again, Inuyasha turned back towards the sun. +So. They were both alone. Both lonely. +
Sighing, Inuyasha looked briefly at Kagome before closing his eyes and lying back to enjoy the last of the day.
Weeks passed as Kagome tried and tried again, each time Inuyasha would pin her to a tree and walk away. In frustration, Kagome finally had enough.
"Why don't you ever finish me off?" Kagome all but growled at the hanyou from her now quite normal position on a tree.
"What is your name?" Inuyasha asked with an arched brow at the human. Over the time he had been playing this cat and mouse he had almost come to enjoy. He had gotten interested in her and wanted to know about her.
Shocked at the question, Kagome could only gape for a short while. "What does that have to do with anything?" Kagome growled finally at the still interested hanyou.
"I just wanted to know." Inuyasha replied from his new position of right below the pinned Kagome.
With a scowl on her face, Kagome answered with an annoyed release of air. "Kagome dammit."
Mouth twitching upward at the edge. Inuyasha replied back at the still scowling human. "Well my name is Inuyasha. Good to finally know your name Kagome."
Scowling still with a perplexed frown, Kagome could only say. "Whatever."
Smiling brightly at the vexed human. Inuyasha left and Kagome let herself down again with a now completely puzzled face as she went back to her cave to think.
Over the next few weeks, not much changed between the two. Kagome would try for the jewel and Inuyasha would pin her to a tree.
Although a few times he had gone into the clearing that edged the forest and begrudgingly, after he had called to her, she had come out and sat with him as they watched the sun set.
It was during one of these such meetings that Kagome started to realize something she had never considered before.
She felt safe and comfortable with this hanyou she was at war with. She felt she could actually talk to him about things. She hadn't felt this way since before her mother had died and she had to fend for herself.
Startling Inuyasha after this realization, she spoke to him for the first time on her own. "Do you ever feel lonely?"
After a few moments, Kagome wasn't sure he would reply. With a soft thoughtful look on his face, Inuyasha turned towards her and replied with sincerity. "Sometimes. It can get pretty lonely taking care of the shrine by myself sometimes. It is much different than it was when I lived at home."
Looking into Kagome's face, Inuyasha watched as she scowled at the ground. Turning towards the sun set again after a long period of silence, Inuyasha was surprised at her next words.
"Sometimes I wonder if I'll be anything "but" lonely. There is only me now. Only me."
Inuyasha looked back at her thoughtful look at the ground and was surprised at the slight glistening in her eyes as she looked up into his eyes.
Captivated for a while at the beauty of the human before him, Inuyasha couldn't stop his automatic response to her hair falling into her face. Tucking the strands of hair behind her ears, Inuyasha smiled warily at her as her eyes bored into him over the short distance between them.
Sitting back again, Inuyasha turned back towards the sun. +So. They were both alone. Both lonely. +
Sighing, Inuyasha looked briefly at Kagome before closing his eyes and lying back to enjoy the last of the day.