Diclaimer if I ever saw one: Alas! Inuyasha and all his yumminess does not
belong to me! The rest of the cast of Inuyasha is likewise not mine. They
all belong to Rumiko Takahashi, so be sure to bring her your offerings of
corn, wheat, first borns etc.
Oh yes, yet another chapter filled with mushy and emotional wonder. But who doesn't enjoy bits of mushiness, really?
Chapter Three: The Dream and the Walk
*Three days later*
"Mmm, what tasty food!" Hojou exclaimed as he gulped down yet another bowl of stew.
"Feh. Not nearly as good as ramen." Inuyasha pouted. He stirred the stew with his chopsticks. "How can you eat stew with chopsticks anyway? Wench, you should have brought more ramen." (A/N haha Jake, doesn't that sound like something you said while watching the first episode. Sorry to all that weren't there to understand, but watch the first episode and Kagome's totally digging into stew with chopsticks leaving some of us confused.)
"You eat it very carefully. And we wouldn't be out of ramen if it weren't for you. I brought 15 packs, you would think that that would last more than three days Inuyasha! And you didn't even share!" Kagome said grumpily. Inuyasha has barely spoken to her over the last few days and every time he did it was always with an attitude. The way he treated Hojou- whose name he refused to get right- was just abominable.
"Perhaps ye should eat slower to savor the food, child." Kaede said gently yet firmly to Hojou. He slowed down, but only enough to make the food passing from stick to mouth visible and not just a brown blur.
Miroku looked from Inuyasha to Kagome. He needed to find a way for them to talk with that Hojou around. Why do I even care? He thought. Oh yes, maybe this will bring my karma up so I can get a hold of some good-
Miroku's thoughts, which would have ended up in the gutter as usual, were interrupted by Shippou. "Hey there's a full moon tonight, I think we should take a walk."
"Since when do we take walks?" asked Sango.
"Since tonight." Shippou answered. "It's just so bright out and it reminds me of when Mother and Father and I would go for 'nighttime strolls' as they called it. Kagome will you carry me?"
"Not tonight, Shippou. I'm kind of tired and I think I'll head in early." Kagome responded. Her thoughts were obviously somewhere else and no one tried to persuade her to come.
"I'll carry you Shippou." Sango offered.
"Thanks. We can go through the woods down the path that leads to."
Kagome didn't hear the rest of the conversation. She was thinking about other things. What is wrong with him? At least before he would say something other than bring more ramen to me. Now he'll rarely even look at me. He can't be jealous of Hojou, though he acts like it sometimes. He knows there is nothing between us so what's his deal? Besides, in order to be jealous he'd have to at least like me. All I am to him is a shard detector. Kagome sighed and stood up. "I'm going to bed now. Thank you for supper Kaede."
"Of course, child. Sweet dreams."
Kagome said goodnight to everyone else and head off to bed. She noted that Inuyasha didn't even say goodnight like everyone else, he just nodded in her general direction. He seemed to be preoccupied as well, he was looking at Hojou as if he couldn't come up with enough painful ways to kill him. Kagome walked into her room, changed into her pajamas and climbed into her sleeping bag. As she drifted off to sleep, she heard the others' laughing voices as they went for their nighttime stroll.
*****
Kagome and Sango were standing behind Inuyasha and Miroku. Miroku could no longer use his wind tunnel, it was blocked. The demons continued to come and Inuyasha could hardly handle them all. Sango threw out her boomerang to help. Kagome tried to shoot down Naraku, which she could just barely detect behind the other demons, but to no avail. Poor Shippou and Kirara had disappeared somewhere and kagome prayed that they were alright. Before she knew it, Miroku and Sango fell to the ground. The demons vanished and all Kagome could see was Naruku and Inuyasha.
"You bastard! You'll pay for that!" Inuyasha shouted.
"Kukuku." was all Naraku said.
Inuyasha pulled out the powered up Tetsusiaga and was about to use it when-
"Inuyasha, come to me." A cold voice was heard on Kagome's left. She turned and saw Kikyou beckoning Inuyasha. Inuyasha looked at Kikyou and then back at Kagome. He slowly dropped the Tetsusiaga and began to walk toward Kikyou.
"Kukuku." Naraku laughed again.
"Yes Inuyasha my love, come." Kikyou said. Inuyasha walked up to her and *gasp* kissed her?
"Inuyahsa NO!!!" Kagome yelled.
Inuyasha and Kikyou walked away, leaving Kagome to deal with Narku all alone. Suddenly her bow disintergrated and she was not only alone, but defenselss.
"Kukuku." Narakuy continued to laugh as he advanced. He lifted his arm, now a demon's claw to her face and.
Kagome awoke with a start. Shippou was curled up in her arms, sometimes emitting a little squeak in his sleep. Sango was sleeping quietly nearby. Kaede was snoring loudly in the corner. Kagome slowly put Shippou on the sleeping bag alone and crept out of the room. She walked down the hall with silent feet past the boys' room, where she distinctly heard Hojou say, "stupid scary butterflies." She walked out the door and into the open. She didn't feel like sitting somewhere with others around. Kagome didn't want to do anything but leave the hut.
There was something about the dream that was almost too real. Not that she believed that Sango and Miroku and Shippou would just be suddenly wiped out, she was afraid that Inuyasha would leave her. It's not like she did much for the group other than find shards of the Shikon no Tama. She didn't really believe that he would leave her, but still. A tear dropped from her eye. And Kikyou! Why was she there? Could Inuyasha still love her? Even despite all the evil things she's done? It seemed unthinkable, but still.
Something rustled behind Kagome. She turned quickly to see one of the last people she wanted to talk to right now, Inuyasha.
"Where are you going?" He asked.
"For a walk." She replied quietly. She really didn't want to explain things to him. Please let me be! She thought.
"Why? Can't sleep?" He walked next to her and noticed that she was crying. "What's wrong?" He asked in a much more tender tone.
"Nothing. Bad dream."
"What happened?"
"Things."
"And those things would be?" He rubbed her arm. Kagome looked up at him and decided that lying probably wouldn't be a good idea. She was a really bad liar anyway.
"Well, um, we were all battling Naraku and Miroku and Sango and Shippou were dead. So it was just you and I fighting him. Then you left and Naraku was about to do. something.and I woke up."
"Why did I leave?" he asked, moving a bit closer to her. Kagome looked down.
"Um, you left to be with Kikyou." A giant tear dropped down her face. She didn't want to tell him that part at all. That was probably the worst part of the dream. Just a stupid shard collector! screamed over and over in her head.
"I wouldn't just leave you like that. I really wouldn't. Not in battle, and." Inuyasha paused. He turned her face up towards his. "Not ever, Kagome." He said sweetly and quietly. "Not ever."
"Not even for her?" She asked in amazement. Inuyasha was being so kind and caring. Whoa, Inuyasha, caring?
"Not even for a complete Shikon not Tama." He wrapped his arm around her waist.
"Inuyasha?"
"Kagome, I, well I.I l--"
Inuyasha was interrupted by a cold voice behind them.
"I do hope I'm not interrupting anything."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ muhahahaha, a cliff hanger. I wonder how many of you will guess who that was, eh? Well I may actually post the 4th chapter with this one because I don't really like this one so I thought I'd make up for it. Yep. And thanks for all the reviews, made my day!! eee! ^-^ Keep 'em coming!
Oh yes, yet another chapter filled with mushy and emotional wonder. But who doesn't enjoy bits of mushiness, really?
Chapter Three: The Dream and the Walk
*Three days later*
"Mmm, what tasty food!" Hojou exclaimed as he gulped down yet another bowl of stew.
"Feh. Not nearly as good as ramen." Inuyasha pouted. He stirred the stew with his chopsticks. "How can you eat stew with chopsticks anyway? Wench, you should have brought more ramen." (A/N haha Jake, doesn't that sound like something you said while watching the first episode. Sorry to all that weren't there to understand, but watch the first episode and Kagome's totally digging into stew with chopsticks leaving some of us confused.)
"You eat it very carefully. And we wouldn't be out of ramen if it weren't for you. I brought 15 packs, you would think that that would last more than three days Inuyasha! And you didn't even share!" Kagome said grumpily. Inuyasha has barely spoken to her over the last few days and every time he did it was always with an attitude. The way he treated Hojou- whose name he refused to get right- was just abominable.
"Perhaps ye should eat slower to savor the food, child." Kaede said gently yet firmly to Hojou. He slowed down, but only enough to make the food passing from stick to mouth visible and not just a brown blur.
Miroku looked from Inuyasha to Kagome. He needed to find a way for them to talk with that Hojou around. Why do I even care? He thought. Oh yes, maybe this will bring my karma up so I can get a hold of some good-
Miroku's thoughts, which would have ended up in the gutter as usual, were interrupted by Shippou. "Hey there's a full moon tonight, I think we should take a walk."
"Since when do we take walks?" asked Sango.
"Since tonight." Shippou answered. "It's just so bright out and it reminds me of when Mother and Father and I would go for 'nighttime strolls' as they called it. Kagome will you carry me?"
"Not tonight, Shippou. I'm kind of tired and I think I'll head in early." Kagome responded. Her thoughts were obviously somewhere else and no one tried to persuade her to come.
"I'll carry you Shippou." Sango offered.
"Thanks. We can go through the woods down the path that leads to."
Kagome didn't hear the rest of the conversation. She was thinking about other things. What is wrong with him? At least before he would say something other than bring more ramen to me. Now he'll rarely even look at me. He can't be jealous of Hojou, though he acts like it sometimes. He knows there is nothing between us so what's his deal? Besides, in order to be jealous he'd have to at least like me. All I am to him is a shard detector. Kagome sighed and stood up. "I'm going to bed now. Thank you for supper Kaede."
"Of course, child. Sweet dreams."
Kagome said goodnight to everyone else and head off to bed. She noted that Inuyasha didn't even say goodnight like everyone else, he just nodded in her general direction. He seemed to be preoccupied as well, he was looking at Hojou as if he couldn't come up with enough painful ways to kill him. Kagome walked into her room, changed into her pajamas and climbed into her sleeping bag. As she drifted off to sleep, she heard the others' laughing voices as they went for their nighttime stroll.
*****
Kagome and Sango were standing behind Inuyasha and Miroku. Miroku could no longer use his wind tunnel, it was blocked. The demons continued to come and Inuyasha could hardly handle them all. Sango threw out her boomerang to help. Kagome tried to shoot down Naraku, which she could just barely detect behind the other demons, but to no avail. Poor Shippou and Kirara had disappeared somewhere and kagome prayed that they were alright. Before she knew it, Miroku and Sango fell to the ground. The demons vanished and all Kagome could see was Naruku and Inuyasha.
"You bastard! You'll pay for that!" Inuyasha shouted.
"Kukuku." was all Naraku said.
Inuyasha pulled out the powered up Tetsusiaga and was about to use it when-
"Inuyasha, come to me." A cold voice was heard on Kagome's left. She turned and saw Kikyou beckoning Inuyasha. Inuyasha looked at Kikyou and then back at Kagome. He slowly dropped the Tetsusiaga and began to walk toward Kikyou.
"Kukuku." Naraku laughed again.
"Yes Inuyasha my love, come." Kikyou said. Inuyasha walked up to her and *gasp* kissed her?
"Inuyahsa NO!!!" Kagome yelled.
Inuyasha and Kikyou walked away, leaving Kagome to deal with Narku all alone. Suddenly her bow disintergrated and she was not only alone, but defenselss.
"Kukuku." Narakuy continued to laugh as he advanced. He lifted his arm, now a demon's claw to her face and.
Kagome awoke with a start. Shippou was curled up in her arms, sometimes emitting a little squeak in his sleep. Sango was sleeping quietly nearby. Kaede was snoring loudly in the corner. Kagome slowly put Shippou on the sleeping bag alone and crept out of the room. She walked down the hall with silent feet past the boys' room, where she distinctly heard Hojou say, "stupid scary butterflies." She walked out the door and into the open. She didn't feel like sitting somewhere with others around. Kagome didn't want to do anything but leave the hut.
There was something about the dream that was almost too real. Not that she believed that Sango and Miroku and Shippou would just be suddenly wiped out, she was afraid that Inuyasha would leave her. It's not like she did much for the group other than find shards of the Shikon no Tama. She didn't really believe that he would leave her, but still. A tear dropped from her eye. And Kikyou! Why was she there? Could Inuyasha still love her? Even despite all the evil things she's done? It seemed unthinkable, but still.
Something rustled behind Kagome. She turned quickly to see one of the last people she wanted to talk to right now, Inuyasha.
"Where are you going?" He asked.
"For a walk." She replied quietly. She really didn't want to explain things to him. Please let me be! She thought.
"Why? Can't sleep?" He walked next to her and noticed that she was crying. "What's wrong?" He asked in a much more tender tone.
"Nothing. Bad dream."
"What happened?"
"Things."
"And those things would be?" He rubbed her arm. Kagome looked up at him and decided that lying probably wouldn't be a good idea. She was a really bad liar anyway.
"Well, um, we were all battling Naraku and Miroku and Sango and Shippou were dead. So it was just you and I fighting him. Then you left and Naraku was about to do. something.and I woke up."
"Why did I leave?" he asked, moving a bit closer to her. Kagome looked down.
"Um, you left to be with Kikyou." A giant tear dropped down her face. She didn't want to tell him that part at all. That was probably the worst part of the dream. Just a stupid shard collector! screamed over and over in her head.
"I wouldn't just leave you like that. I really wouldn't. Not in battle, and." Inuyasha paused. He turned her face up towards his. "Not ever, Kagome." He said sweetly and quietly. "Not ever."
"Not even for her?" She asked in amazement. Inuyasha was being so kind and caring. Whoa, Inuyasha, caring?
"Not even for a complete Shikon not Tama." He wrapped his arm around her waist.
"Inuyasha?"
"Kagome, I, well I.I l--"
Inuyasha was interrupted by a cold voice behind them.
"I do hope I'm not interrupting anything."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ muhahahaha, a cliff hanger. I wonder how many of you will guess who that was, eh? Well I may actually post the 4th chapter with this one because I don't really like this one so I thought I'd make up for it. Yep. And thanks for all the reviews, made my day!! eee! ^-^ Keep 'em coming!