Until the End of Time
Chapter 1
Realizations
By: Devilspet
Authors Note: ""-talking, ''-thoughts, **- flashbacks or memories, ~*~- scene change or different time, italicized words- unknown voice
WARNING: BAD LANGUAGE INCLUDED
The new moon was definitely coming once again; Inuyasha could feel it in his blood as he sat in Kaede's hut. Kagome was at home, much to Inuyasha's dismay. But he didn't feel like hearing the S word from Kagome so he didn't try and stop her from going. Besides, Kagome said she didn't feel very good. She must not have realized the new moon was coming, because if she did she would have stayed and just let Kaede give her a check-up and make sure she was okay.
Kagome always seemed to happier when she was here with Inuyasha while he was human. maybe because he was much nicer to her or maybe some other reason? 'Why does she stay here with me?' Inuyasha considered the options. He had never really asked himself that before.
'Could she wanna stay just because I'm nicer when I'm human? Could it be that she thinks I'm weak? No, she wouldn't think that. she even said I was strong as a human. Could it be that she wants to protect me or just make that excuse? Maybe just to spend time with me? Or . . . could it . . . maybe . . . possibly be . . . that she maybe . . . she just might . . . care for me and she knows I don't like being human so she likes being here to comfort me?' Inuyasha considered all these options but it just confused him more. 'What?! What could it be?! There are way to many possibilities to pick one. God! This is gonna drive me crazy! How could I have never thought about this before?!' Inuyasha's thoughts were making him restless so he got up and walked out the door of Kaede's hut onto the porch to look at the sky.
'The stars are out,' he thought as he searched the sky for the moon. 'There- there it is. There's the stupid moon that pisses me off once a month. Yep, it's definitely coming soon . . . tomorrow maybe.' Inuyasha sat on the porch, still gazing at the sky. 'It's so beautiful but it causes so much trouble for me . . . like Kagome . . .'
Inuyasha closed his eyes and pictured Kagome smiling at him then getting angry and ready to sit him. He smiled, 'Sweet Kagome . . . she's even cuter when she's mad . . . ha-ha . . . she'd kill me if she knew I thought that. My Kagome is cute all the time . . . WHAT?! Did I just say that? Oh well. I can always dream, right? My Kagome . . . someday, hopefully, my Kagome.'
Inuyasha opened his eyes, "She will be my Kagome someday, I know it, someday . . . she'll be my Kagome forever." He whispered little things like this for a while he thought about whether to go see her or not. Finally, after a half an hour of thinking, he decided to go see Kagome and make sure she was okay.
~*~
Kagome was lying on her bed staring at the ceiling . . . she couldn't get any sleep. She was the only one home for the weekend, so she was very bored. She looked out the window by her desk and sat up quickly. 'The moon! Oh no! Inuyasha! The new moon is gonna be here soon! Damn it! I gotta get there . . . I gotta be there with him!" She tried to get out of the bed but slipped and fell weakly to the floor. "OUCH!"
Inuyasha, who was outside the window without her knowing, saw that and his heart pained. Kagome whimpered softly and pulled herself back onto the bed. She smirked slightly, "Looks like I'm in worse condition than I thought . . . but just hold on . . . I'll be there soon . . . it won't be up for a day or two . . . I'll be there as soon as possible." She lay back against her pillow and closed her eyes.
Promise, a muffled but familiar voice said.
"Huh?" she asked as she almost fell out of her bed from surprise.
Do you promise to come back as soon as possible?
Kagome gasped when she realized who it was, "Inuyasha is that you? Where are you?" She looked around the room.
"Yep, it's me!" he said and knocked on the window.
She looked, startled, at the window and she saw a shadow of someone outside . . . it was Inuyasha. She got up as quickly as possible without becoming dizzy and wobbled over to the window. Inuyasha's eyes filled with concern. Kagome opened the window a little with some trouble and let Inuyasha open it the rest of the way.
Kagome wobbled back over towards her bed when Inuyasha saw her lose her balance; his eyes widened as she began to fall.
Inuyasha leapt forward and caught her before she fell to the ground. He sighed in relief and Kagome closed her eyes to make the world stop spinning. "Thanks Inuyasha . . . but can you let me stay here for a while so the world will stop spinning." She felt Inuyasha nod and he sat down on the ground with her. They waited a few moments until her dizziness went away. Inuyasha helped Kagome onto her bed. He smiled, "So . . . do you promise me or not?"
'Why's he making me promise? It's not like he wants me there, is it?' Kagome searched his eyes for the answer and found them full of many emotions, trust, worry, curiosity, and one other emotion she couldn't quite understand. Kagome still tried to figure out the last emotion but replied, "Yeah . . . Inuyasha . . . I promise . . . and I'll try to be back before the new moon, okay? But . . . only if you promise me that you'll stay safe while I'm gone."
Inuyasha nodded slightly, "Are you okay, Kagome?" She smiled and picked herself up, then kissed him on the cheek, "Yep, Inuyasha . . . I'm fine, just really tired. All I need is a whole lot of rest and I'll be fine."
Inuyasha grinned stupidly and looked like he was in la-la land. Kagome giggled softly which snapped Inuyasha back to reality. "Hey, what are ya laughin' at?" he asked. Kagome tried to stifle her laughter with her hand and said, "I'm laughing at you, Inuyasha. You're funny!" Inuyasha stared at her in disbelief.
"Well, what d'ya expect?! You're the one who kissed me! It's not like I wanted ya, too!" he said. Kagome let out a wounded gasp. Then, when she regained her voice, she yelled, "SIT!!"
BOOM!!
Inuyasha landed face first onto her floor. After a few moments of saying 'ow' and cursing, Inuyasha sat up and pouted.
"Bitch, why'd ya do that?! That fuckin' hurt!"
"Don't you curse at me, Inuyasha! It's your own fault for being rude!" Kagome leaned back and pouted.
'There she goes again with her cute little pouting act . . .' Inuyasha thought. He blinked. "Oh. Is that all? I thought I did something really bad, ha-ha!" he mused.
Kagome fumed in anger, "INUYASHA!! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!!" She picked up a pillow and threw it at him.
"Oh, shit!" Inuyasha cursed as he dodged the pillow and ran for the window. He paused before he jumped out to blow her a kiss as a playful goodbye (just to tease her more, or was it?) "INUYASHA DON'T MAKE ME USE THE S WORD AGAIN!!" she yelled, but still smiling, as Inuyasha jumped out the window, snickering.
Kagome sat back in her bed and pouted again, "Ooooooh . . . that Inuyasha . . . he makes me sooo mad," she started to giggle when she remembered what he did, "But . . . then again, he can always make me smile again!" She thought about Inuyasha as she drifted off to sleep.
~*~
Inuyasha hung around the shrine for a while he didn't want to leave Kagome alone while no one else was home, so he guarded the house until dawn. Once he saw the sun come up over the horizon, he ran for the well. " Goodbye Kagome . . . feel better soon," he said to practically no one since he knew Kagome didn't hear.
He jumped into the well, there was a flash of light, and when he knew he was in the past he started to climb up the side of The Bone Eater's Well. When he realized he was climbing, he let go and leapt up and over the top of the well.
Inuyasha decided to walk to the village instead of run, like usual, because he needed the time to make up a good excuse for being out all night, without telling them he was visiting Kagome. He started walking through the forest when he noticed a tree and stopped.
'It's the huge tree where Kagome and I first met, the Go-Shinboku tree, the one Kikyo pinned me to with one of her magical arrows. That day I lost everything, the Shikon Jewel, my fist love, and most of all my freedom . . . but . . . that tree also brought good to me . . . it brought me Kagome, my true love- WAIT! WHAT?! DID I MEAN THAT?! . . . Yep . . . it's true, I guess.' Inuyasha smiled at the memories of the first day they met.
'How could I have ever mistaken her for Kikyo? They are nothing alike. Kikyo was so stern, sensible, and conservative as where Kagome is . . . Kagome is Kagome, for one, she's not Kikyo . . . Kagome is crazy, wild, dangerous, and risky . . . she'd do anything for almost anyone . . . oh and I can't forget argumentative . . . that . . . I've definitely figured out.' Inuyasha thought as he walked back toward Kaede's village, forgetting about making up an excuse for being out all night.
Five minutes passed and Inuyasha hadn't come up with one good excuse because of his thinking. He walked slowly into the village, tired from not sleeping last night. "Inuyasha?" He stiffened when he heard someone call his name. "Where have you been?" Inuyasha swiveled around to see Sango standing right behind him; he hadn't even heard her coming.
Miroku, with Shippo sitting on his shoulder, came up and stood beside Sango. "I'm guessing you were out visiting Kagome . . . you look tired . . ." Inuyasha's jaw dropped, 'How did he know?'
"WHAT?! HELL NO!!" Inuyasha's mind raced as he searched for a good excuse, then it hit him, "I couldn't sleep last night so I decided to try and sleep in the forest, that's all! Even though, I still couldn't sleep very well . . ." Sango and Miroku didn't look convinced, even Shippo wasn't convinced and he usually fell for his excuses. "Okay, if you say so, Inuyasha," Shippo said as he jumped off Miroku's shoulder and walked toward Kaede's hut, followed by Sango. Miroku just shook his head and walked forward to whisper something to Inuyasha, "You really should stop lying like that Inuyasha . . . it's always so obvious." With that, Miroku smirked and followed Sango and Shippo. "Feh," Inuyasha grunted and decided to go back to the forest where he could rest in peace.
~*~
After a good night of sleep Kagome was feeling much better. 'I should go back soon, before nightfall, at least. But . . . then again . . . why should I?' Kagome remembered what Inuyasha said last night, *Well, what d'ya expect?! You're the one who kissed me! It's not like I wanted ya, to!*
Her eyes saddened a large amount. 'Why should I go back? It's not like he wants me there . . . he only keeps me around to taunt me and to use me for the shards.' Kagome could feel tears welling up in her eyes so she buried her head in a pillow on the couch, to cry. An hour later, the tears stopped and she drifted off to sleep. There was only about five hours until sundown and she was asleep with no one to wake her up.
~*~
INUYASHA?! WHERE ARE YOU?! A voice called. Inuyasha practically fell out of the tree, startled from his sleep. Shippo, the one who called for him, saw rustling in the branches above him, "Inuyasha, is that you?" Inuyasha jumped down from the mess of branches and glared at him. "What do you want?" Inuyasha snarled.
Shippo backed up a few steps and was ready to run if Inuyasha didn't like his question, "Um . . . can I ask you a question?" Inuyasha growled dangerously, "What?"
Shippo gulped, "Um . . . promise you won't get mad?" Inuyasha didn't answer. "Uh . . . okay . . . I'll take that as a yes. Well . . . uh . . ." he took a few more steps backward, "Where's Kagome and when's she coming back?" Shippo cringed, ready to be hit. He knew Inuyasha didn't like talking about Kagome when she's gone.
Inuyasha looked at him blankly. "That's your question?" Shippo nodded nervously. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders, "She's home, sick, and she should be back by sunset. Now leave me alone. I was sleeping." Shippo wasn't ready to leave, "But," Inuyasha glared at him, "I answered your god damn question, now go away before I hurt you!" Shippo's eyes went wide but he still didn't budge. Inuyasha growled and Shippo yelped in fright and ran, full speed, away from Inuyasha.
Inuyasha smirked with self-satisfaction as he leapt back into the tree where he was resting before being interrupted. He closed his eyes and once again started to wait for Kagome to come back. Inuyasha could fell the human blood making its way through his veins. "Kagome . . . where are you?" Inuyasha kept whispering to himself to stay awake, "Only about two or three hours . . . Kagome . . . come on . . . I need you here with me."
~*~
Two hours passed and it was on the verge of sunset. There was still no sign of Kagome but Inuyasha couldn't be seen so he reluctantly walked back to Kaede's hut. He poked his head through the open door, "Hey, anyone seen Kagome yet?" Kaede, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo all shook their heads in unison. Inuyasha let out a frustrated sigh, "Fuck! Well, if you see her, come get me."
"Why do you need to know, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked and smirked, he had a plan. Inuyasha saw right through his plan, or so he thought, he narrowed his eyes, Miroku was planning to make him confess that he liked Kagome, but that wouldn't happen and if he did confess it would only be to Kagome, not to the others, "She told me she would be back here by sunset." Miroku smiled evilly. Inuyasha said exactly what he wanted him to say.
Miroku titled his head, "How did she tell you when you haven't seen her?"
"Shit!" Inuyasha murmured, "He got me." Inuyasha looked at the floor and mumbled, "When I went to go check on her last night . . ." Miroku looked overjoyed. "Ah-ha . . . see dear Sango . . . I got him to admit it- he did go visit her last night," Miroku told her, expecting praise and giving her butt a gentle squeeze.
"PERVERT!!" Sango shouted as she punched him over the head. Shippo snickered at Miroku's beating. Sango turned her attention back to Inuyasha, "See Inuyasha . . . we knew you went there, you really should give up denying it . . . every time you lie, it gets easier and easier to tell . . . and you really must admit that you do like Kagome. Of course, I think Kagome is still oblivious . . . but, you can't stand there and tell us you don't like her." Inuyasha narrowed his eyes, stiffened, and mumbled, "Yes, I can . . ." he lowered his voice more and said, "I can lie . . ."
Inuyasha became red in the face as anger built within him but Sango continued babbling, " But really . . . it's so obvious . . ." Inuyasha couldn't hear what she was saying anymore because the fury took over senses, blocking everything out but Sango still went on, "You need to tell her Inuyasha . . . she deserves to know . . ." Sango kept talking to a not listening Inuyasha, "Honestly, Inuyasha, do you have any idea how much you hurt her when you treat her badly?" Inuyasha turned away from the group while Sango still continued, "Actually, I think, she likes you, too . . ." Now Inuyasha heard that, "WHAT?!" he swiveled around, "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Sango blinked at him, "I SAID . . . I think, she likes you, too . . ."
"What?! Kagome likes me?!" Inuyasha gaped at them. Everyone else in the hut stared blankly at him. "WHAT?! YOU EXPECTED ME TO KNOW?!" Inuyasha shouted, fury building up inside him once again. Miroku, Sango, and Shippo doubled over laughing and Kaede shook her head in disbelief, "Inuyasha . . . you can be a real moron sometimes . . ." Inuyasha growled at them all and stormed out of the room and headed back into the forest.
~*~
Kagome was still sound asleep on the couch at her house. The sun was setting quickly and no one was home to wake Kagome up.
~*~
Night was falling in the Warring States Period where Inuyasha was, still waiting for Kagome to come back. His hair started to darken to black, his eyes started changing color, his fangs started to shrink, his claws started to dull, his dog ears started disappearing into his head, and most of all . . . his powers started to leave him. 'I really shouldn't be out here but I gotta wait for Kagome . . . I'm startin' to get really worried. I gotta be here when she comes . . . I wanna be the first person she sees.' Inuyasha continued to wait in the safety and cover of the Go-Shinboku tree. He was now fully human so hopefully the demons wouldn't notice him and he wouldn't think of leaving without Kagome. Inuyasha's eyelids started to get heavy after a while of sitting in the tree. Inuyasha fell fast asleep in the Go- Shinboku tree.
~*~
Without Inuyasha's extremely good senses, he didn't notice that a demon was approaching his village very quickly. The demon is known as The Great Demon of The Western Lands, Lord Sesshomaru, or Inuyasha's, full demon, older half-brother. He has come looking for Inuyasha in order to find a good fight. Sesshomaru has been looking for a good fight for over a month . . . all the fights he'd had were boring . . . only his brother put up a good fight, and that was saying something coming from Sesshomaru. 'Where is that fool? I can't smell him anywhere . . . his scent just . . . disappeared.' Sesshomaru approached Inuyasha's village with extreme caution.
~*~
Sango woke up from the sleep, something was wrong . . . she could feel a demon in the area . . . but it wasn't Inuyasha, since tonight was the new moon, and it couldn't be Shippo . . . it was too powerful.
~*~
Sesshomaru sniffed the air then scrunched back his nose, 'That's such a horrible stench . . . this village reeks with human scent . . . and there's a young demon here, too . . . nothing to worry about, though. It's barely a child . . . and not very powerful.'
~*~
Sango got up and tried to wake Miroku. "Miroku . . . come on, wake up! There's a demon . . . we have to stop it!" Miroku mumbled in his sleep, "Huh? What?! A demon?! Okay let's go!" He got up and grabbed his staff.
~*~
Sesshomaru became bored and leapt toward the sky before Sango and Miroku could find him.
"Where'd he go?! He's gone! He left! I can't sense him anymore! Damn it!!" Sango shouted at herself. Miroku watched her, it was quite amusing, "Dear Sango . . . calm down! Please . . . we'll keep watch for a while and make sure it doesn't come back, okay?"
"Miroku?" Sango asked through gritted teeth as she tried to keep her temper. "Yes, dear Sango?" Miroku asked tilting his head. "Don't call me 'dear', Miroku . . . get your hand off my ass . . . and thanks,"
"Oh." Miroku pulled away his hand, "I'm sorry- natural reflex, come on . . ." he apologized leading her up to Kaede's porch.
~*~
Sesshomaru stopped abruptly . . . and sniffed the air once again, 'There! There, it's his scent . . . but it smells . . . human,' he looked up at the sky, 'Of course! It must be him . . . it's the new moon and I can't smell his demon scent. He may be human but he should still put up a good fight.' Sesshomaru leapt to the sky to find his brother. After a few leaps, he sniffed the air again . . . he was close.
Sesshomaru looked up to see Inuyasha in a tree, 'There he is! Shit! He has to be sleeping, doesn't he?' The demon lord considered this for a minute, 'Oh well, this makes it easier for me. I'll kill him, and then kill his bitch, then onto all of his friends. This will definitely be interesting.' Sesshomaru leaped for an attack . . .
~*~
Kagome was still sound asleep at home having no idea what was about to happen to Inuyasha.
~*~
Sango and Miroku sat on the front porch of Kaede's hut listening contently for any sign of a demon, weapons ready. "Miroku . . . do you think Inuyasha is alright?" Sango asked and broke the silence between them. "I don't know, Sango, why do you ask?" Miroku replied. "I don't know . . . I've just got an uneasy felling that something bad is going to happen." Miroku looked at her and smiled, "Sango, you worry too much . . . trust me . . . I'm sure he's fine."
~*~
Inuyasha stirred in his sleep and began to fall out of the tree as Sesshomaru attacked. Inuyasha's eyes bugged out when he saw he was falling, "Shit!" he grabbed the tree branch but then saw that someone was attacking, and let himself fall to the ground, roughly. Sesshomaru, who stopped in the middle of his attack, landed gracefully in front of Inuyasha, "Hello, little brother," Inuyasha growled at him and got up from the ground, "What the fuck are you doing here, Sesshomaru?!"
Sesshomaru gave him a bored look, "Must I state the obvious, little brother?" Inuyasha growled fiercely at his brother. Sesshomaru lunged forward to attack Inuyasha. It was a miracle that Inuyasha avoided the attack but it was barely by an inch. "Can't you see this is a bad time?!" Inuyasha hissed at him, trying to regain his fighting stance.
Sesshomaru smirked, "Of course, that's why I'm here . . . I have the advantage not you, little brother." Inuyasha reached fro the Tetsusagia then realized that he didn't have it. He didn't bother bringing it because he was human and I couldn't be used. Sesshomaru leapt forward for another attack and Inuyasha dodged it again this time with a little more distance. Sesshomaru attacked several more times and each time Inuyasha dodged. The only problem is that Inuyasha cannot attack without the Tetsusagia or his claws and he was starting to get tired from the dodging. Sesshomaru launched a few more attacks.
~*~
Twenty minutes of dodging was taking a major toll on Inuyasha and his energy was draining quickly. Sesshomaru was still in perfect condition, no sign of any fatigue on his face, as where Inuyasha panted and gasped for air. Sesshomaru launched a new attack without Inuyasha noticing and he didn't move quickly enough. He jumped to the left but Sesshomaru's claw made contact with his right shoulder before he could get away. It made a very deep gash and as soon as Sesshomaru took his now bloody claw out it bled heavily.
Every thing was moving in slow motion for Inuyasha, the pain didn't occur to him very quickly and it seemed like an eternity before Sesshomaru pulled out his claw. He slowly brought his left arm over to the wound to wipe away some of the blood, then looked from his arm to Sesshomaru as his vision fuzzed up and hissed, "Bastard." Inuyasha lunged himself forward with all his might, rage taking over his body, and made for an attack. Sesshomaru easily dodged and Inuyasha ran head first into a tree. Inuyasha turned around, growling, he walked forward a few steps then collapsed to his knees and was very dizzy.
Sesshomaru looked at him in pure disgust, "You're not even worth killing, Inuyasha. You're just a pitiful human right now, who, might I add, is probably going to die tonight because of that wound. What will you're bitch think . . . that Kagome, I think . . . the girl who can see the shards? What will happen to her once you're gone?" Sesshomaru teased.
"Until next time, little brother, until next time, be ready. Sesshomaru called as he walked away, leaving his brother on his knees, in excruciating pain. "Son . . . of . . . a . . . mother fuckin' . . . bitch . . ." Inuyasha mumbled as his vision went fuzzy again as he fell to the ground. "I'll . . . kill . . . him," he muttered as he lost consciousness.
~*~
Kagome woke up in a start, her heart clenched. "Something's wrong . . ." she looked out the window, "Oh my God! It can't be! When did I fall to sleep?! It's dark out! Oh no!! INUYASHA!! HE MUST BE HURT!!" Kagome ran for the door, slipped on her shoes, and ran for the well. She ran to the mini- shrine the well was in, and quickly jumped down into the well. As soon as she knew she was in the Warring States Period, she climbed up the side of the well rapidly. When she reached the top, she gasped and her vision blurred with tears at what she saw.
~*~
Sango had fallen asleep on the front porch after about fifteen minutes of look out. Miroku carried her inside and put her to bed, then made one last thorough check around the hut and the village. He walked back into Kaede's hut to go to sleep.
~*~
Inuyasha was laying face down in the dirt with his right shoulder drenched in blood. Kagome felt hot, angry, sorrowful tears start to fall down her cheeks. She started mumbling nonsense words to herself, "NO! No! This can't . . . no it can't . . . it's not . . . this didn't . . . this didn't happen . . . THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!! He . . . dead . . . no . . . tell . . . love him." She lunged herself out of the well only to fall over onto her butt with a whimper. She crawled toward him, not trusting herself to walk. Her tears poured out in sheets as she flipped Inuyasha over onto his back and only to see his face pale, shirt drenched in blood, but to her greatest relief, he was still breathing. Kagome held back any more tears because she knew they both had to be strong to get through this. She leaned him gently against a tree trunk to scan him for any other injuries. Kagome found a huge knot on his head, which looked like he'd it on a tree? That was really strange, but knowing Inuyasha, she could believe it. Kagome laughed slightly at how he always found a way to get hurt in the strangest places. Inuyasha was quickly regaining consciousness, but he couldn't seem to open his eyes or move yet so he just listened.
Kagome felt a new wave of tears that she couldn't hold back. She hugged Inuyasha tightly, "How could you be so stupid?! You should have stayed inside! Why the hell were you outside anyway?!" Kagome considered the options as she cried against Inuyasha's chest. Then she realized why he was out . . .
"Inuyasha, you're a real idiot!" she sobbed even harder, "You . . . musta been . . . really worried . . . when I didn't come back on time . . . but that doesn't change the fact . . . that you shoulda stayed with Kaede and the others . . . where it was safe. It really was a noble thing to do . . . but . . . I wasn't worth it, at all! I don't . . . know what- what I would do if- if I lost you! I don't know if I could live without you! I- I love you . . . too much- way too much to lose you! I don't wanna ever- ever see you hurt- never!" she continued to sob into Inuyasha's chest. 'No, Kagome . . . please don't cry . . . I'm not worth cryin' over. Don't cry Kagome . . . Come on, I love you, too.'
~*~ To be continued~*~
Next Chapter- Confessions
A/N: REVIEWS NEEDED DESPERATELY
Chapter 1
Realizations
By: Devilspet
Authors Note: ""-talking, ''-thoughts, **- flashbacks or memories, ~*~- scene change or different time, italicized words- unknown voice
WARNING: BAD LANGUAGE INCLUDED
The new moon was definitely coming once again; Inuyasha could feel it in his blood as he sat in Kaede's hut. Kagome was at home, much to Inuyasha's dismay. But he didn't feel like hearing the S word from Kagome so he didn't try and stop her from going. Besides, Kagome said she didn't feel very good. She must not have realized the new moon was coming, because if she did she would have stayed and just let Kaede give her a check-up and make sure she was okay.
Kagome always seemed to happier when she was here with Inuyasha while he was human. maybe because he was much nicer to her or maybe some other reason? 'Why does she stay here with me?' Inuyasha considered the options. He had never really asked himself that before.
'Could she wanna stay just because I'm nicer when I'm human? Could it be that she thinks I'm weak? No, she wouldn't think that. she even said I was strong as a human. Could it be that she wants to protect me or just make that excuse? Maybe just to spend time with me? Or . . . could it . . . maybe . . . possibly be . . . that she maybe . . . she just might . . . care for me and she knows I don't like being human so she likes being here to comfort me?' Inuyasha considered all these options but it just confused him more. 'What?! What could it be?! There are way to many possibilities to pick one. God! This is gonna drive me crazy! How could I have never thought about this before?!' Inuyasha's thoughts were making him restless so he got up and walked out the door of Kaede's hut onto the porch to look at the sky.
'The stars are out,' he thought as he searched the sky for the moon. 'There- there it is. There's the stupid moon that pisses me off once a month. Yep, it's definitely coming soon . . . tomorrow maybe.' Inuyasha sat on the porch, still gazing at the sky. 'It's so beautiful but it causes so much trouble for me . . . like Kagome . . .'
Inuyasha closed his eyes and pictured Kagome smiling at him then getting angry and ready to sit him. He smiled, 'Sweet Kagome . . . she's even cuter when she's mad . . . ha-ha . . . she'd kill me if she knew I thought that. My Kagome is cute all the time . . . WHAT?! Did I just say that? Oh well. I can always dream, right? My Kagome . . . someday, hopefully, my Kagome.'
Inuyasha opened his eyes, "She will be my Kagome someday, I know it, someday . . . she'll be my Kagome forever." He whispered little things like this for a while he thought about whether to go see her or not. Finally, after a half an hour of thinking, he decided to go see Kagome and make sure she was okay.
~*~
Kagome was lying on her bed staring at the ceiling . . . she couldn't get any sleep. She was the only one home for the weekend, so she was very bored. She looked out the window by her desk and sat up quickly. 'The moon! Oh no! Inuyasha! The new moon is gonna be here soon! Damn it! I gotta get there . . . I gotta be there with him!" She tried to get out of the bed but slipped and fell weakly to the floor. "OUCH!"
Inuyasha, who was outside the window without her knowing, saw that and his heart pained. Kagome whimpered softly and pulled herself back onto the bed. She smirked slightly, "Looks like I'm in worse condition than I thought . . . but just hold on . . . I'll be there soon . . . it won't be up for a day or two . . . I'll be there as soon as possible." She lay back against her pillow and closed her eyes.
Promise, a muffled but familiar voice said.
"Huh?" she asked as she almost fell out of her bed from surprise.
Do you promise to come back as soon as possible?
Kagome gasped when she realized who it was, "Inuyasha is that you? Where are you?" She looked around the room.
"Yep, it's me!" he said and knocked on the window.
She looked, startled, at the window and she saw a shadow of someone outside . . . it was Inuyasha. She got up as quickly as possible without becoming dizzy and wobbled over to the window. Inuyasha's eyes filled with concern. Kagome opened the window a little with some trouble and let Inuyasha open it the rest of the way.
Kagome wobbled back over towards her bed when Inuyasha saw her lose her balance; his eyes widened as she began to fall.
Inuyasha leapt forward and caught her before she fell to the ground. He sighed in relief and Kagome closed her eyes to make the world stop spinning. "Thanks Inuyasha . . . but can you let me stay here for a while so the world will stop spinning." She felt Inuyasha nod and he sat down on the ground with her. They waited a few moments until her dizziness went away. Inuyasha helped Kagome onto her bed. He smiled, "So . . . do you promise me or not?"
'Why's he making me promise? It's not like he wants me there, is it?' Kagome searched his eyes for the answer and found them full of many emotions, trust, worry, curiosity, and one other emotion she couldn't quite understand. Kagome still tried to figure out the last emotion but replied, "Yeah . . . Inuyasha . . . I promise . . . and I'll try to be back before the new moon, okay? But . . . only if you promise me that you'll stay safe while I'm gone."
Inuyasha nodded slightly, "Are you okay, Kagome?" She smiled and picked herself up, then kissed him on the cheek, "Yep, Inuyasha . . . I'm fine, just really tired. All I need is a whole lot of rest and I'll be fine."
Inuyasha grinned stupidly and looked like he was in la-la land. Kagome giggled softly which snapped Inuyasha back to reality. "Hey, what are ya laughin' at?" he asked. Kagome tried to stifle her laughter with her hand and said, "I'm laughing at you, Inuyasha. You're funny!" Inuyasha stared at her in disbelief.
"Well, what d'ya expect?! You're the one who kissed me! It's not like I wanted ya, too!" he said. Kagome let out a wounded gasp. Then, when she regained her voice, she yelled, "SIT!!"
BOOM!!
Inuyasha landed face first onto her floor. After a few moments of saying 'ow' and cursing, Inuyasha sat up and pouted.
"Bitch, why'd ya do that?! That fuckin' hurt!"
"Don't you curse at me, Inuyasha! It's your own fault for being rude!" Kagome leaned back and pouted.
'There she goes again with her cute little pouting act . . .' Inuyasha thought. He blinked. "Oh. Is that all? I thought I did something really bad, ha-ha!" he mused.
Kagome fumed in anger, "INUYASHA!! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!!" She picked up a pillow and threw it at him.
"Oh, shit!" Inuyasha cursed as he dodged the pillow and ran for the window. He paused before he jumped out to blow her a kiss as a playful goodbye (just to tease her more, or was it?) "INUYASHA DON'T MAKE ME USE THE S WORD AGAIN!!" she yelled, but still smiling, as Inuyasha jumped out the window, snickering.
Kagome sat back in her bed and pouted again, "Ooooooh . . . that Inuyasha . . . he makes me sooo mad," she started to giggle when she remembered what he did, "But . . . then again, he can always make me smile again!" She thought about Inuyasha as she drifted off to sleep.
~*~
Inuyasha hung around the shrine for a while he didn't want to leave Kagome alone while no one else was home, so he guarded the house until dawn. Once he saw the sun come up over the horizon, he ran for the well. " Goodbye Kagome . . . feel better soon," he said to practically no one since he knew Kagome didn't hear.
He jumped into the well, there was a flash of light, and when he knew he was in the past he started to climb up the side of The Bone Eater's Well. When he realized he was climbing, he let go and leapt up and over the top of the well.
Inuyasha decided to walk to the village instead of run, like usual, because he needed the time to make up a good excuse for being out all night, without telling them he was visiting Kagome. He started walking through the forest when he noticed a tree and stopped.
'It's the huge tree where Kagome and I first met, the Go-Shinboku tree, the one Kikyo pinned me to with one of her magical arrows. That day I lost everything, the Shikon Jewel, my fist love, and most of all my freedom . . . but . . . that tree also brought good to me . . . it brought me Kagome, my true love- WAIT! WHAT?! DID I MEAN THAT?! . . . Yep . . . it's true, I guess.' Inuyasha smiled at the memories of the first day they met.
'How could I have ever mistaken her for Kikyo? They are nothing alike. Kikyo was so stern, sensible, and conservative as where Kagome is . . . Kagome is Kagome, for one, she's not Kikyo . . . Kagome is crazy, wild, dangerous, and risky . . . she'd do anything for almost anyone . . . oh and I can't forget argumentative . . . that . . . I've definitely figured out.' Inuyasha thought as he walked back toward Kaede's village, forgetting about making up an excuse for being out all night.
Five minutes passed and Inuyasha hadn't come up with one good excuse because of his thinking. He walked slowly into the village, tired from not sleeping last night. "Inuyasha?" He stiffened when he heard someone call his name. "Where have you been?" Inuyasha swiveled around to see Sango standing right behind him; he hadn't even heard her coming.
Miroku, with Shippo sitting on his shoulder, came up and stood beside Sango. "I'm guessing you were out visiting Kagome . . . you look tired . . ." Inuyasha's jaw dropped, 'How did he know?'
"WHAT?! HELL NO!!" Inuyasha's mind raced as he searched for a good excuse, then it hit him, "I couldn't sleep last night so I decided to try and sleep in the forest, that's all! Even though, I still couldn't sleep very well . . ." Sango and Miroku didn't look convinced, even Shippo wasn't convinced and he usually fell for his excuses. "Okay, if you say so, Inuyasha," Shippo said as he jumped off Miroku's shoulder and walked toward Kaede's hut, followed by Sango. Miroku just shook his head and walked forward to whisper something to Inuyasha, "You really should stop lying like that Inuyasha . . . it's always so obvious." With that, Miroku smirked and followed Sango and Shippo. "Feh," Inuyasha grunted and decided to go back to the forest where he could rest in peace.
~*~
After a good night of sleep Kagome was feeling much better. 'I should go back soon, before nightfall, at least. But . . . then again . . . why should I?' Kagome remembered what Inuyasha said last night, *Well, what d'ya expect?! You're the one who kissed me! It's not like I wanted ya, to!*
Her eyes saddened a large amount. 'Why should I go back? It's not like he wants me there . . . he only keeps me around to taunt me and to use me for the shards.' Kagome could feel tears welling up in her eyes so she buried her head in a pillow on the couch, to cry. An hour later, the tears stopped and she drifted off to sleep. There was only about five hours until sundown and she was asleep with no one to wake her up.
~*~
INUYASHA?! WHERE ARE YOU?! A voice called. Inuyasha practically fell out of the tree, startled from his sleep. Shippo, the one who called for him, saw rustling in the branches above him, "Inuyasha, is that you?" Inuyasha jumped down from the mess of branches and glared at him. "What do you want?" Inuyasha snarled.
Shippo backed up a few steps and was ready to run if Inuyasha didn't like his question, "Um . . . can I ask you a question?" Inuyasha growled dangerously, "What?"
Shippo gulped, "Um . . . promise you won't get mad?" Inuyasha didn't answer. "Uh . . . okay . . . I'll take that as a yes. Well . . . uh . . ." he took a few more steps backward, "Where's Kagome and when's she coming back?" Shippo cringed, ready to be hit. He knew Inuyasha didn't like talking about Kagome when she's gone.
Inuyasha looked at him blankly. "That's your question?" Shippo nodded nervously. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders, "She's home, sick, and she should be back by sunset. Now leave me alone. I was sleeping." Shippo wasn't ready to leave, "But," Inuyasha glared at him, "I answered your god damn question, now go away before I hurt you!" Shippo's eyes went wide but he still didn't budge. Inuyasha growled and Shippo yelped in fright and ran, full speed, away from Inuyasha.
Inuyasha smirked with self-satisfaction as he leapt back into the tree where he was resting before being interrupted. He closed his eyes and once again started to wait for Kagome to come back. Inuyasha could fell the human blood making its way through his veins. "Kagome . . . where are you?" Inuyasha kept whispering to himself to stay awake, "Only about two or three hours . . . Kagome . . . come on . . . I need you here with me."
~*~
Two hours passed and it was on the verge of sunset. There was still no sign of Kagome but Inuyasha couldn't be seen so he reluctantly walked back to Kaede's hut. He poked his head through the open door, "Hey, anyone seen Kagome yet?" Kaede, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo all shook their heads in unison. Inuyasha let out a frustrated sigh, "Fuck! Well, if you see her, come get me."
"Why do you need to know, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked and smirked, he had a plan. Inuyasha saw right through his plan, or so he thought, he narrowed his eyes, Miroku was planning to make him confess that he liked Kagome, but that wouldn't happen and if he did confess it would only be to Kagome, not to the others, "She told me she would be back here by sunset." Miroku smiled evilly. Inuyasha said exactly what he wanted him to say.
Miroku titled his head, "How did she tell you when you haven't seen her?"
"Shit!" Inuyasha murmured, "He got me." Inuyasha looked at the floor and mumbled, "When I went to go check on her last night . . ." Miroku looked overjoyed. "Ah-ha . . . see dear Sango . . . I got him to admit it- he did go visit her last night," Miroku told her, expecting praise and giving her butt a gentle squeeze.
"PERVERT!!" Sango shouted as she punched him over the head. Shippo snickered at Miroku's beating. Sango turned her attention back to Inuyasha, "See Inuyasha . . . we knew you went there, you really should give up denying it . . . every time you lie, it gets easier and easier to tell . . . and you really must admit that you do like Kagome. Of course, I think Kagome is still oblivious . . . but, you can't stand there and tell us you don't like her." Inuyasha narrowed his eyes, stiffened, and mumbled, "Yes, I can . . ." he lowered his voice more and said, "I can lie . . ."
Inuyasha became red in the face as anger built within him but Sango continued babbling, " But really . . . it's so obvious . . ." Inuyasha couldn't hear what she was saying anymore because the fury took over senses, blocking everything out but Sango still went on, "You need to tell her Inuyasha . . . she deserves to know . . ." Sango kept talking to a not listening Inuyasha, "Honestly, Inuyasha, do you have any idea how much you hurt her when you treat her badly?" Inuyasha turned away from the group while Sango still continued, "Actually, I think, she likes you, too . . ." Now Inuyasha heard that, "WHAT?!" he swiveled around, "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Sango blinked at him, "I SAID . . . I think, she likes you, too . . ."
"What?! Kagome likes me?!" Inuyasha gaped at them. Everyone else in the hut stared blankly at him. "WHAT?! YOU EXPECTED ME TO KNOW?!" Inuyasha shouted, fury building up inside him once again. Miroku, Sango, and Shippo doubled over laughing and Kaede shook her head in disbelief, "Inuyasha . . . you can be a real moron sometimes . . ." Inuyasha growled at them all and stormed out of the room and headed back into the forest.
~*~
Kagome was still sound asleep on the couch at her house. The sun was setting quickly and no one was home to wake Kagome up.
~*~
Night was falling in the Warring States Period where Inuyasha was, still waiting for Kagome to come back. His hair started to darken to black, his eyes started changing color, his fangs started to shrink, his claws started to dull, his dog ears started disappearing into his head, and most of all . . . his powers started to leave him. 'I really shouldn't be out here but I gotta wait for Kagome . . . I'm startin' to get really worried. I gotta be here when she comes . . . I wanna be the first person she sees.' Inuyasha continued to wait in the safety and cover of the Go-Shinboku tree. He was now fully human so hopefully the demons wouldn't notice him and he wouldn't think of leaving without Kagome. Inuyasha's eyelids started to get heavy after a while of sitting in the tree. Inuyasha fell fast asleep in the Go- Shinboku tree.
~*~
Without Inuyasha's extremely good senses, he didn't notice that a demon was approaching his village very quickly. The demon is known as The Great Demon of The Western Lands, Lord Sesshomaru, or Inuyasha's, full demon, older half-brother. He has come looking for Inuyasha in order to find a good fight. Sesshomaru has been looking for a good fight for over a month . . . all the fights he'd had were boring . . . only his brother put up a good fight, and that was saying something coming from Sesshomaru. 'Where is that fool? I can't smell him anywhere . . . his scent just . . . disappeared.' Sesshomaru approached Inuyasha's village with extreme caution.
~*~
Sango woke up from the sleep, something was wrong . . . she could feel a demon in the area . . . but it wasn't Inuyasha, since tonight was the new moon, and it couldn't be Shippo . . . it was too powerful.
~*~
Sesshomaru sniffed the air then scrunched back his nose, 'That's such a horrible stench . . . this village reeks with human scent . . . and there's a young demon here, too . . . nothing to worry about, though. It's barely a child . . . and not very powerful.'
~*~
Sango got up and tried to wake Miroku. "Miroku . . . come on, wake up! There's a demon . . . we have to stop it!" Miroku mumbled in his sleep, "Huh? What?! A demon?! Okay let's go!" He got up and grabbed his staff.
~*~
Sesshomaru became bored and leapt toward the sky before Sango and Miroku could find him.
"Where'd he go?! He's gone! He left! I can't sense him anymore! Damn it!!" Sango shouted at herself. Miroku watched her, it was quite amusing, "Dear Sango . . . calm down! Please . . . we'll keep watch for a while and make sure it doesn't come back, okay?"
"Miroku?" Sango asked through gritted teeth as she tried to keep her temper. "Yes, dear Sango?" Miroku asked tilting his head. "Don't call me 'dear', Miroku . . . get your hand off my ass . . . and thanks,"
"Oh." Miroku pulled away his hand, "I'm sorry- natural reflex, come on . . ." he apologized leading her up to Kaede's porch.
~*~
Sesshomaru stopped abruptly . . . and sniffed the air once again, 'There! There, it's his scent . . . but it smells . . . human,' he looked up at the sky, 'Of course! It must be him . . . it's the new moon and I can't smell his demon scent. He may be human but he should still put up a good fight.' Sesshomaru leapt to the sky to find his brother. After a few leaps, he sniffed the air again . . . he was close.
Sesshomaru looked up to see Inuyasha in a tree, 'There he is! Shit! He has to be sleeping, doesn't he?' The demon lord considered this for a minute, 'Oh well, this makes it easier for me. I'll kill him, and then kill his bitch, then onto all of his friends. This will definitely be interesting.' Sesshomaru leaped for an attack . . .
~*~
Kagome was still sound asleep at home having no idea what was about to happen to Inuyasha.
~*~
Sango and Miroku sat on the front porch of Kaede's hut listening contently for any sign of a demon, weapons ready. "Miroku . . . do you think Inuyasha is alright?" Sango asked and broke the silence between them. "I don't know, Sango, why do you ask?" Miroku replied. "I don't know . . . I've just got an uneasy felling that something bad is going to happen." Miroku looked at her and smiled, "Sango, you worry too much . . . trust me . . . I'm sure he's fine."
~*~
Inuyasha stirred in his sleep and began to fall out of the tree as Sesshomaru attacked. Inuyasha's eyes bugged out when he saw he was falling, "Shit!" he grabbed the tree branch but then saw that someone was attacking, and let himself fall to the ground, roughly. Sesshomaru, who stopped in the middle of his attack, landed gracefully in front of Inuyasha, "Hello, little brother," Inuyasha growled at him and got up from the ground, "What the fuck are you doing here, Sesshomaru?!"
Sesshomaru gave him a bored look, "Must I state the obvious, little brother?" Inuyasha growled fiercely at his brother. Sesshomaru lunged forward to attack Inuyasha. It was a miracle that Inuyasha avoided the attack but it was barely by an inch. "Can't you see this is a bad time?!" Inuyasha hissed at him, trying to regain his fighting stance.
Sesshomaru smirked, "Of course, that's why I'm here . . . I have the advantage not you, little brother." Inuyasha reached fro the Tetsusagia then realized that he didn't have it. He didn't bother bringing it because he was human and I couldn't be used. Sesshomaru leapt forward for another attack and Inuyasha dodged it again this time with a little more distance. Sesshomaru attacked several more times and each time Inuyasha dodged. The only problem is that Inuyasha cannot attack without the Tetsusagia or his claws and he was starting to get tired from the dodging. Sesshomaru launched a few more attacks.
~*~
Twenty minutes of dodging was taking a major toll on Inuyasha and his energy was draining quickly. Sesshomaru was still in perfect condition, no sign of any fatigue on his face, as where Inuyasha panted and gasped for air. Sesshomaru launched a new attack without Inuyasha noticing and he didn't move quickly enough. He jumped to the left but Sesshomaru's claw made contact with his right shoulder before he could get away. It made a very deep gash and as soon as Sesshomaru took his now bloody claw out it bled heavily.
Every thing was moving in slow motion for Inuyasha, the pain didn't occur to him very quickly and it seemed like an eternity before Sesshomaru pulled out his claw. He slowly brought his left arm over to the wound to wipe away some of the blood, then looked from his arm to Sesshomaru as his vision fuzzed up and hissed, "Bastard." Inuyasha lunged himself forward with all his might, rage taking over his body, and made for an attack. Sesshomaru easily dodged and Inuyasha ran head first into a tree. Inuyasha turned around, growling, he walked forward a few steps then collapsed to his knees and was very dizzy.
Sesshomaru looked at him in pure disgust, "You're not even worth killing, Inuyasha. You're just a pitiful human right now, who, might I add, is probably going to die tonight because of that wound. What will you're bitch think . . . that Kagome, I think . . . the girl who can see the shards? What will happen to her once you're gone?" Sesshomaru teased.
"Until next time, little brother, until next time, be ready. Sesshomaru called as he walked away, leaving his brother on his knees, in excruciating pain. "Son . . . of . . . a . . . mother fuckin' . . . bitch . . ." Inuyasha mumbled as his vision went fuzzy again as he fell to the ground. "I'll . . . kill . . . him," he muttered as he lost consciousness.
~*~
Kagome woke up in a start, her heart clenched. "Something's wrong . . ." she looked out the window, "Oh my God! It can't be! When did I fall to sleep?! It's dark out! Oh no!! INUYASHA!! HE MUST BE HURT!!" Kagome ran for the door, slipped on her shoes, and ran for the well. She ran to the mini- shrine the well was in, and quickly jumped down into the well. As soon as she knew she was in the Warring States Period, she climbed up the side of the well rapidly. When she reached the top, she gasped and her vision blurred with tears at what she saw.
~*~
Sango had fallen asleep on the front porch after about fifteen minutes of look out. Miroku carried her inside and put her to bed, then made one last thorough check around the hut and the village. He walked back into Kaede's hut to go to sleep.
~*~
Inuyasha was laying face down in the dirt with his right shoulder drenched in blood. Kagome felt hot, angry, sorrowful tears start to fall down her cheeks. She started mumbling nonsense words to herself, "NO! No! This can't . . . no it can't . . . it's not . . . this didn't . . . this didn't happen . . . THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!! He . . . dead . . . no . . . tell . . . love him." She lunged herself out of the well only to fall over onto her butt with a whimper. She crawled toward him, not trusting herself to walk. Her tears poured out in sheets as she flipped Inuyasha over onto his back and only to see his face pale, shirt drenched in blood, but to her greatest relief, he was still breathing. Kagome held back any more tears because she knew they both had to be strong to get through this. She leaned him gently against a tree trunk to scan him for any other injuries. Kagome found a huge knot on his head, which looked like he'd it on a tree? That was really strange, but knowing Inuyasha, she could believe it. Kagome laughed slightly at how he always found a way to get hurt in the strangest places. Inuyasha was quickly regaining consciousness, but he couldn't seem to open his eyes or move yet so he just listened.
Kagome felt a new wave of tears that she couldn't hold back. She hugged Inuyasha tightly, "How could you be so stupid?! You should have stayed inside! Why the hell were you outside anyway?!" Kagome considered the options as she cried against Inuyasha's chest. Then she realized why he was out . . .
"Inuyasha, you're a real idiot!" she sobbed even harder, "You . . . musta been . . . really worried . . . when I didn't come back on time . . . but that doesn't change the fact . . . that you shoulda stayed with Kaede and the others . . . where it was safe. It really was a noble thing to do . . . but . . . I wasn't worth it, at all! I don't . . . know what- what I would do if- if I lost you! I don't know if I could live without you! I- I love you . . . too much- way too much to lose you! I don't wanna ever- ever see you hurt- never!" she continued to sob into Inuyasha's chest. 'No, Kagome . . . please don't cry . . . I'm not worth cryin' over. Don't cry Kagome . . . Come on, I love you, too.'
~*~ To be continued~*~
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