author:chibighost
title: Fukai Mori
disclaimer: characters in Inuyasha don't belong to me. I merely write for my own enjoyment and others who wish to read my fics.
[eep! gomenasai! ^-^;;; i've been rather...busy lately. ok, really busy. i'm supposed to be researching topography, editing my essay for this Learning Links thingy, and working on original writings for my literary portfolio...which i'm obviously not doing right now. anyway, i was also really worried about my final...that is, until my Latin teacher told us that if we didn't know any vocabulary on the test, he'd tell us. -.-;;; my god, what's the point of taking the damn final then? might as well stay home. but he's a really good teacher so none of us will probably need to ask him anyway. still, he's about sixty years olds, but kami-sama, he has the energy of a...of a...scarily healthy thirty year old! oh well, i don't think he'll be retiring any time soon. ok, back to the fic: i finally decided to get back to writing Fukai Mori. i'm also writing three other original stories (one with three friends of mine), but i'm not putting them up--they'll just stay in their notebooks, unless i decide otherwise. okay, i'm rambling again...so let's get on to the fourth chapter!]
[these are my little comments]
words italicized are thoughts
-these represent the actions of yours truly-
[-:-^-:-]any paragraph/section between two of these is and italicized is a flashback[-:-^-:-]
Fukai Mori : Chapter Four
Inuyasha fled down the hallway, mentally berating himself for making such a fool of himself in front of Kagome. Why the hell had he become so...tongue-tied all of the sudden? What was about her that made him speechless whenever she happened to show that kind, friendly, cheerful, side? Why was he so weak, so that a girl of all things made him feel so helpless? Curse it all.
Breathing heavily, the hanyou slid open the door to the room she had assigned to him, slamming the screen so hard that it practically fell off--not that she'd care, after all, she'd just have him fix it himself rather than have to pay for some handyman. [did you get what i meant there? oh never mind] Closing his eyes, he tried not to remember how stupid he was back there...in that room...with her...
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Kagome sat in the middle of the room, eyes closed, the candle on the ground casting strange shadows across her face, her raven tresses stirred lightly by the zephyr that blew through the open window. She looks so...sad, came the first thought to Inuyasha's befuddled mind as he stared breath-taken at her. The shadows danced across her face as the breeze caused the flame to flicker, giving her serene beauty a mysterious air.
Inuyasha took a sharp intake of breath, jolting Kagome out of her meditative state. She looked up in surprise at the half-demon, but her look of confusion soon changed to that of a pleasant smile. "Hi Inuyasha," the priestess greeted cheerfully as she stood up, dusting herself off.
The hanyou gulped nervously, the words he had meant to say slipping from his mind and out of his grasp. Instead of the, "Thank you for the ramen, Kagome", he had meant to say, out popped, "Spank you full of rainin', Cangome."
The young priestess stared at him. "Spank me full of rainin'? Cangome? Um...Inuyasha, are you sure I didn't accidentally put something in that ramen? I mean...maybe I--"
Poor Inuyasha's face turned red with mortification when he realized what he'd just blurted out. Hurriedly, the former thief cut in, "I mean...well..." he paused, taking a deep breath and staring at the floor boards he had replaced like they were the most interesting pieces of wood he'd ever seen in his life. Finally tearing his eyes away, the inu-demon looked up to find Kagome waiting for him to speak, a very bewildered and concerned expression in her expressive eyes.
"Anyway, what I mean to say is, thanks for the food--the ramen, you know. I...ah...haven't had anything to eat for...some time..." He finished lamely, awkwardly swinging his arms and clasping his hands together in front of him, once again fascinated by the wood floor, nose twitching slightly at fragrant smell his now sensitive nose was picking up from the girl before him. Concentrating on the designs that the wood grains made, the inu-demon tried desperately to ignore the fact that the source of the wonderful smell was easily within arm's reach.
Kagome smiled warmly. "You're welcome, Inuyasha. If you were so hungry, you should've told me." She cocked her head in thoughtfully, eyes glimmering with amusement at his sudden awkwardness. Carelessly, the girl flicked away some offending strands of hair away from her face, sending the strawberry smell of her shampoo in the direction of the thief--oblivious to what her actions were doing to the nervous wreck that was Inuyasha.
The hanyou backed dizzily away from the priestess. This was about all he could take; he couldn't stand it much longer. The few threads of sanity left in Inuyasha's mind told him to get the hell out of there before he could say or do anything he'd seriously regret later. Frantically, he abruptly turned tail and fled out of the room, the footsteps thumping against the wooden floor as he raced down the hallway.
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Poking his head out of the door, Inuyasha was nearly blinded by the unexpected burst of sunlight in the hallway in a rushing tide. Muttering his favored creative expression of, "Kuso!", the half demon sauntered down the floor, the familiarity of the hallway bring the unwanted memories of the previous night. Determined, he imagined them to be a puny little bug and squashed them ruthlessly in his mind. Chuckling evilly to himself and pleased with the brutality of his early-morning thoughts, the hanyou made his way to the kitchen, his feet and stomach clearly conspiring to ruin him, for, lo and behold, at the table, both spooning cereal into open mouths at a furious pace, sat a little boy and...
Forgetting his complaining stomach, Inuyasha made a desperate attempt to flee, but his bare feet stopped in mid-stride when the little boy sitting next to her piped up, "Hey, Kagome, is that...Inuyasha?" Obviously excited, the boy slid out of his chair and came over to the frozen inu-demon, preceding to examine him thoroughly, even reaching up to poke at his ears and jab at him.
"Hey kid, I'm not a side show freak at some circus so leave me alone, or I'll bite your head off!" The hanyou barked indignantly, withdrawing into the hallway, putting one hand over each ear as if to protect them from the boy's prodding fingers and baring his teeth at the same time.
Unfortunately, the kid didn't even seem the least frazzled. Instead, grinning, he turned to her , evidently pleased. "It is Inuyasha!" He announced, before turning back to the annoyed inu-demon. "What'cha doing back here, Inuyasha?"
Before the hanyou could spit out some acidic remark that the boy would have no idea of the meaning, a gentle hand was lain on his shoulder. "My, is this...could it be...Inuyasha?" While the half demon sputtered again, he was abruptly spun around and a middle-aged woman embraced him like a mother would a son. When she finally let go, Inuyasha rubbed his aching ribs, aware that someone was laughing at them. Feh, he thought, let her laugh. What do I care. Unhappily, the former bandit eyed the woman with undisguised distaste, but she took no notice.
Beaming, she smiled. "Inuyasha, it's wonderful to see you again. You didn't come through the Bone Eaters Well, did you? No, you probably didn't. But anyway, it's so good to see you! My, you've grown..." she eyed him for a moment, "you've grown tremendously." She paused, whether to take a breath or think up more topics to bore him out of his mind, Inuyasha didn't know, but he was relieved when she said instead, "Oh I'm sorry, Inuyasha, you must have come to visit Kagome! You two are probably desperate to talk to each other right now, so I'll just leave you." Mrs. Higurashi suddenly paused, talking to herself, "I wonder what happened to that exchange student Kagome was talking about...she couldn't have meant you, could she?" Met with Inuyasha's blank stare, she assumed that he wasn't the exchange student and the motherly woman promptly left, announcing that she had to do the laundry and for Kagome come back quickly after school. Then with one last wave and a special encouraging smile for Inuyasha, Mrs. Higurashi disappeared down the hallway.
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Half dragging the reluctant hanyou behind her, Kagome felt the last of her patience giving way. Turning abruptly, the priestess regarded the former vagabond with a glare, but the demon was determinedly not meeting her gaze. Sighing a aggravated sigh, Kagome stomped behind Inuyasha and pushed him with all her might. The hanyou didn't budge an inch.
"Inuyasha! Can't you see that you're going to get us both late? And yes, you are coming with me, whether or not you look like that." She barked rather harshly, trying to shove him forward. Silence. He might as well be on another planet, thought Kagome sullenly as she eyed him with a dark glare. Though thoroughly exhausted with her little episode of pushing and shoving, the raven haired girl stood on her tiptoes, still managing to summon up the energy to shout "INUYASHA!" into the furry white ears of the everyone's favorite half-demon--evident extremely startled.
No, make that extremely startled and furious beyond imagination. Immediately, he clamped a hand over the abused ear, the other clawed fingers tentatively rubbing his now throbbing head. "Damn it, wench!" Inuyasha shouted, making no effort to hide the savage anger in his voice, "What the HELL did you hav'ta do that for?"
Kagome raised an eyebrow. "Well, first of all, you were ignoring me. Second, you're going to make us both late, and third, you were annoying me to the point of insanity." Noticing the triumphant smile that was flitting on Inuyasha's face, she asked--or rather demanded--"What?"
The hanyou faced her smugly. "Well, at least I achieved one of my goals. Besides, you're so stupid, you aren't worth my time. Ja! Have fun with your school." With this, Inuyasha dropped the backpack full of books, paper, and pencils that Kagome had prepared for him on the ground with disdain and turned to go.
The priestess watched as he began traveling down the path, into the forest beside the shrine. She made no move to stop him, instead watched his retreating figure, ignorant to everything around her. Kagome remembered that she had once wondered what Inuyasha would look like acting and dressing like the people in her time, and now there was the half demon, dressed in the baggy jeans and navy blue t-shirt that she had bought he yesterday, a backwards baseball hat perched on his long white hair. There was the half demon, waltzing out like he owned the place.
Involuntarily, Kagome's teeth clenched. He was part of her world now, she had established that fact. He wasn't the Inuyasha she had known two years ago. However, the cynical part of him remained. Kagome surmised that the only reason that Inuyasha's personality was still recognizable as his was because the old Inuyasha had grown up hated and despised, and, from what she had seen, this Inuyasha had experienced relatively the same treatment. At this thought, Kagome felt sympathetic to the poor fuzzy eared half demon. She was probably treating him like everyone else had treated him in his life. Poor Inuyasha..., she thought, before remembering that Inuyasha's new demon nose--though only half the strength of a pure-blooded demon--was just as acute and precise when it came to deciphering emotions. Hurriedly, the priestess tried to think deep, passionately hateful thoughts, trying desperately to work herself into a fury. Okay, think...Inuyasha peeking while I was taking a bath, being mean and insensitive, beating up Shippou...ano...damn it! I've got the passion all right. Kagome scolded herself, an image of a sleeping Inuyasha, peaceful and serene, having popped into her mind. She felt her cheeks starting to burn. Not good.
It didn't matter, it was too late. In mid stride, the half demon in mind stopped and froze, turning to regard Kagome thoughtfully. Unnoticed by the nervous priestess, something strange flickered briefly in his golden eyes. Forgiveness? Well, as Inuyasha would say, feh. And how correct an analysis of himself, for Inuyasha had never forgave anyone in his life, ever. But...they do say that there is a first time for everything.
~[x-until the next chapter-x]~
SilverStarWing: domo arigato! ^____^
vanessa St. Cloud: eh? i never fancied myself a romantic...but thanks anyway!
Reality: ^^;;; the rest of the story is stuck somewhere within the labyrinth that is my brain and struggling to get out, but trust me, it will eventually!
pnut: i bet you couldn't tell, but i'm a giant fan of kagome/fluffy fics ^-^ and don't worry, if i see a giant goldfish, i'll run for it.
starmoon: i've said it once, but i'll say it again: i love you people! T.T [[oh yeah, i kind'a like 'feh' too]]
Jacie: well, here's your answer. admittedly, i've never written...er...a [for lack of a better term] love seen before...so yeah...but anyway, inu-kun probably looks really funny dazed
Angel-Fergie: i'm supposed to be doing some english homework of my own right now...eek...but thanks! ^-^ i have this...irresistible urge to huge something right now because of your comment...not the com though...i hate it's guts. i mean, uh...wires...and silicon chips?
tsunami-chan: yeah, i figured. that's why i did of course. ^____^ this was a short chapter though...
reynamangga: i dunno...sango and miroku...kouga...who knows? they might just "pop out of the ground, like dasies!" ~[to quote from Mulan--ever watch the movie? you should. ^^]
[[no "THINGS NOT MEANT TO BE READ BY READERS THIS TIME", maybe if people are really interested in reading them]]
title: Fukai Mori
disclaimer: characters in Inuyasha don't belong to me. I merely write for my own enjoyment and others who wish to read my fics.
[eep! gomenasai! ^-^;;; i've been rather...busy lately. ok, really busy. i'm supposed to be researching topography, editing my essay for this Learning Links thingy, and working on original writings for my literary portfolio...which i'm obviously not doing right now. anyway, i was also really worried about my final...that is, until my Latin teacher told us that if we didn't know any vocabulary on the test, he'd tell us. -.-;;; my god, what's the point of taking the damn final then? might as well stay home. but he's a really good teacher so none of us will probably need to ask him anyway. still, he's about sixty years olds, but kami-sama, he has the energy of a...of a...scarily healthy thirty year old! oh well, i don't think he'll be retiring any time soon. ok, back to the fic: i finally decided to get back to writing Fukai Mori. i'm also writing three other original stories (one with three friends of mine), but i'm not putting them up--they'll just stay in their notebooks, unless i decide otherwise. okay, i'm rambling again...so let's get on to the fourth chapter!]
words italicized are thoughts
-these represent the actions of yours truly-
[-:-^-:-]any paragraph/section between two of these is and italicized is a flashback[-:-^-:-]
Fukai Mori : Chapter Four
Inuyasha fled down the hallway, mentally berating himself for making such a fool of himself in front of Kagome. Why the hell had he become so...tongue-tied all of the sudden? What was about her that made him speechless whenever she happened to show that kind, friendly, cheerful, side? Why was he so weak, so that a girl of all things made him feel so helpless? Curse it all.
Breathing heavily, the hanyou slid open the door to the room she had assigned to him, slamming the screen so hard that it practically fell off--not that she'd care, after all, she'd just have him fix it himself rather than have to pay for some handyman. [did you get what i meant there? oh never mind] Closing his eyes, he tried not to remember how stupid he was back there...in that room...with her...
Kagome sat in the middle of the room, eyes closed, the candle on the ground casting strange shadows across her face, her raven tresses stirred lightly by the zephyr that blew through the open window. She looks so...sad, came the first thought to Inuyasha's befuddled mind as he stared breath-taken at her. The shadows danced across her face as the breeze caused the flame to flicker, giving her serene beauty a mysterious air.
Inuyasha took a sharp intake of breath, jolting Kagome out of her meditative state. She looked up in surprise at the half-demon, but her look of confusion soon changed to that of a pleasant smile. "Hi Inuyasha," the priestess greeted cheerfully as she stood up, dusting herself off.
The hanyou gulped nervously, the words he had meant to say slipping from his mind and out of his grasp. Instead of the, "Thank you for the ramen, Kagome", he had meant to say, out popped, "Spank you full of rainin', Cangome."
The young priestess stared at him. "Spank me full of rainin'? Cangome? Um...Inuyasha, are you sure I didn't accidentally put something in that ramen? I mean...maybe I--"
Poor Inuyasha's face turned red with mortification when he realized what he'd just blurted out. Hurriedly, the former thief cut in, "I mean...well..." he paused, taking a deep breath and staring at the floor boards he had replaced like they were the most interesting pieces of wood he'd ever seen in his life. Finally tearing his eyes away, the inu-demon looked up to find Kagome waiting for him to speak, a very bewildered and concerned expression in her expressive eyes.
"Anyway, what I mean to say is, thanks for the food--the ramen, you know. I...ah...haven't had anything to eat for...some time..." He finished lamely, awkwardly swinging his arms and clasping his hands together in front of him, once again fascinated by the wood floor, nose twitching slightly at fragrant smell his now sensitive nose was picking up from the girl before him. Concentrating on the designs that the wood grains made, the inu-demon tried desperately to ignore the fact that the source of the wonderful smell was easily within arm's reach.
Kagome smiled warmly. "You're welcome, Inuyasha. If you were so hungry, you should've told me." She cocked her head in thoughtfully, eyes glimmering with amusement at his sudden awkwardness. Carelessly, the girl flicked away some offending strands of hair away from her face, sending the strawberry smell of her shampoo in the direction of the thief--oblivious to what her actions were doing to the nervous wreck that was Inuyasha.
The hanyou backed dizzily away from the priestess. This was about all he could take; he couldn't stand it much longer. The few threads of sanity left in Inuyasha's mind told him to get the hell out of there before he could say or do anything he'd seriously regret later. Frantically, he abruptly turned tail and fled out of the room, the footsteps thumping against the wooden floor as he raced down the hallway.
Poking his head out of the door, Inuyasha was nearly blinded by the unexpected burst of sunlight in the hallway in a rushing tide. Muttering his favored creative expression of, "Kuso!", the half demon sauntered down the floor, the familiarity of the hallway bring the unwanted memories of the previous night. Determined, he imagined them to be a puny little bug and squashed them ruthlessly in his mind. Chuckling evilly to himself and pleased with the brutality of his early-morning thoughts, the hanyou made his way to the kitchen, his feet and stomach clearly conspiring to ruin him, for, lo and behold, at the table, both spooning cereal into open mouths at a furious pace, sat a little boy and...
Forgetting his complaining stomach, Inuyasha made a desperate attempt to flee, but his bare feet stopped in mid-stride when the little boy sitting next to her piped up, "Hey, Kagome, is that...Inuyasha?" Obviously excited, the boy slid out of his chair and came over to the frozen inu-demon, preceding to examine him thoroughly, even reaching up to poke at his ears and jab at him.
"Hey kid, I'm not a side show freak at some circus so leave me alone, or I'll bite your head off!" The hanyou barked indignantly, withdrawing into the hallway, putting one hand over each ear as if to protect them from the boy's prodding fingers and baring his teeth at the same time.
Unfortunately, the kid didn't even seem the least frazzled. Instead, grinning, he turned to her , evidently pleased. "It is Inuyasha!" He announced, before turning back to the annoyed inu-demon. "What'cha doing back here, Inuyasha?"
Before the hanyou could spit out some acidic remark that the boy would have no idea of the meaning, a gentle hand was lain on his shoulder. "My, is this...could it be...Inuyasha?" While the half demon sputtered again, he was abruptly spun around and a middle-aged woman embraced him like a mother would a son. When she finally let go, Inuyasha rubbed his aching ribs, aware that someone was laughing at them. Feh, he thought, let her laugh. What do I care. Unhappily, the former bandit eyed the woman with undisguised distaste, but she took no notice.
Beaming, she smiled. "Inuyasha, it's wonderful to see you again. You didn't come through the Bone Eaters Well, did you? No, you probably didn't. But anyway, it's so good to see you! My, you've grown..." she eyed him for a moment, "you've grown tremendously." She paused, whether to take a breath or think up more topics to bore him out of his mind, Inuyasha didn't know, but he was relieved when she said instead, "Oh I'm sorry, Inuyasha, you must have come to visit Kagome! You two are probably desperate to talk to each other right now, so I'll just leave you." Mrs. Higurashi suddenly paused, talking to herself, "I wonder what happened to that exchange student Kagome was talking about...she couldn't have meant you, could she?" Met with Inuyasha's blank stare, she assumed that he wasn't the exchange student and the motherly woman promptly left, announcing that she had to do the laundry and for Kagome come back quickly after school. Then with one last wave and a special encouraging smile for Inuyasha, Mrs. Higurashi disappeared down the hallway.
Half dragging the reluctant hanyou behind her, Kagome felt the last of her patience giving way. Turning abruptly, the priestess regarded the former vagabond with a glare, but the demon was determinedly not meeting her gaze. Sighing a aggravated sigh, Kagome stomped behind Inuyasha and pushed him with all her might. The hanyou didn't budge an inch.
"Inuyasha! Can't you see that you're going to get us both late? And yes, you are coming with me, whether or not you look like that." She barked rather harshly, trying to shove him forward. Silence. He might as well be on another planet, thought Kagome sullenly as she eyed him with a dark glare. Though thoroughly exhausted with her little episode of pushing and shoving, the raven haired girl stood on her tiptoes, still managing to summon up the energy to shout "INUYASHA!" into the furry white ears of the everyone's favorite half-demon--evident extremely startled.
No, make that extremely startled and furious beyond imagination. Immediately, he clamped a hand over the abused ear, the other clawed fingers tentatively rubbing his now throbbing head. "Damn it, wench!" Inuyasha shouted, making no effort to hide the savage anger in his voice, "What the HELL did you hav'ta do that for?"
Kagome raised an eyebrow. "Well, first of all, you were ignoring me. Second, you're going to make us both late, and third, you were annoying me to the point of insanity." Noticing the triumphant smile that was flitting on Inuyasha's face, she asked--or rather demanded--"What?"
The hanyou faced her smugly. "Well, at least I achieved one of my goals. Besides, you're so stupid, you aren't worth my time. Ja! Have fun with your school." With this, Inuyasha dropped the backpack full of books, paper, and pencils that Kagome had prepared for him on the ground with disdain and turned to go.
The priestess watched as he began traveling down the path, into the forest beside the shrine. She made no move to stop him, instead watched his retreating figure, ignorant to everything around her. Kagome remembered that she had once wondered what Inuyasha would look like acting and dressing like the people in her time, and now there was the half demon, dressed in the baggy jeans and navy blue t-shirt that she had bought he yesterday, a backwards baseball hat perched on his long white hair. There was the half demon, waltzing out like he owned the place.
Involuntarily, Kagome's teeth clenched. He was part of her world now, she had established that fact. He wasn't the Inuyasha she had known two years ago. However, the cynical part of him remained. Kagome surmised that the only reason that Inuyasha's personality was still recognizable as his was because the old Inuyasha had grown up hated and despised, and, from what she had seen, this Inuyasha had experienced relatively the same treatment. At this thought, Kagome felt sympathetic to the poor fuzzy eared half demon. She was probably treating him like everyone else had treated him in his life. Poor Inuyasha..., she thought, before remembering that Inuyasha's new demon nose--though only half the strength of a pure-blooded demon--was just as acute and precise when it came to deciphering emotions. Hurriedly, the priestess tried to think deep, passionately hateful thoughts, trying desperately to work herself into a fury. Okay, think...Inuyasha peeking while I was taking a bath, being mean and insensitive, beating up Shippou...ano...damn it! I've got the passion all right. Kagome scolded herself, an image of a sleeping Inuyasha, peaceful and serene, having popped into her mind. She felt her cheeks starting to burn. Not good.
It didn't matter, it was too late. In mid stride, the half demon in mind stopped and froze, turning to regard Kagome thoughtfully. Unnoticed by the nervous priestess, something strange flickered briefly in his golden eyes. Forgiveness? Well, as Inuyasha would say, feh. And how correct an analysis of himself, for Inuyasha had never forgave anyone in his life, ever. But...they do say that there is a first time for everything.
SilverStarWing: domo arigato! ^____^
vanessa St. Cloud: eh? i never fancied myself a romantic...but thanks anyway!
Reality: ^^;;; the rest of the story is stuck somewhere within the labyrinth that is my brain and struggling to get out, but trust me, it will eventually!
pnut: i bet you couldn't tell, but i'm a giant fan of kagome/fluffy fics ^-^ and don't worry, if i see a giant goldfish, i'll run for it.
starmoon: i've said it once, but i'll say it again: i love you people! T.T [[oh yeah, i kind'a like 'feh' too]]
Jacie: well, here's your answer. admittedly, i've never written...er...a [for lack of a better term] love seen before...so yeah...but anyway, inu-kun probably looks really funny dazed
Angel-Fergie: i'm supposed to be doing some english homework of my own right now...eek...but thanks! ^-^ i have this...irresistible urge to huge something right now because of your comment...not the com though...i hate it's guts. i mean, uh...wires...and silicon chips?
tsunami-chan: yeah, i figured. that's why i did of course. ^____^ this was a short chapter though...
reynamangga: i dunno...sango and miroku...kouga...who knows? they might just "pop out of the ground, like dasies!" ~[to quote from Mulan--ever watch the movie? you should. ^^]
[[no "THINGS NOT MEANT TO BE READ BY READERS THIS TIME", maybe if people are really interested in reading them]]