It's What's Inside That Counts
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Chapter 5: Secrets Told
Miroku and Sango sat down at the booth catching their breath. "I didn't know you had it in you," smiled Miroku.
"You surprise me."
"How?"
"Well, when ever I see you you're always groping some girl," she stated matter of factly, crossing her arms over her chest. "Why?"
Miroku thought for a moment and was unable to answer why. "I honestly don't know."
"Well, I like this Miroku better..." she said.
"Does that me your giving me a chance?" he smiled, taking her hands in his, a grin spreading across his face.
Sango knew she was blushing and turned herself away from his gaze to hide it, "I didn't say that."
"But you were thinking it."
"I was not..."
"Were too..."
"Was not..." she said glaring at him.
"Were too," he grinned.
"Was not..."
"Were too..."
"Was n..." he cut her off kissing her gently on the lips, then pulling away slowly. "Well, maybe I was..." she said putting a grin on his face.
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"And remember the time you feel out of the tree," said Kagome laughing out loud making Inuyasha growl at the memory. "I still remember your face when you feel out, it was priceless!" she said walking up to a nearby tree and placing her hand on it to lean on, trying to still her laughter. They had been talking all night about the summer they spent together; hardly noticing they walked all the way to where the woods began.
"I'm sure to you it was and then when I got up you insisted on running ALL the way back home for a damn bandage..." he retorted stopping and leaning against the tree, looking at the lights along the lake's shore.
"You hurt your arm, I had to get something to put on it," she said remembering that he fell down scraping his arm on a rock.
"I told you I didn't need it."
"Yeah....yeah... You never seemed to need them," she said rolling her eyes then playfully punching him. "Weirdo..."
"Looks who's talking, you're the one who fell in the river."
"Maybe, but you're the one who's wearing sunglasses at night time. In fact, I've never see you without them," She said slowly reaching up to take off his sunglasses.
"Don't..."he yelled grabbing her hand in his. He found her staring at his claws, her eyes widening. Inuyasha dropped her hand and trust this hands them into his pockets. "Sorry..." He turned his attention back to the lake.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome stepping in front him forcing him to look at her. "What are you hiding?"
"What makes you think I'm hiding anything?"
At this close distance Kagome could notice his large canines. "Inuyasha..." at the sound of his name he could tell she was beginning to get scared. "Are you a youkai?"
"If I said no would your fear disappear?"
"I'm not scared..."
"Really? It seemed like when it came to your attention that I might be a youkai you got scared. Yet, you're not running from me."
"I'm not running because I trust you," she said snatching off his sunglasses. Inuyasha closed his eyes and held down his head.
"Give them back, Kag," he said hold out his clawed hand.
"No, I want to see your eyes..." She slowly lifted his head up and saw what he hid behind his sunglasses. Golden eyes. The eyes of a youkai. "So you are a youkai."
"No, a hanyou," he said as Kagome reached up and took off his hat, revealing two white and pink fuzzy ears.
"Is this why my father called you a freak?"
"Well, that's what I am. I don't deny it now."
"Inuyasha, you're not and never were a freak."
"How do you know?"
"Right before my mom died she told me never to judge someone for their appearance...it's what's inside that counts..."she whispered gazing into deep golden eyes. Kagome knew she was blushing and began staring at the ground suddenly finding it more interesting. "I didn't understand what she meant then but now I do. I like you for who you are inside, Ayakaiga Inuyasha, I always have and always will." Just then she felt Inuyasha's hand tilt her chin up to meet his gaze. He slowly bent down, placing a gentle kiss on her lips. He pulled away slowly, leaning his forehead against hers.
"Arigato, Kagome," he whispered, his eyes filled with an emotion different from the ones he's shown since they met again. He could feel her fear disappearing.
"You don't have to thank me, Inuyasha. So what if you're a hanyou. Even as I see you without your disguise I still think of you as Inuyasha, not a hanyou," she stated turning around to lean against him.
Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and rested his head on top of him. "Just answer me this, Kagome. I could tell you were scared when you thought I was a youkai. There's no use denying it..."
"But I know you'd never hurt me..." she interrupted.
"Of course not," he said something telling him he was hiding something. "But I just wanted to you why you're scared of youkai."
"Please....don't ask me that."
"Kagome, you said you trust me. If you trust me why can't you tell me?"
"I just can't." she said trying to pull away from him but he only held on tighter.
"You're hiding something."
"Look! Drop it!" she screamed slipping from his gasp and running blindly into the woods. She stopped when she noticed where she was. It was dark and she couldn't see the lights along the lake's shore anymore. Suddenly Kagome felt strong arms around her waist and began kicking and screaming. "No! Stop...please..." she screamed, tears spilling over falling along her cheeks.
"Kagome, it's just me. Calm down."
"In-Inuyasha..." he held her against his chest as she cried. "Gomen nasai, I-I thought you w-were..."
"Sshhh..." he whispered as he picked her up bridal style and jumped into the tree sitting on a huge branch leaning against the truck. He set her in his lap and dried her tears.
"Tell me what's wrong?"
"I don't want you to get hurt..." she whispered noticing that she was high in a tree, sitting in his lap.
"Trust me, no one it going to hurt me and I'm not going anywhere."
"This is my fight, not yours," she said slowly scooting to get off of Inuyasha's lap to slide along the branch. She carefully stood up and grabbed the branch above here. "Now, could you please get me down."
"I will...right after you tell me what's going on."
Kagome sighed and sat down where she in the spot where she was standing. "Fine, I give up." She hugged herself staring deep into the woods as she continued. "About twelve years ago my mother came across a drug ring. A very power lawyer named Onigumo ran it. They told her to keep quiet or they would kill her. She told my father, I don't know how they found out but a few days after she told him she died in a car accident. She was pregnant with my unborn brother when she died. Since then my father hated youkai, he told me all of them were evil and couldn't be trusted."
Inuyasha's eyes were fixed on her form as she spoke, taking in everything she said.
"The day he took me away, the very last day I saw you that summer, he took me to my uncle's house and left. The next day police were at my uncle's house. They said they found my father dead in his car at the warehouse where Onigumo held his drug operation. Someone shot him in the head. They also found ashes not far from the car. When they were sent to the lab they could tell they were Onigumo's remains," she took a deep breath. "I guess he knew Onigumo would be after us," she paused.
"Kagome...I had no idea..."
"Wait..." she interrupted. "There's more...My uncle told me how it all began only last year, starting with my mom stumbling onto the drub ring. Not long after that we received a letter, all that was written on it was 'I'm coming for you both.' My uncle was killed in what the police called an 'accident' after I came back from orientation."
"You have try to convince the police."
"Don't you think I tried that! All they said was 'the tests show' I'm sick of hearing that!" she began crying again. Inuyasha stood up and walked over to her, sitting down next to her, letting her cry against his shoulder. "I don't know his name or what he looks like. All I know is that he's a youkai and he's after me. I wasn't scared of Kouga until I found out he was a youkai. And with how he keeps hitting on me I thought..."
"Kouga wouldn't be out to kill you. Unfortunately, I've known him all my life. He a sorry ass playboy and his father works in a business firm while his mother is a nurse."
"Are you sure he's not..."
"Positive," he stated interrupting her. "But next time if he lays a had on you I'll pound him into the ground."
"Inuyasha...don't get in the middle of this."
"I'm making myself get in the middle of this. Kagome, before you I didn't know what a friend was. If something ever happened to you, I couldn't live with myself."
Kagome hugged him happy he was there with her. Sharing her secret with him made her feel as if she wasn't alone anymore.
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A/N: Wow! Thanks for all of the reviews! I'm so glad you like the fanfic! After every chapter I'm gonna try to answer all of the reviews as best as I can.
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*Teka356: Aww...thanks, don't worry, I'm gonna try to update everyday or every other day.
*lilchickidy0six: Nah, Inuyasha didn't kill Kikyo. You'll find out who did in a later chapter.
*playfullpup17: I'm glad you like it!
*Kenshin-gotenks: Don't worry, I've already got the ending in my head, just gotta get there!
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Chapter 5: Secrets Told
Miroku and Sango sat down at the booth catching their breath. "I didn't know you had it in you," smiled Miroku.
"You surprise me."
"How?"
"Well, when ever I see you you're always groping some girl," she stated matter of factly, crossing her arms over her chest. "Why?"
Miroku thought for a moment and was unable to answer why. "I honestly don't know."
"Well, I like this Miroku better..." she said.
"Does that me your giving me a chance?" he smiled, taking her hands in his, a grin spreading across his face.
Sango knew she was blushing and turned herself away from his gaze to hide it, "I didn't say that."
"But you were thinking it."
"I was not..."
"Were too..."
"Was not..." she said glaring at him.
"Were too," he grinned.
"Was not..."
"Were too..."
"Was n..." he cut her off kissing her gently on the lips, then pulling away slowly. "Well, maybe I was..." she said putting a grin on his face.
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"And remember the time you feel out of the tree," said Kagome laughing out loud making Inuyasha growl at the memory. "I still remember your face when you feel out, it was priceless!" she said walking up to a nearby tree and placing her hand on it to lean on, trying to still her laughter. They had been talking all night about the summer they spent together; hardly noticing they walked all the way to where the woods began.
"I'm sure to you it was and then when I got up you insisted on running ALL the way back home for a damn bandage..." he retorted stopping and leaning against the tree, looking at the lights along the lake's shore.
"You hurt your arm, I had to get something to put on it," she said remembering that he fell down scraping his arm on a rock.
"I told you I didn't need it."
"Yeah....yeah... You never seemed to need them," she said rolling her eyes then playfully punching him. "Weirdo..."
"Looks who's talking, you're the one who fell in the river."
"Maybe, but you're the one who's wearing sunglasses at night time. In fact, I've never see you without them," She said slowly reaching up to take off his sunglasses.
"Don't..."he yelled grabbing her hand in his. He found her staring at his claws, her eyes widening. Inuyasha dropped her hand and trust this hands them into his pockets. "Sorry..." He turned his attention back to the lake.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome stepping in front him forcing him to look at her. "What are you hiding?"
"What makes you think I'm hiding anything?"
At this close distance Kagome could notice his large canines. "Inuyasha..." at the sound of his name he could tell she was beginning to get scared. "Are you a youkai?"
"If I said no would your fear disappear?"
"I'm not scared..."
"Really? It seemed like when it came to your attention that I might be a youkai you got scared. Yet, you're not running from me."
"I'm not running because I trust you," she said snatching off his sunglasses. Inuyasha closed his eyes and held down his head.
"Give them back, Kag," he said hold out his clawed hand.
"No, I want to see your eyes..." She slowly lifted his head up and saw what he hid behind his sunglasses. Golden eyes. The eyes of a youkai. "So you are a youkai."
"No, a hanyou," he said as Kagome reached up and took off his hat, revealing two white and pink fuzzy ears.
"Is this why my father called you a freak?"
"Well, that's what I am. I don't deny it now."
"Inuyasha, you're not and never were a freak."
"How do you know?"
"Right before my mom died she told me never to judge someone for their appearance...it's what's inside that counts..."she whispered gazing into deep golden eyes. Kagome knew she was blushing and began staring at the ground suddenly finding it more interesting. "I didn't understand what she meant then but now I do. I like you for who you are inside, Ayakaiga Inuyasha, I always have and always will." Just then she felt Inuyasha's hand tilt her chin up to meet his gaze. He slowly bent down, placing a gentle kiss on her lips. He pulled away slowly, leaning his forehead against hers.
"Arigato, Kagome," he whispered, his eyes filled with an emotion different from the ones he's shown since they met again. He could feel her fear disappearing.
"You don't have to thank me, Inuyasha. So what if you're a hanyou. Even as I see you without your disguise I still think of you as Inuyasha, not a hanyou," she stated turning around to lean against him.
Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and rested his head on top of him. "Just answer me this, Kagome. I could tell you were scared when you thought I was a youkai. There's no use denying it..."
"But I know you'd never hurt me..." she interrupted.
"Of course not," he said something telling him he was hiding something. "But I just wanted to you why you're scared of youkai."
"Please....don't ask me that."
"Kagome, you said you trust me. If you trust me why can't you tell me?"
"I just can't." she said trying to pull away from him but he only held on tighter.
"You're hiding something."
"Look! Drop it!" she screamed slipping from his gasp and running blindly into the woods. She stopped when she noticed where she was. It was dark and she couldn't see the lights along the lake's shore anymore. Suddenly Kagome felt strong arms around her waist and began kicking and screaming. "No! Stop...please..." she screamed, tears spilling over falling along her cheeks.
"Kagome, it's just me. Calm down."
"In-Inuyasha..." he held her against his chest as she cried. "Gomen nasai, I-I thought you w-were..."
"Sshhh..." he whispered as he picked her up bridal style and jumped into the tree sitting on a huge branch leaning against the truck. He set her in his lap and dried her tears.
"Tell me what's wrong?"
"I don't want you to get hurt..." she whispered noticing that she was high in a tree, sitting in his lap.
"Trust me, no one it going to hurt me and I'm not going anywhere."
"This is my fight, not yours," she said slowly scooting to get off of Inuyasha's lap to slide along the branch. She carefully stood up and grabbed the branch above here. "Now, could you please get me down."
"I will...right after you tell me what's going on."
Kagome sighed and sat down where she in the spot where she was standing. "Fine, I give up." She hugged herself staring deep into the woods as she continued. "About twelve years ago my mother came across a drug ring. A very power lawyer named Onigumo ran it. They told her to keep quiet or they would kill her. She told my father, I don't know how they found out but a few days after she told him she died in a car accident. She was pregnant with my unborn brother when she died. Since then my father hated youkai, he told me all of them were evil and couldn't be trusted."
Inuyasha's eyes were fixed on her form as she spoke, taking in everything she said.
"The day he took me away, the very last day I saw you that summer, he took me to my uncle's house and left. The next day police were at my uncle's house. They said they found my father dead in his car at the warehouse where Onigumo held his drug operation. Someone shot him in the head. They also found ashes not far from the car. When they were sent to the lab they could tell they were Onigumo's remains," she took a deep breath. "I guess he knew Onigumo would be after us," she paused.
"Kagome...I had no idea..."
"Wait..." she interrupted. "There's more...My uncle told me how it all began only last year, starting with my mom stumbling onto the drub ring. Not long after that we received a letter, all that was written on it was 'I'm coming for you both.' My uncle was killed in what the police called an 'accident' after I came back from orientation."
"You have try to convince the police."
"Don't you think I tried that! All they said was 'the tests show' I'm sick of hearing that!" she began crying again. Inuyasha stood up and walked over to her, sitting down next to her, letting her cry against his shoulder. "I don't know his name or what he looks like. All I know is that he's a youkai and he's after me. I wasn't scared of Kouga until I found out he was a youkai. And with how he keeps hitting on me I thought..."
"Kouga wouldn't be out to kill you. Unfortunately, I've known him all my life. He a sorry ass playboy and his father works in a business firm while his mother is a nurse."
"Are you sure he's not..."
"Positive," he stated interrupting her. "But next time if he lays a had on you I'll pound him into the ground."
"Inuyasha...don't get in the middle of this."
"I'm making myself get in the middle of this. Kagome, before you I didn't know what a friend was. If something ever happened to you, I couldn't live with myself."
Kagome hugged him happy he was there with her. Sharing her secret with him made her feel as if she wasn't alone anymore.
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A/N: Wow! Thanks for all of the reviews! I'm so glad you like the fanfic! After every chapter I'm gonna try to answer all of the reviews as best as I can.
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*Teka356: Aww...thanks, don't worry, I'm gonna try to update everyday or every other day.
*lilchickidy0six: Nah, Inuyasha didn't kill Kikyo. You'll find out who did in a later chapter.
*playfullpup17: I'm glad you like it!
*Kenshin-gotenks: Don't worry, I've already got the ending in my head, just gotta get there!