Inuyasha's 18th-4

Chapter 4

Kagome awoke the next morning, and ran out to find Inu Yasha. She went up to the tree Inu Yasha was once bound to. As she had thought he was sleeping in one of the higher braches. She tiptoed around the tree until she could find the familiar red haori. Once she spotted him an evil grin spread across her face.

"Ooooh Inuyaaashaaa.SIT!" Kagome yelled.

"AAAAAAHHH!" Inuyasha had been laying on his stomach, on a branch. He now was hanging on to it for dear life, upside down as the rosary tried to pull him to the ground. Eventually the rosary won and he met his old friend dirt, once again.

"What the hell, Kagome! Why did you sit me?!" Inuyasha yelled as he pried his face from dirt.

"I had to wake you up somehow." Kagome kneeled down by his side and rubbed his ears. She smiled as she heard Inuyasha growl in pleasure. "I didn't know you could do that Inuyasha." She said listening intently to his purr like growling.

"Neither did I." He whispered enjoying every moment of this.

"It's so cute, we have to give it a name.lets see.I'll call it the-" Kagome was cut off.

"Why do you have to name my growling?!" Inuyasha complained. Still happy about having his ears rubbed though.

"Well, okay, I won't." Kagome got up and reluctantly stopped rubbing the hanyou's ears. "Come on, breakfast is ready." She started off but didn't say anything when she noticed Inuyasha staying a few feet back. "Inu Yasha?"

"Yeah."

"How come you don't act like this around Sango or any other women, only me?" She caught him off guard with this question. He frantically tried to think of a reasonable answer, this wasn't the right time to tell her the truth.

"I.um.Hey look!" He pointed towards the village they just entered and Inuyasha leapt forward into the hut to get away from Kagome's scent and her embarrassing question.

"Hopeless." Kagome sighed and sat across from him while they ate the duck that Miroku had caught by extreme luck earlier.

During dinner Miroku started to get annoyed. Inuyasha would look up at Kagome and she would catch his stare and he would blush and turn away. Everyone knew that Inuyasha was constantly fighting his youkai half. Kagome still wondered why he didn't go after any other girls. 'Is it possible that his youkai half only wants me?' She smiled to herself at the thought.

"Oi, what are you thinking about Kagome?" He asked.

"Oh um, nothing important, hehehe." She waved a hand and took a overly large bite of meat.

"Liar." Inuyasha smiled as he stared at her. "What were you thinking about?" he really wanted to know now that he saw she was hiding something.

*Gulp* Kagome swallowed all the food in her mouth. "You, and how you're so kind, how you seem to hate me. I figured it out Inuyasha, why you wont go after any other girl. I think I'm falling for you, and I don't know what I'm going to do. I love you too." She whispered only for his ears. Inuyasha's head shot up and he felt himself loosing his inner battle while she spoke. He leapt in front of Kagome and grabbed her arms when she tried to push him away. Inuyasha straddled her waist as he pressed his body over her, laying down on her. He nuzzled her neck, growling playfully. Kagome cringed under his weight and struggled to get away. She had always dreamed of this, but not with her friends watching or with an instinct driven Inuyasha.

"Leave her alone Inuyasha! Why are you doing this?!" Sango screamed as she tried to pull Inuyasha's haori but he only slid his arms out. She of course didn't hear Kagome. Inuyasha had already been thinking inappropriately about Kagome, now she had admitted to thinking of him.

Miroku saw Kagome's lips move and then Inuyasha's head jerk up with a slight blush tingeing his face. 'Oh no.' Miroku thought as he saw Inuyasha's eyes begin to slightly turn red and stripes could be seen forming on his face. He watched on in terror until he realized he had to stop this! He shot up from his position and ran to where Inuyasha was, pulling the crying Sango away. The hanyou growled at Miroku but kept his position over Kagome. "Sorry Inuyasha, but you have to behave." With that Miroku slammed his staff on the back of Inuyasha's head. Inuyasha went out cold.

The entire time Kagome had been staring back into Inuyasha's eyes which were almost totally red. She wasn't scared, or angry, but her heart fluttered when Inuyasha's demon half did this. It confirmed her beliefs that he was only after her. Sango had been right next to Miroku the entire time, and she was wearing less clothes too! Yet Inuyasha kept a close eye on her, on Kagome Higurashi, the girl he always insulted, yet rescued a million times. He could have let her die and be rid of the rosary necklace that burdened him, he could find the shards on his own really, it would just take a little longer. But Inuyasha always made sure that she was safe and never let her go back to her time without arguing about it, probably worried that Hojo would hurt her or demons in the future would try to kill her. Now he was fighting his other half for her! Trying to protect her still, but this time not from a demon or ghost, but from himself. A single tear dripped down her face when she saw Miroku hit the back of his neck.hard.

Kagome gasped as his full weight crushed her. 'Oh my god, he weighs a ton!' Sango helped as she and Miroku yanked him off her and placed him on one of the futons in a well lighted area of the hut. Inuyasha groaned and tried to sit up but Kagome pushed his chest to get him to lay still.

"Uuugh," He moaned as he lifted his hand to the back of his neck. "Damn, that monk hits harder than I thought." Sango giggled a little and after Inuyasha was tucked in she sat back at the other side of the hut. Miroku and her started a really fake conversation and tried to listen in on Inuyasha and Kagome.

"You okay?" Inuyasha asked still rubbing the back of his neck.

"What? I should be asking you that!" She smiled down at him. He only returned it with a regretful and sad look.

"Kagome, I-I'm sorry, it's just that when you said you were thinking about me I felt my youkai half instantly surge." He through his hands in the air to make it look more dramatic. "If it weren't for Miroku, I would have.you know."

"I know Inuyasha, I know." She smiled awkwardly at him unknowingly rubbing her wrists where he had so roughly held her.

"Did I hurt you?!" Inuyasha sat up quickly and reached out to her hands. He turned them over and over again looking at the damaged he had done. You could clearly make out handprints around her wrists. He looked up at her, still holding her hands gently. "I'm so sorry Kagome." He whispered.

Kagome tried to hold back the tears that threatened to come. "It's okay. It was just your other half."

"That's no excuse! I should've been able to hold myself back!" He hit the ground angrily, creating a small crater. Kagome reached out and held his wrist in her hands. Inuyasha immediately relaxed and hid his face behind a cloak of his shining white hair.

"Go to sleep Inuyasha, you need your rest. I was not crying because of what you did, it's just that I wasn't expecting you to do that. I was not scared, just a little shocked." Kagome got up and kissed his forehead. "Good night Inuyasha." She went over to the other side of the hut where Sango was sleeping and Miroku slept between Inuyasha and the girls. 'It's probably for the best.' Inuyasha thought as he drifted off to sleep. The moon cast it's eerie glow down to the sleeping group.

A shadow jumped away quickly and rushed through the dark woods. 'I will confront him tomorrow. He needs to keep his woman safe in the night, there are so many other demons coming for that human miko. I would not want to speak with him now, when he is so tense anyways. Keep your woman safe brother.'