SLOW HEALING WOUNDS - PART THREE
By Kagekiss
Disclaimer: Inuyasha is © Copyright of Rumiko Takahashi / Shogakukan, Sunrise, YomiuriTV 2000 and TCN. The following is for entertainment only!
Note: Hello mina-san! Sorry for the long delay, I was sick in bed. Any who, this is where it starts getting good. Either at the end of this chapter or the next there will be a link to the part of the story that fanfiction.net won't let me post, (Lemony Goodness! ~mew~) However I will write around it here for those of you who don't care for that sort of thing. To bad for you though, because the story was designed to be a lemon, and without that climax of the plot, I don't think the story is as good.
The nighttime sky was slightly cloudy, and the refection of the billions of lights in Tokyo gave the overhang a light pink glow. The city sidewalks were crowded with the bustle of Friday night traffic, and in the distance, the lights of a Farris wheel could be seen over some of the smaller buildings.
Kagome and Inuyasha walked together, staying close to the buildings on the side of the road to avoid getting trampled by the sea of people walking past. Kagome sipped on a soda, which she'd bought from a fast food restaurant, and looked over at her half demon companion.
She smiled. A white collared shirt, blue jeans and a pair of tennis shoes had temporarily replaced his usual red kimono, although she felt bad for lending them to him, since they belonged to Houjou-kun. He had come by a few days ago to offer her some special tea bags (which were supposed to help with arthritis) and he left his P.E bag. Luckily they were just about the same size. But she couldn't help smiling at the fact that Inuyasha was more muscular then her classmate.
"So where do you want to go now?" Kagome smiled.
Inuyasha was looking up and marveling over a cherry tree full of old Christmas lights. He blinked when she spoke though, and looked over at her. "I dono. What do you think?"
Kagome sighed and looked at her soda, thinking of where she would want to go if she had never seen electric lights or half a dozen other things that she'd grown up with. "Umm..."
"How about there?" Inuyasha took Kagome's soda, which she didn't protest to. He nodded in the direction of the Farris wheel, slurping at the straw as he spoke. "What's that thing?"
Kagome looked over his shoulder and smiled. "Mama didn't tell me the carnival was in town!" "What's a carnival?"
Kagome laughed and grabbed his arm, "It'll be fun! You'll see."
***
Inuyasha was led around by the arm as Kagome navigated between booths full of food, and what Inuyasha thought was stuffed demons, as well as "rides" and lots of noisy music and people. The hanyo was actually thankful he had human ears that night, because he knew for a fact that all that noise would have driven him insane with his normal hearing. However, the lights and games and the smell of what Kagome called "junk food" probably would have made up for it.
Kagome held his arm, showing him everything they came to and doing her best to explain it. He was quiet for the most part, but he had an expression on his face that she'd barely seen on him. She thought he looked like he was enjoying himself, and she was satisfied by that.
Kagome bought another soda, because Inuyasha had finished the last one, and a cotton candy. She had a few bites before the sugar got to her and handed the rest to Inuyasha. At first he seemed overwhelmed by the taste and looked like he was going to choke, but after he got used to it, she couldn't get it away from him.
"You want to go on a ride?" Kagome smiled, looking up at the roller coaster.
"Ehh. is that a 'ride'? Looks more like a centipede." Inuyasha snorted, then pointed at the Farris wheel. "How about that one?"
Kagome blushed. Right then she could only see couples getting into the little seats on the wheel and she shook her head, "I'd rather not."
"Maybe later then. Which one do you like?"
Inuyasha looked at Kagome and she smiled, "You'll see. Come on."
Kagome led Inuyasha to the ride that she liked the most, the Egg Beater. The two showed the operator their park bracelets, and found a seat. Inuyasha looked confused when the operator came by a moment later and pulled the bar down over their laps. When the man first touched him he almost hit him, but Kagome had held him back by grabbing both his hands, which she instantly regretted.
Both blushed and pulled away, staring off in opposite directions. But then the ride started, and with a loud mechanical "wrrrr" their seat moved forwards and began to turn around in a circle. Kagome smiled but Inuyasha's eyes widened and he grabbed the handle bar.
"Whoa! Kagome what is this thing??" "Relax. It's fun." She giggled as the seat began to move faster forward in a circle and then spin around so that they were moving backwards, while the entire platform twisted and turned so that they got twirled all over, backwards and forwards and sideways.
Inuyasha growled and held the handle bar tightly. He looked like he was either going to throw up, rip the bar from its hinges, or tear the ride to pieces all together. Kagome sighed and placed a free hand on his arm.
"Inuyasha calm down, it's okay, this is just for fun! It's supposed to move like this."
He looked at her and relaxed his grip on the bars, leaning back into the seat. After a bit he got used to the movement except for a tingle in his stomach that was actually kind of amusing. Soon the ride stopped and Inuyasha hopped out first, followed by Kagome. He helped her step down from the platform, and she looked up at him.
"Thanks Kagome. That was great."
She sighed, looking up at him. He hardly ever smiled and she didn't know why, but the idea that she had made it happen this time gave her butterflies. "No problem. I'm glad you liked it."
Kagome kept looking at him, her brown eyes studying his face. She felt strange. like she had the time he hugged her so tightly. Except this time he wasn't holding her, just smiling, but it felt the same.
Without thinking about it, she reached out and put her hands on his arms, stepping closer to him and then slipping them around his waist and holding him slightly. She held his shirt in her fingers and Inuyasha blinked, seeming surprised, and looked at her. He responded by putting one hand on the small of her back and the other on her shoulder, hesitating. He continued to look at her and hold her very lightly, leaned down near her face and -
"Kagome-sama!!" Houjou appeared out of nowhere, causing the couple to break apart and blush. Inuyasha growled, both embarrassed for how close he and Kagome had been, and that someone had interrupted. But Houjou kept talking.
"So Kagome, are you feeling any better? You must be if you're out here in the night air, and at the carnival. I had thought about asking you to come here with me, but you were so sick last time I saw you I didn't think it would be polite."
"Sick? Kagome you weren't-"
Kagome hushed Inuyasha with a pleaful look, and the hanyo closed his mouth, looking at the boy who seemed to know Kagome and scowling softly.
"Hey isn't that my shirt?" Houjou blinked at Inuyasha's cloths. Kagome said that it must be a coincidence and that they both must have the same taste, while Inuyasha became more and more irritated as the bean poll swooned over Kagome. It was more disgusting then Miroku's constant flirting.
Kagome sensed Inuyasha's growing discomfort and excused herself to go to the bathroom, leavening the two teenaged boys alone. The hanyo growled and looked over at the other boy.
"I'm Houjou. I don't think I've seen you around before. Are you new to Tokyo?"
"You could say that." Inuyasha snorted. He hoped Kagome would come back soon so they could get back to the rest of the carnival.
"Have you known Kagome long? I've gone to school with her since the first grade."
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow, confused, "Since when?"
"Since the first grade. About ten years, you know?"
Inuyasha folded his arms and looked in the direction that Kagome had gone. This boy was seriously boring, and for some reason, the fact that he'd known Kagome longer then he had was pissing him off.
"So. you're really close then huh?" he ventured cautiously, although he didn't know why he should even care.
"Yeah. I've been trying to get her to go out with me for a while now. I've invited her to movies, lunch, ice cream, and everything. But every time it's like she - "
Houjou didn't get to finish his sentence. Inuyasha had turned and was walking away. All the schoolboy could see of him was the back of his head as he disappeared into the crowd. While Houjou stood there wondering what he said wrong, Kagome came running back and blinked when she found him alone.
"Where'd Inuyasha go?" She seemed confused, looking both ways for a sign of him.
"He left suddenly. I'm not sure what was wrong, but if you need some company I'd be glad to - "
"Sorry, I can't." Kagome was already turning to leave. "I'll see you later, okay?"
"Yeah. later."
*** Kagome ran back in the direction of the shrine. She couldn't think of anywhere else Inuyasha would have gone, and she had a feeling he was upset. She pushed though the swarms of people in the city streets, muttering, "pardon" and "excuse me". When she got to the top of the stone steps that was the gate to her family shrine she stopped and bent down, her hands on her knees and panted for air.
Looking up she saw Inuyasha push back the door of the shed that hid the dry well and step inside, closing the door.
"Wait Inuyasha!" She called out, but she was out of breath and with his human ears he didn't hear her. "Dammit."
Inside the shed Inuyasha hopped down from the platform to the dirt floor of the little shed. He looked into the well and sighed, about to jump in. If Kagome wanted to stay here and flirt with boring people from her own time, that was fine with him. He'd spend the new moon as he always had, at home and fighting.
"Inuyasha wait."
Inuyasha looked over his shoulder at Kagome. She was standing in the doorway of the shed, breathing hard and leaning against the wood.
"You chase me all the way here? Stupid. Get lost."
"Inuyasha what's wrong with you?" Kagome stepped down and stood next to him. "You were in a perfectly good mood before. What happened?"
"You're boyfriend happened, okay?
By Kagekiss
Disclaimer: Inuyasha is © Copyright of Rumiko Takahashi / Shogakukan, Sunrise, YomiuriTV 2000 and TCN. The following is for entertainment only!
Note: Hello mina-san! Sorry for the long delay, I was sick in bed. Any who, this is where it starts getting good. Either at the end of this chapter or the next there will be a link to the part of the story that fanfiction.net won't let me post, (Lemony Goodness! ~mew~) However I will write around it here for those of you who don't care for that sort of thing. To bad for you though, because the story was designed to be a lemon, and without that climax of the plot, I don't think the story is as good.
The nighttime sky was slightly cloudy, and the refection of the billions of lights in Tokyo gave the overhang a light pink glow. The city sidewalks were crowded with the bustle of Friday night traffic, and in the distance, the lights of a Farris wheel could be seen over some of the smaller buildings.
Kagome and Inuyasha walked together, staying close to the buildings on the side of the road to avoid getting trampled by the sea of people walking past. Kagome sipped on a soda, which she'd bought from a fast food restaurant, and looked over at her half demon companion.
She smiled. A white collared shirt, blue jeans and a pair of tennis shoes had temporarily replaced his usual red kimono, although she felt bad for lending them to him, since they belonged to Houjou-kun. He had come by a few days ago to offer her some special tea bags (which were supposed to help with arthritis) and he left his P.E bag. Luckily they were just about the same size. But she couldn't help smiling at the fact that Inuyasha was more muscular then her classmate.
"So where do you want to go now?" Kagome smiled.
Inuyasha was looking up and marveling over a cherry tree full of old Christmas lights. He blinked when she spoke though, and looked over at her. "I dono. What do you think?"
Kagome sighed and looked at her soda, thinking of where she would want to go if she had never seen electric lights or half a dozen other things that she'd grown up with. "Umm..."
"How about there?" Inuyasha took Kagome's soda, which she didn't protest to. He nodded in the direction of the Farris wheel, slurping at the straw as he spoke. "What's that thing?"
Kagome looked over his shoulder and smiled. "Mama didn't tell me the carnival was in town!" "What's a carnival?"
Kagome laughed and grabbed his arm, "It'll be fun! You'll see."
***
Inuyasha was led around by the arm as Kagome navigated between booths full of food, and what Inuyasha thought was stuffed demons, as well as "rides" and lots of noisy music and people. The hanyo was actually thankful he had human ears that night, because he knew for a fact that all that noise would have driven him insane with his normal hearing. However, the lights and games and the smell of what Kagome called "junk food" probably would have made up for it.
Kagome held his arm, showing him everything they came to and doing her best to explain it. He was quiet for the most part, but he had an expression on his face that she'd barely seen on him. She thought he looked like he was enjoying himself, and she was satisfied by that.
Kagome bought another soda, because Inuyasha had finished the last one, and a cotton candy. She had a few bites before the sugar got to her and handed the rest to Inuyasha. At first he seemed overwhelmed by the taste and looked like he was going to choke, but after he got used to it, she couldn't get it away from him.
"You want to go on a ride?" Kagome smiled, looking up at the roller coaster.
"Ehh. is that a 'ride'? Looks more like a centipede." Inuyasha snorted, then pointed at the Farris wheel. "How about that one?"
Kagome blushed. Right then she could only see couples getting into the little seats on the wheel and she shook her head, "I'd rather not."
"Maybe later then. Which one do you like?"
Inuyasha looked at Kagome and she smiled, "You'll see. Come on."
Kagome led Inuyasha to the ride that she liked the most, the Egg Beater. The two showed the operator their park bracelets, and found a seat. Inuyasha looked confused when the operator came by a moment later and pulled the bar down over their laps. When the man first touched him he almost hit him, but Kagome had held him back by grabbing both his hands, which she instantly regretted.
Both blushed and pulled away, staring off in opposite directions. But then the ride started, and with a loud mechanical "wrrrr" their seat moved forwards and began to turn around in a circle. Kagome smiled but Inuyasha's eyes widened and he grabbed the handle bar.
"Whoa! Kagome what is this thing??" "Relax. It's fun." She giggled as the seat began to move faster forward in a circle and then spin around so that they were moving backwards, while the entire platform twisted and turned so that they got twirled all over, backwards and forwards and sideways.
Inuyasha growled and held the handle bar tightly. He looked like he was either going to throw up, rip the bar from its hinges, or tear the ride to pieces all together. Kagome sighed and placed a free hand on his arm.
"Inuyasha calm down, it's okay, this is just for fun! It's supposed to move like this."
He looked at her and relaxed his grip on the bars, leaning back into the seat. After a bit he got used to the movement except for a tingle in his stomach that was actually kind of amusing. Soon the ride stopped and Inuyasha hopped out first, followed by Kagome. He helped her step down from the platform, and she looked up at him.
"Thanks Kagome. That was great."
She sighed, looking up at him. He hardly ever smiled and she didn't know why, but the idea that she had made it happen this time gave her butterflies. "No problem. I'm glad you liked it."
Kagome kept looking at him, her brown eyes studying his face. She felt strange. like she had the time he hugged her so tightly. Except this time he wasn't holding her, just smiling, but it felt the same.
Without thinking about it, she reached out and put her hands on his arms, stepping closer to him and then slipping them around his waist and holding him slightly. She held his shirt in her fingers and Inuyasha blinked, seeming surprised, and looked at her. He responded by putting one hand on the small of her back and the other on her shoulder, hesitating. He continued to look at her and hold her very lightly, leaned down near her face and -
"Kagome-sama!!" Houjou appeared out of nowhere, causing the couple to break apart and blush. Inuyasha growled, both embarrassed for how close he and Kagome had been, and that someone had interrupted. But Houjou kept talking.
"So Kagome, are you feeling any better? You must be if you're out here in the night air, and at the carnival. I had thought about asking you to come here with me, but you were so sick last time I saw you I didn't think it would be polite."
"Sick? Kagome you weren't-"
Kagome hushed Inuyasha with a pleaful look, and the hanyo closed his mouth, looking at the boy who seemed to know Kagome and scowling softly.
"Hey isn't that my shirt?" Houjou blinked at Inuyasha's cloths. Kagome said that it must be a coincidence and that they both must have the same taste, while Inuyasha became more and more irritated as the bean poll swooned over Kagome. It was more disgusting then Miroku's constant flirting.
Kagome sensed Inuyasha's growing discomfort and excused herself to go to the bathroom, leavening the two teenaged boys alone. The hanyo growled and looked over at the other boy.
"I'm Houjou. I don't think I've seen you around before. Are you new to Tokyo?"
"You could say that." Inuyasha snorted. He hoped Kagome would come back soon so they could get back to the rest of the carnival.
"Have you known Kagome long? I've gone to school with her since the first grade."
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow, confused, "Since when?"
"Since the first grade. About ten years, you know?"
Inuyasha folded his arms and looked in the direction that Kagome had gone. This boy was seriously boring, and for some reason, the fact that he'd known Kagome longer then he had was pissing him off.
"So. you're really close then huh?" he ventured cautiously, although he didn't know why he should even care.
"Yeah. I've been trying to get her to go out with me for a while now. I've invited her to movies, lunch, ice cream, and everything. But every time it's like she - "
Houjou didn't get to finish his sentence. Inuyasha had turned and was walking away. All the schoolboy could see of him was the back of his head as he disappeared into the crowd. While Houjou stood there wondering what he said wrong, Kagome came running back and blinked when she found him alone.
"Where'd Inuyasha go?" She seemed confused, looking both ways for a sign of him.
"He left suddenly. I'm not sure what was wrong, but if you need some company I'd be glad to - "
"Sorry, I can't." Kagome was already turning to leave. "I'll see you later, okay?"
"Yeah. later."
*** Kagome ran back in the direction of the shrine. She couldn't think of anywhere else Inuyasha would have gone, and she had a feeling he was upset. She pushed though the swarms of people in the city streets, muttering, "pardon" and "excuse me". When she got to the top of the stone steps that was the gate to her family shrine she stopped and bent down, her hands on her knees and panted for air.
Looking up she saw Inuyasha push back the door of the shed that hid the dry well and step inside, closing the door.
"Wait Inuyasha!" She called out, but she was out of breath and with his human ears he didn't hear her. "Dammit."
Inside the shed Inuyasha hopped down from the platform to the dirt floor of the little shed. He looked into the well and sighed, about to jump in. If Kagome wanted to stay here and flirt with boring people from her own time, that was fine with him. He'd spend the new moon as he always had, at home and fighting.
"Inuyasha wait."
Inuyasha looked over his shoulder at Kagome. She was standing in the doorway of the shed, breathing hard and leaning against the wood.
"You chase me all the way here? Stupid. Get lost."
"Inuyasha what's wrong with you?" Kagome stepped down and stood next to him. "You were in a perfectly good mood before. What happened?"
"You're boyfriend happened, okay?