Hey, all; finally: Chapter Ten in my ongoing Inuyasha fic! I really really appreciate all the feedback I get in my stories, and I'd like to thank DiaBLo for pointing out that I was only accepting signed reviews...0^_^ heh heh heh....sorry to all those who were too lazy to log in and review (I've been there before...); to Aldrean Treu Peri, they do have Japanese at my school for the time being, but since our school district has become extremely poor (you may have heard about Kuwait screwing us over and embezzling money from the school system), they're going to be cutting it, beginning either first semester of next year or beginning second semester of next year.
Well, this may not get up tonight, seeing as how my new computer doesn't have MS Word on it and Wordpad is deciding to be a jerk to me, so yeah...here goes nothing!
I don't own Inuyasha; I'd be content, however, with owning his ears ^_^.
Chapter Ten
Night had begun to fall as Inuyasha once more contemplated matters, staring at the hideous black bloodstains on his claws as he stared deep inside his soul, searching for something he could not find...
'What happened to me back there?' He thought, demanding his body to answer him. 'WHAT!? It was almost like my demon blood had taken over me...but I didn't go insane; didn't try to kill everything within a mile radius; I was in complete control of my actions!'
He tried to shut down his mind and gather his swirling thoughts; he felt a tide of frustration and anger begin welling up inside of him as Kagome sat, supposedly resting from the ordeal of today, but sensing something wrong in Inuyasha as he began banging his head against the tree he had chosen as 'home' for the time being.
'I felt the same sense...the same sense that something had came lose inside me...as when my demon blood takes over me, but it couldn't have been that...I had the Tetsuaiga with me.' Thud thud. 'Then why did my speed increase? Why was I suddenly able to rip Kagome free from her trap as if I was doing no more than shredding paper?' Thudthudthudthud. 'AND WHY THE HELL CAN'T I FIGURE THIS OUT!?' Thudthudthudthudthudthudthud!
Kagome was torn between laughing at the sight of the mighty Inuyasha pummeling his head against a tree, but at the same time worried about the fact that he was doing that; Inuyasha rarely moved when he was thinking, to beat himself up like that either meant he was really mad or really frustrated. She pondered over whether or not to go over and try and comfort him, the warmth and tranquility of the blankets (coupled with the fact that he was probably going to yell at her for her witnessing him banging his head against the tree) fighting against her sense that Inuyasha would benefit from her presence.
Morals winning out over petty pleasures, Kagome rose from the blankets that she had lain in since Inuyasha brought her back from the site of Onigumo's attack; stepping lightly, trying to avoid tipping Inuyasha off that she was coming for as long as possible, Kagome walked over to the tall tree. Inuyasha still did not notice Kagome, even as she stood under the tree and looked straight up to see him lost in thought (thankfully leaving the poor tree alone; the assault of his headbutts had already left a small dent in the tree).
"Oi, Inuyasha!" She cried, then clamped a hand over her mouth as she realized what she had just said.
'Did I just said "Oi"!?'
'Did Kagome just say 'Oi"???' Inuyasha wondered, laughing inside in spite of himself as he leapt off the high tree branch and landed beside Kagome.
"Shouldn't you be resting?" Inuyasha demanded, crossing his arms and shooting a concerned glare at Kagome, checking to make sure she was really okay: he still hadn't gotten over the shock, the pain, of seeing her breathing stopped; it was worse than when she lay dying with the cursed Shikon Shards in her throat: at least there she had still been alive...
"Yes; but first I want to say one thing," she said, smiling at Inuyasha's attempt to feign anger to cover his concern. "I wanted to say thank you for saving me from Onigumo today; I would have died if it weren't for you."
"Well you shouldn't have followed me in the first place," Inuyasha said blandly, not taking his eyes off Kagome's face; ears and nose tuned so that if the slightest thing was wrong with Kagome, he'd know about it and could send her straight back to bed.
"What!?" She cried, looking at him in disbelief. "If I hadn't followed you, Onigumo would have killed you!"
"So?"
"What do you mean, 'So?'!?!? He would have killed you without a second thought and all you can say is, 'So?'!?!?!"
"He may have killed me, he may not have; I don't care," he said, once more his frustration getting in the way of him thinking clearly.
"You don't care?" She asked, disbelievingly. "You don't care that your friends would have missed you? You don't care that I would have missed you?" She nearly screamed.
Inuyasha just crossed his arms, turned his head away from Kagome, and muttered,
"At least you would have been safe back at the camp that way."
"I don't care if I would have been safe, you would have...huh???" Kagome stopped in midsentence, once more borrowing another of Inuyasha's phrases.
"I said, 'At least you would have been safe back at the camp that way', didn't you hear? That's why I didn't want you to follow me," Inuyasha said, voice growing lower and softer, a smull blush forming on his cheeks; the hard edge of anger eroded from his voice as he slowly turned his head back to where his eyes could meet Kagome's.
"But...you would have been killed," Kagome said, almost a question as confusion seeped into her voice while puzzled eyes found Inuyasha's soft amber-brown ones.
Inuyasha, whose face was now as red as his kimono, merely replied, "Keh, I don't care. I'm not afraid of that," as he dropped his head to his chest and tried to hide his flaming face.
Kagome paused a moment more, blinking stupidly, before the full meaning of Inuyasha's words crashed down upon her and she sat down next to him; for some inexplicable reason, she felt a mist of tears clouding over her eyes as she whispered,
"You really mean that?"
Inuyasha glanced up, his face still glowing a bright read, and nodded his head almost imperceptibly as Kagome waited with bated breath.
Kagome lunged forward, grabbing him in a tight embrace around his chest as she buried her head into his shoulder; a single tear wound its way down her face, carving its way down her cheek, shivering expectantly on her chin, then dropping down to find peace upon Inuyasha's kimono; surprised by Kagome's sudden display of emotion, Inuyasha returned her embrace, holding her as gently as if she were spun glass as she whispered, "Thank you, Inuyasha...", burying her head even deeper into his shoulder as more tears found their way down to join the first.
Inuyasha smiled, heart seemingly ready to burst as he looked down at the girl he now held in his arms, her scent invading his nose as he held her tight.
'You see, I was right--she does care for you, baka; you were merely too blind to see it...'
They stayed like this, intertwined in each others arms, for an interminable length of time: it was a million years, it was a second; it was the dawn of the universe, it was the end of time, before either of them spoke again.
When they did, it was Inuyasha who broke the eternal silence with a single word: "Kagome?" he questioned, seeing the questioning in her eyes as her eyes met his once more, faces mere inches apart.
"Hai, Inuyasha?" She whispered.
I know, I know, it's rotten of me to cut you off like that, but I love cliffhangers (that and I also wanted to have material for another chapter tomorrow, bwa ha ha ha...well, my new computer's here, but I won't have MS Word till tomorrow...curses...
Oh well; as always, please read and review: the more, the merrier! Jaa, mata ne! (Goodbye!)
Well, this may not get up tonight, seeing as how my new computer doesn't have MS Word on it and Wordpad is deciding to be a jerk to me, so yeah...here goes nothing!
I don't own Inuyasha; I'd be content, however, with owning his ears ^_^.
Chapter Ten
Night had begun to fall as Inuyasha once more contemplated matters, staring at the hideous black bloodstains on his claws as he stared deep inside his soul, searching for something he could not find...
'What happened to me back there?' He thought, demanding his body to answer him. 'WHAT!? It was almost like my demon blood had taken over me...but I didn't go insane; didn't try to kill everything within a mile radius; I was in complete control of my actions!'
He tried to shut down his mind and gather his swirling thoughts; he felt a tide of frustration and anger begin welling up inside of him as Kagome sat, supposedly resting from the ordeal of today, but sensing something wrong in Inuyasha as he began banging his head against the tree he had chosen as 'home' for the time being.
'I felt the same sense...the same sense that something had came lose inside me...as when my demon blood takes over me, but it couldn't have been that...I had the Tetsuaiga with me.' Thud thud. 'Then why did my speed increase? Why was I suddenly able to rip Kagome free from her trap as if I was doing no more than shredding paper?' Thudthudthudthud. 'AND WHY THE HELL CAN'T I FIGURE THIS OUT!?' Thudthudthudthudthudthudthud!
Kagome was torn between laughing at the sight of the mighty Inuyasha pummeling his head against a tree, but at the same time worried about the fact that he was doing that; Inuyasha rarely moved when he was thinking, to beat himself up like that either meant he was really mad or really frustrated. She pondered over whether or not to go over and try and comfort him, the warmth and tranquility of the blankets (coupled with the fact that he was probably going to yell at her for her witnessing him banging his head against the tree) fighting against her sense that Inuyasha would benefit from her presence.
Morals winning out over petty pleasures, Kagome rose from the blankets that she had lain in since Inuyasha brought her back from the site of Onigumo's attack; stepping lightly, trying to avoid tipping Inuyasha off that she was coming for as long as possible, Kagome walked over to the tall tree. Inuyasha still did not notice Kagome, even as she stood under the tree and looked straight up to see him lost in thought (thankfully leaving the poor tree alone; the assault of his headbutts had already left a small dent in the tree).
"Oi, Inuyasha!" She cried, then clamped a hand over her mouth as she realized what she had just said.
'Did I just said "Oi"!?'
'Did Kagome just say 'Oi"???' Inuyasha wondered, laughing inside in spite of himself as he leapt off the high tree branch and landed beside Kagome.
"Shouldn't you be resting?" Inuyasha demanded, crossing his arms and shooting a concerned glare at Kagome, checking to make sure she was really okay: he still hadn't gotten over the shock, the pain, of seeing her breathing stopped; it was worse than when she lay dying with the cursed Shikon Shards in her throat: at least there she had still been alive...
"Yes; but first I want to say one thing," she said, smiling at Inuyasha's attempt to feign anger to cover his concern. "I wanted to say thank you for saving me from Onigumo today; I would have died if it weren't for you."
"Well you shouldn't have followed me in the first place," Inuyasha said blandly, not taking his eyes off Kagome's face; ears and nose tuned so that if the slightest thing was wrong with Kagome, he'd know about it and could send her straight back to bed.
"What!?" She cried, looking at him in disbelief. "If I hadn't followed you, Onigumo would have killed you!"
"So?"
"What do you mean, 'So?'!?!? He would have killed you without a second thought and all you can say is, 'So?'!?!?!"
"He may have killed me, he may not have; I don't care," he said, once more his frustration getting in the way of him thinking clearly.
"You don't care?" She asked, disbelievingly. "You don't care that your friends would have missed you? You don't care that I would have missed you?" She nearly screamed.
Inuyasha just crossed his arms, turned his head away from Kagome, and muttered,
"At least you would have been safe back at the camp that way."
"I don't care if I would have been safe, you would have...huh???" Kagome stopped in midsentence, once more borrowing another of Inuyasha's phrases.
"I said, 'At least you would have been safe back at the camp that way', didn't you hear? That's why I didn't want you to follow me," Inuyasha said, voice growing lower and softer, a smull blush forming on his cheeks; the hard edge of anger eroded from his voice as he slowly turned his head back to where his eyes could meet Kagome's.
"But...you would have been killed," Kagome said, almost a question as confusion seeped into her voice while puzzled eyes found Inuyasha's soft amber-brown ones.
Inuyasha, whose face was now as red as his kimono, merely replied, "Keh, I don't care. I'm not afraid of that," as he dropped his head to his chest and tried to hide his flaming face.
Kagome paused a moment more, blinking stupidly, before the full meaning of Inuyasha's words crashed down upon her and she sat down next to him; for some inexplicable reason, she felt a mist of tears clouding over her eyes as she whispered,
"You really mean that?"
Inuyasha glanced up, his face still glowing a bright read, and nodded his head almost imperceptibly as Kagome waited with bated breath.
Kagome lunged forward, grabbing him in a tight embrace around his chest as she buried her head into his shoulder; a single tear wound its way down her face, carving its way down her cheek, shivering expectantly on her chin, then dropping down to find peace upon Inuyasha's kimono; surprised by Kagome's sudden display of emotion, Inuyasha returned her embrace, holding her as gently as if she were spun glass as she whispered, "Thank you, Inuyasha...", burying her head even deeper into his shoulder as more tears found their way down to join the first.
Inuyasha smiled, heart seemingly ready to burst as he looked down at the girl he now held in his arms, her scent invading his nose as he held her tight.
'You see, I was right--she does care for you, baka; you were merely too blind to see it...'
They stayed like this, intertwined in each others arms, for an interminable length of time: it was a million years, it was a second; it was the dawn of the universe, it was the end of time, before either of them spoke again.
When they did, it was Inuyasha who broke the eternal silence with a single word: "Kagome?" he questioned, seeing the questioning in her eyes as her eyes met his once more, faces mere inches apart.
"Hai, Inuyasha?" She whispered.
I know, I know, it's rotten of me to cut you off like that, but I love cliffhangers (that and I also wanted to have material for another chapter tomorrow, bwa ha ha ha...well, my new computer's here, but I won't have MS Word till tomorrow...curses...
Oh well; as always, please read and review: the more, the merrier! Jaa, mata ne! (Goodbye!)