Hey all, guess what: two things. First, I'm finally back on MS Word (okay, maybe 'finally' isn't the right term; but hey: I was left without it for a whole day, and I almost didn't post last night because of it, lol), so the story shall continue at the once-per-day updating schedule (I doubt I'll do a repeat performance of a couple of nights ago, however: that wasn't two chapters in one night, that was two chapters in less than half an hour). Second off: tomorrow's my birthday, and no: I'm seriously not kidding. My birthday's on April Fool's Day, you would not BELIEVE how hard it is getting people to believe me…hahha.
Lol…what can I say about people yelling at me about cliffhangers? You post them on your own fanfics, so it's time for you to get a taste of your own medicine -_-.
–Sees fans loading guns—
Hey, if you kill me, you'll never find out what happens….
--Sees fans exchanging guns for tasers—
Aaaah…okay then…without further delay, here's chapter 11! 0^_^
I don't own Inuyasha; even if I did, I'd probably still be writing this: words can evoke far more emotions and feelings than pictures.
Chapter Eleven
"Hai, Inuyasha?" Kagome whispered, eyes questioning as she looked up into soft amber eyes.
'I've fought demons that could destroy the world, battled my brother Sesshoumaru when he was after my blood, and I'm hunting Naraku right now; yet I'm afraid of this?' Inuyasha questioned, then shook himself mentally as he whispered,
"I've wanted to do this since we met…," he whispered softly, so low that Kagome almost didn't hear him as he leaned a fraction closer to her.
"Do…what?" She asked, flustered and puzzled as her insides began screaming at her in much the same way Inuyasha's had been doing earlier.
'Ohhhh, no, he isn't…he is! If he does, I'm going to sit him to kingdom come…if he doesn't I'm going to pin him back to that damn tree...I'm not going to let him…I have to let him, because I know I can't resist…'
"This," he said softly, pausing to admire the perfect beauty of her face…then leaned in and pressed his lips against hers as Kagome's eyes bloomed wide with surprise—then closed as the passion of the moment overcame her.
Time froze once more as the two trapped themselves in an embrace as old as time; a second or a millennium, it made no difference as the two sat there, finally free from the cages that had bound their emotions back; fire burned each inside the other, feeding the passion in the other's mind, their heart, their soul, as time stood still and they spiraled through an eternity.
After—a second? A year? An eternity?—their lips parted, eyes still closed in the passion of their moment, wishing it would never leave, even as Kagome leaned close once more, hands intertwining with Inuyasha's as he wrapped her in his warm embrace, her head upon his shoulder as each completed the other.
They stayed this way, they knew not how long; each holding the other, no words being said—no words needing to be said; the taste of each other lingered upon their lips as heart had met heart at last, and heavens satin black burned above with the consuming light of moon and star as they stay, locked inside their perfect moment of ecstasy.
--Time Passes…--
Golden light once more reigned the land as Inuyasha slowly began to wake up, groggily regaining consciousness as the accursed sun invaded his dreams, blazing them into oblivion, driving away the sweet dream-smell of Kagome…
…but wait, the smell wasn't fading? Could it be…no, it was a dream…surely she wouldn't let him…could it possibly be?
His arm came alive again as a sudden shift from whatever he held jolted it awake, and Inuyasha's first fully conscious thoughts were,
'Whatever gods are in heaven or hell…if last night was a dream, a dream you've made so real to me, then I don't care where in heaven or hell I go: I'm using my wish upon the Shikon jewel to banish you from my life!'
Tentatively, fearing that what happened last night…with her…would be no more than a tease, another fantasy painted upon his dreams, he opened his eyes…
…and saw the perfect pools of blue of Kagome's eyes as she wrapped her arms around him once more, and whispered,
"No, it wasn't a dream, Inuyasha…," before she stopped time once more with nothing more than a kiss.
Well, there it is: I was originally going to have them kiss later on in the story, but hey: I was freestyling last night (basically, the way I write is this: I have an idea, then I write down that idea, then I just hurl myself headlong into whatever ideas pop up. It was an insignificant line in chapter 3 that launched this whole story, it gave me more ideas than any other part of my story…lol), and the setup was perfect. I hope you enjoyed it ^_^
Wow, 41 reviews at last count…I'm impressed, both with myself and that enough people actually read this to give me 41 reviews…heeheehee…well, as always, please read and review: challenge fictions, fight scenes, romance snippets, poetry; all requests are welcome! And if you have a question/just want to talk, my email address is Azevedojsh@aol.com and I'm always available to chat if you have AOL/AIM. Sorry for the story to be so short, but I felt that it worked best that way…hopefully you do too! Jaa for now!