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"That bastard, this time he's gone too far." Inuyasha said, grinding his teeth.
"Inuyasha, he hasn't hurt them, or kidnapped them, or anything, he's just. . ." Kagome began, dropping their things.
"Oh that's right, he just kidnapped them to teach them miko powers and then break their hearts!" Inuyasha yelled in anger. He punched a tree and it made a loud cracking noise before splitting in half.
"It's not like that you baka!" Kagome said, slapping him on the back of the head. Kagome looked up to the sky, which was still a mottled gray.
"We'll track their scents and find them. Then I will kill him." Inuyasha said angrily. Kagome smacked him again.
"You will not. But you will track them. Let's get moving. Sesshoumaru probably has a few days lead on us." Kagome told him. She didn't exactly like the idea that Sesshoumaru had taken her friends, but see was in denial that he could have hurt them.
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Kagome and Inuyasha hadn't said a word to each other the first few hours of travel. Part of the time she just rode on his back and part of the time they walked. Either way Kagome couldn't stop making different excuses for the situation. Some included a demon that attacked them and Sesshoumaru saved them, but why would he take them back to the west? The excuses always had some kind of hole that Kagome filled in with things like, 'he wanted to heal them', or 'they wanted to come back and see me'. Each hole had a more pathetic filling then the last.
But Kagome couldn't find it in her heart to consider the man she loved, used to love, had done anything wrong. There was no way she would admit to herself that Inuyasha was right. But when her mind had wondered in that direction, she found many possible reasons why he could have kidnapped them.
But through the first day Kagome realized she could solve it with magic. But she couldn't do that, Sesshoumaru had taught her that magic. This would always bring on a new flood of tears which she tried to hide from Inuyasha.
But she knew he could smell them. Sometimes she could swear she could hear him growling when she cried.
The night time began to dawn on the two and Inuyasha spotted hot springs on the way down. When they landed Kagome told him she was going to get a bath.
"But you don't have any of your bath stuff." Inuyasha commented.
"Sometimes I just like to soak and relax. You should take one too. We don't move this much too often, I'm sure you're at least a bit tiered. C'mon." She told him. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow and then fallowed behind her. Lucky for them there were two springs separated by a big rock, and Kagome told him to go to the one on the left.
Kagome Took of her clothes behind the rock, confident that Inuyasha wasn't enough of a pervert to peek. Besides that, she knew he knew she could sit him in the water.
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Inuyasha was aware the price he would pay for peeking when he got in the water. But Kagome was right about it, it was relaxing, and his muscles un-cramped a little bit. He could hear Kagome splashing water into her face and swimming around under water. Inuyasha sank a bit deeper and pulled his head under. Being a hanyou gave him incredible lung capacity, so Inuyasha simply at underwater for a few minutes, enjoying the clean feeling he was getting.
When he came up he couldn't hear Kagome splashing anymore, which worried him slightly.
"Kagome?" He called, giving into his urge to see if she was still there.
"Yea?" She said back. Inuyasha had not expected for her to reply, and he did not want to tell her he had been worried if she was okay.
"Never mind." He said, not being able to some up with another question.
"Hey Inuyasha?" She asked a moment later.
"Yea?" He replied.
"Do you really think Sesshoumaru hurt them?" She asked. He was slightly stunned. Kagome kept crying about it and he never wanted to argue about it because she would cry. He didn't want to make her cry now, he couldn't stand it. So he just said,
"I don't know." He told her with a twinge of faked annoyance.
But it was no use. Kagome began to cry again and this time she didn't muffle her sobs. It sounded like she was going to fill another hot spring with her tears. Suddenly, he didn't much like being feet from her when she bathed. Though he knew he wanted to jump over and comfort her, or run very far away.
Sadly Inuyasha did not stop to contemplate the results of the first action, which he fallowed out. He simply jumped over the side and landed next to where she was without so much as a splash.
"Kagome, would you stop crying about it, it's not going to help." He told her. He realized she had her hands over her eyes and did not know that he was sitting right next to her.
"I know it's not, but I can't help it." She muffly cried into her hands. Inuyasha would have said something else, but he was way to preoccupied with the sight of her bare breasts glistening with hot beads of water. When Kagome dropped her hands she didn't glance his way at first. All she would have seen was his drool and his eyes popping out of his head.
"SIT!" Kagome screamed, finally noticing the figure about two yards to her right. Inuyasha barely heard the words, for he was vaulted into the water without time to take a breath.
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"I was only trying to freaking make you stop crying 'cuse I'm sick of hearing your lovey-dovey shit!" He yelled at her at the place they had decided to camp.
"Well you could have done that from the other side of the rock you baka!" She yelled at him, ringing her hair out. He sat up in the tree now fully clothed, while she sat with her legs crossed next to a tree across from his. He was sitting Inuyasha-style, with a pout on his face.
"Besides, I don't think seeing your breasts is such a big fucking deal wh-," He tried to say. But he had finished the rest of his sentence in with his face in the dirt with a slew of curses, for Kagome said the word again. He sat up a little faster and then on the ground in the center, picking out pieces of grass from his hair.
"God damn woman, I think I pulled something. . ." He said, rubbing his back. Kagome stood up, and for a moment Inuyasha thought she was going to slap him again. But instead, she sat behind him and began to rub his back. At first Inuyasha squirmed away.
"Get up again and I'll say the word." She told him. He abruptly sat down and held still. But Inuyasha only knew that was an act. He had experienced this 'massage' only once before and he had loved every minute. Plus, she was very good at it. She started at his shoulders and rubbed until he relaxed and began to purr. Kagome giggled and continued on his neck and shoulders. When she leaned over to see his face, his eyes were closed.
She giggled again and laid him down on the ground. She went around and massaged his feet and lower legs, (which were surprisingly cute, she found). After that, it was getting too dark to see, but she did each hand and arm. And he slept through the whole thing. Kagome was totally surprised when by the time she finished he felt totally knot-free (and there had been a lot).
So she laid down across the clearing and fell to sleep watching the stars.
"That bastard, this time he's gone too far." Inuyasha said, grinding his teeth.
"Inuyasha, he hasn't hurt them, or kidnapped them, or anything, he's just. . ." Kagome began, dropping their things.
"Oh that's right, he just kidnapped them to teach them miko powers and then break their hearts!" Inuyasha yelled in anger. He punched a tree and it made a loud cracking noise before splitting in half.
"It's not like that you baka!" Kagome said, slapping him on the back of the head. Kagome looked up to the sky, which was still a mottled gray.
"We'll track their scents and find them. Then I will kill him." Inuyasha said angrily. Kagome smacked him again.
"You will not. But you will track them. Let's get moving. Sesshoumaru probably has a few days lead on us." Kagome told him. She didn't exactly like the idea that Sesshoumaru had taken her friends, but see was in denial that he could have hurt them.
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Kagome and Inuyasha hadn't said a word to each other the first few hours of travel. Part of the time she just rode on his back and part of the time they walked. Either way Kagome couldn't stop making different excuses for the situation. Some included a demon that attacked them and Sesshoumaru saved them, but why would he take them back to the west? The excuses always had some kind of hole that Kagome filled in with things like, 'he wanted to heal them', or 'they wanted to come back and see me'. Each hole had a more pathetic filling then the last.
But Kagome couldn't find it in her heart to consider the man she loved, used to love, had done anything wrong. There was no way she would admit to herself that Inuyasha was right. But when her mind had wondered in that direction, she found many possible reasons why he could have kidnapped them.
But through the first day Kagome realized she could solve it with magic. But she couldn't do that, Sesshoumaru had taught her that magic. This would always bring on a new flood of tears which she tried to hide from Inuyasha.
But she knew he could smell them. Sometimes she could swear she could hear him growling when she cried.
The night time began to dawn on the two and Inuyasha spotted hot springs on the way down. When they landed Kagome told him she was going to get a bath.
"But you don't have any of your bath stuff." Inuyasha commented.
"Sometimes I just like to soak and relax. You should take one too. We don't move this much too often, I'm sure you're at least a bit tiered. C'mon." She told him. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow and then fallowed behind her. Lucky for them there were two springs separated by a big rock, and Kagome told him to go to the one on the left.
Kagome Took of her clothes behind the rock, confident that Inuyasha wasn't enough of a pervert to peek. Besides that, she knew he knew she could sit him in the water.
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Inuyasha was aware the price he would pay for peeking when he got in the water. But Kagome was right about it, it was relaxing, and his muscles un-cramped a little bit. He could hear Kagome splashing water into her face and swimming around under water. Inuyasha sank a bit deeper and pulled his head under. Being a hanyou gave him incredible lung capacity, so Inuyasha simply at underwater for a few minutes, enjoying the clean feeling he was getting.
When he came up he couldn't hear Kagome splashing anymore, which worried him slightly.
"Kagome?" He called, giving into his urge to see if she was still there.
"Yea?" She said back. Inuyasha had not expected for her to reply, and he did not want to tell her he had been worried if she was okay.
"Never mind." He said, not being able to some up with another question.
"Hey Inuyasha?" She asked a moment later.
"Yea?" He replied.
"Do you really think Sesshoumaru hurt them?" She asked. He was slightly stunned. Kagome kept crying about it and he never wanted to argue about it because she would cry. He didn't want to make her cry now, he couldn't stand it. So he just said,
"I don't know." He told her with a twinge of faked annoyance.
But it was no use. Kagome began to cry again and this time she didn't muffle her sobs. It sounded like she was going to fill another hot spring with her tears. Suddenly, he didn't much like being feet from her when she bathed. Though he knew he wanted to jump over and comfort her, or run very far away.
Sadly Inuyasha did not stop to contemplate the results of the first action, which he fallowed out. He simply jumped over the side and landed next to where she was without so much as a splash.
"Kagome, would you stop crying about it, it's not going to help." He told her. He realized she had her hands over her eyes and did not know that he was sitting right next to her.
"I know it's not, but I can't help it." She muffly cried into her hands. Inuyasha would have said something else, but he was way to preoccupied with the sight of her bare breasts glistening with hot beads of water. When Kagome dropped her hands she didn't glance his way at first. All she would have seen was his drool and his eyes popping out of his head.
"SIT!" Kagome screamed, finally noticing the figure about two yards to her right. Inuyasha barely heard the words, for he was vaulted into the water without time to take a breath.
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"I was only trying to freaking make you stop crying 'cuse I'm sick of hearing your lovey-dovey shit!" He yelled at her at the place they had decided to camp.
"Well you could have done that from the other side of the rock you baka!" She yelled at him, ringing her hair out. He sat up in the tree now fully clothed, while she sat with her legs crossed next to a tree across from his. He was sitting Inuyasha-style, with a pout on his face.
"Besides, I don't think seeing your breasts is such a big fucking deal wh-," He tried to say. But he had finished the rest of his sentence in with his face in the dirt with a slew of curses, for Kagome said the word again. He sat up a little faster and then on the ground in the center, picking out pieces of grass from his hair.
"God damn woman, I think I pulled something. . ." He said, rubbing his back. Kagome stood up, and for a moment Inuyasha thought she was going to slap him again. But instead, she sat behind him and began to rub his back. At first Inuyasha squirmed away.
"Get up again and I'll say the word." She told him. He abruptly sat down and held still. But Inuyasha only knew that was an act. He had experienced this 'massage' only once before and he had loved every minute. Plus, she was very good at it. She started at his shoulders and rubbed until he relaxed and began to purr. Kagome giggled and continued on his neck and shoulders. When she leaned over to see his face, his eyes were closed.
She giggled again and laid him down on the ground. She went around and massaged his feet and lower legs, (which were surprisingly cute, she found). After that, it was getting too dark to see, but she did each hand and arm. And he slept through the whole thing. Kagome was totally surprised when by the time she finished he felt totally knot-free (and there had been a lot).
So she laid down across the clearing and fell to sleep watching the stars.