HEHEHE YAY!! We are finally at CHAPTER 6!!!
So come, one and all! Celebrate with me by doing the FUNKY CHICKEN!!!
"I don't wanna be a chicken, I don't wanna be a duck, so I shake my butt!!!"
YAY!!!
Disclaimer: Well, I don't own Inuyasha! I don't see why you must constantly bring up such a painful thought!!!??? *tear*
Well on to chapter 6!!!
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Chapter 6: The Dream
"Miroku!" Sango whispered as low as she could to prevent Inuyasha from hearing, seeing as he was kind of, um, "busy" at the moment, she didn't feel right interrupting. "See, I told you! Isn't it great?"
"I, I can't believe it!" Miroku whispered back, for a second he looked deep in thought, then he whispered," I am so envious of him..."
Sango looked at him dumbfounded, 'Is that ALL he can think about?' she thought to herself. "Miroku I honestly can't believe you! You should be happy for them, but instead you are jealous that Inuyasha is getting kissed and you aren't!" she whispered sternly.
"You, you have misunderstood me, Sango," Miroku began to quietly explain himself to her, "You see, I have always envied Inuyasha, he has always had something I have been longing for all my life, but, I doubt he realized he had it until this very day."
"And whats that?" Sango asked in a whisper.
"Love." he stated simply."I am rather sure that Kagome has love Inuyasha for a while now, but he always had it..."
"Miroku, I, I had no idea.." Sango whispered, startled by what Miroku said.
"Hmm, its ok," He said slightly more light hearted,"I suppose I have never given you much reason to think much of me..."
"Uh, I am sorry, Miroku." Sango replied.
"Quiet all right, Lady Sango," he said with a smile.
Sango, with a sorry expression on her face, readied her self for bed, Miroku did the same, and surprisingly, kept a reasonable distance from Sango.
~~~
Kagome and Inuyasha were still locked in a kiss, the surreality of it was too much for them to want to let go. Their tongues wrestled with each other, though, Inuyasha's proved dominate. Inuyasha nibbled her lip with his fang as he broke off their kiss and moved to her neck. Slowly, he caressed her neck, Kagome's eyes remained closed as she savored the feeling. Finally he stopped and pulled her up she that they were face to face.
Her eye's opened, for a couple minutes they stared into each other's eyes. Kagome gave him a quick kiss before burying her face into his chest. Inuyasha pulled her even closer to him, so that she was sitting with her knees bent to her chest, she was leaning on Inuyasha as he wrapped his arms around her and rested his head on hers.
Inuyasha had noticed that Kagome's skirt had ridden up a bit, with his hands so close to her legs, he had the over whelming want to stroke them, but he maneged to resist, he didn't know how she would act, he had seen Miroku punish probably a hundred times for committing that same act. Then, Kagome's arm reached around his head to where his ear was, she began to scratch it, once again, Inuyasha had to try and suppress a 'purr', but he was now failing miserably.
When Kagome heard him, her head shot up and she looked at him with a smile. She turned towards him, still in his embrace, so that her knees were now lightly resting on his chest, both her hands now went to scratch behind both ears, she kissed him once again. She loved the sound of his 'prr', though, she wonder why he had one, seeing as he was supposed to be a "dog" demon, or a least half of one. But she thought better of bringing it up. Finally she decided to stop, and her hand move so that they were now at his jaw bones. Once again she was lost in his eyes.
Suddenly, Kagome was over taken with fatigue, Inuyasha sensed this instantly and said,"You're tired, maybe you should go to sleep not."
"Yeah," she laughed, "maybe I should..."
With that, they separated, and Kagome went to the hut, Inuyasha followed. She unrolled her sleeping bag, climbed in and fell directly to sleep. Inuyasha settled himself in the corner, he surveyed the hut, then looked at Kagome, which was the last thing he saw before settling into his first peaceful night's sleep sense he was a small child with his mother.
~~~
Kagome had a dream. She and Inuyasha were sitting together, when, out of now where, Kouga AND Hojo showed up! Inuyasha clutched her hand as they came fourth.
"Kagome!" Hojo said, "What are you doing? I thought what we had was special?" Hojo looked angry and hurt. Kagome didn't know what to do.
"What are YOU talking about?"Kouga ask Hojo. "Kagome is MY woman!!!"he turned to Kagome,"What are you doing sitting with the dog turd???" He asked angrily.
'Oh God!' Kagome thought, 'This can't get any worse,' but it did. Inuyasha got up and drew his tetsaige and said,"Get the fuck away from her! She doesn't want YOU!"
"What do you know, DOG TURD???" Kouga asked, clearly pissed off.
"Kagome, what are they talking about? I thought you were my girl friend?" Hojo ask, more hurt than angry.
"She DOSEN"T WANT ANY OF YOU!!!!" Inuyasha yelled.
Then, a giant Takato appeared. 'Oh shit,' Kagome thought, 'What else could possibly go wrong?' She immediatly regretted asking herself that question, as Seshomaro soon appeared, then Naraku, and a hoard of faceless demons, Kikyo among them. But the what really topped it off was when her friends from school showed up, all asking,"Kagome, whats wrong? Your grandpa told us you were sick!", along with a giant math test. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo showed up and said,"Whats the matter, Kagome? Do you want to stop coming here?"She was in hell, the giant Takato picked her up, holding her in one hand, he brought her to his face and said,"You thought you could get away from me, didn't you? Well you had to leave all of this at some point and come home, you can't keep this up forever you know, someday it will all catch up to you!"
Her mothers face appeared, strained with sorrow, but she said nothing.Sota's face appeared also, but his expression was indifferent.
"NoNONOOO!!!!" Kagome cried at the top of her lungs, tears streaming down her face because in her heart, she knew what he said was true. She hated him, she hated herself, she hated everyone. Suddenly, a dark cloud swarmed above in the sky, rain began to pour down, as it did, it washed everyone away, leaving her all alone.
~~~
Inuyasha woke once again to the smell of Kagome's tears, her voice was mer mering sounds of anguish, so low that the others could not hear it, but not low enough to escape Inuyasha's ever sensitive ears. Seeing her in such an upset state, he did the only thing he could, he took her in his arms and held her close. He rocked her back and fourth, all the while telling her it was alright and to calm down. Until she woke.
~~~
She woke up in a fit of sweat and tears in Inuyasha's arms, he was holding her tightly, as if her life depended on it and whispered,"It will be ok, Kagome, it will all be ok.." She looked in his eyes, and she found the truth. Everything was clear.
He was right, so long as they were together, it would all be ok...
She fell asleep with a smile on her face in the arms of her beloved Inuyasha, whom she had grown to depend upon so much.
~~~
Miroku was the first to wake, the first to see Inuyasha and Kagome snuggled together, Inuyasha had fallen asleep holding her. He just smiled at the site and rose to go for and early morning walk, he left as quietly as he could so as not to wake Kagome, Inuyasha, Shippo, or Sango. But as he was about to leave the hut, he looked down upon the sleeping Sango,'She looks so peaceful in her sleep, but still, she retains her hurt expression that I am sure she shall carry for the rest of her life, in memory of her lost family.' He scowled,'Forever scarred by Naraku, just as I have been...'
~~~
Sango felt a gentle gaze on her, she woke up to find that no one was there, well, there and awake, that is, but something was wrong...'Where's Miroku?' she thought to herself.
I didn't take long for her to wander out of the hut in search of him, but it didn't take long, for she soon found him sitting on a hill, staring out on the landscape under the freshly risen sun. She crept up to him and sat down, right next to him.
"Beautiful morning," she said calmly, though her stomache was all wisted and her jaw felt as tho it was about to liquify.
A smile slowly appeared on Miroku's face as he nodded his head and said,"Yes, it most certainly is."
They sat like that for a while, then Miroku looked her in the eye, he saw the unease that resided within her. He smiled again and said,"Though I know that my words cannot eraes what Naraku has done, I can assure you that," he paused, as if the find the perfect words,"I can assure to you that, we will get through this, we will prevail, Naraku shall fall." he averted his eyes from her's and stared down onto the land scape once again and added,"I won't rest until he that moment."
~~~
Sango stared at him in wonder, he never seized to amaze her, their faces had been close enough for them to have kissed, they were sitting so near that she was simply awaiting a wandering hand to smack away, but there was none. She had hardly ever seen this side of Miroku, and when she had, it wasn't nearly to this extent, before he still retained his lecherous behavior, but not now. This side of Miroku both frightened and intrigued her, she wanted to know more about it, but being so dumbfounded at that moment, it was as though she was unable to speak. Instead, she grabbed the hand that was marked with Naraku's devilish signature, she pulled it to her lap and traced the prayer beads with her other hand, until finally, she slipped her fingers in between his, and clasped his hand, then he wrapped his fingers around her own hand. He was surprised at this new sensation, it was rare that anybody, besides himself, touched that hand, and now she held it, without fear, as though it belonged with her. He like the feeling. The feeling of belonging.
~~~
Inuyasha had a new way of thinking all of a sudden, there were now three different scenarios, it used to be just black and white, full demon, or Kikyo, now there was this whole grey area that he had always over looked. This was Kagome, this was the acceptance he had wanted for so long, the unconditional love he had hungered for, and now, it was so clear to him, this was where he wanted to be. The grey area of life, where the good , evil, normal, weird, love, and hate, all mixed into one big world, no boundaries what so ever.
~~~
Kagome decided in her sleep, that one day, she would make the Feudal Era her home, in her other world, the future was Takato, the future was miserable, the future was non-existent. Sure it was a little more dangerous, but a little danger would always be better than the crap she had at home. She knew, however, that she would have to go back eventually, even if just for a short time.
~~~
Sango and Miroku were still sitting silently together, hand in hand. Miroku brought Sango's hand to his lips and kissed her hand, Sango blushed. Miroku said ,"You are truly strong, Sango, under going that horrific encounter with Naraku."
"I, You have also had a bad experience with him, and-" Miroku cut her off.
"Sango, I didn't lose my entire world in ONE day." He looked at her tenderly, while inside he cursed himself for reminding her of such horrible memories.
Sango smiled, though it was a sad one. "I haven't any choice but to keep going, so long as Kohaku is... so long as he is in Naraku's grasp, I, I won't rest!" She was trying her hardest not to cry, Miroku, seeing her eyes welling with tears, he put his hand upon her shoulder and pulled her to him. Her hands went to his shoulder and she cried, openly for the first time since they had first asked her to join them, but this time in the arms of Miroku, the LAST person she ever saw this happening with, not that she imagined herself crying in someone's arms.
"I know, I know I have to be strong!," Sango sobbed,"But it is so hard sometimes, to do this on my own..."
"Sango," Miroku said tenderly,"You aren't alone, you just keep yourself bottled up so much that you push everyone away, we are all here for you Sango, we are! You don't have to go through this alone!"
Slowly, her tears began to subside, but still she remained in his arms, she like the feeling of security. The feeling that some one out there cared for her.
~~~
Inuyasha had fallen asleep with Kagome in his arms, he awoke holding her, she was still asleep, a slight smile resided on her lips. Perfectly content.
He didn't want to wake her, he wanted to stay like that forever.
Suddenly, she jerked awake, a horror struck look on her face...
"Somethings, something's coming, something with many shards," She stammered.
Inuyasha was immediately jerked to reality, they were looking for the shards, engaging in battle with demons, suddenly, everything lost its serene appeal.
"Inuyasha... I, I think, I think its Naraku..." she stammered.
Inuyasha sniffed the air, he only faintly caught his scent, he must have been far away, and yet, Kagome could already sense him... Maybe her miko powers were developing, but so fast?
They ran outside and yelled ,"Naraku is coming!!!"
Sango and Miroku broke away from their embrace and looked at each other horror struck, this was going to be one hell of a battle.
He was approaching quickly, they prepared as fast as they could. Soon, they even found themselves in the presence of Keade. She had treated the child and sensed a great evil coming. Something was different about Kagome, it was sort of like she was in a trance, it was the way she prepared herself, she wasn't afraid, she was calm, sort of serene, not quite herself, but at the same time, more herself than she had been in a while.
"He is here," Kagome suddenly spoke.
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Well, how about that cliffy? I thought it was called for, didn't you?
Ok yeah, sure you did!!!
Well, I think I have already left you with enough questions already, and yes, I know what I am doing...
Well, see you at chap. 7!!!
TOOTLES!!!
So come, one and all! Celebrate with me by doing the FUNKY CHICKEN!!!
"I don't wanna be a chicken, I don't wanna be a duck, so I shake my butt!!!"
YAY!!!
Disclaimer: Well, I don't own Inuyasha! I don't see why you must constantly bring up such a painful thought!!!??? *tear*
Well on to chapter 6!!!
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Chapter 6: The Dream
"Miroku!" Sango whispered as low as she could to prevent Inuyasha from hearing, seeing as he was kind of, um, "busy" at the moment, she didn't feel right interrupting. "See, I told you! Isn't it great?"
"I, I can't believe it!" Miroku whispered back, for a second he looked deep in thought, then he whispered," I am so envious of him..."
Sango looked at him dumbfounded, 'Is that ALL he can think about?' she thought to herself. "Miroku I honestly can't believe you! You should be happy for them, but instead you are jealous that Inuyasha is getting kissed and you aren't!" she whispered sternly.
"You, you have misunderstood me, Sango," Miroku began to quietly explain himself to her, "You see, I have always envied Inuyasha, he has always had something I have been longing for all my life, but, I doubt he realized he had it until this very day."
"And whats that?" Sango asked in a whisper.
"Love." he stated simply."I am rather sure that Kagome has love Inuyasha for a while now, but he always had it..."
"Miroku, I, I had no idea.." Sango whispered, startled by what Miroku said.
"Hmm, its ok," He said slightly more light hearted,"I suppose I have never given you much reason to think much of me..."
"Uh, I am sorry, Miroku." Sango replied.
"Quiet all right, Lady Sango," he said with a smile.
Sango, with a sorry expression on her face, readied her self for bed, Miroku did the same, and surprisingly, kept a reasonable distance from Sango.
~~~
Kagome and Inuyasha were still locked in a kiss, the surreality of it was too much for them to want to let go. Their tongues wrestled with each other, though, Inuyasha's proved dominate. Inuyasha nibbled her lip with his fang as he broke off their kiss and moved to her neck. Slowly, he caressed her neck, Kagome's eyes remained closed as she savored the feeling. Finally he stopped and pulled her up she that they were face to face.
Her eye's opened, for a couple minutes they stared into each other's eyes. Kagome gave him a quick kiss before burying her face into his chest. Inuyasha pulled her even closer to him, so that she was sitting with her knees bent to her chest, she was leaning on Inuyasha as he wrapped his arms around her and rested his head on hers.
Inuyasha had noticed that Kagome's skirt had ridden up a bit, with his hands so close to her legs, he had the over whelming want to stroke them, but he maneged to resist, he didn't know how she would act, he had seen Miroku punish probably a hundred times for committing that same act. Then, Kagome's arm reached around his head to where his ear was, she began to scratch it, once again, Inuyasha had to try and suppress a 'purr', but he was now failing miserably.
When Kagome heard him, her head shot up and she looked at him with a smile. She turned towards him, still in his embrace, so that her knees were now lightly resting on his chest, both her hands now went to scratch behind both ears, she kissed him once again. She loved the sound of his 'prr', though, she wonder why he had one, seeing as he was supposed to be a "dog" demon, or a least half of one. But she thought better of bringing it up. Finally she decided to stop, and her hand move so that they were now at his jaw bones. Once again she was lost in his eyes.
Suddenly, Kagome was over taken with fatigue, Inuyasha sensed this instantly and said,"You're tired, maybe you should go to sleep not."
"Yeah," she laughed, "maybe I should..."
With that, they separated, and Kagome went to the hut, Inuyasha followed. She unrolled her sleeping bag, climbed in and fell directly to sleep. Inuyasha settled himself in the corner, he surveyed the hut, then looked at Kagome, which was the last thing he saw before settling into his first peaceful night's sleep sense he was a small child with his mother.
~~~
Kagome had a dream. She and Inuyasha were sitting together, when, out of now where, Kouga AND Hojo showed up! Inuyasha clutched her hand as they came fourth.
"Kagome!" Hojo said, "What are you doing? I thought what we had was special?" Hojo looked angry and hurt. Kagome didn't know what to do.
"What are YOU talking about?"Kouga ask Hojo. "Kagome is MY woman!!!"he turned to Kagome,"What are you doing sitting with the dog turd???" He asked angrily.
'Oh God!' Kagome thought, 'This can't get any worse,' but it did. Inuyasha got up and drew his tetsaige and said,"Get the fuck away from her! She doesn't want YOU!"
"What do you know, DOG TURD???" Kouga asked, clearly pissed off.
"Kagome, what are they talking about? I thought you were my girl friend?" Hojo ask, more hurt than angry.
"She DOSEN"T WANT ANY OF YOU!!!!" Inuyasha yelled.
Then, a giant Takato appeared. 'Oh shit,' Kagome thought, 'What else could possibly go wrong?' She immediatly regretted asking herself that question, as Seshomaro soon appeared, then Naraku, and a hoard of faceless demons, Kikyo among them. But the what really topped it off was when her friends from school showed up, all asking,"Kagome, whats wrong? Your grandpa told us you were sick!", along with a giant math test. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo showed up and said,"Whats the matter, Kagome? Do you want to stop coming here?"She was in hell, the giant Takato picked her up, holding her in one hand, he brought her to his face and said,"You thought you could get away from me, didn't you? Well you had to leave all of this at some point and come home, you can't keep this up forever you know, someday it will all catch up to you!"
Her mothers face appeared, strained with sorrow, but she said nothing.Sota's face appeared also, but his expression was indifferent.
"NoNONOOO!!!!" Kagome cried at the top of her lungs, tears streaming down her face because in her heart, she knew what he said was true. She hated him, she hated herself, she hated everyone. Suddenly, a dark cloud swarmed above in the sky, rain began to pour down, as it did, it washed everyone away, leaving her all alone.
~~~
Inuyasha woke once again to the smell of Kagome's tears, her voice was mer mering sounds of anguish, so low that the others could not hear it, but not low enough to escape Inuyasha's ever sensitive ears. Seeing her in such an upset state, he did the only thing he could, he took her in his arms and held her close. He rocked her back and fourth, all the while telling her it was alright and to calm down. Until she woke.
~~~
She woke up in a fit of sweat and tears in Inuyasha's arms, he was holding her tightly, as if her life depended on it and whispered,"It will be ok, Kagome, it will all be ok.." She looked in his eyes, and she found the truth. Everything was clear.
He was right, so long as they were together, it would all be ok...
She fell asleep with a smile on her face in the arms of her beloved Inuyasha, whom she had grown to depend upon so much.
~~~
Miroku was the first to wake, the first to see Inuyasha and Kagome snuggled together, Inuyasha had fallen asleep holding her. He just smiled at the site and rose to go for and early morning walk, he left as quietly as he could so as not to wake Kagome, Inuyasha, Shippo, or Sango. But as he was about to leave the hut, he looked down upon the sleeping Sango,'She looks so peaceful in her sleep, but still, she retains her hurt expression that I am sure she shall carry for the rest of her life, in memory of her lost family.' He scowled,'Forever scarred by Naraku, just as I have been...'
~~~
Sango felt a gentle gaze on her, she woke up to find that no one was there, well, there and awake, that is, but something was wrong...'Where's Miroku?' she thought to herself.
I didn't take long for her to wander out of the hut in search of him, but it didn't take long, for she soon found him sitting on a hill, staring out on the landscape under the freshly risen sun. She crept up to him and sat down, right next to him.
"Beautiful morning," she said calmly, though her stomache was all wisted and her jaw felt as tho it was about to liquify.
A smile slowly appeared on Miroku's face as he nodded his head and said,"Yes, it most certainly is."
They sat like that for a while, then Miroku looked her in the eye, he saw the unease that resided within her. He smiled again and said,"Though I know that my words cannot eraes what Naraku has done, I can assure you that," he paused, as if the find the perfect words,"I can assure to you that, we will get through this, we will prevail, Naraku shall fall." he averted his eyes from her's and stared down onto the land scape once again and added,"I won't rest until he that moment."
~~~
Sango stared at him in wonder, he never seized to amaze her, their faces had been close enough for them to have kissed, they were sitting so near that she was simply awaiting a wandering hand to smack away, but there was none. She had hardly ever seen this side of Miroku, and when she had, it wasn't nearly to this extent, before he still retained his lecherous behavior, but not now. This side of Miroku both frightened and intrigued her, she wanted to know more about it, but being so dumbfounded at that moment, it was as though she was unable to speak. Instead, she grabbed the hand that was marked with Naraku's devilish signature, she pulled it to her lap and traced the prayer beads with her other hand, until finally, she slipped her fingers in between his, and clasped his hand, then he wrapped his fingers around her own hand. He was surprised at this new sensation, it was rare that anybody, besides himself, touched that hand, and now she held it, without fear, as though it belonged with her. He like the feeling. The feeling of belonging.
~~~
Inuyasha had a new way of thinking all of a sudden, there were now three different scenarios, it used to be just black and white, full demon, or Kikyo, now there was this whole grey area that he had always over looked. This was Kagome, this was the acceptance he had wanted for so long, the unconditional love he had hungered for, and now, it was so clear to him, this was where he wanted to be. The grey area of life, where the good , evil, normal, weird, love, and hate, all mixed into one big world, no boundaries what so ever.
~~~
Kagome decided in her sleep, that one day, she would make the Feudal Era her home, in her other world, the future was Takato, the future was miserable, the future was non-existent. Sure it was a little more dangerous, but a little danger would always be better than the crap she had at home. She knew, however, that she would have to go back eventually, even if just for a short time.
~~~
Sango and Miroku were still sitting silently together, hand in hand. Miroku brought Sango's hand to his lips and kissed her hand, Sango blushed. Miroku said ,"You are truly strong, Sango, under going that horrific encounter with Naraku."
"I, You have also had a bad experience with him, and-" Miroku cut her off.
"Sango, I didn't lose my entire world in ONE day." He looked at her tenderly, while inside he cursed himself for reminding her of such horrible memories.
Sango smiled, though it was a sad one. "I haven't any choice but to keep going, so long as Kohaku is... so long as he is in Naraku's grasp, I, I won't rest!" She was trying her hardest not to cry, Miroku, seeing her eyes welling with tears, he put his hand upon her shoulder and pulled her to him. Her hands went to his shoulder and she cried, openly for the first time since they had first asked her to join them, but this time in the arms of Miroku, the LAST person she ever saw this happening with, not that she imagined herself crying in someone's arms.
"I know, I know I have to be strong!," Sango sobbed,"But it is so hard sometimes, to do this on my own..."
"Sango," Miroku said tenderly,"You aren't alone, you just keep yourself bottled up so much that you push everyone away, we are all here for you Sango, we are! You don't have to go through this alone!"
Slowly, her tears began to subside, but still she remained in his arms, she like the feeling of security. The feeling that some one out there cared for her.
~~~
Inuyasha had fallen asleep with Kagome in his arms, he awoke holding her, she was still asleep, a slight smile resided on her lips. Perfectly content.
He didn't want to wake her, he wanted to stay like that forever.
Suddenly, she jerked awake, a horror struck look on her face...
"Somethings, something's coming, something with many shards," She stammered.
Inuyasha was immediately jerked to reality, they were looking for the shards, engaging in battle with demons, suddenly, everything lost its serene appeal.
"Inuyasha... I, I think, I think its Naraku..." she stammered.
Inuyasha sniffed the air, he only faintly caught his scent, he must have been far away, and yet, Kagome could already sense him... Maybe her miko powers were developing, but so fast?
They ran outside and yelled ,"Naraku is coming!!!"
Sango and Miroku broke away from their embrace and looked at each other horror struck, this was going to be one hell of a battle.
He was approaching quickly, they prepared as fast as they could. Soon, they even found themselves in the presence of Keade. She had treated the child and sensed a great evil coming. Something was different about Kagome, it was sort of like she was in a trance, it was the way she prepared herself, she wasn't afraid, she was calm, sort of serene, not quite herself, but at the same time, more herself than she had been in a while.
"He is here," Kagome suddenly spoke.
______________________________________
Well, how about that cliffy? I thought it was called for, didn't you?
Ok yeah, sure you did!!!
Well, I think I have already left you with enough questions already, and yes, I know what I am doing...
Well, see you at chap. 7!!!
TOOTLES!!!