Disclaimer: You know I don't own Inuyasha, sad isn't it?
Chapter 3
The travelers followed the fox demon, Aya, one after the other, through the unseen pathways of the forest. She led them deeper into the blackening thickness. No one knew how long they had been traveling and how far they have come. The sun had completely set an hour prior and exhaustion began to overwhelm them.
"I'm so tired. How much further is it?" Kagome asked Aya, seemingly to be unaffected by the distance covered.
"It isn't much further. It would be much quicker but humans don't move as fast, nothing personal" Aya answered, pausing in mid-stride to look back upon her followers.
"Perhaps we should stop for the night and rest. We can finish in the morning. The child probably needs as much rest as we do" Miroku stated as he sat upon a fallen tree.
"That thing doesn't need rest. It doesn't do anything besides sleep and make noise." Inuyasha replied as he took his stance with arms firmly across his chest.
"Inuyasha," Kagome retaliated, "the baby needs to be fed and most likely changed. We should at least stop and take care of him and get a few hours of rest ou...............". Kagome trailed off as her vision turned towards the infinite depths of the forest. Her eyes slitted as she glared into trees, as if trying to focus upon something in the distance. "Did any of you see that?"
"See what?" Inuyasha answered, his hand quickly gliding on the hilt of tessiaga.
"Someone standing out there in the trees. I can't see it anymore but I think it's still out there," she whispered. Kagome stepped closer to Inuyasha so she could stand behind him.
"I saw it to. I saw it earlier today but I thought I was just seeing things," Sango added.
"I have too, strange." Aya commented, pulling the child closer to her.
"I know your out there. Why don't you quit your sneaking around and come out already!" Inuyasha yelled, gripping a transformed tessiaga in his hands. Miroku and Sango stood next to their companion, readying themselves, eyes scanning the darkness.
The moon crept out from its hiding from the fingered clouds, illuminating the forest in lone patches. The moonlight revealed silvered emptiness save for the trees that towered to the star cast sky.
"Kagome............there's nothing there! I think the whole lot of you is nuts!" Inuyasha barked, irritated to having found no threat within the woods.
"I could have sworn something was out there!" Kagome defended.
"Feh! Let's camp up in that clearing. You're all so tired anyway!"
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They all sat, gathered around a small fire. It radiated enough heat and light for comfort but still held the shadows close. Miroku seemed content to be sitting near Sango, who kept her eye on the ever-wandering hand owned by a specific lecherous monk. Shippo lay curled up with Kirara. Aya lay down, sleeping with ease once Kagome assured her that she would watch Rune. Kagome sat next to Inuyasha handing him Rune, who was cackling happily.
"What is wrong with this thing!" Inuyasha cried trying to keep the baby from strangling him with his prayer beads. "Why won't he just leave me alone!" Inuyasha finally freed the baby's hands and was proceeding to put the baby back into Kagome's lap, however, Rune would not let go off his sleeve.
"I think it's cute," Kagome replied finally releasing Inuyasha. She looked back down at the baby sitting in Kagome's lap, who began gurgling and giggling to the half demon sitting beside them. "He really likes you."
"He ain't so bad when he is sleeping but when he is awake he turns into this slobbering monster."
"You're so cute when you're holding him." Kagome inaudibly whispered in hopes to escape Inuyasha's ears, unfortunately to Kagome, he did hear her.
Inuyasha's eyes widen. 'She thinks I'm cute?' he thought. He looked over to Miroku and Sango to see if they were listening. They both had fallen asleep, further away from each other than the last he had seen them. Miroku grinned in his sleep despite the red handmark on his cheek. Since they were asleep, Inuyasha felt more at ease pressing Kagome to reiterate on her previous statement.
"Kagome, did you just say something?" He tried not to show that he heard her. He would much rather hear her admit it.
"No, why?" Rune's eyes drifted shut as Kagome rocked him soothingly.
"I think I heard you say I was cute," Inuyasha teased. He normally wasn't one to play games but seeing Kagome with a baby was producing strange thoughts and feeling as of late. Inuyasha couldn't hide from himself the fact that he did like, even more than like, Kagome, extremely. And he was beginning to enjoy watching her be so motherly.
"What! No, I didn't!" Kagome whispered harshly, trying not to wake the baby sleeping in her arms. She couldn't hide from herself the fact that she did love Inuyasha. Watching him with the baby made her think of how good a father he would be and also got her thinking a many other things that could produce a blush.
"Come on Kagome! Don't lie. That's what you said wasn't it?" Inuyasha pressed.
She turned and looked Inuyasha in the eyes. Golden orbs peered into deep brown. They held each other's gaze until Kagome realized her awkwardness and broke the moment with her answer. "Why is it so important?"
"Huh? Hey, don't turn this around and answer my question."
"Why is it so important?"
"Why do you have to get so uptight?"
"Uptight?! Who you calling uptight!"
"How dense are ya!"
Their argument's volume increased despite their best effort. Rune began to stir and then let out a large wail. With a cry loud enough to raise the dead, Rune succeeded in waking those who still remained asleep. Hearing the baby's wail, Aya stood and took Rune from Kagome.
"It's all right, I will have him sleep with me." Aya spoke as she returned back to her resting place.
"Good, because I am finished sitting here with this jerk!" Kagome snapped as she stomped away from the equally frustrated Inuyasha.
"Who you calling a jerk, wench!" Inuyasha returned with equal enthusiasm. He watched Kagome as she grabbed her bag. "Where do you think your going?"
"I'm going to take a bath if you must know!" Kagome called as she shuffled her way into the woods.
"Where the hell do you intend to do that!" Inuyasha bellowed to Kagome's retreating form.
"The hot spring, you moron! If you would have been paying attention and not rummaging through my bag for food, you would have seen it as we set up camp!"
"Hey.........well..........well........fine!" Inuyasha spat.
"At a loss for words there? You can do much better than that!" Kagome's voice carried through the trees where she disappeared.
Inuyasha jumped into a lone tree they camped beneath. Those who remained around the fire listened to the shaking of leaves and Inuyasha as he grumbled to himself. "Is this normal for those two?" Aya asked, staring quizically at the mumbling branches above her.
"No, actually this fight was a little on the light side tonight," Shippo replied.
// // // // // // //
Kagome dropped her bag by the steaming rocks of the hot spring. She sat upon one of the larger stones. Placing her chin in her hands, Kagome questioned the smoky ripples of the water. "Why does he have to be such a jerk," she murmured. She sighed heavily when they did not answer.
A dark figure stood behind Kagome, reaching scarred hands around her. Kagome's heart raced when she felt the coolness of metal press against her neck. "If you bring me to the child, I will not slit that pretty little throat of yours," a voice hissed behind her. The voice's owner grabbed on to her hair and pulled Kagome to her feet. "I will not ask you again."
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Okay, I wrote this kind of fast. I might go back and fix it, I don't know. I am trying to lead up to this scene I am writing. This is a transition chapter I had to practically force write. I kept on going back and adding stuff and taking out stuff in this chapter until I got sick of it and just decided to keep it as is. Read and review, tell me what you think. In the meantime, I need to work on a next chapter.--sorascry
Chapter 3
The travelers followed the fox demon, Aya, one after the other, through the unseen pathways of the forest. She led them deeper into the blackening thickness. No one knew how long they had been traveling and how far they have come. The sun had completely set an hour prior and exhaustion began to overwhelm them.
"I'm so tired. How much further is it?" Kagome asked Aya, seemingly to be unaffected by the distance covered.
"It isn't much further. It would be much quicker but humans don't move as fast, nothing personal" Aya answered, pausing in mid-stride to look back upon her followers.
"Perhaps we should stop for the night and rest. We can finish in the morning. The child probably needs as much rest as we do" Miroku stated as he sat upon a fallen tree.
"That thing doesn't need rest. It doesn't do anything besides sleep and make noise." Inuyasha replied as he took his stance with arms firmly across his chest.
"Inuyasha," Kagome retaliated, "the baby needs to be fed and most likely changed. We should at least stop and take care of him and get a few hours of rest ou...............". Kagome trailed off as her vision turned towards the infinite depths of the forest. Her eyes slitted as she glared into trees, as if trying to focus upon something in the distance. "Did any of you see that?"
"See what?" Inuyasha answered, his hand quickly gliding on the hilt of tessiaga.
"Someone standing out there in the trees. I can't see it anymore but I think it's still out there," she whispered. Kagome stepped closer to Inuyasha so she could stand behind him.
"I saw it to. I saw it earlier today but I thought I was just seeing things," Sango added.
"I have too, strange." Aya commented, pulling the child closer to her.
"I know your out there. Why don't you quit your sneaking around and come out already!" Inuyasha yelled, gripping a transformed tessiaga in his hands. Miroku and Sango stood next to their companion, readying themselves, eyes scanning the darkness.
The moon crept out from its hiding from the fingered clouds, illuminating the forest in lone patches. The moonlight revealed silvered emptiness save for the trees that towered to the star cast sky.
"Kagome............there's nothing there! I think the whole lot of you is nuts!" Inuyasha barked, irritated to having found no threat within the woods.
"I could have sworn something was out there!" Kagome defended.
"Feh! Let's camp up in that clearing. You're all so tired anyway!"
// // // // //
They all sat, gathered around a small fire. It radiated enough heat and light for comfort but still held the shadows close. Miroku seemed content to be sitting near Sango, who kept her eye on the ever-wandering hand owned by a specific lecherous monk. Shippo lay curled up with Kirara. Aya lay down, sleeping with ease once Kagome assured her that she would watch Rune. Kagome sat next to Inuyasha handing him Rune, who was cackling happily.
"What is wrong with this thing!" Inuyasha cried trying to keep the baby from strangling him with his prayer beads. "Why won't he just leave me alone!" Inuyasha finally freed the baby's hands and was proceeding to put the baby back into Kagome's lap, however, Rune would not let go off his sleeve.
"I think it's cute," Kagome replied finally releasing Inuyasha. She looked back down at the baby sitting in Kagome's lap, who began gurgling and giggling to the half demon sitting beside them. "He really likes you."
"He ain't so bad when he is sleeping but when he is awake he turns into this slobbering monster."
"You're so cute when you're holding him." Kagome inaudibly whispered in hopes to escape Inuyasha's ears, unfortunately to Kagome, he did hear her.
Inuyasha's eyes widen. 'She thinks I'm cute?' he thought. He looked over to Miroku and Sango to see if they were listening. They both had fallen asleep, further away from each other than the last he had seen them. Miroku grinned in his sleep despite the red handmark on his cheek. Since they were asleep, Inuyasha felt more at ease pressing Kagome to reiterate on her previous statement.
"Kagome, did you just say something?" He tried not to show that he heard her. He would much rather hear her admit it.
"No, why?" Rune's eyes drifted shut as Kagome rocked him soothingly.
"I think I heard you say I was cute," Inuyasha teased. He normally wasn't one to play games but seeing Kagome with a baby was producing strange thoughts and feeling as of late. Inuyasha couldn't hide from himself the fact that he did like, even more than like, Kagome, extremely. And he was beginning to enjoy watching her be so motherly.
"What! No, I didn't!" Kagome whispered harshly, trying not to wake the baby sleeping in her arms. She couldn't hide from herself the fact that she did love Inuyasha. Watching him with the baby made her think of how good a father he would be and also got her thinking a many other things that could produce a blush.
"Come on Kagome! Don't lie. That's what you said wasn't it?" Inuyasha pressed.
She turned and looked Inuyasha in the eyes. Golden orbs peered into deep brown. They held each other's gaze until Kagome realized her awkwardness and broke the moment with her answer. "Why is it so important?"
"Huh? Hey, don't turn this around and answer my question."
"Why is it so important?"
"Why do you have to get so uptight?"
"Uptight?! Who you calling uptight!"
"How dense are ya!"
Their argument's volume increased despite their best effort. Rune began to stir and then let out a large wail. With a cry loud enough to raise the dead, Rune succeeded in waking those who still remained asleep. Hearing the baby's wail, Aya stood and took Rune from Kagome.
"It's all right, I will have him sleep with me." Aya spoke as she returned back to her resting place.
"Good, because I am finished sitting here with this jerk!" Kagome snapped as she stomped away from the equally frustrated Inuyasha.
"Who you calling a jerk, wench!" Inuyasha returned with equal enthusiasm. He watched Kagome as she grabbed her bag. "Where do you think your going?"
"I'm going to take a bath if you must know!" Kagome called as she shuffled her way into the woods.
"Where the hell do you intend to do that!" Inuyasha bellowed to Kagome's retreating form.
"The hot spring, you moron! If you would have been paying attention and not rummaging through my bag for food, you would have seen it as we set up camp!"
"Hey.........well..........well........fine!" Inuyasha spat.
"At a loss for words there? You can do much better than that!" Kagome's voice carried through the trees where she disappeared.
Inuyasha jumped into a lone tree they camped beneath. Those who remained around the fire listened to the shaking of leaves and Inuyasha as he grumbled to himself. "Is this normal for those two?" Aya asked, staring quizically at the mumbling branches above her.
"No, actually this fight was a little on the light side tonight," Shippo replied.
// // // // // // //
Kagome dropped her bag by the steaming rocks of the hot spring. She sat upon one of the larger stones. Placing her chin in her hands, Kagome questioned the smoky ripples of the water. "Why does he have to be such a jerk," she murmured. She sighed heavily when they did not answer.
A dark figure stood behind Kagome, reaching scarred hands around her. Kagome's heart raced when she felt the coolness of metal press against her neck. "If you bring me to the child, I will not slit that pretty little throat of yours," a voice hissed behind her. The voice's owner grabbed on to her hair and pulled Kagome to her feet. "I will not ask you again."
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Okay, I wrote this kind of fast. I might go back and fix it, I don't know. I am trying to lead up to this scene I am writing. This is a transition chapter I had to practically force write. I kept on going back and adding stuff and taking out stuff in this chapter until I got sick of it and just decided to keep it as is. Read and review, tell me what you think. In the meantime, I need to work on a next chapter.--sorascry