A/N: *opens up a brand new spakin' box of youkai lawyer seals, also known
as disclaimers* Okay, I'm ready to get back to work!! I sadly do not own
any teeny tiny part of Inuyasha, not even a lock of that beautiful silver
hair *sob* But if I did.*happy smile* Ah well, in my dreams.
I had soooo many reviews that I commented to them on the bottom of this chapter, otherwise, it would take up too much up here ^_^
Also, this is probably the hardest thing I have ever written in my life.how to do Kagome and Inuyasha justice, without putting them TOO much out of character.I really hope I've lived up to the other chapters ^_^
Anyway.back to our wonderful couple!!
******************* Previously.
"Ka-Kagome?" he whispered. I mumbled softly and sighed, "Don't argue, I'm too tired." I managed as I fell asleep, hands still clenched on his shirt.
I woke with the sun shinning warmly on my face, causing streaks of red to appear in my eyes. With a mumble of annoyance I pulled the blanket that reached my shoulders over my face.
"Centuries of humans have tried that, Kagome, it does not make the sun vanish from the sky," came a farmiliar male voice. My eyes flew open, and I froze. . I had moved in my sleep and was now sleeping against Inuyasha, one arm drapped over his firm chest, my head cradled against his shoulder.
Half of me was in pure heaven, and the rest of me had just entered the ninth level of hell. Inuyasha stirred beside me, and we both glanced at each other with that look of dread. Slowly, and very unwillingly I sat up and looked at Miroku, who was seated a safe distance away, with a very smug look on his face.
"I see you are both awake," he noted and rose to his feet, "Sango has the morning meal prepared," he said calmly, with only a hint of smile and walked away.
"What the hell," mumbled a half-asleep Inuyasha, "Where's the apology?"
I blushed and rose to my feet, "I don't think we should bring that up just yet." I had heard the expression, "wrapped around their little finger," and I was beginning to feel I was very much wrapped around Miroku's finger. Perhaps he just feared the wrath of Inuyasha's temper, or perhaps he had come to offer his apologies and was now living in the pure satisfaction of his correct assumption. Of course, he wasn't right, I blushed at that thought, but that didn't matter to him, it only LOOKED like he was right.
I sighed and ran my hand through my hair, this would be interesting. Inuyasha was already on his feet and had slipped his haori back on. Without a word, he followed Miroku's path, walking that slow steady pace he always walked when he had a lot on his mind and didn't want to talk about it.
'Great, now I've really done it,' I thought miserably and followed him back to the camp, careful to keep my pace slow enough that I wouldn't catch up. He didn't want to talk, I knew him well enough to know his body language on that. His eyes were unfocused and his face was generally unreadable as he sat down at the fire, and stared into its flames.
Miroku was contently munching at some fresh fish that had been roasted on sticks, and Shippou had a mouth so full of food he was quiet for once. Only Sango seemed to notice, especially as I took a seat opposite the campfire from Inuyasha. She gave me a quick glance, shifting her gaze to him for a moment and then back to me.
'What happened?' her eyes read and I shook my head, I didn't know, and I didn't want to talk about it anyway. I couldn't believe how quickly things had gone from blissfully wonderful to horrible in such a short period of time. We picked up our belongings and set out on the road again, Inuyasha taking the lead as usual, with Miroku walking just slightly behind him, myself and Shippou on the bike and Sango and Kirara taking the rear.
****Several hours and a LOT of walking later******* 'He hasn't looked at me once today,' I thought miserably, gripping the handlebars of the bike tightly. I felt tears well up in my eyes and I quickly blinked them away. No, I wouldn't cry about this, I was so sick of crying. Everyone else was so strong, and here I was, crying over something this little and stupid. Instead I closed my eyes and tried to find any shards nearby.
Sensing shards was a calming and exciting thing for me. Exciting because whenever there was a shard nearby, it always meant one of Naraku's flunkies, or some other youkai. Basically a battle always occurred, and even though I had been lax in my share of the fighting, my heart still raced at the thought.
It was calming because when I reached out with my senses, it felt like my whole body expanded, like a large blanket, gently brushing out everywhere. I could feel the power in my friends as I passed over them, the strength of Sango, the holy power of Miroku, and the fire that burned inside Inuyasha. Inuyasha, my thoughts started to travel to him and I quickly shook myself free of it, I had a job to do.
"Kagome," Shippou asked worriedly, but I couldn't respond to him at the moment, all my concentration was focused on reaching out as far as I could. I rushed swiftly down the hill before us, swooping up as I reached the valley, passed the village, with all its inhabitants glowing with contentment over a hard day's work over, and into the bordering forest. Trees passed right through me, as I flew faster, until in my mind's eye I could see it. A cave, within the wall of a hill, deep inside the forest, and it glowed with the power of the Shikon no Tama. I gasped, and stopped in my tracks.
"Kagome-chan," I heard Sango whisper and I opened my eyes, feeling dizzy from the strain.
"Shards, three of them, just about a day's walk from here." I breathed and felt my knees buckle. I gripped the bike to try and support myself, but instead I felt it give with my weight and I was bearly aware of it falling on top of me, and Shippou rolling out of the basket.
"Kagome," I heard and opened my eyes, Miroku and Sango both helping me to my feet, taking the bike off of me, worry evident in their eyes. "We should stop here for the night, Kagome needs to rest."
"Feh," Inuyasha said, never even having left his place on the trail, "We haven't even walked that long," he spat. I felt all the blood rush to my face and reached for the bike.
"I'm fine," I said, shaking off another wave of dizziness. "Inuyasha's right, we shouldn't waste any time, besides, there's a village just at the bottom of the hill. We can make it there by nightfall, and probably find decent boarding for the night. We all deserve something other than hard ground for one night." I started walking, and Shippou hopped up on the bike seat.
'I won't let him think me weak,' I thought, closing my eyes for only a moment to take a deep breath, 'I won't stop until he does.'
A/N: I know everyone, this is really short and I apologize, but it was really hard to write this chapter. I figure that I can't be all fluffy all the time, its too OOC and besides, I have 3 research projects screaming my name to be worked on ^_^. I'll try to get another chapter out soon. Please give me feedback and even something you'd like to see happen, and I'll see if I can't write it in ^_^
Review comments: OMG!!!! I cannot believe it, I got 18 reviews in less than 11 hours from posting chapter 5.I am extatic, thank you minna!!! I was going to work on Summertime, but I can't leave you all waiting in the balance. I am going to put a new chapter up on Summertime, and I do hope that if any of you are enjoying Cry, you will read Summertime as well! I will warn you, Summertime is not a fluff.at least.not right now. It's set after Naraku has been defeated, and I'll work that bit of info in the story as it goes along.
*selfish promo* .
The Perpetually Hyper One: WOW!! You have singlehandedly given me the biggest heart attack in my life.all those reviews, just from you.and of course Inuyasha *blows a kiss* I do apologize to Inu-kun for making him "that mushy", and I will try and do him a little bit more justice. As for strangling Shippou, nah, she wouldn't really do it.but I'm sure you can understand her sentiments.
Keri Maxwell: You know Keri, I was gonna give them an easy way out, and have them already awake when he shows up, but.*evil grin* you'll see.
Lunatic Pandora: Awww thank you so much!! I only hope to do the characters the justice they deserve. Its hard writing the fluffy because I'm trying to stay in character as much as I can. I would LOVE for them to be ultra mushy, but it wouldn't be that sappy.they're too firey
Seongmi: I haven't read the manga, since I keep up to date with the series, but that's my next project, finding a good copy of the manga.
Raura and inyuyashalover: Awww.Arigato!! Here's the next chapter you were asking for
Crystalfox0(): Don't you worry, there's a whole bunch of chapters floating around in my head, waiting to be typed out ^_^
KagomeWannabe and Josie(): Arigato é grazie!
Angel Darkness: I know, Shippou is going to have a lot of bad timing in my stories.but it's comic relief and tension building, ^_^ I can't have them kiss already, this is going to be a well deserved and anticipated kiss when I finally write it
Ame Tenshi : This is my first fluff story, I only hope I can make it good, without being horribly sappy
To anyone who reads this, I'm curious and I would love imput. Is it just me, or has Shippou degenerated in the series. When we first meet him, he's a lot more tough than he is now, now he actually acts like a child. I'm thinking of writing him as he was in the beginning.Any thoughts on this?
I had soooo many reviews that I commented to them on the bottom of this chapter, otherwise, it would take up too much up here ^_^
Also, this is probably the hardest thing I have ever written in my life.how to do Kagome and Inuyasha justice, without putting them TOO much out of character.I really hope I've lived up to the other chapters ^_^
Anyway.back to our wonderful couple!!
******************* Previously.
"Ka-Kagome?" he whispered. I mumbled softly and sighed, "Don't argue, I'm too tired." I managed as I fell asleep, hands still clenched on his shirt.
I woke with the sun shinning warmly on my face, causing streaks of red to appear in my eyes. With a mumble of annoyance I pulled the blanket that reached my shoulders over my face.
"Centuries of humans have tried that, Kagome, it does not make the sun vanish from the sky," came a farmiliar male voice. My eyes flew open, and I froze. . I had moved in my sleep and was now sleeping against Inuyasha, one arm drapped over his firm chest, my head cradled against his shoulder.
Half of me was in pure heaven, and the rest of me had just entered the ninth level of hell. Inuyasha stirred beside me, and we both glanced at each other with that look of dread. Slowly, and very unwillingly I sat up and looked at Miroku, who was seated a safe distance away, with a very smug look on his face.
"I see you are both awake," he noted and rose to his feet, "Sango has the morning meal prepared," he said calmly, with only a hint of smile and walked away.
"What the hell," mumbled a half-asleep Inuyasha, "Where's the apology?"
I blushed and rose to my feet, "I don't think we should bring that up just yet." I had heard the expression, "wrapped around their little finger," and I was beginning to feel I was very much wrapped around Miroku's finger. Perhaps he just feared the wrath of Inuyasha's temper, or perhaps he had come to offer his apologies and was now living in the pure satisfaction of his correct assumption. Of course, he wasn't right, I blushed at that thought, but that didn't matter to him, it only LOOKED like he was right.
I sighed and ran my hand through my hair, this would be interesting. Inuyasha was already on his feet and had slipped his haori back on. Without a word, he followed Miroku's path, walking that slow steady pace he always walked when he had a lot on his mind and didn't want to talk about it.
'Great, now I've really done it,' I thought miserably and followed him back to the camp, careful to keep my pace slow enough that I wouldn't catch up. He didn't want to talk, I knew him well enough to know his body language on that. His eyes were unfocused and his face was generally unreadable as he sat down at the fire, and stared into its flames.
Miroku was contently munching at some fresh fish that had been roasted on sticks, and Shippou had a mouth so full of food he was quiet for once. Only Sango seemed to notice, especially as I took a seat opposite the campfire from Inuyasha. She gave me a quick glance, shifting her gaze to him for a moment and then back to me.
'What happened?' her eyes read and I shook my head, I didn't know, and I didn't want to talk about it anyway. I couldn't believe how quickly things had gone from blissfully wonderful to horrible in such a short period of time. We picked up our belongings and set out on the road again, Inuyasha taking the lead as usual, with Miroku walking just slightly behind him, myself and Shippou on the bike and Sango and Kirara taking the rear.
****Several hours and a LOT of walking later******* 'He hasn't looked at me once today,' I thought miserably, gripping the handlebars of the bike tightly. I felt tears well up in my eyes and I quickly blinked them away. No, I wouldn't cry about this, I was so sick of crying. Everyone else was so strong, and here I was, crying over something this little and stupid. Instead I closed my eyes and tried to find any shards nearby.
Sensing shards was a calming and exciting thing for me. Exciting because whenever there was a shard nearby, it always meant one of Naraku's flunkies, or some other youkai. Basically a battle always occurred, and even though I had been lax in my share of the fighting, my heart still raced at the thought.
It was calming because when I reached out with my senses, it felt like my whole body expanded, like a large blanket, gently brushing out everywhere. I could feel the power in my friends as I passed over them, the strength of Sango, the holy power of Miroku, and the fire that burned inside Inuyasha. Inuyasha, my thoughts started to travel to him and I quickly shook myself free of it, I had a job to do.
"Kagome," Shippou asked worriedly, but I couldn't respond to him at the moment, all my concentration was focused on reaching out as far as I could. I rushed swiftly down the hill before us, swooping up as I reached the valley, passed the village, with all its inhabitants glowing with contentment over a hard day's work over, and into the bordering forest. Trees passed right through me, as I flew faster, until in my mind's eye I could see it. A cave, within the wall of a hill, deep inside the forest, and it glowed with the power of the Shikon no Tama. I gasped, and stopped in my tracks.
"Kagome-chan," I heard Sango whisper and I opened my eyes, feeling dizzy from the strain.
"Shards, three of them, just about a day's walk from here." I breathed and felt my knees buckle. I gripped the bike to try and support myself, but instead I felt it give with my weight and I was bearly aware of it falling on top of me, and Shippou rolling out of the basket.
"Kagome," I heard and opened my eyes, Miroku and Sango both helping me to my feet, taking the bike off of me, worry evident in their eyes. "We should stop here for the night, Kagome needs to rest."
"Feh," Inuyasha said, never even having left his place on the trail, "We haven't even walked that long," he spat. I felt all the blood rush to my face and reached for the bike.
"I'm fine," I said, shaking off another wave of dizziness. "Inuyasha's right, we shouldn't waste any time, besides, there's a village just at the bottom of the hill. We can make it there by nightfall, and probably find decent boarding for the night. We all deserve something other than hard ground for one night." I started walking, and Shippou hopped up on the bike seat.
'I won't let him think me weak,' I thought, closing my eyes for only a moment to take a deep breath, 'I won't stop until he does.'
A/N: I know everyone, this is really short and I apologize, but it was really hard to write this chapter. I figure that I can't be all fluffy all the time, its too OOC and besides, I have 3 research projects screaming my name to be worked on ^_^. I'll try to get another chapter out soon. Please give me feedback and even something you'd like to see happen, and I'll see if I can't write it in ^_^
Review comments: OMG!!!! I cannot believe it, I got 18 reviews in less than 11 hours from posting chapter 5.I am extatic, thank you minna!!! I was going to work on Summertime, but I can't leave you all waiting in the balance. I am going to put a new chapter up on Summertime, and I do hope that if any of you are enjoying Cry, you will read Summertime as well! I will warn you, Summertime is not a fluff.at least.not right now. It's set after Naraku has been defeated, and I'll work that bit of info in the story as it goes along.
*selfish promo* .
The Perpetually Hyper One: WOW!! You have singlehandedly given me the biggest heart attack in my life.all those reviews, just from you.and of course Inuyasha *blows a kiss* I do apologize to Inu-kun for making him "that mushy", and I will try and do him a little bit more justice. As for strangling Shippou, nah, she wouldn't really do it.but I'm sure you can understand her sentiments.
Keri Maxwell: You know Keri, I was gonna give them an easy way out, and have them already awake when he shows up, but.*evil grin* you'll see.
Lunatic Pandora: Awww thank you so much!! I only hope to do the characters the justice they deserve. Its hard writing the fluffy because I'm trying to stay in character as much as I can. I would LOVE for them to be ultra mushy, but it wouldn't be that sappy.they're too firey
Seongmi: I haven't read the manga, since I keep up to date with the series, but that's my next project, finding a good copy of the manga.
Raura and inyuyashalover: Awww.Arigato!! Here's the next chapter you were asking for
Crystalfox0(): Don't you worry, there's a whole bunch of chapters floating around in my head, waiting to be typed out ^_^
KagomeWannabe and Josie(): Arigato é grazie!
Angel Darkness: I know, Shippou is going to have a lot of bad timing in my stories.but it's comic relief and tension building, ^_^ I can't have them kiss already, this is going to be a well deserved and anticipated kiss when I finally write it
Ame Tenshi : This is my first fluff story, I only hope I can make it good, without being horribly sappy
To anyone who reads this, I'm curious and I would love imput. Is it just me, or has Shippou degenerated in the series. When we first meet him, he's a lot more tough than he is now, now he actually acts like a child. I'm thinking of writing him as he was in the beginning.Any thoughts on this?