~~Inu Yasha, despite my many efforts and traps, still does not belong to
me. But soon. soon he shall be mine. I shall call him Inu and he shall be
mine. And I shall call him Inu.~~
~~Stupid Stupid stupid Fanfiction.net.. downloaded the text wrong. Let's hope this version is easier to read. Sorry everyone!!~~
Chapter Three Inu Yasha's True Feelings
Inu Yasha stopped running as he realized he had circled back into the clearing where the old well lay. He stared at it, amazed at how he had managed to become turned around so much. He wanted to run AWAY from this place, not back to it. The last thing he wanted was to be anywhere that reminded him of that brat from the future.
He took a deep breath and immediately regretted it. Along with fresh air came the sweet scent of Kagome. He closed his eyes for a moment and luxuriated in the way her scent always smelled like wildflowers. Kagome had mentioned something called 'shampoo" once, and claimed that girls from her world rubbed the stuff in their hair. Inu Yasha had always wondered what kind of animal droppings smelled like flowers, but had been too embarrassed to ask.
His feral golden eyes opened into tiny slits as he strolled absently over to the well, staring down at it. 'Stupid girl' he mused. 'Doesn't even think about others. She's only concerned about herself! She didn't even think that me and the others would want to be part of her ritual.. damn, what did she call it? Oh, yes, her dance. Stupid stupid stupid girl!'
The hanyou growled again and plopped to the grass to lean back against the well. His usual arrogant face crumpled slightly as he closed his eyes and leaned his head back against the rough wood of the well. He smiled slightly as he saw Kagome in her pretty blue dress, blue cornflowers rolled into her soft hair. She grinned at him, and held out her hand.
"Stupid Dog-boy, thinking dirty thoughts?"
Inu Yasha's eyes snapped open to glare at Kouga. Kouga smirked at him, his hands on his hips. "What the matter with you," Inu Yasha demanded. "Leave me alone for once!"
Kouga laughed. "When something concerns my woman, I can't leave it alone. You should know that by now, Dog-boy."
"Rrrrrrrr," Inu Yasha growled. "She's not your woman. She's."
"Yes?" Kouga goaded, smiling. "She's what?"
Inu Yasha "hmphed" and looked away. "Nothing. She's nothing at all to me."
Kouga shook his head. "Are you really that much of an idiot?" he demanded, hitting himself in the forehead with the palm of his hand.
Inu Yasha leaped to his feet, rage prompting him to draw his sword and brandish it at the wolf demon. "What's that supposed to mean?" he yelled.
Kouga smirked again and turned away from the snarling hanyou. He spoke without turning. "If you can't even protect her while she's in this world, who's going to protect her in hers?" he asked. "You can protect her body, for sure, at least as well as a stupid dog-boy can, but you can't protect her feelings. And why would she ever want to go to her special ritual with you? All you ever do is curse at her and call her stupid. Why should she even consider it?"
"Because she belongs with me!" Inu Yasha yelled before he could stop himself. "She belongs."
He stopped suddenly, his face reddening with horror at what he had just revealed. He lowered the Tetsusaiga in defeat and stared at the ground. Kouga sighed and glanced over his shoulder at him. "Like I would ever actually admit to someone that I had heard that," he assured Inu Yasha. "If I ever told Kagome, it would just cause her pain, and I won't do that."
Inu Yasha stared at Kouga in shock as the wolf demon saluted and ran off, the wind carrying him farther away than Inu Yasha could scent in a matter of seconds. He sat back down against the wall of the well and covered his face with his hands.
Kagome found him there later that night when she went looking for him. He had fallen asleep, resting the Tetsusaiga against his shoulder. She smiled softly and leaned against the opposite side of the well, sipping from a cup of instant ramen as she waited for him to wake up.
Inu Yasha had been awake the moment she entered the clearing. He smiled slightly and raised his head. "Aren't you going to offer me some?" he asked chidingly.
Kagome grinned and leaped up, hurrying around to his side of the well, carrying the cup of instant ramen. "Look, Inu Yasha, I brought you some ramen! Now you can stop being mad at me, right?"
Inu Yasha narrowed his eyes at the half-empty cup, and then glanced up at her. Her face turned red as she noticed that she had eaten half of the ramen. Her embarrassment quickly turned to anger as she cried, "Well, if you hadn't run off, I wouldn't have gotten so hungry looking for you!"
Inu Yasha shook his head and took the cup of ramen from her. "I don't want to fight, Kagome," he began, sipping the ramen. "I wanted to apologize for being so mean about your dance."
Kagome stared at him for a moment and then looked off into the woods at he continued. "I guess I was just hurt that you wouldn't want to ask me to come with you. but you can go."
"Maybe I will," she said haughtily, squaring her shoulders.
Her shoulders shook slightly from the cold breeze that suddenly appeared. She shook even harder as Inu Yasha continued. "That Hojo boy. really seems to like you. I'm sure he'll take good care of you. He can protect you in your world. I can't. He won't get you mixed up with demons and monsters and make you sleep outside. Maybe its better. for you." his voice broke slightly, "if you just stayed in your world from now on."
Kagome froze, shocked at what she was hearing. She started only when his warm red outer robe closed around her shoulders. Inu Yasha whispered softly in her ear, "Just promise not to forget about me."
Kagome turned back to face him, a retort on her lips, but her eyes met only empty air and his retreating form fading into the trees. Suddenly, rain began to fall spattering her cheeks and mixing with the tears that ran down her face.
~Whew!! Hope that answered everyone's questions. I'm STILL waiting on my reviews, people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want reviews not only on the story itself, but hopefully some technical things. If you truly hate this story, I want to know. Flames are not welcome, but if you simply must, then you must.~
~Yet, I decided for my few dedicated readers that I'd better update before I forget my totally cool ending~
~This is not the end, I promise. Please submit all questions in the form of a review.~
~And finally, SPECIAL THANKS TO ASH-CHAN AND MARA KRAUS FOR YOUR WONDERFUL REVIEWS!!~
~~Stupid Stupid stupid Fanfiction.net.. downloaded the text wrong. Let's hope this version is easier to read. Sorry everyone!!~~
Chapter Three Inu Yasha's True Feelings
Inu Yasha stopped running as he realized he had circled back into the clearing where the old well lay. He stared at it, amazed at how he had managed to become turned around so much. He wanted to run AWAY from this place, not back to it. The last thing he wanted was to be anywhere that reminded him of that brat from the future.
He took a deep breath and immediately regretted it. Along with fresh air came the sweet scent of Kagome. He closed his eyes for a moment and luxuriated in the way her scent always smelled like wildflowers. Kagome had mentioned something called 'shampoo" once, and claimed that girls from her world rubbed the stuff in their hair. Inu Yasha had always wondered what kind of animal droppings smelled like flowers, but had been too embarrassed to ask.
His feral golden eyes opened into tiny slits as he strolled absently over to the well, staring down at it. 'Stupid girl' he mused. 'Doesn't even think about others. She's only concerned about herself! She didn't even think that me and the others would want to be part of her ritual.. damn, what did she call it? Oh, yes, her dance. Stupid stupid stupid girl!'
The hanyou growled again and plopped to the grass to lean back against the well. His usual arrogant face crumpled slightly as he closed his eyes and leaned his head back against the rough wood of the well. He smiled slightly as he saw Kagome in her pretty blue dress, blue cornflowers rolled into her soft hair. She grinned at him, and held out her hand.
"Stupid Dog-boy, thinking dirty thoughts?"
Inu Yasha's eyes snapped open to glare at Kouga. Kouga smirked at him, his hands on his hips. "What the matter with you," Inu Yasha demanded. "Leave me alone for once!"
Kouga laughed. "When something concerns my woman, I can't leave it alone. You should know that by now, Dog-boy."
"Rrrrrrrr," Inu Yasha growled. "She's not your woman. She's."
"Yes?" Kouga goaded, smiling. "She's what?"
Inu Yasha "hmphed" and looked away. "Nothing. She's nothing at all to me."
Kouga shook his head. "Are you really that much of an idiot?" he demanded, hitting himself in the forehead with the palm of his hand.
Inu Yasha leaped to his feet, rage prompting him to draw his sword and brandish it at the wolf demon. "What's that supposed to mean?" he yelled.
Kouga smirked again and turned away from the snarling hanyou. He spoke without turning. "If you can't even protect her while she's in this world, who's going to protect her in hers?" he asked. "You can protect her body, for sure, at least as well as a stupid dog-boy can, but you can't protect her feelings. And why would she ever want to go to her special ritual with you? All you ever do is curse at her and call her stupid. Why should she even consider it?"
"Because she belongs with me!" Inu Yasha yelled before he could stop himself. "She belongs."
He stopped suddenly, his face reddening with horror at what he had just revealed. He lowered the Tetsusaiga in defeat and stared at the ground. Kouga sighed and glanced over his shoulder at him. "Like I would ever actually admit to someone that I had heard that," he assured Inu Yasha. "If I ever told Kagome, it would just cause her pain, and I won't do that."
Inu Yasha stared at Kouga in shock as the wolf demon saluted and ran off, the wind carrying him farther away than Inu Yasha could scent in a matter of seconds. He sat back down against the wall of the well and covered his face with his hands.
Kagome found him there later that night when she went looking for him. He had fallen asleep, resting the Tetsusaiga against his shoulder. She smiled softly and leaned against the opposite side of the well, sipping from a cup of instant ramen as she waited for him to wake up.
Inu Yasha had been awake the moment she entered the clearing. He smiled slightly and raised his head. "Aren't you going to offer me some?" he asked chidingly.
Kagome grinned and leaped up, hurrying around to his side of the well, carrying the cup of instant ramen. "Look, Inu Yasha, I brought you some ramen! Now you can stop being mad at me, right?"
Inu Yasha narrowed his eyes at the half-empty cup, and then glanced up at her. Her face turned red as she noticed that she had eaten half of the ramen. Her embarrassment quickly turned to anger as she cried, "Well, if you hadn't run off, I wouldn't have gotten so hungry looking for you!"
Inu Yasha shook his head and took the cup of ramen from her. "I don't want to fight, Kagome," he began, sipping the ramen. "I wanted to apologize for being so mean about your dance."
Kagome stared at him for a moment and then looked off into the woods at he continued. "I guess I was just hurt that you wouldn't want to ask me to come with you. but you can go."
"Maybe I will," she said haughtily, squaring her shoulders.
Her shoulders shook slightly from the cold breeze that suddenly appeared. She shook even harder as Inu Yasha continued. "That Hojo boy. really seems to like you. I'm sure he'll take good care of you. He can protect you in your world. I can't. He won't get you mixed up with demons and monsters and make you sleep outside. Maybe its better. for you." his voice broke slightly, "if you just stayed in your world from now on."
Kagome froze, shocked at what she was hearing. She started only when his warm red outer robe closed around her shoulders. Inu Yasha whispered softly in her ear, "Just promise not to forget about me."
Kagome turned back to face him, a retort on her lips, but her eyes met only empty air and his retreating form fading into the trees. Suddenly, rain began to fall spattering her cheeks and mixing with the tears that ran down her face.
~Whew!! Hope that answered everyone's questions. I'm STILL waiting on my reviews, people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want reviews not only on the story itself, but hopefully some technical things. If you truly hate this story, I want to know. Flames are not welcome, but if you simply must, then you must.~
~Yet, I decided for my few dedicated readers that I'd better update before I forget my totally cool ending~
~This is not the end, I promise. Please submit all questions in the form of a review.~
~And finally, SPECIAL THANKS TO ASH-CHAN AND MARA KRAUS FOR YOUR WONDERFUL REVIEWS!!~