Before I Die

by Goijh

Disclaimer: I own Inuyasha. Just like I own the internet. Just like Kenshin Himura and Sessy-chan are my personal slaves that I keep in my bedroom closet. Oh and Rumiko Taka....um....that person....She doesn't exist. (I wish for all but the last to be true because if the last were true then there would be no Inu-chan and i would be a VERY lonely person.....)

This is my first fan fic so PLEASE be nice to me. If you hate it tell me...I'm a big girl and I promise not to cry...If you love it tell me. (That would encourage me to update and keep writing it!) Also, for a fair warning: I have no idea where I want this story to go. I just kinda get bursts of inspiration or random ideas and I act upon them. I think that maybe subconciously I know where this is supposed to go and like on a spiritual journey, I will know when I get there. (Now that was all of bit....... idiotic and queer?)

Anyway REVIEW and ENJOY!

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Chapter one
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"Where is she?!?" demanded Inuyasha with a growl. As usual, Kagome was late, and as usual Inuyasha was pissed off about it. "If that wench doesn't get back here soon I'm going to go get her and drag her back here!" he declared. 'Just who does she think she is, making me wait like this?' He thought to himself as he peered over the edge of the well again. Scowling he jumped over and through the well, only about ten seconds later.

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It was still early in the morning when Kagome awoke. The sun had only just peeked over the horizon and her room was still tinted a pale pink with the dawn's light. Yawning and stretching at the same time, she rolled over and ... THUMP! ..rolled right out of the bed, onto the floor.
Moaning, she rubbed her bottom. She hadn't realized she was quite that close to the edge of the bed when she decided to do that. As she slowly got up she heard an all too familiar, "Feh!" Jumping she turned and saw Inuyasha causually leaning against the wall next to her window. "Are you always this clumsy in the morning or are you just too stupid to know when you're on the edge of your bed?" He asked with a smug smirk as he crossed the room to tap on her head.
Her face red with rage, Inuyahsa already knew what was about to happen a split second before Kagome yelled, "Osuwari!" As soon as the last syllable had been uttered from her mouth, the hanyou slammed into her floor, surprising both of them when he didn't actually break through and fall to the first story.
"Hentai!" shrieked Kagome as she hastily pulled her clothes over her scantily clad form (It had been a very hot summer and she had only been dressed in her undergarments.) Inuyasha's ears were flattened against his head when he leapt to his feet, after the spell quickly wore off, to protect them from Kagome's shouting. "Bitch!" He screamed, "What the hell was that for?!?"
"You arrognant dog!" She hollered back, "Just what do you think that you were doing in my room?!? And how long have you been here while I've been sleeping?!?" Seeing her so upset at this, Inuyasha soon forgot his own anger and had to fight back the urge to laugh - that is until she 'sat' him again.
"Wench! What's your (insert a nice word here) problem?!?" He began to yell again as he held his aching back. "Besides," he muttered looking disgusted, "Why in the seven hells would I want to watch you snore?"
Shrieking, flung a pillow at him from her bed ,which he easily caught, and stormed out of the room. Once he was sure that she was at least down the stairs he let out a little chuckle and inhaled her scent which surrounded him, clinging to everything in her room, including the pillow in his hands. "Good morning Kagome," he sighed as turned and followed her path down to the kitchen.

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Almost an hour later, they were back through the well and in Feudal Japan. Kagome was still furious and was muttering under her breath about how when she said she would return in the morning it didn't mean that she would come back just as soon as the clock struck midnight. Inuyasha could hear everything she said of course and it took all of his will power not to curse at her or break out laughing.
They hadn't been there long though when a blur of fur streaked past Inuyasha and scurried up Kagome, burying its face in her chest. "Kagome! I missed you so much!" Cried Shippo as he nuzzled her neck in a form of hello. Inuyasha couldn't help but feel a twinge of jealousy as he watched all of this happen, and that just pissed him off even more than he already was.
"Come on," he grumbled, "We've already wasted half of the morning thanks to Kagome. We don't have time to just stand here and be friendly. We have shards to find!"
Upon saying this he recieved glares from both Kagome and Shippo.
'What?!?' he thought to himself, 'What did I say?' Kagome and Shippo just walked straight past the confused hanyou, completely ignoring him as they made their way to the village.
They reached Kaede's hut just in time to hear a loud WHACK! and see Miroku get thrown out the door by an angry Sango and land at Kagome's feet. A large grin crossed over his face as he looked up. He was almost directly underneath her and it provided an enticing view for the monk of Kagome's legs and...ahem...more.
"Why Kagome-sama, so nice to s-" WHACK! Miroku's comment was cut short by another attack by Sango's hiraikotsu, this time knocking the houshi unconcious. "Hentai," was all that Sango said before she smiled and waved to Kagome.
Kagome sighed. Obviously nothing had changed since her last visit. Sighing again she peeked at Inuyasha from the corner of her eye. He still wasn't making any effort to apologize to her for this morning, or even make any gesture to show that he cared about her in the slightest way. 'Oh well', she thought sadly, 'Some things just aren't meant to change.'
Inuyasha noticed as her face fell and her expression saddened. He also took note that it had happened after she had tried to secretly glance at him. 'Have I done something to make her sad?' He thought shocked. Before he could dwell on it anymore though, Kagome surprised them all when she looked up with her usual cheerful smile and said, "Well...What are we waiting for? Let's go find some Shikon shards!" Miroku moaned at her feet.

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The IY gang lost no time in setting out to look for the Shikon Shards. Or at least Inuyasha didn't. Even if Kagome herself hadn't suggested that they continue their quest, the hanyou would've made them anyway.
Ignoring the protesting moans coming from the unconcious monk, Inuyasha threw him over Kiarara's back in an undignified manner and barked at Sango to hurry up and join him. Then without another word he grabbed Kagome, with Shippo curled aroung her neck, and tossed her onto his back, barely giving her a chance to wrap her arm around his waist to hold on before he took off, leaping off to his forest in graceful bounds.
Feeling her arm hold him tightly as he heard her gasp of surprise and smelled her fear, brought a smile to his face. This was his favorite part of jewel hunting. When he felt her begin to calm down before he was ready for her too, he pushed himself off a branch, into the air as high as he could go, and then allowed himself to go into a dive posistion, plummeting towards the forest floor that was rushing up at his face.

Kagome felt herself relax. It had startled her when Inuyasha had taken off so quickly, he normally waited for her to safely situate herslef before he took off. 'Well on the other hand,' she thought, 'he has been doing this a lot more often lately.' Just as she had begun to finally feel safe on his back, she felt them rising up into the sky, almost as if Inuyasha was trying to reach the clouds. For a moment the feeling was exilerating...Then she felt them begin to dive down to te ground and opened her mouth in a silent scream as she saw the forest floor racing at her.
They were almost there. Another split second and they would be lying splattered on the cold hard ground. Kagome squeezed her eyes shut and braced herself for the inevitable death that she was sure was coming.

Inuyasha smelt (is that really a word?) the wave of her fear as it washed over him. Then a new scent came that startled him, despair. For a moment he was paralyzed, hurtling to the ground at an amazing speed, and not knowing what to do. But when he felt Kagome bracing herslef he snapped back to attention and landed smoothly, well okay a little rougher than he would have liked, on the ground. Without pausing to rest or check on Kagome though, he took off again, this time staying to the forest floor.

Kagome opened her eyes. 'What happened? Am I dead?!?' her mind raced wildly as she thought tried to explain why she was not currently lying in a puddle under the trees. Then, as she felt the breeze in her hair and felt her body gently bouncing up and down on Inuyasha's back, she realized what had happened.
Inuyasha felt her body tremble, quivering with rage. 'Idiot!' He mentally cursed himself. 'Why'd you have to do something like that?!?' Then he remembered how it had felt when she had buried her face into his hair, her legs and arms tightening around him. With a gasp he realized that thinking this way was arousing him as he felt ...a certain physical attribute...hardening at these thoughts. 'What the hell?!?'
Stifling the thoughts that were causing him to begin to think with parts of his body, other than his head, Inuyasha forced himself to focus on the pain the he would be feeling as soon as they stopped. His mind recalled the excruciating feeling of an unnatural force slamming him into te ground so hard that he created craters 10 feet deep. Needless to say he was no longer aroused. Infact now he was pissed off. But whether it was at himself for being such an ass or at Kagome for the punishments she would surely deal out to him, he wasn't sure.

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Sango was paralyzed. She was sure that her friends were going to die and there was nothing that she could do about it. She was on the brink of tears when suddenly she saw Inuyasha almost effortlessly pull out of his suicide dive and continue leaping on his way. Unscathed.
Sango was shocked. What had just happened? Then the realization set in. He had done it on purpose! She felt her self growing angry at the thought of what that damn hanyou had just done. He had scared the shit out of her and doubtless out of Kagome and Shippo as well. Fury glazed over her eyes as she began to mentally picture all of the tortures she would inflict upon Inuyasha for this one. Oh he would most certainly pay.
She became so absorbed in thinking of how she would deal out all sorts of pain to the hanyou that she was completely oblivious to the houshi that was groggily awakening in front of her. Miroku, however, was completely aware of her present predicament and decided that this was his oppurtune moment. 'Nothing like a wake up grope,' he thought to himself as he allowed on of his hands to stealthily snake around to Sango's backside.
The demon exterminator was forcefully pulled back to reality by a squeezing sensation on her LOWER lower back. Realizing what it must be she looked down at the monk, who was pretending to be unconcious, but was unable to hide his perverted grin - explaining just what the sensation Sango was feeling was. Before Miroku could even open his eyes he was once again knocked out, laying across Kiarara's back with a red handprint decorating the side of his cheek.

REVIEW PLEASE AND TELL ME IF YOU LIKED IT OR IF YOU HATED IT......JUST REVIEW! I WANT TO GET AT LEAST 5 REVIEWS BEFORE I POST THE NEXT CHAPTER (WHICH BY THE WAY IS ALL READY WRITTEN AND UPLOADED. ALL IT NEEDS IS A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT!)

~ Goijh