Chapter 2
Before I die by Goijh
Author's note: Do to the overwhelming response in reviews and e- mails....Before I die is going to be altered! This means that the story will not be the same as before, starting with a new identity for the stalker. These first few chapters will be the original ones though with only slight altercations. If anyone would like to read what I did have in store for the original (I had up to chapter 14 written...or was it 15?) then you can just e-mail me and I'll try to send them to you. Remember to review you peoples! It puts a smile on my face when you do! ^_^ ...And it makes me want to write MORE...FASTER.
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chapter two
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"INUYASHA!"
Inuyasha winced at the loud shriek so near to his delicate ears (which I happen to think are SO adorable!). He almost wished that he had never stopped. Despite the fact that she had been kicking and punching his sides and yelling into his ears, he wished that he was still leaping through the forest. 'Anywhere but here...' he thought.
Kagome's face was the scariest that he had ever seen it. Rage blanketed her normally gentle features and the fires in her eyes looked hotter than those of hell. "Hmmm...?" he whispered in a pitiful voice. Step by step, Kagome moved towards him, and backing up, step by step, Inuyasha moved away, until he backed into a tree. 'Shit! no escape now,' he thought. "Uhh...Yes Kagome?" he asked in a weak voice in response to his name.
Kagome continued to move closer to him, smiling seductively. Inuyasha felt his blood rush at that smile as she stared into his eyes. Gulping as if to swallow his fear he met her eyes. The fire was still in them. She came closer still, until she was right against him, her hands on his chest. She stood on tiptoe until her lips were even with his. He could feel her warm breath caress his face and almost gasped at the sensations it ignited. "Osuwari..." she whispered.
BANG!
Inuyasha slammed into the ground at the foot of the tree. When the subduing spell wore off, he didn't even bother to move. Instead he braced himself for the stampede of hated words and 'Osuwaris' to come, wincing as he thought of each one. Imagine his surprise when, after a few moments, they didn't.
Hesitantly he raised his head. Flinching he saw that Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kiarara were surrounding him, glaring (Sango had filled Miroku in as to what had happened when they found Kagome cornering Inuyasha.). Sango hit him over the head with her hiraikotsu. HARD. But after that no one made a move, despite the fact that he was expecting them too.
Looking up again he realized Kagome wasn't there. 'Where is she?!?' he wondered as he sniffed the air. He could still smell her. At least she hadn't gone far.
When the others made no move to inflict further pain upon him, Inuyasha got up and began to walk away. He could feel their heated stares on his back but brushed them off as he went to find Kagome.
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He found her quickly enough. It had only taken a few moments actually. But it wasn't until he realized where she was that surprise set in. Kagome was standing in front of the Old God Tree. He went to go to her but paused as he sniffed the air. It was heavy with salt water. She was crying. And it was all his fault.
"Kagome...." He whispered as he began to go to her.
"No! Don't come near me Inuyasha." She said, her voice cold and calm. This was not Kagome. He could feel his heart breaking as he looked at her. THis was all his fault. He had done this. And for what? A moment of self satisfaction.
Without bothering to wipe away her tears she turned to him. Sadness on her face. She stared into his eyes without really looking at him. Slowly she began to speak. "I thought I was going to die today."
"Kagome...." he whispered again. A lump rising in his throat at her distress. Distress that he had caused.
"No! WAIT!" She cried in a shaky voice, "I need to talk. You need to listen." She turned away from him and faced the Old God Tree. He nodded dumbly.
"I was scared today. Scared of death. But that's not what scared me the most. I was scared of what I hadn't done. I was scared that I was going to die before I had the chance to do things I needed to do. There are things that I need to tell you. Things I need to tell everyone. There I things that I need to do before I die. I thought I wouldn't be able to get the chance to say what I wanted. I wouldn't get to do what I needed. I don't want to die that way. I don't want to die with regrets. I don't want to leave behind unanswered questions when I go. I was scared that I would die before I had the chance to tell you how I feel. Before I had the chance to tell everyone how I feel..." She was quiet for a moment, but all that Inuyasha could do was watch her. Waiting for her to continue.
Suddenly she smiled. Brushing away her tears she turned and looked at Inuyasha once again. "Do you remember when we first met?" She asked. "You saved my life...Then you tried to kill me." She laughed a little. But it was a laugh more like a sob than a laugh.
"Kagome..." Inuyasha tried again, moving towards her. When she made not attempt to stop him he continued. Without thinking about what he was doing, he walked up right behind her and put his arms around her waist in an embrace. "I'm so sorry Kagome." He whispered softly in her ear. "I didn't mean to hurt you. I just wanted to feel your arms holding me tightly. I just wanted to feel...." Inuyasha realized what he was saying and stopped. No he couldn't do that. He couldn't say that he loved her. Not after what he did. Not after what happened with Kikyo.
Kagome waited for him to finish his sentence. When he didn't she turned around and looked up into his eyes. Surprise softened her features as she gazed into his amber eyes. He was actually apologizing. It was only a few hours ago that she had been complaining about how he never apologized. Now, here he was. Holding her, comforting her, apologizing. She felt herself smile as she leaned her head against his chiseled chest and held him closer.
They stood there together for what seemed an eternity. It was if time itself held still as they quietly held eachother, each taking comfort in the other's embrace. They were so caught up in themselves that they didn't notice that they were being watched.
"Well," said a loud voice, "Its nice to see that you two have finally gotten over your differences." Inuyasha and Kagome violently snapped back to earth and looks of comprehension came over their faces. Jumping apart as if they had been burned, the hanyou and girl began to blush furiously as they looked over to where Miroku had emerged from the forest.Refusing to make eye contact they both began to mutter incoherent sentences, trying to explain what had been going on. Miroku just raised an eyebrow knowingly (or so he thought.). "Congratulations!" he said as he strolled over to Inuyasha and slapped him on the back, a hentai grin on his face. "I knew you had it in you. When can I expect the pups?" He asked, wiggling his eyebrows up and down suggestively.
The monk looked up just in time to get a look at the scowl on Inuyasha's face before he felt a hard fist come into contact with his head and everything went blank. For the third, and probably not the last, time the houshi fell to the ground, unconcious, courtesy of his lecherous ways.
Just as the monk hit the ground, a bundle of rusty fur came racing into the clearing. Shippo jumped to Kagome's chest and immediately turned his blue eyes up to hers. "Are you okay Kagome?" he demanded as he began to search her for scratches. "Uhhh...." answered Kagome, trying to think of what to say to the curious kitsune.
When he found no apparent signs of damage to his 'Mother,' Shippo climbed up onto her shoulder and nuzzled her neck. "Why were you and Inuyasha gone so long?" he asked. 'Gone so long?' Kagome wondered. 'What does he mean....' Then she looked up and saw that the sun's passage marked almost two hours had passed. She began to blush again.
'That means that Inuyasha and I were out in the woods, ALONE, for almost two hours! What must everyone be thinking?' Then she looked at Shippo. He was always painfully oblivious to things and Sango, thank Kami, was NOT anything like Miroku. MIROKU! Kagome audibly groaned as she realized what Miroku must have thought when he found them near the Old God Tree. "Kagome?" asked Shippo? "Are you okay?" Kagome only nodded. "You must have wandered really far to take so long coming back...." the little fox youkai continued but Kagome no longer heard him. Suddenly she was just wishing that she was back in Inuyasha's arms. Everything felt so right there.
Thinking of Inuyasha made her remember why they had been at the Old God Tree in the first place though. Suddenly feeling uncomfortable, Kagome turned to face Sango and the hanyou. "Ummm...Well..." She began. "I have to go back to my time tomorrow to ummm...study for some tests that I have...next week." 'Yeah that was REAL smooth Kagome.' She muttered to herself as she rethought her lie.
Sango merely raised an eyebrow. She knew Kagome and knew that if her friend was lying, she probably had a good reason and would tell her later. Shippo and Inuyasha on the other hand gaped at her. Shippo was the first to find his voice though. "What do you mean go back?" He cried looking do hurt that Kagome just had to hold him. "You never mentioned anything about tests earlier." The kitsune looked like he was about to cry. Kagome smiled at him but didn't say anything. Instead she stroked his fur softly.
Inuyasha watched as she paid attention to the kitsune and felt that twinge of jealousy again. He felt almost like a kid at Christmas. Upset because his baby brother had gotten one more present than he had. Then he got pissed off. "What do you mean you're leaving?!?" he shouted. "We haven't gotten any jewel shards and you think that I am going to let you leave? I don't think so, Kagome. You're not leaving until I say so!"
Smugly he crossed his arms and looked over at her as if daring her to challenge his word. Kagome's eyes were flickering like candle flames and her hands were clenched in fists at her sides. Miroku was just waking up when he saw this and decided it might be best to stay on the ground for this scene.
"Just who do you think you are, DOG!"
"Wench!"
"Ass-hole!"
"Brat!"
"Bastard"
"Bitch!"
Miroku winced, as did everyone else when Inuyasha shouted out his last insult. Even the pair of eyes hidden in the forest that had watched everything, undetected, from the crying to the embracing, to the fight visibly winced. Inuyasha himself even had the decency to look surprised at his choice of words.
"OSUWARI!"
Miroku felt the hanyou slam into the ground only feet away from him. 'Yup, BIG sit,' he chuckled to himself. 'And to think only moments ago they were embracing like lovers...'
*********************************** Okay now its your turn! As the reader I command you to now review this story. Note: This command is made with a pleading voice and irresistible puppy dog eyes. All you have to is put "..." and I will be SO happy!
JUST PLEASE REVIEW!!!
Before I die by Goijh
Author's note: Do to the overwhelming response in reviews and e- mails....Before I die is going to be altered! This means that the story will not be the same as before, starting with a new identity for the stalker. These first few chapters will be the original ones though with only slight altercations. If anyone would like to read what I did have in store for the original (I had up to chapter 14 written...or was it 15?) then you can just e-mail me and I'll try to send them to you. Remember to review you peoples! It puts a smile on my face when you do! ^_^ ...And it makes me want to write MORE...FASTER.
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chapter two
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"INUYASHA!"
Inuyasha winced at the loud shriek so near to his delicate ears (which I happen to think are SO adorable!). He almost wished that he had never stopped. Despite the fact that she had been kicking and punching his sides and yelling into his ears, he wished that he was still leaping through the forest. 'Anywhere but here...' he thought.
Kagome's face was the scariest that he had ever seen it. Rage blanketed her normally gentle features and the fires in her eyes looked hotter than those of hell. "Hmmm...?" he whispered in a pitiful voice. Step by step, Kagome moved towards him, and backing up, step by step, Inuyasha moved away, until he backed into a tree. 'Shit! no escape now,' he thought. "Uhh...Yes Kagome?" he asked in a weak voice in response to his name.
Kagome continued to move closer to him, smiling seductively. Inuyasha felt his blood rush at that smile as she stared into his eyes. Gulping as if to swallow his fear he met her eyes. The fire was still in them. She came closer still, until she was right against him, her hands on his chest. She stood on tiptoe until her lips were even with his. He could feel her warm breath caress his face and almost gasped at the sensations it ignited. "Osuwari..." she whispered.
BANG!
Inuyasha slammed into the ground at the foot of the tree. When the subduing spell wore off, he didn't even bother to move. Instead he braced himself for the stampede of hated words and 'Osuwaris' to come, wincing as he thought of each one. Imagine his surprise when, after a few moments, they didn't.
Hesitantly he raised his head. Flinching he saw that Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kiarara were surrounding him, glaring (Sango had filled Miroku in as to what had happened when they found Kagome cornering Inuyasha.). Sango hit him over the head with her hiraikotsu. HARD. But after that no one made a move, despite the fact that he was expecting them too.
Looking up again he realized Kagome wasn't there. 'Where is she?!?' he wondered as he sniffed the air. He could still smell her. At least she hadn't gone far.
When the others made no move to inflict further pain upon him, Inuyasha got up and began to walk away. He could feel their heated stares on his back but brushed them off as he went to find Kagome.
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He found her quickly enough. It had only taken a few moments actually. But it wasn't until he realized where she was that surprise set in. Kagome was standing in front of the Old God Tree. He went to go to her but paused as he sniffed the air. It was heavy with salt water. She was crying. And it was all his fault.
"Kagome...." He whispered as he began to go to her.
"No! Don't come near me Inuyasha." She said, her voice cold and calm. This was not Kagome. He could feel his heart breaking as he looked at her. THis was all his fault. He had done this. And for what? A moment of self satisfaction.
Without bothering to wipe away her tears she turned to him. Sadness on her face. She stared into his eyes without really looking at him. Slowly she began to speak. "I thought I was going to die today."
"Kagome...." he whispered again. A lump rising in his throat at her distress. Distress that he had caused.
"No! WAIT!" She cried in a shaky voice, "I need to talk. You need to listen." She turned away from him and faced the Old God Tree. He nodded dumbly.
"I was scared today. Scared of death. But that's not what scared me the most. I was scared of what I hadn't done. I was scared that I was going to die before I had the chance to do things I needed to do. There are things that I need to tell you. Things I need to tell everyone. There I things that I need to do before I die. I thought I wouldn't be able to get the chance to say what I wanted. I wouldn't get to do what I needed. I don't want to die that way. I don't want to die with regrets. I don't want to leave behind unanswered questions when I go. I was scared that I would die before I had the chance to tell you how I feel. Before I had the chance to tell everyone how I feel..." She was quiet for a moment, but all that Inuyasha could do was watch her. Waiting for her to continue.
Suddenly she smiled. Brushing away her tears she turned and looked at Inuyasha once again. "Do you remember when we first met?" She asked. "You saved my life...Then you tried to kill me." She laughed a little. But it was a laugh more like a sob than a laugh.
"Kagome..." Inuyasha tried again, moving towards her. When she made not attempt to stop him he continued. Without thinking about what he was doing, he walked up right behind her and put his arms around her waist in an embrace. "I'm so sorry Kagome." He whispered softly in her ear. "I didn't mean to hurt you. I just wanted to feel your arms holding me tightly. I just wanted to feel...." Inuyasha realized what he was saying and stopped. No he couldn't do that. He couldn't say that he loved her. Not after what he did. Not after what happened with Kikyo.
Kagome waited for him to finish his sentence. When he didn't she turned around and looked up into his eyes. Surprise softened her features as she gazed into his amber eyes. He was actually apologizing. It was only a few hours ago that she had been complaining about how he never apologized. Now, here he was. Holding her, comforting her, apologizing. She felt herself smile as she leaned her head against his chiseled chest and held him closer.
They stood there together for what seemed an eternity. It was if time itself held still as they quietly held eachother, each taking comfort in the other's embrace. They were so caught up in themselves that they didn't notice that they were being watched.
"Well," said a loud voice, "Its nice to see that you two have finally gotten over your differences." Inuyasha and Kagome violently snapped back to earth and looks of comprehension came over their faces. Jumping apart as if they had been burned, the hanyou and girl began to blush furiously as they looked over to where Miroku had emerged from the forest.Refusing to make eye contact they both began to mutter incoherent sentences, trying to explain what had been going on. Miroku just raised an eyebrow knowingly (or so he thought.). "Congratulations!" he said as he strolled over to Inuyasha and slapped him on the back, a hentai grin on his face. "I knew you had it in you. When can I expect the pups?" He asked, wiggling his eyebrows up and down suggestively.
The monk looked up just in time to get a look at the scowl on Inuyasha's face before he felt a hard fist come into contact with his head and everything went blank. For the third, and probably not the last, time the houshi fell to the ground, unconcious, courtesy of his lecherous ways.
Just as the monk hit the ground, a bundle of rusty fur came racing into the clearing. Shippo jumped to Kagome's chest and immediately turned his blue eyes up to hers. "Are you okay Kagome?" he demanded as he began to search her for scratches. "Uhhh...." answered Kagome, trying to think of what to say to the curious kitsune.
When he found no apparent signs of damage to his 'Mother,' Shippo climbed up onto her shoulder and nuzzled her neck. "Why were you and Inuyasha gone so long?" he asked. 'Gone so long?' Kagome wondered. 'What does he mean....' Then she looked up and saw that the sun's passage marked almost two hours had passed. She began to blush again.
'That means that Inuyasha and I were out in the woods, ALONE, for almost two hours! What must everyone be thinking?' Then she looked at Shippo. He was always painfully oblivious to things and Sango, thank Kami, was NOT anything like Miroku. MIROKU! Kagome audibly groaned as she realized what Miroku must have thought when he found them near the Old God Tree. "Kagome?" asked Shippo? "Are you okay?" Kagome only nodded. "You must have wandered really far to take so long coming back...." the little fox youkai continued but Kagome no longer heard him. Suddenly she was just wishing that she was back in Inuyasha's arms. Everything felt so right there.
Thinking of Inuyasha made her remember why they had been at the Old God Tree in the first place though. Suddenly feeling uncomfortable, Kagome turned to face Sango and the hanyou. "Ummm...Well..." She began. "I have to go back to my time tomorrow to ummm...study for some tests that I have...next week." 'Yeah that was REAL smooth Kagome.' She muttered to herself as she rethought her lie.
Sango merely raised an eyebrow. She knew Kagome and knew that if her friend was lying, she probably had a good reason and would tell her later. Shippo and Inuyasha on the other hand gaped at her. Shippo was the first to find his voice though. "What do you mean go back?" He cried looking do hurt that Kagome just had to hold him. "You never mentioned anything about tests earlier." The kitsune looked like he was about to cry. Kagome smiled at him but didn't say anything. Instead she stroked his fur softly.
Inuyasha watched as she paid attention to the kitsune and felt that twinge of jealousy again. He felt almost like a kid at Christmas. Upset because his baby brother had gotten one more present than he had. Then he got pissed off. "What do you mean you're leaving?!?" he shouted. "We haven't gotten any jewel shards and you think that I am going to let you leave? I don't think so, Kagome. You're not leaving until I say so!"
Smugly he crossed his arms and looked over at her as if daring her to challenge his word. Kagome's eyes were flickering like candle flames and her hands were clenched in fists at her sides. Miroku was just waking up when he saw this and decided it might be best to stay on the ground for this scene.
"Just who do you think you are, DOG!"
"Wench!"
"Ass-hole!"
"Brat!"
"Bastard"
"Bitch!"
Miroku winced, as did everyone else when Inuyasha shouted out his last insult. Even the pair of eyes hidden in the forest that had watched everything, undetected, from the crying to the embracing, to the fight visibly winced. Inuyasha himself even had the decency to look surprised at his choice of words.
"OSUWARI!"
Miroku felt the hanyou slam into the ground only feet away from him. 'Yup, BIG sit,' he chuckled to himself. 'And to think only moments ago they were embracing like lovers...'
*********************************** Okay now its your turn! As the reader I command you to now review this story. Note: This command is made with a pleading voice and irresistible puppy dog eyes. All you have to is put "..." and I will be SO happy!
JUST PLEASE REVIEW!!!