Chapter 7: Waken to Me
Despite his desperate attempts, it soon became apparent that Amaya had not been kidding. He'd have to look out for his friends until they came around. He looked up at the sky.
'They'd better hurry. Only 3 days until the new moon.'
He gently picked up Kagome and touched her face. A million confusion thoughts shot through his mind at once. Sighing, he placed Kagome gently in the grass and sat vigilant over the group.
It was not long after this that he heard a soft groan. Sandi was coming to.
"What the fuck . . ." she muttered sitting up. Looking around she noticed the others still out cold, aside from Inu Yasha.
"Feh, good, some one else is awake to help me here. Listen, this damn spell won't wear off until the dreamer knows it's a dream. Just keep an eye on 'em or something."
Sandi looked at him for a second. Was that arrogant pain-in-the-butt actually asking her for help? Unbelievable. She smiled to herself. Maybe she hadn't really woken up at all.
*Later*
Inu Yasha and Sandi sat near a fire; Inu Yasha never removing his eyes from the group. Sandi pushed a strand of auburn hair away from her face as she cooked dinner. The two had barely spoken to each other at all those past several hours.
"Here," she said handing him one of Kagome's quick-fix meals.
"Hmmm, oh, food, thanks," he said absently.
She sat next to him and they ate in silence for awhile.
"So Inu Yasha, forgive me if I'm treading on dangerous turf, but how is it you woke up?"
"That's none of your business," he snapped. He sighed and looked at her for a moment.
"Feh, my mind traveled and it messed her up," he tried again in a softer voice.
'He almost sounds. . . disappointed,' Sandi thought.
"You?" he asked. Sandi sat there for a moment; a little surprised that he was actually making conversation with her.
"Oh, umm. . ." Her mind went blank. The dream was a blank to her as though her mind was trying to block it out. "You know, I'm not really sure. A voice kept telling me to wake up and I just did."
She took a sip of tea she'd made and then looked at him. He was staring at Kagome; it was the first time she'd seen his eyes look so soft.
"Some thing between you and Kagome?" she asked quietly. Inu Yasha did not answer her, but the changes in his physical and facial features told her not to press the matter any further.
"It's nice out tonight," Sandi commented. "It'll be really pretty when the new moon comes."
Once again, she observed the tenseness in his body.
"What's the big deal?"
"Feh, it's not the full moon that's the problem. It's the new moon that follows it." She looked at him curiously. "I guess you'd find out anyway. I become human on the night of the new moon. It's part of being a Hanyou."
"Hanyou," she repeated more to herself than anything else.
"Half demon, half human," he responded in an annoyed fashion. He hadn't wanted to talk in the first place. Damn that wench!
She smiled. "You say it like it's a bad thing."
"Feh, what would you know."
Sandi simply smiled and said nothing else. It was plain to see that Inu Yasha did not really want to talk and she had no desire to force it upon him. It wasn't too long after that point anyway that Miroku began to stir from his slumber. Sandi quietly grabbed some more tea and headed over to him. Shippou was next to wake up. Both were relatively quiet; no one really cared to discuss what had happened just yet. Besides, they still had Sango and Kagome to worry about.
*Later*
It was about 10 or so in the morning of the next day when Kagome began to stir. Miroku had fallen asleep watching over Sango and Shippou had gone to help Sandi catch a fish or two for lunch. Immediately Inu Yasha was beside her, waiting rather impatiently for her to wake up.
"Hmm. . . What happened? Where's Amaya? Is every one okay?"
'She's alright,' he thought to himself. 'Always thinking of every one else before herself.'
A small, almost invisible smile came to his face. Kagome saw it though. She blushed a little, happy to know that he had been worried about her. He always was.
"What?" he asked her looking at her face.
"Oh nothing," she smiled sitting up.
It took a good hour after that for Sango to wake up. It was almost as if she'd found it out to be a dream and then decided she didn't want to wake up. What finally did it was Miroku caressing her ass, which led to a very big bump on the monks head.
They all sat together eating lunch. No one really said anything. No one wanted to talk. Finally, Sandi broke the silence.
"Kagome-chan, I think I need to go back for a few days."
"Why? Are you okay?"
"Umm, well, it's been a week almost since I've been in touch with my family. And I should be studying a LITTLE bit of current Japanese life too."
No one objected, but it was expressed that they wanted to her to come back. She allowed Kirara to give her a lift to the well and that was that. No one was really even sure she would return. Kirara returned alone and they headed on their way. It was probably the quietest walk they'd ever taken. Amaya had broken them.