In A Han-You's Eyes.
Chapter Ten
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He sat there waiting for her; the moon was barely a sliver in the night's sky. 'The day after tomorrow is no moon day.' He thought to himself. A small itch on his ear drew his attention from watching the silver moonlight bleed through the tree's foliage. Habitually slapping his ear he pulled a flat Myoga.
"Master Inu-Yasha" said the flea as Inu-Yasha held him in his hand. The old flea demon closed his eyes in expectation of being squeezed between the forefinger and thumb of a- strangely- well-manicured hand. But the motion did not commence and he opened his eyes to see the male han-you put into his care such a long time ago, staring at the crescent moon so lovingly. "She's really changed you."
"It's like a disease." Inu-Yasha said softly not rendering his gaze from the moon. "When she's away I feel like I'm going to break from anticipation of seeing her. And when she's near me.. I can be right next to her but as long as she doesn't know what has already been started and how I feel for her. it's like we're miles apart." Myoga stared at him. Inu-Yasha was not one for talking so freely but after this whole ordeal had started Kagome had affected him so drastically. "My mind never stops thinking of her. Even in my dreams her beautiful face haunts me. Those eyes." A smile crossed his lips as the thought of the vision he had come accustomed to seeing when he closed his eyes. "Hopefully telling her this will make it all stop."
"Your in love." Myoga said nodding wisely with one of his fist under his chin.
Inu-Yasha didn't disagree with him. "With Kikyou, I never felt like this. Now I realize.we were good friends." For once he smiled when talking about Kikyou. "Somehow I'm happy Naraku tricked us, that way I could find her. Kagome." He closed his eyes again and his body slumped against the treebark in blissful sleep. Myoga looked for signs that he was truly asleep, the serine rise and fall of the boy's chest was not enough to convince him.
"Master Inu-Yasha!" He shouted. When Inu-Yasha only grunted and shift to gain a more comfortable spot on the tree Myoga smiled wickedly and bounced up to the top of the han-you's head for a midnight snack.
** Kagome soon found herself awake. It was 30 minutes to midnight and she stretched in the bed and rolled her self out. The curtains on the wall were tied open and the moon shone like a silver sliver of hope in the black night sky. Oddly she had the feeling she wasn't the only one gazing up at the night sky at that moment. 'Even in my dreams her beautiful face haunts me.' an all to familiar voice rang in her head as her body crawled with warm chills. "What the hell did they put in that food?!" He mumbled under her breath smoothing out the goose bumps on her arm.
Earlier by the vanity she noticed something shining. When she moved the vanity the wall had an indention and there was a room big enough for one person to sleep in. The thing that had caught her attention was a small scrape of gold silk. It had been torn off of a dress she guessed. But there was a small bed made of kimonos in the corner of this room. She shifted through them and could smell a delicate unmistakable smell. It was so intoxicating and smelt beautiful, but she didn't know what it was. Using her brain she added up the beautiful smell and the kimonos. Inu-Yasha's mother. These had to be her kimonos. The were dirty with mud and caked with years of dust. It was odd for her when she first came to the house not a speck of dust was found but in here the years of abandonment showed. On a small wooden shelf she had found a midnight blue kimono with small silver dogs on it. This kimono was free of dust and strangely didn't have Inu- Yasha's mother's scent on it.
A vision surged into her mind when she took the kimono off the shelf. It was the scene of the hill above the house. A lovely woman with long black hair let loose with deep blue eyes sat on a stone staring at Kagome. She was wearing a golden kimono, 'Hello Kagome.' Her voice called out to her instantly Kagome remembered seeing this woman when Sessoumaru had tricked Inu-Yasha to get the black pearl. She was his mother.
'He-Hello.' Kagome fumbled and all Inu-Yasha's mother did was smile.
'That is for you. My name is Chitose just so you know daughter. When I was born I was able to see glimpses in to the future. These didn't happen often just at certain points in time. Would like to know some of these glimpse?'
Kagome nodded. 'I saw my death. I was so afraid but in the vision I had hide my little inu-kun in were you are standing in now. I told no one and all I could do was love him the most before I had to leave him. In another glimpse I saw him as a grown man, sleeping on a tree. A hand reached to his ears and it belonged to a beautiful girl that didn't seem from this time.'
'Me.'
'Yes, you. I saw how his life would turn out, I found out about the sword, the shards, Sessoumaru, and Nakago.'
'What about Kikyou?'
'I saw her also.. But more then all I saw you. You were able to control and better the wild beast my son had grown up to be in that harsh world.' She smiled a stunning smile that made Kagome gawk.
'How does it end for him?'
She smiled again 'that you will have to find out my dear daughter. I know you love him, give him time and your understanding. I am sorry we could not talk for long, but please take care of my little boy Kagome.' Kagome reached out to hug Chitose and Chitose reached out to her but before their fingers could touch the world began to haze over all Kagome remembered was saying 'I will' and being back in that closet.
Now she slips on the beautiful kimono and folds it like her mother had taught her since childhood. The clips rested on the vanity and she fastened her hair up with strands falling to her face. Swallowing the lump that had somehow forming in her throat she left the room and made her way to the hill.
Inu-Yasha was in the tree, asleep she knew by the deep breaths. She smiled and jumped into the tree he was in, he looked peaceful sleeping their silver hair shadowed by the leaves but stands alive with the moonlight. Myoga fat was asleep next to him.
"He looks so serine." She said reaching her hand out to stroke his bangs from his face. Gold eyes snapped open and stared at her for a moment. Quickly he scrambled up away from her hand.
"How long have you been there?" He asked her flustered. She could sense the blood rushing to his head and could hear his loud heartbeats.
"Not long, but its midnight." She said sitting on the branch and waiting for him to sit.
"That's right. I'm sorry I was tired."
"It's okay, I don't mind." She smiled at him and he sat down next to her.
They were silent for a few minutes and Inu-Yasha struggled on how to tell her. "Master Inu-Yasha." Myoga whispered to him. "Might I lend some help?" Inu-Yasha glared at the flea and this time took him in between his fingers and squeezed him hard. He casually tossed him over his shoulder to the ground and looked at Kagome.
"Do you remember when I gave you my blood?" She nodded. "When demons give others their blood it's an offering of courtship." Her face was blank. "Humans marry right."
"Yeah."
"Well demons mate. It's a much stronger bond then what humans do. We exchange blood, if both are demons they exchange both partners to even the powers out or if it's human and demon the human gives their blood and the demon marks them."
".. Marks them? Like a tattoo?"
"No we bite the human."
".."
"But if a demon does give a human their blood they will either be a han-you or a youkai. Depending on the demon. When I gave you my blood I gave you my power and I also made you into a han-you."
Kagome was now getting it and now knew what Kouga meant by 'mates.' "Kouga said I was your mate. Explain for me please."
"Kouga's half right you can say. I only preformed the second step in the mating ritual."
"Second?"
"Courting is the first." Another blank stare. "I hanged out with you, protected you with my life. I can court anyone and it won't be considered the first step in the ritual unless I mark them or blood is exchanged."
Kagome nodded. "I've been wanting to..um ermm tell you something for umm..I l-long time." He said twiddling his thumbs nervously.
"Inu-Yasha.. I- I know."
"What?"
"I saw Kikyou's grave you made and she left a vision behind for me to see.. I heard every word you said."
Inu-Yasha's face became a flare and he was ever silent. After a few minutes had passed and he finally controlled the blush he tried to speak again. "How- how do you feel about me umm Kagome." He didn't look at her in fear of her answer. So far she hadn't said anything drastic.
A moment passed and Kagome stared at him, "From the beginning, when I saw you on the god tree, you were so cute sleeping there I knew I wanted to talk to you, and even after you turned out to be a complete jerk to me," Inu-Yasha looked further down. "I still wanted to be your friend. Soon I realized I was falling for you and I thought you might have some feelings for me but when Kikyou showed up I knew it was hopeless...but I- I still liked you no matter how big of a jerk you would be."
She stopped and chewed on her bottom lip for I while. "This is hard to say.look at me." He looked back up and into her blue eyes that had gold flakes in them. "I love you.."
"I- So- I mean I love you too." His face blushed once more and his face got closer to her's, gently their lips touched and the kiss soon deepened too much more then a friendly peck.
Down on the ground Myoga wipes a tear from his eye. "Love it's so beautiful. GOOD JOB MASTER INU-YASHA!" he shouted as a twig hit him on the head knocking him back unconscious.
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no worries there is gonna be two more chapters! ^_^
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Chapter Ten
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He sat there waiting for her; the moon was barely a sliver in the night's sky. 'The day after tomorrow is no moon day.' He thought to himself. A small itch on his ear drew his attention from watching the silver moonlight bleed through the tree's foliage. Habitually slapping his ear he pulled a flat Myoga.
"Master Inu-Yasha" said the flea as Inu-Yasha held him in his hand. The old flea demon closed his eyes in expectation of being squeezed between the forefinger and thumb of a- strangely- well-manicured hand. But the motion did not commence and he opened his eyes to see the male han-you put into his care such a long time ago, staring at the crescent moon so lovingly. "She's really changed you."
"It's like a disease." Inu-Yasha said softly not rendering his gaze from the moon. "When she's away I feel like I'm going to break from anticipation of seeing her. And when she's near me.. I can be right next to her but as long as she doesn't know what has already been started and how I feel for her. it's like we're miles apart." Myoga stared at him. Inu-Yasha was not one for talking so freely but after this whole ordeal had started Kagome had affected him so drastically. "My mind never stops thinking of her. Even in my dreams her beautiful face haunts me. Those eyes." A smile crossed his lips as the thought of the vision he had come accustomed to seeing when he closed his eyes. "Hopefully telling her this will make it all stop."
"Your in love." Myoga said nodding wisely with one of his fist under his chin.
Inu-Yasha didn't disagree with him. "With Kikyou, I never felt like this. Now I realize.we were good friends." For once he smiled when talking about Kikyou. "Somehow I'm happy Naraku tricked us, that way I could find her. Kagome." He closed his eyes again and his body slumped against the treebark in blissful sleep. Myoga looked for signs that he was truly asleep, the serine rise and fall of the boy's chest was not enough to convince him.
"Master Inu-Yasha!" He shouted. When Inu-Yasha only grunted and shift to gain a more comfortable spot on the tree Myoga smiled wickedly and bounced up to the top of the han-you's head for a midnight snack.
** Kagome soon found herself awake. It was 30 minutes to midnight and she stretched in the bed and rolled her self out. The curtains on the wall were tied open and the moon shone like a silver sliver of hope in the black night sky. Oddly she had the feeling she wasn't the only one gazing up at the night sky at that moment. 'Even in my dreams her beautiful face haunts me.' an all to familiar voice rang in her head as her body crawled with warm chills. "What the hell did they put in that food?!" He mumbled under her breath smoothing out the goose bumps on her arm.
Earlier by the vanity she noticed something shining. When she moved the vanity the wall had an indention and there was a room big enough for one person to sleep in. The thing that had caught her attention was a small scrape of gold silk. It had been torn off of a dress she guessed. But there was a small bed made of kimonos in the corner of this room. She shifted through them and could smell a delicate unmistakable smell. It was so intoxicating and smelt beautiful, but she didn't know what it was. Using her brain she added up the beautiful smell and the kimonos. Inu-Yasha's mother. These had to be her kimonos. The were dirty with mud and caked with years of dust. It was odd for her when she first came to the house not a speck of dust was found but in here the years of abandonment showed. On a small wooden shelf she had found a midnight blue kimono with small silver dogs on it. This kimono was free of dust and strangely didn't have Inu- Yasha's mother's scent on it.
A vision surged into her mind when she took the kimono off the shelf. It was the scene of the hill above the house. A lovely woman with long black hair let loose with deep blue eyes sat on a stone staring at Kagome. She was wearing a golden kimono, 'Hello Kagome.' Her voice called out to her instantly Kagome remembered seeing this woman when Sessoumaru had tricked Inu-Yasha to get the black pearl. She was his mother.
'He-Hello.' Kagome fumbled and all Inu-Yasha's mother did was smile.
'That is for you. My name is Chitose just so you know daughter. When I was born I was able to see glimpses in to the future. These didn't happen often just at certain points in time. Would like to know some of these glimpse?'
Kagome nodded. 'I saw my death. I was so afraid but in the vision I had hide my little inu-kun in were you are standing in now. I told no one and all I could do was love him the most before I had to leave him. In another glimpse I saw him as a grown man, sleeping on a tree. A hand reached to his ears and it belonged to a beautiful girl that didn't seem from this time.'
'Me.'
'Yes, you. I saw how his life would turn out, I found out about the sword, the shards, Sessoumaru, and Nakago.'
'What about Kikyou?'
'I saw her also.. But more then all I saw you. You were able to control and better the wild beast my son had grown up to be in that harsh world.' She smiled a stunning smile that made Kagome gawk.
'How does it end for him?'
She smiled again 'that you will have to find out my dear daughter. I know you love him, give him time and your understanding. I am sorry we could not talk for long, but please take care of my little boy Kagome.' Kagome reached out to hug Chitose and Chitose reached out to her but before their fingers could touch the world began to haze over all Kagome remembered was saying 'I will' and being back in that closet.
Now she slips on the beautiful kimono and folds it like her mother had taught her since childhood. The clips rested on the vanity and she fastened her hair up with strands falling to her face. Swallowing the lump that had somehow forming in her throat she left the room and made her way to the hill.
Inu-Yasha was in the tree, asleep she knew by the deep breaths. She smiled and jumped into the tree he was in, he looked peaceful sleeping their silver hair shadowed by the leaves but stands alive with the moonlight. Myoga fat was asleep next to him.
"He looks so serine." She said reaching her hand out to stroke his bangs from his face. Gold eyes snapped open and stared at her for a moment. Quickly he scrambled up away from her hand.
"How long have you been there?" He asked her flustered. She could sense the blood rushing to his head and could hear his loud heartbeats.
"Not long, but its midnight." She said sitting on the branch and waiting for him to sit.
"That's right. I'm sorry I was tired."
"It's okay, I don't mind." She smiled at him and he sat down next to her.
They were silent for a few minutes and Inu-Yasha struggled on how to tell her. "Master Inu-Yasha." Myoga whispered to him. "Might I lend some help?" Inu-Yasha glared at the flea and this time took him in between his fingers and squeezed him hard. He casually tossed him over his shoulder to the ground and looked at Kagome.
"Do you remember when I gave you my blood?" She nodded. "When demons give others their blood it's an offering of courtship." Her face was blank. "Humans marry right."
"Yeah."
"Well demons mate. It's a much stronger bond then what humans do. We exchange blood, if both are demons they exchange both partners to even the powers out or if it's human and demon the human gives their blood and the demon marks them."
".. Marks them? Like a tattoo?"
"No we bite the human."
".."
"But if a demon does give a human their blood they will either be a han-you or a youkai. Depending on the demon. When I gave you my blood I gave you my power and I also made you into a han-you."
Kagome was now getting it and now knew what Kouga meant by 'mates.' "Kouga said I was your mate. Explain for me please."
"Kouga's half right you can say. I only preformed the second step in the mating ritual."
"Second?"
"Courting is the first." Another blank stare. "I hanged out with you, protected you with my life. I can court anyone and it won't be considered the first step in the ritual unless I mark them or blood is exchanged."
Kagome nodded. "I've been wanting to..um ermm tell you something for umm..I l-long time." He said twiddling his thumbs nervously.
"Inu-Yasha.. I- I know."
"What?"
"I saw Kikyou's grave you made and she left a vision behind for me to see.. I heard every word you said."
Inu-Yasha's face became a flare and he was ever silent. After a few minutes had passed and he finally controlled the blush he tried to speak again. "How- how do you feel about me umm Kagome." He didn't look at her in fear of her answer. So far she hadn't said anything drastic.
A moment passed and Kagome stared at him, "From the beginning, when I saw you on the god tree, you were so cute sleeping there I knew I wanted to talk to you, and even after you turned out to be a complete jerk to me," Inu-Yasha looked further down. "I still wanted to be your friend. Soon I realized I was falling for you and I thought you might have some feelings for me but when Kikyou showed up I knew it was hopeless...but I- I still liked you no matter how big of a jerk you would be."
She stopped and chewed on her bottom lip for I while. "This is hard to say.look at me." He looked back up and into her blue eyes that had gold flakes in them. "I love you.."
"I- So- I mean I love you too." His face blushed once more and his face got closer to her's, gently their lips touched and the kiss soon deepened too much more then a friendly peck.
Down on the ground Myoga wipes a tear from his eye. "Love it's so beautiful. GOOD JOB MASTER INU-YASHA!" he shouted as a twig hit him on the head knocking him back unconscious.
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no worries there is gonna be two more chapters! ^_^
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