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Love has No Boundaries
Chapter 18: Secrets
"Come on Kagome. Come back to me, please! I can't stand seeing you like this. I wish you would answer me; it would make things a lot better on me," InuYasha whispered.
InuYasha had separated Kagome and himself from the rest of the group. She was completely naked save for the bandages that were wrapped around her torn and tattered body. He had moved her onto a futon type bed, which was made up of straw and covered with Kagome's sleeping bag for added comfort. Once he'd placed her there, he'd taken up position in front of the door of Kaede's hut and refused to let anyone enter, except for Kaede.
His eyes never strayed from Kagome's body. He was bound and determined to be the first person she saw when she woke up. He hoped that it would serve to better her image of him, but that thought only made him sadder as he realized that she might not recognize him once she awoke. He wanted to cuddle up next to her and wrap his arms around her, but he was scared to move her frail body again. Besides, the last thing he wanted was an angry Kagome sitting him into oblivion when she came to.
He sighed and settled against the door. His ears picked up the conversation that was going on just outside the door, but he ignored it in favor of his own thoughts. The kissing daydream from weeks before took hold of him and carried his mind off to other regions that he had never thought he could imagine. He closed his eyes and an image of Kagome filled his vision. She waved at him and put her hands on her very pregnant belly while two toddlers raced around her feet. He smiled as he watched them. He felt as if this scene was meant to happen and at that moment realized that he was never meant to be with Kikyo. He opened his eyes and gasped.
"Kagome, I've been so stupid." He walked over to her and sat down on the side of the make shift bed. He gently brushed her bangs from her face and ran the back of his hand down the side of it. "I only wish you could forgive me."
"I'm sorry, InuYasha." Kagome turned into his touch and raised a hand, putting it on his.
"Kagome?"
Kagome slowly opened her eyes. After a few minutes, her eyes adjusted and she looked into InuYasha's eyes. He took his hand from her grasp, but she caught it and brought it close to her mouth. She pressed her lips against the back of his hand, and then gently released it after a short while. InuYasha sat there in shock.
"How long have I been asleep?"
"Uh.... About two weeks."
"Oh." She shifted her body into a more comfortable position and groaned from the pain that the simple movement had caused.
InuYasha grabbed her and gently set her back onto the bed. "You should be more careful. You still have a few broken bones."
Kagome looked at her body and was instantly embarrassed as she noticed that she was only wearing first aid wraps. She glanced back at InuYasha with crimson cheeks. "Uh.... Did you.... Uh.... See me.... Uh...?"
InuYasha instantly adverted his eyes as he realized what she was asking. He got up and walked into the middle of the room. "I did see you, if that's what you're asking. I was helping Kaede. It needed to be done. Ack.... Just go ahead and sit me. I deserve it."
"Did you have perverted thoughts about me?"
"Nani? No...."
"You're lying to me."
He shot her a look. How could she know that? He looked at the ground once again as if he were blaming it for his predicament. "A few thoughts went through my mind. Ok? For goodness sakes, I'm not like Miroku. Now would you sit me and get it over with?"
"I never said you were like Miroku. Did you like the thoughts?"
"What is with the third degree? Aren't you going to punish me like you always do?"
"I might if you don't stop yelling at me as if I can't hear a word your saying. Now come back over here and have a seat." She patted the spot that he had previously occupied.
He eyed her for a moment before slowly making his way over to the bedside. He sat down so that he was facing her. "Why didn't you sit me?"
"Why should I?"
"Nani? You know why you should. I saw you naked and had stupid perverted thoughts about you. I even touched you. That usually gets Miroku knocked out by Sango."
"You only touched me because it was necessary for you to do so. I don't take offense to that."
"But what about the other things?"
She smiled, which made him back away from her a few inches before she placed her hand on his knee. "Want to know why the other things don't bother me either?"
"I'm not sure."
"Silly, of course you do. They don't bother me because when it happened you weren't thinking perverted things. Your mind started wandering after the fact. I don't like that you were thinking those sorts of things about me, but I can understand why you were. Simply put, you're a man."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"If you didn't have those types of thoughts, then I would think something was seriously wrong with you."
"Oh. Uh.... Kagome, do you ever have those type of thoughts?"
"Uh..... Just between the two of us, yeah sometimes." She blushed and looked away.
"Whom do you think about? Miroku, Hojo, Kouga, or some other guy from your world?"
"Not exactly, but I'd rather not get into that right now."
"Why? Are you afraid of what I'll say?"
"Exactly, I'm afraid that you'll think that I'm stupid for thinking those kind of thoughts." Tears rolled down her cheeks. She quickly wiped them away.
"Kagome, your awake!" Shippo bounced into the room and bounded onto the bed. InuYasha caught him by the tail in mid jump and gave him a harsh look.
"Get out of here fox. She still needs to heal."
Kagome was glad for the interruption. "InuYasha let him go. He won't hurt me and you know it."
InuYasha gave her a fierce look and refused to let the kitsune down. He smiled as an evil thought entered his mind. He stood up and walked to the middle of the room. One way or the other he was going to make her sit him for letting his thoughts wander as much as they had. "If you want me to drop Shippo, you know what you have to do." He stood there with a confident look on his face.
Kagome eyed him for a moment and instantly knew what he wanted. She smiled to herself. "I'll get him to drop Shippo without sitting him. Now how do I say this so that only he will understand?" she thought. She meditated on the issue for a few minutes, while InuYasha looked on in anticipation. She blushed and turned her attention to the ceiling. "It's you, it's always been you, and it's always wonderful. I absolutely love the way I presume it feels when we.... well you know."
InuYasha dropped Shippo and stared at her in shock. It took him a moment to register what she'd just said. "Wait a minute. What the hell are you talking about?"
Shippo climbed onto Kagome's lap and curled up on her exposed stomach. She patted him and noticed that he had instantly fallen asleep. InuYasha walked over to the side of the bed and leaned over till his face was just above hers. "Kagome, what the hell were you talking about?"
Kagome glanced at him and giggled as she saw the look on his face. He was blushing as if he knew what she had said, but yet he looked outraged. "Oh nothing."
"Nothing? That definitely wasn't nothing!"
At that moment, Sango walked into the hut. Kagome glanced at her friend and smiled. "InuYasha, we shall talk about this later," she whispered low enough that only he would hear her.
"We sure will, and you won't leave any detail out," he whispered back as he walked away, arms crossed.
"No problem," Kagome said to him, which made him stop in his tracks. He turned to her, but saw that Sango and her were now engrossed in a conversation about the battle. "Feh!" He sat down against the wall and tried not to look interested.
The next morning, Kagome was the first to wake up. She glanced around the hut and noted that all of her companions were still asleep, but InuYasha was missing. Wincing, she readied herself for a rush of pain as she slowly sat up. She was surprised when she didn't feel pain, but shrugged it off as she stood up. Walking over to her book bag, she found her school uniform, which she put on over the bandages. She rummaged through the bag some more till she found her bathing supplies. With them in hand, she silently tiptoed over to the door and exited the hut. Walking outside, Kagome noticed InuYasha sitting on the ground, leaning against the wall on the right side of the door, seemingly asleep. She quickly and quietly snuck past him and walked into the woods.
InuYasha shifted against the wall as Kagome's scent entered his nose. He opened his eyes, but hid them behind his bangs as he watched Kagome's retreating figure. "Where is she going? Wait, what is she doing out of bed?" he thought. He let her enter the woods before he ran after her.
Kagome unwrapped the bandages from her body. She was expecting the worst, but to her amazement there didn't seem to be anything wrong with her. She decided to test her body and leaned back as far as she could. There was no pain. She then leaned forward, followed by a quick side to side movement. Nothing. Sighing, she sat down in the hot springs. "Was that fight just in my imagination? I know I was hurt a lot more than this. InuYasha said I had broken bones, but I don't feel pain. What is going on here?" she thought.
InuYasha perched in a tree overlooking the hot springs. He had arrived just after Kagome had entered the water. He would have arrived sooner, but he didn't want to alert her to his presence. He settled back against the tree and watched her carefully.
InuYasha's presence didn't go unnoticed, however. Kagome had felt him following her, but decided against stopping him. Now she could feel his presence in the trees just behind her. She smiled and lay back against the rocks. "If he wants to watch, then I'll let him watch all he wants. Wait a minute, what has gotten into me? Just yesterday I was embarrassed when I found out that he had seen me naked. Oh well, I'm not going to punish him for it, that's for sure," she thought.
Half an hour later, with her bath finished she got out of the water and gave InuYasha quite an eyeful. He glanced over her body and almost fell out of the tree. How was it that she didn't look hurt? There were no indications that she had even been in a battle. The last time he had changed her bandages, she was still pretty beaten up, not to mention the fact that she still had broken bones the day before.
Once dressed, Kagome smiled as she bent down to collect her things. "He is so embarrassed and confused. This is so much fun. Now to surprise him even more," she thought. She walked into the woods and right past the tree he was perched in.
"Are you coming?" she asked.
He stared at her retreating figure. "She didn't.... she couldn't. How on earth?" he thought as he jumped out of the tree and raced to her side. "Oi Kagome?"
"Yes, sweetie?" She had said that to throw him off guard and it worked.
He had stopped walking upon hearing those words. "Sweetie? What does she mean by that? I.... I actually like that word. Wonder if I can get her to say it again?" he thought. It took him a considerable amount of time to get himself under control, but when he did, he ran to Kagome and hopped in front of her. "Wait, what did you mean by that?"
She stopped walking and smiled up at him. "Boy, you sure look embarrassed. It was a simple comment, InuYasha. Don't take it so personally."
"Simple comment my ass, you said that on purpose. Why?" He pretended to loose his temper, just to see her reaction.
Her smile faded quickly as she glanced into his eyes. "I'm sorry. I didn't say it to make you mad. I said it because.... Oh never mind."
"Because?"
She adverted her gaze from him and stared at the basket of bathing supplies. "You don't want to know."
"Yes, I do."
"You sure?"
"Uh huh."
"Ok, but remember, you asked." She took a deep breath and kept her gaze on the basket in front of her. "I said it because you are a sweet heart. You took care of me while I was injured. You always come to my rescue when I'm in trouble and you always try your best to save me from everything. I owe you my life, so you deserve my gratitude."
He hid his smile as he grabbed her and threw her over his shoulder. He took off running deep within the woods while Kagome pounded on his back with her fists.
"InuYasha put me down. Wait a minute! You think you're sneaky. You think you can pick me up, sling me over your shoulder, and run through the woods. Maybe, just maybe, I'll subdue you till you can't have kids. Well...."
InuYasha stopped running and placed her on her feet. He had an evil smile on his face. "I told you, you need to punish me for thinking those perverted thoughts about you."
She stared at him. "I already told you that I would do no such thing."
"Feh! That reminds me. What on earth were you talking about when Shippo interrupted us yesterday? Remember you said that you would give me all the details." He crossed his arms over his chest.
"Crap and I thought that he had forgotten about that. What am I going to do now?" she thought. She sat on the ground and set her bathing supplies to her left side. "Uh.... Well.... What were we talking about again?"
"Don't play stupid with me. You know exactly what I'm talking about. Just to refresh your memory I'll enlighten you. You said something to the effect that's it's me, it's always been me, and it's always wonderful, whatever that means. Then you followed that by stating that you absolutely love the way it feels when you presume that we do whatever you thought that I would know about. So, what the hell was that supposed to mean?"
"What were we talking about before I said that?" she asked sounding innocent.
"Oh come on. You know what we were talking about." InuYasha growled and plopped down on the grass right in front of Kagome. He could tell that this was going to be a long conversation.
"I know what we were talking about, however I don't think you do. If you would analyze what I said and what we were talking about before hand, you would find that they are related."
"Nani? You're confusing me. Look, just tell me what you meant."
She sighed. "We were talking about thinking perverted thoughts. You asked me if I ever think perverted thoughts and then requested to know who I think about." She lay down on the grass, crossed her arms under her head, and stared at the clouds. "If you would think about what I said afterward then it will all make sense. I think about you and I've always thought about you. I don't think about Miroku, Kouga, Hojo, or any other guy that you can imagine. I only think about you."
Love has No Boundaries
Chapter 18: Secrets
"Come on Kagome. Come back to me, please! I can't stand seeing you like this. I wish you would answer me; it would make things a lot better on me," InuYasha whispered.
InuYasha had separated Kagome and himself from the rest of the group. She was completely naked save for the bandages that were wrapped around her torn and tattered body. He had moved her onto a futon type bed, which was made up of straw and covered with Kagome's sleeping bag for added comfort. Once he'd placed her there, he'd taken up position in front of the door of Kaede's hut and refused to let anyone enter, except for Kaede.
His eyes never strayed from Kagome's body. He was bound and determined to be the first person she saw when she woke up. He hoped that it would serve to better her image of him, but that thought only made him sadder as he realized that she might not recognize him once she awoke. He wanted to cuddle up next to her and wrap his arms around her, but he was scared to move her frail body again. Besides, the last thing he wanted was an angry Kagome sitting him into oblivion when she came to.
He sighed and settled against the door. His ears picked up the conversation that was going on just outside the door, but he ignored it in favor of his own thoughts. The kissing daydream from weeks before took hold of him and carried his mind off to other regions that he had never thought he could imagine. He closed his eyes and an image of Kagome filled his vision. She waved at him and put her hands on her very pregnant belly while two toddlers raced around her feet. He smiled as he watched them. He felt as if this scene was meant to happen and at that moment realized that he was never meant to be with Kikyo. He opened his eyes and gasped.
"Kagome, I've been so stupid." He walked over to her and sat down on the side of the make shift bed. He gently brushed her bangs from her face and ran the back of his hand down the side of it. "I only wish you could forgive me."
"I'm sorry, InuYasha." Kagome turned into his touch and raised a hand, putting it on his.
"Kagome?"
Kagome slowly opened her eyes. After a few minutes, her eyes adjusted and she looked into InuYasha's eyes. He took his hand from her grasp, but she caught it and brought it close to her mouth. She pressed her lips against the back of his hand, and then gently released it after a short while. InuYasha sat there in shock.
"How long have I been asleep?"
"Uh.... About two weeks."
"Oh." She shifted her body into a more comfortable position and groaned from the pain that the simple movement had caused.
InuYasha grabbed her and gently set her back onto the bed. "You should be more careful. You still have a few broken bones."
Kagome looked at her body and was instantly embarrassed as she noticed that she was only wearing first aid wraps. She glanced back at InuYasha with crimson cheeks. "Uh.... Did you.... Uh.... See me.... Uh...?"
InuYasha instantly adverted his eyes as he realized what she was asking. He got up and walked into the middle of the room. "I did see you, if that's what you're asking. I was helping Kaede. It needed to be done. Ack.... Just go ahead and sit me. I deserve it."
"Did you have perverted thoughts about me?"
"Nani? No...."
"You're lying to me."
He shot her a look. How could she know that? He looked at the ground once again as if he were blaming it for his predicament. "A few thoughts went through my mind. Ok? For goodness sakes, I'm not like Miroku. Now would you sit me and get it over with?"
"I never said you were like Miroku. Did you like the thoughts?"
"What is with the third degree? Aren't you going to punish me like you always do?"
"I might if you don't stop yelling at me as if I can't hear a word your saying. Now come back over here and have a seat." She patted the spot that he had previously occupied.
He eyed her for a moment before slowly making his way over to the bedside. He sat down so that he was facing her. "Why didn't you sit me?"
"Why should I?"
"Nani? You know why you should. I saw you naked and had stupid perverted thoughts about you. I even touched you. That usually gets Miroku knocked out by Sango."
"You only touched me because it was necessary for you to do so. I don't take offense to that."
"But what about the other things?"
She smiled, which made him back away from her a few inches before she placed her hand on his knee. "Want to know why the other things don't bother me either?"
"I'm not sure."
"Silly, of course you do. They don't bother me because when it happened you weren't thinking perverted things. Your mind started wandering after the fact. I don't like that you were thinking those sorts of things about me, but I can understand why you were. Simply put, you're a man."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"If you didn't have those types of thoughts, then I would think something was seriously wrong with you."
"Oh. Uh.... Kagome, do you ever have those type of thoughts?"
"Uh..... Just between the two of us, yeah sometimes." She blushed and looked away.
"Whom do you think about? Miroku, Hojo, Kouga, or some other guy from your world?"
"Not exactly, but I'd rather not get into that right now."
"Why? Are you afraid of what I'll say?"
"Exactly, I'm afraid that you'll think that I'm stupid for thinking those kind of thoughts." Tears rolled down her cheeks. She quickly wiped them away.
"Kagome, your awake!" Shippo bounced into the room and bounded onto the bed. InuYasha caught him by the tail in mid jump and gave him a harsh look.
"Get out of here fox. She still needs to heal."
Kagome was glad for the interruption. "InuYasha let him go. He won't hurt me and you know it."
InuYasha gave her a fierce look and refused to let the kitsune down. He smiled as an evil thought entered his mind. He stood up and walked to the middle of the room. One way or the other he was going to make her sit him for letting his thoughts wander as much as they had. "If you want me to drop Shippo, you know what you have to do." He stood there with a confident look on his face.
Kagome eyed him for a moment and instantly knew what he wanted. She smiled to herself. "I'll get him to drop Shippo without sitting him. Now how do I say this so that only he will understand?" she thought. She meditated on the issue for a few minutes, while InuYasha looked on in anticipation. She blushed and turned her attention to the ceiling. "It's you, it's always been you, and it's always wonderful. I absolutely love the way I presume it feels when we.... well you know."
InuYasha dropped Shippo and stared at her in shock. It took him a moment to register what she'd just said. "Wait a minute. What the hell are you talking about?"
Shippo climbed onto Kagome's lap and curled up on her exposed stomach. She patted him and noticed that he had instantly fallen asleep. InuYasha walked over to the side of the bed and leaned over till his face was just above hers. "Kagome, what the hell were you talking about?"
Kagome glanced at him and giggled as she saw the look on his face. He was blushing as if he knew what she had said, but yet he looked outraged. "Oh nothing."
"Nothing? That definitely wasn't nothing!"
At that moment, Sango walked into the hut. Kagome glanced at her friend and smiled. "InuYasha, we shall talk about this later," she whispered low enough that only he would hear her.
"We sure will, and you won't leave any detail out," he whispered back as he walked away, arms crossed.
"No problem," Kagome said to him, which made him stop in his tracks. He turned to her, but saw that Sango and her were now engrossed in a conversation about the battle. "Feh!" He sat down against the wall and tried not to look interested.
The next morning, Kagome was the first to wake up. She glanced around the hut and noted that all of her companions were still asleep, but InuYasha was missing. Wincing, she readied herself for a rush of pain as she slowly sat up. She was surprised when she didn't feel pain, but shrugged it off as she stood up. Walking over to her book bag, she found her school uniform, which she put on over the bandages. She rummaged through the bag some more till she found her bathing supplies. With them in hand, she silently tiptoed over to the door and exited the hut. Walking outside, Kagome noticed InuYasha sitting on the ground, leaning against the wall on the right side of the door, seemingly asleep. She quickly and quietly snuck past him and walked into the woods.
InuYasha shifted against the wall as Kagome's scent entered his nose. He opened his eyes, but hid them behind his bangs as he watched Kagome's retreating figure. "Where is she going? Wait, what is she doing out of bed?" he thought. He let her enter the woods before he ran after her.
Kagome unwrapped the bandages from her body. She was expecting the worst, but to her amazement there didn't seem to be anything wrong with her. She decided to test her body and leaned back as far as she could. There was no pain. She then leaned forward, followed by a quick side to side movement. Nothing. Sighing, she sat down in the hot springs. "Was that fight just in my imagination? I know I was hurt a lot more than this. InuYasha said I had broken bones, but I don't feel pain. What is going on here?" she thought.
InuYasha perched in a tree overlooking the hot springs. He had arrived just after Kagome had entered the water. He would have arrived sooner, but he didn't want to alert her to his presence. He settled back against the tree and watched her carefully.
InuYasha's presence didn't go unnoticed, however. Kagome had felt him following her, but decided against stopping him. Now she could feel his presence in the trees just behind her. She smiled and lay back against the rocks. "If he wants to watch, then I'll let him watch all he wants. Wait a minute, what has gotten into me? Just yesterday I was embarrassed when I found out that he had seen me naked. Oh well, I'm not going to punish him for it, that's for sure," she thought.
Half an hour later, with her bath finished she got out of the water and gave InuYasha quite an eyeful. He glanced over her body and almost fell out of the tree. How was it that she didn't look hurt? There were no indications that she had even been in a battle. The last time he had changed her bandages, she was still pretty beaten up, not to mention the fact that she still had broken bones the day before.
Once dressed, Kagome smiled as she bent down to collect her things. "He is so embarrassed and confused. This is so much fun. Now to surprise him even more," she thought. She walked into the woods and right past the tree he was perched in.
"Are you coming?" she asked.
He stared at her retreating figure. "She didn't.... she couldn't. How on earth?" he thought as he jumped out of the tree and raced to her side. "Oi Kagome?"
"Yes, sweetie?" She had said that to throw him off guard and it worked.
He had stopped walking upon hearing those words. "Sweetie? What does she mean by that? I.... I actually like that word. Wonder if I can get her to say it again?" he thought. It took him a considerable amount of time to get himself under control, but when he did, he ran to Kagome and hopped in front of her. "Wait, what did you mean by that?"
She stopped walking and smiled up at him. "Boy, you sure look embarrassed. It was a simple comment, InuYasha. Don't take it so personally."
"Simple comment my ass, you said that on purpose. Why?" He pretended to loose his temper, just to see her reaction.
Her smile faded quickly as she glanced into his eyes. "I'm sorry. I didn't say it to make you mad. I said it because.... Oh never mind."
"Because?"
She adverted her gaze from him and stared at the basket of bathing supplies. "You don't want to know."
"Yes, I do."
"You sure?"
"Uh huh."
"Ok, but remember, you asked." She took a deep breath and kept her gaze on the basket in front of her. "I said it because you are a sweet heart. You took care of me while I was injured. You always come to my rescue when I'm in trouble and you always try your best to save me from everything. I owe you my life, so you deserve my gratitude."
He hid his smile as he grabbed her and threw her over his shoulder. He took off running deep within the woods while Kagome pounded on his back with her fists.
"InuYasha put me down. Wait a minute! You think you're sneaky. You think you can pick me up, sling me over your shoulder, and run through the woods. Maybe, just maybe, I'll subdue you till you can't have kids. Well...."
InuYasha stopped running and placed her on her feet. He had an evil smile on his face. "I told you, you need to punish me for thinking those perverted thoughts about you."
She stared at him. "I already told you that I would do no such thing."
"Feh! That reminds me. What on earth were you talking about when Shippo interrupted us yesterday? Remember you said that you would give me all the details." He crossed his arms over his chest.
"Crap and I thought that he had forgotten about that. What am I going to do now?" she thought. She sat on the ground and set her bathing supplies to her left side. "Uh.... Well.... What were we talking about again?"
"Don't play stupid with me. You know exactly what I'm talking about. Just to refresh your memory I'll enlighten you. You said something to the effect that's it's me, it's always been me, and it's always wonderful, whatever that means. Then you followed that by stating that you absolutely love the way it feels when you presume that we do whatever you thought that I would know about. So, what the hell was that supposed to mean?"
"What were we talking about before I said that?" she asked sounding innocent.
"Oh come on. You know what we were talking about." InuYasha growled and plopped down on the grass right in front of Kagome. He could tell that this was going to be a long conversation.
"I know what we were talking about, however I don't think you do. If you would analyze what I said and what we were talking about before hand, you would find that they are related."
"Nani? You're confusing me. Look, just tell me what you meant."
She sighed. "We were talking about thinking perverted thoughts. You asked me if I ever think perverted thoughts and then requested to know who I think about." She lay down on the grass, crossed her arms under her head, and stared at the clouds. "If you would think about what I said afterward then it will all make sense. I think about you and I've always thought about you. I don't think about Miroku, Kouga, Hojo, or any other guy that you can imagine. I only think about you."