Inu Yasha no Yume

Chapter 15– Youkai Yume

A burst of strength rushed through her and she leaped over the wall, stumbling slightly as she hit the ground and plowed forward. "Don't go yet!" She called desperately. "Wait!" She let frantic energy fill her and her legs took flight.
She stomped in front of him, arms outspread and determined not to let him go any farther. She'd completely forgotten she was naked. He glared at her, once again locking gazes with her.
"What?!" He growled.
"Please listen! I won't let you go until you do!" She pleaded, her heart pounding anxiously in her chest.
"How are you going to stop me?"
She ignored that. "Please? Just listen, Sesshoumaru-sama!"
"You're a disgrace. Why should I?"
She stood up straight and took a deep breath. "Did you ever ask if I was Youkai? You just assumed I was a mortal woman. I never said I wasn't!"
"But you didn't deny being mortal!" He scowled. "You even hid your ears from me."
"I never hide my ears!" She found herself shouting. "Depending on whom I'm with, I conveniently keep my ears behind my hair. Sometimes it's easier just to let them believe what they want to. I've seen what they do to weak Youkai such as me! I rather like being alive!" She trailed off briefly, breaking eye contact. "I'm not ashamed of who or what I am. But unless it's someone I know and trust I may as well just be Yume the Seer, not Yume the Youkai."
"What about your scent? It is that of a mortal's..." He closed his eyes and breathed in deeply through his nose; his eyes snapped open. "It's not! How?!" Now he was intrigued.
"I smell of human, but my blood scent is still of a Youkai's. Anyone who's been close enough and taken that deep a breath could tell." She felt relief course down on her. "Are you still going to leave? I've rather enjoyed your company."
He was silent for a long moment. "It's still night."
Yume sighed.
Suddenly aware of a touch on her cheek pressing wet against her skin, Yume looked up. She realized she'd been crying. Why did she so desperately want Sesshoumaru to stay? He was different some how, different from any other Youkai she'd met and she supposed she wanted to know why.
Sesshoumaru's eyes had changed emotions. He looked confused as he brushed tendrils of hair from her wet cheeks and eyes. Even more was there was concern in those golden eyes of his.
Alert to his face drawing nearer to her own, Yume felt lost in her thoughts and drowned in his eyes of gold. Lips brushed hers and she felt coolness set on her. Kisses weren't supposed to send chills up one's spine, were they? She shuddered.
Shivering brought awake the memory of her eminent nudity. The kiss had barely happened and she pulled away.
"I'll see you back at the fire!" She blurted and darted off into the dark.