A/N: minna, thanks for waiting... I've been too busy lately and too lazy...
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To Final Fan (): thank you for pointing that out. You're right, I do speak English much better than Japanese... you said you're studying Japanese, then maybe you could teach me... to tell you the truth, I've been waiting for someone to tell me if I did something wrong, cause by pointing out my mistakes, I also learn something new... I'm self-studying Japanese that's why it's not that good cause there's only so much a book and a CD could teach me... :)
To Clearwater_faerie: arigatou! I'll try to update more often this summer despite having a summer term...
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Inuyasha woke up feeling like he didn't sleep at all. The events of the night had kept all of them awake till the wee hours of the morning. He stood up, leaned his head back a bit and surveyed the sky. The eastern sky tinged with the color of the dawn promised a great day.
A movement from his periphery took his attention from the sky and he turned to find Kagome stirring from beneath the big leaves they had used the night before to serve as blankets. Her sleeping bag lay open beneath her body and half of it was occupied by the seemingly normal human girl called Akane.
"Inuyasha, ohayou." She greeted him when she caught him looking her way. She stretched her tired limbs and stood up, brushing the debris that clung to her skirt.
Inuyasha watched her intently, his eyes never wavering, for signs of distress. He knew very well that there were times that Kagome find it hard to rest on the forest floor despite the cushion her sleeping bag offers.
Kagome came to his side and touched him lightly on the arm. "Did you sleep well?" she rubbed her eyes sleepily and tried to hide a yawn.
Inuyasha fought the urge to pick her up and take her far away from this place, away from the bizarre events that took place yesterday. "Just enough." He replied shortly.
She turned around and headed for her bag. "What are you doing?" Inuyasha asked, his eyes following her every movement.
"Getting breakfast ready. Even though we're in the middle of a forest, it doesn't mean we have to forego the usual hospitality offered to every guest." She dimpled and searched around her bag, pulling out cup noodles of every variety, and her small serviceable kettle. She stood up and brushed away at the small, dry leaves that clung to her knees. With the kettle in hand, she turned towards Inuyasha and called out, "Would you mind staying here while I go to the stream and get some water?"
Inuyasha stood up in one move. "I do mind. Who knows who or what would be lurking around here?" a scowl on his adorable face.
"What?" Kagome asked obviously puzzled.
Feigning irritation, he pointed to the tree where they had left the old geezer still tied before falling asleep from exhaustion.
The tree stood as it did last night but with one important feature missing. The old man got lose! The vines had been securing a bundle tightly, in the light of the morning; it lay torn and suspiciously chewed through. The paper incantations Miroku had placed were shredded to bits.
Inuyasha watched and waited for Kagome's reaction, ready to go to her the moment she showed any signs of distress or fear. He watched fervently, trying to gauge her reaction as what the scene implied.
He saw her eyes widened and her face paled to an unhealthy glow. At the next second, her knees began to weaken. In a flash, he was there beside her.
Inuyasha gingerly scooped her up and jumped to a tree branch. He seated her at his lap and waited for the tremors racking her body to stop. He realized suddenly that he had never been this closed to Kagome before. "Well...?" he whispered after some time later.
"I think it would be much better if you come with me." came Kagome's muffled reply, her face buried somewhere in his chest.
Relief flooded him though he couldn't be sure what it was for. Inuyasha stood up from the branch, and with Kagome still in his arms, he jumped from tree to tree until they reached the shallow stream a few meters from camp, in the opposite direction from the hot springs of the night before.
* * * * * Ohayou – good morning!
To Final Fan (): thank you for pointing that out. You're right, I do speak English much better than Japanese... you said you're studying Japanese, then maybe you could teach me... to tell you the truth, I've been waiting for someone to tell me if I did something wrong, cause by pointing out my mistakes, I also learn something new... I'm self-studying Japanese that's why it's not that good cause there's only so much a book and a CD could teach me... :)
To Clearwater_faerie: arigatou! I'll try to update more often this summer despite having a summer term...
* * * * *
Inuyasha woke up feeling like he didn't sleep at all. The events of the night had kept all of them awake till the wee hours of the morning. He stood up, leaned his head back a bit and surveyed the sky. The eastern sky tinged with the color of the dawn promised a great day.
A movement from his periphery took his attention from the sky and he turned to find Kagome stirring from beneath the big leaves they had used the night before to serve as blankets. Her sleeping bag lay open beneath her body and half of it was occupied by the seemingly normal human girl called Akane.
"Inuyasha, ohayou." She greeted him when she caught him looking her way. She stretched her tired limbs and stood up, brushing the debris that clung to her skirt.
Inuyasha watched her intently, his eyes never wavering, for signs of distress. He knew very well that there were times that Kagome find it hard to rest on the forest floor despite the cushion her sleeping bag offers.
Kagome came to his side and touched him lightly on the arm. "Did you sleep well?" she rubbed her eyes sleepily and tried to hide a yawn.
Inuyasha fought the urge to pick her up and take her far away from this place, away from the bizarre events that took place yesterday. "Just enough." He replied shortly.
She turned around and headed for her bag. "What are you doing?" Inuyasha asked, his eyes following her every movement.
"Getting breakfast ready. Even though we're in the middle of a forest, it doesn't mean we have to forego the usual hospitality offered to every guest." She dimpled and searched around her bag, pulling out cup noodles of every variety, and her small serviceable kettle. She stood up and brushed away at the small, dry leaves that clung to her knees. With the kettle in hand, she turned towards Inuyasha and called out, "Would you mind staying here while I go to the stream and get some water?"
Inuyasha stood up in one move. "I do mind. Who knows who or what would be lurking around here?" a scowl on his adorable face.
"What?" Kagome asked obviously puzzled.
Feigning irritation, he pointed to the tree where they had left the old geezer still tied before falling asleep from exhaustion.
The tree stood as it did last night but with one important feature missing. The old man got lose! The vines had been securing a bundle tightly, in the light of the morning; it lay torn and suspiciously chewed through. The paper incantations Miroku had placed were shredded to bits.
Inuyasha watched and waited for Kagome's reaction, ready to go to her the moment she showed any signs of distress or fear. He watched fervently, trying to gauge her reaction as what the scene implied.
He saw her eyes widened and her face paled to an unhealthy glow. At the next second, her knees began to weaken. In a flash, he was there beside her.
Inuyasha gingerly scooped her up and jumped to a tree branch. He seated her at his lap and waited for the tremors racking her body to stop. He realized suddenly that he had never been this closed to Kagome before. "Well...?" he whispered after some time later.
"I think it would be much better if you come with me." came Kagome's muffled reply, her face buried somewhere in his chest.
Relief flooded him though he couldn't be sure what it was for. Inuyasha stood up from the branch, and with Kagome still in his arms, he jumped from tree to tree until they reached the shallow stream a few meters from camp, in the opposite direction from the hot springs of the night before.
* * * * * Ohayou – good morning!