i know, it took a while for me to update again. i've been trying to get this to sound right, and i still don't think that it's quite there. but, i thought i should post what i have for now so as not to keep some of you wondering what's going to happen =). giving the heinous bitch side of me a bit of a rest for the most part, so you might not be quite as upset with where i left the chapter this time. this is a plus for me. though, i'm really wishing that i could make .html documents and such... i hate how the spacing ends up on here and how i can't italicize thoughts -_-;;. for a better version, i suggest checking out http://my-will.diaryland.com since i can get the stuff right in there.
read as ye will, comment as ye wish. and thanks to those who have commented so far, it's much appreciated.
- coyotesabre
disclaimer: i don't own the inu. wish i did though, and i wouldn't mind having one of my own.
Chapter Five: I Knew You Loved Me Then
"Inuyasha..?"
Kagome stood facing him, looking rather concerned and was tempted to walk closer to him, though didn't know what reaction the hanyou might have to her. He appeared to be having an internal debate, though Kagome could think of no reason why he would so early in the morning. She wished to be able to help him, whatever it was.
'I wish he would just open his mouth already.'
"Kagome, I..."
'This isn't going to be as easy as I thought.'
Inuyasha started walking closer to Kagome, a look in his eyes she had never seen before. They were shiny, almost glittering, but his face appeared as though he had lost something precious to him. His walk more a slow trudge, though he kept eye contact with the miko. He couldn't look away, not now, not with all that he needed to tell her. He saw worry and a bit of fear in the eyes of his companion, wishing there was a simpler way to go about all of this, instead of mentally beating around the bush.
"I... um... I..."
Gazing into his amber eyes, Kagome could see that this - whatever 'this' happened to be - was hard for him. She reached out, taking his hand into her own.
"It's alright, Inuyasha. Just say what you've got to say. It can't be that bad."
'Oh, if she knew...'
The look in his eyes changed to frustration as he pulled his hand away from Kagome's.
'What the hell is going on with him?'
'What the hell is going on with me? Why can't I just say this to her and get it over with?'
Taking a deep breath, Inuyasha prepared to say what he'd needed to say for quite some time now. He wasn't sure if it was the dream talking, or if it was what he had really wanted to say, but he finally got it out to Kagome.
"Kagome you shouldn't have gone off on your own like that. You could have been hurt or killed and I... erm... we wouldn't have been able to save you!"
"It's not like I was gone long or that I really went all that far! You KNOW you would have been able to hear me from here if I screamed, especially with YOUR hearing!"
Kagome turned to run away, but stopped when Inuyasha said something to peak her interest.
"Kagome wait, I... I love you."
'Great, smooth... baka.'
"..::blink::"
"There, I said it. I love you, Kagome. I don't want anything to happen to you."
"..Where is this suddenly coming from?"
"I had a dream... and... I still don't know what to make of it... but it's not all that sudden in the first place."
"What happened in this dream?"
Kagome listened as he told her everything that happened in his dream. She was at first shocked to hear that it was about Kikyo, softening upon hearing the ending. And then came the realization. 'But it's not all that sudden' stuck in her mind as she remembered what she had been thinking about while bathing before she heard Inuyasha call for her. All of the awkward situations, the talks they had when they were alone, the look he would get in his eyes. It all finally came together in her mind.
Long after Inuyasha had finished telling Kagome about his dream, they stood gazing at each other for an uncomfortably long time. Kagome gave a soft smile, while Inuyasha continued simply looking at her.
'I wonder what she's thinking about now.'
'I wonder if he knows... I should really say it to him now. Hell, now I know how HE felt when he was preparing to tell me.'
Kagome stepped closer to him, and he took her hands into his own. They stood looking into each other's eyes, almost able to see the thoughts and emotions running through them. Fear, excitement, happiness, contemplation, others that remained nameless. Both could see love present in the glistens produced by the early morning's light.
"I love you too, I just never knew how to tell you."
Inuyasha allowed himself to smile, a small smile, but a smile nonetheless. Upon this relatively rare sign of warmth, Kagome took her hands back from his, then flung her arms around a somewhat shocked Inuyasha. He hugged her back, feeling comfort with her finally in his arms, as his ears began twitching. The embrace was broken off rather quickly as the hanyou became weary of the bushes nearby.
"Who's out there?!"
One hand on the Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha charged at the bush upon hearing voices. As he went to unsheathe the sword, he saw a fox perched upon the shoulders of a monk, a demon slayer crouched down next to them.
"HOW LONG HAVE YOU THREE BEEN THERE?!"
The friends looked amongst themselves with smiles creeping across their faces, Miroku being brave (or stupid) enough to answer first.
"Oh, long enough. Wouldn't you say, Sango?"
"Yes, yes. We've been here long enough."
Shippo, all the time looking back and forth between whoever was talking at the time, forgot to think before speaking yet again.
"Does this mean that you two are 'going out,' whatever that means??"
"...SHIPPO!"
And with that, the hanyou chased the fox into the woods, leaving a laughing Sango and Miroku behind.
Kagome watched as her love ran after Shippo.
'What exactly DOES this mean? We didn't exactly have a chance to talk about this...'
Sango looked over to Kagome while catching her breath from laughing seeing how lost her friend appeared to be. Her eyes were glossed over, and she still had an arm reaching out from hugging Inuyasha.
'Looks like I need to go snap her out of it.'
"Kagome! Time for some girl talk!"
Kagome felt her arm being pulled and subconsciously followed where it went. She could have been lead to her death and wouldn't have known it now. Being lost in deep thought isn't a usual thing for her and when she is, she's pretty hard to get to. She felt herself stop moving and looked around, seeing nothing but trees, a rock, and Sango. Sitting on the rock, she turned to her friend.
"What does this mean? What's going to happen now?"
read as ye will, comment as ye wish. and thanks to those who have commented so far, it's much appreciated.
- coyotesabre
disclaimer: i don't own the inu. wish i did though, and i wouldn't mind having one of my own.
Chapter Five: I Knew You Loved Me Then
"Inuyasha..?"
Kagome stood facing him, looking rather concerned and was tempted to walk closer to him, though didn't know what reaction the hanyou might have to her. He appeared to be having an internal debate, though Kagome could think of no reason why he would so early in the morning. She wished to be able to help him, whatever it was.
'I wish he would just open his mouth already.'
"Kagome, I..."
'This isn't going to be as easy as I thought.'
Inuyasha started walking closer to Kagome, a look in his eyes she had never seen before. They were shiny, almost glittering, but his face appeared as though he had lost something precious to him. His walk more a slow trudge, though he kept eye contact with the miko. He couldn't look away, not now, not with all that he needed to tell her. He saw worry and a bit of fear in the eyes of his companion, wishing there was a simpler way to go about all of this, instead of mentally beating around the bush.
"I... um... I..."
Gazing into his amber eyes, Kagome could see that this - whatever 'this' happened to be - was hard for him. She reached out, taking his hand into her own.
"It's alright, Inuyasha. Just say what you've got to say. It can't be that bad."
'Oh, if she knew...'
The look in his eyes changed to frustration as he pulled his hand away from Kagome's.
'What the hell is going on with him?'
'What the hell is going on with me? Why can't I just say this to her and get it over with?'
Taking a deep breath, Inuyasha prepared to say what he'd needed to say for quite some time now. He wasn't sure if it was the dream talking, or if it was what he had really wanted to say, but he finally got it out to Kagome.
"Kagome you shouldn't have gone off on your own like that. You could have been hurt or killed and I... erm... we wouldn't have been able to save you!"
"It's not like I was gone long or that I really went all that far! You KNOW you would have been able to hear me from here if I screamed, especially with YOUR hearing!"
Kagome turned to run away, but stopped when Inuyasha said something to peak her interest.
"Kagome wait, I... I love you."
'Great, smooth... baka.'
"..::blink::"
"There, I said it. I love you, Kagome. I don't want anything to happen to you."
"..Where is this suddenly coming from?"
"I had a dream... and... I still don't know what to make of it... but it's not all that sudden in the first place."
"What happened in this dream?"
Kagome listened as he told her everything that happened in his dream. She was at first shocked to hear that it was about Kikyo, softening upon hearing the ending. And then came the realization. 'But it's not all that sudden' stuck in her mind as she remembered what she had been thinking about while bathing before she heard Inuyasha call for her. All of the awkward situations, the talks they had when they were alone, the look he would get in his eyes. It all finally came together in her mind.
Long after Inuyasha had finished telling Kagome about his dream, they stood gazing at each other for an uncomfortably long time. Kagome gave a soft smile, while Inuyasha continued simply looking at her.
'I wonder what she's thinking about now.'
'I wonder if he knows... I should really say it to him now. Hell, now I know how HE felt when he was preparing to tell me.'
Kagome stepped closer to him, and he took her hands into his own. They stood looking into each other's eyes, almost able to see the thoughts and emotions running through them. Fear, excitement, happiness, contemplation, others that remained nameless. Both could see love present in the glistens produced by the early morning's light.
"I love you too, I just never knew how to tell you."
Inuyasha allowed himself to smile, a small smile, but a smile nonetheless. Upon this relatively rare sign of warmth, Kagome took her hands back from his, then flung her arms around a somewhat shocked Inuyasha. He hugged her back, feeling comfort with her finally in his arms, as his ears began twitching. The embrace was broken off rather quickly as the hanyou became weary of the bushes nearby.
"Who's out there?!"
One hand on the Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha charged at the bush upon hearing voices. As he went to unsheathe the sword, he saw a fox perched upon the shoulders of a monk, a demon slayer crouched down next to them.
"HOW LONG HAVE YOU THREE BEEN THERE?!"
The friends looked amongst themselves with smiles creeping across their faces, Miroku being brave (or stupid) enough to answer first.
"Oh, long enough. Wouldn't you say, Sango?"
"Yes, yes. We've been here long enough."
Shippo, all the time looking back and forth between whoever was talking at the time, forgot to think before speaking yet again.
"Does this mean that you two are 'going out,' whatever that means??"
"...SHIPPO!"
And with that, the hanyou chased the fox into the woods, leaving a laughing Sango and Miroku behind.
Kagome watched as her love ran after Shippo.
'What exactly DOES this mean? We didn't exactly have a chance to talk about this...'
Sango looked over to Kagome while catching her breath from laughing seeing how lost her friend appeared to be. Her eyes were glossed over, and she still had an arm reaching out from hugging Inuyasha.
'Looks like I need to go snap her out of it.'
"Kagome! Time for some girl talk!"
Kagome felt her arm being pulled and subconsciously followed where it went. She could have been lead to her death and wouldn't have known it now. Being lost in deep thought isn't a usual thing for her and when she is, she's pretty hard to get to. She felt herself stop moving and looked around, seeing nothing but trees, a rock, and Sango. Sitting on the rock, she turned to her friend.
"What does this mean? What's going to happen now?"