Chapter Five
She woke up to Inuyasha stroking her hair. She neither moved nor opened her eyes. She was just reveling in the warmth from his body and the sound of his heartbeat. She heard him talking, but to who? That's when she heard him say that he loved her, right before he fell asleep. 'Did he actually say that?' She thought to herself. Those were the last words that she heard him say. She was still half asleep though. She might've just imagined it. Then again, how could she mistake those words. Those words that she had been wanting to hear for so long. Those words that she wanted to tell him for so long. Those words that would forever bind them together. He was her first love and as far as she was concerned, she wanted him to be her last. So, she ultimately decided that she hadn't imagined him saying that. She didn't want to believe that he hadn't said it. The mere instant she heard it, her heart skipped a beat. No, she hadn't imagined it. Inuyasha had just said he loved her.
But, was he thinking about Kikyo? Was he hoping and imagining that it was her lying here. She would have to ask him some other time. He didn't sleep too often, and she didn't want to wake him just to ask him a stupid, petty question. Or was it a petty question? Was it in all the truth? 'Ugh' She mentally sighed much to her confusion. She had already been through so much and she didn't need Inuyasha looking at her through a delusion. He was really upset today when Naraku had killed Kikyo. 'How had he killed her? I never got a straight answer from Inuyasha today.' She didn't want to think anymore tonight, so, she pushed all her questions and pondering away for when she could ask him. She turned her head to look at his face. His face took on a softer tone when he slept. By looking at him right now, you couldn't tell that he was the rough demon that she knew so well.
Her mind wandered back to this kiss that they had shared. She had felt so relieved that he didn't push her away. She didn't know what overtook her body and mind to make her act such a way. All she knew at that moment was that she wanted to feel his arms around her to comfort her, to hold her, to kiss her, and to need her. And kiss her he did. Her face heated at the way he had made her feel inside. If it was Kikyo, he was thinking about, he had made her, Kagome, feel like she was on a cloud floating way up high. He had made her feel loved, plain and simple. But love wasn't plain and simple, was it? No, it was hard and unknowing. It was heartache and fighting. It was trouble and work. She didn't care how hard it was, not anymore. She had fought so hard, so long, to get his love, and finally, she had gotten it. She would continue each day fighting to keep his love, he may never tell her again that he loves her, but she now knew that he did. And to Kagome Higurashi, that was all that mattered.
Inuyasha grunted in his sleep and it made Kagome smile. 'He's so cute when he sleeps.' She sighed contentedly. She just had to do it, she was going to do it. Laughing a little to herself, she slowly reached up and rubbed his ears. It had been so long since she had done it and doing it again was past due. Golden met brown and she jerked her hand back. "Sorry. I couldn't help it." She said sheepishly. He was still not moving or saying anything, just looking at her. His silence and intent gaze was making her a little nervous. "Look I said I was sorry. You could at least accept my apology." Still no response from the hanyou. "What? Why are you looking at me that way?" A smirk spread across his face, finally. "Now what? Why are you smiling like that?" She asked him impatiently. "Why did you stop?" He asked her barely above a whisper. "Well...I really didn't mean to wake you up. It had just been so long since I got to tweak those little ears of yours. I..I hope you didn't mind." "Kagome, if I had minded do you think I would have asked you why you stopped." Her mouth flew open. "Yeah, but you just sat there looking at me like I wasn't even here. How was I supposed to react to that?" He laughed at her. "I really don't mind that you do it. Really I don't. But, you better not ever tell anyone that I let you do it." He quit laughing and went serious. "I mean it Kagome. No one."
A satisfied smile crossed her face as she reached back up to play with his ears. This time she had one hand on each ear. He watched her face get happy with his reply. 'How easily she is amused.' He said, chuckling to himself. He felt the soft feel of her hands gently rubbing his ears. The sensational way she was making him feel was too much to bear. He tried to suppress the moan that was building up inside of him but couldn't. Kagome suddenly jerked her hands back, his moan kind of shook her a little. 'Was that a good moan or a bad moan?' She couldn't tell.
She got her answer as soon as his lips came down upon hers. 'I guess it was a good moan.' She succumbed to the feel of his hot breath on her mouth. He pulled her over on top of him unthinkingly, letting his hands have free roam of her back. This time she was the one moaning, letting her hands rub soothingly over his chest and up his collar bone to his neck. Inuyasha explored her mouth with his tongue, tasting the sweetness and innocence she had to offer. She opened her mouth a little more to deepen the kiss. All control was lost at this point as they were too involved in each other. Only feeling and knowing what the other was doing to their senses. They felt the heat radiating off of each other's bodies as their hands did as they pleased.
Kikyo.
Kagome broke the kiss. How could she have forgotten about her? Was this just another one of his delusions? Was he thinking about her? 'How could I have been so stupid?' All thought came back to her as she realized her position. Right on top of him. Her cheeks blushed and she felt herself grow hot. She jumped up off of him and walked outside, she had to get some air. She was so frustrated and weak.
Frustrated from everything going on in her life and weak from the kiss. She went to set on a boulder and looked up at the stars. She had remembered the wishing poem her mother had taught her as a child,
"Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight, wish I may, wish I might, have this wish, I wish tonight." She closed her eyes and made a wish. She wished with all her might, she wished with everything she had in her, in hopes of it coming true.
"What did you say?" Inuyasha had come up from behind and planted himself on the ground beside her, legs crossed, arms folded across his chest. "I was just saying a wishing poem that my mom had taught me as a child." "A wishing poem?" He asked her skeptically. She smiled "Yes, when you come outside during the night and look at the stars, you're supposed to make a wish on the first one that you see. You close your eyes and say the poem. If you say it with enough conviction, then the wish will come true." "Feh. And you believe it?" She tore her eyes away from the sky to look at him, "I believe in anything that one sets their mind to. If you believe it will come true, then it will. But, you have to truly, honestly, undoubtedly, believe in it. Everyone has to have something to believe in, don't they Inuyasha?" "I suppose so. So, exactly how does that poem go?" He looked at her.
"Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight, wish I may, wish I might, have this wish, I wish tonight."
He repeated the poem, eyes closed, face towards the sky. "What did you wish about, Kagome?" "That, Inuyasha, you are not supposed to tell anybody. The wish is yours and yours alone. If you tell a soul, then your wish will not come true." He responded with a nod. "So, what did you wish about, Kagome?" She scoffed at him. Did she not just tell him that you're not supposed to tell your wishes? "I'm not going to tell you. It's mine." He just shrugged his shoulders. "I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours. But, if you don't want to know then that's O.K." Oh, geeze, now he had her intrigued. And, boy was he stubborn. "O.K., tell me because I know you're not going to shut up until you do." She replied. "Well, I wished that you would stay in my life forever and to always accept me for who I am, not what I am." She was taken aback by his response. She didn't know what to say.
"Inuyasha... I'm, I'm not Kikyo." She surprised herself on that one. But she wanted to make it clear that he loved her, Kagome, and not Kikyo. "Don't you think I know that! Don't you think that I didn't set here everyday when you were gone just wanting you to be here? Kikyo and I had an agreement, not a relationship. Not like the one we had years ago. I went back for you everyday! You only came looking for me once, just once..... you and Kikyo are two very different people with only one common similarity, me. When you ran away from me earlier, when you ran to the woods, I was confused. I do love YOU Kagome, but I wanted a little time. That was, until you kissed me. You woke feelings inside me that I hadn't known existed. I knew at that moment that I wanted to be with you, to spend the rest of my life with you."
A broad, eye sparkling smile graced her face. Her wish had come true. She had wished that she knew how he felt and to make sure he wasn't mistaken. "Inuyasha, you just made my wish come true." She wrapped her arms around his neck and nuzzled into his chest. The greatest feeling of hope had arisen inside her. He did love her. 'Haha, Kikyo, take that.' "You have made me so happy, Inuyasha. I promise to forever be by your side." She lifted her head up and he placed a 'happy' kiss on the end of her nose. "I'm happy too, Kikyo, I mean Kagome." Fury hit her like none other. "What did you just call me?!!!" He was laughing. "I'm only kidding, I only said that because I knew it would piss you off." "I hate you!" She said jokingly. "No you don't, you love me." He picked her up in his arms, bridal style. "Yes, Inuyasha, as a matter of fact, I do." She placed a light kiss on his lips. "Inuyasha, do you think we could sleep the rest of the night out here, under the stars?" "Anything for you, Kagome, anything." He sat her down and went inside to get the sleeping mat and blanket. He set them down and unfolded them. He laid down and Kagome nestled in beside him. "Goodnight, Inuyasha." He kissed the top of her head. "Goodnight, Kagome." They fell asleep wrapped in each other's arms. They had hope and love in their hearts and thoughts of a future in their heads. Inuyasha would properly ask her to be his mate a little later on. Right now he was just content to spend a night, their first night, with her in his arms.
A/N: More waff and fluff I know, but the next chappy the rest of the group is coming back. Thanks for hanging in there. I just had to settle the whole Kikyo thing. I know I killed her off a little soon, but don't be surprised if she miraculously makes an appearance later on. I hate her anyways. I'm so evil....well not that evil......Until next time.....Ja ne!
She woke up to Inuyasha stroking her hair. She neither moved nor opened her eyes. She was just reveling in the warmth from his body and the sound of his heartbeat. She heard him talking, but to who? That's when she heard him say that he loved her, right before he fell asleep. 'Did he actually say that?' She thought to herself. Those were the last words that she heard him say. She was still half asleep though. She might've just imagined it. Then again, how could she mistake those words. Those words that she had been wanting to hear for so long. Those words that she wanted to tell him for so long. Those words that would forever bind them together. He was her first love and as far as she was concerned, she wanted him to be her last. So, she ultimately decided that she hadn't imagined him saying that. She didn't want to believe that he hadn't said it. The mere instant she heard it, her heart skipped a beat. No, she hadn't imagined it. Inuyasha had just said he loved her.
But, was he thinking about Kikyo? Was he hoping and imagining that it was her lying here. She would have to ask him some other time. He didn't sleep too often, and she didn't want to wake him just to ask him a stupid, petty question. Or was it a petty question? Was it in all the truth? 'Ugh' She mentally sighed much to her confusion. She had already been through so much and she didn't need Inuyasha looking at her through a delusion. He was really upset today when Naraku had killed Kikyo. 'How had he killed her? I never got a straight answer from Inuyasha today.' She didn't want to think anymore tonight, so, she pushed all her questions and pondering away for when she could ask him. She turned her head to look at his face. His face took on a softer tone when he slept. By looking at him right now, you couldn't tell that he was the rough demon that she knew so well.
Her mind wandered back to this kiss that they had shared. She had felt so relieved that he didn't push her away. She didn't know what overtook her body and mind to make her act such a way. All she knew at that moment was that she wanted to feel his arms around her to comfort her, to hold her, to kiss her, and to need her. And kiss her he did. Her face heated at the way he had made her feel inside. If it was Kikyo, he was thinking about, he had made her, Kagome, feel like she was on a cloud floating way up high. He had made her feel loved, plain and simple. But love wasn't plain and simple, was it? No, it was hard and unknowing. It was heartache and fighting. It was trouble and work. She didn't care how hard it was, not anymore. She had fought so hard, so long, to get his love, and finally, she had gotten it. She would continue each day fighting to keep his love, he may never tell her again that he loves her, but she now knew that he did. And to Kagome Higurashi, that was all that mattered.
Inuyasha grunted in his sleep and it made Kagome smile. 'He's so cute when he sleeps.' She sighed contentedly. She just had to do it, she was going to do it. Laughing a little to herself, she slowly reached up and rubbed his ears. It had been so long since she had done it and doing it again was past due. Golden met brown and she jerked her hand back. "Sorry. I couldn't help it." She said sheepishly. He was still not moving or saying anything, just looking at her. His silence and intent gaze was making her a little nervous. "Look I said I was sorry. You could at least accept my apology." Still no response from the hanyou. "What? Why are you looking at me that way?" A smirk spread across his face, finally. "Now what? Why are you smiling like that?" She asked him impatiently. "Why did you stop?" He asked her barely above a whisper. "Well...I really didn't mean to wake you up. It had just been so long since I got to tweak those little ears of yours. I..I hope you didn't mind." "Kagome, if I had minded do you think I would have asked you why you stopped." Her mouth flew open. "Yeah, but you just sat there looking at me like I wasn't even here. How was I supposed to react to that?" He laughed at her. "I really don't mind that you do it. Really I don't. But, you better not ever tell anyone that I let you do it." He quit laughing and went serious. "I mean it Kagome. No one."
A satisfied smile crossed her face as she reached back up to play with his ears. This time she had one hand on each ear. He watched her face get happy with his reply. 'How easily she is amused.' He said, chuckling to himself. He felt the soft feel of her hands gently rubbing his ears. The sensational way she was making him feel was too much to bear. He tried to suppress the moan that was building up inside of him but couldn't. Kagome suddenly jerked her hands back, his moan kind of shook her a little. 'Was that a good moan or a bad moan?' She couldn't tell.
She got her answer as soon as his lips came down upon hers. 'I guess it was a good moan.' She succumbed to the feel of his hot breath on her mouth. He pulled her over on top of him unthinkingly, letting his hands have free roam of her back. This time she was the one moaning, letting her hands rub soothingly over his chest and up his collar bone to his neck. Inuyasha explored her mouth with his tongue, tasting the sweetness and innocence she had to offer. She opened her mouth a little more to deepen the kiss. All control was lost at this point as they were too involved in each other. Only feeling and knowing what the other was doing to their senses. They felt the heat radiating off of each other's bodies as their hands did as they pleased.
Kikyo.
Kagome broke the kiss. How could she have forgotten about her? Was this just another one of his delusions? Was he thinking about her? 'How could I have been so stupid?' All thought came back to her as she realized her position. Right on top of him. Her cheeks blushed and she felt herself grow hot. She jumped up off of him and walked outside, she had to get some air. She was so frustrated and weak.
Frustrated from everything going on in her life and weak from the kiss. She went to set on a boulder and looked up at the stars. She had remembered the wishing poem her mother had taught her as a child,
"Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight, wish I may, wish I might, have this wish, I wish tonight." She closed her eyes and made a wish. She wished with all her might, she wished with everything she had in her, in hopes of it coming true.
"What did you say?" Inuyasha had come up from behind and planted himself on the ground beside her, legs crossed, arms folded across his chest. "I was just saying a wishing poem that my mom had taught me as a child." "A wishing poem?" He asked her skeptically. She smiled "Yes, when you come outside during the night and look at the stars, you're supposed to make a wish on the first one that you see. You close your eyes and say the poem. If you say it with enough conviction, then the wish will come true." "Feh. And you believe it?" She tore her eyes away from the sky to look at him, "I believe in anything that one sets their mind to. If you believe it will come true, then it will. But, you have to truly, honestly, undoubtedly, believe in it. Everyone has to have something to believe in, don't they Inuyasha?" "I suppose so. So, exactly how does that poem go?" He looked at her.
"Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight, wish I may, wish I might, have this wish, I wish tonight."
He repeated the poem, eyes closed, face towards the sky. "What did you wish about, Kagome?" "That, Inuyasha, you are not supposed to tell anybody. The wish is yours and yours alone. If you tell a soul, then your wish will not come true." He responded with a nod. "So, what did you wish about, Kagome?" She scoffed at him. Did she not just tell him that you're not supposed to tell your wishes? "I'm not going to tell you. It's mine." He just shrugged his shoulders. "I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours. But, if you don't want to know then that's O.K." Oh, geeze, now he had her intrigued. And, boy was he stubborn. "O.K., tell me because I know you're not going to shut up until you do." She replied. "Well, I wished that you would stay in my life forever and to always accept me for who I am, not what I am." She was taken aback by his response. She didn't know what to say.
"Inuyasha... I'm, I'm not Kikyo." She surprised herself on that one. But she wanted to make it clear that he loved her, Kagome, and not Kikyo. "Don't you think I know that! Don't you think that I didn't set here everyday when you were gone just wanting you to be here? Kikyo and I had an agreement, not a relationship. Not like the one we had years ago. I went back for you everyday! You only came looking for me once, just once..... you and Kikyo are two very different people with only one common similarity, me. When you ran away from me earlier, when you ran to the woods, I was confused. I do love YOU Kagome, but I wanted a little time. That was, until you kissed me. You woke feelings inside me that I hadn't known existed. I knew at that moment that I wanted to be with you, to spend the rest of my life with you."
A broad, eye sparkling smile graced her face. Her wish had come true. She had wished that she knew how he felt and to make sure he wasn't mistaken. "Inuyasha, you just made my wish come true." She wrapped her arms around his neck and nuzzled into his chest. The greatest feeling of hope had arisen inside her. He did love her. 'Haha, Kikyo, take that.' "You have made me so happy, Inuyasha. I promise to forever be by your side." She lifted her head up and he placed a 'happy' kiss on the end of her nose. "I'm happy too, Kikyo, I mean Kagome." Fury hit her like none other. "What did you just call me?!!!" He was laughing. "I'm only kidding, I only said that because I knew it would piss you off." "I hate you!" She said jokingly. "No you don't, you love me." He picked her up in his arms, bridal style. "Yes, Inuyasha, as a matter of fact, I do." She placed a light kiss on his lips. "Inuyasha, do you think we could sleep the rest of the night out here, under the stars?" "Anything for you, Kagome, anything." He sat her down and went inside to get the sleeping mat and blanket. He set them down and unfolded them. He laid down and Kagome nestled in beside him. "Goodnight, Inuyasha." He kissed the top of her head. "Goodnight, Kagome." They fell asleep wrapped in each other's arms. They had hope and love in their hearts and thoughts of a future in their heads. Inuyasha would properly ask her to be his mate a little later on. Right now he was just content to spend a night, their first night, with her in his arms.
A/N: More waff and fluff I know, but the next chappy the rest of the group is coming back. Thanks for hanging in there. I just had to settle the whole Kikyo thing. I know I killed her off a little soon, but don't be surprised if she miraculously makes an appearance later on. I hate her anyways. I'm so evil....well not that evil......Until next time.....Ja ne!