Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, it's sad I know, but neither of you can own him either, so that makes me feel better! -smirks- -ducks as shoe comes flying at head-
Half and Half
Chapter 13- Kagome's True Feelings About Being a Hanyou
"Inuyasha?" Kagome repeated after he grabbed her hand.
Inuyasha's eyes were glazed over, and he was staring into the distance. He lightly gripped Kagome's hand, pulling her in closer. His breaths were shallow, like he was upset about something.
"Inuyasha…" Kagome said softly, hugging him.
At this, Inuyasha's eyes came back into focus, and his mind wandered back to the present. Everyone was looking at him strangely, and Kagome was hugging him. He lifted up his hand and placed it lightly on her back, holding her to him. Kagome pulled back and looked into his yes, and he felt it again, he knew what she was thinking without her even having to say anything. She was asking him what was going on… And then he realized it, his mind had traveled back to his childhood, and the others were worried about him. He had grabbed Kagome's hand and said the same, simple words of comfort he had said to his mother so long ago, 'Don't cry mother…' He stood up out of embarrassment, and Kagome fell down out of surprise. He bent down and helped her to her feet.
"Inuyasha…" Kagome said for the fourth time in a row, looking at him, with a questioning look in her eyes.
"Feh," he whispered. "Don't ask me now, alright? I'll talk to you later, Kagome." And with that he took of into the forest in the direction of Kaede's former hut.
After Inuyasha left, Sango, Miroku, Kagome, and Shippo all looked at each other confusedly.
"I'll talk to him," Kagome assured the rest, "After we're done talking to Shippo." With that the attention was drawn back to Shippo, everybody was looking at him. Even Kirara, who had now stepped out of the woods. Where she had been hiding while Shippo threw his little 'temper tantrum'.
"Shippo, why do you think that we don't care about you?" Kagome asked kneeling down in front of him.
"It's just… Well, ever since you and Inuyasha got together you've just been hanging around together, and you ignore me. Inuyasha doesn't even pick on me anymore, which I thought would never end," Shippo sighed then began again. "And Miroku just left me here for a day, and finally I found him at Sango's camp. That's when they told me that you had been turned into a hanyou. And while they were explaining to me why, they just were all, acting like you and Inuyasha have been…" Shippo glanced up at everyone strangely. "You've all been ignoring me…" Shippo then sat down, sadly looking at the ground.
"Oh Shippo…" Kagome said hugging him. "I never meant to make you feel like that, it's just that I love Inuyasha, and I like to spend time with him, too."
"Same here…" Sango said kneeling down hugging the kitsune.
"And I as well," Miroku said, looking at him with apologizing eyes.
"I'm not mad at you, you know," Shippo said looking up at them. "I just thought that you didn't care about me anymore…"
"Never ever," Kagome said hugging him again.
"Kagome, go check on Inuyasha," Miroku said kneeling down next to Kagome. "Sango and I will keep Shippo company.
Kagome nodded, hugged Shippo one more time, and took of in the direction Inuyasha had gone.
Kagome wasn't surprised that Inuyasha wasn't at the hut, she sniffed him out and walked up to him. He was sitting on a hillside, just looking into the distance.
"Inuyasha," she said getting his attention.
Inuyasha looked up at her sadly, and she came and sat down next to him. The sun was setting now, and Inuyasha wrapped his arm around Kagome's shoulders, pulling her in closer to him, and as they stared into the sunset, Kagome couldn't hold of the question any longer.
"Inuyasha, you grabbed my hand back there and said 'Don't cry mother…' what was going on?"
Inuyasha turned towards her to see she was looking at him with so much confusion, he couldn't help but answer. He turned his gaze back to the sun, and held her tighter to him.
"Kagome," he began, "You understand that hanyou's are not always treated well…"
Kagome leaned into him, pressing her face into his side, breathing in his scent, which she had fallen in love with since she had first turned into a hanyou.
"It's just, I understood how Shippo felt, when I was younger, I was tormented, and insulted, and so was my mother. There was one incident, when she tried to defend me, and some men," his grip tightened on her shoulder, "insulted both of us, so badly, that my mother began to cry, which was something she'd hardly ever done…" his voice dropped to a whisper, "Both times… was when I was being insulted because I was… a hanyou."
"Oh Inuyasha…" Kagome hugged him, tighter, if it was even possible from how close they already were.
Inuyasha dropped his head, "I'm worried that the same thing will happen to you to Kagome, that's why I felt so bad when you first transformed… Being a hanyou, it's… it's not easy."
Kagome nodded, "Yes, I understand this Inuyasha, but those people that act like that just because you're a hanyou, they're not people, they're animals." She looked up into his eyes, "As long as we're both hanyous, I don't care what anybody says about me."
Inuyasha couldn't say anything, she was telling the truth, she really was okay with being a hanyou, she didn't want to change back. He looked in to her eyes, and felt more linked to her than he ever had before. He moved his head down, and kissed her, knowing that they were going to be hanyous together, for the rest of their lives.
That could've ended there, but I decided not to let it! I'm so nice, huh? I'm sorry for all the long waits, it's just kind of hard to write this story. Review.
-Mari
Half and Half
Chapter 13- Kagome's True Feelings About Being a Hanyou
"Inuyasha?" Kagome repeated after he grabbed her hand.
Inuyasha's eyes were glazed over, and he was staring into the distance. He lightly gripped Kagome's hand, pulling her in closer. His breaths were shallow, like he was upset about something.
"Inuyasha…" Kagome said softly, hugging him.
At this, Inuyasha's eyes came back into focus, and his mind wandered back to the present. Everyone was looking at him strangely, and Kagome was hugging him. He lifted up his hand and placed it lightly on her back, holding her to him. Kagome pulled back and looked into his yes, and he felt it again, he knew what she was thinking without her even having to say anything. She was asking him what was going on… And then he realized it, his mind had traveled back to his childhood, and the others were worried about him. He had grabbed Kagome's hand and said the same, simple words of comfort he had said to his mother so long ago, 'Don't cry mother…' He stood up out of embarrassment, and Kagome fell down out of surprise. He bent down and helped her to her feet.
"Inuyasha…" Kagome said for the fourth time in a row, looking at him, with a questioning look in her eyes.
"Feh," he whispered. "Don't ask me now, alright? I'll talk to you later, Kagome." And with that he took of into the forest in the direction of Kaede's former hut.
After Inuyasha left, Sango, Miroku, Kagome, and Shippo all looked at each other confusedly.
"I'll talk to him," Kagome assured the rest, "After we're done talking to Shippo." With that the attention was drawn back to Shippo, everybody was looking at him. Even Kirara, who had now stepped out of the woods. Where she had been hiding while Shippo threw his little 'temper tantrum'.
"Shippo, why do you think that we don't care about you?" Kagome asked kneeling down in front of him.
"It's just… Well, ever since you and Inuyasha got together you've just been hanging around together, and you ignore me. Inuyasha doesn't even pick on me anymore, which I thought would never end," Shippo sighed then began again. "And Miroku just left me here for a day, and finally I found him at Sango's camp. That's when they told me that you had been turned into a hanyou. And while they were explaining to me why, they just were all, acting like you and Inuyasha have been…" Shippo glanced up at everyone strangely. "You've all been ignoring me…" Shippo then sat down, sadly looking at the ground.
"Oh Shippo…" Kagome said hugging him. "I never meant to make you feel like that, it's just that I love Inuyasha, and I like to spend time with him, too."
"Same here…" Sango said kneeling down hugging the kitsune.
"And I as well," Miroku said, looking at him with apologizing eyes.
"I'm not mad at you, you know," Shippo said looking up at them. "I just thought that you didn't care about me anymore…"
"Never ever," Kagome said hugging him again.
"Kagome, go check on Inuyasha," Miroku said kneeling down next to Kagome. "Sango and I will keep Shippo company.
Kagome nodded, hugged Shippo one more time, and took of in the direction Inuyasha had gone.
Kagome wasn't surprised that Inuyasha wasn't at the hut, she sniffed him out and walked up to him. He was sitting on a hillside, just looking into the distance.
"Inuyasha," she said getting his attention.
Inuyasha looked up at her sadly, and she came and sat down next to him. The sun was setting now, and Inuyasha wrapped his arm around Kagome's shoulders, pulling her in closer to him, and as they stared into the sunset, Kagome couldn't hold of the question any longer.
"Inuyasha, you grabbed my hand back there and said 'Don't cry mother…' what was going on?"
Inuyasha turned towards her to see she was looking at him with so much confusion, he couldn't help but answer. He turned his gaze back to the sun, and held her tighter to him.
"Kagome," he began, "You understand that hanyou's are not always treated well…"
Kagome leaned into him, pressing her face into his side, breathing in his scent, which she had fallen in love with since she had first turned into a hanyou.
"It's just, I understood how Shippo felt, when I was younger, I was tormented, and insulted, and so was my mother. There was one incident, when she tried to defend me, and some men," his grip tightened on her shoulder, "insulted both of us, so badly, that my mother began to cry, which was something she'd hardly ever done…" his voice dropped to a whisper, "Both times… was when I was being insulted because I was… a hanyou."
"Oh Inuyasha…" Kagome hugged him, tighter, if it was even possible from how close they already were.
Inuyasha dropped his head, "I'm worried that the same thing will happen to you to Kagome, that's why I felt so bad when you first transformed… Being a hanyou, it's… it's not easy."
Kagome nodded, "Yes, I understand this Inuyasha, but those people that act like that just because you're a hanyou, they're not people, they're animals." She looked up into his eyes, "As long as we're both hanyous, I don't care what anybody says about me."
Inuyasha couldn't say anything, she was telling the truth, she really was okay with being a hanyou, she didn't want to change back. He looked in to her eyes, and felt more linked to her than he ever had before. He moved his head down, and kissed her, knowing that they were going to be hanyous together, for the rest of their lives.
That could've ended there, but I decided not to let it! I'm so nice, huh? I'm sorry for all the long waits, it's just kind of hard to write this story. Review.
-Mari