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Inuyasha woke, for no particular reason. It was still dark, a few hours before dawn. He sat up and looked around, his eyes adjusting to the predawn darkness. He sniffed. Something seemed wrong. Kagome wasn't there.
And then there was that strange feeling that something was amiss. Suddenly he heard a crash, and screams. It was faint, from the other side of the village. Blood! The hanyou thought, his powerful nose picking up the scent easily.
Inuyasha stood up, fast. The village! Its under attack! "Kaede! Miroku! Sango!" He snapped, his voice cutting sharply through the darkness. Sango groaned.
"Inuyasha?" She asked, her voice slurred by sleepiness. Miroku repeated the question.
"What is it, Inuyasha?" Kaede inquired, curious. What would cause the hanyou to awaken them at this hour? Inuyasha heard the sound of another building splintering. More screams, louder this time. Inuyasha realized with a jolt that many lives would be lost if he didn't hurry.
"Cant you hear that? He growled, exasperated. Sango and Miroku looked suddenly alert and awake. "Ill find Kagome. You deal with the demon."
"Inuyasha, tell Kagome that the Shikon No Tama has reappeared!" Kaede instructed as Inuyasha was opening the door. He nodded grimly, then did a double take. "What?!"
"GO!"
Inuyasha flinched, and nodded again, springing after Kagome. He realized that she was probably at the spring. He smelled her scent near the spring from not too long ago. Maybe only a few minutes.
He dove into the water, and sprang back out, shivering madly. "G- Geez" He stuttered , very cold and wet. Inuyasha gulped, and got back in the frigid water of the spring in late winter. How can Kagome swim in this?!
He swam around a corner, searching. She hadn't been over there in at least an hour. DDDD this water! Inuyasha thought, glaring pointlessly at the darkened surface of the spring.
He was just about ready to give up, twenty minutes later, when the sudden thought to check the cave he had found earlier occurred to him. He dove for the tunnel, trying without much difficult to find his way.
Without the aid of his powerful nose, which was no good underwater, Inuyasha felt vulnerable. Underwater, it was like cotton was in his ears, and in his nose. It was even worse than being human, even! He saw the hole into the cave, just as he was running out of breath.
He climbed noiselessly out of the hole, resisting the urge to shake water out of his hair and cloths. He walked a few feet from the hole. Kagome passed him, and dove into the hole, just as he was about to search for her. He smelled her beautiful scent, just like lilies to him.
Suddenly she climbed loudly out of the water. She sputtered and gasped from the cold, telling Inuyasha that she had been out of the water for quite some time.
"DDDD this cold-" she muttered, cursing quite often and loudly. Inuyasha smirked into the gloom. Apparently he was rubbing off on her. Ah, well. Better let her know I'm here.
"Watch it, Kagome." He said lazily, aware of how arrogant he sounded. "Dont want you sounding like me." He flinched when she shrieked, and switched on the flashlight. His eyes, adjusted to the darkness, were not happy about this.
He rubbed his ears regretfully. They were very sensitive, and she had screamed right into his doggy ears. Owwwww! He thought angrily.
"S- sit." she panted. Inuyasha wasn't even fazed by the weak command. He resisted the urge to roll his eyes.
"You smell like blood, Kagome. Weren't smart enough to stay away from that fish?" He inquired , still using that lazy tone of voice. Kagome showed him her arm.
"What are you doing here, Inuyasha?" She asked curiously. DDDD her and her uncanny ability to ask the wrong question! He blushed like crazy, fidgeting, which she probably noticed as well.
"You weren't there." he said evasively. She tapped her foot very impatiently. "So I went to check out where you were. You weren't by the stream, so I figured you were here." He figured that answered the question without getting into why he was really here.
He didn't feel like telling her why he was really here, despite the fact that he was supposed to.
Thats sweet, Inuyasha." Kagome said. She leaned over and kissed the hanyou on the cheek. He was badly flustered by this. If his blush got any more obvious, it would be flashing neon lights, for crying out loud!
"Yeah, well. Didn't want you to get gobbled by a fish." Inuyasha muttered. He was blushing like crazy. He wished he hadn't kissed her. Her reply to his answer was this:
"SIT!" The poor hanyou kissed the dirt.