A/N: Wowie. Been a long time since I've even thought about this fic...
Heh, sorry about that! ;; I've been busy, honest! I'm planning a party
for me and my budz before we go to a rock concert on Friday. . Awesome,
no? Well, enjoy! Oh, and btw, this chappie may have some innuendos, or
just highly embarrassing situations for both Kag and Inu! XD Muahahaha,
I'm so evil....
Disclaimer: I own Mr. Hugz the Hershey Kiss doll, the pen that exploded all over me this morning, and half of this burned library card. Nothing more... sniffle
Inuyasha glared sulkily at the yellow square of light that was Kagome's window. He sat perched high within the reaching branches of the Goshinbuku (AN: please blame all spelling mistakes on Fael. points to her muse), his ears flicked back in irritation, hidden from the silver light of the moon. He was STILL sore from all those 'sits' Kagome had given him earlier... And he had been trying to apologize, too!
Feh... Women....
His irritation at the girl immediately disappeared when her piercing shriek meet his sensitive ears, even from across the shrine grounds. Memories of her lying, bloody and broken from the youkai attack a mere six days ago flashed through his mind, turning his hanyou blood cold and filling his insides with dread.
With one powerful leap he launched himself from the God Tree, over the shadowed shrine grounds, and into the branches of the tree outside her window. The window was open, and Inuyasha wasted no time in rocketing through; not finding her in her room, he shot down the hall, following her blissful scent that at the moment was laced with pain and fear.
He quickly found the door, the only one in the hall that had been closed, and slammed it open, his claws at the ready.
Only to find Kagome wrapped in nothing but a thin white towel, sprawled awkwardly in the bathtub, staring with wide fearful eyes at a caterpillar on the sink.
"INUYASHA, SIT!!!" she screeched upon seeing the hanyou gaping at her. He nosedived the tile, and Kagome briefly wondered if it was his nose or the ceramic that gave such a horrible crack before struggling to cover herself more adequately.
She whimpered as the stitches in her side and back gave painful tugs, and stilled her movements.
"Dammit, wench I-!" Inuyasha cut off his ranting when the scent of blood filled his nose; he sprung quickly up, ignorant of the blush that painted his cheeks. One of Kagome's cuts had reopened when she'd fallen; the long one that traced from her back around her side and crossed the scar on her hip where the shikon no tama had emerged.
"SIT!" she yelped again, her face burning. This was NOT how she'd planned to spend her peaceful night alone! Inuyasha was NOT supposed to barge in while she got out of the shower just because of a stupid little bug! A stupid little bug that was CRAWLING RIGHT TOWARD HER! "AHHHHH!" she screamed again, swinging a foot at the icky caterpillar.
Inuyasha's ears flatted against his skull as Kagome's scream echoed around the small tiled room. Struggling against the subduing spell of the rosary, he finally sprung up, easily leaping across the small bathroom to land crouched over Kagome, one hand clamped over her open mouth.
"Stop," he commanded, staring into her wide stormy eyes. "No more screaming. You're going to make my damn ears bleed." It was then that he noticed her fervent blush, their suggestive positions, and the fact that she was wearing nothing but a thin, white towel.
He quickly released his hold on her mouth, a blush of his own rapidly blossoming over his features.
"Inuyasha, I am going to sit you-!" Kagome's threat was interrupted when the hanyou collapsed atop her, snarling obscenities at her and the rosary. "-to your grave," she finished with a painful little gasp. "Ow..."
"Dammit wench!" he growled. "Now look what you've done!"
"Inu," she managed. "Onegai(1)... Get off..." Her cuts felt like they were on fire, and she could feel the towel starting to become sticky with her blood. "Itai... It hurts..." she whimpered.
"Shit!" he swore, his nose flooded with the scent of her blood. "I can't move yet, Kagome. It takes a few more seconds to wear off." He was straining to keep his weight off her, holding himself and the increased weight of the rosary up with slightly quivering arms and swearing under his breath. Finally, he felt the spell snap; its weight gone he sprung away, landing crouched by the door.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome called again. "Please... I can't get up..." Cautiously, as though he half expected her to sit him again, he approached the tub and gently scooped her out of it. Both were blushing like there was no tomorrow.
Inuyasha kept his eyes fixed firmly ahead of him as he carried the injured Kagome to her room, trying desperately not to think about how high her towel was riding up. He placed her gently on the bed, amber eyes staring at the wall behind her right ear.
"Gomen nasai (2) Inuyasha...." A flushed Kagome murmured, tugging the towel in an attempt to make it cover more of her legs.
"Feh," he snorted, tucking his hands into the wide sleeves of his haori. "Just remember this the next time you think about sitting me into the ground..." he was looking behind her, at the window; anywhere except her embarrassed stormy eyes.
"Inuyasha," she said again. "Really... Thanks for coming to rescue me, even after... earlier. With Hojo."
Now was his chance. Now was when he could tell her all of the things that he had said whilst she lay unconscious in Kaede's hut, five hundred years in the past. He could tell her that she wasn't just a Tama detector, and that he didn't love Kikyo... couldn't love Kikyo like he loved her... He could tell her that he loved her.
'Just tell her,' a voice inside him whispered. 'You did it once, is it really so hard to say it again?'
"Kagome, I-" 'Yes.' "I have to go now. I'll be outside, if... if you see another bug." He pulled up a mask, his arrogant smirk. "Stupid, flighty wench. They can't hurt you, ya know..." he chuckled, but inside he was dying to turn around and confess everything.
Everything...
A/N: Ok, there's the third (?) chapter, hope y'all enjoyed it.
Fael: Ok, you aren't allowed to hang out with your southern friends anymore.
Tarsis: Psh. Baka Kitsune. Anywayz, I am SO sorry that it took this long for me to write this chapter and get it posted up here. 0o Gomen! ;; Heh heh... please, remember to R&R as well!
Translations:
(1)Onegai- please
(2)Gomen nasai- I'm very sorry.
Disclaimer: I own Mr. Hugz the Hershey Kiss doll, the pen that exploded all over me this morning, and half of this burned library card. Nothing more... sniffle
Inuyasha glared sulkily at the yellow square of light that was Kagome's window. He sat perched high within the reaching branches of the Goshinbuku (AN: please blame all spelling mistakes on Fael. points to her muse), his ears flicked back in irritation, hidden from the silver light of the moon. He was STILL sore from all those 'sits' Kagome had given him earlier... And he had been trying to apologize, too!
Feh... Women....
His irritation at the girl immediately disappeared when her piercing shriek meet his sensitive ears, even from across the shrine grounds. Memories of her lying, bloody and broken from the youkai attack a mere six days ago flashed through his mind, turning his hanyou blood cold and filling his insides with dread.
With one powerful leap he launched himself from the God Tree, over the shadowed shrine grounds, and into the branches of the tree outside her window. The window was open, and Inuyasha wasted no time in rocketing through; not finding her in her room, he shot down the hall, following her blissful scent that at the moment was laced with pain and fear.
He quickly found the door, the only one in the hall that had been closed, and slammed it open, his claws at the ready.
Only to find Kagome wrapped in nothing but a thin white towel, sprawled awkwardly in the bathtub, staring with wide fearful eyes at a caterpillar on the sink.
"INUYASHA, SIT!!!" she screeched upon seeing the hanyou gaping at her. He nosedived the tile, and Kagome briefly wondered if it was his nose or the ceramic that gave such a horrible crack before struggling to cover herself more adequately.
She whimpered as the stitches in her side and back gave painful tugs, and stilled her movements.
"Dammit, wench I-!" Inuyasha cut off his ranting when the scent of blood filled his nose; he sprung quickly up, ignorant of the blush that painted his cheeks. One of Kagome's cuts had reopened when she'd fallen; the long one that traced from her back around her side and crossed the scar on her hip where the shikon no tama had emerged.
"SIT!" she yelped again, her face burning. This was NOT how she'd planned to spend her peaceful night alone! Inuyasha was NOT supposed to barge in while she got out of the shower just because of a stupid little bug! A stupid little bug that was CRAWLING RIGHT TOWARD HER! "AHHHHH!" she screamed again, swinging a foot at the icky caterpillar.
Inuyasha's ears flatted against his skull as Kagome's scream echoed around the small tiled room. Struggling against the subduing spell of the rosary, he finally sprung up, easily leaping across the small bathroom to land crouched over Kagome, one hand clamped over her open mouth.
"Stop," he commanded, staring into her wide stormy eyes. "No more screaming. You're going to make my damn ears bleed." It was then that he noticed her fervent blush, their suggestive positions, and the fact that she was wearing nothing but a thin, white towel.
He quickly released his hold on her mouth, a blush of his own rapidly blossoming over his features.
"Inuyasha, I am going to sit you-!" Kagome's threat was interrupted when the hanyou collapsed atop her, snarling obscenities at her and the rosary. "-to your grave," she finished with a painful little gasp. "Ow..."
"Dammit wench!" he growled. "Now look what you've done!"
"Inu," she managed. "Onegai(1)... Get off..." Her cuts felt like they were on fire, and she could feel the towel starting to become sticky with her blood. "Itai... It hurts..." she whimpered.
"Shit!" he swore, his nose flooded with the scent of her blood. "I can't move yet, Kagome. It takes a few more seconds to wear off." He was straining to keep his weight off her, holding himself and the increased weight of the rosary up with slightly quivering arms and swearing under his breath. Finally, he felt the spell snap; its weight gone he sprung away, landing crouched by the door.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome called again. "Please... I can't get up..." Cautiously, as though he half expected her to sit him again, he approached the tub and gently scooped her out of it. Both were blushing like there was no tomorrow.
Inuyasha kept his eyes fixed firmly ahead of him as he carried the injured Kagome to her room, trying desperately not to think about how high her towel was riding up. He placed her gently on the bed, amber eyes staring at the wall behind her right ear.
"Gomen nasai (2) Inuyasha...." A flushed Kagome murmured, tugging the towel in an attempt to make it cover more of her legs.
"Feh," he snorted, tucking his hands into the wide sleeves of his haori. "Just remember this the next time you think about sitting me into the ground..." he was looking behind her, at the window; anywhere except her embarrassed stormy eyes.
"Inuyasha," she said again. "Really... Thanks for coming to rescue me, even after... earlier. With Hojo."
Now was his chance. Now was when he could tell her all of the things that he had said whilst she lay unconscious in Kaede's hut, five hundred years in the past. He could tell her that she wasn't just a Tama detector, and that he didn't love Kikyo... couldn't love Kikyo like he loved her... He could tell her that he loved her.
'Just tell her,' a voice inside him whispered. 'You did it once, is it really so hard to say it again?'
"Kagome, I-" 'Yes.' "I have to go now. I'll be outside, if... if you see another bug." He pulled up a mask, his arrogant smirk. "Stupid, flighty wench. They can't hurt you, ya know..." he chuckled, but inside he was dying to turn around and confess everything.
Everything...
A/N: Ok, there's the third (?) chapter, hope y'all enjoyed it.
Fael: Ok, you aren't allowed to hang out with your southern friends anymore.
Tarsis: Psh. Baka Kitsune. Anywayz, I am SO sorry that it took this long for me to write this chapter and get it posted up here. 0o Gomen! ;; Heh heh... please, remember to R&R as well!
Translations:
(1)Onegai- please
(2)Gomen nasai- I'm very sorry.