Chapter Six - Lessons
It was well after dark by the time the group stopped for the night. After a very quick dinner most of the group immediately went to sleep. As the night before, Kagome couldn't sleep. She constantly moved around in her bedroll trying to find a position she could sleep in, but nothing helped.
Yue couldn't help but be aware that Kagome was still wide-awake. What is going on? He was aware of every move she made. He knew he watched her actions as she went about her daily activities. He just couldn't seem to avoid it. There was something about her that made him want to watch her. The guardian was also becoming possessive over her. He had noticed it earlier when that wolf youkai had come around calling her his woman. He hadn't wanted to put her down and his hand on her shoulder hadn't just been because she asked him to. Yue hadn't wanted her to step away from him. He didn't want to risk that baka taking his Kagome. He shook his head slightly. I have to stop thinking like that. I'll wind up like that baka wolf youkai. The moon guardian saw her out of the corner of his eye. It appeared that she'd given up on trying to sleep.
"Couldn't you sleep again either?" She asked. "I don't understand it. I've never had trouble sleeping."
"Maybe we're effecting your ability to sleep."
She was about to protest when she noticed a mischievous glint in his eyes. He's teasing me! Kagome thought incredulously. From what Kero had told her Yue was not the type to tease people. What made her so different that he genuinely wanted to tease her? She smiled at him.
"If that's the case, then maybe you should make it up to me by starting those lessons you promised. After all, I have all this free time."
He faced her fully. "Hint taken. We shall start with mental blocks. Before you learn how to go into another's mind you need to learn how to keep your own mind closed. If you can't close your own mind the person whose thoughts you're reading can learn your thoughts, even if they have no telepathic abilities themselves."
He spent hours showing her how to erect a wall around her psyche. To do that he had no choice in entering her mind. While inside her thoughts were like an open book. He tried his damnedest to ignore them, but he couldn't prevent himself from noticing one stray thought. By the time he called a halt to the lessons for the night she was able to erect simple barriers. As Kagome finally went to sleep he watched her with sad eyes, his mind was on that one thought he had seen That's what you get for not listening to your mind instead of your heart, he scolded himself. Now look at you. Your heart is breaking. Yue sighed heavily. Kagome loved Inuyasha.
* * *
Every night Yue and Kagome would spend a few hours working on her powers. Both of them immensely enjoyed the time they spent together, though the guardian would never admit it. After the first night Yue never saw any other thoughts while in her mind, he didn't have to. He knew that she only considered him a friend and that's probably all he would ever be to her.
Ever since their first lesson together Yue had been distant towards her, as if he was afraid to get too close now. He no longer showed as much emotion around her. The only thing she could make out when looking into his eyes was this sad sort of light and she somehow knew that it was connected to her in some way. She wished she knew what it was so that she could fix it. It killed her to see him so sad. Kagome had come to terms with the fact that she had fallen for the moon guardian. What she felt for him was way stronger than anything she had ever felt for Inuyasha. She had been hoping that he felt the same. Why else would he let her see what he doesn't show others? But she didn't think that was the case any more. She sighed again.
It was well after dark by the time the group stopped for the night. After a very quick dinner most of the group immediately went to sleep. As the night before, Kagome couldn't sleep. She constantly moved around in her bedroll trying to find a position she could sleep in, but nothing helped.
Yue couldn't help but be aware that Kagome was still wide-awake. What is going on? He was aware of every move she made. He knew he watched her actions as she went about her daily activities. He just couldn't seem to avoid it. There was something about her that made him want to watch her. The guardian was also becoming possessive over her. He had noticed it earlier when that wolf youkai had come around calling her his woman. He hadn't wanted to put her down and his hand on her shoulder hadn't just been because she asked him to. Yue hadn't wanted her to step away from him. He didn't want to risk that baka taking his Kagome. He shook his head slightly. I have to stop thinking like that. I'll wind up like that baka wolf youkai. The moon guardian saw her out of the corner of his eye. It appeared that she'd given up on trying to sleep.
"Couldn't you sleep again either?" She asked. "I don't understand it. I've never had trouble sleeping."
"Maybe we're effecting your ability to sleep."
She was about to protest when she noticed a mischievous glint in his eyes. He's teasing me! Kagome thought incredulously. From what Kero had told her Yue was not the type to tease people. What made her so different that he genuinely wanted to tease her? She smiled at him.
"If that's the case, then maybe you should make it up to me by starting those lessons you promised. After all, I have all this free time."
He faced her fully. "Hint taken. We shall start with mental blocks. Before you learn how to go into another's mind you need to learn how to keep your own mind closed. If you can't close your own mind the person whose thoughts you're reading can learn your thoughts, even if they have no telepathic abilities themselves."
He spent hours showing her how to erect a wall around her psyche. To do that he had no choice in entering her mind. While inside her thoughts were like an open book. He tried his damnedest to ignore them, but he couldn't prevent himself from noticing one stray thought. By the time he called a halt to the lessons for the night she was able to erect simple barriers. As Kagome finally went to sleep he watched her with sad eyes, his mind was on that one thought he had seen That's what you get for not listening to your mind instead of your heart, he scolded himself. Now look at you. Your heart is breaking. Yue sighed heavily. Kagome loved Inuyasha.
* * *
Every night Yue and Kagome would spend a few hours working on her powers. Both of them immensely enjoyed the time they spent together, though the guardian would never admit it. After the first night Yue never saw any other thoughts while in her mind, he didn't have to. He knew that she only considered him a friend and that's probably all he would ever be to her.
Ever since their first lesson together Yue had been distant towards her, as if he was afraid to get too close now. He no longer showed as much emotion around her. The only thing she could make out when looking into his eyes was this sad sort of light and she somehow knew that it was connected to her in some way. She wished she knew what it was so that she could fix it. It killed her to see him so sad. Kagome had come to terms with the fact that she had fallen for the moon guardian. What she felt for him was way stronger than anything she had ever felt for Inuyasha. She had been hoping that he felt the same. Why else would he let her see what he doesn't show others? But she didn't think that was the case any more. She sighed again.