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Chapter Twenty Two: Thoughts and Comfort
"I can't believe it! A priestess led the massacre on my village! How dare her!" Sango had, had enough of listening to the woman before her. Outrage seized the infuriated orphan. Veins burst through her pale skin as her mind raced with the thought of this priestess. Her eyes glazed over with hatred then again noticed the woman that had informed the loner of the situation. "What is her name, this priestess?" the slayer questioned.
"Her name is Kagome and she travels with some companions," Kikyo educated Sango, "There is a hanyou, kitsune, and a monk. The others do not know of the miko's evil, so they will be totally surprised."
"Good, I love a challenge," the living girl smirked. The deceased maiden that was smiling just a second ago dropped the happiness suddenly.
"Now that you know everything I shall take my leave," the teacher explained.
"Wait, I do not know your name. Please tell me," Sango pleaded.
"My name? Very well, you can call me Kikyo." The dead priestess finished her conversation with the demon exterminator. She gathered herself up and left in the direction of where she had come. A green glow greeted her as she made her way into a clearing to think of what to do next. My plan is falling into place nicely. In the next couple of days Kagome shall meet her demise and I will have the soul once more! A cackle burst from the cold clay. She knew her happiness would be sealed soon and that Inuyasha would be hers once more.
"Inuyasha? I'm surprised you came to get me from the well. You were acting so strange the other day I thought you wouldn't ever want to see me again," Kagome expressed with great surprise. A pink color kissed the cheeks of the boy. He still remembered yesterday, but in his talk with Kikyo he had forgotten momentarily. He didn't know what to say to her. Instead he crouched down and let her climb upon his back. He noticed that she didn't smell like she did yesterday, though his heart still wanted her, his mind just didn't know it yet. While traveling against the hard body Kagome absently wrapped her delicate fingers around soft silver strands. The affectionate show softened the hanyou and he wanted to take her in his arms. They arrived at Kaede's hut after a few minutes and he put her down. Her light touch made his skin tingle. Her bright grin stopped the amber eyed boy in his tracks. He couldn't help but to stare at her as she bounced up to the hut.
Why is she starting to affect me like this? A low growl sounded from his throat and his legs took off with the rest of him. I have to go somewhere to think now! Dark eyes outlined with a hot pink powder watched the dog eared boy pounced off after dropping off a very beautiful maiden.
That must have been the girl Lady Kikyo mentioned. She will pay for what she did! I'll wait for her until nightfall, then attack the girl when she's by herself. She crouched further into the foliage and kept quite. She would flee as soon as she knew there was no danger in doing so. The girl would sleep, eat, and prepare for the battle for the rest of the day and return at nightfall. In his hurry Inuyasha slightly noticed the new smell of a woman, yet paid it no heed because of his emotions. He arrived at his favorite tree in a matter of seconds. Amber eyes examined the wood and his rough clawed hands felt the bark. It almost seemed that the tree offered its wisdom whenever the confused boy pondered through his thoughts. He crouched and then gracefully leapt upon a higher branch. The bright green leaves offered their support by camouflaging the haggard loner. His body automatically formed itself into his favorite position because his mind was already else ware.
Kagome, how do I feel about her? Every time she's near me her scent makes my heart race. Why does she affect me so? Perhaps she is closer to me than I thought? But what about Kikyo, how do I feel about her? Maybe I should talk to Miroku about this. Inuyasha stayed in his thoughts well into the afternoon. He forgot about hunger and thirst, all he could concentrate on were the two women that held his mind.
"Kaede, I'm worried. Inuyasha has been away all afternoon. Maybe I should go and look for him," Kagome thought aloud to the old priestess. Kaede stopped sorting her herbs and glanced at the younger maiden.
"Perhaps ye should find him Kagome, if ye are worried about him," Kaede assured the woman. The old woman gave her reassurance with a gentle smile and a powerful look in her eyes. The ebony haired miko smiled back happily and left the hut to go and find her lost companion.
"INUYASHA! INUYASHA! WHERE ARE YOU!" Kagome yelled at the top of her lungs while walking through the forest. She became startled when a ruby and silver lump fell before her. Her heart didn't stop racing even when she did know in was her missing protector. His amber orbs burned through to her soul.
"Kagome, I didn't mean to worry you. I just had to think..." his sentence drifted away when he couldn't concentrate on his words, only on the girl who held him spell bound. Her aroma drove everything from his mind. It almost seemed like it was fresh dew and lilies mixed with a clean sun dried smell faintly binding it together. He closed the gap in between the two and softly touched her creamy hand with his own calloused one. Kagome was so surprised that she didn't know what to do. Warmth spread through her body from were his flesh adjoined to her own. She stared at his skin upon her and then slowly drew her dark eyes upward to his blazing amber spheres. Wonderment surrounded her and every thought was replaced by a new feeling. Her mind grasped for something to say, to break the spell that held her to him.
"Inuyasha, I'm in pain. Could you rub my back for me? It hurts a lot," Kagome finally fumbled out. Well, it's true. My cramps are just coming and they always do have me sick for a few days. A new odor intermingled with her natural perfume. The metallic smell of blood. He knew her monthly time had come and remembered that his mother had been in pain during her monthly time. He nodded his head 'yes', but didn't drop her tiny hand. Slowly they walked back to the hut together side by side still touching.
"Kaede, I found him!" Kagome spoke excitedly when entering the hut.
"I see that child," the old woman slowly collected herself and left the small one room shack knowing that the two needed to be alone. Kagome just shrugged off how weird Kaede was acting.
"So, about that back rub? Do you want it know or later?" Inuyasha broke through the girl's thoughts. A blush crept on her fair cheeks.
"Can I have it now?" she requested shyly.
"Of course Kagome. Now, get under a blanket and take off your shirt, I promise I won't look. It's just better so I don't have to mess with adjusting the stupid thing all the time," Inuyasha directed the blushing maiden. He could tell by her tense muscles that she was already experiencing great amount of discomfort. She quickly did what he instructed and waited with anticipation in the darkness behind her eyelids. He hungrily stared at her curvy back. His eyes noticed some scars and felt regret because he couldn't protect her from what she had endured.
Erasing everything else from his mind he slowly reached out his arms and gently stroked her flaming skin. A smile sigh escaped from her lips without her notice. The sound gave him confidence to continue. His fingers found the right spots and he felt the tension give with the pressure. The warmth from the friction and the force from his fingers fired up her body and built on what happened before. His touch relaxed her and slowly her mind submerged into sleep. After some time had passed his ears picked up the sound of unhurried, regular breathing. A gentle smile plastered itself onto the hanyou's face when he realized she had fallen asleep. He stopped his relaxing massage and curled up beside the slumbering girl and watched the beauty beside him peacefully.