Disclaimer: As of now, I don't own Inuyasha. But hey, who knows about tomorrow?
Hello hello amigos! Gee whiz, it's been 3 weeks, now hasn't it? Sorry about that. Do y'all wanna know where I was? Well, tough beans if you didn't. For that first week I caught a deadly ("deadly") stomach virus and the last two weeks have been spent in catching up on all the stupid work that I missed. *someone in computer-land yells "not good enough" and throws pineapple at my head* Well, to everyone else, I hope that it's good enough…
Well, anyways, the gist of that last paragraph was that I'm very sorry but the stomach virus gods decided that it was time I got to spend a week puking. Luckily, I got to catch up on what I'd missed on Dawson's Creek :D
Alrighty, my beloved readers. Here are your responses…
Depressed-girl001: Thank you for not one but TWO reviews in the time I was gone! *hands over a cookie* merci beaucoup! Oh, your last review didn't sound all that depressed; are you getting better? Hmm…your questions were rather demanding and I think you might be surprised at the ending…hint hint…you know, your review was actually what prompted me to get off my behind this morning and type!
Bazooie: Why thank you. I thought it was evil too. Um, Kikyo will not be making an appearance in this. Oh, well, maybe she will. I really have no idea yet.
Shadow Wraith: oh, god, somebody really DID have a voodoo doll of me! Now, I'm creeped out…I don't think I'll kill anybody off; I was just feeling murderous at the time (little brother + one of those laser guns that makes a racket = me killing something. Just feel lucky that it was a roach that I killed instead of Sango or somebody…)
Mustard Yellow Sunshine: Oh dear, I knew that somebody would ask what's going on. Okay, I'll put it in chart format…
Remember way back when, when Inuyasha ran off to the village in the woods and the chapter ended with him getting knocked out? Okay, he wakes up in a sort of mysterious area, filled with mist and shifting fog. He doesn't remember how he got there. He's never been in a place like this. And on top of this, he's turned human. Luckily, he remembers Kagome. So he thinks his little fantasies about her that I'm not going into detail about because I have friends reading this who would probably print this out and post it all over my school because they can be scary mean like that. He assures himself that he won't forget Kagome and goes to sleep. Three days later, he hasn't seen anybody and he starts getting restless. He still remembers Kagome. Desperate now, Inuyasha has been walking for days with no sleep or food to see if he can get out of the misty land. Eventually he gets kind of delirious and begins seeing things. Like Kagome. "Kagome" tells him that he should forget her, she's found someone new, she couldn't stand the sight of him…blah blah blah…This is probably where I should have elaborated more. In this exhausted state, he goes off in a deep sleep for days. In this sleep, he forgets that he ever knew Kagome, based upon what "she" said to him.
Inuyasha wakes up in the clearing in the forest where he was knocked out. HE CAN'T REMEMBER KAGOME. Or Miroku and Sango. He also can't remember the misty place. But he's back in his half-demon state again. So he runs off into the forest to find something to eat because he's quite hungry after not eating anything for a while.Okies, hope you understand now! And this is for anyone else out that who was wondering what happened in the last chapter but was scared that I'd hate/hunt down/throw lightning bolts at you for criticizing my story. Don't worry. I confuse a lot of people once I get going…usually intentionally but sometimes not…Oh, and as a note to some of y'all, this next chapter will be a tad more confusing than the last one. But bear with me till the end of it because it ought to explain itself by then…Oh and to the people who know me and are reading this, if y'all tease me about this chapter, then there will be penance to be paid in the near future…you know who you are…
Brekke rider of gold Wirenth: How many times do I have to tell you that I'm working on fitting 'Bananas in Pajamas' into this fic? Obviously more than once…oh and you misspelled "camel". Haha :D
Disclaimer (2) : I don't own Dido. I own her fist cd "No
Angel" but not her second one. I'm hoping to get it for my birthday (36 days
and counting…). Anyways, it is an excellent cd and perfect to listen to if you
feel like crying. So is "A
Rush of Blood to the Head" by Coldplay. I wanted to put one of their songs in
but I couldn't find one with lyrics that went along with the storyline.
Anyways, back to Dido. Her song "Take My Hand" is the next chapter. It was a
bonus track on the cd and we should all be glad they put it on the cd because
otherwise this chapter wouldn't be here. So yay for Dido and her cd producer, Rollo.
Am I the only person who reads cd inserts?
Gosh this is a long intro. Y'all are probably pulling the voodoo dolls out of your trash cans (put it back, Shadow Wraith) so I think it'd be best if I started the story, right? Okay then! Tally-ho!
I don't think I'll say what happened at the end of the last chapter this time because I've already told y'all in Mustard Yellow Sunshine's review response. Sorry that I'm breaking my tradition, but oh well.
Voila chapter numero quelquechose. Je ne me rappele pas. Tant pis pour vous.
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Touch my skin, and tell me what you're thinking
Take my hand, and show me where we're going
Lie down next to me,
Look into my eyes,
And tell me-oh, tell me what you're seeing.
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Kagome twisted in her blankets and sleeping bag. Slowly she came to consciousness and looked down to see that she had wrapped and knotted them all around her in the night. Sighing, she struggled her arms out and began to undo the mess she had made. "Let me help with that," a deep, familiar voice said from behind her. Kagome's head snapped up and she twisted around. "Oh my god, you came back!" she yelped. She tried to jump up to throw her arms around him, forgetting that her legs were still trapped by the blankets, and hit the ground on her stomach. "Oof," she mumbled. Inuyasha grinned and crouched down in front of her face. "Miss me much?" he teased. Kagome was about to tell him to sit but realized that if she did, then it would involve him falling forward and he getting crushed into the ground. Also, any upset thoughts that she had towards Inuyasha faded as she watched him reach out to her and brush her hair back. "You still want help getting out of the blankets?" he grinned. It was all Kagome could do to nod. Inuyasha grabbed her shoulders and gently tugged until the blankets fell away. Kagome's heart skipped when she found herself held against his muscular chest. He bent his head down and whispered in her ear, "Let's go somewhere else. We don't want to wake the others and I need to tell you something." Kagome looked up into his golden eyes and found him staring straight into her own. She gulped and nodded again. Inuyasha released her slightly and bent to pick up a blanket, saying that it might get a little chilly later on. Inuyasha adjusted his hold on Kagome until he had one arm under her shoulders and the other under her knees; then he bounded into the forest and away from the campsite where Sango and Miroku slept.
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So sit on top of the world, and tell me how you're feeling
What you feel now is what I feel for you
Take my hand, and if I'm lying to you
I'll always be alone, if I'm lying to you
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Kagome thought about what had happened. First, Inuyasha had given her a stupid reason for leaving and had left her confused and worried. Now, months later, he had returned and was carrying her off to an unknown place in the forest for unknown reasons. She had several grounds for being angry with Inuyasha but they all dissolved when she glanced up at his face. God, she had missed him. Most of all, she had missed his ears. Reaching up to touch them, Inuyasha smiled, shook his head, and whispered that there would be time enough for that later. Moments later, he stopped and lightly set her down in a mossy space near one of the hot springs that she and Sango had been to recently. Looking around, she saw how the moon sifted through the branches of the trees and she sighed at how beautiful it was. Her gaze was drawn to Inuyasha, who had spread her blanket beside a tall tree. He patted the ground next to him and she came over and sat next to him. However, just sitting next to him wasn't good enough for her. She scooted over and leaned her head on his shoulder. "Now, what was it that you wanted to tell me?" she asked quietly. Inuyasha grinned looped an arm around her shoulders. Kagome was mesmerized by the look of a smile on a person who never smiled. It was compelling. "I missed you," he said simply. "After I left, I was lost. I told you that you were strong, and you are. It just turns out that I'm not as strong as I thought I was." Kagome stared at him as if he had lost his mind. What did he mean, not strong? "I was lost and confused and I think that you," he paused to tap her on the nose, "you are the one I need to unconfuse me." 'That doesn't make much sense, but what the hell…' Kagome thought. His finger stayed on the tip of her nose and both of them were silent, Kagome going cross-eyed to see and Inuyasha watching to see what she would do. His finger left her nose and he brought his hand around to the arm farthest away from him and caught her in a tight hug. "I missed you, too," Kagome whispered in his ear.
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See my eyes, they carry your reflection
Watch my lips, and hear the words I'm telling you
Give your trust to me
And look into my heart
And show me-show me what you're doing
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Kagome could feel his warm breath on her neck. 'God, that tickles,' she thought dazedly. Inuyasha moved slowly away from her. "As good as that feels, it's not a comfortable position," he said, lying down on his side and looking up at Kagome. She laid down on the blanket next to Inuyasha and his arm snaked around her waist and pulled her up to his chest. He dropped a kiss on her forehead, looked down to see what she would do, and dropped a kiss on her nose. Kagome couldn't take it anymore. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she pulled his head down to her and kissed him square on the lips. She had only meant for it to be quick and over with soon but when she would have pulled away, his grip tightened and he held on to her until she was out of breath. Pulling away, Kagome tried to catch her breath and gasped out "Tell me now, exactly why you left me." Inuyasha sighed and rolled onto his back. "Stupidity, I guess." Kagome just stared at him. "All right. I began realizing how I felt about you. It scared me. Every time you looked at me, I wanted to kiss you just like we just did. And now that we have, I don't think that I'm going to leave ever again," he said, looking into her eyes. "Like I'd ever let you," Kagome whispered before snuggling up to his chest again in comfort.
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So sit on top of the world, and tell me how you're feeling
What you feel is what I feel for you
Take my hand, and if I'm lying to you
I'll always be alone, if I'm lying to you
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They lay like that for a long time, he with his arms around her and she with her head resting on his chest, listening to his steady heartbeat. He ran his hands slowly through her long black hair and she sighed with happiness. Lifting her head slightly, she could see him looking down at her with his golden eyes. She had never seen eyes that color in her world. They were piercing but gentle now, lightly flecked with amber and yellow the color of sunshine on a summer day. As she looked at his eyes, she saw that instead of looking back at her eyes, they stared a little ways south, more at her lips. Inuyasha shifted slowly, so as not to jolt her and moved so that he lay on top of her, with his arms braced on either side of her head. Then he grinned. "All right, I'm sleepy now," he said and pretended to go off to sleep. Kagome attempted to whack him, but his hand caught her wrist in time. "Wake me up in the morning…" he trailed off. 'Argh. Stupid man.' Kagome thought. She tried to squirm out from out from under the "sleeping" hanyou but he had gone limp and was pinning her to the ground. Looking at his head resting on her chest, a malicious grin flitted across her face. She took one of his ears between her fingers and slowly began to stroke it. A shock seemed to go through Inuyasha's body and he went as stiff as a board. "Not so sleepy, are you, eh?" she laughed. "Ooh, that's fighting dirty," he told her, lifting his head to look in her eyes again. He trailed his fingers down her sides, making her squirm in pleasure. Kagome brought her other hand up in order to give attention to the other ears and her mind went blank of any cohesive thoughts as Inuyasha's hands drifted. Their lips met in a deep kiss that didn't end any time soon.
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Feel the sun on your face
And tell me what you're thinking
Catch the snow on your tongue
And show me how it tastes
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After Inuyasha had kissed her deeply several times, he told her how they could spend their lives. He painted vivid pictures and in between descriptions, he diverted and kissed her some more. Kagome helped with more ways that their lives would be perfect. Eventually, they both gave up talking and spent the night learning about each other in other ways…They fell asleep entwined in each other's arms, bathed in the moonlight drifting through the treetops.
The next morning, Kagome woke up and looked at the blankets next to her. She looked down at the pillow clutched in her arms, just the way that she had fallen asleep with Inuyasha. Wordlessly, she began to cry. It had all been a dream.
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I'm evil, aren't I?