A wish upon a star
Disclaimer: *sighs* once again, I do not own Inu-Yasha
Note: Some of you mailed me asking about their ages in this story so here goes Inu-Yasha: 18 Kagome: 17 Kikyou: 18 Sesshomuru: 19
One more thing - in my story THEY HAVE CLOCKS - even thought that is weird, considering people still use carriages etc. But I need TIME in my story. . . so don't find that weird if in chapters you see 'Whoever looked beside at the clock and figured out it was 7.00 p.m.'
Hope that will clear some confusion! Oh- Thankx for all those reviews and keep sending! Anyz, here goes chapter four!
Chapter Four
Secretive Secrets
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He felt her jump and cling her arms around his neck, he almost fell backwards at the amount of weight she had pushed onto him.
His eyes opened wide, 'what the heck?' was the first thought that came into his mind, he heard her mumbling something, "Hey you, get off of me!" He spat out
"Spider! Spider! Spider!" was the response he got. He soon got off his shock, and anger, annoyance and something he just couldn't put his finger on rushed through him.
"I DON'T care! Get - off - me!" he bellowed out, moving his own hands to her waist to pry her off him. He felt her wipe her face on his shoulder, "Hey! I'm not some cloth you can just wipe dirt on!"
"Is the spider gone?"
"What SPIDER!?"
"The one that crawled up my arm!"
He felt her clutch his shoulder. He rolled his eyes, 'girls can be so pathetic'
"Hey, you dumbass, that was my claw!"
She let go of him immediately, as if she had just been shocked. She stared at him open eyed. A blush crept up on her face. "Oh" was the only thing she said before getting up and looking down at him.
A sudden relief passed through him, he had started to feel tense, all the rain that had poured down on him during his 'chase' in the rain had started to develop into a cold but just as the moment she had hugged him, his stomach twisted into a knot and it felt like a fire had started in the pits of his stomach, as soon as she let go he felt damp and cold again, and right now, he preferred that more than the first one.
He looked up at her, obviously looked mad.
"Ok hey! Don't blame me! I thought it was a spider!" She crossed her hands over her chest and answered almost immediately. A sudden idea ran through his mind.
"I bet you that's not the reason" He smirked.
"Huh?" her face showing a confused expression.
"I'm too hot to resist, that's all" He pulled up the sleeves of his shirt and started to massage his muscles, obviously trying to show off. He turned around and watched her open her mouth and close it again. He smiled an evil smile and raised his eyebrows. "Don't worry; it happens all the time, just try not to drool okay?"
"Aahh!!! What the hell? You are sooo-" She clenched her fists and narrowed her eyes, trying to think of the right word.
"I'm so what? Hot, sexy, perfect, cute?" He grinned at her; he tried to hold in a chuckle, he was getting her so pissed, perfect.
"No! You are so - up yourself!"
"Aw, come on, you don't mean that-." He stopped suddenly, a thought came rushing through him. 'You sound like that pervert friend of yours!'
"Oh yes you are!" She bent down, now face to face, she poked a finger at his nose "Don't try that pissing off technique with me! It's been used on me way too many times!" And with that, she turned around and rushed back through the garden to the castle, leaving Inu-yasha grinning from ear to ear.
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She had never been so embarrassed in her life. If possible, this could even be more embarrassing that the moment everyone had saw her naked. If he started to spread rumors about her sudden 'hug' Kikyou would come and murder her on the spot.
She had taken yet - another shower and was now walking in a fresh clean purple kimono. It was near midnight and she was walking through the castle corridors, trying to find a way back to her room.
She took a turn and spotted a boy, looking almost the same age as her, just a year older. She walked up to him and tapped his shoulder. "Excuse me?"
He turned around and sent her a smile "Yes?"
"Would you please take me to my room?" She asked smiling back, she watched his face brighten up a dozen and saw his smile broaden. She waited for his reply as she watched him think carefully.
"No, I think my room will be better" He quickly slithered his hand around her waist. Slowly moving lower.
"PERVERT!" she backed away a few tremendous steps and swatted his hand away. "I don't mean THAT! I'm new here and I lost my way to my room!"
"Oh" He formed a frown "I thought otherwise, especially because of the time and because you're Kimono is loosely done"
She quickly turned around and tightened her Kimono, if anyone had a contest for the most embarrassing things happen to you in one day, she would win it without a sweat, she turned back, now her face a deep shade of red. "So can you?"
"Sure, I can't go to sleep. . ." he shrugged and then raised his hand "By the way, my name is Miroku"
"Mines Kagome" She raised her right hand in order to shake but kept her distance just in case. He gave her a boyish grin.
"So, you're Sesshy's fiancé?"
"Uh - are you talking about Sesshomuru? Yeah - now, can you please take me to my room?"
"Fine, just thought we could start a conversation" he started to walk towards the steps, noticing she wasn't following him he turned around and raised his eyebrows "Are you coming or not?"
"Huh? Oh - yeah" She stumbled quickly after him.
"So, do you wanna get married?" Miroku's voice questioned from ahead of her.
"No"
"Then why are you?"
"You think I have a choice?" She heard him sigh.
"I understand, parents, they treat you around like puppets"
"Yeah, how'd you know?"
"Oh, I just have another friend who goes through the same thing, just far more badly"
"What's his name" She questioned him eagerly. He didn't reply, just as she was about to ask him again, he stopped.
"Here's you're corridor, just walk down it -."
"I know the rest, thanks" She started to walk down the corridor when she heard a voice yell out to her.
"You sure you don't want me coming in you're room?"
She smiled, "Yeah, pretty sure!"
"You'll regret that!" He yelled out aloud. She turned around, smiling.
"Not so loudly, you'll wake some *people* up," She glanced at Inu-Yasha's door; he seemed to understand and grinned back.
"He's not such a bad guy you know," He crossed his hands over his shoulder and leaned on the wall "after you get to know him"
"Well, I have to sleep, goodnight!"
"Goodnight, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bight" Kagome froze at the last statement,
"B-bed bugs?"
He started to laugh "Just kidding! I'll see you in the morning, if Sesshy wont mind" and with that he turned around and proceeded down the stairs.
"I doubt he will" Kagome said even though she knew he couldn't hear her, she turned around and went to her own bedroom.
When she entered her bedroom, she went straight towards the balcony and looked around for something to sit on, seeing a rocking chair she pulled it closer to the railings so she could have a better view of the forest and the dark blue, almost black outlining which seemed to be of the sea.
A cool breeze blew in the air, and she rested her head back and looked up in the sky. It was so beautiful here, it might not be so bad living here, if only she lived here with someone she really loved, her thoughts trailed to Sesshomuru. He hadn't said a word to her since she came, she wanted to know how his voice sounded, what if it was deep and rusty or maybe annoying, and sweet in a kind of way? Her thoughts trailed to his younger brother.
A blush crept up on her face as she remembered the events after dinner, god, this was only her first day here and she was going around hugging people?
'I think I'm catching the habit of my grandmother' she thought, remembering how her grandmother hugged everyone and everything she thought was cute.
'But, I don't think Inu-Yasha is cute - but - his dog ears were cute - but that doesn't mean he's cute!'
"I wish I could stop thinking about him!" She said out aloud.
"Thinking about whom?"
She jolted straight out of her chair and looked for the source of the voice, she looked to her left and saw Inu-Yasha leaning against his own railing and looking up at the stars.
"None of you're business" She snapped back. Seeing him shrug, and not start an argument she just sighed and leaned on the railing and started to look up at the sky again.
Her eyes spotted the same star she had wished on, she started to stare at it, as if wanting an explanation why it hadn't granted her wish yet, but the star just twinkled on innocently as if had done no mistake.
"You believe in that star?"
She turned her gaze to Inu-yasha. "What do you mean?"
"You know, wish on that star, if you deserve it, it grants you're wish" He said in a - matter - of - factly way.
"I don't know" she looked at the star again and noticed he was staring at it too. "Do you?"
"Same answer as you"
Kagome walked back to her rocking chair and sat down in it again, this time she closed her eyes. She felt another cool breeze hit her gently, making her feel as if she were floating. She listened intently to any sound and heard the tree's whispering to each other, she sighed happily. "Is it this beautiful every night?"
She opened her eyes for his answer and saw him nod.
"Then I wouldn't mind staying here, even if it meant marrying you're brother"
"Do you want to marry my brother?"
She sighed, hearing the same question Miroku had asked her a while earlier. "If I could decide between yes or no, I would choose no"
"Then why are you?"
She sighed again, feeling another cool breeze blow on her, making her feel like a floating angel, something about the air here. . . remembering the question Inu-Yasha had asked she replied to it slowly.
"You think I have a choice?" She turned to her left to stare at the half demon who had been staring at her for the last few minutes. Remembering something that she had been wondering for quite a while now, she decided to ask. "Is that the sea out there?" she nodded towards the blue - almost black outline behind the forest. She watched him -finally- lift his gaze from her and stare at where she had nodded towards.
"Yeah" he closed his eyes for a while and yawned "You. . . ," he yawned again "wanna go there?"
"Yeah, I'd love to, I've never seen the sea before" She smiled and snuggled into her chair, and yawned "I must be catching it from you" She closed her eyes and enjoyed the feel of the cool summer wind play with her hair.
"I'd take you right now if you wanted," he jumped up and sat on his own railing. "But you should sleep"
"Yeah," was her response "Sometime?" she wished her rocking chair was a bed, feeling as if she could fall asleep here every night.
"Maybe tomorrow, at night? I can't go in the day, people would start to get ideas if they saw us both gone somewhere together"
"Sure" she said, almost half asleep.
"Oh, and one question" Inu-Yasha asked suddenly at the almost asleep girl.
"Yeah?" She asked in a whisper.
"What were you doing walking around at midnight with Miroku?" He waited for her reply but got none, he looked at her again and saw that she had fallen asleep on the rocking chair, the wind playing with her hair, once in a while, making it lift and fall on her shoulders. The moonlight lit her face making it seem. . .
Heck, he accepted it, she looked pretty. . .
But, there was something else.
But what?
'Damnit, must be because I'm so tired.' he turned around and proceeded towards his bed, finally wanting to sleep.
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She woke up at the break of dusk. Feeling too cozy to move from her spot she just lifted her head to watch the sunrise. Wow, it was beautiful here. The sun was slowly rising, eliminating the sky from its blanket of darkness. She blinked, what time was it? It must be barely 5.00 a.m.
The sky now had some orange and pink streaks, starting to feel a bit chilly she got up and grabbed a blanket from inside her room and went outside again to her rocking chair, this time covering herself with a blanket.
As she watched the sunrise, she slowly drifted off into another slumber.
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"Stop shakin' me!" She mumbled out, trying to sink deeper in her blanket so whoever was trying to wake her up would go away.
"Kagome, do you want to miss breakfast?" The voice was different, and she hadn't heard it before, but she recognized it as a males.
"I dunno, me just a ba-by!" She cheered out loud, remembering the dream she had, where she was a baby getting everything she wanted.
"Ahem?" the man gently shook her again "I'm sure you are, but mother doesn't like it when people are late"
She grudgingly opened her eyes, too see a silver haired man staring down at her. "Who. . . ARE . . . you" She pointed a finger at the mans nose.
"Sesshomuru?"
She withdrew her hand and sat up straight, rubbing her eyes. "Oh, oops, sorry, didn't mean too, was really sleepy, dream. . . babies . . ." She yawned.
"Right, hurry up" he stepped back to her room and sat on her bed, patiently waiting for her to get dressed.
She got up from the rocking chair, immediately missing the warmth, but started walking for the bathroom.
Approximately ten minutes later she came out again, dressed in a dress up to her knees. It was green, and had long sleeves which were see-through. Her hair were tied in a ponytail showing her ears with green butterflies earrings. Seeing her, Sesshomuru immediately got up and opened the door for her.
"Thanks" she smiled at him and headed out the door. "Its pretty hot here isn't it?"
"MmHm"
"So what do you do all day?" she asked him hopelessly trying to start a conversation.
"Walk around"
"Don't you get bored?" she started to walk down the staircase and looked back for his answer.
"Things pop up"
"Oh, okay" she answered, reaching the dining room, she quickened up her pace to the table, not wanting to be with Sesshomuru any longer.
When she reached there she saw one un-familiar face, she sat directly in front of her and gave her a smile, happy to see at least one female her age in the palace.
"Hey!" the girl smiled at her, "My name's Sango"
"Mine's Kagome, so are you the daughter of the family?" at this question, the girl coughed on the juice.
"Oh, no, and I wouldn't want to anyways" she looked around to make sure no one could hear her. "There are some major problems with this family; I'm here to make sure nothing goes out of hand"
"Problems? What kind?"
"I'm not in the liberty to tell, sorry" Sango continued to eat her breakfast, Kagome looked down to see what there was too eat. Bacon, eggs, milk, plums, orange juice, bread, and cream.
Not knowing what to eat first she decided to drink the milk, and stare at Sango at the same time. She was distracted momentarily as the boy named 'Miroku' stepped in the dining hall and walk towards where she was sitting.
She quickly glanced towards Sango who had also noticed him and was surprised when Sango told her not to speak to him.
"Good morning" He sat beside Sango and waited for the girls to answer in the same manner. They did nothing of the sort but casually continued eating their breakfast. Kagome had finished drinking the milk and was now eating the bacon and drinking orange juice.
"Sango dear, if you keep telling all the guests in the palace to ignore me how will I make any friends?"
Kagome raised her eyebrows at the 'Sango dear' part.
"Don't call me that, and I haven't told anyone not to talk to you, they just seem offended by you" Sango huffed and inched away from Miroku.
"But that's a lie; I took a walk with this lovely young lady last night and we were having a good time" He nodded towards Kagome. Kagome quickly glanced towards Sesshomuru to see if he minded this but Sesshomuru was eating breakfast and ignoring everyone like he did at last nights dinner.
Sango gave Kagome a questioning look as if asking what Miroku said was actually true.
"Um. . . yeah - I got lost, you see, and he seemed to be the only one around. . . " her voice trailed off as everything happened in slow motion. Miroku had seized Sango's rear and was rewarded by a slap, his hand slammed down on a plate, sending the contents of the food flying everywhere, a piece of bacon landed on the kings head and the king got quickly got up from his chair spilling the glass of milk he had been drinking on the table. An egg landed square in the queen's eye and the orange juice spilled on Sango's lap.
Kagome sat there, desperately trying to control her laughter, knowing that she'll explode if she didn't laugh; she feebly excused herself and ran to the kitchens. A very unhappy woman followed her.
As she reached the kitchens Kagome burst into giggling fits but stopped suddenly when she saw the very pissed Sango.
"Is he you're boyfriend or something?" she smiled slyly knowing somehow that this might touch her weak point.
"Huh? WHAT!? No way!!!" she ran to the taps and turned one on, she turned to Kagome, he voice softened "Help me with this" She pointed to the juice stain.
Nodding slightly she walked over to her and grabbed a cloth and soaked it with water; she started to wash the stain when she heard Sango speak.
" So. . . what did you guys do on you're walk?" Sango quickly looked away when Kagome looked up at her with an amused expression on her face.
"You have a crush on him, don't you?"
"Maybe . . .," Sango gave Kagome a weak smile, "If only he wasn't such a pervert" Kagome threw the wet and dirt cloth away and took a dry one to dry Sango's clothes.
"Yeah, yeah, so . . . Is he the problem with the family?"
"No, he isn't," She gave Kagome a smile "Don't ask, please, or I might actually spill it"
Kagome sighed "How come you can't tell anyone?"
"Because, they trust me on this?"
"Fine, but I'll find out sooner or later, I am the one getting engaged to Sesshomuru" She threw out another wet cloth. "Done"
"Sesshomuru isn't very talkative; I don't think you'll get into many conversations with him"
"I figured that out" she sighed and sat down on a stool beside the sink. "How long have you been staying here?"
"A few months, four to be exact" She sat down on the stool beside Kagome. "You want a tour around the castle?"
"Sure, have you seen Inu-Yasha by the way?" Kagome got up from her stool and helped Sango up.
"No, but he's probably in the garden, he never comes down for breakfast" She opened the kitchen doors and started to head down the steps into broad daylight, the sunlight almost blinded them both.
"Why?"
"He doesn't like being around people that much, I guess. . ."
"You're not telling me the whole thing. . . "
"Here we are! The gardens" The topic was changed suddenly as Sango pulled her forward and they entered an opening surrounded by flowers, a path was in the middle of the opening which led to a bridge which led to a forest which led to the sea.
"Oh, wow" Was the only thing Kagome could say as she looked at her surroundings. She was in the middle of a field surrounded by flowers and trees. There were a few trees inside the field and each tree was surrounded by flowers. A path ran through the scenery which was made with rocks.
"If you follow the path, you'll reach the bridge, it's over a nice stream, you can rest you're feet in the water sometime" she pulled Kagome forward and they continued down the path, when the reached the bridge Sango pointed towards the forest "Inu-Yasha's probably in some tree in there" She smiled at Kagome.
Knowing what Sango was thinking she reacted quickly "I don't have a crush on him, I was just curious to know why he wasn't at breakfast"
"Sure, now go along before he runs off somewhere else"
"Sango, stop it!" She pouted "Now show me around or I'm just gonna leave" Sango laughed.
"I was just teasing you" Sango started to walk towards the forest "I can take you to the sea; it's really beautiful over there"
A sudden memory flashed through her mind
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"Yeah" he closed his eyes for a while and yawned "You. . . ," he yawned again "wanna go there?"
"Yeah, I'd love to, I've never seen the sea before" She smiled and snuggled into her chair, and yawned "I must be catching it from you" She closed her eyes and enjoyed the feel of the cool summer wind play with her hair.
"I'd take you right now if you wanted," he jumped up and sat on his own railing. "But you should sleep"
"Yeah," was her response "Sometime?" she wished her rocking chair was a bed, feeling as if she could fall asleep here every night.
"Maybe tomorrow, at night? I can't go in the day, people would start to get ideas if they saw us both gone somewhere together"
"Sure" she said, almost half asleep.
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"Um - maybe later? Show me around the castle" She turned around headed back over the bridge.
"Sure" Sango ran to catch up with Kagome and they started to walk back to the castle chatting merrily about their lives. ______________________
Kagome flumped down on her bed, Sango had given her a tour of the whole castle and now her legs hurt. She never imagined that their castle could be THIS big. It was possibly - even - bigger than her own castle.
She was hungry too, they had missed lunch because they both had started to play truth or dare with each other and had completely forgotten about the time.
Somehow she had missed dinner, she must have fallen asleep outside or Sango had lied to her about the time, but now she was starving and the kitchens were off limits after dinner.
She decided she would sneak out and grab some food herself, everyone was asleep right? It was dark outside and she couldn't hear any noise.
Not wanting to do this alone she decided she'll ask Sango if she would accompany her on little trip to the kitchens.
She got up from her bed and moved quietly to the door, opening it she peeked outside,
"Damn, its dark" All the candles were blown and it was pitch dark outside, she quickly ran back inside her bedroom and grabbed a candle and lit it. She was still in her day clothes and as she stepped outside again a shiver ran down her spine "Damn, its cold too"
She looked up at the sky, the moon was hidden by a pack of clouds and not one star could be seen 'no wonder its so dark' Straining her eyes to see with just one candle, she found her way to the stairs and started to proceed up the steps, Sango's room was three flight of steps above hers. A sudden wind passed through the stairs blowing out her candle.
'You must be joking'
She turned around, making up her mind she'll go to sleep on an empty stomach, as she was running down the steps she bumped into somebody's chest.
"What are you doing walking around the castle without a candle?"
She recognized the voice immediately "What are YOU doing walking around the castle without the candle?"
"I don't need a candle to see, I'm half demon, remember wench?"
She pouted "Stop calling me that, so what -are- you doing?"
"I asked -you- first"
Immediately, as if on queue their stomachs grumbled. Inu-Yasha grabbed the candle from Kagome's hand and lit a match and then lit the candle.
"I'm hungry, got a problem with that?" He passed the candle back to Kagome.
"Thanks, no, I'm hungry too, I wanted to sneak in the kitchens to grab something to eat but I was just getting Sango to see if she was hungry too" She rolled her eyes at him. "But seeing you're going there too, do you mind if I accompany you?"
Inu-Yasha just shrugged and continued walking down the stairs, taking this as a yes she followed him. As they reached the bottom of the steps he stopped, making Kagome, who was helplessly trying to keep up with him bash into his back.
Inu-Yasha jolted forward making her fall on the floor; he turned around and laughed "I knew that would work"
Kagome feebly got up from the floor and sat down against the wall, "Jerk"
"Serves you right"
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He turned around and started to head to the dining hall but stopped when he heard Kagome's voice.
"Ow, I think I hurt my knee"
A tinge of guilt hit him, damnit, he hated when someone made him feel that way. He turned around and headed back to Kagome who was clutching her knee. Another wave of guilt hit him when he saw that her eyes were closed tight and she was bleeding slightly. Gosh, were humans this weak?
He crouched down beside her and looked at her 'Now what do you say at a moment like this?'
"You don't have to be so mean to me all the time!" He raised his eyebrows when he heard her yell at him . . . again. "Jerk"
He saw her get up and limp towards the library.
"Where are ya going?" He yelled after her. "You'll get lost, you're candles blown out again"
"I'm going back to bed! I'll find my way without the candle!"
"You're going the wrong way!" He sighed . . . stupid wench.
She turned around and this time started limping towards the steps down to the entrance of the castle.
"Hey, STOP! You're gonna trip!"
"Why do you care?!?"
"Stop being so stubborn so I can help you damnit!"
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Kagome stopped suddenly, 'did he just say so he can help me?' sighing in defeat she turned around once again. "Fine" Her shoulders slumped.
He quickly walked towards her and picked her up bridal style. "Now shut up and I'll take you to your bedroom"
'And to think I thought he might be nice'
"I'm hungry"
She heard him growl, "Didn't you eat dinner?"
"No" She whimpered, putting on a puppy face. He growled again and turned his direction towards the dining hall.
If Kagome wasn't clutching on to him, she would've fallen off, Inu-yasha had started to run and it felt like she was traveling 1000 miles per minute. In a second she was being laid down on the counter of which seemed to be the kitchen.
"Now I suppose you can eat by yourself?" The sky was clearing and a little moonlight shone through the window.
"Yeah, thanks anyways" she reached down beside her and grabbed an apple; she devoured it in a second. For the next few minutes either one neither talked and just ate anything they could see.
She watched helplessly as the half-demon stuffed himself with Ramen. Sure, she ate quite a lot too but nothing near how much he had eaten. Feeling nauseous she decided it was time to head back.
"You done yet?"
He glanced at her from the bowl of ramen he had been eating, "'ot 'et" (not yet) "ie?" (why?)
Not understanding a word he had said she just cocked her head and looked at him in amazement as he gobbled up which seemed to be his 6th bowl of ramen.
"Whaddaya staring at?"
"Uh. . . nothing" She mentally slapped herself, lame excuse, she nervously moved her gaze to the floor.
"You have some staring problem don't you?"
"Oh, just shut up for god's sake"
"You can't make me!"
She glared at the half-demon "I can't?"
"Nope"
"If I didn't have a sore leg you would be beaten up to pulp by now" She gave him a fake smile and returned her gaze to the floor, a sudden thought ran through her mind, this would be the perfect time to ask . . .
"Hey, Inu-Yasha, why is Sango in the castle?"
Kagome smiled, she already knew why she was in the castle, she just wanted to see what his reaction would be.
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Inu-Yasha's head shot up at the question, his mind racing for an answer, he couldn't tell the truth, no way, she would think his family was a family of freaks and worst of all she'll feel pity for him. He hated that, it made him feel poor and useless. It made him feel mad, whenever someone reminded him of . . .
"Inu-Yasha!?!"
He snapped out of his thoughts, returning his gaze to the innocent girl on the counter. "Y-yeah?"
"I asked you why Sango was here"
"Oh - her- yeah - she- cousin - she's my cousin - I mean - she's a friend of the family"
"Oh okay" He saw her smile falter "That's it? Nothing else?"
"No, she's just a friend of the family, why?"
"I'm just asking"
"Oh"
The two sat there, in silence for the next couple of minutes, Inu-Yasha decided to break the silence. "Okay, I'm full, let's head back?"
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"Yeah, sure" she fixed her eyes on him, she noticed he was purposely avoiding her gaze, she knew, somehow, the topic of Sango had angered him. She winced as she felt his claws on her waist, had his claws become sharper? A sudden fear rang through her, he hadn't started running yet, he was walking slowly as if lost in thought.
Damnit, why did her curiosity and nosiness take over her?
Couldn't she keep her mouth closed?
As he carried her up the staircase she nervously turned her head to stare at him, he was looking directly ahead, he hadn't even said a word to her since they started to head back. His claws - definitely - had grown longer and were sinking in her skin by each step.
"Inu-Yasha you're hurting me" She whispered nervously, her voice had come out in a quiver and she was now holding her breath to hear his reply.
"Why are you so afraid of me?"
His reply shocked her "I-I'm not"
He scoffed. As he reached her room he opened her door and gently placed her on a chair beside her bed. His hand was now on her shoulder and he was crouching down, so he was face to face with her. His golden eyes seemed to be casting a spell so she couldn't break the gaze, she wanted to blink but didn't, fearing if she opened her eyes she wouldn't be able to see the gold again.
"Kagome, promise me one thing" his voice was in a whisper, so no passing by person could hear him - demonic - or not. She heard the urgency in his voice, and she nodded feeling his eyes had drained all the power of voice from her.
"Don't trust anyone here, Sango, fine, but no one else, not even me"
Before she had time to reply he let go of her shoulder and walked out of the room with incredible speed that Kagome couldn't stop him, she heard him slam her door and head for his own bedroom.
She let go of the breath she didn't even know she was holding, she raised a hand to the shoulder he had been holding, her hand shook as she touched it. Why was she so scared? He hadn't done anything to her, just told her to keep a promise to not trust anyone but Sango, but why?
Feeling the energy already been drained out of her to think she slowly got up and threw herself on her bed. Her heart beat had slowed down to a normal beat and her hands had stopped shaking. She closed her eyes wondering what those words meant, as she fell deep into thought, she fell into a deep sleep.
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Oh - one more thing. . . there are going to be THREE pairings in the story - Two of them are sooo obvious and I've mentioned one already (go back to chapter three and check there) But - whats the third pairing? ? ? Read the NEXT CHAPTER TO FIND OUT!
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Disclaimer: *sighs* once again, I do not own Inu-Yasha
Note: Some of you mailed me asking about their ages in this story so here goes Inu-Yasha: 18 Kagome: 17 Kikyou: 18 Sesshomuru: 19
One more thing - in my story THEY HAVE CLOCKS - even thought that is weird, considering people still use carriages etc. But I need TIME in my story. . . so don't find that weird if in chapters you see 'Whoever looked beside at the clock and figured out it was 7.00 p.m.'
Hope that will clear some confusion! Oh- Thankx for all those reviews and keep sending! Anyz, here goes chapter four!
Chapter Four
Secretive Secrets
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He felt her jump and cling her arms around his neck, he almost fell backwards at the amount of weight she had pushed onto him.
His eyes opened wide, 'what the heck?' was the first thought that came into his mind, he heard her mumbling something, "Hey you, get off of me!" He spat out
"Spider! Spider! Spider!" was the response he got. He soon got off his shock, and anger, annoyance and something he just couldn't put his finger on rushed through him.
"I DON'T care! Get - off - me!" he bellowed out, moving his own hands to her waist to pry her off him. He felt her wipe her face on his shoulder, "Hey! I'm not some cloth you can just wipe dirt on!"
"Is the spider gone?"
"What SPIDER!?"
"The one that crawled up my arm!"
He felt her clutch his shoulder. He rolled his eyes, 'girls can be so pathetic'
"Hey, you dumbass, that was my claw!"
She let go of him immediately, as if she had just been shocked. She stared at him open eyed. A blush crept up on her face. "Oh" was the only thing she said before getting up and looking down at him.
A sudden relief passed through him, he had started to feel tense, all the rain that had poured down on him during his 'chase' in the rain had started to develop into a cold but just as the moment she had hugged him, his stomach twisted into a knot and it felt like a fire had started in the pits of his stomach, as soon as she let go he felt damp and cold again, and right now, he preferred that more than the first one.
He looked up at her, obviously looked mad.
"Ok hey! Don't blame me! I thought it was a spider!" She crossed her hands over her chest and answered almost immediately. A sudden idea ran through his mind.
"I bet you that's not the reason" He smirked.
"Huh?" her face showing a confused expression.
"I'm too hot to resist, that's all" He pulled up the sleeves of his shirt and started to massage his muscles, obviously trying to show off. He turned around and watched her open her mouth and close it again. He smiled an evil smile and raised his eyebrows. "Don't worry; it happens all the time, just try not to drool okay?"
"Aahh!!! What the hell? You are sooo-" She clenched her fists and narrowed her eyes, trying to think of the right word.
"I'm so what? Hot, sexy, perfect, cute?" He grinned at her; he tried to hold in a chuckle, he was getting her so pissed, perfect.
"No! You are so - up yourself!"
"Aw, come on, you don't mean that-." He stopped suddenly, a thought came rushing through him. 'You sound like that pervert friend of yours!'
"Oh yes you are!" She bent down, now face to face, she poked a finger at his nose "Don't try that pissing off technique with me! It's been used on me way too many times!" And with that, she turned around and rushed back through the garden to the castle, leaving Inu-yasha grinning from ear to ear.
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She had never been so embarrassed in her life. If possible, this could even be more embarrassing that the moment everyone had saw her naked. If he started to spread rumors about her sudden 'hug' Kikyou would come and murder her on the spot.
She had taken yet - another shower and was now walking in a fresh clean purple kimono. It was near midnight and she was walking through the castle corridors, trying to find a way back to her room.
She took a turn and spotted a boy, looking almost the same age as her, just a year older. She walked up to him and tapped his shoulder. "Excuse me?"
He turned around and sent her a smile "Yes?"
"Would you please take me to my room?" She asked smiling back, she watched his face brighten up a dozen and saw his smile broaden. She waited for his reply as she watched him think carefully.
"No, I think my room will be better" He quickly slithered his hand around her waist. Slowly moving lower.
"PERVERT!" she backed away a few tremendous steps and swatted his hand away. "I don't mean THAT! I'm new here and I lost my way to my room!"
"Oh" He formed a frown "I thought otherwise, especially because of the time and because you're Kimono is loosely done"
She quickly turned around and tightened her Kimono, if anyone had a contest for the most embarrassing things happen to you in one day, she would win it without a sweat, she turned back, now her face a deep shade of red. "So can you?"
"Sure, I can't go to sleep. . ." he shrugged and then raised his hand "By the way, my name is Miroku"
"Mines Kagome" She raised her right hand in order to shake but kept her distance just in case. He gave her a boyish grin.
"So, you're Sesshy's fiancé?"
"Uh - are you talking about Sesshomuru? Yeah - now, can you please take me to my room?"
"Fine, just thought we could start a conversation" he started to walk towards the steps, noticing she wasn't following him he turned around and raised his eyebrows "Are you coming or not?"
"Huh? Oh - yeah" She stumbled quickly after him.
"So, do you wanna get married?" Miroku's voice questioned from ahead of her.
"No"
"Then why are you?"
"You think I have a choice?" She heard him sigh.
"I understand, parents, they treat you around like puppets"
"Yeah, how'd you know?"
"Oh, I just have another friend who goes through the same thing, just far more badly"
"What's his name" She questioned him eagerly. He didn't reply, just as she was about to ask him again, he stopped.
"Here's you're corridor, just walk down it -."
"I know the rest, thanks" She started to walk down the corridor when she heard a voice yell out to her.
"You sure you don't want me coming in you're room?"
She smiled, "Yeah, pretty sure!"
"You'll regret that!" He yelled out aloud. She turned around, smiling.
"Not so loudly, you'll wake some *people* up," She glanced at Inu-Yasha's door; he seemed to understand and grinned back.
"He's not such a bad guy you know," He crossed his hands over his shoulder and leaned on the wall "after you get to know him"
"Well, I have to sleep, goodnight!"
"Goodnight, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bight" Kagome froze at the last statement,
"B-bed bugs?"
He started to laugh "Just kidding! I'll see you in the morning, if Sesshy wont mind" and with that he turned around and proceeded down the stairs.
"I doubt he will" Kagome said even though she knew he couldn't hear her, she turned around and went to her own bedroom.
When she entered her bedroom, she went straight towards the balcony and looked around for something to sit on, seeing a rocking chair she pulled it closer to the railings so she could have a better view of the forest and the dark blue, almost black outlining which seemed to be of the sea.
A cool breeze blew in the air, and she rested her head back and looked up in the sky. It was so beautiful here, it might not be so bad living here, if only she lived here with someone she really loved, her thoughts trailed to Sesshomuru. He hadn't said a word to her since she came, she wanted to know how his voice sounded, what if it was deep and rusty or maybe annoying, and sweet in a kind of way? Her thoughts trailed to his younger brother.
A blush crept up on her face as she remembered the events after dinner, god, this was only her first day here and she was going around hugging people?
'I think I'm catching the habit of my grandmother' she thought, remembering how her grandmother hugged everyone and everything she thought was cute.
'But, I don't think Inu-Yasha is cute - but - his dog ears were cute - but that doesn't mean he's cute!'
"I wish I could stop thinking about him!" She said out aloud.
"Thinking about whom?"
She jolted straight out of her chair and looked for the source of the voice, she looked to her left and saw Inu-Yasha leaning against his own railing and looking up at the stars.
"None of you're business" She snapped back. Seeing him shrug, and not start an argument she just sighed and leaned on the railing and started to look up at the sky again.
Her eyes spotted the same star she had wished on, she started to stare at it, as if wanting an explanation why it hadn't granted her wish yet, but the star just twinkled on innocently as if had done no mistake.
"You believe in that star?"
She turned her gaze to Inu-yasha. "What do you mean?"
"You know, wish on that star, if you deserve it, it grants you're wish" He said in a - matter - of - factly way.
"I don't know" she looked at the star again and noticed he was staring at it too. "Do you?"
"Same answer as you"
Kagome walked back to her rocking chair and sat down in it again, this time she closed her eyes. She felt another cool breeze hit her gently, making her feel as if she were floating. She listened intently to any sound and heard the tree's whispering to each other, she sighed happily. "Is it this beautiful every night?"
She opened her eyes for his answer and saw him nod.
"Then I wouldn't mind staying here, even if it meant marrying you're brother"
"Do you want to marry my brother?"
She sighed, hearing the same question Miroku had asked her a while earlier. "If I could decide between yes or no, I would choose no"
"Then why are you?"
She sighed again, feeling another cool breeze blow on her, making her feel like a floating angel, something about the air here. . . remembering the question Inu-Yasha had asked she replied to it slowly.
"You think I have a choice?" She turned to her left to stare at the half demon who had been staring at her for the last few minutes. Remembering something that she had been wondering for quite a while now, she decided to ask. "Is that the sea out there?" she nodded towards the blue - almost black outline behind the forest. She watched him -finally- lift his gaze from her and stare at where she had nodded towards.
"Yeah" he closed his eyes for a while and yawned "You. . . ," he yawned again "wanna go there?"
"Yeah, I'd love to, I've never seen the sea before" She smiled and snuggled into her chair, and yawned "I must be catching it from you" She closed her eyes and enjoyed the feel of the cool summer wind play with her hair.
"I'd take you right now if you wanted," he jumped up and sat on his own railing. "But you should sleep"
"Yeah," was her response "Sometime?" she wished her rocking chair was a bed, feeling as if she could fall asleep here every night.
"Maybe tomorrow, at night? I can't go in the day, people would start to get ideas if they saw us both gone somewhere together"
"Sure" she said, almost half asleep.
"Oh, and one question" Inu-Yasha asked suddenly at the almost asleep girl.
"Yeah?" She asked in a whisper.
"What were you doing walking around at midnight with Miroku?" He waited for her reply but got none, he looked at her again and saw that she had fallen asleep on the rocking chair, the wind playing with her hair, once in a while, making it lift and fall on her shoulders. The moonlight lit her face making it seem. . .
Heck, he accepted it, she looked pretty. . .
But, there was something else.
But what?
'Damnit, must be because I'm so tired.' he turned around and proceeded towards his bed, finally wanting to sleep.
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She woke up at the break of dusk. Feeling too cozy to move from her spot she just lifted her head to watch the sunrise. Wow, it was beautiful here. The sun was slowly rising, eliminating the sky from its blanket of darkness. She blinked, what time was it? It must be barely 5.00 a.m.
The sky now had some orange and pink streaks, starting to feel a bit chilly she got up and grabbed a blanket from inside her room and went outside again to her rocking chair, this time covering herself with a blanket.
As she watched the sunrise, she slowly drifted off into another slumber.
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"Stop shakin' me!" She mumbled out, trying to sink deeper in her blanket so whoever was trying to wake her up would go away.
"Kagome, do you want to miss breakfast?" The voice was different, and she hadn't heard it before, but she recognized it as a males.
"I dunno, me just a ba-by!" She cheered out loud, remembering the dream she had, where she was a baby getting everything she wanted.
"Ahem?" the man gently shook her again "I'm sure you are, but mother doesn't like it when people are late"
She grudgingly opened her eyes, too see a silver haired man staring down at her. "Who. . . ARE . . . you" She pointed a finger at the mans nose.
"Sesshomuru?"
She withdrew her hand and sat up straight, rubbing her eyes. "Oh, oops, sorry, didn't mean too, was really sleepy, dream. . . babies . . ." She yawned.
"Right, hurry up" he stepped back to her room and sat on her bed, patiently waiting for her to get dressed.
She got up from the rocking chair, immediately missing the warmth, but started walking for the bathroom.
Approximately ten minutes later she came out again, dressed in a dress up to her knees. It was green, and had long sleeves which were see-through. Her hair were tied in a ponytail showing her ears with green butterflies earrings. Seeing her, Sesshomuru immediately got up and opened the door for her.
"Thanks" she smiled at him and headed out the door. "Its pretty hot here isn't it?"
"MmHm"
"So what do you do all day?" she asked him hopelessly trying to start a conversation.
"Walk around"
"Don't you get bored?" she started to walk down the staircase and looked back for his answer.
"Things pop up"
"Oh, okay" she answered, reaching the dining room, she quickened up her pace to the table, not wanting to be with Sesshomuru any longer.
When she reached there she saw one un-familiar face, she sat directly in front of her and gave her a smile, happy to see at least one female her age in the palace.
"Hey!" the girl smiled at her, "My name's Sango"
"Mine's Kagome, so are you the daughter of the family?" at this question, the girl coughed on the juice.
"Oh, no, and I wouldn't want to anyways" she looked around to make sure no one could hear her. "There are some major problems with this family; I'm here to make sure nothing goes out of hand"
"Problems? What kind?"
"I'm not in the liberty to tell, sorry" Sango continued to eat her breakfast, Kagome looked down to see what there was too eat. Bacon, eggs, milk, plums, orange juice, bread, and cream.
Not knowing what to eat first she decided to drink the milk, and stare at Sango at the same time. She was distracted momentarily as the boy named 'Miroku' stepped in the dining hall and walk towards where she was sitting.
She quickly glanced towards Sango who had also noticed him and was surprised when Sango told her not to speak to him.
"Good morning" He sat beside Sango and waited for the girls to answer in the same manner. They did nothing of the sort but casually continued eating their breakfast. Kagome had finished drinking the milk and was now eating the bacon and drinking orange juice.
"Sango dear, if you keep telling all the guests in the palace to ignore me how will I make any friends?"
Kagome raised her eyebrows at the 'Sango dear' part.
"Don't call me that, and I haven't told anyone not to talk to you, they just seem offended by you" Sango huffed and inched away from Miroku.
"But that's a lie; I took a walk with this lovely young lady last night and we were having a good time" He nodded towards Kagome. Kagome quickly glanced towards Sesshomuru to see if he minded this but Sesshomuru was eating breakfast and ignoring everyone like he did at last nights dinner.
Sango gave Kagome a questioning look as if asking what Miroku said was actually true.
"Um. . . yeah - I got lost, you see, and he seemed to be the only one around. . . " her voice trailed off as everything happened in slow motion. Miroku had seized Sango's rear and was rewarded by a slap, his hand slammed down on a plate, sending the contents of the food flying everywhere, a piece of bacon landed on the kings head and the king got quickly got up from his chair spilling the glass of milk he had been drinking on the table. An egg landed square in the queen's eye and the orange juice spilled on Sango's lap.
Kagome sat there, desperately trying to control her laughter, knowing that she'll explode if she didn't laugh; she feebly excused herself and ran to the kitchens. A very unhappy woman followed her.
As she reached the kitchens Kagome burst into giggling fits but stopped suddenly when she saw the very pissed Sango.
"Is he you're boyfriend or something?" she smiled slyly knowing somehow that this might touch her weak point.
"Huh? WHAT!? No way!!!" she ran to the taps and turned one on, she turned to Kagome, he voice softened "Help me with this" She pointed to the juice stain.
Nodding slightly she walked over to her and grabbed a cloth and soaked it with water; she started to wash the stain when she heard Sango speak.
" So. . . what did you guys do on you're walk?" Sango quickly looked away when Kagome looked up at her with an amused expression on her face.
"You have a crush on him, don't you?"
"Maybe . . .," Sango gave Kagome a weak smile, "If only he wasn't such a pervert" Kagome threw the wet and dirt cloth away and took a dry one to dry Sango's clothes.
"Yeah, yeah, so . . . Is he the problem with the family?"
"No, he isn't," She gave Kagome a smile "Don't ask, please, or I might actually spill it"
Kagome sighed "How come you can't tell anyone?"
"Because, they trust me on this?"
"Fine, but I'll find out sooner or later, I am the one getting engaged to Sesshomuru" She threw out another wet cloth. "Done"
"Sesshomuru isn't very talkative; I don't think you'll get into many conversations with him"
"I figured that out" she sighed and sat down on a stool beside the sink. "How long have you been staying here?"
"A few months, four to be exact" She sat down on the stool beside Kagome. "You want a tour around the castle?"
"Sure, have you seen Inu-Yasha by the way?" Kagome got up from her stool and helped Sango up.
"No, but he's probably in the garden, he never comes down for breakfast" She opened the kitchen doors and started to head down the steps into broad daylight, the sunlight almost blinded them both.
"Why?"
"He doesn't like being around people that much, I guess. . ."
"You're not telling me the whole thing. . . "
"Here we are! The gardens" The topic was changed suddenly as Sango pulled her forward and they entered an opening surrounded by flowers, a path was in the middle of the opening which led to a bridge which led to a forest which led to the sea.
"Oh, wow" Was the only thing Kagome could say as she looked at her surroundings. She was in the middle of a field surrounded by flowers and trees. There were a few trees inside the field and each tree was surrounded by flowers. A path ran through the scenery which was made with rocks.
"If you follow the path, you'll reach the bridge, it's over a nice stream, you can rest you're feet in the water sometime" she pulled Kagome forward and they continued down the path, when the reached the bridge Sango pointed towards the forest "Inu-Yasha's probably in some tree in there" She smiled at Kagome.
Knowing what Sango was thinking she reacted quickly "I don't have a crush on him, I was just curious to know why he wasn't at breakfast"
"Sure, now go along before he runs off somewhere else"
"Sango, stop it!" She pouted "Now show me around or I'm just gonna leave" Sango laughed.
"I was just teasing you" Sango started to walk towards the forest "I can take you to the sea; it's really beautiful over there"
A sudden memory flashed through her mind
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"Yeah" he closed his eyes for a while and yawned "You. . . ," he yawned again "wanna go there?"
"Yeah, I'd love to, I've never seen the sea before" She smiled and snuggled into her chair, and yawned "I must be catching it from you" She closed her eyes and enjoyed the feel of the cool summer wind play with her hair.
"I'd take you right now if you wanted," he jumped up and sat on his own railing. "But you should sleep"
"Yeah," was her response "Sometime?" she wished her rocking chair was a bed, feeling as if she could fall asleep here every night.
"Maybe tomorrow, at night? I can't go in the day, people would start to get ideas if they saw us both gone somewhere together"
"Sure" she said, almost half asleep.
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"Um - maybe later? Show me around the castle" She turned around headed back over the bridge.
"Sure" Sango ran to catch up with Kagome and they started to walk back to the castle chatting merrily about their lives. ______________________
Kagome flumped down on her bed, Sango had given her a tour of the whole castle and now her legs hurt. She never imagined that their castle could be THIS big. It was possibly - even - bigger than her own castle.
She was hungry too, they had missed lunch because they both had started to play truth or dare with each other and had completely forgotten about the time.
Somehow she had missed dinner, she must have fallen asleep outside or Sango had lied to her about the time, but now she was starving and the kitchens were off limits after dinner.
She decided she would sneak out and grab some food herself, everyone was asleep right? It was dark outside and she couldn't hear any noise.
Not wanting to do this alone she decided she'll ask Sango if she would accompany her on little trip to the kitchens.
She got up from her bed and moved quietly to the door, opening it she peeked outside,
"Damn, its dark" All the candles were blown and it was pitch dark outside, she quickly ran back inside her bedroom and grabbed a candle and lit it. She was still in her day clothes and as she stepped outside again a shiver ran down her spine "Damn, its cold too"
She looked up at the sky, the moon was hidden by a pack of clouds and not one star could be seen 'no wonder its so dark' Straining her eyes to see with just one candle, she found her way to the stairs and started to proceed up the steps, Sango's room was three flight of steps above hers. A sudden wind passed through the stairs blowing out her candle.
'You must be joking'
She turned around, making up her mind she'll go to sleep on an empty stomach, as she was running down the steps she bumped into somebody's chest.
"What are you doing walking around the castle without a candle?"
She recognized the voice immediately "What are YOU doing walking around the castle without the candle?"
"I don't need a candle to see, I'm half demon, remember wench?"
She pouted "Stop calling me that, so what -are- you doing?"
"I asked -you- first"
Immediately, as if on queue their stomachs grumbled. Inu-Yasha grabbed the candle from Kagome's hand and lit a match and then lit the candle.
"I'm hungry, got a problem with that?" He passed the candle back to Kagome.
"Thanks, no, I'm hungry too, I wanted to sneak in the kitchens to grab something to eat but I was just getting Sango to see if she was hungry too" She rolled her eyes at him. "But seeing you're going there too, do you mind if I accompany you?"
Inu-Yasha just shrugged and continued walking down the stairs, taking this as a yes she followed him. As they reached the bottom of the steps he stopped, making Kagome, who was helplessly trying to keep up with him bash into his back.
Inu-Yasha jolted forward making her fall on the floor; he turned around and laughed "I knew that would work"
Kagome feebly got up from the floor and sat down against the wall, "Jerk"
"Serves you right"
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He turned around and started to head to the dining hall but stopped when he heard Kagome's voice.
"Ow, I think I hurt my knee"
A tinge of guilt hit him, damnit, he hated when someone made him feel that way. He turned around and headed back to Kagome who was clutching her knee. Another wave of guilt hit him when he saw that her eyes were closed tight and she was bleeding slightly. Gosh, were humans this weak?
He crouched down beside her and looked at her 'Now what do you say at a moment like this?'
"You don't have to be so mean to me all the time!" He raised his eyebrows when he heard her yell at him . . . again. "Jerk"
He saw her get up and limp towards the library.
"Where are ya going?" He yelled after her. "You'll get lost, you're candles blown out again"
"I'm going back to bed! I'll find my way without the candle!"
"You're going the wrong way!" He sighed . . . stupid wench.
She turned around and this time started limping towards the steps down to the entrance of the castle.
"Hey, STOP! You're gonna trip!"
"Why do you care?!?"
"Stop being so stubborn so I can help you damnit!"
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Kagome stopped suddenly, 'did he just say so he can help me?' sighing in defeat she turned around once again. "Fine" Her shoulders slumped.
He quickly walked towards her and picked her up bridal style. "Now shut up and I'll take you to your bedroom"
'And to think I thought he might be nice'
"I'm hungry"
She heard him growl, "Didn't you eat dinner?"
"No" She whimpered, putting on a puppy face. He growled again and turned his direction towards the dining hall.
If Kagome wasn't clutching on to him, she would've fallen off, Inu-yasha had started to run and it felt like she was traveling 1000 miles per minute. In a second she was being laid down on the counter of which seemed to be the kitchen.
"Now I suppose you can eat by yourself?" The sky was clearing and a little moonlight shone through the window.
"Yeah, thanks anyways" she reached down beside her and grabbed an apple; she devoured it in a second. For the next few minutes either one neither talked and just ate anything they could see.
She watched helplessly as the half-demon stuffed himself with Ramen. Sure, she ate quite a lot too but nothing near how much he had eaten. Feeling nauseous she decided it was time to head back.
"You done yet?"
He glanced at her from the bowl of ramen he had been eating, "'ot 'et" (not yet) "ie?" (why?)
Not understanding a word he had said she just cocked her head and looked at him in amazement as he gobbled up which seemed to be his 6th bowl of ramen.
"Whaddaya staring at?"
"Uh. . . nothing" She mentally slapped herself, lame excuse, she nervously moved her gaze to the floor.
"You have some staring problem don't you?"
"Oh, just shut up for god's sake"
"You can't make me!"
She glared at the half-demon "I can't?"
"Nope"
"If I didn't have a sore leg you would be beaten up to pulp by now" She gave him a fake smile and returned her gaze to the floor, a sudden thought ran through her mind, this would be the perfect time to ask . . .
"Hey, Inu-Yasha, why is Sango in the castle?"
Kagome smiled, she already knew why she was in the castle, she just wanted to see what his reaction would be.
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Inu-Yasha's head shot up at the question, his mind racing for an answer, he couldn't tell the truth, no way, she would think his family was a family of freaks and worst of all she'll feel pity for him. He hated that, it made him feel poor and useless. It made him feel mad, whenever someone reminded him of . . .
"Inu-Yasha!?!"
He snapped out of his thoughts, returning his gaze to the innocent girl on the counter. "Y-yeah?"
"I asked you why Sango was here"
"Oh - her- yeah - she- cousin - she's my cousin - I mean - she's a friend of the family"
"Oh okay" He saw her smile falter "That's it? Nothing else?"
"No, she's just a friend of the family, why?"
"I'm just asking"
"Oh"
The two sat there, in silence for the next couple of minutes, Inu-Yasha decided to break the silence. "Okay, I'm full, let's head back?"
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"Yeah, sure" she fixed her eyes on him, she noticed he was purposely avoiding her gaze, she knew, somehow, the topic of Sango had angered him. She winced as she felt his claws on her waist, had his claws become sharper? A sudden fear rang through her, he hadn't started running yet, he was walking slowly as if lost in thought.
Damnit, why did her curiosity and nosiness take over her?
Couldn't she keep her mouth closed?
As he carried her up the staircase she nervously turned her head to stare at him, he was looking directly ahead, he hadn't even said a word to her since they started to head back. His claws - definitely - had grown longer and were sinking in her skin by each step.
"Inu-Yasha you're hurting me" She whispered nervously, her voice had come out in a quiver and she was now holding her breath to hear his reply.
"Why are you so afraid of me?"
His reply shocked her "I-I'm not"
He scoffed. As he reached her room he opened her door and gently placed her on a chair beside her bed. His hand was now on her shoulder and he was crouching down, so he was face to face with her. His golden eyes seemed to be casting a spell so she couldn't break the gaze, she wanted to blink but didn't, fearing if she opened her eyes she wouldn't be able to see the gold again.
"Kagome, promise me one thing" his voice was in a whisper, so no passing by person could hear him - demonic - or not. She heard the urgency in his voice, and she nodded feeling his eyes had drained all the power of voice from her.
"Don't trust anyone here, Sango, fine, but no one else, not even me"
Before she had time to reply he let go of her shoulder and walked out of the room with incredible speed that Kagome couldn't stop him, she heard him slam her door and head for his own bedroom.
She let go of the breath she didn't even know she was holding, she raised a hand to the shoulder he had been holding, her hand shook as she touched it. Why was she so scared? He hadn't done anything to her, just told her to keep a promise to not trust anyone but Sango, but why?
Feeling the energy already been drained out of her to think she slowly got up and threw herself on her bed. Her heart beat had slowed down to a normal beat and her hands had stopped shaking. She closed her eyes wondering what those words meant, as she fell deep into thought, she fell into a deep sleep.
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Oh - one more thing. . . there are going to be THREE pairings in the story - Two of them are sooo obvious and I've mentioned one already (go back to chapter three and check there) But - whats the third pairing? ? ? Read the NEXT CHAPTER TO FIND OUT!
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