Chapter 23

Sleep time

It's been almost month since Naraku was destroyed by Kagome, and it's been a few weeks since she killed the demon rat that broke her arm.

"LET ME GO OUTSUDE!" Some yelled from the hut.

"No, every time you go out there you end up getting hurt." Miroku said

"You stupid monk, my arm is almost healed! I defend this village as if it was my honor." Kagome kept yelling and yelling hurting Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Kirara, and specially Inuayasha's ears.

"Kagome, why don't you sit down and calm down." Miroku said.

Inuyasha tried to cut him off so he couldn't say 'sit' down because she would get mad even more! Inuyasha slapped his forehead "Oh shit, he's dead. Hey uh... Miroku?" "Yeah, what's up?" "Better start running for your life." "Huh?" Miroku looked at the furious priestess... he kept taking slow steps back. "Uh... I'm... going... on a walk. BYE!" He ran away. "GET BACK HERE!" She about to run after him but Inuyasha grabbed her left arm. It was healed, but it stung badly. "Ow! Inuyasha, that hurts!" she whined wanting him to let go. "Do as told and just lay day till your arm is completely healed because I barely touched it."

He removed his hand from her arm and she yanked away. She did a low growl at him and he heard it as she walked to the corner she was at before she was going to attack Miroku. "Fine, I'll kill him later. I can wait a day or two." She added a smirk and sat at the corner and she was in a position where Shippo can just lay and sleep in her arms. She closed her eyes but wasn't sleeping.

"I'm going to go sleep now." Shippo said going into Kagome's arms. Her eyes open wide and looked down to see that it was only Shippo and closed her eyes once again. After 4 hours Sango and Inuyasha were positive she was asleep. Inuyasha put his ear next to her chest to here how fast her heart rate was. "Back off" That freaked out Inuyasha as he fell back; scared if she was going to yell at him or not. "She's still sleeping" Sango said with an eyebrow rising higher and trying not to laugh. "Feh, I knew that" He crossed his arms and snorted, trying to hide the fact he almost got a damn heart attack.

Inuyasha crawled carefully next to Kagome, trying to understand something. "She acts differently now." Inuyasha said in his confused voice. "She's act more like you. Her arrogance proves that and so does her temper." She replied. "So what, this is my fault?" He questioned her mildly. "I don't know, but she gets mad if you call her a bitch or if she was told to sit." Sango explained. Kagome moved a little when Sango said the word sit. She made Inuyasha and Sango panic. "I'm... not... a dog... I'll kill you..." Sango and Inuyasha calmed down because she was still asleep.

"Kill who?" Inuyasha responded to the sleeping girl touching her left shoulder. She gasped and woke up. "Inuyasha? What are you doing?" She said to the confused Inuyasha. "Who are you going to kill?" he asked again. "No one, why do you ask?" she was now confused. Inuyasha looked up to Sango and she too was confused. "Never mind, go back to sleep." He told her, she didn't listen, she just stayed awake. She would've gotten up from her position if a certain little fox demon wasn't on her. She sighed and just got comfortable with Shippo being in her lap.

"Uh... is it safe to come in now?" Miroku just peeked his head inside the hut and asked from there. Inuyasha looked at Kagome then back at Miroku. "Yeah, she isn't going to do anything, just as long you don't tell her what to do that is." "Oh, and you can?" "Uh, I guess so?" "Okay, works for me!" He sounded cheerful. 'I just hope Inuyasha will protect me from her!!!' he thought and sat on the other side of the hut from Kagome. It was turning into night. It was the night of the new moon so Inuyasha stayed inside the hut all night with the others. He didn't fall asleep, but kept his eyes closed. He heard a noise toward his left, it was Kagome and he knew that but he didn't know what she was doing.

Kagome set Shippo aside and placed him on her pillow so he wouldn't wake and decided to go outside for a while. She new that Inuyasha was awake because he always was when he was human but she didn't care. She walked out of the hut and went to her left but walked around the hut so she could go right with out Inuyasha knowing. He knew though, he was planning to leave after her about ten minutes later. She was up on a hill, just standing there with the snowy grass; it was still only late December and such. When Inuyasha came out and saw her started to walk through the trees quietly with out making a sound. It was so quiet that he could hear his own breath that was low.

Kagome and her eyes closed and her face up to the sky with the wind now blowing her hair back. "You should be inside; you're not half demon tonight and you could be attacked." She said not moving a muscle but only her mouth to speak. Inuyasha was shocked that she knew he was there. "Feh, I just came to see what the hell your doing Kagome. It's more dangerous for you to come out with the shards." He was coming out of the bushes and she just said in her original tone. "Exactly, but I'm not concerned about myself." "What do you mean?" Kagome instantly threw a ninja towards Inuyasha; he thought she was going to hit him.

"What are you trying to do, kill me!?" He yelled at her and she responded to him calmly. "No, I was trying to save you." "Huh?" Inuyasha looked behind him and saw a weasel demon. 'What the... how the hell is she doing this?! How can she sense a demon when I can't?' he thought in his head as Kagome walked toward the weasel and grabbed her sword and stabbed the demon with it and it glowed dark pink and not light pink. It was gathering its energy to help her left arm to heal.

Inuyasha was still surprised of what had just happened. "Come on, you're the one who needs to be protected right now." Kagome teased him knowing it was his job to protect her but not her job to protect him. "Feh, I need to be protected? You're the one who is injured around here." He had his cocky attitude. But Kagome just up toward him. She looked like she was going to slap him so he scrunched his face and clamped his eyes shut. Kagome was teasing him again and just put a finger on his chin and whispered. "My sword works, your sword does not work right now, and therefore you are vulnerable to anyone. So let's go."

She grabbed his hand and walked with him to the hut. Inuyasha went inside first because Kagome made him, then she walked in, and Shippo was wide awake and was scared. "Where did you go? I got worried!" Shippo started to sob and Kagome kneeled down to him and he ran in her arms. "Sh, shh, its okay Shippo calm down, I'm here and everything is alright." She patted on Shippo's head and rubbed his back gently and looked toward Inuyasha.

"You should get some rest; I'm not going to sleep for a while." "Feh, I don't need to rest." "For once just listen to me please? I know for the fact that you don't need a lot of sleep when you're a half demon. But you use your sleeping time to go outside and watch me, and I know you have so please don't deny it and go to sleep, okay?" She sounded like she was going to plead to him. "I never sleep in my human form." He was stating to get an attitude. "Ugh be like that then." She said still trying to comfort Shippo, she walked to where she slept earlier and sat down and cradle him in her arms. She started to hum a tone. Shippo was starting to relax now and asked her to sing what the song was. Inuyasha was getting drowsy a little and Kagome knew it.

Dancing bears... Painted wings

Things i almost remember

And a song someone sings

Once upon a December

Far away, long ago

Glowing dim as an ember

Things my heart, use to know

Once upon a December

Someone holds me safe and warm

Horses prance through a silver storm

Figures dancing gracefully, across my memories...

Far away, long ago

Glowing as dim as an ember

Thing my heart use to know

Things i yearn to remember

And a song

Someone sings

Once upon a December

Shippo was now sound a sleep and Inuyasha was trying to stay awake. Kagome giggled a little but not to disturb Shippo's slumber. "Go to sleep Inuyasha or I'll have to sing some more." She said lightly to him "No, I... must... stay awake." He said dazedly. Kagome came next and sat next to him with Shippo in her arms and rested her head on his shoulder and started the song over again. Inuyasha just felt so peaceful with Kagome next to him and trying to put him to sleep that he fell asleep only in a few seconds. Kagome was happy that he went to sleep and was about to go back to her spot but Inuyasha wrapped his arm around her making her feel warm but a little embarrassed for some reason. They didn't know that Miroku watched the whole thing. 'So Kagome can make the mighty Inuyasha fall... How interesting.' And then fell asleep

Later on when the sun was setting Inuyasha turned back into a half demon and released Kagome with out knowing. Kagome was awake the whole night, she climbed away from his side and went to the corner she wanted to go to in the first place and finally went to sleep. Moments later Inuyasha woke up with a lot of energy.

"COME ON EVERYONE WAKE UP! LET'S DO SOMETHING TODAY!" He shouter

"Shut up and let us sleep you idiot." She threw a frying pan the Kagome had in the hut at his head and he growled.

"She's right Inuyasha, let us sleep a little longer, especially Kagome because she was the one up all night because someone grabbed around her waist like she was a stuffed animal." Miroku smirked and made Inuyasha blush a little at the thought of it.

"I did? Huh?" He sounded confused and Sango went back to bed.

"Yes, when you refused to go to sleep she sat next to you and made you fall asleep. When Kagome was about to go to the other side of the hut you wrapped you arm around her protectively I might add. I woke up about ten minutes before the sun rose and saw you two in the same position and Kagome was still awake, and when the sun rose you removed your arm when you transformed into the state you are in now and so she crawled to the other side of the hut so she could go to sleep." He explained in one or two breaths.

Inuyasha wanted to kill him for watching, but at least he knew that he should let Kagome sleep longer and nodded. Then Miroku went back to sleep and Inuyasha walked next to Kagome and sat next her to so she would be warm. Kagome mumbled in her sleep. "Thank you... Inuyasha" and rested her head on his shoulder, then he felt peaceful again and accidentally fell asleep.