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A/N: Thanx for all the lovely reviews. I really love them. And I learned an important lesson, I learned that material possessions are well...material so they are unimportant. So, I should find something that is not material to love and cherish...does this fic count? I wonder...
That was my weird friend trying to make me find a deeper meaning to my life...she said my computer is just a piece of trash. I don't believe her...I love my computer! I love it...I cherish it...I'll die for it...Wait. I see her point.
Chapter 17: An Odd Couple
"Inuyasha?" Kagome said as sweetly as she could. Inuyasha visibly stiffened, Kagome was never this sweet to him unless it was going to get very painful for him very soon. No body was even around at that time. Shippo and Sango had left to gather some herbs with Kaede and Miroku had left to exorcise or bless a house or inn or something.
"Yeah...?" He didn't like the way she was looking at him. The light in her eyes was unusually bright today, almost like it's burning, and was dancing around in erratic patterns. It was scary. It meant she was scheming and it also meant that Inuyasha would be at the receiving end of it.
Oh god, what did I do now?
"Why didn't you tell me about Rei?" Her smile, or rather grin, hadn't faltered. If possible, it only grew larger.
"I...she...we were too busy...I didn't have a chance." He said hoping that she would go easy on him. He didn't think he would be able to squirm his way out of this one.
"You and her? Hmm...you two were too busy doing what?" Her grin was still there but the light in her eyes was dancing around wilder than ever.
Choose your words carefully; she got the wrong meaning...GOD HELP!!!
"No, no...I meant we both...you and me. Remember the castle, and the fight with Naraku and then all the arguing with the law enforcers." He tried.
"Oh, yes." She tapped her chin thoughtfully with one slender finger; "I guess you're off the hook then."
"Wha...What?" That easily? "I still have to explain what happened."
"No you don't." Her grin had faded and she was sneering at him, "Sango told me everything. She's one of Naraku's detachments for god's sake. How could you allow her to join us?"
"Because."
"That's not a good enough reason, Inuyasha. Now answer me." Her tone was hard and demanding. Inuyasha didn't like being ordered around and she was doing just that.
"Why should I? I don't have to answer to anyone. Especially not a weak human." He answered defiantly, but immediately regretting the words. This was sure to get them into a fight that would end with her running off to her strange time.
"So now we're not good enough for you?" He knew what she was up to. She was challenging him to contradict her, to tell her that he was wrong for making a choice. Well, tough luck, it isn't happening tonight.
"Don't twist my words." He snarled at her hoping that she would be scared into submission. But if she did, then she wouldn't be Kagome now would she? She wouldn't go down without a fight. She will push this topic to the limit and then they wouldn't talk to each other for a week.
"Then answer the damn question. Why did you allow one of Naraku's detachments to join our group without even bothering to ask your comrades about it?"
"I'm the leader of the group, I get to decide who can join us and who gets to go home." The wild look in her eyes was back in full force and if this didn't end soon, then there was going to be a fistfight. And if she thought Inuyasha would hold back, then she was in for a bit of a surprise.
"Leader, eh? I don't recall any of us deciding on you as the leader."
"So I'm not?" His eyes narrowed dangerously. She was challenging his authority as the leader of a pack and only one person was allowed to do that – his mate. And she was NOT his mate. "Who is the leader then? Not you I hope."
"None of us is the leader. We're all a team."
"We never were. Nobody ever cared what I thought, nobody still does. I never wanted that damn monk to join our group..."
"But I thought you two were friends..."
"I'm talking about three years ago, damn it. Three years ago, an exterminator joined the group, nobody asked me..."
"Rei tried to kill you..." She cried out in the middle. He knew he was upsetting her but now it was too late to turn back. He could already smell the tears in her eyes. There was still time before they fell, but the warning bells had rung.
"So did Sango, and Miroku. It doesn't prove anything." He said in a gentler tone. It was best if the conversation stopped here.
"You like her don't you? But who could blame you?" Her eyes glazed over with unshed tears as Inuyasha wondered how she had connected the two things together but he sure as hell had to clear everything up to her. "But I thought you liked me." She said in a hoarse whisper, barely audible to human hearing but loud and clear for Inuyasha's sensitive ears.
"Kagome? What makes you think I like Rei.... as a mate?" He added as an afterthought before he moved to touch her, but she pushed him back.
"Why did you hold her hand?" Blunt question. Inuyasha had had enough. He was good at fighting, damn good. But he was not good at making up with crying women and heartbroken or jealous women were way out of his league.
Okay, that's it. What does she want from me? She can go around kissing stinking wolves but I can't damn hold a girl's hand? She is fucking gonna get it. "Why did you kiss Kouga then?"
"I told you already...." She whined. Her tears were threatening to spill over. Inuyasha didn't like to make her cry but he was tired of being accused all the time. He decided that today he won't give up. No matter what...he won't give in to those tears.
"Look, there is nothing between us. I just held her hands, no big deal." First one tear fell, than another. Not giving in. Not giving in.
"So you don't like me anymore?" She sniffled. No way is he going to give in.
Damn...is she even listening?
"I just held her fucking hands. What is wrong with you wench?" He yelled at her. She sobbed loudly before muttering an almost inaudible 'I'm going home' and ran towards the well. Not giving in. Still not giving in.
I give up.
"Kagome stop!"
"Osuwari!" (Yes ...its true...I learned another new word! GO ME!!!)
Inuyasha smirked when he didn't kiss the dirt, as he normally would have.
"Kagome, please listen to me." He tried again.
With a final sob she jumped into the well. Inuyasha grumbled as he hurried to follow Kagome. He didn't like it when she got mad at him. He liked it even less when she cried because she was angry. Without a second thought, he jumped into the well.
Back in the modern era...
"Stupid, insensitive, irritating, jerky, asshole, proud, arrogant, selfish...did I mention insensitive?" She asked the empty shrine while climbing out of the well. Lucky for Kagome, it didn't answer.
Good. That means I'm still sane. No thanks to that insensitive, stupid, proud, arrogant, snotty...
She threw open the doors to the shrine and then closed them with a bang, locking them from the outside then deciding against it and throwing them open. Knowing him, he would burst through the roof once he found that the doors were locked and then they would have to fix the damn thing.
She heard the sound of shuffling coming from the well and turned and started running towards the house. Just a little bit more and she'll be there. She didn't even know why she was running. It's not like he couldn't catch her once she entered the house. Just a little further. Then again, it was her territory. She could throw him out if she wanted. Almost there.
She gasped when she felt him wrap his arms around her pulling her into a crude kind of hug from the behind. Except that he was holding too tight and she could barely breath. Not to mention, her feet were a good three inches off the ground.
"Inuyasha, let me go." She ordered in her strictest voice, even though the hug was pretty sweet. Painful...but sweet.
He abruptly let her go and she squealed as she suddenly lost the firm support behind her. After a few dazed steps, she regained her balance and started to move towards the door. Needless to say, he followed.
"Hi Sis!" Souta called out from the living room, "Hi Inuyasha!"
"Hey squirt." Inuyasha answered before following her up to her room...only to have the door slammed into his face and locked. He grumbled before swinging out of the nearest window and made his way to Kagome's window, it was locked.
He returned to his position outside her room.
"Kagome please, open the door." He asked nicely. If this is what having a mate felt like then he wasn't so sure he wanted one anytime soon. Also, he didn't like being nice.
"Go away Inuyasha." Then after some time, "Why don't you go hold Rei's hands while you're at it?"
"You're making a mountain out of a molehill, now open the damn door!" He yelled to get his point across.
She didn't answer. Inuyasha was getting more and more peeved by each passing second. And he didn't like being locked out.
"Open the damn door or I'll have to fucking open it myself." He yelled again.
"Osuwari!" She yelled from inside, "And don't fucking swear in my house."
"Hypocrite!" How come she gets to swear openly only to tell him not to do it? It was the hypocrisy of hypocrisy. "And osuwari doesn't work on me anymore. Remember?"
Surprisingly, the door opened. Kagome stood there staring at the dishevelled hanyou in front of her.
"I'm a hypocrite now am I?" She asked a little too calmly, "and what would that make you?"
Inuyasha tilted his head to one side, hoping the cute puppy act would reduce her anger somewhat. It wasn't working. She just stood there waiting for an answer.
"I held her hand because..." Should he tell her? If he had been jealous of Kagome kissing Kouga then that would mean that he had feelings for her. He had almost confessed his feelings in the cave but saying it would make it real somehow. The events in the cave didn't seem real. He hadn't meant any of it to happen. He wasn't even sure if either of them were thinking straight at that time, it wouldn't be right to hold whatever either of them had said that day against them.
"Because?"
"Just because." Yeah...that settles it. It always does. She never asks anything after that.
"Because you like her?"
His eyes grew wider. She was taking his nervousness around the topic and lack of answers in the wrong direction. He opened and closed his mouth several times, while trying to grope for a change of topic.
"Or maybe you even love her. What did you two do that night all alone in the forest?"
His eyes felt like they would jump out of his head any minute now.
I wasn't thinking okay? I was heartbroken and slightly off the sane plane. I decided to hurt you a bit too. Now get over it.
"We talked." He answered, trying to look calm but his insides were in a turmoil. What the hell was she thinking? She really thinks they were involved or something?
"You don't have to lie. She is really pretty you know." Jealous?
"I'm not lying. We talked. She asked me if she could join the gang..."
"And you let her in."
"Well yeah."
"Even though you knew she was, and probably is, one of our enemies."
"I trust her..."
"Why? Because she saved your life? Because she reincarnated you? Because you love her? Which was it Inuyasha?"
"She put her life on the line to save mine. I owe her to protect her."
"But I thought..." She looked down at her feet. Oh no, Kagome don't you see? Its nothing more than mere friendship, not even that. I don't love her. I love you!
Wait, did I just say that?
Kagome moved back into her room, not bothering to ask Inuyasha to come in. He followed anyway.
He watched her silky raven black hair fall from one shoulder to her back as she moved to sit down at her bed. He watched her deep brown eyes glaze in tears again. He watched her soft creamy hands clasp themselves nervously in her lap. He watched her bite her lower lip. Her lips...so soft...so full. Suddenly, the memories of the cave came flooding back to him. The feel of her lips against his. The sensation of her fingers on his bare chest. He wanted to feel her lips on his again. He wanted to feel her warm fingers on his bare skin again.
"Kagome..." She was really crying now. Not loudly as you would expect but quietly. Her eyes were sealed shut and her fragile body was shaking with each silent sob. Somehow her quiet sobs were more heart wrenching than her loud bawling.
He moved to take her into his arms gently. She didn't resist.
"I will protect you Kagome. You're my first priority." He whispered into her ear. She didn't say anything. She just stayed there.
"I owe her my life Kagome." He said soothingly. They were through fighting; he had to clear up a few things to her. She deserved to know the truth. "She saved my life when she didn't have to. She put her life on the line for me. I can't just let her go and face Naraku.
"It's getting late. You should sleep." He said suddenly. He pulled away from her and she quietly switched the lamp off. Once they were shrouded in darkness, she looked at him expecting him to jump out of the window and leave her alone. He didn't.
Instead he nudged her shoulder gently and pushed her onto the bed. She had stopped crying and was watching him intently. Her eyes widened when he got in with her. Was he planning on spending the night here? In her bed? With her?
He rested his chin on her head and wrapped an arm around her in a protective gesture. Then he started talking.
"I...I remember waking up in a small stone room." Kagome shifted suddenly. He was telling her about the day he was brought back. She pulled back to be able to see his face better. He had his eyes closed.
"I was there, but not really there. I remember everything I did but I didn't have any control over it. It ...it was as if I was dreaming and had no control over my body. It was like I was a spectator in someone else's body. I could hear my own thoughts but ...they were too barbaric to be mine. They were my demon half's thoughts."
Kagome's hand found his and she squeezed it lightly. She knew it must be hard for him to go through everything that happened that night and if his condition when she found him was any indication, then the night hadn't been all flowers and confetti.
"I remember Kikyo...she put me under a spell that allowed her to control me. I broke it. I don't know how. But I did. Then she put barriers up that I was unable to break through. I tried and it hurt but it seemed my other self was incapable of feeling pain. So I kept trying until I couldn't move my arm anymore.
"I gave up, but tried occasionally."
"How long were you in there?" She asked quietly.
Inuyasha shrugged. "I don't know. Could've been three days, could've been three weeks. Maybe even three months. I was just there.
"The suddenly, I was in Naraku's castle. It was weird. I felt torn between two places. I was in both bodies. It was painful, like someone had grabbed my heart and was pulling it in two different directions.
"Kagura attacked me. She tried to kill me. I think they were hoping to bring my demon side to life. Instead, there I was...a human. After enduring the first few attacks by Kagura, suddenly I wanted to live. I wanted to go back to the village and see Miroku and Sango and Shippo...and you." He sighed and pulled Kagome closer to himself.
"I felt incomplete. My soul was split and the feeling got worse when the two halves were reincarnated. I needed to be one. I couldn't exist as two individuals. It was an impossible task. My human half was unable to break free from the castle. But my demon half found new strength to break through the barriers. I ran towards the castle just as Kagura attacked me again. I didn't think I could reach my other half in time. Although it the time, my demon half wanted to kill my human half to be able to remain fully blooded. All I could think of was kill. On the other hand, my other half could only think about you.
"Rei protected me from the second attack. She froze the wall behind my and I was able to destroy it by kicking it and then I escaped. Just as I escaped the castle, my demon half appeared. I feared for my life. I was going to kill myself. And then..." He shook his head, trying to clear his thoughts.
"...Something happened. I'm not sure what. My other half just fell down to the ground and ... there was this shock like something had hit me head on. The body turned to dust in front of me. I don't know what happened, but I was still human. It didn't strike me that it was the new moon. I just ran towards the village. I stole some clothes and jumped into the well."
Kagome pushed back a little and saw that his eyes were open this time; he was looking at her as if expecting a response. Unfortunately, she didn't have one. She decided that it didn't have to be in words. Sometimes actions spoke more than any words can ever express.
She tilted her head upwards and brushed her lips against his. He stiffened and then relaxed as she continued to kiss him. He tangled his hands into her hair and made the kiss deeper.
He got up suddenly and then pushed Kagome under him, such that he was now lying on top of her and resumed the kiss. Kagome could only relish the moment. She was enveloped in his scent; his strong arms wrapped around her...his warm lips on hers. The kiss was soft yet passionate.
Unfortunately, it didn't last too long. The door opened silently and a shadow entered the room.
"KAGOME HIGURASHI!" A familiar voice ground out her name barely keeping her anger in check. The couple broke away as soon as they heard her mother. Inuyasha fell off the bed and landed heavily on his head while Kagome struggled to say something.
"Mum...I ...it's not what it looks like." She stumbled but both of them knew that there was no way they could explain this one.
"Mrs. Higurashi. It was my mistake. I shouldn't have..." Inuyasha tried to defend her.
"Inuyasha stop. I need to have a talk with my daughter. I would appreciate it if you leave...NOW!" She said curtly. Inuyasha was worried about Kagome. True she was her mother but it still worried him nonetheless.
"Please leave Inuyasha..." He nodded slightly when he was requested a second time. But just as he was leaving he heard her mother add, "...and don't come back."
A/N: So...What'd ya think??????
A/N: Thanx for all the lovely reviews. I really love them. And I learned an important lesson, I learned that material possessions are well...material so they are unimportant. So, I should find something that is not material to love and cherish...does this fic count? I wonder...
That was my weird friend trying to make me find a deeper meaning to my life...she said my computer is just a piece of trash. I don't believe her...I love my computer! I love it...I cherish it...I'll die for it...Wait. I see her point.
Chapter 17: An Odd Couple
"Inuyasha?" Kagome said as sweetly as she could. Inuyasha visibly stiffened, Kagome was never this sweet to him unless it was going to get very painful for him very soon. No body was even around at that time. Shippo and Sango had left to gather some herbs with Kaede and Miroku had left to exorcise or bless a house or inn or something.
"Yeah...?" He didn't like the way she was looking at him. The light in her eyes was unusually bright today, almost like it's burning, and was dancing around in erratic patterns. It was scary. It meant she was scheming and it also meant that Inuyasha would be at the receiving end of it.
Oh god, what did I do now?
"Why didn't you tell me about Rei?" Her smile, or rather grin, hadn't faltered. If possible, it only grew larger.
"I...she...we were too busy...I didn't have a chance." He said hoping that she would go easy on him. He didn't think he would be able to squirm his way out of this one.
"You and her? Hmm...you two were too busy doing what?" Her grin was still there but the light in her eyes was dancing around wilder than ever.
Choose your words carefully; she got the wrong meaning...GOD HELP!!!
"No, no...I meant we both...you and me. Remember the castle, and the fight with Naraku and then all the arguing with the law enforcers." He tried.
"Oh, yes." She tapped her chin thoughtfully with one slender finger; "I guess you're off the hook then."
"Wha...What?" That easily? "I still have to explain what happened."
"No you don't." Her grin had faded and she was sneering at him, "Sango told me everything. She's one of Naraku's detachments for god's sake. How could you allow her to join us?"
"Because."
"That's not a good enough reason, Inuyasha. Now answer me." Her tone was hard and demanding. Inuyasha didn't like being ordered around and she was doing just that.
"Why should I? I don't have to answer to anyone. Especially not a weak human." He answered defiantly, but immediately regretting the words. This was sure to get them into a fight that would end with her running off to her strange time.
"So now we're not good enough for you?" He knew what she was up to. She was challenging him to contradict her, to tell her that he was wrong for making a choice. Well, tough luck, it isn't happening tonight.
"Don't twist my words." He snarled at her hoping that she would be scared into submission. But if she did, then she wouldn't be Kagome now would she? She wouldn't go down without a fight. She will push this topic to the limit and then they wouldn't talk to each other for a week.
"Then answer the damn question. Why did you allow one of Naraku's detachments to join our group without even bothering to ask your comrades about it?"
"I'm the leader of the group, I get to decide who can join us and who gets to go home." The wild look in her eyes was back in full force and if this didn't end soon, then there was going to be a fistfight. And if she thought Inuyasha would hold back, then she was in for a bit of a surprise.
"Leader, eh? I don't recall any of us deciding on you as the leader."
"So I'm not?" His eyes narrowed dangerously. She was challenging his authority as the leader of a pack and only one person was allowed to do that – his mate. And she was NOT his mate. "Who is the leader then? Not you I hope."
"None of us is the leader. We're all a team."
"We never were. Nobody ever cared what I thought, nobody still does. I never wanted that damn monk to join our group..."
"But I thought you two were friends..."
"I'm talking about three years ago, damn it. Three years ago, an exterminator joined the group, nobody asked me..."
"Rei tried to kill you..." She cried out in the middle. He knew he was upsetting her but now it was too late to turn back. He could already smell the tears in her eyes. There was still time before they fell, but the warning bells had rung.
"So did Sango, and Miroku. It doesn't prove anything." He said in a gentler tone. It was best if the conversation stopped here.
"You like her don't you? But who could blame you?" Her eyes glazed over with unshed tears as Inuyasha wondered how she had connected the two things together but he sure as hell had to clear everything up to her. "But I thought you liked me." She said in a hoarse whisper, barely audible to human hearing but loud and clear for Inuyasha's sensitive ears.
"Kagome? What makes you think I like Rei.... as a mate?" He added as an afterthought before he moved to touch her, but she pushed him back.
"Why did you hold her hand?" Blunt question. Inuyasha had had enough. He was good at fighting, damn good. But he was not good at making up with crying women and heartbroken or jealous women were way out of his league.
Okay, that's it. What does she want from me? She can go around kissing stinking wolves but I can't damn hold a girl's hand? She is fucking gonna get it. "Why did you kiss Kouga then?"
"I told you already...." She whined. Her tears were threatening to spill over. Inuyasha didn't like to make her cry but he was tired of being accused all the time. He decided that today he won't give up. No matter what...he won't give in to those tears.
"Look, there is nothing between us. I just held her hands, no big deal." First one tear fell, than another. Not giving in. Not giving in.
"So you don't like me anymore?" She sniffled. No way is he going to give in.
Damn...is she even listening?
"I just held her fucking hands. What is wrong with you wench?" He yelled at her. She sobbed loudly before muttering an almost inaudible 'I'm going home' and ran towards the well. Not giving in. Still not giving in.
I give up.
"Kagome stop!"
"Osuwari!" (Yes ...its true...I learned another new word! GO ME!!!)
Inuyasha smirked when he didn't kiss the dirt, as he normally would have.
"Kagome, please listen to me." He tried again.
With a final sob she jumped into the well. Inuyasha grumbled as he hurried to follow Kagome. He didn't like it when she got mad at him. He liked it even less when she cried because she was angry. Without a second thought, he jumped into the well.
Back in the modern era...
"Stupid, insensitive, irritating, jerky, asshole, proud, arrogant, selfish...did I mention insensitive?" She asked the empty shrine while climbing out of the well. Lucky for Kagome, it didn't answer.
Good. That means I'm still sane. No thanks to that insensitive, stupid, proud, arrogant, snotty...
She threw open the doors to the shrine and then closed them with a bang, locking them from the outside then deciding against it and throwing them open. Knowing him, he would burst through the roof once he found that the doors were locked and then they would have to fix the damn thing.
She heard the sound of shuffling coming from the well and turned and started running towards the house. Just a little bit more and she'll be there. She didn't even know why she was running. It's not like he couldn't catch her once she entered the house. Just a little further. Then again, it was her territory. She could throw him out if she wanted. Almost there.
She gasped when she felt him wrap his arms around her pulling her into a crude kind of hug from the behind. Except that he was holding too tight and she could barely breath. Not to mention, her feet were a good three inches off the ground.
"Inuyasha, let me go." She ordered in her strictest voice, even though the hug was pretty sweet. Painful...but sweet.
He abruptly let her go and she squealed as she suddenly lost the firm support behind her. After a few dazed steps, she regained her balance and started to move towards the door. Needless to say, he followed.
"Hi Sis!" Souta called out from the living room, "Hi Inuyasha!"
"Hey squirt." Inuyasha answered before following her up to her room...only to have the door slammed into his face and locked. He grumbled before swinging out of the nearest window and made his way to Kagome's window, it was locked.
He returned to his position outside her room.
"Kagome please, open the door." He asked nicely. If this is what having a mate felt like then he wasn't so sure he wanted one anytime soon. Also, he didn't like being nice.
"Go away Inuyasha." Then after some time, "Why don't you go hold Rei's hands while you're at it?"
"You're making a mountain out of a molehill, now open the damn door!" He yelled to get his point across.
She didn't answer. Inuyasha was getting more and more peeved by each passing second. And he didn't like being locked out.
"Open the damn door or I'll have to fucking open it myself." He yelled again.
"Osuwari!" She yelled from inside, "And don't fucking swear in my house."
"Hypocrite!" How come she gets to swear openly only to tell him not to do it? It was the hypocrisy of hypocrisy. "And osuwari doesn't work on me anymore. Remember?"
Surprisingly, the door opened. Kagome stood there staring at the dishevelled hanyou in front of her.
"I'm a hypocrite now am I?" She asked a little too calmly, "and what would that make you?"
Inuyasha tilted his head to one side, hoping the cute puppy act would reduce her anger somewhat. It wasn't working. She just stood there waiting for an answer.
"I held her hand because..." Should he tell her? If he had been jealous of Kagome kissing Kouga then that would mean that he had feelings for her. He had almost confessed his feelings in the cave but saying it would make it real somehow. The events in the cave didn't seem real. He hadn't meant any of it to happen. He wasn't even sure if either of them were thinking straight at that time, it wouldn't be right to hold whatever either of them had said that day against them.
"Because?"
"Just because." Yeah...that settles it. It always does. She never asks anything after that.
"Because you like her?"
His eyes grew wider. She was taking his nervousness around the topic and lack of answers in the wrong direction. He opened and closed his mouth several times, while trying to grope for a change of topic.
"Or maybe you even love her. What did you two do that night all alone in the forest?"
His eyes felt like they would jump out of his head any minute now.
I wasn't thinking okay? I was heartbroken and slightly off the sane plane. I decided to hurt you a bit too. Now get over it.
"We talked." He answered, trying to look calm but his insides were in a turmoil. What the hell was she thinking? She really thinks they were involved or something?
"You don't have to lie. She is really pretty you know." Jealous?
"I'm not lying. We talked. She asked me if she could join the gang..."
"And you let her in."
"Well yeah."
"Even though you knew she was, and probably is, one of our enemies."
"I trust her..."
"Why? Because she saved your life? Because she reincarnated you? Because you love her? Which was it Inuyasha?"
"She put her life on the line to save mine. I owe her to protect her."
"But I thought..." She looked down at her feet. Oh no, Kagome don't you see? Its nothing more than mere friendship, not even that. I don't love her. I love you!
Wait, did I just say that?
Kagome moved back into her room, not bothering to ask Inuyasha to come in. He followed anyway.
He watched her silky raven black hair fall from one shoulder to her back as she moved to sit down at her bed. He watched her deep brown eyes glaze in tears again. He watched her soft creamy hands clasp themselves nervously in her lap. He watched her bite her lower lip. Her lips...so soft...so full. Suddenly, the memories of the cave came flooding back to him. The feel of her lips against his. The sensation of her fingers on his bare chest. He wanted to feel her lips on his again. He wanted to feel her warm fingers on his bare skin again.
"Kagome..." She was really crying now. Not loudly as you would expect but quietly. Her eyes were sealed shut and her fragile body was shaking with each silent sob. Somehow her quiet sobs were more heart wrenching than her loud bawling.
He moved to take her into his arms gently. She didn't resist.
"I will protect you Kagome. You're my first priority." He whispered into her ear. She didn't say anything. She just stayed there.
"I owe her my life Kagome." He said soothingly. They were through fighting; he had to clear up a few things to her. She deserved to know the truth. "She saved my life when she didn't have to. She put her life on the line for me. I can't just let her go and face Naraku.
"It's getting late. You should sleep." He said suddenly. He pulled away from her and she quietly switched the lamp off. Once they were shrouded in darkness, she looked at him expecting him to jump out of the window and leave her alone. He didn't.
Instead he nudged her shoulder gently and pushed her onto the bed. She had stopped crying and was watching him intently. Her eyes widened when he got in with her. Was he planning on spending the night here? In her bed? With her?
He rested his chin on her head and wrapped an arm around her in a protective gesture. Then he started talking.
"I...I remember waking up in a small stone room." Kagome shifted suddenly. He was telling her about the day he was brought back. She pulled back to be able to see his face better. He had his eyes closed.
"I was there, but not really there. I remember everything I did but I didn't have any control over it. It ...it was as if I was dreaming and had no control over my body. It was like I was a spectator in someone else's body. I could hear my own thoughts but ...they were too barbaric to be mine. They were my demon half's thoughts."
Kagome's hand found his and she squeezed it lightly. She knew it must be hard for him to go through everything that happened that night and if his condition when she found him was any indication, then the night hadn't been all flowers and confetti.
"I remember Kikyo...she put me under a spell that allowed her to control me. I broke it. I don't know how. But I did. Then she put barriers up that I was unable to break through. I tried and it hurt but it seemed my other self was incapable of feeling pain. So I kept trying until I couldn't move my arm anymore.
"I gave up, but tried occasionally."
"How long were you in there?" She asked quietly.
Inuyasha shrugged. "I don't know. Could've been three days, could've been three weeks. Maybe even three months. I was just there.
"The suddenly, I was in Naraku's castle. It was weird. I felt torn between two places. I was in both bodies. It was painful, like someone had grabbed my heart and was pulling it in two different directions.
"Kagura attacked me. She tried to kill me. I think they were hoping to bring my demon side to life. Instead, there I was...a human. After enduring the first few attacks by Kagura, suddenly I wanted to live. I wanted to go back to the village and see Miroku and Sango and Shippo...and you." He sighed and pulled Kagome closer to himself.
"I felt incomplete. My soul was split and the feeling got worse when the two halves were reincarnated. I needed to be one. I couldn't exist as two individuals. It was an impossible task. My human half was unable to break free from the castle. But my demon half found new strength to break through the barriers. I ran towards the castle just as Kagura attacked me again. I didn't think I could reach my other half in time. Although it the time, my demon half wanted to kill my human half to be able to remain fully blooded. All I could think of was kill. On the other hand, my other half could only think about you.
"Rei protected me from the second attack. She froze the wall behind my and I was able to destroy it by kicking it and then I escaped. Just as I escaped the castle, my demon half appeared. I feared for my life. I was going to kill myself. And then..." He shook his head, trying to clear his thoughts.
"...Something happened. I'm not sure what. My other half just fell down to the ground and ... there was this shock like something had hit me head on. The body turned to dust in front of me. I don't know what happened, but I was still human. It didn't strike me that it was the new moon. I just ran towards the village. I stole some clothes and jumped into the well."
Kagome pushed back a little and saw that his eyes were open this time; he was looking at her as if expecting a response. Unfortunately, she didn't have one. She decided that it didn't have to be in words. Sometimes actions spoke more than any words can ever express.
She tilted her head upwards and brushed her lips against his. He stiffened and then relaxed as she continued to kiss him. He tangled his hands into her hair and made the kiss deeper.
He got up suddenly and then pushed Kagome under him, such that he was now lying on top of her and resumed the kiss. Kagome could only relish the moment. She was enveloped in his scent; his strong arms wrapped around her...his warm lips on hers. The kiss was soft yet passionate.
Unfortunately, it didn't last too long. The door opened silently and a shadow entered the room.
"KAGOME HIGURASHI!" A familiar voice ground out her name barely keeping her anger in check. The couple broke away as soon as they heard her mother. Inuyasha fell off the bed and landed heavily on his head while Kagome struggled to say something.
"Mum...I ...it's not what it looks like." She stumbled but both of them knew that there was no way they could explain this one.
"Mrs. Higurashi. It was my mistake. I shouldn't have..." Inuyasha tried to defend her.
"Inuyasha stop. I need to have a talk with my daughter. I would appreciate it if you leave...NOW!" She said curtly. Inuyasha was worried about Kagome. True she was her mother but it still worried him nonetheless.
"Please leave Inuyasha..." He nodded slightly when he was requested a second time. But just as he was leaving he heard her mother add, "...and don't come back."
A/N: So...What'd ya think??????