Getting closer!
Chapter 6
Inuyasha woke early the next morning, hoping to catch Kagome and talk to her alone, but got a surprise when she wasn't in her sleeping bag. Huh, where did she get to?' He sniffed the air, and followed her back to the same spot he had found her the night before. Again sitting, with her knees up to her chest, and only her feet planted on the ground. She seemed so helpless, hugging her knees, that Inuyasha was astonished at her fragility.
" Kagome." He spoke softly, as if not wanting to break her. She responded with a hmm. He thought through his words carefully, something that he needed to do more often.
" What's wrong with you?' Kagome shot him a glare, showing him, she wasn't about to take his insults. He waved his hands frantically.
" No, no, no, no, no, no. Don't get me wrong, I just want to know why you look so sad, and why you flew off your handle yesterday." Inuyasha waited for something, anything!
" What, am I not aloud to get angry? Or is it that I'm supposed to be perfect, just because I'm someone's reincarnation?" Kagome's words shot straight to Inuyasha and stung him right down to the bone. Kagome's face was shadowed with her bangs, and he couldn't see if she was crying or cursing under her breath.
" Kagome, why'd you have to say that? What, I'm not supposed to be concerned over you, because I'm part demon, is that it?" Inuyasha fired back, giving her a taste of what she had given him. She stayed still for a couple of minutes, and then broke out laughing. Shaking uncontrollably, and laughing her head off, she sorta weirded Inuyasha out. But then her laughs replaced themselves into sobs, and she crumbled to the ground, laying out, holding her chest, and hair covering her face.
" Kagome!" Inuyasha raced over to her and picked her up. She fought at first, but he held her to him firmly, without hurting her. After a while she gave up and sank into his chest, sobbing and hiccuping herself to sleep. Inuyasha got up, and walked back to the village.
" Inuyasha, what's wrong with Kagome? Is she all right?" Sango rushed over to him and checked Kagome. Inuyasha gently pushed her aside.
" Quiet down, will ya? She's just tired, because she didn't sleep well last night. I'll watch over her, okay, and don't worry about her, she'll stay with me tonight. I don't want her to be ambushed by Shippo all night." Sango knew that that was just an excuse to cover up his concern for her, but she let it pass, and nodded in agreement. Inuyasha feh'd at her smile and walked off, blushing a bit about his weak cover, that Sango obviously looked right through.
Inuyasha stayed with the still sleeping Kagome, comforting her back to sleep everytime she stirred. She seemed to be very stressed, becuase her face showed such anxiety, that it worried Inuyasha about what had happened to her back home. He knew he should ask her, but what if she lied or refused to tell him. He decided to go and see her family, and find out what was happening to Kagome. He sighed, and looked up, after coming to a descision, and saw that the stars had come out. Inuyasha was puzzled, but then decided to go back to camp, and go to sleep himself.
" Man, I haven't even noticed the day end. Guess I was busy thinking. Well that's enough thinking for one day. After all, I'm a fighter not a thinker, and I can't sit still long enough to even make up a thought. Jeez, Kagome, what are you doing to me, your making me soft! Hah." Inuyasha chuckled to himself, got up, and walked back to camp, ready to sleep a good night's sleep, right next to Kagome.