'Tis the Season
Chapter 5 ::: Kagome's Hero
Whip: -muttering- Any woman that wants to be equal to men, lacks ambition.
Unknown Voice: Hey! I'm a man here, did you just insult me??
Whip: -to everyone else- See what I mean?
Tora: -crying-
Whip: Uh, Tora, what's wrong?
Tora: You killed Inuyasha!
Whip: Oh, stop crying! He's not dead, okay!
The darkness seemed to stifle her sobs. She felt her world crashing down upon her. Everyone was dead. She couldn't believe it. She wouldn't. And yet she was being gnawed by what she had seen. She was close to breaking down and facing facts. She had seen it all happen.
-Inuyasha and gang-
"He's still looking," Miroku said. He didn't sound like he cared much.
"Of course he is! Kagome disappeared right in front of us. What would you expect him to do?" Sango had given up looking though, and sat next to Miroku who leaned against a tree. Shippo was on Inuyasha's shoulder, worried sick about Kagome.
"Poor, lovesick puppy," Miroku said sympathetically.
"I don't need your pity, monk!" Miroku visibly shrank at Inuyasha's glare. Inuyasha continued his search.
"Where could she have gone?!" As Inuyasha searched for signs of Kagome, he failed to see Shippo disappear and the fog that rolled in. That is, until he couldn't search anymore because of the fog.
A growl started in Inuyasha's throat at his frustration. Until he heard it. The sounds of someone crying. A girl crying.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha whispered. He walked in the direction of the sobs. He saw a dark form huddled not far away.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha ran forward and could soon clearly see Kagome. She was laying on her side, curled up in a ball. Inuyasha knelt beside her, placing a hand on her.
"Kagome?" he inquired. "Kagome, look at me."
"No," she said. Her voice was muffled.
"Why not?" Inuyasha asked, surprised.
"Because as soon as I do, you'll be gone."
"Kagome, I'm not going anywhere. Not without you, anyway." Inuyasha flipped Kagome onto her back. Her swollen, tear strained eyes blinked up at him.
"Inuyasha? Is it really you?"
Inuyasha smiled down at her.
"Inuyasha!" she exclaimed. She shot up and Inuyasha captured her in his arms, holding her close to him.
Kagome's eyes widened. Inuyasha hugged her like he would never let her go. And of course:
"I'm never letting you go again, Kagome. Never," he promised. "You mean too much to me." Kagome looked up at him with raised eyebrows.
"Inuyasha, are you feeling well? Not sick, are you?"
Inuyasha glared. Kagome smiled up at him and snuggled close.
"Well, if you are sick, I think you should get ill more often." Inside Kagome was bouncing with joy. He was real. He was here, with her.
"I mean it, Kagome. Never."
"I'll never let you," she said. "I thought you were dead, Inuyasha." Her voice was choked with that awful memory of seeing Inuyasha die.
"I'm perfectly alive. Although I felt like I would die when you disappeared." Kagome looked up into Inuyasha's face.
"Now I know you're not well."
"Kagome . . . you mean the world to me." Kagome's heart thumped against her chest.
"Inuyasha," she said quietly. "You're my here. You saved me.
Inuyasha did the one thing then that you would expect to be done. He kissed her.
The fog cleared away and they were visible once more to Sango, Miroku, and Shippo. All three gaped at them.
Inuyasha and Kagome didn't notice. They refused to break the kiss for a long moment. Finally, Miroku and Sango had to pry them apart. But not before Miroku tried to kiss Sango!
Whip: What do you think so far?
Kagome: If only Inuyasha was always so sweet!
Inuyasha: -snort-
Kagome: Sit.
-thud-
Kagome: -smile-
Whip and Sess: -laugh mockingly at Inuyasha-
Tora: -blink- -back away- . . . -runs-
Whip: Well, that chapter was shorter than most. Ah, well. FYI: I'm planning on making it . . . -listens to scratching sound coming from under desk- . . . uh, making it . . . -sticks head under desk- Kitty! Aw, my pretty baby girl!
Tora: Kokoro?
Whip: No, not Kokoro. Kokoro is taking her nap. It's Anne!
Tora: You mean Tank's mom?
Whip: yeah, that one. She's the gentlest kitty you could ever find!
Tora: yeah, but only because she broke her leg in a cat fight and is lame now.
Whip: I know, my poor baby! Well, anyway, I'm planning on making it a new moon on Christmas eve. And Kagome's taking Inuyasha home for the holidays! -smile-