Shikon no Miko
By: Karisutaru-chan
Author's note: I do not own any of the characters in this story and it was written just for fun.
RATED R for language
and future adult situations. Reader discretion is advised.
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Chapter 2: His Thoughts
He had been watching her the entire time. Watching her gray-blue eyes stare into the starry night sky…watching her as she seemed to be desperately searching for any trace of him. He had purposefully kept himself hidden…he didn't want to talk to her right away. He was still hurt from what she told him.
"I hate you!"
Those words echoing through his mind had made his stomach churn. What had he done THIS time to make her say such a thing to him?
He never thought she could make him feel so awful, but at the same time, he couldn't understand why he was so upset by it.
'We've had plently of fights in the past, with just as much fuckin' screamin' AND yellin….,' he barked to himself, but for some reason, this situation was different. This time it hurt, but why?
He decided that it was best if he kept himself scarce so they both could be left alone with their thoughts.
Although….lately it had become a lot more difficult to stay away from her. It took all his will power to restrain himself from abandoning his hiding place in the tree above her when he saw those longing gray-blue eyes looking for him in the trees. He had so desperately wanted to jump down, throw Shippo from his spot and take his place lying next to Kagome, feeling the softness and the warmth of her body next to his. He would have preferred to make up that way, but something told him to stay put…they both needed time to work things out in their heads before they talked to each other about this.
So he remained at his post, his amber eyes never leaving her form, watching her as she watched the stars deep in thought.
"Inuyasha, gomen nasai…..gomen nasai…"
His ears perked up hearing her soft whispers as she finally trailed off to sleep, her last words echoing in his head causing his heart to skip a beat.
'She's sorry,' he thought as a smile began to form in his face. Once he heard those words, it felt like an enormous weight had been lifted from his shoulders. Of course, deep down, he knew she did not mean what she had said to him….she was angry about something….and she said she didn't remember telling him that when he first asked her about it….but just hearing those words from her lips, those reassuring words made his heart fill to the brim with such joy, that his anger about the entire situation disappeared without a second thought.
Once she was sound asleep, he decided that it was safe enough to go to her…he couldn't take this hiding any longer and he needed to be beside her, even if she wasn't aware of it at the time. Inuyasha gracefully leapt down from the tree and landed softly next to the sleeping Kagome. Her face looked peaceful….beautiful. He leaned in closer to take in more of her tantalizing scent. She smelled just as sweet as she always did; this sweet, beautiful scent that was Kagome's—it always sent his heart racing, yet it calmed him at the same time. He would never get enough of this smell. As she slept there peaceful and motionless, he gently pushed back the stray strands of hair from her face and gently caressed her cheek.
Soft…so very soft......
Realizing what he was doing, he quickly took his hand away before he pushed himself to a point to where he would not have any control over himself…he didn't want to make her even more upset with him.
Inuyasha reluctantly leapt back into the tree above her, and dutifully kept vigil throughout the night. He slept lightly off and on, but always on guard and always alert.
Suddenly, he was startled awake by the sound of Kagome…
"Inuyasha….tasukete…."
His amber eyes shot open, gazing fearfully at Kagome.
'She's having a nightmare…'
Inuyasha continued to watch her.
'What should I do?'
Inuyasha felt so helpless, and he hated it. That was the one place that he could not protect her—her dreams. He thought about going to wake her up, but he decided that he might frighten her even more than she already was. He remained pinned to his perch in the tree, his amber eyes gazing at Kagome's form with worry in his heart.
Kagome suddenly sprang awake and he watched as Shippo was catapulted into the air before he slammed into the forest floor.
*THUD*
'Keh. That's what the little runt gets,' he said to himself with a bit of a smirk.
"Kagome-chan?"
"Kagome-sama?"
The humorous moment soon past as his attention was drawn back towards Kagome. The fearful look in her eyes sent chills up his spine. 'What the hell had she been dreaming about?'
As he jumped down from his perch, he saw Sango begin to rise to go follow Kagome as she ran off towards the river. He put his hand on Sango's shoulder and looked at her, his eyes telling her not to worry. Sango acknowledged him and watched as he ran after Kagome.