Kagome woke up early in the morning from odd snoring sounds. She slowly opened her eyes and rubbed them to clean her view. She saw Inuyasha still sleeping. His head was on the bed, rested on his arms. One of his arms was pressed to his throat and it was making him hard to breathe.
Kagome smiled and sat up. She carefully lifted his head and moved his hand away from his throat. He stopped snoring and shifted into a comfortable position. Kagome looked at her watch – it was 5:30 am.
'Too early.' she thought and lied back down.
She tried to fall asleep but couldn't. She kept her eyes on Inuyasha. Her eyes widened in surprise when she saw him smile in his sleep.
'I wonder what he's dreaming about...or who...' she thought and sighed deeply.
"Kagome..." Inuyasha mumbled answering her thoughts and her eyes widened even more from before.
'Well, he sure is full of surprises.' the girl thought when she was calm again and smiled. She continued watching him and the smile never left his lips.
It was 7:30 in the morning and Kagome decided it was time to wake up Inuyasha. As she was lying on her right side she reached with her left hand to his head and ran her fingers through his hair.
"Inuyasha..." she whispered and repeated the previous motion.
"Mmmm..." he leaned into her touch causing her hand to go to one of his ears.
"Inuyasha, wake up." she said a little louder and rubbed his ear.
At this the hanyou's eyes shot open and he sat up startling Kagome. She quickly pulled her hand away from him and brought it to her chest.
"Kagome..." he breathed out looking at her.
"I'm s-sorry..." she stammered. "...I-I startled you..."
"No, no! It wasn't you." he said rubbing his forehead.
"Another bad dream?" Kagome asked and moved closer to him, still clutching at her covers in front of her chest.
"Yeah." he said. "It started as a good one, though."
"I know." Kagome said and he looked at her questioningly. "You were smiling... and you said my name..."
"Is that so..." Inuyasha turned his head to the side to hide his red face. Kagome did the same thing for the same reason.
"Um, Inuyasha, I'm going to take a shower and then we're going back, ok?" Kagome broke the uncomfortable silence between them.
"Ok." Inuyasha nodded.
Once he was alone he stood up and sat on the bed. 'This is going insane!' he thought and stood up again. He walked to the other side of the room, then returned back to the bed and sat on it. 'Me and Kagome... on that bed...' he immediately stood up and backed away to the door. 'Her mother caught us... This wasn't one of those dreams... This was my sick imagination!'
He stood still for a moment, then his eyes widened as he found his explanation. 'No, it's Kagome's fault! If she hadn't...' remembering her naked chest his whole body trembled and he ran out of the room. Passing by the bathroom door, he shouted to Kagome he was going out, and went to the well to wait her there.
When Kagome was ready she took her small yellow bag, filled only with Ramen, and went to the well. Inuyasha was waiting her in front of the small shrine. Kagome was surprised to see him smile when he saw her, but he quickly caught himself and pulled on his usual expression.
"Are you ready?" he asked the girl in front of him.
"Yes." she smiled at him despite his angry face – she knew perfectly well he was faking it.
"What's in the bag?" the hanyou looked over her shoulder and sniffed, his face immediately brightening. "Ramen!"
"It's not only for you." Kagome turned him toward the door of the shrine and pushed him inside.
"We'll see that." he smirked.
Inuyasha jumped first in the well and Kagome followed him. Once on the other side Kagome released the breath she was holding. The hanyou in front of her rolled his eyes and went to her to pick her in his arms.
"I won't take your shard, Kagome." he said and jumped out of the well.
"I know." she said after he let her go. "Let's go."
The two walked toward the village in silence for a while. Suddenly Inuyasha put his right arm around Kagome's shoulders and pulled her closer to him. She was surprised at first but then relaxed and rested her head on his shoulder, putting her arms around his waist.
"You can be really sweet when you want to." she whispered. "Thank you."
Inuyasha just squeezed her shoulders a little and they continued walking. When they approached Kaede's hut Kagome tried to move away from Inuyasha, thinking he wouldn't want the others to see them like that. He gave her a warning growl and held her in place. They reached the hut and he released her so she could enter first. Inside, the others were still asleep. Kagome looked at Inuyasha and saw him smirking.
"Inuyasha..." she started but it was too late.
"Get up, idiots!" the hanyou yelled, startling everyone.
They all bolted up and Inuyasha started laughing. Kagome looked him angry and he bit his lip, already knowing what was coming.
"Sit." the girl said and the hanyou hit the floor.
'She finally got her temper back.' he thought and smiled to himself, although on the outside he was cursing like mad and threatening to eat her.
Once everybody were calm they told Kagome that they knew about Inuyasha's dreams and visions. Kagome also told them she has started having visions too.
"This doesn't sound good." Miroku said thoughtfully.
"You tell me." the hanyou grumbled and rubbed his right ear making a rather pained expression.
"Is something wrong, Inuyasha?" Kaede asked concerned.
"That annoying sound is making my ears hurt." he answered and rubbed his left ear.
"What sound?" Shippo asked. "I don't hear anything."
"That's not possible." Inuyasha said. "It feels like it's digging into my head. And it's getting louder..."
The others exchanged concerned looks and every one of them shook their heads letting the other know they weren't hearing anything. Kagome moved closer to Inuyasha and placed her hands on his, which were on his ears. He tried to move away, mumbling something, but Kagome pulled him to her.
"Calm down, Inuyasha." she said. "We don't hear anything. Let me see your ears."
He slowly leaned down and released his ears. Kagome and Kaede examined them carefully but there was nothing wrong with them. Suddenly Inuyasha jerked away from them and gritted his teeth trying to hold himself from crying out in pain, as the sound grew louder. He put his hands on his ears again.
Kagome quickly went to him and placed her hands on his again, pulling his head to her chest. Inuyasha removed his hands from his ears and put them on Kagome's.
"Stop that fucking noise!" the hanyou growled
Kagome looked at the others. "What are we going to do?"
Sesshoumaru was walking through a forest with Jaken, Rin and Ah-Un not far behind him. Suddenly he stopped.
"What is it, Sesshoumaru-sama?" Jaken asked when he reached his master.
"That sound." the dog demon said.
"Sound? What sound?" Jaken asked confused.
'He can't hear it.' Sesshoumaru thought. 'It's coming from that village Inuyasha usually stays.'
"Sesshoumaru-sama, why are we stopping?" Rin's cheerful voice took him out of his thoughts and he turned to the green demon behind him.
"Jaken, you and Rin stay here and wait for my return." the dog demon said, and not waiting for an answer, flew away.
TBC