Disclaimer: Ok, you all know about my mission. Well, I thought that I should try and get the rights to Inuyasha the old fashion way. Buying them. I went to the owner, but I only had five dollars to offer, so I was kicked off the property. So much for plan A. I still don't own Inuyasha.
Chapter Three
Inuyasha felt Kagome shift her wait on his back just as the sun was going down. Her silent treatment made her really bored, so she had fallen asleep a while ago. Inuyasha didn't mind though. When she was asleep he could listen to her mumble every once and a while, so he heard her voice more often when she was asleep compared to when she was awake.
He tried to concentrate on running, but laughed each time he heard her mumble his name. He even went so far to try and start a conversation with her, but it only lasted a few seconds long.
His mind was so set on running and listening to Kagome that he forgot about the sky that night. There was no moon, so Inuyasha turned into a full human. This took him completely off guard, and he tripped and fell to the ground.
"Sit." Kagome yelled when she hit the ground. Luckily Inuyasha wasn't that far from the ground in the first place so it didn't hurt as much.
"Kagome, stop saying sit' all the time."
"Sorry, Inu-" It took Kagome a second to realize why Inuyasha had black hair (still in a sleepy daze.) "Oh, you changed."
"Really, I hadn't noticed." Inuyasha said sarcastically. He stood up and tried to walk, but could barely move his legs, he had even less energy as a human.
"Inuyasha." Kagome hadn't bothered to stand up. "We won't make much progress while you're a human. Might as well sleep."
Inuyasha growled a little bit. Normally he would argue with Kagome, but he just didn't have the energy, so he sat down next to her. "Fine, but you have to promise to stop pestering me about it."
Kagome reached into her backpack and pulled out a blanket. "I only have one blanket Inuyasha." Kagome tried to hand it to him, but he just pushed it away.
"I don't need it Kagome."
"Yes you do. You're not used to sleeping while human." Inuyasha growled a little bit, but took the blanket.
Kagome laid down on her back and fell asleep really quickly, but it took Inuyasha a little bit longer. It wasn't that he couldn't sleep (he was really tired) but when he was in his human form he noticed the little details on Kagome's face more.
Stupid human emotions he thought, but he still couldn't help watching her sleep. She had that peaceful look on her face again. Inuyasha reached over and stroked her cheek with his hand.
Kagome didn't wake up when he touched her. Inuyasha stared at her for a few moments then leaned down and kissed her lightly on the lips. Her lips felt warm and soft. He had often wondered what they felt like, but he never got the chance to kiss her before.
Kagome's eyes twitched a little bit and Inuyasha immediately backed up, hoping that she wouldn't wake up. He waited silently for a little while then eventually decided to go to sleep.
He picked a spot on the ground near Kagome and started to find a comfortable position. He glanced at Kagome one last time and saw that she was shivering a little bit, so he covered her with the blanket and went to sleep.
When morning came Kagome was the first one up. The first thing she noticed was that she had the blanket. "Inuyasha." She mumbled. You can be so stubborn. She looked over at Inuyasha and saw that he was still asleep. His hair was silver again and his ears were back to normal (or what would be considered normal in Inuyasha's case.).
Kagome stood up and stretched a little bit. She looked to the mountains and saw that they were only a few hours away. Inuyasha had traveled faster then he thought. She looked down at him and debated waking him up.
Nothing wrong with letting him sleep while I cook breakfast she decided and started to make some porridge.
Inuyasha sat up really quickly when he woke up. He had the dream of Kagome being in Kikyou's body again. It took him a few seconds to realize where he was, but the smell of Kagome's cooking drew his attention to her. "Kagome. Why did you let me sleep so long?"
"Inuyasha, you've only been asleep twenty minutes longer then me."
"That would be twenty minutes we could have been walking to the mountains."
"Inuyasha! We're only a few hours away from them," Inuyasha glanced at the mountains, he was surprised at how much progress he made. "Plus, I'm tired of just riding on your back all the time," Kagome continued. "It's boring."
Inuyasha looked at the ground. Kagome doesn't like it when I carry her anymore He thought.
Kagome saw an almost hurt look on Inuyasha's face and she bit her tongue. "Here Inuyasha." She said, and she handed him a steaming hot bowl of porridge.
Inuyasha grabbed it and sat down on the ground. "Thanks." He mumbled, and began to eat his food. Kagome tried to smile and be cheerful during their meal, but it was hard. "Inuyasha." She got tired of his lack of conversation. "Why are you in such a bad mood?"
"I'm not." He said in and obviously bad mood' tone.
"Inuyasha, just tell me."
Inuyasha was silent for a few moments then asked (in a quieter tone) "Do you really not like riding on my back."
Kagome was a little surprised, she didn't think Inuyasha cared that much about something like that. "No."
"Then why did you say you didn't like it?" Inuyasha asked without looking Kagome in the eyes.
Is he blushing Kagome thought, "I didn't saw that I didn't like it. I just meant, without anyone to talk to, it's boring."
"You have me to talk to."
Kagome was surprised that Inuyasha said that, he never cared much about talking with her before. "I know, but when you make me mad, I didn't have anyone to talk to."
"I don't make you mad that often."
"Yeah," Kagome rolled her eyes, "Only every time you take a breath." Inuyasha laughed when she said that and continued to eat his food.
"I had a really weird dream." Kagome said. She was starving for some conversation.
"What was it about?" Inuyasha said with a mouth full of food.
"Believe it or not, I had a dream that you kissed me."
"What!" Inuyasha yelled after spitting out his food.
"It was just a dream."
"It was a stupid dream." Inuyasha said, he didn't want Kagome to think that it really happened. "Why would I ever kiss you."
The second that these words left Inuyasha's mouth he wished that he could take them back. Kagome slammed her bowl onto the ground and stood up. "Inuyasha, you're a jerk!" She yelled and started to walk toward the mountains.
"Shit." He whispered, then tried to catch up with her. "Kagome I'm sorry I didn't mean it like that."
"Really." Kagome didn't stop walking "And how, exactly, did you mean it?"
Inuyasha didn't really know what to say. " I just meant that I – ummmm - " He was at a loss for words.
"Forget about it." Kagome said, but Inuyasha could tell that she was still angry as hell, "We need to find the castle."
Shippo walked to the bars of their cage and stuck his head out. "What do you think she did with Miroku?" he asked.
"I don't know." Sango said, her voice was filled with the sound of helplessness. Shippo didn't really know how to comfort her, so he just sat in her lap and gave her a hug.
"Sango, don't be sad. Inuyasha will save us and then we'll get Miroku back."
Sango narrowed her eyes on the wall; she didn't want to think about Inuyasha coming. It just meant she would have to worry about the trap Kikyou set for Kagome. Then she noticed something on the wall, light.
The corner of the wall was lit up. "Shippo, where is that light coming from?"
Shippo jumped out of her lap and stared at the wall. "A hole." He said, "There's a hole in the wall."
"Is it big enough for you to fit through?"
"No."
Damn she thought. Sango stood up and looked out the hole. She could tell instantly that they were somewhere in the mountains, but she didn't know the exact spot. "Shippo come here." She bent grabbed Shippo and put him on her shoulders. "Tell me what your demon eyes see."
Shippo stared out the hole for a few moments, "I see Inuyasha." He yelled happily. "He's following Kagome. Looks like she's mad at him."
"What. You can see them." Sango didn't see anything.
"Over there." Shippo pointed in a direction and Sango stared in it. Eventually she did see a small red dot.
"How in the world can you see that so clearly to know that it's Inuyasha." She asked.
"I don't know, I just can."
"We need to find a way to warn them about Kikyou's trap." Sango said.
Down the dark hall, Kikyou had also started to feel the presence of Inuyasha, but she could tell that his mind wasn't on finding his friends. He was concentrated on something else. "Probably that damn Kagome girl, slowing him down."
She walked into the room filled with candles and got her ingredients ready, she had been planning this spell for months and didn't want to mess up. Kikyou smiled a little bit, knowing that Kagome had no idea what she was in store for.
Inuyasha growled a little bit as he tried to think of a way to get Kagome to stop being angry. "I said sorry." He yelled up at her. But she just ignored him. "Kagome." He ran up to her, grabbed her hand, and looked her straight in the eye. "Kagome, I didn't mean to make you feel bad."
Kagome tried to stay angry, but when she looked into his amber eyes, he truly did look sorry. She looked down at her shoes and Inuyasha knew that she had forgiven him.
Inuyasha smiled and kept on walking, without letting go of Kagome's hand. "Umm, Inuyasha."
"What?"
"You're still holding my hand."
"I know." Was all he said.
Kagome didn't want to admit it, but she was glad that Inuyasha didn't let go of her hand. He never showed this kind of care for her before and she wanted to enjoy every minute of it.
"I can see the castle." Inuyasha said a few minutes later. Kagome looked in the direction that his eyes were looking. She could just make out a small castle sitting on one of the mountains.
"Come on, we'll get there faster if I run." He said, and he grabbed Kagome around the waste and started to run.
They were standing a few feet away from the castle in a matter of minutes thanks to Inuyasha's speed, and they were just about to find a way inside when they heard Sango's voice.
"Inuyasha!" It called out.
They both looked up and saw Sango's face looking at them through a small hole in the wall. "Sango, are you alright?" Kagome yelled.
"Inuyasha, don't take Kagome in here."
"What is she talking about?" Kagome asked Inuyasha.
"I don't know, hold on." Inuyasha jumped up and clung to the wall just near the hole that Sango was talking out of. Kagome couldn't hear of word of what they were saying, so she waited for Inuyasha to come back down.
"What dose she mean?" She asked as soon as Inuyasha's feet touched the ground.
"This is all just a trap for you."
"Me?""Yeah. I'm going in alone. You wait out her, ok."
"Inuyasha no."
"Kagome, if you go in, I run the risk of you getting hurt in whatever trap there is. Just wait here where it's safe."
"Who would set a trap for me?"
Inuyasha hesitated before answering, "Kikyou." Kagome was too shocked to speak. "So just stay out here, Kagome." And Inuyasha walked into the castle before she could argue.
Kagome stood for a second completely stunned Kikyou? What did Kikyou want? She sat down by a tree that was somewhat in the shade and prayed that Inuyasha, Shippo, Sango, and Miroku would come out of this safe.
Inuyasha walked into the castle on complete guard. He had no idea what was waiting for him inside, but he wanted to be ready. He sniffed the air and caught onto Shippo and Sango's scent right away, but not Miroku's. Where's Miroku's scent he thought.
He decided to follow his nose and he soon found the cage that Sango and Shippo were in. "Inuyasha." Shippo yelled.
"Quiet runt." Inuyasha said, he didn't want to alert anyone in the castle. Hopefully they would get out of this without being noticed.
"Inuyasha," Sango said quietly, "get us out of here, then find Miroku."
Inuyasha pulled at some of the bars and broke them right off, "Where's Miroku?" he asked as Sango and Shippo stepped out of their cage.
"Kikyou took him." Shippo said.
"Took him where?"
"Down that hall." Sango said, pointing to the door at the end of the hall. "Do you want us to help you fight?"
"No, go make sure Kagome's ok." Inuyasha said, and he ran off toward the door. He was nervous about rescuing Miroku. He didn't want to come face to face with Kikyou.
He opened the door and passed through a room that was filled with candles. He sniffed the air and caught the slight scent of Miroku. He seemed like he was far away though. "Miroku!" he called as loud as he was willing to yell. He looked around the room and saw only one door.
He must be in there Inuyasha thought as he opened the door.
The sudden light that filled the room surprised Miroku, he lifted his head up and looked at the door, some one opened it. "Who's there?" he asked.
"Me." Inuyasha replied. Miroku was very relived that it wasn't Kikyou coming to kill him. "We need to get out of here" Inuyasha stated the obvious then helped Miroku to his feet.
"What about Sango and Shippo?"
"I already took care of them."
Miroku smiled to himself, Inuyasha was really helpful. "Do you know how to get out of this stupid castle?"
"Yeah, follow me." Inuyasha led Miroku through the room with candles, past the hall with Sango and Shippo's cage, and into the entrance of the castle. He froze in his place when he felt some place their hand on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Kikyou.
"So you finally came Inuyasha." She said.
Miroku didn't know what to do. On one hand, he didn't want to leave Inuyasha alone, but on the other hand; the exit was so near, it almost hurt to stay.
"You can go now Miroku." Kikyou said, without taking her hand or eyes of Inuyasha.
Kagome and Sango stood up when they saw Miroku walking out of the castle. "Miroku!" Sango yelled happily, "You're alright." She ran up to him and gave him a big hug and kiss on the cheek.
"Shippo and I were so worried about you." She said.
"No need I'm fine."
Kagome and Shippo walked up to where Miroku and Sango were standing, "Miroku, glad to see you in one piece." Kagome said.
"How's your arm?" Sango asked when she let go of Miroku.
"It's fine, Kikyou gave me some kind of potion to heal it."
Kagome looked down and her shoes when she heard Kikyou's name. She hated that word; it caused so much trouble between Inuyasha and herself. Miroku noticed Kagome's change of mood, but didn't know what to say to make her feel better.
"Where is Inuyasha?" Kagome asked when she suddenly realized that he was still missing.
"Inside." Miroku was a little hesitant to tell Kagome where Inuyasha was; he didn't know how she would take the information about him being alone with Kikyou.
"Inside. Is he hurt?"
"No, umm – he's talking with – Kikyou."
Kagome stood in silence for a few minutes. Sango, Shippo, and Miroku stared at her. They couldn't tell what she was thinking, for all they knew she was a volcano ready to blow.
"K-Kagome, are you alright?" Shippo asked while tugging on her sleeve.
Kagome seemed to wake up from a trance, looked down at Shippo, and tried to smile. "Yes Shippo, I'm fine." But everyone could tell that she wasn't.
"What do you want Kikyou?" Inuyasha said as soon as Miroku was gone.
"Inuyasha," she took her hand off his shoulder, "where is Kagome?"
"Kikyou, I know this whole thing was a trap."
Kikyou walked near enough to Inuyasha to feel his unsteady breath and wrapped her arms around his waist. "Inuyasha, hold me."
It took him a few seconds, but he pushed Kikyou away. "What do you want with Kagome?"
"Inuyasha, dose that stupid girl mean more to you then me?"
"What do you want with Kagome?"
Kikyou walked to the other end of the room and turned her back to Inuyasha. "I want many things with that girl. I want to see her dead. I want to see her suffer. I want to see her crush you heart Inuyasha."
"Kikyou, leave Kagome alone."
Kikyou turned and faced Inuyasha. "Get out."
"What?"
"Leave Inuyasha, go away with your ... Kagome." She spat out.
"Kikyou." For some reason Inuyasha wanted to comfort Kikyou. He didn't want her to be unhappy.
"So I take it, you still have feelings for me." Kikyou said, when she saw the look of compassion in his eyes.
It took Inuyasha a while to bring himself to answer her, "I will always care for you Kikyou."
Inuyasha and Kikyou both turned when they heard a sound near the door, they looked just in time to see the heal of Kagome shoe as she left the room. "Kagome." Inuyasha yelled out.
Inuyasha turned and started to run out after her, but he remembered that Kikyou was watching him, "Go Inuyasha." She said angrily, "she means more to you." Then Kikyou walked out of the room.
Inuyasha stood alone wondering what to do, then decided to chase after Kagome. When he got outside she was sitting next to Sango. "Kagome, can I talk to you?"
"Sure." She replied, but didn't make any kind of effort to stand up.
"Alone." Inuyasha said, a bit of blush hit his cheeks.
"Alright." Kagome stood up and followed Inuyasha away from everyone's earshot.
"Kagome, tell me what you saw."
"What I saw?" Kagome tried not to look Inuyasha directly in the face.
"I know you saw me and Kikyou talking, how much did you hear?"
Kagome tucked her hair behind her ear. "Nothing Inuyasha."
But he could tell that she was lieing "Kagome," he placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Inuyasha, don't touch me."
"Kagome, why are you upset."
A few tears somehow found their way into Kagome's eyes, and she brushed them away before Inuyasha could see. "I did hear the end of your conversation."
Inuyasha bit his lip, "The part where I said -"
"That you care for Kikyou." Kagome finished for him, then tried to walk away, but Inuyasha grabbed her arm.
"Kagome," he said. "You didn't hear me right."
"Spare me Inuyasha." Kagome said and she started to walk away.
"Kagome, I will always care for Kikyou a little bit. But I'll never never-"
"Never what?" Kagome stopped walking and turned to face him.
"I'll never, " Inuyasha couldn't find the right words to say what he wanted, "I don't love her Kagome. I love -"
Kagome stood still waiting for him to finish his sentence, but Inuyasha couldn't bring himself to say what he wanted.
"I – I don't love her."
"That's all?" she asked, a little hopeful.
Inuyasha hesitated, "Yeah" he said quietly while looking at his feet.
"Oh." Kagome blushed and mentally slapped herself for expecting Inuyasha to say anything other then what he told her. She walked off feeling like an idiot.
Fuck Inuyasha thought Why is it so god damn hard to tell Kagome I love her. Inuyasha started to follow Kagome, but stayed a distance away from her. When everyone was gathered up, he made a mental promise to himself to tell Kagome. Eventually.
Sorry that my chapters are so long. I keep thinking of more and more stuff I need to add in before I end it. It's like my story has a life of its own.
Anyway – I'm not going to post the next chapter till I get some reviews.