Chapter 4: Is this a dream?

Inu-Yasha set Kagome in her bed and gently set the blankets on her. He stared at her for a moment then walked across the room to at her desk. He picked up a book, Math, he flipped through the pages to find un-recognizable symbols he sighed and set it down and looked at Kagome. She curled into a ball and pulled the blankets closer to her body, she rolled over, her body was turned toward Inu-Yasha, she trembled and shook as she tried pull herself into a smaller ball, her hair fell over her face, "Inu...Yasha..." escaped her throat. He stood up and walked to the edge of her bed. 'What should I do...?'

He moved the hair out of her face, her eyes slightly opened and looked at him "Inu-Yasha?" He pet her face "sh, Kagome, I'm here," he gently picked hushed her hand continued to pet her face, "I'm here." Kagome closed her eyes and finally quit fighting sleep. Inu-Yasha sat and watched her. A day past and Kagome still remained motionless. Her chest rose and fell with every passing breath but that's as much as her body would allow her to move. Every now and then her mother would come in to see how she was doing, give him a rice ball and some tea, and then left them again. Souta came in a couple times to make sure that she was alright, he gave Inu-Yasha some of the cookies that his mother cooked, and a glass of milk then left the room. A few days passed and Inu-Yasha still sat awake, staring at her face, "Kagome..."

"Inu-Yasha..." she whispered through her dreams. Inu-Yasha stared at her blankly realizing that she was asleep, "Kagome?" She took in a deep breath then spoke again, "How do you really feel about Kikyou?" His eyes closed as he looked away from her sleeping form, "Nothing compared to what I feel for you." A sigh of relief seemed to escape from Kagome's chest. "Inu-Yasha… I…"

"What is it Kagome?"

"I… I love you…"

Inu-Yasha blinked and just stared at her, "Why can't you be awake?"

'Why does this all feel like a dream?'

The remaining of Mirokus expected four days finally passed, Inu-Yasha sat on the edge of Kagome's bed, his hand repeatedly running through her hair as he stared at her sleeping face. The night pushed against his eyes as they slowly becoming heavy, 'common Kagome, wake up...' his eyes were soar and a dark line outlined his eyes. 'I can't stay awake much longer...' He yawned and stretched, then relaxed and pet her some more, she seemed to move into the rubbing, like a cat, he smirked, 'my neko.'

Finally she stirred. She rolled over onto her back and slowly opened her eyes, it was still night, and confusion filled her mind 'Wait I could have sworn I was in Sengoku-Jidai.' She yawn and looked over "Inu-Yasha?" his little doze ended quick as soon as he heard her call his name. She sat up and looked at him, "What happened?" He looked at her and smiled simply knowing that she was ok, "I'll tell you later..." he mumbled, she yawned, and snuggled back into the blankets, "Go back to sleep... you need your rest" she curled back into her blankets and fell asleep again. Inu-Yasha sat and watched her fall back asleep, once again running a finger down her cheek. A small smile fell across her face as she let her body sink back into the blankets.