*~*~*~*Chapter 8*~*~*~*
Inuyasha gulped and Miroku Smiled. "Are we invited?" he asked.
"Miroku, you are such a pervert! You guys can stay a while but you are not spending the night!" she turned to Inuyasha. "Would you be willing to do me a favor?" she asked him.
He smirked, "depends, what is the favor?" she rolled her eyes.
"Sango needs a ride here, and I can't drive."
"I'd be happy to go get her!" Miroku butted in. he took Inuyasha's keys and left before anyone got a chance to blink.
"He just took my car!" Inuyasha yelled a while later. Late reaction! Kagome thought.
"Hope he doesn't scare Sango off" Kagome said as she sat down on the couch.
"Yeah, don't worry, he wont, she is used to him." Kagome's eyes widened.
"What do you mean? Are they going out?" she asked, keeping her eyes on him as he sat down on to couch next to her.
"Not officially, but they might as well be." Inuyasha stated.
"So." Kagome tried to break the silence. "What do we do now?"
"I don't know, I guess we could go outside." He suggested.
"Oh that's a great idea!" she said jumping to her feet and grabbing his hand. They wont be back for a while an I really wanted to check out the forest back there, I love the woods!" she started to tug him to the back door.
"Really?" he asked. "I love the woods too!" he said looking surprised.
"Great!" she said as they got outside. She broke into a run. Inuyasha had no trouble keeping up with her. She suddenly stopped at the edge of the forest and looked to him. "Inuyasha, so much has happened in the last couple of days. More than what has happened in my whole life. You aren't going to leave are you?" she asked looking down.
He put his hand on her chin and tilted her head up so she was looking at him. "Why would you think that?"
"Well, because, everyone I have ever lo." she paused. Do I love him? She asked herself. I never thought about it. I better just rephrase that for now... "Liked. Has left me in one way or another." She pulled her chin out of his gentle hand and looked away again.
"Of course I'm not going o leave you Kagome! I would never! I lo..." he paused. Do I love her? He asked himself. I've never thought about it before. I better just rephrase that until I sort thing out. (Great minds think alike!) "You mean a lot to me" he stated, a slight blush on his face.
"Yeah, you mean a lot to me too." And with that the two walked into the dark forest. They explored for a while in silence until Inuyasha broke it.
"Kagome, can I ask you something?"
"Sure. Anything."
"Do you promise that you will answer truthfully? And not get mad at me?" she thought for a second. I don't know if I should do this, but the thought was soon gone.
"I promise." She answered.
"Ok, first of all, do you know that you talk in your sleep?" she nodded sheepishly. "Well, you said some things in your sleep, a while ago, and you told me some things about someone." She stiffened. No, he can't be talking about Naraku can he? I promised that I wouldn't let anyone find out! This can't be happening! No, if he knows than Naraku is going to kill me! And he will probably go after Inuyasha too. Her thoughts were interrupted when Inuyasha spoke. "Kagome, remember I can tell when you are nervous, and you most certainly are right now."
She looked up at him. "What exactly did you hear me say?"
"You said a lot of things Kagome, I want to hear YOU to tell me what is wrong."
"Nothing is wrong Inuyasha, I am just fine, but what did you hear me say?" she asked half almost crying, and half pleadingly.
"Kagome, tell me, doe Naraku abuse you?" he looked at her both sternly, and worried looking.
She said nothing and looked up at him. She suddenly ran for the middle of the forest, not wanting to face Inuyasha.
"Kagome!" he yelled out after her, "get back here! You are going to get lost in there!"
She ignored him and kept running as fast as her legs would take her. He decided to let her run for a little while he followed close behind. He figured that it was a good idea to let her calm down, and have some time to her own. After about 10 minutes she was starting to getting really tired, but refused to stop. She is gonna hurt herself, I should stop her now, Inuyasha thought. He caught up to her in a matter of seconds, and ran along side her.
"Kagome, come on, lets get you back home." He said, and put his hand out in front of her to stop her, and she flinched away from his touch. They both stopped at that. "Kagome," he said gently, "you know that you don't have to be afraid of me. You do know that, right?" she looked up at him. "Right?" he asked, his voice still calm and gentle.
"I know," she said quietly, looking away, "its just that." she trailed off, and looked to him again. She suddenly wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him. It felt so good to feel his arms around her. She felt safe, but still couldn't push the feeling away that she didn't deserve it. In telling him about her father, she would be betraying him. Her Father would surely kill him. It was only a matter of time until she would be exposed. How could I do this to him? Was her last thought before she drifted off to sleep from exhaustion.
Inuyasha sighed and picked the sleeping girl up into his arms. "How am I gonna explain this one to Sago and Miroku?" he asked himself out loud. He walked back to the edge of the forest and was happy to see, or rather to smell that Miroku had not gotten back yet. He decided to run to the house, and try to wake up Kagome before her guest got there. He set her down on her bed in her room.
"Kagome, we are back." He said. She showed no sign of hearing him, so he said it again louder. "Kagome! We are back! Wake up!" she only turned over and mumbled. He said it over and over again, louder and louder, and she still wouldn't wake up. Finally, he started jumping on her bed, and when that didn't work, he jumped down and landed with one leg on each side of her. Screaming at the top of his lungs that close to her didn't work either. That's when he remembered a cartoon from when he was younger. They could hear the quiet sounds better than the loud ones. Well, it's worth a try. He leaned down and put his mouth to her ear. "Wake up Kagome." He whispered as quiet as he could. Her eyes shot open.
"And she lives!" he yelled out suddenly, getting off her and doing a victory dance around the room. She looked around her.
"Well, I guess you found out the only way to wake me up when I am really tired." She said sleepily.
"Sango should be here soon"
"Yeah."
"You should probably change." He stated, pointing to her clothes. They had been ripped on many little branches when she was running, and looked really dirty.
She looked at herself. "Oh my gosh! I am filthy!" she ran out of the room and into the bathroom right across the hall. She shut the door and immediately ripped her clothes off her and turned the shower on, after a quick wash, she got out and dried herself off. She put a bathrobe on and ran back into her room, startling Inuyasha.
"What is it with you and forgetting to bring clothes into the bathroom when I am over?" he asked with a smirk on. She blushed and waked over to her dresser. She looked at Inuyasha.
"Oh! Sorry!" he said and turned around. She Quickly changed into her pajamas. While she was dressing, he started to speak. "You know, Kagome, why don't you forget everything I said for tonight ok? We can talk tomorrow, you seem like you need a break from everything."
"Thanks, oh, and I'm done." He turned around to look at her and when he saw what she was wearing, he started cracking up.
"Your Pajamas have little duckies on them." He said in between laughs.
"Excuse me, but I am not the one who calls ducks duckies" he stopped laughing.
"Feh, whatever."
"Anyway, where is Sango? Miroku should have brought her back by now."
"Don't worry, I am sure they are fine, Miroku would never let anything happen to Sango. Speaking o witch, why were you so freaked out around Miroku?"
"Oh, that, well, umm. I guess its just because he was so.. Big. I don't know, it is weird being alone with someone who everyone says is a pervert. Plus I knew that he could do anything he wanted. He was so intimidating. If he wanted to rape me he could have. If he wanted to hurt me, he could have."
"I guess that makes sense, but I mean, I'm bigger than Miroku, plus I'm a hanyou, why weren't you scared around me?"
"I don't know. You just made me feel. safe I guess." She blushed.
"Anyway, Miroku and Sango are here."
"How do you know?"
He pointed to his ears. She nodded, "shall we go meet them?" he asked in a British accent, with his arm out for her to take.
"I think we shall," she replied, taking his arm. They walked down stairs like that giggling the whole way. They didn't even notice when Miroku and Sango stopped their conversation to stare at them.
"Kagome!" Sango squealed after a while, acting as if she had not been watching them. She ran up to her. "So, when are these two perverts leaving?" she asked. Kagome giggled and Inuyasha protested.
"Hey!!!! I am not a pervert!"
"Sure, Inuyasha, sure." Inuyasha growled.
"Anyway." Kagome tried to change the subject, "Sango, what do you want to do?"
"I don't know. wow!!!!! Your T.V. is huge! Lets watch a movie!"
"Yeah, what do you want to watch?"
"Hmmm, she said looking at all the movies, "how about, we watch. this one!" she pointed to X-men.
"Yeah I love that movie!" Miroku yelled.
"Me too!" Inuyasha squealed. They all turned to him thinking, 'Inuyasha squeals?'
"Ok then, I guess it's settled." She put the movie in, and they all squeezed into the couch that was meant for three. Kagome and Sango sat next to each other in the middle, with Miroku next to Sango, and Inuyasha next to Kagome. They watched the movie in silence, except for the occasional giggling from Sango or Kagome. When the movie ended, nobody moved or spoke. Kagome was lying down with her head on Sango, looking at the screen. Her legs were on Inuyasha and he was resting his hands on her legs. Finally someone spoke.
"What now?" Inuyasha asked.
"I don't know." Kagome said.
Miroku smiled suddenly, "Kagome, don't you have a hot tub?" he asked.
*~*~*~* End chapter.
How was it? I know that it was a little weird because it went from serious to funny and back and forth. Please Review! Or I wont post the next chapter! I am almost done with it, so if you review it will be up soon, if you don't, well. it will still probably be up soon but still!!!!! Please review!
~~~~~~~~Shanaka~~~~~~~~
Inuyasha gulped and Miroku Smiled. "Are we invited?" he asked.
"Miroku, you are such a pervert! You guys can stay a while but you are not spending the night!" she turned to Inuyasha. "Would you be willing to do me a favor?" she asked him.
He smirked, "depends, what is the favor?" she rolled her eyes.
"Sango needs a ride here, and I can't drive."
"I'd be happy to go get her!" Miroku butted in. he took Inuyasha's keys and left before anyone got a chance to blink.
"He just took my car!" Inuyasha yelled a while later. Late reaction! Kagome thought.
"Hope he doesn't scare Sango off" Kagome said as she sat down on the couch.
"Yeah, don't worry, he wont, she is used to him." Kagome's eyes widened.
"What do you mean? Are they going out?" she asked, keeping her eyes on him as he sat down on to couch next to her.
"Not officially, but they might as well be." Inuyasha stated.
"So." Kagome tried to break the silence. "What do we do now?"
"I don't know, I guess we could go outside." He suggested.
"Oh that's a great idea!" she said jumping to her feet and grabbing his hand. They wont be back for a while an I really wanted to check out the forest back there, I love the woods!" she started to tug him to the back door.
"Really?" he asked. "I love the woods too!" he said looking surprised.
"Great!" she said as they got outside. She broke into a run. Inuyasha had no trouble keeping up with her. She suddenly stopped at the edge of the forest and looked to him. "Inuyasha, so much has happened in the last couple of days. More than what has happened in my whole life. You aren't going to leave are you?" she asked looking down.
He put his hand on her chin and tilted her head up so she was looking at him. "Why would you think that?"
"Well, because, everyone I have ever lo." she paused. Do I love him? She asked herself. I never thought about it. I better just rephrase that for now... "Liked. Has left me in one way or another." She pulled her chin out of his gentle hand and looked away again.
"Of course I'm not going o leave you Kagome! I would never! I lo..." he paused. Do I love her? He asked himself. I've never thought about it before. I better just rephrase that until I sort thing out. (Great minds think alike!) "You mean a lot to me" he stated, a slight blush on his face.
"Yeah, you mean a lot to me too." And with that the two walked into the dark forest. They explored for a while in silence until Inuyasha broke it.
"Kagome, can I ask you something?"
"Sure. Anything."
"Do you promise that you will answer truthfully? And not get mad at me?" she thought for a second. I don't know if I should do this, but the thought was soon gone.
"I promise." She answered.
"Ok, first of all, do you know that you talk in your sleep?" she nodded sheepishly. "Well, you said some things in your sleep, a while ago, and you told me some things about someone." She stiffened. No, he can't be talking about Naraku can he? I promised that I wouldn't let anyone find out! This can't be happening! No, if he knows than Naraku is going to kill me! And he will probably go after Inuyasha too. Her thoughts were interrupted when Inuyasha spoke. "Kagome, remember I can tell when you are nervous, and you most certainly are right now."
She looked up at him. "What exactly did you hear me say?"
"You said a lot of things Kagome, I want to hear YOU to tell me what is wrong."
"Nothing is wrong Inuyasha, I am just fine, but what did you hear me say?" she asked half almost crying, and half pleadingly.
"Kagome, tell me, doe Naraku abuse you?" he looked at her both sternly, and worried looking.
She said nothing and looked up at him. She suddenly ran for the middle of the forest, not wanting to face Inuyasha.
"Kagome!" he yelled out after her, "get back here! You are going to get lost in there!"
She ignored him and kept running as fast as her legs would take her. He decided to let her run for a little while he followed close behind. He figured that it was a good idea to let her calm down, and have some time to her own. After about 10 minutes she was starting to getting really tired, but refused to stop. She is gonna hurt herself, I should stop her now, Inuyasha thought. He caught up to her in a matter of seconds, and ran along side her.
"Kagome, come on, lets get you back home." He said, and put his hand out in front of her to stop her, and she flinched away from his touch. They both stopped at that. "Kagome," he said gently, "you know that you don't have to be afraid of me. You do know that, right?" she looked up at him. "Right?" he asked, his voice still calm and gentle.
"I know," she said quietly, looking away, "its just that." she trailed off, and looked to him again. She suddenly wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him. It felt so good to feel his arms around her. She felt safe, but still couldn't push the feeling away that she didn't deserve it. In telling him about her father, she would be betraying him. Her Father would surely kill him. It was only a matter of time until she would be exposed. How could I do this to him? Was her last thought before she drifted off to sleep from exhaustion.
Inuyasha sighed and picked the sleeping girl up into his arms. "How am I gonna explain this one to Sago and Miroku?" he asked himself out loud. He walked back to the edge of the forest and was happy to see, or rather to smell that Miroku had not gotten back yet. He decided to run to the house, and try to wake up Kagome before her guest got there. He set her down on her bed in her room.
"Kagome, we are back." He said. She showed no sign of hearing him, so he said it again louder. "Kagome! We are back! Wake up!" she only turned over and mumbled. He said it over and over again, louder and louder, and she still wouldn't wake up. Finally, he started jumping on her bed, and when that didn't work, he jumped down and landed with one leg on each side of her. Screaming at the top of his lungs that close to her didn't work either. That's when he remembered a cartoon from when he was younger. They could hear the quiet sounds better than the loud ones. Well, it's worth a try. He leaned down and put his mouth to her ear. "Wake up Kagome." He whispered as quiet as he could. Her eyes shot open.
"And she lives!" he yelled out suddenly, getting off her and doing a victory dance around the room. She looked around her.
"Well, I guess you found out the only way to wake me up when I am really tired." She said sleepily.
"Sango should be here soon"
"Yeah."
"You should probably change." He stated, pointing to her clothes. They had been ripped on many little branches when she was running, and looked really dirty.
She looked at herself. "Oh my gosh! I am filthy!" she ran out of the room and into the bathroom right across the hall. She shut the door and immediately ripped her clothes off her and turned the shower on, after a quick wash, she got out and dried herself off. She put a bathrobe on and ran back into her room, startling Inuyasha.
"What is it with you and forgetting to bring clothes into the bathroom when I am over?" he asked with a smirk on. She blushed and waked over to her dresser. She looked at Inuyasha.
"Oh! Sorry!" he said and turned around. She Quickly changed into her pajamas. While she was dressing, he started to speak. "You know, Kagome, why don't you forget everything I said for tonight ok? We can talk tomorrow, you seem like you need a break from everything."
"Thanks, oh, and I'm done." He turned around to look at her and when he saw what she was wearing, he started cracking up.
"Your Pajamas have little duckies on them." He said in between laughs.
"Excuse me, but I am not the one who calls ducks duckies" he stopped laughing.
"Feh, whatever."
"Anyway, where is Sango? Miroku should have brought her back by now."
"Don't worry, I am sure they are fine, Miroku would never let anything happen to Sango. Speaking o witch, why were you so freaked out around Miroku?"
"Oh, that, well, umm. I guess its just because he was so.. Big. I don't know, it is weird being alone with someone who everyone says is a pervert. Plus I knew that he could do anything he wanted. He was so intimidating. If he wanted to rape me he could have. If he wanted to hurt me, he could have."
"I guess that makes sense, but I mean, I'm bigger than Miroku, plus I'm a hanyou, why weren't you scared around me?"
"I don't know. You just made me feel. safe I guess." She blushed.
"Anyway, Miroku and Sango are here."
"How do you know?"
He pointed to his ears. She nodded, "shall we go meet them?" he asked in a British accent, with his arm out for her to take.
"I think we shall," she replied, taking his arm. They walked down stairs like that giggling the whole way. They didn't even notice when Miroku and Sango stopped their conversation to stare at them.
"Kagome!" Sango squealed after a while, acting as if she had not been watching them. She ran up to her. "So, when are these two perverts leaving?" she asked. Kagome giggled and Inuyasha protested.
"Hey!!!! I am not a pervert!"
"Sure, Inuyasha, sure." Inuyasha growled.
"Anyway." Kagome tried to change the subject, "Sango, what do you want to do?"
"I don't know. wow!!!!! Your T.V. is huge! Lets watch a movie!"
"Yeah, what do you want to watch?"
"Hmmm, she said looking at all the movies, "how about, we watch. this one!" she pointed to X-men.
"Yeah I love that movie!" Miroku yelled.
"Me too!" Inuyasha squealed. They all turned to him thinking, 'Inuyasha squeals?'
"Ok then, I guess it's settled." She put the movie in, and they all squeezed into the couch that was meant for three. Kagome and Sango sat next to each other in the middle, with Miroku next to Sango, and Inuyasha next to Kagome. They watched the movie in silence, except for the occasional giggling from Sango or Kagome. When the movie ended, nobody moved or spoke. Kagome was lying down with her head on Sango, looking at the screen. Her legs were on Inuyasha and he was resting his hands on her legs. Finally someone spoke.
"What now?" Inuyasha asked.
"I don't know." Kagome said.
Miroku smiled suddenly, "Kagome, don't you have a hot tub?" he asked.
*~*~*~* End chapter.
How was it? I know that it was a little weird because it went from serious to funny and back and forth. Please Review! Or I wont post the next chapter! I am almost done with it, so if you review it will be up soon, if you don't, well. it will still probably be up soon but still!!!!! Please review!
~~~~~~~~Shanaka~~~~~~~~
