A/N: come on guys, I need reviews, only one review? Please review more, tell friends, etc. oh well here goes another chapter
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"Die, bastard!" Inuyasha yelled, swinging the Tetsusaiga in a brutal slash.
The giant spider demon seemed to laugh at this. "Foolish half-breed, your sword cannot harm me."
"Wanna bet on that?" Inuyasha took another swing with the Tetsusaiga, only to be knocked back by one of the spider's legs, slamming into the ground, and grinding through it about 20 feet.
"Inuyasha! Be Careful!" Kagome shouted, letting an arrow fly, disintegrating the leg that struck Inuyasha.
"Damn it all!" Swore Inuyasha as he got to his feet. "Kagome, where's the jewel shard on its body?"
Kagome scanned the spider for the purple shimmer, the telltale sign of a shikon jewel fragment. She spotted it on the demon's forehead.
"There, in its forehead!" She informed the rest of the group.
Inuyasha made another charge at the spider, only to once again be thrown back.
"Won't he ever learn?" Miroku asked as he rode with Sango on Kirara's back.
"Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku and I will take out his legs so he can't move. Hiraikotse!" Sango yelled as she threw her weapon, slashing through its legs on one side.
"Curse you humans!" the spider yelled as his body fell to the ground.
"Excellent shot as always, Sango" Miroku said in too sweet a voice.
"Why thank you Miroku, I-" she stopped as she felt his hand on her leg. THWACK. "Don't you ever stop? This is hardly the time"
"I just can't contain myself sometimes" Miroku said, now with a bright red hand print on his face.
"Lecher" Sango blushed.
"This should end things! Wind Scar!" Inuyasha bellowed as three columns of power sprang from the Tetsusaiga to the spider, cutting the demon to junks of flesh, but as they watched, the piles of flesh started to jerk, coming back to life.
"Oh no you don't!" Inuyasha stabbed the Tetsusaiga into the demon's forehead, the jewel sprang out.
Kagome walked over and picked up the jewel, instantly purifying it, as she did this, the demon's flesh dissolved to the wind. "That's one more jewel shard for the good guys." Kagome said trying to sound cheerful.
Later.
"I wonder why Naraku didn't go after this jewel shard. Miroku stated as they walked along.
"Feh, he probably thinks he's too good to go get them by himself. He thinks he can just steal them from us. Well just let him try it" Inuyasha stated in his usual arrogant tone, rotating his arm in circles like he always does.
"Could that have ben one of Naraku's incarnations?" Sango questioned.
"I doubt it. Naraku is probably too weak to make more incarnations so soon after battling Kaguya." Miroku answered.
"Yeah, and it didn't have a spider burn on its back, like all the others." Kagome stated. 'Though you never know what to expect from Naraku.'
"Who cares what it was, it's dead now, and it's given us another shard of the shikon jewel." Said Inuyasha bluntly.
"I suppose that's true, which means we'll have to be that much more careful for Naraku and other demons searching for power." Miroku said.
"Let'm come" said Inuyasha with a scowl. "I can take'm all on if I have to." This got a sigh from the rest of the group.
'Naraku gets stronger each passing day, even if he's weakened, it's only a matter of time before he tries to steal our jewel shards.' Kagome thought. "Well." She said to herself, "That just means we'll have to collect as many as we can before he comes back"
"You say something, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.
"Huh? Oh, no, not really. It's getting dark. We better find a place to set up camp."
"I agree." Sango agreed
"I also grow weary from battle" Miroku stated.
Inuyasha muttered, "you didn't even do nothin." Then said so the rest of them could hear. "Fine, we'll set up camp as soon as we find a place"
That didn't take long, soon they came upon an abandoned hut on the outskirts of a village, the sun had already set.
"Whew, I'm glad we found somewhere warm before Inuyasha made us stop for the night." Kagome stated.
"Well, excuse me, you guys are the ones who wanted to stop, remember."
"Oh, calm down."
"Feh."
With that he jumped off into the wood, only to return moments later with firewood.
"Let's just get inside, it's going to rain soon" stated Inuyasha, smelling the moisture in the air, and the warm southern wind blowing.
The Inu gang all sat around their, if not cozy, warm fire in the (from Miroku's "expert" appraisal) "recently" abandoned hut. Kagome sat close to the fire, trying to get warm in her sleeping bag, Miroku sat next to Sango, who kept having to inch away from him, knowing she'd eventually have to throw him to the other side of the hut from being trapped between him and the wall. Shippo and Kirara were both curled in a ball at the base of the fire. Inuyasha was sitting next to Kagome, listening to the raindrops fall onto the roof and leaves outside, ears twitching every time a dead tree limb fell, or something broke a leaf or twig. The summer was waning, and autumn's chill had arrived early this year, but the summer rain still blew in from the Pacific waters.
"If there's one thing I hate it's I cold rain." Kagome stated in a gloomy voice.
Miroku and Sango gave a nod in agreement.
Inuyasha broke a piece of firewood in half and chucked them into the fire. He seemed to be in deep thought.
Kagome gave him a concerned look.
"Inuyasha?"
"What is it?" Inuyasha said in a less-than-friendly way.
"Are you okay?" Her voice was full of worry.
"Feh. Don't worry about me, I'm not as sensitive as you humans are" He said in a gruff voice
"Right" She said in an 'I don't believe you' voice.
"What's with you all of the sudden?"
"Nothing Inuyasha, I'm fine"
"Feh." It was Inuyasha's turn to be disbelieving, returning to his thoughts.
Sango and Miroku just shook their heads, Miroku was sitting dangerously close to Sango now, while Sango glared daggers at him, this "persuaded" him to back off and get some sleep.
Kagome gave a wide yawn. This time Inuyasha was the one with the concerned look.
"You should get some sleep, we've got to get moving as soon as possible, so we can hunt for the jewel while Naraku is weakened." He said, covering up his concern for her.
"Right" she said groggily, as she unrolled her sleeping bag in front of the fire.
Inuyasha sat in his normal cross legged next to her, thinking and listening to the rain. 'Should I use the shikon jewel to become a full demon? Before, I had no second thoughts, but now . . . ' He thought of how he had grabbed Kagome, digging into her skin in the castle, and attacking Miroku when he was in his demon form. 'I thought that my other transformations were different from what would happen with the shikon jewel, that I was violent because my life was always in danger when I transformed. But, this time it was no different, I was still a violent monster, I didn't recognize Miroku, and might have hurt Kagome.' These thoughts raced through his mind in a million versions of itself.
He was awakened from his thoughts by Kagome, she was moving uncomfortably in her sleeping bag, her face was drenched in sweat.
Inuyasha reached his hand out, wiped her bangs away and felt her forehead. No fever. He gave her a concerned look. This had been going on since Kaguya's castle, one week before. He leaned over her, listening to her sleep talk that seemed to always come.
"No, Inuyasha . . . don't . . . leave . . . stay . . . you . . . promised." She mumbled
Inuyasha's ears drooped a little at her suffering. She was having a nightmare about him? Why? What could she be dreaming of? He leaned closer, his silver hair flowing to one side.
"Inuyasha . . . promise . . . can't . . . leave." Her ranting continued.
Inuyasha's ears drooped more. He leaned closer, blushing slightly, he gave her a quick kiss on her head.
This seemed to calm her down considerably. She stopped squirming around, her breathing slowed and became more even.
"Inuyasha . . . " She mumbled and rolled over.
He leaned closer, then, suddenly, he realized her tone of sleep talking, panicked, he tried to move away, only to have his hair tug back.
She was sleeping on his hair. Inuyasha gave a panicked look, seeking escape.
Too late . . .
"Osawrii"
The beads on his neck turned to lead as they tried to force his head to the ground, but his head was right above Kagome's.
He used his arms to brace the impact and to make sure he didn't fall on her. He closed his eyes in effort.
'Shit' he said to himself. 'Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit SHIT'
Kagome seemed unfazed, however. She bundled Inuyasha's silver hair into soft pillow and lay her head on it.
'Great, this is just what I need.' He slowly opened his eyes to see Kagome sleeping peacefully under him.
Inuyasha blushed at how close he was to her. She looked so peaceful, knowing that he was there to protect her. He sat there and just watched her sleep for a few minutes.
'Some protector I am' He said to himself. 'I hurt her, I don't deserve her trust . . . ' He heaved a giant sigh.
Kagome started to move.
'Oh great, I woke her up. Man my back's gonna be in pain in the morning.' Inuyasha thought.
Kagome woke up to a feeling of warmth. She opened one eye slowly. Only to be met with his golden orbs. She blushed slightly.
"Inuyasha, what are you doing" she averted her eyes away from him.
"Your lying on my hair" He said nervously.
"Huh?" She looked down at the mat of silver white hair she was using as a pillow. "Oops" was all she could muster, her face flushed even deeper. 'Oh boy, what have you done, girl? He's going to think you're a complete weirdo'
She noticed his face was wet with sweat. "What's the matter, Inuyasha?"she asked with a concerned voice.
"Keh, you sat me in your sleep while you were on my hair, I had to stop my self from falling on you. It's NOT an easy task." He said in a firm tone, but tried to keep from waking the others.
"I did?" She remembered the dream she awoke from. The very thought of it sent ice through her heart. Her face grew sad, tears started to form in her eyes.
Inuyasha caught a full whiff of the salty tears in her eyes, he could also smell the sorrow and fear coming off her.
"Kagome, please don't cry." He said in a soft voice.
"Inuyasha, please don't leave me!" she jumped into his haori, soaking it with tears.
Inuyasha hesitated. 'What could she have dreamt about?' He wondered.
"It's okay Kagome" He comforted as he stroked her hair in a soothing manner. "I'll never leave you. Please don't cry."
Kagome's sobs became whimpers as she tried to control her tears.
"I'll never leave you" Inuyasha repeated. As he said this, his thoughts of his transformation came jolting back to him. 'If I become youkai, will I be able to stay with her?'
"Inuyasha"
"Yea?"
She cuddled up into him. Into his warmth that warmed her heart. "Stay with me tonight, please?" She pleaded, not wanting him to leave her to the coldness of her dreams.
"Feh, sure" He said in his tough guy voice, but he held her closer, him not wanting to let go, breathing in her scent that always sent him comfort.
"Arigato" she said groggily, drifting off to sleep in his arms.
He too, soon drifted into the darkness of sleep, all the while breathing in Kagome's soothing scent.
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Ha. You thought I was going to tell you what her dream was, didn't you, well, you'll just have to wait for my next update for that!
Most of the sharper ones might be able too pickup what the dream was about, but you won't hear it from me until my next update!
I know my chapters are short, I know! I'm trying my hardest, honestly. With exams and church making me stay up till 5:00 and waking at six, it's made me irritable tired, I'll make the next one long, at least I'll try.
This is actually two of my previous chapters put together. Hope you enjoy. Don't forget to review.
