A/N: thank you so much everyone who reviewed! You guys are the best. Heh heh I think this is the most reviews I've ever gotten for a story. I guess people like little chibi Inuyasha. I know I do. I don't own Inuyasha blah blah blah. On to Chapter four!
The sun had barely peaked over the horizon. The clouds were still pink and the sky was still tainted with violet. A few stars still sprinkled the sky. Kagome rubbed her eyes and crawled out of her sleeping bag. The air felt still, like the atmosphere before a hard rain. She grabbed a tube of face wash and walked groggily down to a nearby stream and began to scrub her face.
The coolness of the water roused her mind and Kagome felt fully awake now. She sat down on the grass and dipped her foot in the water, enjoying the feeling of it rushing past her toes. She looked up into the line of trees on the opposite side of the stream and saw someone approaching.
She immediately noticed the person as Inuyasha. She waved but he didn't see. He was staring at the ground. He finally looked up and quickened his pace. He jumped over the water and sat beside Kagome.
"Ohayou, Inuyasha," Kagome said smiling.
Inuyasha didn't answer since his mouth was currently in the stream drinking in water. But his ears twitched so she knew he had heard.
He sat up and wiped his mouth on his sleeve.
"What are you doing up so early?" he asked.
Kagome shrugged. "I just woke up, I guess."
"Is everyone else up?"
"No, just us."
They were silent. Kagome stared hard at the water. She wanted to keep asking Inuyasha about his mother. She was sure that was what was troubling him. But she also knew Inuyasha would never tell her if she came right out and asked.
SLAP!
Kagome looked up quickly to see Inuyasha with a hand clapped against his neck. He held out his hand to reveal none other than Myoga flat against his palm.
"So, you're back now that there's no danger around," Inuyasha observed.
Myoga coughed and chose to ignore this.
"I merely came to greet you a good morning," he said sounding a bit irked.
"And to get an easy breakfast I suspect," Inuyasha said narrowing his eyes.
"You're blood tastes so good," Myoga muttered rubbing his hands (a/n? does he really have hands? Oh well…).
"So what did you come back for?"
"I was in the neighborhood and thought I'd stop by…"
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.
"Is that so?"
He picked the old flea up with his thumb and forefinger and hence sent him flying out of sight with a mighty flick.
"Annoying old parasite," Inuyasha muttered.
The sky suddenly rumbled. Kagome and Inuyasha looked up to see dark clouds rolling in over the horizon. Wind blew through the trees and leaves danced on the troubled air.
"It's gonna be a wet day," sighed Kagome.
Inuyasha nodded in agreement. He stood up with a slight moan and pulled Kagome to her feet as well.
"We should get back. Sango and Miroku and Shippo will begin to wonder where we've got to," Inuyasha said walking away.
Kagome trotted after him eager to get moving and find adequate shelter from the approaching storm.
By the time they had caught up with the others, water droplets were beginning to come down hard.
They quickly gathered their things and huddled together beneath a big tree. There wasn't a house in site. They knew they couldn't stay under the tree (a/n: lighting duh!) and began to move on despite the rain pelting down on them.
Lightning flashed across the sky and Shippo covered his ears in anticipation of the thunder that was to follow. Sure enough it came not ten seconds later, a booming CRACK which made every one of them jump.
Inuyasha sniffed the air loving the smell of the damp earth and wet sky. He closed his eyes and looked up, letting the water drip down his face. A smile tugged at his mouth and he bared his pearly fangs to the sky, daring the heavens to do their worst.
A/N: Well I wrote this chapter while listening to Thunder Rolls by Garth Brooks. Amazing song btw and this is coming from someone who can't stand Country. So yeah I couldn't help but make it raining outside. I loved writing this. There wasn't much point to it (except maybe to create a B-E-A-U-tiful image of Inuyasha in your mind) but it's kind of necessary for the next chapter. Till then!
