Winter Wonderland
Chapter Seven
Inu-Yasha watched curiously as Kagome tied the strange black boots with the blades on the end to his feet. She was already wearing a similar boot, but hers were white.
"Okay, that should do it, are you ready to skate?" asked Kagome.
"I guess," said Inu-Yasha.
"Do you think you can at least walk in your skates?" asked Kagome.
Inu-Yasha grabbed onto Kagome's hands and pulled himself up, surprisingly he didn't fall down.
"Well you can at least stand in them, now let's try walking," said Kagome as she walked backwards out of the shack.
Inu-Yasha took one step forward and then another, and then another.
"Hey that's it, but skating is going to be a lot harder," Kagome released Inu-Yasha's hands and walked outside into the crisp afternoon air. Sota was already doing laps around the rink and waved to Inu-Yasha as he passed.
"Am I going to fall like skiing?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"Most likely, except it's going to hurt more," said Kagome as she stepped out onto the ice, "Were going to take this slow, so just give me your hands and we'll try to get you moving out here.
Inu-Yasha nodded, and hanging onto the boards took a step out, and then let his other foot onto the ice. At first he was perfectly fine, but shifting his foot slightly he fell down pulling Kagome on top of him.
"Damn it! That hurt!" growled Inu-Yasha.
Kagome started to giggle.
"It's not funny,"
"Do you think you can get up?" asked Kagome.
"Maybe,"
Kagome got up and helped the poor half demon back up to his feet.
"So how the hell do you move on these things?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"Well you push off with the side of your foot, like this," demonstrated Kagome as she glided forward and then went back to Inu-Yasha, "Think you can handle that?"
"I'll give it a try," said Inu-Yasha, taking hold of Kagome's hands again. Using his right foot he pushed forward and surprisingly didn't fall.
"Good, now use your left foot to do the same thing,"
Soon enough Inu-Yasha was able to skate forward, that is with Kagome hanging onto his hands.
"Now, do you think you can skate without me holding onto your hands?" asked Kagome.
"Just don't go too far," said Inu-Yasha.
Kagome smiled and released the half demons hands. At first he was wobbly and fell a few times, but soon he was skating by Kagome's side.
"Now, maybe I should teach you to stop," said Kagome.
"That might help . . ." said Inu-Yasha as he hit the boards and fell flat on his ass.
"I'm sorry," said Kagome as she helped Inu-Yasha up again.
"Hey! Kagome!"
Kagome looked over her shoulder to see Hojo waving at her from the shack, "Oh, hi Hojo,"
"Mind if I come skate?"
"I guess not,"
"I'll be right out!"
Kagome sighed and helped Inu-Yasha on how to stop, which he caught on quickly for a beginner, "You catch on quick,"
"I just don't want that Hojo making a fool out of me," mumbled Inu-Yasha.
"Well now that you know how to move forward and stop, let's work on skating backwards and cross overs,"
"Cross overs?"
"It's what you do to easily turn corners," said Kagome.
"Hey sis!" cried Sota.
"What?"
"The others are here now!"
Kagome turned from Inu-Yasha to see Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi walking towards the rink.
"Hey guys!" waved Kagome.
"Hi there!" yelled Eri.
"Come on out, the ice is great!"
"We will in a minute!" said Yuka as they disappeared into the shack and Hojo just came walking out.
"Does he have to be here?" growled Inu-Yasha.
"He's just a friend," said Kagome.
Before Hojo got any closer, Inu-Yasha pulled Kagome into a passionate kiss that totally surprised her, but she closed her eyes and responded back. Inu-Yasha half opened his eyes an smirked as he saw Hojo's stunned face. Releasing his lips from Kagomes he smiled and rubbed her cheek with his mitten hand, "Shall we continue with my lessons?"
"Sure," said Kagome breathlessly.
Taking her hand Inu-Yasha and Kagome skated off so she could show him how to do cross overs.
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For almost another hour Kagome was teaching Inu-Yasha the basics of skating while Sota, Hojo, Eri and the others skated around the rink.
"Do you think you got it now?" asked Kagome.
"Yup,"
"Okay then, hey you guys! What do you want to do now?" asked Kagome as she and Inu-Yasha skated over towards the others.
"How about crack the whip?" suggested Eri.
"Okay, who wants to be on the end?" asked Kagome.
"I guess I will," said Hojo.
Hojo was on the end with Inu-Yasha hanging onto his hand, then Kagome, then Sota, Eri, Ayumi and Yuka at the other end.
"You guys ready?" asked Yuka.
"Yup, let's go!" cried Eri, as everyone started to skate.
At first it was slow, but then everyone started to skate faster and faster. Hojo was holding on for dear life as they skated faster and faster. Inu-Yasha stared at the boy who was hanging onto his hand. Smiling evilly, Inu-Yasha started to skate faster as a scheme plunged into his mind. Hojo was not prepared as Inu-Yasha sent him flying towards the boards with the poor boy screaming his lungs out. A loud crash caused everyone to stop.
"What the hell was that?" asked Eri.
"Looks like Hojo lost," said Inu-Yasha pointing at a particular part at the boards where there was no snow, and two skates were hanging over the edge.
"Oh my god, Hojo!" cried Yuka and Eri as they went to the boys rescue.
Inu-Yasha, Kagome, Sota, and Ayumi were trying to stifle their laughs as they watched the two girls pull Hojo out of the snow.
"Let's play crack the whip again," said Inu-Yasha, smiling at Hojo.
"No, not crack the whip again!"
"Well what else can we do?" asked Yuka.
"I don't know, what do you think Kagome?" asked Eri.
Kagome wasn't paying attention since at the moment she was in a lip lock with Inu-Yasha.
"Ah hem! Kagome," whispered Ayumi.
Inu-Yasha opened his eyes to see everyone staring at them and released Kagome before blushing furiously.
"Um, well we could . . . um . . . I don't know," said Kagome trying to hide her own blush.
"Let's just skate around for now," said Ayumi, who took off and started to do spins. Sota grabbed his hockey stick, while Eri and Yuka followed Ayumi's lead. Kagome took Inu-Yasha's arm and the two started to skate around leaving Hojo all alone. Hojo was about to join Eri and the others, but something caught his attention. As Kagome and her new weird boyfriend were skating, he saw her reach under his toque and was scratching his head for some reason. Hojo grew curious and skated closer. Now that he thought about it, he hadn't seen any ears on Inu-Yasha, and yet he could hear perfectly. Wondering what was under the weird silver boys head, Hojo skated forward as fast as he could. Inu-Yasha and Kagome weren't paying attention as Hojo caught up to them, jumped up and grabbed Inu-Yasha's toque. Hojo gasped as he saw to white dog ears on top of Inu-Yasha's silver head.
"What the hell?" cried Hojo
Kagome quickly took off her toque and pulled it onto Inu-Yasha's head before the others saw. Hojo was still wide eyed as he stared at Inu-Yasha, and still clutching his toque.
"Kagome what the hell is he?" asked Hojo.
"What are you talking about?" asked Kagome as she and Inu-Yasha skated in the opposite direction.
Hojo started to skate forward again to grab Inu-Yasha's toque, but fell flat on his face since he tripped over something.
"Oh, sorry, said Sota, who was on the other side of the skating rink.
Hojo looked down to see the kids hockey tangled in his legs.
Kagome glanced at her brother and winked at him as they passed by and headed towards Ayumi and the others.
*I know I saw dog ears on his head, but what is he?* thought Hojo. *He has golden eyes, long nails, and I could of sworn I saw fangs on him. The only description that fits that is a demon . . . but they don't exist, except this guy is proving my theory. I know his eyes turned red that day at the sky lodge, and to top things off, he's stolen my girlfriend!* Hojo frowned as he saw Kagome trying to teach Inu-Yasha to do a spin, which he was not succeeding at.
"So, it's seems you and Inu-Yasha have gotten more friendlier," commented Eri, as she saw Inu-Yasha wrapping his arms around Kagome's waist.
"What makes you say that?" giggled Kagome.
"Oh I don't know, him kissing your neck isn't a big sign is it?" asked Yuka.
Kagome laughed some more, "So, do you guys want to stay for dinner?"
"No, we'd better head back before then so we don't worry our parents," said Ayumi.
"So are you guys all staying in one room, or are you with your parents?" asked Kagome.
"Well, us three girls are together, and then each of our parents have a room, although Hojo is here with his parents," said Eri.
"What time is it anyway?" asked Yuka.
"Um, quarter-after five," said Kagome.
"Well we'd better get going then," said Ayumi.
"Oh by the way, this morning you said Hojo left before you guys and yet he got here just fifteen before you. I thought he would be here hours before you, what happened?" asked Kagome.
"Well he left around ten right? And we weren't supposed to come till three. Well anyway we leave at two thirty and when we hit the highway, there was Hojo trying to fix his flat tire. It was so funny since he had been at it for almost four hours, but he was lucky that Ayumi knew how to change a flat," giggled Eri.
"You mean Hojo doesn't know how to change a tire?" giggled Kagome.
"Well I bet Inu-Yasha doesn't know how to either," said Hojo, skating up beside Kagome.
"Not true, first you put the jack under the car making sure it's high enough off the ground, then you unscrew the bolts, remove to tire, replace it with the spare, and then in a star shaped pattern tighten the screws, lower the jack, put the flat in the back, and then your off," said Inu- Yasha.
"OOHHH," awed Kagome and her friends.
Hojo looked furious and headed towards the shack to take his skates off. As Eri and the others followed his lead Kagome whispered, "Where on earth did you learn that?"
"Well I was really bored on the car ride here and I found a strange book under the seat. By the way, what's a tire?" asked Inu-Yasha.
Kagome broke out into the fit of giggles and pecked Inu-Yasha on the lips, "Shall we continue skating?"
"Sure," said Inu-Yasha.
Sota had left since he was getting too cold, but Inu-Yasha and Kagome continued to skate.
"Kagome, what are we going to do about Hojo? He saw my ears," said Inu- Yasha.
"That does create a problem, so I guess I just won't invite him over anymore,"
"You don't think he knows I'm part demon now do you?"
Kagome stopped spinning and skated over to Inu-Yasha who was leaned up against the boards.
"Don't worry about Hojo, okay?"
"But . . ."
"Let's not talk about him from now on okay?" asked Kagome.
Inu-Yasha smiled and wrapped his arms around Kagome's waist, "Yeah, I guess your right, but I wish Hojo had stayed longer so we could play . . . what did you call it? Crack the whip?"
"Yeah, it would have been funny to see him get thrown into the boards again," said Kagome.
"He's not going to come over again is he?"
"Oh stop worrying, no ones going to believe him anyway, I'll just say that he hit his head to hard,"
"I guess," said Inu-Yasha.
"Don't worry about it," said Kagome snuggling to Inu-Yasha's chest.
Smiling, Inu-Yasha held Kagome tightly against his chest. It felt weird showing his true feelings to Kagome, and yet so right at the same time. *Should I ask her now? Were alone, and I have to tell her this just in case she changes her mind about me* thought Inu-Yasha, "Um . . . Kagome?"
"Yes?"
"There . . . there's something . . . something I need to . . . *gulp* tell you,"
"What is it? What's wrong?"
"Well . . . nothings really . . . wrong I guess, but . . . were together now right?"
"Yes, of course we are,"
"Well I have to ask you something first,"
"Okay, what is it?"
"Kagome . . . will . . . willyoubemymate?" Inu-Yasha asked quickly.
Kagome stood frozen in his arms, and wasn't quite sure she heard right, "Did . . . did you just ask me . . . if I would be your mate?"
Inu-Yasha stared into Kagome's eyes, his were full of fear and hurt, "Yes I did,"
Kagome smiled and pulled the half demon down for a brief kiss before whispering against his lips, "Yes . . . I will be your mate . . ."
Inu-Yasha smiled and pulled Kagome into one of many tight embraces and held her against his chest. He felt so relieved, it felt like a weight had been lifted off his chest.
"Kagome?"
"Hmmm?"
"Now that you've agreed to be my mate . . . there's something I need to tell you,"
" . . ."
"Kagome this is dangerous,"
"Dangerous?"
"Well . . . not really for me . . . but for you, because . . . because I'm a half breed. A miko who . . . becomes mates with a half breed . . . I mean . . . I was hunted my entire life and so were my parents. Other demons might come after you . . . try to hurt or even kill you . . . because you've agreed to be my mate . . . and . . ."
"Shhh . . . Inu-Yasha . . . I . . . I already know about that,"
"You do?"
"Yes, Myoga told me that was another reason why you wanted to turn human, was so that other demons wouldn't come after Kikyo," whispered Kagome.
"Do you want me to become human?"
"No . . . of course I don't . . . Inu-Yasha I love you for who you are," whispered Kagome.
"You don't want me to change?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"No, I don't want you to change,"
"Kagome . . ." whispered Inu-Yasha.
"I accept you for who you are . . . not what you could be,"
Something in Inu-Yasha's heart went twang when he heard his future-mate- to-be say that, "Say that again,"
"Say what again?"
"That you accept me for who I am,"
Kagome stood on her tip toes so she was level with the two fuzzy dog ears. She blew into the left one and whispered, "I accept you as a half demon, Inu-Yasha,"
Just hearing her say that, plus her breath against his ear sent a shiver down his spine, "Well . . . now that your my mate, I'm going to have to make sure that Hojo doesn't even touch or even lay his eyes on you,"
"Now you are really being over protective," giggled Kagome.
"Damn straight, so you'd better get used to it," smirked Inu-Yasha.
Kagome smiled and stared up at the sky which was becoming quite dark, "Look, it's snowing,"
Inu-Yasha looked up at the sky, "Yeah, your right it is,"
The soft snowflakes landed in Kagome's and Inu-Yasha's hair, "Maybe we should head inside,"
"Yeah, let's head back inside,"
Kagome and Inu-Yasha held onto each other as they walked back towards the shack to take their skates off.
TBC . . .
Short chapter maybe, but I'm not feeling too good, so I left it there. I have no big comment, just review!
Lynns
Chapter Seven
Inu-Yasha watched curiously as Kagome tied the strange black boots with the blades on the end to his feet. She was already wearing a similar boot, but hers were white.
"Okay, that should do it, are you ready to skate?" asked Kagome.
"I guess," said Inu-Yasha.
"Do you think you can at least walk in your skates?" asked Kagome.
Inu-Yasha grabbed onto Kagome's hands and pulled himself up, surprisingly he didn't fall down.
"Well you can at least stand in them, now let's try walking," said Kagome as she walked backwards out of the shack.
Inu-Yasha took one step forward and then another, and then another.
"Hey that's it, but skating is going to be a lot harder," Kagome released Inu-Yasha's hands and walked outside into the crisp afternoon air. Sota was already doing laps around the rink and waved to Inu-Yasha as he passed.
"Am I going to fall like skiing?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"Most likely, except it's going to hurt more," said Kagome as she stepped out onto the ice, "Were going to take this slow, so just give me your hands and we'll try to get you moving out here.
Inu-Yasha nodded, and hanging onto the boards took a step out, and then let his other foot onto the ice. At first he was perfectly fine, but shifting his foot slightly he fell down pulling Kagome on top of him.
"Damn it! That hurt!" growled Inu-Yasha.
Kagome started to giggle.
"It's not funny,"
"Do you think you can get up?" asked Kagome.
"Maybe,"
Kagome got up and helped the poor half demon back up to his feet.
"So how the hell do you move on these things?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"Well you push off with the side of your foot, like this," demonstrated Kagome as she glided forward and then went back to Inu-Yasha, "Think you can handle that?"
"I'll give it a try," said Inu-Yasha, taking hold of Kagome's hands again. Using his right foot he pushed forward and surprisingly didn't fall.
"Good, now use your left foot to do the same thing,"
Soon enough Inu-Yasha was able to skate forward, that is with Kagome hanging onto his hands.
"Now, do you think you can skate without me holding onto your hands?" asked Kagome.
"Just don't go too far," said Inu-Yasha.
Kagome smiled and released the half demons hands. At first he was wobbly and fell a few times, but soon he was skating by Kagome's side.
"Now, maybe I should teach you to stop," said Kagome.
"That might help . . ." said Inu-Yasha as he hit the boards and fell flat on his ass.
"I'm sorry," said Kagome as she helped Inu-Yasha up again.
"Hey! Kagome!"
Kagome looked over her shoulder to see Hojo waving at her from the shack, "Oh, hi Hojo,"
"Mind if I come skate?"
"I guess not,"
"I'll be right out!"
Kagome sighed and helped Inu-Yasha on how to stop, which he caught on quickly for a beginner, "You catch on quick,"
"I just don't want that Hojo making a fool out of me," mumbled Inu-Yasha.
"Well now that you know how to move forward and stop, let's work on skating backwards and cross overs,"
"Cross overs?"
"It's what you do to easily turn corners," said Kagome.
"Hey sis!" cried Sota.
"What?"
"The others are here now!"
Kagome turned from Inu-Yasha to see Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi walking towards the rink.
"Hey guys!" waved Kagome.
"Hi there!" yelled Eri.
"Come on out, the ice is great!"
"We will in a minute!" said Yuka as they disappeared into the shack and Hojo just came walking out.
"Does he have to be here?" growled Inu-Yasha.
"He's just a friend," said Kagome.
Before Hojo got any closer, Inu-Yasha pulled Kagome into a passionate kiss that totally surprised her, but she closed her eyes and responded back. Inu-Yasha half opened his eyes an smirked as he saw Hojo's stunned face. Releasing his lips from Kagomes he smiled and rubbed her cheek with his mitten hand, "Shall we continue with my lessons?"
"Sure," said Kagome breathlessly.
Taking her hand Inu-Yasha and Kagome skated off so she could show him how to do cross overs.
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For almost another hour Kagome was teaching Inu-Yasha the basics of skating while Sota, Hojo, Eri and the others skated around the rink.
"Do you think you got it now?" asked Kagome.
"Yup,"
"Okay then, hey you guys! What do you want to do now?" asked Kagome as she and Inu-Yasha skated over towards the others.
"How about crack the whip?" suggested Eri.
"Okay, who wants to be on the end?" asked Kagome.
"I guess I will," said Hojo.
Hojo was on the end with Inu-Yasha hanging onto his hand, then Kagome, then Sota, Eri, Ayumi and Yuka at the other end.
"You guys ready?" asked Yuka.
"Yup, let's go!" cried Eri, as everyone started to skate.
At first it was slow, but then everyone started to skate faster and faster. Hojo was holding on for dear life as they skated faster and faster. Inu-Yasha stared at the boy who was hanging onto his hand. Smiling evilly, Inu-Yasha started to skate faster as a scheme plunged into his mind. Hojo was not prepared as Inu-Yasha sent him flying towards the boards with the poor boy screaming his lungs out. A loud crash caused everyone to stop.
"What the hell was that?" asked Eri.
"Looks like Hojo lost," said Inu-Yasha pointing at a particular part at the boards where there was no snow, and two skates were hanging over the edge.
"Oh my god, Hojo!" cried Yuka and Eri as they went to the boys rescue.
Inu-Yasha, Kagome, Sota, and Ayumi were trying to stifle their laughs as they watched the two girls pull Hojo out of the snow.
"Let's play crack the whip again," said Inu-Yasha, smiling at Hojo.
"No, not crack the whip again!"
"Well what else can we do?" asked Yuka.
"I don't know, what do you think Kagome?" asked Eri.
Kagome wasn't paying attention since at the moment she was in a lip lock with Inu-Yasha.
"Ah hem! Kagome," whispered Ayumi.
Inu-Yasha opened his eyes to see everyone staring at them and released Kagome before blushing furiously.
"Um, well we could . . . um . . . I don't know," said Kagome trying to hide her own blush.
"Let's just skate around for now," said Ayumi, who took off and started to do spins. Sota grabbed his hockey stick, while Eri and Yuka followed Ayumi's lead. Kagome took Inu-Yasha's arm and the two started to skate around leaving Hojo all alone. Hojo was about to join Eri and the others, but something caught his attention. As Kagome and her new weird boyfriend were skating, he saw her reach under his toque and was scratching his head for some reason. Hojo grew curious and skated closer. Now that he thought about it, he hadn't seen any ears on Inu-Yasha, and yet he could hear perfectly. Wondering what was under the weird silver boys head, Hojo skated forward as fast as he could. Inu-Yasha and Kagome weren't paying attention as Hojo caught up to them, jumped up and grabbed Inu-Yasha's toque. Hojo gasped as he saw to white dog ears on top of Inu-Yasha's silver head.
"What the hell?" cried Hojo
Kagome quickly took off her toque and pulled it onto Inu-Yasha's head before the others saw. Hojo was still wide eyed as he stared at Inu-Yasha, and still clutching his toque.
"Kagome what the hell is he?" asked Hojo.
"What are you talking about?" asked Kagome as she and Inu-Yasha skated in the opposite direction.
Hojo started to skate forward again to grab Inu-Yasha's toque, but fell flat on his face since he tripped over something.
"Oh, sorry, said Sota, who was on the other side of the skating rink.
Hojo looked down to see the kids hockey tangled in his legs.
Kagome glanced at her brother and winked at him as they passed by and headed towards Ayumi and the others.
*I know I saw dog ears on his head, but what is he?* thought Hojo. *He has golden eyes, long nails, and I could of sworn I saw fangs on him. The only description that fits that is a demon . . . but they don't exist, except this guy is proving my theory. I know his eyes turned red that day at the sky lodge, and to top things off, he's stolen my girlfriend!* Hojo frowned as he saw Kagome trying to teach Inu-Yasha to do a spin, which he was not succeeding at.
"So, it's seems you and Inu-Yasha have gotten more friendlier," commented Eri, as she saw Inu-Yasha wrapping his arms around Kagome's waist.
"What makes you say that?" giggled Kagome.
"Oh I don't know, him kissing your neck isn't a big sign is it?" asked Yuka.
Kagome laughed some more, "So, do you guys want to stay for dinner?"
"No, we'd better head back before then so we don't worry our parents," said Ayumi.
"So are you guys all staying in one room, or are you with your parents?" asked Kagome.
"Well, us three girls are together, and then each of our parents have a room, although Hojo is here with his parents," said Eri.
"What time is it anyway?" asked Yuka.
"Um, quarter-after five," said Kagome.
"Well we'd better get going then," said Ayumi.
"Oh by the way, this morning you said Hojo left before you guys and yet he got here just fifteen before you. I thought he would be here hours before you, what happened?" asked Kagome.
"Well he left around ten right? And we weren't supposed to come till three. Well anyway we leave at two thirty and when we hit the highway, there was Hojo trying to fix his flat tire. It was so funny since he had been at it for almost four hours, but he was lucky that Ayumi knew how to change a flat," giggled Eri.
"You mean Hojo doesn't know how to change a tire?" giggled Kagome.
"Well I bet Inu-Yasha doesn't know how to either," said Hojo, skating up beside Kagome.
"Not true, first you put the jack under the car making sure it's high enough off the ground, then you unscrew the bolts, remove to tire, replace it with the spare, and then in a star shaped pattern tighten the screws, lower the jack, put the flat in the back, and then your off," said Inu- Yasha.
"OOHHH," awed Kagome and her friends.
Hojo looked furious and headed towards the shack to take his skates off. As Eri and the others followed his lead Kagome whispered, "Where on earth did you learn that?"
"Well I was really bored on the car ride here and I found a strange book under the seat. By the way, what's a tire?" asked Inu-Yasha.
Kagome broke out into the fit of giggles and pecked Inu-Yasha on the lips, "Shall we continue skating?"
"Sure," said Inu-Yasha.
Sota had left since he was getting too cold, but Inu-Yasha and Kagome continued to skate.
"Kagome, what are we going to do about Hojo? He saw my ears," said Inu- Yasha.
"That does create a problem, so I guess I just won't invite him over anymore,"
"You don't think he knows I'm part demon now do you?"
Kagome stopped spinning and skated over to Inu-Yasha who was leaned up against the boards.
"Don't worry about Hojo, okay?"
"But . . ."
"Let's not talk about him from now on okay?" asked Kagome.
Inu-Yasha smiled and wrapped his arms around Kagome's waist, "Yeah, I guess your right, but I wish Hojo had stayed longer so we could play . . . what did you call it? Crack the whip?"
"Yeah, it would have been funny to see him get thrown into the boards again," said Kagome.
"He's not going to come over again is he?"
"Oh stop worrying, no ones going to believe him anyway, I'll just say that he hit his head to hard,"
"I guess," said Inu-Yasha.
"Don't worry about it," said Kagome snuggling to Inu-Yasha's chest.
Smiling, Inu-Yasha held Kagome tightly against his chest. It felt weird showing his true feelings to Kagome, and yet so right at the same time. *Should I ask her now? Were alone, and I have to tell her this just in case she changes her mind about me* thought Inu-Yasha, "Um . . . Kagome?"
"Yes?"
"There . . . there's something . . . something I need to . . . *gulp* tell you,"
"What is it? What's wrong?"
"Well . . . nothings really . . . wrong I guess, but . . . were together now right?"
"Yes, of course we are,"
"Well I have to ask you something first,"
"Okay, what is it?"
"Kagome . . . will . . . willyoubemymate?" Inu-Yasha asked quickly.
Kagome stood frozen in his arms, and wasn't quite sure she heard right, "Did . . . did you just ask me . . . if I would be your mate?"
Inu-Yasha stared into Kagome's eyes, his were full of fear and hurt, "Yes I did,"
Kagome smiled and pulled the half demon down for a brief kiss before whispering against his lips, "Yes . . . I will be your mate . . ."
Inu-Yasha smiled and pulled Kagome into one of many tight embraces and held her against his chest. He felt so relieved, it felt like a weight had been lifted off his chest.
"Kagome?"
"Hmmm?"
"Now that you've agreed to be my mate . . . there's something I need to tell you,"
" . . ."
"Kagome this is dangerous,"
"Dangerous?"
"Well . . . not really for me . . . but for you, because . . . because I'm a half breed. A miko who . . . becomes mates with a half breed . . . I mean . . . I was hunted my entire life and so were my parents. Other demons might come after you . . . try to hurt or even kill you . . . because you've agreed to be my mate . . . and . . ."
"Shhh . . . Inu-Yasha . . . I . . . I already know about that,"
"You do?"
"Yes, Myoga told me that was another reason why you wanted to turn human, was so that other demons wouldn't come after Kikyo," whispered Kagome.
"Do you want me to become human?"
"No . . . of course I don't . . . Inu-Yasha I love you for who you are," whispered Kagome.
"You don't want me to change?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"No, I don't want you to change,"
"Kagome . . ." whispered Inu-Yasha.
"I accept you for who you are . . . not what you could be,"
Something in Inu-Yasha's heart went twang when he heard his future-mate- to-be say that, "Say that again,"
"Say what again?"
"That you accept me for who I am,"
Kagome stood on her tip toes so she was level with the two fuzzy dog ears. She blew into the left one and whispered, "I accept you as a half demon, Inu-Yasha,"
Just hearing her say that, plus her breath against his ear sent a shiver down his spine, "Well . . . now that your my mate, I'm going to have to make sure that Hojo doesn't even touch or even lay his eyes on you,"
"Now you are really being over protective," giggled Kagome.
"Damn straight, so you'd better get used to it," smirked Inu-Yasha.
Kagome smiled and stared up at the sky which was becoming quite dark, "Look, it's snowing,"
Inu-Yasha looked up at the sky, "Yeah, your right it is,"
The soft snowflakes landed in Kagome's and Inu-Yasha's hair, "Maybe we should head inside,"
"Yeah, let's head back inside,"
Kagome and Inu-Yasha held onto each other as they walked back towards the shack to take their skates off.
TBC . . .
Short chapter maybe, but I'm not feeling too good, so I left it there. I have no big comment, just review!
Lynns