Blizzard: Crash and Burn

By Archerelf

Like I own Inuyasha. Sure….and I invented chocolate and the flying pig air squad!

Chapter 2: Shivers of a Nameless Fear

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With his distinct hearing Inuyasha picked up two almost inaudible words from Kagome.

"….love…you…"

He couldn't have heard correctly. Could he?'

There it was!

The most welcome sight since ramen.

The cave. Or rather, a cave. It had been their only chance. In the last half hour, she had gotten colder and colder. The snow had began to fall down in thicker, faster, more lethal flakes. They had barely reached the cave when the pelting wind and burning flakes had began to bombard them. Inuyasha shivered, but it wasn't from the cold. It was from a nameless worry. He had set Kagome down on the floor of the cave. He knelt down beside her. Inuyasha brushed the remaining flakes of snow from her hair and smiled when he saw her sleeping face. She seemed peaceful but looks are deceiving. He put his head next to her face. Her breathing was shallow and she seemed as cold as ever. Noticing Kagome's huge yellow backpack nearby, Inuyasha started to rummage through. Ramen, something called a see-D player, some food items, ramen, book, ramen, and lo and behold! Matches! He had seen her use them before and luckily some branches and oddly, the remainder of a skeleton lay in the corner. Inuyasha stalked forward and popped his head outside. The snow was accumulating, the wind howled faster than ever and he was hungry. And worst of all, his hair was getting wet. Inuyasha walked back inside, crankier than ever. The matches were giving him a hard time and in his frustration, broke two. They were down to their last three matches. Inuyasha tried to calm down. He remembered his mom, and Kagome. His mom used to sing to him whenever he felt lonely. And with Kagome unconscious and in a precarious situation, Inuyasha felt that needed his mom again. That thought had only crossed his head about 3 other times in his entire life.

He remembered his mom's voice and what she used to sing to him as a kid"

'When you feel all alone
And the world has turned it's back on you
Give me a moment please
To tame your wild, wild heart

I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
It's hard to find relief and people can be so cold
When darkness is upon your door and you feel like you can't
Take anymore…'

He rested for a minute as the fire caught to the branches. His head leaned to the back of the cave as remembered the circumstances of the song. He had always felt alone. His whole life, he remained friendless and people hated him as a "half-breed". They were colder than Kagome was now.

Kagome…

His first real friend.

She had saved him in ways she couldn't possibly understand..

"Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone"

On "alone", Inuyasha looked over. OH CRAP! He had forgotten her! She must be freezing! Or hypothermic! Or worse…

Her lips and fingernails were blue and all around, she needed heat. Badly.

Inuyasha pulled Kagome around the fire at a loss of what to do. Her head rested helplessly on his leg and her hair spilled out in all directions. Every time she smiled at him, his heart skipped a beat and defrosted just a little more. Finally he thought of a palpable solution. She needed his body heat.

(Ok you sickos out there, nothing BAD happens) (and by the way, he has a full length white undergarment pant and shirt set underneath. Watch the anime if you don't believe me)

Slowly Inuyasha took off his red haori and slipped out of his red pants. Slowly but gently, he forced his red pants set over Kagome's long legs. They sagged on her, she almost swam in them. Tying the knot securely at the top over her skirt, Inuyasha laid down next to her near the fire. He took the frozen girl in his arms and wrapped his long arms securely around her. His heart began to beat like mad, and he slightly blushed. He pulled the red haori top over both of them. Slowly but surely, Kagome's heart began to work harder. Her breath secured and became normal again. But she wouldn't wake till morning. Near death experiences can suck the energy out of you faster than a vacuum cleaner. As they lay there, with Inuyasha's silver hair like a pillow his thoughts drifted back to his mom's song. He needed Kagome so much. She was his life. But could she ever truly love a half-breed?

'When you feel all alone
And a loyal friend is hard to find
You're caught in a one-way street
With the monsters in your head

When hopes and dreams are far away and
You feel like you can't face the day'

Inuyasha sang to himself, inside his head. He always felt alone. But slowly, one girl had changed that. Miroku and Shippo had given him brothers and Sango a sister figure. But Kagome…she was his angel. He wasn't going to let the monsters in his head kill him on the outside. He just didn't want to cause her more pain. She had trouble seeing that. She forgave him, fed him and also caused massive craters with her 'sit' commands… But he wasn't gonna trade that for anything in the world. He loved her.

That was the only explanation for it.

He wrapped his arms tighter around her as they fell asleep near the fire as the blistering snowy cold outside swirled.