Blizzard: Crash and Burn

By Archerelf

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

Chapter 3: Nightmares and Sudden Despairs

'Kagome wait!" Inuyasha cried out. She was so far away but easily reachable. She couldn't hear him. Suddenly Miroku, Sango, and Shippo appeared. One by one they pulled further away into the darkness. First Shippo, then Sango and Miroku following. Inuyasha was running as fast as he could but Kagome was last. "Inuyasha I need you!" she cried out. Kagome stretched her hand forward but soon the darkness began to envelop her. "Kagome! KAGOME!" Inuyasha yelled. Tears streamed down her face as she vanished…

Inuyasha's heart nearly stopped then and there as he woke up in a cold sweat, with Kagome still fast asleep in his arms. It was a miracle he hadn't woken her up. Inuyasha nestled back into his hair-pillow and gave a involuntary shudder. The storm had receded slowly but it still howled with fierce intensity. He looked down at the girl in his arms. She was smiling. And at sometime during the night, she had rolled over and latched onto his white shirt. A tiny smile danced across her face as if she knew something he didn't. Relief ran through his heart. She'd make it. She was way too stubborn anyway, he reasoned, for anything bad to happen to her. Inuyasha nestled back down and slept. Hey, he was tired too.

Kagome's dream

' the Sakura were raining down. She was sitting under the sacred tree with him. They were as they should be. Laughing, smiling, caring. Occasionally they gave and received hugs. Shippo played nearby with Rin, Miroku and Sango were taking care of their baby nearby. It was all perfect. Then it started to snow. As the snowflakes touched their bodies, slowly they began to disappear to nothing. Kagome was frozen to the spot. She couldn't stop it. Inuyasha was the last to go. The last thing she saw of him was his beautiful amber eyes. They reflected so much happiness and still so much pain…and now she was alone.'

Kagome woke with a tiny start and stared around at her surroundings. At first she saw white. Pure and plain white. She looked who it was attached too and saw the object of her desire. He looked like an angel the way he slept. Kagome's mind started to race. Where was she? Why the heck was he holding to her like that? Not like she didn't like it of course. A huge blush made its way across her face. She looked up at his doggy ears. Sooo cute.. His red haori was thrown across them both. Kagome listened outside. Even she could hear the wind and snow howling. Kagome sighed and adjusting her position slightly, she looked down. Her thin legs were covered in the robe of the fire rat. Inuyasha lay asleep with only his white underclothes to cover him. But still he was so warm and a tiny fire crackled nearby. But apparently his dreams were not all so pleasant as he looked. He began to toss slightly and moan and mutter.

"No…don't leave….no.."

Alarmed Kagome took the sleeve of his coat and began to mope some of the sweat that graced his forehead. Inuyasha felt her touch and woke from his second nightmare.

"Are you ok, Inuyasha? I got so worried. You seemed upset…" Kagome trailed off..

Inuyasha simply sat up and took Kagome into a unexpected hug. Kagome hugged him back and wished with all her might that she wasn't dreaming. Kagome spoke first, still in the embrace.

"Are you ok? I didn't want to lose you…"

Inuyasha slowly let go of her and looked into her eyes. His brow furrowed with worry.

"Kagome, I was so scarred I would lose you. You got so cold yesterday…"

Only did both of them realize the slightly precarious situation they both looked like them were in. They both blushed and turned away.

"Thank you, Inuyasha.. For your robes. They did keep me warm…" Kagome managed to stutter out. "Do you want this back..?" she trailed off pointing down at the pants.

"No, not now, you still need them." Inuyasha managed to reply. They were having such a hard time talking to each other, as if they had only just met two minutes ago. Inuyasha refastened the haori around Kagome, like a cloak.

"Inuyasha?"

"yeah?"

"What were you humming earlier?"

"You heard that?"

"Yeah. It sounded nice…"

Inuyasha sighed.

"Mom sang it to me when I was a kid. The other youkai and villagers didn't accept me so Mom used to sing to me to make it better.."

Inuyasha stopped when he felt Kagome kneeling down next to him and wrap her arms lightly around his midsection.

"I'm sorry Inuyasha…"

"feh. Nothing I can do now. Mom used to sing to make me feel better..," Inuyasha shook his head. "Wait, what about you? Are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine. You took good care of me…Will you sing some of it..?"

Inuyasha was caught completely off guard by this?

" Nani?"

"Will you sing some of your mom's song?"

Inuyasha hesitated at first but his tongue found its way to its favorite two verses.

'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'

"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"

Inuyasha looked deeply into Kagome's eyes after he stopped singing. Their lips touched briefly when warning bells started going off in Kagome's head and she broke off and put her head down.

"This can't be real..," She started to sob out. "It hurts too much..."

Kagome got up and turned when she felt a clawed hand pull her back down and into his lap. She got up again and continued to cry on the other side of the fire. Inuyasha was at a loss for words. She steadied her heart after a minute and spoke again.

"It hurts so much deep inside when someone you want hurts you so deeply. You cry, and cry and nothing helps. A big black hole forms and nothing but them can take it away. And when they don't its like having your heart torn out." Kagome turned to face Inuyasha.

"It hurts so much when the one you love doesn't love you back!"

Inuyasha reached out his clawed hand and stroked her cheek. Kagome turned away her eyes brimming over. Then the fire inside of him just burst out.

" Do you think you're the only one who feels like that! Do you think you're the only one who's ever lost someone or felt lost? I know that pain too Kagome!"

At that he gently took her face in his hands and continued.

"I lost Kikyo once. I've felt that deep down pain! And no one has ever tried to get near me again. And then you came along…"

He brought his face to hers and

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AND

And they shared a brief kiss. But it told them everything they needed to know.

But again Kagome broke it off.

"how many times have you done with this Kikyo?"

"Once but I never felt like this with her…"Inuyasha mumbled the last part.

They deepened the kiss until they needed air.

"ya, know, I think the song was right. 'If you need to fall apart, I can mend your broken heart…'"

Inuyasha just laughed at this and gave her another hug. But the troubles were far from over...

Ok I intended to keep working on this.

The threats are far from over.

What about food etc?

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oh yeah. Crash and Burn is by Savage Garden. sorry...