Blizzard: Crash and Burn

By Archerelf

Like I own Inuyasha. Sure….and I invented chocolate and Santa Clause. Speaking of which, I've been a good girl…..What do u mean copyright infringement? Die!

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Chapter 7- Eternal Resurrection

"Inuyasha..?"

With the awakening from a nightmare complete Kagome promptly fell back asleep in his arms. Hey, even in a dream state she needed rest too. She didn't seem to be aware of the fact that she was soaking wet with water and salty sweat. Or that she was being held in a bridal style position with her body mostly submerged in water. Or the fact that Inuyasha was holding onto her like she would break. If she was conscious I don't think she would have minded that part.

He'd been blushing for a while now. Not just a quick red spasm. A deep scarlet coloring. He'd held her close before. But this was slightly different. She was asleep for one, normally after 10 seconds she'd break the moment. He'd never know why she did that. It did get annoying but usually something would come up. In the forms of a wolf, a pervert, a kitsune, or some kind of demented sadistic evil. You could almost never tell, Shippo had more brain activity of any of the others.

But this time was different. Seeing her asleep, it almost made everything ok. His mother would have been proud of him. As the water seeped through his clothes he remembered a past conversation with his mom. As a child she talked to him about everything. She was one of the women he never wanted to forget. The other was sopping wet, having beensubmerged in cool water.

"Inuyasha what do you think about girls?"

"Yuck! Girls are stupid!"

His mother smiled. So young he was still.

"There's going to be a time when girls aren't so yucky. One day you will meet the right one, the perfect person for you."

"Mommy, how will I know?" the impatient half demon tugged at his mothers kimono sleeve.
" You'll know, Inuyasha. You'll know.."

It not like he had always known Kagome was the one. He had to go through Kikyo, a spell or two, Sesshomaru, and a whole tangle of other obstacles to realize anything at all about her at all.

Inuyasha looked down at her. She was still filthy. With the same wash cloth he gently began to scrub at her skin. Around her stomach area his hand slipped slightly under her shirt (STOP DROOLING!) and massaged her stomach with the cloth. When it was subtracted he noticed a blood stain on it. Inuyasha frowned at this. Somehow she had received a gash. The water had been washing it away. While still cradling her with one arm, Inuyasha slightly hiked up her shirt to find the source of the blood. It wasn't major but it needed to be cleaned. Without further thought, Inuyasha proceeded to tear off strips from his white undergarment. As he began to wrap her, Inuyasha blushed further.

Crap. He'd be red till she woke up. But right now that wasn't important. She couldn't keep warm if soaked pants were weighing her down, right? Slowly, Inuyasha flicked at the knot he had tied. It came free like a snake being let out of a bag and soon the familiar green skirt was visible again. The red fabric sunk underwater and with almost "dog-like" reflexes he caught it and haphazardly tossed it aside. He wrapped both of his arms around her torso and pulled her into a hug.

Kagome stirred and looked up. Pure silver. She loved that hair more than anything except the ears.

Inuyasha felt a tug on his hair. A fistful of it was engulfed in Kagome's fist. He didn't even bother looking down. He never wanted to let go. Never let go…

Slowly Kagome's brain comprehended what was going on. Inuyasha felt her arms snake around him. It was a kind a awkward position. She was laying in his arms and hugging him and he was holding onto her like a child would their parent.

" I thought I was going to lose you.."

Kagome looked up in surprise.

"It was all a bad dream Inuyasha…just a dream…"

Inuyasha rested his head on her shoulder and gave her neck a small kiss. A small shiver run up and down Kagome's back. Kagome's hands reached back and pulled his head up and to hers. She deepened the kiss and when they broke off for air, Inuyasha trailed small kisses down her neck.

"You'll never lose me Inuyasha.

(A/N should I be evil and stop here? dodges the flying objects OK OK I GET IT I'LL KEEP GOING, SHEESH!)

" But I couldn't help you either. You had to figure your own way out of it. Having to hold you dying in my arms…

Inuyasha just stroked her hair absently.

"What did you see?"

"What?"

"If it happened to you, what did u see when you were unconscious?"

"My mother….that night when my father died." Inuyasha turned his head away from her glance. " it was so real. You could feel everything around you. I just wanted to die…"

"But not all of it was real...I mean, it couldn't have been… some of the things I saw never happened. Some of it was though. I was there…I was there the night that dad died..

Inuyasha looked up at her in surprise. Her father? She never mentioned her father. But Kagome was a step ahead of him.

"Its ok...I didn't really know him…and it was so long ago…" as she spoke a few tears fell.

"It was just so real…I..I ..I didn't want it to be real…" she sobbed.

Inuyasha released her legs and quickly pulled Kagome back into another tight hug. As her limbs made a splash in the water small salty tears began to fall into the pool.

"How did you know Inuyasha? That it wasn't real?"

"You made a promise to me…and I knew you wouldn't break it"

Kagome smiled. She remembered that day. It was bright and sunny unlike the day they had known, the blizzard day.

"Kagome … do u mean it?"

" Of course I do. I said I would never call you a half-breed and I meant it. That's one type of promise you don't break."

The cherry blossoms were being crushed underfoot. It seemed they lived a life of never-ending resurrection. They always came back. Like All of them did. They always came back. Like the cherry blossoms raining down from above, new life and old life always comes back. No one is ever truly finished.

"Kagome?"

"yes?"

"How did you know..?"

"I don't really know myself.. I just knew that I had to get back to you some how. Even if I died in your arms it would have been ok."

" No it wouldn't have."

"What?"

"it would not have been ok. And I swore I'd protect you. If you had died I would have died too."

"Oh…Inuyasha?"

"Yeah?"

"Why are we all wet?"

"You were injured and I had to wash his filthy scent off you."

Kagome shuddered at the mention. She was getting cold now. As good as it felt to be clean she would never be able to shake off the sensation of despair. She felt aged a thousand lifetimes of nightmares, they had all gone past as if a simple dream fleeted before her eyes. It was her own personal battle with her mind and had been brutally losing. She almost believed that Kouga, one of her dearest friends could commit such an abominable act? Or that Inuyasha could die in battle so quickly? He would outlive her by hundreds of years. But it didn't feel enough. She had felt immersed in the terror that had lay siege to her mind. And yet Inuyasha had helped her. He had unknowingly helped her out. And right now the only thing she was immersed in was a gentle but firm hug in the arms of the hanyou.

And as much as Kagome was spacing out during their never-ending hug, Inuyasha was equally thought immersed. He never wanted to relive his childhood again. Thanks to them he had hated humanity and thanks to Kagome he learned to love again. The water seemed to dissolve what they didn't need to see. He always wanted to her to be nearby. There wasn't a single part of her he didn't love or want. He wanted her to be by his side always.

"Kagome, are you Ok?"

"Yeah, now I am."

Inuyasha pulled her into another kiss and she gladly accepted.

Inuyasha's brain:

"tell her now!"

"I'm going I'm going.."

End brain sequence.

"Kagome?"

She looked up at him.

" I love you."

Kagome smiled and replied:

"I love you too Inuyasha."

She rested her head on his silky shoulder. It felt so good to say it, and know she was loved in return. There's a problem if someone who is so loved by another, doesn't receive it in return. Neither of them wanted the moment to end. There outside of the Tomb of the great InuTaisho, they had finally said what took a lifetime of courage to confess.

There was just one problem.

She would probably freeze over again if they didn't get out of the water, no matter how warm it was in here.

Inuyasha unwillingly unlatched himself from her and stepped up onto the bank of the enclosure. The suns rays hit him just as Kagome looked up. Inuyasha smiled and offered his hand to her and shaking off the last droplets of water, she took it and followed him out.

Don't worry I have an epilogue.

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