Doggie Days
By. DemonGirl-Setsuna
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DemonGirl-Setsuna: Hi there! Setsuna here!
I feel great from the reviews I received, but one review left me scratching my head.
This is what it said and from:
From: Inuyashangel,
AW i thought the kiss might have undone the spell... I"M BEING BANNED(
but i'll still try and review for your story)
My question:
From me: "What do you mean by: 'I'm being banned'? Also that wasn't a kiss, it was mouth to mouth! But you are on the right track on how to break the spell!"
Please review me a reply, Inuyashangel.
Well here is chapter 9!
Please Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or anything belonging to Rumiko Takahashi.
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Ch. 9
Human for the Night,
Dog by Dawn
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"InuYasha, you're human", Kagome utters.
"Huh?", InuYasha stares at his clawless hands in disbelief, 'I'm human', he thinks, briefly touching his face, 'Wait! If I'm not a dog anymore, that means I'm...', he looks down to see that he is wearing his off-white kimono, '…not naked!', he starts to blush, because he thought he was naked, he touches the prayer beads and the red collar around his neck.
"You ok, InuYasha?", she asks, starting a fire to dry her clothes and warm themselves.
"I think so", he says, jumping at the sound of his own voice, 'It's been two weeks since I last spoke'.
"I think you should put these back on", she hands him, his hakama and haori, "And you'll want this back too", she hands him tetsusaiga.
"Thanks, but you should wear this", he answers, heading his haori back to her, "Because it's dry, and I don't want you to catch a cold again".
"Thank you, InuYasha", she says, stripping off her kimono; down to her panties and bra, then puts on InuYasha's haori, "This is almost like that time with the peach man".
"Don't remind me, my arm still hurts thinking about it", he says, putting his hakama on.
(A/N: I'm referring to the manga version of the peach man encounter, I hadn't seen the anime version yet, when I wrote this!)
"Did Himiko explain to you that this would happen?", Kagome says, standing up and removing the ofudas from a ziploc bag.
"Yea, sort of. She told me that I would have two nights where I'll be able to hold and talk to you before the eclipse happens", he replies, watching her place the ofudas on nearby trees and rocks surrounding the area, then he remembers the collar around his neck and struggles to remove it, "How do you remove this stupid collar!", he curses, still struggling with it, but only slices his finger open on the nametag, "Oww!", he yelps, putting his finger in his mouth and the coppery taste of his blood flows into his mouth, 'Damn it!'.
"InuYasha let me see your finger", she says, trying to pyre his finger from his mouth.
InuYasha gives her a dirty look, but she manages to get his finger out.
"InuYasha, its ok to let someone see your injury, even if it's a small one", she says, bandaging his finger, "Or do we have to open up on that too?"
"I'm sorry, it's just you know how edgy I get when I'm human like this", InuYasha says, avoiding eye contact.
"It's ok, I forgive you", Kagome says, leaning against him.
"That hurts!", he yelps.
"Do your ribs still hurt?", she asks, sitting up.
"Yeah, but only when they're touched", he replies.
"Let my see", she adds.
InuYasha opens his kimono, revealing a soft-ball sized, multi-colored bruise on the lower side of his ribs.
"InuYasha grit your teeth while I check for cracked ribs", Kagome says, running her fingers over the flesh on his side.
"Ugh!", he utters through clenched teeth.
"I don't feel any cracked bones", she replies, taking hold of his hand.
"Thanks for worrying about me", InuYasha says, giving her hand a squeeze, "Lets get some sleep", he adds, closing his eyes.
"Goodnight, InuYasha", Kagome nuzzles against his chest.
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Hours Later…
Close to Dawn…
"Mother, wait come back!", a five year old InuYasha cries, running towards the fading image of his mother, then the scene changes to a fifth-teen year old InuYasha chasing a fading image of Kagome, "No, Kagome come back!", he stops running as soon as her image disappears from sight, "Don't leave me", he says softly.
"InuYasha", a female's voice calls from behind him.
"Kikyo!", he asks, slowly turning around and finds Kikyo standing there with her bow drawn.
"Die, you worthless half-bread!", she hissed, releasing the arrow.
"Eh…!', he utters as the arrow pierced his chest and heart, then his face fills with complete and absolute terror as he watches his blood spray from his wound, he held a hand to his chest, then looks down at his blood covered hand and notices that his hand did not contain claws, 'What the…!', he thinks as the wind blows his tufts of hair into his face, 'Wha… m-my hair is black!'.
"My, InuYasha. You finally became human for me", Kikyo says coldly, staring into his violet eyes, "But unfortunately you became a human a little too late", she adds with venom in her voice as she removes a dagger from her chihaya(top) and places it against his neck, "See you in Hell, InuYasha", she slowly pulls the blade across his throat.
InuYasha could feel the blade biting his flesh and the warmth of his blood trickling down his neck, but before the dagger reaches his windpipe, he was blinded by a bright light.
"Huh…! A dream", InuYasha whispers to himself, dripping with sweat, "The nightmares are worst when I'm human", he adds, wiping the sweat from his forehead, then looks around the campsite, the fire is only embers and Kagome is sleeping with her head on his lap, 'Kagome is sleeping so peacefully', he thinks, a small smile on his face, 'I'll let her sleep a bit longer', he moves her head off his lap and onto her folded kimono, then walks towards the river.
InuYasha removes his hakama and kimono, then steps into the water, he puts his hands to his neck, "She must have removed the collar while I was asleep", he says, finding the collar missing, he then goes under the water and when he returns to the surface and stands in waist high water, he sees Kagome standing on the river bank staring at him, a blush flares on his cheeks, "Uh… Good-morning, Kagome", he utters.
"Good-morning, InuYasha, I think you'll be needing this", she says, holding out his kimono to him.
"Thank you, Kagome", he takes his kimono from her and puts it on, then steps out of the water.
"InuYasha, watching you come out from under the water, naked and in the morning twilight, you looked… handsome", Kagome adds, starting to blush.
"Uh… thanks", he replies, "Kagome, I…", he starts to say, before the sun rises above the horizon, "Ngh… not again, not now!", he curses, as a red aura surrounds him again.
"InuYasha!", Kagome screams, then is blinded by a red light, and when the light fades, where InuYasha was standing, he now lays as a white dog again.
(Damn it , I'm a dog again!), he thinks, whimpering, (And just when I was going to tell her how I feel about her), he growls to himself.
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DemonGirl-Setsuna: There's the end of chapter 9! What did you think?
Please review!
The next chapter is called; 'A New Companion Joins the Group'.
Catch you readers next time!