Everlastingly Bonded By Love

This is an edited chapter. Thank you for all of your wonderful reviews. I'll be looking forward to what you have to say to my next chapter.

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Warning: Sexual Content; Offensive Language

Rating: M for Mature

Couple: Inuyasha and Kagome (Based)

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters associated with the series now or ever.

Recap: "We just didn't want to bother you. Sorry I worried you." The priestess gave Sango a goodnight embrace and waited for the demon slayer to go back to her sleeping mat, before turning to Inuyasha. He wasn't there. He had already gone back up into the tree. Kagome frowned. She had wanted to stay with him, but it seemed to plans had changed. She headed over to her own sleeping bag and lied down in it, trying her best to fall asleep. End Recap

Chapter 2: Inuyasha Protectiveness

Inuyasha sighed. He looked up to the now clear, blue sky. 'Morning already.' He thought. He jumped down from the tree in which he had slept in and looked over at Kagome. She had finally fallen asleep an hour ago. Inuyasha had barely got a wink of sleep himself, but he was used to it.

He gazed over to the others. Miroku was up and yawning as he stretched. The monk had gotten more rest than any of them. He had fallen asleep as soon as yesterdays meal was finished and hadn't woken up, like Sango, in the middle of the night, to see where Kagome was.

Inuyasha wondered how long he could stall before the others woke Kagome up. Maybe they wouldn't have to wake her up at all. He could carry her around. Of course that wouldn't be much help, since she was needed to sense the sacred jewel shards.

"Inuyasha, you're up." Miroku said as he stood. He patted the dirt off of him. "Should we wake the others than and begin breakfast?"

"No." Was Inuyasha's simple reply. Miroku looked at him a little oddly, raising an eyebrow.

"No?"

"Let them sleep. We can make breakfast. Go get some firewood." Inuyasha ordered and went over to Kagome's bag and started rummaging through it for ramen.

"Are you sure Kagome will approve of you going through her things?" Miroku asked. Inuyasha gave him a single glance.

"She won't care." Was all he said before continuing. He knew Kagome trusted him a lot more now not to grab anything he wasn't supposed to, not that he had ever planned to.

"Inuyasha?" A sweet tired voice called. Inuyasha turned and looked over at Kagome as she rubbed her eyes, watching him. "What are you doing? Sit."

THUMP

Inuyasha groaned as he went face first into the ground. There was a harsh breeze that passed in only a moment.

"Why does she do this to me?" He mumbled. Kagome looked at him tiredly. She hadn't really realized she sat him. It was sort of a reflex. She was to fatigued to care right away.

"I warned you." Miroku told Inuyasha. Kagome moved a little as though she was about to get out of her sleeping bag.

"Go back to sleep, woman." Inuyasha warned and returned to going through Kagome's things. Miroku looked at Inuyasha, perplexed and wondered if the half demon had lost his mind. Did he want to get sat again?

"Yeah, yeah." Kagome lied back down, falling fast asleep. When she woke up she would probably never remember sitting Inuyasha in the first place.

"Inuyasha, why did you send her back to sleep. Shouldn't we be getting ready to go?" Shippo's voice sounded as he jumped on Inuyasha's shoulder. Inuyasha looked at the kitsune.

"When the hell did you get up?" He asked. Shippo yawned.

"When Sango did." He responded nonchalantly. Inuyasha looked over at Sango. She was sitting up and looking tired. She rubbed her eyes and arose without a word. The woman wobbled over to Inuyasha, Shippo, and Miroku.

"Good morning you guys." She greeted. They all replied with a 'good morning', except for Inuyasha, who simply said 'Feh.'

Inuyasha pulled out some ramen and quickly stood up with a smirk. 'Good there's enough.' Then he frowned. 'Only enough for one more meal. She needs to restock her supplies.' He grabbed a water boiler from her bag and made his way over to where the fire was to be.

"What are you waiting for monk? Go and get some firewood."

"I'm on it." Miroku turned towards one side of the woods.

"I'll help." Sango interrupted Miroku's walking. She began to follow the monk into the woods. Inuyasha watched their departure.

"I wonder..." He trailed off, wondering if they could possibly be being just as sneaky as him and Kagome. He ignored it and looked over at Kagome again as she slept. She was definitely tired. She usually woke up when the sun got bright.

Meanwhile

Miroku and Sango silently walked side-by-side through the woods. Miroku was the first to kneel down and start picking up sticks.

"I thank you for offering to help my lady Sango." Miroku gave her a smile. She blushed a little, then glowered.

"Don't let it get to your head monk." Sango knelt down, picking up wood as well. She made sure her rear wasn't in range of a lecherous hand.

"Any ideas as to why Inuyasha didn't want to wake Kagome?"

"Well... last night Inuyasha said he took Kagome to the stream to get her some water, since she was to tired to go on her own. Maybe they ran into a demon on the way and didn't say anything."

"It's probable. They might not have wanted to worry us out of bed."

"Yeah." Sango went to pick up a peace of wood and Miroku's hand landed atop hers as he went to grab the same piece. She blushed and looked up at the grinning monk. She gulped a tad and pulled her hand back, picking up a different piece of wood. Things got a little quieter at that point.

"Kagome hasn't gone back to her time in over a month." Miroku began after he had almost loaded his arms with thin wood.

"Yeah, so-"

"-she'll probably need to replenish her supplies, which means we should be heading back to lady Kaede's village soon."

"Yeah, you're probably right. To bad though..."

"Huh?" He paused in his gathering of wood to hear Sango clearly.

"We haven't had any leads on Naraku all month and Kagome hasn't sensed any shards either. Things are starting to slow down."

"Think of it as time to rest."

"Well, we've had enough." She was anxious to fight off against the evil half demon, Naraku. She wanted her brother back.

"I suppose you're right, but we can not change anything. We will have to be patient my dear Sango."

"Speaking of patience, Inuyasha seems to have more of it than usual. I'm surprised he hasn't made a scene over the fact that we haven't found any shards in a while."

"Maybe he, too, is in the mood for a break."

"Maybe." Sango stood up as she picked up the last piece of wood the she would be able to carry. "But that's not like him." Miroku stood beside her and they started walking back to camp.

It didn't take long for them to get back to see a bored Inuyasha sitting where the fire would be.

"We got the wood." Sango commented, stepping over to the hanyou. Inuyasha eyed them.

"Good, wait while I get the water." He grabbed the water boiler and ran off without another phrase.

"Why didn't he just go when we were getting wood?" Sango wondered out loud.

"He probably didn't want to leave Kagome alone." Miroku replied and headed over to begin the fire. Him and Sango got the ember started. "Should we awake Kagome now?"

"Yeah, she'll need to eat." Sango said. Miroku made his way over to Kagome. He knelt in front of her and shook her shoulder a little. Sango turned away, gathering the surplus of twigs.

Miroku looked back and noticed Sango wasn't paying any attention to his actions. He looked at Kagome's slim form and his eyes started to roam, pervertedly. His hand twitched and he moved it from her shoulder to her rear and almost stroked it. He suddenly heard a deep growling and turned to see Inuyasha's eyes glaring down at him. He moved his hand and backed up a little. Inuyasha's eyes had a flash of red.

"I said not to touch her ever again!" He growled and grabbed Miroku's by the neck.

"Inuyasha!" Sango screamed and ran over to him, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Next time you touch her you won't live very long." With that Inuyasha tossed Miroku across the camp. Miroku landed with a thud and a headache. He looked at Inuyasha in shock. Never had Inuyasha overreacted so much for something so simple and harmless. He hadn't even actually touched her.

"Miroku!" Sango ran over to him to make sure he was alright and gave a glare to Inuyasha, who wasn't paying attention and was leaning next to Kagome.

Inuyasha sighed. Kagome's was his and only his to touch now. Anyone else who dared, paid. He knew he had slightly overreacted, but he figured it was the only way to get his point across.

He really didn't want to wake Kagome. She'd be cranky all day and worn down. It wasn't good for her. He placed his hand on her back and shook her a little.

"Kagome." He said. She mumbled something and opened her eyes slowly, seeing Inuyasha overhead. She sighed and moved a little to make herself more comfortable.

"Something wrong?" She asked tiredly.

"Time to get up." He couldn't have the others keep bothering him about waking the miko up. They'd get much to suspicious.

"Just a little more sleep." She grabbed Inuyasha's clawed hand and brought it to her face. She closed her eyes and rested her head on his own. Inuyasha pulled it from her possession before the others noticed.

"No more sleep." He replied. Kagome was a little taken aback from the sternness in his tone. She opened her eyes and looked up at him and than over to her friends. Sango was helping Miroku up slowly as though he was hurt. Shippo was just sitting with Kirara with a small tinge of fear in his eyes as he looked at Inuyasha.

Kagome sat up quickly and her head hit Inuyasha's chin.

"Owe!" He slumped back, grabbing a hold on his chin.

"What happened?" She got up, running over to Sango and Miroku. "Are you alright?" Miroku nodded, as Kagome assisted him in standing.

"Thank you for your help." Miroku said to both Kagome and Sango. "But I am fine." He patted his clothing.

"Inuyasha tossed him." Shippo cut in, out of no where, and went to Kagome. "When Miroku almost stroked you he growled and told him not to touch you and tossed him across camp."

"Almost stroked me?" Kagome looked at Miroku and her eyes narrowed in annoyance. "In my sleep?" Miroku gulped and stepped back. "Wait... did you say he tossed you all the way across camp?" Kagome turned to where Inuyasha had been standing. He was gone. She frowned. He had run off again. "Lets just get breakfast ready." Kagome said and went over to the water Inuyasha brought. She began to boil the liquid and pulled out the ramen cups.

Once the water finished she poured it into the cups and let it sit there till the noodles softened. She passed them out to everyone. Sango fed Kirara cat food, like usual. Inuyasha remained the only one who didn't eat, considering he still hadn't returned.

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