Creatures of the Moon
Chapter Four
Kagome lay on her back on her bed, her head slightly over the side and her feet against the wall. She held a ditto above her head, reading it while frowning.
"Okay, if the equation's b plus or minus the square root of b squared minus four ac over 2a and you're also given the equation y equals 5x plus 12, how do you solve the first equation?" Kagome asked Sango.
Sango sat across from Kagome with her back leaning against the wall, her legs drawn up with her English homework in her lap, which she looked up from when Kagome began talking. "You lost me somewhere."
"Where?" Kagome asked.
"Somewhere around the square root of," Sango confessed, "then all I heard was yata yata yata, first equation."
"Well aren't you so very helpful," Kagome said dryly.
"It's kind of hard to answer a problem from just hearing someone say it. Here let me see it," Sango said as she moved over to the bed.
It had been roughly two weeks since they had first met, but the two had been fast friends and had almost hung out every day together, whether at either of their houses or around town. Though Sango was only with Kagome when she was alone or with Yuka, Eri, or one of them, but never when she was with Inuyasha or Miroku. Maybe it was because she felt uncomfortable around boys or maybe she just didn't like those two. Either way, Kagome didn't really understand why, especially when it was vice versa as well.
"See, look…" Kagome began showing her the ditto and continued talking, but Sango stopped paying attention.
Sango's nostrils flared as she took another whiff of the aroma on Kagome's bed. There was a scent on her bed, something very familiar. It was the scent of an animal… a wolf.
Yes… the scent was very faint by now—meaning whoever's scent was there had been there awhile ago—but it was definitely the scent of a wolf. Inuyasha or that other wolf's? No… this scent was more familiar to her and didn't smell like their kind of wolf. Then it clicked.
Kouga's scent.
…on her bed sheets?
Kagome, what have you been doing? Sango thought. Now, she didn't want to think the worst of her friend, but with his scent all over her bed, what other conclusion could she come to?
Being as curious as she was, Sango was trying to think of a way to bring it up without saying anything outright. It was harder than it sounded.
"Sango?" Kagome said with a slight confused looked on her face, "uh, Sango? Earth to Sango, come in, Sango."
Kagome began waving a hand in front of her face, trying to get her attention, until Sango's hand suddenly shot out and grabbed Kagome's wrist forcefully with a soft growl that, fortunately, Kagome did not hear. Her action, however, happened rather quickly and if either of them had blinked they would have missed it.
Sango's hand had shot forward on instinct, stopping whatever was annoying from doing it any longer. She couldn't stop the growl from escaping either, but she quickly stopped it from growing. She let go of Kagome's wrist hastily and buried her wolf nature that had found its way up, back inside her.
"Sorry," she murmured, embarrassed, "what were you saying?"
Kagome rubbed her red wrist while giving Sango a strange and curious gaze before picking up her pencil once again and flipping onto her stomach, showing Sango the problem.
"Sorry, don't know how to solve it," Sango replied.
Kagome sighed. "That's alright." She put her pencil down once more to rub her sore wrist while glancing at Sango from the corner of her eye. Being around Sango constantly for two weeks, she had gotten use to weird outburst and sounds coming from Sango. She still didn't know why, but she knew Sango was working to control it, so neither mentioned the predicament, though both were aware of it.
Sango looked away guilty and both continued their homework in silence for awhile, until Sango decided to inquire about her leader's scent.
It's now or never. "Um, Kagome… have you ever met a guy name Kouga?"
Obviously, she had if his scent was in her room, but to get to the information she wanted she'd have to ask a series of question without Kagome knowing exactly what she was getting at. Sango watched Kagome's expression carefully, searching for hints.
Kagome colored slightly at the mention of his name. "Yeah, he's in a class of mine, but I don't know him that well."Kagome, how could you?
And with a guy you hardly even know! Sango thought. Oh God, isn't it dangerous to get involved with humans? Shouldn't he of all people know that?
Sango thought."Why?" Kagome asked, perplexed.
"Oh, no reason. I just heard him mention you, that's all," she responded, though it was a complete and utter lie.
Well, for all she knew he could be talking about her, but she hardly spent time with him. The only times she did was when he had a pack meeting, which hadn't happened recently and that time she had met him in the woods. Right near Kagome's house.
He couldn't have been there then… could he? No, he couldn't have since he was in his wolf form and Kagome did not know about them.
"So you know him then?"
"…you could say that," Sango told her with a half-smile.
Her hand brushed against something under the bed and she brought it into view. Hair. Wolf hair.
"Kagome, you wouldn't have, by any chance, had a… dog in here?"
Kagome, who had gone back to working on her homework, snapped her head up to regard the girl in front of her.
"Why would you ask that?" Kagome said nervously and Sango could feel her unease.
Sango showed her the few strands of wolf hair while adding, "I don't remember you having a dog," knowing very well that she did not.
Kagome began explaining of how she came upon the wolf until when he had bolted, jumping out the window. Meanwhile Sango was silently putting the other pieces together, like how Kouga was hurt in the first place. Sango had been present for the fight, the first one she had been involved in since she had only recently come to the area and remembered Kouga and Inuyasha leaving out of sight.
Sango began to laugh after Kagome finished and when she began she couldn't stop. She couldn't believe that she had actually thought Kagome—innocent (and ignorant) Kagome—had been fooling around with Kouga.
Kagome narrowed her eyes, a little annoyed at being laughed at. "Want to tell me what's so funny?"
"Alright, stop laughing now!" the teacher snapped harshly and the class settled down reluctantly.
Kagome sighed as she leaned back in her seat, her pen tapping impatiently against the desk. Only ten minutes. Ten minutes left until the end of class and then the day was over. But, oh, how slowly those minutes were going by.
The teacher noticed her glancing at the clock for the fifth time in the past minute and gave her a glare. Kagome immediately turned away and began to pretend that she was writing notes while in reality doodling on her paper. What came out on paper was a miniature teacher getting eaten by a dragon. Surprise, surprise.
"A little edgy?" she heard the sensuous, male voice behind her.
"How could you tell?" Kagome muttered as she turned in her seat.
Kouga sat leaning leisurely against the seat with his arms crossed and his feet up on the desk in front of him. Kagome raised an eyebrow at his laid-back position.
He smirked and took his feet down, leaning closer to Kagome. "Lucky guess."
"I'm sure it was," she said in a mock coddling way.
"What, are you saying you don't believe me?" he asked, feigning insulted, though the obvious grin on his face gave him away.
Kagome opened her mouth to respond when the bell rang and she jumped, the noise startling her. She gathered her books, cradling them in her arms as she turned to Kouga, a smile on her face.
"Bye, Kouga. See you on Monday, 'kay?" she told him, walking toward the door.
"Wait," Kouga called out. He grabbed his things in one hand and used his other to vault over a desk, landing gracefully in the other aisle with grace no human possessed—not that she noticed. He captured her arm before she could go too far and she turned toward him, a question in her eyes and her head tilted to the side as she gazed at him.
"You've been avoiding me," he accused.
"Have not," she lied, pouting.
She jutted her bottom lip out in a pout and how badly he wanted to capture that lip with his own… and nip at it with his teeth….
He mentally shook his head. Bad Kouga, bad. He mustn't get sidetracked.
"Do you want to go out tonight?" he asked.
Kagome balked and took her arm away from him. "With you?"
She began walking again and he fell in step beside her. "With me."
"Tonight?"
He gave her a crooked smile. He had thought it would be a lot easier than this. She had, after all, shown interest in him before, but lately…. He needed her if he was to ever find a way to take Inuyasha down. However, it didn't hurt that she was pretty cute and he was intrigued by the human.
"Did you not get the first sentence or do you want me to repeat it?"
"But…. Like on a date?" she inquired, putting on a somewhat forced smile.
"I wouldn't be asking otherwise."
The smile faltered, but he couldn't see it as she walked through the door, making him walk behind her. "I'd love to," she fibbed, "but I can't." Kagome turned away and began walking at a quicker pass. "Sorry," she called back to him.
Kouga growled and caught up to her and kept walking until he was a few steps in front. In one swift movement, his hand thrust out and hit the wall forcefully right beside her head, making her abruptly stop and jumped back, startled. Her heart began pounding in her chest, Kouga able to hear it reasonably well with his wolf hearing as she backed up against the wall behind her.
"Why not?" he asked, moving closer to her. Talk about violation of personal space.
"I… I just can't," Kagome informed him rather lamely.
She was backed up against the wall with Kouga's arm on one side, blocking her. Naturally, she tried to the other side but Kouga, letting the books in his hand drop harmlessly to their feet, put his other on the wall and let both hands slide down until they were even with her shoulders, trapping her within the boundaries of his arms.
He didn't want to scare her, but he didn't want her to get away either. There was just something about her, a certain quality that made him want to catch and hold on to her. And do all sorts of others things to her as well.
You're my prey, he thought with a smirk, and I always catch my prey. Her heartbeat sped up more yet, reminding him of a rabbit when it knew it was being hunted.
She considered dropping her books and pushing Kouga away, but Kagome already knew that he would be stronger than her.
If life was fair, this would have been the point that Inuyasha came charging up, taking Kagome away from Kouga, this being the first time she wanted to get away from him. Of course, all the other times when she'd wanted to talk with Kouga, that was when Inuyasha appeared and swept her away. How cruel life was being to her. It just proved how unfair life was.
She considered telling her she was going out with Inuyasha and Miroku instead, but if she made up a lie about Inuyasha being involved it would only make him more determined. Men worked that way. Go figure.
Why was she lying to him at all really? Why didn't she just go out with him? True, she had been interested in him in the beginning, but most of that interest was just her being rebellious, going against what Inuyasha wanted. But Inuyasha had been a close friend for a long time and when his words had sunk, Kagome began to get nervous around Kouga. Sure, he seemed nice (though very egotistic) and she didn't mind talking with him in class and even being friends but if Inuyasha was that worried about him getting close to her…. Though it could just be that Inuyasha was jealous, which would be a completely different story.
Though in certain ways Kouga and Inuyasha weren't that different.
"I'm pretty sure we could have all sorts of fun," he said as he trailed a finger gently down her cheek and down her neck until he reached her collarbone. He then played his fingertips teasingly over her shoulder until he reached its end.
Then again, maybe she was wrong.
She willed herself not to shiver at his touch as it sent sparks within her, especially when his words offended her, though the deep blush that came on her face couldn't be helped. "And maybe that's not the kind of fun I want to have," she retorted, annoyed.
Kouga blinked, confused. Now she was angry with him? Why? He could feel the wave of desire that rolled off her, but at the same time she spoke to him with anger. He had heard about mood swings, but this was ridiculous.
Kagome noticed that they were beginning to get stares from the students around them and began feeling more than a little uncomfortable. She 'accidentally' let her books drop to the floor and immediately followed them, starting to pick them up.
Kouga got down on one knee as well, grabbing his books that he dropped. When they both were back on their feet, Kagome began to move away but Kouga caught her arm.
"Think about it," he told her before he let go.
As soon as he let go, she was on her way. Kouga leaned against the wall, watching her leave with a frown plastered on his face.
"Kouga?" he heard softly behind him.
He snarled and whipped around, brushing past Ayame without so much as a glance at the concerned wolf.
She refused him? him? Well he'd just see about that.
He looked down to the books in his hand and smirked wickedly at the French book he had nabbed from her.
Kagome shifted the backpack on her shoulder once more as she made her way home. She had walked most of the way with Sango until Sango remembered she had to get home since her brother was sick and she had to stay home with him so her dad could go to work. Which left Kagome alone and she wasn't sure how she felt about that.
Reaching her door, she paused to fetch it key out of her bag. She paused just as she was about to put the key in the lock and her gaze drifted off toward the woods. Kagome let her bag drop to the floor and walked over to the fringes of the woods, peering curiously into them.
She bit her lip thoughtfully, wondering whatever happened to that wolf. Was he okay? Did he get attacked again? The possibilities passed through her mind, more than half of which were none too pleasant.
"What are you doing?" she heard a voice whispered in her ear. He was right behind her and his warm breath brushed against her cheek.
Kagome spun around. "Kouga," she said, surprised and partially flustered, "I—I was just…." She sighed as her gaze flickered over to the trees once more and continued sheepishly, "well not too long ago I took care of a wounded wo—dog," she corrected herself while Kouga smiled inwardly, "but it ran off into the woods before it was fully healed. So you can say I'm a little worried about him. I hope he's okay."
"I'm sure he is," he told her.
"But how would you know?" she said, not really expecting an answer. She was almost positive he only said it to ease her mind. He couldn't actually know if the wolf was okay or not.
"Call it… instinct. If this… dog," he said, using her choice of words, "was lucky enough to be taken care of by you, he's more than fine."
Kagome cheeks were tinted with pink even though she knew it was said only to get in her favor. And she was sorry to say it was working.
She smiled at him. "Though I'm pretty sure you only said that to make me feel better, thanks. But, uh, not to be rude or anything, what are you doing here?"
He held out a book in front of her. "French book," he said in a two-word explanation.
Kagome took it from him, looking at it puzzled. She could have sworn she had had it with her….
Kouga regarded her as she looked at her book in bafflement, checking to see her name in the beginning of the book to make sure it was hers. She looked up to utter her thanks, but stopped abruptly when their eyes met.
Kagome felt frozen as her brown eyes met his blue ones.
Why did she always felt like this when she looked into his eyes? He seemed so familiar to her, like they had known each other before they met. She could sense the waves of danger that came off him as well as determination and kindness. Just looking into his blue eyes, she felt like she was looking into his soul and what she saw was a softhearted puppy.
He brushed his hand against her cheek, but this time in a less seductive manner and he saw her eyes soften.
He hid a smirk. That's it, trust me.
There was something about her that made her different from other humans and made him attracted to her. He wanted to figure out what that was. She was so naïve and chaste. He had never been captivated by someone like her before, most of the woman he had been with being dangerous, seductive, demanding, and having traits like those. They were werewolves and a few humans similar to Kagura, but Kagome…. She was different, but almost like one other….
He brushed a loose strand of hair back and tucked it behind her ear. "Decided to give me a chance yet?"
She tried to look away but found she couldn't. Kagome sighed silently already knowing her resolve was crumbling.
But what could one date hurt? Besides the fact that Inuyasha was going to kill her.
"You don't give up, do you?" She sighed. "Alright, one date. One. And don't get any funny ideas. We're not having any of the type of fun you want to have."
That's what you think, he thought as images of Kagome moaning beneath him came to mind. What could he say? He was male, that's all there was to it.
He grinned. She narrowed her eyes.
"And get whatever perverted thoughts you're thinking right now out of your head," she informed him, poking him square in the chest, advancing on him.
Kouga captured Kagome's hand before she could bring it back to her side and brought it to him. Brushing his lips gently across the back of her hand, he never once took his eyes off her the entire time. He let his lips linger on her skin as he took in the sweet scent of her. She smelt of lilacs as though she had once lay in a field of them and the scent had never left her since. How was it possible for a human to have such an intoxicating smell?
She blushed as she pulled her hand back from him. "But not tonight," she told him. She was deadly tired and all she wanted to do was sleep.
"Tomorrow then," he declared.
"Alright."
"Then I'll wait anxiously for tomorrow to come," he teased her.
Kagome heard the teasing in his voice but couldn't help smiling brightly at Kouga, a smile of pure innocence and it stirred something inside him. And for a second, just a split second, he saw another girl with a similar smile during another time, but it was all gone in the blink of an eye and buried in his mind just as quickly.
It was about six or seven hours later that Kagome found herself just outside Inuyasha's apartment building, the tape she had borrowed from him in hand. She had forgotten she had told him she'd return it today, so she had reluctantly gotten out of her warm, cozy bed to go out into the cold night. One thing for sure, Inuyasha better be grateful or she'd be annoyed.
Kagome knocked on the door and it was open only moments later. She, however, didn't even have a chance to register who had opened the door before she was knocked onto her back roughly with a huge gray and white dog on top of her.
"Oomph," was all she managed to say as she fell, but was meet with an enthusiastic dog. He had an entirely gray back with a white stomach and muzzle. His paws were white as well, making him look like he had snowy gloves and boots on. The rest of him was gray except for his blue eyes.
He licked her face eagerly and stood above her with his front paws pressed against her body just above her chest, making her unable to get up. She laughed and wrapped her arms around the dog, petting the dog's back. He yipped happily and continued to cover her face with his slobber.
Hello, Kagome, Miroku said, but, of course, Kagome not speaking wolf, had no idea he had said anything at all.
"Nice to see you too, Marco," she said laughing as she half-heartedly tried to push the large dog off her.
Kagome heard soft growling but it wasn't coming from the dog. She looked up to see Inuyasha hovering above both of them.
That's enough, Miroku, Inuyasha growled from deep in his throat.
When Miroku paid no attention, out loud, Inuyasha warned, "Mir—" He quickly changed his words. "Marco."
You're no fun, Miroku replied as he got off Kagome but sat nearby, his tail whipping around like crazy.
When all three of them were younger and they had only recently become friends, Kagome began to wonder why she never got to see where Inuyasha lived. They always went to her house, Miroku's, or out in town and Kagome began to wonder. They, of course, (though Miroku only after he was changed) lived with their pack in an abandoned school building on the other side of town to the apartment Kouga lived in. So, before Kagome got too suspicious and before she could come to wild conclusion, he had asked a favor of the old woman, Kaede, who knew of werewolves' existence. So anytime he needed to meet with Kagome at 'his' house, he would meet her at Kaede's while Kagome thought Kaede was his grandmother, who he lived with.
Unfortunately, one of the times Kagome visited had been on the night of a full moon, when the werewolves were forced to change into their other nature. Miroku had come with Inuyasha to Kaede's, but had lost control before Kagome had gotten there and transformed while Inuyasha had been strong enough to postpone the change until Kagome was gone. Ever since, Kagome thought he had a dog and so Miroku had to be present, otherwise she'd wondered what happened to "Marco". It had been the only way to explain the wolf in the apartment without telling the truth. Inuyasha sometimes wondered if he would have been better off just telling her then.
Kagome sat up and got onto her knees, brushing off the wolf hair on her, though to her it was only dog hair, and wiped her face with her sleeve. However, she did not rise to her feet but stayed kneeling as she draped her arm on Miroku's back and let her hand scratch behind his ears. He moved his head, allowing easy access.
She saw nothing wrong with the display of affection. It was, after all, just a dog. Inuyasha's eyebrow, nevertheless, was twitching like mad. Miroku's tail began pounding furiously at her side and he growled softly in contentment.
A little to the left, he said, moving his head to the side so she scratched his left ear
"Maybe Marco should leave the room," Inuyasha said through gritted teeth.
Kagome put her arms around the dog protectively and Miroku leaned into her chest. Even as a dog he was still a lecher. "It's alright, I don't mind."
You would if you knew that was Miroku, Inuyasha thought before snarling at Miroku and taking a threatening step forward. You act like some common house pet, it's disgusting. You're a wolf, you belong to no human.
To her I'm suppose to be a housedog, so I should act like one. Besides, you only snarl because you're jealous, Miroku said Then, proving his point, he licked the side of Kagome's face.
Inuyasha felt like strangling his friend. Yeah, right. His friend. What kind of friend was Miroku, anyway?
If you let Kagome see you in your wolf form, you'd get just as much attention, Miroku informed him, though to Kagome it only sounded like the dog yapping.
An image of Kagome giving him that much attention came to Inuyasha mind and he couldn't help the blush that came on his face. He turned away quickly, muttering incomprehensible words, and walked into another room.
Slightly puzzled, Kagome got up, grabbing the discarded tape, and followed, the dog "Marco" right on her heels. She caught up with him when Inuyasha reached the living room and handed back the tape while thanking him for letting her borrow it.
"No big deal, it was Kaede's to start with," he said as he put it back on a random shelf.
"Then tell her thanks from me," Kagome said as she sat down on a couch, yawning as she did. Miroku jumped on the couch beside her and rested his paws on her lap, then put his head on his paws, looking up at her with puppy-dog eyes. She smiled and began petting his back sleepily.
"No need, I'm right here," Kaede said as she walked into the room. "Hello, Kagome."
"Hi, Kaede," she responded with a smile watching as Kaede moved the tape from where Inuyasha set it to another shelf.
"Hello, Grandma. What are you doing up? Shouldn't yoube sound asleep by now?" Inuyasha asked, an eyebrow raised.
The look that she gave him that clearly said 'imprudent child, you're lucky I continue this charade' made him wish he hadn't said anything.
"Don't be ridiculous, it's not even nine yet," she answered, taking a dirty plate from the table.
Kagome hid another yawn behind her hand. "It feels a lot later."
The dog seemed disappointed when she took her hand away to cover her gaping mouth and sprawled across her lap on his back. Kagome smiled and complied, scratching and rubbing the wolf's stomach.
"You shouldn't give him too much attention, he'll become spoiled," Kaede informed the girl, knowing the truth behind the dog/wolf.
"What's the harm? He's just a big puppy," Kagome argued, scratching under his muzzle. Kaede shook her head and left to put the dish in the sink before going to her bedroom.
She took Miroku's muzzle in her hand, looking into his eyes. She began to notice something odd and inwardly frowned. Though he was fairly smaller, in some ways Inuyasha's dog reminded her of the wolf she had tended to, in appearance wise. Maybe the dog had some wolf blood in him?
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at Miroku. "Yeah, well, maybe I should think about getting Marco neutered," Inuyasha snarled.
Miroku whimpered at the threatening word and his ears flattened against his head. He jumped down from the couch and rolled on his back at Inuyasha's feet in a display of submission.
Inuyasha smirked. It worked every time.
He looked back to Kagome, but saw she was deeply lost in thought with a half-smile playing over her lips as she gazed down at her hand. A slight blush came to her cheeks and she looked away from it.
Inuyasha found a snarl beginning in his throat, his mind jumping to conclusions that he hoped weren't correct.
"Have you seen Kouga lately?" he snapped before he could stop himself.
Kagome groaned. "Not this argument again," she said, more to herself than him.
"You have, haven't you?" he asked, angrily, "I thought I at least put some sense into you after last time…."
"Put some sense into me? Inuyasha, I'm a big girl, I can make my own decision," she fumed. "Besides, he's in one of my classes. I have to see him."
"He's only using you to get to me, Kagome! Don't you get that? We've been… rivals for a long time now," Inuyasha informed her, "same with that Sano chick youhang out with."
"Okay, one, how come you never told me you were his rival before this? Two, her name's Sango. Three, what does she have to do with any of this? She just moved here."
"I'm only trying to protect you," he said and she joined him halfway through the sentence. He had said it enough time over the past two weeks that she knew it by heart.
"You know what, why don't you just piss a circle around me as well, marking off your territory," Kagome yelled while flushing at her own comment.
Miroku sat in between them on the floor, one ear cocked while the other flat on his head, looking back and forth to whoever was speaking. He let out a bark-like noise before laying his head on the floor and put his paws over his nose, covering his eyes. This is pathetic, he yipped.
Inuyasha agreed. "Look, let's drop it for now. You're too tired anyway." Normally, he wouldn't have given in so easily, but she had asked quite a few questions already that he didn't want to answer nor did he have an answer to that she would accept.
She bit back her retort and stopped herself from yawning. "Am not."
His lips twitched upward. "Are too."
"Am not."
"Are—you know what? Never mind."
"That's what I thought," she said smugly, then yawned, "But I do have to go." Kagome began to stand up.
"Go to sleep, Kagome," he commanded of her, pushing gently on her shoulder to make her sit down again.
"But, I… I have to get… home," she told him in between yawns. Her eyelids became heavy and her eyes closed. She opened her eyes a few moments later to find she had laid down on the couch, though she didn't remember doing so. Inuyasha took a blanket off the top of the couch and lay it on her.
"Sleep," he instructed.
She nodded absentmindedly and curled up on the couch, all thoughts fleeing from her mind.
Inuyasha watched Kagome until she was sure he was asleep before turning to Miroku.
"I've got to get back to the pack, you coming?" he asked his friend.
Miroku shook his head and walked over to Kagome, laying down on the floor in front of the couch. I'll stay here with Kagome.
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "I'll let you stay but if I find out you turned back to your other form at all and so much as touched her, you're dead."
Miroku didn't respond, only curled up, covering his nose with his tail to keep warm and closed his eyes, feigning sleep, though Inuyasha could tell he was disappointed.
Inuyasha crossed his arms as he frowned, but it didn't last long. He quickly wrote a note explaining to Kagome why he wasn't there—though not the real reason—should she wake up anytime soon. Still if she didn't, it would explain things in the morning as well.
He left it on the table in front of the couch before looking back at Kagome. He gently brushed the hair in her face away and tucked it behind her ear.
"Goodnight, Kagome," he murmured to her before turning out the lights and leaving the house.
The door closed quietly behind Inuyasha, leaving them both in darkness, but it didn't matter to Miroku. His wolf eyes could see well in the dark. Just after his leader left, Miroku lifted his head up, tilting it slightly to the side as he looked at the place Inuyasha just was.
So he was still in love with her.