Cast in stone
By: Zeldagurl
It was that time in the morning, when the sun was just peeking over the edge of the earth, shining it's warmth on whomever was there to see it. That was how inuyasha thought of it anyway…
He had often watched the sunrises in his time, most of the time for the sake of biding time before kagome would come back. He had always seen them, and loved the feeling of being the first one to feel the suns light. It was kind of like being there when kagome climbed over the edge of the well…
He greeted her for many reasons, one being, to see that beautiful smile that she always had when she looked at him. The one that made his heart stop beating…
But he hated the night, for two reasons… Simply because it was usually during the night that most deception and lies happened.
When he was just a pup, a few days after he had been run out of the village, blamed for his own mother's death; demons attacked him while he slept under a large tree. He had been extremely hungry, dehydrated, and a little more than depressed. He fell asleep by his tears, not bothering to wipe them away.
The demons managed to injure his arm, but he ran quick enough to hide in an old cave that hid his scent within those of its older occupants.
After that night, he had hated everything about the dark… The only thing that was good about it was the way that it easily hid him from anything after him.
He learned to fight…
He learned to hunt and to be stealthy, stealing food from villages without killing anyone in the process.
But he still felt worthless…
He hated night for a second reason too…
Kikyo was the dark, as much as kagome was the light. And, after pushing kagome back into the well and being freezed by that witch, he realized how different she was.
She used to smile, and laugh slightly, with a bit of good humor. There used to be not an ounce of wickedness in her heart…
But things changed, and she became a body only bent on revenge. Not love, not anymore… No… He didn't hate kikyo, he just pitied her, and had earlier mistook it for love.
Maybe if they had survived just a little longer… Maybe if Naraku hadn't shown up, there might have been love.
Inuyasha sighed and stood up from his sitting position on the roof of kagomes house, not hearing a sound from the other three occupants of the house. Kilala meowed next to him, rubbing against his leg with a concerned look in her kitten eyes.
"It's okay kilala, just thinking…" He smiled a little bit at the fire cat, and began to scale his way back down to kagome's window.
Her scent hit him like a wall of bricks, almost knocking him out with its sheer force. He breathed it in, and smiled goofily, sighing like a fool who was in love. Quietly, he dropped in, letting his eyes wander down to her.
He bent down and kissed her cheek lightly, as though he was a little afraid and hesitant. The girl mumbled a little and stirred, turning more to face him, and stretch, opening her eyes like a new kitten would. She immediately saw the spun gold of Inuyasha's eyes concentrating on her own, with a sheepish smile on his face.
"Thought I'd ask of you want to see the sunrise… what's left of it anyway… I've been waiting for it…"
She smiled a little and nodded, looping her arms around his neck, allowing him to pick her up like a husband would carry his bride. She was a tiny bit groggy, and a little clueless as to why Inuyasha wanted her to see the sunrise.
He scaled the house like it was nothing, and soon sat down with her in his lap.
"Where's kilala?" She yawned and stretched.
"Probably went to sleep with sanga, somebody's gotta guard her from Roku…"
Kagome giggled to herself and thought of the two…
None of them had gotten much sleep, since the house resounded with slaps every two minutes. Inuyasha had finally gotten so annoyed that he crept downstairs from his room, and scare the crap out of Roku. He succeeded, and the slapping stopped, so that everyone could get some much needed sleep.
"I wish that we could see sango, miroku, kaede, jinenji… everyone… I wish there was a way…"
She said more to herself than to him, which was why she was surprised she got an answer.
"There is… If we found the jewel shards again."
"…" Kagome didn't speak, because she knew that the possibility of doing that was as hopeless as finding her family.
"The witch took them from me, so I suppose they'd be with her." He continued quietly, holding kagome at the thought of the witch.
She closed her eyes, and leaned her head on his chest, laying a hand on his in comfort.
He smiled at her in thanks.
She smiled back, and turned to look at the sunlight that was coming from the rising the sunrise.
"It's so beautiful…"
"I know…" He didn't even look… She could feel his eyes on her like hot fire, just like his hands. His one hand intertwined with hers, and the other laying underneath kagomes hand.
Looking back at him, her eyes locked with his, and before she knew it, his lips were only inches away from hers. So kagome decided to take some initiative, and move in for the kill, so to speak.
She gently touched his lips with hers, and allowed her eyes to flutter closed, as he bent down, cradling her head in his clawed hands with care.
The feeling was incredible, like thousands of compliments and confessions from him, all bundled into one simple kiss. He gently moved his lips against hers, combing his fingers through her long black hair
He simply felt like he was flying, without ever touching the ground and jumping up again.
They broke apart, breathing heavily, completely draped around each other.
Kagome looked up at him, her eyes taking in his swollen, red lips. She guessed that she looked the same way, but she really didn't give it a second thought.
She just smiled breathlessly at him, loving that he was smiling back at her.
She was so close to saying it; to saying the words that were rooted in her heart, ever since that day under the sacred tree. But she restrained herself, and looked down, blushing from the closeness to the one she loved
So instead, she said it to herself, if only in her mind… She said,
'I love you Inuyasha… I love you and only you…Forever."
(Switch scenes)
By the time Inuyasha and kagome came down to the kitchen, Roku was already complaining about his empty stomach and smiling charmingly at sanga.
Who only looked at him with a crabby look on her face.
"Okay, Okay, I'll make some food!" Kagome hastily walked toward the stove, not wanting any more conflict than what happened last night.
Inuyasha quietly seated himself at the table and looked down at his hands, for lack of anything else to look at.
"So…" He heard Roku clear his throat and promptly felt an elbow jammed in his ribs.
"Where were you and kagome when we woke up, hmm?"
He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively at Inuyasha, who just looked at the perverted reincarnation of his friend, and blushed madly.
Before Roku could say anything else, Sanga promptly hit him on the head with a frying pan that was conveniently on the table.
After Roku was unconscious under the table, Sanga turned to kagome, who was busy making ramen.
"So… Last night. You said you were looking for a demonic witch, who sealed Inuyasha away, and made off with your parents, right?"
Kagome nodded, and looked to the reincarnated demon slayer,
"Did you say you had a brother sanga?"
"Yes.." Sanga smiled a little and sighed.
"His name is Haku (spirited away! Squeeee!)"
"Ohh…"
Kagome nodded and looked back at the ramen, which was currently burning.
"Oops!" She hurriedly tried to correct the problem, and turn the stove off.
"Did you burn the food again?" She heard Inuyasha ask, though she knew he was just trying to be completely annoying.
"Of course not…" She laughed nervously and stirred the ramen to try to get it from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
He knew that she had burned it, and she knew that he was only teasing. Inuyasha had more of a mischievous side to him, now that the world wasn't watching his every move.
An uncomfortable silence followed the attempt at conversation that each of them made. Kagome just didn't know what she could really say.
She wished that they would retain their old consciousness, and memories… But then she didn't… She bet that in the beginning Inuyasha had wished for the very same thing on her. She didn't want it to be like that with them… She wouldn't repeat the hate and the bad feelings.
She served the slightly burned ramen to all of them, seating herself quietly.
"KAGOME! INUYASHA!" Both of the said people looked in the direction of the voice that kagome recognized as kouga.
The door flew open, and there stood the wolf-demon, holding a brief case, and panting heavily with an excited look in his eyes. Kagome peered behind him and saw two other figures trying to catch up, with similar brief cases in their hands.
"Ginta! Hakkaku! They're still chasing after you?" Kagome gave kouga a blank look.
"Meh… It's just because I said that I'd buy em' dinner, if they won a bet… Too bad, that they won…" He shrugged and stared blankly at kagome for a minute, which started to make Inuyasha more than a little nervous.
"Kouga…" The half-demon stood up and let a bit of a growl crawl into his voice as he spoke.
"Was there a reason that you came here…?" He even surprised himself at the way he was handling himself around his old arch-rival.
"Oh yeah…" Kouga stood up straight as ginta and hakkaku arrived and gawked at kagome.
"Hi boys…" She smiled lightly at them and waved.
"…"
Kouga smacked Hakkaku in the back of the head and sighed as though he were exasperated.
"Kagome… I have another lead… to where your family might be"
He looked at Roku and Sanga, who were currently completely confused.
"And it's got to do with these two reincarnations."
(end chapter)
A.n. I know! I know! Cliffie, how could I! But then again, I did update, so you guys should be mulling over this partially fluffy chapter for a day or two. So please review! I did write this on my bro's computer, so It was extremely hard to do. And everyone knows I'd do anything for my darling reviwers.
(the authoress goes outside and dances around in the rain for inspiration, then finds a stick and beats up her writers block randomly)
AHH… that felt good! Slightly insane… But still good...
So read and review!