Chapter 4
Inuyasha stood before the well, silent, lost in thought. He thought back to the night before. He remembered her leaving for almost two hours, but not far as he could still smell her close by, then returning with a sword. But in the dying light of the fire he couldn't make out much else. 'What was up with her scent last night and this morning? She has the slightest scent of the youkai, but it wasn't blood, so she wasn't attacked. Could she have mated with one and not told me.' The thought of her in someone else's arms tore at him in a way he couldn't describe. 'No, it's not that type of smell.' The earlier image flashed in his mind and he felt his heart drop. 'Is this how Kagome felt when she saw me with Kikyo?' The clank of metal brought him out of his reverie. He looked down at his clenched fist and opened it to reveal the pink and silver cylinders. "I'll ask her about her scent.....after I find out where she got these from."
There was a loud *THUMP* then some scratching sounds coming from the inside of the well. Before Inuyasha could investigate an oddly clothed woman climbed out of the well. She froze as her eyes locked onto the silver haired hanyou standing not three feet from her. She leapt from the edge of the well and landed softly and gracefully on the ground a few feet to his left.
Inuyasha turned to face the girl now to his left. With an arched eyebrow he took in her appearance. She had on a floppy hat with a big daisy on the top, pinning up the front. She wore a basic, sky blue blouse and a dark blue skirt that went to just above her knees. She had on an even darker blue coat that reached almost to the ground. "Kagome, what's with the new get-up, run out of those uniform things?" 'I do like that blouse on her, it brings out her curves.' Inuyasha closed his eyes, trying to block out the image, it didn't work and he felt himself blush.
"Inuyasha.....what are you doing here. I expected you to come and pick me up almost an hour ago." Kagome crossed her arms over her chest and looked as every bit defiant as he always did.
"Oh ya," He had almost forgotten why he 'was' here. Thinking about her body did that some times. 'God, I'm getting as bad as that monk.' He blinked a few times to clear his mind then held out his hand and exposed the pink hair ornaments. "Where did you get these?" He practically yelled the question at her.
Kagome looked down at his hand and her eyes grew wide. She then noticed her Kiseiga was at his waist. 'DAMN I forgot to grab those this morning.' She then fixed her eyes on the tubes in his hand. Then an idea stuck her. 'Why don't I find out if he does remember anything?' "Give those back, they're mine." She lunged at him in an attempt to get them back and to 'play'. She failed in her attempt as he side stepped. Almost sending her to the ground, but she recovered with her new found speed and grace.
"No they're not. NOW TELL ME!"
"How would you know they're not mine?"
"Because I had the custom made and gave them to my betrothed." He shouted back at her, very confident in his answer.
"You're WHAT?"
"My.....uh.....um." He flinched as he just realized what he had said to her.
"YOU'RE ENGAGED?!" Kagome was having a hard time trying not to smile a she strung him along.
"Uh...ya...when we were kids. She disappeared some 60 years ago. I can't even remember her name anymore." He reached up and scratched one of his ears in embarrassment.
"Did you love her?"
"We were just kids, but I think so. I remember my mother saying we were soul mates." He was still scratching his ear but now his eyes were closed. They then flew open and he then glared at her. "You still haven't told me where you got these." He indicated to the hair ornaments.
"I got them from my father."
"Oh.....and where did he get them from?"
"From me!" 'This is fun.' She smiled up at him with closed eyes.
"Kagome....I'm getting tired of this game. WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?" He was about a foot away from her now as his anger rose. He then breathed in her new scent and his anger diminished. 'What was that? I've never downshifted that fast before.'
Kagome continued to keep her eyes shut, knowing he hadn't seen their new golden color. "From my fiancé."
"You're what?"
"Its French for betrothed, intended, soon-to-be-husband."
'Kagome's going to be married.' Inuyasha felt the world collapse around him. He had only felt like that once before. When he found out his soul mate and best friend had vanished. He may have been a child but he was smart for his age and understood his feelings. But now it was happening all over again. He had lost her to someone else. Because he was too stubborn to admit his feelings to her, he had unintentionally pushed her away. Still curious, he continued on with their war of words. "So where did your "fiancé" get them?" This time his voice sounded dead.
Kagome opened one eye slightly to look at him. His tone had taken her by surprise and now his eyes looked so sad and alone. 'Is he upset about me mentioning I'm engaged? I should end this before it gets out of hand.' She saw he was looking away slightly so she opened her eyes completely before speaking. "Why don't you ask yourself that question then?"
"What's that suppose to mean?" He snapped his attention back to her. He stared into her amber eyes with his own. 'There gold, just like......no way..... It's not possible......but that would explain why her scent seems familiar. But how, when? Oh god, it can't be true. I need to know.' Never letting his eyes leave hers, he brought up his empty hand and slowly pulled the hat from her head. Reluctantly he shifted his gaze to the top of her head. Two black fuzzy dog ears swiveled towards him. He stared at her in shock. He then watched as she slowly pulled off her coat and turned a tiny bit for him to see the black fluffy tail that reached past her knees.
"My father sealed my blood until my 17th birthday. That's why I appeared full human this whole time. I was only 5 when we were forced back threw the well so I didn't remember anything until my father told me, and my mother showed me a picture." Kagome took out the picture and handed it to him.
Inuyasha took the picture and looked between her and the photo. He took in all of Kagome's new features and compared them to the little girl in the picture. 'Can Kagome really be the same girl from my childhood?' Inuyasha looked her over again, this time from head to toe and very slowly. "It's true....." he brought his eyes back up and looked into hers. "All this time you were just in another time. And these last few years, I never realized. I should have recognized you." He turned his head away from her in shame.
"Inuyasha.....we were children. Most kids don't remember that much of those earlier years. Besides my father planed for this to happen. We Kuro Inu's have the gift of foresight. He wanted it to happen this way. If you want I can explain more later, but right now I'm kind of hungry." Kagome placed a hand over her stomach as she twitched her tail at the prospect of food. She focused her amber eyes on Inuyasha's sad face, but before she could say or do anything a smile creped its way over his lips.
In one fluid motion he had placed the ornaments in his haori and grabbed her beneath the arms, and lifted her into the air. Inuyasha looked at her surprised face. A majority of her hair and fallen over one shoulder and cascaded down like a black waterfall. Feeling the limitless joy and happiness fill his every being he started to spin her around, still suspended above him. He then started to laugh as he realized his first true love had been returned to him.
'I've never heard him laugh like that, he actually sounds happy.' With Inuyasha laughing beneath her, she started to giggle at his strange behavior. She soon felt the spinning start to slow down as he twirled her downward in his welcoming arms.
Inuyasha held onto her tightly as he whispered into her ear. "I'm never going to let you leave me again." He brought up his right hand and traced her jaw line with a claw, gently. He grabbed her chin and pulled her face closer to his, he then spoke again. "Never again am I going to lose you." He then brought his head down and claimed her lips for the first time with his own. He waited a moment to see what her reaction would be. When he felt her relax against him, he pulled her tighter against himself and kissed her gently yet it was also demanding.
Kagome was a bit amazed by his sudden show of affection towards her. 'I guess technique he's loved me since we were children.' She closed her eyes and let her other senses go to work. The touch of his lips on hers was firm and gentle at the same time. She breathed in and caught his scent. 'He smells of pine, cedar trees and the wind. I can get lost in this scent.' Her ears then picked up the thumping of both their racing hearts. 'I think I have just found heaven.' Longing for more of him, Kagome slid her hands over his shoulders and up his neck to tangle her fingers into is hair and pull him closer. She parted her lips just enough for him to register the invitation. She felt his arms wrap around her back and pull her tighter against him, fitting her perfectly into him. Her new hearing then caught a very strange sound. It was like several people running, though it was quiet and fast. 'OH NO!' Before Kagome could pull away a familiar voice rang through out the clearing.
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Inuyasha stood before the well, silent, lost in thought. He thought back to the night before. He remembered her leaving for almost two hours, but not far as he could still smell her close by, then returning with a sword. But in the dying light of the fire he couldn't make out much else. 'What was up with her scent last night and this morning? She has the slightest scent of the youkai, but it wasn't blood, so she wasn't attacked. Could she have mated with one and not told me.' The thought of her in someone else's arms tore at him in a way he couldn't describe. 'No, it's not that type of smell.' The earlier image flashed in his mind and he felt his heart drop. 'Is this how Kagome felt when she saw me with Kikyo?' The clank of metal brought him out of his reverie. He looked down at his clenched fist and opened it to reveal the pink and silver cylinders. "I'll ask her about her scent.....after I find out where she got these from."
There was a loud *THUMP* then some scratching sounds coming from the inside of the well. Before Inuyasha could investigate an oddly clothed woman climbed out of the well. She froze as her eyes locked onto the silver haired hanyou standing not three feet from her. She leapt from the edge of the well and landed softly and gracefully on the ground a few feet to his left.
Inuyasha turned to face the girl now to his left. With an arched eyebrow he took in her appearance. She had on a floppy hat with a big daisy on the top, pinning up the front. She wore a basic, sky blue blouse and a dark blue skirt that went to just above her knees. She had on an even darker blue coat that reached almost to the ground. "Kagome, what's with the new get-up, run out of those uniform things?" 'I do like that blouse on her, it brings out her curves.' Inuyasha closed his eyes, trying to block out the image, it didn't work and he felt himself blush.
"Inuyasha.....what are you doing here. I expected you to come and pick me up almost an hour ago." Kagome crossed her arms over her chest and looked as every bit defiant as he always did.
"Oh ya," He had almost forgotten why he 'was' here. Thinking about her body did that some times. 'God, I'm getting as bad as that monk.' He blinked a few times to clear his mind then held out his hand and exposed the pink hair ornaments. "Where did you get these?" He practically yelled the question at her.
Kagome looked down at his hand and her eyes grew wide. She then noticed her Kiseiga was at his waist. 'DAMN I forgot to grab those this morning.' She then fixed her eyes on the tubes in his hand. Then an idea stuck her. 'Why don't I find out if he does remember anything?' "Give those back, they're mine." She lunged at him in an attempt to get them back and to 'play'. She failed in her attempt as he side stepped. Almost sending her to the ground, but she recovered with her new found speed and grace.
"No they're not. NOW TELL ME!"
"How would you know they're not mine?"
"Because I had the custom made and gave them to my betrothed." He shouted back at her, very confident in his answer.
"You're WHAT?"
"My.....uh.....um." He flinched as he just realized what he had said to her.
"YOU'RE ENGAGED?!" Kagome was having a hard time trying not to smile a she strung him along.
"Uh...ya...when we were kids. She disappeared some 60 years ago. I can't even remember her name anymore." He reached up and scratched one of his ears in embarrassment.
"Did you love her?"
"We were just kids, but I think so. I remember my mother saying we were soul mates." He was still scratching his ear but now his eyes were closed. They then flew open and he then glared at her. "You still haven't told me where you got these." He indicated to the hair ornaments.
"I got them from my father."
"Oh.....and where did he get them from?"
"From me!" 'This is fun.' She smiled up at him with closed eyes.
"Kagome....I'm getting tired of this game. WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?" He was about a foot away from her now as his anger rose. He then breathed in her new scent and his anger diminished. 'What was that? I've never downshifted that fast before.'
Kagome continued to keep her eyes shut, knowing he hadn't seen their new golden color. "From my fiancé."
"You're what?"
"Its French for betrothed, intended, soon-to-be-husband."
'Kagome's going to be married.' Inuyasha felt the world collapse around him. He had only felt like that once before. When he found out his soul mate and best friend had vanished. He may have been a child but he was smart for his age and understood his feelings. But now it was happening all over again. He had lost her to someone else. Because he was too stubborn to admit his feelings to her, he had unintentionally pushed her away. Still curious, he continued on with their war of words. "So where did your "fiancé" get them?" This time his voice sounded dead.
Kagome opened one eye slightly to look at him. His tone had taken her by surprise and now his eyes looked so sad and alone. 'Is he upset about me mentioning I'm engaged? I should end this before it gets out of hand.' She saw he was looking away slightly so she opened her eyes completely before speaking. "Why don't you ask yourself that question then?"
"What's that suppose to mean?" He snapped his attention back to her. He stared into her amber eyes with his own. 'There gold, just like......no way..... It's not possible......but that would explain why her scent seems familiar. But how, when? Oh god, it can't be true. I need to know.' Never letting his eyes leave hers, he brought up his empty hand and slowly pulled the hat from her head. Reluctantly he shifted his gaze to the top of her head. Two black fuzzy dog ears swiveled towards him. He stared at her in shock. He then watched as she slowly pulled off her coat and turned a tiny bit for him to see the black fluffy tail that reached past her knees.
"My father sealed my blood until my 17th birthday. That's why I appeared full human this whole time. I was only 5 when we were forced back threw the well so I didn't remember anything until my father told me, and my mother showed me a picture." Kagome took out the picture and handed it to him.
Inuyasha took the picture and looked between her and the photo. He took in all of Kagome's new features and compared them to the little girl in the picture. 'Can Kagome really be the same girl from my childhood?' Inuyasha looked her over again, this time from head to toe and very slowly. "It's true....." he brought his eyes back up and looked into hers. "All this time you were just in another time. And these last few years, I never realized. I should have recognized you." He turned his head away from her in shame.
"Inuyasha.....we were children. Most kids don't remember that much of those earlier years. Besides my father planed for this to happen. We Kuro Inu's have the gift of foresight. He wanted it to happen this way. If you want I can explain more later, but right now I'm kind of hungry." Kagome placed a hand over her stomach as she twitched her tail at the prospect of food. She focused her amber eyes on Inuyasha's sad face, but before she could say or do anything a smile creped its way over his lips.
In one fluid motion he had placed the ornaments in his haori and grabbed her beneath the arms, and lifted her into the air. Inuyasha looked at her surprised face. A majority of her hair and fallen over one shoulder and cascaded down like a black waterfall. Feeling the limitless joy and happiness fill his every being he started to spin her around, still suspended above him. He then started to laugh as he realized his first true love had been returned to him.
'I've never heard him laugh like that, he actually sounds happy.' With Inuyasha laughing beneath her, she started to giggle at his strange behavior. She soon felt the spinning start to slow down as he twirled her downward in his welcoming arms.
Inuyasha held onto her tightly as he whispered into her ear. "I'm never going to let you leave me again." He brought up his right hand and traced her jaw line with a claw, gently. He grabbed her chin and pulled her face closer to his, he then spoke again. "Never again am I going to lose you." He then brought his head down and claimed her lips for the first time with his own. He waited a moment to see what her reaction would be. When he felt her relax against him, he pulled her tighter against himself and kissed her gently yet it was also demanding.
Kagome was a bit amazed by his sudden show of affection towards her. 'I guess technique he's loved me since we were children.' She closed her eyes and let her other senses go to work. The touch of his lips on hers was firm and gentle at the same time. She breathed in and caught his scent. 'He smells of pine, cedar trees and the wind. I can get lost in this scent.' Her ears then picked up the thumping of both their racing hearts. 'I think I have just found heaven.' Longing for more of him, Kagome slid her hands over his shoulders and up his neck to tangle her fingers into is hair and pull him closer. She parted her lips just enough for him to register the invitation. She felt his arms wrap around her back and pull her tighter against him, fitting her perfectly into him. Her new hearing then caught a very strange sound. It was like several people running, though it was quiet and fast. 'OH NO!' Before Kagome could pull away a familiar voice rang through out the clearing.
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