Hey, guys! I'm back. I figured I'd post the 4th chapter of this story before I head to bed. Maybe I'll have more reviews by the time I wake up.
Watching You Watch Him
Chapter 4
"Okay, what the hell's going on?" Yoko finally exploded, his kitsune senses going wild. He had to solve this puzzle now before he couldn't stand it any more and went insane with curiosity. Curse his kitsune weakness. "I want to know who you two are, what you are, why you're here and why you are so damn intent on protecting my partner? No offense to you that is, Kuronue," he whispered when he felt the bat demon stiffen slightly.
Inuyasha's smirk turned deadly as he turned to Yoko.
"You want to know what she is?" He reached back and pulled off her cloak tossing her roughly on the ground. "We are angels and her name is..."
There was a bright flash and then suddenly pure crystal wings flickered and grew, almost from nowhere, extending out of the girl's body.
He made to speak her name but the woman got to her feet and rushed forward. "No, Inuyasha, don't!" Her eyes burned with fear and more tears seeped out of her narrowed blue eyes. She slapped a hand over his mouth, only to have him pull her away and throw her to the ground at Kuronue's feet. She looked up at him, a pleading look in her eyes "Please...please don't tell them. Why are you doing this to me? I thought...I thought you were my friend." Her eyes searched his and found only hate and loathing.
"You want to know why, bitch?" Inuyasha demanded. He reached down and tipped up her face, but she avoided his eyes and glanced towards Kuronue who looked about ready to spring forward. Her heart warmed wondering if maybe he felt some inkling of what she felt for him. "That's why!" He shouted at her, catching her attention again. "You can't keep your eyes of him, can you? Your love for him is far greater than the love that you feel for our world...for me."
Kuronue's eyes snapped up. She loved him? How was that possible? But there was one question that was rapidly making its way to the surface. He turned to the crying angel and walked over to her, kneeling beside her. The look he shot Inuyasha was enough to make the angel back up a few steps, but keep the look of loathing on his face.
"Why can't you tell me your name?" He asked her softly, brushing his knuckles along the arch of her cheek bone. The question was whispered to softly and lovely that she almost wanted to cry. The one thing he wanted to know and it was the one thing she couldn't tell him, at least not yet.
Inuyasha grinned and sneered at the two of them. "You want to know what will happen if she tells you her name? What else? She'll die. While it is forbidden to show herself in such a way, she may only receive a light sentence. However, giving out her name is as good as a death sentence."
"What!" Two voices cried out. She only bowed her head, wrapping her arms around her body trying to hold back the shaking anxiousness coursing through her body. Kuronue and Yoko looked at the broken angel, sitting so helplessly on the ground.
She looked away, suddenly ashamed to face him, ashamed that she had allowed her feelings to grow this large, ashamed that she hadn't been able to keep the truth from showing on her face. It was true. She did love him. And if given the chance, she would give up her world for him. She would give her life for him. And if all he wanted by the end of this was her name...then she would tell him.
Suddenly she looked up at Inuyasha, a small smile on her face. "You can't handle it, can you?" She asked, standing up on steady legs. She began walking towards him. "You can't handle knowing that the man I love is not you."
Inuyasha froze and backed away, his face whitening. His energy began to rise and his wings began to expand as he watched the woman stalk up to him. That's when he got angry. He lurched forward and grabbed onto her arms, holding her in place and shaking her. She gasped out at the pain when he clasped down hard. She struggled to get free, but only succeeded in angering the male angel.
"Every day I watch you watch him in that stupid crystal ball of yours! Every day I watch you sink lower and lower into a world of darkness, a world you do not belong in and are forbidden to ever enter in the presence of a demon!" He stepped forward, now whispering in her ear but she made no move to stop him while Kuronue and Yoko looked on stunned. "Every day I watch you fall deeper and deeper in love with him...when it should have been me you were watching, me you cared for, and me you protect. I understand he is your charge and subsequent job, but not to the point of this. He has become your obsession, not your job. A creature such as him doesn't deserve one such as you" She backed up and turned to run when he grabbed her from behind causing her to cry out when she felt the arrow pointed at her spine. Her hair fell forward and her bangs covered her eyes, brimming with tears once again.
Her eyes slowly rose off the ground and slammed into Kuronue's searching gaze. The two stood staring at each other, even after Inuyasha started speaking again.
"What is it that you see whenever you look at him?" He whispered in her ear. "Why haven't you ever looked at me like that?"
The woman suddenly smiled, startling Kuronue. "Because he's beautiful. No matter how dark he may appear, how dark his past may be, he is still beautiful and..."
"And?" Inuyasha prompted while Kuronue and Yoko mouthed the words.
Her eyes lowered but never left Kuronue's when she spoke. "I love him. That is the truth and the way things are. Would you have me lie and return your love when it is not something I can never feel in my heart? I could never return your love, Inuyasha, because I already have one."
Well, that's it! It had a bit more action and heated exchanges in it right? I hope everyone is enjoying this story. Well, I'll update more later. For now please continue reviewing.
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