What Lies Beneath The Eyes: Chapter 7

"Daddy!" called out a small voice. "Daddy! Are you home?" called out the voice, once again. A little girl with pink hair and emerald eyes, walked in the castle that she lived in, with her family.

"Moka, come outside in the garden. I need to talk to you." called a fatherly, deep voice. Becoming quite curious, she walked to where her father was, a beautful garden full of different kinds of flowers.

"You wanted to see me, Daddy?" asked Moka, her little green eyes looking at him in confusion. "Am I in trouble?"

The father gave a low chuckle. "No. You're not in trouble, Little One. I just need to talk you about something, that is very important." He patted his knee, gesturing for his daughter sit. She carefully sat on his knee, not wanting to fall. "Do you know, Inutaisho's son, Inuyasha?" he questioned as he watch his daughter give a big smile, in excitement.

"Of course! He's my best friend! We play with each other everyday, outside his home!" she beamed.

Once again, the father gave a chuckle. "I can tell. You seem very fond of him." he said as his daughter nodded her head. "Moka, tell me..." he paused for a moment, before speaking up with a serious expression. "...do you like Inuyasha very much?"

Moka gave her father a confused look. "Well, of course I do. He's my friend, remember?"

"I see, then." He suddenly pulled out a silver ring, with a pink diamond on it and slipped it on her right finger.

"What is this?" she asked, confused.

"Please, do not lose this, Moka." he responded in a serious voice. "Guard it with the remainder of your life. This ring is proof that you are to marry Inuyasha, when you are older."

My eyes snapped opened, the dark sky reflecting back at me. I sat up, cold sweat falling down my face. What was that dream...just now? Was that man...suppose to be my father? More importantly, who is Inuyasha's father and how did I know Inuyasha? Up to this point, it's kind of crazy to think that me and Inuyasha would get married someday. I stared down at the ring, that was left on my right finger. That's right...I forgot I had this. How could I forget? I had this ring, since I was little and I never wanted to take it off, for some reason. I glanced from my ring and to Inuyasha, who was soundly asleep in the tree above me. I'm engaged to Inuyasha? But...how? How did we exactly know each other, back when we were kids? If so...then why?

Next Day...

I stayed far behind the group, not wanting to talk, after the strange dream I had, last night. I knew Kagome and Sango, were wondering why I'm acting like this. I mean, who wouldn't wonder? I stayed silent, while the others talked among themselves. Right now, I wasn't in the mood to talk along the others. I just...felt out of place and I feel sick to my stomach. My insides were burning...I can just feel it. I feel light-headed and I feel like my head is going to explode, any minute.

We finally came to a village, where Miroku used his "generous" side to tame the villagers, into believing that he would get rid of the demons that are terrorizing their home. I couldn't help but wonder what kind of monk, he actually is. Is he suppose to be a spiritual monk, or something below that? I'm pretty sure, that he was tamed himself from what the villagers told him about food and of course...women. I stared down at my food, the villagers had given me and the others out of the kindness of their heart. Right now, I didn't feel like eating anything. I just felt too sick to digest anything down my stomach. My insides were hurting and I feel like my intestines are about to pop out of my body, any second. I just want it to stop. Stop it, right now. "Moka," said a voice, bringing back to reality. I looked towards my left to see Kagome looking at me, with concern. "are you feeling alright?"

"Yeah. You haven't even touched your food." Shippo interjected.

I gave a small smile. "Oh, don't worry about me. I'm just not hungry, right now." I gave a smile towards Shippo. "Here, you can have it, Shippo." I watched Shippo's face lit up, like lights on a christmas tree, before he started to eat my left over food. I stood up, smiling towards the others in the room. "I'm going for a walk, I'll be back in a few minutes, or so."

"Are you sure you're alright? Sango asked, with worry.

"Yeah." I said in a slight hushed tone. With that said, I walked out, without another word.

Inuyasha's P.O.V

I did a brief stretch, getting ready to turn in for the night. "Inuyasha, could you do me a favor?" asked Kagome. I gave a slight nod, not sure of what she wanted me to do. "I need you to head and find Moka."

"What? Why do you need me to do that? You know, I can't sniff her out, because of the night of the new moon, right?"

"Yeah, but you're not a human yet. So, I need you to sniff her out, with your nose, before you turn human. She hasn't been back here in a few, like she said she would. Now, please, go find her." Kagome begged, looking at me, her eyes filled with worry and concern.

"All right, all right. I'll go find her." I quickly head out and tried to sniff out Moka's scent, the best I could, with my weak, almost human nose. Why did Kagome, have to send me to find Moka, with the way I am, right now? It's not like Moka is human, or anything, so why should Kagome and the others be worried about her. Although...I am a little worried about Moka as well as the others. She's been keeping her distant from us, since this morning. She hasn't said a word to us and to top it all off, she looked as though she was sick, or something. I just hope she's all right. Finally finding her scent, I sped up my pace. As I did so, I saw a figure, with long hair, white as snow, leaned over a tree trunk, breathing in and out, heavily, her head resting in her arms. "Moka?" I called out, double-checking, if the figure was Moka, or not.

I heard slight gasp come from the figure. "Inuyasha?" she called back and sure enough, I knew it was Moka. "Is that you?" she questioned, raising her head a bit. My breath was almost taken away, by what I saw. Her face was pale as the color of snow and her eyes were the color of roses. She looked so beautiful. I watched as her gaze traveled towards me. I gazed into her eyes and sure enough, her eye lids looked as if they were about to drop.

"Yeah..." I whispered, being careful, not to crack her. I picked her up, carefully. "It's me, Moka..." I watched as a few tears escaped themselves from her eyes. My eyes softened a bit. "It's alright. I'm here. C'mon, let's get you back."

"No..." she mummured. I looked down at her confused. "Can we just go somewhere to rest...just for the night. I don't want them to see me like this."

"Of course." I tightened my grip on her and took off running. Just as I broke through the trees and onto the path, it started raining. I felt Moka tighen her grip on me, a bit. I glanced down at her.

"I...don't like water. It's my only weakness..." she mummured out weakly. I instantly got the hint, when I saw electrical waves shocked themselves around her body.

I took time to actually look around while I ran. It was dark outside, the sky occasionally lighting up with lightning. There was this odd moment of silence, you know, the one that always happens before those thunderclaps that scare you to death? "Almost there." I murmured without looking at her. She had started shaking, and I tightened my grip around her again.

We made it to a shelter, that turned out to be a cave. "Okay," I said as I set her down on the floor of the cave. "Are you all right, now?" She gave a nod, slightly. "Is there anything you need me to do?"

"Cold..." she mummured, weakly. "I'm...so...cold..." she mummured, shivering. Hard.

I gently picked her up and started to look for a shelter, for the two of us to stay in. It didn't take long, when I saw a cave in my sights. I sighed and slipped my haori off my shoulders, exposing my chest to the cold air. I carefully drapped in on her body. "Better?"

"Mmhm." she nodded slightly. "Thank you, Inuyasha."

I felt my face heat up, for some odd reason. "No problem." I sat next to her, pulling against my shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Inuyasha."

I glanced down at her confused. "What are you sorry for?"

"For being weak and for running off, without a single word. I should have told you about my situation, I was in, before I ran off."

I let out a slight sigh. "Don't worry about it. Just rest, okay?"

"Okay." she mummured, before drifting off to sleep.

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