Thank you all who keep reminding me that I am spelling Kagome's name wrong. I will try to spell her name right before I post another story ever again.
FYI: Koga already went home so he won't be in any of the story for a while. Shippo well be mentioned now and then, but I'm thinking about leaving him in the village for a while.
Also I do not own Inuyasha or ……you got the idea.
Everyone was eating in silence. Of course Sango had to hit Miroku on the head a couple of times so he wouldn't make fun of Inuyasha and Kagome. She had waited to long for those two to admit their feelings for each other and she was not about to let Miroku make them feel uncomfortable about their feelings for each other. Sango owed it to Kagome anyway for not making her fell like that when Miroku and herself admitted their feelings for each other.
Inuyasha was a little worried that nobody had said a word about him and Kagome kissing in front of the whole village. In fact, nobody had talked the entire time. He did noticed that Miroku had a couple of lumps on his head, thanks to Sango. I have a feeling that Sango kept that monk in line. Good, I don't need to be harassed about what happened between him and Kagome, even though the whole town saw me. Damn, I ment for that to be private between me and Kagome, not a public display. Sigh. At least Kagome isn't nervous anymore, that's a good sign.
Kagome's mindI can't believe that Inuyasha admitted his feelings for me. I never thought that I would hear those words come out of his mouth. I'm sooooooo happy.
Kagome, remember, you need to calm down on and control your emotions. You don't want to start glowing or something. You can never tell with your powers.
You mean that I could hurt somebody if I stay too happy?
No Kagome, you can only do good with your positive emotions and do bad with your negative emotions. I'm just warning you that you need to start having some control over the power part of your emotions before you do something you didn't mean to and drain your energy even further.
Ok. Ok, I get your point, but that doesn't mean I'm any less happy about that kiss Inuyasha gave me. Wait, did he just sigh about something? I wonder why?
You could always ask him you know?
Will you be quit, I was just about to do that myself. For an inner guide, you don't know that much about me?
I do, I just want to see what else will happen between you and Inuyasha. It is very interesting.
Kagome had to refrain from rolling her eyes. Nobody knew that she could have conversations with her guide whenever she wanted, and she wanted to keep it that way for as long as she could. She had a feeling that it would freak everybody out that she was able to do that. Kagome also knew that Sango would feel left our since Kagome usually talked to her about everything. Well, she decided to ask Inuyasha if he was ok before anybody else did. He would get really defensive and then she would have to wait a while before he would actually admit it. "Inuyasha, are you alright?"
Inuyasha was snapped out of his thoughts when he hear Kagome ask that. He looked over at her with a quetioning look. "Yeah, why do you ask Kagome?"
"Well, you sighed a little earlier and you have barely eaten any of your food. So I was just a little worried." The look of concern on Kagome's face touched him and he immediately softened his gaze.
"Of course I'm ok. I was just thinking about something. And I'm not really that hungry, that's all. Hey, What with that look from everybody?" Everybody had kept their eyes trained on their food, but with what Inuyasha just said, they were openly gawking at him.
"Its just that you are a pig and are usually the first one to want something to eat and the first one to finish." Shippo said with his eyes closed like he was explaining something to a little child. He was about to get hit by Inuyasha, but Kagome got to Inuyasha before he could.
"SIT BOY!" Inuyasha was on the floor and cursing under his breath. Shippo just realized what was about to happen and ran into Kagome's arms so that Inuyasha wouldn't dare to strike him. "Shippo, you shouldn't talk to somebody like that, especially your elders. You need to learn haw to put things a little bit nicer."
"How in the hell could that be put in a nicer way!" Inuyasha was able to pull himself off the floor with the spell wearing off.
"Well, I was going to said that you usually have a big appetite and usually wasn't hungry unless you didn't feel well or you were in a bad mood." Inuyasha just had to stare at her for a second. That actually did sound kind of nice in a worried way. He was also surprised that she learned his eating patterns.It seemed that everybody had learned his eating patterns, but it felt nicer that Kagome had noticed.Of course he had noticed hers, but that was just making sure she eat enough. She seemed a little skinny to him and she was one of the lightest human he had ever carried.
"I'm not sick or in a bad mood." Inuyasha looked away and closed his eyes. He put down his bowl and put his hands in his sleeves, his classical pose. "I was just thinking and I'm not that hungry. I'm allowed to not have that much of an appetite every now and then." Inuyasha opened one of his eyes to see if she had accepted his explanation. Kagome nodded and he closed his eye with a smirk. For once he wasn't going to have a fight about something that had to do about nothing. For once she was being submissive.
Everyone else saw that Kagome was going to go along with his explanation, they finished the little food they had left in their bowls. When Kagome was done, she set her bowl down and let out a yawn that she didn't know that she was holding on to. She did promise Inuyasha that she would rest before training with Sango and she would defiantly need it.
"Kagome, are you are all right. You still look a little weak from earlier. Maybe you should just rest for the rest of the day and forget about training with me for today." Sango had a worried look on her face for her best friend.
"See, even Sango agrees with me on you resting for the day." Kagome gave Inuyasha a sideways glance as a warning. Inuyasha got the message and stopped what he was about to say. Well, there goes that submissive idea. To bad, I thought she would actually start doing what he said. Inuyasha had to laugh at himself, in his mind, for ever thinking his Kagome would ever be submissive that easily.
"I'm fine Sango. I just have to take a little nap and then I will be ready to start training with you. Now if you guys will excuse me, I'm going to find a nice shaded tree to nap under. It's to nice of a day to take a nap inside." With that she left but Inuyasha was right behind her. He was not about to let Kagome out of his sight. Especially after that kiss they shared. He had to smirk at that while they were walking towards the woods. Then he heard one of the villagers say something that made him stop in his tracks. "I think that Kagome could do a lot better than Inuyasha. She is a miko after all and is the complete opposite to Inuyasha's demeanor." The villager stopped when she noticed that Inuyasha was staring at her. She immediately pale and the other villager just backed away from her.
"Inuyasha, come on." Inuyasha's gaze was drawn away from the woman onto Kagome who was a good two feet away from him. His gaze briefly went back to the woman before turning back his attention to Kagome and waling towards her. Kagome smiled at Inuyasha and then turned to the woman who was talking about her and Inuyasha. "And you, I didn't think who I chose to be or not to be my partner was of any of your concern. Next time, I would suggest that you don't make a commit about things you don't understand." With that Kagome turned around with Inuyasha right on her trail. They walked until they came to the field she and Sango had decided earlier to be the training sight. Kagome sat under a tree with her back resting against it. Inuyasha did the same thing right next to her. Kagome let out a loud breath that she was holding in for a while. "I can't believe that woman said that about us. She had no right. I'm surprised that I was able to keep my emotions in check and not destroy her." Inuyasha was now looking at her in shock. He never heard Kagome talk about destroying another human before. She'd go on about people who made unwanted comments, but never about destroying them.
"What do mean by 'destroy her' Kagome. You've never talked that way about another human like that before." The shock was still in his voice and Kagome could hear it. She laid her head on his shoulder and Inuyasha instinctively put his arm around her.
"My guide told me that I need to get a better grip on my emotions before I lose control over my powers. By the way my guide explained it, my powers would then be able to control my body and do whatever it thinks is best. I would be trapped in my own body without any control over what I do. At first I thought that it wouldn't be that much of a problem, but once I heard what that woman said, I could feel myself almost lose my resolve and destroy her. I reminded myself that I wasn't a killer and that her opinion didn't matter, but I still felt that urge to kill anybody who made judgments about people who had no control over what flows though their veins." Kagome had to take a deep breath and let it out before she continued. "I guess that means I have to get a little more restraint on my emotions and not just act on them. Kami, help us all." Inuyasha let a little laughter escape his lips. He knew all to well that it would be nearly impossible for Kagome to think before she acted on her emotions. But something else she said had worried him a little.
"Kagome, when you said 'restraint on my emotions; did you mean to try to feel less than you already do." Kikyo had done the same thing with her emotions. She rarely let her emotions out of her hands like Kagome did and he didn't want to lose that kind of freedom in Kagome. It made her completely different from Kikyo and made Inuyasha fall in love with Kagome in the first place.
"I just meant that I will have to find a way to be able to feel my emotions without my powers taking me over completely. Anyway, my guide said that I needed to feel all of my emotions because that it what makes my powers stronger."
"Why don't you just count to ten or something like you are always telling me." Inuyasha didn't get an answer to his question. When he looked down, he saw that Kagome was sound asleep on his. Inuyasha hug Kagome tighter to himself and settled in for a little rest himself.
Kagome and Inuyasha had been gone for a while and Sango wanted to practice with Kagome before the sun went down. Miroku had made some perverted remark and was now unconscious on the hut floor. Sango went to the training area Kagome and her had picked out earlier. Maybe Kagome was waiting there for her so they could begin. When she got to the clearing, she didn't expect to find Kagome and Inuyasha sleeping against a tree with content looks on their faces. She was just about to back away when her foot broke a twig right behind her. This woke up Inuyasha with a growl, which woke up Kagome. Sango was fast to apologize.
"Sorry to wake you guys, but I was trying to leave here so you two could have some privacy. Kagome and Inuyasha immediately realized what type of position they were in and let go of each other with a blush.
"That's ok Sango." Kagome still couldn't look at her friends face yet; she was still blushing like crazy. "I meant to take only a quick nap so we could start with our training." Kagome was able to look at her friend with a straight face and was able to get up although she felt Inuyasha's eyes on her.
"Ok Kagome. We can start with the basic martial arts moves and then we can go on from there."
"Ok Sango, that sounds like a good plan to me." And with that, Kagome and Sango started training. Miroku finally woke up and joined Inuyasha under the tree. Miroku tried to find out what Kagome and Inuyasha were doing out in the forest alone. All Miroku got was a warning growl and a look that could kill. They remained silent after that and just watched as the ladies trained. Shippo was perched on top of Inuyasha's should, totally unaware of Inuyasha and Miroku, and more interested in Kagome and Sango. Kagome had learned the basics quickly and was beginning to add some of her own powers to the moves. Kagome was now able to jump high in the air, block attacks with little shields on her arms so they wouldn't get hurt, and a full force field that could repel the attacks Sango was trying to inflict on her right now. Inuyasha and Miroku immediately saw this as well and were impressed at how fast she was growing with her powers. Kagome was way past Sango in martial arts now. Kagome just need to learn how to control her powers a little better and she could be ready to fight Naraku on her own, if Inuyasha ever left her side.
"Sango, wait. I feel a dark demonic power coming this way. It almost feels like Naraku but there isn't any jewel shards."
Inuyasha immediately jumped up and drew his Tegsiega. "Then it must be Kagura." With that barely out of his mouth, Kagura showed herself.
"You are right Inuyasha, now you will taste my wind blades." With that, Kagura lifted up her fan and brought her fan down. But the attack wasn't at Inuyasha and Miroku, it was at the girls. Kagome was expecting this and was able to put up a barrier that was able to throw the attack back at Kagura. Kagura was so surprised that she was barely able to avoid the attack. "Seems like you found some new attacks, lets see if they will be enough for Naraku. With that, Kagura sent another attack, but at the village were she had a nice shot at since she was still on her feather. Kagome was able to form another barrier around the village. Everybody cheered, but the gang was still looking for Kagura who suddenly disappeared.
"Looks like the beginner class is over and I'm going in advanced." Kagome said jokingly. Everybody looked at her to see if she was serious about that comment. "Come on you guy, we better get ready and try to follow Kagura to Naraku. Maybe we could get some more jewel shards." Kagome turned around and started walking towards the village. They had decided to start early in the morning the next day to try and catch up with Kagura and Naraku.
