The betrayal

Chapter 8

Inuyasha's POV

"Inuyasha. Shut up and dance with me."

How did it end up like this? An amazingly beautiful Kagome, lots of sakura trees… and this Song. Maybe it was fate.

It all began the day when she went back to her own time after she was 'abducted' by Kagura and we saved her. She was extremely down. I could see it. Never had she been so quiet before. Although I didn't show it, it was a terrible experience for me. To see my best and closest friend (and maybe even more) really hurt me. So when she said she wanted to go back, I let her go. She needed this now. And after she was gone, it was even quieter than before. When Kagome was here, there would at least be some voices from Sango or Shippou comforting Kagome. But now there was nothing. Just silence. And it was nerve-racking. No one knew what to say. So, needless to say, I was really relieved when Kaede came inside the hut.

"My, children, why are you all so quiet?" She said.

"I guess we are all kind of down since Kagome was so extremely down." Sango answered her.

"I know how this poor child must have felt. I have gone through such experiences too. Sister Kikyou's death was one of them. But you all have to cheer up a little bit. How about I prepare dinner now?"

"Yes, that would be nice." I said. "But before we eat, I'll go and take a walk. Just call for me when you are finished. I'll hear you anyways." With that I exited the hut and took off into the forest.

I needed to sort out my thoughts for a bit. About everything that happened. Everything was so weird. From the start until the end. The first weird thing was me admitting my feelings towards Kagome. I wish I didn't do that. I don't even know if I really did that, but it's hard not to believe the others. And I'm not even sure about my feelings towards her. If what I have with her could be considered love.

The next thing completely unexpected was Kagura betraying Naraku. Why would she do that? She was always against us. Always made our lives to hell. And then she suddenly turns and helps us? Somethings off here. And then Kagome after Kagura died. She was a completely different person. Did Kagura's death really hit her that bad? That she would say such evil things. It honestly frightened me. I hope I will never see her like that again.

But the weirdest thing out of all the events today was Sesshoumaru stealing Kagura from us. What reason did he have to steal her from us? And how did he even manage to hide their scents afterwards? I chased him into the middle of nowhere but didn't find him anymore. It was like he dissolved into air. And because of that idiot of a brother Kagome was even sadder than before.

Nothing of it all makes sense. Questions over questions. And no answers.

I was abruptly interrupted from my thoughts when I smelled an all too familiar scent. Kagome was back. After barely an hour.

I hope nothing's wrong.

She was already on her way to the hut. I hurried through the forest to find her. I caught up with her not much in front of the hut.

"Kagome. What are you doing here? Did something happen?" I said hurriedly.

"Inuyasha. No, everything's fine." She said with a smile on her face. I was really glad and relieved to see her a little bit happier than before. "Actually, I came to see you. My mom is preparing Ramen for dinner at the moment and told me to go and invite you over." My ears twitched when I heard the word Ramen.

"I'm telling the others." I was already running towards the hut when I said that. In my back I heard Kagome giggling.

She's already able to smile again? That's great. I hate seeing her sad.

So after I told Kaede that I would eat at Kagome's place and she wished me a good time, I went back to Kagome to take her on my back and hurry to the bone eaters well. Oddly enough, Sango and Miroku were not in the hut with Kaede. But I didn't really care about that right now. I just wanted to eat Ramen. So we hurried back to Kagome's home.

"We're here!" Kagome called through the house. Her mother immediately greeted us into their home.

"Hello Inuyasha. How are you?" She asked me. Mrs. Higurashi was always so kind. She always invited me to dinner and she seemed really caring towards the whole family.

"I'm fine, thanks." I answered her.

She then gestured her daughter to go to the kitchen and sit down at the table. She turned to me again and held me back from following after Kagome.

"Inuyasha, have you got a minute? I want to talk to you." She had a gentle smile on her face.

"Of course. What is it?"

"Listen, Inuyasha. Kagome was really down when she came home. She wanted to hide it, being the kind person she is. She doesn't want to bother others with her problems. But I confronted her. And she told me everything about your last adventure."

I was a bit surprised at this. How much did Kagome's mother know about the feudal era? How much did she tell her mother?

"And her tears were flowing in streams. I don't think I have ever seen her that sad. But I know how hard losing a friend can be."

Kagome was probably sadder than I first thought. Kagura's death really must have affected her strongly.

"That's why I suggested inviting you to dinner. Inuyasha, when you are with her, she seems much happier."

Well… That came unexpected. I got a bit flustered and blushed a little bit.

"She really needs you near her right now. I would really appreciate it, if you could look out for her as much as possible. Comfort her when she needs it. And try not to annoy her, okay?" She laughed a little bit.

"I will be there for her." That was all I could say right now. Nothing else came to my mind. Mrs. Higurashi nodded.

"Thank you, Inuyasha. You must be hungry. Let's go to the kitchen too." I nodded and we headed for the kitchen.

After I greeted both Kagome's brother (who surprisingly didn't jump me when he spotted me) and her grandfather, I sat down at the table to an already filled plate.

"Well then, shall we start?" Mrs. Higurashi said.

Yes. I only waited for this. Now I could finally dig into this present from heaven. I grabbed my chopsticks and immediately dove them into the soup with noodles. And that was when it happened once again.

"Inuyasha, sit boy!" Sounded it through the kitchen. And I was once again (for whatever reason I am not aware of) sent to the ground. And this had to happen right after Mrs. Higurashi told me not to piss Kagome off.

"Ugh… Why?" I said as I slowly got up. She stared at me with a gaze of incomprehension.

"We're saying the grace first." She then looked away and clasped her hands together. Oh, right. I completely forgot about that. They always say thanks for the food. To whoever those thanks may go, I couldn't understand it. What's the use in saying thank you to a person who isn't even present? Anyways, I had to join in, or otherwise I would get to hear something from Kagome I definitely didn't want to hear. So after I clasped my hands together too and we all together chanted the words. "Thank you for the food."

After we all said that, I grabbed my chopsticks again, and, without delay I dug in. And to my relieve, I didn't hear any words. This was great. Eating with Kagome and her family. And what's more, Kagome suddenly had a smile on her face. This somehow made the Ramen taste even better.

Unfortunately this smile on her face didn't last long. Right before she took the first bite of noodles in her mouth, her smile went down and her face turned unbelievably sad. I waited until she swallowed and laid my hand on her leg, hoping to give her some reassurance and some kind of sign that I am here.

"You alright?" I asked her as I looked deep into her beautiful brown eyes.

She looked down to her lap where my hand was and then looked at me. She started to stutter out some completely random and not coherent syllables. And she got red. I took a closer look at her face.

"Kagome, you are kind of red. Do you feel sick?" I asked her. That would be anything but good. If she would get sick right after coming home.

"SIT BOY!" Oh. I see. She was flustered. And probably embarrassed. That's why she was red. And so, I was sent to the ground for the second time this evening. I couldn't do anything against it. So when I got up, I muttered a quiet "Sorry." Then I went back to eating my meal in a slower pace than before.

I noticed that Kagome was not her normal self. Something was different. She seemed really deep in thoughts and she was fidgeting around in her place. Then she suddenly grabbed her chopsticks and ate her Ramen in a (for Kagome) very fast pace. She seemed to be in a hurry to get away. My suspicion proved to be right. When she was finished, she stood up, apologized for leaving the table and ran upstairs towards her room.

"What's wrong with her?" Sota asked.

"I don't know. Maybe she just wants to rest." Mrs. Higurashi answered. It sounded like she really didn't know anything, but she had a wide smile in her face. She looked to me and made a gesture with her head. She shortly tilted her head in the direction of the stairs. It probably meant I should go to Kagome.

"I'll give her some time first." I said. Then we all continued eating our Ramen. When we were finished, Mrs. Higurashi stood up to put away the dishes.

I might as well help her a little bit as a thank you for always letting me eat here.

I stood up too and wanted to start stacking plates. It didn't take long for Mrs. Higurashi to interrupt me.

"Oh no, Inuyasha. You just sit down and stay there." Then she bowed down to me to whisper in my ear. "Or you go looking for Kagome.

She stood up again, smiled, turned away from me and started washing the dishes. I had to smile to myself when I stood up. I was really wondering how much she knew about me and Kagome.

So, as she suggested, I went out of the kitchen and up the stairs to Kagome's room. I slowly knocked at her door.

"Kagome, are you awake?" I said. I spoke pretty quiet so I wouldn't disturb her if she was asleep. But, to my delight, she answered. "Yes. Come in."

I opened the door and entered her room. I immediately noticed the salty air. She was crying again. I closed the door behind me and saw she sat up on her bed to give me the opportunity to sit down. I took her offering and sat down to her left.

"Are you alright? You were crying again, weren't you?" I said. I tried to speak with a quiet voice to give her some reassurance.

"What? No, I didn't cry." I nearly had to smile. This was so Kagome. Not sharing her problems with others again. But I kept my face straight and took a little bit of a harsh tone.

"Kagome, don't try to lie. I can smell the salt from your tears. It's not like I haven't smelled it before." She looked down to her lap with a sad smile.

"Sorry. Kagura will be in my mind for some time." I'm still a little bit surprised about how fast Kagura became Kagome's friend.

"I know. Just so you know, you shouldn't hide your feelings. If you feel like crying, you have your family, our friends in my time and me. We'll always be here for you." She redirected her gaze from her lap to me. She smiled at me and said "I know that. Thank you, Inuyasha."

She then inched closer to me to lean her body against mine and lay her head on my right shoulder. I didn't really expect it, so I tensed up a little bit, but relaxed shortly after. I sneaked my arm around her to put my hand on her waist and pulled a little bit to get her closer. And in this moment, everything was perfect. It was like the world was in peace. It was just her and me in this quiet room. I wished that this moment could just last forever. But I knew it wouldn't. I soon realized Kagome struggling with herself to stay awake. She would drop forward a little and sit back up again and again. The same happened with her eyelids. Her eyes closed and snapped open again, but every time they closed, they would stay in that state longer. I had to smile. This was so cute. "Thank y… Inu…sha… for… there… me…" She must have already been half asleep when she said that. Half of the sentence was missing and what was there was very quiet and more mumbled than anything else. So now when she was asleep, I lifted her up bridal style so I could lay her down on her bed properly. I looked at her sleeping peacefully and smiled to myself. I seriously had to wonder about how she could be such a pain in the ass sometimes.

"Good night, my precious Kagome." I whispered and pressed my lips to the top of her head in a soft kiss. Then I covered her with her blanket and left the room. When I closed the door (as quietly as even possible) Mrs. Higurashi already stood behind me to talk to me again.

"Is everything okay?" She asked me.

"Yes. She's sleeping now." I answered her.

"Inuyasha."

"Yes?"

"The next time you kiss her, she should be aware of it."

"W-W-What? You've been watching?" Now I was blushing. And she smiled at me.

"I already knew anyways. I can tell just by looking at your behaviour when she is near you."

"What do you mean?"

"What do you think, Inuyasha? That you are head over heels for her." It seemed like her smile was only growing.

"Uhm… I…"

"It's okay, Inuyasha. I'm fine with it. Just…" She paused and her smile went down to a really serious expression.

"Please don't break her heart."

There was a long silence after that. But after I gathered my thoughts I could answer her.

"Okay. I swear I will never break her heart. Never." After I said that she smiled at me again.

"Thank you, Inuyasha. Make her happy." She then hugged me to express her gratitude.

"I will. Thank you, Mrs. Higurashi." With this I returned her smile.

We were suddenly interrupted when Sota came upstairs.

"Mom? Can Inuyasha sleep in my room?" He asked.

"Of course. Let's go." I said and followed him to his room after wishing Mrs. Higurashi a good night.

The next morning

So, I was the first one to wake up the next morning. It was still pretty dark. Not completely, but just before dawn. I quietly stood up from my makeshift bed and went out of the room. I didn't want to wake anyone, so I went outside to take a walk. I always liked taking walks in the morning. It seems like the world was still asleep and everything was so quiet. Here in Kagome's time though, that was completely different. It was around time for the people to get up and go to work. And because all the people used those car and train things it was already pretty noisy. However, it didn't really affect this place. Here, where the shrine is standing, all those noises seem muffled because they are so far away.

By now, I already knew this place pretty well. I was here so often and Kagome took me to so much different places. I walked around the quiet and dark alleys where I had my own little undisturbed world. After I had enough of walking, I went back to the shrine. The sun was already visible at the horizon when I came back. To make sure I wouldn't wake anyone up, I didn't go in but jumped on the sacred tree instead and sat myself against the trunk on a branch. From there I enjoyed the view I had over the city. I wasn't sitting long until I heard a soft "meow" of a cat below me. It was Buyo.

"Come on up here, Buyo. The view is beautiful." I called out to him. And to my surprise he didn't even hesitate long until he ascended the tree. When he reached me, he sat on my lap and began purring softly.

His company made me think about what it would be like, sitting up here with someone else. For example a certain raven haired girl…

After quite some time I heard the door of the house opening. I turned my head to see who it was and saw Mrs. Higurashi calling out for Buyo until she spotted me.

"Oh, good morning, Inuyasha. Did you sleep well?" She asked me. It surprised me to see how fit and awake she was.

"Good morning, Mrs. Higurashi. I slept well, thanks. How about you? You're up early. Oh and here's Buyo." I answered her after I jumped down the tree with Buyo in my arms. Actually, what I said was pretty dumb. I tell her she's up early, when I was awake more than an hour ago.

"I slept well too, Inuyasha, thank you. I'm always the first one to get up. I prepare breakfast and wake everyone up."

"I see. Is there anything I could help with?" Even though she seems completely fine, I think she's doing just too much. She's overworking herself. That's why I want to help her.

"Well, you could go and wake up Kagome for me."

"Alright." I immediately took off towards Kagome's room.

When I arrived there, I knocked first to know if she already was awake. When I heard no answer, I slowly opened the door and peeked inside to see a sleeping beauty.

I wonder if she would wake up if I would kiss her?

I quickly pushed that thought aside, knelt down beside her bed and put one hand on her shoulder. She was lying with her face towards me.

"Kagome. Time for school." I said and shook her a little, hoping she would wake up. She started to stir in her sleep but didn't wake up.

"Come on. You don't want to be late, do you?" I shook her a little bit again and then retreated my hand. Then she snapped her eyes open and they immediately fell on me. It was kind of funny. I could read the questions going through her mind.

'Where am I?'

'Why is Inuyasha waking me up?'

(By now she was getting extremely red)

'Why is he so close?'

'What should I do?'

Aaaand… Wait for it…

"Sit boy!"

Right. There we go.

"Sit. Sit. Sit. Sit. Sit. Sit. Sit."

Ouch. I only expected one. Those seven additional Sits came unexpected.

"I'm so sorry!" She screamed and dashed out of the room afterwards.

Seems like Mrs. Higurashi isn't the only one who is very fit and awake in the morning…

After I recovered from the impact on the ground, I stood up and went downstairs. I went into the kitchen, where Mrs. Higurashi was.

"She's awake." I said somewhat annoyed. She laughed at me.

"I know. The others probably are awake now too."

"Whatever" I said and sat down at the table. After that nothing really special happened. It was just a breakfast with everyone appearing one after another and Kagome and Sota heading to school afterwards.

During the day, there was not much happening too. I was just hanging around a bit, helping Mrs. Higurashi with some stuff in the house or sitting in the tree, enjoying the view again.

So, pretty normal. The first more or less interesting thing happening was when Kagome came home and babbled something about a party to celebrate Hanami. A party from that Hojo guy. I don't like him. He's always so "Kagome here, Kagome there". Always all over Kagome giving her presents and trying to impress her with it. Whatever, it didn't really concern me. So I didn't care. Until she invited me to come with her.

"What? You want me to go to that party? Forget it." As if I would go there.

"Come on, Inuyasha. It will be fun."

"No."

"But, Inuyasha."

"I said no!" It seemed like she really wanted to have a fight.

"Why not?"

"You'd be the only person I know there."

"So? Just stick to me. You'll get to know the others if you are with me."

"And what if I don't want to meet new people?"

"Don't be so stubborn, Inuyasha. If you're not going, then I'm not going either."

"Should that be a threat? Hell if I care."

"Look Inuyasha, it's not about whether you're going to the party or not. It's just that I don't want to let down my friends. But that's not the main point. I actually just want to spend Hanami…" Kagome started to look to the ground and stutter. She continued in an extremely quiet voice, what was no problem for my dog ears to hear.

"I just wanted to spend it with you." I had to smile. I didn't really expect her to say something like that. But I was all the more happy now. I looked past Kagome, who was still looking at the ground in front of her, to her mother. She looked at me with a smile and nodded her head.

"I see. And the only way to not let down your friends and spend your time with me is to take me to the party, did I get that right?" I smiled at her softly even though she didn't see it. She had not looked up once since she admitted to me that she wanted to be with me during Hanami. And she was fidgeting around in her place, it seemed like she wanted to run away. By now she could muster up enough courage to nod.

"Alright then, I'll go with you."

"Thanks." She said, still completely embarrassed. I swear, sometimes she's just too cute for her own good.

Author's note:

Yay, chapter 8. I didn't quite expect it to be finished this fast. But I had so much fun typing this, it just went on and on. Actually I planned to write the party in this chapter, but it would have been much too long. So the next chapter will be in Inuyasha's POV too. I guess you can look at those two chapters as 8.1 and 8.2.

I had to correct a little thing in chapter 7 because Kagome smiled twice and not the first time like I first wrote it in chapter 7. If you don't know what I mean, never mind. It's just a minor detail.

I'm not really satisfied with the dialogue between Inuyasha and Kagome's mom after Kagome fell asleep. Maybe it's just my imagination. I don't know. Please tell me what you think about it and how I could make it better if you thought it was not good. Don't hesitate.

I completely forgot that Kagome actually had an alarm clock. Oh well. It's more fun this way. :D

Something I'm really concerned about. Is Inuyasha OOC? He can be pretty caring and stuff but I don't know if he would voluntarily help in household. I mean, he changed a lot during the whole Inuyasha story. Please tell me. Kagome too. I don't know if they are OOC. I really need your feedback.

Also, tell me if you see any mistakes like typos or grammar faults and stuff. I want to make the story as perfect as possible. I can only do that with you guys. :)

Disclaimer: Inuyasha and all its characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi. Only the plot of this story belongs to me. *Leaves house to meet Mrs. Takahashi and talk about ownerships.*