Chapter 2
The feeling of it was unimaginable and the hand, whosever it was because she dared not to open her eyes in case it were to go away, felt right. It felt like it belonged….there on her face, caressing it softly.
"Kagome," she heard whispered from a soft voice, one that she concluded must have been the owner of the hand, but she still had yet to open her eyes.
"Please, please tell me who you are," she whispered into the night and the hand stilled for a moment.
InuYasha didn't know what to do. He was so close to being caught, but it appeared that she was enjoying this. Then when she asked him to tell him who he was he almost actually did it. He almost told her his name, but he knew it would not end right. It would end terribly actually and he didn't want to face that at all. He just wanted to relish in the touch of her skin, the touch that drove him crazy those six years ago.
When InuYasha's hand stilled for a moment, Kagome instantly was afraid that this man, this man with his hard hands that drove her crazy would leave her. "Don't leave," she pleaded grabbing a hold of his hand and a lightening bolt shock went through their systems surprising the both of them, but Kagome still kept her eyes closed. "No one understands me, no one understands what I'm going through."
"Don't worry Kagome, everything will be alright. I'll protect you," whispered InuYasha one last time before jumping away from her and onto a nearby roof where he could hide.
Instantly Kagome opened her eyes and stared wide-eyed out the window into the dark neighborhood that surrounded her house.
What was that?! Kagome asked herself as tears began to fill her eyes. It was all just a dream that was it. I must have been sleepwalking. Although Kagome wasn't even convinced with her own answer she still went with it and climbed back into her bed as silent tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Don't cry, Kagome," InuYasha whimpered as he constantly berated himself for what he had just done tonight. He could feel the connection he had with her and it was, as he told himself, probably just because he had done that awful thing to her, not because they were soul mates. A little part of him however still wished upon all the heavens that she would actually love him some day.
The next day Kagome sat at her desk at her work thinking about the previous night and how real everything felt. She looked up at her computer screen and shook her head. She was supposed to be one of the writers for the most popular magazine in Tokyo, The Geisha Heart, which was really just a spin off of Vogue, but it added a bit more into Japanese heritage. Kagome was the author of the political column where basically you would state plainly what was going on throughout the world and tell it how it really was. She was one brave girl for doing that.
"Kagome! How was your vacation, my dear friend?" A young girl asked plopping down in the desk next to Kagome's.
Kagome looked over and smiled at her friend Sango Taiyja. She was a beautiful girl with her long dark hair pulled up into a ponytail and she had on a light green top with a pretty white skirt, which was terribly uncharacteristic for this tomboy.
"What are you wearing a skirt for, Sango?" Kagome asked bewildered.
Sango sighed wearily. "I'm going on a date tonight with this stupid pervert houshi named Miroku."
"Oh, you mean that guy who you punched in the eye?"
"That's the one!" Sango exclaimed as she began typing up her next article, she was the fitness expert.
Kagome was now officially confused. "Then why are you going on a date with him then?"
"Because he told me he would bring one of his friends along, so there was a reassurance that he my not be too perverted.
"Oh."
Sango decided to quickly change the subject because of the crestfallen look on Kagome's face. She knew Kagome just didn't have good luck around men, and it was probably because she had kids. "So, how was your vacation?"
"Oh, it was ok," she sighed. "The kids and I just stayed at home the whole time. We didn't really feel like going out and plus the kids keep asking about things they felt."
"Things they felt? Like that one presence that we always feel?"
"I think that is the one they feel as well, but oh well."
"Well, you do know it has a slight demonic aura to it don't you?"
Kagome sighed and rubbed her temples. How could she forget? It was almost similar to that demon that raped her and it was definitely the one who she felt last night in her dream. "I know and it's also the one that makes me feel the most safe, and that's the sickening part of it all."
"Well, if it makes you feel safe that is a good thing, Kagome. Don't you think so?"
"I…I…don't know."
Sango watched the emotions flicker across her best friend's face. They would go from hurt, to anger, pain, love, sadness and then finally loneliness. "What's wrong? You seem to be doing a lot of thinking in that head of yours."
"Well, last night, I don't even know if it was a dream or not, but it was so real it was amazing."
"What happened?"
"Well, I woke up and I went to the window feeling the aura surrounding me and also feeling a pair of eyes watching me. I closed my eyes so I could just wrap the aura around me and then all of a sudden I heard my name and someone started stroking my cheek, almost lovingly. It was amazing," breathed Kagome. "It felt so right it was remarkable, and then he left," she finished sad by the outcome of it.
"Didn't you see who it was? I mean hell Kagome! It could have been a killer!"
"I'm not that stupid, Sango. It was the same aura that we've been feeling whenever we are out and about or at my house sometimes. I could just tell that it was safe to be like that."
"So you kept your eyes closed but could hear your name spoken?"
"Yeah, and he also told me that he would protect me from everything."
Sango looked at Kagome and couldn't decide if her friend had finally cracked. She knew that Kagome was having a hard time with the kids and no one really understanding her, except for Sango of course. Kagome was one troubled soul and Sango was beginning to really worry about her. "Did you smell anything?"
Kagome looked up at Sango confused. "What does that have to do with anything?"
"Just curious. Usually demons have a certain scent that is easy to pick up," she answered turning back to her work.
Kagome turned back to her work as well trying to remember and then realized he did smell like something. He smelled of fresh wood, pine needles and the earth. Kagome glanced back at Sango and decided it would be best not to mention this to her. It would be her secret.
After a few hours of both of the girls tediously typing Sango finally had to ask the question that had been bugging her. "Hey, Kagome?" She asked as the girls walked down to the nearest café to grab lunch.
"What's up?"
"You want to go on this date with me after work? He said he was bringing his other friend so it would all work out perfect!"
Kagome sighed and looked forward while walking down the street. "I don't know, Sango. It will probably just end badly."
"Why? You aren't actually set up to date this guy, all I need is a back up person and its only for a quick dinner after work."
Kagome considered the idea, but then soon realized she wasn't even dressed for this date. "Sango, I can't. I have the kids and plus I'm not dressed for a date at all."
"Actually, you won't have to watch the kids because I've already called up Kohaku so he is to pick up the kids from school and then watch them until we are done. Plus, look at you! You look fantastic in that cute little outfit you got going on now."
Kagome stopped at a shop window and looked at her reflection. She sighed realizing that she did actually look really cute today. She was wearing a very casual, knee-length, black skirt with a black jacket that matched with a turquoise top underneath that brought out her bright, ocean blue eyes. I'm going to regret this… "Ok, I'll go with you, but only because you've already taken all the trouble to set this up."
"Perfect!" Sango cheered as they made their way into the café.
"Oh, InuYasha!" Miroku called out as they were sitting in their small office working.
"What do you want, Monk?" InuYasha ground out.
InuYasha and Miroku were working at one of the largest offices in Tokyo for writing up legal cases that happened and then putting them into print. It was a long boring job spent on the computer all day and typing up mindless reports that never really went anywhere except into files that nobody read once complete. It drove InuYasha crazy.
"Well my good friend, we have a date tonight!"
InuYasha turned and looked over at his friend. "Wait, you are switching over to guys? Stay the hell away from me man!" He grimaced pushing his chair away from Miroku's.
"No, no, no! It's nothing like that! I have hooked us up with two of the most beautiful woman, well at least I know the one is, this evening and it is going to be wonderful."
"I'm not going on any date. You know I can't, I have to go to Kagome's tonight."
"InuYasha, I think she will be ok for a few hours. I really need this man! She is beautiful and I'm crazy about her."
InuYasha sighed. This all sounds way too familiar. Just like that one chick a few months ago. I'm not going to do it. "Man, she is not going to fall for you and you know it. She punched you in the goddamn eye!"
"She did because she loves me!" Miroku smiled goofily. "Come on! PLEASE!!!"
"How do I know this isn't just one of those flings and just a one night stand like the last date a month ago you made me sit through?" InuYasha questioned as he got back to working.
"Believe me man, she is the one I want forever."
InuYasha looked over at Miroku's face and couldn't believe that there was literal seriousness there. He looked like he would absolutely die if InuYasha didn't actually join, and it was a pitiful way to look. So, InuYasha did the only thing he could really do. "Ok, I'll go tonight."