"Here fishy. Come on…" SPLASH. Kagome fell in head first. As she came up she spit out a mouth full of water and a fish. When she saw it come out of her mouth she flipped.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEE! That is so gross!"
"You wouldn't expect it to be all flowers would you?" Inuyasha dropped from a tree casually. Kagome looked up in surprise.
"Inuyasha?" He walked over to the edge of the water and looked in it. Then he slashed at the surface and a fish plopped onto the shore a second later.
"Easy as that." Kagome still looked dumb struck. Now Inuyasha was getting pissed. "What the hell you looking so dumbfounded for?"
"But he…how…up wind…how long…what's going on." Kagome mumbled on. I don't get it. He was up wind. How could I not know he was there? My head… she was brought out of her thoughts after Inuyasha set her on shore and sat down next to her, then starring contently.
"Are you sure you are okay?" Kagome mentally shook herself and smiled reassuringly.
"Yeah sure. I'm fine. Show me how you did that." Inuyasha eyed her a little longer but stood and urged her to follow him to the bank. He kneeled down by the water.
"See the fish. Before you go at them you need to look at their swimming pattern. Predict their next move." He fell silent then slashed at the water. Again a fish fell on the bank. Kagome gave an astonished look.
"I can't believe I'm admitting it to you but I'm impressed." Inuyasha swelled with pride. Then Kagome shoved him out of the way and sat on her haunches starring at the water. Her eyes moved with the fish until she slowly raised her hand and brought it down to the water. Next to Inuyasha a very good sized fish flopped in the dirt. He raised a brow.
"Not bad."
"Not bad? That was better than the fish you brought up." Now it was her turn to swell with pride. Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
"yeah yeah. You better stop before your head explodes…"
"Like it is any different from you." They sat by the water and watched as the sun neared the horizon. Then Kagome broke the silence.
"Inuyasha…something…something is weird. While I was trying to fish by myself, while you were in the trees. I…I didn't know you were there."
"So what?"
"Well I should have known. You were up wind. And I don't know I just feel like something is going to happen." Inuyasha sat up from his position on the ground and looked at her. Her scent is changing.
"Kagome, on what night did you change?"
"The Full moon I think…why?" A look of realization hit Inuyasha. He moved closer to Kagome and pulled her into his lap. He held her close to his chest and rested his chin on her head, and wrapped his arms around her body.
"Kagome…tonight is the full moon. And well…I don't know how to say this. Um…you know how I change on the new moon well…the first night is the toughest. Just brace yourself…okay." as if on Q Kagome's head began to pound and she could feel a pulse serge through her body. It hurt like a thousand Youkai attacking at once with no defense. Kagome screamed in pain. Her hair began to bleed a midnight black. And her fuzzy ears disappeared and human ones replaced them on the side of her head. Kagome squirmed in Inuyasha's grasp but he never let her go.
Finally after what seemed like eternity Kagome settled down and small tears graced her face. Inuyasha wiped them away.
"That hurt Inuyasha. How can you stand it every month?"
"It wont be this bad every time. It's only because it's your first. Next time your body will be ready for it so it wont hurt. Now I have to warn you, when you change back it will hurt but that will be the last." Kagome nodded.
"This is so complicated. I'm so tired. But I can't sleep. I've gotten so used to knowing what is going on around me. This…it just makes me tense and scared." Inuyasha chuckled softly. Kagome glared at him.
"don't worry yourself. Up until now I've had to protect your little human body. What makes you think you need to protect yourself in your human state. I'll protect you." Kagome didn't answer just nodded before falling into a deep sleep. Inuyasha jumped into a tree with Kagome still in his grasp.
Before falling asleep himself he mumble. "I would protect you even if you had the strength to protect the world." With that Inuyasha fell asleep waiting for sunrise.
Finally when it came Inuyasha on reflex tighten his grip on Kagome when her aura became stressed and she started to squirm.
The process from the evening was reversed and Kagome returned to being a hanyou. She sniffled for a little while longer but fell asleep again with Inuyasha.
He sat there watching the sun rise higher and higher until he heard her mumble nonsense and focused on her.
"hmjl…kjaghn…lkatf…Inuyasha…thank you." Inuyasha smiled to himself and whispered back.
"Your welcome…my kioshii."
A/N: I told you it would be right after the last chapter. Anywho. You will have to wait a while again so I can come up with more ideas. I will try to get it in as soon as I can but in the mean time. Give me your reviews and ideas. It would be much appreciated.
Jamatane!