Chapter 2
Kagome slowly opened her eyes seeing Inuyasha still holding her as he slept as the car came to a stop. She looked round seeing the beach and the sun high in the sky before she looked at Inuyasha sleeping soundly, looking so peaceful.
"Inuyasha." She whispered. "Inuyasha?" She said louder making him open his eyes and look at her. "We're here." He gave a nod as they got out of the van taking their luggage up to the room they had been assigned. Kagome looked around noticing two rooms and a couch.
"Cool, I call the couch!" Sota yelled running in and jumping on the enormous couch. Akemi looked at the two before walking towards one of the rooms. "I'll take this room. Go get unpacked and we'll go have dinner with everyone." Kagome and Inuyasha looked at each other before walking into the other room and looking at the queen size bed in the middle with a connected bathroom.
"Wow." Kagome said with a small smile, dropping her luggage and walking to the sliding glass door to stand on the balcony. "This is huge." She said turning to see Inuyasha walked out onto the balcony to stand with her.
"Kagome..." He said after several minutes of silence. "Kagome, about that-."
"I know you were trying to play along." She said cutting him off. "I'm going to get a shower before we go eat." He gave a nod as she walked back into the room gathering what she needed to take a shower. Inuyasha stood looking out at the waves of the ocean trying to think of the jewel shards and where they should start searching first, but the only thing that came to his head was Kagome and that kiss he gave her. Giving up on trying to think he went back into the room as the bathroom door opened and Kagome walked out wearing a short blue sun dress. He couldn't take his eyes from how revealing it was until they heard a knock at the door before Akemi walked in.
"You two ready?" She asked before both nodded. She left with a smile as Kagome closed her suitcase and went towards the door only to be stopped by Inuyasha.
"Kagome...?" He started before she turned and looked at him; he tried to think of what to say next only to blurt out the first thing he could think of. "They gonna have ramen?" Kagome smiled and giggled at him before shrugging.
"I don't know. We'll see when we get there. You ready?" She saw him nod before they both walked out to the living room to meet Akemi and Sota.
Kagome and Inuyasha walked into the room and watched Akemi be taken one way while Sota went to hang with the younger kids leaving Kagome, Inuyasha and the older kids. She looked around as Kimi and Rika walked over to them.
"We want more proof. That kiss was something anyone could have done. It was merely a peck." Rika said with a mischievous grin. "Really kiss this time." She said making them look at each other as they rolled their eyes walking away only to have three men grab Inuyasha and the two girls grab Kagome.
"You're not going anywhere until you do what we say." Kimi said harshly.
"Kagome..." Inuyasha said making her look at him and nod. They were let go only to lean forward and kiss as they held each other. Inuyasha put his hand just below her ear pulling her slightly closer as she wrapped her arms around his neck pulling apart to look into each other's eyes seeing something that neither had seen there before. The others looked at the others as they rolled their eyes and walked away angrily.
"Hopefully they don't need to keep pestering us like that." Kagome said as they still stood holding each other. The two looked into each other's eyes before they pulled back quickly and walked over to sit in their seats.
That night Kagome found Inuyasha sitting on the balcony looking out at the dark ocean. She stood watching him unmoving as she thought about all the feelings this experience has brought up. Sighing she knew she needed to stop thinking about it; after all he was still in love with Kikyo... right? She took a deep breath and walked out to stand next to him, looking at his worried face.
"Inuyasha... I... I wanted to talk to you about this whole thing." She said sitting on the ground next to him. "We are leaving the day after tomorrow; we can avoid the family and all until then if you want. I mean, I know how hard this must be for you, with Kikyo and all." She said looking away hoping he didn't notice the sad tone in her voice. Inuyasha looked at her for a moment before speaking wondering what he should do.
"Kagome..." He said making her look at him. "I... I don't know what to say..." He said looking away slowly trying to get his thoughts straight.
"Inuyasha, it's alright. I understand." She said before standing up and walking back to the doorway. "I'm going to bed; you should get some sleep too." She said before disappearing into the darkened room.
"I don't even know what to think anymore." He said with a soft growl and he laid his head back against the wall.
Kagome woke up and found Inuyasha nowhere in the room. Sighing she changed for the day and went out into the living room only finding a note on the little table. Her Mother had left it, saying that her mother and Sota had gone out early and left them sleep in. She looked around before walking back in to gather her things as Inuyasha walked out of the bathroom with nothing but a towel around his waist. Both stopped in their tracks and stared at each other before Kagome quickly turned and Inuyasha grabbed his clothes from his suitcase, getting dressed as fast as he could still wearing a bright red blush as Kagome ran into the bathroom and started getting changed. Once she was done, she walked out to find Inuyasha sitting on the bed waiting for her.
"My mom and Sota went out early so it's just us. You want to go down to the beach?"
"Sure I guess." The two started to walk the beach not talking until they saw Kimi and Rika standing to the side in their bathing suits. "Let's go the other way." He said before they turned to find them being surrounded.
"I don't think so." Rika said with a grin. "There is something about you that is very different, and I still don't believe you two are together." Kagome and Inuyasha glared at them as Rika walked closer. "I don't hear you scream in passion at night, so obviously you are only faking it."
"I wouldn't-!" Kagome was stopped when she heard Inuyasha begin to growl. She turned and started to calm him before they both turned quickly hearing Sota run up to them.
"Kagome! Inuyasha!" He called stopping in front of them breathing hard. "There's... a...a..."
"Kagome..."
"Sota go get our things from the room, hurry." Kagome said before she and Inuyasha looked over at the sky, as it turned dark. Inuyasha knelt down as Kagome climbed on his back and the two ran towards the darkness leaving the others wondering what was going on as Sota ran after them carrying a sword, a bow and a quiver of arrows.
"Kimi, Sora, go find out what's going on." Rika said before Kimi started running off after the others.
Sota ran up to Kagome as Inuyasha fought a huge water dragon. Kagome took the weapons and told Sota to run as Inuyasha landed beside Kagome taking his sword. As Kagome pulled an arrow back the dragon roared before wiping its tail out making Inuyasha grab Kagome and move out of the way only to see Kimi in the dragon's grasp as it pulled its tail back. Kagome looked up shocked as Kimi screamed as Sora ran up to Kagome. Inuyasha stood up and ran at the dragon as Kagome readied an arrow holding it for the perfect shot before releasing it. It flew through the air hitting the tail making it drop Kimi onto the sand.
"Sora stay here with Kimi." Kagome told her seventeen-year-old cousin. Sora only stared at Kagome before screaming as she saw the tail coming towards them again and started to scream. Kagome turned to find Inuyasha coming from nowhere slicing the tail off. Sora stared at Inuyasha as he turned to smirk at Kagome.
"Can't leave you alone for a minute."
"Yeah yeah..." She gasped and looked at the dragon. "Inuyasha, it has a shard in its forehead." He looked back at the dragon as it charged an attack as Inuyasha got ready to block and Kagome turned to see how Kimi was before going back into battle. Inuyasha cut the attack sending it back at the dragon with the wind-scar as Kagome shot her arrow. The combination of the attacks disintegrated the dragon leaving the shard to fall into Inuyasha's hands. Kimi came to and saw Inuyasha handing the darkened shard to Kagome only to see the color change the second she touched it. Kagome pulled a little bottle out of her pocket and placed it in the jar with a smile as adults ran over and the two dropped their weapons in the sand.
"What happened?" Asked Kagome's aunt Asuka as she ran over with a group of cousins and went to Kimi still barely waking up. Kagome and Inuyasha looked at each other then at Sora and Kimi worried that they might say.
"I... I... Kimi just passed out from the heat." Sora said to her aunt as Kimi sat up and looked around as Kagome looked at her cousin wondering why she didn't say anything. Asuka and Koukai helped Kimi stand up and started walking her back to the hotel as Rika glared at Kagome.
"If I find out that you did something to her, you'll regret being born." She threatened making Inuyasha pull Kagome back and behind him as he glared down at Rika.
"You lay one finger on Kagome and you'll be the one regretting." He half growled narrowing his honey colored eyes making Rika stomp her foot in the soft sand before turning and going to see Kimi with the others all except Sora following her.
"K-Kagome?" Sora asked as Kagome came out from behind Inuyasha and was trying to calm him down. "What was all that?" She asked.
"Sora why didn't you tell them what really happened?" Sora looked at Kagome then up at Inuyasha.
"I, I wanted to know what I saw. That was just..." She trailed off as Kagome looked at Inuyasha who rolled his eyes and scoffed turning around. Kagome took a deep breath and looked at her cousin.
"Sora, I need you to promise not to say anything to anyone." Kagome said and watched her nod. "Inuyasha is... he is a half demon." Sora looked at the two completely confused. "Inuyasha, show her." Inuyasha looked at Kagome for a moment before he let his ears stand straight on top of his head. "He is from five hundred years in the past. We are working on gathering the shards of the shikon jewel."
"Shikon jewel? But that's just some bed time story."
"I thought so too until I met Inuyasha."
"And you broke the jewel, Wench." Inuyasha scoffed making Kagome glare at him. "What, you did." Kagome turned her back to him and looked back at Sora who was in awe and didn't know what to say let alone what to think.
"Please, don't say anything we really do need to keep this quiet." She asked her cousin making the girl look at her for a moment before nodding.
"But I want to know everything."
"I'll explain everything." Kagome smiled as she began walking her cousin back to her hotel room where Kagome and Sora sat in the bedroom talking as Inuyasha stood on the balcony listening.
That night Kagome was walking out to the shore as the moon sat high in the sky, leaving Inuyasha to play video games with her little brother. Deciding to walk the dark calm beach thinking about everything she had been through and told her cousin. She still couldn't get the look Inuyasha had given her after their kiss out of her head, she kept going back to trying to figure out what that look was. Before she realized just how far she had walked she noticed a group of older guys watching her walk along the shoreline making her shiver and turn to walk back. She saw them start to walk towards her making her quicken her step. After a few minutes, they were getting closer and closer making her begin to run. She only got s a few steps before they surrounded her and pulled her back pushing her around the group all laughing and talking about what they should do with her.
"Such a cute girl out wandering at night." One said.
"Yes, I wonder what we should do with her." One smiled making the others grin. Kagome tried to pull away only to be thrown to the ground making her shriek as her head connected with the ground. Kagome began to try to get away again only to be held down by another who started grabbing at her making her cry out.
"Oh you'll be screaming alright." He said with an evil grin making tears rise in her eyes as she continued to scream making him hit her head.
"Can't have her waking everyone now can we?" She heard as everything went black and cold.
'Am I going to die being touched by guys like that? Am I going to die never doing what I wanted or saying what I had to say?' She wondered until she felt warmth. Something or someone was making the coldness fade away. She felt safe and calm as she heard a voice.
"Kagome! Kagome! Open your eyes!" She heard but could not find her way through the blackness.
Inuyasha looked at the men who were trying to scramble away as he held Kagome in his arms praying she was alright. He gently moved her hair out of her face and saw the huge gash near her temple that was gushing blood. Holding her tight, he wrapped his kimono around her as her clothes were mostly torn from the men's actions. Moving as fast as he could he jumped off back to the hotel where he could have help getting her better.
"Inuyasha!" He heard as he walked into the living area with Kagome still limp in his arms. Kagome's mother ran over looking at her daughter's pale face. "Take her into the bedroom. Sota, go get ice." Sota jumped to his feet and ran to do what he was told. Inuyasha gently laid Kagome on the bed and refused to leave her side as her mother dressed the wound on her head.
"Here mom." Sota said handing the ice box to his mom and watched her wrap a few cubes in a pillowcase. "Kagome gonna be okay?"
"She'll be fine. Just has a nasty bump and cut on her head." She smiled placing the ice to the bandaged gash before looking at Inuyasha's worried face. "Inuyasha, hold this here for a little while." She said handing the little ice pack to Inuyasha. "She'll be fine. Just keep holding the ice on it." She stood leaving with Sota letting Inuyasha sit alone with Kagome.
Inuyasha sat looking at Kagome unmoving as he held the ice on her head. He only wished for her to wake up and watched her intensely jumping as she began to stir.
"Kagome... Kagome can you hear me?"
"Inu... Yasha?" She whispered making his heart skip a beat as he used his one clawed hand to gently smooth her hair.
"Yeah, it's me. Open your eyes." He said and watched her head turn towards his voice hearing her mumble as her brow furrowed. "Kagome..."
"Help, Inu... Yahsa... no... don't... help Inu..." She trailed off as Inuyasha watched her and could only wonder what she was dreaming of until her eyes began to flutter.
"That's it Kagome, open your eyes." He said softly only to see her go still once again. Inuyasha's heart stopped when she didn't wake up making him worry even more as he moved a little closer and whispered to her trying to make her wake up. "Kagome, please open your eyes, let me know you're okay." After several hours he sighed looking down at her, his fear and worry clear in his eyes as the door cracked open.
"She still out?" Kagome's mother asked and saw Inuyasha nod slowly as he kept his eyes on Kagome as the door shut again.
"Please just show me you're alright." He whispered taking a deep breath. "I... Kagome, I..." He paused with a heavy sigh as he looked down at her. "I want you to wake up and be alright, I don't want you to be hurt... I... I love you..." He trailed off not believing what he had just said until he began to really think about it and how he felt about the young woman, he had known for the last eight months. Kagome began to open her eyes slowly making him stare at her.
"Inuyasha?" She asked
"It's alright Kagome." Her eyes went wide as tears came to her eyes making Inuyasha move closer to comfort her. "They can't hurt you. You're safe." He said as she reached out and threw her arms around him holding him tight as she cried. Slowly and gently, he moved to sit on the bed and pull her into his lap. He sat just holding her as she relaxed with his touch dozing back off into the safe darkness in his arms.
"Don't... go..." She whispered holding tight to him.
"I won't go anywhere Kagome." He told her kissing the top of her head making her snuggle closer to him. "I'll never leave you... I..." He took a deep breath. "I love you 'gome" He whispered making her look up at him quickly to see that thing in his honey colored eyes she had seen before. Slowly they leaned closer together and kissed again, this time something sparked in both of their bodies.
"I love you too, Inuyasha." Kagome whispered as she pulled back to look at each other. The two of them sat looking at each other slowly coming closer together once again kissing and praying the feeling of bliss they felt would last forever.
The next morning Inuyasha opened his eyes with a smile as he remembered Kagome laying next to him on the bed cuddled into his side with her head on his chest. The night before they had confessed their love and spent the night in each others arms. He smirked pulling his arms tighter around her as she cuddled closer with a soft sigh. He looked at the small alarm clock sitting on the bedside table, noticing it read eleven am.
"'Gome." He said softly kissing her head as she stirred. "It's time to get up."
"I don't want to." She said with a smile before opening her eyes and looking up at him.
"Don't you have to go meet with your grandmother or something?" Kagome jumped up in bed with a small gasp.
"I completely forgot." She hurried around getting changed and ready for the day as Inuyasha stretched and waited for her out on the balcony. "Inuyasha?" He heard from in the room and saw Kagome seconds later with a smile on her face.
"You ready?" He asked pulling her closer to him as they kissed again before heading out to meet with Kagome's grandmother before meeting back at the van to head home.
After Kagome was finished speaking with her grandmother she met Inuyasha outside of the room.
"I can't believe my Grandmother wants me to take over the family when she is gone. She wants me to have everything." Kagome said walking with Inuyasha back to the van. "I can't believe it."
"She wants to make sure you're taken care of." Inuyasha said glancing at Kagome as she only nodded.
"You two ready to go?" Akemi asked seeing them walk over to the van. "You say good bye to everyone?"
"Yeah, I just saw grandma. We're already to go." Kagome smiled as Inuyasha helped load the last of the luggage before they all climbed into the car for the long ride home, with a small nap.
Kagome and Inuyasha walked into Kaede's hut to find all the others sitting and waiting for them. Shippo lunged at Kagome holding her tight as Sango and Miroku took their turns hugging Kagome.
"How was your family reunion, Kagome?" Miroku asked as they all sat down around the small fire.
"It...wasn't bad." Kagome smiled brightly. "Let's just say I don't think I'll be having any more problems with my cousins." She glanced at Inuyasha who gave a small smirk.
"You have problems with some of them?"
"Yeah, a few of them have beat me up over the years. They tried a few times but I don't think they will try anything else after meeting Inuyasha." She giggled making Inuyasha roll his eyes. "I better go see if Kaede needs any help."
"I'll go with you." Inuyasha said standing and following Kagome quickly making Sango and Miroku look at each other.
"They seem..." Sango began
"Different. They seem like they are closer." Miroku added.
Kagome smiled as she walked with Inuyasha beside her finding Kaede only to be told she didn't need any help. The two wandered off into the forest to sit in the sacred tree together talking about where they would go and what they should do.
"I love you Inuyasha." Kagome sighed content as she laid her head back onto his chest.
"I love you too 'gome." He said kissing the top of her head as they continued in silence.