Chapter Nine: Dirty Eyes
A/N: Guess who… o
"Well, its day two of seven," Kagome announced, stretching her arms way above her head. "Ah! What a beautiful morning!"
Kouga smiled as he watched Kagome dance around and admiring the morning. She looked so happy. So blissful. "Yup. Only day two." His Kagome was finally with him. And it was only day two of seven. Five more days after this. Then four…three…two…Kouga shook his mind of that thought.
…
That evening, when the sun was setting, Kouga led Kagome into the forest a little ways away from the den. The sky was painted with beautiful colors or red, orange, and purple. A slight breeze caused the highest leaves on the trees to whisper soft and happy melodies.
Kouga led Kagome a little further into the forest and finally stopped. Before the two was a hot spring. "Now you can come here to bathe. You won't have to bathe in cold river water."
Kagome smiled. Yes. A Hot spring was far better than river water. "Oh yeah!" She turned to face Kouga…and gasped in surprise. "W-what are you doing?"
Kouga was removing his clothing. He looked over at Kagome. "Taking off my clothes. I need a bath."
"R-right here…! Right n-n-now?" Kagome stammered in shock.
"Yeah. So. You should remove your clothes to and get in." Kouga set his breastplate on the ground.
"Excuse me!" Kagome blushed hard and nearly choked. What was Kouga thinking?
Kouga was beginning to undo the tie on his skirt, but Kagome quickly grabbed his arms. "What's wrong?" Kouga questioned.
Kagome flinched. "You know very well what's wrong!" she protested.
Kouga blinked and smiled. "Well, I don't want you to bathe alone. There might be demons out and about."
"I'm sure I'd be fine. Go ahead and go first." Kagome began to leave, but stopped when Kouga grabbed her arm.
"No. You should go first. By the time I'm done it'll be dark," he explained. "And I especially don't want you bathing in the dark."
Kagome sighed. "Oh, all right." She couldn't help but smile inside, but kept her face serious. Kouga was so protective. "But if you're going to keep watch don't spy on me." This was something that Kagome was serious about. She liked Kouga's protective ways, but if he spied on her when she wasn't clothed…
"I promise I won't," Kouga promised.
"Promise," Kagome asked in a serious tone.
"Yes, yes." Kouga began to walk away and find a place to keep guard.
"Pinky swear!"
"Pinky what?"
"Good."
When Kagome was sure Kouga was on guard and not looking at her she began to remove her clothing. Kouga, on the other hand, sat on guard behind a tree, his ears listening for the slightest sound and his nose sniffing for any faint scent. Rubbing his nose, he tried not to peek at Kagome.
Kagome set her clothes nearby and slipped into the hot spring. Smiling, she sighed, "This is so nice."
Kouga swallowed hard and peeked out from behind the tree. There she was, as beautiful as ever. He remembered how soft her lips were and wanted to know how soft her exposed skin was. If only he could reach out to her and stroke her body. Well, why couldn't he?
As quietly as a mouse, Kouga tiptoed up behind Kagome, moving slowly. What a pervert Kouga is. Oops. Kouga stepped on a twig. What a loser.
Kagome turned swiftly to see Kouga frozen like a statue. "EEK!" Kagome shrieked as she thrust her hand forward, slapping Kouga's horrified face. "PERVERT! Kouga rubbed his sore cheek and didn't have time to dodge Kagome's next attack. "You PROMISED not to look at me!"
"Uh…I…" Kouga tried to remain serious, but deep down he was smiling. "Sorry. You're just so beautiful." Kagome drew back, blushing. Kouga continued. "How could I resist? It's impossible not to look at you're body. You know, that mutt really blew it. Look at what he could have had."
Kagome had her arms held tightly around her, taking in Kouga's words. Her cheeks were extremely red. "Uh…um…I…"
"So…does this mean I can see?" Kouga smiled a toothy smile.
"Well…I," Kagome paused for a moment. Then she gasped, finally realizing his question. "NO!"
"Darn." Kouga turned around and headed back to his post feeling defeated.
Kagome watched him leave, her face still red with both embarrassment and anger…but her heart swooned with excitement. While she bathed she couldn't get her mind off of Kouga. That's when she remembered who she always used to think about before Kouga. She wondered what Inuyahsa was doing now. He looked so sad…and Kagome felt bad for him.
Heeeey everyone! I am so sorry about the long delay of not posting anything! So sorry! So sorry! So sorry! Thank you all for your kind comments. I GREATLY appreciate it. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING SO KIND! - I feel so loved!