Disclaimer: If you don't know, I do not own Inuyasha or any of it's characters.
Okay, I say this with no little amount of frustration, thank you to those who listened in the FIRST place!!! This story is to be based off a Greek myth I am very fond of. I was even toying with converting some others making it sort of a three Greek myth special with Inuyasha and Kagome pairings. Okay, I admit I didn't remember Phyce's name but I did remember Cupid's! And yes I was thinking of adding something to the end until I discovered it was extremely like the Disney movie Hercules! You get what you get whether I add a plot twist or not and I told you I was making it the Greek myth that person who was complaining that it was like this myth! Pay attention!!!!!
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Kagome only got so many hours of sleep because she was so excited. Inuyasha left her at dawn with his normal hand kiss and a promise that Amy would come up this afternoon and if she wanted Amy to stay the night he would stay away.
"No!" Kagome protested grabbing his arms. "She'll have to return and besides, I don't want to be without you. Even for a night."
"Me either." Yash said bringing her close and hugging her tightly. "I'll return to you tonight."
"Good-bye, my love." Kagome said looking into the depths of his cloak longingly.
He stroked her cheek then turned and left.
Tired, Kagome also left the great hall to return to her chamber.
She hadn't known him that long but, oh she loved him so dearly. He had become the center of her life, so fixed there that the thought of spending even one night without him caused her a kind of pain. A sink in her chest sucking the life out of her.
With thoughts of her masked love dancing in her head, she slept fretfully.
Excited, Kagome put on her best clothes and her most favorite jewelry, to show Amy how happy and taken care of she was. She knew that Amy would be worried and would take news back of her health to her friends and family.
She spent most of her morning in the great hall waiting impatiently.
It was only after noon that she heard a scuffle of rocks and a grunt of effort.
"Ami." she said excitedly standing up from her sitting position on the floor and running toward the entrance.
"Who thought of that climb?" she complained sticking her head over the edge and pulling herself up.
"Ami!" Kagome called.
She looked up and her frustrated expression became one of happiness.
"Kagome!" She pulled herself up quickly and ran the few steps left into Kagome's arms. "Your really alright! I can't believe it! You're alright!"
She leaned back and looked her up and down. "You look great! How are you?"
"I'm wonderful."Kagome said grabbing her hand and leading her in. "It's been so long. How is everyone?"
"Wait, wait. You first." Amy said her wide smile matching Kagome's. "Your stories are shorter than mine anyway. What happened you?"
"Well..." Kagome took a breath and led Amy back into the courtyard with the fountain and told her what had happened since she arrived.
"So you never see his face?" Ami asked.
Kagome shook her head. "Let's go get some food. You must be hungry. And you have to tell me how everyone is doing."
Amy followed her to the dinning hall and her jaw dropped. "You eat here?"
Kagome blushed. "Yeah."
"Wow." Amy said picking up a goblet of wine.
"To friends." Kagome said lifting her own.
"Friends." Amy agreed hitting her goblet against hers and taking a sip.
She sighed in ecstasy. "That is so sweet."
Kagome nodded happily taking a sip of her own.
"So what's been happening?" she asked sitting down and motioning Amy to do the same.
"Well," Amy said sitting next to her friend. "Since you left a lot has happened."
Kagome listened in wonder at all that had befallen her people in a single month.
No sooner had she climbed the mountain and her figure had disappeared from sight, someone cried out in joy because the well had been filled with water fresher than before.
By mid-day the river had filled and the men had caught so many fish they had had a feast in celebration.
That night there was a large rainstorm that shook each hut but in the morning the soil was rich and dark again.
The villagers sang praises to the gods and to Kagome herself.
That had been the only thing keeping the village from complete happiness. They had known what the blessings had cost them. Just a week ago tiny green shoots had appeared at the top of the ground making the village jubilant. The fish that swam in abundance in the river was keeping them safe and full until harvest time.
Before the sun fell Kagome hugged her friend good-bye and they both shed tears at the parting.
"You know..." Amy said smiling. "I am curious as to whats under his hood. Even if your not."
Kagome smiled back. "I admit, I am curious, but I would rather not know. It would make him leave. Besides, he has claws so I guess he must find his face monstrous. When he trusts me enough, he'll show me."
"You should find out yourself." Amy said. "Just a quick peek, when he's sleeping perhaps. He'll never know so he wont leave."
"Maybe." Kagome said.
They said good-bye and Kagome watched as her friend climbed down and walked down the trail.
She watched from her position even as the sun sank below the horizon and a voice behind her said, "Did you have fun today?"
"Yash!" Kagome smiled and turned to see him looking down at her.
She stood and wrapped her arms around him. "Thank you it was the most marvelous present."
"Anything for you." he promised pushing her back and looking at her. "Your eyes are bruised. Do you need sleep?"
"NoI uh..."
"Just a quick peek, when he's sleeping perhaps. He'll never know so he wont leave."
"Actually..." Kagome said gathering her courage. "I am kind of tired. Will you sleep with me?"
She sensed his surprise in his moment of silence, then he said, "Of course. Come."
He walked with her down to her bedchamber.
He kept his cloak on as she took off her jewelry and climbed in after him. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close.
"You'll stay with me?" Kagome asked.
"Until the sun rises." he promised.
Kagome nodded and buried her head in his chest. She spent the next hour or so concentrating on staying awake and on keeping her breathing deep and even. His arms were so warm and comforting it was easy to find herself dosing.
But after a while she felt and heard his breathing deepen to match her own and she risked opening her eyes.
She waited for a second but he didn't react.
Slowly, carefully, she reached up her hands and gripped the edges of his hood gently. She paused but he still didn't react.
Even slower and even more carefully, she pulled it back and sucked in a breath as the torch light showed her his face.
He wasn't monstrous at all, in fact he was beautiful.
His hair was like a frozen waterfall and his face was chiseled and well defined. He had a strong chin and nose and a pair of adorable silver dog ears on his head.
"Amazing..." she breath quietly.
But not too quietly.
Yash opened his eyes and saw her staring at him in wonder. He gasped and sat up quickly and knew before he reached up to check that his hood was thrown back.
"No." he said.
"I'm sorry." Kagome said grabbing his arms. "Please don't leave."
"It's not my choice, Kagome." he said looking around in a panic.
"Then whose..."
"INUYASHA!" A booming voice fulled the room making Kagome gasp and cover her ears.
"No!" Inuyasha cried wrapping Kagome in his arms.
"Yash?" she looked up at him in confusion but one moment he was there and the next her arms were holding air.
"No!" she cried out falling forward where he had been. The wind calmed though it had blown at the torch and Kagome found herself totally alone.
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P.S: Thanks RainshimmerCanHasCHEESEBURGER for the tip about the togas!!!:)
