When her eyes finally fell closed, Inuyasha sighed and allowed the full impact of what happened to hit him. He buried his head into her soft fragrant hair and allowed his terror to release. He was extremely surprised when he felt tears slide down his eyes. She was real and here with him. He could feel her warmth, curves and everything that made her, Kagome.
She had a very shapely body and he knew it almost better than he knew his own. Although he had seen it accidentally naked a few times, he had felt it in his arms and against his back more times than he could count. He preferred to carry her on his back compared to her riding that weird contraption of hers. He enjoyed the closeness and the fact that he was surrounded by her soft scent.
The thought of never seeing her brown eyes look at him, smell her scent, hear her laughter as well as the sharp tongue of hers and experience the sweet nature and everything else that made Kagome again shook him extremely hard. He pressed her to him, careful not to wake her and the tears started fresh. As he heard footsteps approach, he jumped high into the tree. For tonight, he needed to be alone with Kagome.
"She shook us up too, but I understand how you feel, Inuyasha. Treat her well. She did what she did for you. Her only thought was for you." Sango said softly and turned to walk away.
"You think I don't know that?" Inuyasha shot back at her quietly. He knew his voice was husky due to the tears that continued to fall but he didn't care anymore. She fell and he was almost too slow to catch her.
Sango stopped for a second and turned back to him. She tilted her head, opened her mouth to say something before turning and walking away. He allowed himself to sigh and continue to hold Kagome close. His body was shaking and the tears continued to fall but slowly as he felt Kagome's warmth and he knew that she was still alive, he slowly calmed. He tried to sleep after wrapping her body in his FireRat Robe and burying his head into her hair.