InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Slave to No One ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter 3

 

Inuyasha started to awaken. He was warm and he was laying on something soft. He was having the most wonderful dream. He dreamt that someone had brought him and that his new master was gorgeous. Those beautiful blue eyes were enough to satisfy him for now as he stared at her perfect body.

 

He liked this dream it was better than the harsh reality that he was in a cold dark cell. He had been beaten everyday since he had arrived there, his back was bleeding, and his wrist hurt every time he moved them. He had been given no food or water for over a week and he was afraid that once he woke up from his dream all of the pain would come back to his body. He liked it in this dream, so much so, that he didn't want to wake up.

 

Inuyasha's sensitive hanyou ears heard a noise coming from outside as he slowly opened his eyes and stared at his surroundings. It was no dream he was actually lying in a soft bed. His body didn't hurt anymore and he almost felt back to normal.

 

He heard the noise again as his ears turned toward the sound, it was coming from outside, and he knew that sound. It was the sound of an arrow fling through the air.

 

He quickly got out of bed and went over to the glass doors. He saw the girl from his dreams standing in the garden aiming her arrow toward the forest.

 

He sniffed the air but he didn't pick up any intruders. He quickly got dressed, putting on his red haori and went outside.

 

Inuyasha slowly approached the girl as she was concentrating on her target. He saw that she was shooting at a target that was about 150 meters away. Her aim was perfect as she hit dead center each time.

 

He admired her body as she was wearing black leggings with a red tank top and short black boots. For some reason this outfit looked better on her than it did on Kusco.

 

Her hair was pulled in a loose ponytail and when she reached behind her to pull another arrow her muscles rippled. She had a nice firm body and her ass didn't look half bad either.

 

Inuyasha growled with frustration as he turned away from her. `What is wrong with me? Its like I've never seen a female before.'

 

He walked towards the forest and jumped into a tree. He wanted to think and being this high up always seemed to calm his nerves.

 

He looked at the area surrounding the house. They were deep in the forest with no one else around. He couldn't sense anyone else in the area. He sat down on the branch with his feet hanging over the edge as he faced the west thinking of home.

 

~oOo~

 

Kagome had awaken that morning to the sound of whining coming from Inuyasha's room. She quietly got up and opened her door as she stepped out into the hallway. She went towards his room as she pressed her ear against the door and tried to listen. He whined again and she opened his door very slowly as she peaked in his room.

 

Inuyasha was lying in his bed curled up in a ball. He seemed to be having a bad dream as he was shivering and whining. He kicked one of his legs as if to push something away from him as he whined again.

 

Kagome walked in and slowly approached his bed as she looked at him with concern in her eyes. He continued to whine almost like a hurt dog as he shivered even more.

 

Kagome slowly reached for one of his cute ears as she started to massage it gently. He stopped his whining and calmed down as she continued to massage and coo at him making him relax. She heard a gentle growl come from deep down in his throat as he relaxed into her touch.

 

She looked at the sleeping figure in front of her as the lines of tension on his face relaxed for the first time since she had met him. He had gone through so much that she feared that he would never be the same way he used to be.

 

The growls turned into purrs as she continued to rub his ear. Then she ran her hand down the back of his head and down his back. She felt as his body relaxed and fell into a deeper sleep finally released from his nightmares.

 

She pulled her hands away as she heard a small whimper and then he stilled. She got off the bed and left him alone so he could rest, but before she left she covered him up with a blanket and gently kissed his cheek as she walked out of the room and closed the door behind her.

 

Kagome went back to her room. She couldn't sleep any longer. She was thinking about all the things they could've done to him to make him cry out like that in the middle of the night. Her heart ached. She felt attracted to him but she didn't know why. It felt like he was the person she had been searching for all her life.

 

She was beginning to fall in love with him and this wasn't good. Her father wouldn't approve of her marrying a hanyou. She would just have to wait and see where all of this went. She didn't even know if he even liked her.

 

She sighed as she started to get dressed, dawn was approaching and she could get in some much-needed training before she went to check the land.

 

She hated the slavers and she protected all of the demons that lived here. She didn't want them to be turned into slaves the way they had tried to make Inuyasha into one.

 

She liked him the way he was. She could tell that he was very proud and stubborn.

 

She remembered the look on his face when she told him to take off his clothes and wrap a towel around his waist. The blush on his face was priceless. He did have a good body even though he was a little thin. She had reasoned that they didn't give him much food judging by the way he ate the food she had prepared for him last night.

 

Her heart ached as she thought about what she did to him that caused him to fall to the floor in pain. He had thought that she was punishing him but in reality she could never hurt him that way. His plea for her not to do it again was a sign that they had abused him.

 

She had tried to get the necklace off his neck but she couldn't. The spell on the necklace was strong and she needed to get stronger in order to remove it. But she made herself a promise that she would do it.

 

She knew once she removed the necklace that he would leave. That thought made her heart ache. She didn't want him to leave. She wanted more than anything for him to stay with her. But that was his decision to make, she wouldn't ask him to stay, it wouldn't be fair to him if she did.

 

Kagome finished dressing and went outside to train. In the back of her house she had set up a practice field where she could use her miko powers and her weapons. Her goal was to make it to the other end of the field with all of her weapons with her and in one piece.

 

The coarse was difficult and she had yet to make it all the way through but she was bound and determine to do it.

 

Kagome stretched her tired body, as she got ready. She mentally started to count down as she started the coarse. She used her miko powers to enhance her muscle as she ran with lighting speed down the coarse. First up were the arrows. They came at her in all directions as she took her sword and cut them all down.

 

She started to run again as the next obstacle came up. She used her legs to push up and jump the wide river as she made it to the other side without even breaking her stride.

 

She continued to go down the coarse as her next challenge came into view. It was a giant beast made of paper and straw that she used as target practice with her arrows. She hit her mark five times before she took off again.

 

The last and final obstacle came into view. She had to dodge several objects that were thrown, shot, or pushed in her way.

 

First she was assaulted with knives being thrown at her. She used her speed to dodge the knives as she continued to run.

 

Then came the guns as they aimed with precision. Shots rang out throughout the area as she used her miko powers to deflect the shots away from her.

 

Then came the boulder that was shoved towards her as she flipped over the boulder and continued to run. She made it past this and thought that the obstacle coarse was done. She had stopped just a few feet short of the finish line when a net came down and ensnared her.

 

Kagome was pissed she had thought that she had finally made it through the obstacle coarse and in record time too. She started to glow and her miko powers blasted the net away from her as she slowly stood up panting. The coarse had gotten the best of her again as she sighed. She would have to do better the next time and she must learn never to let her guard down not even for an instant.

 

She walked over to the archery range and started to practice. All of her shots hit dead center. This was good because there were still youkai on the land that hated humans but loved the protection of the land so they stayed there.

 

On more than one occasion she had to deal with the more difficult ones. Most of the other youkai's knew who she was and therefore left her alone but an occasional few thought to show their power and she had to bring them down. She hated to do it but she didn't have a choice. It was either them or her and she wasn't about to die any time soon.

 

Kagome felt as Inuyasha awoke in the house, she smiled knowing that he was feeling better today. For some reason she was well attuned to the hanyou and she didn't know why. She knew when he was happy, upset, or hurt. It was a strange feeling for her.

 

Kagome finished with her practicing and started to turn to go into the house. She felt Inuyasha's presence in the forest and he seemed upset so she went into the forest to find him.

 

She walked into the forest as she opened up her senses to find him. She continued to walk until she got to the tree were he was sitting and looked up. She saw his feet dangling over the edge of a tree branch as he sat perched high up in the tree. She wondered why he was feeling so down when she saw him looking towards the west.

 

`He must live in that direction that's why he looking that way.' Kagome sighed; she didn't know what to do.

 

She thought for a few minutes and then said, “Inuyasha, could you come down here for a minute?”

 

Inuyasha had been sitting in the tree deep in thought. He had been thinking about home when he heard Kagome's request. He looked down to see that the girl was standing down below looking up at him. He stood and then jumped from the tree as he landed gracefully next to her.

 

He looked at her and said, “I've been watching you train your pretty good.”

 

That complement made Kagome blush a deep red. No one has ever complimented her on her training before. She looked up into his golden eyes and asked, “Inuyasha, why were you staring off to the west? Is that where you live?”

 

Inuyasha lowered his eyes to the ground he didn't know she had been so observant. He shifted his feet from side to side as he sighed and said, “Yes, I live west of here. My father is the only family I have and I know he is looking for me,” he said with a sad voice.

 

Kagome took a deep breath and said, “Inuyasha you are free to go anytime you want. You can go back home. I won't stop you from leaving.”

 

Inuyasha head snapped up quickly at her words she had released him from being a slave. He was free to go home anytime he wanted. This made him happy and yet sad at the same time. He couldn't leave without Shippo. Plus he didn't want to leave her at the moment. He had to find out why he was so attracted to her and why every time she asked him a question he would have to answer her. It would frustrate him to no end as he huffed being irritated at himself.

 

He looked at her and then said, “thank you for releasing me but I can't go home without Shippo. He was with me the day we got captured. I have a certain responsibility to protect him and I can't leave him behind.”

 

Kagome considered his words as she thought. Then she said, “If I can get Shippo away from my brother I'll bring him here. Then you're both free to leave.”

 

This made Inuyasha happy but he saw the look on the girls face when she said this. She would release him and she would get Shippo for him but there was something else there that he couldn't quite understand. Her emotions were hidden from him as he tried to read her.

 

Kagome shifted from the intense gaze that the hanyou was giving her. She knew he wanted to leave so she would do everything within her power to give him his wish but first she had something she had to do.

 

“Inuyasha, I'll get Shippo from my brother but it will have to wait for a little while I have to go into the forest and check the barriers to make sure they are still in place. You're welcome to come with me or you can stay here and relax, the choice is yours.” Kagome said as she turned and walked away from the hanyou.

 

Inuyasha looked at her retreating form as she walked back towards her house. `She's going to check on the barrier around the land. Hmm, maybe I should go with her to make sure nothing happens to her.'

 

Inuyasha liked the idea of traveling with her it made his heart skip a beat as he thought about spending some more time with the girl. He started to walk towards Kagome's house to wait for her to come back out so they can start on their journey.

 

~oOo~

 

Kagome was heart broken. She had known that if she released him that he would leave. The only thing keeping him here was his little friend Shippo. He wouldn't leave without him and she couldn't go and get him at the moment she had to check the land.

 

She was wiping the tears away from her eyes as she made her way back outside again. When she stepped out of the house she saw the hanyou standing there waiting for her. She walked up to him and said, “So, are you coming with me or are you staying here?”

 

Inuyasha looked at her and said, “Feh! I'm coming with you. I don't want you traveling alone through the forest. There are many dangerous creatures out there and I don't want you getting hurt.” He said in a huff while he crossed his arms over his chest in an arrogant manner, trying to cover up his concern for the girl.

 

Kagome looked at him with a raised eyebrow and said, “I don't need anyone to protect me. I can take care of myself. I have done so in the past and I will continue to do so in the future.” She stared at the hanyou for a few minutes then she sighed as she started to walk deep into the forest.

 

Inuyasha followed her, not wanting her to be alone in the forest. He knew she could take care of herself but the slavers were out there and he knew they would be trouble if she ran into them.

 

They had walked for most of the day in silence. Inuyasha followed by jumping from tree branch to tree branch as Kagome walked on the ground.

 

Kagome was in deep thought while she walked. `I need to tell Inuyasha how to behave if we run into anyone deep in the forest. I don't want anyone to take him away from me plus if the slavers capture him he will be abused again. I can't let that happen.' Thought Kagome as she turned to look for him and said, “Inuyasha, could you come here for a minute?”

 

Kagome jumped as Inuyasha landed right next to her. She didn't expect him to be so close when she called for him. She sighed as she said, “Inuyasha, if we meet anyone in the forest you're going to have to act as my… ah… companion. I want you to obey if I ask you to do something without protest.”

 

Inuyasha eyed her with curiosity then he said in a very devilish voice, “What's the matter Kagome can't say the word slave? That's what you're asking me to be right?”

 

Kagome lowered her head not willing to look at the hanyou. Yes, she did want him to behave like a slave but she couldn't bring herself to say that word. She hated that word with a passion and she will never say it.

 

She looked up from the ground as she stared into his eyes and said, “I can't say that word, its not right for people to own other beings. Yes, I'm asking you to act that way but only for your safety. I don't want anyone to hurt you. If they know you're with me then they will leave you alone.”

 

Inuyasha eyed her and then said “Feh, I can take care of myself I don't need a weak human to help me.”

 

Kagome became enraged at his comment, `a weak human am I.'

 

“Well it was this weak human who got you out of that damn processing facility before they killed you, and it was this weak human that healed your wounds and don't forget that I also returned your damn demon powers to you. So the next time you go calling some race weak make sure that they haven't helped you in the past.” Said Kagome as she was poking a finger in Inuyasha chest emphasizing each point to him with her finger until she backed him into a tree.

 

Inuyasha was scared he had never seen the girl this mad before. This only served to fuel his temper as he said, “I never asked you to get me outta there! I could've escaped on my own you know!”

 

Kagome looked into his golden eyes as she narrow her own then she said, “You know Inuyasha, you could be a real jerk sometimes.” She turned her back on him and continued, “Your lackadaisical attitude will get us killed,” and then she said in a whisper, “and to think that I was starting to like you.” She walked away from him with tears running down her face.

 

Inuyasha just stood there he didn't know what that word meant. He didn't think it was a good word as he said, “Wait! What does that word mean? You just can't say something I don't understand and walk away from me like that!” He started to growl as he got back some of his nerve from being backed into a tree.

 

Kagome turned around and looked at him with tear soaked eyes as she said, “What's the matter Inuyasha you don't understand a simple word? It means uncaring, half hearted, laid back, do I need to say more?” She turned around and started to leave.

 

Inuyasha became enraged as he thought about what she had said, `I do care why would I put myself through this if I didn't care.' He thought as he looked at her retreating form then he remembered that she was crying and what was the last thing she said? It finally hit him what the last thing she said as he rushed forward and grabbed her by the arm and turned her around to face him.

 

He looked into her tear stained eyes as he asked, “What was the last thing you said?” Kagome looked at him for a few minutes before she looked away. She couldn't tell him the last thing she had said, she just couldn't.

 

Inuyasha saw her reaction to his question and then he knew it was true she was having feeling for him as he was having them for her. He couldn't believe that she would be interested in a person like him.

 

Kagome tried to pull away from him but he just brought her closer to him and then he lowered his head and kissed her.

 

Kagome was struggling in his arms trying to break free when he shifted his arms around her to bring her closer to him making her body flushed against his. Her body was a perfect fit to his as he felt her relax into his embrace.

 

Kagome started to kiss Inuyasha back and his senses went wild. He licked her lower lip and she gasped as he took the opportunity and moved his tongue inside her mouth. He explored every bit of her with his tongue, as she seemed to melt in his arms.

 

He pulled away from her as he stared into her beautiful blue eyes and he said, “Yea, I like you too.”

 

He was about to kiss her again when his sensitive ears picked up a sound coming from the forest. He let go of Kagome and she went weak in the knees as he caught her before she fell. He placed her on the ground as he started to growl at the approaching threat.

 

Kagome heard what he was doing and then placed a hand on his forearm as she tried to calm him. “Inuyasha, remember you're not suppose to be as strong as you are.” Kagome said panting from the powerful kiss they just shared.

 

Kagome couldn't believe that he had this affect on her as she was trying to regain some movement back in her legs. `Damn! Where in the hell did he ever learn to kiss like that? It was my first kiss and he made me weak in the knees.' She thought as she was breathing hard trying to get herself under control.

 

Inuyasha's growls became more intense as she saw the slavers emerge from the forest. Now she understood why he was acting the way he was, as she squeezed her hand that was still on his forearm to warn him to be still.

 

The men emerged from the forest to see the silver haired hanyou they had caught over a month ago in the forest with a very pretty girl. They smiled at her as she tighten her grip on the hanyou's forearm and then one of them said, “Is there anything we can do to help? We could take you home if you're not feeling well.” Said the ugly one with no hair or front teeth.

 

Kagome smiled weakly and said, “No, I'm fine he'll take me home.”

 

She looked at Inuyasha and then lowered her head and said in a whisper so only he could hear, “Inuyasha, pick me up and head back into the forest. I want to get away from here so we can follow them and see what they're up to.”

 

Inuyasha looked at the girl, then he picked her up as he gently stood with her in his arms. He held her close to him as he turned and leaped into the forest.

 

When they had made it out of sight Inuyasha stopped on a tree branch and put Kagome down on her feet as he asked, “Why did you make me leave? I wanted to kick their ass for what they did to me.”

 

Inuyasha was mad because he didn't get the opportunity to extract his revenge on the men who had captured him over a month ago.

 

Kagome looked at Inuyasha and knew how he felt but there was something not right in all of this.

 

“Inuyasha those slavers are way too close to my house. Usually slavers stay really close to the barriers so they can get away with their captives. That way they can just say they caught the demons outside of the protected lands and they won't get into any trouble. I think there is something else going on and I want to find out what it is.”

 

The girl had a point they were way too close to her home and they were at least 20 miles from the boundaries to the land. They were up to something and now he wanted to know what that something was.

 

He looked at the girl and said, “So what do you want to do?”

 

Kagome heard his question and thought for a few minutes then she said, “I want to follow them. I want to see if we can find out what it is they're after. I have a strange suspension that it's you they're after but since I was with you they couldn't take the chance of capturing you. They won't leave any witnesses behind that can identify them.” What Kagome said made sense as he waited for her to come up with a plan.

 

Inuyasha was thinking about this problem too as he said, “Well if you want to follow them then we can do it from the tree tops. They won't think to look for us in the trees.”

 

Kagome smiled she liked that idea but then she frowned she couldn't travel that way. She was afraid of height and she was having a hard time just standing on the tree branch they were on. She made the mistake of looking down and got dizzy and started to fall when Inuyasha caught her in an embrace and held her close to him.

 

Kagome closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Inuyasha. Then she said through clinched teeth, “I'm sorry Inuyasha but I don't do well in heights, I'm scared to death and it makes me dizzy just to look down.”

 

Inuyasha just chuckled and said, “Don't worry I can carry you. I won't let you fall.” As he said this he held her a little tighter as she snuggled into his shoulder.

 

Inuyasha heard a sound off in the distance as he held a finger up to his lips to indicate to her to be quite. She nodded her understanding as the men they had met earlier came closer to where they were.

 

Kagome just kept her eyes closed as she listen to see if they would say something that could be of use to her.

 

As the slavers were walking they were quietly talking with one another, “Do you think Naraku will give us a bonus if we get the pretty girl too. Man she's a fox what I wouldn't do to have her in my bed at night.” Said one of the slavers that were on the mission to capture the hanyou.

 

The others agreed with his statement she was beautiful and they would do anything just so she could notice them.

 

Kagome heard their comments and turned bright red, `Men can be such pigs. What makes them think that I would even notice scum like them?' she thought as they were walking by the tree they were standing in.

 

One of the other men in the group said, “Well he should give us a bonus but not for the girl, that hanyou is going to be a tough one to catch. The way he was protecting the girl means they must've turned him into a good slave.”

 

All of the men agreed with that statement then another said, “Kusco could break any demon. She has in the past that's why that facility is known for breaking the unbreakable, either she breaks them or they die its that simple.”

 

Inuyasha started to growl at what the men were saying.

 

The men had stopped, thinking they had heard something in the forest as they started to search for the source of the noise.

 

Kagome realized what was happening and before they would spot them she quickly kissed Inuyasha to stop him from growling and let the slavers just continue to walk past them.

 

Inuyasha was enjoying the kiss he was getting from Kagome as he wrapped his arms around her even more to bring her closer to him. He was gently caressing her back as his hand slipped under her shirt and he was rubbing her bare skin with his hands. It was very soft to the touch and Kagome was beginning to moan from what they were doing. He pulled away from her for lack of oxygen as they were both panting from what they had shared.

 

He looked into her eyes as they were glazed over with want. He wanted to continue then she said in a low voice, “Inuyasha, we have to get back to my house. We need to set a trap for those slavers. I don't want them coming after you even when you leave.”

 

Kagome's chest was heaving as she spoke. Inuyasha saw the hurt in her eyes as she said this, she didn't want him to leave and this pleased him because he didn't want to leave her either. He turned around and offered his back to her and said, “get on Kagome, we can travel faster if I carry you. We will beat them back to your house then we can plan on what to do.”

 

Kagome nodded her understanding and got on his back. He held her tight around her legs as she grabbed onto his shoulder and lowered her head there. She closed her eyes not wanting to see where he was going because she was still afraid of heights.

 

Inuyasha stood once he felt her securely on his back. He raced through the forest, jumping from tree branch to tree branch, on his way back to her house. His mind was racing with what to do. He wanted to stay with Kagome but he knew that his father would be looking for him. He also knew that his father wouldn't hesitate to wage war on the humans if he even thought they had hurt him. He continued this train of thought until he reached Kagome's home.

 

He lowered himself to the ground and allowed the girl to get off his back. They walked inside the house as they made plans for their unexpected guest.

 

~oOo~

 

Kagome was in her room; she was getting ready for the battle ahead. No one in her family knew that she is a miko. They knew that a miko was protecting the land from intruders and that she was keeping everyone safe but they had no idea that it was their daughter.

 

She would have to tell Inuyasha though because the next time he saw her she wouldn't look like she did now. She had a concealment spell that changed her appearance and she even managed to change her scent when she transformed which protected her even more.

 

She was afraid that Inuyasha would attack her because he might think that she's working with the slavers to capture him. She didn't want to hurt him so she had to tell him the truth.

 

Kagome looked up into the sky, it was getting dark, and she sighed as she turned around heading for the door to her room.

 

~oOo~

 

Inuyasha was in his room thinking. They had made plans on what they were going to do when the slavers got there. He was to be the bait, as he would try to protect Kagome. He was to make them tell him why they were after him so that Kagome could get the information. They would make sure that the slavers never took any more demons from this land. He didn't know how Kagome would relay the information to the right people but he knew that she would think of something.

 

He knew he would have to leave even if it was for just a little while and this pained him. He had to take Shippo home and he had to speak to his father. He wanted to return to her but he had to make sure that his father wouldn't attack this land looking for him.

 

He noticed that a lot of humans treat their slaves with respect and they were well cared for. There were only a few humans who deserved his father's wrath and Kagome was not one of them.

 

She had asked him to behave like a slave for his safety. She didn't want them to take him back to the processing facility and to be honest he didn't want to go back there either.

 

He had to tell Kagome why those slavers were after him. She had the right to know that if their plan failed what they were going to do with him. Especially what Kusco was going to do to him, he shuttered at the thought.

 

He built up his courage and then headed towards his door as he reached it he opened it and stepped out into the hallway. He prepared himself for what he had to do and then he knocked on Kagome's door.

 

~oOo~

 

Kagome had almost reached her door when she heard a soft knock. She reached for the handle as she opened it and there stood Inuyasha with his head and ears down. She looked at him with concern and then she asked in a gentle voice, “Inuyasha is something wrong?”

 

Inuyasha took a deep breath and then said, “Can I come in? We need to talk.”

 

Kagome stepped aside and allowed him to enter her room as she went to sit on her bed and Inuyasha sat on the floor in front of her. She waited to see what so important that he wanted to speak with her when she heard him take a deep breath and begin.

 

“Kagome I have to tell you why the slavers are after me. Kusco, the taskmaster, is the one who is after me. The day I arrived at the processing facility she had said that she would make me submit to her. She doesn't know how close she came to breaking me when you showed up and got me out of there.”

 

Inuyasha took another deep breath and continued before he lost his nerve. “She said that she wanted me for her own, that I was… that I was pleasing to the eyes.

 

Kagome I can't do that. Inu Youkai mate for life and if I do that with her then I can never leave. I will be doomed to a life of misery and I will never be free. I wanted you to know that if anything goes wrong tonight and they do capture me again that I'll probably be dead by the time you find me because I will not allow myself to be mated to such a evil person.”

 

Kagome's eyes grew big as he spoke of his fears. She never knew how close that evil bitch was to breaking him or even killing him when she showed up and got him out of there. Tears started to come down her cheeks as she sat on the floor in front of him and she put a gentle hand on his cheek.

 

Inuyasha looked up as he felt her warm touch. He saw the tears coming down her face as he looked away in shame knowing that he had been the cause of her tears. But she had to know, she had the right to know what would happen if their plan failed tonight.

 

“Inuyasha, I promise you that I will not let the slavers take you away. I'm not about to lose you after I saved you from that life. It pains me that they would do these things to demons. They have no right. For years we have been working to change the minds of the people so that they will treat slaves with respect and protect them. Eventually we will set them all free and then we will live together in peace but for now I must continue my silent fight for them to be treated fairly.” Kagome said as she continued to rub his cheek in a loving way.

 

“But I also have something to say to you and I want your promise not to tell anyone. My parents don't even know of my secret and I would like to keep it that way.” She eyed him to see if she had his attention. She saw his ears perk up as they turned towards her listening to everything she had to say.

 

Kagome took a deep breath and then said, “I know that you are aware that I'm a miko. My parents have no knowledge of this. They think of me as a weak female that needs protecting, that's why my mother has been after me to get a companion. She thinks that if I have one I will be protected from any harm.”

 

Kagome watched as Inuyasha raised his head to look at her. He was shocked at what she had said but she continued. “They know of a miko that lives in this forest that protects the land from any intruders. They think that she is just a person who is interested in protecting the land and everything in it. Even though there reasoning is correct they have no idea that it's me who's doing this.

 

I have a concealment spell that hides my features and my scent to protect who I am. If anyone was to find out then my family and I could be in danger. There are a lot of people out there that hate me for what I am doing, so for this reason I hide my identity.”

 

Inuyasha didn't know what to say. He had thought that it was common knowledge that she was a miko. He couldn't understand why she was keeping this a secret as he said, “Kagome I don't understand, why would you want to keep this a secret? You're very powerful for a miko and you're protecting this land on your own.”

 

Kagome looked at him and laughed, “Inuyasha there are a lot of things that you don't know about me and in time I will tell you, but for now will you keep my secret and not let it slip by calling my name in battle if you see me in danger.”

 

Inuyasha lowered his head and then said, “I promise to keep your secret but in time you will have to tell me more about yourself and I promise to tell you the same.”

 

Kagome smiled and agreed to his request. They both stood up from the floor and then Inuyasha asked, “Um, Kagome, what do you look like when the concealment spell is placed?”

 

Kagome smiled as she closed her eyes and then started to concentrate. Her whole body glowed an eerier white as she started to change.

 

Inuyasha eyes grew big as he saw her transform before his eyes.

 

Kagome hair went from ebony to silver just like his. Her hair was shorter; it came down to about her shoulders. Her features changed just a little to hide who she was. She had higher cheekbones and rounder lips. She wore a white kimono and on her back was a quiver of arrows and a bow was on her shoulder. When she opened her eyes they were still the mesmerizing blue that he had grown to love.

 

Her scent was different too instead of smelling like Jasmine and honey she smelled like wildflowers.

 

He took a cautious step towards her and she giggled at his reaction in seeing her transform. You could see his nose twitching from side to side as he took in her scent.

 

Then he said, “You have learned to change your features and your scent but there is only one way I can tell if it's the real you.”

 

Kagome raised an eyebrow at him and said, “and how can you tell if it's really me if my appearance and scent are different.” This irritated her because she had worked long and hard on this spell to make sure no one could tell it was her.

 

Then she got her answer as he leaned in and kissed her with such passion that it left her weak in the knees, again.

 

Inuyasha smiled as he pulled away from her and then he said, “you may have changed your appearance and your scent but you still taste the same to me.”

 

Kagome couldn't believe that this was the way he could tell it was her, she blushed a deep red from his comments. She pulled away from his embrace and stepped away from him and said, “Inuyasha your impossible. Do you really think that I would allow anyone to get that close to me as to kiss me the way that you did?”

 

Inuyasha huffed as he crossed his arms across his chest as he said, “Well I hope not, your kisses are for me to enjoy and no one else.”

 

`How dare he think that he can have his way with me any time he wants. He might have been my first kiss but it doesn't make him my suitor or that I would marry him.' Thought Kagome as her eyes were burning with anger.

 

They were about to get into one of their arguments when Inuyasha ear picked up a sound coming from the garden. He held up a hand to tell Kagome to be quit as he listened.

 

The slavers had arrived and it was time to put their plan into action.

 

~oOo~

 

All right, I have been asked a question that needs to be answered. They asked me what happened to Miroku. Well Miroku will come in a later chapter. Along with two new characters that I created for this story, it will go back in time so you can see what was happening when they captured Inuyasha.

 

This story will do this because I need you to see it from different points of view after a certain scene. So bear with me, oh and if anyone even noticed Miroku is a demon in this fic. He is a very special demon. You have to wait to see what kind of demon he really is. Nothing seems, as it should be so there is a twist to my story.

 

So that being said, I hope you liked this chapter and remember to review. I like hearing from all of you.

 

Until the next chapter!

 

Ja ne!