InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Ambiguity ❯ Hopelessly Devoted ( Chapter 8 )

Chapter 7

~Hopelessly Devoted~

 

As soon as he was out of sight of Sango and the others, Inuyasha ran. Ran until the shade of Goshinboku stilled his feet, until the peace and calm the tree provided washed over him. He didn't hesitate to jump into the tree.

She kissed him. Kissed him. Why did she do that? She knew it pissed him off. Why did she have to do that gooey eye thing at that bastard wolf? Why did she have to get all flirty and turn on that smile and charm of hers? Did she not realize the effect that had on men?

Inuyasha hammered his fist into the branch underneath him, before flipping his hand over and digging his claws into the bark. He was jealous. He was angry; no, he was pissed. Something ugly inside him was rearing up, growling, the animal inside him hated that she was off with Koga.

`Maybe I'll go see Koga myself… and he's nicer to me than you are! Maybe I'll just stay too!'

`…go see Koga…'

`…nicer to me than you are…'

`I'll just stay too…'

`…just stay too…'

`You're hurting me…'

“What the fuck…” the hanyou growled, digging his claws in deeper until the bark stuck under his nails and blood assailed his nose. He hated that he was jealous of Koga, of that stupid, no good, little bastard of a wolf. What did that youkai do for her, really, other than swamp her with smiles and pretty words?

`You said it… he's a youkai…'

His hands stilled, `Kagome doesn't care… she's never cared…'

`Well, ever thought that she might just have not told you that? She's too nice to tell you to your face that you're a hanyou and she doesn't want you…' his inner youkai was ruthless.

His hands were bloody from the wood of the tree. Inuyasha held them up, flipped them over. He had claws. But, what animal-based youkai didn't have claws? Really, people didn't see him and scream “Hanyou!” They saw him, though he was youkai and he never bothered to correct them.

`It comes down to strength, man…'

`I could kill that mangy wolf any day of the week that ends in y!'

`You haven't though…'

`If she wanted me to kill that fucking wolf…'

“Inuyasha?”

He stilled, the only thing that was moving were his eyes, watching as Kagome emerged from the trees. She looked around, hands gracefully draped over her hips, “I know you're here, Inuyasha…” she looked up into Goshinboku, but she apparently was having a hard time locating him through the dense foliage, “Why don't you come down here so we can talk?”

He said nothing, debating silently what he was going to do. He was so mad; he didn't even know if he could speak to her right now. On the other hand, she looked so… guilty?

`She should be guilty damnit!'

`Why? Why should she be guilty? She isn't attached to anyone, let alone you…' his youkai was giving him no reprieve today.

Kagome sighed. She knew he was here, sitting up in the Sacred Tree, but she couldn't climb up to him; her only hope was that he would come down to her. She should have known that he would be bothered by her kiss to Koga. But, why should she feel bad about it? It wasn't anything… seductive. She didn't want Koga; she had been thanking him, which was all.

She turned, heading towards the well. She would leave him alone, let him vent it out. Eventually, he would cool down so that she could apologize and then maybe, everything would be okay…

Thump.

“Where do think you're going?”

She stopped, slowly turning around. There he was, arms crossed in his sleeves, a scowl on his face and his golden eyes boring into hers relentlessly.

“Inuyasha…” she started, but he cut her off.

“Are you going to see your boyfriend?”

She blinked a couple of times. Boyfriend? She didn't have a boyfriend… she'd never had a boyfriend… then it dawned on her.

“Please, Inuyasha… I'm sorry… Koga's not my boyfriend…” she added that last part with a bit of unintentional spite.

“Oh really? So you just go kiss people on random? Doesn't that make you some sort of whore?” his eyes were stoic and for a moment, she thought he looked like Sesshoumaru. It was a bit unnerving.

But not as much as his comment.

“What?” she asked, unable to believe that something like that just came out of his mouth. She understood that he was angry, but… “You think I'm a whore?”

He finally averted his eyes, unable to stand the sudden hurt that radiated from her gaze. His ears flattened. He had pushed too hard. He hadn't meant to hurt her, but he was pissed and he had opened his mouth once again without thinking of the consequences, “No, wait, that's not what I meant…”

She crossed her arms, “Just because you're mad at me, Inuyasha,” she started, tears of anger welling up. No one had ever called her a whore and this was completely unjustified, “doesn't give you grounds to call me names. I kissed him as a thank you and it was a peak on the cheek. It's not like I wanted him or anything…”

“You obviously wanted to kiss him…” it was out of his mouth before he could stop himself.

“It was hardly a kiss!” she exclaimed, almost desperately. She was getting frazzled and she should have had a cool head. He was the one who was mad, not her, but she was letting his anger get to her, thus making her angrier, “It was a peck on the cheek, for Kami's sake!”

“Didn't look like a peck to me…”

Kagome gave a little growl, strode up to the angry hanyou, pushed herself up onto her toes and pecked him on the cheek, “That was it. That was all I did. Now, will you stop being angry at me and stop calling me names?”

A blush filtered through his face, despite the fact that it was, indeed, barely a kiss, “That was it?” he asked, looking down at the ground. He had suddenly calmed down, like a balloon of anger had suddenly been popped and everything kind of just fizzled out. He felt bad now for getting all angry about something like that, “Oh…”

She shook her head, lost for words. He got all worked up over a peck on the cheek. With a sigh, she turned heel and started for the well.

“Hey! Woman! Where are you going?”

“Home, silly!” she tossed over her shoulder, “I was supposed to be in school four days ago… but due to the inconvenience of my kidnapping…” she left the sentence hanging, “Well, are you coming?”

“Pfst! To your time? Fuck that…” he stood there for a moment, watching her walk away, realizing that she wasn't stopping. In fact, she waved. Waved! With a growl, he chased after her. He couldn't help it. He was hopelessly devoted. He would follow her wherever she chose to go and protect her and be with her.

`Like a little lost puppy…'

He caught up with her, scooping her up and jumping into the well. She squealed, holding onto his haori with a death grip. Her smile up at him was contagious and he gave her a little grin back.

`So long as she'll have me, then yeah… like a lost little puppy…'

 

YEAH!! Another Chapter!!! WOOT!! It's a shortie, but hey! It's a `break the ice' chapter! ENJOY!

 

~Jesachi

 

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