InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Cannot Be Broken ❯ Revelation ( Chapter 16 )

InuYasha woke heavily. His sensitive nose could pick out burnt wood and musky earth and something achingly familiar.

 

Glancing slowly around he saw the cave walls, a hint of daylight in the crevice ahead and a dead fire. He felt groggy, but oddly at peace, something he never felt while living in this cave as a child.

 

A slight tickle on his chest made his eyes wander towards it, only to see black hair splayed across his chest and arm. At first he thought it was his own and the morning had not yet arrived, but then a soft sigh made his ears twitch in recognition. A flood of memories hit him hard.

 

Kagome in the river, Kagome in his cave, Kagome in his arms naked, Kagome laying on top of him naked. And now Kagome… naked, resting her head on his chest, her arm wrapped around him, her leg….

 

Her leg shifted slightly down to rest on his pelvic bone and touching his….

 

InuYasha's eyes widened in horror. He was hard. And she was waking up. What will she say? What will she do?

 

He willed it to go down, but her feather light breaths and soft touches weren't making it any easier. He lay still, not sure what to do.

 

Worst of all, how was he to explain last night?

 

His eyes narrowed. How will she explain last night? Even now she was naked and at ease on, when she fell asleep, a strange man. Now, when she wakes and finds him, what will she say to explain what she did?

 

He growled despite of himself, but could not bring himself to move out of her embrace. Namely it was because he didn't want her to wake and have to confront her and also because she was in his arms. It was selfish, he knew it, but when would Kagome ever be this way with him as a hanyou?

 

Her breathing steadily lightened and he closed his eyes and waited.

 

Kagome opened her eyes to see darkness. She was oddly rested, and there was something she knew was off.

 

No, it wasn't the fact she was in a cave. Or the fact she was laying on something firm and warm. Or that she could hear growls coming from somewhere. Then what was it?

 

Her eyes flickered in ease at the acknowledgment. It was the first night in months where she did not wake from the black filled nightmare. She did not wake to the dark voice or fear. She slept the whole night and woke up… happy.

 

She sighed and snuggled deeper into the warmth around her, and nuzzled her face into the crook her head lay in. Oddly enough, the growling she heard changed pitch, from a deep one, to a lighter, softer one.

 

It was familiar and she couldn't quite place it. Then a hand stroked her side softly and the nails scratched her tenderly, sending goose bumps up her flesh.

 

Her eyes flashed open and she shot up quickly to the furthest wall. Her eyes were wide but she could not see much in the dark cave. She searched frantically and saw a figure in front of her sit up. She could not make out the features, but she was very much aware of the man in front of her.

 

A husky laugh broke the silence. “Cold?” He asked.

 

Kagome's eyes widened even more. She yelped in realization and grabbed for anything in her reach. She hastily seized a mouldy blanket and wrapped it around herself.

 

InuYasha watched her silently. A smirk grazed his face. She couldn't see him in the dark. Maybe he could use that to his advantage.

 

He tucked a blanket around his waist while he shifted to get closer to her. He glimpsed up to her searching eyes, and was glad to see she struggled to make him out.

 

“It's dark.” She whispered in a rush. Her breathing had quickened and her heart rate was beginning to speed up.

 

“It's a cave.” He remarked, lowering his voice so she would not recognize him.

 

“Why am I here?” She breathed.

 

He looked her over quickly. Did she not remember last night? Does that mean she won't remember that she held him so intimately?

 

“I brought you here, after I got you out of the river.” A low rumble in the dark replied.

 

Kagome sighed, it sounded in relief. “Oh, the river… I remember now.” Her breathing eased and her heart rate returned to normal. “I thought I was dreaming.”

 

InuYasha regarded her fully. His breath hitched in his throat but he managed to ask. “Do you remember last night?”

 

Kagome nodded her head, though she doubted he could see her. “Yes, you took me out of the river, brought me… here. You took me out of my wet clothes. You warmed me. You… you saved me.” She looked desperately at him, wishing she could see his face. “Thank you.”

 

He was taken slightly aback and had to look around blindly, gathering his thoughts, before he continued. “Do you… remember… me? What you did to me?”

 

Even in the darkness, he could see her blush. She stopped trying to look at him and instead cast her gaze to the wall. I guess she does.

 

“Tell me… why did you do that?” He breathed heavily.

 

Kagome looked uncomfortable. “You were cold. You wrapped your body to warm me. I only did the same.”

 

InuYasha growled slightly, making the girl fidget. “No, you did more than that. You did not just wrap yourself around me, you….”

 

“I know what I did.” Kagome spat out and blushed furiously. “You don't need to spell it out.”

 

He growled again. “Then why?”

 

“Because… you were dying.” Kagome said softly and looked down.

 

“What?” InuYasha was stunned.

 

Kagome sighed. “You had hypothermia. You jumped into the river to save me, and not only that, spent the rest of your energy bringing me here, and taking care of me. It was too much of a shock to your system.” She looked back towards him. “Your body wasn't warming up, and I could sense them coming.”

 

“Them?” His ears flicked in the darkness.

 

“The demons of the after world, they were beckoning to you. I had no other choice.” Kagome began to crawl blindly towards and then past from him, searching.

 

“Demons of the after world?” InuYasha looked stunned. She can see them? “What do you mean no other choice? And what are you looking for?”

 

Kagome stalled for a moment. He can see in the dark? She hastily tightened the blanket around her. “Yes, demons. No other choice but to keep you warm. My clothing.” She answered his questions quickly and grabbed onto some fabric. Not my kimono… must be his. She tossed it towards him.

 

He grabbed the clothing she tossed at him. It was dry, thankfully, but smelled heavily of wood smoke. He watched as she found her clothing and rummaged through them.

 

“I'm sure you could have found a better way to keep me warm.” He snarled uncontrollably. He was twisted in his emotions. Thankful that she saved him from death, but angered she did it so… so… and to a complete stranger too.

 

Kagome turned her head angrily towards him. “I had to warm your head and chest. When someone is suffering from hypothermia as bad as you were last night, you have to warm the breathing pathways and the heart. I had to wrap my… body around those parts to keep you breathing comfortably and to regulate your heart.” She turned back to her clothing. “Now turn around, jackass, so I can get dressed.”

 

InuYasha's mind reeled. So she only did that… like that… because she was taking care of me? He smiled despite of himself. Especially now that she was so modest around him. He smirked. “You weren't so modest last night.”

 

Kagome rolled her eyes. “Listen, baka, our clothing was wet, the blankets were shit, it was the only way I could warm you. Don't get so hung up about it.” She wrapped her kimono around her and tied it with her obi. Her mantle was still damp around the edges but dry where it mattered.

 

InuYasha quickly dressed behind her, glimpsing at her in the corner of his eye. “Keh. Not that I'm not thankful or anything, but it was just a shock you would do that to a complete stranger.”

 

Kagome spun around to face him. “Stranger? InuYasha, what are you getting on with?”

 

InuYasha looked at her as if he was slapped. “You… you knew that was me? How? But… how?!”

 

Kagome looked at him confused then a dawning realization struck her face. “That's why you were asking me all those questions all annoyed? You thought I was coming onto a man I didn't know?” Kagome started to laugh, “InuYasha….”

 

InuYasha's ears flicked towards her in a shy, but happy revelation, before being pinned back by her furious outburst.

 

“HOW CAN YOU THINK I WOULD DO THAT?!”

 

InuYasha flinched back in rebuke, pressing his back hard against the wall behind him trying to escape her wrath, “I'm sorry! I just….” But she kept going.

 

“IS THAT WHAT KIND OF WOMAN YOU THINK I AM?!”

 

InuYasha cringed slightly, “No, but….”

 

“WHAT THE HELL DO YOU TAKE ME FOR?!”

 

InuYasha flicked his golden eyes to her stormy grey and he knew his mate needed to be subdued.

 

“IF I'D KNOWN YOU'D BE SUCH A DICK ABOUT IT I WOULD HAVE NEVER mmmmm….”

 

Kagome's eyes flashed wide before drifting closed and melted against the very lips that silenced her. Her kneeling form leaned heavily against his own.

 

InuYasha's hands gripped her arms hard when he first kissed her, only to let them relax and caress their way up to her face and held her hair tight between his fingers, tilting her head so he could deepen the kiss.

 

As he opened his mouth to dip his tongue into hers, Kagome's tongue quickly delved into his. He snapped his head back stunned at her force before leaning hard against her, not that he had a choice in the matter.

 

She dug her hands into his shirt and pulled him harder onto her. She moaned as she tasted his tongue, moving wildly and passionately in his mouth. She was too bold when she slipped her tongue in and unknowingly pierced her lower lip on one of his upper canines.

 

A slight tang of salty metal tingled his taste buds, causing his eyes to roll back and his demon lust to trigger his pelvis into a heavy ache. He groaned and growled hard as his tongue attacked hers with a vengeance. He pressed Kagome flush against him, both kneeling on the ground and swaying for control of the kiss.

 

InuYasha felt like he was drowning, his head swam and a swirl of colours flicked across his eyes. So bright and pure and alive. He never saw anything like it, nor has he ever felt anything like it. It was like he could see life, and it was Kagome. He was going under and he never wanted to resurface. He wanted to sink to the bottom of her very soul and never break free. He gripped her head hard, pulling her lips harder onto his, and then moved his hands to grip into her back.

 

Kagome's heart was racing, her breath hard and fast, but she still would not let go of the kiss, fisting her hands into his hair, her moans were quick, for she was begging… begging him to keep kissing her. She was feeling wilder, her instincts were pushing her hard, she just wanted him, not water, not air, not life, him, only him. She wanted him closer, he couldn't get close enough, like she needed him to be in her, for his soul to connect with hers and never let go.

 

She couldn't feel anything except the flood of emotion. Waves of pleasurable pain erupting through her. Her lips were cut from his fangs, and she did not feel their tenderness, even as they healed from the ministrations of his mouth. She didn't even taste her blood. It was just the flood, and she was going under, and she wasn't going down fast enough.

 

Tears stung her eyes and she began to cry because there was no relief from it, she was just overwhelmed and she couldn't get enough.

 

InuYasha was dizzy, but he could taste something new. Her blood, her natural sweetness and… her tears? He sighed and shivered in ecstasy. He was tasting her, all of her life, all her emotion, all of Kagome. He knew this woman was now his life, and no one was going to take her from him. He would die for her.

 

But… she was crying. Why was his Kagome crying?

 

It took all he had to break the kiss. Last night was nothing compared to the agony of letting her lips go.

 

“Ka… gome.” He heaved in massive gulps of air, grabbing her head to stare blindly at her. She was covered in every imaginable colour and the purest light, and he felt drunk and blissful. Heaven… that's all he could think of it. And the god of his heaven was crying. The tears looked like rivers of diamond. Watching it was like seeing purity mourn for all his transgressions and still love him. His heart felt like it would soar to the highest heavens and sink to the lowest hells. It was so overwhelming he could only watch her in reverence.

 

Kagome swallowed hard and slowly shook her head. The cave seemed lighter somehow, because she could now see him clearly. Her eyes fell from his awestruck gaze to her fingertips, throbbing from a twinned pulse. They were resting on the necklace.

 

Kagome heaved in a breaking sigh and she dropped her hands.

 

InuYasha blinked heavily and shook his head. The world around him turned back to bland and cold and dead… back to normal. He shut his eyes as the emotions faded and it was just him, sitting in front of Kagome. He felt raped, like he was taken away from the most precious gift he has ever been touched with. And now, it was just him. He opened his eyes…. No, it was him and Kagome.

 

Kagome sat heavily in front of him, the tears were not diamonds but dirt-tracked streaks. But she was still beautiful.

 

“Kagome?” He breathed softly. So many questions flooded his head.

 

“The rosary.” She answered. She looked up at him and heaved out a raspy sob. “We… touched the necklace….”

 

InuYasha looked at the rosary and back at her. “Holy fuck.”

 

Kagome nodded.

 

“We have to….” He choked.

 

“See Sesshomaru….” Kagome nodded softly.

 

InuYasha crawled past her and outside the small cave. Kagome followed.

 

The sky was overcast, and the day cold.

 

InuYasha blinked at the brightness as did Kagome. After all the time in the small cave, the white snow was hard on their eyes.

 

InuYasha looked around and then back at Kagome, scanning her quickly before walking ahead. “Let's go.”

 

They walked silently for a long while, their minds trying to grasp just what had happened, but there was still something nagging InuYasha aside from that.

 

“How did you know?” He said after some time, walking ahead of her.

 

Kagome looked at his back. “Know?”

 

“That it was me last night.” He stopped and turned to her. He frowned.

 

Kagome smiled. “A few things really. One, I felt your aura. Your aura doesn't change no matter what form you take. I thought it odd at first, but then I remembered. You were a hanyou, of course you have a human time. The other, the necklace. I'm sure they're not a dime a dozen.”

 

InuYasha smiled slightly. “Oh… right.” He turned to walk again.

 

“And….”

 

He looked at her from the corner of his eye. “And?”

 

Kagome smiled softly and looked at him in an unrecognizable expression, InuYasha could only guess a peaceful tranquility.

 

“You said my name….”

 

InuYasha turned to look at her fully. He smirked. “Keh. Come on, Kagome.”

 

She grinned and followed.