InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Dog Daze ❯ Dog baths and Kisses ( Chapter 4 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

When the food was done, they all settled down to eat stew that they had made and Kagome poured a large amount of it

into a wide dish for Inuyasha. She placed it down beside herself and whistled, Inuyasha woke and swiveled his ears

towards the source of the sound, when he saw Kagome and food he moved over to her. She stroked his head “Good

boy.”

After they were finished eating, Kagome cleaned up the area around Inuyasha, he had splashed his stew all over the floor

and had attempted to lick it up. By the time he was finished, stew was all over his face and haori. She sighed as Kaede

glanced at him and said “He needs to be cleaned up.”

Kagome wilted when no one volunteered, she sighed again “Fine I’ll do it.” she grabbed him by the hand and led him out

of the hut and over to the small pond near the forest’s edge. He looked at her waiting for instruction, she saw that he

wouldn’t do anything by himself, so she removed his outer haori, leaving him standing there in his white under kimono.

She dipped it in the water scrubbing it with some soap she had brought from her time, dirt ran off in sheets, revealing an

even brighter red haori than before.

Kagome placed it on the grass to dry and took him by the hand to lead him closer to the water, he whined when he saw

where she was taking him. She pulled a little harder but he set his feet, her hand slipped and she went sprawling into the

pond. She sat up soaking wet, and sighed “Inuyasha why do you have to be a dog that is afraid of water?” he cocked his

head to one side and whined again.

She mused about how cute he looked like that, but snapped to the present, taking out one of the towels Kaede had sent

with her, she soaked it in water and stepped back out, slipping on the grass. She wiped his face and neck, amazingly he

stayed still, almost seeming to enjoy it, he closed his eyes as she ran the towel over his cheek.

When she squeezed out her soaking hair, and looked to his long silver mane, she considered how much it would shine if

she washed it. She slowly backed into the water calling him and coaxing. He came close enough for her to wet down his

hair and work some shampoo into it, she inhaled thinking aloud “Now you smell like flowers, Inuyasha.” his ears

twitched from under the suds at the mention of his name.

Kagome rinsed out his hair and put conditioner in, it took over half the bottle to cover the vast length of his silver locks.

When she finished she washed her own hair and stepped out sopping wet, but relatively clean. She dried his hair and

combed it with her brush, the hanyou closed his eyes at the repetitive motion, when they were finally done she went back

to the hut finding everyone asleep but Kaede who seemed to have been waiting for her.

Kagome sat down beside the old women who had beckoned her, Kaede watched Inuyasha settle on Kagome’s sleeping

bag and spoke quietly “Kagome, there is a cure for Inuyasha’s curse.” the young miko perked up and said “There is!!?

What is it?” Kaede glanced again at Inuyasha and said “Ye must kiss him and confess your love.”

Kagome’s jaw dropped “Are you serious?” The old woman nodded “I’m afraid so.” Kagome looked to the dog hanyou

sleeping peacefully feet away. “I-I’ll do it, for him.” Kaede smiled “Good, best to do it before the others awaken, they

would never leave you two alone after that.” With that, the ancient miko got up and lay down on the other side of the

hut.

Kagome got up and lay down in front of Inuyasha so that she was facing him. His nose was still extremely red from the

powder Sango had used on him, and he smelled distinctly like flowers. She moved her hands around his neck and into

his hair, leaning in she kissed him, though in sleep, he reacted grasping her lips and deepening the kiss.

When they parted, she whispered “I love you, Inuyasha.” her heart nearly stopped when a bright light filled his aura and

then the room fell back into darkness. She heard him say quietly “I love you too, Kagome.” her heart skipped a beat and

she froze.'He loves me?'

The young miko pulled him close, fighting back tears of happiness, she kissed him, slowly placing butterfly kisses trailing

down his nose and landing upon his lips. He met her lips again and when they parted, she'd never felt so peaceful or

happy as she drifted into a dreamless sleep.

When morning light filtered into the hut, Kagome woke to find Inuyasha already raving to the others, demanding to know

what they had done to his nose while he had been sleeping and why his hair smelled like flowers.

Kagome sat down around the fire with everyone else. Kaede smiled at her, but said nothing and simply listened to

Inuyasha’s ranting as he turned his attack upon Kagome “It was you wasn’t it, Wench? You had something to do with

this.” Miroku and Sango met eyes with her as she made Raman noodles. They all silently agreed never to tell Inuyasha

what had happened.

Laura Kavanagh


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