InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Final Test ❯ Difficulties and a place to stay ( Chapter 2 )
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By: Inuki-Koinu-chan9 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Hentai / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.06.2008 | Pages: 2 | Words: 3.8K | Visits: 294 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Hentai / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.06.2008 | Pages: 2 | Words: 3.8K | Visits: 294 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha nor anything associated with Inuyasha.
Pairing: Inu/Kag
Thankies to the people who reviewed and let me know that they liked this story! I appreciate all the feed back I get. To all the people who have read this story and are going to read this, I hope you all enjoy!
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“Who the fuck are you and why the hell are you on my mountain!”
Kagome screamed and stumbled back away from the person in front of her. Her foot hit a rock at the base of the cave and she went tumbling onto her ass, spraining her ankle in the process. She looked at the man (?) in front of her and nearly screamed again. This wasn’t a normal man. She had no problems with hanyou or youkai that were peaceful, but this man had scared the crap out of her. He was looking down at her with an angry look upon his face. Kagome took a moment to look upon his person.
The man before her was gorgeous. He was tall, but not too tall; probably a head taller than she was. His arms were crossed over his chest and any muscles that he may have had were hidden by the billowing sleeves of his scarlet haori. He was looking down his nose at her like she was the bug under his sandal. His angry golden eyes were like pools of molten amber, shimmering in the light of the moon. A scowl was set across his face and his black eyebrows were turned down in an angry fashion. The most telling of his features were his hair and ears. His silvery white hair was long; down to his waist, and his ears were perched upon the top of his head. The soft looking dog ears twitched in the breeze of the night. All together he was a completely intimidating and yet alluring spectacle in front of her. She couldn’t seem to gather her thoughts enough to form a complete sentence as all that came out of her mouth were broken versions of the questions she wished to ask.
“Who are…how did you…what hap…ohhh.”
She finally just decided to be quiet. She wasn’t sure what to expect from him and she didn’t want to anger him any further than she seemed to have already done. Thoughts of what to actually say to him if he gave her the chance to ask questions consumed her mind and she completely forgot that he was standing directly in front of her.
He wasn’t sure what to make of the funny young girl in front of him. He hadn’t had contact with anyone in so long that is was weird to see her sitting on the floor of this cave. He didn’t think anyone was supposed to be able to get through the barrier that kept him captive, but apparently the barrier was weakening or something because she was definitely in front of him. He wasn’t hallucinating this time. He yearned for human contact and knew that if he scared her too much he would be denied that which he so desperately wanted. To get answers he needed to make her feel more comfortable. He shook his head of all the thoughts that were swirling around and turned his attention to that young woman and the sight that greeted him almost made him laugh. He sat down and turned to her, but as he went to speak the thoughts just wouldn’t form. He couldn’t seem to communicate with her.
Kagome finally focused her attention on the man in front of her and watched as his expressions changed with his thoughts. One minute he was angry, then thoughtful, and then suddenly his demeanor softened a bit. He still looked down at her, but he unfolded his arms and took a seat next to her at the mouth of the cave. He sat Indian style and refolded his arms over his chest. Kagome looked over at him curiously as he seemed to almost take on a friendly feeling. He looked like he was about to say something, but when it didn’t seem as though he was going to say anything Kagome decided to start up a conversation.
“So, what’s your name?”
“Huh? Oh, my name is Inuyasha.”
“I’m Kagome, nice to meet you. Are you the only one that lives up on the top of Mt. Hakurei?
“Yes. In case you hadn’t noticed the barrier that is constructed around here, it keeps me in. I cannot leave. It also is supposed to keep others out.”
“Why is that? Why are you the only one stuck up here?”
“That is none of your concern.”
His face took on a look of anger and sadness, and Kagome didn’t really want to press the issue. She didn’t want to scare him off. If he was the only one up here, and she was stuck too, she didn’t want to go the next two weeks without any contact with anything.
“I believe you are trespassing on my land wench.”
“Well excuse me; I didn’t know you were here. I came through the barrier and now I can’t leave. I guess you’ll just have to deal with me.”
Inuyasha turned to watch her limp around the fire, trying to finish setting up her camp site. She had left her bedding to do last; having set it out, but not set it up. He watched as she moved around, limping from the twisted ankle she had gotten when she tripped over the rock. He felt kind of bad. It was her fault for not paying attention to where she was backing up to, but she probably would have done that if he hadn’t monopolized her attention. He might as well take her back to his home and fix up her ankle so that he wouldn’t feel so guilty about it. He stood up and strode towards her watching as she sat down dejectedly and began to pick at the burned meat.
“Do you want help with that ankle? I’m pretty good at wrapping up injuries.”
Kagome started in surprise and turned to him, her eyes as big as dinner plates. She watched and waited as he came towards her and held out a hand to her. She took it and he helped her to her feet. She was looking at him in amazement as he began to move out of the cave.
“Are you coming? Or are you just going to sit there and limp around for the next couple of days?”
“Oh, yes, thank you!”
Kagome scrambled up to follow him, but when she went to grab her bag and supplies, she stumbled over more rocks and ended up falling over, causing more pain to her sprained ankle. Inuyasha shook his head.
“You’ll have to leave the bag and bedding. You won’t need it anyway. You can’t stay in my house.”
Kagome was taken back in surprise. She was kind of offended and somewhat pissed off. ‘Why the hell can’t I stay at his home? Is it because I’m human? But he’s half human as well. Why is he being so nice, but not at the same time? I’m confused.’
“Why can’t I stay at your house?”
“I live alone. I don’t like living with people. There is a reason I’ve been sealed up here by myself. Now are you coming or not?”
“Well…I guess I’ll come.”
Inuyasha began to walk away in the direction of his humble abode, Kagome trailing slightly behind him. There was no talking while they walked. Inuyasha was deep in though about why he was doing this for the silly human and Kagome was wondering why she was going with this strange hanyou that she didn’t know. He didn’t even notice that she was lagging behind due to her injury. She didn’t seem to notice either, just continued to limp along behind him.
Kagome’s curiosity was piqued now. She wondered what he had done, or what had happened to land him sealed upon the peak of a mountain by himself. I very powerful miko had to have made that barrier. If Kagome, who possessed extensive miko powers, could not leave either, then the barrier was very powerful. She idly wondered how long he had been sealed here. He could have been here for a couple of days, a couple of years, or a couple of centuries. He obviously couldn’t leave, and since he obviously didn’t want to talk about his life, she doubted she would be getting any information from him. It was sad really. One shouldn’t be confined in the way that he was, especially one of youkai descent. It was the nature of youkai to be wild and free, not confined and alone. Even hanyous did not deserve this kind of treatment. Again she wondered what had caused his imprisonment. She’d just have to hope that he would be willing to open up.
Inuyasha abruptly wrapped an arm around her slender waist and jumped high into the trees. Kagome was about to scream when she noticed that he was running from branch to branch, moving ever higher into the trees. Out of nowhere a house like structure appeared out of the foliage. It looked like a giant tree fort, like the one’s the village boys had constructed a few years back. There were obvious differences between the boys’ tree fort and Inuyasha’s house. His was more elegantly designed and was constructed in a more skilled fashion. The walls were made of tree trunks stacked and tied together. The roof was made of sheets of tree bark that had apparently been stripped from the tree trunks. There were several windows cut into the trunks and a reed mat door. There seemed to be several “houses” that were placed on different branches and rope bridges connected them all. It was amazing that he was able to have something so elaborate when there didn’t seem to be any possible way for some of the luxuries he possessed to be here. How did he get rope? How did he get the furniture that she could see through the windows? She wasn’t sure, but some of those possessions couldn’t have been made from the resources around the forest that he was confined to.
Inuyasha was lost in his thoughts. He was carrying her to his home, planning on enjoying dinner with her and then letting her go. He may have been starved for human contact, but he had no desire to have her spending more time than necessary in his home. She was dangerous. He knew that she couldn’t stay. He only had so many years to learn his lesson before the barrier on the mountain solidified and he would be stuck there until he died. If he had kept track of the years correctly, he only had the rest of this year to do as he had been instructed. 8 months tops. He didn’t want to die, but he wasn’t sure what else he could do about it. Suddenly a thought that he hadn’t been able to comprehend came to mind. The miko had told him that he would need to learn to love unselfishly before he could ever hope to move on. He would be left to himself until one person came along. This person would be the only one who would be able to come through the barrier. Kagome had come through the barrier. In the 500 years he had been sealed here, no one had come until Kagome had showed up that day. Was he to expect that Kagome was his only chance at freedom? I guess so.
Kagome thought that his home was very comfortable. There were pieces of furniture everywhere, pieces that she didn’t recognize. She was curious as to why there was a table that was waist high when all the traditional tables were only several inches high. Curious indeed.
Inuyasha made his way towards the room that served as the “infirmary”. When ever he actually hurt himself to the point where he needed to dress the wound, he came here where he had all sorts of bandages and salves to put on and fend of infection. He grabbed a couple of wraps that he could bind her ankle with, and made his way back towards the main room contained Kagome.
Kagome decided to make herself comfortable on a pile of pillows that were near a traditional style table. She was admiring the artwork that lined the walls and the intricate designs crafted into the wooden walls when Inuyasha made his entrance into the room again. He swiftly made his way towards her and sat directly beside her. He looked towards her and seemed to be waiting for something. After a minute of confusion, Kagome yelped in surprise as the hanyou grabbed her ankle and turned her towards him. He set her ankle in his lap and began to sort out the wrappings that he planned on using to dress her injury. He began to efficiently wrap up her ankle as she studied his facial expressions. He seemed to be deep in thought. He was really cute when he was concentrating Kagome realized. His eyebrows furrowed and his mouth scrunched up, the tip of his tongue poking out of the side of his mouth. He looked quite comical and Kagome knew that she had to refrain from giggling lest she irritate him and he kick her out sooner than he was planning to already.
It took him several minutes to finish what he was doing and when he was done he turned away like he hadn’t been doing anything. Kagome felt a little put off as he seemed to close up emotionally. Something bad must have happened to him for him to be so cut off from the world in every aspect of life. Kagome knew that she liked him, a little more than a celibate miko should like a guy, and she wasn’t sure if it would be a good idea to stay this far up on Mt. Hakurei for the next two weeks with him. He was so adorable one moment, and so closed off the next. He seemed to be a walking contradiction. He didn’t seem to have an evil aura around him, but there was a dark cloud of something present on his aura. It signified a spot of hate for something among his emotions. There was a reason he had this spot and Kagome planned to learn why over the next two weeks. As much of a bad idea it was to stay where she was, she obviously couldn’t leave. The barrier took care of that thought. She decided to start of a conversation with the brooding hanyou. The only way to get any answers was to get him to talk.
“Thank you for taking care of me. I know you didn’t have to, but you did. I’m very grateful to you.”
Inuyasha seemed to blush for a moment, but he turned too quickly for her to confirm that observation. He ducked his head down and away from her questioning gaze. He knew she wanted to know about his imprisonment and the barrier, but he wasn’t sure he wanted to talk to her about that. It wasn’t like she could do anything about it really. She couldn’t stay. Her presence may have already made an impression upon his life, though it was little right now, there wasn’t any way she could stay. If she stayed for some reason, she would be stuck inside this barrier too and then she would never see her friends and family again and there wouldn’t be anything for her in here. Just him. He felt really selfish. He didn’t want her to leave. He liked her; she was spunky and interesting to watch. Her emotions showed upon her face and they were as easy to read as a book. He needed to learn to love unselfishly and maybe she was the only chance he had at that. Maybe he could use her to get out of here. Anything was worth a try.
“It was nothing. You know…if you want, you can stay here. I know I said that I don’t like people, but I think I could make an exception this one time. It does get kind of lonely here.”
Inuyasha hoped that she would take him up on his offer. He desperately wanted to be free of his life long prison. Kagome was the solution that he was looking for and he needed to take this one chance that the kami’s were presenting him with.
Kagome contemplated Inuyasha’s offer. Kaede-sensei had told her that she was not to have outside help, but she figured that he couldn’t be considered outside help if he didn’t help her. If she just stayed with him, but hunted and did everything else for herself then it couldn’t be considered as him helping her. Plus, Kaede-sensei wasn’t there. It was just Kagome and Inuyasha, and Inuyasha wasn’t about to tell Kaede-sensei.
“You know what? I think I’ll take you up on that offer. I just need to get my things.”
“I’ll take care of that. You just stay here, don’t go anywhere without me, and rest up; I’ll go and retrieve your shit.”
Inuyasha bound out of the tree fort and made his way to her things. Kagome decided that she didn’t feel like just sitting around and waiting till he returned. Instead, she decided to take a look around and get herself oriented in this new environment. She slowly made her way out of the main room, mindful of her injured ankle, and took the little rope bridge that led to a couple of little storage like structures. The first one ended up storing food. There were a couple of recent kills off to the one side and a mountain of fruits and vegetable on the other side of the hut.
The second hut that Kagome came upon seemed like a dojo of sorts. There were weapons of all kinds up on the walls; spears, swords, knives, bows and arrows, staffs, and other odd looking weaponry. Kagome again wondered where he got such things when they obviously couldn’t have been made within the barrier.
There was a third hut in this section of the fort that Kagome was in. This one looked a little rough around the edges and seemed to have seen a fair share of damage that the other two huts hadn’t. There even seemed to be holes in the walls. Holes that suspiciously looked like claw marks. Kagome made her way toward the door to the hut, but just as she was about to open it Inuyasha appeared in front of her. His expression told her that something was wrong. He suddenly snarled at her and bared his fangs in a threatening manner; one that clearly said ‘Back Off.’
Kagome jumped in fright and took a quick couple of steps back, not realizing where she was stepping, and tripped of a notch in the wooden plank. She was trying to grasp the rope that was about waste high, but she couldn’t get a grip and suddenly she was falling through the air, heading toward the ground at an ever increasing speed. She closed her eyes and waited for the impact. She gave an ‘Oomph’ as she landed in the arms of the hanyou that had scared her. She opened her eyes and looked into his face as he looked down into hers. His expression had changed. Instead of the anger that had been so blatantly displayed only moments ago, he now sported an annoyed yet contrite face.
“I’m sorry that I snapped at you, but that building is off limits. Got that?”
His facial expressions plus the tension that his body now sported drove his point home, and although Kagome was curious about the tattered building, she agreed that she wouldn’t go near it again.
Inuyasha jumped up and took the two back into the house. They had had enough fun for one night. It was time to get some sleep, at least in her case. Hanyous didn’t sleep as much as a human did and Inuyasha really didn’t need any sleep at this point.
He took her through the main room and off into a separate room that Kagome hadn’t noticed before. It sported a soft looking bed, the likes of which Kagome had never seen. She felt as Inuyasha set her down upon the bed. She was going to question him about her things and what had taken him so long, but he placed a finger upon his lips to indicate that she was to remain quiet.
“Good night Kagome, you can ask whatever questions you want tomorrow, but for now you need to sleep and rest up. Now get some sleep.”
With that Inuyasha made his way out of the room and Kagome was left alone in the dark. ‘Might as well take him up on the sleep offer. This has been quite a day.’ With that Kagome drifted off into the land of the sleeping.
Here’s the next chapter. This chapter is just setting the mood for the next couple of chappies and to reveal a couple of important factors that will be used later in the story. I hope you all enjoyed this and leave a review if you have the time! Till next time, Ja ne!
Pairing: Inu/Kag
Thankies to the people who reviewed and let me know that they liked this story! I appreciate all the feed back I get. To all the people who have read this story and are going to read this, I hope you all enjoy!
Now, on with the story!
“Who the fuck are you and why the hell are you on my mountain!”
Kagome screamed and stumbled back away from the person in front of her. Her foot hit a rock at the base of the cave and she went tumbling onto her ass, spraining her ankle in the process. She looked at the man (?) in front of her and nearly screamed again. This wasn’t a normal man. She had no problems with hanyou or youkai that were peaceful, but this man had scared the crap out of her. He was looking down at her with an angry look upon his face. Kagome took a moment to look upon his person.
The man before her was gorgeous. He was tall, but not too tall; probably a head taller than she was. His arms were crossed over his chest and any muscles that he may have had were hidden by the billowing sleeves of his scarlet haori. He was looking down his nose at her like she was the bug under his sandal. His angry golden eyes were like pools of molten amber, shimmering in the light of the moon. A scowl was set across his face and his black eyebrows were turned down in an angry fashion. The most telling of his features were his hair and ears. His silvery white hair was long; down to his waist, and his ears were perched upon the top of his head. The soft looking dog ears twitched in the breeze of the night. All together he was a completely intimidating and yet alluring spectacle in front of her. She couldn’t seem to gather her thoughts enough to form a complete sentence as all that came out of her mouth were broken versions of the questions she wished to ask.
“Who are…how did you…what hap…ohhh.”
She finally just decided to be quiet. She wasn’t sure what to expect from him and she didn’t want to anger him any further than she seemed to have already done. Thoughts of what to actually say to him if he gave her the chance to ask questions consumed her mind and she completely forgot that he was standing directly in front of her.
He wasn’t sure what to make of the funny young girl in front of him. He hadn’t had contact with anyone in so long that is was weird to see her sitting on the floor of this cave. He didn’t think anyone was supposed to be able to get through the barrier that kept him captive, but apparently the barrier was weakening or something because she was definitely in front of him. He wasn’t hallucinating this time. He yearned for human contact and knew that if he scared her too much he would be denied that which he so desperately wanted. To get answers he needed to make her feel more comfortable. He shook his head of all the thoughts that were swirling around and turned his attention to that young woman and the sight that greeted him almost made him laugh. He sat down and turned to her, but as he went to speak the thoughts just wouldn’t form. He couldn’t seem to communicate with her.
Kagome finally focused her attention on the man in front of her and watched as his expressions changed with his thoughts. One minute he was angry, then thoughtful, and then suddenly his demeanor softened a bit. He still looked down at her, but he unfolded his arms and took a seat next to her at the mouth of the cave. He sat Indian style and refolded his arms over his chest. Kagome looked over at him curiously as he seemed to almost take on a friendly feeling. He looked like he was about to say something, but when it didn’t seem as though he was going to say anything Kagome decided to start up a conversation.
“So, what’s your name?”
“Huh? Oh, my name is Inuyasha.”
“I’m Kagome, nice to meet you. Are you the only one that lives up on the top of Mt. Hakurei?
“Yes. In case you hadn’t noticed the barrier that is constructed around here, it keeps me in. I cannot leave. It also is supposed to keep others out.”
“Why is that? Why are you the only one stuck up here?”
“That is none of your concern.”
His face took on a look of anger and sadness, and Kagome didn’t really want to press the issue. She didn’t want to scare him off. If he was the only one up here, and she was stuck too, she didn’t want to go the next two weeks without any contact with anything.
“I believe you are trespassing on my land wench.”
“Well excuse me; I didn’t know you were here. I came through the barrier and now I can’t leave. I guess you’ll just have to deal with me.”
Inuyasha turned to watch her limp around the fire, trying to finish setting up her camp site. She had left her bedding to do last; having set it out, but not set it up. He watched as she moved around, limping from the twisted ankle she had gotten when she tripped over the rock. He felt kind of bad. It was her fault for not paying attention to where she was backing up to, but she probably would have done that if he hadn’t monopolized her attention. He might as well take her back to his home and fix up her ankle so that he wouldn’t feel so guilty about it. He stood up and strode towards her watching as she sat down dejectedly and began to pick at the burned meat.
“Do you want help with that ankle? I’m pretty good at wrapping up injuries.”
Kagome started in surprise and turned to him, her eyes as big as dinner plates. She watched and waited as he came towards her and held out a hand to her. She took it and he helped her to her feet. She was looking at him in amazement as he began to move out of the cave.
“Are you coming? Or are you just going to sit there and limp around for the next couple of days?”
“Oh, yes, thank you!”
Kagome scrambled up to follow him, but when she went to grab her bag and supplies, she stumbled over more rocks and ended up falling over, causing more pain to her sprained ankle. Inuyasha shook his head.
“You’ll have to leave the bag and bedding. You won’t need it anyway. You can’t stay in my house.”
Kagome was taken back in surprise. She was kind of offended and somewhat pissed off. ‘Why the hell can’t I stay at his home? Is it because I’m human? But he’s half human as well. Why is he being so nice, but not at the same time? I’m confused.’
“Why can’t I stay at your house?”
“I live alone. I don’t like living with people. There is a reason I’ve been sealed up here by myself. Now are you coming or not?”
“Well…I guess I’ll come.”
Inuyasha began to walk away in the direction of his humble abode, Kagome trailing slightly behind him. There was no talking while they walked. Inuyasha was deep in though about why he was doing this for the silly human and Kagome was wondering why she was going with this strange hanyou that she didn’t know. He didn’t even notice that she was lagging behind due to her injury. She didn’t seem to notice either, just continued to limp along behind him.
Kagome’s curiosity was piqued now. She wondered what he had done, or what had happened to land him sealed upon the peak of a mountain by himself. I very powerful miko had to have made that barrier. If Kagome, who possessed extensive miko powers, could not leave either, then the barrier was very powerful. She idly wondered how long he had been sealed here. He could have been here for a couple of days, a couple of years, or a couple of centuries. He obviously couldn’t leave, and since he obviously didn’t want to talk about his life, she doubted she would be getting any information from him. It was sad really. One shouldn’t be confined in the way that he was, especially one of youkai descent. It was the nature of youkai to be wild and free, not confined and alone. Even hanyous did not deserve this kind of treatment. Again she wondered what had caused his imprisonment. She’d just have to hope that he would be willing to open up.
Inuyasha abruptly wrapped an arm around her slender waist and jumped high into the trees. Kagome was about to scream when she noticed that he was running from branch to branch, moving ever higher into the trees. Out of nowhere a house like structure appeared out of the foliage. It looked like a giant tree fort, like the one’s the village boys had constructed a few years back. There were obvious differences between the boys’ tree fort and Inuyasha’s house. His was more elegantly designed and was constructed in a more skilled fashion. The walls were made of tree trunks stacked and tied together. The roof was made of sheets of tree bark that had apparently been stripped from the tree trunks. There were several windows cut into the trunks and a reed mat door. There seemed to be several “houses” that were placed on different branches and rope bridges connected them all. It was amazing that he was able to have something so elaborate when there didn’t seem to be any possible way for some of the luxuries he possessed to be here. How did he get rope? How did he get the furniture that she could see through the windows? She wasn’t sure, but some of those possessions couldn’t have been made from the resources around the forest that he was confined to.
Inuyasha was lost in his thoughts. He was carrying her to his home, planning on enjoying dinner with her and then letting her go. He may have been starved for human contact, but he had no desire to have her spending more time than necessary in his home. She was dangerous. He knew that she couldn’t stay. He only had so many years to learn his lesson before the barrier on the mountain solidified and he would be stuck there until he died. If he had kept track of the years correctly, he only had the rest of this year to do as he had been instructed. 8 months tops. He didn’t want to die, but he wasn’t sure what else he could do about it. Suddenly a thought that he hadn’t been able to comprehend came to mind. The miko had told him that he would need to learn to love unselfishly before he could ever hope to move on. He would be left to himself until one person came along. This person would be the only one who would be able to come through the barrier. Kagome had come through the barrier. In the 500 years he had been sealed here, no one had come until Kagome had showed up that day. Was he to expect that Kagome was his only chance at freedom? I guess so.
Kagome thought that his home was very comfortable. There were pieces of furniture everywhere, pieces that she didn’t recognize. She was curious as to why there was a table that was waist high when all the traditional tables were only several inches high. Curious indeed.
Inuyasha made his way towards the room that served as the “infirmary”. When ever he actually hurt himself to the point where he needed to dress the wound, he came here where he had all sorts of bandages and salves to put on and fend of infection. He grabbed a couple of wraps that he could bind her ankle with, and made his way back towards the main room contained Kagome.
Kagome decided to make herself comfortable on a pile of pillows that were near a traditional style table. She was admiring the artwork that lined the walls and the intricate designs crafted into the wooden walls when Inuyasha made his entrance into the room again. He swiftly made his way towards her and sat directly beside her. He looked towards her and seemed to be waiting for something. After a minute of confusion, Kagome yelped in surprise as the hanyou grabbed her ankle and turned her towards him. He set her ankle in his lap and began to sort out the wrappings that he planned on using to dress her injury. He began to efficiently wrap up her ankle as she studied his facial expressions. He seemed to be deep in thought. He was really cute when he was concentrating Kagome realized. His eyebrows furrowed and his mouth scrunched up, the tip of his tongue poking out of the side of his mouth. He looked quite comical and Kagome knew that she had to refrain from giggling lest she irritate him and he kick her out sooner than he was planning to already.
It took him several minutes to finish what he was doing and when he was done he turned away like he hadn’t been doing anything. Kagome felt a little put off as he seemed to close up emotionally. Something bad must have happened to him for him to be so cut off from the world in every aspect of life. Kagome knew that she liked him, a little more than a celibate miko should like a guy, and she wasn’t sure if it would be a good idea to stay this far up on Mt. Hakurei for the next two weeks with him. He was so adorable one moment, and so closed off the next. He seemed to be a walking contradiction. He didn’t seem to have an evil aura around him, but there was a dark cloud of something present on his aura. It signified a spot of hate for something among his emotions. There was a reason he had this spot and Kagome planned to learn why over the next two weeks. As much of a bad idea it was to stay where she was, she obviously couldn’t leave. The barrier took care of that thought. She decided to start of a conversation with the brooding hanyou. The only way to get any answers was to get him to talk.
“Thank you for taking care of me. I know you didn’t have to, but you did. I’m very grateful to you.”
Inuyasha seemed to blush for a moment, but he turned too quickly for her to confirm that observation. He ducked his head down and away from her questioning gaze. He knew she wanted to know about his imprisonment and the barrier, but he wasn’t sure he wanted to talk to her about that. It wasn’t like she could do anything about it really. She couldn’t stay. Her presence may have already made an impression upon his life, though it was little right now, there wasn’t any way she could stay. If she stayed for some reason, she would be stuck inside this barrier too and then she would never see her friends and family again and there wouldn’t be anything for her in here. Just him. He felt really selfish. He didn’t want her to leave. He liked her; she was spunky and interesting to watch. Her emotions showed upon her face and they were as easy to read as a book. He needed to learn to love unselfishly and maybe she was the only chance he had at that. Maybe he could use her to get out of here. Anything was worth a try.
“It was nothing. You know…if you want, you can stay here. I know I said that I don’t like people, but I think I could make an exception this one time. It does get kind of lonely here.”
Inuyasha hoped that she would take him up on his offer. He desperately wanted to be free of his life long prison. Kagome was the solution that he was looking for and he needed to take this one chance that the kami’s were presenting him with.
Kagome contemplated Inuyasha’s offer. Kaede-sensei had told her that she was not to have outside help, but she figured that he couldn’t be considered outside help if he didn’t help her. If she just stayed with him, but hunted and did everything else for herself then it couldn’t be considered as him helping her. Plus, Kaede-sensei wasn’t there. It was just Kagome and Inuyasha, and Inuyasha wasn’t about to tell Kaede-sensei.
“You know what? I think I’ll take you up on that offer. I just need to get my things.”
“I’ll take care of that. You just stay here, don’t go anywhere without me, and rest up; I’ll go and retrieve your shit.”
Inuyasha bound out of the tree fort and made his way to her things. Kagome decided that she didn’t feel like just sitting around and waiting till he returned. Instead, she decided to take a look around and get herself oriented in this new environment. She slowly made her way out of the main room, mindful of her injured ankle, and took the little rope bridge that led to a couple of little storage like structures. The first one ended up storing food. There were a couple of recent kills off to the one side and a mountain of fruits and vegetable on the other side of the hut.
The second hut that Kagome came upon seemed like a dojo of sorts. There were weapons of all kinds up on the walls; spears, swords, knives, bows and arrows, staffs, and other odd looking weaponry. Kagome again wondered where he got such things when they obviously couldn’t have been made within the barrier.
There was a third hut in this section of the fort that Kagome was in. This one looked a little rough around the edges and seemed to have seen a fair share of damage that the other two huts hadn’t. There even seemed to be holes in the walls. Holes that suspiciously looked like claw marks. Kagome made her way toward the door to the hut, but just as she was about to open it Inuyasha appeared in front of her. His expression told her that something was wrong. He suddenly snarled at her and bared his fangs in a threatening manner; one that clearly said ‘Back Off.’
Kagome jumped in fright and took a quick couple of steps back, not realizing where she was stepping, and tripped of a notch in the wooden plank. She was trying to grasp the rope that was about waste high, but she couldn’t get a grip and suddenly she was falling through the air, heading toward the ground at an ever increasing speed. She closed her eyes and waited for the impact. She gave an ‘Oomph’ as she landed in the arms of the hanyou that had scared her. She opened her eyes and looked into his face as he looked down into hers. His expression had changed. Instead of the anger that had been so blatantly displayed only moments ago, he now sported an annoyed yet contrite face.
“I’m sorry that I snapped at you, but that building is off limits. Got that?”
His facial expressions plus the tension that his body now sported drove his point home, and although Kagome was curious about the tattered building, she agreed that she wouldn’t go near it again.
Inuyasha jumped up and took the two back into the house. They had had enough fun for one night. It was time to get some sleep, at least in her case. Hanyous didn’t sleep as much as a human did and Inuyasha really didn’t need any sleep at this point.
He took her through the main room and off into a separate room that Kagome hadn’t noticed before. It sported a soft looking bed, the likes of which Kagome had never seen. She felt as Inuyasha set her down upon the bed. She was going to question him about her things and what had taken him so long, but he placed a finger upon his lips to indicate that she was to remain quiet.
“Good night Kagome, you can ask whatever questions you want tomorrow, but for now you need to sleep and rest up. Now get some sleep.”
With that Inuyasha made his way out of the room and Kagome was left alone in the dark. ‘Might as well take him up on the sleep offer. This has been quite a day.’ With that Kagome drifted off into the land of the sleeping.
Here’s the next chapter. This chapter is just setting the mood for the next couple of chappies and to reveal a couple of important factors that will be used later in the story. I hope you all enjoyed this and leave a review if you have the time! Till next time, Ja ne!