InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hanyou and Miko ❯ Time Alone ( Chapter 22 )

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WARNING: This chapter contains extreme fluffiness. For those with heart problems or low blood pressure, please refrain from reading. Everyone else, ENJOY!

 

Chapter 22: Time Alone

 

InuYasha found it easy enough to catch a couple of winter rabbits, but he knew Kagome would probably want something other than meat. He went to the village, asking a few of the villagers he had helped at some time or another for some of their dried vegetables and fruit preserves. After getting a good helping of both he headed back to the hut with his findings. Pulling back the new bamboo curtain, he dropped everything to the floor, looking around.

 

“Kagome?!” she wasn't there. What had happened? Had something came while he was away? He sniffed the air. Nothing out of the ordinary, and Kagome's scent was still strong. She must have just left. He set out following the scent. It didn't take him long to figure out where she was heading. InuYasha leaped into the air, going straight to the now useless well as fast as he could, stopping just as he reached it.

 

InuYasha looked around. He couldn't see her anywhere, and he knew she couldn't have gone through the well, but that wouldn't stop her from trying it at least once. His sensitive nose told him that's exactly where she was. He walked over fully intending on yelling his head off at her, if he got `sat' or not.

 

He hit the bottom with her curled up to his side. “Kagome! What were you thinking, wench! I thought I told you to stay in the hut!”

 

“InuYasha I…”

 

“NO! Don't you make excuses this time. What if something happened to you, Kagome?! What then?! I might not have been able to find you fast enough to help! You can't keep running from me like this, wench!”

 

“I had to be sure, I had to know…” she broke down in tears, pulling her legs as close to her body as she could.

 

InuYasha immediately regretted yelling at her. He picked her up and out of the well, she groaned at the movement. His ears flattened.

 

“Where?” he asked knowingly.

 

“My leg.” InuYasha made a tiny rip at the bottom of her jeans. She protested with a slap at the hanyou, but he continued the rip until he got a full view of her leg. She had hit the bottom of the well hard; a bruise was already forming near her ankle and heel. She winced as his claw grazed over the rest of her leg.

 

“See what happens, wench, when you don't do what I say?” his tone was much softer than usual. “It'll be okay. Anywhere else?”

 

“My head hurts.”

 

“Kaede will make you something for that.” Kagome sniffled. “Keh. I should have known you were faking all this being okay.”

 

“InuYasha? I-I'm scared.”

 

“Hum? Scared of what? I'm here, nothing's gonna happen to you.”

 

“But it did, InuYasha.” She wiped the tears off her face. “You-you died. I don't- I don't want to lose you too.” She gripped the collar of his haori, pulling herself closer to him.

 

“Ka-kagome? You're not going to lose me. I'm not going anywhere.” She was afraid of losing him? Sometimes nothing made sense to the hanyou. He put his arms around her, holding her close and tight, showing her that he meant what he said, every word of it. “Come on. It's too cold out here for you.” He picked her up and set off back to the hut, the others standing outside waiting for them.

 

“And where have the two of you been?” the monk had a mischievous smile. Sango elbowed his stomach, causing him to double over in pain.

 

“We were worried.” She stated, glancing over the two.

 

“Kagome!” Shippou ran toward her, about to jump. He stopped himself and settled on hugging at her knees. InuYasha smiled inwardly. The kit's learning. “Where did you go, Kagome?” Kagome flinched.

 

“None of your business, runt.” Kagome smiled a silent `thank you' to the hanyou. She didn't want anyone to know about her feelings about the well, at least not yet.

 

“Oh, Kagome, a few of the villagers have been stopping by to see how you were doing. They brought food and other gifts for you.” Sango led her inside. There was a variety of foods, mostly dried fruits and vegetables. The villagers must have known InuYasha would provide all the meat, because there was not brought. There were other things, too. Blankets and various wrappings, healing herbs, even a few spices for tea. Although, Kagome had to give the spice to Miroku and Sango because InuYasha complained about the smell and wouldn't enter the hut until it was gone.

 

Kagome was zoned out. Evening fell, and many villagers returned to see how she was doing. Miroku and Sango stopped by almost every hour, along with Shippou. The kitsune would snuggle up in Kagome's arms until InuYasha pried him away. Still she just wasn't focused on what was going on. She talked with the villagers, graciously accepted their gifts, but as soon as they left so did the smile on her face. InuYasha started to notice this too. He went over to her side and didn't leave.

 

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The next day, as Kagome woke, she noticed more villagers already arriving at the hut. Miroku, Sango, and Shippou were already there helping Kaede with a few early morning chores. InuYasha sat beside her. “Morning.” She stated with a half-smile.

 

“It's still early, you should be resting.” He replied.

 

She sighed. “I've done nothing but sleep for days, InuYasha. I want to go outside for awhile.”

 

InuYasha thought. “Maybe tomorrow; it's too cold outside right now and you'd just get sick.” As another villager entered the hut, he gave Kagome a quick glance and slipped silently out the door.

 

Around midday Kagome was getting really sleepy again. More and more people came into the hut, most she didn't even know. Word had gotten around to surrounding villages that `the miko' who possessed the Shikon no tama had been attacked and nearly killed, and everyone wanted to see her. She looked around only to find that InuYasha was nowhere in sight. He had been gone for awhile now, but she figured he must have gone out for a run or something. He had been cooped up with her for days, after all. She was surprised he had stayed inside as long as he had.

 

“Lady Kagome, we are pleased that you are well.” A villager commented. Kagome put up her smiling front, wondering how she was going to make it through another day like yesterday.

 

“Thank you. I very much appreciate your concern.” She accepted the villagers' gift of preserved peaches, the villagers leaving on their way.

 

“Sango?”

 

“What is it Kagome?”

 

“Do you- know where InuYasha went?”

 

“He left early this morning. I think he went for a run in the forest. I'm sure he'll be back soon.” More villagers entered the hut. Kagome cringed.

 

“Can you please find him for me? I really need to talk with him.” Sango gave a questioning look, but agreed.

 

“Lady Kagome, my mother wishes you well and sends her best herbal remedies in hopes you will quickly regain your strength.” Kagome smiled at the little girl, motioning her to set the gift down with the others. The girl giggled and headed out the entrance. Kagome put her head in her hands. She didn't want all this, not now. She needed some time away from all this. Usually at times like this she would ask InuYasha for a few days off to go home, but she couldn't do that anymore.

 

Sango re-entered the hut. “Miroku is out searching for him. Is there anything I can do for you?” No. Kagome thought to herself. I just want everyone to leave me alone!

 

“No thank you, Sango.” Kagome wondered if the fake smile she had been making was going to be plastered to her face for the rest of her life. She was really sick and tired of all the attention. She just wanted everyone to leave her to herself for awhile. She let out a deep sigh just as InuYasha crashed through the bamboo entrance, nearly tripping over his own feet, and skidded to a stop.

 

“What? What's wrong?!” Kagome blushed, she really wasn't sure what she wanted to ask him.

 

“Come on Miroku; let's go see if Kaede needs help outside.”

 

“She has Shippou.”

 

“Miroku…” he ducked from Sango's swing, but made a run for the entrance, Sango not far behind screaming things like, `lecherous monk' and `you aren't getting near our child with that attitude'.

 

“Kagome?” InuYasha's amber eyes were full of worry and sympathy, but not like everyone else's looks. No, there was something more there, something that always make Kagome feel instantly better. That something told her that he was willing to do anything she asked of him.

 

“I can't do this, InuYasha. I can't stay here right now. I-I want to go away for awhile.” InuYasha nodded.

 

“What do you want me to do?”

 

“Take me away from here. As far away from the hut, from the village, the well… just as far as you can take me. Please?”

 

“Alright. Get whatever you want to take with you, I'll tell the others we're all heading out.”

 

“No, InuYasha. I just want to be alone for awhile. Can it just be me and you? Only for a few days?” InuYasha nodded, turning and following the scent of the monk. Why did she want him to go with her? He expected her maybe wanting to go alone with the exterminator, Sango, but why him? Not that InuYasha would let Kagome and Sango go anywhere alone. He planed on never letting Kagome out of his sight again.

 

“Oi! Miroku!”

 

“Yes, InuYasha?” he turned, an obvious black eye forming on his face.

 

“Kagome and I are leaving for a few days, so you guys have the village to tend to while we're gone.”

 

“Leaving? Where? Why?”

 

“That's for us to know, monk.”

 

“Ah. I see.” His mischievous smile spread on his lips.

 

“It's not like that you lecher! Kagome just wants to get away from here for awhile!”

 

“Then by all means, we will accompany her, too.”

 

“She doesn't want anyone else coming. If she did she would have asked you!”

 

“Ah. I see.” InuYasha growled and turned back to the hut. There was just no swaying the monk's lecherous mind. Kagome already had her bag packed with thinks she wanted with her. She had a blanket already wrapped around her. Without a word InuYasha grabbed two more blankets and piled them around her, picking her and her pack up and taking off. Miroku, Sango, Kaede, and a crying Shippou waved goodbye as she and the hanyou disappeared through the forest.

 

That's why she had asked InuYasha. He was willing to do what she wanted without question. That was the last thing she needed, more questions. With InuYasha, he would listen to her when she was ready to speak. Until then, he would just be there for her, comfort and care for her. And that's all she wanted.

 

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Kagome built a fire in the pit. She and InuYasha had found an abandoned hut deep within his forest, which wasn't very strange during the wars. It was in good shape, only one room with a fire pit in the center like most modest huts of the time. Outside there was a well beaten path that led to a small pond, full of lilies waiting for spring to bloom. Freshly fallen snow covered most of the ground outside, as well as the tree tops surrounding the hut. Kagome figured that in the spring all kinds of wild flowers would bloom in the small field in the back. InuYasha had gone out scouting for any wondering youkai around the hut, coming back later with a few fresh cuts. Though he diligently protested, Kagome cleaned and bandaged the few that had not already healed by themselves.

 

“Eeek!” InuYasha pulled her down in his lap. She playfully slapped at his chest. “I told you not to do that anymore!” he chuckled.

 

“So.”

 

“So, don't do that.” She gave him one last hit, then proceeded to toy with the prayer beads around her wrist. She had noticed them a few days after she awakened, but had not asked about them.

 

“Miroku made those for you.” He answered her silent question.

 

“Really? I don't sense him on it. All I can sense…” she blushed, “is you.”

 

InuYasha blushed as well. “I forgot about them. Miroku used my blood to make them. It got rid of the virus Suoh had left in you. You can take them off now if you want.” He reached to take the bracelet off, Kagome recoiled her hand.

 

“No, I like it.” Both their blushes deepened. “InuYasha? I'm sorry about Kikyou. I sorry I couldn't do anything to help her.” He flinched.

 

“Kikyou died a long time ago. There's nothing to be sorry about, now. She wasn't the same Kikyou I knew. I just wish she didn't have to go like that.” He sighed. “Kagome? Are you going to stay in the village now?”

 

“I don't know what to do anymore, InuYasha. I just don't want to be anywhere without you. I don't want you to leave me again.”

 

“Who said I'm going anywhere? Kagome, don't you understand? I don't want to go anywhere, I don't want Kikyou, and I'm never gonna leave you. I-I want to be with you too, Kagome.” His heart stopped. Had he said too much? Would she reject him and want to go back to the village? Kagome smiled, pulling InuYasha into a tight embrace. InuYasha returned the gesture, wanting nothing more.

 

“InuYasha…” her brown eyes were like fire to his amber ones, piercing him with just one glance. She gasped, InuYasha closing in on her, he nuzzled into her hair. Her smell was sweet, intoxicating to his hanyou senses. Everything else disappeared. “Inu-Yasha…” her voice radiated in his ears, stung through his heart, his soul; a pleading question lingered in him that only she could answer.

 

Still, he was unsure. Even with Nishi's curse and Kagome's nightmares, he was unsure of her feelings for him. How can she? I'm nothing compared to her. Her scent was overwhelming him, he couldn't think, couldn't react. At that time he didn't care if she didn't return his love, he had to be near her, he had to touch her and taste her. His mind slurred, there was nothing but this moment. InuYasha lifted his head, looking down over the miko he had grown to love so much. Her face was flushed, making a smile appear across InuYasha's face. It's now or never… he thought to himself.

 

InuYasha lowered his head, now face to face with Kagome. One more second of hesitation and his lips pressed down on hers. The energy that flowed, the passion, the heat that coursed though her escaped through her lips, instantly sending chills down InuYasha's spine, and fire through his veins. It was more than he ever expected, adrenaline pumped from his heart spreading throughout his entire body. He waited, expected even, that at any moment Kagome would pull away, `sit'ing him till nothing was left but a great big InuYasha shaped crater on the floor.

 

What she did instead surprised him. Her arms tightened around his neck, pulling herself as close as possible. Her lips pressed back against his, hungrily, passionately, wanting more. InuYasha's arm fell around her waist, wrapping her in his embrace while the other gently cupped her cheek. They had both waited what seemed like a lifetime just be with each other in this moment. He returned her passion with his, increasing the intensity of the kiss, prolonging the feeling, devouring each moment as theirs.

 

She finally pulled back, inhaling deeply, blush madly consuming her face. InuYasha was at a loss for words. What was there to say after that? Instead he dared to lower his lips to her neck. He let them linger above her before gently brushing her neck. After he received a gasp from Kagome, he ventured ever further; nuzzling into her nape and laying chaste kisses all the way up to her cheek. Kagome turned her head to capture his lips in her own, only to be met with a low growl from InuYasha. She gasped, pulling back. She gave InuYasha a puzzled look. He looked at her and the growling ceased and InuYasha pulled her lips back down to meet his.

 

Kagome gave in to the kiss, letting her muscles relax. She repositioned herself in InuYasha's lap, granting her easy access to what she wanted. Her hands wondered up to InuYasha's ears and she began stroking them. The growl once again could be heard coming from the hanyou. He lifted one hand to hers without breaking the kiss, trying to lower them back down. She refused, using her other hand to slap at the hanyou's chest. He pulled back and stared at her. She stared right back, unblinkingly. He bent back down to her lips; she won that battle. Kagome explored her new passion, pressing harder against InuYasha's lips, urging him along. When she started controlling the kisses, he growled and pulled back. She pulled at his neck, trying to reach his lips once more.

 

The growling escalated, and Kagome stopped her advances. He was being dominant, aggressive; so she allowed him to go at his own pace. He devoured her heart and soul with each kiss, with each caress with his hands, with each affectionate growl. They both pulled away at the same time, Kagome gasping for breath and InuYasha pulling her flush against his chest. They were silent for a while.

 

“Keh. You had this planed the whole time, didn't you wench?” InuYasha joked.

 

“Nope.” She turned and kissed his cheek. “But I must say, it's quite a perk in getting away for awhile.” InuYasha blushed as his stomach growled. Kagome giggled. “Are you hungry?”

 

“Only for you.” This time it was Kagome who blushed, a deep red spreading across her face. She got to her feet and started digging through her bag. InuYasha watched her. She pulled out the last cup of ramen she had, looking at it in her hand.

 

“Last one.” InuYasha frowned. “Want it now, or do you want to save it?”

 

“Now.” Kagome rolled her eyes, but set water on the fire to boil.

 

A/N: I have to say, this is my favorite chapter so far!! OH, the fluffiness!

 

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Miroku: All right, ladies! Now, which one of you will be so kind as to bear my children??