InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hunt for the Sword of Legend ❯ Misinterpretations ( Chapter 7 )

Chapter 7:

 

 

Misinterpretations:

 

 

“So, what was he, an ex or something?” Inuyasha was not known for beating around the bush.

 

Kagome turned five shades of crimson. “Of course not! What would give you that impression?” Her voice had turned shrill.

 

Inuyasha shrugged as he unpacked his clothing and hung up what couldn't be folded. “I don't know. Maybe it was because you were hanging all over him. I could only assume that you two had some kind of relationship by the girly giggles and smiles you were throwing him.”

 

 

Okay, so he wasn't playing nice. But he just couldn't stand it. He was trying so hard to get her to see that he was the right person for her, and all she wanted to do was hang on some guy that she hadn't seen in God knows how long. It was certifiable; Inuyasha was crazy jealous.

 

 

Kagome's face turned an even more violent shade of red at the accusations. “I was not hanging all over him! It's not like that. I just wasn't expecting to see him, is all.” `I'm fooling no one. I was just so happy so see someone I recognized that I did the first thing I could think of.' Kagome sighed at her inner battle.

 

 

“So, who is he to you?” He was going to get to the bottom of this if it was the last thing he did. It may very well have been the last thing he did, too. When he turned to look at Kagome, her face was scrunched up in the stormiest expression he had ever seen on a female face. Inuyasha paled at the hateful vibe that radiated off the little vixen he had come to adore.

 

 

Kagome ground her teeth and bit her tongue. The things that wanted to fly out of her mouth would not help her situation. She calmed her breathing and tried to find a voice that wouldn't drip with acid.

 

 

“Not that it's any of your business, but Kouga is an old college classmate. I had a few classes with him and after he graduated, he left. This is the first time I've seen him in almost two years.”

 

 

“Oh. So, you guys never went out on dates or anything like that?” He was digging deep now; grasping at straws. Maybe it was nothing more than a classmate to classmate relationship. Inuyasha didn't even like the word relationship tied to Kagome in any way. Unless it was in reference to him, of course.

 

 

“Well, he kind of tricked me into a date one time and he came off as really overpowering. I never went anywhere with him after that.”

 

 

Inuyasha saw red for a moment. “What do you mean overpowering!? I'll kill that bastar…”

 

 

Inuyasha was half way out the door before Kagome's voice beckoned him back.

 

 

“No! It was nothing like that. I just mean that he came on a little too strong. He was calling me `his woman' and would freak when another guy even looked at me. He never did anything to hurt me.” Kagome's eyes were frantic by the end of her explanation. `Would he really go beat Kouga up even more than he already has?' Her saner side quipped back, `Of course he would. He knocked the guy out cold just for freaking you out in the closet.'

 

 

Inuyasha still had one foot out the door. He was trying to make sure that she wasn't just trying to save the puny wolf's* life. He carefully took in her serious expression and finally closed the door again.

 

 

“I'm sorry I got so worked up. I just can't stand guys who try to make women do things they don't want to do.” `Especially you', he added in his mind. What was it about this tiny woman that made him so…passionate?

 

 

“That's okay Inuyasha,” Kagome said as she walked into the bathroom, keeping the door open to talk to him. She didn't know why, but she didn't want to close the door. She felt safer when she could see him. It really was a good thing she was rooming with him again. She would have been going insane right now if that wasn't the arrangement.

 

 

“I'm glad there are still men out there that hold your beliefs.”

 

 

Inuyasha bit back a smile at hearing her say that. He sat on his own twin bed and watched her start to put toothpaste on her toothbrush.

 

 

“Why don't you ask her questions about herself?”

 

 

Inuyasha was never so glad to hear another voice inside his head.

 

 

“So,” he began. “You said that you lived in the States until you were nine. Where did you live?”

 

 

Kagome spit the foam from her mouth with as much grace as possible. “I lived in Maine mostly. I did live in Georgia for about a year. It was so hot and sticky there.”

 

 

Inuyasha almost drooled on himself. `…hot and sticky…' Gulping in some much needed air; he continued.

 

 

“Did Miroku grow up in America too?”

 

 

“Yeah, he lived in California for a while and then his parents moved to Maine with me and Gramps to help him raise me.”

 

 

“Oh, that was nice of his parents.” `Just keep it going, Inuyasha, you're doing great. She doesn't seem to mind the questions so far.'

 

 

“They're great. I love my aunt and uncle. They really helped us out. They're the ones that suggested to Gramps that we all move Japan. We needed a change. Where do you live?”

 

 

“If she asks about you, tell her anything she wants to know.”

 

 

“I live in North Carolina.”

 

 

“I've been through there. I liked it. It's was very green and very pretty.”

 

 

Inuyasha chuckled. “That's how everyone describes it; `green and pretty'.”

 

 

Kagome finished washing her face and finally felt like a human being again. She was really enjoying getting to know Inuyasha and his questions didn't bother her at all. Usually she felt as if she was being grilled the moment someone put a verbal question mark at the end of a sentence. It was…comfortable. It always was with him for some reason. She had opened up, as she never had before, and cried like a baby the night before, but he didn't seem to be freaked out like she thought he would be. He seemed to still want to get to know her and enjoy her company, as much she did his. As much as it scared her that she was actually confiding in someone, somehow it felt okay. It was like talking to Miroku.

 

 

She slipped onto the bed next to his. She was smiling and Inuyasha was thrilled he put that smile there.

 

 

“Does your brother live close to you?”

 

 

“If he's still on this planet, he lives too close to me.” They shared a light hearted laugh. “He lives near Raleigh with his wife and I live in the mountains.”

 

 

“You live by yourself?” Why was she really sorry she'd asked that question? `Because you might not want to hear the answer.'

 

 

“Yeah.” Kagome almost sighed in contentment, but stopped herself. `What do I care, anyway?' her inner-self asked in an angry tone.

 

 

Kagome yawned through the confusing thoughts going around inside her head. Inuyasha smirked.

 

 

“I think we should go to sleep. It's been a really long day.” Inuyasha thought about Myoga and felt guilty that he wasn't there.

 

 

“You're right; goodnight, Inuyasha.”

 

 

Inuyasha's heart fluttered as he turned off the lights. He wouldn't mind hearing that every night from Kagome's lips.

 

 

“Goodnight, Kagome.”

 

 

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“So, my lovely Sango, what do you make of our friends' plight?” Miroku was lying on his bed with his hands behind his head. He felt as if this made his biceps seem bigger. He was already half naked and Sango hadn't even spared him a lingering glance. What was it going to take to get her to notice his physique?

 

 

Sango was having her own problems. Such as trying not to ogle and drool all over herself. She was having a hard time concentrating on cleaning her gun. That was not necessarily a good problem to have. Miroku's question barely registered in her mind and she struggled to think of a decent response.

 

 

“I don't know. They obviously have intense feelings for one another. I wish they would just get over themselves and go for it.”

 

 

Miroku turned to his right side to face Sango. He propped his head on his right hand and hoped that she would look at him.

 

 

“I wish that as well. The problem does not lie with Inuyasha as much as it does with Kagome. I love my cousin but she has some major issues to sort out. I have to admit though, I've never seen her so at ease with a male before. Maybe Inuyasha is making more headway than he realizes.”

 

 

She wasn't even listening. My, the thoughts that were swimming through her head right now. She wanted nothing more than to finally get this gun back together so she could hold it to his head and make him kiss her.

 

 

It had been a whole five minutes before Miroku pulled her out of her reverie.

 

 

“Sango, my sweet, are you alright?”

 

 

Sango's neck snapped up and she realized she hadn't spoken or even moved in quite a while. Her thoughts had taken her away to a magical land where she and the sexy massage and martial arts expert ravaged and worshiped each other. What she didn't realize, until after Miroku had broken her dream world musing, was that now she was looking at the real thing. Nothing she could have dreamt up could have prepared her for the sight she was to behold now.

 

 

He was a god. Well defined muscles were all she could see. His pectoral muscles were the sexiest thing she had ever seen up close. Sango's eyes scanned down to his delicious six pack. Further down was that heavenly arrow crafted from pure man muscle that seemed to point her in the direction of her deepest desires. She heard a chuckle in the back of her mind. It took her a whole ten seconds more to register that the chuckle had come from the room in which she now felt herself almost floating.

 

 

`Oh God…' Sango slowly closed her eyes and felt every blood cell that currently resided in her body relocate to her face and neck. When she finally found the courage to open her eyes again, she saw the most breathtaking smile on the most beautiful face in which she had ever laid her eyes. Somewhere in her mind, she let herself swoon. The only thing she let come to the surface was a rather exaggerated scoff and a hard scowl.

 

 

Miroku let his smile fall. He saw her looking. She was as ready to jump on him as a lioness would a fawn. Now she was pretending as if she wasn't looking. That, or she had just made a mistake and thought she was looking at an ice cream cone. Miroku scowled even harder at Sango and matched her threatening glare.

 

 

“What are you looking at pervert?”

 

 

Miroku's eyes widened. “You call me the pervert? I just caught you staring at me like a fat kid looks at cake!” There was no way she was just going to stroll by this and act as if it never happened.

 

 

Sango rolled her eyes in false denial and sighed as if she were talking to a child instead of a stud muffin. “I have no idea what you're talking about. If you're going to accuse me of things I didn't do then I'm going to sleep. Goodnight, Miroku.”

 

 

With that, Sango turned out the lamp that stood that between the two beds and snuggled under the covers. After a few seconds of silence, a voice cut through the air like a bullet.

 

 

“If you wanted to look at me, all you had to do was look. Now, my lovely Sango, if you would like to touch…”

 

 

“PEVERET!!!”

 

 

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Kagome was lying on a white, silk covered bed. The silk felt so good on her naked skin. She let the sheet brush over her breasts and legs as she squirmed around the massive bed. `Wait, naked?'

 

 

Feeling very exposed, Kagome lifted her head up to make sure she was indeed alone. Lo and behold, she was positively not alone.

 

 

At the foot of the bed she could see someone crouched down low enough that she could only see his eyes. It wasn't really the predatory glint in said eyes that made her heart feel as if it was going to lurch out of her throat. It was more the color of those sinful eyes. They were gold.

 

 

The owner of the most striking eyes she had ever observed lifted to his full height. Now she could see his entire body. Kagome's eyes widened to the point of pain when she finally realized that Inuyasha was as naked as she was. The perfection hidden underneath the clothing he had worn before was on display for her eyes only. Her fingers itched once again to touch the bare chest that was only a few feet from her. What she wouldn't give to caress that bronzed skin with her tongue.

 

 

She watched him kneel on the bed and slide very seductively over the top of her. With nothing but a thin sheet between them, Kagome felt her skin swelter. She let him lean her back onto the bed. He was only inches from her fingertips now and she knew that this might be her only chance to touch the god above her. With as much courage as she could muster up, Kagome slowly touched her palm to his upper stomach and gasped at the rock hard abs above her. Without even realizing what she was doing, her thighs began rubbing together as the heat between them grew.

 

 

Her breath began coming in ragged pants and her eyes closed when Inuyasha bent to kiss her neck. She was shaking with excitement when his kisses slowly made their way to her mouth. Kagome felt the soft, pink muscles flutter over her own. He was so tender she felt as if she might cry. Inuyasha finally put a small amount of force behind his kiss and it became more demanding.

 

 

A shuttered gasp flew from Kagome's lips and Inuyasha took the opportunity to thrust his tongue into her mouth. He started off soft and light and soon he was driving the appendage into her with full force. Kagome felt as if she were drunk with passion. Her hands levitated on their own from between their pressed bodies and fisted in the silky white hair on the nape of Inuyasha's neck. Kagome could feel his hands snake their way down her sides while pulling down the sheet to expose her body to him.

 

 

His lips finally left hers and started nipping and sucking a path to her jaw, neck and chest.

 

 

“Inuyasha…”

 

 

She couldn't say anything else. Suddenly the words she wanted to say escaped her mind when he latched onto her right nipple and gave a gentle, yet strong pull with his glorious mouth.

 

 

Kagome bowed her back and a hiss of pleasure began to make its way through clenched teeth. Her eyes were closed so tightly that she could swear to seeing stars behind those eyelids.

 

 

He showed no mercy in his sweet torture. She couldn't seem to catch her breath, but Inuyasha still continued. Nothing short of the end of the world was going to stop him. His hands were everywhere at once. The heat of his body permeated hers in such a way that she was beginning to wonder if he was running a fever. Kagome felt his mouth move from her right nipple and lick and kiss slowly down to the hollow of her navel. He continued to kiss her stomach while he slid his right hand down her left side.

 

 

Once he passed her hip, he continued down her inner thigh and persuaded her with a series of light nudges to open her body to him. The sheet was long gone by now. Kagome was going insane with need. If he didn't do something soon, she was going to detonate.

 

 

Feeling a cool stream of air pass over her most sacred of places, Kagome's eyes snapped open and she looked down her body to find out what the cause of the rather enjoyable disturbance was. Inuyasha locked eyes with her and seemed to dare her to look away. A cocky smirk curled its way onto his face that was now positioned between her legs. Kagome's eyes took in the most erotic thing she had ever witnessed. Inuyasha's lips pursed together and he blew a soft stream of air onto her sensitive flesh.

 

 

Kagome couldn't take the extraordinary tightness in her belly anymore. Her eyes closed as he took his first taste of her heated core. The second swipe was harder and Kagome's back arched up from the bedding. She could feel his tongue probing her and eating her whole. It was the most wonderful, heady feeling she had ever experienced. She could feel the coil that had started tightening in her womb. She felt as if she were dying and flying at once. Like jumping from an airplane. She was almost there; that blissful place that she had only ever heard of. She felt as if she needed to tell him to continue lest he decided not to give her the much needed pleasure of release.

 

 

“Please…”

 

 

“Kagome, are you okay?”

 

 

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Startled eyes snapped open and the conscious world started to take on form. As the blurriness of her eyes faded, she started to make out colors and shapes. There was a massive white and pinkish shape that was coming together at an astounding pace. In less than the time it took Kagome to take the first breath of the awakened world, she finally made out Inuyasha above her. Not really sure if it was still a dream or not, she decided to take a chance and find out.

 

 

“Inuyasha?”

 

 

“Kagome, are you okay? I heard you whimpering and calling my name. What were you dreaming about?”

 

 

Kagome blushed so brightly that she shone like a beacon. She knew exactly why she had called his name. He had been doing wonderful things to her body only moments ago. She could still feel the effects of the dreams between her thighs. She still felt as if the motion of his tongue was going strong. Kagome's eyes widened even more as she tried to think of an excuse as to why she would have been calling his name.

 

 

Inuyasha had not been sure what was going on. One moment he was unconscious and the next he was hearing Kagome call his name as if someone were hurting her. He had bolted up from the bed and moved next to her to check on her when he heard her calling to him in a dream. He figured it was a nightmare about the man who attacked her in the alleyway in Tokyo. Now, he wasn't so sure. The more he thought about it, the more it seemed as if it was the complete opposite of a nightmare. The things that made him sure of this were her blushing and her hesitation. This abrupt morning call might be in his favor after all.

 

 

Inuyasha closed some of the distance between the two of them by sitting on the edge of the bed Kagome was still floundering on and leaned down. He caught her gaze in his and made his move.

 

 

“Kagome, were you dreaming about me?”

 

 

She didn't know what to do now. She was seconds away from telling him that it was a nightmare when he asked her that question that had a sly innuendo dripping from it. His voice was quiet but far from a whisper. She could feel his eyes trying to see into her soul. He was daring her to lie to him. `He knows', she thought. She couldn't think, she couldn't move. The only thing she could do was give in to him, and that sexy voice, and that perfect body and everything of which he was made. The dream world had given her a taste of what it could be like if she gave in. She could feel her body heating up already. The only thing she could do was nod to him.

 

 

Inuyasha could see the wheels turning after he'd asked her if she was indeed dreaming about him. She couldn't deny him, it seemed. He inwardly let a parade go off in his head, complete with ticker tape and a marching band, when saw her head move slightly up and then down. He leaned down farther to place his mouth to her ear. Inuyasha felt her shudder with a cold chill when he let his breath caress the appendage. With as much self control as he was possibly able to gather, he whispered into the ear he was holding hostage.

 

 

“And what was I doing in the dream? This?”

 

 

He slowly raked his slightly parted mouth across her ear, jaw, chin, and finally made his way to her rosy lips.

 

 

Kagome was in a world of her own. For as long as she could remember, she had avoided situations such as this. She didn't want to get caught up in moments as these, where her brain shut down and her body went on auto pilot. What Inuyasha was doing reminded her so much of the dream Inuyasha that she couldn't possibly pull away or push him out of her space. Her brain kept screaming at her that she shouldn't do this, but her heart and body wanted this man. They had wanted him from the very beginning. After she'd told Miroku of her feelings, she'd brushed them aside and locked them away in a little box in her head that said very plainly `DO NOT TOUCH'. But now, he was invoking those feelings again and she wanted him to do the things his mouth was promising her he would gladly do. So, she gave in to the kiss. Lightly at first, she tested the waters and found that real life was better than a dream any day. She could taste his sweet skin and feel the tenderness of his unsure movements. She wanted more but was waiting for him to initiate the next step.

 

 

After the first contact, Inuyasha almost lost all brain function. He vaguely realized he had shocked her at first by the contact but that very quickly, she was giving in to him. He could feel her shy mouth flutter innocently over his and it was all he could do not to slam his tongue into her cavern. He needed her to trust that he wouldn't make a move unless it was okay with her. She was finally realizing the feelings he was harboring for her and he wasn't about to destroy the only reciprocal action that she had shown. So, Inuyasha remained content with the soft, slow pecks she was letting herself indulge in.

 

 

Kagome was tired of waiting, so she did the only thing she could think of to coax him into giving her more. She slowly moved her hand to his face and wove her fingers to the back of his neck to give him a tug. Just when it seemed like he was getting the point and deepening the kiss…

 

 

:KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK:

 

 

That did it. The reality of the situation finally dawned on her. Kagome snapped back and scrambled to the headboard so fast that she smacked the back of her head on it. Her eyes were open wide with alarm, and she didn't seem to notice the look of hurt on the face of the other party involved. She turned her head and eyes downward and waited with bated breath to see what his next move was.

 

 

To say that he was hurt or had his pride injured was putting it lightly. He had never seen someone move so fast. She looked so frightened that he was wondering if maybe he'd hurt her in some way. `Well, first things first', he thought. `Kill the person on the other side of the door.'

 

 

Inuyasha jerked the door open so fast he could hear the frame make a cracking sound. On the other side was Sango, looking so oblivious to the whole situation that he wanted to strangle her. His fists clenched involuntarily at the thought.

 

 

“WHAT?!!!”

 

 

Sango scowled. “I thought you wanted to get up early! Don't yell at me for your stupidity!”

 

 

With that, Inuyasha slammed the door in her face. He whirled around to see if Kagome was all right and found that she wasn't in her bed anymore. With a perplexed look on his face, he called for her.

 

 

“Kagome.”

 

 

“I'm in the bathroom getting ready. If you want a shower, you might want to hit up Sango and Miroku's. I'll be a little while.”

 

 

Inuyasha sighed and sagged. She was avoiding the kiss by avoiding him, and he knew it. At the time it felt so right but now he realized how wrong he was. She was far from ready, and he never felt more like an ass in his entire life for not realizing it. When he found out what she was dreaming about, all coherent thought had flown out the window. He may have ruined the whole thing before it even started. This was going to take some massive damage control. He needed Miroku and Sango's help.

 

 

“As if I don't have enough on my plate.”

 

 

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Kagome's heart felt as if it was going to pound out of her chest. It didn't seem as if it was going to slow down any time soon, either. Because of the way she swayed on her feet when she let go of the counter she was clutching so tightly, she opted for a bath instead of a shower.

 

 

She was proud of the way she had kept her voice from sounding strained when he called out to her. She was also very glad that he had taken her advice to get ready in the other room instead of waiting for her to finish. She wasn't really sure if she could face him right now. That was the reason she had flown like a bat out of hell to the bathroom in the first place.

 

 

After the water ran into the large, white bathtub, she slowly stepped down into it and sank as low as she could without snorting water up her nose. She tried to relax and let her mind go blank but it wasn't working.

 

 

`Why did I let him kiss me,' she thought. She wasn't really sure what had gotten into herself. At first she tried to convince herself that she wasn't fully awake at the time and couldn't be held accountable for her actions. That thought flew out the window very quickly when she remembered how very awake she was at the time.

 

 

She didn't want to admit to herself that she had really wanted to kiss him. She tried to tell herself that she had gotten caught up in the emotion of the moment, but a voice in the back of her mind kept telling her that it wasn't the first time she had wanted to kiss him. She wanted to kiss him before she knew his name. Since the first time she had seen him she wanted to know what his lips would feel like pressed to hers.

 

 

The more she thought about it, the more she become conscious of the fact that she had never really been `caught up' in a situation before this one. She had pushed people away with near break neck speed before this man had entered her life. Why was Inuyasha so different that she couldn't bring herself to make him stop kissing her?

 

 

She wouldn't lie to herself anymore. She knew that she still held feelings for him. But she couldn't let him get close again. She would hurt him in the long run. Or worse, he would hurt her. Kagome knew that if she let herself become attached to him, and he were to leave her, she would never be the same again. Something about him made her sure that he had the potential to mean that much to her.

 

 

With a new resolve, she decided that it would never happen again. She couldn't risk it if she was to remain sane. Inuyasha had the potential to not only mean a great deal to her, he had the same potential to do harmful things to her psyche. Kagome couldn't let that happen again.

 

 

“Not again”, she mumbled to herself with a steel determination. She got dressed and walked down the hallway to meet the others for breakfast.

 

 

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Kagome was trying to act as naturally as possible but was failing miserably. Unless the others were blind, they were going to be able to pick up quickly that something was wrong.

 

 

Breakfast was a disaster. Inuyasha had tried to speak to her when she arrived at the table inside the small café of the hotel. She couldn't even look into his eyes when she replied `good morning' to him.

 

 

The rest of the meal was just as tense. Inuyasha had accidentally brushed the back of her hand when they both reached for the soy sauce in the middle of the table. Instead of brushing it off as if it was of no consequence, she had instantly pulled her hand back as if she had stuck it into hot coals.

 

 

Now, sitting in a crowded cab, the air was so thick with tension it could be scooped up and served. She'd caught some of the questioning glances that Miroku had thrown her and couldn't keep her brows from scrunching up with malice. Couldn't he just leave her alone to wallow in her new resolve?

 

 

If it was any consolation to Kagome, Inuyasha was having just as hard a time as she was. At breakfast, he wanted so badly to pull her aside and tell her how sorry he was for kissing her. He wasn't really sorry that it happened, but he was sorry for not communicating his intentions first. He should have told her how he felt about her first, instead of skipping ahead and doing something so stupid. It was his fault, entirely that she wouldn't look at him, let alone talk to him. He was drowning in self pity by the time the cab was hailed.

 

 

Silence permeated the air throughout ride and all he wanted to do was take her in his arms again and sooth her face with soft caresses. He wanted to see her smile again. She seemed to have a permanent crease in her forehead and knew he had one to match.

 

 

He was going to have to get her away from the others soon. He needed to tell her how he felt and how sorry he was for his mistake. He needed to tell her that somehow, in only the span of a few days, that he needed her.

 

 

`She's going to think you're crazy'

 

 

Finally the cab skidded to a halt and Kagome flew out of the car. Was she really that uncomfortable? Maybe she was disgusted with him. Maybe she didn't like the kiss as much as she seemed to. Inuyasha's heart almost broke at the thought. He wasn't sure what to do now. He couldn't just pour his feelings out simply for her to stomp on them like some nasty insect. His heart and soul couldn't take that kind of abuse. He really needed to talk to Miroku and Sango first. Maybe they could shed a little light on his current situation.

 

 

Kagome was standing on the sidewalk waiting for Miroku to step out of the cab. As soon as he did, she locked arms with him and sent him a look that stated that if he were to let go, he would die a slow, painful death. Miroku gulped at the tone of the sharp look that was thrown at him by his cousin, and nodded in understanding. He wasn't sure what was wrong with her. She had been acting strange all morning. But whatever it was, it was serious. He could only hope that later she would tell him what was causing her to cling to him so tightly that his arm felt as if it may fall off from losing circulation.

 

 

Inuyasha helped Sango out of the car and she gave him a good once-over. She knew something was amiss and cocked an eyebrow to display as much. Inuyasha sighed. He looked to make sure that Kagome and Miroku were out of earshot and turned to look at Sango again.

 

 

“I'll tell you later. I need to talk to you and Miroku.”

 

 

“Does this have anything to do with why you were so mad when I knocked on the door this morning?”

 

 

“Yes. I'll answer all your questions later. Right now, I want to get this over with.”

 

 

“Inuyasha, I figured you would be happier than this about finally having a clue to the brother sword's whereabouts. You seem like it's a hassle now. What gives?” Sango was at a loss. Whatever was bothering him was huge. She didn't like the feel of it. Kagome was acting strangely as well. She had a very strong feeling that the two problems had at least something to do with each other. `Inuyasha must have done something stupid.' Sango shook her head and cast her eyes down.

 

 

“Okay Inuyasha. I'll let this go for now. But later, I want some answers. Do you promise?”

 

 

“Feh.”

 

 

Sango knew that was as good an answer as she was going to get, so she let it go.

 

 

The four of them finally looked up and saw their destination. It was an old, worn down shack that was sturdily build on the side of a river bank. There was a sign on the door that Kagome and Miroku could barely make out. It simply read, `Sword Maker'.

 

 

Inuyasha made it to the front door first and tapped with a small amount of force. After several minutes and a few very unfriendly bangs on the old wooden door, Inuyasha took it upon himself to let himself in.

 

 

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I know that this is a short chapter. I wanted to get it out sooner too, but I've had writer's block. That and I found a new fanfic and couldn't seem to stop reading it. This was the fluffy chapter…sorta. I had to throw some angst in there to keep the story from coming together too fast. Kagome already has doubt in her mind but Inuyasha needed some as well. Thanks for all of the support so far and I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Also, I would like to remind you all that any ideas that you have I would love for you to share them with me. You can leave them in a review or e-mail me. For those of you on fanfiction.net, the full version is posted on mediaminer.org. As always, read and review.

 

 

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Inu Kagome 4Life: Ha ha ha. Don't maim your little brother too bad. I didn't realize that a lot of people didn't know that. I can't really remember where I heard it now, but I do know that next summer a new one will come out. Indiana's son will be in this one. His son will be played by the kid that is in the Transformers movie. I'm glad to be the one to share the info with you. Thanks for the review and I'm glad you're back.

 

InuGoddess715: I couldn't possibly bring myself to kill Myoga. He's just too lovable. I do promise that even though there will be lots of angst, I will not have any character deaths. I hope I didn't give too much away. It is getting dangerous. It will get much worse well before it gets better. If I can, this will be a thirty or so chapter story. I know where I want the story to go but I've only just made my mind up. I could change it again though. You never really know. I hope you enjoy the entirely of it. Thanks for the great review.

 

 

*Inuyasha was calling Kouga a `wolf-in-sheep's-clothing' in the last chapter. He shortened it for his own amusement. :Everyone rolls their eyes at malitiadixie:

What? I thought it was clever. :pouts:

 

 

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LoVe23: I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter. I love jealous Inuyasha myself. That's my favorite. He's just so much fun to write no matter what emotion he's feeling. I hope you continue to review. Thank you.

 

KP: Thank you so much for the great review. I can't wait to hear what you think about this one. I hope you give me a good one again.

 

 

Well, that's it for now.

 

 

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