InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Realization ❯ I Want to Live for Today and Not Worry About Tomorrow ( Chapter 16 )

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~CHAPTER 16~

I Want to Live for Today and Not Worry About Tomorrow

 

Kagome stirred from her sleep. She yawned and stretched. Kagome looked next to her and found Inuyasha asleep, still nude, then she noticed that she was nude too. Kagome looked around for something to cover herself with. The chocolate syrup that was on the her sheet had smeared across her body while she slept.

 

Kagome wiggled from Inuyasha's hold and got to her feet. She was kind of sore from last nights events. She went in her closet, pulled out a robe and put it on. Kagome eased her door open and peered into the hallway. She quickly made her way into the bathroom and closed the door behind her. The robe dropped to the floor, pooling at her feet. She stepped into the shower and fumbled with the knobs until she found a suitable temperature. Kagome leaned her head into the stream of the water and let it surround her head. The warm water ran down her body, relaxing away the sticky chocolate sauce and her soreness.

 

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Miroku sat by the river silently, meditating, preforming his morning prayers. Sango stood a good distance away waiting for him to finish. Opening his eyes, Miroku lifted his head and looked out into the sky. Sango went to stepped forward but paused. She shook her head and ran off.

 

Miroku looked over his shoulder but no one was there.

 

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Kagome turned off the shower. She reached for her bathrobe and turned it inside-out so that the chocolate stains were on the outside. She slipped her robe back on and grabbed a towel. Kagome opened the bathroom door and found Souta running down the hall and down the stairs. Kagome shrugged her shoulders and walked into her room. Inuyasha was still asleep. Kagome walked over and nudged him awake with her foot.

 

Inuyasha opened his eyes and looked up at her. "Hm?"

 

Kagome sighed. "Get up. You are so lazy."

 

Inuyasha grumbled. "I wasn't so lazy last night."

 

Kagome blushed. "That's beside the point. Get up and take a shower." Kagome held out a towel for Inuyasha. Inuyasha took the towel from her then playfully pushed her onto her bed. Before she could get to the hanyou, he was already out the door. Kagome smiled.

 

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Inuyasha hopped from the well, with Kagome is his arms and her bag on his shoulder. Inuyasha let Kagome down and they walked to the village. Kagome wrapped her arm around Inuyasha's and rested her head on his shoulder.

 

They walked into the village and headed for Kaede's hut. Inuyasha pushed the straw-mat door out the way and walked in with Kagome. Kaede was mixing herbs with Shippo while Miroku and Sango were sitting with a thick layer of tension between them.

 

Everyone looked at the couple as they entered, taking notice of their intertwined arms. Miroku was the first to speak. "Mmm-hmm. What is this? A new development in this strange relationship?"

 

Inuyasha and Kagome quickly pulled away from each other, blushing. Inuyasha sat Kagome's bag in the corner and plopped down on the floor. Kagome looked over at Sango who was giving her a signal with her eyes. Kagome nodded and cleared her throat. "Sango and I are going off to the hot springs."

 

"Whatever," Inuyasha said careless. It was no secret that 'going to the hot springs' meant that 'we are going to talk about stuff and you two can't listen'.

 

Kagome and Sango grabbed their stuff and left the hut. Miroku walked out the hut signaling for Inuyasha to follow. Inuyasha sighed, rose to his feet and followed to the monk.

 

Inuyasha followed Miroku to a hillside that overlooked the rice fields and the stream that flowed through the village.

 

Inuyasha crossed his arms. "What's up, monk?" Inuyasha asked.

 

Miroku sighed. "I'm considering asking Sango to marry me."

 

Inuyasha was caught by surprise. His eyes widened. "You are?" Miroku nodded. "Even though there are some risks."

 

Miroku nodded. "I know the risks. My mind has been haunted by the biggest risk of all, her getting pregnant. At the moment that would be more a curse than a blessing. Sango is a strong woman, she's a fighter that doesn't like sitting off to the side while others fight. It would be unfair to force her into that situation. There is also the high possibility of my death. To leave Sango caring for a child would not be right for her or the child but…" Miroku stared at a cloud in the distance. "Maybe I'm being selfish but I want to live for today and not worry about tomorrow."

 

Inuyasha snorted. "Selfish? A little but that's what love is. A mixture of all types of feelings, each kept in balance by another. Selfishness balanced out by selflessness."

 

Miroku smiled. "Inuyasha, I'm surprised. When did you become so philosophical?"

 

"Whatever," Inuyasha responded angrily.

 

"Seems like your relationship with Kagome has started to tear down that emotional barrier you keep up."

 

"Whatever."

 

Miroku sighed. "Looks you still have a ways to go."

 

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Sango stepped into the hot spring followed by Kagome.

 

"Seems like things between you and Inuyasha are going very well," Sango said as she sat down on an underwater rock.

 

Kagome sat down too. "Yeah," she said blushing, "But I'm more concerned about you." Sango frowned slightly. "Things haven't been the same between you two, have they?"

 

Sango shook her head. "I apologized and he accepted but nothing else has happen. I wanted to approach him but I always get too nervous and he hasn't attempted anything since. He hasn't even tried to grope me."

 

"This is serious. I could see the tension between you two earlier." Kagome thought for a moment. "Maybe I could get Inuyasha to talk some sense into him." "I just hope he doesn't screw it up," Kagome added to herself.

 

"Speaking of Inuyasha, he disappeared last night. Did go to your time?"

 

Kagome blushed. "Yeah, but he and my brother were playing around and they wore each other out." Kagome looked down and fiddled with her necklace as she lied.

 

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Inuyasha sat casually on the grass with Miroku sitting near him. Inuyasha took notice of a figure walking to the village. It was Kagome and she was with Sango. Kagome looked his direction, her eyes resting directly on him. She smiled and continued walking with Sango.

 

Something had been nagging at Inuyasha for while. Kagome. Her odd behavior last night. It was as if she had become possessed. She had thrown caution to the wind and was only concerned about indulging in passion. Not that he minded. He was just concerned.

 

Inuyasha stood. Miroku was deep in thought and probably wanted to think alone. If he wanted some conversation, he knew where to find him. Inuyasha rushed off to the village.

 

Inuyasha arrived outside of Kaede's hut and waited. Kagome came out and looked at him. "What's wrong?" she asked.

 

"Can we go and talk?" Inuyasha asked.

 

Kagome heard the concern in his voice and nodded. She stuck her head into the hut and told Sango she would return shortly. She turned back to Inuyasha only to swept into his arms and carried her off.

 

Inuyasha held Kagome in his arms as he jumped through the air. Inuyasha landed next to the well. He let Kagome down and sat, cross-legged, against the well. Kagome smiled and sat in his lap and leaned her head back on Inuyasha's shoulder. "So what is it you want to talk about?" she asked.

 

"You?"

 

"Me?"

 

Inuyasha nodded. "You're changing."

 

A puzzled look appeared on Kagome's face. "How?"

 

"Last night." Both Inuyasha and Kagome smiled as they thought about the previous night, "You weren't your normal self."

 

"I know, "Kagome responded. "I wasn't concerned about consequences just about you and me. I was overcome by passion, like I had become a…"

 

"Youkai," Inuyasha said finishing Kagome's sentence.

 

She nodded. "Am I?"

 

Inuyasha shook his head. "I highly doubt it. It was probably because of you marking me. Some youkai emotions are very strong."

 

"Like sex," Kagome said smiling.

 

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Yeah. They can be so strong that they overpower normal reasoning. It's no different with hanyous. It's probably one of the enhancements you got from me. Either that or you were affected by my sex-crazed aura." Inuyasha said laughing lightly.

 

"Just where did you get the idea for the chocolate?" Kagome asked, smirking.

 

"That tal-talavision thing," Inuyasha said, pronouncing 'television' incorrectly, "I was watching it one night and something thing came on. People were nude and all this stuff was going on."

 

"Oh my god! He was watching a porno. I thought Mom blocked those channels.” Kagome shook her head. "It was my first time, how was I?" Kagome asked, changing the subject.

 

"You were absolutely horrible," Inuyasha said jokingly but it still earned him an elbow to the ribs. "I was only joking. You were great." Kagome smiled. "I didn't do bad for my first time, did I?"

 

"What?" Kagome asked in shock. "It was your first time?" Inuyasha nodded. "I couldn't tell," Kagome said still in disbelief.

 

"It was instincts."

 

"Oh," Kagome said understanding.

 

They sat there in each other's company. Kagome was smiling to herself as she remembered last night. Kagome almost choked. Inuyasha looked at her. "I'm fine," she said quickly. Inuyasha shrugged it off but still kept an eye on her. "I can't believe it. Oh my god, oh my god, OH MY GOD! We didn't use any protection.” Kagome thought in pure terror.

 

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