InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Seeing Through New Eyes ❯ Chapter 8 ( Chapter 8 )

Chapter: 8

 

“Inuyasha, I sense a Shikon no Kakera to the north. Let's go after it.” Kagome said over her shoulder. She, along with Togashi and a sleeping Shippou, were in the front of the group. Behind her were Sango, Miroku, and Kirara. In the very back was Inuyasha, who was still embarrassed about the night before, and refuses to speak, or even look for that matter, at Kagome.

 

Yesterday Kagome made Inuyasha submit to her. And although it was extremely awkward, it made traveling much less frustrating. When Kagome wanted to wait until everyone awoke naturally to travel, instead of yelling for everyone to hurry up, Inuyasha couldn't argue.

 

As they headed north, Togashi spoke in her mind, `Why is that youkai still following us? What does he want?'

 

A silence answered him, followed by, `I don't know why Sesshoumaru-sama is still following us. Maybe he wants more answers about me. I guess I'll have to meet him again.'

 

When Kagome got back the night before, after purifying Sesshoumaru's scent off of her, she told Togashi about him, since he couldn't communicate with anyone else. They both expected the demon lord to simply leave or, if he wanted to speak to her, just walk up to the group and state his demands. He did neither, which makes both inu curious, and slightly weary.

 

When the group reached the demon with the jewel shard, Kagome defeated it with a flick of her wrist when she summoned her lightning whip. Her companions were amazed, as they barely had time to reach for their weapons.

 

Kagome walked over and picked up the shard, purifying it on contact. She turned to her friends, “Really, how simple could you get? 20 minutes of walking and that's what I look forward to? I could have defeated it in my sleep.” She noticed their shocked faces. “What? Is there something on my face?”

 

“No, Kagome-sama, it's just, we never defeated a youkai that quickly before. You truly are very powerful.” A lecherous smile appeared, “Are you sure you do not wish to bare my chi-” BAM! Horaikotsu was down on his head before he could finish his sentence.

 

“Hentai!” Both girls yelled at him. He held up his hands in defense. “Ladies, really I mean no harm by it! It was a joke!” Sango did a good impression of a growl while Kagome just stood there with an annoyed look on her face. The youkai exterminator and houshi began bickering.

 

Said annoyed girl turned to see a smirking hanyou. She walked over to Inuyasha and was standing right next to him by the time he noticed her. He looked anywhere but at her.

 

“Look,” Kagome started, “I'm sorry about what I had to do yesterday. I just couldn't keep going on always fighting with you about what we were going to do. I wouldn't be able to handle the constant fighting for dominance. I had to do what was best for the pack.”

 

Inuyasha's reaction was not what Kagome expected. “I know.” Kagome blinked, “`I know'? That's it? No yelling, no name calling? Just `I know'?”

 

The half demon shrugged, “Well, yeah. I kind of thought you as alpha anyway. But you were human and couldn't understand pack rules. I was just upset that you had to show your authority in front of everyone. I mean, it's kind of embarrassing.” He scratched the back of his neck nervously.

 

Kagome smiled and hugged him, “Oh, I'm so glad you're not mad at me! I don't know what I would have done if my Nii-chan wouldn't forgive me!” Both their eyes widened when they realized what she said.

 

“You think of me as your brother?”

 

“Well, yes…is that alright?” Kagome's eyes were hopeful and fearful at the same time.

 

“Yeah, that's fine. I wanted to be for a long time, but I wasn't sure what you wanted.” Inuyasha blushed a little as he said this.

 

Kagome's eyes sparkled, “Really? That would be great!” she hugged him again. He returned it.

 

They pulled apart with smiles on their faces. As they turned to the rest of their pack they noticed they had stopped fighting and were looking at them oddly. The now siblings laughed at their confusion.

 

Kagome looked at Sango, “I'll explain later. But I think we should walk for a little while longer before we call it a night.” They nodded in agreement and continued on their way, all but two still oblivious to the potential danger trailing not far behind.