InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Someone To Watch Over Me ❯ Study Habits ( Chapter 1 )

~*~*Someone To Watch Over Me~*~*

 

~~~A.N.: You all may remember this story as being a bit different. I had it posted up a long time ago but never really liked it. After taking down I reworked it and it has changed quite a bit. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy! ~ Wolfe~~

 

 

 

~~Chapter 1~~

 

~~Study Habits~~

 

 

The silver moon hung low in the night sky, and Kagome cursed softly as it dipped lower. It was late, very late, and the girl sitting on the cold ground was trying desperately, futilely to study by the light of the full moon and the dying embers of the once bright fire. She was beyond exhausted. The past week had been spent trapped in the same routine: wake up, eat what small bit of food she could stomach and be certain she would keep down, travel - and eventually end up fighting - with Inuyasha until sunset, stop and make camp for the night, refuse dinner without making it obvious she was doing so by giving most of her meal to the always hungry Shippou, study until just before dawn, sleep restlessly for maybe an hour if she was lucky, and then wake up again.

 

Golden eyes snapped open as the gentle soft wind blew the scents of those below up into the heights of the tree. A low growl spilled forth from the hanyou's throat, rumbling deep in his chest, irritation covering deep worry.

 

“Alright, this has to stop,” he growled to himself.

 

Sighing heavily to relieve his frustration, or at least enough of it that he wouldn't bite the girl's head off, Inuyasha looked down upon the girl he loved.

 

“Kagome,” Inuyasha called out to the girl softly, so as not to wake the others.

 

Too wrapped up in the text to hear his voice, Kagome didn't notice when he leapt out of the tree and landed silently in front of her. Reaching down, Inuyasha snatched the book from her hands. It took her a moment to realize her book was missing, and when she did her attention snapped up to the hanyou in front of her. Reaching out for her book, Kagome opened her mouth, a look of outrage on her face when he gave her a hard silencing stare and tossed the book aside, too far for her to reach.

 

“Inuyasha!” she hissed at him angrily.

 

“Quiet wench,” he growled back, just as angrily.

 

“Inuyasha!” Kagome began to once again protest to the hanyou.

 

It might have worked, too, had she not yawned and reminded the dog eared boy standing in front of her of why he was so upset. Silencing the miko with a growl, he took her hand as she began to stand and pulled her to her feet. Taking the girl into his arms, he leapt high into the tree. Landing on a high, wide, strong branch, he released his hold on the girl. Removing his fire rat haori, he wrapped the garment, warmed from his body heat, around Kagome's shoulders and held it as she slipped her arms through the sleeves.

 

Sitting down with his back against the tree, one leg bent and propped up on the branch, the other hanging over the side; he tugged Kagome down into his arms, settling her against his chest. He was so warm, his arms so strong and comforting, his embrace so inviting that she wanted nothing more than to give into her desire to sleep. All she wanted to do was sit there in his arms and let his scent and presence surround her as she fell asleep, but she knew she couldn't…

 

Inuyasha could hear the unsteady beat of her heart, first fast, then slow, at times skipping a beat or two. It worried and upset him more than he was willing to admit that she had willingly done this to herself, but, more than that, that he had let her do this to herself. She was so exhausted; too exhausted to `sit; him with any real force behind it. Whenever she'd spoken the magickal command this past week, he'd fallen to the ground as though he'd simply tripped over his own feet. He looked down on the girl in his arms, stroking her hair and shushing her when she began moving.

 

“Inuyasha, I've got to study,” she said, only to have him snort in response and wrap her more securely in his arms when she moved.

 

“No,” he said with irritation to cover up the worry he felt. “What you've got to do is get some sleep. Your scent is as thick as mud with exhaustion. Just go to sleep wench…I'll take care of you,” he promised her in a softer tone.

 

Knowing that arguing with the hanyou could prove to be as useless as arguing with a rock, she gave into his demand and her desire. Curling herself up and snuggling deeper into his chest as she yawned, Kagome tucked her head beneath his chin. The corners of his lips curled up into a soft smile, his arms held her wrapped in a warm hug, holding her close as she drifted off to sleep in his embrace. Kissing her hair, he rested his cheek on her head.

 

Slowly releasing a deeply indrawn breath, Inuyasha's arms tightened around the girl wrapped in his clothing and sleeping in his arms. He was so afraid that one morning he would wake up only to find that all of this had been a dream. The fear of being alone, of being without his pack, but especially of being without Kagome frightened him and stung like a hundred knives in his heart.

 

“Inuyasha,” Kagome mumbled sleepily, her eyes remaining closed, “you're thinking too loud.”

 

The girl moved, shifted. One arm slipped free from being trapped between their bodies and slid around his waist, tucking into the space between the small of his back and the rough bark of the tree. The other hand lifted from her lap to tangle into the `v' made by the folds of his white under kimono. With a silent sigh and a soft smile, Inuyasha curled his finger under the curve of her chin and tipped her face up. Smiling softly into sleep blurred blue eyes, he lowered his face and touched his lips to hers, kissing her. It was slow, sweet and soft, chaste and over far too soon for his liking, but she was tired, exhausted, and in the morning would probably think of their kiss as nothing more than a dream.

 

“Just go to sleep Kagome,” he said to her softly. “I'll take care of you.”

 

 

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*~*~*AN*~*~*

 

Alright ladies and gentlemen, let me take this opportunity to send out a special thanks to my new - my first ever - Beta: Ms. Kathy Red Pen. Let's give a round of applause please, for all her hard work. (1.24.09)