InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Suppression ❯ Chapter Two ( Chapter 2 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

A/N: Thanks to everyone who's been reading so far! :) I hope you enjoy it. Just to remind you, this will be a VERY dark fic, some very not nice things are going to happen, and I'm pretty sure this is going to be a pretty long story. Just sit back, enjoy the ride, and let me know how I'm doing! Your reviews are what keep me going, I'm also welcome to fresh ideas! Expect an update at least once a week.



-TeresaCaitlin



Kagome jumped at his voice, the deep, rich sound filling the forest and laying a blanket of anticipation lying around them. She closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them again, hoping for some reason that he wouldn't be there. But sure enough, he was, and the none-too-happy look on his face suggested he was not happy with her.



"Well?"



She looked up at him again, meeting his gaze, completely forgetting that he had spoken not even five minutes ago. "I'm sorry. What did you say?"



InuYasha rolled his eyes heavenward. 'Shit, she's gonna drive me crazy one of these days.' He sighed. "I said, isn't it past your bedtime?"



Kagome's look of surprise and guilt quickly faded away into one of annoyance, and she braced her legs apart, placing her hands on her hips and settling him with a glare that rested in her narrowed eyes. "Who says when my bedtime is?"



InuYasha shrugged. "Feh. I do, wench."



Kagome's eyebrow twitched and her gaze became all the more deadly. Except this time, InuYasha didn't back down, didn't run away from fear of being sat. Instead he marched right up to her and took her chin in his hand, staring down into her eyes and licking his lips as he carefully scrutinized her face, as if searching for something. His brows furried together worriedly and he took no notice of that fact that Kagome was staring up at him as if she had just noticed he had two noses. "You have circles under your eyes; you aren't sleeping well. Why?"



InuYasha's strange behavior was running through her mind. He had never acted like this before. Why, he seemed worried, almost a little scared. She couldn't make sense of it. "I-I....I just...I've been having nightmares, is all."



InuYasha's eyebrows scrunched closer together as she turned her face away from him, her eyes downcast. "Nightmares? Of what?"



Kagome sighed. She really didn't want to tell him. InuYasha would never deliberately hurt her, even in his full youkai state he had never really harmed her. "It's nothing InuYasha. May I please go now?" Her voice was soft, almost pleading, as if she had all of a sudden found herself in a situation she didn't want to be in.



A hurt look flashed across InuYasha's face for a moment. Her face had always been easy to read for him, Kagome wore the emotions on her face as easily as the yellow backpack that she always carried around. Yet this time, she was closing herself off.



Silence hung heavily over the two, filling their ears with nothingness, neither of them knowing what to say. Kagome began to walk off, taking his silence as his permission to let her leave, and she slowly began stepping her way over the sharp twigs she hadn't really noticed before; it would be fall soon. Before she had made it very far she felt a warm hand wrap itself around her arm and pull her back, but before she could lose her balance she felt another strong arm surround her, and she met two very amber eyes that searched hers, leaving her feeling naked and uneasy as his eyes searched her own, searching for some unknown secret that lay hidden behind her chocolate eyes. A light came into his eyes then, except that this light wasn't happy, it was almost painful. "It's me you're having nightmares about."



His suspicions were confirmed when guilt flooded her eyes like tears, and she bit her lip.



"Kagome, you don't have to be afraid of me. I'm never going to hurt you, ever, I can't. If I did I would have to kill myself. I can never hurt you, or leave you. I can't tell you why right now, but....just trust me," he finished, his voice soft and husky, suddenly awakening a very different feeling in her. She knew, somehow, she knew in her heart that he was right, he never could hurt her, but now a curiosity had been born, and she wanted to know why he couldn't tell her. "InuYasha...why can't you tell me?"



InuYasha looked into her eyes, the haunting emptiness swallowing her. "I don't know how to say it."



Kagome frowned, uneasy about what he'd said. She slowly eased her way out of his grip and looked at him. She figured the best way to figure this out would be to talk to him about it. "InuYasha...I keep having nightmares of me trying to leave you and then end up dying because you kill me."



InuYasha looked down, unable to meet her gaze. "Do you really think I could do that?" He asked in a haunting whisper that tore at her heart.



Kagome looked at him, not hesitating in her answer. "No, I trust you, InuYasha." She stepped forward and wrapped her arms around him, embracing him.



InuYasha quickly wrapped his arms around her, burying his nose in her hair, inhaling her sweet fragrance. "Good. Then let those nightmares kiss my ass. I'm never going to kill you."
He was going to have to tell her mother.



He'd chosen to bury her there, in the Sengoku Jidai, it was her true home, the place where she'd died, the place where she lived the most important years of her life.



Sango and Miroku began to dig a grave together, they'd chosen the spot under the Goshinboku, where InuYasha loved to go and wait for her, because they knew that he would wait for her, forever.



The two looked at each silently, exchanging knowing glances, knowing that it wouldn't be long before they had to dig another grave.



InuYasha would follow Kagome in death, just as he had in life.






It had been a week, and the nightmares were over. Kagome and InuYasha went about their relationship awkwardly, the words that had been exchanged in the forest a week prior stuck both in their minds, but neither said anything about it out of embarrassment, so nothing about the incident was said, not even to their friends.



Kagome sighed wearily. InuYasha's words had been running through her mind for weeks now, and she just didn't think she could go much longer without mentioning it to SOMEONE. She decided to use her favorite excuse for needing alone time with Sango.



"InuYasha? Do you know if there are any hot springs or anywhere else Sango and I can bathe? I feel absolutely filthy," she said, ending her statement with a look of digust as the dirt clinging to her legs became suddenly known. At least she wasn't TOTALLY lying, right?



Sango raised a brow at her sister figure, she knew by the look on Kagome's face there was more there than dirt, and she was thankful that the young miko had said something, she was dying to figure out why InuYasha and Kagome had been acting so strange lately.



"Feh, you're lucky wench, theres one close by, we'll make camp and then you and Sango can go bathe," InuYasha huffed, crossing his arms over his chest as he walked slightly behind the rest of the group.



Kagome squealed in delight and hurriedly began to get out the things they would need for the night, excited to share with Sango all the thoughts resting within her.