InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Talking in His Sleep ❯ Mumblings ( Chapter 1 )

Title: Talking in His Sleep

Author: KawaiiChica

E-mail: KawaiiChica@hotmail.com

Rating: R - Adult content & swearing.

Disclaimer: Inuyasha and Co. don't belong to me, I'm just borrowing them for the sake of this fanfic. They belong to Rumiko Takahashi and others.

[ ] Thinking

" " Speaking

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"No... it wasn't me..."

Kagome sighed, lying on her side in her sleeping bag. Listening to the sounds of her friends sleeping around her, she was disturbed the most by the mumbling coming from behind her.

Inuyasha leaned against the trunk of a tree a few feet away, since its limbs hadn't been strong enough to hold him; he'd simply sat at the base and fallen asleep. [He must have been really tired for him to doze off so quickly]

Kagome heard him speaking again and swallowed past the lump that swelled in her throat.

"Why Kikyo? ... I thought..."

[Kikyo... even in your dreams she won't leave you alone, will she?]

Finally feeling her own exhaustion begin to take over, Kagome was relieved as she fell asleep, not wanting to hear him call out that name anymore.

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My oh my
How can this be there he goes
Talking in his sleep
By and by
He will connive does he know
He's talking in his sleep

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"Feh, get up already dumb wench!"

Kagome woke to something poking her in the side and looked up to see Inuyasha's foot was pushing her out of her sleeping bag. "I'm awake."

He huffed, "That doesn't mean you're up! We have a long distance to go and can't wait around for lazy-ass..."

"SIT!"

Kagome rolled out of his way just in time as he slammed to the ground. Standing and adjusting her clothes, she ignored the cursing hanyou and headed over to the others who were busy finishing breakfast. "Why didn't anyone wake me sooner?"

"We tried Kagome-sama, you were too tired though," Miroku handed her some ramen while Sango went over to help her pick up her stuff so they could leave.

"Inuyasha's restless, as are Sango and I; there is something ominous in this forest." The monk crossed his arms and watched her eat quickly, nodding her head in agreement.

"I had trouble sleeping last night because of it," she stuffed another bite into her mouth and tried to focus her ki on sensing their surrounding the way Kaede had taught her the last time they'd been in her village. It had been a week earlier and Kagome took every opportunity she could get to practice.

"Done yet?" Inuyasha came over, tapping his foot impatiently while she took her last bite. "Ok then let's go."

The group grabbed their things and set off, hoping to make it to their destination by nightfall. To everyone's relief, Shippo, who was going through a growth spurt, calmly slept through the day in Kagome's arms, allowing the group to travel in peaceful silence.

Inuyasha glanced back again, frowning at the silent miko who seemed to have something on her mind. Kagome had been too quiet that morning, lugging around both her bag and Shippo, and to make him more suspicious, she'd been submissive all morning. Beside the small argument when he awakened her, she hadn't complained or quarreled with him all day, and it was making him nervous.

Deciding to get back to their normal routine, Inuyasha stopped and waited for them to reach him. "Hand it over."

"What?" Kagome frowned, wondering what he wanted.

"Your bag! Stupid bitch, can't you see it's slowing you down? You're the last one in the group and the most vulnerable, if we get attacked they'll kill you for sure." Inuyasha grabbed the bag, pulled it from the arm she'd thrown it over and went back to his place at the front.

"Jerk," Kagome mumbled, glaring daggers at his back.

"Stupid," Inuyasha called back over his shoulder.

"Asshole!"

"Wench!"

"Creep!"

"Idiot!"

"DOG!"

In uyasha's anger flared, whirling around to yell the first thing that came to mind.

"BITCH!"

Kagome was about to shout back when she felt a familiar tug and froze, quickly trying to figure out where it was coming from. Noticing her change in attitude, Inuyasha leapt over to them and dropped the bag at her feet, unsheathing Tetsusaiga in front of him.

"Where is it?" Inuyasha asked, not needing her answer when a large spider youkai appeared before them. Charging at it with his sword, Inuyasha growled as it swerved and dodged his attack, heading towards the girl with the shards.

Miroku was about to remove his beads from his hand when the youkai spit out a ball of webbing and it fell around his wrist, the stickiness making it impossible for him to use his Zanzaa. Sango was equally unlucky, preparing to throw her Hiraikotsu, a spitball of webbing making it stick to her hand, throwing her off-balance and making her fall to the ground.

"Kagome run!" Inuyasha growled, attempting to slash the youkai again with his sword.

Doing as told, Kagome ran, clutching Shippo to her when he woke up from the noise and asking what was wrong. His response was an urgent 'shush' from Kagome and her arms tightening around him. She was running through the forest, looking for somewhere to hide when she found it, a small opening at the base of a large tree. Half-hidden by bushes, Shippo told her he couldn't smell anything that might live there and before he could much more, Kagome was pushing him in, ordering him not to move from there until she returned. With a quick kiss to his forehead, she smiled and stood, turning to keep running.

[At least he should be safer there than with me]

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Inuyasha growled, glaring at the spider angrily while his arm bled from a slash of the youkai's leg had ripped through his skin. He could hear Sango's gasping for breath beneath his haori that he'd thrown over her after the damned demon had injured her back. Miroku kneeled beside her, furiously trying to rip through the webbing on his hand to help her better.

[Where the fuck is Kagome? She'd better be safe]

He'd regretted telling her to run after watching her take off with another youkai following. It seemed that the one he was fighting with had not come alone, and now Kagome was in the forest somewhere, hopefully hidden so they wouldn't find her.

"My quarrel is not with you, hanyou, I want those jewels," the spider stood a few feet away, "If I cannot get them, my mate will, that girl's as good as dead."

"Fuck you!" Inuyasha used the windscar to kill him at last. Hurrying into the forest, he quickly focused on Kagome's scent, growling at the one following hers.

"Damnit!" Kagome cursed, panting as she stared at the tall cliff above. She'd run as fast as her legs could carry her to a dead end. [Hopefully I won't be dead]

Biting her lip nervously, she heard a noise to her right and barely managed to jump out of the way before a ball of webbing flew past her to the place she'd been standing in. "HEY!"

Kagome jumped this way and that, avoiding the first few shots before an angry clicking sounded and she looked up to see a black and red spider youkai above her head on the cliff wall. Letting out a scream, Kagome was thrown backwards when the demon lunged at her, knocking her onto her back and sinking her teeth into her neck.

Lying there with her neck burning, her body quickly numbing over, Kagome struggled to keep awake, barely noticing when the legs holding her down released her and her body was lifted. White and gold came into view and a voice could be heard, but her mind was too fuzzy to make anything out before darkness consumed her.

"Damnit woman don't you dare die on me," Inuyasha glared at the dead spider at his feet again, snatching the chain with shards that she had just taken from Kagome's neck and turning to run to a nearby stream as fast as he could.

As soon as he arrived, he set Kagome down and set himself to the task of removing the poison from her body. Cutting her skin around the puncture marks in her neck a little; Inuyasha bent his head and started sucking the poisoned blood, hoping he could get most of it out. [It hasn't been that long, it can't be in all of your system yet... hang on Kagome!]

Ripping the lower part of her shirt off, he quickly soaked a strip and used it to wipe her blood once he was done, making the rest into bandages to wrap around her wound. Once she was tended to, he sighed and wondered what else he could do.

Seeing a bright light coming from his side, he lifted his eyes from Kagome's face and was about to growl but stopped himself when he saw who was there.

"Silly chit, thinking she could take care of the jewel shards," Kikyo came to her side, her dull orbs focused on the girl in front of him.

"What are you doing here?" Inuyasha watched her wearily.

Kikyo's eyes lifted to his, "Isn't it obvious? I'm going to save her."

Inuyasha arched an eyebrow, "Is that right? And why would you do that? If she dies you'll be whole again, alive."

Kikyo's lifeless eyes held his as she nodded, "But then I wouldn't be able to take you to hell with me, and that is what I want."

"Hmph," Inuyasha turned back to the girl in front of him, "All right then, heal her already."

"Ever the impatient one Inuyasha," Kikyo kneeled beside him, touched Kagome's bite marks and a pink light engulfed both mikos' as energy was passed from one to another.

Feeling herself drained, Kikyo lay down beside her, calling to her soul-catchers to come and bring her the energy she needed. They came quickly to her urgent bidding, little white auras glowing in their grasp as they floated over and dropped them onto their mistress.

"Kikyo..." Inuyasha was stopped by a shake of her head, her body being lifted by the soul-catchers. "She can help you get the jewel and end your quest, but remember your promise Inuyasha, you are mine."

Kagome blinked slowly, a bright light from just above her head causing her to look up slowly, barely able to move her head because of the pain in her neck. The sight that greeted her forcing her to close her eyes again, seeing it in her mind as well.

Kikyo had moved to Inuyasha, kneeling so her legs straddled his, her arms around his neck pulling him in for a kiss. Inuyasha didn't move, either to pull away or to join her and so she moved in towards him instead, her cold lips pressing to his briefly before pulling back and allowing her soul-catchers to take her away completely.

"Kikyo..."

Inuyasha's pained whisper reached Kagome's ears, forcing her to bite her lip from crying out her own pain. He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't realize she was awake until their friends came upon them with Shippo in tow.

"Here you are!" Sango came over and quickly asked what had happened. "Kagome-chan what happened to you?"

"I was bitten by a spider," Kagome's reply was scratchy, her throat tight from suppressing her emotions. "That's the last thing I knew until you called my name right now."

Seeing her teary eyes, Inuyasha wondered about that for a second, unsure if she'd heard him with Kikyo a few minutes earlier. Looking down to see her smile at him, he felt his doubts wear away, Kagome would never smile at him after seeing him with Kikyo, especially if she'd seen them kiss.

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The affair okay
He's corrupt
What do I do, what do I say
I feel ashamed, embarrassed, fatigued
Such a petty crime of indiscretion

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"Perhaps we should get some rest here? This seems like a good place to set up for the night, and allow Kagome-sama to recover," Miroku sent Shippo and Kirara to fetch some firewood.

Sango set up Kagome's sleeping bag so her friend could sleep more comfortably and then started setting up everyone else's beds while the monk began pulling out ramens and the things they would need from Kagome's bag, which he'd picked up when they'd finally managed to cut off the last of the webbing with Sango's small knife. Kagome watched Inuyasha's profile in the bright moonlight, wondering what he could be thinking.

[Is he still in love with her, after everything she's done?] Hurt crossed her features as she looked away towards the river, wincing at the pull in her throat. [I wish someone would love me like that, unconditionally - well no, I don't wish that just anyone would love me like that, but he's too dense to realize my feelings for him]

Looking at the hanyou again from the corner of her eye, her heart ached at the thought of saying good-bye and watching him be taken to hell. [Damnit Kikyo's dead Inuyasha! Why can't you accept the fact, admit it wasn't your fault, that you don't owe her anything and love me?!]

"Come on wench, time to get you into the bag," Inuyasha picked her up gruffly, still unsettled because of his visit from Kikyo and set her in the bag. Before she could protest he removed the bandages from her neck and looked the wound over. To his surprise, it was completely gone; the miko's magic seemed to have healed it completely.

"Feh, go to sleep," Inuyasha growled, grabbing his ramen from Miroku and swallowing it down in one gulp while he settled against a tree nearby.

"Kagome-sama your soup is ready," Miroku ignored the glowering hanyou and set the cup down beside her.

"Thank you Miroku, I'm just not hungry though," Kagome took the cup and held it towards the hanyou. "Take it or leave it."

The cup was snatched from her hands before she finished speaking, though, and she gave a tired sigh before closing her eyes and falling asleep. Miroku and the others settled in for bed also, Shippo sleeping with Sango on the other side of the fire, the monk sleeping with Kirara curled up against his back, and Inuyasha resting a few feet from Kagome.

It was a cold night and Kagome woke when her teeth began chattering. Blinking sleepily to see her friends, she smiled as she saw Miroku and Kirara had moved to a spot where they could protect Sango and Shippo from the cold wind, using their bodies to block it. Shivering, Kagome turned and curled up into herself, willing herself to sleep again when she heard the mumbling again.

Looking up at Inuyasha again, she strained to hear the mumbling through the wind blowing through their camp.

"... it wasn't me... don't do it... Kikyo... watch out...Kikyo..."

When his eyes snapped open suddenly, Kagome closed hers hiding them with her sleeping bag so he wouldn't see she'd been awake and listening. Struggling to keep her trembling from being noticed, Kagome let out a small gasp when the wind stopped hitting her, Inuyasha's body curled around her to keep her warm.

"In-Inuyasha?" her voice was a breathy whisper, surprise evident in her tone.

"Go to sleep bitch, you're of no use to me if you're sick." Inuyasha glared down at her, seeing a slight shimmer in her eyes as she nodded and curled up next to him, one of her cold little hands slipping from the sleeping back to hold lightly to his haori.

[Damnit Kagome, why can't I get her out of my head already?] Inuyasha hated being so gruff with the girl in his arms, but as long as he kept her away, he'd do it. There was no sense in falling in love with someone when you were leaving them at one time or another, and he was going to hell with Kikyo after all.

[Damned the fates! For the first time I find someone who accepts me, trusts me, believes in me, and I have to keep her away.] Inuyasha cursed his luck again, holding her tighter to console himself by enjoying one of the precious few moments he would have with her.

Kagome lay in his arms, also consoling herself with the feel of his arms holding her close, his mumbled words haunting her sleep. [Kami, why did I have to wake up? Why am I the one who hears his explanations instead of her? I don't want to hear him anymore... I can't stand it.]

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At night when he lay down
How I wish I could not hear the sound
But I could
Oh the things that he said

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Quick Notes:

1- I'm not sure about the spelling of all the Inuyasha terms, like Tetsusaiga, Miroku's Zanzaa? and a few others so if I misspell something please notify me and I will change it.

2- Feedback is very important folks! I know all authors say that, but those of you who've posted stories knows how good it feels to get feedback from readers. So please take a moment to click the little button that says 'Submit Review - Go' and let me know what you think. - This chapter doesn't have lemon, but the next one does, there is a warning at the beginning and I'm letting you know now.

5- The lyrics are from Toni Braxton's ' Talking in His Sleep ' which I am only borrowing for the story also. I claim no rights to the song .

4- Thank you very much for reading all this junk, I hope you've enjoyed the story so far. I am currently on an Inuyasha high so I'm working on this story and another all the time.

See you next chapter!

~ .K.C. ~