InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ To live for you. ❯ Enter the annoying voices ( Chapter 5 )

Disclaimer: Stupid Santa didn't bring him to me this year! Said I wasn't good enough… Obviously! Plus that he didn't fit my stoking… So anyway, boo-hoo, I don't own InuYasha. He belongs to R. Takahashi.

 

A/N: Ok, I'm sorry for the long delay. And I'm probably sorry for the uselessness of this chap. It's just that all my plot bunnies jumped out of the window and flushed themselves in the toilet when I didn't pass my math test. I'm really busy with my studies. And I really hope that once this semester is over (finals of January) I will be able to fish the plot bunnies back. In spite of the said above I hope that you will like this chap and leave some reviews. I won't be able to revise all the previous chaps to correct all the mistakes you so kindly pointed out in you reviews. Which reminds me… Thank you, Kagome_Cat, Feudal Teller of Tales, w_j, InusDemoness, nindeoronra. It means a lot to me that you enjoy my story)

 

 

Chapter 5

 

~Enter the Annoying Voices~

 

Kagome scrambled across the bushes trying to find the path that she had always used to get to the village from the well. Unfortunately, whenever she was there at night she had InuYasha to guide her.

 

A relieved sigh escaped her lips when she finally started to recognize the trees around her. Kagome knew she wasn't far. Though that was just a small part of her `journey'. If gods were kind to her InuYasha was sitting on the Goshinboku, if not… well… she preferred not to dwell on that possibility. It was hard enough trying to make her way in the darkness along a path she knew well, and Kagome didn't even begin to imagine what it would be like searching for the arrogant hanyou outside the village area.

 

But she was not about to give up. It seemed like their last night talk led to nothing. Sure, it was nice waking up in his arms, but the girl still couldn't get a grasp of what was in InuYasha's mind. First he's nice and caring, then he's stubborn and a jerk and after that he's all mysterious… `Was he PMS-ing, or what?!'

 

He had actually alarmed her quite a bit, when he said that he had to be there for her. As nice as it sounded at first, on second thought it in truth wasn't good. Was he really so devastated with Kikyou's death that the only reason he was keeping himself alive was because he couldn't leave her, Kagome, unprotected. It may have been even flattering if given another situation. But things being as they were, that declaration didn't bring any comfort to Kagome.

 

Another bush. And one more… A turn. Three trees growing too near to each other… She was close! At least she hoped so.

 

Finally emerging from the sea of vegetation, Kagome, found herself in a familiar clearing. She broke into a run towards the enormous tree in the middle. Even as she approached it, she knew it was useless, nobody was to be seen sitting on its wide branches. Kagome let out a tired half-sigh half-moan, but decided against returning back home. After all if he was allowed to be pig-headed then so was she!

 

So after a moment of thought the girl was making her way to the village. Fortunately the path there was clearer and didn't go through thick forest. Feeling impatient, Kagome opted to run instead of walking.

 

`Yeah, impatient! My butt! Admit it you're just scared…'

 

`No!... no…'

 

`M-hm, riiight. That's why you are constantly looking around like crazy'

 

`That's called common sense!'

 

`By who?'

 

`By anyone, who knows, that feudal times at night are not the best place to be alone'

 

`Oh, but you still went here? Hurray for common sense!'

 

`Shut up! Who are you, anyway?'

 

`The voice in your head that annoys you?'

 

`I figured that much out…'

 

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`What in hell pushed me to do it?' InuYasha was running through the forest not far from the well. The night embraced his every movement as he swiftly cut through the darkness jumping from branch to branch. His fast motions wouldn't have been perceived be a mere mortal, the only things that betrayed his presence was the whoosh of air and the soft rustle of leaves that the hanyou left on his wake.

 

A single bolt of silver and red. That was how he liked it. That was what calmed him. Whenever InuYasha felt restless, anxious, angry, happy or whatever strong feeling might have decided to take residence in his heart, he would go out in the wild and run. Run as if the hell hounds were pursuing him.

 

Run.

 

It gave him a feeling of freedom and peace. He knew that Kagome and the others though that he liked to sit on top of the Goshinboku and meditate…

 

“Keh!”

 

Well… that wasn't completely untrue, but still, the only thing that could cope with his stress was this. This feeling of air currents twirling round him, messing and entwining his long hair, softly caressing his sensitive ears and hot skin. Those were the moments when InuYasha most regretted that he was only a half-demon. Were he a pure inu-youkai he would have transformed into his true form, a great dog, and become one with the nature as a rightful part of it…

 

But right now his thoughts were far from delightful musings, for they were rather centered on a certain very stubborn girl and his own very untypical behavior. What he did in Kagome's time, he did solely out of instinct. Not some primal animal instinct. If that were the case… well let's just say that their relationship would've never been the same. No. It was the warm feeling in his heart at the sight of Kagome clad in something that belonged to him that possessed the hanyou to behave as he did.

 

It always amazed him how she seemed to fit in anything that was related to him. His time, his life, his clothes and… his arms. When he held her it was as if he were holding the most precious and delicate thing in the world. Granted, that `delicate thing' was able to make a real pretty InuYasha-shaped hole in the ground with a single word. But… but… she was so small, so weak in comparison to him. Even him not being as tall as his brother, nor were his muscles as bulky as those of some demons, Kagome was still so petite.

 

Once, he remembered, they measured their palms. For no reason whatsoever. It was just a nice day, and they were waiting in a flowery meadow for Sango and Miroku to bring them provisions from a village nearby. At first they all wanted to go together, but the monk offered that it would be better if the townspeople didn't see the youkai. Since they weren't staying there for the night it would've been more trouble than it was worth explaining to the villagers that Shippo, Kirara and mostly InuYasha wouldn't bring them any harm.

 

So they waited. The kitsune was off somewhere with the fire-cat, thus leaving the couple alone to enjoy the lazy pacing clouds. It came out of nowhere, really. Kagome tried to stand up but stumbled back. Of course InuYasha was there for her. He caught one of her hands and put a free arm around her waist. That was when he noticed it. When the girl finally relaxed in his arms and smiled gratefully at her `savior' the hanyou wasn't looking at her face at all. Nor was he wearing his usual grumpy expression, and no bitter words were leaving his lips.

 

His eyes were fixed on where their hands were joined.

 

So strange, and so foreign. He had held her dozens of times before, but he had never stopped to compare them… Sure he knew she was weaker and smaller, but never had he actually felt it.

 

He opened his palm and she mirrored him. Her eyes were curiously studying the hanyou's face. But InuYasha didn't notice it. He was still trying to grasp all the feelings that were surging in his heart.

 

Kagome's hand, so fragile, almost perfectly fit in his palm, fingers and all.

 

For some reason he couldn't understand, he held the memory of this day very dear. It was as if that day had shown him something very important, something…

 

Whatever it was, it seemed that now was the moment to try and understand it.

 

`She must be freaked out, by now…' InuYasha smiled. `Kagome'll sit my ass into next week when I come for her. Ouch…'

 

`You know you deserve it'

 

`Like hell! What did I do? She was the one with the stupid questions!'

 

`Yeah, you keep telling yourself that!'

 

`Hey! What is that supposed to mean?'

 

`You know, for a guy who's promised to protect the most stubborn girl in the world, you've just made a fatal mistake'

 

`Huh?'

 

`What would you have done if you were her?'

 

`Keh! I'd've stayed at home and waited for the smart hanyou to get me back, where I belong!'

 

`Riiiight. And now tell me something that I won't have to laugh at.'

 

`She's come here, hasn't she?'

 

`Hey, you can be smart!'

 

As that thought run through his mind the hanyou sprung towards the well. His heart was beating rapidly. The foolish girl must have already lost herself. Fortunately she wasn't fast enough to get lost too far; still, the thought of Kagome being alone in the woods wasn't very calming. `Why? WHY haven't I thought of it earlier!?'

 

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Kagome was losing hope. It's been an hour already and she hadn't caught a trace of InuYasha. Not that it was surprising. Was she really expecting to find anything in a forest at night? Damn her stubbornness! And damn InuYasha and his strange behavior!

 

Why did it have to be so difficult? Couldn't everything just get back to normal? The hanyou - a jerk and a grumpy and she… well whatever she had been then, it was way better than what she was now. At least a month ago she knew how to react to InuYasha's actions. Now… Kagome didn't understand his motivations and didn't know when to stay quiet and when ask him to stop or just send him flat to the ground. For all she knew, his actions in her room could have been some weird dog-demon ritual and she might have deeply hurt him by starting asking questions. On the other hand…who wouldn't? You're lying in your bed, and suddenly a hanyou pulls your blanket down and covers you with his own haori…

 

`Oh the haori...' The girl thought with desperation. In a hurry she left the darn thing in her bed, and considering that she really was starting to freeze, that definitely hadn't been the wisest of decisions.

 

Suddenly her foot slid on wet foliage and the girl went straight to the ground.

 

“Uh! Ouch… Damn leafs!” Kagome scrambled to her feet once more rubbing a sore spot on her backside. “Ok! That's it! I'm going home!” She screamed her overused phrase into the forest. `Yeah, well, now I just have to figure out how to do it.' But fortunately the salvation came before she could try and attempt another `comfortable' trip through the non-too-friendly forest.

 

“Keh! No, you're not, wench! What were you thinking?” Oddly enough inspite eof the very warming, not the meaning though… It was always nice to hear his voice, especially in a situation like that.

 

“InuYasha, I found you!” Kagome was all but beaming, but in response she just got a smirk.

 

“I found you, it's more like it.” The hanyou said and then quickly looked down adding, “Not that I was looking. You just got lucky, wench, that I was the one to stumble upon you, not some stinky and hungry youkai.” Seeing that the girl was about to protest, he leaped towards her and rapidly hoisted her on his back.

 

He then began to run. InuYasha felt Kagome tighten her grip on his clothes. It was strange that she hadn't sat him by now, not that he was complaining. The hanyou imagined that the girl was just too scared to argue with him. Well, he wouldn't blame it on himself though! Nobody forced her to come here.

 

`But you knew she'd come'

 

`Keh!'

 

Eventually Kagome broke his train of thought.

 

“Um, InuYasha, where are we going?”

 

“This is one stupid question, wench!” He huffed at her. “We're going to the old hag's.”

 

“But you let me stay in my time until midday tomorrow”

 

“Yeah, and you came here, seeking for me.” Kagome couldn't see his face, but she could bet anything that he was grinning. “That, in my book, means that you prefer to stay here…” suddenly his voice dropped a few levels and Kagome had to lean closer to her him whisper. “…with me.”

 

“But..”

 

“No `buts' you had your chance and you blew it. Now you're staying here and we're setting off tomorrow!”

 

“InuYasha…”

 

“I don't wanna hear it.”

 

“InuYasha!!”

 

“I said stuff it, wench.” The hanyou gave a final leap and landed carefully on the ground in front of Kaede's hut. He was considering whether to sleep on the roof alone or take Kagome with him, but the girl in question didn't give him time to finish his internal debate, as she rather abruptly smashed his `thinking' organ into the ground. Face first.

 

“Sit!” Kagome was breathing heavily. Her arms went straight along her body and her hands were tightly fisted. Her midnight hair was very messed up and needed a good long combing. Kagome's eyes were shooting lightening-s, daggers and whatever sharp and pain-causing objects one could imagine.

 

She was mad.

 

Real mad.

 

No good.

 

InuYasha decided against listening to his inner, obviously smarter voice, and spat out his trade mark sitting phrase. “What the fuck was that for, bitch?”

 

Oh-oh.

 

“InuYasha…” His name was pronounced very slowly, the hanyou even had the time to think about numerous out-comings of the situations - non of them very pleasant - before the girl continued. “Look at me. Don't you see something missing?”

 

“What?”

 

“My clothes, BAKA! Do you want me to travel on my PJs?” The hanyou blinked. `That's right she was wearing that funny pink outfit'. “And don't you miss something else?”

 

InuYasha, pulled his lips tightly together and mumbled. “Ramen?”

 

“Oh! You… YOU! ARGH!!! Yes! Ramen it's what's missing along with my pack, and medicine, and food, and my bow, and my ARROWS!! So you're taking me home whether you like it or not. Because otherwise the next `s' will break your big tough hanyou back!”

 

“Give me a break here! I didn't know you left that monstrosity there!” InuYasha wasn't really in a good mood himself. `Who does she think she is?! First she comes here alone - I save her sorry ass. She wants to go back - I obviously refuse. She sits me and then threatens me! Well she's got hell to pay!' “And you can go naked, for all I care! I'm not taking you home”

 

`Ok, that was just on principle, but still… Kagome traveling naked… Oh!'

 

`Focus, please. Think with your bigger head, if you don't mind! You know what she's going to do now, don't you?'

 

`Sit me?'

 

`That too.'

 

`She's going to go on her own?'

 

`Uh-huh! Bingo!'

 

Sure enough, by the time InuYasha came out of his nirvana, Kagome was already finishing.

 

“…. by my self! Sit!”

 

Wham!

 

`Right, be attentive when she sits you. But don't even listen when she's trying to tell you something important.'

 

`Can it, will ya?'

 

When the hanyou was able to finally lift his head, he was greeted with the sight of swaying round hips disappearing in the bushes.