InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Untamed Heart ❯ In the beginning - Her hero ( Chapter 3 )

Untamed Heart

Did I mention ages? Kagome 20 Souta 16 Sango 22 Miroku 22
Houjo 21
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Chapter 3.3 - In the beginning - Her hero

One week later…

"Oi, Sango where's Kagome-sama today?" Miroku asked from his table.

"She called in sick again" came the reply.

"Again? Its been a week…"

"If she's sick, she's sick. Its probably the flu or something" Sango shrugged, little did she know her best friend had been attacked a week ago.

Inuyasha continued to finish his chores at the back of the diner listening to Sango and Miroku talk about Kagomes disappearance he sighed and looked over at Kaede who eyed him suspiciously. "What now" he grunted under his breath.

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Kagome looked into her mirror and placed her uniform on which was now altered, the skirt was now below her knee rather than high up over her shins like its old appearance, her hair was now put back into a tight bunch and her bangs were allowed to cover her face instead of the way she usually wore it.

It was Souta's night for the car and she was on her first night shift for over a week, she would be getting off a 2am in the morning.

"Remember to pick me up at 2, Souta" Kagome reminded him.

Souta looked up at her in shock. "What? I have school in the morning, Kagome. I can't pick you up!" he wailed.

"Souta, I let you use the car on one condition tonight, don't you dare leave me here!!" she huffed trying her best to hide the fright of having to walk home alone.

"2am, Souta remember or else!" she called back to her brother.

Kagome sucked up the courage to walk in to her workplace looking at least somewhat confident.

"Kagome!" Miroku greeted her reaching out to hold onto her shoulder

Kagome jerked away from him sharply, her heart beating so fast in her chest she couldn't find her voice to apologize to her friend for the way she just behaved. `Don't be stupid Kagome, its just Miroku he won't hurt you' she tried to calm herself with those thoughts but found no comfort.

How was she going to do this without jumping every time a male talked to or touched her for any reason plus not letting her friends know of what happened that night. She really didn't want them to find out, not that she didn't trust them, only because she didn't want to cause any unnecessary worry. She would be fine after a few days and things would go back to normal, right?

Kaede was sitting at the cash desk looking on at Kagome while she worked. "So, Kagome are you well?" she asked the young girl.

Kagome looked up and stopped for a second, before continuing her cleaning. "Yes Kaede, thanks for asking."

"You know those two guys that were hanging around that music box a week back?"
Kagome froze but didn't look up. "Umm…yes" she murmured.

"Well you should have seen the one he was all bruised. Eyes nose and mouth. He really looked a mess…" Kaede raised her brow when Kagome suddenly took leave and headed straight for Inuyasha, who was working alone at the back of the diner.

She grabbed a hold of him and dragged him back into the kitchen. "Come here" she whispered. He complied and followed her in to the back room.

"You've been following me home? How do you know where I lived?" she asked, her heart was racing and her breathing was strongly affected knowing that he had been the one, the one who saved her.

"Hmm…well?" she continued.

Inuyasha couldn't find his voice he didn't know what to say, was she mad or was she relieved? Maybe even thankful, would she think he was some kind of wacko who liked following people, a freak even? Oh, he wouldn't be able to take that kind of rejection, not from her.

He looked down when she continued to stare. Kagome's heart was now calming slightly she looked down at his hand the one that was cut and grabbed a hold of it bringing it to her heart "how's your hand?" she whispered looking up in to his golden eyes. "Thank you" she finished.

Her other hand moved over to stroke his cheek while her tears continued; she looked up into his face.

"I…I know, you saved me."

Inuyasha kept quiet biting at his bottom lip with his fang. There was no shouting; she was actually touching him not scolding him.

"Please don't tell anybody about this…" she begged him. "…and don't take this the wrong way," she said standing up on tiptoes and reaching over to kiss him on the other cheek. "Thank you" she whispered once more and left him standing in shock his hand moving up to where she had kissed him. He touched it feeling its slight wetness and taking in her sent as she moved on passed him.

"I follow you home…" he found his voice once more.

"What?" Kagome asked in surprise.

"I…I wasn't finished…I follow you home, to make sure you're safe."

Kagome gaped at him "I've never seen you"

Inuyasha dipped his head down "I stay far behind. I'm sorry"

"Don't be sorry…"

"I'm not finished" he interrupted her again.

"Finish then" she whispered.

"I'm sorry… I was late that night."

"…" Kagome was speechless. She swallowed back yet more tears and blinked rapidly trying to focus her blurry eyes.

He was sorry because it had gotten that far? It wasn't his fault and when did Inuyasha start following her home? And most importantly… why. She would have to ask him sometime. Right now all she wanted was to cry or be left alone to think. Kagome continued to stare at the strange boy in front of her. `Why aren't I angry he stalks me?' she blushed at the thought.

"We'll talk about this later, all right?" and with those final words she turned and left
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Sango was hovering around finishing off the last of the nights cleaning before closing for the night. "Are you sure ya well enough to be back, Kagome?" she asked worried at how quiet Kagome had been.

Kagome smiled and nodded. "I'm fine" she reassured.

"If you say so," Sango replied.

Kagome sat down at one of the tables beckoning Sango to sit by her. Kagome leaned over to look at Inuyasha. "Sango? What do you think of Inuyasha?" she asked quietly.

Sango looked over her shoulder and shrugged. "He's kind of weird… very weird."

"I wonder what he thinks," Kagome replied.

"Thinks? I don't even think he thinks, Kagome. He's got to be one of the strangest guys I've ever met." Kagome face faulted her right eye twitched slightly "So?" why was she getting angry at Sango's honesty?

"So, look at him. Don't you think he's kind of weird? I mean silver hair and those ears?"

"Well I think he's kind of cute" Kagome quickly fought back in his defense.

Sango shrugged and sighed. "Kagome…please don't say you have a `thing' for dog-boy over there?"

"So what if I do like him, Sango. You haven't even spoken to him have you?"

Sango snorted a chuckle. "Talk? All he ever does is either ignore people or swears at them"

Kagome smiled slightly remembering her experiences with the strange boys behavior.

"…but, I have to admit he is kind of good looking." Sango sighed in defeat taking in the boys rather nice looking figure as he bent to pick up the heavy food baskets for Kaede.

Inuyasha was finishing up his shift and in the back getting changed into his warmer clothing rather than the white chef scrubs he wore.

Kagome was about to open the door to the back room when she noticed Inuyasha changing in the room opposite, she couldn't help staring as he lifted his scrubs off and turned to reach his top she could see what looked like some kind of scar along his chest. She caught her breath when he noticed she was looking straight at him. She blushed and lowered her head moving to the door and opening it to apologize.

"Inuyasha?" she asked a little shyly. Why was this so hard?

He turned to meet her gaze and shifted uncomfortably "Keh"

Kagome hated the way he answered people she rolled her eyes and turned to walk out. "Doesn't matter" she huffed.

Inuyasha raised his brows confused at what that was all about but soon continued to get changed.

Kagome looked up at the clock. 2:15am Souta was late. She sighed hanging the phone up he wasn't answering so maybe he was on his way down to collect her, that or he was asleep in front of the TV, she guessed the latter.

"I swear I'm going to kill Souta when I see him" she cursed under her breath while walking out into the cold closing the door behind her.

She looked both ways clutching at her jacket tightly feeling the tense fright creeping up into her veins. `Relax Kagome, maybe Inuyasha will watch over me' she was assuming he might be around. She cursed once more before setting off in the direction of her home. She looked up when she heard something, it was the back door of the kitchen and Inuyasha was standing there looking straight at her. She sighed in relief and walked over to him.

Kagome closed her eyes before finding her voice. "Inuyasha?" she asked, "…would you walk me home?"

Inuyasha nodded with a small smile before walking beside her. As they walked he stood slightly in front of her she noted this because it was kind of nice knowing someone was looking out for her and unconditionally without any reason.

"Shouting star"

Kagome looked up at Inuyasha's comment. "Huh?" she dumbly replied blushing in embarrassment.

"Shouting star" he repeated this time pointing up into the sky in the direction it went.

Kagome looked up beaming at the pretty sight. "Oh I can see it!" she breathed.

"Feh, not like you can make out many stars anymore" Inuyasha snorted in annoyance.

Kagome looked up at him with confusion. "What do ya mean, Inuyasha?"

"I mean…where we are now" he stuttered trying to find a way out of his slip up.

"Umm…Inuyasha?" Kagome asked noticing she wasn't going in the direction of her home. "Where are we?"

"Oh…don't worry" Inuyasha reassured. "This is where I live"

"Hai, I'm not worried" came her reply.

Just as Inuyasha opened his door a cat appeared purring and mewing at his feet happy to see its friend home.

"Oh you have a cat too!" Kagome smiled. "What's its name?" she asked.

"I don't know, she never told me"

Kagome gaped at him and smiled. "Not meaning to sound rude in your own home, but you can be strange sometimes"

Inuyasha merely continued to search for food. "Would you like something to eat?" he asked her.

"Eat? Umm…no thank you" she kindly replied. She looked around his home; taking in the natural look of the place, bare brick and wooden beams. In what looked like where he slept one wall was covered in an assortment of swords and knifes, one being displayed in the middle that looked almost worn and was blunted slightly. She moved her eyes over to another wall, which was top to bottom piled with books she gawked at it for a moment. "Wow…you have a lot of books" she stood in awe in front of it.

"I…I don't sleep so good." Inuyasha replied.

"No TV?" Kagome thought out loud.

"I hate TV" came Inuyasha's reply.

She smiled a little uneasy and looked over at the clock, 3am. "Well tomorrow is Christmas Eve and I don't work Christmas day so, Merry Christmas." She said opening the door to leave.

Inuyasha looked up at her sudden departure and waited before he followed her home from a distance.

Kagome got home in one piece and found Souta sleeping in front of the TV she walked over and slapped him over the head glaring at him while he jumped 5 feet into the air screaming "What! What I do?"

Kagome shook her head and walked on up the stairs wanting no more than to sleep also.

3 days later

Christmas Day came and went, Kagome spent time with her family and Sango. All she could think of was Inuyasha being alone. She felt badly for not inviting him for Christmas dinner. She would have to make it up to him and take him some x-mas cookies she made. With that she got out of bed and made up her batch wrapping them up and setting off to give Inuyasha his present.

She happily trotted up to his house and knocked on the door, wishing him a happy Christmas before shoving the present in his face. She grinned, "I made this for you"

Inuyasha looked down at what she was holding in front of his face and took one sniff before smiling and taking them form her.

"Keh"

She took that as a `come in' and let herself in walking behind him. He looked over his shoulder down at the girl behind him she was looking better and more like her old self again, which pleased him.

"If I've come at a bad time, I can go" she said noticing his lack of conversation.

"No…you can stay if you want to"
"Good, because I was going to ask if you would like to come for dinner?"

Inuyasha blinked in surprise a little taken back at her proposal for dinner.

"Umm…dinner?"

Kagome nodded. Inuyasha didn't know what to say or to even think.

"You don't have to come if you don't feel like it, but I really want you to meet my brother and mother," she added noticing his slight uncertainty.

"That would be nice…Kagome," he answered more confidently.

Kagome caught on to hearing her name. "I…that was the first time you've used my name, it umm…"

"Kagome?" he repeated her name once more noticing her reaction.

Kagome felt her heart beat catch in her chest and she blushed a deep red. She looked down at her hands that were now nervously intertwined together. She soon looked up after a few moments and took a hold of his hand and led him out of the door and dragged him toward her home in hopes he'd like her family.

Kagome and Inuyasha had finished up with the meal it went well. Inuyasha was quiet, but soon relaxed and now they were out side of the shrine sitting on top of Kagome's old well house thanks to Inuyasha's skill of jumping. At first she was freaked out by it, but she actually liked being in his arms, they felt strong and defiantly protective.

The sun had long from set and the sky was now a deep dark navy that was until the first star twinkled.

"Starlight star bright the first star I see at night wish I may I wish I may have this wish tonight" Kagome whispered closing her eyes to make her wish.

Inuyasha snorted, "Keh, you just wished on Mars"

Kagome looked up at him startled that he actually heard her and for knowing that was Mars. "Oh…" was all she could say, "Figures…"

She looked up with a slight blush and smiled, he was staring at her again. Kagome bit down on her lip thinking of the chance she would be taking with what she was about to ask him. "Can… I kiss you?" her voice barley above a whisper.

---TBC

Chapter 3.3a {Lemon/Lime related chapter ONLY}

Special shout outs/ question2answers:
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