To Tame a Hanyou | By : Strawberries Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > InuYasha/Kagome Views: 32044 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Chapter 18
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While following Kagome up the stairs, the back of his neck and ear tingled.
Kikyo had touched him differently than before,
leaving an icky feeling. Shaking it off, he glanced at Kagome who
had slowed down, her body swaying with each step. Without thinking, he
picked her up and began carrying her the rest of the way. She gave a little
"eep" of surprise as he did so but settled immediately in his arms, resting
her head on his shoulder. Her hair felt soft against his neck and chin.
As he neared her room, he noticed how light she was, and how soft her
pink night clothes were. There was nothing more than that cottony cloth
between his arms and her. She was warm beneath those clothes. Warm and...
Entering her room, he forced his thoughts away from Kagome's body.
She appeared very tired as he laid her on the bed. Her eyes were
downcast as she sighed. "I guess I'm still weak from being sick." She
said as she pulled the covers over her legs and moved to the edge of
the bed. "You can sleep with me if you want."
Inuyasha sat on the floor. "I'll sleep here tonight. No big deal. I've
slept in trees and on the ground most of my life."
She laid her head down on the pillow then held another pillow out to him.
He took it then set it on the floor but did not lay down just yet.
Instead, he looked at the young miko on the bed whose eyes were
slowly opening and closing with sleepiness.
"Inuyasha?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you have family?"
"No."
She gazed at him for a long moment. "Did you?"
"Yeah. One time. I had a mother and father. Then..just my mother."
"Oh..."
"My mother died a few years ago. It had been really cold outside. And...
she got sick." Inuyasha added.
Kagome seemed sad now. "I'm sorry. You must have loved her very much."
He looked away, now feeling uncomfortable as old feelings came
to the surface.
"Was your mother human?" Kagome asked quietly.
He smiled a little. "Yeah. She was. My father was a dog demon. He didn't
stay with us all the time. He'd just come and stay sometimes. Mother said
it was dangerous for him to live with us."
"What was he like?" The girl, even though sleepy, really seemed to want
to know.
Inuyasha thought back. "He was tall. A good foot taller than me. He had
stripes on his cheeks and a crescent moon on his forehead. His hair
was longer and whiter than mine and he kept it tied up most of the time."
He paused, remembering how one morning, when he was little, he
saw them together in his mother's bedroom: one of his father's nightly
visits when he had slept in her bed till morning. They were lying together and
he was holding his mother as they slept. His hair was down and flowing over
them and to the floor......
Inuyasha continued. "He was very strong inside and taught me how to
defend myself. He also warned
me about humans and bad demons. I guess that's why I stayed away from
everyone for so long. After mother died I lived in the woods."
"But, how did you come here?" Kagome asked with clear interest.
He shook his head at his own stupidity. "I was
hunting for food in the deep part of the woods
and accidentily run into a large demon centipede.
She knocked me down as she was running from something. The second I jumped
to my feet, her body was purified by an arrow. Then I felt a pain in my
chest and everything went black. I woke up in the room you found me in.
Kikyo had shot me with one of her arrows, placing a sleep spell on me. Then
she tried to... Well, I guess you know the rest."
Inuyasha sat there for a long time, staring at the floor. He had never told
anyone so much about himself, or his past. He had probably bored Kagome to
sleep. Looking up, he found that wasn't the case. She was gazing at him
intently. "What?"
She shook her head with slow movement and a small smile. "You belong to
me now. I'll take care of you."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Seems like I'm the one taking care of you
most of the time. Ever since I met you, you seemed bound and determined to get
in trouble...." A pillow hit him, cutting him off.
He growled at Kagome's grinning face. "Hey!"
She giggled and stuck her tounge out at him.
"You're gonna get it. Just wait." Inuyasha declared.
Kagome's eyes closed as she slid into sleep. "Yeah. Sure."
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Kagome woke and tried to stretch only to find her entire body stiff.
"Ughhh." She groaned.
Inuyasha, rubbing his eyes, sat up from the floor.
Inuyasha watched Kagome grab some clothes from the dresser and go to
the bathroom. Absently, he touched the necklace around his neck.
Frowning, he stared at the floor as Kikyo's words came back to him.
'"Right now, Kagome is young, hanyou. But one day, she will be a powerful
miko. One day, she will be killing half demons just like you. She will
purify them to dust without a second thought. To her, you will be just
another monster, a creature born from an unholy union. To her, you will
be just another demon to kill." ' "No. I don't think so." He said aloud
as if reasurring himself. He liked Kagome and Kagome liked him. Well, so
far he believed she did. The miko wench was wrong. Kagome would not hurt
him intentionally and never would. He was sure of it.
A few moments later, Kagome came out of the bathroom wearing a pretty
pink tank dress that stopped just above her knee. He blushed and looked
away when he caught himself staring at her legs. Something wet touched his
cheek and he turned to see big brown quizzical eyes inches from his.
"Are you okay?" She asked him with some concern.
She smelled of sweetly fresh shampoo and soap as droplets of water fell from
her hair and down her neck. He felt his cheeks heat up again.
"Uh. Yeah. Yeah. I'm okay."
She staightened and smiled. "Need a shower or bath?"
Inuyasha shook his head. "No. Not right now."
"Hungry?" The girl asked him while slipping on some pink sandles from
under the bed.
He stared at her bare ankles while slowly nodding. "Sort of."
She reached over and nudged his shoulder. "Hey. Wake up. Whats up with
you?"
The simple playful nudge sent a warmth up his arm and he immediately
wanted more. He sighed and began picking at his shirt.
"Nothin. I guess. It's just...."
"What?"
He didn't want to tell Kagome what Kikyo said but it was bothering him.
"It's just...Well, something Kikyo said."
She sat down on the bed. "What did she say?"
Inuyasha shrugged his shoulders once. "She....She said that when you
become a full miko you would...."
"Would what?"
He was almost afraid but he needed to get rid of that tiny fear that
he knew shouldn't be there. He just knew Kagome wouldn't... Mustering up
the courage, he looked up into her big brown eyes.
"She said that when you become a full
miko you would think of me as just another monster half demon that
needed to be...killed." There, he said it. Now. What would she say?
The girl gazed at him for a long moment before slowly shaking her head.
"No. I would never think that of you, Inuyasha. I... I know that you aren't
evil. I can feel it. I would never..." She slipped down from the bed,
startling him when she put her arms around his neck and gave him a hug,
saying. "I would never purposely hurt you or... What Kikyo said was wrong.
You shouldn't listen to her. I like you, Inuyasha. Believe me."
Letting out a pent up breath, he smiled and hugged her back. It was
the nicest feeling he had ever had.
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