I am so fucking sorry. I took a seceral week vacation ta Africa on a safari. And while I returned to the US all the stitches I had in my hand made it a bitch ta type. But it is nice ta know that ya'll like my fic so far. And Kenkaya? That was the longest fuckin review I've ever seen! Woah! And thanx for the info on the other "Inu's blind' fic. I read it and it kicked ass. Read yo fic too. It was so awesome. Aight I'm done.

Blinded

Chapter 4

~~Inu's POV~~

I heard the rustle of the girl's clothes as she picked up the Shikon no Tama. I could smell her blood on it and with a start I realized that it most of come from her when the youkai, whose remains were STILL raining from the sky, had gotten hold of her. I could feel every fiber in me telling me to go rip it out of her hands and become a full youkai. Obviously my time on the tree didn't help get rid of my desire to turn into a real demon.

I took a step towards her. I sensed her gaze shift from the pink sphere in her hand to me. She must have read my face or something because she said," Do you want this? It's the least I can give you for saving my life."

I couldn't believe this girl! Did she not know what this jewel was capable of? She could keep it for herself and become a very powerful person. But no, she was perfectly willing to give it to me. I was vaguely aware of that old hag Keade yelling at her to not give it to me but we both just ignored her. I reached a hand out. It came within several millimeters of the jewel before an image stabbed itself deep in my brain and I jerked my hand away and clutched my head.

The image was horrible. I saw myself standing in a burning village with corpses piled all around me. Blood was dripping from my claws. I looked different as well. My eyes were a burning red and my claws and fangs had both grown longer. And I was smiling! A predatory grin was stretched across my face.

I began to breathe heavily. The pain in my head began to slowly fade but the image remained. I shook my head, trying to clear my head of the violent picture. Not the smartest thing to do with a headache that was trying its best to split my forehead open. I couldn't hold in a groan of pain and my knees nearly buckled.

I felt a small hand rest on my shoulder," Are you ok?" The pain vanished. Even through my clothing, I could feel the coolness soothing away my pain. I took her hand in mine and held it for a second.. Being that I was still blind and I wasn't used to my new senses I didn't notice the blush that crept onto her face. But after a moment, I let her hand go. The pain returned instantly and I tightly gripped her hand again. This was to fucking confusing.

I finally realized that she was beginning to grow uncomfortable," Sorry." I grunted out," I don't know what the fuck just happened." I still hadn't released her hand yet. I brought it in front of my face and sniffed it. She immediately jerked it back.

"Um…W-what are you doing." I had moved forward and was now sniffing again. This was the nicest thing that had gone through my nose in a LONG time. She was defiantly human, but there was something that was just off about her.

" You're a miko aren't you." I didn't get a response. Then it hit me. My face was so close to hers that I could practically feel the heat rising off of her burning face. I couldn't hide the smirk that fought its way onto my face. Its nice ta know that the woman you've been dreaming about actually finds you a t least a little attractive.

She must have seem my smirk cause she scowled and said," What are you staring at me?!"

My smirk instantly disappeared. It wasn't that I was hurt by what she said. I actually found it pretty humorous. It was the realization that I couldn't stare at her even tough I wanted to. Oh sure I could feel her there, but I couldn't actually see her. Now that I wasn't pinned to one spot, my perceptions of what was going on around me had dimmed considerably. I knew she was beautiful just from my dreams but I'd never be able to see her. And if I wanted a chance to mean anything to her, I'd have to seriously watch my behavior. I didn't want her to hate me just cause I had to act like an asshole. I've obviously wizened up a bit. There's not really much to do when you're completely immobile for 50 years.

" Sorry, don't get all offensive on me. Besides I wasn't really staring. I can't even see you." My ears drooped. Now she was just gonna think I was some type of freak. A pathetic blind hanyou. Not a very good combo.

~~Kag's POV~~

Kagome was…confused. Just a moment ago he had been sending her a smirk that was making her go weak in the knees and now his adorable ears were getting all droopy and he was looking at the ground in shame.

Not being able to resist the urge to pet his ears, Kagome stretched a hand out and began to rub them yet again. She couldn't stifle a small giggle. They were SO soft! And they were just begging to be petted.

The moment her hand touched his ears he tensed. He must REALLY hate people touching his ears. But the fact that he was letting her touch them all she wanted brought another blush to her face. She hoped he didn't see it which reminded her of what he'd just said," What do you mean? I'm standing right in front of you." He still didn't look up, If anything his ears drooped even more," Inuyasha , what's wrong?"

That brought his head up. He had a sort of sad smile on his face and he asked," I still don't know your name."

She gave him a mock glare," Its Kagome, Kagome Higurashi, but don't try to change the subject. Why are you so sad?"

"I'm blind." His ears were now laying flat against his skull and he had his eyes closed as though he was expecting her to blow up at any time.

Kagome clapped a hand to her mouth," Oh I'm so sorry! I didn't know! Please don't be mad at me."

Inuyasha's eyes snapped open and his jaw fell," W-why would I be mad at you! You're the one that should be angry."

"Why should I be mad you?"

"Cause I'm just a freak. A worthless blind hanyou. And I've been touching you!"

Kagome just stared. How could he think that low of himself," How can you say that?! Look at what you did that monster! And your blind! That's incredible! You slaughtered that thing and you couldn't even see it! I think your amazing!"

The next thing Kagome new she was pulled into a huge bear hug. She blushed every shade of red imaginable and probably invented a few more. Her blush only deepened at the words he spoke to her," I had dreams about you. While I was pinned to the tree. I've been there for fifty years dreaming about a beautiful girl that I knew I'd meet some day. Your even better than in the dreams." (That's gotta be the corniest shit I've ever written.)

Damn that's the best pick up line I've ever heard. And he sounds completely serious. I've NEVER had a guy say something like THAT to me. Well…Hojo doesn't really count. Inuyasha sounds way better. Kagome couldn't really think of anything to say in return. Suddenly Inuyasha jumped away from her and the sound of low chuckling reached her ears. She turned and saw the old lady from before walking towards them. She tensed but relaxed almost as quickly at the small smile on the woman's face. "Well, it would appear that Inuyasha has gotten quite soft during his imprisonment. I've never seen him like this. Why the change Inuyasha?"

Kagome turned to see a blushing Inuyasha glaring at the old woman," Shut up Keade-baba."

Kagome looked between the two in obvious confusion. Just a second ago the woman was telling her to stay away from Inuyasha and was calling him an 'evil hanyou'. Now she was smiling gently at the two of them and teasing him like they were old friends. " You two know each other?"

Keade turned to her," Not exactly. I was just a little girl when Inuyasha was sealed to the tree by my sister, Ki-"

"Don't even say that bitches name." Inuyasha suddenly snapped. His sightless eyes were flashing red every couple of seconds.

"Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha calmed down at the sound of his dream girl's worried voice. He turned to Keade," If you don't want me to kill you, then I suggest that you don't ever speak of her again."

Kagome paled slightly. Ok, so he was a little on the violent side. At least he was gentle with her. And Keade didn't seam to take him to seriously either because that small knowing smile that all elderly women seem to possess stay firmly in place. " I understand Inuyasha. You are most merciful for sparing us--"

"Don't play on my ego ya old hag. I'm not stupid. What you don't know is that I was fully aware of everything that was going on around me. I know about all the nasty things that 'the evil Inuyasha' does to kids when they stay out after dark."

Kagome tried to stifle a giggle. It was too funny. The whole town was still petrified of this boy in front of her. 'I bet kids tell each other scary stories about him on camp outs.' She remembered all the times she and her friends tried to make each other piss their pants with scary ghost stories.

Keade didn't even attempt to hide her amusement," It would appear that you have grown wiser as well as developing a soft spot for this young girl--"

"SHUT UP!"

"--so I will allow you to stay in the village."

"Feh. Last time I checked this was called Inuyasha's Forest. But that'll get those idiotic villagers off my ass, so I guess I'll stay. Can't let any more youkai move in on my territory."

Kagome was back to looking between them in confusion. Now she was asking him to stay in her village. Wait a sec. Village? Now that she was thinking about it, where the hell was Tokyo?! This entire area should have been part of the huge city. And surely she would have heard about something as big as a very attractive boy pinned to a tree by an arrow. And who used arrows anyway?! "Um…Keade?"

"Yes child?"

"Where's Tokyo?"

"Tokyo? I've never heard of a village called Tokyo. Is that where ye hail from?"

"It's not a village. Come on! How can you not have heard of Tokyo?! Huge city with big skyscrapers! Any of that ringing a bell?"

Inuyasha butted in," What's a skyscraper?"

Kagome only stared at him for a few seconds before she abruptly sat down.," What year is it?"

"Years? Nobodies counted years since the wars started." ( I have no idea if that's true. I don't even know if they kept track of years back then.)

Realization dawned on Kagome. "Oh…my…God…" And she did the thing any normal girl would do upon finding out that they had just traveled back a few centuries in time. She fainted

That right there is 2000 words even. Just thought that was kinda cool. I ain't done yet. What type of an asshole would I be if I made u wait so long and then make some short ass chapter.

Kagome awoke to hear to hushed voices. She remained still and pretended to be asleep. She identified one voice as Inuyasha, and the other as the old woman, Keade.

"Don't be stupid Keade-baba. She's not from another village. Weren't you listening? She asked what year it was. That means she didn't know. And when you spoke of the wars she fainted. I should kill you for that by the way."

"I'm surprised Inuyasha. That's quite a deduction. Ye intelligence has improved greatly."

"You sayin I was stupid ya old hag?!"

"Keep ye voice down Inuyasha. She is still sleeping. There is another thing that surprises me. I do not understand why you are so attached to this girl. She is far to young for ye to have known before you were sealed."

The voices grew even quieter, and Kagome strained her ears to hear what they were saying," Do you know what it's like Keade? To be hounded and persecuted wherever you go. Just because I'm not human. And just because I'm not a true demon. A hanyou. A god damn half breed. After years of that I thought I finally found someone that accepted me…feh…apparently not. Then I had dreams. I saw her Keade. I saw Kagome. But I was scared. What is she didn't accept me? What if she was like everyone else? At first I feared that it was probably true. But I kept dreaming. And now she's here. And she doesn't care. After all these years I've found someone that likes me for me. I don't want her to go. Ever."

Kagome's mouth was wide open. She was torn between an incredible sense of sorrow for the boy and a fierce embarrassment that came from his words. This was exactly the type of guy any girl would dream of.

She closed or mouth and listened again," That was beautiful Inuyasha. "

"Shut up."

Kagome chose that moment to push the mat aside and step out into the sun. Keade immediately began inquiring as to how she was feeling while Inuyasha only turned away with a small smile on his face.

Unknown to Kagome, Inu had been fully aware that she had been listening. His senses were sharper then ever and he'd know from the moment her heart beat had begun to pick up that he could use this. Oh yes. This girl was definitely never leaving him.

Yeah yeah I'm sorry for the wait. But hey. School sux. I fucked up my arm over Christmas which sucked ass and I've been busy as hell. And I'm lazy. Next chap should prolly be out faster. I hope.