Two worlds, One family?
I met you before the fall of Rome
and I begged you to let me take you home…
Some things are spontaneous.
Inuyasha stood in front of the path that led to the Bone Eaters Well, his arms folded and his expression fierce.
"I said no!" he spat at Kagome, who stood in front of him, her gigantic yellow backpack by her side. She had been trying to reach the Well, and Inuyasha was blocking the path.
She glared at him, annoyance practically radiating off her. "I heard you the first time."
Inuyasha frowned. "Then why are you still standing here?"
Kagome laughed. "You didn't actually think I'd listen to you, did you?"
Inuyasha sputtered for a moment. Kagome ignored him, trying to gauge the distance between the Bone-Eaters Well and Inuyasha. He had taken a few steps away from the direct pathway in order to confront her, and for a few moments she had a clear run. But would she make it before he caught her?
Inuyasha's quick eyes caught her glance, and he moved to the side, cutting off any chance of dodging past him. Kagome expelled her breath, frustrated.
That was a no, then.
Inuyasha smirked. As always, Kagome wore her thoughts on the outside of her skin. By now he could read her body language like a book, and there was no way she was going to leave him- leave them today. For once, he was going to win this stupid argument about going home. His lips curled in a rare smile. He had a plan.
Kagome tensed as she watched Inuyasha smirk at her, obviously believing he had won some sort of battle. There was nothing else to do. She would have to use the 's' word. It was her only chance now – Inuyasha had made it clear in the hour long argument they had had coming back to the village from their latest shard hunt that he would not let her go home today, despite the fact that she had already spent a week in Sengoku Jidai with him, and had finals to do back at school. She would just have to say it and run before he could recover enough to catch her. It was an old trick, but it worked.
Inuyasha saw her body go taut, and knew what was coming. He reached up to touch his ears, making sure that his plan was still in place. Kagome watched him warily, then suddenly shouted "Sit!"
She took off for the Well as fast as she could go without looking back at him. As her feet pounded the ground, her mind registered something was wrong but she kept going anyway. The subduing spell on the rosary meant that Inuyasha would be down for at least a minute more. She was almost there.
Kagome grinned as she ran. Good old rosary. Works every time. She was mere feet away from the well now. Just a few seconds more-
Abruptly Kagome was knocked over as something red and silver crash-tackled her from behind, sending them both to the ground. Kagome gasped as the breath was knocked out of her by her sudden fall. She hit the ground hard, with a heavy weight on top of her, less than a foot from the Well. Dimly, Kagome recognised Inuyasha as the one who had tackled her (who else would?). One long strong arm pinned her arms to the ground with her face in the wet grass. He lay on top of her, his weight making it impossible for her to get up. Characteristically however, his other arm was curled around in front of her to break her fall and prevent her from hitting the ground with full force. Kagome struggled underneath him.
"Get off me, you jerk!" she yelled.
Inuyasha grinned and held on, his superior strength easily holding her in place. Kagome kept struggling, her mind reeling. What had happened here? How could he have possibly reached her in time? The subduing spell should have given her a good few minutes more.
Suddenly Kagome went cold. What if he had somehow found a way to take off the rosary? Did he have it on before? She couldn't't remember.
Twisting now, she tried to turn underneath Inuyasha to check if the rosary was still in place. If the hanyou had been able to take it off then she had nothing to use to control him. However, Inuyasha wasn't about to let her move now that he had her pinned.
Thinking rapidly, she suddenly went still. Inuyasha remained still above her, wary of any tricks she might try. Taking a deep breath, Kagome let out a shuddering sigh, and let her shoulders shake as if she was crying. Screwing up her eyes, she forced a few tears out to run down her cheek.
Inuyasha froze. Kagome had stopped moving, and was making unsettling noises. Her face was buried in the grass, but now he could smell the unmistakable salt of her tears. He felt a small flicker of panic pass through his stomach. Had he hurt her? Why was she crying? He had made sure when he tackled her that she wouldn't't get hurt, even keeping his arms braced in front of her so she wouldn't't fall wrong. But she was crying! Could he have made a mistake? Was she hurt? Inhaling, Inuyasha could smell her tears and the scent was driving him crazy.
Panicked, he lost his sense of being pleased with himself for tricking Kagome. Lifting himself slightly, he tugged on Kagome's arm, jerking her around beneath him so they were face to face.
Her face was red with tear streaks down her cheeks. Inuyasha's blood ran cold, his fears confirmed. He had hurt her! Urgently he ran his hand over her arms, trying to find where she was injured.
Kagome lay still underneath him, forcing the smile off her face. It had worked! She was certain that if Inuyasha believed that she was hurt he would forget that he was meant to be holding her down. Of course, when he realised she was fine, his bad temper would be back with a vengeance. But meanwhile, Kagome took the opportunity to confirm her suspicions. Her eyes went immediately to his neck, but to her surprise (and relief) the rosary was hanging there as usual.
Kagome frowned. So how had he managed to catch her then?
Inuyasha meanwhile roughly checked her body for an injury of some kind. Kagome blushed slightly as he ran his hands deftly over her body, but the shivery feeling was abruptly destroyed when he stopped, jerking her face up to meet his. Kagome's eyes were forced up to meet his own, and she quailed. Yellow eyes glared at her from a distance of a few inches.
"You're not hurt." It wasn't a question. Kagome flushed, realising the game was up. Inuyasha's yellow eyes continued to stare at her accusingly. Kagome felt a bit ashamed for tricking him, and hurriedly summoned up anger to swallow her guilt.
"Sit!" she yelled.
Nothing happened save that Inuyasha's frown turned back into a triumphant smile. Kagome felt a cold feeling in the pit of her stomach. The subduing spell wasn't working.
"What did you do," she snapped at him, hiding the fear that coiled in her guts in convenient anger. "Why isn't the rosary working? Did you break it?"
"No," said Inuyasha smugly. "Your brother showed me how to fix it."
"My brother did what!"
Inuyasha didn't answer her, just kept on smiling with that infuriating triumphant expression on his face. Kagome lay still, her mind racing. She glanced up at his ears and frowned.
Suddenly it occurred to her that with all the yelling she had been doing lately Inuyasha should have complained about the noise level at least once. She had been screaming into his ear at one point after all. Experimentally, she took a deep breath and screamed.
It was a long, shrill scream, though somewhat hampered by the weight of Inuyasha lying on her stomach. However, Inuyasha didn't say a word. His ears didn't even twitch. It was as if he couldn't hear her.
Couldn't hear her...
Kagome caught sight of a flash of white up near his ears that didn't quite match. It was the dull white of synthetic material, and it stood out from the living colour of his hair and ears. Pulling one arm free from Inuyasha, she darted up with her hand and grabbed the piece of material. It fell out of his ear with one tug, and she stared a it in her hand.
Earplugs.
A red haze started to build up behind her eyes. I'm going to kill Souta when I get home, she promised herself. In the meantime she needed to wipe that smug look off Inuyasha's face. She took a deep breath ...
"Sit!"
... and too late realised her mistake.
The magic in the rosary ensured Inuyasha came crashing to the ground as always, but this time, Kagome was between the ground and him. Thus, Inuyasha's face slammed painfully into the crook of her neck, his legs going limp on top of her. Kagome gasped as the breath was knocked out of her for the second time in as many minutes. Even more annoying, she could feel Inuyasha laughing into her shoulder.
"Stupid bitch," he said, his voice muffled by her shirt.
Kagome decided to let that one go. After all, it had been a pretty dumb thing to do. They lay in silence for a few seconds while they waited for the spell to wear off.
Kagome shivered suddenly as she felt Inuyasha's breath against the skin of her neck. A blush spread over her cheeks as she realised for the first time what a compromising position the two of them were in, especially now that she had sat Inuyasha. Kagome lay on her back with one knee drawn up. Inuyasha's legs straddled her knee, one long arm keeping her hands still pinned above her head while the other hand rested on her waist. Suddenly Kagome was unexpectedly conscious of the feeling of his long warm body pressed firmly against her own. It didn't't help that he continued to breathe quite heavily onto her neck, sending little shivers up and down her spine each time he did. She was uncomfortably aware that his mouth must be inches away from her skin. She flushed, feeling her heart rate increase. Was uncomfortable really the word?
Inuyasha was beginning to feel a little strange too. Kagome's scent had changed so abruptly in the last few minutes that it was hard to tell what exactly she was feeling. First she had been angry, then crying, then angry again, and now she was…excited? He wished he could move and see her face, but the subduing spell kept him firmly buried in the crook of Kagome's neck. Still from here he could hear her heart racing, and she was almost quivering. What the hell was going on?
His body tingled, and he could feel that the spell was starting to wear off. Propping his head up, he stared into Kagome's face, trying to fathom the strange change in scent. Kagome blushed again to find him so close to her face and nervously licked her tongue over suddenly dry lips. Inuyasha's eyes were drawn to the movement, his own heartbeat beginning to increase. Without knowing why, he leant forward-
"Well, doesn't this look cosy," came a voice from behind them both.
Startled, Inuyasha jerked himself off Kagome and darted a few feet away, flushing slightly as he stared at the ground.
Miroku was standing at the edge of the path that led from the Well to the village, one hand on his hip staring at them both with an amused expression on his face. Kagome sat up, her face red with embarrassment.
"Kagome, I thought you were going home to sleep," he continued, grinning. "If you wanted to sleep like that in this time, you didn't have to come all the way out here. I, for one, would have been happy to oblige you-"
Miroku was cut off abruptly by Inuyasha, who promptly hit him over the head. Miroku tumbled to the grass inelegantly. Kagome scrambled to her feet, her face blazing and wishing the ground would swallow her up. From the look on Inuyasha's face, he was thinking something along the same lines.
Glaring at the monk, Inuyasha bent his knees and jumped high into the trees above. What the hell had happened back there? he wondered desperately. Whatever it was, Kagome had effectively won the argument this time. He didnt dare go back and face her now. His face was still red. Gathering himself together, he turned away, and began to make his way deeper into the forest.
With Inuyasha's abrupt exit, Kagome gratefully seized the opportunity for an exit to the embarrassing situation. Before Miroku could rouse, she hastily grabbed her backpack and dove into the Well.
Miroku propped himself up far enough off the ground to wave goodbye to the blue light deep in the Well that signified Kagome's departure form this time, still grinning despite the lump on his forehead which was already starting to protrude.
"It's started," he said to nobody in particular. "And they don't even realise it yet."
He rolled over onto his back, tucking his hands behind his head and smiling at the blue sky above.
"This is going to be fun to watch."
ps: I do not own Inuyasha