Eyes to Life: Scroll 6

Kagome gasped as InuYasha's firm grip tightened on her shoulders. She felt his heart pump deep rhythms in his chest, as his breath quickened in pace.

 

"InuYashaI can't breathe." Kagome gasped.

 

That comment only made her mate pull her tighter against his very tense body. She felt his cold claws sink lightly into her upper arm. Sango and Miroku had backed up, unsure on what to do. Sesshomaru only glared, but to Kagome surprise, he too took a step back.

 

"InuYashaplease." Kagome gagged. His arm had wrapped tightly around her shoulders, pinning her chest to his sweating bare shoulders. She could hear the irregular breathing coming through his nose and mouth. It was almost like he was trying not to run from where he lay.

 

"InuYasha, nobody is going to hurt Kagome." Sango put her hand up, to make it seem like she meant no harm. Kagome flinched, Sango was a youkai exterminator, why was she acting like InuYasha was just like any other youkai?

 

"Exterminator, it would be wise if you stayed away from my otouto. He will kill you if you get near." Sesshomaru glared.

 

"What?" Shippo stuttered.

 

Otouto" Sesshomaru slowly went over to them, Kagome felt InuYasha's grip only tighten further. Kagome was now having extremely hard time breathing. InuYasha hissed, making the hairs on Kagome's neck stand on end. Kagome managed to free one of her arms, and touched his ear, trying her hardest to sooth him.

 

"It's okay, it's only Sesshomaru." She cooed. She moved the triangular ear between her fingers and looked deep in those red eyes. "It's okay; there isn't anymore 'red eyes.'."

 

InuYasha looked at her for a brief second, though her touching of his ear wasn't really helping. Kagome tried to wiggle out of his strong grasp, but that only resulted in him pulling her in even tighter. Kagome felt the skin were his whole arm wrapped around her, pinch.

 

"InuYasha!" Kagome huffed.

 

Suddenly felt herself being pulled away from InuYasha with great force, only to see Sesshomaru landing a well-aimed punch in her mate's face. InuYasha didn't seemed to be affected by the assault, but he got up only hissing at his onii. Kagome now could say what she couldn't have said earlier.

 

"Osuwari!"

 

InuYasha was planted deep in the ground, Kagome blinked; she didn't mean to say it that loud.

 

"Ohthat's got to hurt." Shippo whispered.

 

"Kagome are you alright?" Miroku asked.

 

"Yea, it wasn't InuYasha's fault though." Kagome looked down.

 

"He was protecting you Kagome, you were his mate and he felt threatened, he was doing what he believed was right." Sango put in.

 

"I know, but stillI shouldn't have done that though." Kagome put her hand to her face as a small tear came down her face. Kagome felt Kirara purr at her ankles, she sniffed and placed her hand on the youkai cat's soft fur.

 

"It worked miko." Sesshomaru said as he pulled InuYasha from the deep crater the beads of subjugation had made. InuYasha seemed dysfunctional, his eyes were swimming from gold to red and he seemed to be uncontrollably unstable.

 

Kagome wiped the tears away and ran over to her mate as Sesshomaru, Kagome glared at the Youkai Lord, dropped him. InuYasha seemed to be back only to be mumbling something.

 

"InuYasha?" Kagome said. "Are you okay now?"

 

InuYasha blinked once, his eyes were the familiar gold as he looked at her, a face of only true horror.

 

"Kagome?"

 

"ShhhhI'm so sorry." Kagome grasp InuYasha's head, as the silent tears streamed down her face.

 

Miroku approached cautiously. "Is he alright now?"

 

"Shit, what happened?" InuYasha growled.

 

Kagome felt a smile spread on her lips, InuYasha was back to his old self. She sighed and put her head on his chest, but would he remember what had caused such a youkai instinct though?

 

"I think you transformed." Sango said.

 

"Again?" InuYasha growled.

 

"You didn't hurt anyone otouto, if you're so concerned." Sesshomaru said. InuYasha looked at the Youkai Lord and snarled.

 

"I assume you were the cause of the pain that I'm feeling."

 

"Ummmthat was me." Kagome looked down.

 

"What?" InuYasha looked down, only realizing that she was looking at the beads. "Oh."

 

"InuYasha is there anything you can?" Miroku started, but Sango cut him off.

 

"No houshi, reminding him may bring this instinct all over again."

 

"Sorry." Miroku looked back up into the sky. "We should move on before any other unexpected event happens."

 

"What happened?" InuYasha asked.

 

"Sigh...nothing InuYasha, nothing." Kagome said.

 

---

 

InuYasha felt awkward for the rest of the day; first of all, no one was telling him everything! Second, he smelled the weird youki then everything was fuzzy from then on. I guess I did transform, InuYasha thought, it's the only explanation why I can't remember anything.

 

InuYasha sat on top of Kirara, for some reason he couldn't keep his footing straight, and with the arguing from Kagome, he had been forced to sit on Kirara for the remainder of the day. Bickering bitch, InuYasha thought angrily, why did she have to be so difficult?

 

Kirara growled in a way of asking if he was alright, InuYasha just nodded his head in response to the youkai cat. Tessaiga seemed rather edgy as well, it had shaken more than once already.

 

"Otouto?" Sesshomaru said as he backed up to walk along with Kirara.

 

"What?" InuYasha snapped. Why the hell was Sesshomaru acting so, well...respectful?

 

"Do you not remember anything from the previous night?"

 

"No."

 

Sesshomaru said no more, but he still seemed to want a conversation since he stayed in pace with Kirara. InuYasha growled and looked away from his onii, what the hell? InuYasha shook his head; it was almost like Sesshomaru wanted a brother relationship or something!

 

"You're freaking me out, what the hell is your problem?" InuYasha asked the daiyoukai.

 

"What is freaking you out by this Sesshomaru?"

 

"Your behavior!" InuYasha spat.

 

"What is the problem with this Sesshomaru's actions?"

 

"Nothing is wrong!" InuYasha yelled, "I'm just wondering why you're acting so damn weird!"

 

Sesshomaru made no comment to him. InuYasha huffed; as usual he wasn't getting anything out of the Youkai Lord. InuYasha felt Tessaiga snap quickly to his side, then the scent...again.

 

"Shit." InuYasha hopped off Kirara's back and darted his pupils around, looking for the source.

 

"InuYasha, please don't tell me you smell it again." Shippo whimpered from Miroku's shoulder. Miroku, Sango, and Kagome turned to face him.

 

"InuYasha?" Kagome started.

 

"Will you be quiet?" InuYasha hissed. He turned his nose to the air, it wasn't his imagination, it was there. "Sesshomaru, please tell me smell it."

 

"This Sesshomaru only smells the youki coming from you."

 

"Fuck! What the hell is wrong with you all!" InuYasha couldn't believe his ears, why couldn't they sense this? Sesshomaru had a whole lot stronger nose, Kagome was a miko, Sango was a youkai exterminator, and Miroku was a houshi. They all had the sense to know that an appending youkai was near, what the hell was going on!

 

Even Shippo and Kirara could sense youki, yet they showed no clue that they had sent it. InuYasha growled impatiently.

 

"Forget it, if you people can't sense it, then its not there." InuYasha jerked his hand in the direction of the wind and started walking up to his mate. Kagome looked up at him, worriedly.

 

"InuYasha, your nose has never lied to you." His mate said.

 

"I feel like it is now." InuYasha wrinkled his nose.

 

"There isn't anything here InuYasha." Miroku said.

 

"Houshi!" Sango snapped.

 

"Sango..." Miroku stammered. "Don't you think we should be after Naraku since he's still at large?"

 

"Houshi...I know that, I have Kohaku to worry about." Sango suddenly turned away, but Kirara came up and rubbed up against the young exterminator. InuYasha saw a small tear trail down her face.

 

"Kohaku?" Rin asked. InuYasha turned to the small girl; he had forgotten she was even there. She was riding on the back of Ah-Un, were Jaken was sleeping; he must have eaten too much of Kagome's weird food.

 

"You know him?" Sango asked.

 

"He saved my life, in the cave on the mountain." Rin said.

 

"I see." Sango said.

 

InuYasha could still smell this 'youki'. It was starting to irritate him to no end. InuYasha had other feelings toward this fake youki, for some reason, his instincts were still on alert, almost like they were telling him to flee. No, InuYasha snorted, he was not known to run from battle, and this would not be his first.

 

"You still there?" Kagome asked, as she waved her hand in his face.

 

"No Kagome, I'm in Hell." InuYasha answered back, sarcastically. Kagome rolled her eyes and sighed. She leaned against his shoulder as they walked; he felt her hand slide in his fingers, touching his claws.

 

"InuYasha, why are your claws so darn cold?" Kagome asked herself. InuYasha looked down, surprised at her remark.

 

"They are?" InuYasha asked his mate. Kagome nodded and brought his hand to his face, InuYasha blinked in surprised. They may be cold to Kagome, but InuYasha was seeing something completely different. Why the hell were they a different color?

 

"Ummm...what the hell?" InuYasha really didn't know what to say.

 

"It all most seems like someone put nail polish on them." Kagome smiled.

 

"What is nail polish?" InuYasha asked.

 

"Oh never mind, but it can make your nails become different colors." Kagome said.

 

"I was wondering about that too." Sango said. "It was weird to see them a gold color."

 

Sesshomaru slowly approached, and looked down, but not making any gestures that showed he was the least bit interested. InuYasha looked at his claws, completely confused, he flicked them, and a soft ringing could be heard through his sensitive hearing.

 

"Otouto, would you mind?" Sesshomaru snarled. InuYasha looked at his onii, to find his hand, his only hand, covering his left ear.

 

"What you poor little ears can't handle it?" InuYasha sneered.

 

"Hanyou watch your tongue."

 

"Whatever you son of a bitch!" InuYasha spat. Kagome giggled at the name calling the two were snapping at one another.

 

"How dare you disrespect my Lord!" Jaken snapped, apparently he had just woken up.

 

"Sigh, more than ever I believe they are acting more like brothers." Miroku shook his head. That got two pairs of golden eyes staring in his direction.

 

"Sesshomaru, why the hell are still with us anyway?" InuYasha griped.

 

"To look for the youkai that was giving this Sesshomaru's ward such nightmares."

 

InuYasha suddenly felt an image flash through his mind and felt his body go hot and shake. Kagome griped his shoulder.

 

"Are you okay?" she asked.

 

"Yea, just suddenly got the chills or something." InuYasha grumbled. Something is extremely wrong, InuYasha thought, but what is it?

 

---

 

That night Sango sat by the fire right next to the sleeping miko, who had fallen asleep on her shoulder. Miroku was on the other side of the flames, staring in the sky lost in thought. Shippo sighed.

 

"I guess Kagome ran out of that white ninja food." The young fox youkai sighed.

 

"She told me." Sango said. "I liked it too."

 

"Sango?" Miroku asked.

 

"Yes?"

 

"When Naraku is dead, do you think you will stop fighting?"

 

"What do you mean houshi?" Sango asked.

 

"Do you still pursue life as a youkai slayer, or will you settle down and enjoy life?" Miroku asked, as he put another stick in the flames.

 

"I was hoping both." Sango said. "But first, I need to help Kohaku."

 

"Of course." Miroku nodded.

 

"Are you asking me if I will bare my child?" Sango asked darkly.

 

"Haven't I already asked?" Miroku said.

 

Sango wished she was in slapping range, but she didn't want to disturb a sleeping Kagome on her shoulder, and a sleeping Kirara in her lap.

 

"You're lucky your over there mister." Sango said.

 

"Sigh...though; I am worried with all this youki scent InuYasha keeps...smelling."

 

"Do you not believe him?" Sango asked.

 

"I really don't know, why does he smell it, and we don't sense it?" Miroku muttered. "It is rather strange."

 

"I suppose" Sango said.

 

"And why mate Kagome all of a sudden?" Miroku snapped up.

 

"Oh no, we are not going there." Sango growled.

 

"InuYasha and Kagome mated?" Shippo asked.

 

"Look what you caused!" Sango snapped at Miroku.

 

"But why? Why now, he said he may do it after Naraku was defeated and yet he did it so quickly, damn it! I was just worried about it!" Miroku snapped. "I'm not just a hentai all the time!"

 

Sango was taken aback by his strong words, but sighed. "Sorry."

 

"No, I should be sorry my dear Sango, I didn't mean to yell." Miroku put his hand over his sweating face. "I think I just need some sleep."

 

"Miroku?" Sango flinched as Kagome's head came from her shoulder. "It's worrying me too."

 

Miroku's face went incredibly red and quickly slipped into Kagome's travel bag and laid his staff next to him. Sango had never seen houshi so stressed before, it must be the kazaana, and what else would it be?

 

---

 

Kagome sighed as she leaned off Sango, who had fallen asleep against the bark of a tree that stood behind her. Miroku and Sango's conversation interested her and disturbed her at the same time. She looked over at the other fire were Ah-Un was curled up next to Rin and Jaken. InuYasha was asleep in a nearby tree, while Sesshomaru just stood at the edge of the clearing, apparently only glaring into the night sky.

 

Kagome silently crept over to where InuYasha was sleeping. She noticed the Youkai Lord, glared at her direction then turned away. Kagome went to the trunk and stared up at her sleeping mate. The purple stripes still remained solid on his face, but he seemed to have recovered from the accident now two days ago.

 

"InuYasha?" Kagome whispered.

 

InuYasha nearly fell out of the tree, he glared down at her. Kagome flinched, his eyes were flickering again. Taking a deep breathe she looked back up at him.

 

"Want to go for a walk?"

 

"I guess." InuYasha flicked an ear.

 

The hanyou hopped down, and took her arm, and the entered the woods. Kagome could feel Sesshomaru's cold stare on her back, but he didn't follow them. Sesshomaru knew when to give privacy.

 

InuYasha looked up at the sky; Kagome glanced up to see the half-moon shining brightly on them. Kagome took his hand and leaned up and kissed him. She felt his tongue wrap slightly around hers, and she felt his hand slide down her right side.

 

"Wench, why tonight?" InuYasha asked as they broke the kiss.

 

"I just wanted to soothe you." Kagome rubbed up on his chest and sighed. "You scared me a few days ago."

 

"Kagome" InuYasha growled. Kagome looked up to see his eyes blood shot red, she nuzzled her nose to where she had marked him. InuYasha shivered for only a second then lunged for her mark, rapidly licking it. Kagome gasped at his sudden ferocity.

 

"InuYasha" Kagome moaned. Suddenly InuYasha stopped he jerked up, his ears so far straight on his head that Kagome thought they would pop off. "What's the matter?"

 

"Nothing." InuYasha said, his youkai voice bled through his vocal cords. Kagome felt his grip tighten; she realized that in this situation there was going to be no mating.

 

"Forget it, we better go back." Kagome said. She just wanted to make him feel better, it had that after effect. But InuYasha wouldn't let her go, Kagome saw Tessaiga shake violently at his side. "InuYasha?"

 

InuYasha suddenly took a deep breath and backed away from her, he gripped his head and slumped to the ground.

 

"InuYasha!" Kagome cried.

 

She ran over and took her mate's hand and tried to roll him over. His hand shot out and gripped her wrist. Kagome let out a squeak of pain on his firm grip.

 

"Get out...of here." He managed to say. Kagome felt her wrist be released from his grip, but Kagome was not going to leave her mate, she gripped Tessaiga's hilt, since she didn't bring her arrows.

 

"Who's there?!" Kagome screamed. She pulled out the old rusty fang, it wouldn't transform for her, but she could still use its fuyouheki for protection. She felt no youki, which bothered her greatly. She looked back down at InuYasha, he was conscious but his breathing was becoming irregular.

 

Kagome's first instinct was to get the others, but that would mean leaving InuYasha out here, alone. Not an option, Kagome thought.

 

Kagome leveled the sword in front of her, scanning the dark forest. She felt her heart pump rapidly in her chest; it hurt so badly, Kagome let out a cough from all the adrenaline that was pumping in her system.

 

"InuYasha?" Kagome begged her mate. She kneed down and gripped his shoulder. "Please wake up."

 

Kagome looked in every direction, who had attacked her mate and why? More importantly why couldn't she see or sense the attacker?

 

Suddenly she felt a hand snag her ankle, knocking her off balance. Kagome let out a scream, when she only realized it had been InuYasha.

 

"InuYasha?" Kagome stared as her mate pushed her to the ground, his eyes bleeding an unnatural red, his fangs coming out, not just two, but all of them. The stripes on his face were stretching, and Kagome was suddenly afraid of him. She gripped Tessaiga and pushed to one of his open palms, it didn't seem to be working.

 

"InuYasha it's me!" Kagome cried. Kagome felt her adrenaline kick, wanting her to run, what was happening to InuYasha?

 

InuYasha pulled away and let out a howl, Kagome could tell he was in pain. She sat up and backed away unsure how to react to the sudden change in atmosphere. His youki was blasting her, she could barely withstand it.

 

Kagome felt a powerful wind suddenly take the clearing, she grasp a nearby tree trunk and gripped with all her might. What was going on? She blinked a few times when the wind suddenly stopped. Had it been Kagura?

 

Kagome felt her whole body freeze, something cold and wet had touched her back. She felt her whole body tremble in fear, as she heard a panting noise coming straight behind her.

 

Kagome eyes the wood on the trunk, to terrified to see what was behind her. She now wished she could make a kekkai right now. Kagome gulped as she felt the panting, it was right at her ear. Why wasn't it, whatever it was attacking her?

 

Kagome felt the youki slam her aura, InuYasha's. Kagome blinked a few times, she felt her heart pump increasingly rapid in her chest. Her face, she knew, was drained of color.

 

"InuYasha?" Kagome felt her voice was talking through a broken cable line. She felt her legs shake and her whole body start to convulse. She was getting increasingly nauseated.

 

Kagome had to have the courage to turn around; her mate may be in danger. Taking a deep breathe, she slowly turned around her eyes tightly closed. When her whole body had turned completely around, she felt the cold, soft, wetflesh? Touch her face; she felt something suck in a whiff of air.

 

Kagome cracked her eyes open not sure what she was faced with. What she saw made her fall to the ground, completely in shock. Standing there was a large silver dog, two pointing ears sticking upright on top of the head, its large black nose right at her face. The two enormous red eyes stared deeply into her brown, small pupils; Kagome felt saliva gather in her mouth as she recognized the stripes on the dog's face and the ears. It was InuYasha