Drops in the Bucket (Inuyasha)
By Lady of the Ink
Pairings: varied
Rating: PG
Category: General
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but you knew that . . .I hope. But I do own this story and all the plot twists it contains.
A/N: On every Friday the 13th that I can remember, something out of the ordinary has happened to me. Sometimes it was good, sometimes it was bad, sometimes it was just weird. But always there was something different. I decided to pay homage to that tradition by doing something a little different myself and writing 13 one hundred word fics for Friday the 13th.
The final total came to 5 Inuyasha fics, 5 Fruits Basket fics, and 3 Inuyasha/Escaflowne crossover fics. Below are the collected Inuyasha fics. I'll be posting the rest as well, with the Inuyasha/Escaflowne crossovers going into the Escaflowne category.
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Home Again
(Sesshomaru and Rin)
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The approaching footsteps were slow but steady, shuffling against the stone floor at regular intervals. The unexpected guest's destination was clear as the hall led to one room only. Behind its door, Sesshomaru waited.
The smell arrived first, heavy with damp soil and decomposing plants, old blood and the cloying scent of a human.
A familiar human.
The door slammed open to reveal the shadowy figure standing there. Dark, tangled hair swirled about its shoulders as it turned burning eyes towards Sesshomaru. The dim moonlight caught on pointed fangs as the figure focused on him and smiled.
"I'm back, Sesshomaru-sama."
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What's Mine is Yours
(Kikyo, Inuyasha and Kagome)
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"Are you sure about this?"
Kagome nodded, offering a gentle smile to the hanyou at her side. "It's not my home anymore, Inuyasha. After all that's happened, I belong here. I'll miss my family, but I know in my heart that this is the right decision. For all of us."
They turned to the other woman in the clearing with them. She looked slightly uncomfortable and a bit sad, but determined. Reaching out, Kagome touched her hand. "My mom's expecting you; she'll help you get settled. Make my life a good one."
Nodding her promise, Kikyo jumped into the well.
Now a full-length fic under the title "My Heart's True Home".
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Denied No More
(Sesshomaru and Rin)
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He remembered what she looked like afterward, with tangled hair and blood-streaked skin. The sight had sickened him. It was a tableau to weakness; to urges that hadn't been controlled. Every time he saw her afterwards, it replayed in his mind. That was why he had sent her away.
But now here he was, retracing that path. Alone this time, but not for long.
She looked up when he entered, shifting the child in her arms. She smiled in welcome, as though she'd known he would come. Her words were simple but held worlds of meaning.
"He has your eyes."
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Arranged or Ordained
(Inuyasha and Kagome)
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"He did what?!"
"I'm sorry to spring this on you now, Kagome. I know you're sad about the well sealing. I would have waited, but there was no time to put it off. He'll be here any second."
"You can't seriously be thinking of making me go through with this, Mama. An arranged marriage? It's archaic! I won't do it!"
"I think you should at least meet the man, Kagome. Your father did promise you to him years ago, so we owe him that courtesy. The final decision is yours, though. Goodness, that's him."
Kagome turned and anger fled. "Inuyasha?"
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Irony
(Miroku)
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Almost my entire life had been lived with a single goal in mind. It was always there at the back of my consciousness, guiding my steps toward my destiny. The greatest things to ever happen to me -friendship and even love- came about because of that quest.
I will remember the moment that the kazaana was erased until the day I die; not only for the ending it brought, but also for the beginning it enabled. It wasn't something I could imagine regretting. . . And yet, if only I still had that curse, I could have saved them all.
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