Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or anyone else off of the series.
AN: Yep, she's back with another chapter. Well it starts here, the romance drama everyone's been waiting for. :). So enjoy.
Chapter 4
A little sigh escaped the young miko's mouth as she stirred from her sleep. Her eyes opened lazily against the dull morning light. The sun hadn't even made it over the mountains yet, barely peaking over some of the lower areas of the horizon. Dang, she was up an hour earlier than she usually was. Not that she found it as a surprise, she almost expected it. With her mind set to 'worry mode' ever since the night 48 hours ago when the spell was cast, she couldn't fall into a peaceful slumber that lasted. 'Oh well', she thought, sitting up in her sleeping bag. Careful as not to wake up the dreaming Shippo beside her, she slipped out of the warmth she had been nestled in and quickly looked around to see if anyone else was awake. When she was sure she was the only conscious one in the camp site, Kagome walked off into the forest towards the nearby stream.
Little did she know, a pair of slit teal irises watched her movements, intent on following the priestess closely.
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Kagome idly watched her reflection in the shallow waters as she dried off her wet face while thinking back to everything that had happened so far. 'So Inuyasha is cursed by an ancient spell that's trying to be used to kill all his forms and we have no idea how to reverse the effects. Hell we barely know how this thing works. Hopefully we can ask Lady Keade about it. Maybe she'll know something about it.' As she continued to think about it all, a painful realization hit her. 'Naraku must know the rules of this spell, inside and out. When he attacks, he'll probably try to take out the weakest of the forms which would be Inu's human side. We'll have to watch out for him the most.'
During the time it took for her brain to stumble over all the information present, something slick slid across her fingers. Something thin and cold. Something leathery that could almost pass for………..scales? Gulp. Very, very slowly, the miko's brown orbs glanced down at her hand, seeing a long green snake slithering across her flesh.
Letting out a startled scream, she distanced herself from the snake a little too quickly and lost her balance, falling back. And landing on a thorny vine.
"Ssssssss," she hissed out in pain as she rolled off the offending vine. A thorn was imbedded in the middle of her palm. Before she could even touch the small wound, a large clawed hand grabbed her wrist. Her heart jumped for the second time that day as she turned to stare into the feral eyes of Y. Inuyasha.
The youkai turned her hand slightly in his own larger one as he inspected the small wound. As gently as possible, he plucked the thorn out of her skin with no effort and watched as the tiny hole began to fill with red. On instinct he leaned forward with closed eyes and let his tongue dart over her skin before the blood surfaced.
The priestess in training blushed a lovely shade of magenta while the demon treated her stinging wound. It was kind of embarrassing to have Inuyasha licking her, no matter what form he was in. Still she couldn't help but notice how gentle this side was being. I mean, she had always been terrified of the more primal side of her hanyou guardian, always watching as he would go on a rampage with the aura of a heartless murder when he was released. But here he was, that same bloody demon, cleaning an insignificant cut that only children cried over with such tenderness.
Y. Inuyasha continued to drag his tongue over her flesh, savoring the intoxicating metallic taste of his bitch's blood. She tasted delectable and this was just a small potion of blood. He wondered what it would taste like to kiss her….maybe even to……..
His thoughts were cut off as someone cleared their throat rather loudly. Kagome's eyes snapped out of their fixed trance on the demon to meet the sight of an annoyed hanyou and his human counterpart only a few yards away from her, both glaring daggers at her healer.
The silver haired youkai gave one last lick with a smirk tugging at the corners of his mouth before his reluctantly drew back and opened his eyes to see a his miko staring at him with wide chocolate orbs, blushing the whole time. Before he stood to walk away and flaunt in front of the obviously irritated two behind him, an idea crashed into his brain. Leaning forward, he placed a chaste peck on her forehead then stood tall over her and started his descent back towards the others.
Once Y. Inuyasha was only centimeters away from the two fuming men, he stopped dead in his tracks, his once small smirk going full-blown as he spoke in a raspy whisper that only his other forms could hear. "You guys might want to hurry or else I'm going to get the prize, which I have every intent on doing," he spoke, ending with a dark chuckle before passing past them and continuing his walk back to camp.
While Inuyasha growled menacingly at his jackass demonic blood, his ningen self rushed over to Kagome's form. "Are you ok Kagome? He didn't injure you did he?" N. Inuyasha asked.
The miko shook her head, her blush retreating just a little. "No, actually he was healing me. I got a thorn stuck in my palm and he pulled it out and started to ummmm……well lick my wound. Dog demon saliva has healing properties right?"
By this time, the original Inuyasha had joined the two by the bank. "Yes it does, but I heard you scream. What'd he do to you Kagome?" he asked, his yellow orbs narrowing at the thought of his demon side.
It took a moment for her to replay the events when she finally snapped her fingers. "Oh yeah, I saw a snake!!"
Sweatdrop….
"You screamed because of a harmless reptile? You can't be serious!! You mean to say that you can fight demons without flinching but Kami forbid, you see a snake and squeal like a village baby?! That's pathetic!" he said without thinking. (well of course, we can't forget who this is) His human side blew out the air in his lungs, shaking his head from side to side. 'This will end badly.'
The priestess huffed, standing with her hands on her hips. "Well soooo-rry for not being fearless like you! And how do you know it was harmless? For all you know it might have been poisonous and could have killed me!!"
"Yeah and screaming like an idiot and flailing around would stop it from biting you? Yeah right. You, like usual, worsened your own chances of safety by not thinking. Do you know how stupid that is?" he argued back. He didn't want to yell at her but it was too hard. Sure, he could have seen if it really was a poisonous snake, but he had a good feeling it wasn't. Plus, venom or no venom, she had endangered herself again from lack of thinking before acting (sounding like someone else, isn't it?) and he hadn't been there to correct her mistake. It was really frustrating.
"Ugh SI………" she fell short when the memory of last time entered her mind. She was going to have to find a way around that but not now. Now…she would have to improvise. Fuming, she smashed her heel into the hanyou's foot, storming off in the same direction the demon side had taken.
Inuyasha yelped in pain, plopping on the ground while holding his injured foot, muttering foul curses towards the girl who caused him discomfort. Absently rubbing the large red spot on his foot, the hanyou's gaze fell upon the silent ningen who was staring him down. "And what the hell's your problem?"
N. Inuyasha let out a frustrated sigh before snapping. "You're such an idiot. Could you just think about things before you open that big mouth of yours? Now she's going to be pissed all day! ………Not that I should care anyways, it's not me she'll want to slaughter," he said in a lower voice, a small amount of relief washing over him as he realized he was in no danger. The human cringed at the thought of what the miko had in store for the idiotic half demon. With nothing left to say, his human side began his trip back to camp, leaving the original Inuyasha to his musings.
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The group had awaken to a not-so-happy miko making them breakfast over the small fire that was starting to revive as it consumed the newly laid out sticks. She stirred the bubbling food with a stern face, gripping the spoon so tight, her knuckles were white.
After a relatively silent meal, except some slurping, they were once again on the move towards the nearest town. Now they were less than a day's walk away from Hisho Town. Instead of walking along Inuyasha, which was NOT an option at the moment, the miko traveled alongside the demon slayer while the monk, kit and neko followed suit. And like always, they were lead by Inuyasha who was walking with his arms crossed over his bare chest, never once looking back at the miko as he distanced himself from her.
It didn't take long to figure out that the two were in a fight. This was almost as usual as fighting demons. Maybe even more so. Who knew?
As they trudged along the dirt path, Kagome's anger began to diminish every step she took. Maybe today wouldn't be as bad as she had thought it would be.
Without really noticing what was happening around her, she ran into the back of the handsome youkai in front of her. A menacing growl erupted from the back of his throat as a bear demon jumped out from the forest lining the path they were traveling on. It's enormous claws swept at Y. Inuyasha who easily dodged the attack with Kagome draped over his shoulder. Moving her body into a more comfortable position, she hooked her ankles around the demon's waist, riding on his back as she notched an arrow.
The large bear took a swing at the human Inuyasha who jumped out of the way and reached for his sword out of instinct. With wide eyes he realized that the Tetsusaiga was not at his hip but with the hanyou. The beast swung again, this time intent on taking out the human when a sacred arrow pierced through his snout, causing him to howl out his pain, blindly swinging his arms.
The back of his paw did hit something though. The paw batted at the youkai who immediately ricocheted off of the bear's arm, propelling him back with so much force plus the swift turn he did to steady himself was too much for the priestess's legs to handle. With a sharp gasp she tumbled toward the ground and close to the writhing enemy below. A strong arm wrapped around her frame before her body crashed into the rough earth as they landed on the path ahead of the battle all the while hearing the gurgling cry as the beast died. The slayer's large boomerang flew overhead then turned in a circle to return to its holder. The carcass melted into the soil a second later.
Kagome let out a weary breath, happy that no one appeared harmed. She opened her mouth about to thank the hanyou for his timely catch when they all heard the start of a fight.
"Exactly what were you doing, wench?" he stated, glaring down at the girl beside him. Well there went the 'thank you'…..
"What do you mean? I was firing at the demon so he didn't hurt your human side. Why are you angry that I was helping," she said, her tone rising along with her temper. She was trying to help and she hit it! Why was he upset about something like that?
"Because you put yourself in danger again stupid! I could have easily killed the demon off with little to no damage done to myself. You, on the other hand, just made the demon more fucking enraged than it was to start with and directed attention to yourself!! Next time you attempt to do that, make sure the arrow goes through his temples, not his nose bitch," he ranted, dulled orbs becoming full of energy, but not that kind she wanted to see, especially aimed at her.
He didn't have to bite her head off just cause' she was a little bit off target. How dare he insult her!! The last word stung like a sharp knife to the chest and it was the last straw.
Bringing her hand up to either grab his sidelock to give it a hard yank and start a rant of her own or to slap him, she wasn't sure, but her hand never made contact with him for a familiar calloused hand grabbed her wrist for the second time that day.
Without warning, she was pulled back against the firm chest of the demon who was surprisingly just as gentle as earlier. A low grumble vibrated through her being from the body wrapped around her. Something about that noise was just so…calming. Her rage was long lost, letting her head lull to the side. If she wasn't so relaxed, she probably would have been freaking out. I mean, she loved all forms of her protector and here was the roughest of the bunch and he was not only forcing her to go limp in his arms but also he was starting to nuzzle her neck.
The hanyou stood agape as he watched the scene unfold between the two. The fact that his miko tried to strike him out of anger didn't leave any impact on his mind at all. It was the fact that his demon side was treating her like his mate, using demonic instincts to cause her to forgot all her tension. N. Inuyasha just stood in the same fashion, watching with a twitching eye. Both were about to explode on the bastard but were cut off by the monk.
"Look, there's the village," he stated, bringing everyone out of the awkward situation in the easiest way possible. His pointed toward the area covered in small huts and buildings, a few temples here and there. They were on the outskirts of Hisho Town.
"Well let's get going, no time to waste. When we get there we can find a inn for the night and maybe we can even find some suitable clothes for you guys considering you have to be freezing without proper covering," said Sango, trying to act as tranquil as she normally was. But she normally didn't have to watch as her sister-like friend was being held by a dangerous demon of high proportions.
Kagome blushed, rushing out of the youkai's grasp, even though all she wanted to do was stay there all day. "Errrr yeah well uhhhh let's ummm go shall we?" The rest of the walk to the town was full of curse words directed at the demon while the 3 Inuyasha's bickered back and forth.
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S master: (smiles)
Inu/N. Inu: (hard stare)
Y. Inu: (smirking)
Kag: ……………..
S Master: Well if no one else wants to talk then……
Inu: What the hell was that about?
S master: Huh?
Inu: You made me get my foot smashed and then almost got me slapped, why?
S master: Idk…your you, so that's why I guess. Plus I would not be complaining about the whole 'foot thing' if I were you.
Inu: Exactly why wouldn't I?!
S master: Because it was either that or you got kicked somewhere and fell in the river and I decided to take pity.
Inu: Where's somewhere? Like in the shin?
N. Inu: (looks at Inu like he's mental) She was going to have you kicked in the balls idiot.
Inu: (pales) WTF?! Why?
Kag: Cause you pissed me off!!
S Master: Finally someone understands!! Isn't it just so nerve racking to work with him sometimes?
Kag: Ugh tell me about it, sometimes he's just like…
S master: I know right, and then he's ………
Kag: Yes!! Really why can't he….
S Master: I've asked myself the same question.
Inu: (completely lost) Huh?
Y. Inu/ N. Inu: (rolling around on the floor in a fight)
S Master: Well that's all for this chapter, R&R please. Thanks. Bye Bye.
