DISCLAIMER: I DONT OWN INUYASHA OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS
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CHAPTER 4
Kagome POV
Feeling the warmth of the morning sun, I yawned and stretched only to stop when I felt something warm against my back. I looked behind me to see a sleeping Inuyasha, spooning me on the ground. I smiled softly and slid away silently, kissing his forehead as I did. I stretched and grabbed my back to find a sleeping Titan still in there, he opened an eye and I smiled apologetically.
"Sorry, but I need my pants and brush." he just shifted and went back to sleep when I had them and took off my shorts, shimmying my pants on under the fire rat cloth and when I was done, I took off his haori and layed it over him. He shifted and an eye squinted up at me.
"Your half naked." I giggled and turned my back to him, and started unwrapping the bindings.
"Almost" he jumped up and backed into the tree, blushing and averting his eyes.
"W-what are you doing?" I looked over my shoulder with a deadpan look on my face and replied sarcastically.
"My romantic feelings for you have resurfaced overnight and I am going to ravish you in front of everyone, come on Yash. Think for a minute, what do bindings do when they get wet? They shrink and chafe. Jeez it's not like you've never seen me naked anyways...all naked I might add and my back is turned, so what's the problem?"
"Kagome! What if Miroku sees you?" I glanced over to where he was laying and shrugged.
"Then I guess he gets a free show, because it's too late now." I let the last of the wrap slip away and hung the wrap on a branch, when all of a sudden he spun me around to face him and I squeaked, covering what I could, which wasn't much, cuz they were kinda big. He brought his face to my stomach and looked closely. I blushed a bit and asked slowly
"Yash...what are you doing?" he traced my scars witha claw and I rolled my eyes, folding my arms over my boobs, waiting for him to be done. He turned me slowly around, inspecting the lash marks on my back and when he got to my front again, he stopped and stared. I huffed, annoyed that he was still making such a big deal out of this and snapped.
"What are you staring at now?" he didn't say a word but lifted my arms a bit to show a brand(tattoo) of the word hope in kanji, resting just under my boobs. He looked back up at me in question and I sighed.
"That was willingly done, Yash. Things...things were pretty rough for awhile, so I had this put on my skin to remember that there's always a ray of hope somewhere in the world." he put my arms back and I turned back around to pick up my kimono. Slipping it on, I tied it and grabbed my brush, while I was brushing it out, I looked over to see Inuyasha in his usual sitting position, staring at me.
"Your staring again." I asked, tying up my hair into a high ponytail. He just stared, and I looked down to see my boobs were too big for the kimono, so they were overflowing the front.
"Kagome, their huge." he said as if he just noticed and my eye ticked. I punched the top of his head, then tried to fix my front.
"Ugh, stupid things." I grumbled. Once they were as covered as they were going to get (which really wasn't all that much), I stood up and bounced a bit, looking down at them as I did.
"Well at least they won't fall out" I commended and looked down to see dog boy rubbing the bump on his head. He glared at me and asked
"What the hell? I just said they were huge. Jeez sorry, but with your bindings, they only look a bit bigger than they used to be." I put my hand in front of my mouth and smiled mischeviously
"You remember how big my boobs were? Did you stare at them?" he turned crimson and grabbed his haori, slipping it on, before jumping into a tree to hide. I laughed hysterically and yelled up at him
"YOU DID! YOUR JUST AS LECHEROUS AS MIROKU! WHO'DA THUNK IT?" my laughing and yelling woke the others up, but I wasn't paying attention and hollered up to him.
"SO DID YOU STARE OFTEN?" he spluttered and yelled down from his perch.
"NO! THEY WERE JUST PRESSED UP AGAINST ME ALL THE TIME! HOW COULD I NOT NOTICE HOW BIG AND SOFT THEY-" he stopped suddenly in mortification at his confession, I just laughed harder and replied lecherously.
"SO, YOU DID NOTICE THEM! DID YOU LIKE THE WAY THEY WERE ALWAYS PRESSED AGAINST YOUR BACK? HOW-MFFFGH" my naughtiness was cut off by him jumping down and clamping his hand over my mouth speaking sexily in my ear
"So what if I did, Ka-go-me. Yes I noticed them, how they squished against my back and when it was cold, your nipples would harden up. What would you say to me if I admitted that I liked it and had dirty thoughts about them, that I walked in on your baths on purpose just to get a glance?" I moved his hand from my mouth and brought his face close till our lips were centimeters apart and replied sensually
"I would say that if you were actually serious, that would sound really, really, sexy." I giggled and pushed his head away, he rolled his eyes and groaned in exsasperation. Inuyasha lept back into his tree, I spun back around to see Sango and Miroku, the former was giggling uncontrollably and the latter had an affronted look on his face.
"My dear lady Kagome. I am but a humble monk, I wouldn't thin-" SMACK! I burst into laughter again as Sango knelt beside him, sitting serenely, with her harikotsu on top of Miroku's head and his hand was twitching near her ass.
"You were saying, monk?" she asked sweetly, before getting up and packing camp. I took pity on the guy and walked over to him, holding out a hand. He took it, still rubbing his head.
"Thanks Kago-" and his eyes were glued to my chest. I groaned and forced his chin to face Sango's ass before walking away.
We headed out again, Titan and Kilala in my pack sleeping and the rest of us walking at a semi fast pace. Around noon, I still wasn't over the boob thing and I glanced wickedly ahead to Inuyasha. I felt a nudge and I looked over me to see Sango wink and grin. I returned it and snuck silently, over to him and jumped on his back. He stumbled a bit but righted us and asked in mock annoyance.
"What the hell?" I heard him ask and I giggled and wrapped my legs around his waist and whispered next to his face
"How do they feel now?" he blushed as I pushed my boobs into his neck and jumped off, smiling lecherously. He turned to glare at me, his face almost blended with his haori and I just blinked a couple of times before smiling sweetly and wrapping my arm in his. He 'Keh'd' and started walking again, but didn't push me away. All of a sudden I felt the tingle of spiritual energy zooming towards us and I tripped Inuyasha and pushed him backwards, making him fall on his back and he yelled
"WHAT THE FUCK WA-" an arrow landed right beside his face and his eyes widened, he rolled over and knelt, looking back down the path. I was still standing and I pulled Aiden out and turned to see Kikyo notching another arrow. She aimed at Inuyasha again and fired, so I threw my blade like a javelin and It buried itself into the ground in front of him and made a wall of blue flame, shattering the arrow on contact. Inuyasha looked at her wide eyed and I shook my head in sorrow.
"Don't make me kill you, Kikyo." she laughed maliciously and spat
"I'm the incarnation here. I will always be stronger than you." I concentrated my energy into a blue flamed knife in my palm and said without emotion.
"Why are you trying to kill him? What purpose would that serve? You should be going after me." she smiled viciously and answered
"I have no use for him anymore. I will let you watch him die, and then I will end your life as well and regain my soul." I looked over to Inuyasha and he just stared at me with pained eyes. My eyes saddened and I looked at Kikyo, sad at what this, once beautiful, caring human being had become. A clay body full of hate and revenge. I steeled my resolved and started twirling my blade.
"Ah, but in order to get to him, you have to go through me. So, lets fight over him shall we? If I lose, you know he wont fight back if you try to kill him. If I win, I get my soul back. But let's take it to a more secluded place. What do you say?" she lowered her bow and nodded, walking into the nearby woods. I let my energy disappear and walked over to Aiden, pulling it out of the ground before following.
"Wait!" I heard Inuyasha yell and I stopped, not turning around.
"Just...don't make her suffer." I laughed without humor and said emotionlessly.
"You'll know if I did. After all, every wound she gets, I will too." I turned to him and he looked shocked. I grinned and said sarcastically, hurt that he wasn't worried about me at all.
"What did you think it was that easy? That I would just set her free and we'd move on? Get real, we share the same soul, Yash. Therefore any injury I inflict on her will be inflicted on me as well. So don't worry about me, the woman made of CLAY...won't even feel a thing." I let some of my hurt show on my face and his ears drooped.
"Kagome, I didn't mea-" before he could finish, I just shook my head and ran into the woods after Kikyo. I felt the others following and I erected a barrier, locking them inside of it, 'Not a chance they are gonna see me die.' I thought. I entered the clearing at a walk and stopped opposite to Kikyo. She threw her bow and arrows to the ground and I shed my pack and Aiden, backing away from them as I faced her again.
She produced an energy bow and arrow and fired. I threw a flaming ball at it and they exploded. Kikyo narrowed her eyes and started throwing energy senbons at me and, though I was quick to react, a couple pierced my legs and arms. I grunted in pain as they dissolved and she laughed as little holes appeared on her skin, a bit of dust coming out of them. 'Damn clay bitch' I thought as I dashed towards her and poked a pressure point on her shoulder, making it unusable for the both of us. She produced a pink whip and began to lash at me, furiously. I dodged and blocked for a couple of minutes, trying to find the best way to end this quickly. 'Lets see, a whip of my own would just inflict pain, knives are too unreliable to hit true, bows and arrows are out because of my arm, damn' I was broken out of my thoughts as she laughed maniacally and taunted
"Whats the matter, reincarnate? Are you finding yourself out of your league already?" She wrapped her whip around my unuseable wrist and before she could yank on it, I put my whole weight and pulled hard, dislocating my shoulder and sent her flying towards me. I made a sword with my energy and thrust it into her chest. She gasped and we both fell to our knees. I coughed out blood and said hoarsly in her ear
"Hardly" before I let the sword dissolve and I watched as she fell back, turning to dust as she hit the ground. Glowing orbs flew out of her chest and I screamed as my soul was ripped from me as well. I fell back, but a pair of arms caught me. I looked up weakly to see a blurred Sesshomaru and I smiled.
"You came." he chuckled softly and it was music to my ears. I reached up to his face and traced his crescent.
"I couldn't ask for a more perfect sight before I died, lets do it again sometime." and I closed my eyes and took my last, shuddering breath.
Sesshomaru POV
After I left, I stayed relativly near to the group, in case that clay woman decided to strike. I witnessed her reunion with the wolves and her unfourtunate, yet amusing incident with waking up the slayer and monk. I had already seen her scars, but looking at them still made me want to cringe. She was such a pure soul, and her beautiful skin was marred by ignorant, stupid humans. Her own kind despises her for her kindness.
When I saw the clay miko shoot her arrow, I knew it was time, so I covered my scent and stayed close. I wanted to burn the ears off of that stupid mutt when he said those things to Kagome before the fight. To resist, I disappeared and stayed in the shadows of the clearing as I waited for the fight to begin. When Kagome was actually fighting, I noted how agile and graceful, yet strong and unyielding she was, her face in a blank mask as the clay miko taunted her. I silently aplauded her for her quick thinking when she yanked the whip and, though I knew what was to happen, my heart still stopped for a second when she impaled the miko and coughed up blood, my blood lust skyrocketing at the scene and I had to tramp down my beast struggling against his cage to escape. I saw her soul being ripped from her and decided to step in, catching her before she hit the ground. She blinked a couple of times and smiled at me.
"You came." I couldn't help the chuckle that escaped me 'silly miko, how could I not' I thought to myself. she reached up to my face and I leaned into her hand. She coughed more blood and she raised her hand and did the thing I loved most, touching my sensitive crescent.
"I couldn't ask for a more perfect sight before I died, lets do it again sometime." I chuckled at her bad humor, until she fell limp against me and her breathing stopped completely. I looked up to see her soul reconnecting slowly and silently willed it to go faster.
I looked back down at her face and my eyes softened. She looked so peaceful, like she was sleeping, and my throat constricted as I wiped the blood from her mouth before lightly kissing her still lips. 'What she doesn't know won't hurt me' I thought, then froze. I began to ponder when exactly, this woman, this human woman had become so important to me. When she asked me to train her kit, I was reluctant. I thought he would just cry all the time from her constant coddling, but he was just like his adopted mother, strong willed and never quitting.
She was the first human to ever stand against me and live. I just couldn't bring myself to kill her. At first, I thought it was because she intrigued me, she held such a love for life, despite her experiences. But as I trained her, I saw a spirit that couldn't be broken, a heart that forever saw goodness in others. She saw past my cold facade and saw the man beneath, something only my father had ever done. She trained hard, never cried, never complained and always pushed past her limits, creating new ones each time. I had never witnessed a human with all of these qualities and it confused the hell out of me. And then we started talking. At first it was her, babbling non stop about everything, not caring if I was listening or not. Then I began to give short responses, hoping to shut her up, but she just talked all the more. There were times though, when I saw the pain she worked so hard to hide beneath that smiling exterior...in some ways, she is just like me, we both wear masks because others cannot be trusted to see underneath.
FLASHBACK
She had been gone longer than necessary, so I went to find her. She was resurfacing from the middle of the river, bathed in moonlight staring at the sky. She stood until she was halfway out of the water and I was instantly hard. Her hair clung to her back and beads of water slid past her hips, she turned to me and I had expected to get yelled at or some virgin nonsence, but she just looked at me sadly, a tear running down her face and returned to staring at the sky. We sat in silence for awhile, her looking at the sky and me looking at her, till she said suddenly.
"I hate the silence...it's always there, waiting to come out and remind you how alone you are...how insignificant and unimportant you really are in this world." I didn't know what to say to that, so I stayed silent.
I stared for a moment longer, her perfect, large breasts were covered in water and her nipples were hard from the slight breeze. Her face was so sad and I had such an overwhelming urge to go to her, that I had to leave. It was then that I knew what my father meant about finding someone to protect. Sure, I had Rin. But this was a whole new feeling. I wanted to protect her from the pain and hurt of the world, I wanted to comfort her, be there for her, love her as she deserved to be loved.
At first, I rejected the feelings, thinking them a slight attraction, but found that I was unable. From then on, I noticed, everytime she would grace me with a smile, I wanted to kiss those lips and everytime she would speak, I wanted to hear her moan and cry out my name in exstasty, everytime she would sway those hips, I wanted to ravish her. To think I, The Lord Sesshomaru, had fallen in love with a human, and a priestess at that.
END FLASHBACK
I looked up again and saw that her soul was slowly descending into her body, I propped her up and sat behind her, wiping the hair from her eyes as the soul entered her body. She suddenly arched up and screamed in agony and I held her tightly. I heard yelling and footsteps coming closer and I put a barrier around them as they entered the clearing. Her soul left for a moment and I silently panicked until it thrust itself back into her body. She screamed again and I growled in her ear.
"Listen to me, miko. I command you to live and I will be extremely displeased if you disobey this time." she still wasn't breathing and the soul exited her body yet again. My eyes widened at what I was witnessing. Her soul was restarting her heart for her! I held her down as it dove back in and her whole body arched off the ground as she let out one last, tortured scream before going limp. She was breathing, it was shallow, but even. I let out a sigh and wiped her sweat covered forehead. I heard yelling from the side of me and I turned my head to see the halfbreed banging on the barrier and screaming like an idiot.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER?" I resisted the urge to roll my eyes but answered irritatedly, hiding my relief that she was safe.
"I did nothing, Kagome's soul had to be restored, so it left her body and melded itself together again before returning to her. No one ever said it was going to be a quick and painless experience you idiot mutt." He just gaped at me for a minute before turning horrified.
"You don't mean-" I raised an eyebrow and said
"Stupid halfbreed. When your clay abomination died, Kagome did as well. To keep it simple for you, she would have died for you and you were worried over a clay body that couldn't feel." my attention was brought back to Kagome when she stirred and groaned.
"Ugh, keep it down will ya? Kami! I just died and you two are already arguing? I will never be able to die peacefully with you two around." I chuckled again and brought my lips to her ear, whispering.
"Maybe that's the point, besides it was the halfbreed arguing...I never argue." she groaned again and weakly slapped my arm.
"How many times have I told you not to call him that?" she said tiredly and attempted to sit up, but fell back against me, her breathing labored. I picked her up and dissolved the barrier as I stood. The halfbreed ran over with the others and saw the blood covering her front, arm and legs.
"I-Is that the only wound?" he asked hesitantly, Kagome sighed, which turned into a cough, blood flowing out of her mouth at a rapid pace.
"She didn't feel a thing, Yash. Don't worry." she said quietly before she started coughing and wheezing, so I took her over to Titan, who transformed when he saw me approach and I set her down gently. She smiled gratefully at me before coughing again and furrowing her brow and closing her eyes in concentration and pain. The others came back to see her hand over her chest, glowing a bright blue. The blue turned a blinding white and even I had to step back from the heat. I heard her weak cry from the pain and a screech before the light died down to reveal Titan wrapping his wings around Kagome as she struggled to regain her breath, her face contorted in silent agony, clutching her arm.
The slayer raced to her and pulled her front aside to find the wound over her lung was burned shut, then looked at her back to see the exit wound was as well. She checked her other wounds, which were gone completely and she stared at it before looking up to Kagome, who coughed up blood again before grinning weakly.
"What can I say, I'm a miracle worker." the slayer laughed, but it came out as a sob as she wiped the blood from Kagome's mouth. The monk slowly came foreward and knelt next to them, a small smile of relief on his features and he held the slayer to him as she sobbed into his robes from relief.
"Are you sure your alright? There's still some blood." he asked, noting the blood trickling from her mouth. Kagome just waved him off, looking nonchalant
"Yeah, my lung is just getting rid of the excess liquid in it. I will be able to travel by tomorrow." The monk led his woman away and Kagome stood, with the help of Titan. She swayed for a second before smiling softly at me.
"Thanks for being there...it meant alot to me. But I got a favor to ask." I just snorted and looked away, resisting the urge to go to her and never let her go.
"Don't get used to it, I forbid you from dying again. Perfect sight as it may be. What is this favor?" she giggled quietly and held her arm
"My arm was dislocated, I can't set it myself." I cringed inwardly at the thought of bringing her pain, but I went to stand behind her, grabbed her shoulder and pushed. I saw tears come to her eyes as I pushed further and we heard a sickening pop as it went back in. She slowly turned to face me blushing at the proximity of our faces and noted my blood covered clothing.
"I'm sorry about your haori." I just flicked her forehead, my eyes showing how worried I actually was.
"Idiot." she smiled softly and swayed before she fell against me. I brought my hand up slowly to rest on her head, the other around her tiny waist in case she slipped again. She lifted her head and looked the halfbreed kneeling over the dead woman's ashes and her eyes held an old pain.
"I know he loved her...but she was going to kill him and it was me protecting him. And asking me not to make her suffer..." I just snorted and looked at him in disappointment.
"Hn." She coughed up some more blood and wiped her mouth before looking to her clothes and grimacing.
"Ugh, now I have to find a new kimono, this one is completely ruined. And I need a bath." I rolled my eyes and pointed to my left, she smiled gratefully and I handed her over to Titan who helped her slowly make her way to the hot springs. When she was gone, I called Ah Un to me and when he arrived, I looked in the saddlebags and took out a kimono I had ordered made, just for her. I saw the fabric when I went to find Rin's, but never got the chance to give it to her. 'Now's as good a time as any' I reasoned and went to give them to her, when the halfbreed came over, holding Kagome's pack and sword by its sheath. I went and grabbed them from him and turned to leave when he asked
"How is she?" I glared at him
"Don't pretend to care now." he growled at me
"She is my best friend!" I snarled and pinned him to a tree, growling low in my throat.
"Some friend! That clay bitch who tried to kill you was dead, ashes. Kagome was hanging on by a thread, she's the one who fought for you, she protected you! And you ask about your clay abomination first? You hurt her more than any blade, halfbreed. And the oddest part to me is she forgave you! You could probably kill her yourself and she would smile and apologize! She might not be disgusted with your actions, but I believe I hold enough for the both of us. Use your brain for once in your life, Inuyasha." his eyes widened at the use of his name and he averted his gaze. Unable to stand the sight of him any longer, I dropped him and walked away, leaving him to ponder my words.
I went to the hot springs and saw she was resting in the now pink water, her head leaned back on the bank. I looked to her chest to see a small scar on the top of her right breast. She looked peaceful, so I started to set down her things, when her eyes slowly opened and she smiled at me.
"Hey, what are you doin here?" I threw her pack next to her and sat down under a tree. She beamed at me and started rummaging through her stuff slowly, wincing and coughing before saying
"Thanks, I totally forgot about them." she exited the hot spring, wrapping the towel around her and took another to wrap her hair.
"Whats in the package?" I tossed it to her and she caught it and opened it, whispering in awe.
"It's beautiful." she went behind a tree and came out wearing a form fitting red violet, fighting kimono with black tribal designs along the edges and along the sleeves. It had slits up the sides and the sleeves flowed out at the elbows, the front wrapped around and showed the perfect amount of cleavage. It fit her perfectly and I silently applauded myself for my correctly guessing her size. I got up and walked around her, took the towel out of her hair and she looked up at me, waiting for my approval.
"I think...I have excellent tase." she laughed and twirled, I couldn't help the small smile that crept up my face.
"I love it! How long have you had this? Did you have it made just for me? It fits me perfectly." I nodded and resisted the urge to twitch from the awe in her voice.
"Indeed, I saw the fabric when I had Rin's made. I'm glad you like it." she gave me a genuine smile and my heart beat a bit faster.
"Thank you so much." she said as she hugged me softly. I embraced her back before pulling away.
"I must take my leave now." I saw her sadden a bit and nod.
"Stay safe, Sess." I nodded and summoned my cloud, and Ah Un watching her wave as I flew away.
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