Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. But I do own the plot of this fic.
Last Time: "I love you Abi and it's about damn time that you finally told me that you loved me as well. Now are you going to keep me tied up or are you going to let me make love to you?" he asked.
Abi blushed but promptly set about untying him. The moment both knots were undone and he was loose he tackled her.
*Sota/Hitomi*
Hitomi smiled at her friend. They were sitting together having a nice meal. She listened intently as he talked about soccer and all that he had done while he was in college. She would comment every now and then and would share some more about herself.
They went to the same University but were on opposite ends of the spectrum. He was a jock, a smart jock. He was involved in all things sports. He recieved a scholarship for soccer. He wanted an Athletes' life. She was a drama student, poetry club president, and classic dancer. She recieved scholarships for dance and drama. She wanted an actresses life. But one thing was certain between them, they wanted each other. Now who was to make the first move?
Hitomi sighed as she took a bite of her salad. Sota was stuttering about one of his classes and she decided right then that she would have to make the first move. She owed him that much since he did make the first move when they were in grade school; atleast she could do it now.
"Sota." she said.
"Yes Hitomi?" Sota said.
"Um, the reason I bought you was to... to hopefully ask you to go out with me." she said.
"Really?" he asked.
She nodded and awaited his answer. She knew he liked her and thet she liked him but you never knew what could happen.
"Yes. I would love to have you as my girlfriend." he said.
"Really?" she asked.
"Really.'' he said with a smile.
Hitomi smiled and relaxed a little. She was happy. He wanted to be with her and now they were an item.
"So do you wanna blow this place and see a movie?" he asked.
"Sure." she said and they stood and left.
*Koga/Ayame*
"Groan"
Koga groaned. He blinked his eyes once and went to move his hand to rub his face. But he couldn't. His hand couldn't move. It had been placed above him and was restrained, the other was as well.
"What?" he asked himself.
He jerked against the bonds and they clattered. They were metal and not just any metal, demon metal. Whoever had him was not going to let him escape her. Not a chance. He only knew one woman who wanted to have him in that position.
"Ayame." he said.
"You called." she said as she appeared.
"Speak of the devil and it will appear." he hissed.
"Now, now." she chuckled.
"What is the meaning of this?" he asked pulling on the restraints.
"Oh those. They are to keep you in place." she said.
"Why?" he asked.
"I am not letting you go again. I know you love me Koga. I want answers." she growled.
Koga looked at the red head before him. He knew where this was going and now he was going to either hurt her more than he had before or spill the beans.
"Why do you push me away? Why did you chase Kagome?" she asked.
Koga sighed and his lips thinned. He was going to tell her the truth and she wasn't going to like it. Not at all. Hell, she would probably leave him tied up for the maids to find.
"Ayame the truth is I'm not good enough for you. Your grandfather helped me see that." he said.
"My grandfather? What does he have to do with this?" she asked.
"Back when we had been together and I met your grandfather. He and I had a long talk about you. He helped me to see that I had been holding you back, depriving you. You had some much going for you and at the time I had nothing. No drive, no ambition. I do now though." he explained.
"Then why are you still pushing me away?" she asked tearfully.
"Even though I have made a name for myself I am still not good enough for you." he said.
"No! That should be my decision. I love you Koga and I always will. You believe you aren't good enough for me but what if it was me that isn't good enough for you?" she retorted angrily.
"You are perfect. How could you not be good enough for me? You are too good for me. It was shear luck that on my part that you ever liked me." he said.
"Koga, you are better than me in many ways. I am willful, prideful, hypocritical, stubborn, hot headed, selfish; how am I better than someone like you? You are brave, kind, caring, selfless, calm and collected; you would go out of your way to make someone happier. But me, I want to have my happiness, I would do anything to have it." she said trying to prove her point.
Koga shook his head. He knew that she was all those things but she was missing what she really was. Honest, loving, loyal, trustworthy, and viciously protective. He was all those things too, but she was those things and so much more. Those goods and bads made her wonderful. She shone like a beacon of wonderfulness and he was still getting polished. She didn't need him to tarnish the brightness that glowed around her.
"I don't care what you say or what nonsense you have swirling around in that brain of yours. I want to be with you and I know that you want to be with me. I am not the perfect little gem that everyone thinks I am. You are the one that is perfect and I want to be the one that shines next to you as the perfectness blinds the world." she said, tears drowning her beautiful emerald eyes.
Koga heard what she was saying but could he give in and let her brightness dim because of him? Could he in his right mind leave her again? No he couldn't. The look on her face, the sadness in her eyes, the love leaking from every pore on her body for him; made up his mind. He couldn't leave her again.
"Why can't you see that I love you?" she asked.
"I do see it. But I don't see how you can love me." he said to her.
"That's why love is blind." she answered him.
She chuckled lightly. Without even being told she knew she had won and that he was not going to run and hide from her anymore. He was hers and was going to stay with her from then on.
*Ginta/Momiji*
The red haired woman was so happy. She was with Ginta and couldn't ask for anything more. Except for maybe some conversation between them. They had finally seperated themselves from their better halves, where they were actually able to speak to each other but now they couldn't even speak to each other. All through dinner Hakakku and Botan had taken the reins of speech in hand and now they weren't with them and didn't have a clue as to what to say.
It wasn't from lack of trying. It was just they didn't speak as much as Hakakku and Botan and now that they were not with their more talkitive halves, they couldn't think of a single thing to start any sort of conversation about.
"So... um..." Ginta began but never finished.
"How are we going to make this work if we can't even speak to each other?" Momiji asked herself.
This was going to be a problem, a big one. A relationship needed communication and neither of them had good communication skills, that was why being a twin wasn't a good thing. What one lacked the other had. But what was it that they had that the other didn't. Good ideas, but didn't know how to make the ideas known. Throw yourself in head first.
"Um, Ginta wanna catch a movie?" she asked.
"Yeah sure." he said.
"What would you like to see?" she asked.
"At the Piatz, they are showing some of the older films. Do you like the older films?" he said.
"Yeah I do. Gone With the Wind, is one of my favorites but my number 1 favorite is Casablanca." she said.
"They are showing that one tonight. I like it very much." he said.
"You do? Really?" she asked, with very hopeful eyes.
"Here's looking at you, kid." he quoted with a smile.
Her smile grew larger and she linked arms with him.
"Lets go then. I'll buy the popcorn." she said.
"Alright, I'll get the tickets and drinks." he said.
Maybe they had more to have conversations about than she thought. Movies, they couldn't always talk about them, but atleast it was a start.
*Hakakku/Botan*
A moonlight stroll through the park was his idea after the dinner at the hotel. The moonlight on her dark blue hair was beautiful. The rays sparkled against her hair and made her blue eyes sparkle as well. Her beauty entranced him.
She spoke to him but he was only half listening he was too busy taking in her beauty. The wind blew softly and twisted her locks through the air and drifted her perfume to him. She was a perfect peice in the twilight setting. A moonlight princess strolling through her garden, totally at ease with herself.
"Hakakku, do you want to sit by the pond?" she asked.
"Hmmm?" he asked as she broke him out of thought.
"Are you listening to me?" she asked.
"Yes and no." he said.
"What?" she asked.
"I was busy thinking about how beautiful you are at night." he said.
"Your sweet." she said with a light blush staining her cheeks.
"Now what was it you asked?" he asked her.
"Do you want to sit by the pond with me?" she asked again.
"Yes." he said and led her to the bench.
They sat and listened to the Nightingales sing their twilight songs. The chilly breeze blew and made her shiver in her fur trimmed cloak. The shiver didn't go unnoticed by her companion, as he slipped his outer coat around her shoulders.
"Thank you but aren't you cold?" she asked.
"Not really, only my head." he said pointing to his shaved head.
She laughed and pulled her furry cap off her head and put it on his. He looked funny in the womans fur cap but it was keeping his head warm.
"I must look silly." he said putting his hand on the cap.
"You do but atleast your head is warm." she said and laid her head on his shoulder.
Silence colenscended between the two and snowflakes began to fall. Botan smiled and opened her mouth to catch a snowflake on her tongue. Hakakku watched the childish antic of his new found girlfriend. She caught the flake and turned a huge smile to him, her eyes glittered with childish delight.
The uncaught snowflakes drifted and stuck to her blue eyelashes, giving a frosted effect to her lids and an extra sweetness to her face. It attracted him to her even more, the playful innocence in her eyes.
"Botan." he said, drawing her attention back to him from the snowflakes falling.
"Hmm." she said and looked at him.
He leaned into her and brought his hand to cup her cheek. She leaned into his hand as he dragged it lower to her chin and grasped it. Her lower lip quivered with anticipation as he leaned close to her and then closed his lips over her own. The kiss between them was sweet and lingering. Their first kiss between each other was one they would remember forever as it etched itself in their minds and hearts.
AN: Another chapter after a long wait. I am sorry that it had taken awhile to update and it will take some time before I update again. I have moved recently and am looking for a job, so yeah I have so work to do.