Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Chapter Seven: Only in His Arms
Disclaimer: I don't in any way shape or form own any of the characters from InuYasha. The only character I own currently is Asharti.
Troubled by her inability to forget Naraku's kiss, Ash attempted to drive the memory away by convincing Housshi-sama to kiss her. She has finally resigned herself to the fact that she will never forget Naraku's touch. She's felt as if she'd been watched all day and now someone has slipped into her bed. Miroku? InuYasha? Sesshoumaru? Myoga? Kouga? Miroku?
Ash's eyes shot open as she tried to roll away from the man who was cradling her body against his. Her wide aquamarine gaze rose only to freeze on a pair of mobile lips that curved into a smirk even as she recognized them. She looked up further, dreading what she would see, but knowing exactly whose arms she lay in.
"Your greeting was much better this time, my dear," his voice said, amused and just loud enough for her to hear it. Surprisingly, Ash sensed that he was more relaxed on this visit than he had been during the other. A timely twinge of female intuition caused her to raise a hand and stroke his cheek.
"Why do you haunt me, Naraku? I have tried to forget you, only to find that I cannot wipe away the memory of your kiss. Why," she faltered slightly at asking the question she really wished the answer to aloud, "Why did you choose me?" He answered her as he leaned his face into her caress, "I could not help myself. You are my mate. Even if I wished to rid myself of you I could not. Not even the most powerful youkai can resist his mate."
Changing the subject, he added, "I am going to take you home. You will be well cared for in my castle." She protested as he rose to his feet, holding her body firmly against his. "No. Please Naraku.."
Sensing more than seeing, she cried out louder, "No. No, InuYasha! He'll do anything to keep me by his side. You must stay with Kagome. She needs you. Shippou needs you. I will be fine. He can't hurt me." Even as she said the last sentence, she knew it was a lie. Naraku held the power to hurt her worse than anyone or anything else in the world.
As Naraku leapt from to ground and began flying through the chilled night sky, Ash shivered, the cold blowing through her clothes as if there was no barrier of cloth between it and her skin. Feeling her shudder, Naraku, cradled her closer, tucking her against the warmth of his chest as the lulling, steady motion of his flying leaps rocked her to sleep.