Okay, so this isn't a song fic as most of these one-shots are, though this did come when I was listening to a song. However, the song I was listening to (Always Return by Bryan Adams-from the Spirit soundtrack) didn't exactly fit with what I wanted to do with this. I don't know how to classify this story. I suppose you could say it's alternate universe, but nevertheless it's a Yoko/Kagome. It was very fun. It came at a time when I was searching for something fun to write. I have been writing so many sad pieces lately that I haven't had any time to update anything happy. So hopefully this will cover for that. I hope you guys like this harmless piece of writing. Just enjoy it and don't try to overanalyze it for double meanings and things. It was just something fun to write. Hope you all enjoy.

For the Fall

One-shot

This was her favorite part. The woman, who may have appeared quite insane to those who didn't know her weird quirks, grinned a silly grin, peering excitedly down at the long drop she was about to take. From all around, wide canyons seemed to branch out every where, and it almost seemed as if she was standing on top of the earth itself. And alas, it would only take but a few more steps for her tiny form to go hurtling over the edge. Laughing gaily at the spectacular canvass, the woman danced in a circle, long, pristine white flowing robes moving in time with her body's movements. By far this would be her furthest drop ever!

She couldn't wait, although for the life of her she didn't know what was holding her back this time. Perhaps it was because she was a tiny bit nervous that this time her attempt would fail and she would end up a human-sized pancake. Perhaps it was because she was simply enjoying the long moment where she could bask in the sun's heavenly glory and enjoy the warm pleasure settling over her skin like a long lost lover finally coming home. After all it had been a long time since she'd been to this particular space of private heaven. As huge and glorious as it was, Kagome couldn't help but keep this place a secret from everyone else. For this was the only place that she truly felt free and alive and so totally happy.

She probably seemed strange just standing here, arms outstretched and smiling broadly up at the puffy, cream colored clouds, but she just couldn't find it in her heart to care...even if she did have a rather intriguing puzzle following her every move.

Ah, and this thing, this being, who watched her so openly and candidly was perhaps another reason she still stood in one place, instead of taking the leap like she desperately wanted to.

The possessive eyes almost seemed to burrow into her back. Though she felt slightly uncomfortable, she did not want to alert the watcher that she knew his whereabouts...or the whereabouts of his eyes, she should say, as she felt them slip dangerously down her waist to land on her rather lush posterior. At once a dangerous smirk fell across her full, pouty pink lips, though she was sure her watcher would not be able to tell from this distance. She wondered if the man enjoyed playing with fire. He certainly was bold. She practically shivered when her seductive dance continued and her stalker's eyes stuck firmly to her swaying body. Deciding to have a little fun, Kagome humored the man a little bit, stopping the flow of her body until it barely moved, but still swayed enough to feel the enticing want, the aching need she knew she would feel from him.

In any case, this jump was certainly proving to be more intriguing and ten times more exciting then previously thought.

Thus the dancing commenced...and so did the watching.

Head quirked to the side and large silver ears pointed curiously in the silly woman's direction, an extremely attractive male kitsune sat and pondered to himself how one silly human had managed to capture his attention for so long without him getting bored and leaving. What is that bizarre woman up to? he asked himself, crawling higher in the trees so he could get a better view. Some sort of ritualistic mating dance? Because that's certainly what it looked like to him...or should he say little him. Yoko nearly groaned to himself, glaring childishly down at a certain portion of his anatomy, aptly named, little him.

What was wrong with him? Why was he still here? Granted it had been passing curiosity that had alerted him of her presence in the first place, plus the enticing aroma she carried really called to his senses, almost begging him to come and seek out what was calling to him so. Of course next he'd stumbled across an entrancing sight. A woman, perched on the edge of a dangerous cliff and appearing as if she were ready to make the long journey to the Reikai.

What was confusing to him was that the woman was standing so dangerously close to the edge, and yet she showed absolutely no fear as she stared into nothingness. Okay, so it wasn't exactly nothingness she was looking at. The area around him was certainly quite beautiful and like all kitsunes, he did love the beauty of nature in all shapes and forms. And the woman did honestly seem happy, not depressed or anything. In fact, the smile on her face was practically radiating carefree enthusiasm when he first caught sight of her, and now he could not find it in his heart to stop watching her.

And so he watched with breathless anticipation as the woman began turning in a circle, long, so gloriously long, legs seemed to glide over the ground on slow, steady strokes and with all the seductive grace any youkai female would kill to have.

One portion of his mind argued that he should leave and never look back. The other portion, the one he listened to the most, begged, no, pleaded with him to seek her out, to find out just why the woman was grinning into her death. He was, and he wouldn't admit this to save his soul, terrified that she would fall off balance and plummet to her doom, but for some reason the woman seemed totally unafraid; which was pretty much unusual for a human since, in his experience, humans were afraid of basically anything and everything that moved. Honestly, how annoying, not to mention horribly weak. No, he wasn't prejudiced, he just didn't respect anyone, human or not, that didn't have the courage to face fear head on and instead cowered away in self-defeat.

But still...this woman, this still twirling vixen who was currently in the process of making his head spin and his tale to sway in time with her movements, seemed totally heedless to her plight.

Perhaps she was daft.

Or perhaps she was simply making peace with her life before she finally allowed it to end.

And...oh, what a sin this tiny creature before him was. Her body moved like liquid, the strange robes she wore fluttering all around her as if they were arms embracing her. He let out an almost inaudible gasp when her foot seemed to slip and before he knew it she was teetering on the edge before she righted herself and he could breathe easily again...for the moment.

Kagome didn't know how much longer she would be able to stand the waiting. By now the sun was roaring over head, the heat and the intensity of it all causing sweat to bead and pool along the crown of her forehead. The eyes still watched her, and yet with each passing moment they grew more thoughtful, as if speculating more about her reasons for being out here, then about her body, as they had been previously.

Guiltily she allowed some of his emotions to filter through her mind barriers, unknowingly drawing him in deeper and picking up a few stray thoughts. So he too was confused as to why he was still here. And what's this? She thought, before bursting out into laugher, uncaring if it startled her stalker. He thinks I'm going to kill myself by jumping off this cliff? If only he knew...

Deciding that she would stay and play some more, she let her body sway and begin falling. Grasping at the earth, her knees hit ground first and at once tears of repressed laughter crept into her eyes, though to him her tears probably appeared quite sad, when she felt him dart closer and then halt abruptly, as if in inner turmoil.

"Oh, woe is me!" Kagome cried out loudly, picking herself up and beginning to move closer and closer to the edge of her secret paradise. "He doesn't love me, he doesn't love me anymore! I can't bare to go on any more."

Instantly she heard his voice cry out and the deep, booming sound was enough to make her still.

"Wait, don't do it!"

Kagome gasped, standing up and spinning around, widening her eyes theatrically when she could barely make out his shadowy form slipping in and out of the tree branches.

"Who's there?!" she called, playful mirth still carefully hidden within her baby blues. "And what business is it of yours if I kill myself? I have no reason to live anymore." Kagome paused and made several more pathetic cooing attempts to capture his attention, rubbing her eyes delicately and trying to make her appear more innocent.

She was slightly disappointed when the man, most likely demon from what she could make out, didn't answer right away. However, she wasn't expecting him to answer her when he was so close they were almost touching.

"Don't say that," the man whispered from somewhere behind her, a slight wisp of coldness trickling from that silky, purring voice like a fine wine. And yet, the voice held a certain warmth that instantly attracted her attention. She swung around, anxious to get a look at the demon who had managed to somehow get behind her without her seeing or hearing him move, but he managed to keep himself safely hidden within the trees.

"Who are you?" she asked, wincing when she allowed more curiosity to show than she wanted.

He stayed silent. She tried again.

"Hey, I asked you a question! What is your name, demon?"

"You know I'm a demon?"

Kagome's mouth opened and closed rapidly and she growled to herself for making such a stupid mistake.

"Uh...it was just a guess. So are you going to tell me your name anyway?"

Kagome let out a huff and crossed her arms in front of her chest when the demon still chose not to answer that particular question. Well fine, if that's the way he's going to be. Kagome turned away from the crafty demon and stalked her way back to her perch, stretching her arms out on wide on either side of her body.

"Stop!" he commanded.

Kagome paused but did not look back. "Why should I?"

Once again our fair kitsune stayed silent, wondering if the woman was somehow playing with him now. She was certainly acting peculiar...not that she hadn't been earlier. But there was just something so...deceptive in the way that she moved. He was almost positive she was not what she appeared. And that set him on edge.

Kagome gritted her teeth and forced a smile onto her face. Swinging around, Kagome faced the tree where she sensed his presence. "Well, I'm going to jump now."

Although she couldn't see it, Yoko began to smirk, a laugh bubbling up from the pit of his stomach. The sneak bitch. She'd been playing with him the whole time! She was staring straight at his hiding space and the haughty look in her eyes made it clear she was very aware of his presence. Well now, perhaps this is the reason I stayed so long. I haven't had this much fun in ages. Okay, vixen, let's see what you got.

"I dare you."

It was almost a whisper but Kagome caught the dare on the wind and gave a start when the demon let out a rumbling laugh, resembling, most suspiciously, like a purr. Good heavens, he almost sounded as if...he'd finally caught on! Coming to that sharp realization, Kagome stopped herself from smacking her forehead in aggravation.

Glaring a little, Kagome turned around. "Fine, I will."

Kagome walked increasingly closer to the edge, all the while keeping the demon's form in sight. "Well, I'm going now, wish me luck."

"Luck!"

"..."

"Here I go."

"Have a good death!"

"...baka..."

Snicker

Yoko could hardly contain the glee and the mischievous glowing nature of his golden eyes. She was...charming. And he liked her. This woman knew how to play. He didn't exactly know the nature of her reason for being out her, but a woman like that had no reason to kill herself. Perhaps she was just fond of heights or something, but he knew now that she had no intention of dying right now. And so the game continued.

"So..."

"..?.."

"I thought you were going to jump..."

Kagome glared towards the trees again, crossing her arms in front of her chest. "I was, thank you very much, not that it's really any of your business. I just wanted to give you one last chance."

"Me? One last chance? To do what exactly? If you were hoping for me to jump in and save you, think again. I don't do the whole 'damsel in distress' thing, lady. I'm a demon, not some guardian angel."

If she were surprised she didn't show it. Yoko was, however, surprised to see a malicious gleam rise and fall across her face, a fleeting look that made his bloody boil and the hairs on his arms stand on end. He was confused when she started backing away from the cliff instead of heading towards it.

"Oi!" she called one more time, capturing his attention...not that it had been lifted off her once since he'd come across her. He didn't say anything but she knew he was listening. "Before I jump to my most likely gruesomely terrible death, could you please give me something to take with me on my long, perilous journey through purgatory?"

Yoko's eyes narrowed. She wasn't trying to extort money from him was she? She hadn't just been playing with him to learn his secrets or something was she? Not that he had anything of value with him at the moment anyway. He didn't normally carry around the expensive things he stole.

"And what would that be, lady?"

"Your name." It was whispered so softly and so urgently that Yoko almost gave it to her, however he managed to stop himself before the inevitable. She wanted his name? Hell, no! He never gave his name out to anyone unless he trusted them first. And although this woman certainly was fun to play with, he didn't exactly know if he could trust her yet. Besides, she wasn't really going to jump...was she?

"Please?"

When he still kept himself quiet, Kagome shrugged her shoulders and began to run.

Yoko's mouth dropped when he watched the human hurtle towards the side of the cliff. Without really bothering to think about it and quite uncharacteristically of him, he shot out of the trees, anxious to capture her before she fell. "Yoko Kurama!" It was out before he could shut his mouth properly and he felt his heart practically stop in his chest when she skidded to a halt, mere inches from the edge of the cliff.

"What did you say?" she asked, catching a glimpse of her elusive stalker for the first time. And what a handsome stalker her was. She would gladly let him stalk her and antagonize her any day if he always looked like that.

"Yoko..." he panted, "Kurama...that's my name."

"Yoko Kurama, ne?" she tested his name for the first time and smiled at him with wide, happy blue eyes. When he nodded her, smile widened. "Thank you."

And then she jumped.

And that's it...just kidding! Okay, a show of hands, how many people actually thought I was going to kill a delusional Kagome? Come on, admit it. Anyway, onward.
Yoko's mouth dropped open as he watched the woman fall over the cliff. For several long moments his body absolutely refused to move. It was almost as if time was standing still. Only after he finally came back to himself, did he move, and move he did. Racing over to the cliff and hoping he didn't have to look down and see that once glorious body sprawled across the sharp rocks below, Yoko was surprised when instead something whooshed up at him, causing his hair to go flying all around him and his body to fall back. Lying on his back, the first thing he saw was wings; beautiful, delicate, feathery white wings looming over him...and that's when he saw her. Her face, her body, her eyes, everything was shining with an inner light he had definitely missed before.

And that's when he realized...she was flying! The woman was actually flying, well gliding was more like it as she continued to weave in and out of the clouds, zooming this way and that, laughing gaily in delight. But if she was flying...then that meant she wasn't human at all!

He watched suspiciously when she landed directly in front of him, wings fluttering about her legs and stilling her movements. Kagome was a bit worried when the man continued to watch her through unblinking eyes and she smiled guiltily. "Hey, are you okay? Did I scare you? You didn't really think I was going to jump to my death, did you? Oh, my bad. I was just playing with you."

Yoko blinked when her face was thrust into his own and she peered at him worriedly, placing a cool palm atop his sweaty brow.

"Who are you girl?" he growled, surprised at himself when he allowed her to continue touching him.

"Name's Kagome, head female of the Angelic Arms." The angel grinned madly.

"The...Angelic Arms?" Yoko questioned.

"Sure!" the woman chirped, though she did not choose to elaborate. "So I really got to you, did I?"

To his credit, Yoko had to choke down the rising need to blush when he realized what he'd done. "You did not!" Stubbornly, Yoko turned around and crossed his arms in front of his chest. He was, however, surprised when he felt slender arms encircle his waist to land on top of his own. He shivered when her breath washed over his delicate ears.

"Sorry...I didn't mean to scare you."

"Hmm." Yoko shot a glance over his shoulder at the tiny angelic creature, noting the remorse and apology in her eyes and finally sighed. He just had one question. "So, even if you weren't planning to die, why did you jump anyway."

There were several long moments of thoughtful silence before he heard her whispered answer.

"For the fall."

"The fall?" Yoko turned around and, instead of letting her arms slip away, grabbed her around the waist and captured her against his body. Her eyes were shining beautifully up at him as she allowed the gentle embrace.

"Sure. Haven't you ever felt the rush, that pure, heavenly burst of adrenaline you get when you experience something so terrifying and yet so totally exhilarating it makes your heart feel as if it's about to burst right out of your chest?"

And Yoko realized exactly what she was talking about. It was a thrill he got every time he found a new adventure, discovered a new castle, learned of a new treasure to seek. It was the joy of coming home and the rush that makes your blood boil with intensity and anticipation. Oh, yes, he knew exactly what she was talking about. Just thinking about all those things, made his heart beat faster and he found himself leaning down and doing the thing he had been wanting to do all day.

He kissed her.

Okay...so Kagome hadn't exactly been counting on being kissed as her reward for scaring the poor kitsune. She hadn't really intended for him to be so effected by her joke, but even still, she wasn't exactly trying to pull away when he forced his mouth greedily above hers and drank like he hadn't tasted nourishment in years.

It was over almost as quickly as it started and when Kagome finally got her wits about her, the kitsune had released her and was walking away, back towards her but head turned slightly in her direction.

"Wh-what was that for?" she stammered, blushing heavily when he shot a wink over his shoulder.

"For the fall."

And that's it. So did you like it? Angelic Arms, I don't know what that is and I didn't explain much so that it didn't complicate this story that much. Kagome's an angel. How she got that way and why, I don't know. Deal with it. Yoko is still our typical Yoko anyway. Oh, and when I started this story, I had been planning on making this a Yoko/Kagome/Kuronue of some sort, but Yoko was hogging the limelight and Kuronue wanted paid. Naturally I didn't have enough for both and I paid Yoko in shiny stuff so it's all good.

Some demons words I may have used.

Youkai-demon or ghost

Kitsune-fox

Vixen-female fox

Baka-idiot, moron, stupid.

Oi-hey

Ne-huh

I think that's all I wanted to say. I suppose I'm pleased with this, though I always hate the way I write diolgue, though at least I made Yoko less talkative and more speculative, as I'm sure he's prone to be. Kagome was a bit silly, but at least she was happy. Well, I truly hope you all enjoyed it. Come back for more later. And if any of you have any song ideas, please feel free to express them. But please stick to songs that have true meaning. No rap and no Evanescence (as much as I love them, their music is way overused). I enjoy country but I'll take any song if it makes me feel strong emotions.

Ja ne.

Kura