I do not own Inuyasha or its characters, but I do own Kibou's character, and this tale... though I make no profit from either, lol.
The Color of Hope: CH 10: To Protect
Kagome's scream cut through the night air, and Inuyasha immediately changed his trajectory.
If Miroku was spying while Kagome bathed, he was a dead man!
But as fast as the thought triggered, it disappeared; Kagome's scream was borne of pain and fear, not embarrassment.
Inuyasha could feel the pulse of Kagome's reiki through the forest as he approached the spring; its sheer magnitude was staggering!
Skidding to a halt on the hot-spring's shore, Inuyasha searched for any obvious offenders, but what he found instead was nothing short of mind-blowing.
Kagome's power surrounded the spring, her barrier crackling wickedly in the darkness. Waves of reiki passed over the barrier's surface, the display greater than anything Inuyasha had seen Kagome produce before.
Inside the barrier, Inuyasha could see Kagome, unconscious in the water, her upper body supported by what looked like a miniature dragon.
Inuyasha snarled; the damn barrier was keeping him from Kagome!
Hissing ominously, the youki raised its head from Kagome's shoulder, the shimmering blue of its body matching an odd marking on Kagome's skin. But why was it still alive? It should've been fried when Kagome's barrier came up.
And where the hell was Kibou?
Inuyasha stepped forward, and the dragon bared its fangs in warning. Silver eyes narrowed, and the dragon pulled Kagome further away from the shoreline. In its eyes, Inuyasha was the threat, and it was trying to protect her from him!
Suddenly, the odd silver color of the dragon's eyes registered: there was only one kid with eyes that shade…
Kibou?
But that was impossible! There hadn't been a shred of demon blood in the boy when they'd found him.
A hit to Inuyasha's left shoulder announced Miroku's arrival. The monk's gaze surveyed the area briefly before jerking away in an obvious bid for self-preservation.
"Do you see what I see?" Inuyasha questioned, his eyes remaining on Kibou's altered form and Kagome.
"I didn't see anything, "Miroku declared, turning his body slightly to the left to shut the image out of his peripheral vision.
"Cut the shit, Miroku. Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Inuyasha asked again. "I swear to the Kami the boy didn't have a shred of youki in him earlier. I must be losing my damn mind!"
"You're only given a little spark of madness... You mustn't lose it?" Miroku half-heartedly joked to ease the tension.
Miroku resisted the temptation to turn his gaze toward the spring. He'd seen enough at his arrival to know that Kagome was near-naked. He'd never been one to deny himself the pleasure of ogling the beauty of a woman's nakedness, but Kagome was Inuyasha's woman, despite the half-demon's declarations to the contrary.
Had the young woman been unattached, Miroku would have had no qualms whatsoever in eyeing the miko's barely-covered attributes.
"I'm serious, Miroku! That's Kibou!"
Miroku was astonished to find Inuyasha's declaration was accurate.
Kibou was a hanyou, and frighteningly, his youki matched that of the demon Inuyasha had gone to investigate earlier that afternoon.
A/n: I am sorry about the long wait...again.
RL demands attention, and while I want to write and post, sometimes it just doesn't work out
the way I'd planned, lol. Health, as usual, has played a major role in my inability to post.
With winter comes storms, and storms aggrivate my pain, escalating it even higher than the horrid levels I deal with on a daily basis.
I am struggling, but every bit as determined to continue writing.
I am trying to post more frequently, though, and I thank you all for your continued patience and support.
I wanted to post something for you all tonight, so that you knew I was still around, and still writing.
I hope you enjoy this chapter, and I hope that you'll let me know what you thought as I
would love to hear from you all again.
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I hope you and yours are well and happy!
Neisha