"Half-Hearted Scars"
By: Shi-chan
Rating: PG
Warnings: Suicidal stuff and fluffiness and (DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN) Kikyou... O.O
Disclaimer: e.e Don't own Inuyasha
Author's Corner!!
Shi-chan: Wow, that was one super-angsty fanfiction I had written there, ne? ^^;;; Well I love my Fluffy-sama, and I just couldn't leave him dead and Kagome-less like that, so I just had to finish it with a nice, happy ending. :) Beware Inuyasha/Kagome fans, this will end up Sesshoumaru/Kagome!!
Sesshoumaru: It's about time. I did not like the way you had that planned, wench.
Shi-chan: Hey, at least you weren't OOC or anything! Hopefully you'll end up just as good in this one. :)
Sesshoumaru: Baka.
***NOTE*** THIS FANFICTION IS THE SEQUEL TO MY OTHER FANFIC, "HEART WHICH LIES LATENT"!!! PLEASE READ THAT OR YOU WON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING OF WHICH IS TAKING PLACE IN THIS ONE!! THANKIES MUCH!
Oh yeah, and please leave me nice reviews on both :)
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The miko could sense his presence fully around her. How it was possible was unbeknownst to her, but there was no mistake. No one had an aura quite like the inu youkai lord, so she was positive he was watching her. She could suddenly feel his breath on her neck, and she wasn't sure how she should react. His arms were tightened around her waist in a rather protective manner. Screaming would surely get her killed, whilst reciprocating his romantic gestures, the small butterfly kisses that has caressed her neck, would be wrong, as she had already a lover.
"How... did you come back to life?" She asked him rather shakily, as he had committed suicide only about two months ago.
"I had to see you again, no matter what. I care not if you wish to be with the hanyou, but know that whilst in the afterlife, I couldn't stand it. I could not bear living without your scent, seeing your sweet face, caressing your delicate skin, and hearing your lovely voice. My need to be in your presence once again returned my soul to my corpse, and revitalized it," He explained laying a single kiss on her cheek.
She nodded and broke free of his grasp. "I see. That's quite touching, and flattering to an extent, but it's too much. Smelling me, seeing me, and listening to me, perhaps. But touching me and spending time with me... It's practically forbidden. Inuyasha would never allow such acts to be carried out," she explained to him, her eyebrows knit in confusion.
The Lord Prince of the Western Lands scuffed the dirt with his feet and inhaled as dust flew up everywhere. "I am well aware of that." He reassured her, swallowing and staring into her cinnamon coloured orbs for eyes. She sighed at the gentle look on his face. Seeing the great Lord Sesshoumaru plead was surely a privilege that only she had been permitted. His golden eyes shone in the moonlight, obvious pain and need in them. He really, truly loved her more than anything. So much for 'the heart which lies latent'.
"I'm very sorry," The reincarnate of Kikyou murmured before dashing off for Kaede's village. She wanted to love Sesshoumaru, knowing his loneliness needed easing, and that she was the only one he'd ever let close enough to do it, but she already had Inuyasha. It was worsened by the fact that they were half-brothers, and hated each other enough already. At least Inuyasha knew not of the love his elder brother had for her. It was infuriate him deeply, and he'd surely attempt to murder the prince.
The Lord Prince was left to stand alone next to the river of Inuyasha's forest. His features illuminated beautifully in the moonlight, and he could easily be mistaken for a woman with the way he shone. He resembled very much a prestigious goddess. The youkai exhaled sadly, brushing his silver hair from his face. "Dear enchantress, what spell did you put on me to make me perform such acts of idiocy before only you?" He whispered wonderingly, soon after making his leave.
He's recognize the smell of the elder inu youkai which was his half- brother anywhere, as well as he'd know Kagome's scent. When he felt Kagome approaching he could practically feel Sesshoumaru emanating off of her. "Welcome back, Kagome." The hanyou said simply, his eyes closed and arms crossed as she walked up to him. "Kon'nichi wa Inuyasha-chan!" She yelled, throwing her arms around his neck and pulling him into a tight embrace. She was very joyous to see her half-bred koibito once again. Inuyasha cringed, as he fully smelled Sesshoumaru, henceforth him subconsciously backing away from the miko.
"Inuyasha-chan? Daijobu?" Kagome asked, obvious hurt in her voice. The half-human growled in response and demanded, "You're covered in the smell of my brother. Why is that? I saw his corpse, lying dead in the clearing." The futuristic girl sighed and looked toward the ground. "He was dead, but he's returned. Don't worry, he's got no intentions to hurt you in any way, and I just met up with him not long ago by the river," she informed the hanyou, averting her eyes back up to his own shining ones. Inuyasha nodded slightly and took her hand, declaring that they needed to get some rest.
The next morning Kagome set out for a nearby hot spring with Sango to bathe. "This is going to be nice, ne, Sango-chan? We've both been busy lately and haven't got to do this in such a long while..." The raven-haired girl cried, stretching happily. Sango nodded as the miko handed her a new bathing suit to wear during their cleansing.
The two girls finished changing and had just settled in the cool water when Kikyou's reincarnate sensed that aura again. She quickly turned around, only to find the lord youkai standing right behind her in the dirt. His face was ever expressionless, but his eyes told it all. They were filled with worry and concern, most of which was directed at the priestess. The youkai slayer's eyes grew wide and she was about to scream for Inuyasha and Miroku when Kagome clamped her hand over her mouth to silence her. "Shh, Sango-chan, Sesshoumaru-kun won't hurt you," she reassured her. Sango had fear written across her face, and visual distrust, but did as Kagome bade.
"What are you doing here, Sesshoumaru-kun?" Kagome asked, her voice low so she could concentrate her priestess' powers into hiding the ki and scent of Inuyasha's elder brother. The full demon sighed and informed her, "Well, wench, you've done a horrid job at concealing the letter left for you giving the reasons of my death. I did trust you'd let not the half- breed see it, but I suppose it fell out of your bag whilst you were retrieving something else from it. My little brother has found it and is on his way here to find out what it exactly it means."
Kagome ran out of the sauna and to Sesshoumaru, demanding: "Please tell me you're joking around, Sesshoumaru-kun! He can't have found that letter..." Her eyes were scared and she stared to the ground, obviously upset with the events, which had happened while she and Sango had made their trip to the hot spring.
The exterminator looked with curiosity and fear as she attempted to get the gist of what was going on. It was all quite confusing, and she really had no idea what to come of with anything.
The teenager was trembling, and her chest was heaving up and down as she breathed heavily. Everything was going to end up in a total mess, and Inuyasha would automatically assume she was having an affair or something of the sort. "Tell the hanyou that everything that happened was caused by me, and 'tis entirely my fault," The Lord of the West suggested to the raven-haired child before him, taking her hands in his.
He could feel her shaking quite violently in his touch. She seemed so out of it at the moment. She was like nothing more than a small, lost child who was about to be severely punished for a crime of which she was wrongfully accused. She was terrified, and her features were bunched together like that of a crying baby. She was temporarily pitiful, and all of her rash bravery vanished from her body for the brief time in which she stayed in that position.
The priestess suddenly shook her head and began to push Sesshoumaru out into the clearing. "You are not fully to blame, so I will not place you as so. Inuyasha will, of course, be angry, and I don't want the two of you to fight, as you are a good friend now. Just leave and I'll make sure all ends up okay."
As the Lord of the Western Lands made his exit, Kagome turned back around to Sango and exhaled in a depressed manner. She then locked eyes with her friend only to find an icy stare. "You're going to explain everything that just happened to me right now, are you not?" Kikyou's reincarnate's head drooped and she slid back into the water, merely whispering the ordeal with Sesshoumaru... down to every last detail. Her words were indistinct so it took a while for Sango to analyze all that she had said, but once she had, she was nothing short of shocked. She brought her hand to her mouth and allowed a small gasp to escape.
"That's exactly what I did," came Inuyasha's voice from the bank. Kagome's eyes grew wide when she realized that Inuyasha had heard it all, and was now fully aware of all the truths of the situation. His face displayed a look that was a cross between pain and disbelief, so the futuristic girl ran out of the water and stood face to face with the hanyou. "Gomen nasai, Inuyasha-chan..." She murmured, nearly inaudible, "Please don't take anything out on Sesshoumaru-kun, but blame me if you wish. He is my friend, and my wish is not to see a battle between either of you." The half-human took the raven-haired teenager's hands in his own and with a stern, cold glare, told her, "I'll not blame any of it on you, as Sesshoumaru is mostly in fault. I will, however, uphold your wishes, as a result of you're being my mate, and not fight with my big brother."--He paused for a moment and swallowed, then continued--"Just let him know that you are mine and you always will be, since you tend to see him so very often. I want him not to take the one girl whose not been taken from me by some stupid hanyou or youkai."
The last sentences spoken from Inuyasha after his pause for breath hit Kagome hard. Her eyes grew wide and she yanked her hands from the half- breed's grasp. "Don't speak of me as though I'm just some prized possession of yours!" She choked out, her eyebrows knit with anger. The hanyou growled lowly and shot back, "I belong to you, as you belong to me! We are mated, are we not?!" The priestess backed up a bit, and fell backwards. "Being mated DOES NOT make us possessions to one another! We are living beings, not inanimate objects," she screamed in protest, clearly infuriated to say the least. She then lifted up her hair, revealing the flawless right side of her neck and yelled, "Besides, if we were mated, your bite marks on my neck were to be strong enough that they left scars, are not they? Yours seemed to have faded quite quickly so it's obvious they were half-hearted."
Sesshoumaru watched the scene from atop a tree, maintaining his ki level so that he'd not be noticed from his perch. It was rather amusing to watch for him, seeing the hanyou dig his grave and bury himself in it as far as his relationship with Kagome went. He knew that it was a tradition for inu youkai to bite the neck of the one they wished to be mated with, with their fangs. If the bite was severe enough that it would leave two scars in the fangs' shape, then they were eternally bound to one another. In this case, the bind seemed to have broken.
Sango watched with terror in her eyes as Inuyasha cried out, "I'll make those scars permanent, then!" and leapt onto Kagome. This action caused the elder youkai to be sent into a panic as well. The hanyou was of course stronger than the girl, and was going to harm her if not crush her! The prince jumped down from his perch of contentment and threw his younger brother off of Kikyou's reincarnate.
"Was your goal to suffocate, crush, and kill her, little brother? Are you such a fool to think that she'd want to be mates with you after doing something so idiotic," Sesshoumaru interrogated the half-human whilst he helped the black-haired child up off the ground. He pulled her body close to his and surveyed her to see that she had no wounds. "You're lucky, hanyou," he hissed, glaring daggers at Inuyasha.
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Author's Corner!!
Shi-chan: Wowness, isn't that kakkoii??? *_* Well, as most can see from the direction this is heading in, it will of course end up with Kagome going off to be with Sesshoumaru.
Audience: *unenthusiastically* Yay.
Shi-chan: . Heeeeyyyy... (Thinks: I bet they're not paying attention, and they're just saying "yay"!!!) I'm gonna kill Sesshoumaru!
Audience: *unenthusiastically* Yay.
Shi-chan: -_-;;; I'm gonna chop all your heads off!
Audience: *unenthusiastically* Yay.
Shi-chan: O_o;;
~Shi-chan Meows~
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By: Shi-chan
Rating: PG
Warnings: Suicidal stuff and fluffiness and (DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN) Kikyou... O.O
Disclaimer: e.e Don't own Inuyasha
Author's Corner!!
Shi-chan: Wow, that was one super-angsty fanfiction I had written there, ne? ^^;;; Well I love my Fluffy-sama, and I just couldn't leave him dead and Kagome-less like that, so I just had to finish it with a nice, happy ending. :) Beware Inuyasha/Kagome fans, this will end up Sesshoumaru/Kagome!!
Sesshoumaru: It's about time. I did not like the way you had that planned, wench.
Shi-chan: Hey, at least you weren't OOC or anything! Hopefully you'll end up just as good in this one. :)
Sesshoumaru: Baka.
***NOTE*** THIS FANFICTION IS THE SEQUEL TO MY OTHER FANFIC, "HEART WHICH LIES LATENT"!!! PLEASE READ THAT OR YOU WON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING OF WHICH IS TAKING PLACE IN THIS ONE!! THANKIES MUCH!
Oh yeah, and please leave me nice reviews on both :)
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The miko could sense his presence fully around her. How it was possible was unbeknownst to her, but there was no mistake. No one had an aura quite like the inu youkai lord, so she was positive he was watching her. She could suddenly feel his breath on her neck, and she wasn't sure how she should react. His arms were tightened around her waist in a rather protective manner. Screaming would surely get her killed, whilst reciprocating his romantic gestures, the small butterfly kisses that has caressed her neck, would be wrong, as she had already a lover.
"How... did you come back to life?" She asked him rather shakily, as he had committed suicide only about two months ago.
"I had to see you again, no matter what. I care not if you wish to be with the hanyou, but know that whilst in the afterlife, I couldn't stand it. I could not bear living without your scent, seeing your sweet face, caressing your delicate skin, and hearing your lovely voice. My need to be in your presence once again returned my soul to my corpse, and revitalized it," He explained laying a single kiss on her cheek.
She nodded and broke free of his grasp. "I see. That's quite touching, and flattering to an extent, but it's too much. Smelling me, seeing me, and listening to me, perhaps. But touching me and spending time with me... It's practically forbidden. Inuyasha would never allow such acts to be carried out," she explained to him, her eyebrows knit in confusion.
The Lord Prince of the Western Lands scuffed the dirt with his feet and inhaled as dust flew up everywhere. "I am well aware of that." He reassured her, swallowing and staring into her cinnamon coloured orbs for eyes. She sighed at the gentle look on his face. Seeing the great Lord Sesshoumaru plead was surely a privilege that only she had been permitted. His golden eyes shone in the moonlight, obvious pain and need in them. He really, truly loved her more than anything. So much for 'the heart which lies latent'.
"I'm very sorry," The reincarnate of Kikyou murmured before dashing off for Kaede's village. She wanted to love Sesshoumaru, knowing his loneliness needed easing, and that she was the only one he'd ever let close enough to do it, but she already had Inuyasha. It was worsened by the fact that they were half-brothers, and hated each other enough already. At least Inuyasha knew not of the love his elder brother had for her. It was infuriate him deeply, and he'd surely attempt to murder the prince.
The Lord Prince was left to stand alone next to the river of Inuyasha's forest. His features illuminated beautifully in the moonlight, and he could easily be mistaken for a woman with the way he shone. He resembled very much a prestigious goddess. The youkai exhaled sadly, brushing his silver hair from his face. "Dear enchantress, what spell did you put on me to make me perform such acts of idiocy before only you?" He whispered wonderingly, soon after making his leave.
He's recognize the smell of the elder inu youkai which was his half- brother anywhere, as well as he'd know Kagome's scent. When he felt Kagome approaching he could practically feel Sesshoumaru emanating off of her. "Welcome back, Kagome." The hanyou said simply, his eyes closed and arms crossed as she walked up to him. "Kon'nichi wa Inuyasha-chan!" She yelled, throwing her arms around his neck and pulling him into a tight embrace. She was very joyous to see her half-bred koibito once again. Inuyasha cringed, as he fully smelled Sesshoumaru, henceforth him subconsciously backing away from the miko.
"Inuyasha-chan? Daijobu?" Kagome asked, obvious hurt in her voice. The half-human growled in response and demanded, "You're covered in the smell of my brother. Why is that? I saw his corpse, lying dead in the clearing." The futuristic girl sighed and looked toward the ground. "He was dead, but he's returned. Don't worry, he's got no intentions to hurt you in any way, and I just met up with him not long ago by the river," she informed the hanyou, averting her eyes back up to his own shining ones. Inuyasha nodded slightly and took her hand, declaring that they needed to get some rest.
The next morning Kagome set out for a nearby hot spring with Sango to bathe. "This is going to be nice, ne, Sango-chan? We've both been busy lately and haven't got to do this in such a long while..." The raven-haired girl cried, stretching happily. Sango nodded as the miko handed her a new bathing suit to wear during their cleansing.
The two girls finished changing and had just settled in the cool water when Kikyou's reincarnate sensed that aura again. She quickly turned around, only to find the lord youkai standing right behind her in the dirt. His face was ever expressionless, but his eyes told it all. They were filled with worry and concern, most of which was directed at the priestess. The youkai slayer's eyes grew wide and she was about to scream for Inuyasha and Miroku when Kagome clamped her hand over her mouth to silence her. "Shh, Sango-chan, Sesshoumaru-kun won't hurt you," she reassured her. Sango had fear written across her face, and visual distrust, but did as Kagome bade.
"What are you doing here, Sesshoumaru-kun?" Kagome asked, her voice low so she could concentrate her priestess' powers into hiding the ki and scent of Inuyasha's elder brother. The full demon sighed and informed her, "Well, wench, you've done a horrid job at concealing the letter left for you giving the reasons of my death. I did trust you'd let not the half- breed see it, but I suppose it fell out of your bag whilst you were retrieving something else from it. My little brother has found it and is on his way here to find out what it exactly it means."
Kagome ran out of the sauna and to Sesshoumaru, demanding: "Please tell me you're joking around, Sesshoumaru-kun! He can't have found that letter..." Her eyes were scared and she stared to the ground, obviously upset with the events, which had happened while she and Sango had made their trip to the hot spring.
The exterminator looked with curiosity and fear as she attempted to get the gist of what was going on. It was all quite confusing, and she really had no idea what to come of with anything.
The teenager was trembling, and her chest was heaving up and down as she breathed heavily. Everything was going to end up in a total mess, and Inuyasha would automatically assume she was having an affair or something of the sort. "Tell the hanyou that everything that happened was caused by me, and 'tis entirely my fault," The Lord of the West suggested to the raven-haired child before him, taking her hands in his.
He could feel her shaking quite violently in his touch. She seemed so out of it at the moment. She was like nothing more than a small, lost child who was about to be severely punished for a crime of which she was wrongfully accused. She was terrified, and her features were bunched together like that of a crying baby. She was temporarily pitiful, and all of her rash bravery vanished from her body for the brief time in which she stayed in that position.
The priestess suddenly shook her head and began to push Sesshoumaru out into the clearing. "You are not fully to blame, so I will not place you as so. Inuyasha will, of course, be angry, and I don't want the two of you to fight, as you are a good friend now. Just leave and I'll make sure all ends up okay."
As the Lord of the Western Lands made his exit, Kagome turned back around to Sango and exhaled in a depressed manner. She then locked eyes with her friend only to find an icy stare. "You're going to explain everything that just happened to me right now, are you not?" Kikyou's reincarnate's head drooped and she slid back into the water, merely whispering the ordeal with Sesshoumaru... down to every last detail. Her words were indistinct so it took a while for Sango to analyze all that she had said, but once she had, she was nothing short of shocked. She brought her hand to her mouth and allowed a small gasp to escape.
"That's exactly what I did," came Inuyasha's voice from the bank. Kagome's eyes grew wide when she realized that Inuyasha had heard it all, and was now fully aware of all the truths of the situation. His face displayed a look that was a cross between pain and disbelief, so the futuristic girl ran out of the water and stood face to face with the hanyou. "Gomen nasai, Inuyasha-chan..." She murmured, nearly inaudible, "Please don't take anything out on Sesshoumaru-kun, but blame me if you wish. He is my friend, and my wish is not to see a battle between either of you." The half-human took the raven-haired teenager's hands in his own and with a stern, cold glare, told her, "I'll not blame any of it on you, as Sesshoumaru is mostly in fault. I will, however, uphold your wishes, as a result of you're being my mate, and not fight with my big brother."--He paused for a moment and swallowed, then continued--"Just let him know that you are mine and you always will be, since you tend to see him so very often. I want him not to take the one girl whose not been taken from me by some stupid hanyou or youkai."
The last sentences spoken from Inuyasha after his pause for breath hit Kagome hard. Her eyes grew wide and she yanked her hands from the half- breed's grasp. "Don't speak of me as though I'm just some prized possession of yours!" She choked out, her eyebrows knit with anger. The hanyou growled lowly and shot back, "I belong to you, as you belong to me! We are mated, are we not?!" The priestess backed up a bit, and fell backwards. "Being mated DOES NOT make us possessions to one another! We are living beings, not inanimate objects," she screamed in protest, clearly infuriated to say the least. She then lifted up her hair, revealing the flawless right side of her neck and yelled, "Besides, if we were mated, your bite marks on my neck were to be strong enough that they left scars, are not they? Yours seemed to have faded quite quickly so it's obvious they were half-hearted."
Sesshoumaru watched the scene from atop a tree, maintaining his ki level so that he'd not be noticed from his perch. It was rather amusing to watch for him, seeing the hanyou dig his grave and bury himself in it as far as his relationship with Kagome went. He knew that it was a tradition for inu youkai to bite the neck of the one they wished to be mated with, with their fangs. If the bite was severe enough that it would leave two scars in the fangs' shape, then they were eternally bound to one another. In this case, the bind seemed to have broken.
Sango watched with terror in her eyes as Inuyasha cried out, "I'll make those scars permanent, then!" and leapt onto Kagome. This action caused the elder youkai to be sent into a panic as well. The hanyou was of course stronger than the girl, and was going to harm her if not crush her! The prince jumped down from his perch of contentment and threw his younger brother off of Kikyou's reincarnate.
"Was your goal to suffocate, crush, and kill her, little brother? Are you such a fool to think that she'd want to be mates with you after doing something so idiotic," Sesshoumaru interrogated the half-human whilst he helped the black-haired child up off the ground. He pulled her body close to his and surveyed her to see that she had no wounds. "You're lucky, hanyou," he hissed, glaring daggers at Inuyasha.
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Author's Corner!!
Shi-chan: Wowness, isn't that kakkoii??? *_* Well, as most can see from the direction this is heading in, it will of course end up with Kagome going off to be with Sesshoumaru.
Audience: *unenthusiastically* Yay.
Shi-chan: . Heeeeyyyy... (Thinks: I bet they're not paying attention, and they're just saying "yay"!!!) I'm gonna kill Sesshoumaru!
Audience: *unenthusiastically* Yay.
Shi-chan: -_-;;; I'm gonna chop all your heads off!
Audience: *unenthusiastically* Yay.
Shi-chan: O_o;;
~Shi-chan Meows~
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