I do not own Inuyasha.
Dragondiva88 here yet again! This is the second installment to my story "The Perfect Weapon". When we last left off, Kagome was having a pleasant date with Hojo (gag) and the rest of the gang was trying to stall Inuyasha while they did so. When Shippo slipped up, Inuyasha realized what was going on and decided to break up the love-fest through force. Moreover, what about that mysterious phone call that Hojo made after the incident? Well that is for me to know, and you people to find out when you read this next chapter. Warning: Inu/Kag fluff on the way!
The Perfect Weapon
Chapter 2
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"Why would you do something like that, Inuyasha? How could you? That boy was my friend, and you could have killed him! Let go of me, Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed fruitlessly.
The hanyou had dragged her onto his side of the well, not uttering a word to her since he had jumped in. Kagome was scared, but not for herself, for Hojo on the other side. She wanted to explain to him what had happened, and she wanted to explain Inuyasha. The half demon would not let that happen. She would not give up. She remained silent for a few moments, knowing that her screams and pleads were having no effect. Her feet dragged across the dirt and gravel, showing her resistance to the hanyou, but she still held her tongue. This was not a situation to be worked up over, especially not in front of him. Therefore, she pushed down her feelings. There would be no "sit" for him this time.
"Inuyasha, let me go . . .," she said in a low tone. Inuyasha hesitated in his steps slightly, but did not turn around, knowing that all that awaited him were her salty tears- something that he could smell on her. He glanced, knowing the dangers of doing this, but was startled to find that her tears were not the typical "I'm so scared" tears that Kagome often fashioned. They were tears of anger and frustration. In other words . . .
Kagome was pissed.
Her bangs covered her puffy, red eyes as she continued to stare at the ground. He released her slowly, still keeping his back to her. It was then that she turned from him, taking slow steps in the direction that she had come. Inuyasha was in front of her in a second.
"Oi, wench, what are you doing? You are coming with me and that's tha-"
"I'm going home, Inuyasha." Kagome responded. Her tone was dangerously low, and it set off warning bells in the hanyou's mind. He decided to go with the only logical response he could think of.
"But home is this way, Kagome; back to the village." Inuyasha had said this in the most sincere tone imaginable, and it still set Kagome off. She had had enough.
"Inuyasha, I have a life of my own, you know! I have other friends, another family, other goals, and school! I'm going to MY time- away from this; away from you-" She had said it before she had a chance to stop. The damage was evident on the hanyou's face as she covered her mouth with her hands and began to weep. She was so tired of being treated like this, and yet the person doing so was the one person that she could not live without. She began to cry into her hands.
Inuyasha, who had been merely a spectator at this point, was still recovering from the heart-breaking blow he had just received. He could not be mad at Kagome when she was in this sad and sorry condition. He felt his anger rising inside of him at his own stupidity and he clenched his fists to the point where his claws drew blood. He wanted to explain but did not trust his words, as usual.
He knelt next to her, trying to comfort her best he could, but her tears kept raging despite her best efforts, and then she mumbled something quietly. Inuyasha's demon hearing caught it.
"I'm sorry . . . but why?" Inuyasha did not understand at first. She turned and looked at him, her eyes full of questions that needed to be answered. Then he knew what she wanted to hear.
"You want to know why I do the things I do, huh? You want to know why I turned my back on years of demon upbringing and went back to you? You want to know why I see you as mine no matter how much I say I do not? Well, this is why."
Kagome just then felt herself being pulled into a rough embrace, and her lips being captured in a searing-hot kiss. It startled her to say the least. Her tears stopped falling, and she felt warm inside, as if she was home. It felt right, so she kissed back. Then it was over as quickly as it had started. Kagome pulled back, blushing and smiling stupidly. Inuyasha did the same, but continued to look at her as if he had never seen her before in his life.
"You have no idea how long I have waited to do that." he said finally. Kagome smiled at him then, and replied slowly.
"You have no idea what it's like being a girl waiting for you to do that." Inuyasha was stunned at that. How someone like Kagome could not be disgusted by a hanyou like himself? Then again, this was Kagome he was talking about. She was so full of life, so full of energy, and so much more different from her predecessor, Kikyo, who had gone to Hell with her soul mate Onigumo. Inuyasha always cringed at the thought of her, but he now had someone else to love . . . someone who would love him back.
Inuyasha snapped out of his daze when he saw that Kagome had been trying to get up, and he helped her to her feet. Kagome stumbled forward slightly, falling into the hanyou's chest but placing her hands on it for support. She blushed a little when her hand slipped to the inside of his haori and she felt his chiseled chest for the first time. Inuyasha looked at her with a faint smile playing across his lips, and moved her hands from his chest to his cheek. Her hands were a lot softer than his own were, or at least they used to be before she had begun doing hard labor.
Kagome gasped, and Inuyasha bent down to whisper something into her ear softly.
"You know, demons mate forever . . . and I think I found mine." Kagome gasped again, and then giggled. She loved the new playful attitude he had, even if it was a bit sudden. The strangeness of it all was that they had finished fighting only seconds before.
Inuyasha truly meant his words, for the realization that Kagome had had no idea how he felt hit him hard. He thought that he had made it obvious.
'Humans ', he thought, ' . . . so oblivious at times.'
Kagome nodded, and smiled at the apprehensive look on his face. She knew that he would only do this if she would truly not regret the consequences. Inuyasha took that as a "go ahead" response, so he picked her up bridal style and carried her to the closest clearing.
(A/N: I'm still a newbie to writing Lemons, and I don't think that I should really try it, so just use your imaginations ^_^)
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The days were slower from that day on. The pair never let each other out of their sights for the few days after their "exhilarating" experience, and they truly were mates. Inuyasha had taken total bragging rights when it came to Kagome having children, but she was against the idea as it was still new and she had not even told her mother. Inuyasha was also becoming more protective of Kagome, saying 'it was the way things had always been'. Kagome had disregarded it for the simple fact that she had had more important things to worry about. Hojo was one of those things.
For now, the couple stayed in his time simply to enjoy each other's company. They were alone most of the time, save for the few times when Sango, Shippo, or Miroku would drop in to check on them.
"Kagome, I'm going to go hunt." Inuyasha said one day. Kagome nodded and started to get up. "Where do you think you're going? You are staying here."
"No I'm not! I'm going with you!" Kagome said defiantly. She stood up again, only to be pushed back down by Inuyasha again. She looked at him, puzzled, but then she knew what was coming. If he said 'this is the way it has always been', she would. . .
"This is the way it has always been." he said all-knowingly. Kagome flinched and ground her teeth in frustration. She was quiet, except for the occasional scrape of her nails on the wood floor, so he continued to explain.
"We demons always protect our mates, whatever the cost. When we go out hunting, our mate stays home so that they are safe at all times. Plus I know that you would either get hurt or in trouble." Kagome did not wait another second before jumping at the hanyou's remark.
"How can you say that, Inuyasha? I have been on hundreds of missions, collected a countless amount of jewel shards, and helped to defeat many demons with you, and I still have not come within an inch of death!" She gasped for breath after her short outburst, and bristled at the sly smirk that Inuyasha had on his face afterwards.
"Let's keep it that way, Kagome." he said condescendingly. Kagome growled and he simply patted her head and chuckled lightly. Kagome backed away from him and frowned.
"I really wish I had kept that rosary on you, stubborn hanyou." Inuyasha sniggered before giving her a small kiss on her forehead and then leaving the hut.
"Wait, Inuyasha! I want to go over to my time and break it to my family. I mean, they haven't seen me in over a month! I also need to get some supplies and then-"
"No, you are NOT going. Your place is here, Kagome." he said sternly. Kagome sighed and then nodded and then he kissed her on the forehead again before taking off into the woods as fast as lightening.
'Stubborn hanyou', she thought, 'I can't stay mad at him though. I mean, he is just doing what he thinks is best. I just want to prove to him that I do not want to be his little housewife who stays home and cooks his meals for him every time he comes home. Maybe there is a way . . . just because I said that I would stay here, does not mean that I promised him does it? I could go home, and then when he comes to get me, I'll tell him how I feel.' She nodded and began to pack her things. Maybe there was more to this "mates" thing than she thought . . .
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On the other side of the well, her mother was sitting in the kitchen reading her newspaper.
"I'm home, Momma!" Kagome exclaimed. Her mother looked up and hugged her gently. Kagome apologized profusely for taking so long on coming back, but her mother understood completely.
"You do?" Kagome asked.
"Why of course, sweetheart; it was kind of obvious."
"It was?"
"Why yes, and I just wanted to tell you that I completely agree with it." Kagome knew that her mother did not know what the real reason was, so she just went along with what she said for the time being.
Souta was as happy as ever to see Kagome, mostly because he would get out of feeding the cat, for a while. Kagome never minded feeding the cat, so she took his place that night. She had to worry about how to deal with Inuyasha anyway.
Outside the night was clear and crisp, and the stars shone like diamonds against the black tarp of night. Kagome took the small dish of cat food to the great tree in her yard, thinking about her favorite hanyou the entire way. She was worried about what he would do, but then again he was nothing that she could not handle. He needed to hear how she felt, no matter how she needed to tell him.
A slight breeze shifted the leaves, causing Kagome to shiver and rub her arms. Suddenly a figure stepped out from behind the tree. Kagome was startled, but calmed down when she asked who it was.
"Inuyasha?" she asked softly.
"No . . . it's me, Hojo, Kagome." His face came out of the darkness and his features became clearer in the moonlight. Kagome smiled slightly, but became cautious as he approached her. It looked like he was about to cry.
"What's wrong, Hojo? Are you hurt?" she asked, full of concern.
"Kagome, I need your help with something. Please . . . follow me." She nodded, taken in by his tears, and followed him behind the tree and into the darkness.
It was too dark to see, and Hojo had disappeared somewhere. Kagome squinted to look around her, but the scenery was blocked out by the void that the branches provided by blocking out the moon. A shifting behind her made her jump and turn around, only to have a strong hand clamp over her mouth from behind. She screamed, but no one heard it, and she tried to struggle but she had been pinned to the tree. Hojo's face appeared in front of her.
Her eyes widened with fear as he reached into his coat pocket and withdrew from it a doctor's injection needle that was filled with a mysterious cloudy liquid. Kagome's eyes widened with fear as she tried to struggle against the strong arms of her attacker, but her naked arm was an easy target to the needle as it penetrated her skin. Warmth spread up her arm making her feel light-headed, and Hojo released her after it was administered. She fell to her knees.
"What have you done to me?" she asked hazily. Her eyes were trained to his face; the formerly bright face of Hojo had turned malicious and hard, and it now had a smirk of triumph plastered onto it. His voice had also changed.
"It was just a mild psycho-hallucinogen- a drug that will make you do what I want you to do for a little while." His voice had gone from the boyish and innocent tone that Kagome knew so well to another sinister and uncaring tone that made Kagome nauseous just to hear.
"How could you? What do you want with me?" Her voice was fading as well as her vision, but she still had enough strength to ask him.
"Why does it matter?" he replied placidly. "You won't care in a few minutes anyway, my dear Kagome." His shirt obviously seemed more important than Kagome now, for he was picking small particles of lint off it and brushing it smooth. It looked like he was preparing to see someone.
With that, Kagome could feel her eyes getting cloudy and blurry, and all she wanted to do now was sleep. She closed her eyes and laid her head back against the bark of the tree, and let her mind wander. Hojo's voice was a simple background noise now.
"That's it, Kagome. Just relax and let the medicine do its job." He was bent down and looking at her now, as if he was examining a patient in a doctor's office. Kagome's legs and arms became numb and her breathing began to become labored. Only one thought went filtering through her mind.
'Inuyasha . . .'
Then everything went black.