Kiss From a Rose
By Mystical Star
A Kitty-Chan Production
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. Mostly because if I did, I'd have a whole lot of money and I could speak Japanese! But I only know a few words and I'm broke, therefore I can't own Inuyasha or any related characters. So there!
Author's Note: A small dictionary of the Japanese words that appear will be provided at the end of the chapter for all you folk who don't know them :)
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Chapter Two ~ May it Be
Inuyasha awoke to something pulling on a tuft of his hair.
"What?" He growled angrily, not bothering to open his eyes as he rolled over on his tree branch.
"Inuyasha-sama! Wake UP!" The annoyed voice of the flea, Myoga, cried.
"What do you want?" The flea's lord asked in an irritable voice, trying to brush the insect from his shoulder
"What did you do to Kagome?!"
Inuyasha opened an annoyed eye and looked at Myoga. "Why?"
"I can smell the difference in her scent, Inuyasha-sama. All youkai can. You mated with her didn't you? Inuyasha-sama, do you know what you've done!?" The flea cried.
"You idiot. What's wrong?"
"If all youkai can smell what you've done to her, so can Naraku! And then he can use her as bait for you! Do you realize what danger you have put Kagome in?"
Inuyasha let out a low growl as he opened both eyes and sat up. He frowned as he looked down on his mate, who was sleeping with Shippou next to her. The hanyou swore under his breath. The sudden curse reached the little kitsune's ears, and his eyes fluttered open.
Shippou sat up and sniffed the air.
"KAGOME!!" He wailed.
Suddenly, everyone in the camp was awake and reaching for their weapons, except Inuyasha, that is.
"Shippou-chan! What's wrong?" Kagome blurted, sitting straight up.
"I can't smell you anymore!" The small youkai sobbed. "You don't smell the same!!"
"Shippou-chan, it's okay, I'm here," Kagome comforted him, taking the small kitsune up in her arms.
"Sango-sama, what do you suppose could have caused the change in her scent?" Miroku asked, regarding Kagome carefully.
"I don't know, Houshi-sama," Sango replied. "Kagome-chan, are you alright?"
Kagome laughed nervously. "I'm fine, really,"
"I hope that a youkai didn't put her under a spell or anything last night," Miroku said, scowling at the thought. Shippou wailed louder.
"Kagome-chan!" He cried.
"Kagome-chan, you're face is red, are you sure that you're not sick maybe?" Sango asked, feeling her friend's forehead.
"Really! I'm fine!"
"Oi! Bakas!" Inuyasha grunted, hopping from his perch. "She's not sick,"
"Inuyasha, you know what this scent is?" Miroku asked.
The hanyou sighed. He really wanted to tell the lecherous monk at a different time, knowing what his reaction would be to the situation.
"Hai,"
He put his hand on Kagome's shoulder. "That scent is mine,"
"Y – yours?" Sango stuttered.
"Inuyasha," Miroku began, suddenly understanding. The lech got a funny look on his face. The monk laughed.
"Shizuka ni, Bouzu," Inuyasha growled.
"But Inuyasha, if you're scent's on Kagome that means that you've…" Shippou began, putting two and two together.
"She's my mate," Inuyasha stated slightly sheepishly.
"I'm sure you've consummated the title as well?" Miroku inquired with a sly look on his face.
"Hentai!" Sango screeched, bonking the lecherous monk on the head with Hiraikotsu.
Kagome blushed furiously as Shippou blinked, slightly confused.
"Mate?" He asked Kagome.
"Yes, Shippou," She replied.
"That means that I have a Kasan and Tousan now!"
"What?!" Inuyasha barked. "Otousan!?"
"Well, I'm technically his mother, so now that we've mated it's only common sense that you're his father," Kagome explained.
"But - I"
"Shippou and I are a two for one package, take it or leave it!" Kagome declared. Inuyasha growled. He wasn't sure what a "two for one package" was, but he knew that it included Kagome and Shippou.
"Fine," He sighed, ruffling the kit's hair. Shippou giggled a little, happy to have a family. Kagome smiled and kissed Inuyasha on the cheek.
"Arigatou," She whispered.
"Feh,"
Miroku saw the sign of affection and turned to Sango, who was most alarmed.
"Houshi-sama…" She warned him.
"Sango," Miroku sighed, taking her hand in his. The Taji-ya looked most terrified as the monk leaned in to kiss her.
"HENTAI!" Sango cried, freeing her hand and branding Miroku on his cheek.
Kagome laughed nervously. Perhaps I shouldn't do that in front of Miroku anymore…She thought to herself, hoping Sango would forgive her for putting thoughts in Miroku's head.
"Inuyasha-sama!! What are you going to do about - " Myoga began to protest, but Inuyasha shushed him by flicking him off of his shoulder. The flea hit the ground with a small thump.
"I'll take care of it!" The hanyou barked irritably.
"Itai…" Myoga cried, scraping himself off of the ground.
"Inuyasha, what - " Kagome began. Inuyasha turned to her and took her hand.
"It's nothing, koi. Don't worry." He assured her.
"Okay," She said softly, looking into Inuyasha's eyes with complete trust. The hanyou's heart lurched, knowing what danger he had put her in.
"Shall we continue to Kaede's village?" Sango suggested, giving a considerable distance between herself and Miroku, who was still looking for a kiss.
"Good idea. I need to refill the first-aid kit," Kagome said, packing her sleeping bag up.
"You're going back?" Inuyasha asked her.
"Of course I am silly. I'd hate not to have medicine with me if we were attacked," Kagome said, hoisting her backpack over her shoulders. The hanyou flinched at her last word.
"Alright then, let's go," He said, walking in the direction of the village.
The group trekked on towards Kaede's village. Inuyasha spent the whole time thinking about the position he had put his mate in and finally came to a conclusion.
Kagome needed to stay in the future until Naraku was defeated.
It took them nearly until sunset before they arrived. Kagome was only there long enough to say goodbye to everyone before she left for her time.
The young girl walked up to the well and stopped just before it to see the setting sun. Inuyasha trailed after her, his heart doing summersaults in his chest.
"It's beautiful," Kagome said, regarding the large orange orb hanging in the sky.
"Hai," Inuyasha said quietly.
"Inuyasha, are you alright?" She asked him, realizing his soft tone. The hanyou sighed and pushed on Kagome's shoulders, forcing her to sit on the rim of the well. He knelt before her and looked up into her big, brown eyes.
"Kagome, my scent is all over you," He said.
"Inuyasha, I knew that,"
"Naraku knows it,"
Kagome looked at him, slightly alarmed. What are you getting at, Inuyasha? She wondered.
"And he'll use you to get to me. I don't want to see you hurt," Inuyasha said, taking Kagome's hand tightly.
"I can take care of myself," Kagome stated matter-of-factly, looking slightly puzzled.
"It's not safe for you here," Inuyasha admitted, squeezing the young girl's hand. She heard a tiny splash and looked down at the hanyou's hand.
"Inuyasha, you're…" Kagome gasped. Why are you crying? She suddenly felt very afraid.
"Aishiteru," Inuyasha said as he kissed her. Kagome touched his face, feeling the streams of tears flowing from his golden eyes.
Kagome felt the string that held her Shikon shards around her neck snap, and she ended the kiss. She suddenly knew what Inuyasha was doing.
"Inuyasha!" She cried as he gave her a gentle push, sending her falling backwards into the well.
The last thing she saw before being thrust into the future was Inuyasha's golden eyes, glowing in the setting sun as he watched her fall.
"NOO!" Kagome screamed when she hit ground again. She pounded the ground with her fist, wanting desperately to get back to Sengoku Jidai.
"No no no no!" She sobbed, scratching at the dusty well bottom. Tears ran freely from her eyes.
Kagome finally stopped pounding on the ground, her fists throbbing from the impacts. She lay at the bottom of the well and sobbed, hoping that somehow she would be taken back to Sengoku Jidai.
Her wish never came true.
To be continued…
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Japanese Words
Houshi-sama – priest
Oi – Hey
Baka – idiot
Hai – yes
Shizuka ni – shut up
Bouzu – priest (I'm guessing it's not as respectable a term to use since Inuyasha uses it…)
Hentai – pervert
Hiraikotsu – Sango's bone boomerang.
Kasan & Tousan (Okasan & Otousan) – Mom and Dad
Arigatou – Thank you
Taji-ya – Youkai exterminator
Itai – Ouch!
Koi (Koibito) – A term used to address a boyfriend or girlfriend, used like "Sweetie".