Chapter Nine
Inuyasha stood, just outside of the temple doors in Kagome's time, his golden eyes were open intensely wide in shock, as he attempted to rationalize why he was going to tell Kagome of his plans in the first place,
' If she doesn't care about me, and is kissing someone else, not me, why should I tell her about Sesshoumaru and my moving to the western lands.' Inuyasha continued to stare, and could not find words to say.
Kagome rose, and walked away from Hojo, who was to say the least confused, asked to the departing Kagome in hushed tones,
" Who is that dog-boy?" Kagome did not respond, the sight of Inuyasha transfixed her, her heart skipped a beat, and she only yearned to be near him, but she wasn't entirely sure why.
'Why does the blood rush to my cheeks at his appearance, why do I want to see him so? He's done so much to me, to hurt me, to confuse me, so why?' She thought, as she felt the bump, the scar left from Inuyasha's fangs, pulse and grow. Unconsciously, she ran, both feet scampering carelessly forward, just to be near Inuyasha. Hojo watched this scene with a new understanding, first of the mysterious bump on her neck, and of her feelings.
' He's the one she really loves, I was only a replacement.'
" Inuyasha!" She cried jubilantly as she flung herself into his unknown embrace. She clung so tightly to him, just happy to be close to him. Inuyasha bowed his silver head low, and bestowed a kind kiss on her forehead, and said, in a benevolent whisper,
"Kagome." He drew back so he could take in all the light that shone from Kagome's happy face. He smiled momentarily, as he noticed the small sparkle in her eyes intensify. Inuyasha's eyes shifted jealously to Hojo, who sat, feeling dejected and lonely on the bench.
"Whose that kid?" He asked, not so kindly. Kagome was taken aback at Inuyasha's sudden gall and interrogation.
" Inuyasha, SIT!" Kagome yelled as he plummeted face first into the cement.
"Wench." he muttered under his breath and stood slowly, screaming,
"What the fuck did you do that for!" Kagome sighed, and Hojo was in shock as he wondered,
' Do these guys really love each other?'
Miroku, who was extremely bored, fiddled with his earrings and wondered what was bothering Sango, who was so agreeable just a night ago. She huffed uneasily as she fidgeted endlessly. He thought,
'Hmm. Sango, what is bothering you?' Miroku rose from his seat against the wall, and slowly walked towards Sango. A tap from Miroku on Sango's shoulder removed her from the constant venting, and was ultimately followed by a slap. Miroku rolled his lavender eyes, he had swiftly grown tired of her mood swings, apparently his face didn't enjoy them much either. Miroku took in a deep breath, and exclaimed,
"What did I do to you!?" Sango snorted haughtily, and turned her head away from Miroku's demanding glare. Miroku sighed; heavily irritated at Sango's bizarre disposition took seat beside the fuming Tajii-Ya.
"I'm sorry for getting angry Sango. I just don't understand what your so tense about. You know I love you."
Sango sat, attempting to block out whatever what Miroku was saying, but found a subtle pink blush arise from her cheeks regardless when he cooed,
" You know I love you." She wanted to turn her face so desperately, she wanted to be snug and warm in his embrace, but she just couldn't bring herself to, her pride demanded that she remain silent, until the time was right.
'How can I tell him? I'm not even sure if it's a false alarm. I mean you can tell nothing by your dreams, and it was a dream only. Nothing else proves it, but a dream.' She felt a gentle, caressing hand fall upon her face, it beckoned her to turn her face towards Miroku, she did not even care to resist, and she let the hand guide her head toward the ever handsome face of Miroku. She nearly melted as she looked upon his lavender eyes. Her obstinate resolve left her entirely as his strong arms encircled her.
Miroku could not care if this would warrant him a later slap, after Sango came to her senses; he just wanted to know what was wrong with his dear Sango. Miroku felt so warm as he held Sango close, it reminded him of how he felt when they first participated in the physical act of love together, this hug was just as sweet, and refreshing to him, for anything involving Sango never got old to him. Suddenly, she pulled herself, and the contentment she brought to him away. Sango peered nervously toward the ground, and again began fidgeting. Miroku, filled with compassion, gently caressed her cheek, and asked smoothly,
"Sango, what's wrong?" Sango raised her eyes and said quietly,
"I'm going to bear your child." Miroku's eyes grew wide and he withdrew his hand from his face.
"Are you sure?" he asked, slightly nervous. Sango nodded and stood up, ashamed at what she thought was Miroku's displeasure. She began to walk away, hiding the blush that arose from her embarrassment, and the tears from her rejection.
"Sango!" Miroku called out, as Sango walked out the door.
Hojo watched with little amusement as Kagome and Inuyasha bickered for no apparent reason continuously. He observed how vivid and wide Kagome's eyes had become, and how furiously red her cheeks blushed as she feudally argued with the odd dog-boy.
"Inuyasha! You are so-IRITATING-I mean you'd let Kikyo drag you into the very depths of hell, and you, after we've broken up mind you, dare to get jealous of Hojo! AFTER WE'VE BROKEN UP!" Inuyasha glanced downward at his bare feet and conjured up a retort,
"That was different." he defended himself weakly, not sure what exactly to say. Kagome grew, if possible, even angrier, and shrieked,
"It is?" Her brown eyes demanded an answer out of Inuyasha. He looked up, not pleadingly, but with anger contained,
"Yeah, it is Kagome!" Kagome was about to erupt in further anger when he interrupted her rebuttal,
"Kagome it is totally different! First, I felt responsible for Kikyo's death, because if it weren't for me then she wouldn't have died in the first place. Also, I damn near claimed you as mine the other day, unless you've forgotten what that swelling hickie is on your neck!" Kagome gasped, and fumbled around uselessly for a stinging retort,
" I.I.CAN'T STAND YOU RIGHT NOW, INUYASHA! You are no different from Koga! You think just because I'm nice to you and patient and kind, and you 'claim me' that I am your woman, someone you can tell to bug off and pull towards you when you so choose! Well, I don't know what you're thinking but I'm not like that!" Inuyasha looked shocked as he declared,
"What are you talking about? I'm not like that!" Kagome just snorted and ignored Inuyasha's questioning glance. Hojo sat there, still lost, but growing in understanding.
"Dammit Kagome, talk to me.. you know.. with words, and not that "S" word either!" Kagome still did not respond. Inuyasha sighed and again attempted to grab Kagome's attention.
" I never, demanded you stay with me.I never demanded anything you didn't want. Every day I knew how you felt about me, but I could never bring myself to understand how I felt. I took me such a long time to realize, but I've always loved you." Kagome turned and faced Inuyasha, she slowly walked closer to Inuyasha and said softly, as she grabbed his hand,
"Did you claim Kikyo that day when you agreed to become a human?" Inuyasha withdrew his hand from Kagome's and said, angrily,
"Why is that important? Kikyo is dead!" He exclaimed as he thought,
'Why do you ask that Kagome? Are you still jealous?'. He looked into Kagome's eyes tenderly with his golden eyes and said,
"Yes." His voice was hesitant, and slightly nostalgic.
Sango sat against the thick base of a tree, and let the tears of her rejection fall soundlessly from her brown eyes. Nighttime was near, the sky, beginning the cycle of nightfall subtly by painting a line of red just above the highest streak of blue in the sky,
"Why.did Miroku have to reject me?" she wept mournfully.
Miroku still sat in the hut, in relative shock, it had been just a night after they first joined together in copulation, and Sango was so certain she would bear his child. Thought the thought of having a very child of his own, and of Sango being the child's mother brought elation to his heart, what if it wasn't true, or worse, by some freak incident, his child would bear the curse he shed long ago. He hadn't taken much thought to Sango's emotion in the midst of his pondering, but, in his absent thoughts, he thought of the tears that streamed down her face when she departed in a blaze of rage and confusion.
" I've got to find Sango and explain my reaction to her!" he declared as he stood up swiftly and began to run out of the door.
Rin observed the monk, and wondered why he seemed so worried, and in such a hurry, but she then moved on and meandered towards Sesshoumaru's hut. She giggled at the prospect of seeing her 'dad'; she hadn't in several hours, and wondered when they would be going home, back to his splendid palace.
Kagome drew back into the shade of the tree and said, just underneath a winds whisper,
"And I thought I was only one, the one you claimed, but you claimed her, too.again, we are no different." Inuyasha, compelled by the passionate feeling surging through his blood stream said tenderly,
" Kagome, you aren't the same. You're alive, and Kikyo is now dead, and at peace. I know I have to move on, and I will. But first Kagome, I have to tell you something very important." Kagome was taken aback at the kindness Inuyasha's golden eyes displayed.
"Y-y-you do?" she asked nervously, as she stuttered senselessly, and felt a subtle blush arise from her cheeks, that had recently gone pale in utter shock. Inuyasha nodded, and said,
"Kagome, I've always felt that I could trust you. Even though it may seem that I never trusted you. The truth is you gave me the ability to trust again. After Kikyo betrayed me, under false pretenses, I felt that I again, had no one in the world, but when you showed me continuous kindness I knew I could trust. I knew I was worthy of being trusted. I just thought you would want to know that before I left forever." Kagome's brown eyes shut, and tears fell from them and down her blushing cheeks,
"Why Inuyasha.why did you have to tell me that, and then tell me that you're leaving forever!" she wept in a fury of long withheld rage. Inuyasha drew Kagome's small frame into an embrace that felt like good-bye to Kagome,
"Kagome, you can cry on me, I won't push you away this time." Inuyasha soothed as he carefully ran his clawed hands over Kagome's long and shiny black locks.
"Sango?" Miroku called as he saw a trembling woman's frame underneath the dwindling shade of a large tree. No response from the woman's frame made Miroku certain that it was Sango, who always put on a brave face. Even when she was as unsteady as a beam of light, her face was brave and defiant. Slowly and furtively Miroku approached Sango, he made his presence known to Sango when he clinked the rings on his staff. Sango turned her head and glared at Miroku, who raised his hands in a gesture of peace, as he grinned charmingly. Sango turned her head away from Miroku to conceal her blush, but to no avail as Miroku gently laid a feather light kiss on the nape of Sango's neck. Involuntarily Sango turned into jelly, as she turned to see Miroku's convincing face. She suddenly clung to Miroku so desperately as Miroku lowered his head to hers and captured Sango's lips in a passionate kiss. He gently parted her lips with his probing tongue, a small moan escaped Sango's lips, as he held onto her tightly, afraid he would loose her yet again.
Sango forcefully put her hands on Miroku's chest and pushed him from her, just enough so she had breathing room, but Miroku's grip on her waist held true.
"Miroku, we should stop doing this, especially if you don't even want me to bear your child." Sango said with shame, Miroku lessened his grip on Sango's waist and said in a tender, mocking tone,
"What would make you think that?" He fairy-like stroked Sango's tear stained cheek. Sango tried to regain what she had lost in composure and said, in a voice laced with tragic sadness,
" When you said, 'are you sure', you sounded so nervous like you didn't want one." Miroku shook his head and said,
"I was only surprised." Sango smiled a little, and said flirtatiously,
"So, you do want me to bear your child." Miroku's grin widened and he exclaimed,
" I would have it no other way." He then claimed Sango's lips in a sweet kiss.
After Inuyasha was certain Kagome's tears were spent the sun had finished setting and gave way to the deep night sky, dotted with uneven blotches of starlight. Inuyasha kissed Kagome's hair and inhaled its intoxicating scent. Kagome drew away from Inuyasha and blushed, as she observed the tender, content look in his eyes. He smiled gently at Kagome and let her go, in silence he walked off, only uttering a small Good-bye. For a fleeing moment, he looked back at Kagome, and remembered a promise he made to Kikyo, a promise to become human, so time could pass equally for them both.
' I wish that I could've made that same wish known to Kagome, I think I would enjoy such a life, as a human, with Kagome, but now since I've tied my loose ends, I'll keep my promise to my brother,' he thought. The moon, full and bright rose finally, and Kagome said, in awe,
" Inuyasha, full demons don't change into humans when the full moon rises." Inuyasha swiftly turned his head, and said,
"Yeah." Being confused he mentally asked Kagome if he was indeed changing, and she said,
"Well, then I guess you aren't a demon anymore. You're a human, like me." A small grin brightened Kagome's face. Inuyasha looked to the sky and said,
" I guess the God's did hear my wish."
The End
Inuyasha stood, just outside of the temple doors in Kagome's time, his golden eyes were open intensely wide in shock, as he attempted to rationalize why he was going to tell Kagome of his plans in the first place,
' If she doesn't care about me, and is kissing someone else, not me, why should I tell her about Sesshoumaru and my moving to the western lands.' Inuyasha continued to stare, and could not find words to say.
Kagome rose, and walked away from Hojo, who was to say the least confused, asked to the departing Kagome in hushed tones,
" Who is that dog-boy?" Kagome did not respond, the sight of Inuyasha transfixed her, her heart skipped a beat, and she only yearned to be near him, but she wasn't entirely sure why.
'Why does the blood rush to my cheeks at his appearance, why do I want to see him so? He's done so much to me, to hurt me, to confuse me, so why?' She thought, as she felt the bump, the scar left from Inuyasha's fangs, pulse and grow. Unconsciously, she ran, both feet scampering carelessly forward, just to be near Inuyasha. Hojo watched this scene with a new understanding, first of the mysterious bump on her neck, and of her feelings.
' He's the one she really loves, I was only a replacement.'
" Inuyasha!" She cried jubilantly as she flung herself into his unknown embrace. She clung so tightly to him, just happy to be close to him. Inuyasha bowed his silver head low, and bestowed a kind kiss on her forehead, and said, in a benevolent whisper,
"Kagome." He drew back so he could take in all the light that shone from Kagome's happy face. He smiled momentarily, as he noticed the small sparkle in her eyes intensify. Inuyasha's eyes shifted jealously to Hojo, who sat, feeling dejected and lonely on the bench.
"Whose that kid?" He asked, not so kindly. Kagome was taken aback at Inuyasha's sudden gall and interrogation.
" Inuyasha, SIT!" Kagome yelled as he plummeted face first into the cement.
"Wench." he muttered under his breath and stood slowly, screaming,
"What the fuck did you do that for!" Kagome sighed, and Hojo was in shock as he wondered,
' Do these guys really love each other?'
Miroku, who was extremely bored, fiddled with his earrings and wondered what was bothering Sango, who was so agreeable just a night ago. She huffed uneasily as she fidgeted endlessly. He thought,
'Hmm. Sango, what is bothering you?' Miroku rose from his seat against the wall, and slowly walked towards Sango. A tap from Miroku on Sango's shoulder removed her from the constant venting, and was ultimately followed by a slap. Miroku rolled his lavender eyes, he had swiftly grown tired of her mood swings, apparently his face didn't enjoy them much either. Miroku took in a deep breath, and exclaimed,
"What did I do to you!?" Sango snorted haughtily, and turned her head away from Miroku's demanding glare. Miroku sighed; heavily irritated at Sango's bizarre disposition took seat beside the fuming Tajii-Ya.
"I'm sorry for getting angry Sango. I just don't understand what your so tense about. You know I love you."
Sango sat, attempting to block out whatever what Miroku was saying, but found a subtle pink blush arise from her cheeks regardless when he cooed,
" You know I love you." She wanted to turn her face so desperately, she wanted to be snug and warm in his embrace, but she just couldn't bring herself to, her pride demanded that she remain silent, until the time was right.
'How can I tell him? I'm not even sure if it's a false alarm. I mean you can tell nothing by your dreams, and it was a dream only. Nothing else proves it, but a dream.' She felt a gentle, caressing hand fall upon her face, it beckoned her to turn her face towards Miroku, she did not even care to resist, and she let the hand guide her head toward the ever handsome face of Miroku. She nearly melted as she looked upon his lavender eyes. Her obstinate resolve left her entirely as his strong arms encircled her.
Miroku could not care if this would warrant him a later slap, after Sango came to her senses; he just wanted to know what was wrong with his dear Sango. Miroku felt so warm as he held Sango close, it reminded him of how he felt when they first participated in the physical act of love together, this hug was just as sweet, and refreshing to him, for anything involving Sango never got old to him. Suddenly, she pulled herself, and the contentment she brought to him away. Sango peered nervously toward the ground, and again began fidgeting. Miroku, filled with compassion, gently caressed her cheek, and asked smoothly,
"Sango, what's wrong?" Sango raised her eyes and said quietly,
"I'm going to bear your child." Miroku's eyes grew wide and he withdrew his hand from his face.
"Are you sure?" he asked, slightly nervous. Sango nodded and stood up, ashamed at what she thought was Miroku's displeasure. She began to walk away, hiding the blush that arose from her embarrassment, and the tears from her rejection.
"Sango!" Miroku called out, as Sango walked out the door.
Hojo watched with little amusement as Kagome and Inuyasha bickered for no apparent reason continuously. He observed how vivid and wide Kagome's eyes had become, and how furiously red her cheeks blushed as she feudally argued with the odd dog-boy.
"Inuyasha! You are so-IRITATING-I mean you'd let Kikyo drag you into the very depths of hell, and you, after we've broken up mind you, dare to get jealous of Hojo! AFTER WE'VE BROKEN UP!" Inuyasha glanced downward at his bare feet and conjured up a retort,
"That was different." he defended himself weakly, not sure what exactly to say. Kagome grew, if possible, even angrier, and shrieked,
"It is?" Her brown eyes demanded an answer out of Inuyasha. He looked up, not pleadingly, but with anger contained,
"Yeah, it is Kagome!" Kagome was about to erupt in further anger when he interrupted her rebuttal,
"Kagome it is totally different! First, I felt responsible for Kikyo's death, because if it weren't for me then she wouldn't have died in the first place. Also, I damn near claimed you as mine the other day, unless you've forgotten what that swelling hickie is on your neck!" Kagome gasped, and fumbled around uselessly for a stinging retort,
" I.I.CAN'T STAND YOU RIGHT NOW, INUYASHA! You are no different from Koga! You think just because I'm nice to you and patient and kind, and you 'claim me' that I am your woman, someone you can tell to bug off and pull towards you when you so choose! Well, I don't know what you're thinking but I'm not like that!" Inuyasha looked shocked as he declared,
"What are you talking about? I'm not like that!" Kagome just snorted and ignored Inuyasha's questioning glance. Hojo sat there, still lost, but growing in understanding.
"Dammit Kagome, talk to me.. you know.. with words, and not that "S" word either!" Kagome still did not respond. Inuyasha sighed and again attempted to grab Kagome's attention.
" I never, demanded you stay with me.I never demanded anything you didn't want. Every day I knew how you felt about me, but I could never bring myself to understand how I felt. I took me such a long time to realize, but I've always loved you." Kagome turned and faced Inuyasha, she slowly walked closer to Inuyasha and said softly, as she grabbed his hand,
"Did you claim Kikyo that day when you agreed to become a human?" Inuyasha withdrew his hand from Kagome's and said, angrily,
"Why is that important? Kikyo is dead!" He exclaimed as he thought,
'Why do you ask that Kagome? Are you still jealous?'. He looked into Kagome's eyes tenderly with his golden eyes and said,
"Yes." His voice was hesitant, and slightly nostalgic.
Sango sat against the thick base of a tree, and let the tears of her rejection fall soundlessly from her brown eyes. Nighttime was near, the sky, beginning the cycle of nightfall subtly by painting a line of red just above the highest streak of blue in the sky,
"Why.did Miroku have to reject me?" she wept mournfully.
Miroku still sat in the hut, in relative shock, it had been just a night after they first joined together in copulation, and Sango was so certain she would bear his child. Thought the thought of having a very child of his own, and of Sango being the child's mother brought elation to his heart, what if it wasn't true, or worse, by some freak incident, his child would bear the curse he shed long ago. He hadn't taken much thought to Sango's emotion in the midst of his pondering, but, in his absent thoughts, he thought of the tears that streamed down her face when she departed in a blaze of rage and confusion.
" I've got to find Sango and explain my reaction to her!" he declared as he stood up swiftly and began to run out of the door.
Rin observed the monk, and wondered why he seemed so worried, and in such a hurry, but she then moved on and meandered towards Sesshoumaru's hut. She giggled at the prospect of seeing her 'dad'; she hadn't in several hours, and wondered when they would be going home, back to his splendid palace.
Kagome drew back into the shade of the tree and said, just underneath a winds whisper,
"And I thought I was only one, the one you claimed, but you claimed her, too.again, we are no different." Inuyasha, compelled by the passionate feeling surging through his blood stream said tenderly,
" Kagome, you aren't the same. You're alive, and Kikyo is now dead, and at peace. I know I have to move on, and I will. But first Kagome, I have to tell you something very important." Kagome was taken aback at the kindness Inuyasha's golden eyes displayed.
"Y-y-you do?" she asked nervously, as she stuttered senselessly, and felt a subtle blush arise from her cheeks, that had recently gone pale in utter shock. Inuyasha nodded, and said,
"Kagome, I've always felt that I could trust you. Even though it may seem that I never trusted you. The truth is you gave me the ability to trust again. After Kikyo betrayed me, under false pretenses, I felt that I again, had no one in the world, but when you showed me continuous kindness I knew I could trust. I knew I was worthy of being trusted. I just thought you would want to know that before I left forever." Kagome's brown eyes shut, and tears fell from them and down her blushing cheeks,
"Why Inuyasha.why did you have to tell me that, and then tell me that you're leaving forever!" she wept in a fury of long withheld rage. Inuyasha drew Kagome's small frame into an embrace that felt like good-bye to Kagome,
"Kagome, you can cry on me, I won't push you away this time." Inuyasha soothed as he carefully ran his clawed hands over Kagome's long and shiny black locks.
"Sango?" Miroku called as he saw a trembling woman's frame underneath the dwindling shade of a large tree. No response from the woman's frame made Miroku certain that it was Sango, who always put on a brave face. Even when she was as unsteady as a beam of light, her face was brave and defiant. Slowly and furtively Miroku approached Sango, he made his presence known to Sango when he clinked the rings on his staff. Sango turned her head and glared at Miroku, who raised his hands in a gesture of peace, as he grinned charmingly. Sango turned her head away from Miroku to conceal her blush, but to no avail as Miroku gently laid a feather light kiss on the nape of Sango's neck. Involuntarily Sango turned into jelly, as she turned to see Miroku's convincing face. She suddenly clung to Miroku so desperately as Miroku lowered his head to hers and captured Sango's lips in a passionate kiss. He gently parted her lips with his probing tongue, a small moan escaped Sango's lips, as he held onto her tightly, afraid he would loose her yet again.
Sango forcefully put her hands on Miroku's chest and pushed him from her, just enough so she had breathing room, but Miroku's grip on her waist held true.
"Miroku, we should stop doing this, especially if you don't even want me to bear your child." Sango said with shame, Miroku lessened his grip on Sango's waist and said in a tender, mocking tone,
"What would make you think that?" He fairy-like stroked Sango's tear stained cheek. Sango tried to regain what she had lost in composure and said, in a voice laced with tragic sadness,
" When you said, 'are you sure', you sounded so nervous like you didn't want one." Miroku shook his head and said,
"I was only surprised." Sango smiled a little, and said flirtatiously,
"So, you do want me to bear your child." Miroku's grin widened and he exclaimed,
" I would have it no other way." He then claimed Sango's lips in a sweet kiss.
After Inuyasha was certain Kagome's tears were spent the sun had finished setting and gave way to the deep night sky, dotted with uneven blotches of starlight. Inuyasha kissed Kagome's hair and inhaled its intoxicating scent. Kagome drew away from Inuyasha and blushed, as she observed the tender, content look in his eyes. He smiled gently at Kagome and let her go, in silence he walked off, only uttering a small Good-bye. For a fleeing moment, he looked back at Kagome, and remembered a promise he made to Kikyo, a promise to become human, so time could pass equally for them both.
' I wish that I could've made that same wish known to Kagome, I think I would enjoy such a life, as a human, with Kagome, but now since I've tied my loose ends, I'll keep my promise to my brother,' he thought. The moon, full and bright rose finally, and Kagome said, in awe,
" Inuyasha, full demons don't change into humans when the full moon rises." Inuyasha swiftly turned his head, and said,
"Yeah." Being confused he mentally asked Kagome if he was indeed changing, and she said,
"Well, then I guess you aren't a demon anymore. You're a human, like me." A small grin brightened Kagome's face. Inuyasha looked to the sky and said,
" I guess the God's did hear my wish."
The End