Demon Body, Human Heart
By DemonSaya
Disclaimer: Okay, I dun own any of these characters, I'm borrowing them, and I promised that I'd return them. Well...I promised because Inuyasha's rather mad that I kidnapped them for awhile and I'm afraid he may pull out his sword and demolish me...Please don't sue me, I already have a pmsing adolescent half-demon to deal with!
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Chapter 5: Smothering Fire
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Kagome coughed hard, shielding Rin from the intense heat. How had this happened? Everything had been fine when Inuyasha had been here! Why did these things always seem to be happening to her?! She pulled Rin closer to the ground, ripping a piece of her shirt off and giving it to the girl. "Cover your mouth with this!" She called over the roar of the fire all around them.
Rin nodded, taking the piece.
Then, Kagome ripped of a piece for herself, holding it over her mouth and nose. The blinding smoke around them stung her eyes and burned her throat. The crackling of the fires was almost deafening in it's loudness. She didn't want to be scared. She couldn't be scared. She wouldn't be scared.
But she was. She needed to be strong for Rin, but she had never been so scared in her life. She held the young child to her, using her body as a shield. She could feel the girl trembling against her, feel the ragged coughs torn from the young, innocent body. She was scared, too.
Kagome gently hushed the girl, feeling her vision blurring. She was suffocating. She'd heard that acceptance made this one of the most painless ways to die. Yet, fear prevented acceptance, and besides that...she...she didn't want to die.
Tears rolled down her face, dripping onto Rin's tender young flesh. Both of them were covered in soot. She coughed hard, trying to clear some of the smoke from her lungs, but she couldn't. She couldn't see. She couldn't feel. She couldn't breath...
Rin felt Kagome's weight shift and realized the older girl was unconsious. Big tears rolled down her innocent face. She silent begged for her Sesshoumaru-sama to save them. She peered out through teary eyes and saw two forms in the fire. One had blissfully long, white hair, and golden eyes, with a wonderfully soft white tail over his shoulder. Her savior had come. Content, she slipped into blissful unconsiousness.
Inuyasha darted over to Kagome and pulled the unconsious teenager off the younger girl. Her hair was singed, her skin black from the smoke, her beautiful storm grey eyes closed.
She wasn't breathing...
Inuyasha checked quickly for her pulse, relieved to find it still beating. He glanced towards Sesshoumaru, who was checking the state of the other girl, and scooped up Kagome.
"Inuyasha."
The eerily soft voice caused chills to go up his spine. "What?" He asked gruffly.
Sesshoumaru almost smirked as he looked over his shoulder. "You always could move faster when your woman was in trouble." The older demon scooped Rin up with a tenderness unusually displayed by him. "Let's get these two to safety, shall we, before your human blood catches up with you."
Inuyasha didn't need to be told twice. He turned the way they had come and sprinted. He was getting rather lightheaded from breathing in the smoke, but knew he could handle it. It was why he'd survived the burning of his home when he was younger, why he never died when they tried to kill him. Whoever 'they' were.
He burst from the edge of the forest, Kagome clasped tightly in his arms. The second he reached the others, he collapsed to his knees, coughing heavily, but he refused to let anyone touch her. Instead, he held her tightly to his chest, stroaking her hair.
"Inuyasha, she's dead, she isn't breathing..." Miroku said gently. He tried to pry her from Inuyasha's tight embrace, but humans were no match for a demon's strength.
Inuyasha snarled at everyone around him, warning them to back away, as he forced himself to his feet again and staggered towards Kaede's hut. Once inside, he lay her against a futon and started digging through her bag. When he found the book he was looking for, he flipped it open.
"Suffocation..." He muttered, flipping through page after page. When he found the instructions, done through pictures of living people, he turned purple. It's just to help her, he insisted to himself, then he put his hand under her neck and lowered his lips over her's, pinching her nose and breathing into her mouth. "Come on, Kagome...please, breath..." He breathed into her mouth again, his hands shaking hard, his face tense with worry. "Dammit, don't you dare die on me, woman. This isn't done yet!" He growled. "I thought you were stronger than this!" He accused, before breathing into her lungs again. "I...I thought you were my friend..." He repeated the process.
A few insults later, Kagome took a shuddering breath, and coughed hard. She was still unconcious, but she was alive, breathing, and to Inuyasha, it may as well have been music.
He heaved a sigh of relief, flopping down, clasping his feet in his hands, his knee's drawn up to his chest. He felt a hand touch his shoulder and turned, finding Miroku and Sango standing there, wearing gentle smiles. He felt heat rising to his face, since he'd just rather openly proved Kagome meant alot to him. "Go away." He said gruffly.
When they were gone, he gently scooped up Kagome's hand, holding it gently. He couldn't belive he'd almost lost her. Not to some demon or enemy of his, but to something as mundane as a fire. Not to Naraku, or even Kouga. He took a shuddering breath and lifted her hand against his face. "Kagome..." He whispered, his breath rasping slightly.
He had to tell her. As soon as possible, he had to tell her the truth about his feelings. He couldn't risk not telling her and having one of them die and not know if she felt the same or not.
His eyes saddened. She was so precious to him, so beautiful, but untouchable. Perfect, but flawed. He could barely stand to touch her sometimes, lest his demon side take over him and do something they'd both deffinately regret.
But he wished he could give into that side.
He knew Kagome didn't fear him, and if she felt for him what he was almost certain she did, then...
Then...
Maybe she wouldn't mind so much.
He shook that thought from his mind. Of COURSE she would! She was a virgin (OR SHE DAMN WELL BETTER BE!). He couldn't risk hurting her like that. No, her first time should be tender and gentle and...He shuddered, leaning back slightly.
Improper thoughts. He couldn't think them. She was still innocent. He wouldn't spoil that purity. Not unless, by gods grace, she might come to him.
He drew her fingers to his lips, closing his eyes and kissing each one tenderly. "Kirei...Kagome wa...Kirei, ne?" He lowered his hand, gently touching her face, smoothing the hair back from it, brushing away the black soot. Even covered in soot as she was, even singed as her hair was, she was still beautiful, and her smell was still as intoxicating as ever.
His eyes softened, the lust in them dying, replaced with loving care. He leaned down, nuzzling her face and neck like a real dog would to his master. He was hers. He belonged to her. If there had been a doubt before, after today, all doubts were gone.
He didn't want anyone else.
He wanted her.
He gently caressed her face, her hair, his fingers trailing across her soot covered cheeks, her soft, pink lips. He wondered what they would look like, swollen from kisses. Kisses that he would give her.
His body trembled slightly and he fought the urge to lean down and steal a kiss. After all, she would never know, he wouldn't have to worry about her pushing him away.
But if he did that...he wouldn't know if she would return it, wouldn't know if she would want it. He would feel dirty, like a genuine thief.
He had never felt so much torment in his mind before. He loved her. He needed her. With a tortured moan, he buried his own soot covered face in his hands. "Gods...gods, why do you put me through such tortures..."
He sat there, and finally, he leaned down giving into the urge. "Even if she rejects me...at least I'll have this once..." His lips neared hers and he held his breath.
"INUYASHA!"
Kouga's voice broke through him like a hammer through glass, and he sat abruptly, blushing furiously. When he realized who it was that spoke, he jumped to his feet, his face angry.
"Kouga..." He snarled, walking towards the door and pushing it out of the way. "What are YOU doing here..."
Kouga glared at him, his eyes glowing slightly. "I'm calling you out. For Kagome's hand. You loose, she comes with me, you win...well, let's just say she's yours until I come back. Then we'll fight again."
Inuyasha growled and began to stalk outside. Then, suddenly, his features softened. He turned, walking back towards Kaede's hut and peered inside, looking at Kagome's prone form. He didn't want to upset her. He knew that she was friends with Kouga, nothing more. But...she still considered him a friend. Finally, he turned back to Kouga, shaking his head slowly.
"You give up?!" Kouga laughed. "Then I'll take Kagome with me now and tell her you were too cowardly to fight me!"
Inuyasha snarled at Kouga, his teeth grinding together. "I would rip you apart if it pleased Kagome! But it wouldn't. I know Kagome better than you ever will and she has told me she is your friend and ONLY your friend. She would never lie to me. If..." He closed his eyes, his face becoming melancholy. "If she loved you, I would let her go with you."
Kouga snorted. "You're in love with her too." He stated, his voice plain, his face cocky.
"Anyone would fall in love with her." Inuyasha admitted. "But she doesn't belong to anyone. Not you, not me, not any man." He lowered her eyes. "We are the ones who become possesed."
Kouga frowned deeply. "Is that a fact? Well here's a little information you may not understand. Wolf demon's never get masters. That is strictly for dogs like you." He turned and ran, leaving a cloud of dust behind him.
Inuyasha took a few deep breaths, trying to keep himself from going after Kouga and killing him. Instead, he headed into the forest, into the section that wasn't going up in flames. Towards the bone-gobbling well.
Kagome's family needed to know what happened.
By DemonSaya
Disclaimer: Okay, I dun own any of these characters, I'm borrowing them, and I promised that I'd return them. Well...I promised because Inuyasha's rather mad that I kidnapped them for awhile and I'm afraid he may pull out his sword and demolish me...Please don't sue me, I already have a pmsing adolescent half-demon to deal with!
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Chapter 5: Smothering Fire
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Kagome coughed hard, shielding Rin from the intense heat. How had this happened? Everything had been fine when Inuyasha had been here! Why did these things always seem to be happening to her?! She pulled Rin closer to the ground, ripping a piece of her shirt off and giving it to the girl. "Cover your mouth with this!" She called over the roar of the fire all around them.
Rin nodded, taking the piece.
Then, Kagome ripped of a piece for herself, holding it over her mouth and nose. The blinding smoke around them stung her eyes and burned her throat. The crackling of the fires was almost deafening in it's loudness. She didn't want to be scared. She couldn't be scared. She wouldn't be scared.
But she was. She needed to be strong for Rin, but she had never been so scared in her life. She held the young child to her, using her body as a shield. She could feel the girl trembling against her, feel the ragged coughs torn from the young, innocent body. She was scared, too.
Kagome gently hushed the girl, feeling her vision blurring. She was suffocating. She'd heard that acceptance made this one of the most painless ways to die. Yet, fear prevented acceptance, and besides that...she...she didn't want to die.
Tears rolled down her face, dripping onto Rin's tender young flesh. Both of them were covered in soot. She coughed hard, trying to clear some of the smoke from her lungs, but she couldn't. She couldn't see. She couldn't feel. She couldn't breath...
Rin felt Kagome's weight shift and realized the older girl was unconsious. Big tears rolled down her innocent face. She silent begged for her Sesshoumaru-sama to save them. She peered out through teary eyes and saw two forms in the fire. One had blissfully long, white hair, and golden eyes, with a wonderfully soft white tail over his shoulder. Her savior had come. Content, she slipped into blissful unconsiousness.
Inuyasha darted over to Kagome and pulled the unconsious teenager off the younger girl. Her hair was singed, her skin black from the smoke, her beautiful storm grey eyes closed.
She wasn't breathing...
Inuyasha checked quickly for her pulse, relieved to find it still beating. He glanced towards Sesshoumaru, who was checking the state of the other girl, and scooped up Kagome.
"Inuyasha."
The eerily soft voice caused chills to go up his spine. "What?" He asked gruffly.
Sesshoumaru almost smirked as he looked over his shoulder. "You always could move faster when your woman was in trouble." The older demon scooped Rin up with a tenderness unusually displayed by him. "Let's get these two to safety, shall we, before your human blood catches up with you."
Inuyasha didn't need to be told twice. He turned the way they had come and sprinted. He was getting rather lightheaded from breathing in the smoke, but knew he could handle it. It was why he'd survived the burning of his home when he was younger, why he never died when they tried to kill him. Whoever 'they' were.
He burst from the edge of the forest, Kagome clasped tightly in his arms. The second he reached the others, he collapsed to his knees, coughing heavily, but he refused to let anyone touch her. Instead, he held her tightly to his chest, stroaking her hair.
"Inuyasha, she's dead, she isn't breathing..." Miroku said gently. He tried to pry her from Inuyasha's tight embrace, but humans were no match for a demon's strength.
Inuyasha snarled at everyone around him, warning them to back away, as he forced himself to his feet again and staggered towards Kaede's hut. Once inside, he lay her against a futon and started digging through her bag. When he found the book he was looking for, he flipped it open.
"Suffocation..." He muttered, flipping through page after page. When he found the instructions, done through pictures of living people, he turned purple. It's just to help her, he insisted to himself, then he put his hand under her neck and lowered his lips over her's, pinching her nose and breathing into her mouth. "Come on, Kagome...please, breath..." He breathed into her mouth again, his hands shaking hard, his face tense with worry. "Dammit, don't you dare die on me, woman. This isn't done yet!" He growled. "I thought you were stronger than this!" He accused, before breathing into her lungs again. "I...I thought you were my friend..." He repeated the process.
A few insults later, Kagome took a shuddering breath, and coughed hard. She was still unconcious, but she was alive, breathing, and to Inuyasha, it may as well have been music.
He heaved a sigh of relief, flopping down, clasping his feet in his hands, his knee's drawn up to his chest. He felt a hand touch his shoulder and turned, finding Miroku and Sango standing there, wearing gentle smiles. He felt heat rising to his face, since he'd just rather openly proved Kagome meant alot to him. "Go away." He said gruffly.
When they were gone, he gently scooped up Kagome's hand, holding it gently. He couldn't belive he'd almost lost her. Not to some demon or enemy of his, but to something as mundane as a fire. Not to Naraku, or even Kouga. He took a shuddering breath and lifted her hand against his face. "Kagome..." He whispered, his breath rasping slightly.
He had to tell her. As soon as possible, he had to tell her the truth about his feelings. He couldn't risk not telling her and having one of them die and not know if she felt the same or not.
His eyes saddened. She was so precious to him, so beautiful, but untouchable. Perfect, but flawed. He could barely stand to touch her sometimes, lest his demon side take over him and do something they'd both deffinately regret.
But he wished he could give into that side.
He knew Kagome didn't fear him, and if she felt for him what he was almost certain she did, then...
Then...
Maybe she wouldn't mind so much.
He shook that thought from his mind. Of COURSE she would! She was a virgin (OR SHE DAMN WELL BETTER BE!). He couldn't risk hurting her like that. No, her first time should be tender and gentle and...He shuddered, leaning back slightly.
Improper thoughts. He couldn't think them. She was still innocent. He wouldn't spoil that purity. Not unless, by gods grace, she might come to him.
He drew her fingers to his lips, closing his eyes and kissing each one tenderly. "Kirei...Kagome wa...Kirei, ne?" He lowered his hand, gently touching her face, smoothing the hair back from it, brushing away the black soot. Even covered in soot as she was, even singed as her hair was, she was still beautiful, and her smell was still as intoxicating as ever.
His eyes softened, the lust in them dying, replaced with loving care. He leaned down, nuzzling her face and neck like a real dog would to his master. He was hers. He belonged to her. If there had been a doubt before, after today, all doubts were gone.
He didn't want anyone else.
He wanted her.
He gently caressed her face, her hair, his fingers trailing across her soot covered cheeks, her soft, pink lips. He wondered what they would look like, swollen from kisses. Kisses that he would give her.
His body trembled slightly and he fought the urge to lean down and steal a kiss. After all, she would never know, he wouldn't have to worry about her pushing him away.
But if he did that...he wouldn't know if she would return it, wouldn't know if she would want it. He would feel dirty, like a genuine thief.
He had never felt so much torment in his mind before. He loved her. He needed her. With a tortured moan, he buried his own soot covered face in his hands. "Gods...gods, why do you put me through such tortures..."
He sat there, and finally, he leaned down giving into the urge. "Even if she rejects me...at least I'll have this once..." His lips neared hers and he held his breath.
"INUYASHA!"
Kouga's voice broke through him like a hammer through glass, and he sat abruptly, blushing furiously. When he realized who it was that spoke, he jumped to his feet, his face angry.
"Kouga..." He snarled, walking towards the door and pushing it out of the way. "What are YOU doing here..."
Kouga glared at him, his eyes glowing slightly. "I'm calling you out. For Kagome's hand. You loose, she comes with me, you win...well, let's just say she's yours until I come back. Then we'll fight again."
Inuyasha growled and began to stalk outside. Then, suddenly, his features softened. He turned, walking back towards Kaede's hut and peered inside, looking at Kagome's prone form. He didn't want to upset her. He knew that she was friends with Kouga, nothing more. But...she still considered him a friend. Finally, he turned back to Kouga, shaking his head slowly.
"You give up?!" Kouga laughed. "Then I'll take Kagome with me now and tell her you were too cowardly to fight me!"
Inuyasha snarled at Kouga, his teeth grinding together. "I would rip you apart if it pleased Kagome! But it wouldn't. I know Kagome better than you ever will and she has told me she is your friend and ONLY your friend. She would never lie to me. If..." He closed his eyes, his face becoming melancholy. "If she loved you, I would let her go with you."
Kouga snorted. "You're in love with her too." He stated, his voice plain, his face cocky.
"Anyone would fall in love with her." Inuyasha admitted. "But she doesn't belong to anyone. Not you, not me, not any man." He lowered her eyes. "We are the ones who become possesed."
Kouga frowned deeply. "Is that a fact? Well here's a little information you may not understand. Wolf demon's never get masters. That is strictly for dogs like you." He turned and ran, leaving a cloud of dust behind him.
Inuyasha took a few deep breaths, trying to keep himself from going after Kouga and killing him. Instead, he headed into the forest, into the section that wasn't going up in flames. Towards the bone-gobbling well.
Kagome's family needed to know what happened.