It was great getting all those wonderful reviews! Very nice to know people
out there actually care about this, I put a lot of work into it! I was
surprised by all the requests for S/K. Personally I'm a fan of that
pairing, but I wanted to know how you guys felt about that. I'm more
agreeable than I thought!
And notes to any lawyers, I do not own Inu-Yasha, I'm just enjoying the company of the cast at the moment.
Everyone in the series: Save us!
Ignore them, and read this next chapter!
Losing Grace
" Miroku, are you awake?"
The monk laid unmoving, lips parted while Sango gazed at him sincerely. Suffering critical wounds from their final battle with Naraku had made him bed ridden for almost five days afterwards.
What really added to her compassion for his injures was the fact that he'd only gotten them protecting her. She recalled how her heart had dropped,as his body did to the ground,when the multiple blasts ravaged his body. Out of pure anger and anguish she'd screamed his name.
Passing the battle, when it entered her mind again what he'd done for her, her heart soared in her chest instead, and she almost let tears slide silently down her face. Almost.
Suddenly she felt something twitch inside her being and brought a recently unused boomerang down onto a certain monk's head.
At once he was awake and grasping his throbbing cranium in protest.
" What'd I do?!"
" You were about to do something." She answered calmly.
" Do you think me so predictable?"
" Yes."
He attempted to change the subject, " Were you watching over me lady Sango?"
Adding effect, he grasped her hands.
" Actually, I came to tell you about lady Kagome."
" What is it?"
His face went from hopeful to worried in zero seconds flat.
" She can't return to her world?"
" No, and Kaede doesn't know why either, she couldn't find a sealing spell on the well. We're guessing it is sealed of it's own accord."
Miroku and Sango fell into a still silence.
" Maybe, there is something left for her to do in this world?" He ventured.
" Maybe," with dewy eyes she looked away, " but I want her to stay."
Clearly shocked, he gaped at the exterminator.
" It sounds selfish, but in my heart she belongs here."
" Your not alone."
He squeezed her hand gently, and Sango didn't try to stop him.
Outside the small wooden hut the forest grew, surrounding the old god tree as it always had and always would.
Generations of birds, animals, and plants had lived and died here, but the giant tree outlived them all. It's longevity seemed matched only by demons.
Kagome lay under the many elegant branches entwining around each other, but all reaching for the clear sky. The girl was leaning comfortably with her legs flat against the ground. Any person passing by would only see part of the hazy blue irises that were almost a gray color. Her porcelain face was motionless and her chest barely shifted under her cotton white shirt.
The young woman was a painting against the green and brown backdrop of leaves and vines.
Or at least Inu-Yasha thought so as he observed her silently from an arm extending out of a nearby tree. Being almost afraid to approach her, he'd sought out a hiding place. He didn't know how she would react to him or the fact that he'd been gone for a while, so he decided to watch the youthful girl's moods and choose the time when she was least likely to use the prayer beads.
The dog demon wasn't sure if he cared for his plan any longer, because amid the normal kindness of Kagome's spirit, he saw a great sorrow budding very slowly. It wasn't only the distressed appearance of the girl. He could feel the energy of demons forthcoming since the shikon jewel was growing darker with Kagome's attitude.
A sickening feeling pulled at his stomach and voices inside were telling him it was his fault entirely, he hadn't expected her to be so sad because of his disappearance.
Now he was being drawn to the girl below him, but the reason wasn't his demon heritage. The reason was his secret longing to see this human so close to him smile with happiness, her compassion expanding to any who needed the care, the love, especially if it was him.
Guilt and need both tugging at his inner self, Inu-Yasha dropped down beside her. Once there he took in even more of her saccharine scent and on it he caught the smell of recent tears.
Suddenly he was overcome with remorse, and spoke her name softly.
When she turned to him, her features were the embodiment of gloom. The eyes he enjoyed so much were narrowed and her lips pressed tightly together in an attempt to hold back the ponds forming in the curtains of her eyes. Even her nose was pinched, betraying her strong emotion.
" You.you didn't come back." She managed to choke out. He could tell she didn't want to cry, not yet, and was using all of her will power to stop the overflow. " I needed you."
" I know." He forced himself to look away. Emotional pain had hit him when he'd looked deep into her eyes and saw what he knew was there, and felt entrapped. A strong willpower was what it took to glance away from the large gray orbs of eyes, almost if they had latched onto him, manifesting his guilt.
" Do you even know what's happened?"
Inu-Yasha was taken back by her inquiry, " What do you mean?"
The half-demon had been inquisitive until he looked back into those pools swirling with any black emotion he could think of. He watched in utter surprise as she gritted her teeth together and was even more surprised by her answer.
" I can't go back!"
With that she collapsed boneless as sobs racked her body.
All Inu-Yasha could do was hold her close and tell her everything would be alright as her feelings of despair spilled out of her body and turned to nothingness.
Even through all her tortured feelings, he couldn't help but feel a tinge of relief that she was with him at the moment, and nothing would interrupt.
Countless encounters with other demons he had had, and still the solemn creature couldn't forget. Not even the natural music of nature or Rin's light laughter aided his mind.
It was all so complicated, mind you, Sesshoumaru wasn't one to be confused, but when it came to emotions, particularly human ones, he was left in the dust.
His brother's wench was loitering throughout his head, the remembrance of her scent drifting behind the lass in a teasing manner, making her all the more appealing, albeit human.
At first he'd held mild curiosity for the girl, but had decided against satisfying his new wonder and now it was almost a yearning. How could he be so interested in a simple human, a girl nonetheless?
The worst of it was he found himself fascinated by her small show of weakness, not her strength.
In all the battles they'd shared she'd held nothing short of impossible skill by the human species. He'd considered her an annoyance, until he saw how capable she was of sadness and surprise.
Sesshoumaru always suspected her to be like granite compared to other mortals until he saw those tears. Never had he seen such different emotions used that robustly by the same individual.
The small drop of her feeble sentiment wasn't even induced by him. No, he remembered how flustered her face had been after he'd pulled her away from his silver tail. Wonder and slight embarrassment were the feelings he had seen on her face, no fear for the lord of the Western lands.
It was baffling to him, and a demon so refined as him was not used to being baffled. Yes, he decided, this would be something worth his time. Maybe there was more to why Inu-Yasha carried feelings for this girl.
All his recent thoughts shattered when an astringent smell caught his attention.
" Rin?"
Slowly Kagome came to her senses after relieving her tethered soul. It hadn't been much of a greeting for Inu-Yasha, but he could never fully understand how happy she'd been to see him, probably because of the lament episode a few moments earlier.
With a puffy face she struggled to look up at him halfway normal, but failed even more so when he suddenly squeezed his callused hand around hers.
Her heart beating noticeably to quick, she gulped and opened her mouth to ask when he made things worse.
Whilst Inu-Yasha rested his head against her sweaty brow, she could hardly achieve inhaling and exhaling.
" Kagome."
The sweet whisper caught her totally off guard. She couldn't force herself to move, answer, or even question.
" . I. I need to tell you. something."
When he tilted her head back tenderly and took in a breath of air to speak she was sure she would die happy if at that very moment.
Before she noticed his eyes grew as wide as hers and he clutched his head and yelped in agony.
This wasn't planned, she realized in an instant.
With an unnatural worry the girl cried his name and only received more painful barks.
" Inu-Yasha!" this time the one word held such immense emotion that the half demon hunched over, clenched his fists, and quivered slightly.
Kagome didn't get pleasure from the energy blazing off his body.
A sour breath caught in her throat as soon as he turned to her, eyeballs bloodshot and glazed over.
" Your not possessed are you Inu-Yasha?"
Not taking time to gratify the inquiry he sped past wildly, only a red blur to the naked eye.
" I guess that was a yes."
Deep in the forest a rough howl answered her.
Well the next chapter might take a little longer to get out, it's hard to write. I'm really dedicated because of all the reviews I got, so I won't slack! Hopefully my story will pick up a little more.
And notes to any lawyers, I do not own Inu-Yasha, I'm just enjoying the company of the cast at the moment.
Everyone in the series: Save us!
Ignore them, and read this next chapter!
Losing Grace
" Miroku, are you awake?"
The monk laid unmoving, lips parted while Sango gazed at him sincerely. Suffering critical wounds from their final battle with Naraku had made him bed ridden for almost five days afterwards.
What really added to her compassion for his injures was the fact that he'd only gotten them protecting her. She recalled how her heart had dropped,as his body did to the ground,when the multiple blasts ravaged his body. Out of pure anger and anguish she'd screamed his name.
Passing the battle, when it entered her mind again what he'd done for her, her heart soared in her chest instead, and she almost let tears slide silently down her face. Almost.
Suddenly she felt something twitch inside her being and brought a recently unused boomerang down onto a certain monk's head.
At once he was awake and grasping his throbbing cranium in protest.
" What'd I do?!"
" You were about to do something." She answered calmly.
" Do you think me so predictable?"
" Yes."
He attempted to change the subject, " Were you watching over me lady Sango?"
Adding effect, he grasped her hands.
" Actually, I came to tell you about lady Kagome."
" What is it?"
His face went from hopeful to worried in zero seconds flat.
" She can't return to her world?"
" No, and Kaede doesn't know why either, she couldn't find a sealing spell on the well. We're guessing it is sealed of it's own accord."
Miroku and Sango fell into a still silence.
" Maybe, there is something left for her to do in this world?" He ventured.
" Maybe," with dewy eyes she looked away, " but I want her to stay."
Clearly shocked, he gaped at the exterminator.
" It sounds selfish, but in my heart she belongs here."
" Your not alone."
He squeezed her hand gently, and Sango didn't try to stop him.
Outside the small wooden hut the forest grew, surrounding the old god tree as it always had and always would.
Generations of birds, animals, and plants had lived and died here, but the giant tree outlived them all. It's longevity seemed matched only by demons.
Kagome lay under the many elegant branches entwining around each other, but all reaching for the clear sky. The girl was leaning comfortably with her legs flat against the ground. Any person passing by would only see part of the hazy blue irises that were almost a gray color. Her porcelain face was motionless and her chest barely shifted under her cotton white shirt.
The young woman was a painting against the green and brown backdrop of leaves and vines.
Or at least Inu-Yasha thought so as he observed her silently from an arm extending out of a nearby tree. Being almost afraid to approach her, he'd sought out a hiding place. He didn't know how she would react to him or the fact that he'd been gone for a while, so he decided to watch the youthful girl's moods and choose the time when she was least likely to use the prayer beads.
The dog demon wasn't sure if he cared for his plan any longer, because amid the normal kindness of Kagome's spirit, he saw a great sorrow budding very slowly. It wasn't only the distressed appearance of the girl. He could feel the energy of demons forthcoming since the shikon jewel was growing darker with Kagome's attitude.
A sickening feeling pulled at his stomach and voices inside were telling him it was his fault entirely, he hadn't expected her to be so sad because of his disappearance.
Now he was being drawn to the girl below him, but the reason wasn't his demon heritage. The reason was his secret longing to see this human so close to him smile with happiness, her compassion expanding to any who needed the care, the love, especially if it was him.
Guilt and need both tugging at his inner self, Inu-Yasha dropped down beside her. Once there he took in even more of her saccharine scent and on it he caught the smell of recent tears.
Suddenly he was overcome with remorse, and spoke her name softly.
When she turned to him, her features were the embodiment of gloom. The eyes he enjoyed so much were narrowed and her lips pressed tightly together in an attempt to hold back the ponds forming in the curtains of her eyes. Even her nose was pinched, betraying her strong emotion.
" You.you didn't come back." She managed to choke out. He could tell she didn't want to cry, not yet, and was using all of her will power to stop the overflow. " I needed you."
" I know." He forced himself to look away. Emotional pain had hit him when he'd looked deep into her eyes and saw what he knew was there, and felt entrapped. A strong willpower was what it took to glance away from the large gray orbs of eyes, almost if they had latched onto him, manifesting his guilt.
" Do you even know what's happened?"
Inu-Yasha was taken back by her inquiry, " What do you mean?"
The half-demon had been inquisitive until he looked back into those pools swirling with any black emotion he could think of. He watched in utter surprise as she gritted her teeth together and was even more surprised by her answer.
" I can't go back!"
With that she collapsed boneless as sobs racked her body.
All Inu-Yasha could do was hold her close and tell her everything would be alright as her feelings of despair spilled out of her body and turned to nothingness.
Even through all her tortured feelings, he couldn't help but feel a tinge of relief that she was with him at the moment, and nothing would interrupt.
Countless encounters with other demons he had had, and still the solemn creature couldn't forget. Not even the natural music of nature or Rin's light laughter aided his mind.
It was all so complicated, mind you, Sesshoumaru wasn't one to be confused, but when it came to emotions, particularly human ones, he was left in the dust.
His brother's wench was loitering throughout his head, the remembrance of her scent drifting behind the lass in a teasing manner, making her all the more appealing, albeit human.
At first he'd held mild curiosity for the girl, but had decided against satisfying his new wonder and now it was almost a yearning. How could he be so interested in a simple human, a girl nonetheless?
The worst of it was he found himself fascinated by her small show of weakness, not her strength.
In all the battles they'd shared she'd held nothing short of impossible skill by the human species. He'd considered her an annoyance, until he saw how capable she was of sadness and surprise.
Sesshoumaru always suspected her to be like granite compared to other mortals until he saw those tears. Never had he seen such different emotions used that robustly by the same individual.
The small drop of her feeble sentiment wasn't even induced by him. No, he remembered how flustered her face had been after he'd pulled her away from his silver tail. Wonder and slight embarrassment were the feelings he had seen on her face, no fear for the lord of the Western lands.
It was baffling to him, and a demon so refined as him was not used to being baffled. Yes, he decided, this would be something worth his time. Maybe there was more to why Inu-Yasha carried feelings for this girl.
All his recent thoughts shattered when an astringent smell caught his attention.
" Rin?"
Slowly Kagome came to her senses after relieving her tethered soul. It hadn't been much of a greeting for Inu-Yasha, but he could never fully understand how happy she'd been to see him, probably because of the lament episode a few moments earlier.
With a puffy face she struggled to look up at him halfway normal, but failed even more so when he suddenly squeezed his callused hand around hers.
Her heart beating noticeably to quick, she gulped and opened her mouth to ask when he made things worse.
Whilst Inu-Yasha rested his head against her sweaty brow, she could hardly achieve inhaling and exhaling.
" Kagome."
The sweet whisper caught her totally off guard. She couldn't force herself to move, answer, or even question.
" . I. I need to tell you. something."
When he tilted her head back tenderly and took in a breath of air to speak she was sure she would die happy if at that very moment.
Before she noticed his eyes grew as wide as hers and he clutched his head and yelped in agony.
This wasn't planned, she realized in an instant.
With an unnatural worry the girl cried his name and only received more painful barks.
" Inu-Yasha!" this time the one word held such immense emotion that the half demon hunched over, clenched his fists, and quivered slightly.
Kagome didn't get pleasure from the energy blazing off his body.
A sour breath caught in her throat as soon as he turned to her, eyeballs bloodshot and glazed over.
" Your not possessed are you Inu-Yasha?"
Not taking time to gratify the inquiry he sped past wildly, only a red blur to the naked eye.
" I guess that was a yes."
Deep in the forest a rough howl answered her.
Well the next chapter might take a little longer to get out, it's hard to write. I'm really dedicated because of all the reviews I got, so I won't slack! Hopefully my story will pick up a little more.
