Disclaimer: Damn. I finally get my hands on InuYasha and the government just takes him away...
stupid hanyou Nazis... u_u (I'll think of a way to get him back)
Notes: Oh, I forgot to mention last time... all of you who got an award, will receive a life-time
supply of ciber-grads... Every time you download it from who knows where, you get a warm and
fuzzy feeling of gratitude: the ideal way to avoid expensive therapy... n_n'
Other than that, I'm back in school *pissed off*... but there's a slight hope for snow days
with the storm coming... *please SNOW...a lot!* ... Okay, I'm really getting off topic today...
Bubbles1612, *sighs with relief* you had me worried there for a little while... I didn't hear from
you for 19 & 20... but luckily you're still here and I know cuse of your review from last chappy...
Kaylana... CONFUSED AGAIN?! Well hopefully I'll satisfy all of you people's curiosities about
the whole moon thing... that was the one thing she DIDN'T mention to Inu... but Fera knows
*gigles* (the crazy old lech... wow, that's encouraging) Well, now I'm gonna let you all read the
story...
~* Over the Edge - Chapter 21: The Rising Moon*~
Seiko clutched her arms as waves of power spread through her. The blood from previous
wounds were mere stains, and not so much as a scar remained other than that. She pulled the
soaked sheet closer to her, practically ripping it with her nails. 'I must get away from here.'
Fera-baba scurried about the kitchen, gathering various herbs and spices. "Oh dear... this was
NOT a good time for this to happen..." Despite her low voice, InuYasha heard the words clearly.
"What's going on old hag?" He was firm. Only hours before, he had nearly killed the demonic
form of Seiko, and now she had healed even faster than a yokai at their best. There was
something going on, and they weren't telling him... something to do with that moon.
"There is NO TIME to explain, damn you! Something has to be done NOW." Seiko puled to her
feet, sweat running down her face and glistening the rest of her skin. Fera shoved some herbs at
the girl and lead her out the door, into the hall.
Miroku and InuYasha followed, only to see the door to her room slam behind her, and the old
hag gasping for breath just outside it in the hall, sinking down to sit on the floor. "There's no
time..."
"Now it's your turn Baba... explain. And I aint got all day." InuYasha told her, mocking the
situation earlier.
"You should know hanyou." She pointed an accusing finger at InuYasha as he towered over her.
"Feh... your moon's coming too."
***
There was only one other person that He could think of that might tell him what was going on...
and he didn't like that option either. Sesshomarou...
Miroku and InuYasha, once again returned to the main room where Kagome and Sango sat, with
Shippou off to the side, comforting the fire hawk from the sound of its masters cries. "What
happened to her?" Kagome finally asked through the awkward silence.
InuYasha sat next to her, pulling her close. This time she did not resist. He leaned down, pulling
the hair away from her ear and speaking softly. "I'll tell you later koi... but right now, everything
is happening too quickly." Then he bent down and kissed her softly on the cheek.
When he pulled away, she turned her head and brought him into a kiss. He deepened it,
widening his jaw. When she finally pulled away, she teased his lips, lightly grazing them, and
speaking just as soft. "I want to know now." She pulled him in again, as he picked her up and
headed down the hall to her room, if he was going to tell her, it had to be quiet... and he didn't
really want the others around.
***
InuYasha finished telling Kagome just enough to understand... leaving out most of what had
happened. But Kagome put two and two together, and didn't prod him for any further details. She
leaned into his chest, listening to his deep breaths, and the sound of his heart. She reached up a
hand and rubbed one of his ears, giggling when he let out a low rumble like a purr deep in his
chest.
She looked up into his amber eyes, and pulled her hand back down. "Thanks for telling me
InuYasha... this can't be easy for you."
He leaned down and caressed the bridge of her neck with his silky lips, moving slowly up until
he reached hers. "That's okay koi... I don't want to keep anything from you." She brought him
back into the kiss, reassuring that it was the same for her. But he couldn't help but want to hear
the words.
***
A few moments later, there was a series of shrieks and yells in different eerie tones. InuYasha
pulled back from Kagome and looked into her eyes. She nodded, knowing that if it had anything
to do with Seiko, he was her only hope. With that, InuYasha dashed from the room and slid open
the huntress' door.
The room was dark, and filled with shadows. He searched it with his eyes, looking for the origin
of the yells that were now gasps and whimpers. A ragged figure emerged from the depths of a
corner of darkness. She was dragging herself on the wooden floor, clutching the shredded sheet
to herself, and drawing in sharp breaths as if fighting pain.
"Shut the door." Her voice was week, and she curled up on the floor in a patch of light from a
boarded window with rain dripping in.
InuYasha closed the door, and slowly approached her. "What is it?" He placed a hand on her
shoulder. Her head was down, avoiding his gaze.
"It's the rising moon..." She paused gasping again with a sharp breath, drawing the sheet closer.
"But what does that have to do with anything?"
He knelt down next to her as she clung to herself in pain. A strong hand came up and seized the
front of his haori firmly. She lifted her face to look into his eyes, showing the flashes of green
and blue from her yokai form, with slits in them. Her face was full of anger and fear, as sweat
balled up on her smooth skin. "It has everything to do with it damn it." She was low, but rose her
voice with the next comment. "You know how you have your little secret." Mock added into her
voice. "Well, you may change into a human for the night of every New Moon... but I have to put
up with..."
She paused, her eyes widened, and she loosened her hold on his fire-rat. She backed away into
the shadows, growling to warn him not to come any closer. "I have to put up with... THIS... every
fucking year. And it lasts for days." She let out a evil laugh, mocking the situating she was in.
"You want to know what going on? WELL COME SEE IT!"
There was an eerie howl and she slithered out into the light of the room, now in her serpent like
form. The fin on the end of her 'tail' was razor sharp, and InuYasha knew to avoid it. She slashed
at him with her claws, cutting his side, almost breaking a rib in the impact. He tried not to fight
back, remembering what happened last time. But she was stronger this time somehow, and she
wasn't giving him the edge... in fact she was winning.
For a while, he did nothing but doge her blows, blocking her fin, and avoiding his own death. But
when she had a direct hit on him, he was knocked to a corner and blocked in with no other
choice. There was pure rage in her eyes, and he knew she must have lost control. He swiped at
her with his claws, backing her away from his corner. But her serpent like body shifted, coming
around from behind, and wrapped him in a strong coil to bind him.
Somehow, he had managed to break free before she tightened her grip. He put a blow to her
head, knocking her to the floor. But her tail came up behind her, knocking him out as well when
it hit him across the back.
As he blacked out, the last thing he remembered was someone rushing toward him, and her door
being shut behind him, as he was pulled to the kitchen by weak arms.
*****
(A/N: This is where I would have ended the story... but if you haven't figured it out by now, I
like making my readers happy. Well, this chappy is already going up late, plus there was some
more stuff I wanted to add in. So, you all get the benefit of it all in a longer chapter than usual...
*smiles* hope you like it so far... ~Bunny)
*****
InuYasha woke to the feeling of a cool, damp, cloth being dabbed on his forehead. He opened his
eyes slightly, his vision focusing in on the concerned face above his.
"Oh good, you're alright." Kagome bent down and hugged the hanyou gently.
"What happened?" he said, rubbing his eyes.
"I heard a crash and went to see what it was... the whole hut shook! Then I saw Seiko on the
floor... and... and you. I drug you out, and closed the door... I didn't know what else to do." She
lowered her head, but he caught her chin, and brought her eyes to his once more.
"You did the right thing Kagome." Then he sat up and kissed her lightly on the cheek as she
blushed. "Where is Fera-baba?"
"She'll be back soon... I think she went to get something in the woods_" She was cut off when he
roughly brought her into a kiss. Then almost as suddenly as it happened, it was over, and
InuYaha dashed from the door, to where the scene had taken place earlier.
***
"Baba!" He called through the storm, as gusts of wind drenched rain upon him. 'Where the hell
are you ya old hag?'
He made his way back to the clearing where the fight had taken earlier. It was flooded with rain
water and muddy pits. The old woman was nowhere in sight so he decided to keep moving. But
as he turned to leave, He remembered Seiko's abandoned haori, and when over the soggy bank to
see if it was still there... or if it got washed away. Sure enough, crumpled in the mud, it was
soaked, but still in tact. He rung out the strange material and continued to look for Fera-baba.
***
"He's gone now." Fera appeared from behind a door, and summoned someone into the hut. The
figure was tall and lean, with a great flowing cloak, hiding their every feature.
A deep, familiar voice spoke from beneath the shadowed hood. "Good. He'd only get in my
way." Fera slid open the door, and showed the man in before slamming it behind him. "Be strong
Seiko. I'm here now."
The weary girl rushed over to them, now that she was back in her human form, and held him in
an embrace, nuzzling her face into the bridge of his neck. "I'm scared... it's never been this bad
before." Her voice was soft, but the yokai before he could hear every word.
"Don't be... I'm here, and you can let it all out." His clawed hand came up and lifted the girls
chin to look into his eyes as he let down his hood. Then he leaned down and kissed her
passionately, and she only deepened it.
When he finally pulled back, he placed a finger on her lips, being sure it didn't go further. He
pulled her into his lap to sit, rather than clinging to herself for false security. She leaned into his
broad chest and nuzzled her face into his warm cloak. "I don't know what I'd do without you
Sesshomarou..."
Okay... well there's the end of it for real. I know it's kind of a mean cliffhanger, but I had to end
it somewhere! Well, I'd appreciate your input, so all you'd have to do is click the little button at
the bottom of the screen to review.... *PLEASE* The more reviews I get the sooner I update!!!
()()
(n_~) ~Bunny
stupid hanyou Nazis... u_u (I'll think of a way to get him back)
Notes: Oh, I forgot to mention last time... all of you who got an award, will receive a life-time
supply of ciber-grads... Every time you download it from who knows where, you get a warm and
fuzzy feeling of gratitude: the ideal way to avoid expensive therapy... n_n'
Other than that, I'm back in school *pissed off*... but there's a slight hope for snow days
with the storm coming... *please SNOW...a lot!* ... Okay, I'm really getting off topic today...
Bubbles1612, *sighs with relief* you had me worried there for a little while... I didn't hear from
you for 19 & 20... but luckily you're still here and I know cuse of your review from last chappy...
Kaylana... CONFUSED AGAIN?! Well hopefully I'll satisfy all of you people's curiosities about
the whole moon thing... that was the one thing she DIDN'T mention to Inu... but Fera knows
*gigles* (the crazy old lech... wow, that's encouraging) Well, now I'm gonna let you all read the
story...
~* Over the Edge - Chapter 21: The Rising Moon*~
Seiko clutched her arms as waves of power spread through her. The blood from previous
wounds were mere stains, and not so much as a scar remained other than that. She pulled the
soaked sheet closer to her, practically ripping it with her nails. 'I must get away from here.'
Fera-baba scurried about the kitchen, gathering various herbs and spices. "Oh dear... this was
NOT a good time for this to happen..." Despite her low voice, InuYasha heard the words clearly.
"What's going on old hag?" He was firm. Only hours before, he had nearly killed the demonic
form of Seiko, and now she had healed even faster than a yokai at their best. There was
something going on, and they weren't telling him... something to do with that moon.
"There is NO TIME to explain, damn you! Something has to be done NOW." Seiko puled to her
feet, sweat running down her face and glistening the rest of her skin. Fera shoved some herbs at
the girl and lead her out the door, into the hall.
Miroku and InuYasha followed, only to see the door to her room slam behind her, and the old
hag gasping for breath just outside it in the hall, sinking down to sit on the floor. "There's no
time..."
"Now it's your turn Baba... explain. And I aint got all day." InuYasha told her, mocking the
situation earlier.
"You should know hanyou." She pointed an accusing finger at InuYasha as he towered over her.
"Feh... your moon's coming too."
***
There was only one other person that He could think of that might tell him what was going on...
and he didn't like that option either. Sesshomarou...
Miroku and InuYasha, once again returned to the main room where Kagome and Sango sat, with
Shippou off to the side, comforting the fire hawk from the sound of its masters cries. "What
happened to her?" Kagome finally asked through the awkward silence.
InuYasha sat next to her, pulling her close. This time she did not resist. He leaned down, pulling
the hair away from her ear and speaking softly. "I'll tell you later koi... but right now, everything
is happening too quickly." Then he bent down and kissed her softly on the cheek.
When he pulled away, she turned her head and brought him into a kiss. He deepened it,
widening his jaw. When she finally pulled away, she teased his lips, lightly grazing them, and
speaking just as soft. "I want to know now." She pulled him in again, as he picked her up and
headed down the hall to her room, if he was going to tell her, it had to be quiet... and he didn't
really want the others around.
***
InuYasha finished telling Kagome just enough to understand... leaving out most of what had
happened. But Kagome put two and two together, and didn't prod him for any further details. She
leaned into his chest, listening to his deep breaths, and the sound of his heart. She reached up a
hand and rubbed one of his ears, giggling when he let out a low rumble like a purr deep in his
chest.
She looked up into his amber eyes, and pulled her hand back down. "Thanks for telling me
InuYasha... this can't be easy for you."
He leaned down and caressed the bridge of her neck with his silky lips, moving slowly up until
he reached hers. "That's okay koi... I don't want to keep anything from you." She brought him
back into the kiss, reassuring that it was the same for her. But he couldn't help but want to hear
the words.
***
A few moments later, there was a series of shrieks and yells in different eerie tones. InuYasha
pulled back from Kagome and looked into her eyes. She nodded, knowing that if it had anything
to do with Seiko, he was her only hope. With that, InuYasha dashed from the room and slid open
the huntress' door.
The room was dark, and filled with shadows. He searched it with his eyes, looking for the origin
of the yells that were now gasps and whimpers. A ragged figure emerged from the depths of a
corner of darkness. She was dragging herself on the wooden floor, clutching the shredded sheet
to herself, and drawing in sharp breaths as if fighting pain.
"Shut the door." Her voice was week, and she curled up on the floor in a patch of light from a
boarded window with rain dripping in.
InuYasha closed the door, and slowly approached her. "What is it?" He placed a hand on her
shoulder. Her head was down, avoiding his gaze.
"It's the rising moon..." She paused gasping again with a sharp breath, drawing the sheet closer.
"But what does that have to do with anything?"
He knelt down next to her as she clung to herself in pain. A strong hand came up and seized the
front of his haori firmly. She lifted her face to look into his eyes, showing the flashes of green
and blue from her yokai form, with slits in them. Her face was full of anger and fear, as sweat
balled up on her smooth skin. "It has everything to do with it damn it." She was low, but rose her
voice with the next comment. "You know how you have your little secret." Mock added into her
voice. "Well, you may change into a human for the night of every New Moon... but I have to put
up with..."
She paused, her eyes widened, and she loosened her hold on his fire-rat. She backed away into
the shadows, growling to warn him not to come any closer. "I have to put up with... THIS... every
fucking year. And it lasts for days." She let out a evil laugh, mocking the situating she was in.
"You want to know what going on? WELL COME SEE IT!"
There was an eerie howl and she slithered out into the light of the room, now in her serpent like
form. The fin on the end of her 'tail' was razor sharp, and InuYasha knew to avoid it. She slashed
at him with her claws, cutting his side, almost breaking a rib in the impact. He tried not to fight
back, remembering what happened last time. But she was stronger this time somehow, and she
wasn't giving him the edge... in fact she was winning.
For a while, he did nothing but doge her blows, blocking her fin, and avoiding his own death. But
when she had a direct hit on him, he was knocked to a corner and blocked in with no other
choice. There was pure rage in her eyes, and he knew she must have lost control. He swiped at
her with his claws, backing her away from his corner. But her serpent like body shifted, coming
around from behind, and wrapped him in a strong coil to bind him.
Somehow, he had managed to break free before she tightened her grip. He put a blow to her
head, knocking her to the floor. But her tail came up behind her, knocking him out as well when
it hit him across the back.
As he blacked out, the last thing he remembered was someone rushing toward him, and her door
being shut behind him, as he was pulled to the kitchen by weak arms.
*****
(A/N: This is where I would have ended the story... but if you haven't figured it out by now, I
like making my readers happy. Well, this chappy is already going up late, plus there was some
more stuff I wanted to add in. So, you all get the benefit of it all in a longer chapter than usual...
*smiles* hope you like it so far... ~Bunny)
*****
InuYasha woke to the feeling of a cool, damp, cloth being dabbed on his forehead. He opened his
eyes slightly, his vision focusing in on the concerned face above his.
"Oh good, you're alright." Kagome bent down and hugged the hanyou gently.
"What happened?" he said, rubbing his eyes.
"I heard a crash and went to see what it was... the whole hut shook! Then I saw Seiko on the
floor... and... and you. I drug you out, and closed the door... I didn't know what else to do." She
lowered her head, but he caught her chin, and brought her eyes to his once more.
"You did the right thing Kagome." Then he sat up and kissed her lightly on the cheek as she
blushed. "Where is Fera-baba?"
"She'll be back soon... I think she went to get something in the woods_" She was cut off when he
roughly brought her into a kiss. Then almost as suddenly as it happened, it was over, and
InuYaha dashed from the door, to where the scene had taken place earlier.
***
"Baba!" He called through the storm, as gusts of wind drenched rain upon him. 'Where the hell
are you ya old hag?'
He made his way back to the clearing where the fight had taken earlier. It was flooded with rain
water and muddy pits. The old woman was nowhere in sight so he decided to keep moving. But
as he turned to leave, He remembered Seiko's abandoned haori, and when over the soggy bank to
see if it was still there... or if it got washed away. Sure enough, crumpled in the mud, it was
soaked, but still in tact. He rung out the strange material and continued to look for Fera-baba.
***
"He's gone now." Fera appeared from behind a door, and summoned someone into the hut. The
figure was tall and lean, with a great flowing cloak, hiding their every feature.
A deep, familiar voice spoke from beneath the shadowed hood. "Good. He'd only get in my
way." Fera slid open the door, and showed the man in before slamming it behind him. "Be strong
Seiko. I'm here now."
The weary girl rushed over to them, now that she was back in her human form, and held him in
an embrace, nuzzling her face into the bridge of his neck. "I'm scared... it's never been this bad
before." Her voice was soft, but the yokai before he could hear every word.
"Don't be... I'm here, and you can let it all out." His clawed hand came up and lifted the girls
chin to look into his eyes as he let down his hood. Then he leaned down and kissed her
passionately, and she only deepened it.
When he finally pulled back, he placed a finger on her lips, being sure it didn't go further. He
pulled her into his lap to sit, rather than clinging to herself for false security. She leaned into his
broad chest and nuzzled her face into his warm cloak. "I don't know what I'd do without you
Sesshomarou..."
Okay... well there's the end of it for real. I know it's kind of a mean cliffhanger, but I had to end
it somewhere! Well, I'd appreciate your input, so all you'd have to do is click the little button at
the bottom of the screen to review.... *PLEASE* The more reviews I get the sooner I update!!!
()()
(n_~) ~Bunny