WARNING: There's implications of sex in this chapter. Nothing really serious, but still. You have been warned! *Gives readers the almighty I-told-you-so-you-can't-get-mad-at-me-if-you're-offended face*
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Chapter 3: Etsodoku Wadachi: Hentai Hime?! (Reading Rut: A Hentai Hime?!)
Kagome plunked down on her futon. It was a different room from when she had first arrived; this was bigger and more elegant, befitting her station. She chuckled softly; being a hime DID have its perks! Even though she wasn't big on primness, she did appreciate beauty and style.
She reached into her kimono and pulled out an elaborate leather-bound book the size of her hand. Scooping up a quill and bottle of ink from the desk nearby, she laid down on the futon upon her stomach. She started to write, and giggled at the sentence she had jotted, careful not to smudge as she waited for the ink to dry. She was so absorbed in her work, she didn't even hear her door slide open gently.
Kagome felt a foot tap her hip and she looked up. Golden eyes met hers, and she flushed with embarrassment. Her heart flew up into her throat, and she gulped in fright.
"What are you cackling so wildly about?" Inuyasha demanded, leaning over her to see into the book. He sniffed the air. "And what is that weird smell?"
Kagome's breathe caught, and she slammed the notebook shut. Quickly shoving it into her kimono again, she blushed furiously. "Nothing you need worry yourself about, Inuyasha-oji," she answered.
The hanyou stared at her, unsatisfied. He could tell she was hiding something, and he didn't like it one bit! "Give me the book." He held out his hand imperatively, eyes boring holes into her flushed face.
Kagome shook her head fiercely. He wasn't supposed to see – not ever! "No!" She jumped up from the futon and shuffled quickly out of the room. She heard Inuyasha follow her down the hall, and he began to yell angrily.
"Hey!! Get back here, wench! What the hell are you up to?! I'm talking to you! Would you stop already!"
Kagome flew around a corner and ducked into a dark alcove. She sighed with relief as she heard him rush by. He wouldn't find her...! She took a step forward and gasped as a red shape jumped down in front of her.
"You don't get it, do you?" Inuyasha smirked. "I can smell you out."
"Leave me alone!" Kagome shrieked, and headed away from him as quickly as her feeble little human legs could go.
"Geez, what the hell was all that about?" he growled.
"Must be the wrong time of month for her, Lord Inuyasha," a small voice said from his shoulder.
"Hell, Myouga, quit sneaking up on me! It's annoying; I feel like I'm losing my instincts!" Inuyasha certainly WASN'T in a good mood anymore.
"Nonsense! I'm just too small and quick to pick up with your senses," the flea replied matter-of-factly. Inuyasha began coddling his brain on how smug the stupid flea really was, despite his being renowned for a sincere cowardice in the face of danger. "Now, what was it you and the young hime were arguing about, sire?"
"She was being annoying 'cause of something in that stupid book she has in her kimono. I wanted to see, and she took off for no reason!" the oji snapped.
"So you pursued her. Lord Inuyasha, you'll never get her to respect you if you hound her like that."
Inuyasha's ire began to grow; he didn't want the insect's annoying browbeating right now. "First of all, I never said I wanted her respect! And I don't HOUND!! I press," he huffed.
Damn, the flea was asking for it!
Myouga sighed. "Be that as it may, shall I go see what is so amusing our young lady?"
"Feh. Fine."
'That's as good a blessing as I'll get from him!' Myouga thought, hopping from the oji's shoulder and bouncing down the hall after Kagome.
After a short while of looking, he found her sitting on the stairs of the entrance hall leading to the second storey of the palace. She was scribbling in her book again, and giggling. Myouga inhaled deeply, and caught a strange scent in the air. Once he recognized it, he blushed.
"Oh my...!" he whispered, and gathered his thoughts as he pounced onto her hand. Now was no time for... uncivilized distractions. "Greetings, Kagome-hime!"
The princess obviously hadn't noticed him; she squealed in fright, then looked closer. "You – you're a flea demon!"
"Aye, milady! I apologize for scaring you. May I ask what you are writing?" He indicated the notebook.
Kagome shut her book gently, so as not to throw Myouga from her hand with the swift motion. After all, the flea didn't seem to be wanting any trouble, and he didn't seem to want to cause her harm. "You may not."
"Very well," Myouga replied calmly. He had been told on many occasions that he could be entirely too calm – expect when the calmness was needed in battle; then, he was hysterical. "Can I help you find anything? Are you hungry?"
"No, thank you," she smiled and stood, gently placing him on a carved statue of a demon.
Myouga began to sweat. 'If I don't figure out what's on her mind, Lord Inuyasha will flatten me!' "Perhaps – something else?! Uh-uh – the library?!"
She spun to look at him in bewilderment. "Library?!"
"Yes, Kagome-hime! Would you like to see it?"
"Oh, yes, very much!" Kagome chimed, spinning in a girlishly excited circle. "Yes, please!"
"Very well! Follow me, milady!" Myouga nodded, breathing a quiet sigh of relief; Inuyasha wouldn't flatten him today!
The two companions didn't notice the deep shadow that inhabited a dark corner on the hall.
"So," Inuyasha whispered, stepping out of the shadows as he watched the hime and flea walk in the direction of the library. "she likes books."
*****
Inuyasha made his way through the halls, and opened a large door. He entered silently, and shut the entrance behind him. A huge room with masses of filled bookshelves stood before him, with a warm fire pit in the centre of the room. Four long, low tables graced each quadrant of the room. Kagome sat silently at the far right table, pouring over a large tome.
As he got closer, the same strange scent that he had smelled earlier in her room permeated the air, filling his nostrils. It was a heady, musky smell. He couldn't figure out quite what it was, and it was fucking annoying!
He approached her form, bent heavily over the text, and realized she was asleep. Smirking and waving a hand in front of her face, he waited for a reaction; she didn't respond. He looked around for Myouga, but no one was there.
Very carefully, the oji reached into her outer kimono and pulled out the leather-bound book. He looked down at her in surprise as he watched her torso press against the air where his hand had been a moment before. She moaned heavily in her sleep, and mumbled incoherently before settling back into silence.
'She must be having a very intense dream,' he thought.
He opened the leather book, and turned to a random page.
~~~~~
Nami reached up to him and grasped his hair, pulling him down to meet
her hungry lips. She felt like her whole body was being engulfed by a massive
tide as he pounded into her over and over. A haze of flashing colour crept over
her eyes, and she tensed against his perspiring body as they both rode upon the
crest of the wave of ecstacy...
~~~~~
Inuyasha shut the book, his face pale. "What the HELL is this?!" he whispered in shock.
He looked down at Kagome, smelling the strong scent again. He shivered, before reality hit him like a tonne of bricks: smell, book, moan...
"How is it POSSIBLE?!" he muttered, slipping the notebook back into her kimono and exiting the room quickly. He zoomed down the hall, and stopped nervously. "Ninjen women don't go into heat! I must ask Sesshoumaru!"
He glanced down at his pants when he noticed the painfully constricted feeling in his loins. He was starting to lose his scrupulous ethical control over the subject of his sex.
"Stupid book passage!" he hissed as he rushed away to take care of his little problem.
*****
Kagome stood up and looked around. She was disoriented and felt lightheaded and groggy.
"I... must have fallen asleep here," she mumbled, glancing about the library. She remembered Inuyasha's curiosity, and immediately felt for her right breast. Below her kimono, she felt the familiar lump of leather binding.
She sighed in relief. "Right where I left you...!"
She blushed as she thought about the book. So many beloved thoughts and memories written within...! The book was sacred to her! Kikyo had the Yome-stone, but she had her book!
She pulled it out and flipped to the last page. Inside were written lovely words:
~~~~~
Though this is the last page of the book, it is not the end. The tale continues, because life itself never dies. I write this for my darling daughter; love life for the sake of jubilation and epiphany, in all things around you. Aishiteru, Kagome-chan.
~~ Nami-kisaki
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Kagome forced a chuckle from her swelling throat. Tears began to leak from her once-placid eyes. Despair washed over her in powerful, irresistible waves. The world around her seemed to fade into a black abyss as she wept softly in the comforts of her own reverie. Privacy always allowed her to let her un-indulged tears flow freely – without shame, without reprimandation. Never would her father have allowed her tears in the presence of guests, and over time, she had molded herself to fit his rules on the subject. The hime was permitted to be her own fragile self – the hime without the fiery disposition and witty tongue... but only when alone...
She would always be alone...
She found it amazing how the once comforting thought of silence and stillness no longer soothed her aching, love-starved heart. Now, since her departure from her home, the idea of alone ran shivers up her spine and chilled her straight to the marrow of her bones.
"And why shouldn't I love life for all it is? I will love it for the short time left to me... Once Lord Sesshoumaru makes his decision... I – and my sister – will probably be dead...!"
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Sorry it took a little longer than expected! I know it's a littler shorter than the previous chapters, but oh well; I'll make it up to guys on a later chappie, k? ^_^
I thank you all for the further reviews I've been getting, but I have to state clearly: I WILL NOT CHANGE THE COUPLING ON INU/KAG. No offense to anyone who likes Sess/Kag; I just don't like them, and find the idea too OOC for my liking. Sorry to anyone who doesn't like it.
I MUST INSIST ON NO FLAMES! Fanfiction.net PAYS for the storage we use on this site, and that space should NOT be taken up by flames; criticism is fine, but if you feel you must flame me, send it to my email displayed on my profile. I DETEST FLAMES, though.
Thank you ^_^
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Chapter 3: Etsodoku Wadachi: Hentai Hime?! (Reading Rut: A Hentai Hime?!)
Kagome plunked down on her futon. It was a different room from when she had first arrived; this was bigger and more elegant, befitting her station. She chuckled softly; being a hime DID have its perks! Even though she wasn't big on primness, she did appreciate beauty and style.
She reached into her kimono and pulled out an elaborate leather-bound book the size of her hand. Scooping up a quill and bottle of ink from the desk nearby, she laid down on the futon upon her stomach. She started to write, and giggled at the sentence she had jotted, careful not to smudge as she waited for the ink to dry. She was so absorbed in her work, she didn't even hear her door slide open gently.
Kagome felt a foot tap her hip and she looked up. Golden eyes met hers, and she flushed with embarrassment. Her heart flew up into her throat, and she gulped in fright.
"What are you cackling so wildly about?" Inuyasha demanded, leaning over her to see into the book. He sniffed the air. "And what is that weird smell?"
Kagome's breathe caught, and she slammed the notebook shut. Quickly shoving it into her kimono again, she blushed furiously. "Nothing you need worry yourself about, Inuyasha-oji," she answered.
The hanyou stared at her, unsatisfied. He could tell she was hiding something, and he didn't like it one bit! "Give me the book." He held out his hand imperatively, eyes boring holes into her flushed face.
Kagome shook her head fiercely. He wasn't supposed to see – not ever! "No!" She jumped up from the futon and shuffled quickly out of the room. She heard Inuyasha follow her down the hall, and he began to yell angrily.
"Hey!! Get back here, wench! What the hell are you up to?! I'm talking to you! Would you stop already!"
Kagome flew around a corner and ducked into a dark alcove. She sighed with relief as she heard him rush by. He wouldn't find her...! She took a step forward and gasped as a red shape jumped down in front of her.
"You don't get it, do you?" Inuyasha smirked. "I can smell you out."
"Leave me alone!" Kagome shrieked, and headed away from him as quickly as her feeble little human legs could go.
"Geez, what the hell was all that about?" he growled.
"Must be the wrong time of month for her, Lord Inuyasha," a small voice said from his shoulder.
"Hell, Myouga, quit sneaking up on me! It's annoying; I feel like I'm losing my instincts!" Inuyasha certainly WASN'T in a good mood anymore.
"Nonsense! I'm just too small and quick to pick up with your senses," the flea replied matter-of-factly. Inuyasha began coddling his brain on how smug the stupid flea really was, despite his being renowned for a sincere cowardice in the face of danger. "Now, what was it you and the young hime were arguing about, sire?"
"She was being annoying 'cause of something in that stupid book she has in her kimono. I wanted to see, and she took off for no reason!" the oji snapped.
"So you pursued her. Lord Inuyasha, you'll never get her to respect you if you hound her like that."
Inuyasha's ire began to grow; he didn't want the insect's annoying browbeating right now. "First of all, I never said I wanted her respect! And I don't HOUND!! I press," he huffed.
Damn, the flea was asking for it!
Myouga sighed. "Be that as it may, shall I go see what is so amusing our young lady?"
"Feh. Fine."
'That's as good a blessing as I'll get from him!' Myouga thought, hopping from the oji's shoulder and bouncing down the hall after Kagome.
After a short while of looking, he found her sitting on the stairs of the entrance hall leading to the second storey of the palace. She was scribbling in her book again, and giggling. Myouga inhaled deeply, and caught a strange scent in the air. Once he recognized it, he blushed.
"Oh my...!" he whispered, and gathered his thoughts as he pounced onto her hand. Now was no time for... uncivilized distractions. "Greetings, Kagome-hime!"
The princess obviously hadn't noticed him; she squealed in fright, then looked closer. "You – you're a flea demon!"
"Aye, milady! I apologize for scaring you. May I ask what you are writing?" He indicated the notebook.
Kagome shut her book gently, so as not to throw Myouga from her hand with the swift motion. After all, the flea didn't seem to be wanting any trouble, and he didn't seem to want to cause her harm. "You may not."
"Very well," Myouga replied calmly. He had been told on many occasions that he could be entirely too calm – expect when the calmness was needed in battle; then, he was hysterical. "Can I help you find anything? Are you hungry?"
"No, thank you," she smiled and stood, gently placing him on a carved statue of a demon.
Myouga began to sweat. 'If I don't figure out what's on her mind, Lord Inuyasha will flatten me!' "Perhaps – something else?! Uh-uh – the library?!"
She spun to look at him in bewilderment. "Library?!"
"Yes, Kagome-hime! Would you like to see it?"
"Oh, yes, very much!" Kagome chimed, spinning in a girlishly excited circle. "Yes, please!"
"Very well! Follow me, milady!" Myouga nodded, breathing a quiet sigh of relief; Inuyasha wouldn't flatten him today!
The two companions didn't notice the deep shadow that inhabited a dark corner on the hall.
"So," Inuyasha whispered, stepping out of the shadows as he watched the hime and flea walk in the direction of the library. "she likes books."
*****
Inuyasha made his way through the halls, and opened a large door. He entered silently, and shut the entrance behind him. A huge room with masses of filled bookshelves stood before him, with a warm fire pit in the centre of the room. Four long, low tables graced each quadrant of the room. Kagome sat silently at the far right table, pouring over a large tome.
As he got closer, the same strange scent that he had smelled earlier in her room permeated the air, filling his nostrils. It was a heady, musky smell. He couldn't figure out quite what it was, and it was fucking annoying!
He approached her form, bent heavily over the text, and realized she was asleep. Smirking and waving a hand in front of her face, he waited for a reaction; she didn't respond. He looked around for Myouga, but no one was there.
Very carefully, the oji reached into her outer kimono and pulled out the leather-bound book. He looked down at her in surprise as he watched her torso press against the air where his hand had been a moment before. She moaned heavily in her sleep, and mumbled incoherently before settling back into silence.
'She must be having a very intense dream,' he thought.
He opened the leather book, and turned to a random page.
~~~~~
Nami reached up to him and grasped his hair, pulling him down to meet
her hungry lips. She felt like her whole body was being engulfed by a massive
tide as he pounded into her over and over. A haze of flashing colour crept over
her eyes, and she tensed against his perspiring body as they both rode upon the
crest of the wave of ecstacy...
~~~~~
Inuyasha shut the book, his face pale. "What the HELL is this?!" he whispered in shock.
He looked down at Kagome, smelling the strong scent again. He shivered, before reality hit him like a tonne of bricks: smell, book, moan...
"How is it POSSIBLE?!" he muttered, slipping the notebook back into her kimono and exiting the room quickly. He zoomed down the hall, and stopped nervously. "Ninjen women don't go into heat! I must ask Sesshoumaru!"
He glanced down at his pants when he noticed the painfully constricted feeling in his loins. He was starting to lose his scrupulous ethical control over the subject of his sex.
"Stupid book passage!" he hissed as he rushed away to take care of his little problem.
*****
Kagome stood up and looked around. She was disoriented and felt lightheaded and groggy.
"I... must have fallen asleep here," she mumbled, glancing about the library. She remembered Inuyasha's curiosity, and immediately felt for her right breast. Below her kimono, she felt the familiar lump of leather binding.
She sighed in relief. "Right where I left you...!"
She blushed as she thought about the book. So many beloved thoughts and memories written within...! The book was sacred to her! Kikyo had the Yome-stone, but she had her book!
She pulled it out and flipped to the last page. Inside were written lovely words:
~~~~~
Though this is the last page of the book, it is not the end. The tale continues, because life itself never dies. I write this for my darling daughter; love life for the sake of jubilation and epiphany, in all things around you. Aishiteru, Kagome-chan.
~~ Nami-kisaki
~~~~~
Kagome forced a chuckle from her swelling throat. Tears began to leak from her once-placid eyes. Despair washed over her in powerful, irresistible waves. The world around her seemed to fade into a black abyss as she wept softly in the comforts of her own reverie. Privacy always allowed her to let her un-indulged tears flow freely – without shame, without reprimandation. Never would her father have allowed her tears in the presence of guests, and over time, she had molded herself to fit his rules on the subject. The hime was permitted to be her own fragile self – the hime without the fiery disposition and witty tongue... but only when alone...
She would always be alone...
She found it amazing how the once comforting thought of silence and stillness no longer soothed her aching, love-starved heart. Now, since her departure from her home, the idea of alone ran shivers up her spine and chilled her straight to the marrow of her bones.
"And why shouldn't I love life for all it is? I will love it for the short time left to me... Once Lord Sesshoumaru makes his decision... I – and my sister – will probably be dead...!"
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Sorry it took a little longer than expected! I know it's a littler shorter than the previous chapters, but oh well; I'll make it up to guys on a later chappie, k? ^_^
I thank you all for the further reviews I've been getting, but I have to state clearly: I WILL NOT CHANGE THE COUPLING ON INU/KAG. No offense to anyone who likes Sess/Kag; I just don't like them, and find the idea too OOC for my liking. Sorry to anyone who doesn't like it.
I MUST INSIST ON NO FLAMES! Fanfiction.net PAYS for the storage we use on this site, and that space should NOT be taken up by flames; criticism is fine, but if you feel you must flame me, send it to my email displayed on my profile. I DETEST FLAMES, though.
Thank you ^_^