A.N.: Well, here's, chappie two. I thought I'd update pretty quickly, so as
not to leave for too long with the first chapter's ending. I want to thank
all of thee who reviewed; you are precious to me. Sighs as smiles Anyway,
I'm going to try not to babble as much before and after this chappie, like
I did last time. Reader: Yeah!
Anywho...to InuyashaismyguyandnotKikyoorKagomes, (love your name, by the way), you'll have to bear with me here. Kikyo will perish in a short while (psychotic laugh), but...I'm afraid I can't kill Kagome.... Just think of what that would do to poor Inuyasha! Here's an idea: Just pretend you are Kagome, forever and throughout this chapter. . That would be nice, ne?
And now on with the story!!!! ;P
DISCLAIMER: It doesn't matter what I do...I will NEVER own Inuyasha. Such a shame, de gozaru yo, ne? For me, at least.... :P
The End of the Triangle: Chapter Two
It was early the next morning, a small distance away from the forest, in a valley tucked away in thick knot of the mountains that surrounded it. The sun was shining already; the air was cool, and a small breeze blew every once in awhile. It was just any other day in the Futile Era.
A certain two-headed dragon demon, named Ah Un (A.N: I think that's its name....) sunbathed in the warm rays, enjoying a deep sleep. With every happy wag of its long tail it shuffled the tall grass.
And sitting on its back was the very un-amused Sesshomaru. In front of him, was the long stretch of the valley, where Rin was running around like any hyper little girl, rolling around in the grass and trying to catch butterflies. Jaken was in the shadow of the dragon demon, pacing back and forth, and muttering nonsense. Sesshomaru was half surprised that he hadn't dug a trench yet.
Sesshomaru gave a little sigh. He was BORED.
He leaned down to rest his head on his hands, brushing some of the white bangs out of his face. Check that: Hand. 'Dammit.' He wished there were two. With that recognition, he felt an odd mixture of anger, hatred and embarrassment. The wind blew gently, sending the armless sleeve, his tail, and his long, flowing hair blowing.
"He got in a lucky shot," he muttered for what had to be the thousandth time.
As he slowly raised his gaze again, he noted that Rin was running toward him, giggling and looking quite pleased with herself. As she skidded to a stop in front of Sesshomaru, she produced the small, delicate butterfly she had captured in her had.
"Look, my Lord!" she giggles. Sesshomaru stared blankly as the butterfly crawled its way up to Rin's little fingertip. He reached down to poke it, and it fluttered away. As Rin watched the butterfly fly off, Sesshomaru smiled. Just a little.
"Lord Sesshomaru, why are spending so much time in the middle of nowhere? What about the quest after your brother?" Jaken asked, piping up for the first time in about an hour.
"I am resting Jaken, that is all," Sesshomaru replied, nonchalantly.
"Resting, my Lord?"
"Indeed. Now, be silent. It was nice while it lasted," Sesshomaru sighed. Rin giggled again.
"..." Jaken stopped moving. "But, one thing, my Lord. I wonder... I think we are being approached. Don't you sense someone coming?"
"Yes, Jaken." Sesshomaru had actually known about the visitor for quite awhile now. He hadn't mentioned it because... it was simply not a threat.
Jaken sniffed. "It is a woman. She smells like the wench who travels with that Inuyasha!" he exclaimed.
Sesshomaru shifted, beginning to turn around and face their visitor. He had also recognized the scent. But, he was a bit puzzled by it; for it wasn't the same as that modern girl's, only similar. This scent was almost...hollow...and it was touched with the lingering scents of earth and clay.
Sesshomaru stiffened slightly as he looked. Could it be?
The woman stopped walking towards the four's small 'camp.' She smiled cunningly, "You are Lord Sesshomaru, are you not?"
"Who wants to know?"
"Only I," Kikyo continued approaching, stopping right beside the two-headed dragon demon.
"Why are you here, human?" Sesshomaru asked monotonously.
"I came seeking you out, because I have a proposition I need of you," Kikyo said, with this kind of dangerous gleam in her eye.
"A...proposition?"
"Listen, you foul human wench! My Lord Sesshomaru would have absolutely no interest in helping you! How dare you come here and bother us with your—" –BONK—"OW!" Sesshomaru had hit him in the head with a pebble to shut him up.
"Why DO you come to me, with you're proposition?" he asked suspiciously. He didn't fear this human (FYI he could squash her like a bug,) but he figured it would be less bothersome to hear her out. Then, if she became a nuisance, or a threat, --SWAT! —
"Because, I need you for a plan to destroy Inuyasha's mental state of mind."
"Destroy Inuyasha? I am listening," Sesshomaru leaned on his hand, pretending to look interested.
"Lord Sesshomaru? Are you seriously thinking about helping this human?" Jaken asked, puzzled.
"I haven't agreed to anything Jaken. Now, as I said, be silent, and go fetch Rin from over there." He pointed.
"Fetch the girl? Why, my Lord, you always send me on such pointless duties?" Jaken walked off muttering. "Now where did that child run off to now?"
Rin peeked out from around Sesshomaru's giant fluffy tail-like thing. "Uhhh, my Lord, I'm right here."
Sesshomaru put a finger to his mouth. "Shhhh."
"Don't mistake my meaning, Sesshomaru," Kikyo said coldly. "When I said that I wanted his mental state destroyed, that's what I meant. Sense I will ALWAYS have a part of his heart, and I care nothing for his body, I will claim his mind."
"Your logic is warped. I care nothing for your own petty ambitions." Kikyo here made a face. "However, I must inquire, do you care what becomes of the rest of Inuyasha in the end?"
"I care not. Once I've received my fill of his agonized babbling and amusing reactions, I'm done with him. I just want to see him suffer from overloads of confusion and jealousy."
"Um," Sesshomaru had a thought pop into his head. "Just how are you planning to use me to fulfill this 'goal'?"
Kikyo giggled, batted her eyelashes. "How do you think? I'm hoping you're a good actor, eh, Sesshomaru?" Twitter twitter, giggle giggle.
"YOU'RE DEMENTED!" Sesshomaru rocked back, shoving Rin off Ah Un's back. He readied his claws. "YOU LAY A FINGER ON ME, I SWEAR, I WILL RIP YOU APART!!"
Kikyo giggled a few moments longer. (A.N.: Damn bitch.) "You're too quick to judge. I would never DREAM of doing anything with you, of all people. But that's just the point. The mere implication of such will make Inuyasha angry."
"And you're telling me, THAT'S your plan?"
"Yes."
Sesshomaru thought. It was a risky gamble: Making deals with humans. However, this may be the plot he needed to finally rid himself of the disgrace that was Inuyasha. (And as a plus: Inuyasha's reaction would prove amusing on this dull day.)
"I agree, under the one condition that I can deal with Inuyasha as I please, when you're done with him."
Kikyo grinned evilly. "DEAL."
(A.N.: 'DEAL'...with the devil...reincarnated. Grrrrrr.)
Now, it was later that morning, and the sun was growing higher in the sky, causing every shadow to shrink up.
The gang was on the move again, on the hunt for yet another shard of the Shikon Jewel. Inuyasha was surprised that Kagome hadn't told any of the others about they're little 'quarrel' last night. Little did he know, Kagome had deep reasons for doing as such. She believed that bringing the others into this would only complicate things. They always butted in. Though they always meant well, Kagome had a feeling that this time, the situation would e better if it was taken care of by them alone.
She had seen the way that Inuyasha had looked at her the previous night. She could see that he was torn, but that this time, he wasn't thinking only of Kikyo. He had been thinking of her, and not in anger.
Kagome sighed. This sigh was heard by Miroku, who she was walking beside. (Shippo and Sango were up flying on Kilala, whereas Inuyasha had taken the lead again.
"So, Kagome, you came in pretty late last night. Did you get any sleep at all?" Miroku asked.
"No, not really. I was thinking about certain...things." Kagome sighed again.
"That's a shame..." he quirked one eyebrow up. "Do you mean, like, certain things?" He nodded his head forward, indicating Inuyasha.
"Yes, like 'him' things," Kagome sighed, thinking that Miroku was just trying to be discrete, and not wanting to say Inuyasha's name near him, so Inuyasha wouldn't pick up on it with his excellent doggy hearing.
But Kagome realized otherwise he meant others when she noticed that the monk was grinning from ear to ear.
"Grrrrrr...you HENTAI!" Kagome hissed, grabbing one of Miroku's ears and pulling him down so she could whisper, "I didn't mean THAT! Will you please pull your head out of the gutter, just this ONCE?"
"What gutter?"
"Oh.... brother," Kagome slapped her forehead, realizing she had forgotten about the Modern-Day-to-Futile-Era language barrier again. "Never mind."
"Seriously, Kagome, I wasn't suggesting anything."
"Bull."
"What bull? Where?"
"Now you're doing that on purpose. QUIT IT."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Miroku..." Kagome shut her eyes briefly. "Me and 'him,' we're fine. I think...I think that maybe he understands this time. Maybe this time..." she faltered.
"Oh, and maybe this time—" Miroku began.
Kagome cut him off with a raised hand. "If this statement ends in anything along the line of: 'now you can get him in the sack,' I swear I'll...." She threatened.
"Sack? Is this another one of those gutter things?" Miroku asked innocently.
Kagome glared dangerously.
Miroku blinked. "No...no, that wasn't it at all. I was actually being serious." He blinked some more. "Oh, wait...check that. What I meant was, maybe this time he'll actually admit that he needs you...that he loves you."
"Yeah.... I hope you're right, Miroku?"
Miroku faced forward again, satisfied with himself. A little too late to be of any information, he saw Inuyasha's ears swivel and twitch back too facing forward.
Miroku paled. 'So, he was truly listening in the whole time,' he pondered. But perhaps, that was a good thing.
"I don't get it," Shippo was complaining. It was sunset again, and the group had set up camp between two rock piles and a few trees. There was a river not to far away, a good source of water and fish. Fish from that river were set up on a circle of sticks around the fire. Miroku had tried to weasel them into another inn, but none were to be found that were classy enough.
'It'd be cleaner to sleep in the woods again,' Miroku had grumbled as he walked out of the second... no, third hotel that had denied them entrance.
Shippo began to repeat himself, when he realized no one was really paying attention. "I SAID, I just don't get it. We walk ALL DAY and there's no sign of any jewel shards."
"Whaddya mean, 'we' walked?" Inuyasha grumbled.
"Yeah, you were with me and Kilala," Sango looked at him sideways.
"Whatever. But still, NO shards. Nada. Squat!" Shippo uncrossed his stubby little arms to poke at one of the sizzling fish.
"OWIE!"
"What did you expect Shippo? Fire is hot, after all; can't you hear the sizzling?" Inuyasha muttered.
"Kagome? Do you have any bandages in your healing box thingy?" Shippo asked pathetically, sticking his fingers in his mouth, pointing his other hand at the other hand at Kagome's first aid kit.
"Sure, Shippo," she giggled, seeming to be the only one in a good mood.
Miroku picked up a fish by the cooler half of the stick. He blew on it gently to cool it off, acting all suave and sophisticated. Chewing thoughtfully, he wondered, "It would make sense though. Since most of the jewel shards are already in Naraku's or our possession, they're going to be harder and harder to come across as there are less and less out there."
"True," Sango sighed heavily, picking out her own fish. "Then, the problem is Naraku."
"Oh, don't you dare bring up that bastard again!" Inuyasha snarled. "One of these days we'll take the shards, all of 'em."
"Then you'll use them for your own stupid purposes," Sango coughed, taking a bite.
"What's THAT supposed to mean?!"
Sango shrugged.
"It's not like you'd use it for anything less personal," Inuyasha huffed.
Sango shrugged again, refusing to let Inuyasha get on her nerves. Throwing her fish head and stick off into the grass, she rolled over, with her back to the others.
Kagome and Shippo just sat there blinking... Shippo with his face full of fish. Inuyasha kept his mouth in a strait line, staring intently at the fire.
"Hey, monk," he muttered after a couple of minutes.
"Yeah?" Miroku looked up from his own fish-on-a-stick.
Inuyasha tapped his fingers on his knee. "Did you perhaps tell her about your little 'theory' that states that if I use the jewel to become a full demon, the jewel would use me for evil?" he grated, one eyebrow twitching.
Miroku looked up, one hand planted under his chin. "I may have...mentioned it."
"Dammit!" Inuyasha hit the ground as he stood up. "That was only a theory...not fact to be gossiped about."
"Are you calling me a gossip?" Miroku gasped innocently.
"Feh," Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Whatever, monk. He grabbed the Tetsaiga and started to walk away.
Miroku wiped his mouth, tossing the rest of the fish-on-a-stick into the fire. He glanced at Kagome, and started to stand. "I'll, uh, just go get some more firewood before it gets too late." He tossed his staff to Kagome, along with the purple robe thing he wore.
"Keep watch over that, and..." he fidgeted. "Try to talk to Inuyasha. He's just a little, confused right now.... You understand that, right?"
Kagome nodded, taking the items, Miroku trudged deeper through the trees, pausing every couple of seconds to lean over and pick up a stick.
Kagome sighed. He was right now was the perfect time to speak only with Inuyasha. Though, Inuyasha wasn't probably in the greatest of moods right now, but, there were things that needed to be solved. The silent tension between the two of them was beginning to affect the rest of the group, (hence the fight earlier.)
She stood up, walking around the fire. She looked at the objects that Miroku had left her, and shrugged. She decided not to carry the robe thing with her and instead laid it as a blanket over a snoozing Sango. (Kagome figured that she had to be cold in her little fighting armor.)
It didn't take long for her to spot Inuyasha. He was sitting on a log that was lying next to the river. The crescent moon and stars made sparkling reflections over the surface. The cool grass swayed gently back and forth in the gentle breeze.
Kagome could tell Inuyasha knew she was there; his ears were swiveled backward toward her and the breeze was blowing in his direction.
He was sitting like he normally did: Legs crossed and hands in sleeves. Kagome walked over and sat down next to him, leaving Miroku's staff leaning against the log, and her endless backpack next to it.
"Hi," she waved her hands in front of Inuyasha's closed eyes. He opened them, but didn't avert his gaze from staring strait ahead of him.
"Kagome..." he began. "Do you... do you judge me like the others?"
Kagome was mystified, "Judge you?"
"You know what I mean. Judging me because I want to use the Shikon jewel to become a real demon. Feh, it's not like anyone else's uses for it would be any less selfish. Sango...she'd use it to kill Naraku, get her brother back, resurrect her village. Shippo'd... aw, who the hell knows what that little kitsune wants? Food...friends...his family." Inuyasha snorted. "And Miroku! He'd buy himself a fuckin' brothel! Full of sluts!" Inuyasha unsleeved his arms laid his hands on the log. His left hand landed on Kagome's, and though her fingers twitched, she didn't move it.
"Inuyasha...don't you're being kind of harsh? In saying that, you're judging them," Kagome replied, silently begging him to just LOOK AT HER.
"Whatever," Inuyasha muttered. "Like I give a rat's ass anyway."
Kagome sighed, "Well, just remember, no one's perfect."
Inuyasha 'feh'ed again. "There's just one thing I don't understand, Kagome, and that's what exactly YOU want...what you would wish for more than anything." He finally turned to meet her gaze.
Kagome drew in a quick breath. He wanted to know what he wanted? He CARED?
"What I want...more than anything? ...Aw, hell! I WANT this search to be over! I DON'T WANT to have to fight anymore, human or demon. I WANT everyone to stop bickering with each other, just to GET ALONG for once. But...most of all...I want YOU, Inuyasha."
His eyes widened considerably.
Kagome continued. "I want to be with you forever. If you haven't figured it out already, I love you Inuyasha. In a way, I always have. I always will."
After she was finished, she blushed redder than Inuyasha's Fire Rat coat. Horribly embarrassed, she began, "Uh, uh, uh...I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to—" But then, Inuyasha stopped staring, and pulled her into his arms.
Before Kagome could fully understand what was going on, she felt Inuyasha kissing her. Without hesitation, she kissed him back and she wrapped her arms around him, twirling her fingers in his hair.
Kagome was the happiest she had ever been in her entire life. Did this mean...that Inuyasha cared for her...that he loved her? Even if it didn't, Kagome really wasn't worried about that by this point.
Inuyasha bit down gently on Kagome's upper lip, rubbing his tongue against her mouth for permission for it to enter. Really, she didn't give a shit what he did to her, so she instead stuck her tongue inside his mouth, kissing him harder.
Inuyasha snarled playfully as he leaned over Kagome, as they reached full make-out point. After all, they were all alone.
"In...u...yasha," a deep familiar voice childed.
Okay, maybe, NOT so alone.
Kagome's eyes flew open as she gasped. Inuyasha gagged, loosing his balance and falling down on top of her.
"HEY!" she squeaked, swiveling her head around, looking for the source of the voice.
Inuyasha slipped off the log, making little squawking voices, and rolled into the river. He came back up, sputtering for air, letting his eyes scan the landscape. There...there he was.
"SESSHOMARU!!!! DAMN YOU!!!!"
Sesshomaru stood on the edge of the hill, the wind blowing his hair everywhere, and a very amused expression on his face. And to Kagome's total and absolute horror, beside the smiling dog demon stood Kikyo, an equally amused, and yet seductive smile plastered on her face.
"KIKYO???!!!!" Kagome gasped, fixing her skirt and standing up. "You...what are you doing here? And what the hell are you doing?"
See, Kagome had just noticed that Kikyo had her stupid arm wrapped snuggly around Sesshomaru waist.
"Oh, whatever do you mean, Kagome?" Kikyo purred, snuggling her head into Sesshomaru chest. He flinched, but said nothing, and kept staring at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha's jaw dropped about ninety feet, he slumped greatly. And his eyes crossed. "Wha...wha...wha the fuck??????"
Sesshomaru laughed somewhat nervously. "Ah, I see you two know each other well now," he laughed, indicating Inuyasha and Kagome. "Now, I have come to finally take the Tetsaiga, as well as your life."
'And I to take your sanity...' Kikyo giggled in her mind.
"AGAIN!!!" Inuyasha howled. "But why, why that little TRAMP?!"
"Oh, Inuyasha, there is simply so much you don't know about me...." Kikyo batted her eyelashes. "We're loooooovers, stupid."
The next word echoes far and wide: "WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!?!?!?!"
Inuyasha's eyes were as big as saucers, and his fist clenched so tightly that he cut himself with his own claws. He bared his fangs, staring daggers through Kikyo and Sesshomaru both.
"You," he targeted at Sesshomaru. "How DARE you!"
Sesshomaru raised his eyebrows, grinning. "Why...YES Inuyasha. Apparently, she wanted a true demon...NOT a hanyou." He closed his eyes, and by the time he opened them, he had pried Kikyo off of him and prepared a battle stance. "And now, down to business, I want the Tetsaiga. NOW."
Inuyasha just glared...preparing a steady stream of cuss words to come flying out.
On one hand, Kagome was thinking, 'AGAIN? When will that giant fluff ball realize that he can't take the Tetsaiga?!', but on the other, she was furious. She grabbed Miroku's staff, held it out in front of herself threateningly.
"OKAY!" she yelled at Kikyo. "You have hurt Inuyasha for the last time! You and me, one on one, let's go!!"
Kikyo just giggled.
A.N.: There. That's one hell of a cliffhanger. Whoo....damn that bitch.
Anywho, I hoped you like this. Have no fear, the third chappie's gonna be a doozie. Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee. Remember, now it's time for you to do you're part. REVIEW. NOW. o. I am hypnotizing you to do so.
Oh, and as for you, Sano99, pleeeeeze don't kill me. I promise, it's gonna all be better. (But first it must get worse!) (;P)
Sayonara until later!!!
GCN anime dragon (-x)
Anywho...to InuyashaismyguyandnotKikyoorKagomes, (love your name, by the way), you'll have to bear with me here. Kikyo will perish in a short while (psychotic laugh), but...I'm afraid I can't kill Kagome.... Just think of what that would do to poor Inuyasha! Here's an idea: Just pretend you are Kagome, forever and throughout this chapter. . That would be nice, ne?
And now on with the story!!!! ;P
DISCLAIMER: It doesn't matter what I do...I will NEVER own Inuyasha. Such a shame, de gozaru yo, ne? For me, at least.... :P
The End of the Triangle: Chapter Two
It was early the next morning, a small distance away from the forest, in a valley tucked away in thick knot of the mountains that surrounded it. The sun was shining already; the air was cool, and a small breeze blew every once in awhile. It was just any other day in the Futile Era.
A certain two-headed dragon demon, named Ah Un (A.N: I think that's its name....) sunbathed in the warm rays, enjoying a deep sleep. With every happy wag of its long tail it shuffled the tall grass.
And sitting on its back was the very un-amused Sesshomaru. In front of him, was the long stretch of the valley, where Rin was running around like any hyper little girl, rolling around in the grass and trying to catch butterflies. Jaken was in the shadow of the dragon demon, pacing back and forth, and muttering nonsense. Sesshomaru was half surprised that he hadn't dug a trench yet.
Sesshomaru gave a little sigh. He was BORED.
He leaned down to rest his head on his hands, brushing some of the white bangs out of his face. Check that: Hand. 'Dammit.' He wished there were two. With that recognition, he felt an odd mixture of anger, hatred and embarrassment. The wind blew gently, sending the armless sleeve, his tail, and his long, flowing hair blowing.
"He got in a lucky shot," he muttered for what had to be the thousandth time.
As he slowly raised his gaze again, he noted that Rin was running toward him, giggling and looking quite pleased with herself. As she skidded to a stop in front of Sesshomaru, she produced the small, delicate butterfly she had captured in her had.
"Look, my Lord!" she giggles. Sesshomaru stared blankly as the butterfly crawled its way up to Rin's little fingertip. He reached down to poke it, and it fluttered away. As Rin watched the butterfly fly off, Sesshomaru smiled. Just a little.
"Lord Sesshomaru, why are spending so much time in the middle of nowhere? What about the quest after your brother?" Jaken asked, piping up for the first time in about an hour.
"I am resting Jaken, that is all," Sesshomaru replied, nonchalantly.
"Resting, my Lord?"
"Indeed. Now, be silent. It was nice while it lasted," Sesshomaru sighed. Rin giggled again.
"..." Jaken stopped moving. "But, one thing, my Lord. I wonder... I think we are being approached. Don't you sense someone coming?"
"Yes, Jaken." Sesshomaru had actually known about the visitor for quite awhile now. He hadn't mentioned it because... it was simply not a threat.
Jaken sniffed. "It is a woman. She smells like the wench who travels with that Inuyasha!" he exclaimed.
Sesshomaru shifted, beginning to turn around and face their visitor. He had also recognized the scent. But, he was a bit puzzled by it; for it wasn't the same as that modern girl's, only similar. This scent was almost...hollow...and it was touched with the lingering scents of earth and clay.
Sesshomaru stiffened slightly as he looked. Could it be?
The woman stopped walking towards the four's small 'camp.' She smiled cunningly, "You are Lord Sesshomaru, are you not?"
"Who wants to know?"
"Only I," Kikyo continued approaching, stopping right beside the two-headed dragon demon.
"Why are you here, human?" Sesshomaru asked monotonously.
"I came seeking you out, because I have a proposition I need of you," Kikyo said, with this kind of dangerous gleam in her eye.
"A...proposition?"
"Listen, you foul human wench! My Lord Sesshomaru would have absolutely no interest in helping you! How dare you come here and bother us with your—" –BONK—"OW!" Sesshomaru had hit him in the head with a pebble to shut him up.
"Why DO you come to me, with you're proposition?" he asked suspiciously. He didn't fear this human (FYI he could squash her like a bug,) but he figured it would be less bothersome to hear her out. Then, if she became a nuisance, or a threat, --SWAT! —
"Because, I need you for a plan to destroy Inuyasha's mental state of mind."
"Destroy Inuyasha? I am listening," Sesshomaru leaned on his hand, pretending to look interested.
"Lord Sesshomaru? Are you seriously thinking about helping this human?" Jaken asked, puzzled.
"I haven't agreed to anything Jaken. Now, as I said, be silent, and go fetch Rin from over there." He pointed.
"Fetch the girl? Why, my Lord, you always send me on such pointless duties?" Jaken walked off muttering. "Now where did that child run off to now?"
Rin peeked out from around Sesshomaru's giant fluffy tail-like thing. "Uhhh, my Lord, I'm right here."
Sesshomaru put a finger to his mouth. "Shhhh."
"Don't mistake my meaning, Sesshomaru," Kikyo said coldly. "When I said that I wanted his mental state destroyed, that's what I meant. Sense I will ALWAYS have a part of his heart, and I care nothing for his body, I will claim his mind."
"Your logic is warped. I care nothing for your own petty ambitions." Kikyo here made a face. "However, I must inquire, do you care what becomes of the rest of Inuyasha in the end?"
"I care not. Once I've received my fill of his agonized babbling and amusing reactions, I'm done with him. I just want to see him suffer from overloads of confusion and jealousy."
"Um," Sesshomaru had a thought pop into his head. "Just how are you planning to use me to fulfill this 'goal'?"
Kikyo giggled, batted her eyelashes. "How do you think? I'm hoping you're a good actor, eh, Sesshomaru?" Twitter twitter, giggle giggle.
"YOU'RE DEMENTED!" Sesshomaru rocked back, shoving Rin off Ah Un's back. He readied his claws. "YOU LAY A FINGER ON ME, I SWEAR, I WILL RIP YOU APART!!"
Kikyo giggled a few moments longer. (A.N.: Damn bitch.) "You're too quick to judge. I would never DREAM of doing anything with you, of all people. But that's just the point. The mere implication of such will make Inuyasha angry."
"And you're telling me, THAT'S your plan?"
"Yes."
Sesshomaru thought. It was a risky gamble: Making deals with humans. However, this may be the plot he needed to finally rid himself of the disgrace that was Inuyasha. (And as a plus: Inuyasha's reaction would prove amusing on this dull day.)
"I agree, under the one condition that I can deal with Inuyasha as I please, when you're done with him."
Kikyo grinned evilly. "DEAL."
(A.N.: 'DEAL'...with the devil...reincarnated. Grrrrrr.)
Now, it was later that morning, and the sun was growing higher in the sky, causing every shadow to shrink up.
The gang was on the move again, on the hunt for yet another shard of the Shikon Jewel. Inuyasha was surprised that Kagome hadn't told any of the others about they're little 'quarrel' last night. Little did he know, Kagome had deep reasons for doing as such. She believed that bringing the others into this would only complicate things. They always butted in. Though they always meant well, Kagome had a feeling that this time, the situation would e better if it was taken care of by them alone.
She had seen the way that Inuyasha had looked at her the previous night. She could see that he was torn, but that this time, he wasn't thinking only of Kikyo. He had been thinking of her, and not in anger.
Kagome sighed. This sigh was heard by Miroku, who she was walking beside. (Shippo and Sango were up flying on Kilala, whereas Inuyasha had taken the lead again.
"So, Kagome, you came in pretty late last night. Did you get any sleep at all?" Miroku asked.
"No, not really. I was thinking about certain...things." Kagome sighed again.
"That's a shame..." he quirked one eyebrow up. "Do you mean, like, certain things?" He nodded his head forward, indicating Inuyasha.
"Yes, like 'him' things," Kagome sighed, thinking that Miroku was just trying to be discrete, and not wanting to say Inuyasha's name near him, so Inuyasha wouldn't pick up on it with his excellent doggy hearing.
But Kagome realized otherwise he meant others when she noticed that the monk was grinning from ear to ear.
"Grrrrrr...you HENTAI!" Kagome hissed, grabbing one of Miroku's ears and pulling him down so she could whisper, "I didn't mean THAT! Will you please pull your head out of the gutter, just this ONCE?"
"What gutter?"
"Oh.... brother," Kagome slapped her forehead, realizing she had forgotten about the Modern-Day-to-Futile-Era language barrier again. "Never mind."
"Seriously, Kagome, I wasn't suggesting anything."
"Bull."
"What bull? Where?"
"Now you're doing that on purpose. QUIT IT."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Miroku..." Kagome shut her eyes briefly. "Me and 'him,' we're fine. I think...I think that maybe he understands this time. Maybe this time..." she faltered.
"Oh, and maybe this time—" Miroku began.
Kagome cut him off with a raised hand. "If this statement ends in anything along the line of: 'now you can get him in the sack,' I swear I'll...." She threatened.
"Sack? Is this another one of those gutter things?" Miroku asked innocently.
Kagome glared dangerously.
Miroku blinked. "No...no, that wasn't it at all. I was actually being serious." He blinked some more. "Oh, wait...check that. What I meant was, maybe this time he'll actually admit that he needs you...that he loves you."
"Yeah.... I hope you're right, Miroku?"
Miroku faced forward again, satisfied with himself. A little too late to be of any information, he saw Inuyasha's ears swivel and twitch back too facing forward.
Miroku paled. 'So, he was truly listening in the whole time,' he pondered. But perhaps, that was a good thing.
"I don't get it," Shippo was complaining. It was sunset again, and the group had set up camp between two rock piles and a few trees. There was a river not to far away, a good source of water and fish. Fish from that river were set up on a circle of sticks around the fire. Miroku had tried to weasel them into another inn, but none were to be found that were classy enough.
'It'd be cleaner to sleep in the woods again,' Miroku had grumbled as he walked out of the second... no, third hotel that had denied them entrance.
Shippo began to repeat himself, when he realized no one was really paying attention. "I SAID, I just don't get it. We walk ALL DAY and there's no sign of any jewel shards."
"Whaddya mean, 'we' walked?" Inuyasha grumbled.
"Yeah, you were with me and Kilala," Sango looked at him sideways.
"Whatever. But still, NO shards. Nada. Squat!" Shippo uncrossed his stubby little arms to poke at one of the sizzling fish.
"OWIE!"
"What did you expect Shippo? Fire is hot, after all; can't you hear the sizzling?" Inuyasha muttered.
"Kagome? Do you have any bandages in your healing box thingy?" Shippo asked pathetically, sticking his fingers in his mouth, pointing his other hand at the other hand at Kagome's first aid kit.
"Sure, Shippo," she giggled, seeming to be the only one in a good mood.
Miroku picked up a fish by the cooler half of the stick. He blew on it gently to cool it off, acting all suave and sophisticated. Chewing thoughtfully, he wondered, "It would make sense though. Since most of the jewel shards are already in Naraku's or our possession, they're going to be harder and harder to come across as there are less and less out there."
"True," Sango sighed heavily, picking out her own fish. "Then, the problem is Naraku."
"Oh, don't you dare bring up that bastard again!" Inuyasha snarled. "One of these days we'll take the shards, all of 'em."
"Then you'll use them for your own stupid purposes," Sango coughed, taking a bite.
"What's THAT supposed to mean?!"
Sango shrugged.
"It's not like you'd use it for anything less personal," Inuyasha huffed.
Sango shrugged again, refusing to let Inuyasha get on her nerves. Throwing her fish head and stick off into the grass, she rolled over, with her back to the others.
Kagome and Shippo just sat there blinking... Shippo with his face full of fish. Inuyasha kept his mouth in a strait line, staring intently at the fire.
"Hey, monk," he muttered after a couple of minutes.
"Yeah?" Miroku looked up from his own fish-on-a-stick.
Inuyasha tapped his fingers on his knee. "Did you perhaps tell her about your little 'theory' that states that if I use the jewel to become a full demon, the jewel would use me for evil?" he grated, one eyebrow twitching.
Miroku looked up, one hand planted under his chin. "I may have...mentioned it."
"Dammit!" Inuyasha hit the ground as he stood up. "That was only a theory...not fact to be gossiped about."
"Are you calling me a gossip?" Miroku gasped innocently.
"Feh," Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Whatever, monk. He grabbed the Tetsaiga and started to walk away.
Miroku wiped his mouth, tossing the rest of the fish-on-a-stick into the fire. He glanced at Kagome, and started to stand. "I'll, uh, just go get some more firewood before it gets too late." He tossed his staff to Kagome, along with the purple robe thing he wore.
"Keep watch over that, and..." he fidgeted. "Try to talk to Inuyasha. He's just a little, confused right now.... You understand that, right?"
Kagome nodded, taking the items, Miroku trudged deeper through the trees, pausing every couple of seconds to lean over and pick up a stick.
Kagome sighed. He was right now was the perfect time to speak only with Inuyasha. Though, Inuyasha wasn't probably in the greatest of moods right now, but, there were things that needed to be solved. The silent tension between the two of them was beginning to affect the rest of the group, (hence the fight earlier.)
She stood up, walking around the fire. She looked at the objects that Miroku had left her, and shrugged. She decided not to carry the robe thing with her and instead laid it as a blanket over a snoozing Sango. (Kagome figured that she had to be cold in her little fighting armor.)
It didn't take long for her to spot Inuyasha. He was sitting on a log that was lying next to the river. The crescent moon and stars made sparkling reflections over the surface. The cool grass swayed gently back and forth in the gentle breeze.
Kagome could tell Inuyasha knew she was there; his ears were swiveled backward toward her and the breeze was blowing in his direction.
He was sitting like he normally did: Legs crossed and hands in sleeves. Kagome walked over and sat down next to him, leaving Miroku's staff leaning against the log, and her endless backpack next to it.
"Hi," she waved her hands in front of Inuyasha's closed eyes. He opened them, but didn't avert his gaze from staring strait ahead of him.
"Kagome..." he began. "Do you... do you judge me like the others?"
Kagome was mystified, "Judge you?"
"You know what I mean. Judging me because I want to use the Shikon jewel to become a real demon. Feh, it's not like anyone else's uses for it would be any less selfish. Sango...she'd use it to kill Naraku, get her brother back, resurrect her village. Shippo'd... aw, who the hell knows what that little kitsune wants? Food...friends...his family." Inuyasha snorted. "And Miroku! He'd buy himself a fuckin' brothel! Full of sluts!" Inuyasha unsleeved his arms laid his hands on the log. His left hand landed on Kagome's, and though her fingers twitched, she didn't move it.
"Inuyasha...don't you're being kind of harsh? In saying that, you're judging them," Kagome replied, silently begging him to just LOOK AT HER.
"Whatever," Inuyasha muttered. "Like I give a rat's ass anyway."
Kagome sighed, "Well, just remember, no one's perfect."
Inuyasha 'feh'ed again. "There's just one thing I don't understand, Kagome, and that's what exactly YOU want...what you would wish for more than anything." He finally turned to meet her gaze.
Kagome drew in a quick breath. He wanted to know what he wanted? He CARED?
"What I want...more than anything? ...Aw, hell! I WANT this search to be over! I DON'T WANT to have to fight anymore, human or demon. I WANT everyone to stop bickering with each other, just to GET ALONG for once. But...most of all...I want YOU, Inuyasha."
His eyes widened considerably.
Kagome continued. "I want to be with you forever. If you haven't figured it out already, I love you Inuyasha. In a way, I always have. I always will."
After she was finished, she blushed redder than Inuyasha's Fire Rat coat. Horribly embarrassed, she began, "Uh, uh, uh...I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to—" But then, Inuyasha stopped staring, and pulled her into his arms.
Before Kagome could fully understand what was going on, she felt Inuyasha kissing her. Without hesitation, she kissed him back and she wrapped her arms around him, twirling her fingers in his hair.
Kagome was the happiest she had ever been in her entire life. Did this mean...that Inuyasha cared for her...that he loved her? Even if it didn't, Kagome really wasn't worried about that by this point.
Inuyasha bit down gently on Kagome's upper lip, rubbing his tongue against her mouth for permission for it to enter. Really, she didn't give a shit what he did to her, so she instead stuck her tongue inside his mouth, kissing him harder.
Inuyasha snarled playfully as he leaned over Kagome, as they reached full make-out point. After all, they were all alone.
"In...u...yasha," a deep familiar voice childed.
Okay, maybe, NOT so alone.
Kagome's eyes flew open as she gasped. Inuyasha gagged, loosing his balance and falling down on top of her.
"HEY!" she squeaked, swiveling her head around, looking for the source of the voice.
Inuyasha slipped off the log, making little squawking voices, and rolled into the river. He came back up, sputtering for air, letting his eyes scan the landscape. There...there he was.
"SESSHOMARU!!!! DAMN YOU!!!!"
Sesshomaru stood on the edge of the hill, the wind blowing his hair everywhere, and a very amused expression on his face. And to Kagome's total and absolute horror, beside the smiling dog demon stood Kikyo, an equally amused, and yet seductive smile plastered on her face.
"KIKYO???!!!!" Kagome gasped, fixing her skirt and standing up. "You...what are you doing here? And what the hell are you doing?"
See, Kagome had just noticed that Kikyo had her stupid arm wrapped snuggly around Sesshomaru waist.
"Oh, whatever do you mean, Kagome?" Kikyo purred, snuggling her head into Sesshomaru chest. He flinched, but said nothing, and kept staring at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha's jaw dropped about ninety feet, he slumped greatly. And his eyes crossed. "Wha...wha...wha the fuck??????"
Sesshomaru laughed somewhat nervously. "Ah, I see you two know each other well now," he laughed, indicating Inuyasha and Kagome. "Now, I have come to finally take the Tetsaiga, as well as your life."
'And I to take your sanity...' Kikyo giggled in her mind.
"AGAIN!!!" Inuyasha howled. "But why, why that little TRAMP?!"
"Oh, Inuyasha, there is simply so much you don't know about me...." Kikyo batted her eyelashes. "We're loooooovers, stupid."
The next word echoes far and wide: "WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!?!?!?!"
Inuyasha's eyes were as big as saucers, and his fist clenched so tightly that he cut himself with his own claws. He bared his fangs, staring daggers through Kikyo and Sesshomaru both.
"You," he targeted at Sesshomaru. "How DARE you!"
Sesshomaru raised his eyebrows, grinning. "Why...YES Inuyasha. Apparently, she wanted a true demon...NOT a hanyou." He closed his eyes, and by the time he opened them, he had pried Kikyo off of him and prepared a battle stance. "And now, down to business, I want the Tetsaiga. NOW."
Inuyasha just glared...preparing a steady stream of cuss words to come flying out.
On one hand, Kagome was thinking, 'AGAIN? When will that giant fluff ball realize that he can't take the Tetsaiga?!', but on the other, she was furious. She grabbed Miroku's staff, held it out in front of herself threateningly.
"OKAY!" she yelled at Kikyo. "You have hurt Inuyasha for the last time! You and me, one on one, let's go!!"
Kikyo just giggled.
A.N.: There. That's one hell of a cliffhanger. Whoo....damn that bitch.
Anywho, I hoped you like this. Have no fear, the third chappie's gonna be a doozie. Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee. Remember, now it's time for you to do you're part. REVIEW. NOW. o. I am hypnotizing you to do so.
Oh, and as for you, Sano99, pleeeeeze don't kill me. I promise, it's gonna all be better. (But first it must get worse!) (;P)
Sayonara until later!!!
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