Hi again. Geez, I put one stupid cliffy and everyone goes all to pieces. Calling me an evil perv, threatening to report me for lemon content...do you really think that after twenty-three chapters, I would let this story be deleted for inappropriate content? Have some faith in me! Besides, I can't write lemons. I'll show you.
*Goes to a stranger* "Hello, random sir. Would you please read this that I wrote?"
"Certainly, my boy." *Reads*
"AAUUGH, MY EYES! IT BURRRRRRRNS!!!!!!" *Runs screaming into the distance*
See? No go. Anyhoo. On to the story!
Chapter 24: I'm Running And I'm Never Going To Stop
Tobias, Miroku, and Sango were pursuing the witch. Not an easy task, as she was flying around and switching directions every two seconds.
"This...isn't...getting...anywhere..." puffed Sango. "We'll have to-" From far away, Kagome's voice was heard. "HELP!" she screamed. They turned an instant 180 and met hastily.
"I'll go back to Kagome. You two, get on Kirara and chase that witch. If we can catch her, she might be able to remove the spell," growled Tobias. "Got it? GO!" He zoomed off in the direction of Kagome's voice. Kirara transformed with a growl. Miroku and Sango leaped on her back and they flew off in pursuit of the witch.
"What happened? I thought Inuyasha was protecting her!" muttered Tobias to himself as he ran along the grass. "He's a strong warrior. He should be able to help her! Well, it depends on what the spell did..." He dashed along.
He stopped as suddenly as if he had hit a brick wall. An odd new smell had just pervaded his nostrils. But it was like nothing he had ever smelled before! For some reason, it aroused him. It smelled like Kagome, and vivid images filled his head of him and her doing things that he was sure Inuyasha would kill him for. He actually took two quick steps in its direction before shaking his head, in an attempt to clear his mind.
"What the hell?" Tobias demanded loudly. "What is this?" Let me think...the witch hinted something about smell, this is probably it. But what? It's weird...it's like it makes me want to have sex with Kagome. But what would do that? Wait... He stopped cold as he began to put the pieces together. Inuyasha telling me about her heat...it's been a month...the witch's spell...
All of the blood drained from Tobias's face. A look of absolute horror came over him.
"Oh, God," he whispered. "Inuyasha..." Without a second wasted, he fairly flew back to the camp. He was literally running faster than he ever had before.
I have to get there in time, or... He came upon the camp. Tobias's worst fears were confirmed: Inuyasha had pinned Kagome to the ground, she was shrieking and struggling uselessly against his grip. Tobias quickened his pace even further and held up his shoulder like a battering ram.
Had Inuyasha known what a freight train was, he would have sworn he had just been hit by one. The power with which he was slammed into not only lifted him off his feet, it sent him hurtling through the air. He smashed into a boulder, and the boulder disintegrated into pebbles as he flew through it. He landed, far away, dazed and bleeding; but most of all, angry.
Something stopped me from mating. Tobias? Kill him. Mate with Kagome.
Tobias stood over Kagome. Most of her clothes were in shreds around her, and she tried vainly to cover herself up. Tobias, despite her shriek of fear, hoisted her onto his back, the way Inuyasha did it. He sped off.
Behind them, they could hear Inuyasha's howl at finding Kagome missing. Tobias took a quick glance behind him and saw that Inuyasha was coming.
"Hang on," he growled. Tobias bowed his legs and took a mighty leap. He landed in the high branches of some trees and began jumping from tree to tree. He could hear Inuyasha's snarls and curses from behind him.
Kagome was crying. "Inuyasha..." she sobbed. "Why...?"
"Don't worry, Kagome," said Tobias through gritted teeth. "If this is what I think it is, it isn't his fault." The branch they were standing on snapped. Tobias tumbled, but regained his balance and hit the ground running.
Sesshomaru sniffed the air. Inuyasha had been here, not too long ago. Why won't my stubborn little brother simply give up the Tetsusaiga? It should really be in the hands of one who deserves it... His head snapped up at an approaching figure, closing in fast. It was too large to be a human, but a closer look revealed that it was...who was that? A man Sesshomaru had seen once before, fighting at Inuyasha's side. Kagome was clinging to him, and he was running faster than Sesshomaru had ever seen anything move.
Careful observation showed that Kagome's clothes were mostly ripped to pieces. Perhaps he has done this. No matter. If I capture Kagome, then Inuyasha will surely give up the Tetsusaiga to spare her life.
"Oh, Kagome," he called out. "Come here, I-" A new scent caught his attention. Like Inuyasha before him, the sheer intensity of the heat radiating from Kagome stripped him of his carefully won control.
Mate with Kagome.
His hackles raised, he howled and lunged for Kagome as she and Tobias zipped past. Unfortunately, with Tobias's speed and Sesshomaru's unfocused thoughts, his claws swiped at empty air as Tobias ran. Sesshomaru turned and dashed towards the rapidly leaving figure in front of him, all of his thoughts and instincts trained on the smell of the terrified miko who was riding on this man.
"Tell me," said Tobias in exasperation. "Was that Sesshomaru?"
"Y-Yes," said Kagome shakily. Truth be told, she was getting a little motion sick. Inuyasha never ran this fast when she was on his back, and the blinding speed was getting to her.
"Well, that is just fucking perfect," growled Tobias. He raced between the trees, with Sesshomaru and Inuyasha at his heels the entire time. "Inuyasha is bad enough, now there are two of them?!" He ran up a hill and leaped off of it. Kagome shrieked at their rapid descent; but Tobias landed on his feet and recovered swiftly.
A deer stepped lightly through the clearing. It looked one way, then the other. All was quiet. All was safe. It approached the small stream cautiously; predators had been about lately and it wasn't taking any chances. Ears pricked for any sudden noise, it lowered its head and began to drink.
Whereupon Koga immediately sprang upon it and broke its neck.
"Fresh meat," he snarled. "Finally. All the animals near the den has been hunted already, I can't believe I had to come all the way out here to get some prey." He hefted the deer carcass over his shoulder and began to head for home.
Wait... Something was approaching quickly. Koga set down the deer and turned towards it. Tobias...carrying Kagome! And she wasn't wearing barely anything! Koga hid in a bush and prepared to leap on them as soon as they passed.
Then it hit him. The scent. He bared his teeth as the smell of Kagome's heat flooded his senses and filled his mind. He was poised to leap again, but for a different reason...
Mate with Kagome.
The time was ripe! Koga jumped out of the shrub. He was more successful than Sesshomaru had been, as he actually grabbed Kagome and yanked her to the ground. Kagome screamed at the feral look in his eyes. Tobias did an about-face, grabbed Koga, and hurled him into the distance.
Koga landed with a crash and was instantly on his feet again. He ran fast as lightning towards the source of that delicious aroma. Unfortunately for him; by the time he got there, Tobias was long gone. He howled once and ran towards Kagome.
"That was Koga," said Kagome. She was freshly frightened by this most recent attempt on her innocence. "He's-"
"I...know...Koga..." hissed Tobias. His patience and his control were rapidly ebbing, and he needed to move fast or lose himself. "We fought...remember?"
"Yeah...now I do." Tobias burst out of a stand of trees into a clearing and came to a dead halt. "Oh, shit."
Sesshomaru came from the side. Inuyasha stood in front. And Koga leaped out from behind. The three closed in on Tobias and Kagome, reduced to slavering beasts by the power of the witch's spell. Tobias glanced in all directions.
"There's nowhere to run..." muttered Tobias. Kagome choked back a sob. Tobias looked upward. A smile crept onto his face.
"I didn't say we couldn't escape." Summoning all the strength within him, Tobias crouched. Just before the three demons hit him, he extended his body fully and leaped like he had never leaped before.
He fairly rocketed into the sky. The three howled and roared and gibbered as their focus was taken away. Tobias reached the highest point, he had nowhere to go but down, he reached out a hand...
Well, that's the end of this chapter. ... PSYCH!
A strong hand grabbed onto his. Miroku shouted for Sango's help as he struggled to pull up both Tobias and Kagome. Kirara flew through the sky. She seemed very upset about something. She kept growling and muttering and shaking her nose.
Tobias and Kagome were hoisted onto Kirara's back. Miroku gazed for a second at Kagome before Sango clobbered him. Sango held out a cloak, which Kagome gratefully accepted. Miroku sniffed the air. There was something different about Kagome...
"Good timing, you two," said Tobias shortly. He sat with Miroku and Sango, as far away from Kagome as possible. "If you hadn't been there, I don't know what I would have done. They had me surrounded..." He began to talk about what had just happened. Miroku blinked once, twice. This was something new. It made him...crave something. Slowly, he edged over to Kagome. Tobias was still talking to Sango, so he didn't notice. He was just about to slide a hand over her...
"MONK!!!!!" roared Tobias. "If you so much as TOUCH her, I will GUT you like a fish!!" Miroku; completely shocked by this new reaction, slipped back to his place next to Sango. He shook his head, as if trying to clear his mind.
"Well," said Tobias in a depressed tone, "that confirms my theory, at least."
"What theory?" asked Kagome. "Do you know what that spell was?"
"No, but here's my best guess." He turned to face Kagome, almost instantly turning away again when he saw her almost naked body. "I'll be blunt, because there's no time to dally around with semantics. You're in heat, Kagome."
Both Kagome and Sango blushed. Kagome looked very puzzled. "Heat? Like...dogs do? With scent? But humans don't..."
"Yes, I know humans don't!" snapped Tobias. "Not to other humans at least. But Inuyasha and other demons like him have sensitive enough smell that they can pick up on it."
"Then...I've been like this before...why-" Kagome was cut off by Tobias.
"Because, that spell apparently amplified the scent of your heat to tremendous levels. It completely overwhelmed the demons, with their sense of smell and all; that's why they were chasing you. And, as evidenced by me and proved by Miroku, it's powerful enough to affect humans to; though not as much." Tobias was speaking very fast and taking shallow breaths.
"So...what does that mean?"
Before Tobias could answer, Sango came in. "You're not usually like this, Tobias. Is it this spell?"
"YES!!!" roared Tobias. "YES! IT IS THE SPELL! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW FUCKING HARD IT IS TO KEEP YOUR HEAD WITH HER," he pointed at Kagome, "SMELLING TOTALLY FUCKING DELICIOUS, AND ME TRYING MY HARDEST NOT TO THINK ABOUT THAT FACT THAT SHE IS ALMOST FUCKING NAKED AND PRESSED UP AGAINST ME! SO THAT WOULD TEND TO MAKE ME A LITTLE CRANKY! DEAL WITH IT!!!!!"
Only the howls and groans of the demons below were heard over the deafening silence that reigned. Tobias took several deep breaths. This seemed to aggravate him more than refresh him, and he finally stood up. He walked to the side of Kirara.
"I need to clear my head," he said shortly. "I'll be back in a while. Don't worry, I'll find you," he said, over the confused voices of Miroku, Sango, and Kagome. "I just need some me time. And make sure to keep Kirara in the air," he added as he jumped off.
Miroku was quiet for a moment, then he spoke up. "Kagome? If I may..."
"Go on..." said Kagome, a little apprehensively.
"I would like to...apologize in advance for...anything I might do. I share Tobias's problem, and I can't just jump down, so...Sango?"
"Yes, Miroku?"
"I ask that if I, at any point begin to do something...inappropriate, that you subdue me until I can regain control. As Tobias said, it is extremely difficult to just sit here and do nothing with Kagome smelling..." He broke off and stared into space.
Sango came closer to Miroku and touched his arm. "That is a very noble thing to do, Miroku," she said gently. "Many males would not have done such a thing." She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
He smiled warmly back at her, distracting her with his eyes while his hand slipped around to lightly squeeze her bottom.
"HENTAI!"
*SMACK*
Kagome giggled, just a little. "Some things never change."
About half an hour later, Tobias leaped up back onto Kirara. He seemed less...less frustrated then before. He was still aggravated, mightily, but he managed to avoid any outbursts or fights. Only Kagome noticed that when he came back up, his right hand was slightly red.
"Tobias?" she asked. "What exactly did you do?"
He fixed her with a level gaze. "That," he said slowly, "is my business, and not yours." He turned to the others. "How long can Kirara keep flying?"
Sango leaned over to whisper something to Kirara. The demon growled in response. Sango came back up.
"Only about an hour or so. She's kind of tired..."
"An HOUR? Fucking HELL!" raged Tobias. "If I know anything at all about biology, this heat won't go away for at least two more days! And if we can't avoid these demons for that long, there's going to be a showdown. Quite frankly, I'm not in the best state of mind for fighting." He shot a quick glance at Kagome. "And we can't exactly count on Inuyasha backing me up, can we? Anyone have an idea?"
Well, that's a good stopping point. Plus, I have to be at band camp in ... 15 minutes. So I'll just leave off here. Tallyho! Oh, and REVIEW!
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