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Author: Heh, I'm actually starting this the day after I posted the last one, but I don't know how reliable it will be before I finish it as I am doing it on a friend's laptop and I'm planning on having him send it to me so I can do this at school. Goodness he's lucky though; this is a nice computer...even though it's a Mac. Macs rock. I wish I had one.
Anyway, [sob] no reviews so far, this vexes me. Oh well, at least I finally finished that fight, that took FOREVER.
Chapter 12:
'It's a good thing this cloak is already red' thought Inuyasha, he was just entering the outskirts of the village, still carrying Kouga on his shoulder, the bleeding had slowed he could tell, but his outfit smelled strongly of his rival, and he figured he would be at the lake washing it for the rest of the day. 'I hope she still had some of the detergent from her time, otherwise I might be out there until my next shift.'
Inuyasha passed quickly by the first few houses, attracting a bit of a crowd around, eager to see what they assumed was the carcass of another youkai that tried to get the shikon, but ran into Inuyasha first. Some of them that had seen Kouga before when he had first come through again didn't seem as surprised as everyone else; but of course, Inuyasha was oblivious to all this.
After quickly assuring the curious eyes that there was no problem and that they just needed to go home, Inuyasha continued onward towards Kagome's hut, silently thankful again that his cloak was red and easy to hide the blood. He navigated the streets of the quaint little village until he was outside of the miko's hut near the shrine, a little disappointed because Kouga's blood was the only thing he could smell, and it had been quite a while since he had allowed himself to just stand in the midst of her scent and breathe.
He was about to walk in the door when an elderly woman backed out the bowing repeatedly offering thanks and blessings to Kagome, while at the same time ushering out her son whom Inuyasha assumed had just been treated. She made her way out, bowing the whole time, then turned to leave, spotting Inuyasha.
"Oh" she said a bit surprised "hello Inuyasha, it's been a while since I've last seen you out this early, normally your only about during the late hours of the night."
"I've just been doing some training outside the village during the day" Inuyasha lied, the entire village did not need to know of his unfortunate situation.
"Oh" she smiled, oblivious "well you may want to consider spending a little bit more time with Kagome, if there's anything I know, it's that a husband and wife...well, a mated pair, should spend plenty of time together. The shikon is important, and it's a good thing to make sure that it, and the village stay safe, but remember, you have a wife...well mate, too."
"Oh" Inuyasha said, trying to cover his anger that this woman was viscously pouring salt on his wounds. "I'll keep that in mind"
With that, the woman said her goodbyes and left, and Inuyasha dropped his smile.
"Try telling that to her" Inuyasha said under his breath, referring to Kagome.
He felt Kouga's heart speed up a little at this comment.
"I see your conscious again"
The pulse thickened for a second then calmed down, Inuyasha assumed that he was still mad about the whole brutal wooping he had just given his rival.
"Are you coming in Inuyasha?" Kagome asked from inside, the mark told her he was near he knew. "Or are you just going to sit out there at let him bleed to death?"
This trial had really been working on both their nerves, neither were ever in a good mood when around each other, the stress had been hard on their relationship. Maybe it was an automatic mechanism they had set up unconsciously to make it easier to focus on the shikon more than each other. They knew that they were still both very much in love, and even though their time spent had an air of agitation in it, they both were constantly thinking about what they would be doing the day Miroku got back...and maybe a few days after too.
Inuyasha walked into the hut, and navigated his way to the room where most patients ended up. He saw Kagome sitting above another woman that was lying on a bed with bandages wrapping around one of legs. The light shined through the window, covering Kagome in radiance, making Inuyasha mentally curse the shikon...again. He was in a bit of awe, looking down on her, his resolve weakening with each passing second, he wanted her, she wanted him, but they both had a higher calling.
"Where should I put him?"
"Over there, right next to her" she pointed to an empty bed next to the lavender haired woman.
Inuyasha lightly placed Kouga on the bed, noting the slight increase in temperature and pulse, he figured that if Kouga had any spare blood to use, he would be blushing radiantly about now. He smirked to himself at Kouga's expense and took a second to look over Lilian, he could understand why Kouga wanted her, at least on a physical level. To him, her beauty paled in comparison to that of his mate, but he could still acknowledge that she was much fairer that most humans.
"So this must be her"
"Who Lilian?"
"Yeah" Inuyasha looked up to Kagome with a solemn look on his face. He wanted her bad, but they both knew they couldn't. "Do you think she's sleeping?"
"She should be, I gave her some herbs to help her rest, her wounds are pretty minor, so all she needs is a good rest. Why?"
"Well, I think Kouga is infatuated with her."
"Why do you think that?"
"Well he told me that there was a human woman that he was having feelings for, and he asked me to if I could tell him how I got you to fall in love with me so he could do the same for her."
Kagome giggled a little "If it was only that simple."
"To him it is. Youkai are a bit more material when it comes to choosing mates, I think this is a little more that material lust for him, that's why I thought I'd help him"
Inuyasha and Kagome had both settled down considerably, and it was nice to be able to talk again. They still had a longing feeling to be together, but the chat made things much more bearable.
Kagome was definitely interested now, before she had been paying a little more than half attention, while looking over Inuyasha's body and cursing the shikon...again.
"What did you tell him?" she uselessly tried to hide her curiosity.
"Well" he laughed to himself "I kinda made a wager, that if he could beat me in a fight, then I'd tell him, if not, then he could just keep trying until he won"
Kagome's expression changed to disbelief.
"I figured I could get a good fight out of him"
"You transformed, and nearly beat him to death, over some information, about falling in love?"
"Hehe"
Kagome smiled. "Your hopelessly addicted to fighting you know.
Inuyasha smiled back "Yeah"
"So what happened, did you slash him in the back when he tried to run after you transformed?"
"Well kinda, but it wasn't right after I transformed"
"What do you mean?"
"Well at first, it seemed like he wanted to run, but his legs wouldn't move"
"Uh-huh"
"But then, he gathered up his courage, and attacked me."
"What?" Kagome was caught off guard, the thought of Kouga facing an enemy like Inuyasha's transformed self seemed was not something she ever expected to see, or hear about"
"Yeah, he just up and attacked me. I played with him a little bit, toying with him and making him look like a fool, because I was just having fun. It's been a while since I've fought like that, and I'm surprised, I haven't lost any of my control. After batting him around a little bit, I lied to him and told him that I'd...well...do something really messed up, I can't remember exactly..."
"...what did you say?"
"I don't remember"
"Spill it"
"...uh"
"Come on" she crawled over next to him and started playing gently with his ears.
Inuyasha clasped her hand gently and looked into her eyes. "I hate it when you do that"
Kagome giggled a little bit, it was nice to know that some things between them hadn't changed...she cursed Miroku and Sango for leaving.
"...I kinda told him that I'd kill Lilian, but I was only joking" he added defensively. "I wanted to see if I could get anymore fight out of him"
Kagome sighed, he truly was still a kid at heart. She scooted into his lap and rested against his chest unknowingly pressing against the non-bloody part, she knew that the thin line of her resolve could only take so much, but she needed to just be close to him.
"So what happened then?"
"He got mad and attacked again, this time much fiercer than before. I actually let him hit me then, and I'll admit, that it actually kinda hurt."
"Wow"
"Yeah, that's why I think we should help him out. If just the thought of her could convince him to continue to fight"
He paused and looked down at Kagome. She turned her head and their gazes met, a moment of silence followed shortly after. He reached over to her left hand and held it with his palm letting their marks touch and vibrate warmly against each other.
"...then she must be really special to him" Kagome finished.
Inuyasha leaned in, his mouth puckered slightly, quivering, hoping against hope that Kagome wouldn't stop them now. His eyes squinted a bit to he could see her reaction, he was not denied. Kagome held her head back and braced her lips to receive, shutting her eyes, and ceasing to breathe. Contact was made and Inuyasha's tongue slowly entered her mouth, causing everything around them to fade from existence. Their tongues danced for what would seem a few moments to anyone watching, but blissful eternity to them.
They broke the kiss slowly, eyes still shut. Inuyasha used his free hand to brush aside her hair.
"So then, is that a yes?"
Kagome thought for a moment about the proposition.
"Yes"
"Good" Inuyasha sighed a little, some relief lifted off of his shoulders, he was with his mate and things could hardly get better. "You know, Lilian's out like a light, and if Kouga's still conscious he won't be able to move for a while. We have some time to ourselves and I think that everybody in the village should be for at least an hour..."
Kagome knew where this was going, and as much as it pained her to do it, she knew she had to stop them. She kissed him quickly and stood up, breaking free from his grasp and ignoring his whines. "You know we can't Inuyasha"
"Well, at least I tried"
"I know, and it was a valiant effort, but we have things we have to do. Don't worry though, Miroku and Sango should be back soon, then I promise, I'm all yours"
Inuyasha sighed in disappointment. He got up slowly. "Then if that's the case...do you have any of that detergent stuff?"
"Why?"
"Not all of the red on my cloak is dye right now"
"Oh...I didn't..."
"No, none of it's on you"
"Good"
Inuyasha chuckled to himself. "So do you have any?"
"Yeah, it's in my backpack at the house."
"Alright, then I guess I'll get going."
Inuyasha walked over to the door to the room, then without looking back, addressed Kagome.
"If you want, I can relieve you early today."
"No...it's okay"
"You sure?"
"Yeah"
"Then I guess I'll be back tonight then. I'll be at the lake for a while, then I'll go back the plateau I guess" The cheeriness in his voice dissipated along with the comfort of the area.
"Alright" hers was gone as well.
"Kagome..."
"Yes?"
"I love you"
"I love you too"
With that, Inuyasha lightly stepped out of the hut, muttered incoherently under his breath. He stepped outside, and the sun shined on him, attempting and failing to lift the darkness of his mood. A familiar scent caught his attention, and Inuyasha looked over to see the same woman from earlier walking by. She turned to him, without straying from her path.
"You take a moment to tell her that you love her?"
Inuyasha forced a smile again, it was a little bit easier this time.
"Yeah, I did"
"Good"
She continued walking until she walked right out of sight. Inuyasha took the moment to head towards the house he had shared with Kagome.
Kagome watched him go through the window, a tear in her eye. Her desire for him physically wasn't nearly as intense as his was for her, but it still tore her up to no end to send him away like that.
She turned back towards the unconscious pair that she was planning on setting up, still crying silently. She walked over and kneeled down between the beds, looking down at Kouga's battered form.
Her crying got worse and worse with each passing second while thoughts of her beloved hacked at her heart.
"I hope that you never have to experience this Kouga" she said silently, mostly to herself. "I hope that you can truly be happy with her, or whoever your destined to be with, without boundaries of any kind."
She was crying so hard she hardly heard Kouga's nearly inaudible, battered voice.
"Kagome" he strained. "I'm sorry"
It comforted Kagome to no end knowing that she had a friend around.
"Thank you"
She dried her tears with the outer shirt on her miko kimono. Then, after taking a moment to compose herself began peel away at the tattered battle armor.
"Hold still" a bit of brightness in her voice, and a small smile on her face. "I'll have to fixed up in no time."
Author: Heh, I'm actually starting this the day after I posted the last one, but I don't know how reliable it will be before I finish it as I am doing it on a friend's laptop and I'm planning on having him send it to me so I can do this at school. Goodness he's lucky though; this is a nice computer...even though it's a Mac. Macs rock. I wish I had one.
Anyway, [sob] no reviews so far, this vexes me. Oh well, at least I finally finished that fight, that took FOREVER.
Chapter 12:
'It's a good thing this cloak is already red' thought Inuyasha, he was just entering the outskirts of the village, still carrying Kouga on his shoulder, the bleeding had slowed he could tell, but his outfit smelled strongly of his rival, and he figured he would be at the lake washing it for the rest of the day. 'I hope she still had some of the detergent from her time, otherwise I might be out there until my next shift.'
Inuyasha passed quickly by the first few houses, attracting a bit of a crowd around, eager to see what they assumed was the carcass of another youkai that tried to get the shikon, but ran into Inuyasha first. Some of them that had seen Kouga before when he had first come through again didn't seem as surprised as everyone else; but of course, Inuyasha was oblivious to all this.
After quickly assuring the curious eyes that there was no problem and that they just needed to go home, Inuyasha continued onward towards Kagome's hut, silently thankful again that his cloak was red and easy to hide the blood. He navigated the streets of the quaint little village until he was outside of the miko's hut near the shrine, a little disappointed because Kouga's blood was the only thing he could smell, and it had been quite a while since he had allowed himself to just stand in the midst of her scent and breathe.
He was about to walk in the door when an elderly woman backed out the bowing repeatedly offering thanks and blessings to Kagome, while at the same time ushering out her son whom Inuyasha assumed had just been treated. She made her way out, bowing the whole time, then turned to leave, spotting Inuyasha.
"Oh" she said a bit surprised "hello Inuyasha, it's been a while since I've last seen you out this early, normally your only about during the late hours of the night."
"I've just been doing some training outside the village during the day" Inuyasha lied, the entire village did not need to know of his unfortunate situation.
"Oh" she smiled, oblivious "well you may want to consider spending a little bit more time with Kagome, if there's anything I know, it's that a husband and wife...well, a mated pair, should spend plenty of time together. The shikon is important, and it's a good thing to make sure that it, and the village stay safe, but remember, you have a wife...well mate, too."
"Oh" Inuyasha said, trying to cover his anger that this woman was viscously pouring salt on his wounds. "I'll keep that in mind"
With that, the woman said her goodbyes and left, and Inuyasha dropped his smile.
"Try telling that to her" Inuyasha said under his breath, referring to Kagome.
He felt Kouga's heart speed up a little at this comment.
"I see your conscious again"
The pulse thickened for a second then calmed down, Inuyasha assumed that he was still mad about the whole brutal wooping he had just given his rival.
"Are you coming in Inuyasha?" Kagome asked from inside, the mark told her he was near he knew. "Or are you just going to sit out there at let him bleed to death?"
This trial had really been working on both their nerves, neither were ever in a good mood when around each other, the stress had been hard on their relationship. Maybe it was an automatic mechanism they had set up unconsciously to make it easier to focus on the shikon more than each other. They knew that they were still both very much in love, and even though their time spent had an air of agitation in it, they both were constantly thinking about what they would be doing the day Miroku got back...and maybe a few days after too.
Inuyasha walked into the hut, and navigated his way to the room where most patients ended up. He saw Kagome sitting above another woman that was lying on a bed with bandages wrapping around one of legs. The light shined through the window, covering Kagome in radiance, making Inuyasha mentally curse the shikon...again. He was in a bit of awe, looking down on her, his resolve weakening with each passing second, he wanted her, she wanted him, but they both had a higher calling.
"Where should I put him?"
"Over there, right next to her" she pointed to an empty bed next to the lavender haired woman.
Inuyasha lightly placed Kouga on the bed, noting the slight increase in temperature and pulse, he figured that if Kouga had any spare blood to use, he would be blushing radiantly about now. He smirked to himself at Kouga's expense and took a second to look over Lilian, he could understand why Kouga wanted her, at least on a physical level. To him, her beauty paled in comparison to that of his mate, but he could still acknowledge that she was much fairer that most humans.
"So this must be her"
"Who Lilian?"
"Yeah" Inuyasha looked up to Kagome with a solemn look on his face. He wanted her bad, but they both knew they couldn't. "Do you think she's sleeping?"
"She should be, I gave her some herbs to help her rest, her wounds are pretty minor, so all she needs is a good rest. Why?"
"Well, I think Kouga is infatuated with her."
"Why do you think that?"
"Well he told me that there was a human woman that he was having feelings for, and he asked me to if I could tell him how I got you to fall in love with me so he could do the same for her."
Kagome giggled a little "If it was only that simple."
"To him it is. Youkai are a bit more material when it comes to choosing mates, I think this is a little more that material lust for him, that's why I thought I'd help him"
Inuyasha and Kagome had both settled down considerably, and it was nice to be able to talk again. They still had a longing feeling to be together, but the chat made things much more bearable.
Kagome was definitely interested now, before she had been paying a little more than half attention, while looking over Inuyasha's body and cursing the shikon...again.
"What did you tell him?" she uselessly tried to hide her curiosity.
"Well" he laughed to himself "I kinda made a wager, that if he could beat me in a fight, then I'd tell him, if not, then he could just keep trying until he won"
Kagome's expression changed to disbelief.
"I figured I could get a good fight out of him"
"You transformed, and nearly beat him to death, over some information, about falling in love?"
"Hehe"
Kagome smiled. "Your hopelessly addicted to fighting you know.
Inuyasha smiled back "Yeah"
"So what happened, did you slash him in the back when he tried to run after you transformed?"
"Well kinda, but it wasn't right after I transformed"
"What do you mean?"
"Well at first, it seemed like he wanted to run, but his legs wouldn't move"
"Uh-huh"
"But then, he gathered up his courage, and attacked me."
"What?" Kagome was caught off guard, the thought of Kouga facing an enemy like Inuyasha's transformed self seemed was not something she ever expected to see, or hear about"
"Yeah, he just up and attacked me. I played with him a little bit, toying with him and making him look like a fool, because I was just having fun. It's been a while since I've fought like that, and I'm surprised, I haven't lost any of my control. After batting him around a little bit, I lied to him and told him that I'd...well...do something really messed up, I can't remember exactly..."
"...what did you say?"
"I don't remember"
"Spill it"
"...uh"
"Come on" she crawled over next to him and started playing gently with his ears.
Inuyasha clasped her hand gently and looked into her eyes. "I hate it when you do that"
Kagome giggled a little bit, it was nice to know that some things between them hadn't changed...she cursed Miroku and Sango for leaving.
"...I kinda told him that I'd kill Lilian, but I was only joking" he added defensively. "I wanted to see if I could get anymore fight out of him"
Kagome sighed, he truly was still a kid at heart. She scooted into his lap and rested against his chest unknowingly pressing against the non-bloody part, she knew that the thin line of her resolve could only take so much, but she needed to just be close to him.
"So what happened then?"
"He got mad and attacked again, this time much fiercer than before. I actually let him hit me then, and I'll admit, that it actually kinda hurt."
"Wow"
"Yeah, that's why I think we should help him out. If just the thought of her could convince him to continue to fight"
He paused and looked down at Kagome. She turned her head and their gazes met, a moment of silence followed shortly after. He reached over to her left hand and held it with his palm letting their marks touch and vibrate warmly against each other.
"...then she must be really special to him" Kagome finished.
Inuyasha leaned in, his mouth puckered slightly, quivering, hoping against hope that Kagome wouldn't stop them now. His eyes squinted a bit to he could see her reaction, he was not denied. Kagome held her head back and braced her lips to receive, shutting her eyes, and ceasing to breathe. Contact was made and Inuyasha's tongue slowly entered her mouth, causing everything around them to fade from existence. Their tongues danced for what would seem a few moments to anyone watching, but blissful eternity to them.
They broke the kiss slowly, eyes still shut. Inuyasha used his free hand to brush aside her hair.
"So then, is that a yes?"
Kagome thought for a moment about the proposition.
"Yes"
"Good" Inuyasha sighed a little, some relief lifted off of his shoulders, he was with his mate and things could hardly get better. "You know, Lilian's out like a light, and if Kouga's still conscious he won't be able to move for a while. We have some time to ourselves and I think that everybody in the village should be for at least an hour..."
Kagome knew where this was going, and as much as it pained her to do it, she knew she had to stop them. She kissed him quickly and stood up, breaking free from his grasp and ignoring his whines. "You know we can't Inuyasha"
"Well, at least I tried"
"I know, and it was a valiant effort, but we have things we have to do. Don't worry though, Miroku and Sango should be back soon, then I promise, I'm all yours"
Inuyasha sighed in disappointment. He got up slowly. "Then if that's the case...do you have any of that detergent stuff?"
"Why?"
"Not all of the red on my cloak is dye right now"
"Oh...I didn't..."
"No, none of it's on you"
"Good"
Inuyasha chuckled to himself. "So do you have any?"
"Yeah, it's in my backpack at the house."
"Alright, then I guess I'll get going."
Inuyasha walked over to the door to the room, then without looking back, addressed Kagome.
"If you want, I can relieve you early today."
"No...it's okay"
"You sure?"
"Yeah"
"Then I guess I'll be back tonight then. I'll be at the lake for a while, then I'll go back the plateau I guess" The cheeriness in his voice dissipated along with the comfort of the area.
"Alright" hers was gone as well.
"Kagome..."
"Yes?"
"I love you"
"I love you too"
With that, Inuyasha lightly stepped out of the hut, muttered incoherently under his breath. He stepped outside, and the sun shined on him, attempting and failing to lift the darkness of his mood. A familiar scent caught his attention, and Inuyasha looked over to see the same woman from earlier walking by. She turned to him, without straying from her path.
"You take a moment to tell her that you love her?"
Inuyasha forced a smile again, it was a little bit easier this time.
"Yeah, I did"
"Good"
She continued walking until she walked right out of sight. Inuyasha took the moment to head towards the house he had shared with Kagome.
Kagome watched him go through the window, a tear in her eye. Her desire for him physically wasn't nearly as intense as his was for her, but it still tore her up to no end to send him away like that.
She turned back towards the unconscious pair that she was planning on setting up, still crying silently. She walked over and kneeled down between the beds, looking down at Kouga's battered form.
Her crying got worse and worse with each passing second while thoughts of her beloved hacked at her heart.
"I hope that you never have to experience this Kouga" she said silently, mostly to herself. "I hope that you can truly be happy with her, or whoever your destined to be with, without boundaries of any kind."
She was crying so hard she hardly heard Kouga's nearly inaudible, battered voice.
"Kagome" he strained. "I'm sorry"
It comforted Kagome to no end knowing that she had a friend around.
"Thank you"
She dried her tears with the outer shirt on her miko kimono. Then, after taking a moment to compose herself began peel away at the tattered battle armor.
"Hold still" a bit of brightness in her voice, and a small smile on her face. "I'll have to fixed up in no time."