Me: People seemed to have liked my KagomeSango shoujo-ai fic "Kisu," so I decided to write a sequel. Have fun!
Disclaimer: "InuYasha" is property of Rumiko Takahashi, Sunrise, Viz, and all those other people who bring this series to us!
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Chapter 1
"Mm..." Kagome slowly opened her eyes as she awakened from her slumber. She checked her watch to see what the time was; finding that only about forty-five minutes had passed. She was planning to rest for one full hour, but didn't feel at all that tired now. Kagome looked beside her, Sango still peacefully sleeping. Kagome smiled warmly at her, and pushed Sango's bangs back gently. 'It's odd how people can look so beautiful when they sleep,' she thought happily.
Deciding not to wake her up just yet, Kagome got up and went over to her bag to look for a towel. She brought it out, when something that was wrapped up inside it fell to the floor. Kagome saw that it was a tube of lipstick. "Eh? How did that get there?" She picked it up and examined it closely. "Hmm..." She looked over at Sango, when a small trace of a playful smirk crossed her face.
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Inuyasha was outside with Shippo and Miroku, who was sighing heavily at being dragged out of the house at the most inopportune time.
"Miroku, knock it off!" Inuyasha said annoyed, but Miroku just sighed again.
Kagome came out of the house with a towel in hand.
"Oh, Kagome-sama!" Miroku lit up. "You're awake!"
"Yeah, I'm just going down to the river to wash my face," she told him. "Sango's still asleep though, so don't wake her up."
"Okay!" Miroku grinned. He watched as Kagome walked away, making sure she was ahead a good distance before leaping up to go inside.
"Miroku!" Inuyasha scolded with an angry look. "Where do you think you're going!? Kagome said not to go in!" It was futile however, as Miroku insisted on intruding.
When he got inside, he found that Sango was sitting up, rubbing the sleepiness out of her eyes. But... there was something else quite different about her appearance... it was both a slight shock yet source of amusement for Miroku.
"Uh..." Miroku stared at her.
"Hm?" Sango looked up at him. "What is it?"
"You... um..." Miroku tried his best to keep a straight face.
Sango brought her hand down. "What?"
The monk wondered how to word this. "Has... er... anything been going on in here?"
"What are you talking about?" she frowned.
Miroku scanned the floor, looking for something. He spotted a mirror, and held up in front of Sango. She looked back at her reflection, taken aback by what she saw. All over her body were red lip marks. "What the - ?" The sound of soft laughter attracted the two's attention. Kagome was leaning on the windowsill, an arm propping up her face.
"That was fun," Kagome giggled. She waved her tube of lipstick in front of her.
Sango flushed as she realized that Kagome had kissed her all over. "Kagome-chan!"
Kagome walked around to the doorway and passed through it, a smile spread across her face. "Are you feeling any better?"
"Probably a bit warmer now," Miroku smirked, when Sango responded with a kick. "Ow! Er... she must be feeling better if she's stopped throwing things..."
Kagome sat down and picked up a damp towel, beginning to wipe the marks off of Sango. She glanced at Miroku. "Miroku-sama, I thought I said not to come in."
"Well yes, but I wanted to keep Sango company in case she woke up while you were away – which she did."
'Somehow I doubt that,' both Kagome and Sango thought.
"Anyways, I got to see quite an amusing sight because of it," he grinned brightly. He noticed Sango running her hand across the ground, apparently looking for something to strike him with again. "Ah, seeing as how everything seems to be fine now, I'll be going back outside," he quickly said as he got up and left the room.
Sango sighed in aggravation. "Houshi-sama sure seems to be getting a lot more perverted than usual..." she frowned.
"Mm..." Kagome didn't respond to that. Instead she leaned her face next to Sango's shoulder, weaving her arm around Sango's own. "So warm..." Sango started, a shade of red creeping over her face. Kagome looked up and saw Sango staring straight ahead, as if to avoid her gaze. She sat up and stared at her, Sango taking notice.
"What is it?" Sango asked Kagome.
Waiting a couple of seconds, Kagome responded. "Nothing..." She got up and went to get her bag, tossing in a couple of her belongings. "I need to go back to write a test tomorrow," she began telling the other girl. "So I probably won't be back for a day or so."
"A day or so?" Sango repeated with a hint of appall in her tone.
Kagome looked back at her with a smile. "Are you going to miss me?"
"Uh..." Sango shifted around.
Kagome went over to Sango and got on her hands and knees beside her. "I'll be back." She lightly placed as kiss on her cheek before grabbing her bag. "See you later," she said before leaving.
"Mm..." Sango nodded.
"Hrm?" Inuyasha and the others looked up as they saw Kagome emerge from Kaede's home. "Where are you going?"
"I need to go back to write a test," she informed them. "I'll come back as soon as I can."
"Fine," Inuyasha replied as he closed his eyes.
"Can you look after Sango-chan while I'm gone?"
"It would be my pleasure," Miroku grinned.
Kagome paused before turning to Inuyasha and Shippo. "Keep an eye on you-know-who," she whispered to them.
"Huh?" Miroku blinked.
"Mm!" Shippo nodded his head firmly. "Do your best Kagome!"
"I'll try," she answered the young kitsune with a smile. She waved goodbye to her friends as she once again left for her own time.
Unbeknownst to her however, a youkai who looked like a human was watching the young girl's every move.
"Hmm... yes, an excellent bride she shall make..." the youkai smirked before disappearing.
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The days passed, and Sango was now able to get out of bed and walk around, though she stuck closely to the village as Miroku and Shippo advised her. Today was the day Kagome was expected to return to the Sengoku Jidai, Inuyasha sitting atop Kaede's roof while the others waited on the verandah.
Kagome clambered out of the well, looking forward to seeing her Sengoku Jidai friends again. To her surprise however, someone else was expecting her. The youkai who was spying on her before grabbed Kagome from behind, but didn't stop her in time from shouting for help.
Inuyasha's ears twitched as he heard the familiar voice. "Kagome!" he said urgently. "She's in trouble – I'm going to go get her!" Inuyasha retorted just before he scampered off towards the well.
The others were prepared to follow after him, but Miroku grasped Sango's wrist as she stood up.
Sango looked back at him with inquiry. "Houshi-sama?"
"Sango," Miroku started. "You stay here with Shippo. You're not fully recovered from your wounds yet."
"But - "
"Inuyasha, Kirara, and I should be enough to handle this youkai." He let go of her. "I'm sure Kagome-sama wouldn't want you risking it either." Seeing as how she didn't respond to this, Miroku took it as her approval. "Come on, Kirara." He motioned for the cat youkai who followed behind the monk.
Inuyasha got to the scene, just before the youkai was about to run off with Kagome.
"Hey, just what do you think you're doing?" He breathed heavily at the captor.
The youkai appeared to be human, wearing armour and robes of red and purple, his dark shoulder-length hair tied into a neat ponytail. This youkai was most definitely not a human however.
"Humph. Taking my lovely bride back home with me is all," he sneered.
"I don't think so!" Inuyasha retaliated, wielding Tessaiga at his side.
"Oh, don't tell me she's yours," the youkai continued to jeer. "Is the little hanyou in love with the human?"
Inuyasha's expression grew ferocious. "Like I'd hand her over to scum like you!" He charged at the youkai, but stopped as soon as he saw a blade shoot up from its arm, aimed at Kagome's neck.
"Ah, ah, ah... don't be so hasty." The youkai narrowed his eyes. "As much as I like this girl, I could easily find another one – stripping her of her Shikon shards beforehand of course."
Inuyasha growled at this youkai's impertinence. "You lousy..." he started, just when something whizzed past him.
"What?" The youkai was surprised as Kirara came leaping at him, forcing him downwards and causing him to release his hold on Kagome.
Miroku caught the girl safely as she rolled to the side. "Kagome-sama, are you alright?" he asked her before undoing the rope binding her arms.
"Yes, I'm fine," she answered with relief.
"Grk!" Kirara had the youkai's bladed arm in her mouth, pinning him to the ground. In response, the youkai let another blade shoot out from his other arm. He tried driving it into Kirara, but she got out of the way just in time. The youkai flipped backwards onto his feet, looking up only to see Inuyasha ready for him.
"Yaarrgg!" Inuyasha swung Tessaiga down, the youkai blocking it by crisscrossing his armoured arms. They pushed away from one another, jumping back.
"This time you're done!" Inuyasha prepared for a Kaze no Kizu. The youkai however, had no intention of staying. As quickly as possible, he vanished into thin air, cursing as he left. "What?" Inuyasha scanned across the underbrush. "Where did he go?"
"It appears he's gone," Miroku reasoned as he and Kagome joined Inuyasha with Kirara.
"Coward," Inuyasha muttered under his breath. "A guy like that will come back – and when he does," he slid Tessaiga back into place with a 'click,' "I'll be ready."
"He probably will," Miroku agreed. "He must have known that Kagome-sama could go though the well. Thus he was waiting for her to come back to ambush her."
Kagome shifted around in her spot. "Oh, great..."
"Don't worry." Kagome looked up at Inuyasha's words. "I'll get him next time for sure."
She smiled at his gesture. "Thanks, Inuyasha."
He turned his head away. "Yeah, sure..."
"Let's be getting back to the others," Miroku suggested, beginning to head for the village.
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"Sango, what are you doing?" Shippo had walked in on Sango changing into he taiji-ya clothes. Despite what happened with Miroku earlier, Sango decided she would go off to help fight the youkai.
"Sorry, Shippo, but I want to go join the others."
"But you shouldn't! What about what Miroku said?" the young kitsune pleaded with her.
"I know what Houshi-sama said," she replied, tying up her hair. "But I just can't sit around when I know Kagome-chan is in trouble." Sango picked up Hiraikotsu and walked towards the door.
"But Sango – ah!" Shippo stopped when he walked outside and saw Sango standing just outside the doorway. She was watching someone else leaning against the wooden beam.
"Hey, there!" The mystery man lifted one of his folded arms up as a casual greeting.
Sango however didn't find this person's outward appearance convincing. She frowned as she said, "You're a youkai."
He straightened up. "Very observant," he smiled in a friendly manner. This youkai seemed similar to the one that had attacked Kagome, except that his clothes consisted of orange and blues, and his hair was considerably shorter. "You can call me Kusari."
Sango's expression didn't change. "Are you the one my friends were after?"
"Hm?" the youkai named Kusari looked positively puzzled. "Your friends? I don't think so. You're the only one I've come across lately." He started to move closer towards Sango. She got into a defensive stance.
"What do you want?" she demanded.
"What do I want?" he echoed innocently. "Hmm..." he gazed upwards as if he were thinking. "Well..." he looked back down at Sango. "Can I have you?"
Sango didn't know whether to be upset or dumbstruck. "No!" she shouted in protest.
"Mmm..." Kusari made a whiny sort of tone. "Then I guess..." he leapt back suddenly, throwing his left arm out in front "... I'll have to take you!" An iron chain seemingly flew out from under his sleeve, headed in Sango's direction.
She held Hiraikotsu before her, blocking the assault, the chain ricocheting off into another direction.
"Ouh, a feisty one!" he cheered. Kusari furrowed his eyebrows. "How about this then?" He brought his chain back down, wrapping it around Hiraikotsu, tugging it slightly away from Sango. "And now..." A new chain erupted from Kusari's other arm, this time binding around Sango's waist. He reeled in both chains, drawing Hiraikotsu and Sango towards himself.
"Sango!" Shippo cried out in panic.
The taiji-ya pushed Hiraikoutsu out of her way, revealing the blade hidden in her clothing's forearm. She swung at Kusari, but he yanked her away just before she made contact, unraveling the chain she was caught in.
"Oh, close one!" he said playfully. Kusari seemed thoughtful. "Let's try..." He directed his left-hand chain at Sango again, who was still on the ground.
CLANG!
"What?" Kusari blinked as he saw an arrow collide with his chain, interrupting its course. He looked round to see Kaede, bow in hand. "Oh, a decrepit Miko."
"Watch who you call decrepit," Kaede retorted. "What's the meaning of this?"
"Oh, nothing you have to worry your feeble mind about," Kusari shrugged.
"Sango!" Shippo scampered over to Sango. "Sango, are you alright?"
"Ergh..." Sango sat up carefully. As much as she hated to admit it, her scrapes from before her encounter with Kusari were beginning to feel sore.
"Hey, get away from her!" Kusari sent a chain whizzing at Shippo, who squeaked in horror. Quickly, Sango drew her katana out to intercept it. "Hm, you're just full of surprises. Sango, is it? Yep, you'd make a wonderful bride!" he grinned carelessly.
"Like I'd ever marry you!" Sango grunted, pulling back on her sword.
"Oh, you will," he smirked. "After all, it's either that or death. Personally, I'd like to get to know you a bit better." He wrenched the katana out of Sango's grasp, swinging his chain across to hit Kaede bluntly, off to the side. Wasting no more time, he let his other chain go after Sango, coiling around her neck.
"Erk!" Sango brought her hands up, trying to prevent the from closing around her.
"Sango!" Shippo wanted to help his friend, but he wasn't sure how.
"Ah, ah, ah..." Kusari advised him. "Don't do anything you'll regret, or I'll crush her throat."
Frustrated, Shippo exclaimed, "Let her go!"
"Now why would I want to go and do a thing like that," Kusari raised a perplexed eyebrow at Shippo, "when it took so much time to catch her?" He began reeling Sango in, her body being dragged across the ground.
"Mumph!" Shippo winced as he watched, feeling so utterly helpless right now. Kaede sat up to see Sango being hauled over the youkai's shoulder.
"Well, I've got to be going!" he saluted them. "Later!" And he left with a cloud of dust billowing upwards as he bounded off.
"Ah... ah..." Shippo dropped onto the ground, Kaede looking onwards.
The sound of hurried footsteps approaching broke Shippo and Kaede out of their reveries. Inuyasha and the others were rushing up to them, worry on their faces.
"What happened here?" Miroku questioned them as he examined the surroundings. "We felt another youkai around, so –"
"He took her!" Shippo blurted out.
"What?" they stared at Shippo's small figure.
He looked up at them, his face stern. "He took Sango!"
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Me: And that's the end of the first chapter! Ja ne!