Sorry that last chapter was kinda boring. It was a filler chapter—what do you expect? But this one starts to get good…muahaha…
I have decided that I am the ONLY(!!!) person on the planet to whom things like "don't have sex until you're 18 and in a committed relationship" and "don't do drugs" and "do well in school" actually make sense. The way people act nowadays…little ol' me ends up looking like a prud! Time was, you were considered NORMAL if you followed those rules...Now I really do sound like a prud…God and Goddess, society is going to the DOGS. (There is a muffled 'Hey!' of protest from Inu-Yasha. Sorry, Inu-Kun)
Disclaimer: (at pharmacy)…sniff…I'd like to fill this prescription…(hands paper)…okay—ah, we get this one a lot. Let me guess, you don't own Inu-Yasha…(takes bottle)…sniff…nope
Evil Thing O' The Day: My Hlth teacher. It is NOT FAIR to put things on the final that we never learned! (Hey, abortion was made legal in 1973, right? I hope so, otherwise I got that wrong…)
Donna: Glad you like the story so far (I can't tell if you've read it all or only Ch. 1 and 2, but hopefully you'll find this). Wahh, you are my only reviewer for Ch. 5!
THIS OFFICIALLY PUTS ME OVER 10,000 WORDS. I AM HAPPY.
On with the insanity…
If you were reading a story about a beautiful writer who has suddenly been forced to go on the run with a dashing if somewhat clumsy spy, there are many places you would expect to find them. In a secret underground lair. In the bedroom. Running from the bad guys and looking really hot. Or (if it were a Walt Disney movie) sharing an extremely chaste kiss in front of a bunch of happy wild fluff balls. But you would not expect to find them on the roof, of all places.
And yet that is exactly where an inquisitive mosquito found Kagome and Inu-Yasha later that afternoon. The mosquito may have been inquisitive, but it was only interested in sucking their blood, not why they were up on the roof, of all places.
You (my dear and oh so wonderful readers :D), however, are an entirely different story. You are no doubt wondering why our protagonists are on the roof, of all places.
You are not alone in thinking this. For as she sat facing Inu-Yasha, straddling the roof, Kagome was wondering the very same thing. She had a benefit that neither you nor the mosquito had—she could ask Inu-Yasha why they were on the roof, of all places
So she did. "Inu-Yasha, why are we on the roof, of all places?"
"Gravity."
"Huh?"
Inu-Yasha growled impatiently. "Don't distract me. I'll tell you later."
So apparently you, Kagome, and the mosquito must wait to find out why they were on the roof, of all places.
(Readers throw fruit (they have restocked from Ch. 5) at author and tell her to get on with the plot already)
It was late afternoon, and Kagome wished she'd put on sun block before coming up. The sun was beating down on her and her testy companion, and she was sure to burn. On top of that, there was a mosquito buzzing around their heads. It eyed them both and then decided Inu-Yasha looked tastier (or perhaps it confused his testiness for tastiness. Mosquitoes have small brains). He landed on Inu-Yasha's nose and began to feed.
Inu-Yasha absent-mindedly slapped at it, turning his nose red and sending a now very flat mosquito flittering to the ground. "Almost as bad as Myoga," he grumbled to no one in particular. "Give me your hands," he ordered.
Kagome did, and he placed them underneath his hands on the shingles. They sat facing each other with their knees touching, straddling the peak of the roof with their clasped hands between them.
"Normally Naraku—or any other demon, for that matter—could trace our unique energies and find us. Obviously, we don't want that to happen. So we ward the house.
"You don't know how to use your powers yet, so I'm going to have to do this for you. Warding, like everything else, is really just a matter of energy. In this case, conflicting energy. It needs two people—a man and a woman—to be done properly.
"Warding is done by focusing on opposites—ying and yang. If applied correctly, equal amounts of opposite powers cancel each other out and those who can sense energies feel nothing.
"Each person's personal energy center is located here," he said, tapping her chest, "Over the heart. Just as the heart pumps blood around the body to deliver nutrients, so the energy center pumps energy around the body to deliver—well, energy." (when did Inu-Yasha become so smart?)
"Um…I think I get it," Kagome said.
"Good. I'm going to use my energy to pull yours out of you, because you can't do it for yourself yet. You might feel a slight throbbing sensation in your heart—" (ah yes, Inu-Kun is a heartthrob…;)) "—which is just me pulling at your energy."
"Okay," Kagome said. She took a deep breath and said resolutely, "I'm ready."
"Right. Now, concentrate on everything that makes you a woman—your female energy. I'll be concentrating on my male energy, and if we apply them at the same time, in the same amount, they will cancel each other out." Inu-Yasha closed his eyes, as did Kagome.
She concentrated hard on being a woman—the Mother, the Daughter, the Girl, the Womb, the Earth, the Water, the Moon, Emotions and Darkness, that complete, gentle, connected sense of Femaleness that was her sanctuary. Across from her she could feel Inu-Yasha pulling in little tendrils of his energy—the Father, the Warrior, the Boy, the Weapon, the Fire, the Air, the Sun, Actions and Light, the strong, rough, aloof sense of Maleness that belongs to every man.
The throbbing came, in her heart, as Inu-Yasha's Maleness tried to tease her Femaleness out of her body and into their joined hands. She forced with her mind, pushing her energy out to join his in a knot that bound them together in ways to deep to give words to. Inu-Yasha took the knot and gently severed the ends that connected it to them, then sank it gently into the roof.
Kagome opened her eyes. "Wow," she said softly. She and Inu-Yasha removed their hands from the rooftop to reveal a patch of glowing light about the size of her fist. It flickered nervously, not entirely sure of Its purpose now that It was severed from its Mother and Father. "We made that?"
"Yeah," Inu-Yasha said quietly. "Now we just need to show it what to do." He gently touched a finger to the Ward and pulled a tendril of its energy down the roof. "Come on, come on," he said to it, in the gentle, pleading tone one uses with a young child.
Kagome, seeing his intent, placed her fingers on the ward as well and began to coax it down the roof.
"It likes you better," Inu-Yasha said, seeing how well it responded to her touch. "I suppose that isn't surprising—there is a special bond between Mother and Child that the Father can never fully understand."
Kagome looked up at him sharply. Inu-Yasha went a little red. "Sorry. Am I being too philosophical?"
She shook her head. "No…I was just surprised at what you were saying. But it makes sense, in more ways than it should. It is like a child."
"We just need to get It to connect with gravity. Gravity is essentially the Earth's energy, and once It connects with that It will be stable." He continued to stroke his fingers down along the Ward's energy tendrils, but he let her do most of the pulling. Not only was it easier for her, being the Mother, but it also served to acclimate her to working with energy.
Suddenly Ward's light pulsed and Its tendrils flowed downwards, plunging into the ground and widening until the whole house was bathed in Its luminescence. Ward pulsed again and went out, leaving the house looking normal.
"Are you sure it worked? I can still feel It," Kagome said worriedly. "Isn't the point that you can't feel anything?"
"We can feel It because we created it—we are Its Parents. But Ward is a complete being, with balanced Femaleness and Maleness—no one else can sense It."
"Balanced Femaleness and Maleness…" Kagome said thoughtfully. "As opposed to our imbalances."
"Yes," he said, surprised at how well she understood. Then again, Inu-Yasha reminded himself, She is an author. They understand things much better than most people. To her he said, "That's why there is so much conflict—as English teachers say, both external and internal. Only those who have balanced their maleness and femaleness can be truly peaceful."
"I have maleness?"
"And I have femaleness. It just isn't as strong as my maleness."
Kagome smiled. "Because you don't let it be."
"No, I suppose I don't," he agreed.
And then Kagome kissed him.
It was a chaste, close-lipped kiss that didn't really surprise him. They had shared so much—their energies, their thoughts, even created a child of sorts—that they were inextricably bound together. He kissed her back, gently, sealing the magick rite they had done together.
She pulled away and reeled, nearly falling off the roof. Inu-Yasha caught her by the arm and pulled her back up to sit astride the roof.
"I forgot," he said quietly. "You aren't used to this. You used a lot of your energy and you're very weak. Let's go back inside."
Kagome nodded and let him help her down off the roof. As he took her inside she noticed that the sun had set. Odd, she thought lazily. It was noon when we went up.
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After a quick dinner cooked by Inu-Yasha, who seemed to have more energy left than she did at present, they went to bed. Just hours before they would have thought it incorrect to sleep in the same bed, but they were both very tired, and that and the bond they now shared overcame any petty embarrassments they held.
"Good night, Inu-Yasha," Kagome said sleepily, with her head on his shoulder.
"Good night, Kagome," he replied, wrapping his free arm around her waist. He looked up at the moon. It was full, a symbol of the Goddess as the Mother, and of women everywhere.
He kissed the forehead of the woman sleeping next to him. Opposites, ying and yang. Male and female, light and dark—though it should be dark and light. Demon and human, he thought bitterly. What we share now is more than I've ever shared with anyone…and she knows it. Maybe it's that way for her, too, but she has other bonds, nearly as strong as this one. With her mother, and her brother. But Mom died when I was young, and as for my brother…He snorted. Well, somehow I don't think it's quite that strong, although hatred is a powerful bond. Sesshomaru never did accept me. Will she? We share something powerful, more intimate than most people obtain in a lifetime of love.
Inu-Yasha blinked. Love? Do I…love her? Perhaps I do. But does she—will she—there's no way she will accept me. Bond or no, I am the very thing she fears. He blinked again, not from surprise, but in an effort to hold back tears. I don't want her to leave me.
He growled sharply, causing Kagome to stir. Inu-Yasha stiffened, but saw she was still asleep. He hugged her protectively to him and tried to put his thoughts away, relaxing into sleep.
But one thought refused to go away as he hovered between the realms of Sleep and Awake—
Do I love her?
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Well, I think we all know the answer to that :P.
Inu-Yasha: I am not that sappy
Kagome: And he's not that insightful
Myriadragon: Sorry, Inu-Kun, Kame, but I'm allowed some artistic license, right?
(Inu-Yasha and Kagome steal readers' fruit and begin to pelt author)
All right, all right, I yield! I honestly didn't mean to make it that…deep. But it's raining and I had writers block so I was staring at the raindrops hitting the leaves and I felt very…oh, I dunno, it's one of those feelings you can't describe. Connected, I suppose, and mystical, and empowered (kinda like everything Kagome was feeling when she was concentrating on her Femaleness). So it just came out that way. I didn't mean to go all Pagan on you but it's part of what I believe so you'll have to deal with it. In all honesty, I am extremely happy with this chapter. I really think that I wrote it well, because I wasn't trying to write so much as pouring out my thoughts. And I've been sorta depressed lately and this grounded me, so I feel better. Of course now I have to go be hyper for an hour or so, to balance out my deepness.
Random fact: It took me three complete playings of the Pirate of the Caribbean soundtrack to write this.
I do not think I will update tomorrow because I have to buy my BFF a present and then go to her party. In fact, I will be busy all this weekend with YSP (we're starting Cymbeline) but I will try to get a chapter out by Monday. Next chappie is The New Moon (unless I decide to add something else in), and who knows what interesting things will happen then!
Remember, Elephants Very Intelligently Examine Windows
My subliminal message doesn't work that well; I only got two reviews, both from the same person. Please review! I need to know what AU and beta are!!!
--Myriadragon