~Disclaimer...I own nothing but the plot. So many people have said it's original, I'm claiming it! Nyah! :p
(A/N= SHOUNEN-AI WARNING!! There is definate shounen-ai this chappy and I will not be held accountable if you continue reading and find it objectionable. If you don't like two guys who are romantically involved...READ NO FURTHER!! There's nothing explicit, not even close to any declarations of love. Just some random "What the hell was THAT!?" between a couple of rival males. Little one-sided for now. Little...primative. But that's fun! ^-^ Now, if you don't mind a little shounen-ai, read on. If you do, go read one of my other fics. Just...not my Yugioh ones. ^^ They're yaoi-full.)
(Another A/N=for those who keep asking about the pairings and say you don't like the YYH characters being in it... This is a Inu/YYH crossover. That means they're gonna be in it, quite a bit in fact. And the main pairings will be Kurama/Kagome, InuYasha/Kouga, Sango/Miroku. Got that? I'm really getting tired of the, "don't put the yyh people in it!" reviews. They're here, they ain't going away, deal with it or go elsewhere.)
(Final A/N this chapter: READ IT!!! There will be no more warnings. There will be no more "should I?" concerning the shounen-ai. In this fic there will be TWO MALE'S IN LOVE and it is a CROSSOVER. Deal or scoot!)
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Kitsune Delight
by Mistress Nika
Chapter Seven
"It All Began With a Purr"
Kagome peeked out from the well house at the disappearing crowd of teens from her school. Her grandfather was playing the part of tour guide rather well and had ushered them away from where the group of youkai were hiding. Kagome silently thanked him for being wise enough to know theyd need a distraction. Looking at the two boys to her side she said, "We're gonna have to run. I don't know how long jiichan will be able to hold their attention with his boring stories."
Rather than questioning her, both boys nodded. Kagome held out one hand in invitation and Shippou wasted no time leaping back to her shoulder. It was a little odd having an apparant five-year-old sitting on her shoulder, but she didn't want to chance him being caught in his true form.
With a nod all three took off, Yusuke and Kurama following along behind her as they didn't exactly know where they were going. Once they reached the house, Kagome whipped open the door and they dashed inside. She quickly ushered them into the living room, motioning them to sit down, and took a seat herself. Her mother had errands to run all day and her little brother wouldn't be home from school for hours yet. Glancing at the clock she realized it was only ten a.m.
Shippou was looking a little strained as he sat next to her on the arm of the sofa chair. "It's alright, Shippou-chan." she said to the little fox. "You can change back now."
With a huge sigh and a small *poof!* he was back in his youkai form. The kit all but collapsed in relief. "I don't know how you do it, okaasan!" he sighed. "That's a hard illusion to maintain!"
She laughed softly and ruffled his hair. "I've just had more practice." she replied. Then she turned her attention to the two strangers in her living room. "Now," she began. "I assume you know this is my home, if you didn't before. And you know what I am. But I know nothing about you. So why don't you begin by telling me who you are and what you want with me?" At Yusuke's disbelieving look she anticipated his next question and held up a hand saying, "I trust you, so I'll believe you. I just don't know anything about you. Why do I trust you? Simple, because a kitsune would never hurt their own. And a kitsune would NEVER align themselves with Naraku. So, go on and explain yourselves."
What followed was a very elabroate description of themselves in which they explained who they worked for, how they had come to work for him and what they were doing there. (A/N=which I do not feel like explaining and am assuming most of you, the readers, already know and wouldn't care to hear again. If you don't know, just email me and I become Link City, dispensing hundreds of YYH links to those unfortunate souls who haven't seen it.^^ Let's say this explaination took the greater part of two hours, which I imagine it would.) Afterwards she reciprocated in explaining about her time-hopping habit, her strange companions and their quest for the Shikon no Kakera. She conveniently left out that neither Shippou nor the baby were her biological children and they didn't question her on whether or not she had a mate. To the two Reikai Tantei it seemed a touchy subject with her and they didn't want to pry. To her they may be possible new friends, but they were still youkai. And youkai males could be a threat to her pups, even those she considered friends.
During the explainations she had paused long enough to search out one of Souta's old baby bottles from a forgotten shelf of the cabinets. She didn't have any baby formula, so she had to make do with regular milk. She knew if either Yusuke or Kurama had seen her lack of baby things they would know something was amiss, so she had made them stay in the living room while she fed her new baby. Her new baby...that had her father's name.
Kagome didn't know what had come over her. When faced with the unexpected she had latched onto the only name her mind could grasp. Other than the brief but insane urge to name him Osuwari just to see InuYasha drop every five seconds as she said his name. (idea credited to Kylio) But her father's name seemed to fit him somehow.
Her father. It had been almost thirty years since she had thought of him. He had been a silver kitsune, of course. Just like she, her mother and her younger brother. Her father had been kind and caring. He loved his family most of all and provided well for them. He used his kind strength to protect them and all others under his rule. Who knew how many centuries he had protected Tokyo and the surrounding lands. Even when it had been nothing but wilderness and sparse human villages. Her father had been a powerful, but minor lord. Not a youkai lord, but a human one. He protected his territory and family from every threat. He pretended to be human to maintain a hold on the humans and made it known to all youkai that he was a youkai intent on protecting what was his. No one crossed him. And if they did, they never lived to tell the tale.
Yes, somehow something told her the name fit the infant kitsune she now held as her own.
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Kouga's POV:
Consciousness returned to Kouga as a splitting headache. He absently thought that if his head hurt this bad, where was the dragon that hit him? He fought through the blackness that shouded his mind only to find more of the same. However, the warm, sweet-smelling body pressed against his made sleep quite appealing at the moment. He wrapped his arms tighter around the unknown person, not really caring at the moment who it was. Their scent was somehow familiar. It was a sweet scent that lulled his mind into peace and made that throbing headache slightly less pronounced. That scent, he should know that scent. His muddled, sleep-clouded brain wasn't up to the task of placing it though.
He could vaguely feel fingers play through his hair, masaging his scalp gently. A purr began unbidden deep in his chest. Somewhere in the back of his mind a glimmer of recognition forced a single whispered word from his lips before he drifted back into the land of dreams.
"InuYasha."
InuYasha's POV:
InuYasha glared at the wolf prince clinging tightly to his midsection, head resting on the hanyou's chest. Kouga's persistant position had forced InuYasha into laying propped on one side, facing the wolf. He had removed Tetsusaiga from it's normal place around his waist and laid it between them. It had been decidedly uncomfortable to lay on and with it between them it was within easy reach, should they be attacked. Of course, the fact that with Kouga's arms around him he could do nothing to defend himself, even with the sword, didn't occur to him.
Who knew it would take close to five hours for him to even show signs of waking? Certainly not InuYasha, that's for sure. At first he had tried everything to remove Kouga from him by force, but that only made him squeeze tighter causing InuYasha to begin to lose feeling in his extremities.
In the end he had given up and resigned himself to his temporary hellish fate. Thinking that Kouga, being youkai, would recover quickly from a simple bump to the head he hadn't planned on being there more than an hour. Then the wolf would wake up, they would make verbal jabs, maybe even throw a few punches, and then they would be on their seperate ways, far away from each other. But now the sun was beginning to drift low and InuYasha was getting hungry.
'Damn.' InuYasha thought to himself as his stomach grumbled it's displeasure at him. 'I didn't know he was so damn strong. But he ain't letting go! This is getting ridiculous! I want food. I want Ramen!'
Wondering if Kouga's head wasn't as hard as he let on, InuYasha cautiously touched his fingertips to the top of the wolf's head. When Kouga didn't make any sign of pain he continued. He ran his fingers gingerly though his hair along the scalp, feeling for any serious injuries. Finding none he started to remove his hand.
But then he heard a sound he had never, EVER expected to hear from the mangy wolf in his entire life. He was purring! PURRING!! Like a contented pup! He could feel the gentle vibrations on his chest. Though his every thought told him to beat the wolf into waking, his canine instincts told him that Kouga's purring was a good thing. His instincts, normally dampened by his human blood, quickly overrode his rational mind. They reduced it to simpler, more basic, more animalistic terms.
It was good Kouga was happy. Kouga was a member of his pack, an important part. It was good his packmates were happy, most of them. His nose wrinkled as he tried to think of what had disrupted his pack and made them angry. The corpse, that's it. The corpse had joined them. Why had she done that? Oh yeah. He let her. A soft growl escaped as he thought about it. He had been stupid. She was a disruption. She wasn't a part of his pack. Now his pack was angry at him, and it was his fault. She was a threat to their stability. A pack couldn't function properly if there was unrest and distrust. He would have to set things right.
His growling appearantly unnerved the wolf lying next to him. Kouga had stopped purring and whimpered in response to his growl. InuYasha responded by ceasing his unconscious growl and resumed running his fingers through the wolf's silken black tresses. He removed the tie from his hair, allowing it to fall freely and allowing himself more freedom with it. Kouga instantly stilled and resumed his purring with a contented smile.
InuYasha smiled as well. His packmate was happy again. This was good. His pack was a happy pack, a prosperous and powerful pack. They could fight and kill with ease. They were caring with each other. They were well fed and maintained a suitably sized territory. This reflected positively on him. He was the alpha male. This meant he was responsible for their happiness. He was responsible for their well being.
He had made mistakes. He was aware of this. Hastily rushing into battle without thinking of the others first. Putting himself and his desires above their own. And the corpse. He vaguely remembered when she had been more than that. She had been warm and alive, caring towards himself and others. But then he was just a pup without a pack. Then he was a rogue, living only for himself and only on his own skills. She had been kind to him. She was the leader of her own pack, strong and dominant. She had accepted him for what he was and offered him a place where he could belong.
But that was over now. She was dead and didn't matter. All that mattered was making his pack happy, keeping them safe. Yes, he would have to fix his mistake. He would have to kill her.
InuYasha ceased his minstrations and wrapped both arms around the wolf prince, tucking his head firmly under his chin. A light purr began in his own chest as he grinned. Tomorrow everything would be good again. He would make his pack safe and happy and all would be right with his world.
"InuYasha." Kouga's whisper broke into his train of thoughts.
Suddenly InuYasha stiffened. 'That's me.' he thought. 'He knows it's me and he's still purring. Why does this seem wrong?'
His brain didn't seem to want to respond at first, but slowly it was released from some kind of foreign hold. It was as if something had possessed him and that one whispered word, his name, had the power to release him from his possession.
'Wait a minute!' he cried inside his head. 'This ISN'T right! Why the hell am I holding Kouga!?'
"Alright, wolf!" he shouted aloud. "Time to wake up whether you like it or not!" He quickly removed his arms from around the sleeping prince and grabbed both his shoulders. He began to shake him violently back and forth, intent on waking him up this time.
Normal POV:
Kouga responded slowly, opening one eye only to see a painful red and silver blur as his head rolled back and forth. He whined in pain as his head spun ruthlessly and clamped his one eye shut again.
At Kouga's whine InuYasha stopped shaking him. That one sound had struck a chord deep within him. It made him want to hold the wolf, to stroke his fur and ease whatever had caused him pain. But, that wasn't right. He hated him. He was his rival. No, he was his packmate. No! Enemy! ...or...friend? Wait, what was he?
Kouga's POV
As InuYasha stared at the waking wolf he still held by the shoulders, Kouga collected himself, commanding his head to cease it's spinning and aching. Finally he managed to open his eyes, and when they focused he suddenly wished he had remained unconscious.
InuYasha's crimson eyes bore into him with a strange sort of confusion. He looked lost, as if he had no idea what was happening. But his normal look of anger wasn't present. Kouga could smell the change in him. His scent was that of a full youkai, but still he could smell a trace of his human blood underneath, as if fighting to reach the surface. What was going on?
InuYasha's eyes seemed to lose a bit of their crimson color, beginning to return to their previous golden. Kouga could see the emotions flicker across the hanyou-turned-youkai's face. Confusion, anger, distrust...and then, as his eyes bled red again he saw power, possession, contentment...dominance. His eyes flickered twice, the red fading slightly before returning full force.
Finally he could take it no more. If the inu-hanyou....or youkai...whatever he was! If he was going to attack him Kouga certainly wasn't going to sit there and let him kill him. Well, more like lay there. The thought of 'what am I doing laying in inu-koro's arms?' briefly flicked across his mind. But he pushed it away and opted to start a low, threatening growl instead.
This appearantly wasn't a wise move, because InuYasha's eyes narrowed, returning to their full red color. Kouga gasped as InuYasha returned his growl, but not an angry one. It was a scolding growl, a growl of dominance telling him to get back in line or else. It was a growl used by the alpha male of a pack to keep would-be upstarts in line and submissive.
'What is going on in his mind?' Kouga thought, instinctively cutting his growl off without realizing it. 'He's not an alpha male. He doesn't even have a pack! And even if his little rag-tag group could be called a pack, I'm certainly not a part of it.'
Kouga suddenly stiffened in shock as InuYasha pulled him closer and began sniffing his neck. 'Oh he's not gonna do what I think he is, is he!?' he screamed in his head. As he felt a pair of elongated fangs settle over the skin of his shoulder he realized with clear certainty that was exactly what he was going to do!
Without thinking Kouga threw an arm up wildly, connecting with InuYasha's jaw and knocking him off of him as he yelled, "FOR KAMI'S SAKE, INU-KORO! I'M NOT A PUP AND I'M NOT A MEMBER OF YOUR PACK!! GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF!!"
Normal POV:
InuYasha sat up looking dazed. He stared at the wolf before him in confusion as Kouga leapt to his feet, preparing to run or fight he couldn't tell. Maybe it was both. "What...what happened?" he asked uncertainly.
"You tell me." Kouga responded, dropping down into an unsure, defensive crouch. "Are you....you again?"
InuYasha shook his head, trying to rid it of the lingering fog there. "What are you talking about, wolf?" he asked slightly angry, why he didn't know. "I'm always me."
"Uh-huh." Kouga scoffed and rolled his eyes. "You always treat me like an unruly pup and try to chastize me with a bite."
"I WHAT!?" InuYasha cried in shock. "I don't know what you're talking about, wolf! But I'm outta here!"
Without another word InuYasha grabbed the Tetsusaiga laying forgotten on the grass and leapt to his feet. He ran as fast as his legs could take him as far as they would take him away from the wolf before collapsing beside a lake. He panted slightly from the run, but also because of the conflicting emotions rising within him.
Looking down into the pristine surface of the lake, a pair of faded red eyes peered back at him. He had transformed, and there was no reason for it. He hadn't been in danger of dying, so why? Why did it all begin with a purr from the wolf?
In actuality, InuYasha remembered every bit of what had happened. Which was strange in and of itself. How was it that he could remember what had happened? Previously when he had transformed he had no memory of those times. It was just darkness and no matter how hard he tried he couldn't bring the memories to the surface. But now, he could remember everything as clearly as if he had not transformed. And he was surprised.
He was not only surprised at his own behavior but also at Kouga's. When Kouga came to and growled at him, InuYasha's instinctual response was to growl back. But Kouga, instead of continuing his warning growl, stopped. And he was sure the wolf himself didn't notice it, but he had actually dropped his head slightly in submission. Kouga had acknowledged him as the alpha male, without even realizing it.
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(A/N) I was THIS CLOSE *holds fingers a centimeter apart* to putting an "Inu kisses Kouga" scene! But...*sigh* I didn't. So, who was surprised Inu went full youkai? I was! I certainly didn't start it out that way! I was just going to have Kouga wake up and them be all awkard and stuff. But I like this better! *huge grin* This fic has so taken on a life of it's own. I know, I know. No humor this chapter. But, there do have to be serious chapters to advance the plot, you know? And to the two people who reviewed saying no to the shounen-ai, I'm sorry, but I can't please everyone. Of the 110+ people who've reviewed (I don't have an accurate count at this time) only two have said no to a little guy/guy romance. And I personally think they make an especially glompable couple! *squeals* Oh, and you may have noticed that the very beginning and the very end weren't as "in depth" as the middle was. That's because I wrote the Inu/Kouga scene alone and went back and added the other. I was in a very primative state of mind when I wrote it and I just couldn't stop. Then my mother came home and interupted my state of mind by closing the doors and windows, which I had opened to be "closer to nature" aka let the animals go in and out without bothering me to open the door for them. Then I had to make dinner and be civilized again. After dinner we watched Urban Legend which mother had never seen and FINALLY when I got back to writing...the mood was totally gone. -_- Hope you enjoyed it! Next chapter should be more Kagome-centric.
(Another A/N) I had this chapter ready to upload nine hours after my last update, but... blame it on ff.net. _
(ANOTHER A/N!) Does anyone know what Kagome's mother does? Cause I'm a little lost on that. Help me out, onegai?
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Reviews have taken up residence in my closet and force my bishys to move to the living room. ........they're not happy..... but I am!! ^__^
Lord Sesshoumaru: Thank you!
SniperGirl: WOW! You mean you've read more than this one!? O_O THANKS!!
Just Me17: Thank you so much! I'm glad everyone loved the camera bit so much! It just kinda insinuated itself in there. Can you believe I didn't even have that part in there until right before I posted and I decided it wasn't long enough? I'm glad it's a believable crossover too. Um...how is it so believable..? O.o No, I'd really like to know.
kogika85: I'm glad you stumbled upon it and I'm very glad you find it interesting! Yep! Yep! *nods enthusiastically* Kouga and Inu-chan are the perfect couple for this series! *waves her yaoi banner; half Inu/Kouga half Kurama/Hiei* ^-^ I think Kikyou bashing will begin again either at the end of next chapter or maybe chapter after next. Not too sure. But she'll be an emotional wreck by the end of the fic...if not dead. Probably dead. -_-
badluck-fangrrl: YAY! *rocks out to Smashing Blue* Badluck and Gravitation rock! I haven't read the manga yet. I'm still working on downloading all the episodes, but I'm definately a fangirl. I was a fangirl the moment I saw pics of Yuki and Shuuichi together. ^^ I think it's hilarious when Shuuichi gets chased by fangirls and he's totally shocked and terrified. ^___^ It was hard for me to pick a fav bishy too, but I finally went with Hiro because I just turn to mush over guys who play the guitar. Tatsuha is good too. He's such a hentai! LOL Of course, so is Tohma...and Shu-chan...and Ryuu-chan...and Yuki...and *fades out while she continues to name EVERY bishy who EVER made an appearance, except Aizawa -_-* I'm so glad you like my fic! *huggles her* Maybe I should try my hand at a Gravitaton fic..? ^^ Oh how I could warp THAT series! (I got another review from you after ff.net stoped being a baka again; so this is the response to that review) Yeah, I think I've gotten all your reviews, but I could be mistaken. I get them emailed to me as well as checking them on the stats page because not all are emailed to me and not all show up on the review page. So that way I hope I get them all. *bashes ff.net with her Metal Mallet*
Kagome lover 2009: You didn't like Yusuke and Kurama..? Then, hate to say it, but you might wanna stop reading now. I'm glad you liked the Miroku with the camera bit though.
purple bunny: O.o If you hate cliffhangers you're gonna hate my writing style, cause every fic I write is full of them. I feel they contribute to the suspense and have people coming back for more. Sorry you hate them. Glad you like my fic though! ^^ But, like I'm telling everyone else. Inu/Kouga's here, it ain't going away, deal or scoot. I'd hate to lose a reviewer over a pairing when it's not the main one, but if you hate it, nothing I can do to change it.
Dark Topaz= Here's more. ^^
Kageri Tsukiakari: Beg all you want, but it's here and staying. And if I get more people saying same sex relationships are wrong and sick I may just screw with people's heads and make it all a dream with Kagome waking up at the end, human and in Sango's arms. ^^ I also like that pairing, thank you very much. I respect people's opinions, but being bi myself I do not have much respect for people with closed minds and narrow vision. Not that I can assume that about you from one review. I could be just way overthinking your exorborant use of exclaimation marks in that part of your review. Actually, the scene between Inu and Kouga WAS meant to be shounen-ai. I just left it open for me to change if I was overwhelmed with reviews against it. Which I wasn't. I hope you continue reading and hope to see a review from you again. Ja ne.
Lil Shaman Girl: Thank you!
Reine Keri: LOL CAPS GETS YOUR POINT ACROSS VERY WELL, NE!? MAYBE I SHOULD TYPE MY WARNINGS IN ALL CAPS! Okay, I'll stop now. lol I'm glad you found it so funny and I absolutely died when reading your review/reviews. (ff.net sent me a lot of your revews late, gomen.) And I quote; "KOUGA AND INUYASHA SITTIN IN A TREE! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" I loved that! LMAO!!
shadowed death: "update?" okay, I think I will.
Killiara: Yay! I'm glad you liked your custom spork! Of course you can be half elf and half cat! I'm one mixed up bitch myself! I'm half inu-youkai, 1/4 neko-youkai miko and 1/4 human. And my imouto's children are going to be half elf, 1/4 elemental youkai and 1/4 human. *shakes head* How the mighty have fallen... Weirdness? What do you mean "weirdness on the part of the two spirit detectives"? Just a little confused. Course, I'm sitting here drinking my tea, listening to Nittle Grasper and the screams from the living room (mom's on a horror movie kick) and writing without wearing my glasses while totally exausted. So, I think I'm allowed to be a little confused right now. LOL *grabs her newly sharpened spork and starts singing* Bloodshed, carnage, death and destruction. You can run, you can hide, but my friend and I are *gets especially creepy voice* coming to kiiiillll yooouuuu. ^^ Oh Naraku-chan! Where aaarrrreeee you? *gets the totally insane look of a serial killer* Oh, don't mind that! I'm just sleep deprived. ^__^
Black Ruby Kitsune: Yay! I've caused another person to stop breathing! O_O Um...by laughing! Yeah! That's it! Don't worry. Kag will see the pics. Who do you think has to develop them? ^^ I don't think Kaede has a darkroom in the back of her hut. I hadn't actually thought of making another 'fall on each other scene' but that sounds pretty good! Maybe this one will happen in the village too! *grins maniacally as thoughts begin to form...some of them very hentai ones*
blue fox demon: Um, what did I say that was so funny..? I've forgotten..oh well. I'm glad you like my fic so much! ^^
inuyasha92689: Yay! Thanks so for your review! *stuffs Inu-chan into a hawaiian shirt and bermuda shorts* Ain't he adorable !? *glomps him*
Snowfire the Kitsune: Well, heh...you didn't get their reactions to it because...well...I was lazy on that part. And I uploaded the last chapter a day before the login thing started. My chapters show up like a day and a half after I upload them. I had this chapter ready to upload about nine hours later, but by then that stupid glitch thing had happened. .
FluffyPrincess: "Original, interesting and funny as hell!!" YAY!!! *glomps FluffyPrincess* I absolutely ADORED your review! Made me happpy when I was raging at ff.net and my comp. ^^ Oh, yeah, actually I had planned to explain next chapter about Kagome's grandfather. She's gonna explain to the boys about him after he...well, we all know he's gonna plaster them with ofudas! ^__^ Glad you like my fic so much!
~Time taken to respond to reviews this chapter= DAYS!! Baka ff.net!!!!! ...deep cleansing breaths...~
(If I missed your review I apologize. It means I didn't get it. Gomen.)
(A/N= SHOUNEN-AI WARNING!! There is definate shounen-ai this chappy and I will not be held accountable if you continue reading and find it objectionable. If you don't like two guys who are romantically involved...READ NO FURTHER!! There's nothing explicit, not even close to any declarations of love. Just some random "What the hell was THAT!?" between a couple of rival males. Little one-sided for now. Little...primative. But that's fun! ^-^ Now, if you don't mind a little shounen-ai, read on. If you do, go read one of my other fics. Just...not my Yugioh ones. ^^ They're yaoi-full.)
(Another A/N=for those who keep asking about the pairings and say you don't like the YYH characters being in it... This is a Inu/YYH crossover. That means they're gonna be in it, quite a bit in fact. And the main pairings will be Kurama/Kagome, InuYasha/Kouga, Sango/Miroku. Got that? I'm really getting tired of the, "don't put the yyh people in it!" reviews. They're here, they ain't going away, deal with it or go elsewhere.)
(Final A/N this chapter: READ IT!!! There will be no more warnings. There will be no more "should I?" concerning the shounen-ai. In this fic there will be TWO MALE'S IN LOVE and it is a CROSSOVER. Deal or scoot!)
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Kitsune Delight
by Mistress Nika
Chapter Seven
"It All Began With a Purr"
Kagome peeked out from the well house at the disappearing crowd of teens from her school. Her grandfather was playing the part of tour guide rather well and had ushered them away from where the group of youkai were hiding. Kagome silently thanked him for being wise enough to know theyd need a distraction. Looking at the two boys to her side she said, "We're gonna have to run. I don't know how long jiichan will be able to hold their attention with his boring stories."
Rather than questioning her, both boys nodded. Kagome held out one hand in invitation and Shippou wasted no time leaping back to her shoulder. It was a little odd having an apparant five-year-old sitting on her shoulder, but she didn't want to chance him being caught in his true form.
With a nod all three took off, Yusuke and Kurama following along behind her as they didn't exactly know where they were going. Once they reached the house, Kagome whipped open the door and they dashed inside. She quickly ushered them into the living room, motioning them to sit down, and took a seat herself. Her mother had errands to run all day and her little brother wouldn't be home from school for hours yet. Glancing at the clock she realized it was only ten a.m.
Shippou was looking a little strained as he sat next to her on the arm of the sofa chair. "It's alright, Shippou-chan." she said to the little fox. "You can change back now."
With a huge sigh and a small *poof!* he was back in his youkai form. The kit all but collapsed in relief. "I don't know how you do it, okaasan!" he sighed. "That's a hard illusion to maintain!"
She laughed softly and ruffled his hair. "I've just had more practice." she replied. Then she turned her attention to the two strangers in her living room. "Now," she began. "I assume you know this is my home, if you didn't before. And you know what I am. But I know nothing about you. So why don't you begin by telling me who you are and what you want with me?" At Yusuke's disbelieving look she anticipated his next question and held up a hand saying, "I trust you, so I'll believe you. I just don't know anything about you. Why do I trust you? Simple, because a kitsune would never hurt their own. And a kitsune would NEVER align themselves with Naraku. So, go on and explain yourselves."
What followed was a very elabroate description of themselves in which they explained who they worked for, how they had come to work for him and what they were doing there. (A/N=which I do not feel like explaining and am assuming most of you, the readers, already know and wouldn't care to hear again. If you don't know, just email me and I become Link City, dispensing hundreds of YYH links to those unfortunate souls who haven't seen it.^^ Let's say this explaination took the greater part of two hours, which I imagine it would.) Afterwards she reciprocated in explaining about her time-hopping habit, her strange companions and their quest for the Shikon no Kakera. She conveniently left out that neither Shippou nor the baby were her biological children and they didn't question her on whether or not she had a mate. To the two Reikai Tantei it seemed a touchy subject with her and they didn't want to pry. To her they may be possible new friends, but they were still youkai. And youkai males could be a threat to her pups, even those she considered friends.
During the explainations she had paused long enough to search out one of Souta's old baby bottles from a forgotten shelf of the cabinets. She didn't have any baby formula, so she had to make do with regular milk. She knew if either Yusuke or Kurama had seen her lack of baby things they would know something was amiss, so she had made them stay in the living room while she fed her new baby. Her new baby...that had her father's name.
Kagome didn't know what had come over her. When faced with the unexpected she had latched onto the only name her mind could grasp. Other than the brief but insane urge to name him Osuwari just to see InuYasha drop every five seconds as she said his name. (idea credited to Kylio) But her father's name seemed to fit him somehow.
Her father. It had been almost thirty years since she had thought of him. He had been a silver kitsune, of course. Just like she, her mother and her younger brother. Her father had been kind and caring. He loved his family most of all and provided well for them. He used his kind strength to protect them and all others under his rule. Who knew how many centuries he had protected Tokyo and the surrounding lands. Even when it had been nothing but wilderness and sparse human villages. Her father had been a powerful, but minor lord. Not a youkai lord, but a human one. He protected his territory and family from every threat. He pretended to be human to maintain a hold on the humans and made it known to all youkai that he was a youkai intent on protecting what was his. No one crossed him. And if they did, they never lived to tell the tale.
Yes, somehow something told her the name fit the infant kitsune she now held as her own.
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Kouga's POV:
Consciousness returned to Kouga as a splitting headache. He absently thought that if his head hurt this bad, where was the dragon that hit him? He fought through the blackness that shouded his mind only to find more of the same. However, the warm, sweet-smelling body pressed against his made sleep quite appealing at the moment. He wrapped his arms tighter around the unknown person, not really caring at the moment who it was. Their scent was somehow familiar. It was a sweet scent that lulled his mind into peace and made that throbing headache slightly less pronounced. That scent, he should know that scent. His muddled, sleep-clouded brain wasn't up to the task of placing it though.
He could vaguely feel fingers play through his hair, masaging his scalp gently. A purr began unbidden deep in his chest. Somewhere in the back of his mind a glimmer of recognition forced a single whispered word from his lips before he drifted back into the land of dreams.
"InuYasha."
InuYasha's POV:
InuYasha glared at the wolf prince clinging tightly to his midsection, head resting on the hanyou's chest. Kouga's persistant position had forced InuYasha into laying propped on one side, facing the wolf. He had removed Tetsusaiga from it's normal place around his waist and laid it between them. It had been decidedly uncomfortable to lay on and with it between them it was within easy reach, should they be attacked. Of course, the fact that with Kouga's arms around him he could do nothing to defend himself, even with the sword, didn't occur to him.
Who knew it would take close to five hours for him to even show signs of waking? Certainly not InuYasha, that's for sure. At first he had tried everything to remove Kouga from him by force, but that only made him squeeze tighter causing InuYasha to begin to lose feeling in his extremities.
In the end he had given up and resigned himself to his temporary hellish fate. Thinking that Kouga, being youkai, would recover quickly from a simple bump to the head he hadn't planned on being there more than an hour. Then the wolf would wake up, they would make verbal jabs, maybe even throw a few punches, and then they would be on their seperate ways, far away from each other. But now the sun was beginning to drift low and InuYasha was getting hungry.
'Damn.' InuYasha thought to himself as his stomach grumbled it's displeasure at him. 'I didn't know he was so damn strong. But he ain't letting go! This is getting ridiculous! I want food. I want Ramen!'
Wondering if Kouga's head wasn't as hard as he let on, InuYasha cautiously touched his fingertips to the top of the wolf's head. When Kouga didn't make any sign of pain he continued. He ran his fingers gingerly though his hair along the scalp, feeling for any serious injuries. Finding none he started to remove his hand.
But then he heard a sound he had never, EVER expected to hear from the mangy wolf in his entire life. He was purring! PURRING!! Like a contented pup! He could feel the gentle vibrations on his chest. Though his every thought told him to beat the wolf into waking, his canine instincts told him that Kouga's purring was a good thing. His instincts, normally dampened by his human blood, quickly overrode his rational mind. They reduced it to simpler, more basic, more animalistic terms.
It was good Kouga was happy. Kouga was a member of his pack, an important part. It was good his packmates were happy, most of them. His nose wrinkled as he tried to think of what had disrupted his pack and made them angry. The corpse, that's it. The corpse had joined them. Why had she done that? Oh yeah. He let her. A soft growl escaped as he thought about it. He had been stupid. She was a disruption. She wasn't a part of his pack. Now his pack was angry at him, and it was his fault. She was a threat to their stability. A pack couldn't function properly if there was unrest and distrust. He would have to set things right.
His growling appearantly unnerved the wolf lying next to him. Kouga had stopped purring and whimpered in response to his growl. InuYasha responded by ceasing his unconscious growl and resumed running his fingers through the wolf's silken black tresses. He removed the tie from his hair, allowing it to fall freely and allowing himself more freedom with it. Kouga instantly stilled and resumed his purring with a contented smile.
InuYasha smiled as well. His packmate was happy again. This was good. His pack was a happy pack, a prosperous and powerful pack. They could fight and kill with ease. They were caring with each other. They were well fed and maintained a suitably sized territory. This reflected positively on him. He was the alpha male. This meant he was responsible for their happiness. He was responsible for their well being.
He had made mistakes. He was aware of this. Hastily rushing into battle without thinking of the others first. Putting himself and his desires above their own. And the corpse. He vaguely remembered when she had been more than that. She had been warm and alive, caring towards himself and others. But then he was just a pup without a pack. Then he was a rogue, living only for himself and only on his own skills. She had been kind to him. She was the leader of her own pack, strong and dominant. She had accepted him for what he was and offered him a place where he could belong.
But that was over now. She was dead and didn't matter. All that mattered was making his pack happy, keeping them safe. Yes, he would have to fix his mistake. He would have to kill her.
InuYasha ceased his minstrations and wrapped both arms around the wolf prince, tucking his head firmly under his chin. A light purr began in his own chest as he grinned. Tomorrow everything would be good again. He would make his pack safe and happy and all would be right with his world.
"InuYasha." Kouga's whisper broke into his train of thoughts.
Suddenly InuYasha stiffened. 'That's me.' he thought. 'He knows it's me and he's still purring. Why does this seem wrong?'
His brain didn't seem to want to respond at first, but slowly it was released from some kind of foreign hold. It was as if something had possessed him and that one whispered word, his name, had the power to release him from his possession.
'Wait a minute!' he cried inside his head. 'This ISN'T right! Why the hell am I holding Kouga!?'
"Alright, wolf!" he shouted aloud. "Time to wake up whether you like it or not!" He quickly removed his arms from around the sleeping prince and grabbed both his shoulders. He began to shake him violently back and forth, intent on waking him up this time.
Normal POV:
Kouga responded slowly, opening one eye only to see a painful red and silver blur as his head rolled back and forth. He whined in pain as his head spun ruthlessly and clamped his one eye shut again.
At Kouga's whine InuYasha stopped shaking him. That one sound had struck a chord deep within him. It made him want to hold the wolf, to stroke his fur and ease whatever had caused him pain. But, that wasn't right. He hated him. He was his rival. No, he was his packmate. No! Enemy! ...or...friend? Wait, what was he?
Kouga's POV
As InuYasha stared at the waking wolf he still held by the shoulders, Kouga collected himself, commanding his head to cease it's spinning and aching. Finally he managed to open his eyes, and when they focused he suddenly wished he had remained unconscious.
InuYasha's crimson eyes bore into him with a strange sort of confusion. He looked lost, as if he had no idea what was happening. But his normal look of anger wasn't present. Kouga could smell the change in him. His scent was that of a full youkai, but still he could smell a trace of his human blood underneath, as if fighting to reach the surface. What was going on?
InuYasha's eyes seemed to lose a bit of their crimson color, beginning to return to their previous golden. Kouga could see the emotions flicker across the hanyou-turned-youkai's face. Confusion, anger, distrust...and then, as his eyes bled red again he saw power, possession, contentment...dominance. His eyes flickered twice, the red fading slightly before returning full force.
Finally he could take it no more. If the inu-hanyou....or youkai...whatever he was! If he was going to attack him Kouga certainly wasn't going to sit there and let him kill him. Well, more like lay there. The thought of 'what am I doing laying in inu-koro's arms?' briefly flicked across his mind. But he pushed it away and opted to start a low, threatening growl instead.
This appearantly wasn't a wise move, because InuYasha's eyes narrowed, returning to their full red color. Kouga gasped as InuYasha returned his growl, but not an angry one. It was a scolding growl, a growl of dominance telling him to get back in line or else. It was a growl used by the alpha male of a pack to keep would-be upstarts in line and submissive.
'What is going on in his mind?' Kouga thought, instinctively cutting his growl off without realizing it. 'He's not an alpha male. He doesn't even have a pack! And even if his little rag-tag group could be called a pack, I'm certainly not a part of it.'
Kouga suddenly stiffened in shock as InuYasha pulled him closer and began sniffing his neck. 'Oh he's not gonna do what I think he is, is he!?' he screamed in his head. As he felt a pair of elongated fangs settle over the skin of his shoulder he realized with clear certainty that was exactly what he was going to do!
Without thinking Kouga threw an arm up wildly, connecting with InuYasha's jaw and knocking him off of him as he yelled, "FOR KAMI'S SAKE, INU-KORO! I'M NOT A PUP AND I'M NOT A MEMBER OF YOUR PACK!! GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF!!"
Normal POV:
InuYasha sat up looking dazed. He stared at the wolf before him in confusion as Kouga leapt to his feet, preparing to run or fight he couldn't tell. Maybe it was both. "What...what happened?" he asked uncertainly.
"You tell me." Kouga responded, dropping down into an unsure, defensive crouch. "Are you....you again?"
InuYasha shook his head, trying to rid it of the lingering fog there. "What are you talking about, wolf?" he asked slightly angry, why he didn't know. "I'm always me."
"Uh-huh." Kouga scoffed and rolled his eyes. "You always treat me like an unruly pup and try to chastize me with a bite."
"I WHAT!?" InuYasha cried in shock. "I don't know what you're talking about, wolf! But I'm outta here!"
Without another word InuYasha grabbed the Tetsusaiga laying forgotten on the grass and leapt to his feet. He ran as fast as his legs could take him as far as they would take him away from the wolf before collapsing beside a lake. He panted slightly from the run, but also because of the conflicting emotions rising within him.
Looking down into the pristine surface of the lake, a pair of faded red eyes peered back at him. He had transformed, and there was no reason for it. He hadn't been in danger of dying, so why? Why did it all begin with a purr from the wolf?
In actuality, InuYasha remembered every bit of what had happened. Which was strange in and of itself. How was it that he could remember what had happened? Previously when he had transformed he had no memory of those times. It was just darkness and no matter how hard he tried he couldn't bring the memories to the surface. But now, he could remember everything as clearly as if he had not transformed. And he was surprised.
He was not only surprised at his own behavior but also at Kouga's. When Kouga came to and growled at him, InuYasha's instinctual response was to growl back. But Kouga, instead of continuing his warning growl, stopped. And he was sure the wolf himself didn't notice it, but he had actually dropped his head slightly in submission. Kouga had acknowledged him as the alpha male, without even realizing it.
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(A/N) I was THIS CLOSE *holds fingers a centimeter apart* to putting an "Inu kisses Kouga" scene! But...*sigh* I didn't. So, who was surprised Inu went full youkai? I was! I certainly didn't start it out that way! I was just going to have Kouga wake up and them be all awkard and stuff. But I like this better! *huge grin* This fic has so taken on a life of it's own. I know, I know. No humor this chapter. But, there do have to be serious chapters to advance the plot, you know? And to the two people who reviewed saying no to the shounen-ai, I'm sorry, but I can't please everyone. Of the 110+ people who've reviewed (I don't have an accurate count at this time) only two have said no to a little guy/guy romance. And I personally think they make an especially glompable couple! *squeals* Oh, and you may have noticed that the very beginning and the very end weren't as "in depth" as the middle was. That's because I wrote the Inu/Kouga scene alone and went back and added the other. I was in a very primative state of mind when I wrote it and I just couldn't stop. Then my mother came home and interupted my state of mind by closing the doors and windows, which I had opened to be "closer to nature" aka let the animals go in and out without bothering me to open the door for them. Then I had to make dinner and be civilized again. After dinner we watched Urban Legend which mother had never seen and FINALLY when I got back to writing...the mood was totally gone. -_- Hope you enjoyed it! Next chapter should be more Kagome-centric.
(Another A/N) I had this chapter ready to upload nine hours after my last update, but... blame it on ff.net. _
(ANOTHER A/N!) Does anyone know what Kagome's mother does? Cause I'm a little lost on that. Help me out, onegai?
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Reviews have taken up residence in my closet and force my bishys to move to the living room. ........they're not happy..... but I am!! ^__^
Lord Sesshoumaru: Thank you!
SniperGirl: WOW! You mean you've read more than this one!? O_O THANKS!!
Just Me17: Thank you so much! I'm glad everyone loved the camera bit so much! It just kinda insinuated itself in there. Can you believe I didn't even have that part in there until right before I posted and I decided it wasn't long enough? I'm glad it's a believable crossover too. Um...how is it so believable..? O.o No, I'd really like to know.
kogika85: I'm glad you stumbled upon it and I'm very glad you find it interesting! Yep! Yep! *nods enthusiastically* Kouga and Inu-chan are the perfect couple for this series! *waves her yaoi banner; half Inu/Kouga half Kurama/Hiei* ^-^ I think Kikyou bashing will begin again either at the end of next chapter or maybe chapter after next. Not too sure. But she'll be an emotional wreck by the end of the fic...if not dead. Probably dead. -_-
badluck-fangrrl: YAY! *rocks out to Smashing Blue* Badluck and Gravitation rock! I haven't read the manga yet. I'm still working on downloading all the episodes, but I'm definately a fangirl. I was a fangirl the moment I saw pics of Yuki and Shuuichi together. ^^ I think it's hilarious when Shuuichi gets chased by fangirls and he's totally shocked and terrified. ^___^ It was hard for me to pick a fav bishy too, but I finally went with Hiro because I just turn to mush over guys who play the guitar. Tatsuha is good too. He's such a hentai! LOL Of course, so is Tohma...and Shu-chan...and Ryuu-chan...and Yuki...and *fades out while she continues to name EVERY bishy who EVER made an appearance, except Aizawa -_-* I'm so glad you like my fic! *huggles her* Maybe I should try my hand at a Gravitaton fic..? ^^ Oh how I could warp THAT series! (I got another review from you after ff.net stoped being a baka again; so this is the response to that review) Yeah, I think I've gotten all your reviews, but I could be mistaken. I get them emailed to me as well as checking them on the stats page because not all are emailed to me and not all show up on the review page. So that way I hope I get them all. *bashes ff.net with her Metal Mallet*
Kagome lover 2009: You didn't like Yusuke and Kurama..? Then, hate to say it, but you might wanna stop reading now. I'm glad you liked the Miroku with the camera bit though.
purple bunny: O.o If you hate cliffhangers you're gonna hate my writing style, cause every fic I write is full of them. I feel they contribute to the suspense and have people coming back for more. Sorry you hate them. Glad you like my fic though! ^^ But, like I'm telling everyone else. Inu/Kouga's here, it ain't going away, deal or scoot. I'd hate to lose a reviewer over a pairing when it's not the main one, but if you hate it, nothing I can do to change it.
Dark Topaz= Here's more. ^^
Kageri Tsukiakari: Beg all you want, but it's here and staying. And if I get more people saying same sex relationships are wrong and sick I may just screw with people's heads and make it all a dream with Kagome waking up at the end, human and in Sango's arms. ^^ I also like that pairing, thank you very much. I respect people's opinions, but being bi myself I do not have much respect for people with closed minds and narrow vision. Not that I can assume that about you from one review. I could be just way overthinking your exorborant use of exclaimation marks in that part of your review. Actually, the scene between Inu and Kouga WAS meant to be shounen-ai. I just left it open for me to change if I was overwhelmed with reviews against it. Which I wasn't. I hope you continue reading and hope to see a review from you again. Ja ne.
Lil Shaman Girl: Thank you!
Reine Keri: LOL CAPS GETS YOUR POINT ACROSS VERY WELL, NE!? MAYBE I SHOULD TYPE MY WARNINGS IN ALL CAPS! Okay, I'll stop now. lol I'm glad you found it so funny and I absolutely died when reading your review/reviews. (ff.net sent me a lot of your revews late, gomen.) And I quote; "KOUGA AND INUYASHA SITTIN IN A TREE! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" I loved that! LMAO!!
shadowed death: "update?" okay, I think I will.
Killiara: Yay! I'm glad you liked your custom spork! Of course you can be half elf and half cat! I'm one mixed up bitch myself! I'm half inu-youkai, 1/4 neko-youkai miko and 1/4 human. And my imouto's children are going to be half elf, 1/4 elemental youkai and 1/4 human. *shakes head* How the mighty have fallen... Weirdness? What do you mean "weirdness on the part of the two spirit detectives"? Just a little confused. Course, I'm sitting here drinking my tea, listening to Nittle Grasper and the screams from the living room (mom's on a horror movie kick) and writing without wearing my glasses while totally exausted. So, I think I'm allowed to be a little confused right now. LOL *grabs her newly sharpened spork and starts singing* Bloodshed, carnage, death and destruction. You can run, you can hide, but my friend and I are *gets especially creepy voice* coming to kiiiillll yooouuuu. ^^ Oh Naraku-chan! Where aaarrrreeee you? *gets the totally insane look of a serial killer* Oh, don't mind that! I'm just sleep deprived. ^__^
Black Ruby Kitsune: Yay! I've caused another person to stop breathing! O_O Um...by laughing! Yeah! That's it! Don't worry. Kag will see the pics. Who do you think has to develop them? ^^ I don't think Kaede has a darkroom in the back of her hut. I hadn't actually thought of making another 'fall on each other scene' but that sounds pretty good! Maybe this one will happen in the village too! *grins maniacally as thoughts begin to form...some of them very hentai ones*
blue fox demon: Um, what did I say that was so funny..? I've forgotten..oh well. I'm glad you like my fic so much! ^^
inuyasha92689: Yay! Thanks so for your review! *stuffs Inu-chan into a hawaiian shirt and bermuda shorts* Ain't he adorable !? *glomps him*
Snowfire the Kitsune: Well, heh...you didn't get their reactions to it because...well...I was lazy on that part. And I uploaded the last chapter a day before the login thing started. My chapters show up like a day and a half after I upload them. I had this chapter ready to upload about nine hours later, but by then that stupid glitch thing had happened. .
FluffyPrincess: "Original, interesting and funny as hell!!" YAY!!! *glomps FluffyPrincess* I absolutely ADORED your review! Made me happpy when I was raging at ff.net and my comp. ^^ Oh, yeah, actually I had planned to explain next chapter about Kagome's grandfather. She's gonna explain to the boys about him after he...well, we all know he's gonna plaster them with ofudas! ^__^ Glad you like my fic so much!
~Time taken to respond to reviews this chapter= DAYS!! Baka ff.net!!!!! ...deep cleansing breaths...~
(If I missed your review I apologize. It means I didn't get it. Gomen.)