Title: Kitsune Delight
Author: Mistress Nika (InuNekoMikoaol.com)
Rating: PG
Couples: Kurama/Kagome, Kouga/InuYasha, Miroku/Sango
Warnings: shounen-ai, crossover, minor violence (aka Kagome and Sango beating up on those who annoy them most), language, groping from a certain houshi (what IY fic is complete without it?)
Disclaimer: don't own, don't sue (Who?? Moo?? O.o)
(Quick A/N) I'd just like to say, before anyone points it out, which no one has done so far. Yes, I know Kikyou is dead, Naraku is defeated, InuYasha confessed his love for Kagome, yada, yada, yada. But let's pretend they haven't because that hasn't been shown in the US anime, which is what I'm forced to watch due to lack of funds. So, I guess this is AU, but isn't all fanfiction?
(Another A/N written in QuickEdit) I hate quick edit. Sure, it allows me to make things bold and italics like they should be. But for some reason it won't let my little scene seperators show up. So I guess you'll just have to deal with words saying it's a new scene. Blame anything that looks screwed up on ff.net and not me. Tell me if you find something and I'll try to fix it. It also screws with my little faces. My underscores and astrix disappear. Oh! Dashes work!
Chapter Ten
"Precursory Shadows"
Shippou had retaken his place on Kagome's shoulder when the kind-hearted, polite Kurama had been revealed for the cruel, merciless Youko Kurama of legends. He watched how the man stared at his okaasan with a hungry, predatory gleam in his eyes. Shippou suddenly wasn't too sure if he would be going through with his plans to get them together. Youko Kurama was legendary even five hundred years ago when he was barely two hundred years old. He couldn't imagine all the horrible things he had accomplished since. Shippou was almost shaking in terror at the new-found knowledge.
Kagome, however, after recovering from her inital shock, flashed Youko a brilliant smile. 'Well,' she thought confidently, 'I suppose I should have guessed. What other silver kitsune would be named Kurama but the one and only Youko Kurama? He's dangerous, yes. But I don't think I really have anything to fear from him...other than wandering hands if rumors are correct. He may be a ruthless killer, but he's still a kitsune. And a kitsune would never hurt their own.'
Youko was actually taken aback by Kagome's calm acceptance. No one, except perhaps Hiei, had ever found out his secret and looked at him the same. They all cowered in fear, pleading for him to spare their worthless lives. But he had to admit, he liked that response. It made him feel powerful and dominant. Kagome's smile and relaxed stance, however, were completely different that what he had expected. She not only considered them equals, as evidenced by her lack of submissive posture, but she also didn't fear him. As he stared into her own golden depths, he saw only trust.
A cry from the previously silent baby broke the strange spell that had fallen. Apparently he had been more than patient and was now about to tell them just how unhappy he was. His shrill crys caused both Youko and Kagome to flatten their ears against their head and Shippou covered his own ears with his hands.
Kagome laughed and began to rock the child, trying to quiet him. "Well," she laughed, "there's nothing wrong with his lungs!"
Youko chuckled and took a step forward, placing his palm calmly on wall of the storeroom. Looking back at Kagome, he said smoothly, "I believe he's telling us it's time to go." He then released a minute amount of youki, telling the hidden and enchanted door to open.
Shippou watched, wide-eyed as the wall swung open to reveal a dark tunnel. The sounds of a bustling city reached his ears over the softening cries of Satoru and his curiousity peaked.
Youko turned back to face Kagome with a grin. He extended a hand towards her and said, "Shall we?"
She nodded but hesitated. "Ano...you know what everyone's going to think, right? When they see us..."
Youko interupted with, "They'll think that I am your mate, Satoru is our son and Shippou is yours by another male. I see no problem with it. Let them think what they want. It'll keep anyone from making snide comments and forcing me to disembowel them."
Kagome decided then and there that she was going to have to let go of her human side temporarily. Youko obviously had no problems with allowing his demon nature free reign, but she had lived most of her life in the disguise of a human. So she had adopted the way a human teenager should act in order to complete the guise. But now, she realized that she had no reason to continue to act that way and was free to be herself, if only temporarily. She was free to be the full-grown demon woman she really was. And she grinned almost evily as she realized she would enjoy it.
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Kouga sat with his back to the wall of the cave. Hagaku and Ginta were watching him from afar, along with most of the rest of the pack. A dark cloud seemed to hang over him and his icy glare was boring holes in the opposite wall. He was angry, and they didn't have to wonder why. He smelled very strongly of a certain inu-hanyou. But they did wonder at two things. One, he had gone out to retrieve Kagome, and he usually didn't return without her or at least smelling of her from holding her. This time the only scent on him was InuYasha's. And two, the strength of the scent was considerably greater than it should have been from simply fighting with him. It was one that had been imprinted on him after hours of being close...very close.
The two wolves nearest to him exchanged looks and then began to creep very slowly toward him in the most submissive of ways. Usually this would get them in his good graces. He never seemed to deny them anything, unless it concerned Kagome. Not even answers, which they were bursting to know.
But instead of either ignoring them or motioning them over as usual, he growled dangerously low in the back of his throat without even looking at them and they scurried back to their places. Their leader was acting strangely, and they were sure it had something to do with the hanyou mutt, InuYasha.
Kouga had escaped as quickly as he could from the arms of the hanyou turned crazed youkai. He hadn't stopped until he was back at the wolf den and immedately sat down to brood. He didn't even acknowledge the other wolves who welcomed him back enthusiastically and asked him how it had gone. All he could think of was how strangely InuYasha had behaved, as if the mutt were his pack leader. But it was more than that. Leaders, like himself, didn't hold their other pack members like that. Pack leaders had to be strong and not show an over-abundance of affection to anyone except their mate.
'Mate' That one word hit Kouga like a freight train... or considering he didn't know what a freight train was... it hit him like one of Sesshoumaru's fists.
Pack leaders had to show extreme loyalty and possiveness toward their mates in order to keep them safe from other males. It not only told other males that she was taken, but also that to mess with her and any of her pups was to mess with him.
That was why he constantly rescued Kagome from InuYasha. Or 'kidnapped' as she called it. He had to make sure all other males knew that she was taken. Trying to take her as their mate would be a personal attack on him. Of course, InuYasha had his own claim on her, and so they fought as only two males who are rivals for a single female could. But the truth was, she was only his intended mate. He hadn't marked her in any way. Through scent mark, bite mark, or the ultimate...mating. So the choice was still hers.
'That's how the mutt was acting.' the wolf prince suddenly realized. The possiveness, the dominance, the...holding; it all amounted to one thing. InuYasha had been trying to mark him as his mate. Through a scent mark.
Kouga took a deep breath, inhaling his own scent and the other mixed strongly with his, and came to the quick conclusion that the hanyou had almost succeeded. A few more hours and he would have a temporary, but very telling scent mark on him.
It wasn't unheard of for one male to choose another as his mate. They were canines after all. But he had never thought InuYasha would go that way. Especially toward him. Maybe that monk that followed him around; they were pretty close after all. But it hadn't been a month since he had accepted that dead miko into his pack at his side. That was the equivelent of accepting her as his intended mate. So maybe... InuYasha was burying away the fact that he was attracted to Kouga? Or more likely... HE WAS COMPLETELY FUCKING INSANE!!!
Kouga leapt to his feet suddenly, causing all the other wolves to cower away. "I'LL SHOW HIM INSANE!!" he suddenly yelled and left the den in a tempest.
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Sango was quietly polishing Hiraikotsu at the edge of the village. She had blatantly said she didn't want to be anywhere around Kikyou and made off for the quiet of the trees. Just a few hours to herself, that's all she asked. No Kikyou giving her evil glares. No creepy snake thingys brushing against her and making her slap Miroku by accident. No creepy pervert brushing against her and making her slap Miroku on purpose. No old miko wanting her to grind herbs with her and promptly giving her the wrong combination of herbs that made her act drunk when she breathed them in. No crazy hanyou chasing Miroku and yelling some insanity about picture boxes. No village women asking her why she didn't have a husband and if she wanted to go harvest rice with them...as if it were some happy outing. Apparently some of the village women didn't understand that, as a taijiya, she didn't need a husband to survive. And a happy outing for her ended in the death of several vicious youkai and usually her cleaning the demon guts off her weapons.
Sango lovingly ran the cloth over the surface of her boomerang, making sure there were no imperfections. The sun was shining, the birds were singing and she had escaped those who sometimes seemed only to live to annoy her.
"Ah, Sango-sama." a voice said from behind her and she cringed. "You're looking even lovelier today than yesterday, which should be impossible as the gods are surely jealous."
Ignorant to his impending doom at angering the woman who sought only peace and quiet, he calmly sat down beside her and smiled at her sweetly. "Will you allow me the honor of basking in your magnificent glory, oh great and beautiful tennyo Sango-sama?" he asked, using every bit of charm available to him.
Sango shuddered, but managed to smile politely at him. "Of course, houshi-sama." she said calmly, laying her boomerang in her lap as an unspoken threat.
Apparently, he didn't get it. Because he instantly grabbed her hand and gave her a breathtakingly handsome grin. "Sango-sama," he began, "I know you have refused me before, but please hear me out."
Sango's eyebrow twitched in anticipation of what was coming next. "Yes, houshi-sama?" she asked through clenched teeth.
"Oh lovely Sango, please do me the honor of bearing my child?"
A second before her hand rose to connect with his face, a half-second before the word hentai left her mouth; she stopped herself. She had realized by now that the monk seemed to get off on her slapping him. That was no fitting punishment. So she had come up with something else. Flirting ambiguously.
Sango smiled sweetly at the perverted monk and gently removed her hand from his grasp. He was already confused at the fact that he had yet to feel the sting of her hand on his face. Leaning closer, she lowered her voice to just a whisper and said seductively, "You first, Miroku." The she placed a chaste kiss on the tip of his nose before pulling away.
With a grin she gathered up her things and left the blinking monk to stare in confusion at her newly vacated spot.
Miroku blinked...and blinked again...and continued blinking for several minutes before he realized she was even gone. Finally a deep crimson blush spred over his cheeks and he whispered, "She...kissed...me..." Then his confusion deepened. "What did she mean, 'you first'? Was she agreeing? Or was she saying she'd agree when I could bare children? Which means never? But..." He grinned stupidly, lost in his own thoughts. "She said my name... and ... KISSED me!"
Suddenly a harsh voice broke him out of his Sango-induced stupor.
"HA! There you are, bouzo!" InuYasha cried, breaking through the trees and tackling Miroku from behind.
The two went rolling across the grass, InuYasha coming out on top and pinning Miroku to the ground with one hand. "Gimme that box!!" he cried. His other hand immiedately dove into the houshi's robes, searching about frantically.
Miroku gasped as InuYasha's fingers found their marks and peals of uncontrollable laughter left the monk's mouth in panting gasps. "NO!" he cried, unable to stop his laughter. "Stop!"
InuYasha ignored his protests and continued to search through his robes, his fingers prying every available spot causing Miroku to laugh harder. Miroku struggled to free his hands, twisting his body to try and and throw the hanyou off to no avail. InuYasha ran his hand through all the hidden pockets, pulling out various ofudas, seals, scrolls and some things he'd rather not identify, throwing them over his shoulder with abandon.
Miroku continued to struggle, throwing his head to the side in an attempt to stiffle his laughter. He only succeeded in making several choaked sounds and looking like he had eaten a bad fish.
FLASH!
They both froze, nose to nose, with stunned looks in their eyes. Miroku's hands remained pinned above his head with InuYasha's other hand resting flat against his chest inside his robe.
FLASH!
They both turned their heads to stare at the new arrival.
"SANGO!!" they both cried simultaneously in shock.
Sango calmly lowered the camera and stared the two men down. A small smirk crept on her face and she said, "You two boys finished playing? Or shall I find myself a good seat to watch the show?"
They stared at her in absolute horror as she smirked very uncharasticastically. Finally Miroku, despite the fact that InuYasha had yet to move, managed to compose himself enough to pull out a witty retort.
"Oh?" he smiled, "I didn't know you liked to watch, Sango-san."
She just shrugged and said, "There's a lot of things you don't know about me, houshi-sama." Then she waved the camera at them and turned to walk away. "Ja!" she called back over her shoulder.
InuYasha released his hold on Miroku and quickly removed his hand from his robes. They both sat up, looking embarrased and stunned at their usually reserved friend's shocking behavior. Miroku shifted his robes back into their proper positions and glanced over at InuYasha, who returned a pointedly blank stare.
"So," InuYasha began, "I take it you gave the box to Sango to protect?"
Miroku nodded, but didn't say anything else. Instead he blushed and looked away, the thought of his and InuYasha's previous suggestive, yet unintended, position causing his cheeks to stain bright red. InuYasha wasn't much better off. He was also blushing and averting his gaze.
After several more minutes passed in uneasy silence InuYasha finally spoke up.
"So....Miroku....didn't know you were ticklish."
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Kagome and Youko walked side by side down the wide city streets of Amado. Satoru had stopped crying again for the present, but Kagome knew he was in need of food. Shippou was perched on Kagome's shoulder, clinging to her for all he was worth.
The little fox had been curious and slightly excited before. But now, with all the eyes on them he just wanted to go home. He liked attention, but this was too much!
As the little group walked, the way cleared before them. One youkai even shrieked in terror and fled, only to run face-first into a building in his fear.
Whispers followed them everywhere they went.
"Do you see that!? They're silver kitsune!"
"Why are they here?"
"Look! They have an infant!"
"By Kami! That's Youko Kurama!"
"I thought he was dead!!"
"Look at her! She's so beautiful!"
"Do you think she's his mate?"
"Has to be!"
Youko grinned and looked at Kagome. She returned his grin and led the way into a shop.
First stop was a store specifically for baby kitsune. Let's just say the store mysteriously became vacant seconds after they entered, Youko frightened the store manager who was waiting on them when the woman asked to hold Satoru, Kagome laughed at his protectiveness, Shippou hid in Kagome's hair, and they managed to get everything from diapers to bottles, formula to clothes, a carrying sling to an elegant basinet.
When they emerged Satoru was no longer hungry, had a clean diaper on, new clothes and was being carried in his sling. For some unknown reason silver kitsune seem to have a love of the colors red, white, gold and, of course, silver. So Kagome had gotten the infant what she knew he would need, considering how easily clothes were destroyed in Sengoku Jidai. He wore a pretty white silk baby kimono with gold trim, which he was currently drooling on from chewing on his fist. The rest of the things she had bought had been sent along to the shrine.
Next, Kagome realized, she would need to get Shippou some new clothes. He had been attached to her at the neck for the past few hours and she knew she wouldn't be leaving him alone for some time. Which meant that he would spend quite an amount of time in her world. Which meant he would need more than one set of clothing, however adorable he looked in his present ones. So off they went to buy him clothes.
However, half-way there Shippou began shifting around restlessly and Kagome looked at him in curiousity.
"Shippou-chan?" she asked. And her answer was the sudden overwhelming scent of baking sweets. She chuckled as the chibi kitsune turned pleading eyes on her and said, "Alright, I did promise."
Shippou did a mini victory dance on her shoulder and she looked over at Youko, only to find his eyes trained on a spot high above them on a roof. The seriousness in his gaze gave her pause and she looked to where he was staring.
A small figure stood on the edge of the roof, staring down at them. Thanks to Kagome's excellent vision she could see that he had strangely spiked black hair with a white blaze and was wearing a black cloak that completely concealed his body. His red eyes had locked onto Youko's and were pointedly not looking at her.
"Friend of yours?" she asked Youko, who finally broke the gaze and looked down at her.
"Sort of." he answered vaguely.
They both glanced back up to where the youkai had been, but he was gone.
'Wow, he's fast.' Kagome thought in amazement.
"His name is Hiei." Youko explained quietly. "And I don't think he likes you."
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(A/N) Hmmm....what to say? Must say something.. Hmmm... looks thoughtful Ummm.... orangeclockpill? O.o
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Ancient silverback: hee-hee-hee I loved your ideas! They contributed to Sango with the camera this chapter! Arigatou!
Lil Shaman Girl: I...put your name in the chapter..? What do you mean? Have I never thanked you? O.o I'm sure I have. I recognize your name, so I must have gotten your reviews... Ano... um... I'm sorry if I made you feel unwanted. It's just impossible and SOOO time consuming responding to all my reviews. GOMEN NASAI!! bows
shadow-demon961: Oooohhh! I like you! You think I's gots TALENT!!! (yes, I intentionally misspelled that) DAISUKI DESU!!! huggles ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU!!! squeezes tighter
inuyasha92689: Well, I try to make my chapters as long as possible, but it's kinda 'take what you can get'. Inspiration has left the building! -- Gomen ne. Thanks for liking it though.
bluemoon-Fox: I like the word 'hello' too! It's simple and yet says just what you want to say! Hello! waves
RuthawenAnger's Maiden: First of all, sorry that I didn't use the proper characters when typing your name, but I don't feel like searching for them on my character map. Second, HELLO!! glomp I don't know why I glomped you...but I felt like it. Yeah, there's actually quite a few YYH/IY x-overs, so I don't think mine's all that special. You should really check out Among Demons Amidst Desire by Raven Desire. It's SO incredible! swoons Ugh! I'm exausted now. I require sleep. Oyasumi nasai! passes out
Jade Dragon 1: Yeah, some of the chapters are rushed. I basically just end up wanting to get through them and they end up crappy. Or, like in this chapter, I'll start out writing and end up distracted by something else (usually an annoying relative) and totally lose my train of thought. So it either turns out crappy, or seems like two people wrote it. Oo True. And about Kikyou, I actually like her, she's just too easy to torture. As for InuYasha and Kouga, they're gonna end up in several very humourous situations thanks to their denial of their feelings. But I've said too much...now I must kill you. BWAHAHAHA!!! Oh wait! I like you! I'm not gonna kill you! Thanks for cheering me on...or whatever. You'd never think there was a time when I'd cry instead of standing up for myself. (I blame my father. TT) Then I went through my little 'overcompensation' phase where I'd totally lose my temper and yell unceasingly. But I think I have a pretty good balance now. Arigatou na no da!
disama: Oh, I'm using your idea! YAY!! But instead of Kouga, I'm gonna bring in future Hagaku and Ginta! How's that!?
Kylio: No, Kagome doesn't know Youko personally. She just knows him because everyone knows him. Oh, I'll definately read that fic when I get the chance. Thanks for telling me about it!
kojika85: Inu/Kouga fluff comes next chapter...sorta. Well, they're gonna be my new source of amusement, so don't expect REAL fluff for a while. But there will be some non-combative interaction between them! That's a step up!
Kiniki: Actually, I've used the idea of a demon city existing within a human one in one of my original stories. And no, I did not steal it from Harry Potter. I had that idea when I was like seven. Yes, I was writing at seven. I've always thought it would be pretty cool. Ideas like that just seem to pop into my head randomly. Oh, how my poor mother has repeatedly cursed my overactive imagination! She has suffered greatly. tries to look guilty and fails (=-=)
Uchiha Kairi: So, like, where's the character? I emailed you and asked you for it...but I never recieved a bio for her, so she didn't get to appear this chapter. Gomen ne, but it's your own fault. There's still one more chapter where I can bring her in, if you can get the the description and how you would like her used. (InuNekoMikoaol.com)
kuroi raishu: LOL I like you! huggles
Alice (her yami): Don't mind her. She's sleep deprived. --
Nika: glomps Alice Daisuki desu, Alice-chan!!
Alice: See? TT
Choas Babe: Do you know your name is misspelled? O.o Ummm... nevermind. Ano...no, Souta is not gay. Read the author's notes. They're there for a reason. Um...I totally forgot what I was gonna say. -- I blame it on the elves who control the USAF star wars satalite that cicles my house in geosyncronis orbit and beams little alpha particles into my brain. O.o
Sunbeam1: I actually like just about all pairings for InuYasha. Let's see, I think the only one's I don't like, are; Inu/San and Sess/Rin (despite my Sess/Rin fic ) Ignoring Shippou who I don't think should EVER be paired with any of the main characters! Just wrong! lol Hmm...must go find a Naraku/Inu fic now! LOL I love your ideas too! I'm definately gonna use them! Um...remind me when I do that they were yours...cause my brain's not working right now and I'll forget. --
InuyashaShowFanatic Pretty good ideas. But I'll be honest and say I probably won't use them because they don't fit with my storyline. Sorry. But I will say that, the word 'girlfriend' doesn't exist for Kagome, Kurama, InuYasha or Kouga. There's friend, courting (which would sorta be like dating), intended mate, mate, and lifemate. The difference between mate and lifemate is that mates are mated until one dies. Then the survivor could have another mate. But lifemates are bound to each other forever and even if one dies, they survivor would still be considered mated and would be unable to choose another mate. Therefore, it's for all of both of their lives, not just one. Courting would be like Kouga was doing with Kagome. Only in Kouga's mind it was 'intended mate'... because he's dense. Intended mate is really what InuYasha tried to do to Kouga, marking them with a scent or bite to prove their intentions to mate; without really mating. sigh/rubs eyes My brain hurts now.
Kiliara: Ugh, sorry, don't feel like re-typing my explaination of the demon city. See Kiniki's response above. I'm really tired. Oh! Chocolate! (grabs for it and misses, ending up snoozing on the floor at her feet instead)
Alice: sigh Well, she's out. So I guess I'll have to say that, no, she doesn't play on neopets.com cause it wouldn't work on her comp. Sorry. Her, not me. I'm never sorry. --
Nika: (snort) ohh...not the fish.... (snore) (kitty ear twitches)
bluefuzzyelf: is asleep (see above ) snore ...fish...carrot ate a rock... snort ...update... snore
HIEI'S MIKO-FIRE PHOENIX DEMONESS 14: Please take my hints about capslock and stop using it with such abandon. It insinuates that you are yelling. I don't belive you are. Thanks so for the reviews and names.