Chapter 2
Looking into her eyes, Inu Yasha was overcome by a feeling of rightness. That this was what was supposed to happen was never a doubt in his mind. Everything blurred around him except for her beautiful face and the feeling of her thin shoulders beneath his palms. And as he leaned forward, blood rushed to his head in happiness, the feeling of her soft warm lips beneath his making the entire moment that much greater.
He slid his palms down her arms to rest upon her waist and her arms crept about his neck. Pulling her tightly against him, he slanted his lips over hers, deepening it, before pulling back dazedly, as a sharp noise continued to tickle his ear.
Looking over in annoyance, Inu Yasha was embarrassed to remember that they had an audience. And most defiantly an appreciative one, as the he realized that that noise that he had heard was the new pair's clapping. Both he and Kagome turned red.
Smiling and chuckling at the couple's discomfort, Cali looked down at his mate's dimpled face and Shippo's wide-eyed one.
"Naja! You let him WATCH." He began to take Shippo out if her arms. Naja allowed him to do so, but frowned.
"He has to learn sometime. Besides, it's not like their doing anything other than kissing." Naja stepped on tip-toe and kissed his nose. "Don't worry, dearest. You won't miss out on any fun." She said, a gleam in her eye, before she turned and went over to the pair to discuss the reason they were there in the first place.
This left Cali alone with Shippo, to perhaps discuss the time they were apart. Approaching Kagome, Naja asked Inu Yasha to please, if he would, go away.
"Why?" He asked annoyed in his usual pissy manner, he did not want to leave his new 'mate' alone, especially to some creepy demon strangers, somewhat rude ones at that.
"Because I said to." She turned her light brown eye on him, a look any male would stay away from. Turning her back on the hanyou, Inu just stared and gave a small whimper of protest.
Naja immediately whipped around, her normally smooth face contorted in a vicious snarl. Inu Yasha gave a yip, stumbled back a bit in surprise, and then quieted. Turning his back on her, he skulked away in submission to the older more experienced demon. Deciding it wasn't a good idea to fuck with them, he didn't push his luck. With Inu Yasha back in line, Naja turned back to Kagome with a small frown on her face, sympathy radiating from her.
"Dear," she began, placing her clawed hands upon the much shorter human, "Congratulations! But you know in your heart that he will outlive you, and he will be left behind with the hurt and loss of his mate." At this Kagome looked up, a pained look in her eyes, and a tear escaping from it.
"I've learned to live with it, but the time we spend together will be happy." her voice broke, and another tear leaked from her eye.
At this Naja lowered her voice, saying "worry not, child. You won't die and leave him alone for hundreds of years, not if I can help it, anyway." Kagome's eyes stop watering, her heart suddenly filled to the brim with hope.
"What do you mean?" she asked, if she meant what she thought she did...
"Here, drink this!" the demon said excitedly, as she took out a flask of dark red fluid, which strangely reminded Kagome of.
"Blood?" she was shocked, if this meant she had to drink someone's blood...
"Yes, but this is special blood! Dog demon blood! This is used to change humans into Inu hanyou! The effects are permanent and there are no side effects, well, if you don't count physical changes as "side effects..." These words sent Kagome's mind racing, 'if this worked, then Inu Yasha and I would be equal, a balanced couple, I could feed myself, fend for myself, and not be such a burden on Inu Yasha. Instead of getting bashed around, I'd be the one doing the bashing from now on, or at least have a fighting chance!'
She gave her an inquisitive stare, "why me?"
Naja chuckled, "Hun, you think we wouldn't repay you for taking care of our only grandson, do you? Well, you're being silly, of course we'll repay you, and this is it, with taking on the life of a hanyou with your mate"
In the midst of this discussion, Cali walked over to Inuyasha, with a slight smirk on his face. He stood a foot away from Inuyasha and, standing up straight, looking the younger demon in the eye, spoke, "I believe I could be of assistance to what your new mate seeks, it will be a bit better than her method."
he leaned up right next to his ear and whispered "she's a wee bit touched in the head, but I don't mind."
Just as he finished, Naja looked over her shoulder and said in a voice so low only demons could hear, "uh huh, happy, content and crazeh!" Cali looked over to his mate and smiled. She smiled back, then turned back to Kagome to continue her conversation, Cali turned back to find Inuyasha slightly farther away from him than before.
"Here" he said, thrusting his hand within his upper kimono, drawing out a pink glass shard of the shikon jewel. Inuyasha gasped, as Kagome froze suddenly, "Inuyasha! I sense a." "I know Kagome, Cali has it." The dog demon replied to the concerned miko. At the mention of Cali having a jewel shard, Kagome rushed past Naja, whose sanity she was beginning to doubt.
Looking into her eyes, Inu Yasha was overcome by a feeling of rightness. That this was what was supposed to happen was never a doubt in his mind. Everything blurred around him except for her beautiful face and the feeling of her thin shoulders beneath his palms. And as he leaned forward, blood rushed to his head in happiness, the feeling of her soft warm lips beneath his making the entire moment that much greater.
He slid his palms down her arms to rest upon her waist and her arms crept about his neck. Pulling her tightly against him, he slanted his lips over hers, deepening it, before pulling back dazedly, as a sharp noise continued to tickle his ear.
Looking over in annoyance, Inu Yasha was embarrassed to remember that they had an audience. And most defiantly an appreciative one, as the he realized that that noise that he had heard was the new pair's clapping. Both he and Kagome turned red.
Smiling and chuckling at the couple's discomfort, Cali looked down at his mate's dimpled face and Shippo's wide-eyed one.
"Naja! You let him WATCH." He began to take Shippo out if her arms. Naja allowed him to do so, but frowned.
"He has to learn sometime. Besides, it's not like their doing anything other than kissing." Naja stepped on tip-toe and kissed his nose. "Don't worry, dearest. You won't miss out on any fun." She said, a gleam in her eye, before she turned and went over to the pair to discuss the reason they were there in the first place.
This left Cali alone with Shippo, to perhaps discuss the time they were apart. Approaching Kagome, Naja asked Inu Yasha to please, if he would, go away.
"Why?" He asked annoyed in his usual pissy manner, he did not want to leave his new 'mate' alone, especially to some creepy demon strangers, somewhat rude ones at that.
"Because I said to." She turned her light brown eye on him, a look any male would stay away from. Turning her back on the hanyou, Inu just stared and gave a small whimper of protest.
Naja immediately whipped around, her normally smooth face contorted in a vicious snarl. Inu Yasha gave a yip, stumbled back a bit in surprise, and then quieted. Turning his back on her, he skulked away in submission to the older more experienced demon. Deciding it wasn't a good idea to fuck with them, he didn't push his luck. With Inu Yasha back in line, Naja turned back to Kagome with a small frown on her face, sympathy radiating from her.
"Dear," she began, placing her clawed hands upon the much shorter human, "Congratulations! But you know in your heart that he will outlive you, and he will be left behind with the hurt and loss of his mate." At this Kagome looked up, a pained look in her eyes, and a tear escaping from it.
"I've learned to live with it, but the time we spend together will be happy." her voice broke, and another tear leaked from her eye.
At this Naja lowered her voice, saying "worry not, child. You won't die and leave him alone for hundreds of years, not if I can help it, anyway." Kagome's eyes stop watering, her heart suddenly filled to the brim with hope.
"What do you mean?" she asked, if she meant what she thought she did...
"Here, drink this!" the demon said excitedly, as she took out a flask of dark red fluid, which strangely reminded Kagome of.
"Blood?" she was shocked, if this meant she had to drink someone's blood...
"Yes, but this is special blood! Dog demon blood! This is used to change humans into Inu hanyou! The effects are permanent and there are no side effects, well, if you don't count physical changes as "side effects..." These words sent Kagome's mind racing, 'if this worked, then Inu Yasha and I would be equal, a balanced couple, I could feed myself, fend for myself, and not be such a burden on Inu Yasha. Instead of getting bashed around, I'd be the one doing the bashing from now on, or at least have a fighting chance!'
She gave her an inquisitive stare, "why me?"
Naja chuckled, "Hun, you think we wouldn't repay you for taking care of our only grandson, do you? Well, you're being silly, of course we'll repay you, and this is it, with taking on the life of a hanyou with your mate"
In the midst of this discussion, Cali walked over to Inuyasha, with a slight smirk on his face. He stood a foot away from Inuyasha and, standing up straight, looking the younger demon in the eye, spoke, "I believe I could be of assistance to what your new mate seeks, it will be a bit better than her method."
he leaned up right next to his ear and whispered "she's a wee bit touched in the head, but I don't mind."
Just as he finished, Naja looked over her shoulder and said in a voice so low only demons could hear, "uh huh, happy, content and crazeh!" Cali looked over to his mate and smiled. She smiled back, then turned back to Kagome to continue her conversation, Cali turned back to find Inuyasha slightly farther away from him than before.
"Here" he said, thrusting his hand within his upper kimono, drawing out a pink glass shard of the shikon jewel. Inuyasha gasped, as Kagome froze suddenly, "Inuyasha! I sense a." "I know Kagome, Cali has it." The dog demon replied to the concerned miko. At the mention of Cali having a jewel shard, Kagome rushed past Naja, whose sanity she was beginning to doubt.
