Hi everybody. Review replies, then story. Chop Chop, I know.
Bookwormjavajunkie: YouCool You're right, she's not. On the 'his' topic…well… -sigh/smirk- And no, it's not too late…yet. See, when 'that person' raped her, he didn't mark her. –Smirk- And if that didn't just give it away, I don't know how else to but to install bright flashing lights in the chapter, reading "insert name is the rapist!" I just want to hug you. -hugs you- NOW STOP THINKING SO HARD!
Amasti: She should stop dancing. –nod- maybe we can work together and get her to stop.
"Nameless" (Muahaha person): Well, keep in mind, that Sesshoumaru has been through 500 years.
InuYashaTetsuaiga140: Hehe, you'll need more pitchforks then torches. See, I like fire. .
Koriat: I actually don't think I've had any before this. And if I did, it was very, very minor.
ForeverLuv: Tee. Hee. You're great. –hugeth-
inuyashatotallyobsessed (): You are an angel, thank you so much. I was so excited when I finally found out that someone had answered my question. –bear hug- and you'll just have to see…-mischievous smirk- Once again, thanks so much!
Thanks to the other reviewers!
Kagome hopped into the bathtub, completely afraid. She stared at the pregnancy test…or the small black creature right besides it. Inuyasha continued to pound at the door.
"Kagome!" He shouted, as the door started to splinter. Kagome jumped, and leapt over to the door, unlocking it and scrambling out of the room, or at least trying. Colliding with Inuyasha's chest on her way out, the girl fell backwards, landing flat on her butt. A loud whine came from her as she slowly calmed down, then remembered the spider, and scooted herself around Inuyasha, clutching onto his leg. "Kagome, what the hell has gotten into you!" Inuyasha asked, looking down at the girl.
"It's a bug!" She screamed, as Inuyasha rolled his eyes, picking up the small black spider and smashing it between his fingers. Kagome let out a sigh of relief, then leapt over Inuyasha, grabbing the pregnancy test and swinging it behind her back, giggling nervously. "That's...err...all?" the girl giggled again, giving the hanyou a "please leave me alone for a while" look, but Inuyasha didn't take any of it.
"...wench, what was that?" He eyed the arm that held the pregnancy test. Kagome blushed.
"None of your business." Kagome stated firmly, as Inuyasha blinked.
"Kagome…it is my business." The angry half demon growled, as Kagome simply stared at him. "It is not!" Her eyes screamed at him as she started to push him out of the door. The disgruntled hanyou rolled his eyes, walking out of the room, pulling the door shut with him. Kagome sighed in relief.
"Now that that's over with..." Kagome took a deep breath and held it, pulling the pregnancy test from behind her back, she took small piece of plastic from within the thin wrapper, and studied the strip of color. Relief came over her. Her fears had been wrong, completely wrong…and what had she gained from it? Well, a good cry and being held by Inuyasha, for one. The girl wrapped up the test, throwing it in the trash, wadding up toilet paper to cover it, just in case someone decided to inspect the trash while...taking care of business. All was good again.
Miroku's eyes fluttered open to the dim light of the hut, the fire reduced to mere coals. He blinked, noticing that someone was the weight in his lap. His mind registered the extra weight and heat as the girl he loved as he smiled. Tightening his grip on the girl, he pulled her flush against his chest, content. He had kissed Sango, and she had kissed him back. Thank Buddha.. he thought silently to himself, surveying Sango's peaceful expression.
Miroku's eyes scanned the dark room as he was sure he felt himself blush. Kaede was laid out on her futon, sleeping like nothing was happening, Shippo curled up in a ball at the foot of the bed. Kirara slept next to him. They all had seen him holding Sango like this. He blushed more. Sango shifted in his arms, in his lap, as Miroku froze. She couldn't wake, he wasn't ready to let go of her. Sango incoherently mumbled something then snuggled herself back against Miroku's chest. He let out a sigh of relief, running his fingers against the ends of Sango's hair.
OK, Reviewing. Sango more likely than not has feelings for me. Gooooood. Miroku smiled. Now I simply have to win her heart. This may mean…giving up my ways. Miroku shuddered, studying his hand. Giving up the hand's ways, not my own. Not that I don't enjoy feeling Sango's hind quarters. I hate to be slapped, however… At that thought, Miroku fell back to sleep.
Kagome collapsed onto her bed, sleepy all of a sudden. Inuyasha's ears flicked.
"Wench." He said, letting her know that she had collapsed atop him. She didn't care. Her brown pools looked up at him.
"Hmm?" She asked, letting her lack of concern be known. Inuyasha sighed, shaking his body, trying to get Kagome off of him. He still wanted to know what she had been so worked up about, but her laying atop him wasn't doing any good. Sure, it was nice, but…
"Wench, really. If you're going to lay, lay beside me." He said firmly, scooting against the wall. Kagome sighed and lifted herself up, scooting next to him, laying her forehead against his shoulder, closing her eyes. "Gonna tell me why you were freaking out earlier?" He asked. Kagome froze.
"A spider was in the bathroom." She said, plainly. Inuyasha blinked at her and brought his arms around her, pulling the girl's upper half against his chest, also giving him a nice chin rest.
"Not what I meant, Kagome. What was that little white thingey?" He asked, completely bewildered. Kagome flushed, snuggling against his chest.
"'S not really important." She choked out, staring at the blood red kimono. Inuyasha's chest rumbled in a growl, as Kagome giggled. The vibrations against her ear tickled. Inuyasha growled louder.
"Then tell me." Golden eyes bore down upon Kagome as she sighed and shook her head.
"No, Inuyasha. I'm not going to tell you." Kagome said firmly, and Inuyasha sighed, getting a distressed look upon his face. Wench…doesn't trust me. Inuyasha let a small 'keh!' escape before he sat up rudely, bringing his arms to his sleeves and pouting. Kagome shook her head and re-positioned herself against the pouting hanyou's arm, closing her eyes, entirely at peace. Inuyasha was unhappy with her, but she wasn't sure she could explain how peeing on a little plastic stick would tell her if she was pregnant or not to Inuyasha just yet. She sighed again. Inuyasha was just too much.
I love him so much. He…might love me back. No, Kagome. Don't get your hopes up. He still…loves Kikyo. Then why'd he try and destroy her! Kagome sighed aloud, then shivered. Inuyasha shook his head and removed his outer kimono, draping it over the shivering priestess's shoulders. Kagome jolted from her thoughts, looking up at Inuyasha.
"You'll get sick, wench." He said harshly, wrapping his arm around her shoulders, rubbing her upper arm. Kagome smiled and leaned her head against Inuyasha's chest, which was now unprotected by the pouting arms. Inuyasha shook his head, inhaling her scent deeply. He was going to follow Sesshoumaru's instructions, maybe not exactly, but he was going to follow them. Inuyasha wasn't going to return to the feudal era until he had marked Kagome. However, this would require…explaining. Inuyasha's eye twitched.
Stupid half breed, she'll reject you. All other humans have.
Inuyasha's human mind growled at the demon side. Sesshoumaru said she chose death. She would rather die than be without being my mate. The choice of death isn't possible unless the female is pledged to a male already. She is pledged to me. Inuyasha's demon side slapped him.
Bull shit! She couldn't pledge herself to a filthy half breed like you. No other humans, save mother, have ever cared. And mother is gone.
Inuyasha sighed again, then jumped at the feel of Kagome's finger tips at his cheek.
"You alright?" She asked quietly, stroking his face softly. Inuyasha simply melted on the inside, but kept composed on the outside. He nodded and sighed again. "No you're not. Do you wanna talk about it?" She asked and the hanyou shook his head. She's got to love me. I mean, she just has to. There's no other explanation for…everything. Especially her staying by my side. Both sides agreed for once. Inuyasha sighed loudly.
"Not really." He sighed again and bit the side of his cheek, causing it to bleed. "But I have to. Kagome, there's something I've got to do before we can go back to the Feudal Era. This is very important." Inuyasha closed his eyes, though he felt Kagome's stare burning holes in his eyelids.
"This has to do with Naraku, doesn't it?" She asked innocently, as Inuyasha's eyes shot open. He smiled, revealing his fangs.
"You eavesdropper." He smiled and kissed her forehead, but Kagome pulled away from him.
"Nothing of the sort!" She laughed and blushed, then let her lids droop. "Rin told me…everything. About how I chose to die and...I mean, I'm not afraid of that, but…" Kagome pressed her lips tightly together, closing her eyes tightly. "Inuyasha, I don't want that to happen. I can't let everyone suffer just because of me. But I can't…not Naraku…I…Inuyasha, you've got to understand." She whispered, tears welling up in her eyes, as Inuyasha held her tighter, shaking his head, smiling at thegirl in his arms. I have to do this. Have to. Inuyasha swallowed a large lump in his throat, lowering his lips to her ear.
"Kagome, I understand. We can prevent this. Stop it from happening. I'm not going to let anyone hurt you. I can protect you…that is, if you let me." Inuyasha whispered, his breath tickling Kagome's ear. Of course she would let him protect her…she couldn't go through it again. Kagome turned her head and stared at Inuyasha.
"Of course I'll let you protect me, Inuyasha. I…" She choked. "I can't do this again." Tears streamed down the young priestess's face.
"I don't think you understand what I'm asking, Kagome." Inuyasha bit out, trying to get this over with. The wench was rejecting him. He closed his eyes.
"What do you mean, Inuyasha?" She asked, wiping her tears from her eyes. She stared at his closed eyelids. Inuyasha inhaled deeply.
"FormetobeabletoprotectyouI'dhavetomarkyouasmymateandIdon'tthinkyoureallywantthatbutifyoudon'tthen—" Inuyasha tried to get it all out as one word, but Kagome cut in.
"I'd like to be able to understand you, Inuyasha." She whispered, blinking at him, innocently. She truly had no idea. Inuyasha growled, getting frustrated.
"For me to be able to protect you…" he took another deep breath. "I'dhavetomarkyouasmymate." He looked away, waiting to be sat to the other side of the earth. …c'mon Kagome, don't keep me waiting. As arms excitedly wrapped around his neck, Inuyasha's eyes widened. What? She's not disgusted? Inuyasha looked at the girl who was now hugging him, as if she would just disappear if he let go.
"That's kind of like marriage, right?" Kagome asked into Inuyasha's neck, and he nodded.
"Yeah…kind of. But it's more serious. Kagome, if we do this, it's forever." He said quietly, looking at the girl's back, holding her at the waist. Kagome pulled away to look into his eyes.
"What do you mean?" She asked, now staring into his amber eyes. What does me mean, forever? Then it hit her. She would die before he would. Way before. Her heart started to ache immediately.
"As long as we both live, in this case, as long as I live, we'll be together. There's no going back, Kagome." Her eyes twinkled.
"Inuyasha, I'd die way before you, though." Tears surfaced again, as Inuyasha laughed.
"Not true. If I marked you, you'd be mine, but you'd still age normally. If we…err…mated, you'd age as slowly as me. That's one of the few things I do remember my mother explaining to me." He smiled at the girl, but found that she was crying now. He frowned. She doesn't want to live with me forever. I can't blame her. I'm just a filth- "oof!" Inuyasha muttered as Kagome launched herself at the hanyou, snuggling herself into him.
"Of course I will, Inuyasha." She whispered, smiling as she death-grip hugged the boy once again. Inuyasha smiled and wrapped his arms around the girl's back, smashing her torso into his own, stroking her hair. See? She did accept me. Inuyasha's human side paraded around inside of his head, while the demon side sat, scowling. Still happy, but nevertheless, still scowling.
Inuyasha's demon side took over, as he felt the need to mark her as soon as he could. He knew he would have to stop after marking her, for she was still too fearful and shaken up from being raped. Inuyasha's hands moved up her back to the sides of her face, pulling her to look at her for a split second, then kissed her passionately. Kagome was shocked, but melted into Inuyasha's arms. She was putty in his hands. Inuyasha rolled the two over on the small mattress, laying atop the girl, resting his weight on his arms. As Inuyasha lowered his mouth to Kagome's neck, he breathed on the spot where he would mark her. Kagome shivered and giggled lightly under his breath, reaching for his hand with her own.
"This is gonna hurt a little, Kagome." He whispered, as he lowered his fangs upon her skin, piercing it. Kagome yelped quietly, grasping his hand. A little was quite the understatement. Inuyasha retreated, staring at his mark. Blood slowly seeped from the two fang marks, as they were already bruising. He softly lowered his lips to the mark,wiping away theblood slowly."It's over." He whispered, nuzzling the right side of her neck, as not to irritate the new mark. All of a sudden, Kagome was exhausted. She looked down at Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha, I…" A yawn interrupted her, but Inuyasha barged in before she could recover.
"Kagome…I love you." He whispered, kissing her softly on the nose. "Now sleep, wench." He mumbled quietly, once again rolling over, laying Kagome's weary body atop his. She fell directly asleep, completely oblivious to Inuyasha's hand, softly touching the dark, bruised mark. His mark. My mark. The half demon smiled, and touched the same spot on his neck, knowing that an identical mark had already surfaced. Inuyasha deeply inhaled Kagome's hair, smiling. Mine. And at that, he fell asleep.
Sango's eyes opened to the bright light of the midday. She blinked, finding herself covered in a large cloak…Miroku's robes. Sango's eyes widened. If she was under Miroku's robes…
"Gotcha." Miroku said quietly. "I'm not naked under those, you do know." The monk smirked, pointing at a loose, white haori and black pants, almost matching Inuyasha's. Sango stared, then wrapped herself up in the robes.
"…pervert." She managed to hiss out before becoming enveloped in the strong scent of Miroku that was streaming off of the robes around her. She melted into the scent, smiling.
"Shippo and Kaede are gone again." He said, smirking mischievously. Sango smirked back.
"If you want another kiss, monk, you're going to have to work for it." Sango bit out, standing up and walking out of the hut, bringing the robes along with her. She needed to go soak in the hot springs. Miroku spying on her was a chance she was willing to take. Sango smiled. Oh, she had so much to tell Kagome when she got back.
"Kagome, it's morning." Kagome's mother's voice said quietly, the volume softly ringing through the air. Kagome's eyes opened as the door 'clicked' shut, as she looked down at the hanyou below her. He was sleeping. A throbbing pain hit the left side of her neck as she slowly reached up and touched it. The mark. It had all been real. She and Inuyasha were mated…well…somewhat. She went back to staring at her hanyou. Why did that sound so right?
After taking a few minutes to wriggle out of his grasp, Kagome quietly walked out of the room, fixing her hair to cover the mark. Her mother would probably freak if she told her. When she told her. Breakfast sounded great right now.
I know, it's short again. I'm very sorry. Please forgive me for any spelling errors. I really need an editor, see, I just can't bring myself to send these tomy old editorany more, I havn't been, either. Don't ask me why, because I don't know either. So, if anyone is interested in editing for me, just leave your email in your reply (In form of youremailaddress(at)whatever(dot)blah) and we'll be in touch. XD Why do I feel so formal doing this?