Adoration And Fidelity

I basically dread writing all chapter 13's. 13 is just a bad number for me. It reminds me of Friday the 13th and that makes me feel unlucky. I won't really add so much romance here, considering this is my bad luck chapter, but in the next chapter... oh you just wait.

Rating: M for Mature

Warnings: Sexual Content; Extreme violence; Offensive Language

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but I do own the storyline.

Recap: "But..." Kagome pulled off of him and stared at his face. "Can't you? You went through all of the trouble to make it and you deserve to live here too... plus..." She blushed a little this time. "It would make me feel a lot safer if you were here with me." Well when she put it that way and battered those eyelashes at him Inuyasha found it very hard to say no.

"Whatever." End Recap

Chapter 13: Playing Hero Again

Waking up, Kagome yawned and stretched her arms. It had felt like forever since she had had such a great night's sleep. Those cushions were very comfortable. Almost as if they were royalty or something. Kagome made a note to remember to ask Inuyasha about them later.

Kagome sat up slowly and rubbed her soar and still sleepy eyes. She regretted having to leave the warmth of her covers. It seemed like winter was actually starting its cold point now. Kagome couldn't wait for it to actually start to snow.

Thinking of Inuyasha, Kagome looked over towards the wall directly in front of her. Inuyasha was leaning against it with the Tetsusaiga close beside him. He seemed a lot more serene in his sleep this morning than he had since he had slept in her room a long while back. She liked seeing him so calm. It made her feel nice and good.

Kagome slowly pushed the blanket aside and began to crawl over to the unsuspecting hanyou. She stopped about a foot in front of him and on her hands and knees she peeked her head a little lower to see his closed eye lids. She beamed at how 'kawaii' that looked. (Kawaii means cute)

The hanyou's eyes, ears, and nose all twitched in sequence. Kagome was afraid he was waking up, but he didn't. He was just becoming more aware of his environment more. With another twitch of his ear Kagome sucked in an eager squeal. She wanted so badly to rub the soft and velvety looking ear.

Taking a breath Kagome took the dare. After all what would he say if he found out? 'What the hell are you doing?' That wasn't so bad. It wasn't as bad as this urge at least.

Kagome reached up hesitantly and gently placed a hand on his ear. It convulsed slightly, but that was all. As she began to tenderly rub it he seemed to be falling deeper into his sleep and slouched forward a bit more. It seemed as if he was really enjoying this.

With Inuyasha's slouch his face came a little closer to Kagome's and she found herself no longer staring at his ear, but his face. Little by little Kagome moved her hand down from Inuyasha's ear to his cheek. It was not as rough as she would have expected, in fact it was kind of soft, yet manly at the same time.

The miko traced his jaw line and watched the slight parting of his warm lips. Her fingers follow the shape of his bottom lip and his hot breath hit her hands a little, sending goose bumps up her arm. What was he doing to her? Suddenly she was yearning to kiss those lips of his, but knew that was out of line.

Inuyasha opened his eyes unexpectedly and Kagome blushed, pulling her hand back and holding it to her heart. Inuyasha stared at her in bewilderment.

"Kagome?" He still had some fatigue in his voice, so he had just woken up at that moment. "What are you doing?" At least he had left the 'hell' part out.

"I was just... ah... um..." Kagome's blush deepened as she turned her back to him. "I was trying to wake you and ask whether or not you wanted some ramen for breakfast. So... do you want ramen?"

"Ramen?" Inuyasha abruptly moved forward like an excited puppy hearing his favorite phrase 'Do you want Ramen?' Kagome would take that as a yes.

"We just have to go back to Kaede's. I never had a chance to bring my backpack here last night." She reminded.

"Sure. Come on then." Inuyasha knelt in front of her and she stood, getting on his back - and off they went.

At Kaede's

Letting Kagome off of his back Inuyasha followed the girl into the old priestess's hut. Kaede, Shippo, and Kirara were all there. Shippo and Kirara seemed kind of lonely. No wonder... they didn't have Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku, or Sango with them like usual.

As soon as Inuyasha walked through Shippo looked up and since Inuyasha was the first to come and enter Shippo jumped straight into the half demons unsuspecting arms. Inuyasha - of course - fell back a little and straight into Kagome who backed away from them, before they knocked her completely over.

"What the hell!" Inuyasha grabbed Shippo by the tail and picked him up so Shippo's face was up as high as his. "And just what do you think you are doing?"

"You guys didn't come back last night... so I was worried..." He answered casually. Inuyasha growled at the patience in the tone and went to toss the kit, but Kagome grabbed Shippo and held him, giving him a hug.

"We're sorry to worry you, Shippo. Next time we'll tell you. I promise." With that Kagome put him down she felt something soft against her ankle. Kirara was there 'meowing' and rubbing against her happily. "Oh, Kirara... I don't know if we should visit Sango so early... considering it was their honeymoon night and all." Kagome mumbled the last part, but Inuyasha heard. He looked at her with curiosity stained in his eyes.

"What's a honey...moon?" He asked. Kagome gave him a surprised look.

"You mean you don't know?" She should have expected that, bearing in mind the fact he basically only paid attention to demon mating and such. She really had no desire to explain to him what people did on their honeymoon so she blushed and began to play with her fingers.

"Inuyasha on a honeymoon the two humans finally 'mate'." Apparently Kaede was aware of the choice of words Inuyasha preferred. At first Inuyasha nodded and then it struck him.

"Fuck! Miroku and Sango!" He seemed disgusted and it made a fowl taste appear in his mouth. A taste that could only be overcome by... ramen! "Didn't we come here to get ramen?" He asked turning to Kagome. She blinked and then remembered their purpose for being there. She bobbed her head in remembrace and agreement.

"We should eat here." She told Inuyasha and walked past him before he had a chance to repudiate anything. Kagome grabbed out some cups of ramen and all the things she would need for it, before boiling some water.

Taking a seat to wait for the food, Kagome motioned for Inuyasha to sit down next to her.

"So Kagome. Where were you yesterday? How come you didn't come back?" Shippo asked. Kagome sighed and didn't exactly know if Inuyasha would rather explain his gift himself.

"I built her a new home." Inuyasha said, finally sitting next to Kagome. Kaede had already known. He had told her ahead of time, so she was not surprised, but Shippo was a bit...well... shocked. Sure he saw Inuyasha as brave, cool, and a hero, but he also saw him as stubborn, rude, and insensitive. A person with those qualities would not just build someone a home. Had he had the wrong impression on Inuyasha all along? No. He decided he would let this slip as Inuyasha had suffered from severe head trauma from all of the sits and built a home randomly. It somehow sounded more reasonable to the little fox demon.

"But why would you do that?" Shippo asked. He didn't know why it made Inuyasha blush slightly, or why the hanyou made a fis, with an anger vein popping from his forehead. He didn't understand the aggravated twitching of the half dog's eye brows.

"She needed a home..." Inuyasha began with a scrunched tone, obviously holding in a bellow. "So why don't you mind your own business, runt?" Before Inuyasha's anger could grow some woman came running into Kaede's.

The woman was mid height with black hair, tighed into a bun. Her hands were callosed and scrapped, which made everyone obvious to the fact she worked in the fields and she seemed to be in her later thirties. Sweat rolled down her overworked skin. Kaede did not reckonize this person to be from her village.

"Are you..." The woman took a deep breath. "Lady Kaede. The preistess of this village."

"Aye, how can I be of assistance to you?" Kaede placed her arms behind her back and stood in her usual position.

Kagome took the boiling water away from the fire and took a cup of ramen, pouring in the water and handing it to Inuyasha. She decided she would not eat until this woman was gone, just in case she was needed.

"I am Miyake. I come from the next village over and I am in desperate need of some aid. My village is under attack of a demon. Our men could not hold it off. Please, I beg of you. We may not be from the same home, but we're still neighbors."

"What type of demon?"

"Well it's big and green, with black eyes and claws and back spikes." She was talking relatively fast, but not so fast that the on-listeners could not hear what she was saying. It sounded as though she was talking about some reptilian demon.

"Alright." Kaede turned to Inuyasha who had stopped his speedy eating to give her a look that said 'Don't even think about it'. "Inuyasha, you heard her. You must be off to slay the demon." Inuyasha almost fell over.

"No! It ain't my problem you hag." Inuyasha put his ramen down and crossed his arms.

"Lady, if I must say so myself, he does not look qualified to defeat a demon of such high stature." At that Inuyasha's eyes opened with a new set of determination. Yes, a determination to prove this bitch wrong.

"Fine. I'll kill the damn thing." He got up and Kagome shook her head, getting up as well. He could actually be quite gullible sometimes.

Village

Arriving at the village Inuyasha noticed it was not in ruins or anything. In fact it was barely harmed. The demon was standing there. It only looked around, not moving. Inuyasha let Kagome drop from his back and Miyake came up beside him.

"It doesn't seem like it's harming a damn thing." Inuyasha commented in irritability.

"Inuyasha look closer." Kagome pointed to the demon's feet. A charm was stuck to each one. "They're to temporarily hold it. I think..."

"We were only able to do that, but it will last for only a few moments longer." Miyake informed.

"I'll kill it when they come off." Inuyasha notified.

"But sir... the demon is not so weak. It would be better to kill it when it's unable to attack."

"Only cowards do that." Inuyasha pulled out his sword and waited for the demon's seals to be released. "A demon that can't overcome some stupid sutras must be pretty weak anyway. It won't be a problem."

"If the demon was so weak our fighters could have defeated it."

"Your weak and your humans." With those last words said, Inuyasha watched the seals break and the large, reptile demon roared out in rage. Inuyasha pulled his leg back and prepared for the oncoming battle.

The demon seemed to immediately see Inuyasha as a threat because it turned and face the hanyou in fury. It charged in a blind wrath and thinking twice Inuyasha headed away from the village. He ran to the outskirts and in his chance to move the demon swiped him from behind. Creating nothing, but something that would later be a bruise.

He rolled on the ground to recover from the strike and stood as quickly as he could, taking the chance himself to slash the demon. He cut off its arm in one easy thrust.

The reptile hissed right away and stepped back. It prepared for its next attack, but Inuyasha moved to fast for it and held his sword in the air. Slamming the sword in the ground he yelled two key words.

"Wind Scar!" Then a few waves of energy cut through what was known as the wind scar and the demon was sliced to bits.

Kagome watched as if it was normal and the woman called Miyake looked on in awe. A few villagers cheered and clapped from the side. Kagome laughed at how much attention Inuyasha was getting. It gave him an adorable look of embarrassment.

Miyake walked over to Inuyasha after getting over her surprise. Kagome walked a few steps behind the woman and stopped as soon as she did. She was curious on what this woman had to say to Inuyasha. Probably some sort of congratulation.

"You are very heroic sir." The woman bowed. "And I am very grateful to your services. Inuyasha placed his sword in the sheath. He didn't reply to her words. To him something was up with this situation. This woman and none of these people had commented on him being a hanyou or anything of the sort and he was the one they congratulated, rather than one of his companions. Regularly it was Miroku or something, but Kagome was there now, so she should have been the one, or they could have just ignored the hero's all together.

"We've heard stories of the hanyou from our neighboring village and how he protects them, but we had not expected you to be so strong. Is there anything we can do for you to make up for the hassle we have caused."

"Feh, I didn't do it to help humans. I did it because I was bored."

"Oh... I see."

"Inuyasha..." Kagome muttered bringing her hand to her chin. That was not Inuyasha's usual response. He never told people the reason for killing was that he was 'bored'. What had gotten into him?

"Kagome, come on. Let's quit wasting time." Inuyasha began to walk off and Kagome followed.

The was a fairly short chapter, but as I said I hate the number thirteen and I have a nice little scene prepared in the next chapter that I'm sure basically all of you will love and getting that little swirling feeling in your stomach over...

But you'll just have to wait until I decided to post that chapter.

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The chapter was called 'Playing Hero Again' because Inuyasha was in a manner of speaking playing the hero again.