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Lady Kurama: You know what, I felt that 'nothing youkai' is a bit weird... so I'm going to change it to void youkai (that sound way better) hope you don't mind!
Chapter 15 – Her Confusion
All she saw was black... black, black, black and black again. What was going on? Where was she? Where were they? What happened to her?
'They'? Who were 'they'? 'Her'? Who was 'her'?
Pain!
What was this? What was this hot searing pain that was engulfing her? She could feel it spreading throughout her body, to her thigh, her arms, even to the tips of her fingers. She could hardly breathe... breathe? Was she even breathing?
Ah... she remembered now. That day...she wondered, were they fine? They would not harm each other right? Hopefully they won't, perhaps this time, Kuronue would stop them. She hated seeing them fight, not that she would see it again, she was dead wasn't she? 'Dead because some Taiyoukais decided to fight for some unreasonable stuff.' She thought, sighing mentally.
OUCH!
Wasn't she dead? Why was she feeling pain? Shouldn't she be in the realm between this world and next? Where was she?
Out of nowhere, she saw bright light. Light? Was she supposed to go there? What was waiting for her there? She hesitantly reached out for it, watching as it slowly enveloped her, welcoming her to its warm depth. She sighed in pleasure and gave herself into it, relishing it warmness. Did death feel like this? This free? This warm? This protective? Did death actually feel this loving?
# Meanwhile #
"That bastard!" Youko was positively seething, his amber irises was seeping with crimson blood. 'How dare he...' he clenched his hands tight, so tight that droplets of blood was dripping down to his partner's body under him. He watched as HIS Kagome opened her gorgeous sapphire eyes as Sesshoumaru pulled back almost reluctantly.
Sesshoumaru gazed deeply into her half lidded eyes, seeing colour returning to her pale face. Her lips had tasted tantalizingly sweet, and with the exhausted expression she was sporting now, he could not help but want more.
'Curse the fox, she mine!' his hand snaked around her head and pushed it up to reintroduce her addictive appendage with his demanding and dominant lips. This time, neither did she struggle nor did she attempt to push him away. Quite the opposite in fact, her petite hands got his haori into a vice-like grip, pulling him closer to her. His beast roared at her acceptance within him, urging him to feast on the mouth watering morsel before him, to savor every inch of her, to make her remember every single detail about the mind blowing kiss that they were sharing.
It felt so great... this was what she was searching for, this safeness she felt, like how she always felt whenever she was with Blue Rose-san.
Blur Rose-san! Was this Blue Rose-san? Did he come to rescue her? Rescue her from what? Feeling dizzy and exhausted, her hands slithered up and wrapped around his neck as she lost all coherent thoughts and focused solely on the sensation he evoked on her.
Unbeknownst to the both of them, the single corrupted shard that was embedded inside Kagome's forehead came off, falling onto the white snow, glowing lavender with purity.
Kagome moaned as she pulled back at the lack of oxygen, "Blue Rose-san...?" she breathed out, slowly lifting her eyelids. Sesshoumaru went tensed and growled, "I see that you're awake." He stated emotionlessly, turning away from her to the furious Kitsune Lord. "Fox, locate the youkai." He commanded, scooping the stunned Miko like a little newborn pup.
It wasn't him? It was not Blue Rose-san? The person she kissed was not Blue Rose-san? How? How could she mistake Sesshoumaru for Blue Rose-san? They were like day and night!
It was then she noticed the massacre, "What... happened?" she asked Youko, who snatched her away almost immediately when Sesshoumaru neared, glaring at him with hatred and rage.
"Kanna" it was Sesshoumaru who answered it, ignoring the angry Kitsune whose glare intensified upon realizing that he was ignored. Kagome groaned, "Somebody is going to explain what happened when I was asleep after we're done." She rubbed her forehead, "And why am I feeling so tired and oh..." she moaned, "I think I 'm having a headache."
Youko was staring at his soon-to-be mate in concern, all about Fluffmeister forgotten. "You're poisoned Kagome, don't try to move too much." He tucked a stray lock behind her ear.
Kagome groaned once more, out of everything, why must it be poison? She still remember the last time she was poisoned by the Shichinintai who wanted her as his wife, just another second and say goodbye to Feudal Era. It was so horrible that even Inuyasha cried, though he refused to admit it. "Put me down Youko." She ordered, her breathing unstable. "I need my bow and arrow."
"You have no weapons now Kagome." Youko told her, slowly setting her on her feet. Kagome cursed under her breath, "Only my arrows... they're the only thing that can stop Kanna." She held onto Youko for support. Youko had his eyes closed, spreading his youki out to communicate with the plants surrounding the area.
"Alright Kagome, I want you to stay her and take care of Kuronue." Youko uttered the command with his eyes shut. "She's there!" his golden pupils snapped open and both Taiyoukais sped off to a pine tree which suddenly shook and burst with a loud explosion.
'That was some creative entrance.' That was the first thing that entered Kagome's mind when the lesser youkais appeared out of nowhere in the smoke. She knelt down beside Kuronue, what happened to him? Was he unconscious to protect her? Was she so useless? Why was she so weak? Tears welled up her eyes as she apologized over and over again to the Koumori youkai, "Gomene Kuronue... if only I'm stronger... gomene..." she stroked his cheek.
She turned to the other two Taiyoukais who were busy slaying all that blocked their way, clenching her palms to fists. She wanted to fight alongside them, she refused to be a burden. She wanted power, the power to protect them, to help them. With determination, she closed her eyes and searched within herself, 'Onegai, give me your strength.' She pleaded to herself.
Slowly as she opened her eyes, she saw the bright lavender glow on her palms. A warm smile graced her lips, she began focusing on her hand, willing it to be a bow and arrow. She had no idea how she did it, but when she opened her eyes, there in her hands were a pink spiritual bow which was accompanied with an arrow.
She strung the arrow bow and aimed towards the lesser youkais, her eyes searching for the little pale Naraku detachment, Kanna. Sesshoumaru seemed to notice her for he swung his whip horizontally to create space and hint the presence of the void youkai.
Kagome fixed her eyes on that spot, searching for Kanna in the midst of the youkais. She was not that difficult to spot since the dark colour of the lesser youkais greatly contrasted with her pale white figure.
"Please... Hit the mark." She murmured under her breath, she was certain that if this arrow was to fail, she would not have any more strength to create another one. Aiming sharply, she released her arrow. Her heart almost jumped out of her chest when Youko landed on the arrow's way. Fortunately, Youko caught sight of it, he yelped and narrowly dodged it, throwing Kagome a playful glare.
All the youkais within the arrow's way were purified into ash without even a chance to scream out their pain. Kagome watched her own arrow in awe, it was unbelievably strong!
Kanna held up her mirror in an attempt to suck it in like before, but the arrow was different that the one she used to shoot, so the result was also different. Instead of being sucked in, the tip created a big impact on the mirror, and soon, a crack was formed, making its way outward from where it was created.
Prang!
Gone, just in a few seconds, the mirror from hell was shattered into million pieces. In just a few seconds, everything ended for Kanna, a void youkai without their mirror was as weak as ningen. Youko quickly eliminated all the lesser youkais with a single swipe of his rose whip, cleanly slicing them into twos.
Sesshoumaru stood in front of the pale youkai, staring down at her emotionless expression, though there was a single line of tear rolling down her cheek.
"Bring me... to Kagura..." she whispered hollowly, letting what left of her mirror fell from her hands. Sesshoumaru gracefully unsheathed Tenseiga and in a single swipe, he sliced Kanna diagonally, right across her chest... the place where her heart should have been.
"This Sesshoumaru did not kill the Wind Sorcerer." Sesshoumaru stated as he returned his katana to its rightful place, turning his back to the huge black hole that opened behind him.
"She always... loves you..." he heard the distinct voice of the void youkai before she was sucked into the hole, where she would reunite with her sister once again.
"Arigatou..."
Kagome felt weak, her ki bow vanished from her hold. 'Finally...' she sighed, her shoulders slumped as exhaustion took its toll on her. Youko shook his head, "I told you to stay still Kagome." He easily picked her up, shifting her so that she was safely tucked in his right arm.
"But... I helped right?" she panted, a smile playing on her lips. Youko smirked and nodded, grabbing Kuronue by his wings with his empty hand. The Koumori youkai hissed at the harsh treatment to his prized wings. "That hurts you pathetic excuse of a Kitsune!" he growled, struggling off the vines that entrapped him. Youko grinned, "How long have you been awake Kuronue?" he greeted teasingly.
Kuronue glared at him, lovingly petting his bat wings. "I'm sure you read the book: 101 things you should never do to a Koumori youkai. It's written so clearly that you should never!" he growled, "ever pulled a Koumori youkai's wings! It's at number 74 of the list you bastard!" he groaned at the sudden sting of pain in him mind.
Kagome giggled in Youko's chest, 101 things you should never do to a Koumori youkai? She wanted to read it and test every single thing in it on Kuronue. 'I wonder whether it's written in there not to dress a Koumori youkai with white clothing?' she glanced at Kuronue's Goth appearance, 'Because it doesn't seem like he'll enjoy it.' Her giggling began to grow in volume.
"Fox" a cold emotionless voice broke the moment. Youko turned and snatched the herb that was thrown his way. "There's a river down the mountain." He stated before leaping to the direction of the village.
Kagome tightly gripped Youko's haori, burying her head in his chest. She had no courage to face him, what could she say to him? She could not possibly say, 'Oh your kiss was so magnificent but I was thinking about somebody else that time, I'm sorry.' Eh? Did she just think that his kiss was magnificent? 'Well, it was magnificent...' she blushed, 'Damn it girl! How dare you think of Sesshoumaru that way when it was Blue Rose-san you wanted to kiss?' she mentally slapped herself, 'I want to kiss Blue Rose-san? I didn't even know him!' In the name of Kami she swore that she was going insane!
"Kuronue, tell me how did you lose to those scum?" Youko spoke as they trekked down the mountain. Kagome blinked, she too whirled her head to focus on the Koumori youkai, "Yes... what happened when I was asleep?" she asked curiously, earning a chuckled from the Kitsune who was carrying her.
"When you're POISONED little vixen" Youko stressed. "We need to come here to get your herb." He explained briefly.
"When Youko and Sesshoumaru left, I was tricked into a sleeping poison." Kuronue grumbled. Youko elbowed the Koumori youkai, "Got tricked by a basket of peaches?" he snickered. Kuronue's face glowed into a dark shade of crimson, even darker when Kagome blinked in confusion and repeated the question, "A basket of peaches?"
"Don't you know little vixen? Kuronu- HMPF!" Youko's mouth was immediately slapped shut by Kuronue's palm, "Number 101 in the list..." he glowered at the Kitsune whose eyes were twinkling in laughter, "Never ever mention anything about fruits in front of Lord Kuronue." Kuronue stuck his nose up in arrogance.
Kagome coughed to Youko's haori, barely able to resist her laughter, "Your name... is in that book?" she giggled, pulling Youko's haori, "Is it true?" she looked at Youko, a huge grin plastered on her face. Youko retuned the grin, "It's more than true." He replied.
Kagome's giggled instantly turned in to full fledge laughter, "Oh my God! Your name... Ow ow... Itai!" she laughed so hard that her head started to hurt. Youko chuckled at the cute sight of his soon-to-be mate, her laughter was like the soft tinkling of bells in his ears.
Kuronue's face went red hot from embarrassment, it wasn't good? Having his name placed in the book was humorous for her? "I'm so going to kill that Kuchiki Suzuki." He vowed, pulling his hat down to cover his face as much as it could.
"Kuchiki... who?" Kagome was shaking in laughter. "The writer" Youko responded with a smirk. That only further fueled her laughter, she was sobbing then, sobbing out of both happiness and the pain in her head. "Oh Kami... itai! Itai!" she laughed while tightly gripping her head.
Youko and Kuronue soon stepped into the river bank, one grumpy while the other had a wide grin on his face. He lowered the giggling and crying woman on the grass patch, growling softly to calm her. "I'll be fixing your antidote, why don't you talk to Kuronue?" he suggested with a smirk.
"Very funny Youko." Kuronue growled, sitting beside the once again laughing Miko. "Kagome, you got to be the most horrible ningen I've ever met!" Kuronue grumbled, folding his arm with a huge pout on his face, expecting another wave of laughter to enter his elf-like ears.
There was a sudden pregnant silence.
"Huh?" Kuronue whisked his face to her, his heart skipped a beat when he caught upon Kagome. Her tears were still flowing down here cheeks, but her eyes were not twinkling with joy, it was blank... blank and aloof.
'Most horrible ningen...' 'Kikyo is so much better...' all the thought were repeating in her mind. Why was she thinking about it? Wasn't she over with Inuyasha? Suddenly, the image of her kissing Inuyasha surfaced, their first kiss... one that she poured so much passion into.
"Kagome! Kagome! What's wrong?" Kuronue pulled her body up to his chest. Youko was by their side in a flash, a large fresh leaf on his palm, "What did you do to her you Okinawa!" he yelled, placing the leaf on her lips, forcing her to drink the white liquid.
"I don't know!" Kuronue titled her chin up so that she could swallow the antidote. "Kagome... tell me what's wrong..." he whispered soothingly. That seemed to get her back from her dazed stupor. She gripped his black shirt, panting. "Gomene, I... I remembered about my first kiss with Inuyasha." She sobbed, "I... I kissed him because I really loved him... but he only treat it as though I was supposed to do it... to save him..." she cried.
"Then... today..." she sniffed, burying her head in his chest, "I feel so cheap... like some slut..." she closed her eyes as the crystal-like tears never cease to fall. "People in my world treasure the kisses they received. Kisses should've been the best thing that happened in my life, it shouldn't be done for stuff like waking me up! I really feel so cheap..." she whined softly.
Kuronue and Youko stared at each other in sheer confusion, speechless. 'First kiss...' were the words that popped up in their mind. They couldn't even remember the woman they had kissed, worst still their first kiss! 'And what did she mean by 'people in my world'?' Kuronue wondered.
"And... he didn't even seem to care..." she sniffled, why was she being so weak in front of them? It wasn't even their problem.
Kuronue wiped her cheek with both thumbs, being extra careful with his claws. "You're a very unique female Kagome. I didn't even remember my first kiss." He smiled. Youko lovingly planted a gentle peck on her scalp, "Obviously, the number of females he kissed was more than the number of flowers in the palace." He teased.
Kuronue snorted, "At least that made me a great kisser, unlike you." Kagome could not help but broke into a smile at their attempt to cheer her up. Youko took her chin with his fingers, pushing it up to face him. "Listen Kagome, if those kisses are meaningless, then they weren't meant to be remembered." He stared deeply into her sapphire eyes, "But if you can't forget..." he trailed, "Then remember this." He whispered, tilting his head to the side, he lowered his eyelids and captured her luscious lips within his.
Kagome pupils widened when his tongue slithered out to taste her. Her brain went blank, unable to respond to his advance, there was only one sentence that kept on screaming in her mind, 'What is happening?'
"Yes Kagome, think of this as your first." Kuronue took hold of her chin, pulling her from Youko. She barely got the time to breathe as Kuronue lightly replaced Youko's lips with his. Youko watched his partner savored her taste, treating it like some porcelain glass. Although unresponsive, those twin lips were sweeter than honey, so delectable that he understood why Sesshoumaru couldn't get enough of them.
Kagome was stunned, so stunned that even after he released her, she was incapable of moving. 'No...' unbeknownst to her, tears started spilling down her cheeks, 'No...' she raised her fingers to touch her tingling lips.
"Youko... Kuronue..." a deep baritone voice growled behind them.
TBC...
Lady Kurama: I wanna thank all the people that read this fic! Hope this update is fast enough! (I did promise one between 1st of Jan to 10th of Jan) :P Phew I had been typing this since I get back! Lucky me all the stuff are cleared and I'm staying here! Which mean no trouble in updating! -grin- hope you've enjoyed this chapter I'm currently typing the next one!
Reviews Chapter 14
KIgirls: Yes... i'll make Inu come back into the picture later -winks-
junnedc: BAH I think that I got them all OOC hahahahha
sexyvodka1125: Whoa! Sleeping beauty? OMG... maybe I should've name this story 'The twisted Sleeping Beauty' :P ahhahaha
Lass: Oh don't remind me of the fighting scenes, I had to spend the whole day just thinking about it and I haven't even wrote it down!
Luvergirl1632: My fav couple? That will be Kagome with either of these guys (Youko, Kuronue and Sesshy) threesome or foursome are more preferable though :P
Reviews Chapter 15
KIgirls: I'm sorry, but it will stay as Sess/Kag, but dn't worry, Youko and Kuronue play HUGE part in Kag life that if I didn't tell you, you would've expected a Kag/You/Kuro
TiokyAvi: Thx for caring, everything should be fine, my mum finally calm down after a huge argument. Phew