Inu-Yasha
A Feudal Fairy Tale
Disclaimer: This episode of Inu-Yasha and the character Saeko
are of my own creation. I do not own any portion of Inu-Yasha.
"Inu-Yasha" and all related characters,
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What's a Hanyou
to Do?
Scroll Ten:
A Neko's Return
Nearly two months have passed since Inu-Yasha's heart
began to open to the two Higurashi sisters. When he's
with either of them, the pain and loneliness he feels without Saeko subsides slightly, though it never leaves entirely.
The inu boy finds himself enjoying his time with both
women more and more. Both, though very similar in appearance, are completely
different in personalities.
Kagome has a sweet and kind nature, and a cute
innocence about her that Inu- Yasha
finds utterly adorable. Her good looks are matched only by her sister, though Saeko is much prettier in the hanyou's
eyes. The younger Higurashi enjoys the simple things
in life and seems to find good points and joy in just about anything around her
and what she is doing...except when it comes to Miroku's
occasional wandering hands or some of the extremely boring instructors in
school. The inu hanyou
finds his time with her to be filled with happiness and life.
Kikyo, on the other hand, is soft and gentle, every
single movement held with the poise and beauty of a goddess. She is beautiful
and she knows it, but she never flaunts or thinks herself higher than others,
something Inu- Yasha
greatly respects. The older Higurashi, as apposed to
her younger sister, takes pleasure in the finer things in life due to the
wealth she has gained from numerous expeditions and ancient artifacts
uncovered. Inu- Yasha
enjoys the peaceful tranquility that Kikyo's company
brings, along with her stories about her travels.
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A plane lands in Tokyo International Airport, coming from another
country far overseas. The passengers all begin to exit, all happy that the long
flight is over. One certain passenger is quite happy to be off, but for another
reason. The young woman catches the eye of most everybody around her for two reasons, one because she is a hanyou,
and hanyous aren't too common a sight to see and the
other reason being that she is quite pretty.
The hanyou girl runs a clawed hand through her long
black hair, a glorious smile on her face. "It feels soooooo
good to be home!" she shouts, getting a few surprised glances in her
direction. The young woman makes her way outside and takes a deep breath of the
crisp, slightly cool air. She readjusts the suitcase in her arms, looking
around her. "I forgot how beautiful Japan is."
Kneeling down, she suddenly leaps high into the air, several people gasping in
surprise below her. She closes her eyes as the air rushes past her face and
through her hair. "Oh, that feel so good!" she mutters out loud. She
opens her eyes, a sly look on them. 'Look out my cute little koinu savior, cause I'm back!'
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Inu-Yasha is lying down on his stomach on his bed,
relaxing and playing his Gameboy Advance SP as the
stereo in his room lightly plays music. He smirks amusedly as he defeats
another boss and passes onto the next level. "Yeah," he mutters under
his breath, "Mario is unstoppable when I'm controlling him!"
His ears twitch as he hears someone knocking lightly on his front door. He
quickly saves the game and turns the system off. The inu
hanyou gets off of his bed and walks over to the
door, thinking, 'Who could that be? Nobody mentioned coming over today.' He
unlocks the door and begins to open it, when the door is suddenly thrown open
and a figure pounces onto him, knocking him off his feet. The hanyou boy begins to yell, "Hey! What the hell
are..." but trails off as he sees who pounced on
him.
Saeko Orikasa is sitting on
top of Inu-Yasha, her hands on his shoulders, pinning
him down. Her brilliant emerald green eyes are sparkling with happiness and
love. She tosses a large suitcase onto the couch and mutters a quick,
"Hi," before lunging down and catching the inu
boy's lips with hers. He wraps his arms around her, deepening the kiss. Both
their ears begin to twitch as one of Inu-Yasha's
neighbors begins to come near. Thinking quickly, both use their legs to close
the door and get some privacy.
A short while later, both young hanyous
pull away from the kiss, flustered and out of breath. They stand up and
sit down on the couch next to the large suitcase, with Saeko
curled up next to the inu hanyou
and his arm wrapped protectively around her. Inu-Yasha
still has a look of surprise on his face. "So when...when did you get
back?"
"Not too long ago," she mumbles while nuzzling into his neck.
"The second I got off the plane, I came speeding
over here," the neko girl finishes with a
giggle.
"What about your dad?"
Saeko runs her left hand along the hanyou boy's chest, her fingers relishing in every muscle
she touches. "Well Dad didn't come with me." Upon noticing his
confused look, she responds, "Dad could tell that I wanted to come home
and that I really missed you, so he bought me a plane ticket and set everything
up with school."
Inu-Yasha smiles widely. "Well that's some good
news. So your dad's all cool about you staying home by yourself?"
At this, the hanyou girl smiles mischievously and
blushes lightly, getting the inu boy to become
slightly nervous. "Well...most of our stuff is still with Dad in
America...and he didn't like the idea of me staying in our house all by
myself...so...he said that I could stay with you until he gets back," she
finishes while now blushing deeply.
"What!?" Inu-Yasha
lets go of the neko girl and leaps back a few feet.
"Your dad said that he could stay here and he knows about our
relationship?" After Saeko nods shyly the inu hanyou scratches his head.
"Um...okay..." He clears his throat slightly. "I don't mind at
all about you staying here, I mean, we've been apart for so long and I am
really looking forward to spending a lot of time with you." He pauses to
hop back onto the couch and into Saeko's awaiting
arms. "I'm just completely shocked that your dad would let you stay with
me."
"Oh yeah!" Saeko
happily responds, "I almost forgot!" She reaches into the back pocket
of her jeans and pulls out a letter addressed to Inu-Yasha.
"Dad wanted me to give this to you."
The inu boy takes it with a slight smile. "Let
me guess: it's a small note saying that if I don't treat you well, he's gonna kill me when he gets
back?" He chuckles as he opens the letter, but as soon as he reads it, his
eyebrows raise up to where they disappear under his thick silver hair.
"Uh...wow. It is."
Saeko giggles merrily at this news. "Yeah, Daddy
is really overprotective over me. I figured that's what he wanted to tell you,
but he knows that you're a nice guy fundamentally."
"Fundamentally?" he asks, raising his claws with an evil glint in his
eyes. "Are you saying there's something wrong with me?"
The neko girl backs up nervously, holding her hands
out in front of her in a defensive manner. "Now...uh...I didn't mean
anything by it...my cute little koinu savior!"
she adds with a sweet smile.
He pauses for a moment, only to smile evilly, bearing his fangs. "I'm glad
to hear that again, but its not gonna
save you koneko!" and with that, he pounces,
knocking Saeko onto her back on the ground. Acting
quickly, he grabs both of her wrists with his left hand and pins them above her
head, taking away her main defense. He sits on top of her to prevent the hanyou girl from squirming away. Inu-Yasha
smirks his patented cocky smirk and mutters,
"This is for your own good," before tickling her relentlessly on her
sensitive sides with his right hand.
"Ah...no!" she shrieks as her body attempts to struggle out of the inu hanyou's vise like grip. Her
entire body is wracked with laughter. "Please...hehehe...stop!"
Just as she feels she is about to loose control of her bladder, Inu-Yasha stops tickling her and lets
go of her hands. As soon as he stops, Saeko lets out
a whoosh of air and closes her eyes as her entire body relaxes, but still
breathing heavily. Her eyes crack open as she feels a finger rub against her
cheek.
"You cannot believe how tough it was living here without you around,"
he mutters, leaning in and giving the neko a small
kiss on her neck. "Kagome and Kikyo have been
fighting tooth and nail trying to get me to be with them."
The hanyou girl lets out a protective growl as she
pulls Inu-Yasha close to her. "Well I'm back now
and nobody's gonna take you from me. You're my koinu," she proudly states.
"Whatever," he replies, rolling his eyes. He places his hands on her
waist and easily lifts her off the ground and into the air while she giggles
merrily. He plops down onto his couch and sets the neko
girl on top of him. She wraps her arms around his neck and leans her forehead
onto his, neither having to say a word as they both feel their bond between
each other strengthening back to its former glory.
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At the Higurashi residence, the entire family is
enjoying lunch, Kikyo included, who decided to drop
by for a visit. Grandpa, as usual, bores the family with his nonstop stories on
the legends about everything around them, including the chocolate Shippô is happily munching on. "Come on Grandpa,"
Kagome complains, her face in her hands, "can you just not bore us to
death for one meal?"
The elder Higurashi 'hmphs' in agitation. "That is the problem with
youth today, they are never interested in the true
meanings of things."
"True meanings?" Sota
asks, his eyes wide in disbelief, "I heard you in the shrine earlier
making up stories for the dust that was under your rug!" The entire family, minus one grumpy grandpa, all share a good laugh at
this.
The little kitsune Shippo,
who is sitting next to Kagome, who has become like a mother to him, hops in the
young woman's lap, his bright green eyes wide with curiosity. "So what are
you doing today Kagome? Are you going to the park?" The suggestiveness in
his voice is so obvious only Hojo, a thick headed
young man in Kagome's grade that doesn't get it that she's not interested in
him, would not notice.
"I guess we could go in a little bit," the young girl answers,
ruffling the kitsune's hair affectionately.
Kikyo finishes her noodles and wipes her mouth with a
napkin. "Yes, and I would like to accompany you two. It has been some time
since we have really spoken to one another Kagome."
"Yeah," the younger Higurashi sister
agrees. "Classes and everything have been kinda
hectic lately."
Their mother stands up, getting everybody's attention. "Well I can see
that all of you are finished so why don't you three go out to the park. Don't
worry about the dishes, I'll take care of them."
She shooshes everyone out of the dining room so she
can get to work. Sota goes up to his room with Buyo the cat on his shoulders. Grandpa returns to the Higurashi shrine to go about his daily routine.
The park is only a short distance from their house so the trio opts to walk. So
within a few minutes Kagome, Kikyo and a rather
bouncy Shippô enter the park. The little kitsune child quickly makes his way over to the large
jungle gym while the two sisters sit down on a nearby bench. "So how have
classes been for you?" the elder sister asks.
"Pretty good," Kagome replies, smiling happily.
"It's like Takahashi High gets better each and every day I go there!"
Kikyo giggles slightly. "Yes, I remember that
feeling when I was your age, but that feeling is even greater now that I am the
one teaching all these impressionable young minds, though I still have problems
getting through to the males in my classes," she adds with a frown.
The younger Higurashi playfully shoves her sister
slightly. "Well maybe you should stop wearing all those women's business
suits. They do show off a lot of your legs."
"You have little room to speak," the older Higurashi
buts in, looking down at the very short skirt she is wearing.
Kagome blushes a lovely shade of red, placing her hands in her lap. "I...I
sorta got used to wearing them all the time back in
middle school. I don't really mind wearing short skirts now."
"And I feel the same way," Kikyo replies,
patting her younger sister on the shoulder. "Besides," she begins
with a sly smile, "the two of us have very nice legs, and it is only right
that we show them off and make the men drool a bit!" the sisters giggle
merrily at this. "I know Inu-Yasha certainly
has." Kikyo suddenly yelps in pain as Kagome
pinches her arm hard. "Now what was that for?!"
"You know," the younger girl grumpily responds. "Why
can't you leave Inu- Yasha
alone? I'm closer to his age!"
Kikyo crosses her arms and closes her eyes, her
stubbornness just as bad as Kagome's. "Well I saw him first! And I happen
to know that age does not matter in a relationship, as long as both partners
care deeply for one another, that is all that truly
matters." She sighs after this statement. "Though
his heart still beats quite strongly for Miss Orikasa.
You can see it in those gorgeous eyes of his whenever he thinks of her or her
name is mentioned."
"Yeah," Kagome agrees. "I don't think he'll ever get over her.
At least we've got a little while longer before she gets back."
"Yes, I have thoroughly enjoyed spending time with him. He is...like no
other man I have ever been with. I find myself increasingly attracted to pretty
much everything about, even that grumpy little temper of his."
The younger sister begins to giggle again. "He's so cute when he's angry!
His ears get all twitchy and then I start to rub them and he starts to purr! He
purrs!" she squeals in delight.
Kikyo's eyes widen surprise. "Really?
He purrs if you rub his ears?" Kagome nods vigorously. She taps a finger
to her chin. "I must try this out for myself."
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Back inside Inu-Yasha's apartment, the inu hanyou
suddenly pauses from his make out session with Saeko
as a deep shiver runs down his spine. "What's wrong?" the neko girl asks, placing a hand in his cheek.
"I don't know," he answers. "I just had a really bad feeling
about something...but I have no idea what."
"Eh, it's probably nothing," she replies, waving her free hand around
dismissively. With a sly smile, the neku hanyou quickly leans in and catches Inu-Yasha's
lips with her own. The two battle ferociously over
control for several minutes, before the hanyou boy
gives up, letting Saeko take control.
Smirking in victory, the neko girl pulls back,
giggling slightly. "Aww, that was sweet of you, letting me win like that!"
"I have no idea what you're talking about," Inu-Yasha
responds, crossing his arms and turning his head to the side. "I never
give up, you just gained the upper hand, that's
all."
Saeko leans in close and playfully flicks the inu boy's nose. "You really know how to woo a girl,
don't you?" When he chuckles in answer, she shakes her head and sighs a
bit. She gazes down at his shirt and her eyebrows rise in surprise. The neko girl reaches under it and rubs her hands up and down Inu-Yasha's chest, gasping a bit as she feels the muscles
under her fingertips. "You've been working out," she says in a hushed
whisper, faint traces of a blush appearing on her cheeks. She suddenly squeals
as she feels two hands squeeze her rear.
"So have you," Inu-Yasha replies, a large
smirk on his face. "Your ass is tighter than I remember. Very nice." She tries to squirm out of his grasp, which
only makes his smile grow wider. "Oh yeah! I can
really feel the difference now! Keep it moving!"
The young hanyou girl stops moving, a scowl on her
face. She slaps him lightly on the shoulder and he chuckles again, letting go
of her rear. "That's better." The two lean in and kiss for a few
moments. The neko hanyou lies her head onto the inu boy's
chest with a sigh of content. "When I'm with you," she begins,
"I feel like nothing can go wrong."
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A very far distance away, a powerful youkai lord reads through a library of ancient scrolls and
books, searching for information pertaining to the item he has been searching
for. He slams the last book closed, not being able to find anything. He stands
up and walks over to the window, gazing out at the vast expanse of lands in his
possession. "Where have you hidden it father? Where is the one treasure I
seek above all others?" he asks aloud to no one in particular.
A small, green, bulbous eyed youkai walks into the
library where his master has been for the last several days. "E-Excuse me
mi lord, but have you per chance asked your younger brother where your father's
grave is located? Perhaps Inu-Yasha knows the
answer." The little gama
yelps as the much larger youkai smacks him down.
"I thought I told you not to mention that name in my presence Jaken," the youkai lord
states in his calm, collective voice.
The little youkai bows deeply, shaking in fright.
"Y-Y-Yes mi lord, but have ever discussed this matter with him? Maybe the
information about it's location was given to In...you're younger brother as a part of his inheritance."
Sesshô-maru pauses for a moment in thought.
"That is possible." He turns around and leaves. "Come Jaken, we depart at once. It is time I pay my dear little
brother a visit."
To be continued...
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Translations (in order of appearance):
No new words ~ Sorry, I don't know a whole lot of Japanese words!
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Author's notes: Well this is another
chapter in the book. I'm sorry that this wasn't longer, I was struggling for
ideas to add in, the part with Sesshô-maru
was a last minute thing. It sucks, I start to get some
good ideas for one Inu-Yasha fic
then run dry on the other one. Sheesh! Give me a
break!
Well I hope this can satisfy you guys for the time being while I brew up some
more stuff. Keep patient and I will try to bring in some soon! - lighthawkdemon
Questions or comments? E-mail me at: lighthawkdemon@yahoo.com