The Blood I Shed for You
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Both were silent for a long while. Inuyasha had never really thought about things like this before. He had just lived each day as it came. He never really thought much about the yesterday that was gone or the tomorrow that might be. Somehow, it didn't matter. If what Inuyamainu said was true, then he was doing everything just right. He smiled and looked at Inuyamainu, who was looking straight back at him.
"Perhaps you should go back through the well, now. I'm sure lady Kagome is wondering what has become of you." Inuyamainu said warmly.
Inuyasha's eye bulged slightly. He had forgotten completely about Kagome!
"Shit!"
Inuyamainu laughed as she watched Inuyasha race back towards the well. He could be so thoughtless sometimes…
The wind picked up, and the scent of wolf reached Inuyamainu's sensitive nose. Speaking of thoughtless… She dropped the shikon shard, letting it plummet towards the ground.
"Hey!"
The complaint had come from the foliage of a branch behind her. Inuyamainu felt another breeze, followed by a second complaint on the ground.
"Be careful with this! Someone could have taken it!"
Inuyamainu smiled. "Hello, Kouga."
A few seconds later found Kouga standing next to Inuyamainu, looking quite disgruntled.
"That was completely careless! Don't you have any respect for other people's property?" He asked angrily.
Inuyamainu chuckled at his frustration. "But I knew you'd catch it, even if you're not half as fast with out that second shard." Inuyamainu's tail swayed in amusement.
Kouga's look changed from annoyed to smug.
"Of course, not fast enough. I knew you were trying to sneak up on me, which is why I had to ruin your plans by dropping that shard." Inuyamainu said laughingly as Kouga put the shard back in his foot.
He looked at her stunned. He couldn't believe he failed to sneak up on her.
"Nice job trying to hide your scent, too." She said. "Too bad you missed a spot."
"What? Where?" Kouga asked incredulously, looking himself over as if he had spiders all over his body.
Inuyamainu laughed at Kouga. He was such a clown.
"The spot you missed is the only part of you that moves faster than your feet… your mouth." She smirked. "You should have chewed grass."
Kouga smacked himself on the forehead. "I knew I forgot something!"
Inuyamainu smirked. "Come all this way to make sure I didn't run off with your shard?"
"No, actually." Kouga said, grabbing Inuyamainu and pulling her against him. "I've come to make you my woman."
Inuyamainu face faulted. "You've got to be kidding…"
"Nope. Lucky for you, I'm very serious." He said arrogantly.
Inuyamainu pushed him away gently. "You know that could never happen, right?" She could feel the beginning of a headache. "I'm a Beta. Someday I'll be an Alpha. You'll never be anything more than an Omega. It doesn't matter that you're the prince of your clan. Your clan is low class. You know as well as I do the way our society works." She said, looking at him seriously. "I have nothing against you. It's just the way things are."
"So? The dog tur- uh- I mean Inuyasha's father married a human."
"Our father was also a dog youkai. He didn't have to follow the standards of wolf youkai society." Inuyamainu added.
"Well you're half dog youkai! Doesn't that count for something?"
Inuyamainu paused. For an idiot, Kouga made some sense. Still…
"I live by the laws of wolf youkai society. I always have."
"I've never heard any law about a low class wolf not being able to mate with a high class wolf!" Kouga said angrily.
Again, Kouga had a point.
"My mother went through a lot of trouble to make sure I had a powerful father. She wanted me to have the best genes possible. She would never forgive me if I mated with a low class wolf." Inuyamainu argued.
"She'll forgive you if she loves you." Kouga countered.
Inuyamainu was beginning to wonder if he was as stupid as she originally thought
"What about our children? What about the way everyone will treat them for having a low class parent? It's the same way as everyone treats Inuyasha for being a hanyou, even you."
"So? You still love him. You know as well as I do that in wolf society, family come first above all else. So what if their father is low class? I bet they'll still be able to take on anyone and win."
He was right. There weren't many powerful youkai like her anymore. Even if she didn't mate with Kouga, there wasn't really a choice of powerful youkai left. Anyone she could mate with would be less powerful anyway.
Inuyamainu smiled sardonically "What if I just don't like you?"
"Well you'll have to find that out by getting to know me." The anger in his eyes was gone, replaced by the same smugness as before.
For an idiot, he was pretty smart. There was no reason not to give him the benefit of the doubt. She refused to acknowledge that, but he made her see she was wrong. He had a sort of simple honesty about him. She sighed. Against her better judgment, she patted the tree branch beside her.
"Sit. Let's get to know each other."
~~~Common Era: Higurashi household~~~
Inuyasha crept around the house until he stood below Kagome's open window. All the lights were off. He realized they must have all gone to bed. Kagome must have waited for him until she was too tired to wait anymore. She had left her window open for him. He felt kind of guilty for forgetting about her the way he did. He leapt into Kagome's room. His demon eyes adjusted almost instantly to the darker atmosphere of her room. He saw her in bed, sleeping peacefully, and sat himself down next to her. He'd never admit it out loud, but Kagome was the most beautiful thing he'd ever laid eyes on. She was even more beautiful than Kikyo. Kikyo was beautiful, but her eyes were so cold and lifeless, and her face was always so hard and serious. Kagome's eyes were always full of life, and his heart still jumped a little whenever he saw her smile. He even loved the way her eyes sparkled when she was angry with him.
Inuyasha smiled. Looking at her, now, he was reminded of just how beautiful she was. Her face was so innocent, so sweet, so… Kagome. He watched as an errant lock of hair fell across her face and reached forward to tuck it snugly behind her ear. As he pulled his hand back, Kagome's hand reached up to hold it against her cheek. Inuyasha watched as her eyes fluttered open, her hand still resting on his. His heart began to race as brown eyes met gold.
"Inuyasha?" she questioned sleepily.
