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AN: Yay! School's out, I only have one regents test left, and I finally have free time again! I can write once more ^_^. I'm so overwhelmed with joy you have no idea. 11th grade sucked so bad! Well, if you're reading this chapter I bet you're new to this fic since it has disappeared for so many months never to be seen on Fanfiction.net, buried in the deepest corner of this site under so many new fics only to be forgotten. But I have reemerged and I will finish what I started ^____^ Happy reading!
Fujin no mai- One of Kagura's attacks with her Japanese fan, creating blades of wind energy that slices an' dices. Yummy!
Nogareru~Break Away
By Otaku-Chan ^_~
Chapter Sixteen~The Tangency Of Hope
Yume slowly opened her eyes, squinting at the light that was pouring in from a nearby window. It seemed she was in someone's hut, though she knew not who in her slightly dazed state. She felt a cool cloth resting on her forehead and various bandages covering her vast array of wounds. The air was pungent with the scents of medicinal herbs mingling with miso soup and fried fish. From her keen youkai sense of smell she knew it was carp, and her mouth watered. Only then did she realize how famished she was. Instinct took over, telling her to go to the source of the delicious smell and fill her tummy, however, when she sat up too abruptly a wave of nausea ran through her body, making the room spin around her. Quickly laying back down she sighed in defeat. It seemed like her fight with Kagura had left her worse for wear.
The last thing she remembered before waking up in such a nice place was that she collapsed from fatigue and pain right as she saw the group of people she had been desperately seeking. She was lucky to have survived against Kagura's furious fujin no mai's and such, considering she was only an adolescent kitsune. Yume inhaled deeply, remembering that she had something important to tell the Inu Yasha-tachi... yet her confidence was low as she recalled the hideous events that took place at Saizen. Hundreds were slaughtered by Naraku; adults and children, human and youkai alike. Then there was Kohaku... and his friend Souta. She could feel the tightness in her throat emerge as salty tears brimmed the edges of her eyes.
"H-How... can I tell them...?" she choked, when suddenly she heard a questioning voice.
"Tell us what?" Kagome asked, entering the hut with a tray of food for the kitsune before her. She quickly put the food down and went to the girl's side, noticing her apparent distress. It seemed the girl was in a state of shock, for she began to mumble incoherently and sob in between gasps for breath.
"Kohaku! Souta! No!" she cried out, arms stretched as if to grab onto them in her mind. Kagome started at the mention of her little brother's name. Her hands began to tremble slightly as the feeling of foreboding returned to her. Something was very wrong, and whatever it was, this girl knew. "Y- You've probably been doing all you can... to save... them... all of them...," Yume choked as her body seemed to convulse in pain, mainly mental agony, "...b-but they're gone... all gone..." Kagome felt her eyes sting as they filled with tears. She gingerly hugged the hysterical kitsune, trying to comfort her and make sense of what she was trying to say.
Then Sango ran into the room, glad to see Yume was conscious. She knew something horrible had happened and she had to know what it was, so she asked, "What happened in Saizen, Yume?" The girl shuddered at the sight of her old friend... Kohaku's elder sister Sango. One of the most skilled Taijiya in all of Saizen. She had to tell her the truth....
"Naraku murdered them all.... Kohaku, Souta, the villagers of Kinryoku.... I'm so sorry, oh Kami-Sama!" she wept. Sango and Kagome both stared at the girl, partly in sympathy, partly in shock of what they felt was true all along. Inu Yasha and Miroku slowly entered the room, having heard all the commotion from outside. Shippo and Kaede too had heard the bad news, the little kitsune then bursting out into sobs of grief. And lastly, Rin and Sesshoumaru entered, both looking a bit pale.
Sesshoumaru embraced Rin in a tight hug as she too began to cry. She had lost all her family and friends just as Kagome had, and Sango with her brother. Kagome quickly ran out of the room, unable to conceal her true grief. The depressing atmosphere was strangling her, killing her. She had to get away. Away from the pain, if only for a moment. She couldn't bear to look into the Kitsune's eyes, or hear her other friends weep and moan in agony over the losses. She just wanted to be numb. No pain, no emotions, nothing. Her family was snuffed out like a candle's flame by that bastard Naraku. Everything was over, all she had been fighting for was not for a damn thing. Kinryoku was truly no more, as well as its inhabitants. Her legs moved swiftly as she ran as far away as she could, not caring if she would find herself face to face with a man-eating youkai. However, an upraised tree root soon sent her sprawling to the ground in a sobbing heap. Her heart was racing and she felt a wave of nausea. She felt a familiar presence within herself, screaming at her to get a hold of herself. She wanted to give into the voice, but she couldn't. 'Am I going insane? What is wrong with me?!' she raged within herself. Her very soul was in turmoil... and Midoriko was threatening to take control of her body in order to preserve her very sanity. "No! Leave me the hell alone! I don't need your help!" Kagome screamed, warding off the encroaching persona of the miko, her hands grasping her head and her eyes squeezed tightly shut.
Meanwhile, Inu Yasha quickly chased after Kagome, hoping she wouldn't do anything foolish in her current state of mind. 'Damnit! Why did Naraku have to kill the villagers?! That evil son of a bitch! I'll rip his throat out, that bastard!' Inu Yasha fumed in his mind. He truly was itching to rip Naraku from limb to limb and watch him die slowly, in the utmost agony. He had hurt Kagome, and the others... maybe not physically, but sure as hell emotionally. There was no time left, Inu Yasha knew; Naraku had to be destroyed, and soon.
The hanyou swiftly leaped and bounded through the forest, following Kagome's scent. The smell was full of anxiety and sadness. 'I promised I'd protect her, but now I don't know anymore... everything we've been trying to protect together is gone. Kagome, I'm so sorry... now you're all alone in the world, just like me,' Inu Yasha thought as he neared the thicket where he found Kagome lying quietly on the ground in a fetal position beneath an old ginkgo tree. 'But we do have each other,' he resolved as he stepped in front of her and kneeled down to run his fingers through her soft hair. She twitched slightly at his touch, curling up into an even tighter ball.
"Leave me be, Inu Yasha."
The hanyou felt a slight stab of pain at the harsh tone of her voice. He was there to comfort her in her time of need, and here she was telling him to get lost. He felt slightly dejected, but decided not to give up just yet. Perhaps if he talked to her he could get her to open up to him. It was worth a try. "Kagome," he began, then after receiving no reply, felt it safe to continue, "I know that you feel horrible, we all do, but life goes on. We all suffer losses in this life... that is our proof of being alive. Nobody comes out of it without any battle scars. I know you're pissed off at the world right now, but don't lose sight of your real enemy. It's Naraku, not me." Inu Yasha paused, noticing Kagome turn her head to glance up at him, stormy grey-blue eyes peeking through locks of jet black hair. Her cheeks were flushed from crying, and he could smell the salt of her tears. "Kagome... don't forget that you still have me," he added with a small smile. His eyes were calm and Kagome could sense his good intentions.
She sniffled a bit before sitting up to fully face Inu Yasha. Her kimono was torn at the bottom from where it had snagged on the tree root, and she was slightly covered in dirt from the ground. Her sleeves were still damp from her torrent of tears. Pushing some odd strands of hair out of her face, she looked the hanyou straight in the eyes then said in a grave voice, "I'll kill Naraku. I'll take from him what he took from my whole family, and from the villagers." Her hands tightened into fists in her lap... squeezing together so securely that she winced a bit from the wounds she had made. Inu Yasha could smell the coppery scent... blood. He then grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Get a hold of yourself! You can't beat Naraku on your own! That's just crazy Kagome!" he shouted, shaking her slightly as if to snap her out of a trance.
"So I'm crazy am I!!??" she screamed. "Get your hands off me! I don't need your help or anybody's! Get away from me!" she twisted herself out of his grip, her voice cracking as she yelled at him. As she tried to get up Inu Yasha quickly grabbed her wrists, throwing her off balance as she clumsily tripped over the same tree root that got her down earlier, and pulling Inu Yasha down with her. He landed in a rather compromising position on top of her, their faces merely an inch away. Inu Yasha's heart was pounding from the proximity of this young woman... this woman he knew he loved. She was so beautiful in her sad state, as odd as that seemed to him. Her eyes were swirling with emotion and catching glimmers of the sunlight through the canopy of the tree they were under.
They shared the same breath, and for that moment Kagome too became lost in his eyes, forgetting her anguish. There was only Inu Yasha before her, no pain and sadness... just the love she had found on one ordinary afternoon, before everything she ever knew was turned upside-down. She remembered how she first met the hanyou... she said 'sit' and he fell from the old pine tree at her feet. She remembered feeling his fuzzy ears and how comical he looked, blushing from anger and probably embarrassment. But now things were different. They knew each other now, and had gradually built a relationship from what started out as indifference and annoyance. She also remembered the first time she ever kissed him... his lips were so soft and warm...
The gap was then closed between the two as they shared a sweet kiss that grew more passionate with the passing minutes. Kagome's arms were wrapped firmly around Inu Yasha, with his silvery hair flowing over them like a waterfall. His hands were also buried in her hair, feeling the smoothness of the silky strands. Their tongues intertwined in a erotic fight for dominance as the two melted into each others embrace.
Eventually, they stopped the heated kiss in order to breathe. Kagome's cheeks were a beautiful rosy tint and Inu Yasha's were too. He smiled at her, knowing full and well that once this ritual was started, he would have to make sure it carried through all the way to the end... his instincts told him to do so. This would be his truest test of acceptance by Kagome. He nuzzled her neck gently and inhaled her unique scent. It sent shivers up his spine... the sensations of his body being pressed so intimately to hers, and that scent of readiness that indicated she was willing... or at least her body was willing...
"Inu Yasha... " she breathed, her voice full of love... or was it lust? Inu Yasha hoped it was a bit of both, seeing as to how he himself was feeling such things. "I'm sorry for yelling at you... really, I don't know what came over me." He put his lips close to her ear and whispered a 'shhhh' to let her know that it was all in the past. Then he flicked his tongue across her ear lobe and began to trail tiny kisses along her jaw bone, finally capturing her succulent lips once more in another passionate kiss. The scent of her pheromones had intensified, making Inu yasha grow more aroused. He needed her, and she knew it. Kagome broke the kiss and looked the hanyou lovingly in his golden eyes. "Inu Yasha, I-I've never done this before... but, I..." she fumbled and fidgeted, trying to say what was on her mind, "...I want you." Her cheeks then turned crimson as she thought about what they were going to do, yet she wanted it. She wanted so badly to escape from the pain, if only for a short while. She loved Inu Yasha and would gladly give her innocence to him, the first and last love she would ever have.
Inu Yasha shifted his weight slightly so as not to make Kagome uncomfortable, then he proceeded, guided purely by instinct and his love for her. He kissed his way down to her neck, licking the spot he would soon mark, making Kagome his official mate. "This might hurt a little, but I promise to be as gentle as I can," he reassured her when he sensed her tensing up. "This is what youkai do to mark their mates... once it is done, no one else can claim you as theirs."
"In other words, this is the youkai version of marriage?" Kagome beamed, causing Inu Yasha to nod and smile. His smile was intoxicating, Kagome thought. He was so beautiful, almost ethereal in that moment. Then, lost in her thoughts, Kagome was suddenly snapped back to reality by a sharp, burning pain on her neck. Inu Yasha had opened her flesh with his fangs and was gleefully licking the blood that precipitated at the wound. He was suckling gently, helping the pain ebb away. Kagome moaned with pleasure, indicating that she was no longer in discomfort. Inu Yasha smiled again as his hands began to travel over her body. His eyes were searching hers, searching for any uncertainties. There were none.
The two spent the rest of that seemingly miserable afternoon in the throws of love and passion. Neither caring about their problems. Naraku, the tragedy at Saizen, and everything else meant nothing for that precious moment they spent with each other. It was an escape from pain, but also a sealing of a bond that would never be broken. They both knew that they would never be alone from then on because, no matter what, they would have each other.
To Be Continued...
AN: Phew! I'm good at avoiding the lemon stuff, ne? Just in case younger people are reading this fic....^^;; Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it ^_^ Please review! I'm still aiming for 100!
AN: Yay! School's out, I only have one regents test left, and I finally have free time again! I can write once more ^_^. I'm so overwhelmed with joy you have no idea. 11th grade sucked so bad! Well, if you're reading this chapter I bet you're new to this fic since it has disappeared for so many months never to be seen on Fanfiction.net, buried in the deepest corner of this site under so many new fics only to be forgotten. But I have reemerged and I will finish what I started ^____^ Happy reading!
Fujin no mai- One of Kagura's attacks with her Japanese fan, creating blades of wind energy that slices an' dices. Yummy!
Nogareru~Break Away
By Otaku-Chan ^_~
Chapter Sixteen~The Tangency Of Hope
Yume slowly opened her eyes, squinting at the light that was pouring in from a nearby window. It seemed she was in someone's hut, though she knew not who in her slightly dazed state. She felt a cool cloth resting on her forehead and various bandages covering her vast array of wounds. The air was pungent with the scents of medicinal herbs mingling with miso soup and fried fish. From her keen youkai sense of smell she knew it was carp, and her mouth watered. Only then did she realize how famished she was. Instinct took over, telling her to go to the source of the delicious smell and fill her tummy, however, when she sat up too abruptly a wave of nausea ran through her body, making the room spin around her. Quickly laying back down she sighed in defeat. It seemed like her fight with Kagura had left her worse for wear.
The last thing she remembered before waking up in such a nice place was that she collapsed from fatigue and pain right as she saw the group of people she had been desperately seeking. She was lucky to have survived against Kagura's furious fujin no mai's and such, considering she was only an adolescent kitsune. Yume inhaled deeply, remembering that she had something important to tell the Inu Yasha-tachi... yet her confidence was low as she recalled the hideous events that took place at Saizen. Hundreds were slaughtered by Naraku; adults and children, human and youkai alike. Then there was Kohaku... and his friend Souta. She could feel the tightness in her throat emerge as salty tears brimmed the edges of her eyes.
"H-How... can I tell them...?" she choked, when suddenly she heard a questioning voice.
"Tell us what?" Kagome asked, entering the hut with a tray of food for the kitsune before her. She quickly put the food down and went to the girl's side, noticing her apparent distress. It seemed the girl was in a state of shock, for she began to mumble incoherently and sob in between gasps for breath.
"Kohaku! Souta! No!" she cried out, arms stretched as if to grab onto them in her mind. Kagome started at the mention of her little brother's name. Her hands began to tremble slightly as the feeling of foreboding returned to her. Something was very wrong, and whatever it was, this girl knew. "Y- You've probably been doing all you can... to save... them... all of them...," Yume choked as her body seemed to convulse in pain, mainly mental agony, "...b-but they're gone... all gone..." Kagome felt her eyes sting as they filled with tears. She gingerly hugged the hysterical kitsune, trying to comfort her and make sense of what she was trying to say.
Then Sango ran into the room, glad to see Yume was conscious. She knew something horrible had happened and she had to know what it was, so she asked, "What happened in Saizen, Yume?" The girl shuddered at the sight of her old friend... Kohaku's elder sister Sango. One of the most skilled Taijiya in all of Saizen. She had to tell her the truth....
"Naraku murdered them all.... Kohaku, Souta, the villagers of Kinryoku.... I'm so sorry, oh Kami-Sama!" she wept. Sango and Kagome both stared at the girl, partly in sympathy, partly in shock of what they felt was true all along. Inu Yasha and Miroku slowly entered the room, having heard all the commotion from outside. Shippo and Kaede too had heard the bad news, the little kitsune then bursting out into sobs of grief. And lastly, Rin and Sesshoumaru entered, both looking a bit pale.
Sesshoumaru embraced Rin in a tight hug as she too began to cry. She had lost all her family and friends just as Kagome had, and Sango with her brother. Kagome quickly ran out of the room, unable to conceal her true grief. The depressing atmosphere was strangling her, killing her. She had to get away. Away from the pain, if only for a moment. She couldn't bear to look into the Kitsune's eyes, or hear her other friends weep and moan in agony over the losses. She just wanted to be numb. No pain, no emotions, nothing. Her family was snuffed out like a candle's flame by that bastard Naraku. Everything was over, all she had been fighting for was not for a damn thing. Kinryoku was truly no more, as well as its inhabitants. Her legs moved swiftly as she ran as far away as she could, not caring if she would find herself face to face with a man-eating youkai. However, an upraised tree root soon sent her sprawling to the ground in a sobbing heap. Her heart was racing and she felt a wave of nausea. She felt a familiar presence within herself, screaming at her to get a hold of herself. She wanted to give into the voice, but she couldn't. 'Am I going insane? What is wrong with me?!' she raged within herself. Her very soul was in turmoil... and Midoriko was threatening to take control of her body in order to preserve her very sanity. "No! Leave me the hell alone! I don't need your help!" Kagome screamed, warding off the encroaching persona of the miko, her hands grasping her head and her eyes squeezed tightly shut.
Meanwhile, Inu Yasha quickly chased after Kagome, hoping she wouldn't do anything foolish in her current state of mind. 'Damnit! Why did Naraku have to kill the villagers?! That evil son of a bitch! I'll rip his throat out, that bastard!' Inu Yasha fumed in his mind. He truly was itching to rip Naraku from limb to limb and watch him die slowly, in the utmost agony. He had hurt Kagome, and the others... maybe not physically, but sure as hell emotionally. There was no time left, Inu Yasha knew; Naraku had to be destroyed, and soon.
The hanyou swiftly leaped and bounded through the forest, following Kagome's scent. The smell was full of anxiety and sadness. 'I promised I'd protect her, but now I don't know anymore... everything we've been trying to protect together is gone. Kagome, I'm so sorry... now you're all alone in the world, just like me,' Inu Yasha thought as he neared the thicket where he found Kagome lying quietly on the ground in a fetal position beneath an old ginkgo tree. 'But we do have each other,' he resolved as he stepped in front of her and kneeled down to run his fingers through her soft hair. She twitched slightly at his touch, curling up into an even tighter ball.
"Leave me be, Inu Yasha."
The hanyou felt a slight stab of pain at the harsh tone of her voice. He was there to comfort her in her time of need, and here she was telling him to get lost. He felt slightly dejected, but decided not to give up just yet. Perhaps if he talked to her he could get her to open up to him. It was worth a try. "Kagome," he began, then after receiving no reply, felt it safe to continue, "I know that you feel horrible, we all do, but life goes on. We all suffer losses in this life... that is our proof of being alive. Nobody comes out of it without any battle scars. I know you're pissed off at the world right now, but don't lose sight of your real enemy. It's Naraku, not me." Inu Yasha paused, noticing Kagome turn her head to glance up at him, stormy grey-blue eyes peeking through locks of jet black hair. Her cheeks were flushed from crying, and he could smell the salt of her tears. "Kagome... don't forget that you still have me," he added with a small smile. His eyes were calm and Kagome could sense his good intentions.
She sniffled a bit before sitting up to fully face Inu Yasha. Her kimono was torn at the bottom from where it had snagged on the tree root, and she was slightly covered in dirt from the ground. Her sleeves were still damp from her torrent of tears. Pushing some odd strands of hair out of her face, she looked the hanyou straight in the eyes then said in a grave voice, "I'll kill Naraku. I'll take from him what he took from my whole family, and from the villagers." Her hands tightened into fists in her lap... squeezing together so securely that she winced a bit from the wounds she had made. Inu Yasha could smell the coppery scent... blood. He then grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Get a hold of yourself! You can't beat Naraku on your own! That's just crazy Kagome!" he shouted, shaking her slightly as if to snap her out of a trance.
"So I'm crazy am I!!??" she screamed. "Get your hands off me! I don't need your help or anybody's! Get away from me!" she twisted herself out of his grip, her voice cracking as she yelled at him. As she tried to get up Inu Yasha quickly grabbed her wrists, throwing her off balance as she clumsily tripped over the same tree root that got her down earlier, and pulling Inu Yasha down with her. He landed in a rather compromising position on top of her, their faces merely an inch away. Inu Yasha's heart was pounding from the proximity of this young woman... this woman he knew he loved. She was so beautiful in her sad state, as odd as that seemed to him. Her eyes were swirling with emotion and catching glimmers of the sunlight through the canopy of the tree they were under.
They shared the same breath, and for that moment Kagome too became lost in his eyes, forgetting her anguish. There was only Inu Yasha before her, no pain and sadness... just the love she had found on one ordinary afternoon, before everything she ever knew was turned upside-down. She remembered how she first met the hanyou... she said 'sit' and he fell from the old pine tree at her feet. She remembered feeling his fuzzy ears and how comical he looked, blushing from anger and probably embarrassment. But now things were different. They knew each other now, and had gradually built a relationship from what started out as indifference and annoyance. She also remembered the first time she ever kissed him... his lips were so soft and warm...
The gap was then closed between the two as they shared a sweet kiss that grew more passionate with the passing minutes. Kagome's arms were wrapped firmly around Inu Yasha, with his silvery hair flowing over them like a waterfall. His hands were also buried in her hair, feeling the smoothness of the silky strands. Their tongues intertwined in a erotic fight for dominance as the two melted into each others embrace.
Eventually, they stopped the heated kiss in order to breathe. Kagome's cheeks were a beautiful rosy tint and Inu Yasha's were too. He smiled at her, knowing full and well that once this ritual was started, he would have to make sure it carried through all the way to the end... his instincts told him to do so. This would be his truest test of acceptance by Kagome. He nuzzled her neck gently and inhaled her unique scent. It sent shivers up his spine... the sensations of his body being pressed so intimately to hers, and that scent of readiness that indicated she was willing... or at least her body was willing...
"Inu Yasha... " she breathed, her voice full of love... or was it lust? Inu Yasha hoped it was a bit of both, seeing as to how he himself was feeling such things. "I'm sorry for yelling at you... really, I don't know what came over me." He put his lips close to her ear and whispered a 'shhhh' to let her know that it was all in the past. Then he flicked his tongue across her ear lobe and began to trail tiny kisses along her jaw bone, finally capturing her succulent lips once more in another passionate kiss. The scent of her pheromones had intensified, making Inu yasha grow more aroused. He needed her, and she knew it. Kagome broke the kiss and looked the hanyou lovingly in his golden eyes. "Inu Yasha, I-I've never done this before... but, I..." she fumbled and fidgeted, trying to say what was on her mind, "...I want you." Her cheeks then turned crimson as she thought about what they were going to do, yet she wanted it. She wanted so badly to escape from the pain, if only for a short while. She loved Inu Yasha and would gladly give her innocence to him, the first and last love she would ever have.
Inu Yasha shifted his weight slightly so as not to make Kagome uncomfortable, then he proceeded, guided purely by instinct and his love for her. He kissed his way down to her neck, licking the spot he would soon mark, making Kagome his official mate. "This might hurt a little, but I promise to be as gentle as I can," he reassured her when he sensed her tensing up. "This is what youkai do to mark their mates... once it is done, no one else can claim you as theirs."
"In other words, this is the youkai version of marriage?" Kagome beamed, causing Inu Yasha to nod and smile. His smile was intoxicating, Kagome thought. He was so beautiful, almost ethereal in that moment. Then, lost in her thoughts, Kagome was suddenly snapped back to reality by a sharp, burning pain on her neck. Inu Yasha had opened her flesh with his fangs and was gleefully licking the blood that precipitated at the wound. He was suckling gently, helping the pain ebb away. Kagome moaned with pleasure, indicating that she was no longer in discomfort. Inu Yasha smiled again as his hands began to travel over her body. His eyes were searching hers, searching for any uncertainties. There were none.
The two spent the rest of that seemingly miserable afternoon in the throws of love and passion. Neither caring about their problems. Naraku, the tragedy at Saizen, and everything else meant nothing for that precious moment they spent with each other. It was an escape from pain, but also a sealing of a bond that would never be broken. They both knew that they would never be alone from then on because, no matter what, they would have each other.
To Be Continued...
AN: Phew! I'm good at avoiding the lemon stuff, ne? Just in case younger people are reading this fic....^^;; Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it ^_^ Please review! I'm still aiming for 100!