A/N: So here's part two. I'm not this biggest fan of Inuyasha and Kagome, so don't expect to see a whole lot of them in this story . . . But that being said, this idea came to me out of the blue and I just couldn't resist.
Inuyasha had been relaxing in the hot spring and wishing that Kagome was with him. He'd had the whole thing planned out. Kiba, their son, was being watched by Sango and Miroku and Kaede said that she would take care of things while Kagome was gone. He'd chosen this particular hot spring because of how far it was from the village. Its location guaranteed privacy, which suited Inuyasha just fine because he wanted to spend some quality time with his wife.
But just as they were about to leave, a village boy had come up and said that his father had fallen into a ditch and they weren't sure if he'd broken his leg. Since Kaede was currently engaged in helping one of the village women give birth, there was just no way Kagome could be persuaded to let someone else handle it. For a hopeful minute, Inuyasha thought he'd won her over when he suggested that the boy go find Rin, but the boy told him that Rin had gone out early this morning and had yet to return. And so Inuyasha watched all of his planning go down the drain as Kagome went to tend to the boy's father, after sweetly kissing him and promising to make it up to him. He would hold her to that promise, damnit.
It wasn't long before his imagination got the better of him and he was lost in fantasies about how Kagome would fulfill her end of the bargain. He was so wrapped up in his fantasies that he failed to notice someone rustling about in the bushes.
Rin had been out gathering herbs for Kaede for most of the day and was on her way back to the village when she saw a bunch of berry bushes. Looking at them reminded her that she hadn't eaten since early this morning. Rin wandered over to the bushes for a closer look, and when she realized that the berries were edible, happily began munching away.
Like Inuyasha, Rin was in her own little world, until she heard the sound of water. Wondering if she was near a river she pushed the bushes aside and froze.
It was Inuyasha, only he was naked. Rin's eyes practically popped out of her head. This was the first time that she'd seen a naked man. She gave a startled little squeak before falling backward on her bottom.
She had to get out of there, preferably without Inuyasha knowing that she was there. Rin was just about to crawl behind the nearest tree when she noticed something that almost made her heart stop. Inuyasha was coming towards her. Why was he coming towards her, she wondered frantically. With each step that Inuyasha took, Rin felt herself become tenser. She was so tense that if Inuyasha even touched her she would probably scream.
Rin tried to stay as still as possible, but that was rather difficult because of the position she was in. She was kneeling on the balls of her feet, with one foot turned in a ninety degree angle.
Inuyasha came to a halt right in front of her, and Rin found herself practically face to face with Inuyasha's man parts. She was going to scream. He reached out a hand towards her . . . and Rin screamed.
Inuyasha's torrid fantasies came to an abrupt halt when he heard a scream. He looked around for the source, pulling aside the bushes until he was face to face with a red-faced Rin. For a minute all they could do was stare at each other. Inuyasha slowly became aware that he wasn't wearing any clothes, when he picked up the scent of the last person he wanted to see.
Shit, Inuyasha thought. Sesshomaru was coming at them fast, too fast. Inuyasha imagined the scene that would greet Sesshomaru when he arrived, and panicked. If he had to face his brother then he would face him with his clothes on. But alas, it was too late. Inuyasha watched in horror as the ball of blue light that was his brother appeared in front of him. Shit, he thought again. He was only trying to get back home to Kagome in order to convince her to retire early for the night.
Sesshomaru materialized and took a minute to gather some information via smell. Rin was shocked and Inuyasha was . . . aroused? Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed. He turned around and saw that Inuyasha was naked and standing over a cowering Rin. His eyes narrowed even more.
He could smell the fear and anxiety in his brother's scent. Well and good, he had every right to be anxious. Inuyasha might not make it through this bout.
That was something Inuyasha himself was thinking. Sure he and Sesshomaru still tried to kill each other every now and then, but it was only half-heartedly. He knew that it was half-hearted because Sesshomaru never used Bakusaiga during those fights. Inuyasha knew there would be nothing half-hearted about this fight. Sesshomaru had the tendency to become irrational whenever Rin was involved. It would probably be better if he could explain and dispel whatever delusions his brother was having. Man he wished that he'd had time to put on his pants. Inuyasha would have felt a whole lot braver if his privates were covered.
"This isn't what it looks like," Inuyasha began. Apparently that was the wrong thing to say because Sesshomaru's eyes had gone from narrowed to glaring. It was a good thing Rin's scream killed his erection, because if Inuyasha was still aroused that glare would have had him limp in seconds. Okay, maybe I shouldn't have started with that he thought to himself.
He tried again, "What I meant to say was, I was trying to get dressed after taking a bath . . ." Inuyasha gestured to the bushes that Rin had been hiding behind, hoping that Sesshomaru would look as well and see his clothes lying on them.
Sesshomaru continued to glare, only this time his hand moved to Bakusaiga. It was all Inuyasha could do to not piss himself. He didn't even have Tetsusaiga within reaching distance. From the corner of his eye he looked longingly at the sword that was resting against the nearest tree trunk.
The silence was almost deafening. Inuyasha was wondering several things all at once: where was Jaken? The little imp was normally always with Sesshomaru, not that he was complaining. It was bad enough that he was standing bare-assed naked in front of his brother without being ogled by the imp. Inuyasha was almost positive that the little toad was queer. Secondly, what was Rin even doing out here. It was very rare for her to wander this far away from the village. And furthermore why was she snooping around like some thief? Why the hell was he even still alive? Unfortunately, Inuyasha couldn't come up with any of the answers.
Finally, the silence got to be too much for him and he blurted out, "Look it ain't my fault. It's hers," he said, pointing in Rin's direction. "I was just trying to get dressed. She was the one who was sneaking around like some thief. It's her own damn fault -."
"So you're telling me that you didn't notice she was in those bushes," Sesshomaru said. Oh, good, for a minute there Inuyasha feared that his brother had forgotten how to speak. Besides he was much more comfortable when Sesshomaru was hurling insults at him, not looking as though he was envisioning all the different ways he could kill him. "I know that you're only a half-breed Inuyasha, but I was under the impression that you had a better sense of smell," Sesshomaru continued.
Inuyasha could feel his already hot face getting hotter. Damn, why did Sesshomaru always have to ask him questions he couldn't answer? He knew that he should have been able to smell Rin as she approached, and he would have to, if . . .
"Why were you aroused," Sesshomaru asked after releasing Inuyasha from one of his death glares.
"What," Inuyasha squeaked out. How in the hell did his brother do that, he wondered. He'd never met anyone with the power to scare someone shitless just by looking at them.
"You were aroused before I got here. Why," his brother asked again. This time Inuyasha could hear the irritation in his voice. Damn, he must be even madder that I thought. He took a small indiscernible step backward. Inuyasha had forgotten that Sesshomaru's sense of smell was even better than his own. Of course he would have been able to smell his aroused state lingering in the air. However, he refused to explain the reason for that. He did have his pride after all.
"I'm waiting Inuyasha," Sesshomaru said.
"None of your fuckin business, asshole," Inuyasha said belligerently.
"I see," was all Sesshomaru said before he began walking towards his younger and infinitely more stupid brother.
Inuyasha forgot how to make his legs work, although later on he would tell himself that he was wasn't afraid to stand up to his brother. He watched as Sesshomaru lifted his hand . . . The next thing Inuyasha knew was that he was flying back in the direction of the spring, where he hit his head on a stone that stood much higher than all the rest, and then fell into the water. As he regained the breath that had been knocked out of him and resurfaced, he thanked the gods that he was still alive. Sesshomaru was striding towards Rin. Inuyasha wisely waited until Sesshomaru collected the girl and was no longer within smelling range before shakily climbing to out of the spring. It would be a while before he recovered from his near-death experience.
Sesshomaru was still lamenting the fact that he'd been too soft on his brother. He knew that Inuyasha wasn't lying, it was merely a misunderstanding, but still . . . how could he let his guard down so much so that he didn't even notice a human was within ten feet of him. He needed to stop pumping himself full of sunshine and focus on watching his back. And just what was his brother doing pleasuring himself anyway? He did have a mate after all. Sesshomaru mentally shook his head, his brother wasn't even worth trying to understand.
Immediately he refocused on the matter at hand. He'd had to grab hold of Rin's arm to get her to move. She was still stumbling around after him. The shock was wearing off and he focused on her scent.
Sesshomaru was immediately disappointed. She wasn't fertile yet. Damnit, how long did it take human females before they went into heat? She was close to it. He could smell it. Her scent was ripening, perhaps by this time next year . . . Sesshomaru let his thoughts wander.
In the meantime Rin was beginning to put two and two together. She remembered Lady Funaho drawing pictures of naked men for her, but she'd thought those pictures were exaggerations. Her young mind had been unable to wrap itself around the fact that men and women could be so different from each other, but now . . . Now she was realizing just how well done those drawings had been.
Sure, Rin had seen her fair share of naked women - she was a midwife after all. But she had never seen a naked man before, at least that she could remember. And she had a feeling she would remember something as eye-popping as that.
The part that was really throwing her through a loop was that if Lady Funaho's drawings of men had been right on, then that meant her other's drawings . . . Oh, Kami Rin thought. Was that really what went on between a man and a woman? She knew how babies were made, but at the same time she hadn't known how babies were made.
She snuck a peek at Lord Sesshomaru. Did he do all the things his mother said men did with women and in all those positions too? Rin felt her face get hot all over again. Of course he did, he couldn't even walk down the hallways of his home without women - and some men - throwing themselves at him. He must be very good in bed she concluded.
Rin decided that she was going to ask Kagome . . . no Sango, all about what really went on between a man and a woman when then candles were blown out. She knew that Sango would give her an honest answer, while Kagome would hem and haw while blushing profusely. After all Rin thought, she had a right to know if everything that Lady Funaho said was true. And that was the only way to verify it, short of experiencing it for herself.
Why, oh why did the first naked man she saw have to be Inuyasha of all people? Why couldn't it have been someone else, anyone else?
Regardless of what Sango said, if Rin saw another naked man again it would be too soon.