Confused Angel

First off:

Okay, so a lot of the people who reviewed for my last chapter said that my writing style for those chapters was choppy. That was on purpose, and I'll show you why now. Actually, I can just tell you:

He was dreaming.

I don't know of too many dreams that are continuous and not choppy (I've never had any anyway) so I just had a lot of stuff happening.

More than it just being a dream though, it was a prophesy of sorts, but more in the sense of someone showing them what would happen if they didn't heed that warning, which will ALSO be explained in this chapter.

So please read and enjoy. Hopefully my fluidity is better. I'm a little off at the moment.

Ch. 4: Redeemed Angel

Inuyasha awoke with a start.

He looked around and sniffed.

No trace of Naraku. That left him feeling relieved, he might not be able to even attempt to fight the spider in his current condition.

No trace of Sesshoumaru. Also good. He'd have to have a talk with Shippo later. Usually, the dreams he DID have were not for naught. They held at least a LITTLE validity, and he planned on getting down to the bottom of that part. Definitely.

Lastly, there was no trace of…Kouga.

For some reason, the last revelation caused a lump to form in the hanyou's throat.

Almost as if he felt…Alone. Lonely. Lost. Afraid. Or worse, betrayed.

After a second of pondering his situation, and his feelings, the hanyou noticed something else.

Every person in his "pack" was warily looking at him from the other end of the clearing they were currently camped in.

And it WASN'T a small clearing.

"Alright, what did I do now?" He questions with a sigh of annoyance. Humans could be such temperamental creatures.

"You were screaming…" the kit offers, only to be cut off by a screaming Kagome.

"YEAH, YOU BIG JERK! AND LOOK WHAT YOU DID TO MY ARM! LET ALONE MY UNIFORM!" She seethed.

"Please don't be mad." The now distraught hanyou pleaded, ears flattening to his skull. It appears the effects of the dream had not worn off. "I didn't mean to." He finished in barely over a whisper.

Before the girl got a chance to finish, a very familiar whirlwind enters the clearing.

"KOUGA!!" She sweals in delight, only to get a silencing look of disapproval from the afore mentioned youkai.

"Inuyasha, are you alright?"

"Yea, it was just a dream. Right?"

"No, it wasn't. It was for real, and you're bleeding." That's he had HOPED he wouldn't hear. Suddenly, he felt…unclean.

The hanyou took a sniff, and his eyes widened.

'How could I have missed it before?' he wonders

'You were too busy trying to make sure you were safe' that voice in the back of his minds answers for him.

"I…I need to clean…" the hanyou stammers and trails off, as he climbs to his feet. He turns to leave, but turns around. Uncertainly, hopefully, and cautiously. "Y-You're coming…right?"

'Please say yes, please say yes, please say yes.' He chants over and over in his head like a mantra.

"Yes, I wouldn't dream of letting you go alone." The wolf replied.

The hanyou sighs in relief. "Good, we need to talk."

And with that, the confused 'lovers' exited the clearing, followed by a kit that no on noticed was awake.

At the hotsprings:

'First thing's first.' The hanyou thinks to himself. 'I've gotta talk to Shippo'

"I-Inuyasha" comes the baritone voice of the kit. "You saw…didn't you? Please, don't be mad at me. I…I couldn't bear it."

"I'm not mad at you shippo, but you DO need to explain things to me. Why did you not tell me before, I probably wouldn't have fought with Sesshoumaru before if I had known he was your mate."

"He's not." The kit begins. "He's been asking for a while, but I've yet to answer. I would have said yes after my father died, but then I came across you and Kagome. After that, after seeing how you hated him, I couldn't."

"Well, I think you should be happy." The wolf interjects. "Fuck Inuyasha's pig-headed ways. If Sesshoumaru's what makes you happy, then Sesshoumaru's where you should go."

"I agree." The inu-hanyou adds. "I don't mind. Like I said before, had I known of you all's relationship, I would not have fought with him to begin with, or at least have stopped."

"Okay, so…I suppose you should have some alone time. I'll go back and make sure they don't spy. Okay?"

Without waiting for an answer, the kit turns around and exits, leaving the two males to sort through their thoughts.

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They sat awkwardly in the hot spring.

They were on opposite ends, just staring at each other, neither knowing how to start.

Neither could recall how long they had sat there, but they had.

Finally, and hanyou couldn't take the silence anymore and decided to just drop the finesse subject, and just blurt out his question.

"Just answer me one thing Kouga, was that true, or was that just a fabrication?"

"Well then, I see you decided to skip finesse." The wolf planned averting the situation for as long as he could.

"Damnit wolf! Answer my question already!" The now frustrated Inuyasha huffs.

"Well Inuyasha, is THAT any way to get an answer? I mean, such colorful language at that." He had meant to steer away, but the hanyou was clearly distressed by his avoidance of the situation.

"Oh…I see." The boy says with ears to his cranium. "Well, I'll let you be." He say, barely above a whisper, as he begins to step out.

He was just about to get out, when suddenly, two arms wrapped around him from behind, pulling him into a muscular chest, and a nose nuzzles his cheek.

"It's not a no Inuyasha. It's a yes, I just didn't want you to feel awkward by this." The wolf answers, disappointed in himself for making the boy feel distraught.

"Okay." The hanyou states. "But…will you be leaving?"

"He had better not." A voice sounds from behind, causing the two to jump into the water, as it was a female.

"Calm yourselves, boys, and listen. I am Risa. Seer of the moon. I have given you this vision, for, if you do not heed my warning, and mate by the next full moon, this will come into play, and many, more catastrophic, things will occur, following those events. If you thought being raped was bad boy, wait until you have to carry the seeds of the one who raped you, giving him a case to use with the demon council, allowing him to take you.

Believe me, your life would be hell. Please, take my warning to heart." And with that, she was gone, leaving them to ponder that.

"I know this probably isn't the best of times, but…how about we heed her warning and mate." The wolf tries.

"Umm…yes, sure, that would be most desirable" the hanyou offers.

And thus, that night was filled with passion. Both finding contentment in the other's arms.

Both oblivious to the cares of the world.

Both oblivious to how much they were changing to future for the better with that one simple act.

But, more importantly, both oblivious to the pair of seething red eyes watching them from the shadows.

Okay! I hope that was better, and if there was something that I still didn't explain, please let me know, as I tried to explain everything. Oh, and for the prophesy thing, I know it was vague, it was that way on purpose, and I'll get more into detail on that in the next chapter or two.

Please message me any thoughts and criticisms you have, and I hope that this was better.