SCROLL SEVEN:
Twists of Fate
Hikari: "Fate's a bitch, never forget her! Read and Enjoy!"
Reiki: "And review, damn it!"
Hikari stares at Reiki
Hikari: "I think I'm finally infecting you! I'm so happy!"
Reiki: "!!…!! Penicillin! Bleach! Iodine! For the love of any higher power, someone get me something!"
Hikari: "Isn't that cute?"
Reiki: "WAAAAAAH!"
Inu-Yasha felt far away. … adrift. He knew that his body had undergone serious damage, and maybe it was too serious this time. Especially considering the night that was ahead. He was going to die this time. Actually, really, finally die.
"Well, perhaps I'll see you, Kikyo," he thought of his first and (so far) only 'mate', making it a tad easier to welcome his fate. He could feel himself being lost as he accepted destiny, giving up on the ever-lasting struggle of life.
Then he heard someone call out his name, and he was abruptly standing and staring at Kikyo's back.
"Kikyo," he whispered. The woman would not look at him, and he felt alone.
"Inu-Yasha," the voice came again, but he had to turn around to find it. Kagome stood there, facing him with a smile on her face. "You're alive, I'm so happy."
Memories flooded in, ones of Kikyo yelling at him to die, and go the hell with her. There were several.
Kagome approached and took his hand. "Come on," she smiled, "let's leave this dark place."
As they walked, he looked back to witness Kikyo fade into the darkness. It was a great relief to see.
The light they approached got brighter, and something was murmuring. It took a while for the echoing noise to develop into words. "Inu-Yasha… Inu-Yasha, are you awake… awake?"
The light was coming in through his open eyes, and he was looking at Kagome. She bore a concerned look, so he offered a smile. She grinned back.
"You're alive," she said with tears welling up, "I'm so happy."
"I know," he thought. "I know."
(later)
"Well, it seems that Plan A: 'sappy saving' worked," Hikari commented when they returned to see a heavily bandaged Inu-Yasha actually sitting up, Kagome nowhere in sight. The sun had just set, and he was a black-haired teenager now. At least the remains of his demonic powers had enough time to heal him for the most part, though that left him drained of energy.
"Feeling better?" Reiki asked, a knowing grin on her face.
"Fifty years younger," he replied. They smiled at that, despite his using it as a figure of speech.
"AWW!!" they cooed. "Little Inu's in love!"
"WHAT!" he yelled, all his spirit back. He still couldn't get past a sitting position though. "T-that's ridiculous!"
"Well, that's the only thing that saved you," Reiki teased, knowing otherwise. "So tell me, did you ever feel like you were on the brink of death?"
"No," he lied.
"Really?"
"Because you had stopped breathing," Hikari stated. Inu-Yasha didn't believe her. "It was about five minutes before you turned into a human. Kagome had to give you mouth-to-mouth. It was so cute."
"Just what the hell is that?" he asked.
"Oh," Reiki came in, "that's when someone breaths air into someone else who's stopped breathing, because the brain dies without oxygen, and then the person dies. So Kagome breathed air into your lungs and then rhythmically slammed your rib cage with her palms so that your heart would beat again and send the air to your head through the blood stream. It ended up working it seems!"
He was completely lost, but since it was his nature…
"I still don't buy it".
"Fine then!" Reiki yelled defiantly. "We'll show you our proof on video!"
Without being asked, Hikari whipped out the video camera – God only knows where it came from – and proceeded to show Inu-Yasha the beautiful footage that saved his life. He was blushing madly within five seconds of the film.
"What are you guys doing?" Kagome asked, walking up to them slowly and suspiciously.
"NOTHING!" Reiki and Hikari hissed at the same time while grabbing their evidence and sprinting madly into the forest to salvage the gorgeous moment, copy it, and then sell it on e-bay for all you hard-core Inu-Yasha/Kagome fans. They guessed they would be millionaires within the week.
"Hey," Kagome greeted, kneeling next to him and mentally dismissing the two American idiots. "How are you feeling?"
"Fine," he replied a tad shyly.
"Let's change those bandages. They've been on a while now. Miroku has some herbal ones soaking, so we can put those on next so you fe-"
"Save your energy," he scoffed. "My wounds will heal soon anyway."
"Come on now, Inu-Yasha!" Kagome bickered back, using his being fully human as an excuse to tend to him. As they fought an (ahem…) interesting comment came out, and they lapsed into a blushing silence.
(Off in the distance)
"Move your head," Reiki grumbled from behind the bush they were hiding in, "I can't see the action."
"There is no action!" Hikari practically cursed. Then, after about two more minutes of nervous silence… "That's it!"
She got up and sneaked up on them in a very irked mood, them not able to hear her over their racing hearts, and she grabbed them both by the head and slammed their faces together.
"WILL YOU TWO KISS ALREADY!" Hikari bellowed into their ears. Their arms were flapping like the wings of a pinned down duck; as a matter-of-fact, they sort of sounded like one with the way their faces were smashed one against the other…. "Dear GOD you two are HOPELESS!" she growled, stomping off.
"W… What was that for?" Inu-Yasha stuttered, sitting with an arm lifted for protection. He seemed perfectly ignorant of Kagome's faint lipstick just to the side of his nose. Kagome rubbed her own nose, not helping to cease its bleeding.
"She was trying to have you two do this…" Reiki stated, grabbing the back of Inu-Yasha's head with one hand and a cheek with the other and landing a lavishing kiss on his lips.
"Hey!" Kagome cried, pushing them apart. Inu-Yasha nearly fainted.
"What?" Reiki asked, acting as though things were perfectly normal. "You should try it, it's pretty fun!"
"You bitch!" Kagome cried, then with a gasp she covered her mouth.
Reiki smirked. "You know, you two would have no problems at all if you weren't such chicken-shits about your emotions…"
"What emotions !" Kagome demanded. Reiki giggled.
"It's just way too obvious," she stated through a modestly placed hand. "You two are so into each other. You should seriously just kiss for the fun of it. As you can see, it's not that hard."
"I agree," Miroku stated as he came from the woods. He had watched the whole thing and was rather impressed now with Reiki.
"With which part?" Reiki asked with an evil grin. "The fun or the easy?"
"I favored the 'fun'," he stated. "… Would you like a palm reading?"
"Nah," Reiki waved it off. "I'd rather just skip right to the foreplay and sex. But that's just me."
He seemed to enjoy this answer.
"Miroku!"
He flinched when an infuriated Sango came up to him. "Just what are you doing now you perverted monk!"
"We're giving these two kissing lessons," Reiki teased.
"Ooh! I wanna join!" Hikari cried, jumping back into the picture.
"I was wondering where you went off to!" Reiki greeted. "Goodie, now we can be the tutors. Okay, you four pair off, Kagome with Inu-Yasha, and Miroku with Sango. … Come on! Chop chop! We haven't got all day!"
"But it's nighttime…" Hikari stated innocently.
"Shut up and help me demonstrate!!" Reiki shouted.
"Oh, grrrrawr!"
Hopelessly confused, they complied with the demands of the teenagers; save for Inu-Yasha, who was still prisoner to the sitting position.
"Now, face your partner," Hikari began, facing Reiki. The others did the same.
"And go for it!" Reiki cried, and with that Hikari and Reiki began to make out.
The others were ready to be sick.
"If you don't do it, we'll have to give examples," Hikari warned, screaming a shocked giggle as Reiki nibbled her neck.
With that Inu-Yasha grabbed Kagome by the waist, pulled her on top of him, and began to kiss her. He really didn't want another moment with a Bi.
"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome cried against his mouth, smacking him. A hell of a lot of good that did her…
"Just play along," he growled on her lips. "Unless you want to be tackled by Hikari and have her tongue jammed down your throat."
"That's the spirit," they applauded him, watching.
"Ah, Miroku…?" Reiki asked as he completely ignored Sango, who was now extremely peeved.
"Oh wise and experienced Sensei!" he groveled to her, tears in his eyes. "Please, let me learn from your experience, I beg of you!!"
"Ah, so THIS is when the passion for watching girls kiss was born for guys..." Reiki mumbled.
"Good time for a kissing booth," Hikari commented.
"I don't think either of us would be alive ten seconds in," Reiki replied, looking nervously at a Sango now changing into her fighting outfit. (Inu-Yasha and Kagome took this opportunity to flee, f.y.i) "… Ah, Hikari?"
"SHH !" the girl hissed sharply, a silly grin on her face. "I'm waiting for happiness!" she squealed merrily and softly, hands clutched at her chest. All of a sudden, there was the sound of rushing wind and Hikari wasn't there anymore. Instead, she was sailing with her neck clutched in Sesshomaru's talons.
"Die," he ordered, a venom essence forming around his fingers. If you can't solve a problem…
"I always do with you!" she responded, heart all a flutter. Miraculously she got out of his grip, into his arm and fur in a very embracing way, and ironically ended on top. He was absolutely baffled. "Oh!" she giggled. "Check out this new move Reiki just showed me!" With that she sent loving waves of nibbles down his neck, and his leg kicked a little.
(Hikari: "Are we still in the air doing this?"
Reiki: -reads and re-reads it- "I guess…"
Hikari: "Hehehe! I like it!")
"That's his sweet spot!" Reiki shouted, shocked and happy for her friend as they finally landed.
"Oh, REALLY!" And with that Hikari practically buried herself in his clothing and went 'sweet-spotting' all over. He was both very ticklish and humiliated, trying everything to get her out and within killing distance; the one arm thing was a real disadvantage. "Oh, right!" Hikari cried, popping out on his back and through the collar of his haori. She had the doggie-subjugator in hand, and was a split second away from absolute and glorious victory… but Reiki prevented that.
(Hikari: "… … What?")
"Wait!" called the tall American, delaying her friend. "Don't you like the chases? It'll be no fun trying to track him down with a collar on! That's like taming the tiger!"
Hikari pondered this. "You're right!" With that she hopped out of his robes, and with a pat on his head and the words 'good boy' he was off and gone in a heartbeat.
(Hikari: "THIS IS BULLSHIT!")
She sighed, watching him off, and turned back around in a day-dream sort of state, then stopped dead. "… … …! You…!!!" she howled, thumbs ready for Reiki's jugulars. "YOU BITCH! HERE I AM DAY DREAMING ABOUT HIM, WHEN I COULD HAVE HAD HIM! YOU VICIOUS, TWO-FACED, DOUBLE-CROSSING BITCH! AARRRRRRRGH!"
Of course, with the given statures, we just wind up with an angry, stubby-armed raving-mad fan-girl being held off in all the splendor of her fury by Reiki with an extended arm.
"You'll thank me," Reiki replied calmly, grinning. "And I want it known that in hard times like these I still and always will love you."
Hikari wanted her skull for a cup and her heart for a pillow.
As they fought, a little wasp flew away with eyes wide in disbelief. It darted over the woods, and over a panting Kagome and Inu-Yasha, who were counting their lucky stars for having gotten away. Then again, their luck was pretty shitty for being in that predicament in the first place...
But, even though it was a crappy day for Inu-Yasha, the kissing (doing it, not watching it) was pretty swell...
"Oh God, that SUCKED!" Kagome whined, plopping down onto her knees.
"Most of it," he agreed, finding a comfortable tree trunk and getting off his feet. He had actually RAN for it.
"No," Kagome gasped, wiping the sweat off her face. "All of it. I mean, even my shirt is ruined!" With that, she gripped the hem and stretched in before herself to examine his blood stains again.
"Keh! If you don't like it, then just take it off,"
"WHAT!" Kagome yelled, dropping the hem.
"It's not like I haven't seen you in those bikinis..." he brought up. "And from what I've seen before, your undergarment is no different."
"Yes, it IS!" Kagome protested.
"U-huh," he agreed sarcastically, suddenly in the mood to push her buttons. "What are you, shy? I've seen you with NOTHING on before, and you weren't shy enough to come up to me butt-naked."
The only thing keeping Kagome from sitting the living shit out of him was the guarantee that he wouldn't survive it, so she settled for a slap across his face. His face stayed facing in it's newfound position, as he pondered in shock the stinging on his cheek. So THIS is what it felt like...
"You're such a bastard!" she yelled at him.
"What?!" he demanded. "I'm just saying you shouldn't be embarrassed! I mean, Kikyo would strip down just to rinse her bloodied clothes in the river, and she never even thought twice about me being there!"
"That's degrading!" Kagome sputtered, shocked.
"No," Inu-Yasha clarified, "being forced to kiss you in fear of a woman is degrading!"
"Just what the hell does that mean!" Kagome demanded, thoroughly pissed off now. "I am NOT a bad kisser!"
"That's NOT the point!" he scoffed. "But it IS a good one. You're not the best, that's for sure."
"Oooh!" Kagome fumed. "You know what, FINE!" At that, she yanked her shirt off over her head, black lace bra revealed, and flung it to the grass.
Inu-Yasha stared, VERY intently, at the half-exposed messy-haired heavy-breathing woman in front of him, and the slightly blotched blood on her chest was only a bonus. This was turning very quickly into the best argument of his life. WAS this still an argument?!
"There! HAPPY?! Does THIS make me look better?!" she demanded, then she grabbed his stunned-stupid face and a lock of his hair and planted the most lavishing and heavy kiss his lips had ever felt. His eyes began to close, succumbing to the enjoyment as his hands twitched for action, but snapped open when she pulled away, slapped him in the face again, grabbed her shirt, and stormed off for the nearby stream to go clean up.
"Yeah!" he yelled after her, massaging his cheek. "That was a bit better!"
"Fuck you!" the woods yelled back.
(End of long chapter!)
Hikari: "Nice ending... I'm still going to kill you though, once you finish this…"
Reiki: "I told you you'd thank me later! Geez, you're mean!"
Hikari: "So, what're you going to do now?"
Reiki: "That for me to know and for you to…" -gack!-
Reiki's face slowly turned from red to purple when Hikari growled threateningly with her fingers around her neck.
Hikari: "Ha… ha… HA! Where's your not-so-stubby arm to fend me off now! Now tell me, and you may get off without a scar!"
Reiki: "Not… gunna… happen! -gasp- REVIEWS, PLEASE!!!"