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Unlucky Dog
(Hikari: "Wow, it's finally out?"
Reiki: "Yeah! My account finally let me update this! Isn't that great?!"
Hikari: "Yes, but… The title-"
Reiki: "Hehe, but you get it? Chapter thirteen and unlucky? HAHAHA!"
Hikari: "You're fired again!"
Reiki: "NOO-OO HO!" -SOBS BIG ANIME TEARS!-)
Hikari: "Also, we'd like to extend a very special thanks to Qyz for writing so many reviews. In fact, he reviewed every chapter! You're awesome man!"
"Things just keep getting worse," Miroku commented, finishing with the bandage around Reiki's torso before turning towards an approaching Inu-Yasha and Kagome. Miroku felt something amiss and his brows furrowed. "What's wrong?" Kagome had tears in her eyes, pressing her face against Inu-Yasha's chest. Inu-Yasha was actually carrying her in his arms, rather than on his back, but that was a very minor detail at the moment. "What happened!" Miroku demanded, worried.
"Shut it!" Inu-Yasha growled threateningly when Miroku's outburst made Kagome cry harder. "It's none of your damned business right now!"
Miroku forced his stance to that of a more relaxed one, and after a moment went to fetch the dark purple garb that was suppose to go with Shippo's black outfit.
"Thanks," Inu-Yasha replied gruffly, snatching it away from the priest "sorry, but now's not a good time."
"No, I understand," Miroku stated, and Inu-Yasha turned on his heal he went out of earshot and helped Kagome dress.
"I don't like this," Sango whispered to Miroku, who nodded.
"That bastard…"
They looked at Shippo, who was clenching his jaw and baring a sole fang at the corner of his mouth. His bangs covered his eyes, making him look mysterious and dangerous.
"… Shippo?" Sango called out cautiously.
"Koga!" he hissed his name. Shippo was furious, and that made Sango and Miroku flinch. "He took advantage of her! I can smell it! That bastard rapedher! He took advantage of Kagome! He took my foster mother's virginity!!! He actually matted her!! I'LL HAVE HIS FUCKING HEAD!"
The two humans and Reiki staggered away when Shippo suddenly became engulfed within his green-blue fox-fire flames, leaving only the vague image of him and his red eyes glowing through the wall of his demonic power.
Inu-Yasha looked back, feeling Shippo's demonic aura rise at astonishing speeds, and saw the fox enveloped in his own fox magic. He picked up Kagome and gently leaped away to watch from a safe vantage.
Shippo's aura grew, expanding and forcing the humans and Reiki away with sheer force alone, and began to burn away at the clearing and make it flat.
"This strength!" Miroku exclaimed internally, certain that he shared that thought with the rest around him. "How did he come by such a wealth of it in such a short time! How could he even hold it in for so long!"
The wall of his aura suddenly folded inward and seeped back into its source, a red fox three times the size of Kirara with a tanned face and paws and a matching mane that ran around the back of his neck and down over his chest. His fur was luxurious and he had two tails, which were slightly bushed out with fury. Shippo lifted his sleek yet shapely face into the wind and took off through the woods growling.
"Sh-Shippo?" Kagome stuttered, seeing him disappear. Inu-Yasha, finished dressing her, cradled her in his arms comfortingly and held her tight. He was going to beat that fox for taking his job, but that would come later. Right now, he wished only to reassure Kagome and cease her tears. They burned at him. Such tiny droplets of salty moisture, yet all the oceans of the world could never hurt him as much as these small tears that welled out of Kagome's eyes.
She clutched at him tighter, her tears rolling down his bare skin and burning like acid, searing to his heart. He recalled, over a year ago, times when this same feeling would come about, always hidden by a mask of countering emotion. Never, in his wildest of dreams, would he consider it as proof of his affections for her. His love for her.
"I love her," he thought, somewhat stunned. Every time that thought cycled through it brought a mixture of confusion, happiness and uncertainty with it. He could feel love for someone, and he could actually admit it to himself. He could be content at her side, there to protect and love her whenever she was in need of it. He would be there for her, and as he made this internal commitment it agonized him to realize that he had already failed her. He wasn't there for her when she needed him, and in part that made him furious. It all reminded him of something, like an aftertaste left behind in the mouth after eating something, but he couldn't put his finger on it. It was a greatly important thing in his life, he knew that much, but… He just couldn't remember anything about it.
As she continued tears of his own formed and began to roll down his cheeks. He didn't know why. They just did. He was crying with his love.
Sango tried to take a step towards the two sitting figures, and was stopped by Miroku's hand upon her shoulder. She looked towards him and he shook his head. This was a time for the two to be alone.
"Aw! But I wanna watch!" Reiki protested in a hoarse whisper, struggling to continue filming the two as Miroku and Sango, each with an arm, dragged her off to leave the saddened couple alone to watch the skies and console. "Come on! I'll split the profits with you fifty/twenty-five/twenty-five! Please let me capture this for Inu/Kagome fans!" Those were her last words before being removed from the vicinity completely.
(Off elsewhere)
Hikari was only ten minutes into her commands, and was rather enjoying herself, watching a naked and undignified Koga act like a Gigolo as he tried to visually please her; at her demands, of course.
She was about ready to mount him again and ride him through the woods so all the wolves could see them, but…
"Continue," Hikari ordered, sensing someone wonderful and slinking skillfully away with a huge grin on her face.
Koga, forced to obey, was cursing to himself when Hikari went out of sight. The trees behind him suddenly crashed down when Shippo emerged from the woods, reeking of blood-lust.
"Shit," Koga cursed as the fox transformed back to his human self, still red eyed, and came menacingly forward while cracking his knuckles. And to think, of all the commands Hikari could have given first, it was to 'be compliant'…
"Gehehehe!" Hikari giggled, dashing madly towards the scent. She was so happy she had tears in her eyes.
Coming to a halt, she crawled halfway down the sheer face of a short cliff like a spider and hunkered down against a ledge, masking her scent. After four patient minutes, she forced herself to not giggle as a sudden gleam entering her violet eyes. Below her ran Rin, and her caretaker Jaken who chased her madly through the somewhat narrow canyon below. Then she saw him.
Sesshomaru, bearing himself regally, walked silently behind his party members. Hikari held in a gasp of delight upon seeing him, and the thing that made her heart race was that, if she weren't mistaken, he had two arms again! TWO! All the more to grope her with! He abruptly froze, but before anyone could blink, yell, or whip around the Staff of Two Heads, Hikari poised and pounced down towards her favorite demon.
Sesshomaru looked calmly up as a shadow appeared above him, and in a split second was gone. Hikari landed, shocked by having nothing but air in her arms, and looked to see that a wide-eyed Sesshomaru was pressed flat against the wall of the canyon. She growled temptingly at him, tail briskly swishing merrily, and with sheer horror he bulleted (unknowingly) in the direction from which she had come. She gave chase, her progress was made considerably easier by the fact that she was now half-demon, and the half human side was compensated by raw desire.
"… Master Jaken, who was that?" Rin asked, watching their dust trails settle.
"A demon, to be sure," Jaken replied, eyes wide with shock. Whatever was wrong with his Lord of late, maybe it would be a good idea to invest some time in getting some of those Jewel Shards...
Hikari flew tirelessly, almost on the wings of love and the exhilaration she got by smelling his fear made it all the more splendid. She was slowly gaining, and soon caught him.
"SEXY-SESSY-KUN!!!!!" she shrieked while barreling into him, effectively tumbling him onto his back and sliding about thirty feet. "I was wondering when you'd come back for me. You know that, always…" she grinned, the magic words coming, "I want you…" she whispered slyly while gliding a finger down his neck, only to have it caught on a beaded necklace; the same one she had been keeping for so damned long. "Oh my! Looky what we have here!" Hikari screeched with a wide smile spread across her face. "So it is a side affect of the wish! At least I don't have to go through the trouble of wrestling it onto you! Although… Now that I think about it, I was looking forward to it…"
Her monologue was interrupted by Inu-Yasha shoving a sheathed Tetsusaiga towards Sesshomaru's (positively drop dead gorgeous!) face and demanding – none to politely – "What the hell are you doing here?" His eyebrows twitched slightly as he held even just the sheath of his sword. There was something… different about it. But, aside, there were more important matters to attend to...
Hikari was still thinking with amazement on how far she had pursued her victim. They actually made it back to camp! That was more than six miles!
Sesshomaru – attempting to stay calm through this whole ordeal, despite being on his back and mounted – merely glanced at his brother with a bored expression and stated, "I smelled an alarming rise in the scent of half-breeds coming from this area and simply came to investigate. Also, there is you and your new blood-scent-"
"Well I'm so glad you came," Hikari interrupted, cooing into his ear in what she deemed a sexy manner. "You certainly saved me the trouble of tracking you down! Besides! Now I get to see how this fabulous collar works!"
Looking positively mortified, Sesshomaru quickly – and efficiently – got out from beneath the lustful unicorn half-breed and booked it towards the Western Lands.
Blinking in surprise, Hikari looked up in time to see Sesshomaru just break through the tree line before screaming, "SESSHY! COME BACK!"
Without further ado, Sesshomaru – dragged by the necklace – made a bee line for Hikari and slammed into her, effectively knocking them back onto the ground; him being on top.
Hikari blinked in surprise before smiling widely. "Nifty!"
"Indeed," Sesshomaru growled, glaring at the 'collar' draped about his person. His mood wasn't made any better over Inu-Yasha on the ground, nearly dying of convulsive bouts of laughter.
(Later that evening)
"Oh, goodie," Hikari giggled, clutching her disgruntled prize in the firelight. "It's almost night. I can't wait to drag you off to the hot springs! … hehehe… It'll be magical…"
"… Wait, what?" Sesshomaru demanded, trying to pry her off while still clinging to modesty.
"You know," Hikari hinted as she smiled 'lovingly', giggling into the gigantic fur on his shoulder. "Oh, I simply can't wait to make you scream!"
He looked ready to, and had been for the longest of times inside his own mind. It had taken quite a while for him to be 'collar-trained', but when he finally gave up (for the moment at least, since the last couple of times had him being nailed through trees just to crash into her open arms again; and again…) he stayed at her side. Demeaning, but effective. He needed a plan… He couldn't kill or injure her though, thanks to that degrading arrangement of enchanted beads around his person and her intuition. He still couldn't figure out why this human wanted to be with a demon whom she knew would kill her given the fraction of an opportunity.
"I can't be THAT sexy..." he grumbled in his mind, still prying off the very mortal young woman... thing.
"Oh, Hikari," Reiki grinned, ears perked and eyes staring. "The rest are here."
"Really!" Hikari asked, running for the woods.
"… The rest?" Sesshomaru inquired, expecting Inu-Yasha and his newfound mate, who had wandered off again once sure that Sesshomaru's threat had diminished. A girl suddenly screamed and the screaming got rapidly closer.
"Who are you!" Rin cried.
"Just call me Mommy!" Hikari laughed madly.
Of course, this sounded like a command, so…
"Yes, mommy," Sesshomaru complied, clapping a clawed hand over his gapping mouth.
Just because the opportunity arose, Inu-Yasha suddenly appeared… "HAHAHAHAHA!" he laughed. "Guess that makes you a son of a bitch, Sesshomaru!"
"… This is going to hurt…" Reiki commented, watching eagerly.
Hikari promptly booted Inu-Yasha's ass straight back to where he came from (which happened to be over the horizon somewhere), still holding Rin captive in her embrace.
Hikari then plopped down into Sesshomaru's lap with Rin in her own. He looked very uncomfortable. Hikari went on to explain to the girl, "you see, Mommy finally caught Daddy, and so now that Daddy has accepted Mommy," she said this as she tickled Sessy under the chin, "that means that you have to accept Mommy as Mommy now too! From now on, you're our daughter!"
Rin hadn't a clue what the odd half-breed was spewing, not even Sesshomaru followed on some parts, such as 'Daddy', but at least someone other than the two newly genetically altered did understand.
"WHAT!" Jaken shouted, finally catching up. "Lord Sesshomaru, why are you confining yourself to the presence of this half-breed? You know the reputation consequences of such actions!"
Sesshomaru glowered at the lesser demon, taking his question as a severe retort, and Hikari giggled, staring at the toad-demon evilly with firelight reflecting in her violet eyes. "Why, Jaken, don't I look familiar?"
"… GYEAHH!!!" he jumped. "You're that damned wench that had slaughtered Lord Sesshomaru's dignity!!"
Jaken was sufficiently planted by Sesshomaru's fist, and didn't raise for about two hours.
Rin hopped out of Hikari's lap and looked towards her caretaker (a.k.a. 'daddy') and said: "Uh, Lord Sesshomaru, Mommy scares me."
"She is not your 'Mommy'," he growled, and with a simple collar command Hikari had him passionately kissing her to make up for that comment. She had found out very quickly that, since it was a side-effect of the Sacred Shikon Jewel wish, that collar would respond to practically any command she could ever dream of… Even if his fingers (stroking her face) did glow a little poisonously green at the moment...
(Hikari: "Isn't that positively splendid, all of you Sesshy fan-girls?")
"Oh, God!!" Inu-Yasha cringed, seeing his brother going for it against his will. "Why is he still here?" he demanded, returning with a remorse Kagome at his side.
"Because he's Hikari's now," Reiki giggled evilly.
Their attentions were caught by the sound of someone huffing. Shippo just returned, a bloody and mangled Koga in hand.
"Nice handiwork there, Shippo!" Reiki commented.
Inu-Yasha felt Kagome shy towards him, seeking shelter. Apparently, the wolf terrified her, even when unconscious. "I'm gunna kill him this time!" Then he thought. "Better yet, he's not mangled enough for my liking… I'll just hand him over to Hikari, for now…"
"Oh, GOODIE !" Hikari cheered, clutching Sesshomaru with joy as he rolled his eyes. "It's Koga! Do you know what that means, darling? It means that you only have a part-time job!"
"… And how would you like that mongrel prepared for tonight?" Sesshomaru asked with great enthusiasm, the words 'hot spring' echoing menacingly in his mind.
"But first… Come here!" Hikari giggled, accepting her Sexy-Sessy-Kun with open arms as he embraced her, an effective way of getting closer.
"What now?" he whined. Inu-Yasha and the rest looked utterly shocked to hear his voice like that.
"Hehehe…" Hikari rubbed her nose against his. "Pick me up, carry me to a nice area, and help me make some puppies!"
"NOO-OO-OO-OO!!!!" Sesshomaru bellowed as his body complied with her request. Inu-Yasha began to laugh his ass off.
"Well, might as well make sure he doesn't get away," Reiki commented, beginning to tie Koga with their ever-present duct tape.
"You two have fun," Inu-Yasha wished, bearing a big grin. Sesshomaru flipped him off, tears (which no one but Hikari could see) streaming down his face, and Hikari waved happily from his arms.
"Oh, wait!" Reiki remembered, getting her bag, grabbing out a bottle and chasing after them. She handed the bag to a curious Hikari (who felt that odd egg inside of it) and, with a pat on his shoulder, Reiki suddenly shattered a bottle of wine against Sesshomaru's forehead. With a slight stumble his eyes crossed slightly and he blinked a bit. That was one damned thick bottle! "Happy virgin sailing!" Reiki laughed, getting him galloping ahead with a slap on the ass.
"Hey, don't you touch what's mine!" Hikari threatened between licks of his face. She wouldn't mind some wine on her first time. Sesshomaru's last strand of dignity was going to be ripped away and devoured by Hikari that night, and she will enjoy every second of it.
(End of yet another long chapter!)
Hikari: "WHAT?!? … SO, THAT'S IT! NO DETAILS OR NOTHING? That virgin sailing thing sort of gave it away though… HEHEHEHE."
Reiki: "… Well, I thought you would want to write this part, since I apparently shouldn't touch what's yours…"
Hikari: "Damn straight, and yes I do want to write my wonderful moment! Make way for the professional!"
Reiki: -cough- "a.k.a.-" -hack, cough- "desperate!"
(FYI, now Reiki really is choking)
Hikari thinks a moment, then laughs and agrees, still keeping her thumbs in her friend's jugulars. Reiki tried to smile and nod in agreement, but that's rather hard to pull off with a purple face and fixated head…
Hikari: "Oh, and by the way, REVIEW, DAMN IT!!! Especially if you've read this far!"