Time
Summary:
Time, it connects all things. It is inescapable, inevitable and unrelenting. It is as incontestable as the very stars in the skies, sometimes time can be your greatest ally and others your gravest fears. Time brought together two unlikely people, but will it also tear them apart? An Inuyasha/Kagome fan fiction. Read and Review please xxxx
Disclaimer;
Mandie: Ten chapters in! Woot woot!
Inuyasha: Keh! Big Deal.
Mandie: Yashie I swear… if you annoy me today. You will suffer my wrath!
Inuyasha: Keh, what can you do?
Kagome: Inuyasha… I wouldn't if I were you.
Inuyasha: Shut up wench!
Kagome: O.o –Eye twitches-
Mandie: Kagome…?
Inuyasha: What got her all jerky?
Mandie: Even better –turns to Inuyasha smiling- You get Kagome's wrath.
Inuyasha: ….. Shit.
OSUWARI!!!!!!!!
Mandie: Ummm, Okay. –Peers through the dust at Inu- Well he did deserve it.
Kagome: -Pants- Idiot.
Mandie: Righto! Time for a quiz…
Kagome: Oooh I love quizzes!
Mandie: Question one! I do not own which of these things?
Inuyasha ands it's characters
The lyrics used in this fiction
The quotes used in this fiction
All of the above
Kagome: Oh! I know this one!
Mandie: -tilts head to the side and raises eyebrow-
Kagome: The answer is d)!
Mandie: Correct! You win a new bicycle! Since Inuyasha broke yours in the early chapters.
Kagome: Woot woot!
Mandie: Enjoy the chapter folks :o)
OoOoOoO
Last Chapter
As Inuyasha looked down into Kagome's eyes she smiled, she felt lighter somehow, the weight of Kikyou's odious words seemed to slip from her shoulders. He needed her and that was all that mattered at that moment in time, the young priestess was not an outcast, nor unwanted. Hard times lay ahead, the miko was sure of that. Only now these times didn't have to end with the destruction of her feudal fairytale, Kagome now had a choice.
The embrace was broken reluctantly and Kagome climbed onto Inuyasha's back. Inuyasha bounded through the air, allowing Kagome's coffee eyes to meet with the uninterrupted diamond skies. The icy winds whipped at the miko's silken ebony tresses and she suddenly found her self smiling. After all the cursed sadistic intent, her divine puppeteer had finally given her something to smile about.
Chapter ten: In a field of shadowed bloom
Feudal Era: Inuyasha's forest
Inuyasha ran through the forest at great speed, he couldn't help but smile a little. He had actually said the right thing for once and the coffee brown orbs that he adored so much, had gained their sparkle once more. His own golden eyes were fixed on Kaede's approaching hut and he slowed to a stop a few yards away. Kagome slid from the hanyou's back gracefully and stared at him for a second. Inuyasha turned his eyes upon her and sighed,
"Sesshomaru is waiting in there." Inuyasha groaned, this night had turned out to be very strange indeed.
"You have to be kidding me." Kagome sighed, mimicking Inuyasha's exasperated stare. "You have any idea why he wants to talk with you?"
"Keh, he is probably just here to call me worthless and leave." Inuyasha grinned, his sharp fangs poking out from the corner of his mouth.
"I don't think that he would have come all this way just to call you worthless." The miko giggled, nudging Inuyasha's firm posture.
"Well he can always call me a half-breed." He replied, revelling in the sweet tinkling laughter that escaped the priestess' rosebud lips.
"I suppose he has the chance to call me a stupid human again." Kagome laughed, feeling merrier than she had ever felt before. She attributed this feeling of elation to the confession of Inuyasha's feelings towards her. Even a serious situation could be made light of in her current state.
"Keh, that is because you are a stupid human." Inuyasha joked, the arrogant grin Kagome both cherished and despised formed along his lips. She gave him a swift slap to the arm. "It's true!" He grinned.
"Well at least I am not as stupid as you." Kagome laughed, sticking her tongue out childishly.
"Take that back wench!" Inuyasha retaliated, advancing on her playfully.
"No way Inuyasha!" Kagome grinned, taking several steps back towards the forest.
As Inuyasha made to grab hold of her, she turned on her heels and ran back into the forest. Inuyasha let a playful snarl release itself from his chest and chased after the retreating miko. Within seconds, he had caught up with her, grabbing hold of her delicate porcelain arms and spinning the miko round to face him. Everything seemed to stop and stand still as he watched her spin around. It seemed as though she went in slow motion, her shining coal black locks swirled and seemed to suspend in mid air, her smile lingered and the scent of sakura blossoms and water lilies filled the air around him. As the malodorous young priestess stopped and stood facing him, he couldn't help but gaze into her glittering russet eyes, stare at the way her hair had fallen around her shoulders and the way she stood there smiling, the laughter still lingering in the diamond of her eyes.
Kagome laughed lightly and turned her glimmering eyes away from Inuyasha's, directing it to the shadowed blossoms that sat at their feet. Fields of deep violet and midnight blue flowers misted the ground in midnight shadow. These blooms, usually bright and cheerful, had been cast in the silhouette of the twighlight. In a way, it reminded Kagome of what lay ahead of them, the gloom that Naraku's war would cast upon their sanguinity. Even though this dark thought resided in her mind, she still had hope, for she knew that out of all darkness, must come light.
Inuyasha continued to stare at the young miko; she seemed to be deep in her own thoughts. His amber eyes followed the root of Kagome's gaze and found himself looking at the darkened flowers that littered the ground in colour. The hanyou watched the miko carefully, noticing that she continued to smile, his conscience eased a little.
"Is something interesting about the ground wench?" Inuyasha grinned arrogantly, knowing that this would break her train of thought.
"Something much more interesting than holding up a conversation with you Inuyasha!" Kagome laughed as she retorted.
With Kagome's reply, Inuyasha tackled the miko to the ground. The pair landed amongst the blossoms ground and laughed. With an abnormal display of strength, Kagome managed to roll Inuyasha off of her in such a way that she then sat above him. The hanyou looked totally stunned at the girl's strength and couldn't help but laugh.
The moon passed from beneath a lone cloud in the sky, its light bathing the surroundings in its pure white light. Kagome looked up at it and smiled, Inuyasha continued to look at Kagome, her form seemed to glow once more in the moons incandescent light. Something inside him seemed to snap; maybe it was the beauty of the surroundings, the way the miko's hair sparkled in the lunar iridescence or the way she sat, pinning him to the ground, her supple thighs holding him down. Before the hanyou knew it, he had the priestess pinned to the ground. The hanyou's breathing was heavy and his heart was beating a hundred miles a minute. The sight of Kagome laying there, the remnants of a childish smile lingering on her full red lips, the way her hair fanned out like a halo of glittering charcoal.
Kagome looked up at the hanyou; he had closed his glowing amber eyes and was breathing deeply. She wondered if something was wrong with Inuyasha, she had never seen him look so shaken before. Kagome reached her small delicate hand out and placed it upon the half demons chest. Inuyasha opened his eyes and looked down at Kagome's hand which sat on his chest. A smile founds its way onto the hanyou's face and he reached clawed, course hands out to lightly brush the skin of her face. Slowly, Inuyasha leaned his face towards her, his eyes misted with calm and caring for the priestess that lay beneath him. Slowly he inched closer to Kagome, searching for the candy of her kiss. His silver hair spilled from over his shoulders onto her chest.
For the second time that night, Kagome watched her beloved hanyou inch his way closer to her in search of her kiss. Her heart was beating madly, her breathing cut short. All she cared for was the touch of the hanyou's lips, it was her waking dream and it was about to come true. Her soft hand slid onto Inuyasha's firm neck, her eyes bearing into the gold before her. He was inches away, the world stood still; it was holding its breath for her. She wanted to tell him how she really felt, she wanted so much to utter those three words and to hear them whispered back.
"Inuyasha, I…" Kagome whispered, Inuyasha's lips were centimetres from her own, she could feel his warm breath on her mouth.
"Shut up Kagome…" Inuyasha grinned. She wasn't going to back out now, not after all they had been through to get to this stage. He watched Kagome smile slightly and close her eyes, any second he would feel her lips against his own, slowly, he closed his own eyes. the hanyou's lips had barely brushed the miko's when a voice rang out of the darkness.
"It seems that my half-breed brother has the same affiliations as our late father, how nauseating." Sesshomaru growled, emerging from the surroundings.
Inuyasha shot up and glared at his brother, his lips still tingling from the brush of Kagome's lips in their ill-fated kiss. Sesshomaru stood a few metres away from the couple, a derisive look etched through his golden eyes. Kagome stood up and glared at Inuyasha's half brother, why was it that every time she found herself alone with Inuyasha, someone would interrupt? Maybe it was never destined to happen, whatever the reason, she was becoming thoroughly exasperated.
"You have kept me waiting long enough; it is time that you listened to what I have to say." Sesshomaru growled, his eyes engraved with dislike and irreverence.
"Keh, you think you can turn up and order me around?" Inuyasha snarled, the very presence of his brother annoyed him. How dare he show up and presume to command anything?
"I do what I like half-breed and I wait for no-one." The demon retaliated, drawing his brother a malicious look. "You are both fortunate that I feel patient this night."
"Is that right…?" Inuyasha barked, unsheathing Tetsussiaga.
"THAT IS ENOUGH!" Kagome yelled, she ran in front of Inuyasha, standing in the way of his attack.
"What do you think you are doing wench!" Inuyasha shouted in anger, "Get out of the god-damned way!"
"And we are back to wench…" Kagome sighed, speaking more to herself than the hanyou. "Why don't we go back to Kaede's and get this over with. Then you won't even have to look at each other again for some time."
"The human is right, albeit that is unusual." Sesshomaru mocked the miko scathingly.
"Oh shut up! Give us all a break from your malicious comments." Kagome spat, the last of her patience was now wearing thin.
Sesshomaru and Inuyasha gaped at the priestess as she marched away into the forest once more, heading for Kaede's hut. It wasn't long before they were both following her, taking any opportunity to scowl at the other on the way. It was a matter of minutes before they reached Kaede's hut, Kagome was the first to enter. As the miko walked through the threshold she was met by Shippo's tiny frame as he pounced into her arms. The kitsune's bright teal eyes threatened to spill over with tears.
"Kagome! I thought you were leaving me!" he yelped in relief.
"Don't worry kid; I am not planning on leaving any time soon." Kagome smiled, her eyes meeting Sango's mahogany orbs which surveyed her carefully.
A couple of seconds later, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru entered the hut. Sesshomaru took residence in the corner once more, folding his arms in the same bored fashion as before. Inuyasha on the other hand, paced the room; it was clearly evident that he was in now in a foul mood. After a few minutes in silence, Kagome put Shippo down next to Kirara and cleared her throat.
"Well what is it that you wanted to say Sesshomaru?" The miko asked politely, though fully aware that there was no need for manners in such a situation.
Sesshomaru glared at the miko, "It is about Naraku."
"What now…?" Inuyasha snapped, was this night going to be blow after blow for him?
"He is currently building an army…" The demon replied darkly, he was cut off halfway through though.
"Keh, we already know that!" Inuyasha sneered, glad at the opportunity to make his half brother look stupid.
"We didn't!" Sango called out angrily. "When were you planning on telling us?"
"Let me finish." Sesshomaru growled, patience was definitely not a virtue he sported. "He plans on using this army to conquer all. He has recruited humans, demons and things you all could never imagine in your darkest nightmares."
"How do you know this?" Asked Kagome, she felt her very blood run cold at the thought of such creatures.
"I have seen it. The question is not how girl. The question is how can he be stopped?" Replied Sesshomaru, his golden eyes following the paced steps of his half-brother.
"And how do you propose that we do that Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha spoke suddenly. "Have you noticed that no-one has killed that bastard yet?"
"I propose that we form an alliance." Sesshomaru answered, his cold voice seemed to echo eerily, as though something momentous was happening, something that would go down in history.
"What do you mean an alliance?" Inuyasha scowled, "You mean between you and I?"
"No, between myself and the old woman! What do you think Inuyasha?" His half-brother retaliated with sarcasm. "You and I."
"No way in hell!" The hanyou snarled.
"Inuyasha hear him out." Kagome whispered into Inuyasha's ear, her soft voice soothed his temper slightly.
"Keh, fine." Inuyasha grumbled in defeat.
"What good would an alliance do?" Miroku asked in curiosity. "Surely he would expect such an alliance."
"Naraku thinks that an alliance between my idiot half-breed brother and I is never going to happen." Sesshomaru replied, his eyes looking at his brothers in severe distaste.
"He had to be right about something." Inuyasha rumbled.
"So you will allow that deceitful abomination to take over for the sake of your deplorable pride? You are more pathetic than I realised." Growled his brother in abhorrence towards the hanyou.
"How dare…"
"Inuyasha shut up will you?" Kagome sighed, "What do you have planned?"
Sesshomaru stared at the miko with interest, "A surprise attack. I will gather what allies we have and launch a full attack on his forces."
"Keh…"
"Shut up Inuyasha!" Kagome snapped, "What do we have to do?"
"I heard that you once injured Naraku to a point that he had to retreat…"
"No way." Inuyasha interrupted, "She is not getting involved in this. If you want an alliance that is fine, but leave them outta this, it is too dangerous."
"You can't tell me what to do!" Kagome yelled at the hanyou, "This is my fight as much as yours!"
"No it isn't! You are nothing to do with this!" The hanyou retorted angrily. He couldn't understand why Kagome would want to be part of a war.
"Funny that, I thought that it had something to do with me the first time he tried to kill me!" Kagome shouted, poking Inuyasha's chest accusingly.
The group watched as the argument progressed between the stubborn pair. Seven sets of eyes darted back and forth as each retaliated with heated words; all but one knew the result would be inevitable…
"…Then who will detect jewel shards if you die wench!" Inuyasha snarled, knowing almost at once that he had crossed the line.
"What…?" Kagome breathed, fire seemed to radiate from her coffee brown eyes. "Inuyasha OSUWARI!!!!!!"
The beads of subjugation started to glow and Inuyasha glared at the miko. Within seconds he crashed to the floor, uttering a string of curse words aimed at the incensed priestess. The group sighed and looked to Sesshomaru, who stared upon his brother with little pity. As he shook his head in repulsion, he rested his eyes upon Kagome. It was apparent who was in charge within the group. Kagome looked at each of her comrades in turn, all of whom nodded their consent. Kagome turned to face Sesshomaru and nodded defiantly.
"We're in."
Authoresses Notes:
Oooowee! Once again love to you all!!! You know what? I really liked this chapter. What did you all think?
I GOT FRIDAY OFF!!!
Sorry thought that I would let you all know that... YAH I AM WEIRD! Let me live with it. Anyhoos, time for some lovin'
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Righto. I am sleepy, have been working all day and decided whilst pouring some drunk's pint that I would update today. Hope you all enjoyed, I might have an update ready for later today/tomorrow. Don't hold me to that though... :o)
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