I Think She's the One
By: Mangahottie740
Chapter Three. Heat
Kagome had been right. He was in heat. But not the heat that was the estrous cycle in female dogs. No this heat was the time when Inuyasha's provocative feelings became more prominent. It was when he needed to find a mate. And just like the female dogs allowing anyone to mount them while they are in heat, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were the same way. It couldn't be helped.
During this time Inuyasha liked to stay away from everyone. It wasn't like they would notice it or anything, merely it was the fact that he did not want these feelings to occur such as a child whose blanket is being taken from him. But since he had never had a lover besides Sango who he had had time to go through this stage with, it was even worse. He longed to feel on her, to grope her and make her bend to his ways. It was hard work to stay away from her actually, for his urges were severly strong.
He wasn't sure if she knew he was in heat. He thought it vital that he tell her, for in case if she didn't know she wouldn't be shocked about an out of nowhere attack. But he was still shy and he did not want to say anything to her. Deciding that he had to, though, he walked over to her.
"Sango," he said, "We need to talk." Sango nodded. She was pretty sure what the conversation was going to be about, but she kept her mouth shut- she did not want to call him out and embarrass him. She followed him to the banks of the river.
"Sango, I can't lie to you. I am in heat." Sango nodded.
"And that is?' Inuyasha took a deep breath.
"It is when I become susseptible to any sexual desire. I won't be able to control myself." Sango nodded again.
"So you're warning me?" Inuyasha smiled at her.
"Yes, I am warning you, Sango." She smiled and laid her hand on his.
"Don't worry, Inuyasha, it'll be okay."
Sango sat down beside Kagome. She smiled. Kagome smiled back though she was not sure why. She looked as Sango smiled even harder. Finally, it bugging her to know why she had this silly look on her face, for indeed it was silly, she asked her why she was smiling.
"We were right." Kagome smiled deeper this time.
"So Inuyasha and Sesshomaru are in heat. But, really, how is that possible?"
"He said it was when he became susseptible to any sexual desire. Uncontrollable." Kagome nodded.
"Okay, any sexual desire?" Sango shrugged.
"I don't know. If you mean like would he be susseptible to the the desire of two squirrells doing it on the side of the path, yea, then I don't know. I hope not, of course." Kagome laughed.
"Yea, they don't exactly seem sexy." Sango laughed too. The thought of it was disturbing, yet in itself it had its own humour.
"But what of Sesshomaru? Is there not any word of him?" And they were surprised to hear a voice behind them. It was a male speaking in a soft, gentle voice.
"Yes, in fact, there is word of him." It was Sesshomaru. (In this story just pretend he has two arms.) "I have come for you." He advanced towards her. Kagome reeled back.
"Go away, Sesshomaru! I do not wish anything bad upon myself. Please go!" But he kept his pace towards her. He held out his hands in a token of peace.
"I do not come to hurt you-"
"Physically you don't yeah, but I won't be your sex tool!" He looked at her innocently.
"Sex tool? That's an interesting way to put it. But no, I would rather have it worded borrowing." Sango looked at him in disgust.
"Go, Sesshomaru. Kagome has already asked you to leave. Besides, there is no telling what kind of disease that she would get from you. AIDS, herpes, what else is there?" Sesshomaru curled his lip back in anger.
"Damn you girl!" He lunged at her. Out of nowhere Inuyasha emerged. He stood in front of Sesshomaru. His claws extended as he whipped his hand across his brother's face.
"Sesshomaru, if you touch her I will kill you." Sesshomaru sneered.
"So, you have already gotten a mate. That's probably all she's good for anyway!"
"No! I love her. I loved her before I went into heat! True love has no boundaries!" At this Sesshomaru laughed wickedly.
"You sound like a fool!"
"It's better than being a fool!" He said this as he lunged out with the Tetusaiga in hand. The blade met Tokijin and an ominous metallic clanging rang through the air. They drew back and lunged at each other again.
Suddenly the loud cry "Hirakotsu!" rang through the river glade. The massive boomerang whizzed through the air, catching Sesshomaru in the stomach moments before Inuyasha clanged into him. But he had no blade to protect him. The sword easily sliced through his arm. Sesshomaru squealed in pain at the double attack. Grabbing his arm in one hand, he left, springing among the trees.
Kagome walked over to Inuyasha and Sango. "Thanks for having my back. I was afraid I was about to get raped." Inuyasha smiled.
"In wouldn't let that happen to you, or Sango."
They spoke together as they walked back.
"Inuyasha, how long were you standing there? I mean, how long were you watching us?" Inuyasha replied instantly, knowing that she would ask that. His answer was true.
"I came only when I smelt the scent of Sesshomaru. I wish I had taken more than just one of his arms back there. Slimy bastard!" Sango tried to cool down his rising anger.
"Don't worry about him. Let's make the most of our time together."
"I guess I'll just go then," Kagome said. Inuyasha and Sango nodded. When she was gone they looked at eachother. They kissed.
And in that kiss Inuyasha's heat tried to play itself out. He ran his hand down her back, feeling the leather of her tight demon-slaying wardrobe. Then it strayed to her butt. He felt the exterior of it through the outfit, longing to get underneath. And then, finding the desired position, he squeezed.
She broke apart form him, a startled look upon her face. She shook her head in disapproval. Inuyasha looked as if he got it.
"Sorry, Sango. That was one of the effects. Maybe we should wait, it could get worse." But she shook her head no. So they began to kiss again. And again it happened.
"Please stop. I want to kiss you." So he stopped, for a moment or two. Then it was squeeze! Sango pulled away one last time. She looked angry.
"Dammit, Inuyasha! Stop!" But before she could hear his reply she ran off. Inuyasha was left alone and bewildered.
"Kagome!" cried Sango upon arrival, "Follow me." They went to the hotspring and sat with their feet in the pool. Kagome could see that Sango was crying.
"What is wrong? Is it something about Inuyasha?" Sango nodded.
"He... he kept grabbing I told him to stop, but he wouldn't." Kagome looked at her like a mother would to a child.
"Did he warn you?"
"Yes."
"Then why are you crying?"
"I, I just thought, I guess, that he was stronger than urges. That sexual desire was not very effective on him." Kagome shook her head.
"You of all people should know, Sango, that a man is never uncontrolled by urges. A man is urges. Urges are the very essence of the male genus."
"Pardon me?"
"I said they were the very essence of the male genus."
"What is a genus?"
"Never you mind, someone will answer that question years from now." And with that they were content.
Inuyasha was sad. He didn't want what just happened with Sango to linger in their relationship. But he couldn't help that. She just wouldn't listen. That wasn't his fault.
Could he possibly any part of the blame. He had been the one who had touched her. But, he had warned her. And she felt so good.
She was warm. She wasn't to soft but she wasn't too firm either, she was somewhere in the middle. That was good to Inuyasha. She felt better than Kagome. Much better.
He looked up as Sango entered the room. His face was flushed red with embarrassment, he could not bring himsef to look at her.
"Forgive me," he said, without averting his gaze from wehre it sat on the floor. "I did something wrong. You had every right to get mad." But she shok her head.
"No, Inuyasha, I didn't. You warned me, and I should have heeded that warning. It is my fault, if anyones. I would like you to please forgive me."
"I do." Her face brightened. She had taken what Kagome said into consideration, and realized that he could be susseptible to urges, that he had no control over them.
"Inuyasha, thank you for saving me eaerlier, I never told you." Inuyasha smiled.
"No problem, I couldn't let the one I love die. I couldn't live with you." At those words Sango's heart melted. She was glad to hear Inuyasha tralk like that.
"Me, too, Inuyasha. You're everything that is good in my life." Inuyasha smiled.
"You just took the words right out of my mouth," he said.
The next morning broke over the land in a beautiful conflagration of pink and yellow. Thick, puffy clouds were in the air. Birds called their mating calls to anyone who would listen in the sunny wonderland. It was a great day to be alive.
Sango and Inuyasha were in the hot spring bath. They were both shy in the beginning, but they grew comfortable with eachother. This was their first realy sexual thing they had done, for though there was no contact between the two, they were both nude. They sat there and talked.
"This is so different Inuyasha. I have never taken a bath with a male before. It is so... cool." Inuyasha smiled at his girlfriend. She was just so cute.
"I can't say that I've ever taken a bath with a woman. And you are right. This certainly is different. I like it." Sango giggled.
"Of course you do, Inuyasha. I do, too." Sango raised up out of the water, fully exposed. Inuyasha looked at her, he couldn't help it.
"Why do you raise up too, Inuyasha? I'm sure I'd like it." Inuyasha blushed but still he stood up. Sango watched as the full splendour of the man she loved was shown. She thought she was going to explode with joy.
"You are so sexy, Inuyasha."
"Not half as sexy as you," he said, smiling.
"Well, I guess we oughta get dressed now."
"Yea, I guess." So they got dressed and walked back to camp.
They took lunch under a sprawling cherry tree. They ate it on a long piece of red checkered cloth. They had cheese, water, meat, and bread. They were alone from everyone else, they could get some privacy this way.
"This is peaceful, Inuyasha. I like spending all of this time with you." Inuyasha smiled, cutting a wedge of cheese. He took a piece of bread and put it beside hi wedge of cheese before speaking.
"Yes, it is like an earthly Heaven spending all this time with you. It is very pleasent and no one can annoy us. It is just us together, I like the sound of that." Sango smiled.
"Yes," she said, eating part of a piece of meat, "And indeed, if they wanted to annoy us they wouldn't be able to find us. Not here, it is to secret."
"Yeah, but let's not jinx the place. We should come here more often."
"That sounds like a good idea. I love you, Inuyasha." They piled thier places high with food. They ate a bit more before speaking.
"Inuyasha," she said. Inuyasha looked up from eating a piece of meat.
"Yeah, what is it?"
"Let's play a game." He nodded.
"Okay, what game do you want to play?" She smiled, standing up.
"Hide-n-seek."
"I think we can arrange that. Who do you want to hide first?"
"Why don't you, Inuyasha?" And so they carried out the afternoon in said manner.
It was evening when they walked back to camp. They had eaten all of the food. They now carried only the cloth. The sky was growing dark, but still it had a little yellow and orange in it, bordering the dark shadows that threatened to cut all light from existence. The crickets had already started to chirp their melodious, ever monotonous music. A slight wind was blowing that gently disturbed the green grass. A rustling of leaves was heard from the massive trees all about them.
Two spuirrells ran past them, playing. One was female and the other was male. The male chased the female around, sometimes his prounce hitting his target, her, and when he did this they had bouts of fun wrestling with eachother. And after that the male would be the one to get chased. Sango watched them as they ran up into the trees and disapeared from view.
The path they were walking on was well-trodden by many feet. It was cobblestone, gray and dull, and their feet made clanking sounds if they hit just the right rock. It was broken here and their by a large crack that was ultimately the result of tufts of grass breaking through it. They couldn't even begin to guess how old it was.
Flanking either side of the path were dense green forestlands. They consisted of decidous and coniferous trees, beautiful in the swaying wind. There was no telling what kind of wildlife was in them, and there was really no guessing about it. The forest held many strange secrets that no man could ever unveil. Nor really, could time reveal. For these creatures were so elusive in the ways of life that they had figured out how to master time- to stay away from its grasping hand, and out of the knowledge of man.
The wind had picked up. It blew slightly more than slightly blowing, but it was not enough to bother anything. It whistled through hollow logs at the fringes of the forest. The sounds were calming, relaxing in their own sense. It was a sound never mastered by man. Nor indeed could it ever be mastered by any man, for it was a sound that was given to nature. A sound that would stay with nature until the end of time.
The flowers that were on the direct edge of the path, before the woodlands that started about ten feet off, were beautiful. They were very diverse in the ways of flowers, for never was there anywhere else those flowers growing together. They had been planted by the people of old, master gardeners that grew different breeds. Some of the flowers were golden, shimmering in the last rays of the sun. Some were blue, magnificent and splendid. Others were different colours: green, red, yellow, violet- there just wasn't an end.
The scent of the flowers wafted onto the path. They smelled so good, better than someone who had just taken a million baths. Mixing aromas made new aromas which ultimately ended up in one masterful scent. A scent so calming, it was, that it could ease the heaviest of tensions. This was truly a night to be alive.
As they made it back into camp they sat down before a fire. The fire's embers were a basis of golden-red, flaring high into a yellow colour. It was warm.
Around the fire sat Kagome and Miroku, with Shippou and Kirara by their sides. The banter of their talking reached around the perimeter of the camp.
"Hello, Sango, Inuyasha," Miroku said. He looked at them. "What took you so long? You were gone for hours." Sango shot him a dissaproving glance.
"That is none of your business." Miroku made a wry face.
"Don't tell me you had-" But he never finished his sentence. Inuyasha had grabbed him by his hair and rammed him face-into the dirt.
"Shut the hell up! She's already said that it is none of your business!" Miroku grew quite. The lump on his forehead was a painful reminder that his mouth could get him in trouble. Suddenly out of nowhere a voice broke the silence that issued after Miroku's incident.
"We are looking for Sango." The voice came out of nowhere. They all turned around to see three trained and seasoned warriors.
"Yeah, what do you want of me?" Sango asked. "What is this about?" They looked at her grimly.
"This is about your brother, Kohaku." At that Sango instantly perked up. A worried expresson crossed her face.
"What about him?" She could see that the men had tears going down their cheeks. It broke their hearts to tell her this.
"Sango, he is dead." A cry tore from Sango. Tears gushed down her face in torrents. The men brought forth a casket. They opened it. Kohaku was in there, limp and lifeless.
"NO!" cried Sango. "I WON'T BELIEVE IT! HE'S NOT DEAD! HE'S NOT HE'S NOT!" She dropped down beside the casket and took her brother's hand. "Wake up, Kohaku. Please wake up!" But he didn't. Tears splattered on his pale face. Sango knelt there, crying. Inuyasha stepped forward and put a comforting hand about her. She would never heal from this. Never. And that was just the way it was.
A/N: I know it was a bit sudden. But no one really expects it to happen. Please review!