I do not own the show/manga of InuYasha. Nor do I own the characters.
I do own the creativity that has forced me to write a fanfiction, however. D:
It Is Not True
Pairing: MriokuXSesshomaru
Side Pair: InuyhashaXKouga
Chapter Fifteen: An Interrupted Acceptance
"There you guys are!" Kagome walked her way from the hut's door. "… With Sesshomaru…" She paused as she remembered Sesshomaru was still here. Had she said the same words before too? "Can someone please explain to me why he's still here?"
As all three boys walked toward her she started back to the hut. "That's what we're going to talk about as soon as I go get Sango." Inuyasha said. He stopped walking. "I figure we should tell them all at once. . ." He said toward Sesshomaru and Miroku.
"Will you be okay on your own?" Miroku asked, since Naraku was surely to pop his head out of nowhere, and after the whole gone during the new moon thing, Miroku was slightly worried about Inuyasha. Would he try to find ways to be away from the group since Sesshomaru would be following them? This wasn't going to cause more problems would it?
"Meh. I'll be fine. I'd just rather get this done fast." Inuyasha shrugged. "I'll be back with Sango tomorrow morning, sooner if I can." He turned and started off in the direction of Sango's village.
". . . Just what is going on!" Kagome crossed her arms. "Why is Sesshomaru here like he's our friend?"
"Because, for the moment, I am." Sesshomaru glared down at the girl. Was she always like this?
"Ha..ha" Miroku laughed nervously. He could feel the annoyance that Sesshomaru had. This would be bad if they were going to journey together. "Kagome. . . Let's talk inside . . ."
Miroku knew that Inuyasha wanted to tell them all at once, but he wasn't here. He'd do just about anything to keep Sesshomaru happy. The last thing he wanted to do was have Sesshomaru rethink the whole ordeal and have to see Sesshomaru behind everyone's back. Or worst, have Sesshomaru rethink being with him! He ushered Sesshomaru and Kagome into Kaede's. The old woman in question had be to out and about town, since Miroku didn't see her around. Once everyone was sitting quite comfortably, Miroku sighed, took a quick look at Sesshomaru, and started to speak, "Well, Kagome. Sesshomaru is here because. . ." He paused. Could he say the words? Would she still see him the way she's always seen him? Would she still be his friend? He didn't doubt that she would continue to travel with them. They had the same goal. They had the same enemy. What Miroku was most worried about was if the friendly relationship they had would stay the same. Maybe he should wait for Inuyasha. . . Maybe Inuyasha was right about only telling the story once. It did make things easier.
"Miroku is my mate." Sesshomaru finished for Miroku. His pause had been just a bit too long and he could feel the worry come off Miroku like strong wave.
As soon as Sesshomaru said the words Miroku's heart jumped. The words were out. There was no taking them back now. Especially since Sesshomaru himself had said them. There was no backing out now. Miroku held his breath while he looked at Kagome. What could she possibly say?
Kagome, who was positioned in front of Sesshomaru and Miroku, raised an eyebrow as she looked from Miroku to Sesshomaru. If Miroku, or hell, even Inuyasha, had said so she would have told them to stop joking around. But the great Lord of the Western Lands had said so himself. She looked back and forth between them for one more time before nodding. "Alright." She said. "I don't understand why all the secrecy was going around. . . You should have just come out and say so. None of my business." She paused. "Wait, so you got Inuyasha and Sesshomaru to travel together?!" Kagome smiled at the monk. "You are something else!"
Miroku released his breath and really looked at the miko. Her smile seemed the same. She didn't think any different of him? He smiled and reached over to give the girl a hug. "Thank you, Kagome!"
"Hey, least now I don't have to worry about you groping me all the time." Kagome joked and hugged the monk back.
". . . What?" Sesshomaru asked, seemingly not amused.
"H-hahahahahahahah! N-nothing!" Miroku quickly let go of Kagome and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. "When did Inuyasha say he'd be back, again?"
~It Is Not True~
/SS
Inuyasha's feet tapped the ground at a fast pace. If he wanted to get Sango back as soon as possible it would require them all to move at an inhuman speed. As the wind rushed through Inuyasha's hair and whistled past his doggy ears, he thought back about the last couple of hours. Would Sesshomaru traveling with them cause friction between the group? Was this really a good idea? Should he just let Miroku go off with Sesshomaru? No, it was better for Inuyasha to keep the two in his sights. Just in case Sesshomaru really was playing with Miroku, Inuyasha wanted to be there for him when things went wrong. No matter what Miroku was still an important friend to Inuyasha; he wouldn't want to see him hurt again. Seeing him hurt over Sango had been hard enough. He would kill Sesshomaru for making Miroku feel that pain all over again. Things better work out between those two.
Inuyasha suddenly stopped running. Was he now in favor of the relationship between his brother and his best friend? Wasn't it just two seconds ago that he was dead set against it not being a relationship at all? What was wrong with him? Inuyasha scratched the top of his head. What was his brain thinking? What was it on? He ran his hand back and forth in his hair messing it up. There had to be something really wrong with him. Sesshomaru traveling with them? Miroku being Sesshomaru's mate? And him being okay with it? This had to be some type of nightmare!
"What you standing in the middle of the nowhere for, mutt?"
Inuyasha jumped at the all too familiar voice. Suddenly flashes and feelings of what had transpired between him and Kouga were jumping into his memory. How could he have forgotten about the insanity that happened just last night!
". . . Are you okay, mutt?" Kouga made sure to stand a few feet away from Inuyasha. He wasn't quite sure if Inuyasha would attack him or not. After what had happened last night he wouldn't blame the hanyo. Inuyasha jumped when he first came up. .. apparently the mutt was lost in thought. . . and now he was just frozen. He could swear Inuyasha's hair was even standing up. Kouga walked up to Inuyasha. He stopped and snapped in his face for a second. "Inuuuyyaassshhaaa?"
Inuyasha reached out and grabbed Kouga's hand squeezing the fingers together harshly. "What?!"
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!" Kouga whined in pain. "Leggo!"
Inuyasha let go and watched Kouga inspect his fingers. "What do you want?" If he wanted something strange Inuyasha would just have to kick his ass and get those strange thoughts out of that wolf's head. Things were already strange enough around here with Miroku and Sesshomaru he didn't need Kouga barking up his tree.
"Nothing, mutt, just saw you standing around in the middle of nowhere again. You headed toward that Slayer Village?" Kouga tried to say this as normal as possible. Truth be told he'd been following Inuyasha. He waited by Kaede's village until the half-demon left, then followed him through the forest. He was shocked that Inuyasha hadn't smelled him near, and he thought he was caught when the mutt stopped suddenly. However, he was lost in his own thoughts and Kouga interrupted him. He would love to try and woo Inuyasha as he did Kagome, but things were different. He knew he wanted Inuyasha. Kagome wasn't anything besides a passing fling. . . He didn't want to mess this up.
"And what if I am?" Inuyasha glared. Things were too normal. It was almost like nothing had happened the other night when things surely did happen.
"No reason. Saw some demons headed that way earlier." He watched Inuyasha's face change to worry. "I thought nothing of it, but…"
"Naraku. . ." Inuyasha cursed the name before running off again.
Naraku was that demon that was always on Inuyasha's case, and if Kouga wasn't mistaken, one of his minions tried to get his shards once. If Inuyasha was going after him, he would need some help. Kouga started to follow. "Don't count me out of a good fight!"
~It Is Not True~
/SS
"Sango! They're everywhere!" Kohaku yelled to his sister as he managed to rip off a demon's head with the chain of his weapon.
"I know, I know!" Sango yelled back as she threw her hiraikotsu. "Just focus on staying alive. And don't let them get Shippo!"
"IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!"
Sango spared a moment from the demon she was fighting to see Inuyasha bust in with Kouga. They instantly started fighting off the demons. It took a moment or two, but the four of them managed to clean a good sized area where Inuyasha could speak with Sango.
"How long?"
"Not very."
"Have you seen him?"
"No. I was just about to head back and we were ambushed. My repairs are done. Kohaku has a weapon."
"Figures. Miroku was also targeted. I am not sure what his plan is. . ."
"We should be focusing on the demons, sister." Kohaku panted beside his sister.
"Take a break kid. We've got this." Kouga smiled cockily before taking out a couple demons with kicks alone. They were awfully weak. Kouga wasn't even sure the human's needed to help. Inuyasha and himself were plenty strong enough. "Get the little fox and take a breather. This will be over in no time."
Just as Kohaku was about to take the wolf demon's advice, more demons come down from the sky like rain. Inuyasha was caught off guard, a large bearish demon double the size of Inuyasha came charging at the half-breed. In an instant he had grabbed hold and charged away from the group. Kouga saw it happen just a bit too late to help, he took his sword and slashed the demon preoccupying his time in half. Inuyasha was in danger!
"Kohaku!" Sango screamed.
Kouga turned his attention toward the younger of the two humans, he was currently tangled up in some kind of ugly demon that fancied using multiple tentacles. Sango was at the boy's side trying to rip them off her younger brother, but they were too strong for her. A pale tentacle came from behind her and grabbed the demon slayer by the ankle holding her upside down. He couldn't just leave them, more so when Kirara was sidetracked by a few demons of her own with Shippo on her back. Inuyasha was strong, he'd be okay right?
Kouga rushed forward to help the humans. Apparently they were a lot stronger than Kouga originally thought.
~It is not True~
/ESS
"I wonder what is taking them so long?" Kagome asked as she put a finger to her chin. She was worried about her friends. . . Even little Shippo was with them. She scrunched up her lips to one side and sighed, letting them go back to normal. "It's already getting dark."
"I am sure they'll be back tomorrow early." Miroku said with a smile. He knew what Kagome meant. Normally, when Inuyasha was in a hurry, he could make the journey twice as fast as a leisurely time it took to get to Sango's village. "Maybe Sango want's to rest up before heading back." After all, Miroku wasn't in that much of a hurry to face the last of his friends opinions about Sesshomaru. . . Granted, he would love if it was all acceptance. . . And Sango owned him that much . . . but it would still hurt if she didn't. "How about we set up for the night?"
"Right." Kagome nodded. She would hate for Kaede to have to clean up their messes. Kagome started putting dinner away, packing away some for the rest whenever they came back.
"Miroku, if you would join me outside." Sesshomaru stood up and walked outside as Kagome continued to clean up.
"I'll be back in a second. . ." Miroku murmured. He wasn't exactly sure what Sesshomaru wanted, but it hoped it wasn't something bad. He used his staff to help himself up.
"Take your time!" Kagome sing-songed at him. That earned her a confused glance, but she enjoyed her little joke.
Miroku walked outside and was momentarily stunned by Sesshomaru. Every time he looked at the demon lord he was shocked. Shocked that someone liked as beautiful as Sesshomaru loved someone like him. . . Someone tainted with a curse. Someone so unworthy of real love. Someone. . who really did need to continue a family line. . Just in case. Naraku was usually never right about things, but what if they didn't defeat him? What if he really did kill them all? Miroku would have let his entire family down. Without an heir, Naraku won. Naraku's curse would die with him. . . and no one would be able to take revenge.
"I am not sure what you are thinking of," Sesshomaru started, "But you can continue thinking about it over here." Sesshomaru held out his hand for Miroku to take.
Miroku smiled and took his hand. "Nonsense. I was thinking of nonsense." He said as Sesshomaru pulled him close and wrapped his arm around him.
"Do not do that." Sesshomaru took in the scent of his mate. Miroku's smell was simply intoxicating, more so during the night he had come to realize.
"Lord, Lord Sesshomaru!"
Sesshomaru's eyes snapped open and he turned his head toward the little imp yelling his name and rushing straight toward him. Right in a human village too.
"What's Jakken doing here?" Miroku thought out-loud.
"Lord Sesshomaru!" Jakken stopped right in front of Sesshomaru and Miroku, breathing too heavily to say anything else.
"Speak, imp." Sesshomaru started at him. He didn't want to be bothered when he was with Miroku. What could possibly be so important that Jakken would do this? If he had another hand, it would be around Jakken's neck.
"I-I am sorry to inform you that your territory is under attack, my lord." Jaken's normally green face started to pale. For whatever reason, Miroku wasn't sure.
Sesshomaru stared at Jakken for a good two seconds, a pause that felt like an eternity to the little imp. "I'll be back later tomorrow, Miroku." Reluctantly, Sesshomar let his mate go.
"Is it bad? Are you going to be okay?" Miroku looked worried. He wasn't sure what was going on."
"It's nothing." Sesshomaru started, and he was going to leave it like that. . However, since Miroku was now his mate he needed to know more. "Attacks on my territory are not often. . ." He looked to the imp. "The fact that I am being called however is very rare. Must be someone who doesn't know who I am."
"It's not one demon, my lord." Jakken felt the need to clarify. "It is many. A whole hoard."
Miroku felt worry creep up into him. "Where's Rin?"
"She's with Ah-Uhn in the woods." Jakken answered, too quickly, forgetting that he had yet to recognize Sesshomaru's mate for who he was. A very lucky. . . human. Ew.
"Get Rin inside, Jakken, and then you will accompany me back." Sesshomaru turned to give Miroku a kiss goodbye. "Do not worry. Tell my brother to wait for my return." The words 'my brother' came out easier than he expected.
"Be safe." Miroku cautioned as he watched Jakken and Sesshomaru walk toward the woods outside of Kaede's home. A few seconds later Rin came rushing toward Miroku. Despite the dread and worry he felt, he couldn't hide the smile on his face as Rin got closer and her smile more prominent in the coming darkness. He knelt down and held his arms out for the little girl. When she got to him she ran straight into his arms. "Hello, lady Rin."
"Mister Miroku!" She nuzzled into his clothes. "Lord Sesshomaru told me I am to stay with you while he rips the life from invading demons!"
Miroku nervously laughed as he patted her on the back. "D-did he?" That was no way to talk to a little girl. "Are you hungry? I think Kagome has some dinner left. Why do you go inside and get some?"
Rin pulled back and nodded. "Hmm!" She let go and then rushed inside for some much needed dinner.
Miroku was about to follower her, however he heard a loud growl not too far from where he stood. He froze, trying to hear the sound again. One beat. Two beats. Three beats and nothing. Though, on the fourth beat, he heard something very different. A scream. He couldn't tell if it was male or female, he didn't let himself try to figure it out. He just reacted. He should have called Kagome, but the thought never came up in his head. He took off toward the scream. Someone was in danger, and this was a village of human people. Anything could have happened.
He ran into the woods and found the place he had been bathing at before. Everything seemed okay. He had not heard a scream or growl again. He looked around and nothing. With his back to the water he thought he might as well just go back. Whatever he had heard was long gone and he couldn't save someone that was already dead.
"I am so very glad you decided to join me again, Miroku."
Naraku's voice was clear and right behind him. He turned around and saw the man himself ease out from the water completely dry as if he'd never been underwater. Miroku took a few steps back. Was this the real Naraku or was it a Naraku puppet? Surely he wouldn't be so foolish as to show up himself. Miroku readied his staff as Naraku got closer and closer, and when he was close enough. . . Miroku swung his staff right or Naraku's head. The staff went through Naraku like he was air, and then he vanished Miroku stared, baffled at what just happened. "What…"
Something snaked around Miroku's left side and then a cloth was placed in front of his face with force. Miroku felt himself getting weaker, but he tried to fight off this person. The world was getting too dark too fast for it to be natural nighttime. The last thing Miroku heard before letting the darkness take him completely was Naraku's voice.
"Relax, Miroku. I'm going to take you to a nice place."
Hi!
I'm back from the dead.
I just finished this and I am not re-reading it to look for typos because I want this out quickly for you guys. Sorry for the YEARLY wait. Hope you all had a wonderful mother's day yesterday.
:3
Much love,
Maddening Shroud.