#i guess inuyasha and kagome broke up after some time

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Custom Toonami Block Week 169 Rundown

Spy X Family: It’s a Bond and Loid adventure this week and I’m still never quite sure what the relationship is between these two, like they make it explicit Loid doesn’t know Bond has precognition and he hilariously chalks everything up to Bond using ‘smell’ to sense things regardless of how implausible that is, but he also thinks nothing of taking him on missions and stuff and does know he’s a Data Dog so idk if he’s just oblivious and has really strict training for housepets or is actually intending to take him in the field as an operative. Still it’s funny watching him try to help people and not having Loid understand what he’s doing like Anya can, emphasizes their relationship without her even being there. They also break into a burning building to save a puppy and with all the fluff on him you’d think he’d go up like a haystack but he only gets a tiny spark after he’s already left, they probably should’ve dumped the water on him before he went in rather than after he got out but there wasn’t much time and deflated Bond is still amusing enough to even get a laugh out of Loid. They catch the arsonist and like it isn’t very hard like he wears a baseball cap with FIRE written on it and carries all his oil and matches in a duffel bag and stands there to watch the place burn like how is he not caught already. It’s very sweet that Anya finds out and gives them a little award ceremony despite them not being able to tell anyone, and Loid telling Bond being Anya’s dog is his most important mission is very nice. Also apparently this is the season finale, I was REALLY not paying attention because I thought I had a couple episodes left but guess that’s it until the movie, looks like I’ll have to find two new shows for next week.

Inuyasha The Final Act: We kinda cut around a lot of semi-relevant filler arcs in this episode, like this is the closest we get to a breather episode in this season and it still is speedrunning like four different storylines. Firstly the most relevant at the beginning and end of the episode, Totosai senses Tokijin broke and Sesshomaru’s the minimum requirement of 20% less of a dick than he used to be so Tenseiga will allow him to murder people with it now. I always felt kinda weird about this because Meido Zangetsuha is a legit amazing ability and really cool but the point of Tenseiga was originally to keep Sesshomaru and Inuyasha in balance and while there is room in that for Sesshomaru’s character growth allowing some power creep the fact that it’s never been mentioned does make it feel like quite the retcon. Meanwhile as Kagome heads home and hears the incredibly important end of the Shikon Jewel story that has again never been mentioned before, she just kinda decides fuck school and goes back in time again. Like I get they play it off as Kagome being an impatient teenager that never listens to her grandpa but it feels like this again should’ve come up at some point given Kagome’s been searching for this thing for the better part of six in-world months. Lastly we have two Shippo filler episode arcs back to back with him playing pranks on the guys to go up meaningless ranks in a fox demon advancement exam which is mostly just funny how hilariously quickly Shippo’s willing to turn on his friends for numbers he admits are basically meaningless, though it does give him something to do for the Yashahime Timeskip so that’s nice. Also the transition between these two arcs is really blnk and you’ll miss it because I sure as hell missed it but there’s another ‘Shippo gets a girlfriend’ arc where the sexy girl with the counterfeit energy-stealing sword he’s chasing turns out to be a male badger doing a G.I.R.L. scheme on him and it mostly just ends up being a setup for the REAL Dakki which Inuyasha knows will somehow be important in some unexplained way just by looking at the fake. Man it’s real easy to get whiplash with how quick these Final Act episodes jump from point to point and like don’t even establish where they are in some cases like Sesshomaru and Totosai just kinda show up in the sperm demon dome without explanation to test the Meido Zangetsuha like I guess I prefer this to twenty episodes of filler between each plot point but there has to be some kind of middle ground, still the story is pretty solid when it’s actually moving, just a little disorienting.

Castlevania: Trevor’s gotta go on his first little D&D quest and like three collapsing floors that I’m not sure how the other guys got around given they were completely intact and led to the same place but it’s funny watching Trevor fall on his ass, guy’s got some real Jack Sparrow energy. But yeah he kills the Cyclops and they do the ‘the boy was actually a girl’ thing you see in like half of the Naruto filler arcs and a bunch of other dear horse things and idk really why they do it here because it’s not a shock for the audience to go ‘why did you assume it was a boy? #feminism’ like it usually is, it’s just kind of a worldbuilding thing that the Spakers are mildly sexist which is okay I guess but also makes me like the group we’re supposed to be saving a little less. Sypha thinks there’s still ominous shit down there to get but Trevor sees all the modern tech and is like ‘this is Dracula’s weird science shit, gonna get out of here’ and they at least agree to go tell her grandfather she’s alive before going to risk her life again. After he drops her off the church picks Trevor up and Frollo comes to see him like ‘bro just gto, you don’t have to do anything but leave I don’t want your video game protagonist shenanigans in my town while we violently murder the peace monks in the name of our merciful god okay?’and of course Trevor immediately goes back to get said peace monks back down into the D&D dungeon and ends up fighting off the angry mob. But also like… why? He could’ve just gone down there with them he didn’t need to be there to fight them did he just wanna make his admittedly cool speech? Like that’s a lot of work and several dead bodies to make a speech to some guys that you’re immediately going to kill anyway. I also don’t inherently see the difference between the Speakers adamantly refusing to leave town and then hiding anyway like the townspeople don’t know where they are so functionally they’ve left town like they could’ve just left and came back or some shit and had the same effect, in fact if they leave and still get attacked by demons that’s proof that they aren’t the cause of the demon attacks (also idk if they seem to be making the point that the demons attack everywhere under church rule specifically or if they are just spreading Dracula’s rage indiscriminately like the church gets blamed for it rightly so but also if the church didn’t move into this town and the all became buddists or something I don’t think the demons would do a Passover and not hurt them). But yeah in addition to the angry mob chasing Trevor through the streets we also have demons, so that’ll be fun.

Jujutsu Kaisen: So this episode’s just kinda really cool, the animators have a lot of fun with the colors and the symbolism on street signs and shit like that and it’s really neat. The entire episode is basically Choso versus Yuji and it’s really pretty neat because Choso basically has the better version of the other guy’s Gear Second blood powers in that he’s basically Suitengu from Speed Grapher and can even recycle the blood despite never having to worry about bleeding out. He basically just does a bunch of cool blood shit until Mechamaru gives Yuji a strategy to run into the bathroom and make this a good knuckleduster because all hot-blooded shonen fights end with the two punching the shit out of each other and Choso is apparently like Roy Mustang and can’t get wet because if blood gets too much water in it it’s not blood anymore it’s just dirty water and if there’s one thing a system based on curses loves it’s semantics. It’s kinda funny that both of them come up with the same strategy of ‘I’ll not use my offhand and then punch him in the liver with something from that hand’ and only Choso’s actually works but Yuji has enough shonen willpower to run through it for a bit. I like this fight a lot because by all means this should be a talk no jutsu fight about how Choso feels about his brothers being killed and how technically Nobara killed both of them anyway and they get down to their feelings and shit but Yuji even admits there’s no time for that and just comes out swinging. Eventually Yuji’s dead to rights and bleeding out but Choso miraculously feels a familial connection to him in a weird little cutscene that feels like that scene from Walking Dead where Negan tells Rick to imagine what life could’ve been like if all his friends made it out alive and they’re all eating at a table outside. But yeah I’m not surprised because the Venn Diagram of characters that have weird heritages and shonen protagonists is a fucking circle. Also the school girls find Yuji and are presumably going to stop him from fucking dying.

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End: We get two little stories this time around, the first is a standard ‘Frieren sneaks around to buy Fern a birthday present’ which is a pretty paint by numbers plot but it is pretty sweet that it reflects Frieren’s efforts to learn more about the people she travels with and take their perception of the passage of time into account, plus it gives Fern a new accessory to mark the passage of time on her travels with Frieren. The second is Frieren training Fern on defensive magic only for it to immediately come into practice against an old demon that was sealed away during her initial travels. Luckily eighty years of collecting spells for tea and flowers have made Frieren strong enough to wipe the floor with this guy. No but seriously they basically wake this guy up, go ‘you’ve been powercrept bro’ and disintegrate his ass, it’s a pretty neat meditation on the ‘a better gun means people make better armor’ type of race between offense and defense. Though if we’ve reached the magical arms race point where the Armor Piercing Disintegrate you from fucking existence spell is ordinary and commonplace idk where you really have left to go from there like how do you get more powerful than atomizing someone. Also something something Luffy kid saw Frieren’s panties.

Vinland Saga: It’s the second half of the season and with the farm’s war with Canute on the backburner for right now we start off with a scene that can only be described as a breakway Slave reenacting the “Then Perish” Obama meme on his master. I figured this out early so I’mma just spoil right here that this is Arnheid’s husband Gardar even though it doesn’t come up until the end of the episode. Meanwhile the group is doing shenanigans at Sverkel’s house while he’s basically wasting away but it gives Einar, Thorfinn and Arnheid some time to bond and let their character developments sink in a bit. Plus Thorfinn is hearing Wolf read the Bible to Sverkel and it just so happens to cut to the passage that’s likely the most relevant to the entire series. It is kinda refreshing to see the series take the pacifism of the Bible so seriously like obviously all the Christian warriors are still murdering in the name of god and shit but with things like Castlevania and other anime and even just real life Christianity it’s easy to get lost in the weeds of how shitty people are about religion and I think Vinland Saga does a good job boiling it down to what people liked about it in the first place aside from it being a convenient vehicle to justify biases and get people to put up with a lot of bullshit on the promise their next life would be better, it really captures the beauty of the Do Onto Others philosophy in a way that a lot of other religious depictions are too cynical to. Still, Gardar murders one of Wolf’s men that has the least screentime and has charged the camp on a desperate attempt to reclaim Arnheid and she does not look happy to see him so there’s probably a story there.

[masitadibujante]

There's no end to lengths I'll go To find her again Upon this my dreams are depending Through the dark I sense the pounding of her heart Next to mine She's the sweetest love I could find So I guess I'll be hunting high and low

Hunting High and Low - A-ha

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Happy Valentine’s Day!! This kogkag vday 2k19 prompt is set post-canon in which Koga found Kagome after all those years and stuff ensues!

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Fandom: Inuyasha Genre: Romance/Humor/Fluff Pairing: InuKag Rating: T

Originally written for @inukag-week on tumblr circa 2016, now officially being updated. Its been a hot minute, hasn't it?

For InuKag Week - Day 2: Warmth

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Part 2 Word Count: 2,600

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Kagome couldn't remember the last time she had laughed so hard.

Sometime between the moment she met the arrogant, rude man known as Inuyasha and the three shots she had consumed, they had fallen into a flirtatious banter that she rather enjoyed. Gone was the pompous jerk who had so rudely called her audacious names, replaced by a man who proved to actually be decent company.

No, she hadn't forgotten about their initial meeting, but as she downed another shot of whiskey, she realized she didn't much care. For the first time in months - maybe longer - Kagome found herself enjoying her evening. With her shackles removed and her inhibitions lowered, she relished in the sweet taste of freedom that had been sorely lacking from her life.

"You did not!" she squealed with absurdity in her tone, clamping a hand over her mouth.

Inuyasha chuckled, tilting his glass and giving a half-shrug. "I did," he confessed sheepishly, but not at all ashamed of his actions. "Miroku ran down the dorm hall, completely naked, screaming after me."

Kagome shook her head. "I can honestly say I have never stolen my roommates clothes while they were in the shower. Or pulled any pranks on them, really."

"To be fair," he continued, signaling the bartender for another round. "He actually met his girlfriend that way."

"By running naked down the hallway?"

He nodded. "Knocked her down and stopped to apologize."

"Still want to leave the tab open?" Kouga interrupted.

"Yeah, that's fine." Inuyasha finished off his beer. "Another round of whiskey shots while you're at it."

Flashing Kagome a smile, Kouga took their empty glasses. "You're going to dry me out."

"It's still early," Kagome barbed playfully. "Your bar will last until midnight at the very least."

He chuckled, filling up their shot glasses and handing them another drink. "Oh, thanks. I was afraid I'd have to close up soon."

Leaving with a, "flag me down if you need me," Kouga wandered to the other end of the bar where a busty blonde waved at him.

Typical, Kagome thought sourly. On the one hand, she didn't like the way her thoughts were turning, considering she didn't really know Kouga, and hated grouping him in with the rest of the spineless male population she had become accustomed to - especially since he was a bartender and it was literally his job to tend to the needs of his customers. But on the other hand, she couldn't help but feel bitter about his attention leaving her. Maybe it was because she had so blatantly been deprived of it for so long, that her longing for companionship had been exacerbated ten-fold.

Taking a sip of beer - which she had switched to once they started doing shots - Kagome heard her phone buzz in her purse again; it had already gone off several times during her conversation with Inuyasha. She finally pulled it out and unlocked it, frowning at the array of messages popping up on her screen.

Inuyasha raised a brow at the irritable look that overcame her expression before Kagome sighed and locked her phone. She quickly downed her shot of whiskey, not even bothering to 'cheers' him.

"Everything okay?" Inuyasha questioned, against his better judgement. There was a reason people showed up by themselves at a bar on Friday nights - either to drown their sorrows in whiskey or to find company for a few fleeting, midnight hours.

Kagome pressed her lips together. She didn't come to the bar to talk about her problems. She wasn't some sad case that needed a therapist to pour her drinks. If anything, she wanted to forget about the emotional damage that had been inflicted earlier that day. Her heart had been broken, her ego bruised, and no matter how many times her friends had told her he wasn't worth it, their sympathies didn't make her feel any better.

But, alcohol had a funny habit of turning into truth serum, and she found herself spilling her guts before she could stop herself. "Just my ex-boyfriend - er, fiance - blowing up my phone."

Inuyasha chuckled. "Can't take a hint, huh?"

Kagome shrugged with a bitter smile. "I mean, he broke off the engagement. Not sure why he can't follow through with his decision."

She had expected sympathy, perhaps even empathy. That's what most people offered in a situation like this, when they didn't know what to say or how to react. But Kagome was caught off-guard by Inuyasha's next question.

"How long were you together?"

Kagome eyed him curiously, his honey gaze hiding a wealth of understanding. "Five years," she answered him, twirling a strand of her dark hair around her finger. "Planned our life together, put a ring on it, and even booked the venue. But… I suppose he got cold feet a long time ago."

"His loss. What kind of bastard would put someone through that?"

She hummed thoughtfully, but didn't answer. It wasn't in her best interest to start talking about the past now, and she would rather take the spotlight off of herself all together. "What about you?" she asked her barstool companion as she took another sip of beer. "Any lucky ladies in your life?"

Inuyasha chuckled mirthlessly. "Nah, not anymore."

Kagome arched a brow. "Dare I ask?"

"Not much to tell. Her career and ambitions drove a wedge between us, and she decided they were more important than me. Simple as that."

"Sounds high maintenance."

He grinned. "Something like that. I mean, she knew what she wanted and didn't care what stood in her way. Even me."

Kagome felt an ache beneath her breast for the man beside her. She knew the pain of rejection very well. "Put out in the rain just like a dog. Doesn't that bother you?" she asked, tilting her head.

He frowned at her choice of words, and Kagome knew she may have touched a nerve then, but the alcohol had stripped her of her filter apparently.

"Well, I guess we're all damaged somehow," he replied with a shrug.

She scrunched her nose. "That's a bit thoughtless."

"What can I say? Shit happens. Get over it."

And then Kagome suddenly remembered the arrogant, rude, condescending jerk she had met when she had sat down at the bar earlier in the night. She narrowed her eyes. "Why are you such an ass?"

Inuyasha smirked while bringing his beer to his lips. "You are what you eat?"

Kagome let loose a growl of frustration. She had only known him for a short time, but she had quickly learned that Inuyasha was the most infuriating human being on the planet! "Your immaturity is revolting," she stated matter-of-factly, waving down Kouga for another shot of whiskey. She was definitely not drunk enough to deal with the way the conversation had turned.

"I'm not known for my friendly disposition."

Kagome glared at the man sitting next to her. "Is it fun being a jerk to me? Does it satisfy you?"

Inuyasha chuckled. "Actually, it is pretty entertaining."

She rolled her eyes. "You know, Inuyasha. You can hide behind that fake bravado all you want, but I know you're just a big softie underneath."

"Keh," he grumbled, finishing off his beer.

Kagome threw him a glare. "What? No witty repartee?"

He set down his empty glass with a little more force than usual, grabbing Kagome's attention. "I know your type, wench," he snapped, his amber eyes boring into hers. "I know exactly the kind of person you are; all high and mighty, acting as if you're better than everyone else. You think you can show someone how great life can be and how fantastic it is if I would just try. Well, sorry to break it to you, sweetheart, but not everyone is worth saving, all right?"

His words left Kagome stunned into silence for a brief moment. How did their witty banter only a few minutes ago turn into this? This… This denied anger and unadulterated cynicism had Kagome reeling, her thoughts turning to what exactly had penetrated Inuyasha's life so completely that he had such a negative outlook on such.

She pursed her lips. "How much do you think you're worth?"

Inuyasha shrugged. "Like twenty bucks. Or two twinkies." He grinned at his own comment, but Kagome didn't find it very funny.

If anything, Kagome felt pity for him. No matter how bleak her life became, she always managed to find the good in it. If a person couldn't do that… Well, that was a pretty sad way to live. "As much as I would love to hear you divulge all of your secrets, this is a great song and I feel like dancing."

"Look, wench," Inuyasha barked out, his anger palpable. "I'm not looking for your validation. I'm pretty fucking happy with my life of dirty pennies and whiskey bottles. We don't all need to be Barbie."

She looked over at him, the low dim of the bar lights shining off his silver hair, and found she could only nurse one wounded heart at a time. "I just wanted you to leave tonight and think the world is a little less horrible than you thought."

"Hey, pretty lady," Kouga greeted as he appeared at the perfect time with another shot of whiskey for her and a full beer, stealing her full attention away from Inuyasha.

Kagome immediately downed the shot and chased it with her beer, ready to forget half of the night and lose herself in the music pounding through the speakers. As the evening wore on, the bar became busier, and the DJ had started up a round of tunes that had half the customers on the dance floor.

Kouga watched her curiously, arching a brow. "You alright there?"

"Dance with me?" she called over the bass pounding through the speakers. Oh yes, it was now the time of the night in which she had no qualms for asking for what she wanted.

He chuckled and glanced over at the other bartenders who appeared to have things under control. "You can steal me for a few minutes."

Kagome grinned and giggled like a school girl, leaving Inuyasha behind without delay. Kouga met her at the end of the bar and took her hand in his as she pulled him out onto the dance floor.

Some upbeat dance music blasted through the speakers. Kagome moved and swayed through the bodies crowding near the DJ, the vibrations of the music becoming part of her energy, raising her up several levels at once. Gone were her heartbroken wallows and the biting arrogance of her barstool companion. Her mind buzzed with pure joy. She moved in her dress like her hips were made to sway, the black sequins catching the disco ball that twirled above, causing her to glitter on the dance floor.

Kouga pulled her close, his strong hand pressed against the small of her back, his chiseled chest pressed against hers. She ran her fingers through her messy hair and pulled it to the side, feeling the beat of the music pound with each beat of her heart. Bodies pressed in tighter all around them. Kagome felt the part of her that was really her come out to play, to feel the vibe of the music and let her body go free.

"You're beautiful," Kouga's voice whispered in her ear, sending shivers down her spine.

His lips looked soft and very kissable, and Kagome knew her decision-making skills were indeed hindered by the alcohol that buzzed through her veins. And then his attention was caught by something else, his royal blue eyes pulling from hers to the outskirts of the dance floor. He said something to her, attempting to shout above the music, but his words were swallowed up by the electric beat that kept her entranced.

Kagome felt his hands slip from around her waist and he disappeared into the crowd. She didn't bother to follow, her hands playing with her hair, her hips moving to the music as she lost herself within it. This was what her heartbroken soul had fiercely needed; a night to forget all the troubles of the day.

Large, meaty hands found her waist, but they were unfamiliar and too warm to the touch. Kagome felt a warm flush find her cheeks as she gazed up to meet a stranger's hazy stare. He pulled her in close - too close - and even in her alcohol-ridden mind, she felt mild panic begin like sparks in her abdomen.

She tried to push him away, first gently and then forcefully, pretending to laugh at his behavior. "Thanks for the dance, but I need some fresh air."

"C'me on, baby," he slurred, pulling her tighter to his sweaty frame, his hot breath rolling over her skin. "We just met. Let's dance s'me more."

Kagome frowned. "I said no." Before she could stomp on his foot and fight her way out of the throng of dancers, the man was forcefully pulled away from her. They became separated by another man, one with very familiar silver hair who had his back to her. She didn't hear the words exchanged, but whatever was said was enough to send the man scampering off to the other side of the bar.

Inuyasha turned around, his piercing honey eyes studying her expression, before his hand gently wrapped around her waist. His grip on her wasn't strong like Kouga's, or possessive like the stranger. Inuyasha's hand was warm against the small of her back, and the anxiety she felt moments ago melted away.

"You okay?" he asked, swaying his hips in tune with hers as they continued to dance to the beat of the music.

She grinned up at him. "Were you worried about me, jerk?"

"Keh," he grumbled, his lips pulling into a smirk. "I despise you more than any other human I've ever had the displeasure of meeting. You're loud and wild and apparently have no sense of self-preservation. You also act like you have the mental capacity of a five year old."

"Are you flirting with me?" she barbed in return.

"Maybe."

His hand found the back of her neck, his fingers finding purchase in her hair, his hips grinding against hers. Warmth pooled into the pit of her stomach, his breath caressing her skin, and she moved her lips to find his.

Kagome barely had a moment to react before he pressed his tongue to the seam of her lips and delved inside her mouth. It was a very sloppy kiss with the strong scent of beer being exchanged between their billowing breaths. Her arm reached up and tangled around his strong neck. She pulled away and arched up into his broad chest, letting a moan escape in the contact of body heat against her own, before she drew back into his lips.

She could nearly taste the slight bitterness of the beer as it rolled off her tongue and seeped down her throat with every push of his tongue against hers. The kiss coupled with the beer and whiskey humming through her system obliterated every thought. For the first time that day, her mind was locked into the present. Her usual concerns for her life were suspended, and she had no wish for the kiss to end.

But as the music changed, they pulled apart. Inuyasha's skin shimmered with sweat and his amber eyes flecked with gold held her gaze. The beat of the music consumed them under the crazy neon lights, and Kagome felt alive during a night that was still so young.

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Inukag AU

More and more the déjà vu moments started coming to Kagome, mostly smaller memories, but they were adding up. She’d taken the doctor’s advice and kept a small notebook in her purse in case a new one popped up. For example, she knew Inuyasha’s favorite food was ramen because she’d been told as much, but one day as she shopped in the supermarket and saw one of the brands on the shelf, her hand immediately reached out for it. Kagome placed it in her basket without a second thought until two aisles away it finally hit her— it wasn’t a flavor she liked. Sure enough, when she saw Inuyasha that afternoon he confirmed it was the brand and flavor he always bought.

Speaking of recall, Kagome had met Ms. Tanaka at a small cafe one Saturday and they sat at a table for four hours chatting. Kagome had been nervous about going. What would she say since she couldn’t remember anything about the job or company, but Ms. Tanaka was such a bubbly feisty person those anxieties had melted away within the first few minutes. She was brought up to speed on how the company was doing… along with the gossip or drama one might find in a close knit office like they had. So, and so just started dating, bought a new car, complaining about in-laws, news about children, etc. Kagome recognized the name of one child mentioned from when the coworker had taken maternity leave. It felt weird to now be told the child had started preschool, but she was just happy to have remembered the person at all. It was a good day with more to come because Ms. Tanaka invited her to a birthday party the following week at the office for one of their closest co-workers. Apparently, they were nicknamed the trio at work because they always took their lunches together. Their cubicles were next to each other so day in and day out they’d became each other’s family away from home.

“Hi, everyone.” Kagome smiled and waved even though her nerves were on edge. Ms. Tanaka wanted it to be a surprise, so she had no idea what the reaction would be… and it certainly wasn’t this!

A loud scream came from the other side of the room that left her startled. At first Kagome couldn’t see who or where it had come from over all the cubicles, but the next thing she knew she’d almost been tackled to the ground by a hug. It was the birthday girl, Ms. Fukuda.

“Oh, my Kami you came!” Fukuda pulled back her hands still gripped to Kagome’s shoulders. “Why didn’t anyone tell me you were coming??”

“Tanaka wanted it be a surprise,” Kagome squeaked back.

“Well, this is definitely the best birthday gift I could’ve received!— Even if you don’t remember me.”

Kagome flinched a little, her cheeks heating up. “I’m sorry, I don’t, but I’m hoping being here will stimulate something.”

“No need to be sorry,” the woman hugged her again. “I can’t even imagine what you’re going through, but let’s see if we can’t jog those memories!” Ms. Fukuda took Kagome’s hand and started dragging her deeper into the crowd. “Everyone! Look who’s here!”

Kagome stayed close to Tanaka and Fukuda throughout the visit, though the longer she stayed the more comfortable she became. There was tons of food to eat and desserts that left her full. People joked around, teasing Fukuda over a few gag gifts, but all in good fun. Kagome couldn’t remember the last time she’d laughed so hard. Everyone was so nice and accommodating, never making her feel bad that she couldn’t remember them. Quite the contrary. The office staff talked and talked, bringing up story after story from the last few years. They seemed determined to play a role in helping Kagome to redeem her lost memories. Most of the staff were there when she’d started and so they had a lot of tales to tell.

“You had such a hard time with the ten-key machine,” Ms. Fukuda laughed. “I remember thinking oh kami, this young girl is gonna give me gray hair!”

Kagome chuckled. “And you weren’t quiet about pointing it out to me. Said I’ll have to cover the cost of hair dye if it did.”

The room full of laughter suddenly went silent as everyone turned to Kagome. Only a few gasps breaking the stillness to leave her utterly concerned. “Did I say something wrong?” Kagome questioned.

Ms. Fukuda broke the silence. “Y-You really remember that?”

“Remember…” Kagome repeated in confusion. All she did was comment— “Oh! Yeah, I guess I did…”

Fukuda squealed as she hugged onto Kagome. “Oh, my Kami! You remembered!”

“I-I remembered!” Tears began to stream down Kagome’s cheeks at how naturally the memories came back to her. “It took me a couple of months, but I got it down.”

“You did,” Ms. Fukuda whose own tears made their way to the scene, and Ms. Tanaka had joined in the hug. “And now you’re faster than me,” she snorted a laugh.

“Y-Yeah,” Kagome hiccupped a laugh too.

There wasn’t a dry eye in the room as everyone watched the friends sharing in such a beautiful moment. As the trio pulled apart, wiping away their tear stained faces, with the biggest smiles planted on them. Ms. Fukuda took Kagome’s hand a final time before letting go. “This truly was the best birthday gift, and I can’t wait for you come back to work.”

“Me, too.”

The party went on for a couple more hours, and by 4pm that afternoon it was winding down. Some office workers were tidying up, packing up leftovers or cleaning up any messes, while others went back to finishing up any company business that needed to be completed that day. A few core individuals such as the trio stayed chatting quietly around the cubicles. There was more than one conversation taking place, so Kagome ever eager to learn what she could did her best to stay engaged. Listening here and chiming in there. But then a name two cubicles away caught her attention.

‘Yura?’ Kagome wondered, who was this person and why was the name stirring up such a wave of anger and pain inside of her? The conversation she overheard seemed meaningless, just something about they were glad the person wasn’t there anymore. Okay, so that meant Yura was a former employee of the company. One person commented that they’d seen her at a new job in a department store selling makeup and the other responded with a scoffing sound, that it was a good fit for such a two-faced bitch. Well, obviously she wasn’t the only person who’d had an issue with this Yura woman. But who was she to her??

In order to figure it out, Kagome tapped on Ms. Tanaka’s shoulder to gain her attention. She whispered her question. “Who is Yura? Mr. Yoshida and Mr. Miyahira are talking about her.”

“Oh…” Ms. Tanaka looked warily at Ms. Fukuda before addressing Kagome’s question. “Are you sure you want to know? It, um… won’t be a very good memory.”

So, Yura was attached to an unhappy event in her life after all and her friends reaction’s just confirmed the initial feelings she’d felt. Kagome swallowed hard, would it be worth dredging up an unhappy memory or should she leave it buried away. It wasn’t the easiest decision to make, but if the woman’s name had triggered such a strong reaction, it must’ve played a significant role.

“J-Just tell me a little bit about her, maybe about when she’d worked here.”

Ms. Tanaka went first. “Okay. Well, um, she was here for about a year, and no one really liked her because she was rude and thought she was better than everyone else… but, when it came to you, Yura just had a real fixation on making your life miserable.”

“We didn’t know the real reason behind it all until the end,” added Ms. Fukuda. “At first, it was petty, childish things like stealing your lunch from the break room or leaving mean notes on your desk. But then it started to escalate and after several complaints to management, they finally fired her— You basically told the manager if they didn’t then you’d quit.”

“They chose you, and that’s what’s important.” Tanaka finished.

“But what do you mean the real reason behind it? Behind what?” Kagome asked.

Kagome’s question must’ve gave her two friends a real dilemma because they grew silent and hesitant to answer it. “Please? We’ve come this far you might as well just tell me.”

“It turned out that Yura was acting that way towards you because, she’s close friends with Inuyasha’s ex…”

“Oh…” Kagome’s eyes widened. “That’s right…” she sat back as the emotions took control. Kikyo was still a vague concept for her with only the bits and pieces she’d been able to put together, but the mention of the woman in conjunction with Yura brought on a flashback. “The cafe. They’d confronted me at a cafe on my lunch break…” Tears had welled up in Kagome’s eyes, but a sensation of anger was making her body tremble at the memory. “That’s what made me give management an ultimatum because it was just going to far.”

As the tears broke free, Kagome’s friends pulled together into a hug. Don’t cry! It’s okay! It was the past! Oh, please don’t be sad Kagome! She’s gone now, it’s gonna be okay! Once she was able to get the tears under control and convince them she’d be okay, they dropped the subject. But despite cheering Kagome up, the bitter feelings just wouldn’t go away. They sat in her gut stirring and brooding, knowing there was more to the story that she just couldn’t remember and that alone was frustrating. According to her friend’s, this incident happened just eight months before her accident, so it wasn’t ancient history. Had it contributed to the fight? It wasn’t beyond belief to think it had or at least added to the frustrations that led up to it.

When Inuyasha picked Kagome up from her workplace, he tried to make small talk. How’d it go? Did you have fun? She answered them in order, how it started out great and everyone was so nice and supportive, telling her stories and answering questions. Then she told him about blurting out a comment because she’d remembered the event.

“That’s awesome, babe!” Inuyasha squeezed her shoulder. “Your memories are coming back faster now!”

“Yeah, about that…” Kagome quieted as she fiddled with her fingers in her lap. “There was something else that was triggered, a… not so great memory.”

“Oh?” He turned briefly to check on her before returning his eyes to the road. “Are you okay? Do you wanna talk about it?”

“Um… well there was a woman that used to work there that I didn’t get along with…”

“That’s surprising.”

“Yeah, she um— Her name was Yura. But the reason we didn’t get along was because she’s a friend of your ex-girlfriend.”

Kagome instantly saw Inuyasha’s grip tighten on the steering wheel and the whites of his knuckles glaringly apparent. Clearly just the mention of Kikyo was enough to trigger an intense reaction.

She cleared her drying throat. “The company fired Yura about 8 months before the accident after she and Kikyo harassed me at a cafe during my lunch break.”

“You never told me about that. Kagome, why—”Inuyasha stopped mid-sentence as he felt his anger rise. He took a deep breath then lowered his tone. “Why didn’t you tell me about something that bad?”

“I’m not surprised…” she mumbled under her breath. She’d had an inkling that she’d never told him. “I think it was because I didn’t think you’d listen.”

“Of course, I would have listened! They were harassing you!”

“Look, Inuyasha, I don’t remember everything, but clearly there was a reason I didn’t tell you and based on everything you’ve told me yourself you weren’t listening! So, how can you even tell me you would have, when obviously you weren’t back then! You have no right to hold it against me now!”

“Kagome this is different, it affected your job and there were witnesses—”

“Oh?! So, because you’d believe the witnesses you would have believed me?! I don’t remember, but maybe there were other times there were witnesses and you didn’t listen— I DON’T KNOW THAT!”

“That’s not what I meant! I would have listened to you if you’d told me! You should have told me!”

“You know, I really thought you’d be different but if you still can’t admit about what drove me to leave that night, then I… I don’t know anymore…”

“That’s not fair…”

“J-just get me home! I-I just wanna go home Inuyasha! I can’t talk to you right now! There’s so much I can’t remember and since you admitted you hadn’t listened before, there’s nothing more to say.”

“Please Kagome—”

“Just stop. I’m done talking.” She’d had enough.

Her mind was spinning from all the gaps she couldn’t fill and the anger at his words. How could he deny it now when that’s one of the things he’d admitted to from the beginning. The last few minutes of the drive went by in silence and as soon as they reached the Higurashi residence, Kagome got out without a second look. All their months of hard work were now left behind with the slam of a car door and she had no idea how to salvage it.

[sage-nebula]

I’ve been thinking about what I would have liked a sequel to InuYasha to be like, since the official sequel has been such a disappointment (to say the least), so I figured I’d go ahead and post my thoughts. 

To start with, we’re keeping Moroha, and she would be the actual main character. She’s the daughter of the previous two main protagonists, her personality steals the show on the regular anyway, and the fact that she’s part demon while also having sacred priestess powers makes her far more interesting than simply doing half-demons 2.0. I’m not sorry.

So, the story. I imagine that hundreds and hundreds of years back, like well before Inuyasha was ever sealed to the Tree of Ages and all that drama with Kikyou and Naraku happened, there was a prophecy made by some kind of deity (or deity-like) figure. The prophecy was something like, when a demon had a child with a powerful priestess, that child would then end the warring period between demons and mortals—and would, in fact, put an end to demons altogether. In other words, the child of the demon and shrine maiden would lead to the modern era, where mortals still roam freely but demons are (typically) nowhere to be seen. Not many knew about this prophecy, but very powerful and high-ranking demons did (e.g. Kirinmaru, possibly Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru’s father), and because they didn’t want demons to disappear from the earth for very obvious reasons (even though the prophecy wasn’t clear on how that would happen), they made it a point to try to stop the birth of such a child from ever happening—or, if it did happen, they made it a point to kill said child as an infant before they could ever grow. 

Hundreds of years passed. For a time there was great concern over whether Kikyou would bear the child that would bring about the prophecy, given that she was a powerful priestess (the most powerful priestess) who had several half-demons interested in her. Fears waned a little when Inuyasha decided to become human like Kikyou, forsaking his demon half and therefore rendering the two of them unable to bring the prophecy to pass (and there was some argumentation over whether a half-demon could bring the prophecy to pass anyway, but the danger was too great to risk it in the minds of those who knew), but then all of that drama went down before he could, and Kikyou died before she could have a child with anyone, so it became a moot point.

Regardless, those hundreds of years passed, Kikyou was reborn as Kagome, Kagome and Inuyasha fell in love, and they ended up giving birth to a child, Moroha, who inherited both demonic powers from her father and sacred powers from her mother. And while it’s not as if someone was watching Inuyasha and Kagome on CCTV to stalk their every action, other parts of the prophecy (such as the full moon and sun both being present in the sky at the moment of the birth, which happened just as day broke, or stars falling the night of conception) lined up and made it clear that the prophecied birth had come to pass. Of course, neither Inuyasha nor Kagome knew of the prophecy, nor did anyone else in the village . . . but Kirinmaru, as mentioned before, did.

So Kirinmaru shows up some time after Moroha’s birth, when she’s still a baby, with the intent on killing her and probably her parents as well, for good measure, so they can’t have another one. He’s not alone; I’m unsure of whether Sesshoumaru would be with him or not in this version (because I feel Sesshoumaru would have complicated feelings on the issue; he doesn’t want demons to disappear but also he’s doubtful Inuyasha’s child could make that happen), but Kirinmaru would at least have his top four lackeys and possibly many other demons with him. Enough so that everyone in the village would be at significant risk. Of course Kagome and Inuyasha aren’t going down without a fight, but also a battleground is no place for a baby, so Kagome takes Moroha through the well (which we’ll say was working at this point in time) in order to have her family watch her. This serves two purposes: It gives Moroha a loving family to take care of her, with Kagome herself ensuring that happens, AND it allows us to show Kagome’s family after giving a frick about her potentially dying, which Yashahime failed to show with their non-reaction to her potentially having a child.

Of course, Kagome’s family doesn’t want her to return to the feudal era if there’s some huge battle going down, but Kagome promises that she will survive, and she will come back to get Moroha. She promises. So her family agrees to babysit Moroha, and Kagome returns to the feudal era . . . only to not come back. As a result, Moroha is raised by Souta and his family, and cherished by her grandma and great-grandpa, even though there is also an ever-present sorrow and grief because they believe Kagome must have died in the battle she spoke of. And Moroha does feel the love from her family, but also recognizes that they also see her dead mother whenever they look at her, so there’s that, too.

With that said, Kagome isn’t dead! She returns to the feudal era and things are indeed going badly (in a flashback we get plenty of “INUYASHAAAA” “KAGOMEEEEE” for old time’s sake), but I don’t want to kill either her or Inuyasha off. So instead, we’ll bring the Rainbow Pearls back into it. Like in the actual sequel, Inuyasha and Kagome end up sealed in one of the Rainbow Pearls. But the reason here is because Kirinmaru finds out that Kagome sent Moroha away to a place where he can no longer reach her, and he’s furious about it. But he also feels that, when she grows up, she will seek out her parents. So he figures, he’ll take her parents, seal them in a state where they can’t escape him, and then use them as bait. He’ll lure Moroha to him and kill her then. It’s a perfect plan. (And while I would want to seal Inuyasha and Kagome into the Tree of Ages since that’s their tree, at the same time, Kirinmaru can’t exactly take a whole ass tree with him. I mean, he could, but it’d kill it and probably end the sealing power. So.)

Years pass, Moroha grows. She can pretty much pass for a human girl aside from her fangs and her super senses / abilities, so she doesn’t feel like too much of an outcast in the human world. She's a little older than in Yashahime, maybe around 16, and as such was able to do at least a year or two of high school and has a few years experience in archery and kendo clubs as a result. But though she doesn’t feel like an outcast, Moroha has always been plagued by the feeling that there’s more to her story than she and her family know. She feels like there’s something missing, like the assumption that her mother died just isn’t right. This draws her back to the Bone-Eaters Well time and time again, and the final time (the one we see) Souta follows her there. They talk about Moroha’s feelings and her desire to know, and Souta tells her he think that she can make the trip—and that she should, if she can’t rest. He gives her Inuyasha’s robe of the fire rat (which I forgot to mention Moroha was swaddled in when Kagome took her through), as well as her bow and quiver from archery, and some other provisions. Then Moroha jumps through and returns to the feudal era.

So the main plot, or at least the one that Moroha is aware of at first, would be Moroha trying to figure out what happened to her parents, where they are, et cetera (and people like Miroku, Sango, and Shippou bursting out crying when they see that Inuyasha and Kagome’s daughter did survive and is all grown up and looks so much like her parents). Then in the background of that is the prophecy and whether Moroha actually will carry it out or not. My thought is that she would, but it’s not that she kills all demons, because that’s pretty grim. Rather, it’s that the Rainbow Pearls would ultimately be used to seal or suppress demonic powers, with the implication that demons or people with demonic powers are very much still actually in the modern era, but they’re just sleeping, and could come back at any time. And perhaps this would be done at the end of her life rather than at the end of the series, I don’t know. But basically it would be written to explain the discrepancy of why there were demons and magic in the feudal era, but no longer in the modern era. It would make Kagome going back to the feudal era, meeting Inuyasha and building a family with him, something that actually needed to happen for her era to exist as it did at all. (So, a stable time loop, sort of.)

As for Sesshoumaru having daughters, I honestly really don’t think it’s necessary, but if he did they should be side characters (as in they can be part of the main group, but their story shouldn’t be the primary focus), and Kagura should be their mother. Since Kagura died, if we do still want them to be half-demons, then perhaps it could be that Sesshoumaru traveled to the modern era himself somehow to look for Moroha after Kagome sent her there (I don’t think the well would work for him, but this is a show about magic, he could find a way). He didn’t find Moroha, but he found Kagura’s modern reincarnation, a human woman who looked startlingly like her. He followed her around to figure out what was up with her, she thought he was a creep (albeit a very pretty creep), he eventually decides to leave her because she’s her own person and not Kagura, she follows him because she wants to know where he’s going, she ends up going back to the feudal era with him on accident, they travel together for a while, fall in love, have babies, etc. So I guess in that sense the mother of Sesshoumaru’s daughters wouldn’t actually be Kagura, just like Kagome is not Kikyou, but regardless, she’d be as close to Kagura as he could actually get and that’s better than the alternative that the fifteenth episode of Yashahime suggested, so I’d take it. (Granted I would have taken just about anything over that, but still.) With this scenario, Towa and Setsuna (if we kept those names) would be younger than Moroha, and would have been raised together in the feudal era. If they end up traveling with Moroha, perhaps it’s because Sesshoumaru sent them to do it by suggestion. The twins think they’re just ~bonding~ with their cousin, or at least helping her survive in an era she’s not familiar with, but also their father is using them to spy on her to see if there’s any chance she could bring about the prophecy.

So yeah, that’s what I got. If I’d been asked to come up with a sequel to Inuyasha, that’s what I would have written. Of course there are more details that would need to be ironed out, but nonetheless, we’d have a clear goal from the jump, the correct character would be the main character, and there wouldn’t be any child grooming or pedophilia. Win-win-win, honestly. We could have had it all.

[heynikkiyousofine]

The story is finished! Thank you everyone for your kind words and encouragement, I’m so happy with the way this little fairytale turned out. Get ready for a new story to come up soon. Enjoy a little epilogue with some smut!

@keichanz @neutronstarchild

Inuyasha felt the barrier fall beneath his fists, his panic growing as the explosion reverberated through the air. Shielding his eyes from the intense light and pinning his ears to his head, he watched as Naraku’s sword fly through the air to land near his feet. He began to frantically call Kagome’s name, having a hard time finding her through the purple haze that filled the air.

Rushing forward, he suddenly became aware of a large tree trunk in his path, the jacaranda leaves falling about him. Long branches covered in lavender surrounded him, pleasing to his nose. He would have spent more time beneath the peaceful branches if he wasn’t searching for the woman he was in love with. Turning around, he caught sight of her, sitting on her knees, her wings quivering behind her, leaning on her hands, breathing heavy, shallow breaths. Her bow lay to her left, her arrows spilling out of its container.

“Kagome! Are you okay?!” He asked as he rushed to her side, desperately searched her for injuries, taking in her sweet scent, only stopping when she began to giggle.

“Inuyasha, I’m okay, I promise.” She sighed happily. She wasn’t sure she could do what she had needed to do just moments ago, feeling Naraku’s evil aura and sickening soul latch onto hers at the last minute. She had driven all her strength in the arrow, then before his body had touched the ground, she took all the power he had absorbed from his sword, combining her own, and formed this gorgeous tree. It was a sight to behold. “Help me up?”

Nodding, swallowing the lump in his throat, he guided her to her feet, both of them raising their heads to the sound of cheers filling the air. As the last of the smoke began to dispel, Inuyasha and Kagome just stood together, as friends, creatures and demons surrounded them, applauding.

“My dear, you were remarkable.” King Toga exclaimed as the came through the small crowd, towards the couple. “Are you injured?” Seeing her shake her head in response, he began to ask what happened. Kagome smiled and told her of how Naraku was seeking power to overthrow each of the royal thrones, absorbing their power into his sword and in the end absorbed it in himself. His soul had been beyond corrupt and she had used her own combined with the deceased’s powers to create the tree that stood tall behind them. Noting to herself, she realized there was a bit of familiarity when she had combined both powers, wondering if her father had been helping her along the way. 

Smiling to herself, she was caught off guard when Sango barreled into her arms, squeezing her tightly. Kaede had managed to get some of her strength back and wasted no time in making her way towards them. Letting go off the happy woman, Kagome raced to her mother’s arms and began to sob uncontrollably, both of them falling to their knees. Rubbing her arms and soothing her cries, Kaede just held her, while everyone began to inspect the damage, cleaning up the bodies and helping the injured. 

“Kagome, breathe child.” Kaede whispering soft words to calm her down. When the sobs had finished racking her small frame, Kagome sat up, wiping her glistening eyes. “Daughter, you are more than I had ever hoped you could be. I’m so proud of you.”

Hearing those words, Kagome began to cry again. She was so glad her mother was alive, she really missed her. 

“Mother, how did you know that I would do it?” Kagome asked, holding Kaede’s hands in their laps, knees still touching.

“You’ve always been a special child, powerful in the many things you did. I knew that without a doubt, that you would’ve done anything in your power to save everyone.”

“What do we do now though? We have no home to go back to.” She sighed sadly, looking around at the remaining burnt cottage.

“Kagome,” King Toga walked towards them, a silent Inuyasha at his right, King Sesshomaru at his left, “You are a royal. The castle and the Eastern Kingdom is yours. You will always have a home in our kingdom as well if you so choose. I have faith you will do what is right.”

Biting her lip, she watched as a worried look came across Inuyasha’s features and disappear before anyone could notice. She knew what she wanted, her friends, to spend more time Inuyasha, her future mate, her mother back in her life.

“I have an idea, if we could talk in private?” Kagome turned towards King Toga who simply raised an eyebrow at her, guiding her away so they could talk in private.

As everyone arrive into the small village, everyone began to spread out to find housing for the night. The mythical creatures had gone back to the forest to nurse their wounds, mourn their loved ones and wait in anticipation for what their beloved princess would decide. Calliope giving Kagome a tight hug before flying next to Althea and disappearing.

Settling Kaede in a small room for some more rest, Kagome gathered her cloak and pendant, almost putting both on, before deciding that would let her wings be free for the rest of her days. A soft knock against her door and Kagome opened the door to see a nervous hanyou standing before her.

“Inuyasha, what’s wrong?” She asked, almost laughing at his face, before covering it with a grin.

Noting her smile, he blushed, “What did you and Father come up with? He won’t tell anyone besides Sesshomaru what it is. He wants to get back home before announcing anything. He also said the wolves would be arriving in the village soon, so he wanted to bring theirs and his army back with us as well.” He rambled on, “Why can’t anyone tell me? Is it because I’m not a king yet? And now, you’re the Queen of the Eastern Kingdom?”

“Inuyasha, Kaede is resting, let’s go for a walk.” Kagome sighed before gesturing ahead of her, knowing he wouldn’t stop until someone gave him an answer.

Nodding his head slightly, he only followed her towards the forest line, where fireflies had begun to light up the trees around them. Her wings, basking in their soft glow, flapped a few times, before she spun around, making him almost bump into her.

Laughing softly, “Inuyasha, look at me please.” Waiting until he finally raised his amber gaze at her, she began. 

“Your Father wanted to keep it a secret until we could talk things out, but he is fully on board with all of the plans. He also wanted to talk to Koga as well. Before I tell you any of that, I wanted to ask, do you still want me as your mate?”

Growling a yes, Inuyasha reached for both of her hands, admiring how soft they were. Laughing again, she started talking to him about their future.

“Since now I guess I am a queen, I can only be with royalty, which is perfect because you are royalty,” she said with a playful glimmer in her blue eyes, “however, you are in line for your own throne.” Shushing him when he tried to retort, she continued.

“I want a life with you and my mother in it. I want a life where I can truly help people. I want somewhere I can call home, learn more about my past and be happy and I will have all of that with this new plan of ours, given Koga would be okay with it. Sesshomaru is fine, nothing would change much for him, except title.”

Confused now, Inuyasha gave her the weirdest look. Laughing loudly this time, she reached up to kiss his cheek, both of them blushing, “All will be told soon, I promise, but there is something else I wanted to ask.” The confused look never leaving his face, she continued to speak. “We’ve only known each other a short time and in that time, you’ve told me I was your mate. We’ve been through hell and back in that time and I want to have a life with you. I know I said I wanted to take things slow, but after this exhausting day, I want nothing more than to be with you. I like seeing you smile, somehow when I’m with you, it’s like I feel relieved and safe. I want to be by your side forever, if you’ll let me. Prince Inuyasha of the Northern Kingdom, will you marry me?”

As soon as she finished the word me, Inuyasha pulled her closely and kissed her with all the passion he could muster, making her laugh against his mouth, before joining him in ravishing his own. A few claps came from behind him, making him growl in embarrassment as he broke their kiss and turned to see his father, Miroku and Sango smiling broadly at them.

“I thought you would’ve asked her son.” Toga laughed loudly, clapping him on the shoulder, while Sango and Kagome squealed, hugging each other. Miroku simply smiled. 

“Oi, I know that look monk, don’t even think about it.” Inuyasha grumbled at them both, latching his hands with his now fiancé. 

The days passed, as King Koga, who agreed the plan and congratulated the couple on their betrothals, joined what remained of their group as they headed back to the castle. Kagome beamed in happiness the whole way back, receiving many blessings for their union, and knowing looks from a suspicious monk. Inuaysha had to growl many times at him before he backed off, only to be slapped upside the head by the annoyed demon slayer. Kohaku and Sesshomaru even congratulated them, keeping to themselves the whole way back. Kagome could tell in the Western King’s soul he was pleased at the events, he was just also in a hurry to get back to his pregnant wife.

As soon as they had arrived back at the castle, Rin had come barreling out of the wooden door towards them, hollering for Sesshomaru to hurry, that Queen Kagura was in labor. Slapping his oldest son on the back, he ushered everyone inside, while picking up the small rambunctious child, making her squeal in excitement. He announced they would discuss everything after a meal and Kagura’s labor, his fellow kings and queens needing some much needed some rest. 

After what seemed like a lifetime to Inuyasha, he was settled in his room for the evening, when Kagome knocked softly on his door. Yelling to enter, he watched her shut the mahogany door quickly before coming over to the set of chairs near the fire, taking a seat in the empty one, facing him.

“Kagura had a healthy baby girl, Kanna. She looks a lot like Sesshomaru.” She spoke softly, smiling at him.

Smiling back, “I hope she has her mother’s personality then.” Both of them laughing together quietly, “So we will be discussing everything tomorrow then?” He asked, his eyes almost feral in the light of the fire.

Nodding and humming her yes, Kagome began to yawn, stretching her arms up high, her wings shaking a few times before folding along her back. Gold dust covered the back of the chair. “I was wondering if I could sleep here, with you,” she started, a blush coming across her warm cheeks, “Kaede is sleeping in my bed.”

“I would love that, I wonder just what will my mother think?” He smirked at her, getting to his feet and holding out his hand.  

Taking his hand in hers, het thumb rubbing the back of his affectionately, Kagome laughed, “It was your mother’s idea actually.”

“Well, I can’t ignore a royal command then, can I? Do you have everything you need to retire?”

Nodding, Kagome let Inuyasha guided her to his overly large bed, covered in ruby satin bedding. Pulling her closely to his chest, they both closed their eyes.

After breakfast and the good news of the new baby the next morning, the head royals, save Izayoi, sat in King Toga’s meeting room, discussing out the details.

“You would be okay with just being a lord, King Koga?” Toga asked, surprised at his agreement.

“As long I get to keep my land and pack, I’m okay with whatever. Queen Kagome will rule fairly along with Prince Inuyasha.” He shrugged, leaning back in his velvet chair, crossing his arms.

“I agree too,” Queen Ayame chimed in, looking at the fairy queen, “I think you would be fair and just. You could help so many others, better than we ever could, you have a kind heart that would be good for everyone.”

“Thank you Ayame.” Kagome smiled at her, knowing they would be good friends in the future, if only to keep ahold of their mates and their tempers.

“Have you agreed to be Inuyasha’s mate?” Sesshomaru asked when the room began to grow quiet.

Nodding, “I have. We talked about it before the battle and what all it means to be a mate,” she added, blushing, “Along with me proposing to him in the village before we left.” 

Nodding as well, while Ayame squealed in excitement, Sesshomaru turned towards to his father, “Father, I guess it’s time for a celebration.”

“I agree son. You too are okay with this?” He asked.

“The same thing as the wolf, as long as I keep my titles and western lands, I am content.” He simply stated. Gathering their seals, Kagome using her power to create one for herself, they all signed a document stating the new lands, titles and rulership. 

“Now,” King Toga began, standing from his chair, “Let’s plan a wedding and coronation, for our royal majesty, Queen Kagome.”

Epilogue

It had been a busy two months, between announcing to all four kingdoms that they would unite as one, how the lost fairy princess came to be found, the defeat of Naraku, a royal marriage, a coronation and a new royal baby, Kagome couldn’t wait for the full moon to come and go. Her wedding day, she was excited for, and for what was to come after, but planning everything was so exhausting. She was grateful for the help for Kaede, Lady Izayoi, Lady Aayame and Sango to help, however, she missed spending time with her beloved hanyou and her funny little fox kit.

“Well Queen Kagome, are you ready for tomorrow?” An amused voice asked, the hanyou himself strolling into their sleeping chamber.

“Why yes, Prince Inuyasha, I am. But I am not a queen yet, merely a lost princess who found her way home.” She smirked, laying in their shared bed, waiting for her soon to be husband to join her.

“Tomorrow is going to be a lot, it’s also the full moon, are you sure you’re okay with all of this? We can take more time before mating?” He kissed her softly, waiting for he answer.

“I’m positive, I have never been anymore positive in my life.” She stated with confidence, before kissing him again, not of them settling in for the night.

Waking her up before dawn, Izayoi and Sango rushed into their bedroom the next morning, shooing Inuyasha out of his own bed before turning their attention to Kagome. Grumbling to himself, he went to join his father and Miroku before beginning to get ready for the day. His Father had planned to greet the remaining guests, while many mythical creatures that were arriving as well. Kagome had wanted to invited the entire kingdom, knowing this was as important for them as well as for her. They decided to hold the ceremony in the garden outside, so many people could see. Kaede would be performing the coronation, while Miroku would be ordaining the wedding. There was also a small celebration for baby Kanna, announcing her arrival to the world. The festivities would begin around lunchtime and going long into the night.

Brushing her wings away from her lace veil, Kagome turned towards the full length mirror, smiling at her appearance. Lady Izayoi did not disappoint, her dress was stunning and perfectly made for her. She briefly mentioned Sango helped a little with the design as well, Aunt Mara supplying some of the fabric. Her floor length dress fluffed out bit, bit not too much, so not to get in the way of her wings, with still had twirls of gold and silver throughout them. Her hair, perfectly curled down her back, her flower crown up top her head, where later she would exchange it for a new one. Her sleeves, covered in a sheer lace, came up her arm, before leaving her shoulders bare. Her veil hanging in front of her face, obscuring her features, but she new with the light layer of make up, she looked radiant. 

After expressing beautiful remarks and teary eyes thank you’s, the ladies left to gather their seats, Lord Toga would be walking her down the aisle. Gently squeezing her hands together, she waited in the hallway, the doors to outside closed, she could hear many voices and soft music playing. 

“‘Gome?” A soft yip came from behind her.

“Shippo! You’re supposed to be in your seat, we’re about to begin.” She began to fix his small shirt, when she noticed his sad expression. “What’s wrong honey?”

“You’re not going to forget me are you? I know we haven’t been able to spend much time together with Naraku and the wedding and everything, I just miss my friend.” He swallowed the sob in his throat, a single tear falling down.

“Oh, sweetie, of course not. If anything, after today, we can spend so much more time together. I’ve really missed you too.” An idea come to her. “How about this, do you want to walk with me down the aisle today?” She smiled at him, wiping the tear from his cheek. She had no idea he was feeling this way, having not seen much of him since she arrived at the castle the first time they had arrived

He whimpered a small yes, while Lord Toga came around the corner announcing it was time. Raising an eye brow as his daughter-in-law held Shippo in her arms, she left the small bouquet of on a side table and lightly set her left arm on outstretch right. Nodding that she was ready, he smiled and the doors opened before them, music playing against the breeze.

If Inuyasha thought she was beautiful before, Kagome was positively stunning now, he thought as she began to glade down he aisle, Shippo in her arms. He knew the kit has been missing her, hell he had been missing her lately too. As she came down the aisle, flowers around her bloomed fully along the path, a soft scent of sunshine floating across his nose.

Miroku smiled at the two as she let Shippo into Lord Toga’s arms, who simply continue to hold him as he sat down next to his wife. Watching as he began the ceremonial words, Inuyasha took her hands in his.

After the drinking of the sake and blessing their union, the two shared their first kiss as a married couple, everyone bursting into applauds and cheer around them, while Kaede began to set up for the coronation. Lord Toga presented Kagome with a staff and a golden crown. Removing the flower crown, Inuyasha kissed her on the cheek, before stepping back to let his father crown the new queen.

Setting the crown adorned with red rubies and blue sapphires, Kaede finished and blessed the new queen on her marriage as well. Placing a right hand on the new papers they have formed in the meeting months ago, she began her promise, “I, Queen Kagome, will hereby protect all hose who come in need. I will honor those who have protected their country. I will restore peace among every creature, person and demon. I will serve my country to best of my ability. I will serve my people.”

Raising the cup of blessing sake, Toga proudly stated loud and proud, “May I present Kagome Aureila Takahashi, Queen the Four Kingdoms! ” everyone bowing in response. Smiling, Kagome excited to begin her new reign, her new marriage, her new life.

Hours later, after people began to wish the new couple happy blessings, dancing the night away and enjoying a delicious feast, Kagome grew tired and wanted to retire for the night. She was excited to finally mate with her husband. Smiling to herself, she wish a Calliope and Althea goodnight, before turning to look for her husband across the garden, catching his golden eyes, recently becoming her new favorite color.

Walking towards her, Inuyasha was bombarded with Lord Koga, who already a little drunk, blocked his view. Smiling at him sheepishly, Kagome gathered her skirt, heading towards the door, knowing he would find her soon. No one seem to notice, or if they did, they didn’t say anything, as Kagome strolled towards the castle, caressing the flowers along the way, the full moon shining brightly, her wings glittering the moonlight. Making it to her bedroom, she shut the door quietly, and faced the bed to begin the process of taking off her gown.

The door behind her opened and shut quickly, so quietly, she almost didn’t hear it. Gasping lightly, she felt Inuyasha stroke his finger down her trembling wings, before stopping to raise them again, grazing down her arm.

“Help me undress?” She whispered, hearing his gulp. He was a little nervous as well she gathered, this being both their first times. His hands began to untie her laced up back, loosening the corset as he went down. Feeling it completely loose on her upper body, Kagome removed her arms from her sleeves and held her corset to her chest, before turning to face her Inuyasha.

“Wife,” he murmured, “You are stunning.” He held her face as he leaned down to kiss her slowly, feeling her hand grasp his, her dress fall to the gown. When he pulled away from her lips and gazed down, he rumbled in appreciation, her lace stockings and undergarments highlighted her curves, her entire body glowing in the light of the fire. Taking his hands from her face, Kagome began to slowly unbuckle his belt, watching as his gaze never left her body.

Feeling her hands untucking his white tunic and settle against his toned stomach, he reached for her mouth again, settling his hands along her waist, pulling her closer.

“Husband.” She gasped against his lips, feeling his hands begin to roam across her back, soft stroke her wings before continuing down to her backside. She helped him remove his shirt, running her hands up and down his chest as he backed her towards their shared bed.

“Kagome, tonight I will make you my mate.” He whispered as he trailed kisses down her neck and behind her ear. Loving the sensation, she reached for his head to keep there, lightly caressing his ears with one hand, her other running fingers through his hair. Growling his approval, he bit softly on her neck, making her arch her laced breasts towards his own chest and groan.

Whimpering when he backed away from her neck, she felt the soft bedding against the back of her thighs and watched with wide eyes as Inuaysha used his claws to slice away at the binding around her chest, smiling at spike in her scent. Feeling a little more nervous now, she moved her cover her now exposed chest, stopping when Inuyasha grabbed her hands, intertwining them and bringing them to his chest.

“You are beautiful. Please don’t be ashamed.”

“I’m not, I’m just nervous.” She whispered, looking down.

“Koi, this is my first time as well. We will learn together. I’m going to follow my instincts and we have a lifetime to figure out our likes and dislikes.” He tugged on her chin, so she met his smoldering gaze.

Sighing in relief, she reached to pull him close again and kissed him, passion rising up in her. Bending her backwards slowly, he guided her to lay on the led, only pausing to take off his boots and pants. Crawling on the bed to lay next to her, he kissed her again, his body pressed flush against hers, her wings tucked in behind her.

Their kisses growing more intense, each other’s soft moans and growls being swallowed by the other. Kagome stroked Inuyasha’s ears as he started his trail down her neck. When he reached her left nipple, he began to suckle like a newborn baby, using his hand to pinch the other. Writhing beneath him, Kagome felt his tongue swirl in time with her hands stroking. Feeling this warmth in her belly spread towards to her nether regions, she felt more than heard his growl against her chest, before he switched to the other nipple.

As he brought the other flesh colored nipple to beautiful pink color, both fully erect, he started his trek down her tummy, before gazing at her lovingly.

“I love you.” He whispered.

“I love you, too.” She responded, moaning just as used his claws to shred her lace panties, leaving only her stockings along her legs, and cool air hit her opening. Inhaling, his eyes closed in pure bliss and he growled loudly when Kagome’s scent spiked even more, her flowers and sunshine adding a hint of pine and citrus. Purple marks began to appear along his cheeks and sides.

Reaching for her mate, Kagome stroked his marks with her left hand as he leaned in to them, rumbling softly, his eyes opening to gold with red seeping in. Mumbling an apology, Inuyasha kissed her palm before returning to her the area below her belly button, using his clawed hands to graze up and down her opened thighs.

Feeling herself fall back against the pillows fully, her eyes rolled back in her head and she let out a moan suspiciously like his name as his tongue began to lick at her lips. Feeling his smirk against her, the warmth in her stomach now spread through her like a wildfire, almost as if her powers were rising with her. Opening her eyes quickly, she made contact with an intense pair of eyes that gazed back at up her, a deep amber so intense, they could devour her.

Feeling the thread that was beginning to fray within her, she used one hand to stroke his ears once more, while the other gripped the pillow beside her head. By her actions and sounds, Inuyasha was sure she was almost there and judging by the grip along his head, dangerously close to his ears. As he continued to lap at her, he used his right hand to spread her apart, with his index finger rubbing the small button he located earlier. Kagome’s body began to thrash, her hips grinding against his face. Afraid he might hurt her, he used his free hand to hold down her thigh and laid on the other, feverishly speeding up to make her come.

For someone who had never done this before, he sure knew what to do, Kagome pondered, her mind going blank at the string snapped, a pleasure she had never felt before spreading through her entire body. Her vision, now speckled with white dots as her back arched off the bed.

“Inuyasha!” She screamed, causing her hanyou to pin his ears against his head as he licked everything, cleaning up all of her juices. Feeling her legs quivering beneath him, he let up and smirked at her flushed expression. She looked thoroughly ravished and blissful happy, eyes glazed over, staring at the ceiling above.

Gazing at him beneath lower lashes, Kagome beckoned him forward with her finger, reaching up to kiss him as he moved up. Tasting herself on his tongue, she swiped her own against his fang, Inuyasha rumbling, deepening their kiss.

Reaching for his undergarments, she pushed away the remaining fabric, both of them fully nude now. Running her palms down his chest as he was still kissing her, she reached for his cock, gasping softly as the soft skin beneath her fingers quaked. She was barely able to wrap one of her hands around his, but began to tug softly, causing him to grunt and remove his lips.

“If you keep that up, I won’t be able to finish in you the first time.” He kissed her softly, removing her hand from his manhood, before intertwining them next to her head. Nodding her understanding, she kissed his chest right above his heart, smiling softly for him.

Bringing her mouth back to his, Inuyasha continued kissing her, rubbing her body with his hands, before settling himself between her legs once again. Looking at her in question, Kagome nodded again, as he reached down and brought his cock towards her opening, slowly pushing inside slowly. His fangs lengthened, the marks on face and hips a dark purple now. His golden eyes, surrounded by red, gazed down at her lovingly. Kagome rubbed his cheeks soothingly, Inuyasha moving until he was fully situated inside of her. Feeling full, but not uncomfortable, she drew his mouth closer, willing him to move his hips.

What started as slow movements, turned to hard thrusts, causing him to hit her womb each time. Holding her hip in place with one hand, the other still intertwined with hers at her head, Inuaysha continued kissing her. With every thrust, the warmth in Kagome’s body began to spread again, this time burning brighter than ever before. Hearing a gasp from her lover, she opening her eyes to see his staring at her body, Inuyasha slowing his thrusts. She was actually glowing! Not wanting to hurt him, she tried to draw in her powers, but stopped when her soul reached for his, making her gasp as well.

Moaning his name, Kagome felt him pick up his speed again, and his soul opening up to hers. Feeling her climax coming close, she wanted him to fall into bliss with her. Wrapping her legs around his, moaning loudly when he hit deeper, Kagome closed her eyes as Inuyasha nipped at neck, sucking at her collarbone every so often. Knowing the string would snap once again, she let her soul open freely, joining his.

Her body going taunt as she screamed her release and Inuyasha roaring his completion as well, Kagome felt their souls become one, filling with each other’s with love, warmth, happiness and power. They were fully mated, the souls completely connected with each other’s.

Nuzzling her cheek, he pulled out slowly, and gathered her in his arms as she came down from her second high of the night. If sex was like that every time, he was never going to let her leave this bed, he thought happily, caressing lazy circles along her back.

Feeling content and happy, the two wrapped in each other’s arms, whispering soft things to each other through the night. They continued to explore each others body well into the night, before the finally drifted to sleep as the sun began to rise on the horizon, both silently thanking whoever above for the other.

The End.

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Inuyasha Characters As Roomates

In honor of yashahime’s release i’ve decided to post this for no real reason.Can you tell who my bias is lmao. Lmk if I should do a Part 2 with the people I missed. Also I apologize I haven’t updated in like a year I have a post addressing this coming up soon. Thank you for your continued support despite the fact that I’ve been updating infrequently, I really appreciate it. Without further ado:

Warnings: Some swear words oop

Word Count: 1632

Inuyasha

You want Inuyasha as your roommate???Chile anyways...

No but fr tho in general Inuyasha isn’t an awful roommate, he pays his bills on time(ususally), doesn’t make too big of a mess but that’s just because he owns like 3 things and 2 outfits.

No, the real problem with Inuyasha is that he is LOUD

You walk outside to throw the trash away and he’s in his room screaming about a video game or something and the WHOLE neighborhood can hear him. 

People pokin they head out in concern and everything

Another time he was watching a horror movie and you guess the characters did something stupid because you hear a scream from the character and then Inuyasha screaming “WHAT THE FUCK, WHY WOULD YOU GO THAT WAY DUMBASS! THAT’S WHY YOU’RE DEAD NOW!”

Shit woke you up out of your sleep

After that incident you knew you’d have to ask him to be a bit more considerate of your eardrums.

So, you ask him to quiet down and he pouts like a child and huffs and puffs.

He does quiet down tho...for about 2 minutes until he stubs his toe on the end of the couch

God bless you and your patience but god bless his girlfriend Kagome

She’s a saint

If it were up to Inuyasha your groceries would consist of a cabinet of ramen like the man has the budget for ramen and paying his share of he bills why would he spend money on things like fruit???

This is where Kagome comes in, she comes by pretty regularly and she brings food or groceries because she of all people knows how terrible Inuyasha’s shopping habits are.

Bless her soul truly and every time she does this you thank her lmaoo

Inuyasha eventually does move out with Kagome but he does apologize for being loud before he leaves, you aren’t sure if he did that on his own or if Kagome made him do that

Kagome

She’s so sweet

Fair share of chores, groceries, she cooks for yall sometimes, truly a saint

Only 2 problems:

Ms. Girl has no moneyyy

Poor Kagome, she always tries to pay her bills on time but between trying to feed Inuyasha, helping out her family, and school the paycheck only spreads so thin(She does eventually quit school to start working more but)

Nothing wrong with this but you do end up having to cover for her sometimes.

She of course thank you and you don’t usually mind and your routine was functional for you two, until you meet problem number 2 

The loudest mf on the planet Earth, her boyfriend, Inuyasha

One day you’re in he kitchen grabbing something to eat and you hear pounding on the door like the police showed up.

You proceed cautiously because...what the fuck and you almost reach the door before you hear 

“I’ll get it!”

You’ve never seen Kagome run faster

She opens the door and you see this 5′5 mf who was banging on the door like he paid the bills

Inuyasha just has rbf but you don't know that so you think he’s making faces at you

Immediately you have a problem with him

“Hey Kagome, who’s this?”

She looks between you two before immediately rushing to introduce you to each other

“Oh, I forgot my purse be right back guys.”, Kagome left not knowing that yall were about 2 seconds from fighting

You didn’t like Inuyasha for banging on the door and glaring and he didn’t like you for glaring at him

After that you just avoided talking to inuyasha for the sake of keeping the peace

When he came over you exited stage left 

Eventually Kagome does move out with Inuyasha and she asks why you and Iuyasha had never spoken to each other

“Are you kidding me the first day we met he was already glaring at me?!”

“Ohhh, that’s just his face, he’s really sweet promise :D”

You doubted that

You liked Kagome as a roommate but you were glad she was moving out so you could find someone who could pay the bills on time.

Sango

She a baddie ngl

Aside from that, Sango is the perfect roommate

However, I hope you aren’t allergic to cats or Miroku because they’re pretty much a package deal

Also hopefully you don’t hate children because she does have Kohaku to worry about

But she makes pretty good money at her job so expenses aren’t a issue

She also isn’t home too often between her job, taking care of Kohaku and Kirara, and her relationship

She ends up spending more and more time at Miroku’s place anyways

Sango finally moves in with Miroku when she gets pregnant, yall still keep in touch tho because you’ve become good friends

And thus you say goodbye to the best roommate to ever grace this Earth lmao

Miroku

Miroku is the shortest lasting roommate on this list

Mans is a little creeper pervert and that shit gets annoying after a while

You’ll be walking out the shower and Miroku’s standing there like “hey lil mama lemme whisper in ya ear”

Needless to say you smacked the taste outta his mouth and he stopped with that real quick

He stops but you’re surprised when you see Sango come over 

Your hand starts itching with the urge to slap him again...

You meet Sango and what she sees in him is... baffling, scientists to this day still don’t understand 

Baby girl, you’re Sango do better, self love

Anyways, Miroku moves out eventually and he takes his nasty ass ways with him

Later you find out that Sango moved in with him and sje’s gon have a baby by him

But you know that’s none of your business 

Koga

If you thought Inuyasha was loud...

Inuyasha doesn’t have any friends, Koga has a wolf pack...

Parties all the time good luck homie

If you were tryna study, sleep, do work, etc. best wishes lmao

You come home and mans got 2 random people over like how ya doin   O-O

“Hello”

“Where’s Koga?”

They point to the kitchen and you head here ready to just “talk” with Koga

He turns around and gives you the cutest smile known to man and you immediately lose your will to argue

Can’t argue with a man that beautiful sorry...

Anyways besides being loud af, Koga is HYPER

Mans is up at 5 am knocking on your door like “hey you wanna jog to the gym”

“No Koga, goodnight”

‘No problem, it’s the morning btw!”

He’s actually a decent roommate and he moves into a bigger house with his friends and calls it the ‘pack house’

He actually invites you to come move in w him and his buddies 

You tell him you’ll think about it

Sesshomaru

The king of “I’m better than you”

He has his life so well together and you’ve gotta give him props

Mans is basically Caspar the Friendly Ghost of roommates 

Does he actually live here? the lights stay on and his name is on the deed so... I guess

Seriously tho, Sesshomaru doesn’t need a roommate but he does need someone to mind Rin

You might ask, what about Jaken, Jaken is busy (following Sesshomaru) or so he claims

Sesshomaru isn’t too bad honestly he covers the majority of the expenses in exchange for you watching Rin and feeding Ah-Un

So you’re basically Rin’s stay at home nanny

But you don’t mind because she is a SWEETHEART

Ah-Un isn’t too bad, just feed 2 lizards

(Although depending on who you are feeding them bugs might be your worst nightmare)

Jaken and you buttheads all the time, it’s almost comical

The times you interact with him mainly consist of you telling him to leave Rin alone or him telling you something Sesshomaru said

Speaking of Sesshomaru you don’t see him often and the only times you hear from him are in the form of notes he leaves around the house to the degree of ‘I fed Ah-Un this morning’ or ‘Make sure Rin takes her vitamins’ 

The other times you “hear” from him are when Jaken comes by saying things like ‘Lord Sesshomaru has requested that you prepare Rin to go out’

And for a while you were like who tf does he think he is because like yea he pays most of the rent but like he isn’t paying you for this so why does he think he can order you around indirectly

The first time you see Sesshomaru, it’s late and Rin’s been asleep for hours.

You walked into the kitchen and didn’t bother with turning the lights on but then you heard the smallest shuffle and a groan

And the moonlight comes through the window at the perfect angle and it reflects so beautifully off his silver hair

He turs some and you see his face and immediately take back all the times you’ve cussed him out mentally

And the you realize you’re in your pajamas staring at this man you’ve never met before that’s sleeping on the couch. For all you know he could be some random guy who broke in

He looks so peaceful that you loathe to disturb it but you poke at him w a stick and he groans out something to the tune of “Go away Jaken”

“I’m not Jaken”

He immediately sat up and stared at you like he was trying to figure out who you were in his head for a moment 

“Don’t you want to sleep in your room?” you asked him. He stood up and begun to walk towards his room in response 

You just watched him walk away but before he turned the corner into the hallway you swear you heard him say “You should get some sleep too.”

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Scars On My Heart

Orginally Posted on FFN and Ao3 for @superpixie42

"It's just a stupid cut," InuYasha snapped as he tried to scramble backwards without wincing, "It'll get better in the morning. I don't need you to clean it."

"Oh yes. Whatever could go wrong," Kagome countered scathingly as she watched the black haired boy literally back himself into a corner, "Why bother cleaning a dirt covered wound? It'll just seal up all that dirt in the morning and you'll get blood poisoning. No big deal."

Inuyasha smirked despite himself before his glare returned full force.

"You just want to see me naked," he tried hoping her embarrassment would get her to leave him alone.

"Oh. You got me. That was my plan all along," Kagome bit back sarcastically before giving him a withering glare, "Shirt. Off."

"Make me," he snarled and Kagome sighed.

"You're so immature."

"You're immature."

"Great comeback," Kagome snorted, "Doesn't sound like something a child would say at all."

"I'm not a child!"

"Then stop acting like one," Kagome clipped back as she raised an eyebrow, "You want to keep going? We've got all night and I'm not backing down until you let me see your wound."

The stare down that followed would've sent chills down even Naraku's spine before InuYasha admitted defeat and began shrugging out of his clothes.

"Not like dirt even got on it," he muttered scathingly, "Stupid woman. Being all dramatic."

Kagome ignored the insult as she collected the linens and disinfectant she had laid out. Scooting towards the seething man sending daggers at her with his dark eyes, she gently wiped away the smeared blood before her hand paused. Wiping again, she realized that some of the dark pink streaks weren't blood smears at all.

"What are these?" Kagome whispered as she traced a few with her finger and Inuyasha's angry countenance faded as he looked down.

"Nothing," he replied indifferently, "Hurry up already. That shit burns my nose."

"They're scars," she whispered as her eyes traveled across his chest. It was littered with them. How had she never noticed before?

"Are you blind? They've been there woman," he hissed as insecurity welled in his chest, "Like I said. They're nothing."

"I've never seen them," she replied softly as her gaze drifted upwards to his neck. Several purplish jagged lines adorned his throat. Like multiple someones had tried to slice it at one point or another. A shaky sigh escaped her lips.

"When did these happen?" she asked quietly as she traced a particular nasty one on his throat with her finger causing him to shiver. Not because it felt good either. He'd always assumed she'd been able to see them. A cold feeling of dread settled uneasily in his gut.

"Years ago," he admitted nervously as his eyes searched her face. She looked so sad. He swallowed thickly and unfortunately the movement accentuated the pale purplish lines causing Kagome's eyes to widen incrementally.

There were so many of them. Not one or two or even three. Dozens of people had tried to slit his throat. Dozens.

Forcing his chin up so she could inspect them more thoroughly, she really should've seen what followed coming. Hell hath no fury like an insecure half-demon.

"Get the fuck off" he snapped as he roughly pushed her away before instantly regretting what he'd done when Kagome fell onto her back. Her head making a soft thump as it made contact.

"Wait. Shit. Are you okay? I didn't mean..." he hissed as he scrambled forward and gently helped her back up, "Sorry. I just..."

"It's fine, InuYasha," she sighed as she rubbed the back of her head. He looked more miserable and horrified than she'd ever seen before.

"I hurt you," he whispered as his human eyes seemed to scan her body for injuries before, finding nothing worrisome, he finally relaxed. Kinda.

"I tried to pop the personal space bubble," Kagome laughed softly, "Should've known better."

"The what?" he blurted before the rest of what she'd said registered.

"You think I'd hurt you," he accused as his heart broke and she shook her head.

"I'm not saying that," she comforted as she gave him a reassuring smile, "Just saying I shouldn't have tried to do that."

Whatever she was doing was having the opposite effect of what she wanted. InuYasha suddenly looked so incredibly lost and scared and unsure of himself. Obviously unnerved by what he'd done and upset about what she'd said. If it wasn't so sad, she might've laughed at the uncharacteristic behavior. It was weird. Just...weird.

"Do you want to look at them?" he finally asked as he cast her a quick glance. He could fix this, he thought. He needed to fix this. He'd hurt her. Oh god he'd actually hurt her.

"The scars you mean?" she clarified and he nodded. His mind still replaying the last excruciating minute over and over and over. His self loathing building until he very seriously almost puked. Stupid human emotions. Making him do shit and feel.

"Do you want me to?" She asked hesistantly and he shrugged in reply. Truth be told, no. No he didn't. He didn't like being stared at on a good day. Especially when those stares focused on part of himself that were different.

All this time he'd assumed she saw them. Even on occasion when he felt like punishing himself, he almost thought she found him attractive despite his married skin, and demon traits. The demonic traits she obviously wasn't bothered by but the scars she clearly had never noticed before did. They seemed to bother her a lot.

Was she disgusted by him now? He had just gotten used to her genuine acceptance too. Assuming that she really didn't care about his appearance but now he knew the truth. It was entirely possible her vision was so bad she just didn't know.

Maybe she couldn't see what he looked like at all. That would explain a lot actually.

Either way he needed to fix all of this. He needed to fix it now.

Swallowing thickly, he nodded as he moved back into the corner and waited for the doom that was inevitably coming.

"Why don't I see these when you're normal?" Kagome asked as she scooted forward and began looking at the scars of his chest more closely. The small line over his heart that had clearly been placed there by Kikyo's arrow. The deep purple puckered one where Sesshomaru had thrust his hand through his stomach. But there was a series of healed gashes wrapping around his side that had her particularly concerned.

"I dunno," he muttered awkwardly. Being examined so throughly made him uneasy. She seemed so intrigued by those marks on his skin and not in a good way. Had she really never noticed before? What else had she not seen?

"I normally have dog ears, ya know," he muttered in an unsure tone that had her looking up at him instantly in amusement.

"No duh," she giggled, "What do they have to do with these scars?"

Well that was one less thing bothering him. She wasn't blind as a...

Wait, what the hell? What did she mean what did his ears have to do with...

"Are you really that stupid? I only have these because of those ears. Because of what I am," he snapped angrily as he glared down at her.

"I didn't mean..." Kagome groaned as she sat back on her knees and gave him a patient glare, "I was just wondering why you said that."

"Because you're acting like this," he gestured to his exposed torso, "Is new. Like it hasn't always been there."

"I've seen you literally naked before and you don't have these when you're your usual self," Kagome pointed out with an amused smile that fell when he merely looked confused, "At least to human eyes, I guess. Can you see them all the time?"

He let out a shuddering breath as he tried to get his anger back under control. Why were emotions so much harder as a human?

"They're lighter normally. More silver," he admitted finally as he awkwardly shifted his weight. He'd always assumed...

Maybe the others couldn't see them either. The scars invisible to human eyes. Shippo noticed. InuYasha knew he had. There were times the stupid brat seemed a little too focused on the worst of these blemishes when he thought no one was watching.

"Maybe that's it then," she hummed as she glanced over her chest before her eyes drifted back to those deep grooves wrapping across his stomach from the back.

"What's this one?" she asked quietly as she reached out and ran her finger across one of the shockingly deep valleys. He cringed and sat up a little straighter so his back was nearly flush against the wall. The scars on his chest, though numerous and ugly themselves, were the least of his problems. His chest wasn't a veritable topographical map complete with enough sprawling grooves that someone might mistake it for tree bark. At least the part she was looking at now had some smooth areas.

"It's a scar stupid," he clipped back hoping that the insult would end this line of questioning before swearing silently when her hand suddenly slipped behind him and her eyes widened in horror.

"Let me see your back," she breathed and he shook his head.

"I'm still bleeding," he pointed out as he desperately tried to change the subject, "You need to finish what you started. What about blood poisioning?"

"The bandage will have to wrap around your middle which will require me seeing your back," she pointed out with a knowing look.

"It's not that bad," he argued weakly, "Just put one of those bandaids on it."

"InuYasha," Kagome warned, "Don't make me say it."

"You wouldn't dare," he sneered although she could hear the genuine fear in his tone. She didn't sit him when he was human for a very good reason. The miko had done so once before when he was human and the spell had straight up broken his nose. Blood had gushed out all night after Sango had set it and the resulting bruise took two full days to disappear. To call the incident unpleasant would be an understatement.

"Then lay down and let me see your back," she challenged and the glare off began. Growing in intensity as they shot daggers and screamed at each other through expression alone. The problem he had was that he knew she would never let this go if he didn't fold. Might even be afraid to touch that part of him if she thought it might aggravate injuries long since healed. Kagome riding his back was definitely not something he had any intention of giving up. Which caused a conflict of It's own. If she saw, she might not want to touch him at all. Might be disgusted by the memory of seeing the mottled, disturbing sight.

"I just want to see," she finally asked in a soft, pleading tone as she batted her eyelashes at him and pouted prettily. His resolve wavered at the dirty trick.

"You're still you Inuyasha. I feel bad that I've never noticed before," she tried again in the sweetest, least cheesy tone she could manage and he folded.

Damn her.

Sighing, he slowly sprawled out on the floor, wincing when his still unattended injury hit the gritty floor. So much for worrying about the previously not covered in dirt wound.

Kagome's soft gasp felt like a thousand daggers in his heart. He turned his face away from her and rested his cheek on his arms. She'd never look at him the same again and a part of him grieved the inevitable loss.

"What happened?" she asked as her fingers trailed down the heavily grooved flesh. How could she have missed this? His back normally felt so smooth and this was far from the first time she'd tended to an injury.

"What do you think happened?" he chuckled darkly, "I got hurt."

Clearly, Kagome thought miserably as her eyes followed a strange series of wide loops. They had obviously been stretched over time. As he had grown, the skin had been pulled to match his larger stature.

"These are from when you were small," she whispered as she traced the asymmetrical grooves that were much, much deeper than they looked and were to blame for the wrap around blemish as well.

"Yeah," he sighed heavily. He knew which ones she was referring too. Those had been the first ugly marks he'd received.

"Are they from a whip?" she asked cautiously and he nodded.

"Why?" she asked quietly before huffing in frustration and backpedaling, "I mean I know why, why but I just..."

"My grandfather tied me to a post after mother died," he explained softly, "Something about the plague. I can't really remember."

She let out a shuddering breath and her fingers stilled for a moment.

"Is that how your mother died? She got sick?" Kagome asked as her fingers began lazily tracing the elaborate purplish groove once more and he nodded. Truth be told, it felt nice to have her touch him so intimately. When she usually tended to his injuries touch was just a means to an end. Deliberate and purposeful. This was...

He shivered slightly at the sensation.

"Sorry," she cringed as she retracted her hand, "Did that hurt?"

"No. Just cold is all," he lied softly, "You can keep looking if you want."

"There's so many," she murmured sadly as her fingers splayed out against his back and he had to bite his lip to keep from moaning. This wasn't bad. This wasn't bad at all. Why had he fought her again?

"What's this one?" she asked as one finger pressed lightly into a crescent shaped groove above his shoulder blade. He shrugged and the movement caused the marred flesh to crumple around her fingertip.

"I get injured a lot Kagome. You can't expect me to remember each time," he sighed.

"I..." the miko began as she lifted her hand and leaned over to look at his face, "I've been working on using my power to heal injuries. Since you're human right now, would you mind if I practiced? Maybe I can fade some of them. If you want."

The prospect of Kagome basically giving him a massage was very, very tempting. Whatever she wanted to try obviously wasn't going to work but who was he to say no to a pretty girl wanting to run her hands all over him?

He nodded before a satisfied hum escaped him when her palms suddenly pressed against the base of his back, applying slightly more pressure as they began sliding upwards before running down his sides. Again and again and again until he was panting slightly.

His mind lazily drifted into a less than innocent direction as he allowed himself to pretend that she still somehow found him attractive and her hands were running over him for an entirely different reason. It was especially easy to fantasize when her fingers trailed over his hip bone. A little too easy.

This needed to stop before he did something else to fuck up the best thing that had ever happen to him.

"I think that's enough," he sighed as he pushed himself back up into a sitting position.

"I got rid of a few," she offered with a proud little smile that had his heart melting.

"Did you?" he laughed before his face fell and his insecurity peeked out its head in his mind. He needed to get ahold of himself before he got his hopes up.

"I still can't do deeper scars but..." she admitted before trailing off when she noticed how he was withdrawing into himself.

"Hey, what's wrong?" she asked before mentally smacking herself upside the head. She was just winning the asking stupid questions game tonight, wasn't she?

"I have a scar too," she offered and he glanced at her in confusion, "Do you want to see?"

Before he could respond, she was pulling her shirt up and his eyes nearly bugged out of his head as smooth creamy flesh he'd never gotten a good look at before was exposed for his viewing pleasure. Not only was he allowed to look, he was expected to look and his little, very male heart could barely handle it.

"See? Where the jewel popped out," she commented oblivious to his inner struggle. It wasn't nearly as bad as she thought it was but it was still rather deep. The hot pink puckered blemish the only thing even remotely flawed about her stomach. His hand moved before he could stop himself. His calloused palm resting on her waist as his thumb gently caressed the mark. Trailing up and down over the scar while the sensation of his hand on her skin overwhelmed his system.

His eyes trailed over the light tan curves of her stomach. His mind trying to commit the sight to memory. Counting every freckle and taking note of every minute detail.

"Still beautiful," he whispered more to himself than her before he inhaled sharply and retracted his hand like it burned. He hadn't meant to say that out loud dammit. He hadn't...

"You...you think I'm beautiful?" Kagome asked softly and his heart plummeted to the bottom of his stomach as he waited for the axe to fall. Her hands lowering her shirt slowly as her sapphire eyes tried to read his mortified expression.

Smiling softly, she scooter closer to him and he flinched.

"You think I'm pretty," she teased and his humiliation only grew as he glared at the floor to his side. That was a stupid thing to say. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. St...

He gasped softly when her lips suddenly were pressed against his own. Each meeting slow and lingering and coaxing him to respond and with a soft groan he did.

Panting heavily several long heated moments later, he stared at her in utter confusion.

"Why'd you do that?" he managed to breathe.

"Because I think you're pretty too."

InuYasha snorted before pulling her in so he could kiss her again.

[mythicamagic]

#29 i have a fetish this week, i guess lol.

29: a kiss on the inside of the wrist.

Wind whipped her hair back to thrash in the breeze, and Kagome tightened her coat around her. One of Miroku and Sango's twins inched a little too close to the edge, and the miko quickly snatched her up before she could fall.

"Careful," she smiled, tapping the cute munchkin's nose.

Hachi was generously giving them a lift to the former Demon Slayer's Village where Kohaku awaited them. It was thankfully faster than travelling on foot. Kagome couldn't help but stare wistfully at the passing scenery, mind cast adrift.

"Don't worry, Lady Kagome!" Miroku called from up front, "we're making good time."

"Hm?"

"You looked a little bored," he chuckled.

Kagome blushed and noticed Sango staring. "N-no! I was just wondering if the village would be alright without us," she lied, feeling terrible that her priorities were so missed up that she wasn't worried about them.

"Inuyasha is there to protect everyone, try to relax. This is meant to be a break," Sango smiled.

Nodding, she returned it, playing with their twin's feet and causing her to giggle.

After a few moments of being left alone to her thoughts however, Kagome naturally fell back into her musings. She began recalling that night. That fateful rainy night Sesshoumaru had extended an offer to her that would change the nature of their relationship forever.

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Rain poured hard, pelting her shoulders like icy needles. Kagome shuddered miserably, arms curled tight around herself as she hurried towards a tree. Ducking down against the bark gave her mild relief, feeling only small droplets reach her from the position. She sighed heavily, breath fanning out visible.

In retrospect, navigating by night from the Bone Eater's Well towards the village hadn't been a wise decision without a torch. ‘I'd been in too much of a hurry to leave.’

Mindling soaked dark strands back from her damp forehead, Kagome blinked and squinted into the darkness. Something was flying through the rain filled skies. Faint green flames could be seen like flickering stars. They drew closer, a black square shape becoming visible.

Kagome wasn't sure what to make of it. The structure resembled an ancient Japanese court carriage, the shutters thick black lacquer to ensure privacy, lanterns hanging from the roof. Flowers patterned its side, carved into the wood in intricate, sprawling patterns and shining gold.

Instead of being pulled by a man or horse though, it was a demon drawn carriage. Small kappa-like demons ensured the carriage glided through the air smoothly. Kagome shivered. She could taste youki the air it seeped so thick and strong. Familiar...

The carriage hovered, lowering itself to muddy, rainsoaked ground. From the back, wooden blinds were turned and snapped up sharply, letting a thick haze of pipe smoke escape like a dusty exhale from a dragon.

Sesshoumaru gazed at her from within the carriage, endowed with more grandeur and finery than she'd ever seen him wear before. Usually his outfit comprised of refined beauty mixed with practicality and strength. Without battle armour, he looked softer. Lilac silks were patterned with his house crest. Earrings glittered upon pointed ears. An ornate pipe was held between deft fingers, and he took a drag, observing her with watchful curiosity.

"Are you going to stand there all night, miko?"

Kagome gaped and glanced around, wondering if Kaede had appeared or Kikyo had risen from the dead a fourth time. Surely he wasn't talking to her?

But sure enough, that flat, unimpressed gaze was mistakable. Kagome swallowed and hurried out from the shelter of the trees. Climbing up into the back entrance of the carriage, she found the space limited and swathed in furs. Cosy, but alarmingly close to Sesshoumaru. Their knees were almost touching as she sat opposite him. The blinds were snapped down over the exit before she could protest, her body swaying forward from momentum as the carriage ascended once more. Kagome quickly righted herself before she could land atop his lap.

Sesshoumaru observed her with mild amusement, tilting a regal chin up. "Is there a reason I find you by yourself?"

Kagome bristled and hugged her arms "I don't need Inuyasha to mind me like a child. I can do things on my own," she grumbled.

"Mn, so I have observed. You have often been alone lately, miko."

Her teeth ground, shivering violently. She jumped upon feeling plumes of lavish fur wrap around her shoulders. It practically drowned her in warmth. "T-thanks."

Busying himself with another languid drag, looking decadent yet exuding opulence, Sesshoumaru hummed. He seemed to be waiting for her to continue, so Kagome sighed and reluctantly elaborated.

"We broke up a few months ago. Things are still a little strained between us, is all. Why do you care?"

"I do not, this one is merely making conversation."

She frowned, gesturing to him. "Your turn. How come I find you cruising around Japan in this era's equivalent of a Porsche?"

"What is a Porsche?"

"It's a car."

"What is a-"

"We're getting off the subject," Kagome giggled, catching herself. Had she ever giggled around him before?

Sesshoumaru didn't seem to mind, now pouring himself some saké, "I am returning from a gathering of influential demons."

"Ohhh now I get it," her eyes danced. "You're drunk because of a party, that's why you're so amiable tonight. Makes sense."

Golden eyes immediately turned flat. They were relaxed and not as sharp as per the norm but awareness kept his pupils focused. "This is not my true form. I have not nearly consumed enough to become inebriated."

Kagome glanced him over, frowning when he offered her a cup of the clear liquid- ultimately shrugging and accepting it. Taking a tentative sip, she choked and coughed, blinking rapidly. "That tastes vile," the words came out as a squeak.

He sniffed primly, giving a haughty look and eyeing the cup. "...You are entirely correct. This is not good saké. Perhaps Lord Onozuka was attempting to poison me."

She nodded seriously. "My Grandpa's stuff is better- though at 18, it's technically illegal for me to have tried it. Don't tell anyone," a grin was working its way onto her mouth.

"Would not dream of it," his lips curved, honeyed gaze smiling. "Perhaps you are not as pure and innocent as first assumed, miko."

She abruptly lost her playful mood, glancing away with thin lips. Silence engulfed them, filling up with large consuming bursts of miserable scent as her emotions rolled turbulently. "...Surely...you can tell I'm not 'pure' anymore," Kagome mumbled. "Are you making fun of me?"

Sesshoumaru stared at her levelly, nostrils flaring. Winter lashes lowered slightly. "I could scent that you were no longer a virgin, but that has little to do with the purity of your soul, miko."

She sighed heavily, taking a sip of the alcohol and wincing. "It was wrong of me- n-not the sex part. I don't believe sex before marriage 'taints' someone or anything like that. It's just...I did it with someone I shouldn't have. My boyfriend..."

He arched a brow. "Is that not the term of a human male in a relationship?"

"Y-yeah, I'm not making sense, I know. Asahi was a rebound, we only dated a short time. That's the problem. I totally used him- and I feel terrible for it."

Violent shame twined with regret, tears pricking her eyes. She gripped the porcelain cup so hard it trembled in her hold. "Inuyasha moved on so quickly from our relationship. I-I thought there was something wrong with me, so I forced myself to date someone else. I'm lonely, sure, but that's no excuse. I wish I'd never done it- I should've just stayed far away from any relationship until I knew for sure I wasn't going to use the guy-"

Sesshoumaru's fingers wrapped around her hand, cutting her off mid-tirade. Her breath stalled, quelled by his calm gaze.

He huffed softly, claws lightly skimming sensitive skin. "First of all, foolish woman; did this Asahi boy seem dissatisfied or upset about being 'used?'"

"N-no...but he didn't get the full story."

"You do not owe him an explanation," Sesshoumaru rumbled, something tinging his voice. "He could not tell you were miserable, and knows nothing of your life here- furthermore would not understand. I see no reason to punish yourself thus for experiencing a moment of pleasure after months of distress."

She'd never heard him be so chatty before. Nonetheless, Kagome remained unconvinced, staring at her shoes miserably and attempting to lift the alcohol towards her lips- Sesshoumaru's grip preventing her.

Ever so slowly, in a way that turned her stomach inside out and sent a rush of heat shooting straight down to her core- Sesshoumaru lifted her occupied hand, brushing soft lips over the inside of her wrist.

"In light of this new information," he said quietly. "I feel something should be done to drastically alter your mindset on indulgence."

"W-what-" Kagome squeaked, swallowing and closing her eyes. When they slid open, the miko raised her chin, intrigue blooming like a fresh flower bud in her forget-me-not eyes. "What did you have in mind?" she breathed.

"I have a proposition for you."

[mamabearcatfanfics]

Sweet Summer Sweat

A little gift fic for @underwater0phelia after a conversation on the discord. This is part one - there will be a second part later, when I catch up with all the other writing on my calendar!

Kagome bit her lip, trying to think of a solution as as she walked along behind Inuyasha. The hot afternoon sun was still beating down on them as he led them along a dusty dirt road in the middle of nowhere. She racked her brain, trying to think of a tactful way out of her predicament, but nothing was coming to mind. She was the first to admit she didn’t smell like a rose garden herself after walking all day in the scorching Summer heat, but… there was no way around it. Inuyasha stank. And she had no idea how to tell him.

He didn’t usually smell bad; he didn’t usually seem to sweat very much at all. It wasn’t like being constantly trapped in a room with high school boys her own age after lunch when they all came in off the soccer field – now that stank. Usually he tended to smell like the cedar trees he spent so much time in, with a base muskiness that she actually kind of liked. Okay, she kind of liked it a lot.

But this last week, as the temperature climbed higher than she’d ever experienced in this time period, he’d been sweating just as much as the rest of them. And while her and Sango and Miroku had been sure to bathe and wash their clothes whenever they came across a stream or a pool or even a hot spring, although that wasn’t quite as enjoyable in the summer heat, he hadn’t. Shippou hadn’t either, but his scent didn’t seem to have the same… ripeness… that Inuyasha’s had.

Miroku ambled past her, his attention firmly focused on Sango’s shapely rear, and she halted his progress by reacing out one hand to tug on his sleeve.

“Yes Lady Kagome?” he asked, dragging his eyes away from their intended target with an effort.

“Miroku”, she whispered, keeping one eye on Inuyasha’s ears to make sure they didn’t turn in their direction. “I need your help. We have to tell Inuyasha.”

Miroku answered in a puzzled whisper. “We have to tell Inuyasha what precisely, Lady Kagome?”

“We have to tell him... he needs a bath.”

Miroku held both hands up defensively, taking a step back and shaking his head.

“And why would ‘we’ need to tell him anything of the sort? I value my existence, my Lady, however little of it I have left. It would be irrational in the extreme for me to tempt fate in such a way. And as much as care for you as a friend, my dear Kagome, you’re definitely on your own in this.”

Kagome made a small whimpering sound.

“It’s alright for you. A lot of the time you’re up with Sango and Shippou on Kirara’s back – he’s not carrying you around, up close and personal.”

She usually loved being on Inuyasha’s back. It was one of her favourite things, holding on to his strong shoulders as he leaped above the trees at breakneck speed, his large hands wrapped firmly around her thighs. But at the moment, she really didn’t want to get anywhere near those sweaty clothes of his. It probably wasn’t even his fire rat that stank, because he’d told them often enough that was self cleaning, but getting close to the smell of that under kosode wasn’t an experience she wanted to repeat. Not to mention the body odour that seemed to wrap around him like his own personal scent cloud.

Miroku patted her on the shoulder in a commiserating fashion, and bowed his head in prayer. “A blessing upon you, in your time of need. Perhaps it will rain soon?”

Kagome shrugged his hand off her shoulder with a grumbling growl worthy of Inuyasha himself.

“Some friend you are. I just don’t understand how he can’t smell himself. He’s always bragging about his sense of smell; it’s a wonder he doesn’t knock himself over with his own stench!”

“Perhaps it’s a demon thing?” Miroku suggested, his eyes now drawn irresistibly back towards Sango, who had paused at the side of the road for a moment, bending to pick a handful of daisies. “Excuse me Lady Kagome, I’ll leave you to your thoughts.”

‘A demon thing’, thought Kagome, pondering as she walked along, watching Inuyasha’s ears flick a fly away, and ignoring the sudden familiar sound of a loud slap in the background. ‘Or, maybe a dog thing. Or a boy thing. Maybe all three?’

She remembered helping Ayumi bathe her dog once, finally getting him washed and mostly dried, only to have him escape and roll in the grass as soon as they loosened their hold on him. Ayumi had explained that most dogs didn’t like the scent of shampoo, and liked to smell like ‘themselves’. So perhaps that was it. She just wasn’t sure how much more ‘concentrated Inuyasha’ she could handle. The situation was slightly ridiculous, but she was avoiding him, and she didn’t like it.

“Hey Inuyasha”, she called out, “do you think we’ll be able to take a break soon?” She quickened her steps so that she was walking beside him.

“Why do ya wanna stop so soon?” he asked, raising one dark eyebrow. “It’s not even close to sunset yet.”

As he turned his head towards her, a fresh wave of sweaty body odour was released under her nose, and she held her breath for a second, closing her eyes. Something definitely had to be done. But she wanted to be tactful, and not hurt his feelings. Even though he put up a hard front, she knew just how fragile his self esteem was, and she didn’t want to do anything to damage it, or their closeness.

She forced a laugh, pulling at her own sweaty clothes and then waving her hand in front of her nose in an exaggerated fashion. “Well, I need to wash these and my other clothes, and it would be nice to have a bit of sunlight to get them dry before nightfall. I don’t have anything clean left, and with it being so hot, I’ve got all sweaty. I must smell pretty bad, huh?”

She saw his nose twitch slightly, and he got the strangest look on his face before coughing slightly and turning his face aside, eyes averted. “No, you smell fine to me.”

“Oh, come on. I reek! It’s okay to say it Inuyasha, I don’t mind. The sooner I scrub myself and my clothes the better I’ll smell.”

He huffed out a grumbling sigh.

Kagome bit her lip. “You know, I could wash your clothes for you too. I wouldn’t mind. In fact I’d like to do it for you.”

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. “Why would I wanna smell like a bunch’a flowers? I’m half dog youkai Kagome, in case you hadn’t noticed. And that’s how I should smell. Not all girly and shit.”

“Oh.” Damn. There went that plan.

“Besides, if I smell like that soap you use, I won’t be able to properly scent anything else. It’s hard enough as it is, with you-“, he broke off with a cough. “Never mind. If I come across a stream or anythin’ I’ll let ya know alright?” She tugged on his sleeve in concern.

“Wait, what were you going to say Inuyasha? Does the soap and detergent I use bother you?”

He rubbed his nose self consciously. “Uh… not all the time. But at the moment, you’re washing a lot, and it’s just… if you use too much soap, you don’t smell like you anymore. Right now, you smell like you. And it’s…” he coughed again.

“Bad?”

“No! I… I like the way ya smell.”

Kagome grinned shyly at him. “I remember you told me that once before.”

“I… did, didn’t I.” She bumped her shoulder against him, and he bumped her back.

“It’s just that in my time, we’re taught that the smell of sweat is a bad thing, that we need to wash it away or cover it up”, she explained. He grunted, shaking his head.

“People smell for a reason. How does anyone ever find out who they like when they wash their scent away?”

“What do you mean, who they like? Oh, do you mean pheromones?”

Inuyasha grunted again. “I dunno any fancy words for it. But if someone smells good to you, they’re more likely to be a good mate.” He shrugged self-consciously. “Or… so I’m told. Not that I’d know anything about that.”

They both blushed, looking away from each other to the opposite sides of the road. Internally Kagome was squealing in excitement, adding all those comments together. ‘He likes how I smell!’ She wanted to giggle out loud and dance an excited jig on the dusty road, but held herself together.

“What do I smell like to you?” she asked curiously. He made an embarrassed grumbling noise in the back of his throat.

“Kagome…”

“What if I tell you what you smell like to me, will you tell me then?”

His ears twitched, trembling slightly, and he inhaled harshly. And she realised, that this answer was important to him. Very important. She took a deep breath of her own.

“Usually, you smell like cedar. Sort of woodsy, which I guess makes sense, seeing you spend a lot of time in trees. And there’s another smell underneath it. Kind of musky.” She couldn’t help the blush that heated her cheeks then, remembering what it was like to bury her nose into the back of his neck as he ran, tucked underneath a waterfall of hair. “I like that smell”, she said softly, and her eyes lifted to Inuyasha’s. The look he gave her was burning and intense.

“You smell sweet. Like fruit”, he blurted. “Sometimes… you smell like sweet sesame oil. I like that smell too.” The blush on his face was so intense it had even coloured the tips of his quivering ears. Then he frowned. “Wait a minute. You said usually. I don’t smell like that right now?” Kagome’s eyes widened, glancing around for a way to change the subject.

“Ah ha ha! Look at that – I think Shippou needs me!” Kagome said, pointing over to where Shippou was leaping through the long sun bleached grass at the side of the road, chasing grasshoppers and trying to catch one in his little paws.

“Oi. You’re not goin’ anywhere until you tell me what you meant by usually”, he grumbled, his hand tugging down the one she’d used to point towards Shippou with.

“Oh”, she stammered. “Well. You see the thing is…”

“She doesn’t want to tell you that humans don’t enjoy the smell of sweat when it’s a few days old”, piped up Shippou. “Basically, you stink.”

“Wat?!”

“Shippou, that’s not nice!” Kagome protested loudly.

“It’s true though isn’t it?” said Shippou matter of factly, his eyes still focused on the softly waving grass in front of him. “Humans don’t like the smell of stale sweat. I heard some of the village women talking about it when they were washing at the river, trying to get the smell out of their husbands’ under kosode.”

He leapt for the grasshopper he had his eye on, then pouted when it slipped out of his grasp.

“Predator type youkai like Inuyasha don’t care, it makes their scent stronger and warns off potential threats, especially if they have a pack with young pups to look after.” He stood up, dusting off his tiny paws on his hakama.

“How do you know so much runt?” grumbled Inuyasha, crossing his arms defensively, his eyes flicking between Shippou and Kagome.

“Because my Otōsan told me. Kitsune need to know all about humans and other youkai so they can trick ‘em better”, he grinned. “And he told me that when I was older and my scent started changing, that I would need to wash more often to make sure my scent didn’t give me away, especially to youkai bigger’n me.”

Shippou snorted in an exasperated fashion. “Besides, it was easy to tell. Kagome usually walks right next to you and drops hints about being tired so you’ll carry her because she wants to be close to you. But she’s been hanging back next to Miroku.” He made a gagging face.  “That should tell you everything you need to know.”

“Eep.”

Inuyasha’s head swiveled towards Kagome at the sound of her nervous squeak, his eyes narrowing at her embarrassed expression.

“This true wench?”

“Um, which part?” she said in a small voice, trying to avoid his focused gaze and twisting her fingers together.

“The part where I stink”, he said, tapping his foot on the ground. Kagome sighed, her eyes dropping to the ground.

“I didn’t want to hurt your feelings”, she whispered. “I’m sorry.”

Inuyasha huffed out an exasperated sigh.

“So, how long have I stunk to you?”

Kagome shook her head keeping her eyes downwards, and he marched over to her, lifting her face gently with one long clawed finger under her chin.

“I wanna know, so I don’t do it again. Me scarin’ off other youkai don’t mean squat if it also means you don’t wanna be close to me.”

Shippou made another loud gagging noise in the background.

“I think you’ve got somewhere else you need ta be right now runt, unless you wanna get up close and personal with the stink of my fist”, growled Inuyasha, not taking his eyes off Kagome.

“Gotcha.”

Shippou sprinted off through the grass, back towards Sango and Kirara.

“Little twerp.” Kagome giggled, and Inuyasha gave her a lopsided grin as they began walking along the road again, side by side. “So, that offer of clothes washin’ still up for grabs?”

Kagome nodded. “I promise I’ll just use the tiniest bit of soap, just on the bits that smell.” Inuyasha halted mid-stride.

“You’re gonna sniff my clothes?”

“Uh…”

“Fucking hell”, he groaned. “That’s…” Kagome reached out to take his hand in hers, squeezing his fingers.

“You like that idea, huh?”

“Yes”, he said, his voice a strangled whisper. Kagome’s heart began beating faster. Could she do it? Could she say the idea that just popped into her head out loud? Grabbing her courage with both hands, she closed her eyes.

“What if… um. What if I washed the clothes while you were still in them?” she squeaked, opening one eye to peek at him.

“Fuck, that’s… that’s…” His eyes were wide, and his mouth opened, like a fish out of water gasping for air. “Kagome…”. Then he gave her that lopsided grin she loved so much, one fang peeking out over his full bottom lip. She shivered at the heat in his gaze, butterflies churning in her stomach, and then lower. Much lower. Inuyasha sniffed deeply, licking his lips, and she whimpered.

She jumped in surprise as he turned and hollered over his shoulder to Miroku, Sango, Kirara and Shippou.

“Kagome said I stink and I need a bath! Set up camp somewhere around here. We’ll be back later.”

Kagome shrieked as he picked her up and flung her onto his back, sprinting off into the forest towards the unmistakable scent of a hot spring.

“Much later if I have any say in it”, he purred just loud enough for Kagome to hear, and she giggled, tucking her face into his neck.

“Well”, said Miroku in a surprised voice, “that went much better than I expected.” He winked at Sango. “If you ever think that my smell is unpleasant to you dear Sango, please let me know. I’d be happy to take a bath at your leisure.”

“In your dreams Houshi”, Sango grinned, setting off down the road to look for a suitable camp site.

“Both fortunately and unfortunately for me, yes”, sighed Miroku, following along behind her.

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Inukag AU

The drive back to the Higurashi home in Miroku’s car was eerily silent. Inuyasha slouched in the back seat with his arms crossed, internally freaking out, and ears buried beneath white fur. His mind was so frazzled with thoughts it sounded like white noise and felt like a staticky screen with a killer ready to crawl through it. What was he gonna say to Kagome?! Would he be able to face the woman at all?! Mrs. Higurashi had called Sango before leaving to let them know they were on the way, but they had no idea if Kagome would be up for this either on such short notice. Should he just throw himself onto the ground, prostrated and begging for mercy? It sounded extreme, but Inuyasha really had no idea what to do.

Inuyasha followed behind Mrs. Higurashi, shoulders slumped, and head hung with Miroku behind ready to grab him if he tried to run— again… like he’d tried as soon as the car pulled up to the house. But in his weakened condition, he was easier to control. She opened the door, moving to the side to let him go first, but he just shook his head and refused to budge.

“Inu, it’s going to be okay,” she gently cajoled. “The hardest part is over, now all there is, is up.”

Miroku put a hand on the hanyo’s shoulder. “We’re not gonna say it’ll all work out, but you’ll never know until you do this and get closure. Both of you need this, Inuyasha.”

“Fine,” Inuyasha grumped. “If I do this and it doesn’t work out, you’ll leave me alone?”

“Yes.”

“So, I can die in peace?”

“Yeah… nice try,” Miroku patted the man’s shoulder then shoved him hard unexpectedly.

Inuyasha stumbled forward into the house and landed on his knees. “Bastard!” He growled.

Miroku just shrugged as he closed the door behind him. “At least you’re in now.” He held out a hand and yanked Inuyasha to his feet. “Come on, they’re waiting in the living room.”

The hanyo trudged and drug his feet despite the constant pressure Miroku had on his back to propel him forward. As they rounded the corner into the room, Inuyasha’s senses were on high alert. His eyes and ears scanning, processing, nose looking for scent variations from the three other people in the room. Mrs. Higurashi was already seated next to Kagome on the couch with their backs to the men as the entered, and Sango was upstairs with the twins. Salt lingered in the tense air like an old melody not yet forgotten and ready to be rekindled. Inuyasha could feel the despair emanating from Kagome and it was enough to send him deeper into a panic.

“You can do this,” Miroku whispered to his friend as he prompted Inuyasha towards the couch paralleling Kagome’s. “Let’s just sit down, and we’ll get through this slowly.”

But as the hanyo sat down, Inuyasha heard an audible gasp come from Kagome. His head whipped up at the sound and instantly the buzzing in his brain stopped when it saw her widened, tear laden eyes staring at him with her hand to her mouth in shock. The pure embarrassment and guilt that flooded his mind in that instant simply destroyed him. Inuyasha sank lower into the couch and averted his eyes to the floor. He knew exactly why she reacted that way. Hadn’t Mrs. Higurashi warned her daughter of his physical state? Obviously not.

“I-I’m sorry,” Inuyasha’s quieted voice cracked. “I wish you didn’t have to see me like this.”

“But… why, Inu…” Kagome’s own voice shook, not in anger, but sadness. “Why?”

Inuyasha searched for the right words that might soften the blow but couldn’t think of any. So, he gave Miroku and Mrs. Higurashi desperate glances, eyes begging for an answer until Mrs. Higurashi finally spoke up and directed him to tell her daughter the truth. “This is not the time to hide anything, Inuyasha. Kagome deserves to know what you are thinking just as much as you deserve to know what she is thinking. Only then can you move forward.”

“I— didn’t think…” Inuyasha closed his eyes as tears instantly broke loose. His voice grew strained and tortured. “Life wasn’t worth living since I lost you, so I just gave up. Stopped eating and let my body give up too.”

“But you didn’t lose me yet. I wasn’t ready to talk to you, but that didn’t mean I was ready to throw everything away too.”

“How would I know that?! You never responded to my messages so what else was I supposed to think?!”

“You cry and sulk like I did! Not try to kill yourself!”

“It’s my fault you left that night! It’s my fault you got into the accident! It’s my fault you almost died and lost your memory! And I screwed up again by not listening to you! So, why should I keep living?! I think you’d be better off without me.”

“Yeah, okay so you fucked up! But who the hell are you to decide about what’s better for me?! Huh?!? That’s my choice to make and I don’t think I’d be better off if you died!”

“Okay, okay,” Mrs. Higurashi leaned forward and waved her hands as the fighting couple instantly sat back with arms crossed in anger. “It seems crazy, but this is good, and you need to get whatever you’re thinking off your chests and not hold it in. But…” she paused and gave each side a look before continuing. “The next step is to start seeing it from the other’s perspective. So, before you respond, stop and think.”

Regardless of the advice, the anger and frustration fueling both Kagome and Inuyasha had them locked away in their own minds. So, they ignored the woman and sat hunched in their seats, arms locked tight, and faces turned away as tears still trickled down their faces. Two passionate souls burdened by guilt and letting it win in a deadlock.

To break the stalemate, Mrs. Higurashi moved from the couch to the floor, sitting between them. She continued with a sigh. “Miscommunication is both of your problems; you keep assuming things without verifying it first. And we get it. Emotional stuff is the hardest to deal with, but that means it needs an even greater amount of communication to take place.”

She turned first to Inuyasha, placing a hand on his knee. “You’re right, Inuyasha. Kagome should have responded to messages, even if it was to say give her time, that she needed to think before she could talk to you. But you also shouldn’t have assumed killing yourself would be better for her, only she can make that kind of decision and I know you know rationally; Kagome would never have wanted such a thing.”

Next turning to Kagome, she placed her other hand on her daughter’s knee. “And Kagome, everyone processes emotions differently. All these months you couldn’t feel any loss because you couldn’t remember it, but Inuyasha has been living with that guilt the entire time. By telling him to just cry and sulk like you did is not taking into consideration the months of pain he’s been dealing with versus a week for you.”

Mrs. Higurashi squeezed both their knees. “It doesn’t matter who is right or wrong or placing blame, it’s about understanding. Taking into consideration the other persons feelings before reacting. Do you understand?”

“Yeah…”

“I guess so…”

“Good. Now forget about this week’s incident for the moment. Inuyasha tell Kagome what you’d told me during our conversations right after the accident, about how guilty you felt.”

Inuyasha’s arms uncrossed and dropped to his sides in an exhausted sigh. His voice teetered and cracked as it held back the sadness still roiling in his heart. “Kagome, I… I can’t change the past. And you’re right. The old me wasn’t listening to you when I should have been. I stupidly thought that because you were the one, I was coming home to, that you’d see how little Kikyo meant in my life. So, when you complained, I thought you were just being jealous. But I didn’t realize until it was too late that her being around was hurting you so much or that she was doing things behind my back to make you miserable. I’m sorry… very, very sorry for being a blind fool.”

“I’m sorry too,” Kagome sighed, “for pushing you away without explanation. You deserved at least that much. While I still don’t fully understand what caused me to snap the night of the accident, I should’ve given you some credit for everything you’ve done since then to make it up, because you did make me really happy all these months.”

“I did?” The surprise was genuine in Inuyasha’s tone.

“You did…” Kagome fidgeted with her fingers, “and that’s probably why I reacted so harshly after the party. The only way I can explain it is, for me… it felt like… I was falling in love for the first time then suddenly having my heart broken, and that really hurt.”

“Y-You… lov—” the words choked up in Inuyasha’s throat as he processed Kagome’s words. He’d hoped to win her over, but assumed it would take time, so to hear her say she was falling in love… “I don’t even think I deserve it anymore for putting you through so much.”

Kagome frowned. “Don’t say that. You’re not perfect, but deep down I know you care a lot about me. If I didn’t feel that from you, I wouldn’t have given you the second chance.”

It was as if Mrs. Higurashi could sense the hanyo’s reluctance to accept what her daughter was saying. So, she counseled him further. “Inuyasha, son, I know right now it still feels like dark times, but keep in mind this is just the beginning towards fixing things. I’m sure there will be times more things come up, trust still needs to be rebuilt, especially when Kagome’s full memories return, but what she… we are trying to tell you is that you are worth it, and it’s by communicating like you’re doing now that the future can be bright again.”

“Do you… want that?” Kagome’s voice quieted. “Or do you still want to give up?”

Inuyasha broke right then and there. He got off the couch and kneeled before Kagome with ears drooping, throwing himself to the woman’s mercy because he still couldn’t look at her face. “I want that— I want it more than anything.”

Kagome leaned down and cradled his face in her hands, raising it so she could look into his eyes. “Then don’t give up because I haven’t. My heart still tells me I was born to meet you…”

Inuyasha’s eyes widened in recognition.

Kagome stopped with a gasp. “I feel like I’ve said that before. Did I… say that before?”

The tears renewed in Inuyasha’s smiling eyes. “You said it to me on our 1st anniversary— a-and I responded that I was born to meet you too.”

Tears gathered in Kagome’s eyes and her hands reached up to cover her mouth. “I remember it. Oh, my kami… I remember that.” She looked back to him. “It was next to the Goshinboku— at sunset, because I remember the colors were pretty too.”

“Your hair looked like it was on fire with that lighting…” Inuyasha smiled, taking her hands into his own, “and I kissed you for the first time,” he kissed her fingers. “You were the light in my dark world after losing my mom, and I knew then, that I could never love anyone else more than you, Kagome. I’m so sorry for putting you through hell.” His eyes softened into a hopeful puppy-dog look. “Third times the charm?”

“You big dummy!” But Kagome’s eyes softened into a smile too as she leaned in and hugged him. “It better be!”

Mrs. Higurashi took the opportunity and moved back to the couch while Miroku stood up from his seat and cleared his throat to get the couples attention. “You’re welcome, Inu. Now, that things are settled I should check on Sango.” He nodded his head and left the room.

“Thanks, Roku,” Inuyasha mumbled back.

“Do you want to stay for dinner, Inuyasha?” Mrs. Higurashi asked. “If not, Miroku can take you home.”

“I’d like to stay if that’s okay. I think my appetite is coming back.”

“Of course,” Mrs. Higurashi smiled. She stood up, but before leaving placed her hands on their shoulders. “I’m so proud of both of you. Just hang out here and keep talking things out. Dinner will be ready in about 30 minutes.”

“Thanks, mom…”

“Inu?” Kagome brought his attention back to her.

“Yeah?”

“This might sound crazy, especially after this whole crisis we just went through but… I wonder since the memories are coming back quicker, I could come back home and maybe that’ll help to unlock more.”

Inuyasha was shocked but he’d be crazy to say no. He could only pray it wasn’t too awkward. “If that’s what you want, yeah. I can take the spare room if that’ll make you feel more comfortable.”

Kagome smiled. “I appreciate it a lot.”

“Anything to help you get your memories back…”

[lemonlushff-iy]

So.... SOMEONE cough @clearwillow cough decided to draw an Inu that was just....

And he’s been plaguing me since yesterday...to the point that I’ve done 22 pages and over 7,500 in 24 hours just to give you an idea of my obsession with this piece...

So...here’s a sneak peak to Cinnamon, a MAJOR WIP! A piece named after a song and album that famous musician Inu wrote, named after his manager’s Kagome’s eyes....

@clearwillow @dangerouspompadour @mamabearcat @keichanz  @underwater0phelia​ @britonell​

“God we’re a fucking pair, Kagome. The two of us. Wanting to be worthy of the other one...when the whole damn time, we were fucking fine as is. We were just too fucking chicken shit to say anything…”

“I guess we are…”

He sighed and looked at her again, eyes rimmed in red…

He hated it when she cried. 

“Well, Kagome? Are you staying...or are you going?”

She stared back at him in silence for a moment, chewing on her lip as she regarded him with those cinnamon eyes. 

“What happens if I stay?”

“I’m gonna kiss you, and then I’m gonna fuck you against the table.”

She laughed at that. A real laugh. Not a bitter or hollow one. 

It was a Kagome laugh. 

“And what happens if I leave?”

“Same thing,” he shrugged, and she laughed again, biting her lip after. “Kagome...I love you...I really do...And I’m not letting you go without a promise of dinner, and a real first date. That’s all I wanted from the start.”

He watched her as she stood there, worrying her lip between her teeth still, as if she were trying to decide what she wanted. 

“You don’t have to let her take over for you, unless you really want to leave…” His words were soft, as if he were trying to coax her back to him. “If you want to go because you really want a new challenge, I...I won’t stand in your way, Kagome. It will suck...but, I’ll find a way to adapt. If you’re doing this though because you love me...and you feel like I can’t reciprocate that…”

She closed her eyes, and he knew her mind was going a mile a minute trying to figure out what she wanted. 

“Kagome, I love you. I really do. And if you want to stay...and...give us a try, and still be my manager…”

“We would need to figure out some ground rules.”

He almost choked out a sob in relief. 

“Naturally,” he agreed as she took a step towards him. 

“And we would need to find a way to keep business and pleasure separate…”

“After tonight, you mean,” he smirked, and he watched her eyes dilate as they took another step towards each other. 

“What do you mean after tonight?”

They were just an arm’s length away from each other now. 

“I mean...Since you decided to stay...and give us a try at the same time...I’m going to kiss you,” he informed her, hooking a finger under her chin as he closed the distance between them. “And then I’m going to make good on that promise to fuck you on that table.”

“Inuyasha, you can’t be ser--MMM!”

He was really making it a habit of cutting her off by kissing her. 

This could be an excellent new technique to use against her when she got too into the weeds with work. But that would go against keeping business and pleasure separate, wouldn’t it?

What the hell was he thinking about that for right now when she was pulling his lower lip between her teeth? 

Yeah...that’s right...he shouldn’t be. Not when he finally was getting everything he had ever wanted.

He let out an appreciative moan to let her know that he liked it, and this time she didn’t go running for the hills after. Good. She was setting his blood on fire, and he wanted her to know it. He made a sightly sad sound when she released him before taking her lips again with his, enjoying that taste of coffee on her once more. Her hands made their way back around his neck, back into his hair as she tried to guide him how to turn his head with her hands. 

He let her, wanting her to feel like she was the dominant one. 

For now. 

They hadn’t unleashed the beast in him yet, and he was content to let her think that she had the upper hand before he really did fuck her against the table. Windows. Any surface he could take her against, really. He wasn’t picky at the moment. He just wanted to show her on the deepest, most intimate level how much he wanted her...needed her...craved her...loved her…

But they could make love later. Right now, he just wanted this. The passion building between them...and he wanted to show her that this wasn’t a mistake. 

Her nimble fingers found the base of his ear, and he swore that he was about to put a fang through his lip at the feeling. 

Fuck! 

Had someone told her how good that shit felt? He pulled away from her, panting. Her fingers were amazing...the way they moved across the velvety fur of his ears..it was sending shockwaves of pleasure straight to his groin, and his pants were starting to feel a little too tight.

“Inuyasha,” Kagome pressed uncertainly, and he pulled away from her to look her in the eye. “Are you ok?”

“Yeah,” he panted, his eyes drifting shut as her fingers found the tip of his ear. Her touch was feather light, almost as if she were afraid she was hurting him. All she was doing was teasing him…

“Why?” he nearly whined, tilting his head further into her hand.

“I...Just making sure,” she blushed, and he decided to not press the issue. Instead, he wrapped an arm around her back and pulled her flush against his body so she could feel the effect she was having on him. 

It made those cinnamon eyes darken to that sweet caramel again and he nearly groaned. 

“Trust me...I’m more than fine,” he purred, deciding to finally reclaim control over the situation. He wrapped his own hands into her hair, tilting her head up so he could reclaim those coffee flavored lips. 

Had he mentioned how much he fucking loved the taste of coffee now?

Kagome mewled against him as his tongue slipped into her mouth, baiting hers to come out and play with him. It didn’t take much, and soon they were both moaning into each other as her hands landed on his shoulders again. 

He didn’t realize that she had backed him up against the window until he heard her hands smack into the glass at the same time hsi back collided with it. 

Sneaky woman. 

He broke away from her, allowing her the chance to breathe for only a moment before claiming her lips again. It also had given him a moment to appraise the situation. He was trapped between her and the windows...her small frame somehow still managing to dominate him, and he liked her fire and spirit. 

Ok. If he wanted control, he would just have to work on wooing her and making her lose her mind a first. 

Challenge accepted. 

Her hands were still on either side of him, keeping him in place…but his…

Inuyasha’s hands were free to roam her however they saw fit...and right now, they decided to start her out slow. Just run up and down her back. Sweet. Subtle. Completely innocent...She seemed to like that, if the renewed passion she was kissing him with was any indication. 

Perfect.

She shifted her position to place her hands on his shoulders, snaking in under his leather jacket. Yeah...why was he still wearing that? It was getting pretty hot in here. 

He broke from her lips and trailed his up her jaw line, placing little nips here and there...allowing his tongue to snake out occasionally to taste her skin. It tasted like makeup, but he wouldn’t hold it against her. He was sure other parts of her tastes sweeter, and he nearly moaned at the thought. Instead, he took her ear lobe between his teeth scraping his teeth against it. 

She shivered, and her fingers tightened on his shoulders. 

“You can take it off me,” he murmured into the shell of her ear before tracing it with his tongue. “It’s getting pretty hot in here anyways…”

She pulled away from him, confused, and he smirked down at the flushed woman before him. God he loved the look of puffy, well kissed lips on her. 

Only when he was the one doing the kissing, though. 

“I...Ok…” she breathed, her hands slowly pushing the leather down his arms, and the jacket caught in the crooks of his elbows. 

He wore a plain red deep V t shirt under it - nothing fancy or sexy or anything...but that didn’t seem to matter to her. She bit her lip in desire, and he wanted to take that same lip back between his own teeth and trace it with his fang. 

Soon…

He had to remind himself that he could do that soon. 

First, he needed to get rid of that jacket. 

She seemed to remember the same thing, and she pushed it the rest of the way off when he straightened out his arms. Kagome pulled the jacket away from him and tossed it off to the side. He watched as her hands slid up his arms, coming to rest on his shoulders before sliding back down. 

“You have no idea how long I’ve wanted to touch you like this,” she whispered quietly, and a part of him wanted to laugh. 

He was pretty fucking sure he had an idea how long…because he had been wanting to do the same to her for probably just as long. 

“Tell me,” he encouraged, weaving his fingers into her hair and gently massaging her scalp. 

She closed her eyes as pure bliss washed across her face. Good...He wanted her to feel pure bliss, and so comfortable and herself around him that she just...lost herself. 

“Years,” she breathed, and he claimed her lips again, completely distracting to the point where he was able to carefully maneuver them so that now she was the one pressed against the glass of the sky rise. He placed her hands under the hem of his shirt, wordlessly telling her that she could touch more of him as his lips made their way to the junction of her neck and her shoulder. Her heart was pounding so hard, he could feel it. 

He drew a fang back up her neck, causing her to shiver before he kissed her, snaking his tongue back into her mouth for a moment before pulling back away from her. A loud, wet pop broke the silence between them and he rest his forehead to hers before kissing it as he caught his breath. 

“I’ve wanted to do that to you for years too…”

“Just that?”

His eyes darkened in want. 

“I’ve wanted a hell of a lot more than that, Sweetheart,” he all but growled as his fingers splayed across her abdomen. He watched her swallow hard, knowing what he was about to do. He delighted in it. Good. Feel that excitement. Feel that anticipation. 

It would only make his hand wrapping around her breast feel that much better...for both of them. 

One thing at a time though. He slowly rubbed his thumb across the fabric of her shirt, letting her feel the heat of his hand on her through the soft, almost silken material. She reciprocated the action, and he felt the muscles of his abdomen quiver under her touch. 

God it felt so good, and they hadn’t even gotten to anything fun yet. He slowly drew his hand upwards until the tips of his fingers just barely grazed the underside of her breast. 

He paused then...looking back up at her face. 

It was a last chance. 

If she wanted to back out, this was the time to say something, because if she didn’t…

“Tell me to stop, if you don’t want this Kagome. Because if you don’t I meant it. I’m gonna fuck you against that table...but...if you really don’t want this...and if you wanna do this a different way, I’ll stop.”

She swallowed. Nodded. 

His teeth were scraping her lips, pulling them between his own before she could register what was going on, his hand coming to cup her breast through the fabric of her shirt. It was so thin...he could not only feel the heat of her small body through it, he could feel the lacy texture of the bra she wore beneath. 

He absently wondered what color it was as her tongue slipped to nearly the back of his damn throat. He groaned and decided he could wait a little bit longer before he unwrapped his present to reveal the present below. In the meantime, he would just amuse himself by pinching her nipple between his index and middle finger and his palm massaged the soft tissue below his hand. 

That had her squirming, and her nails dug into the skin of his abdomen and neck. 

Liked that?

Good.

There was more where that came from. 

His lips left hers and he pressed a hand against her shoulder, keeping her pinned there as his mouth descended down her jaw...down her neck...and then to her clavicle. 

It didn’t take a genius to figure out what his aim was. 

He gently parted the fabric of her shirt enough to find the valley between her breasts, but not enough to ruin that wonderful surprise of what lay beneath. Was it black? Red? Nude? White?

Fuck, she would look sexy in any of them. 

Hell, she’s look sexy if they were covered in hello kitty. 

He wasn’t gonna judge. 

It wasn’t like he didn’t own a pair or two of superhero boxers. 

He pressed, wet, open mouthed kisses to her skin before giving it a long, wet lick as his fingers continued to play with her nipple over the fabric of her clothing. He really wanted to run his claws against it...but he also didn’t want to risk her being upset with him if he ruined it. That was something he didn’t need in his life right now...not when he was so close…

So instead, he settled for just enjoying this for what it was. 

A hot moment when her pressed against the glass, clinging to him as he placed with the hardening flesh of her nipple as he palmed her breast. 

Hot moment? Fucking fantastic moment was more like it…

Shit, this was the fucking stuff wet dreams were made of…

Kagome parted her legs and wrapped her arms around him as somehow managed to work his knees between her. He could feel her grinding herself against his leg, and he had to smile to himself. She was that far gone huh? Needed him that much?

Fuck drawing this out. Fuck waiting for the surprise. He needed her, and she needed him. 

He captured her lips in another kiss as his fingers made quick work of undoing her wrap shirt and pulling it out from her pants, letting it fall open. He pushed it down off of her shoulders and he felt her completely remove it as he began working on her pants. He absently heard the hard click clacking of her shoes being tossed somewhere before she began tugging at his shirt, and he broke from her only to remove it. 

When he did…

Fuck. 

Black with little red roses edging the cups...and matching panties. 

God he felt like a fucking teenager. He felt like he was gonna cream his pants. She was the sexiest fucking woman he had ever met, and the way that lingerie looked against her skin...so pale and creamy despite living in LA…

“You’re overdressed, you know.”

Yeah. 

He was. 

He quickly toed off his socks and shoes as he undid his pants and kicked them off to the side before he was on her again. His lips pulled her nipple between them, his tongue roaming over it as her head smacked into the glass behind them

“Shit! You ok?”

“I’ll be better if you don’t stop!”

Well...if she insisted…

He switched to the other breast as he placed a hand on her side, her fingers digging into the hair at the back of his head. She kept him in place, encouraging him with her actions and the mewls pouring from her lips to not stop. She needed his touch, which was good because he needed to touch her. 

His hand kept burning a path southwards towards the source of the incredible, spicy, delicious scent coming from her. She gasped as he cupped her heat...and fuck she was positively soaked. 

“Inuyasha…”

“God I love it when you say my name like that,” he encouraged, his thumb pressing through the fabric of her panties to find her clit. He circled it once, and he could only imagine how good it felt from the way she cried out, pushing herself further into his hands and also further into the glass behind her. He absently wondered if it was just because he was finally touching there, relieving some of the tension building within her...or if her reaction had anything to do with the lace scraping against her most sensitive nerve endings.

Hell, maybe it was both!

Either way, he wasn’t stopping.

Her nails dug into his shoulders and back, leaving red welts in their wake and he wore them with a badge of honor. 

“Yeah...that’s it Baby,” he encouraged, his voice thick and sultry as he moved to lick her earlobe again. “Scratch up my back like the fucking sex kitten you are. Purr for me and tell me how much you fucking like it. You like my fingers rubbing your clit?”

She nodded, and he paused. 

“Tell me you fucking love it, little Kitten.”

[beanyboobee]

MOROHA THEORY!

For the past while I have wondered who raised/ trained moroha. It is safe to assume neither kagome or Inuyasha trained her as she doesn't remember much about her parents and thus I give you a theory

Koga.

Its a far out theory but I noticed that in the opening moroha is sitting on a rock beside a waterfall

It made me remember something about the wolf tribe, that their tribe was hidden inside a- you guessed it! Water fall!

Now it is possible that this is a completely different waterfall. But since the animation was up graded it is possible they decided to add more details to the cliffs edge.

Koga also often carries a sword with him. A sword with a similar handle to that of Morohas, so I do think it possiable that he could of trained her to use it.

And in doing so Moroha unknowingly picked up habits that her own father used, seeing as she has just as much of a act first think later vibe like her father.

These brings me onto a second thing to add to this theory, Morohas outfit.

We know her clothes are made from the robe of the fire rat, a robe that belonged to her father that was moderated to her size, and we know for the most part she moderated it herself. But I couldn't help but notice some things that were similar to the wolf tribe.

For one the leg warmers. Every member of the wolf tribe wears leg warmers. A small detail but one that would make sense if Moroha was raised by them, After all this is feudal Japan. Where everyone in the original show apart from Kagome and the wolf tribe, and on occasion Sango. Wore clothes fitting for that time. Like Kimonos. A girl showing off her legs was rarely seen and I think it was even mentioned in the first episode of Inuyasha when Kagome showed up in her school uniform(I may be wrong dont quote me on that )

The only others I have seen do that is the wolf tribe, and hinestly they are the only ones I can think of who would allow such a thing.

And if we add to the fact that she chooses to wear a cape that is two items of clothing that the wolf tribe seem to wear that others in the show do not.

In the tribe I have only seen Ayame wear a cape and the males seem to wear shoulder pads or a sash over their shoulder.

If it was a case that Moroha trained with them, I do think its possible for her to adapt to the tribes way of life.

This is only a crack pot theory with not much evidence, but I do like to beleive that Koga stumbled across Moroha. Perhaps after the forest fire , or when it broke out Inuyasha left Moroha with the tribe as perhaps he had to quickly go and fight what ever caused the fire. Only for some reason. He never returned.

I imagine he would be hesitant to hand Moroha over to Koga but in a moment of Crisis he would probualy trust Koga. Despite all their bickering over Kagome in the past, he knows Koga would look after Moroha like one of his own, and maybe Koga already has a kid so they bond over being dads.

Maybe the little Moroha knows of her parents are things the tribe has told her.

Anyway this is only a little theory with not much evidence- and written proof that I just want to see my man Koga 🤣

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New ask game: HTLB

Thanks for asking, nonnie!

The first scene that ever pushed me to write HTLB is the opening scene! I just really wanted to set the stage for everything that happens moving forward and show how Kagome’s life is so public right off the bat.

"Hey friends, this video is going to be a little different."

This was the fourth time she'd said those words; at least this time it wasn't in between sobs and only spoken through the attempt to keep them at bay. No makeup was on her face, as she didn't see the point if she was just going to ruin it with her tears. Dressed in a burgundy turtleneck, hair up in a messy top knot, she pulled her sleeves over her hands with a sniffle.

"Some of you have been asking how Kouga and I are doing...and-" There it was, a choked sob as she closed her eyes, letting yet another tear fall from them. Swallowing back as much as she could, Kagome gathered enough strength to say the next words with a bit more coherence and confidence, "And I am here to let you know that we have, in fact...broken up."

A part of her felt stupid, sitting alone in a room while talking to no one but a camera in front of her. Lifting her sleeve-covered hand, she wiped that stray tear from her cheek with another wet sniffled, "I-I want you all to know that it was a mutual decision-" A lie. A big, fat lie; but, the two of them had decided it was best to say that to keep both reputations intact and fan bases from causing some sort of scene. The last thing either of them wanted was for there to be more drama than necessary - one of the only things Kagome agreed with, "And that Kouga and I intend to stay friends-"

Another lie. Kagome didn't know if she would ever be able to be friends with Kouga after what he did - after what he said. A three-year relationship that ended in a way that Kagome had never expected, with her then-boyfriend confessing that he'd never intended to marry her. That their time had come to go separate ways.

"I can't marry a human."

The words repeated over and over again in her head, echoing through her broken heart loud enough to leave a crack that spread wider and wider each time she thought of it. It was because of their yōkai/ human relationship that had so many people interested in their life. They had come from completely different worlds and faced countless instances of prejudice, just to stay true to one another.

But it had all been a game to Kouga, even though he promised that it wasn't; that he truly did love her and, should she have been yōkai, he would have married her much earlier.

"I don't want anyone sending hate or negative comments his way-" So typical of her, taking the high road to the point where she was practically trampled over by those who chose to abuse that, "And I would ask that you respect our privacy during this time; this wasn't easy for either of us, but it's for the best."

Every other word or so, she would have to draw in a shaky breath, releasing it with the attempt to keep tears at bay but failing miserably, "I'm probably going to take a bit of a break from everything, so if you don't see any posts from me, that's why." Again, she lifted her hand and wiped away some tears from her eyes, only to be replaced with fresh ones.

"Uhm, I don't know how to end this," a melancholy chuckle left her, easily taken over by a choked sob followed by a sniffle "I guess...thank you for watching and I'll see you next time."

The second one that kept me going for a long while was the ultimate blow up in chapter ten, where Kagome finds out that Inuyasha’s a half-demon and confronts him about. You can really tell with how much detail I put in the body language of this portion. It was so vivid in my brain for so long and to see it in writing was SO rewarding. 

“There’s a big fuckin’ difference between being friends with a hanyou and being in a relationship with one!” he shouted, trying to get her to understand his point of view; yes, friendship was one thing, but to be romantically involved with a half-demon was a whole other realm of stigma altogether.

“ Enlighten me then!” her arms settled back into a crossed position as her hip pushed out in an expectant stance. Yet, she still managed to move one of her hands to her face to quickly wipe away any evidence that she’d shed any tears before following it with a small sniffle.

He was positive she was more than aware of the differences; but if she wanted to be enlightened, he wasn’t about to take that from her, “Being with me means that people will whisper and question your character - who you are! Means fuckin’-” he started to stammer as he turned himself, hands moving to gesture and emphasize the words he said, “People will judge you and shame you for it, Kagome! Alright?! People don’t like the thought of half-demons reproducing, building families, havin’ fuckin’ lives! ”

“Do you really think that low of me?! Do you really not trust me?” Kagome was leaning her body towards his again, uncrossing her arms to emphasize certain words by clapping her hands together in front of her, “After six months of trying so hard to earn it and showing you at every turn that you could , you still don’t?!” She opened her arms wide at her sides, as if telling him she’d given what she could - that what he saw in front of him was what he needed to take. It needed to be good enough , “What more do I have to do to make you realize that you can trust me!? To realize I wouldn’t care - that I don’t care!” One of her arms remained out to the side, but the other came to the center of her chest, patting it for emphasis.

In all honesty, Kagome had been the first person he truly trusted since his mother died; though, perhaps that wasn’t saying much, their argument demonstrated that fact. Regardless, he’d found solace in Kagome, a sense of calm and ease that he’d never gained with anyone else in his life. He was afraid of losing that and, in his attempt to avoid that, it became clear that he could lose her anyway.

Inuyasha remained quiet, watching Kagome practically panting from the amount of air she’d just used to make her points clear. Silence fell between them, their stares intense on one another as they waited for the other to speak.

As always, it was Kagome who broke the silence.

“I just don’t understand why you think I would care that you were hanyou?! I want to know things about you, Inuyasha! I want to know how you grew up, what it was like!” Kagome’s resolve was wearing thin, more tears lodged in her throat and causing her voice to crack as she continued, “I wanna know what brought you to the person you are now! I’ve told you so much about me! My life, my family! I’ve been vulnerable with you, because I trusted you! Now I feel like I don’t even know who you are!”

“You wanna know, Kagome? You really wanna fuckin’ know?!” A deep, spiteful wound in his chest had reopened, weeping with his inability to reel in the pure rage that swallowed his heart.

“Yes!” It was a scream - a pleading scream that was followed by a choked sob, “That’s all I want!” Tears flowed freely then, hiccuping as her arms were held out in front of her, elbow bent and palms facing up as if begging him to fill them with something .

“You wanna know how my own dad kept me and my mom in the shadows because his wife wanted to kill me? How I was kept like a fuckin’ skeleton in a closet?! How me and my mother jumped from hotel room to hotel room until she could finally get a job on her own? You wanna know why she couldn’t get a job before?” Each word was venomous, as if trying to make Kagome experience the same viciousness of the world as he had.

Kagome stood frozen, eyes wet with tears as her heart began to ache at the realization that he’d endured so much and at such a young age, “Inuy-”

“ No! You wanted to know, so I’m fuckin’ telling you! That’s what you wanted, right?!” A mocking twinge hung in his tone as he leaned forward, head tilted in expectation as his pupils shrunk to slits and his lip curled upward, “You wanted to know that my mom couldn’t get a job because she had a bastard kid, a bastard hanyou kid! She struggled every fuckin’ day of her life because of me, all because of what I was! What I am! ” He brought his hand to his chest, hitting against it with a loud, hollow ‘thud’.

Tears fell freely now, clutching both hands to her chest then as she continued to listen. Each word, each phrase, it broke her heart knowing he had to experience such prejudice. There had been a time where she thought herself being discriminated against for being with Koga - but it was nothing compared to what Inuyasha was telling her, “Inuyasha, I’m so -”

“And you wanna know what else?! Why not just keep fuckin’ goin’?! ‘Cause I got so much more! How about the countless times I’ve been kicked out of someone's house when they find out what I am? My last ex wouldn’t fuckin’ touch me unless it was a human night! That’s what I was doin’ last night, Kagome! Are you happy? Are fuckin’ happy?!” The last expletive was violently emphasized by grabbing a rogue mug left on her kitchen island and whipped across the room, hitting the opposite wall and shattering while leaving a hole in the drywall.

To be honest, I get a scene like this almost every chapter and I just write around it hahah.

ASK ABOUT THAT SCENE MEME

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InuKag Week 2020

Some nice, fluffy moments for you in this chapter. As well as a lemon but ya know. Day Five of InuKag Week: Instinct. @inukag-week​ here is my contribution for today. Hope you all enjoy!

Thank you to all of you for reading and reviewing. It's nice to know where I stand on this fic.

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Instinct

It took a year and a half but frankly, I was surprised it took that long. I may be inexperienced but I'm not an idiot and I know how these things work. When I missed a period, I wasn't even upset or confused. And the at-home and doctor's positive tests were just extra. I knew I was pregnant.

We didn't even try to be careful. Inuyasha never wore a condom and I wasn't on the pill. And we fucked constantly. With Inuyasha not even pulling out, I had to assume he didn't care if he knocked me up.

I still didn't say anything to him though. I didn't really know what to say. I wasn't his girlfriend or wife. We weren't even lovers we just had sex. I didn't know anything about him outside the house either.

I did know his moods. One glance and I knew what to expect. I knew his laugh, his tender touch, how he could be excruciatingly kind. How he was overprotective to an obnoxious amount sometimes, another good reason not to mention my pregnancy.

I had his dick memorized. How he liked it touched, licked, and sucked. And the slight curve it had and how it felt inside me. Inuyasha knew my weak points too, the spot on my shoulder, licking the inside of my thighs, how hard to suck my nipples or my clit.

I knew every inch of his body as he knew mine. Which made me wonder how long it would take him to notice? I said nothing, not even to the staff. But the cook noticed my change in appetite and the maid noticed my vomit in the bathroom.

The weather went from cold to hot again, passing the two-year mark and Inuyasha either didn't notice or was saying nothing. Even as I developed a little belly under my belly button. My clothes were getting tighter and the only thing Inuyasha had said about it was sending someone to get me new clothes.

I didn't tell him I was going out regularly to see my doctor but it was my only excuse to get out of the house. With my pregnancy showing, I couldn't even have Sango over. What would I tell her? I couldn't even find the words to tell Inuyasha!

Particularly irritated, I sat on top, grinding hard on Inuyasha's cock. Our nightly meetings had never changed and now without periods to break them up, they never faltered.

Inuyasha was lying still, his arms under his head watching me. There was no hiding it anyway and I no longer cared, one hand on his knee to steady my angle to get him deeper and the other on the peak of my swell as I rocked. The extra weight was a little uncomfortable without support in this position.

I was close to getting rid of my horny irritation, my orgasm beginning to start as I took out my frustrations on Inuyasha's penis. "You aren't...seeing anyone else?"

Now I was even more irate because Inuyasha's random question made my orgasm fly out the window. Coming to a stop, I righted myself on his pelvis and glared down at him. "Excuse me?!"

"You aren't seeing anyone besides me? Dating, fucking, sleeping with someone besides me?"

I rolled my eyes as hard as I could, making sure he could see it. Another thing I learned was Inuyasha's weak-ass communication skills. This was his way of asking me if the baby was his. Which only infuriated me.

"When? When the hell was I able to date or fuck anyone but you?!"

As skillfully as I could at six months pregnant, I swung my leg and myself off of him. He hissed as the cold air hit his dick, losing my warmth and my wetness which only made it cooler. Grabbing my robe off the floor where I left it, I tried to be clothed for this fight. I felt less intimidating naked.

Inuyasha didn't move save for pushing up on his elbows to follow my movements. "Maybe when you worked at the club?!"

Crossing my arms to sit on my chest and small bump, I glared at him hard. "I'd already given birth if it was someone from there. The kid would be at least a year old by now!"

"I know that!" He screeched.

"Then why did you ask?!"

"Maybe it's when you sneak out of here a few times a month?! Did you really think I wouldn't notice?!"

I was shocked because I sincerely didn't think he had. Shutting my mouth, I quickly swept away my angry tears and tried to stop my shaking. "I'm going to see my OBGYN you ass hat! Not a lover! The only dick I've ever known is you!"

He didn't hesitate, continuing his rant right along with mine. "You shouldn't be going out, not even to see your doctor. Especially looking like that…"

Even though I swore I was over Inuyasha's need to keep me hidden away from the world, it now felt like an elephant sat on my chest from time to time when it was brought up. Now being one of those times. "Like what? Like a knocked up sex slave? If you are so ashamed or worried or whatever then maybe you should have worn a condom!"

"Maybe you should have gone on birth control!"

"When?! I'm not allowed to leave this fucking prison and they don't mail that shit to you!"

I was so angry the room was spinning and all I saw was red. I was trying to storm back to my room but for some reason, I was in Inuyasha's hold. "Kagome?! Are you alright?!"

My arms felt like jelly as I pushed at his hold. "I'm fine. Don't touch me. You've touched me enough!"

The room was still spinning and I was struggling to breathe. Then the room went from red to black.

oOo

"It's her blood pressure. It was way too high."

I woke to the sound of voices, in my bed, with Inuyasha and my doctor standing over me.

"High blood pressure? She's 23!"

"And pregnant. Pregnancy causes a lot of changes in a woman's body and sometimes it affects their blood pressure."

"What can I do?" I stared at Inuyasha, unknown by him as he looked and sounded like a scared little boy. "What can I do to keep them safe and healthy?"

I'd never seen Inuyasha like that, terrified and helpless. He'd always seemed sure and strong no matter what was going on. It was strange to see it now after two years. And a part of me was far too happy at his acknowledgment of the baby.

"Is she under a lot of stress? What was she doing when she fainted?"

Inuyasha shifted his weight, his arms crossed across his chest like when he wanted to protect himself. "We were...fighting. It's my fault."

I couldn't stand being spoken of anymore so I slowly sat up. My doctor was quick to my side but Inuyasha was quicker. "Whoa, now Kagome. You gave us quite the scare there. Let's take it easy, yeah?"

"I'm fine."

"Jesus, Kagome, listen to the damn doctor!"

Inuyasha was upset but I could tell it was partly out of fear and all at himself. Even if I hadn't heard their conversation. It all had me forgetting my earlier slights and irritations with the man now sitting near my legs on the bed.

Leaning over, I gently stroked his cheek and he greedily took the comfort. "It's okay. I'm okay, Inuyasha."

"It's not uncommon or even unhealthy for couples to fight. But maybe tone it down until after the baby is born?"

Inuyasha saw the doctor out, who promised to return for her next visit so I didn't have to come to her. Something Inuyasha must have set up while I was out. I was trying really hard not to be upset about it as Inuyasha returned to me.

Sitting in the same spot he had before, he looked me over carefully and thoughtfully. "You set up in-home visits with my doctor?!"

His eyes went to the floor but he still nodded his answer.

"Why is it so important to you…"

"Because you're important to me."

Anything and everything died in my throat. I had nothing to say to that. Inuyasha still wasn't looking at me, wringing his hands between his knees as he hunched over.

"My mother died when I was really young. She went out one day and never came back. My dad said it was his fault, that they killed her to get to him…"

"Who's they?"

He shrugged, "no clue but dad killed them in return. That's… all I really know about it."

I held my breath because now I'd learned a lot more about Inuyasha in a few shared words. His mother was murdered because of who his father is. Meaning not only did Inuyasha have overprotective tendencies that verged on obsessiveness but he came from a family that others wanted to hurt.

Inuyasha was rich and powerful.

Which meant he was either one of two things: mob or politician. Given his interests and investments, I'd have to guess mob. I was having a baby with a mob boss.

Oddly enough, it didn't bother me. Mob boss or not, Inuyasha was a nice guy to me. I'd never seen him do bad and so it was easy to ignore any misgivings. I struggled to imagine Inuyasha hurting anyone.

"Going to the doctor..it wasn't a big deal. I was safe. There was no harm and it was an excuse to go out…"

"Didn't you hear what I just said?! Someone killed my mother just to spite my father. For kicks, because they wanted to weaken him." Turning, Inuyasha showed me his angry eyes. They always looked like they were on fire when he was like this. "The people who want to hurt me, they'd take one look at your pregnant body and see Christmas. And they would have no struggle killing you and sending me the fetus."

I broke. It was all too much. Because I wanted to go out, to be normal and free. But Inuyasha was scaring me. So I wept, clutching my swollen body like a jewel that others were trying to steal.

Inuyasha clutched it just as hard, wrapping around me to either comfort me, himself, or both. "The house sits on five acres. There's a pool, tennis court, hell there's even a zen garden. All of it is yours. You can have Sango come over and spend time with you, I don't care. Just please, don't go out broadcasting our child around town for all to see."

oOo

I was relaxing in my bed when it started. Inuyasha was still at work since the day had barely begun. The book in my hands was not being read as my mind was miles away. Thinking about the night before.

Inuyasha and I had just had gentle but satisfying sex, he bent me over the bed so he didn't put weight on my belly while rubbing my clit as he throbbed inside me from behind. At my size, sleep was a struggle. I couldn't get comfortable. But sex always helped because it tired me out.

It must have been the baby that woke me, waking up exhausted to see her foot or hand trying to escape my uterus. I could actually see my skin rise as she pushed with all her might against her cage.

That didn't bother me in the slightest, I thought it was cool even though annoying. What had my mind tumbling even till morning was Inuyasha.

He rolled over to me and put his hand over my belly, gently rubbing the spot the baby had been pressing. "Shhhh...calm down or you'll wake mommy."

Inuyasha clearly had no clue I was already awake and I continued to be as he spoke to the baby through my belly.

"I'm excited to meet you too but it's not time yet and you and your mommy need to rest. You've been a bad girl lately, getting all wild whenever mommy tries to rest. That's not nice." I wasn't sure if it was his touch, voice, words, or all of it but the baby calmed back down and stopped her escape attempts. "That's a good girl, Moroha."

We hadn't discussed a name and yet, Inuyasha had one picked out already. I liked it. It was repeating in my head all day long. The entire 'conversation' was. The whole thing was so sweet, it brought me to tears each time I let my mind hear Inuyasha's voice as he spoke to my belly. With so few instances in which Inuyasha showed interest in our child, that one moment showed me just how much he wanted this baby. And it mirrored me.

But, as Inuyasha said, it was still early. Three weeks from my due date. Which was why I ignored the tensing of my muscles around my swollen belly and uterus. Even as they squeezed close to pain. I kept hoping it was Braxten Hicks and that they would go away.

So I said nothing, even when Inuyasha texted me midday to check on us. It was good he didn't call like usual, he always said I was a terrible liar, even on the phone.

When I didn't come out for lunch, it was brought to me. And of course, I had another contraction with the maid there. A big one. It was starting to seem as though these were the real deal. This only added to the fear in my veins, doubling over myself to try and take yet another contraction. This one felt as if my muscles were trying to pull me apart from the inside out. My only reprieve was that they weren't that close together yet. I had a good 30-minute break between each one.

Which timed it perfectly for when Inuyasha burst into my room.

"Kagome?!"

My open, in shock, mouth served to allow a loud whimper to escape as my muscles tensed and pulled at me. Curling into a ball did nothing but I did it anyway for some reason. A bodily reaction I had no control over.

Inuyasha was at my side when I opened my tear-filled eyes, kneeling on the floor next to my bed and brushing strands out of my face. Taking in his appearance, it was clear he had raced here straight from work. It was the first time I'd seen him with a tie on, he usually had it off by the time I saw him.

"You lied to me. You fucking lied, Kagome!" He was mad, even as he tenderly brushed my skin with the pads of his fingers. "The doctor is on her way. How far apart are your contractions?"

Getting over my shock at his apparent knowledge, I took a dry swallow, "30 minutes."

"Good, then there's still time." He got to his feet but kept his eyes on me. "I'm just going to go change, I'll be right back."

True to his word, I wasn't even close to another contraction when Inuyasha reappeared in some jeans and a t-shirt. Chuckling to myself, I wondered if he wore jeans just to keep from being in his usual 'let's fuck' outfit.

He helped me sit up but just as he did, another contraction hit. His hands still in mine, neither of us let go and he let me squeeze as hard as I could without so much a whimper of complaint. When I continued to push up to stand, he complained then.

"What are you doing?!"

"The doctor will be here soon...and my contractions are less than 30 minutes apart….I should take off my underwear…."

It was surprising how out of breath I was like I had been running when all I'd done was face an onslaught of pain every few minutes or so.

My legs were shaking so Inuyasha sat me back down on the edge of the bed and worked my panties off my hips for me. I giggled when he got them to my ankles, lifting my feet for him, and he looked up at me with a smirk. He already knew what I was thinking, how life was like a revolving door of sorts. The very act that caused the life about to be born, taking off my panties, was now being done again for a completely different and still the same reason.

Inuyasha remained crouched before me, his warm hands on my knees when another contraction hit. He shot up, his hands on my shoulders to steady me. I grabbed his shirt, gripping it and close to ripping it since his child was trying to rip out of me.

"Inu...yasha…"

"I got you. I got you, Kagome."

A dark laugh spilled out of me, a mixture of pain and hormones that had my emotions all over the place. "You got me...INTO THIS MESS...you damn well better….be here to GET ME OUT OF IT!"

I was panting but the contraction was over, Inuyasha still held me tight though. "Please don't call having my baby a mess. Besides, the real mess starts after the baby is born."

By the time the doctor arrived, my contractions had stalled. She kept checking but my cervix hadn't dilated past seven centimeters. Inuyasha was beginning to pace.

"Isn't there something we can do? The baby could be in distress!"

That made me nervous and Inuyasha cringed, stopping his little walk to sit beside me and hold my hand. The doctor said something to her nurse and then answered his question. "The baby is fine. We went over all of this when we prepped for a home birth. Remember?"

She was scolding him and if it were another time or place, I would have laughed. He was the one who pushed to have the baby at home, changing my birth plan completely. I wanted to have her in a hospital surrounded by doctors and people who knew what the fuck they were doing! But Inuyasha had his reasons.

"Sorry." He mumbled to her and to me.

Hours passed and finally, my labor started again. But I almost wished it hadn't. I thought the contractions were bad. No, pushing a six-pound person out of my vagina was worse. Things were tearing and all I could do was continue to push and tear more.

Inuyasha was still at my side, letting me squeeze whatever I wanted to death in payback. At one point I had grabbed his shirt and pulled him in close to hear me growl. "I knew you were going to ruin my vagina."

He smiled and I almost punched him so he tried to lean back but I held on tight. My brain flip-flopped with emotions and I found myself crying. Inuyasha thought it was pain, using his free hand to brush wet strands from my face and cup my cheek carefully. But it wasn't the pain exactly. It was something else. It was fear.

"I don't...I don't want to do this alone….I don't want to raise her on my own…" I sobbed.

Inuyasha glanced over at the doctor and then back at me. "You aren't alone. You'll never be alone, Baby."

It was strange, hearing a term of endearment from him but I was too wrapped up in the situation to care. More sobs ripped from me and they hurt all the way down to my aching vagina.

"When I first saw you," Inuyasha whispered in my ear, "...up on that stage; you were terrified but you didn't back down. It was your eyes, Kagome. Your bright teal eyes and I couldn't look away from you. I wasn't there to buy or anything. You were not my purpose that day. But I couldn't leave you. I still can't. I wish I could say I was sorry but I want you more and more each day, Baby, so I can't let you go."

His words had another sob come out with a whimper but he cut it off, kissing me sweetly and not caring about the others in the room.

"Alright, Kagome. One more big push."

oOo

The bassinet Inuyasha bought months ago had yet to be used. Mainly because I was too afraid to move Moroha after she fell asleep. The last thing I wanted was to wake her.

So she slept next to me. With one arm wrapped around her head and the other poised over her, I kept her safe and eventually got used to the uncomfortable position. At two months she was far from rolling but I still felt paranoid about it.

I don't think I had really slept since she was born. Or before then when my size made me too uncomfortable. It was why when the lightest touch came to my arm, I nearly jolted out of bed.

"Kagome.." Inuyasha whispered, standing over me and looking down at the two of us.

Going around, he removed my homemade cage and gently lifted tiny Moroha into his hands. She used to fit in just his hands alone, stretching across his palms as he held them together. But now he had to put her in the crook of his arm to carry her. I was overjoyed she was growing, so small when she was born I wept for days, but she was growing fast.

Now still asleep in her bassinet, Inuyasha slowly climbed into the bed next to me. On my side and him on his, we stared at one another for a few silent moments. Then we met halfway in a tentative embrace that quickly turned up the heat.

We were ripping clothes off without a thought. It had been a while and Inuyasha had been very patient. And patient still, his tip pressing to my entrance and freezing.

"Are you okay? Are you ready?"

He was frantic. Wanting to fuck but not wanting to hurt me and the two were colliding together at the moment.

I grabbed his ass, digging in my claws, and whispered in his ear. "Fuck me hard now."

Obeying my command, his tip hit my womb so fast it made us both dizzy. A few seconds of fast pumps and we both came. Which was the fastest either of us had ever finished and stars filled my room.

We were both still a little out of it, Inuyasha still hard and as deep inside me as he could go, when Moroha fussed a little beside us. Neither of us moved and I was sure we had no clue how much noise we had made during our fast and needy fuck.

When she settled back to sleep, Inuyasha turned his attention back to me. "I meant for the two of you to sleep in my room with me."

I shook my head at him. "She keeps me up most of the night. And you have to work in the morning."

His arms around me, he gave me a squeeze. "I want to have more."

"More sex?"

"No, I mean yes that too. I want to have more kids. With you."

"Easy for you to say. I'm the one that went through hell!"

"But you can't tell me it wasn't worth it."

Inuyasha was looking back at the bassinet while I was watching him. The glassy look in his eyes and the smile on his face. If I wasn't already in love with Moroha, blissfully happy with my life, and actually thinking about at least two more children then the look on Inuyasha's face right now would have changed my mind.

"Yes. It was worth it."

I feel as though having a baby is pretty instinctual. Not the wanting to have a baby part but the growing and birthing in general.

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Inuyasha’s new pup Part four (Dear god it lives!)

the boys were only about 10 minutes into their walk and already Souta was starting to get a little nervous, feeling like maybe he had made a mistake coming into town in his diapers. the bulk between his legs had been fine for playing in the yard or waddling around the house but he was realizing albeit too late that it made him waddle in a fashion more then one mother they passed seemed to recognize and made the older ladies giggle, bring a blush to his cheek. "Uhhh Inuyasha..Let's say off hand I'm maybe having second thoughts.." Souta started as they passed a group of older girls and a few of them broke into a fit of giggles. Of course what Souta didn't know was that it wasn't because of him, but a comment that had been made about a boy from their class, but as any diaper dork who's braved a public waddling knows, you feel like everyone knows. "I'd say it's too little too late. Unless your starting to chafe, then I'll just carry you." Inuyasha said with a little smirk, holding the boy's improvised diaper bag with ease in one hand and offering his free arm. Souta mentally pictured it, Him on Inuyasha's hip and hugging him, the half demons strong arm under his pampered butt and blushed even worse and found himself wishing he'd tugged a baseball cap on to try and hide his face. "Uh, No thank you." Souta squeaked out and barely caught himself before his thumb slipped into his mouth. Inuyasha smirked and shrugged his shoulders. "Your the boss apple sauce." he said cheerfully and then stopped and scanned the street signs. "IIIII don't suppose you know the way to this store you wanna go to do you?" He asked, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "Heh, Don't worry 'Yasha. I won't let you get lost and get grabbed by the dog catcher." Souta said, smirking and getting a bit of his old nerve back. Taking Inuyasha's hand he started to lead the way.

Of course Inuyasha knew what store the boy was talking about, it was call All-mart and Kagome had taken him there when they were having a Ramen noodle cup sale. But he could also see how scared and nervous his pup was getting and figured if he acted like he was the one who needed help, it would give Souta a boost of much needed confidence. Seeing the change in attuide as Souta lead the way Inuyasha knew he'd been right, and decided to lay it on a little more for the little guys sake as he saw a group of boy's around his age by a electronics store, watching a demo of a new game. "You know, I think I've gone though whole forests that weren't as confusing as this town. Plus it's not like I can just climb up a lamp post or the like to get my bearing." Inuyasha said and then smirked. "well, not again. your sister was less then pleased the last time.." He said and wagged his eyebrows as Souta giggle and put a hand over his mouth. "Why do I have NO trouble seeing you do that?" Souta giggled and drew a little bit of attention from a bigger boy who nudged one of his friend and pointed. "So which way do we go now?" Inuyasha asked, getting Souta in front of him and having the pup point and start to explain while he bared his fangs at the would be bully who suddenly decided the demo was MUCH more interesting then starting a scene. "Well we gotta go down that street till 9th, then hang a right an- Hey! Are you even listening? Sheesh, Maybe I need to get a leash for you. your hopeless." Souta sighed, unaware he'd just been saved. "heh, you might be onto something but I think we'll draw a little bit too much attention if you lead me around on a leash pup." Inuyasha said and ruffled the boys hair. "heh, True. Just stick close to me and I'll look  after you." Souta said.

7 minutes later and they were at the All-mart and browsing the aisles with a cart, Souta sitting in the part of the cart where the groceries were suppose to go but since they weren't picking up THAT much Inuyasha didn't see the harm. The diaper bag was in the front basket where Inuyasha had tried to convince Souta to sit at first but the boy had flat out refused and with Inuyasha not wanting the little guy to get too tired he had come up with the compromise. "Sooo I know we're mostly here for clothes and milk..but what do you say we load up on some chocolate and candy?" Souta asked, grinning impishly then getting a worried look on his face. "wait, can you HAVE chocolate? I don't want you to get sick!" Inuyasha chuckled at that and ruffled the pup's hair again, he was just so god damn cute. "Yeah don't worry, I'm not THAT much of a dog that some sweets will do me in. though I dunno how I feel about filling YOU up with sugar. your hyper enough as is." He teased and winked. "Pleassssssse?" Souta begged, bringing his hands together and clearly trying to muster every ounce of his cuteness into this one plea. Inuyasha had already been heading for the candy aisle before the plea and as such the cuteness attack just about melted him before he managed to look away. "Ok ok! Just turn the look off!" he said, holding up a hand as if to protect himself,then joked. "That's more powerful then a punch from half the demons I know!" "Beware the powers of my cuteness!" Souta giggled impishly but did as asked, thinking he now had a powerful attack all his own to use and started to try and think up names for it as the started to raid the shelf's of their chocolate treats.

With the cart loaded up with sweets and three jugs of milk the boys made they're way over to the diaper aisle and were floored by just HOW many choices there was for padding in Souta's size. "heh, guess little big guys like you are more common then we thought." Inuyasha commented. "Heh yeah..Geez I don't even know where to start." Souta said, rubbing the back of his head then standing up in the cart and holding his arms out for Inuyasha to get him out. Smirking the half demon did so and he let the little pup crinkle and waddle back and forth looking deep in thought. While Souta tried to pick out his padding Inuyasha spotted a few things he wanted to get for him non padding related and snagged a package of pacifiers and a couple of baby bottle's Souta could call all his own. He also grabbed a couple of pack of wipes and some baby powder and turned around to find Souta lugging two massive packs of diapers back with him. A quick scan of the packs showed they were just as thick if not a little thicker then the ones Souta was already wearing but these were 20 packs, which had Inuyasha raising a eyebrow and smirking. "Just how much do you plan on going before your mom and sister get back?" He teased, making Souta blush. "I uh..well I can put one back if yo-" Souta started, poking two fingers together and Inuyasha just put them both in the cart. "I Knew what I was signing up for today Pup. Don't worry." Inuyasha said then helped him back into the cart which was starting to get a little bit cramped. Still it beat making the little guy walk around and if Inuyasha was being honest semi made him feel like he was pushing the pup around in a stroller. Which he knew there was zero chance in getting Souta in a real one as they headed for the clothing department.

Souta giggled and squirmed a little in the shopping cart. Truthfully he was loving riding the cart, it made him feel like he was in a stroller but he figured if he tried to whine for one that would be too fair, PLUS there would be no way to sugar coat what a big baby he was if he was in one. 'Maybe if I can get Kagome to take me back to the past and take a stroller back then..not like -I- know anyone in the past.' He thought and giggled out loud. "Penny for your thoughts." Inuyasha said behind him as they traveled over to the boys wear section. "Nope! mu thoughts are SO profound you hafa pay 2 dollars for them!" Souta giggled and winked. "heh, Maybe later then.. Alright sooo.. I'll let you get to it..I don't know much about clothing sizes and stuff." Inuyasha said Helping Souta out. "Ummm oook butttt er.." and Souta squirmed a little, shifting on his heels. "whats wrong? do you need to pee?" Inuyasha asked. "W-What? No!" Souta huffed and then his bladder twitched, making him a liar. "Well kinda..but I wanted you to sit and check out the outfits I pick and tell me if they look good." Inuyasha chuckled and smirked. "I suppose I could, though believe it or not I'm not exactly up to date on fashion." he said in a mock whisper, putting a finger to his lips. "Shhh don't tell anyone!" "Your secret is safe with me." Souta giggled and then went and started to pick out some shorts and pants. Keeping in mind the trouble he had before he made sure to pick a few sizes above his normal size and then retreated to the changing room. He'd been tempted to grab a couple of tops that looked -really- cute but had been hit by a dose of reality when he say the prices and realized they didn't have a unlimited amount of funds. Stripping down to his top and his diaper and socks, Souta paused for a second looking at his reflection in the mirror in the changing room, god, the diaper looked sooo bulky from sucking up his sweat from the walk and he wiggled his hips a little and popped his thumb into his mouth and slapped his pamper butt, making a whomp sound. 'I'm SUCH a big baby!' he thought with a mental giggle. "Souta, you ok in there?" Came Inuyasha's worried voice, Snapping Souta out of big baby mode. "I heard a weird noise, do you need me to come in?" "N-No! I'm ok!" Souta squeaked, blushing and rubbing the back of his head, and then getting down to business.

In the end only two of the shorts Souta had grabbing worked with his diapers, a light tan cargo look that hide the diapers really well and a baggy cotton pair that was a red on the top and blue on the bottom, meeting in a wave pattern in the middle and would also do a good job hiding the padding. Souta had tried a pair of black jogging pants but the bulk had really stood out and the cargo pants he'd picked had sagged down at the waist and would flash the top of the padding. It wasn't the haul they'd been hoping for but at least it would mean Souta wouldn't be stuck in just diapers and a top when the one pair of shorts were being washed. with the pup back in the cart they went up to the check out (and had a brief argument with the cashier about whether or not they had loaded stuff into the make shift diaper bag till Inuyasha had opened it up for the clerk to see and brought a blush to her face that matched Souta's) and they they were out the door. "Hey, would you mind if I called us a cab? I know I promised a trip to a noodle stand but this is a lot to carry and I don't wanna risk the milk going off." Inuyasha said. "Only if it has a car seat for me." Souta giggled, then seemed to recall who he was talking to. "That was a joke!" "I figured as much Silly." Inuyasha chuckled and went to a pay phone to make the call and as he talked on the phone Souta started to squirm back and forth, and a soft poot or two (Or three or four) started to escape from his behind. Finishing up his call Inuyasha replaced the phone and came over to Souta and tried not to mind the smell of gas, and was thankful no one was too close to them though a young couple had taken notice. "Souta buddy, the cab will be here in about five minutes. do you think you can make it?" Inuyasha asked, keeping his voice low. "I-I'll try." The blushing diaper pup said and there was a soft hissing noise that only Inuyasha picked up on as the little pup flooded his diaper. "I'm just saying, we won't have time for a diaper change." Inuyasha said and rubbed the pup's back. "I..I Know..I'm trying Inuyasha." he whimpered and then his thumb found it's way into his mouth as he was semi hunching then standing up over and over. Credit given where it was due Souta held on till the cab was JUST pulling up but then he lost the battle and hunched over and LOUDLY filled the seat of his diapers, attracting lots of attention between the series of loud wet farts and well him crying out "I'M GOING BOOM BOOM!" and starting to bawl. the cab driver didn't look thrilled about having the smelly boy in his car but a glare from Inuyasha was all it took to convince him to keep his mouth shut and just roll down the windows.

A small part of Souta's mind knew that the car ride had only taken about 10 minutes at most, but as he sat in the back seat, face in Inuyasha's chest and sobbing, With every bump making him bounce in his stinky diapers, it felt like a hour. He rushed inside as best he could, waddling and cowboy walking and the diaper big time showing as Inuyasha handled the cab driver and getting everything inside. Souta went right to the backroom and tugged down his short, gagging as he noticed he had slightly leaked and then started the shower going before proceeding to slowly and carefully peel the tapes off and get the stinky diaper in the trash, holding his nose and then hopping in the shower. there was just no way he was waiting on Inuyasha to change him nor was he gonna try and clean himself up with toilet paper. (He'd tried it before after maybe having a uh-oh accident at school and had ended up clogging the toilet.) He was about halfway though washing when he heard the bathroom door open. "Souta buddy, you ok?" Inuyasha asked. "Y-yeah.. I'm just..I uh..Couldn't wait on you. I was leaking." He said. "I can see that. you get all cleaned up and I'll handle the shorts and taking care of the stinky diaper. Did um.. did you want anther diaper or did you wanna take a break?" Inuyasha asked. Souta paused from his washing and bit his lip.He DID wanna keep wearing but the accident in public had him a little rattled. "It's ok if you wanna take a break pup." Inuyasha added. "N-No..just..um..I wanna stay inside today now ok?" Souta said after a few more second. "That's ok. Meet me in your bedroom when you finish and I'll have everything ready." Inuyasha said and Souta could hear him picking things up. "oh, uh..don't forget to rinse out the tub though when your done." Inuyasha said then he left the room and it was already smelling better. "..He's the best big bro ever." Souta coo'ed and went back to washing up.