44Hi! This is my first shot at a yaoi fic (or any fic for that matter ;) So tell me what you think about it in reviews section. And DON'T be nice. I don't mean to be a meany head, but be honest. Don't sugar-coat anything.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the related characters. But if I did, it would probably be featured on a gay porn site ;)
-Updating and revising all my old stories; after that, I will be continuing them all after my unofficial hiatus, and maybe churn out another story to work on? Let's see how this works out and I just might ;-)-
The raven-haired man walked through the forest, his furrowed eyebrows a sign that he was concentrating intently on what was on his mind, and also, that it was deeply annoying him.
He walked as if on a hidden path, not tripping over any of the thousands of roots and logs that lay about the forest floor. He moved swiftly through the night; then he perked his head up and paused momentarily as he heard a low rumble make its way through the forest. He decided to ignore it and quickened his pace.
He stopped suddenly at the sight of a spring 12 meters ahead. He looked around, and he then took a small pouch out of his haori and quickly crushed it in his hands. He poured a small amount of the crushed substance into his hand and began circling the area outside the spring, sprinkling the snowy substance on the ground. When he emptied all the contents from the pouch, a small droplet of rain hit his nose. He looked up and scowled at the darkness of the moonless night; an expression of annoyance plastered on his face.
He walked briskly over to the spring and stripped himself of his clothing. He placed his clothes, sword, necklace and an assortment of items gathered from the forest into a small hidden compartment hidden under a large "boulder". He walked over to the heated water and lowered himself in. He sighed as he felt his tremendously tense muscles relax as the water took him in. Suddenly, he tensed and watched with a tinge of crimson across his face as several bubbles quickly rose to the surface.
'Dammit!' He cursed mentally, 'Why do humans do such disgusting things; demons don't do that, why do humans?' He rose and waded to another, less smelly portion of the spring.
The pitter-patter of rain against the newly erected barrier was quite soothing and went great with the warm water.
He rested his head against the rocks and his mind drifted back to the events that had taken place just hours earlier.
7 hours earlier
Inuyasha rested against the bark of the tree as he thought about the recent events of his life. Now that Naraku was dead and the final pieces of the jewel gathered, Inuyasha, Sango,
Miroku and everyone else thought that Kagome would have to leave forever and the very thought had left everyone a weepy, blubbering mess. That is, until Shippo came up with the idea to keep the pieces of the Shikon jewel separate so that the portal in the well would stay open indefinitely.
Kagome was, at the moment, off in her world, doing Kami knows what. All the hanyou heard about it was "It's a surprise!"
"Feh, what do I care?" Inuyasha muttered, as he drifted off to sleep.
4 hours earlier
"Inuyasha!" Yelled Kagome.
Inuyasha cracked an eye open and looked down to sneak a peek at the expression on her face. Her eyes were wide and she had a great big smile on her face. She was clutching a bag that was strangely decorated with intricate golden designs close to her chest. It smelled of nobles and had a strangely familiar power emanating from within.
"Inuyasha, get down from there and come to the village! I have a surprise for you! Catch me sleepy-head!" She teased as she ran back to the village.
Inuyasha watched her as she ran and thought about how mature the girl had become ever since they had met.
The Kagome of old would have nagged and nagged until finally sitting him out of the tree, but not this Kagome. She was 19 now, and was greatly more mature in her behavior and much stronger in her skills as a miko.
With a sigh, Inuyasha jumped down and leapt in the direction of the village.
When Inuyasha made it to the outskirts of the village, Kagome already had everybody gathered outside Kaede's hut, and Shippo was acting impatient and whiny, hoping to get a peek at what was in the bag. He turned around and saw Inuyasha on his way and started pulling on Kagome's skirt and jumping up and down while pointing, going, "Ooh, ooh! Look Kagome there's Inuyasha! Now you can show us what's in the bag!" Kagome turned and looked in Inuyasha's direction and started jumping up and down with Shippo, and started yelling,
"Inuyasha! Hurry up!" Inuyasha quickened his pace to a run and in 5 seconds he was there.
"Ok", Kagome said, looking into the bag, "Shippo, I'll give you yours first."
A loud, resounding, "YAY!" Came from Shippo as Kagome pulled out his 'surprise'.
"Ok... AH! Here it is.", Kagome said as she pulled out a lollipop and handed it to Shippo.
"Thanks!" Said Shippo with a great big smile, as he tried to walk away.
"That isn't it; I just figured you would like a lollipop. Here, THIS is your surprise." Kagome said with a smile, as she pulled out a small box with fancy gold lettering on it.
"Don't open it until everyone else gets theirs." warned Kagome. She didn't want her surprise to get ruined.
After a few minutes, everyone there had their own little box. They were all different shapes and sizes, but they all were the same color and had the same fancy gold lettering.
"Shippo, you go first." She said, having difficulty containing her excitement.
Shippo slowly opened the small box and found that it contained a small gold ring, with several pink jewels set in it. He looked at it curiously and put it on his finger.
"Wow," He said, "It fits perfectly! Thanks Kagome!" Shippo said as he hugged her and ran off to enjoy his lollipop.
"Sango, why don't you open your gift next?" Kagome said, before she looked off in Shippo's direction and sighed in disappointment. She really wished he would have stayed around to see everyone else's gifts. She shrugged it off and turned around in time to see Sango trying on her new earrings.
"Wow thanks Kagome, I love them! Miroku, how do they look?
"..."
"Miroku?"
"..."
"MIROKU!"
Then a resounding SMACK rang throughout the village and an old man from the fields yelled,
"What did the monk do this time!" and a man buying fish just south of them responded, "The demon slayer caught him 'admiring' you grand-daughter!"
"Which one?"
"Akahana!"
"Well can't say I blame him, hehe."
"GRANDPA! YOU CREEP!"
"What? It was a compliment! Youngsters just don't know how to take a joke."
Sango looked back to Miroku. "Now Miroku", Sango said sternly, "I'm going to ask you again. How do these earrings look on me?"
"Umm, they make you look like the fairest maiden in all the land." Miroku said with a cheesy bow.
Kagome and Sango giggled. Sango turned towards Kagome.
"I noticed that the studs on my earrings and the stones in Shippo's ring are pink. Can I ask if-"
"Yes, Sango, they are made from the jewel."
"But how!"
"It's amazing the things people in my time can do, huh? There are thousands of people in my time who make jewelry out of-"
Kagome paused as she glanced at Sango's hands and saw that she was also holding Kohaku's gift. She looked around and asked, "Sango, where's Kohaku?"
"Oh..." Sango said, her voice was a giveaway that her little brother was still troubling her, "He's still in Kaede's hut. We are still trying to get him to awaken, but I'm afraid of what would happen if we did, but..."
"But what?"
"It's just that I don't think I could handle my brother waking up and not knowing who I am. It would just kill me."
"Just be strong. I'm sure he'll be just fine." Kagome said with a smile on her face.
"Ok, do you mind if Miroku opens his gift with me, in Kaede's hut?"
Kagome's smile faltered for a second and she stuttered, but then she sighed and said, "Go ahead, your brother's more important than my silly little 'setup'."
"Thanks Kagome, you're always so understanding." Sango said with a grateful smile as she walked towards the hut.
Kagome breathed deeply and sighed, then turned around to see Inuyasha.
"Hey Inuyasha, what's up?"
"Where's mine?" Inuyasha asked, expectantly.
Kagome stared at him blankly, "Your... what?"
"My gift?"
Kagome's eyes went wide, "Oh my gosh, I totally forgot! I'm so sorry!" She said as she reached into the bag muttering things about her being stupid and 'always forgetting the most important part of things'.
Then she then pulled out a closed fist and said, "Close your eyes."
"Why?" Inuyasha said, eyeing her suspiciously.
"It's a surprise! Trust me, you'll like it."
Inuyasha sighed and closed his eyes. Kagome opened her fist, revealing two gold necklaces, one with a box with a keyhole for a pendant, and the other was a key with a small Shikon jewel shard embedded in the center. She wrapped the necklace with the box pendant around his neck and closed the clasp. She then put the one with the key pendant and put it on herself. She then took Inuyasha's pendant in her hand and said, "Open your eyes."
Inuyasha opened his eyes to find Kagome unlocking a small pendant. She put the key in and turned it and the box popped open, revealing a much smaller replica of the Shikon jewel enveloped in an aura of blue floating just above the bottom.
Kagome's smile vanished in an instant and her eyes began to tear.
"Wow, it's beautiful. Thanks Kagome." Inuyasha stared into the box, mesmerized with the beauty it contained. Inuyasha looked up to Kagome and leaned in to kiss her.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome said, pushing him away.
"What is it?"
"We need to talk..."
Inuyasha's head snapped up and his ears perked.
"What? What about?"
"I think...um... I..I..I think..."
"What?"
"Uhh... I...um."
"Just spit it out already!"
The tears that had been building up in Kagome's eyes threatened to spill fort as the young girl struggled to find the words within her.
Inuyasha was getting frustrated. "What is it? Hurry up and say it already!"
Tears were pouring out of Kagome's eyes as she muttered the words: "I...I think we should just be friends..."
Inuyasha's face went blank.
"W.. what? Why?"
Sobs choked Kagome's throat as she leaned in and hugged Inuyasha.
"It's just...this whole 'living in two time periods' thing. How can we have kids? They would have to stay either here or in my world. My mother would never get to meet her grandchildren if they stayed here, and if they stayed in my world, they would be ridiculed and outcasted because of the demonic features they would inherit from you."
The two stood like that for what seemed like an eternity.
"So," Inuyasha finally said, "This is really for the best, isn't it?"
"Yes," Kagome said, a few more tears rolling down her cheek. "But we can still be friends, right?"
"..."
"Inuyasha? We can still be friends after this, can't we?"
"I need some time to think about this..." Inuyasha said as he walked off into the forest.
"Inuyasha…" Whispered the young miko as Inuyasha faded into the brush.
Back to reality
Inuyasha snapped his eyes open and breathed in a mouthful of air. He had fallen asleep and drifted under the surface. After he caught his breath, he repositioned himself on the edge of the spring and laid the rest of his body on the ground, leaving his feet to continue pruning up in the heated water. After a while, Inuyasha started to feel itchy all over and he jumped back into the water, thinking he was just itchy from the grass. But, then the itching was replaced with intense heat and he could feel his whole body becoming hot to the touch. Panting, Inuyasha looked up to see snowflakes starting to fall.
'If it's snowing, why am I so damn hot? It must be this damned barrier!'
Inuyasha leapt out of the water and ran towards the edge of the barrier and broke through it from the inside, disabling it. Instead of the rush of freezing winter air blowing against him, he found himself hotter than before. That's when he realized he wasn't alone.
"Mutt-face?" Inquired a vaguely familiar voice.
"Kouga?"
"Mutt-face, what the hell are you doing by yourself on your human night? And, not to mention, what nice protective gear you've got on, too."
"Oh, shut up fleabag!" Inuyasha said, the darkness of the moonless night covering his crimson-stained cheeks. "What are you even doing around here?"
"I was just *sniff*on my *sniff* way to *sniff*see Kagome when *sniff*…" Kouga trailed off as he sniffed at the air. "What is that delicious aroma in the air?"
"Now what are ya talking about, you mangy wolf?"
Kouga started advancing toward Inuyasha, until he came to the point where he touched his nose to Inuyasha's.
"Inuyasha, you smell...good" Kouga purred, a smile growing on his face.
Inuyasha saw Kouga's eyes start tinge to a crimson hue. Kouga reached out and grabbed Inuyasha by the shoulders and pulled him closer.
"Kouga, what are you doing? Kouga? KOUGA!"
To be continued :)
That was fun! Now, onto the next chapter!