Bleach Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Desires ❯ Hurt: Shunsui ( Chapter 10 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Bleach x Inuyasha

These are one shots - possibly more shots, depending on how favoured the story is - involving various characters in Devil Within

Trying to figure out what is the most favoured pairing with "captions" of what could be.

Pairing below

Intro: Hurting him was the last thing either wanted... even if in waiting they were hurting one another

"Captain," the voice was getting on her nerves, "Captain… CAPTAIN HIGURASHI!"

Jerking upright at the sudden shout, azure eyes flashing open and her hand reaching for the zanpakuto leaning against the side of her bed Kagome paused. A pair of dark aqua green eyes met hers. "Kaien what are you doing, idiot? You came this close…"

"As if Captain," the lieutenant of the 13th Division snorted to show his contempt of the threat… what was she some low ranking soldier to deserve such lack of respect, "you've got to come with me."

Another being would have hesitated wondering as to where a lieutenant had to gale of bossing around a Captain, and as the 10th Captain she was no where near been his superior with respect to his position. And yet Kagome didn't. "It's JÅ«shirÅ?"

She had thrown off the blankets and stood up, and the lieutenant didn't immediately answer her. If he wasn't married she could have sworn the male would have been oogling her… where some Shinigami slept covered up no better than when they were awake Kagome had always maintained her style of sleeping when she had been alive. And that included a pair of shorts that barely covered her thighs and a shirt that was more akin to a bra for the shortness of it. A part of her wondered if he could see the bite marks along her skin and then decided no because it was too dark… if Kaien had he would have immediately demanded to know who had done it.

"Ah Captain shouldn't you put…"

"Some clothes on?" She grinned at the lieutenant's uncomfortable stance. "Nah… it's not like JÅ«shirÅ hasn't seen less clothes, more flesh."

Her grin widening as she flash-stepped away, Kagome laughed at the flare of angry spiritual energy in her wake. Really Kaien was so easy to rattle sometimes… although there had been some truth to her comment. The 13th Captain had indeed seen her with less clothes on, naked if she wanted to tell the truth.

Pain… a sharp biting agony… that was the sensation foremost within JÅ«shirÅ Ukitake's mind as breathe rattled through weak lungs. It was Shunsui's fault he was feeling like this. The 8th Captain had insisted that he had to accompany the brunette for the fireworks display despite the fact that JÅ«shirÅ himself hadn't quite recovered from his last bout of sickness. He had thought of resisting his old friend but the brunette had won out with something of a pout and a whine that Shunsui wouldn't have anyone to drink the sake that the other had brought. Forget the fact that JÅ«shirÅ didn't like sake and preferred tea.

A part of him wondered if the 8th Captain was feeling guilty right now. And then decided that yes the brunette was.

Kaien had undoubtedly gone to the 4th Division first, instinctively as they were trained to do within the Academy and also because people would have asked questions if the lieutenant hadn't gone to Unohana first. But Retsu had tried many ways of fixing the illness that plagued JÅ«shirÅ herself… the woman was an exceptional healer he would never deny that however Unohana's abilities were generally limited to the tending of battle wounds… immediate injuries really. JÅ«shirÅ's illness was long standing and for that reason Unohana would send Kaien to the 10th Division for the Captain there.

The lieutenant's passing back and forth had as always alerted the ever observant, how the man who seemed to drink himself to slumber was so observant was something JÅ«shirÅ had never questioned, Shunsui. JÅ«shirÅ knew he could feel the other man's spiritual energy on the other side of the door leading to his chambers no doubt wringing his hands and wondering if it would be proper to enter. Or maybe awaiting the 10th Captain's arrival so that the beating Shunsui would undoubtedly receive when the petite woman understood who had brought on the sickness spell was out in the open… where things couldn't be broken like last time.

And yet that didn't stop the flare of intruding spiritual energy as the 10th Captain arrived, saying not with words her thoughts on Shunsui's behavior. The brunette's energy wilted immediately and despite himself, despite the bubbling pain within his chest, JÅ«shirÅ rolled his eyes… really the 8th Captain was such a chicken when it came to the 10th. At five feet and seven inches, surprisingly tall for a woman whose blood was originally of Asian descent, she was still close to seven inches smaller and nearly a hundred pounds lighter than the brunette male. But the fact that she was small didn't make her a weakling, the 10th had been like JÅ«shirÅ and Shunsui in that she too had been trained by Yamamoto.

Kagome's energy had been wild and uncontrolled, the potential her physical body had refused to accept manifesting itself in preverbal leaps and bounds as a Shinigami. She could, if she so wanted, trounce many in battle… JÅ«shirÅ knew the 8th Captain himself would be hard pressed to defend himself if she was to really go after the brunette.

But the 10th Captain's anger at the presence of the 8th was fleeting, for what seemed a heartbeat later JÅ«shirÅ was no longer starring at the blank ceiling of his room but rather a very beautifully structured face.

Kagome Higurashi, the 10th Captain for the last two hundred years, was a very appealing woman. A rich mane of ebony, it wasn't pure black for there was a hint of blue to the waist length mane that glinted in the dulled lighting of his room, hung in a tangled mess from having been pulled out of bed undoubtedly JÅ«shirÅ's mind reasoned by his lieutenant Kaien. The tangled mane only served in amplifying her softly rounded features, she was Asian in blood there was no denying that and as such she was the sort of woman who time would never touch as it did others… allowing her to age gracefully. From beneath drooping dark bangs a pair of stunningly bright, a brilliant shade, of azure blue met JÅ«shirÅ's own brown eyes… concern darkening her gaze further.

"Idiot," a sigh escaped her lips, "you have to stop been so agreeable."

"Can't…." JÅ«shirÅ grimaced as pain increased.

"Oh just kick him when he asks next time for a drinking partner." Azure blue eyes flickered. "If you keep this up Ju-shu even I'm going to be hard pressed in healing you."

A surprising, and as such frightening, thought.

Retsu, the 4th Captain, had begun as the one to treat his illness when it had first manifested and had done well in keeping him stable but never once had he prospered under the 4th Division's care. When the 10th Captain had joined the Gotei 13 the two women had agreed that his care would be handed over to Kagome. She had been a healer, a miko whose life had been devoted to healing those that she found, when she had been alive and unlike even Retsu who had to train herself to heal Kagome's skills were completely and utterly natural to her as breathing was to some other beings. He had done better under Kagome's care… but he would be fooling himself in not noticing how the woman had seemed to become more troubled every time she treated him.

He had not wanted to think that maybe even she wouldn't be powerful enough to keep him fit.

"Kago…me."

"Hush…" Soft lips brushed against his own. "Just go to sleep JÅ«shirÅ when I'm done. Rest will be good for you."

"How is he?"

Another being would have screamed at the sudden voice, and the even more sudden feel of an arm wrapping around their waist, however Kagome settled herself with leaning against the broad chest. The strength there was welcoming particularly when she herself was feeling exhausted. She had not been lying when she had told JÅ«shirÅ that she was even finding it difficult to heal the white haired Shinigami… something that she wasn't sure was due to his disease or because the powers that she had possessed as a living human were weakening the more she used them. Kagome had thought once that her miko powers had carried over but now it seemed they were little more than a remnant of when she had been alive… and she wasn't certain if she could get them back, even if she was to rest.

Her azure eyes flickering to her opened hands, Kagome sighed. "I am not sure… but you are not helping by pulling him around like some toy."

The man behind her hummed, something that she could feel vibrate through his chest and against her back, before the large male answered. "I would rather have him outside, enjoying himself, than cooped up like someone forgotten."

"Don't start." Anger replaced exhaustion as Kagome pulled from the grasp, turning to face the man that had spoken. Her azure eyes met with a pair of gray eyes. "Chijin."

The brunette's lips parted to protest the comment, the insult directed on his person… however there was no words that escaped the brunette. No he had a better means of protesting.

The kiss was soft, barely contained hunger within the gentle brush of lips against her own, and despite she had been telling herself she would not Kagome leaned against him. Her fingers stroked a strong defined jaw, following the jaw line itself to the curvy tangles of brown hair, but refusing to tangle within the chocolate stained strands. She wanted to… her fingertips tingled with the need to feel if the strands were as soft as they looked… but instead her hands drifted lower to the broad shoulders and the barreled chest. Fingertips grazed along the powerful muscling there… feeling the muscles tense underneath her soft touch and wondering if he was ticklish or the tension was a desperate bid to resist her touch.

It was when she felt his hand slid along her back that she pulled away. Not quite enough to break out of his grasp but rather breaking the kiss… more to keep this from going any further than it should.

Still, despite her thoughts, Kagome raised her gaze as hooded gray eyes watched her through partially closed lids. The darkening of those partially closed lids didn't necessarily disguise the hunger lurking within the silvery gray gaze… sending a tendril of regret and need surging down her spine.

It wasn't that she didn't want the brunette… no she had found the man appealing, despite his rather outrageous behavior at times. The brunette was an honorable man, he was one of the most reluctant to partake in a fight and refused to fight anywhere near children… not because he was afraid of scaring them but because he detested fighting as a whole. To fight before children in his mind was to corrupt them, showing them an easier means of settling disputes than through talking. Surprisingly really given as he was a Shinigami Captain and had held that position for centuries… as a Captain he was expected to fight whatever threat that approached the Gotei 13 without question.

Not there was another reason why she shouldn't give in. That reason was asleep now.

There was no disguising the fact that JÅ«shirÅ loved her. Kagome wasn't sure if it was a love born out of respect, something akin to hero worship for she had been capable of healing the white haired Shinigami where the 4th Division Captain, Retsu Unohana, had failed. She hadn't asked. Nor would she ever give JÅ«shirÅ the belief that she did not return his love… even if it hurt in lying to the white haired Shinigami it hurt worst in knowing that she was a reason why the 13th Captain stubbornly clung to life.

Betrayal would only crush JÅ«shirÅ… something she wasn't sure he would survive.

Pushing her hands into the brunette's chest, pulling out of his grasp, she lowered her eyes from that gray eyed gaze. "I'm sorry…"

"Don't be sorry." The voice was pitched low. "I'm not."

Of course he wouldn't be.

Closing her eyes against the sensation that gripped her, Kagome pressed her lips against his cheek. "Aishiteru, Captain KyÅraku."

She pulled away and flash stepped before he could respond. Whatever he said or did was only going to break the remains of her crumbling resolve tonight… and then there would be no going back.

Chijin - dunce, fool, idiot
aishiteru - I love you

Pairing: Shunsui KyÅraku x Kagome Higurashi - current 8th Captain, former 10th Captain. Hints of one-sided JÅ«shirÅ Ukitake x Kagome Higurashi.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

As Fanfiction seems to be fussy, the chapters are taking a while to show up

This series can be found on on Fanfiction, OutofCompleteControl

and

Adult Fanfic - under the same name as here, OutofCompleteControl