InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Tales of the Night ❯ Night XIV: Quietude ( Chapter 5 )
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By: Kurai Mori 
It was funny how one answer could change so much about a relationship.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Psychological / Hentai / Angst | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 09.20.2008 | Updated On: 06.03.2010 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.2K | Visits: 1.6K | Status: Work In Progress
It was funny how one answer could change so much about a relationship.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Psychological / Hentai / Angst | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 09.20.2008 | Updated On: 06.03.2010 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.2K | Visits: 1.6K | Status: Work In Progress
Title: Night XIV: Quietude
Disclaimer: I claim no ownership of Sengoku Otogizoushi - InuYasha or Yuu Yuu Hakusho. InuYasha belongs to Takahashi Rumiko, Shogakukan, Viz Media, ShoPro Entertainment, and Shounen; while Yuu Yuu Hakusho belongs to Togashi Yoshihiro, Shueisha, Viz Media, and Shounen. No profit or money of any kind is made from this fan-created crossover.
Warning(s): None
"Uh, Kagome-onee?" Souta said; his eyebrows were scrunched together in what appeared to be both confusion and shock. Kagome wondered if she really had gone so long without laughing. "Is something wrong? You're smiling."
It hurt her to see her little brother acting so mature for a ten-year old, and as if he was the older sibling. She would have to change that.
"Come're, you brat." She smiled as she caught him in a head-lock. He protested and tried his hardest to escape her hold, but failed miserably. "So I can't smile and laugh around you anymore, huh? You don't like it, is that what you're saying?" she teased him.
"No, no!" he protested and tried all the harder to remove her arm from his neck. "It's just you haven't done so since you came back."
His words were very true. Kagome felt as though they put her back into reality, and she hunched her shoulders as her smile fell. "Yeah, I guess so... But I have to start living in this time now." She let go of him and ruffled his thick dark hair. "But it's your bedtime. So march or I'll get mama on your case."
He scrunched his face at her, only to stick out his tongue. "Then you should go to bed, too."
Kagome smiled and looked at the front door. "I will. But I'm going to sit under Goshinboku for a while." She pulled him in for a hug. "Goodnight."
"Yeah, yeah. G'night," Souta said. He trudged up the stairs and turned the corner. Only a second later did the front door close, and he snuck back downstairs to look out the window. Souta knew something was up, and he wanted to know.
He watched his sister take long steps toward the ancient tree, only to smile up into the branches at something he could not see. Nor could he hear if anything was being said, but he would remember that scene. One day, perhaps tomorrow and perhaps not tomorrow, he would ask her about it.
Kagome was oblivious to her brother's spying as her attention was focused solely on the youkai lounging on one of Goshinboku's thick branches. She had to wonder if he knew how much he had helped her just by hanging around and listening to her story. By telling him of the double-life she had led, it had lessened the pain of knowing she could not return. It was still there, weighing heavily in her heart, but she could bear it now. She guessed that those who said that a shared burden was half-a-burden were correct.
And as she smiled at him, she enjoyed the fact that he glared at her. She loved knowing she could get such a reaction from him.
"Good evening," she said.
He did not reply, but she had grown accustomed to his silences. She knew he was listening even though she also knew he was probably wishing he could block out her voice. He was very different from most youkai she had known; even when she was annoying, he did not call her a bitch or try to kill her. Or kidnap her. He was a mystery to her, as much as she guessed she was to him.
Just being in his presence and soaking up the feel of his youki was enough to get her through the days. It was odd; it took someone as abnormal as he to make her feel normal. It made her feel as if she was not the only strange creature out there in the world.
"I have to wonder if one day, I'll come out here to find you gone." It was her biggest worry. She did not think she was ready for him to disappear on her yet. "And I wonder what you do during the days... I never see you around."
He surprised her by responding, "Shouldn't you be asleep like all the other humans?"
Her smile was small, knowing he could probably hear it without seeing it. "Perhaps I should be... But I love these nights more. Sitting here with you, I feel more at home than around humans."
Kagome's smile took on an amused edge as she heard him grunt. He probably thought her crazy for finding contentment in the moments she spent with him, if he did not already. And perhaps she was. She looked up into the branches of Goshinboku, looking for the black of his clothes and the carmine eyes she could find so easily. "What about you? Don't youkai need to sleep as well?"
Silence was his answer; she was not expecting him to answer again anyway. She had learned through the nights she had spent with him that he was picky about what he would and would not say. She had learned that a silence such as the one that now surrounded them meant that his answer was something he refused to admit to, because he would be agreeing with a human. Pride was something all youkai seemed to suffer from. It made her miss Inuyasha terribly; he had been the same way when they had first met though more insulting. She hoped that the mysterious youkai she could not get enough of would open up to her in time just as Inuyasha had. Kagome really hoped that he would.
For now though, she only hoped that he felt the same peace that she did during the nights they spent together in such a way.
Word count: 1019
Edited: 3 June 2010
Disclaimer: I claim no ownership of Sengoku Otogizoushi - InuYasha or Yuu Yuu Hakusho. InuYasha belongs to Takahashi Rumiko, Shogakukan, Viz Media, ShoPro Entertainment, and Shounen; while Yuu Yuu Hakusho belongs to Togashi Yoshihiro, Shueisha, Viz Media, and Shounen. No profit or money of any kind is made from this fan-created crossover.
Warning(s): None
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Another day and Kagome could not wait for it to pass. Her days were dragging by again as she now had something to look forward to at night. For there in the complete darkness of night was her mysterious little youkai hiding in the branches of Goshinboku. Hers. She giggled at the thought of being able to claim possession of such a youkai. Though she would never consider him a possession; she knew how much she hated being deemed one by Kouga. Also, it was not as if youkai enjoyed or would even admit to being claimed by anyone. And especially not a human."Uh, Kagome-onee?" Souta said; his eyebrows were scrunched together in what appeared to be both confusion and shock. Kagome wondered if she really had gone so long without laughing. "Is something wrong? You're smiling."
It hurt her to see her little brother acting so mature for a ten-year old, and as if he was the older sibling. She would have to change that.
"Come're, you brat." She smiled as she caught him in a head-lock. He protested and tried his hardest to escape her hold, but failed miserably. "So I can't smile and laugh around you anymore, huh? You don't like it, is that what you're saying?" she teased him.
"No, no!" he protested and tried all the harder to remove her arm from his neck. "It's just you haven't done so since you came back."
His words were very true. Kagome felt as though they put her back into reality, and she hunched her shoulders as her smile fell. "Yeah, I guess so... But I have to start living in this time now." She let go of him and ruffled his thick dark hair. "But it's your bedtime. So march or I'll get mama on your case."
He scrunched his face at her, only to stick out his tongue. "Then you should go to bed, too."
Kagome smiled and looked at the front door. "I will. But I'm going to sit under Goshinboku for a while." She pulled him in for a hug. "Goodnight."
"Yeah, yeah. G'night," Souta said. He trudged up the stairs and turned the corner. Only a second later did the front door close, and he snuck back downstairs to look out the window. Souta knew something was up, and he wanted to know.
He watched his sister take long steps toward the ancient tree, only to smile up into the branches at something he could not see. Nor could he hear if anything was being said, but he would remember that scene. One day, perhaps tomorrow and perhaps not tomorrow, he would ask her about it.
Kagome was oblivious to her brother's spying as her attention was focused solely on the youkai lounging on one of Goshinboku's thick branches. She had to wonder if he knew how much he had helped her just by hanging around and listening to her story. By telling him of the double-life she had led, it had lessened the pain of knowing she could not return. It was still there, weighing heavily in her heart, but she could bear it now. She guessed that those who said that a shared burden was half-a-burden were correct.
And as she smiled at him, she enjoyed the fact that he glared at her. She loved knowing she could get such a reaction from him.
"Good evening," she said.
He did not reply, but she had grown accustomed to his silences. She knew he was listening even though she also knew he was probably wishing he could block out her voice. He was very different from most youkai she had known; even when she was annoying, he did not call her a bitch or try to kill her. Or kidnap her. He was a mystery to her, as much as she guessed she was to him.
Just being in his presence and soaking up the feel of his youki was enough to get her through the days. It was odd; it took someone as abnormal as he to make her feel normal. It made her feel as if she was not the only strange creature out there in the world.
"I have to wonder if one day, I'll come out here to find you gone." It was her biggest worry. She did not think she was ready for him to disappear on her yet. "And I wonder what you do during the days... I never see you around."
He surprised her by responding, "Shouldn't you be asleep like all the other humans?"
Her smile was small, knowing he could probably hear it without seeing it. "Perhaps I should be... But I love these nights more. Sitting here with you, I feel more at home than around humans."
Kagome's smile took on an amused edge as she heard him grunt. He probably thought her crazy for finding contentment in the moments she spent with him, if he did not already. And perhaps she was. She looked up into the branches of Goshinboku, looking for the black of his clothes and the carmine eyes she could find so easily. "What about you? Don't youkai need to sleep as well?"
Silence was his answer; she was not expecting him to answer again anyway. She had learned through the nights she had spent with him that he was picky about what he would and would not say. She had learned that a silence such as the one that now surrounded them meant that his answer was something he refused to admit to, because he would be agreeing with a human. Pride was something all youkai seemed to suffer from. It made her miss Inuyasha terribly; he had been the same way when they had first met though more insulting. She hoped that the mysterious youkai she could not get enough of would open up to her in time just as Inuyasha had. Kagome really hoped that he would.
For now though, she only hoped that he felt the same peace that she did during the nights they spent together in such a way.
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A version of this chapter was posted to the livejournal community 30_Nights for their bonus theme #033: I feel peace at night.Word count: 1019
Edited: 3 June 2010