InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Tales of the Night ❯ Night XLII: Insufferable ( Chapter 9 )
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By: Kurai Mori 
Making up was always the best part of fighting.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Psychological / Hentai / Angst | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 10.12.2008 | Updated On: 06.03.2010 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 1.4K | Status: Work In Progress
Making up was always the best part of fighting.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Psychological / Hentai / Angst | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 10.12.2008 | Updated On: 06.03.2010 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.1K | Visits: 1.4K | Status: Work In Progress
Title: Night XLII: Insufferable
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): Light swearing.
And Hiei was just... just... so infuriating! She was so angry with him that she was close to pulling at her hair since the little chicken had run off before they finished their argument. Even now, two nights after their first fight, she still could not get over her anger at him.
She knew she was worrying her family with her curt attitude as it had been quite a while since she had last acted in such a way. Then, it had been Inuyasha's fault. They all probably suspected that there was a new boy in her life, and she supposed she should tell them soon about her little youkai stalker. Of course, Kagome would never call him that to his face. She liked having the ability to talk, and her life, too.
Heaving a heavy sigh, she shook her head in an attempt to clear it of its thoughts of him. Even when she was angry with him, she could not get him off her mind. It was so strange; she did not think about Inuyasha as much as she thought about Hiei. That included the time before she even had met Hiei.
"What's wrong with me?" She voiced her thoughts out loud without realizing it.
She was supposed to be in love with Inuyasha, not falling for some strange, cold, strong, captivating youkai... She shook her head again in a futile attempt to keep it on track instead of thinking about all the reasons why she could not get Hiei off her mind. Even her thoughts were starting to betray her and what was supposed to happen in the future. She did not quite know what was supposed to happen, but she had hopes that the well would reopen one day and she would return to Inuyasha and they would then be married. Or that Inuyasha would remember what year it was and come get her and they would be married. It was idealistic, but that was how she liked to take on life.
Yet the realistic views on her future would soon weigh her down. She was, at the moment, completely cut off from the past. It did not seem likely that Inuyasha would be reappearing in her life anytime soon. If he was still alive today, she would not be surprised if he had found someone new. Someone who did not remind him of Kikyou. Centuries were a long passing of time even for youkai. It would be understandable. Just as it would be for her to move on to someone new.
"Gah!" she shouted as she stood. "I don't need to be thinking like this! ...Or talking to myself..."
Staying at the shrine was appearing to be a very bad idea that night. It held far too many memories of and with Inuyasha, and now she was making new memories with Hiei on top of those older ones. She did not want to think about either at the moment. Not about the one whose friendship and place in her life she dearly missed, nor the other one who she wanted to slap before kissing.
She made a small noise of frustration in the back of her throat as her thoughts once again strayed. Why could they not let her stay mad at him, damn it!
As she walked past the Goshinboku, she paused and glared into its branches and dry leaves. Kagome knew the subject of her anger was not perched in it like most other nights, but it did not stop her. Who knew: maybe her glare would cause him to appear and then she could give him a piece of her mind.
When he did not appear after a brief moment, she huffed. "Insufferable jerk." With her mouth firmly set into a frown, she stormed off the shrine grounds and onto the quieter streets of Tokyo.
She did not realize where she was headed until it would take too much effort to change her course, and the refreshing scent of nature had already reached her nose. It seemed as if she would be finding no escape from her thoughts and the few memories she had of him tonight. Despite her frustration and anger and hurt, she sat down on the same bench she had all those nights ago when she had first saw him.
As the cicadas filled the night air with their songs, she took a deep breath in an effort to calm down. Only on rare occasions had Inuyasha managed to get her so worked up that she could barely clear her mind. Not even two months with Hiei, and he had already managed such a feat. Releasing the breath, she leaned back and stared up at the night sky. It seemed to be the one thing that tried to be on her side that night and did not distract her with thoughts of men.
She could see only one star in the sky; the false lights of the city and the haze of pollution hid all the others from her view. Not even the moon could be seen through the haze, and it was saddening. She did not know how close it was to the new moon. Was the beauty of the night sky truly worth giving up for the comforts of the modern age?
Yet that one star still twinkled through the synthetic clouds, trying to light the way for its companions. Kagome smiled softly as she whispered, "You know... When I wished for more excitement, I didn't mean for it to come in the form of him."
The stars had never responded before, and they did not this time. She was not expecting a response either. So when she heard his deep voice, she nearly jumped out of her skin. "Don't you remember what happened the last time you did that?"
Still panting from the fright he had given her, she turned to look at the tree he had been in the first night they had met. Her earlier anger reappeared at seeing his black outline and the faintest trace of carmine. "Of course I do," she said. "It gave me a smarmy guardian angel that tries to be the high-and-mighty youkai he thinks he is."
She smirked in triumph, not caring that it was something she had picked up from him, at catching the slightest movement from him. He was too much fun to tease.
"Tch. I should've let that youkai kill you."
"But we both know it wouldn't have." Her voice carried a sing-song like quality to it.
By just being able to talk to him, her anger was being dispelled and replaced with an almost-happiness. Perhaps she had just been angry over not being able to talk to him.
"Unfortunately."
Her soft laugh was barely audible over the music of the cicadas that surrounded them. After a moment, she snuggled deeper in the bench with a contented sigh, the cold drafts of night air starting to get to her. But she did not mind and her smile teased up at him. "So, are you over your jealousy?"
Kagome's smile grew as she could feel the glare he gave her, and the distinct sound of wood cracking reached her ears.
"As I said before, you're delusional to think that I could ever be jealous over someone like you."
"--that you could ever be jealous over someone like me," she said in unison with him. As his glare prickled the hairs on the back of her neck over her teasing of him, she laughed louder this time. They both knew if he was bothered by it, he would have no issues with doing something more drastic than glaring. Or that he would just leave.
As her laughter faded into chuckles, she said, "I'm sorry for teasing you so much... You make so easy, though! And you do deserve it for the other night. It's perfectly natural to feel things like jealousy, you know. Despite what you might think, emotions only make you weak if you view them in that way."
She could feel his disinterest and shook her head. He had, most likely, been alive much longer than her, so it was not as if he needed the lecture on feelings and emotions. He did make it too easy to launch into the explanation on why emotions were a strength with how much, it seemed, he kept inside.
"Anyway," she continued, "you don't have anything to worry about from Hojo... He's just a friend and nothing more."
She could only just hear the rustle of leaves during the pregnant silence. A knowing smile played upon her lips as his words reached her ears. "As if I care about your relations to that annoying human."
Words like that made it hard to keep from teasing and provoking him more. If he did not care, then the last two nights would not have gone as they had. And it made her hope and think that maybe, just maybe, he was becoming fond of her. He was a deep youkai, one with more layers and pain than Inuyasha, and he kept so much buried inside that it made it hard to figure out what he was feeling or thinking at times beyond the obvious.
Yet it did not keep her from hoping.
"Whatever you say, Hiei-san."
She heard the rustle of leaves, louder this time, and figured he left. Outside of the shrine and its holy aura, she had difficulties finding his aura as it blended in so well with the darkness of the city. As much as she wished she could sense him at all time, she did not want a single thing to change about him. He would not be the Hiei she knew if he acted any other way.
'Though', she thought, 'you didn't give me what I had in mind... I'm very thankful.'
"If you fall asleep out here, I'm not carrying you back to your shrine."
Hiei's voice had her eyes snapping open as they tried to close and carry her off to sleep. She thought he had left already. Kagome sat upright again, and smiled over at the tree she had a feeling he was still in. "Glad to know you care so much... I'll see you tomorrow night then, I guess?"
"And be prepared to continue your meditation. Your lack of skill in sensing auras is appalling."
Her shoulders slumped forward at hearing that. She did not know how long she would be able to last being so close to him after tonight.
Word count: 1871
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): Light swearing.
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As night fell once again upon the world, Kagome found herself sitting on the steps at the back of her house. She could not let go of what Hiei had said to her when he denied being jealous. While she had covered up her pain with anger, his words had cut deep into her own self-doubts. They brought back so many painful memories of being the third wheel in the relationship Inuyasha and Kikyou had once had. It was similar to being the reincarnation, the replacement for a dead woman whose moments with Inuyasha had been idyllic in his mind. She did not want to be that person ever again.And Hiei was just... just... so infuriating! She was so angry with him that she was close to pulling at her hair since the little chicken had run off before they finished their argument. Even now, two nights after their first fight, she still could not get over her anger at him.
She knew she was worrying her family with her curt attitude as it had been quite a while since she had last acted in such a way. Then, it had been Inuyasha's fault. They all probably suspected that there was a new boy in her life, and she supposed she should tell them soon about her little youkai stalker. Of course, Kagome would never call him that to his face. She liked having the ability to talk, and her life, too.
Heaving a heavy sigh, she shook her head in an attempt to clear it of its thoughts of him. Even when she was angry with him, she could not get him off her mind. It was so strange; she did not think about Inuyasha as much as she thought about Hiei. That included the time before she even had met Hiei.
"What's wrong with me?" She voiced her thoughts out loud without realizing it.
She was supposed to be in love with Inuyasha, not falling for some strange, cold, strong, captivating youkai... She shook her head again in a futile attempt to keep it on track instead of thinking about all the reasons why she could not get Hiei off her mind. Even her thoughts were starting to betray her and what was supposed to happen in the future. She did not quite know what was supposed to happen, but she had hopes that the well would reopen one day and she would return to Inuyasha and they would then be married. Or that Inuyasha would remember what year it was and come get her and they would be married. It was idealistic, but that was how she liked to take on life.
Yet the realistic views on her future would soon weigh her down. She was, at the moment, completely cut off from the past. It did not seem likely that Inuyasha would be reappearing in her life anytime soon. If he was still alive today, she would not be surprised if he had found someone new. Someone who did not remind him of Kikyou. Centuries were a long passing of time even for youkai. It would be understandable. Just as it would be for her to move on to someone new.
"Gah!" she shouted as she stood. "I don't need to be thinking like this! ...Or talking to myself..."
Staying at the shrine was appearing to be a very bad idea that night. It held far too many memories of and with Inuyasha, and now she was making new memories with Hiei on top of those older ones. She did not want to think about either at the moment. Not about the one whose friendship and place in her life she dearly missed, nor the other one who she wanted to slap before kissing.
She made a small noise of frustration in the back of her throat as her thoughts once again strayed. Why could they not let her stay mad at him, damn it!
As she walked past the Goshinboku, she paused and glared into its branches and dry leaves. Kagome knew the subject of her anger was not perched in it like most other nights, but it did not stop her. Who knew: maybe her glare would cause him to appear and then she could give him a piece of her mind.
When he did not appear after a brief moment, she huffed. "Insufferable jerk." With her mouth firmly set into a frown, she stormed off the shrine grounds and onto the quieter streets of Tokyo.
She did not realize where she was headed until it would take too much effort to change her course, and the refreshing scent of nature had already reached her nose. It seemed as if she would be finding no escape from her thoughts and the few memories she had of him tonight. Despite her frustration and anger and hurt, she sat down on the same bench she had all those nights ago when she had first saw him.
As the cicadas filled the night air with their songs, she took a deep breath in an effort to calm down. Only on rare occasions had Inuyasha managed to get her so worked up that she could barely clear her mind. Not even two months with Hiei, and he had already managed such a feat. Releasing the breath, she leaned back and stared up at the night sky. It seemed to be the one thing that tried to be on her side that night and did not distract her with thoughts of men.
She could see only one star in the sky; the false lights of the city and the haze of pollution hid all the others from her view. Not even the moon could be seen through the haze, and it was saddening. She did not know how close it was to the new moon. Was the beauty of the night sky truly worth giving up for the comforts of the modern age?
Yet that one star still twinkled through the synthetic clouds, trying to light the way for its companions. Kagome smiled softly as she whispered, "You know... When I wished for more excitement, I didn't mean for it to come in the form of him."
The stars had never responded before, and they did not this time. She was not expecting a response either. So when she heard his deep voice, she nearly jumped out of her skin. "Don't you remember what happened the last time you did that?"
Still panting from the fright he had given her, she turned to look at the tree he had been in the first night they had met. Her earlier anger reappeared at seeing his black outline and the faintest trace of carmine. "Of course I do," she said. "It gave me a smarmy guardian angel that tries to be the high-and-mighty youkai he thinks he is."
She smirked in triumph, not caring that it was something she had picked up from him, at catching the slightest movement from him. He was too much fun to tease.
"Tch. I should've let that youkai kill you."
"But we both know it wouldn't have." Her voice carried a sing-song like quality to it.
By just being able to talk to him, her anger was being dispelled and replaced with an almost-happiness. Perhaps she had just been angry over not being able to talk to him.
"Unfortunately."
Her soft laugh was barely audible over the music of the cicadas that surrounded them. After a moment, she snuggled deeper in the bench with a contented sigh, the cold drafts of night air starting to get to her. But she did not mind and her smile teased up at him. "So, are you over your jealousy?"
Kagome's smile grew as she could feel the glare he gave her, and the distinct sound of wood cracking reached her ears.
"As I said before, you're delusional to think that I could ever be jealous over someone like you."
"--that you could ever be jealous over someone like me," she said in unison with him. As his glare prickled the hairs on the back of her neck over her teasing of him, she laughed louder this time. They both knew if he was bothered by it, he would have no issues with doing something more drastic than glaring. Or that he would just leave.
As her laughter faded into chuckles, she said, "I'm sorry for teasing you so much... You make so easy, though! And you do deserve it for the other night. It's perfectly natural to feel things like jealousy, you know. Despite what you might think, emotions only make you weak if you view them in that way."
She could feel his disinterest and shook her head. He had, most likely, been alive much longer than her, so it was not as if he needed the lecture on feelings and emotions. He did make it too easy to launch into the explanation on why emotions were a strength with how much, it seemed, he kept inside.
"Anyway," she continued, "you don't have anything to worry about from Hojo... He's just a friend and nothing more."
She could only just hear the rustle of leaves during the pregnant silence. A knowing smile played upon her lips as his words reached her ears. "As if I care about your relations to that annoying human."
Words like that made it hard to keep from teasing and provoking him more. If he did not care, then the last two nights would not have gone as they had. And it made her hope and think that maybe, just maybe, he was becoming fond of her. He was a deep youkai, one with more layers and pain than Inuyasha, and he kept so much buried inside that it made it hard to figure out what he was feeling or thinking at times beyond the obvious.
Yet it did not keep her from hoping.
"Whatever you say, Hiei-san."
She heard the rustle of leaves, louder this time, and figured he left. Outside of the shrine and its holy aura, she had difficulties finding his aura as it blended in so well with the darkness of the city. As much as she wished she could sense him at all time, she did not want a single thing to change about him. He would not be the Hiei she knew if he acted any other way.
'Though', she thought, 'you didn't give me what I had in mind... I'm very thankful.'
"If you fall asleep out here, I'm not carrying you back to your shrine."
Hiei's voice had her eyes snapping open as they tried to close and carry her off to sleep. She thought he had left already. Kagome sat upright again, and smiled over at the tree she had a feeling he was still in. "Glad to know you care so much... I'll see you tomorrow night then, I guess?"
"And be prepared to continue your meditation. Your lack of skill in sensing auras is appalling."
Her shoulders slumped forward at hearing that. She did not know how long she would be able to last being so close to him after tonight.
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A version of this chapter was posted to the livejournal community 30_Nights for their theme #018: Listen to the music at night.Word count: 1871
Edited: 3 June 2010