InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ All But One ❯ Naraku-Bash-- er... Soaking ( Chapter 8 )

All But One

Inordinately Late Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah, whatever. The same to you too, sweet-cheeks.

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Chapter Eight: Naraku-Bash-- er… Soaking

Kagome's mind drifted, and she caught her breath sharply - then reminded herself, with a sigh: they were all alright. There was no problem. She and Fuji both had taken the pills - there was still a while before they'd bleed again, and she could let herself relax completely, but still… And they'd gotten checked out and there were no STDs on any of them and while they were there, she and Fuji had gotten their first of the regular womanly checkups done, like the pap test. Those had been fine too. Nothing to worry about.

Except for that quiz she was almost late for. Woops. She ran off, barely remembering to grab her keys and put on her shoes.

That afternoon, on her way back to Mashima, she spontaneously decided to drop by and see if Kaede was in her room.

Kagome didn't really have any connection to Kaede. The woman was a senior, majoring in Sociology and minoring in Psychology, and serving as an unofficial alternative to the counseling center, which was chilly and imposing and had made her feel out of place when she visited it just to make sure she knew where it was. Kaede, on the other hand, was friendly and really nice. She was also a SASMP mentor [1] like Ayumi, and had been sponsor to Ayumi, as well as Sesshoumaru and Yuka. In a way, Kagome supposed Kaede tied everyone together. Which was nice too.

Of course, it had been Fuji who thought all that up, as well as come up with the title of `great-grandsponsor' for her, but then Fuji liked things like that. It was pretty Western of her.

Ah, Kaede was in.

"Hey."

"Ah, hello… Kagome, was it?"

"Yes."

"Can I help you with anything?'

"Nothing right at the moment. I just stopped by to say hi."

"Oh, how nice. Come in, come in. The water's just finished boiling, would you like some tea?

"Yes please." Kagome stepped past the doorway and sat gingerly on the couch.

"Green, black, or herbal?"

"Um… do you have strawberry?"

"Just got a new pack the other day. Here you go."

"Thanks."

Kaede handed her a cup of hot water to go with the teabag, moved her computer into the screensaver mode, and turned in the chair to face her fully. "So, how have things been?"

"Just fine, thanks. Inuyasha and I have been hanging out a lot more recently. Sesshoumaru too."

"Mmhmm. With Fuji, I presume."

"Yes. And the sunburn is almost gone."

"Sunburn?"

"Well, you see…" Kagome found herself telling Kaede about the day, and the night and morning that had followed, acting it out a bit to make her laugh.

"How fun! But everything worked out alright?"

"Yes. That is, I think so. Every now and then I have to remind myself that we did everything we could about it, and it all went well, and… and… yeah."

Kaede nodded, smiling. "I see. Still, it sounded like you enjoyed yourself."

"I did. If I could do it again, without having to worry about the consequences… well, I probably would."

"Exactly the same?" Kaede raised a knowing eyebrow.

"No, not really… Like Fuji said, in the morning, I'd probably let Inuyasha out of it."

"Oh? But he was your reason for moving on campus."

"Well… A social life is so much more than just one person, you know? And then there's the whole thing with how he really groveled for Kikyo's forgiveness afterwards, even though she wasn't mad. I think he felt pretty guilty. And there's the fact that--"

"He doesn't shine so bright as he used to?"

Kagome sighed. "That's one way of putting it. Inuyasha is still Inuyasha, but even more, he's just a guy, the unwilling heir to an average company, not a charming prince in shining white armor. And I realized recently that I didn't really care about what he wanted back then, I just wanted him to be with me, and I guess I assumed he'd be happy there. I didn't even think beyond a `happily ever after'."

"You're growing up."

"I suppose. I feel kind of… cheap. I mean, I've been after him for almost six years, and then we meet again here and it just takes a couple weeks for everything to fall apart."

"You're growing up," Kaede repeated gently. "You know him now, not an idol in his image. It's okay."

"Yeah." Kagome took her third cup and a new teabag. "Heh. So much for Sailor Moon and eternal love from age fourteen."

"So much indeed. So how is Sesshoumaru doing these days? I don't see him very much any more."

"I don't really see him more than maybe once or twice a week. You'll have to ask Fuji."

"Hmm." Kaede smiled teasingly. "So once or twice a week is not very much?"

Kagome hoped she wasn't blushing.

"Really, I'm very proud of him. He does so much more than he's asked to do as a mentor, acting as a family member and being so supportive. When I was a freshman, I was lucky to see my mentor even once a month."

Kagome shrugged. "Ayumi lives off our hall, so I can't really say that."

"Ah, you accept it as your hall, then! Good."

"Yes, it is, isn't it? I didn't realize how much I missed until I moved in."

"The sponsor group is a wonderful idea. Do you see much of your roommate?"

"Our schedules almost never overlap, especially now that she's got all those labs when we used to have free time together."

"Ah well. So… Who would you say you see the most? Day to day, I mean."

"That would have to be Fuji."

"Fuji?" Kaede tilted her head to the side in thought. "In a way, she reminds me of my own sponsor, way back when." She blinked her eyes like an old woman trying to remember her youth.

"You keep doing that and Inuyasha will call you Kaede-baba."

"Oh, he already does." She smiled. "No, my sponsor was… German, I believe. She had brown hair rather than red, and she was an angry goth rather than a happy one - refused to answer to anything but `Paine' - but she was strong and protective and refused to let anyone remain blindly prejudiced if she could help it. I think you and your friend would have liked her."

"If you say so. Oh - do you know who a good religious studies advisor might be?"

"Well, there's Miru, our local Buddhist nun. She's very nice and easy-going. Why?"

"It's not for me, it's for Fuji. She got stuck with Professor Onigumo."

"Ah." Kaede chuckled. "I think lady Miru has an open spot for an advisee. I can ask her for you."

"Would you? Thanks so much. I'm sure Fuji would appreciate it."

"You're welcome."

"Oh!" Kagome checked her watch. "It's almost 5:00. I'd better get back in time for dinner."

"Alright. Bye-bye."

"Bye! Thanks again!"

She ran back to Mashima and caught them before they left.

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[1] SASMP = Spiritually Active Student Mentor Program. Both Kagome and Kikyo are members of this, as mentees.

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Naraku sat brooding in his room, the door closed with the excuse of studying for Chem so he wouldn't be disturbed. Kagome, he knew, was nervous around him. Even worse, she would probably be swayed by Fuji and Inuyasha into disliking him. This was not to be stood for.

The standard, straight forward method wasn't going to work. He had to be more careful, since she wasn't immediately attracted, as so many were, to his looks to the point that a casual fuck would be accepted.

The shy, stuttering method had gotten him dinner with her. Once. But he didn't see her often enough for that to work. That idiot Hojo was example enough of that - she hadn't even known of his interest until Sesshoumaru had chosen to announce it the day Shanks had dumped him - again - in the pond.

Damn Shanks.

The intimidating method would just drive her away, he knew. Especially since - again thanks to Fuji and Inuyasha - she was losing the female Japanese timidity that would probably have eventually turned her into a housewife.

The forceful method was also out. He'd done that to Fuji, and was now almost a pariah in the thrice-damned hall. Yet another reason why he didn't see her as much as he would like; and he didn't have a convenient excuse like Sesshoumaru did.

Hell, why not damn Sesshoumaru too, while he was at it? Interfering, sexy bastard.

Sexy, sexy, sex, sex, sexsexsexsexsexsexsex…

Argh! He couldn't think!

Right. Now that he knew what he couldn't do, he had three options left: honesty, slyness, and blackmail.

Blackmail would be easy enough - all he had to do was get Kanna to find him something that Kagome wanted to remain a secret, or safe (so long as it was in his power to make it not so) and then present her an ultimatum. The simplest, really, with a means of making her come back if he wanted her later as well. There were only two problems; one, she'd hate him for it; two, if she refused to give in, he'd have to fulfill his threat and then it would all fail because she'd hate him and he still wouldn't have gotten into her panties.

Oooh, panties…

Honesty, on the other hand, was a really tough option. He was secretive by nature, for one. For another, he'd have to tell her he wasn't interested in a real relationship. And since what he really wanted was just to win this game he'd set himself, being honest would be like giving up. That and the fact that Fuji had read him right after all: to be bald about it, `I want you, let's fuck,' was pretty much how he felt about Kagome.

And then there was the sly path, the cheater's option. Get her drunk.

Hmmm… Maybe he should think up some other methods that might work, something special and specific to Kagome.

But he would have sex with Kagome, even if it killed everyone else.

Huh. Maybe he'd get Fuji too.

"Gugugugu…"

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Fuji sneezed, doubling over and nearly losing her books. When she straightened, she looked up, through the tree, to glare at Naraku's window.

Sneaky, sadistic manipulator, that one. He needed someone to fix him before he did something worse than petty bribary, blackmail, and sexual assault. Maybe lady Miru could exorcize him.

Then she noticed that his window was open - that was where the low, evil chuckling that reminded her of Tomo's laugh was coming from - and got a wonderful, terrible, awful idea.

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Naraku had almost finished fleshing out a good idea for the seduction of Kagome when he was hit - hard - by an overfull water balloon made with a condom. It came in through his window at a strange angle and soaked him, his plan, and half his homework.

He got up and looked out his window. Hearing a giggle, he looked to his right, and saw Kikyo (that bitch!), Van (ungrateful sponsee, lending them his room), Fuji (that sexy bitch), and Kagome (arrrgh!) leaning out of the next windows over, grinning back at him.

Then he was hit by another water condom, this time full in the face.

That was Inuyasha's whoop, too. Dammit.

"What was that for?" he asked.

"Being an evil git," Fuji and Kikyo said in weird unison. They looked at each other, surprised, then high-fived each other.

Kagome just giggled and tossed another water condom at him. Her aim was off, and her throw not very strong, so it came down on him from above and gave him an ear full of water and lubricant. He was hit again - Van had leaned backwards out of the window - this time from below.

He sighed, feeling very much put-upon.

Then someone in the street yelled `Waa-ta!" and got him with a very large water gun.

"Tomo!" he complained.

"You stole my laugh again, didn't you?"

"I did not!"

"Yes, you did! I heard you!" Fuji said. "You were plotting something, weren't you?"

"NO!"

"Whatever." She waved it off, lobbing another water condom at him and missing when he dodged. "You made me sneeze, too."

Naraku smacked his head.

^He turned me into a newt!^ Inuyasha declared hotly.

Fuji laughed. ^Into a newt?^

^… I got better.^

"Suuure you did," she said. "You want a go, Kikyo?"

"I don't know…"

"I've got a slingshot," Van said. He pulled back into his room. Inuyahsa took his place.

Now grinning wickedly and somewhat evilly, Kikyo took the slingshot, loaded it, and took aim with all the ease of a professional archer. Naraku noticed at the last minute (why he wasn't running away, he had no idea) that it was smaller, an actual balloon, and that the liquid inside was something that looked suspiciously like green goo even through the red of the rubber.

-SPLAT-

Inuyasha whooped again. "Heart shot! Yeah, that's my girl!" He hugged Kikyo.

"DON'T LET THE SLINGSHOT DROP!" Van yelled.

Naraku looked… err, sideways… at himself. There was green goop all over most of his chest. Wonderful.

"Hey, tentacle-boy!" Tomo yelled.

Naraku turned and leaned out his window to berate the man-in-a-woman's-body, but got another round from the water gun instead. Right in his face. And then on his chest, washing most of the goop away but leaving a sting behind.

He spat out a mouthful of water. "I do not have tentacles!"

"No, but I bet you wish you did!"

Aaaaaaaagh.

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Soo… Now we know what happens when I feel like writing but don't know what and I feel silly at the same time. Naraku gets soaked. This is the second time.
I figure this is as close to literal bashing as I can get.

Sess/Kag - 14
Fuji/Kag - 4+
Inu/Kag \ Nar/Kag \ Inu/Kik - 3
Nar/Kik \ Sess/Kag/Inu \ Sess/Kag/Fuji - 2

"Naraku just has problems," - 1 vote. Alright, so he's been expressed now as a manipulative, sneaky, sex-obsessed, hormonal teenager. Any other problems you guys want?

Sorry to those of you who were hoping otherwise, but now that I've written it, I can't take it back: Inuyasha and Kikyo are probably going to wind up married til the end of time. Or so they think. They haven't tried actually living together just yet.

Also: in chapter 2, I made mention of alcohol being illegal for most freshmen. While that's true here in the US, it's not actually the case in Japan. Since Kagome is your average college freshman in her spring term, that means she's about 19 years old, and is thus legal for everything.

KEEP VOTING! I've reached the point where I don't always remember if someone's voted before, so I'm giving up. Unless it's obvious, I'll go ahead and accept multiple votes for one thing from one person. Let's make this more interesting than just another Sess/Kag!