InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Betrayal's Gift ❯ Chapter 32 ( Chapter 33 )

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“So you're not going to tell me what happened with Hitomi?”

 

“Damn it woman, how many times do I have to tell you no.”

 

Hotaru pouted as she sat on his back while he carried her through the dimension in haste to the tree. He was embarrassed to admit even to himself that he was turned on by her dark aura. If there was a way for him to have both, it would make his time with her that much fun and his revenge that much sweeter.

 

“What did she do to you? I wake up and you're passed out on the floor. Would you stop being so difficult; damn.”

 

He stopped and frowned.

 

“What's wrong Inuyasha?”

 

“Nothing for a minute you there kind of sounded like her.”

 

Soon he saw the sliver and was further alarmed that she saw it too.

 

“Is that it Inuyasha, the line that separates this plane from mine?”

 

“Yeah. But how can you see it?”

 

“I don't know, am I not supposed to see it?”

 

“Keh.”

 

`Damn, how is she able to but when I was hanyou I wasn't?'

 

Soon he was running through the wet grass. It had rained earlier that day and the sun was shining though it was still very cold. He found the tree and jumped up into its bare branches.

 

“Inuyasha?”

 

“Hmmm.”

 

“Is it true that you were pinned to this very tree?”

 

“Who told you that?” He said with a gruff.

 

“Oh, it's around the castle. They say that you were pinned by a priestess whom you loved.”

 

“….”

 

“Well?”

 

“I'm not discussing it alright so just drop it.”

 

Hotaru sighed. She leaned back against the trunk and let a leg slide over the thick branch. Inuyasha watched how she sat so at home in the tree.

 

“Why are you so comfortable with this tree anyway? Why'd you have to come here?”

 

Hotaru closed her eyes and was quiet for a minute. When she felt him staring at her expectantly she smiled.

 

“Oh, so you could ask all the question you want but you won't answer any of mine is that it?”

 

“Damn it wench I do you a damn favor by bringing you out in this cold and you can't answer a simple damn…”

 

“Alright alright stop barking.”

 

Again he looked at her, it seems like the tone of voice she used reminded him of Hitomi. Or was he just still thinking about her alter and that's why he couldn't help seeing the similarities. He was a bit troubled by that and he didn't really understand why. Hotaru sat up in the tree and reached up above her head and touched a small twig. Light purple energy flowed from her fingertip and a flower bloomed out of it's season.

 

“How in the hell did you do that?” Inuyasha said in awed amazement. Hotaru shrugged.

 

“I've always been able to do it. I always felt most comfortable around this tree. Like something here made me feel…I don't know…I felt safe.”

 

Hotaru's eyes turned distant as her mind wondered her childhood. Her voice sounded so haunted in Inuyasha's ears.

 

“I was always able to do things with my powers. I was always able to make things grow, or heal small animals. Once there was a bird that broke its wing. I touched it and it was able to fly again however, there was one time when I saw a little brown field mouse, its leg was broke I went to fix it but I blacked out. When I woke up I remember seeing the poor mouse fried. I remember screaming and I didn't know how it happened, but I knew who did it. I wanted to forget because I didn't understand. My father was there and he tried to console me, but he was distant. Huh, I guess now the bad things I did was Hitomi. But whenever I heard her voice in my head I always came here and sat in its boughs and my mind would quiet. In the winter time I'd make some flowers bloom and take the flower with me back home to keep on me at all times so that my mind could stay quiet. You agree now that I'm a freak huh?”

 

“No, you're not a freak. I guess…well…damn it all forget it I don't know what to tell you. I've never been good with words. This girl I once knew well she would get mad at me cause I'd say everything wrong.”

 

Hotaru smiled.

 

“Was it the one who pinned you to this tree?”

 

“No, it was the one who freed me.”

 

“Oh.”

 

Hotaru gave him the small flower.

 

“What's this for?”

 

“To thank you for bringing me here and not thinking I'm a freak.”

 

She giggled almost to herself than continued as she made another branch bloom.

 

“You know in my time the doctors would have a field day with me. But I do need to see one. They would help me and then I'd be more in control. It scares me…to know that she could come out at anytime and hurt someone I love or even care about.”

 

They sat quietly for awhile and felt the cool air dance across their faces and in their hair.

 

“Is she really dangerous Inuyasha? Could she have done those things…to those men of the village, to the youkai…”

 

She began to shiver and instinctively Inuyasha wrapped his strong warm arms around her reassuring her without knowing why.

 

“Yeah.” He answered quietly.

 

Hotaru looked down and clutched the flower to her bosom and breathed deeply.

They sat quietly for a few minutes more and when she was getting cold she climbed out of his hold and out of the tree.

 

“So, do you feel better? Did the tree make you feel more at ease?”

 

“You know, it's weird, but…never mind.”

 

Hotaru blushed and looked down at her feet pulling a piece of her hair between her fingers and twirling it absentmindedly as she smelt the flower.

 

“Finish what you were about to say wench.”

 

“It's nothing really…I was just being stupid you know?”

 

Inuyasha looked at her.

 

“So why the hell did you make me bring you out here?”

 

“To tell you truthfully, Hitomi said that my being in your dimension makes her more powerful.”

 

“She said that huh.”

 

He said more as a matter of fact.

 

“Inuyasha, do you suppose that I could go home. Just so that I can gather some things around me to make me feel…”

 

“Hell no. You're going to stay with me. If you need anything I'll get it for you.”

 

“But…I want to get some personal things, things that you don't have here… why are you being so mean? I told you everything I know…I haven't done anything for you to mistrust me.”

 

“Keh. You're a woman. You'll go home only when I say you can got that. You're not going to try and lock me out. I am still responsible for you til we see Sesshomaru. Once he figures out what to do about your dual personality than I can act.”

 

He picked her up though she was pouting and started to run when all of a sudden he stopped.

 

“Inuyasha? What is that noise?”

 

“Damn, it's a youkai and from the sounds of it it's a big one.”

 

Soon the trees bowed out of the way forcefully by a giant ogre. It looked down and spotted Hotaru.

 

“Power…give me your power.”

 

Inuyasha snarled and let Hotaru off his back.

 

“Go behind those trees over there I got this.”

 

He pulled out Tessaiga and smiled.

 

“It's been a long winter buddy and I am so bored, so I am happy that you came to amuse me.”

 

The ogre looked down at the silver headed youkai and roared. With its huge hand he smashed down onto the ground making it rumble as Inuyasha dodged out of the way.

 

“Ha you dumb slow moron you missed me.”

 

The ogre snarled and pulled into his rib and pulled out a bone that formed into a short club. Hotaru gasped in fear and screamed out Inuyasha's name.

 

“Keh, don't worry I've beat bigger and smarter.”

 

Looking for the crack in the youkai's aura he swung his sword as yellow tracks of light hit the ground toward the giant.

 

“WIND SCAR!”

 

Hotaru covered her eyes from the bright light and when everything calmed down she noticed that the youkai had turned to metal and laughed as Inuyasha stood there with frustration on his brow.

 

`What the hell, the wind scar didn't faze him, in fact…'

 

“That's right stupid inu youkai, I turned to steel and now you can't harm me, but that makes me even stronger.”

 

He swung his left arm toward Inuyasha and when Inuyasha moved to dodge his attack he was hit with the ogres other hand and was knocked into a few trees past Hotaru. Hotaru running from the falling trees and straight toward Inuyasha began to scream out his name.

 

“Inuyasha! Inuyasha talk to me!”

 

Shaking his head Inuyasha saw her running towards him with the ogre right behind her.

 

“Hotaru watch out! Hotaru!”

 

“AAAAAAHHHHHH”

 

The ogre picked her up and brought her to his face.

 

“We've been looking everywhere for you and now I am the one to have found you.”

 

“Looking for me? What are you talking about?”

 

“The rumored priestess with the special powerful aura around her.”

 

Inuyasha stood up and placed his sword in battle stance.

 

“Let her go and I'll go easy on you.”

 

The ogres' eyes had turned a shiny blue.

 

“Oh no, you are not going to steal my source of power. Once I devour her I'll be full of her power and I will be able to rule the youkai.”

 

Inuyasha growled as he heard Hotaru scream out in pain because the ogre was squishing her.

 

`How the hell am I going to destroy him without hurting her?'

 

He then looked up because he felt a shift in the wind and his back tingled with fear. There she was with a statuesque face and her hair billowing around her. The purple light seeped off her causing her to glow brightly. Inuyasha felt her power rising. However, he wasn't the only one who felt it.

 

“Oh no you don't woman.”

 

And with that the ogre tossed her up like a pop corn kernel and tossed his head back to devour her.

 

`Now's my chance.'

 

Inuyasha thought and summoned his blade to turn molten gold. Jumping up he turned his gold fang upside down and cut the giant in two while catching Hotaru in his one arm. He landed gracefully in a crouching position with his fang beside him and Hotaru trussed up over his shoulder. The two sides of the youkai falling on either side of him.

 

`keh.'

 

“Hotaru?”

 

He sat her down on the cold ground and took a quick glance at her to make sure she was alright. Her eyes were closed but she was still breathing.

 

“Hahahaha, you thought you beat me, but you just made the odds worse for you inu youkai.”

 

“Damn it all to hell, why aren't you dead?”

 

Inuyasha stood up and turned around slowly flexing his claws. His eyes were now turning red as he was ready to use his red whip on the two youkai now.

 

“You just did me a favor by cutting me in half. Your sword obviously melted through my steel, but, you made two of me.”

 

“No shit really, I must've missed that.”

 

“Well, now I will have double the pleasure killing you and taking that priestess wench.”

 

Two very heavy clubs formed in their hands and Inuyasha growled. The one to his right swung at him he rolled out of the way picking up Hotaru with him since the one on his left was about to crush her with his club. Inuyasha threw her in some bushes and ran between the two with his youkai speed. Doing what he wanted them to do he smiled. Turning around and calling for his fangs other power he was about to throw their youkai back at them when they surprised him with their swiftness and he was hit hard. Going down into a crater that was created with his body underneath him he felt like his bones were crushed.

 

“Now to finish you off inu youkai.”

 

They were about to swing when they realized they couldn't move. Inuyasha's spine tingled with heat. That at least let him know that his spine wasn't completely broken. He wondered why they hadn't given him the killing blow when he opened his eyes.

 

“Don't you touch Inuyasha.”

 

Her voice sounded foreign even to his ears the power she was emitting was strong and he knew that instinctively without having to see her.

 

“You're going to regret this priestess.” The two youkai said in unison. Hotaru walked passed them and looked down into the crater. Her hair whipped madly around her as the leaves and small things lying on the wooded ground began to whip around their forms.

 

He saw her face filled with anger and when she turned her attention to the two ogres her eyes were devoid of anything but pure light. Her look alone turned them to purple ash as Inuyasha heard their pained scream and than nothing as all was silent even the wind. A minute had passed in silence before she turned around again and jumped into the crater.

 

“Oh Inuyasha you must be in pain.”

 

He looked at her and saw that she was crying for him. But that wasn't what was strange to him. She was a female mortal. Of coarse she was going to cry for him, it was that her eyes were still filled with a bright purple light over the lavender color.

 

Hotaru bent over him and hugged him and all of a sudden he felt like he could move that he was no longer paralyzed. He was still badly hurt, but somehow she healed him enough so that he could jump up out of the hole he was in. Looking at the now passed out female and looking at his surroundings he transformed into his dog form and headed back to his castle.

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Inuyasha was looking at the sleeping beauty that resided in his bed.

 

`That power was all…pure…I don't understand…Her alter possesses negative energy and she…I forgot how pure and calming her aura is when she doesn't have the reiki blocking spell.'

 

Than he flashbacked when she cried for him and healed his pain like she made the branch bloom.

 

“Inu..ya..sha?”

 

“Hotaru everything is alright now, we're home.”

 

She sat up in the bed worriedly looking him over and touching his body making sure that none of his bones were broken. He wanted to stop her but the look on her face was enough to keep his mouth shut.

 

He kind've had a flash back with Kagome trying to tend to his wounds and how he would fight her each time.

 

`Keh, seems like I grew up a bit.' He smiled more to himself.

 

When she finally looked up at him he smelled the salt on her face and saw that she was crying again.

 

“Why do you cry for me Hotaru? You should have just left me there and went back home. You had the opportunity.”

 

“It wouldn't be right if I left you to die while you were trying to protect me.”

 

“Keh, I wasn't protecting you I was bored and a good fight was what I needed to break the monotony.”

 

Her head snapped up so fast that her neck cracked. Angry purple eyes looked at him only to find genuine humor dancing in his golden ones. Hotaru realizing that he was teasing gave him a small smile.

 

Again her humor reminded him of Miroku slightly. He never took Inuyasha's humor seriously. Trying to change the directions of his thoughts he thought to change the subject.

 

“So…what happened back there? Do you remember any of it?”

 

Hotaru shook her head.

 

“Yes, I actually summoned the power. I just didn't know how to control it completely. Inuyasha it scared me a little.”

 

“Why?”

 

She thought back to when she saw the monster standing over Inuyasha and the extreme fury she felt inside. Everything that had been unjustly done to her came to the forefront of her mind and all of a sudden she blamed this monster, this creature and he was going to pay for everyone else's sins. She remembered just thinking about how to dispose of the creature and than it happened. She was still mad when she thought about Inuyasha and she really needed to calm herself before she wound up purifying him too. She began to move toward the well but found that she couldn't move any further. When she finally turned around it was to help him. When she noticed that he was too injured tears welled up in her eyes because she thought about leaving, leaving him there to heal on his own while she made her escape but she couldn't.

 

 

`I can't leave him…oh my god…I…I love Inuyasha.'

 

She looked back at the inu youkai and wondered what he was thinking about. She knew she couldn't tell him what had passed through her mind for it was already brought to her attention that he didn't love any woman and he gets rid of any woman who said those words to him.

 

Inuyasha saw her emotions flitter through her eyes.

 

`God she is so apparent.' He thought. His mind smiled because he realized that she is where he wanted her now. She loved him. This was what he needed to make his revenge work. She didn't have to say it; it was so easy to see. She had her chance to go home to leave him and she didn't.

 

“Hotaru…I want to thank you for…well you know.”

 

He leaned in and hovered over her lips for a fraction of a second to see if she would pull away. But when she didn't he lightly applied the pressure of his soft lips to hers. He pulled her up onto his lap relishing the scent of her pure, innocence mixed in with a hint of moonflower and lavender. He kissed the hollow of her throat and exposed her slender shoulder. Pulling the robe down even further he began to kiss the tops of her breast until the nipple found its way into his mouth.

 

Hotaru sunk her neck back into his large hands and gasped. A small fire was building up within her and it didn't seem like she could fight it. Something about him was making her want to stay connected. To not let go, or was it the fact that she had come to terms with her feelings.

 

“Hotaru…you are so special to me…I…I…”

 

He growled as he nipped her lightly on the neck and she cried out in pleasure as a shiver ran down her spine.

 

`Could he possibly be feeling what I'm feeling?'

 

His words echoed back in her ears as she felt his hot breath tenderly breathe onto one of her ears and nibble the lobe of it. The next thing she knew was that she was completely naked and that he was devoid of clothing as well.

 

Inuyasha sat her back and looked her in the eyes.

 

“Hotaru do you trust me?”

 

Hotaru paused as she looked at him, than answered slowly.

 

“I guess.”

 

Inuyasha shook his head in the negative.

 

“No, do you trust me?”

 

The look that was in his eyes was soul searching as if reaching into the pit of her and pulling out the truth for how he sees it.

 

“Yes I do.”

 

“Then come here.”

 

He pulled out a silken scarf and tied it around her eyes. The feel of the silk gliding against her skin made her flesh warm. She rubbed her legs together not understanding what was going on but, she had to trust him.

 

`This must be some test to see if I am telling him the truth.'

 

She felt something feathery touch her legs and abdomen she gasped as she felt him push her back and open her thighs. She laid there anticipating whatever was about to come; her mind racing and her breast heaving with each breath she took.

 

“I want for you to feel what I am doing to you Hotaru. I want for you to feel the pleasure, don't think just feel.”

 

He then took her wrist in one of his hands and added another silken tie to it and pulled it up over her head.

 

“Inu…Inuyasha what are you do…doing?”

 

“You trust me right?”

 

She felt the heat of his breath against the shell of her ear and she shuddered beneath him. Even though her eyes were covered she closed them almost drunkenly as she licked her lips in anticipation. Heat started to rise within her from her toes up to the pit of her stomach.

 

Inuyasha nipped her earlobe with his fang and gently dragged them along the slender slope of her neck drawing a light red line from her ear to her shoulder. Hotaru laid there with her lip between her teeth waiting for his next move. She felt him shift and the next thing she knew she felt his body leave hers. Cold bumps formed along the tender flesh as she strained to hear where he could have gone.

 

“You still trust me?”

 

“Uh hmm.”

 

“Good.”

 

The next thing she knew is that she felt him around her again. Inuyasha picked up her tiny feet and began to kiss her soles, then kissed up to her ankle giving each one its' turn. Placing them both on either side of him Inuyasha began to run his calloused hands up her legs kissing the length he had traveled. Hotaru breath caught in her throat. She wanted to scream to see what it was that he was doing to her, to see where he was going to go next.

 

Inuyasha smiled cockily as he watched her reaction and smelled the flavorful spiciness of her womanhood responding to him. He hovered purposely over her sex as his palm massaged the very top of her pubic bone. The strangled whine that she emitted sounded like music to his ears. For the first time, there was a woman in his arms that actually wanted to be there to be there with just him. Not because he was a prince, not because he was powerful, not because she was his slave or for any other reason other than she desired to be there with him. He's done everything to this girl to make her hate him and now he finds her in love with him, albeit it fell according to his plans but, she didn't know that. For some reason he wanted to make sure that when he fulfilled his plan for her, that she harbor no regrets or hate for him, for he knew he didn't hate her. He growled to himself now thinking about her abhorring him for some reason that did not sit well with him.

 

“Inu…Inu…”

 

Hotaru panted as she felt him kissing the inside of her thighs but went no higher while simultaneously he massaged the top of her heated core. She bucked up trying to hint to him want she wanted without sounding so needy. Instead she felt his hands swirl around her abdomen in an erotic dance. She felt her eyes rolling as his tender hot lips pressed down lightly on her nether lips. She spread her legs wide and felt so wantonly that she should have been embarrassed, but, she wanted this so bad. She felt her lips open to invite him but just felt his light kiss again. Hotaru growled out in frustration now.

 

“What do you want Hotaru, tell me.”

 

Hotaru had the grace to blush when he spoke huskily to her. Hearing his voice made her salivate some more.

 

“I want…I want…please…stop teasing me, just get on with it.”

 

“As you wish.” He said almost devilishly.

 

She felt his fangs graze from the top of her pubic bone to suckle up a soft petal then move to the other. She cried out as electric heat flamed her body making it turn red. Then she felt his tongue lick up each fold and then push it's way into her. Heated honey flowed from her as he began to suck her up. She felt if he kept on that she was sure to perish from this pleasure that he was causing her.

 

“Hotaru…damn…your so….damn…”

 

Than he said something in a language she did not understand but it still sounded so hot in her ears. She wanted to reach out and touch him but when she moved her hands she realized that she couldn't move them. She actually let out a curse word softly, but she couldn't decipher if it was because she couldn't touch him or because of the torture he was placing on her.

 

Inuyasha took turns sucking and licking her now puffy folds and felt his own manhood aching with need. He imagined himself within her stroking her deeply til she cried out his name in passion. Had she been any of his concubines he would have already embedded himself within her, but she was different.

 

He removed himself again after she had a powerful flutter of an orgasm. He let her reach her calm again before he continued. He touched himself and realized that he was extremely sensitive now, so much so that it hurt.

 

`Damn I don't think I've ever been this damn hard.'

 

To try to get his mind off it he decided to put a couple of more logs in the fire place. He turned to look at the girl and seeing her tied up and blind folded waiting for his return made him…he couldn't even think of how it made him feel except horny as hell.

 

He came back to her and lightly touched her feverish skin to let her know he was back. She leaned into his touch and he smiled. He then took his finger and lightly touched her essence and realized that it was still very warm.

 

He held her down with his one hand as he slid his finger within her. She gasped out loud in shock filled pleasure. Immediately he felt her close around him sucking him in deeper and he bit his lips with his fangs. He began to push his finger in and out of her.

 

“This is what I want to do to you Hotaru, I want to fill you up with me. I want to bring you sexual delight beyond your wildest dreams.”

 

Hotaru just had her mouth open as she just felt the waves of pleasure rippling over her body like a pebble across a glass lake. She began to twist her body matching up with his thrust. When he removed his finger she pouted and whimpered like a puppy that lost its treat.

 

Then she felt him hover over her his hair brushing against her shoulders his lips right above her own. He kissed her as his hand traveled the shapely length of her. She hooked her ankles around his calves and pressed her body up to his heat. She felt the flames of his appendage against the walls of her opening. Immediately she became wetter just feeling the tip of him so close to her.

 

“Please Inuyasha…please…I need you…you can have me…please.”

 

With that Inuyasha crushed his lips to hers and kissed her deeply while his hand sought her out.

 

“Not yet no not yet, but I will release you.”

 

He stuck one finger in and then two. The thickness of his two fingers made her cry out as her head tilted back against the pillows. He kissed her neck nipping at it with his fangs as he drove his fingers within her deeper and deeper pushing up against her. He was going fast and slow mixing it up to where she felt she was going to lose her mind forever.

 

Memories of Ken filtered through her mind, but now it seemed like Ken was so far away, like it was all a bad dream and all she had was right here with her now. This was what she was waiting for. Hotaru hit her release and nearly threw him off of her as she screamed out in pained pleasure. Inuyasha pushed his ears back because of the loud noise, but he knew she was alright. He smelt the salt of her tears and licked them away.

 

“Shh baby I know, it's alright now.”

 

He kissed her again softly as he withdrew from her. When she had calmed down she noticed that Inuyasha had untied her hands. She was about to undo her eyes when he stayed her hand.

 

“But what about you Inuyasha?”

 

Inuyasha looked at her, was she really worried about his pleasure.

 

“Oh, we're not finished. I just need you to hold your breast.”

 

He tried not to chuckle when he saw the confused look she gave him even though her eyes were covered.

 

“You'll see, there is more than one way to release me, though…I would rather much like to shield myself within you Hotaru, now is not the appropriate time.”

 

“Why?”

 

He got close to the shell of her ear as his breath tickled her enough to give her a shiver.

 

“Because I want it to be perfect Hotaru.”

 

He kissed her to silent anymore of her innocent babbling. He straddled her chest and began to slide his velvety rod against her skin between her soft mounds. Feeling his hot thickness on her chest Hotaru gasped from the unexpected.

 

He unbounded her eyes so that he can see her expression and even that caught his breath. Her eyes rounded to saucers looking curiously at the tip of his head bobbing up and down as his juice was making it slick between the hills of her chest. She pushed her breast together to give him some friction, since that was something she remembered from her previous engagement with him.

 

Inuyasha shuddered as he felt the soft tissue mold around him as her finger tips slid across the top side of him. He looked at her as she tipped her chin down to get a better look at him. His breath nearly choked him when he sensed a naughty aura coming off of her. She looked up at him with darkness glinting in the back of her eyes and coyly stuck out her tongue to brush the tip of him every time he thrusted up.

 

Inuyasha began to curse under his breath in youkai.

 

“Like that?”

 

A growl was her response. She giggled naughtily and flicked her tongue out even more, like a cat lapping at some warm milk. Inuyasha's teeth began to elongate as his claws gripped the pillows beside her head.

 

Hotaru was feeling hot all over again. She started to buck up giving him a downward incline. Every time he moved back he rubbed against her pubic bone adding to her pleasure. She tightened her hold on her breast as she watched the shiny head play hide and seek with her vision. Every time it moved forward she tasted a bit of his salt. Finally when he moved forward she stayed his hips and sucked on him for a few moments making his eyes bleed gold and red. She sucked on him hard almost painfully as she drew her teeth across the sensitive tip.

 

“Damn”

 

Was all Inuyasha could say before pulling out of her and thrusting against her chest again. This time faster and wilder. Hotaru kept her tongue out lapping at him every time he hit her chin until he couldn't take it any longer. Like a inexperienced pup he let go of his seed and watched it spurt on her chin and neck. He slowly drove himself a couple of more times to let it all out before he climbed off her.

 

Hotaru fell back against the bed in euphoric wonder. Was that making love too? It was all so confusing to her as well as exciting. She felt him move a warm wet cloth over her chin and neck cleaning her off when she stayed his hand.

 

“Did we…well…I don't know another term for it…huh..did we make love?”

 

His eyes were now gentle and golden since he had a minute to relax.

 

“Yeah, I guess you could say that. There are different ways to mate with someone and I will show you all those ways.”

 

Hotaru warmed at his words, it sounded so promising.

 

“Inuyasha…you said you will show me all those ways…are you saying…”

 

“Keh, look here wench, I care about you a lot alright. More than those other girls I knew a long time ago. Like I said, I've never before made love to anybody and I have been most patient with you so I guess what we did is technically making love.”

 

Hotaru turned her head from him.

 

`Am I being too hopeful? How can I be getting over all that I've been through? Ken, Fuu, Yuy, my baby, my captivity, my grandmother, my parents, why am I letting him into my heart?'

 

Inuyasha sensed her train of thought and kissed her brow.

 

“I've been thinking the same thing. I vowed never to feel anything for a woman again and yet…you made me feel.”

 

`Damn it all, I hate to be lying to her this way. I am going to have to come up with something, something to make her not feel betrayed by me. Shippo's right, she can purify the hell out of me, damn it, I felt her power, she could purify the whole of youkai population with a mere thought. And I don't want to kill her. This was not my plan to like this damn wench. But I am not backing out of it either.'

 

They lay there quietly with their own thoughts floating in their heads, their insecurities and doubts until Hotaru fell asleep. However, Inuyasha wasn't able to find rest. His mind still bothered him, more like his beast bothered him nagging him.

 

`This woman is our woman.'

 

`This woman is an instrument a tool to obtain our revenge.'

 

`This woman calms us, this woman loves us.'

 

`Don't you remember the last wench we loved, she's given birth to that woman.'

 

`You're an idiot bastard, she is our bitch.'

 

`Keh, shut up!'

 

`That power she has, you know you want it, I want it, we want that power. Someone else will take her.'

 

Inuyasha balled his fist, he didn't like that idea at all and cursed his inner minds working and told it so.

 

`No one else is going to have that power, no one else is going to have Hotaru but me got that. Even in her time, she will only think of me, no one is going to love her like me.'

 

Than he heard the beast laugh in his head.

 

`What the hell are you laughing at?'

 

`…'

 

The silence forced Inuyasha to remember what he had just said.

 

`Damn it all to hell. Damn you to hell bastard.'

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Shippo was in the dojo shadow training when Inuyasha startled him.

 

“Oi, Shippo, work on your stance it's incorrect.”

 

“AAKKK! Damn it Inuyasha you scared the shit out of me.” Shippo screamed out panting.

 

“Keh, you should have been aware of my presence. How many times have I told you…”

 

“Yeah yeah, I know, it's different when your home and at ease. I wasn't expecting you to come on in since you've been busy again with Hotaru. Still planning on killing her spirit and soul with your lies.”

 

“SHUT…UP…AND MIND YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS!”

 

Inuyasha said with his thick black brow twitching.

 

“Inuyasha, news came in from that attack on Faye and Deva.”

 

Having the subject changed Inuyasha stopped snarling and growling and swiveled his ears to listen carefully to Shippo.

 

“Why am I just hearing about it now?”

 

“Well, I was going to tell you yesterday, but, with everything that happened between you and Hotaru, well…”

 

“Yeah yeah now get on with it.”

 

“It was the work of a youkai, however, according to what has been discovered the youkai that killed Faye was a youkai with a beak and talons.”

 

“A beak? Talons?”

 

“Yeah, so…”

 

Inuyasha's eyes turned red.

 

“Damn it all to hell, Sesshomaru must still hate the shit out of me. That's two damn bitches he gave to me that are lying wenches.”

 

“What are you saying Inuyasha?”

 

When Inuyasha turned to look at Shippo it was to see a very angry inu youkai.

 

“Bring Deva to me, how dare she try to blame Hotaru. As a matter of fact I have a better thought.”

 

With this idea forming in his head he began to relate his plan to Shippo.

 

“I…I don't know Inuyasha…that sounds a bit dangerous.”

 

“Hey, it's gotta work and besides it would be her just punishment as well.”

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Deva was in a room, not sure why she was there. She was becoming irritated.

 

`Why the hell did they bring me here?'

 

The door opened and she turned to see Hotaru coming into the doorway.

 

“What are you doing here?” Deva said with a sneer.

 

“I…I was told to help you clean this room, but…I don't understand it already looks…clean.”

 

“Huh, so, you are a slave after all then?”

 

Hotaru frowned at the condescending tone in this woman's voice. She was still hurt by this woman's comment some nights ago.

 

“No. I volunteered to help. I hate to be coupe up doing nothing. I don't wish to get fat and lazy.”

 

Deva's black eye scowled at the mortal wench.

 

“I'm surprised that you're still alive, so how did you do it?”

 

Hotaru looked at the youkai with a weird expression for she had no idea what she was talking about.

 

“Look, I'm just going to go and find out what is going on obviously someone gave us the wrong information because there is nothing that needs to be done in this room.”

 

Hotaru went to open the door when she realized it was locked.

 

“Locked? How can that be?”

 

Deva hearing Hotaru turned in the direction of the door.

 

“What do you mean it's locked?”

 

“I don't know it's just locked.”

 

Deva brushed past her knocking Hotaru in the shoulder in the process. Hotaru tried her best to contain her contempt for this creature, but if the woman showed her anymore unwanted hostility she was going to give her a piece of her mind.

 

“Move you weak and pathetic mortal bitch!”

 

Deva than presumed to open the door and to her dismay realized that she couldn't open it either.

 

`Damn it looks like I'm stuck here with her.'

 

Deva said disdainfully to herself.

 

“Well, I guess we should make the most of it. Inuyasha will notice that I am missing and have everyone search for me.”

 

“Eh, what makes you so damn special huh?”

 

“I'm not saying that I am, I am his prisoner so wouldn't the logical thing be to look for me?”

 

Deva growled as her black eyes gleamed in hatred.

 

“Are you mocking me mortal?”

 

Hotaru sighed. She really didn't want to have to get into a fight with anybody and a youkai for that matter; she didn't have her spiritual powers of purification here in this dimension.

 

Hotaru sighed and tried counting backwards from ten. Deva surely reminded her of the obnoxious girl named Fuu.

 

“Look, why don't we go to a corner and stay out of each others way kay?”

 

“So now your blowing me off who in all the seven hells do you think you are mortal bitch?”

 

Deva now came into Hotaru's face intimidating the girl.

 

Hotaru's head began to burn with a pain and she flinched. However, Deva took it as a sign that she was scared of her and continued to taunt her.

 

`Oh this is just delightful; a disrespectful youkai has no understanding who she messing with.'

 

“No, stop get away from me!” Hotaru yelled out pushing the youkai away from her. However, Deva's preditorial side was kicking in, the smell of fear coming off Hotaru was nearly intoxicating and she figured that if she killed the mortal wench, well, she can just claim that Hotaru attacked her and she defended herself. Deva smiled with that thought, her competition will be out of the way.

 

“What are you going to do my lady, purify me?”

 

Deva began to peck at Hotaru nipping at her clothes with her long nails forming into talons.

 

The voice inside Hotaru's head began to grow louder and louder and Hotaru tried her mightiest to dispel the voice but to no avail, Hitomi was stronger.

 

Hitomi smiled sardonically as she allowed the owl youkai her taunts.

 

“You see lady Hotaru, Lord Inuyasha already suspects you to have killed his lovely little butterfly concubine Faye all thanks to me of course. Hahaha, see, I killed her she was my competition after all. I mean, he got rid of Nari and Kuma, and you got rid of Faye by an eye witness…me….which left me I have to get rid of the competition. Don't take it personal.”

 

“Are you finished yet or do you still want to hear the sound of your grating voice.”

 

Deva snarled.

 

“How dare you disrespect me, You disgusting mortal.”

 

Hitomi smiled broader and allowed some of her power to flow enough to fill Deva's bones with real fear.

 

“Disgusting mortal heh? You underestimate your opponent.”

 

Deva went to attack for this one's insolence but then her black eyes opened wide as she realized she couldn't move.

 

“What the hell, what's happening? What are you doing?”

 

Hitomi looked into the eyes of the youkai.

 

“Well, being that you are a wise old owl youkai your supposed to be so smart I figured you tell me…see…all I know is that I am Hitomi.”

 

“But…but…you're…I don't understand…but your powers are repressed here, so how? Hotaru let me go!”

 

“Yeah see you are not listening…Hotaru is not here, I am just here. I don't know who I am other than Hitomi. I guess I even named myself. But, it doesn't really matter now does it Deva? Deva right? That is your name?”

 

Hitomi's demeanor was so calm and so silky smooth that Deva's feathered hair began to ruffle.

 

“Wha…what are you going to do to me?”

 

Hitomi looked at the youkai with a delicate raised brow.

 

“Oh come now, as smart as you are you don't know? Tsk tsk tsk.”

 

Hitomi moved up to the youkai and sniffed her fear and licked her lips as she smiled and as she went to explain her fingers touched the youkai according to the words that she used.

 

“Well, then I will tell you. First…I'm going to slowly freeze the blood running through your veins and then I will thaw you out with a burning sensation skipping along your skin you're going to see your body disappear slowly. Then…I'm going to eat up your aura and make myself stronger. Without the spiritual powers holding me back, I get stronger for everyone of you youkai I eat. See, I hate smart, arrogant, condescending and bitchy people. Gee, I really think I hate everything except…well…we won't go there for it's none of your business.”

 

Deva's eyes frantically looked around the room for some kind of help, for some kind of inspiration to help her escape. Without knowing it she was right, Hotaru was the one who has been causing the disappearance of the lesser youkai around the castle, but, she never thought that she was going to be one of them.

 

“Wait…wait…listen…why are we in the same room together today…this must be a set up…I mean…we are stuck in this room, the doors locked…uh…the room was clean…”

 

“I know I already figured that out when Hotaru was still in charge of this body. Why do you think I fought to get out. If Inuyasha wants to witness my power…”

 

Hitomi let out a pulse of her dark power knowing that Inuyasha was watching and listening close by. Even Deva was drunk momentarily with the lust of such power and then extremely frightened.

 

“Then let him, because I would surely share my power with him if he wants too. And you figured out to late that he sent you in here to your death knowing I would come out and destroy you. See, he figured out your lie about Hotaru, heh, I guess you're not that smart after all.”

 

And with that said she sealed up Deva's mouth with her own and began her slow display of power to execute Deva. Deva's eyes widened with panic and pain as she felt her body die slowly. Watching the satirical smile playing across that heart shape angelic face made her panic more until finally nothing was left but her weak power and Hitomi absorbed it into her skin and with one last pulse of power thanked Inuyasha for his gift leaving an unconscious Hotaru lying on the floor.