InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Betrayal's Gift ❯ Chapter 34

A/N: Sorry I made you guys wait but being that it was the holidays I'm pretty sure you all were busy so…I waited. I hope that everyone enjoyed their holiday and got what they wanted. I did…I actually got to have my husband for a week without his job interfering. Yeah me! We were able to play catch up

 

33

 

“I can't believe you used me like that!”

 

“Hotaru, it was necessary I needed to see Hitomi in action.”

 

“You are no better than Ken!”

 

Inuyasha lightly grabbed her around the throat. He didn't appreciate being compared to that asshole. He growled menacingly at her

 

“I'm nothing like that stupid ass!”

 

“Oh really you're not?”

 

“I did not…Hotaru you are one stupid wench ya know that!”

 

Hotaru turned her back on him tears threatening to fall. Once again the guy she loved used her. Inuyasha sighed and went to enfold her in his arms but she shook away from him angry.

 

“Listen, I needed to see what she was capable of doing. Deva said that you had attacked Faye and killed her, I found out she was lying and I needed to see if it was in fact Hitomi you know…getting rid of the lesser demons. Now we know for sure. She got rid of the ones in the village and got rid of the ones in my lands. Sesshomaru has a reason to worry.”

 

“So, what happens now Inuyasha? Do you kill me now?”

 

Inuyasha didn't like the words that slipped bitterly from her lips. When he first spied her yes, he would have killed her had he known about her split youkai eating personality, but, now, now he needed her to fulfill his wish right?

 

“Listen, people can't help you in your era. But now that we know what we're up against and how Hitomi works, well, Sesshomaru and I can come up with some kind of solution.”

 

Hotaru turned around now diamonds stuck at the corner of her eyes.

 

“And what if there isn't a solution Inuyasha?”

 

“There will be.”

 

Hotaru shook her head and looked up into the sky.

 

“It wasn't meant for me to live in this world or any world for that matter. I saw a vision of Hitomi hurting you badly…”

 

She shook with the memory of it.

 

“I'd rather die than to be the cause of any destruction that Hitomi caused or can cause. It kills me with guilt every time I know that she killed someone or somebody. I in a sense killed those people in the clearing, I killed Deva and Kuma. So…I should be punished for those crimes.”

 

Inuyasha was angry at her words. They sounded like she was giving up. Though to her it may have sound honorable, to him she sounded like she wanted to leave him and he didn't like that at all.

 

“It wasn't you ok, and there is a cure for you. We will figure it out…I'm sorry.”

 

Hotaru looked up at him, though it was the beginning of spring it was still cold enough that her breath was seen when she blew out.

 

“I'm sorry too. I didn't mean to yell at you and I didn't mean to compare you to Ken. I'm just…well…I'm just scared Inuyasha. I…I…never mind.”

 

Inuyasha looked at her and seen her heart shaped face look toward the ground again in embarrassment. Hooking his clawed finger under her chin he brought her face back up to look at him.

 

“It's alright to say it you know.”

 

“I wasn't going to say anything but that I don't want to be the one who hurts you…I mean like you know um…like hurt you like Deva or Yuy.”

 

“Oh.”

 

They sat there quietly for a while just thinking to themselves. The quiet was driving Hotaru crazy for she knew that he knew what she was thinking and he let her get away with that lie, but she didn't want to be the one to confess any such feelings to him.

 

“So, what are we going to do about Hitomi Inuyasha. So long as I am here in your dimension all the time she gets stronger.”

 

“I've already sent for my brother, but in the meantime I was thinking about taking you back to your own dimension and letting you go home for awhile.”

 

Hotaru looked up at him this time with surprised shock written on her face.

 

“Wh..what do you mean…are you sending me home.”

 

“Yeah, for just a little while. Just until Sesshomaru comes, then I'll come get you or you come back to me.”

 

“But my parents? What if they block the well?”

 

“It seems to me that you're far more powerful then they are, you have broken the seal before and though Hitomi is strong, your spiritual powers are stronger than any other priestess I've known. So, you can break the seal.”

 

“Oh.”

 

“I'm not going to let you go yet Hotaru. I will never let you go unless I really have no choice, but, it wouldn't be something I would want to do.”

 

He leaned in with a kiss to seal his words in her mind. He smiled mentally as he pictured her falling for his words. He trusted that she would come back to him. She did love him after all.

 

“So, when does this all take place?”

 

“We're leaving tomorrow in the evening.”

 

He could sense that she was feeling apprehensive and sad. He pulled her closer to him and hugged her reassuringly.

 

However, Hotaru was feeling panicked. She knew that if she went home there might be a chance that she'll never see Inuyasha again. She'll have to avoid her parents altogether to make sure that she does come back, but then, what if she came back only to meet her death by Sesshomaru's hand. She felt a strong warmth wash over her and immediately she felt safe and secure. She sighed into his chest and prayed that whatever the outcome of her life that she meet it with grace, dignity and honor.

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It was nearing sunset, the orange of the sun setting in the west was mixed with the purple and red in the sky with a mixture of pink clouds. Hotaru and Inuyasha sat up in the Goshinboku tree enjoying the peace and serenity of the day. Surprisingly the day was very warm considering that there was still some light snow on the ground.

 

Hotaru closed her eyes as she felt the beating of Inuyasha's heart on her back, the warm strong bands of steel enclosing her to his heated chest. She sighed in contentment. She was reluctant to say goodbye. Though they discussed it the previous night before she was still scared that somehow she was going to lose him.

 

`What if he really doesn't want me here anymore because I'm crazy? It wouldn't be the first time I was rejected.'

 

She thought to herself and sighed with a heavy heart.

 

`Am I destined to be alone forever? Will anyone really and truly love me?'

 

She thought about Ken and how happy she was to hear his words of love for her, how happy she was every time he stood up for her against Fuu and her malicious friends. She thought about her father when she was younger, how he spend his time training her to control her spiritual powers, how he told her he was proud of her from time to time, but she never heard those simple words from him. In fact, the only person to have said those words to her was her grandmother for not even her mother came out and said she loved her without any provocation without feeling guilty for one reason or another. But now with Inuyasha, well, she felt whole, complete. Though they couldn't stand each other from the start, somehow, this winter had pulled them together. She began thinking of the time she ran away trying to find her way home, the wolf lord who thought to take her, how Inuyasha came in and rescued her only to freeze her to death.

 

Tears began to leak out the corner of her eyes as she continued to reminisce about her winter.

 

`Well, if I can't come back I will remember my adventure here always.'

 

“Why are you crying Hotaru?”

 

Using the back of her hand to wipe the tears from her face she answered him in a broken voice.

 

“I want to thank you Inuyasha.”

 

Looking at her now quizzically he asked “Why are you thanking me I didn't do anything.”

She smiled ruefully knowing that was exactly how he was going to answer.

 

“I want to thank you because you helped me…sigh…you helped me to feel whole. You didn't treat me like some freak and…well…you know…you showed me…”

 

Turning her over in his lap and repositioning himself to make sure she was safe and comfortable he looked at her.

 

“Showed you what?”

 

“Are you really going to make me say it?” She responded with a smile a giggle and a light slap across his broad chest.

 

“Well, I'm a man and I need to hear it for my pride.”

 

“Keh on your pride Inuyasha.”

 

She kissed him chaste fully on the cheek and lowered her head to his chest.

 

“I wish…I wish that I never have to leave you Inuyasha. I hope that I can come back and be with you forever.”

 

Looking down she felt his heart speed up with her words and smiled into his chest as she snuggled closer.

 

“Keh, your acting like we would never see each other again, what did I tell you yesterday.”

 

With a lump in her throat she tried to convey her fears again.

 

“I'm just scared, I mean, I never found a place where I belong and now…now I feel like I have…here with you…being your…you know your friend.”

 

“Is that all I am to you Hotaru?”

 

“…”

 

“Hotaru? You still don't trust me do you?”

 

“No, it's not that…”

 

“Than why can' t you say what is in your heart, in your thoughts, to me?”

 

Tears slipped from her eyes.

 

“How can I when it's known in your kingdom that you get rid of any female who say they care about you in the least.”

 

“You're not just any female.”

 

“Well, what makes me so different than huh? I feel like because you suspect how I feel your sending me home. I want to stay here…with you.”

 

Inuyasha's golden eyes softened as he searched her soft lavender ones. The colors in the sky making both of their eyes dance with intensity. He knew that this female was telling the absolute truth. He didn't know if it was because she understands his pain because they walked a very similar path, but, something in his heart twitched when her saw her eyes.

 

“You idiot, I am not sending you home because I suspect any such thing, I am sending you home because…”

 

He looked at her, he really looked at her, he noticed that he felt almost the same fears that she had. What if she wasn't able to get back.

 

`Damn, she's right. What if…then my plans for revenge, my wish for revenge won't happen, but…I don't want to hurt her. Damn it all to hell. Shippo was right I can't do this to her…'

 

He looked in her eyes and searched, searched for something deep within her to make him remember what he wanted done in the beginning.

 

“I'm sending you home because I…”

 

Hotaru placed her delicate finger across his velvety lip.

 

“It doesn't matter why I am going home, only that you believe that I can get back. But, when I come back and your brother comes and he sentences me to death…then I won't regret anything because I am going to lay it all out right now.”

 

“Wench what the hell are you…”

 

Hotaru shook her head no as she looked back up into his face tracing a line along his jawbone, reaching up to feel his ears, tracing the rugged curve of his face.

 

“You know as well as I know that if there is no cure, I will have to be put down like some rabid dog. Inuyasha…Hitomi can kill youkai as well as humans, and so long as she exist, that makes me unpredictable and dangerous. Even if I were to go home and stay there, I risk hurting more people. For crying out loud, she pushed my grandmother down the stairs. I couldn't stop her it was like a dream. I know I don't get along well with my parents, but…that doesn't mean I want to hurt them and besides, I can understand my father now somewhat, he turned out the way he is because of my mother. For some reason my mother is to blame for all of this, all that has happened to the people I care about. I don't want to go home and face her, because if I do…if I do…Hitomi will feel the inclination of my heart and…”

 

“Hotaru you don't hate your mother, you're too kind and too forgiving.”

 

“I think I do Inuyasha. I love and hate her. I am disappointed with my father, but…”

 

She shivered and he hugged her closer.

 

“Look, go home and just gather some of your things. You don't have to see them, I'll be waiting right here for you to come back and if you don't well, then I'll just use my Tessaiga to break the spell and get you. And, no one is going to be put down like a rabid dog like you say; Sesshomaru and I will find a cure for you. So long as I take you out of our dimension from time to time, we will find a way.”

 

Hotaru smiled sadly, it was like she felt something in her heart that told her things were going to change, things were not going to be pleasant, but she took his words, she had to believe him. She reached out a hand and touched a branch on the tree and made it bloom, then touching the trunk of the tree she commenced in making the entire tree bloom out of its season. Her little body covered over in a soft lilac and hummed with spiritual power. Soon little white flowers covered them along with fresh green leaves, the scent of spring and rebirth was in the air.

 

Inuyasha felt her powers wash through him and he felt peaceful and calm. Opening his eyes sleepily he noticed what she had done.

 

“Why?” He asked her.

 

“This is to promise you that no matter what happens to me…I will find my way back to you…Inuyasha I…”

 

Inuyasha didn't know what to make of what she was about to say, he already knew how she felt for him, but, to make this tree bloom, the tree that he was pinned to for fifty years by Kikyo, then freed by Kagome her reincarnation and now for a dead tree to be brought to life by the daughter of basically both of them, his heart was about to burst, it was like the promise she made him was worth far more than any words of love said by either. He kissed her; he kissed her strong and hard pouring his feelings into that kiss.

 

Scooping her up in his arms he jumped down and when they landed it was to find fresh warm grass beneath their feet. It was like a warm spring night surrounded them in a little glass ball that was shaken around as the white flowers fell around them.

 

Inuyasha turned her around and kissed the back of her neck as she sighed into it and pulled her hands up around her to push his mouth closer to her. His hands roamed her body frantically as if it would be the last time he touch her. Her powers were still rising and that made his ki rise even more. She turned around and kissed him full on the mouth giving back what he gave. Her tongue lashed out and licked him across his lips, his mouth opened in response and she licked his fangs and the roof of his mouth slowly, softly, than stroking the muscle in his mouth made him growl and his chest rumble. She was being forward and he enjoyed that.

 

He started to push down her robes while she sucked on his neck, nipping it with her little canine teeth. Once she left her mark and he took off her clothes he laid her down upon the grass and looked at her. Her body was all aglow with a silver purple light, he could see her power radiating off of her and he wanted it. He wanted to overpower it, dominate and command it. He sniffed and smelt her exotic scent flow through his nostrils. He closed his eyes as if savoring a very good wine or delicacy. When he opened his eyes they were bleeding reddish/gold. His hair was blowing gently behind him making him seem surreal. He slowly removed his clothing to calm down and lay over her form.

 

“I'm not scaring you Hotaru?” He said with a very thick and husky voice.

 

“No.” She whispered out, in fact, she was more turned on that she made him look the way he did. She touched his cheek and he turned into the palm of her hand and kissed it feeling her energy calm his beast. His eyes turned gold again, but they held so much passion and just to look at him he caused her to lose her breath.

 

One of his big hands cradled up behind her head and pulled her closer to his face for a long and slow kiss as his other hand traveled the length of her supple body and found her heat. His fingers began to tickle her making her wetter. Hotaru opened her legs to him as he began to rub each of her folds spreading her juice around. Hotaru moaned into his mouth and melted. He pushed a finger within her and she rocked her pelvis forward meeting him wanting him to go deeper. He then slid two fingers into her and he felt her arms tighten around his waist, her heart pulsing in his ears.

 

Hotaru wanted to scream out in ecstasy, the friction they were creating was heating her up causing her to breathe in short sharp pants. She wanted him so bad. She pulled her arms from around his waist and brought them up to his neck and face pulling the back of his head closer to her so that she can kiss him. She felt his rod brush against her thigh and she cried out. The heat of him causing her to burn and yearn for him.

 

“Inuyasha…make love to me, show me…show me love.”

 

Inuyasha pressed his forehead against hers and looked gold to amethyst. Understanding what he asked of her she nodded her head and pulled her arm down and felt for his stake. Once she grasped it in her tiny hand Inuyasha closed his eyes in pleasure and shuddered. She directed him to her womanhood and let her hand settle between them.

 

Slowly he slid himself between her lips and slicked himself up as he heard and felt her soft breaths in his ear for now he rested at the crook of her neck kissing on it softly lapping at her pulse. When the tip of his head touched her opening that was nearly his undoing. He was going to excruciatingly slow for her, making sure she enjoyed every moment of what he was to give her. He had to make up for the horrible experience she endured before. But, he was also giving her time to change her mind.

 

“Ho..ta..ru…are you sure…once…I start…I won't…be…able…”

 

“Please…please…”

 

He forced a little bit more and felt her stretch out around him. He moved his hands and played with her perfect breast and kissed her swollen lips and red neck as he continued to drive into her slowly.

 

Hotaru bent her knees and hooked her ankles behind his thighs as she pushed up to meet him. With her hand spread out on the flat her stomach and her fingers v'd out she felt him slide into her slowly until all of him was within her and she felt him slide out and back in. Her stomach was coiling over, something needed to be appeased and she had no idea what it was. Her mind wasn't functioning enough for her to think straight. She felt fevered, she was so hot that she knew that if he were to climb off her right now she'd freeze to death.

 

Inuyasha brought her hand back up so that he can get closer to her and she moaned when he licked her fingers clean. Than taking that hand he stretched it far over her head and began to nibble on bouncing breast. Pushing into her deeper and harder he positioned her legs over his forearms and smacked into her. Hearing the juice between them was like music in his ears. But it wasn't enough, he wanted to go deeper, he wanted to become one flesh with her.

 

Scooping her up into a sitting position he smashed her into him hugging her as now she was astride him. He pulled her up and down knocking into her pelvis wall with his hard thick staff. His movements were faster and his strokes deeper. Neither of them could think beyond what they were feeling. They seemed to feel as if nothing was around them but the warm night air tickling their heated bodies. Hotaru locked her ankles behind him as she helped to ride him like some wild Amazon woman on a feral untamed horse.

 

Her powers circled around them frantically causing their hair to rise up along with the white flowers. Soon it was so hot around them but at the same time so sensual so carnal, so…powerful so full of emotion. Hotaru began to tighten around him causing Inuyasha to suck in his breath as her tight walls began to suck on him eagerly. He thrusted into her even deeper, slower making sure that her body recognized every vein that passed through her. Her chest began to glow white as it flowed through him making his chest glow too. The little white flowers from the tree circled around them madly.

 

“Hotaru…I love you.”

 

He whispered into the shell of her ear; that was her undoing and with one final thrust into her soft body he poured his seed as he sank his teeth into her collar bone. Throwing her head back with a final earth shattering scream to the moon Hotaru's eyes were now devoid of pupils they were covered over in a bright purple light almost white as an extremely strong force of her power washed both of them out of sight and ran through the land sending ripples of whatever force drove through them.

 

Inuyasha found himself laying beside Hotaru on the soft warm grass as her body stilled hummed and crackled with power. He saw the mark on her neck, it was a beautiful mark shaped in a symbol from his youkai language that meant my gift, my beloved. She was asleep naturally which made him smirk. He then thought about what it was that he felt pass through his body when they hit their climax. Never in his life had he felt anything remotely close to this and watching her he began to examine what it was.

 

`I remember I felt like I was floating, I remember seeing her childhood, feeling how alone she felt. I remember seeing Kagome and Miroku arguing, I remember seeing her sitting on the tree crying and dreaming of a prince who would take her to his castle and keep her safe.'

 

Than seeing the dream he realized that she dreamt of a pair of golden eyes, `but she was so young, too young to remember the dream. What in the hell was that? I've never experienced anything like that. I then I…'

 

“Hotaru…I love you.”

 

Then he bit into her and that's when he saw her childhood in a flash of an eye. Everything up until the point when he met her.

 

`What the hell? I marked her…shit…I wasn't supposed to mark her, damn it all.'

 

Then he heard his inner voice, his beast speak.

 

`She is ours admit it. You've always wanted her. We've got her forever. It doesn't matter how she came to be, what matters is that she is our mate.'

 

`Yeah, but…my revenge!'

 

`Revenge doesn't matter now only mate does, we must help our mate.'

 

`Keh, you're right.'

 

He couldn't imagine his life now without her. Now he knows what it was that had been nagging the back of his mind. He smiled with the irony of it all. He vowed never to love women again especially mortal women, but, he fell in love with one anyway and still yet another priestess. He looked at her and moved a lock of her raven tresses off of her soft puffy pink lips and kissed her gently.

 

“I love you Hotaru. I love you.”

 

Then he picked up his head in alarm as he heard something moving in the bushes going the opposite way from where they lay. Pulling up from her and covering her body with his top robe he moved toward the direction he heard the noise when he came upon the clearing where the well lay.

 

“What the…”

 

He sniffed the air and thought he smelled Kagome's scent. He looked down the well and pondered for a moment when he heard a voice.

 

“Master Inuyasha.”

 

He turned around to see the Jeanie prostrating before him.

 

“Jeanie? What are you doing here?”

 

“Your second wish master has been finally fulfilled; I am here to grant your third wish.”