InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Condom City ❯ An Alliance Made ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter 2: An Alliance Made

They reached Inuyasha's hut and he pulled open the mat, allowing the others to enter before him, sending a glare at Sesshoumaru as he passed by. Inuyasha entered the hut and sat down opposite his brother. "All right, what do you want," Inuyasha asked, not taking his eyes off his older half-brother.

"I have come to propose a truce until the defeat of the evil hanyou, Naraku. He has made moves into my territory that will not be tolerated. He has also proved himself resourceful enough in the past that I realize I need help to defeat him," Sesshoumaru explained.

"So you want our help," Inuyasha asked, a bit stunned by his brother's offer.

Sesshoumaru barely contained his snort of disdain. "Hardly. I know that you also seek Naraku, so I have come to offer you my assistance since it will also solve a problem of my own," he told them. "Do we have a truce," he asked rather impatiently.

Inuyasha looked to Kagome, who sat at his side, and a silent conversation passed between them. He looked back at his brother in front of him. "You have your truce," Inuyasha said, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Good. Now do you mind telling me what was in your hair earlier," Sesshoumaru asked, raising an eyebrow at them.

Kagome stifled a giggle as she discreetly took a condom from her back and opened it. With a large grin, she quickly took aim and fired off the condom at Sesshomaru. She could contain her laughter no more when the object hit him in the face and the startled expression that crossed his face breifly afterwards. "That is what was in his hair earlier," Kagome told him as he picked it up between his thumb and forefinger up to his eye level and raised an eyebrow at her.

"Why did you shoot this at me, human," he questioned, his golden eyes meeting with her saphire blue eyes.

Kagome flashed a smile at Rin. "That is what you do with them. They're toys that I brought for Shippo, but Rin can play with them, too, if she would like," Kagome explained.

Before Rin could even ask Sesshoumaru for permission to play with them, Sesshoumaru nodded his consent. Rin hopped up with a big smile and ran over to Kagome and Shippo to play.

Out of the corner of her eye, Kagome watched as Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru stood and walked outside, leaving Jaken behind. After a few minutes, she saw them come in and sit down again. Kagome looked over at Inuyasha and caught his eye, giving him a look that said she wanted to know what that was all about later.

She played with Rin and Shippo for most of the rest of the afternoon, until both children had worn themselves out, then she put them down for a nap. Once Kagome was certain the two would be out for a while, she went back out in to the main room of the hut and sat next to Inuyasha.

Sesshoumaru sent Jaken out to check on their pack animal and then looked at Inuyasha and Kagome with a raised eyebrow. "If figures a hanyou like you would take a mate without properly marking her or receiving the proper approval," Sesshoumaru said disdainfully.

Inuyasha growled at the youkai across from him. "What are you talking about? I haven't taken a mate," he growled, seriously wanting to sharpen his claws on Sesshoumaru's body. "And what do you mean 'proper approval,'" he asked, clenching his fists to keep from fulfilling his desires.

Sesshoumaru glared at Inuyasha. "You may claim to have not taken a mate, but you still need my approval to mate with anyone," he hissed at Inuyasha.

Kagome just sat there, watching the two brothers fight. She didn't understand what they were fighting about and wasn't about to ask them. One thing she did know, she needed to calm Inuyasha down before the arguement went too far.

"Why should I care if you approve of who I take as my mate," Inuyasha asked, barely restraing his anger.

Kagome saw the look in Inuyasha's eyes, knowing she needed stop him soon. She placed a soothing hand gently on his arm, drawing his attention to her. "Inuyasha, calm down and let him explain what he's talking about."

Inuyasha growled his dislike of the situation, but back downed, still glaring at his so-called brother. Sesshoumaru calmed down, glancing between Inuyasha and Kagome. "Well are you going to explain what in Kami-sama's name you were talking about?"

"It is a family tradition, a precaution of sorts," Sesshoumaru told them. "If I should die with no heir, then your eldest son shall become the Lord of the Western Lands. It is not my wish for the Western Lands to be ruled by someone of lesser blood," he said, his voice and face looking very aloof. "The tradition is nothing but that, a tradition that was formed from a precaution that allows our family's bloodline to remain strong. But this tradition has been preformed for generations in our family, I wish for it to be continued for generations more," Sesshoumaru told them.

"Keh, whatever. Why should I care about the Western Lands, anyway," Inuyasha asked.

"You should care because, like that sword at your waist," Sesshoumaru said, looking pointedly at the Tetsusaiga, "and the sword at my waist," he added, gesturing towards the Tenseiga, "the lands are a part of our inheritance from our father. If we do nothing to protect them, then we would be dishonoring our heritage."

"Keh, like I ever knew the old man," Inuyasha snorted. "But if you're going to be hanging around here bugging me about it, I might as well agree to get you off my back," he said with a snort.

Kagome sighed her relief as she watched the two brothers actually talking civilly to each other, then she remembered something she wanted to ask Inuyasha. "Why did you two go outside," she asked, her gazing scanning over both of the brothers.

"That is none of your concern," Sesshoumaru told her.

Kagome glared at him. "Too bad. I'm making it my concern now," she growled at him. "Now tell me."

Sesshoumaru looked at her, a bit of respect showing in his eyes shortly, before it was quickly replaced by his usual stoic mask. "We were merely discussing a few things that have to do with our truce. It is nothing for you to worry about," he told her.

Kagome glanced at Inuyasha and saw him nod at her. She turned back to Sesshoumaru and nodded her understanding, still not liking the fact that she didn't know. "I'm going to go check on the children," she told the brothers as she stood and left the room. She returned from the room she had left Shippo and Rin asleep in with a content look upon her face. She sat back down and glanced between Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru as they sat in silence.

"So what do you propose we do about Naraku," Inuyasha asked.

"Do you not want to wait for your other companions before we make any plans," Sesshoumaru inquired.

"They went with the old miko to help another village that was being attacked by youkai that was thought to have some Shikon shards," Inuyasha explained, looking at Kagome.

"Naraku has been getting increasingly stronger due to the Shikon no kakera. We need do something about those first," he said.

"We've been travelling around, collecting shards that Naraku doesn't have to prevent him from gaining more," Inuyasha said, tucking his hands inside his sleeves. "But he's been hiding lately, so we haven't had an opportunity to get his shards."

"Not to mention the fact that Kikyo took the shards we had and gave them to him a while back," Kagome muttered grouchily.

Sesshoumaru looked at Kagome with a raised brow and then turned his gaze to Inuyasha. "Is what she says true," he asked. He watched Inuyasha nod sadly. "Then she will be dealt with as well."

"There's this problem with Kikyo," she said hesitantly. At Sesshoumaru's nod she continued. "She's already been dead once. A witch named Urasae brought her back to life in the hopes that Kikyo would find the shards for her, but Kikyo killed her."

"So what is the problem," Sesshoumaru asked.

Kagome looked at the floor, finding it to be much more interesting. "She has part of my soul," Kagome said.

Sesshoumaru sent her a questioning look. "You do realize that could be deadly to you and others," he asked.

Kagome nodded. "I kind of figured as much," she said quietly.

"Since I will be leaving Rin in your care, this Kikyo woman will need to be dealt with immediately," Sesshoumaru said as he rose from his position on the floor.

Inuyasha glared at Sesshoumaru. "Where do you think you're going," he said, standing up as well.

"I am going to go take care of a problem that you should have dealt with before it became a problem," Sesshoumaru said.

Shippo and Rin woke up from their nap shortly afterwards and Rin quickly noticed that Sesshoumaru had left her there, becoming quite upset. Kagome was quick to reassure her several times that he would come back for her. Once Rin was calm, Kagome made dinner for all of them, giving the children some opened condoms to play with to keep them occupied for the time being. By the time the stew she was making was done, there were once again condoms hanging from Inuyasha's ears, as well as Shippo's nose and there were a few in Rin's hair.

Kagome dished up a few bowls of the stew and set them in a semicircle around the fire. She walked over to Rin and Shippo and, taking the condoms off of them, told them to go wash up and to sit down. She went over to Inuyasha, who was sitting off to one side looking quite moody, and kneeled before him, her knees not quite touching his. She reached a hand out and took the condoms off of his ears, her fingers brushing against his cheek as she drew her hand back.

Inuyasha grabbed her hand and placed a quick kiss on her knuckles as he stood up and pulled her along with him. "Come on, let's get something to eat," he said quietly, dropping her hand right before Shippo and Rin came back inside. They all sat down and ate quickly, Shippo and Rin filling the silence that Inuyasha and Kagome let drift between them.

After dinner, Kagome took the children outside and played tag with them while Inuyasha watched with a barely visible smile. Kagome saw it, nonetheless and stopped to return it. But her stopping gave Rin time to catch up with her and declare Kagome 'it' with a slight poke to her stomach. They ran around playing for a while longer, until almost dark, when Kagome noticed that Rin and Shippo were getting tired. She took them inside and put them to bed, with few protests from the two as she tucked them in, kissing each of them on the forhead before she left.

Kagome went back outside to where Inuyasha was sitting on a fence, taking a deep breath to steady herself. "I think now is as good a time to talk as any," she said as she walked up to him.

Inuyasha could sense the sadness coming from her as she came closer. He nodded as he hopped off the fence and picked her up in his arms as he ran towards the forest. He hopped up onto one of the higher branches of one of the large trees and settled her sideways in his lap. "Okay, let's talk," he said, securely wrapping his arms around her.

"Why didn't you try to stop Sesshoumaru from leaving? You know he's going to go look for Kikyo," Kagome said, her voice quiet as she rested her head against his shoulder.

Inuyasha sat there silent for a moment as he brushed his fingers through her hair. "That isn't Kikyo. It's just a shell of who she used to be. Besides, you are so much better than she ever was. You show your emotions and care for everyone, including me. She wanted me to change before she would consider being with me and even then she was being selfish. She wanted me to use the power of the jewel to become something I'm not so that she would no longer need to protect it," he explained to her.

Kagome looked up him. "I would never want you to change. You're just fine the way you are," she said, her eyes drilling into his.

Inuyasha smiled at her. "I know. That's why I love you," he told her. He leaned his forhead against hers and nuzzled her face.

Kagome stared at him, dumbfounded, as what he said sunk in. "You love me," she asked. He nodded and she threw her arms around his neck, nearly causing him to lose his balance, but he managed to keep them both on the limb. "I love you, too," she told him, her voice muffled by his shoulder.

Inuyasha pulled her face away from his shoulder and gently caressed her cheek. He leaned in and took her lips in a chaste kiss, pulling away before she could fully respond to the kiss. "We should probably get out of this tree before we fall out of it," he said with a smirk that made Kagome blush. He gathered her up in his arms and jumped from the tree, landing quietly on the ground below. He ran back to the village and set Kagome on her feet when they broke through the treeline.

Kagome took Inuyasha's hand in her own, lovingly squeezing before letting go, but Inuyasha kept his hold on her hand. She smiled to herself as they threaded their fingers together as they walked to the hut.

Inuyasha held the door mat aside for Kagome as she walked through the doorway, their hands still clasped together, and then followed in after her, the mat falling closed behind them. He watched as Kagome quietly went into the room where Rin and Shippo were fast asleep and then came back with a few of the spare blankets. Inuyasha took a few from her and made a bed on the floor for her.

Kagome smiled up at him. "Thank you," she whispered as she stood on her toes and put her hands on his shoulders, placing a quick kiss on the tip of his nose. She crawled into the bed that Inuyasha had made for her, covering herself with another spare blanket.

Inuyasha sat against the wall closest to Kagome and draped the last blanket over himself. He leaned his head back against the wall and listened to the surrounding village for any sounds out of the ordinary as he fell in to a light sleep. A while later he was awoken by the sound of a horse coming in to the village, accompanied by the familiar scent of Miroku, Sango, Kirara, and Kaeda. He listened to the noise they were making until he heard the resounding slap of a hand hitting a cheek, the thud that came from an unconscious body hitting a wood floor, and the muttered 'hentai' that followed after. He relaxed once he was sure they were asleep and fell back into a light sleep, his ears still alert as he rested.

Kagome awoke with a start a while later and sat up breathing heavily, a hand over her rapidly beating heart. She looked around the room to see if she could find the cause for her waking, but found nothing except a now wide awake Inuyasha.

Inuyasha woke up when his sensitive ears picked up the sound of Kagome's increased breathing and heart rate. He saw her sit up and look around the room until her eyes came to rest on him. He crawled over to where she had been sleeping and placed a comforting hand on her back. "Are you alright, Kagome? What happened," he asked as he crouched next to her.

"Yes, I'm fine. I'm not sure what happened. All I know is that I was asleep and then it felt like I got hit in the stomach by something and I woke up," Kagome told him. She moved her hand from over her heart to her stomach where she had been hit. "But it doesn't hurt," she said, confused.

Inuyasha put a hand on top of her hand that rested on her stomach. "It's alright. Everything will be fine," he said, trying to comfort her by rubbing her back. "Miroku, Kaeda, Sango, and Kirara got back a while ago. We can go talk to them in the morning," he promised. "Try to get some rest. I won't let anything happen to you," he said, lightly squeezing her hand on her stomach.

Kagome nodded as she lied back down on the makeshift bed. She smiled weakly at Inuyasha as he pulled the blanket back over her. She watched as he leaned down and kissed her on the forhead before he grabbed the blanket he had been using and placed it over her feet. Kagome rolled onto her side in her quest to go back to sleep.

Inuyasha sat himself down by her head and brushed his fingers through her hair as she slowly drifted back to sleep. He kept his full attention on her until shortly before dawn, when he heard a sound at his door. He glanced down at Kagome, making sure she was safe, and then went over to the door and sniffed quickly. Inuyasha began to growl softly as he pushed aside the mat hanging over the door to reveal Sesshoumaru standing outside.

"Took you long enough to notice I was here," he growled as he walked in.

"Be quiet," Inuyasha growled softly in warning. "What are you doing back so soon," he asked as he sat back down at Kagome's head.

"The undead miko was not so hard to find, and was hardly worth my time. I don't understand why you didn't take care of her before," Sesshoumaru said, remembering to keep his voice down, if only to keep the truce in tact by not upsetting Inuyasha.

"It was complicated, okay," he retorted. "I take it that it was her soul returning that woke her earlier?" he asked. Inuyasha saw the slight nod from Sesshoumaru and looked down at Kagome as she slept. "What did you do with her ashes," he asked after a short period of silence.

"I brought them with me. You can do whatever you wish with them," Sesshoumaru replied.

"I see. I never thought I would say this to you, but Thank you," Inuyasha said with a half smile.

Sesshoumaru nodded as he stood. "You should get some rest. Your other companions have returned, so we will begin the search for Naraku once they have awoken," he said as he walked towards the door.

"Why don't you just stay in here. Rin and Shippo should be up soon," Inuyasha said as he glanced at the rising sun out the window.

Sesshoumaru said nothing as he moved back over to where he had been sitting. He watched Inuyasha as he intently watch the miko as she slept. "You haven't talked to her yet, have you," he asked, breaking the stillness in the room.

"No. I'll talk to her about it after Naraku is taken care of. Naraku could try to use it against me," Inuyasha replied.

Before either of them could say anything more, Rin and Shippo came running out of their room, Rin stopping in her tracks when she saw Sesshoumaru sitting there.

"Sesshoumaru-sama, you came back," Rin exclaimed happily as she ran to him and latched onto his neck.

Sesshoumaru placed a hand on her head as she sat down next to him, bouncing with her excitement. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't keep the softness from entering his eyes as he watched the young girl.

Inuyasha noticed it, but didn't say anything about it. He heard Kagome beginning to stir and looked down at her as she sat up.

"Morning," she said as she scooted back so that she was sitting next to Inuyasha instead of in the middle of the semicircle he and his older brother made. "How long has the sun been up," she asked as Shippo hopped into her lap.

"Not long," Inuyasha replied.

Kagome nodded and looked up to see Rin sitting happily next to Sesshomaru. "See Rin, I told you he would come back," Kagome said with a smile.

Rin nodded, a huge grin crossing her features. "Sesshoumaru-sama, where is Jaken-sama," she asked.

"He is with Ah-Un." Sesshoumaru said.

The door mat was pulled aside to reveal a shocked Miroku and Sango with Kirara sitting on Sango's shoulder. The two humans instantly moved into defensive stances when they saw Sesshoumaru sitting in the room.

"What is Sesshoumaru doing here, Inuyasha," Miroku asked.

"We made a truce, so just relax," Inuyasha growled. "He's going to help us defeat Naraku," he added.

Sango and Miroku slowly relaxed and walked the rest of the way into the hut. "We welcome the help, Sesshomaru-sama," Miroku said with a bow before he sat beside Inuyasha. Sango nodded her agreement to Miroku's statement as she sat next to Kagome with Kirara sitting on her lap.

Kagome sent Inuyasha a quick, worried look before looking back to Sango next to her.

Inuyasha caught her look and decided that he should tell her what he found out from Sesshoumaru earlier. "Sesshoumaru also took care of Kikyo," he announced.

Sango looked at the youkai lord in amazement. "You mean she's gone," she asked. She saw his slight nod and her jaw nearly hit the floor.

"What about the portion of Kagome-sama's soul that Kikyo possessed," Miroku asked.

"It returned to her last night," Inuyasha told them. He saw the relief flash over Kagome's face when she heard this.

"Rin-chan, Shippo-chan, why don't you two go play outside," Kagome said. She watched as the two children pouted a bit, but they quickly brightened at the prospect of playing outside. Kagome sent a questioning look to Sango and she nodded.

"Kirara, go keep an eye on them, please," she asked the feline youkai in her lap. Kirara meowed and hopped out of her lap and trotted out the door.

"Are we going to take the children with us," Kagome asked.

"I don't see why not. Shippo-chan always travels with us," Sango pointed out.

"I do not wish for Rin to go. Is there somewhere she could stay," Sesshoumaru asked.

Miroku thought for a moment. "She could stay with Kaeda-bachan," he suggested.

Kagome shook her head. "No good. What if Naraku finds out that she isn't with us and is here? He could come kidnap her and then try to use her against us," she pointed out to the rest of the group. "I think she should come with us."

"And where shall she stay when we face Naraku," Sesshomaru asked, clearly feeling possessive of his young ward, human or not.

Kagome thought for a minute. "Her and Shippo could stay with Jaken and whoever Ah-Un is," she suggested.

Sesshoumaru thought about what she said, then a barely audible sigh passed through his lips. "Fine, she will travel with us," he said. "How long before we can be ready to leave?"

"Some breakfast would be nice," Miroku said, adjusting his staff causing the rings to jingle a bit.

Inuyasha growled at him. "You mean you didn't eat before you came over here?"

"No, Kaeda-bachan had not yet prepared the meal when we left to come over here," Miroku replied.

Kagome sighed and got up to begin the meal without being asked. Sango went over to where Kagome was rebuilding the fire and put some water in one of the pots. Between the two of them, they had breakfast ready rather quickly. While Sango was dishing the food into bowls, Kagome went outside to get Shippo, Rin, and Kirara.

Kagome didn't see them outside, so she went to Kaeda's hut to check if they had gone over there. She was relieved when she found them talking to the older miko, asking her all kinds of questions. She ushered them out the door with a quick greeting to Kaeda and to the hut where the others were.

Everyone sat down and were served a bowl of food by Sango. Even Sesshoumaru partook of the morning meal. The group all ate quickly. When everyone was done, Miroku and Sango washed the dishes while Kagome went to Kaeda's to see if she could borrow some clothes since Inuyasha didn't want Sesshoumaru to know about the well, meaning she couldn't go home to get some clothes.

She returned shortly with a few changes of clothes folded over her arm, and a bow and quiver of arrows over her shoulder. Kagome went to her bag that had been set in a corner and began to put her borrowed belongings in the bag, leaving one set out to change into. When she was done, she went into the spare room with the change of clothes. Once she had came back into the main room, everyone else was packed and outside ready to go, so she tossed her other clothes into her back and was about to toss it on her shoulder, but Inuyasha grabbed it and a bow and quiver of arrows, and put them over his shoulder.

"You better bring the other bow and quiver, just in case," Inuyasha said, adjusting the bag and quiver on his shoulder. Kagome nodded and grabbed the other bow and quiver and then walked to the door where Inuyasha was waiting for her. The others were already outside waiting for them, but Inuyasha stopped her before she went outside and kissed her on the forhead.

Kagome blushed prettily as she walked outside and joined in Sango and Miroku's conversation as they walked in the opposite direction of the Bone Eaters Well. Shippo hopped on her shoulder while Kirara was purring contently in Sango's arms. Rin was running around the small group, chasing a butterfly, but stopped when she was told not to wander off. Kagome took a moment to see if she could sense any shards within her range, but couldn't.

Inuyasha walked out of the hut behind Kagome but was stopped by Sesshoumaru's hand on his shoulder.

"You should talk to her," Sesshoumaru said. "Before Naraku is defeated," he added.

Before Inuyasha could tell him to butt out of his life, Sesshoumaru let go of his shoulder and began walking in the same direction the group had gone in. Inuyasha growled as he caught up with the rest of the group. He was slightly shocked when a two headed dragon flew overhead and landed on the path in front of them. Before he could say or do anything, Sesshoumaru spoke up.

"Jaken, what took you so long to catch up?"

The toad youkai jumped off of the two headed dragon and bowed. "I am sorry, Sesshoumaru-sama. I was not certain of the direction in which you were heading, so it took me some time to catch up," Jaken said, his forhead still to the ground.

Sesshoumaru ignored his groveling and grabbed the pack, bow, and quiver off of Inuyasha's back as he walked by and put it on Ah-Un's back, then he walked to Rin and placed her on Ah-Un's back as well. Rin was about to pout, but Sesshoumaru plucked Shippo off of Kagome's shoulder and placed him next to Rin. "Jaken, protect them with your life," he commanded as he continued down the road.

"Yes, milord," Jaken said as he scrambled back into his seat on Ah-Un's back and directed the dragon down the road after Sesshoumaru.

Shippo looked at Kagome from his perch on the back of the dragon, worried, but stayed put when he saw her nod at him. He and Rin played on the back of the large animal as it lumbered down the pathway where the small green youkai steered it. Everyonce in a while, Shippo would look back at Kagome, to make sure everything was okay.

Kagome pushed Sango and Miroku forward, telling them to keep an eye on Shippo, giving them the excuse that she needed to ask Inuyasha something. She hung back a bit until Inuyasha caught up the two steps he was behind her and then she fell in step with him as he walked. "Are we sure we can trust him," she asked him in a whisper.

Inuyasha took her hand in his and gave it a quick squeeze before he released her it. "We can trust him. That was something we talked about," Inuyasha assured her, speaking only loud enough for her ears. "He's just bossy," he added with a smirk, making his voice loud enough he was sure Sesshoumaru heard him. It was confirmed when Sesshoumaru glared at Inuyasha over his shoulder.

Kagome giggled and poked him in the shoulder. "You knew he would hear you, didn't you," she accused him.

He didn't reply, only smiled at her. They walked in silence for a bit while Inuyasha contemplated a few of the things Sesshoumaru had told him. Finally he came to a decision and acted upon it. "Kagome, I need to ask you something," he said, stopping and taking her hand in his once again.

"Yes, what is it Inuyasha," she asked, looking him in the eye.

"Will you be my mate," he asked her, holding his breath while he waited for her to answer.

Kagome smiled up at the worried inu hanyou. "Yes. Of course I will," Kagome replied, a huge grin breaking out on her features.

Inuyasha quickly kissed her on the lips, gazing into her eyes when he pulled away. "We should catch up with the others," he said quietly.

When Kagome nodded, he turned around and crouched down for her get on his back. Once she had wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms around his shoulders, Inuyasha took off after the rest of the group. They caught up quickly and Kagome slipped off of his back and walked next to Inuyasha. Sango and Miroku hung back a bit so they were walking next to Inuyasha and Kagome and together the group followed after the youkai lord and the two headed dragon.