InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Dare ❯ Chapter One ( Chapter 1 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

It is evening time. The day has been beautiful and sunny, but unfortunately, far too long for Inuyasha and Miroku, after tracking Naraku’s scent from dusk until dawn. But now it is time to relax and later on; have a little fun. “This is a stupid idea, Miroku! There’s no way in the twelve underworlds my brother is going to come; plus everyone is probably drained and their noses are aching from chasing after Naraku’s bad odor all day!” “Inuyasha, stop being so apocalyptic...” “What the hell did you…?” Miroku interrupts him, “Inuyasha, all I’m saying is… be a little bit more optimistic. Besides, aren’t you sick and tired of being around the girl’s 24/7, focusing on defeating Naraku continuously, and hearing and feeling the pain of Kagome’ Sama shouting, (Miroku speaks in a high-pitched mocking imitation of Kagome’s voice) ‘Osuwari…osuwari!,’ day after day? You know what I say? It’s time for us guys to get away…and have a lot of fun doing it.”

‘Well, the word, ‘fun’ does give off a good echo in my ears,’ Inuyasha thinks to himself. “O.K., Miroku, But Buddha forbids, if this goes wrong; you’re going to hear my mouth for a long time to come.” “We already know that, Inuyasha,” Miroku responds sarcastically. After Miroku and Inuyasha wish Sango and the gang fair well, (and by the way; all Sango, Kagome’ and the others know; is that Miroku and Inuyasha are going to an exclusively male celebration of a powerful Shinto deity. However, they were not informed of who the other guests were going to be, nor that it was only going to be a gathering of four and not necessarily the celebration of a deity either) first, Miroku and Inuyasha (at the suggestion of Miroku,) head off to the nearby hot springs to bathe briefly. Afterwards, they depart and continue on towards their final destination for the night. After traveling a moderate distance and jumping down towards the bottom of a cliff with Miroku on Inuyasha’s back, into a canyon that will help shade them from any prying eyes; they finally arrive at the agreed upon, secret location. Inuyasha immediately notices that no one has arrived and begins speaking, sarcastically, “…Looks like nobodies here…what a shame. Let’s go home then…” Miroku quickly interrupts Inuyasha, “We didn’t go through all of this trouble getting here, only to head back now. Patience, Inuyasha…Patience.” Miroku pauses as a sulky scowl manifests on Inuyasha’s face.

Miroku glares at him and then speaks in an exasperated and slightly authoritative tone of voice, “We’re getting things ready now.” After delegating who’s going to do what; Inuyasha, reluctantly but none the less, gets to work roasting the fish he caught; cutting up, with his Tetsusaiga, all the raw boar meat he also caught and killed, leaving it uncooked; cooking the rice Miroku received as a gift from a beautiful girl earlier that day; hanging the paper lanterns; setting up tents and taking out the Sake’ goblets for all the Sake’ everyone’s going to be drinking later on (If everyone comes, that is.) As Inuyasha is doing all of this by himself at yokai like speeds; Miroku secures the perimeters with a lot of spell scrolls and other more powerful barrier generators, not mentioned in canon. He designs the barrier to weaken only for those who were invited to the gathering. He also collects wood and then creates a camp fire. First twenty minutes pass…then thirty… then forty, when all of a sudden a loud gust of wind is heard and then Inuyasha picks up a scent. Inspite of Inuyasha’s awareness of the barrier Miroku had erected, just to be on the safe side; Inuyasha places his hand on his Tetsusaiga. Then after getting a sufficient idea of the source of the scent, he suddenly takes his hand off of his Tetsusaiga and verbalizes lifelessly, “Oh, it’s just that mangy wolf.”

Just then Kouga touches down. “Hey, Miroku, what’s up?” “Hey Kouga…Glad to see you came!” Miroku exclaims, enthusiastically. Then Kouga addresses Inuyasha in a lusterless way, saying, “Hey, Mutt.” “Hey, mangy wolf…” Miroku interrupts Inuyasha yet again, “Ooo.k, everyone. Why don’t we all have some Sake’ and settle down a bit.” After Miroku’s statement, everyone is just silent for a few seconds. “…Well is there anything else that needs to be done, Miroku?” Kouga asks, trying to dissipate the uncomfortable stillness that had taken over the moment. Miroku replies, “No, not really; but I’m sure we can think of something.”


Miroku and Kouga move away from Inuyasha as Miroku goes off on a rant that is just like gibberish to Inuyasha’s ears, as he sits cross legged with his arms folded in a weary trance. Another thirty minutes pass. Then, at some point while sitting down and listening to Kouga replying to a comment he’d just made in their conversation; Miroku looks up briefly and spots a long train of fur high up in the sky.