InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Destined Love ❯ Fire Flies & Bath Time Revelations ( Chapter 17 )

Chapter 17 – Fire Flies & Bath Time Revelations


Kagome couldn’t take it anymore, she fell to her knees and cried; it had been three days since the deer incident and since then she had been “watched over” while bathing, had random dead animals dropped at her feet, been woken up by people being WAY to close, being ordered around like she was some invalid and had her personal space invaded to much for her liking and lets not forget the sniffing, oh HOW could we forget the SNIFFING! It was like watching males have a pissing contest, degrading and humiliating to them and those who had to endure watching it, not that THEY cared.
“Are you ok Kagome?” Sango asked kneeling down to her near hysterical friend.
“No, I am NOT ok!” She yelled standing up, “I have had to endure all of this STUPID, MORONIC, IDIOTIC CRAP for the past THREE DAYS! I can’t TAKE this anymore! You three STOP this crap now! I DON’T need ANY of this shit, now we’re stopping for the night so I can calm down GOT IT!” she fumed, she was tired, cranky, miserable and just wanted to cry; she had had enough. Said males gulped but nodded none the less, they knew she was pissed and needed to calm down.

“Kagome calm down please,” Sango asked as she slipped into the water of the hot spring they found nearby.
“How can I Sango,” her friend whined on the verge of tears, “why are they doing all of this? Are they TRYINIG to send me insane?” she asked looking at her best friend.
“Kagome I know you said you have read up about demon mating and stuff like that but how much do you know?” Sango asked.
“Well not much really, I know that a verbal claim has no merit only scent marking or a visual mark, most demons mate for life and are fiercely protective of their mates, and that it deferrers from species to species.” She replied.
“I though so.” Sango said, staring into the water thinking.
“What? What is it?” Kagome asked getting worried.
“Kagome… do you know HOW a demon finds his mate?” Sango asked looking up from the steamy water.
“I always thought it was something like an instinct or something like that telling them.” Kagome asked getting confused.
“Well sometimes it’s like that, but even if it is they have to have permission of the female before the mating.” Sango explained.
“I never knew that.” Kagome said blinking in surprise.
“Do you know what courting is Kagome?” Sango asked, already knowing the answer.
“Courting? The guys mentioned that before… what is it?” Kagome asked.
“Ah… well that explains EVERYTHING then.” Sango said with a smile clapping her hands together.
“Explains what?” Kagome whined, “Tell me Sango!”
“Well, courting is a form of “getting to know” someone before an actual mating.” Sango explained, “They give gifts, try to make them feel as comfortable as possible to show them that they are the best candidate for the females mate.”
“You mean like dating?” Kagome asked, forgetting Sango didn’t know the term.
“Date…ing?” Sango asked cocking her head to the side.
“Oh I forgot you didn’t know, umm… it’s kinna like that only it’s the period before marriage instead of mating, it’s a way to see if it’s going to workout between two people or not.” Kagome said, her turn for an explanation.
“Ah yes, that’s pretty much what courting is Kagome only on a much more serious level.” Sango replied.
“More serious level?” Kagome asked looking lost again.
“Yes, with mating; the one you choose you are with for life, you can not try again, you can not leave them, not until death.” Sango explained and Kagome paled.
“Are you serious!?” Kagome squeaked.
“Very, Kagome I’m telling you this because three of the males in our little group have been attempting to court you for about three to four days now, and four of them don’t seem to be happy about it.” Sango said trying to hide her growing grin.
“Wow,” Kagome said gob smacked, “Wait… you said three were courting me but four were upset about it? How does that work?!” Kagome asked holding her head.
Sango chuckled, “Well it’s natural that the competition wouldn’t like each other right? So that’s Kouga, Inuyasha and this new guy Maoru.” Sango said eyes lit with mirth and mischief.
“Well I knew Kouga and Inuyasha liked me but Maoru too?!” Kagome whispered.
“Do you want to know who the other person who didn’t seem to happy about the courting was?” Sango asked almost bubbling over in her excitement.
“Eh? Who?” Kagome asked reaching over for her water bottle for a drink.
Sango’s grin grew wider as Kagome took a drink, “It’s Sesshomaru.” She said unable to hold the laugher from her voice.
Kagome spat out her drink all over her unsuspecting friend and coughed like mad with wide eyes and a racing heart. When she had recovered she yelled, “WHAAAAAAAAAAT!?” in her shock she forgot about the attention seeking males until they had burst through the bushes to see what the danger was to see Kagome standing in a hot springs, the water only up to her waist and staring at them before beginning to scream all over again and ducking under the water.
“PERVERTS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?” Kagome screamed.
“YOU WERE YELLIN YOU’RE DAMN HEAD OFF SO WE CAME YOU CHECK ON YOU!” Inuyasha yelled, though his bright red face didn’t make it seem as threatening is it should have been.
“Fine…nothing is wrong now GO BACK TO CAMP!” She hissed and the three males shook their head and began walking back to camp with red faces and mental pictures they would always treasure.
“That was so humiliating.” Kagome cried.
“it’s alright Kagome, that just proves my point; I’ll bet Sesshomaru is out there somewhere as well, reluctant to actually show himself and let you know he actually DOES care.” Sango chuckled as she heard a soft growl and the sound of slight movement.
‘So I was right’ Sango though with a grin, this would certainly be interesting.
“Anyway I’m going to head back to camp so finish up and don’t take to long ok.” Sango said as she exited the water, leaving the girl from the future to her thoughts.
“Well I don’t want to go back to camp yet,” she said to herself as she climbed out of the water and dressed, “there’s a cliff near here, I wonder what the view is like?” she said as she began walking toward the direction of said cliff.

As she reached it her breath caught in her throat, for standing at the edge of the cliff was Sesshomaru, staring at the moon. He looked like a fallen god, wishing to return to the heavens, the pale light of the moon seemed to make him glow with ethereal light, his silver locks billowing in the breeze, teasing the trestles that seemed to move in a hauntingly beautiful dance; his face tilted toward the moon made him more beautiful than she could remember, his golden eyes seemed almost sad as he watched the moon high in the sky, unaware or uncaring of his watcher. She took a step toward him and suddenly stopped in awe as thousands of fire flies took flight from their hiding places in the grass to dance around the meadow at the top of the cliff; she couldn’t resist and began dancing with the fire flies forgetting about the demon lord watching the moon. Said demon lord was no longer watching the moon but had turned to see what had happened behind him and he had frozen in shock, he watched in a fascinated trance as Kagome danced carefree with the fire flies that had awoken; they danced around her seeming to dance with her as she glowed with the vibrant glow of the fire flies, but the smile on her face made her shine like the stars, it was the most beautiful thing he had seen in his life though he would never tell it to a soul. Suddenly Maoru’s words came back to haunt him “you may not realise it yet my friend, but she has captured your heart as well; jealousy can make us blind to that which we truly want.” Was it true? Did he really care about this creature before him? Kagome had only just noticed she was being watched and turned to the demon lord giving him a smile that made his heart stop and speed up and the same time and he had his answer; yes, the demon lord cared for her, more than he would even admit to himself.

END OF CHAPTER

WOOT another one done I thought I would put in something relatively awwwww-ish lol and some sess/kag moments she here is one of them ^^ ok well Kags now knows about the whole courting thing and Sessho has ADMITTED his feelings… well some of them anyways….. And only to himself but HEY! It’s a start!!! :D this is where it starts t get interesting >:D heh heh heh *grins evilly*