InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Distant Love ❯ things just keep happening... ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter 3

"Oww..."

Kagome stood up from the ground and rubbed her butt, mumbling curses. She heard something that sounded like a chuckle and looked up into a pale handsome face with gorgeous gold eyes.

'Wow.' she thought then quickly shook her head. 'What am I thinking?!' she scolded herself.

Out loud she said, "What do you want. . . SHESSHOUMARU?"

Shesshoumaru's eyes widened when he realised who he was looking at. His half-brother's mortal wench. But she wasn't a mortal anymore. For some reason, for which he was secretly happy, Kagome the mortal had turned into Kagome the hanyou. The truth was that he found her pretty enough when she was a mortal but she looked stunning now that she was half demon. A half DOG demon at that!

'I'd be willing to have a hanyou for a mate if it was Kagome!' Shesshoumaru thought. He was brought back to earth by a very cold question from the person. . . er. . . female. . . he was thinking about.

"I said. . . what do you want?" Kagome growled.

"Lots of things, I'd start with my half-brother thought," he told her. At the mention of Inuyasha, her ears laid back and she bared her fangs.

"He's dead," Kagome hissed and she heard a lifeless and humourless chuckle come from Shesshoumaru. His lips didn't even so much as curve upwards.

"That's what you think. I admit that Kikyo did trick him so that. . . that dragon could kill him but that was all part of Naraku's plan."

"Naraku. . . What does he have to do with it?"

"Lots. You see, Inuyasha's with Kikyo now, and is exactly like her. a walking corpse."

"So you're telling me that Kikyo had him killed so that they could be together?! That's sick!"

"True. But it wasn't the original plan, I'm afraid."

"It wasn't?"

"No."

"Then. . . what was?"

"To get the Shikon no Tama and your soul. Well, what's left of it."

"How could she get the Shikon no Tama if Inuyasha was with me?"

"It is so SIMPLE! That stupid pup would be the one to get it from you."

"NO. . . I don't believe you. . ." Kagome whispered. She held the half- formed jewel hanging around her neck and backed away from him. Here purple eyes were wide and tears were starting in them.

"You should," Shesshoumaru told her. He hated to do this but he knew that there was no other way, unless he let them kill her. Which he didn't want. "He was planning to kill you so that Kikyo could have a whole soul."

Kagome's head sagged. She knew that what Shesshoumaru was saying was true. Inuyasha wanted the jewel for two things. . . to make him a full youkai, and to revive his love, Kikyo. Inuyasha had wanted his Kikyo back, so much that he died just to be with her.

Kagome's tail went in between her legs, signifying that she was extremely unhappy.

Suddenly, her stomach growled, reminding her of her original destination.

Sesshou's POV

I chuckled inwardly when I heard her stomach growl.

So, she was hungry, was she? I wonder how long it's been since she last ate. Must've been a long time.

"When did you last eat, whelp?" I asked her.

I adopted the term that I used for my half-brother. She didn't even get mad or anything! Hmmn. . . probably too hungry to argue. . .

"Around three days ago. . ." Kagome told me. I frowned at her obvious disregard for her health.

Just then, my ears picked up a pained yell. She must have heard it too 'cause she ran towards where it came from. I ran after her and tried to match my speed with hers. . . it didn't work. She was running too fast. . . and she was only a hanyou!

I noticed that we were going towards a village.

Yuck! Mortals! At least my Rin doesn't smell like them, even if she IS mortal.

We reached a small hut that was being attacked by. . . Inuyasha.

Kagome rushed over to where he was and stood between him and his small victim. I looked closer and saw that it was a little kitsune, the one that was always with her.

She growled at Inuyasha and bared her fangs at him.

Normal POV

Kagome growled & bared her fangs at Inuyasha making him back away slowly.

Kagome was livid. Her maternal instincts had gotten stronger when she turned into a hanyou and they had now taken over her completely.

"WHAT. . . were you doing. . . to my PUP?!" she ground out behind clenched teeth.

"Feh." Inuyasha snorted, trying to act like he wasn't the least bit fazed. "I was going to have him for dinner," he said sarcastically. Then his eyes narrowed at her. "Who are you and what are you doing at Kaede's house?" Inu asked her.

Shesshoumaru walked up to them and smirked.

"You don't recognise her, do you?" he taunted. "Why not take a good sniff."

Inuyasha took a deep breath, getting a good-sized dose of Kagome's scent, which made his eyes widen.

"Kagome?! No, you can't be. . . Kagome is human!" Inu shouted.

Kagome smirked and risked a glance behind her. Shippo was still scared to death, but only because he knew that Inuyasha was supposed to be dead. Not there terrorising him.

Luckily, Kagome had come to his rescue. Along with. . . SHESSHOUMARU?! And it didn't escape his notice that Kagome had turned into a hanyou. He just didn't care about that.

Actually, all he could think of was, 'My mom's a hanyou now?'

Kagome turned her back on Inuyasha, trusting that he wouldn't attack her with Shesshoumaru right there, and went to pick up Shippo. She comforted him by licking his cheek before wrapping him up in her bushy tail. Her tail just dragged a bit on the floor and all in all, wasn't that long. Well, not as long as Sesshou's anyway.

By wrapping Shippo up in her tail, he was forced to ride on her back and hold on to her shoulders.

Kagome turned her attention to the two men before her. Inuyasha still looked shocked that Kagome was a hanyou now.

Shesshoumaru looked cool, as usual. But that was only on the outside. Inside he was shaken to see Kagome loving her pup.

And that lick she gave him.

OOOOOHHH! It sent an involuntary shiver through Sesshou's body.

Kagome glared at Inuyasha.

If he was alive, that meant that what Shesshou had told her a while ago was true and that they really WERE after her.

"What are you doing here?" Kagome bit out.

"Looking for you. . ." Inuyasha answered. Shesshoumaru yawned into his hand and walked over to Kagome, not noticing his half brother's glare which was directed towards him.

"This is getting boring. Kagome, let me take your pup and put him with mine while you fight," he said, reaching over to grab Shippo.

Kagome's tail moved him away. 'What is Fluffy trying to pull?' she thought. 'He doesn't have a pup!'

Shesshoumaru looked at her. "What's wrong?" he asks.

"What pup are you talking about?" she asked him.

"Don't you remember Rin? I've adopted her just like you adopted that kitsune on your back. She's at the field of flowers near the river. It's dangerous for your pup to be here, Kagome."

Kagome still didn't trust him so she just ignored him. But when she turned back to *ahem* interrogate Inu-chan, he was long gone.

[A/N: Maybe he decided to lose his mind. NAAHHH!!! Naraku just ordered him to go with Kikyo and get outta there.]

Kagome growled and sniffed the air, looking for his scent. But she had a very big problem. . . she didn't know what he smelled like. She was too busy [and angry!] to notice his scent or to take note of it.

All she smelled was the sort of musty [not musky!] smell of Shippo, which all kitsune's had, dirt of course and some bones, and a certain sensual smell that happened to smell sort of like. . . strawberries & chocolate.

She traced it back to. . . SHESSHOUMARU?!

Now why would he smell like strawberries and chocolate?!

Kagome's eyes widened as she walked off with Shippo in her arms and Fluffy following her.

'NOW where is she going?' Shesshoumaru thought as he followed her, his FLUFFY tail floating in the breeze.