InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fang of the Father ❯ Attack ( Chapter 23 )

LES: Here's the second part of my birthday update! Hopefully, I'll have some more time to update and writing now that all that crap is done with. Being sick… trips to LA… family trouble. Well, I apologize for all the delays and I'll try to keep it to a minimum in the future.

 

Chapter XXIII: Attack

 

The weeks passed. Summer had hit full force, the pup was slowly but surely being brought back from the brink of death, and Kagome was showing more than ever. And, as a direct result, Inuyasha became even more protective of Kagome than usual.

On one level, Kagome loved the extra attention because she knew that it came from a place of love. But, mostly, it fried her nerves, and she was sitting him more often. In fact, she was sitting him as often as she did when they first met, when he was actively trying to kill her.

“How are you feeling?”

“I'm fine, Inuyasha.”

“Do you need anything?”

“No.”

“How about some food? I could go catch something…”

“Sit!”

The hanyou cried out in dismay as he was reacquainted with his old friend: the ground.

Kagome planted her feet, her hands on her nearly non-existent hips. “Damnit, Inuyasha! Stop smothering me!”

Inuyasha growled and pushed himself to his feet. “Bitch. I'm just trying to help!”

“Then help me: don't help me!” Kagome sighed. “You're stressing me out!”

“Stressing you out? Is that was I do to you? I thought I… loosened you up?” Inuyasha growled seductively as he traced the curve of her breast with a claw.

However, instead of moaning with passion and pressing into the contact, Kagome groaned and pulled away. “No.”

“Huh?” Inuyasha gasped, surprised. This was the first time that Kagome had refused to have sex with him. When he initiated the sex, she submitted, and when she was horny, he obliged. Never before had one partner refused the other.

“I'm just… not in the mood.” Kagome said.

“What mood?!?” Inuyasha growled. He sniffed and found that Kagome was not aroused at all. “What the hell's wrong, `Gome? Do you regret being my mate? Do I no longer satisfy you?”

Tears began to leak from Kagome's eyes. “It's not you! It's me! How can you bare to even look at a bloated blimp like me?”

“What?” Inuyasha asked, more confused than ever. What the hell is a blimp?!? “How could you think that I wouldn't be attracted to you because you're pupped?”

“I'm getting fat!” Kagome cried.

“You ain't getting fat, you stupid bitch.” Inuyasha said seriously. “When you're pupped, it happens. And, besides…” Inuyasha pressed his clawed hand gently upon the swelling of her lower abdomen. “This is a miracle. You are giving me something I never thought I'd have… a pup of my own. How could I not find you beautiful?”

Kagome gazed up into his amber eyes, and he smirked confidently. Kagome smiled back and leaned into his welcoming arms.

Inuyasha pressed his nose to her hair and inhaled her scent deeply. And he began to groom the fur on her dog ears. Any other time, such contact would end with them making love but now it was simply to give comfort and to reassure his mate of her beauty.

“You are carrying our pup. How could I not think that you are beautiful?” Inuyasha asked.

Kagome giggled. “Will you still think I'm beautiful when I look like a beached whale?”

“The most beautiful beached whale in the world.” Inuyasha said with a silly grin.

Kagome playfully shoved his shoulder. “Sorry for subduing you. I don't know what's come over me.”

“Feh. Don't think too much on it, bitch. Most of the time, it hardly hurts, except when you lose your head and sit me several times at once.” Inuyasha said, crossing his arms over his chest.

Kagome smiled and leaned up into him, and pressed a kiss to his lips. Inuyasha responded eagerly, thinking that she had changed her mind about having sex with him.

Kagome giggled at his enthusiasm. “Not right now, Puppy.”

Inuyasha growled, a little irked at the pet name that she had chosen for him. After all, he may be an Inu-hanyou, but he was not a puppy!”

Kagome laughed harder upon hearing Inuyasha's growl of displeasure. “We're alone, aren't we? I can't call my mate whatever I want?”

“Well… no. But do you have to call me `puppy'?” Inuyasha asked.

“Of course.”

“But I'm a fully-grown Alpha-male!” Inuyasha complained. Kagome glared at him, and the hanyou sighed. “Feh. Okay, but only when we're alone.”

Kagome smiled and reached up to rub the extremely sensitive spot behind Inuyasha's ears. “Good Puppy!”

“No fair.” Inuyasha growled, but enjoyed the attention non-the-less.

“I love you too.” Kagome whispered, kissing him again.

Inuyasha was glad to take what he could. He gently probed her hot mouth with his tongue. Kagome responded eagerly, meeting his tongue in a duel. Then she allowed him to win, but she wasn't complaining.

Her hands drifted down from his ears to his shoulders to hold him captive. She may not have felt up to something as physical as sex, but she wasn't going to refuse to comfort her mate.

Kagome moaned in pleasure, pressing her body as close to her mate as her expanding midriff would allow. “Inu…” She felt his arousal pressing against her hip. “I'm sorry. Let me help you.”

She reached down between then and grasped his arousal through the fabric of his hakama. Inuyasha hissed in pleasure as she stroked him and he automatically began to pump into her hand.

“Ugh… Kami, `Gome!” Inuyasha moaned, falling quickly into ecstasy under his mate's expert care.

Suddenly Kagome stepped away before Inuyasha could reach fulfillment. The hanyou growled in annoyance. “Bitch, what are you…?” His ears suddenly caught the noise that he had missed, distracted as he was. The pitter-patter of a small creature quickly approaching.

Aroused and unfulfilled as he was, he was unable to think with anything except his small head, and his immediate instinct was to mate-guard from the threat.

He snarled loudly as she began to position himself between his mate and the threat. But Kagome quickly blocked him.

“Kagome!” Inuyasha hissed.

“It's Shippo. He shouldn't catch us like this.” Kagome said.

Beating through the haze of his lust, Inuyasha glanced down at himself. Baggy, his hakama may be, but it did nothing to hide his erection. Perhaps if he were the size of a mortal his hakama would have been sufficient. But the size of his assets were that of a Yokai. He didn't want to think about what sort of questions Shippo would ask if he saw the tent in Inuyasha's hakama. Probably something along the lines of: `Why're you walking around with a stick down your pants?'

Inuyasha swore violently and then darted into the surrounding forest.

Several seconds later, and right on time, Shippo came into view. He was panting heavily, as if he had run the whole way.

“Shippo? What…?” Kagome began, shocked.

“B—bandits!” Shippo gasped. “At Kaede's…”

Kagome froze. It had been so long since something had attacked the village… Inuyasha usually protected it. “Bandits?” Kagome gasped. “But what about Miroku and Sango? They should be more than enough to handle some human bandits.”

“They snuck into the village and they have Kaede and the Headman as a hostage. Miroku and Sango can't do anything. What about Kenji and Megumi?”

“They are taking care of the pup. It's a full-time job. We can't call them.” Kagome said. She considered calling for Inuyasha, but if she knew him at all, he had probably run about a mile away to take care of his problem. “I'll have to deal with this myself.”

“No, Kagome! What about your pup?” Shippo demanded.

“I'll be fine. I'm a hanyou, not a human woman.” She rushed into her near-by house to grab her longbow and arrows. She rushed out and made her way quickly to the village. God, I hope everyone's alright.

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At first glance, you would not be able to tell that foul deeds were taking place in Kaede's village. No screams, no blood, and no houses burning. But the residents were being held captive by a large group of men.

Sango had never been more frustrated in her life. She was a woman of action, but as long as the two most important humans in the village were held hostage, she could do nothing. Except try to get answers.

“What do you want from us?” She demanded the nearest thug.

The man shrugged. “We heard of a human village harboring filthy hanyous. Those filthy half-breeds disturb the order of nature and it is our job to set things right. So, Miko…” He addressed Kaede. “Are there hanyous here?”

Kaede may be old, and lack the vast spiritual powers of her late sister and Kagome, but she was also brave beyond her years. “Hanyous do live here. They offer their protection, and in return, they are given the same rights as any mortal villager.”

“Huh. Some protectors they are.” The lead rogue laughed. “Where are these hanyou protectors now?”

“Right here.”

The men looked around and saw Kagome with her bow drawn and an arrow aimed at them. Unfortunately, the angle of her body clearly showed that she was with child.

“An Inu-hanyou bitch! And a pregnant one at that!” The leader said. “They're even breeding!”

“Shut up!” Kagome growled. “Leave this village now before my mate comes back. You won't receive any kindness or mercy from him.”

“You think us scared of a pathetic hanyou like you? Monk!” A monk stepped forward from the thugs and pulled out some sutras similar to Miroku's.

Kagome's eyes narrowed as the monk threw the sutras at her. She was tempted to simply dodge the sutras, but she also wanted them to know exactly what they were dealing with. She swung her bow, charged with Miko energy, as she had when she deflected Dark Miko Tsubaki's curse back at her. The sutras dissolved into harmless ash. The monk gasped and took a step back.

“How could a mere hanyou use a miko's spiritual powers? She must be a Dark Miko!”

Kagome laughed. “I suppose I am a Dark Miko. After all, I do use Yokai power to increase my spiritual powers.”

“Then you admit your use of evil black magic!”

“No! Dark Miko or not, I am not evil.” Kagome said.

“There's no such thing.” The monk paused and chanted a short spell. Suddenly, Kagome felt as if she had been tied by invisible robes, and she yelped in surprise. “A spell that binds creatures that contain both Yokai and spiritual energy. It's useful when facing a Dark Miko.” The monk said.

“Let her go!” Miroku yelled, trying to appeal to this monk as a fellow monk. “It's true that Kagome is using the powers of a Dark Miko, but could an evil Dark Miko use her powers to purify the Shikon no Tama as Kagome does?”

“Be quiet, novice!” The monk ordered. “In a moment of weakness, she has obviously bewitched you.” The monk turned to the other men. “The surest way to kill her now is to take off her head. Do it.”

“But… what about the male?” One of the men asked.

“You fool! Mated Yokai and hanyous are dependent upon the safety of their mate. This male was a fool to leave his pregnant bitch unprotected. If we kill the male's whore, the male will know it, curl up somewhere and rot.” The monk said. “Three hanyous with one stone.”

“Oh yeah.” One of the men drew a human blade and approached Kagome menacingly.

Kagome couldn't physically struggle against what bond her. She tried to call upon the powers of the Chouin-taken to protect her, but the bind had affected its powers as well. After all, it was a mixture of Yokai power and spiritual power itself.

She felt tears coming, not just for herself and her approaching death, but for her beloved Inuyasha and her unborn pup. “Inuyasha…” She whispered.

Suddenly, there was a flash of red and silver and the man with the sword went flying twenty feet through the air. The figure tossed his head and snarled angrily. “Stay away!”

“Inuyasha!” Kagome gasped, but then she trailed off. No… that's not Inuyasha! It was true that the figure had his silver hair, dog ears, and golden eyes; but there was enough difference to know that it was not Inuyasha. He didn't possess the Tetsusaiga, which Inuyasha rarely kept out of arm's reach. His hair and eyes were a shade too dark. Perhaps other people wouldn't be able to tell the difference, but Kagome was intimately familiar with her mate, and this copy was not her mate.

Copy… Oh my God! It's Shippo! “No! Get out of here!” She yelled at the kitsune-turned-hanyou.

:Need time.: The Shippo-turned-Inuyasha whined in the higher-pitched kitsune language. :Wait for Alpha. Protect Alpha-female.:

“The male!” The men shouted, backing away.

“S—Inuyasha!” Kagome called. Shippo bound over immediately with Inuyasha's borrowed grace. :Scratch Alpha-female's mating mark.:

Shippo whined his confusion. :Kit doesn't understand.:

:It will call Alpha-male!: Kagome barked. Inuyasha may be mad about me interrupting him, but he'll be madder if I die. :Do it!:

Shippo hesitated, but then scratched the marking on Kagome's neck. She moaned in pain, but the pain in an intimate location would draw her hanyou mate.

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Inuyasha settled himself down in a far corner of his forest, nearly at the boundary of the valley. He was still aroused, hot, and needy. But his mate couldn't do a thing about it with the kitsune there.

So he was forced to do something he hadn't done since he mated Kagome: take care of his arousal himself.

Inuyasha growled with displeasure as he undid the knots of his hakama and pleasured himself. He hated having to masturbate because it made him feel like a worthless hanyou. He couldn't quiet the part of his mind that said: You are a filthy hanyou. What woman would want a filthy half-breed?

The few times that he had pleasured himself before he mated Kagome were moments of deep shame for the hanyou. Shame that he couldn't control his emotions and lust, the shame of the actual act, and the shame that he didn't have the courage to tell the beautiful miko that not only did he care for her, love her even, but he was physically attracted to her as a possible mate.

The hanyou closed his eyes and forced himself to believe that Kagome was the one pleasuring him.

He knew her smell and could almost make it real. “Ahh! Kagome!” Inuyasha moaned, forgetting where he was and what he was doing. He was driven to completion pretty quickly since he had been so close previously.

It only took a few minutes before he howled and exploded. He leaned forward, panting heavily, and trying to remember where he was.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain on the side of his neck and he slapped the offending spot, thinking that it was Myoga spying on his moment of shame. But there was no flea-Yokai. Inuyasha blinked. There was no flea, but the side of his neck still burned.

Then it occurred to him that it was the same spot where he had marked Kagome.

A summons? Is it a coincidence? Is she in trouble?

The hanyou glanced down at himself. The proper thing to do was to go and bathe to clean himself, but he didn't have the time for that if Kagome was in trouble.

“Damnit!” Inuyasha swore, getting up on shaky legs, tying his hakama, and taking off at full-speed. He resolved to take a quick leap into the river on his way back to Kaede's village in order to clean himself.

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Despite being a kitsune transformed into a more powerful hanyou, Shippo was able to hold his own very well.

His worst opponent was the monk, as it was for all Yokai. The monk kept throwing sutras as the kitsune, who so far managed to dodge them all.

“These sutra will bind hanyou and lesser Yokai! You have no chance!” The monk laughed sadistically.

Kagome closed her eyes, feeling the side of her neck burn. Please, Inuyasha, hurry!

As Shippo tossed aside another human, a sutra caught him in the chest. The kitsune cried out in pain and, unable to sustain the transformation any longer, he fell to the ground in his true form.

“Shippo!” Kagome screamed.

“Stop.” The monk said. “This one is just a kitsune pretending to be the male.” He turned to Kagome. “Where is your real mate?”

Kagome allowed her Yokai side to surface slightly. She snarled loudly and growled at him. “You'd better set me free by the time my mate gets here, or he'll send you to hell slowly.”

“Why should we be afraid of a single hanyou?” The men laughed. “One sutra, and he'll be helpless like this weakling kitsune brat!”

Kagome grinned evilly. “Too late.”

On cue, Inuyasha bound into view, growling and snarling.

“This better not be another kitsune.” The monk said.

Kagome knew that it was her Inuyasha this time, soaking wet for some reason, but still her mate. Inuyasha growled. “No such luck. I don't know what the hell is going on here, but it ends now. Get out of my valley!”

“We'll leave… when every filthy hanyou hiding here is dead!” The monk threw one of his sutras at Inuyasha and it caught him in the chest.

“Inuyasha!” Kagome screamed.

But the hanyou didn't seem to be affected any more than from her grandfather's sutras. “Feh. You think this useless scrap of paper's gonna hurt me?” He peeled off the sutra and tossed it aside.

“What? How?!? It should bring down any hanyou!”

`Well, guess what, you worthless shit? I'm not your average hanyou. I'm the son and heir to the Great Inu-Yokai Lord of the West. I have gained my father's powers and have become more than `just a hanyou'.”

“Thank you for explaining that.” The monk said, pulling out another sutra.

Inuyasha roared and closed the distance between them in an instant. He had the monk by the throat and was ready to snap his neck when the monk pressed the new sutra on Inuyasha's chest.

The hanyou howled in pain and released the monk, who fell to the ground. Inuyasha followed him shortly by going to his knees and then falling face-first on the ground where he lay, unmoving.

“You can't move now, can you?” The monk gasped, rubbing his throat. “That is the most powerful sutra in my possession… wasted on a mere hanyou.”

“Coward! COWARD!” Kagome screamed. “You couldn't face Inuyasha one-on-one without sutra!”

“Fighting like a man would just get me killed. I fight smart. Lock them up together until we can find the rest of the hanyous.”

 

LES: “I will not fight the hero in a fair one-on-one fight. Don't fight like a man. Fight like an Evil Overlord.” From Peter's Evil Overlord list. If you aren't familiar with it, Google it. You might learn some things.