InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hanging by a moment... ❯ Perfect Gentleman ( Chapter 59 )

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

Genre(s): General
Rating: P
Warnings: None
Word Count: 500






The group got separated during a youkai fight, only not in the cliché way one might expect.

The flying lizard, like a low level dragon, had a jewel shard in its forehead and could easily dodge Inuyasha's attacks from the ground. Logic had dictated Inuyasha ride backwards on Kirara behind Sango in order to get a clearer shot. Hiraikotsu and Kagome's arrows had kept the beast from leaving the area, and it had been significantly weakened, but as soon as the miko ran out of arrows the dragon saw its chance to escape and rapidly fled. Sango and Inuyasha had hesitated for only a moment until Kagome's shout for them to pursue made the decision, and they were off, leaving Miroku and Kagome behind to begin trekking in the same direction, little Shippou back with Kaede.

That was all fine and good, except for the threatening looking winter storm clouds that were rapidly on the approach. Monk and miko quickly decided to abandon following after their comrades in the pursuit of hospitable shelter. Unfortunately, they were in the geographic center of nowhere, not a village for miles. The best they came across, right as the snow started falling swiftly around them, was a tiny dugout cave about five feet deep, eight feet long and three feet high. Even if they could have made a fire there was no room, although that morning's rain meant there was no dry kindling to be had, anyway.

It didn't take long for the scantily clad miko to start shivering as she sat beside Miroku in the tiny, freezing but thankfully dry cave, her backpack on her other side. She was so cold that when he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her back against him she didn't make a sound in protest. It was when Kagome realized that Miroku was also silently shivering that the modern day girl in her knew something needed to be done.

“M-Mirok-ku-sam-ma...” she began, stuttering as she explained the sharing of body heat, and how they'd both freeze to death otherwise. She also explained her concerns, given his tendencies.

“Kagome-sama...” he replied, able to speak in a steady voice...just barely, “I swear to you on my honor I shall be a perfect gentleman, or may Inuyasha render me unable to produce heirs.”

She giggled. “He w-would, t-too.”

“I know.”

That was how, two hours later, a panicking Inuyasha searching through the ongoing blizzard came to find his missing companions huddled together nearly naked within Kagome's sleeping bag. Miroku was still in his fundoshi, Kagome her bra and panties, his arms wrapped around her as she snuggled against him. They were not asleep, too afraid to sleep in such temperatures.

“I knew you'd find us...” Kagome said as she gazed gratefully up at their savior.

Nodding at Kagome first, Inuyasha's eyes met Miroku's steady gaze, assessing the situation as he inhaled. Then he nodded again, silently thanking the monk for saving her life.