InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hating to love him ❯ The renewal ( Chapter 15 )

Chapter 15 - The Renewal

 

 

“ Kirara! Leave me alone!” The tiny fire cat mewed softly and tugged on Shippo's tail. “ I promise I will leave soon. I just want to know what's going on! I bathe with Sango and Kagome all the time but they have never let Miroku or Inuyasha bathe with them ever. I want to see what's so different about me bathing with them.” The cat pulled on his tail again and he spun around quickly. “ Hold on Kirara! I promise we'll leave soon!” He spun back around to see the pool empty. His ears perked up. “ Huh? Where'd they go? Something must have happened.” He paused. “ Or maybe that's what happens when they bathe together. It must be magical. Oh well. They `ll have to come back.” He smiled satisfied with his conclusion. “ Come on Kirara. We can go back to sleep now.”

 

 

As Sango crossed the crystal clear water, a sense of fulfillment washed over her. The place in front of her was one of nature's amazing creations. A small cave with a base pool created from the falls.

“ Oh my gash Miroku! This place is amazing.” It was dimly lit and cold but still amazing. Miroku sat in the base pool water grinning from ear to ear. “ Its like our own little get away.” He motioned for her to come over to him, and she did, right into his arms. She took his lips into hers. She was tired of the wild goose chase. It was high time for her to make him hers.

 

 

Kagome felt as if her knees were turning to rubber. Naraku held on to her hand and pulled her down a narrow path in the opposite direction of the shrine and the small river. She had no idea where they were going. The trees seemed to close in from both sides of the path, making it look darker than it actually was.

“ Care to tell me where we're heading?” She asked breathlessly.

“ You'll see soon.”

They had been walking awhile and Kagome was feeling it. She was growing weary. Just when she was about to give in, Naraku slowed his pace,

“ We're here. Just past this tree.” He let go off her hand and disappeared behind the tree he had pointed to. Kagome looked at him disappear behind the tree before following. It was just a cliff that was clear of trees and it jutted out over the rest of the forest below. She looked around to be sure she wasn't missing anything.

“ What is it? Its just a cliff?”

Naraku turned to her, his even tanned chest shone. He still only wore his pants as she had his cloak. He strode over to her and held on to her. Pulling her closer to him, he whispered,

“ Its not the cliff. Its what you can see.” Just then, the moon began poking its head over the top of the opposite mountain. Naraku pulled her to the edge of the cliff and they both sat with their feet hanging off the edge. “ It makes me feel on top of the world when I come out here to watch the moon rise. Especially a full moon. It makes me feel so…. Virile.” Kagome looked over at the full moon rising slowly. It had a golden yellowish hue and it looked exorbitant. It was truly a sight to behold. It was breath taking as it went through its various changes. The higher up it went, the lighter the color became until it was a pearly shade hanging over the mountaintop. Kagome didn't know how long they were there but the event had been so amazing that time had passed without her noticing. They hadn't said a word the whole time but she felt more connected to him.

“ It really is beautiful.” She whispered almost inaudibly.

“ I know. You're the first person I've ever watched the moon rise with. Thank you for sharing the beauty with me.”

Kagome nodded and slowly placed her head on his shoulders. He looked down on her head before kissing her forehead gently. “Kagome. I feel vulnerable with you. I feel like I'm willing to do crazy things. I can't explain it but it's like an unknown power of yours.”

“ Vulnerable? Like how?”

“ Exposed and weakened. But in a good way.”

“ What kind of crazy things you want to with me?” She asked mischievously.

“ I feel as if…. I feel like to use the jewel shard for a different purpose than what I had originally wanted it for.”

“ Well what were you going to do with it?” She lifted her head off his shoulders and stared off into the night. He had never really spoken of the jewel and his use for it before. This was a touchy subject they were approaching and she wanted to be prepared for it.

“ I am sure you are well aware of my origins. The whole Onigumo story.”

She nodded encouraging him to continue. “ Well he was a human that offered himself to demons to create me.” He made a dramatic pause. “ I'm only half demon. Onigumo will not leave me alone.”

“ What do you mean he won't leave you?”

“ The scar on my back. It's from him and no matter how many times I rejuvenate my body, it always reappears.” He looked at her. “ How come you're not surprised that I'm half demon?”

“ I guessed it a long time ago.” She lied. She didn't want him to know that Sesshomaru had put him and Inuyasha in the same category. He would flip.

“ So you're after the jewel shard for the same reasons Inuyasha is after it for?”

“ Yes.” He said, sneering his face at the sound of his archrival's name.

“ But with you I think else wise.”

“ How?”

“ I think I should use the jewel shard to become…full human.” He said with final resignation. Kagome was stunned. He's saying the same thing Inuyasha said to Kykio 50 years ago! I must mean a great deal to him!

“ But why? She questioned frantically.

“ How else would I get to stay with you?” He turned to her. “ With me as a full human, I could marry you and lead a normal life. And using the jewel for good would purify it and it would cease to exist. You would no longer have to hunt down the shards.”

“ But the shards are the whole reason I'm here!”

“ I know. But I have been researching on how to use the powers of the jewels along with you're priestess powers to transverse time. I want to test if I can cross over into you're time.”

“ You would come to my world for me? And you'd stay and wait on me to get married?”

“ Yes I would. Kagome, I truly love you. More than you love Inuyasha. More than he loves you. More than Onigumo loved Kykio. I love you that much.” She went silent. He had said he loved her before but it had never affected her like this. A sudden realization hit her. She had never felt this way with Inuyasha. She never felt mushy inside when he told her he loved her. She never cried for his love. A single tear fell down her cheek. She quickly wiped it away. “ Please don't cry. It's the last thing I want you to do. Instead I wish you'd tell me if my dream is feasible. Can it work? Can I be with you?”

More tears flowed down her cheeks. She was trying to fight them back but she was loosing. A swell rose in her throat. She couldn't speak. She nodded her head to his question and tried to smile. He laughed at her disposition. Gently, he wiped the tears away from her cheeks. She began laughing with him as she flung her arms around him and hugged him tightly. She gasped for air as she laughed and let the tears fighting at her eyes to fall freely. These were tears of joy.

 

 

 

Inuyasha walked into the campsite. He had caught whiff of Sango and had decided to follow the scent instead of Kagome. Maybe they knew where she was. He stopped short and what saw. Shippo was curled up with Kirara fast asleep but there was no sign of either Sango or Miroku. He walked over to Shippo and gently nudged him with his toe.

“ Hey Shippo. Get up.”

Shippo groggily complied. He sat up and rubbed his eyes. Opening them he smiled. He jumped on Inuyasha.

“ Oh Inuyasha! We thought you weren't coming back! I missed you!”

Inuyasha smiled uncomfortably. “ Yeah yeah. Where's Sango?”

“ She and Miroku went to bathe early this morning.”

“ Together?”

“ Yeah. Together.”

He grinned. “ Go back to sleep. I'm coming back.

“ Wait! Where's Kagome?”

“ Somewhere. I'll tell you later.” Not waiting for a response. He fled the scene and went in the direction of the scent of fresh water.

 

 

Miroku created one final thrust into Sango as she moaned his name on her fourth and final climax. He felt his second one approaching as she flung her head back in exhaustion. Gripping the rock behind her, he scratched his fingers into the soft moss there. He screwed his face in concentration before he relaxed. He was now complete.

“ Sango?” He whispered to her. Her eyes were closed and her breathing deep. Was she asleep? She fluttered her eyes open.

“ Miroku.” She smiled. “ You pervert.”

He looked at her confused for a minute before smiling. He had forgotten that she had only been with a man once before and was not experienced in the ways of lovemaking. She was new to this all. He swooped down to kiss her as she wrapped her hands around his naked back. He knew he was in love.

 

 

 

Sango's clothes were strewn over a rock and Miroku's were crumpled on the floor. However, he saw neither of them. He called out to them.

“ Hey Miroku! Sango! Time's up. Now come on out.” He sat on the top of a rock and waited. Soon he saw Miroku appear from under the falls. “ Oh, so that's where you've been hiding? And where is Sango?”

“ Just pass her clothes please.” He replied slightly annoyed. Inuyasha knew he had just interrupted something. He reached on the rock beside for her clothes but Miroku interrupted him. “ Better yet. Go away for a minute so she can get dressed.” Inuyasha winked at him before disappearing behind the bushes. When he emerge a couple minutes later, Sago sat on the same rock he did and Miroku stood on the rock beside her, holding her hand. Inuyasha walked cautiously towards them. When he reached them, he smiled sheepishly at Sango.

“ Hey Sango.”

“ Hi Inuyasha.” She avoided looking at his eyes. Miroku said nothing.

“ What's wrong with you guys? Its not like I don't know what happened! I'm not shocked if that's what you think. I've been expecting it for awhile now, so stop acting all guilty and stuff.” Sango looked at him sternly.

“ Well, what's wrong? Why do you seem so stressed?”

It was now Inuyasha's time to look solemn. “ I can't find Kagome.”

“ Again?!” Miroku spoke for the first time. “ You sure have a way about loosing her.” Sango threw him a jaundiced look.

“ What happened?”

Inuyasha relayed the whole story of him knowing about her trip to this era and hiding it from her and about her running off. Sango thought for a second.

“ Did you ever stop to think that she ran off not because of what you said, but because of who she wants to see?”

It now Inuyasha time to look distraught. He looked from Sango to Miroku, then back to Sango.

“ She wouldn't go back to that bastard, Naraku. And we were doing fine together.”

“ Then why'd she leave?” Miroku retorted. He played aimlessly with his beads around his wind tunnel. Inuyasha walked off a little then turned.

“ I'm not going to loose her to that…that… thing!” He stormed off but Sango called out to him.

“ Inuyasha, if she wants you… she'll come to you.”

“ And you expect me to wait around till she gets some sense into that thick skull of hers?” He leapt off. Sango looked at Miroku meekly.

“ I'm starting to believe that Inuyasha has lost her for good.”

“ I agree with you. That day when Naraku confronted us, I had never seen him so angry before and although we haven't seen much of Kagome, the behavior Inuyasha has been describing to us sounds like she feels the same way about him too.”

“ But knowing Inuyasha, he is too stubborn to listen. He's going to have to find out the hard way.”

“ All we can do is wait and see.” Sango nodded in agreement as she hopped off the rock. They needed to get moving.

 

 

Kagome held on to the almost complete jewel. She twirled it in her hands and studied it with great interest. It was amazing how something so small did such great damage. She was also fretting about Naraku's plans because quite frankly, she had never seen anyone use the jewel and live happily. The jewel was riddled with pain, hatred and suffering. She just hoped she was enough to purify it.

 

 

Naraku sat in the next room with a number of jars, vases and boiling concoctions. He was serious about crossing over to Kagome's time. Never had he felt such utter devotion to anything or anyone and he was going to see this through. Even if she broke his heart, he could not stop loving her. He was doing this for her as well as him.

“ Kagome. Come here a minute.” He heard the room to the adjoining door slide open, followed by gentle footsteps until she sat down beside him. “ In that jar there, can you identify it?” Kagome looked into the jar at the bubbling green liquid. She shook her head slowly. “ Not by its scent or evil aura?”

“ No. It has none of that. What is it?”

“ A miasma. But—” he held up his hand before she could interrupt, “ It's kinda different from the other one.”

“ How so, it doesn't kill?”

“ No. Its specifically for demons with sensitive nose.”

“ So what's it for?”

“ Keep Inuyasha at bay. Now call Kagura to go apply it.”

Kagome rose and exited the room, leaving Naraku to his mad scientist experiments. She found Kagura lazing by a tree at the side of the shrine.

“ Naraku wants you to do something for him.” She said firmly. Kagura opened her fan slowly before snapping it shut again. She looked up at Kagome with a stare that sent shivers down her spine.

“ So what's the matter with you why you can't do it?”

“ I would have if he asked me to. But he asked you to so do it.”

“ Don't see a point.”

“ Not my problem. Bring it up to him, not me.”

Kagura laughed evilly before she stood up. Facing Kagome, she stood so close to her she could see the depths of her eyes.

“ I don't like you. And I'm sure you don't like me. I try to avoid you but right now you're making it hard. So why don't you take you're little miss goody act and go ruffle up with Inuyasha somewhere that's not here. Take the hint and leave.” She never faltered her threatening composure but Kagome refused to let her bravado down. Kagura had a few inches over her but she stood her ground.

“ Now really, Kagura. Do you think I care less if you like me or not? Wait, don't answer that.” She stepped back from her. “ You're just an annoying hindrance to Naraku and let me tell you, he does regret the day he created you so, why don't you take a hint and leave.” She arched an eyebrow and pursed her lips, adding attitude behind her words. She turned to walk away but stopped short, “ And by the way, if you think me coming out here to you was annoying, don't do what Naraku asked and we'll see what's annoying. I suggest you move now.” She briskly walked away. Being Naraku's queen did have its perks and one of her favorites was becoming belittling Kagura. She liked Kanna because she barely spoke and Hakudoshi could be tolerated when he wasn't being egotistical but she just didn't like Kagura.

 

 

 

When she re-entered the room where Naraku was, she was fuming. Well, more annoyed than upset. Naraku felt it and looked at her.

“ What's the matter? What happened?”

“ Kagura was being…” she needed a strong word.

“ Insolent?” Naraku offered.

“ I was thinking bitchy but she was being insolent too.”

Naraku did that evil laugh of his that Kagome found oh so sexy. He stood and walked to a large urn in the corner of the room. Reaching down into the jar, he pulled out a throbbing object.

“ You see this, its Kagura's heart. I literally hold her life in my hand. I have been wanting to rid myself of her for some time now but I have been procrastinating somewhat. You, Kagome, can help me get rid of her. If she is ever rude or speaks low to you all you have to do is say so to me and I will destroy her.”

Kagome didn't want anyone's blood on her hands but she nodded her head slowly. He smiled and places the throbbing heart back into the urn. Taking his seat beside Kagome again, he whispered to her.

“ I think I might have it.” The feel of his breath on her neck sent shivers down her spine and made her giggle.

“ Have what?” She replied in her giggling fit.

“ The way to cross over to your time.”

“ Really?!”

“ I worked on it all night while you slept. I think its ready but I need to test it.”

“ Lets go!” She began to rise. But he pulled her back down.

“ Inuyasha is near here. I do not wish for a confrontation.”

“ No. I need to tell him that it's done with us.”

She stood. “ No doubt he's following our scents. Lets go to the well now.”

She waited for him to deliberate in his head but eventually he rose. She smiled with the knowledge that he trusted her. She was anxious to get him to her time so she could get back to her normal life with him there. As they walked out the door, she crossed her fingers that Inuyasha would follow them. She needed to end the charade for good.

 

 

 

A/N: Umm, guys. I think it's that time. Time for a big finale… or will it really end??? Just keep reading and don't despair, even if it does end. There will be a sequel….