InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kyoudai no Meiyo (The Honor of Brothers) ❯ Even Heroes Fall ( Chapter 8 )

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

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WARNING: xXxLemonxXx

They reached the village as the sun was setting, the lavender, pink, and orange splashes highlighted them as they entered. Kagome knocked softly at Kaede’s door, it opened instantly, as if she knew they were coming.

“Bring him in child, quickly before ye are noticed.”

Inuyasha lifted the still incoherent demon lord, from Ah-Un’s back.

“Quickly!”

The old miko glanced around carefully before shooing the large dragon demon away, out of sight, and motioned the group in. The travelers trudged into the somewhat cramped quarters.

“He is injured?”

Rin nodded her head.

“What happened?”

“He destroyed Naraku, and almost died in the process.”

The elder woman nodded, with a grunt.

“I could sense he was weak. Ye are all unhurt?”

The friends looked around at each other before Kagome spoke up.

“He fought alone.”

Kaede moved to examine the dai youkai’s wounds. Gently fingering the bandages, she turned to the younger miko.

“A fine job, I taught you well.”

“Yes, Kaede-sensei.”

She looked back to the demon. Who had awoken, and was now glaring, menacingly, at the old woman.

“More filth.”

He spat the words, as if they left a bad taste on his tongue.

Kaede rapped him on his wounded shoulder, causing him to gasp in pain and pale noticeably.

“Show some respect, I could turn ye out as you are demon. Aye, the villager's pitchforks have long been without a taste of youkai blood.”

He turned his head and refused to acknowledge her presence any longer.

“He will mend, I am sure.”

She turned to the other occupants of the room.

“Now, would ye care to enlighten me as to what lead to a demon lord on my palette?”

They all began, at once. Their confused renderings made no sense to the woman.

“Enough, ye sound like chattering monkeys. Kagome, tell me what has transpired, start at the beginning.”

Glancing at her friends she took a deep breath and began.

“We went to find Sesshomaru as you know; we had gone only a day's travel when we made camp. As we ate our supper, a horde of youkai came upon us.”

Shippo shuddered violently at the memory distracting her for a moment, and then she continued.

“They ignored us; they seemed to be running away from something, which is when Sesshomaru found us. He entered the camp badly injured. He presented us with the jewel, and collapsed after informing us that Naraku was dead.”

The elder priestess nodded for her to continue.

“I bandaged him up while he was out. Then we went to bed.”

She put her hand on Rin’s small shoulder, seeking to comfort the girl.

“When we awoke the next morning, he informed us that in addition to Naraku, Kagura, Kikyo, and Kanna had died in the fight as well, and that Kouga had been severely injured.”

She gazed uneasily at Miroku before explaining.

“We also discovered that Miroku’s kazanna had not disappeared.”

“But, ye said Naraku is dead, how can that be?”

“We believe it is because Hakudoshi, was not present at the battle and is still alive somewhere.”

“Ahh, indeed. The child is an incarnation of Naraku, thus the one who cursed the monk’s grandfather, has not been completely destroyed, and the curse still holds.”

“Hai, ba-chan.”

“Ye will hunt Hakudoshi then?”

“Hai.”

Kaede gazed around at them.

"I had hoped this would all be over for ye when ye told me Naraku was dead."

"There is nothing for us to do for now except try to get some sleep; Hakudoshi will still be out there tomorrow."

Kagome turned and faced her surrogate family. Placing a smile on her face, to cover her misgivings.

"That's right we should get rested up before starting a new fight. I think I'm going to go get cleaned up before I turn in though."

She grabbed her pack and shuffled out the door, heading to the nearest stream to wash and collect her thoughts. Inuyasha watched her go, amber eyes following the back of her head.

"I'll be back later."

Inuyasha leaving at night was an often enough occurrence, the rest barely noticed as he left, instead they began preparing their sleeping places situated around the fire in the center of the small, but comfortable hut.

Kagome hurriedly washed her neck, face and then hands with the cold, clear water. She shivered lightly as a few icy trickles ran down the back of her shirt. She bent to dig through her pack, pulling out a soft terry cloth towel and scrubbing it over her face. She held the warm material to her stinging cheeks and allowed her thoughts to stray.

I wonder how long this will take. I don't know how long I can keep doing this.

"Kagome?"

That's Inuyasha. Why did he follow me?

She pulled the towel from her face, fisting it in a bunch under her chin as she looked up at him.

"What do you need Inuyasha?"

He always looks so handsome in the moonlight, the silver of his hair just sparkles.

"Nothing I just..."

He noticed a shiver cross her shoulders. He reached for her wrapping her in his warmth, she gladly accepted the comfort.

"It's too cold out here tonight; you'll get sick. You should be in bed, resting, with the others."

"You're out here."

"I'm different; I don't get cold as easily as you weak humans."

The teasing note was not lost on the, now warmed, woman.

She smiled up at his face, and reached to remove a leaf from his otherwise flawless locks.

He saw it then. The hint of desperation, the lines etched around Kagome's eyes spoke to her weariness. She had been chasing Naraku for seven long years, jumping between her own time and this, the Sengoku Jidai, braving the perils of the warring states period of feudal Japan. It had cost her much; she was almost a stranger at the shrine where she had lived most of her life before this. Her mother, grandfather, and younger brother barely noticed anymore if she was there or not.

It was only luck, and a lot of help from her childhood friends Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi, that had gotten her through high school, and that same luck, continued to keep her in University. She had begun this journey as a fifteen year old young woman, she had grown and matured, doing things her friends and family back in modern times could never fully understand. She gave up everything to return time and again, to fight, and often nearly die.

She had thought that fight was nearly at its end.

The hanyou's breath hitched in his throat.
She glanced at his face, the look of guilt written there was unmistakable.

"Inuyasha what's wrong?"

The rich tenor was almost a whisper as he replied; she had to strain to her it.

"You've given up so much, Kagome. All these years we've been fighting, and hunting the jewel shards, you've never balked to do it."

He stared at her, locking her gaze.

"Why?"

She closed her eyes trying to block out the question.

He gently touched her face, brushing her high cheekbone with his roughened knuckle. She startled at the touch and opened her eyes again.

"Because all of this is my fault."

He began to shake his head in disagreement.

"I was the one who broke the jewel; I was the one who was supposed to protect it. I failed, and because of my failure, so many people's lives have been turned upside down. I have to make it right."

Inuyasha was shocked.

She thinks it's her fault? If it's anyone's fault it's mine. I was the one who sought out the Shikon no Tama; I was the one who caused Kikyo to weaken, so that Naraku could use us in his plan to corrupt the purity of the jewel. It was all because of my jealousy, and inability to trust anyone, my wish to become a full demon.

"Kagome..."

He watched as a tear rolled down her face.

"It's not your fault Kagome. The problems started long before you came here, the problems started with Kikyo and me, we..."

He felt her stiffen at the deceased miko's name. She swallowed hard.

"Kikyo, that's all you ever think about isn't it? Kikyo and jewel shards."

The whispered accusation iced over his ears. He stammered, backpedaling.

"No, that's not true..."

"I'm sorry I screwed up and shattered the jewel..."

The tears began falling then, but even that didn't silence her this time.

"I'm sorry I'm not like her. I'll never be Kikyo, that I'm nothing but her reincarnation, a second rate copy."

He shook her roughly, his ears flattened angrily to his skull. He grated his words through clenched teeth.

"You are not a copy, second rate or otherwise, you are Kagome. Ka...go...me. As you have reminded me on so many occasions. I don't want you to be like Kikyo, you are stronger then she ever could have been. It is not your fault that Naraku was born, that was the wish of the wild thief Onigumo and his lust for a kind woman he could never have. It is not your fault that things have happened this way; it's my fault because I couldn't protect Kikyo when she was at her weakest."

Kagome was stunned by the emotional outburst that was so unlike the normally withdrawn hanyou.

He shook her again more gently this time.

"I don't want you to ever compare yourself to Kikyo again, she was who she was. I love you as you are."

He cut himself off, chagrined by the admission that had slipped out.

"I...Inuyasha?"

"Nani?"

Embroiled emotions made his voice rough.

"You love me?"

"H...Hai."

The woman gazed up at him with dark, liquid pools.

"I...I love you, too Inuyasha. I always have, it's the only thing that has kept me fighting, when things were bad."

He possessed her lips in a passionate kiss, pulling her too him. She came to him willingly, wrapping her arms around him.

Her knees buckled and he scooped her into his arms turning away from the stream. He lay her down on the verdant grass, his lips still locked to hers. His hands roved ceaselessly sampling every delectable curve.

She gasped as he pulled away.

"Kagome, tell me now..."

His heated amber gaze fixated on her glazed chocolate orbs.

"...is this what you want?"

Her eyes widened, she nodded, unable to speak.

He reclaimed her lips with a fury. Crimson flashes crossed his vision.

She gazed up at him, her eyes sparkling.

The absolute trust he saw there, clenched his heart. He crushed her to him, never wanting to let her go.

He breathed deeply inhaling her scent, reveling in what was his. He caught the light musky odor of her arousal, it was intoxicating. His instincts took over.

Following the scent he blazed a flaming trail down her throat, nibbling every tantalizing patch of exposed skin he could find. The final button of her blouse gave way baring her full breasts to his adoring gaze. He was drawn to the rosy tips, he wanted to taste them.

He glanced at her questioning. Her cheeks flushed in a light blush, as she nodded gently.

Dipping his head he lavished the turgid peaks with tongue and fangs. Nipping, suckling, as the woman beneath him writhed in pleasure.

“Inuyasha!”

His name was torn form her in a gasp as she felt the intense electricity wash over her. Fisting her hands in his silver locks, she arched to allow him more access. She pulled him closer, her soft moans begging him for more.

Her hips rocked against his cloth shrouded hardness, instinctually seeking what lay beneath. She lost her grasp on his hair and groaned as more shocks wound to her center.

She closed her eyes and drew a ragged breath as he tongued a burning trail down her flat, quivering abdomen, laving the depression he found there, reveling in the salty taste of her sweat and the sweetness of her skin. He ran his tongue across the scar on her side, where the Shikon no Tama had been torn from her body so many years ago. She shuddered involuntarily.

"Ohaio shuu no kami, Kagome."

His breath heated her skin and sent tendrils of lightning swimming to her core. She clasped her legs together against the sensation. He gently nuzzled her thigh.

"Onegai, Kagome I want to taste here."

He touched the source of the enticing scent he had begun following with his fingers. She gasped and threw her legs wide, inviting him to do what he wished. Becoming lost in the tumultuous mix of emotion and sensation, she no longer had control of her actions.

He used his claws to slash away the impeding undergarments, and dove in. His lips brushed a hidden nub, causing her to convulse and cry out. He withdrew quickly, thinking he had hurt her, but she grabbed his head and pressed him to her. Shocks radiating through her, she felt them pooling at her center, building in power.

He licked the slick folds he found, cleansing them of the sweet dew that had gathered working his way around the core of her heat.

Lead by her responses he drove into the tight slit with his tongue, thrusting as more of the honeyed juices drenched his face. He tasted the flood, the scent pouring over him, arousing him.

She snatched helplessly at his hair and ears, moaning in earnest as the electricity built, returning his thrusts instinctively with her hips. She ground herself against his face, moaning incoherently.

He lapped tentatively at the nub he had found before, reveling in her delicate flavor.

"Kami! Kami!"

Gently he nibbled the bud. She bucked against him, her body tensing as she screamed his name.

"Yoi Kami, I...Inu...yasha!"

She shattered, splintering like glass and falling to the earth as rain drops. Her breath coming in ragged gasps as she fell back to earth.

He raised himself enough to remove his hitatare and kosode, led by instinct; he wanted to be as naked as she was.

His erection strained under the hakama that bound it. Slowly he released their ties and allowed the garment to slip off.

She gasped as she saw his nakedness. A fresh waft of her arousing scent hit him.

He lay on the earth next to her and drew her near.

"Inuyasha?"

"Hai, watashi no ai."

"They say it hurts, for a woman the first time..."

He trembled.

"I don't want to hurt you Kagome. I...I've never done this before."

A wave of love for him washed over her. She smiled gently, reaching up to touch his cheek.

"Just, go slowly Ok."

"Hai, koi."

She stroked his face, as he rolled her under him. He gazed at her sweat slicked form. She grasped his silken flesh and guided him to her. Gently he prodded her still slick core with the blunt tip of his need.

Inch by agonizing inch he slid into her tightness, gritting his teeth against the urge to ram himself to the hilt as the new sensations washed over him.

"Kami Kagome, it feels so good."

He groaned with repressed desire.

Unable to fully control himself he drove to her core breaching her virgin barrier in on swift motion. He froze fearing he would hurt her.

She groaned at the mixed sensations of pain and pleasure as her body adjusted to the foreign hardness.

"Watashi ha ayamaru, koi."

"Sore ha yoi. Please don't stop."

The pain had receded and her eyes pleaded with him to continue.

His shaft withdrew and she whimpered until he drove it home again.

He tried to keep himself under control, but the feeling of her tight sheath drew him deeper. He began thrusting wildly pouring his need into her. She took it and pleaded for more, gasping brokenly as the pool of lightning began building inside her again.

He felt electric shocks hit his stomach, building as he thrust. He groaned.

"Kami, K...Kagome."

His whispered pleadings merged with her soft moans.

Pounding together with abandon, his voice hitched as wave after wave of liquid pleasure crashed over him.

Grunting, he spilled his seed into her welcoming womb. Moments later she too tumbled over the precipice, screaming his name as her muscles convulsed, milking him as he drowned in her scent and the sensations surrounding him.

He collapsed in her arms spent. They stayed locked in the embrace as they drifted to sleep.