InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Leiko ❯ I'm Alive ( Chapter 30 )

Chapter Thirty

I'm Alive?

 

Yamainu sat outside the old lady's barn and looked out at the stars. A light breeze was blowing from the northwest. His eyes strayed to the forest every now and then in the vain hope that Leiko would be coming back to him. He sucked in a deep breath and caught a sweet scent on it. Yamainu leapt to his feet and ran towards Inuyasha's Forest.

He tore through the trees and followed the scent he had caught. Yamainu burst into the clearing of the river where he had first met Leiko. She sat there with her knees pulled up to her chest. Her face was stained with tears and uplifted to the star-studded sky. Yamainu stood there staring at her. How long had she been back?

"Leiko?" he whispered.

She turned slowly to him. Her silver eyes were bloodshot and seemed to glow. The Shikon no Tama glowed brightly between her breasts. Leiko looked down at the ground once more and closed her eyes. Yamainu closed the distance between them and took Leiko's chin between his fingers. He forced her to look at him.

"She's gone." Leiko said.

"So I can tell." the wolf youkai whispered.

"I was too late." she said. "I couldn't do anything to save her in the first place. There was never any hope but I was a fool and believed that there was."
Yamainu stroked her hair. "There is always hope." he whispered. "No matter what happens there is always hope.'

Leiko shook her head.

"You don't believe me, do you?"

"I do believe you, but it's so hard to see right now." Leiko replied.

Yamainu moved his hand from her hair and down her face. "Leiko," he whispered. "Do you remember when our souls were one in your body?"

The hanyou nodded.

"I saw the day that Akira's poisoned and when Tenma showed up in the woods." he said. "You lied to me that day."

"What does it matter?"

Yamainu let his hand rest on her cheek. "I was worried about you and you wouldn't let me help you."

"You shouldn't worry about me." Leiko said, closing her eyes.

"If I didn't worry, then that would mean that I didn't care." Yamainu said softly. "Leiko, I love you and I'm going to worry about you. I've loved you since the first night that I held you. When I woke to find you were gone, I thought that I had only dreamed of you, but I could smell you on my furs. That day, when I kissed you at the Bone Eater's Well, has haunted me everyday."

"Y-Yamainu." she stammered.

"Please, I'm not done." he whispered. "Every night you'd wake trembling, I was there to comfort you. The whole while I would wish that I could kiss you again and make it better than the first one. When you cried for you sister, I wanted to take your pain away and hold it to myself."

When he paused, Leiko remained silent. She was trying to fight the fresh tears that threatened to fall. No one had ever told her such things. This wasn't something she ever expected to hear.

"I love you and I would die for you if it meant you would never have to hurt again." he whispered.

"She reached up and ran her fingers through his long, brown locks. "Yamainu." she whispered. "Show me I'm alive.

"I can do that much for you." he said.

The wolf youkai leaned forward, smiling slightly. His lips touched hers and he pulled her to him. She wrapped her arms around him, letting herself fall onto the grassy bank. Yamainu kissed along her neck and down to the base of her throat. He ran his claws down her body and felt shivers run through Leiko.

"Leiko." Yamainu breathed.

He looked up at her and smiled slightly. Yamainu bent to kiss her on the lips, letting his tongue slide past them after a moment. Leiko wrapped her arms around his neck and held him to her. He pulled away slowly and looked down at her. Her silver eyes were clouded with grief, but the desire she had held in check for so long was beginning to show now. The wolf youkai let his claws glide down her neck, to the base of her throat, until he let it rest on her ample breast.

Leiko closed her eyes and moaned when he squeezed it very gently. He smiled down at her but she didn't see it. Yamainu that when a loved one died it was only natural for a person to seek out proof of life in them. His hands ran down the rest of her bearskin top. Very slowly he pulled it off of her. She lay there with her eyes closed, not wanting to see him examining her.

Yamainu kissed her stomach and flicked his tongue along her soft skin ever once in a while. Leiko's hands grabbed his jacket and pushed it off of him. While he kissed her body, she tried to rid him of his shirt. It came after much struggling on both parts. Yamainu hovered over her now that he had no shirt on. Leiko wrapped her arms around him and pulled him down to her. She kissed his neck, biting it gently every now and then. Yamainu moaned and dug his claws into the grass. Leiko smiled and put one of her hands on his.

She moved it under her and squeezed it slightly so that it bit into her skin. Yamainu looked down at her for a moment then smiled. She kissed his neck again and moved down to his shoulder. Leiko sucked on his tanned skin until it turned a light purple beneath her lips. He moaned and dug his claws into her back. The dog hanyou let out a surprised gasp then moaned.

"What do you want?" Yamainu breathed.

Leiko kissed his neck again. "You." she whispered.

"I can do that too."

Yamainu's free hand travelled down her body. Over her bare breasts and down her stomach. She jumped beneath his touch and he smiled. Yamainu pulled his other hand from under her and took hold of her skirt. He pulled it down slowly, watching her the whole time. She had closed her eyes again. When she was naked beneath him, Yamainu moved back to hover over her.

"Open your eyes." he said.

"Why?"

He kissed her softly on the lips. "So I can look into those beautiful eyes that have come to haunt my dreams." he said.

Leiko opened her eyes slowly. Yamainu rose to his feet and took his pants off. She made herself look at him. He moved back on top of her and kissed her softly. His lips moved down her jaw line and down to her neck. Yamainu moved back up her neck, to her jaw, up her cheek, and finally let his lips hover by her ear. She lay still, not wanting to rush what she wanted so badly.

"Ready?" he asked.

She nodded slightly.

Yamainu entered slowly. Leiko moaned and dug her claws into his back. The feeling was a mix of pain and pleasure. He continued to move slowly so he didn't hurt her too much,but he knew the pain couldn't be helped. It ended abruptly and Leiko was disappointed to see it end.

The wolf youkai lay on top of her, his face buried in her short, silver hair. Leiko inhaled a deep breath and let it out slowly. She was alive. Her blood coursed through her veins with new vigor. Her life had meant Akira's death, but it would mean death for another. She would not rest until it was over.

Yamainu had fallen asleep atop of her. She lay there, playing in his long hair.

"I am alive."