InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Loneliness of the Free wind ❯ Truths, Instincts and Bloodlines... part 1 ( Chapter 4 )

Written by: Zelix

Story type: One-shot… or a five chapter one-shot to be precise.

Contains: Sex, romance, drama and slight angst.

Pairings: OC/Kagura

Time and Place: Modern timeline.

Disclaimer: I will never own Inuyasha so stop bugging me with these! Shit, no one is listening… *sigh*

"Talking"

`Thinking'

If this was an OAV or OVA whichever is the right term:

Opening theme: Steve Conte & Yoko Kanno - Stray

Ending theme: Angelic Layer - The Starry Sky

A/N: This chapter will be split into two parts, since It's been WAY too long since I updated this one, this is the first part, second one will follow after I get my ideas together again, which won't be long.

Loneliness of the Free Wind

Chapter 4: Truths, Instinctsand Bloodlines…- part 1

Kagura had her eyes closed and was pressing herself against Arcs chest, her arms were around his back while one of his was around her waist and the other was around her back, holding her protectively, warmly and comfortably… this was a new feeling for her, she felt safe and could feel that for the first time in a long while, her mind was at ease, no worries about the past, present or about the future, just this moment of warmth and peace… she didn't want it to end, she wished that time would just stop right now and let her remain in Arcs warm and safe arms like this forever…

Arcerdo too was hoping nothing would disturb this moment, he was confused though, how could he feel like this? He met her less than 2 hours ago and was already acting like he had known her all his life… or more like, had been looking for her all his life… he thought to himself: `Kagura... do I love you? I don't know… my heart is already making wedding plans or something but my mind is just too full of questions… but… damn… I must ask my mother what this is all about and soon, before I do something irreversible and make us both regret it… but… regardless of how this all turns out, I will be there for you, I will not let you live alone like this, I know what being alone is and it is not pleasant…' With that, he began to slowly rub her back and pulled her closer, just like an animal protecting it's mate and he heard her sigh with contentment due to his ministrations… his instincts were telling him to protect her, to comfort her, like a mate should… he thought again: `Mate? Instincts? What are those…? Why do I feel and know about them…? Oh well, I am not complaining, this is rather… nice…'

Kagura was also feeling a bit similarly, after feeling only loneliness for so long this feeling of being comforted and cared for was such a huge pleasant change… she didn't feel depressed or empty at all, this was what she had needed for so long, this is what she had waited for, ever since leaving the Higurashi residence… `Wait a moment!' she thought suddenly: `This presence, this feeling… it is… it can't be, could this be that same feeling that I felt at the Higurashi residence? The feeling that kept my nightmares away? How… how can it be? Was Arcerdo the source of it? How is that possible… he wasn't even born at that time! But… no, don't think about it, just… enjoy it, relax and enjoy it… don't think about anything, just feel…' And she did, no words, both just silently held one another while her head was right above his heart, listening to it's gentle and steady beating, it's pace was identical to her own which did make it feel even more wonderful, as if they're hearts could hear each other.

Then reality decided to reel it's ugly head out and show who is the boss.

Just as they were about to say something to one another, something began to make loud *Beep beep* and vibrate inside Arcs waist pocket, startling the living shit out of both of them and before an eye could blink, they were up, almost falling a few dozen times because they kept tripping against the furniture's until finding their balance again.

After a few seconds of blushing and looking away from one another, Arc looked into his wais pocket and pulled out a pager, it read with a funny slang like way: "U R FUKD." and below it was his fathers cell phone number, he sweat dropped because he knew all too well that when a message like this comes through his pager, he was in for a heavy lecture from his old man… briefly he wondered why he was in for a lecture but then remembered something, he had been running like a rocket through out downtown and while doing that he had ran through a heavy traffic spot and nearly got hit by a couple a dozen cars and a truck… he must have found out… `Dear god, if you're there… please help me…' he thought while closing his eyes.

Kagura saw the emotions that flickered on Arcs face, the way his eyes bugged at each emotion made her want to laugh her ass off but chose not to, before she could think he turned to face her and said while grinning nervously and scratching his neck: "Well, that was my old man, it seems like I'm in trouble again… hehehe…" He said this while his eyes darted everywhere around the living room, avoiding contact with her as he though nervously: `Hehehe… oh boy that was embarrassing… to have a moment like that ruined by a pager! God, I'm so lame… well, I never really had a reputation to save anyway. I should get going before I piss off my old man completely, my mom must be pretty worried by now too… but, I don't want to go!' His expression then turned apologetic and his face fell down as he said to Kagura: "Sorry… I gotta…" Before he could finish though, Kagura had crossed the space between them, which wasn't much, after standing in front of him, she put a finger under his chin and pulled it up and shut him up by kissing him.

The kiss lasted only for a few seconds and after she parted from him, his face was priceless… she then said: "Don't apologize, just go." and chuckled afterwards, this boy really did manage to make her laugh even if he wasn't trying to… not that she complained, it was very refreshing to be able to laugh like this. Arc was red like a tomato now, this was the longest amount of time he had spent with a woman or a girl and already he had made a total idiot out of himself! But… seeing her chuckle, smile or laugh was making him feel rather… warm and happy, when he first saw her, she was so full of loneliness and sadness it made him feel sick to his stomach and made it hard to breathe, now, her eyes held at least some life again… or more like, her eyes had just discovered what life and happiness is… it was hard to explain.

He then said after recovering from his daze: "Uh… yeah! I should…" Then as he began to walk towards the balcony Kagura laughed and said: "Listen boy, you should use the door… if someone sees you jumping down from here…" That made Arc turn even more darker shade of red and he too chuckled embarrassed, he turned around 180 degrees faster than a human eye could see and as he reached the door he stopped and hesitated… Kagura noticed his sudden nervousness and hesitation but before she could ask anything he asked with a small voice that really wanted to make her laugh: "Umm… can I see you again… tomorrow, perhaps?" Kagura was on the verge of laughing her ass off, he REALLY needed to be more confident about himself… it was quite wrong that a person like he, with strength and an aura like that was such a timid little boy… but she decided not to laugh at him, he sounded so vulnerable, like already expecting rejection… so she said with a assuring voice: "Sure." He immediately turned his head to look at her with surprised eyes and asked with a stutter: "R…Really? Th… That's great… where and when?" Kagura smiled at him which made Arc feel really warm in his chest, that smile… god, he wanted to see that everyday… she then replied after thinking a bit: "How about… that same park bench, let's say at… 17:30?"

Arc thought for a minute, then nodded and said: "Okay, see ya then!" and then left while waving his hand, smiling like a little kid, which changed into a worried frown when he closed the door, he thought: "Oh man… my dad will be pissed off for just what I did in downtown… but I dread at the thought of what he will do when I tell him I found a pure blooded Youkai and I have a… a… well, sort of like a `date' with her… oh god… this sucks the big one…' and then took just about three steps towards the staircase and just when he thought things couldn't get any more worse, he saw that one of the apartment doors was slightly open with some 14 year old girl looking through it straight at him… now, the worst thing was not that she saw him coming out of the `vampire lady's' apartment but the worst thing was that he knew her, she was a student at the same high school as he was and was friends with the biggest gossip/rumour spreading girl of the entire school… as soon as she saw Arc was looking at her, she shut the door and with his hearing he heard her picking up the phone and after a few seconds… yup, she called that gossip girl… he said while walking down the stairs to himself: "Welcome the miserable life of Arcerdo, in less than 10 minutes, his life went from bad to infernally shitty… new record…"

Kagura was laughing her ass off, she had been very painfully patiently waiting for Arc to leave the hearing range before bursting into a laughter like no other… that boy had just been too much! He looked like the type of a guy who would crush you to pieces if you made fun of him and yet, he was acting like a timid, shy little kid! She laughed so hard that her eyes were getting teary and her stomach was starting to cramp, also, her chest was starting to hurt from the lack of oxygen and she knew she had to stop soon but it was useless, that face and that voice just wouldn't go away! It was too bloody hilarious!

After her laughing settled down, she sitting on the couch and was still chuckling at times for the simple memory of Arcs face and voice… she thought to herself while thinking while breathing out with relief: "Oh boy, oh boy… that's the first time I've ever laughed so hard and so much… dear god it felt good, that Arcerdo boy, I think he really is one of a kind… this is just so hard to believe, I was going to kill myself today but now… with me least expecting it, I am suddenly given a REAL reason to wait for tomorrow, or the day after that! That Arc… he's like a damn good dream… his attitude, his personality and most of all his… wait a minute, that face of his… when I slipped into my instincts due to emotional drain, his eyes and appearance changed a little too… he most likely knows I'm a Youkai now but… what exactly IS he? his aura was so complex, like there were at least three different things blending and mixing together…my first guess was that he was a hanyou but… he has no Youkai traits, scent or even aura… yet, he must have had Youkai instincts, otherwise it would have been impossible for him to find me and make my Youkai instincts react to his so strongly…'

She kept thinking about this mysterious, timid but at the same time fierce and powerful person named Arcerdo… what was his last name? Now that she thought about it, she never asked for it nor did he ever say it… what if he was some kind of a… stalker? After all, he DID sneak into her apartment… no way, if he was a human like that, he would have done some… horrible things and then just left but instead, even when he was locked into his instincts, he still found his control and helped her calm down like a… a… mate? She thought right after that: `Okay… that's WAY over the top… although, it is true that when two soul mates discover each other they usually just… well, go at it like rabbits in heat… damn, it can't be that… it must have been that my instincts set his off and we would have just fucked and then just forgotten about it… but… no, that's not it either! If it was just Youkai lust, he wouldn't have stopped no matter what I would have done or said…! Just like… Naraku… NO!!'

Kagura suddenly put her hands on her temples and pressed them really hard while shaking her head violently and yelling: "NO! HE ISN'T LIKE THAT SON OF A BITCH!! ARC IS MORE UNDERSTANDING AND HAS FEELINGS LIKE I HAVE!! HE EVEN STOPPED WHEN…!!" That's when her eyes snapped open with realisation, she then said under her breath: "…He even stopped when… even when he was… how…? How could he have stopped just like… that? The only way that… someone could… overcome Youkai lust was that… there was a greater feeling than lust which… could overpower his instincts… but… when Youkai lust starts, it fills your mind with it, no other feelings can survive in there… except if… if… that person was your… soul mate?" Then at that instant, she remembered every detail about Arcs face when he went into that state of instincts… his face… those eyes… no way… before she could have a chance to even slightly forget his face image, Kagura ran to her room like… well, like a wind.

After about 10 of the most intense minutes of Kagura's life EVER, she was now standing with her chest heaving and was looking at something in front of her, her eyes were wide with surprise, shock and disbelief… she was saying constantly under her breath: "No way… no way…" After repeating that over quite many times she finally pullet her mind together and thought: `Hold on… don't jump to conclusions, you know better than to just grab something and hope it was the right one… I will meet him tomorrow again, right? I'll just be like I usually am, if I try to force myself to stay normal he will most likely sense it… since… even if I don't know what he is, his instincts are sharp, that's for sure… so, calm down girl… damn, now I am REALLY looking forward for tomorrow.' She thought with a warm and curious smile on her face, maybe… just maybe… things would be alright after all…

*Few blocks away from Kagura's apartment.*

Arc had arrived at the front door of his home, he smiled… Kagura didn't live that far away, that would make things a bit more easier if he decided to suddenly visit her… `Slow down Arc, you just met her… you can't just start suddenly pop out of nowhere, she might think you're a stalker or something… let's just see where this goes, step-by-step… I hope.' and with that looked at his watch: it read 20:13… he gulped, he had stayed there longer than he thought… he then pulled his keys out and opened the door, thinking: `Well… this is it, the belly of the beast… hope they roses on my tomb if I don't make it out of here…' he grinned at that thought, he always thought like this when his parents would either scold or lecture him… with that, he slowly pushed the door open and took a steady breath before entering, once inside he was about to shout `I'm home' but a woman's voice beat him to it: "We know you're here son, get over to the living room, now." That was his mom… shit, she sounded calm but… that's the problem with his mom, she could be calm at one moment and suddenly so scary that even an Oni would cover in fear, this worked vice-versa too.

He hesitated a bit but then he heard something that made him think hell had frozen over, a male voice said to him as well with a calm tone: "Brat, it's no use stalling, just get over here…" That was his old mans voice… it was CALM? Usually whenever they would lecture him his voice would sound almost… eager and scary, as if preparing for a nice treat and if they wanted to scold him he would sound quite pissed off… but calm? This was new… it must be really serious this time…

Arc stepped into the living room and saw both his parents looking at him with an expression he couldn't quite place… it wasn't angry or anything… just… un-readable, and that made him sweaty with nervousness. His parents were sitting on the sofa so he took his seat at the carpet in front of them, his back towards the TV, he sat silently, not knowing what to say or do… until his dad said seriously: "Okay, brat… care to expla---" he was cut of because his mother slapped his father in the back of his head, making Arc sweat drop, that made his dad shout at her: "What was that for you bit---" before he could finish his mom yelled: "(okay, most of you most likely already know who his parents are but… this one will be a dead give away.) OSUWARI! (Osuwari= the word `Sit' in Japanese in case you don't know.)"

His mom yelled: "Inuyasha! Stop calling our son a brat! He is not a small boy anymore!" Inuyasha shouted back from his position in the wooden floor: "I know that you stupid little… *groans*… but what the hell was that Osuwari for Kagome?!" Kagome said with a death glare that made Inuyasha sweat with fear: "Because you were about to call me by `that' word again, in front of our son no less…" Arc thought with a frown: `Welcome to another episode of "Arcs F****d up family life… this… may take a while…'

To Be Continued…

A/N: Sorry that I stopped there, I need time to think now, part 2 will be out as soon as I gather my thoughts again.