InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Loneliness of the Free wind ❯ Severe tha past, open the Future... - part 2 ( Chapter 7 )

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

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 (Full size this time)

Ending theme: Angelic Layer - The Starry Sky (Full size this time)

Loneliness of the Free Wind

Final Chapter: Severe the past, open the future… - part 2

"Lonely Free Wind breezes across the field, seeking a companion to end it's loneliness.

A Soul that is sad walks across the field, trying to find someone who could understand it's pain.

The two meet by chance at the same field they're crossing, they head to the same direction but will they walk it together or will they be alone in the end?" - By the Author of this Fic, Zelix.

Arc was snickering as he was walking towards the school building, it was ironically the same building where her mother used to study… the reason he was snickering was because he had left a note on the refrigerator saying that: "I made breakfast myself, left for school… Meeting Kagura at afternoon, I'll call when I'll come home.

P.S Dad, mom, are you sure you are dogs and not rabbits?"

He was chuckling until his pager ringed, he looked at it and the second he saw what it read he burst out laughing so hard his chest began to hurt, earning a few curious stares from passer-by's… it had read: "U R SO FUKD!" His dad must have read the note and if it wasn't enough that the pager message made him laugh, then it was the fact that he could hear his dad's swearing and cursing all the way to the school gates thanks to his hearing… god, that felt good, to laugh like that… as he entered the school grounds, he braced himself for a bombardment of questions and god knows what else… but for his good luck, the bell began to ring the second he entered the grounds… he thought with a sigh of relief: `Good… I wasn't ready to answer anything yet… hmm, Shippo and Katou are most likely on the first class with me, I'll need to find out just what kind of rumours are there floating about me… oh well, this day started well enough, i have a strange feeling in my guts that it will continue to stay that way…'

*20 minutes later…*

`I have a feeling in my gut that it's going to be a good day… GUTS MY ASS! I'll never trust that feeling again, good for nothing piece of shit…' Were Arcs angry thoughts, the day had started well but now he was sitting in the class going through the one thing he hated the most: Math… (Seems to have come from Mother's side of the family) this made his sun shiny day to become a rainy day… no, make that stormy since the next class was math too… one good thing did happen though, Shippo and Katou through whispering so only they could hear (They know that Arcs Youkai senses have awoken.) what they were saying to one another, through them Arc now knew that the people were not spreading the rumour about him being the `mystery boy' that avoided all those cars but instead there was a rumour about him and someone they call `Vampire lady'… you should have seen the look on Shippos face when he told him it was referring to Kagura… but he promised to be a bit more specific after the day.

He had also surprised both of them by saying that: "Listen guys, when the question are bombarded at me, don't help me, I want to do this on my own…" he had also added a low, commanding growl that sentence, humans couldn't hear it but it was a command from a higher Youkai to lower Youkai not to question his decision, (He had Tai-Youkai blood in him remember?) which had surprised both Shippo and Katou to no end… but they agreed on one condition, if things got out of hand, he would call them for help… reluctantly he had agreed since that had been the only way to shut them up… so now, he was all alone, ready to face a thing that even the ancient Youkai of the past couldn't compare up to: High school rumours, the most horrible thing ever invented by teenage kids… (You know how true that is… Don't you?)

As Lunch time rolled in, Arc had thought how he should answer the questions… should he try to act cool? Or perhaps me a bit mysterious…? Or… he could be a timid little boy once again… no, that one wouldn't do, he needed to change his image quite a bit if he wanted to let go of his past self… hmm… tough choice…

As everyone was busy eating in the lunch room, Arc was at the roof of the school building, he never ate with everyone else because he was… well, a loner but today there were two new reasons: Firstly, since his hearing was now enhanced and he still didn't have full control over it, he wanted to avoid places packed with too many people. Secondly, He wanted to have the last moments of peace before the massive storm known as questions would hit him…

His heightened hearing picked up the sound of approaching people, they were coming up the stairs that lead to the roof… his sense of smell picked up who they were, a group of… 4 girls, he recognised some of the scents, one of them was that girl he had seen when he left Kagura's apartment and the other one was the well known gossip/rumour machine named Natsume… he groaned at first but then his face turned into a smirk, this might actually be fun… he could tease them to no end if he played his cards right…

As the door to the roof opened, Arc just leaned with his back against the steel fence around the roof while sitting and smirking inwardly… no turning back now. He had his eyes closed and as he heard the four of them circle him, literally cutting of his escape chances… trying to make him nervous huh? Fat chance… it might have worked before but now… boy were they in for a surprise.

He was silent as they looked him over, as if trying to find even the smallest trace of nervousness, like predators stalking they're prey… but after about a minute of this he could feel they're own small nervousness because he wasn't reacting one bit… until he decided to say while stretching his neck: "What are you staring at? Am I some kind of painting or something?" This took them by surprise he could tell, clearly they hadn't expected him to be the first to respond… his hearing could pick up two of them whispering: "Is it just me or did Arc the loner just make an opening?" The other whispered back: "No, I heard it too… that was unexpected…" he smirked inwardly again, man, this WAS going to be a lot of fun…

Natsume was the first to collect herself and ask with hint of teasing in his voice, as if waiting for ammunition to use against him… so she asked: "Arc, I heard rather interesting news from a friend of mine yesterday…" Arc knew what was coming next, he had prepared for this one, this would be last time he would be a timid little boy… so acting just like he always had been, his eyes widened in fake shock (Though no one realised he was faking it) and his voice sounded `nervous' which made him want to laugh his ass off: "W… what would… that b… be, Natsume…?" Then as the two others whispered: "It seems like I was wrong, he's still the same boy like before…" and the other one whispered back: "Yeah… though, when he sounded like that, confident and all… it was kinda cool." the other one nodded and he wanted to burst into laughter, this was going to be something he'll never forget… (They have no idea he can hear them)

Natsume grinned triumphantly, while her friend who had told her she had seen Arc coming out of Kagura's or `Vampire lady's' apartment was already regretting she had ever told Natsume about it… personally she had nothing against Arc but… she was just too weak to stand on her own… and he could feel this, his purifying powers made him sensitive for human feelings, meaning he could feel them if he wanted and now he felt Natsume's friends… or Ako as her name was, he could feel her regret and remorse... he felt bad for her…

So Natsume then asked with a knowing smirk, this was her speciality… she had the habit of making rumours of those who were in her eyes `nobodies' and crush them, she had wanted to crush Arc for a while now since even though he was a loner and a loser, his grades were not dropping (Except P.E) so she wanted to find out some weakness to make him break… but since Arc was depressed all the time and was used to any sorts of insults and such it was hard to find anything heavy to use… but now, now she had it, if a rumour would get out that Arc was secretly seeing `Vampire lady' the biggest rumour of this school, it would not take long until Arc wouldn't have a peaceful day left… so she said to him: "I heard from a very good source that you were seen with the `vampire lady' yesterday… or better yet, leaving her apartment… care to tell us about it?"

Arc wanted to die laughing, she really thought he would be broken with this? He thought while keeping the same shocked face: `Little girl, you really have no idea who the hell you're up against, I'm your worst nightmare… or will be soon, I have no reputation to protect yet but I will build one soon… starting by crushing you… hehehhe… soon I'll make you shut up.'

Arc kept the fake shock and timid ness in his features, then he replied: "Ahh… n… no…" That was the cue for Natsume, she let out an `oooh…' sound and said to the others: "It seems like our little Arc the loner has found a `special' someone… and as his luck would find it, it is the `vampire lady'!" Arc wanted to growl at the bitch, how dare she say that it was wrong… but he kept focusing on the fact that revenge would be very sweet so just calm down for now… then Natsume continued: "So, what is the relation between you two and how long have you been seeing her? Maybe you're just one of the innocent naïve little boys that she seduced and…" Okay, screw patience, that does it… he thought with increasing anger: `No one talks like that… about…my… MATE!' He would have questioned himself as to why his mind was telling him she was his mate while they hadn't even done anything yet but that was irrelevant at the moment, this bitch has insulted her and he was not going to take this shit anymore… he hadn't planned it to go like this but… well some things just aren't his to decide.

He suddenly got up and without thinking grabbed Natsume by her chin with his palm and took a hard grip of it, not enough to bruise but enough to make her feel it, after grabbing her he let out an in-human like growl and his eyes flashed red and his pupils flashed silver instead of black with beast like slits before going back to normal but still held that same fury in them. The growl echoed throughout the roof, making all four the girls back away from him, it was pure instinct, even though they were humans they're small instincts inherited from animals suddenly told them to back away, as if a lion had just walked in and told them to keep clear, Natsume though, her mind was drawing blanks, she had not seen Arc move at all but yet he had grabbed her chin and with a move so fast an eye couldn't possibly see it and then growled like a wild animal, which scared the shit out of her… and for a second she could have sworn she had seen his eyes turn into something else besides human…

Arc said with a cold, venomous, bone-chilling, angry and commanding voice: (That's a long list of things huh?) "I will only say this once you little bitch, I have put with this shit for way too many years now… but since I'm a nice guy I never got angry, you may insult me all you want, call me a loner, fag, shit head, bastard… whatever, but if you insult my ma… (Corrects at the last second) Kagura one more time while I'm around or I hear some stupid rumour about her that you or any of these… `friends' of yours started…" He let go of her chin and she stumbled a bit before regaining her footing, by that time Arc had found a lose brick (Don't know where, just use your imagination) and was holding it with one palm and said when he had all they're attention: "Let's just say that imagine this was your head." and the next instant, his palm crushed the brick into dust, pure dust… no pieces were left, it was completely destroyed, crushed into purest dust ever…

After a long moment of silence Arc started walking towards the door but before he got there he turned to them and saw all of them flinch, good, fear was a powerful way to persuade someone… he hadn't intended for it to go like this but… well, what can you do? He said to them with that same voice: "Two more things, mentioned about this little incident to anyone, anyone at all… well, let's just say I will not be very happy, understood?" all of them nodded vigorously and he said: "Good, lastly, (Voice turns back to normal, just like his expression) her name is not `Vampire lady', it's Kagura and she is rather cool when you get to know her, now, have a nice day and please, don't ever bother me again." With that, he left, leaving all four of them there with they're eyes wide and letting out a breath they never knew they had been holding, that had been the most frightening experience of they're lives…

The only one who really hadn't been affected that much by it had been Ako, since Arc had used his abilities to control who his growl and voice would affect the most, Ako was not that badly affected… she wondered why… but then Natsume was the first to regain her composure and said: "I think… we all agree that maybe we should re-think about this rumour about him and her…" Everyone nodded, they would most definitely NOT want to see Arc like that again…

(That scene sucked right? I know it did…)

Arc was walking down the stairs, his feelings were so mixed up right now… a part of him felt horrible for scaring them like that while the other was surging with pride for standing to defend his mates honour… damn, it still felt too damn weird calling Kagura his mate… that thought just refused to back down, it was crawling in his head like flies around shit… yet, the more he thought about it, the more… satisfying it felt to think like that… `An inu-youkai takes a mate for life, it is the same as a human marriage except it binds the two beings together with bonds stronger than death… if a female Youkai is pure and untouched by other males she is ripe for the taking, however, should that female been taken by a male and left un-marked, she is of no value or interest to anyone… she will be used merely for pleasure, nothing more…'

Arc stopped in the stairs, what the fuck was he thinking?! Where did that come from?! Then he suddenly felt a cold shiver run through his spine… maybe, his sudden lust for her, his constant thinking of her… was it because, she wasn't... pure anymore? That his Youkai side saw her as a… whore? No… that… that couldn't be it… no… he suddenly felt his feet give away and he fell down to sit on the staircase, what if…? What if all this really was just… lust? Nothing more…? What if at some point… by some far off chance he would go all the way with her, then what? Would his Youkai side just… discard her? Just like that?

As he kept sitting there, he briefly noticed the four girls silently sneaking by him, trying to avoid another encounter with him in fear of invoking his `angry' side… then something hit his senses, that girl… Ako… as soon as three of them were far enough, he tried something he didn't even know he knew how to use… he talked without moving his mouth: =Hey… You who's called Ako, come back here, I need to talk to you…= He waited for a few moments and to his surprise that girl Ako actually came back… but was looking like a nervous wreck… no questions there…

Ako was a young woman, she was younger than he was but looked darn beautiful for a human… that is, if she was a human, Arc didn't pick it up until recently but she was a Kitsune (fox), just like Shippo… as she stared at Arc, he cursed under his breath that he had lost his temper up there, Kitsunes were easily frightened and from the roar he let out up there… he might have given this Kitsune a permanent for of himself…

Arc finally decided to break the silence by asking: "Ahh… Ako? (she flinches a bit) You don't need to fear me, I'm sorry I scared you up there… I am just… frustrated with myself… I don't understand anything about my Youkai abilities or instincts but… I just need to know something, could you help me with that?" Ako was silent until nodding slowly, she was a Kitsune hanyou and was raised to be able to use her illusionary skill to hide her Youkai features completely, yet, she was also taught about what certain You-ki were and the one that came from Arc was a regal one, it held so much power and authority… only a quarter but still enough to make anyone see that he held Tai-Youkai blood… she had known Arc from school all these years and had not seen it? How is that possible, an aura like this should be almost impossible to hide…

Arc then tried that mental talking he just learned and asked: =I will speak with you like this, I wouldn't want someone to learn our little secret now would we?= Ako replied the same way: =Yes… Arc… how come…?= He knew what she was about to ask so he cut her off: =I had my reasons… you needn't be concerned about those… but tell me, you are familiar with how finding a mate and mating works right?= Ako nodded and asked: =What do you want to know about in particular, there are so many things to talk about in it…= He nodded and thought for a moment, then asked: =I need to know, what is this `marking'?= Ako looked at him a bit confused, that was basic Youkai ABC level thing… Arc merely growled lowly and said with his head bowing down: =I never learned any of this… Can you believe it? I have Tai-Youkai blood and yet I don't know even the basic ABC of Youkai ways…=

Ako couldn't help it, she laughed softly, that was indeed very unusual… Arc too began to laugh softly, she then felt herself becoming more relieved that about the fact that Arc still indeed was that timid little boy… so she sat right next to him and said with her mind while smiling: =Arc… I'm relieved, when I saw you going angry up there I felt so scared… if only I had known you also had the same blood as i… maybe we could have helped on another…= Arc merely shrugged and answered: =Yeah well, I intentionally suppressed my Youkai side, that's why you didn't pick anything up about me… sorry about that up there, I still can't control my own abilities and other instincts properly yet… anyway, tell me, what is this `marking'?=

Ako brushed some of her hair away and showed him a point at her neck, the point where neck and shoulder met and answered: =When a Youkai takes a female as his life mate, they mate with them first… meaning, you know… (Arc just nodded and coughed) and at the moment of… climax… (both blush) you lengthen your fangs and bite here, then suck a little amount of blood and then lick the wound so it will close faster, that will create the blood and soul bond between the two, meaning they will never separated and if someone tries to separate them, the two fill hold onto one another with all their might, they will also feel what the other feels and they will live forever together… or until the point one of them dies, when one dies, the other will follow, since the pain of being separated is too great for any Youkai to bear…= Arc had to say this one: =Until death do us part, so we can meet again in death, literally… just like in some romance novel…=

She nodded, Arc then asked: =But… I need to know something else too, if this, `marking' is left out when two of them mate, what happens to the female?= Ako tensed at that and looked sad for a moment, then replied: =If the marking is left out, that female will be seen as worthless since the male refused her… those females are most likely going to be used as playthings by other Youkais… and no other male will ever take them as life mates…= Arc could feel his heart dropping to his stomach… so it was true… Kagura… the reason she screamed about that Naraku person must be because he… he took her purity by force and now… any human male probably wouldn't care but… she is a Youkai from the past where things were different, she still feels the same way as back then… and myself? My Youkai side merely wants to have some `fun' with her… nothing more… he felt like crying, or at least brake something hard.

Ako saw his sudden change of mood, that `Vampire lady'… or Kagura as he had said must be a Youkai and Arc was… she didn't want to see a fellow kindred or hers to suffer like this, she may be a hanyou but so was he and even though Kagura was a full Youkai she wasn't evil… just lonely… she then remembered something, it was a long shot but, she said: =But… even for females like those, there is one light of hope left… (Arc looks at her with a look that says `you have my absolute attention') It is a long shot and doesn't happen often but… in every Youkai information book you find about mating, there is an explanation about `soul mates'= Arc looked at her confusedly and she breathed out her relief, this just might work: =There are two different kinds of mates in this world, normal mates that are formed everyday and either work or won't work… but for every living being there exists a `soul mate', meaning that at the moment of birth they're soul's are already bonded with someone else's… meaning that when you find that person, you already know that she/he is your intended one, the one that was born just for you and vice-versa… these two beings are not bound by any Youkai mating laws, they are already bonded so all they have to do is act on it and they become eternally bound with a bond 3 times more stronger than a normal bond… of course, meeting your soul mate is a very slim chance since there are so many people in this world, like in my case, my soul mate could be in India or America… he could be anywhere… but when you meet him/her, even for the briefest of seconds, you feel it.=

Arc was absorbing this information with greed and asked after she stopped: =Okay, one last thing, what does this person exactly feel when the `soul mate' is near or they've met by accident?= Ako thought for a moment, that was a tough one… she then answered when a small *ding* like sound echoed in her head: =It varies from a person to person… but for a Youkai the very basic two feelings always come out: Firstly, You feel like you've known him/her forever, secondly, your instincts will rant over and over that she/he is your mate, making your protective instincts go into overdrive, also, when you find that person, your instinct to mate with that person becomes overwhelming and they usually do it on the spot… unless there is some kind of an obstacle…= He felt his hear freeze… no way… all those… no way, no fucking way… but… no, he has to wait, the next time he sees her he will know the answers.

He suddenly got up and said with his mind as he began to walk away: =Thank you, Ako… that explained a lot, I feel a bit easier now… also, you really should talk to Shippo, he is my friend and… he's a full blooded Kitsune!= Ako was dumbstruck, she had always found Shippo attractive but had always been too scared to act on it but he was a Kitsune too? Arc then sent his final message: =Just tell him that `Arc told me your secret' he will be more easier to approach then… you two would look good together and… consider that as a reward for helping me understand all this better… don't give up, just keep going and you'll reach the place you want to reach… see ya= and with that, Arc walked back to the main hallway, flooded with relief and sense of security… he prayed to every god there was that what Ako told him was right, he really did… it was like, a sun was shining into his dark reality more brighter than ever for the first time…

It only got better by the end of the day, he truly felt like he was being reborn or was waking up from a really deep sleep… it was during the class before P.E that he saw Ako talking to Shippo, he could see him glaring daggers at him for revealing his secret but also saw his hidden smile for doing so… Katou one the other hand was gave him the thumbs up, he had heard while secretly listening to Natsume and her two friends talking something about `Arc being a monster'… it was about time someone put a sock in that bitch's throat… not to mention that now it would be a load of fun teasing Shippo about his new found crush…

But from Arcs mind, the second highlight of the day (The talk with Ako being the first one) was during and after P.E… normally he sucked at it since he had no real motivation or will to do anything right but now… let's just say that by tomorrow he would be the talk of the entire school for a `miraculous' improvement in P.E… especially in running (what a shocker huh?). But what really would be the ULTIMATE talk of everything happened in the shower rooms, he wanted to burst out laughing every time he remembered it…

He had been taking a shower as usual, keeping a towel over his waist, many of them were talking about how in the hell did he suddenly go from a loser to some kind of an all-star? But there were those who hated him and saw this as they're final chance to humiliate him, so while he had been deep in thought about certain someone, a group of three who hated him and he hated them, snuck up behind him and suddenly swiped the towel off and one of them said: "Some all-star he is! With a `nut' like that he couldn't… poss… be…hamnaha…" His voice trailed off, he had expected everyone to burst into laughter since they all had been suspecting his `little brother' to be quite small since he was covering it up but… instead, where they had thought there was supposed to be a small one, there was a…

{[=MONSTER=]}

(Sorry, I HAD to use that…)

Even when completely loose and soft, it was… roughly said, 4-6 inches long, they didn't even WANT to think what size it was when it got hard… the thought made they're own `little ones' suddenly to become even smaller, as if trying to cover at the sight of this lion…

Arc had first been shocked, the reason why he didn't want anyone to see it was because he had thought they would make fun of it… but by the looks on they're faces, it had had the opposite effect… he then decided to play it really cool and said with smirk while putting his hands on his hips to pose: "Yup… I know what you're thinking and don't you dare say it out loud." He then picked up his towel and re-wrapped it around his waist and said while leaving: "I always covered it up because the thought of seeing you gawk at it like that like some kind of fags was disgusting, not to mention I didn't want to hurt your pride or self-esteem but since you insisted… well, gotta go, I have a date tonight, see ya ladies!" And when he got dressed he couldn't hear any of them make even one single sound… he must have shocked them to the core or something… the he heard them say at the exact same time: "Is that size humanly possible? Or natural?" That was it, he exploded into laughter, he laughed through the rest of the day and when he had whispered to Shippo and Katou about it, they too had at first looked disgusted but then laughed they're asses off.

The two last classes he had were filled with just about every girl gossiping about it… how they had found out was beyond his knowledge but it did prove out to be VERY amusing… he felt like a god once again, in just one day, it was as if all his troubles and problems had just been washed away… he truly felt like a new man… but… the scariest and toughest phase of this day was yet to come… his past was now being healed but now… now he had face something more scarier than anything: His own heart and soul… his feelings for a certain woman who had been the starting point of this chain-reaction of events… Kagura, was it love or lust? Were they meant to be together or would everything turn for the worst…? Today, it would begin, his quest for those critical answers…

To be concluded…

A/N: Whew… that was LONG, shit… didn't expect it to be this long… shit… well, the next chapter will the final one, if you want a lemon and a happy ending, REVIEW or I might make this into a fic with NO lemon and NO happy ending… muahahahah!! I'm evil and I'm back!

-Zelix, with an evil smirk