InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Longing ❯ Three Old Farts with a plan ( Chapter 10 )

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

and the characters therein, are the property of Rumiko Takahashi.

“Have you completed the final task Myoga“ asked Totosai, with a devious gleam in his eye. “Yes, it is done.” Myoga sighed. “Are you sure we are doing the right thing, Totosai?” He asked as he nervously wrung his hands together. “Of course we are, you heard what the Great Dog Demon said before he died…”, replied the old sword smith. “Yes, of course, but… do you think that this is what he meant? I mean, it seems so underhanded, and what about Sesshomaru?”, said Myoga with an edge of fear in his voice. “Bah! Who in their right mind would want to bed that emotionless moron.” raved Totosai. “Honestly,” he scoffed, “I don’t think he would know what to do with a woman, even if we stripped her naked, got her drunk, and dangled her right in front of his nose.” Myoga sighed, “Well…yes…I know…but he is the elder brother, and…”

“Aw, shut up Myoga.” said Siah “You know this is the only way. You said it yourself, you could practically smell the arousal dripping off those two since the day they met. I am certain it would have happened eventually anyway, we’re just…helping them to hurry it along a bit.” Myoga sighed again, “I know…but to perform the blood bond without their knowledge or consent…and before the mating…”

“Myoga.” Totosai cut in, “There must be an heir to the western lands. The Great Dog Demon, himself, made this decree. I’m sure that, at the time, he didn’t realize that he had sired the two most dense beings on the face of the planet…in that respect…but it isn’t as if we had a plethora of options here.” Myoga sighed again. “Totosai…I sure hope you’re right.


********Meanwhile*******

Inuyasha caught himself before he could fall flat on his face, as he tripped on his own feet…again. Then, his and Kagome’s eyes met, then they blushed, and looked away from each other…again. Miroku rolled his eyes and sighed. They had been going on like this for two days. He hadn’t heard Inuyasha and Kagome argue even once since the incident with Koga. It was too weird. Something strange was going on. At the moment they were all walking, because…frankly, Inuyasha carrying Kagome was actually slowing them down.

Miroku saw that Sango had noticed Inuyasha’s strange behavior as well, and shot her a knowing look. She had tried to ask Kagome what was going on, but every time Sango mentioned Inuyasha to her, she started blushing and tried to change the subject. Sango heaved a heavy sigh, and shook her head. ‘I will find out what the hell is going on, even if it kills me’ she silently vowed.

The group was headed for a nearby village to exterminate a bear youkai that had been terrorizing the villagers. Miroku was wondering just how Inuyasha intended to fight in his current state. He had never seen the hanyou this distracted in the entire time he had known him. He suspected that Inuyasha had been harboring a secret crush on Kagome for some time, and had also suspected that she in return had a crush on him…but he had never seen the two act this openly love struck before.

“Oi. Monk.” Inuyasha said, startling Miroku out of his thoughts. “Let’s take a break, Kagome looks tired.” Miroku couldn’t help but notice the hanyou’s gaze wander over to Kagome, who in turn looked at him like a groupie drooling over a rock star, before she looked down with a little smile on her face and blushed. Inuyasha saw her reaction to his concern over her well-being, and grinned like an idiot, unable to tear his eyes away from her shy, but cute, response to his oh-so-obvious attempt at chivalry towards her.

Sango rolled her eyes, and made a disgusted sound, as she started to set up camp and unpack their lunch. Inuyasha sat down against a tree, and gazed at Kagome, who had sat down by the fire and was feverishly writing in her diary, with a far-away look in his eyes. Miroku leaned forward and looked square into Inuyasha’s face. The guy didn’t even look as if he noticed Miroku right there in front of him. He snapped his fingers a couple times and waved his hand back in forth in front of the hanyou’s eyes. Still…nothin’. ‘What the hell???’

“Sango, lets go get some firewood.” Miroku said, while giving her a meaningful look as he led her away from the clearing by her elbow. Once they were far enough away from the others, he turned to face her. “So,” he said, “have you noticed?”

“Yes, I have! That is just the weirdest, creepiest thing I have ever seen in my entire life.” she said.

“I know! It’s like they’re possessed or something! Do you sense any demonic auras in the area?”

“No, houshi, I haven’t. I just can’t imagine what could be wrong with them, though.” Sango sighed in defeat.

“Well, I have a theory, but I don’t know how these things could possibly transpire without our knowledge. I mean, Kagome tells you everything, right?” Miroku said, his brows furrowed in concentration.

“Well, ya, that’s just the thing…every time I try to bring it up, she changes the subject.” said Songo, with a concerned look on her face.

“I seem to remember reading about something several years ago, something about a youkai mating ritual that allows the participants to have a deeper understanding of each other’s needs…” said Miroku, as he struggled to remember the details of the ritual. “But, I think the participants have to exchange blood, or something like that…do you think that Inuyasha and Kagome would have done something like that without telling us?”

“No way. Absolutely…no way.” Sango replied vehemently.

Miroku sighed, as they headed back towards camp. They would have to get to the bottom of this matter…and quickly.