InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love, Interrupted ❯ Chapter 17 ( Chapter 17 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku, Shippou and Kirara headed into Kaede's village. Sango greeted them, angrily,
"Miroku! How dare you leave me behind!"
Miroku pulled her into his arms and kissed her, stopping her tirade. Pulling away, he whispered,
"I'm sorry. I felt it was better if you stayed behind, Sango."
Miroku turned to his companions and said,
"Sango and I are taking a walk."
Their friends nodded as the two walked away. The couple walked to a small clearing near the waterfall and sat near the edge of the stream. For a while, they just stared into the water silently. Miroku broke the silence,
"Naraku has not been revived but, whoever or enemy is, they have used a portion of his remains to conjure up my wind tunnel."
"Oh, Miroku. We have to hurry and find out who is doing this. Before your wind tunnel spreads."
Miroku turned to Sango and clasped her hands in his,
"Sango. I have no desire to make you a widow. You have lost so much in your life. I'm afraid our wedding will have to be postponed until we find out who our enemy is and destroy him."
"Miroku, please, don't make me wait anymore. I want to be your wife." Sango pleaded.
"Sango, I don't believe this enemy will be as hard to defeat as Naraku. I feel we only need to wait a little while longer. Please be patient, my dearest Sango."
Sango felt the tears fall down her cheeks. She wanted so much to be married, but she realized Miroku was right,
"Ok. I'll wait."
"Good. Now, if only we could say the same thing about our friends, Kagome and Inuyasha." Miroku commented.
"What? What about them?" Sango asked.
"It appears Inuyasha suffered through something called demon lust. Have you heard of it, Sango?"
"Yes. My father told me about it once. Only very strong demons have those urges and when they do, he said the demons don't really care who they take the lust out on. That is why alot of demons rape village women. Inuyasha suffered through it? Who told you this? Inuyasha?"
"No. Myouga."
"Did Inuyasha take his urges out on someone? Oh ...no ...not Kagome?!" she exclaimed.
"Myouga feels that since Inuyasha is no longer suffering from the urges and that since Kagome is closest to him, she must have been the one."
"But, Miroku, demon lust can be brutal ... it's not like a regular mating. Kagome didn't seem injured ..."
"Inuyasha is a half-demon ...maybe it wasn't as brutal. But, we had the daimyo's son appear in our village while you were unconcious. Apparantly, he and Inuyasha had a struggle previously. He had returned to destroy Inuyasha and claim Kagome as his own wife. Inuyasha went crazy and announced that Kagome was his mate. Granted, he had transformed again, but, still ..."
Sango lowered her head in thought, "Kagome is a strong girl. It seemed like she and Inuyasha were on normal terms with each other. I guess she forgave him if he violated her."
"Kagome is a very forgiving soul ... especially when it comes to Inuyasha." said Miroku.
Silence filled the air between the two. Suddenly, Miroku commented,
"Of course, dear Sango, we can investigate what a mating is like ..." he said, stroking her behind.
SLAP!
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"Kagome, you're going home again?" whined Shippou.
"Shut up, runt!" admonished Inuyasha, bonking Shippou on the head.
Kagome giggled, "Inuyasha!" she scolded.
Inuyasha folded his arms and "HMPH!" his acknowledgement to her scolding, "He started it. Always wondering why you're going home!"
"Well, so do you, Inuyasha. Why are you being so easy going with her going back ... especially now that she's your mate!"
BONK!
"Ow Ow Ow Ow Kagome! He's being mean to me again!" cried Shippou.
"You deserve it, brat."
"INUYASHA!"
"No wait, Kagome ..."
"SIT BOY!"
WHAM!
"Damn you, Kagome!" he moaned, as the spell wore off.
"Why are you going back so soon, Kagome?" asked Kaede.
"Oh, I just wanted to pick some things up, that's all." she said, with a smile.
"Like ninja food and toys?" piped up Shippou.
She rubbed his hair, "Yea, something like that."
"But, you just brought a whole bagful. Why bring more?" asked Kaede.
"Well, it's actually for Inuyasha."
"For me?" he asked, "What is it, Kagome?"
She gently pulled his ear and said, "You'll see soon enough. C'mon. I wanna go and get back quickly."
Kagome waved goodbye to the hut occupants and she and Inuyasha walked to the well,
"Do you wanna come back with me, Inuyasha?" she asked sweetly.
"I would love to, but Kaede made me volunteer to help a couple of the older villagers. But, if you're not back quickly enough, I will be there to get you!" he smiled and pulled her into an embrace.
"Good deal. I will hurry back." she said, kissing his nose.
"So, Kagome, please, tell me, what is it your want to get?"
"It's a book." she said.
He wrinkled his nose and flattened his ears, "A book?" he said.
"Yes." she said, kissing him gently, "A special book."
"Nothing like those strange books you had before in those weird languages ... you know ...the book with all those strange symbols in it, is it?"
"Huh? Oh, you mean my math books? Noooo .... this book is called 'How to Make Love to a Woman.'. It's very popular in my time."
Inuyasha pulled his head back in shock, "They ... they write books like that?" he stammered.
"HmHm. It explains all the different ways to satisfy a woman. They have one out for women too called, 'How to Make Love to a Man.'
"You gonna get that, too?" he asked.
"Hmmmm ... I might. It should be fun learning, don't you think?"
"Y ... yea, I guess it would." he said, with a goofy smile.
She kissed him again, "I'll be back by tomorrow. Ok?"
"You better. Or I'll be there to get you." he smiled his cocky grin.
"I'm counting on it." she said, with a twinkle in her eye.
Kagome sat on the well and swung her legs over and pushed off with her hands. Inuyasha watched as the bluish light engulfed her, causing her to disappear. His face now crestfallen with her gone, he turned to head back to the village to do the chores that Kaede had asked of him. He promised himself that as soon as he was finished, he would head over to the other side.
----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inuyasha finished up working with the elderly villagers and went back to Kaede's hut,
"Well, since you two have decided to hold off on the wedding, I'll take Hachi and return to the temple tomorrow." said Mushin.
"I feel it would be better, Master Mushin" said Miroku.
"Inuyasha, won't you join us for some supper?" asked Kaede.
Inuyasha plopped down cross-legged and began to stuff himself full of boar kabobs and rice,
"He's such an animal." commented Shippou.
KABAM!!!!
An explosion shook the entire village. Huts emptied as curious villagers poured into the center of the village to see what had happened,
"Gunpowder!" exclaimed Inuyasha.
Miroku and Inuyasha took off towards the smell of acrid smoke, followed close behind by Shippou, Kirara, Kaede, and Mushin. Inuyasha was the first to reach the sight of the explosion and skidded to a halt, shock registering over his face. Miroku stopped next to him,
"The old bone-eater's well! It's gone!" exclaimed Miroku, in shock.
"Kagome!" exclaimed Inuyasha.