InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Never Afraid ❯ Wish ( Chapter 1 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
A/N: I'm one of those people who has to write or die, and I have a particular love of darkfics. These will most likely be drabbles and one-shot oranges (dark lemons), and if any get to be too big, I'll develop them into a full story if you guys really like. I've been inspired by a ton of writers and stories–many thanks to Wheezambu, Nefra, Atropa, Cwolf, and others who assiduously create magnificent and offbeat stories that keep us all on edge.

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Wish


It wasn't supposed to happen this way.

“Come to me.”

It was supposed to be gentle and sweet. Kind and caring.

“Do as I say.”

At least that's what she thought as she remembered back to when things had begun to change. Sango and Miroku had fallen first–she by the brother who she could not have and he by the Saimyoushou who threatened her life. She had been spared by Miroku to turn around at the exact time that Kohaku lodged his weapon deep into her back.

Naraku had laughed.

Deep, dark sinister laughter that she never wanted to hear again.

Kikyou followed soon after. She had had to make the choice, for the entire jewel could not be purified unless Kagome retained all of her spirit. She went to hell–Inuyasha wailing after her. She should have realized that he was never quite the same after that.

Finally, there was Inuyasha. Her poor, sweet Inuyasha. He hadn't died in the battle. No, he had survived–bloodied and bruised, killing Naraku in the end with Tetsusaiga as everyone thought he would.

Everyone now being dead.

It will take time...

Or so she had thought. Their first night together was solemn–grief and sorrow hanging over any conversation that could be had. But as time passed, he finally warmed–began to laugh albeit sparingly, and they grew close again. Closer than she ever dreamed. She had what she had always wanted.

They were going to be married.

They were always going to be in love.

“Recite the rules.”

But...power makes people do funny things. It wasn't so much anything that was said. It was more of a longing, a yearning that she sensed. At first, she thought it was the same longing and yearning that she had felt for him. And it was all too happily that she eventually submitted on the night of the full moon–the same night she made her wish and watched him grow a little taller, gain a bit of bulk as the transformation completed itself and left a full demon God before her.

“I will obey my master. I will not make him repeat what he says. I will accept his wishes without complaint.”

“FINISH.”

“I will not scream. I will not run. I will not scream.”

She had wished then...she had thought it was selfless. It was selfless. The jewel disappeared with a bright whisper and melted into the impending dark like fairy dust on the wind.

She had wished for him to be happy.

But she was foolish. What was she to know lurked in his heart? Kaede had warned her. Sango had warned her. Damned near everyone in the era had warned her. Youkai wants were not the same as human wants. Happiness was not understood the same way.

She really wished that she understood that before.

“Kneel.”

She knew what he wanted her to do, and he knew she'd like it. Even if she hated herself. Even though she hated herself. It made him happy to see her that way, and that's what she'd wished for, wasn't it?

Yes she wished for it. She wished to be his and she was his–by the end of the night. Every night. Tucked away in a safe corner where no one could find her. Not that she cared. She had tested the rules once to be marched to the burnt remains of her only way out, and that had hit her hard–so hard she thought she would die. But she tried once more and...

A kitsune pelt adorned their wall.

Soft tears. Silent pain. Her world shattered in a million tiny pieces. All she loved gone supplanted with all she “needed.” She had loved, had wished for wonderful things, had been a power, a force and now...

She could smell him, nearly taste his demon musk even before her eyes slid obediently closed and her mouth opened.

Tell me I'm pretty.

Tell me I'm beautiful.

Tell me you'll want me forever.

“You're pretty...you're beautiful...I'll want you forever...”

It hit her ears, though it did not hit her heart. She should be happy. She was mate to her beloved hanyou, she was ripe with his child–she had gotten all of her wishes.

Tell me that you'll never leave me...

“I never will...”

And as Kagome cried behind closed eyes, mouth filled with his need, she wished that she hadn't.

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A/N: I know-gut and heart-wrenching. Had to get it out of my head. Next chappie coming soon. "Both" will be updated, as well. Please R 'n R!
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