InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Nigatsu no Hoshi (Stars of February) ❯ Sakura Blossoms, and Dirty Dancing ( Chapter 15 )

Suteki: well, here it is! The long awaited filler chapter!! This is chapter doesn't have any lemon, maybe a dash of lime, but nothing bad, no nudity, lol. enjoy!

Chapter 14: Sakura Blossoms, and Dirty Dancing

After the formation of the Hateshi no Hari, the group tried their best to get things back on track. Three weeks had passed, and things were actually starting to feel normal again. Everyday they would spend doing something together, either going to the hot springs to swim, or going somewhere to have a nice picnic, followed by gazing at the clouds, then the sunset, finally the stars. That sort of thing, something that you would only experience in a fairy tale, they were living. They had never felt so relaxed in their lives, they were finally happy.

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Katasuki and shippou watched as the girls and the guys laughed and joked about random things, and smiled in humor. Shippou watched them longingly, and then looked up to his mother. "are you ready?" she asked her son, "no…but I guess this is as ready as I'll ever be. Lets just do it now." She nodded to the boy in her lap, and smiled at him, gaining a sad smile from him.

Katasuki cleared her throat to get the rooms attention, and in a moment, all eyes were on her. "We have something to tell all of you." she didn't continue immediately, and kagome was starting to get a little nervous. "What is it katasuki? Is something wrong?"

"No, nothings wrong. But…I have decided to take shippou with me, back home. I want to take him with me back to china to live at the shrine with me and the other miko's. I'm sorry to leave so soon, but the others will be worried if I don't return soon. And I'm sure they all would love to see shippou alive and safe. I want to thank all of you for what you've done for shippou, I don't know what he would have done without all of you watching out for him."

Kagome was trying to hold back her tears as Katasuki walked over to her and knelt down to hug her. "thank you Lady Kagome, for taking my place while we were separated, I will never be able to repay you for it. I can only wish you to farewell along your path." Kagome smiled as she embraced her back, "you've already repaid me. You gave me the opportunity to take care of shippou, and you helped me find myself through the resent ordeal, what more could I ask?" Katasuki pulled her away, and only smiled. As she stood to hug Sango, kagome noticed shippou in the corner looking at her with tear filled eyes. She smiled sadly back at him, and opened her arms for him to come to her. He took the invitation in a flash, running to fall into her arms.

"kagome! I'm going to miss you so much! I don't want to leave you…I'll miss you too much…" kagome was now crying as well, but continued to smile as she hugged the boy close. "its okay shippou. You have your mother now, you need to go with her. I will visit you I promise, I'll never forget you shippou." She whispered softly into his ear as she stroked the top of his head. He pulled away to look at her, his tear-glazed green eyes trying to memorize everything about the comforting face that he loved. Her own lavender/silver eyes took him in as well, holding nothing but comfort and assurement. He nodded to her, and smiled. "you promise to come and visit?" "yes, I promise shippou." She said as she leaned forward and kissed his forehead. He beamed, "yay!" he jumped out of her lap, and then ran to inuyasha, jumping into his lamp, rewarded by an "OOMPH!" "you better come to say hi to momma and me to you big jerk!" he said as she reached forward and hugged inuyasha in a bear hug. "hey you little runt!" inuyasha said as he pried him off of his rib cage, and roughed up his hair with his clawed hand. "you take care of yourself runt. And stop it with the crying shit! What did I tell you huh? A man can never let others see him cry. So suck it up, and act like the man I know you are." He said in a rough tone, although his eyes and smile betrayed him.

Shippou smiled and then stuck his chest out. Everyone laughed, and then Miroku reached over to pat him on the should, "we'll miss you kid, we'll travel to see you sometime in the near future, you can count on that." shippou smiled back at him, and then ran over to Sango and hugged her too, "who's going to protect me from Miroku now shippou? I wont have my bodyguard anymore." She said in a fake pout. Shippou thought for a moment, "kagome can smell him from miles away now, she can take my spot. Okay kagome?" he said as he looked over to the youkai. kagome brought her hand to her forehead and then jerked it back down in a solute, "yes sir!" she said in a masculine voice, then they giggled.

"So, you are leaving today Katasuki?"

"Yes, we need to be back in time for the sakura festival. Although we live in china, all the shrine maidens are from Japan, and have all been looking forward to the event."

"Ohh! Sounds like fun! I hope you have a safe journey then. And hope to see you soon." Kagome said to her as Katasuki and shippou stood in the threshold of the hut. "thank you, us too. goodbye and farewell to all of you." She turned to leave, but then spun back around. "oh! Miss Sango, lady kagome. I nearly forgot, I have some things from china that I would like to give to you as a thank you." Sango and kagome looked at each other, excitement twinkling in their eyes. Katasuki pulled her pack off her back, and then unwrapped it to exposed a couple of packages. She handed one to kagome and one to Sango. "for a special occassion." She said and then winked to them, then turned to leave again.

"Arigatou" kagome and Sango said in unison. The others waved, "sayonara!" they all called out as they pair disappeared outside, and inuyasha and kagome felt them take off at great speed.

They sat in silence for a moment, until Sango spoke up. "Sakura trees should be blossoming soon, I cant wait. I haven't been able to enjoy the spring events since I was a child." Kagome smiled as she got an idea. "Sango! we should have a big party to celebrate everything that happened! The trees should blossom with a couple of days, so we don't have much time to plan." Sango jumped up for joy, "yay! we had better get started then."

The guys looked at each other confused, and back at the jumping girls who then ran into the back room of the hut with their gifts in hand, to start making preparations, then looked back at each other and shrugged.

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Within the next couple of days, Sango and kagome were frantic with their plans. They had plucked some of the new sakura blossoms and tree leaves, and put them in containers of salt to preserve them for sakura-yu and sakura-machi. Sakura-yu is tea boiled with preserved sakura blossoms, and sakura-machi is dumplings served in preserved sakura tree leaves.

When the trees were in full bloom, the girls began cooking in the early morning, making enough treats to feed an army. They had shooed the guys outside and out of the way until it was time to leave. Finally, when the dumplings were wrapped, and the sakura tea was packed in thermosas, they smiled to each other, and then went outside to find the guys.

They found them lazying around by the stream, shooting the breeze. They turned around when they heard the girls footsteps behind them. Inuyasha smelt the food and started drooling instantly, as well as Miroku. Kagome and Sango laughed when they saw the mens reaction to the food. Inuyasha jumped up and lunged at the basket that the smell of food was coming from. "sit!" inuyasha crashed to the ground at her feet. "come on, lets go to the valley to the north for the hanami. Miroku nodded, and inuyasha growled. "you mean we have to WAIT to eat?" kagome rolled her eyes, "oh come on inuyasha. We'll be there in no time!"

Sango turned to kilala, who had followed the girls outside, and nodded to her. She burst into flames and transformed. Sango leapt onto the fire cats back, followed by Miroku. "alright, lets go Sango!" kagome cried out to her happily. "come on kilala, we're headed to the north." Sango said as the cat took off into the sky. Kagome took off after them, and inuyasha quickly caught up to her. His stomach gowled at him, and kagome laughed. "come on. I'll race ya" kagome said in a mischievous tone. "keh! Like you could beat me!" he said, cocky as usual. "ha! Just try to catch me!" she said, and in a blur, took off infront of him. Inuyasha stared after, a little dumbfounded, but caught himself and started to run full force. Kilala was left in the dust, as the two raced off towards their destination.

Inuyasha was catching up to kagome, but very slowly. He saw her race up the side of the mountain, leaping from ledge to ledge, never losing momentum. Inuyasha followed quickly, a little more experienced than her, and soon was neck and neck. When they came to the top, kagome took a second to look at where she was. When inuyasha landed next to her, she leaped off the cliff without a second thought, hurtling to the ground. inuyasha didn't waste a minute in following, a little taken back by her braveness.

As kagome plummeting to the ground, she looked at the valley below her. It was filled with sakura trees, and she spotted one clearing in particular that she liked. She pointed her body vertical towards the ground, and picked up even more speed. As she reached the tree tops, she tucked herself into a ball, and then spun around a few times until her feet came into contact with a limb of a tree. She bounded off that, and leaped into the clearing she had seen.

She stood proud, and turned around to wait for inuyasha, who came thundering through the trees a few minutes later. "get lost?" she asked. Inuyasha tried to growl, but was too busy trying to catch his breath. "oi wench!…where'd you learn to move like that?" he said panting. She smiled at him, flashing her pearly fangs, "wouldn't you like to know?"

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Kilala, Sango and Miroku caught up to the, about ten minutes later and settled down in the clearing . kagome had laid out a white blanket from her time, and then helped Sango put out the food. The boys hurried to stuff their faces with the delicious dumplings, and gulped down their still warm sakura tea. They were finished in about 5 minutes, while the girls were watching the sakura blossoms fall to the ground in the breeze. They were nibbling their food, and sipping their tea.

When the food was good and gone, the four of them watched the spectacle infront of them in awe, each one captivated by the beauty. The blossoms seem to be never ending as they fell to the forest floor, carpeting it in a pale pink. None of them said much, and they stayed like that until the sun began to set. When kagome noticed it was getting late, she turned to look at Sango, who was petting kilala's ear. When Sango noticed kagome, she winked in return, and then she stood with kilala in her arms.

Kagome followed her as she walked over to where they had set their bags down. Inuyasha and Miroku watched them in confusion. "hey! Where are you two going?" inuyasha yelled to them as they picked up some things and then began to walk off into the depths of the trees. Kagome turned to face him, "it's a surprise. Now be a good boy and wait for us to get back." Sango whispered something to the neko in her arms, and then set her on the ground. she transformed and then laid on the ground between the girls and the suspicious guys. "kilala will make sure you stay put till we get back." Sango stated, and then walked with kagome into the trees, and the two were quickly lost from site as they disappeared into the pink curtain of blossoms.

Inuyasha and Miroku hadn't been this curios in a long time, and fidgeted on the ground while shooting glances back where the girls had left them. Inuyasha couldn't take it anymore and jumped off the ground, "I cant take this anymore! Where the hell did they go?!"

Before anyone could answer him, he saw a figure walking out from the trees in front of him. He focused as she came into view, and then he just gawked. There stood kagome, more beautiful than he had ever seen her before. She had half her hair pinned up in golden chopsticks, and the rest cascaded down her back. She was wearing something that was definitely foreign. It was a tight black silk dress that clung in all the right places, it had dark red cherry blossom designs in it, with a gold trim. The colors contrasted with her eyes, and made them shine more silver than violet.

It was sleeveless, and went down to her mid-thigh, and had a slit that started just below the hip. The collar went to the middle of her neck, where it tied closed. The main thing he was looking at though, was the cut in the dress that started at her collarbone, and went down below her breasts, giving him a very nice look at her cleavage.

As inuyasha gawked at kagome, Miroku was focused at something on the opposite side of the field. Sango stood at the edge of the trees, in something very much like kagome. Except, hers was a midnight blue, with silver patterns of cranes on it. The dress went down longer, just below her knees. She wore all her hair in a messy bun, held up by silver chopsticks, and had the most sexy smile on.

Both the girls walked towards one of the guys, that's when they noticed that both the girls were carrying something. the scent hit Inuyasha's nose as kagome got closer, `sake!!?' kagome walked up to him, and poured some of the clear liquid into a small sake saucer. "may I poor you a drink My Lord?" she asked as she handed him the drink, looking at him throw her lashes which, he noticed, had mascara on them. He gulped, and nodded as he took the offered drink. He tried to hide his blush as he caught sight of her chest again as he took the sake from her hand. He swigged it down immediately, and then watched as kagome walked passed him to sit on the blanket, swinging her legs to the side of her, and then patted the blanket next to her.

Sango gave the now-mute-monk some sake as well, and watched in amusement when he didn't seem to know what was going on, and spilt it on his robes. The girls both drank some themselves, enjoying the taste of it. "that was a good idea kagome-Chan, putting the cherry blossoms in the sake." Sango told her friend, and kagome held up her saucer to her and gave her a dopey smile.

They drank as they talked, mainly kagome and Sango since the guys still felt a little weird. "hey you know what!" kagome said," back at home, we used to watch dancers that would dance during the yozakur each year." "oh yeah?" asked Sango, not knowing where she was going with this. "can you guess who was the favorite dancer at the event every year?" Sango's eyes went wide, "no way! You're a sakura dancer?" kagome nodded proudly, "sure was!"

"why don't you put on a show for us kagome-sama?" asked Miroku, who was listening very intently at the mention of a dancer. "well…I don't usually dance without music." Miroku reached inside of his robe, "not a problem." He said as he pulled out a small stringed instrument. "I've got your music right here!" he stated as she strummed the cords once. Sango jumped up and grabbed something out of her bag and then came running back with a metal flute that kagome had gotten her. "come on kagome! Put on a show for us!" she cheared happily.

Kagome reluctantly got off the ground and walked infront of everyone, "I don't know you guys. I havetn done it in a long time, and I'm not going to know the tune your going to play." She said shyly. "stop making excuses and dance kagome! Any talented dancer will be able to feel the music, no matter how unfamiliar the tune." Sango encouraged her. "fine, alright." kagome said.

She closed her eyes as Miroku and Sango started playing a semi-fast tune. She let it flow through her mind, through her entire body. As she drifted into her own world, she started to sway her hips to the rhythm. As she got more into it, she swayed them even more, and moved her torso along with them. She spun with her hips once, something she had learned from an American pop star Shakira, and rose her arms above her head and then slid them back down her body.

Inuyasha watched in silent amazement as she moved in the most sensual movements he had ever seen. Her hair shined in the moonlight, and the she looked like a goddess against the heaven like background of shimmering cherry blossoms. Then he watched as she rose her arms again as the beat got faster, and tilted her head back and pulled the sticks out of her hair. She whipped it once as it all came loose. She opened her eyes and saw inuyasha watching her, and she got a strange yet strong urge. She didn't know if it was the sake, the music, or what, but she started dancing towards inuyasha. She swayed her hips as she walked, and spun a few times until she stood right above him. She continued to dance infront of him for a few moments, then turned and pulled him up off the ground. He stood, and his eyes went wide as she grabbed his hands and placed them on her own hips.

"Sometimes the dancers have a partner when they perform. I've never had one, and I'm curios to know what its like," she explained quietly. She gyrated her hips against his, and he felt himself go hard instantly. She was facing him at first, her eyes closed as she continued to move to the beat that flowed through her mind. She turned in his arms, making sure his hands never left her hips.

As she could feel the hardness rubbing against her lower thigh, and felt her body heat up as the scent of Inuyasha's arousal wafted past her nose. Her body was already heated from the sake flowing through her blood, but now she was on fire. She quickened the motion in her hips and her upper body as she slowly slid herself against his body and closer to the ground. When she was knelt down, in one fluid motion she came back up, rubbing his groin region with her ass, causing inuyasha to hiss in pleasure, and her to shudder in return.

`What is she doing to me?' he asked himself as his love continued to writhe in his arms. Soon he found himself moving her hips along with the rhythm himself, pushing his hips a little harder against her. Kagome smiled, "I'm glad your getting into it too inuyasha." She whispered in a low and slightly raspy tone. Her voice almost made him lose control. She turned again to face him, and rose her hands above her head again. As she brought them back down, she rested then on top of his head, and absent mindedly started to stroke his ears in the same rhythm her hips moved against his, and he could feel the heat from her core on his own inflamed skin. His eyes burst open, and he bit back the strong urge to moan, and ravage her body right then and there. He was extremely glad though, when the tempo started to slow down, and the song came to a close.

He stared at her, and then let her go, wandering off into the forest, while the others cheered for kagome's performance. Kagome turned to thank inuyasha for the dance, but found that he was gone. ` Hum, wonder where he went off too. man, I've never felt like this before. Every nerve in my body is on fire, what happened? I wonder if inuyasha felt it too.'

"I'll be right back you guys, I'm going to go cool down in the stream over there." And she raced into the forest. As she headed for the stream, the scent of rain and musk hit her senses. `Inuyasha?'. She veered into another direction and found him soon after, sitting on a fallen tree.

Japanese:

Hanami: flower viewing

Yozakur: evening flower viewing

Sakura-yu: tea with salt preserved sakura blossoms

Sakura-machi: dumplings wrapped in salt-preserved cherry tree leaves

Suteki: next chapter is full of lemony goodness, enjoy!