InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Purity 2: Defiance ❯ Alone ( Chapter 46 )

~~Chapter 46~~

~Alone~

 

Sierra stifled a yawn as she wandered around the cozy beach house as Toga closed the door behind them. He had told her that she could choose where they went on their honeymoon, but when she had taken up InuYasha and Kagome on their offer to use the family beach house instead of heading off for some exotic location, he had seemed surprised but hadn't argued with her.

 

The five-hour trip had been spent cuddled against Toga in the back of the hired limousine, and Sierra had fallen asleep just outside Tokyo. They hadn't been able to escape the reception until the guests had finally started to leave, and since she hadn't been able to sleep at all the night before, Sierra was still tired. One glance at Toga was enough to dispel the fatigue. Leaning back against the door with a little smile adding a light to his amber gaze, Sierra couldn't help but smile back as he straightened his back and slowly stepped toward her, dropping his jacket over the back of the overstuffed chair as he closed in on her.

 

“I can't believe it,” he admitted in a hushed tone as he smoothed her unbound hair away from her face. “You're beautiful.”

 

She ducked her head and laughed nervously, unsettled by his compliment more than she was by his proximity. “You need your eyes checked.”

 

“I don't think I do.”

 

“I'm just glad we're finally alone---really alone.”

 

He looked like he agreed. “You're tired, aren't you?”

 

Sierra tried to stifle a yawn. “Nope,” she lied.

 

Toga shook his head. “I might have bought that if you hadn't yawned,” he remarked. “We can . . . we can wait.”

 

Sierra laughed at the hint of a pout in his voice that he hadn't been able to mask. “And you think I'm too tired for you?”

 

“Kami, I hope not.”

 

“I slept in the car,” she told him. “I'm fine. In fact . . . can we go for a walk? If you don't care?”

 

Toga nodded as he took her hand and led her through the beach house toward the back door. It seemed like a million stars were twinkling high in the sky. Sierra stared at them, enchanted as Toga wandered through the sand. While she had taken the time to change into a casual dress for traveling, he hadn't changed out of his tuxedo though he did undo his necktie. The top two buttons of his shirt were open, and his sleeves were rolled up his forearms. One hand jammed in his pocket while the other was wrapped around her fingers, Sierra felt her heart skip a beat as she stared at Toga's profile in the moonlight.

 

She pulled her hand free long enough to lean over and removed her shoes before she tossed them back onto the patio. Toga was smiling when she turned around again, and she slipped her hand back into his. “It's nice out here,” she said, her voice low, almost as though she were afraid to break the stillness. The rumble of the ocean was soothing and somehow thrilling at the same time, and Sierra gazed at the moonlight dancing on the rising swell of the black waves. She sighed. “It was a beautiful ceremony, but I'm glad it's over.”

 

Toga suddenly chuckled.

 

“What's funny?”

 

He shook his head. “Uncle Yasha.”

 

Sierra frowned. InuYasha had, like every other man in attendance, worn a tuxedo. “I thought he looked very nice.”

 

“Feh! I'll bet he hated it worse than he used to hate the kotodama rosary, or so I've been told---and if he didn't hate the tuxedo, you can bet he hated the shoes.”

 

“Well . . . I'm sure he's fine now.”

 

Toga shrugged. “Of course. Aunt Gome has a way of talking him into things that he hates doing. I'm sure they reached some sort of agreement.”

 

Sierra giggled as she leaned against Toga. Wandering along the shoreline, she couldn't help but feel a certain sense of peace that penetrated her very being. She stepped closer to the water's edge and smiled as the wet sand squelched between her toes only to be washed clean with the flow of cool liquid. “Has your uncle owned this house long?”

 

“No. Father owned it for a long time. When Father was thinking about selling it a few years ago, Uncle Yasha bought it. He brought Aunt Gome here just after she regained her memory.”

 

“I'm glad your family's close,” she admitted as she grabbed Toga's other hand and tugged. He stopped walking and pulled her into his arms. She laid her cheek against his chest and closed her eyes for a moment. “I can't believe we're married.”

 

“I can't believe you didn't want to go somewhere more exotic.”

 

She tilted her head back to gaze at him. “Do you really think it matters to me? So long as we're together . . . that's what I want.”

 

A fleeting shadow passed over Toga's features, and for a moment, he looked like there was something really bothering him.

 

“Toga?”

 

Toga blinked and shook his head before smiling almost sadly.

 

“What's wrong?”

 

“Nothing,” he lied as he quickly looked away. She could tell he was hiding something. She just couldn't figure out what. “You ready to go back yet?”

 

“Don't lie to me,” she said gently, turning his face back to look at her. “You can't, you know. We're married now, right?”

 

He nodded and let go before flopping down in the sand with a heavy sigh. “I . . . uh . . . I've got to do something, and . . .” he trailed off as he shook his head. “I don't know if I can.”

 

She sank down beside him, tucking her legs under herself as she waited for Toga to explain.

 

He sighed. “I have to mark you. It's really not done much anymore. It used to be done just to prolong human life and to offer protection for the mate, but . . . Father discovered with Rin that by giving her his Mokomoko-sama, it worked just the same.”

 

Sierra digested that for a moment. “But that won't work for me?”

 

He shrugged. “Well, it would, but in order for my blood to help you, I have to mark you, and . . .” he heaved another sigh, shook his head slowly, almost dejectedly. “Damn it.”

 

“What does it mean? Marking me?”

 

He flinched. “It means . . . I'd have to hurt you, and I . . . I don't know if I can.”

 

A distinct shiver ran up her spine as she dared to peek at her new husband. Silhouetted in the thin, silvery light of the moon, she couldn't see his eyes, couldn't read his expression, but if he was this reluctant to do something that would ultimately save her, it had to be so much worse than he was letting on. “I don't understand,” she forced herself to say.

 

“I'd have to . . . cut you open and let you bleed . . . . You'd lose almost all of your blood until . . .” he winced again, “and then I would give you my blood. That's what it means . . . and . . . I don't think I can.”

 

Sierra didn't speak for several long moments. The truth of his words hit her hard, and she pressed the back of her hand against her mouth. `In order to save me, he'd have to . . . ? But . . . he can't, and I . . . .'

 

“You'd be fine in the morning,” he told her quietly. “It's actually harder on the youkai than it is on the human. I just . . . .”

 

Her hand fell away as she turned to stare at him again. His eyes shined in the darkness but she couldn't read his emotion. Whether he was sad or afraid, determined or angry, she couldn't tell. Scooting closer, she laid her head on his shoulder, pressed her hand over his heart. “I trust you, Toga.”

 

“I know,” he replied, his voice hollow, resigned. “That's the thing. I . . . I want you to trust me in the morning, too.”

 

 

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Sharibet (not logged in)(MMorg):
Yay! Poor Toga managed to survive the long wait until his wedding...poor guy, thwarted at every turn in his attempts to find some "alone-time" with his bride! Just curious about the Nezumi/Ryo interactions...where does the timeline of Purity 3 intersect with this story? Have the events in the opening chapters of P3 already happened by time of Toga's wedding? Thanks for the quick update! It's always a great break from work to settle down and read the latest installment.

 

No… Purity 3 is set about 5 years after Purity 2. It'll make sense later, I promise.

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Final Thought fromSierra:

Marking?

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Blanket disclaimer for this fanfic (will apply to this and all other chapters in Defiance): I do not claim any rights to InuYasha or the characters associated with the anime/manga. Those rights belong to Rumiko Takahashi, et al. I do offer my thanks to her for creating such vivid characters for me to terrorize.

 

~Sue~