InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Realization ❯ Men Gossip But Not as Much as Women ( Chapter 11 )

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~CHAPTER 11~

Men Gossip But Not as Much as Women

 

 

With a lazy jump, Inuyasha was sitting on a tree branch about twenty feet off the ground. Hard to believe that only a week ago the Fire and Ice Brothers had decimated almost half the village. Luckily the crops and livestock hadn't been harm in their attack. The village was looking brand new and it was all thanks to him. Ok, so maybe that was a lie but he did do most of the work.

 

"Inuyasha!"

 

The voice of Shippo reached his ears. A few days ago Shippo's “inside” voice would have caused his ears to rupture, it frightened him to think what the kitsune's "outside" voice would have done if he hadn't got control over his enhanced senses. Ever since his battle with the youkai brothers, Inuyasha's hanyou senses went into overdrive. His hearing and smell affect some but not nearly as much as his speed, strength and healing abilities.

 

"Inuyasha!"

 

The kitsune's calling began to annoy Inuyasha. It took Inuyasha a while to get use to his newfound hanyou abilities, he had to train himself to control how much of it to use. He started to get the hang of it after a while, thankfully. He had a few accidents when he was helping rebuild the village; hammers knocking down walls, nearly taking off Miroku's head when he tossed him an ax, that kind of stuff.

 

Shippo saw Inuyasha sitting in a tree and sneaked over to him. "Inuyasha!"

 

The hanyou jumped and looked down at Shippo. He angrily jumped down from the tree and pulled the fox demon to his eye level by his shirt. Inuyasha stared at the kitsune, growling. "What do you want?"

 

"INUYASHA!"

 

Inuyasha's ear flattened against his head from the loudness of the shrill yell. Inuyasha looked up to find Kagome approaching him, not looking very happy.

 

"Inuyasha, put Shippo down." She said firmly.

 

Inuyasha suddenly released his gripped on Shippo's shirt letting him fall to the ground with thump. Shippo stared angrily at Inuyasha while rubbing his butt. Shippo hopped into Kagome's arms and began to complain to her about Inuyasha's mean behavior.

 

Inuyasha tried to protest. "He was bothering me and you know my hearin—"

 

Kagome cut him off. "Save it Inuyasha. That was still no reason to treat him badly; he's only a kid."

 

Inuyasha crossed his arms, rolling his eyes. "Feh. He's no kid; he's about your age if not older."

 

Kagome matched Inuyasha's bad mood. "He was calling you for me," She growled out. "You can so childish sometimes."

 

"You didn't seem to care about my childishness when I was playing with your cat last night." He murmured out, loud enough for Kagome to hear him though.

 

Kagome blushed a deep crimson as she recalled the events of the previous night. Kagome quickly removed the flustered look from her face and replaced it with an angry one. "That's beside the point and you should use that kind of language in front of Shippo." She turned her back to him and walked away.

 

Inuyasha smiled. "I got off pretty easily, I expected her to sit me.” "Feh! She's not going to sit me, I'm her mate." Inuyasha jumped into the air…

 

"SIT BOY!"

 

…and came crashing down at the sound of a familiar voice uttering those words. Inuyasha pulled himself off the ground mumbling curses under his breath.

 

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The sun was setting casting a beautiful pinkish glow on everything. Kagome stepped out of Kaede's hut with Sango, Shippo and Kilala in tow, the two girls had towels over their shoulders. They were headed to the hot springs on the outskirts of the village and Shippo was their “bodyguard”, from the boys that is.

 

They reached the hot springs and stripped their clothes off and eased into the warm water, sitting at opposite ends of the pool. While Shippo busied himself by playing with Kilala, Kagome took the opportunity to question Sango about stuff.

 

"So, Sango…"

 

"Hmm."

 

"How are things going between you and Miroku?"

 

Sango's eyes darted around as she tried to think of a believable excuse. As if Kagome was reading her mind, she said. "And I want the true, not some story."

 

Sango looked at Kagome wondering how she knew she was trying to avoid the question. After a few seconds of trying to figure out how, she gave up. "What do you mean?" she asked trying to sound innocent.

 

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Since you want to play stupid, I'll just asked you outright. Did you and Miroku have sex?"

 

Sango's eyes grew huge from shock. "S-sex!?" Kagome nodded. "But Miroku is a monk and we're not married," she hissed out.

 

Kagome sighed things definitely different back in the Feudal Era. "Miroku isn't your average monk but considering the era, I guess it wouldn't be right for you two to do it before marriage."

 

"Yes, it would be considered dishonorable if anyone found out AND what if I became pregnant!?"

 

Kagome sighed at how much Sango was overacting. "Sango calm down, forget I said anything about sex, what else is going on."

 

Sango frowned, she didn't want to talk about it. Kagome's pressuring looks didn't help ease her anxieties so she decided talking about it might help. "Well… umm… I unsure about Miroku's loyalties." Kagome's slightly confused look told her she need to elaborate. "We all know Miroku is a lewd, lecherous monk… It's who he is and I don't know if he can change overnight."

 

Kagome listened to Sango, she felt sorry her friend. "Don't worry about, I'm sure that Miroku loves you and won't do anything perverted to anyone but you." She smiled at the last part.

 

Sango laughed a little. "Now that that's over with… how are things with you and Inuyasha?"

 

Kagome pressed her index fingers together and looked down as she started playing with fingers.

 

"Kagome," Sango spoke some firmness in her voice.

 

"Alright. What do you want to know?" Kagome said, letting her drop causing a small splash.

 

Sango smiled deviously. "Did you two have sex?"

 

Kagome shook her no. "I want to see how Inuyasha will handle things with…" Sango nodded, sparing Kagome from having to mention Kikyo's name. "Besides, I don't want to get pregnant, I'm too young."

 

Sango nodded. "How did it feel when Inuyasha marked you?"

 

Kagome blushed madly. "We talked about it already," Kagome lied.

 

"No we didn't. We didn't really have time with rebuilding the village."

 

"Well…" Kagome was embarrassed and Sango could see it. "Inuyasha was doing stuff with his tongue…" Sango's eyes widened. "…then he stopped and moved up to my neck and started doing stuff with his fingers then bit me."

 

Sango grinned like a giddy little girl. "Did you feel anything?"

 

If possible, Kagome blushed even more. "I felt something… but it wasn't pain." Sango began to giggle uncontrollably and Kagome submerged her head into the water.

 

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Meanwhile, with Inuyasha and Miroku

 

Inuyasha watched as girls left accompanied by Shippo. Kagome said that she was going to the hot springs. He felt like such an idiot when she said Sango was coming with her, he was practically jumping up and down then she crushed his hopes of them doing something.

 

"Inuyasha!"

 

Miroku came walking across the hill, calling for Inuyasha. Miroku spotted him in the tree. "Inuyasha, do you have an plans for the rest of the evening?" He asked him.

 

Five minutes later, Inuyasha and Miroku were sitting in the sauna, enjoying a nice hot steam bath. Inuyasha sat with a towel around his waist while Miroku seemed to be more comfortable in the nude. Inuyasha grumbled, intent on keeping his eyes on the door and nowhere near Miroku. "Damn Miroku, can't you put a towel on."

 

Miroku rested his back on the wall and closed his eyes. "Ah Inuyasha, all I want to is to be free and release myself."

 

Inuyasha's became slits. "You can't get anymore free than that and if you release anything near me, I'll beat you senseless."

 

Miroku nervously cleared his throat. "So Inuyasha," Miroku said, trying to change the subject. "What have you Kagome been up to."

 

Inuyasha growled, wondering what Miroku was trying to get at. "Miroku," Inuyasha said in a tone to warn Miroku.

 

Miroku sighed. "Inuyasha calm down, you're bark is worse than you're bite. I was just wondering if things were going as well for you and Kagome as they are for Sango and myself."

 

"Things are just fine between us," the hanyou replied coldly. Miroku sighed in frustration. Inuyasha could tell that he was upset his feeble attempts to get him to open up weren't working. Inuyasha decided to amuse the monk. "Kagome and I haven't had sex, if that's what you're asking."

 

Inuyasha caught Miroku's smirk out of the corner of his eye. "Oh! Whatever gave you that idea?" Miroku asked trying to seem innocent.

 

"Cut the crap, monk."

 

Miroku sighed. "Neither have Sango and myself."

 

Inuyasha was somewhat surprised at the hint of disappointment in Miroku's voice. "You sound disappointed that you haven't had sex, exactly what kind of monk are you?" Inuyasha asked.

 

Miroku spoke, never opening his eyes. "Inuyasha you should know by now that I maybe a monk but I am a man first. Although, bedding with Sango is not my highest priority, I want to share who I am with her but she just makes me want to abandon all of my principles." Inuyasha snorted. "Yes, I have principles," Miroku reply, slightly annoyed by Inuyasha 's unspoken remark. "Besides, we aren't wedded yet, maybe I should ask her to be my wife."

 

"You already did." Inuyasha said lazy. "If I'm not mistaken you asked her when you first met her, you ask every woman when you first meet them."

 

"I did not ask her when we first met," Miroku said slightly perturbed, "I asked her if she would bear my children."

 

"Whatever." Inuyasha was growing bored of 'talk about our feelings time' but he didn't show it. He understood what Miroku was going through though, Kagome had that same effect on him. He wanted to strip her of her clothes and ram into her whenever he felt like it, at least his demon side did; his human side wanted to be gentle with her, get her excited before he took her innocence. Inuyasha was constantly at war with himself, youkai versus human.

 

Inuyasha and Miroku sighed in unison, each had their own problems and were in deep thought.

 

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Kagome sat relaxing in the hot springs, it had been at least a half an hour since they left. She looked over at Sango, who looked to be sleeping. "Oh well, Sango's sleep. Maybe we should go, it's getting late and my skin is probably all wrinkled and pruney."

 

"So did you mark Inuyasha yet?"

 

Kagome jumped at Sango's sudden intrusion into the quietness. "What?" Kagome asked, trying to calm herself down.

 

"Did you mark Inuyasha yet?" Sango repeated.

 

Kagome looked at her confused. "How?"

 

Sango tapped her forehead lightly with an open palm. "Sorry I forgot," Sango spoke in an apologetic tone. "It's just that youkai males mark their mate then the female marks her mate and seal the bond with consummation. Oh well, I guess it's different with youkai-human matings, he probably only has to mark you then you two consummate."

 

Kagome thought with a puzzled look on her face. "Con-consummate?" Sango nodded. "We have to have SEX!?" Kagome's yelled out her question but kept her voice at a whisper, she didn't want Shippo hearing anything.

 

Sango nodded. "Sex, consummate, same thing," She raised a brow. "Why? Is there something wrong with that?" Kagome nodded. "Wha— Oh! Inuyasha hasn't actually cleared things up with Kikyo." Kagome nodded once again, a look of worry appeared on her face. "Don't worry about it. Inuyasha loves you, I don't see Kikyo with his mark."

 

Kagome knew Sango was trying to cheer her up and it was working. Inuyasha didn't mark Kikyo. She laughed to herself. She got out of the water and dried off with her towel. "We better head back, it's getting late and I don't want those two to come looking for us."

 

Sango nodded, got out and dried off with her towel.

 

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Kagome and Sango walked back into the village, Shippo was near sleep in Kagome's arms and Kilala was walking at Sango's heel.

 

As they entered the inner section of the village, they saw the village women quickly walking and whispering. Kagome looked over to Sango, who shrugged her shoulders. They continued walking and entered Kaede's hut. They were hit by the wonderful smell of stew and saw Kaede knelt down stirring a pot.

 

Kaede looked up as they entered. "Aye, ye two children have been gone for a while."

 

Shippo was completely awaken now; the smell of the stew had woken him up and he was ready to eat some. "Kaede, have you seen Inuyasha or Miroku?" Kagome asked.

 

Kaede lifted the spoon from the pot of stew and sipped it. She placed the spoon back into the hot stew. "I haven't seen either since you two left." Kagome heard footsteps and voices that belonged to women. Kagome was able to catch a few words the women were saying.

 

"I heard they're completely naked."

 

"No… wrong… the monk is naked… hanyou isn't."

 

Kagome looked over at Sango with a shocked look on her face. Sango had the same surprised look but her eyebrows twitched out of anger. "Kaede could you excuse us for a moment," Sango said through teeth clenched.

 

Neither of them waited for Kaede's response, they quickly walked out of the hut and followed the women. Kagome and Sango followed the women and found themselves at the sauna, which was surrounded by women. Although there was much light coming from the evening sky, Kagome could see that most of the women seemed to be middle-aged women, most of them probably had a husband and children.

 

Kagome and Sango slipped through the thick crowd of women, it seemed as if everyone women from the village was there. The women were too preoccupied with trying to look into the steam room. Sango reached the door first, with Kagome right behind her, she snatched the door open.

 

Kagome entered the steam room behind Sango to find Inuyasha and Miroku sitting there sleeping. Kagome noticed that Miroku was nude and turned to Inuyasha, blushing. Sango walked over and punched Miroku in the side of the head. He awoke with a sudden jolt and searching for his attacker. He saw Sango standing in front of him with a maniacal look and Kagome looking slightly angered at Inuyasha, he then looked past Sango and saw the village women looking in. Miroku hurried to his feet. "S-S-Sango! I-I-I can explain." Miroku stuttered at the sight of the angry demon slayer standing before him. He glanced over at an unconscious Inuyasha. "Psst! Inuyasha! PSST! INUYASHA!"

 

"What is it Miroku," Inuyasha replied irritated, never opening his eyes.

 

"Look!"

 

The hanyou he was speaking to, reluctantly opened his right eye. His vision was blurry but it slowly came back into focus. Inuyasha saw Kagome standing there looking very upset, he looked to his right, Kagome was mad but not as mad as Sango. "Kagome! I-I-I can explain." Inuyasha said nervously.

 

Sango grabbed a towel that was sitting off to the side and shoved it into Miroku's chest. Miroku seemed to finally realized that he was nude and quickly wrapped the towel around his lower body.

 

"Inuyasha, I can't believe you." Kagome said astonished.

 

"Humph! At least he was covered Kagome, this one didn't have anything on." Sango said spitefully.

 

Before Miroku could say anything, Sango stormed out of the steam room, the village women were very hasty to get out of her way. Miroku grabbed his robes and chased after Sango.

 

Inuyasha went to say something but was cut off by Kagome. "Save it Inuyasha, I'm going home!" She too stormed off through the now dissipating crowd of women. Inuyasha was left there wondering how he was getting blamed for something that wasn't his fault.

 

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Kagome was buried deep underneath her warm blankets, sleeping peacefully. When she had came home, everyone was sleeping so she headed to her room quietly. She changed into her pajamas angrily but by the time she got into bed she realized that she might have overreacted.

 

Around two in the morning Kagome began to turn from side to side. Uncomfortable moans escaped her lips and her hands gripped her sheets. Suddenly Kagome's eyes opened wide as she sat straight up in her bed, breathing heavily.

 

"Ow, ow, ow!" Kagome held her hand over her mouth. "My mouth hurts." Another sharp pain shot through Kagome's mouth and she silently cried out. Kagome opened her mouth and ran her finger across her teeth. Her eyes grew in utter shock at what she felt. Kagome tossed the covers off her body, rushed out the room and into the bathroom. Kagome flipped on the light-switch and looked into the mirror above the sink. She opened her mouth and let out an earsplitting scream.

 

 

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A/N: Where's the reviewers? I know you're out there! I can see you! I can see that you read, so why not review?