InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Silence the Fairytale ❯ Repition, The Killer ( Chapter 8 )

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Chapter Seven: Repetition, The Killer



Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo…” she bounced in her step. And every step she took, she said that word. And every time she said that word, the vein in Inuyasha's head got bigger and bigger until it threatened to give him an aneurism.

“Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo…” she held the cat out at arm's length. And she was just
content saying its name. And the  cat   didn't care, nope, no one cared about his plight.

No one gave a rat's ass she kept saying that goddamn word over and over again besides him, and no one cared his sanity was about to pack some bags and say `sayonara'.

“Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo…” Geeze, really? Really? Was she even bothering to stop and breathe?
Was she even breathing?

His eyebrow ticked a bit before he turned to look behind him, watching her as she had a huge smile on her face. Her eyes were closed in contentment, and her beaming smile was all that radiated off of her. There even seemed to be supernatural sparkles around her, as if the air around her teemed with her preternaturally inhumane glory.

Buyo bounced in her hands in front of her, lazily and compliantly staying there 
the entire time. He wasn't complaining that she had him in such an uncomfortable position for so long, and if Inuyasha hadn't known better, he would bet the damn thing was even sleeping.

Looking forward again, he stared off in front of him at the plain that they had to cross. He wasn't even sure where he was anymore. In all the years he had beenwandering, he very well couldn't remember everything, though he usually had a pretty good grasp of where he was.

This time, he was clueless, and was just… walking. The only thing different about this situation was the fact he had the ningen with him. But he was becoming so accustom to her presence that he thought less of it as each day passed. They blurred together, and time had becoming meaningless again. The only meaningful thing about his life now was Kagome.

She gave him reason again, and he hadn't felt reason for five long, unchanging decades.

Even the reason in his life was driving him crazy, like today, which she had a high tenacity to do.

“Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo…”

He reminded himself not to yell. That's how he got himself in this newfounded mess. Not to yell…

“…Kagome…”

“ Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo…”

Patience… was a virtue.

“…Kagome.”

“Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyooooo…” she stopped for a second, and Inuyasha felt his heart swell with hope perhaps she had gotten bored with this new, pointless game she had created. Unfortunately that was not the case, as he soon realize, for her chest expanded with breath and very soon she began again.

“BUYO! Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo…”

Inuyasha closed his eyes. He counted to ten. Backwards. By 
prime  numbers, by even numbers, and by quarter fractions.

It wasn't stilling his slowly rising anger that was impending to 
break loose  very soon.

“KA…
gome…”

“Bu yo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo…”

“KAGOME…”

“B uy o, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo…”

KAGOME!” Inuyasha whirled around and shouted loudly, and she stopped in her tracks, wide innocent eyes looking up at him in question.

“…Nani?” came her soft, childish voice. At the sound, his anger quickly deflated leaving him feeling somewhat weary and torn. It was dumb. It was truly dumb, and pathetic.

He couldn't believe he was going to say it.

“Nothing… nevermind. Just, let's keep going….”

But he did.

He grumbled, turning around to continue on his path. He heard a giggle behind him, and another deep breath as she continued, “Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo, Buyo…”

…She was going to be the end of him…

She really was.


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Inuyasha rubbed the bridge of his nose as he looked up at Kagome. “So, you bathed?”

She nodded, looking rather accomplished, “Hai!”

Inuyasha looked down at the soaked cat who was looking currently more like a rat than a feline.

“And… and Buyo… took a bath too, I presume?” he gestured to the cat, not sure whether or not to feel bad for the creature. As usual, it didn't really seem to care. Well…?

He cocked his head slightly, trying to determine.

It did look a bit more pathetic than usual, if that was possible.

“Hai!” Inuyasha sighed, holding up one hand. “Then give me…  Buyo, and go get dressed before you catch cold, kid.” Kagome nodded brightly, handing the cat over and running over to a bag they carried to retrieve clothes to cover her nude form.

That was something else Inuyasha was getting used to.

Seeing Kagome… well, naked.

It was simply becoming full routine, and at times it blew his mind. But it just…  was.

How long has she been with me now? Two months?

Sighing, he lifted the cat up by the front paws. “Brrrow…” came the response as it began purring.

That cat was the single most odd creature Inuyasha had ever come across, and that was saying a lot, considering all the ningen and youkai he had seen in his two and a half centuries of living.

“Buyo, Buyo,” he grumbled quietly, alternating the paws as the cat blinked at him, making an incoherent mewing sound.

“Hai!” came Kagome's proud response, and he saw she was dressed in a light, simple yukata he had well… stolen for her. He hated doing it, but she went through clothes faster than anything. They always ripped, yet somehow she had kept the kimono he got for her birthday intact. However she managed that was beyond his realm of comprehension, considering how careless she appeared to be with everything else she owned.

And he couldn't afford to keep buying her new ones, seeing as... well, he lived off the land. He spent all his money on her ages ago, and that was that.

“Good. Now come eat kid, and then get some sleep,” he laid the feline down in his lap, and gestured to the meat that was currently roasting over the fire. Kagome gave a small appreciative noise, and began to scarf down what was presented to her. Inuyasha frowned a little, and reached over to her to grab her wrist lightly, “Ease up, kiddo, it ain't going nowhere. You're gonna make yourself fucking sick at that rate. Chew it slowly.”

Kagome blinked at him, and swallowed the huge mouthful she had. Nodding, she continued eating at a slower rate.

“There ya go, see? It's still there, ain't it?” Inuyasha teased, his features lightening up a bit.

Kagome just blushed, and nodded, turning her attention back to the meat she held in her hand.

“And don't make a mess, you just cleaned up,” he spoke softly, and turned his attention back down to the kitten that was currently napping in his lap.

He poked it.

And Buyo gave a lazy, “Brrr?” It was an obvious 'Wtf?'.

Plucking a piece of meat, he offered it to Buyo, which the cat happily chomped down on.

The thing had an appetite like nothing he had ever seen.

A tugging on his sleeve caught his attention, and Inuyasha turned to look at Kagome. She was looking at him with food sticking out of her mouth, looking at him with wide, bright eyes and offering him food too. Inuyasha frowned and shook his head.

“I'm not hungry, you eat.” Kagome glared at him, tugged on his sleeve again and thrust the food in his face more insistently.

“All right, all right, for fuck sakes! Geeze!” He opened his mouth and she popped the morsel in, and then made a happy clapping as he chewed and swallowed.

He scowled a bit as she repeated the process. “I'm not a baby, I can feed myself…”

But the moment she made the `sad eyes', as he put it, he knew he was in trouble.

“…I can do it, I said…”

The `sad eyes' were turned on full effect, and he flinched. Grumbling, he opened his mouth and once again she clapped when he swallowed.

Again, she did it.

“Damnit, I'm not hungry! I can feed myself, I'm not a dog!” He growled, and Kagome looked at him incredulously.

“FUCK! You know what I mean! Stop it!” Kagome pouted.

“Stop it, I said!”

“….”

Inuyasha felt himself bristle, grabbing her wrist as she pulled away and just opened his mouth, fuming. She offered him a shy smile as she did it again.

And the rest of dinner was eaten in this method. Inuyasha was flushed by the time it ended, and he grumbled as he deposited the ball of fur in to her lap and stormed off to the nearest tree with an indignant, “Keh!”

He leaned against it, allowing Tetsusaiga to rest against his shoulder, and closed his eyes. Maybe he could sleep peacefully instead.

But when he heard a rustling sound, and a small figure leaning against his shoulder, he flinched. Already, Kagome had cuddled up against him and was in the process of falling asleep.

Blushing heatedly, Inuyasha knew… he knew, he would never get a moment's peace around her.

Why he even bothered wishing anymore?

He didn't know.

But he guessed in the long run, no one else would see, so there was nothing really to worry about.

Wrapping an arm around her, he pulled her against his chest and situated the lump of fur between both their laps, and allowed himself to close his eyes, hoping sleep would capture him sooner or later.

Despite the embarrassment he felt from that night, he was sure… maybe, he could sleep all right.