InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Silence the Fairytale ❯ I Don't Look for Trouble... ( Chapter 11 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

 
Inuyasha swallowed thickly at the young girl who looked up at him with pleading, helpless eyes. They stared back at one another, both of them as unsure as could be possible, given the circumstance.

I'm not her father! Wait, do fathers even have these conversations with their daughters?
 
Inuyasha growled. This was ridiculous. He was acting like a pup about this. He was acting immature. He was…

Wait… no… no, no… nononono…

Those familiar, liquidy, sparkling, shiny, life-threatening things were building up in those bright eyes again, warning him that they were going to fall if he didn't fix this soon.

FUCK!

Inuyasha placed his hands on Kagome's shoulders, and grumbled, “Come on… let's... go get you cleaned up.”

He heard a whimper, and one of his ears bolted down flat against his head, leaving his twin brother quivering and standing alone to face the coming onslaught. It was going to be a massacre, murder, mayhem… Genocide. Pure, unsaturated genocide was the only way to describe what was coming.

Natural disaster…

Why me…?

Kagome's eyes got a little wider, as she whimpered pathetically, “D-demo… demo…”

Inuyasha lifted her up, brushing the dirt off her open yukata. He closed it for her, for modesty sakes, and sighed.

“You're not dying. I-I'll…”

He swallowed harshly, as he began to lead her toward the river she recently bathed at.

“I'll…explain it to you… now, let's just get you clean, okay?”

Kagome nodded, following him as he lead her quietly through the forest, reciting the `fuck talk' over in his head. It wasn't working, whatever way he put it.

He supposed, he should just tell her straight up. But she was young, wasn't she? Would that scar her for life, or traumatize her or something?

Fuck.

Literally.

Was the subject, and he couldn't find anyway to describe it to a fourteen-year-old ningen properly.

Sighing, he sat next to her on the river bank as she rinsed off her hands.

He watched her silently, as she averted her eyes toward the river. He supposed maybe now that she knew she was fine, she was embarrassed…

Well, there was a starting point.

“There's no reason to be embarrassed.”

Kagome lifted inquiring eyes toward him, and though they were still filled with unshed tears she seemed a whole lot calmer.

“Look… kid, it's natural. It happens to every bitch. There's no reason to be embarrassed then, so don't worry about it.”

Kagome leaned back on her heels, looking down.

“We just gotta find something to… to, take care of the bleeding when it happens. And it happens once a month for the rest of your life, so get used to it.”

Sighing deeply, Kagome looked up at him. “Why does it happen?”

Inuyasha felt a blush spreading over his cheeks then, making its way down his neck, and probably even reached the top of his ears.

Damnit, if anyone should be embarrassed right now, it should be me!

“Uh… w-well, you see… a man… and a woman… well, they… together. Together to… child. Yes.”

Kagome blinked at him, looking completely lost.

If all else fails, go for the cliché method.

“It just means you're a woman now, damnit!”

A look of complete understanding crossed her face and Kagome smiled brightly, “You mean… when a snake enters a woman's cave?!”

Inuyasha gaped.

“Kaede-baa-chan explained it to me! I just forgot…”

Before Inuyasha knew what was happening, he was face first in the ground, feeling the embarrassment wash over him.

“You okay?”

Inuyasha just grunted.

 
 

 
Inuyasha hadn't said much to Kagome, due to thorough embarrassment and under some sort of impression that it was simply a conspiracy she had against him from the beginning.

Which of course, was a load of bullshit, but he did it to save face.

Kagome, on the other hand, didn't seem to mind in the least.

She simply played with Buyo, smiling all the while, and making up small little tunes to pass the time.

She practiced archery, getting better every passing day. The days passed by in a  lazy haze, the scorching summer turning to a cool autumn. It was almost peaceful, Inuyasha might have said, but he didn't dare jinx it. They turned into some of the happiest days he had had in... well, ever. They traversed all around the land, fighting off stupid youkai that thought they had some business trifling with them and avoiding strange villages for the most part. And above all, it was just the two of them, throughout the winter and again into spring.

Inuyasha's fondness and familiarity with her grew as well, just as well as she grew, all throughout the year, and the two fell into an easy comraderie.

And before either of them knew it, the young priestess had become fifteen, much to Inuyasha's dismay.

With age came the boys and men, and Kagome just laughed as he beat them and chased them all off with an iron claw of fury. It was amusing to her.

To Inuyasha, it was just a pain in the ass.