InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Snow White and the Seven 'Dwarfs'...Sort of ❯ Jakotsu's OTL ( Chapter 40 )

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AN: Hey, sorry about the late update, my history and English teacher dumped lots and lots of homework on me. Oh, and I've decided I'm going to try to make my chapters shorter unless I'm writing something really good. Hope you guys don't mind.

Japanese Dreamer- Thank you! Sorry the chapter was kinda late.

Cat- Thank you! I wanted to make it clear Bankotsu isn't into her that way, he's just a really, REALLY protective guy. (And what father/uncle/brother wouldn't be with Sess sniffing around their daughters/nieces/sisters?) And don't worry about being to eager, I love eager people. They're so much fun. And I'm not sure if or when I'll ever give Rin a love triangle, I'm not completely sure how well I can write those. I might want to wait awhile to do a really serious, big one. And about Inu/Kag fluff? Well you'll see what's going to happen to them soon enough. And about that question...come on, what do you think I'm going to tell you? Thanks for the review!

Cuchi Cuchi- Nice name. Thanks for the reivew! (I loveeeee Sess/Rin to. Something about a demon lord falling for a human is so appealing.)

Whitetiger-Isabella- Thank you! And about the guys making their moves...well you'll see. (I notice no one's mentioned Kou/Aya or Mir/San, poor guys. Oh well, guess I'll have to throw them in just to remind you, hehe.)

Lovemeetsdeath- Yeah, Kikyo bashing is fun. You should read my one fic where I make her a evil OLD lady. Hehe, I'm so mean sometimes. Thanks for reviewing! mediaminer-

Mischievous-Angel- It’s alright, I didn’t cry to much when you didn’t review. Just a few tears. (Sniff, sniff) I’m kidding, by the way. I want Sess’s hair!!!! Only a different color, I don’t think I’ll look good with silver. Hope you enjoy the new chapter! Thanks for reviewing.
And now...the new chapter for Snow White and the Seven "Dwarf's'...Sort of

Disclaimer- I don’t own Snow White or Inuyasha, and I only wish I was making money off this fic.
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Kagome

I crouched lower in the bush I was hiding in, hoping Shippo and Soten didn't see me as they slowly walked by. I hadn't wanted to play when Shippo first asked...well…TOLD me I was playing, but I have to admit, I had forgotten how much fun hide and go seek was. When I played as a kid, I wasn't always the best seeker but when I found a hiding spot, it took people forever to find me.

Which was a skill I happily used when I was a servant with Kikyo, but I'm not going to think about her today. The day is going too well to mention her. Soten has come back to Hiten, I’m rubbing Inuyasha's ears and playing a game instead of practicing…. nope, there’s no way in hell I'm spoiling the day with Kikyo.

I rolled my eyes when I heard the sound of someone's hand slapping flesh. ….stupid Miroku, he probably tried to cop a feel from Sango….again. The idiot should be giving her flowers and sweets, not a hot and sweaty palm on her ass.

And if I was Miroku, I would figure that out before Sango could give me permanent brain damage.

As Shippo and Soten sped off towards the noise, I heard a heavy body thump down next to mine and jumped in surprise.

I glared at Inuyasha, "Don't come up behind me like that!" I hissed, my hand clamped over my rapidly beating heart.

Inuyasha looked back, his eyes completely serious again, "Look I have to talk to you, and it's not about my ears." he said bluntly, not lowering his voice down to a whisper.

I frowned and carefully picked up my head enough to peer out of the bushes. Luckily Soten and Shippo were to far away to hear him. "Just don't talk so loud." I cautioned, really wanting to be the last person found.

"That's the problem!, “he said, sounding extremely frustrated, “ I don't want to keep it to myself, I want to scream it so loud everyone knows."

I frowned again at him, before cursing softly and rolling totally on my stomach, completely out of view. I glared up at Inuyasha and yanked at his arm. He rolled his
eyes but laid down finally.

He looked over at me. "Kagome?" He said, sounding more formal then he usually is.

"Yes?" I asked, feeling like he wasn't going to ask me if I liked his ears again. He swallowed, looking nervous suddenly. "It’s like this Kagome, when a man has a connection with a woman and feels he likes her very much-"

"You aren’t trying to give me the sex talk, are you?" I asked, recognizing the ‘talk’ from when my father gave it to me.

He turned bright red and scowled, "No, not that talk! What I mean to say is...um...well, you see...well, when a man reaches a certain age, he has to count all the ducks he has in his pond, and then chose one of those he wants to take home and eat-"

I blinked, feeling totally lost. "Are you asking me to cook duck for dinner Inuyasha?" I cut him off. "Because I really don’t know where there’s a lake around here, but you can ask Kouga or Hiten-"

"No! That isn’t what I meant!" Inuyasha interrupted, sounding frustrated. I really didn’t know why he’s frustrated since I’m the one confused.

Rin


Rin looked up from where she was staring out the window and smiled at Sess when he entered the room. "No problems with Seven I hope?" she asked.

He shook his head once, "None at all." he reassured her as he sat beside her.

She nodded, "Good, that's good. They're good men, aren't they?" she asked, pride in her voice.

"Yes they are." Sesshomaru agreed before silence fell over them.

He studied Rin out of the corner of his eye, stunned that for the first time in his life he left unsure. What would be the best way to tell her? Should he say it bluntly? Drop a hint? Give her a romantic dinner with presents? How would Rin want to be asked?

Cursing himself silently, he decided to wait till later to decide. "It will be sunset very soon," he reminded her, "Would you like to just leave now and find something to eat in town?" He asked.

Rin's smile turned shy, "I think I would. Just let me finish this letter to Kagome and the dwarf's, once I send it off, we can go."

He nodded in response and waited in silence as she hastily finished scribbling a message across the paper that rested on her knees.

"Done." she announced happily and folded the letter up. "Let me just send this out, and I'll grab Seven-"

"No." he interrupted suddenly. "Just you."

Rin blinked. "Oh." she finally said and he was almost afraid she would refuse.

"Well..alright." she said hesitantly. "Can I meet you out front?" she asked.

He immediately stood up and helped her to her feet, feeling like a foolish, immature pup at how eager he was to get them both on their way before she could change her mind.

Silently, they walked out of the hotel, Sess lightly placing a hand on her elbow to lead her along. The sun was setting over the land, splashing gold and orange light on the buildings. Booths were being set up to attract tourists out on the town at night while bars prepared to open and the natives headed home to avoid the crush of outsiders.

Rin looked up at him, "Where do you want to eat?" she asked.

He slowly considered the shops and restaurants lining the street before settling on the most expansive and elegant looking one. "This one looks-

"Oh! Eel on a stick! I love those!" Rin exclaimed, brushing Sesshomaru off and heading straight for the booth.

Sesshomaru frowned as he followed, wondering how to steer her gently towards something more expensive so he could impress her with his money and taste.

"Two please." Rin asked the man behind the counter, exchanging 10 yen for two long sticks that had a fried eel speared through them.

She turned around and smiled up at him before glancing down at the stick, her grin turning sheepish. She held the eel out to him. "Would you like one?" She asked, as if she hadn’t been planning on sharing.

He hid his sneer. Eel on a stick? He had never indulged in peasant food before, but if it made Rin happy...

Slowly he accepted the...food if it could be called that, and almost melted at the grin Rin beamed up at him.

Melted? This woman was making him to soft...

"You want to walk around?" she asked, taking a few steps forward. "I’ve heard cities are beautiful at night." she said, sounding wistful.

He nodded down at her, reclaiming her arm with his free hand. Her eyes lit up on a booth selling flowers and she dragged him over, taking the control back from him.

He watched in slight wonder as she leaned over and stuck her nose in a lily, breathing in the perfume deeply before taking a bite of her eel and examining another flower. He took a bit of his own food, and had to fight showing his surprise at finding it actually tasted good.

He passed a yen to the sales man and plucked a tiger lily up and snapped most of the stem off. He gently laid his hand on her neck, causing her to look up at him as he carefully slide the flower behind her ear.

"Come, I must speak to you in private." he told her, slowly pulling her away.

She blinked, but started willingly following him, touching the flower lightly.

He moved them through the rapidly growing crowds keeping a firm hold on her arm and snarled at anyone about to bump into them. Finally he led them to the edge of town where it was quieter and the fading noise reveled the gurgle of a slow river, topped by a bridge.
Sesshomaru didn’t stop, he kept tugging at her until they were at the top of the structure, looking down at the lazily moving water below them.

Rin looked up at him, the dying light giving her skin a golden hue. "What was it you wanted to talk about?" she asked quietly.

He looked solemnly down at her, still clasping her hand.

"Before I start to speak, I want you to promise me you won’t say anything until I’m done." he asked her, not letting his eyes leave hers.

Slowly she nodded and waited for him to speak.

Kagome

"Wait, wait, wait." I interrupted Inuyasha’s endless rant again. "You just told me you thought I should become a dancer five minutes ago, now you want me to become a huge, human, ramen noodle?"

Inuyasha’s eyebrow started to twitch more violently than before, if that was possible.

"Fucking Kami, no." he hissed. "Look, I’m trying to tell you I think I might like...love...y-"

"Ohhhhhh." a long, drawn out moan interrupted Inuyasha. "Ayame, please...harder." a voice moaned out.

"Are you sure Kouga? I would hate to do something you might regret later." A female voice, Ayame’s of course, teasingly said.

"Ayame...no! Don’t stop!" Kouga cried out before sighing in bliss.

Both Inuyasha and me had gone totally still, faces beet red and tried to pretend we couldn’t hear them.

"Aha!” Shippo’s young voice rang out, “Ayame, Kouga, we found yo.....ew. What are you guys doing?"

"Shippo...go AWAY!" Kouga roared before being reduced to moans again.

"Uhhh……I think I see something red over in that bush Shippo." Soten pointed out.

Almost immediately Shippo’s head popped out over the bush. "There you two are! I was getting worried when I couldn’t find you. Everyone else is doing all these weird things." Shippo said, sounding disgusted. "Hiten and Kagura were being all mushy and junk in the house, Sango was beating Miroku off with a stick, and you really don’t want to hear about what Kouga and Ayame are doing." he said, shuddering. He beamed down at me. "I’m hungry, can you make me something to eat Kagome?" he asked.

I sighed, but stood up, disappointed to hear we weren’t going to play anymore. "Alright Shippo, fried fish sound good? Do you want some to Soten?" I asked and she nodded shyly at me. I was surprised the angry, smart mouthed brat I had met before was replaced with this shy sister little girl. (I felt horrible for Sango though. She still hadn’t forgiven Soten for being her brother’s caretaker.)

I walked towards the house following Shippo and Soten, trying to ignore the flashes of Kouga’s thumping leg and Inuyasha’s grumbles behind me. I still have no idea what he was trying to tell me.

Rin and Sesshomaru

"Rin. I want you to become my mate."

Rin blinked, thinking she couldn’t have heard him right. She rubbed her ear, subtlety checking to make sure it wasn’t full of earwax.

"...wait, I’m sorry, could you repeat that, I must not have heard you right." Rin said, feeling dumb for even thinking that she heard him ask her to marry him...in a really weird way.

He raised a silver brow, amusement and irritation shining faintly in his eyes, "I want you to become my mate." he repeated calmly.

Rin’s mouth fell open and her fingers loosen, sending her eel tumbling to the ground if Sesshomaru hadn’t quickly caught it.

"...what?" she asked dumbly.

Sesshomaru let a tiny smirk curve his mouth and carefully placed their eels against the railing, making sure they wouldn’t fall over before he reached over and took her hands. "Rin." he began again. "It is really a very simple yes or no question." he paused waiting for her answer.

Rin continued to stare at him, her mouth hanging open wide enough to attract flies.

Sesshomaru reached out and gently shut her jaw closed. "I am awaiting your response to my question Rin." he reminded her and she swallowed noisily.

"But....I’m a human." she finally managed to say.

He allowed his smirk to wider a fraction. "Yes."

"And...I’m not very noble."

Sesshomaru nodded and started to lean a little closer to her, becoming distracted by the lovely lips forming extremely dumb responses.

"And you’re a very noble demon."

"Don’t forget a handsome and powerful demon." he reminded her, tugging on her hands to bring her a few steps closer.

She swallowed again, her gaze dazed and focused on Sesshomaru’s lips that were slowly coming closer to her own.

"And I have a huge family of powerful males who would happily kill you for looking at me like this." she said breathlessly.

He wrapped his arms around her, and nuzzled her neck, enjoying the little gasp she let out.

"Let them come." he breathed against her skin before taking her lips with his own.

Rin’s eyes fluttered closed and she clutched his kimono with both fists as she fell into his kiss. Her knees grew weak and she trembled as she gave herself up to him.

Slowly he drew away, his golden eyes boring into hers. "Well?" he asked.

She blinked. "...what was the question?"

Sesshomaru smirked again, "Rin." he purred. "Would you-"

"Rin!" Jakotsu called out as he ran up the bridge, "there you are! We’ve been looking all over for you! Come on, we’re hungry and we have lots of rumors to drop." Jakotsu said, rubbing his hands together in glee before noticing her position with Sesshomaru. "How come you guys are all wrapped around each other like that?" he asked sounding confused.

Rin turned red and forced herself out of his arms. She smiled widely at Jakotsu, "Oh nothing Jaks, I was just a little cold but I’m fine now. Want to get going?" she asked Sesshomaru, grabbing her eel before nearly running towards Jakotsu.

Sesshomaru grinned again as he watched her retreat. There was in way in hell he was letting her off that easily, but that flustered and dazed look on her face made the chase a lot more fun.

He followed them, giving them the illusion of privacy as they walked back into town to meet up with the others.

Bankotsu sighed in relief when Rin and Jakotsu came into view. "Good, you’re back. Lets all of us spilt up and then in two hours we’ll meet at the edge of the woods at the South end of the town." he told everyone quickly, wanting to go out and get something to eat.

Everyone nodded in agreement and Jakotsu grabbed hold of Rin’s arm, "I’m going with Rin!" he announced and dragged her off.

Sesshomaru watched them go, and decided to let her be. He wanted to give her some time to think over his offer.

And to begin to crave it...

"So Rin." Jakotsu began to say after buying a bowl of oden from a vendor. "What were you really doing wrapped up in Cutie’s arms?" he asked.

Rin sighed, and wondered if it would be worth it to try and lie to him. But she really wanted to tell someone. "Kissing him." she admitted.

Jakotsu squealed, almost chocking a swallow of his soup. "Seriously?" he asked. "You have to tell me, is he a good kisser?"

Rin smiled slightly and took a bit of her now cold eel. "I don’t have much experience, but as far as I can tell he is." she said shyly.

"You have to tell me everything Boss. Did Cutie really drag you all the way out there just to kiss you?" he demanded to know.

She hesitated. "Well..no."

Jakotsu turned to glare at her, "Well? Don’t leave it off there!"

Rin nibbled on her lip and tossed her half-eaten eel away, suddenly not so hungry.

"Well." she began, starting to get annoyed with all the ‘well’s she was using, "I think he asked me to become his mate." she said, quietly.

Jakotsu squealed again. "Oh my Kami you lucky bitch!" he playfully shouted. "You’re going to become the Lady of the West!" he stopped and studied her, "You are going to say yes right?"

Rin rubbed the back of her head, "I honestly don’t know Jakotsu. I barely know him. And the idea of becoming queen of somewhere...I mean, I would make a really horrible queen."

Jakotsu waved her concerns away, "That’s why they have advisers, do you really think a king knows how to rule his own country by himself?" he asked as Rin tried to figure out that bit of logic. "But you probably should get to know him better." he mused.

He eyed a few soldiers standing around in a group. "Did you hear about that witch Naraku has employed?" he asked loudly, "I hear she rapes men in an old hag form and turns them bald." he smiled with satisfaction when some of the soldiers started to squirm uncomfortably.

"I don’t know how I could say yes. I have so much to do yet, and how do I know I would be happy with him?" Rin asked, after Jakotsu was done.

Jakotsu shrugged, "Try talking to him, get him to buy you presents, see how it works out." his grin turned wicked, "And if he turns out to be a total bore at least you have stuff to make up for the time lost!" he told her cheerfully.

Rin smiled ruefully, "Thanks Jakotsu, that helped me so much." she told him sarcastically.

Jakotsu patted her on the shoulder before taking another sip of his soup. "That’s what I’m here for Boss. Hey! Did you hear about that old witch stealing men’s seed?" He called out loudly again.

Two Hours Later


"Well, that was successful, wouldn’t you say so Rin?" Jakotsu asked cheerfully as they started heading towards the meeting point.

"Sure, we only got kicked out of five places, glared at by fifteen soldiers, and three death threats from men you asked if they preferred for you to steal their seed instead of an old bag." she grumbled.

"Like I said, a successful run."

Rin shook her head at him, "Look, there are the others." she pointed out to a few huddled forms just outside the shadows of the woods.

"Well let’s not keep them waiting." Jakotsu started to walk faster, Rin easily keeping pace with him even in her kimono.

"You guys find anything out?" Rin asked as they approached, the whole group sliding into deeper shadows without anyone remarking they should.

Bankotsu shook his head, "I got nothing, but I think a bunch of the soldiers are worried about staying on Naraku’s side. Maybe we can get some of them to turn." he suggested, shrugging his shoulders helplessly.

"Anyone else?" Rin asked, only to be met with negative statements.

"Damn it." Rin muttered, not noticing Sesshomaru’s raised brow at her language. "There has got to be an easier way to do this. We have less then a week to find information and we barely have anything.’ she mumbled, her mind whirling to find an solution.

"Perhaps I can be of service." a voice called out.

Everyone reached for their weapons and searched the darkness. Jakotsu’s eyes blinked, telling himself it couldn’t be true.

"But I’m afraid I have some conditions if I am to help you." The man, who had been hiding in the shadows stepped out into the moonlight.

"I want Jakotsu."

Jakotsu gasped. "Oda!"

Oda Nobunaga’s teeth flashed in the light, giving him a predatory look. "My love." he purred back.

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AN: OTL- One True Love

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