InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sometimes a Fish is Just a Fish ❯ Sometimes Letting Them Live Works Out Alright ( Chapter 3 )

I do not own Inuyasha and Company, no matter how happy it would make me. Rumiko Takahashi does.

Written for Feudal Tales Week 10 - Prompt 2

 

 

 

Kouga sat sullenly soaking the hot spring relishing the heat on his aching muscles.

 

`Damn,' he silently swore, `I have never been whipped so thoroughly in my life.'

 

He winced as a bruise on his back bumped the rocky bank and shifted slightly, trying to find a comfortable position.

 

He tensed as suddenly a form pushed its way through the bushes around the steaming water.

 

“Aw Hell!” he exclaimed, “What do you want?”

 

Inuyasha looked down at the wolf with a wicked smirk. “I was just wondering how it was. Damn, looks like your lover boy got kinda rough… or do you like it that way?” he asked with a snicker. He couldn't get the sight of his big tough guy brother naked and pinning Kouga to a tree. It was just too funny to forget!

 

“Shut the fuck up, dog breath! How was I supposed to know she upgraded from a half guard dog to a real guard dog?”

 

The hanyou's laughter caught in his throat. “What the fuck does that mean?” he demanded.

 

It was Kouga's turn to smirk. “Oh, you don't know, do you? Must be my lucky day. I can't think of anything I'd rather be doing right now than telling you that Kagome's fucking your brother.” When his declaration was met by nothing but silence Kouga turned to study Inuyasha. He was expecting anger or pain or feelings of betrayal, anything that he could laugh at, but instead there was nothing. The hanyou's eyes were oddly blank. “Yo, Inu-Baka! I said Kagome is FUCKING your brother!” Finally he got some kind of response… but it still wasn't what he expected or had been hoping for.

 

“It's not possible. She would never do something like that. You have to be wrong.”

 

“Wrong? I saw it with my own eyes!”

 

Inuyasha focused on the wolf in the spring, disbelief in his eyes. “Just what did you see, exactly?”

 

Kouga couldn't believe it! Why wasn't he angry? Why wasn't he yelling? He knew the hanyou was dense, but this was just too much! “I saw her naked in the hot spring with an equally naked Sesshoumaru. What the hell else could that mean?” Finally!!

 

A snarl of anger rippled through the steamy air. “That bastard! I'll kill him!”

 

The wolf demon's brows furrowed in confusion. “Just him? You're only angry at him?”

 

“Why the hell would I be angry at her? It wasn't her fault that bastard attacked her!”

 

“Um, Inuyasha? I really don't think he attacked her. She looked quite comfortable, not scared at all.”

 

Inuyasha turned and focused entirely on the wolf. “You don't know what you saw, you pervert! What the fuck were you doing peeping on her while she was bathing to begin with?!”

 

“I'm not a pervert!” Kouga yelled back. “I caught her scent mixed with his and I thought she was in trouble! When I saw her with him I… I… I didn't get a chance to do anything before the kit crashed into me and then Sesshoumaru was there!”

 

“Yeah, and he kicked your pussy ass too, didn't he. What, you scared he'll come back and finish the job if you give him up?”

 

Kouga snarled. “He's too fucking fast, dog breath! What the hell is wrong with you that you can't believe the truth? Kagome was with Sesshoumaru!”

 

- - - -

 

Kagome sat in camp with her head in her hands and her shoulders shaking, making everyone around her confused. They couldn't figure out why she was crying. It was all okay. Inuyasha hadn't figured it out. They were fine with it too. So what was she so upset about?

 

Finally Sango couldn't take it any more and moved to sit at her friend's side. “Kagome? What's wrong?”

 

The miko slowly looked up, surprising the slayer with her tear-free eyes. She wasn't crying at all! “I… oh, Kami! Poor Sesshoumaru!”

 

Miroku chuckled from where he sat. “It was rather entertaining I must admit. I was certainly not expecting to find the Western Lord in such a compromising position.”

 

Once again Sango was confused; leading Miroku to detail what he, Shippo, and Inuyasha had come across on their return to camp. Soon both the slayer and the kit had joined the monk and miko in their uncontrollable laughter. They weren't going anywhere, not with Inuyasha off wherever the hell he was so eventually the group calmed down and settled in for the night. They were all asleep by the time he returned, Kouga finally having given up trying to convince him that Kagome was lying to him.

 

Inuyasha knelt beside his sleeping miko and gently brushed her bangs out of her face so he could see her peaceful expression. It was his fault that Sesshoumaru had done… well; whatever it was he'd done to her. He should never have let her out of his sight, at least not without some kind of protection, Sango or Kirara would have been better than nothing!

 

From the shadows, Sesshoumaru snarled softly. How dare the hanyou touch her like that? It was time, hell; it was long past time for them to tell Inuyasha. He was tired of watching over her from the shadows and only touching her when she could sneak away. He needed to be next to her, touching her, holding her, providing for her, and protecting her properly. With his decision made, the taiyoukai stopped hiding his scent and aura, allowing his presence to become known to his younger brother.

 

When the hanyou noticed, his nose twitched and his eyes narrowed. He and Sesshoumaru had some talking to do, that was certain, and now was as good a time as any. He allowed himself one last look at Kagome before he pulled himself to his feet and headed in the direction of the enemy.

 

- - - - -

 

Sesshoumaru knew he was coming and he couldn't keep the dark smirk off his face. Finally he got to rub the whelp's nose in it. He'd been waiting for this, anxiously even. Inuyasha had been given every chance in the world to have her, but he'd been too busy chasing after undead tail to even notice. He hadn't been so blind though. Sesshoumaru noticed her, saw her beauty, her strength, her unwavering loyalty. There were times when the taiyoukai wondered if the hanyou had problem seeing properly because he often acted like he was walking around with his eyes closed!

 

Finally his younger half-brother appeared through the thick underbrush and stared him down. “I'm gonna kill you, you fucking bastard! How dare you touch her? How dare you force her? What happened to your honor?'

 

Sesshoumaru snarled in response. “This Sesshoumaru has done no such thing. Your miko - my miko -came to me willingly, tired of being invisible or seen as merely a replacement for the one you truly desired. This Sesshoumaru should thank you, hanyou, for your idiocy that drove her to me.”

 

Inuyasha leapt at him, sword drawn while he yelled. “What the fuck is that supposed to mean? She's just a human! Why would you want anything to do with her?” He found himself thrown backwards, his heels digging into the dirt in an attempt to stop the slide before he met with a tree trunk.

 

“Oh foolish little brother, she is so much more than just a human. This Sesshoumaru has had more than his fair share of the female population, but my sweet little miko… she is by far the best.” The taiyoukai smirked as his brother stepped out of the dust cloud sputtering.

 

“You're full of shit, Sesshoumaru! She would never go to you! She promised to stay by my side! She loves me! Kagome would never give herself willingly to a prick like you!” Again he ran at his brother and again he was thrown back effortlessly. Inuyasha was too angry, too enraged to focus, and it was making him lash out without thought or planning, nearly guaranteeing his defeat.

 

“This Sesshoumaru will admit, she has felt some guilt over her choice, but she is certain she made the right decision.” He lifted his hand and it began to glow green before he flicked his wrist and whipped Inuyasha across the chest repeatedly as he spoke, forcing him further and further backwards with every hit. “This Sesshoumaru sees her for who she is, not for who her soul once was. I see her beauty, her strength, her worth like you never have. You drove her away. Finally you have done something that this Sesshoumaru approves of. You might as well have handed her to me on a silver platter, handed me the hottest, tightest, and most pleasurable female I have ever had the pleasure of sampling. And by far the most delicious as well.”

 

Inuyasha was panting, trying and failing to avoid his brother's youki whip, and he found himself speechless, something that had never before happened to him. Sesshoumaru hated humans. Why would he… How could he… It was just too much to comprehend.

 

The yelling and crashing, the clang of sword hitting sword and the spike in the demonic aura of the area all combined to pull Kagome out of a rather pleasant dream, and she was up and running through the forest as soon as she realized Inuyasha was still not there. She knew he was fighting Sesshoumaru. She could tell by the demon energy that was tingling on her skin.

 

Finally she reached them, but as she heard Sesshoumaru's voice she stilled, staying behind the tree line to hear what he was saying. Her cheeks flushed a bright red as he spoke. His deep sexy voice was making her blood heat up and when he said she was delicious the familiar throbbing began between her legs as she remembered all the amazing things he could do with his tongue. She watched as his eyes focused on her in the darkness and the smirk on his lips grew.

 

He knew she was out there. He knew she was watching, waiting, and listening. He would have said the same things regardless, but apparently she approved of his words because the scent of her arousal reached his powerful nose. He watched Inuyasha's face, waiting for the tempting scent to reach his less sensitive nose. He knew the second it did because the hanyou's back stiffened and his eyes searched the shadows.

 

“I still don't believe it. You had to have done something to her, tricked her somehow!” Kagome sighed and walked out into sight, heading directly to Sesshoumaru's side. “Damn it, Kagome! Stay away from him!”

 

“Inuyasha, you can't be this stupid.” When her friend merely snarled, his eyes showing absolutely no comprehension that she'd spoken at all, she looked up into the taiyoukai's golden eyes. “Did you mean it?” she whispered.

 

“Every word.”

 

She moved with near inhuman speed as she threw her arms around his neck and kissed him with everything she had, his hands moving to her hips to pull her closer to his body. When his tongue slipped out and touched her lips she moaned, allowing him to taste her, causing a pleased growl to rumble in his chest. Their hands traveled across each other's bodies wherever they could find, searching and uncovering skin in their passion. Kagome almost immediately forgot Inuyasha's presence entirely, and while Sesshoumaru didn't, he didn't care if they had an audience or not. How better to rub the hanyou's nose in it than flaunting their mutual attraction right in front of him?

 

It was around then that Kouga ambled into the clearing and chuckled. “Believe me now, dog breath?” When Inuyasha didn't respond, the wolf walked up to him, poking him square in the chest. “Damn, I think they broke ya, Inu Baka.” He sighed. “Come on, idiot; let's leave them alone before you get a bigger eyeful than you've gotten already.”

 

Sesshoumaru smirked as Kouga led the stunned Inuyasha away. `Perhaps the wolf is not so bad after all. This Sesshoumaru made the right decision by allowing him to live.' All non Kagome related thoughts left his mind as he succeeded in relieving her of all her clothing. She required his full attention after all.