InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Road To Forever ❯ Inuyasha's Problem ( Chapter 5 )

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Inuyasha or any of the characters created by Rumiko Takahashi. I do however own the title, chapters, plot and characters in this fan fiction that were made up by me and never introduced in the manga or anime.

 

 

" " : talking out loud

 

' ' : thoughts to oneself

 

Italics: thoughts, flashbacks or dreams

 

Bold: Inuyasha's demon thoughts

 

* * : sounds or actions

 

The Road to Forever

 

-Chapter 5: Inuyasha's Problem-

 

Inuyasha stood irritated, leaning against the wall of Toutousai's residence. Finding Myoga had been easy, the problem was that the hanyou wasn't going to make it back to Kagome's era before she got home from school. He wasn't looking forward to the argument that seemed inevitable after the big deal he made about the woman coming straight back after her classes were finished.

 

Inuyasha looked down at the flea who was sitting on Toutousai's table in the middle of the room. He'd just finished telling his vassal about the embarrassing and worrisome situation he found himself in. The blush staining his cheeks was now barely noticeable as his eyes flashed with anger. Myoga sat there scratching his head, seemingly deep in thought.

 

“Well, what the hell do I do about this Myoga?” Inuyasha spat. He really didn't have time for this shit, he wanted a solution.

 

“Master Inuyasha, isn't it obvious? You know you're demon side wasn't being inaccurate. According to Inu-youkai custom, you have until the first time the female reaches heat on the night of the full moon to finalize the bond. Waiting longer than that will normally drive both partners to insanity. Since Lady Kagome is a human, however, things are a little different. ” Myoga stated.

 

“Uhhh, okay but I never started any `bond' with Kagome! Hell I only told her I loved her last night! So what the FUCK is going on?” Inuyasha was now pacing angrily around the room at this point.

 

“Well master, I don't see how that would have anything to do with it. Are you sure yourself and lady Kagome haven't indulged in ANY physical pleasures at all?” Myoga looked confused.

 

“Of course not you baka! Kagome isn't like that! I'm sure she would want to be legally bonded, or married in the human tradition before we did anything like that! I would NEVER want her to expect any less from me! All we did was kiss, TWICE, that's it! What kind of man do you think I am? Do you honestly think that I would dishonour her like that?!” Inuyasha was furious and about to pound the flea into the table with his fist.

 

Myoga looked up pleadingly. “”Please master Inuyasha, wait!”

 

The hanyou retracted his fist before it squished the flea into the rough wood. “Spit it out!”

 

Myoga looked around nervously before he continued. “So you did kiss Lady Kagome then?”

 

“I just told you I did! What the hell, are you deaf?” Inuyasha had many endearing qualities, but patience was not one of them.

 

“I see. Well then you HAVE already marked Lady Kagome as your intended, albeit unknowingly.” Myoga stated rather matter-of-factly.

 

Inuyasha seemed interested now. “How could I have marked her without knowing it?”

 

“Master, it doesn't take much to mark someone as your intended. I thought that you were aware of that. A simple kiss or a loving embrace will do. The mark of an intended isn`t a visual mark such as a full mating mark would be. This mark is essentially a transfer of a small amount of your demonic energy to your partner.” Myoga was a little disappointed in his master's ignorance concerning youkai customs.

 

Now Inuyasha was really confused. “Alright genius, well how come I never marked Kikyou then? I've embraced her and kissed her before too you know.”

 

“Apparently both sides of your nature have to agree on your mate. I know little about hanyou mating but considering marking an intended mate is really a demon trait, I assume your demon side did not consider Lady Kikyou as a true candidate to be your mate. It might be a wild guess here, but uh, it's highly unlikely that your demon side would have EVER picked her seeing as she wanted you to use the Shikon no Tama to turn human. I quite honestly wouldn't be surprised if your demon side actually hated that woman and wanted her dead. She was, after all, trying to destroy the demon inside of you.” Myoga looked pleased with his own response.

 

“Okay, so you're telling me that I've unconsciously marked Kagome as my intended. That's just great! I really feel like a dick now, I didn't even ask her! Fuck! What the hell am I supposed to do now Myoga?” Inuyasha slumped to the floor, head in his hands looking defeated and scared.

 

Myoga jumped off of the table onto Inuyasha's shoulder. “Master, what's wrong? Surely you wanted this, otherwise you would have never marked her…”

 

“It's not that Myoga, its just that it's taken me two years to admit that I love Kagome. TWO YEARS! And now that I finally have, and she's accepted me, it's like we're both going to be forced into something we both aren't ready for yet. Sure, I want to spend my life with her, but I don't know if she feels the same way…what's she going to do when I tell her all of this?

 

I've never told her about youkai mating. It's PERMANENT with a human, there's no reversing it. Our souls will be bound forever! Knowing Kagome, she'll just go along with it anyway because she wants to make me happy. But I CAN'T be happy if I don't know for sure that's what she really wants…FUCK!” Inuyasha slammed his head into the wall violently, knocking the flea off of his shoulder and onto the floor.

 

Myoga hadn't seen his master in such a state since he was a small child. The flea felt bad for the poor hanyou. “Master, I still have more to tell you unfortunately.”

 

Inuyasha looked at the flea dreading what he was going to say next. “There's more?”

 

“Yes. If you and Lady Kagome are not fully mated by the next full moon, I'm afraid the least of your worries will be your youkai half taking your responsibilities as a mate for you. Your youkai considers Kagome it's mate and would not want to harm the woman, which is why if you will not act before the full moon, it WILL make you transform and do what you cannot. However, this is only as a means to protect your mate. Master, if you do not bind yourself to Lady Kagome before the next full moon, she will die.” Myoga frowned.

 

Inuyasha sat there stunned. “So what you're saying is…I'm killing her by loving her?” he asked softly.

 

Eyes downcast, Myoga took a deep breath before replying. “Unfortunately, humans cannot withstand the demonic energy that surges through them once they have been marked. I am sure you have noticed your own urges in ways that you described to me earlier, but for Kagome, it will be different.

 

I assume that her own reactions will start very soon. There is a difference in how she will react however. Where you succumb to feelings of lust and pleasure, Kagome will feel pain. The pain will increase in intensity as the full moon and her own heat approaches. The demonic energy will grow within her more and more the closer it gets to the full moon. Without having your demonic blood mixed into her veins, the demonic energy will rip her human body apart from the inside.”

 

“Well that's just fucking peachy! So if I don't mate with Kagome before the full moon, my demonic energy which I placed in her unknowingly is going to rip her to shreds? FUCK! Are you sure there's no other way Myoga? Can't I reverse the mark I already gave her? We need more time!” Inuyasha slammed his head into the wall one more time and growled frustratingly.

 

“Unfortunately master, unless your demon half suddenly lost interest in Kagome as a potential mate; her mark as your intended, much like a full mating mark, can only be removed through death.” Myoga knew this wasn't the answer he was looking for, but he also knew how much the pair loved each other. Surely this wasn't as big of a deal as Inuyasha was making it out to be.

 

“I need to think.” Inuyasha said while standing up.

 

Myoga ran after him. “Uh master? I know this may not be a good time to tell you this but there is also a ritual ceremony involved that takes place before that actual mating that will take a few days to set up. I know this is all too new to you right now but it IS Inu-youkai custom to have the current Lord of the Western Lands attend the proceedings. As he also happens to be your only blood relative, you will not only have to ask Lord Sesshoumaru for his blessing but also to perform the ritual, I'm afraid.”

 

“Keh, just when I thought things couldn't get any better! I gotta talk to Kagome. I'll get back to you tomorrow Myoga and I'll deal with Sesshoumaru.” Inuyasha walked out muttering profanities under his breath.

 

“I'm home!” Kagome announced entering the doorway of her house.

 

Mrs. Higurashi walked into the living room to greet her daughter. “Hello dear, how was school? I bet your classmates were glad to see you today. You know Yuka, Eri and Ayumi all dropped by a few times since you were gone. They're really concerned about you, I felt bad having to turn them away like that.”

 

“Yeah, they do really care about me. It was good to see them again. Umm, mom have you seen Inuyasha? I was sure he'd be waiting at the top of the stairs by now or would have tracked me down already. I'm five minutes late getting back.” Kagome said a little worried.

 

“No, actually I haven't seen him since he dropped you off at school. He went to your room to lay down, but a few hours later I came up to offer him some lunch and he was gone. Maybe he's out helping Grandpa.” Mrs. Higurashi did notice him missing earlier, but wasn't worried about it. She was used to Inuyasha doing his own thing while Kagome was at school.

 

`Hmmph, after the big deal he made about me coming straight back from school this morning, that man's got a lot of explaining to do!' Kagome thought to herself.

 

Kagome started walking up the stairs to her room when her mom called up to her.

 

“Dinner will be ready in an hour honey! I'm making your favourite tonight--oden!”

 

“Sounds good mom, I can't wait, I'm starved. I'll be down in a little while, I'm going to have a bath.” Kagome said before returning to her climb up the stairs.

 

After discarding her books and uniform in her room, Kagome wrapped herself in a fuzzy, pink robe and made her way to the bathroom. She turned the knobs slowly, adjusting the temperature when she suddenly felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen.

 

`Hmm, that's odd. I'm not due to get my period for another two and a half weeks yet, so that can't be it. Oh well, I'm probably just stressed out and nervous about making that wish, I haven't even talked to mama about it. Mama! Oh I haven't even told her the good news! She's been trying to get me and Inuyasha set up for the longest time now, she's going to be so excited that he finally came out and told me he loved me! And he kissed me! And WHAT a kiss…'

 

Kagome's thoughts were interrupted water started spilling over the top of the bathtub. Quickly turning off the taps she pulled the plug out in order to drain some of the liquid out.

 

Taking off her robe, she hung it on the wall before walking over to the tub. Before she had taken two steps, she slipped on the water, landing on her butt with a loud scream.

 

Inuyasha had a lot on his mind. This wasn't going to be easy, but he had to talk to Kagome first and see how she really felt about being his mate before he told her about their problem. He wanted to know what her answer would be before she had to consider the extenuating circumstances.

 

Leaping out of the well, he was about to open the well-house doors when his sensitive ears picked up the sound of Kagome screaming.

 

Inuyasha dashed across the courtyard and leapt through the bedroom window. He ran down the hall to the bathroom where he heard a small whimpering sound. Knowing Kagome was in trouble, he slammed open the bathroom door only to get smacked in the face with a bar of soap.

 

“AAAHHHH! Inuyasha! What are you doing in here?! OSWARI!”

 

Before he even had a chance to see Kagome naked and spread out on the bathroom floor in a small pool of water, his face was mashed into the cold, tile floor.

 

“What the fuck Kagome? I heard you scream, I thought you were hurt!” He mumbled into the ceramic as the spell wore off.

 

He blushed as he looked up, taking in the sight before him. He felt his body tense and pulse with a familiar feeling. Without saying a word he ran out of the bathroom closing the door behind him and headed downstairs.

 

Inuyasha sighed and walked out the door to sit in the Goshinboku. “Damn, just when I think I'm getting these urges under control, I just HAVE to walk in on her seeing her like THAT' The mental image of Kagome sprawled across the floor, wet and naked wasn't about to leave his mind anytime soon.

 

He slammed his head into the bark of the tree as he sat, hoping the pain would distract him from the fire threatening to consume his body.

 

“Inuyasha?” the hanyou heard a mature, feminine voice from below. “Dinner's ready, are you coming in dear?” Mrs Higurashi asked sweetly.

 

Inuyasha looked down at the woman with a crimson blush to his cheeks. “Uh, sure, I'll be there in a few minutes.”

 

“Okay, hurry before it gets cold.” the woman walked back towards the house.

 

Inuyasha tried to relax. The last thing he wanted was for Kagome's mother to see him like this. He was sure if she saw him stand up she would think him to be some sort hentai. Once he regained his composure, he jumped out of the tree and started walking towards the house.

 

“Damn this is going to be a long night.” He sighed.

 

 

Author's Note: I wasn't planning on releasing another chapter so soon, but I felt like I just left the last chapter with too much left unexplained. So I hope you enjoyed it! The next chapter will be out as soon as write it. I'm still trying to play out in my own mind what I'm wanting to happen here…

 

Thanks again for the awesome reviews! Cookies for everyone! Yay! Okay, I'm starting to act silly, it's 2:30am I should go to bed :p