InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Unforeseen Obstacles ❯ My whole life, there's been something missing... ( Chapter 5 )

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Notes: Hmm… not a lot to say about this chapter.

 

Genre: Drama, romance… Whatever I classified this as, I'm sure angst will sneak its stinky butt in here.

Rating: R

Codes: Mir/Sess, Mir/San, Inu/Kag

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Unforeseen Obstacles…Chapter 5

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Sesshomaru dropped the monk, taking a step back. Had that foul beast actually kissed him? Judging by the smell left behind just under his regretfully powerful nose, he had. Of all the… Sesshomaru smirked. Miroku had succeeded in his plan to confuse and Sesshomaru was willing to dismiss the transgression as an interesting survival tactic. He had certainly reminded Sesshomaru of how amusing mortals could be. If they were to be trapped down here for a long time, Sesshomaru would certainly need amusement.

 

He watched the monk back away slowly to sit against the far wall and watch him warily. He decided to begin his entertainment now and locked eyes with the human. Miroku's eyes widened, but didn't try to avoid his own. Would the mortal attempt to stare him down? Sesshomaru shifted his body into a more comfortable stance and decided to see how long this could last.

…

 

On the surface, Zetsumei's aura was still so well masked that InuYasha couldn't find the Wind Scar. He had seen the ground buckle and close over Miroku and Sesshomaru, but there was nothing he could do about that right now. If they were dead, then they were already buried. If they were alive, they would stay that way until he could get them out. For now, he had to worry about protecting Kagome and Sango. Shippo's foxfire was actually doing something for a change, as when it touched the diseased cloud coming from Zetsumei, it burned it to nothing. His own Iron Reaver had left a small tear in the death demon's body. It seemed vulnerable to demon attacks, oddly, and holy attacks seemed to have no affect on it. Hiraikotsu had taken off his hand, but Zetsumei had just reattached it.

 

InuYasha looked at the place where Kikyo had disappeared, anticipating the pain like an arrow in his heart.

 

But it didn't come. InuYasha lost a second he couldn't afford to lose as he felt a strange… lightness in his shoulders. Like a weight he hadn't known he was carrying had vanished. Vanished with her.

 

“Kikyo…” InuYasha thought he saw the demonic aura for a moment, but then it was gone. He cursed. So, he thought, Kikyo's dead. He felt nothing. Kikyo had been dead for fifty years. He had grieved; he had moved on. InuYasha spared a glance at Kagome and felt a slight rush. He grabbed her around the waist and leapt high and far from the demon, a second before it would have stomped her. He had no more need of Kikyo. His heart still ached at night, remembering what was stolen from them, but it ached for the dead. Not for the clay doll that housed a part of Kagome's soul. Kagome's soul. Kikyo was finally free to move on, but he wondered if she had ever really been there in the first place. The clay doll had memories and hatred and nothing left of the beautiful woman who he had loved with every breath of his being. But one of the things he loved about her, her soul, her kindness… had been reborn to the girl in his arms.

 

Only…

 

Kikyo had wanted a human mate. She had wanted InuYasha to use the Shikkon no Tama to become human. Kagome had never asked anything like that of him. She wanted him to remain as he was. She had said… InuYasha looked down into Kagome's eyes, remembering the words she had spoken to the monster with its claws buried in her arms. To the demon he was trying to become. He could have become that thing forever, but she had wept and begged him to stay. `I love you as a hanyo!' She loved him. `I like you just the way you are.' As himself.

 

“InuYasha? Why are you looking at me like that?” He blinked, noticing for the first time that he had carried them away from battle. He saw Shippo and Sango retreating below, and then returned his gaze to Kagome's eyes. `I would never say anything stupid like that to Kagome.' His words to Sota about love rang in his ears and he realized who was stupid: he was. “InuYasha?” He brushed the hair away from her eyes and cupped her chin. She stared at him intently and he took a moment to breathe in her scent. She always smelled different than other girls. Even with her slight hint of Kikyo's aroma. `I'm sure that you're not her!'

 

Kagome wasn't Kikyo. InuYasha closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them, all he could see were Kagome's shining back at him.

 

“I love you, Kagome.”

…

 

Sesshomaru and Miroku sat in the dark hole, waiting for anything to happen, but nothing did. The sun set and their staring contest came to an end. Miroku was exhausted but didn't know if it was safe to sleep with the youkai trapped down there with him. Still, as the evening passed and he went unmolested, he decided he may as well get some rest. He laid down and stretched out on the cold earth. He made a pillow of his arms and fell quickly asleep.

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Sesshomaru listened to the fight above the ground stop and the death demon leave as he stared at the monk. The ningen's scent didn't leave him the entire time and he wondered exactly how much entertainment he could derive from him. The kiss had put the thought in his mind that he could take out at least some of his frustration in the young mortal's flesh. Certainly, humans could be a nuisance, but they could also be used as a diversion when time was passing too slowly. And he wouldn't have to trouble himself with killing a male to prevent a hanyo from existence.

 

He had lain with human ninja females who had thought to relax his guard to kill him, when he would, in actuality, be in control the entire time and they dead in the end. He had a few brief encounters with youkai females, but none in the past twenty years. Since he had begun the search for his father's fang, he had neglected his physical needs. The light faded and he watched the monk's eyes close, then shoot open. He knew the monk could no longer see in the dim light, but there was enough for him to watch as Miroku glared at him, then laid down and went to sleep. He relaxed and waited until the human started dreaming before he sank to the ground to rest.

…

 

Kagome almost jumped out of her skin when InuYasha followed his statement with a kiss. She closed her eyes and felt the entire world melt away, while she floated in the ether that remained. She had waited so long for any sign of true affection that the sudden declaration of love almost seemed like a dream. She wrapped her arms around his neck, her pulse slamming throughout her body and for a moment, lost all sense of time and space. Then she heard Sango below.

 

“Where's Miroku?”

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To be continued…

 

More tomorrow, yes?