InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Written in the Stars ❯ Chapter 6
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By: the amber dragonfly 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Drama / Comedy / Angst / Romance | Type: Divergence | Uploaded On: 02.29.2008 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 253 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Drama / Comedy / Angst / Romance | Type: Divergence | Uploaded On: 02.29.2008 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 253 | Status: Work In Progress
Chapter 6
Ishimaru took a deep mental breath and pulled away from the enchanting inu. It was terrible that he had even considered taking advantage of her memory loss like that. It made his stomach twist in a most disgusting way. “Gomen nasai, but no, I can't be your mate.”
Izayoi sighed.
“Not that I don't wish I were.”
She glanced up abruptly, surprised. The kitsune female muttered something under her breath although the couple before her seemed to only have eyes for each other. Izayoi looked deep into his azure gaze, touched by the affection and gentleness therein.
Ishimaru gave her a small smile. She is delightful… and so soft-spoken. Gentle, caring, polite… She would make a truly spectacular mate… Visions of little inu/neko hanyou children playing in a field as he and this lovely female watched and laughed in delight danced through his head. But she doesn't deserve a nothing hanyou like me. She deserves so much more…
He immediately saddened. She noticed and was instantly worried. “What's wrong?”
The neko looked away. “You're here to be our boss's bride. You'll soon be his mate, so my desires mean naught.”
Izayoi blinked. “Boss? Who's that?”
“Maomorin. He's the lead neko of the clan and has been looking for a bride for quite some time. His tribe is made up of all males- they are in dire need of females to continue their bloodlines, even if they must mix species.”
The kitsune regarded him quietly for a moment. “You refer to the neko as `they.' Are you not also a neko?”
He winced. “I'm just a hanyou,” he mumbled. “They keep me around because I'm good with herbs and plants. I'm considered something of a healer around here.”
As if to give proof to his words, the two neko lackeys returned to see how the females were faring. “Hey, half-shit. That inu healed yet?”
Ishimaru tramped down the urge to punch the arrogant bastard's face in. He was used to being called humiliating names, but to be referred to as such in front of the lovely Izayoi- someone he'd die to have as his mate- boiled up some long-dormant rage.
“Her temple wound was not serious but she suffered a blow to the head and does not remember her past,” he replied, through almost-clenched teeth.
“She won't need her memories for what the boss has in store for `er!” one of them chortled suggestively.
The other one laughed garishly. Then he smirked at Ishimaru. “She better be in `working order,'” he told the hanyou, “or we'll make you the boss's mate!”
The two neko brown-nosers laughed riotously at that as they turned and left the cave. Their horrid laughter echoed long after they had gone.
Amber turned to Ishimaru, her sapphire eyes wide with shock. “Why… why were they so mean to you?”
He shrugged, trying to shrug off the anger and embarrassment as well. “I'm used to it. They… don't like me much.”
Izayoi didn't understand. “What is this about `what the boss has in store' for me? Can't you just claim me as your mate? Then he can't try and make me his bride.”
If only it were that easy, beautiful. There's nothing I'd want more. He shook his head. “He's allowed me to live here and eat their food.” Yeah, their leavings after they were all done with the main parts. “And I'm just a hanyou. I'm not worthy of having a mate.”
“Says who?” she demanded. “You're still a person- someone who deserves love and respect. You're probably more worthy of having a mate than any of these bakas.”
He had to grin at her sudden defensive attitude over his situation. Such a little spitfire when she wants to be… all calm and demure on one side and feisty as hell on the other. Oh, Kami, I think I'm in love. “Be that as it may, the only way to free you is to challenge the boss and win, which I'm unlikely to achieve.”
Amber glanced at Izayoi before fixating her sapphire stare on Ishimaru again. “You said that you could free us if you challenged your boss. Why not do it?”
“Why should I?”
Amber tilted her head back, prayed for forgiveness from multiple sources, and lowered her chin to look him squarely in the eye. “For her,” she said, indicating Izayoi. “If you want her, free her. Can you really go on about your business knowing that she's being forced to mate with that hairball against her will?”
That gave him pause. He was quiet for a long time, staring silently at the stone wall. Amber sat nervously, her unbound tail twitching occasionally.
He opened his mouth to speak when an extremely irritated and angry voice yelled out, followed by a cave-shaking so violent he thought the ceiling would come crashing down on them. Ishimaru wrapped Izayoi in his arms to protect her and she readily accepted his embrace, wrapping her arms around his waist and burying her face in his chest.
As delighted as he was with her faith in him to protect her, he was more worried as to what had created the near-cave-in. Amber sighed, causing Ishimaru to look very wary.
“He's here,” she said, shaking her head almost in disgust. “My apparently short-tempered mate has decided to finally show up.”
Ishimaru and Izayoi both looked toward the entrance of the cave, anxiety heavy on their nerves. Izayoi was distinctly afraid- that was an obvious energy attack- and the user sounded so violent, so angry. If that was Amber's mate… and Amber had said that her mate was Izayoi's brother… She shuddered, clutching at Ishimaru's shirt and hiding her face once again. No… I don't want to go with him! I want to stay with Ishimaru!
“Oi!” “We got `im!” “Drag his ugly half-breed ass into the cave with the others!” Shouts and other incomprehensible words followed, until a group of no less than four neko guards appeared at the cave entrance, carrying a very securely bound and unconscious inu-hanyou.
Abruptly disengaging from Izayoi so that the guards wouldn't suspect anything, Ishimaru stood and moved to the side to allow the other neko to toss the inu against the wall like so much trash. One of the guards turned to Ishimaru.
“Keep an eye on that one, half-shit. He's a rabid one.” He smirked at Amber, who was half-hidden in shadow and thus, her lack of a gag went unnoticed. They guffawed as they turned and left the cave again.
Ishimaru moved over to the male inu's side, the impulse to help anything injured taking over for the moment. He looked at him, a twinge of something squeezing his heart. So this… he's supposed to be Izayoi's brother. Is he really?
He glanced over at Izayoi, who was huddled against the wall, confusion all over her lovely face as she stared at the black-haired inu male on the floor. Standing, he moved quickly to her side, gently taking her shoulders in his hands. “Izayoi? Tenshi, are you okay?”
She shook her head. “I'm… so tired,” she whispered. “May I sleep for a while?”
The neko looked concerned, but nodded. “I'll wake you in a little while. You rest, okay?”
Izayoi smiled weakly as she lay down on the hard rocky floor. Ishimaru removed his shirt and placed it under her head as a pillow, uncaring that he was now half-naked. He ran his hand over her silver hair, longingly.
Amber, even though she was mated and very much in love with her “bad dog,” couldn't help but run her eyes over the bare chest now displayed before her. After all, she was a female… and he looked good.
He moved over to the male inu and, unceremoniously, rolled him somewhat roughly to the middle of the cave floor so he could get a better look at him. Amber scowled.
“Can't you be nicer to him?”
Ishimaru gave her a bored look. “Do I have to?”
An irritated grunt followed by a groan caught both their attentions. Ishimaru looked down to see the blue-garbed inu-hanyou struggle into consciousness. “Ow… what the hell happened? Where's Amber? And my sister? What the fuck did you do with them?” he growled, baring his fangs. Amber blinked in surprise- he must be really pissed off if he was snarling and cursing like Inuyasha.
The neko's eyes, which was already somewhat cool, turned to ice. “I did nothing, inu. Your sister sleeps, peacefully.” He pointed over to the lovely inu, her already enchanting features angelic in repose.
The inu-hanyou frowned. “How do you know my name?” he asked, his voice changing from the previous gruffness to cool indifference. Ishimaru simply looked perplexed.
“Inusouta!” Amber called to her mate from her spot by the wall.
“Amber!” Inusouta looked infinitely relieved. His mate was fine- tied up like a heifer, but none the worse for wear. “Vixen, are you okay?”
“I'd be better if I were out of here.”
The neko scratched an ear at that, his long tail swishing from side to side. He shrugged. “Not likely to happen. The boss will soon be here to claim his brides. Since she is already mated, you, mongrel, will be killed.”
The male inu stared at the neko. “What... did you say? My mate and my sister are not available for mating!”
Ishimaru raised an eyebrow at him. “Neither of them is carrying kittens,” he said for the second time in as many moments. “Therefore they are free and will be taken as Lord Maomorin's mates.”
“Like hell!”
“Look,” the neko hanyou hissed, his ears flattening against his skull, his eyes narrowing and his fangs bared at the inu. “I feel the same way as you about this, but I have no choice. It is his command.”
Gold eyes locked with blue. Inusouta pondered the neko's choice words. “You feel the same way I do? What do you mean?”
“Inusouta!” Amber cried, her voice betraying her worry. “He's in love with Izayoi!”
“Say what?!”
The neko flushed but didn't deny it. “If things were different,” he said quietly but with a deadly seriousness, “I'd take her as my mate, if she'd have me. Then Maomorin couldn't have her.”
“Oh, hell no,” Inusouta snorted, rolling his eyes. “She will not be anyone's mate unless they prove themselves worthy. And as her brother, I can say our father will not approve of anyone, least of all a neko."
“I don't care if she's your sister!” he hissed back, the fur on his tail starting to stand on end. He was really starting to get pissed now. “She doesn't even remember you!”
That got Inusouta to pause. “What? She what?”
Ishimaru took a deep mental breath and pulled away from the enchanting inu. It was terrible that he had even considered taking advantage of her memory loss like that. It made his stomach twist in a most disgusting way. “Gomen nasai, but no, I can't be your mate.”
Izayoi sighed.
“Not that I don't wish I were.”
She glanced up abruptly, surprised. The kitsune female muttered something under her breath although the couple before her seemed to only have eyes for each other. Izayoi looked deep into his azure gaze, touched by the affection and gentleness therein.
Ishimaru gave her a small smile. She is delightful… and so soft-spoken. Gentle, caring, polite… She would make a truly spectacular mate… Visions of little inu/neko hanyou children playing in a field as he and this lovely female watched and laughed in delight danced through his head. But she doesn't deserve a nothing hanyou like me. She deserves so much more…
He immediately saddened. She noticed and was instantly worried. “What's wrong?”
The neko looked away. “You're here to be our boss's bride. You'll soon be his mate, so my desires mean naught.”
Izayoi blinked. “Boss? Who's that?”
“Maomorin. He's the lead neko of the clan and has been looking for a bride for quite some time. His tribe is made up of all males- they are in dire need of females to continue their bloodlines, even if they must mix species.”
The kitsune regarded him quietly for a moment. “You refer to the neko as `they.' Are you not also a neko?”
He winced. “I'm just a hanyou,” he mumbled. “They keep me around because I'm good with herbs and plants. I'm considered something of a healer around here.”
As if to give proof to his words, the two neko lackeys returned to see how the females were faring. “Hey, half-shit. That inu healed yet?”
Ishimaru tramped down the urge to punch the arrogant bastard's face in. He was used to being called humiliating names, but to be referred to as such in front of the lovely Izayoi- someone he'd die to have as his mate- boiled up some long-dormant rage.
“Her temple wound was not serious but she suffered a blow to the head and does not remember her past,” he replied, through almost-clenched teeth.
“She won't need her memories for what the boss has in store for `er!” one of them chortled suggestively.
The other one laughed garishly. Then he smirked at Ishimaru. “She better be in `working order,'” he told the hanyou, “or we'll make you the boss's mate!”
The two neko brown-nosers laughed riotously at that as they turned and left the cave. Their horrid laughter echoed long after they had gone.
Amber turned to Ishimaru, her sapphire eyes wide with shock. “Why… why were they so mean to you?”
He shrugged, trying to shrug off the anger and embarrassment as well. “I'm used to it. They… don't like me much.”
Izayoi didn't understand. “What is this about `what the boss has in store' for me? Can't you just claim me as your mate? Then he can't try and make me his bride.”
If only it were that easy, beautiful. There's nothing I'd want more. He shook his head. “He's allowed me to live here and eat their food.” Yeah, their leavings after they were all done with the main parts. “And I'm just a hanyou. I'm not worthy of having a mate.”
“Says who?” she demanded. “You're still a person- someone who deserves love and respect. You're probably more worthy of having a mate than any of these bakas.”
He had to grin at her sudden defensive attitude over his situation. Such a little spitfire when she wants to be… all calm and demure on one side and feisty as hell on the other. Oh, Kami, I think I'm in love. “Be that as it may, the only way to free you is to challenge the boss and win, which I'm unlikely to achieve.”
Amber glanced at Izayoi before fixating her sapphire stare on Ishimaru again. “You said that you could free us if you challenged your boss. Why not do it?”
“Why should I?”
Amber tilted her head back, prayed for forgiveness from multiple sources, and lowered her chin to look him squarely in the eye. “For her,” she said, indicating Izayoi. “If you want her, free her. Can you really go on about your business knowing that she's being forced to mate with that hairball against her will?”
That gave him pause. He was quiet for a long time, staring silently at the stone wall. Amber sat nervously, her unbound tail twitching occasionally.
He opened his mouth to speak when an extremely irritated and angry voice yelled out, followed by a cave-shaking so violent he thought the ceiling would come crashing down on them. Ishimaru wrapped Izayoi in his arms to protect her and she readily accepted his embrace, wrapping her arms around his waist and burying her face in his chest.
As delighted as he was with her faith in him to protect her, he was more worried as to what had created the near-cave-in. Amber sighed, causing Ishimaru to look very wary.
“He's here,” she said, shaking her head almost in disgust. “My apparently short-tempered mate has decided to finally show up.”
Ishimaru and Izayoi both looked toward the entrance of the cave, anxiety heavy on their nerves. Izayoi was distinctly afraid- that was an obvious energy attack- and the user sounded so violent, so angry. If that was Amber's mate… and Amber had said that her mate was Izayoi's brother… She shuddered, clutching at Ishimaru's shirt and hiding her face once again. No… I don't want to go with him! I want to stay with Ishimaru!
“Oi!” “We got `im!” “Drag his ugly half-breed ass into the cave with the others!” Shouts and other incomprehensible words followed, until a group of no less than four neko guards appeared at the cave entrance, carrying a very securely bound and unconscious inu-hanyou.
Abruptly disengaging from Izayoi so that the guards wouldn't suspect anything, Ishimaru stood and moved to the side to allow the other neko to toss the inu against the wall like so much trash. One of the guards turned to Ishimaru.
“Keep an eye on that one, half-shit. He's a rabid one.” He smirked at Amber, who was half-hidden in shadow and thus, her lack of a gag went unnoticed. They guffawed as they turned and left the cave again.
Ishimaru moved over to the male inu's side, the impulse to help anything injured taking over for the moment. He looked at him, a twinge of something squeezing his heart. So this… he's supposed to be Izayoi's brother. Is he really?
He glanced over at Izayoi, who was huddled against the wall, confusion all over her lovely face as she stared at the black-haired inu male on the floor. Standing, he moved quickly to her side, gently taking her shoulders in his hands. “Izayoi? Tenshi, are you okay?”
She shook her head. “I'm… so tired,” she whispered. “May I sleep for a while?”
The neko looked concerned, but nodded. “I'll wake you in a little while. You rest, okay?”
Izayoi smiled weakly as she lay down on the hard rocky floor. Ishimaru removed his shirt and placed it under her head as a pillow, uncaring that he was now half-naked. He ran his hand over her silver hair, longingly.
Amber, even though she was mated and very much in love with her “bad dog,” couldn't help but run her eyes over the bare chest now displayed before her. After all, she was a female… and he looked good.
He moved over to the male inu and, unceremoniously, rolled him somewhat roughly to the middle of the cave floor so he could get a better look at him. Amber scowled.
“Can't you be nicer to him?”
Ishimaru gave her a bored look. “Do I have to?”
An irritated grunt followed by a groan caught both their attentions. Ishimaru looked down to see the blue-garbed inu-hanyou struggle into consciousness. “Ow… what the hell happened? Where's Amber? And my sister? What the fuck did you do with them?” he growled, baring his fangs. Amber blinked in surprise- he must be really pissed off if he was snarling and cursing like Inuyasha.
The neko's eyes, which was already somewhat cool, turned to ice. “I did nothing, inu. Your sister sleeps, peacefully.” He pointed over to the lovely inu, her already enchanting features angelic in repose.
The inu-hanyou frowned. “How do you know my name?” he asked, his voice changing from the previous gruffness to cool indifference. Ishimaru simply looked perplexed.
“Inusouta!” Amber called to her mate from her spot by the wall.
“Amber!” Inusouta looked infinitely relieved. His mate was fine- tied up like a heifer, but none the worse for wear. “Vixen, are you okay?”
“I'd be better if I were out of here.”
The neko scratched an ear at that, his long tail swishing from side to side. He shrugged. “Not likely to happen. The boss will soon be here to claim his brides. Since she is already mated, you, mongrel, will be killed.”
The male inu stared at the neko. “What... did you say? My mate and my sister are not available for mating!”
Ishimaru raised an eyebrow at him. “Neither of them is carrying kittens,” he said for the second time in as many moments. “Therefore they are free and will be taken as Lord Maomorin's mates.”
“Like hell!”
“Look,” the neko hanyou hissed, his ears flattening against his skull, his eyes narrowing and his fangs bared at the inu. “I feel the same way as you about this, but I have no choice. It is his command.”
Gold eyes locked with blue. Inusouta pondered the neko's choice words. “You feel the same way I do? What do you mean?”
“Inusouta!” Amber cried, her voice betraying her worry. “He's in love with Izayoi!”
“Say what?!”
The neko flushed but didn't deny it. “If things were different,” he said quietly but with a deadly seriousness, “I'd take her as my mate, if she'd have me. Then Maomorin couldn't have her.”
“Oh, hell no,” Inusouta snorted, rolling his eyes. “She will not be anyone's mate unless they prove themselves worthy. And as her brother, I can say our father will not approve of anyone, least of all a neko."
“I don't care if she's your sister!” he hissed back, the fur on his tail starting to stand on end. He was really starting to get pissed now. “She doesn't even remember you!”
That got Inusouta to pause. “What? She what?”
“She's got amnesia,” Amber told him, using a term that Ishimaru had never heard before. “She got hit in the head during our capture and her memory's gone. She doesn't remember me or you, or even your parents. She's completely forgotten Inuyasha and Kagome.”
The handsome inu-hanyou stared in complete confusion. “That does not make any sense. Everyone knows our father and mother- they destroyed Naraku! They are even in the history books in Mother's time.”
The neko snorted. “Ask her yourself when she wakes up. You'll see for yourself that she wants nothing to do with you.”
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A/N: *Tenchi - heavenly gift, angel
The handsome inu-hanyou stared in complete confusion. “That does not make any sense. Everyone knows our father and mother- they destroyed Naraku! They are even in the history books in Mother's time.”
The neko snorted. “Ask her yourself when she wakes up. You'll see for yourself that she wants nothing to do with you.”
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A/N: *Tenchi - heavenly gift, angel