InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Zoology 155: Human Sexuality ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

Zoology 155: Human Sexuality

Chapter 3

 

 

Kagome buried her face into the rough wool-like material of Inuyasha's haori. The wind whipped against them, causing Inuyasha's silver locks to fly around, sometimes stinging her face. She lost herself in the steady motion of his run, letting her mind wander.

 

Particularly to their kiss.

 

For five years she had followed him, led him, sympathized with him, and loved him. For five years, she let him take his time in realizing that she was more than her so-called predecessor. That she was indeed a different personality, and at long last he seemed to be realizing it.

 

Kagome's eyes drifted to the green and brown blur of the forest. Why? Why can't he and I have a chance? Kagome was worried. It was strange. She knew she loved Inuyasha, she realized that she cared for him very much....yet, she felt as if they were running out of time. It felt as if a window was steadily sliding shut and they only had a narrow slit of a chance. What could she do? There was never any privacy—never a long enough time of peace for the two to understand one another—to bond over a day spent in relaxation, rather than her wrapping a strip of gauze over a bloody wound of his. Something had to give and Kagome had the unnerving and sad feeling that it was her heart.

 

I just want to have a little love. Just to know....just to know what this...Life...is supposed to be about. I want to fight for it....for someone...not for some object...not for honor that I could care less about. I want to witness it, the undying emotion of love. It exists....it has to. Why else would we write about? Dream about it? Go on epic journeys for it? To protect it at the cost of thousands of lives? I pray for love....please, give us love.

 

Kagome raised her head once she felt Inuyasha slow down. The second they entered the camp, Kagome's legs slipped to the ground, and she wasted no time in gathering up her much-abused pack and sleeping bag. Without words, the Houshi and taijiya quickly assembled their own supplies, reading the silence and stiffness of the hanyou's posture easily. Shippo let out a low whine, but did not voice his complaints, and crept close to the nekoyoukai in case of a swift departure. Kagome stood and face her companions just as Inuyasha started a brisk pace in the opposite direction of what he had sensed. With a tired sigh, the miko matched his pace.

 

______________________________________________________________ __Zoo 155_

 

 

 

Sesshoumaru released a long breath as the sun's rays splayed over the horizon, casting his balcony in shades of molten gold. The heat of the rays kissed his skin, and he felt his youki rise at the caress. The electric tingle of his power caused all the muscles in his body to tense for motion. With a simple bending of his knees, too fast for any youkai to catch, the Taiyoukai leapt into the dawn. In a matter of minutes, he would be upon the solution to his problem. He would return to his citadel victorious. His golden eyes were tinged with a soft red as his youki propelled him to the eastern border of his territory.

 

Failure was not an option.

 

______________________________________________________________ __Zoo 155_

 

 

 

Kagome had only managed to let her pack slip from her shoulders, enjoying its `thud' at her feet, when a form crashed into her. She was cradled from the impact by a pare of strong arms, as she was pressed up against a nearby tree.

 

“Ohayo, my sweet miko.” A familiar voice purred. Kagome immediately relaxed her tense limbs.

 

“Ohayo, Kouga.” She let out a long, annoyed sigh. Predictably, the male was ripped from her, by a severely pissed off hanyou.

 

“Get your filthy hands off of her!” Inuyasha barked, separating Kouga even more from Kagome by stepping in front of her.

 

Kouga calmly crossed his arms over his chest, “I am allowed to greet my chosen female. Even you know that.”

 

“She ain't your woman!”

 

“Now, now, how many times must do this, baka?” Kouga growled.

 

No kidding. Kagome thought. I don't suppose the several thousand times I've told you to screw off counts. Nor the fact that I've stunned you a couple of times, the times Inuyasha has beaten your ass, and the fact that I obviously helped Ayame pick out items for your mating celebration with her? No, I don't know why I'm surprised at the blatant stupidity around here. Maybe it's something in the water…

 

While Kagome had gotten lost in her musings, Kouga and Inuyasha had been trading their normal indecent, juvenile name-calling and male posturing.

Miroku and Sango had slid down to rest under the shade of a nearby tree, knowing full well that the two youkai males could easily continue their argument for most of the day. Shippo had already wandered off to find something more interesting to watch. Kagome brought her clearing where the two males stood, and had resigned herself to studying until Kouga decided to retreat, when their words suddenly caught her attention.

 

“Face it Inuyasha, you haven't got a claim on her!”

Inuyasha stepped forward, his shoulders hunched with the budding tension, “What the fuck? You aren't shit to her. She's <i>mine!</i>”

 

“I don't smell your musk anywhere on her! Shit, I'm not even sure you know what females are for!”

 

“Fuck you! I don't need to fuck her every hour to know she's mine!”

 

“Inuyasha!” the monk and demon slayer cried, mortified.

 

“Excuse me?” an enraged Kagome yelled. What the hell is this? That's disgusting!

 

“Keep outta this!” Inuyasha howled at her, his hand shifting to his beloved sword as he felt the ookami's youki dance across his senses. He ignored the flare of the miko's reiki, telling himself that he would be able to weasel his way out from her wrath after the baka ookami retreated for the final time.

 

“You aren't nothing next to me, hanyou,” Kouga growled menacingly, “And I'm fed up of you keeping her, when you ain't even usin' her!”

 

With that, Kouga issued a rough bark and Inuyasha responded with such a vicious snarl that it caused the humans to shudder. Kagome's anger quickly shifted to that of shock when the two males crashed together, bare fists and claws entangling. The raw brutal interlocking of their bodies, and the snarls vibrating through the clearing, had Kagome rushing to the safety of her friends.

 

“Sango, what on earth?” Something's changed. What's changed? Kagome felt fear steal her breath away as she watched the viciousness of the attacks between the males. Inuyasha was launched across the clearing, clouds of dirt filling the clearing as the hanyou dug his heels into the ground to maintain his balance. Kouga shot toward the hanyou, but Inuyasha had learned well over the years, and was ready. He let Kouga slam into him, but he gripped the wolf, using the momentum and hurtling the ookami far into the forest. Inuyasha spun and quickly moved on the offensive—leaving the sight of his companions.

 

“I don't believe it.” Sango whispered, her expression stunned.

 

“Sango?” Miroku asked, bringing the tajiya back by gently gripping her wrist.

 

Sango immediately looked to her best friend, a touch of sadness and fear in her eyes when she met Kagome's confused ones.

 

“Kouga has issued a challenge.”

 

“A what?!”

 

“An actual challenge? Is he stupid?” Miroku asked, even though the answer was apparent.

 

“It's impossible. Kagome, has anything between you and Inuyasha changed?” Sango demanded suddenly. Kagome felt her cheeks heat.

 

“What does it matter?”

 

“This is serious. A challenge is obviously a fight fought between two Alpha males for the mating rites to an Alpha bitch. Apparently, Inuyasha feels you are worth fighting for.”

 

The monk winced at the choice of words, and caught the narrowing of the miko's pupils, but she soldiered on.

 

“It didn't make a different the last time Kouga showed up!” She pointed out.

 

“Kouga never saw Inuyasha as a threat, or even as competition. However, Inuyasha's stance and Inu language projected that he was seeking your hand, so to speak. Whatever happened between you two has obviously affected him enough to take this to the next level.”

 

Kagome felt her face heat up, and waved her arms in indignation, “But I'm human! This whole mating…fight…challenge shouldn't even apply to me! Besides, it's not like I'm just going to sit here all demure and shit when the victor comes to me all bloodied up—as if I would go with whomever!”

 

Sango's nervousness returned.

 

“Actually, that is what <i>will</i> happen,” Miroku added.

 

Kagome became still.

 

“What?”

 

“It is tradition, that unless there are more challengers, the victor takes the bitch and mates her: thereby, solving the problem of the challenger trying to run a claim on her again…if the challenger survives.”

 

“You're joking right?”

 

Sango shook her head, “Unfortunately, the canine species of youkai are known for these behaviors and pack laws.”

 

Kagome stood, staring at her two friends, her face and eyes unreadable.

 

“That has got to be the most stupid, barbaric, chauvinistic and degrading thing I have ever heard! If they think, I'm going to just roll onto my back and lay limply for whomever, they have got another thing coming!!”

 

And with that, Kagome turned on her heel and stomped away from the clearing. Miroku and Sango stared at the tense back of their young friend.

 

“This is bad.” Sango whispered.

 

Miroku nodded as he used his cane to stand up. “Yes. But I, for one, refuse to hand Kagome over to either one of the mongrels. She is more than some inu bitch, and is our friend, and I refuse to leave her defenseless.”

 

Sango immediately stood as well, her hand instinctively gripping the straps that kept her boomerang tied to her form.

 

“You are right. I know what some youkai do their mates during such a ceremony. I refuse to let Kagome be subjected to such brutality.”

 

The two quickly headed off in pursuit of their friend, knowing that time was quickly running out for her.

 

 

______________________________________________________________ __Zoo 155_

 

 

 

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